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NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916. City ltems | Tomorrow evening New Britain buncil, O. U. A. M., will attend the atriotic meeting in the Methodist wrch. Members will attend in a body Ind will meet at the lodge rooms o%lock to march to the church Morris Tulin of Hartford 's. Mary Wisk for $110 commission. enstable Fred Winkle attached prop- y on Broad street for $300. The rit is returnable before the Hartford ity court on the first Tuesday in flarch. Charles Carison of 90 Maple street | lipped on the walk and fell in front It Logan Bros’ Main street store last ening. His right ankle was badly renched. TO HONOR LI OLN. pecial Patriotic Services at Methodist Episcopal Church. Invitations have been received and cepted by practically all the socie- | to attend mass meet- es in the city g at Trinity Methodist Episcopal huch tomorrow evening. The vice il be in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Rev. Warren F. Cook, the pastor 1 deliver the address of the evening In “Lincoln” and Assistant pastor ‘00d will recite the famous Gettys~ ug address. ATTEND ’COON DINNER Among the ninsty-six guests at the hpnual Hawlet 'coon dinner, held at he Grange hall in Farmington last vening, were gene J. Porter, Clay- pn J. Parker, Frank H. Johnston, Dr. oger M. Griswold, Dr. M. H. Gris- pld and William Atwater. John mbull gave an after dinner talk on s hunting trips. EDEDOM ACTIVITI Several social affairs are being plan- d by New Britain lodge of Elks to held in the near future. On Feb- pary 22 a patriotic dance will eld and on March 30 the annual Rnquet will be held. The lodge will pld a tablet service at the meeting t Thursday evening and initia- on of several candidates will take gce. A Cold Proposition ‘When you are wheezing and sneez- ing, coughing and hawking, you’'re facing a cold proposition. Handle itright. Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar quickly relieves bad cases. All druggists, 25cts. a bottle. Try Pike’s Toothache Drops has sued | Trinity ' Absolutely Pure’ Made from Cream of Tartar NOALUM-NO PHOSPHATE LUMBER DEALERS TO CONVENE ON TUESDAY Twenty-fourth Annual Session of State Association to Be Held at Hotel Taft» New Haven. The 24th annual convention of the Lumber Dealers’ association of Con- necticut will be held in New Haven, at the Hotel Taft, on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The business session will be called to order in Parlor A of the hotel, at 11 a, m. Louis A. Mansfield, president of the organization will preside, and his re- port, together with that of Assistant Secretary Lammlin will give the de- ta of the work of the association for the vear. Other business will include reports of the treasurer and the legislative committee, as well as the election of officers for the en- suing year. There will also be a 20-minute “Gossip-fest,” and during this time plans will be discussed for the recognition of the association’s 25th anniversary next year. There will also be an address by Robert W. Chatfield on Association Advance- ment.” The annual dinner will follow the business meeting, at 2 p. m., and will be served in the hotel ball-room. This promises to be one of the b banquets ever given by the associa- tion Mayor Rice, and Joseph E. Hubinger, president of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce. will speak. Edward Fitzgerald, superintendant of schools in Derby, and C. A. Colley, | dresses, i his death at | ganizations represented | Bristol. president of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, will also make ad- together with Willard Scott, humorist. T. S. Allis of Derby will act as toastmaster, and there will be a cabaret entertainment and other | interesting features, con- hands Robert Derby; Stamford Britain; J. J. The arrangements for the vention and dinner are in the of the following committee: W. Chatfield, chairman; Frank W Bogardus, Harold W. Damon, New Frank H, Barnes, Southington; Murphy Naugatuck CHAPLAIN HILTON EULOGIZES LINCOLN At Anniversary erviSce of S. of V. Auxiliary and S, of V. Meeting in G. A. R. Hall, Lincoln, the immortal president, who, after saving the union during the tumultuous da of ’61-165, met the hands of the half d actor Booth, was eulogized last evening at a patriotic meeting held under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary and L. D, Penfield camp, S. of V., in honor of the great liberator’s birthday anniversary, This meeting was attended by rep- resentatives of several patriotic or- ders and among the out of town or- was Gilbert G. A, R. of The Spanish War Stanley Post, G. A. R., and the Wo- man’s Relief corps and the Citizens corps all had representatives tendance. The hall was decorated with American flags and bunting and a picture of Lincoln occupied a con- spicuous place on the wall behind the speaker’s chair. The figure 1861- 1865 were near the flag draped pi ture. cra: W. Thompson Post, Chaplain W. H, Hilton, chaplain of | the | | met the Connecticut Department of Grand Army, was the principal speaker of the evening and as he him- self is a veteran of the Civil War he was well qualified to tell of those eventful years and of the character and activities of Abraham Lincoln. Chaplain Hilton told of Lincoln’s suc- cessive steps leading up to the mo- ment when he issued his famous call for 75,000 volunteers and continued with a further talk on this patriotic subject. Commander Douglass of Gilbert W, Thompson Post, G. A. R, of Bristol, also gave a patriotic talk muiscal number on the piano was furnished by Louis Chapman. A, H. Stotts, a photographer and sleight of hand perfomer, added to the evening's entertainment with a series of baffling card tricks. William Rybeck and Charles Law left today to spend the week-end in New York. { Germans Claim to Veterans, | at- | and a | To Progressive Farmers : Due to the great European war, there is practically no potash in_this country available for agricultural This scarcity makes those commercial fertilizers which depend on potash far too expensive for the majority of farmers. Extensive experiments have been carried on by the Lowell Fertilizer Co. in conjunction with farm experts proven that larger amounts of organic ammonia and phosphoric acid ill practically act in the place of potash! purposes. than are ordinarily used We have made fei animal matter, consisting of Bone, Blood and Meat. These fortilizers havebeen tested.and in every instance they have proven that good crops can be grown without the added expense of potash. Read this lotter from a progressive farmer who has tried the Animal Fertilizer on his farm ““In regard to fertilizers without potash, T used the three kinds you sent me. with good results. They were compared ANIMAL | FERTILZERS Il The results have zers from nature’s own prescription— with a few tons of last year's goods containing 8 per cent. potash. ot potnch at a fair price. will use without potash. ;an make your crops g00d without paying abnormal mggi’a:m, O rnesoeut Lowell dealor or addrorpi oo LOWELL FERTILIZER CO., Boston, Mass. BRITISH CRUISER REPORTED SUNK Have Destroyed Vessel But British Deny Loss of Craft. 12—A Berlin official vesterday London, Feb. statement received claims that a British cruiser has sunk by a German torpedo boat craft and another British cruiser torpe doed. The Bri official press bur- eau denies this. The German statement was to the effect that the German torpedo cralt British cruisers off the Dogger sank torpe- here been bank on Thursday night and the new cruiser Arabis and | doed a second cruiser. In giving out the German message for publication the press bureau appended the fol- lowing:— “The British admiralty states that the cruisers above mentioned were four mine sweeping vessels, three of which have returned safely.” The text of the German statement follows “On the night of the 10th and 11th, during an advance of our torpedo bogts, our boats met on the Dogger bank, some 120 sea miles east of thc English coast, several English cruis- ers which at once fled. Our boats pursued them and sank the new cruiser Arabis, and obtained a hit with a torpedo on a second cruisen Our torpedo boats rescued the com- mander of the Arabis with two other officers and twenty-one men. Our forces suffered damage, but no losses” These I planted in plots throughout the field. & ; Dot a0 in the plot., and when I dug my potatoes. I could | oo very little difference in the yield 800 Y40 tons of your fertilizer next year, and if I cannot T'shall probably use E. J. PARKER. Patten, Maine." | Need a Laxative? Don’t take a violent purgative. Right the sluggish condition with the safe, vegetable remedy which has held pub- lic confidence for over sixty years. BEECHAM'S PILLS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25¢. ANSWER GERMAN CHANCELLOR. | Nothing Asked By In Lusitania ‘ase Which Was Not Dignified. ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—Secretary | the Wolff Bureau a semi official | Lansing in a statement secured here | jerman news agency, declares the the United States has asked | nothing of Germany during the course of the negotiations which could honor and dignity, be complied with. The statement s sought as a reply to an interview with the German im- perial chancellor, widely published in this country, in which is was conted- ed that to meet the requirements of the United States would impose an “impossible humiliation” on Germany. Expressions similar to that of Mr Lansing were obtained from Chairman Stone of the senate committee on for- eign relations; Chairman Flood of the house committee on foreign affairs, and Vice-President Marshall. by Lusitania | not, with | | 2 ESTABLISHED 1886 2 Globe Clothing House If in any case you wish to buy a Suit or Overcoat, don’t for- get that our 30th Annual Sale | Includes Hart, Schatiner & Marx Clothing None better in the world. Clearance of Children’s Juvenile Suits, sizes 3 to 8, 1-2 price. INCREASED MORI Output of Baldwin Locomotive Works For Calendar Year 191 Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—The output | of the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the calendar year 1915 increased in value more than $8.000,000 pared to the preceding twelve months, according to the annual re- port of the company made public to- com- Hundreds of homes in New Britain are equipped with these artistic gas flixtures. The prices are very low and we offer them on very easy payments S THAN $8,000,000 | day. Of the total receipts of war orders brought locomotives | ordinary products of the concern ap- 3 Gross earn- 0il for 1915, proximated and dividends on vear of $1,427.016. Total receipts fof Britain Gas Liight Co. Showrooms, 25 West Main Street. New Britain, Conn.