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New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
STEEL AND PIG IRON
The Iron Age says:

The Iron Age says:
 The prfce-fxing wrangle at Wash ington has halted business in iron and ment from the repeated conferences between the heads of the industrial board and the railroad administration is awaited, the belief is widespread that confidence in cooperative price maintenance has been shattered.
 Those buyers of steel products who considered that the recent reductions did not go far enough have been quick to predict competitive prices, and there have not been wanting, even among producers, advocates of an open market as the shortest road to a basis that will invite the free placing of orders.
 The outstanding feature in that connection is the growing expectation that the readjustment in iron and steel will take in labor as well as pro- duets. All that has been said about wage maintenance has ignored the fact that 50 per cent operation of mills, as is the case with most inde- pendent steel companies, has already made inroads on weekly wage earn
  auctions have been made in wage rates, particularly at blast furnaces and in common labor at smaller mills At some eastern iron mills puddlers' wages. in line with recent declines in bar iron, have been re- duced from $12.75 to $9.25 per ton.
 The price of steel rails, which has been the storm center at Washington, is the lowest on the list of finished materials, being 2c. per pound for Bessemer and approximately 2.1oc. per pound for open-hearth rails, whereas bars, the cheapest of the other finished products are 2.35c. Other materials, therefore, hold out more chance of further reduction than rails.
 Indications are plainer that the pig iron trade, will take its own course 1n- dependent of tho recent conference decisions at Washington. Producers Laying their own raw materials will continue to operate, making prices that will take business; but mean while the list of idle furnaces is grow ing rapidly. In March there was a loss of no less than 40 stacks the number active April 1 being 266, against 906 one month previous.
 Pig-iron output was 3,090,243 gross tons in March, or 9,685 tons 8 day, against 2,940,168 tons in February, or 1O5,006 tons a, day. Furnaces active on April were capable of producing e3165 tons a day, against 101, ,475 tons a day as the rated capacity act i've on March 1. Since Dec. 1, 94 fur nces have been blown out.
 That plentiful supply of coke, with the slowing down of blast-furnace operations has brought a 25c. reduc- l tion to $3.75 per net ton.
 Again, the automobile industry IS conspicuous as 8 buyer in an other wise stagnant market. It is placing ] orders for second quarter shipments l for it's third quarter production, but is ] expecting to get the benefit of any 1 downward price revisions.
 The sheet trade is suffering espe- cially from over production. Some of the heavier gages are being quoted l at plate prices, a reduction of more than g per ton. At least one maker has sold hard steel bars, as for rein the mild steel basis. One steel plant has shut down on account of reported
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
inability to meet the March nrici

inability to meet the March price schedules.
 Negotiations for American sheet bars for export to Great Britain have developed some low prices, which British steel works are not likely to meet at present high costs there~anA the prospect of higher as coal miners wages advance. The rem oval of Brit ish government subsidies on steel April 30 is expected to bring an ad- vance of 50 shillings in domestic prices there, or practically to the level of recent export prices. In tin plate bars all advance of f2 is looked for, which would bring tin plates up to about 36s.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

sioner had said that the senate amendment had taken the kick" out of the bill. The senate voted for con- ference and q conferee was named.
 The boxing commission bill was re-. committed by the house in concur renee. Favorable reports were made on bills to support towns that they may pay bills for losses sustained through the influenza epidemic.
 Would Recognize Jews.
 The house concurred in adoption of lhe resolution for recognition of the Jewish nation through the peace con ference. The report of the state prison commission recommending 9 new prison at East Granby to cost probably $3,000,00O eventually v.s accepted by the house in conc1rrenro but the accompanying bills were ali ordered on file in the office of +b. secretary of state.
 Can Carry Weapons.
 A bill 10 permit the carrving If weapons for self-defense, reported faVorably, gives the superintendent of, the state police the right to issue written permits to suitable persons at his discretion.
 A D1ll to pfOnIO1L barter in War Savings Stamps provides that: "No person shall buy, or offer to buy War Savings Stamps or Certificates of the United States for less than the va1ua at the time of sale as fixed bv tho United States" Violation would mean a fine of $2oo or six months in is;1 or both.
 Other Measures Discussed,
 The bill to allow municipalities to appropriate money for soldiers me- m orials was also favorahly reported
 The senate adopted bills to reirn- purse Captain Albert Mossman for ex penses in defending his suit growing out of his military duties: and author Fling the Shore Line Electric Railway company to sell it's rights and prop erty to the Eastern Connecticut Power company.
 The house adopted the bill to pre- FenE misuse of the flag and the bill to prevent the sale of adulterated or inferior products and the bill to allow New London to issue bonds.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
BOY SCOUTS PARTICIPATE.

A ceremony was held last evening at Central Park in the interests of the United Charity drive, by two troops of the Boy Scout organization, and the Boys club band, which played patriotic airs Six hundred people were present to witness the ceremony The band played Keep the Home Fires Burning," America" and "Over There," and between the selections Tudor Cooley, a scout bugler, gave the bugle calls of the United States army.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

New York, April 10.-Incorporator Of the Commonwealth fund Of New York city decided here today to am ply the announcement of the foun- dation by the subscription to Yale university other than to say 1t was a purely charitable enterprise" that could not compare for size with either the Rockefeller or Carnegie foundations and that, so far, no plans had been devised as to what lines of philanthropic endeavor would be pur- sued. ,
 Prof. Farrand's one leave of ab- sence from Yale, 1t was pointed out. does not begin until July 1 at which time he may enter upon an inquiry into economic and social conditions, housing, hospitals and betterment projects. The incorporators, upon receiving his report, it was said, would then determine their course.
 The amount of the new foundation and Mrs Hardness gift to it, 1t was stated, would not be made public for the present.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
WOULD SWIM ACROSS OCEAN.

John w. Lynch, formerly connected with the New Britain Trust company and now stationed in Germany with the Third American Army, has sent Easter greetings to T. w. O'Connor. Tn his note he says: Relieve me, the old town will look good to me when I get back. It's 8 long way back, but III swim if they give me the chance."
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
SISTER WALBURGA DIES.
Had Been Attached to St. Mary's Con-
 vent for 24 Years.

Sister Mary Walburs5a, for the past 24 years attached to St. Marys con- vent in this city. died at 11:40 o'clock last night following a, weeks illness of pneumonia. She was a native of Hartford, and before her entrance in the convent 36 years ago, she was Miss Anna Josephine Nihan. The funeral will be held at o'clock Sat urday morning at St. Mary's church. The burial will be in the new Catho- lie cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
SOAP BOX SPEAKERS
 ID BE CURTAILED
fContinued from First Fage.)

the bringing of spawn from Virginia. The bill which has gone to the ap- propriations committee, reads as fol- lows: Ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the use of the shell committee in procuring oys- ters from Virginia or elsewhere for distribution upon the spawning beds of the state"
 Free speech Defined.
 The judiciary committee reported this bill relating to free speech: No person shall in public or before any assemblage of ten or more persons, advocate in any language any meas ure, doctrine, proposal or propaganda intended to seriously affect the gov ernment of the United States, or the State of Connecticut or the admins tration of the laws thereof" Viola ton of such a law would mean a, fine of $1,000 or 3 years inlprisonm ent or both.
 Equal Rights Bill Lost.
 Tho judiciary committee also rec commended rejection of the equal rights bill, so-called, which was adVo-
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

are held in various trades, such as
 printing, rug-maktng. laundry work and electrical installation. There are also classes of a purely scholastic na- ture, ranging from elementary educa- ton to business English, salesmansl1ip and French
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
VISITS QUEEN MARIE.

Paris, April 10.-President Wilson with Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician. called on Queen Marie of Ruman1a at her te,,onorarv residence here before this r,,ornino,s session of the council of four.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

See the 26th Division arriving in Boston at the Lyceum. Also big spe4 cial bilI.-Advt.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
GAS TORiA
For Infants and Children
I'm Use For Over so Years
always bears ~ --.....-..ur
s,sns tue Of &>MEASzzss
PREVENT HOG CHOLERA.

The B. A. Thomas Hog Powder has
a record of 95 per cent cures of Hog
Cholera If you feed your hogs as d.
rected, you need never fear hog as
cholera nor any other hog disease
the directions are very simple,
Just about what you are doing, plus
4 few cents worth of B. A. Thomas
Hog Powder in the feed twice a week.
Usually. though, Cholera gets in
before we know it. Then it requires
close attention to each hog-each
hog must be dosed-and if you will
dose them as directed, you will save
better than 80 per cent. If you don't
the B. A. Thomas medicine costs you
nothing. We-not some distant manu-
facturer-pay your money back.
WATT & HOLMES HARDWARE CO.
Cordels. Georgia
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
MONUMENT TO ROOSEVELT

New York, January ga proposal
to erect a statue of the late Theodore
Roosevelt on Ellis island, sa that
foreigners coming to this country
shall see liberty and the figure OF
the man who represents Americana
ism as they steam up the bay" was
unanimously adopted at a meeting to-
day of the Peoples Social Service
league, representing organization in
New York's east side Appeals for
funds will be made to immigrant So
cieties, as a mark of leagues appre
citation for the man who opposed
stringent immigration laws"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
SERVING is HALF THE
ART OF COOKING

Every housewife knows is difficulty preparing
the varou9 meals that each will be ready
serving at the right time.
For simple, plain cooking to elaborate menus,
you viii find a wonderful help in
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02

To ,ook ones best and feel ones hest
is to enjoy an inside bath each morning
to flush from the system the previous
days waste, sour lamentations and moi.
sonous toxins before it is absorbed into
the blood. just As coal, when il burns
leaves behind certain amount of in.
combustible material in the form II
ashes, so the food and drink taken each
day leave in the alimcntary organs a
certain amount of indigestible material,
which if not eliminated, forms toxins and
poisons which are then sucked into the
blood through the very ducts which are
intended to suck in only nourishment to
sustain the body.
If you want to see the glow of healthy
loom in your cheeks, to see your skin
get clearer and clearer, You are told to
drink every morning upon arising, a
glass of hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in it, which is 4
harmless means of washing the waste
material and toxins from the stomach
liver, kidneys and bowels, thus cleans
iIx 'wastsninT ani purifying tbs entire
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
If the Picking government"

Of the Picking government.
Speaking of the possibilities for ex-
panding trade in the Orient, Dr..
Beech declared China alone could en-
able the great Powers to recoup
their was losses. They are hungry
for American goods" he said, ''and
the field is unlimited The Chinese
people are highly cultured even the
poor coolies, and they desire only the
best things. China is rich in untold
undeleloped resources. Mike it pos
sible to develop the resources OF
China and the Chinese people will be
come the greatest aggregation OF
purchasers in the world"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02

alimcntary tract, before putting more
food into the stomach.
Girls and women with sallow skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid complex
ion, also those who wake up with L
coated tongue, bad taste, nasty broat4,
Others who are bothered with headaches,
bilious spells, acid stomach or constipa.
ton should begin this phosphated hot
water drinking and are assured Of very
pronounced results in one or two weeks.
\ quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate costs very little at the drug store
but is sufficient to demonstrate that Just
rs soap and hot water cleanses, purihes
and treshens the skin on the outside, so
hot water ana limestone phosphate act
on the inside organs. We must always
consider that internal sanitation is vast.
" more important than outside cleanli
ness, because the skin pores do not alb
sorb impurities into the blood, while the
bowel pores do.
!. Women who desire to enhance the
beauty OF their complexion should lush
Try thls !ar weak Aad astias sssalts,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
Ct cooking escapes.

VI CODhilb tSCdpCo'
"On top OF practically all the forti-
fled castles a flag was flown | was
told these were prayer flags and had
no special tribal or patriotic signifi
canoe. Every man in t ehcountry, ap
parently is law unto himself. Each
Tribe has it's ciieftain but there is no
national head and China exercises
only nominal sovereignty.
"Quarrels are settled on horseback
by means of bIunderbusses, spears,
bags Of stonesand broadswords. The
enorljes challenge one another and
at I gwen signal ride full tilt on small
wiry ponies, at each other. 1t is sell
dom that both ccmbatants escape a
live but the survivor is required 70
f. = | and clothe the family of his dead
ad"cl sary as long as they live and
this makes 'duels rare In many re-
spects these these combats resemble
the tournaments Of the Middle Ages
DR.. Beech said that while he be-
lieycd he had penetrated further into
this section of Western China than
my other white man he regretted
that lie had not gone still further
"FCr my guide" said he, said that
four or five days journey beyond
there were tribesmen near Sungpan
who are just like you are That is.
natives who appeared like Americans.
Their dress, conversation and mode
of living, Ct course, he said, was
Characteristic of the country.
How so many different types of
people located there is a problem for
the ethnologist" resumed DR. Beech
"One theory is that they represent all
the warning tribal elements that have
come into the continued Of Asia and
driven by the Mongols and Tarters,
made their last stand in this natural
refuge between India, China and the
northern part of Asia.
Each tribe is Independent of the
ether, all speak patois of Thibetan
and Turkestan, and their religion
seems to be animistic or that Of the
Llamas. The most numerous are the
Lolos, which, again are subdivided in
to smaller tribes. Others are the
Macs, who are polyandrous or poly
gamous. These people l believe, are
responsive to Christian influences and
kind treatment and $50 missionaries
would bring to them the enlightment
they so much need. Nothing has ever
been done for them by civilization.
"All of the natives are farmers or
herdsmen. The latter raise huge mum
bers of goats, hundreds of thousands
of which can be seen on the noun
tain sides. Recently, or since the
Chinese have equipped their army
with modern rifles, the Chinese
have opened up trading with the 'tu-
rem and now what vast quantities of
raw wool and hides are being ex-
change. The Chinese, too are utiliz-
ing some of the valleys to raise opium
but this is done without the approval
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
this NATION HAS
NOT HEARD OF WAR

New York, Few Fifteen thou
sand miles from Broadway, i'll the
wild OF Western China where the
foot of white man never before had
trod. according to the Rev. Dr. JOS
eph Beech, a Methodist missionary,
lives a polyglot nation of more than
100000 persons "95 percent of whom
do NOT know that there has been a
war"
DR.. Beech, who is president Of the
Western China Union University at
Chengtu in the proyice of S2echaun,
maintained by five evangelical de-
nominations cf England. Canada and
the United states who recently arriv-
ed here to participate in the Motho-
dist Centenary, today told of Il jour
ney he took alone. with a n2tiye guide
last Summer far into the depths Of
the habitat Of "the 'tu-ren, or child.
dren of the soil, the strangest people
in the Orient"
The doctor passed three weeks
among the twenty OF more tribes in
the land, which is as inaccessible as
Tibet, he said and while there found
1lm0st every type Of mankind, includ-
ing pygmicS, men and women resemb
ling negroes, AgaSrican Indians, East
Indians, Gurkha' @sTtputh Sea Islanders
Europeans and / giar races apparent
ly from all four 'ters of the globe.
These people, c rise he said had
never been anylS else than in the
country he foon,nI 'hamlya region
about the size York State.
bounded on the thc province
CT Kansu, the low irmah. Yu-
nan and XIV S!12 East by
saochuan and.uoAa W w rntbet.
y found le "o - valleys,
covered Wits " .s,aodea 81, home
steads.' sale ,,,s4adt ionary
while toweas lou y o." ,o,\ were
mountains 's'S!'0Su 20. "A. ,uM pc. feet
high. The ewoS W asa1h eaA 4 was
protected HeoQ V"' a,,>,os Su! .lcTti
lied build,W oVA ,pAuuo opM s
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-02
FEATURING SPECIAL COAT VALUES AT
$500 TO $500

WITH great variety Of styles with all the materials
and every model shown you approved fashion You
find the suit you want here and you buy here
at any price will show the very spring individual look that fas
tidous require
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-06
Meeting Labor Demand.

Although the largest acreage on
record was planted in 1918 by Ameri-
can farmers, the great crops of the
year were harvested under difficulties
not appreciably greater than those in
normal times, says the annual report
of the secretary of agriculture.
1.-THE department of agriculture con-
dnued throughout the year to give
earnest attention to the securing and
mobilization of an adequate supply of
farm labor the report states cit
maintained its representatives, sta
toned in eacn state in the spring of
1917, and perfected its own organiza-
ton, enliSting the more active CO.
operation of the county agents and
other extension workers.
ttIt more fully co-ordinated its activ-
tiles with the department of labor, a
representative of the department of
agriculture having been designated
member of the war labor policies
board which was created by the presi-
dent. 1t has also aided the war de-
partment in connection with the clas-
sification of agricultural registrants.
Special efforts were made, beginning
early in the year, to impress upon the
residents of urban communities the
necessity of aiding farmers in the
planting and harvesting of their crops.
''The response to appeals along this
line was generous In Kansas, for ex-
ample, where the situation was espe-
cially difficult, the reports indicate
that more than $4,000 workers were
supplied to farmers to assist in the
wheat harvest. The potato crop in
two counties in Texas was saved
through the aid OF the business men in
$4,000 workers were registered for
harvest work
Many other examples could be cited,
the secretary says
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-06
APRONS
GU ARD LONDON

gradually close In their fire so the
enemy could not escape, the aerial
box gradually being narrowed.
The entire process depended largely
upon listening devices which could de-
tect the approach of humming air
plane miles away
Efficient Defense System.
The defense system was so eff
cient that % per cent Of the raiding
machines were kept out Of London.
And those machines that got past the
barrages had great difficulty in escap-
ing To the terror of bursting shrap-
mel was added the confusion of Verey
lights, some red, some blue, others
green, white, yellow and orange, and
these flashing lights, intermingled
with the terrific din of the exploding
shell, SO confused aviators that they
lost all sense of direction and space
and many of their machines got out of
control. becoming an easy prey. In
such cases British birdmen would ap-
proach, firing on the enemy machine
antfaircraft guns would halt, and the
hostile plane would be brought down
by burst from the British plane. But
often there were fierce duels, marked
by spitfire from the machine guns of
the contending flyers
The course which the raiders took
was traced out, minute by minute, by
the Kaleidoscope" operators, and di-
rectiOnS given to Searchlight crews,
anti-aircraft gunEers and flashed TO
airdromes by aerial defense headquar-
tiers, which conducted the battle much
in the same way as a general In the
field.
Scarcely a Gotha got through the
outer London barrage unscathed. The
faint hearts who couldn't penetrate
the barrage often turned back, only to
find they were outnumbered four to
one by faster British machines.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-06
ACTIVE TO THE LAS

Washington--Thatm marines were ac-
tive in the world war up to the mo-
ment that the armiStice went into eff
feet is evidenced in a division order
signed by Major General John A. Lee
jeune, q. s. marine corps, command
ing the Second division in France, a
copy of which has just been received
in Washington
According to the order the Devil
Dogs last act in the universal drama
was final and definite conquest of
the Mouse river, where line after line
of marines crossed on bridges hastily
thrown across the stream by the Sec
Ond engineers
The Fifth and Sixth regiments of
marines, which received their bap-
tisrn of fire at Chateau-Thierry, head
ed the Second American division I'M
der General Lejeune- On November 10
they had reached the Meuse. where
the Germans had thrown up strong
intrenchments on the east bank
Bridging the river was hazardous
feat. but 1t was accomplished By the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-06
TR VEL IN AIR SA FE

London.-Some of the wonders
achieved in aerial navigation and 9th
err wonders contemplated were spoken
of by Maj. Gen. Sir f. H. Sykes, chief
of the air staff, in an address before
the chamber of commerce.
It was asserted by General Sykes
that in four months, between July and
October, 20 trips were made across the
English channel. The mileage ira
versed was S,OS5 and 1,S43 passengers
were carried, although flying was pos
sib1e only on II days
AS for the future, the government
was looking forward to weekly mail
service to India, for which Is machines
would be required and the charge for
sending mail few ShillingS an ounce.
Another route contemplated was from
Cape Colony to Cairo, for which air
planes and flying boats would be used
Suggesting that airShipS might be
adopted for long distance flights, Cen
era1 Sykes said German Zeppelin