New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1918, Page 6

Britain ERALD PUBL Pro; 8 aatly (sunday cxcepts it Herald Building, Yerald. ‘ COMPANY. ) At 4:18 o m. Church St i son ed at the Post s tecond Class Ofice at New Britaln Mail Matter. ered by carrier to any part of the city or 15 cents a weeck. 6§ cents a month. | riptlon for paper to be scut by matl, @yuble in advance, #0 ceats a month | 7.00 a profitable advertising medlum in city Cheulatlon books and ore nlways advertisers. onlv he oc open o Herald wiil he found on sate at Hot ing’s News Staud, 42nd St. and Eroad /. New York ity: Board Walk, At City, and ilartford Depot. TELEPHUONE CALLS ess Office . ...... hrial Rooms Member of the Associated Press. Asvociatea Press Is exciusively enritled © the for republication of all news bredite 10 b or aot otherwise cradited n this paper 29d also the local news published heretn, taccomplishments { of : taking Pessimists and cynics can not elop this country. —CHAS. E. HUGHES. THE DAY, haps nothing is more loathsome han than a snake. And yet one of 'most poisonous of the species, the | lesnake, plays fair. Before a rat- strikes, it gives warning. It tells ke who stand in its way that it is and about to deliver t is the rattlesnake’s way. a blow, ree years ago today a German marine commandcr murdered 1,- men, women and children aboard TLausitania in cold blood, without a He fired a torpe- which sent over a thousand help- junent’s warning. non-combatants to a watery ve and showped himself to be even e treacherous and cowardly than despised snake. - there any word he Iexicon of man suited to de- be the Joathsomencss with which civilized world regards the per- And too severe rator of that horrible crime? here any punishment his master who bade the U-boat te to commit the murder and then ed him for the ‘glorious Tis is THE DAY, United States! en and women o This is the an- sary of the Kaiser’s declaration he world that might is right and it civillzation must give way before this day let jhearken to the voices of those vie- hless barbarity. On s of the Hun. They are calling to to avenge their death. They are ing to us to tcach the Prussian -lord that therc is and ever shall on earth a kingdom of humanity, li our President has heeded their . He said to the world when we ered this war that we and our Al- cannot lay down our arms until forces of barbaric brutality have subdued forever. That is why Government has asked us to fight | we must not fail, 7 this day every American ought renew the pledge of loyalty to the hse ot civilization. It is Germany | hinst the world, and the world must Whether it takes 1,000,000 men 20,000,000, ‘tis better far that all sh fighting for freedom and jus- | > than that the Hun should become breme. emember THE, May! DAY, the seventh 1 7TO 50, oming wp through Meriden from | wn the state yesterd pt the th pepting we noticed town had been placarded handbills bearmg no i ‘1 to 50”. We cription | aw them iph poles, in windows, | wd cven pasted on the fountain where we t eream oda in the sts ples United S > note.) the handbills meant, could inform peal dru fe asked what no one us. Various were hs the es rdcd One bright h thought figures were a ith Meviden, they s Another ificd the | Democratic cand in the fourth war opinion that 1 Me Brits chances New ypulation vuling we retyrned to this b nu of the bout city posters Nobody they came. we bar same od B kinow town. whone after L ! ttrankly ! opining that 1 “Sturmpanzerkraftwagen”, | folks 1 to 50 wmight be the scorc worrow when Jud ta ke haseball team the St Thon nine, Lut then there would be no rea- for advertising the face before- nd. Again, there may be 1 person in 50 in this city who has not Bond, contest hought a Liberty but the results do not prove it school children holding a as to a teacher age, but they don’t usualiy o about it that way Our telephone has heen husy all the day with inguirers whe o know the want what handbill means. Still puessing for mysterious we evervhody do not know as ong about it, clse we may be pardoned the half- to to 70 is "k when you count from 1 just way 100, me - = THE AIRPLANE INQUIR Gutzon Borglum, who, besides be culptor, also lives in Stamlord, has iided to this by as to the improssive list of causing an in- quiry to be made afrplanes for Some production the Government. newspapers have Mr, hecome I terical over Borglum's charges of inefficency. profiteering, etc.. and are advantage of the situation to criticise the Administration on the question of the aireraft production hefore inquiry Mr. has even begun Borglum was of the opinion aeronautic situation was not what it should be and more warplancs France if the that a would right n charge. He before the Pr 1o come great many be in had now persons been placed these ident, who invited him to Washington and furnish all the data in his possession so that a thorough be Then President appointed someone other than Mr. Bor make the inquiry, the latter to have become very doubts that inquiry could made. when the lum to appears No one Mr. Borglum is sincere in his beliefs and that he was prompted only by motives of triotism to bring the he had gathered to the of the But to declare openly. as he has since done, that “the aero de- partment is full of profiteering” and that “every official approached by me entered into a general is little our opinion, They he makes, tegrity and loyalty of government offici working night and day for the betterment of our and navy. Howard Coffin, chairman of the aireraft board at once wired the President, urging official investigation in or- that ‘“‘reputations of may peeved loyalty facts attention and pa- President. conspiracy short of to absurd, in deceiv are serious charges involve the hundreds Is who are and they in- of army former an der innocent not be ruined”, and Major Squier, chief signal officer, has demanded a court of inqury It would be well men General to await the investigating find- ings of the commission before indulging in any cxpression of opinion one way or the other. If Mr. are found to be true, he will have rendered the nation a great service Borglum's charges 1f they ave not true, longer brag “our distinguished citizen” —well, Stamford will no about The day. cventh of May, and a splendid Someone said that aireraft hysteria is imagination. Mr. mercly a flight Borglum’s of Wonder if the German school chil- dren got a holiday did ago the Lusitania today as they three vears when was sunk Headline:—*"German We've seen were so Tanks Move Slowly" some German tanks couldn’t that paralyzed they move at all. The Germans call their tanks literally, power-cars, A name storm-protec by ed tank any other would sound as Senator-elect to speak May will then T Lenroot is coming New Britain chance to defeated Victor here 19 ve a sce the man who Berger in the famous cently held in senatorial election Wisconsin, Herlin announces that Ukrania “hy But it took a large of guns to the request forces entered request, to restore order. my and hundreds com- i Ukrainia to make Down in Meriden they have erected ooth on Winthiop where Thrift jnare ite public is invited Fh buy e little house Hut', has named the s ampede stampeded with purchasers from morning till night. An umn cut yesterday exchange carrvied a single underneath which was the sentence frey, Mi George new United But VilL States Senator from the that of for the souri'’. cut was s former pitcher New York Glants, that the | opinions re- | German | been | We hope | col- | “Xenophone P. Wil- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 7, THE KILLED AT SEICHEPRE ate Nicholas Bernadino Succambs » Wounds Received in Action, Nicholas Bernadino, was at 214 Elm street, was one the voungest members of Com- ny. First Regiment Connecticut Private | PRIVATE NICHOLAS BERNADI | infantry, when it of the Amex force and overseas last fall e was 17 old when he | enlisted. Tn the drive at Seicheprey ! he made the supr sacrifice and | fought with daring allantry in that attack which Connecticut soldiers so hard. became part sailed years e and hit | | LEE-SSTAPLETON Cardinal Farley Will Officiate at | Wedding of Niece to Lieutenant | of 301st Ficld Artillery. The marriage othy Stapleton, and M TLuke Daniel 804 Garfield Place, and Licutenant Robert Edward Lee, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Lee of this city, will take place Saturday morning at St. Francis Xavier Catholic church, Brooklyn, at 11:30 o'clock. Cardinal Iarley, uncle of the bride, will officiate. It will be a military wedding, the men attend- ants appearing in military uniform. Lieutenant Gerald Coholan of Wash- ington, D formerly of this city will be best man. Licutenant Lee, who is a cf the First Ofiicers vining Camp =t Plattsburg, was assigned as second lieutenant in the 301st Field Artillery at Camp Devens. He gave up studies «t Harvard to go into the army. Lieu- tenant Lee is a brother of Tieutenant Commander John Lee of the hospital ship U. S. 8. Comfort and T. Frank Lee of this city. Tdeutenant Lee will probably go overseas before the sum- mer is ended. of Mi daughter Lucile Dor- of Judge Stapleton of Brooklyn, N. Y., graduate PACTS AND FANCIES. Sculptor Borglum ing to cut his face of history. seems to be try- name into the stone ~New London Day. plain people that across.——Spring- It was Lincoln’s put the third loan field Republican. While the lets for the kaiser was plucking vio- erin 20,000,000 Am- e: an admirers were pickir a bil- lion-dollar bouquet for Miss Liberty. New York World Hindenbu o added had 30 of promised would be in far from when he said days 5 date lic the Germse b he Paris, and practically his tod he ve his promisc. Tt the ruffian of the howev that he t the kaiser's rccord for Parisian din- ners missed.—Necw York Herald. Soufewhere Fverywhere, goal can e for wooden im st yet equalled ymewhere! Taverywhere From Golden Gate to the Lises a question that har Whe answer seems those who care ALTOWS ows, death life or to After I'm me. There! Don’t cry must zo not one me— Fellows like 1nc #No* need of dear land, your gone. you will be proud of You know T L am theve is a crowd of that musin't say their land, yo own Deep down in heart under- stand, Don’t you ery! 1t hurts me so i While I'm Come, dear! Smile! grave. moon! bon soir from Proof that your ed, forgave away, I shan't be far from Don't Jook so Lach you, love for me melt- Simile me to and cloud there is i none; with me in this, and we are one. Now smile! It makes me brave back—why, the no of it! | When I get doubt Father's worst wound ter from tan; andfather—ask of it, Run; was a blis- and g him what he | won out Raw at Bull ran— When 1 get day You helped me to go and cheered me away, Dear woman, hut he never back, you'll honor the to male me a man. somewhefe! Everywhere -om Key West to Lake Ttasca, Porto Rico to Alaska, meansg death or ho care. BUTLER GLAEBNZER. in New York Times. ifrom This answer life to those khh HARD whose | MILITARY WEDDING | m of France will be a | GHILDREN'S YEAR’ Conference to Discuss Prospects at Capitol Building Tomorrow Hartford, May | will' be inaugurated in Connccticut with the conference to be held under the auspices of the Child Welfare De- partment of the Woman's Commit- tee, Connecticut State Council of De- | hildren’s Ye DR, JESSICA PEIXOTTO. in the Hall of the entatives at the State fense, tomorrow House of Repres Capitol. A working program has been pre- pared by the Children's Bureau in collaboration. with the Department of | Child Welfare of the Woman's Com- mittes, Council of National Defense by which it is_hoped that 100,000 children v be, saved in the United ! States between April 6, 1918 and April 6, 1919. To Connecticut has been assigned a quota of 1,056 babies under 5 which should be »d in this state during this second vear of the war ! Dr. Jessica Peixotto, chairman of the Child Welfare Department Wo- man’s Committee, Council of Natlonal Defense, will address the conference on the “Nation’s Program for Saving 100,000 babies in the United States during 1918,” Dr. Pelxotto has asked for leave as professor of Social Eco- nomics in the University of Califor- nia, and has come to Washington to head the Department of Child Wel- fare. Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, chairman of the Woman's Committe will preside The prog as follows for the conference is Morning Session. ' 11:30, Introducto words from Miss Caroline Ruutz Rees, chairman of the Woman's committee; 11:35, Dr. Jessica chairman of ! child welfare Woman's committee, Council tional De- fense. The nation’s program for sav ing 100,000 babies in the U. 8. during (918; 12:00, Professor C. E. A. Wins- low, Yale university “onnecticut’s Need for a (hild Saving Campaign’ 12:45, Dr. 1. Chester Brown, Con- recticut State Council of Defense, “The part of Child Welfare in the Program of Defense Afternoon Session. John T. Rlack, health, “How the State | Health Plans to tte in the Campaign’: 2:10, Willinm Scatt, chairman, wdlfare department, “Su Child Welfare Chairman”; 2:20, Miss Morgaret Stack. “The Role of the Visiting N s"; 2:30, john S. Sand- crson, Jr., Connecticut Children’s Aid society, Lmportance of Other Nocial 4 President Wilson has s ptans for Children’s “Next, to the duty of doing every- | thing ible for the soldiers at the front be, it scems to me, more patriotic duty than that of | ng the children who consti- -third of our population.” am 00. partment of Department of state de- Co-4 Mrs. child | stions to the st proved po there could prote tute onc OPrPo ON EXPECTED, Prospect Street I’rope Owners Object to Taking of Land. The of mect evening hoard public works this and transact sev- | cral important matters. One of these | ig the hearing on the proposed estab- | lishiment of new strect lines on Pros- | pect street which will mean taking ! land from the property owners. It Is said that the latter will oppose stren- uously this move, and, if necessary, the board will abandon the projec Under the plan of the board, the pro- jection of School street will be straightened out. It is claimed by city officials that Prospect street adopted street llnes ted t every property Gr 4 street to Walnut appear in person or | never hs v Tt is e owner, from 11 either prot rooni the street, w enter of second meeting tho board being utilized by district exemp- tlon board, the meecting tonight may be held in the lobby of City hall. HIGH SCHOOT: NOTES, morning social science the Vocational building went to the Hartford Institution for the Blind vesterday, The classes in t%%s subject plan visit all itutions in this vicinity this connection with the school Joseph Gutowski school after sustained in week. classes to such v vear in worlk, has recovering from an auto injurie: accident last PUNDS FOR RED CROSS The recent danc Sni T thes ALl trinn Singing society has netted $ which has been turned over to the | Red Crosg fund, IN CONNECTIEUT Owing to the regular | returned to | McMILLAN STORE, Inc. ALWAYS RELIABLE— D SERVE—BUY THRIFT STAMPS—FOR SALE HERE., Semi-Annual Linen Week important selling of Houschold Linens we have planned for months, Prudent economy dictates For this that you ould by your linens now. Damasks, Table Cloths, Napkins, Towels, Toweling and Decorative Linens at Substantial Savings. DURING LINEN WEEK HERE Tabie Damasks by the Yard Mercerized Union Table Damask 70 inches wide, value today weel Sale $1.20 yard. Two rare ues in the famous HEATHER LINEN DAMASKS. 70 inches wide, all pure linen, value today 83.50 yard, Linen Week Sale $2.95 yard. Another oxira heavy pure linen Heather Damask, vadue today $4.50 yard. Linen Week Sale $3.95 yd. $1.50 yard. Linen 70 inck TABLE DAMASK. Good heavy quality, nearly all linen. Your choice of 10 pretty patterns. They’re worth today $1.75 yard. We have marked them for our Linen Week Sale $1.48 yard. = Linen Sets g of Hemstitched Table Cloth and Half dozen Napkins. our Linen weck they're priced $4.75 to $12.50 seot. Hemstitched Table Cloths Scalloped Table Cloths Value Today Sale Price E Value Today Sale Price $3. 83.50 $ 84.75 £5.50 $4.98 £5.60 $4.95 86.50 £5.98 $6.50 $5.98 $8.50 87.50 $7.50 $6.50 Hand Embroidered and Scalloped Madeira Napkins ¥or our Linen week speclally priced at 59¢, 69c-and 75c each. Value today $5.50 to $15.00 set. ¥For Sfze 60x62 6080 66x66 66x84 DINNER NAPKINS Hemstitched and scalloped, value today 8%¢c, for this sale 75c each. 13 Piece Madeira Luncheon Sets Hand embroldered and scalloped. Linen week price $6.50 set. Vaiue today 88.50. HEMSTITCHED PILLOW CASES—Pure linen. Linen week sale $2.75 palr, value $3.25. EMBROIDE % PILLOW CASES—Pure linen. Linen week sale, $2.98 pair, value $8.50. Embroidered Pillow Cases Value $1.50. Special for this sale $1.19 pafr. HEMSTITCHED LUNCH NAPKINS Value 50c and 59¢, for this sale 36c and 42¢ each. Made of good heavy firm cotton. ALL LINEN HUCK TOWELS Good large size. value 89c¢. Linen weck price 75¢ ea. Otiher Exceptionally Good Values in Scarfs and filet lace trimmed Scarfs, priced for Iinen week at $1.25 to $2.78 each. English torchon lace Value $1.50. Speclal for this sale $1.19 each. FILET LACH TRIMMED SCARFS That are good values, for this sale, priced 98c ea. Cluny trimmed Scarfs in the popular bird designs. 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