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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
EBERT GAINS
POWER OVER REDS
Radical Sway is MeaaCed BY
PrusSian Guard.
SOLF QUITS THE CABINET
Government Of Conservative Faction
is Strengthened by Support of Re-
turning Soldiers.

London. Dec. l3-In consequence OF
the support he is receiving from The
Prussian guards, the premier, Fred
erick Ebert, is taking st,fer atti-
tude toward the SpartaCuS ttA.rriniSD
group, the special correspondents III
Coppnhagen of the London newspapers
are advised.
The proletariat lnuSt be prepared
for the worst" the Red Flag, organ
of the Spartacus faction, is quoted as
saying.
4 despatch to the Daily Mail from
Copenhaeen says the government,
feeling it's position becoming stronger,
evidently has decided upon sharp
measures against the Spartacus group.
The offices of the SpartacuS organi-
cation underwent an examination on
Tuesday by government forces. Ar
rests are expected.
DR.. w. S. Solf, the minister of for
eign affairs, has handed in his resig-
nation. 1t has been accepted by the
cabinet.
His retirement does not come as a
surprise, as his relations with the In
dependent Socialist wing of the Ebert
Haase cabinet reached the straining
point some time ago.
The authority of the cabinet as a
whole appears TO be greater than 1t
was last week. The executive COM
mittee of the soldiers and workers
council, which sent an invitation to
Adolph Joffe and NJ Radek. Of the
Bolshevik embassy in Berlin, but who
had left for Russia to attend the CON
gress of the councils December II,
has been compelled to second the@re-
quest of the cabinet that the Bolshe-
vik diplomats abstain from their pur-
posed visit.
Joffe and Radek had already reach
ed Dvinsk on their way back. They
were held up there by German SOL
diers who refused TO permit them TO
continue their journey.
There is no doubt the executive COM.
mittee technically has a right to In
vite the Bolsheviki and order the
cabinet to receive them. The fact that
the committee surrendered this right
is looked upon as significant.
The Sparatcus organ, the Red Flag
SAYS the executive committee has been
stripped of all its power, although 1t
was originally planned that all power
should reside in its hands. 1t says the
committee protested against the
march of the troops into Berlin on
Tuesday and Wednesday, but its pro-
test, like its demand that the troops
be disarmed, was ignored by the cab
net
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
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40 MESSAGS
OVER PAIR hRES
New Triumph Of TeIegrapAand
Telephone. \
VAIL TELLS OF TEST
Says Four Telephone Conversations
Ove- One Pair of Wires May be
Carried on Simultaneously,

Washington, Dec Is Postmaster
General BurlesOn made public letter
FROM Theodore y. Vail, president of
, the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company, announcing the inyen-
ton and development by the technical
staff Of the Bell system Of ii practi-
cal system of muItip'rX telephony and
telegraphy, by the use Of which it IS
now possible to increase MANIFOLD
the message-carryin capacity of long
telephone and telegraph wires.
with this new SYSTEM" said Mr..
Wallis letter, -four telephone CONVEX
sations over one pair Of wires are ST.
simultaneously carried on, in addition
TO the telephone conversation provid-
ed by the ordinary methods. Thus,
over a single pair of wires IA total of
five telephone conversations are 81
simultaneously operated, each giving
service as good as that provided by
the circuit working in the ordinary
way.
"a number of years ago, we devel-
oped a phantom circuit arrangement,
by which three telephone circuits are
obtained from two pairs of wires.
Now, by our multipleX method, we are
enabled to obtain five telephone cir
cults over one pair of wires, that is.
ten simultaneous telephone CONVEX
Stations from the two pairs of wires
which formerly could be used for only
three Simultaneous telephone CONVEX.
sationS
in telegraphy, Is we'll as in tele-
phony, sensational results have been
attained by the new system. BY COM
bining two telegraph wires into a me-
,tallic circuit of the type used for
telephone working and by applying
our new apparatus and methods to
this metallic circuit. we have enor-
mously increased the capacity Of the
wires for telepraphic messages with
out in any way impairing the quality
Of telegraph working.
"The nature of these developments
Is such that if desired wires may be
used partly for telephone and partly
for telegraph. A pair of wires is
available either for five simultaneous
telephone conversations or for forty
simultaneous Geographic messages,
or partly for one and partly for the
other
From the nature of the apparatus
and the methods employed the sys-
tenn is not practically advantageous
on short lines, either telephone or
telegraph. On long lines its applica-
:tion will be extended Immediately.
but its introduction must necessarily
be gradual on account of the nature
Of the apparatus required and the re-
arrangement and adoption of the
lines themselves and their associated
apparatus to the new methods Of
working. 1t is not too much to charac-
terize this new system as marking an
epoch IN the development of long
distance telephony and telegraphy"
Mr.. Vail said that an installation
of the multiplex telephone system
between Baltimore and Pittsburgh
had been in service for more than a
month.
ss.,lA, j
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13

Catarrhal Deafness Cannot BE Cured
by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure catarr-
hal deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness
is caused by an inflamed condition of
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it i sentire-
ly closed, Deafness is the result. I'm
less the Inflammation can be reduced
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Many cases of deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts
thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces Of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case OF Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All
Druggists, Use.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
ADV,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
No Worms i'm a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms
have an unhealthy color, which in
dictates poor blood, and as a rule,
there is more or less stomach distur-
bance. GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC given regularly for two or
three weeks will enrich the blood,
improve the digestion, and act as
General Strengthening Tonic to the
whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and
the Child will be in perfect health.
Pleasant to take. 60c. per bottle
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
ESCORT FLEET SAILS
Sims Commands Warships That q
to Meet President,

London, Dec. 13-The United States
battle fleet, which is to form part OF
the escort of the q. 8. S. George
Washington into Brest. left Portland.
1t was commanded by VICE Admiral
Sims. who was on board the battle
ship Wyoming. The fleet consisted Of
two battleship divisions under Admit
rails Rodman and Rodgers, and one
destroyer division.
The feet will be met at sea by
thirty destrOyers from Brest. The
George Washington, carrying the pres
ident and his party, will be met at
nine o'clock this morning ninety miles
from Brest.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
GERMANY NOT CRUSHED
Is Beaten to Her Knees, But Net
Penitent, Says Eaoan.

Penitent, Says Eaoan.
New York, Dec 13.-It Is nonsense
to think Germany has been crushed.
Maurice Francis Egan, former minis
ter to Denmark, said In an address.
THE point Of view Of Germany Is
to begin over again." he said. IF
Liebknecht is given an opportunity,
he will found government almost a.
;autOcratic as that Of the late kaiser.
Germany may be beaten TO her
knees. but 1 cannot conceive OF her
striking her breast with inca culpa';
they have not accepted the scourging
with penitence.
''If the Social Democrats and the
Center (Catholic) party Of Germany
could be made to believe that 1t was
again Deutschland uber Alles,' they
would strain every nerve TO resume
the world Struggle"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13

solul7on Of the matter In dispute be-
tween the two countries may be arriv-
ed al there can be no doubt and the
government of the United States
stands ready to tender alone, or in
conjunction with the other countries
Of this hemisphere, all possible assist
ance to bring about an equitable So
luton of the matter"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
Banks May Exchange Stamps.

Washington, Dec 13.-Federal re-
serve banks were authorized by the
secretary of the treasury McAdoo to
Exchange war savings and thrift
stamps Of the 1918 series for the new
stamps of the 1919 series between
January l and 10. This exchange will
affect only banks, postoffices and other
agents for the stamps, not individua!
holders
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
Two Russian Generals Shot.

Stockholm Dec. 13.-Generals Rus
ski and Dimitrieff, Of the Russian
army, have been shot by order of the
local Soviet at Praprogorsk, accord
ing to an official Ukrafnian statement
from Petrograd. NJ Bukholff, former
minister of Commerce and communi-
cations in the Russian cabinet. WAS
shot at the same time.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
As to Mir. BurleSon.
Bristol Press, )

If is very much the fashion for ex- trcme partisans to attack Postmas- ter General Burleson and accuse him of all sorts of shortcomings and in- efficiency. But they are discovering the Postmaster General is quite com petent to take care of himself. Colonel Roosevelt's drive is very nearly repulsed and with a temper that contrasts strongly with the irascible one of the attackers. MT. Burleson's reply to the charge that he was favoring the Hearst publica tions while discriminating against those in which the Colonel is inter- ested says that he has received far more complaints against Colonel Rooseyelt's utterances than he has against any other. MT. Burleson also makes it plain that he has no quarrel with those papers or persons who indulge in criticism of his de- partment or the government within reason He holds that the press should be given the widest possible latitude. The reply does not leave his critics in the first line trenches. They are sent back to the rear.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
300 TAKEN IN ROUNDUP.
New Haven Underworld Cleared of
 Alleged Draft Dodgers.

New Haven, May 21.--In it's ferret ing out of draft sackers of all types, the long arm of the government reached down into New Haven and outlying districts last night in series of spectacular raids. taking into its tenacious grip from eating houses, pool rooms, saloons and oth- CT places where men congregate nearly 900 suspects. Herded into touring cars. automobile trucks troll ley cars or escorted on foot, the pris- oners were speedily taken to the state armory on Meadow street placed under strict guard pending close inquiry relative to their draft status and later subjected to a rigid examination by department of jus tice officials. While there were many released after convincing proofs had been given of having compiled with federal requirements relative to the draft, there were many detained for further examination or held for ac- ton by government court officials. Utmost reticence was maintained by the authorities as to details. all data being strictly guarded and the iden- tity of those detained and held with held. Authorities said their orders came direct from high officials at Washington with strict injuncton to keep details from the public. The raids and procedure as a whole com prise the most drastic and far-reach-. ing enforcemen of the draft locally. There was much excitement through out the city, centering at and about the armory. Heavy police guards were necessary in keeping the street fl ee from the crowding of anxious and curious.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
DAMASAVAGF ASSAULTS WIFE.
And D. s. Ncsri Bowls Over Silent
 Policeman in Street

According to Mrs. Tony Damasav- age, her husband assaulted her twice yesterday. His assault hours were 10 a. m and p. m., and were pre- ceded by drinking parties. It ap- peared that Tony was angry because the probation officer was drawing his pay for the benefit of the Damasav- age family. Tony was released on a suspension of sentence of ten days in jail.
 D. $. Negri bowled over the silent policeman at the head of Church st1 eet, with his auto, yesterday and when questioned by Officer McEvoy it was found he did not have his driving license with him. It was left at home when Negri took off his vest CT account of the heat of the day He was fined S3 without costs.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
THE WHISPERS.

He heard in the night their voices. The whispers that would not down, Above the calls of the city, Above the streets of the town. Across the surge of the ocean. From under the far worlds rim, Faint, yet unceasing, insistent, The young dead called to him. "Brother o Brother!' they whis-
 pered, we are alone in our pain!' By day to his busy office Would come their whispers again. Then hushed grew the city's murmur, All dark would the sunlight be, Of far drums under the sea. c young dead, called from your labor TO sleep in soldiers bed, To march through the gates of an-
 guish Alone and uncomforted-- Give place for this new-found brother W hO shoulders the heavy load, And comes at your whispered chal-
 Ienge To journey the painful road!
 -DYSART McMULLFN
 in the N. Y. Tribune
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
ALMOST HALF WAY.

Reports from local Headquarters show that the donations to the Red Cross in this city during the first day amounted to $49.251, which is almost one-half the quota of S100,000 pre- scribed for New Britain. If the first days total is approximately 50 per cent. of the whole quota. there can be no doubt that the minimum will be greatly oversubscribed before Satur- day.
 A pleasing feature of the first days showing is that $22,25o, or something less than one-half of the days col lection, came from the corporations of New Britain. Thus have these in stitutions proven once more their ability and willingness to do more than their share in response to a worthy appeal.
 The opening day proved a splendid success. May today and every sue cceding day until the end of the drive be the same.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
HTJMlANrTYrS ENEMY.

Rest peacefully, Mnjor Lufbery, cause. Your glorious example wifi insfili in us the spirit of sacrifice, till the day when 1,u- naanfsyts enemy shall be finally v@nquished. Good bye.
 Thus a French General concluded E eulogy over the remains of Amer k's most famous aviator who, hav- Fg fallen to death in his last flight, ss buried with full military lonors mewAere in France, within hearing etance of booming guns.
 lENo truer word has ever been spok- &. Germany is truly humanity's Kenny. If she were not, this terrible F would never have occurred. If #e were not, her pirates would not ughter helpless women and ehil- Zen on the open seas, and her guns <Bpitals and orphan asylums. If rmany were not humanity's enemy X neutrality of Belgium would never ,e been violated, nor would Europe 8 sent the spectacle of ! desolation
 t it does today. If she were not
 nanity's enemy, the children of
 and and Serbia would not be suf-
 Ing hunger and facing salvation
 they are at the present time.
 n two words, this French General
 summed up, all the awful indict-
 nts against the Hohenzollerns and
 land they rule with the Prussian
 led fist. Dripping with the blood
 her innocent victims, Germany lhds today accused by the whole
 lized world as HUMANITHS
 FNTY.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
GOOD WORK.

The New Britain fire department proved it's worth at the box shop fire yesterday morning. Had the flames not been checked promptly the fire might have spread the whole length of Church street up to Main Con gfa tulations to Chief Dame. Assista mt Chief Noble, and to the men of the departm as we'll as to the com missioners who have provided them with such splendid equipment.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
COMMUNICATED.
The Angel of Mercy.

Humanlty, bruised and broken on the wheel of cruel ambition, stretches forth It's hands in pitiful pleading for succor in the hour of it's dire need.
 The Red Cross Angel of Mercy stands ready to relieve that need with swift and willing service.
 All that is lacking to make that service effective is the money you and 1 can give. Will we hesitate or wit h. hold? We cannot We must give every dollar we can spare, and then we must find new ways of saving and give more. Therein lies the test of cur loyalty to the suffering victims who have become martyrs to the cause of liberty.
 They throng the cities of England and France. They lie upon beds of pain everywhere behind the grim lines of the battlefront, And they are there for you and me. It is our battle they have been fighting. It is ir our defence. they have been wounded, scared and maimed for life. The very least we can do is to furnish the means whereby their sufferings may be alleviated.
 l watched, with eyes filled with tears, those mothers who marched with Service Flags in the parade Ia st Saturday, They know what, it is to give. What arc dollars compared with such sacrifice
 l said we must give. rather we must pay, in so far as lies in our power, the debt we owe. those moth erC and their sons. Only by so doing may we in any measure prove our selves worthy of the sacrifice they have made.
 The Red Cross needs the money now. Pay! Pay, and keep on pay ing as long as the need remains.
 CHAS. H. ASPINWALL.,
 Berlin, Conn.
 May 19, 1918.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
NEWSBOYS' NIGHT.

tonight is the night O nights for newsboys of New Britain, those Int, progressive little chaps who t you at the corner with your / hing paper, or deliver it to your EIe day after day, rain or shine. If ! happen to miss your newsboy this hing, just remember that tonight's 3IG NIGHT for the "newsy'', and t scold him. For this evening Hy newsboy in the city will be &Y BUSY. Each and every mott son who peddles papers is to be nest tonight of Manager J. c. ks, of the Finn's Overland Shows 2pany, which is playing in this all the week under the auspices he New Britain Order of Owls. < it 200 strong, the lads will form &ne at 6:30 this evening in front md, will march to the show nds, where they will be admitted l the attractions without cost.
 will seem strange around the er tonight after 6:30, for it is to predict that not 8 single kid" sells papers on other nights, will ben on the streets, at least until
 the show is over. The manager he carnival evidently remem bers time when he was a youngster, le wants the boys to come and as long as they like, provided
 have their parents permission. e lads were voters, MT. Banks
 undoubtedly be elected mayor
 now. Iris little enough enjoy
 the newsboys get out of life, and generous action of the mana ge-
 will long be remembered.
 Id while it is not customary to
 columns. we cannot close with ointing out that it is a pleasant sion in these war times 10 imag- nes self a youngster again. evet1
 h it be for only a few hours, b take in' once more the main stions and the side shows which ed us all in by-gone days.
 Mentally. it would seem that arnival grounds ought to prove endid location for one or more
 ross booths this week.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
ATTEMPT ID SPLIT
 BELGIUM IN TWAIN
Clumsy German Trick Described
 by Legation in Washington

Washington, May 21.-From a Bel gian who has escaped into England after three years of captivity in Ger man prison camps, the Belgian lega- ton here has received interesting de- tails Of the clumsy efforts of the German conQuerors to alienate the BelglanS of Flemish extraction from thelr countrymen of Walloon descent as practiced among Belgian prisoners in Germany.
 The project which has been des- crlbed as stupidly conceived and exc cuted had it's birth, the adviccs say in the, dreams of the Pan-German- ists who would set up in northern Belgium Flemish state that would assume the status of a German pro- tectorate.
 The first advances were made to- ward the Belgians of Flemish ex- traction confined in the prison camps They were segregated and forwarded to other prison Centers where they were treated with some degree of kindness in an effort to win their support in establishing the new state All measures calculated to win over the prisoners failed miserably, said the legations informant and the groups remained indissolubly Belgian.
 Parts of the letter describing the German intrigue follovs;
 The plan of the Germans was to concentrate all the Flemings in the camp of Gottingen. to give them priv 1leged treatment under the supervi- sion of a civilian Professor Stange Of the Gottingen university, and to induce them to join the activist r110 0Iy ,i- of Belgium into two political states. Flanders falling under German direct or indirect control
 Tn the course of July I decided, with few companions to volunteer for Gottingen in order to counteract the enemys intrigues. We found there Professor Stange and a few of his actlVist disciples hard at work Stange was practically the com- mander of the camp. We were treat ed with great consideration by the sentries the system of blows and threats was suspended and we were Tchsurprtsed to be addressed as much surprised to be addressed as
 The converted men were. only a very small minority including some students and artists. Happily the new regime allowed the patriots to speak out and to unmask the traitors Our work was made considerably easier through the interference of two members of the "Council of Flanders" Borms and Weert. Their interference stamped Stange's F'lem- ish activity as a purely German ma- neuVer and one by one the prison- CTS ceased to attend the club "Fuer- SC rge.''
 At the same time the regime in ca amp changed entirely. The Herr schaften were again "Schwein- hunde' and a new commander was sent to the camp. The civilian had failed in his mission and the military exerted it's former power with vengeance.
 Most of the Flemings at Gottin- gen, (nearly 10000 passed through the camp) were sent to various lIom- n'a,ndos. The number of Stange's conversions among the Flemish pris oners might he almost a hundred. Even the fear of being sent to salt mine did not induce more than one man in a hundred to lend a patient ear to separatist propaganda
New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
MOTOR PUMP COMING.
New Piece of Fire Apparatus Will
 Be Tested This Week.

The new motor pumping engine ordered by the board of fire com- missioners from the Maxim Motor Co. will be delivered this week, un- less there is some unforeseen acci- dent After it's arrival it will be tested out by engineers of the Ma tit.nal Board of Fire Underwriters to determine the pumping capacity.
 The pump is purchased on condi- ton that it develops 450 gallons ca pacity per minute. It will be used porarily while other apparatus is thoroughly overhauled and repainted. Afterward it will be permanently To- cated at Engine Co. No. ?.