New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 13

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. THURSDAYX, DECEMBER 23, 1915. AT BABCOCK’S ou Can Save 10 to 25% ull Line of Holiday Goods, vercoats, Suitings and Furnishing Goods. n Opportunity Never Before Ot WATERWAYS BILL FOR THIS CONGRESS Despite Plea of Party Leaders for "~ Economies i %! Washington, Dec. 23—Despite pros- pects of a fight in congress oyver wvenue legislation and the pleas of rty leaders for economies, Chair- man Sparkman of the house rivers d harbors committee is planing to report a general waterways bill, and there was talk today of the inten- lon of the house public buildings mmittee, headed by Rep. Clark of lorida, to report an omnibus build- Ings bill. s It developed today that when the rivers and harbors committee meets after the holidays it will have for con- sideration favorable reports of the army engineers on new projects ag- gregating $120,000,000. 3 Restrict Projects Bill. The committee may decide to re- strict the bill for continuation of pro- jects already authorized but there iz already evidence of an intention on the part of many members to insist upon more liberal waterways appro- priations. There are numerous big projects on file, favorably reported on by the war department. Some of these larger ones are: New York-Delaware Bay water- way, $20,000,000; Tennessee river at Muscles Shoals, $18,701,000; East river and Hell Gate, New York, $12,- 400,000; ‘Waterway, Beaufort-St. Johnns river, Florida, $14,00,000; Chesapeake and Delaware canal, pur- chase and improvement, $800,00; Cumberland river, above Nashville $4- 500,000; Red river, La., and Arkansas $6,020,000; Sacramento and San Joa- quin rivers, California, $5,860,000; Waterway, St. George Sound to the Rio Grande river $3,632,910; dam =t the'foot of Lake Erie, New York $3,- 500,000; improvement of Connectifut river $1,870,000; channel to New York Navy yard $1,950,000; Boston harbor $1,545,000; Norfolk harbor $1,- 114,000; Hawaiian harbor $1,336,- 000. Small Appropriations. Plans as to most of these projects for comparatively small initial appro- priations which, however, would com- mit the government in principle, to their ultimate completion. ‘CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tells How To Get Quick Relief from Head-Colds. It’s Splendid! | 1 | 1?1 one minute your clogged nostrils %11l open, the air passages of your ad will clear and you can breathe k. A ly. No more hawking, snuffling, Mlowing, headache, dryness. No jiruggling for breath at night; your old or catarrh will be gone. L Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream Im from your druggist now. Ap- ly a little of this fragrant, anti- eptic, healing cream in your nostrils. penetrates through every passage the head, soothes the inflamed or 1fn mucous membrane and relief Jomes instantly. [*9¢’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed-up a cold or nasty catarrh—Relief so quickly. HARVESTER CO. TO ASSIST EMPLOYES Announces Plan By Which Its 35,000 ‘Workers May Become Stockholders and Sharers in Concern’s Profits. Chicago, Dec. 23.—The Internation- al Harvester Company announced a plan to assist its 35,000 employes to become stockholders and sharers in the company profits. Under the plan, which becomes ef- fective tomorrow, all employes will have an opportunity to purchase pro- fit-sharing certificates in the com- pany, payments for which will be made in monthly installments from their salaries. These certificates, it is i provided, may be converted into stock at three dollars bhelow the market value, The profit sharing certificates range in denominations from $50 to $1,000. 4 on the genuine {To every employe who takes advant- age of the offer before March 1, 1916, the company will add to his payment ;one per cent. of his earnings annual- ly. . Interest will be paid at the rate of !five per cent. per annum on all em- ployes payments and credits on his profits sharing certificate. In addi- | tion to the annual dividends on stock !the company also will pay to the em- ploye an amount equal to the extra dividend which he would receive upon his stock, if the entire excess of the net profits for each year prior to 1921 over an amount equal to six per cent. of the money invested in the com- pany’s business during the year were + distributed pro rata to all holders of its common stock. Provision is made for postponement of payments in case of illness or un- avoidable lay-off. Certificates can be turned into cash at the will of the em- ploye. The plan will terminate in January, 1921. PANIC AMONG PRISONERS. Small Fire in Workshop of Fairficld County Jail. Bridgeport, Dec. 23.—Fire in the workshop of the Fairfield county jail in North avenue caused a small panjc among the 230 prisoners last night and did considerable damage to the shop, a three-story brick structure GET IT FIRST—NOT LAST When a cold grips your system it is convincing proof that your condition is weakened—remember that, Itis risky indeed to simply trust yaurstrength to throw it off, because neglected colds have brought more serious sickness than any other one thing, while weak- ening cathartics and stimulating syrups are often depressing and dangerous. ‘The one best treatment for any cold —the one so often relied on when others fail, isthe powerful blood-nourishment in Scott’s Emulsion, which feeds the very sources of bodily strength to sup- press the present cold and generate strength to thwart further sickness. Get Scott’s first, not last—and insist always free from al- ol and injurious drugs Seutt & Bowne, Lloomfield, N THE C. L. 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Here Are Mr. Edison’s FAVORITE RECORDS Meyerbeer, Con- ...Marie Delna Ave Maria, Schubert-Wilhelm, Violin..Carl Flesch Caro Nome (Dearest Name)—Rigoletto, Verdi, Alice Verlet Contralto Lincke, Thomas Chalmers 7, Brahms-Joachin, Vio- Albert Spalding Kathleen, Western- Walter Van Brunt and Chorus Jolly Fellows Waltz, Vollstedt +++....American Symphony Orchestra Kathleen Mavourneen, Flute and Harp . . . .Venetian Instrumental Quartet Roses Waltz, Strauss ..American Symphony Orchestra Oh, That We Two Were Crutch, Violin, Violon- Maying, Soprano and Elizabeth Spencer and Thomas Chalmers William Tell Overture—Part Concert Band, Reverse; William Tell Overture—Part 1, Rossini, Edison 2, Rossini, Edison DIAMOND DISC PHONOGRAPH UNBREAKABLE RECORDS AT THE PIANO STORE OF Edison’s Favorite RTHE C. L. PIERCE & CO. 246 Main Street. Opposite the Monument. New Britain connected with the jail. The prison- ers had been locked up for the night, when Jailer Henry Scott heard shout- ing from the cells that the jail was on fire. He immediately closed the huge steel doors connecting the shop and the jail and calmed the prison- ers. In the meantime the fire which had started in- an electrically operated machine, spread ronidly fo all three floors of the workshop. The fire: by chopping holes in the roof, flood- ed the building with water and the fire was soon controlled. Jailer Scott said that after the first excitement, the prisoners behaved well. YEAR'’S New York Cafes and Cabarets to Be Open Till 3 A. M. New York, Dec. 23. —That greater part of New York's New Year's Eve celebration will close at 3 a. m. January 1, 1916, is the indi- cation of an announcement made by Mayor Mitchel yesterday. The mayor decided, despite a strong protest by ministers and temperance associations that all cafes and cabarets receiving favorable reports from the police de- partments may obtain special licenses to sell liquor until 3 a. m. on New Year’'s Day. There are twenty-eight cafes hold- ing all night license and these will remain open as usual. The mayor said in making his decision that he tried to effect a compromise between the cafe owners and the temperance interests. He added that, in his opin- ion, nearly all New Yorkers were ready to go home at 3 o'lock in the morning, but the few that wished to A WOMAN'S BACK The Advice of This New Britain Wo- man is of Certain Value, CELEBRATION. NEW the Many a woman’s aches and pains. Ofttimes ’tis the kidney's fault. That's why Doan’s Kidney Pills are so effective. Many this. back has many New Britain women know Read what one has to say about it: Mrs. E. Vater, 619 IX. Main St.,, New Britain, says: “T suffered from a dull, grinding ache across the small of my back and it made me weak and lan- guid. Having seen Doan's Kidney Pills endorsed by local people, 1 got some and used them They quickly relieved me. T highly recommend this medicine to anyone having kid- ney trouble.’ Price 50c, at all deale simply ask for a kidney remedy—-get s Kicney Pills—the that Mrs, cr had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N, Y. Don't same remain up after this hour would find accommodations. About 200 appli- cations for special licenses have al- ready been received. JUAREZ NOW UNDER CARRANZA CONTROL Passes First Night With Less of Bustle Characteristic of “The Wicked- est Town in Mexico.” El Paso, Tex., Dec. 23.—Gen. Al- varo Obregon, Carranza commander in chief of northern Mexico, who ar- rived here last night from Nogales, Sonora, sald he would go to Juarez, just across the border, late today. Juarez passed its first night unde: Carranza control peacefully and with less of the bustle characteristic of “The wickedest town in Mexico.” Gambling has ceased and the dis- orderly resorts have been closed. Constitutionalist currency issued to the soldiers now has a purchasing value in the stores. ARTHUR HUGHES DEAD. London, Dec. 23, 2:58 &. m.—Ar- thur Hughes, last of the pre-Raphae- lite painters, dled at Kew yesterday. He was a friend and fellow worker of Sir John Millais, Gabriel Dante Rossetti, William Holman-Hunt, John Ruskin and William Morris. ¥. B. HATHAWAY DEAD. Suffield, Dec. 23—Frederick B. Hathaway, aged 64, a prominent to- bacco grower and packer of Suffield, died today at his home here after a week’s illness. He is survived by his wife and two children. City Items l| For the accommodation of its cus- temers the New Britain Trust com- pany will be open for the receipt of deposits on Christmas eve from eight o'clock to ten o’clock. The bank will be closed all day Christmas.—advt. The card tournament between Daly council, K. of (., and the Y. M. T. A. & B. society which was scheduled for last evening, was postponed until after the holidays on account of the absence of several of the players. Holiday goods Babd®ek's—advt. The quality and merit of the £ plorer cigar has been fully denic strated and today cigar connois- seurs through the state smoke and thoroughly appreciate the Explorer ci- gar advt. at You will find our Christmas goods right and fairly priced. No exclusiy prices for ordinary merchandise. Bes- se-Leland Co.—advt. 23 CONVICTS FREED. Granted Xmas Pardons in Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 23—Twen- ty-three convicts were freed yester- day by Governor George W. Hays in the annual Christmas pardons ap- proved by the governor. Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 23—Governor Craig today ordered the state peni- tentiary warden and superintendents of convict camps to permit “trusty” convicts to go to their homes from Friday, December 24 to Monday, De- cember 27. All other prisoners will get three days’ holiday from their usual labor. ONE DAY FOR CHRISTMAS. New Britain Factories Are Too Busy to Allow More Time for Holiday. Business in the local factorles is at such a height with the present rush orders that only one day will be al- lowed the workmen to celebrate the Christmas holidays. All the concerns will close Friday night and will start up again Monday morning. P. & F. Corbin’s Foremen's club is planning for a Christmas entertain- ment to be observed at Bardeck's hall on January 7. The prize winners in the club’s pinochle tournament were Harry Jackson, Thomas Spence, Frank Caswell, Andrew Robb, Dwight Shep- hard and Stanley Holcomb. The prizes are turkeys. Quarterly dividends have been de- clared by the Stanley Works and Lan- ders, Frary & Clark, the former's, payable January 1, being 2 1-2 per cent, and the latter’s 2 per cent, pay- able January 15. PLANS ARE COMPLETED. Committee on Christmas Tree in Need of More Funds for Project. Final preparations for the public Christmas tree celebration were mado vesterday afternoon at a meeting of the committee at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The ceremony of turning the tree over to the city will take place at 7 o'clock tomorrow night when Chairman George H. Dyson. Dyson will present who will formally Mayor Quigley, open the celebra- tion with an address. Invitations have been extended to the members of the common council and others in the municipal government to attend the opening ceremonies. Up to the present time there has been $137 collected for the tree and as the expenses last yar amounted to about $300 the committee urges that the fund be increased to this amount and an appeal is made to the public to give generously to the treasury. GRAMMAR SCHOOL OFFICERS The graduating class of the Central Grammar school yesterday completed surer and Miss Virginia Slade 1, retary. Miss Slade is a daugi Principal L. P. Slade of the school. The other officers rd chosen are president, Harold and vice president, Miss Ethel H Purple and gold are the class TEGNER LODGE MEETH At last night's meeting of lodge, O. of V., officers were el as follows: president, Hilding ¥o vice president, Frank Johnsgn! cording secretary, Edward Pete assistant recording secretary, § Bengsto financial secretary, Lundin; treasurer, Robert Bergl chaplain, Axel Berg; master of monies, Fred Hendrickson; assi Carl Carlson; inside guard, K Larsen; outside guard, Ivan Chris son; trustee, Hermann Lamber TURN HAIR DARK If Mixed with Swiphur It D Gray Hair So Naturally Nobody Can Tell. the election of class officers with the choice of Robert Loomis for trea- The old-time mixture of Sage T and Sulphur for darkening g; streaked and faded hair is gran mother’s treatment, and folks a again using it to keep their hair good, even color, which is quite se: sible, as we are living in an g when a youthful appearance is of ¢ greatest advantage. Nowadays, though, we don’t ha the troublesome task of gathering t sage and the mussy mixing at hom All drugs stores sell the ready-to-u product called “Wyeth’s Bage an Sulphur Compound” for about bi cents a bottle. It is very Popula because nobody can discover it hal been applied. Simply moisten you comb or a soft brush with it and dra: this through your hair, taking on small stand at & time; by mornin the gray hair disappears, but wha delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sag and Sulphur is that, besides beau tifully darkening the hair after a fe applications, it miso produces that! soft lustre and appearance of abune dance which Is so attractive; besides, prevents dandruff, itching scalp