Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 10

BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Larger Volume of Work in Building Trade Than a Year Ago.. New incorporations In this state for the past week numbered nine with anthorized capitalization of $437,000, against 12 new companies formed a year ago, with more than two millions capital: bankruptcy record makes a showing than for many years, petition in bankruptcy hav- tral Vermont Building. Two houses are to be erected on the g been jefed: With nominal SSC1% | paitic road betwsen Ocoum and Ver- ' Habilittes. | reasing activity s |sailles, One house is for Mr. Swan- shown in the real estate market. son of Baltic and will be a two-story bullding with shingle roof. There wiil Salea by warranty deod during _the | bullding with shingle roof, There will ¥ towns reported i The s o e e et Brambered 448, | modern improvements will be install: ingt 287 last year, and mortgage mn:“amoun(ed to $1,360,829 for_the current weck, compared with $697,117 fn .1916. Weather conditions are un- doubtedly responsible for this show- ing, the present perfect winter weath- er comparing with a near-blizzard a ear aco. ¥ Butlding permits issued in the ci- ties of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury, ~New = DBritain and Stamford for the week show a larger volume of work in the building trade than was the case in the cor- responding week of 1915. The record for the week in these places is 1.2 permits granted, for buildings cost- ing $324,447, against 93 permits for buildings to cost $264,376 last year. Among the more important of tae new profects for which plans are Te- ported are. schoolhouse in Haitford, residences in Hartford and New Ha- ven, revised plans for Y. M. C. A. In Hartford, store and office building in New Britain, factory buildings in Bridgeport and New Britain, siore and apartment block in Bridgeport, block of stores in West Faven, 12 tnree- family houses in Waterbury and a six-family block in Hartford. Contracts have been given out dur- ing the week for one, two, three, four and six-family houses in New Ha- ven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford, New Britain and Bristol, as well as residences in New Haven and Hartford; stores and tenement biocks in Stamford and Stratford; factory buildings in Bridgeport, Watcrbury, New Britain and Stamford: in Stamford and Waterbury, houses in New Britain and New Lon- don, apartment block in Bridgeport and a bakery in Waterbury. Norwich had 14 sales of real es- tate last week to five a year ago. The mortgage loans for the respective weeks totaled $11,500 and $13,200 re- spectively. In New London there were 23 sales of realty last week to six a_year ago. The loans were $24,380 and $21,50 for the respective weeks. BUILDING OPERATION IN NEW ENGLAND The statistics of building and en- gineering operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- pany follows: Contracts to Dec. 18, 1916..$201,259,000 | the individual in most states to re- Contracts to Dec, 13, 1915. celve practical encouragement or skill- Contracts to Dec, 13, 1914.. 153,250,000 | ed advice on proper management of Contracts to Dec. 13, 1913.. 167,663,000 [ woodlands, prevention Contracts to Dec. 13, 1912.. 193,066,000 | soil erosion and other Contracts to Dec. 13, 1911.. 166,906.000 | tection of wa' i Contracts to Dec. 13, 1810. . 161,920,000 [ bulldings and regulation of grazing, t | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1909.. 15,000,000 | get the maximi. .. o1 pencids and do Contracts to Dec. 13, 1908. . 105,902,000 | the minimuz: of harm m wood lots; | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1007.. 127,330,000 | or to secure standard, low-priced for- | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1905.. 119,717,000 | est trees on terms making possible | Contracts to Dec. 18, 1905. . 104,822/000 (such work. In recent v appropri- | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1904.. 93,675,000 | ations under the federal Smith-Lever | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1903.. 101,965,000 | law have made available in any state | Contracts to Dec. 18, 1902.. 114,540,000 [ which will cooperate some such wood | Contracts to Dec. 13, 1901.. 117,953,000 | lot work as that carried on by Mary- | PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington 8q., Washington Buil, Neorwich, Conn, Agent for N. B. O, Sheet Packing. ng Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING is s essential in modern house as jectricity is to lighting, We guaran. tes the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and p! J. F TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRYCO Ne. 11 to 25 Ferry Streest * WILLIAM C. YOUNG Successor_to STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials at right prices by skilied labor. | Telephone 60 West Main St ed. A large porch will be built on the front of the structure which will be of wood on a stone and cement foundation. The stone foundation is nearly complete. The second house will be for George H. Allen of Lisbon and will be a large two-story house of eight rooms and bath. The outside finish will be of stucco for the first story and the second story will be can_ easily duplicate, writes Maarice shingled. There will be a large porch with a cement floor on the front of the house. The structure of this house will be wood on a stone foundation. The cellar has been dug and the foun- dation work is nearly complete. George H. Allen of Lisbon is building both these houses. Jewett City House. The house for Dr. Bryan Sweet in Jewett City has been completed and is ready for occupancy. The house is large with ten rooms and bath and is of wood structure. Joseph Hall Boarding House. The work on the boarding house for Joseph Hall at Trading Cove is progressing rapidly. The frame work Erecting Two Houses on Baltic Road Stone Foundation for One Nearly Finished——Cellar Has Been Dug for Other—Repairs Are Being Made on Cen- —_— 5 has been erected and boarded in and the rafters placed. The Work of roof- | ing in will be finished by the last of thé week. Cudworth and Thompson drew the plans. Repairing C. V. Building. The building owned by the Central Vermont railroad on West Main street near Thames square is being repaired and many alterations being made. The side facing the street has been torn out and large plate glass show win- dows are being put in. The entrance which was at one side will be directly in the middle with show windows on each side. Alterations will also be made to the interior. Snow Holding Back Operations. Work on the Murphy block is pro- gressing steadily although the cold weather and snow are holding back operations someshat. The windows on the east side and in the second story of the West Main street side are being set and will in all probability be completed by the end of the week. Peck, McWilliams Co. are the contrac- tors. Progress on Montville House. The house in Montville which is be- ing built for Latham Hull is fast nearing the completion stage. The windows have been set and work on the interior is well along. Peck, Mc- Williams Co. have charge of the work. WESTERLY. One of the attractive places in the Summer street section is the $10,000 residence which has been built for Edwin B. Stillman. It is a two story brick structure with a gambrel roof. L nine finighed rooms in tna ouse, a large living room, with a tap- estry brick fireplace, a reception -hall, dining sewing room, butler’ pantry and kitchen on the first floor and four large bed rooms on the sec- ond floor, besides the maid’s room. The inteddor of the house is finished with gum wood trimmings with birch doors and much of the floors is of quartercd oak. There is a large garage in the rear also constructed for two machines, COLCHESTER. Plans are now in hand for a chapel to take the place of the church build- ing abandoned years ago and now be- yond repair. It is planned to utilize the material of the old church, even to the foundation, which is found to be in perfect condition. The plans under consideration call for a small chapel to accommodate seventy-five and a Guild-house opening out of tne church and so connected that should occasion require it can be used for services. It is hoped to begin building in the spring. PLEASANT VIEW, The contract has been let for the erection of a bungalow at Pleasant View for Mrs. Crist Ferraro. It will be located on the north side of Atlantic avenue and will contain seven rooms. It will be closed in with novelty siding, have a shingled roof and a wide piazza on the ocean front. SET TREES WHEN WORK SLACK. 1S Forest planting may be undertaken with success both spring and autumn; in the former when the frost is just out of the ground, in the latter scason just before it is likely to come in.| Wood lot work is practicable at any time, but because of the plentiful and cheaper supply of labor, and a lack of foliage which makes the operation easier, it is something that may be profitably reserved until fall or winter months, advises Gordon Dorrance of the Maryland state board of forestry, in an article in Farm and Home on co- operation between state forestry boards and the farmer. It has not been easy in the past for land and others, though in most cases this partakes of the nature of a pra tical field demonstration rather than of the compiete transaction which this article records. PUTTING UP HENS IN GLASS. HBach fall finds the farmer or poul- tryman with a few fowls upon his hands which for various reasons, prin- cipally that of age, would turn out a source uf loss if fed through the win- h if ter Many have discovered that su fowls will show a greater profit put up in glass cans for the famil consumption during the winter than i @umped upon the market at the time all poultry prices are at their lowest level We have canned chicken for the past two years with perfect suc- cess, a record that any careful person H Decker in Farm and Home Our method is as follows: The yearling or two-year-old hens are cleaned and cut up into pieces as if for boiling and packed into quart fruit jars, bones and all, except the breasts from which the meat is cut and the bone discarded. A level tea- spoonful of salt is placed on top of the snugly packed pleces and the jar filled with cold water. Rubbers are fitted to the jars and the tops put on lossely. If the jars have screw tops they are screwed on about half way- If of the wire-fastened variety the clamps are left up. The jars are then put in an ordin- ary wash boiler upon & frame of lath which prevents them coming in con- tact with the bottom. The boiler is filled with water up to the edges of AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS where you milk. Feed it out of doors and as far away from milking place as possible and feed it anyhow an hour or two removed from milking time, To cows giving 30 to 35 pounds milk a day give what alfalfa hay and beet tops they will clean up nicely. After the beet tops are gone, substi- tute beet pulp. You can give them 40 or 50 pounds a day of the wet pulp. A good in mixture is made of four pounds bran, one part cottonseed meal and four parts corn meal. Feed 10 pounds a day of this mixture to a cow producing 30 pounds milk, and CONTAGIOUS ABGRTION. One of the Most Destructive of Ani- mal Scourges. it. The diseasc often shows explosive outbreaks which ruin. After a time it appears w0 be under control and the hops is ex- pressed that it has completely barned itself out or has been “cured” by some medical treatment or disinfection. But herds once infected seidom if ever get rid of the disease under the treat- ments hitherto adopted. ~ Herds or individuals which have ‘“recovered” are generally carriers of the disease even if themselves immune aud may at any time through the bull or in other ways transmit the disease to non-immune stock and thus start an- other outbreak. It is quite certain that many cows do not abort although carrying ~ the germ of the disease. They are nevertheless as grave a menace to other cows as are tnose which themselves abort. There is at present no known rem- edy for contagious abortion Such preventive . measures as attempted sterilization of the sheath of the male and treatment of the genital organs of cows which have aborted and_their separation from the herd until all signs of an abnormal condition are gone and strict cleanliness in .o barn no doubt greatly help in confining the disease to the originally affc.tcd an- imals but in the hands of subordinates often are ineffective and even with the utmost skill and care entile refi- ance cannot be placed on them. itself threate: by the jar tops and set upon the stove. After the water has commenced to bofl it is kept boiling for three hours, when the cover is removed and the jar tops screwed or clamped down tight. The cover is replaced and the jars bolled for five minutes longer Wwhen they are removed to a place safe from drafts to cool. Older hens than two years end males are boiled in a kettle for an hour before being placed in the jars, after which the method of procedure is the same. Chicken is easier to can and keep than some vegetables, such as beans, corn, and squash,- and is greatly appreciated by the busy house- wife who can quickly prepare a chick- en dinner in case of unexpected com- pany without the labor of killing, cleaning and dressing, to say nothing of the danger of choosing a profitable laying fowl by mistake BEET PULP GOOD COW FEED. Eastern farmers get excellent re- sults from dried beet pulp, feeding it after it is soaked thoroughly. In the west it is customary to feed beet pulp wet and in a fermented condition as it comes from the silo or storage pit at the factory, says the editor of Farm and Home, ‘We think well of this feed. Tt sup- plies succulence and bulk. It takes the place of silage in these particu- lars, but is by no means equal to sil- age in feeding value Fermented beet pulp is a very odorous product. Milk is very susceptible to odors and ab- sorbs them readily. Therefore, don’t feed wet beet pulp in the same barn Are Graded and Washed and Cost no More. by C. V. R. R. and by Water. o SAND & STONE COMPANY Fortunately the first of thesc meas- ures for eradicating the diseise Is now possible. The prompt detection of cows which are carriers of the dis- ease, whether such animals are im- mune from its effects or not, is now quite easy. Two blood tests have been devised by others and have been studied by the Storrs Station for the iast two years under the cooperation of Dr. Rettger, bacteriologist, and Professor White of the Dairy Department, with results which are not only encourag- ing, but which most conclusively prove that tho tests axe accurate and rella- e. Dairy animals of all ages and breeds have been tested by these two meth- ods, some of them at regular inter- vals, and with few exceptions _the tests have been fully corrobora.cd by each other and by the results where practical evidence has been available. These tests therefore supply a reil ble means of distinguishing infected from uninfected animals of any azc ‘whether they have shown the physi- cal evidence of -abortion or not. The Station is now studying the other questions whose early solution is imperative in order the effuctively combat this scourage. Of these the following seem now the most important: 1. Are calves which -are born of infected mothers themselves ailected With the germ of the disease? 2. If the disease is directly trans- mitted to the offspring does tie calf remain permanently infected, or does it free itself so far as external man- ifestations and blood tests mdicate? 3. If the disease is not directly transmitted what are the chantos of infection through (a) contact and assoclation with an infected mother or other cows, (b) the consumption of infected, unpasteurized milk or other food. 4. What are the most critical per- jods in the life of an animal, In so far as acquiring the disease is con- cerne i of the transmission of the disease from one cow to another through the intermediate agency of the buil? 6. What part does infected food play, and to what extent is an animal liable to infection by way of the di- Bestive tract? Do cows which are diseased ever rid themselves of the infection? If 50, what is the average length of time that an animal remains a carricr? 8. What is the relative danger of transmission by association of cows in the same pasture or barn? 9. Assuming the importance of the bull as an agent in the transmission of contagious abortion from cow to cow, can disinfection of the sheath be re- lied upon to prevent the transmission, or is it necessary to employ two males in a tainted herd, reserving one of them for the cows and heifers which are known to be free from the dis- ease? The work of the Station has ‘al- about a pound additional for each ad- [ready gone far towards estabishing ditional three pounds milk produced |certain facts of prime imjorta.ce G bearing on these questions and it is el hoped “that after the work of tho coming winter the results may be n such shape as to warrant publication. The very meager amount of our ap- propriation does not permit of push- ing the work as it should be pushed. This disease been known for f}:\ (i.mémr‘tx«;f:f to our dairy interest is many years, both in this country and | “Sypa® RaelOn in Europe, as one of the most des-|the discase make its further tructive of animal scourges. Iu s.rikes | easier and methods of control sk at the beginning of life and thus ;“:;xm ‘l"“";t“ ;‘;"{"z ”.“'t" 9\'terdbefor".'. I ; e s ope >se interested in dairy- atens the very foundation of the | ing will fully appreciate the sanm: Gairy Industry. Besides causing tne | qos ol Tl cast ioaa b dcath of the calf it lessens tic vallc | terest themselves in supporting ade- of the imother both for milk pioduc. |quately the work of combating if. — nd for ding. e amnualiDr. E. H. Jenkins, Director, Storrs loss from ous abortion in the | Bxieriment Sintioe ited estimated to be at oo st twenty- million dollars. In =< ccticut today it probably ca | FARM MANURES. greater loss to our dairymei than bovine tuberculosis and is as widely | Where is the Manure Pile?—Where It distributed. Few herds of any con siderable size are entirely free from ShouldiNotyBe. The value of the manure wa en many a farm would startle thc own- er, and if saved help to faiten nis bank account. Animals excreteonly sixty to seventy-five per cent. of the fertilizing value of the food they con- sume and under good conditions a lgss of one quarter of this is comman, while with careless methods that loss will be two or three times as great. _The first essential is to save all the liquid manure by soaking it up with bedding or draining into a pit. The second is to protect the piie from leaching and drainage. The taiid is to reduce heating and fermenting as much as possible by keeping the pile moist and compact. Where manure is stored in th: barn cellar, or in a shed against o barn, the fioor and sides should be tignt. Cement the floor and raise the front to stop drainage. Cementing the sides for two or three feet is very dcsirable also. A manure pit is probably the best place for storing manure. Buill floor and sides tight and cover with a cheap roof. The worst place to have the manure pile is under the eaves exposed to leaching and drainage. Thesc loose piles also waste by rotting very rap- With no other farm product men practice such_wasteful methods. Think it over. Where is your manure pile?—B. G. Soutawlck Agronomy Dept., Connecticut Agricvl- tural College. MULCH FOR STRAWBERRY BEDS. The ground is now frozen sufficient. 1y so that it is proper to mulch ove's strawberry bed, parsley, spinach and similar vegetables which are to be used during the winter or very early next spring. One should be careful in selecting & mulch for his starwberry beds to get it free from weeds and weed seeds and not too coarse or too fine. A mulch which is very fine will mat down and smother the plants or one coarser will not prove enough of a mat to accomplish much good. Good marsh hay, rye straw or cheap hay is about as good a form of mulch as can be obtained. One should apply four or five inches of this mulch over the ncd in order to get good results. It is all right to apply it on top of the snow. BUY FERTILIZER EARLY. Farmers will need some form of fer- tilizer this year even though the high prices of last year still remain to a great extent. " They should begin to consider what they will need in quan- tity and find where they can_ secure these goods at lowest prices. Possibly a neighbor is in the same position and by combining the two an order In large quantity or by carload will save con- siderable on frelght. Whatever is to be done should be considered immedi- ately as prices are likely to increase and’ the delivery of goods will proba- bly be very low, in the opinion of the county improvement league- Branford.—Buflding at the shore goes speedily forward this winter, al- though in not quite such proportions @s lJast year. Several of the large hoa:a at Pine Orchard are being re- modeled while the owners are away m them, and { S0 widely distributed. | chickens. or stoned out. t ‘efigs and a toothsome roast or fry. [ I ! 1, \i A Profitable Kil clean, cheery, and comfortable. Make Hens buildings, and easy to clean. germ destroyer. dry and well ventilated. trom vermin. as an expensive house. portant in the winter ration. ash, chiefly lime. an aid to digestion. i It isn’t must trouble to keep chickens. The poultry house should be convenient. A low house is hard to work in; a high house is hard to keep warm. Have plenty of light in the house—sunlight is a good Leave all or a part of the south side open to keep the house Allow no drafts. If you want winter eggs, duplicate spring conditions. Eggs cannot be produced unless the feed con-! talns the material from which eggs are made. | fat, fitcen per cent protein, seventy-four per cent water, and one per cent) By PROF. P. G. HOLDEN. Practically all farmers raise poultry. No other class of live stock is ‘We “take care of” our horses, our cows, and our pigs, but we “keep” They can roost most any place— on the fence, in the barn or pig pen, or even In the trees. They can live on | @ hope of the immediate future, most anything—bugs, worms, waste grain, litter, or table scraps—and if they {chance to wander into the garden where the eating Is good, they are “shooed” They can drink water or eat snow. " The average farmer considers poultry raising a “side issue”—a job for women and children—a sort of necessary nuisance in order to provide fresh Yet this “necessary nuisance,” this “side-issne” branch of farming, nets an annual return in the United States of more than half a billion dollars— enough to build two Panama canals every year. Farm Hens Big Producers. Only a very small portion of this vast sum Is produced by the com- {mercial poultrymen of the country. Ninety per cent of it is earned by the little, often neglected, flocks ranging at liberty on the farms of the country. Farm poultry is profitable because the Investment is small, the cost of labor.low, feed is cheap, the chickens utilize the waste products of the farm, and they destroy weeds and insects. Increase your profit by producing more eggs. The average farm hen produces sixty eggs; she should pro- duce one hundred and twenty. Profi depends on surplus production. Good housing and proper feeding will Increase your profit. A hen will not lay eggs unless she is comfortable and has a variety of food with plenty of water, grit and oyster shell. Handle and market your eggs better. Market the kind of eggs you would want to buy if you were a con- sumer. Produce infertile eggs, keep the nests clean, gather the eggs dally, keep them in a cool, dry place, and market. them twice a week. Improve your flock. Cull out the poor stuff; begin now to build a better {° flock, and ultimately keep one breed only. A henhouse is not always a hen home. The former may be cold, dark, and damp; the latter 18 always light, Comfortable. It should be close to the other Keep the house clean and free! A good house does not necessarily need to be an expensive house. A, cheap house, built along the right lines and kept clean, will serve just as well Variety is im- An egg Is about ten per cent Grain, especially corn, furnishes the carbon and starch—the heat and fat’ making foods; mill feeds, with milk or beef scrap, furnish the protein. Some green food is necessary in winter to furnish suecculence and bulk. Give the hens all the water they will drink; warm it, if possible. Furnish grit to grind the food, ovster shell for making the egg shell, and charcoal as PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALS TO BELLIGERENT NATIONS (Continued from Page One). long had it in mind to offer. somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time, because it may now seem to have been prompted by a desire to play a part in connection with the recent overtures of the cen- tral powers. It has in fact been in no way suggested by them in its ori- gin and the president would have de- layed offering it until those overtures had been independently answered but for the fact that it also concerns the question of peace and may best be considered in connection with other proposals which have the same end in view. The president can only beg that his suggestion be considered en- tirely on its own merits and as if it had been made in other circum- stances.” In the note to the entente allies the following paragraph takes the place of the one just quoted: To the Entente Al “The suggestion which I am in- structed to make the president has long had it in mind to offer. He is somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time, because it may now seem to have been prompted by the recent overtures of the central powers. It is in fact in no way asso- ciated with them in its origin-and the president would have delayed offering it until those overtures had been an- swered, but for the fact that it also concerns the question of peace and may best be considered in connection with other proposals which have the same end in vew. The president can only beg that his suggestion be con- sidered entirely on its own merits and as if it had been made in other cir- cumstances.” Then, all the notes proceed identi- cally as follows: He is Avowal of Respective Views. “The president suggests that an ear- 1y occasion be sought to call out from all the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective ¥iews as to the terms upon which the war might be conclude dand the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal or i the kindling of any similar contlct in the future as would make it possible frankly to compare them., He 1s in- different as to the means taken to ac- complish this. He would be happy himself to serve, or even to take the Initiative in its accomplishment, in any way that might prove acceptable, but he has no desire to determine the method or the instrumentality. One way will be as acceptable to another, if only the great object he has in mind be attained. Objects of Both Sides the Same. “He takes the liberty of calling at- tention to the fact that the objects which the statesmen of the belliger- ents on both sides have in mind in this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to their own people and to the world. Each side desires to make the rights and privi- leges of weak peoples and small states as secure against aggression or denial in the future as the rights and privi- leges of the great and powerful states now at war. Bach wishes itself to be made secure in the future, along with all other nations and peoples, against the recurrence of wars like this and against aggression of selfish interfer- ence of any kind. Each would be jealous of the formation of any more rival leagues to preserve ‘an uncer- tain balance of power amidst multi- plying suspicions: but each Is ready to consider the formation of a league of nations to_insure peace Jus- tice throughout , the - 3 the issues of the present terms which will certainly safeguard the independence, the territorial in- tegrity and the political and commer- cial freedom of the nations involved. Measure to Secure Future Peace. “In the measures to be taken to se- cure the future peace of the world, the people and government of the United States are as vitally and as directly interested as the governments now at war. Their interest, more- over, in the means to be adopted to relieve the smaller and weaker peoples of the world of the peril of wrong and violence is as quick and ardent as that of any other people or govern- ment. They stand ready, and even eager, to co-operate in the accomplish- ment’ of these ends, when the war is over, with every influence and re- source at their command. DBut the war must first be concluded. The terms upon which it is to be concluded are not at liberty to sug- gest; but the president does feel that it is his right and his duty to point out their intimate interest in its con- clusion, lest it should presently be too late to accomplish the greater things which lie beyond its con- clugion, lest the situation of neutral nations, now exceedingly hard to en- dure, be rendered altogether intoler- able, and lest. more than all, an in- Jury be done civilization itseif which can never be atoned for or repair- ed. war upon Comparison of View: “The president therefore feels alto- gether justified in suggesting an im- mediate opportunity for a compari- son of views as to the terms which must precede those ultimate arranse- ments for the peace of the world, which all desire and in which the neutral nations as well as those at war are ready to play their full re- sponsible part. If the contest must continue to proceed. towards unde- fined ends by slow attrition, until the one group of belligerents or the other is exhausted if million after million of human lives must continue to be offered up until on the one side or the other there are no more to offer, if resentments must_be killed that can never cool and despairs engendered from which there can be no recovery, hopes of peace and of the willing con- cert of free peoples will be rendered vain and idle. Life of World Affected. “The life of the entire world has been profoundly _ affected. Every part of the great family of mankind has felt the burden and terror of this unprecedented contest of arms. No nation in the civilized world can be said in truth to stand outside its in- fluence or to be safe against its dis- turbing cffects. _And vet the concrete objects for which it is being waged have never been definitely stated. Actual Exchange of Guarantees. “The lea>rs of the several belliger- ents have, as has been said, stated their objects in general terms. But, stated in general terms, they seem the same on both sides. Never yet have the authoritative spokesmen of either side avowed the precice objects which would, if attained, satisfy them and their people that the war had been fought out. The whole world has been left to conjecture what- definitive re- sults, what actual exchange of guar- antees, what political or territorial changes or readjustments, ‘what stage of military success even, would bring the war to an end. Excange of Views Necessary. “It may be that peace is nearer than we know; that the terms which tho belligerents on the one side and on the other would deem it necessar: 0 insist pon are mot so irreconcilia some have feared; that an in- dover, and you release a tream whi 276-292 State Street There are always more firegiduring the any other time, due to the' No matter wheh oF where firs springs up, you are ready—if there s a J-M ‘Extinguisher within reach. Anyone can operats tho J-M—give a few quick strokes of the pump, ~open the noxxla! i ‘shibots straight to the base of the flames. FOR SALE BY ’ THE C. S. MERSICK & CO. nter months than at rheating of furnaces, stoves, etc. steady, powerful, pressure-thrownZ New Haven, Conn. a concert of mations immediately ' prac- tiacable. Hopes For New Light. “The president is not proposing peace; he is not even -offering medi- ation. He is merely proposing that soundiegs be taken in order that we may learn the neutral nations with the belligersnt, how near. the haven of peace may be for whith all man- kind longs with an intense and in- creasing longing. He beleves that the spirit in which he speaks and the objects which he seeks will be un- derstood by all concerned and he con- fidently hopes for a.response which will bring a new light into the affairs of_the world.” J The note to the entente group will Dbe delivered to Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Mon- tenegro, Portugal, Rumania and Ser- bla. That to the central allies will be delivered to Germany, Austria- Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. It is being delivered to all neutral governments for their information. BERLIN’ SESTABLISHMENT FOR DRYING VEGETABLES Operated in Connection With One of the Great Gas Plants. Berlin, Dec. 20—Berlin’s establish- ment for drying vegetables, which went into operation in July, is already drying some forty tons of vegetables daily, and an enlargement of the plant now 'building will_almost double its capacity. It is operated in connection with one of the great gas plants of the city, where it obtains an abund- ance of cheap fuel, using altogether the waste from thé gas retorts and coal cars. The drying house serves as a safety valve for the Berlin market. It often happens- here, as at all other great centers of population, that more vege- tables come upon tha wholesale mar- ket at certain times than the retail trade can absorb. Whenever this ap- pears to be the case the superfluous cars loaded with vegetables are switched off and carried to the drying establishment. It is chlefly for this reason that the latter will, as is now believed, be kept up permanently—as a regular of the vegetable trade even after the war. The vegetables dried are chiefly cabbages, but_also spinach, carrots, turnips, kale, Potatoes and some oth- ers are’ included. When a correspond- ent of the Associated Press visited the drying house he found some 70 women occupled in trimming cabbage heads, washing, eatting, drying and bagging them. Special machinery does much of the work. The washing, for example, is done in shallow tanks, through the bottom of which air is forced in many jets and under great pressure; this causes a violent bofl- ing movement which thorouzhly cleanses the vegetables within a few seconds. Before the cabbages are thrown into the slicing machines a girl_holds each head under another machine that neatly bores out the stem. The sliced cabbage is then par- boiled for about on minute, and then goes to the drying Kilns. These are large iron furnaces about eight feet high: they hold about ten frames of vegetables at once. The framos, abont twelve by eight feet, have a_ bottom of wire-netting upon which the cab- bage mass is thinly spread. 'The dry- ing process takes two hours. The dried product is then put into bags and piled away in the storeroom. At present the dried vegetables are GERMANY NOW REGULATING ALLOWANCE OF BEER North Germany is Getting but 14 Per Cent. of Its Usual Consumption: - Berlin, Dec. 20.—Because beer is ndt an indispensable necessity in North Germany, yet is that in South Ger- many, the north is to @ct considerably less of this product in the future than the south. The north is to be so re- stricted that, after it has supplies ist share to the army, it will have for tit civil population only fourtcen per cent., of the peace time quantity. South Germany has for some time been allowed to @ise 49 per cent. of its grain of the necessary variety for making beer. It will receive this same percentage during the immediate fu- ture. North Germany, however. which has been granted only 35 per cent. of its grain for beer-making purposes, 18 now to be reduced to 25 per cent. Eleven per cent. of this goes to er. army. needs, so that 14 per cent. re- mains. 3 As usual it is the public and only the public that is hit, for the brewers are to be allowed to raise their prices to compensate them for their red output. The result to be anticip therefore is less beer, and that little “stretched” or watered und creased prices. LASSEN PEAK IS NOT MOUNT LASSEN. The press despatches describing thl lates. eruptions of lLassen Pcik show: a continved tendency to refer t volcano as Mount Lassen. Perl is thought that the name should cor- respor.d With those of some othier fa- mous peaks of tiec . suci as Mount St nier. But Lassen vealk, the most active and nteresting volcano in the: United States, is especially entitied to be called by its own name, and acts of congress and presidential proclama- tions in_creating and recog: Lassen Peak national forest sen Peak nationa! m given the name Lassen Peak 3 of high rank in the geolozic annal scade range. The arew has re- been ect apari as the Lassen nic National park =e The name Lassen Peak, according to the United States ticological s department of the interior, is the only, authorized form on maps, Teports anm gazetteers, from the Whitney Gro- ot in iogieal survey S Wforria. 13664 to the Geomorphic map of California land Nevada published by tic earth- quake vestigation comm] well as on the latest map issucd forest service. Peter Lassen, the sturdy ploneer who guided many an early settler tg the sunny lands of the Sacrimento, lies buried in a lonely grave in L county. A _smali, crumbling ment 30 miles from tre peak his final resting . but his and more enduring monuments are the couaty and peak named in his honor by a grateful peovle. The snow-cagped Lassen Peak has piloted many an im. migrant to the mountain pass. In the ear'; s of the Pa road surveys some pious meni call the * St. Josepli's mour:t: Lassen’s Pcak and 1 Butte soon came inio general Whitney has shown the in: ropriate- ness of the French tern butte, whieh, tracslated exactly, means knoll. A§ |Laizen-never owned the mountain in ‘later years the possessive form of the name was dropped, and to correct an on, as v the used only for feeding the inmates of the various charitable institutions. It is expected, however, that much of the product will be sold in -the markets toward the end of the winter, when the general supply of vegetables grows scarcer. WELFARE WORKERS | EAST END OF LONDON Declare amilies in That District Are Suffering Less Than Might Be Ex- pected. London, Dex 20.—Welfare work in the great East End report that families in that district have suffered much less than might have been ex- pected from the high cost of food. The six penny meal, which used to include three pence worth of meat, a penny’s worth of green vegetables, a penny’s worth of potatoes and a pen- ny's worth of bread, is, however, a thing of the past. Fisn and eggs are now unattainable luxuries. But the housekeepers buy more beans and cereals than they used to do, and as always they huy great quantities of bread. . Most of these families would feel the pinch. severely were it not for the fact that the women are all at work. And welfare workers_insist that the work which the East End women are doing has in many cases been a great boon to them physically as well as financial- 1y. One “fragile woman, for_instance, is lifting heavy sacks in a flour mill, others are screening coal and handling eight tons to every five tons formerly handled by the men.they have re- placed. In addition, these women are doing their own housework and caring for their children at hours when a man would be done for the day. The reasons given for their fitness are significant. As one report phrases it: “They are now earning enough to feed themselves properly and they are freed for the first time from thc weekly worry of providing food for Friday and Saturday from an empty purse.” Worse Than Bigamy. illicit_tendency to wander from woell estabiished usage, the United States Geographic board, in its decision of O 9, 1915, officinlly recoznized the fact that the name of the mcur was Lassen Peak, nct Mount Lassel Especially the Girls. A woman of Melrose, Mass. main- tains that her particular longevity is due to - eating candy, whence it 1s possible to deduce that the rising gen- eration will be almost immortal Milwaukee Journal. Ansonia—Rev. Dr. Albert . Coat: of Hartford, secretary of the Connecti-a cut Baptist convention, thed preacher at the special service for theg men of the Baptist church in Ansoniaz Sunday morning. s first aid for skin troubles **Will Resinol Ointment really stop this dreadful itching and clear my eczema away 7’ ““Madam, if you only knew as much about Resinol as doctors do-- On the sayso of the henpecked Mil- waukee Journal, a man charged with having married five wives should not be tried for bigamy; the word is pen- tagony.—Hartford Times. Clinton.—The congregations _from each church and the public in general have been invited to gather around the community Christmas tree on the church hill and join in singing carols on Christmas eve. Tow sade It 310 use, how promptly it acts—you would not doubt, you would use it af once. Usually it stops tching immediatelyand soon removes every bit of eruption. Resinol Ointment is so nearly flesh-colored #at 1t can be used op exposed surfaces with- * oat athacting undue attention. Sold by all droggists, For sample free, write b Dept. 37K, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. Speéial for Christmas: A, roduciion of 25 per cent. will b made on all our Windaa :nd Liquors for the holiday trade. . You will save 25 per cenl guarantee this to be. true