New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1914, Page 10

LOCAL-MAN ABROAD MAY HAVE TO FIGHT Beorge - Elsinger, Former Army Man, i Reservist. 1S 0 GERMANY WITH CHIDREN Applied for Second Naturalization Papers Only a Few Weeks Ago— ,Severnl Otheks Marooned in Father- llanad. - Wi e % . i Richard Schaéfer of ‘Trinity street, iwho has just;rgturned. from a two !weeks' trip® thrdugh” Ohio and In- :diana in theiintekests of the order of !the Sons of ! Herman, ieral little items gf much’local, inter- est in regard to the European war to- iday. . “He received'a ietter yesterday: from’| | George Elsinger of Market street, this' of June following his' wife’'s’ deatn ,}cny, who left’ during ‘the' lattér part {in' the Hartford ‘hospital, his with ItWo childrén whgm he was taking to | ihis parents in Gerfnany to bring up, }saying that he was expected to sail fogr New York on the Vaterland on August 12, arriving in this country jon August 19, As war has been de- jelared and the Vaterland is tied up }in’ Hoboken, it will be impossible for Mr. Elsinger to return. May Have to Fight. . In addition to this Mr. Schaefer states that it is highly probable that Mr. Elsiniger will have to serve in the German army, as he was a member before coming here and is a reservist. By a queer trick of fate Mr. Elsinger applied for his second naturaliza- i#n papers only two months ago. : Carl Lorenzen in Hamburg. | #Regarding Carl Lorenzen, the popu- lay Church street florist, Mr. Schaefer jsfftes that he had planned to return § the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria ich was to have sailed from Ham- g on Aug. 6. All possibility of this oné, but as he has a sister in Ham- g, it is probable that the local n may stay with ner until the uble is over. ‘#Another New Britain man abroad, who ig also a friend of Mr. Schaefer, '!ié’goséph Zvetter. He left New York iop the Imperator on July 16 for Aus- itria. “He arrived there just in time jto do his duty in the Austrian army. }H¢ was planning to stay three months, |bdt I guess he will have to stay mucn ijonger,” states Mr. Schaefer. Heard News in Mid-Ocean. Called, to the . telephone last even- irig, Mr.. Schaefer was' greeted ' ‘by Mr, and“Mrs. Beter Miller who arrivea in New York op the Vaterland. They tqld himy'how glad they were to get batk and said that the very first inti- n;guon they 'had/ ‘of dhy ‘sefious trouble was, whert " the Vaterland's wireless operator received a ‘messige in mid-ogean, appraising them of the startling developments. E. Allen Moore Left. E. Allen Moore, second vice-presi- @ent of thé Stanlev Works, intended o sail for Burope last week, but will fprobably ‘be unable to do so at all. T. Moore efpressed the opinion Fri- jday that he would probably be un- ble to go abroad, but he and Mrs. [Moore ana three of their children fwent to New York Saturday to look ‘over the situation. They have not re- gurned: Others who are in Europe are PMise Lista Lincoln, a teacher in the » . gave out' sev- ! Lincoln street school; Mrs. Mary S. Labaree, formerly superintendent of the New Britain Charity organiza- tion; Leonard Maier. son of Rev. H. W. Maier, pastor of the First Congre- | sational church; Rev. Daniel Carey, formerly of this city, who has rela- tives living here now and Rev. G. Pihl, pastor of the Swedish Bethany church, and his daughter, Esther. AUTOMOBILE TAKES FIRE, ’". C. Noble’'s Automobile Suffers As Result of Gasoline Ignition, After the chauffeur had completed cleaning H. C. Noble's elegant auto- mobile with gasoline in the garage in the rear of the North & Judd's Fore- men’s club house on East Main street at 8 o'clock this morning, a spark | from the batteries ignited the fresh | fdmes and in an instant the front of | the car was a seething mass cf flames. The fire department was called but the extinguished on Chief Demec's auto w sufficient to put out the fire. The front of Mr. Noble's auto was badly and several of the ments on the front injured. delicate of the car were j FRATERNAL NEWS ! Hall for K. of P. A movement has been initiated by the Knights of Pythias to hire a lodge hal] for their joint use. The engag- ing of Electric Hall was considered and the proposition rejected, and the engaging of the hall in Parker's new block on West Main street is under consideration. At present St. Elmo lodge meets in Judd’s hall, Washington L. Morgan lodge in Vega hall, and Worthy Tem- ple Pythian Sisters in O. U. A. M. hall. % * T. W. Mitchell of St. Elmo lodge is in Canada as supreme representa- tive from Connecticut to'the supreme lodge convention in “Winnipeg. New Britain Council, 0. U. The committee. appointed to make arrangements for ' an outing has united with the D. of L. ard will go to Mansfield Grove, on' Aug. 8. by spe- cial trolley,. leaying, Central Park at 8:07 a. m. ' The, committee shas ar- ranged for-a ball ‘game between the marrfed and single men and will an- nounce at the meeting Thursday evening a complete list of events which will take place during the day. Those who are going on this should notify the committee not later than Thursday of this week to enable them to secure proper accommoda- tions. . Winthrop Council, D. of L. Winthrop Council, Daughters of Liberty will meet this week Wednes- day evening in O. U. A. M. hail. The new printed by-laws will be ready for distribution at this meeting. The committee appointed to arrange for an outing on D.' of L. day, Aug. §, will report that arrangements have been made to go to Cosey Beach by ¢pecial trolley which will leave Cen- tral Park at 8:07 a. m and allow about eight hours at the shore. ~ All who intend to make the trip should no- tify the committee at the next meet- ing, as accommodations are’ strictly limited. The committee in charge is Wilcox. { Chamberlain Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. | At a_ regular meeting of Chamber- |1ain council, held last Saturday even- iing, one candidate was elected. Plans were completed for an outing and ternoon August 8, at Cook's Grove. All members are requested to attend E. | trip | Mrs.: A. Meisner, Mrs. Henn and R.: H ds the commitiee has been working hard to make this outing the best. \lembers are requested to take tic West Main street trolley and get off E;i[ White's Crossing. corched, the wiring was ruined ;| instru- | i | | {field day to be held on Saturday af- | | Picnic. On August 8 the annual picnic of the American Benefit society will be held at Lake Compounce and every member of the organization is entitldd to go and take a friend. Each mem>= ber is to provide a basket luncheon which will be served at the lake. Free boating. races and games for children will feature the day. If rainy the picnic will be postponed until August 16. Alexandra Lodge. Alexandra lodge, Daughters of George. will meet next evening, Aug. 5, in new Turner hall, Arch street, Election of a new re- cording secretary will be in order ow= St. tary, Mrs. Fletcher, has left for Cal- ifornia. Every member to be present. Rev. Harty Branch, A. O. H. Thomas Ashe, a solicitor for the Gaelic league, addressed the Rev. W. A. Harty branch of the A, O. H., at its meeting yesterday afternoon. Two ap- plications for membership were re- ceived at the meeting. Doreas Social Temple. Dorcas Social Temple will with Phoenix Temple of Honor day evening in O. U. A. M. 277 Main street. A candidate be initiated. meet ¥ri- hall, will Catholic Women’s Benevolent Legion. An outing at Lake Compounce will be held Wednesday afternoon by the Catholic Women's Benevolent The trip will be made on the 1 o'clock car. Hira Temple. Hira Temple, D. O. K. K., will have its annual barbecue at Lake Com- pounce on August will be at 2:30 and will be followed by sports. 0Odd Fellows. 4 The Odd Fellows’' field day will b held at the Berlin Trotting park on August 22. The lodges taking part are Andree, Lexington and Phoenix. Stella Rebekah: Lodge. Stella Rebekah lodge, No. 11, will hold a regular meeting Friday even- ing. Ferdinand council, K. of C.,, had a barbecue at Wiegand's grove yester- day. United Order of Golden Cross. New Britain Commandry, No. 880, will hold meetings in the future on the first and third Tuesdays of each and every month instead of the sec- ond and fourth Mondays as hereto- fore. The first meeting to be held under the new plan will be Tuesday evening, August 4, at 8:156 o’'clock. Arrangements will be made for the annual picnic to be held this month. An entertainment and social will be held after the meeting for members and their friends. All members are urgently requested to be present. Daughters of America, = Martha Washington council, D. of A., will initiate several candidates at the meeting this evening in Jr. O. U. A, M. hall. Washington L. Morgan Lodge. The regular meeting of Washington L. Morgan loge, K. of P., will be held tomorrow evening in Vega hall at § o'clock. Following the business ses- sion there will be a watermelon cut in the banquet hall. i this morning by | notice this morning i Wednesday . ! tic ing to the fact that the former secre- ! is requested | 1 $500,000,000 would be removed by Legion. | “COMFORTABLE.” Local Traffic Officer Operated Upon at Charter Oak Hospital Today, Traffic Officer Anthony C. (“Ted") was operated upon Charter Oak hospital in Hartford Dr. 0. C. Smith, The operatiop was a success and late this aftérnoon Officer Malone’s condition was.given out as ‘“‘comfortable.’” His many friends on the police force and about the city will hope for his speedy recovery. . MALONE it the BAN ON EXPORTS. Baltimore, Aug. 3.—The Baltimore and Ohio railroad issued an embargo to its connect- ing lines and other traffic affiliations, stating that until further notice it will refuse shipments for ecxport through Baltimore and other Atlan- ports. WOULD REMOVE RESTRICTTONS. Washington, Aug. 3.—Restrictions which limit the issue of currency un- der the Aldrich-Vreeland law to an amendment to the banking act a upon today by the senate and house banking committee. LEAVES HOME TO BE ACTOR’S BRIDE John Ahern's Daughter Writes That She Is Now Wife of Hoboken N. J.. Thespian. vain for his Ahern, After searching in daughter. M May twenty years, who her home at 6 Short street about two weeks ago, John T. Ahern, a foreman at the Traut & Hine Manufacturing compary received a letter from her disappeared from The dinner | this morning, in which she writes that she has become the bride of a Thomas Stanley of Hoboken, N, J., presum- ably a vaudeville actor. She is well and happy and with her husband will reside in Hoboken permanently. During the investigation he in- stituted immediately after he learned his daughter had left home, Mr. Ahern got on a clue that she ahd been induced to go to Hoboken by a vaude- ville actor. Subsequently, he went to that city Saturday and appealed to the police to help him find the actor, whom he had reasons to feel sure knew something of the whereabouts | of his oldest daughter. He then went out on a personal investigation and, in his own words, “rounded her up.” He did not see her then, but managed to communicate with her with result that she wrote to him mediately. When seen today hy a Herald re- porter, Mr. Ahern was very reticent. He told, however, that he had ceived his daughter’s letter morning. He is the father of six children. His wife died about five months ago and, since that time, May has been keeping house for him. im- GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING. Washington, Aug. 3.—This govern- ment is investigating a report that the liner Kronprinzessin Cecile has been taken in charge by British cruisers. The gold bullion she carries is re- garded as neutral until delivered to the English and French consignees. SECTION FIVE REMOVED. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.-—All restric- tions on the amount of currency that may be issued under section five of the bank law, was removed today by the house in an amendment, passed 231 to 6 and hurried over to the senate. Malone | eed | aged | the | re- | this | JORRRCE i e e i M , : " City Hftemns Hull, of Maple street, on a in Bridgewater. John McInerny and James son hav been appointed of the estate of Elizabeth B. rr.y Judge B. F. Gaffney of the of probate, James Farrell has appointed administrator, c. t. a. Reilly, stenographer in beard of public Mrs. Wesley s vacation court | heen Miss Grace he office of the works, ha weeks. Miss Helen stituting for her. Miss Catherine E. street, is spending a with relatives in ingford. J. W. Porter 12 two weeks' va tion. Rev. Dr. J. E. Adams is planning for an auto trip to his summer home the White Mountains. He will be away from his pulpit on August 9, 16 and Oliver H. Nichols will be the substitute organist during the vacation period Emmett is sub- Madden of 1lm week's vacation is at Weld, Me., for in Leon Grenevich, of 154 Park ave- nue, asked yesterday to have Frank | Zisk arrested for trying to shoot him | Tnvestigation showed that Zisk may have discharged a shot sun. but if| | he aia was only to frighten his| ne‘ghbor. Prosecutor George W. An- drew declined to issue a warrant for Zigk's a st. o of Tremont street, who | has been spending her vacation in the Catskills with her grandmother. has) returned to her home in this city. SUDDENLY STRICKEN, | DIES IN FEW HOURS | it { Mrs. Lena Shapiro, Wife of Milk | Deal Was Sitting with Family When Taken I Taken suddenly ill with terrific pains about the head while she was | sitting with her family in front of her house at No. 1128 Stanley street, late last evening, Mrs. Lena Shapiro, wife of Joseph Shapiro, a local milk gone to Norfolk for Lwo | | Johnson, Meriden and Wall- | dealer, died five hours later. Several doctors were summoned, but ¥ was impossible to get any eof them until members of the family had called the police and requested that any | doctor obtainable be sent to attend the dying woman, Mrs. Shapiro was sick but five hours and the cause of death is given as cerebral hemorrhage. She was fifty { one years of age and besides her hu band leaves a large family of children. i The funeral services were held this afternoon and interment was in Beth Alom cemetery. BERLINITE SUED FOR $200, ' Hartford Concern Claims F. L. Norton i ©Owes Them Money, and Wants It. The Hartford Builders' Finish com- pany, Inc.. of Hartford, is today in- stituting lawsuit proceedings against F. L. Norton of Berlin, claiming that | he owes them a bill of $145.33 and demanding damages of $200. Attor- ney Emil J. Danberg, lawyer for the plaintiffs, has issued a writ, made out returnable before the court of common pleas on the first Tuesday in September. | Constable Fred Winkle has at- | tached property on Kensington street. | OFF FOR MEXICO CITY, ! Saltillo, Mex., Aug. —An advance on Mexico City of over seventy thou- sand well armed and equipped con- stitutionalist soldiers was begun to- day on orders from General Carranza. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. . dohnson, Mrs. Jennie 1. Joh Hill, widow of Burr terday at the 8 several wee Niness, The & will he held tomorrow at her late home ai Rev. Watson Woodruff will officiate, The burial Fairview cemeter) Mrs. Johnson was born in Trum- bull and for many vears had leen a resident of this city and a prominent member of the South church, she leaves a daughter, Miss Mary . and a grandson, Charles moof . Johnson of enty Mapic divd ter neral noon afte, o'elock of iann, will be in Johnson. Hilda Schwelge Hlida Schweiger, the three-months- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John E. Schweiger of 155 Curtis street, die vesterday morning, The funeral ws held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Erwin Mortu cnapel the Rev. M. W. Gaudi by n. Bertha Girsak, Bertha, the eight months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Peter Gir- sak of 86 Seymour street, died Satur- day afternoon at the Hartford Babies' Home. The funeral was held this af- ternoon at the home of the child's parents, and the interment was in the new Catholic cemetery. Anthony J. Moore. he funeral of Anthony | ®= died Saturday at St F hospital, was held with a celebration of solemn high mass at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's church, ther Hart was the celebrant, as- sisted by Father Reagan as deacon, Father Winters as sub-deacon and Father Fay aus master of ceremonies. ther Fay read the committal at the grave in the new Catholic cemetery. The funeral was well attended and beautiful floral pieces were given. The pall bearers who were representatives of the orders to which Mr. Moore be- longed were Charles Eliot, John Schenk, Edward Mullen, Patrick O'Leary, Cornelius Cullihan and Martin Murphy. The flower bearers were James Long, Frank Conlin and Alfred Odette. Moore, a Mrs. Mary Schuster. The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Schus- ter of 176 Hart street was held this morning at 9 o'clock at St. Peter's church. Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Charles Coppens. Interment was in the family plot the old Catholic cemetery Mrs. Anna Pasquerell, Mrs. Anna Pasquerell, the wife of Nicholas Pasquerll of 91 Lasalle street, died yvesterday morning at St. Francis’' hospital. She was 41 vears erd and leaves a husband, six daugh- ters and four sons. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at St Mary’s church at 10 o'clock. The in- terment will be in the new Catholic cemetery. in Isabelle Duffy. Duffy of 147 the seventeen year old daughter of Philip Duffey, died Saturday. The funeral will be held tomorrow morn- ing at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church, and the interment will be in the new Catholic cemetery. Isabelle orth street, Giselo Stissel. The funeral of 145 Glen street, was held this m church. The interment new Catholic cemetery. Giselo Stissel of who ! d Friday. | rning at St. Joseph's | was in the | CLOSES INDEFINITELY. New York. Aug. 3.--The coffee ex- change which voted last Friday to remain closed until today, decided today to stay closed indefinitely. TOURISTS READY FOR - TRP 10 ST. ANNES Hany from This- City in Parly Whi ch Leaves Tem: rrow Afternoon. A two weeks' trip to Canada with the objective point the Shrine of St Anne will be enjoyed by a part f nineteen, most of them New Britain people, which will leave tomorrdw af- ternoon. The trip will be of two weeks' duration, On account of making close con- nections, the local tourists will leave New Britaln on the 4:35 dinky for Hartford and leave Hartford at 5:2§ o'clock ‘to ‘catch the train leaving Springfield’ at 7.25 o'clock . Changing at Springfield, the party will board a sleeper and when the members awake on Wednesday morn- ing they will be at the Thousand Islands in St. Lawrenge river. Follows ing a rest there, they will go to Mons treal and Quebee, making the journey by boat down the $t. Lawrence. On the return a stop will be made at Montreal and later at St. Anne%. | Those who prefer to do s0 may oe- cupy five days on the famous Sague= nay river trip. The return to New Britain will be made by way of Lake. Champlain and Lake George. Those who will form the party are Rev. John T. Winters, pastor of S Mary’s church; Miss Hannah Wine ters, Miss Mary A. Campbell, Miss Anna Kelly, Miss Catherine Kelly! Miss Catherine Woods, Miss Margaret Daley, Miss Mary Iaulkner, Mg Margaret Faulkner, Miss Mary Sulli= van and Miss Alice McIntyre, all of this city; Rev. B. J. Kenney, Mrs, P, D. Ryan, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs, | G. R. Hurlburt, of Hartford; Mrs, John Kenney of Mt. Carmel, Mis Katherine Batters of Torrington, Mi Mary Coakley of New Haven a Miss Nellie Cronan of Unionville, So He Smashed Shenski's Hat and Had to Pay $2 Damage, Because a bar-tender, with whom he was familiar, jokingly hit him on the top of the head and drove his straw hat over his ears, Gustave Shen« ski, of No. 40 Orange street, - com plained to the police of an “assauit’™ this afternoon. He said the hat was a new one and cost him $6. He also said that he had been In the saloon only four times, 1 Officer Wagner, who investigated the case, found out that the hat w. three years old and broken at thel time. He also discovered that Gue- tave had been in the saloon fully two hours, To avoild any further troubl the bar-tender gave the complainan’ $2 and told him to get out and out. BAR-TENDER WAS HAPPY. PREPARING INCREASES, Washington, Aug. 3.—Increases in freight ratce on a)l the railways wet of the Missisalpp! ey are beiug pre- pared for mission to - the inters state commerce Conimission. . Card of Thanks. We desire to return our heartfeit’ thanks to the kind neighbors and friends for the many expressions of sympathy extended to us at the tim of the death of eur beloved mothe¥,’ Mrs, Mary A. Schuster. We are pars ticularly grateful for the floral con tributions and take this means of thanking the donors 4 JOHN SCHUSTER, ¥ MRS. WILLIAM SCHMIDT, MRS, WALTER WILFRED, Like Famous Mosques of the Orient, Vast Domes Rise High In the Heavens HE magnificence of the open air horticultural display and of ¢ Palace of Hortlculture, a great bullding Saracenic in its arc wooden trellis work is derived from the garden architecture of th The principal feature of the palace is a huge steel dome ! with all the colors of the spectrum, like some giant soap bubble. Y To a sightseer on a ship in San Francisco harbor, four or five magic city of palaces on the shores of San Francisco bay. The Exposition will open on Feb. 20 hitect: A glimpse of the splendors of the Panama-Pacific International Expos miles from the Exposition site, tion. This photograph shows the classic Palace of Horticulture, rich in ornamcntation and detail. Its stupendous gl 152 feet in diameter, is the marvel of sightseers. he wonderful landscape gardens at the Panama-Pacific Internation: ure and in relation to its dome and minarets suggesting the e Louis XIV. period. 136 feet high and 163 feet in diameter and covered with glass. A revolving disk with segments of different colors will pass o the huge glass dome of the pal and close on Dec. 4, 1915. al Exposition is apparent in the panoramic photograph above. mosque of the Sultan Ahmed 1 At nig::!the d;!me will be Hlluminated from within by colored searchligh ver a ery of powerful searchlights. and these colored rays will be diffused throngh vi lace seems ltke a shimmering mirror. ¥ B i e 'ILM.! D}ct\u’l was taken in July, 1914, dome, 186 feet in height and The most striking feature of the photograph is, of course, the vast which will cause it to seem es. The detall and ornamentation are of the sixteenth century French renaissance, while the exquisits to be alive with light, sparkling It stands out as one of the most conspicuous features among the iofty domes and minarets of the