New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ) BRITAIN HER! " NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 28 101s. —TEN PAGES. TXAGGERATION BY [ WHEAT, MEAT ANG EN. CHAMBERLAIN | PORK UNDER BAN .9 Bakers Begin' fo Bake Victory . BAKER'S DEFENSE ! Bread, Five Per Cent. ubstitute Secretary of War Tells Senate AT T (20 PER CENT. BY FEB. 24 PRICE THREE CLNTS. Committee Real Conditions Have Been Distorted DGES NOT AGCUSE GRITIC OF MALICE of Producs Necessary to War—Sufli- cient Toodstufls America by Administration. to Be Kept in Washington, Jan. —The new has been issued and will be distributed throughout the country to aid house- keepers in observing the 1918 food conservation program of two wheat- less, In Straightforward Explanation Situation, Head of War Department JAdmits False Starts and Errors 'Have Been Made But Denies His As- da a week as pronounced in the sistans Have Been Guilty of Incfli=| orogiqent’s proclamation. ciency. The card carrying an explanation Washington, Jan. 28.—Secretary Balker today replied to Senator Cham- *-berloin’s charges of ineficiency in the department, at a public hearing senate military committee. verbal statement when the bakers begin making Vic- tory loaf, a war bread, containing a war 5 per cent substitute for wheat flour. Bakers are to increase the substitutes | for wheat flour 20 per is reached February will before the He began making a without manuseript M ke not « cent. sell until a substitution At the householders wheat flour only soid his statement was y supplementary to his re- to the committee but a comprehensive statement of all army activitics in the war, especially reply- ing to the charge that the department fallen dGown.” At the outset the *secrctary said he thought that the criticism came from impatience of the American people “‘to do this great thing greatly FHe conceded that in so great an en- terprise it was impossible t there should not be delays and shortcom- ings. The confidence of the country, however, he said, was necessary to the tremendous effort. The cited in Senator Chamberlain’s speech, Secretary Bak- er declared, gave a disproportionate aspect. Without intent, he said, the effect of the senators speech was to give the country the impression that the deficiencies “were characteristic rather than occasional.” He said he was not there to defend individuals or deny delays and false starts. “But I think I can say in confidence that in them we have sought the rem- edy,” he said. That there are more than a mil men under arms in this country was stated by the secretary in alluding to the cases of alleged neglect of the dead in camp cited by Senator Cham- perlain. Major Gen. Wood, Mr. Baker said, recommended calling out a large army, although the men could not be at once provided with rifles and clothing. “For one reason or another the im- pression has gone out to some extent that the war department has fallen down in the conduct of the war,” the secretary said. “I want to address myself to that question. “There are several sons why 1 should ask the committee to hear me. the country is entitled to what this war is and what the problems are and how we are to meet them. Second I have a deep sense of duty to the officers and civilians that are laboring with devotion, sacrifice 1 and are spending sleepless nights to bring this army up to its greatest efficiency and success.” The impatience of the whole coun- try “to do this thing ¥, the se retary continued, “probably inspired much of the criticism. Every one of us wants to see our country hit like man at the adversary. “We look back over the past and see there have been shortcomings, that there have been delays. There are things that could have been better done. But our effort is to learn. “I have no purpose to defend indi- viduals or myself. If I discuss here individuals by name, if I refer to Gen. Crozier or Gen. Sharpe or myself it will be only to make it cle: If any of us should fizure in tomorrow’s ¢ ualties it would be nothing beside the object we all seek. T am not here to deny short-comir but I think I can say thi “That where we have such comings or mistakes, we have every effort to correct them. carnestly ask that when vou have out to you any short-coming, whether it seems well founded or not, that you instantly refer it to me in order that the processes of the de- partment may sift the truth.” Every soldier who needs a rifle has one, Secretary Baker said, nd of a better type than if the Brit- ish Enfield rifie had been adopted. same time grocers cent or when the purchaser buys an equal amount of some other cereal. The food ad- “had ation card a “every loyal American to help win the war by ntaining rigidly as a minimum of saving the following program: ‘Wheatless Day. “Have two weatless day and Wednesday) in every week and one wheatle meal in every day. “Explanation—On ‘wheatless’ days in ‘wheatl meals of other vS, use no crackers, pastry, macaro- breakfast food or other cereal containing wheat, and use no flour in any form except the small amount that may be needed for thickening soups or gravies, or for binder in corn bre: breads. As to bread, if you bake at home, uso other cereals than wheat and if you buy it buy only war bread. Our object is that we should buy and consume one-third Jles wheat pro- ducts than we did last year. Meatless and Porkless Days. “Have one meatles in every week, and one meatless in every day. Have two porkless da (Tuesday and Saturday), in every week. “Explanation—‘meatless’ means with- out any cattle, hog or sheep products. On other d use mutton and lamb in prefersnce to beef or pork. less’ means without pork, bacon, ham, lard or pork products, fresh or pre- served. Use fish, poultry and egss. , (Monday and dz ni, food wheat twice as much meat as we need. Fat Saving Day. “Make every day a fat saving day (butter, lard, lard substitute etc.) planation — fry less; bake, boil or stew food instead. Save drippings; use these and vege- table oils for cooking instead of but- ter. Butter has food values vital to children; therefore give Use it on on the tabl soap; it is made from fat. of all fats. We use and wa a half times as much “Make every day a day. L broil, know 5y meat zeal 4 Be careful ste two and fat as we need. 5 r saving planation—use less sugar. Less sweet drinks and candy containing sugar should be used in war time. As a nation we have used twice as much sugar as we need.” The card coutions householders also against hoarding food and gives re newed surance that the governm “by its control of exports will retain for our people a sufficient supply of every sential foodstuff.” against limiting the food of growing children also given. The reverse side of the card outline the the necessity of food saving, emphasiz- ing the Allies’ absolute need of wheat, , fats and sugar. BRITISH CASUALTIES Twenty-five short- made T most pointed Officers and 1,714 Men Killed During Week—Wounded Missing, 128 Oflicers, 6,721 Men. London, Jan, 2 British casualties ing today were 8,588, divided Lewis Guns for Aviators Only. Defending the lack of Lewis chine guns Secretary Baker reiterated that Gen. Pershing does not want Lewis guns for the ground forces, but only for aviation. Declaring that 1,714. Wounded and men, and men ing—oflicers, ma- VAUDEVILLE Mas at AT AYER. 28.—The Liberty will by securing artillery trom ¥ Mr. Baker said it also would ips. “I am telling no secret when I say that ships are the crux of your prob- | lem,” he said. Baker said all foreign atives and also the war coun- | . headed by Col. House, securing ordnance from France will not take need but will help them, - Chamberl: GRan Camp Devens tonight Ayer, theater be opened with a program of vaudeville and motion pictures will t seat be entirely of wood, The entertainmer building, ,800 men to hat and they enat to that at in training country. 4 ath The men fro be similar theaters the tonment will sther Liberty mps throu T in's speech al- | cquipmer ision On atinued Ninih home card of the food administration | one meatless and two porkless | of the- plan will go into effect today’ d and other cereal | it | “Pork- | As a nation we eat and waste nearly | it to them. | Waste no | Warning | reasons for | or | reported during the week ending dur- | as fol- | Killed or died of wounds—offi- | The | T0 CLOSE AGADEMIC - BUILDING; N0 £0AL { Pupils Going to Vocational High School for One Session BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS Obly Two Days Supply of Coal At Old H igh School Necessitates Drastic Action—City Also Short of Coal. So acute is the coal crisis at the High school that a speciai meeting of the school committee has been called for 5 o'clock this afternoon to consid- er the plan for closing the Academic High school building and sending both Vocational and Academic High pupils to the Vocational school on a single session t The the city ¥ ogrowi more s and Wiili Duann of the ¢ commn only we buildine H ceive a carlo: co elsewhe ‘rion v hall ha city to rc ne. It} everal of the using the last of which and the e tates t supply fc the however wo expects, - a of coal that omet | is likewise ted factories are their supply, the New Britain Machine Beaton & Cadwell Co. | already | | | : i Special Board Mccting. : | 1 chief among is Judge B. F. Gaffney of the school ; board has called a meeting of the committee for this afternoon for the | purpose of bringing before the mem- bers the situation as it exists relative to the schools. At the last monthiy | meeting of the school board, attention was called to the fact that at the Academic High school there was only a small supply of coal available, but no action was taken and the commit- tee waited in hope that a suppl | might arrive before it would be neces | sary to take drastic action. Today | was announced that there is only two | days' supply at this school. Superin- | | tendent S. H. Holmes has been in | | communication with E. W. Christ, | chairman of the local fuel administ i tion, and has been informed that the | outlook is gloomy and there seems to | be no immediate prospects of getting .1 | fresh supply of coal for the school. One Session Routine. As a result of thig information is likely that the school board wi evolve a mew plan of single sessions | | for both the Academic and Vocational | High school pupils and combine both | classes in the Vocational High school | building. There is at present a fair | supply of coal By maintain- | ing 2 one session plan for each | of pupils thought that a | amount of progress can be made. | is considered more advisable by school board to change to this gle session system during the emer- gency than to close the Academic High building and permit the pupils to have another enforced vacation. At| the present time there are ahout 700 pupils enrolled in the Academic High school department. This is confined | to the old High school building at the junction of South Main. Rassett | and Franklin Square. The Vocational | High building is in the rear, on Bas- | | sett street and it is here, nrrflmhl\‘,i | that all High school pupils will have their class rooms for some time to | come. | At the other school building thtere a good supply of coal and only at the Stanley school has it been neces- | sary to adopt unusual methods of | heating. At this school it was found impossible to heat all the rooms to- | day, so several of 1 the el been combined. | it | it there. rou It the | sin- 1sses have | Strict Observance in Gotham, New York, Jan. 28.—Industry here halted agaln today—the sccond of the { ten workless. heatless and lightless | Mond: eed by the national fuel administration—and reports to local administrators indiacted the observ- nce was far more general than a | weel The administrators were prosecute all violations claims for exemption | poured in to the authorities up to a | late hour last night but only in rare | cases were exemptions nted. | The stock exchange, which kept | | prepared to | Tundreds of o | open veek ago. although without { heat, was closed today as were the | Consolidated stock exchange and | many of the great banking institu- tions Theaters remained open, many | of them giving double performances, | but they will be closed Tuesda Conservation at Smith Colleg Mass., Jan. gallery and some of in the library and other buildings at Smith college, not absolutely needed for school stud were closed today in co-operation with fuel conservation movement Northampton, —Tha cymnasium, ar study rooms tho the S DEATH. Jan. 28.—William carpenter artford yesterday, his lodging house early docto amina E. who came hera | founa deaa | today by T from ¥ in nergency to cal E: room was nital ho responded X tion of the provided for the soldiers at this can- | s T4 . 1in Wt Worcester. | i the publi | citizen.” | distilling recently | states and wag being sold illegally to | and the apparent inabili | is in jeopardy, due to illicit | brought | vice for the CZERNIN’S NOTE TO BREACH BETWEE! DRINK AND VICE NEAR AMERICANS ABROAD Prohibitionist Investigator Reports Their Morals Are Endangered. Topeka, Kas., Jan. 28.—Intoxicating liquor is sold freely to American sol- diers in Great Britain. according to Dr. S. Sheldon, who has returned from Dr. Sheldon charged that vite is prevalent mnear the concentration camps and crts that many C(ana- dian soldiers have been sent home incapacitated for service because of drink and vice. “It is the duty of every American the doctor said, “to demand of his government that these cond ngland, where he has heen as- | | sisting in a prohibition movement. The Cunarder Andania, reported sterday to have been torpedoed but not sunk, went down in spite of effarts to get her into port, according to information reach- ing the Associated Press today. SNOW FALLING AGAIN IN COAL DISTRICTS London, Jan. 28 5 CUNARD LINER REP( SINKS BEFOF Third in Three Days Retards Mine Operations in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Jan. -Anothe: tiong be eliminated.” ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—The necessity of arousing state and county to their responsibilities in the zovernment to break up the manu- facture of moonshine iskey is urged on the governors of prohibi- tion states today in a letter from In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Roper. The letter was made public as part of a nation-wide campaign against iticit announced by ths commission when it was discovered that the manufacture of moonshine wag rapidly increasing in bone-dry soldiers in southern training camps. “Constantly increasing violation o° prohibition laws in several localities,” said the appeal to the governors, “open defiance of federal authority of the local police to cope with conditions are as- tounding and distressing. The morala of every army camp in these states | and sale of wh You will, | sure, determine uwpon most practicable | method of arousing your county offi- cials to their responsibilities and du- ties in co-operation with federal | agents.” | He also wrote congressmen from dry states asking their co-operation nd letters instructions went for- ward to internal revenue collector: The campaign has already resulted in | arrests in many states. CHAMBERLAIN PROMOTED Local of Soldier Now First Licutenant ! in Infantry Stationed in France— Studied in French Officers (lass. Rodman Chamberlain, son of the late Judge Valentine B. Chamberlain, is making good as a soldier in the American Expeditionary ¥orces in France, according to information re- in this city. At the outbreak of xian barder trouble in 1916, Chamberlain left with company @l N. G., as a private and his work meritorious enough to secure for him rapid promotion to second lieutenant. When the call of President Wilson the local soldiers into ser- cause of democracy, Lieutenant Chamberlain was among the first to Teport at the armory. He left early in the trouble for France with the 101st Infantry, and for the past few months has been studving in the French methods of war in an of- ficers schaol. His new rank now first licutenant. He brother of State Treasurer Fred S. Chamberlain, and was a football the New | Britain High school Willian college is a S. star in and at MAY CUT STORE DELIVERIES P Towns of More Than 500 Popula- tion Will Be Affected by New Econromy Ruling If Adopted. | Mon nowstorm the third in d region. three B | prevails throughout this coal - zero temperature is reported various sections in this condition i slows down of coal men the mining Although large forces of | worked yesterday, the move- | ment of coal was disappointed owing { 1o the snow and freezing weather. At m. today 4 1-2 inches snow fallen here since and temperature was and going down. and shipment S had the still of midnight 12 above Washington, Industrial and railway centers fuel of the administration’s cast, affected weekly forced to ations tod some sections Indications were tinue today from eastward. The read traffic of prospect should tions be fulfiiled. Low temperatures continue the Rocky Mountains. There little change today or tomor: the Qhio river by the heatless Monday order, their a1l were slow down ¥ by a was war oper- sno which in heavy the snow the lake worst tie-up the winter the weather region of rail- was in predic- es will ow of be Philadeiphia, biggest Jan. of 28.—Due to winter the snowstorm P of the resulting any caus 3 Trains are stalled all alor line and outbound service from has practically annuled. Reports say of the fastest through trains were the mountains. Four are held up at Altoona the the tie-up on the nna. road is said cials comp from ny to be worst rs the her been x compan stalled in | indefinitely Bostan, Jan. 28.—Snow New with prospects that a severe storm was falling in many sections of England to- day would rong by a low for the necess~ pipes from fre develop tonight or tomorrow northeast wind accompanied my ure offset the hopes heatless Monday, as it was 1o ich el to keep ing WALL STREET CLOSED Keys Turned in Locks and Employes Have Vacation—Produce chango temains Open Untii Noon. New York and the finan hered to the fe for the second of the exchanges the exception of the produce exchange, which kept open until noon without heat were with the oflices of brokers and financial concerns. The banks only a part of their usual morning business. So few offices were open and so few were the orders when hea ow began to fall J —Wall district eral fuel fueiless Street rigidly requirement Monday. All | ad- | e with closed other diq small Hartford, Jan. 28.—A maximum of one delivery a day from retail stores | may soon be the rule in all Connec- | ticut cities and towns of more than | 00 population. Plans to this end were set going in Washington re- | cently at a conference of the Com- ! mercial Economy Board and the | States Councils Section of the - cil National Def with repre- | sentatives of the S Councils of Defense in of the Mis sissippi of the western s later. Alton T. Miner of New London chairman of the commercial econom of the committee on indus Connecticut Council of conference and been making de- R of ense e east ntativ to meet states Repr division trial survey, Defense, attended his return plans for a radi in hia curtailment of since WEATHER Iavtfor t tor Saon L | P tain and vicin- 2t and Tue<day tonizht but hecoming i e cw B ity : Warmer colder a ton by e — e at the h hour—between 9 and 10 o'clock. Wail Street in appearance, was virtually morning ru contrast to its usual deserted TOWN UNDER WATER Great Loss of Life Peared in Mackay, Queensland, Submerged, Tt Is Thou During Cyclone. of has it is sreat, town ralia, and Jan Queens The Au ed London, Mackay, peen completely the life has been dispatch teared loss of Eris- by | the ap trom received ship is wi a st in inundation and due rain harbor pare The ° CLERK APPOINTE W NEW Delaney tment of T Square today nest nklin office 1 in : un- | will con- | tached to a French squadro participated in a daylight raid over Germany. All returned | i fidiigy bombing | Amsterdam, Jan. 28.—Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, left Sunday for Brest-Litovsk, where the nego- tiations with the Russians are taking pla according to Vienna advices today. He was accompanied by numerous offi- cials. Count Czernin's policy in ad- ministering Austro-Hungarian foreign affairs has been en- dorsed DLy the foreign affairs | committee of the Reichsrath, which has adopted a vote of confidence by 14 votes against 7. Because the weather was foggy the unable to determine | what damage was done, but as flew fairly it is aviators were | just | low over the ground | believed the results they and od. Recrossing the lines the were fired on vigorously anti-aireraft guns. They then ran | into still heavier fog and some of them were forced to land before reaching their hangars 1t | | | were | | bombers by enemy — | London, 8.—The German ar- | J active TL.ondon, J: the has accordi —Nothing titlery was last night along the front, at angered pan-Germans, French-Izelzian nunlerous | to reports in special dispatches frd from ; by | in | | three | to | patrol ! fog on Jan. . flict. points. according The post to today’s an- Holland, as the statement attribut nouncement. Germans raided an , to Count Czernin that his speech rdvanced of adds a party northeast Lange- peace had been W was previously commu marck, . southeast German dispersed. the statement of Le Veguier reconnoitering and strong was cated to President statement it was said, sreet with 1 i v Toud cheers received with contumely f1 it by i an autbur the hrought of hearcrs of s raria OFFICIALS PRONOTED Britain Trust Company Changes { and hy whose The opinions pan-G to iny exc to Americ: ticized bitterly, Count only and, 4 can G cording T led many’s life interest Allusions ~ in new papers that Count von Roedern, see treasury, one the f responsible for \ German ions, is said to concern a finang memorandum he is reported to he submitted the emperor. It is report he that he warned the e peror the financial situation such that a further velopment of defensive operations inad le. It is reported from Holland that German Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin } been pended for publishing violent article under the headi| ““‘Austria must be abandoned.” Reventlow, ring New enda At Annual Meeting Today An- pan-German nounced. tary of the of At the the annual election of officers of Try promotions were : men New Britain compay today, i made. Frank G. Vibberts, the place treasurer, was elevated declares that Germany vice-presidency and Ra his R ant ta as treasurer, ymond was d Healey was promoted F. W comber, been made assistant The officers of the follows: President vice-presidents, L. Frank Vibberts: mond R. Healey; F. W. Macomber. m - assis treasurer. ha, shier treasurer. company are W. Attwood: Hoxt e tr assistant Pe and R sasurer, v- Harde London, Criticizes eGrmany. Jan. 28.—Maxmilian Ha en devotes thirtecn closely prinf pages in the latest issue of Die kunft to reproducing ‘“the real tex of the recent speeches Prosi Wilson and Premier Lioyd Geord | He says that thoughtful and conscie | tious men should read the speec | quietly and without prejudice aj critizes in an astonishingly outspok | fashion Germany attitude towa | Austria in the conduct of the Russi negatiations. Herr Harden virtually accuses Gd | many of forcing Austria-Hun, | into the war and_says that pea | might has been obtained the fi | week at Brest-Litovsk if the Germa had not posed as conquerers and not demanded territory. Alluding President Wilson’s spéech Herr H: en says: “Belief is still firm that peace possible and that the cleavage betwg the two fighting groups no longer sa wide that it can be filled only now heaps of corps It will, ho ever, widen into an unbridgeable g if the people again refuse to ackno | ledge a changed world.” He pleads for the sancitity of tr ties, a reduction of armaments, »( right to self determination of natio and favars reconsideration of 't question of -Lorraing U. S. WARSHIP ON ROCKS hes of Amcrican Patrol Hits Ledge in ropean Waters—No Toss of Life or Injury to Crew. Washington, Jan. 28.—An America. was today reported to department ashore on a rock Kuropean waters. The v el went ashore 26. There was no lo life or Injury to the crew. The vessel | will probably have to be abandoned. navy in | during AMERICA THEIR ONLY HOPE. Cleveland, Jan. 28.—Declaring that the only hope inde- pendence lies in America in the war, Alexander Konta, of New York, chairman of the American-Hungar- Loyalty League, last night pleaded with representatives of Hun- garian societies throughout the to be undivided in their sympathies as regards the great con- The meeting followed the na- tional convention. A resolution | pledging ioyalty to the United States was adopted. of Hungarian ian country a A N g e Prague. ree thousai t in a riot in a 8 Friday inst ur rations, a Vieh Shop windows Wy mob had begun when the polj were dispe 1ood Riot Zurich, Jan persons 100K urh of Irogu duction of the Jespatch the stock smiashed and blunder the intertered with diffi CORN MEAL PLENTIFUL, Boston. Jan —Corn bread will - The rioters probably ulty regain former popularity | in New England as a result f00d administrator’s order substituting | other products for white flour in bread. Charles M. Cox, a local grain dealer, said today that corn meal is | : England and that | can be ground 10 power of tha | ABOLISH DISPLAY SIGNS. Through an order issued by tl fuel administrator, all electric d4sp! this city will be sut off ! hts in the future excepting in W rrels the tion. plentiful more ti daily in in in urday fective water nights. The order hecomes Bl at once,