New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1915, Page 9

The Property of Merit BELVIDERE HEIGHTS and adjoining properties. A SUBURB OF ITS OWN away from the bad fea- _tures of the erowded CENTER,; in the heart of Nature— Large lots, Wise Restrictions, Shade Trees, Céement Side- walks, Broad Avenues; Gas, Water and Electric Lights. ~MEN AND WOMEN OF REFINEMENT TO INSPECT ONE OF CHOICE PIECES OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEW BRIT Here is Your Opportunity : You who have been thinking of buying a lot—or YOU who want one and don’t think you can get one, Come to Belvidere Heights, any day and we will gladly show you how to get one of these Choice Lots. -All you need is the ambition. We furnish the rest. No taxes or interest for two years FREE DRAWING OF BEAUTIFUL AND USE PRESENTS which can be seen on the grounds, S DAY, SUNDAY and DECORATION DAY, Be our Guests MEMORIAL DAY and 2o Belvidere for.an outing. Salesmen on the property every. afternoon, day Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day.. Sales to date this month $17,595. Telephone for Automobile. It is at your BODVWELL LLAND COMPANY 404 NAT’L BANK BLDG. ‘PHONE 1418-3 RITISHPROVERIGHT 10 NAME OF “HANDYMEN” 1500 Interned in lluliaml Mckc . Best of Change in Lot Groningen, The Netherlands, May 38.—Fifteen hundred men of ‘the gitish navy in the internment camp pre_are proving their right to the e of “handymen,” by ‘accomodat- themselves with remarkable suc- ‘ta. their changé,in lot. 1e camp, in the immediate viginity Groningen, is the most healthy and |- situated internment depot in country, afid its practical ar- ment has been carried out by the kies themselves. i Mile in Circumference. “#7he encampment is about a mile in éumference and is on the sandy heather-coated soil usual in this part- f Holland. Four immense huts have Been erected side by side .along the mter line. Thtee of them are used dormitories and dining rooms Ly thiee battalions of sailors named_ after jrals—Benhow, Drake and Col- vood. The fourth hut is church, er and recreation hall combined and renowned British | tration' huts, a capacious gymnasium, ivash-houses, workshops, store-rooms, library and guard-rooms for the Dutch soldiers in charge. The spirit and disipline of the men are very high and they show great willingness to perform any duty allotted to them by the Dutch authorities, - with wWhom they are on excellent terms. Numbers of the men have enterva the courses of higher mathematics at Groningen University; others give their time to the study of modern languages—French, German Italian. and Dutch, the last of which is now spoken with more or less facility by all the men. Then there are fret- workers, wood carvers, shoemakers aund repairers, and a large number of knitters and matmakers, who manu- facture with yari-colored wools ar- ticles of real artistic value as well as of use. At an exposition of the men’s work this wéek a collection: of exhi- bits was gathered which was of very high-class character. The proceeds of the sale of the work are devoted to the provision of comforts for the less fortunate British prisoners over the frontier in Germany. Band Practices Daily. A brass band is in daily practice with instruments presented by friends and this will head the column of mén when it turns out for its daily route- march under a small Dutch guard over the neighboring country. A dramatic club also has been formed under the leadership of a son of the late English actor Panley “The Timbertown Follies,” a bur« lesque troupe, has attained such suc- been invited, the Dut: form in with the permission of | h military authorities, to per- he Hagup and other cities. Make O Costumes. The men make all their own cos- tumes and paint their own scenery, much of which would do credit to a first-class theater. to produce good results under the careful attention of the interned men, and the fresh vegetables raised make a welcome addition to the ample meat, | bread and jam or molasses, pota- toes and canned foods officially served. Pretty flower gardens also have been and other naval devices. Church Parade Sundays. Church” parade, at which atten- dance is obligatory every Sunday by all ranks of the British navy and { army, is conducted by a chaplain of the Church of England. The Catho- lics and nonconformists among the men, however are marched sgpara- tely to town churches of their respec- Gaelic are provided for with a special service in that tongue. HELEN BOYLE ASKS ‘PARDON. Pittsburg, May 29.—Helen Bovle, now serving a 25 years term in the Western Penitentiary ‘of Pennsylv ja in connection with the kidnapping of Billy Whitla, in Sharon, Pa., in 1909, has forwarded an application for a pardon to the state board at Harrisburg. The petition willl be cess that it filled the Opera House in | given a hearing on June 16. Small truck gardens are beginning | ! ulating laid out in the form of anchor, hoats | tive denominations under guard. The | Scotsmen in the camp who speak only | | and seats about 1, 000 men. On other l Groningen for many nlghts and has | 'GRAND JURY INDICTS parts .of the ground are the adminis- | MEAT CONCERNS Swift & Co.. and Armour Charged With Violating Statutes of U. 8. Government. Chicago, May 29.—Swift pany were indicted by grand jury vesterday charged with violating the-law interestate shipments meats and packing house product. The indictment grew.out of ship- ments of meats by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to Manitowoc, Wisconsin and thence over the Ann Arbor Railroac to Frankford and Owosso, Mich. An indictment against Armour and company and Joseph Ginsberg .and William .Euck- ermann, who are charged with con- spiring to. violate a federal statute in the shipment of frozen eggs al- leged to have contained decayed ma- terial. and com- the federal reg- of also was ADMITS (‘O\Tn ABAND FRAUDS. to Indictments in ork. New York, May —Pleas of guilty were entered in the federal court late vesterday by Franz Rosenberg, Sig- mund Karman and Albert B. Newman to indictments charging them with having defrauded the United States ny filing false manifests at the customs house in connection with an alleged afternoon | | with the' three others, returned | effort to get.contraband of war to bel- ligerents by concealing rubber in cot- ton waste and barrels of rosin. The first two were fined $500 each and Newman $200, Harry. R. Salmon, jointly indicted pleaded not guilty, CONNECTICUT UNDER BAN. No Cattic Can Be Shipped From Here to Texas, Austin, Texas, May 29.—The world- wide quarantine against the shipment of cattle into Texas, declared several months ago because of prevalence of the foot and mouth disease, was lifted today in a proclamation signed by Gorevnor Ferguson. The proclamation names eighteen states however, from . which, cattie | shipments into Texas may not vet be made. Among these states are Con- ! necticut, Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, New York and Rhode Island. . S. GROWING IMPATIENT, Count Von Bernstorfl, German Ambas- sador Wires Berlin. May . London, 29,—A wireless = de- purports to be a telegram sent by | Count Von Bernstorff, German am- | bassador at Washington, to the for- ! eign office in Berlin. The telegram, as thus given, says that the American press Is ‘‘getting impatient about the delay in the answer to the note,” and states that “‘the tension has been increased by the sinking of the Nebraskan, which is not plained.” n another telegram to the foreign office Count Von Bernstorff is quoted as saying that American packers and cotton exporters are urging Washing- ton to take energetic measures against England, adding that “unofficial nego. tiations between state department ad visers and the British embassy hav been broken off.” WANT CAMINETTIT'S CONVICTION REVIEWED vet Petition Filed With: Supreme Court in Behalf of Som of Commissioner General of Immigration, Waehington, May 29.—The supreme court was petitioned yesterday to re- 1 view the conviction in the California federal courts of F. Drew Caminettl, son of A. Caminetti, commissioner general of Immigration, on charges of violating the white slave law. Former. Senator Bailey, of Texas, { will bring the case up Tuesday and a decision is expected on June 14, ! A similar application may be made jspatch received from Berlin gives what | on the latter date on behalf of Maury 1. Diggs. Caminetti and Diggs were convicted after a sensational trial. Appeals to higher courts were unsuccessful. { The case is the first to come before the court in which the issue is American | whether the law applies to cases in- volving no element of profit |v.‘fionA or coer= ANNOUNCEMENT! We Will Sell Gas Water Heaters During the Coming Year » | { l { daughter. State Hospital for the Insans | EUGENE BURR'S B IS FOUND IN Preliminary Investigation thorities to Believe Banker Committed Middletown, Conn., May . body of Bugene H. Burr, £ dent of the Columbia and at one time well ki cial circles about the m floating in the Connectiout preliminary investigation. thorities leads them to b |ended his own life. The body lay st & uol'-i hours before it was rec Burr retired from the the Columbia Trust e | ber of years ago when the ,became involved in financial | ties. Since that time he ducted a real emu business here. . It is reported that he with financial reverses latély 4 terday proceedings to fo mortgage on his residence Mr. Burr was about 60 years is survived by his widow He was & wich, AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE Rome, via Paris, May 28, m.—It is officially announced #i Austrian submarine boat was Halian torpedo boats jn an .monl yesterday (Thursday). Don’t neglect finding out all about this necessary pliance w 1ce hich we will sell on easy payments. willbe pleasedto give you complete information. 11