New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 10

“Che ‘.C MNAS Sto e r Ship Just Arrived ven though the war still prevails we had a ship bd Dec. 11, 1915, just loaded full of Toys, so that ine of Toys is now completed. exible Flyers, from 59c up. T'ool Chests, Drums, Doll Carriages, Pianes, Kit- Sets, Dining Roon. Sets, Parlor Suites, Rocking es, Express Wagons, Autos, Ten Pins, Trunks, s Beds, Horses, Cows, Elephants, Teddy Bears, acter Dolls, Washable Dolls, Unbreakable Dolls, ington Dolls, Dressed Dolls, Kid Body Dolls, e Sets, Lemonade Sets, Salad Sets, Cream Sets, Sets, Chocolate S ts, Fruit Dishes, Fancy Plates y Cups and Saucars, Glassware and Chinaware, Dinner Sets and Half Dinner Sets, Fancy Lamp, or Clocks, Couch Covers, Portieres, Table Covers, dren’s Rocker’s, Ladies’ Rockers, Dressing Tables ets, etc. Come in and look us over before selecting yecur ARRY ALEX Housefurnishing Department Store, 373 MAIN ST. New Britain, Conn. Christmas is only two weeks away. What are you doing about selecting the gifts you intend to buy ? Now is the time to do that shopping when our stock is complete, and before the Christmas rush begins. You can find at this store everything you are looking for in the Jewelry line. | i o) OQur Stock of WATCHES Is the LIRS Largest and Most Complete in the | : ey City, Ranging in Prices From ONE DOLLAR AND UP. by Ring set with Diamonds, Rubies, Garnets, Sapphires, Emeralds, etc. We have some very fine Diamond Rings ranging from $10.00 to $250.00. A very handsome assortment of Gentlemen’s Rings. Prices ranging from $4.00 to $25.00. Cuff Buttons, all Linds from ordinary gold plate at 50 cents to the finest solid gold studded with diamonds. | of being made and will be announced almost immediately. They have no conncction of any kind with the : h. | functions.” glas Halg NOW Gommflh ,‘ General Sir Douglas Haig, who will | succeed Field Marshal Sir John four years old. He began his military : 2:15 a. m.—Triela | CAreer With the Seventh Hussars in n, Dec. 16, 12:15 a. m 1885 and served in the Sudan and na of the British forces in |and promotions. At the outbreak of Ah¥ HAnders, has been suc-| the present war he was general of- | ficer commanding at Aldershot and - — | ever, he brought up the . matter EH S | saying: | Other Changes Soon. changes made by the French govern- -Chief of British in West | French as commander of the Britisn L Sir John French, whoathis gouth African campaigns, in both of by General Sir Douglas Hais. | ! “Some changes are in the course SCOTCH GENERA ment with regard to General Joffre's E forces in France and Belgium is fifty- quest has been relieved of the ; which he won distinguished honors ) afterwards was made commander of he landing of the expedition-| the First Army. ce, Sir Douglas Haig has com- | Lauded by French. d the first army and has been ' Several times during the war Gen- bdly mentioned in despatches | eral Haig has come in for high praise chief, whose place ha now in the despatches of the general whom he is now succeeding. At the battle change has been expected for | of the Aisne his conduct was described ime and it was announced in by Field Marshal Sir John TMrench use, of commons vesterday as ‘“bold, skillful and decisive.” In hesday) that a statement would November of last year Sir Douglas, lished immediately. then a lieutenant general, was pramot- ench Created Viscount. j ed to the rank of general for dis- John French becomes com- | tnguished service in the field. L r-in-chief of the armies in the __rield Marshal Vrench in hnis des- Kingdom and for his sixtcen Patch to the British war office, des- Seryice.at the front has been | CriPing the famous retreat from Mons i viscount of the United King. | credited Sir Douglas with having ex- ‘ tricated his corps from a Qifficult po- sition at T.andrecies. General Haig Scotchman. “I sent urgent messages to the commander of the two French re- serve divisions on my right to come up to the assistance of the First Corps, which they eventually did,” said the Field Marshal’s despatch. “Partly owing to this assistance, Lut mainly owing to the skillful manner in which Sir Douglas Haig extricated his corps from an exceptionally diffi- cult position in the darknees of the night, they were able at dawn to resume their march south towards Wassigny on Guise.” Gen. Haig is a Scotchman. He won his first honor under General Kitch- ener in the Sudan, where he was pro- moted to a brevet major on ihe field for gallantry at Atbara and before Khartoum. NEW HAVEN DEALS PUZZLE FOR JUDGE SUGGESTIONS Scarf Pins—1,000 styles. Brooches Bracelets La Vallieres Cuff Pins Umbrellas Bracelet Watches SUGGESTIONS Tie Clasps Fountain Pens Watch Fobs and Chains Cut Glass Bowls Wine Sets Whiskey Sets Water Sets Bon Bon Dishes SUGGESTIONS Rogers Knives and Forks Tea Sets Cake Baskets Fruit Dishes Tea Spoons Community Silver ough many names had been oned as the possible successor eld Marshal French, including f the Duke of Connaught, the ap- hent, it was said, was anti in the best informed circl Nine Years Younger. Douglas Haig is nine er than his former chief. bt the elevation of General Joffre o bearing on the substiturion of ral Haig for Tield Marshal h, however, was announcad to- n the house of commons by Pre- Asquith., Last Monday Sir Bd- Andrew Conwall asked the gov- ent during ‘the session of the le for information as to whether bral, Joffre’s appointment wouid ssitate ‘ahy important chang=s in lhigher command of the British . The premier at that time de- pd to make answer, Today, how- dronchitis | Other Distressing Throat and Lung Ailments Yield w, SUGGESTIONS Gold and Ivory Clocks Japanese China Military Sets And thousands of others. Shaving Sets Every article purchased at this store is guaranteed as represented or your money refunded. Engraving Free Open Evenings to Christmas M. P. LEGHOR 351 Main St., Cor. Commercial. A SUGGESTIONS Toilet Sets Manicure Sets vears Court Executive Confesscs Difficulty in Comprehending Financial Tran- saction Engineered by Robbins. New York, Dec. 16.—Devious fin- ancial transactions which Edward D. Robbins is alleged to have engineered st .1o-Linonine. Nearly one thousand prominent ple in one city alone have publicly jified in signed statement that jonine cured them of coughs, colds, nchitis and other forms of winter juplaints that threatened their very stence. Other thousands in other btions of the country have added testimony, and all unite in pro- ming Linonine the most effective icine of its kind known to ve. It warms and enriches od, it restores circulation hes the delicate membranes sci- the and of oat and lungs in rich, new vitality- linging blood—and relief is wrought removing the swellings and irrita- pus. that cause the disturbances. It a truly wonderful remedy and is 16 and wholesale, being an emul- pbn of Flax-Seed Oil, Irish Moss, icalyptus and other famous reme- all combined in one, and known le world over as T All druggists—25¢, 50c, $1. i for the purposc of concealing the transfer of the Metropolitan Steam- ship company to the control of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad—so intricate that Judge Hunt confessed difficuity in compre- hending them-—were placed before the jury yesterd in testimony at the trial of Robbins and ten other former directors of the New Haven under the Sherman law. The transactions involved the switching back and forth in five banks tin one day of checks and securities of companies alleged to have been fic- titiously organized or officered for result was, according to the testimony that the stock of the Metropolitan steamship company came into the possession of the Billard company, which the government contends the New Haven controlled. Subsequently, it was brought out, the stock was transferred to the late Governor John F. Hill of Maine, in exchange fov bonds of the Eastern Steamship Cor- poration, in which, according to other testimony in the the New Ha- ven also had an interest. The testimony , given bv Samuel Hemingwa; dent of the Second National bank of New Haven, treasurer of the Billiard company, and brother of the defendant, James F. Hemingway, was adduced by the government in support of its allega- the purpose of the transactions. The | tion that the New Haven road sought to acquire the Metropolitan proper- ties in order to have the passenger steamships Harvard and Yale trans- ferred to the Pacific coast, and to acquire the Metropolitan’s four freight steamships for itself. The de- | fense concedes that Charles S. Mel- len negotiated for the purchase of the freight boats, but denies that the | New Haven or Mr. Robbins purposed to have the passenger boats removed to the Pacific DUM DUM BULLETS MADE IN BRIDGEPORT pr. Kienzle Charges Park City Fac- tory Accepted Contract to Supply British Forces. New York, Dec. 16.—Charges that a Bridgeport, (Conn.) factory accept- ed a contract with the British govern- ment to supply the English army with dum dum bullets were made yester- day in an affidavit filed with Assistant United States Attorney Knox by Dr. Herbert Kienzie. Dr. Kienzie is one of the six men indicted with Robert Fay on the charge of conspiring to blow up ships carrying munitions to the Allies. His affidavit is In support of a motion for a separate trial and the appointment of a commission to take evidence in his behalf in Germany. A similar motion was made for Engelbert Bronkhorst, another of the indicted men. Dr. Kienzie proofs to the United Stat ment of the alleged traffic dum bullets are that that w submitted govern- in dum s his only says he Logical Dyspepsia Treatment During the past two or three years much has been published in newspapers through- ca about the remarkable value of plain rated magnesia as an antacid be. cause its use promotes normal. healthy di- gestion by preventing food fermentation and neutralizing the dangerous stomach acid Until recently druggists could supply bisur- n powder form only, from of which taken in almost instantly ated magnesin little water stops all but sufferer obtain a five all the valual ordinary bisurated a { venient form. This BICE Gt biiuracea Tnagnesia can now be had of druggists ovagy where. The tablets are the most con- venient for travelers and physicians, ow vhich combines i the grain connection in any way with German | session of the federal authorities herc, ' Presse. . The paper argues that the propaganda in this country. With his affidavit today he submitted photo- graphs of German soldiers alleged to have been wounded by dum-dum bul- lets made in the United States. Both Dr. Kienzie and Bronkhorst deny, had any dealings with Fay. The lat- ter, who claims to be a lieutenant in the German army, implicated both men in a confession made by him af- ter his arrest. Bronkhorst although he is a Hanoverian by birth, he lost his German citizenshi through being absent from Ger: | for 25 years. He states that he is in- terested in a London mining syndi- cate, and that it would have been | against his interest to interfere with British trade or shipping. The motions will be heard by United States Judge Julius Mayer on Monday. AUTHORITIES HAVE San Francisco, Dec. fidavit of Johannes Koolberger. portions of which were published Tuesday in Providence, R. I.. in which he states that he was em- AFFIDAVIT. 16.—The Henrikus Von af- ployed by IFranz Bopp, Berman con- | sul general in this city, and Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken, an at- tache of the consulate general, to des- troy brides and tunnels in -Canada, i3 it was announced today, in the pos- in their affidavits, ever having | | They regard it as the greatest impor | tance in connection with the prosecu- jtion of Von Brincken, C. C. Crowley, | a detective in Bopp’s employ and Mrs | Margaret Cornell, an agent in the em- | ploy of Crowley. | BIG HOTEL ! Syndicate to Erect Ten Story Building On Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport, Dec. 16.—Options have been signed for a realty deal which will convey the First Methodist church at the northeast corner of Fairfield avenue and Broad street, to one of the largest hotel syndicates in the United States. It is proposed to erect on the site of a ten story modern fireproof hotel. The Methodist church, the home f probably the oldest Methodist society in New England, reared in 1822, and ' rebuilt in 1849, will soon be torn | down. | The Methodist society has options | upon the T.C. Wordin tract owned by Edward Spargo, at street and West avenue, NO SECOND CALAIS, Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 16, Via | London 10 1. m.—The Central Pow- ers cannot suffer the entente to create a second Calais at Saloniki,” declares the Vienna newspaper Neue Ireie | logical consequence of the establish- ment of such a base would be to extend the war to Greek territory, and shottd the entente allies remain at Safoniki, Greece is relieved of obligation to de- fend her soil against the advance of the Cen Powers. 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