New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1917, Page 6

W Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. s Proprietors. Issued daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., at Herald Building, 47 Church St Entered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mail Matter. Delivered by carrfer to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. Subscriptions for paper to be sent by mail, pavable in A@vance. 0 cents a month, 200 a year. The only profitable advertising medium !n the city. Clrculation books and press room always open to advertisers. The Herald will be found on sale ai Hota- Ing’s News Stand. 42nd St. and Broad- way Yorle Cliy; Board Walk, ~At- New You fantie City and Hartford Depot. TELEPHOUNL CALLS. Business Office Efitorial Rooms Member of the Associatéd Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. . Duty First. . The 68801 we must all take to heart if we are to realize Ameri- can ideals ig the lesson of the su- premacy. of duty. —CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. A WAR OF GREED. President | Wilson's speech before the American Federation of Labor to- | day at Buffalo touches the very heart of all the lssues involved in this war. “You can explain most wars very simply,” he states, “‘but the explana- | tlon of this war is not so simple. Its oots run deep into all the obscure oils of history, and, in my view, this the last decisive issue between the old principles of power and the new principles - of freedom.” Then the president offers an explanation of the war, an explanation that really and truly explains. He points out the po- sition Germany occupied in the sun before the war began, and shows the place Germany wanted to attain, n\ot- ithstanding that with all their won- derful accomplishments in the realm of science and. material things theé (German people should have been sat- hsfied. Germany began the war, and it e s for the purposes of greed. His- ory will prove this to be the case so sureias the sun shines in the heavens. Woodrow Wilson, historian, will be vindicated by other historians o come—other historians who will {vite '~ impartial histories . of this bresent-day conflict when all its per- botrators have been laid low in the ofl. LEADING THE NATION. According to figures made public by officials of this Federal Reserve District, Connecticut is the only New Eingland state which has exceeded its paximum allotment to the Second kdberty Loan. With a maximum quota of $61,- 6,000, Connecticut is credited with bscriptions amounting to $64,739,- 50. This is an over-subscription of Imost six per cent. It is some sev- nty-five per cent. in excess of the mum quota of the state. Not d at'all, say we. Connecticut has come in for its o of honors since the war began. fhe arsenal of the nation, as Gov- nor Holcomb was -pleased to call it, state has led all others in many pgs.” Not only- has it gone ahead the six New England states of hich it is a unit, but it has also aken. the baton and played the role drum-major for the entire forty- ht states. It has ever endeavored keep them ‘all in step with the pusic of the Union. To begin with, Connecticut was the rst state to order a military and hdustrial census. Every man in this tate was required to step forward Ind show just what were his par- 9 cular qualificatio b put on paper facts about his per- onal life and ability that would mp him as fit or unfit for military r industrial duty. The cards bear- hg all this information-are in the nds of the government. After " that Connecticut looked for her ways in which ‘to lead the na- on. And she,found them in the roblems that were puzzling the souls men directing the war ridden buntrics of Europe. Conservation, reparedness, Thrift, Economy, all ese‘terms became household words h the Nutmeg state, and what was arted here became the model upon chother states builded their plans, ample which set the New Eng- states and the others to work. he Federal Government was find out the value of Con- initiative. nly last week in the State Hartford that Theodore ‘took occasion to pay his to this state by saying, “‘Con- . leads the Nation.” At thac did not have the figures given out by the loan committee of this dis- trict, which show that Connecticut has led the New England states in subscribing to the Second Liberty Loan. Nevertheless he knew what Connecticut had done in other things, and he congratulated the men and women of this commonwealth. Hav- ing thus received recognition from one who is a student of national af- fairs, and from the Liberty Loan Committee, and from the Federal Government, all of whom proclaim Connecticut the premier state in the Union, we may be pardoned then if we chuckle with satisfaction, the same time that we pat ourselves on the back and say, “Well done, good and faithful servant, well done!" A SUCCESS OR FAILURE? There are those, and they are legion, who are constantly asking, Well, what of the municipal potato crop? The question was answered in Saturday evening’s Herald. The Municipal - Farm committee having met the night before, the full report was presented on Saturday. From the information set forth at that time, and which has not been amended or contradicted up to this writing, it is learned the people of New Britain will be able to buy potatoes at the source of supply for He was made $1.90 cents the bushel. In the event they want these goods delivered to the house an additional five cents must be added, making the cost $1.95 the bushel. When those prices were fixed, it was announced by the com- mittee that the outside market price for potatoes was $2.20 a bushel. It can be readily seen that the people of New Britain will have potatoes at a cheaper price than ordinarily might be obtained, if the regular market prices go upward, and the municipal farm prices re- main where they are. That is even conceded by the pessimists, who ask: ““Where does the city of New Britafn stand in the matter? Has the Muni- cipal Farm been a success or a fail- ure? Will the city get back the money expended? If it will, where is the money coming from? If all the potatoes are sold, who will get the better of the bargain?” In point of production, the Municl- pal Farm was not as fertile as it might have been. There were 8,102 bushels of potatoes harvested there. In order to make any showing at all, the city was forced to go elsewhere and purchase. In all, 4,536 bushels of potatoes were secured in this manner, bringing the total up to 7,638 bushels. Two per cent. loss was allowed for shrinkage, which will bring the sup- ply down to 7,486 bushels. Any man with paper and pencil can decide for himself whether the Municipal Farm is a success or a fail- ure. It requires but little mathe- matics to figure this out. This much is evident. The city of New Britain can profit by the experiment.To take an optimistic view of it, one might well thank a Divine Providence that potatoes grew at all. The moral, as George T. Lanigan once pointed out in one of his “Fables, by G. Washington Aesop”, is:—You Can't pretty much ‘most Always Tell how Things are go- ing to Turn Out Sometimes. THE PASSING OF A NOBLE ‘WOMAN. Death has lald its mantle gently on Sister Domenica, mother superior of St. Thomas' convent, in St. Mary's parish>and has called to her reward a woman, noble in character, sweet in personality, who devoted the greater part of her life to that sub- lime calling, teaching the young. Sister Domenica gave forty-four years of her life to religion. As a young woman, she put aside earthly things and chose to follow in the steps of the Redeemer. For more than four decades she was true to her original determination and her kindly instructions had no little part in strengthening the moral fiber of those who met her in that period of life which shapes their whole ex- istence. Those who were so fortunate as to come under her guldance will remember her, while breath lasts, as a gentle soul, thoughts always of help- ing mankind along the path where so many.stumble, hand extended in sym- pathy for unfortunates and spirit serene. Domenica realized she was about to be ushered into the presence of Him whom she had tried to serve faith- fully, she became resigned to leave off the cares of this life and her death was like the passing of a shadow, which gives place to a sunbeam. Ldfe. (From Chaparall.) Chapter I. “Glad to meet you.” Chapter II.: “Isn't the moon beautiful?™ Chapter ITI. “Oozum love wuzum?" Chapter IV. “Do you- “1 do Chapter V. “Da—da—da—da!” Chapter VI. “Where the hell’s dinner?" NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2, 1917. FACTS AND FANCES. The best-kept secret of the past 10 years is the fact that the colonel can sce with only ome eye.—Springfiela Republican. Perhaps it would be just as well, before neutralizing the Dardapelles, Suez and Panama, to neutralize Ger- many’s efforts to do harm elsewhere. —New York Sun. Not a few congressmen are won- dering how the governmental ma- chinery is running so smoothly while they are off the job.—Meriden Jour- nal. After denouncing the middlemen who force up prices, some of the farmers are preparing to hold their potatoes to get more out of the con- sumer.—Paterson Press-Guardian. Some peopln believe if the Ger- | mans had anything as deadly as the | American grade crossing they'd have . won the war and forgotten about it by this time.—Paterson Call. ““Berne experts analyzed loaf of bread from Germany’ and found it contained 12 per cent. corn, 22 per cent. barley and 66 per cent. saw- dust.” But that should be nothing to a people who can stomach the Potsdam gang.—Wall Street Journal. The Kkaiser’s prediction that after the war the Turks will join: the Ger- mans in Kultur makes the future look as dark for the Armenipns as the present is for the Belgians.— Boston Transcript. — Meatless and wheatless days are being instituted in restaurants all over the country. Why doesn't some kind manager start a “tipless” day? —Baltimore Sun. ‘When a chivalrous Prussian aviator gets ready to drop a bomb on a sleep- ing village, his heroic motto is, “Women and children first.”—Boston Transcript, GOOD-NIGHT. —— Good night to all the world! there's none, Beneath the ‘“over-going sun, To whom I feel or hate or spite, And so to all a fair good-night, Would T could say good night to pain, Good night to conscience and her train, To cheerless poverty, and shame That I am yet unknown to fame! Would T could say good dreams That haunt me with delusive gleams, That through the sable future's veil Like meteors glimmer, but to fall. night _ to Would I could say a long good-night To halting between wrong and right, And, llke a glant with new force, Awake prepared to run my course! But time o’er good and i1l sweeps on, And when few years have come and gone, The past will be to me as naught, ‘Whether remember’d or to'rg-‘)t, Yet let me hope one faithful friend O’er my last couch shall tearful bond: And, though no day for me was bright, Shall bid me then a long good-night. —ROBERT C. SANDS. Twenty Years Ago. (Pike County (Ill.) Republican). Ladies wore bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had seen a silo. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody had white shoes. Nobody sprayed orchards. Creamn was five cents a pint. Most young men had “livery bills.” Cantaloupes were muskmelons. You never heard of a “tin lizzie.” Doctors wanted to see your tongue. Milk shake was aifavored drink. Advertisers did not tell the truth. Nobody cared the price of gaso- line. Farmers came to town for mail. THe hired girl drew week. The butcher “threw in” a chunk of liver. Folks sald pneumatic tires were a Joke. Nobody phone. There were no sane Fourths electric meters. Straw stacks were burned of baled. People thought English sparrows were ‘‘birds."” Jules Verne was the only to the submarine. ' You stuck tubes in your ears hear a phonograph, and it cost dime. their one-fifty a “listened in” on a tele- nor instead convert to a Cause of the Collapse. (Philadeiphia Telegraph) The foreman employed by a big contractor rushed into the office of i the boss, wild-eyed and palpitating. ‘“Boss,” sald he, in a greatly agitat- ed voice, “one of them new houses of ours fell down in the night!” As the end drew near and Sister “What's that?” exclaimed the boss, jumping right up and beginning to take notice. “What was the matter? How did it happen?” “It was the fault of the workmen, boss,” answered the foreman. “They made the mistake of taking down the scaffolding before they put on the wall paper.” Favoritism (Ladies’ Home Journal) “Oh, no,” solillquized Jhonny, bit- terly; “there ain’t any fa.vorites in this family! Oh, no! If I bite my finger nails, I get a rap over the knuckles, but if the baby eats his whole foot they think it’s cute. Conservation. To save good don’t spill the beans. To save light avoid burning the can- dle at both ends. To save fuel utilize your burning in- dignatiorf against the Hun. —Boston Transcript. v 1 the least she must be able to squat on _FACTS_ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Divisions Naval Aristocracy—Bosh! It's the nth power of soclalism, Tolstoi's dream come true, this navy of ours! Something for every man to do; every man doing something; and some- thing doing all the time: that's the American Navy today. Distribution does it; scientific carv- ing of the warship's crew into groups, each the consummate master of its own part of the vessel, of her arma- ment, or of her propulsive machinery: and every man, from the Captain down to the cook and coal heave having his fair and equitable share of the benefits to be derived from his labor. Here is the logic of it: The Battle- boat must bd sufficient unto herself. For the space of a month or two at the bosom of the deep, untended, and without loss or diminution of any of her powers. To do this the three great departments of her value as a fighting unit must be grasped, manned, and administered: guns, engines, up- keep. Guns first: Dreadnaught means two kinds of guns—big guns for big game, such as other Dreadnaughts; and small guns for small game, de- stroyers, submarines, and areos. Big guns live in steel coops called turrets. Their sizes range from 12 to 18 in- ches muzzle diameter. Takes from 80 to 100 men to tend a peir of them, to curry and feed them, to pass fod- der from magazines to hungry maws; to exact obedience and spirit from their noisy fury in action. Ship’s bill reads: four 14-inch turret divisions —3 guns gach—100 men to a divi- sion. Equally combplete are the broadside Torpedo Defense Divisions. There are usually two, starboard and port, 100 men aplece, and 12 5-inch guns to a division. Bach division is parceled out by gun crews composed of 7 mep and a gun captain, A gun’s crew is an Independent personality that can feed and fire up to the last moment the man-of-war disappears Beneath the surface of the sea. Such a last word 1is befitting a flghter—a 5-inch high powered shell spit venomously from the very jaws of death. That's what the Queen BElizabeth did . ... . Once more the Deadly Female! For classification the Torpedo Di- vision is included with guns. From 2 to 8 underwater tubes on the first- class battleship are manned by sec- tions of this division. Only about 80 | DOING HIS BIT FDWARD LEAVITT. Edward Leavitt of 51 Church street, who enlisted in the United States Navy two years ago next month, is now assigned to the U. S. S. Michigan but expects to be detailed for service abroad shortly. Leavitt recently was promoted to the rank of gunner's mate on,the Michigan and is said to be-a capable operator of the big 12- inch guns. More lately he has been in charge of the three-inch guns and it is in this capacity that he will probably see service abroad. This young sallor's parents are dead and his nearest of kin are his brothers in this city. He a member of the First Congregational church. Division, to which are allotted ice- plants, distillers, dynamos, and other auxiliary machinery, varles from 160 to 150 men. Just as the Gunnery Officer commands all gun divisions so does the Chief Engineer carry the Big Stick for the so-called ‘‘Black Gang.” Finally comes upkeep. Upkeep men are required but each must be a specialist, 1f only {n smearing body grease. As a whole they form a compact and vital part of the com- plement. The Fire Control Division handles all communications, holds the leash as it were on the belching dogs of war. This dlvision is sial!, hut on e ofl clency in the supreme need of battie, its co-operation and unity, hangs the warship’s strencth and concentration. Cut the liner and the guns may still fire—perhaps. But if then they hit, it’s by God’s will, not Man’s. Second in importance—some place it first—come the Engineers. They are subdivided into three divisions: Maine Engine, Boller, and Auxiliary Divisions. The first and second com- prise about 300. men, the Auxiliary COMMUNICATED. BRAVE SOLDIERS ATL. Writer Analyzes the Situation Which ! Confronts Sunny Italy. H To the Editor of the Herald: I know not what impression this' will make upon the reader's mind; | but promoted by that impulse, and | feeling thus inclined I am transmit- | ting by the way of the pen and ink | what during this hour of trial turmoils | my mind, as a result from the “re- | ports” more or less correct of the press. > The military catastrophe experi- enced by Italy, it seems unperceiv- able and unabatable. To concede a | tremendous victory of the kind to the enemy of Humanity and Clvilization, by an army like Italy’s is not quite sonceivable. 'An army, that within the last two and one-half years of fighting has called the attention and awakened tho administration of the whole world, by displaying its true military valor and real heroism; with | the achievement of a score of unin- terrupted and overwhelming victories. Its leaders rank with no Inferiority to others. With paramount morale, the soldlers hold scrupulously and with the deepest devotlon the integrity and the name of the fatherland. Ridicu- lous indeed to charge with cowardice an army that on the steepest of the Alps has fought thus brilliantly, and : with every masterly detall against the | bloodthirsty Huns. Is the Italian| army accountable of the defeat in- ficted upon it? No! absolutely no | 2 had Italy attained proper sup- | port from the allies for a common defense. When Italy first entered into the armed conflict that is devastating Burope and menacing the equilibrium of the world; there' in Rome at “Montecitorio” were few Deputies, who holding their political principle manifested themselves to be opposed ! to the hostility. These were the rep- resentatives of the Sociali-n and Lib- | eralism, of which “the later called also pacifist party and someone | bought friend with German gold. Dur- | ing the whole period of the two and | one-halt years, these so called honor- able men have endeavored and exer- cised all their power upon their fol- | lowers until succeeding in having | some pretty violent demonstrations | against the war in some of Italy's northern zone cities. All their pre- meditated efforts had only trivial sig- nificance in Italy’s political life, but borne mno weight whatsoever on Italy’s’ battlefronts, where the vallant sons of the Historical Italy are giving in sacrifice on the “altar of honor by thousandfold their most youthful lives In order to remain unstained |“E Pluribus Unum.” means health of men and gear—not | just physical welfare, but that of mind and disposition, of nut and bolt and armor belt. To the Repair Division belong plumbers and fitters and car- penter's mates. Plumbers and fitters also fill the Medical Division; even carpenter's mates are thers, for no less 1s old Sawbones himself. The Paymaster’s Division is the last and connecting link between man and machine. Included therein are the cooks—grand old bean brulsers, how could we do without them! And the yeomen too, clerks who shove us an- other kind of bean—the great Iron Bean, vulgarly termed “The Almighty Holler" or is it Dollar? Whence, as you may readily per- ceive, comes the well known quip, Q. E D) the name and the glory of their be- loved fatherland: for which the names of Cavour, Mazsini and Gari- baldi are so conspicuously placed at the great heroes and leading bene- factors for a united Italy. These il- lustrious gentlemen are no more vital co-operators; but they set the exam- ple that the nation they strove so much for might live. This shall be proven at the arising of the new Aurora. P. BARONE.. Colonel Roosevelt. (From the Brooklyn Standard-Union.) There is a bird called the stormy petrel, or Mother Carey’s chicken, which is believed by sailors to presagc bad weather. It is becoming certain that ex-President Roosevelt, througi his irresistible propensity to dabble in the politics of the party he used to belong to, will soon be known as a bird of bad omen in a campaign. His side always loses. He had only been out of office a year when he rushed back to New York and took poss:ssion of the re- publican campaign for the state elec- tion, though nobody wanted him. He robustiously led his candidate to de- feat, after a campaign in which no- body knew what it was all about. Then he defeated the republican party in 1912, tried to defeat it in 1914, and failed, tried to elect its candidate in 1916 and failed, and hustled in to New Yeork city in 1917 to try to consummate ihe seliing out of the republican party to the oney- bund, and has failed in that It is all very amusing to Mr. Roose- velt, but somewhat embarrassing to those upon whom he thrusts his ex- uberant assistance. Hoover Asks Us to Help In This Way. Buy less; cook no more than nec- essary; serve smaller portions. TUse local and seasonable supplies. Patronize your local producers and lessen the need of transportation. \ Preach and practice the “gospel of the clean plate.” Eat plenty, but wisely, and without waste. Do not limit growing children. Do not eat between meals. Watch out for waste in munity. You can yourself devise other meth- ods of saving to the ends we wish to accomplish. the plain food of the com- Tone Deaf. “Is Bliggins patriotic?” es, but not always with judg- ment. He insists on singing ‘“The Star Spangled Banner,” no matter how he makes it sound.”—Washington Star. The McMillan Store, Inc. ALWAYS RELIABLE. LINEN WEEK This November offerifg of Thanksgiving Linens offers substan- tial economies to every home on something that is needed. The items below are typical of many others embraced in this sale. ALL LINEN TABLE DAMASK Five neat designs in this special 70-inch wide Damask. Value $1.75 yard. L/lnen ‘Week Price $1.49 per yard. NAPKINS TO MATCH. Linen Week price $3.75 per dozen. IRISH LINEN SATIN Value $4.50. DAMASK 72-inch wide exceptionally fine quality with rich Ivy Design. Value $2.75. Linen Week price $2.25 per yard. NAPKINS TO MATCH Linen Weéek price $4.98 per dozen. Value $6.00. PATTERN napkins. Value $5.50. Week price, $5.50 per set. ASK TO SEE Our special Irish Linen Damask. $2.00 value. Limen Week price $1.79 yard. HEMSTITCHED SCARFS All pure linen. Special prices for Our Linen Week Sale: Size 18x86 ......... 18x45 «.cvnenn 18x60 ........ $1.25 cach 89c each 98¢ each market prices. Linen Russian Crash Toweling 29c value at 22c yard, ‘With % dozen Napkins to match. Linenweek price $4.75 per set. Size 67x88 cloth, with % doz. Trimmed with hand crochet lace. $2.50. Linen Weck price $2.19 per set. BLE CLOTHS Size 67x68 cloth, with 12 dozen napkins. Value $6.50. Linen LUNCHEON SETS These you should see to ap- preciate their value. 13 pieces hand embroidered. Maderia sets. Value $7.60. Linen Weck Price $6.50 set. LUNCHEON SETS These 13 piece sets are valued at MADEITRA NAPKINS Linen Week Specials 59c and 75c each. LINEN' PILLOW CASES Size 45x36 Hemstitched Cases. Value $3.25. Linen Week price $2.75 pair. Scalloped Cases. Value $3.75. Linen Week price $2.98 pair. Large assortment of ali Linen Towels at 25% less than today's Choose from these exceptional values. Week prices range 50c to $1.50 ecach. For Linen 25c Crash Toweling, Par’. Linen, Tor this Sale 16c yard. MANUFACTURER SALE of Rich Cut Glass Several Hundred Pleces in this sale, pricod 50c to $12.50. One Hundred special cut glass vases at 50c each. Other exceptional values at Manufacturers’ Sale Dflces,h Choose from Water Sets, 8herbet Sets, Bowls, Sugar and Cream Sets, Fern Dishes, Oils, Pepper and Salts, Celery Dishes etc. Free Siberla, (Fortier Jones, in Century) During the last weeks of March the exile villages of the Ob moved in ragged, but delirfously joyful, co- horts into Tomsk, and their counter- parts on the Irtysh around Tobolsk and on the Lena, beyond frigid Yak- utsk, joined the amazing hegira to the railway. In the picturesque lan- guage of Alexander Ivanovich, ‘it was as if some irresistible wind from the North had arisen and drove them like dead forest leaves before it to the Trans-Siberian, where they filled every train that rushed them to Pe- trograd and Moscow. From Narym they flooded Tomsk in a day, and be- cause we had visited them last sum- mer, hundreds came hurrying to me, so that at last T had to bar the door and stay at home, for they all wished immediate aid to carry them to Rus- ! " In two weeks a hundred thou- | sand of them poured out of the froz- en wilderness on every conceivable sort of sledge, from those drawn by dogs to the thrilling Russian troikas, drawn by three horses jangling scores of bells. They flooded and jammed the forest trails, they broke new roads over the river ice, and did not pause through the long Siberian nights. Into Irkutsk alone 50,000 came. Many of them had not been out of the forest for 30 years, had heen sent into exile all the way by sleigh from Russia be- fore the railway was constructed. The population gave them what clothes ! umphal march, with !at every stop. could be spared, and the train-loads of them exhibited grotesque sights in- deed. One man seized the gold-em- broidered coat of a deposed Gover- nor and wore it proudly home. They who had beon held as ac- cursed suddenly awaked to find them- selves the idolized heroes of a hun- dred and eighty million people who were in a great heroic mood. Their progress into Russia was one long tri- 1 official recep- tions, banquets, and unlimited oratory They reaped what in past eénerations tens of thousands of Russiffs best died to sow, and the ex- ile system, which was older than Pster the Great, crumbled in a cloud of glory for them. In the first patheti- cally bright flush of hope and confl- dence that followed the Czar's over- throw the Russian people found in them a perfect embodiment of thelr sufferings and their liberation. Mos- cow and Petrograd welcomed, them a3 no Emperor was ever welcomed. Men Should Skip This. A little girl wrote the following composltion on men: “Men are what women ‘marry. They drink and smoks and swear, but don't go to church. Perhaps if they wore bonnets they would. They are more logical than women, also mors zoological. Both men and women sprang from monkeys, but the sprang farther than the me dies’ Home Journal A