New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1918, Page 9

NEW RITAIN'.D.AILYV HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918. MAN'S FUTURE \S PEARY SEES IT ling by Air Rofités New Step ¢+ in Lile of Nation shington, May 9—The role which ica's young aviators are to play e commercial and economic life he nation after peace is declared been forecast by Rear-Admiral rt E. Peary, U. S. Navy, in unication to the National Geo- jhic society a part of which is made a war geography bulletin, as hat the young men who are ing for fliers in war service wili an important useful role to in the commercial, industrial and tif growth of aviation is :\l"-‘ ht. hen peace comes, and thausands of plane red for the mail service e, for policing the air, for aeri i Patrol, for aerinl map-making peans of aerial photography, for | ration, and for rapid transit of ngers, and freight. I acihl mail service has already tentatively outlined in FEurape by the Entente Allies and the ene overnments. Irance and Eng- | have had committees at work for 12 months on plans for utilizing alr fleets and air personnel after war; Bavaria has proposed an L traffic service for Central Pe, and Prussia is said to be per- hg arrangements for a peact-time jurg-to-Constantinople mail and; gorservice, Jow extensive may prove this the-war aviation service may be ised from the fact that already hnes have been perfected which apable of carrying aloft pas- rs; other machines have devel- a saped of 150 miles an hour, the record non-stop flisht to is 1,004 miles, only 191 miles of ‘the longest water gap in the ca-to-Europe air course, by way o Azores from Newfoundland, transatlantic flight is a certainty e next few months, no reason- son doubts. tish authorities have expressed | lef that it will soon be possible from London to Paris and return @ day, or from London to Bag- 4 day and a half; to New York 0 days, and to Ceylon in two and -quarter days. Air routes to In- Ith air currents and possibla %slages are even now being ed. ery obstacle of nature has been ome by the airman-deserts, seas ountains. The attainment of an feopf four miles is now almost onplace, and the Alps have been ered on numerous occasions. the Government in Training Flyer: t America is not waiting su- for peace to be declared before bakes her preliminary prepara- and- *xperiments for the age of rplane is indicated in the estab- nt recently of a well-marked ute from Dayton, Ohio, to Ran- [lilinois, as an aid to the training ators. , his work has been carried for- under the dirvection of Carl G. v, of Indianapolis, chairman of happing committee appointed hy National advisory committec on autia. g initial program for a marked consisted of serial numbers )d in large white figures on barn with an arrow pointing the di- n where a clear field of the prop- ea for safe landing might be . in the event an emergency g Was necessary. th the Indianapolis Motor fway as a central point, landing numbers from 1 to 72 were d o» barn roofs between tho jvay and Dayton at an averago e of about two miles apart. the speedway to Rantoul the | umbers ranged from 1 to 28; sed, 6 ta 10 feet long by 24 to es wide. The distance between Ids on this end out the route d ‘about four miles. Transcontinental Airways. o datalls of this Dayton-Rantoul present in a general way the of the task which the aviation | ost pioneers will undertake in ng and marking four trans- ental alrways, proposed by the Club of America and known as | podrow Wilson, the Langley, tho t RBrothers and the RBell and te routes. last of theso routes, extending Boston, Massachusotts, to Seat- | shington, via Albany, Syracuse, | ster, Er iy Detroit Rapids, Minneapolis, Bismark reat Falls, will be a richly ae- memorial to Octave Chanut oneer aeronautic engineer, and hdor Graham Bell, whose namo bro nently ted with grea®ifts to humanity, but who unspectacular way was a potent in advanc man's mastery of thousands of will be | of the oci was the financial support 1 al encouragement af the inver the telephone which largely en- Samuel P. Langley to continue | periments with heavier-than-air | pes—experiments which were of aable value to Orv and Wil Nright, who finally achieved ham Bell's iven at a time when the fore- hysicist of Great Britain, Lora (Sir William Thompson), the pst astronomer of Ameri Si- Eewcomb, and the forer bus- enius of this age, Andrew Car- | «cdffed at the possibility of fiving name of this atrway will alse feribute to Mrs. Bell, whose gift | b.000 to the 1 Experimental | tion in 1907-1908 made possible | periments which resulted in H. Curtiss and J. A. D. Mec- taking an active part in the ! pme®t of aeronautics. ! Woodrow Wilson airway will | in an airline from New York Francisco, with Cleveland, To- xander support ost | of St. | at | which recently | army | spring is attributed ledo, Chicago and Cheyenne the prin- cipal cities en route. “It is proposed that both the Lang- ley and the Wright Brothers routes shall have Washingtan as their start- ing point. The Langley line will end in Los Angeles, passing near Wright field at Dayton and within a few miles St. Louis. The Wright Brothers will pursue a more devious route through Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgi: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and terminates San Diega.' TRENGH FEVER HAS HEAVY DEATH TOLL British-American Medical Com- mission So States in Report London, April 19 The ciated fever and shell shock are the two most difficult problems that this war has presented to medical science, ac- cording to a report issued by a Brit- ish-American medical commission has been sitting here. Cases of trench fever were reported from France as early as 1915, and the disease has been continually studied ever since, but the organism which caus it has not been discovered nor has any drug been found for its suc- cessful treatment. The American doctors believe that they have definitely established that trench fever is communicated by a body- louse, a fact which has been repeat- edly suspected by the British inve tigators also. i The fact that the discase Is growing more prevalent and is spreading from he trenches to the back areas is also noted in the report. The original cases were all among troops in the trenches, but the disease is now prev- alent on various lines of communica- tion and at the bases. Wven hospital orderlies and nurses are occasional vietin The actual crux of the discussion seems to be whether trench fever is a disease of man transmitted by the louse, or some disease among lice themselves which is transmissible. to men. If the latter, the cure would seem to he the eradication of lice, a gigantic and almost hopeless task in war time, If the former, the dis- semination of the disease comes down to a control of the human carriers, and probably an easier task. The commission recommends energetic actlon in the direction of greater per- sona] cleanline: which will also con- tribute ereatly to the general com- fort and health of the troops. (Correspondence of Press)—Trench Population Changes, Amsterdam, April 18.—W has produced some remarkable changes in the population and relative im- portance of big German eciti The five principal centers of the munition industr have suddenly mounted to places among the nine largest cities in German Before the war Munich was the third largest city in Ger- many, ranking immediately after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich has now dropped into seventh place, and Bochum. in Westphalian Prussia, has risen to third place, Bochum is the seat of great coal, iron and steel industries. In 1900 it had a scant 65,000 inhabitants. Now it boasts of more than 764,000, Dresden and Breslau, which were formerly the fourth and fifth cities in Germany, have fallen well behind Dortmud and Essen. An official tabulation of the chief population centers of Germany gives them in the following order: Berlin, 3,386,624; Hamburg, 1,014,- Bochum, 764,774; Leipzig, 763,- Cologne, 671,220; Duisbursg, Munich, 608,124; Dormund, Jissen, 562,50 Dresden, Breslau, 514,947; Dusseldorf, Recklinghausen, 444,160; 414,578; Konigshutte, Hanover, 407,800; Kiel, Chemnitz, 358,786: Nurem- 357,141; Stuttgart, 340,554: El- 339,400; Bremen, 2 65 68 619,80 568,054 531.6 449,643 Frankfort, 413,786; 370,8 bursg, berfield, Preparedness, New York, April 18.—~The Schoenberg, Germany, which adjoins Berlin, announced that it was planned to continue municipal feed- ing of the population after the war. This evoked numerous protests from mercantile assoclations city of Large Shoe Contracts. April 18.—Large be shortly placed in supplies of boots to the army in Fran it is an- In anticipation of these r leather supplies to man- of ¢ an shoes have been and stringent restrictions into force early next Londaon, tracts will land for American nounced quirements ufacturer urtailed will come month. con- Eng- MEASLES EPIDEMIC IN LONDON. (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) London, April 27.—Unusual preval. ence of measles and several minor children’s ailments London this as undoubtedly carrving of infected chil- id shelters. in due to the dren into air-r There is more Catarrh In this section the country than all other diseases put together, and for vears it was sup- posed to be incurable. Doctors pre- seribed local remedies. and by constant- ) ling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a loral disease, greatly influenced by con- utional conditi and therefore re- quires constitutional treatment. Hall's manufactured by F. J Toledo, Ohio. is a consti taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous urfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is’ offered for any case that Hal Catarrh Cure fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. . J. CHENET & CO., Toledo, Ohlo, Sold by Drugglsts, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. While the British German artillery, the terriflc hombardment hy are undergoing French ar the heavy rushing heavy ficld pieces tv che aid of the English. This picture shows: the type of field piece that is now be- FRENCH HURRYING HEAVY FIELD PIECES TO FLANDERS ders battlefield. Note the camou- I!m: used by the English on the Flan- ) flage on the gun CHURCH GROWTH IN CONTINENTALLS. A. In Ten Years Organizations In- | (rease Froul 212,280 to 228,007 Washington, May 9-—The bureau of ! the Census has recently completed a i compilation of the statistics of religi-! ous bodies - in continental United States as of the close of the year 1916 These statistics are collected decenn ally under the autharity of an act of Congress, the last previous collection referring to the calendar year 1906. The decennial census of religious bod- ies for 1916 covers numerous items of inquiry, and the full report, to be pub- lished in the near future, will afford comprehensive information regarding more than 200 denominations and will giv in addition, comparative stati tics for 1906 and 1890. The statis- tics have been collected mainly by co respondence with the local church or- ganizations, for the most part direct by the Bureau of the Census, but for certain denominations through some denominational officer or representa- tive. The figures contained in this pre- liminary statement, therefore, & based upon actual returns for the in- dlvidual churches, and, although some churches failed to make returns quested, the figures may be to represent a substantially camplete re- port for ch and all of the denomina- tions represented. The statement issued by Director Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census, gives preliminary figures, which arc subject to later revision, for six items only, namely, number of church or- ganizations, membe: ministers, Sun- day schools, Sunday school officers and teachers, and Sund school scholar: These preliminary statistics are pre- sented by principal denominations and families, and have been prepared un- der th supervision of William C. Hunt, chief statisticlan for population in the Bureau of the Census Church Organizations. The term ‘‘church organization” in- cludes any organization far religious worship which has a separate mem- bership, whether called # church proper, congregation, meeting, society, mission, station, or chapel, etc. The total number of church organi- zations in 1916, as shown by Table 1, was 228,007, as reported by 201 de- nominatians, counting the three branches of Baptists as separate and distinct. denominations and the inde- pendent miscellaneous congregations as the equivalent of one denomination. The report for 1906 showed a total of 212,230 organizations, as reported by 188 denominations, and that for 1890 a total of 165,151, as reported by 145 denominations. The difference in the number of de- nominations in 1916, as compared with 1906, is the net result of the con- solidation ar dropping out of 16 small denominations and the addition of 2 small denominations, the latter includ- ing those actually in existence in 1906, but not then brought to light, those resulting from the consoli ion of churches, many of whlch were report- ed in 1906 as “independent,” and those resulting from reorganization within existing denominations. The small increa in the of church organizations since due to a general tendency tow: solidation and conservation than expansion and to shrinkage and disintegration consequent on migrs tion among the poorer and immigrant classes, especially in the South and West. The large increase from 1839 ta 1906, on the other hand, due to more thorough investigation and more nearly compiete returns in 1906 to heavy immigration, and gen- eral effort toward denomin ex- pansion. | number 1908 is rd can- | ther | was tional Church Members. The term “‘members’ has of us Tn most Pratestant bodies it is limited to eommunicants or cor a variety firmed members: in the Roman Cath- olic, Eastern and some other churches it includes all baptized persons, while in some bodies it covers enrolled per- sons The whole number of members re- ported by all religious bodies for 1516, as shown by Table 1. was 044 as compared with a total for 1906 of 82,936,445, and for 1890 of 20,597,954 members. These figures show an ap- parent increase in church members since 1906 of 9,137,929, but allowance must be made for the difference in the membership of the Roman Catholic| i COMMUNION IN A TRENCH DUGOUT American soldiers in France par- taking of the communion in u trench dugout which i low the ground level. church as given for 1916, as compared with the figures used in the reports for 1906 and 1890. The membershi ot the Roman Catholic church cov as above stated, all baptized persons including infants, but in the reports for 1890 and 1906 a deduction of 15 per cent. was made to cover those un- der 9 years of age, as this was under- stood to bo the age at which the first communion is usually taken; but no similar deductions were made for the Fastern and other churches having a similar basis of membership, because of the very much smaller numbe volved. In providing for the pre census af religious bodies, however, decided, after most caveful con- sideration, to credit each denomina- tion with its total membership, irre- spective of the varying conditions of membership, whether of age or other- wise. On this basis of deduction, the total reparted membership of the Roman = Catholic church for 1890 (7,843,186) was reduced to 41,708, and that for 1908 (14,210,755) to 12,079,142, This made a difference for 1906 of 2,131,618 and, if this deduc- tion had not been made in the report for that year, the total membership of all religious bodies for 1006 wonld have been 35,068,058, indicating an in- creaso for the 10 years from 1906 to 1916 of 6,976,316, or 19.9 per cent. On a similar basis, the total membership of all religious bodies for 1890 would have been 21,689,432, representing an increase for the 16 years from 1890 to 1906 of 13,368,626, ar 61.6 per cent. Of the was denominations, the church reports, by membership, namely, of a total membership reported hy religious bodies for 1916 of 42,044,374, or 37.4 per cent. Besides the Roman Cathalic church, there are eight other denominations for each of which more than 1,000.000 members were reported 191 follows separate Roman Catholic far, the largest 1 262, out all . as { Baptists- Northern Convention Baptis Southern Cony Baptists Nat'l Convention (Colored) Discipies of Christ Methodist Episcopal . Methodist Episcopal 2 Presbyterian in U. . A..... 1 Protestant Episcopal 1 These cight ention denc tions Roman Catholic church together com- prised per cent. of the entire membership reported for al religious bodies in 1916 The three br of gether comprised but if all 17 Baptist bodies ble 1) are included. the membership increased Similarly, the two principa bodies together comprised members, but if all Method 17 in number, are included, the total Methodist membership is increased to 7.165.986. The Presbyterian church in the U. S. A., as shown by the above summary, is credited with members, but including the other nine Presbyterian bodies, the total Presby rian membership in 1916 w 439, As shown by Table 1, the 21 Lutheran bodies as a whole had a total membership of 2,436,265, of nehes 6.6 Baptists to- te is to Methodist 6,457 bodies st 1,618,056 « which 777,438 was reported for the Synodical Conference alone and 535,- 108 for the General Council. The membership given in Table 1 for the Jewish congregatlons requires some explanation. Some congregations reported as members all who contri- bute to the treasury of the congrega- tion and not' infrequently included women and children. The mare or- thodox, on the other hand, reported only those males who have incor- porated the institution or have bought a sharc or membership in it, but do| not recognize as members other per sons who are regular attendants {are even contributors. The member hip thus reported represents a total| for 1916 of 359,998 persons, but thi | figure is not comparable with that . given for 1906 (101,457), which then comprised heads of families only. ov Ministers. The number af ministers in Table 1, Is the result of informa- tion secured from various authorita- tive sources, either from published re ports or through correspondence Wit! representatives of the several denomi- nations. In general, they include o: thase who are duly authorized to ad- | | minister the sacraments and to per-| { form all of the usual functions of the ministry, whether or not in activ service as pastors in charge of | churches. he whole reported for tions having isters was { pared 036 1 ziven number of ministers, a the various denomina liarly ordained min- | in 1916, as com 1906 and 111,-! with 1890, Sunday Schools. statistics o re given in 1 those Sunda by churcl derived s returns f in tho various Sunday schools for bie 2 and include schools which are organizations before stated the individual denomina- The 1916 only conducted [hey are from the churches tiony | Of the 228,007 church organizations | for 1916, a report as to Sunday schools { was made for 185,933, or 81.5 per cent In 1906, there were 167,574 church or- | ganizations for which Sunday schools | were reported, representing per | cent. of the total number of church ! | organizations covered by the census, | namely 212 0. | The whole number of 4 schools reported by the 185 1916 Ticers scholars. The zave a total of 178,214 | day schools, with 1,648,664 officers : teachers and 14,683,997 scholars and statistics of these Sunday schoo | were secured for 1916, as was the cz in 1906, through the agency of the In ternational Sunday School associatio The total number of undenominat and union Sunday schools thus rc rted for 1916 was 12,513 with §9 75 officers and chers and 618,1 scholars. The rength of th | Bunday sche the country, bot denominational and undenomination 19016 represented by a total 789 Sunday schools. with 2,04 afficers and teachers and 20, schola The equivalent figur | for 1906 were 19 Sunday schools, 1,746,074 officers teachers, and 15 $11 scholars. i I ( 9 with 1,959,918 and and 951,675 for 1906 15 repor al P te: full )l of a6 Honest Advertising HIS is a topic we all hear now-a-days because so many people are in- clined to exaggerate. Yet has any physician told you that we claimed unreasonable remedial properties for Fletcher’s Castoria? Just ask them. We won’t answer it ourselves, we know what the answer will be, That it has all the virtues to-day that was claimed foritin its early days istobefound inits increased use, the recommendationby prominent physicians, and our assurance that its standard will be maintained. Imitations are to be found in some stores and only because of the Cas- toria that Mr. Fletcher created. But it is not the genuine Castoria that Mr. Fletcher Honestly advertised, Honestly placed before the public, and from which he Honestly expects to receive his reward. Genuine Oastoria always bears the signature of 4 BOY SCOUT NEWS The government is planning to start a Red Cross drive with a paradc to be heid in each city throughout the United States on Saturday afternoon May 18, in which the Scouts are tako part. Plan to come out per cent. in this parade. Let's have no excuses. Now is the time to door requirements done for ond and first class te: At a meeting of Troop 1 evening the following by voted upon: I hereby promise, 1. To .attend all Scout functions and meetings to my utmost abi 2. To pay dues promptly. 3. To procure Scout uniforms at the earliest opportunity and to wear get your out- laws were same at Scout meetings and functions. 4. To obey any order given Scoutmaster or patrol leader. Plans were made for the nea Ing at which a big feed. be received time. . The troop has presented a service by it was decided to New members will into the troop at have also flag with 11 stars to the church and a | silver loving cup to the former Scout- | his fare- | master, Rev, J. . well reception, SO DECEPTIVE Many New Britain Pcople Fail Realize the Seriousness, Backache is so deceptive It comes and goes—keeps guessing. Learn the cause—then cure it. Possibly it's weak kidneys. That's why Doan’s Kidney Iills are so effective. They're especially for weak or dis- ordered kidney: Here's a New Britain case. Mrs. R. Hopkins, 20 Bigelow says: “I had sharp, shooting pains right across the small of my back They bothered me mostly in the morning. When I moved a certain way or bent over it felt just like n knife being driven into my Dbacl Doan’s Kidney Pills soon gave me | lief and three boxes entirely cu me.” 60c, Co., Rees, at you St., a at all dealers. IFoster-Milh Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. ¥ P ———— i e T e 1 Clark & Brainerd to 100 | the sec- | Tuesday | t meet- | that | to | | soft Yz e The supper boys of Troop given hy Rev night, May 7. planning a hike for urday 12 enjoyed uteliffe Tues They are this coming day Bell into Donald ently enlisted ine service, Boy Scoutg of America have asked President Wilson te the country for black walnut trees. 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