New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1918, Page 8

*coal dealers of this s i come to an understanding of human finature. of throwing every | | obstacle in the way of consumets, in- istead of making life more miserable than it generally is, the men who sell Instead | determined to hand. They have leaf. At least this is the impression gathered from their Enocking against coal here have now ilend turned over a helping new mecting vesterday. down barriers placed individual | purchasers, hitherto barons now as It All the men tsume the role of servants. is just and meet that this is so ‘In the coal business, of course, were the boat. he of the not tions by in same reputa- many were made to suffer actions of a few. From now ere will be a better feeling mani- toward those in the business all, is much better than Co-operation is the cry- ing need of the Let us have it all hour. deal | | | | | { ( ! from who with the public. WOMAN SUFFRAGE ON THE WAY. | Having scored a the Housc R margin are clamoring notahle victory in | of presentatives hy the of one vote, the ladies who for woman suffrageqthe country have but to center thelr attack presto! the plished convince the time has come suffrage. With the President Wilson, Who has ly against the suffra who has \mipioned the over now the might on Senate, and, | thing be accom- Provided, of course, they can t nation-wide endorsement of stood firm- 36 state slatures for e in this way, cause only in state rights stected, earn for an extension to their so far are the women who of the on the dawn of The ¢ woman suf D privilege sisters stand a rosy day opposition against s come from those statesmen and leaders of the day who belieye in rying the spirit of Democracy, wha believe that it is wrong to centralize the of Washington thus pre: old-time power government in and enable small handful of legislators to\forc separate and lwant. This i taken by somec upon a nation something that states do not the prohibi- individual manifest in and inst the tion movement, The opposition exert- of dary** ed by many men ) 15¢ any qualms e but L 50-cé nation the involved. of prin Putting prohibition th by means of a federai amendment to their way of ot principle for policy 1t will not be so easy thinking, the sacrific for the wom- to convince the house That the lower The than n upper Jongress. than body is more delib- g house, and presentatives the gt are sonators to feel e who voted nore responsive are Ta thos vester ublic opinion, hétter able to public pulse the les heart-beat of the Republic, the he o1 amendment day we can t give credit for having sensed he Wom. has been Whether ces through the Sen an suffrage is on bn the way for some time. way; his amendment hte or not, the year ahead will bring ore states in the suffrage column, is, of course, the way in which he defenders of the Constitution be- ieve it should TFhe ndividual great is be brought about. if the two mendments to the Constitution even- nally find their way through the maze £ congressional loop-holes, will find states | anc | abroad; rised of 110,856 1,42 are officers. g ever These 1 b | T new. my, as it stands today, is [}lected by B. S. Bulter, of the United 0 men. There J States Geological Survey, department | ngnre/ are brought up to the last day of the old year and represent the growth of nine months. the American arm Previous to that of the Unite than and army less men up of listed Baker presented Along with the facts he gave assur- | companies that all that cac there is arms of the most been provided are available who will be sent of th sh the stilling whi alw American army ways than one, sound Women have heen cause they could pouches. L 1n venir post-cards. mail their downfall to It out time decla is now inother dence Annette promisc pecte to be hitherto Press. ais ilit tiie 1 uspect to There are some who would like calendars offered at Christm: tim 0ld Farme alir Union If everyone rectly, let's shoot would be man with an adays that prepar. Bridgeport Tele it McA railre Directon men of the work overtime. is proper.— Passai Doubling a acn move more freig sand locomotives. ister. The, bread tuous French rat ¢ we inhab one v to only York an lowed New Evenin Is it a sign of gossin in Wall stre that the next Libe marketed until Republican furtt 1 be sent to ea him reely as be to let h 1a Post ford Generally make more troub enemies.—Capper’ only waiti bin is by the first of M hemsgelves shorn of many powers now possessed. Personal lik lenced in the as evi- will ies, prohibition drive, be caught again. Press, thoroughly letter-carriers in pronounced not Kellermann, Ly 1y in time d States was a half officers facts ¥ th every well with h and equipped the regular made million en- Secretary sterday. e men man 5 that effective kind have for every soldier, and for every fighting man to France in 1918, ose raucous out disaster. It is prepa St. the at carry °t nb one the Trotzky of for ration in FACTS AND FANCIES in “hitherto Annctte wi > display ed people admiring for one c New 1anac, to convin coal s is all ‘request brotherhc inning mil Daily News. a wrrage char, t cars than New of look on 1d very itant of Vier ery m Post ager early pea runs to t Loan will Spr an et riy April 2 vho d » ends ind ck ¥ vaicd is ecrazy Ar e ra s im W le for s Weekly ing for the ay Middletown failures abaut to-trade off about by a Haven | This should have something to do with voices The is prepared in more red to the death-knell of autbcracy. Louis be- heavy tribute reading of sou- to trot depen- vaudeville, | unsus- 11 have | anything Knickerbocker now 42 friends apy of Haven ce any bin now- wrong, " the vods to dly, as ge will thou- Reg- five slices of sump- ma, al- ce that he view not bhe ingficld neutral of Ger- ants to s who have but he gentin ITart- speaking, a man’s friends | him than his Many a fellow with an empty coal spring schedule of fuel to be announced and will demonstrate to the country at large he will never! A Penny NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. All In the Game. He is a dub, T hope he chok His field has a wide range; This lad who cops out my best jokes And signs himself “Exchange.” Cincinnati Enquirer, We seldom write a line worth while, With wit we're not synonymous; But we can hardly crack a smile, When they sign our stuff “Anony- mot Arkansas Democrat We're not an Addison, we know, And yet we deeply sighed { When we saw some wark Tagged “Unidentified."” —Allentown of our pen Democrat. They used our stuff, it made us moan, | And wrote ’‘neath it, “Author Un- known." We moaned because we almost know That we are nofientirely so. Houston Post. {"Then, there's anather man we know— (We hope that he'll be “shipped’) He takes our paragraphs, and marks Them merely “Clipped.” —Memphis Commercial-Appeal. But then again, newspaper men, Such things as these befall Quite often, nd we thank 'em They clip our stuff at all. GOPPER PRODUCTION REDUCED IN 1917 { But Price Brings Value of Outpat | to $510,000,000 ‘Washington, 11 tion of copper in 1917 less than in 1916, according liminary figures and when Jan The produc- slightly to pre- estimates col- was BY LIEUT. su continued the old with Tady no all guns man- tled ~thank-you in well all her “1'd hola. I guide thro her tea, s very, to command those big and that; but if I were whiskers Navigator. Not would the great ship to safe- ta treacherous reefs,. but | there would be N0 murderous blood on my ol hands. I would work but T wouldn't have to fizht!® T took anothe of counted ten. Then, plicd, “there’s not navigator in the North today. Thev're all ink and penci grimed. And as for fighting-‘hat's the last thing he does at night, and the first job he has on the slate in (he morning. ‘Tt isn't so!" was “What could a Navi little lip bris only £h v strong picce cal Madam,” | clean hanc Atlantic IPlect and shrill retort. ator fight?" FITZHUGH GREEN, The Navigator | a [ didn't even blink: of: course.” “Tis truth indeed. te in the eve- ning when lookouts are droning their reports and the monste nearly dark you will find the nay tor still peering under his little eveshade at vast white chart boards, | poring over long and complicated lizht lists, measuring for the thousandth | a course, or soundings, or the harbor chanunel for tomorrow’s up- stream entrance. And if he really hasn't any trouble in sight he ferrets | around and finds some by wondering | what would be the best course and speed for destroyer bound out to Ma- | gasaki, or a cruiser homing from the | Solent. He's one of the administrative heads of the ship’s organization. Under him | comes the entire Navigation Depart. ment, including steering gear, adj cent compartmen conning tower, chart house, storerooms, all naviza- | To keep awake is | time of the interior, from all plants that} make blister copper from domestic | ores or that produce refined copper. | At an average price of about 27 cents | a pound the output for 1917 has a | value of $510,000,000, as against !\'Jhll‘s of $475,000,000 for 1916 and | $190,000,000 for 1913. The figures showing the smelter production from domestic ores repre- sent the actual output of most of the for 11 months and the estimated output for December. A few companies gave no figures for November but furnished estimates of the combined output of November and December. The production of | blister and Lake copper from dom tic ores was 1,890,000,000 pounds in 1917, against 1,928,000,000 pounds in 1916 and 1,244,000,000 pounds in 1913. The output of refined copper (elec- trolytic, Lake, casting, and pig) from primary sources, domestic and for- eign, for 1917, is estimated at 2,362 000,000 pounds, compared with 2,259, 000,000 pounds for 1916 and 1,615,- 000,000 pounds for 1913 Trade and Domestic sumption. Foreign Con- According to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the imports | of unmanufactured copper of all forms for the first 10 months of 1917 amounted to 460,780,000 pounds, as against 297,694,000 pounds for the first 10 months of 1916. The im- ports for the year 1916 were 46 000 pounds The exports of pi ingots, bars, plates, sheets, rods, wire, and like cop- per products for the first 10 months of 1917, as determined by the Bureau of Foreizn and Domestic Commerce, amounted to 953,876,000 pounds; the exports for the first 10 months of 1916 were 655,473,000 pounds. Simi- lar exports for the year 1916 were 784,006,000 pounds. At the beginning of 1917 128,000,000 pounds of refined copper was in stock in the United States. By adding this quantity to the re- finery output of the year it will be seen that the total available supply of refined copper, exclusive of sec- ondary copper, was about 2,490,000,- 000 pounds. By subtracting from this quantity the exports for the first 10 months and _the estimated exports for the last 2 months. and assuming no change in stocks, it will be seen that the supply a ble for domes consumption in 1917 was materially less than the 1.430,000,000 pounds available in 1916. The average monthly quoted prices pper in 1916 and 1917 were al- exactly the same, 2 cents a pound. The average quoted price in 1916 was about 2.5 cents more than the actual average price received. The actual price received in 1917 was robably nearer the average quoted about of most price Record by States. Arizona produced 687,800,000 pounds <hit decrease from the production in 1916, which wé 694,800,000 pounds. Mont pounds in 1916. Michigan prc pounds, an inercase 000 pounds Utah produced compared ith 1916 Nevada produced 110,000,000 pounds, an the 100,800,000 1916 t prodiced 278,000,000 000,000 pounds tna wgainst 3 Tuced 275,000,000 over the 269,794, produced in 1916, 245,000,000 pounds, 2,000,000 pounds in pounds produc Alaska, wit ' tion of about 00,000 pounds, showed pre in B L large de- iou ) ed produc pounds from 7 crease from New Mexicc n to 104,500,000 00,000 pounds in 1916, The production of California considerably above the pounds produced in 1916. The production in Tennessee did not differ greatly from the production in 1916, which was 14,500,000, inerc ti | was 43,400,000 Unrecognized Responsibi (New York Sun) s supporting the world v don’t even call me a he complained. ity. “And th - rector-gencral,” {the cheerful | the chronometers have { with the stars. tional and survey instruments; and, in one case I know of, the s cat. The navigator’s d man’s day. At 3 A. M. the q s hauls him from the narrow charthouse tran- som (couch). )licer-of-the-deck | VS you can get some stars now,” Js and means that dawn is sharpening the horizon, mxak- ing obscrvation casy. The fight begins. For who wouldn’t have to fight to keep awake after three short hours +f broken slumber on a hard bed, and fully dressed? If it's winter he may not have to be up until 5 o'clock— but maybe snow he'll get on the bridee, and bitter driving wind, until tears blind him and make the flicke ing star a will-o’-the-wisp of the ses Sometimes it tak him two hours | to get a good set of star lights. They | must all be worked out and the re- | sult compared with the dead reckon- ing or guessed position of the vessel. Often he can guess closer than he can a news; | figure. At 8 A. M. the full tude and longitude, course and dis- tance malke good and to destinatlon, | compass error, etc., go into the cav- | tain. No doubt the Old Man finds this | meagre news a pretty slim substituto | for the morning paper; but he studics | it with twice the fixity he would put | on ball scores. Tor here under his | eye is the symbol his ship’s posi- | tion. And just let one tiny error crecp in. No amount of prayer can | keep her off the rocks. Said one Skip- per when the orderly let the little slip | blow overboard: “Man, do vou know it’s a check for twelve million dol- | lars you've let slip through vour fin- | gers?” He meant the ship—her posi- tion and her safety The Navigator grabs coffee in the pilot ho passes may be bothering him. Perhaps a bit of wind Or the sun sights don't check So the morning spins along, and the mass of papers and pencil shavings drift over the man and his assistant until no wonder we call them Babes-in-the-wood—cedar wood Noon is bigger than eight A. M. far as sights go. Back and forth rushes the excited navigator. All the young ensigns cluster about like chicks around a nervous hen. TFach has a sextant. “She dips!" cries one. They spring to the rail, aim their tele- scopes at the blinding orb—and bang! “they’ve shot the sun.” In plain language crossed the north-south ian) and they have read its altitude in order to compute the latitude. Once more a complete report goes into the Captain. And once more he clears his throat and wonders, “by Tompkins! whether we're really as far west as that!” Through the long afternoon the same goes on. Iye ache. neck aches, head aches—so the navigator says, and its so. Comes cvening. The sun h: gone to rest and all that—but not f: the poor navigator. Tor speckled through the heavens are hundreds more suns, and he must stay up late and “shoot’ *them one by onc. Oh, il's great hunting on a dark night! And incidentally through it shipmates may be shooting too, at sona too, sons of the enemy’s father Tor in battle particularly in long en- gagements, must the poor defensecless navigator push away with his peneil stopping only occasionally to dodze a 16-inch projectile, or to atch the back of hic where a shell fra ment tickled him. And when he home to Navy Yard he must produce re and roports, and chart notes, soundings, and meteorological © and log-hooks. nd adam, you probably would be ator if you a mi t thank your lucky stars you're not. 1It's not worth even the wonderful fun of being able to wear trousers. report of lati- of His com- colic. the has line (merid- sun all, his neck a the ords, cets and data, were n Explaining the Retreat. Ripon Commonwealth) Notice— wilde, now Mrs. Henry last Monday or- dered me, her husband. to pick up my clothes and leave her place, which I did. 1 now fo d anyone to trust hep in my name. I Corts. (Advt. in | hindering ———\ NAVY U, B. N. J S e DOING HIS BIT ))’ WILLIAM W. This is a picture of William W. Cornwal! of 241 Chestnut street, who enlisted in the ordnance acpartment and who is stationed at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island. He is marricd but even this could not keep him from doing his bit and he entered the scrv- ice with the many others who have left this city. PUSH THE CART OUT OF THE MUD New Washington Slogan Anent War Conditions Existing (Special to the Herald) Washington, Jan. 11.—From talks with many representatives and sena- tors here, it would seem that the many committees investigating various matters bearing upon the war are only those wha are actually charged with the duties of setting things right. Of course, there aro those who say that the investigations are doing good, but the majority are of the opinion that the country should put its shoulders to the wheel and push the trouble out—not to be con- tinu investigating, tving the hands of heads of the departments and causing needless and useless red tape. What has been done has been done, ropresentatives say, and the best way to win the war is to keep forging ahead and not to be wasting time in investigating something which the whole country knows about. Those who have followed the af- fairs of the country closely since the TUnited States entered the war know that the country was not blameless in not having ficient ammunition, clothing, and supplies for the army— know, too, that the French and Eng- lish are lending us guns now to fight with on the field in Flanders. Every- body knaws it. They also know that while drafted men in varfous camps were shivering because of lack of tents, $300,000 worth of tents were left behind at Camp Upton. And they weren't discovered until some amateur photographers took pictures of them while the snow had them all but bur- jed. The photos were sent to the War department, and then the tents were sent where they would do some good. country knows, through the medium of the representatives who went to the firing lines to see for themselves just how conditions were, that the soldiers there were not prop- orly equipped. And still more men are needed, and needed bad, Congress- man Dale, of Vermont, said: “For God's salke, hustle up! Realize we are at war. Send a million men to France—two million, more mil- lions, and men, men, men.” The, In the senate, Wednesday, Senator Kenyon, one of those making the trip, said: “Send France p at e sorve. T patched-up at t least two million as soon as po: ast one million do not peace men to ble, and men in re- believe in any ke Congressman made the D, wred: McCarmack, in a recent who also atement, tr = who, in Ve more far of their Wes lies, according to their chief military au- thorities, will not have guns enough until next spring. The guns which the French give us, they give us be the immediate necessities of our little army in France are even greater than their own. “General send than the echo "he Briti their front, than either proportion guns b to se Petain d to us guns and stecl billet little of me: ‘Make ammunition . We are grate vou it footfalls carried guns ful for us. The force its | The ALWAYS McMillan Store, Inc. RELIABLE. New Britain’s One Depariment Store HERE'S BRING 121G BUSINESS ON SATU Our Amn Winte Just Recelved from Several large shipment of New Coats Coats, Suits and Dresses at a sac) you at B iin Prices that will WOMEN'S LOT ONE COATS. AT $9.98. Kvery size in all-wool cloths, desirable colors and styles, worth $15.98, making a saving of $6.00 on each coat. LOT TWO AT $11.98, Great values in this lot, Coats in every size from 16 up to 49. Models for stout women. Not lot but what N would be considered good value one coat in this So can now $10.00. for $24.98. you save the difference of LOT THREE AT Here's the lot where you are going to find high-grade coats. Most of them only one of a kind and color. Every size to choose from, this lot worth up to $35.00, giving you the chance to $19.98, and coats in. save $15.00 on a nice coat. DRESSES F'OR STREET AND ¥ Of serge, models; all at spe this sale, JENING WEAR. satin, silk; new |l prices for SEPARATE SKIRTS, $3.98. All regular. at prices much below Very special values in this sale at $3.98 that are worth $5.98; of the new models in the fashionable Save $2.00 by coming here for skirts, materials. CHILDREN'S COATS, 'A complete new ortment received this week at that you could not today the material by the vard for. Our enttre stock for th four lots, every size in each lot: $3.98, $4.98, $5.98 and $7.98, prices buy sale in hope to every hearth in France, but as it grows there must be a period when we shall be taxed to supply it. While its numbers slowly increase, you Americans, who are a great indus- trial people, must see that this war is an industry of destruction You will understand how urgent it is to send us guns, middle heavies, and shells, in order that we may be armed to win victories and that some of us may be alive to fight by vour side when at\last America ready.’ “The Ttalian Army, when I was on the Carso and in the Trentino, had something less than one-quarter as many guns as the British and French armies combined, although there was no great difference in the length of the fronts. In Ttaly they suffered from a shortage of ammunition which lim- ited the extent of their advance toward Trieste and the roads to Laibach “The ‘middle heavy’ is to this war what the steam-shovel was to Pana- ma. 1f we make guns enough transport them to Furope before the spring of 1919 we ought to wi this war without terrible losses. Without the guns we shall lose the men and may lase the wa There is hardly a newspaper in the country but what has been carrving stories and cartoons on the red tape. The same red tape that Congressman Dale says must be done away with be- fore “we cxpect to accomplish any- thing against the Germans Nearly everywhere in Washington vou hear of General L.eonard Wood, wha paid no attention to any red tape, but sim- ply went ahead and bought 20,000 pairs of overalls so his men could do some work. The overalls were needed, nd General Wood got them, That was all there was to it. There wa but very little delay in this matter. But the very committees are tyving the red tape. The can is: “Put your shoulder to the wheel | and push the cart out of the mud Don’t wait around the cart for a vear to see how hadly it is stuck.” is in here MAY TAKE IMPORTED WOOL. an. 11.—All wool to be imported is made subject to a government ten-day purchasing op- tion under regulations issued by the war trade board and effective Mond. The order provides that the govern- Washington, EXCELLENT BARGAIN Suits to defend ourselves so - and | inis The Store of Superior Values NEWS THAT'S GOING TO IRDAY AT ual Mid- - I Sale of New York's Best Makers—A and Dresses. Having bought these rificc, we now pass them along to customers, K bring many enthusiastic CORSETS. 0dd lots of Corsets worth up to $1.00 a pair, in this sale at ¢ 69c. BLANKETS AT $2.98. Worth $4.50. Still a few pairs Plaid Blankets been selling so fast at $2.98, CUT GLASS. Fully two hundred pieces of | Cut now offered at very at- ¥ of that have sGenuine Glass. Every | piece b tractive prices. L/ WHITE PETTICOATS. Full length and width, Ham- burg trimmed, worth $1.00 In this sale for 59¢. BRASSIERES, Lace and Hamburg trimmed, ,. worth 50c, in this sale for 29c, GEORGETTE WAISTS, White worth $5.00, for $3.98. A slightly soiled Washable Waists, values up 84 $1.25 69¢c each. and flesh color only, in this sale now lot small of in this sale for SWEATERS. For Men, Women and Children, Great values and a big. stock to choose from. Price range to every pocketbook, and one of them priced less than we could replace them at suit every manufacturer’'s prices today. UNDERWEAR. Warm Underwear for every- body, ‘from the baby to the grown-ups. Big stock to choosé from at Midwinter Sale Prices: the option, any quantity of the woolf left unsold by the importer. Com- pliance to the terms of the regulatio; will be required before the wool released to the importer. Prices fom each consignment are to be deterd mind by a committee appointed joinr. 1y by the government and wool trade, /using as a basis, the price less & pes i cent., established last January by th. the Boston/ o | valuation committee of | Wool Trade association. HOLCOMB REJECTS - PROHIBITION HOVE | i ‘No Vote at Special General Assembly Hartford, Jan. 11.—On the groundsf that legislative action on the federalt prohobition amendment should taken only by a legislature electef] with the knowledge that the questio is to be voted upon, Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has signified his intentio: {the gener~l assembly for the considaf leration® of the national prohibitiong I hibition be voted upon at the comin special session which will consider th !qucsnnn of soldier suffrage. The governor recently received letter from the Connecticut prohibi tion committee calling attention to solution which it passed on Decem. ber 27 asking that he incorporate in call for the coming special sef sion a recommendation that the ques ¥ u | tion of state prohibition be voted upon. He also received a letter from the pro hibition national that a special session of the legisl ture be called immediately to conside. the ratification of the prohibition imendment to the United States Con- stitution. To both letters, the gov. ernor replied thatshe did not approve believed prohibition legislation would. not suffer “by waiting until the next regular session of the general assembiy! when the people can, with knowiedge that the matter is coming up, MN"J | ment shall e authorized to purchase time after the expiration of | at any representatives with that in view." amendment or to recommend that DI‘O& of the suggestions made and said lef ( Session off bef § {to refuse to call a special session (.,:'1 committee ukm%’ 3 i