New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1918, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1018, 1 FOLLOWS BATTLE | LINE N DRIVE Tmmense Stores of “Rats” Given | Out at Chateau-Thierry. (By E. A. Batchelor.) Paris August 26, (By Mail)—When Franco-American forces gave the Bhche that memorable licking on the Chateau-Thierry front, the Y. M. C A. canteen department was put to a test few organizations of similar char- acter ever faced. The battle moved swiftly. The Red Triangle had to move with equal celerity or get left. | Getting left is one thing that the “Y” | objects to. It never has happened sifice the oVerseas work began ) 8o swiftly dlti the scene of action shift during the progress of the fight | that the armies’ ration carts couldn’t always keep up. Conditions were such that it was not humanly possible to give the men the food that normally i8 issued to them. In some cases, it wgs impossible to give them any. The ¥ M. C. 2 pplies ordinarily-classed a5 something to supplement the ra- | tions, became the means actually of sustaining some of the fighters The story of how the Red angle | kept up with the army in these excit- | ing days is one of hard work, valor and efficiency unsurpassed. Toiling sometimes as much as 36 hours at a stretch, almost constantly under fire, dozens of the Y. M. C. A. workers stuck to the jobs and were rewarded by’ being able to supply the men in olive drab with biscuits, chocolate, clgarettes and hot drinks and gave | them stamina to go on with the work of beating the Boche. The number of ton miles gotten out | of motor trucks in these days of con- stant fighting was prodigious, the nu@mber of hours of labor that the mén were able to put in was almost meonceivable. The dangers incident to the service make the small size of the Red Triangle casualty list seem miraculous. Racing to Battle, Just as soon as the news came that & big push was on, the canteen de- pastment temporarily suspended all othier activities and devoted its en- tire attention to rushing supplies to the front. Biscuits, chocolates and cigarettes destined for points in the reserve areas were requisitioned and loaded on trucks bound for the scene of th hottest fighting. Even the ware: | heuse filled with supplies to be used against the possibility of an evacua tipn of Paris was emptied in order that the army might be fed No matter how fast or how far the flghting units went, a Y. M. C. A. man was right on the heels of the soldiers. The trucks were taken as far as po gible and then, when it would have been suicidal for wheeled traffic to | venture closer to the lines, the work- erg packed food and smokes in on their backs There were so many instances of héroic conduct under fire that before matters was a day old the army had céased to remark on the courage of a Y. M. C. A. secretary remaining at s post when men were being killed all ground him. Ofhe wearer of the Red Triangle, Rev. Walter Rue Murra; of East Orange, J., was killed by shell con- cission while actually distributing food to the men in his canteen. Sev- eral cases of shell shock and gassing | were reported but in most cases the vietims insisted on “sticking” until it ‘wag all over. It is estimated that an average of 200 tons of supplies a day were han- djed by the canteen department in the week when the struggle was flerc- est. A large proportion of this was distributed gratis, as the field workers were instructed to see that no soldier wanted for anything that could be supplied him, whether he had money to pay for it or not. The idea was to PE and let the exechequer take care itself. It must be remembered that the distribution of supplies was greatly hampered by the fact that the 1ch railroads were already overtaxed by the demands trietly military bus- ine Motor trapsportation was re- p Ned on and, because the desired amount of cargo space for bringing Y; M. C. A. trucks cannot be had, there were not anywhere near enough trucks to do the job according to the | normal estimates. But by making | every driver and every vehicle do un- heard of things, the line was kept open. 180,000,000 Smokes Monthly. The Y. M. C. A. canteen department In France qualified as “Big busine: orig ago and it is constantly getting bigger. Here are some figures that wil quanti. give a slight idea of the it handles. The post exchange department esti- ates that there were distributed dur- fng the month of August 5,000,000 bars of chocolate, 8,000,000 packages ot biscuits, 2,500,000 packages of pim, 1,000,000 two-ounce cans of to- bacco and 180,000,000 cigarettes To manufacture the chocolate bars, 1,360 tons of sugar were required and 450 tons of flour went into the bis- tuits. One of the largest confectionery Manufacturing concerns on the con- Mnent was chartered to make the Hocolate bars and the job was rushed Ithiall possible speed ! An examination of these figures will explain the problem of manufs uring and distribution. A slight ap- bRoximation of the size of the job hiay be gained by remembering that e qutput of a well organized and quipped factory in the States in or- Mhary times is about 150,000 to 200,- 00 pounds of candy per month As the nurber of American soldiers France increases, the Y. M. C. A Piprepared to keep pace. It is we'rd; uj existing factories by applying erfcan production methods, open- new plants and otherwise lending |and struck her. She was [ necticut. | talion, depot brigade. elping hand to the French manu- urers constantly. the month of November, it is es- timated that it will require 700 French freight cars, or the equivalent of 350 big American ¢ , to trans- | port the biscuits sold by the associa- tion alone. its infancy. If it continues to thrive | at the pr nt rate, the Red Triangle may eventually have to call upon the Army Quartermaster Corps to help out on the transportation problem and | devote itself almost exclusively to sell- | ing the supplies put on the ground by the military people. ONION GROWER FINED Strong in His Denial of Assault on Sister of His Friend—sSisterly Love —Fined $10. Adam Stavinski, a strong man be- cause he is an onion grower in the! summer and works winters in one of | the local factories, and Rosie Pietras stood trial in police court this morning before Judge Meskill on the charge of assaulting Veronica Droessel, who is a or of Mrs. Pietras. The alleged as. sault took place last Saturday night on Grove street Veranica testified that as she walked along Grove street she observed Rosie and Adam in conversation. She told | her sister to have nothing to do wie: Adam because he is a married nian Rosie told her ta mind her own busi- | ness, that she was old enough to be | her own boss. Adam becam= angry knocked down and kicked. For about an hour e was uncoascicus. Patrolman Walinezius said that he observed the fight and made the ar- rest of Stavinski after a lively chase. Several other witnesses gave cor- roborative testimony concerning the | agsault. One of the witnesses said he caught Stavinski and held him uatil Patrolman Walinczius arrived. m going to tell the truth,” said Mrs. Mary Kolli, and she told the court that Veronica heaved a bag contain- | ing eggs and onions at Stavinski aad that Veronica's sister aided Stavinski in the assault. Attorney William F. Mangan was counsel for Stavinski. Stavinski was fized $10 and Mrs, Pietras was placed on prabation. BARBERS DI US3 PRICES, May Adopt New Schedule for Hair Cutting and Shaving. At a meeting of the Barbers’ union held last night the matter of raising the prices of shaving and hair-cutting was again discussed aad sentiment in favor of the proposed raises to 50 cents for haircutting and 20 cents for shav- ing seemed to exist, it is reported. It is probable that these prices will be adopted soon by the barbers of New Britain as they claim that some such action on their part is necessary, as it has been found that it is impossible to meet their current expeases with tho cld prices in effect. The labor situa- tion together with increased cost of materials used in the business, they claim, make it necessary that they raise their prices. A full attendance of the union is looked for at the next meeting, which will be held September 26, as final ac- tion on the incry s to be taken at that time 1ses ¥ LEAGU, LUTH SOCIAL Intevesting Program Given, Including Talk by Pastor Ohman. A well attended meeting of the Lu- ther league of the Swedish Lutheran church was held at the church last evening, and an excellent program was carried out. The program coasisted of recitations, piano and vocal selections and an address by Rev. Dr. S, G. Oh- man. Miss Ingeborg Fromen daughter of Dr. and Mrs. BE. T. Fromen, who is soon to enter the Emerson College of Oratory, eatertained with several reci- tations. Others who contributed to the program are Miss Marjorie Nelson, who rendered piano selections, and Miss Ruth Parson, who entertained with vocal selections CONG. LONERGAN PRESIDES. Vashington, Sept. 13.—Congressman gustine Lonergan Of the First Dis- trict presided Wednesday afternoon in the House of Representatives as tem- porary speaker for nearly two hours, during discussion on the War Revenue bill, During that time seven representa- tives addressed the House, among them Congressman Fordney of Michi- gan and Congressman Merritt of Con- In the cloak rooms later, Mr. Lon- ergan’s colleague: in congratulating | him on his handling of the gavel, told him the only difference between him- self and Champ Clark +was in their vears. DORBUCK WITH “Y” AGAIN. imited Service Man Rejected At Camp Upton—Others in Class 1. Anthon Dorbuck of this city, who s sent to Camp Upton with the last quota of limited service men, has been rejected for army service for physical disability and has been dis- charged. He has returned to Camp ickson, South Carolina, where he has resumed his former work as a Y. M. C. A. worker. everal of the other limited serv- ice men from this city have gone into regular army work at Camp Upton, while others are doing special work. They are in the 21st Co., 6th Bat- CAMP UPTON CONNECTIO Owing to the large number of New Britain men at mp Upton, and the frequent visits made them by their friends and relatives, the Inter State Transit company has announced its Sunday schedule. The 8 a. m. boat from Greenwich is met at the Léng Island landing at Oyster Bay with large busses which take passengers to Hicksville where they take a train for Camp Upton. These busses meet the return train at 6:45 p. m. The run- ning time for the trip is four hours and the distance is 120 miles. The Transit company carries any men in the service free of charge. And the business is still in | § Here’s An Opportunity to Match An Old -- ' Probably Have Hanging Up in Your U. 5. INDUSTRY AND S FRENCH FIELD New Method of Co-operative Sell- ing May Be Necessary Washington, Sept. 13.—American manufacturers who plan to supply materials for the industrial recon- struction of northern France should prepare for co-operative selling, for © revolutionary change in French methods of buying is to follow the war. A small number of central purchas- ing agencies, representing groups of French manufacturers engaged in re- ed industries and assisted by the credit of the French government, will deal with those supplying the mater- ial, Scattered American selling efforts will not be able to meet the require- ments of the huge buying power of several thousand French consumers, in the opinion of Pierce C. Williams, American commercial attache at Pari who reports that unless American manufacturers prepare for co-épera- tive selling they will be laboring under a serious handicap The Central Bureau for Industrial Purchases for the Invaded Regions, a French stock company composed of many manufacturers, has emphasized in a report that the task of restoring the destroyed industries is too large for individual and competitive buying. Its directors are reported as equally certain that it will be out of the ques- tion for isolated American firms, no matter how large or well equipped, to meet the demand. It is with groups of American manufactprers—each group being able to supply a certain industry with all materials and spe- cial equipment for its restoration— that the Central Bureau wishes to es- tablish relations. Although the French manufacturer in the past has been regarded as most individvalistic among business men, the size and complexity of the task of reconstruction has caused him to accept such a radical change in his business methods as collective buying. The industrial reconstruction = of France alone i more than one na- tion can properly attend to, so the pooling of American interests involves solution of the question of Whether American manufacturers will be able to hold their own in competition with other nations Occupied Area Industrially Tmportant. Although the area occupied by the Germans in France the last four years is small as compared with correspond ing regions in the United States, northern and eastern France with Belgium were in 1914 one of the bus- iest workshops in the world. Nearly “Tom” Open Every Evening Till 9 than thirty per These factories’ output in proportion machines have been skilful apart and all the copper-and alloys in the bearings sent into Germany for remelting. In many instances, af- ter th broken up and turned over to Ger- man scrap-iron dealers. down, steel columns and beams have either been sent back into Germany or used in the war zone. Sugar refineries and breweries are reported to have been completely destroyed. Machine shops finished just before the begin- ing of the war have been razed, and \f, in the rear of the battle line the enemy has continued in operation certain plants that would serve his purpose, it be destroyed before retreating. trie: three times the original cost, Which would amount to millions. The cost, before the war, of industries known offi- | gin. Meanwhile the bur 000 tribution lines, turing plants,” 500,000,000 francs, fra This is the most costly advertising stunt ever put before the public by any tailor in America, but in view of the big boom it has given my business heretofore when offered by me, it is well worth what it cost me. I am determined to make this the largest September business of my history. In conjunction with this I also offer $25.5 Hundreds of different styles at this price—fine Worsteds, Serges and Mixtures in all the se f" » Every Suit and Overcoat is tailored on the premises, my tailors being in plain view of the, ‘street. look them over, but don’t buy unless you are ahsolutely certain that they are all I clai Britain or anywhere else. Any $30 and $35 Suits or Over- coats in the Store at the Single Price of nr—the best va urray, 394 MAIN STREET [ NEW BRITAIN, CT. § Monday and Saturday T 26,000 factories and industrial estab- lishments were in the invaded parts of France, and their output was more cent of all France. total production fol- Iron ore, 90 per cent; pig iron, 83 per cent; steel, 75 per cent; coal, 70 per cent; combed wool, 94 per linen thread, 90 per cent; su per cent ent; Owners of the factories, of course, have been shut off from normal com- munications with their properties, but workmen, engineers and others caught in the north of France when the G man army rolled through there have gradually worked their way to Paris as their repatriation has been accom- plished by the Allied arms. In many localities and in almost countless in- dustries, nothing remains, Coal mines have been flooded, and vears will pass before coal will bs | hoisted from them again lectric power stations and the transmission lines have in many places been dis- mantled, the machinery being ca off by the Germans, and the co wire sold at auction. Practically all of the equipment in the metal-work- plants, all the cotton, linen and wool spinning machinery, together with wool-combing and textile looms, have been systematically pillaged rried per Repatriated workers report that taken s was done, the iron frame was Steel structures have been taken d the sheet-iron roofs and will s believed that these The cost of replacing these indus. today is estimated to be about ve suffered worst is semi reported as follows nning and combed wool, 2,400.- 000 spindles, 192,000,000 francs. Spinning of cotton, 2,800,000 spin- dles, 184,000,000 francs. Spinning of flax, 500,000 spindles, 100,000,000 franc: Vool weaving, 96,000 looms. 92.- 000 francs. Weaving of cotton cloth, 29.000 looms, 46,000,000 francs stations and dis- 250,000,000 francs Machinery and electrical manufac- ! Central elect Sugar refineries, 135,000,000 francs Breweries, 137,000,000 francs. Small machine shops, 350,000,000 | sued by it de al mines, 900,000,000 francs. Tron mines, blast furnaces and s works, 2,000,000,000 francs. the foregoing tabulation, nor that o buildings, except for coal mines, blas | industries were in the invaded d tricts, including ice glass wor | water wor , public works, gas potteries, oil refinerie bleaching tex plants, f ving factories, and chemical diture. nch plans for reconstruction be gan soon after the invasion, the gov nment in December, 1914, declar | ing that damage caused by the w should be a charge on the nation as a whole. This principle means tha | the French ma government for the mea ing industrial activity | ® reparation may be e of r rdless of v rer is materials new manufacturir manufact {he may r ities, C red in May, 1915 merce decl: sound, for w are ur necessary to reconstruct his plant | French gover 1y realized the undertaking to buy and allocate r e Central As: ers organized t ment after d purchases hav been approved by the ministr merce, and its accounts a! finances. Other provi: government control. repairing the war's damage can be un- the import of material necessary be- fore industrial reconstruction can be- paring estimates of ma be needed by each industry. Of equal importance in the preparation is the work of establishing coatact with prc pective supply, so that all will be ready for the signing of contracts with the signing of a peace treaty The bureau, according to advices re ceived here, i anxious to get in touch with American manufa s, but has let it be known that it would be of little use for individual American firms | to send catalogues or enter into pre- correspondence. A report is lares that individual and competitive buying is out of the ques- tion, and the collective selling is fa- vored to meet France's callective buy liminary CONCERT TICKETS MAY BE i NEW BRITAIN BOY PRISONER OF HITINS EXCHANGED Land values are not considered m; furnaces and steel works, Many other | ph Carroll is First From wmaking plants, ] s City to Be Captured By Connectiout, the Enemy. flour mills, printing plants, dyeing and 1 od-conser- and fer- tilizer works. Their buildings, tools | g and stock represent enormous expen- i rev headquarters company “missing in Arm ning 3 argad P t Crow concert will be one cal events New Brit- | located in a German prison camp and : < been treated to in a long time, alone the band ed to this there is also the prime rea 1 house. Add distinguished heroes s t guests of the city of New acturer looks to his 1m- Britain the concert is for t 1t indemnities or | acted from the | tickets goes pocket hook a1l the expens enemy, the indemnity desired by the th which ctiv- | h indemnities to the manu- { fcturer, the Paris Chamber of Com- a svndicate of te citiz sustain the French army at the front through its Y. M such powerful influe of the troops. Agenci Kr public spirited ith the money in his hand he would not be assured of materials as much a ment officials quick- | i e ey bjection to the state 2- of the trooy terials. Accordingly the manufactur- oncert the musicians wil} ion for the Restoration of Industrial Life in the Invaded Regions to be con- | ducted without profit and serving as By the agreement the bureau buys | and’ distributes materials and equip- rtford in auto Bureau is loo; Chairman committee reminding Humphr, decorations is desirous of com- subject to audit by the inspector general of | ions of the agree- | 105 Sexton ment make the bureau under strict| especially that rested by the street, has been so notified »v the war department SWISS COMMERCIAL TREATY EXPIRING Purchases are not now being made | vears old, is the first New Britain hoy by the bureau, for before the work of [ to fall into the clutches of the Ge: mans and, so far as has been report ed, is the only boy from this city who dertaken, the war must first be won, | 1 one of the and tonnage is too valuable for even | Discuss Prolonging Agree. ment—JFrench Decide Ag o u is pre- | terials that will | The -en the United State and Switzerland exy jations for startling news was followed by letters from the young soldier's com- rades setting forth the conditions un- disappeared. ; ranco-Amer- s on October during the ican drive the front line trenches Dispatches from ate that the French govern- ment has renounced the Francc commercial cenvention of 1906. Tt is this is due to the En- tente policy to put an end to all com distance and fill water for the thirsting canteens with several week he was offic nothing of his whereabouts or exists with a of preventing the enemy from the war. rol, a corporal, is also in the head- 3. | benefiting Give French Teception 1s. Every hts of Co Arr y and the as through is sus- furnish cars, to unfurl the next Mon of the other Pact commaerc olongation, will begin s the most ‘;.