New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1915, Page 11

| PRIZES AWARDED FOR RESEARCH WORK . Students at High iEld Grammar Schools Given Awards The school research contest which has been conducted by the Chamber of Commerce for scholars in the High and Grammar schools came to a close today. The prizes were awarded by the judges, Judge B. F. Gaffney, Mrs. ¥. H. Churchill ang G. C. Atwell, to the following: High school series, local Indian history, first prize, Reu- ten Moskowitz; second prize, local In- dian history, Miss Agnes Ringrose; first prize, local chronological record, Miss Lillian M. Johnson. kowitz is a morning scholar at the school and the Misses Ringrose and *Johnson afternoon students, The following were declared ners in the grade school win- First prize, local chronological record, | second prize, Miss Miss Mil- Miss Doris Dewey: Marjorie Senf; third prize, ared L. Davi. The first prizes were gold medals | with the insignia of the Chamber of | , Commerce engraved. The second ! prize was silver medals and the third | bronze medal. The committee in charge follow was as | Carl S. Neumann, chairman; | Miss Rose Fallon and Miss Frost. Chairman Neumann presented the | prizes to the winners. | It is the intention of the committee | to conduct similor contests each year, | and a meeting will be held this even- ; ing to make arrangements for the next | ‘one. The subjects will be announced in a short time, and the end of the | contest will be reached before the va- cation time. Messrs. . Sutherland, Wilson and Bowman of the Danbury Chamber of Commerce were visitors at the local chamber this morning in search of information regarding the solution cf Tubbish and garbage disposal, which that city has just taken up. Dr. Reeks was on hand and he imparted much | valuable pointers as to what the local committee discovered during the period of investigating the situation locally. A meeting of the sub-committee ¢n music for the Christmas tree celebra- tfon will be held this evening and the general committee in charge of the event will meet Friday evening. Tomorrow evening at 6:30 o’clock in the banquet hall of the Hotel Beloin, the dinner of the Mercantile bureau | wil be held at t6:30 o'clock. There has been a heavy demand for tickets for the affair and the committee in charge predicts a large gathering. John T. Kirby, field representative of the United States Retail Dealers’ as- sociation, will be the principal speaker. GERMANY MUST WIN DECISIVE VICTORY Stvengthened Empire and Freedom of Seas Object of Peace of Free Con- servative Members of Reichstag. Berlin, Dec, 8, via London, 2:20 p. m.—At a caucus today of the free conservative members of the Reich- stag, resolutions were adopted “De- manding as the object of peace a Germany strengthened in its position of power and importantly enlarged and recompensed for its expenditure, through the retention to the uttermost | extent possible of all districts now occupied.” Freedom of the seas also is de- manded. The party expresses regret for the increase in prices of neces- sariés but declares the cost of living Is lower in this country than in the countries with which Germany is at war. Tt is said that there is sufficient food for the people, if distributed proper- iv and used economically. The resolution declares the warl must be continued ‘“until a decisive victwry has been won.” FIRE AT L. ¥, & C. TODAY. No Damage Done—Chief Gets Wrong Number and Goes to Wrong Box. At 5:29 o'clock this morning the re department was called out by an slatm from box 44, at Landers, Frary & Clark's. Sparks from omne of the grinding wheels in the grinding and polishing room had started a small blaze. The flooring was burned but | there wag no great damage. Chief Robert M. Dame did not read | it | the alarm correctly, but thought bvas 42, so with the Hook & Ladder company and No. 1 Engine company he ywent to that box at the corner of Main and East Main. By the time the error had been discovered Engine company No. 2 had arrived at the scene of the rea] fire, so, fortunately, there was no resultant damage. KNG ALFONSO PLANS CABINET. Madrid, Dec. 7, via Paris, Dec. 8, 0% a, m.—King Alfonso today con- sulted with the presidents of the chamber and the senate and with the jiberal leaders, Count Alvaro De Romanones, Senor Garcia and Mar- quis Manuel Prieto, concerning the lormation of a cabinet to take the placa of the Dato cabinet, which re- gned Monday. Tomorrow the king ill ‘see the leader of the reformists, Fenor Alvarez, OO0 LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. OST—Ten days ago, black cat four | months old in vicinity street. White spot. 439 Church street. of Church Please return, 12-8-1dx tenement, painted and class condition. to desirable 200 IBast Main O "RENT—Seven room first floor. Newly papered. First Rent reasonable family. Inquire Mr. Mos- | contest: | | October W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. COMMUNIPAW MAY NOT BE SUNK (Continued From First Page.) Austrian flag. News of this attack came in a cablegram to the navy de- partment from the commander of the United States cruiser Des Moines at Canea, Island of Crete- It said that one man on the steamer was slightly injured. It was impossible early today to as- certain whether the wreckage discov- ered by the Greek torpedo boat was that of the Communipaw or of still | another American vessel. Purchased After War Began. | Both the Communipaw and the Pet- | rolite were purchased by the Stan- | dard Oil Co., from the German-Ameri- | can Petroleum Co., of Germany after the beginning of the war, together | With about twenty other oil steamers. They were transferred to American registry. The Communipaw, formerly the Deutschland, was a three-masted stee] steamer. She left New York 27, for Alexandria. Egypt, but was detained at Genoa by the Italian authorities until Dec. 2. The Petrolite left New York, Nov. 7, for Alexandria with a cargo of oil. According to Mr. Warden, she had discharged her cargo and was on the return voyage when attacked. No report is expected from her captain until he touches at a port whence he can communicate by cable, Officials in Suspense, Washington, Dec. 8.—Conflicting despatches from Rome and London as to the American tank steamer Com- munipaw, one reporting her sunk off Tobruk, Tripoli, the other announcing her arrival at Alexandria, Egypt, left oficials here in suspense. Official advices from Ambassador Page at Rome, reporting that an American ship ‘“aeld to have been the Standard Oil tanker Comunipaw"” had been torpedoed and sunk, were received during the forenoon by the state department. Ambassador Page's source of information was not di- vulged in his message, but it was thought likely that he had received the same report as that transmitted in press despatches last night from Rome and that the message from him today might simply have been @e- layed in transit. No Confirmation in London. No confirmation of the news de- spatch from London sent after last night's press cablegram from Rome, reporting the Communipaw’s safe ar- rival at Alexandria, had been re- ceived by the department, More details as to the Communipaw as well as the Standard Oil tanker Pretolite, reported attacked by a submarine in the Mediterranean last Sunday morning, are awaited. A full account of the attack on the Petrolite might give the state department mno basis for taking up the incident, if it were confirmed that the vessel fled after warning: Consular and diplomatic agents of the United States in Europe, it was assumed would cable additional de- tails at the earliest possible moment, although they had not been requested to do so. | Search Proves Futile. Rome, Dec. 7, 7:55 p. m. (Delayed) —A search by two steamers, one a Greek and the other Italian, at the spot near Tobruk, Tripoli, where the American oil steamer Communipaw was sunk by a submarine, failed to reveal any sign of the tank ship or of survivors. These steamers were sent out as soon as word was received at Tobruk that a ship had been sunk. The first report of the affair came from the captain of a steamer, who said that while he was cruising aear Tobruk he witnessed the sinking of an American steamer by a submersible. He thought the name of this steamer was the Columbia. Inquiries made lat especially through the British authorities, proved that the ship was the Communipaw. Held Up By Italy. The Communipaw was held up re- | cently by the Italian government at Genoa, but was allowed to sail for ler destination on December 2. After- wards she touched at Castellammare, near Naples, proceeding eastward. The Communipaw had on board 15,900 tons of oil and had been held up at Genoa to settle a question concerning 3,000 tons of this oil which the Italian | authorities suspected might be con- traband. The Communipaw was r: leased after a satisfactory explana- tion had been received and the Amer- ican embassy at Rome had made rep- resentations to the Italian govern- ment, Brooklyn Man Officer. Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 8-—Hugh T.. Mason, a sea captain. who retired from the employ of the Standard Oil company some time ago and came to | Brooklyn to make his home here, is | an officer on the Standard Oil steam- er Communipaw, reported to have been sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. ptain Mason had intended to remain ashore but re- cently owing to the pressing need of executive officers in the marine ser- vice of the Standard Oil company re- | entered it employ. His wife and | family live here. TWO LIVES LOST IN FIRE. { Ten Men Injurcd ( K ‘When 7., Hotel is Burned. | Louisville, Ky, Dec. 8.—Two men | were burned to death and ten others injured one seriously here early to- ' day when fire partly destroyed tho men rescued fifteen guests, twenty-five others safely made way to the street. The hotel was a three story brick their eet, 12-8-d2 structur Louisville, seventh avenue hotel. Police and fire- | while | DEATHS AND FUNERALS. | Thomas W. Timbrell. Funeral services for Thomas W. Timbrell of 12 Cedar street will be | held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock from the South church chapel. Rev. { Dr, G. W. C. Hill will officiate and in- terment will be in Fairview cemetery. Robert Bradley Clarke The funeral of Robert Bradley Clarke, who died yesterday morning, will be held from his late home in Windsor Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Clarke is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter Mrs. Lewis T. Schipps of this city. Mrs. Strogquist. The funeral of Mrs. A. C. Strom- quist of EIm street was held this after- noon, Rev. S. G. Ohman officiating. In- terment was in Fairview cemetery. KAISER MAY RECALL GERYIAN ATTACHES Emperor William Has Personal In- terest in Withdrawal of Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen. ashington, Dec. 8.—Emperor William has a personal interest in | | the withdrawal of Captain Karl Boy Ed and Capt. Iranz Von Papen, at- taches of the German embassy here. State department officials have been | informed that as the attaches were | personally appointed hy Emperor | William he personally probably will give the orders for their withdrawal. It is understood that the offlcials | considered it probable that the Berlin foreign office was prompted to ask what caused the action of the United States in declaring the attaches per- sona non grata so that when a report of the incident is made to the Ew- peror it may be complete in all de- tails. The belief prevailed in official cir- cles that Ambassador Bernstorft would not bhe able to inform Secre- tary Lansing that the wishes of the United State would be complied with before Saturday at the earliest. PROBING DYNAMITE PLOT. San Francisco, Dec. 8.—The feder- al grand jury is to resume today its investigation into the alleged German dynamite plot to destroy ships and munition plants and hamper com- merce with the allies. Additional | witnesses have been collected here, and District Attorney Preston is pre- pared to probe still more deeply nto the activities of C. C. Crowley, de- tective, and Baron George Wilhelm Von Brinken, who claimed to be a military attache of the local German consulate, both of whom are undcr arrest on charges of attempting to destroy commerce with the Crowley is also charged with spiracy to destroy ve: with fire and con- | LAUBIN IS DIRECTOR. At a largely atended meeting the Y. M. C. A. last night, the New Britain Choral Union chose E. F. | Laubin of Hartford, formerly of this city, musical director. By-laws and a constitution were adopted and a nominating committee chosen. This | committee will report at the next | meeting, which will be held in two weeks. The committee is composed of Miss Jean Cochrane, John A. Lind- sey, Mrs. William H. Booth, Stephen Robb and Miss Laura P. Farrell. at THURSDAY CLUB MEETING. The Thursday club, which is open to all boys in the city, will hold its second session tomorrow afternoon at } 4 o'clock at the First church chapel ' on Church street. The meeting will open with a half hour story telling period in charge of Rev. E. T. Thienes. At 4:30 o'clock the classes in the various branches of manual training will begin. There will be classes in carpentry in charge of Paul Glazier and Arthur Neumann; class- es in sloyd, in charge of Andrew Robb; jigsaw work, in charge of Har- vey Doolittle; printing, in charge of Wells Williams; drawing in charge of Albert Heinecke and Richard | White. The penny saving depart- ment is in charge of Miss Pauline Curtiss and Miss Eda Beale and the library in charge of Leon R. H. Crawford has charge of the game room. All classes are open to the boys of New Britain. Last year 100 were enrolled, includ- ing 14 nationalities, and it is expec ed that the club will have a muc larger roll this year. branch Bradley. | the entire British allies. | a RED CROSS WORK. Red Cross Chapter held a committee consisting of George S. Talcott, secretary. Mrs. J. H. Kirl ham and Mrs. I. D. Russell was named quarters in regard to the program of activities for the coming year. National Red Cross met in Washing As soon as the committee is ready to report. Chairman W. F. Brooks will call a meeting of the chapter and the policy to be followed will be decided. A BILIGUS TONGUE ‘When your tongue is coated evenly, all over, with a whitish-yellow color and your breath is bad the chances are that you are bilious. tion, constipation, headache and a gen- | eral ill feeling, there is gcarcely a doubt | about it. Har: | and then produce a reaction only aggra- vate the trouble. Gentle assistance is what nature needs to establish regular habits of health and Pinklets, the Tittle ink laxative pills, free from harmful or abit-formin ment most ur§ Your liver needs attention. mirably. | they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on | Teceipt of 25 conts by the The: HWilliams ! Medicine Co., Sehenectady, N.Y. Write for booklet anyway, ! At the meeting of the New Britain | esterday af- ternoon at the New Britain Institute, to communicate with national head- | Tae | ton today to determine this question. | 1f you alsohave indiges- | i cathartics which purge violently | drugs meet the require- | | If your druggist does not sell Pinklets | GERMANS CAPTURE FRENCH DEFENSIVE LINE N CHAMPAGNE (Continued From First Page.) to have caused the death of German soldiers. eighty Germans Capture Kenali. Paris, Dec. 8, 3:35 a . m.—The Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency sends the following under date of Tuesday: “Telegrams from Florina (Greece) near the Greek frontier, has been captured by German cavalry and that the frontier railroad station at Ken- ali has been occupied by several German and Bulgarian officers with eight German cuirassiers. “Official news affirms the favorable position of the French troops on the Cerna-Krivolak front.” Bulgarians Attack British. London, Dec. 8, 10:15 a. m.—Tho Saloniki correspondent of Reuters Telegram Co., sends the following de- spatch under date of . Tuesday: | “Weather conditions having improved the Bulgarians on Monday bombarded line at Strumitza for the whole day. Then they iaunched an infantry attack, which was re- pulsed, although the fighting on this front still continues. The British cas- valties thus far are reported slight At Kivolak there was an unimportant local engagement between French and Bulgarian artillery on Monday. “It is reported here that complica- tions are threatened between Bulgaria and Turkey and that the distrust is increasing on both sides.” Drive Bulgarians Back. | Paris, Dec. 8, 2:30 p. m.—The | French war office in its report this | afternoon on hostilities in the Orient | (Serbia) recites the driving back of a | Bulgarian attack at Demirkapou, on | the Vardar River, the afternoon of Dec. 5. Eighty Canmon Taken. Berlin, Dec. 8. via London, 3:05 p. m.—It was announced at the war office today that 80 cannon were tak- en with the capture of the Montene- | grin town of Ipek. City Items One of the twin sons born to Mr. Fred Hanson a few days ago died early today. Murphy, s cemeter; ously ill. The monthly meeting of the New caretaker of is reported St seri- | Britain Charity Organization will be held this evening. A meeting of the finance committee n[_ the common council will be held this evening to approve bills. The Lady Turners will hold a cal- ico social this evening. Miss Mary C. Welles of Newington gave a talk on the work of the Con- sumers league at the home of An- drew J. Sloper on Grove Hill yes- terday afternoon. George P. Hart' has applied to the building inspector to build a garage at 137 Vine street at a cost of $100 | and Walter H. Hart has applied for a permit to build a similar structure at Sunnyledge at a cost of $200. A 1fire in the japanning vat at the Stanley Works yesterday did dam- age amounting to $100. The blaze was difficult to combat. The Ladies’ Aid socity of Trinity M. E. church cleared about $200 on its recent sale and supper. The Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts of the First church will meet tonight at 7:15 o’clock. e i LITTLE GIRL SCALDED. Little Anna Maijewski, two years old, was painfully scalded at her home on Silver street yesterday when.a pan of boiling water was accidentally over- turned on her- She was badly scalded about the head, face, arms and back. Suite for Stout Women a Npecialty. 'Ladies’ and Misses’ SUIT SALE H. O. P. Suits of Broadcloth, Velvet, and Gaberdine which formerly sold from $14.95 to $50.00 ON SALE AT $9.95 to $32.50 If you want exceptional style and value see these suits! BUT LITTLE CHANGE IN PRICE OF STOCKS 'No Colt's Will Be Oflered Until Alter Meeting Tomorrow Quotations the Hartford stock ‘ex(:hangc today were non fluctuating and the trend of the market quiet. Colt's Patent Fire Arms bid in at $875 per share but was offered, nor will there be on was was none until | after the director’s meeting tomorrow. Other local stocks were listed as fol- lows: American Brass, 255-260; Bris- tol Brass, sales at 70%; New Britain Machine, 81-83; covill, 422-427; Stanley Works, 70-71; Standard Screw 280-295; Union Works, 80-83; New Departure, 175-178; Niles-Bement- Pond, 189-191; American Hardware, 123-126; North & Judd, 105-108; and Landers, Frary & Clark, 60-62. Hasn’t Been Worthy.” (Collier’'s Weekly.) Romain Rolland tic of music, and properly best known for his great novel, “Jean Christophe” In summer of 1911 M. Rolland was in- terviewed at Paris by a young Amer- ican journalist, Mr. Grenville Vernon; and the conscientious American sent him a copy of the interview before its publication in a New York news- paper. As luck would have it, M. Rolland’s reply lies before us now. One of its paragraphs, written more than four years since, is at once a “She (biographer, cri- novelist) She is expected to recover. | startling prophecy. ! “Jean-Christophe” is discussing mod- triumph in expression and an almost The author of | ern Germany: Women Know that they cannot afford to be ill. They must keep themselves in the best of health at all times. Most of all, the digest- ive system must be kept in good working order. Knowing the importance of this, many women have derived help from . 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In bexes, 10c., 25¢. | dictment | due season upon the tombs of force. No moral force has radiated from her. She has left us without light. That light we shall rekindle without her—and, if need be, against { ner. In the letters of a thinker who is also a creator, one finds at times the crystallization of the thought of an epoch. But it is not often that we may read at first hand the con- temporary letters of such a thinker | and creator, crystallizing the thought of our own times. M. Rolland’'s let- ter to Mr. Vernon presents the in- brought against modern Germany by the world at large. “In 1870 she conquered by arms the first rank in Europe. She hasn't been worthy of i . She has crushed us under material force. No moi force has radiated from her.” Thos sentences might well be engraved in the Hohenzollerens and Hapsburgs, the j and upon the tomb of Mohammed V ally of those most Christian rulers. And fitting it is that France, whose sons are dying that France and free ideals may live, should carve the in- scription. is very | the | RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK FX CHANGE. Represented by E. W. Eddy. New Bri tain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel 840 20 SCOVILLE MFG. CO. 40 NORTH & JUDD 40 NEW BRITAIN MACHINE 30 UNION MFG. CoO. DECLINES RECORDED ON STOCK MARKET Some Specialties Yield as Mach as a Point New York, Dec. 8, Wall St. 10:30 2. m.—Selling of the general char- acter that attended yesterday’'s late dealings was resumed at today's open- ing, some speclalties yielding as much as a point. United States Steel fell 2-8 to 86 3-8, almost two points under vesterday's best quotation, and Read- ing, Union Pacific and Erie were equally heavy. High ghares were Wweak, ;osing six at 240, and General Motors three at 518. Some of these issues made partial recovery secondary quotations. Among the few initial gains of moderate proportions were Pennsylvania, St. Paul and Northern Pacific. Close—Further advances in special- ties furnished the only diversion of the dull final hour. The closing was steady. in New York Stock Exchange quota- “ons furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented bv E. W. Bdady. Dec. 8, 1915 Low Close 0% 12 313 Am Beet Sugar Allis Chalmers . Am Ag Chem .... Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Ice .. Am Can Am Can pfd Am Loco Am Smelting Am Sugar .. Am Tel & Tel ....129% Anaconda Cop 871 A T 8 Fe Ry Co.107 Baldwin Loco 1173% B & O 94% BRT ceeee 90 % Beth Steel .......475 Butte Superior 72 Canadian Pac .183% Cen Leather . 60% Ches & Ohio . 631 Chino Copper ..... 55 Chi Mil & St Paul. 94% Col F & T 523 Cons Gas 431 72 813% 26% 61% 112 70% 99 117% 1291 87 107 1163 94% 90% 469 72 183 59% 6315 55 948 51% 1425 143 eess118 .1 | Erie 1st pfd i priced motor | Willys-Overland | 32% Crucible Steel . 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