New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1918, Page 13

AIDING PRISGNERS | Somebody Is Always Taking the D U PENNED IN Cilip Five Milliflfi As?biversion fo Lighten Their Burdens A great cry for help comes from the more than five mil- Tion men held prisoners-of- war in barbwired enclosures in Furope, Asia and Africa. More men are probably cooped up in war prisons now than have fought in any pre- vious war in the history of the world. America, through the Young Men's Christian Association, is | , Plaving a great part in mak- ? ing life endurable for these men, whose bitter cry of a: guish and despair goes up continuously. This story tells of some of the things being done to heilp them forget. v ~Have pity on us and make it pos- sible for us to forget the heavy hours of our imprisonment.” Sending this appeal to the Young Men’s Christian Association, a group of professors, school teachers, publi officials and lawyers, held prisoners- of-war at Kokland, Central Asia, voice the cry.that goes up continu- ously from the more than five mil- liom, men held prisoners-of-war by the various warring countries. From practically every prison camp in Burope and Asia appeals have been made to the American Young Men's Christian Association for aid for fhese men in their hour of dire need, according to reports and offictal communications brought back to this country by E. G. Wilson, Associate Secretary in charge of the Yotmg Men’'s Christian Association Prisoner-of-War Work in Northern Europe. Add has been given as far is the various governments will al- | Tow.. In fact, many of the nations| have intrusted the -Association - with Fpeeial funds to hélp carry on this Mwork. i Among the prisoners-of-war in ?"rmany. there are about three hun- req¢ children. About two hundred O these are interned in the prison @mp at Holmindin, and about fifty in the camp at Havelberg. Practic- ally all of these have spent the last three Christmas days in prison camps. Some of them have been born there and know mnothing of life outside of the barbwire femee: No | explgnation of this situatiom-accom- | panied the report. | Sick and in Prison” Of the five million men cooped up in the prison camps, about one hun- dred and fifty thousand are in hos- pitals. Perhaps three hundred and [fifty thousand more are invalids who are wounded or otherwise incapaci- tated. These men, unable because of pbhvsical disability to enzage in work, are perhaps the most pitiful and the ost needy group. To meet condi- | ions the Young Men's Christian As- ociation has established schools and : orkshops of various kind, has or- kanized orchestras and choruses, has imulated athletics and provided aries. The Crown Princess of Swe- n gave mnearly eleven thousand Pnglish books for the use of British soners. Food is the greatest meed of these fien. A chance for mental relaxa- on is the second great necd. Some sons place it first. Confinement s brought about depressiom in their hygical, mental and spiritual na- ures. The loss of tiberty, the loss privacy, unnatural social condi- fions, and the uncertainty of the fu- jnre, as well as ignorance of the con- itions of loved ones at home, have lhused a severe strain on the minds ¢ many. Mental depression has set 1. Hopefulness has been succeeded b+ discouragement. Discouragement as been succeeded by despondency. ow in many despondency has peen followed by despair. The War Numerous =ppeals the M. C. A easant saw th vere being o whom Tote a umbly a mndred m T ttention at ferred cases Answers Prayer are being mad> A poor Rus letters of a Not for aid which red kn he he to anpeal God to in God send him a a letter attract the censor Wa coll >l offic Ministrs enty- Rus- bas to the he fve marks and sont e officers therc them to t think and fian prisoner fhereby done ner, how P Was good turn X well pris- ver, was not apparent by his Fhich, it is true, he thanked e gift, but cautioned him to iture money direct rather than bay of the War Ministry, saying that officials there had kent ks and bad sent him satisfied, Iy, An for rey Godl he rascally pventy-five hly twenty Food. books pent, and sen’ sent hwed Dy n five 1mes tional men itie athletic equip- supplies h whenev iues the authe the 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HFRALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918. | Taxe N MY HNOWL GREAT WAR - A THiNG | e THe ALY MAE M ,NMU FACT BUERYTHING DGE THERE He SIGNED A LOT oOF PRIDE OF THE SN T DoN'T HNOW ABouUT uNow EVERY m™MoOuE €S OR THE GERMANS - AND WHY—= AND THE ER OF MERI ¢« AND GUNS- —— SaY. PoP- I'VE GoT To WRITE AN ESSAY onN GEORGE WASH- {6 Ton—CAN You TELL ME SOMETHING ves— | BORN 149 2 WHY- UH - HE WAS NS = U= AND DIED Joy Out of Life - - - - - - LiEe DISCOVERED THE DELAWARE TRIVER AND INVENTED THE STEAM- BoAT™ AND — UH JuLy THE EMANCIPATION OF INDEPENDENCE FREED TRE AND SLAVE S AND WAS 8SHOT oped so well that a tannery was putland threaten to crumbte completely. {into operation. It in tarn was fol- lowed by chemistry. At other points the men work af bookbinding, tailor- ing, wood-carving, and in laundries. In one camp alone the tailoring de- partment made four hundred new partment made three hundred new pairs of shoes and seventy-five pai of boots. and repaired thirteen hun- dred pairs of shoes. Athletics are encouraged wherever ! possible. The men get along with the best equipment obtainable. Golf enthusiasts held an exciting tourna- | ment recently, using temnis balls for golf balls and ordi y canes as stieks. ! Mr. Hugh Moran, Secretary of the Russian prisoner-of-war camps, in one of his reports, writes: “T attended a football game b« tween two picked teams. Among ‘he members were three international players, two of whom competed on opposite sides in the Olvmpic games at Stockholm Hens Lay Fggs for Prisoners Special cfforts bave been made provide nounishing foods for the men Fresh eggs are sent | in the hospitals. | from Denmerk to sick men in the! German prison camps. In one case a number of hens were sent to a pri- | son in the intertor in order that fresi cggs mizht be available for those | eeding tnem. In addition they pro- | vided amusement and occupation ('n—} men signed to take care of them. More than 68.000 books have been | distrilaited among (German prisoner: and more than 107,000 among Rus prisoners in Germany., As Ru were scarce, Bunyan's rozress was transluted in- Speclal praver book and an for Russian illiterates were i sucd. A total of 480,000 French | books and pamphlets were also dis-’ tributed in Germany. Musical instruments, mouth organs supplied sian | editions of the| A-B-C| ook ranging from in ces to full equipment for bands and | were supplied. Whea flonr for making bread for the cele bration of Holy Communion has also been provided in many place: Wife Iinds Husband in Picture b Young ion in this back home camps of bo as missing. thousand have been home folks, Aficr searching for months for hor lio was reported missing, wife called on Dr. Archibald International Secretary for among prisoners-of-war. She .d several hundred miles to do During her visit some pictures whieh had brought from Russia were shown her. In looking over these she suddenly discovered her husband in one of them. An exultant “There he burst from her orchestr: One of the rest pieces of work done by the Men’s Christian connection for s the locating s and men re- More t{han ten located for the Ass0C the folks prizon ported he Isi* | the HE FoucrT 1IN THE BATTLE oF BuLL Run — AuD PLAYED A GoOD GAME OF GolLE Ltoo 1T ufP YOURSELE— IT wit Do You MORE GooD Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) The work among the prisoners my estimation ignifies one pillar around which all lected, which breathe out the of world-wide brotherly love. in the wounded tal. “The conversations that I have had | along these lines with your leading | men, among whom I would name first place Dr. John R. Mott and Dr. Harte, I shall never forget; for | they have enriched my life and have convictions relentless strify the remains | unconquerable, and out of the depth, A. strengthened my firm that alongside the which is destroying mighty power of goodness mankind, of suffering is able works of salvation power. HARTLEY IN TRAINING to with om | “Dumb‘(‘, DPane, Starts Work for Mill With Feb. Training Bat Kunz, Pete. New H Feb. the Durabla Dane, who is to box Battling Kunz in a 1 bout at the local arena on night, February 28, is working at Fitzzerald & Malone Pete is being handled b the famous Welshman who trained more champions than man in the world. left Matt Wells and was secured Leo P. Flynn to handle Bill nan, the promising hea the man touted as having chance pionship of the world. a : _ITOMA | 0¥ to box Kunz, he sent Dollings to individual) take charge of.Pete New Haven to and get him in the best shape for the important bout. po: solid these thoughts and. feelings can be ocol- spirit That overcoats from old ones, the shoe de- | brotherly love which declines to sec and captive enemy anything other than a suffering mor- reneweid | -Peto Hartley, | matehed | -round | Thursday out s gymnasium. Dia Dollings = s has | HERZOG TS BALKING any | Dollings recently Bren- weight and | s00d for the heavyweight cham- When Man- ager Flynn,made the match for Hart- | HAY PLAY ON SUNDAY Hempstead, of Giants, and Ebbets, of in Robins, Have Plan in Mind to Stage Leagne Contests at Harrison, N. J. | New York, Feb. | stead, Baker, C. H. Ebbets, the Brooklyn head, met | Wednesday at National league head- quarters for an informal conference on the future uses of the Washington park ball grounds in Brooklyn and { the Harrison (N: J.) grounds, | the Newark Feds played through two | ill-starred seasons. | There can be no final i —H. N. Hemp- president of the Giants; W. F. in action until the committee named by the Amer ican league consisting of Mes: Johnson and Navin is consulted, but it iis generally understood that both the big circuits are planning to utilize the 1]\'(-\\’ Jersey grounds as a haven for major league Sunday baseball by the metropolitan club It is suggested that all the Monday games of both the Giants and Yan- kees be transferred across the river ta get the increased Sunday revenue, providing enough postponed games do not crop up early in the season to kecp the Monday schedule intact In the meantime a determined ef- fort is fo be made to get Sunday ball in this state. If that could be brought | about the Washington park grounds | h wonld quickly become an asset instead 1of a liability. | Temperamental Oharley Asks $5.000 Bonus and Extension of Contract York, TFeb. 22 —Tempera- Charley Herzog is glving the Braves cause for a lot of He not only demands an ex- | tension of his contract to 1919, but jalso wants a honus of $5,000 for go- |iz to Boston. As the Boston club is in no position to meet either of Her- | z08’s demands, it may result in fur- by New mental | Boston ! worry. ble Tpon his arrival here from Derby | ther comblications between the New vesterday afternoon, Hartley pressed. confidence that he will able to stop Kunz on the 28th. er a few more days’ workout 1 to sleep in jig time. that Jackson ran out o€ the conditions, in shape for his several Chie own against Hartley. STECHER AFTER TITLE. Pete says he feels strong and well and aft- der | instruction of Trainer Dollings, he knows he will be able to enter the | ring and rock the South Norwalk lad Hartley expected a bout with Willie | Jackson, but has just been informed | e¢mands may result in breoking up | match and refused to meet him under any Kunz is being trained by Joe Gans, the big colored fellow who put him bouts with | Rrown and Gans claims Kunz will be able to more than hold his ex- | York and Boston clubs s traded to Boston rnes When Herzog | for Doyle and conditional on his reporting to the Boston club, and if the Giants can- not deliver the player the New Yori | etub will have to get busy and some more persuasive power on Charley to complete the deal. Tt is even hinted in Boston that Herzox's be use the deal. SCOFTELD ACCEPTED. “BILL” lete in the Y. M) C. A, has notification of his having succes passed the examinations for the Unit- ed States aviation corps. to leave early next month mence training. Scofield last fall from Torrington, made a host of fricnds in | He was a member of the received to com- came here and h$ this All-Sta president of the Phillies, and | where it was made William Scofield, a prominent ath- | sfully | He expects | | | t { tain. MEDIOCRE BOWLING of C'nvhlnnfi', Only Timber- Toppler to Display Olass—Hot Fight On for 1919 Tourney. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 22.—The bowl- ing in the individual and two-men events at the eigtheenth annual taur- nament of the American Bowling con- gress here vesterday was mediocre, with one exception—F. Levy, of Cin- Levy, ; cinnati, rolling into third place in the individual with 636. St. Louis bowlers were in the major- ity on the alleys in the five-men squads last night. Up to this time the | only outsiders to bow! in the five-men cla, were the Cabanne team, of St. Louis, and the Neuberth Colts, of Newark, N. J., who are first and sec- ond, respectively, in the standing of teams. No phenomenal scores have, as vet, been marked up, but with the entry of the high-class bowlers from | | should prove very out of town it is expected that much better marks will be set on the tally boards. . Politics loomed up strong among the delegates here who will attend the annual meeting of the congress today, and several contests appear to be cer- Both Toledo and St. Louis have come before the congress for the next tourney. MAKE ATHLETICS COMPULSORY. So Urges Garcelon in Letter to Har- vard Alumni Bulletin, Cambridge, Mass., Teb. 22—A re- quired course in physical culture for freshmen at Harvard University was urged as the greatest need in athletics by Wiliilam F. Garcelon, former graduate treasurer of athletics, in a letter to the Harvard Alumni Bulle- tin yesterday, “Give boys instruction in running, jumping, wrestling, vaulting, fencing, swimming, boxing, hurdlng and light gymnastics and they will naturally play games, and, further, they have the fundamental requirements upon which good soldiers are built,” he said “Harvard should have a required course of physical training for fresh- men, not in calisthenics and dumb- | bells but a course such as I have sug- gested above.” GRIFF GETS MORE FUNDS, Natives of Juno TIslands Help Swell Bat and Ball Fond. Feb. 22.—Clark Grif- received a contribution and ball fund from the Juno Tslands. the most outlying possession of the United States. The Junos came under Uncle Sam’s protection with the Philippines. The money wag cabled by a eompany of United States marines stationed there. They I “We civilized Washington, | team to draw on the freshman class Hartford, campaign t Haven to in | en in ind more th | emplovers Haven ‘Wi | share of comes Foglish | ing. ThHe! recent Tregl direction @ Council of Becaus ness of th@ devised to o only | ficant pha agreement enter the f34% vacationy if W ven Cxiamber New }Haven ation are co | paign, which h enrollment of 10§ plement, but not 0 in the factories. The New Haven ® an’s committee of th | fense has adopted a ing the movement. FAREWELL FOR JCH o Thomas Cully, a menyber §Pthe pernumerary police force,/who enlisted in the naval servige, has been granted an indefinite keave of ab- sence by Chief W. J. 'wlings. Last | night at the home of /his sister, Mrs. a party | Elert, of Greenwood” street, ! of friends gathcred”to tender him a farewell. During the evening vocal | olections were rendered by James | McAvay, Joseph Donlon and others. | Francis Clynes presided at the piéno. | BASKETBALL TONIGHT | i Silver City Basket-Tossers to Oppose New Britain High Quintet—Captain Hibbard to Return to Team. Reparts from the Silver City indi- cate that the New Britain High school team is in for a warm battle this even- ing at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium when the Meriden High school quin- tet will do battle with Coach Bearse's | charges. The Meriden boys are mnot in the Interscholastic league, but the team, this year, is one that has given | an excellent account of itself on the baskethall court. The game will start at 8:15 o’clock with Referee Slater in charge. It is probable that Captain Ben Hib- bard will be seen in action again to- night after a long layoff, due to in- juries to his knee. The coach is planning to use Hibbard at one of the guard position: Taylor, who has been playing a slashing game all sea- son, will be moved to farward, where he will, no doubt, be a valuable play- er, owing to his ability to locate the net. Niext week's game at the Y. M. C. A. interesting when the New Haven High school will play here. This will be a league game. To- morrow night the locals will journey to Suffield for a game with the Con- necticut Literary school five. McCUE MAKES CHANGES, Assembiyman Framing His Boxing Bill So ¥ Will Pass. Albany, Feb. 22.—Marty MeCue, | democratic assemblyman from Man- hattan and former pugilist yesterday overhauled his bill to revive the | manly art of boxing. The principal changes made in the measure are: “No betting is to be allowed in any building where boxing exhibitlons | take place. ‘No liquor may be sold in any building while a boxing match is going on. “Clubs belonging to the Amatemr Athletic Union will not be required to pay the license fee for the right to conduct boxing exhibitions. “The fee in Rochester and Buffalo is reduced to $1,000.” KOOB IN AVIATION SERVIOE. St. Towis Pitcher Quits Baseball for Army. St, Louts, Feb. 22.—Brnest Koob, pitcher, notified Business Manager Quinn of the St. Louis Americans yes- terday that he had been accepted for the aviation service amd would not play with the St. Louis team this sea- Koob is now in camp at Clemens, Mich. Mount MUST CALL ON FRESHMEN. Middletown, Feb. 22,—The recent enlistment of Wesleyan natators has caused Capt. Bower of the swimming for material. In the meet with Bos- ton Tech on Saturday all the men | | tuberculosis Amolh rtant steps tea ing up t6 War program wero ti promotion of the Red Cross Christ mas Seal frfom a sale of less than 30,000,000 seals in 1910 to over 200,- | 000,000 seals in 1917; the tion of a field service by which every state in the Union has been visited, and the promotion of standardization and ecconomy in construction and administration hospitals, thereby savinz to communities throughout the coun- try hundreds of thousands of dollar, The association established recent- ly “The American Review of Tuber- culosis,” the only strictly scientifi: medical journal on tuberculosis pub- lished in English in North or South America. It also founded co- operation with the New York ¢ ool of Philanthropy, an institute for the training of tuberculosis workers. This national body has organized or reorganized State associations in 28 states, published numerous re- search studies and important volumes on various phases of tuberculosis work, and promoted legislation on tuberculosis in practically every state It was the National assoc on also which established the Framingham Community Health and Tuberculosis Demonstration in 1916. This demon- stration aims to show how, with an adequate program any community in the United States may effectively con- trol tuberculosis as well as other pre- ventable diseases. Summarizing the facilities now available for the war emergency, as the result of the association’s activ- ities, the leaflet says “There sre at the present time #n this country 600 tuberculosis hos- pitals and sanatoria with a bed ca- pacity of over 43,000; 1,400 anti-tu- berculosis associations and commit- tees, including a state association in every state and most of the outlying territories of the TUnfted States; nearly 500 special tuberculosis di: pensaries and clinics; more than 1,000 open air schools; and approximately 3.000 special tubercuiosis nurses, as contrasted with the condition in the in | 1905, when the assoclation was start- ed, at which time there were in this country only 115 tuberculosis sana- toria with a bed capacity of less than 9,000; only thirteen anti-tuberculosis associations; no open air schools; and no tuberculosis nurses. NO MORE BOXING BOUTS. Chicopee, Mass, TFeb. 322.—An- nouncement was made yesterday by Meyor D. J. Coakley and econfirmed by City Marshal J. C. Barnes that boxing exhibitions in this city must cease after an exhibition schedaled for tonight under the auspices of the Atlas Athletic Club, a local or- ganization. No reason was given for the change of policy. D PR With Fingers! Corns Lift Off Doesn’t hurt a bit to lift any corn or callus right off. Try it! For a few cents you can get a small bottle of the magic drug freezono recently discovered by a Cincinnati man Just ask at any dn store for a small botti of freezone. Apply a few drops upon a tender. aching corn or callus and Protestant, Greek services, Most of the attended no when ‘he openir these cannibals with Accept this to help civilize work, with Jips as she excitedly ran to the win- dow to make sure it was he. Then she fainted. After she regained con- she clapped her hands, ex- And he has even got a Re om. hs ablished en one camp had pvice for two vears hite-robed priest be the Mass. a ous Joe's So Confident He will Beat Zbyszko, He OChallenges Caddock, in the relay but Capt. Bower will be freshmen. They are Woodruff, Peck New Tork, Feb. 22.—Joa Stecher, able benefit me last Novem- The E . y and Berrien. Capt. Bower and 10 cable stated also that the| muompeon are the only men on the the master of the deadly body '“ He a ba pl marines had a team on the islands | (0TSO 70 TAE O HOR sors hold.” Is so confident that he wil | Of note. t were not afraid to go up agalnst : 5 o R defeat Wladek ¥ major league team and would CANNrna ot G welcome a visit from the winners of X - Square Garden a week from tonight, the world's series next fs Chicago, eb. —Bob Cannefax that he has already challenged Cad- of St. Louis, ran sixteen points in the dock to a match for the world title. first inning of his game with Charlet \rrlfi:x(,n the surrounding This action of Stecher's is far from Ellis, of Milwaukee, yesterday after- | skin. pleasing to Zbyszko, for he figures noon in the Ambulance Fund 'l‘»i:” 5 Hard that as the winner of this bout is to ment and easily won tha contest, b or corns et first whack at Caddock, Stecher to 31. Cannefax was in fino form, toes, also hould have waited until the outcome running out in forty-three innings. luses on before he formerly challenged the shrivel soldier athlete. without A remarkable feature of this com- tiele match is that it will mean the ’<<‘*T'v . foundations meeting between Zbyszko and adie the life of | Stocher and will be a real test ho. hottle on. 4ho relations to one an- | tween a terrible toe-hold and crush- never let a cc begun to totter | ing body scissors, 1 lus ache twice. instantly all soreness dis appears and shortly vou will find the corn or cal- lus so loose that you lift it off with the fingers. Just think! Not one bit of pain before apply- ing freezone or after- wards. It doesn’t even | football that went down to def Camp Devens eleven in the baseball. Germany." tholic and at sciousnes: e ind Scis is also kethall the creat claiming, an many N throe of and Prince of Baden, who is head Young Men’s Christian Asscci- Prisoner-of-War Work in Ger many, in his farewell message to the American workers when this coun- try dtered the war, said the brother- | 1y 1ove shown ia this work would be | the one solid pillar around which the | could gather. In AX, of the ation of 5 Zbyszko at Madison oy \LEXANDER AT HOT SPRINGS. Chicago, Feb Grover Cleveland Alexander is in training at Hot Springs, Ark., according to word re- ceived here today. No agreement been Teached regarding a bonus for him. His friends, however, consider |the training an indication he will pitch the Cubs this season. note om memory the of oceasion ANDRE ANDERSON IN SERVICE. Foothall Stars corns, Soft between hardened bottom and hurting It corns the cal of feet, fall. off a par- is almost mag- P at many in progress Chicago Heavyweight Accepted for Na Army. Feb. Andre Anderson, RECRU a Chicago heavyweight, was accepted | Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 22—-Yaro|Yesterday for the National Army. He Krejei, former Cleveland sand-lotter | Will be stationed at Camp Grant. An- and. mow catcher for the Richmond | derson, who js § feet 4 inches tall (Ind.) Central league club, will and weighs 218 pounds, Was pro- South with the Cleveland Tndians this; nounced physically perfect spring, it has been announced. He did not claim exemption. iere s a schqpl With | o) ring nations part he p tional courses, twenty-five aid 0 Chicag up that the co-oper- vour leaders he- delightful experi- d in this war, | can assure vou with you and to the most that T have time when upon which | nations and their other rested, have IDERICKS WIN. feated Theodore Hellstein 100 to and George Fred- ericks won from John Kiniry, 100 to S0, in the pool championship tourney D parlors last even- DALY AND William INDIANS SIGN ation Daly longs 1 | ence ! Keep tiny not but for point a It devel- dress up to now 11 production At one started. Donahue's wvell. was as aining bap factory ing