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New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
DevERING A QUESTION OF IN.
ERN6T TO LIBERTY BOND
HOTDERS.
HOLDERS.

srs has been some question
mt purchasers Of the First
rty bonds as to whether or not
- will continue to enjoy the full
4 exemption privilege in the event
~ are converted into bonds OF a
(ee issue bearing higher interest.
4 this tho occasion Of the second
snEty Loan inquirers want to know
~ viii BE- the outcome If they
0ert tlae bonds of the First loan
II thsso new bonds.
Agsa1tne for an answer to this
l1ea the New York Sun took the
tnl0e up with assistant Secretary of
! Treasury Crosby and finds that
= ezsmption privilege OF Liberty
|ods - lost BY conversion. The
Z tssuo was free from tax Of any
la. Those bonds bear three and a
6 Dor can't. Interest. The Second
berty Loan is not free from taxa
h, the bonds Of which will yield
dr owners four per cent. interest.
Although this Information has not
[hn dispensed in the usual channels
publication. the Secretary OF the
aary voiced the decision of the
bvernment Ave weeks ago at a
Firing before the Ways and Means
|akmittee of the House Of Represen-
yes. His testimony at that time
eersd the question many are now
l1t. His answer is to the point.
" he said to the committee:
The Secretary Of the Treasury,
Hin pursuance Of the authority
1conferred upon him to prescribe
khe terms and conditions of con-
version. announced. in offering the
IArst series Of Liberty bonds for
that If a subsequent
5series of bonds should be issued
II q higher rate the Liberty bonds
would be convertible into bonds
Nearing the higher rate and sub
sstantially Identical with the
bonds of the new series Except
N to maturity Of principal and of
|taterest and terms of redemption,
|hvhich makes it possible to avoid
lhaying all the bonds mature on
Home date as a result Of the exer-
|cise Of the privilege Of CONVEX
a1on.)
I The holders OF the present
lhberty bonds, therefore, may
noep their bonds or may convert
1hnx into the new bonds, as they
6rufer: but they cannot, OF
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

Numerous correspondents follow
ing with interest the coal situation
in this city have propounded these
questions: What Is the real price Of
coal in New Britain at this time? Is
it eleven dollars q ton or ten dollars
and a half ton? Have the dealers
one price to give out over the tele-
phone and another to insert on their
bills?
Instances have been cited. even as
late as today where purchasers OF
coal have asked the price over tho
phone, received the answer it was
selling at $1,000 a ton and then. upon
receipt of the bill. found the price to
be $11.0o. From this 1t would seem
as II there is really two prices for
coal in New Britain. One a telephone
price, the other the actual price. We
know this: A man who pays spot
cash for his coal receives it at the
present rate of $1,000 a ton. He who
delays payment, who purchases on a
credit basis, must pay $11.00 a ton.
There the situation stands. Eleven
price. AS the dealers explain, II q
man wants to be accommodated to
the extent that his payments are de-
ferred he must stand the extra tax
of nifty cents on each ton Of coal.
Spot cash makes for cheaper coal.
even though the coal here is not as
cheap as in other cities.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
School Attendance Falling on.
(Brook1yn Standard niOn.)

The decrease in the registration Of
public school pupils is probably due
TO more than one cause. The princi-
nal one is doubtless that set forth by
the acting superintendent of schools.
the decreased immigration since the
European war broke out. The popu-
1ation of school age has not increased
as rapidly as during the previous
years Of high immigration.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
Yankee DoR3ome.

We come from California,
New Mexico and Maine,
The far OF island Philippines
We wrosted from old Spain;
Eym Texas, Georgia. Oregon,
n ar41nia. Washington,
1T 6nce We put the khaki on
we're Yankees every one.
80 Dated letters Punk, N. z.
Or Last Hope. Idaho,
pr Hastings on the Hudson but
& = Few ahort weeks ago.
D1t since wo heard the call to
4 And 11ub6sd q sword and gun,
~ Ws4Ao # u. g. A. because
!Ws'ro Yankees every one.
-11INH1A IRVING.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

course, have the advantages Of
both without the disadvantages
of either.
In other words, the present
holder OF q three and q half per
cent. bond exempt from all taxa
ton would have the privilege of
converting it into a four per cent.
He would have to determine that
for himself. He has that option.
Some of them undoubtedly would
convert and others would not.
think all the small holders OF
these bonds would convert them
into the four per cent. bonds,
because the tax exemption Is
worth nothing to them. -
This is to the point. Also, it car
ries a piece of advice to the small
investor In these bonds. Convert the
first into those OF later issue that
carry higher rates OF interest. The
tax exemption privilege means moth
ing to the man Of moderate income.
Going further into the situation, Rep
resentative Cordell Hull, of Tennessee,
who fathered the Federal income tax
legislation, on this same occasion
drew further enlightenment from the
Secretary OF tho Treasury. The ques-
tons propounded by Mr.. Hull and
the answers of Mr.. MoAdoo give fur
ther evidence Of the Governments in
tention to withhold the full exemption
privileges In the case Of converted
three and a half per cent. bonds of
the first issue: The interrogations
and answers are here set forth:
MI. Huil-Mr. Secretary, notice
adherence of opinion Of the flnan-
caal puohcations as to whether these
tnree and half per cent bond hold
ers can be required to convert on
the tax basis.
Secretary McAdoo-we cannot re-
Quire them.
"Mr. Hull mean II they desire
to convert, whether the government
can require them to be subjected to
the supertax.
Secretary McAdoo-They do not
have to take it. They are merely
given the option.
Mr.. Hull understand that per-
lectly, but the point I was bringing
Up, just for information, I have not
'ead the terms of your proposal; they
nv they have the right to convert |
md get the benefit Of the four per
'ent interest, or the higher interest |
ate, without subjecting themselves to !
he supertax under this proposal.
Secretary McAdoo-Nos they have |
lot. The holder of three and a half |
Der cent bond, If this bill passes, has |
he option of converting it into a four !
Der cent bond with a more limited !
orm of exemption or of keeping his
hree and a half per cent bond with |
he full exemption"
This last answer is clear cut and !
o the point. It should remove any
shadow of a doubt. Any man holding
| First Liberty bond will now
<now the outcome If he should con-
7ert 1t into a bond paying four per
cent, or, later, into a Liberty Bond |
paying even a higher rate of inter- |
sst. should those b issued. To gain !
The higher interest the holder of a
bond must sacrifice the tax exemption
privilege. That is all there is to 1t. |
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
The Complete Styles.
(San Antonio Lightly

While trench coats are to be the
popular fashion for men this year.
they will be more appropriate if re-
inforced with enlistment papers and
side arms.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
From Camp to City.
Baltimore American.)

The lad in the army training camp,
with it's good fellowship and lack of
care, sometimes finds that the visit
back to the city doesn't have half the
zest he thought 1t would.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
One of the Purposes.
buffalo Enquirer. }

Lord Northcliffe said something
when he declared the United States
is in the war to make the world safe
for the United States.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

If there was ever virtue in hooking
| a watch, 1t would be to get the pur-
chase money for q Liberty bond
New London Day.
From the length of the express
trans running east through here, Camp
Devens must be getting we'll stocked
up.-New London Day.
Gen. Byng, retiring from the COM
mand of the Canadians in France,
should be succeeded by Gen. Bang,
to comport with the fighting spirit
Of those troops.-Concord Monitor.
When ono Of those Zeppelins that
tackled London was drought to the
earth in flames in the neighborhood
of Potter's bar, Potter's bar must
have done great little business
among the innocent bystanders.-
Paterson. N. j.. Call.
It appears that there are so many
German spies and agents In New
from Sandy Hook to the Kiel canal
If laid end to end on the bottom Of
the ocean. Our platform is: Lay
them that way!-Don Marquis in N.
Y. Evening Sun.
The kaiser's complaint that the
officers Of the French army, instead
Of being mobiles, come from no one
knows where" is serious matter.
which ought to be looked into.
When German armies, led by Prus-
sian mobiles. are whipped by troops
fighting under unaristocratic French
officers it is q clear case of adding
insult to injury.-Springf1eld Union.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Got your second Liberty bond
yet?-Erie, Pa, Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

It is nothing new for infantry to
indulge in bawl games.-Nashville
Banner.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

If there was ever virtue in hooking
watch, 1t would be to get the pur-
chase money for q Liberty bond
New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

From the length Of the expires
trans running east through here, CAM
Devens must be getting we'll Stoke,
up.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

chicken pies, pigs feet spiced, baked
macaroni, fried oysters, oyster pies,
stewed oysters, oyster patties and es-
calloped oysters. The more substan-
tial part of the menu consisted of sir
loin beef, turkeys with cranberry
sauce, pigs, spareribs of pork, chick
ens goose with cranberry sauce, leg
of mutton with currant jelly and leg
Of lamb while as vegetables the pa
iron could select potatoes, turnips,
peas and picked beets. 1t was the
pastry and dessert however, that Of
fered the widest variety. for included
were the following dishes: Sponge
cake, loaf cake. pound cake, cake
trifles, delicate cake, lady cake, raisin
cake, Glove cake, currant cake. jum-
BILE cake, westron flats, apese, sugar
snaps, gold cake, charlotte russo,
blanc mango, boiled custards, madeira
jelly, port jelly, lemon Jelly, calves
feet jelly, apple jelly, spice apples,
puff custards, floating Islands, whip
syllabub. apple snow, English wal
nuts almonds, raisins, apples, oranges
and ice cream.
This banquet menu differed but
slightly from the regular courses
served at the old Humphrey House
and the following extracts from
daily bill of fare show that those
were the days of peace and prosperity.
when foodstuffs were not at a pre-
MUM and the hotels and restaurants
were not charging an extra nickle for
a second helping of butter: Fried
pickerel, turkey, prairie chicken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Teutons Furthering
Peace Conference
Meeting Of Prominent Paci-
fists in Berne Is
Approved

WASHINGTON, Nov. Germany
and Austria are making strenuous ef-
forts 70 further the paciist conference
to be held at Berne November IL 10
discuss a basis for an honorable peace.
according TO an official cablegram re
ceived here to-day from Zurich. Swift
erland. Even the Swiss. the message
said, regard this solicitude OF the Cen
trail Powers for peace as in strange
contrast 10 their recent declarations
that they were entirely satisfied with
their military status.
Germany will be represented at the
conference by DR.. Bernhard Dernburg.
expelle from the United States for
sprea linz German propaganda; Pastor
Frederick Naumann. director OF the re
view Die Helfe." one Of the defend
ers of the ambitious Middle Europe"
German expansion doctrine; Walter
Rathenau. director of the Allgemeine
Electrizitats Gesellschaft, and DR..
Foerstner.
The Austrian government has grant
ed special passports 10 Count Bargley
and stseral others TO attend the meet
ing.
Little authentic information regard
ing the conference has been received
here. but it is said 10 be different from
the Socialist peace move at Stockholm
and that prominent pacifsts from sew
eral European countries are to attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Ambulance Man
On Finland Saw
Wake of Torpedo
Forty Americans Land
From Attacked u. S.
Transport
Vessel Reaches Port
Rochester Man Hurled From
Lifeboat as II Is
Launched
Vessel Reaches Port

PARIS, Nov. 3.-Twoscore members
Of the American Field Service, who
were returning home on the American
transport Finland, after completing
their enlistments, reached Paris to-
day. The Finland was torpedoed by a
German submarine about $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Daniel Prescott, OF Medford, Mass,
in the ambulance service, was the only
man who saw the submarine. He was
on watch duty on the starboard bow OF
the ship at the time.
"The weather was rather misty" said
Prescott, "and | was looking over the
sea. when I observed what appeared TO
be a periscope a quarter Of mile away
on the starboard side. I hastensd
across the deck 10 report, and then
saw the wake of torpedo coming tow
ard the ship. This was followed al
most Immediately by a heavy explo-
sion.
Ship Takes List
"The ship listed, the whistle was
sounded, men poured out on the decks
and lifcboats were lowered. | got of
in one of the boats. The sea was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

association with others should be left
to him or to them; the state should
deal with what cannot thus be left TO
private individuals.
Justice for Big Business
"But the welfare Of the worker. can
not be obtained unless the welfare Of
the business is assured; and the gov
eminent should steadily work TO this
end. The demagogic effort TO break up
or destroy all business merely because
1t is big, or because it is prosperous, Is
thoroughly mischievous from every
courage business and control Z; TO Sc
cure cooperation among ali engaged in
the business, IS far as possible, and 10
supervise a large-scale business so as
TO insure its good behavior, but not TO
penalize it while it renders proper ser
vice.
AT this moment the government has
practically suspended the Sherman
law, and along certain lines is encour-
aging business men to do the very
things the Sherman law forbids. But
of course IL the Sherman law hurts our
productive and business efficiency in
time of war il also hurts it in time Of
peace. Instead Of having the Admin
istration connive at breaking the law
at this time, the law should be amend
ed so as 70 make it unnecessary to
break 1t at any time-along the line Of
seeing that business is both encour-
aged and controlled.
$50 much for securing the elemental
bases of industrial justice within our
borders. Most certainly do not
underestimate the Importance Of the
need But, my fellow citizens, there
are two needs even more important
the need of thoroughgoing American
ism and the need of adopting a perma-
nent policy of preparedness which shall
make this nation able TO defend itself
at any time by its own strength and
without allies, against alien aggres-
sior."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Navy Department Reports
Loss of Patrol in
Home Waters
Bodies of Three Men
OF Crew Recovered
Details of Crafts Founder.
ing Lacking-Brooklyn
Man Among Dead

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-Twelve
men-all the crew Of a picket boat
of tho bsttleshlp Michigan-were lost
when their little craft foundered in
home waters.
In brief announcement Of the dis
aster to-day the Navy Department
gave no details Of place. Presumably
the fast little picket boa. was on pa
troll duty and foundered in a heavy
sea or met with some accident.
Three bodies have been found, and
as all the others are missing, the Navy
Department assumes all were lost.
With the casualty list the department
made this formal statement:
"The Navy Department announces
that on October 80 the picket boat
of the L. s. S. Michigan foundered.
Apparently the entire crew were
lost The finding of the bodies Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

three Of the crew and the failure to
find any other trace Of the boat or
its occupants leads the department
70 believe that all were lost"
The body Of Coxswain Edmund L
Tamillo, whose mother lives in Chi
cago. has been recovered. It was found
By fishermen entangled in their nets
last Tuesday. and later identified and
claimed by navy officials.
A violent storm nad swept the coast
where the accident occurred on the
day previous 20 the finding Of Tamil
los body. II is believed by the fisher
men that Tamillo, when his boat foun-
dered, had endeavored TO save himself.
and may have swan some distance
when he found the nets. His hands
were clasped tightly around the lines
OF the net as IL in a death grip, and
II was necessary 70 cut the ropes 70
untangle the body and loosen the
hands Of the drowned man.
The Navy Department made public
the following crew list of the lost
picket boat:
Joseph j. Schultz, seaman; brother,
Herman Schultz, 1901 Lafayette Street,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Joseph H. Hendrickson, seaman;
father. Albert c. Hendrickson, Gil Jes.
sop Place, York, Penn.
Roscoe Scott, fireman; brother, Frank
c. Scott, Denver, Col.
Stanley J. Wing. fireman; mother,
Mrs. Sarah Wing. l245 Twenty-fourth
Street, Detroit, Mich.
Austin Atwood, seaman; father,
George Atwood, 6lS Warren Street,
Sandusky, Ohio.
Arthur A. Flow. seaman: father,
James c. Flow, Matthews, Mecklenburg
County, y. c.
Andrew F. Meister. gunner's mate;
mother, Anna Klose, 81 Columbia
Street, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
Walter II. Fischer, coxswain: father,
Henry J. Fischer, 25l5 CORTLAND
Street, Chicago.
Clarence L. Jones, seaman; mother,
Aura F. Jones, Central Street, Bucks
port. Me.
Edmund L. Tamillo, coxswain:
mother, Bessie Tamillo, 3lO9 North
Central Park, Chicago.
James P. Young, chief gunner's
mate; sister, Margaret Young, 499 At
lantic Avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y.
George NJ. Hidmarch. jr., seaman,
National Naval Volunteers. (No de-
tailed information regarding enuist-
ment)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Workers Should Share in
Prosperity of Employers,
He Warns
~U. S. Must Prepare
For Future Peace"
Colonel, at Bridgeport,
Urges Justice for Big
Business
fsta- Cc-rrspcrdsncel

BRIDGEPORT, Nov. 3.-Urging the
.l,etion Of Schiller Merritt of SIAM
scrd 70 I'll the vacancy in Congress
,.used BY the death of Ebenezer J. HILL
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt tonight
sred what in effect is the first gun of
the Republican campaign of 1918.
The election on Tuesday is Of more
than local importance, since it Is the
srst Congressional election in the East
.;nee the declaration of war, and the
second in the country. The first, in
North Dakota, resulted in the selection
If the pacifst John NJ. Baer.
IN his speech tonight, Colonel
Roosevelt laid emphasis on the neces-
sity Of preparing now for what must
follow after the war.
He specifically warned against eff
forts 70 treat problems Of labor and
capital as other than twin problems.
declaring there can be no prosperity
unless the prosperity Of the business
nan be shared by the men who work
Cor him.
spsaking or business, Roosevelt de-
,ounced as mischievous from every
standpoint. efforts TO strange busl-
rsss Because II is big.
Colonel Roosevelt's Speech
Colonel Roosevelt said:
I'VE are n q m2elsrrom; we are IN
one Of those stupendous cataclysms
.bat. az long intervals, befall human
itv; and in many ways, taking into &C
court the character Of the nations IN
VOWED and the extent OF the disaster,
this horror through which we are pass
i1g is worse than any that has ever
hitherto in = ike space OF time befallen
mankind as a whole.
I'VE as a people have shown appall-
ing folly in our failure to prepare to
meet the crisis, although for over two
and 2 half years the warning was writ
ten across the whole horizon in glan;
letters OF fame and blood.
AT last. however, we are awake, OF
almost awake, and we have begun 70
realize that we have a twofold and i'm
perative duty. In the first place, we
nust meet the Immediate need by bend
ing CIR whole energies 70 prosecuting
tbs war 20 a completely triumphant
eonelusion. no matter how long It takes
and a. no matter what cost Of blood and
treasure.
an the next place, we must prepare
our whole social structure-mllitary
economic and, above all, spiritual-in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Captain Talbot M. Papineau,
Of the Princess Pats, Killed

MONTREAL, Nov. 3.-Privats ad-
vices from England announce the death
in action of Captain Talbot " Pa
pineau. of the Princess Patricias Cana
dian Light Infantry. He was killed in
the attack on Passchendaele.
Captain Papineau, who was a Phodes
scholar and whose heroism he'll won
him a Military Cross, was a grino con
OF Louis Joseph Papineau, who took a
leading part in the rebellion OF 1881 ir
Quebec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Naval Militia Man Among
Dead in Michigan's Boat

PROVIDENCE, Nov. g. George NJ.
jr., mentioned as one of
those who probably persisted in the
capsizing of a picket boat from the
L. S. s. Michigan, is believed TO be
George NJ. Hindmarsh, jr.. ire son of
police officer of this city. Hindmarsh,
who was twenty-five years cd, enlisted
in the naval militia in April and later
was assigned to duty on the Michigan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

rather smooth at the time. but while
the men in the water were being picked
up by the lifeboats q squall arose, rem
dering the sea very choppy.
Some Of the men were in the water
for half TO three-quarters Of an hour.
Many Of the crew Of the Finland left
the ship, but later returned and as
sisted in bringing her into port. The
officers OF the vessel remained aboard
and directed the work Of picking I'D
the survivors and later CT bringing the
ship In. The Finland was docked
shortly after 9 o'clock that night"
Joseph Malone. of Rochester, y. T.,
said he had Just finished breakfast and
was sitting in the saloon with six other
ambulance men when the torpedo hit,
Just forward and below them. They
were thrown from their chairs and COW
cred with a cloud Of coal dust which
poured in from the bunkers. All seized
life preservers and fastened on deck.
Thrown From Boat
Malone said he was thrown out OF a
boat as il was launched and remained
in the water for twenty minutes. He
saw nearly hundred men struggling in
the water. but all wereoprovided with
life preservers. He, with Arthur
Wheeler, OF New York City, returned TO
the Finland.
On the trip TO port all the crew ex-
cept those in the engine rooms were or
dered above decks with life preservers,
going below only few minutes at noon
to get something to eat
Wilfred Dillon, Of Pawtucket, R. l.,
an ambulance man, was in the crows
nest when the torpedo struck. With
two members Of the crew he slid down
70 the deck on cable, and all sue
ceeded in reaching the lifeboats.
All the members OF the ambulance
service were saved. Among those on
board were David II. Mills, Chicago;
Joseph S. Views, Dorchester. Mass;
Harold z. Selick, New York; Normsnd
S. Johnson, Peoria, H.; =. J. Bloom,
Peoria, H.; Professor Walter Hall,
Princeton, N. j.; John Mays. Summit,
N. j.; B. f. Winslow, Ware, Mass;
Gilbert z. Ogle, Terre Hsute, Ind;
Arthur Brine, Boston; Daniel J. Sulli-
van. Fall River, Mass; Lester j. King,
Allston, Mass, and Hawley Quiet,
In the official statement given out By
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels it was
said that no one aboard the Finland
saw either the U-boat or the torpedo
L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

In the official statement given out By
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels it was
said that no one aboard the Finland
saw either the U-boat or the torpedo
which damaged the vessel. The same
statement was made with regard to the
sinking of the transport Antilles.