New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1918, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY ‘New Britain Merald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. Tamucd daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:18 P. mo at Herald Building, 67 Church Post Ofce at New Britatn Matter. Bnter the as Rocond Ciass Mall TELEPHONE CALLS 28 fAtatle advertising wedium in tv Ctrculation books and pross slways open to advertisers. wiil be found on sale at Fot Nows Stand. 42nd St. and Broad: w York City; Board Walk At ty, and Hartford Depot. of the Associated Press. A Press ls exclusively enlltloe use for republication of all mew! {~ 1t or not otherwise cradited and elso the looml Dews ein. 1d should feel that he share, not only in conferred by a free but also in the rich nd glorious achieve- RICHARD EDWARDS. TRAPPED. the White House, specially since he became Mr Wilson has rous worthy papers of it is doubtful if he has ever @ a more masterly diplomatic that of yesterday penned a note to Berlin in Germany’s proposal for an Woodrow Wilson some- n referred to as “a pro- \ diplomat”. Foreign particularly those in niries, used to expr sur- should have this country 1 university president as chief ve, and, until we entered the publications here at home ome n in the habit of scoffing at Wilson's ability to cope with But that is The “pro- sident 1] situations. the of past. shown himself to be the all. marvellous intui- diplomat of them almost he adjusted himself ad- administrative sur- in a brief space of come to be recognized man in this or the a any of world today. that man such as the well codrow Wilson has been at 1ip of state in these In the first stage of the t conflict he realized better than iyone else how important and nec- that we should observe all to the it was t neutrality toward He was awake hbportunity before America as placed atest of all neutral countries to ediator, should any of the ountries seek our good of- this regard. He was prompt services of our Govern- s the occasion required, t as firm in dealing with ngressions of our sovereign rights of the Entente Allies as part of the central powers. ai in the critical days when the this conflict, he rman government provoked intry inte joining the self to be just as capable r-in-chief of our army had been the civilian ation. And from we entered the fray, his have attained an added portraying, as they did, united people to atiments of upon by civilization eman- fate a universe threatened with the of Prussianism his note of vyesterday to the the President ernnent, situation most accurate- lized fully that to close the door to peace opened by powers would only be to desired oppor- proclaiming to his pople lies were bent upon their \ and that they must fight On the existence. other President was keenly ihe treachery of the men deal with, and he kept in fact that to agree to an orthwith would place Am- Entente nations in an position, since the central powers could then enter into discus- sions equipped with pawns in the form of occupied territories with which to barter over the conference table. And so this “professor”, this “'school teacher” whom political op- ponents as well as enemies of our country have sometimes jeered at and rcferred to as an ‘“incompetent idealist”, played his master stroke. In a few brief sentences he turned the tables neatly on the enemy, and by one of the most skiliful maneuvers in the annals of diplomacy, Mr. Wil- son, extra- strategist and statesman ordinary, accomplished what is known to the man on the street as the bluff”. sincere in the desire to make “calling If Germany is peace according to President Wilson's con- ditions. she must now prove it by im- mediately withdrawing her forces from every inch of occupied soil and she must give assurances that her act is an expression of the will of the people, not that of the Hohenzollern dynast Tf the imperial government is meroly “sparring for time”, her reply to the President’s inquiry will that fact. If the diplomats intended to set a trap for disclose kaiser’s us, they will surely fall into it them- selves if they do not agree to comply with set at once the first condition forth in the White House note—viz: the withdrawal of the forces of the central powers from invaced lands. In the whirl of war it Is difficult entirely the colossal signifi- It his to grasp cance of the President’s message. is difficult to reallze that upon words depended the case of the Allied co-belligerents. One slip, one false step, and the enemy would be quick to seize any advantage thus presented. The President knew better than any- one how weighty his note would be. He fclt the awful responsibility—he had in mind the sufferings nations, of op- the welfare of our Expeditionary Force, and the cause of Democracy. When one thoroughly digests the meaning of his note, it is apparent that in that brief message volumes are contained. It is at once fine, benevolent, concise, adroit and firm. The enemy is confronted with the alternatives of making good by mands of the note, or of being brand- of We can his proffer complylng with the de- ed once more with the stigmas hypocrisy and malevolence. await Germany’s reply in calmness and confidence. Marshal Foch has trapped the German generals—Presi- dent Wilson has trapped her diplo- mats. 1f she chooses to comply with If she refuses, our armies will bring her N our demands, peace is at hand. to her knees. CAMBRAI FALLEN—BUY BONDS. READL PROOF. Perusa! of the newspapers which comment upon the President's note to Germany furnished real proof of the statement that “politics is adjourned”. Even the Hartford ‘‘Courant”, which from time to time vents its spleen against various branches of the Ad- ministration, endorses the President's message in its editorial columns to- day. (This will no doubt cause great satisfaction in Washington). Strange as it may seem, the only complaints against the attitude of Mr. Wilson emanate from Senator Lodge and Congressman Foss. Of course it is merely incidental that the former is republican leader of the upper house and that the latter of the republican congressional commit- tee. But this is a remarkable coin- cidence just the same that only these two gentlemen, of all of Congress, should finding fault with message. We have great tor Lod: is chairman the members be reported the President's as respect for Sena- who is undoubtedly one of the ablest statesmen of this country, but we can hardly suppress a smile when we readehim quoted as follows: I am unable to undertake to analyze all the possible interpre- tations which may be put upon this entrance of the President into ‘discussions with the imperial German government. As a matter of fact, the President has entered into no discussions with the German government. He has told them that they must “put up or shut up” but of course Mr. Wilson does not use such language, though that what and even if he employed this plain phrase of the streets, it is doubtful whether it would have been any more compre- hensible to the classic ear of the senior Senator from the Bay Furthermore, we are surprised the Senator's “pairful anxiety is he means, had ate. to note 'S Allic Does Mr. that without on our etc Lodge imagine for one moment Presi- dent Wilson consulting Did Mr. papers, of the ministration v took this step the Entente governments? not read Lodg in the news- after the receipt Ad- with immedi; German message, that the conferring Entente premic But that's enough. Politics is ad- journed. Ho-hum CAMBRAI ALLEN-—BUY BONDS. VICE of the most im- EMPLOYME BURIEAU New Lritui s on poriant industriul centers In this section of the country, and with the added demands now made our is upon local factories by orders fitting and war that Department it prope Govern- of a bureau of the the ment, Labor, United in this through the should open States Service the Employment city. The purposes of bureau are ably set forth in another column. the The essence the that of plan is recognition one ¢ national agency is demanded for re cruiting workers for the nation’s war needs; that the Employment Service is the agency for this that appropriate task, and adequate resources must be given the Service and corre- sponding elffectiveness secured to en- able it to discharge the responsibility. Oux their manufacturers fullest have promised operation to the Em- plovment Service Bureau. They are its of question be in accord with Government in filled the intention to keep the ranks essential war wor The of skilled and unskilled labor will secondary to that of essential or non- essential occupation. W. B. Wi has the following to say with re to this new branch of the ment: The need for military has made the mobility an important factor in military operations. The impulse of every department, board and industrial establishment has been to secure the labor required to increase their productive capacity with- out regard to its effect upon the industrial situation or the prior- ity claims of their neighbors. That condition is rapidly being remedied throush the centraliza- tion of the responsibility for the mobilization of lzbor in the Em- ployment Service of the Federal Department of Labor. Even those wh prejudices have hereto- fore stood in the way begin to realize that the probiem can only be efiiciently handled through a common policy emanating from a central directing head. here Secretary of Labor Govern- supplies of labor | tions is no reason why the bu- reau should not meet with success win be in this the helped Its task that task to heip it must well city. war| is and in individuals If turnover by as as by it succeeds in of the city in general reducing the labor in thishvicinity, it will have The dene some- thing worth while. turnover is the sents much individuaiistic strike and repre- more loss of time than is involved saike or The important factor If the in any spontaneous the win- collective protest man in shop is ning the the turn an in he fails the man in latter in ily the war. trenches, must fail Both are vit essential to successful We Bur conduct of the the war. wish Employment Service u all possible success. CAMBRAI FALLEN—BUY BONDS. FACTS AND FANCIES, Good second City Star. has come out time—good of Nazareth a news.—Kansas Germany fection first fit.— takes the as calmly New Bulgarian cat Sun de- a having its York At last the kaiser's Germany is is literally truc d York that war 1tion tensive Worl fighting a Ne Ts age tial seorge Creel within the limit? Is occupation or non-essential >—Boston essen- Globe. to fight Bully! darndest kaiser it out, eh walloping Going serbill 7 the gol king or Union. Mr. Kai- you to get that ever nchester While the war $20,000,000,000 worry people £0 muic in the quart price field Republican has th already cost fact doesn’t 1 as the advance of milk us 1t Spring- The Allies Germans in don’t know gruous chief h pinlk of captured pajamas, some and we anything more incon- cannibal Citizen than this ex ille hat ept a in Ottawa A Tifton showed card: he work my zette. youth the 18-45 ticket Berlin", e riend h my therc ration Paris”, to Tifton Ga- “Here's “from said ying way to was visited ton be- Hub insisted wrriving from Kissing costly and also New Haven on the Grip cause the of op kissing all over the habit sometimes dangerous Union girls sailor boys we his you see ders atlas o Conscienti take down the than at tinie steam roller be Nothing stimu phy more going acro ous re wve had to late Russian »ftener of since the to roll love the in backwar of geogr: little fla the n lates a than to th as to what effect this note will have ldi.uk\un.' Sprinfieid Republican, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1918. PUND CLOSED. o In order refuse to avoid having to further contributions k Baby Fund”, The wishes to inform its readers that the fund is closed. The sum of $200 which was re- quested, § been donated, so there no longer any neces- sity for keep the fund open. After the report was made up yesterday, showing a total of $200, the sum of $5 was received from “A Friend”, and 75¢ from Norman Benoit, Through mn oversight, the tions of A, G. Hawker and Larson, who gave each, had not been mentioned. FOR YOUR BOY AND MY BOY. Hear the bugle The call to arms for Liberty See them, one and all They go to fight for you e we will find them Every mother's ; We must behind them "Till their work is don and me. oes CHORUS. nd my boy, And all of the hoys out there, Let's lend our money to the U And do our share. Every bond that we are buying Will help to hold the fighting line; Buy bond! Buy bonds! ¥or your boy and mine. For your hoy Hear the bugle call, The call to those who st You are soldiers all, Though you may foam. Keep Old Glory waving Proudly up above; Praying, working, saving For the ones you love. at home; never cross the (From the Dallas News) The News hoped, and even expected that the meeting of the members of the State of Nation- al Defense conference with Governor Hobby would result in the creation of a small body of men, under the presidency of the governor to bring about an organized solicita- tion of funds for the relief of the drought sufferers and to devise a scheme for their employment. hardly necessary to say that the out- come of the meeting disappoints that The Council of National “hearty approval and commendation” to the movément for the collection of a relief fund by vol- untary contributions, and urged the County Councils of National Defense, together with the various Chambers of Commerce, as well as “all other so- cieties and agcicies,” “to take active inter in the procu g of subscrip- and collection of money.,” to be flistributed by Governor Hobby “ac- ‘ to such plan as he may de In addition, the council au- thorized its chairman, if and when he should think it expedient to appoint a committee to solicit aid to the extent of $50,000,000 from the Federal Gov- ernment and also suggested the enact- ment of legislation to remit the taxes paid by the people of the drought- stricken sections. But if the result of the Austin con- ference is disappointing, it ought not to be allowed to defeat the purpose. If its action , or rather failure to take definite action, has lessened the chance to achieve the full measure of success which was possible, it still re- mains possible to provide a very ap- preciable relief to the people of West Texas, who have a just claim to our compassion. The idea that $50,000,000 got from the Federal illusory What the TFederal Gov- ernment - has done is pretty likely to be all that we may ex- pect from the source. To sent a com- mittee to Washington to soleit further relief would he to travel a road which we know by exr ure. Tt will only resolution, enfeeble our dull our sense of dut) any hope of assistance from that source. If the people of West Texas are to be relieved, it must be the peo- ple of the rest of Texas who relieve them. If the sections of the State have been rostrated by a Council in exnectation. Defense gave its ts its is to be CGovernment is weaken our efforts own and that drought of two and three vears dura- tion are to be enabled to triumph pver their misfortune, it is by the People of Texas that their opportunity must be preserved. on that palpable fact abandon them to their distress. This must not be done. It cannot be done without bringing down on ourselves a reproach and a legacy of lasting regret. Let Governor Hobby fssue formal address to the people of Texas setting forth the situation and urging them to discharge the duty they are under to the people of West Texas. Then let every newspaper in Texas reinforce that address with its own continued appeals. Tet the County Councils of National Defense, wherever they accept it as one of their the News be- lieves it properly is, to organize cam- paigns of solicitation, The News is convinced that if these thin done the poos sufficiently to make it possible, not to do all that needs to be done, but to ecase the distress of thousands of fami- lies that are sufferimg sore privations. ox funections, as SPANISH CRISIS NEwW Sebastian, AVERTED, MINISTRY IS FORMED. San Oct. 8 the Spain, . (By Associated Press.)—Antonio Maura, the resignation of whose cabi- today, has formed government, in which he takes the post of minister of public instruc- tion, which was vacated by the Duke of Alba, who is the only minister seded in the new cabinet. Pre- Maura's enthusiastic attitude the impression that a crisis has net was reported a new rien~e leads to fail- | to indulge in | To close our eyes | would be to | | may be. It is | hall be | le of Texas will respond | i | cooperate with workmen and employ- U. 3. LABOR BUREAU READY FOR SERVIGE Will Supply Uncle Sam With Necessary Munition Workers { i Arrangements are practically com- pleted for the opening by the United ! through the De- partment of Labor, of a local bureau of the United States Ser at No. 1 Joseph C. Beebe in charge. Reserve Organizer H. §. Tallard will | also make his local headquarters in this office. The bureau today author- ized the following statement outlining the of bureau: States Government, Kmployment with Federal | ice Main street, | purposes and policies the | Purpose of Bureau. | The U. Employment Service has for its purpose the supplying of skilled | and unskilled labor to essential war | industries. Today it has 20,000 labor | recruiting agents of the United States | Public Service Reserve, and 500 ; branch offices—it covers the entire United States. The biggest problem confronting the nation today is to maximum production of ships, food, munitions and all materials necessary for our army at home and overseas. This means the ‘right man for the right job” in every single unit of ac- tivity on the part of the industrial | army of the United States. The labor turnover since our entry in the war has been enormous. A conservative | estimate by the authorities shows | that the entire production of the United States can be increased 15 per cent. if this turnover is reduced to a minimum. Hence the necessity of an official government department to er alike to effect maximum produc- tion. Benefiting the Worker. erv- The United States Employment se ice is of distince benefit to the worker, no matter what his particular work It is his assurance of being placed in the right work under stable conditions He does not have to gamble on lost time and transporta- tion and living costs as he does under private employment systems. There- fore this series of advertisements is the hest possible method by ‘which an organization or group of labor can go publicly on record as an evidence of | iprotection to self and a fitting record of patriotism, Labor—the industrial army of the nation—has gloriously done its part in the war. It is mak- ing possible the success of our military army, but as our army and navy are | being called upon for greater effort in | this crisis, so must the industrial army | extend itself to greater production in the support of the war. By reducing unnecessary labor shifting, improving living and work- ing conditions, the United States Em- ployment Service will assist bringing | about this necessary maximum pro- duction With 500 branch offices, 20,000 United States Public Reserve Enrolment Agents, with the Boys Working Reserve, it is in immediate touch with labor conditions in every part of the United States and is en- deavoring to distribute labor intelli- gently and sufficiently so that food and materials may be had in sufficient quantity, and so that neither farmer, manufacturer, nor worker need suf- fer unnecessarily. Labor Market Demoralized. The average manufacturer now realizes that he can no longer recruit the kind of labor and in the numbers he requires through his agents or through private employment agencies, which for the most part have grown fat on the fees received from steering “fioater to their patrons. The pri- vate recruiting agent and the fee em- ployment agency have been among the chief contributors to a frightful labor turnover but their day is done. Between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 workers of all kinds, in addition to those now engaged in war production, will be required by the war industri during the next twelve months. The labor market has been so demoralized and depleted that the supply of the great number must manifestly be conducted by the Government. Ad- ditional labor particularly common labor, must be found, while skilled craftsmen must be transferred from the non-essential industries to the shipyards, munition and other war plants. The United States Employment Service is now adequately equipped to take this job in hand, but it cannot fill it successfully unless the individ- ual employer co-operates instead of competes with it. Tke past six nonths of the Employment Service's activity have been devoted largely to building up of an efficient recruiting and placing organization and in con- serving the immediately available supply of workers. The more diffi- cult task—that of finding new labor— | is just beginning and the Department | of Labor and its Employment Service needs the assistance of every em- ployer and association of employers and business men in the country. Employment Service Covers Country. In a short half year the United States Employment Service has cov- ered the country with a natlonal sys- tem of public employment offices which links up all Federal, State and municipal frec employment agencies. 1t has established scores of new of- fices in industrial and farm sections hitherto without free employment fa- ciliti Today it has more than 500 offices in its system, reaching every part of the United States. This Iis nearly five times the number of offices in operation at the first of the year, when the service was reorganized. It has a recruiting service, the U. S. Public Service Reserve, which reaches into virtually every county and town- ship to find workers of all kinds as they are called for. It has a system of clearances which permit transfers of labor from one section to another The McMillan Store, “ALWAYS RELIABLE"” LOOKAFTERYOUREEALTH KEEP YOUR BODY WARI Warmer, turn Yourselves liable to Clothing very By which ar sick and on the way to recovery should be colds again as they are liable to become more BATH For Men, Women and Children to slip on where there has WARM home or in your rooms supplied to take off the fall chills. S BATH ROBES $2.98 TO $7.98 WOMIEN MEN'S BATH ROBES CHILDRIEN'S FELT SLIPPERS—Men’s and Women's WARM Of Heavy WOMEN xtra Size Gowns at One and Two Pi CHILDREN’'S ONE PIEC of Domet Flannel TWO-PIECE PAJAMAS at . MEN’S DOMET NIGHT SHIRT! MEN’S DOMET PAJAMAS DR. DENTON AND W to pneumonia, BATH ROBES SLEEPING Domet Flannel “omt $1.49, $1.98 LEEPERS CHESTER SLEEPERS thereby preventing catching colds others who have been careful not to take very serious after a relapse. ROBES when lounging around at been practically no heat $5.98 " $7.98 $2.98 98¢ ™" GARMENTS = 52539 S $2.59" Eee P75 sp 08 $1.49 " $1.75 $1.75™" $1.25*51.98 e $2'50 Suit each in sizes made with the feet. P s vhe 89(: to $1 04‘0 hu;l‘ Good Wool Sweate: s THAT WILL CHILDREN’S SWEATERS WOMEN’S SWEA' RE MEN’S SW TERS WOMEN’'S KNIT WOOL SLIP-ONS, Special Values WOMEN’'S WOOL HOSE MEN’S MERINO SOX ... MEN’S CASHMERE SOX at .. An Infants’ Cashmere Hose. Bands for Little Tots. Colors, KEEP - 65¢ ™ Woo! Gloves and Mit Part Wool YOU WARM $2.25 * $5.98 $3.98°$11.98 o $3.98 © $7.50 59c “ 65¢ ™ 39c "59c Regular 75¢ value. rens ANl Si and All Wool Vests and WARM UNDERWEAR of the reliable kinds, to fit every member of the family. Blankets and Com ortab es Lower prices here for the warm, reliable grades Buy our kinds and keep out the cold regardless of State lines or distances. It has an intelligence system which acquaints the main administrative of- fice at Washington with the employ- ment and general labor conditions throughout the United States. It the co-operation of the Postoffice De- artment and the Department of Ag- culture in reaching the rural sec- tions of the country. It has a cen- tralization of authority with a decen- tralization of machinery—the only pracitical way to handle the poblem of supplying labor. The chief obstacle met by the U. S. Employment Service has been e Th great discrepancies in wage scales| in country. Given two industries of the same kind which offer widely different wages, it is naturally easy for the Employment Service to fill the re- quirements of one and difficult or jm- possible to meet those of the other. All employers and employment | i [ | | | managers will be welcomed as visitors | at the office of the Service while suggestions and cisms are warmly invited. criti- GROCERS' MEETING. Retail Association Will Be Perfected at Chamber of Commerce. The grocers of New Britain will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock sharp at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and perfect the organization of a Re tail Gro Association for this city. Secretary L. A. Sprague of the Cham- ber has secured J. W. Everett of Haven, a director of the National Re- tail Grocers’ this meeting. lips & Drake, other grocers of Hartford, s Association, to speak E. B. Phillips, of Phil- together with several will at- tend. The committee appointed at the last gathering has drawn up a constitution and by laws and this will be presented to the grocers for their acceptance. The organization of the retail men will be a great help to the trade New Britain, many problems that af. fect all can be worked out and con- ditions throughout the city bencfited. An attendance of at least 100 gro- cers is expected. Employment | the ew | at | year, | Maine, 1 in various industries and sections of the | commander FOR BRAVERY. Red Cross Workers Ca to ed Comforts Soldiers Under Fire. Washington, Oct. 9 Stillman Lieut w York f Welles! the der of the cen Clifford A Lieut. Carl attached to tary affairs Cross, h: cor brigade bravery of their duties. In a letter to the field on the Ttalian front of made public herc Coch s. - of n ent of American ve | commended b Rec t manding off of Rersaglieri the Italian displayed in the performanc headquarte the Red Cross today the brigade says the lieutenants entered the first r usual distribution of com- s to the soldiers and accomplished their task in an nner even during the an ar- tillery duel.” h “voluntaril effect the: for lines to admi violent fire of PRICE CATCHES M’ADOO Washington, Oct. assistant Director tried 9.—O0s to Gen McAdoc to sell his weckly newspaper, (W. Va.) because Ronceverte democratic director Times, the general ordered that the men connected with the railroad administ participate in politic the paper appeared, I Mr. Price would ces county organ rail 0! tha not for is or should No ver, buyer e S0 today the Times ovember 1 winnounced that se blication N COMMERCIAL APPLE CROP. Washington, Oct. 9.—The commer- cial apple crop this year is 24,400,00( barrels, the department of agriculture has estimated 22,519,000 estir st was this lude vear's crop barre State barrel ch crops rated i inc 000; Ma setts, 5, New Jersey 20,000; Mary 000; New 100 475,000 land, York, 7,037 Pensylvania, 1,1 292,000 SWISS BALLOON ATTACKED, OBSERVER KiLLED, BY HUN, Geneva, (Havas.)—A Ge man airp sterday attacked a Swiss captiv loon which took fire according to newspapers here. Lieut. Ruiry, who in the basket of the at time, was burned to it is said. N Oct. 8 balloon death, the