New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1918, Page 8

Jew Britain Herald. — < .\ HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY. 5 Proprietors. \ | Isaued datly (Sunday exoepted) at 4:18 p. m. at Herald Bufldinz, 67 Church St. | Bntered at the Post OMce at New Britaln a8 Eecond Class Mail Matter. Deitvered by carrier to any part of the city L Yor 15 cents a weok, 85 conts a month. [ Subscription for paper to be sent by ‘mall, payablo in advance, 60 cemts & month, $7.00 a year. i - The onlv profitable advertising medium the city Circulation books and press rocm always opem to advertisers. erald wiil be found on sale at Hota- Th.lfin‘nliswl Stand, 42nd St. and Broas way, New York City; Board Walk, Af tantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS usiness Office ditorial Rooms Momber of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Prias is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all mews credited to it or not otherwise ovedited in this paper snd also the local news published herein. we acknowledge ng dictstors. —~DEMIEL WHRBSTER. . THE KED OROSS. [AXhough the .actnel campeign for Cross funds. does not commence ti Monday, the opeming gun will fired. this eveming at the Lyoceum hater, where @ nunter of speakers note will' be heard advocating the ge of the organization. Commis- jner WAshard, of the Red Oross pnission, who returned recently jm PFrance, will narrate what he mccomplished there by the nurses p are caring for the woumnded, and Uptegrove, a Canadian, who desperate fighting at Vimy Ridge, vell as near Lens, 1s to speak of noble and heroic work done by Red Cross sisters during those ter- engagements. Then, there will e mayor and Principal Marcus te, of the Normal school, and sing- by the Liberty Chorus. pterans of the Civil War, in uni- b, will be present, and delegations k the Home and City Guards wil attend. Furthermore, there will otion picture films exhibited de- Red vork in e under fire near the trenches. le occaslon this evening will be ing overture for the mammoth tomorrow Which most elaborate - g ‘actual Cross parade ises to be the stration of its kind ever held in einity. There will be floats ga- d thousands of harch through the streets in be- f the Red Cross campaign. One ‘ell imagine the thunderous which will be accorded the In composed of mothers who ens in France. & word about the flags: gl banner in the city should fly in honor of the day. On there been Cross paraders who re- Every ow occasions ags which were not flown for ason or other, but let's get to- and have every single flag in ritain out tomoryow. We will honoring the nation, the bovs here,”” the mothers over here, B Cross, and the flag itself. there be more worthy incen- unfurling the Stars and have pr ROSS PARADE TOMORROW. BILD. scored OVERMAN ent Wilson has The opposition to the an- otory. bill which invests him with ; to reorsanize governmental ents and agencies as he seces when the of lswept aside and taken, the number . was ised in opposition fvely fow. One Wilson not to it were by one, brushing aside inclined to in his meth- through 1s o aro give entire support iding this country And that is as it should be. responsible head of this na- should have the support senator resentative and in and those who clear to ust make room otically inclined. htroversies which followed petion of the Overman bill, comes forth bigger of the loyval country. cannot, their for others After the see giving him Wilson and assured the entire PARADE TOMORROW. MAY 24, from today is the third of the entrance of Italy jar. For three years Italy od the assaults of Austria For three years Italian been fighting for the jch we went to war a & year ago. Those who jpictures of the feats aoc- by the Italian chausseurs i & terrible period these } from today in honor of It: N DATLY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1018 three years have been to our Ally. And not only have the endured untold hardships. brave troops { The ple at home have been victims peo- of the ruthless airplanc raids executed by We have this coun- | the central powers not been forces. attacked here in try, therefore we 1t into cannot realize what means to have the war b But of the ought home territory we can show our appreciation bravery and valor of the I the anniversary of ians by that country’s en- May 24, The temperamental obscrving v the p trance into Ttallans responsive of pleasure if they know that tend to make this day by a fitting observance of the historic | j date which much to them. |t The best wa indi- ! ! cate our i the Italian army and the Italian peo- ple is by complying with the request ; issued from Washington, that we wear buttonhole one week Tt will | be a little matter, but it will mean a are very and It will give them no end : we in- one marked means so - sympathy in which we can and gratitude to a flower In our great B i T TOMORROW, PERSHING IN COMMAND. The first American datly communique has been issued from the headquarters of Expeditionary Forces, and simultaneously with its publication comes the announcement that along the sectors were American troops predominate in numbers over their French and British American officers will be in command. Here are two more bits of evidenco that our men and their ing welded closer and closer together i'nthe battle for freedom. The Amer- ican people have been waiting patient- { 1y for separate muhnique and at last it has appeared. Heretofore we have had to be content with weekly war statements fssued by Secretary Baker, and while these bul- letins kept us well informed as to the trend of events in the theater of war, there was no good reason why should not have a special communic: ton from General Pershing just as the French British people have thelr war news at breakfast from the of their mies. And now that General Pershing and his aides are to command con- tingents includin our Al- lles, there will be an addltional inter- est in his daily the Allies official our comrades, Allies are be- | a American com- we and headquarters respective ar- soldiers of bulletins. Gradually rdinating their forces and resources, and that means that the day of reckoning with Ger- many is no far off, are oco- RED CROSS PARAD E TOMORROW. Don't forget to Red Cross. fiy the flag for the Mr. land pea Asquith announces that Eng- Is ready to listen to honorable talk. That eliminates Germany, When Mr. Hughes begins the air- craft production investigation there Will be no mercy shown to the guilty ones. i « Mr. Gerard says the Kaiser him he would stand for * from America.” told no nonsense Congress, take notlice. Down in Washington they are talk- Ing of reviving some old bills. Hope they don't overlook Mr. Sunday and Mr. W. J. Bryan. The phenomenal number of is a tribute increase in the ships completed recentiy the new head of the shipbuilding hoard, Chas. M. Schwab. to George Creel has C his recent alleged slur- | ! Wonder if they'll “kiss | now? apologized to Congress for ring remarks. and make up, b n a hot tion. New York state they are having old fight about the situa- It they get too warm over it they will probably adjourn to the ice houses and cool off ice t to B James In a communication York World a Mr. late the Henderson, New | writing of the Bennett, says: officlal Gordon “He was ever the un- ambassador of i patriotism Ame ideals ana (Whatever abroad.” that means.) Reports today state that 2,200 Ger- mans interned at Mot Springs, N. ¢ mutinied on learaing that they transferred to army Hot Springs, it irm a nearly were to be i And, probable ts. being at that a P is had by all time was | host of Midian and and smote it that Last summer the Kaiser promised the German people equal suffrage. the Reichstag squelches the amendment which provides for one But then, what's Now vote for every man. a Kaiser's promise? | whent sibly to Norwich Bulletin. hand out on trying to get voyage to France and successful tacked torpedoed and can’t may be the safest | to travel in.—Springfield Republican. abject can. To Fatherless, Pitiful Gave Than o How “i‘he fruit ‘We may for Something « But never, The i due to a collision and it is Fort instruction of barley.. 1 dream hold, turned it, that the tent lay the use of barley flour thou ting some AND PANCIE farmers have adopted a ion slogan that sounds ILE IS Dt Biscuit bullet! (P Western proc busines ot odd sensation when you nd have to Springfleld How much News A blind man has offered his ser- Yices to the country on the plea that f he cannot shoot he can wash dishes. And he's wider awake and can see he country’'s needs better than many wo-eyved men.—New Haven Union. flowers You cannot Iay on the graves of our heroic dead buried In “rince, but every Thrift Stamp you buy a practical tribute to their reroism and helps toward avenging heir Lilling. w York Herald. is Now that Count von Luxburg has last sailed from Argentina pos- Berlin will find work in Holland or Scandinavia.— it do What's hecome oned railroad the who old-fash- used to of lawyer sses to judg Pate Press-Guardian. lators 7— son The unsinkable ship should keep torpedoed. Its fi return was un- U-boat at- wants to be because A ship no t. that Slowly Russia learns that Germany does not mean to let it have even an peace.—Springfield Republi- Simple Tife” of the passive few days before rned The author of “The as not an advocate life. It was only a his denth th Amerlca that &0 leading a quiet life when iniquity is flooding the earth is to become an accomplice of iniquity New York Sun. When the Kaiser hears that the French war cross has been awarded to Licutenant Meyer of Milwaukee he will almost despair of the republic.— New York World. PENNIES. iy i (By Thegdosia Garrison of The Vigilantes) (Paris, Jan. 8,—Children of the pub- llce £chools of Paris have sent cir- culars to the school children throughout France subscribe one cent each for the adoption of American war orphans. The movement was introduced at the | Bercy School in Paris in recogni- tion of the action of American school children in adopting French war orphans). Jeanne and Pierro Marie Are sending sea “Les they, and the little their pennies over the petits Americalns,” left as comfortless in a day. Pitiful pennies—yet each must seem Like the hoarded wealth of a miser's dream B To these who have cheerless davs to live Before that penny is theirs to give. pennies- a more thing, The cholcest gem Jeanne, Marie. yet never a king wonderful, perfeet of his Pierre and freasury the littla courteous at is the can we eves hearts and generous, you send to us, with undimmed ving take of your he ot In the coming years horror and pain and tears as long as love may s coin in the outstr ind, little hand. te canne and Plerre the Mar. e sending their sea. and MNttly o pennies over tha Afrplane Accidents. are too many fatal it the training cam record reaches five in th . and two death ‘anada. There ween the (' dian that m of The deaths in S irplane To- coun are reported from difference be- ceident and our sinister signifi- Ontario were wn be ance ir to con- ‘lude were purely But at Worth, at L at Dayton, fell, killing accidental wton (Oklahoma), of the planes pilots, dropped nd hat ach their from low altitudes, one from only 150 feot reported when the men were doin nd. the above grot that In engine a one case it is topped spiral.’” Nor this the first series of such tragedies. Fort Worth has had simi- lar experiences hefore. Why? Old-Time Barley Bread. (Waterbury American) We find more entertainment in an editorial of rtant on the revived refers to its use in Bi- finds this verse in the es to give an idea of its than tho Hartford Co use ble times : Book of Jud quality “And when Gideon 10ld, there was come, be- s a man that told a unto bis fellow, and said, I I dreamed a dream, and lo, a .ake of barley bread tumbled into the came unto a tent it foll and over- long.” approve of h admit- preparing it But it takes this Bible cvidence that its density it serviceable a pro- W The Courant seems to difficulties in for e soul ctile, bread a9 make BO | Daily | for him | s and legis- | asking them to | 1ed | The New Haven Road. (New Hidven Journal-Courier) | _The Interstate Commerce commis- | slon bas at last listened to the appeal | { of the New IHaven railroad and has | granted certain incre! in_ freight | and passenger rates. Tt has done | however, with a reluctance that blos- | i soms forth in a criticism of | the road’s management. This part af | the finding of the Interstate Commerce | | commission sounds like old times; but, | in view of the literature the old | | times, it is difficult to understand why it was thought to further | color the droaping lily The Dpeople of this of the | country need no additional instruction {In the kind of railroad management which resulted in the culmination of dividends and the consequent distrust of its owners. They know the whole story just as well as the members of the commission. We know it so well ! that we are quite capable of looking after our welfare better than we did | before. What we are now interested in is the future of the company, not it all as stockholders, but as citizens and producers of New England. We are ready to assume that it has learned its lesson and is willing to ree that the way to make it do its | best service is to concentrate on oper- ation and not inflation 1t vet to be proved that the plan of nizing the of transportation in New { ‘England which set forth by Mr. ! Mellen is not the best adapted for New | England, which is an entirely different | question from that of the methods which are employed to bring it into existence. The evils of the past had to do Wwith methods, underfaking to do the right thing in the wrong way. There is no reason to doubt the | future of the New Haven railroad it it has a fair show, on the one hand, jand receives, on the other hand, the | conscientious attention of those placed { in charge of it It is of vital interest, | or rather concern, to industrial and | agricultural intere of this section of the country, and to the country at large, that it should receive bath. What ii needed, if anything be needed { from the. federal government, is con- structive counsel, not destructive crit- jcism. a Lustic necessary | i section is or lines was | AL S - | Good News About Russia. | (Boston Post) ! We nave had sa much that we are loath to | credit good reports. The latest dis- patches say that the Soviet govern- ‘ment is more and more realizing that there can be no real peace with the Germans, that the Kaiser's govern- ment, of all the natlons in the world, Is their greatest enemy and the on'y large pawer in Europe which covets an inch of their soll. Germany is re- ported to be feeling nervous ‘about developments across her northern | frontier. | At the same time, according to dis- | patches, the Bolshevik rule is becom- [ ing more and more firmi established | Officials on strike are- returning to work. Army and navy-officers of high | rank are helping in the dévelopment of the large Red army.” The land; | owners and other men of means are realizing the futility of thelr hostile ttitude amd are reorgafizing their i lives. | Russia under the Romanoffs was de- I n d, as was France In the 18th century. Russia was prostrated by the revolution, as was France in 1792 Rusgla will rehabilitate herself as did France. It will take time, and no man can tell how long; but one fact is certain. Red Russia and autocratle Germany are far apart politically and so completely different in thelr viewpoint that a conflict between the two is Inevitable. A Bigger Baltimore. (Coricord Manitor) ! Baltimore’s suc in getting through the Maryland legislature a bill | adding about 50 square miles of ter- ritory to the city and bringing fts vopulation up to an estimated figure of nearly 750,000 at the same time that it doubles its physical size is be- ing taken by some rival citles as an unfair maneuver. Some of the burbs annexed by Jaltimare protested strongly, bu 1 body ealled the Non- Partisan Gr Raltimore City E: tension league effected its purpose. Not long ago Pittsburgh also annexed its suburbs, willy-nilly. Tn 1910 Bal- timore, Pittsburgh and Cleveland were all neck-and-neck in the race for rani s the sixth city, Clevel leadin the census figures gave RBaltimore 155 people. Pittsburgh 533,905, {and Cleveland 560,663. Naw Cleveland rival far outdistancing it un- half-dozen outlying suburban re also brought into-Greater ind. A Dbill designed to let the majority the Cleveland metropo! tan district determine the govern- ment’s status of the whole was re- jected by the last session of the Ohio | legislature, sticklers for the right of self termination by small communi- | It is to he brought up again at first opportunity bad news from Russia 0 so su- its a tow Cleve in ties the Fears For Our Economic Policy. (Engineering and Mining Journal.) Onr economic policy is based on the that inflation must be avoided costs. We a pro- price-fixing. Price-fixing and another arti- hecomes necessary. This the non-essen- upon business theory at all gramme of checks production fical measure s called eliminating tials. Then the blight spreads. The logical conclusion is the happy state of the natives of the South Sea Island who lived by doing each other’s washing. But the natural law cannot he ballked any more than water can be made to run up hill. It will sweep | away the whole price-fixing policy, whether administration wants it or not enter the The Atlantic Powers, (Boston Tferald) A significant phrase was used re- cently by Roland Usher in referring to the Allies as “the Atlantic Pow- lers.” They must so consider them- | . and so constitute themselves if are to exist fiee from The report of the British naval au. thorities on submarine sinkings b Germany emphasizes this: the total tonnage destroved, includine Rrit- | ish, allied and neutral, was given as 12,443,722, or more than one-fourth of the whole world’s supply of ocean- going craft. Germany “‘got the jump" on the rest of the world by her de- ‘.vempmentmt:thesnmpon. + menace. | | vour bit! The McMillan “Always Reliable” Saturday “Red Cross Day” | Featuring a Special Sale of Silk Coats, Suits and Dresses They're exceptional values. Every garment brand new, made of the best quality Silk Taffetas, all sizes in the lot. This is a great purchase made in New York from one of the lead- The colors are copen, navy and black. Entire lot to go oR¢ $25.00 BACH THE NEW WASH DRESSES are here in the most appealing styles. Among them are several smart creations of ginghams and other desirable warm weather wash fabrics; also wash suits of pique and, gabardine. 5 WOMEN’S TAILORED SUITS In two Special Clearance Lots. SATURUAY $25 for Suits worth §35 $30 for Suits worth $40 At these two clearance prices you can buy high grade tailored suits of all wool serge and poplin at about what you would have to pay today for the materials alone. No garments car- ried over from one season to another has been the policy of this store. Choose from these suits Saturday. Colors, navy, black, tan and grey. RED CROSS APRONS for the big parade in New Britain Saturday. LARGE 'KERCHIEFS for making Red Cross Caps. TURKEY RED—WHITE FABRICS and BUNTINGS FOR PARADE UNIFORMS AND DECORATIONS. SEASONABLE GLOVES SILK GLOVES—Black, white and colors, 79¢c, 89¢c, $1.00 to $1.50 pair. LISLE GLOVES, b59cpair. o CHAMOISETTE GLOVES, washable, 79c to $1.25 pair. KID AND WASHABLE CAPE GLOVES, $1.69 to $2.50 pair. KNIT UNDERWEAR WOMEN’'S UNION SUITS, in all styles, 59c to $1.50 suit. CHILDREN’'S UNION SUITS, 50c to 89c suit. MEN’S UNION SUITS, “Carter” make, $1.50 suit. MEN’S NAINSOOK SUITS, 69c to $1.15 suit. SEPARATE VESTS, PANTS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS, in all styles. Largest assort- ment of Knit Underwear in New Britain, representing only the well known, reliable kinds. (Our prices are reasonable.) “BONTEX"” THREAD SILK HOSE FOR WOMEN. Saturday pair. special . $1 '50 (Regularly sold at $1.75.) tore ’ [ncn o ] ing silk garment manufacturers. SALE SATURDAY specially priced at voiles, “LEYTON" y | FIBRE SILK and THREAD SILK HOSE, 790 PAIR. Specially priced Black, white and colors. Regulars and outsizes in black and white. reglon where no “important” towny were held and occasion less alarm among people at home than it causes retiving a few hundred vards and p a place with a name. matter of fact, most of the the war disintegrated area towns no longer. They are heaps dismal ruins and may have but actual ic values. They landscape gardener under Dr. Wang's dirvection is already drawing plans for a system of flower gardens and banks of shrubbery at the stations, and it is also intended to reforest the hills along the line so that the scenery everywhere will be attractive. Within a year or so Dr. Wang feels he will are be able to get out an advertising of folder that will attract the tourist two traveller threugh the heart of China. ) may be centers of communication Gl and supply lines or they mav hava topographical features that lend | themselves admirably to purpose of defence. In this war of mighty shifts by mighty organizations no army per= mits {tself to become dependent upomn ny one canter or system of commun- ication and supply. An alternative or substitute system is always in or can be prepared and utilized on demand. Consequently the real value of a place with a name is exactly that of a place with- out a name—topographical. It is cither good killing ground or it is not. In the capture of “towns” such as Tleul, Neuve Eglise, Wulverghem, the Germans have achieved littla more than a sentimental advance and have paid an awful price for that. As the British back slowly over tha battlefields tha streams run red to tha sea with the best blood of Germany. The Kaiser and his people haye p price already that they cannot af« ford to pay, and they must go on paying—without gaining the victory that Hindenburg promised for tha million young men slain. CITY ITEMS There never was a more hypoeriti- cal phrase used in all the devious parleyings of diplomacy than “free- dom of the seas’ from the lips of German officials. What they mean, and what they intend, is freedom of the seas for themselves alone; what other nations will share in the way of freedom 1is well indicated by their magnanimous offer to tha Unifed States, to allow one ship a week to proceed from our shores to Fngland, if suitably striped and starred with our national colors! “Tne Atlantic Power. 1 <hores or whose extensive s touch the 'Atlagtic. The Include all those FEuropean na- at war'with Germany, and the South and Central American na tions as a whole, also all of Af most of which is under the d sovereignty or protection of allled Powers. Their Interests —are identical in the preservation of the real freedom of this great common highway. for the free transmission of their varied products, without tolls and restrictions or the assaults of modern piracy and the hu\(sr‘;l]m:nmxe: e S bjeots. Tha q murder nlf “::f)-‘qf::l ,33.‘71 which :‘nn‘—‘ | Tories. Why, in the new 7revolt perhaps the Breficy oM e decided. It | arainst autocracy, should he be led mobieniad Ly the Tories of this war? Rl There Is more to it than the fact that farmers are being misindged he- cavse of the character of their lead- In other periods, when farmers had grievances such s they now say they have, they were able to furnish from thelr own ranks the leadership which brought redress. Now it ap- pears that they must go afar, among those hostile to nearly all the prin- ciples in which the farmer believes Tt is to be hoped that this will not Tong be the case; that farmers will vert to the old-fashioned custom rearing their own leaders on their soil and in their own communi- Far wiser and safer will they be than they are now. by giving As a towns in str a Farmers and Leadership. (From the Milwaukee Journal.) In defence of the Farmers' Non- | partisan league it is urged that what- ever the leaders have said or may be caying now, the farmer members themselves are patriotic. Enlistments, bond subscriptions, increased acreage, and support of the war in general ! ve pointed out as proof of this These facts are undoubtedly true. And since they are, the query arises “Why the leaders? Why should | triotic farmers be marshalled by | W. W.s or soctalists?” In Revolu- tionary days, when the farmer “fired the shot heard round the world,” he not fight under the leadership of are all those in- list will tions now readiness rect the the Watch the Flies. (Baltimore American.) unswatted female files, if they can find undisturbed deposit material for their oggs, will produce a hundred million of flies by the mid- dle of August. This is no exaggerated estimate—it is probably far below the potenifallty of increase. Left free ana | given advantageous conditions, the one thousand unswatted female iesfl of mid-April will have a great-grand- children offspring by mid-August The possible ratlo of increase simply ex- hausts mathematical calculation. A close sink, a neglected stable, meat or fish scraps from the table thrown carelessly in the backyard—all manner garbage uncleanliness—will breed The war on the fly—it is every- wa Join the crusade! Do { A thousand Always more for less Leland's—that's all—Advt Buy your seed potatoesand fertiliz- er at Stanley Svea Grain and Coal Co, advt. at Besso« of own ties then Always more for less Leland's—that's all.—Advt. Red Cross Commissioner Wishard has message right from French front, Hear him at Lyceum tonight.—Advte The Kavanaugh Shop, 40-46 Pratt St., Hartford, is selling a limited num« ber of tailored cloth suits at very special prices.—advt. at Bease« ‘'owns” such No lLonger, (Chicago Evening Post) Places with names—that is about | all that differentiates Ypres, Bailleul, Givenchy and other war shattered landmarks of the battie area ffrom the surrounding territory. In the 1inds of those who read about the tles these places with names have sentimental and, to a degree, value tly out of propor- their itegic © value. An might retire ten miles over a hody's Raihway and Scenery. cast West). | as the Peking-Han- ( railw is known, is to be one of China’s attractions to foreign travel, according to Dr. C. C. Wang, jts enterprising managing director. A Chinesce (From Empire Line, Always Leland's— more that's for less all.—Aavt Miss Elizabeth M. Eliot is the guest of Mrs. George A. Hooker. e v a at Bessod moral tion to army gre