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the Ameri rapl CONTROLOF WIRES, = will b t " 1. 8, War Chest May Be Increased. 380,060,060 Annually. 1 alie < there wa hort-line vere kept All en over period o 16 ! ot railroads, some under governn which wire lines The operation ' line: the T oclamation taking over ide postmaster the and rcont 2%,800,000 miles of domestic | farm. will be inte only for conne. 5 Under ual of bhetween | pendent rd $100,000,000 i full authority telegraph wire heiy tion y overnment ¢ ncome i inco compantes a sreat system and able for taking over the all o mez unication, including the 1 touching our shores only the do- Tt bscriber stem 1 rer of connectior slephon Sl T purpose telephone and raph line tment Mr 1 in the proclamation, It | ood t later will | ! re include yroaden t ser nind 1 ities are ed mproved of the Postmaster- | a statement departm amation powers it stions n wonl & 1d othe t to brin woulc a t careful result from | bringing of an ! Mr. Burleson was attitude of 1 and pay simi stud ssue upon th asked his eontrol lirect the ol abor service official d Mr to rates for wire wire v His first action 103 peopls vill be whe All sery -general of wire r No. 1 as a commit in the exer: il 2 emplo: will have p do anti troubles t appoint- ice on I or other withont aid to he . not ise of delay very be adjusted stant ! of the 1ty fied vith the for The 1 | inte that is consider pay for ered with at opfe of tne mat Our imm all be hetter service at le I helieve that by cutting of tes message I. Tewis | aon post ocratic parcel of the tariff of effort we can effect a g people. At telephone home of farmer to the the san can extend the the country € Work Ts Divided. zraph to the le to talk to the ar treet from his own priva will be cor f the wires will cc will Burleson mber of ihe will committee head a divi Burleson stated * t while committee would have charge of gover tal managemer ntrol of the telephone | L and telegraph systems, vet it would he Burleson slon the the Ther no oper- | service fime improve.” stated tha ing the considered. T the We operate t necessary to tal over tain being familiar graph systems and ide its work to that Mr Jeneral Koons and Havo with mast of the af the wonld administration and or Mr. Lewis | them ral of and finances’ are res service, over Ge its Lar the ral of its Huze Profit that the cial Froha en ntt members of the committee wire lines are ir than wer the over. It is esti officials that $30,000,00¢ N their present t to The will 1t the time heir time to wire administration organization zation and opera railwa Its of Post Office De- crnment the profit of from tion to 200,000 a2 3¢ o the hat of 2oy domest paid to fiees will tha part nperation after a re The Precident’s Proclamation on the basis lamation here 2tal is provided in The President's proclamation fol the procla railroads and | better arently wil service at lowe closely the form of his give a wide mation takinz over th puts into t Ee s \e present sibility T e taken pr The increased the admir tive or ization will 108 ; ordered on hereas it is de SR tion iding fo; Tor shone me control of nd telephone the national secu and defence | cres and to take possession | have wages at aph | at least in a to operate be nd all tele, me ire me ystems and such desirable creased cost of living from the same in manner as may tions. The enter * needful or little doubt th Pree therefore, I, Woodrow Wil it dent of the United mast will act w hand in ever the oc Direc virtue of pow b consolidat by the for €going resolu asion warra MeAdoo qualms about t them at always 1 irtue of all enabling other pc do hereb: ume each and every telephone system, and thereof, within the juri States, includin and appurten whatsoeve and that the su control and tele tor-General s no and as control of unscrambling ton of the has war. He should phone and munication first economi effected na | ernment own a the United both the te quipment thereof | lines of c ances One c “It 18 pervisio speration of h telegraph hereby by thereto, hereby possession all its to be of telephone Cveioa provem d wires fo B Jusin additions unde Fraea S are needed and the use of o shall be exercised by and wires for telephone General, Al Postmaster- the Postmaster It 1 een e Said perform the duties here e imposed upon him, the extent and in ering in Burleson can be use ener: hversation 1 1 masy time shtest ¢ the A complete and 8 sreunder long ueh S eh nd to e ) wires is needed and 10ne conversation tel- f the the owners. managers, bo howev officers aph and directors, receivers, em sueh tel every one o long Tintil Postmaster-Gen lovess of ne systems phone said | graph wires time It is far from special owners, man- | and as believed that the other hand coppe orders | wires 10,000 to time Ly general or on the add directors, embioyees of the various ers, boards of Fcer hd phone telephor stems shall | additional the telegraph and telephone the ordin mil thereof in ry course of the bt the name sntinue operation sual and id s3 tems, in companies Regular clared dtvidends hitherto de interest u obliga and maturing bonds, debentures and other tlons, may be paid in due course and and dividends intere o until nnle shall, aid Po. to time, tmaster-Gene the & from otherwise by determine; and of said Post telegraph | | | i varion eral or gubject to the maturing et o A T renewal and extension of tions 9,000 Telephone Companies. o big and imate e control by the 28,000,000 miles trolled 2,000,000 telesrar 9,000 companies telephone com- vnder Government | proclamation. Of the of wire lines con are operated by the 24,000,000 by compa and the the American Tel telephone largely by we what proper every cier the present wires is potentially bout 50 ndent ¢ per « ion resy ompat a efinite eneral rfored v facilita neer li 111 inde part of MOTHER AiL RUN-DOWN House Did. | Health, (o What Keep Had to “| For per | Have Chile she Fom vas and | the wehed ent. | fonr children arour e Lealth and helped me wonde ommend it to ofher Mrs. Hann whe condition,” il rhere i wWwes its su { liver pe the ptone peptonates eman Dr than that every 1 with nited States af the vice at keeping lard of efficiency Service ent made p oflirat: lar ma em about purpose Burleson, come ed in roper « cipate hat ean The of well sa they s will outset, that ediate exper duplicat reat s time and te man should on usion ntinue the ques- cables still m m telephone and tele- to take ady hem hle. le question 7 better re the r latter w ed there v b. ) to $10 ernment the the margin rates r wage companies | rate t ats the war cor at once B o ¢ith a fr em s nt L diffic e end clieved nd tele oper es and will be r telegraph | facili “opper te conver legree distance tele r telegr will aff long 2,000, = in any aim | ars prec economy ving Wall e booth distant | sweeping | recently | railroads even if where with | circuit of the er, for tele- Consequently | two tele 2% | adding material | Better : P | One of t |improved press wire service newspaper : o ed fea less Po; ed that any de- the char i the ent to 1o fance 'ro Meanin® dat ef de kin do is ter se rye en burley lain | the postr ood tu'n desar 1 he's a lot s en n do de fightin’ fer us, de en eat buckwheat Instid. too. Co'n meal [ statemc sral would curtail that control 1 ¥ organized labor, |asainst his se was made to | while the | ite press wire v him w the as e termined by the provided that if ident dete Presid the amoun rmines - to then 7 i | union labor m 3 5 . 1 ed State n j him operate not | Pla for t er- | sation to the tclephone and tis- | companies a1 do. od not | amount “rental’ of but | will be predicate we | a pe rig on- entire matter in the | i entire matter in t} compen- | courts telegraph | Dmmediately atter his to he jas Director of W on issued n appoint Service Mr. B e 1ok i formal siatement ma the pr pre-war vears, attitude in earn- n vas as probably the America’s e k whic hee The study 1 upon follows iod of immensity of ted to The phone vice, as co etion by [ € 3 . I ent into matter for The gress tion shall the future empowerin and state be pai nse war details are President's ordc ion have had the cor proclz compens: 1a- | TESpPONS ditions | we t 3 tion iust tofore been ele- amount to he ucce the de in be the but ore aid f ail ere 00 in for and | a in hat i " 0. S. Food Administration. ; mighty skearcs en projickin’ roun” whar dere's cookin' goin’ on gngfiseeae?a}gwe’mbd vot ls er goin' ter look mighty good to mos' ennvbody 'fo' long 'sonnt. er folks havin' ter save on meat ‘Sides. folke'll kinder have fer save da wheat flour fer comp'ny en eat bread made outen dis yere ‘mubstitutes flour. Dat wise ol owl done say dat to win der war you got ter feed de sojer boys dat’s Aoin’ da fightin’. Dat's w'at’s takin’ de wheat an ment. fio OI' Br'sr Rabbit better Jike | will ( Of | emmcmmmremmrerecs the ol aph im- | the t &) e Rl SELLOR BUY { without one in T Taa s sl eI HOUSE FOR YOUI T Our Classified olurrnsiwill.doi EJ aph R ord dis- [:} 000 | SEE OUR WINDOW Portable Ovens Gas Hot Plates Garden Hose etc. NI ES 80 WEST MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN, CONN. hands the me the rve- remarkably unusual = 4 JuPCE [ ) & 1£ your doctof§ skin-trouble yo thought! Wel country @»e pres and have been doi So why not take thé these wise medical | ind nlties in their fask Aifh dditions to irecedented the the way un- | of | erformance which have aris. Tculties which overcome unity of unifica telephor could of particularly a of the which the and line be i without ernmer aid Like ;1: I;ldexed Book P»\.F‘FHF can only get out of this file by being torn or deliberately” taken off the arches. They are hound in like keys on aring. Itisnot neceszary to remove the papers to refer to them — simply push them back over the arches, out of the way, leaving the desired paper exposed. where it can be read like a page of an open book. We carry the entire line of zen uine “Y and E” Shannon Files, Indexes, Transfer Cases, Perfor- ators, etc. ADKINS CHURCH STREET. nt nd_ Statior 66 Ointment make yous Sold, Rented 3 Repaired. N. B. Typewriter Exchange Telephone 612. This Beautiful Summer Weather efrigerators The two features of a Refrigerator that male it eith monev saver or a money waster are its insulation and its air circulation ‘heat No expense has been spared to make the McKes proof” as a Refrigerator can be made. And careful designing of ice and provision chambers has resulted in a “brisk’™ circulation of cold air all steady Refr! and through the rator, insuring the utmost economy in ice. Probably no other Refrigerator gets as much cooling efficiency out of its ice as the McKee does. Is sure to draw vyou outdoors, but wouldn't it be too bad if you had to draw your indoor furniture out with you every time you wished to “take the air” from your verands or lawn? So too, unnecessary, when at so little cost and thought vou eouid furnish such an attrac- tive room out there and have it always lightful ready and inviting—a de- spot in which to read or sew or serve tea, or just lounge and AGE¥TS FOR RANGES 0¥ KIEQ CAPITCL GROUNCR