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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
The + ather Went
To Fight in Italy

A thin Italian woman with small
red bundle in her lap faces the in
vestigator. The words Of the inter
view drop like rain into the early
morning silence of the vast building:
the mothers name; her present ad-
dress, her address before that, all her
addresses for the past year--to estab-
lish whether or not she is a resident
Of New York City; any money saved;
other agencies visited; the baby's name; ;
the fathers name; mis- address
Silence.
And where does the ia her live"
Continued silence.
And where is me father"
81 think he gone 10 fight in Italy
Did he leave you any money p"
"No."
Did he know 90
Yes"
What did he say?
A shrug Of the shoulders.
The blank is filed. For the present
there is nothing more 20 ask. The in
vestigator reviews the facts: residence
in the city, restitution. father out Of
reach Words drop again.
VIII you stay here with your baby ?
10 won't cost you anything.
How long?
Three nights, four nights-not very
long.
All right
Having stayed four nights. the Ital-
ian mother will stay on 10 nurse her
baby until il can be weaned. Then she
will want TO keep il. for nearly all
abandoned babies are under three
months of age. When they are older
it is hard for their mothers TO part
with them.
An attendant comes TO take the Ital-
ian mother and her baby away. They
climb the stairs 20 a ward where there
are long rows OF alternating mothers
cots and babies cribs-babios nursing,
babies squealing babies asleep on their
faces. a heavy cord around their waists
20 keep them in. Twin babies and
here and there strange baby on whom
some mother has taken pity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Onknowns' Now Are
carefully Investigated

therefore,, to-day little Unknown
s'ant wardrobe. the religious meosl
.olnd With him. the scrap Of paper
oeaIing his name Gin case the medal
vi ine name is present.. the affidavit
Made MADE out at Police Headquarters as 20
mere he was picked up, and under
shat circumstances all these are sub
;ssel 70 a careful scrutiny in order shat,
yshcd.
ana a. The founding institutions on
H.GpfH p 1917, social Investigators Of
.ne Department of Public Charities
H,tc placed on duty 10 interview all
l''sops making application 20 surren-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

wedding and Miss Jones will act as
bridesmaid.
In the hall at the right Of the in
vestigator's desk At this institution, rs
the cradle IN which IT used 10 be the
custom TO leave babies and which is
still symbolic of the purpose of the
institution. On o. bench at one side
a mother cries softly Her baby has
died Babies coming and going scream
or gurgle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Death Rate F alls
Nearly SO Per Cent

some mother ha $
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

front, are standing by and appealing to the Duma forla relentless persecu- ton Of the war. .'We fought in de- fense of those who now cry Down with War" is the shout of the vet erans very weighty appeal
 So while Minister of War Kerensky is on the battlefront resolved to break up the foolish alliance that some Russian soldiers are fostering between their companies and com panies of the Germany army, the stal- wart patriots at Petrograd and other interior places are working for 3 re- organization of the Russian spirit. Kerensky is confronted with the task of stopping assertions. If his policy of the iron hand''. succeeds we shall see the attack against the Germans on the Rumanian front. the attack which Berlin announces 1t ex- poets. It all rests with Kerensky. He is the man we must watch. If he fails. there is no telling what might happen.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
SPANISH BuGLE USED.
Relic of san Juan Hill in Memorial
 Day Parade.

Relic of san Juan Hill in Memorial Day Parade.
 As the members of A. c. Hammond camp, U. S. w. V., passed in review along Main street yesterday in con nection with the decoration of de- ceased members graves aud in the afternoon as escort to the vanishing army of the Boys in Blue few real- ized that the battered and ancient looking bugle carried by Musician Robert Anderson has 8 history. Sev- eral were heard to comment relative to the battered appearance of the bugle and remark that 1t was entire ly out of keeping with the appear ance of other equipment.
 In '98 on the bullet-swept slopes of San Juan hill when the late Cap tain Harry F. Ladbury of Co. I. First Connecticut Infantry. was bugler in the attacking forces, the bugle seen in yesterdays parade was taken from the grasp of a dead Spanish soldier. Battered by bullets and showing signs of hard usage, it's unusually cle,r notes and historical connections made it more than usually valuable and it was kept as souvenir of the occasion He brought 1t to New Britain and presented 1t to A. c. Hammond camp.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
REV. H. A. WALTER LEAVES. Local Minister to Take Up Work in
 Japan and China.

Rev. Howard A. walter wife and three children, who haveF been wisit- ing at the home of his parents MT. and Mrs. Henry s. Walter of A Lex ington street. for. the past year. left today for NSw York en route for Japan where they will take up Y~G. c A. missionary work. The party will visit in Montreal and will sail from Vancouver. Bic. June 6, for their destination. Rev egMr. Walter will also do similar work in China.
 The missionaries plan to remain about five years insthe Orient Rev. MT. Walter is we'll known in this city. For number of years he was assistant pastor of the Asylum Hill Congregational church. Hartfora, where he created very favorable im- pression.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
sKIRMIsHEs.

of Squads the commend 'sGuide Right
 (Left)" designates the leading Squad,
 upon which the other Squads will
 deploy either to the right or left. The command Guide Center,1 desig-
 mates the Center Squad, which may
 or may not deploy without advancing
 further according to directions; the other Squads conform to 1t, and the
 Guide thereafter is Center, unless
 otherwise ordered.
 To repeat, the Base Squad, desig-
 mated as above advances or not at the command of Execution, MARCH depending upon the point chosen by
 the Captain on which the BaseGiS to
 rest. The Corporal of each of the other
 Squads commands his men ssF0ll0w
 Me- or ''By the Right (IIeft) F1ank,' ?
 dependent upon whether the Conn
 Company is in line or in column of
 Squads.
 If in line, the Corporal marches his
 men off by the Right or Left Flank. as the case may be, until he has sufficient interval in which to deploy. The Squad nearest the Base Squad deploys first after the Base Squad,
 the second Squad from the Base de- ploys next ,and so on, until all the Squads are deployed.
 If the Company is in Column of Squads. at the Preparatory Com mand, the Corporal, as has been said gives Follow Me-" and at ssHEARCH,' ? he places himself in front of the Squad and leads 1t into place. The Squad remains at Close Order until
 1t reaches the skirmish Line. tc which the Corporal takes 1t by the shortest route. No. of the Real Rank, however, steps into tho place of the Corporal in the Front Rank and marches there as long as the Cor. poral remains in front of his Squad Arriving on the Skirmish Line abreast of the Squad ahead, the Squad then deploys.
 Tomorrow's article will continue the instruction in Extended Order fol the Company.
 Copyright, 1917, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
JOIN THE RED CROSS.

Almost six thousand new members have been enrolled in the New Bri- tain branch of the Red Cross since the campaign for augmented mem- bership began here last week. This is indeed good work. Before the week is out the roster may contain tue names of ten thousand persons.
 Every person who is not actually American Red Cross. The member ship fee Is one dollar. A dollar given to such cause as this could not better be expended. The Red Cross has won its medal of honor on the battlef1elds of Europe. It has cared for the sick and wounded of other armies than our own. It has drawn no line of nationality. It has admin istered to all alike. Even with the United States at war the Red Cross will not confine its activities to our troops. When occasion demands it's tender works of mercy will be ex- tended oven to the enemy.
 It Is estimated by the officials at Washington that $1oo.ooo,oo0 will be necessary to carry on Red Cross work now that the United States has en- tered the conflict. If the society de- pended merely upon the membership fees collected each year 1t would re- quire a membership of 1O0,000.000 to bring about the raising of this sum. That would mean that almost every man. woman and child in the United States would have to enlist in the cause.
 New Britain can and will do it's share of Red Cross work. Ten thou sand members for the chapter here is not a great number. considering the population of the town. There will also be forthcoming donations from the philanthropic citizens of larger means. All along New Britain has done it's bit. It cannot prove stacker in this work.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
A Fair Exchange.

A Fair Exchange. Most all my life's been spent with
 men,
 The finest friends I know Those boyhood pals who've always
 been
 With me where e'er I go. We've travelled far, we've journeyed
 wide
 Tn night time and in day We've seen life from, it's seamy side And round the other way. , In all our sorrows and our joys, We've ever been the same; True pals as men, true pals as boys As players of Life's game. And up to now, never knew What 1t might mean to part; Except for this, that I would rue The day,-'twould break my heart. But now the time has come forsooth When they must go their way; When all the boys I've known from youth
 Must leave me here today. A gentfer hand has clung to me, A softer. heart holds naine, A sweeter Voice has> sung to me, Of Loveland's balmy cline. < 7bh. i shall imiss, thoss pals of mine. I never. can forget s's < Their merry laughter light as wine That fingers with me yet. But am going far away. |, From out this manly whirl. I'll bid them all goodbye today trade them for q girl. ' DICK DYER. i.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

his operators license with him yeS- terday afternoon. His being sum- moned was caused by slight acci- dent on South Main street near St. Jo- seph's church, when one of four girls got into the thoroughfare and was bumped by one of the automobiles mudguards. Both she and her father declared her to be uninjured. In the haste of departure for the holiday trip, the accused forgot to transfer the license into other pockets.
 Fight Follows Request for Loan.
 Urged by Prosecuting Attorney George W. Klett to tell the truth and advised by Judge Meskill that pugilis- tic conduct, under the circumstances, might be excusable, Harry Brown of 131 Dwight street persisted in his contention there were no upper cuts delivered by him at Main and Com mercial streets last night and ignor- ance was expressed as to how Rudolph Nobitz of 112 Linden street received mourning colors about the eyes and face. Represented by Attorney A. A. Greenberg, Brown said that Nobitz, not listed in his list of acquaintances. touched him on the street for dime and became abusive when the dona- tion was refused. He said that Mo- bitz insisted upon following him and continued to be abusive. The climax came at Main and Commercial streets. Policemen William strolls, Adelbery veley, Michael Meehan and George E. Ellinger interrupted the unlicensed bout. Michael Leyden of Engine Go. No. was also on the scene and cap- tured one of the principals after a brief chase toward the railroad tracks between Morris Cohn's wholesale store and the Swift beef plant. Brown was fined $5 without costs and given until Saturday night to make pay ment while Nobitz was fined $5 and costs without leniency.
 Boys Must Attend School.
 r. Arraignment of Mrs. Charles An derson of Madison street for alleged responsibility ih the failure of child to attend school was continued until tomorrow. To Presenting Attorney Klett, Mrs. Anderson said that she has done everything in her power to shave the boy attend school, even to taking him to the school yard, but the youngster eludes her and persists in playing truant. Shes was informed. that a general alarm will be sent out for his capture and there will be a court session on his case tomorrow, If he is located. ].
 Walter Fedovowicz,a aged 14 years. earraigned yesterday for violation of probation and held pending an inves- tigation as to where he got the money found in llis pockets, was committed to the State Reform school at Mer- iden. S
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
THE COMPANY IN LINE Ol
 SkIRNIISHERS.

THE COMPANY IN LINE OF
 SkIRNIISHERS.
 The company in Skirmish Line executes a number of commands as if In Close Order except that the Skirmish intervals are maintained. For this reason, the movements are, Tn the nature of things. less precise. put they approximate chose in Close Order.
 Thus. the Company in line of SsKlrmlsners Advances, Halts, Moves oy the Flank or to the Rear. Obliques, resumes the Direct March. passes from Quick Time to Double time by the same commands as in Close Order.
 Company Right (Left)" by the Skirmish Time is executed as ex- plained for the Front Rank in the School of the Company. That is to say, we have now a single rank ex- tended by twice the number of men, at half-pace intervals ,or fifteen inches apart Approximately yard of front to each man ,as against 22 inches in Close Order, which single rank may be turned on a Fixed Pivot precisely like the Front Rank of Company or a Platoon.
 company dal1 Hlgnt (LeIL) 1s executed in the same way, except that the line Is Halted when it has swung around to an angle of At degrees.
 The rules for the deployment of a Company are necessarily less simple than those for the deployment of a Squad; for there is double con sideration to be borne in mind. Ir the deployment of the company. the individual Squad must be deployed but 1t must also be deployed with reference to and in conformity with all the other Squads of the Company For this reason, it is necessary as 6 part of the Preparatory Command also to establish a Base Squad which is to serve as Guide to the line.
 The Preparatory Command is, there fore. "As Skirmishers, Guide Right Cleft or Center). If the Company is in line, this designates the actual Cleft or Center) Squad as the Base Squad. If the Company is in Column
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
WARNING.

1h1p much must be>i understood. TT man who attempts to prevent en- oement of the new Army Law will dealt with by the Department of ltee. Attorney General Gregory an onlcial statement shows to a4 extsnt the Department intends 1o In, rounding up those who are pmpeing to prevent young men n registering on June 5. next 1S4eday. Any attempt to. prevent So enforcement of this law is treason. e punishment for treason Is known e civilized world over. It is to be Tped that no man in New Britain kween the ages of twenty-one and 1fy-one. unless he is already en-
 n the armed forces of the na-
 llai be foolish enough to keep
 from the registration bureau
 Nesday next. Nor should any ' attempt to prevent even his own ther from registering. The law specific. en ti.-ls
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
NAVAL MEN DON'T REG1sTER.

Y Chief Radio Electrician M. IS. Brainard, in charge of the naval re-. cruiting station here, stated this morning that he had received in- formation from the navy department relative to the status of enlisted men on furlough as regards the draft registration on June 5. The naval mans statement Is that: "All regu- larly enlisted men in the. regular United, States Navy home on furlough need not register on June 5. This in- cludes men who have enlisted in the regular navy and who have been sent back to their homes awaiting further orders" The naval man said that this is not to be taken to include the coast patrol or any other branch of the service except the first line navy.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
DISCUSS TREATMENT OF ALIENS, - .P .s-

DISCUSS TREATMENT OF ALIENS.
 Now Fork. May s1.-Discussion to- day of members of the National Con- ference on Foreign Relations of the United States. In session at Long Branch, N. r.. turned to question1 dealing with the national policy with regard to resident aliens. states rights and treaty obligations. Tho topics for the forenoon discussions were 'State Interference With thu Endorsement of Treaties?" and ''Dip~ crimination With Reference to Citi- zenship and Landownershtp ' The general subject for the Afternoun session was Newer American Con- cepts of International Relationship" and for the evening session. Tho United States and the Far EAak r <
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
DIR. H. M. JERNEGAN DEAD.

Boston, May 31.-Dr. Holmes M. Jernegan, widely known specialist in abdominal surgery, died at his home in Back Bay district last night. nr. Jernegan, who was born in Ed gartown in 1846 was professor of sur- gery in the Boston University Medi- cal school for i've years.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
0. OF c. ANNUAL.

Called for This Afternoon But Ad.
 journment WiM Be Taken.
 The annual meeting of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce will be called this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock according to the provisions in the by- laws. but the meeting will immediately adjourn until 8 set date in June for the transaction of necessary business.
 steps are being taken by the or- ganization to conduct campaign dur Ing the month of June to develop the organization and to secure new mem ners. The plans for the project arc still incomplete.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
INTERPRETATION.

ltogether 1t was . disappointing nAs, tho one of yesterday, the
 thx pageant of Memorial Day.
 II was not 90 through any aault
 Aes men who participated In H., Decause of neglect on the part Of 1e who planned 1t. It was : sad atr . displr1tins.r depressing sort of
 snony.' First there was the cus-s 1ary line of policemen, then 3d. then tho City Guard, then a oke-shift life and drum corps, then uNadron of boy scouts. then another
 lneal musical organization. then
 boy scouts, then . scattering of 4nish war men, and finally the old axans of tho Civil War. Not . cheer
 e along the line of march.
 take . psychologist to ex- snS the causes that entered into Ski4g of this parade such q melan- foay sanrair. Had 1t occurred on the
 pEevious, when rain clouds filled air, any one of dozen men might ve advanced the reason. E But. the ibaAe took place in the mellowness sA bsaatiful Spring day. the first a< has sraced this vicinity since naind of man, seemingly, can re- mber. So it was mot the weather. 1hers must be some reason for: the |1lout, somber. solemn crowds that aed the streets and banked them Ilvss along the line of march. othsr oars have witnessed marked demons xa&3ons, the waving of flags. the lift - Of hats. the cheering. the smiles o greeting to and of the veterans - yesterday. All was different.
 che var did it. The thought of war actual presence of war. It is ir n minds of everybody. man, wo, TT. and child. Mothers pushinl Fir baby carriages through y tn, eeets are obsessed with the idea hfhers escorting their young boy SIeng the thoroughfares of the cit! SkA thinking of it.. Young men. be Tween the ages of twenty-one ant 1birty-one are filled to overfiowinl lsh the terror, the dream. tn tghty meaning of 1t all. War. Hoy b1 word stands out. WAR. Tn und of the drums in the parade ne military tread of marching feet So dull mud-iike color of the khak florms. The giistening of the bay
 VI In the sun. ; The business lik
 of the guns. All these thing
 damper upon the parade of yes
 6er1ous thought is in the air riAl nsy. 1917. was no holida, day Of meditation, day fo
 aaing sraves the while thought silsi to othes graves yet to b e6tatsd. Tho nation has at las 1saS to the point Of retrospection. Q olfing into it's own soul of readin own conscience The business 0 S3ar fs no child's play. It calls fo SAcord sober thought. The past lie TT behind: the future is ahead.
 ,
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The race between American ship building and German submarines is on, the winner to take the Atlantic ocean.-Kansas City Star.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
ALL EYES ON KERENsKY.

We shall watch this man Kerensky, the War Minister of Russia. for on him depends the final outcome of Russia in this war. At present he is at the front trying to persuade the Russian soldiers from ''fraternizing'' with their German antagonists who are wheedling and coaxing the enemy with vodka and coffee.
 The real picture of "fraternizing" between the Russian and German sol. diers is drawn by Andreyev who thus describes it:-"We visit the Germans and drink German wine and coffee. and we return their hospitality. We kiss them and the Germans are too ready to allow 1t. And while we are kissing them other Germans are sent. to kill the Bntish and French-the same British and French who hurried their advances to give us time to re- construct our affairs" That is, while the .'fraternixing'' is taking place on the Russian frontter General Won
 
 s00.ooo German troops from that re- zion and plant them on the western front to check the advances of the French and British. Russia, oh Rus sia. "fraternizing'' in your case means nothing more nor less than "fratri- cide." It is for Kerenslky to see that you sink or swim. survive ,or perish. Out spf his efforts must come some thing m6ts than this 'fraternizing" with the Germans.
 The entire Russian army at the front is not under the magic spell of the German hospitality. All the msh are not drinking vodka and coffee, nor kissing the enemy. Yet those who are fighting the fight of the just ara doing 50 under the greatest difiiculties. Tn resolutions voted yes- terdax at Petrograd by the congress of delegates from the front, after g. debate on ths wer, may be found this enlightening description of what is being encountered by the real war riors:-yhA Russian soldiers have been iishtins hithert6 under condi- tions infinitely worse than those of the Allies. The Russian soldier has had to march almost unprotected against the enemy's bullets and break with bare arms the barbed wire entangle- | naenfs which the Alley and the enemy, pass freely after artillery 1 preparation. "-Ths resolutien then sde1 ! clares that the Ruaeaan fro1s must be
 provided with munitions and every
 thing necessary to maintaln the prin-
 ciple. '.The moro mstal the less gun
 fodder" s
 1 There is this shaft of light piercing
 the clouds hanging over Rassia. The .ECouncil of workmen's and Soldiers
 delegates has at last joined hands
 with the Provisional government and
 together the two are striving to main tain free Russia. With these forces
 in Petrograd appealing to the peo- pie. warning them not to permit "ads
 venturers to let the army become fer
 tflizer for the foreign helds," some order should come out Of the chaos
 The soldiers at home who played such
 brilliant part when the Revolution
 first broke out are more loyal todd, 1 to the new government then they
 were when the Czar abdicated.s The
 Petrograd Garrison is sticking to 1t.
 guns, man for man, and demanding
 . "mcre vigorous discipline on tho
 basis of the new order of democracy
 The wounded soldiers. back from thu
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
The Time Has Come.

There are times when words
 oem empty and only action seems E1eat. Such a time has come.
 nd, in the providence of God.
 xneFica will once more have an to show to the world eAat she was born to save man WOODROW WILSON.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

It's. a great war at that. First, 1t frees Russia. and now it's going to give Home Rule to Ireland.-Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

Registration day will rank as . greater day of patriotic enthusiasm than the time-honored holiday-the Fourth of July.-Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

You may as well do your bit cheer fully, as you'll have to do 1t anyway. Wall Street Journal.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-31

The draft-registration rules are very simple for the man of military age who wants to serve his country. It is the man who Is seeking to evade service who finds them dificult.-New York World.