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New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
TELLS OF U. s. RAID
Lieut.. Connolly of 165h Infantry Writes to His Uncle, Thomas J. Smith of Fremont Street

Thomas J, Smith of 32 Fremont street has received a letter from his nephew, Lieut.. F. J. Connolly of the 165th |. s. Infantry, now in France. Although he is a New York man, Lieut.. Connolly is well known in this city where he has frequently visited Added interest to his letter is given from the fact that the 165th Infantry is formerly the Fighting 69th' of New York, and First Lieutenant John F. Corners of this city is also serv- ing with the same regim ent overseas. The letter follows:
 q just have time to drop you a line, as you know we have been very busy and don't have very much time to write. I have seen some pretty hard fighting since I have been over here and it is hel1ish but we have all made up our minds to drive the Ger mans back and we will. I feel that I will come through this O. K. When all our boys get over you can expect to see som mething doing.
 "I have been up at Ypres when things were pretty hot and am now down in the Lorraine sector and I will say that we have held our own. I am enclosing a little clipping of 0 raid that was planned by myself and Lieut. Cassidy. Cassidy was under my command. Our general wanted prisoners to get information, so sent for us and told us what he wanted, We took A men and started out at midnight the darkest night you ever saw. We divided into three groups of eight men each. l had right and left and Cassidy the center. Well, we found an outpost and attacked. get ting our prisoners and starting back carried the wounded German cor poral back to our lines, and let me tell you it was some job, getting through the wire especially, with the German machine guns firing on you. The paper said DO casualties, but we lost two men. Tell Uncle Tom 1 have a German rifle I will ship him if they will let me. It was taken by me in the raid.'
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Delegates From Wards Will Meet in
 RardecI<'s Hall Tonight.

The democratic city convention for the selecting of delegates to the state, county congressional and probate conventions will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Bardeck's hall with the following delegates elected at the ward caucus last night, in attendance:
 First ward, Thomas Hinchliffe, John C. Callahan, James Woods, Richard Schaefer Judge w. F. Mangan, T. w. O'Connor and H. P. Roche.
 Second Ward-William Heslin, John Mccarthy, Michael Hannon, John F. Nafey, David L. Dunn and James A. Coyle.
 Third ward-P. F. McDonough, F. B. Alling, Charles F. Hart, John F. Leeney, C. P. Wainwright, Judge John Walsh and Dr. John E. Martin
 Fourth ward-John l.. Ross, Paul r. Robinson, P. r. Smith, George German, Edward J McCourt William J. Walsh, Harry Connolly.
 Fifth ward-John J. Reilly, Paul Nurczak, Thomas J. Devine, Philip C. Mcintyre, Andrew Bobrowsl1i, Charles McMurray, James J. Watson William J. Farley and John Pagan
 Sixth Ward-George M. Landers, Angelo NJ. Paonessa, Abraham Cor bach, F. T. McDonough, M. T. Ker- win, F. o. Kilbourne, Michael King, Thomas C. Smith Jr., Thomas D. Donlan, James W. Manning, Thomas C. Smith.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
MILK STATION READY.
New Rooms on Center Street Will Be
 Utilized After Today.

The new rooms of the milk station which are being fitted up in the house on Center street, directly in the rear of the Boys club building, are about ready and will be occupied by the sta tion after Wednesday of this week. They consist of a waiting room, of flee weighing room, and nice kitchen and are well fitted up for this work.
 The request for more equipmen last week was answered very prompt ly but there is still needed a few sauce pans, either aluminium or en- amel pans will be acceptable and the donation greatly appreciated by the committee.
 The station is looking forward to a very busy summer and looks to the public for hearty cooperation in their campaign for saving the babies.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
Greetings,
 ANNE DYKE. Director in France
CIVIL SIITS

David Gitlin has brought suit a. gainst Thomas Tuszkowsl1i of 3OS Pennington avenue for the recovery of a bill for sS6. Attorney Irving R. Rachlin issued the writ, which is re- turnable to the city court.
 The suit of Frank KowaIczyk against the New York, New Haven &, Hartford Railroad Co.,, and the Boston &5 Maine Railroad Co.,, will be heard In the city court Friday. A motion to dismiss the Boston and Maine as a defendant will be argued.
 The case of Teof1l Wojdyl against Joseph Ulinsu will be argued on F'rl- day afternoon In the city court
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
CITY ITEMS

toodness of Aunt Delia's Bread Tt.
 fharles Mccarthy. third class fire h: and Arthur O'Leary second class man. have been ordered to report Pelham Bay on June IS for service h the Naval Reserve. valter Andrus, a member of the of the U. s. s. Leviathan, re- ned to an Atlantic port today for with his ship.
 oah Lucas was yesterday elected rector of the Savings bank of New rain to succeed the late Charles Stanley.
 he republican primaries will be
 from 1 o'clock this afternoon 8 o'clock this evening in the pblican headquarters in Levitt S K. There are no contests in any he wards.
 he school board will hold its thly meeting at 4:30 o'clock Fri
 This will probably be the final on of the school year.
 marriage license has been issued Private Louis J. Lind, a Meriden CT stationed at Camp Devens, and
 Florence F. Stefanick of S2 aont street.
 roperty at 40 City Avenue has been by the Phoenix Reality company obert and Bertha Kramer.
 chael Koziot has purchased pro-
 on Roxbury road from the Bod Land company.
 Nicola Laraia has sold property 'ymour Park to August and Emile kbarth.
 6 indoor baseball team of the cd Hill school defeated the team
 the Bartlett school yesterday noon by a score of 28-23.
 @ police were notified last night
 on the lookout for Charles Prior lainville, who escaped from the Fiates farm at Norwich. He was need to the farm some time ago e Plainville court.
 1fle driving out West Main street evening on his way home, Joseph rson of Barnesdale was thrown
 his wagon and was slightly in He was assisted to his home. . Catholic Woman's Benevolent Is school hall and a social session sn will meet this evening at St, ollow.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
CHAUFFEUR HAS NO LICENSE

Peter Carlin, for several years a member of the Hartford fire depart ment, was before Judge Kirkham in police court this morning on the charge of operating a motor vehicle without license. He was stopped by Traffic Officer Wagner yesterday when he attempted to pass to the left of a traffic sign near the South church
 It was then found that he did not have a license. This morning Carlin explained that he had taken his new position only Monday and had not had time to get out a license He was let go on the payment of costs
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
JUDGEMENT SUSPENDED

In the superior court at Hartford, yesterday, the appeal of Vity White wood, ? years old, from 8 sentence committing him to the Scool for Boys came up. WhiteWood's mother made a fearful plea and the boy promised he would be good and not steal bi- cycles, for which he was sentenced by the local court, Or do anything else contrary to the law. Whitewood was placed on probation for one year
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
LOCAn BOYS TO GRADUATE.

1. Arthur Mag and David Wasko- witz Of this city are members of the graduating class at Yale, June 19. Roth have enlisted for war service, Mag in the navy and Waskowitz in the medical corps,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
CULLEN GETS SCHOLARSHIP

Cyril c. Cullen, son of Mrs N M. Cullen of 103 West Main street, a sec ond years student at tho Yale art school, has been awarded a sch olar- ship for excellence of work during the first term. Numerous products of tn 0 local boys skill In modelling clay have been exhibited In this city
New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
LOCAL GIRL WINS
 DENTISTRY MEDAL
Miss Jessie G. Monks Honored at
 Ohio Dental College

Miss Jessie c. Monks of this city, a sister of Georgiana P. Monks, D. D. S., member of the junior class at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. was awarded a silver medal for the best general examinations at the an- nual comm encement exercises held in Cincinnati on June f.
 Miss Monks was also honorably mentioned in connection with prizes for the following attainments: Best work in qualitative analysis, best at tainments in prosth etic dentistry, best attachments in crown and bridge work, best examination in physiology, the best anatomical dissection made during the session, and the best ex- animation in materia medica.
 Dentists Serving Nation.
 Dean H. T. smith in presenting di- plomas to the graduates and medals to the honor students, said in part, referring to the excellent war work being done by the dentists, "It may interest the audience as laymen to know that the profession of dentistry is contributing in service to the war. There were on May 24 in the Dental Corps of the army 209 officers, in the I1cilIai IeSoe1Fe Co1 pS o. oIilSeI0 pI which 1,518 have been called into ac- tive service, and in the Dental Corps, National Guard, 257 officers, making a total of 5,741 dentists in army ser vice and subject to call.
 ITO these will be added this sum- mer 200 men, more or less, from the classes graduating at the present time and an equal number from those al- ready enrolled in the Medical Enlist cd Reserve Corps.'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30

fore. everything necessary for the pro
duction of high class steel on an extern
sive scale.
In spite of all the natural advantages
in the shape of raw material. it should
be remembered that shipbuilding is an
entirely new departure for Australia.
and it demanded extensive industrial
mobilization. Mr.. HuShs' first step
was to hold n conference with the labor
unions, as a result of which agreement
was reached upon the three points
deemed essential to the success of the
scheme. These points We're: % on
tinuity of operations: t2i dilution OF
Labor; and CD piece work. The next
step was to get the working staffs to-
gether. A satisfactory number of
highly skilled artisans was secured,
and in passing it may be mentioned
hat the output of the Australian work.
man, when he settles down to his work,
is abnormally large.
Having secured the staffs and the
cooperation of the unions. the govern
ment sought, among the sllipyards OF
Great Britain. half Il dozen leading
ship constructors to direct the work.
These men included Il ship constructor,
a yards manager. chief draughtsman.
and chief marine engineer. They were
the best men obtainaple in the United
Ningdom-young men. energetic and
highly raine and the question of
with the selection. Once engaged. they
left for Australia NJ u few hours
notice.
1t was found that there We're in
Australia . number of SlipWayS for
small vessels which, without mucn
trouble, We're capable OF expansion, and
the alterations necessary were pushed
Onward at the maXi,num speed. The
program for the construction of SIX
vessels makes provision for the work
To be carried on i'm Melbourne. Sydney.
Newcastle and queensland. 1T is inter
esting to note that within five months
of the decision To build ships in Aus
tralia the work was begun. Uncon-
ventional methods have been adopted
in order that the work MA he pushed
forward with The utmost celebrity. and
the first vessel will be launched during
the present Year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
Kaiser Wilhelm and His Kamerads.

Daniel l.. Hanson. of the NigilanteS.
And remember this one thing. doctor.
,he secret OF the policy of Germany
keep the world guessing and stimulate
ienr. That IS my motto. Keep the ma
tons uneasy and make them afraid so
that Germany may have her will which is
:ile will OF the Almighty"
SO Professor William III. Schofie.d. Of
Harvard university. quoted Kaiser Will
linn tho other day before a Chicago
audience. Further. to again quote the
savant. "Conscription will come in your
country" Also did he talk about the
horrors Of war. But Germany shall
never know these he declared. II am
for poacc peace. peace, but only the
peace which hall cone when the worlds
will coinciaes with that of Germany.
Other nations shall know this devasta-
ton. you may be sure, II auEht happens.
but not mine"
Anyone who has ever seen the royal
speaker of the above peace at any price,
doctrine. has never for a moment had
any belief in the ally twaddle handed
about thai the kaiser deprecated war and
signed the declaration with tears stream
tug down his face. He never has looked
that part. Whoever uay be arranging
b details. H%indenburg. I.udendossG or
Won HerainG@t 10 the master brain of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
BRAZIL is BUILDING
/. DEMOCRATIC ARM

Rio DE Janciro (by maiD-Hrazil is
creating a democratic national army.
Since this country aligned itself with
the enemies of German militarism the
public interest in the aryny and navy
has grown rapidly.
The compulsory military service act,
however, WAS passed in 1908. 1t pro-
vides that there shall he compulsory
military service of three years by all
men of draft age, except-and il is
the exception thai is creating the DEM
ocratic army. Men who have received
a certain amount of military %instruc-
tlOnS are excepted.
The military instruction nay be re-
ceived in military schools. but obvious
ly ii is not, i'm most cases.
Numerous Linhas do Trio" or rifle
ranges. have been established
throughout the country. Nearly 2oo,-
600 men already have been enrolled
in these 'FT'iros.'
Twice a week the men practice mill
tary drill and Workmanship at the
ranges. When they become sufficient
~ expert they are enrolled in the
reserves. and are not obliged to serve
their three years in the regular army.
Naval reserves are being trained by
the ann method. This service at
tracts many young men because of the
! actual training and short sea voyages
given on naval ships.
With the growth of the army reserve
the public attitude toward the regular
army has undergone a noticeable
change. Formerly the army constitut-
ed a special caste. and this caste was
always viewed with considerable sus-
| picion. Militarism was not a: all pop
| ular in republican Brazil. But now
whenever there is Il military parade
it is noted that Il large share of The
uniformed men are those of the Tiros-
| and the Tiros are the nation.
All a recent review President Wen
ceslau Braz noticed two little boys
dressed in the uniforms of the Trio in
which their father was an officer.
When the president spied the boys. one
OF whom is 4 years old and the other
2k. they were standing at "A salute
while the flag passed the reviewing
stand. After the ceremonies the lresi-
dent called the boys to him and asked
them if they knew the manual of arms.
They said they did. An aide gave "A
few of the simpler orders and they
executed the drill perfectly.
What Trio do belong to-" the
president asked the Younger.
ITO papa's Trio, No. 249. Don't YOU
want to Join? It's the best OF all" was
the answer in childish treble.
The president declared that he was
the Youngest recruiting officer IN the
| country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
Ships From Australia.
From the London Times.

Until after the outbreak of war
Australia WAS con1cn, to depend upon
Great Britain for the supply of mer-
chant ships. Vessels of Il few hundred
tons burden have been built i'm Aus
tralian yards. but so long as
could be bought from Clyde and Bel
fast builders no one roubled to develop
the industry in the commonwealth.
Submarine warfare and the reqllisi-
tionine of merchant vessels by the
British government for service in other
parts gradually depleted the ships
available for Australian
with the result that the commonwealth
now has a huge surplus of foodstuffs
stored which il is unable to ship. There
still remain in Australia 1913. 000, 900
bushels of The 1?15-l7 wheat harvests.
which. on Il basis of 5000 IONS per ship,
would entail the expectation of 800
s%hiploads before next harvest i'm order
to clear the stocks.
Mi state Of affairs led The prime
minister tMr Hughes) to investigate
the possibility OF constructing large
ocean going vessels in Australia, and
once he was satisfied that the ships
could be built. not Il minute was lost
iii starting work. IL was only in Sep
ternber last that the federal ministry
finally decided TO construct merchant
ships i'm Australia. The initial W'ogram
for hi building OF six standardtsteam-
ers has already been started.
Australia is II reservoir of all the raw
material necessary for shipbuilding.
Its huge deposits OF iron ore are among
the richest in the world. In Great
Britain and Germany it takes "a o m
of iron ore to Weld one ton of pig iron;
i'm France and Belgium ~ tons are
needed to give the same result; but in
Australia only l5 IONS OF the famous
Iron Knob ore are necessary to produce
one ION Of pig iron. An expert report
supplied to the Australian interstate
commission stated that there can be
assembled at Newcastle the iron ore,
coke and limestone necessary for pig
iron production at a lower cost per unit
than is possible for the United States
Steel corporation. the largest and
cheapest producer in America. The
coal fields already being worked are
vi large size and Weld the best quality
C.. iuol. There is in Australia, there
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
Paying For city's Waste.

Here is an incident that happens
more or less often in every home. a
housewives telephones her order to the
grocery early in the morning. She may
live in Il suburb or at distance from
the grocery. vt n rate her provi-
sions must be delivered. if she cannot
or will not take her basket on her arm
and carry them home. At II o'clock
she is reminded that she forgot TO or
luncheon. She telephones the grocer
again and tells him she must have tho
beans for luncheon. Consider ais that
her credit account is 81 large one. The
regular delivery has already left and
it is necessary to make a special de-
livery by an extra boy. Say the boy
delivered the order on a wheel. This
took approximately half an hour. The
beans cost Is cents, ostersibly. On tine
dealers own admission he charges 10
per cent additional for credit privil-
eyes; there was the boys time and
wages. and sufficient was added for
telephone. salaries. bad accounts, in
terest on the investment. etc, to make
that can Of beans actually cost nearly
80 cents.
OF course. it was charged at Is cents.
Did the retailer lose the difference?
No. the ~housekeeper did. She o only
paid for the boys time in delivering it
hut she paid her pro rata share Of the
salaries of every of the retailers
employees. asf we'll as her pro rataeshare
counts, even though she paid her own
promptly; and h paid her pro rata
share OF the expense of every depart
ment OF the retailers business. In ad-
dition there was an PEI for her
own telephone call.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30

William HohcnZollern who directs the
general policy of frigltfulness. whether
it is the rapine of harmless and unforti-
fled villages. the deportation OF the young
women of invaded sections as servants
for his officers or. The deliberate ravish-
ment OF wives and willows of enemy
troops that Germany may be populated
the kaiser stands back Of it all. Ger
many and America knew that the Lusi-
tania was TO be sunii-it was advertised
by the German embassy in New York
papers-the kaiser pretended to Mr..
Gerard that he was a~ars of it only after
the deed!
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
The canny Scot.

From the st. louis Star.
AS Sandy holed out on the first green
his friend from Over the border asked:
And how many STROKES did you takc?'
Eight" replied the Scot.
"Ah." said the Engiishman. II took
seven. so that's my hole"
The Scot said nothing: but when ON
the next green the E:Dglishman repeated
his question and made inquiry rs to the
number Of strokes taken by his opponent
the latter nodded his head aud. with an
expression Of infinite wisdom on his face.
gently l%nurnured:
Nay. nay. tiny mamie: this time it,
NV turn to a1k f~irnt..G1
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
AMERICAN ACE" WAS
A VERY T|M|D CHILD
Father Who Is Railroad Engi.
neer Tells of Son-Writes b.
Father of His Success.

Mobile, Ala.-Lieutcnant Frank
saer, member of the Lafayette Iasca-
lrilie who has just won designation as
IN American ace" by official recog-
milton that he has brought down five
German airplanes. is described by his
hther as the most timid OF our four
children. But fighting has been
Paul game for some time" the parent
continued.
How Lieutenant Baer achieved his
ambition was described 10y the Lieu
tenant in a recent letter to his father,
"A. p. Baer, an engineer of the Louis
Vile e. Nashville railroad.
Lieutenant Baer told his father in
his letter dated March l3, that he had
had five combats in the previous 10
days. Three bullets hit his machine
but he shot down two Germans and
perhaps another one not, yet CON
firmed," he said.
Previous to winning his ACE Lieu
tenant Raer had been decorated with
the distinguished service cross for
shooting down a Hun aviator in a bat
tie against great odds. AT the time
he was attacked by seven German
ttiers. Describing that fight Lieuten-
ant Baer wrote:
Well. Dad, at last / got my first
official German airplane. Day be-
fore yesterday (March IL. 6 %. mo- l..
unaccompanied was flying inside the
German lines. AS time drew near fo..
me TO come home, as I had been out
my full time. and while almost at our
INES, the French SEM up a signal to
me which told me in what sector the
boche were. I turned around and wa
greeted by seven German planes. Part
OF the enemy were above me and part
of them below.
We'll, l only had enough gasoline for
~ minutes more flight, and l was six
kiiometefs inside their lines.
Il pointed my machine at the closest
to me, and as got right on him.
opened fire with my machine gun and
down he went. The rest of them came
at me and at the same time / sure did
some scientific ~retreating'. Well. the
nun l killed is Official; h a is / got
credit for killing him. He fell about
v kilometers in his own lines, but
the French saw him hit the ground.
The next morning, March ~. at
S:2o O'CLOCK, j speared another Hun.
1T wa in just about the same place
as the first one l killed. He was about
10 or III kilometers within his lines
when he fell. | saw him crash into
the ground. He was one of a patrol
of five boche. Again I had .to do some
scientific ~retreating.' I had them all
on my tail. Their bullets were fiyinc
an around me. However, l got home
The second one is not yet official. |
do not know if it will be officially re-
corded. but / hope so.
Il really have four Germans thar I
bagsed in the air. but credit for only
n so far. have had five combat in
the last five days. with three bullets in
my machine. But / shot dow,, two
Germans and perhaps another one not
yet confirmed"
Lieutenant Baer has two brothers in
the service OF their country. Arthur
Baer is a quatermaster aboard the
cruiser Charleston and A. w. (sud)
= Baer is in h sighting depart
Enent, navy yard. Washington. A. w.
Baer served two years on one OF Jncae
SANS submarines.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
Give. Pearl, to Red cro...

The queen has Rhown her practical in
tereet in the Rex Cross scheme to form a
great pearl necklace. to be sold for the
benefit Of tbs sicAs and wounded by send
ing Of her wi valuable pearls to
Hessre. GarTad & Co.. one Of the Arms
who are receiving sits towards the COL
lection. The necklace Viii form 4 unique
tribute from the of Great Britain.
tia. 0Qantafons oversee. and the 3eilied ma
t&ooo - the v&lor Of tie wotnded.