New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1915, Page 5

s Galm Sigit Gan o Left Bask of Lowsr- San. Petrograd, Via London, May 24, 1 ¥:12 a. m—The Austro-German forces ! * Galicia now have assumed the de- § sive and their active operations con- jist chiefly of counter attacks, accord- Hing to an official statement issued last Wight. from the headquarters of the Russian general staff. Slight prog- ifess is claimed on the left bank of the lower San and the claim is made at_all assaults by the Austro-Ger- man troops in the southeastern the- tgrr_nt operations were repulsed. Text of Communication. The communication follows: i “In ‘the Shavll region the enemy antinues to occupy strongly organized positions. Considerable enemy forces hich had crossed to the left bank pf, the Dubysa near Rossijeny again Phave been driven back over the river. if <On the narrow: front, in the Val. Wey of the Pissa, we renewed our at- 'k on the enemy. Capture 1,000 Prisoners. “On the left bank of the Vistula, the enemy supported by intemse ar- tillery fire, has made fruitless attempts uring the last few days to drive back fouf pickets, who now aré on the lei't bafik of the Rawka. “South of the Pllica, In the region of Tytentow, the enemy attempted an offensive, but by energetic counter at- . husbands. icks on the night of the 22nd we re- pulsed them, capturing more than 1,- 00 prisoners and four machine’ guns. | “In Galicia the enemy generally has jumed the defensive; his active:op- lons mostly taking the form of [fcounter attacks. Between the Vistula f tan ysl we progtdssed silghtly 8 5 léft bank of the lower San d ‘répulsed four counter attacks in e region of Rudnik. . Northeast of fawa we dislodged the ensmy from e village of Dobra. . ‘Counter Attacks Repulsed. . - * 7 “We successtully repulsed G'S*m‘" uhter attacks on the might ofithe nd on the front Mol ’owlkk;-&et— ‘Between ' Przemysl and the” great _marsh of the Dniester the enemy per. _eisted on the 21st in fruitless attempts break our front betweén the village Gousskow and Krynica. On the it of ‘the 22nd our troops opened i offensive in ‘s region nearer 'the iester and, pressing the enemy, took 0 prisoners and four machine guns. " Stubborn Fight Near Shonsko. i‘On ‘the front on the right bank of fhe Dniester in the Shonsko region E as a stubborn fight during the The enemy repeatedly reached trenches, but each time was back by our fire 'and. counter fcks. | ‘e captured here 17 offi- 640 men &nd some machine “Fram Dolina to Kolomea there was violent_artillery fire.”” ¥ LYON OIRCLE MEETING. _at Home of Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, 'he Mary Lyon circlé of the Inter- ational Institute league, an organiza- tion composed of members of the fathea ‘class of ‘the First Congre- 6nal church, will héld its annual g tonight at the home of Mrs. E. Mitchell, 54 Russell street. Mies Mabel Haywood of Boston, see» etary of the league, will address the emibérs of Mary Lyon circle on ‘Sphin and what the women of Amer- ica aré doing for the women of that ouRttry. Miss Haywood was formerly . teacher of the International Insti- in Madrid, which is a school for education of Spanish women. “Thé Mary Lyon circle was organ- ‘in 1810 and now has a member- ghip of seventy-five. The dues of the ue constitute an endowment fund ifor the International Institue. Quahg Corner : 4 There are Two ways of tell- . ing you rabout the goods we . carry. s .. One is to delve into dry-as- Dugh dotails. 5 1“&« other is to say that mo othér house in our 'line has come forward with the leap tha: we have. ’ Sur name is on every tongue i in the men’s outfitting industry. We have aimed at the point a/hers our contemporaries say 8. M. T. are showing such-and- sueh, or S. M. T. would charge so much. i In short, 8. M. T. s eclipsc ——the rest follow! . If ‘things have bobbed up in the past that have prevented you from buying of us—or it you haven't, for 'some redason, bought as much as You might have with PROFIT “_make the start 'RIGHT Stackpala-Maoore- -~ Tnyon TELLS OF MISSIONARY INTERNES IN INDIA | Rev. R. A, Hume, fathor of Former Y. M. O. A. Secretary, Writes of Camp Conditions. Rev. Robert A. Hume a missionary in India, who is the father of W. H. Hume, the former general secretary of the New Britain ¥, M. C. A, has contributed an article to The Mis- slonary Herald .of Boston, in which he sets forth the condition of about reventy German Protestant mission- aries who are mingling with the ordi- nary civillans of a camp or interned Germans in India. Following is an excerpt from the article: “Much is done for the comfort of the internes, who are allowed religious meetings, concerts, and entertainments of many kinds, libraries, and all kinds of sports. Two daily newspapers in English give the prisoners news of the outside world. The chief hard- ships arise from the fact that the various occupations of the men are, of course, interrupted and thatr they are geparated from their families. In order to minimize this 1ast trial, the American consul in Bombay asked the suthorities and asked us missionaries it we could, for limited periods, en- tertain the wives of sucn Germans as might be able to afford visits to their If such privileges fvere to be made available to all, .obviously the visits must be short, so as to enable many to have some part in the privi- iege. Accordingly; our Anhmednagar rissjonaries have agreed to entertain four ladies at a time for four days and to receive the nomina:r sum of sixty- six cents a day from each lady, as & raying guest, to cover absolute ex- penses The commandant very cour- teously allows these wives to spend practically the whole day, from morn- ing til¥ 9:30 in’'the evening, with their husbands, whether parolea or nen- yaroled, in a good bungalow in' camp for the four days of their visit.” * 7 ‘Advertised Letters. The following is a lst of letters advertised at New Britain, Conn., post office, May 24, 1915: . ‘Mrs, Storobley. Mrs. J. Scholz. Mrs. Francis R. Ely < Mrs W, Ware. Miss Alva Smith Miss Caroline Forello. Miss Fefe Rogers. Miss Margaret Burnham. Miss Lizzie Lukas, Miss Lizzie Miller. Mr. George Akhasia, Mr. W. L. Record. Mr. J. J. Pindle. Mr. T. Wickérman. Mr. Joe Eplan, Mr. Antonié Rossi. . Mr, C. Moor. Mr. W, Harrington. Mr. Waurzenic. Mr, Alex Weisberg. . Mr. J. J. Murkay. Mr, Johns Gataka, Mr. G. F. Hopknis, .- Ask for advertised letters and men- tion date of list.- W, F. DELANEY, Z Postmaster. CORNER STONE LAID. Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Ohurch Has Impressive Services. The Russian Orthodox Greek Cath- olic church held impressive services yesterday in ‘connection with the transferring of the corner stone from the old Beatty street church to the new one on Washington street. The various socleties of the church participated and guests were present from nearby towns. There were three visiting priests, who assisted Rev. A. Diachenko, the pastor, in the service. They were Rev. Constantin Buketoff of Hartford, former pastor ' of the church, Father Dasialda of New York and Father Popoft of Waterbury. SUNDAY MORNING FIRE, Damag of About $1,000 at Hatch’s Church Street Block. Fire did damage of aobut $1,000 to Hatch’s Church street block at 12:45 o'clock Sunday morning when the basement- beneath Troope’s res- taurant was gutted and the buflding filled with smoke. An alarm was sounded from Box 14. Adkins Print- ing companys' stock was damaged considerably by smoke, as were all of the tenéments in the block. Mrs. Alice Green, a sister-in-law of Harry Wetmore, 'a fireman, was overcome by smoke and had to be carried out. She was attended by Dr. Harry Elcock and soon revived. Grape-Nuts with cream or good milk,suppliesthefood elements in excellent ion for build- i in and muscle SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR BEATING WIFE Mike Puppy’s Lawyer Thinks Wife Drives Him to Drink—Other * Court Cases. Mike Puppy, who has proved him- Self a past master in the art of wife beating, was sent to jall for twenty days by Judge James T, Meskill in police court this morning. Mrs. Puppy said her husband came home drunk on Saturday and chased her out of the house, threatening to kill Hher. Mike laid all the blame on his wite, saying she never has his meals ready for him. Attorney D. E. O'Keefe, who appeared for Puppy, said that his wife's treatment was enough to drive him to drink, Prosecutor. G. W. Klett entered a nolle in the case against Adolph Fischer, who was charged with steal~ ing an ancient fowling piece from E. O. Kilbourne. Mr, Kilbourne was un- able to identify the gun as his. Mrs, Wilimba Martini and Mrs. Mary Berlando, of Cleveland street, Were arrested Saturday by Officers Cosgrove and Wagner for assaulting each ‘other, Lawyers O'Keefe and Hungerford represented the accused in court. Witnesses testified that the two women became engaged in a quar- rel which resulted in one spitting in the other's face and she retaliating with a broom. The two women are sisters 'and got into a squabble over money matters. 'Mrs. Martini was fined $5 and costs and Mrs. Berlando was discharged. p Walter Phondorf, who was placed on probation last week, was in court again today causing further trouble. If he falls from grace again he will have to go to jeail. MEN'’S BIBLE CLASS VISITS COMPOUNCE Rain Causes Postponement of Base- ball Game But Indoor Sports Are Substithted. The Men’s Bible class of the First Congregational church had =a quiet outing to-Lake Compounce Saturday afternoon, ‘the rain keeping the mem- Lers of the class under cover the greater part of thHe afternoon and making necessary the postponement ¢f the baseball game | scheduled be- tween the deacons and the laymen. Rev. H.' W. Maier tried out his pitching arm, however, and decided that it/ would last for nine innings'if every ball thrown were declared a | sirike. Rev. E. T. Trienes, the catcher for the deacons, also had a workout and decided that tne addition of a chest protector to his frame would make protrusion in’ front too great for comfort. One of the principal indoor sports was that of starting an argument with W. 'B. Rossherg on the evolutibnaty theory. € W, Crane was fn charge of a short program of speeches - which followed the supper. M. C. Webster, a former member of the class, spoke on the friendships made ini; such an organization. B, W. Christ, president of the Chamber of Ubmmerce, and A. H. Andrews, the secretary, recent ad- ditions to the class, made short after- dinner speeches.” Mr. Andrews speak- ing in particular on the benefits of organization. Rev. H. W. Mafer ox- rlained that the particular aim of the class was to apply the Bible truths studied to conditions of the present. TIERNEY MINSTRELS PROVIDES PROGRAM Landers, Frary & Clark Mutual Aid Association to Give Entertain- ment Tomorrow Night. Londers, Frary & Clark Mutual Ald assoclation will give an enter- tainment and dance tomorrow eve- ning in Hanna’s armory. Judd’s orchestra will furnish music for the dancing. The entertainment will consist of the following program by the Tierney Cadet minstrels. - Opening, “Chinatown," by H. Ward, G. Lynch, J. Kenney and chorus of thirty voices; ‘Sweet Kentucky Lady,” by John Kenney; “When They Launch That Steamboat Alabam Francis Griftin; “Jane Dear,” John Kiniry; “When { Get Back to My Old Girl,” Harold Ward; character song and dance, Urban Callahan; “There's a Light That’s Burning'in the Window," George Lynch; song and ddnce George Sullivan; “They Have to Stand Up Every Time They Sit Down,” Mat- thew Callahan; closing. “In Our Good Old U. 8, A" The end men are Matthew Callahan, Edward Lyman, Francis Griffin and George Sullivan, and the chorus consists of E., Fagan, D. Mahoney, J. Martin, W. Murphy, J Daley, D. Hinchey, G. Durana, G. Shine, B. Hall, F. Callery, F. Martin, T. Howe, W. Curtin, W. Hagerty, H. Coyle, H.. Shine, Z. Parker, D. Ha- garty, J. Fitzgerald, G. Kupecz, W. Kelly, L. Fitzsimmons, J. Dudack, E. Conley, W, Kehoe, J. Burns. The minstrels have been very thor- oughly drilled by John J. Crean and present their numbers in a highly ar- tistic manner. They will be greeted b¥ a large audienc. PHARMACY No Alcohol May Be Sold at Pharmacy, Hereafter. John F. Burns, manager of the ‘Eagle pharmacy on Main street, near the corner of Franklin Square, has sbeen refused a certificate of fitness by the state board of pharmacy and LICENSE REFUSED. Eaglc ‘fon this account the county commis- sioners refuse to grant him a license fo sell liquor on'the premises. Cerl | Youngblad is owner of the drugstore. applied for a renewal of his | licenso last week but the county com- wmissioners declined to grant it until he 7 375.00 to $100.00 Saved Reduction on Pianc This is Not a Sale, we are overstocked--only--and wish to diminish our of pianos to accomodate our Victrola and Edissn Talking Machine ness which has reached a proportion far beyond our calculations and exp The tremendous demands for Victrolas and Edison Taking Machines has t: off our feet and the new machines now coming in mus have room for display demonstration, and for this reason we are offering the fo"owing High Grade P: (standard make) guaranteed 10 years and made by the o dest and most reliable ufacturers in ths U. S. at following ridiculous prices. ——Stool, cover, two years tuning and care gratus.—— 1-$250 Piano 1-$250 Piano 1-$250 Piano . $200 . $200 . $200 1-§ 75 Piano 1-§ 5 Piano 1-. > P.zno 1-Second-Hand Grand $150 Several other high grade pianos $100 to $125 be'ow regular price. - Call and see us before purchasing. = The o'dest and moég reliable Music Store in ‘'section--25 years in business--and guarantee every transaction--remember the plé THE C. L. PIERCE & CO, 246 Main Str - City had secured a certificate of fitness from the pharmacy board. This was refused on the ground that the lqca- tion is unsuitable, Willam B. Stoddard, manager of O’Dell's drugstore on Park street, was before the pharmacy board but he was granted a certificate and the county commisstoners ‘renewed his li- cense. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Seventeen Pieces of Property Change Hands This Week, The following is an official list of real estate tra:sfers recorded = with the city clerk last week. Margaret Meskill to Joseph Golon, 1and and buildings on Union Street. John Mattson to John Carlson, land and buildings at 18 Acorn street. Frank B. Cox to J. J. Higgins, land and bulldings on Garden street. Morris Brain to Michael Ginsberg, land and bufldings on Bdson and South Main street. Conrad Schileicher et al., to' John Sztaba, land and buildings on Broad streét. Barah Gorbach to J. Caslowitz, et al., land and buildings on Hartford i Edgar C. Linn to John Waytawitz, land on Parkview avenue. Olive M. Barker to Charles Wei- gand, land and buildings on Bassett street. David Christine to Helen K. Mec- Cabe, land and buildings on Chestnut street. New Britain Real Estate and Title company to Luke Meehan, land on Garden street. Catherine Scoejen to H. Jand and buildings on Lyman Grove streets. Bodwell Land company to J. J. Don- hue, land on Carlton street. Willlam Wayrous to Roland H. Ripple, land and buildings on Francis street. A Krystopik et to August Dulke et al, land and bulldings on Curtis street. i Charles A. Hatsing et al, to J. J. Higgins, land and buildings on Gar- den street. John J. McLarney et al to Antonio Maneini, land and Dbuildings on Franklin street. Horasyk, and | TR 57 () PRESENTS TEA SERVICE, Miss Alice Grey Stanley of Stanley place has presented a silver tea seér- vice to the Woman’s Home Mission- ary society of the First Congregational church as a token of her interest in the society and regard for its mem- bers. She was for many years the president of the society and has al. ways taken a leading part in its ac- tivities, “C., 0. D.—1020.” These letters 100k like the “collect on delivery” sign you see on many ex- press packages. But far rrom it They are the title of one of the most fascinating stories of adventure, in- trigue, mystery and romance penned. This great narrauve, “C. O, D—1020,” written by Natalie S, Lin- coln, which involves a deep murder mystery, intrigue, skilful work, etc., will be printed in form in the New York Sunday Warld’s 1llustrated Magazine Sunday, June 20. Read it!—advt. x ever , resolved to provide by all means at its o Gity Iter “ ; g AT A meeting of Mattabessett Tribe, I. 0. R. M. will be held tonight. A’'son was born Saturday to Mr. and A. J. Carnell of 25 Hawley street. Miss Delia Haugh, Mayor Quigley’s popular secretary, spent the week-end with friends in Bridgeport. , | Judge F. B. Hungerford will give a talk on citizenship before ‘the natura- lization class at the Y. night. O. M. Baker has had plans drawn for an. eight-room residence at Maple HilL Michael Glingky intends to erect a six-family house on street- in the near future. The post office clerks met yesterday and voted to extend an invitation to Booth | | Substitutes Get the Well-Known I Round Package M. C. A to-| the state association of Post Offict | Clerks to hold their afnual conven- | tion here on Memorial day, 1916. H Albin Peterson, of Linden street, and an unknown motorist from Hart- ford, became engaged in a scrap near | the Clayton crossing yesterday after | they had collided. No serious dam- ' age was done and passers-by stopped the fight. Jacob Hartz of Roansville, Ind., has | asked the local police to aid him.in his search for his brother, William, who left this city seventeen yeéars ago. A reward of $100 is offered for in- formation' leading to his location. Mr. and Mrs. E, C. Schnéider, of 402 Church __ street, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Sat- urday ‘in a quiet manner. TEXT OF ITALY'S | DECLARATION OF WAR | Note Handed to Baron Von Burian, Austria-Hungarian Foreign Minister, by Italian Ambassador to Austria. Vienna, May 24.—~The Italian am- bassador to ‘Austria, the Duke of Avarna, Sunday afternoon presented to Baron Von Burian, the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister, the fol- lowing declaration of war: “Vienna, May 23, 1815. “Confornmably with the orders of his majesty, the king, his august sov- ereign, the undersigned ambassador of Italy has the honor to deliver to his excellency, the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary, the following com- munication: “Declaration has been made, as from the fourth of this month, to the imperial and royal government of the grave motives for which Italy, con- fident in her, good right, procllimed‘ annulled and henceforth without ef- fect, her treaty of alliance with Aus- tria-Hungary, which was violatéd by | the imperial and royal government, and resumed her liberty of action in this respect. The government of the king, firmly disposal for safeguarding Italian rights and interests, cannot fail in its duty to take against every existing and fu- detective | serial ' ture menace measures which events impose upon it for the fulfillment of national aspirations. “His majesty, the. king, declares that he considers himself from tomor- | Tl;‘l‘dflffl;:lnl. MALTED e m "".';i.‘.': ream and the extract rodnu.tl Do water. of Best Used for over a Quarter Ceris o' gl barbre ttut W Take a Package Ho, Tow in a state of war with Austria- ‘Hungary. “The undersigned has the honor to make known at the same time to his | excellency, the foreign minister, that passports will be placed this very day at the disposal of the imperial and royal ambassador at Dome, and he wiil be obliged to his excellency if he will kindly have is passports handed to him. “AVARNA." COUNT PIERREFEU KILLED, Husband of Boston Woman Numbered Among War Victims, Boston, May 24.—Count Alain De Pierrefeu, whose wife is a daughter of Mrs, Willlam Tudor of this city, has been killed while at work on a Red Cross ambulance in France, according to a cablegram just received by Mrs. Tudor from the countess. No details were given, Countess De Pierrefeu, who has been head nurse in the Red Cross hospital at Dinard, France, will return here. . Count De Pierrefeu, who was em- ployed in an office of the United States | Steel corporation in Chicago, went to France at the outbreak of the war and joined his regiment. While serving in the trenches last winter he was in- jured by falling earth when a shell burst nearby. Upodbn his recovery he joined the auxiliary and assisted in ambulance duties. The countess made a briet trip to this country early in the spring to visit her four children at her summer home at Hancock, N. H., sailing for France on Apri] 18, WAR PARADE IN HARTFORD, Celebrate Italy's Stand Against Austria, Hartford, May 24.—Hartford Ital- iang celebrated the announcement of the declaration of war against Aus- tria-Hungary by a big demonstration Italians last night. Soon after the rade was formed, 2,500 marched through the three hours, headed by a | Shelton street, Where many [ Tive, it looked as if there trouble as the cheering crowd tarough, but there was no diso and m Don't buy until you have new lines of High Grade also have a large line of Wheels il in gob8 order, We are now headquarters Grade Repalring. Prices on Wheels and Re) Get. Auto Tires. to powder form, solubi 00d-Drink for AllJ bulletins chronfcled the news . New Britain, O&