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New Britain herald., 1917-02-08

board will name a committee to make
arrangements for the annual banquet.
In keeping with the attitude of other
Business Mems associations and
Chambers of Commerce An the state,
the local organization stands ready to
render any assistance possible in the
compilation of a war census author
lied by the legislature at the sugges-
ton OF Governor Holcomh.
Selectmen Will Aid.
First Selectman Johnson has re-
ceived a letter from Governor Hol-
comb asking that appointments be
made here for the purpose of secur-
ing whatever information Will be
needed in connection with the taking
OF the war census. The governor has
asked that the names of those who
will do the work be sent TO him not la
ter than Monday in order that the
necessary instructions may be for
rwarded without delay.
1t is understood that the census
workers are to give their services sra
tiously. 1t is not expected that any
difficulty will be encountered in get
ting the required information here.
Brief Items.
Seuuassen lodge will have a regular
meeting this evening in 1. o. o. F. hall.
John Mcclure of Bank street, has
been admitted to the Hartford hospi-
tai for treatment.
A box used for collections for pool
games in the Foresters' club rooms
was broken open sometime yesterday
afternoon and its contents which prob
ably amount to less than dollar, ap-
propriated.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
ALL In READINESS
/; FOR FAIR OPENING
T. A. B. Society Expects to Make
Event the Greatest Ever
FIRST NIGHTS PROGRAM

y. W. Mildlum Observes Fifty-first
Birthday-Funeral of Miss Ellen A.
Flanagan Held This Morning-Cub
Basketball Team Fails to Show Up.
Everything Is in readiness for the
grand opening Of st. Paurs T. A. B.
society fair tomorrow evening in For
listers hall on Pennington road. The
heating plant in parish hall went out
of commission the early part of the
week and as no definite promise as
ITO the time it would be repaired
could be secured SO the change was
found necessary. \Foresters hall has
been decorated by the Hargreaves
Decorating company for the event
and those that have seen the interior
claim that 1t is a transformed place.
Booths have been built along the
walls and there is a plentiful supply
of the necessary articles that go to
make these features of fair such
a great success Today committee
1m embers were engaged in waxing the
floor SO that those that worship at
TIE shrine of terpsichore would have
no complaint over it's smoothness All
committees have completed their ar
engagements and now all that remains
for the success of the venture is a
good attendance of the public
The entertainment committee has
secured for the opening night the
Southern Belle ministries of Middle
town and the young ladies will come
equipped with new line of jokes and
all the other necessary side lines that
. Y-s~o
minstrel show. This minstrel troup
IS we'll known throughout the state
having furnished many successful
programs at other fairs. Following is
the program that they have pre-
pared:
Opening chorus 49,. Entire company
sThe Sunshine of Your Smile 49,.
Katherine Dee
Welcome Honey to Your Old Plan
'tation Home ........ Alice Piny
ireland Must Be Heaven ........
Helen Solomon
] Know That I Got More Than My
Share .......'... May Seiferman
Down Honolulu Way >. May Hedges
Carry Me Back to Old Virginia -.
............ May Walsh
Closing chorus ..... Entire company
Following are the young ladies that
viii sing in the chorus: Nellies Self
erman, Fannie Kelly. Josie Ringwood,
Mary Covory, Catherine Potrosky,
Helen Buckle, Hazel Buck. Katherine
Scully, Elizabeth Soloman. Julia Raj
ferty and May DWEer.
Following the ertertair''>.- ( there
. will be dancing the music icing fur
p nished by McKeon's orchestra The
! tair- Will be continued untii next
ITuesday evening and the, rrosrans
|for. the different nights will be an
bounced later.
Observes Fifty first Birthday
:. w. Mildrum observed the fifty
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08

The East Berlin Current Events
club will meet at the home of Mrs.
Hubbard tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Berg, Of Berlin, is filling the
vacancy in the East Berlin district
school during the illness of Miss
Ginsburg.
Professor and Mrs. A. Benson have
returned to their home in New
Haven after a few days visit with rela-
tives in East Berlin.
The East Berlin library will remain
closed during the cold weather.
The board of relief met at the town
clerks office today
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08

Mrs. Charles I. Rogers entertained q
few Of her friends at luncheon today
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
according to the statements of les

according to the statements of leaI
ing bankers today.
The Guaranty Trust company whi1
has temporarily suspended on I'll
pay all Of it's German employees, b
sued an explanation to the effect th1
the action was taken as a matter
protection to the men them selves. J
we'll as to the company and it's Gu.
toners. If no further com pricatior
arise, 1t is stated, it is probable TIT
they Will be back at their desks In tn
near future.
Two thousand more Teutonic sui
jects renowned their allegiance i
foreign rulers in New Y ork yesterda
and applied for American cittzensh1,
making total of $500 since th
break with Germany.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08

Charles r. Hare has purchased
Chalmers automobile.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
a Certain rclief for FeVerisnness, Hea da che.
Bad Stomach, Teething loisordors move and
regulate the Bowels and destroy Worms.
They frequently break up Colds in - hours,
They are pleasant to the tast" Children
like them. Over 10000 testimonials Used
by Mothers for so years. They never fail
Sold by all Druggists, zoe. Sample mailed
FREE. Address, Mother Gray Co., LIE. Roy,
N. 7.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
1000 TAKE OUT PAPERS

Applications for American Citizenship
Rights i'm New York City Alone Now
Reaches Total Of $500
New York, Feb. S.-No general re-
tirement of German citizens EMPLOYED
by firms in this city is contem plated,
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
Maple Hill

The Literary society met at the
home of Mrs. L. L. Clark on Thomp-
son street, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
George Corbin of New Britain gave
an interesting talk on the work of the
Sunshine society and Miss Frances
Parker of New Britain rendered piano
selections. Current Events was Civ
en- by Miss Mary Mansfield. A candy
and food sale followed the meeting.
Miss Jane Gould was the guest of
Mrs. Alvin Lamb over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. K. Perry of Golf
street are receiving congratulations
on the birth of son.
Charles r. Hare has purchased a
Chalmers automobile.
Mrs. Charles T. Rogers entertained a
few Of her friends at luncheon today.
William f. Burke is experimenting
the work for the extensive addition
to the Heublein Tower on Talcott
mountain.
The social committee of the Christ
ian Endeavor society of the Newtng
ton church will meet at the home of
r. A. Elliott on Maple Hill avenue
Friday evening, February 9th. The
purpose of this meeting is to arrange
for Valentine social to be given Feb
ruary is.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
Liinoniine
I MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
For Colds

Linonine takes that awful
kick out of a hard cold and
renders it harmless. 1t is the
great family remedy for all
forms of colds and a remark
able preventive for the more
dangerous winter complaints
of adults and children.
Have a bottle of Linonine
handy at all times-there's no
telling what instant it will be
needed, especially so for
coughs that threaten bron-
chitis. Nothing quite equals
Linonine for bronchitis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24

committee representing the rehners
wholesalers, chain retail stores, SINAI,
wholesale dealers and large individual
dealers drew up programme ioi
dealing with the sugar shortage uurihs
the next month or two. An agreement
was effected between these men, act'nR
in behalf Of the mercantile organlza-
tions that handle all OF New iork
City's sugar. whereby an equitaole ais
tribution at a Uniform price Will he ef,
fected. Profteers will be punished
and "A campaign OF education Launched
urging the conservation of sugar IN
ali places where sugar is used.
In accordance with an agreement
with tho Federal Food Administration
some timo ago, the rehners' price on
sugar will be SS.35 per 100 pounds, OF
SIS cents per pound, for bulk granu-
lated.
The wholesale price will be $3.50 per
100 pounds in the original packages 10
the retail merchants, or SO cents per
pound.
The retail price was fixed for rranu-
lated sugar at 10 cents TO II cents q
pound to the consumer. The retail
dealers agreed not TO charge more
than ii cents pounu'
The refners agreed 70 distribute
sugar on the following basis for the
first six months Of next year:
The sales TO each customer VIII be
asce~tained for the first six months of
the year and his average monthly pur-
chases computed. These figures will
be used as the basis for distribution
of the supply that refners furnish to
New York territory. The retiners
agree, further, TO continue their eff
forts to secure beet sugar and Loulsl-
ana sugar that at the present time is
available for the country to relieve
the situation.
The wholesalers agree TO distribute
sugar 10 the retailers on the same
general plan as the refiners.
The retailers agree not to sell more
than ., 212 or pounds at any one
time to their regular customers, these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
Hoarders Have
900, 900 Bushels Held
in Storage
Cost Should Be Low
Not Only Is Present Supply
Large, but More Crops
Are Coming

"Stop buying potatoes, except IN 'ns
smallest quantities possible"
This is the advice OF p. Q. Foy, mar
ket expert Of the State Food and Mar
ket Commission, to the Housewives OF
New York City. There are more pota-
toe, in the United States to-day than
the country has ever known, according
Mr.. Foy, and the quickest way OF
forcing down the price from 81 and
$3.50 a bushel, retail, to half those hg-
ures is a temporary boycott. Ysster-
days wholesale price was 1928 to $3.50
q bag Of 165 pounds.
Mr.. Foy said that with the Maine
crop in the supply Of potatoes in the
country amounted to 100000 BUSH
els. Last year. when potatoes became
a rich mans luxury, the total crop was
285. 900 900 bushels, with depreciation
OF so 900 900 bushels, lost because the
potatoes rotted.
Eggs Also Hoarded
There is also little excuse for 40 and
80 cent eggs, Mr.. Foy declared, as there
is an Unprecedented supply on hand IN
tho cold storage plants Of the country
But he believes that the price OF eggs
will take care of itself. Egg specula-
tors stand to lose fortunes,no matter
what happens, because they bought at
high prices and have TO pay storage
for several months. They must unload
soon or drop their whole investments.
According TO Mr.. Foy, the Federal
Market Bureau Of the Department OF
Agriculture reports chat 44O ware
houses and cold storage plants in the
country contained 5,S72,6S9 cases OF
eggs on October l, against 1851 ,4o0
cases on October l, 1915. There are
thirty dozen eggs in case, so the
storage supply in the country the hrst
OF this month amounted to 2,O21 ,0i9,O4V
eggs. They went into storage at 80 to
81 cents q dozen.
eggs SCARED last year for the pecu-
liar reason that Iowa and Nebraska
went dry" said Mr.. Foy. Western egg
men saw an opportunity TO get score
or more breweries at ridiculously low
rental, and promptly transformed them
into cold storage plants. They did 80
well that this spring they plunged, and
they are going to lose.
Potatoes to Flood Country
when we consider the fact that
only about 10 per cent Of our popula-
ton of 10000, 600 eats potatoes, every
man, woman and child in the country
would have 10 consume about five
bushels between now and June /, when
the new crop comes in, to exhaust our
supply. This allows 100000 bushels
for seed. But in addition to having
5O,oO0,OO0 bushels on hand, We shall
begin to get the heavy second Virginia
crop about November 1. The Bermuda
crop will begin to como in December
/. About February 1 the second Ber-
muda crop will be harvested, and by
April 10 the new Florida crop will be
shipped by the carload to this part Of
the country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24

quantities TO last the customers from
ten days to two weeks. according 10
the size Of the family.
The refiners. wholesalers and retail
ers entered into pact TO enforce TINS
agreement to the letter and TO report
any violation of the agreement 10 the
hunicipal food administration. vio-
lator will be punished by the direct
method OF cutting off his sugar supply.
The refners agreed to cut OF their llst
of customers any wholesalers caught
boarding or overcharging Tor sugar
Specializing retailers will not be al
lowed TO handle any sugar II custom
ers find them overcharging. Like
wise, retailers will refuse TO sell sugar
to a consumer who is trying 10 hoard
In a statement issued by the confer
ence committee 1t was pointed out That
the serious stringCpcy was only t:m-
porary. and that sugar would be forth
coming soon through this years crop of
beet sugar in the United States, Ia
waian cane sugar, Louisiana cane
sugar and Porto Rican and Cuban cane
sugar IL was further pointed out that
the United States Food Administration
has announced that the beet sugar fac-
tories in the Western states are rapidly
coming into action, and, together with
the Hawaiian production, will be able in
a short time TO take care Of the sugar
supply in the area north of Savannah
and east of Pittsburgh.
James II. Post, of the National Sugar
Refining Company, said there was a
small dribbling of sugar into the New
York market. although it was not
enough to make any considerable diff
ference in the situation. He said the
National Sugar Refining Company
would receive II 900 bags of raw sugar
in day or two from Cuba, making
10000 barrels OF graduated product.
The daily normal table consumption Of
New York City, he said, was 1000 tons,
which would have to be cut down more
than half during the next four weeks
Distribution Called Faulty
II was brought out at the meeting
that heretofore the distribution had
been decidedly faulty, and that some
retail dealers had managed to corner
vast supplies, while others were cut off
with only few barrels during the days
Immediately preceding the abrupt ex-
haustion of the nations stock Of sugar.
Il was explained that this apparent dis
elimination was due TO general igno-
rance of the true situation until few
weeks ago.
Mr.. fost said that, in spite Of the
shortage, the army and navy were well
supplied with sugar. He said the gov
eminent had taken wise precautions in
this regard. ordering in vast quantities.
The orders were filled Immediately by
the refiners. who delivered their stock
at docks, where it was taken in charge
by officers of the government.
The sugar stock would vanish over
night, Mr.. Post said, being loaded on
ships, unknown TO the seller, and bound
for ports unknown to anybody except
the government officials.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
u. S. Mills to Get
Canadian Wheat

Restrictions which have reduced -four
mills of the Northwest to a so per cent
output have been removed, the Federal
Food Administration announced in New
York yesterday, owing to the compile
tion OF arrangements for diverting to
the United States shipments Of hard
wheat from Canada now in transit on
tho Great Lakes. This wheat Is the
property of the Wheat Export Company.
q government agency for Great Britain.
In return for the Canadian wheat the
Food Administration has promised that
its equivalent in f1our snail be exported
TO the Allies.
The statement follows:
Through an arrangement concluded
between the United States Food Ad-
ministration and the Wheat Export
Company, considerable quantities OF
Canadian wheat now owned and con-
trolled by the Wheat Export Company
and moving down the lakes for export
will be made available for grinding by
mills in the United States.
1.-THE amount Of hard wheat thus to
be supplied Will materially relieve the
shortage Of hard wheat -four and en-
able mills in central and Eastern
states 10 increase their -four output
materially.
"This arrangement will remove what
ever apprehension has existed IN re-
gard TO the inability of mills to supply
sufficient hard wheat -four for winter
consumption in the Eastern section OF
the country. II makes liquid sum-
Gent supply Of hard wheat in the
United States, which should enable the
present restrictions on the grinding OF
this kind of wheat to be greatly re-
lieved.
at is to be understood that these
supplies Of wheat do not in any way
augment the amount Of grain available
In the United States, where there IS
ample to meet all requirements, since
the Food Administration undertakes IN
return 10 export to the Allies IN ths
form of -four an equivalent OF an
Canadian wheat shipped to the Onitea
States fer grinding in American mills
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23.-Ihe recent
order Of the Food A administration re-
ducing TO 60 per cent the output Oh
-four mills In Minnesota, the Dakotas'
Montana and Iowa, was resclnded 10
dav. /, was stated that Eastern mills
now heve a sufficient supply OF grain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24

without paying a premium to lot OF
middlemsn.
1--WE hope to cooperate with the Fed
eral, state and city food adminis'ra-
tons to make the scheme a success.
THE State Department Of Foods and
Markets proposed to the labor repre-
sentatives that food. bought directly
from the farmers, be brought to the
city in carload lots and distributed d.
rectly TO grocery stores. We look TO
the labor unions TO form customers
clubs and TO trade entirely with the
stores handling the farm products.
"If we maintain the old system OF
food distribution, the cost will soon be-
come prohibitive. There is no help ex.
cept in smashing and discarding the old
system. OF course, a lot of middlemen
will have to 60 out of business. But
they are merely adding to the price OF
food now.
"Thers is no use in trying to lower
the cost Of production. The cost OF
distribution Is what has TO be cut, or
we will stsrve."
Mr.. Beck said the labor organiza-
tons would hold their meetings TO-
morrow and Friday Of this week. and
next Monday. and that no expected ia
see all Of them indorse Mr.. billions
plan.
"Orgnnized labor has 100000 mem
bers in greater New York" he said
There are 100000 families repre-
scented in that membership. Now, take
milk, for instance. II is fair to assume
that family Of five consumes two
quarts of milk a day. On the base OF
saving cents a day on milk, as they
will whom the farmers begin to dis
tribute milk at 10 cents a quart, the
total yearly saving of organized labor
in milk alone will amount to millions
Of dollars"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
Endorses Scheme of Food
Commissioner Dillon to
Eliminate Middlemen
Plan Terminal Markets
Idea Is to Purchase Direct
From Producers and Sell
to Consumers

Another step in the elimination OF
III. middleman was taken yesterday
following the venture OF the fifteen
farmers cooperative creameries in
purchasing a milk plant hero to de-
liver directly to retailers.
Seven delegates, representing the
biggest labor union federations in New
York CITY. met in the Office of John j.
Dillon, State Market and Food Com
missioner. and organized movement
to purchase all farm products directly
from the farmers, doing away with
brokers. wholesalers and commission
merchants. The scheme contemplates
the creation OF central terminal mar
kets. where food will be brought from
tho country, stored and sold direct 10
the consumer.
The new plan, fathered by Commits
sioner Dillon, met the approval OF the
labor delegates, who announced that
thew would heartily recommend 1t TO
their declarations.
The conference in Commissions
Dillons office. at 20. Franklin street,
was attended by II. e. Hilldorf, OF the
Central Federated Union; Max Pine, OF
the United Hebrew Trades; James +.
Bowie, Of the Brooklyn Central Labor
Union; Miss Ann Hogan, Miss Maude
Schwartz and Miss Frances Ecob Beck,
of the Womens Trade Union League,
and Carl Beck, Of the Labor Forum.
I'VE have started one OF tho most I'm
portant movements ever launched In
this city for economic distribution OF
food" Mr. Dillon said at the close OF
the conference. THE consumers are
Just as vitality concerned In this as
the producers, and il the plan works
out the purchasers Of New York City
will be able to obtain most OF their ne
cessities direct from the producers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
7 en- Million Pounds
OF Sugar Unearthed;
Disguised as Flour

BUFFALO, Oct. 23.--Federal Secret
Service agents to-day reported to
Washington the discovery in Buffalo
warehouse OF millions Of pounds OF
sugar in bags and barrels labelled "top
crust -four"
Notstions on the packages. it was
said, indicated that the sugar had been
coming into the warehouse over a pc
Rod Of several months. A Federal
agent who made a survey Of the con-
tents Of the building estimated the
amount Of sugar at 100 carloads, or
about 10000, 900 pounds.
Around immense piles Of sacks con.
taining the sugar the Federal agent
said he found screen Of other arti-
cles, while some OF the containers
marked stop crust -four" actually had
-four sprinkled over the outside.
Richard VI. Richardson. superintend-
ent of the Keystone Warehouse, in
which the sugar was stored, did not
know Of the presence OF the Secret
Service agent and newspaper man in
the warehouse until the survey Of the
contents had been practically com.
pleted.
He ordered the newspaper man out
Of the building and demanded that the
Secret Service agent come to the ware
house Office for his data. The sugar
Richardson said, belonged to a con.
densed milk company.
George s. Duck, City Controller. this
afternoon sent message to John
Mitchell, chairman of the Food Com.
mission, stating that sugar famine
existed here and asking Mr.. Mitchell
to take action to bring about the re.
lease Of some Of the sugar in storage.
Retail prices OF sugar to-day varied
from 10 10 20 cents pound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
New York Put
OnWarRation
By Sugar Pact
Patriotic Dealers Band to
Gust Spectators and
Hoarders

E,w York City yesterday went on
va sugar rations. administered oy a
volunteer organization Of patriotic
business men cooperating with the
United States food administration.
Al a conference held m the office OF
,ho saqar div sion Of the Federal Food
Administration, at III Wall Street, =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24

How much do you back
him for3 He lends his life
and risks losing it. All you re
asked to do is to lend the
money to buy the gun.
One man we know is cut
ting the extravaganza of his
tailor's label and buying a
bond with the difference.
He left so pleased that
we're sure we've started him
on the road to real economy.
1t was a suit Of *"Fore-
fathers Cloth "a handsome
butternut brown. The wool
comes from the same county
in England that supplied the
sturdy stufs so much in
vogue in 1920.
He had quite q Job deciding between
. deep olive green and the brown.
For all wealth ers-
*"Scotch Mists.
Handsome fsirweather coats of
rainproofed Scotch cheviots.
Army officers uniforms.
Same high character of tai
loring as all our clothes for
men and boys.
Registered trademark
Open all day to sell Liberty
Bonds as WeH as fine clothing.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
| at 18th St. The at 34th St.
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 4lst ST..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-24
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This department engaged in separating the sheep OF
.dvert.ns and tho service which backs advertising
from the soss-snd hanging bell the goats 1t invites
letter. describing oxperencespessant or unpea'snt-~h
whether they be manufacturer Wholesale houses
.,.u or. Or pubIic service corporations. II will print
,ho.. l.t,.r. which seem to show most yPeay how an
deed. square with the words Of his .dve'ns
Only signed letters, giving the writer's address, will be read
But the name will be printed or withheld as prete'red
Address: The Advisor, The Tribune. New YORK.