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New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Howard Senf.

The funeral of Howard Senf, 8, sea- man with tho U. S. Naval Reserve, will be held from the home of MT. and Mrs. William Watts of Fairview street tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock and at o'clock from the Er- win Memorial chapel in Fairview cemetery. Roy. Dr. G. w. c. Hill will officiate and interment will be in FairVieW cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
MULLEN IS BANKRUPT,

Daniel J. Mullen, proprietor of the Hotel Regal which was attached for $2,o00 yesterday by the Cremo Brew ing Co.,, today filed a notice of bank ruptcy in the referees court in Hart ford.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
TANKS GO AHEAD
 UP MEUSE VALLEY
(Continued from First Page)

information received III Lonooh' says the correspondent of the Echo de Paris All the civilian population along the Belgian coast has been moved back out of the country and British aviators are said to be re- porting fires over a vast area.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Mrs. Bernard Erawley.

Mrs. Anna Frawley. wife of Der nard A. F'rawley, died this morning at her home at Fl Snalley street Of pneumonia. She had been ill a few days. The funeral will be held at the church of St. John the Evangelist Friday morning at g o'clock. Burial will be in the new Catholic cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Arthur Ohn1an.

The funeral of Arthur Ohman, who died yesterday at his home. 28 Rob erts street, will be held tomorrow aft ernoon from his late home. Rev. S. G. Ohman will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Cora BurlzensIlayv.

The funeral of Cora Burkenshaw who died at her home on Washing ton street yesterday, will be held from her late home at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe will officiate Burial will be in F'airvieW rpnlRtarN
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Anthony Gunfernlan.

The funeral of Anthony Gunter- man will be held at the church of St. John the Evangelist Thursday morning at o'clock. Burial will be in the new Catholic cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Amelia Kinat.

Amelia Kinat, aged 23 years, died at St. Francis hospital, Hartford, last night. She was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Kinat of 64 Roberts street. The funeral will be held Fri day at o'clock from her late home.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Joseph kupCZik.

Joseph Kupczik 90 years old, died this morning at the New Britain General hospital. Death was due to pneumonia. His home was at 23 West street. He leaves a wife and children.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Michael Mariana.

23 years, occurred this morning at the New Britain General hospital. He was
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16

Rev. A. c. Theodore Steege will of ficiate. Burial will be in Bristol.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16

in the hospital only 8 short time H was unmarried.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-16
Financial

New York Stock Exchange ouota- tions furnished by Richter &z Co.,, nembers of the New York Stock Exs cnange.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
LOAD UP COMING AND GOING.

The State Safety Commission has
undertaken the organization and the
financing of Highway Transport
Committee for the state, this action
being taken at its last meeting.
c. M. Babcock of the Highway
Commission will direct the work and
it will be undertaken under the OK
perienced supervision of the State
Commission of which MIR. Babcock is
chairman. -
The purposes of Higway Trans
port Commission, briefly, are to re-
lieve to large extent railroad
freight congestion and to provide
return loads for motors and trucks
engaged in city and country hauling.
1t will also encourage the use Of
motor trucks for freight hauling
from and to the larger cities and
villages to the terminals.
The Transport Committee has also
been authorized by the Safety Com
mission to prepare military road and
bridge maps of the state and funds
have been set aside to pay some of
the necessary expenses of this work.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
Flanders.

The Flemish form of the name
Flanders is Vlaenderen and the wore
means the country of the Flemish,
The Flanders of the middle ages was
a self-governing countship, that is, 6
country whose ruler was a count, but
at times it was under the suzerainty OF
France. and sometimes under that OF
the empire which then included the
Germanic states. The Flanders of the
middle ages is today divided between
France and Belgium, the greater part
being included in Belgium, and two
provinces in the western part of the
latter country are known as East an0
West Flanders, the latter fronting or
the North sea. Practically all the
country that formed the Flanders OF
the middle ages is low and level;
hence it was commonly called the
Low Country. Ypres and the British
lines out to the North sea and south
for a considerable distance into north
ern France, are in a country that
formed part of old Flanders.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
WOMEN FILL HALF
OF COUNTY OFFICES

Topeka, Kansas women
were elected to office in Kansas this
year than in any previous year.
While reports are not complete on
the women candidates throughout
the state, it is known that almost
one-half of all the county officers in
Kansas will, be women when the
change in officers is made in Janu-
airy.
The first woman ever to be elected
to a state office is Miss Lizzie Woos-
ter, the Republican candidate for
state superintendent of public in
struction- Miss Wooster defeated w.
D. Ross for the nomination in the
primary, and defeated Miss Eliza
seth Warnin.,, Democrat, in the cleo
tion. ....
Witt the exception of county COM
mi: *ioners, women now hold every
kind Of office available in the coan-
ties There were no candidate; for
county commissioners among the Wo-
men,, No members of the legislature
are women. But there were ;candi-
dates for: all other offices; in many
cases women ran on both tickets.
And with a very few exceptions the
women were elected. More than two
thirds of the county superintendent
of schools are women. Nearly one
half the county clerks, county regis
tiers of deeds, and clerk Of the court
are women, and one-third of the
county treasurers. <,@ ,s4. FIJI.
It is believed that Kansas has q
larger proportion of women Office
holders than any other state While
Kansas has full suffrage now, even
before the women could .ote they
could hold office, and did run and.
were elected to various county offic
es and many city offices. This year
the men were off to the war, and in
many cases it was impossible to get
men to run for offices. Many hus-
bands were in the war, and the
wives were their deputies. and they
ran for the jobs. Besides this KAN
.sas has tried women IS county Of
ficers and found them highly satis.
factory, and each year the number
Of women Office holders has been.
growing, even WI libut condition
which caused the number 70 hap up-.
ward il far greater proportion than
the usual Increase of former years. Us
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
Remarkable Fence.

A postless fence is located on the
big road near Monroe, La. Years go,
so many years ago that nobody, in
this section knows when it was nor
who was the. labor-saving genius who
did it, this fence was built by forcing
split boards between saplings. Then
the trees grew. They kept on growing
until today they are Of immense size
and deeply imbedded in them are the
ends of those old rails. It is tmpos.
sible to tell how deeply they extend
into the tree trunks. They are wealth.
cred and vet they ring as true and
sound under q hammer as though just
newn. The rails were arranged ii
rows about q foot and a halt apart
10 4 height Of I'VE feet md aro,und1
their ends until one ,of the most sub.
stantial fences Ina lnable has bee
Gseted. 3s7Ts
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
.sUC''A 10 j Z.
OUR BACK BONE
American Willingness 70 Give up
I. 81. Luxury Dem trated Ma +
tons War c Conscience. /. 81. 81:
STAND WITH ! THE AL LIES.
BY Reducing Consumption People Of
i :: the United States Averted a !.
Famine at Home In Spite !: 49,
Of Low Supplies. .~s.:

z The fact that the people 6of the
United States were able to reduce by
more than one-half million tons their
July, August, September and October
consumption Of sugar proves conclu-
sively that their war conscience was
thoroughly awakened and that the
country as a whole stood ready to fol-
low the injunctions Of the Government.
Our normal consumption of sugar in
the four-month per- od beginning with
July has been 100000 tons per month,
total Of 100000 for the quarter
year.
In July, when our sugar stringency
began to reach It's height, consumption
was reduced to 100000 tons. In Au-
gust only 325,O00 tons went into dis
tribution and in September only $780,
600 tons. In October the distribution
fell to 100000 tons.
II the general public had failed to
observe the injunctions of the Food
Administration this country would
have been in the throes of Il sugar
famine before the end Of August. Our
visible supplies were SO low as to bring
great anxiety to those familiar with
the sugar situation. They feared that
1t would be absolutely impossible to
reduce consumption to q point where
sugar would no longer be q mere lux.
ury in the American diet
Few accomplishments of the Food
Administration will stand forth so pre-
dominantly as this reduced consump.
ton Of sugar. By it we have been able
to bridge over the period Of stringency
until the new beet and Louisiana cane
sugar crops were in sight
Now the nation is in a position so
that If we choose we may return to
our normal home use of sugar, and
Europe, with the release Of ships to go
far afield, can maintain it's recent re.
stricted rations. If, however, those
nations are to increase their use of
sugar very considerably it must be by
our continued sharing with them
through limiting our own consump
ton.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
CONSERVATION 1 a
Gas OLlNE NECESSARY


There is q very urgent necessity,
according to the Federal Food Adj
ininistration for the saving Of gaso-
line, 9 great deal Of which is wasted
BY leaving motors running after.
stopping cars. 81. 81. 5s5 #.ss
An investigation indicates that
thousands Of gallons Of gasoline are
being wasted in this manner. Tests
have Indicated that q Ford delivery
car with q careless driver will waste
about 40 gallons a week, while q.
thoughtful and careful driver who
shuts off his engine will average less
than Is gallons per. week, though
the number of deliveries have been
increased. It is conceded that in ev-5
cry city and town in Minnesota both
pleasure and commercial trucks are
seen standing while the drivers are
making calls or delivering goods.
These men thoughtlessly neglect to
shut off their engines or because
they are too lazy to crank their cars.
1t is possible that they may not
know they are doing injury to their
country at q time of national crisis
because they are through careless
ness and thoughtlessness, helping to
defeat the Governments aim of con-
serving gasoline for use in conduct
ing the war abroad where the de-
n'and for gasoline is so enormous.
Public opinion should discourage
this practice and the owners of cars
should see to it that their employees
shut off the engine whenever the car
is stopped. There is no argument
against the fact that this will mean
practical economy of no small inn
portance.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
AMERICAN SPIRIT
RELIED ON TO WIN.

In the light Of succeeding events it
Is interesting to recall the confidence
with which the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out.
took In July of 1917, when this coun
try had been in the war for less than
four months and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer and nearer to Paris.
Even though the situation in En-
rope may be gloomy today" he de-
clared In a public statement, mo
American who has knowledge Of the
results already obtained in every d.
rection need have one atom of fear
that democracy will not defend itself
In these United States
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
| | / ED d
\ SEND BREAD I !
American Nation Maintained Al-.
lie lied 1 Loaf through Self J.
s. ). Denial at Home / Table. ].
AllvlERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
with Military Demands Upon Ocean
shipping Relieved, World Is Able !.
to Return % Normal White <
>s2.y Wheat Bread. -: Z

Since the advent OF the latest wheat
crop the only Limitation upon Ameri-
can exports to Europe has been the
shortage Of shipping. Between July /
and October 10 we shipped 65,9S0,305
bushels. IF this rate should continue
until the end of the. fiscal year we will
have furnished the Allies with more
than 237, 100000 bushels of wheat and
flour In terms OF wheat.
The result of increased production
and conservation efforts in the United
States has been that with the cessa-
ton Of hostilities we are able to re-
turn to normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated in Australia,
Argentine and other hitherto inacces
sible markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, and
European demand for American wheat
probably will not exceed our normal
surplus. There is wheat enough avail
able to have white loaf at the CON-
mon table. .
But last year the tale was different
Only by the greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able to keep
steady stream of wheat and -four mov
ing across the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning of the harvest
year with an unusually short crop.
Even the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had bare surplus of
2O,OOO,OO0 bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability of a bread
famine-and in Europe bread is by far
the most important article in the diet.
All Of this surplus had left the
country early in the fall. By the first
OF the year we had managed to ship q
little more than 100000 bushels by
practicing the utmost economy at
home-by wheatless days, wheatless
meals, heavy substitution Of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda,
then British Food Controller. cabled
that only If we sent an additional IS.
100000 bushels before July could he
take the responsibility of assuring his
people that they would be fed.
The response Of the American peo.
pie was 85,000,000 bushels safely deliv.
cred overseas between January / and
July l. Out Of harvest which gave
US only 20,00O,O00 bushels surplus we
actually shipped 100000 bushels.
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained, and already the American
people are demonstrating that, with
an awakened war conscience, last
years figures will be bettered.,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
THAT ROCKING CHAIR SHRINE
Place Where Mother Sat Will For.
ever Be a Sacred One to
Childhood.

By the window in the sitting room
stood the old chair. 1t was mothers
chair"-otherwise it would have been
just a chair. With mother in it, how
ever, it became the shrine to which
f1ocked her devoted little worshipers.
In the rocker, as we sat on moth
er's knee, or at her side-for the chair
was generously made-the bumped
head and the bruised heart were
healed. Frightened, we found there q
safe retreat, a refuge from every harm.
At night, the bedtime story was told
to the rhythm of it's soothing swing.
joys, sorrows, all were brought to it's
encircling arms. Mothers chair, rock.
ing,>rocking, rocking by the window.
Mere sentiment!" you say? Then,
God pity you-you have no precious
old chair
The old chair, we think, had hand
in the making Of character, Maybe it
was more effective in this service than
we realize. Seated in it. we watched
the needle in quick, nimble fingers,
glinting in and out among the frayed
edges, tirelessly; we heard our child.
ish perplexities explained over and
over again, with no hint of vexation !;
we sang the songs which taught us
some Of the beauty Of life; we listened
to stories Of bravery and truth. In.
dustry, patience, beauty, courage, hon.
esty-they can be traced back through
a golden pathway, straight to mothers
chair.
The old chair had seen valiant serv.
ice. Old-fashioned, SCARED and worn
it still stood in the familiar place by
the window. Why is it not refinished
the scars smoothed out, the worn
places covered? What! Cover the
marks which little hands have made
the worn spot where mothers tired
head rested, the scars made by tiny
restless feet? Such a question came
from one who did not understand. Tc
him, the old chair was mere wood and
paint-just piece of furniture, not
q shrine.
We do not say it aloud-our greatest
longings are not spoken-but some
times, when life gets tangled, we find
ourselves>going again to the old chair
to have the knots united. When grief
comes, we sob it out, there. When Joy
comes we run to tell 1t there. When
we fail, when we win, our thoughts
take us to the old chair And at night
the little isping prayers come beg
ging to be said, and we send them
along with our grown-up petitions, UP
to heaven, by way of that sacred
shrine.-People's Home Journal.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
had made the salad, ana ne { adnittes1

had made tue salad ana .5he admitted.
5it was good.
She would finish up her york quick
~, she said, because there was a Red
Cross meeting called to sew for the
French and Belgians at one " f the
houses In the camp. Germantown IS
two miles and q half from the camp,
so the women are dependent on each
other Tor society. 5s& Ut 5s =
Will Spend Millions. 4. s55/ 81
The colored laborers live Ii a CONS.
Portable farm house across the creek
from the main camp. Some Of the for
eign workmen have their own boarding
houses and mess halls run by their
own people. $z ::ss<l 'f @. '.( En-: % r. s r.
One OF the winter plans at the Ger
mantown camp is to have dances, con-
certs and church services in the school
house. This has big stage and a good
floor. - - ~ III, -. MI '-s
+ Men from all over the country are
already at work for the Miami Con-
servancy District at the five dams and
on the river channel improvements.
Fifteen million dollars worth Of bonds
! was sold last winter, with the approv'
al of Secretary of the Treasury Will
liam G. McAdoo, and another ten mil.
lions will probably be issued to pro-
vide for later expenses. The. work is
likely to keep on for at least four more
years.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY =.
WOMEN EVER HAD.

1t was given to the women Of this
country to perform the greatest serv.
Ice In the winning of the war svouch.
safed to any women in the history Of
the wars of the world-to feed the
warriors and the war. sufferers. By
the arts Of peace, the practice Of sim.
pie, homely virtues the womanhood Of
whole nation served humanity in fts
profoundest struggle for peace and
freedom. > III = - r.. ~. ::
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
+ '+++*++ + + + T. 1..r.f+++.

+ Our exports since lis country !
+ entered the war have justified a j
+ statement made by the Food Ad- j
+ mfnistration shortly after it's con- /
+ ception, outlining the principles j
+ and policies that would govern !
+ the solution of this country's j
f. food problems. j
+ "The whole foundation of de- j
+ mocracy," declared the Food Ad- ]
+ ADMINISTRATION, 'lies in the indi- !
+ vidual initiative Of it's people j
+ and their willingness to serve the ]
!. interests of the nation with CON- ]
!. plete self effacement in the time !
+ Of emergency. Democracy can /
+ yield to discipline, and we can !
+ solve this food problem for our J
+ own people and for the Allies in !
+ this way. To have done so will !
+ have been a greater service than !
+ our immediate objective, for we /
+ have demonstrated the rightful- +
!. ness Of our faith and our ability !
i to defend ourselves without be- j
+ ing Prussianized" !
s&s - IL IL 4. r. q. q. q
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
LOYALTY IN LITTLE
THINGS LAST PROOF -
OF PATRIOTISM

Americans without murmuring Gu,
their sugar allowance from -four
pounds month to three and then as
long as need be to two pounds for 10y.
alty's sake.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04

Sending to Europe III, 100000 bush
els of wheat from a surplus of, appar.
emily nothing was the outstanding ex.
plot OF the American food army in the
critical year OF the war.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
Food Will Win the World.

America earned the gratitude of al.
lied nations during war by sharing
food. America under peace may win
the worlds good will by saving to
share
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04
FIRST CALL TO FOOD ARMY.

This cooperation and service
= I ask OF all Ii full confidence
I that America will render more !,
, for flag and freedom than king
, ridden people surrender at COM
puision Herbert Hoover. An
, gust 10, 1917. 2s. *sg> @z z3I5S..5s
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04

+++'+++++ + + i. f. +++r++.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-30
BY FREN &C ABLE co.

held under the auspices of the Union
of the British Empire, and it was de.
exception of those belonging &c
Third American Army occupation.
delivered the sermon of the day.
BERLIN. A call has been sent out
to all the delegates representing the
Councils of Workmen and Soldiers, fol
meeting to be held at Berlin, on De
cember 10th.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY.
All German soldiers, with tht
the classes of 1895 and 1899 are being
licensed as rapidly as possible. This
information has come thruogh thi
Third American Army.
PARIS.-A great celebration ha
taken place at the Church of the Ma
delaine. The temples pillars were de
corated with the flags of all the Allied
nations. particularly the American
colors. At the altar the following pre-
lates officiated: Annette. Archbishop
Of Paris. and the Archbishops o
Rheims, Westminster and Cambria
The bishops Of Verdun. Lille and Sois
sons. as well as Monsegneur connell
Chaplain Of the American Army, wh'
deliver the sermon Of the day.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-30

punished and whoever devasted
lands of another country ought to
be responsible for it.
AMSTERDAM. = Representa-
lives of Great Britain, France, and
United States will arrive in Ber-
lin shortly to discuss question of
the armistice, says Berlin cores
pondent of Cologne Gazette. Bri-
tish Cruiser Agamenmon accom-
panied by French and British tor
pedo boats, arrived at Odessa on
November twenty-sixth.
LONDON. = Austro-Hungary
lost four million killed and wound
ed during the war, according to
Copenhagen dispatch. Eight
hundred thousand killed, includ-
ing seventeen thousand officers.
WASHINGTON. = Bringing
greeting of italian toilers the TIA
liam labor mission headed by a
member of Chamber of Deputies,
arrived here this morning. Called
on Samuel Gompers, and later re-
ceived was by President. Mission
composed almost entirely of So
cialists who supported Govern
ment in war.
WASHINGTON.-War workers
here who will be relieved of jobs
now that peace is in sight may
have transportation expenses to
their homes paid by Uncle Sam.
Proposal being seriously consider
ed by chairman Sherley of House
Appropriation committee, either
ias separate measure or rider on
one of bills, plans for issuing rail
road tickets probably will be de-
Ivised.
Observation-Disclosures En-