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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

manded the woman severely for her
conduct as he did her husband who
also got into the fracas. He fined the
woman So and cost, which was paid
Latham lost a basket of CLAIMS and
is still under the doctors care.
Finds Large Snake
While roaming through the woods
yesterday a returned soldier came to
the mountain in the vicinity Of
White Oak. While ascending it he
came upon a black snake measuring
about 80 inches. He picked it up and
brought it back to town. 1t was
added to the exhibition of the MANI
moth turtle.
Entertainment Tonight
The entertainment; to be given by
the Holy Name society Of the Church
of Our Lady of Mercy will be held
tonight. The entertainers have been
practising for several weeks and a
good time is promised. Charles
Conlin reported for the enterta innIent
committee this morning that the
loca! talent singing will feature the
program. This always proves Il
drawing card in this town. Outside
talent will also ala in the program.
Dancing Will follow the1 affair The
music being furnished by Tierney's
orchestral A large sale Of rockets,
has been reported. Several prizes
will be ratified off.
Efrcmcn'S Fair Tomorrow Night.
Tomorrow night is the opening
night of a three nights fair to he
run by the local fire department in
Grange hall. The fair had been an
annual event up to the time of the
war when it was discontinued. The
Lady Owls mixed minstrel troupe Of
New Britain will furnish the enter
tainment for the first night Tickets
have been on sale for several weeks
An added cent for war tax will he
charged at the door. There will tbe
dancing until p D. m. each evening.
Cash prizes will be given away.
Brief Item.
Mrs. Clinton Morse is in Boston
where she will witness the parade of
the 10th Division tomorrow. A broth
or is in the division with the 101st NJ.
G.. b.
All members OF SeQuussen lodge. I
O. @. F., who are to attend the parade
in Hartford on Saturday, arc asked to
meet at the club. rooms not later than
12:15 sharp. An auto truck will leave
at that time and will not wait for
5tra gGlers.
Mrs. l.. b. Graham OF West Main
street is visiting her brother, Dr. Jay
f. Prior Of Boston. She will remain
and witness the parade of the 26th
Division.
Gage Kent returned to his home in
FOreatvillc last evening. He landed
in New York the other day from
France where he saw service with the
engineers for over a year.
Miss Gertrude Lyman is visiting her
uncle, John F. Graham, of Spring
field.
Rev. J. r. Macdonald Of New Hav-
en-. and formerly assistant pastor of
the Church Of Our Lady Of Mercy,
was Il visitor in town this morning.
The meeting of the w. G. T. /. has
been postponed until May 9.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

Mrs. ]. c. Loonis, tho retiring
president of the Maple Hill Literary
society entertained the officers and
committees at her home on Frederick
street this afternoon.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24
Maple Hill

Clarence Nordstrom spent the
Weekend with relatives in Earnings
ton.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Clark and
daughter Of New London are visiting
Mrs. Il. L. Clark of Thompson street.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

Ralph. Moody left today for Boston
whore h will attend the celebration
for the 10th division.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

Miss Lcora Saunders of u. S. Navs
is home on a siX-day furlough.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

The funeral OF Herbert y. Olmstead
who died very suddenly yesterday AFT
ernoon. will be held at his home to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

made to war. work and subscriptions
to Liberty loans. He has been proud
of the way in which he has been
backed up and any sign of Stacking
that he secs. when he comes back dis
gusts and pains him.
"Thc American soldier does not talk
much but he thinks u whole lot and
Inc has been through 50 much that he
has his own ideas us to what cOnsti-
tutes Il just cause for complaint the
ca ptajn concluded.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24

manded the woman severely for her
conduct as he did her husband who
also got into the fraCas. He fined the
woman So and cost, which was paid.
Latham lost a basket of CLAIMS and
is still under the doctors care.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24
Finds Large Snake.

yesterday returned soldier came to
the mountain in the vicinity Of
White Oak. While ascending it he
came upon a black snake measuring
about so inches. He picked it up and
brought it back to town. 1t was
added to the exhibition of the MANI
1rtIo
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-24
Woman is Fined.

Mrs. Michael Carone was before
Justice NJ. O. Ryder yesterday after
noon charged with assault on Fred
o+han. a local merchant. Mrs
Carone pleaded guilty: She assaulted
Latham at her home when he acct
dentahIv knocked over a pint bottle Of
milk which belonged to her. He said
~ court that he was willing 70 pay
fo, tho split milk but before he could
+.1,e seven cents from his pocket the
woman hit him on the head with the
on,ntv- bottle. Justice Ryder repri-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

had watched in the "cinemas," they
had read about them in books on the
Far West, their presence was a
dream come true. That first day
the children seemed to be leading
the American soldiers, showing
them to Paris, with pride, as if to
say:
They've come, you see. They
are our friends. Now we are safe.'"
One little girl, asked If she would
sell her American flag, even when
offered as large price as $3, stout
ly refused.
ut is not the flag I cannot SELL"
she said, "it is my heart,
Nor were their hopes too high.
AS the Americans increased in
numbers and spread out in every
direction, waiting to fight, their
kindness and generosity became
generally known. Speaking of
Tours, where many of the troops
were quartered, one little, old
Frenchwoman said:
"We have no more poor in our
town. The children and the old peo-
pie are always with the Americans
now, and they are all laughing to-
gether."
Another day, in a more remote
part of the country, farm goes up
in flames. Immediately the Ameri-
cans organize an amateur brigade
and when the fire is put out they
pass around the hat and take UP a
collection Of $3.50 to help pay for
damages.
1--WE were so choked," the farmer
said, chat we could not even
speak"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

had seen little and some nothing OF
actual fighting.
Particular praise is given General
Pershing and those associated with
him for the formation of the ser
vice of supply:
"The greatest Difference and
gratitude are due to General Per.
shing for his farsighted judgment
in planning at once an organiza-
tion sufficiently vast to accom-
modate the army which his mill
tary genius realized would be
needed to turn the scale in favor
Of the Allies
"The task Of preparation to be
accomplished was formidable. In
the opinion of the commander in
chief the 'immensity Of the prob
lem could hardly be overestimated.'
Three thousand miles of sea
stretched between the most east
erly ports Of the United States
and the most westerly harbors Of
France. The best of these, in the
north, were crowded by the ship
ping and supplies of the British
armies. Further down the coast,
Saint-Nazaire, Bordeaux, Nantes,
La Pallice, while comparatively
free, had not sufficient facilities
for handling the quantities Of ma
terial and caring for the numbers
Of men to be brought across the
Atlantic.
working against all manner
Of difficulties, in a country which,
for over three years, had been de-
vastated by war, the S. O.. 8. and
engineer contingents built docks
by the mile; they constructed
buildings which, if strung out end
to end, would cover a distance Of
452 miles; they set up 1855 loco
motives and 14,3O2 cars sent from
the United States, and, for the
French, they mended 1923 loco
motives and 45,999 cars. They
laid 1,475 miles Of railway and
stretched through the air $4,000
miles Of telegraph and telephone
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
CLen1enceUu Comes Out
Ahead in Another Struggle

, that Of rebuilding the devastated areas
The first has the most immediate ef-
feet on the high cost of necessities.
The governmental stores set up IN
Paris by M. Vilgrain did not fulfil
public expectations. The labor press
and the opposition in general charge
that inflated prices are kept up artl-
fcially by conspiracy of dealers and
countenanced by the government. The
question of reparations enters into the
problem chiefly through the failure OF
the government to exact immediate
payments from Germany, and through
the declining prospect Of having the
entire cost Of the war borne by Ger
many. The result is that no relief as
to taxation Is Forthcoming, and the
high taxes are naturally felt most
acutely by the lower layers Of the
population.
The problem OF reconstruction, In the
narrowest sense-that Is, that OF re-
building the districts devastated by
the German invasion-is aggravated BY
the refusal of French manufacturers
to tolerate unrestricted imports OF ma
chinery and other supplies indispen-
sab Bile for the work, but highly damaging
to the existing French industries them
selves. The resultant slowing up OF
reconstruction tends to increase unena-
ployment, and the embargo on foreign
supplies helps to keep up the prics
level.
This, in brief outline, Is the economic
background of the political movement
which reached it's temporary climax IN
the overthrow of Food Minister Boret
as Immediate scapegoat The papers
sympathetic to the Confederation Ge-
nerale du Travail, while expressing
qualification that the general discon-
tent found at last expression in the
Chamber, emphasize that tho crisia 10
yet to begin
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
The Call to Fight

So the Americans, training for
war, went about doing kind deeds.
Then at last came the call to fight.
simultaneously Hun and poilu
reached the conclusion that the
Americans were fighters. Following
close on Pershing's offer of all the
resources at his disposal to stem the
German drive in 1918 came the en-
gagement of the 1st Division at Can
tgny, when the Americans took and
held their objective against the most
determined counter attacks.
The little volume follows with all
the other American engagements.
Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the
second Marine, St. Mihiel and the
Meuse-Argonne, giving as far as
possible the exact results and recall
ing the commentators of the French
/ command.
At Chateau Thierry, where the
sd Division defended the bridge
head, the French order of the dav.
referring to the action, reads:
The courage of the Americans
was beyond all praise. The colo.
mails themselves, though accus-
toned to acts of heroism, were
struck by the wonderful morale
IN the face of fire and the extraor-
dinary cooiheadedness Of their AL
lies. The episode Of Chateau
Thierry will remain as one of the
brilliant pages Of the war"
And at Belleau Wood is recalled
the citation of the Sd Brigade of Ma
rines as having given "superb ex-
ample Of dash, abnegation and sac
rifice."
And General Mangin's address to
the Americans after the second bat-
tie Of the Marne:
"You threw yourselves into the
counter Offensive and your indom-
liable tenacity stopped the counter
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
\ NCE more a general offensive

is launched against the
~ "Grand Young Man" of
France, Clemenceau, also
called "The Tiger" and once more this
past master Of politics and parliament
tary strategy seems to emerge victori-
Gus from a close fight which would
have proved the end of lesser man.
Just week ago the general discon-
tent which in France, as elsewhere,
crystallizes around the most immedi-
ately felt problem. that Of the high
cost Of living, went off in a parlia~
mentary explosion taking the form of
vote Of diffidence addressed to NJ.
Boret the Food Minister. The event
was nailed by the anti Clemenceau
press as tho long-heralded defeat of
the government in general and Premier
Clemenceau himself in particular. But
1.-THE Tiger" Immediately turned the
tables on his opponents by dropping
Boret without a moments delay and
appointing M. Noulens, the former AM
bassador to Russia, Minister of Food
Distribution. The governmental press
explained that the vote Of diffidence
concerned M. Boret alone. and. in n
sense and to an extent, the administra-
tion emerged stronger from the tussle
by throwing its guilty" member 70
the wolves. The vote of confidence In
the government last tuesday showed
this strength.
The question of the high cost of
living, which in France Just as in
Italy Is behind the general labor un
rest and the continuous spell Of strikes
and demonstrations, is here tied up
with three other no less important
problems. One Is that of prohteering,
tho other that Of reparntions. the third
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Foch, Joffre, Poincare, Viviani and Gle
menceau Join in Praising the American
Expeditionary Forces
In the Argomne Forrest

O"t Of nine divisions hich part in this brilliant
dtoch sustained for ~ days, only three acre in
possession Of their organic artillery had ever taken
part m acue and ive divisions IN contact ch
the~ artillery for the first time the battlefield Two
dvasaons had spent about snty days cain, sectors one
had been ten another sixteen days trenches too
had never been ander fire. They provded acith
only hreequarters the regulation number of horses and
a0agons, and the natural difficulties Ohich then had to
}ose seemed ansurmoumtable. Yet in spite of roads
heavy ~1th mud of deep ravncs thick and steen
hills, the Americans pushed steadily on Not at auu
TIME superior IN numbers to the enemy during this ono
struggle, they olooys had the upper hand
O@ october 26, at the end Of the first month"; tho
troops had made Average odvance of 10 miles ON q
30 mile 'front.' they had freed Is vllages from the
Argonme to the Mease they had liberated 200 souare
mes OF territory and they had penetrated the four
strongest German systems of trenches including the Hindeu
burg m The avators had shot oirplanes and On
oaHoons"-From Frances Tribute to America
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

wire. They handled 129, ,143, 1888 OBJ
Jects of clothing; they provided
bakeries which averaged an output
OF almost two million pounds of
bread day. When the armistice
was signed the transportation ser
vice was operating in thirty ports.
Their ingenuity in saving time"
concludes the summary of the S.
S. work, "and in overcoming all OBJ
stacles, will remain as an example
OF what can be accomplished when
men of free democracy labor to-
gether in fraternal unity for COM
mon cause"
In the report Of General Dawes
the French cooperation with the
American effort is recalled:
"France herself was largely
stripped Of military supplies.
Thus almost every cession to the
American army meant curtail-
ment acutely felt by some portion
of the French people and their
brave army. The efforts of the
French cooperation remind US that
it was not upon the battlefield
alone that Frenchmen and Amer
cans were brothers in q common
effort.
"At the time you entered the
war;" the book concludes, with
the French and British armies al
their maximum strength, all ef-
forts to dislodge the enemy from
his firmly intrenched position in
Belgium and France had failed.
Your brilliant dash, your uncalcu-
lating spirit of sacrifice, checked
the onward movement of the ad-
versary. Your great numbers
made possible the final Allied
offensive which forced the Ger
mans first to retreat and then to
capitulate. France will ever re-
member you and your intrepid
chief as the generous and heroic
citizens of a great democracy, ex-
peditionary forces Of a new and
better world whose hope is in
America ,"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

the energy and the bravery of the
troops, results Of the greatest i'm
portance. 1 am happy to offer you
my warmest congratulations on
the success Of these operations"
The government publication is
more precise. 1t terms the Argonne
battle zone Of the most important
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

operations Of the war;" and gives the
objectives gained there by the Per-
shing troops as of paramount i'm
portance." And the Americans, mot
at any time superior in numbers to
the enemy during the long struggle,
always had the upper hand" and
this though many Of the divisions
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

attack. I am grateful to you for
the blood you have so generously
shed on the soil of my country.
am proud Of having commanded
you during such splendid days and
to have fought with you for the
deliverance of the world"
Finally there is the terse but
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

thorough congratulation of General
Foch to General Pershing at the
close of the Meuse-Argonne often
sive:
"Operations since November by
the First American Army have
already assured, thanks to the
valor of the high command and to
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
r. RANCE has prepared {
printed tribute to eacl
American soldier who fought
on the Western front.

American soldier who fought
on the Western front.
II the very near future PAM
phlet being printed by the French
government in hundreds of thou
sands will be presented to every
American soldier who came to
France. 1t states in terms as sim
pie as its buff paper binding just
what the American army did in
France, and just what the presence
of the Americans there meant to
the French people. It's very SIM
plicity shows the French apprecia-
ton of the American achievement.
1t is the farewell of France to the
doughboy, the artilleryman, the
clerks and the dockhands of the
A. E. p. who are leaving the re-
public, perhaps never to see it
again.
"You came as strong youths
into a country where the young
had perished. To the weeping you
brought smile, to those who had
been despoiled your generosity
restored hope, to the fatherless
children you offered JOY"
Such is the summary Of one side
Of Americas contribution to the
cause Of France, explained in the
introduction. But Nine. Hughes
LIE Roux, who wrote the book, and
Is known here as the sister of
Adele Herter, the American artist
Is not the only one to offer the
thanks of France. All the leaders
OF the French nation-Joffre, Foch
Clemenceau and the rest-have Of
fered their congratulations to the
American doughboy.
1t is something more than a phrase
Tor a man like Foch to greet the
Americans as comrades in arms, but
80 he does, and continues:
"The valor and discipline which
you have displayed on the battle
field were of a powerful help to
the allied cause"
He makes his statement. as III,
rest do, in his own writing abov,
his own signature.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
The French account

linen the whole story is told lust
as the French saw it, from the arri-
val of the Americans in Paris to
the end, and there follows French
account of what France suffered
by the rapacity of an unscru-
pulous invader. To nation shaken
by four years Of war the first
contingent of the A. f. F. came
as a message of help near at hand.
THE cheers" says the govern
ment book, event up like a CRY of
rclief, and when the French saw
the smile which answered them. the
smile of youth, happy and glad to
lend a hand, to lay down as MANY
lives as need be, then the welcome
became more personal, a note of
instructive sympathy sounded in
the greeting.
more appealing still was the
spontaneous enthusiasm Of the chill
dren. The first column of Ameri--
can soldiers, as it swaycd along at a
Drisk marching pace, was accom-
panied by a procession Of little peo-
pie, the lonely little people Of
France who had seen their fathers.
their brothers go ont to battle.
never 10 return, and who now cIung
70 the hands Of these strong youths
IRON over the seas, with a touching
These we're the men they
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Every American Who Fought i'm France
Will Receive Printed Tribute
From a Grateful People
Frances Parting Word

You about to embark for tho United Stote the
homecardbound soldiers Of the first American erpedi
tomory forces avhich crossed the fight
foreign soil At the moment of leaveakng, It is the
purpose of this little book state IN qUhat
has to the French people, cypress
to their gratitude and to briefly the part you
played IN aUinnuag the
at the most critical moment of the struggle avhich had
lasted for three years against German imperialism you
strong youts into country achere the yong had
pershed To the weeping you brought smile, those
aoho had 5een despoiled generosity restored hop
to the fatheress children yo offered joy The summing
up of these recollections must remain inspiration
you and to those aOho toloaO all future efforts.
soften, marching tocard dusk along galley road
IN France haze matched the lights they began
shine out from the avindocs of the little farahouses
while the nss gradually enveloped all but the shadovy
forms Of objects almost indistinguhable be so
IN yor minds achem think of France: the
innmmerabe small homes uhch almost million men
haze died to thmk of the hearths fire still
burns though the poiu oho left 1T piU return If
any harsh thoughts remain let the all that
Is not the of this Uarthe draong together IN
fraernal loue of those vho haze suffered This Is the
prayer Of France Together aUith gratitude of her
hvmg, there is the stirring memory of her dead 1t
carries ats message to blessing from those qvho
because Of gallant sacrifice shall have given
their hves in vcin-From Frances Tribute America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-03

tomorrow evening at the club. Col.
Walter G. Sturgill will lead with one
of the seasons debutantes. Col
Sturgill. with several artillery off,
GERS, will give some interesting spe-
cial features in riding. and there will
be dancing and a supper. Mrs. CAL
houn will form an auxiliary commit
tee to the entertainment committee
this month, and make this an unpre-
cedented season at the club.
The marriage of Miss Margaret
cambridge La Motto, daughter Of Mr.,
and Mrs. J. Frank La Motto, and
Mr.. Francis Walker Burr. son OF Mrs.
Burr and the late Albert De We're
Burr of Washington. took place Satur-
day evening az the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. La Motto at Mt. Washington. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Arthur r. kinsolving, rector of Old
St Paurs Protestant Episcopal Church.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father Her only attendant was
Mrs. Daniel c. Hopper jr.. as matron
of honor. Francis Gibbs La Motto and
Arthur Hungerford La Motto, young
nephews OF the bride. were robbon
bearers. Mr.. Albert De We're Burr was
his brothers best man.
The wedding was followed by re-
ception, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Burr
left for a wedding journey, and on
their return will make their home in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-03
YOUNG WOMAN OF JAPAN
Is MARRIED TO BUDDHA"

TOXIC January 6 Correspondence
of the Associated Press) 1.-THE mar
riage to Buddha' of "A young woman
of the highest nobility OF Japan has
attracted wide attention. Her father,
Niscount Sengoku. is an official OF the
imperial household department and
the young woman is an adopted
daughter of Prince Kujo. The young
womans head was shaved in the
course of a ceremony of much dis
play and solemnity at the Iuiryu
temple in Kioto. and it is understood
that under her new name of sun
Purity Of the Iuiryu Temple" she be-
comes recognized as the designated
successor of the abbess of one of the
great Buddhistic establishments IN
kioto. AS such she at once came up
to Toxic to be received in audience
by the empress