New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1918, Page 5

MOTOR TRUCKS ARE | EXTENSIVELY USED Perishable Goods Being Trans- ported Speedily and Safely Washing of National ing Tha trucks ), July 13.—The Council® Defense issues the follow movement motor Tural ex caived endorsement nnm Por of state food administrators. The Highways Transport vommittee of the Ceunci] of National Defense has re caived a general and prompt | Teaponse suggestion that mo- tor truc to facilitate Ayets to shipping and consuming cen- This will relieve farmers of some of the task of hauling so that they may devote more time to actual erop production in the field during the pericd of labor shortage Reports have been received from many sections indicating that farmers were inclined to decrease the produc perishable food stuffs, owing tlme required for hauling markets. Small lots of fruits, left the farm because of labor short- Rural motor express gathers up produce and delivers it to market promptiy, thereby operating to increase the local f00d supply of per ishables and to aid in the campaign to save staple food stuffs to utilize on ress lines has re the of a to ite utilized the moevement of perishable tion of to the to on age swsh | emergen An interesiing plan has been | Mle | auantities | to | committee | large velaped in the wicint shington, where motor truck loads of fruits and will be de producers fo city for canning t from centers egetable livered canning dire the cin in fhe i whelesale to members in the home more direct system devised which will in home canning the movement of p and vegetables This e moved fndependent of recular channels of trade, theraby iffording relief from local freight and express delays in shipments truck not theso elubs for canning In this manner a sy of marking has heen ssure facilitate ishable foods wil n increase and produce The adoption hau! in of motor that short-line railron portant development. the The food administra tors and New Mexico re many ouflying but are inaccessi- vhers ing sections ire served im in hy nother particularly sonthwest of Arizon port that there are fruitful to ¢ motor tric which shipments ed and of perishables to be brought oherwise e valleys ks can be ns save market that might wasted heing perfected Arrangements ara of important fruit grow ihe in a nnmbey snpplement usual sections to ing shipments of frult by rail by using fleets of motor trucks during the rush seriod of fruit harvest, Surveys con ducted by Highways Transport show that trucks ean he made available for this work and all that is required is that steps he taken the to mohilize them promptly when need- | It Iso been found that a number of trucks owned farmers are now used only a few a wee and in many ed has days instances a1 | rangements can be made to have these trucks used to hanl perishables in an The of lines of rural motor express is being stablishment permanent ahout by local in which ht making sur there for and tate s to need communities of regular daily service rmers to and from the market \ipping centers. Several of th administrators are assisting work by discovering localities ch transport nod his where highways “THE FALL OF THE BASTILE” A Great Lecture, A Great Speaker. VERSALI ST CHURCH UNGERFORD COURT (Opp. Y. M. C. A. Bidg.) SUNDAY Seats Free NIGHT All Welcome WOMEN OF NEW BRITIAN! FREE CANNING CLASSES Vegetables and Fruits WHERE? ST. MARY’S SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Our Schedule for the Summer is as follows: MONDAY MORNINGS—2:00, MONDAY AFTERNOONS—2 TUESDAY MORNINGS—8 TUESDAY AFTERNOON WEDNEDAY MORNINGS—9 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THURSDAY MOR THURDSAY AFTF FRIDAY MORNINGS, Mary's School. ‘ SUNDAY, JULY 14, 8 P. M At the GOSPEL TENT Corner Park and Stanley Streets -*“Ninety and Nine Special Music 10, EVENINGS—7: INGS—Prevocational RNOONS—Vocational High School. AFTERNOONS, Prevocational Grammar Schenl 100, Vocational High School. Vocational High School. 100, St. Mary's School. :00, Vocational High School. S§—2:30, School, 0. Prevocational School High School, Prevocational EVENINGC HE LORD’S DAY; THE MEMORIAL of CREATION and REDEMPTION’, LECTURE ” by | is | | terprise [ i« expected fthat | completed | ATe now i heen | Pose -Mllustrated. v N 'NEW HEADQUARTERS. FOR ARMY AND NAVY To Have Largest Office Building ol Its Kind in the World Washington 13 hington July ~There is he Wa the Iz erected in what said to be gest office building of world. structure the kind in the One unit of | will be the the navy and the other furnish needed accommodation the \War Department It is locate the Mall south R St, and between Seventeenth Twenty-first streefs. In the unit gathered the vario bureaus about Washington and many huilding the this will ta immense home of is af and | stern under | now on or navy will be roof seatterad enpying “paca ready divided The | { ene separate for bureau has and s needs eparated navy been assigned to suit their units are aisle. Each comb with wings rear as the teeth ‘headhouse” 860 this wings, each 500 ft. lor and The War Department | unit has a “headhouse” 784 ft | and 60 ft. wide, with eight | similar to those the Navy {The wings separated | foot courts. | The structure is rete, three stories a floor space { Will house 1 | ploves | dow | b resembles a projecting to The cy part has a f1. wide. Rehind | arc nine | 60 ft. wde wir unit by 40 of are all of railroad in height 49 of forty-two acres 000 officials and There are 8 acres of win- | glass. thus assaring good light ! and ventilaton. The outside walls to- zether are four miles in length "he walls all of concrete whila the partitions are of hollow tile heizht with glass from there to ceiling Construction will re 107 barrels of cement, | fons nd, 81,507 tons of tons of steel fire-proof to affora the valuable depart- | { mental recards it will hold | heating plant, because of representa- tions from the Fine Arts Commission, which objected 1o the stacks, is ahout 1,400 feet away, near the river. Tt will cost about $450,000. The legis- lative appropriation for the entire cn- is 0.000. The structure will be dignified but simple In details. The entire work, for both Navy and | War Department units, is under the general direction of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Nav) Work was begun on April 1 and it the structure will be by Oct. 1 Certain por tions will be completed and occupied } before that fime. About 2700 men engaged on the job of 1200 are housed and fed on the work itself. Large harracks have built for their accommodation, commissary department bein con has and am- | over are to door the quire 299 28,100 of gravel and 4,507 The building protection to these the { run without profit, furnishing food at | actual cost. Special efforts | the men interested are in made the to keep work and | | . {alive to its importance and an organi- | ion has been formed for that pur- | The men are divided into com of approximately 150 [ each. under selected leaders. and public meetings are which addre are made emphasize the importance dustria] “second line of the general war scheme. The first of these meetings held June 17 The men formed line abont midday and , headed i navy officers with a squad of jackies and the Washington Navy Yard band | marched to the place of a near the Marine Camp. Over two thousand persons took part in the | parade and meeting. The prinicipal | address was made by Capt. Denny, | the Austrlian Army Corps, and the ceremonies concluded with the sing- ing of th “Star Spangled Banner.” The meetings are to be held by-weel: Iv. on Monday, the next one held at noon tomorrow Maj. of the American Expeditionary Just returned from France speak To stimulate interest the officers in charge publish an ilustrated newspaper which distributed free 13?'!1 filled with pictures and A!K-A‘ tails of the work. Posters will made and distributed with fhe object i panies men | Parades held at tending to| of the in- el defense' in ‘ was | in by being is is be | Women who are losing weight and energy—who look pale and feel languid — need the healthful effects of Beechams - Pills t Sale of Any Medicine in_the World. Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 26c. All Welcome | bank | ca, { from the | Requests | unselfish | by embly | 4 same ) @ 1 willed IRKUTSK RIGGEST OF SIBERTAN TOWNS' Place Occupied by Gzecho-Slovaks Has 130,000 Population Washing National CGec the followir on D. ¢ raphic 1July 13.--The issue war geos ? Trkut vhich is re been occupied by the forces operating in With a population is the most famous It is the ecapital province the situated the the Angara, a broad flowing river which is one of the prin cipal outlets of the great I lake., whesa southwestern only 1 o the city. Thi the deepes 1 the world (6 in and. with' the own Great Lak toria Nvanza and Tangan is the larzest body of the clobe Trkntsk railway, a hulletin Czecho-Slovalk serin of 130,000, Iy inland ¢ of Kutsk of Siberia government it or of name and is on shores are miles cast of is 00 excep- nd Vie- ika in Afri- fresh water in feet some places), tion of our on is on the Trans-Siberian little east of days five more t Moscow wn iourney tim “The city v in 1652 for the collection of fur Buriats. s streets are well paved and it is lighted with elec city. In 1879 it was visited by a trous fire which destroyed many of its most pretenituos building Cathedral of of one of the u s edifices In Trkutsk, its five and detached belfry immediately tracting the eye of posite the residence is the as founded as a post taxes public the Virgin is most conspic domes the of wm visitors the of th op zener Tmper il taining a lection from I Buddhistic objects of ‘One of the peculiar ¢ the tra d at before the war closing of the railway ticket the e of tickets two days to the depari- train take a miles), miles), or to Russian Geographic ociety. « archaelogieal co well valuable 1 st Siberin a as rare interest ler encounter Irkutsk was t1 office for prior He con trip to P to Moscow Viadivostock (2,008 miles) ‘on the spur of the moment'. “Under the old regime utsk was the headquarters of the Third Siberian Army Corps. ' MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION de- a ure of cide to (3,793 a ever ORT 3 People of New Britain Ohserve French National Holiday hy Displaying of the Tri-Color today issued the ding M or Quigley following proclamation observation of the French holiday on July 14 “We of America having with F in another battle liberty justice have a peculi interest 11 that pertains history traditions therefore it the which rega the national engas nee and in th and ally: that we observe holiday of France July 14th “As mayor of New Britain 1 1 quest the people of our city {0 serve the national holiday of Franes a joint display of the nationa colors of France and Ameri that tribute be paid the the churches to the glorious, selfish part I'rance play in :at world strugg! liberty justice T would anthem of h to of bray fitting tiona our great n services in un- th truth is or st st that he the Franc chure servic durir WRITES NEW WAR SONG. One of war Victory recently Gillen and 770V just newest songs, >d by G William Rodgers this city, sheet music form, ve been sent practically every the country. The verses with chorus and the most inspiring. Mr. Rodger uthor of the words while Mrs RBoth Rritain a great are well known Victory' is compo Georgetta Main street published of the compose camp song contains of ost been copies by three words arc is the Rod the music have lived in D man and ew her sal vears on on PMierce —advt HEINZMAN of the was filed WILT. late the The will Heinzman today and widow, Matthew in probate The will directs that all society benefits be paid Amalia Heinzman. He a picture of ind his former wife to his John a1 Tieinzman. Various houschold effects were given to his widow money. real estate and mortgag were given in equal shares to ( tian, Albert and John J and Elizabeth Smith, conrt lod his nimself son nee Heinzman PAINFULLY While moving boiling water at Hartford avenue yes Mrs. Sarah Greenberg was painfuily scalded. She was taken to the hos pital in the police ambulance. Ier tion is seriou SCALDED a large kettle of her home 180 erday afternoon How’s This? a offer One Hundred Dollars Re. sard for any case of Catarrh that can- ant be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five vears. has become known as the most ) remedy for Catarrh, Hall’s Catarrh Cure acts thru the lood on the Mucous surfaces, ex- pelling the Pojson from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. After yon have taken Hall's Catarrh Cure for a short time vou Wwill see a great improvement In _vour general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Cure st once and set tld of catarrh, iend for testimontals, free F. J. CHENEY & C0.. Toledo, Ohia, @old by all Druggists, Toc. to | Remaining | Heinzman | | | to | national | throughout { the | istoms which | A group of Am lines. enemy shrapmel. R transport attached to The transport is A camel | the River Jordan AMost of them are crouching low in their shelter;is§ British in the r the arr - of the British pontoon bridge, built by British engineers acre my which has routed t BARRICADED STREET IN FRENCH VILLAGE JAPANESE MINIS ER OF WAR R AT R Maj, Gen. Kenichi Okshima, Japan ese minister of army affairs, Towed Big Ship on Land. A horsepower caterpillar, measuring its the with n 40-foot ship in tow, was one of the sights of Tmperial valley, fornin, the other day. The boat, a vessel of five-foot draft was mounted on s en route from Salton the rallroad at Niland where it will be loaded onto ears for shipment to a seaport, whence it will sail to Alaska to be u by prospec- tors. The historic Salton sea that inland body of water was of la proportions than it is today and was designed for use in connection with the try. But the evaporating the craft high and d; slowly length over des Cali- ids, sea to vessel was brot when fishing indus waters left v on the silt. Victory for Auto Owners, After fighting for 15 years the admission automoblles {sland, Nantucket favor of motor vehicles was one of the livellest the town had had in many years. The final vote was 886 in favor and 206 against. The mat- ter came up on the question of aceapt ing an act of the legislature, repealing an act of 1914 forbidding the opera tion of motor vehicle The election was of more th lo interest, for a considerable part of the opposition to automobiles had come from the large summer ¢ at 7 many parts against to the recently voted ted in The contest goes there ountry, tion jcans v recre pair of them is sl lescent troop: in naugurated a schem American yunded and were sent at no expense, for ever T0s on the sands soldiers. he Turks out of Palestis s who have barricaded order to stem the onrush of th e to provide holidays and The first eemtingent of to Southporg e convalesce vthing is free to them. A