New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1918, Page 10

ha® be & deagd altie) clecome that noticd gtime nxiety, for there is no grie than such terrible uncertainty. is nothing that they can do walit. Connections have been | 1s completely as if the absent another planet they remember that 4¢rs home have beén written on AMen's Christian Association station- , with the familiar Red Triangle in Perhaps the Young Mer knows some not n in Avorse There bu broken boy were in "hen their his let- Young er the corner. Christian Association thing about their son. They deter mine to write and implore its heip in getting into touch with him once more. Sometimes it is the father who writes, asking that the bad news, it there 1 y, be kept from the boy's mother. Sometimes both father and mother write, unknown to each other, each trying to save the other pain It was these heartsick letters from | the home-folks, mostly mothers, that Jed to the creation of the new bureau of the Young Men's Christian Assoc | tion. Tt follows missing soldier and sailor boys almost round the world ) gometimes to bring back word of their | to their people at home. Tt | even into the prison-camps, to ascertain their whereabouts. During | the last month, the bureau received | thirty-five letters, and was able to trace twenty-one of the boy Jo detective agency ever worked on such meagre clues as the bureau of missing soldier and sailor boys must do. Sometimes only the boy’s name Is given. Often, the sole hints are sucn bits as these: “My boy graduated from Yale 1916.” “Charley sailed from America, on the ‘Espagnc’ June 18." “The lad was in Ambulance Section 28, but dropped out, to try to enter iation.” takes infinite patience to follow such clues to the end, just to bring comfort to the hearts of anxious mothers back home. Perhaps only a woman could be expected to under- stand how other women worry about their soldier-boys. At any rate, at the head—or the heart—of the bu. reau to trace missing soldier and sail- or boys, there is a woman A. Tvelyn Newman, Who for seven years directed the Studio Club for Girls, in | New York. “My boys”, she calls the | missing soldiers and sailors, and every Jetter that comes from their families at home she considers personal, and answers as soon as she can, knowing mow that answer is waited for at home. The method of following clues de- | pends largely upon the information given in the parent's letter. Some- times the University Club in Paris, $ 2ue Richelieu, can glve aid; some- times the steamship company records are of help, sometimes the aviation headquarters supply the missing in- formation. The Army Register han- dles a huge location department, in helping the homefolk to keep the ties unbroken and the Red Cross has cabi- net cases full of filing cards on the problem, Both co-operate warmly | with the Young Men's Christian Asso- clation in the effort to trace missing sons, and a day never goes by without many inquiries being exchanged. By far the greatest number of let- ters deal with boys whose correct ad- dress is supposedly known as, for in- stance: “Is there any military reason why my son 1n — Regiment, —— Bn- gineers, can not write or receive Jetters from home?” these cases is a question of V the ad- Often the You s Christ- Association bureau that the correct, and perilous | ar ty 5 in Miss | | | me n erifying ng 1 finds i the is rvice accounts for the anxiety | Minor, C. F. Neumann, H. H. Wheeler, | ys he fault failed father or mother with the e through neglect M. C. A king him to wr \other, saying that communicated with, Ort 1 | son, who has rites both to the ite home, and to the son has and was i to the bureau renrly around the | ov was traced to tine, then to Gal- nother transport il was lost. Hispanola? Is an island, or a rman U-boat? An- 'rance as an ambu- taking over of American Army ght. His chum the on the on At the the Pive tente acting exportation of foodstuffs to Russia. | | piea at 23 Chandler street. | Neumann | TUMULDTY AT HUGHES FUNERAL. | 1‘ L postal . When with some from some ho- st he was mys.erious wo- 1 £cons0Ttin, seen, 8 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918. . @ A. possibly home? | ftter occasfonally | om the Ameri- | know whetber i Expeditionary | jelving letters | d requests that the bsolutely | Hon, as 1.—Fire today [\ Driver- engazed for use in as to the| egun by the of the o Investigation fthe blaze was rities. Frank 1, Driver, president of the | ompany, later estimated the loss at | $700,000. | 3 More Pa- | | Fntente Warships at | cific Porti—China Forbids Export of Food to Russia. London, Feb. 1.—Tve more En- warships have arrived at Viad- ivostock, according to dispatches from | Petrograd. It is added that China, on allied advice, has forbilden | WOULD EXTLE BARLEYCORN. Prohibition Bill Introduced in Virgin Islands Tagislature. St. Thomas, Virgin Iglands, Feb. 1. The government today introduced in | the legislature a bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale, giving away or having possession of intoxicating drinks within six months after ap- proval of the bill. In proposing this legislation the government pointed out tho extent of the temperance move- ment throughout the world especially in the United States and recommend- ed that the Virgin Islands take ac- tion rather than await the mandate of superior authority. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. An entertainment of living pictures and songs, followed by dancing will be given at the Y. W. C. A. gymna- sium by the social committee tomor- row evening, IFeb. 2nd. Living pic- tures of well known paintings and of popular songs make up the program. Miss Mary E. Rogers will speak at the vesper service on Sunday after- | noon at 4:30 o’'clock. Everyone cordially invited. is MURDER AND SUICIDE. Worcester, Feb. 1.-—Joseph Grady, aged 40, shot and killed a wom#n sup- posed to be Miss M. K. Murphy, aged 35, and then killed himself with the | same weapon today in a flat he occu- Grady had employed as a nurse al or institution, judging from a uniform found in a uuitcase, and the woman is thought to have been a nurse, evidently in some hospi been CONGRESSMEN MUST PAY. Washingten, Feb. 1.—Members of | congre although exempted by law | from the o-called occupational tax, | which operates on incomes of more | than $6,000 in addition to the regular income tax, will have to pay it nev. theless, by a ruling made today Internal Revenue Commissioner per. by | Ro- GIF TO ME RIDEN HOSPITAL. Meriden, Feb. 1.—Gifts of $35,000 | made to the Meriden hospital vere | anncunced today. John L. Billard in- | creased ,000 $30,000 in memory of his parents, and | Arthur S. Lanc gave $5,000 in mem- ory of his wife. In each instance the money may be nsed for general pur- poses contribution to | - | UNION WORKS MEETING | The following directors were elected | at the annual meeting of the stock- | holders of the Union Works yester- | day: A. I. Corbin, M. L. Bailey, A. J. | Sloper, L. C. Clark of Plainville, J. B. F. J. Corbin and W. H. Corbin. The | dircetors re-clected the follawing offi- | cer President, A. F. Corbin; sec- | retary, H. IL. Wheeler; treasurer, | M. 1. Bailey; assistant secretary, C. F. | — | Washington, Feb. 1..Secretary | Tumulty went to Trenton today to at- | the funeral tomorrow of his Senator Hughes, of New tend friend, Jersey ———————————————————————— WANTED. Accurate and reliable lady bookkeeper to take full charge of books in manufac- turing concern. Address, R. N., Care Herald Office. | | | ) liveries | tificates, | ship list of the organiz ND REASON FOR DELAY IN BONDS Buyers Should Rebeive Them Promptly, Committee Claims Boston, Feb. 1.—The Liberty Loan Committeo of New Ingland has ceived statements from a number peoplo that they have not their first or second Liberty To the subscribers of the second Liberty Loans, this tion should be interesting, The Treasury Department has fur- nished tho I'ederal Reserve Banks with 33 per cent. coupon bonds and 4 per cent. conversion coupon bonds in sufficient quantity to complete de- on interim certificates pre- sented for cxchange for bonds. So far as the department is advised there is no reason why every subscriber should not receive the bonds to which he is entitled upon presentation of his interim certificate to the Federal Re- serve Bank. Inasmuch of interim certificates is entitled to receive the denominations of bonds desired at the time he presents certificates, it is not always possible for the department and the banks to re- of received Bonds. first and informa- as a anticipate requirements and it may be | found, upon presentation of such cer- that the bank make delivery in the denominations required; but tho department has abundant bonds on hand to meet requirements in this respect, and delay would be momentary only. Regarding the registered honds, those at 313 per cent. havo been sued as rapidly as requisitions have been received from Iederal Reserve Banks. December 15 interest, how- ever, has been paid and the bonds are in process of issue. The issue is current. Those, at 4 per cent. have not yet been issued. To of business 12,272,677 Second Liberty bonds of the denominations of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000—of total face amount $2,426,147,600—have been forwarded to Federal Reserve Banks for delivery on subscriptions. TIn ad- dition thereto something over 92,358 coupon bonds of the $5,000 and $10,- 000 denominations—of to faco amount of $704,080,000—also have been forwarded. Total shipments of coupon bonds accordingly aggregate $3,130,227,600. Requisitions for Second Liberty rog- istered bonds so far received total $167,222,600. Theso bonds are in process of i Practically every requisition from [ederal Reserve Banks for coupon bonds has hbeen filled and requisitions for registered bonds are being executed as rapidly as possible, the close January 26 coupo sue. 'FRIENDS OF GERMAN DEMOCRACY AGTIVE About fo Launch Campaign for| Members in New England New York, Feb. 1.—A nation-wide membership drive, which will be con- centrated particularly in Maine and the New England states generally within the next few weeks, has been | Friends of German Jaunched by the Democracy, with headquarters at 32 Union Square, New York City. The aim of the society is to aid democracy by aiding the people of Germany to establish a government responsible to the people. Franz Sigel, president of tho Friends of German Democracy, will start shortly on a speaking tour on behalf of the organization. He ex- pects to address meetings in many of the larger cities. He is a son of Gen Sigel, of Civil War fame. Branches are in process of forma- tion in a number of cities and town in Maine, Connecticut, Vermont and nearby states. Many members are being enrolled from these states Prof. Konrad H. Bierwirth, of Har- vard, Prof. J. H. Worman, of the University of Vermont, Prof. Otto Manthey-Zorn, of Amherst College, and Prof. Benjamin W. Bacon, of Yale are among the prominent New Eng- Jand members man Democracy Jacob H. Schiff, of New York, Emile Berliner, noted inventor of Washing- ton, D. C., ex-Mayor Rudolph Blank- enburg, of Philadelphia, and Prof. Max F. Meyer, of the University of Missouri, are included in the member- tion. Julius Koettgen, assistant secretary of the Friends of German Democracy, in charge at the New York headquar- ters, has announced that plans under way for a vigorous campaign to get the message of the society be- fore the German people “The threats of the German classes that anyone spreading Kaiser propaganda in Germany be shot as u spy holds no terror Through countries adjacent to Germany, we are rcaching the Ger- man people, putting before them the real truths of the war and America's war aims which the German govern- ment is setting before its subjects in garbled form. “Our orga Americans of German as all other sympathizers with our cause, and believing in our aims. It is our purpose to enlist the pcople of America in the common cause. “Every member is required pledge his whole-hearted support the war until America’s aims havo been attained. We certain that the best way to counter-act the mali- cious propaganda of the Kaiser agents In this country is to show the people that this is not a war on the German people, President Wilson has so clearly expressed, but upon tho ruling class which has held a nation in subjection too long.” are ruling anti- will zation is composed source of as well to of are holder ! his | is not able to | all | | | ‘ Rev. of the Friends of Ger- | for | CITY The | the | be of will adjourned annual mecting Swedish Lutheran church held this evenin: | Skating at Rhodes Walter Westlake, of 15 street, was taken to St. Francis { pital, Hartford, this mornins, ing with appendicitis advt Mapl ho: uffer- today Hackbarth, of 202 Sey has notified the city that slippery on Connee- January 4, Herman mour avenuc he fell on a ticut avenue injurics for which he The Y. M. T. A. & B. iety s in the club sty last cvening. | Charter Oak orchestra furnished s was enjoyed walk et receiving redress. ave rooms The mu- meing until midni otto Hats, Goldenblum reason- Millinery Co Beau | able price advt A mart license has been grant- d to Joseph Blair of South street and Miss Annic Gudat Beaver street. Judge Meskill he the testimony in three cascs in tl city court terday, but no decision was Tendered |in any of them. The case of Henry { Basson against William Bezuidzyk was ! heard at 10 o’clock, Barncy Lehrer against Steve Mackewicz at 11 o'clack, G. Libbey at 2 of ard | ana Joseph agzainst C o'clock. | The total collections | department during January amounted to $50,641.43. Yesterday, whch was the I day to avoid interest, the col- lections were $9,183.32. In January, 1917, the collections were $42,429.94, a4 the last d receipts were 5,000. by the water 'S Mrs | plained to the this morning that her clothesline was stripped of a | ntimber of articles of wearing apparel | 1ast cvening, police Roy Barrows, of 574 West Main stroet, reported to the police that an- other automobile had swerved into his while he was driving along Stanley street last night Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Ohman are receiving congratulations on the birth of a nine-pound son, born this morn- t the New Britain Gencral Both mother and are well. hos- do- ing pital ing " OHI0 RIVER ON RANPAGE a son Passes 60 Feot Mark, 10 Fect Above Danger Line at Cincinnati—Other Midwest Rivers Rising. Cincinnatti, | river went | here during the night, or more than 10 feet ahove the danger line. and it lis bringing privation and hardship to ! many families living in the lowland. The ice gorge continues to hold | Chatanooga, Feb. 1 the rise in the Tenne pected Saturday The tered over 41 this morning rising slowly, but the water is faliing at all stations above. Street railway raffic is badly crippled. Feb. over the —~The 2 Ohio 60 foot mark of Memphis, Feb. 1 orge ice from | the jam at Richardson’s Landing 50 miles above here, which began pas- wrly this morning, was moving the Mississippi river rapidly to- with craft of 1 kinds hugging bha in sheltered anchorages. river here rose about three feet night to a stage of 14 fcet. smng ¢ down any, | the The over, ks St. Lou Feb. 1.—More than 1,000 | tons of coal from mines in Tennessee were rushed to various points along the Mississippi river today to be u; by boats caught in the ice floe whi for scveral has swept down stream. diverting the coal ? were the St Louis coal | con days Orders issued by ittee Ibvansvill i | Ind., | passing of the g Green i With river during the icc the Spottsville, Ky., danger river shipping was climinated, fer the time than $1,5600,000 worth of harbor cscaped undam- ctically ng. More craft in the aged LAWYER NAMED IN KEET KIDNAPPING Claude Picrsol Tmplicates Attorney and ¥leven Others in Con- fession to Police. May; Piersol shfield, Mo., Feb. 1 convicted of the kidnapping of —Claude Lloyd Keet, who probably will be re- moved today to the state penitenti o begin h year sentence, made a rew confession in which he implicated Springfield attorney who advised 1 t v a contract and specifying t was to receive when the som money was paid by J. Holland the baby’s father, according to Mackey today confession is | ing up the amount rar Keet Sher The persons “BAD cach said to name 12 MAN” FAVORS CONVICT LABOR Believes 200,000 Prison Inmates | should Be o Work | | Washington, | Morrell, wha' told the commitlee he haa been | a convict, for vears in | finement in San Quentin prison dun- ; held in a straight- consecutive hou Pacific train the convict libor in supplics. Morrell 200,000 prisoners in the pro- rut on Wapr Munitions, Feb. 1.—Jdward house for 16 olitary « I labor vears n | jacket for 1 | for holdi | testin | her | production of war told the committe [3 up Southern 5 were available to labor duction of war supplies. ITEMS Deloy of 154 North street com- ! GENTLE AS LAMBS, THESE BOLSHEVIKI Murder Genrefaliandi Throw Mud Balls at Corpse Paris, the I"eb. 1 circumstances A vivid picture c of the murder, infuriated Bolsheviki, of Gene honin, formerly of the Russian Pe of by al Duk- commander-in-chief army, given by the trograd correspondent of the Matin, Who apparently was an eye-witness of H,". ‘lxz\):r(! V. According to his story, 1 gn Grylenko, the Bolshevik com- H‘\Al\th r-in-chief, endeavored General Dukhonin from the mob but ])ll.‘v efforts were unavailing and the frussian commander was struck down by a sailor and then run through with dozen bhayvonets, The murder Bolsheviki had captured the head- auarters of the Russian army at Mo- hilev and followed General Dukhon- refusal 1o request the German oflicials to enter into an armis- with the Bolsheviki. The gen- was on board a train when the . surrounded him. According to the N correspondent, the gen- cral appeared at the window of his railway carriage. “Throw us ickea is to save took place after the army tice eral vour soldiers, they epaulettes!" “or we'll Kkill shouldered their the and Krylenko begged the general to give | way to them, but Dukhonin refused. “They can go to the deuce,” he cried. “Let them kill me!” A bullet whistled by, breaking the window, then a second. General { Odintzeff wont up to Dukhonin and gently took off his epaulettes. They were thrown to the mob and were quickly torn to pieces and for a mo- | ment he thought he w saved. Then handful of sailors jumped into the They seized Dukhonin by o shoulders and pushed him to the end of the coach and then on to the platform. Krylenko ran after them. i general's appearance caused a great uproar. “Kill him right | “Kerensky and { like him carriage. ou they cried. Korniloff got off. Men must be killed at onc: As the mob pushed closer and closer upon the general Krylenko stormed and shouted, but no one took any notice. With a single blow the general was struck down by a tall | sailor from the rebel cruiser Auror: Dukhonin got on his feet again once, his face streaming with blood. He tried to speak but a dozen bayonets were run through him. and then blows and kicks were rained upon his body. The soldiers fought for his clothing, tearing it fromi him. The corpse, | stripped bare, was set up against a railway carriage and the mob, laugh- & 1 | car of cattle and five c: ‘ | i | | | 1 | i i | ing like madmen, started a grue game. Sailors, Red Guard diers made snow and mud flung them at the zeneral's “1 could no longer look the Matin's correspondent, dashed back into the carri T found Krylenko sitting in h face in his hand When ed his head T saw he wr death. ‘Look at them,’ he whisper. ‘There's no holdin now. I and all the rest the same end.’ FREIGHT RUNS WILD, KILLS 3, INJURES 3 Engineer Control, Train Hits Another and Lands in Ditch. some and sol- balls and head writes wnd wher on,” corner. 1ift- said in a2 them in us must Loses Fob. Boland, Pottsville, Pa., 1.—George Ed- H. of Pottsville, Baumgardner, of Wilkes- instantly killed, and five men are in the hospital here suffering and R were wards Barre, and from injuries sustained when a freight train ran away on the Pennsylvania railroad at 1 o'clock this morning and plunged into another freight at Lower St herc The men in the hospital are J. Keat- ing, Pottsville, slightly injured; Schrope, Pottsville, condition serious Bertram C. Staffer, Pottsville, frac- turcd skull; J. T. Stinear, Pottsville, lacerations; 1. K. Moyer, Sunbury, scalded, but not serious Boland sustained the loss of a leg. The freight train which ran away was an extra train which runs nightly between the upper and lower anthra- cite regions. Seven cars of wheat, a s of coal wero composea of Clair, near a in the train, whic approximately 40 cars It beyond control gineer, according to railroaders, at Morris miles north of here, and struck tho freight at Lower St. Clair. Over a dozen cars were hurled from the track and the two engines were demolished. The crew of the train struck are re- ported to have been in the caboose, having just completed their 16 hours, and had been relieved a few minutes previous to the crash. was got of the en- tatements of Junction, four O’'BRIEN WO Although he has been urged by some of his friends to return to the private contracting business, and has also been approached relative to tak ing over the sewer contracting busi- ness of the late A. A. Lyman, Michael P. O'Brien, superintendent of sewers, states that he does not contemplate resigning from the city’s employ. g RESIGN. LOUIS HERRU FEBRUARY FURNITURE SALE AN APPEAL TO ECONOMIZE High quality at a low price—that's truc economy. Never before has it been so urgent that we close out our fine stock. this great Sale. SCHOOL TEACHERS CALLERTO COLORS ‘Asked to Continue Ellorts te Instruct Youth Chica nects of an and diminishing teachers 1918-19, ment service of the foderal depar(” ment of labor is scading to every | state superintendent of educstion fn the country a questionnalre secking accurate information as to the num- ber of teachers available for nec year and jpossible sources of for vacancies. Tho Chicago branch of the servim has let it be known that the greatest difficulty thus far has been In obtalr ing instructors fer high schools, the greater part of whose toaching forces have hitherto been composed of young men. Numbers of theso instructors have been called to the national army or have enlisted. 'The many specia! services which the government has heen organizing have also dra heavily on this class of teachers und on senior college students from among whom are usvally recruited the an- nual additions to the school staffs. BEducational authorities have view with some concern the growing in- roads on their profession which tha war is making. They have, in many instances, started organized efforts to fill the gaps in thelr ranks and have emphasized the importance of main- taining high standards of instrug; tion in the public schools. In this conncetion Mary C. C. Bradford Denver, president of the National Education Asociation, has addressed an appeal to the {eachers of the country, in which she said, in part: “The Schoo] Teachers of the United States are hereby called to the colors of the American Republic. = The schools are the laboratory of good citizenship. The children are litHa citizens and must be. guided in such present experiences as will makeé cer- tain their future dedication to the wels fare of the republic. The Junior membership of the Red Cross, through tho school auxillary, offers an unsur- passable medium through which the patriotic activities of the children can make thgmselves felt. Deginning with Lincoln's Birthday and lasting until Washington's birthday a nation-wide effort is to be made in behalf of in- creasing the Junior Membership. “The National Education Assoeia- tion offers every teacher in the land the high privilege of participation thig great campaign. The school or- ganization of each state needs yqur help in this form of character educa- tion. g0, I'eb Faced by pros- demand for of achool the empioy- ng supply for nd ed 1052 MAIN ST. | HARTFORD | And that is what we are forced to offer you at And why? Because we find ourselves overstocked with high-grade Furniture at a time when new shipments are on the way. NOTE. RMS. any kind. —Open a Charge o of Account with any of thesc advertised We don't ask you to get your friends’ endorsement. Simply select the Furniture you want and we will make the term: ticles and pay for them on EASY No extra interest to be paid, no red tape satisfactory to you. Be it a Parlor Suite or a Kitchen Chair—it is here for you ata price you will never scc again. Come na view these Fine Leather Chairs and Rockers, $21.50 For Comfort—The arms, back and soothing qualities prove a boon to body For Bcauty—The genuine Spanish holstering and elegant ma- hogany frames will impart richness and refine- full-padded seat have that will the tired brown leather up- heavy an air of ment ¥or Durability—The quality of materials workmanship insure wearing qualitie Former prices $27.50 to $37.00 $48.00 Enjoy the pleasure of a Fine Dining Room Suite One of the biggest offerings of high value at low price made possible by this Sale. A digni fled and well-built suite that will do justice to the finest home. A big Buffet, four gen- uine leather slip seat Chairs and six-foot Fixtension Table. Beautifully finished in quar- tered oak Colonial Buffet $24.00 welcome addition to dining room that will soon itself indispensable be- of its great convenience well beauty Roomy compartments for linen and sil- verware. Beautiful large mir- ror. Quarter sawed oak highest and long- A the make most causc s as remarkable offerings. Every $37.00 Real Dining Room Suite Together with our liberal terms, you may place a six-foot Extension Table and four stur- dy Dining Chairs of Jacobean oak with real leather seats in your home and arcely feel the cxpenditure. $32.00 Luxurious Davenport ake advantage of this great chance of adding to your home the convenience of a Bed Da- venport, which gives you an ele- ant divan and comfortable bed all in one, An Elegant Dining Room In Your Home for Only $148.00 10 Picces. all be- The Suite which contains that makes a dining room speak prosperity. The massive Buffet, besides being beautifully built with all the charming egance of the Queen Anne po- riod, has very roomy compart- ments for table accessories. Table has six-foot extension, and Chairs are upholstered in genuine leather. China Cabinet and Serving Table. Your choice of or walnut; regu- larly mahogany 00. convenience will be at your disposal whether you buy or not, $17.50 For This Library Table William v and Mary Parind Table, which will add cheeri- ness to any living room. Beau- tifully finished in fumed oak or high-grade mahogany. Roomy lower shelf for books and mag- azines. A very rigidly conegl structed piece of Furniture of excellent wearing qualities. $17.50 Big Value. : Solid Comfort, roomy Bed, a Spring of high-grade National fabric on a rigidly constructed frame, and a sanitary Mattress with thick cotton top and good durable ticking. Every piece is well made and substantially built and will give good service. A made big Ostermoor Mattresses at $16.50 The well-known Ostermoor, built, not stuffed, Mattress. Ong of the many specials for thisg Sale ¥ " National Springs at $3.49 uarantced ageinst sagging. The low price quoted is for this Sale only. All sizes.