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NOKWTCH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 41, 1918
WHAT PREPAREDNESS MEANS TO U.S.
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Dodge Brothers have but pnd delivered forty-three million dollara
worth of cars in the past fourteen months.
The car has now reached the stage where its sales are almost auto-,
matically increased.
By this we mean that one sale Is almost certain to result in one or
two other sales.
The simple truth about how the car stands with the public is hard to
put into words because it sounds like boasting.
It Is a common occurence with dealers, everywhere, to have a man
walk in and drive out without wasting time asking questions.
The fact Is that the average owner is not merely satisfied, but almost
extravagantly enthusiastic.
You must have noticed that the first thing said about the car, in ordi
nary conversation, is almost always a direct reference to its quality.
JPeople have arrived at the conclusion that the Dodge Brothers give
the manufacture of the car an unusual degree of personal attention;
and that the car is right, down to the smallest detail.
There is a widespread feeling that they take an intense personal
pride in perfecting the product that bears their -name.
Both of these conclusions are correct
Aa we have said before, the Dodge Brothers are the actual, active superfntendetitsT
engineers, managers and owners of this business.
Before they began to build their own car they had built the parts for more than
half a million other cars.
An of this experience, and all that followed it coupled with, intense pride in their own
product and love of the work itself keeps up a continuous process of improvement.
They have concentrated on one car, and one car only, in a determination to melxo
it as good as a car can be made.
For every part and every process that enters into it they have personally eateS
lished a standard.
The work done and the materials used in each part, and each process, in every
car, must conform to that standard.
iThe factories now cover 60 acres of floor space and are still growing but there
is no department so remote that it does not feel the influence of the Dodge-Brothers
personal direction.
This intense watchfulness accounts, of course, for the remarkable things you hear
about the performance of the car.
In its first year it has acquired a wonderful hold on the good opinion of the Ameri
can people and it has not developed a single fault worth talking about.
That it will steadily grow better under the Dodge Brothers' generalship goes
without saying.
It -win bo wt;I1 worth your while to examine thla ear mt tho Show
THE JORDAN AUTO COMPANY
Willimantic, Connecticut
The price efthe Winter Tonrtn Car or RoadsteV
complete. Including renter mohair top. -MQtto.
b. Detroit)
II The price of the Tourfns Cer or Poiditer, cotntjetei
III . ia$78S (f?o.b. Detxovy
Gen. W. A. Aiken Gives View on Vital Subject In Address
Before Park Church Men Endorses CoL Roosevelt's
Plan for National Defense. .
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Our store will be operated on a strictly cash basis, and we
ask your approval of this system only as we can demon
strate how it will actually save money for you.
The store that extends credit in any form has many ac
counts which cannot be collected. Who pays for them?
Surely not the merchant he could not afford to. So he
must ask a little higher prices for his goods to cover the
loss. You, therefore, pay for merchandise from which
someone else is receiving the benefit. This is so very evi
dently unjust to the people who pay their bills that we
have adopted a new system which eliminates this and
which has many more advantages.
By receiving cash for our goods we do away with the possibility of losses from
accounts. We also eliminate all bookkeeping, collection and many minor ex
penses which all add up to a large total. By paying cash for our goods we get
many discounts which are absolute savings So, with all of these savings com
bined, we can afford to lower our prices considerably. In fact, no store which ex
tends credit can consistently sell goods for as little as we do.
We want you to come to the store and see for yourself just how this cash
system benefits you in actual money. Make all the comparisons you choose the
more you make the more you must admit the benefits of the cash systems. We
have operated both and know that the cash system is the fairest to all concerned.
Hi THE SHTEREST OF ECONOMY-H1VESTSG ATE
NEW HAVEN LIFTS
FREIGHT EMBARGO TEMPORARIL
Action Taken to Afford Relief to In
dustries in Need of Material.
In order to afford relief to Indus
tries In New England that are In ur
gent heed of material to avoid closing
their plants all existing embargoes Is
sued by the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad except the em
bargo upon soft coal will be suspended
from midnigtit of Friday, March 10
until midnight of Tuesday, March 14,
after which time existing embargoes
will be reinstated.
This arrangement will afford all
now in need of material and supplies
time to advise shippers that shipments
or carloads and less than carloads re
ceipted for by the carrier until and
ncludinsr Tuesday. March 14. may
go forward without Interference from
embargoes placed by the New Haven
company, although such shipments
cannot be moved more rapidly than
their regular turn will permit.
xne congestion on the New Haven
road continues very acute and the
temporary lifting of embargoes Is not
an indication of easier conditions, but
the action is taken In order that where
extreme conditions now prevail op
portunity will be afforded to arranfre
for the loading of material at primary
points to be taken to destination as
soon as the company's present con
gested circumstances will permit.
consignees are urgently requested
not to order material loaded that thev
are not in need of to meet immediate
necessities.
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!nes before the pusiic, mere is no
medium better than tnrougb the ad
vertising columns ul Tie ttulletln.
WHEN YOC WANT to put your bus
iness belore the pucilc. there la no
modlutc better than through (he ad
vertising column ol Xu .H'Umin.
WHEN YOTJ WANT to put your bus
mess before the public, there la n
m odium belter than through the so.'
vertlsloc voiumns of. The Bulletin.
Hartford Preacher Hera 8unday.
Rev. George MlgTdns of Hartford
will preach Sunday at Grace Memor
ial church. At the Lyceum at 4 o'
clock Sunday afternoon he will de
liver a special sermon.
Does Everything You
Eat Turn Into Gas?
uonx iiiw nirmiui urugs. Ml-o-na
Stomach Tablets Set Stomach
Right In Jig Tim and
Never Harm.
Thousands Uee Them For Indigestion,
Gas, Heart Burn. Makes a Slok,
Sour Stomach Feel Fine.
Thousands of people who constantly
had Indigestion after meals and whose
food never emd to egree with them
have found happy relief and are able to
eat all they want any time without
distress since they began on Ml-o-na
Btomacn TUDreta.
If you suffer from gas. heartburn. In
digestion, go to ErruKKists Lee & Oe
good, or any good drug store, and aay
r1 want to try Ml-o-na, Stomach Tab
lets under your guarantee that unls
they give me prompt relief you will
return my money. uruggista every
wnere no sen it tnax way because the;
know Ml-o-na surely does quickly en
indigestion and stomach distress, tha
they are pleasant and easy to take and
perfectly harmless. But thev let tha
purchaser be the Judge and cheerfully
reiuna money u cramanaeo.
JL bJrMy tntaraattaf; 3dieos en Pre-1
paxedness, Waat Does It MaanT waa
delivered ay General WlIUam A. Alks
before tha members of the Mien's clnk
of Park Cons-re Rational church at their
monthly meeting la tbe parlors of tho
uageoa memorial ransn house. Fri
day evening. In bts address General
Aiken expressed his views la resard
to this subject which la nation-wide
interest at tho present time.
Preceding- General Alken'a talk there
was a "oriel business session which
was called to order about S o'clock by
the president, Robert Johnson. Tho
tn In u tea of the previous meeting wore
read by tha secretary and routine bus
iness matters were arjed upon. Gen
eral Aiken was then Introduced as the
speaker and from tho very beginning
he held tho undivided attention of
every one of tho thirty or mora men
present.
General Aiken said: In my paper on
Pacifism vs. Preparedness. I said.
"We hate war and ahould avoid It by
all honorable means tout we cannot
subscribe to the doctrine that wars are
never necessary, nor that they are al
ways an nnmixea evil.
At tho outset of this talk. I want
to reassert. In the most emnhatlo
manner my hatred of war and my
unceasing desire to stretch to the ut
most, every means of prevention
enter or which is the observance of the
Golden Rule by our government In Its
intercourse with other nations
Tonight, let us try to ret a closer
Idea of what preparedness means,
taking a preliminary bird's eye view of
ens Monroe Doctrine.
Next, of the various Diana nroooaed
for preparedness, avoiding elaborate
statistics Tor lack or time.
Next, glance at the salient features
or any plan, making such final deduo
Hons as to our personal responsible
ties, as may suggest themselves.
The doctrine of James Monro bear
about the same relation to the so-call.
ed Monroe Doctrine of 1916 that a gun
oears to me latest superareadnought.
It la the great American Shibboleth
constantly quoted In speeches and
messages as tho "Ultima Thule" ol
our world politics, though changing
color from year to year, as new events
happen or new interpreters interpret.
oh sea on tne nistoncai ract or suc
cessful revolution against Spain toy
her American colonies and the so-call.
ed "Holy Alliance" of the European
autocracies, it was declared by Pres
ident Monroe that the new republics
of the western hemisphere were
thenceforth "not to be considered as
subjects for future colonization by any
European power" and that "the ex
tension of their system to any portion
of this hemisphere is dangerous to our
Peace and safety T That is the simple
substance) of the original doctrine.
To trace its subsequent development
would make an enlightening paper by
Itself. Sufficient for our present sur
vey to show how its later interpreta
tion have governed concrete casea.
Suppose, for Instance, that a com.
merclal corporation of Janan dealrsa
a coaling station for their raDldlv in
creasing merchant neet. or government
snips, on tne western coast and com
mences negotiations with Mexico to
that end. Our government leama of
it and promptly notifies both Janan
and Mexico that the transaction would
not meet mo views of the American
nation tne thing is dropped.
suppose again, that Germanv r1
sires for her great fleet of sea going
veorels. which (till the great war
stopped them) were navigating an the
oceans; wantb a convenient coaling
station or strategic base, as you please
say at tho Island of St. Thomas, now
owned by Denmark; that Germany is
wining to nut the same and Den
mar it equally desirous to sell. Our
government steps In and says. "No,
gentlemen. If you please under the
Aionroe Doctrine we should be com
pelled to regard such a sale and trans
fer as against our Interests" and the
traae is orr.
once more, the little republlo of
tania Domingo, heavily in debt to
European power defaults on that doht
as to Interest or principal, or both. The
power, after exercising some patience
ana ainiomatio piaver. falls to ret
satisfaction and ouletly sends a sloop
of war to a Dominican port perchance
to take temporary possession of a nu.
torn nouse in order to collect import
or export amies till her debt Is st
lsflpd. As if by tnarta, an American
cruiser is on the scene, whoso com
mander is Instructed politely to noilf.i
tne rorelgn commander that, under
the Monroe Doctrine, his little nlnn
cannot be made to work, but that our
commander can show him a more ex
cellent way, nnmely that he srrairht
way jana a detainment of marines,
take possesalon of the Dominican cue.
torn hotiso, eject their native officers
and put Americans In their places,
with the polite assurance that from
the re-venues received, the foreigner
shall annually get a certain propor
tion, ns determined ny our govern
ment. still tha debt Is naid. It la
the same time Intlmatsd, In a delight
fully friendly manner, that the only
permlpslble plan Is now before the
foreigner to accept or reject, The
forrlirner, covering up his Injured
prlrto, accepts. Peace reigns. Old
Olorv files yenr after year over thnaa
custom houses, our silver tnnsued rac-
secretarv of e'ato solicits places there.
in for "Deserving Democrats" from
rank Land, and. the doctrine la vin.
dicated.
The upshoot of the dortrlna at the
date of President Wilson's last men
sage was, that no European nation
might acquire bv conquest, purchase,
lease, or deed of gift, tenure of land
or buildings, either on the mainland
or on lsinnns or an existing sov
ereignty of the Western Hemisphere
without the consent of the United
States, and, by implication, that none
or an in sovereignties mignt ds free to
thus dispose of their domains without
our consent! a relation of dependence
wnicn our sister republics appreciate,
ana resent.
Ana now, rresineni Wilson adds, a
new Interpretation nnd tha Monroe
Doctrlns become "Th Pan-Amnrl.
can Doctrine" no less paternal than
before, but, apparently mors fratemsli
which tha twenty-one rennbllns ef tha
hemisphere are ts protect each othet
against foreign aga i e wilon end in.
ternal revolution and settle all Pans
American nntindary disputes bp mu
tusl arbitration,
Whether tha altrulstlo schema hs
been ratified by the southern repub
lics er not, It ts one whteh will repay
rwr closs attention In tha futura.
To bit mind, this latest expansion
of tho Monro Doctrine pre-sunnoaM
more than ever, an ultimate rewerve of
rorr-e, tnat is or snips, guns and men.
wo corns tnen, to tha central sues
tlon the tru nature and extent of
Preparedness.
President Wilson's last message ts
congress as to the Navy endorses
the report of Secretary Daniels bas.
d on five ysar estimates submitted by
the naval officers, but materially whit
tles them down, in point of detail; es
timate as to a present navy for which
socend rank Is claimed in official
highest quarters while mors cempe
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rsak aa no hicner than fotrrtk
among the navies of th -world. Roose
velt calls It firth. .
Under the exhilarating lnfluaooa ot
St. 1x3 oia audiences, however, tha
president throwa all that to the winds
and proclaims to aa astonished world.
his desire for a navy Incomparably tha
largest la tha world.
upon tha ssoond line or defence, the
army, th president reduoes greatly
th estimates or th enler ot stall
and th War College aa to the force
desires, either for the regular army
or the lestn tes, bat agrees with the
recommendations of his secretary of
war as to th proper nature of those
as so far as the raising of a
volunteer force outside th NaiOnal
Guard or militia of the several
states Is concerned ,and lends th full
fore of official tvootnmendanon to
th scheme for th creation of a at
called. Continental Army.
Through th Interfere noe ef oth
influences, th president has since
changed bis position. If not his mind,
and has thereby lost the services of
his war secretary, perhaps th strong
est man in his cabinet. His present
position not only opposes the recora
mendatlons of Secretary Garrison, but
absolutely oversets all the recommen
dations of th general staff and tha
War College.
A compromise win doubtless b ar
rived at in congress, but th danger
is, that it will t a clumsy and com
paratively Ineffective substitute for
symmetrical plans long and pain fully
worked out by oar professional
pert s.
When tho compromise referred to
Is reached and the composition of th
forces determined, then, and not till
then, do we strike the real crux of
the situation. And this It is to get
men.
Success at this point win depend
somewhat oa th situation in Europe,
In Mexico and in the united State.
Should our relations with rhs outer
world be about aa now, there la to
my mind, extreme doubt of success
arising from the excess of demand
over supply of labor, from vivid reo
ollectlon of the great difficulty in se
curing volunteers during loner inter
vals of our great 71vll war. even wltn
the aid of town, city and stat boun
ties, from the reluctance of employ'
era of labor to release their employes
long enough for th necessary train
lng and from th hostility of "organ
ixed labor."
I hope the event win show my views
In this matter too pessimistic; but
when responsible officers of th Na
tlonal Guard tell me. as they have, or
their trying experiences in contending
asalnat these obstacles, and by the
statement once made to me bv an In
dustrial manager in our own dry. that
if a man in his employ took tlm to
pass a brief week in camp at Ntantle
he would discharge htm ana when
notice now and again, as you may
have done, newspaper accounts of the
prohibition by Isbor rmnlsatlons. of
membership in tha National Guard. I
cannot resist these doubts.
There sre forty-nine army posts
scattered over the country, most of
them created in the days of pioneer
settlement for protection against In
dians. Most of these ar worse than
useless, though still supported bv pub
lio funds and manned by a sufficient
force to properly care for the O'K
works, defences, buildings, etc. We
have eleven navy yards "at home
The British navy fnr the largest In
the world hns less thin hilf a Aot"t
corresponding establishments called
dockyards, "at home" that Is, In the
British Isles.
Four of our navy yards were estab
llshed in 1810. one in 101. one in
ono in 149. one In 154, one In
1S. one in 191 and one in 1901.
EiTht of them more than half a cen
tury old and five more than a century
old and nil selected with reference to
the wants of those days.
Besides these, we have two so-call
ed "Naval Stations" at Port Royal. S.
C. and Koy West. El a.
We have also three navy yards and
four naval stations on our Insular
possessions, besides sixteen "training."
coaling" and "miscellaneous" stations.
each absorbing large approptiatlnna
With all this and notwithstanding
the very much larger expense, for pay
of employes, enlisted men and offi
cers than In any army or navy of the
world, and not forrettlng the inevita
ble sequence of pensions after any
war, are we not forced to choose be-
tween a dead halt and a forward
move. In material preparedness against
war and fo; peace 7
Though I am not a political follows
of Colonel Roosevelt. I believe hla plan
-which one who reads the remorts of
the army and navy boards between
the lines can se is theirs by prefer
ence if most expensive at the start,
would prove in tha end by far the
most economical of life and money;
equally tho most efficient for every
day In the year, and In tha highest
sense, tho most truly Democrat! o.
Tha present situation holds In sus
pense, very grave possibilities, for
which. It seems to me, we must be
prepared, or abandon our loud pre
tensions to bs at the earns time the
protector of tha Western Hemisphere
end a world power.
Hut these rovensn ana absorbing
plans for national preparedness should
not crowd from our earnest aspira
tions those grander elTorta for Inter
national peace, for years the dream of
the best men of both hemispheres:
men like Ellhu Root, Nicholas Murray
Hutier. William il. Tart and Andrew
Carnegie,
In these days when the solemn trea
ties of Hague World conventions, be
coma In a moment mere scraps of pa
per, tha nearer alarm displaces tha
grander hope.
I firmly believe that thro urn th!
world cataclysm Is coming, by waya
which ws aa yet see not. but which
the eye of the Divine Omniscience
clearly sees, an era nearer than ever
before to "Peace on earth and good
will to men.'
At the cloe of General Aiken's talk
ths members were invited to the din-
lng room where a buffet lunch
served.
yiW Men's Shirts
DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS AT SPECIAL PRICES
Men's Nerliree Shirts with stiff cuffs, made of one- "
hundred count percales, newest Spring styles in -u.
good assortment and in a tun range ot sizes tnese 7Q
are good 1,00 value- Special price 'z
Men's Soft Shirts, made especially for ns In newest
Spring designs and colorings, size range 14 to 164 O'Tp
these are good 1.25 value Special price,.. OtJL
Wash Laces at 7c a Yard "Z
Here is a special offering for today in Wash Laces. It in-.
eludes a beautiful assortment of Laces, for trimming wash
dresses and underwear, ranging in width from 1-mch to
5 inches. In the assortment there is Filet, Quny and Tor
chon Lace every pattern new this .season Today we of
fer a choice at vyz a yard.
Will Speak In New London,
A. A. McCasklll win apeak at the
Bradley street mission. New London,
at 7 5 p, xn, Sunday,
Women's Spring Coals, Suits, Eta
A splendid showing of new Spring models in Women's and
Misses' Suits, Coats, Dresses, Sldrts and Waists all the..;
newest fashions new materials new colorings, -
New 8orinsj Bulla, with all ths latest-sty Wa tosohes Prlos rwo flSjOOV
to 139.50.
New and effect lv stylo In Spring Costs for Woman and Misses pries '
rings 1&0O to $25.00.
Women's Dresses In s verwty ef new models and most fashionable,
materials prlc range $6.50 to $25j00.
Nsw Dress Skirts ef rare style and bssvty, ef bst grade raaAsslals
pric range $4.50 to $1130.
Nsw Waists for Women In a splendid range ef faahionabl Spring,
models pric rang 98o to $5.93.
Women's Raincoats, germ ante ef beauty and vtiHty. many tww mods hi
range T5J to 917.50.
MARRIED,
RANDAL! ROBINSON Tn this efty,
March 10, 118, By Kev. rl. . hows,
. D-, Frederick Randall and Miss
Ciaxabel Robinson,
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Children's Gingham Dresses
We are showing all the newest styles in Children's Ging
ham Dresses pretty smocked effects, in the new Empire
models, at these prices:
. Ages 2 to 14 years at 59c each
Ages 6 to 14 years at 9Sc each
Ages 6 to 14 years at $1.25 each
(Infants' SepartmsnC Becond Floor)
Winter Iiiniinery Spring Millinery
Today we offer a choice of 25 Trimmed Dress Hats 5
for women at a price that should insure a quick
clearance. The materials alone are worth many . ;
times the price we ask for the Hats, all trimmecl
rn cola tn.1lw -ik . Civil
We invite you to visit our Millinery Department today .
and see the advance showing of New Spring Millinery
Hats trimmed and untrimmed. The new goods are ar
riving almost daily and the new styks are very attractive.
Embroidery Remnants at Special Prices
Durine our recent Embroidery Sale we accumulated a large.
lot of Remnants and Short Lengths Edgings, lnsertings,
Corset Cover Embroideries, Etc, in lengths up to six yards.
All these Remnants and Short Lengths have been assem
bled and are on sale at the following special prices
5c A YARD 10c A YARD 15c A YARD
Regular values 10c to 29c a yard
New Stamped Goods at Art Department
Stamped Turkish Towels, guest and bath sizes, on heavy
Terry cloth, with pink and blue borders Prices are 17v
35c and 50c
Stamped Night Gowns, on beautiful sheer material, all
made Prices are 59c ajid $1.00.
Shampoo Jackets, very popular just now, stamped on
heavy huck with instructions for working Price 59c each.
Japanese Printed Work, all ready to use, beautiful col
orings and designs Napkins at 5c Scarfs at 29c- f
Squares at 69c v
Two Candy Specials for Today
FRESH HARD OKp
CANDIES at
Freeh and Crisp Hart Candles. In
cluding; Peanut Snaps. Buttercura
Pillows. Blossoms, Etc. Special
pries today 25o a pound.
Regular 40o OQr
CHOCOLATES at
Defiance Brand Chocolate la
so'.d everywhere at 40c a pound I
Our special valu at 29o a pound.
New, Popular Copyright Books for March
The New Books for March are here recent $1.50 Copy
right Books now selling at 50c a copy. One of the latest
just received is "The Light of Western Stars," by Zane,
Gray. On sale now at Book Department at 50c a copy,':
29c
39c
WOMEN'S S7V4
HOSIERY at
"Women's Fin Hosiery In cotton,
lisle and mercerised and la several
different weights Special prlos 29o
a pair, S for SSe, regular prlc 7V4c.
WOMEN'S 80s
SILK HOSIERY at
The are ee.onrt aoalltr of th
fenrums Bur son CUBc . Eoslsrr. tn.
beta black and white Special prlos
88o a pair, rsrolar clos lOo.
HANO-EMBROrOCrtED
HANDKERCHIEFS at
A splendid abowl&c ef Women's
Hand-embroidered Irish Linen
Handkerohlefa, tn a variety of asat
designs, those are special value at
15e each.
I5c
59c
B0Y8 WASH QO
6UIT3 at OC
Boys Wastrabl Sntts. wtrnat-aaa
colored, slses to s at 93o, vaiar
tVU and. tlMK -
BOYS75o
TROUSERS at
Bors Xjik3crbodDar
Beat mixtures, sizes toTr at 6J
pair, valu Tee,
WOMEtiTS KTfTT
VESTS at
Women's Knitted Vssts, tn easw
dinal. size M, t and 0 Special
pHo 49o eeofayvata $1-00.
WOMEN'S
SWEATERS t
Women's and "fflsaes SBssrple
Sweaters Special- prioe valvar
49c
S2.95
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL CO