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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAED, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1018, 7 Rheims salient, he ling blows against in the Somme dis- . illan Store,inc. || WISE, SMITH & CO. a part in these and while, ac- | [4 ALWA . i 5 HARTFORD. they have not been | - 1 S e e in the recent THIS STORE WILL CLOSE MONDAY EV INGS AT 6 O'CLOCK. s Haig, they are | PLEASE DO YOUR SHOPPING IN THE DAYTIME b g TUES@ ‘&Y AUG 13 L dispatches as —— - s - ¢ i lat they were § - retreating all | @ . ‘s : P i & military situa- B promising. Al he brave leaders ' @ ight. b think that the H Every Rug marked at a price we ecannot 4 duplicate, some of ptible 7 B them even at less than Mill Prices today. You'll want Floor Cover- 5 * e ing in the early fall, it will be well for . . e ¢ 2 \ v well for you to look to your futuve f t /8 . Q{ Pture Nesle don’t M nceds now, and take advantage of the Savings During Our - N t e & n d to pronounce AUGUST SALE OF FLOOR COVERINGS : A : st 1 | Tuesda ()n!-—Enou fnSamn, mporary carried | B Special Purchase of Wool and Fibre Ru Rugs | I - ) i morning entitled [ 2 —— ia. \ The Ideal Rug for the Bedroom \Y’nmcn s $2.50 ] inen Crash 17r(‘“~ i Umbrella Stands worth up to. $2. 30 Size 6x9 Size 9x10-6 ... . @ Waists 2 for . o $1.00 | for "of war—Suffragetto $7‘50 $11.50 g | | J:g:on ke [§ = - G10G0 ze Ox12 ...... $12.98 | Serr‘;n;:fl 's Colored Voile and Mag;d]l’(l)?) }mMcns Champion” Keds worth $1.50 o duty. ‘ : SPECIAL RUGS, extra heavy quality 8 » e bial e st Sl A 5 PSS v i chEg ;\\“)_6_ it pran o $12 50 3 Children’s chambray Bloomer Dresses | Flouncings and Skirtings 27 inch, | unteer musicians must | § i Bobpodnoh oo Yoo . $1.00 | worth $1 yd. at 2 yds. for $1.00 fBather lungs. They didn't | (ONGOLEUM AND LINOLEUM RUGS FOR THE KITCHIN ANp B Women’s $ \,0 chmlc Bungalow llover Laces 36 i /i b O] . D | s 36 inch wide wort 1 g e DINING ROC : Aprons N 5100 i\ Sati2 vdsiHfaor 4 - B Size 9x12 feet. e Price f o i i 2 . Pershing’s new chief of staff | ’ s $1.39 Long e Kimonos |* 50c to 59c¢ Sash Ribbons at 2 1-2 yds. | for Women's $2 ngh Grade Neckwéar jutenant-Colonel Drum. Will he | 8 $1.00 the Germans “beat it"? Oli Cloths and Llnoteums \Y/omen s (‘hamblay and Gifiéhém [ i i “BLABONS” OILCLOTHS “BLABONS” LINOLEUMS Porch Dresses ... ... $1.00 | InNgi of its pronounciation, would | f§ several mew designs to choose Good wearing quality. Aungnst Women's 79¢c NainsooK *and ("nfibmc ‘ | | Piran | it be Yroper to say that Ludendorff's | @ from. Angust Sale Sale” Price A ! P Vic- | army is hiding behind the Vesle? !B Price ....... sq yara 65c | | g 98(; R Drawers 2 for ... - $1.00 ‘ 10 $3.50 at . 1orvns $1.00 kew Brit- — : — 9 Women's 75¢ White or Black * Silk Boys’ "fil 25 eparate rousers $1.00 "Several Wonder what prohibitionists think § 4 Stockings 2 pairs for........ $1.00 | Men’s Supetmr' Brand Shirts at in(‘: g :wr ‘;xm “‘\"onc‘icvr.ful :lh:m'lzst rrr::l:‘ BlabOflS In{ald Llno!eums | M Women's 75¢ Union Suits 2 for $1:00 | ., $1.00 {o contribute | by those “tanks” on the west front? | L . : ! R At d (o4} L Avenm el Brae sq. yard $1 75 Men's Indigo Blue Bandana Handker- Toilet Paper 28 Rollgifor $1.00 fund to defray et | . q chiefs per do $1.00 Stork C tl S 12 cakes for $1.00. o Bram is arranged, | The barbers have decided not to in- | f§ BDUChY months th = 3 & pe z S1. or. astile Soap 12 cakes for $1.00, : ; a ug ago arve the reasons for these special August B | & Eick T 1 . h 9 h. 6| B Scarfs Si 18x%50 h 75 and the B reason why we can- | crease fheir prices just yet. They M sale Prices. If bought today at the mills we would be oblized to [ | i} uc owels worth .19c cac at ureau Scarfs Size 18x50 worth 75¢ not stage a¥Eigantic en:husiastic ral- | evidently thought the patrons might | Bl aek $2.75 & square yard for this grade. Have your floors covered s fon e o - .. $1.00 | each at,2 for . $1.00 ; : - while these special prices last, as they cannot possibly be duplicated [ | Rleqched Soft F h Cambric worth | Sweater Wool 2 Skeins for .... $1.00 more than ever with patriotic senti- == < I g | e i =S I ments, but also show the boys in| Speaking of shipbuflding, 250,629 e o @ 25c yd. 5 yds. for %‘] 00 Lace Curtains single pairs worth $1.50 Prance that we appreciate their re- | tons was the output in 1910, while last | ff DRAPERY AND RUG DEPT. 5rd FLOOR (Take Flevator) M | % Apron Ginghams worth 25c yd. 5 yds. !t(\ $2,50 at pr. $1.00 [agontnielon el say e fongi : AUGUST CLEARANCE OF DRAPERIES Ml® for.... ¢ 5 $1.00 ‘ %unfmr Draper Fabric worth $1:50 at We respectfully suggest that the | launched. Savipgs on materials by the yard. Also Ready Made Curtains. : Ball Mason Fruit Jars, quart size 18 |y 5 $1.00 ly which would not only inspire us | razor row. markable efforts. Adsvor a commities 8< once 1o ATTANE® | 1In reply to the question: “Have you | : - ; o - | for . $1.00 Fearher Pillows ~ worth - $1.45 at lived here all your life?”, the oldest | B . BAGS and SUIT CAf OUR LUGGAGE DEPT, $1.08 Aluminum Sauce Pan Sets 3 sizes | ea e S100 resident is said to have wisely re- | Gl T per set $1.00 | Rag Rugs 30x60 worth $1.49 for $1.00 sponded: such a celebration, and we are sure that it would be the best event of its kind ever held in New Britain. VIENNA'S WARNING. - - 1 Even Hun diplomats found it too | e il avi rs p- ver Tie: 1\|\H”’\in‘.1 the achiev ents o 1 Ttallan aviators flew over Viemna |, 'y oo They have moved to | R e ST - g l"“" Jocal action. -As time went on, in the|lems whch the war has brought to [unique contribution in the war an@l recently, but instead of droppins| o Tl T T nds like | Wilson wrote & resident | tiral course of events many of the:many a locality | will use your authority to, broaden th# action whic ey- had oc “Last, b ar frc s eir | e ‘ vitles as jong bombs, as Austrian fiyers have so| oo e NS e B e fields of action which they: had Last, but far from least, their |scope of their activitie onditior ‘ -aids on Venice, they e ha b roa | cupied were officially taken over by |ramifying organization enables them |permit, so that they may go on to Een.done in ralds on s —— e LEArssantiot ‘h.',:‘”'" interest | | ocially created federal administra-|to play a valuable part in the prac- |greater achievements. hurled down thousands of pamphlets | ;110 pits of camouflage, 1 A Rl e r\ }u-:ununu u; tions. But new problems constantly | tical execution of the policies of the | “Very sincerely vours, 4 ¢ e Councils o Jefense and containing a warning to the people of | ;. ho qiphs of paint arose and the work of the state coun- | department of agriculture, the food | “NEWTON D. BAKER, the dual monarchy of the fate in : g 5 vou era mar; he ares : ey les in which thoy are now engaged. |}, ”{creased in scope and in signifi- | tion, the labor department, the ship- | Council of National Defense.’ store for the arms of the central T dea it e It is a notable recors AN sha e . a — | Clouneil t “To accomplish this work they have |agencies which are extended into the | LINES TO AN AUTOMOBILE. It was a remarkable feat in many Incidentally, the unprecedented sale | ! gimyseppreciationtor the sor built up an organization uniquely suit- | states. We expect the ftate repre- . { ice they have so usefully rendered. Sl o aad : : 4 ; i : : ts purpose. Every State Coun- | sentatives of these federal agencies to | (Inspired by the drafting of his ways. TFirst of all, the Italian air-| of the extra edition proved that the SeGI‘e[aI‘y OE Wfll‘ Bilkel‘ am particularly struck by the value 7,1‘ ({‘,’r‘,,‘\‘f‘,nl‘, e o, ol s ”:P'{m“,,.p S T chauffeur) men flew 800 miles at an elevation of | hublic appreciated the Herald’s ef- | R of extending our defense organization fvalent councils of defense under able to feel in the past, that the or- 1,500 feet, whic is no mean accom- | forts to furnish them with the latest | | into the smallest communitic and by iile in nearly every stat the or-! anization of the tate Councils of You omnipresent mastodon, | Hartford, Aug Sta une: e truly democratic c & IE | £ r ing feature is the fact that, after hav- ST SN o - EsHclodimational jeyatem Sofoneaiiosd the school districts, bringing the gov-|the State Councils are incidentally | I once with favor passed upon, sty It newspapers are mom-essential in | Lroughout the country will have| I believe in the soundness of Your | (iment to the pople and the people | performing the special service of | Now I must drive s B ne e L e R e i andlE oxaon ;‘0 Sl onen that in a interest of econ- | {4 the government, is progressing rap- | hringing these federal representatives aterloo, Towa, how will the Liberty | creased and broadencd in accordance | omy and efficiency such machinery as ||y logether for frequent and regular | What thot you madly Loan committee get along out there | With the suggestion of President Wil- | that provided by the State Couneil|'® winrough their speakers, thelr wat | coneultation. and in most of the siates froiin son to Sec 'y o ar Bak ade | syste v the execution of any ¥ + th tr y n to Secretary of War Baker, made | system for the execution of many | conferences, their contact with \n"im.w federal representatives are ac- Gvraiong: Sari | your general summary of the activi- . “Se 5 A dete o GYSCLythelacty instead of diminishing, nota- | administration, the fuel administra- | ‘Secretary of War and Chairman of tent, they were satistied merely to next month? That draft board had | | bombard the enemy capital with pa- | per. Hun fliers would have felt u\,.t\, e | e public today. kinds of war work should bemugilized | press and their contact with the peo- | tually members of the Councils of | If tliat was what I meant to do better think another little think The President hz ked the Secre- | as far as possible by Federal Depart- 1,10 themselves, through their com- | Defense. I gladly perish. munity councils, the state councils are| “These, in general terms, are the now in a special sense the guardians|jyoad lires upon which the State | 'Tis not so much my selfish fears of civilian morale in each state: car-| Gouncils are now acting, and I have I find so trying rying on a work of education and in- | cijq nothing of the local indus But leat T wreck vour priceless gears formation which we look to see con-|.,q social emergencies which it The while I'm dying such a trip represented a waste time and energy if projectiles bearing death and destruction were not cost | e | tary of War to communicate with all | ments and Administrations. May I Novelty soon wears off. This morn- | federal departments and administra- | suggest, therefore, that you commun- ing a metropolitan daily devoted | tions his wish “That, when they are | icate to the heads of all such depart- amongst non-combatant civilians. The | 1, 10 4 paragraph to the announce- | considering extensions of their organ- | ments afd administrations my wish | alian aviators made clear 5 f izations into the states or new work ‘hen they are considering ex- Italian aviators made it clear that) .o." oo e sinking of nine fishing | te when they a nsidering ex they could throw real bombs instead | e ot Nantucket by & German | 0P8 done In the staies, they consider | tensions of their organization Into tho | tinued and strengthened, in order that | fheir special province to meet by lo- i .m:,c SR v e o i]’]:c:;‘li‘r‘ ;\n)‘,‘.y:'h;lu-\‘l;'n,_»m erinot v;((l'l‘n‘zt; States or new work to be done in tho | the will to win and the knowledge of | cal action. 1t T preserve vou. mastodon e: 8 " | submarine. | sta cil syste 16 lette: ites, they determine carefully | how to make that will effective may be |~ .o = LR a-| (Ah, that's the main thing!) tured” and “civilized” as the Kaiser's 2 | of Pres. Wilson to Secretary of War | whether they cannot utilize the State Filnefen once ot e is world I look my last upon Zeppelin commanders. They deemed | Brockton shoe cutters are still on | Baker was in reply to one written to | Council system thus rendering unnec e S e G g Was not a vain thing Sreside! oy Se. ar: e he o cationts ohit ror L every government depa 1t, makes, E : it sufficient, however, to notify the | strike. In earning their trade flmvi‘\{'fi ’H I"“”‘ by the _»“tt tary ‘;f cessary the creation of new = hin- in the hour of victory of course, for economy of effort and eymour Barnard in the New ar Baker was in reply to one writ- and the hey transmit all re- . ates w! s 2 i h Y o Austrian populace that the central | evidently were niever taught to cut out | y R4 Py - { ery; and that they transmit all re In states with a considerable popu- | rondqers unnécessary the creation of York Tribune. ; kil ; | ten to the President by the Secretary | quests for action by the State Coun-||.tion of foreign origin, the State L e Powers are suffering a series of mili- | nonsense. We're not punning, either, | or War outlining the accomplishments | ails throush the State Counchls Sec- | (wumeils of Detense are leaders in (g | MUCh local federal machinery whic tary reverses just now and that in a | when we express tha hone that their | of the state councils of defense and | tion of the Council of National De-|\(ow of Americanization estahlishing | ho e hrcioie, e iy £ short time Allied supremacy will be | strike will be the { recommending that increased use be | fense? r information bureaus, correlating| «yay T suggesi, then, that you as Anxious inquiries for the where- i made of these war organizatio “Cordially and sincerely yours, [ existing Americanization agencies, in- | a1 fedoral departments, administra- | abouts of Colonel William J. Bryan, a When patriotic Russian soldiers This action is one which Governor voarey DS ooz s far as possible the educ-!{ione ang commissions, when planning | former well-known Secretary of State | Marcus comb and the Connecti- or ” 2 : Jost out in battle, they retreated to-| “Larcus H. Hol < e ont now work or extension of their organ. | will find him on the Chautauqua §ir eri Iso came in for mention in the | cut State Council of Defense have ~born, and sceing that such facili- > consider carefully the p | cuit in the friends’ country out Wes z | "vardtPetrograd When Lentne S andi| iieentiseinstroy nmany’ montha AS | rhe 1altor trom | Secretary Baier ations, to consider careful er st, pamphlets, which carried a para- | | bee zing iy e S 5 [[2Enstor, o | Trotzky see their power slipping, they | soon as Connecticut’s defense council | calling attention to the activities of | The § graph stating that we are building | L B PP ing fat ( Th t of paper ones, if they were as “cul- evervbody's possession throughout the | war, in the dark hours of trial as well 80 pronounced that the (ermar Austrians will be overwhelmed Secretary Baker's Letter tional facilities available to the for- sibility of using the state-counc s- | at the usual price of admission, plus | tem so as to prevent duplicatio | the war tax.—Philadelpt Press, better understanding on s point ST ountry for the high duty of selec- | hroughout Washington would, I think Having seen Parls, the American service, ising and informi make for the general efficiency of the | soldier boys just naturally want to sea/» j them in particular upon the adjust- ., machine. | how Berlin compares with the French | dressed by the Governor to various | jows ment of their le affairs and upon . | capital; and they are on their ke e olks o SR < Y e Furthermore, will you not remind | capital; S heir way.— | Haverhill, the good folks got excited | department heads in Washington ad- |y qear Mr. President | it s and requirements Minneapolis Tribune . 1 i A e of al ederal de rtments, chivalrousness shown by the Italian [ over the choice of a superintendent | vising them that civilian war work in A e a the h f all federa L | 5 “As chairman of the Council of Na- administrations and commissions that | filers ins § their women and chil- | and before the meeting was over| this state should be carried onl . =% D5 05 hoe (o0 report to you | < They are bringing their areat in- {2 8000 L8 0 S0 gestions for work | Has anybody at any time ever seid 0 y i 3 | throv the council. The completion DN 2 i3 e to b »n behalf of econo s | o " arly pleass abou dren as well as by the ominous warn-| every window in the basement of the | QFCVET FRE SOURE. L as In | the noteworthy accomplishments™ of | fuence to bear on Lehalf of economy | 4 ' of the state councills should | anything particularly pleasant about of Connecticut’s organization w I | ate Counci [ 3] ed in make arrangements to flee toward | organization was perfected to a de- | the state councils of defense and out- | gree that made possible its efficient | lining their ability to handle war | | handling of tasks assigned to it by the | work efliciently, which called forth | | veparing the young men of the ships at twice the rate they are being | 2 i [ Berlin. No comment nece: sunk by submarines There is little doubt that the Aus-| At a Sunday school election in | federal government, letters were ad- | the reply printed above was as fol- i trians will be impressed deeply by the i ind 1ft ) zhou he o tr % St Aug 2 Other 18 a cey ing contained in the message dropped | church was broken. We wouldn't be | 5 vy L o rajority of the |the State Councils of Defense in the|Aand thrift throughout the country. |y, gupmitted through the state coun-|August? Other months .have ibseg £ the clouds. - f that Sund school | m;\ e mvlw‘ cationtly. nwaiting | forty-eight states of the Union, and to | It 1 cils section of the Council of National [ properly celebrated: has this 1littl sy jELDeETengeRr oaian s ente n)’ iStas s ‘(”"):' other ,.,..",,f" indicate the war activities for which , interest of economy, to ervise the | horanse? This section has attained a | one been neglected >—Newbury for a good deal. [§dieyper ptlongokatd e BN | (hey seem to me to be peculiarly fittsd | Solicitation of funds for war relief by | tring position as the agency to | T TOWARD BERLIN. _— zations, it was impc € 16 80 arly responsible, and to ask | voluntary agencies, and to co-ordi- | (yi.) the state councils look for au- The sheep bell and tha shotgun | ministrz s st that state | and pecu E e 4 4 In his valedictory, Col. Henry Wat- [ mi nistration to u S o P stance in & atter te the efforts of these ncies, see- ority and guidance in the programs | speak loudly and effectively in The promise that news of an Al- : councils he generally used through Arociie natier SuoH en L=y : terson wrote in the' Touisville Cour-| o/ = ~ " 00 == e meantime, how- | Vital to their future ctiveness ing that they work Iv(vv"w.rv“lf;i"\flt and | committed to them for execution. It| of & flock of sheep.—Louisville Cou r-Journal: “Now, and ever, to hell | ior zation in this stat “The State Councils of Defense as 2 cornmoit DURPOSE, EAR U C TMin- s clear that in the interest of efli- | ier-Journal. jer-Journa 5 | ever. the organization ir i B e e ] A vare Swere instiiian. what agencies s he approved | gjency, all reques r action from the B with autocracy! Now, and ever, to because Washington considered it ef-1y, = (o oociion of the Council of Na-|and what discours federal government should go to them Why not change the name of thig Eihee offensive. o one drveamed that | D)l With the Fohengollern. and the | ficient, has heen made use of exten- |, nse shortly after we en- “They act also 'wlc tate repre- | (hyough this single channel. In the| month to Alhert?—New York Sun » 3 . ans o Y| Hapsburg!” Whie these words may | ° Nt > [ tered the wa Almost from the day | Ssentatives of the highway trans- t federal authorities have, not in- —_ General Foch would be able to launch X LTS When copies of the correspondence | SF¢H Ti° izt e o nities An ths Coumotl of N’ et SR SRR SER BT B Sty alde vorio . o hoclk the “finer sensibilitles” of SOMe. | hetween President Wilson and Secre- |\ /i © part in recruiting our| tional Defense in the increasingly | girectly to the state conncils with rec- | bat unfortunately some of us must they will find a true echo in the heart [ tary of War Baker weré 'shown to | PIOMUREEt BELL R o fmportant work of extending and fa- | g endations— sometimes With, Gone| stay on the job antil the iy il of every real American ‘mvmhu of the Connecticut atel ¢ {he great struggle they have pen. ; cilitating motor truck transportation, ! gicting recommendation I believe a ' come back Lowell “ourier-Citi= Comhcll er Trtense a0d dXpUU Bl gerig particularly valuable service an to reduce the ftremendous |word from you would prevent such ! zen heads yesterday, the unanimous e: | behalf of the department of agricul- | ! on our reilroads to stim- | jmijsunderstandings in the future —— B Y s ;\‘ 2 are ""“':‘ e “”’\”'“i ture in increasing the production of , ulate the production of food by pro- It is difficult to estimate the~im-| Austria promised its soldiers that any job that Washington gives us anc odstuffs. Before the creation of the ding means of transporting it to | sortance of the service rendered, since e.late offensi b Qa be gy short of miraculo He inflicted ter- | western front to deter Allied gun fire, | Our whole organization is unreserved- | io . 1oq the national campaign for In addition, they are doing notable ! state councils, their county councils terprise rible punishment on the enémy two | our Government ought to send in- [ !V &t the disposal of the federal BOV- | fo0d conservation. | Most of them took | work in connection Wwith public |anq the multitude of workers bar { weeks ago at one part of the front, | terned Germans in this country on | STRMentin carrying through any part}, jeading part in' the institution of | health; in connection with vocational | gogether under them, whom we esti-| Katydids? “Frost six weeks awag’ > s ¥ ' 3 of the task of downing the Hun Home Guards to take the blace of the | education and in studying and as- imate to number at least one million. s any New Englander will tell you. and now, by resorting to tactics al-| transports plying betwen here and The President’s Letter. federalized miiitia.§ They met many | sisting in the solution of the ’“”ml“'i‘ sl mure thi you their comman- There will be no “summer of 1918,"— most identical with those employed | England. In reply to Secretary Baker's letter b anoipe ™ ciote emelgency by pro sing and rent-profiteering prob- | der-in-chief, will be proud of their, N aven Register. | state Prompt | housing . New Haven Register. is also their special task, in the lied victory would soon “thrill the world” has been fulfilled. One month ago, in the middle of Germany’s third ® counter-attack wit twenty-four hours, to say nothing of driving the Huns back to where they were be- | , fore they retreated to the Hindenburg | If the report is true that the Ger lne. mans are placing American prisoners | | Brockton En-