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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04
Somewhat Personal.

Frances, aged three, was very
naughty all day, doing everything she
should not do. Her mother shook her
by the arm and said: ut seems the
devils got hold of YOU today" Wig
Cling to get loose she promptly an
sWered: 'Let 60. then
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04
sTREAToR WOMAN CRACK SHOT.

Mrs. c. r, Hafley, OF Strentor'
(krown as Miss Mania Fraaces), wife
Of California Frank, the corbratei
carnival man, Is given much .aire In
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04
Postmastership a. AIimony.

Alimony In the form Of branch
Iostmastership has been secured by
Mrs. Emma Sullivan Of Denver. Judge
Butler has ordered her husband to turn
the office over to her.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04
MANY HUNTERS IN COUNTY.

Records for the past year show that
there were 578 license issued in La
Sale county for the past year for
hunting and fishing. Five hundred
and twenty-one were granted for
hunting and 81 for tho stream sport.
There are still three months left
before the close OF the season, the
hunting licenses expiring March 81,
1917 and the fishing licenses April
Is. 1917. The closed season is from
the above dates to July /, 1917.
Figures for County.
Approximate figures showing the
number of hunters thruout La Sale
county follow
La Sale observation-disclosures. $50
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The season for hunting rabbits
closes January 81, 1917.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04

Under new law OF recent origin,
records of the births and deaths in
each town and city. designated by dis
trict numbers, must be filed with an
Official Of these towns and cities, usu-
ally the village. town or city clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-04
Vital Statistics.

The season for hunting rabbit.
closes January 81, 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
CUBA TO HELP IN YELLOW FEVER FIGHT
Dr. GuiteraS Granted Leave Of
 Absence to Extend Work

Havana, Cuba, July 2.-Dr. Juan Guiteras, the Cuban director of sanl- tation, has received authority from the international health board of the Rockefeller Foundation to institute campaign in other countries to stamp out yellow fever. President Menocal has granted him leave of absence to enable him to undertake the work. Dr. Guiteras expects to be absent from this city about five months.
 The Cuban sanitary official is re- garded not only here but in the United States as an expert on methods of fighting yellow fever. As a mem Der of the yellow fever commission of the intentional health board he visited South American cities last year to aid in suppress1ng the spread of the disease there.
 Major General William c. Gorgas, chairman of the yellow fever com mission, has written to Dr. Guiteras giving to him full authority to in vestigate yellow fever conditions wherever they may be foud in other countries, and to make any sugges- tions that he may see fit toward the extermination of this disease.
 Director Taylor of Las Animus~hos pital here is likewise cooperating with Dr. Guiteras in this work. For the present it is proposed to start the scientific researches on the island of Martinique and in Maracaibo. The Rockefeller Foundation -~has con- signed to Dr. Guiteras all the sceinti- tic apparatus, instruments, serums and toxins necessary for the investi- gation. Dr. Guiteras will leave Havana early this week for Mara caibo by way of Porto Rico. An eminent corps of sanitarians, physi- clans and civil assistants will accom- Dany him.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02

forthc coming. For the grocer under stands the overdemand that might be placed upon his wares and has taken the necessary precaution. He has made arrangement with the baker for an over-supply. The baker in the heat of competition with other bakers, must give the grocer all the loaves he thinks might be used, and then a sur plus. If at the end of the day the grocer has any loaves of bread left over the baker must take them back without charge. They were put there for a purpose. These loaves, in a day, are not considered fresh bread and so they must be counted as lost. They are sold to the very poor families or they are sold to the farmers to be served as food for pigs or chickens. So goes the waste of wheat. In order to satisfy the American housewives in their artificial plan of purchasing the corner grocer and the wholesale baker enter into the conspiracy of wasting wheat. This Is the thing that must be overcome if the nation is to conserve it's wheat supply.
 In the city of Washington, the capi- tai of the nation, a stringent plan Is already in operation. The bakers of the city have decided that they will eliminate the waste of wheat caused by the housewives not buying on a systematic plan. To this end they have told the grocers that there will be no loaves of bread returnable in the future; that the grocers must buy just so many loaves of bread as they think will be needed and no more. The grocers in turn have notified the housewives that if there Is shortage homes it will not be the fault of the retailers! So the housewives are put on their mettle. It Is up to them now to sit down and figure out just how many loaves they will need each day, leaving an allowance for an occasion al visitor or two, and ordering just enough to go around. If the same scheme were put into effect in other cities, New Britain mong them, more than four per cent of the waste wheat would be saved. Think 1t over. And bread is the staff of life. It will be needed within the coming year more than any other foodstuff. Armies today are as much dependent upon wheat as they are upon am- munition. Bread Is bread.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
BREAD IS BREAD.

Bread Is the staff of life. This Is slogan so old that even the first born white child cannot remember its origin. Bread being made, for the maG fpart, from wheat, lnow giving this country another sou Se of worry. As there is predicted shortage of the wheat crop 1t necessarily follows that there is some danger of the bread supply not being big enough to go around. So the authorities at Wash ington are beginning to worry The women connected with the national organization engaged in the conser- vation of food has sent forth the word that bread must be conserved, which is another plea for the wheat crop.
 The women at Washington have hgured it out that if the women in the various cities and towns in the United States aid their grocers in the matter of conserving the bread supply there will not be so much danger of a bread famine. It seems that the housewives have been buying their bread on a happy lucky plan, a system that has resulted in dire waste of bread. For instance: A mother of a family decides in the morning that she needs five loaves of bread te serve at the meals of that day. She orders these five loaves knowing that should there be a shortage she can send to the grocer and get more. In the evening perhaps there are visitors and five more loaves are needed for that one family. It makes no differ ence. this amount of bread will be
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02

been for you if your mother had said: We have some cake in the cupboard, would you like a little ?' You would have accepted a slice. run away to play and had a free con- science. But she didn't. You got the cake, but in doing so you acted a lie.
 How much better it would be for the government to say we have well regulated, decent places in which to drink. Have something" Than it is to say Thou Shalt Not"
 What is true in childhood is true in the man.
 The baby stole to solve a mystery.
 The man will perjure himself, spend more money than he can af- ford, drink too much, just to prove to the world at large that NOBODY has the right to say Mustn't Touch"
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
COMMUNICATED
THINK TIT OVER,
Grocers Have No Chance to Run GO.
 Op'' Out of Business.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 That the dealers here are sore against those who are installing gro- cery stores on their plants for the benefit of their employees, at whole sale prices. goes without saying, and they will no doubt, use any and all measures to squash it in its infancy As these stores are to be operated on a co-operated plan, once they get started, they are likely to remain un- til voluntarily decided by the promo ters to discontinue them once and for all, and the dealers will have to submit to 1t.
 There are rumors af1oat to the effect that many think that the dealers not satisfied with fair living profit, have pasted on fancy prices on some ar ticles. that might have been avoided.
 Should these reports have any foun- dation to them, the dealers can lay a little of the cause at their own doors, that has been the means to g. certain extent, of this new departure being opened by the manufacturers, that are always on the alert to aid their em- ployees to the best of their ability.
 If the dealers would get together and decide on schedule of a little lower prices on certain articles that would allow it, it would be for more for their interest, than to attempt to squash matter, that isN entirely be- yond their power to control.
 Our stores are up to date and there Is no one that wants to see any mis- fortune befall them, and while the management and their attendants are always courteous and obliging, can we ask any more? Yes, lower prices, that one and all may be made happy. Think it over.
 G. H. G.
 S65 Stanley St.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
HOLLAND PROTESTS
 NEW DANGER ZONE
Dutch Say Decree Extending Limits in North Sea InteTferes With
 Shipping.

London. July 2.-The new danger zone recently established in the North Sea by the British government has drawn protests from the Dutch gov ernment, which maintains that these regulations abolish the safe shipping route across the North sea, thereby rendering the passage of all shipping to and from Holland around north other routes are included in the Ger man danger zone.
 Reuters Amsterdam correspondent says the Dutch government supposes this cannot be the intention of the British government, and in drawing the British governments attention to the most serious consequences en- tailed by these mea suresnhas expressed will be modified.
 The regulations issued by tho Brit ish government arc in substance as follows: From July the danger zone in the North sea will comprise all waters with the exception of Dutch and Danish territorial waters lying south and east of a line running from a point three miles off the Jutland COdSt d1CnS ldl1Luuc ot uCSiccS 0 1Il1H- utes over the following points, namely, a point situated in 57 degrees min- utes north latitude and degrees east longitude, and another situated in 53 degrees north latitude and 4 degrees east longitude; then along the line of the fifty third degree of north latitude to point three miles off the Dutch coast, and from there toward the north and east along the limit of Dutch territorial waters.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
MONTHLY POLICE SHIFTS.

Through the monthly shift of police assi gnment, operative yesterday, Pa trolman Axel Carlson and Anthony Walinczus come from night beats to the a. m. to noon detail in the cen ter. Policeman Patrick Quirk comes from a night beat to the day assign ment. Patrolmen Thomas E. Storey and John l.. Storey and John L. Carl- son are advanced from the early morning center detail to that begin ming at noon and ending at 8 p. m. Patrolmen Herbert c. Lyon, Frank R Hahn and James Skelly retire from day beats to return to the night de- tail. Patrolman Hahn Is the incoming officer on the Church street and Rail- road Arcade beat.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
D CHAR HAS A VOTE.

who thought that Nicholas P6, the abdicated Czar of all bias, lost his all when he was |nptly and unceremoniously n the throne are wrong. The kented Czar has saved some- Fom the wreokage. By the
 of the council preparing the election of members of Stitutional Assembly, which up where the Czar left off,
 and all the members of his Ill be allowed to vote. Thus Czar see the practical work
 democratic form of govern He will have @ vote in com- b hts erstwhile subjects. No less.
 hove on the part of the men Is the government of the old em pire will be taken as an the Houses of Hapsburg Senzollern. A mere vote will compense the Czar for all s he has suffered. So say yal folk. And true; but Fill the Russian people of to-
 regain the losses they suf- tough the maladministration gar and his predecessor. rmer subjects have done pk we. to even grant the
 right of suffrage. They this action they have really
 grasped the fundamental
 of democratic government. kt, they take MT. Romanoff
 the national family and
 a vote. He Is now on a kith the humblest citizen in
 He Is voter. l
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
MUST CLAMP LID ON TO STARVE GERMANY
Figures Show How Berlin Feeds
 Troops Through NeutralS

Washington, July 2.-Germany is tons of foodstuffs annually, enough to supply its entire army on the west front, from Holland and Scandinavian countries, and the exports from the united States, which reach those neu- tral nations. alone make this situa- tion possible, according to a state ment obtained from an official source.
 The assertions contained in the statement are based on figures ob- tained by the British government af- ter careful investigation and which are published for the first time. One of these is that fats sufficient in quantity to supply the rations of 7,- 700O,0O0 soldiers. practically the en- tire army of effectives in Germany, are now going into that country.
 The figures will be placed at the disposal of the exports council cre- ated recently by executive order, which will determine shortly the pol icy of the United States in its com mercial relations with the neutrals They will be used as an argument for tighter clamping on of the lid than some had favored.
 proclamation from President Will son declaring the first list of exports to be affected thereby has been ex- pected for some days. Early an- nouncements, it was said have caused the representatives of some of the neutral countries concern, and they have sought to soften the decree. This may be one of the reasons for the delay in taking final drastic action.
 The statement made public con- tains an analysis of the food situa- ton as 1t affects Germany, which was prepared by an expert. It names twelve commodities of which, 1t Is stated, Germany imported last year a total of not less than 1,41O,100 me- tric tons. Cattle and fodder and oth- CT exjorts from this country to tho neutrals, it is stated. were all that made it possible for the neutrals to supply Germany with such great quantities of the products named.
 Figures Are Minimum.
 This part of the statement reads:
 "In order to illustrate the operations of exportation of foodstuffs from Hol- land and Scandinavia into Germany, the following figures are presented. These figures, 1t must be distinctly H. lustrate the minimum These amounts of foodsuffs are known from reliable sources to have been imported by Ger many from Holland and Scandinavia during 1916. Just what amounts were imported Is a matter of conjecture. Certainly some more was imported, possibly much more. The following figures represent the chief articles:
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
SAVE THE YOUNG.

 than for the old. This is demon strated in every phase of life. A cat will risk her life to save a homely batch of kittens. A hen protects her chicks against all corners, large or small. The human mother has the deepest rooted love of all. It Is an unnatural mother who would not lay down her life to save that of her babe.
 Following a long drawn out seize of killing among the young cattle of Nov York State which is now resulting in 8 very serious shortage of meat, the Committee on Food Supply has issued to kill calves and other young food animals. Such an appeal Is based ort reason. We can do without the cid, those who have served their purpose
 This committee,' voices the letter. makes an earnest appeal to you to do everything in your power to pre- vent the destruction of calves, young
 
 state. We find that the destruction in this direction is unusually large this spring. It is estimated that there are 75,0OO less yearling cattle in the state than year ago.
 "The destruction of the young animal life will have very serious and far reaching effect on our food supply in the next two or three years. with the situation. We are powerless, therefore, to do anything in the mat ter. But the question is such an im- portant one that we feel impelled to make this appeal to you in the hope that many of you will feel it to be your patriotic duty to correct the present situation so far as it lies in your power"
 Connecticut. What is true of Connec- ticut is true of all the New England States. Our stockmen are not giving the cattle chance to grow and mature. Iney are, TOT the IlOSI part, killing the calves off as fast as the market demands. And in this respect the supply is getting no chance to re- plenish itself. As a farmer would not think of taking up his potatoes before they are ripe, so a grower of cattle should not kill off his yearlings before they have been given chance to grow to decent proportions. In the long run, under such a system ok conservation, everyone is made the gainer, not emitting the cattlemen
 The Connecticut Committee on Food Control, of which our townsman, the i Hon. George M. Landers, Is such an active and earnest worker, can we'll afford to send such an~appeal to the cattle grcwe~S-cr this state as those same folk received in New York. We cannot afford to kill off our young cattle any more than we can afford to pull up the garden products before they are ripe. The motto in this case is, Save the Young
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
BOSTON BAG BIG AID.

Boston, July 2.-The Boston bag, leather receptacle rarely seen in other parts of the country, has been a big factor in helping the people .of this city to observe the war time slogan take home your own bundle" :" First popular among students, the bag quickly came into general use, to the wonderment of thousands of visi- tors.
 Departnent store heads say that its usefulness for the carrying of small parcels has done much to solve the delivery problem.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
MUSTN'T TOUCH"

he first born, the worlds pave been, in most instances, to the pathways of deceit by and Mustn't Touch" back. You were young once. still a child at heart. At |e is.a a great big, overwhelm- ntage of just boy or just lr makeup. Of course there wouldn't be human if there We're all built that way. d for that!
 Femsmber when you saw
 dad put some mysterious the cupboard under the 1? Recall how they held up forefinger at you and, with scowl, mutter: Mustn't (rbtdding command seemed thin your heart something med out the order not to D a cry of MUST touch" 4
 mystery had been draped closet.
 mother or father turned pu. honest at heart as any something draw you to- Boards locked door. Asn't looking. No one would fore you knew it, a piece B was in your hand. The s solved. It was a disap- ugh your life the same esire to have what is for
 been hidden away in your
 Your mother in later ade you smoking. The barn No one could see. You Not because you wanted to pr it made you deathly sick. sserted your independence.
 use of your constitutional ou smoked because some- bu not to. Y comes restrictive legisla- It's Mustn't Touch" Twen- Iates are ostensibly bone- re is no such thing as a state. It isn't possible. It
 be possible.
 ds of people in the south ng liquor because the law n't Touch" Stills flourish D, North and South Caro- Gher states below the Ma Dixon line.
 1ch better it would have
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02
Spring in the Blood.

CT. A. Daly in Philadelphia Evening If when spring1s B in the blood s ('Tis of Irish blood I'm speakinD, !, All the peace O baohelorhood Glad ye'd be to the forsakin' N For the hope O joy that lies In a pair O. sparklin' eyes
 Wtshful to possess ye,
 Take your chance O. Paradise
 An Heaven bless ye! If when spring Is in the blood, Other appetites awaken An ye feel a thirst that could, Maybe, bear a little slakin- If to clear your throat O dust Mountain dew will ease ye, just
 Sure I'd never chide ye, Take yer tipple if ye must
 Asa'.wisdom guide ye! h If when spring is in the blood, Weary on your toll, we're wishin' You could wander through the wood Where the other lads are f1shin'; If such sport as ye could know s Where the Irish rivers flow
 Waters here can lend ye, Seize your ray of pleasure; go,
 A luck attend ye! If, when spring is in the blood. Playboy pranks nor eyes O woman Stir your heart strings as they should, Faith, we're somthin' less than hu-
 man!
 What ye needs another birth; Though, indeed, 'twould not be
 worth
 All the trouble to remake ye. Fit for neither Heaven nor Earth,
 The divvil take ye.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-02

When these substances are Calcu- lated for their food values and applied to their entire population, we learn that they contain for each individual in the German Elm pire 120 calories per day which, is 6 per cent. of tho per capita diet according to the reg ulation ration. In protein these im- portations furnish about 10 per cent. of the intake.
 Tt Is in facts particularly that tho figures become impressive. It must be recalled that fat is the scarcest food in Germany. Fat is mostly highly prized, indeed fat is the only food the lack of which was seriously apparent in the diet of the German people. The im- portat1ons above stated contains a little over 511 pounds of fat per per- son per year, corresponding to about a quarter of an ounce per day, which is almost quarter of the daily fat intake of each German at the present time
 This amount of food Is equal in fat to the fat in the soldiers ration of 100000 soldiers, practically the en- tire army of electives in Germany. From the standpoint of calories these foodstuffs are equal to the total ra- tions of 2,5o0,0oo soldiers, practically the Germany army in actual service on the west front.
 Blockade Must Be Strict.
 Obviously strict enforcement of the blockade through control of the exports of the United States to Hol- land and Scandinavia would neces- sarily result in elimination of these foodstuffs from German diets. If there be anything in the theory of the blockade, it must be madc strict, If 1t Is to be effective, and certainly the facts here presented constitute a definite basis for embargo on ex- ports on the part of the United States These embargoes need not in the least endanger the food supplies of Holland and Scandinavia for their own people. Such an embargo is merely to prevent their citizens from furnishing food stuffs for the German people,"
 The contention is made that the neutral countries could be supplied with sufficient of the products of America to prevent suffering, and that long step could be taken in the conservation of the supplies which the United States needs for its own consumption and for its allies by strict regulation. The statement goes into some detail concerning the sit uation to illustrate this point. It con- tinues
 Readers of the London daily pa pers will recall that during the past autumn and winter, there were re- peated charges by one section of the British press to the effect that the operations of the blockade against Germany were not sufficiently strict. Figures were given each month rep resenting the amounts of foodstuffs