New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1917, Page 6

New Britaiin Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. Tewgad daily (Sund: at Herald Bulldins ay cxcepted) at 4:15 p. m., 67 Church St Emtered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mail Matter. Deltvered by carrler to any part of the city for 16 cents a week, 65 cents a month. Subecription for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year The only profitable advertising medlum in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Wall, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. THLEPHON Ofilce Rooms Busthess Editorial Membe:r of the Asnociated Presa. The Associated Press is oxclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news eredited to it or not otherwiso credited in this paper and also the local news published herein Bind the Beast. For his pact with death and hell, let us bind the monster well, That the world go free indeed from his arrogance and By the pact he dared to sever make we treaty with him greed! the murder-venom blood has ceast! By his trust in force and war, end we those forevermore. As the nations sit in council for the binding of the Beast! —GEORGE STERLING. il his in PATRIOTISM. When Uncle Sam called men to the eolors, and when volunteers did not step up to the recruiting offices in igoodly nuinbers, a method was found to Aill the ranks of the army and navy, and this we know as the Selective Bervice Law. Under the workings of the enacted by Congress the men in this Ination, citizens, between the age of twenty-one and thirty-one, were re- guired, on June 5 last, to register. Af- er that they were examined by com- petent physicians and administrators of the law. If deemed advisable, jthese men were sent to training camps throughout the country where they lare now preparing for battle. They lhad no alternative, except desertion for which they would be shot if caught. Uncle Sam commanded them o come forth, and they did. .If the government of the United [SBtates can take all that a man holds [dear, his life if nccessary, it is like- vise entitled to take over his treasure for the continuance of the war. Those lcoal dealers in the city of New Brit- ain who are lamenting government ac- Hon in fixing prices should bear this in mind. We grant they will lose some of thelr formier excessive profits. What they lose, however, is as nothing to what men must sacrifice on the bat- tleflelds of Europe. Think it over. law A MATTER OF CHEFS? Down Asheville, North Carolina, way there is much heat and indigna- tlon among the natives because the German prisoners interned at Hot Springs are supposed to be getting the ibest foodstufts that money can buy, because they are thought to be getting #the fat of the land,” while Americans are going hungry. It has been de- clared by some of the railroad men who handle the food shipments that “no American making a salary of $200 'monthly could begin to give his fam- 1ly the quality of food supplied to the Germans. Quoting from Asheville correspondence, we hear this: “The finest of steaks, pork and jamb chops, veal, hams, bacon, eg; butter and fresh vegetables, together with the best canned goods on the mearket, are unloaded there by the thousand pounds, and the natives, who cannot commence to supply their ta- bles with anything approaching the menu supplied the Germans, watch the unloading with growing dissatis- faction. The prisoners are cared for by chefs who have seen service on ocean liners and who are competent to prepare the best of food in the high- est class manner. Women in the vi- einity of Hot Springs have refused flatly to sign food pledge cards, and are planning to protest to the sovern- ment and food administration regard- Ing the food furnished the Germans.” In the event these things are true— that Interned Germans are getting bet- ter food from the government than folk who are helping support the na- tion are enabled to buv—there will be ttle criticism of the North Carolina women who refuse to sign food pledge cards, and who are making ready to protest to the government, The Ger- mans Interned at Hot Springs are in- deed fortunate beings, and this wheth- er they receive the foodstuffs accred- ited or whether they got the fare ap- portioned to the average mortal. They are fortunate, in the first place, be- | tunate again because they are re- moved from the hazards of war which would otherwise beset them. They are fortunate the mere fact that they are Germans interned American soll, interned on German soil Tn the latter instance, there is no tell- ing what would happen to them. In- stead - of the stories of fabulous fats there would, in all™ probability, be varns to the effect that waist-lines were rapldly decreasing. There is a difference between the girth of a Ger- man in America and the girth of a German In Germany. We shall await with interest tha outcome of the complalnts the women of North Carolina are making ready to lodge with the federal food admin- istration. There will be, naturally, an on Americans investigation, on at Hot Springs. know: are getting good and substantial food. That i the polic as nounced from These men will be fed and taken care of in the same way the American gov- taken care of in any foreign land un- der similar circumstances. Tt is mere- Iy government interpretation of & religious dogma—Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Few Americans will begrudge good foodstuffs to the Germans interned at Hot Springs. They deserve good treatment, since their lot is merely part of the fortunes of war. We could do no less than feed them properly, and give them good shelter. If they are to get more than the average American man of means is permitted to put on the family table, that Is & different thing, With the scarcity of foodstuffs, this is no time to waste. This is no time to play favorites, es- pecially when interned Germans are deriving the benefits. In the final an- alysis, however, it may be found that someone in North Carolina has over- stated the situation. Probably the rich flavors that come from German cooking, when properly done by ac- complished German cooks, are respon- sible for the hysterical stories. And there are German chefs of no mean ability interned at Hot Springs. The correspondent says: ‘‘The prisoners are cared for by chefs who have seen service on ocean liners.” That might be the answer. A good chef can work wonders. a IDENTIFYING THE HEROES. Many have wondered how Ameri- can soldlers who are stricken on the field of battle are to be identified. The method of identification used in the army Is not much different from that of the navy, which has been pro- nounced the best yet adopted by any country. Each officer and enlisted man in the United States navy will wear a metal identlfication tag which will bear the wearer's name, date of birth and enlistment, and, in the case of an officer, his rank and date of appointment. On the reverse side will be etched the finger-print of his right index finger. This is part of what naval officers regard as the hest system of Identification known, perior to that in uss in European armies and navies. The identification tag for officers and enlisted men 5f the navy consists of an oval plate of monel metal, 1.25 by 1.50 inch, perforated at one end and suspended from the neck by monel wire incased in a cotton sleaove. su- a Monel, which is the alloy used as the material for battleship propellers, was choson i preference to brass or any other metal because it is unaffected by heat, not melting until 1t han reached a temperature of 2480 de- grees Fahrenheit; it will not corrode and is not affected by salt water. On each ship and at each naval station a hospital corps officer has charge of the preparations of the tag. The fin- gerprint is taken in ink on the metal, the name and dates written on the tag, which is sprinkled with powdered asphaltum and held over an alcohol lamp until the asphaltum melts into the ink. The tag is then placed for an hour in a nitric acld bath, which etches the finger print and inscrip- tion on the metal. There is not one chance in 65,000,- 000, the finger print expert’s estimate, of a mistake in identification, as there are 65 characteristics in each finger and only one chance in a million of the fingers of any two persons having the same characteristics. Thus does Uncle Sam insure the absolute inden- tification of his boys who might fall in service. The job of enemy-aliening is not what it used to be. FACTS AND FANCIES. None of the kalser's sons has shown any ambition to distinguish himself either ag an airman or a submarine commander.—Washington Star. A correspondent writes in to ask whether she shall marry the widower for whom she is keeping house. Well that, we believe, is the custom.— cause of the natural surroundings of | griggeport Post, their temporary )-.ome‘ They are for- | in the final Instance from ' and not | The publicists will let . the people know just what is going | This we already | The Germans interned thers | of this government, | the beginning. ernment would have its own people | | Italy has been invaded before—not | only by Huns, but by Goths and Van- dals and other savages—and has sur- vived. It is not time to despair.—New Haven Union. There appears to be no concerted movement to lmpress upon people the desirabllity of being economical with sugar lately.—Springfield Daily News. Seeing what a mess the kings and emperors have made in Burope, how would it do to turn the whole thing over to the queens and em- presses >—Norwich Record. Just when we get used to pro- nouncing it, they change the gov- ernment In Russia.—Merlden Record. Smashing tho Hindenburg line for flve miles and taking 8,000 prisoners doesn’t impress the pessimists over- much. But allow the question to be asked what would they say if things had run exactly the reverse?—Berk- shirs Eagle, The Bolsheviki are ready to nego- tlate an armistice with anybody who wants to fight—New York World. In Russia the man of the hour is 1tkely to be a man of only a minute. ~—New York Sun. FACIS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8 N. BY LIEUT. Ash Ashes are the indigestible part of coal. When a furnace has been fed for a time it needs cleaning out. If there is a big bowel obstruction like @ olinker or mass of fused ash, a grate bar may need be cut out just as a man would havo his appendix re- moved. Ashes are refuse, to be swept out, ' thrown overboard. Multiply the source and the supply Is staggering. A fleet of 40 battleships could burn 150 tons of coal & day apiece. Since coal rang®es from 8 to 15 per cent ash that fleet must disgorge a vast mass of nearly 2,000,000 pounds of useless and indestructible material or the equivalent in bulk of a fair-sized ves- sel. I once heard orate the president of a local gas company. A gas-bag like him should have been president! He sold cinders to the city for streets and walks. “Gentlemen,” he sald, “from the burned out ashes of my coal rises Phoenix-like the lovely appari- tlon of your parks.” And so on until there wasn’t a dry eye in the council tobacco smoke, you know, can even “Tipperary” Sung in Bagdad. Oh, they made thelr margic carpet, 'an they made a ’ellish rust, their slimy incantations an’ thelr crystal globes went -bust. they sang their blooming chan- ties, an’ they banged their foolish bells, But we savvied we could get there 'spite o' all their cranky ells! So we put up wi' “Tipperary,” we pounded 'em like grain, th’ dust was like a blanket— thought I'd never see again; I kinder did regret it, for I'd fixed my mind t' see That land o’ silly ’arems, and queer Kings, thet lived t’ spree! when we got inside it, never knowed it! Say— Just a low-down, Dirty 'amlet, where no Britisher’d stay! An’ I wonder, wi' their magic, they'd changed it—d've sce? For I know this ain't the Bagdad where ol’ Haroun use’ t’' be! —THEDA KENYON in Everybody’s. COMMUNICATED “THE JOYS OF FARM LI He? J An An’ and An’ An’ Well I'a ‘a’ it Would Be Known to More Connecti- cut People if the Lure of the City Was Lessened. To the Editor of the Herald: I appreciate the city dweller's point of view. I paid $2 a bushel at the farm for my own potatoes last week. I have a family of children and have to buy three quarts of milk a day at fourteen cents a quart—new experi- ence for a man who has been living in the country. But in spite of this appreciation of the city dweller’s point of view, I say that good prices, cven high prices to the farmers, are an in- vestment in the future of agriculture in this section and therefore favorable and not against the public interest. I willl grant that there are people who would gladly llve in the country ir they could. There are many who would llke to have a summer home in the suburbs. But whether they want to work in the country—work as far- mers have to work—is another ques tion. My experience all this summe: trying to persuade people to hire out to work on farms has convinced me that most city men care a great deal more for the high wages and the short hours of the city job than they do for “the joys of farm life.” I will grant, however, are some who helong to class who would gladly live in thc country and work in the countrv—- especially men with large families to support. That is the tragedy of it. Until farming becomes a more profit- able business than it is now few far- mers can afford to pay the big wages as compared with ordinary farn wages which a man with a large fam- ily must have to llve on even in th: country. Tt is a sadly significant thins that among the most common appli cants for farm jobs these days is the man with a large family to suppori And he Is one of the most d!filcult tc find a job for. This discussion has opened up tha almost overwhelming question, how i adjustment to be made by which mort of the people of the city are goin. to get back into the country wher: they belong. To my mind it is an in evitable adjustment. Tbhe only ques tion is how soon and in what ways i the adjustment to be accomplished Threo ways suggest themselves to m after a summer of close contact wit! this whole problem: First, by increased price for farn products which will atiract peopl with some little or more capital int the business. When a more reason able proportion of people are engaged in agricultnre perhaps prices will g« down again. At present there is room for a goo: deal of improvement. I have not veri fied the figures but I understand that 7 per cent. of the people of Hartfor: county are engaged In agricultural pursuits at present. Second, by people now in the cities hiring out to work on farms. The Hartford county league maintalns a free employment agency for farm la bor. We have handled about 450 men this summer. Of course it is ver) hard for & man without any farm ex- perlence to make good on a farm. But especially In the heart of the season, 1t is possible for an inexperienced man to break in gradually by working at hoeing and corn cutting and now, at potato digging. But meny men don’t want to work on farms. I have talked with scores of men this summer who were thorouhly experienced farm hands, now employed at other work, who have said, “no more farming for mine, too long hours, too hard work. I've got an easy job.” Of course there | are many others wko have come to us and said, “I'm tired of the city. I'd like to get out. I always save morc money in the country even on small wages and I don't mind hard work.” . that there the other blind a man by the acute conjunc- tivitls it causes. His metaphor reminds me of the Harbor Master who Phoenix-like arose from the lovely apparition of our Skipper's belleving he could dump ashes at anchor in the Bay. “Take yer lazy bottom out o’ here!” —not to the Captain but to a bosun’s mate and plenty loud enough for the Old Man to hear. ‘““We ain’t buildin’ no bicycle paths on the bottom of this yere harbor. . . .” We Jearned later that $1,000,000 had just been spent in dredging a fresh channel, the old one having been cluttered up by the current and trafic dump. Next day we sent our stuff outside the breakwater. In a harbor like New York the problem is stupendous. Milllons of tons of ashes a year must not only be handled but the ships apprehend- ed before the dumping is done. Heavy tide is a great advantage as it sweeps clean much of the bottom and im- proves sanitary conditions. Our Fleet usually has its own ash lighters. Some ports are kind enough to supply them without charge. Off Weymouth where the English Home Such people are the hope of the situa- tion. Some of the others may have to be starved out. Third, by making it possible for peo- ple to purchase farms with small equity. Here is an ekperience of this sea- son which has a world of significance in it. A Swedish woman and her fam- ly came to Hartford last spring from Brooklyn, N. Y., to look for a farm. There were two powerful young men in the family thoroughly experienced n farming in the old country, the best ‘ort of material for Hartford ocounty farming. They had $1,500 to invest. They planned to save $500 for seed and 2quipment, and to live on until harvest time, and put $1,000 into the farm. They found a farm which just suited hem for $3,000, but couid not pur- hase It without $1,600 down. But hey were able to buy a $3,600 room- ng house with just $200 equity. Baron Hirsch has done a monu- nental service to the Jewlish people v making it possible for some of hem to buy farms with only a fow wundred dollars equity and gradually vipe out the indebtedness. Though he Jewish people prove themselves mexcelled in the marketing end of the natter. they are not naturally suited o the type of heavy farm work which nost New FEngland farms require. It 11s been one of my dreams to see ome Swedish or Danish people colon- zed In Hartford county under similar ~onditions. Captain E. B. Soper of Emmetts- ~urg, Towa, who was one of the strong nen of that state, used to tell how he sought his first farm with $100 which e had saved. He sald he had an old ¢hite horse and $100. He said he Soked the man that loaned him the cst of the money to buy the farm traight in the eye and said. “I have ‘rned this $100 by hard work and T .an pay you for this farm.” And he \d. That is the sort of thing that ight to be more and more possible ere in Connecticut. Jt agriculture becomes profitable ere in Connecticut, it may be safe 5 bring back to this state some of 1o milllons and millions of Connecti- 4t money Which have been invested western farms. But that is another OTIS H. MOORE. GIVE US THIS DAY— ut Ward Went One Better and Gave Double Portion. Washington, Nov. 26.—After an in- stigation of complaint that the Ward >aking company which supplies New ork with much of its bread, was mploylng unfalr methods in competi- ‘on, the Federal Trade Commission oday ordered the company to appear ‘anuary 21 and show cause why it hould not be required to desist from he alleged violation of the law. Tt vas charged that the Ward Baking ‘ompany at perfods of several consec- \tive days during the past two years \ad daily given with each purchase of yread a quantity of bread equal to the amount bought. FILES ITS ANSWER. ‘Washington, Nov. 26.—The Amer- ican league flled its answer today in the District of Columbia supreme court to the Baltimore Federal league club’s $900,000 damage suit. A gen- eral denial of the allegations was made. WILL REPUBLISH. Amsterdam, Nov. 26.—Maximillan Harden has been permitted to repub- lish his newspaper Die Zukunfel ac- cording to the Tageblatt. Herr Harden also will be allowed to continue his lectures, forbidden a month ago. es. Fleet lay before the war, a ‘Limey’ was pretty nearly afraid to knock his pipe out over the rail. When the lighter gangs went on a strike the man-of-war was in the embarrassing position of a cigarette fiend calling on an Old Mald—simply had to smoke and no ash try between the Devil and the Deep Blue. 5 At sea ashes are holsted out of the fireroom to the deck and dumped overboard. On late types of ships patent ash-ejectors are provided. There is a large hopper or funnel near each group of furnaces. Ashes are shoveled directly in and shot over the side by a hoavy jet of water. Stokers, or firemen as the Service calls them, are almost more concerned with ashes than with coal. Experi- ments have shown 790,000 cubic feet of alr necessary for burning 1 ton of fuel. At good crulsing speed 5 tons an hour is not unusual. To make way for this prodiglous volume of alr to reach the fuel every speck of dirt or dropping must be kept clear of the ash pits and grats To this end fires are cleaned each watch with a Slice Bar and Devil's Claw—long tools that look like they | sound. Pits arc hauled with a Hoe, hot ashes wet down and sent by hoist or ejector to their last resting place in the sea. A saflor's burial indeed! Wwith something in it of pathos when one thinks. . .. But just then a grimy glant, half-naked and dripping sweat, lurches backward from his roaring fires and leans for a weary | moment on his shovel. “‘Show me the | way to go home Babe—!" he chants with hoarse abandon, and your poetic Open Wednosday Evening. Closed all Day Thanksgiving. musings fade in the light of a deeper romance: Lif ‘Windjammers went but left a herl. tage of reminiscence. Colliers, tramps, and coal-burning battleships are on their way—strewing behind them, like a trall of ashes, Breat burnt-out oaths of engineers at their dirtiness and ineficiency. Clean speedy ofl-fuel ships lead the Fleet today. They Fletcherize their food; no ash nor clinkered slag; and the well-bred breath of their smoke- pipes is almost colorless. “Charley, go fix the furnace. . . . It's cold in this room, and you know what the Doctor said about your cough. . . . ." DOING HIS BIT ] EDWARD R CURRAN. Leaving Middlebury college, where he had a promising career ahead of him, both as a student and an ath- lete, Edward R. Curran, son of Mrs. John Curran, of 195 Fairview street, responded to the call of his country and last August enlisted in Troop B While that command was conducting its recruiting campalgn here. He is now somewhere in France with this same company, which now a machine gun unit. Curran is particularly well known amnng the young men of this city. He Wi grad- uated from the local High school, where he was a brilliant football player, and subsequently went to Middlebury college, where ho made good on the faotball eleven. Later he went to the University of Vermont, but was scheduled to return to Mid- dlebury this fall. After leaving High school, voung Curran received an ap- pointment to the Naval academy at Annapolls, hut was prevented from attending because of an injury to his eve. Befare finally heing accepted in Troop B, Curran made several unsuc- cessful attempts to enlist in both the Army and Navy. but was rejected for minor physical ailments. STONE TALKS. Ome of Willful Twelve Urges Declara- tions of War. Washington, Nov. 26.—Declarations of war against Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, Chairman Stone, of the sen- ate foreign relations committee, de- clared, today, seem ‘exceedingly ad- visable to simplify a situation now anomalou “We are in’ fact,” said he, “now at lwar with Germany’s allies.” Open Wednesday Evening. Closed all Day Thanksgiving. The McMillan Store, Inc. ALWAYS 'RELIABLE. THE PIERCING WINTRY WINDS sent the ohills through many people, judging from the number who entered our store at opening time this morning making purchases of Warm Underwear, Hoslery, Gloves, Sweaters and Coats. took the elevator to our third floor Blanket Dept. and Blankets and Comfortables. This store is in a position to Several purchased supply your needs, large purchases made by us months ago from the mills have been delivered to our store. Our prices are reasonable for such rellable standards as we offer here. GOOD WARM WOOL SWEATERS AT REASONABLE PRICES INFANTS' SWEATERS Priced $1.69 to $38.98 each. Cute little sweaters here in Rose, Copen. Corn, Red and ‘White. MEN’S ARMY SWEATERS t $5.98 each. Bxtra good values. Navy, 980 per skein. $1.25. MEN'S KNIT SCARFS 98c CHILDREN'S Men’s and Women'’s Gloves for Men, Women and Children. DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS Pure linen in hemstitched and scalloped. Priced $8.50 to $8.98. LINEN NAPKINS Hemstitched and scalloped, 22-lach, 7éc each, 1-2 doz, $4.25 MADEIRA LUNCHEON SETS Hand scalloped and embroid ered. All linen, 18 piece sets. Priced $6.50 per set. From our regular stock of Just received more wool knitting yarns in Khaki, CHILDREN'S SWEATERS for Mis: and Boys. The want- ed kinds. Priced $1.98 to $4.98 each. WOMEN’'S SWHATERS, priced $1.98 to $18.98 cach. MEN’S BWHATERS, priced $2.49 to $13.98 each. Better Sweater values here and more to choose from. ALL WOOL SLIP-ONS $4.98 each. With or without sleeves in the wanted colors. MEN’'S KHAKI WOOL SLIP-ONS AT $4.98 EACH. Grey and CARDIGAN JACKETS at $1.98 cach. Black and Grey. ANGORA SETS for Children. Scarfs and Toque to match, set WARM KNIT SCARFS, 980 to $1.98 each. to $3.98 (At Men’s Dept.) ANGORA SUITS Bults, Mitts and Cap to match, complete $5.98 per suit. Mittens for Children 13¢ to 50c pair. ‘Wool Gloves for Children 25¢ to 789c pair. and Mittens in wool and leathers. WARM UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY. BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES attractively priced. (Take elevator to 3rd floor.) THANKSGIVING LINENS No doubt there is something you'll need in table or decorative linens, you'll find this store the place to buy them. LUNCHEON CLOTHS Special $1.19 to $3.98. TRAY CLOTHS 25¢, 59¢ and 75¢ énch. . LINEN CENTER PIECES & Cluny lace trimmed. Priced, $2.25 to $4.98 each. MADEIRA SCARFS Hand scalloped and embroid- ered. All fine linen. Special at $4.39 each. fine linens we are offering several attractive values in beautiful decorative Mnens especially appropriate for Thanksgiving and BRADLEE IN SERVICE Fourth Member of Famous Harvard Eleven Receives Notice of Com- mission in the Regular Army. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 26.—All the members of Harvard's most famous foothall combination—Brickley, han, Hardwick and Bradlee—are now in training for an assault on the Hin- | denburg line. TFrederick J. Bradlee, Jr., mentioned in 1913 and 1914 the leading selections for “All-Amer- ica” halfback, has just received word that he has passed examinatiens for a commission in the Regular Army and Is to report at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for further training. Charles Brickley, the famous drop kicker and coach of the Boston Col- lege football team, is under orders to report for duty on the staff of Major-Gen. John A. Johnston of the Department of the Northeast. Eddie Mahan is in the marines and “Tacks” Hardwick is ‘“‘somewhere in as an artillery officer. CARNEGIE IS 82. New York, Nov. 26.—Andrew Car- negie was 82 years old yesterday. He spent the day qulietly at his home at 2 Jiast Ninety-first street, leaving (he house only to take a short automobile Ma- | in | France" Christmas. ‘;’1_(15‘ with Mrs. Carnegie through the {Park in the afternoon. | It was not desired to make a formal i celebration of the day, and only a few close relatives and intimate friends called late in the afternoon to pre- jsent their congratulations. A large ! number of congratulatory letters and ! telegrams were received, one of those most valued by Mr. Carnegie being from Charles M. Schwab. TO FLY SERVICE FLAG. St. Mary's Emblem (o Wednesday. St. Mary's service flag will be un- furled to the breeze Wednesday after- noon at the clase of school and the event will be marked with fitting ceremonies by the children of S | Mary's school. The flag, which will { contain 160 stars, representing the number of boys from St. Mary's parish now in service, will be finished today, It will fly between the parish house and the church. A list of all the boys of the parish now in service has been printeq and will be hung in the church vestibule. Be Unfurled HEARING POSTPONED. Washington, Nov. 26.—Ahsence of senators on the sub-committee ap- pointed to investigate Senator LaFol- lette’s St. Paul speeches last Septem- ber, caused a postponement today of the inquiry probably until after con gress reconvenes.