New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1917, Page 3

TAIN DAILY HERALD, B ot INEWS RIGHT FRON | GETTING BRITISH GUNS PLACED IN CAPTURED : BOSton Store [iERM AN ; EMP]RE GROUND FOR ANOTHER SMASH AT THE GERMANS HOLIDAY APRONS In Grand Variety from the -~ Dainty Tea Agrons to the)Gommittee on Information Re- | | Useful Bungalow style. very desirable Gift. From 25¢ to $1.50 Each HOLIDAY UMBRELLAS New goods, direct from the | factory, black and colors. $1.00 to $10.00 Each. HOLIDAY HANDKERCHIEFS Always an appreciated gift Jor Men, Women and Chil- n. From 5¢ Up. HOLIDAY GLOVES Qualities and Everybody. HOLIDAY BAGS and POCKETBOOKS An excellent assortment of . op-to-date styles and ma- terials, Bhirts, Ties, Party 'Scarfs, Suspenders, Garters, Hosiery - Underwear, etc. '. " Store Open Every Evening ; Until Christmas. " Make This a Red C BAKER TO TESTIFY Henate Committee Wil Hear Facts | Regarding Conditions in Treining | Camps in the South. ‘Washington, Dec. 24.—Testimony of &, Becretary Baker and commanders of training camps In the south before the senate committee investigating the miltary situation will, in the belef Styles to suit ceives Interesting Facts Special Festure Servioe. The committee on pabiic in- formation is being supplied reg- ularly with eopies of important newspapers in Ger- many. It is possible, therefore, for the committee ta furnish to the newspapers of the country translations of selected stories from these newspapers Which are Interesting as revealing political, industrial, and living conditions in the Central em- pires. Gold and Silver Wanted. The Frankfurter Zeitung (Oct. 29), after observing that the gold asked for from private individuals in the shape of personal ornaments, etc., has not come in in sufficient quantities, ob- serves that even if it did (and it is hoped that people will wake up and reapend practically to this call of The Fatherland) all the gold so contri- buted would stjill represent but a tithe of the precious metal needed, as it only exists in the possessian of a small class of the well to do. 0 “It is, however, quite amnother mat- ter in the case of silver. People of all classes .possess silver ornaments, tea services, and other objects, and these can be converted into silver coinage, ‘which at the present time would prove eminently useful for payments abroad. For the purpose of keeping up and strengthening our foreign exchange in neutral countries, the Imperial bank has been compelled of late to send consierable quantities of gold abroad. A good influx of silver would repair this deficit at least in part and pre- vent the necessity of drawing further upon our gold reserve, the keeping up of which has become the measure of our-economic strength and capacity to hold out finaneially till the end of the war. Ewen though silver has not the same value as gold as a means of in- ternational payment, yet the fact of its going up at the present moment so considerably in price that today it is worth ‘more than at any time during the last 25 yedrs, proves the great de- mand it now enjoys.” Food Mensures for the Winter. The Frankfurter Zeitung of October 11 reports: *To improve the meat supply in the winter months a large quantity of smoked hams, forespars and salt pork from suckling pigs will be distributed. The distribution will be effected by a system of ordering in advance; the purchaser will be allowed to order gt officials, throw an emitirely different | whichever kind of meat he prefers, ight on conditions so ‘far picture tion, it“was said ‘to- a has'‘confidence -that ‘testimony af Mr, Baker will result in evhonerat- ng his department of charges and that information given by camp com- manders will strengthen the position of the department in the public mind. ' WILL BE PROMOTED. ‘Medical Directors Are to Be Given Higher Rank. ‘Washington, Dec. 24.—Medical Di- rectors George H. Barber and Edward Stitt, of the Navy, wilt de promoted from ‘the rank of captain to rear-ad- miral as soon as congress reassembles, 4in recognition of distinguishea serv- dces. . Dr. Barber is at the head of -the naval hospital in Colorado and Dr. Stitt is president ef the naval medical school here. VIODATED LAW, Oleveland Merchants Did Not Observe Lightleas Night Last Night. Cleveland, = Dec. 24 —Thirty-six Cleveland business houses which failed to observe “lightless Sunday” last night, are on probation. Acting Chief of Police Smith sent a list of the violators of the edict to the federal authorities and the firms will be pros- ecuted folowing a second offense. MAIL CENSORSHIP. ‘Washington, Dec. 24.—Censorship of foreign mails, authorized by the trading-with-the-enemy law, now/is in full force under a board on which the post office and many other govern- mental departments are |represented. The government has now withdrawn secrecy with respect to the institution of & mail censorship. and will thus be able, if he chooses, 'fo obtain a whole ham, which will, of course, be reckemed on the meat ticket. g “Certain quantities of game are to be supplied for the chief consuming districts, especially large towns. The game will be collected at accepting offices in the various circles and sent to receiving bureaus, which will dis- tribute it to the dealers. “To meet the shortage of onions, for the present one-half pound per head will be distributed through the grocers. The ' cuitivation of carrots and winter onions is to be encouraged in order to provide a supply of car- rots till toward Christmas and of onions in the spring.” Coal Shortage—Contimuous Working ‘Hours. The Munchner Neueste Nachrichten of October § writes: “At @& meeting of the Central As- sociation of Clerks at Munich on the 4th of October, the following reso- lution 'was- paased: *“This meeting agrees with the suggestion of the war office at Berlin that it is neceseary to extend as far as possible the system of cantinuous working time. The meeting further holds that all places of public sale except those of foed should be closed on four days a week at dusk—i. e., at § o’clock.”” Dillution of Flour and Reduction of the Price of Bread. The Rheinisch-Westfalische Zeitung of October 5 pubiishes the following evidently offictal communique: “The estimate of this year’'s potato harvest was considerably surpassed by the actual yield, so that potatoes be- came a real savior in néed, but the re- sult of the grain estimate, based upon a survey if the area under cultivation and upon an estimate of the average yield, necessitates a dfiutien of bread grain; for this -purpose potato flour is to be used. The stock of dried pota- toes is, however, inadequate, so that the dilution of flour can not become general before the 1st of .February, 1918. It is hoped that by that time sufficient potato flour will be avaflable. For the present, therefore, there is no question of dftlution. The miling per- centage of 94 is retained, and the pres- ent flour ration will be continued. Be- tween the 1st of November, 1917, and 1st of February, 1918, e supply of fresh potatoes wiM be given to the communes sufficient for a dilution of the flour ration of 306 grammes by 10 per cent. Any commune which does not wish to dilute the flour may use the potatoes to increase the-ration by about 1% pounds per week. Shortage -of Fats and of Barley. The Rheinisch-Westfalische Zeitung, the organ of the Krupps, announces in its issue-of October 6: ‘The census of cattle promises a secure supply of meat, but the supply of fat will be difficuit. It will be nec- essary to get rid of a very considerable number of pigs in order to mutitize-all possiblefoods for the-population. “The freedom which has hitherto been left to dealings in barley will have to be diminished and the barley brought into the public stocks. As a consequence, there will have to be fur- British activity In newly captured territory, where 'a big gun is being ther limitations on the manufacture of beer.” Goat’s Meat as an Experiment. ' The Socialist organ, Vorwarts, says (Oct. 6): ' *“The municipality of Lichtenberg, in Greater Berlin, has, as an experi- ment, purchased 135 young goats, of a total living weight of 59 hundred- weights, at 1.40 and 1.50 (about 35 cents) marks per pound. The meat of the animals is to be distributed among munition workers and the waste handed over to the municipal meat shops. Further purchases of goats in large quantities are contemplated.” CITY MISSION 15 DOING GOOD WORK Bringing Christmas Cheer to: | services in their own country and { have come to some of our meetings. Many Homes Hereabouts The constitution of the New Britain City Mission has been so changed that the execiitive committee will “here- after meet on the third Tuesday of January, March, May, September and November. At the quarterly meeting a report of the work being done by | the mission was presented as follows: “The City Mission work goes on steadily, together with all the other agencles that are trying to help, in the present time of the world’s great- est need. ed, for we are seeking to inspire men and women with new courage and faith in God, and to instruct children and young people in spiritual things and make them efficient in the home | and factory. In every way possible, we are seeking to keep the thought of true patriotism before the minds of our people that they may be ready to bear their part in the great struggle that is constantly before us. Domestic Arts Classes “The three sewing-schools started in November are now well-launched on the winter’s work, The Lafayette school, meeting under the hospitable roof of the First church, has an en- rolment of about 120; the Methodist has over 80 members; and the one at the Burritt Chapel, about 26. Red Cross work is being done to some ex- tent in the sewing-schools. Patriotic songs are being taught and stories bearing on patriotism are frequently told. “In additton to this work, house-keeping classes for girls have been started, each having an enrol- ment of about twelve. the City Misslon office,—one class with Miss Brehovsky on Tuesday aft- ernoon, the other with Miss Campbell on Thursday. We have little in the way of equipment as yet, but have unbounded faith that our needs will be supplied, and meantime are seeing what can be done in this pioneer work without a full supply of materials. To go without many things formerly con- | sidered necessities, seems to be in ac- cord with the spirit of the times. The enthusiasm of the girls over these les- ! sons makes us feel that they are well- worth while. “Miss Brehovsky, in addition to her ; club of foreign working girls at the Y. W. C. A, has a meeting Tuesday evening in our office with the Italian girls of her Sunday school class. These girls are from 13 to 16 years of age and need the extra Bibile work that she is giving them at that time, Miss Campbell meets iIn the same way with the Itaflan beys of her Sunday school class; and the influence of these little meetings is evident in the greater interest shown at the reg- ular Sunday school hour. ‘These clubs and classes, together with our Italian Sunday school department, and the Mothers’ Meeting for Itallan wom- en, make a total of ten meetings which we are comnducting each week. The visiting and office work mauast- receive their share of attention, so it requires careful planning in order that all may be done efficientiy. Eight students from the School of Missions are at work with us, visiting in special homes, teaching foreign women English, and helping in the That a work such as ours [ is needed at this time cannot be doubt- | two | They meet in | every | placed in positton for another drive and an ammunition train is arriving. house-keeping and sewing-classes. They are a welcome addition to our force and are doing excellent work. Other Work Being Done - I have received 129 office calls since the last meeting of the board, from people with varying needs, and though we are sometimes powerless to help to any great extent, we can at least show our interest and sympathy in the plans of those who come to us for consultation and the sorrows qf those who come with burdened hearts. *“The visiting in the homes goes on quietly every day, and although it makes little stir in the outside world, the influence of the visitors is a po- tent factor among these people whose friends are feiw. Miss Brehovsky has had encouraging resuits from the i literature she distributes in Slovak, : Bohemian, Lithuanian and English. The papers she gives out are distinc- tively religious and some of the peo- ple have been so helped by them that | they have been led to subscribe for | themselves. Miss Campbell has en- countered severa] families from Rome recently who attended Protestant They are of a very different tvpe from the Southern Italians who are much more numerous and less intelligent. Five Dinners Provided. “At Thanksgiving time we provided with sufficient means to send fam- were five dinners to specially needy ! ilies and a number of baskets of fruit where dinners would have been less appropriate. Very warm expressions of gratitude have come. to us from the recipients of these bounties, showing how thoroughly they were appre- ciated. “We are now planning for the Christmas season when we hope to brighten and. cheer some hearts evem though we can hardly expect a very light-hearted Christmas this year. The Lafayette sewing school had a celebration on Thursday afternoon, December 20, with a tree and gifts of popcorn and oranges for the 130 children present. The children en- tertained the appreciative audience with songs, and a beantiful Christmas ! story was told by the leader, Miss | Noble. “The Itallan Mission had a happy time on the same evening when stere- opticon pictures appropriate to the season were shown and carols were sung by the children of the Italian Sunday school. Gifts for the Chil- dren’s Home were brought, and pres- ents. were distributed to the Sunday school children, and it would be hard to tell which gave most pleasure, the gifts that were brought or those that were carried home. The Methodist and Burritt sewing schools had celebrations on Saturday afternoon and the Mothers’ Meeting a little later, with gifts in some of the homes where Christmas cheer is greatly needed. “We want to give the true Christ- mas message with every material gift and we are earnestly hoping that the Christmas time may bring new faith to sad and lonely hearts as well as a new vision of the love of Christ to At the right is a soldier who finds a | “dud”, or unexploded German shell, makes a fine back rest. the children to whom the Christmas | time means so mugch. ‘‘Respectfully submitted, “CAROLINE E. BARTLETT.” LYNN RESIGNS Teaves the U. S. Secret Service to Be Police Commissioncr of Police in New York. i New York, Dec. 24.—Mayor-elect Hylan decided yesterday to appoint Willlam J. Flynn his police commis- sioner. Tammany will try to dissuade Judge Hylan from this course between now and Jan. 1, but entertains only slight, hope of success. Flynn’s resig- nation as Ckief of the United States Secret Service, to take effect Dec. 31, was eccepted by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo yesterday. Judge Hylan has placed Tammany in a position where its importuntties will be negligible and where he can turn a deaf ear to the protest that Flynn is an organization republican {even if he did vote for Mr. Hylan for | mayor. The mayor-elect has done this by agreeing to place at Murphy's disposal fifteen of the biggest jobs in the incoming administration. He in- tends to give Josn H. McCooey, Tam- many’s Brooklyn leader, not less than twelve and maybe fifteen of the best appointments for distribution in Kings. THRIFT STAMPS IN SCHOOLS. Campaign to Sell to at Least 50 Per " Cent of Children. Hartford, Dec. 24.—A- drive will be started in the public schools of the state on Monday, January 7, for the purpose of securing a minimum of 50 per cent of the school children of Connecticut provided with a 25 cent thrift stamp and a thrift card. Plans | for this movement are in the hands of Howell Cheney, state director of the i National War Savings committee, who {is mow in communication with the superintendents and supervisors of the schools in the state for the purpose of securing their co-operation. Mr. Cheney says that the perma- nence of the educational value in | teaching thrift depends almost wholly i upon the Savings societies which pro- vide all the stimuli of organized ef- fort. These societies meeting regu- ilarly with definite purposes and defi- | nite objectives will make the ultimate object easy of accomplishment. i !+ Mr. Cheney has sent instructions to { the different schools explaining in de- tail the different plans which have ; been suggested for the formation of | savings societies. He says that while the minimum of enrollment is set at 50 per cent of thé number of pupiis in the schools, he expects this num- bér will easily be left behind, and that practically every child in the state | will within the next two weeks be pro- vided with a thrift stamp and a thrift card. OUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BAKING Of our many wholesome and delicious bakings for CHRIST- MAS, we will mention only a few: FRESH SQUASH PIES; MINCE PIES, made with old-fashioned,. home-made Mince Meat. CHRISTMAS FRUIT STULIEN at 25c per Ib. HONEY CAKES (packages), HONEY NUTS, ANISE DROPS, SPRINGERLE (all our own make), high-grade POUND and FRUIT CAKES, MOCHA, BAY/TIMORE, other Layer Oskes, NUT, FRENCH CHOOOLATE and WHIPPED CHARLOTTE RUSSES, CREAM CAKES, CHOOOLATE ECLAIRS and Old-Fashioned RAISED LOAF CAKES, ' Our store will not be opea on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Hoffmann’s Bakery 62 West Main S Two Steres 95 Arch St. Open Until 9 o’Clock Monday Night, Clog | NOW FOR THE FINAL B OF XMAS SHOPPIN The Automatic Reduction of In the Toy Shop Brings A Cut of 60 Per Cent. on Think of It—A Cut-of Move Than Ha EVERY TOY WILL-GO MONDAY Of course the-stock fsn’t anytiing Hke what 1t sixty per cent. . It doesn’t leave much. ‘We shall not-have-aetoglo Sog-loft-hare -when e - Mondasy night. MENSSHOP SPECIAL ¥OR MONDAY, HORTON'S 71 CHURCH STREET \ 1c a word each day pays for-a_classified adv. in the Heral You get results. That’s what you want. ) PREPARE For Next Christmas Our 1918 onivme avings Club NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK! Assets Over $4,000,000 The only bank in the city that is a mem@ ' ber of the Federal Reserve System ;