New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1918, Page 4

THIRD LIBERTY LOAN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 47's DUE SEPT. 15, 1928 DENOMINATIONS $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000. DESCRIPTION The bonds will bear interest at the rate of 414¢: per annum and will be dated and bear interest from May 9th, 1918 and will mature September 15, 1928. The first coupon will be for 129 days interest and will be payable beptember 15th, 1918, after which interest will be payable semi-annually March 15 and September 15. Arrangement as to interest dates is made in order to avoid having the interest pay- ments on this series of bonds fall upon approximately the same dates as those of the Second Liberty Loan. NOT CONVERTIBLE The bonds are not convertible and are not subject to call for redemption before ke REDEMPTION The Act of Congress authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase bonds of the Third Liberty Loan to the amount of one-twentieth of the original issue of such bonds durng the first year, and in each subsequent year, one-twentieth of the amount outstanding at the beginning of each subsequent year, until the expiration of one year after the termination of the war. EXEMPTION The bonds carry the same exemption from taxation as those of the Second Liberty Loan. PREVIOUS LIBERTY LOANS A similar provision is made in the Act, with respect to bonds of the Second Lib- erty Loan and in respect to bonds issued upon conversion of bonds of the First ~ INHERITANCE TAX PAYMENT Third Liberty Loan Bonds which have been owned by a person for six months prior to the date of his death will be acceptable at par and accrued interest in pay- ment of United States inheritance taxes upon his estate. This applies also to the 4149 bonds issued upon conversion. PLANS OF SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions will be received under the government plan which is 5% on the date of subscription, 207, on May 28th, 359 on July 18th, 409 on August 15th, or on the weekly or monthly basis extending over a period of 50 weeks or 10 months. An initial payment of 47 will be required on subscriptions taken on the monthly or weekly plan. NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK, BURRITT SAVINGS BANK, SAVINGS BANK of NEW BRITAIN, NEW BRITAIN TRUST COMPANY, PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK, COMMERCIAL TRUST COMPANY, PLAINVILLE TRUST COMPANY, PLAINVILLE | OF FRENGH IMPROVING s Among Troops Re- Modern Methods ht, February 28, (Cor- French armies in the healthy than at the be- | war say the medical is attributed to hy- n and the betterments the housing and care analogous diseases ery rare. During the bt Janvary this year, cases were reported as the French armies, lember, 1914, and Jan- average reached weil les and was very dis- appearance of these is attributed by s introduction at the | 1915, of compulsery | the troops with anti- ble health of the so!- | d is the more striking itions under which on active service in taken into considera- weeks on end they p " : ] : kg ‘ b the most severe tri- Ei e : : 5 iy execute all the nu- YHO(‘H/NCE per‘Pn{S‘ s Sl insepara © TOY e had * Al rity o A A ey e et Wm. G HART vc\.\.Volves‘of\_he Rai1" An ARTCRAFT Dicture «so fority of the American people checr very kind of weather AT THE LYCEUM. e S ol the Tront F e celebration in the Mexican homes when it can be obtained at this price. Butter is unknown among the poorer classes. Flour sells for 16 cents a pound | and is growing more expenstve as the embargo restrictions are made more stringent. Little wheat bread is eat- en by the middle and lower classes who use flour for making tortillas, a cake made of flour and water. American brands of coffee sell as | high as 75 cents a pound and is very | scarce. Mexican green coffee brings 28 cents & pound and is roasted over charcoal fires as it is used. Rice, used principally by the Chi nese and Japanese living in Mexico, | is worth 12 cents a pound. Lard is another article which has ;mflrc‘ than doubled in price because of the American embargo. It brings 95 cents a pound when it can be ob- tained. The principal source of sup ply is the smuggler Beans, which are a staple food ¢ throughout Mexico and are eaten three times a day, sell for 10 cents a pound. This s the highest in the | history of Mexico. The red frijole | bean is much preferred to the Amer- { ican white navy bean i No ham or bacon can be bought here at the present time. The last e s “ESASE ] ghipment recelved sold for 83 cents Wm S HART in' Wolvef; oFLhe Rail" ArARTCRAFT Pawre <1 [ Erounc Chile peppers, grown in all parts UM, of Mexico, are the only foodstuff - which has not increased in price. It TanRE whot tallst ol filethistincomel x| = sells for three cents a pound Tetion Wil T vesnrdnd i manis 5 mall purchases are the rule in the Bather’ and whe Alcorored s b : y small Mexican stores and shops. The fwill be, will be made toa suffer the centavo, or penny, formerly was the | full penalties of the law most used medium of purchs and “To the credit of the nation it ma exchange. It was not uncommon for be said that [ have gratifying and children to ask for one cent’s worth conclusive evidence that these incomi of sugar, lard or even flour. Be- taxes will be paid by the great ma cause of the increased cost of such commodities the five-cent picce has taken the place of the cent as the most used medinm. S e T Poor Unable to Obtam Food and the honest man docs not end with the food snd ammuni- Measles and scarlatina, Internal Revenue ‘Central] markets supply vegetables, fresh and dried meats and other com- R e G e Rich Find It Diflicult A sles L which were Commissi L b to stand on guard in 5 SR s o oner of 5 2 o sh < 3 < N do‘:‘z‘:dni; eurd I oncs so brevalont bicak onthey onls Danlol €. Roper. With anis s e |dodgers. A man so niggardly as to | s | modities. The Chinese gardeners 4 : S e e e ETO U T T e seck to evade what his representatives [ have obtained a monopoly of the ten days already mentioned tells of hctual guard they pass | only fifty-nine cases of measles and pwded and damp dug- | fifty-three of scarlatina in the retuwrns, he has practically in Congress have declared to be his| Chihuahua City, Mexico, Mar¢h 25 completod | green grocery business and they st share o < itpose : e iy " ) ¢ 9 | the organization B Sl It‘qy‘] S ‘fl & ‘l'“ imposed for the} (Correspondence of The Associated mee great quantities of vegotables ir is always bad. At |army 2 LD o o&ine dnta campallipersons wholl oMl onsiaerationtind: will o " | Press)—Itood is so expensive and so {'on their well tended farms near this y. D i A i « . : 3 e their ront line sectors they Trench-feet, brought abou Revenue officer take their rest while | standing in the trc mud for the country bd equipped so as to|days’ at a time in shoes which hinder i ) call to fight. Their | the circulation, being combatted 1 to them by comrades | successfully. e o or e ortunities to wash, it | coldest season, whereas in such offenders need expect no leniency f Ave Boye “Through its educational camp QS nshotausitnas M cleblon o0y |lhe recelve returns by April | Y | difficult to obtain in Mexico, one of |'and other large cities. The Chinese nane. cu every section of “Congress has distributed this tay | the most fertile countries in the |also carry vegetables from place to checking up returns | g e tering | pl big 1 ts suspended from § £ S A 10 T v oy at oor are suffering | place in big baskets with a view to beginning pro justly and equitably. The rate is fixe ‘l‘\«llur that the r against tax dodgers. 18 1008 | 50" that the rich men and the mon | Want and even starvation while the | a voke which the peddler balances The word has | ¢ moderate means are assessed. each | more prosperous Mexicans find it dif- |‘over his neck. according to his income. No man can | ficult to provide sustenance for their ign hands covered , with | of the same pe Pl i el e : et o a :apes what he is made to pay. There Prices of food in the United States, | A U T 0 M O E [nl §covared LTl ;,r 1“\‘2”‘«: ““:‘mn;m,i '1. ‘\\i’rl” no few Cu[ed in Federal Gnun the Bureau of Internal Revenue } G e Je 9 e Inace D&y aeres 5 > = B l L treated. endeavared to cover the flely is incumbent upon all good | even if considered by American hou; thor iid fn carrying out the in- | wives to be high, are not to he com- soldier in the frdut | Yormerly amputation was resorted to oughly that ignorance of « s L & 1 sl R iri S i ] y a as resor te 2 E: ance of the l: 5 Lnedetl|ormer . : ance of the latw can- apirit ot 1o Thve whien x| pared with these prevaiimg in Mex- | Repairing a Specialty to breed disease, yet !y frequently, but now the method nd to maintain their | with this radical mear Hartford, April 5.—"Tax slackers | day. “The press. and chest troubles not be consistenti ly to accustom them- | of treatment employed has done away cuse,” said Comn . the offered as an ex- relentlessly under the war revenue act | tional Defense, the field force of the e e et e, offices and hundreds of volunteer 5 at the burden o e war Jo {ico since the embargo was placed on foner Roper to. |that £ the war tax be jico since t irgo was D oo cvenly distributed and every man | the exportation of foodstuffs from the UNDFR THE DIREOCT SUPER- will be prosecuted as vigorously and |the State and County Counclls of Na. compelled to pay his just quota United States to neutral countries. VISION OF W. F. KEELEY. An opportunity to compare Mex- hproved conditions tn ‘]VERI ANB-MANRE}SS Efl as draft slackers were prosecuted Un- | covernmont departments, bani ‘w“\", those obtaining in the United States an where on coming " i * | der the selective service act. The aid il . ! i [ LY 4 front lines the sol- rovided each with a 1 from the ground, e of comfort as com- 3 gy of all good citizens 1s invoked in |agencits have co-operated in bringing Storage and Accessories, bringing to justice the man who de- |hNOme to the taxpayer his duty. ] o Sugar sells for 27 cents a pound. failed to register 430 MAIN STREFT \merican money, and is very scarce Repair Work a Specialty. |iiberately secks to evade his just share | __20¢, Man who under the ctive is afforded by the following quota- as a American butter brings 90 cents 4 | > ! : serviee act was ory Cars for hire, day a & iE L e dle of damp straw | | Y ; of the war burden Temerdedibyithe Moy ddrs i jiUivexyR CASRIOEEIXGRCO T Shnd Enighty ica i gal c . . hone 2227 139 Arch St." whic was the statement today of ' slacker and prosecuted as such. The Storage, Supplies and Kepairing. pound, gold. and is the occasios, {07 ELM and FRANKLIN STREETS.