New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1918, Page 6

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oMer in htended for message = ju xj means victory an Amerf American “War danger to the very existence of our pation,” Mr. And his sentence a orld of thought ecessarily for our cause, warns Gompers, that tory American is a conveys will not follow arms | erely Roder the e jar because these arms are l)or'n(‘} In the past | successful all that fact Americans their American flag. have been in our Because of let believing prone to things run Atural course at the same | will out well in does not mean victory that a come he end. War jlless every man, woman and child in that as Mr. is nation helps to bring on Otherwise it means, to the ory Bmpors says, ‘“‘danger fistence of our nation. Whether we are to be victorious in fis the greatest of all al hatter that must be decided upon by very wars is Jur own people. Standing shoulder to united We present poulder, presenting a front, cannot be the If we are lax I we an obstacle e are invincible. leaten when we firm psolution to do or die. e can be conquered. allow nything ur way, we deliberately bring danger And this must never be. to stand as in | b our door. IN THE SPRING. If Captain Andrew Tardieu. igh Commissioner to the French United country arrived this whereof who in ates bsterday, d'he presumably does, he brings a essage of encouragement from the The issue of the great be in the next! according to the French prediction on | knows he speaks, ar zone. ruggle will x months, decided cer, who bases his new spirit of co-operation between he Entente Allies the United ates of America. The contemplated drive of the Ger- hans, which many believe will take jlace in the early Spring, is discounted It will be of the and [y this French observer. drive sensc but it will great in every ord; eater forces than It another be with ha will met even 1y previous erman be another erdun, or in that it il end in a-turning back of the Ger- an hordes; but it will be more than drive, Marne at . d BY i1l have unless all signs fail. spring the its millions of fighting This, early United States had trim. Pershing’s men, al- P ining. through the en in are undergoing in- Tn the Sixteen con- this ablest preparation the These men are learn- game from the are taught life, the they with in ince tr pady nsive country of pnments are men ere e nation in for preme effort - the military yund They of warrior, up being e lessons a soldier’s ties rning fracy and the American hese are the things that will count the What will of a and these 1 are ssons the ac- quickness characteristic vily against Germany, when e comes for the big drive, fr the number of we e on the actual firing line, com- bd with the French and British s, there should be trouble ahead the Yet the battle on the battlefield As Captain men Hun is not | to prowl from one end of the nation | come popular there, It will be the beginning of the | flieu says, “I have told the French . Ameri- a.y of k1 am Lthe eri- n vhat Bre should by gvery mu- Pfthe country, and that solution should have to do with a firm and rigid discipline enforced byi the police. Suspicious characters have been allowed altogether too much free- dom since our entrance into the war. Men and women, and there are spies of the latter sex, have been allowed the other, first here and then After damage has been done | in any given locality there is speedy readjustment of police lines, but too The time to be on guard is now. terrible destruction as the Nor- to there. late, Such fire folk is bringing the war home, and bringing it home forcibly. “OUT A CORD.” | route to this city _ Perhaps there is precedent for this in Shakespeare's experience. , Anyway, it was he who first named it “the win- | ter “of our discontent.”—Hartford Times. | The Sprinzfield Republican proposes that the sale of hard cider be stopped among the farmers of Massachusetts. tides ain failing th drouth fore- fight soft lying jat had not sun. at I should miss y and night, pld miss the rain- gould miss the “Poetry” Sfon of the Municipal Farm to sell 500 bushels of po- at $1.50 and $1.65 per bushel, last named price being for po- oes delivered to the customers, was ade in order that the committee might ascertain whether or not the public has any interest in the potato distribution, it is announced. If, within a reasonable time, the 500 bushels are disposed of the commit- tee will be of the opinion that the public appreciates the move but has been waiting for a lower price. If on the other hand this amount is not sold it will be evident that the public has lost interest in the project and the committee will govern their future actions accordingly. There has been some anti-potato committee propaganda distributed throughout the city to the effect that the 500 bushels being offered for sale at reduced prices are potatoes that have been frozen and are spoiled. This the committee absolutely denies. The committee states that these po- tatoes are all first class and should any poor potatoes be found they will | he immediately replaced, as have oth- ers. Due to an unfortunate condition a small consignment of potatoes were frozen several weeks ago, some having possibly been frozen on the cars en last fall. These po- Old Lyme set necticut in the movement which will eventually grip thi. Wood chopping days have already be- the pace Con- “cut a cord of wood” for and other states in New England. the idea being people who cannot get coal. given day a hundred men in Connecticut town cut half of wood. worlers to help On one the old hundred a cords the ministers and business men. Numbered among were doctors lawyers, The wood cutting bee was held under | the supervision of the State Forester, so that only which could Each timber be spared was used. worker re- ceived the sum of two dollars and half for his labor. In the end, the wood cut will be sold at cost price to the inhabitants of Old Lyme takes on the dimensions of those at Old Lyme can be made a popular sport. The men who turned out there and sawed wood had a good time. With the labor in- volved, they derived a certain amount a Wood-cutting when it of exercise which is needful. cise and gets so little, it is about time those who live in cities reformed their habits. Wood-chopping is but step toward this end. As other towns in this state are now getting ready to follow the lead of Old Lyme be that many men their it may will get a chance to improve general health and at the same time be of more service | to their communities. It would take only one enthusiast to introduce the practice of civic wood-chopping here. FACTS AND FANCIES. The government will help you very nicely regarding those income tax pay ments—it will do everything but fur- nish the money.—Bridgeport Tele gram. Railroad Director McAdoo starts out with his old Hudson tunnel motto: “The public be pleased® That is all right in the long run, but “Move the freight!” means the same—New York World., . One can sympathize with impetuous mayors who raid the nearest coal c for but they will have to fall into line and do things in ap orderly way; we are organizing for war.—Springfield Re- publican. The general maximum of winters hereabouts is, “Just snow enough to keep the footing bad."-—New London Day. What a blow to know that a picture of the kaiser presented to the Brook- lyn institute has ever since i sentation been lying in the dus the monster's face to the wall!—Meri- den Record. The hu- | man system demands so much exer- | one | the benefit of a shivering town, | tatoes were sorted out in order to | prevent their being sold. Through an | error some of these were delivered for good potatoes. In all instances, however, where the committee has been appraised of such an error an attempt has been made to remedy the error and send a second allotment of first class vegetables. HAS NARROW ESCAPE Wallingford Aviator, Lufbery, Mishap in Air. Ias Paris, Jan. 2—Lieutenant Raoul T.aufbery of Wallingford, Conn., of the Lafayette escadrille had a narrow escape in a fight with four German machines last Saturday. The gasoline pipes of his airplane were punctured | during the engagement and although | he had the advantage of a higher al- | titude his machine became almost | helpless through the stoppage of his | motor. | Lieutenant Lufbery seemed virtual- | Iy at the mercy of the Germans but | by clever maneuvering, with one of | the Germans following him down al- | most to earth and firing continuously, | he managed to escape unhurt. His | machine was found to have eleven bullet holes in it. FOUGHT OVER WAR. Richard Jackson Complains to Police of Assault At 9 o’clock this morning Richard Jackson of Farmington avenue lodged | a complaint with the police that he | was ulted by a workman at the Union Works, and at 9:30 o'clock John Thoma of 33 Smith street com- plained to the police that he had re- ceived similar treatment at the same | factory. Whether <here was any con- nection between the complaints, the detective bureau has been called upon to decide. Jackson laid his b ing to the war, stating that an argu- ment over the present struggle has- tened the fight. Robert Wolter of 197 Munroe street | reported to the police that a basket of clothes left by him at the library door had been appropriated by an unknown man. Manual Pinna of complained to the police came to his house last evening | wanted to beat him. Detective Sergeants Richardson and Malone are investizating a complaint received today that an unknown man was relieved of a sum of money in a room at the Hotel Bronson. 53 Cherry street that a man and LACK OF COAL. Causc Dozen Factories to Operations in Norwic Suspend bout 2,000 em- factories here, ty for mo- owing to company supply the rwich, Jan. 2.— ployes of a dozen which depend on electr: tive power, are idle to inability of the power through lack of coal to necessary power, Two carloads of coal consigned to the power company, are understood to have reached the city and the com- pany stated that nning tomorrow the situation would be relieved. STRONG ESTATE IS LARGEST OF YEAR (Continued from First Page) Jacobowski, Meryon 298.00 yhnson, Christine Kireje Joseph Kuhn, Jul Koloski, Albin . Kilbourne, Harry - Kent, Flora J. Keeny, Sheldon Kelsey, Isado Karwoars, Kasimer Kolodziej, Sebastian Kolodziejm, Mary (Incap- able) Kello Kov Kenneth E. sk, Peter Lynch, Susan (Supplemen- 1 ) A R . Lennick, Anthony S Lynch, John (Supplemen tal) Lyn mental) . Lacells, Willia Tee, Margar Lowe, Mary .. Loveland, Alice : Lord, Caroline ..... Lillis, John Lindgren, Andrew Morris (Trust) Elizabeth rank, MclIntyre, Alice J McNary, Emill McKay, John . McDonough, Patric i Murray, Anna Munger, Rosalind, Murphy, Margaret Markley, 5 Majewskim, Franciszka ... Magnuson, Anton Mea, Agostino Malin, Mary Mass, Adrianus . Marholin, Nathan May, Emil (Trust) Mirza, Nicula. . . 5 Morse, Henry (Incap: Murray, Nellie (Inc Marron, Fred Munson, Andrew .. Munson, George . Munson, Arthur . Michaelis, August Muir, Samuel Mildrum, W. W., Molander, Aaron S iy Nowel, Boleslaw Norton, Samuel i North, Jane, (Trust) G Oldershaw, Sidney O’Brien, John O'Brien, Cornelius oS (Minor) Peck, Irederic Porter. Palmer, (Minor) also interest in real es- tate . Peterson, Anna also interest in tate g Pereau, Arthur 56 s Ramm, Heinrich | Remington, Fanny Rehm, Rebecca Rodin, Ida ..- Rittrer, John Roth, John F. Rushkowsk (Minor) (Minor) Szarka, Hederics ... Stanley, Theodore . . Laura Shandol, Michael Schroeder, Elizabeth llman, Mar Strong, Sarah .. Spencer, Randall age, Lauretta tillman, Frank Fanny-. . han, Patrick Sirkin, Frieda .. Shipman, Fran e Shaughnessy, Martin. Sunburn, John Sweet, Frank Saunders, Edwin Sweetland, Sarah Smith, Caleb Scanlon, Dorothy Steele, Willard Smith, Edsgar... Smith, George Turton, Fred J. Joseph Timbrell, T. Taucher, Thomson, Angeline —U— Cecelia ...... Bllen. . . FHermann o, Pasqual W— Urban, Vining, Vogel Var Weeks, Herman Wolfe, James Woodruff, Julius Willametz, Joseph Williams, Carlton Witte, Henrietta E. Yawin, Metro Zehrer, August THIRD IABFRTY LOAN., Will Be Launched In February Amount Not Named. Washington, Jan. 2.—The next na- loan, will be de as the “third Tiberty s made known today of hundreds of suggestive ! persons all over the country { sponse for submission of id ers and other advertising matter will prepared immediate The loan i will be some time after February 1 | for an amount, and at | rate, not yet decided. tional ned officially This eipt from re Post- Loan”. after name: in s, re be an interest | gestion on the Eastern | ready to appear before Congress | over the roads and will suggest in | the director general and his & “in carrying to a s | four |in frank terms that it is hi | dent and Mr. McAdoo h { conference | and went over some of the details with | him. Mr. Sims has expressed himself | views. } yoste | ishable | him ! under | board t GEORGE MIT BACON, on of 183 Arch Sam's navy wh George Miles B: street is in Uncle 3 confidently expeets to keep, or help to keep, the war on the other side of the Atlantic. Bacon is 23 years of age and the son of Mr. and Mr: William Bacon. He enlisted is a | machinist on October 18, 1917. WILSON DRAFTS CONGRESS SPEECH Expected to Appear Tomorrow or Friday to Outline Legislation Washington, Jan. 2-—Willia G McAdoo, Director General of Rail- roads, and his as nts continued to concentrate the en ies upon the problem of ending the existing con- lines with a view to having something approach- ing a definite operating policy under way by the time President Wilson is to ask legislation to handle the financial problems and other phases of Govern- ment control of the railroads. The | President devoted some time today to the message he will read, and it was | stated that he would go to the Capi- tol Thursday or Friday, probably on | the latter day. accepted that the President will ask for legislation in re- gard to the finances along the lines presented in his proclamation taking a manner calling for speedy action a fair guarantee of profits to the roads and their stockholders based on earn- ings of the last three y Both the president and Mr. McAdoo It is generally ars. [ are anxious that there shall be no pro- Jonged wrangling over the legislation. | The president, with that idea in view, is expected to place his reque: be- fore congress in forceful language. It felt that delay on any angle of the m would work a hardship to stants ccessful conclusion are making transpor- is progr the strenuous efforts they to end the present critical tation congestion. Co-operation has been requested of railroads, and the members of the brotherhoods sentials to It stood that will ess kno idea that should be thrown into the which has been created McAdoo. providing lines desired under co. is let such success. the president no wrench machiner; under Mr. A bill along the legislation the presi- been prac tically completed by members of the Interstate ~Commerce commission. Chairman Sims of the Interstate Com- merce committee of the house had a today with Mr. McAdoo for by as in full accord with the president’s He believes congréss will not hesitate to back up the chief exe: tive and his director general of i roads. The action of A. H. Smith, presi- dent of the New York Central and sistant to the director general railroads, in the in to disre the general plan to keep up movement of coal and per- foo fs, was supplemented by an official order issued ge Lovett, director of priority, de- slaring all priority orders issued by ad. > Lovett, as well as W Hlalo Holden and Chambers, members of Mr. McAdoo's cabinet, attended the conference to- day, at which the Pennsylvania tubes were opened to the movement of coal and other plans for the relief of New York and New England were taken consideration It an- been received the United States ipping aid could be expected in of tonnage to put into the England service. Tt is hoped to 1 others to the nine ships which were commandeered yesterday, repre- about 50,000 tons of directing the railroads ders in a stea ker D, itdward Jud Hines, was nounced that word had rom forr sentir A. R. INSTALLATION. Stanley Women's been invited by Post, G Members of lief Corps have members of Stanley unite with them ficers for the vear of ir J. Fayette Doug - has been appointed by the chief mus- tering office of the department of Connecticut to install the officers. Mrs Chloe War of Plainville has been appointed to install the officers of the Women's Relief Corps. A full atten- dance is expected. even- ville en charge of trunk lines in | zard all priority or- | by The McMillan Store, inc. [{ ALWAYS RELIABLE Beginning The New Year Right I By Announcing Our January | Clearance Sale of Winter Coats WOMENS' COATS MARKED DOWN High grade coats of Velour, Kersey, Broad Cloths mixtures, not Coats bought for a clearance prices. All sizes in the leading shades and models Values to $29.98. WOMENS FLANNELETTE NIGHT GOWNS price; your choice, $19.98 cach. | 98c and $1.49 each. each. QUILTED JACK coats. Special at $1.39 each. Toques and Leggins. MORE WOOL GLOVE: and fancy sale, but our own regular stock at January clearance Extra size gowns, sizes 19 and 20 at $1.49 CHILDREN’S FLANNELETTE GOWNS—at 79¢ each. S—To slip on at home or to be worn under SWEATERS—For men, women and children in all grades; rea- sonably priced. Knit Jackets, Scarfs, Skating Sets, Teddy Bear Suits, AND MITTENS—The balance of our fall order of wool gloves and mittens have just been delivered to our store. While they last you can still purchase them here at prices, buying them today at the mills would mean higher prices. Mittens priced 15¢ to 79¢ pair. Wool Gloves 35¢ to 98c pair. old FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAV BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Y She may be the biggest battleship the world, and at the same the most helpless. She may .be the most powerfully armed, yet the weakest. | Her guns may be longer and heavier and stronger than any on the enemy's | decks, yet be merely so much waste | metal— If they are not Bore-Sghted A rifle has a little notch across its back end across which one at a little peg in the front end ling is simply at the target. barrel is but below. The big gun of a warship has neither pegs nor notches. And it can't possibly be squinted along. The axis of its muzzle isn't anywhere near parallel to the line along which one loo Ola fast like a rifle cannon grew in squints Aim- looking along this line | The axis of the rifle | a fraction of an inch ! oned cannon had sights | The difference in modern | out of two causes. First ; the turret’s armor fits so closely to the gun that to aim along it would | be impossible. Secondly modern | high-power cope are too | delicately adjusted to lashed di- { Tectly to the gun barrel. Concussion of firing would give them acute lo- | comotor ataxia at' every discharge. | | A thick steel sleeve supports the | | | tel sights be gun. It is just a big hand holding the long tube at its balance as a man might grip his baseball bat. Strong metal bars jut out to one side of the | sleeve. In a little cradle at their | end is bolted the telescope sight It has its own special peep hole cut through the thick turret face plate in order to see the enemy Suppose the telescope be ten feet | to one side. Gun pointer must look through it for the whites of the | enemy’s eyes. Projectile must land | square on the enemy’s nose. That! | | | Bore-Sighting. ‘ (talk | battle this may be done the axis of the gun and of the gun sight must converge upon the enemy. If he is very closo the convergence is great Miles away the two lines become almost parallel, Now, hausted, if your patience you is not , may readily perceive like a real professor, don't that if, while the telescope at the bow of a hostile ship, the gun is pointing at her stern, or at the moon, it likely no damage will be done. Bore-sighting is clamping telescope in such a position gun pointer actually looks same spot upon which the is directed. The task cenough—to understand: plug. Place a second actly n the center axis of barrel. Shout (in a pleasant tone of voice) “Mark!” when exactly ‘on’ the target. Pointer shifts his teles cope until he too is ‘on’ at “Mark'"” Rarely are more than a mllion trials necessary to attain accuracy Secure everything and go be r lunch The question of distance important. For short ran the guns bore-sighted than 2,000 v In preparation the ope and guns ge at about 18,000 yards. A gram of the two justments to be inch. Such are refinements 2 modern gunnery. Giant .shre weapons becomes possible only throus perfection of microscople details This may explain a navy ma- love for trap shooting. He finds de- light in go asnore o while and using a gun which he has only to jerk up and hlaze away with his eyes shut. Fven John drinks milk we) points is the gun that the at sun itself is simple Open breech telescope ex- n arget is at le for eon- dia- the ad- s of an v lines shows in thousandtt the D. plays golf anad TAB COLLECTORS HERE Two venue Commssioner Come to New Britain to “Get Your Bit.” An office has { civil service room by Income Tax Collector H. and T. J. Hurley at which informa- tion may be secured in regard to the income tax law. Every single person who received during the year of 1917 a net income of $1,000 or more every head of a mily receiving | $2,000 or more obliged to file a| return. Those who filed their returns for the year of 1916 will receive their forms direct from the income revenue headquarters in Hartford before March 1. All forms and nformation relative to the excess profits tax must | be secured from the Hartford affice. The printed forms which must be filled out by persons liable for the tax have not yet been received but they are expected shortly at the local office. The attention of those who have not been previously liable for a tax is especially called to the im- port of filing the necessary re- turns. been opened in the at the post office Barnes f ! | Representatives of Internal |:<-,-1 | | is nee SALVATION ARMY NOTES. An English meeting will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at Army headquarters on Chu | Sergeant Major J. McQuarrie have charge. There will be a gram of songs and other music The Ladies' Aid society will meet | { tomorrow afternoon at the home of | | Mrs. Kellerman at 181 Kelsey street. | ing than an actual shortage sible suspended by | wenl NEW HAVEN STATION ¥irst Building Permit of Year Issued in Elm City is For Structure to Cost $900,000. New Haven, Jan 2.—The first build- permit of the New Yedr, issucd locally was to the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad for its new station here. The permit taken out today calls for an expenditure of $900,000 and requires that work be tarted within six months. The station s to be 300 feet long, 86 feet wide, 4 stories high and will be of rein- forced concrete and terra cotta THEY ARE MOVING. ‘ars Are Now on Their Way Over Eastern Roads. Washington, Jan. 2.—Hundreds al cars, released from yards where they have been stalled behind ship- ments of higher preferential rating were moving over eastern roads taday to relieve the acute coal shortage in the northeast. The movement, apart of the go ernment's plan. to clear the trafiic congestion was ordered yesterday by Director Generai McAdoa based on the belief that the congestion rather was respon- for the fuel famine. existing priority orders we Robert Lovett, priorit director of the war tndustries board, on recommendation of the director general with the expectation of a freer movement of all freight as as coal will result. Coal All the gun .

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