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New Britain herald., 1917-03-30

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New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
GREAT REJOICING BY
 RHEUMATIC CRIPPlES
If So Crippled You Can't Use Arms or Legs Rheuma Win Help You
 or Nothing to Pay.

If you want relief in two days, swift, certain. gratifying relief. take one-half teaspoonful of Rheuma once a day.
 If you want to dissolve every par ticle of uric acid poison in your body and drive it out through the natural channels so that you will be forever free from rheumatism, get 50-cent bottle from Rheuma from Clark q Brainerd Co. or any druggist today.
 Rheumatism is a powerful disease strongly entrenched in joints and mus- cles. In order to conquer 1t a power full enemy must be sent against 1t. Rhsuma is the enemy q rheumati tism -an enemy that corquer4 it ev44y time.
 Judge John Barhorst Of Ft. Lora- naie. Ohi0. knows 1t. He was walk ing with9 crutches; today he is we'll. It s19uld do as much for you. it sell dom Tails.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
POLITICAL FIGHT
 AGAINST TERANCHI
Constitutional Govt. in Japan
 Hangs in Balance

Tokio, March 30.-The general elec- tion to be held April 20 undoubtedly will be one of the most important in the history of Japan for the essence of constitutional government is in volved. Field Marshal Count Terau- chi, the prime minister, and his chief lieutenant, Baron Shimpei Goto, Ja- pans energetic home minister, have made clear their conception of the issue. It is their determination not to bow to the will of ''tyrannical majority in the house of representa- tives. Count Terauchi dissolved the house in January when the majority constitutional party backed resolu- tion of want of confidence in the min- istry.
 The groups hostile to Terauchi ac- cuse him of violating the spirit of the constitution, promulgated by the late Emperor Mutsuhito. They insist that the political parties shall have some voice in the affairs of the em- pire and that Terauchis non-party cabinet represents unacceptable retro- gression.
 It is now believed that the cabinet. seeing the practicAbility of party af- fiiation in tho house, will seek a working arr1n6ement with the Seiyu- kai whtch controlled 11O seats in tho old house. Count Terauchi and his friends probably will strive for the election of an independent group to 'be scontrolled by him and, by uniting this group with the Seiyukai. seek to obtain a majority.
 The Marquis Okuma, head Of the last cabinet, is quoted as saying: Not only two-thirds of the house but the whole nation is opposed to the Terauchi administration. Even among Peers there Is an undercurrent of hos tiiity. The situation has aroused tho indignation of the empire.''
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
FRENCH SUPPLY. OF
 SHELLS | INADEQUATE
Army Men Thought. is,0O0 a
 Day Sufficient

l Paris, March 3O.-It was not until the Battle of the Marne was at It's I heixht when war munitions were rum ming low that the French government l realized the imperious need of an in- ! tense production of war material, Ac- l cortIine to statements made by Albert | Thomas, minister of munitions. in the 1 chamber of deputies. M. Thomas was speaking in reply to criticisms of the conditions under which war mxferial had been supplied to the French army.
 | From his assertions. it appears that the French war department had esti- mated before the war that it would | be necessary for state arsenals to pro- duce not more than 13,000 shells a day. In the belief that the conflict would be short, no provision whatever was made for the production of ex- piosives during the hostilities. When 1t was discovered, during the
 battle of the Marne,, that this esti-
 mate was insufficient, Alexandre Mill
 lerand, then minister of war. sum- moned to Bordeaux the heads of all
 manufacturing establishments avail
 able and organized them into groups
 for rapid production of 3-inch shells.
 Neither the government nor the
 manufacturers had then any basis for
 figuring the costs. The exceptional
 conditions and the great need of inn
 mediately replenishing the supply, M. Thomas said accounted for the ab-
 normal prices and for the fabulous
 profits reaped by the manufacturers. Three-inch shells at that time cost the government fifteen francs each. To- day they are purchased at prices ranging from six francs and fifty cen- times to seven francs and fifty cen- times
 The French war department has placed 64,0OO contracts for artillery. projectiles and explosives since Sep tember, 1914, M. Thomas said. All munitions producing plants in France, he added, have been under the con- trol of the state from the beginning. Replying to deputies who demanded that all industries able to contribute to the national defense should be requisitioned bA the government. M. Thomas declared that this would cause Reorganization. He accepted a proposal for regime under which the state would exercise control and share in the profits of these indus tries.
 The government has established ten new gun. foundries since September, 1914. and has enlarged eighteen oth- CTS, 1t developed in the debate.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
CHINESE AS ATHLErEs.

Tien-Tsin, March 30.-Twenty-f five Chinese Athletes will participate in the Far Eastern Olympic games to be held in Tolxio on May 8. The par ticipants are to be selected at a final meet to be held in Tien-tsin about April 2S. Teams form Tsing Hau college, the institution at Picking es~ abolished with the Boxer. indemnity refunded to China by the United States government. Pieyang University at Tein-tsin. Picking University and St. Johns University at Shanghai, will compete In the final trial
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30

! use of the highest speed machines and handling them aerobaticAlly In the air, as is necessary In air fighting. The instructors carry on sham lights in the
 air with their pupils, armed with
 cameras instead of guns.
 Then there are the post AgrAdnate aerial gunnery schoolsa The most fex- pert pilot in the world is u1eiess n fighting man If he does not thor oughly understand his machine gun,
 for perfect flyer with a jammed gun is of little use against . rneraly moderate pilot who is crack shot and a real gun master. A combinatf0ns01 the two Is the desideratum, Ass. fOf example, in the case of g young 1l0k recently mentioned in despAtc&es, whose engine stopped dead it q height of IS, ,00O feet when he WIS be- ing attacked by two German aAr0-
 planes. Despite this loss sof motive power. forcing him to d1scend con-s stantly. he shot down one enemy ma-
 chine, drove the other away. and
 glided into his own lines undamAe4d.s ;
 The work of tho aviator has become, highly specialized in the course of the last twelve months. At the British aviation camps along the front in France, there are separate squadrons of machines for reconnaissance. in- fantry contact, photography, artil- lery-spotting. and bomb dropping and. in almost every instance. squads of these machines may only accomplish their duties successfully when they are protected from enemy attack by machines of a type comparable to the destroyers of naval fleet.
 For these destroyer machines, high speed, high-climbing ability and high fighting and manoeuvring power are essential. Some of the newer British machines of this type are said to show . speed of over 15o miles an hour.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
IF AIlATHEMA
 I!L.'L| BEING CAST
lspslt Old Rite Against E ss5s ts5s. s55sS.tat
 FolllG PlenliG

pt1 Greece. March s0.-The |4 ceremony of 'Anathema.' Dlephtherios venizelos, former
 inister or Greece. is still coa- n the lesser towns of old
 Every Sunday in villages ed here and there over the . swhers the ceremony has not ten pl.es the people como to- geuEally under the leadership local psiest, and go through the
 4eh11 -religious act of caliiug liytne wrath upon ''Elephtlle- nixedo& who has imprisoned and who has plotted against " hou1e ana against the coun-
 tho wording <of the anetherna amethAma ceremony is by no m unusual one in Greece to- peclally in the outer islands k4l districts. It Is so usual sin- Az 4 4a
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
GERMAN AIRPLANES
 BECOME SUPERIOR
Many Modelled After British and
 French Machines

London, March s0.-The Superior ity of the English and French aircraft. which was frequently asserted in off, etrf statements from tue entente side
 2st ysar.. Is less prcftspnced this year. 4ccordinE to the British correspon- ents at the front. This is due to the appearance of several new types of German machines, chiefly modelled, it is said, on French and British de- signs and known as the Albatros, Halberstadt. Ago, Roland. and the new Fokker.
 The majority of them have fixed cylinder engines. giving about 160 to 200 horsepower. A few retain the rotary engines with which the Ger mans achieved some success in the Fokker two years ago, but these ro- tary engines are seldom of more than 130 horsepower.
 The new German machines have 8 speed of about 120 miles an hour. but their chief feature is their ability for climbing. Ordinarily they ire quent the 1l,00O foot levels. and they have been observed on picket duty as man order for airplane engines is said " AAVO 0p0NAAAN0SAOAc NOOA0AO " 9ASS their machines a radius of action up to at least 30.O00 feet.
 Meanwhile the British Air service is putting forth strenuous exertions to keep ahead of it's rival. Only in part Is this . question of planes and en- gines It also evolves the problems of more slxilful pilots and in this di- rection of training the British service has expanded extraordinarily.
 After clAss Of military aviAtOrs have passed through their cotlfse of training on tho slower types Of 9chopl machines, those who show special Apa titude are passed on to the scout schools, where they are given a spe- cial course in what is commonly called "aerobatics." 1" which involves the {.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
MEDAL FOR ARCHTECrURE.

London. March 30.-The Royal Gold medal for distinction in archi- lecture will be awarded this year for the second time in its history to a Frenchman, M. Paul Henri Nenot, who has been selected for the honor. is 64 years old. He iS memb0r5 of the French Institute and for yearsa haA been In charge of all Francsrs na411nAl palaces and civil buildings. His srk Is to be seen in most important Eranch towns. and his most important archir tectural task was the remodelllpQf tho SorbQnne. .ssasssssss
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30

| who raised their hands constantly in sign of the cross above the people crowding against the wheels of the vehicle.
 Blessings First, Then Stones.
 Finally, the carriages could go no further; the crowd was too dense. The aged priests dismounted, the people pushing back to make a path for them. As each prelate stepped from his carriage, the hand that had been distributing blessings fumbled under the flowing black gown and drew from it's folds a stone to cast upon the pile being erected to the anger of the Greeks against their former favorite. Venixelos.
 The pile of stones of which each man had cast ont, pronouncing at the same time the wordA; 'Katara kat anathema" Courses and anathema) was already higher than . mans head when the Archbishop mounted 1t. Standing we'll above~ the crowd. he pronounced the stigma of the church: "Accurseed be Eliphtherios Venixelos who has imprisoned priests and plotted against the royal house and the country!" He cast his stone on the pile at his feet At the same instant. s0.0oO men. women and chill dren raised both hands, palms front. fingers widespread as if finging some- thing from them and cried with one voice: "Anathema!" An old. old woman. bent with years and a rock as big as her head which She carried on her shoulder, made her way at last to the edge of the pile and cast her stone.
 ''We made venizelos prime minis- ter" she cried shriN voice. "but he was not satisfied to remain prime minister. He wanted to become king. AnaAhema!'
 As she turned to go. she came face to face with the archbishop. She fell on her knees before him. He made the cign of the cross above her head and passed on.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
TO REBUILD RIInnN1s.

Rheims, France, March S0.-The hssilding contractors of Rheims and of all the building trades gre ofganixing . mutual and CO., operative society with a view to be- ginnins the rebuilding of the city as soon as the German artillery is pushed back out of range.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30

gentle old men with whitening boards, who raised their hands constantly in sign of the cross above the people crowding against the wheels of the vehicle.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
IflInIIllnQS Galore

deed that theWord ''anathema" ap- pears in the current Greek-English conversation books, under the heading of common religious terms" Nor is 1t the first time, that venizelos has been anathe4natixed, According to General Vatos, who worked simul- tAneously with Venizelos for the free- dom of Crate the ceremony was pro- nounced agAinst venizelos by the Cretans some twenty years ag0>
 On the present occasion the cere- monies have been more widespread.
 Few villages now remain i'm old Greece whore the anethema against the Cretan has 1ot been pronounced, with all the foqlns of the days when Alcibiades, havtn4 deserted the Athen- .ians for their Spartan enemies some twenty-three centuries ago, was stoned in spirit after his departure. In each instance the clergy of the Greek church hav6sApt only sanction ed but taken part tKsthe ceremonies.
 Tho hrst of this sefies of anathemas against Venizeloa was pronounced in Athens. The spot set ta@ors the core mony was the immense smilitary exer- else fields of the garri9on of Athens. The government formally forbade the ceremony the day before, fearing dis turbances, and 1t was thought that the ceremony would be abandoned. At daybreak, however, peasants from their Attican and Boeotian farms began to hock into town. each carry ing . stone from his own soil tucked away among the accordean pleats of the white skirts that the Greek peasants wear upon oecasions of cere- mony. Many brought their wives and children. the women all carrying their own stones and freauently their caiii- dren also.
 O6 to the s.Grounlas."
 Hy noon the strests of the capital witnessed an unendtng5 proceasion of peasants and poorer folk bound in the direction of the Kypseiis quarter whore the exercise field is located. On the Patissia road. which leads to the field, a house was in process of construction and piles of stones were heaped in the yard to be used in As the people passed, those who had forgotten to bring stones took each one from this pile. In 9 quarter of an hour but one was left. The building contractor who had been trying in vain to protect his property shrugged his shoulders. hoisted the rock onto his back and Joined the march, to pronounce an anathema of his own-partly against venixelos but probably partly also against those who had stripped his yard.
 Immediately following luncheon. the wealthier Athenians began to ap- pear in carriages. On the seat of each smart turnout was a small stone and each coachman had one for him. self hidden between his feet. Ladies of the best Greek society clutched in white gioved hands a vanity box-and ! rock. The Archbishop of Athens in full canonicals drove in . carriage which was followed by 2 procession ! Df otlier carriages bearing the rnem- ,l bers of the Holy synod of the Greek church. A the sprelates passed through the crowd: the men un- covered and all bowed their heads to receive the blessings of the priestA In one carriage the venerable bishops sf Corytsa and IArissa mt together,
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
Atr STARTS ALL OVER.

A0oA, March 90 Tho t,000. 00o. \ Et Et1AHponnd loan Of 1917. if regarded ls eonso1idated loan wipes out the < iGola c4 tho outatanding floating debt. ' Ind siv4a the government q clean. slatb
 ItaFt for the issue of further ahort 25ated horrowing which is expected to
 appear sOOn Commentators estimate l&hA& Including the conversion of ex-
 6ASquer bonds and of the | 1-3 per
 cen& war loan. in addition to the/new
 sI4onay obtAihed. the total capial of the
 new issue reaches around 3.150sO00.- 900 pounxA
New Britain herald., 1917-03-30
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New Britain herald., 1917-03-30

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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18
INCREASE SHIP
YARD CAPACITY

Portland. April lS.--Indicating
that the government intends to start
the construction Of the great fleet Of
sea jitneys" in shipyards along the
north Pacific coast soon. kilograms
were received \here today by ship
builders from the government advis-
ing them to prepare for extensive
wooden ship construction.
Several Ee importuned to increase
their facilities to the limit and num-
ber OF new yards both on public
ground and along the Willamette and
Columbia are planned.
Ship builders say they are unable
to learn whether the government in
tends to deal directly in ships or to
cooperate with private interests.
An announcement is expected soon.
however. as Theodore Brent. vice.
chairman Of the federal shipping
board, who has Just completed trip
through the northwest is now on his
way east with a detailed report.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18
SMASHING BLOWS
BY FRENCH army

Paris, April lS.--France Is loosen
ing the grip OF the invader on her
soil. Battering blows struck with
bewildering speed and mixed with
countless feints all along the Arras-
to-Rheims front by British and
French troops are shaking the Hin
denburg line.
Today It was frances turn to
strike the. most powerful blows--and
General Nievelle's men forced their
way to within sight Of Laon.
Despite the weather and the great
difficulties OF transporting heavy guns
the French offensive is progressing
in the most satisfactory manner" de-
clared Jules Cambon. Of the foreign
office. speaking for the government
today.
THE Germans have been forced to
transfer troops from the British and
Belgian fronts to aid their defenders
on the line OF battle. The french are
confident OF the successful issue OF
the offensive"
Four million men are probably en-
gagged In the sector Of the great al
lied offensive. where the French are
hammering. It is the biggest battle
for France since the Marne. No pre-
vious conflict has ever seen this re-
cord-breaking number OF men en-
gagged. Nor has any conflict been
marked by such tremendous concus-
sions OF artillery.
North of Chivy. Nievelle's forces
occupied ground far as Bray-en-Laon-
nois and all the wood east OF vile
au Bots, the war Office reported
The Germans retreated behind
their second line positions in the
Champagne. following an intens
bombardment.
Success achieved by French troops
has been more important than the
initial announcements indicate" de.
clared the Echo de Paris today. con.
cluding an analysis Of the front sit.
uation. THE German crown prince
has been expecting an offensive. The
French has postponed II number
OF times because OF unfavorablt
weather. In the meantime. the crown
prince massed gigantic reserves tt
meet the expected blow"
Paris believed today victor,
overshadowing that achieved on the
Marne Is In sight.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18
GERMAN ARTILLERY
IS BADLY MANNED

With the British Armies in France,
April 1S.-Captures by the British
army since April in It's great push"
reached the vast total OF $4,000 men
and 227 guns today.
There are still more streaming
back constantly from the front.
Around Lens and st. Quentin. Cen
eral Haig is stretching tight moose
and increasing the pressure every
hour.
The Germans are fighting des-
perately against this steadily applied
pressure. But the prisoners exhibit
loss OF courage to face the tremen-
dous hell of the British artillery fire
that must be giving the German gen.
eral staff deepest concern.
Between Guizecourt and villeret,
the British made slight advance to-
day. Wancourt tower, in which the
Germans had regained a footing In
bitter counter-attacks. was again cap.
tured.
It was noticeable today that the
German artillery has bad case OF
the nerves. Their gnnners fire ex-
citedly and wildly--on the slightest
provocation. Their Workmanship Is
very ragged.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18
!. S. NAVY HUNTS
FOR GERMAN DIVER

Washington. April iS.--"Some
where In the Atlantic" today the navy
Is trying TO round up the sulking
German submarine. which yesterday
fired tho frat gho, OF tho war a'.'S"
United States destroyer Smith, What
craft were engaged In the hunt and
Just how they proceeded we're with
held. One thing. however, Is certain
tho hunt liz on with air the enthu-
siasm OF men who have been spelling
for u fight
The warning TO shipping to beware
OF this new lurking peril still stands
and will be lifted only when the sub
marine has been destroyed or cap
tured. or when II Is reasonably sure
that she Is streakIng homeward
Since the story reached the navy
department. wild rumors OF the cap
ture or destruction OF the submarine
have been widely circulated. The
censor promises that any such news
will be made public az soon as II
reaches his ears officially.
The navy department today asked
the destroyer Smith to make a direct
report on the submarine incident and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18

fenses. The French apparently were
the most active In the days fighting.
The oiileial report revealed another
thrust lin Champagne"---presumably
at n different point from whore Cen
eral Nicvelle's men registered their
brilliant successes In the past few
days. forcing the Germans behind
their second line defenses,
Chlvy. taken In the French sweep
around Laon. Is only two miles dis
tant from that city, The other points
mentioned by the French of''eins
statement. showed an encirclins
movement about Laon that must force
Its fall Into the hands OF the French
very shortly.
Lena and st. Quentin hre both so
far encircled 10y British forces now
that their capture will be easy At any
time Haig desires, In the meantime
tho British commander-in-chlc, u
battering away toward Cambria.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18
PATRIOTIC MEETING

A fine program is being arranged
for the patriotic demonstration to-
morrow. Thursday. evening. at the
opera house. in celebration Of the
Battle Of Lexington. No Fourth Of
July or other national fete day has
ever seer, the widespread wave of
feeling sweep the country a. has
greeted the suggestion that every
section Of the United States should
celebrate this day. In Portland a
parade of over 10000 persons has
been arranged with meetings in var
ious parts of the city as no one au-
ditorium would accommodate even
a small fraction of the people wish
ing to participate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-18

Calling cards at the Courier.