New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1917, Page 3

Boston Store THE COLD WEATHER IS HERE CHRISTMAS IS COMING Motor Weave Automobile Robes in pretty new Plaid designs, Grey, Brown and Blue have just arrived and at Old Prices. $6.75 Each. AN IDEAL XMAS GIFT. SEWING MACHINES Challenge $18.50 Warranted for 5 Years. Reliance $23.50. Warranted for 10 Years. -making ma; l sisting t:}t CLAIMS SOCIETY I§ BECOMING MENACE Burleson Calls Organizations of Postal Employes Bad Idea Washington, Dec. 6.—Postmaster General Burleson in his annual report, submitted to congress today, declares organizations of postal employes are rapidly becoming & menace to public welfare and recommends that con- gress repeal the law that allows such employes to maintain organizations. The law provides that the employes may organize and become affillated with other bodies so long as they do not impose any obligation to engage or assist in a strike against the gov- ernment. i Emphasizing the need for unselfish co-operation on all sides while the country is in the world war the Post- master General continues: ' “Notwithstanding this fact, and at this critical period in our nation's history, it is regrettable to state that the organized postal employes are ny selfish demands and in- they shall nét be required or permitted to work in excess of the usual number of hours; also that their salaries be permanently increased, al- though they are justly compensated, receiving more than three times as much as those fighting in the trenches who must if necessary, suffer the hardships of warfare and sacrifice their all if necéssary. McCALL PATTERNS 10¢, 15¢, 20c. ‘PULLAR SAGE TEA DARKENS HAIR TO ANY SHADE Don’t stay gray! Here’s a simple recipe that anybody can apply with a hai brush. / The use of Sage and Sulphur for re- storing faded, gray hair to its natural color dates back to grandmother’s time. She used it to keep her halr‘v beautifully dark, glosgy an rac- | /tiye. | Wheéngver her balr took'on that dull,- faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with | . wonderful effect. But brewing at home is mussy and ' but-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at | any drug store for a bottle of “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphuyr Compound,” you | will get this famous old preparation, i Improved by the addition of other in- gredients, which can be depended up- on to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. A well-known downtown druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied. #You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after mn- sther application’ or two, it becomes beautifully dark and glossy. ¢ ' Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com- pound is a delightful toilet requisite for those who desire a more youthful appearance. It is not intended for the cure, mitigation or px‘ev\?ntlon of Aisease. FOR SALE. Two family 11 room house with all Improvements and 93 feet frontage | besides ‘extra building space on side | street. Terms easy. H. N. LOCKWQOD, Real Estate and Insurance, City Hall. FLECTRIGAL _ SUPPLES COOLEY & TROUP, ELEOCTRICAD CONTRACTORS Railroad Men These men know from experience that Sloan’s Liniment will take the stiffness out of joints and the sore- nees out of muscles—And it's so they public will then be brought face face with a most serious situation— one ~whith will be a-menace to government. “Efforts of these organizations along other lihes have been severely criticized by men in public life, as they attempt to control political as well as legislative matters and openly boast of the influence they claim to. exert in the furtherance of their sel- fish interests. “An outside organization has dur- ing the past several years attempted to unionize governmental employes, including those in the Postal service, and a large number of postal em- ployes are now affiliated with it, and thers soon will be, notwithstanding the fact that such affillation is be- lieved to be contrary to the act of August 24, 1912. The advisability of permitting government employes to affiliate with an outside organization and use the strike and boycott as a last resort to enforce its demands 1is seriously questioned by those interest- in the puplic welfare. “Postal employes have become bold because of this affiliation and have within recent years threatened to strike, and in one case actually did so by tendering their resignations and abandoning the service in a body. In this case they were promptly indicted and prosecuted in the federal courts. While strikes in the postal service may be averted for the time being, vet will inevitably come, and the to our “If by combining,” the report says, ‘government employes are enabled to | unduly influence members of congress nd others seeking election to public office, the situation will naturally arise, if it has not already arisen, where congress wllf be unduly in- fluenced by such organizations, the appropriations for the salaries of such employes will be greatly increased and economic provision for the conduct of the service impossible.” The report explains that postal em- ployes are differently situated from other workers in that they are not employed by private concerns, but by the government ‘“whose officers are merely executing the will of the peo- pl(”l;ha report shows an audited sur- plus for the year of $9,836,211, the | largest in the ‘history of the depart- ment. The increase over the preced-: ing vear was 6.68 per cent., while the increase in cost Was 4.45 per cent. The audited revenues for the year, jncluding money-order and postal- savings business, amounted to $329,- 726,116. Remarkable growth in postal sav- ings is shown. In 1917 there were 674,728 depositors with a total of $131,954,696 to their credit.- The average balance for each depasitor was $195.57. This was an increase | over the previous year of 71,791 in the number of depositors, $45,934,811 in the amount, and $62.90 in the per capita balance. The large proportion of this total is contributed by indus- trial centers. In 143 offices in cities where there are big manufacturing | plants, 74 per cent. of the deposits are | held. The war has resulted in some postal routes t being covered at times. Men drawn into Industries by larger salaries often have lefs posts that could not be filled, the’ report says, and recommends that the department be given more latitude in getting car- riers when conditions are unusual. Mr. Burleson again voiced opposi- tion to the tube system, maintaining they are inefficient and cost more than the service is worth. He also reit- erated his belief that the government should control telephone and tele- graph lines with supervision entrusted to the Postoffice department. The postmaster - general agaln strongly urges a change in the system «of erecting public bulldings. He stated his bellef that the government is not'justified in erecting a building for a postoffice alone unless the rental convenient! No rubbi:g l:'-quimd. It quickly penetrates and brings re- If. Eas; to apply and cleaner than rusey plasters or cintments. Always have a bottle in the housa for rheumatic aches, lama back, sprains and strains. Generous sized bottles at all drug- gists, 25¢., 50c., $1.00. Sloan’s Linitment IVILLS PAIN amounts to $1,000 and then only when the gross postal receipts are $15,000 or the population as much as §,000. The postmaster-general says the new space system of compensating railways for transporting mails has been successful. The report says: “The operation of the space basis is resulting in the direct saving of millions of dollars to the government by reducing the car-mile service re- quired of the railroads, and has re- leased to the roads a large amount of car equipment and car space of trains. The number of full 60-foot storage cars alone which, through concentra- tion and better loading of mails, have been rcleased to the raillroads for meeting the present freight, baggage " NEW BRITAIN and express congestion, would equip daily three trains of 10 cars each op- erating between Boston and Chicago.” Mr. Burleson’s report also makes this recommendation for further ex tending the civil service: “To further eliminate partisan pol- itics from the postal service, to recog- nize merit and efficlency, and in the interest of the public service, it is again recommended that the neces- sary legislation be enacted to include | in the classified civil service the posi- tion of postmaster at presidential of- fices; and to extend and perfect the efficiency system obtaining in the Postoffice department proper at Wash- ington, it is also recommended that the positions of assistant postmasters- general and that of purchasing agent of the Postoffice department be in- cluded in the classified civil service.” YOU CAN BE SANTA T0 THE RED CROSS Be Sure to Put Membership Card in Its Stocking New Britain 18 to have a new kina of Christmas celebration this year— one which is particularly appropriate to these stirring times when Ameri- can soldiers are firing their first vol- leys of shrapnel at Fritz, “over there,” and others are in the training camps Preparing for the gigantic encounter. The neéw Christmas is to be a Red Cross Christmas and all New Britain is expected to co-operate. This means every man, woman and child—it| means you. | To usher in this mew Christma elaborate preparations are be made which will center in a Red Cro: campaign from December 16 to 25, closing on Christmas eve with a grand celebration on Central park. The ab- Jective of this Red Cross campaign is to boost the membership up to 22,000, enlisting, if possible, repre- sentatives in everv family in New Britain. The organization now has 16,000 members -as a result of the previous campaign conducted before Uncle Sam threw off his coat and rolled up his sleeves preparatory to landing a solar plexus on Kaiser Bill. Now there is every incentive to be- come a Red Cross member and New Britain should go over the tp with a| clean 25,000 members. The Hardware ' City has a faculty of disregarding fixed limits when it goes into a cam- | paign heart and soul. The member- ship fee ¥g only $1. But this is not primarlly a money- getting campaign. It is to enlist the people, heart and soul, in the Red Cross cause. New Britain is not going alone into | this campaign by any means—it is a | DAILY HERALD, T Skinner. According to the plans of Campaign Manager Barnes, the Boy Scouts are to make a house-to-house canvass and ascertain who are mem- bers of the Red Cross, and they are to report the names to the campaign HURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1 o 017. headquarters, which will be located in ' | GIFTS for CHRISTMAS | the center of the city. The Boy Scouts will take with them *service flags,” and ask every household hav- ing Red Cross members to hang up a Red Cross service flag in the win- dow, in just as conspicuous a place as the Food Pledge badges are now suspended. For every member there will be a Red Cross stamp to put on the flag so that each flag will show from the window how many Red Cross members there are igside the Red Cross taking place of the star on the regular United States army serv- ice flag. After the Scouts have made their canvass, a captain will be desig- nated on every street to go through the street and call at the houses dis- playing no service flag, and get them in line. This first inspection will be made next Monday. Now the honor roll comes In right here. Every street having every house on it displaying the Red Cross flag will be named on the honor roll and will be posted on a bulletin probably at Central Park, if the necessary per- mission can be obtained, or else at the campaign headquarters and per- haps at both. There will be some lively competition to see wihich street can head the honor roll. In case where every member of the tamily joins the Red Cross a special mdrk of distinction will be affixed to the service flag in the form of a white star in the center. It is hoped to display at least a thousand of these starred service' flags. Raymond R. Healey is treasurer of the Red Cross society and every cent | of the money from the Red Cross : Christmas goes to the war service for the boys at the front. A general program is being worked out for the campaign week, and the publicity committee will announce i further details in the next few days. Every man, woman and child is asked to co-operate as a committee of the whole in entering into the spirit of the celebration of New Britain’s first Red Crbss Christmas. T. P. ’CONNOR AT - TOMB OF LINCOLN Member of British Parl[amenl Speaks Eloquently in Illinois Springfield, Til. Dec. at the tomb of Abraham ‘T. P. O’Connor, meiber of the Brit- ish parliament, declared in an address coln today nation-wide movement being con- ducted from the National Red C headquarters. To run the campaign in the most effective manner possible a thorough ofganization is ~ beinz built up. The cjty is fortunate in hav- ing for its carhpaign manager Gen- eral Secretary C. H. Barnes, Y. M. C. A, Who ix a past campaigning and an to put in the ne. ginger and pep to assure its succe: Co-operat- ing with Mr. Barnes in dirccting the campaign is a genecral executive com- mittee which is composed of William F. Braoks, chairman; Morris D. Saxe, Judge William F. Mangan, Paul K. Rogers and E. Welles' Eddy. Chair- men of the sub-committees are select- ed as follows: Service flag dnd booth committee, H. Bartow; publicity, Her- bert V. Camp; honor roll, Harold W.' Hatch; Christmas eve committee, Mortimer H. Camp. The Boy Scouts are to whoop it up | for the campaign, and they started | in this afternoon doing their bit under the direction of Scoutmaster Dwight P —————————————————— e of the master in be relied upor PE S This is a part of our campaign to check advancing of prices on merchandise. You easily realize that prices such as these can not be offered every day, so ixav; chosen this time, when the goods offered can be used as practical gifts, as well as for personal use. It is advised that you be here early for the d:ofreqt - ection. ‘ - All These $65 to $85 COATS NOW MARKED $35.00 The biggest hit of the season will be scored when our patrons see these values. Motor Coats, Travel Coats, Dress Coits, Coats for town and country wear. Such choic Chamosine, Duvet de Laine, T cloth, Velour and a few French novelty weaves. lines predominate in both belted and plain models. Some with Handsome linings. All sizgs. fancy, convertible collars. | that *‘there never was a moment in the history of this country since the death of the illustrious man by whose ashes we stand today when the in- spiration and lesson of his life were more needd by his people and his declared Mr. O'Con- s much alive still among us. 1e 1 which leads on the American, whether s standing Dby the honor of his country in his work at home or marching over barbed wire trenches against shell and cannon, to wounds or death. What American can be cowardly when his courage inspires? What American can be /selfish when his utter unselfishness is recorded in every page of his history? ~ What American can/ prefer the claims of ambition or party in face of his’for- getfulness of all personal and partisan feeling hefore an imperilled nation? What American can entertain or tol. crate ‘the very thought of a divided man,” ; st though he we s a flaming tor ul of ever A} i triotism | tion with which he fouzht for a united | mation? UR stock is now complete and we invite your inspection of our very fine line of choice platinum and gold~ jewelry, American and Swiss watches, sterling silver of the latest patterns, ‘and a very fine selection of Cordova Leather Goods. The quality of our goods is just as represented and we , ~will stand back of every article we sell. Call and see us. — = =? \ A % | The Porter & Dyson Co. | ‘54 Main Street e PO New Britain, Conn. | [ allegiance in face of his passionate pa- and of the inflexible resolu- “Can any man doubt where he would stand if in the crisis through which his country is now passing he was still its ruler What was the first and most fundamental of Lin- coln’s convictions? Was it not pas- ! sionate love of liberty and passionats hatred of slavery? Is there any dif- ference in ecssentials between th en- slavement of the negro and such en- slavement as Germany today preaches in her gospel of world domination, and ctices while her sinister mastery in Belgium, 17ran nd Serbis, E her hlood-stained pariner does in the plains and mountains of Armenia? “Today, as Lincoln said, two prin- ciples stand face to face and ‘will ever continue to struggle, the commoa right of humanity and the divine right of kings,' or, as we would say, the Kaiser and the liberty of the world. Tollay as Lincoln said, ‘there is but one duty—to fight." Tt is true today, as it was in Lincoln’s day, that though hitherto in the world's history ‘might made right,’ it is for us and for our times to reverse the maxim and to show that right makes might. “ ‘T know,' he said, ‘that liberty is right’ and so do we. Like him. we hope that peace will come soon, but, | Miss Varney Was ¢Seen Loitering | ity of the home of Mrs. Pauline Keyes tifled vesterday were the basis cross-examination at today’s session the trial of Miss Harriet A. Varng for the murder of Mrs. Keyes. witness, Mrs. Adelaide Rogers, 4 neighbor of Mrs. Keyes, yesterds identified the defendant as the wom whom she had seen at the door of the Keyes apartment and I pacing up and down the street nes the house. 1 like him, we want it so to come ‘as to be worth the keeping in a1l future time." Finally, can we do better than obey the imperishable appeal from Gettysberg ‘to dedicate ourselves s> that the nation may have a new birth of freedom,’ and that ‘the government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’ “Spirit of Lincoln, I do call upon you to come today to us from th's tomb of yours. Your spirit has never left us. In hours of solitude when we are thrown back on our‘own souls, that spirit has ever whispeted to our inner ear words of comfort and ap- peal. Rather let me say to your pe ple that it is for them to be of, and in, and with, your spirit, so that, lik. vou, they may be worthy of this great Fhat Cold | hour in their history and, like vou, { g é\l.“ ¥ 1o be ready to strive and hope, and | suffer, to the end.” CASCARAK' i L) Costs Less and Kills ‘Wi 1] N IDENTIFIES HER. About Home of Mrs, Keyes. Dedham, Mases., Dec, 6.—The pc- culiar actions of a woman in the vicin- in Brookline a week before Mrs. Keyes' death to which a witness tes. age-Allen & o (INCORPORATED) HARTFORD The Most Radical Departure of the.Season Begins Tomorrow at 9 A. M. CTACULAR ‘] ESSTHANC OST" EVENT For Two Days, Friday and Saturday. SAGE-ALLEN TAKES ANOTHER BLOW AT THE ADVANDING COST OF MERCHANDISE e fabrics as F. and H. Bolivia, ricotine, Fine Twills, Broad- Beautiful THESE TWENTY SUITS Were $22.50, $25.00 and $35.00. NOW MARKED $15.00 Only twenty suits in this lot but every one is a gem. Many of them fur trimmed. The Broad- cloth, Velour and Burella Cloth models are especially attractive. Models are suitable for business or dress. In the many new shades. Sizes for all. hese $50 to $80 . SUITS NOW MARKED $35.00 Choice models, choice fabrics, abundance of fur trim- mings. Hardly two suits alike. The season’s newest ideas in style and fur trimmings. Such a variety of furs, Hudson Seal, Raccoon, Beaver, Muskrat, Nutria, Opossum. The large variety of styles makes a detailed description difficult, but among the most notable are the Surplice, Russian Lines, and the Flare Effect for misses. Shades just a little out of the ordinary, for the woman who is pleased to look different. AT