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New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
CITY ITEMS

Madam Tekla Farm McKinnie and MT. Burt P. McKinnie have just com pleted one of their most successful concert tours and both are in excel lent voice for tonight.-advt.
 Members of Martha Chapter, o. E. s.. are asked to take contributions of jelly, canned goods and other food stuffs for the Children's Home to the meeting Thursday afternoon. Red Cross work will also be done at Thursday afternoons meeting and in the evening the regular lodge meet ing will be held
 There will be a meeting of the medical advisory board on Wednesday Hall
 Mir. and Mrs. Alfred Larson and son, William, of 72 Roberts street, are visiting Rev. and Mrs. r. C. Wlnder at Allentown, Pa.
 A party was given at the home of Miss Mabel Rawlings in Belvidere Sunday night and a number of her friends from this city and surround ing towns and cities attended. Dur ing the evening the guests enter tained with vocal and piano selec- tions. Miss Maude McCarroll of Kensington rendered several vocal selections and William Scheyd enter tained with piano selections.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
FACTORIES TO FOOT
 DIRGE FOR KAISER
Whistles Will Announce Opening
 Of Fourth Loan Drive

The opening of the new Victory Loan will be signalized by the blow ing of factory whistles and a big band concert The factory signal will be given Saturday noon com mencing at 12:1O o'cock and lasting for five minutes. William Middle mass, Jr., has this feature in charge and his instructions from the pub licity committee yesterday afternoon were to have the whistles blown to the limit, There will be no code at tempted, but just noise to drive home to the people of New Britain that it is Victory Loan '"Time to Sub scribe. The canvassers will start out at once with their work from that time on, and it will be a busy three weeks campaigning to reach the $3,- 000,00O mark.
 The band concert will be held Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Gen. tral park This feature will be in charge of Louis Raphael. As it is a "Gasless Sunday, the committee felt that it was an excellent time to get the people out. As there is no auto travel the streets will be filled and everyone is expected to be on hand and hear the music. Other concerts will be arranged later so that all the bands will have a chance to do their bit for the Victory Loan. In addition to the music there will be some short, crisp speechmaking. Announcement of the speakers will be made by MT. Raphael in a few days.
 Paul P. Schlegel, who has charge of getting out the posters, arranged today to divide Main street up in seven districts, and each district is assigned to one merchant to see the Storekeepers and arrange for filling up their windows with the Victory Loan cards for the next three weeks. It is proposed to have New Britain look like a Victory Loan thorough fare up and down Main street during the period of the drive.
 Posters will be put out in the fac tories by Lewis Stephenson, who will also see that they are placed on troll ley cars and in the schools. Each factory will have a representative to post the cards on all the factory bull letin boards.
 Thomas J. Lynch will make a big billboard display on 30 boards about the city He also has charge of post ing Plainville and Bristol billboards. Leave 1t to Mr. Lynch and he will see that this feature is capably talk en care of as he has in the Red Cross, War Savings and other cam paign drives.
 Noah C. Lucas reported he is get ting. up a novel method of announce ing the days returns on the subscrip- tions in lieu of the thermometer on the bank building. Announcement will be made as soon as the details are worked out.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
None Too Good.
(StarS and StripeS)

Greater love-" says the Bible, hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friend.'
 The American private has shown still greater love for his country. He has come $500 miles from home, minus glory and trappings of rank, prepared to give up his ife-and something more-for the land he loves. He is giving up the comfort and ease of the dreams he knew at home for the long drudgery and monotony of training, not to speak of reveille and chow and inspection and stable or K. P. details too numerous to mention.
 All this is but prelude to the life forfeiture he stands ready to make, and often makes, at the end of the road He has the greatest job in the war, because his job entails the great est sacrifice, and this is a war of service.
 An officer of considerably higher rank than a private saw line of Tanks move to the attack, cheerful, nervy, on the job, as they headed for almost certain death into the ma- chine gun nest. Later, he saw many Of them come back, shot up, dripping blood and minus food and water for more than just few hours. But, limping or reeing, they returned from the attack as they went into it cheerful and nervy, without a whimper or complaint only sorry they couldn't go on to the finish with their pals They took nothing to their credit and they looked for no reward. They had merely done job, and they didn't stop to figure that it was the biggest job of the army. And the officer, looking on, said it all:
 God! There's no living man too good to be a private in the American arn1V!"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
REDWOOD NOTES.

The first practice of the Redwood season was held on Sunday morning at the Seymour Park grounds. IA wealth of good material was on hand, and although it is necessary to form a new combination for this fall, Coacr Tom German, the former Nutmeg player, has succeeded in forming nlans for g. very fast team. The team wil be under the personal control of Coach German, who directed it is care fully last season, Among the pualers on hand yesterday were Al. Johnson, I4e- vine. Griffin, Cunning ad Hart. Prac- tice this week will be held tonight Tuesday, at Paradise Park on Stanley street, and all those who wish to try out are asked to be on hand at 7 D. m. sharp. Danielson, Tinti, Robert son, ,Kilduff, Dan German and Grey last years former players are ordered to be to pactice at the appointed time so as Coach Conan can get the team in readiness for the first game on Octo- Der 9th.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
TO the Critics Back Home.
(Stars and StripeS)


 There are certain patriots back home who admit that they are will ing to support the army program up to a certain point but who insist that they have a right to rise up at any moment with any criticism they may care to make.
 They begin their support with brick held in the right hand, looking for the first chance to let the brick fly.
 No such fifty-fifty support is want ed bv the A. F. F. This is no fifty fifty war in any sense. There is no fftv-fifty stuff in the soul of the sol dier who swings out over the top un- der heavy fire.
 Those back home patriots who do not intend to go the whole distance with the A. E. F. with all they've got should never start at all. They S"e merely clogging up the road. They may mean well enough, but they are not hooked to our kind of a war.
 There are but two kingdoms ahead the kingdom of Liberty and the kingdom of Kaiserism.
 "JTnder which king, Bezonian? .? Speak or d1e!'
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
CHARGED FOR FILLING
 OUT QUESTIONN AIRF

Nick D'Augustino of 27 Franklin street complained to the police yes terday that he had been charged $2 bv Edward RecanO, a Myrtle street notary public, for filling out his ques- tionnaire. He had as a witness Urban Bischett, who was with him when the charge was made for filling out the paner. A move is on foot among the lawyers and notaries of the city 10 have the governor cancel the priv ileges of notaries or lawyers making a charge for this service. The ques- tionnaire may be filled out free at the City Hall or at police headquar- ters at any time.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
PEACE-AND THE A. E. F.

They know, deep in their dreams, Peace and it's ancient thrills; Peace by the singing streams, Peace in the lonely hills; But out from the battle hue
 Here is their answer spun "Not till the game is through! Not till the fight Is won!' Deep in the bitter strife,
 Swept by the endless roar, They know what they've missed of
 life
 From years that have gone before; But answering, gun for gun,
 Here is their last call due Not till the game is won!
 Not till the fight is through!' On where the crosses grow
 On where their lost mates sleep, They drive for the waiting foe Out where the night is deep; Out through the crash and din Here is their answer spun "Not till the score is in
 Not till the game is woni" They know where the home fires
 wait,
 Far from the faring light; They see, in the grip of Fate Peace and the quiet night; Peace and the dreams they knew Peace and the friendly sun But not till the game is drought Not till the fight is won
 -Grantland Rice, 1st It. F. A
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
PROHIBITION BILL
 ADOPTED BY HOUSE
Accepts Senate Measure I'll to q and Nation Will Go Dry
 Junc 30.

Washington, Sept. 24.-Tho houso late yesterday accepted the senate pre- hibition amendment to the food stim4- lation bill by vote of I'll to &, and the nation fiji become dry on June 30 next and remain so during tine war and until the termination Of demobiI- ization if the action of congress is approved by tho president.
 The senate passed this measur e. containing wartim prohibition some months ago. and amended the bill ex- tens1vely.s All senate amendment except prohibition were rejected bv the house which consumed four houfs, bitter debate in which all the arg1l ments for and against prohibition were produced. Legislative action on prohibition was completed and only rejected amendments remain to be acted upon by the house.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
BOWLING
Aetna Five Sets Record in First Game of Inter-City Match-Some Phe- nOmenaI Bowling.

Rolling up a team score of 1920 the crack New Britain team took the first leg of a big match from Hart ford last night. Hartford was in fine form, rolling a total score of 1860, their score of 504 being the lowest score rolled on either side. Such bowling is almost phenomenal and the exhibition kept the crowd of spectators highly excited after the first string, when the boWlers had really found themselves. New Brit ain goes to Hartford Friday night wirir lead of sixty pins which will take some lively stepping to oVer- come.
 The scores:
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
Drastic Fuel Order Possible
From the New York HeraldD

From the New York HeraId)
 The fuel administrator of Massa- chusetts has ruled that because of threatened shortage of coal no fur naces can be lighted before December 1, and it is said some similar action will be taken here. There is no ap- parent need since the general commit tee of anthracite operators reports full allotments for the coal year to date and the federal fuel admin1stra- tor is confident that by avoiding waste there will be enough coal to Ego round"
 It would be a serious mistake to for bid the lighting of furnaceS-the only source of heat for hundreds of thou sands of dwellers in fiats--before the advent of December. Ours is a fCkle climate and we are liable to have very cold weather before that time. An unseasonably "cold snap" in Novem- OCT if unrelieved would cause wide spread suffering and disease which no plenitude of fuel later in the winter could remedy. Better rational rules and an appeal to the patriotic sense of the people to observe them. They would obey them in the same spirit with which they carried out the mere request to abstain from motoring on Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
The scores
505 576 539-16 6 Hartford.
sos 548 504-156O
The City League opens t

The City League opens tonight with matches as follows:
 Warriors vs. Mohawks and Colon- ials vs. Annex.
 Warriors-Kahms. Trevethan, My CTS, Thompson, Valentine.
 Mohawks-E. Anderson, Hickey, Herzog, Turner, Gaudette,
 Colonials-A. Anderson, Larson, Carey, Penniman, Schmalz.
 Annex-Foote, McBriarty, Young, Kilduff, Burkardt.
 Thursdays games are: Wanderers vs. Harpoons and Live Oaks Vs. Areos
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
CONSTANTINOPLE BOMBEIs

London, Sept. 24.-ConstantinopIe was bombed by the British Royal Air Force Friday and Saturday, accord ing to a bulletin issued by the Admiralty The communication reads:
 "The Greeks co-operated in thel bombing of Constantinople on Sept 20 and 21 and dropped thousands of leaflets into Stamboul.
 "A balloon shot down in flames in the European operations set fire to three hangars, which were burned out"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
The Victory Loan Begins Sept. 2S
THE BERLIN FAIR.

This year the Berlin Fair takes on other established features of former years will be enjoyed, the thousands who will attend will be treated to an innovation in the way of a colossal exhibit by no less a parsonage than Uncle sam himself The Government has taken advantage of the Berlin Fair to demonstrate to the people what is being accomplished by our various administrative departments, and this display alone is we'll worth travelling miles to see. It is an edu- cation in itself This war exhibit will be feature of the Berlin Fair only At no other fair in New England will the American people have an op- portunity of seeing the splendid and gratifying results of our first years endeavor in the world war.
 If the Berlin Fair has proven an attraction in previous years, it should eclipse all records this week, because it is undoubtedly the biggest and best ever attempted by the Connecticut State Agricultural Society. We strongly urge parents to bring their children to the Fair so that Young America may learn things about our war activities of which the majority have but a faint conception.
 Tyha uiotorxy Loan
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

One of the best slogans we have noticed thus far is that of the Con- necticut Agricultural Society which announces that "The Official United States Government War Exhibit is at Berlin, Connecticut, This Year-Gen- eral Pershing Will Give It At Berlin, Germany, Next Year..
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER

Bridgeport. Sept. 24.-Joseph Do- herty was arraigned in the police court yesterday charged with man. slaughter in connection with the deaAb of Frederick S. Mills of Fairfield, who died yesterday from injuries suffered during quarrel in Bridgeport cafe. His case was continued until Septem Der 27 under bonds of $5,000. tor. oner Phelan is experiencing difficultv in securing witnesses to the affair and has postponed his inquest until tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

my from tIfS@ North Sea 10 the Alps, his warriors succeeded in regaining practically every inch of territory abandoned during the German on- slaughts of March and May last, and are even now hammering away at the five bastions which stand between them and the great stretch of plain beyond in the direction of the Rhine. These five Actresses, Douai, Cambrai, St Quentin, La Fere and Laon are being gradually thanked by the Allies, and the fall of at least two of them may be expected hourly. When the Germans retire from one of these strongholds, the others are also lost to them forthwith, inasmuch as Foch's troops can attack from the rear if they succeed in breaking through the line at any of these points.
 To add to the enemys discontinue, Marshal Foch ordered the American First Army to attack at the lower end of the line when the French and Brit tsh halted momentarily further uorthward, and the dazzling speed displayed by General Pershing's men oSn1 iS already a matter of history, But even then the generalissimo was not at the end of his resources. Pursu- ing his fixed policy of never giving the enemy minutes respite, Mar shal Foch's next move was to start ian and Greek troops in Macedonia on their drive along an S0-mile front against the Bulgars, with the result that thus far several important stra- tegic points, and about 25,O0O pris- oners have been captured. The Var
 
 railway connections have been cut, thus depriving the Bulgars and the Germans who rushed to their assist ance, from bringing. up supplies which they so badly needed. At the present writing, the Allies continue oil 4bo line, and the Bulgarian retreat may develop into rout. Finally, the general Allied movement is making itself felt in Mesopotamia, where General Al1enby, in command of British French and tribal forces has taken the Turks completely by sur prise and delivered an overwhelming blow by which his men have annihi- lated the 7th and 8th Turkish armies taken over 200 guns, 25,0OO prison ers trapped 40, 900 more in net which is drawing tighter every day and completely demoralized the en- tire Turkish forces in this region General Allenby's heroes are pushing toward the sea where they will join hands with those other British divi- sions now established along the coast so that when the operations are fin ished, the military strength of tht
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Those German troops in Alsace who assured the Kaiser that American troops shall never pass spoke little too soon.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

New Workers are all excited over the installation of a real Old-fash- toned town clock in the cupola of City hall. The natives stand around hours!
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
ACORNs Vs. NATIONALS.

The series between the Acorns and day afternoon at the Fair Grounds. The Nationals have won the first game and the Acorns took the sec- ond, so this will be the deciding game.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

No doubt the Huns will claim a violation of neutrality on the part of the Swedish prince who died of Spanish influenza.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

The police refuse to be ruffled by the little wave of crime" New Brit ain is now eXperiencing
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Herr Erzberger's proposal of 8 League of Nations is impossible be- cause it is based on the idea that Germany will have something to say about it.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

When Wilhelm declared that he had left no store unturned to short en the war" he probably was think ing of some thedrals.-EXchange
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Of course the old folks will say they went just because the kids wanted to go'
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Some day General Pershng will cable to Washington as follows: we have Metz, the enemy. and they are ours''
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

President Wilson's eleven -year-old caddy criticizes the Executives game adversely. That's democracy.-De- trOit News.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24
FACTS AND RANCHES.

J. Rufus Wallingford must sigh to think that he did not see Russia first. New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

MT. Pershing seems to be attend ing to about the only kind of peace proceedings capable of enthusing the people of this ountry.-Springti Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Apologies are due to the shades of Marat and Danton from those who compared Lenine and Trotzky with hiladelphia Public Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Turkey Crushed. ."-Headline. In other words, Turkey hash.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Going to the Fair?
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

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 have suffered Nno re- the field, and the populace 6SNn encouraged to support the lear by Sromise of great booty. Now the Bulgars see defeat staring them in the facS they are in danger of be- ing cut off, from the north and the south, and the populace is gradually awakening to the fact that there will be no ultimate victory and that the King has been but pawn in the hands of the Kaiser. These facts all tend to weaken the morale of the na- ton, and this is just what is aimed at by the Allied command. That an 1 Austrian attack is not feared may be l concluded from the fact that Italian troops are playing @ great part in the Macedonian offensive. If their pres- ence were required at home they would not be permitted to, remain where they are.
 With the Huns being gradually 1 pushed back toward their own coun- 1 try, the Turks routed, the BulgarS in l flight and the Austrians idle, the out look for the Allied arms may be said to be brighter than ever before. On l all fronts the central powers are meeting with reverses and the Amer ican army in France, which has thus l far played only a relatively small part l in the campaign of 1918, is growing l by leaps and bounds so that it is l with the most supreme confidence that we may look for a decisive mili- tary victory in the Spring of next year. It is even possible that there may be a disruption of the Quad ruple Alliance before the end of 1918. l but we think we are justified in the conclusion that the central powers | are beginning to read the handwrit- ing on the wall. That handwriting spells DEFEAT" in capital letters. The Victory Loan Begins Sept. 2S.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

One of William R. Hearst's publi- cations has suspended publication. And yet some people say that the world is not growing better,-Colum- bia Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

The Victory Loan Begins Sept. 2S.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

An ample commentary is given by the secret documents now being pub- lished on the report that Lenine is warning Russia that "In order to save the power of the workers and peasants we must not recoil even from an alliance with imperialists." It is long since Lenine and his crew have recolled from anything. .'-Springfie Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

It is right to assume that the pres ent dentist of the Kaiser, whoever he is has to wear ear muffS while work ing on the old mans molars.-De- troit News
New Britain herald., 1918-09-24

Of course Berlin disavoWs the peace suggestion now that she learns that the allies will have nothing to do with the Austrian peace barrage. New Haven Journal Courier.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-28
TRACTION CO. MAKES
RED CROSS DISPLAY

They couldn't novel Nevertheless. as
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mngton and Philadelphia Fraction Com
pany Mt those white zvathcd. inert fig
uree. l,ing on their army cnts anme-
thing reached out and tuegod nt Your
heart While that choking lump vns
forming IA your throat. through mist
1nu saw Red Gross nurse Who stood
IN the background Had she. with grlef-
twisted tace mud streaming owes. held
outetrctrhcd hands to yours and called
Help" for her hattlc-scarred hoya, the
aprral YOU telt ~ the moment, couldn't
have hccn stronger
This simply dressed window. with ITS
hig red and white rmhIcu ~ Tho 4 ross
ni Mercy as background. proves that
il doesn't need flesh and ilood to hiring
home the urgent need fp funds that
make ptssIlle the care. tenderness and
love administered our war-sick men h,
material angels IN white II only proved
that Americans are alive ~ the stress
of The moment and ara doing al in their
rowcr tn further Red Cross work. which
ADDS and ahcts suffering