New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1915, Page 9

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| FRATERNAL NEWS | Stanley Relief Corps. Stanley Relief corps will hold a regular meeting - Wednesday after- neon, March 10, at 1 o'clock. Busi- ness pertaining to the corps will be transacted. Light refreshments will *Dbe served at the close of the meeting furnished by each member. Rev. W. A, Harty Branch, A. O. H. TFour candidates were initiated and four applications for membersaip were received at the meeting of Rev. W. A. Harty branch, A. O, H., yester- day. The committee on the annual ball, which will be held in Hanna's armory on St. Patrick’s night, report- /ed that the event would be the big- gest in the history of the organiza- tion. i Ladies’ Auxiliary, S. W. V. Mrs, William Rice will entertain the Ladies’ auxiliary, Spanish War , Veterans, Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock in G. A. R, hall All friends of the auxiliary are invited to attend. 4 Indianola Council, D. of P. - Indianola council, No. 19, D. of P., . will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 sharp. After the regular meeting the council will hold its first novelty event, rhummy and whist party. Through the courtesy of the Lyceum Jnanager the council will present to the winners several box seats for Mon- day evening, March 15, when the Lyceum stock company will present a great musical comedy, the name of same to be gnnounced later. There will. also be other prizes, including cut glass for the other winners, and a good time is looked for. Mattabessett Tribe, 1. O. R. M. ? Mattabessett tribe, No. 14, I. O. R. M., will meet this evening at 8 o’clock. The twenty-fifth anniversary commit- tee will also meet to make final ar- .rangements for the coming event on March 29, Sir ¥Francis Drake Lodge, S. of St. G. , % Sir Francis Drake lodge, No. 429, + O. 8. S. G, will hold the annual family gathering on Thursday night. A good time is promised by the com- mittee in charge. The lodge will open for business at 7 o’clock sharp and after a short session wil give way to the socigl committee, Martha Chapter, O. E. S. 1A regular meeting of Martha chap- ter, No. 21, O. E. S, will be held Thursday evening, March 11, opening ~ at 7:30 sharp. A whist will follow the meeting for members and friends. Past matrons and past patrons will meet at 7 o’clock. Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H. , Regular meeting of the Ladies' auxiliary, A. O, H., will be held in Eagles” hall Tuesday evening. All members are requested to attend, as F mafters of great importance will be 0! diseussed.’ - Winthrop Council, D, of L. Winthrop .cduncil, .No. 7, D. of L., met Wednesday, March 3, and elected terng candidates, Owing to the un- usual -amount of regular business the whist planned for Wednesday, March 17, has been postponed. ] Sons of Veterans, I D. Penfleld camp, No. 16, Sons of Veterans, Auxiliary, No. 1, will Ihold a regular meeting Friday even- inglat 8 o’clock in G. A. R. hall. Qn Tuesday evening of- this week ‘the Sons of Veterans Division en- [i campment general committee will meet at the office. of Schultz® and Costello for important business con- cerning the division encampment of the Sons of Veterans of Connecticut, which will be held in this city April 14-15. Lexington Lodge, I. O. O. F. Thursday evening Lexington lodge, No.{72, 1. O. O. F., will hold its regu- lar weekly meeting and will exemplify the first degree on a class of candi- dates. Compstock Encampment, I. O. O. F. Friday evening Comstock encamp- ment, No, 29, I. 0. O, F., will hold its ' regular meeting. Immediately after the meeting the officers will hayve a dress rehearsal of the patri- archal degree. Degree Master A. G. Bteckenrige will have full charge. April 9 a large class will be ad- mitted to the patriarchal degree. April 30 the entertainment commit- tee will present to the public a very unique and original program which will interest all lovers of comedy and musjc, Chamberlain Council, O. U, A, M, Sdturday evening the Jr. O, U. A. M., Chamberlain council, No. 2, will hold its regular meeting. Immediate- ly after the close of the session the Jr. O. U. A. M. Rifle club will hold a special meeting. Very important busi- ness relative to the completion of the crganization work must be transacted at once. 5Lieutenant Jones, the national sec retary of the National Rifle associa- tion, wilk meet with the Rifle club as their guest on or about the first of l. April. It is very important that every member be present. ® . Alexandria Lodge, D. of St, G. 1 “The members and friends of Alex- i andria lodge, No. 24, I.. O. D. of St. % George, will be entertained at whist " at the home of Mrs. Frank Coleman, 479 Church street, Tuesday evening f this week. On Thursday after- noon the members are requested to g0 to the home of Mrs. Brown on ' High street to sew for the Red Cross. \St. Joseph's Holy Name Society. Attorney Willfam H. Fogarty of % Hartford delivered an interesting ad- ress to the members of St. Joseph's Holy Name society and their friends t evening in St. Joseph's hall. The NEW BR!TAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY MARCH 8, 1915, speaker was introduced by Attorney William F. Delaney of this city, An entertainment par excellence was offered, much to the delight of the audience. Among the musical numbers were vocal solos by John H. Jackson, (Miss Kathleen Walsh and the Junior Holy Name society quar- tet and a violin selection by Philip Hannon, accompanied by Miss May Hannon. New Britain Council, O. U. A. M. New Britain council, No. 8, O. U. A, M,, will hold its regular meeting on Thursday evening. The commit- tee on the Washington birthday cele- brating will file their fina] report for the Washington whist held on Feb- ruary 25. Following the usual mid-winter cus- tom the social committee will serve a Dutch supper after the meeting this week, to which all members are in- vited. Thusnelda Lodge, O. D. H. S. Thusnelda lodge, O. D, H. S, will visit Fortuna lodge of Hartford on Wednesday night. The members will leave on the 7:07 trolley from the center. Lady Wallace Lodge. A regular meeting of Lady Wallace lodge, No. 24, D. O. S., will be held | in St. Jean de Baptiste hall on Wednesday of this week. Court New Britain, Foresters. Court New Britain, No. 4509, In- dependent Order of Foresters, will ‘hold a regular meeting Friday even- ing, March 12, at the usual meeting place, Meeting called at 8 o’clock sharp. The members and friends of the order will be entertained Friday afternoon at 9 Prospect street, when a St. Patrick’s whist will be held. Stella Rebekah No. 11, I. O. O. F. There will be a meeting of the drill team on Thursday evening, March 11, at 7:45 o’'clack in Hadley’s hall. All members of the team are requested to be present. The winners at the whist held Friday evening were Mrs. James Mason, Miss Juliet Stiquel, Walter Thorpe, C. H. Hodge and C. J. Tomlin. The next whist will be held Friday, March 12, at 2:30 o’clock in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. W. L. Morgan Lodge. The regular weekly meeting will convene promptly at 8 o'clock as the rank of page is to be worked on can- didates. A full attendance is desired as business of an important nature will be transacted. The drill team association will make a report on the coming Past Chan- cellors’ night, scheduled for March 23. Several] grand lodge officers have signified their intention to be pres- ent. Star of Good Will Lodge No. 9. S. of B., will hold their regular meeting Thursday evening, March 11 at No. 90 Arch street. They will also entertain the members and their friends at whist Thursday afternoon at their hall. No. 90 Arch street from 2 to a.¢ ) Hira Temple, D. 0. K. K The regular monthly session of the temple will be held in Vega hall on Thursday, March 18, and will be called to order promptly at 7:30 p. m. as the temple anticipate holding a ladies night on that evening, to which are wives, sisters, mothers and sweethearts of members and prospec- tive members are invited. A program of unusual interest and musical talent has been arranged by the social committee, who are spar- ing no efforts to make this event one of the best of its kind. The committee on arrangements will meet with Prince M. H. Nor- ton, Maple street, on March 14, at 10 o’clock a. m. Harmony Lodge A. F. and A. M. Past Masters’ night will be observed Monday evening, March 15, by Har- mony lodge, No. 20, A, F. and A. M. The pastmasters will occupy the chair and the third degree will be con- ferred. Officers for the evening have been selected as follows: ‘Worship Master—Clarence L. Pierce. Senior Warden—Charles P. Wain. wright. Junjor Warden—Charles A. Schmidt Treasurer—Loren D. Penfield. Secretary-——George H. Boyer. Senior Deacon—George W. Klett. Junior Deacon—George W. Ward. Senior Steward—Burton D. Good- win, Junior Steward—Christian Bodmer. Working Tools—August Burck- hardt. Marshal—Edward J. Munson. Chaplain—William H. Crowell. Charge—Samuel H. Stearns. Captain of Team—Frank A. God- dard. Seafaring Man-—John W. Carleton. Wayfaring Man—John W. Lockett. First Guard—Hubert A. MacArthur Tyler—Eli Haslam. Former Past Masters—Samuel W. Clark, Alfred W. Hadley, Widliam J. Rawlings, Benjamin F. Elliott, George L. Stearns, James Healy. Refreshments will be served at the cloge of the meeting. A special communication will be held | tonight at which time the first de- gree will be conferred on four can- didates. New Britain Temple, D. G. E. There will be a meeting of New Saxons for 1315 Runabout $395 F. O. B. Delivery Car $395 F. O. B. Saxon Six $785 F. O. B. Orders now taken. Kingsley & Sahrbacher 245 BURRITT STREET Britain temple L. G. E., at the home of Mrs. F. S. Wooding, 242 Main street, Tuesday evening, March 9. Judea Zion Council. The monthly meeting of the execu- ‘tive committee of the Young Judea Zion council of Connecticut was held in this city yesterday fternoon. Ev- ery Zionist ‘society among the junior members of Connecticut was repre- sented at the meeting. Benjamin Levinson of New Haven presided and various matters of business were transacted. Dr. George Cohen of Hartford was instructed to send programs relating to the Passover holidays to the re- spective clubs about the state. These programs relate to how and why the Passover should be celebrated. Re- ports from the Flag day, held on Supday, February 28, showed that approximately $400 had been collect- ed throughout Connecticut. The New Britain clubs contributed about $25 to this amount. Reports from the twenty-five clubs affiliated with the council proved that they were all in healthy condition. Tt was voted to hold the next conference of the coun- cil in New Taven, in the early part of April. Bar Kochba Club. An interesting literary meeting was held by -the Bar Kochba club yester- day in their rooms at the Talmud Torah institute. President Joseph Zeitlin presided. Addresses were given by Benjamin Levinson, of Yale, and by Joseph Miller, of the Connec- ticut Agricultural college. The former spoke on “The Landmark in Jewish History” and the latter talked on “The Necessity of Increasing Jewish Culture.” George Gans of this city also gave an address to the club. THIS CITY HAS NEW MANUFACTURING FIRM Mayor Quigley Head of Corporation Which Starts Business With Capi- tal Stock of $30,000. More cogs in New Britain's indus- trial world were set whirring Satur- day when the power was turned on in the shop of the New Britain Hardware Manufacturing ‘company on Sheffield street. The company has just been organized, the incorporaters being Mayor George A. Quigley, who is president; William J. Neidl, vice pres- ident, and Paul Vogel, secretary and treasurer. It has a capital stock of $30,000. The par value of the shares is $25-but no stock will be sold. The principal output of the factory will be steel levels, athough brackets and shelves will also be manufactured. The company does not expect to put its products on the market until about the middle of April. The machinery is installed and the factory is now in operation. Mayor Quigley's mysterious out of town are explained by the an- nouncement of the formation of the company. He has made a number of sudden and unexplained trips away from New Britain and now admits that many of them were for the pur- pose of gelecting the proper machin- ery for the plant. According to the mayor the company is already as- sured of large orders on the levels and he expects that the firm will be a big factor in the manufacturing world in a short time. e CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Meeting of Legislative Committee to Be Held at 8 o’Clock Tonight, A meeting of the legislative com- mittee to go over business of a legis- lative nature that has accumulated in the office of the Chamber of Com- merce will be held at 8 o'clock to- night. The members of the commit- tee are E. J. White, M. D. Saxe, and ‘W. C Hungerford There is a strong hope on the part of the clerks of the city that the com- mittee on uniform hours and prac- tices wil report at the meeting of the membership of the Mercantile Bur- eau Wednesday evening in favor of 6 o’clock closing hours instead of 6:30 as at present The difference of half an hour will make a great difference to the clerk. The decision of the com- mittee, however, will not be made public until Wednesday evening. Another addition to the library of the Chamber of Commerce was made today upon the receipt of a volume ot mortality statistics by Secretary A. H. Andrews. BLOW POST OFFICE SAFE. Burglars at North Chelmsford Escape With Contents. North Chelmsford, Mass.,, March 8. —Burglars entered the post office, blew open the safe and escaped with its contents early today. The amount stolen could not be learned until the postmaster had made an investiga- tion. The men fired several shots at a watchman in a mill across the street who was attracted by the explosion, but none took effect. Investigation by the postmaster showed that the burglars obtained about $1,000 in stamps and $500 in cash. It is believed that they es- caped on a freight train. FAMOUS DETECTIVE DEAD. Pierre Fortune Jaume Passes Away at Paris. Paris, March 8.—Pierre Fortune Jaume, the famous detective, died here yesterday. He was 69 years old. M. Jaume gained an international reputation through his solving of crimes. Among those was the mur- der of Bailiff Goffe, the Kkilling of Baroness De Lard and the slaying of five peraons at Pont.a-Mousson. The authorities were on the point of abandoning the last named case for lack of a clue when M. Juame took Agents for New Britain and vicinity. charge: Within 48 hours he had ar- rested the murderers through the finding of a trouser button. trips | New flzrdseye View Map of ‘Turkey in Europe and Along the Asiatic Shorel! This map gives a birdseye view of Turkey in Europe and along the Asiatic shore, showing in relief the'! ] City ltems Jr. O. U. A. M. dance, Hungerford Court, tomorrow night.—advt. A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy, of 358 Washington street. Board of public safety and health department estimates will be consid- ered by the board of finance and tax- ation this evening. Axel Johnsosn has been the contract for the erection of a ccttage in Belvidere for L. B. Lasher. Charles W. Holmes is erecting a two family house on Carleton street. | awarded ! The Bodwell Land company has sold property on Stratford road to Miss Georgiana Monks. ' P. Monahan, of 104 Oak street, re- ports to the police that six hens and a rooster were stolen from his chicken | coops last night, ' Aaron Berg of Chester, former councilman from the fourth ward in this city, was a visitor here vester- day. Mrs, Adeline L. Jerome of 65 Black Rock avenue, this cit Wwas among those in attendance at an outing of the Sons and Daughters of the Pil- grim Fathers, held last week at Rus sel's Point on Lake Ivanhoe, Orlando, Fla. The will of Rosanne Carr was filed for probate today. BIt its terms ali her property is left to a sister, Alice Duffy. The will was drawn on March 31, 1903 and was witnessed by Judge B. F. Gaffney, Thomas McCabe and Patrick Monahan. A meeting of the entertainment committee of Court Progress, No. 143 F. of A. will be held at 937 Stan- ley street tonight.. All members are | requested to make their returns for the last whist. WRITS BORE WRONG DATE. Plainville Men Want Discharge From Custody Because of Error, Before Justice A, H. Condell Plainville late this afternoon, the cases of Richard Cafferty, Frank Gra- ham and Paul Leonard, charged with breach of the peace in connection with a row in Plainville center around raidnight Saturday, came up for a hearing. Cafferty was discharged for lack of evidence. While the hearing was In progress in his case, Attorney P. F. McDonough, counsel for the ac- cused called attention to the fact that the writs were dated March 6, instead of March 7, the alleged offense hav- ing been committed after midnight. Lawyer McDonough moved for the discharge of both Leonard and Gra- ham for that reason and Justice Con- dell ordered an adjournment until 1:30 Wednesday afternoon to give him an opportunity to look up the law on the matter., Two other mem- bers of the crowd, James McNally and Eugene Parkinson were fined at | this morning's session of the court for their connection with the affair. They appealed. in BIG UNIO LABOR MEETIN The Windham High school basket- | ball team will meet the locals at the school ‘“‘gym next Saturday after- noon. This is the first afternoon game and it will give a chance to | basketball. | the machine uncontrollabie, Dardanelles and sea of Marmora ’ bt through which the allied fleet is r\(n\-.J tiving to force a passage. With this nap as a guide the reader can follow with exact intelligence the cable de- spatches concerning the war in this section. The | Pire Gin) the ruled president interested | body tod | Girls do ! ered their® tional orgaf now ol The secel done gradusl by the dec ization to o cents from asmuch as thi { Y. w. C. A sl | of many wirls ‘(hn associatio 14 against exaet] ' w. C. A. df ‘14:«) the dues fi | which would than $60, and 80 The Camp lick’s idea. Th | everything op: a year and a the by-law re the association, tion had grown was needed to @ L. Zanzinger day when she are HIGH SCHOOL BOYS l KEEP UP CLASS SCRAP Evehts Tonight “Broadway Jones,” at Russwin Ly- ceum. Seniors Now Have the Jump on Other Classes—School Finances. The members of the clubs and or- ganizations in the High school have decided to put their system of finances First Baptist church. Vaudeville and moving pictures at Keeney's. Moving pictures at Fox's. Annual business on a different basis than has formerly | ing. the National bank. The Current Events ¢lub will meet tomorrow. Monday morning the seniors hung up a large class banner upon the guy wire in front of the school. This banner was fastened securely and still swings in the breeze. The juniors, unable to remove it, in a measure retaliated by painting the colors black after the seniors had left the i place. The seniors became aroused by | this act and are the more determined to win the class scrap. those who cannot the evening to see witness a game is a fine exhibition of | There will be but one home game following this. AUTO UNMANAGEABLE. Rod Supporting Axle Brrnl\\ on Elec- tric Company's Car. A rod supporting the front axle of a Ford runabout belonging to the Unit- ed Electric Light and Water Power company of this city broke yesterday noon as the car was being driven along Plajnville road by Harold Wolfe, the meter foreman. The axle swung around rendering j and was necessary to have it towed into ¢ the city by the company’s new truck. ! Nova Scotia, it Monthly meeting of the New Brit- tain Christian Endeavor Union direc- tors. Conference of the volir meeting Supper preced- of Monthly husiness meeting of Swedish Lutheran church. Meeting of the Kronen Sick Bene- fit society. Meeting of Mattabessett Tribe, 14, 1.0. R. M t 242 Main street. Meeting of Gerstaecker lodge, 96, 1..0. O. F.. in Turner hall. Meeting of W. A. Harvey lodge 49, Ancient the existed. Up to this time any or- —_— the Y. W. G, A. f | ganization could charge articles Hearings of board of finance and vrgln‘lm'lf)r; P | bought in town. Now the buyers will | taxation. Camp Fire Girl have to get an order from the school —_— awhy wnh'(ho al " authorities before anything may be Meeoting of the College club at the | “77 An Smpracth bought in the name of the school. A | home of Miss Mary Rogers on Camp Hi”““‘ " was D posit to cover charges will be made | street. Gulick by Miss board of water commissioners, the mayor and city en- gineer in regard to Burlington reser- the 1 , No. Order United Workmen at 187 Arch street. Meeting of the New Britain Circle, Meeting of of A, at 277 Mrs. urt Prosperity, Main street. No. Companions of the Forest, in St. Jean de Baptiste hall. 5 Gordon Patterson of Amherst, is the guest of her sister. had been recelvd [ Exclust [] 1t is believ the New York ginning of a wid what is called constitutional There is some trol of the ol him. This step of the history ri.ovement stal conducted by N tion took over suld to be the © guardians of th ing in speaking dicated that his clusiveness was of the trouble, “Dr. Gulick Tire idea in a ¢ which he was Miss Zanzinger. national movem: clative of the not wealthy, hi | requiring the pa have made it our girls to dre | ¢f our girls hil girls it would N exact dues, but sum to some O The Camp Fi C. A, has a men] Although no lon| national organiza ing on the work ideals of the O ORPHANAG There was a the exercises of the new orphan Swedish Missiol Cromwell yeste: consisted chiefly J. Lundguist of B the building co Peterson of Brool the association an n-law Mrs, William Diagle of | this city, chairm airview street Mrs. Patterson in-| rectors, A numb ends to remain in town for thres| 50los were rendel months. Fine Yery Fine Mealy 500 bushels 367-369 3 Main New Britain’s biggest union labor mass meeting in vears is on the cal- endar for Tuesday evening, March 16, at Carpenters’ hall on Church street. Among the speakers will be Julius | Stremlau of Meriden, president of the Connecticut State Federation of Labor; Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport, first vice president, and Sol Son- theimer of Hartford, second vice presdent. Mayor Quigley will prob- ably welcome the audience. Presi- dent M. T. Kerwin of the Central Labor Union will invite Senator Klett and Representatives Schultz and Goodwin. FIRE ALMOST EXTINGUISHED. Steamer La Touraine Proceeding to Havre Under Own Stcam . 2:16 P. M.—The | rench steamer la- Touraine has been almost extin- guished, and. the vessel is steaming to her destination, Havre, at a speed of 14 knots an hour. The informatton here given is the latest report received in Paris: it was sent at 10 o'cleck last night by wire- less telegraphy form a cruiser whic h‘ is escorting La Touraine. London, March 8 fire on board the Street 1 ean Solid Packed TOMATOES . 1 can Early June PEAS 1 can York State CORN Extra Fancy xtra Fancy can' lzc 15¢ value, 13¢c Tomatoes 12¢ 3 Large can, Fresh Lemon or Ginger Snaps 2 1bs Fancy EVdporated Apples . Fresh York State Eggs doz POT ROAST BEEF .. b STEAK FANCY SALT PORK .. . Ry FRESH SLICED LIVER . 1L FRESH EASTERN CUT SHOULDERS 1h Mohican Evaporated Milk, Short, Porterhouse, BEST PURE POTATOES 12¢ 6 0 9 o'Clcck—Monday Evening Specials—b§ 9,000 pounds STEAK B.ranulated SUGAR 4u1;s225C | Sirloin, LARD * A. 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