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New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
CROK DE GUERRE IS
 AWARDED 'LITTAUER
Aviator Whose Mother Lived Here Locates German Battery Un-
 der Great Difficulties.

Kenneth Proctor Littauer, grand son of Mrs Edward N. Andrews, or S2 Winter street, this city. who en- tered the aviation service in March, 1916, and is now stationed some where in France" has again been re- warded for his coolness and bravery. This time he has earned and recelVeo the much valued croiX de guerre TOT his daring. The Washington Natlon- al Tribune, describing his exploit, says:
 "It was learned that the Germans had installed a heavy battery i'll position where 1t could drop shells almost to Dunkirk. It was desirable to spot this battery, and young l1lt- tauer-he is only 22-jumped at the chance and set out in a heavy. slow machine on a bitterly cold day. His slow machine put him at the mercy of the swifter airplanes but he rose to the cold numbing height of 15,OO0 feet and then deliberately descended to 5000 feet, where he began search ing for the battery. Coming down lower where he could take a good photograph he made q number of pictures. The Germans discovered him and began a rattling fire with their anti-air craft guns, but Littauer completed his work. dropped a smoke bomb and then returned through fire to the French lines. Part of his machine was torn away but he succeeded in making a safe landing. although his plane, his cam. era and other accessories were smashed. His photographs came through unharmed and as a result the French artillery speedily put the German battery out of commission"
 Although young Littauer Is not known in this city. his mother lived here for number of years.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
PLAYGROUND SCHEDULE.

Interest in the Inter Playground league Is increasing as the race for the championship becomes closer. To- morrow the Burritt and the Smalley school teams who are at present tied for first place will battle for the lead and it is probable that the team that wins will be the champion for this season of 1917. The Bartlett and the Smith will oppose each other at the grounds tomorrow. Two more games are scheduled for Thursday when the Smith plays the Smalley at the lat ter's field and the Burritt encounters the East at the East street grounds.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
PRICE OF MILK TO SOAR. rtage of This Commodity May
 Boost Price to 13 Cents.

1 scarcity of milk, which has beeu ' by the retailers and consumers in '. city for several weeks, now
 atens to send the price of this ne-
 ity soaring to hitherto unknown
 es, according to statements made
 well known dairymen today. It
 eported as more than likely that ain a very short time farmers sell their milk at six and one-half Is to retailers will boost the price kieht cents per quart, while the Liler may have to raise his price h1 II to 13 cents per quart.
 he hot wave during the past week caused an alarming slump in the ntity of milk secured by the dairy l and this. In turn. has hampered ny other interests, including the cream business. W
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
ATTACK ON BAGDAD.
Von Falkenhayn to Lead Offensive
 in September.

Geneva, Aug. 6.-The Germans and Turks are preparing to make a great effort to regain Bagdad, according to the Secolo of Rome. General yon Falkenhayn, who commanded the AustrO-German armies in Rumana last year, has arrived at Constanti- nople to take command of the forces now being assembled Four Turkish divisions from Dobrudja and Turkish troops from Thrace are being concen- trated at tho Turkish capital. Austria is supplying the heavy artillery and Germany is furnishing the officers.
 The offensive, the paper says, will take place in the middle of September.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
ckinSon Drug Co. 169-171 Main Street
City Hens

'aw hats 1a price at Besse Le- s.-Advt
 lort and street hats S2. $3 and $5,
 were many times these prices.
 skirts $2 and up, Kavanaugh 1, 40 Pratt St., Hartford-advt. .oenix silk lisle hose at Besse-Le- s.--Advt.
 H. Heinrich. formerly part purchased the Amberg delicates- tore in Waterbury, and will take adiate possession of 1t.
 t collars 121s at Besse-Leland's. vt. 5rsgt
 vices recently received here from en state that the Swedish people
 greatly surprised at hearing the
 of the United States entering the
 for a speedy termination of the ct. M 4f
 @ only complete line of shirts In
 Britain. All prices at Besse-Le- s.-Advt.
 njamin .Nazwrczyk, seven years of 109 Grove street, broke his leg above the knee Saturday at ,f the local playgrounds. nletic 2-piece underwear 25c at e-Leland' 's.-Advt.
 'aw hats F price at Besse Le- S.-Advt.
 10 brothers, Albert and Walter Ian, are both suffering from
 injuries, the former from an in to his leg, and the latter from rm broken in two places. the re- of kick from the starting crank IS automobile.
 hletic union suits 45c at Besse- ld's 's.-AdVt.
 te Camp Real Estate company sold house on Harrison street yson.
 annel Trousers at Besse-Leland s. uis Hartman of Dewey street has d the United States medical 5. He took tho examinations in
 Haven on Saturday and passed |. He completed his first year he University of , Pennsylvania June.
 se best value in shirts 95c at e-Leland' s.--Advt.
 lildren's 25c hose 19c at Besse- pd's.--AdNt, 4,t e. . Ae Stanley Women's Relief, No has arranged for an outing to be at the hofne of Mrs. c. F. Sharpe kensington on Wednesday,. The hbers will leave the center al 20 a. m.
 slto Busters at Besse- Leland & !.
 pecial sale, s1.0O caps soc te-Leland' s.--Advt. he Tierney Cadets and the Nurses Id will hold an outing next Thurs lat Lake Compounce. Special trol bcars have been chartered to ac smodate about 250. The parties leave at 10 o'clock for the lak' re an interesting program Q res will be carried out. Nraw hats F price at Besse Le N a's.-Advt.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
WITH MARINES IN FRANCE
Joseph FcingoId of 4SO Main Street, With 67th Company, Among First of Sammies to Be Sent Abroad.

Among the First to Fight" Ma rlnes who have already landed in France prepared to live up to their traditions is Joseph Feingold, pri- Vate in the 9th Company, United states Marine corps. Private Feingold is the son of D. Feingold of 4SO Main street.
 This is the second enlistment in the Marine Corps for Private Feingold. He enlisted at the New York city re- cruiting station on April IS of this year. Because of his past military ex- perience and his marked military abil- ity he was one of the first chosen to go to France with the overseas bat talion.
 At present Private Feingo1d's ad- dress is Somewhere in France with the 67th Co. U. s. Marines.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06

Buy an Indiana truck.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
US, AND ENGLAND BROTHERS
Address of Ambassador Page at Guild hall Highly Praised by London kdi- tOrial Writers.

London, Aug. 6-The address of the American ambassador Walter H. Page in the Guildhall at Plymouth Satur- day night was especially plea for a method under which better mutual understanding of American and Brit ish peoples may be achieved and Is heartily approved in editorials in to- days newspapers. The importance of such an understanding apart and in addition to harmonious relations or the two governments is insisted upon, and MT. Page is thanked for empha- sizing the need for such an interna- tional companionship and for sug- gesting an educational campaign in both countries to that end.
 It is argued that the peace Of the world depends far beyond anything else upon a working union between it's democracies, especially the United States and Great Britain, while the prospects of establishing permanent sympathy of the two latter is re- garded by the Post as leading ito the possibility of an alliance of the two great English speaking nations to maintain the peace of the world. 1t is vet far off but it is a possibility and can be achieved. The ideal has long been the hope of both these countries who are friends of one another, but it has been reserved for Germany to teach the two nations that such an all liance is necessary and practicable.'
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED,

The officials for the big playground meet scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon at Walnut Hill park will be: Referee, W. G. Moorhead; direc- tor of games, J. F. Rourke; scorers, Misses Viola Strosser and May Beg ley; judges of boys Basil Riley, Will liam Curtin, and Harry Ginsburg; judges of girls, Misses Grace Burns and May Cox.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
TURN OVER!

Your back and Kidneys need a rest.
II is just as important to turn over
your kidneys as your liver. When the iri-
testines are damned up or sluggish. tox-
ms Tor poisons) are generated there and
sent thru the blood. The more injur-
ious the poisons passing thru the kid
neys, the quicker will those noble organs
be degenerated and the sooner they de.
cay. The wise policy is to tighten the
work of the kidneys by drinking plenty
of pure water, and taking Anuric before
meals for awhile. IF uric acid in the
blood has caused lumbago. rheumatism,
gout, sciatica, it is simply wonderful
how quickly Anuric dispels the pains
and stiffness. This can be obtained az
almost any drug store.
For the liver and intestines, you
should occasionally take Pleasant Pei
lets. These are reliable, having been on
the market for forty or fifty years, orig
mating with DR.. Pierce of Buffalo, NY,
and made up of May apple, (podophyl-
linz, aloes, Jalap. and are a sure and exc
cellent liver and stomach tonic. They are
vegetable and without any calomsL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
Will Kill Themselves
Laughing

Columbus, Ohio. Dispatch: It is
said that Charlie Chaplin has en-
listed or is going to enlist in the
army, and go to the front as a
soldier. II he does, 1t is all over;
the enemy will kill himself laugh
ing.
Imagine Charlie climbing out of a
trench some fine morning, and amb-
ling across No Mans land, in full
view Of the enemy. Certainly the
enemy would be so convulsed with
laughter it could not shoot. And
even IL it did, wouldn't Charlie grab
the shells and do something ridicu-
lous with them? He would fall over
cannon, or collide with battery,
or get kicked by an army mule
We have seen Charlie Chaplin do
more daring things than charge a
battery. We have seen him come
through safe and sound from many
an adventure more hazardous than
being blasted from trench. We
have seen him tackle prizehghters
and steam engines and. suspension
bridges-and roll down a fight Of
stairs that no other man could roll
down and survive. We have seen him
shot and drowned and thrown over
crazy precipices, and always he was
able to get up and wobble away with
his feet in the same relative position
they always occupied.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
The Word of Encour-
agement

From The Columbus Dispatch: One
OF the most successful men in this
country made a confession the other
day. His success is OF the kind that
Is helpful; he is a man of big affairs,
in an industry that is essential to
civilization, and he has done much
to make life more worth the living
for all OF us. in that he has worked
out processes and devised plans OF
distribution that help the world
along. His confession was to the eff
feet that upon certain occasion he
cause OF the discouragements with
which he had met, but that he was
deferred from doing 80 by the eli
couraging words of the janitor as ne
entered his ONCE one morning.
The janitor didn't know he was
encouraging anyone. lie was at
tending TO his duties as hest he
could. and happened to be at the
door OF the office of the man in ques-
ton when he came downtown. He
spoke to him, and made a sort OF
side remark about the success that
was bound to come to the man
just a friendly compliment which
janitors are wont to hand out to the
PSop1S WhO oCCupy the oiHc6a over
which they preside.
But, some way, the words were
encouraging. Here was a janitor
who thought the fellow an able man.
Here was a man who actually look
ed up to him. And right there he
determined that he would win out
Just to let the janitor know that he.
the janitof, was q man Of discretion.
And he gave up the idea Of self
destruction. Today he presides over
great manufacturing concern en-
ploying tens OF thousands OF peo-
pie.
The story itself. and 1t is absolute
ly true, is it's own moral. Many OF
US are buoyed up by the words from
those occupying the most humble
positions Of life, for the word that
encourages may come from the lips
of the humble quiet as well as from
the lips Of the exalted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
THE CALL TO SERVICE.

Fargo women should be 100 per
xcent loyal on Red Cross work.
j Day by day the number of men in
skhah seen on the street increases.
SUniforms no longer attracts attention.
! And in proportion to the increase in
i the number of uniforms must be the
! increase in Red Cross work. The
Number Of knitters must be doubled,
StTfpled and multiplied.
The definite appeal for Red Cross
lworkers has gone forth. The state
has been given certain allotment to
! NIL. Each woman can estimate her
share. There need be no expense at
tached. The Red Cross society will
provide the materials. but workers
are needed-not a few dozen loyal
Awomen or a few score, but literally
thousands. in this city and state. The
day Is not far off when knitting will
be part OF the everyday program of
every loyal woman in Fargo.
: And IL the women are 100 per cent
loyal as knitters, the men cannot at
ford to be less than 100 per cent loyal
as supporting members Of the Red
Gross
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo
Not. a ltwinge o. pain or

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkaIi. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle. and
Is very harmful. Just plain mulsifi-
ed cocoanut oil (which is pure and en-
tirely greaseless), is much better than
the most expensive soap or anything
else you can use for shampooing, as
this can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply rnoisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two tea
spoonfuls will make an abundance Of
rich, creamy lather. and cleanses the
hair and scalp thoroughly. The lath-
er rinses out easily and removes every
particle Of dust, dirt. dandruff and
excessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and IT leaves 1t fine and
silky. bright. fluffy and easy to man
age.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at most any drug store. It is very
cheap. and a few ounces il enough
to last everyone in the family for
months.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
CAN'T STOP WITH WHEAT.

The United States government has
entered upon an era of price fixing.
with it's policy of food control, and
Fit cannot stop with wheat.
To single out wheat as the one
product on which a maximum price
/ is to be set. would be a grave injus-
tice to the farmer. The government
would be saying to him that he and
he alone would be denied big war
profits.
Fuel is even more of a necessity
than wheat 1t is possible for the
consumer to substitute other foods
for bread, but he has no substitute
for coal. The regulation OF the price
OF fuel will undoubtedly be the next
step taken under the food control
Till. aid /. should not be delayed.
The administration showed its abil-
ity to speed up proceedings to get
the wheat handling machinery work.
ing in time for the harvest and that
same ability is needed to get some
fuel handling machinery at work be-
fore winter again makes coal a ne
ceSaity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
AN EXPERIMENT IN RAIL.
ROADING.

Canada is trying an interesting ex-
pertinent in railroad management.
It will have a government owned
railroad privately operated.
This will result from the action TAX
en- recently at Ottawa, when it was
! decided to acquire all Of the common
stock Of the Canadian Northern rail-
way, and operate it through the Cana
dian Northern company, by controll-
ing the board Of directors.
Canada's transcontinental railways
will be of three types. First is the
Immensely profitable Canadian Pacific
firmly established financially and not
needing or seeking government aid.
Then comes the Grand Trunk Pa
cific, heavily indebted to the govern
ment, but still under private manage
ment. The road, however, is forced to
appeal repeatedly to the government
for aid. as the war came upon 1t just
as it was nearing completion, and
when vast sums were being spent to
place 1t upon a self supporting basis.
IL was most critical period, and the
government stepped into the breach.
1t will probably be so heavily indebt-
ed to the government after the war
that 1t will also be taken over.
The Canadian Northern, which
was built upon a ''shoestring", also
faced crisis with the outbreak of
the war. Those who intrepid finan-
ciers. Mackenzie and Mann began
their operations without capital, and
built 10000 miles of railroad by
sheer energy and borrowing ability.
This immense railroad system had
not been co-ordinated, and much of
II was Improbable when war broke
out. The situation was critical, and
the government had to come to the
rescue. To protect itself, it finally
had to take over the entire owner
khip Of the road.
Messrs. Mackenzie and Mann will
uCntinue TO manage and operate the
road. but the people of Canada viii
own IL. and the government may
direct a change Of management at
my time.
The three roads are competing
lines, and they will offer a very in
feresting object lesson in railroad
management.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Kansas City Star: IT cannot
understand" writes a reader of this
paper, how a paper like The Star,
which always has taken such high
ground on every moral question. can
place itself on the side of war, and
the taking Of human life"
This sentiment appears to be suf-
ficient to justify a number of people
in this country, who call themselves
Americans. in opposing the govern
ment at a time IL is fighting for it's
very life.
It never appears to get into the
minds of the pacifist of this sort
that there is a difference between
advocating war and prosecuting war.
They cannot understand that 1t is
not a question Of choice. but a ques-
ton of fact. They seem unable to
comprehend that human life is being
taken, and 1t is a question as to
whether we will permit it to be the
lives of Americans without an at
tempt to prevent it.
The pacifists of the sort that write
letters OF this character would resent
being called towards, individually,
but would be quite willing to make
the United States nation OF cow
ards-to keep themselves out Of
danger.
The sentimentaIists OF this type
selfishness for a state OF
piety. They do not care how much
others are compelled to suffer; let
the sons of other mothers be killed.
let the daughters of other mothers
be outraged and carried 70 captivity
worse than death: let the homes Of
other men and women be destroy
ed--if Americans are only let alone
to live prosperously and selfishly
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17
Is Learning To Hate Fritz
American Officer To Germany Must
t

NutPPGQs
mighty proud of that country OF
ours. =
Knows We Are Right
Jim, patriotism has really been a
sort of empty word to me until late
ly, must confess. This my coun-
try, right or wrong" business has
not sounded just right to me. know
!, would have fought just the same
even IL ! had owned a secret bunch
that we were in the wrong, but there
couldn't have been the same joy in
my heart that there is when / know
that we are really a free people
fighting for what we know is right,
and without any chance for material
gain, even IL we are absolutely vic
torious. It's good to know that no
one can insinuate that you are really
fighting for something far different
from your professed aims. And
think that country of ours is going
to come through with a punch that
will count, too, Jim. She's moving
slowly because she has been asleep
a long time and she's bound to make
mistakes as she goes aIong, but /
am beginning to feel a confidence in
our coming through all right and not
blundertng any more than the other
nations have done-probably not so
much.
In Spite of Congress.
II this chances to reach you while
congress is holding up some matter
Of vital national Importance while
they discuss whether John Gish's
swamp shall be drained at govern
ment expense, you will be plumb
Disguised with me, I know think
the reason am an optimist is that
] know am doing useful work over
here, that we all are. We haven't
Fritz yet-not by a long
shot-but we are hamperingt him to
beat the band, think, and know
we are saving lot OF poor sailor
men from the spectacle OF seeing a
mailman gloat over them as they go
down for the third time.
II Fritz should chance to get U.S.
which we are not planning on his
doing-still / say I'm glad we are
here, and / am glad the money the
people of the United States have
spent on me has not been entirely
wasted so far.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-17

overlooked In this country, that
the security Of that Russian line
depends solely upon the state of
mind of the masses of the Rus
sian people. Then IL you con.
vince the masses Of the people
that the United States 10 not
really in this war, that il will
not prosecute il with Visor and
resolution, that it 10 divided in
Its councils, that IL 10 really
seeking peace, you have done
more to make that Russian line
melt away than the Kaiser could
do with two million men and ten
times as much artillery as he has
now.
Cnce again we quote from Charles
Edward Russell, former Socialist and
former Pacifist. and a member of the
returned Russian mission.
Mr.. Russell cannot be accused Of
being an ally Of Wall street. He
cannot be accused Of being mill
tarist. He is still a Socialist, but
one who has SUFFICIENT vision to see
the real issue in this war. He has
been able to get the perspective on
the problem as a whole. and he has
summed 1t up in the foregoing SEN
fences.
Does anyone imagine that the
Kaiser who spent $4s,00O,00O on pro-
paganda work in Russia, overlooked
this possibility?
Does anyone imagine that every
scrap Of news about internal dis
sensions in America is not magnified
and transmitted to the Russian peo-
pie?
The first notice the New York
newspapers took of the Mooney trial
in San Francisco, was following the
report Of a speech of a Socialist
agitator in Petrograd. who said that
the American government was MUIR
dering a laboring man named Muhny
in San Francisco. The reports of
the Mooney case had been sent to
Petrograd and filtered back to New
York.
The meetings at New Ulm; the
activities of the !. w. W.. the meet
ings of the Peoples Peace council;
the draft resisters; the opera bouffe
in Oklahoma; the insist
ence Of a few disloyal congressman
on the repeal Of the CONSUMPTION act
and restatements of peace terms; all
these are merely annoyances to the
in it's efforts to conduct
the war, but Mr.. Russell has laid his
finger on the real menace. Their
importance is not here, hut in Rus
STA and in Germany, where the same
pap is fed to a war weary people to
revive their tagging spirits. ii