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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

Man made the city, God made the
country, and the German army trans
forms both into a place some of us
no longer believed i11.-New York
Evening Post
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

It Is difficult to believe there is a
shortage of beer in Germany when
one considers how many schooners
are being destroyed by those Hun
pirates.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

Again the United States Marines
have scored heavily, this time against
the Germans. The Marines realize
that they have high traditions to up
hold and they know how to do it,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

Don't get excited over reports of
Prince. IIiT oil Princy stays far back
of the lines and lets his slaves get
captured.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

Mexican editors have arrived in
Washington where, as guests of this
Government they will be made &C
quainted with the war activities of the
United States. Hope they tell Car
rama when they return home.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

The girls in Oshkosh are said to be
50 patriotic that they wear an Amer
lean flag on their stockings. o, say
can you see?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07
FACTS AND FANCTES.

Unwritten law prevails so much in
the courts that it's wonder young
men spend so much time in college
learning the written kind.-New IIa-
ven Union.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07
MEN WANTED IN ARMY.

Local draft boards today received
another call for voluntary indl,ct~
ments into the service One railroad
engineer to report to Camp Meade ia
wanted. and two mechanics to report
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

And when we asked the drug store
man for a one-bristle brush for baby's
tooth he laughed at us
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

The stnkings off the Delaware
coast may account for the boaetful
and arrogant talk Of Carranza last
" eek.-New Haven Register
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

1t will take more than a few
"subs' reports to keep people from
athing.-Bridgep Post.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

We can whip Germany and then
dismiss her from our mind, but poor
Holland must be her next-door neigh
Der till the end OF time-Des MONIES
Register.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

The. real purpose Of the submarine
raid is to prevent seashore hotel pro-
prietors from having money where
with to buy Thrift Stamps.-New
York Sun. -
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07


HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
n Pfoptt ators.
! led daily Sunday excepted) at 4:16 .. M.
at Herald Building. CT Church ST.
bred at the Post Office at New Britain
as second Glass Mail Matter.
&vered bv carrier to any part OF tina city
for Is cents a week, SIS cents month
&scrfption for paper to be sent by mail,
payable in advance. 80 cents month.
1900 O. year.
onlv profitable advertising medium In
the city Circulation books and press
room always open to advertisers.
Herald will be found on sale at Hota-
'ling's News Stand 42nd st. and Broad
way, New York City; Board Walk. At
lantic City, and Hartford Depot.
TELEPHONE CALLS
ness once ..~
oFAat ROOMS '~S"
Member Of the Associated Press.
Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news
credited to II or not otherwise credited
1n this paper and also the local news
published herein.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

An Immediate response to the Ger
man submarines off the coast Is q
big rush Of volunteers to the naval re-
cruiting stations.-New York World.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

bed daily Sunday exc.pted) at 4:1b .. M.
at Herald Building. CT Church st.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

bred at the Post Office at New Britain
as Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
n Pfoptt stors.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

Mr.. Shonts can now expattate or
the value of his subway as a bomb b.
proof.-Spungfield Republican.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

FOR BABY DRESSES.
13-tnch Swiss embroidered .
imported founcings, sec values,
specially priced 45c yard.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07

onlv profitable advertising medium In
the city Circulation books ana press
room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-07
Rufle Flouncings
Good News--Real BARGAINS

hose We evil
sale SATURDAY, $50 pairs womens thread silk IN black
plain 1-2 and to
in
rday at pair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Conference of Lumber
 Manufacturers Held

A progra mme for closer industrial coordination among the various lumber producing territories of the United States to facilitate readjustment to postwar trade conditions was evolved at a confer ence of representative lumbermen from all parts of the country, held in Atlantic City in connection with the general con ference of business interests called to- gether there by the National Chamber of Commerce, cays the New Orleans cores pondent of the Industrial Index.
 Continuation of governmental price feg- ulation such as has been in effect during the war period, was opposed.
 Other resolutions adopted were: That conservation measures which have proved beneficial during war be preserved dur ing peace; that all government duties be reciprocal with all foreign countries as a protection to domestic trade; that an International Reserve bank for for eign business be established by the United States with branches in all the countries included in the league of nations; that all restrictions on import trade should be removed that the colonization or cut lover and arid lands as farms for re- turned soldiers be encouraged; that pat ent laws should be amended so that for eigners could not hold United States pat ent unless manufacture of article was ae- tually begun within two years; that the capital issues committee be continued during the period of reconstruction; that the government should extend and ade- quately maintain the work of the forest products laboratories; and that uniform cost accounting should be adopted by industries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

monium nitrate for powder making. AS a commercial fertilizer plant in times of peace, the daily output will be practically three times the wartime quantity, near ly all the raw materials used being avail able in the form of lime nitrogen.
 The operation of the Muscle Shoals ni- trate plants involves intricate processes, including the incidental production of liquid air, requiring delicate and compli- cated mechanism. the application of cold hundreds of degrees below zero, and heat several thousand degrees above zero, Fahrenheit. Much of tho cyanamid pro- cess of removing or filchins nitrogen from the air and it's fixation in useable compounds, is secret, Chemists, for nearly a century have been searching for a means of separating nitrogen from the air and fixing it in such way that it would be useful agent, cheap enough and available in sufficient quantities to compete with the nitrogen derived from natural salts, such as Chilean nitrates. As a result cyanamid haber and arc pro- cesses have been developed.
 The Muscle Shoals nitrate industries in conjunction with the vast hydroelec- tric power that is being developed at Muscle Shoals probably solves for all time the problem of acquiring nitrates in the United States, both for munitton purposes in time of war, ana TOT colh- mercial manufacturing in peace times Comparatively cheap and abundant com mercial fertilizer will demonstrate It's usefulness in greeper fields, more lux uriant growths and increased food sup plies for the nation
 Thus, in establishing the Muscle Shoals nitrate industries and ordering the con- struction of the Muscle Shoals dam for the development of great hydroelectrlc power, it is evident that the government officials peered far ahead of the winning of the war Undoubtedly they foresaW clearly the establishment of an endurlhS industry. of inestimable value, commer- cially and agriculturally, which would not only be of vast benefit to the peo- pie of the southern states, but possl- bly, equally so to the people of the en- tire United States.
 It is indeed marvellous development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Facts of Interest
 About Southern Pine

How would you like to walk around a. solid board fence, 50 feet high, built along the geographical borders Of con- tinentaI United States?
 Or, if this should not be sufficlent ex- erciseg for you, how would you enjoy walking six times around the world on a board walk three feet wide?
 These questions, says the Industrial Index. are suggested by the statement that the 2,600, ,000,0C0 feet of lumbera-fur- nisbed inc government for war require ments in the period from July 1, 1917, to May 2S. 1918, would build such border fence or such board walk. It is de- clared also that solid train of cars extending from the gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border wold be required for the transportation of this great amount of lumber at one time by rail.
 And yet this enormous quantity or lumber is not one half the normay an nual production of the lumber mills thai comprise the Southern Pine associatlon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Industrial Progress Throughout
 The Southeast We'll in Euidence
Wages Will Remain g Prosperity Always getherSigns of Solid Revival Building TradesNew
 Movement in Motor Truck Highway Construction

With the approach of the new year in dustrial activity in the south, As in other sections of the country, is increasing
 The rapid demobilzation of our war army in the cantonments is being felt in labor circles. One hears less and less of labor shortage in the Birmingham dis trict.
 Before the war ended many industrial leaders said there would be no business revival on large scale until wages "came down very materially. But wages will remain high for~an indefinite period. This fact is now accepted quite generally.
 The country is entering upon a won- derful of prosperity, and prosperity and high wages always go together.
 In Alabama the wheels of industry are turning as briskly as they were when war supplies were being produced. There is work for everybody and construction on peace basis will soon be in full swing.
 The Tennessee company's new plants in the Fairfield division, and its expan- sion in general are well advanced.
 The Birmingham Steel corporation's large plant in course of construction will be ready for opera tion early in the spring. Work on the Sloss-Sheffield company's by-produet ovens is being pushed and the Birmingham By-Products company, of which Morris w. Bush is president, is making satisfactory progress in the mat ter of construction
 Coal production in the Alabama dis trict is increasing as compared with month ago. The influenza epidemic was a serious handicap on output, but now that the disease is abating the weekly record is around 100000 tons once more. The years record in Alabama will hard ly exceed that of 1917-upwards of 20,- GOO 900 tons That was the highest record, but 1919 will probably witness 22,O00,00o- ton output
 The Tennessee company, the Woodward Iron Co., the Railway Fuel Co., and other companies are developing their min- ing capacity and it need not be surpris- ing to see production reach even 2S,- GOO, ,000-ton mark.
 In the building trades there are signs of pronounced activity in every state of the southeast Birmingham will be q great center of construction enterprise Thousands of new dwellings are need ed hereab outs to meet the demand. And while the majority of the houses will be of modest type, many palatial homes are to be built.
 Road building, as well as house buid- ing ill be included in the new pros- perity movement. It may be somewhat slow in getting good start but there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Great ALcoa Dam Completed At the End Of TWo Years

taining electric current from the Ocoee dam and also from the Hales Bar, and even this is insufficient to supply the needs of the vast industry Therefore the Knoxville Power company is de- veloping the dam at Alcoa.
 So important was the project and of such great commercial value that the interests represented in the dam prof ect actually paid for and submerged S1,000,000 worth more of work done by the Southern railway in building its Tennessee and Carolina Southern branch line into the mountains towards Bushnell The Southern railway ap- preciated the great value of the dams and their consequent industries to this city and section, and was willing to sacrifice this road already built, and to reconstruct it's lines along higher grade in order to make the great lake resulting from the, dam.
 Likewise owners of millions of acres of property wers indemnified, or the riparian rights or the property pur chased outright by the company Thus more than $1O00000 has been expended in this gigantic undertaking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Warehouses and Wharves
 Nearing Completion

Delayed by labor shortage and failure of material to arrive, work on the ware houses and wharf of the United States army supply base here is so far ad- vanced that officials are predicting their completion by March according to the Manufacturers Record.
 When they are finished New Orleans terminal facilities will have been in creased by a series of warehouses ca pable of holding at one time as mucn freight as moves across the wharves of the port in 10 days, a system costing more than the docks, grain eleYators cotton warehouses and belt railway line, which make this port one of the most efficient and in many respects one Of the most remarkable of the countrys har- bors. State and city combined to build them, and it is appropriate that the nation should now add it's share to the terminal facilities
 The grain elevators here, among the finest in the country cost $3,o17 AS; the cotton warehouse, one of the largest storage plants in the world for an agri- cultural product $3,71S,0 020; and the wharves s4,346,323 These were built by the state dock board and are operated by it. The Public Belt line, which con nects every incoming railroad With the docks, was built by the city of New OrleanS ana cOS1 $l,j4o,bo5 IOldi, @i-, 42S,422. And the governments new ia clities are costing $15,o00,C00.
 This great improvement includes three concrete warehouses 140x60o feet and six stories high, double -decked wharf 140x 2O00 feet and nine miles of railroad track, The warehouses will be connected with the wharthoHse by enclosed multiple deck bridges. The three warehouses will have a storage capacity of 17S,500 tons of miscellaneous freight. this being ex- elusive of what might be stored in the wharfhouse and in cars on the railroad sdings. Built on the industrial canal and the river, the warehouse system will be equipped with the latest mechanical devices, including electric tractors, stacking machines, portable cranes, cleo tric wnches, portable unloading plat forms and cargo masts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

Wars Greatest Industrial
 Dran1a Ls af Muscle Shoals

Sheffield, December -(Special.)-The icen called tke greatest industrial war drama of the south. Compared with other war emergency projects which have Leen established by the government. not only in the soutll, but in other places of the country, the building of the Mus Gle Shoals nitrate plants is the most pic Nresque and possibly. the most impor- liant act. of the war industrial under Itakings In magnitude, the Muscle Shoals development excels even the Hog Island yshipbuilding yards at Philadelphia, in (Which the government has expended the total sum of S6S, ,O00 600. At Muscle Shoals approximately $75 GOO has already been spent in building the two nitrate plants, and an additional s2O,OOO,0OO will be ex- pended in completing the Muscle Shoals dam across the Tennessee river. The Muscle Shoals dam, separate and apart from the nitrate plants, alone, will be one of the wonders of the country when it is completed.
 That this immense industry, born in the throes of war, will not only be per- manent, but of steady growth in future years, is indicated by the successful op- eration of similar plants by the Amer ican Cyanamid company, whose cyana- mid industries at Niagara Falls have been in operation for i5 years. This company, holding the exclusive patent rights for producing chemicals by the cy- anamid process in this country, at the suggestion of the United States govern ment early in the war period, organized the Air Nitrates corporation to act as agent for the war department for build 1 tt,,or fha plants Had the plants been completed and put in full operation before the war ended, the daily capacity would have been 300 tons of six carloads, of ann
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

The huge dam under construction at Alcoa. Tenn, during the last two years has just been completed for the use of the Aluminium Company of America, which built it through the medium of a subsidiary corporation, the Knoxville Power company, says the Manufacturers Record. The water went over the top
 last Friday afternoon for the first time, and it is stated that the next step in connecticut with this big piece of engineering will be the completion of the power plant to supply greatly in creased electric power to the Aluminium company's plant at Maryville, Tenn.
 This immense engineering work, which impounds the water of the Little Tennessee river for industrial purposes, forms a lake 10 miles long and the face of the dam is 210 feet high from the surface of the stream at the top, or 225 feet from the foundation to the summit. At the base it is $50 feet across the stream, at the top 725 feet. At the base it is 175 feet thick and 12 feet at the top. It will produce so, 900 horse power. It contains 2O0,- 900 cubic yards of concrete and 1200 men took two years to build it. Six days were required to fill the dam. The dam is said to be the largest in the country with the single exception of the Roosevelt dam.
 The Knoxville Power company was organized about 5 years ago to develop water powers in the mountains east of Knoxville, says correspondent of the Sentinel. Congressman R. w. Aus tin and the late Gen. T. w. Wilder were among the leaders in the movement. Others became interested with them. At length they brought the project to the attention of the Aluminium Company of America, of which A. $. Davis of Pittsburg is president.
 The initial plant was finally placed at Maryviile, where it is now working both day and night, and is employing several thousand people. It is now ob-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Make Your Bowels Behave

precision. If regulation of the diet does not relieve their torpidity Dr. Kings New Life Pills will: They are perfect bowel trainers. cleanse the system surely, comfortably, 25c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

of modern machinery will mark inn portant advance in Alabama. This will be especially so in the use of the small tractor. The coming year should be known as tractor year in the farming sections of this state
 There is an insistent demand for grain elevators and a dozen or more should spring up" within the next six or eight months
 With great forward march of all manufacturing lines and new impetus to husbandry 1919 will be red letter day for Alabama indeed. Industry will surely hum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
FEEL MISERABLE
 FROM THAT COLD?
Colds and coughs are quickly relieved by Dr. Kings
 New Discovery

Nobody should feel perfectly mis- erable" from cold. cough or bronchial attack for very long. For it takes only little while to relieve it and get back on the road to recovery when Dr. Kings New Discovery is faithfully used. It soon loosens the phlegm, re- lieves irritation, soothes the parched, sore throat, brings comfort
 Half a century old and more popular today than ever. At all druggists. soc and $1.20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Will Take Over Autos

Washington. December 2.-Through agreements with representatives of the automobile industry, the war depart ments surplus stocks of automobiles and trucks will be taken up by the industry itself and not placed on the market ex- cept in that way. The number of cars and trucks to be disposed of has not been determined.
 Kilmarnock, Scotland, has abolished half penny fares on the tramway cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

will be thousands of miles under con tract in the first quarter of 1919.
 The unusual prosperity in the farm ing district will accelerate highway construction. Alabama was never so prosperous as it is today and this will naturally be reflected in road building The roads will De of the sort to ac- commodate heavy motor trucks, and in the course of the next two or three years Alabama will be abreast of the best highway states of the east and middle west.
 In the agricultural industry the use
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-07
WOULD MARK STATE LINE
Companion Bills Are Pending In Vir-
Einfn and Kentucky
I%ria1nfure

There is now pending before the
Committee on Appropriations a bill to
appoint commission on the part of
the state of Virginia 10 locate part
OF the state line between the States of
Virginia and kentucky and to marx
the line. which is not properly located
or known. This line is the line leav.
ing the end OF Cumberland Mountain.
At the Russell Fork River. which is
between the Counties of Dickinson and
Buchanan. on the Virginia side, and the
County Of Pike on the Kentucky side
The dill was introduced early in the
present session in the House OF Dele
gates by {. Henry Harmon. who rep
resents the Counties of Tazewell and
Buchanan. and Roland Z. Chase, who
represents tho Counties of Wise and
Dickinson: and this bill provides that
i. g. Raines, John {. Mccoy and lanes
q. Bclcher, OF Buchanan County. and
William r.. French and r. W. Wright
OF Bickcnson County. any three OF
whom may act. be appointed as COM
miSsioners on the part of the State of
Virginia to locate and mark this line,
a bill of like nature has also been in
troduccd in the Legislature of the state
OF Kentucky. which is also in session
At this time. by T. j. Smith the mem
Der OF the House OF Delegates of Ken.
lucky from Pike County. The bill
pending in the kentucky Legislature
~ ~ 'N'@'' III tHc appointment or like
commission on the part OF the State
OF kentucky. The commissioners named
on the part Of tho State of Kentucky
in the bill before the Legislature OF
that state being Stoncy Arnick. Frank
Haynes and j. \. Baldwin. OF Pike
County. and j. H. Blair and T. y. Lewis
or Letcher COUNT, any three Of whom
may act.
rormcr Senator Chass. who is now
IN III" House. said that it was very
important that this line between these
e"o states be located and marked. as
for thirty or more miles from tho end
OF Cumberland Mountain TO the West
Virginia line there was a great hiding
place for criminals and distilIers nc
II was hard TO prove just which state
l'ao Jurisdlction, and that the criminal
expense OF the State of Virginia ana
no doubt of Kentucky also. was In
creased very much owing 10 this I'M
certainty as to the location Of this linz