New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1918, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, : MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1918. New Britain Herald. HERALD P'YJP?LJS,IIQING COMPANY. Edsued dally (Sunday excwpted) st 4:18 p. m., st Horald Buflding, 87 Church St Batercd at the Post Office at New Britain 2 Becond Class Mail Matter. Delivered bv carrier to any part of the eity for 15 cents a weak, 65 cents & month Bubscription for paper to be sent by mail payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. The oniv the olty rocm always ope profitable advertising medium In Circulation books and press to advertisers. The Herald wiil be found on sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, Ate lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS ° Business Office Bditorial Room Momber of the Associated Prese. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all mews credited to it or not otherwise credi in this peper and also the local news published herein Keep the jewel of liberty In the family of freedom. —ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THE FINAL WEEK. This is the last week of the Liberty o campaign, The results thus far ave been most enocouraging. New pPritain has done her' “bit” and.she golng to do more. The committee h charge believes that $2,000,000 can raised here before the subscrip- lons close, There are still a large umber of persons, in this-city who wve not yet bought a bond and many those who have taken one could ell afford to double their invest- ent. As the casualty lists continue p pour in and the toll of lives‘of-New ritain assumes proportions lore ghastly every hour, each man hd woman in town who can do so ght to increase the subscription he she has already made. ‘We learned this morning that four ore heroes from a local company ive their lives for us in the battle Seicheprey, which lent added lustre New Britain's shield of honor in e world war. The sacrifice they wve made should awaken those who ve not yet done their part in this fn. It is for them and the rest of that these young men died and the ry least that car be done in the way showing our appreclation of their selfishness is to loan (mind you, It give) our funds to the govern- pnt so that the boys who died may t have done so in' vain. JLet us be satisfied with nothing less pn two milllon dollars, men HAT THE GERMANS HEARD. One of the most stirring tales bled from France since the arrival re of American troops is that lich appears in another column to- , wherein the entry of our boys the firing zone is described by Assoclated Press correspondent. writes that when the order came march, American contingents ad- ced from their quarters to a point r Amiens with regimental bands ying the Star Spangled Banner. A inspiring picture would be dif- t to imagine. The martial strains e not muifled either, for the de- tch adds that gunfire from the my raked the ranks of the March- troops several times. But the ericans marched. on undaunted by wanted to let the Hun hear the hem which indicated that the nks’ were coming. . To some it seem on first thought that it was havised to permit the . bands to within hearing of the enemy the officers in charge knew what were about and as they saw fit hilow the notes of our most cher- d hymn to float out the lefields it is not for us here at he to question the advisability ot r action. The music which the hs heard was their death knell. pther they knew it or not they e listening to a tune which has br emanated from a defeated y. The flag which is immortal” by that hymn has never been pled on and neither the Kaiser all his legions will be able to it in the dust. ‘‘She’s been in y a flx, since seventeen seventy- put the Old * Flag -~has never hed the ground.” ‘over ] BOY VETERANS. fty American war herges fresh France have arrived in this try to tell us what they and their des have been doing'in the bat- or democracy. They were selected practically- all the arms of the e and are men from every part o United States. General Persh- rdered the various commanders ok these men and send them to wake us up. The stories they pd will tell will bring the coun- realization of what it means g war against such a foe as the “mill’’, Most of them have been decorated by the French government for bravery. One of them is the man who, it is claimed, fired the first shot in France for They ars boys indeed, but they are veterans. Coincident with their arrival comes word from the other that in a single 'Massachusetts regiment 122 war crosses have been awarded to men America. side by our French allies for conspicuous bravery. They, toaq, all very young men, yet their youth has not prevented them from making his- are nearly tory for our country and for them- selves. It seems strange to call such lads “veterans” but that is what they are. They have experienced violent action in the most bloody ever waged and have conducted themselves in accardance with the best traditions of the United States army. One of the boys just back is Corporal Guyette, who, a year ago, was a clerk in Waterbury factory. He was awarded the War Cross for volunteering with other American and French comades 10 execute an order to bring back German prisoners a certain sector near the Yser canal. As they were returning from this hazardous undertaking he heard a call for help and upon investigation found that an engineer had been wounded. He car- ried the engineer back to safety and then returned across No Man’s Land twice to get two other wounded men he had noticed on his first trip. His story will make one more chapter in the glowing history of Connecticut men’s deeds in this awful struggle. It will be read in the same pages as those which will be devoted to the narration of the gallant actions of our | own Captain Griswald and his men. It is such tales as these which thrill a man with pride that he an American. I war a fram is \ A ROYAL SCANDAL. Princess Marie Antoinette, Duchess of Parma ‘and' the mother of Empress Zita of Austria has been banished from the dual monarchy hy imperial decree. It must have been embar- rassing for Kaiser Karl to sign the order for his mother-in-law’s depor- tation, because the relations between them have been of a most cordial nature, contrary to what the humor- ists say is usually the case with re- gard to a mother-in-law. for this order is clear. The reason When 1t was revealed that the emperor caused the now famous peace letter to be sent to his brother-in-law, wherein it was admitted by the Austrian monarch | that France’s claims to Alsace-Lor- | raine were just, the country was set(’ in an uproar. The German party in Austria-Hungary demanded the em- peror's abdication, but as that was not feasible, Count Czernin, who was prime minister, was made the official “goat” and he resigned. the order to banish the emperor’s mother-in-law. Maybe Empress Zita herself or even Kaiser Karl may be the next to go. Austria has becomo so completely a vassal of Germany that if the powers at Berlin decide to banish the royal pair nothing can prevent it except an uprising on the part of the people. It is doubtful If even they would be able to resist the hordes " of German troops Berlin would rush to Vienna if such a step were contemplated. The German government spares no one who is considered lax in conducting the war. The Junkers effected the ‘“resigna- tion” of Bethmann-Holweg and now Hindenburg has dismissed Admiral Schroeder for failure to prevent the brilliant feat of the British navy in blocking 'the harbors which protect the U-boat bases. These incidents prove better than anything else that all’is not well with the Central pow- ers: Now comes | How is that garden progressing? “And the last shall be first.” Hope this is true of the last Liberty Loarn week. In the enthusiasm of the Liberty Loan campaign we must not overlook the the War Savings and the Thrift Stamps. We do hope that the humor of a | Russian revolution is not true. It's bad enough to have the Bolsheviki but a name like Alexis Nikolalevitch, mentioned as the new ruler, is still more distressing to the crew out in the composing room. Don't forget the Temperance socie- ty's musical show tonight and tomor- The proceeds go to the fund for members who are in the service. row. who ,The best reply to those are wont to belittle the war efforts of this. country is ' the statement just made by Andre Tardieu, High Com- missioner of ‘the Republic of France to the United States, who remarked in a public speech in' New York that in every field of the war “a complete, thorough .and decisive American help is to be found.” ‘While the subject of foreign guages is before the public it might be pertinent to suggest that the Con- lan- They have all been ghrough‘ necticut company require at least a l 'worklns{ knowledge of Tnglish of | men appoined conductors. It is annoying to be forced to bring one's interproter along when travelling on the city’s delightful trolley system. And as for the motormen, we would like to know whether it is absolutely necessary women during a run Plainville last night a motorman per- mitted two female passengers to with him on the front platform. ride The company forbids passengers to main on the front platform tormen should force the rule. and compelled to mo- be en- The Germans have put one over on Luther Burbank, for they handed the Russians a perfectly good olive branch bearing full-grown lemons.— Hickory (N. C.) Record. With 40 trainloads of wounded Germans passing through Belglum daily, it would seem that a consider- able part of Hindenburg's army is again engaged in ‘“'strategic retire- ment.’ New York World. In effect the president says to those who want to enact a courtmartial law for the trial of sp! : “Use the laws you have, and don’t be trying to Ger- manize this country—Hartford Times. Mr. Schwab hasn't a pretty name, but it is synonymous with success in business organization and operation, and as director-general of the emer- gency fleet corporation he wil! no doubt carry strength into a great work.—Waterbury Democrat, Forcing a man suspected of pro- Germanism to kiss the flag can now be supplemented by compelling him to buy a Liberty bond.—Anaconda Standard. There are 1,772 draft age officers in noncombatant service in Washing- ton. The heroes of 1772 are not like ly to be as well and favorably remem- bered as the leaders of 1776—Spring- field Daily News. Coming in from | re- | | —ALWAYS for them to entertain young ' The that h Liberty TLoan interest is satisfactory. highly presents the safest, s ever been presented to the person of small means, and the | The McMillan Store, Inc. 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It may not be possible to make for | aircraft production so popular a choice as Mr. Schwab at once proved. but popularity is not so important as ability to produce the goods.—Spring- field Republican. If it is true, as reported, that George Creel’s so-called information bureau, which is really a non-infor- mation bureau costs $1,825,000 year, here is one spot that will stand a bit of conservation.—Cincinnati Commerdial Tribune. The airplane factories have got to turn out something more than hand- some illustrated magazine articl pretty soon.—Paterson Press-Guar- dian, Our own life ambition is to jump into & cab and say: “An extra shilling Cabby, If you get to Charming Cross station on the stroke of 12!"—New York Evening Sun. America sees too clearly that the defeating of Germany is the first great task of civilization today. Ire- land’s cause may be regarded by many Americans as standing next in importance, but Americans will not concede that it stands first while Ger- many still threatens to overwhelm Ireland, England and all the rest of us.—Waterbury Republican. When Will the War End? Absolute knowledge I have none But my aunt’s washwoman’s sister's son Heard a policeman on his beat Say to a laborer on the street That he had a letter just last weel Written in the finest Greek From a Chinese coolie in Timbucioo Who saild that the negroes in Cuba Knew of a colored man in a Texas town Who got it straight from a clown That a man the news From a gang of South American Jews About somebody in Borneo Who knew a man who claimed know Of a swell society female fake Whose mother-in-law will undertake To prove that her seventh husband’s sister’s niece Had stated in a printed piece That she had a son who had a friend Who knew when the war was going to end.—Boston News Bureau. circus in the Klondike heard to President and the Elections. (From the New York Herald.) Demacratic candidates for congress who have been counting upon getting a letter from President Wilson, urging their re-election were made nervous today by information from the White House that the president would write letters of indorsement only in ex ceptional cases.—Washington dispatch. In the light of the somewhat un- pleasant experience of Mr. Joseph E. Davies, it seems safe to assume that the nervousness noted exists princi- pally in the imagination of the reporter. There can be little doubt that the candidacy of Mr. Davies for senatar from Wisconsin was hurt rather than helped by presidential letter writing, and nobody knows th better than the practical politicians of congress. Members of that body, democrats and republicans, must stand on the records they have made for themselves. If the record is good, it needs no gilding. If it is tainted, no White House or other brand of cam- ouflage can conceal the fact from the people. (From the New York Sun.) This is an admirable decision. Tt will keep the chief executive out of a great Many unnecessary rows, relieve him of a lot of work, and save him from numerous petty but annoying embarrassments. Women Replacing Men. Ark., a lumber town. women have taken men's places i the lumber camps, wearing overalls while at work, In Crossett, Sl and extra sizes can be-bullt out with extensions to any length, required for extra large windows, WOMEN'’S RAIN COATS IN Spring weight, weather proofed coats. at $5.00 each. and tan. Speelally priced A SPECIAL SALE All new styles in grey COLORED SILK UMBRELLAS § $4.98, $5.48, $5.98, to §6.98 EACH Colored silk umbrellas in Ror fetas; others with fancy borders, handle. taffetas, mercerized taffetas and c WOMEN'S at $1.25, MEN'S at $1.49, $1.98, $2.50, CHILDREN'S at 75c¢ and 89c aan stripes, plaids, plain silk taf- fitted with the smart new short Can be used as an umbrella or parasol. UMBRELLAS THAT WILL SHED WATER—of black cotton ravenettes. $1.49 to $3.98 each. $2.98 euch. each. | The Murder of the Mayor of Aerschot | The Red Cross Magazine for May | | contains a graphic account of the | | murder of the Mayor of the little | Belgian town of Aerschot. Helen Bar- | ret Rublee, the author, tells how, af- ter the city was sacked and the wo- men driven out, the Mayor with his | wounded sixteen year old son and: | some forty prominent citizens wers | | led away to be executed. ! | She says: “A superior officer ad- | vanced toward the group. The Bur- | gomaster, in a last impulse of love i ana pity for his son, in a final effort to save him, said to the officer, in & | | voice very calm and low, ‘If we are condemned, spare at least this child, my son, that he may take care of his mother, my wife.” These were his last words. “The last words,” says the account, “of a man whose entire career was that of a loyal citizen, conscientious in his duties and the ! accomplishment of his difficult func- tions, a model father both to his children and to his fellow citizens. The officers replied briefly that his request was impossible and gave the order to march. The prisoners were taken several hundred yards away to the foot of a hill.. There the group stopped. The condemned ones, still calm, knelt on the ground and waited bravely for death. The soldiers | formed in a half circle around them, | an under officer, sword in hand, wait- ed impatiently the final order. A brief word of command, a sword | raised, the quick sharp report from | | several guns, and the three victims | fell forward on the earth, one on top | of the other. The under officer ad- | vanced toward the confused mass to separate the bodies, and to see if a | ! spark of life still remained in any of | them. The young boy moved slightly. A pistol shot finished the work, and that was all.” | It Pays to Kick. | (Capper’s Weekly) | The American people should do | more of it. They have not done half | the kicking they ought to have done during the last 25 years for their own and the nation’s good. The roar that ntly went up over the wasteful and | reckless mismanagement at Hog Is- |land shipyard has brought results | speedily. Coinc¢ident with the senate’s | investigation, the president directed the Department of Justice to investi- zate for the purpose of bringing a criminal charge, if basis was found | for it. The matter is still being sifted | but some of the immediate Tesults are | the discharging of the manager of the’ works and 14 high-salaried and super- fluous principals whereby so great a saving has been obtained that it has been possible to allot contracts for 60 more ships, besides the 120 originally contracted for. Some saving that! Further, an examination by experts has cut down dally expenses $83,500, and an investigation of the Labor de- partment has resulted in doubling its efficiency and bringing about ‘‘excel- lent spirit” among the workmen. The people always get results when they carnegtly and determinedly de- mand them® Mostly the trouble is that | seen anywhere. | German origin in this country, he says: | in Germany. it takes something flagrantly out- rageous to stir them up. As a people we are too easy-going with reference to our public service and ‘with the over-reaching of greedy monopolists whose sole right to exist comes by gift of franchise from the people they so shamelessly exploit. The Bitter German Soul. (Boston Post.) Herman Iagedorn, who, as a senior at Hartford not so ago, electrified the institution and th: country with the finest class day poem that had ever been given in Cambridge, offers in his recent booklet, “Where | Do You Stand?” the best illustration of what German blood in America can do for loyal citizenship that we have Addressing people of I appeal to you because I am one of you. I love German men and women, | and German forests and hills and songs as you love them; I, too, have a father I, too, have brothers fighting in ermany’s armies. For a time my reason as well as my heart was with Germany's cause, and even after my reason would na longer let me hope for Germany's triumph, for a time my heart was still rebelllously | thrilled at the news of a German vic- tory. I have stoad on Germany's side. I have walked tn the valley of the shadow of neutrality. I have stood, and I naw stand, irrevocably with the cause of the allies, which now, thank God, is the cause of America, and I now say unto you most solemnly that the time has come for us all who are of Germany origin to stand forth and individually and collectively pledge ourselves to America's cause. I, an American citizen of German blood, believe in America, my country, | and the principles of liberty, equality | and democracy for which she stands. | Therefore and inevitably I am against | Germany. | victorious and Germany defeated. 1 wish to see my country Ta the fulfliment of this wish I pledge my hands, my heart and my spirit. There speaks the German soul of the fine ald type we uged to love and respect, and to other men of German ancestry it cannot speak in vain. Nothing -Said About Cotton. (Capper’s Weekly) The housewife’s cotton' apron and calico dress have become luxuries. The prices of cotton fabrics and of yarns are going up to such 'an un- heard-of level' that the government, ‘Washington advices say, may'soon be compelled to fix the price of“cotton goods. But nothing is said about fix- ing the price of cotton. * Food and clothing of the plainer sorts are absolutely vital “necessities. This virtually was the government's argument in regulating the price of the Western farmer’s wheat and hogs. But it' was not invaked in the case of the Southern farmer, whose cotton has advanced during the year from $15, a high price, to $31, an unheard-of fig- ure. The Western wheat farmer who had 80 cents a bushel removed from the year-ago price of his wheat, and had so low a minimum price fixed for very many years | BUY A LIBERTY ICMD!| Do It Today WISE, SMiTH & C0,, i A Sale of Furniture That | | Will Appeal to Your Good | Taste As Well As Your Pocketbook GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ON COMPLETE SUITES FOR THE DINING ROOM—THE LIVING ROOM AND THE SLEEPINGy ROOM. Notwithstanding on fine Furniture we will greatly reduced prices. week only. the fact that prices are sell a limited number of cho These elegant suites must be seen in to appreciate the low prices at which you .can buy them continually advancing > Suites at order one for ONE WILLIAM AND MARY sale at . t ONE HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY DINING ROOM SUITE—Ten pieces. A most elegant suite. Reg. value ONE CHINESE CHIPPENDALE SUITE—Ten pieces. PERIOD DINID pictured.) 9 pieces, genuin e walnut Valued at $410 NG ROOM Worth tods ITE (as on $187.50 il $ DECORAT! 9. Reduced DINING Reduced to to $ 3 | ROOM" $349 ONE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT DINING ROOM SUITE—Valued at' $259. Reduced to ONE A hogany. Value $214. Sale same design in walnut at ONE ADAM DESIGN DINING Regular value $145. On $229 M DESIGN DINING ROOM SUITE—Nine pieces. Ma- price $185. Another suite of the ROOM SUITE—Nine pieces walnut. sale at ONE LOUIS XVI. AMERICAN WALNUT CHAMBER SUITE. Seven pieces, highest grade material and workmanship. Value¢ at $525. On sale at ONE ADAM DESIGN CHAM- BER SUITE — Four pieces. Value $225. At this $187.50 sale ONE PINEAPPLE DESIGN COLONIAL CHAMBER SUITE — Mahogany bed, dresser and chiffonier. Val- ued at $200. On sale at 8169 ONE LOUIS XVI. PERIOD LIVING ROOM SUITE — 8§ Value $300, .- $249 pieces. at JEN ANNE PERIOD ROOM SUITE—3 pieces. Value $155, at $129.50 ONE ADAM DESIGN SOLID MAHOGANY LIVING ROOM 8 - TE. Value $119. On sale ONE MAHOGANY | BROWN LE ¥ SH, ATHER SUITE— # pieces. $79. Sale S $67.99 3 Regular WISE. SWITH & CO., Barl his hogs that it did not pay the cost| och. of their feed, has had to pay his share of this big increase in cotton, a no in- considerable share to him. The Kansas farmer wondeys why, if it was necessary to regulate his wheat and hogs, it wasn’t necessary to regu- late Southern cotton. It is certainly a fair question. The answer the glaring price Tegulation. time this one-sided is that this is one of injustices of half-way Up to the present regutation bas | i I penalized the food producer by com- | pelling him to take much less for his product and at the same time pay a great deal more for the other man's product. It is admitted that price regulation is a knotty problem for the govern- ment, but it does not improve an in- tolerable situation to favor unduly the Southern farmer at the expense of the Western farmer, nor the manufactur- ers and middlemen at the expense of both of these useful producers and the people. Dense Fog in London. A story is going the rounds of the press at the expense of the war of- fice of Great Britain. It seems that while the British were engaged in their advance on Jericho, a shell, in- tended to make less successful the English assault, struck and. ghattered an ancient tomb. The skeleton which was uncovered Was examined by archaeologists -accompanying the of- ficial staff, and after considerable in- vestigation, it was promounced to be the remains of the human frame of John of Antloch. Just which of the four historical personages known by that name is the one in question is ir- relevant, inasmuch as the latest to die, an orthodox patriarch, was bur- ied just 800 years ago, and the first to bear the name died before the mid- dle of the fifth century. At any rate, the disclosure seemed of sifficient im- port to be made known at-headquar- ters, and a cable was consequently dispatched to the War Office, London, i | saying: “Have discovered | measure of this kind? { ! skeleton ' signature will be omitted if the writex And a counter-cable soon found its way from the War Offices “Cannot trace John of Antioch. Send, identification disk.” ‘s Catholic Transcript. Holland’s Difficulties. (From the Minneapolis Tribune.) The Netherlands government has in« troduced a bill into parliament prod viding for conscription for civiliag service for the duration of what »i calls ‘“extraordinary circumstances” What extraordinary circumstanced have arisen in Holland, or are ex{ pected to arise, that would sugges Is Holl 1 taking time by the forelack and pre{ paring for the day when she may b compelled to enter the war? ,She m;j v swallow her up if he is not slain now. Hollan, knows it. It's a great opportunity fof the little kingdom to make her futur safe; it may not come again. HollanJ already has conscription for military service; providing for it for civiliaf service at this time may merely be 4 means to deal more successfully wit mm.vumi |a fine chance right now to help the beast that will some da industrial and commercial which beset her, but it s enough to arouse curiosity unusu. Getting Rid of the Hyphen. (From the Springfield Union.) One country, one guage. The German schools of th Middle West, so far at least as the have been replacing the public schoo in which English i{s taught, must s The United States does not intend t be Germanized. flag and one lang # 3 i Communications Must Be Signed. The receipt of an munication, dated April 22, 1818 from Berlin, Connecticut, prompts u; to call attention again to the ruld that articles without the signature ofg the writer cannot be accepted or rec< ognized. Contributors must sign theig names as evidence of good faith, The unsigned comy supposed to be that of John of :Anti- so requests. . sag