New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 6

New BERALD PUBLISHING COMPANT. Propriotors. cilds the of M, oft-repeated statements in the Britain Herald.g_: Wilson as to why and calmly Wwriic thoso Republican we are can sit down of the springticld sonie d daily (Surday excepted) at $:13 D. M. | at Herald Buiiding. 67 hurch St. have wppea in for We contempo- there tate that is work i at commission Matt Post Office Class Ma ntered at the ity New Britain as Sccond . eomed rrier to any part of the city | a weck, 65 conts a month. aper to be sont by mall, dvance, 60 cents & month. ed b7 ¢ ¢ 15 ven v for in $7.00 a year. tone, and soon. will cha oom today in the ranks 1o sloom oftable advertising medium i | Teulation books and uress vertisers. it and Firo Walic, W LCOME FTOMIS, MT AKER. of War 1 in this country vy cer has arrived safoly afte ceveral weeks in London, Paris, Rome - ermpledy nd to the Allied headquarters at the avions fromts. There will he gen- eral rejoloing &t the news of Mr. { Baker's safe retaem. It was & haz- ardous journey that he made, but he indaunted by the dangerous through which bad to pass. Admin- information as to and his confer- and to Associaterd Tress. 18 oxclusively entitled ublication of all news not otherwise credited local Dews Member Asso: to tne it or and also the herein, . | was | zone { He | istration he wanted to obtain first hand | ! conditions over there, for the with General Allied about P ences Pershing t otner commanders wlll tend bring even L visit of | greater harmony j than prevails at present, for he ha { had personal interviews with the men { who are guiding the destinies of our and there has been « thorough discussion of the situation ! comrades-in-arms, determined Under God we | we cannot | hat will die femain freec men JOSIA we if { as well as a cordial exchange of ideas to how the war can be most suc- | cesstully prosecuted. i With the return of Seeretary Balker, President Wilson will enjoy the dis- tinct advantage of having in his ofil- cuit. | cial family a man who hes been QUINCY WE AUDITORIUM. Wha i NEED AN | now ! itain needs right than anything clse is a large There at itorinm hall conven is mot onc or meeting ilable of place av tions any size in the other valuable militury information which can be gained best by personal observation, And of Mr. ones who and that why New Britain is is seldom chosen for state or na- | T | nothing that will | bat gatherings is a drawback, now a word sbout the crities Baker. the criticized Secretary for there is the town like the holding here We ought to audi- . They are same rely hotable conventions. e a big modern | Daniels of the Navy until they found and roomy o e, o : out that that gentleman has brought « as many conven- | his department up to a standard never oo T e !‘ reached before. Now hope that business and they are a | they will have the good sense to gag it- | themselves when they are tempted to lum when ald tr s v to bri here e n mors t advertisement for the town who has risked hig life to obtain a here 1 formation, the knowledge of which spacious enough ccommodate large gatherings. Of schoolhouses, both the High and schools are a little too far the center to answer nothing of the which 1ere is not even clubhouse an auditorium writer or speaker who has never been ar the front in this war and yet at- tempts to find fault with Mr. now will himself Burritt yved from purpose, .to say only make ridicu- Hferent id result if conventions were held session. The with class work lous. in hall is situated on | third which makes access diflic for upMft work- buch as the deiegates to the Con- nference of Chari- A LOCADL ROUXND-UP? With the arrest today on a federal warrant of a prominent local c tractor charged with violating the BEspionage Act, government authori- ties appear to have begun a round-up on, who will convene | 5¢ persons here who are suspected of April 21, 22 and 23 It is bavd- | ynpatriotic utterances or of trying to jppropriate to hold ce in a local church in view of act that the organization is en- being composed | when ol is nmar school floor 1t even and Corre: such a con- ! gyharrass the Government in its war work. We are glad that higher offi- cials have stepped in to put a stop to sedition in this city. intended as a reflection on the non-sectarian, bople of all creeds and station in state and oity officials, clergy- of various denominations, teach- nd a greai body of general wel- authorities, but our opinion is that so long as disloval men or women in New Britain entcrtained the idea that even if detected they would only be dealt with by lo- cal courts, they would naturally be bolder than if threatened with a trial beforo federal officials and a long sentence in a federal prison. We hope that now the round-up has bogun, it will not stop until every eingle one of those unpatriotic por- sons will have been put where he or she can @o no further harm. New Britain 18 a loyal does not want its name be- smirched by any citizen or allen whose attitude on war issues is ques- tioned in the least. We are sorry to have to admit that there are such persons here. If any ons doubts their presence in city, he need only watoh a crowd of men and women reading the war bul- letins in front of a and prazlcers. in seditious suggestion has been made that ze auditorium could be erected L annex to the liberary building. erald would like to hear from Laders their opinions or suggess in the premises. LOTHER GLOOM SPREADER. regard the repre- have ose accustomed to gficld Republican as a ltive American newspaper great difficulty of late in trying ndersiand how & publication » has always enjoyed an envi- reputation could permit such ls to be printed as have ap- | a recently in the columns of our | mporar We had occaslon not vy long ago to call attention to into which some of our fallen, namely, of enemy reports of mili- while consigning com- from Washington or the Allies’ headquarters to a Iprominent place in the And now comes the Spring- with editorial after in terms which, to absolutely out of the present. We astonlshed to find the question lv & Republican editorial writer— are we engaged in fighting for soll has not been to that effect. along such lines and cal- community fair hahit s have newspaper ing up” successes their faces when they read of a set- back to the Allled cause. See the gloom on their faces when our boys gain e victory, or when contatns any news unfarovable to our enemies. Herald office any at the hour and notice them as they pause to read the daily bulletin between 12 and 1 o'clock. Hear their remarks as they walk away and he convinced that this is not tmagination. Hero's to the round-up, then. May | it gather in its net every potential or actual enemy of our country. ations news ns. Republican ial, couch he least, ave day noon- at a time like when our es e d or words les written h a tone are certainly not ba to readers with L dctermination to see this eh to a is the matter with the Repub- | employ editorial | 5 | better than the first one. reads the speeches | inspire pa- The Allies ere holding the line. This is the second war, week successful conclusion. of the Does it an who nev rsident Wilson such Baseball in Fr teries, Huaig and Foch for Allies; Hin- denburg and Wilhelm's Gott for the Germans ? 1f so, we mighl question as e oited asked. again, if it is so, it 1s hat the paper got a new writer. it if the editorial really reads the Pre the Republican has all to make £ a man who nee stand how a the above could be we think Wish we had time we heard today ' for this | isn't so, ; doltar ident's | Ain't then weather? pre reason some = = n its staff. 1 Carmen To Ask For Higher Wages. tocal | works | and it | this | office he can pick them out at once. | See the expression of satisfaction on | the bulletin | Caome down in front of the | TAberty Loan oampaign. Make it even | | ed | gram NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, oM. Headline. We thought “them oproy folks™ were paid good salaries between Amecrican Sunday, of Ttalian descent in a fight and German forees a4 Pennsyl- vanian Kkilled and captured three of tha enemy. must have been looking for pair of shoos. Wlhen Charlle ( aplin arrives at iratning eamp will 'ter he is drafted of the there a lot confusion among the sentrics at night. If they challenge Charlie and he “Chap- they'll 1 reas if who i lin' ink he’s a sky-pilot Wwhe they challenge a cler man responds Charlie. chaplain” they'll think its Wateh your satep, D FPANCIES, The total yield of the third bond during its peny $100 fore et invested.— lifetime will be $44 Evory buyer will there- back $i44 for every §100 Norwich Record. LendIng money is part of the pected of the Secve Me ! to the government spiritual devotion ican L people.— ary Among those hy the failure the administration have a conspi com of (he airplane pro press Ne tous place.- Sun. | the front, who has seen our boys, has | | lecarned their needs, and bhaa obtained.! | b | I find fault with the Secretary of War, | in- | Baker | n- ! | | | But we This is not | If the toward consider the confldence of let us force ithe completion more American time & in this e is al pessi tendency country the supreme under fire and ahead to task Balti- any ism hrave! France courageously of « The discovery that the Daimler motor works has been carning per cent. profit, 400,000,000 marks a month in excess of peace profits and far above its sworn tement, seems to show that German efficiency in the matter of tax-collecting to curb prof- jteering is suscoptible of Improve- ment.—New York World. of B Tt “King Albert rates Pershing.” tribute to America from a splendid in his chivalry that made decoration can add glo name.—Chic Bvening Tos Those plles of Jewish Kioff and in Tuarkestan quentty of the triumph ism and its works.—New Deco- graceful kin no man to his ium is a dead at speak elo- of Bolshev- York Her {amps him as an authority, and any | ald. The Dutch with us If they u 1sed indeed be angry ceept one of our ans wouldn't 1 B must en have ress. has to s mit Gott" for- ~Albany Journal Wonder the doesn’'t work what “Verwacr the kaiser when mula PATRIOTIC SONG. M. Simpson, Pitts- Pa. President Jast burgh, (Dedicated Wilson.) we fight foes have Tis not of our the field. dare in to in defense, defied choice Since since our ug t we enter defy when fia danger, a our is o despotic mandates shall vield never Then stand all together hy of our Nation, the Stars and fhe Strip: Red, V and Blue, our fathers and mothers, our so and daughters, our Chief, Woodrow loyal and true the flag By and By <o By Wilson. In this land of all nations euch are brothers, Glory the banner of cach z of all. the banner of freedom children ave nourished, a natlion united we never fall we Old nd Neath our As can strong hand of Heaven abide ay, hand avenge every foe: May our Armny and Navy hearted hravery, Stit honor our Nation they go. of justice with true wherever Three cheers for for our Army, cheer our Navy, Three cheers for Old Glory, the of the free our Chief. Woodrow Wilson, sus- tained by the nation. Rring neace to all nations, and oa sea. flag May on land Urdaunted and fearless midst cpposition champion rong The of peace while ned end loophole rev true noble gallant sold turns to the honor is stained. ri and a brave r sword a te when our TRAWLERS SUNK. TEN HUN Attacked by British Between Sweden and Denmarlk. Apeil 16.-—Ten been sunk by Tondon, German trawlers | gunfire in the Cattegat (between Sweden and ad were Denmark) the airalty announces. saved by British crews Ther Their ship ties. The o s Cattegat, statement undertaken the commander-in-chiet of the g fleet. The “The grand sweep s were no casual erations in t1 the follaws in-chicf ink und on April were sunk saved statement commander fleet reports ha the Cattegat vman trawlers h to Pen gunf reing ritis casualtics loan | three ' British | ps. There were no Briti nlm. {THE WAGH-EARNING WOMAN IN TIHE WINNING O THE WAR Marice Cha Woman's Women's W Public Uil ks hiing t.. Oben; National Industrial Por On * Work, Committce on auer, rman League Scrvice, For Division Information. four man at “man’ and a to maint ont.” in one Just is a woman. t the front ion men) at the back, one million and a half are | women—and that just about tho size of the Woman Army of Indus- 11 Defense. The star within this army men the in UL men bout one fotr A million means stx L of whom m o th feature story™ i the woman muni- tion maker. Liie the bandage roller, | she has occupied the limelight so long that she is rated at her full value as a factor in the winning of the war, But the soldier al the front must be fed, { clothed, equipped, and shipped hefore | he can shoot, be shot, be bandaged, or be otherwise first or second aided; { and it takes only a moment’s thought to rea that spinning yarn, weav- ing cloth, and turning it into cover- | ing and clothing for the fighters, | weaving linen for airplane wings, tanning leather and making # iuto sol- shoes, canning fruits, vege- meats for the camps, nuts, serews, and rivets and a hundred other kin- common factory occupa- as much “war wor as nd gas masks, rolling powder pellets or Red Cross band- ages. But what everyone knows n 10t of people forgot at the entrance of this Nation into war. Whether or not there was a good reason for forget- ting does not matter so much as that there was a result—and a bad one. Within few months after Con- gress declared the existence of a state of war cails for nearly 10,000 factory {and mill trained women were made upon the Bureau of Registration and Information of the tional League for Women's Service—a bureau that operates under the offictal sanction of and in co-operation with, the United States Department of TLabor. The most insistent calls, and those hard- est to fill, were for women, not to make bandages or bullets, but to do an's world-old job, to spin, to to knit, to sew, and to con- food—mot in the old Thome- fashion, which produces in but in the new factory and under which the productive of woman labor raised a and a thousand fold. “My daughfer is a saleswoman. She'd like to do war work—wireless telegraphy in the Army or Navy, mu- nition making, Red Croes, or some- thing iike that. But she would not 20 into an ordinary factory.” This speech, or the substance of it, was again and again in a house-to- canvass to secure a few score in a Middle Western town to operate power sewing machines. The material running through the ma- chines was appearing a few hours la- ter as obvious war equipment. But the ocenpation itself was only the well-known " power sewing machine and undistinguishable from that performed on hundreds of kinds comme ial work., Unquestionably. the which women go into S tories is influecnced matevially by the higher nerally paid in these newly orected establishments, where labor costs are not ging anchor in the price level of general com- ercial commodities and in the ne ity of anlicipating labor adjt men af the A P T “higher does not in in full the pr crence for munition Freguently ~when highly skilled operatives, at work in nones- sential industries, ‘were sought for important war work in essential in- dustries other than munition makinsg, there was no difference in the wag i offered. vet flat refusals to ‘‘go in- another trade to do just common factory work again” often preceded discussion of Wages. The failure of these ¥ -earning women to respond to the call for their skW] was but the reftection of {heir railure to appreciate and respect their own singular importance and consequent responsibility in the win- ning of the war. Their attitude, how- ever, is just a part of the war pel chaology of the public—and especially of the woman publi in tomes of talk apout mobilizing the “woman power” of America, the importance of the wage-earning women with fac- tory and mill trainiug in the winning of the war was lost in the dramatic and appealing picture drawn of mo- tor corps, canteen divisions, girl “yeo- Red Cross chapters and all the ctivities that sprang into being on the advent of the war. To fairly measure the vice which the wase must render is not to gainsay or war work which the mil- zeless women must do, nor to the millions of bread- women outside the factory mill a part in the national bat- for world liberty. 'There are lines national defense which tiiey must help to hold; but the part of the sless woman in the winning of war is another story, and that of bread-winning woman unaualified factory or mill service is still an- This tala is the story of the and a half women en and other essential indu nned-goods provision for that army of a million and a half {men that is to be in France by mid- | cummer is 524,000,000 pounds a year. | Which wor can supply this food the hetter— woman who puts up a score of corn a day, say, in | her own the trained can- | nery workers, woman powe by inventlon subdivision of la- hor, produces 1,000 cans a day? AL the height of the last canning sea- were 80,000 and W holts, | for ships, dred and tions are | making guns wo we kitchen dozens, mill wi power hundred ve e is heard house wornen pror of readiness with munition f: wag dr S expl marked malking. any men' novel “ial earning war wo- spe: man helittie th lions of does 1t wiuining and tie the | for Jt»'h(‘v‘ million ries. alone an the cans of kitehen, or Whose and over son there approximately than forec more half of Inbor 1 women cannc food-conseryi try sides workers, there n in th tract, drug n which the tments arc nis Tur v in ; kitehens of the coun- e trained cannery ov 125.000 wo- food, spice. condiment. and tobacco factoric War Navy De- making constant he are me a reading of the “wur™ or- industrial firms other than makers oL munitions brings another division of | the woman’s army into view. It takes | more than 30,000,000 yards of cloth | to clothe, hed, and shelter an army of Va milion and a half men at the front } for one vear. If there were any cillas left at the spinning wheel or Marthas at the ancient loom, they would not contest the outranking im- portance of the modern ring-f spinners, power-loom operators, other textile-mill women, who. nearly half of the total labor force in the textile mills of the country, must do their interlocking and inseparable part in producing this stretch cloth. In the cotton mills largely in the South and New Eng- land. in the woolen and worsted mills of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Rhode Teland, tbere are not far from 275.000 women trained in textile oc- cupations. Failure to use, or waste- ful vse of this trained woman textilo labor will continue fo strip the men we send to the front of the clothing and covering which all the eager war- working women outside the mflls can not supnly. We Go not need the “war” orders to tell us that the 300,000,000 vards of all sorts of cloth required for a and a half fighting men are s until the materfal has passed through the power-driven chines of the modern factory are over 212,000 women occupations closely allied work performed by over 1 to turn the 300.000,000 cloth into the requlred Army and Navy uniforms coats and othor personal bed sacks and shelter tents, and scorves of other articles. These 212,- 000 women form a division of co-or- dinate importance with the food and textile divisions in the woman's war sustaining army. | dera pluced by the Government with | [ and ax trained in with the 0,000 men ards millions of and over- wear; Into Recently the Navy cluded sweaters in the outfit of the sea fighters and marines. It takes about a weck to knit a sweater by hand as “war” knitting is now done. The little mill-trained girl the power-driven knitting machines will furnish 300 sweaters in one day or 1,800 sweaters while the hand knit- ter is making one. That million and a half men at the front will require over 15,000,000 knit undershirts, nearly 20,000,000 pairs of drawers, and 27,000,000 pairs of socks during the year. The 130.000 knitting and hosiery mill women. working in close industrial co-ordination with about 50,000 men, are the only dependable supply of labor for the manufacture of the hundred million dollars’ worth of hosiory and knit goods which our Government ordered for the Army and Navy during the year ending De- cember 51, 1917 “Hannah binding shoes at the win- dow” was, like Priscilla at the wheel, picturesque, and, of course, useful, too, in her daye but in a war-winning test the Hannah who has appeared in the modern shoe factory far out- ranks her trade forebear, because the modern Hannah has a productive power so much greater than the girl at the colonial window that in a large and well-equipped shoe- plant 20,000 pairs of soldiers’ shoes may be made in a day. Tt is fortunate that this is so, for the War Department alone has ordered 21,000,000 pairs of shoes to be delivered by June next. In the highly organized shoe factory each shoe through a firmly linked chain of a hundred processes 95,000 trained women shoe workers, stationed chiefly in Massachusetts, Missouri, and New York, are as in- digpensable links in tb are the two hundred thousand trained men, (To Be Continued) regulations in- pass and bt odd TODAY'S TABLODD TALE By Joe Blast, Mystery. said got the Thorax worse “Doctor,” Glump, ‘“I've toothache anybody ever had since the world began, and maybe before. It's terrible, t's frightful, it's terrific. 1 fear the tooth's about to ex- plode.” “Let's have a look,” said Crammer, a dentist of good old-fashioned school. And he examined the tooth and put a drop of ofl of cloves in it and pointed the suburban gums with iodine, and the pain disappeared immediately. “Merely a drap of ol of cloves on the tooth and a lit- tle iodine on the gums,” smiled Dr. Crammer. ‘“That'll be one dollar.” Glump paid and departed. “Gosh, a dollar for a drop of oil of cloves and a little bit of iodin I could ’'a’ done that myself,” he grumbled “pn 20 to somo other dentist next time."” nd rushing Dipple. “Dwctor,” Glump, “I'v that’s so bad compared to before.” Dr. Dipple, a dentist of the new, modern school, examinad the tooth, coughed learned cough and applied a drop ofl of cloves and a little ijodine, and {he pain disappeared im- mediately. “That ought satd Dr. Dipple. “First 1 plied a littie oll of the genus aromaticus, a natural healing preparation. and then I paint- ed the contiguous parts with an astringent of unquestioned jcacity. That'll six-fifty inctuding ar Gl ““These know Dr. the he daid Dr. time. office the into next the o Thorax | toothacha only be had once said got a it ona can i a fix you up.,” ap- to e tax.' and departed dentists cer with their he thought. fift 10t so0 considerin the paid voung np oy somep'n modern “And dear methods, only i at that 1918 hy (Copyright George Pris- | ame o | centered so | shoemaking | “ALWAYS RELIABLE” Liberty Bonds Country. BUY offer a fine place for vo : the same time it offers an opportunity to help oug OW AT ANY BA ur moneyy | | sewing ma- | There | of | | | | | and the ! | siderable repairing | with | had been one who was too dapper Matt} Adams) SPECIAL SALE OF. EVENING GOWNS! We will put on sale sixteen beautiful Evening'y Gowns of Taffetas, Satins and Lace Trimmed Gowns that have been marked as high as $25.00 each. them displayed in our north window until time of sale, Thursday, April iSth, at 2:30 p. m. All at One Real Bargain Price .. $5.00 Seg each These Gowns would cost vou double this pricq; alone to have them made up. rard. Exquisite New Dress Fabrics For Early Spring And Summer Wear. These dainty fabrics that make up into such charming dresses are entirely new. The designs and color combinations have made a most favorable im pression with those who have seen them during the past week while displayed at our wash goods section. Tussah Pongee Foulards priced 69c : Satin Striped Foulard Voiles priced 98¢ yard. Normandy Voiles, shown here in the new Foula designs. Priced 69¢ yard. Save Money! tern. Use Standard Patterns Make Your Own Cloth Less Out! ! Save Time! .Save Energy! Look info this Special- Offer: THE DESIGNER Delivered at our Pattern Department each month for 12 months. A copy of the cur- rent Quarterly with coupon "good cents in the purchase of any Standard Pat- for 15 Better Style Better Workmanship Better Materials ALL FOR FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NA l BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREREN, 11, § A v N. A Bluejacket has clothes speak of—yet he has enough. He no stowage space speak he has enough. Enough know the meaning of thal wonderf word ? He has for example two four white no to has to of—yet do blue uniforms, two of under- pairs shoes, and a fixed number of wear. socks, handkerchiefs, whito hats, and so on. Also he may have such personal articles for toilet, writ- ing, and smoking purposes as suit his fancy. Clothies go in the ditty bag, a can- | vas k about three feot feurtcen inches in dlameter. Non-re: trousers repose in the ditty hox wood or metal, lockable, and the size of a typewriter case [ supply these details in Srder that you may understand exactly certaln battleship is still whout its signal division. Ditty boxes are not inspected, but bags must come out of the ‘alley,” be unpacked, and their contents laid out every Wednesday afternoon “Rope-yarn Sunday” is the name given to this period in the routine- ‘Sunday’ because it {sn't a real work time, and ‘rope-yarn’ because, besides sewing and inspection, there is con- done, and a rope- yarn Is the sailorman’s flrst afd anything from ripped breeches long by of ahout why a yapping to to a | broken firing pin. Like every other deck division this one despised the cffeminacy of laying ite clothing out in little neat cach piece rolled and stopped the stenciled name ertain indefinable cach man’s display proof of his attitude. One day in this signal division there was a marked change for the bhette like we've caught a windoy was the way the Divis Officer put it to his bosun’s matc was nearer right than he thoug the last draft of rows (tied) outside. A ardness in conclusive Wik was “Looks He Among ecrult fo aun-swab or light for a hand ramme; and his hands bliste went over the masthe tainly ‘saveyed’ bags 10 see one ladd out ‘Sunday” others to noticed stand for had to “‘manic let his own go standard s squil ee. He or d cver But it too was shov time d he cc first the cabbages Old Man Wouldn't Either he hibits,” or the the He was a His made or so like a lven the b like u their Rais 0ok gone seod Lut thing ure ex ing ways a to lazy ones was cert outnun thery in And incentive in Leing exe Rope-Yarn Srnbl;l‘dayu i i | | surely enipted (cleaning out from declss) the b clamping if he we for in time tion He le trized the drew chalk i measnred and the clothing fine points of until that worth 1og for fitted and rolls. He marking ard division" two hour: watc instance he ta would euch having 25 pieces i would the top and bottor on seams in the deck. Bach actly aft witl hirts, en with 1 until it five line I forc ch 1d day in and shoe 50 on, fifty £ty shoe ) L ol bargnin and ter a Of course the leet small ‘thin celebrated for its the Big men for of country unsurpassuhle seemed he prove a only . volunte perficially, the men in to the fored ox dermijeally among And even af of the Gossip news went { about cven dc division 1 .as did this alwa the appearar One e at inspectic determined recruiting purposes. at each station ti laying out his bag erline delingu drawi n to T them ou, nd to no 1 Since m were were wa five that division werc therc them. were unteer PACTORY THEFTS. tolen tory areh could BASEBALL Pari PARKS ON poO Roi Paris unimproved for threc diamor 1o force 1 nond expedition Another di the racing be b at Colombes. will e = i Beome- applied mend inspec- xtra dufy it 50 it. He N rows irt ‘wad her othrey d like cent hrough such o8, Sa ccome n that tho e e 15t € sh in I8 therg would d at Sus« this, loval v on e nation ISk on yeconio arou -