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New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

about many changes in international relations since tAs day of the great CommonaA YY7s policy had been to support Frederick of Prussia at all costs, and to hold France in check. Time after time, he declared that America had been won in Germany. That is, the exhaustion of France in fighting Prussia, aided by Britain, left open the field for the develop
 ment of British seapOWer which gained the American continent. Now America Is putting forth gigantic power to rescue France and assist Britain in overcoming the Prussian Colossus, made such by Hohenzollern craft and energy. The Anglo Saxon reunion is being cemented by blood and suffering, and should remain the dominating international influence in the world as Pitt intended an un- divided Anglo-Saxondom should be.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
WOMEN VOTE DOWN
 WAR WORK UNIFORM
ReorganiZed Defense Council Di- vision Against All ExtraVa6anCe.

Hartford, Sept. 12.z-The first meet ing of the woman's division of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, in it's reorganized form, was held yes terday at the capitol with the new chairman Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of West Hartford presiding. The new division which is to direct the civilian war activities of the women of th1s state is made up of Mrs Beach, chair man; Miss Mabel Washburn of Hart ford, secretary; Mrs. William $, Cowles of Pennington, honorary vice. chairman Mrs, Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford vice chairman; Mrs John Laidlaw Buel of Litchfeld, vice-chair man; Miss Caroline Ruutz- -Rees of Greenwich vice-chairman and Ameri- canization committees Miss M Estella Sprague of Storrs, food conservation and food production committee; Mrs. Richard M. Bissell of Pennington, publicity committee; pr. Valeria H. Parker of Hartford, health ana racra- atiOH committee Dr. Kate Campbell Mead of Middletown, medical commit tee; Mrs. Arthur H. Dodge of Sims bury man power and labor commit tee: Mrs. J. w. AIsop of Avon, regis tration training courses for Volun~ teers; Miss Margaret K. Stack of New Haven, child welfare. Members at large are: Miss Mabel Wilcox field secretary for Connecticut of American Red Cross: Miss Christine Haas of Hartford; Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley, New Haven; Mrs. H. w. Flock Bridgeport: Mrs. Frederick S. Chase Waterbury; Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith, Farming ton Mrs. Albert Chase, Norwich; Mrs. Antonio AndrOtta. Hartford
 Meetings are to be held the first Tuesday of each month at the state capitol.
 The meeting voted against the adop- tion of any uniform for the active war workers in this state, believing that such a step would be unnecessary and extravagant. This motion was taken in response to a letter from the woman's committee of the Council of National Defense asking for the opinion of all the state committees concerning the adoption of a standard uniform.
 The committee on the recruiting of student nurses for the civilian and army hospitals of this. country re- ported that, although all the enroll ment cards had not yet been received, 402 applications have been forwarded to the surgeon generals office in Washington The state quota was 450 young women. This is considered an exceptionally good report as in some states only five per cent. of the quota has been obtained.
 One addition was made to the woman's advisory committee of the state defense council which is com-. posed of between fifty and sixty heads of women's organizations in this state such as the State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Connecticut Con- gress of Mothers, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Repre- sentatiOn was accorded today to the Association for the Advancement of the ColOred People.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
Chatham's VindicatiOn.
(Toronto Mail and Empire

(Toronto Mail and Empire,)
 Chatman's tomb in Westminster Abbey is shaken by the tramp of American soldiers come to succor the Motherland in her time of danger danger as great, if not greater, than that which confronted her in his own day, when he was the only man who could save her. What a fresh VindcatiOn of his policy, or rather of the presence that guided his policy, is this new great alliance of Anglo o-Saxondom that is forming
 Chatham died in the act of pro- testing against the recognition of American independence, just as he had always fought against the policy of George the Third that brought about the separation. To him, the bond of union between Britain and America was the most precious asset of the empire he did so much to found. and whose alue he so clearly recOgnized, a century ahead of his time. Tn one of his latest speeches when he was racked with gout. he declared:
 America has carried us through f0ur wars. and will now carry us to our death, if things are not taken in time. You may ravagc-you cannot conuuer: It is impossible; you can not conquer the Americans. I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." At another time he declared "The day is not far distant when America will vie with these kingdoms. not only in arms but in arts also" To him the policy of forcing taxation on the At lantic colonies was the height of criminal folly, and he stood like Gibraltar in his firm belief that the day would come when Britain should soreIy need those great colonies.
 The whirligig of time has brought
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
APPROVE CITY BILLS.

The following bills were approved by the council finance committee last evening and will be presented for bay ment at the regular monthly meeting next Wednesday evening; Board of health, $S66.08; public works depart ment. streets, $597.56; subway fund, $7,795; state highway department, $74.68; street spripklin4P $1,400. 25! street lighting, $5.885. I ;*sewer. main tenance, $255.6S; sewer Sonstruction, $604.31; supplies and printsr B. S1, N 12652; William Smyrk, warden, for dogs, SEA board of police commits sionersys516.o6; board of fire connis4 sioners,, $1,464.31; charity board, $2. \ 592.S2; city hall commission $517.S2.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS.
GrocerS Allowed to Deliver Weeks Supply to Families to Reduce Ex- pense of Handling-No Increase in Price.

Hartford, Sept l2.-Upon receipt of a telegram from Washington Connecti- cuts Federal Food Administrator Robert ScOville, announced that the new prices and profits on sugar would be closely slCrutinzed by the Food Ad- miniStratiOn. Beginning Monday sugar retineries were permitted to charge nine cents instead of 7.55 cents per pound for bulk granulated sugar, and all this new profit will go to the pro- duCer retailers and wholesalers profits remaining the same as before. Retailers who have been complaining of the small profit allowed in spite of the added labor in handling sugar in the small amounts required by the Food Administration regulations, are to be given relief through a new rule permitting the sale of one weeks sup ply to a family on the usual basis of two pounds per person per month. This rule abrogating the former regu- latiOns of two pound sales in cities and five pound sales in the country.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
NEotOIIcSS Sundays.
(New York TimeS.)

If cannot be denied that not far from the whole of Sunday motoring IS done for reasons other than those or necessity. and the only utility honest lv to be acclaimed for it is that in some rather indefinite degree 1t increases the cheerfulness and therefore the ef- ficiency as workers of those who ln- duIge in it. That counts, even in war times. but it doesn't count for much for 1t must be remembered that even the least costly of automobiles In- wolves expenditures for purchase and maintenance that the vast majority of any population cannot meet.
 (New York Tribune.)
 Thousands of other New Workers will recall it as the day when their carefully laid plans for a double holl- day auto trip next Sunday and Mon day. over Labor Day, were knocked sky-high by the federal fuel adminis- tration's request that automobiling for pleasure on Sundays be discarded as a war measure to save gasoline.
 (Springfield Republican,
 Hereais a chance to measure the much discussed influence of the auto mobile as a deterrent to church attend ance. Will the pastors avail them selves of the opportunity for a series of "go-tO- church Sundays? (Utica PreSS.) Comliance will come harder now than it did in June and July when they had several hours of evening day light.
 (BOSton Evening Transcript The training at the camps is now of { so j@l@N&o d character that the full est Sunday relaxation should be pro- vided. Let the motor vehicles go and i curr tU the camps subject only to the regulations of the military author 1 ities.
 l Waterbury American.) 1 Many people have already given UT | much of their. riding for pleasure and 1 will consider il no hardship to give 't | up entirely to serve the cOuntry's need 1 Others may have to be compelled. l Baltimore American.)
 Many an auto owner is secretly glad of the edict that he shall not sport the family car on Sunday.
 1 (BoSton Globe.) 1 There is 10 denying that real hard 1 ship is in store for the hotel and ga rage keepers. For the rest of us, incon- s venlence is the right word. 1t VII
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
FRENCH AIR MESSAGE
 629 TONS OF BOMBS
Country That Was ''BIcd White" Shows Remarkable Punch During '
 Month of August.
Month of August.

Paris, Sept. 12.-During the course of the month of August, French bonn bardment airplanes dropped more than 629 tons of projectiles, according to statement issued today by the war office The statement says: G
 Tn the course of August our bonn bardment airplanes in day flights dropped more than 269 tons of pro jectiles on objectives on the battlefield between the Somme and the Aisne. In night attacks our bombing airplanes dropped 360 tons of projectiles on rail- way stations and enemy roads of com- munication.
 Tn the same month 280 enemy ma chimes were downed, or seen falling out of control, and 66 enemy balloons were set on fire" -.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
NEW BRITAIN FIRST STOP.

The French Army Band does New Britain the honor of paying it's first visit to Connecticut to this city next Monday, The band has only six other engagements in this state so the se- lection of New Britain is doubly sig nitiCant. The eyes of the state are on New Britain to see what kind of a reception this city gives the band. and New Britain's citizens can undoubted- ly be depended upon to respond to this patriotic appeal to help the French Y. M. c. A. war work which is endorsed by the State Council of Defense and the International Y M. C. A.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

mean a changed Sunday-no picnics in shady spots far off the ear lines, 10 long runs across the country for visits to friends.
 Manchester UniOn.)
 The no-gasoline- Sunday joy rides rule may not add to the general hi larity, but it is likely to draw horse laugh:
 (Westerly Su1.)
 At first there will be complaints from a large number of motor car owners, but as in almost every crisis of war measures, this will in all prob ability give way to a desire to co-op- crate and conserve, as has been the case in sugar, wheat and meat conserV- alton Orders ]
 Might it not be better to conserve gasoline by a direct regulation of what a motor car owner may buy in given interval--say week, or month?
 Philadelphia Buletin.)
 Even the Sunday blue laws shave nothing on Garfield's nO-motor-no- pleasure order for the automobilists chief holiday.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
HINDENBURG LINE
 MAZE OF TRENCHES
Chief Enemy Defense Virtually
 Fortress Dug in the Ground

With the French Army in France. Sept. l2, (By the Associated Press)-4 The rapidity of the splendid operation that Wrested the initiative of the battle from the Germans and drovg them behind their defensive lines of 1917 to recuperate their forces and re-cOnStitute their shattered divisions no longer is the proper basis for cal- culating the speed of progress The Allies now are in front of obstacles that do not appear on ordinary maps by which the general reader folloVtSN changes of the battle front No mans show them in all their details but enough is known of them to recon- sutute them in a general way.
 First is the Hindenburg line system of field Notifications which the Ger mans built by the forced labor of prisoners of war and French and Bel gian civilians. It runs from Lens southeasetrIy to the Aisne, north of Rheims by way of Queant, St Quen- tin, La Fere and the St. Gobain forest. It consists of an elaborate system of trenches, multiple lines of barbed wire entanglements, concrete positions for artillery, blockhouses for machine guns, shelters for the infantry and is further protected by flooded stretches of country where the means were available for that purpose. st The second line of defense runs from the fortress of Lille to the stronghold of Metz, generally parallel with the Hindenburg line, to the region north of Rheims and at dis tances varying from seven to 20 miles. From SOissOns north of helms it runs southeastward joining the old front north of Verdun and continuing from there to Pagny on the MoselIe river south of Metz There are secondary lines attached to this system, notably along the Escaut river from Cambrai north between the valleys of the Disc and the SerFa, and northeastward from La Fere along the Suippe river north of Rheims. "A
 A third line of defense runs from the Scarpe river, south of Li1le, to the Mouse, near Sedan, then southeast ward to the iron region of the basin of Briey, which it protects from the west and south, and joining the second line at the Moselle. There are secondary defense works to this line also in the region of Vervins.
 A fourth line as yet uncompleted is intended to furnish a further defense between the EScaut near the Belgian frontier and the Mouse at Givet F.
 Each of these lines furnish a strong refuge for armes to retire upon it. The lines also offer to forces of dwind- ling in numbers the advantage of pro- gressively shortening the battle front
 The first of the lines already has been broken between Queant and Drocourt. The development of the success may determine the question whether the Germans can oblige the Allies to revert to trench warfare. The enemy second line of defense almost touches the Hindenburg line at Cambrai, just below the breach the British forces have made in it.
 If they are able to join the two lines there the Germans still will have an uninterrupted defensive position. in which the second line enters for only Z the distance from Lille to Cambrai being continued to the Chemin des- Danes by the Hindenburg line. #..
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
ANOTHER INFANT STRICKEN.
Baby Sick With Infantile Paralysis
 Since August 21 Just Discovered.

pr. Joseph Robinson. in charge of the medical supervision at the milk station. yesterday discovered that An thony Basionak, two years old, of 72 Broad street, is suffering from infan- tile paralysis. Already the child has lost the use of part of it's left arm.
 The little boy has been ill since August 21, but it was not until yes terday that the ailment was found to be infantile paralysis. ss
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
FORECLOSURE SUIT.

Samuel Dubowy has brought suit to foreclose a judgment rendered in his action against Samuel Stepanuk. The judgment is for the recovery of $162 and costs of $2655. Property on Church street was attached by Con- stable Fred Wrinkle. Attorney Will liam M. Greenstein Issued the writ,
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
N M q \. NOTES.

The new swimming classes begin this week Monday and Wednesday eve 77ings. There are still a few vacancies in the advance classes at o'clock on Monday evening, also in the beginners class et ' o'clock on Wednesday eve ming. Applications for these should be made immediately Announcement of the eynnasium classes will be made in a day or two.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
PETTY BURGLARTES.

A barbershop in the Leland block, opposite the police station, was enter ed yesterday afternoon and $26 was stolen. Entrance was made through a window.
 Frank Hatch notified the police last night that his home on Lilac street was burglarized and $43 was stolen. The theft was discovered by finding the empty pocket book in the yard.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

In his latest message to the pee pull, Kaiser Bill refers to his death defy ing navy. The navy has defied death by remaining in safety in the Kiel land coast.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, who opposed our entrance into the war, has been beaten in the race for United States Senator from Illinois. He is also the man who refused to honor General Joffre when the latter visited Chicago Nobody is sorry he lost out.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
AGE LIMIT RAISED.

The ordinance committee of the common council met last night and, acting upon previous reCommenda- tions, voted to raise the age limit for the appointment of firemen and po- licemen to 45 years. Hereafter any man who is d voter in New Britain and woh is not above this age is eli sible for appointment as either fire man or policeman.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

The height of absent-mindednes has been reached by the professor who let his thoughts drift while at the table and began to rub spinach into his hair. When his wife scoldcd him for it, he apologized by saying Par don me, I thought 1t was the salad!"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

| AMBULANCE 464, encore des blesses, by J. H. Bryan '"Fhe author volunteered in the. 1 American ambulance service. His l letters are boyish, fresh and realistic. 1 Besides the hard work he had adven- lures which only a boy of seventeen | could have. The illustrations are from snapshots taken on the spot. A. l.. A. Booklist | CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA, by Roy Chapman and Vvette Borup Andrews narrative of exploration, adven- ture and sport in little known China.
 and how to organize by H. F.
 Jackson.
 EXPERIENCE OF GOD IN MOD-
 ERN LIFE, by F. w. Lyman. HERITAGE OF FREEDOM; or. The
 political ideals of the English
 speaking people, by M P. Andrews MEMORIES OF LORD REDESDALE
 - vols.
 'The cream of autobiography. It is full of stories and characteristic Elimpses. .'~-Boston Transcript
 At his best he is informative, with a lightness of touch moro French than English, and here and there he makes genuine contributions to history Athenaeum.
 ID ~
 Minnies.
 For Women. ENGLISH WOMAN AT HOME, by
 Mrs. A. rnett-Smith
 An intimate record of how the war comes close to the women of England"
 by H. w. Kelley S, M. C. Bradshaw.
 First author is superintendent of field nurses, Department of Health, Chicago, Ill.,
 IN A COLLEGE GARDEN, by Wis
 countess Wolseley.
 An account of the women's col lege of gardening at Glynde, during the lOuTlcon years Ol IIlcII SApcl l. ment. The authors purpose is to en- courage agricultural work for girls as means of meeting the greater de- mands for economy which the war has brought about."-A. L. A. Book list.
 LIBERTY COOK BOOK, by B. F.
 Strockbridge.
 MAIDS. WIVES AND WIDOWS, by
 R. F. Bres.
 The law of the land as it affects women. MARY ELIZA ErTH'S WAR TIME
 RECIPES, by M. F. Evans, the well known caterer and confectiOner. PHYSICAL BEAUTY; how to keep it, by Annette Kellerman.
 Since Miss Kellermann's theory of beauty is based on health and vital itv the book is unusually sensible and suggestive, especially in the way of giving specific exercises, diets and
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Cables from Russia advise us that the Bolsheviki have divided Moscow into four food classes. Probably they are: 1, The hungry; ?, the famished; 3, the starved, and 4, the starved-to- death.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

The Kaiser has moved his head urally when our aviators begin bomb ing his new home we may expect re- ports of bonfires.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE

other directions for the care of the body.'-A. l.. A. BookIist SEWING AND TEXTILES, by A. Turner.
 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN, by A. H. Leake.
 "Author is inspector of manual training and household arts Ontario, Canada.
 WOMEN WANTED, by M. P. Dag gett.
 In 1916 the writer went to Europe to learn what the war was doing for the WOmen'S movement. She finds that it has brought economic freedom through wage earning, new laws re- garding property rights and an initia- tive and a spirit of patriotism in women which has won the respect of the governments. Full of stories of herOines of the war, and a bright out look for the future of the home."- A. l.. A. Booklist.
 Fiction. ABRAHAM's BOSOM. by Basil King,
  E. K. MEANS NEGRO STORIES, JAMEsTE. by Ethel Sidgwick
 "One needs to read it twice. first to find out what it is all about and then again in order to get the flavor of it's fine literary quality, it's originality of method and it's piquant character drawing. IN. Y. Times LITTLE GIRL WHO COULDN'T GET OVER TT, by A. S. Barry MY BOY IN KHAKI, by D. T. Lutes. VIRTUOUS WIVES, by Owen John son.
 WHITE BOOK, by J. B. Harris-Bur- land.
 A mystery story.
 Library War Service.
 This poem is by a camp librarian:
 CROUCH GETS HEP. Old Jethro Crouch dropped in to see Just why camp libraries should be. i've heard", he said, "of these here
 books, And I'm not sure I like their looks. The thing for soldier boys is drills And books, methinks, are simply
 frills".
 Just then, came Private Benjamin And asked for books on telephones. And after him, two husky chaps Demanded dope on making maps,~ And. others asked for Lewis guns And other things to swat the Huns. And last, a tired guy walked in To rest him from the dust and din, And found a novel and a flag To straighten out his mental sag. Then Jethro said, "At last I see Just why camp libraries should be- They speed the soldiers training up To face the hardware made by krupp, And when he sort of loses step, They help to give him back his pep. And so, my friends, henceforth, gad-
 cooks! You'll hear me root for soldiers
 books"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

One man in town evidently thought tomobile was sent to bring him to the registration office he declared 1T don't want to vote!"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Now that the Connecticut State Council of Defense has published it's peace program we may expect a speedy termination of the war.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

"Germany Using Women Flyers. "- Headline. Which would indicate that the Hausfrau is finally rising from her lowly position.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

We never see any more of those old fashioned men who used to buy their spectacles in 8 ten-cent store May be they'r0 all in homes for the blind
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

It will not be playing the game to make up the Sunday mileage by extra pleasure riding through the week. Uncle Sam wants gasoline, not a blue Sunday-Springf gfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

The only reason restaurateurs can charge 10 cents for one-half of a B. cent melon is because they know the simple public will pay it.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

A clothing store advertisement asks Do you save waste on clothes ?" Judging from some of the new styles, the ladies are saving all the waist possible.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

The National Corset Makers con- vention is being held in Boston this week. Of corsets none of our busi- ness.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
FRANCo-ANtERICAN OFFENSIVE.

The drive in the north has slowed down, but Marshal Foch has launched a new offensive against the enemy at a point not twenty miles distant from AGstx, one of the strongest German
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Judging from the various rulings, baseball is essential in New York, and non essential in Boston. Boston's explanation may be that her people can turn to Henry James for recrea- ton, while New York can't.-Kansas City Star
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Cheer up. With all his wealth, Mir. Rockefeller can only have two Jumps of sugar in his coffe
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Would it be proper to refer to the attack on that transport as a subma- rine Persic- ution?
New Britain herald., 1918-09-12

Tn reply to the tank the Germans have produced the tank guns, rlfe with caliber of little over half an inch, but the tanks are still going aheadA-Springt ngtield Republican.