New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1919, Page 7

GERMANS HAVE BUT S e o A R e MR | FEW WARSHIPS LEFT B & e, g Two Flotilas of Torpedo Boats Continue Remanning Destrogers | With the American Forces in Ger- . (Correspondence of the Press.)—The Germans have arganized two flotillas of torpedo boats since the armistice and these constitute virtually all the warships left in active service in the German navy, according to information re- LL\>:\‘:1 fv‘f(\'t({m.\o flotillas is described in ‘ ‘ EXCIUSiVe z g ‘ EXCIUSive Mittschiffs, a German naval periodical which has reached the American \ 5 5 headquarters, as the iron torpedo boat 3] : byl o fotilla. 1 consists of 12 torpedo . gents QeI e boats, which, the periodical says, have Agents . Parker Shirts Yoy American Hosiery Co. have been used on severa - police work in the port of Ham- , doing duty guarding allied food ents to the Czechoslovaks and similar work during periods of disor- der. The flotilla has its headquarters at Wilhelmshaven. A landing corps of abaut men is distributed amon the twelve boats, each of which has platoon of thirty commanded by a na- L 1 val lieutenant. The clothing and ar ¢ of members of this landing corps w.» [ W ’ the same as in the infantry. . . B The other group of vessels calle: . ) the Haff flotilla, is supposed to be do- |8 : ing similar duty on the Baltic coast = near the ssit with g k headquarter: Koenigsberg. The boats are armed with machine guns, 3 and in some cases with 8.7 centimeter (8 / I \H \ I =] guns as well. The flotilla was organ- : / ized for eration in connection with the F rus n Freiwillige corps, and was until a few weeks ago subject to the commander of the northern army. MOVIE BLOW-UP TOO REAL. = s - Bombards Houses With Stones—Play- i ers Have Narrow KEscape. |3 New York, Aug n explosion | , staged for the movies yesterday after- | e ;s noon on Shell Island, off Portchester, | > [ ] to the homes of | resulted .n damage cottager: nd narrow escapes for the movie players and a crowd of specta- tors. Stones which had been left in | piles near the scene of the explosion | were thrown into ihe air. | . A ten-pound stone crashed through i It's a fundamental truth in business that cash is worth more than a promise to pay. Credit must always be the roof of the studio of Miss Elsie Eime lantri s e e : paid_for by the one who receives it, no matter whether he gets it from a bank in the form of a loan, or from a through the windows of a house occu- | : ; ¥ 5 e || retail store in the form of a charge account. i 4 _ ‘ mond, star of the picture; Frank; [N People realize this fact more than they used to, but there’s no advantage in paying cash except in a cash S e e e ’ store where prices are fixed on a cash rather than a credit basis. The Besse-System Stores were among the the shower of stones. When the film | M first to attempt to sell high-grade merchandise for cash, and are about the only stores doing it today. Our buy- was develonedit profed dolbcianiun B ) ing as well as our selling is always strictly for cash. usually good explosion picture. e ; X With no credit to pay for when we buy, and no credit to charge for when we sell we offer you good clothes BRITION AN DI ODOWDY ; ] at nearer the actual cost to produce than any other store we know of. Champions of Welterweight and Middlew ht Classes Battle Tonight. Newark, N. J.,, Aug. 22 . —Bither Mike O'Dowd, the world middle- | champion, or Jack Britton, champion of the world, will ] fal be a grievously disappointed man | f§ ’ about the time the Newark town clock g strikes 11 tonight. Michael and John 2 e to have an eight round joust with eight ounce gloves in the Newark Sportsmen’s club before probably 8,- .. e i 000 persons. O'Dowd solemnly de- | 5 clares that he will have Britton on the floor considerably in advance of O the eighth round, and Britton, with ® [ his right hand raised, ass rates that O'Dowd will be sleeping so peacefully about the sixth round he never will ; hear the referee count ten over him. It O'Dowd is stopped, he will lose ere . O his title, but if Britton is knocked | out he merely loses prestige. An add- ed attraction will be the appearance | os Eddie Fitzsimmons, the formidable | Yorkville lightweight, in a bout with | Johnny Summers of Néwark. All signs point to a record attend- | i ance at the bout. The transportation 3 - ’ facilities will be increased for the oc- | ; casion. 2 i Homely, Owned By Noted Polo Player, | 1 p Captures Schuylerville Handicap. ! aratoga, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Carrying the colors of Lawrence Waterbury, the @ [ noted polo plaver, Homely, the chest- nut daughter of Sea King and Old Squaw, won the Schuylerville yester- | X day afternoon and earned a place | [ H among the top notch juvenile fillies of the year. She ran an exceptionally fine race and beat half a dozen of the best fiillies in training, including the greaf,! Miss Jemima, Queen of the West and Constancy, the imported filly which won the Spinaway last Satur- | day. _Homely's victory proved that she is | [o g a’ really great filly but it does not| § necessarily mean that she is better necessarialy moan that she is better | |3 * . than Miss Jemima or Constan She had a big pull in the weights, carrying [ : g [ only 197 pounds, while her two more N . . renowned opponents shouldered the B 7 . 38 STORES 38 CITIES Largest Ciothing Organization in New England SIre Dl . | WESLEYAN FOOTBADL COACH. | Middletown, Aug. 22.—Edward §. | Liston has been secured to coach the | football cleven at Wesleyan the com- | ing fall. He is a former Michigan | college football star and is now on the 4 pitching staff of the Wichita Kansas ! 1e baseball team. He will come to | Middletown about September 12. { CYCLE CARS IN ENGLAND. London--Cycle cars, which had a in America, are coming into tavor in England. Three and wheeled vehicles, chain or belt . are offered. Prices are just un- | der $500. | JAPS FEAR INFLATIO ’ Tokio-—Increasing loans 7 the’ of Japan has resulted in an in- | fction of the currency which finan- | cial authorities deem dangerous. 7o check this inflation to government is being urged to rajse the discount rate. |