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failed to l@king over the 8th, the date ‘As “The Courant ¢ day, it was a casc somebody's bluff— @t of the strike leader or esident of the telegraph Pany. The administration to the aid of the strike sr and asked him to please off what might never on. Of course, he ented It not appear he had any objection to of- The public would have liked 1d which was bluffing iew of the learned thoughts set the the Kindly w party first of above last sentence par- With Its nelghbor A part we find the ly delicious y, our ecsteemed as- the role of which, the the mouthpiece for the who or whatever hay instance. the be in present events, I City contemporary iked to find which Usually our neighbor pro- difficult to Inas public, i. e would party was questions more but this one is easy. as the matutinal message from rd purported first to know ut the and then in the ntence fell horribly, Jature the humble opinion that Jighbor at the other end of the 7" line was doing a good bit of luffing”. And we may add that it comes tndulging this r pastime, eur esteemed example than to at case, down so to in con- ary can set an as Irvin Cobb “whicher". used s jis no TS OFF TO MR. BAKER. every so often we have the nd patience to peruse the col- of the hve just ld by discovering the following therein: Congressional Record. done so and were re- July 2 Newton D. Bake Rerotary of War, Washington, D. C ar Mr. Secretary Your let- in response to one from m pesting a summar of military evements since t declara- of war, and particularly dur- the past twelve months, was to the Committee on Mili- Affairs at a meeting this 1918 there were t this bteen p of pon ornia cted ee to artment our yns upon the plishments a meetin out of twenty-one present motion of Mr. Kahn of 1 was unanimously in Chairman of the com to you and vouu congratu- a total member. extend hearty ac by rkable letter, instructed 3 interesting was further e these facts al Record take great personal ommunicating to you t of the committee. 7Ath highest regards, rs very sincerely, H. DENT. JR Chairman very in the Cong pleasure Dent is che of Military Cong gressman rman ouse Committec Mr Californta belie istration on AT Kahn is essman who, though not a the Mr. War, in or- erat, supporting at times of recently who. Secretary France a trip to to get first-hand information our tho paker who overseas forces, sanie has been so unjustly ‘Topean centers. Col. Roosevelt and other finders b there is the ito a | have real, Maybe others, fithat fact B was criticised just Baker, until t ur appear BE inio hix own who imagine e known 8 war, Congre of live realization a too, Ihe Sec- ac- naval forces ridiculous, S VISIT, n will ound fhat Fcderal it Scoville ifood to of local grocers the Chamber of Mr. of is evening. the intention Bration of local lizing is of ek or s to keep house- ithe premises and from avaricious ood prices proposed to commodities oftener in ht to work out “has Furopean ery ‘directly just in foreign affected i Ratter of food. y udprecedented heights: Pod riEte f ed to death, such a pass rtunes while and af- that ty seat or capital city it essary to appoint ts to control the es published %’ & customer could appeal Uthorities if he had been ove rged. tly from profiteers in various o in govern- sittiation. the to D were in The writer has suffered di- Du- he In Germany paid one dollar a pound for butter; in Po- sugar, l | into consideration usual | land, the same price for a pound of and in Sweden, $15 for a pound of tea! True, there was a more pro- nounced scarcity of the articles men- tioned in those countries than in the United States at It of profiteering, investigation disclosed officials the present time. result too often fact that league We been government in with the , piratlcal that, similar tradesmen are surc while there have a few cases in this country, the Ameri- fair- desire to squeeze an extra penny of profit out of the customer's purse. Whe the countless num- bers of tradesmen in this country, the to be prosecuted on these grounds has been average can business is that he man eminently minded and has no one takes average of cases which had very small. We are fortunate like Mr. Scoville, and Mr. protect in hav- ing capahle men our state administrator, Far- ley, his local agent trade to us from unfair gunmen” who would {ake undue advantage of the Mr. Sco- productive of ben- to the d We are will be both situation. sure that ville's visit eficial results to the dealers a customers. Going ? out to the If present indications are reliable, the country 1919, will go dry on January 1, Only six months left, boys An exchange carried a headline this morning like this: “Two Girls Injured At Bridge”. Must game. have ben a rough Went to the theater last night and had to listen to a trapeze performer try to sing. acrobat. As a vocalist, she was an excellent entia e s Eliminated. in Dress Will —Headline. We that the starched shirt and included that Be hope and trust collar be will under category 1t =i that ute the clothing situa- tion is so in Germany that the workingmen find it impossible to buy a suit of clothes. Maybe Krupp s will soon resemble the Garden of Eden All and talk Pan-Germanism this about Pan-Germans leads us to be- lieve that a number of people in this country would like to form a society having as its purpose to “pan’-Ger many. That new reeruit the 51- in his sooks doesn’t seem adapted for in Marine Corps who stands 6 feet inches the trenches Boston Globe. Yes but in an emergency he could be used a5 camouflage periscope. \ oficial of German account of states he ation Mirbach The von that result of a preliminary in- that Entente rmits the the assumption of the affair.” doubt quiry p ents in service in the Berlin the e implicated 2: - When in blame Allies by the Federal serman ownership of York will lot who The exposur Gov- ernment of the 1 prominent New daily open the eyes of a of people never took much stock in talk about German propagands. i 1o Prices { NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY g, 1018, Stand . before the igment )1 ju eat, There in forth worthy acts, feal with balance every With fiendish troth; And pray Him: “Is it ali Have I rained e il wrought ro broken or uaught? « have Welght loosened book knee With looted chi Lulture inst bestinl dipt, Hear monks and maids wail: * naugh have ruir and unbent mcels, altars stript. philosoph hands in Your lore G murder for You ed more than you have wrought."” . est note still the wrath waves, ‘Then poise “ring"'—jour To of trench And of shuttlc To. placate million lark, Spars and souls naught; e ruined more pleas ar, devote hastened wes, cry: ' 'Tis for You 1 than you have wrought Heaven's “Well done!" your sins of hate cruel course you've Your jewels pile to To win the coveted Beyond will rise To prove the run, Peter have ruined wrought John P, Public naught; have Tekel, "Tis more than You Erwin Philadelphia Ledger. in FACTS AND FANCIES, Nearly every man dog: “His father cost a dollars.”—Capper's Weekly his thousand ays of Strong peace German man sa) Headline, ful that it's going to be made strong for her that she won't he able to break it.—Philadelphia North erican. Kuehl- We're hope- aim, S0 mday is a holiday but man never knows how tired he until Monday morning.-——New Haven Union a Saving these days requires all the well defined points of a professional financier.—Middletown Pre After centuries of autocracy and a brief but exceedingly diz while at democracy, Russia, it seems, is des- tined to wind up as a Problem.— Macon Teleegraph. The Declaration of Independence is just another ‘scrap of paper”, but Kaiser Bill will soon learn its signi- ficance——*scrap” is our middle name! —Paterson Press Guardian. The allied line demonstrates by ex- ample how small a thing is confusion of tongues nzainst singleness of pur- pose.—New York World Kerensky is headed this Gradually one by one they to us when in trouble.- Post. way too. all turn Bridgeport 1t was expected that in his Mount Vernon speech the president would announce this country’s policy toward Russia.—New York Tribune s should have 2lings of states Cartoonist Bri for the f ome people who live in bone dry and quit drawing pictures of golfers quaffing highballs at the end of a perfect day. Birmingham Age-Herald regard Our ideal of real music is the sound of coal running down a chute into one's cellar. There are discords if it happens to go in the other fellow's house.—Meriden Record. The best way to get a good rousing salute from the small boy element July Fourth, is to appeal to the au- thorlties to stop mnolse in front of your house.—Paterson Press-Guar- dian, Waterbury tenants Paris tenants government from paying rent since the war has been in will coneclude that war ecan bring compensation after all Waterbury Republican. that of excused who hear at the direction have been in the progress A patch on the pantaloons wus once not far removed from disgrace, in public estimation. Now it is one of the minor decorations of war Seattle Post Intelligencer. The German secretary for forelzn affairs laments that the allies are not ready for though ‘“‘repeatedly” offered and “despite the brilliant suc- cesses of our arms.’ been offered peaco giving Germany and yet convict thirstiness and continuing to fight ocrat. peace he allies have the price of all she wants themselves of blood- wgratitude Waterbury Dem- at nearly bhase by The responsible which subordination of the woman is for many the ills with society suffers. Better and earlier marriages will he promoted by the cconomic independence of wo- man, and a whole train of social dis- ense thereby be destroved. In other times before hours were shortened nd work made easier hy machinery and the erection of wonderfully light ed and ventilated plants, the labor of women was at the expense of the family. The mother borne down by toil, not the mother of daughters of the hest. of sons and Bridgeport was Sen | ors ! tor ! ( Reject Cloture Again. rom the Brooklyn Kagle.) Conservatism won once more in the vote of the United States senate feating by 41 to the Underwood proposition to limit debate to speeches of hour each main questions |and twenty minutes each on amend- The vote was not on party Twenty-nine republicans and democrats made up the one on | { | ments. lines. twelve pority. ma- | evnment | ploym Am- | Labor Regulated. (Boston bor supply nine. Or another, o wid causing work number the « i profited hampered and n ith « f workers t the Nort One month hs in gainst f st ipp A to e i industry 1t wip work tim vere so roads the its d the from te trics employing in ompelled Taby th th ployment Service, i " more mon Thi trivuting inelhig the d of 1ment trol . mate he tec t1 of t 1t labor! the country i tration ffective heed tion of has a | hut net \ measure of distvihntio compnl 0 one ean compl tells him he place than in when the him the job. ed to mobilize in one Ty ding obiig pec and possibly f our arni ard in can mor where the unemploye nt, it can of A s one ind and tening lahor or the flow region at cost of Paris and (London Daily Mail xcellent leading England were Paris, and force, and urged think what they would mans were a good d London than is Brigl how the men of milita still embusques would in a self- of any longer t selves. “We have out Whitehall gnd we en our due proportior sons.”” “A wait will demonsirate shirkers,” « A try town on market an untapped By some exirao however, the most c sible examples that t could produced dropped the Spec of 1 were paroxysm of trying in the a lin; have out of ere punish than artic France; It was written not reservoir,” Globe.) LS been ry a du h o shift in ling of tt non-ess e the Later deplete unable he Midd iy than comp 100 to obtain e Teder Latev ied leral Ry its ind ntting off is new i d Jlatsible simip re for sion, and 0 promi N in If is mo ar Zovermr we trial oy he allowe the pric yment d b see direct th P frox neigh )ly and e its Ireland. tator) Muesdiy le entitie if T Englishme do if eal “near 1ton”"—%o0 ry age wl rush defence shelter vet have 1 of to i o e no it to any day will ete misfo ary zent of he Daily scerms to article to 1 wit far Whitehall presence feast 15 bid ing higher we large he in- tition We all i com skil the ries their e and sound, | yther, 1 A eere m ad d, CTE ondon th fire 3 rer think | 10 are arms )stead them- mbed tak mer itself of t coun- show rtune, 1 pos Mail have may be more men to be had from de- partments carrying on essential work be more the lu sources and there may be taken from out these two and never say a worc is an incredible piece of clumsiness Has the Daily Mail really oversight. disingenuo suppose t Mr. Lloyd Geor now remind hi reservoir in impor become dled helped cannot untapped the paramount Mr. Lioyvd George sisted” 50 as to n Hi have the Ame to provide strength? W “Necessary (Boston What Go in orderx necessary of it now in f Who can be millians that will be 1 sman Kahn is of of 8,000,000 me as a minimum er says that in six the American army 3,000,000 men, of who drafted, and he antic sary increase, saying go on, as England hac ing this (drafting) or ta time to includ tions.” Senator ready by enroliing tween 18 and 45 years the Provost Marshel G favor this long step. vill be necessary limits Class trants, numbering 2,4 exhausted early in War Department went 2 and 4 it wonld play dustry and agriculture heard the British wrestling with these they come home to convineing the most that the war i will draw heavily the It is impossible to e the strength of the that will be needful success of temo We must iu the circumstances and sacrifice victory force of (Chicago We must malke the situation shall gladly measure of every fighting It the finishing America’s pare for the battle she must fustest.’ her were sure of force need adc ev o because e o a serio of people the o on, dem resolute, adding « to until frecdom Evenin up sacrifice a last over if malke we ful by Trish ta he step 1erifi job, it of “get She on too 1919 the will or mo; find vounger sons as those from 21 to New York's Bla (From the New Today th eason is penin bass bro come to be the Ame the angle fishing, trollin casting or fly foe to deal The black reg fiitshing, with bass litera himself ares less tha France broaden 1919 for we glad ¥ farmer so but tc man- Tr ud of 1 about us or becat pov s0 m of - the Ireland tance of cr rald.) roase, srican peo an army /e do not mi the numt cquired ? opinion t n is ‘“wh General C weeks from will n m 2,000,00 ipates a that “we 1 to do rder from ditional o wou ery of age. T neral do e belie 1 of the 28,000, w ind into havoc W and wi Al al juestions ursel lethargic n the resc stimate e American the ult cratic na by ste ind, con rort nd victor makn whelming Past.) mind s it advi forward ! now o ple save off proc America biz line 1920 stest or men her olde to 31 ck Bass. ork Sun.) g of ze b N fish 1y had to has man th classes ns to power reland or mud- it it 't upon which n- 1se ple to | the Ger- to | 7 dough, worms and other primitiev lures sald harsh and unkind thin ut the various ways in which the fish i now 1othing but pr The It fore he w of se sought black bas w ins in es aw fat orm n unhaited hool In v omin e has vater ission s to hore | moutt |23 an | 1 in his v 18, abandoned ic car speri 10t 1eretofore propa sections This v il among ¢ angli motion fishermen sets, loubtec in it results hese s in hellgram- T 1 ; and it swin ly time over take rork ures umily, protecting re the Tning, erva The for and intru a h have the ion no ping | the sion rop; s take not state ba 0 t to conservation protection having been lezislature, rom t. anglin thou Aso inds them fishing from the of 1 the 1 of bass fisherman happier ated, for de- over lack arge in 11 make the lot One Year of Food Administration. The T continue fee of ti fe keep Atm seople ed th d th her 1 nue ed o to o to d Al to e e hur and live It ow 1o these lies that fight sy in that n they soldiers things they Belginm may o By willing service of may and thiat they may ®ant nothing prices steady and the flow of distribution even that the poor at hon e m ay he nourished feel the pinch of hunger. The sity, wh howl | save t | for government funds There | an ho sarder vinter vision, money AN conser Mili every All | taimin way Foo abor, th of the | zive t speak Hions. rer of Con- hat a at we rowd- now umber )0 are neces- must extend- time cupa- 1d get be- hough es not | it age regis- in if bhe the th in- wh Now surely mind which xactly army imate tions sacrifice th t ffered annot For thar v ar pre-eminently hether its way to popularity. For thirty years ago, .in some gections, anglers using 1} the War ports. wear shall iving acl giv cay or Ame war n the sh act 1 from Ame the | sustair to A doing | e | Ame to suj Nati and d terribl learnir e & ducts t high March in t than t Tmoun the fo e 191 the De arley and The Minne e pointm 1918 on while ference The price crease 1917 maintain fxpon Metl eat. d make ur ex pre 10d Americans ip incor Lrlier, erve caleulate their regulate and ed vatior tary food needs food strategy N can urger regul Moving the o d, i our th <] o fooc hem i dict supp arm fir ron, stren X un room 1 1 and the hands. ates bend As eat a refully into the sugar | military potatoes clothes ne above cultivate fruits their and ene: npaign ey ation. to the lying y—the st wool, gth. ny our has f imits th A 1 equipment munitions all hapes. gives army 1y the 1y cargo ne insi Jast hare cl h their the against household expenditures 8y the force reqt equip arr n nor cces- tead longer, | need ocks ome | the pro- of to lire- pi ced leather—our in numbe, pace e can and War governs our shipment and our s rule War what to ty ing 11 u ric eeds ip: the and starvi a riea, timi V the rica witho tuxuri iply 1 at ing Results—Exports of N lar for thre am than e wice 1 ur ve o uning the meat, allow ur ea need wo Wa Ja th he ts N may can ¢ Ttaly @ rn ng. is of armi s de ut to tie str to, tc t war 11, 1 doir arch e tin ount of for as g exported ars 1 n rye of through nt la oatmeal whol 1polis f the ent, it wa 11 May i as eq amounted of while e 34 osale on lfood was per 15 it th the ui al farch pe the shall 1917 whol oul ance of ting s fix r needs st up be of ind met nding hipping es and nying opical shaping natic ength have things America 1918, han for t seven res as ef reat in refc and the March, than ent per cent price May 15 administrator on $16.75; S0, a ont what spend detail margins is needed France and T save herself fruits and provision he least beer through any great exported month in the four years before 1916. I products fiscal last larger; of farmer sale ent v to oniy mi of 1918 cent index T to $5 1918 over consumption coffee what direct Carr; for u wheat - to ev 8 Belg Allies co shipping their tr needs of the cc leary 1l also pork i over previ as in per mo T 1nd i vear, J flour of ¢ larger. flour 1917, May eas: Tiffore got for $ per b 64 \ug number our 1 on r of liv put im of of War and going with- 1 we our ving sing hat rain hold Ing- ium beef and pork capacity to ffee, ori- for affic to | miilior m- iree 0 | ous and the any for ~ent nth ore rest om uly of 1t the ap- 1, of »ar ] | { | { | price | The McMillan Store, inc. “ALWAYS RELIABLE" G DAY SALES the Offering most unusual values continued each Wednesday closings, for the month of July September Shop early in the morning a nesdays during the Summer WASH quality SKIRTS Of white Pigudk IFigured good and Gaberdines, a and Colored Striped Wash Skirts. $2.00 values. WEDNESDAY $ 1 .49 morning August Wednesday Morning, July 10th, at 9 o'clock 10ur Half Holids y Sale TOMORROW We Begin a Series of @ WEDNESDAY MORNING HALF HOLI- The <pecial Sale offerir during our half holiday and until the latter part of Take Advantage of These Special Offerings s this store Closes at Noon Wed- Months. Get Your Share of These Special Values Wednesday Moraing SALE FLOOR WEDNESDAY SPECIALS srd RAG RUGS Regular $1.00 will put on these Special WEDNESDAY MORNING cach Rug values, bale 7970 We e sale one of MORNING cach PERCALE WAISTS Neat Stripes, all good in colors, $1.00 values. WEDNESDAY cach 7 5 C MORNING wash- COUCH COVERS '$1.98 Values up to §2 WEDNESDAY MORNING each ENVELOPE CHEMISE Lace and lmbroidery fine trim med, made $1 of 50 quality 98¢ | Nainsook values { WEDNSEDAY MORNING S each ONE LOT VOILE CURTAINS All 51 value regular WEDNESDAY MORNING TOWEL SALE hea. white and bordered Turkish 50c values. a3 c | Large ¥ colored Towels. Good WEDNESDAY MORNING SAVINGS Fibre Silk and colors HOSII Men's Y AT Lisle and Sox in white, black Regular 39c grades. WEDN n.\\lm".\ TS 98(: WOOL KNITTING YARNS and N/ Sc Grey 0 Khaki, Value $1 WEDNESDAY MORNING Olive Drab. | MORNING 'S HOSE and colored and split sole 39c WOMF Black, white Lisles. Cotton ' rade o 98¢ tegular WEDNISDAY MORNING 3 pairs FOUDLARD SILKS of pretiy Value yard 98C \ SIgns yard WEDNESDAY MORNING sortment wnd colors CHILDREN"! White 19¢ SOCKS or le All Regular grade WEDNESDAY e 15C MORNING [ \ | | i Summer Weights in R lace or tight knee, only thirty sale, buy all you'll need for Sold to Dealers.) ON SALE WEDNESDAY Regular 75c¢ values. Price . do: S0 a fiFitrite Union Suits for Women egular and 1 i of AT es, sleeveless Special Suits this special price. tra these styles, zen in this year at (Noue MORNING LACE CAMISOLE TOPS to A and ready 1 amisoles WEDNESDAY MORNING made put on values. . cach 39c HANDKERCHIEF SALE Men’s, Women's and Chil- dren’s. Values up to 12%ec. WEDNESDAY e 48c | MORNING AL, THREE FLOORS VALU FOR OF TE WK consume decreased cent price per July 1, 1917, have exported to to our wheat and the amount Juiy 1 Prom 1918, we 1,000 124 e for March 31, Alli flour, wvail- while period only b1 for hushels per I export year during the exported to the Allies cent of the amount port on July 1 of on azo ume we per available ex he wholesale afit cents it D1 of per pound .33 12 the margin of raw and refined heen reduced from 2.12 cents per pound Turope’s Needs—In fainting 1,500,000 stand daily in line and a ce refined April, 1917 while a per pound, i T between e end was year a the the has 0 was cents decrease of ime period per sugar cents to Bel- for of sium, i morsel of bread sup soup In Trance i« half their third England half; pot ) the bread ration which living, i down onc- down Ttaly has cut sugar one France and \llow one month each rson pan countries mixed with all stand Buroy are bread eating the sub- will | 1sually h titutes it Nleat i countries about person is strictly pound ra tioned one a ek for o i ust, 11S STORE OFFER DNEDAY MORNING. SPECIAL A from Allied America Wurope and Prices Ga Fixed Profits (Montreal owest order of the ¢ ) a a lard, and rdvanced war = hoard increase in provisions cheese designed to restrict t the cost of househc applies to meats, hutter, oleomargarine articles which have notably in pricc the mands disturbed Ak world. It and immediately concerns the middleman, the fres quently condemned factor in the comi< mereial system producing center hands, takes the deterioration and and for a knowledge of trade conditions and the merchandise in hq W hile ordes in ling retail ta per tha articles hiy eggs, sine: de- the n of tha divectly vho goes into buys from risk firsy through falling markets, profit on hiyg of loss depends are of deals remair to a 10 which the food board orce profits will in s dealer limited the price delivered elling to > profit is not be cent on of affected in warehous n another vholesale dealer ta al« storing, thug satisfactory trade is steady calculate on making exceed 4 per cent lowance ete. Pr ettled made the cost of of wily dealers whose do not be counted mast and who ome estimate have died war began, 4.000 want Multitudes ¥ 000——in for f food uropc o ince peci: by 1ins long holding of theix he effect retail pricey be serious. stocks. may not on