The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

February 11, 1918

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Monday, February 11, 1918

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Wl5 'r iJ' 'H feWpur THE SPRINGIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN: MONDAY EBRUARY: 11 1919 tr ilpl A4 4X tfoJf i WW 1 i LOCAL INTERESTS 4 publishers notices The Republican Is for sale dally In Bou ton by 730 a or earlier at the rail road atatloo news stands and at tbe to) low tn 3 leadins hotels Young's Touroine United Quincy Adame i Vendome Bellevue and also lana gia's 26 Court treet and by the Inter national news company 5S4 Washingtonstreet In Sew York by 8 a tn at tbe Grand Centra depot and at tbe street new Mauds Sixth avenue and orty second street 1368 Broadway Broadway and orty second street orty second street and Park avenue Broadway and orty seventh street Broadway anu Thirtieth street: also early In the forenoon at tbe Biltmore and Woqdstock betels nnd by Jonas Co In the VVoviwortb building In Philadelphia at tbe Guion news com pany's stand in tbe Broad street station and at the street stands of the Quaker news company Eleventh and Market streets Juniper and Market streets and opposite the Broad street station In Washington at the New Willard hotel In Chicago at the Auditorium hotel tbe Queen City news company lUndolph and Clark streets Donato taraeeo M6 South Wabash avenue Pope newspaper agency Van Buren and Clark streets by tbe Chicago newspaper agency Clark and Madison streets and by the Illinois news paper agency State and Quincy streets In St Louis by the Union newa com pany railroad station In Pittsburg by the ort Pitt newa com pany S42 Third avenue In Cleveland by Schroeder 212 East Superior avenue In Atlantic City by George Miller In front of Steeple Cbase pier and Philip Cbcsler Alatnac pier In New York state In the following cities: Albany Buffalo Glens alls Schenectady Utick Saratoga Springs and Troy At street news stands In Detroit Seat tle Denver Toledo Dayton Atlanta Baltimore Jacksonville New Orleans Indianapolis Omaha In California: In San rancisco by Noah Wheatley Kearney streets In Los Angeles by Walter Phipps ifth street and Broadway and at stands of Joseph Kemp at'TempU and Spring streets Seventh Hill stjeets Seventh and Spring streets and just north of ourth and Spring streets In San Diego by Childs 967 ifth street Domestic postage on transient copies Tbe Republican varies according to number of pages: or l'U pages 1 cent postage Is sufficient for 16 18 20 22 24 or 2S pages 2 cents is required tor 32 to 48 pages 3 cents Extra Postage Charges! I Republican to foreign addresses 3 'cents an Issue SWAP a year No cbarge to Cana dian or domestic addresses The Sunday Republican to foreign addresses 5 cents an Issue S260 a year No charge to domestic addresses If mailed to Cana dian address without a Dally issue JU cents an issue 5150 a year me vreesiy Republican foreign addresses 2 cents so Issue $104 a year Canadian addresses 1 cent an Issue 52 cents a year No charge to domestic addresses The Daily Republican fa "sold on the trains of all the railroads in Western New England at the regular price 3 cents excepting on the Central Vermont and Rutland where 4 or cents Is charged Travelers will confer a favor by reporting to the publishers any case of overcharging or any failure of the newsboys or news stands to furnish Tbe Republican The Daily and Sunday Republican are regularly kept on file for tbe benefit of travelers: in London at tbe American ex press office 6 Haymarket SPRINGIELD EVENTS ft TO Surcieal knitting and workers at Red Cross headquarters State and WlHow streets 9 a to 5 in TO AND TO Good Ed at Court Square theater Vaudeville and pictures at Broadway and Plaza Motion pictures at and Bijou TO NTGHT' Rot Parker Carman speaks at aith church Wilbraham academy alumni at Doujr Hill rtreet Mrs Grace Hazard Conklin? and Miss Jennie at Culture club Memorial church house CITY NOTES Cnrsuiiig Another Convention Charles Winslow secretary of the convention bureau of the chamber of commerce and A Bailey of Springfield brick company have gone to Tndianapalis Ind to attend the 324 annual con vention of the national brick manu association They will en deavor to secure the convention for Ifilll tor this city and will be assisted Tiy the Massachusetts and Connecticut associations in their endeavor Notice to City Subscribers The delivery route of The Republican formerly served by Doran having en taken over bp Harold Waldronijj Xorth' Main street all payments fo subscriptions should be made cither to If Waldron or at The Republican office The hoo of the Dart mouth college of alumni will resound through hall Bos ton riday night for tho annual mess and campfire is to be held there There have been 53 annual banquets before but this one too large for the biggest dining hall in Boston will cap the climax A United States civil service ex amination for clerk bookkeepers both male and fema'e will be held in the post office building March 2 Applica tions should be sent to the vivil serv ice district secretary custom houso tower Boston LOCAL AMUsem*nTS TO DAY 'h Griffith's Great Spectacle at the Broadway Griffith's colossal spectacle will commence its lo cal engagement of one week at the Broadwby theater to day Not since Birth of a has such a sensationally novel amusem*nt been offered the public as this gigantic presentation of four parallel stories representing struggle through out the ages During the progress of its four stories some of tho most momentous events pass in review Thousands of people and horses and chariots throng its colossal scenes America's most fa mous screen celebrities interpret its leading roles Throughout with its pomp and wickedness of ancient days its laughter and thrills and adven tures its picturesque war scenes when was fought witlf siege towers and chtapults battering rams and liquid fire you will see various forms of love from the devoted attachment of the Dear Ona and the Boy in the modern story and the aijd Juliet liko one of Brown Eyes and Prosper in the 'rench episode to the barbaric passion of Belshazzar and Princess Beloved who die cling ing to each other's lips as mighty Babylon falls Babylon as it was in the prodigal reign of Belshazzar when thousands of diaphanous garbed beauties danced before the sacred fires of Ishtar Is pictured The magnificent city with its famous walls 300 feet high in the throes of warfare that employed enor mous siege towers and catapults and battering rams Here is Paris in tho IGth century tho gay court of Charles IX and tho massacre of St eve Jerusalem and its life in the days of the Nazarene and finally the struggle' of two young lovers to escape from the underworld maelstrom of a great modern city Haggerty has been Liken ill and a substitute conductor will take his place to day The picture will be shown at 2 445 and 745 i GOOD Will Be Played at the Court Square Theater Twice To day ew musical comedies pres'ntci! in New York in the past 10 years have received such glowing praise from the newspaper reviewers aS was won by Good The pub lic evidently agreed with the printed comments for Rood ran an entire year in New York The same was the case Chicago and Boston where the attraction recently finished a five engagement Amy Leslie able critic of the Ch'cago News went as far as to say it was greatest little show in the the word little being used merely as a term of endearment Play goers of this city will therefore be glad to learn that "Very Good is coming to the Court Square to day' with its complete cast its fine pro duction its wealth of smart comedy and fascinating melodies and its fa mous swagger fashion chorus It will be seen here in its entirety There will be a matinee and night perform ance at William ox will present Theda Bara in the 'widely ed film version of the loves of Egypt's siren queen at theater for the entire week beginning to day Tho ancient siren 1 is impersonated by the foremost modern Of siren roles The filmed depicts that lady's historical encounters with Caesar and Antony aqd the meeting of her army and that of Antony with the forces of Octavius! It shows as well tho first naval battle the battle of Actium where the com bined fleets of Antony and' Cleopatra were routed and finally burned to the waters edge by the Romans Ancient Rome and Alexandria 'recreated in California where Was filmed under the direction vf' iT 1 Gor don Edwards The Romanrforum was reproduced and there is howp the death of Caesar famous barge once again moves majestically over the water and farnOus feats of Egypt's queen those feasts which by their extravagance tljet' eyes of Caesar and later of Antony ate shown in all their In the person of Theda Baxtr the'Clco patra of ancient Egypt lives again There will be a strong supporting pro gram including the Hearst Pathe news and others Mae Marsh and at tho Bijou Two features of unusualVlnterest will be Seen at the Bijou theater to day in Cinderella a six act Goldwyn production featuring Mae Marsh and the first of the series of 10 two act dramas each complete in it self founded on the life Of Abraham Lincoln and entitled "Theron of De with dii thor director and the rple of Lincoln Mae Marsh is said to have the best role of her career in that of the wistful young heiress who surrounded by untold wealth and lux ury and sought after 'by the most eligible men and the most inveterate fortune hunters finds'her real happi ness in ministering to a neglected and deserted young poet They first of: the Lincoln dramas is entitled Moth and is strong in sentiment show ing dramatically the log cabin birth of the son of democracy tho gentle influence of mother devel oping the boy who became president There are rollicking scenes of boy life and homely humor in the effort of father to learn to read and write Mr Chapin has achieved fame in the dramatic world in his impersonation of Lincoln whom he strongly resem bles in appearance and whose char acteristics and mannerisms he Has studied closely A two act Mack SQn nett comedy entitled Your with Charles Murray ahd other comedians in the Cast a Big comedy and othei' pictures will also be on the bill Song at It will be a sort of a new soag week at the Palace this week an ev eryone of the acts upon the bill have some special song numbers to intro duce upon the program for Monday and Wednesday omitting of course to morrow which is the theater fuel holiday While all of the turns offer more or less singing it is expected there will be no confliction as they are different in nature Mov Is the lively sounding title of the miniature musical comedy pre sented by Lea Herrick and which is the headline attraction It is en dered with special scenery and a dozen people who are fortified with some lavish costume creations that would do justice to a Ziegfeld production Another act worthy of special mention is Claire Hanson and the Village fnur a quintet of singers and dancers who have some novel comedy Ideas as well as some up to the minute mu sical numbers The balance of the vaudeville bill consists of Miller Par ker and Sekt: a trio of entertainers fresh from western triumphs who be gin thejr eastern tour of the first ziass vaudeville houses at the "local Poli theater Helen Harrington a dainty young miss described as a char acter comedienne and Newport' and Stirk a pair of eccentric stepper The feature photoplay will bear tho trade mark of the Triangle and features Olga Grey a newcomer to the fold of this well known company in a tew idea in photoplay form entitled "anatics" This picture is shown in the evening at 730 Mac Murray Authoress and Star oi at the Plaza The Plaza's screen program day and Wednesday will include the bird production Tnis was written by Miss Murray and Rob ert Leonard in collaboration Tne story in brief tells of a litis girl who escapes the squalor of poverty to make her own living One of her earlier associates follows her and rings suspicion of crime upon her Sentenced to a reformatory she es capes by jumping from a moving train into the waters that swirl be neath tlie bridge She is rescued by a wealthy youth who takes her me and induces his mother ta adopt her Even here however her past follows her and it is only after various concerting escapades that her trials and tribulations come to a happy cntL KILL KILL KILL ONLY WAY BRITON TALKS GORILY MAKES AUDIENCE SHIVER Capt Chute Paints Germans in Black and Would Slaughter Dangerous Ones Here Germans were vigorously de nounced and war and its hellishness were brought close to thousands at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon by Capt A Hunt Chute of the Canadian army who as a member of the first division from Canada to see fighting was engaged in the bloody battle at Ypres" where gas was first used by the Germans All the bitterness and hatred of a man who has seen pals die and hor rible atrocities' committed was re flected in Capt utterances He could think of no word low enough to call Germans he said and the word he called the 1 'J CAPT A HUNT CHUTE Canadian Preaches Hate Toward Ger mans of his vocabulary His straiglit from the shoulder thrusts at German meth ods loudly applauded but the was taken abaci! at the se of hismosV vio lent outbursts Longs for iring Squad Music dastardly beastly the word Is worse than these to he said any of you have homes loved ones sweethearts think of the mutilated andyronged helpless women and childreW'of 'Bet gium and fight Slouchersv slackers pacifists and pro Germans in this country should be put out of busi ness I long for the time when the firing squad will be heard daily nut ting men of this class out of the way Have an eye for the enemy ahead but also have one for the coward be hind all right to talk humanita rianism in time of peace but not when dealing with such men in time of war Spouting and singing in pub lic win the war Give them shrapnel and shell the only mu sic ritz understands understand what con temptible curs the Huns are till you see Of them we have captured pot bellied knock kneed lobsided the most despicable type of creature a 1 uman bunch of slop The German plan is like but I mention Napoleon who admitted his princip'e was makes in the same breath with this dirty sniveling hypocrite the kaiser who sanctimoniously says mit and then deliberately violates every law and principle God ever ordaiped Theory against this policy put the principles of' the greatest American living or dead Abraham Lincoln who at the moment when the future of the republic seemed' darkest said: us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us strive with all our I would sooper be dead and your sons antUTelativeS' might better be dead than to have this perish from the earth not fighting for fame trade relations ter ritory but for principles and those earthly and not Onlythe hand of: God checked the German drive into ranco in 1014 Capt Chute thinks a hand which pointed out of the sky to a line and indicated to the Germans far shall you come and no This was so at the battle of tho Marne he' said and at the battle of Ypres where the first Canadian division of which the captain was a member hurled back horde after horde of Huns though outnumbered 20 to 1 All Wo Want Is to lull who worry because we drive the Germans back and back don't understand the Capt Chute said as long as we kill enough Germans wo care where we do it We care anything about territory all we want to do is to kill kill kill till the Germans are wiped Bursting out again against the ele ments in this country which arc hin dering tho war he said: come around me and talk of sympathy for the Germans Those long haired men and short haired women called paci fists will do well to keep out of the room I'm in With thoughts in iny mind of the lines of graves where my pals lie buried I listen to any talk of peace until we havq finished the job day is at hand Where ritz had 10 shells to our one during the first years of the war we have 10 shells to his one to day All we need is the men to use them just getting ready to wind up the watch on the Rhine I believe that God still reigns in heaven and that any na tion which breaks the laws of God will be Capt Chute's War History Tho captain reviewed the career of his unit the 1st Canadian division from the outbreak of the war until he left it suffering from concussion of the brain about a year ago Sidelights of the heroism of his fellow soldiers and anecdotes made up from! tlieii' experiences lightened up his speech Incorrigibles boys kicked out of home as too 'Wild fellows with the spirit that has made the British empire were the men who formed its back bone he said I Capt Chute is a former newspaper i xnan4 wljft in tVaL capacity spw qapt HELPS OR THE PATRIOTIC HOUSEHOLD Daily Hints on Practical War Time Economies The amily ood How to Buy It and How "to CookItand How to Adjust It to the Needs 3' Prepared witk tbe assistance of the bomeinaking department and the poultry department or tne nampaea uounty improvement league TRY THE ONE DISH DINNER The one dish dinner is a splendid way of simpli'ying our living Every body will like it It is hot and savory good for work or that is why tho father and the children will like it It is easy to cook and serve that is one reason why the housewife who prepares the meal will like it It contains good nourishing food so you can be sure that you are feed ing the family right and that your bodies will like it Chowders stews and casserole dishes are capable of many varia tions and may still contain all the different food materials essential to the body Meat or canned corn may bo used in place of fish in chowders and carrots may be omitted This chowder affords a splendid opportunity for using two splendid food materials fish and milk ish Chowder One and one half pounds fish fresh salt or canned) nine potatoes peeled and cut in small pieces one onion sliced two cups carrots cut in pieces one quarter pound salt pork three cups milk pepper Cut pork in small pieces and fry with the chopped for five minutes Put pork onions carrots and potatoes in kettle and cover with boiling water Cook until vegetables are tender the and the fish which has been removed rrom the bone and cut in small peces Cook until the fish is tender about 10 minutes Serve hot Salt pork may be omitted and other fat used and the chowder thickened if desired Beef Slew Three pounds beef chuck four cups potatoes diced two thirds cup turnip diced two thirds cup carrot diced one half onion sliced one fourth cup flour salt pepper Cut meat into small pieces and Brown with onion in fat Add water to cover and sim mer until tender Add carrots and turnips one half hour before the meat will be done and 15 minutes later po tatoes and seasonings When al! are tender thicken flour mixed with a little cold water paigns in the Balkan war the Greek war and the Pershing expedition to Mexico A band concert was given be fore the address by the 301th regi ment band from Camp Devens The regiment has developed an unusual band of experienced musicians and tho concert showed much more fin ished work than might well have been expected SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The St Barnabas guild for nurses will meet this evening at 8 at the rooms of the visiting nurse as sociation at the corner of State and Market streets RANKLIN COUNTY GREENIELD POLES LEAVE OR THE WAR Ten Members of alcons Given Send Off at Station Ten Greenfield young Polish men members of tho Greenfield order of Polish alcons were given a send off at the Greenfield railway station yesterday morning on their departure for the training camp at Niagara on the Lake where a Polish army containing recruits from all over the' country is being trained for service to fight for rance At station the men were given smokes etc by the other members of the society who saw them off The 10 recruits left for Northampton where othr Poles of the district were assembled and de parted in a bodv for the training camp The Greenfield society sent 10 members to the camp several weeks ago making a total of now rep resenting the local order at the camp A farewell dinner was served to them on Saturday evening them on Saturday evening at the so clubroom on Olive street by the recently organized Polish Red Cross un't The Polish recruiting of ficer from Holyoke gave a stirring ad dress pointing out the value of tne army and the part the Green field young men would have in it gifts such as wrist watches ete were presented to the men The men who have enlisted in the serv ice of rance and departed yesteruay are: Stanley Wasilswski ank Matu stewski Stanley Czerwisnski Anthony Sw irczewski Anthony ICowdradzkk Paul Runo Stanley Grabowski Anthony Grabowski Anthony Bu gajewski and Lon Iftkaiswisz WATER SUPPLY LOW Officials ear Water Is Being Wasted and Will Investigate Greenfield is facing a serious situa tion in the way of water supply ac cording to the announcement given out by the water commissioners and unless more caution is taken it is feared that a W'ater famine will be inevitable Many people are letting the water run to waste in order to prevent freezing and this had a ous effect upon the pressure The suppl at the Leyden glen is very low and unless the practice of letting tne water run is prohibited it yill only mean that the people will have to con tend with even a more acute situation t' an the coal Question District officials arc going to inves tigate the matter They expect to visit all the residences and if they find that ater is being wasted the' are likelv to shut off the water in any place where this is found The water department had to deal with three mishaps recently in addi tion to the hydrant break in front of the Union house The first occurred at the corner of ederal and Haywood streets the second on Sanderson street and the third at the corner of Wells and Allen streets The frost seems to' be lifting the hydrants thus causing the supply pipe to break Has Bad Cut In the Neck Cornelius Rearden who claims to be cf Lawrence is in a critical con dition at the ranklin County hos pital where he is suffering with a street commonly known as the was arrested late Satur day night following a raid made on his rooming apartment by Sergeant James Burns and Prqxere Articles which nad been stolen frm le transit of the American express company were found in his possession He accomplished this by gathering artices from the trucks standbig around the Greenfield railway depot in the late hours of the night Art cles of all descripti ns were taken and one of his latest hauls included a valuribe woman's fun coat He will be ar raigned in district court this morn ing on the charge of larceny Traffic on the various trolly lines and in all directions on the railroads was tied up more or less the past week owing to the weather condi tions The Connecticut Valley street railway has been busy keeping its lines open especially tho line between Greenfield and Northampton The Turners alls division was open most of tho time but it was necessary to keep a gang of men shoveling snow and' cutting the ice that had formed along the tracks Saturday the rail roads reported through trains as be ing several hours late The Philathea class of tho irst Methodist church will hold its an nual men's night on Thursday at 730 in the church chapel Members of the Baraca class and oth er men of the church are invited as guests There will be a musical pro gram and an address by Rev Dr A Pratt on his experiences in the Young Men's Christian association work among our soldiers Refreshments will be served The missionary study class of the Second Congregational church will meet at the home of Mrs AT Pratt 1G5 High street to morrow after noon at 3 Mrs elton will be the leader and Mrs An drews with Mrs Raymond Buck be the hostesses Kelly's dancing pupils will hold their closing reception this evening at Grinnell hall The Class has had a most successful season and young people of Greenfield have learned to dance or chestra will furnish the music AMERICAN SECTOR NOW I rench Commander Turns Over to United States General That Part of ront Where jWe Are ight ing By the Associated Press With the American Army in rance Saturday ebruary 9 Ar American general now com mands the sector of life front recently taken over by our troops When the Americans first entered the sector it was under the command of a rench general commanding a certain large unit of the rench artny Now we have control In turning the sector over to the American general on eb ruary 5 the rench commander is sued a general order in which he expressed complete satisfaction tvith our troops and was confident that the sector was in good hands and if at tacked would be defended with great valor The order a copy of which was communicated to our forces reads: ebruary 5 the commanding gen eral of American unit takes com mand of sector The commanding general of rench unit takes occa sion to express to the American gen eral the colonels of artillery and all of the American units 'which have been under his orders complete sat isfaction with the way in the American troops have acquitted them selves of the mission intrusten to them Their good will and their ardent desire to excel and the rapidity with which they have adapted themselves to life of the sector have brought them the admiration of all Gen hands over the sector with confidence that it is in good hands and that tho American troops will organize it with method and the tenacity characteriz ing American genius and in case of attack will defend it with great severe cut in his neck inflicted upon him early morning in a drunken brawl Leo Downes said to be cf Lowell is being held tne po lice as the person who cut throat at the request of the injured man who accuses Downes The scene of the assault was a boarding and dining ca on the Boston ard Maine tracks near the Blake coal eleva tor There were 14 men in the car at the time all of whom are stran gers in Greenfield The men were em ployed as freight handlers by the rail road company and lived in the board ing car The police were notified cf the disturbance that was going on and on arriving at the car art all of the men in it These men were held until an investigation was made but all claimed to know nothing of who had committed the crime In toxicating liquors were found in the car and several of We men had used them to excess The victim of the assault received a cut about six inches long and due to the loss of plooa from the wound it is doubted if he will live case will be neard in district court this morning 1 Ira Allen Dead Ira Allen 57 of 3S Wells street died early Saturday morning after an illness of two years He was a native of Montaerue but for the past 34 years had made his home in Greenfield Before he was taken ill he was em ployed as a chauffeur by Gunn He Is survived by his widow Mrs lizabeth flunn of Wells street a son ira 1 wno lives at nome ana two daughters Mrs A Young and Mrs Woods both of Greenfield The will take place this afternoon at 230 at the home and will be private Carnes West of 101 Deerfield BRITISH LABOR'S LOYALTY Determined to Defeat Germans Says of Union Are the Starv ing He Asks Boycott on German Goods Joseph Havelock Wilson who for many years was a labor member of Parliament and is now presi dent of the national union in speaking at a mass meeting held at London Saturday night in connection with the merchant league said that much had been heard about the serious trouble likely to arise in the labor world but that such talk could be written down as nonsense There was no man in the British Isles to day who had been more closely in touch with the of Great Britain during the last four months than he had he said Since Septem ber he had held more than 50 meet ings anfi at all of them the workers had shown their unity and determina tion in the resolve that there must be one end to this war and that end the absolute defeat of the Germans Pacifists were alleging the upper classes were living in great style while the' poor were on the verge of starvation he continued that he asked He had challenged Arthur Henderson labor party leader in the House' Commons to go around the countfytwith him and see the reputed starving poor Where were they he wanted to know The meeting passed a resolution to boycott for two years after tho war all goods of German origin GETTING REAL ACTS PROITEERS UNCOVERING GREETING IS WARM (Continued rom' irst GERMAN GLOAT LIST (Continued rom irst Page) LOCAL NUTICES In quality shapes and an the of of To day WUoatlesn Iay Meatless Breakfast to a few influential dealers who not distribute it adequately and too often looked out first for rich customers The crisis has probably passed but there is sufficient to carry a cold winter and then future Tex Sixton lores of Alice Edward eyrer of Weinert Benjamin George of Tahlequah Martin Hill of Wimburley Louis Johnston of Paris Tex Il Tex wnne thousands of Washington fam ilies were literally freezing Over 800 tons of anthracite coal were stored on barges by the Potomac riv er front for later whew needed at one oftthe camps down the river There were thousands of tons in re serve for certain department build ings supplies them through some for the There was a feeling it re flected especially upon the federal government for Washington iity to be unduly short of coal It would en courage alarming reports abroad re garding the situation throughout the nation at large The fact that Wash ington has had the severest winter within the memory of its present in habitants that there has been snow on the ground for over two months and that during much of that time the cold has been intense does not altogether excuse the fuel situation The management of the fuel ad ministrator selected for the District of Columbia is probably responsible in some measure He was incapable and fell short of he requirements in several particulars Often the su rly of coal that came into the city went could who their now much comment here about it Before another winter comes there is likely to be a rigorous reorganization here to prevent if possible a i repetition of the humiliating spectacle of such a largo city which is the seat of a powerful government and within short distance or both bituminous and thracito fields being at mercy of profiteers Syracuse China Dinnerware Senate Commerce Committee Do ing Good Work Without Lack of Patri otism in Shipbuilding La bor Airplane Delays rom Our Special Correspondent WASHINGTON Sun eb 10 Tito exit of Senate investigators ap pears to be farther off than some optimists have been predicting While the military affairs committee has possibly come near the vanishing point of its useful activities and there is impatience with certain re publican senators plainly working for political advantage the Senate commerce committee has been mining down to important facts The dis closures brought about there have not been of a particularly startling char acter but have been of a character to straighten up the shipping board management materially Senators of that committee have brought out a lot of things regarding the award of contracts regarding commissions paid large firms and also regarding the attitude of labor in shipbuilding Secretary of War Baker and Sur geon General William Gorgas of the United States army visited the Camp Meade (Md) cantonment yes terday and spent several hours going through the base hospital They went through all the wards talkingwith physicians nurses orderlies and patients After the inspection Secre tary Baker told Maj A Kefauver superintendent of the hospital and Gen Nicholson that his tri) of in spection had encouraged and gratified him and that the general conditions at the cantonment were pleasing IN WASHINGTON INQUIRY Comment on Psychological Effect of Sinking of Tuscania iu America German 'newspapers are gloating over psychological Which they expect the sinking of the Tus cania must produce in America The Koelnische Volks Zeitung says the event must unfailingly dampen the spirits of Americans and pro ceeds American vessels some with munitions and perhaps a sinall number of 'soldiers have been sunk before but so far as wo know this is the first case of a big transport with a considerable number of troops aboard faling victim of our boats Maybe large sized transports have rever or rarely so far crossed for tho American forces in rance are not yet very large such vessels must be convoyed with great care our achieve ment is all the" more remarkable and The Berlin Mittag am Zeitung makes a similar comment ami re joices that so much war material was lost and that the rescued soldierswill not be immediately available for service The Berlin newspapers Germania and Deutsche Tages Zeitung affect surprise that the big transport only carried approximately 2100 men Thus as to reports" 10 transports have arrived in rance they calculate that only abou4000Q American troops are now there This they assert agrees with independent information at hand on this subject The Germania adds to this the as sertion that the sinking of the Tus cania gave the United States a hard blow which for a moment to Secretary of Wa' Baker it concludes do not underestimate the importance of assistance but we shall nevertheless look for further boat CHARLES HALLS THE BVILDING I Store' Closed To day The Mercy Warren chapter of the A It will hold a military ball and dlnnet at th" Kimball hotel Tuesday evening obnmry 1 Tickets for the dinner at are Jli'1 and may be reserved till Monday night by calling Mrs Lutz at S3 lrgtade avc imc Dancing from 7 to 11 ticketsT Not sold at tho door Advertisem*nt Star Spangled Banner' tilled the air the troops standing to attention ori the carriages as the national an them was played The then left with grateful' expressions of the hos pitality of Belfast One soldier whose sole garb at the time of rescue was a shirt was qtiiie proud of him I self in his new rigout which was that of a sergeant in the Royal Irish rifle "Bishop Darcy of Belfast has re ceiv'ed the following telegram from the American embassador Walter Page: beg your lordship to accept expression of my heartfelt appre ciations the feeling conveyed in your telegram my compatriots join in re ceivintr with deepest gratitude the sympathy which you so generously that should liavo had much wider publicity These things will not serve espel cially as an indictment of the ship ping board hut rather of the eager ness of shipbuilding firms to fatten off the dire needs The transactions were of such tremendous volume and the necessity for prog ress toward results was so extreme that it seemed physically impossible for the government to protect itself amply at every turn Of course in numerous instances the government has bound itself by contracts but enough has been determined so that hereafter such contracts are likely to be made on more advantageous termsto the government The commerce committee seems to have performed a real service in this regard There has been no suggestion of playing politics there acts and facts only have been sought The democratic and republican senators on the committee seem to have been co operating cordially and with the pub lic interest in view Up to the present much of the activity has been in dig ging over contract arrangements with shipping and other firms probing the Hog island enterprise and' all that But the commerce committee senators are not ignoring the laboi side of the situation by any means It is not particularly popular these days for anvone to profiteer at the expense of the government and apparently the Senate committee does not intend that labor loafers or laboi strikers who do not perform a good work 'and as many work in a week as their physical strength will permit shall escape criticism The impres sion certainly grows at Washington that labor has not been as patriotic about building ships asit might have been and there is interest here in seeing the commerce committee go to the very bottom of this situation' of Airplane Delays Complaints are circulating here about undue delays with the manu facture of flying machines for the European war A specific complaint the correctness of which: is not vouched for but which is mentioned for whatever it may be has to do with for the covering of wings It is understood that each flying ma chine requires about 50 gallons more oi less of this dope and that plans have been afoot to provide between 5000000 and 10000000 gallons the supply to take care also of the in tcrests of the allied nations in the manufacture of machines It is said that the aircraft produc tion board and kindred authorities having to do with providing this been delaying for ovei two months in making it ready Here tofore as the story goes nitrate of cellulose has been chiefly used for staining these wings it having prop el ties that not only fill the pores of the fabric but shrink and tighten it The nitrate of cellulose however is highly inflammable which is said to account for the frequent burning of flying machines when in the air Not only will an enemy bullet or other missile occasionally set fire to the airplane wings but it has been known that sparks from the motors would start the fire in mid air Consequently there has been a search for some material that Is not and formulae have been studied out both by the rench and Americans which have as a basis acetate of cellulose having as one of its important elements acetate of lime the supply of which is very lim ited The claim is made that there is practically no difference'between t'e rench' and American formulae but that a decision of the question of supplies and the making of contracts has been delayed interminably re ferred first from one bureau to an other and then from one scientist to another Probably the Senate military af fairs coinmittee could quickly get au thoritative information on this sub ject were its members to make an effort The question of fullest possi ble protection for these flying ma chines is of course of very great mo ment Naturally the agents and at torneyc on the outside are impa tient possibly over impatient at de lays but as the story goes the de lays in this instance have outrun the ordinary business requirements for careful procedure It should be said perhaps that' in quiries have generally indicated that the aircraft production board was getting along fairly well with its great tasks of raising an army of fly and in providing vehicles for flight Coal Hoarding at Washington People' who claim to have reliable information from the North say that the national capital has suffered more from inefficiency in the distribu tion of fuel than New York Boston or any other city in the real winter belt Tho exercise of a by which persons of influence could stock up their cellars with quantities of coal far beyond their immediate needs is said to have been respon sible in some part for this condition Certain it is that the situation be came so desperate not many days ago that President Wilson gave it his personal attention and demanded that investigation be made and report be brought to him personally' He is said to have been chagrined that pub lic schools of the national capital had been compelled to close for more than a week because there was no I fuel to' those structures I Certain of the government bureaus and departments obtained great iuan I titles of anthracite and had durability this American product is all that could he desired The Syracuse Gold Border patterns are especially attractive Prices are reasonable Make it a point to see our collection 1 DIED DKACKEN In this city Oth AaMtnata Bracken the homn at he brothci William Bracken CTT Carew street to morrow oTi'esdaj) at 830 a foliowine iu Die church ur Jaidy cf Hop at a Burial in St ceiuetery nends Invltod In th! city bth nt ort Pleasant arena" Mrs lllen Millas widow of Pr Robert Mel us vi'erul tii charej to morrow tTuesdaj) at 230 tn Tn this oily 8th Abicail Potter 73 wife of Moses A Mayuawl In neral at tho Into residence 3 Andrew afreet to day (Monday) nt 2 At West Spriueflehl loth Esther Oliver Bliss 80 of 33 ciiurdi troer unornt at Morrill's funeral parlors Wednesday at pm a Winfield Tex Amos McDaniel of Stockdale Tex Elmer Holden of ort Worth Tex battalion 20th engineers ryb national army: Sergeant tMlIiain! Lambert of Philadelphia Ckirporals George Lankeneau of San rancisco Cal Terry Tuttle of Elgin William Johnson of Metamora Mich Herbert Ees nei of Saginaw Mich Ruel A Par rottofGarrison Tex Buglers Grah villtoJ Wade of Elwood Neb Theo dora Lewton of orest Grove Or privates John Cheshire of Lucas Wash William Matthews of Belling ham Mash Eugene Svnder of Rimrock Wash Everett II Duffy of Siloam Springs Mo Hallie Hosel ton i Of Coburg Or William I Droogs of Mount Idaho Idaho red Her man of Lincoln Neb Charles Thompson of Endeavor Pa George Mountray of Grandview Or George Nelson Bjork of St Helena Or Hans Erickson of Beverton Or Thom as If Davenport of Bellingham Guss Johnson of Reedsport Or iChaples Billings of Rosenberg Tex Charles Hall of Vancouver Wash? Erven Miller of Anselmo Neb Edward Burgeis of Noti Or Arthur Root of Seattle Wash Guy Jameson of Portland Or Anton Olson of Miiian Wash rediT Groomer of Horse Shoe Bend Idaho Roy Powelson of Mills City Or James Pierce of Cfeswcll Or Julius Wagner of Stamford Ct Alfio Ligari of Eureka Cal Janies Gurney of Glide Or red Inn tow of Lamoine Cal Curtis Wil son of Sale Or Alpha Rice of Charlotte Mich Peter A Agrpnof Jewell Or Milton Talle Of Union City Tenn James Buckley of Minneapolis Minn David Renton of North Bend Wash Charles Wayne of ort Jones Cal Alex anler McNeal of Pittsburg Pa Henry'll Page of Saratoga Tex Janies Pottillo of Huntington' Ark Pentecost of Dougette Tex Luther IV Ozment of Broken Bow Okl George A Reinhardt of Jeffer son Wis Lewis Robert of Nachri doches Tex John Ridge of Pleasant Hill Okl Irvin Sims of Alto Tex Thomas StClair of Junction Tex William Wright of Bymark Okl George Heimmerman of New Rochelle Luther Reeder of Broadus Tex Clayton Wqst of Baxter' Springs Kan Stephen Mead of Reed Or Charles Swan sonof Rothchilds IVisr Chauncey Davidson of Anaconda Mont Cainp Travis Replacement Detach i went No Replacement detachment Camp Travis: Privates Laurois Armigo of El Paso Tex George Daker of Carter Valley Tex Ben Barker of oulsburg Tex Edgar Barnes of Ranger Tex Benjamin Birmingham of Corpus Christi Tex Milton Broivn of Pilot Point Tex Sterling Col lonn of St James Ark William Cook of Aquilla Tex Rupert Davis of risco Tex Albert Diaz of Mis sion Tex Sixton lores or Tex Tex Okl Tex John Kemper of airfax OKI iam Keown of Sand Springs Merle Kingham of Roosevelt rank Kosseath of San Antonio Martin Lambert of Rotan Ernest Linthicum of Oklahoma City Okl Joseph Mailin of Chechotah Okl Jacob Martin of ort Worth Tex Miguel Martinez of San Diego Tex John McDonnell of Hinton Okl William McMurray of Rovse City Tex Cruz li Martinez of Me rinci Ariz Camp Travis Detachment Nd 2 Camp Travis detachment No 2 overseas casuals: Privates George A Aitwien of Temple Tex Gustav Bey er of Utica Minn John Bishop of oster Okl David Cisneros of BKrownsville Tex Joe Cochran of Lawton Okl lorencio Erras of Alice Tex Elton Edmondson of Strawn Tex Henry orshee of Hayward Okl Guadalupe Garza' of Rio Grande Tex Thomas Hudgeons of Hal lettsville Tex Robert Lee Hickey of Denton Tex Roy May of Lin dale Tex William Moreau of Leon Springs Tex George Moreno of Pear sall Tex Howard Menely of Sas akwa Okl Burley Nall of Carling ton Okl Sidney Nall of Gaines ville Tex Ben Owens of Canadian Tex Henry Oxford of TurnesviUe Angel Perez of San Antbnl0Tcx On dis Powell of Okl Homer Pullin of rench Camp Miss Clar ence Paul of Alexandria La Juan A Perez of Boerne T0x George perry of Lon Wolf Okl Richardson Peter of Ravia Okl letcher Pollak of Adkius Tex James A ITicc 01 Boise City Okl Robbie Itay Seymour Tex Raymond Roessler Medicine Lodge Kan Lucio Ramus of Sn Antonio Tex Barney Ray of Temple Tex Jesse Rhoads of Hal bert Okl Virgil Roberts of El Reno Okl Cirilo Dodriguez of Bergsmill Tex Oscar Roebuck of Soper Okl Ed ward Routt of 'Pecan Gap Tex Jesse Smith of Coleman Okl Ar thur Straach of Miles Tex Richard Schulze of Boerne Tex Oscar Smith of Winters Tex William Smith of estus Mo James 1' Sparkman of risco Tex Herman Sloss of Hennesy Okl Daniel Trobridge of Strawn Tex Rufus Taff of San Saba Tex Joe Taylor of San Antonio Tex John Terry of Aquilla ex Tulia hompson of Madill Okl George IV Tomlins of El Reno Okl Eugene Tumlinson of Bishop Tex William Vickers of Southwest City Mo John Weather all of Dallas Tex Hugo Weirich of redericks Tex Ethan White of Ar nett OKL Walter Whittington Sherman Tex Bell Williams Glenwood Ark Paul A Williams of i uenio coi william it Wilson Canton Tex lames Wood of Yan tis Tex Jose Ybarra of Laredo Tex Edward Young of Gilmer Tex Patrick White of Tex Rosendo Diaz of Najarna Tex irst Sanitary Squad 32d Division irst' sanitary squad 32d division national guard Sergeant Janies Hawley of Neenah Wis Private red A Rudolf of Milwaukee Wis Albert Moyer of Lewistown Pa Second Sanitary Squad Division Sanitary squad Nd 2 32d division Privates Orvel Casper of Milwau kee Wis Theodore A Montgomery of Mantistique Mich riedel IVil kening of Unionville Mich 107th Engineer Train Military Police One hundred and seveotli engineer train and militaiy pol Privates Reuben Peterson of Marinette Wis Harry Peterson Milwaukee Wis Made ta the i USA'.

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