New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1916, Page 6

, J _Her;ld.— DISHING COMPANY. fopristors. By excepted) at 4:15 p. m., ing. 67 Church St. ost Ofice at New Britain Mail Matter. Pler to any part of the city | K week, 65¢c a month. maper to be sent by mall, fdvance. 60 cents a month, e tistng medium :n ulation Books and press pen to advertlisers. "be found on sale/at Hota- Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- Board Walk, At- and Hartford Depot. FHONE CALLS. AND OF, THE PEOPLE. itain’s present charter was | carried through on the the various departments nment should be managed {san boards. With the ex- the Board of Safety, about ¢ has sometimes been un- Bvor, the idea of bi-partisan W been successfully main- this city. Because of its fure, because it deals in the nt of men to the fire and rtments, the board of pub- must needs be subject to s0 long as it is given choice g the five highest candidates’ nded by the civil service com- s at present. Eventually the bt public safety may be split | its functions will be evenly etween the fire and police de- ts. When this takes place litain will have separate fire e boards, consisting of four each, two Democrats and ublicans making up the per- each board. This is as it The last General Assembly safety board a partisan or- If it is to have two com- rts with four members each be bi-partisan since any sion would make it partisan. n government is not the ideal government. Nor for that k 2 bi-partisan form of gov- but the latter is by far a mocratic system of govern- therefore in keeping with and aspirations of the people. To this end the rity of people in this in favor of the vari- and commissions being bi-partisan or even non- bership. . The city can y well on a non-partisan , bi-partisan form of gov- It will be the catspaw of ¢ ever and a day so soon rned over bag and baggage e of the political parties to Jexctusion of the other. jest intellects in the city are continuing the policy upon E charter of this city was d which has been fairly Men who are big enough utside party lines when the e city is being considered do ne man power or one party the running of their local nt. What they want is a co-operation that can be bout only by an honest and ing out of the various lof city government through of boards and commis- le up of men of both parties. % ] S RS JMBITIOUS PROGRAM. he London Spectator under- tline the terms upon which be secured for Europe it goes further than Germany w unless Germany is ab- quished, And the Ger- is talking “a victorious not the Germany that will such plan as that set forth petator and which was out- paterday’s Herald, bbable that the ular opinion in bmands that the uate the whole of northern bigium and Luxemberg and pte restoration of all lands Rumania, Rus and It is an ambitious pro- Al- to of is to go to Den- 4nd Austrian Spectator England Teutonfc ia, ectator maps out. fine is to he he Danish [Holstein fish Pruss | to be part of the new sub- f Poland: the Slavs of sgovina and kindred to be created into a new [Bonemia is to be an inde- fite; all portions of Austria falian by association are io Italy; Constantinople and . are to go to Russia, faiso take care of the jhe Serbs are to be freed, i Asia Minor, and Mesopo- have all of restored portion a guarantees quility; a money indem- havoc Monte- hce, and wherever Teutonic jow human lives and prop- for the Serbia, anded ‘Belgium, joke. There other sals | Which Germany are prop would standing the the Ger:! never . hear, | even she her | legs, which is | Bpectator | to remain ever in the hanas™af the were on The lonies | not wa | Ententé allies, Germany couid never consider such a proposition. In discussion of the war little mention red | made of the loss Germany has sulf through being deprived of her colanies, Yet that is where Germany is crippled. All her colinies are | stand today. In any she must make these colonies endeavors will Not to secure cantrol of th | matte of lost as s terms peacc to all vain. arrangements get otherwise her in back, have been colonies | again would be a blow to Germany ‘more severe than what the Allies have lost and all the other territory in the war zone. in northern France IN THE HANDS OF THE CQURT. Pending a decisicn by the United States Supreme court as to the valid- ity of the new Eight Hour the railroads after conference the | men have decided to keep a record of law with their wage dispersements from Janu- | 1 until the Supreme Court de- | cides one way or another. If the de- | cision is to the effect that the law is valid the railroads will pay their men | back pay sufficient to meet the de-| mands originally stated. This seems the fairest way out of a situation that once promised havoc for the entire country. ary The negotiations | between the railroad companies and | their employes have been called off. There is no need now of further de- bate on any old seores. The United States Supreme Court alone is re- spansible for what conditions are to exist, and that decision will be final. Once it is delivered both sides to the controversy may feel satisfied that Justice has been dispensed to all, Recent action taken by both sides in the now famous rallroad controversy of the past few months lead to the be- ‘lief that whatever is the decision of the Supreme Court there will radical displeasure evinced by either party to the quarrel. Railroad man- agers as well as the men who operate the trains know that the rights of all will be safeguarded by the highest tri- bunal in the world. | be no Inspection of an experimental piece | of treated wood-block pavement, laid | in 1906, by the city of Minneapolis | In co-operation with the forest ser- | vice and varlous lumber manufactur- ers and wood-preserving has revealed the fact birch is wearing well long 1 pine, and that sapwood of timber if well treated is practically as durable as heartwood. Data thus far record- ed and analyzed at the Forest Prod- ucts Laboratory at Madison, Wi dicate that in order of efficiency the six species used in the experiment rank as follows: Longleaf pine and white birch, Norway pine, tamarack and eastern hemlock, and western larch. Douglas fir blocks were also included in the experiment, but were laid at a later date than the other spe- cies and no definite conclusions in re- gard to their relative durablility can be drawn at this time. According to a bulletin issued by the United States Forest Service, when this pavement was laid the traffic on it was princi- pally steel-tired, horse-drawn trucks, with few motor vehicles. It now con- sists of light and heavy motor vehicles with only a few horse-drawn truoks. Tor this reason it is probable that the pavement is deteriorating less rapld- ly than when first laid. companies, that white ! as in- The work of classifying and open- ing to homestead entry such lands in the National forests chiefly | valuable for agriculture rapidly. Already over lion acres have been covered by field final reports as are is progressing | seventy mil- | examinations and the acted upon. FACTS AND FANCIFE When peace comes it may be hard to find the pieces—Columbia (8. C.) State, It is better to be optimistic once in a while than always accurate—Roch- | ester Union. “Joy riding" is a term that does not apply to street car patrons—Knox- ville Journal. The advantage of arguing one's self is that 1t is possible to have the last word.—Toledo Blade, The telephone line that most important communications.— Albany Journal, { Sh W Eminent -chiropodist says corns are a cause of divorce. So, that's where the shoe pinch Milwaukee New It looks like the hardest autoists to learn is that tracks are sometimes used —Nashville Banner. thing for One’s standing in the nowadays is no possession of a community motor car, but Baltimore American. night A lot of men carry a key last | with | is always | busy does not as a rule transmit the | railroad | by trains. | longr judged by the | by | whether one has eggs for breakfast— | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1910, that they are in in their own homes.— | Philadelphia Inquirer. ; low men reality believe bos Lord Lloyd No Geor heliffe has sserted that understands ‘‘the in- | tangible psychology of the American new prime minist an advantage over -Prof. Hugo erberz of Har- vard.—New York M Sun Christmas Joys and Tears. Time pa on, and go, While from my backward ga ask, Where are used to know? them not, only now before my distant home T And the friends T I Arises see a misty haze eager sight; | Yot memory brings those other days to light. I pass along fain Would see perchance some old fa- miliar face, But none appears, my searching Is in vain, so the busy street, and And turn dear place Where in the summer flowers grow But where in winter lies the shroud of snow. to Fajrview, that There rest the old and young, many | onece knew, The old were tutors in the school of life; Alas, T must repeat the sad adieu! The young departed ere the pres- ent strife Of nations; .the horizon of the East Was free from war-clouds and be- tokened peace. Companions of the school or shop or church, Here are the ing place; Their names I read as mid the stones I search, then recall their face. J Then T return unto the bustling town tokens if each rest- And the features of . Where once these wrought who now lfe neath the ground. So we pass on, each at the appointed turn; ““‘See you again,” the oft repeated phraze, But now his body lies beneath that urn, And we shall meet on the celestial ways; Such is the wish and stant hope Foreseen hy this, the Christmas hor- oscope. such the con- As In times past the Christmas were bright, These other days too smile, O would that all tha world were now slight With the peace that erstwhile,— But Hark, The Christmas bells ringing And angels still bringing. EDWIN H Columbia, joys other faces reigned abroad are Good news are ANDR outh ¢ WS, avoling Town T, opics : not thought of vears ago. The statue on top of the monument is symbolic of winged vietory, so what is more appropriate than it be illuminated by night that it may stand out during the hours of darkness even as it does during the hours of light? The monument, which is a memorial to the soldlers and sailors of this city who sacrificed their lives on the bat- tlefields of the civil war, is unique in that it is radically different from oth- er such memorlals throughout the country. Instead of being the mod- ern type of soldiers’ monument, it is a reproduction of the ancients’ peace monuments and stands as a model of classical architecture. Near the top of the monument are gilded re- plicas of the mythical fires of eternal peace that stand forth by day. What is more fitting than that Winged Vic- tory surmounting the statue blaze forth In all her glory at night? From cvery angle it is desirable to retain this light. The cost would be .so small as to be negligible, and it is not at all unlikely that the lighting company might consent to keep this single bulb burning at night free of charge, considering the large contract it already has with the city. It will be remembered that for many years the New Britain Gas Light company kept the gas lamps around the monu- ment base burning at night gratis. To the gtranger who visits New Britaln at night there is nothing sig- nificant about the Soldiers’ monu- ment. He sees a mass of granite, knows it must be a monument, and passes by thoughtlessly. The top of | the monument is enshrouded in dar ness. Illuminate the top as at pr ent and what an asset it will be to the city’s beauty. By all means keep this light permanent. P The last day of the year. the open season for the hunters. This is o One does not have to have a keen sense of hearing to detect the rustling of over-turning leaves today. But as | the New Year ages even the rustle will be Like true leaves, by one they will fall by the wi Nevertheless ite great sport to ‘‘turn over a new leaf,” if for no other rea- son than to see what is on the other side. And to be in with the crowd demands the making of New Year's resolutions—it is fun to break them. How many never agains” of tomor- row will develop into ‘““make mine the same” Tuesday? * lost Before going to any body to sk improvements in railroad crossin protection or better trolley wservice the special council committee should have a most complete, intelligent and | practical plan in mind, otherwise it is likely that little attention will be paid to their requests. To gain the desired ends it will be necessary for the committee to say something other program sounds like a| merely as a biuff to make their fo- | than the simple fact that “the pro- nd years, they come | s0 | calendar | Legends of the Black Sea isle of Serpents | | | Washington, D. C., Dec. { than thirty miles east of Sulina, | only important Black Sea port re- maining in the possession of Ru- mania since Fleld Marshal von Mack- i ensen captured Constantza, is ] tiny Island of Serpents, around which |.cling many fast legends of | cinating interest as well several | historical episodes which one time threatened to become inter- | national moment,” says a 0g- raphy bulletin issued by the National 30.—"“Less the of war | Unlike the mo1 reed-covered marshland which stretch for 50 miles along the Rumanian and Russian shores to the north and south of the Sulina mouth of the Danube and seldom attaining an elevation of ‘morc than two feet above the level of the Black Sea, the Island of Ser- pents, or Pido-nisi, thrust its precipi- | tous cliffs above the water to heights ranging from 50 to 100 feet. It is a mere fleck of rock in'a sea whose depth a few yards frem the shore 20 fathoms. The islet is scarce more than a mile in circumference, but it has been a beacon guiding ships to the Danube for many cen- turies, its elevation heing in such striking contrast to the delta land of the great river. “In ancient times Fido-nisi had a variety of names, but Grecian poets and travelers referred to it most fre- quently as TLeuce or the White Island, on account of the numerous seafowls which at certain seasons of the year swarmed over Its cliffs. “It was to this island that Thetis, the marine goddess, is supposed to have carried the ashes of her son Achilles, hence the temple erected here in honor of the hero of the Tro- jan war. Another legend relates that Thetis snatched the body of Achilles from the funeral pyre, that he was restored to life and that thereafter| he lived on the island with Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon who had been saved from sacrifice by the god- dess Artemis. ¢ | | | i is | | | | |in the v “ ‘It is related that Thetis , gave this island to Achilles and; that he | still inhabits it.' His temple ' and status, both of very ancient workman- 1ip, are seen there. No human be- 1g. dwells on it; it has only a few goats which mariners convey to it as vot offerings. Other offerings or sacred gifts are suspended in honor Achilles, such as vases, rings and precious gems * ‘Seabird merable birds shrin to the divers and equent the island have the oare of the ery morning they repair sea, and, dipping their wings aves, sprinkle the temple, and wards sweep with their plumage | s sacred pavement.’ “The name Island of Serpents grew out of the fact that numerous black snakes from four to five feet long were discovered here by mariners. Many of the reptiles are said to have fallen in the cisterns of the island and polluted the waters which are now undrinkable. It interesting recall in connection with the | ime of the island that Achilles was often refeired to as ‘the snake-born’ and that his mother Thetis frequently ssumed the form of a snake. “The Amazons are supposed to have attempted to seize this island on one occasion, but the ghost of Achilles appeared and so terrified the horses of the fen e warriors that the riders were thrown and severely trampled upon, whereupon the expedition was abandoned, “This teager rock brought Eng- | land and Russia to the verge of war 60 vears ago, following the treaty of peace which ended the Crimean con- flict. The island was not mentioned in the terms of the treaty and when Turkey sent a small party to relight the lighthouse which had been dark throughout the struggle of 1853-56 Russia attempted to take control of the beacon which stands as a guide- post to the Danube's mouths. Eng- land protested, and sent a fleet across the Black Sea to enforce her de- fowl innu- | and the alone i is “One of the most poetic descri tions of the island and its temple given ‘by Arrian in the account of his voyvage around the Biack Sea in the | second century of the Christian era. | He wrote: | threat mands in behalf of her recent ally, the sultan. Russia after a brief of resistance, ylelded. The island passed into Rumanian hands when the nation threw off the Otto- | man shackles in 1877.” The suggestion that the electric | light on the top of the Soldiers’ | monument be made permanent and not removed with the other holiday decorations is meeting with general approval about the city and the ques- tion seems to be one of wonderment why such a simple improvement was | tection is inadequate and the service poor—we ' want improvements is best illustrated by the Cor nue cros recent dafe. \\ the railroad com- mittec to have the crossing abolished it reported the geographic: conditions and said it should be ahol ed it was dangerous. Nothing resulted. The next attempt was not made untl] a comprehensive and con- clusive. plan had been evolved Tt was demonstrated to ‘the public util- ities commission that a bridge was a necessi The commission was shown that the city had made a trunk highway in the tern section through the center was explained and then it was shown that via Corbin avenue a western trunk highway was needed and could not be obthined so long as the dangerous crossing re- mained To further convince the commission it was stated that not only would these three trunk highways accommodate the general public to a marked degree, but they would also divert traffic from the main streets about the center of the -clty, thus making it safer for the little school | children and others. The plan was feasible, the crossing was abolished and a bridge ordered, although today it seems that to have the bridge a few feet wider would havg been more practical. asked | | | “ Since Christmas many of the young ladies about town have heen wearing 4 satisfled smile—in connection with | something bright and shiny on their | left hands. x . x After January 10 the number of | automobiles about the streets will be | materially lessened. Registration licenses expire and many owners will put away their cars until Apfil 1 and take advantage of the pro rata dis- count. One writer with a aptly sald “Tuesday Back the Junk Da “day of reckoning souls who put bar ents In Fifth avenue hoxes” and { “truth was revealed when exchanges “ or appraisals are attempted in the big | shops.” All of which means that | Christmas presents received on Mon- day were brought back to the stores to be exchanged on Tuesday. In New Britain this has been true all week at the various stores and the clerks have been kept busy not only rearranging thelr stock but also making ex- | changes. Store clerks during this weelk have looked mildly dippy who did n dle and wear a facile pen has was the Bring " that it was the to the generons | ain counter pres- | tote a bun- look of dissatisfaction Everybody was doing it, and many were the holly bound Christmas py ents yanked out of its mussed packago viewed with a pesstmistic appraising eye. A New York pap has termed these exchangers and ap- prai “The Society For vention of Letting 'em (tet Away With Tt,” meaning that the recipients of gifts not suited to them ught ex- | changes, or gifts which were seem- in expensive were taken back to get an estimated value. That may have been true in New York, where the wiiter declared 7,000 friendships died between Fifty-ninth street and Thirty-fourth street.”” We hope, how- ever, that the last chargejwas not true in New Britain. We would hate to think onr citizens so hypocritical or to be or | Rex I or clothing, | Atp upon the person as | the Pre- | spirit of Christmas giving and try to weigh its value In money. The New York writer must have had a warped soul for he concludes by remarking “But taken as a whole it was a pretty merry Christmas, in spite of what most people got.” In this city it was a merry Christmas without qualifica- tions season, when pnilanthropy are up- ple thoughts , the Children's Home, that most deserv- ing institution so ably cojducted by J. . Klingbers, is generously re- membered by public. Donatlons 0od and money are re- ved at this time, and there is am- ple use for each doration. But as the "asons change, so do the minds of the people. 'They are often prone to forget those little unfortunates who are helpless and must accept charity until such times as they can go forth and battle with the world themselves. This should not be so. Always the citizens of this city are generous to the Children's Home, but they could aiford to be more so. Without doubt, this institution {s one of the most de- serving in the country and not only during the Christmas season, but all through the year should the people keep this in mind and act accordingly. Among their New Year's resolutions it would be fitting to place a little memo to remember the Children’s Home and the fatherless and moth- ericss little orphans it protects, those little souls who, but for its existence, would either be in dire want or sent to some more public orphanage where conditions cannot be as favorable for rearing the best type of men and wo- men. Food Is always acceptable at the Home, but it is clothing that is generally needed most. Toys, © too, bring joy to the hearts of the chil~ dren and many are the familles whose children have outgrown their childish tc whose hearts would be made 1d could they but see the happiness ich a gift would bring to the young- sters at the Home, Another matter in this connection is the equipment at the Boys’ Homs on Corbin avenue. The building is so lacking in modern improvements that kerosine lamps have to be used at night. This should not be so. Not only from sanitary reason, but also for reasons of safety, this . building hould have eleciric lights. A slight coident like the overturning of a lighted lamp might cause such a holo- caust that the entire city would shud- der. The installation of electricity would alleviate this. It would not much. Why can't the city, or some charitably disposed society, con- tribute ail or a part to this very nec- ary Improvement? % % igh of relief that the general public learned of the back- executed by the fety board Thursday evening when, supposedly at | the instigation of the mayor, it re- inded its previous note to have De- | tective Sergeant Bamforth shifted to i the street for nine months of the year. | This paper has ever contended that to shift the detective would work rinst the hest interests of the police | department, yet the safety board, with its sometimes warped ideas, first vot- | ed for the shift on a plea of increased efliciency. As has been hinted by sev- | members of the charter revision ymmittee, the alleged fault of the oty board system may lle in its per- sonnel. There are other places where efficiency should stand beside in the police department. The assured split- ting of the safety board into two sep- arate commissions is one of the best cts the charter revision committee | has taken. The partisan board system |as a1 present is nothing but a joke, & cost It was with a so vulgarly grasping as to forget the giving every opportunity for the play- | | | | partment efficiency and development. | There they' should stop. | pointed will ing of petty politics in the police and fire department and tending to the general disorgenization of each. It is not expected that there will be any opposition to ' this measure when' it comes before the legislature for the final action. Then it will be | up to:the mayor to name four men on each commission who will ‘be thor- oughly capeble and efficient. Theirs will be the duty to map out an or- ganlzed plan of police and fire de- The respon- sibility then rests with the chiefs to carry out these plans and routine de- tail. The board will make plans and the chiefs will enforce them. If they | don't someone else will have to, but the boards should not interfere with the departments. The time is coming within a few vears when New Britain will be big enough to adopt the one man com- | mission in each department. This | plan is maid to be the best and most-| efficient when it can be properly worked out, but today officials declare the city is unable to pay the neces- | sary ‘high salary to seoure such cap- i able men. Thus, the four member- bi-partisan board is selected. Vastly | superior to the comre, system now in vogue, its greatest fault might be in a tle vote, but the mayor now has the power to dissolve such a tie. The four members will also be appointed for | such terms that there will always be | three old members on each commis- sion, thus assuring the city at all times of a directorate of experienced | men who can further the positive plans for development previously | made. Mavor Quigley claims that he can find eight strong men who will take the positions which will probably be open. He should know, and it is | to be hoped that he can for the safety boards have caused the present ad- ministration more embarassment than any other branch of the city govern- ment. The members who may be ap- certainly hmave learned | by observation at least, of some things | in police and fire department manage- ment that are unwise. .. The board of public works would do well to install a catch basin at the car tracks on Main street opposite the north side of Church street. Every rain storm converts this section of the street into a veritable pond and it is oftimes impossible for pedestrians to cross. It is a nujsance that seeming- ly could, and certainly should be abol- ished. DEATH CLAINS TWO OF CITY'S DOCTORS | | | { | (Continued From First Page). Dr. Clary entered Yale Medical school and was graduated in 1857, When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Thirteenth Connecticut | reglment and was mustered into the Federal service as first assistant sur- 1 Mrs, Charles R, Atwood's atf4 ‘ street. *4‘ Swedish Eltm Church. - J. E. Klingbers, pastor. school at 10 o’clock in the and preaching service at 11, choir will give a canmtata, ‘‘Redeem, and King" and 8 o'clock, at whi occasion an offering will be taken f the Children’s Home. Watch nigh service begins at 10 o’clock. Ne: Year's eve. The annual meeting o the church will be held at 4 o'clock ig the afternoon New Year's Day. Thi regular Week of Prayer 11 be ok served and meetings will be hel every evening throughout the week @ 7:45 p. m, Pentecostal Mcetings, There will be an all day meeting held at the home of Mr. Whaples, 687 Arch street, on Sunday and Monday December 31 and January 1. pact & friends from New London, Bridgeporjf and other places to speak, also meet ing Wednesday at 7:45 p. m. Al welcome. City Items Dancing New Year's night Holmes' & Hoffman’s hall, Liynch’s orch.—advt The library closed all day Monday. will be h moved his Main street te East Main Bugene A. Sheehan cigar shop from West the new Erwin bloclk street. At the turkey drawing held by Court Columba, D. of C., last evening the winners were Albert Blanchard of Fast Main street and Mrs. D. J. Ma- guire of Black Rock avenue. William, the child of Mr. and Mrs, P. R. Swift of 436 West Main street, is at the hospital suffering from scalds received at his home Wedness day. The child is one year and seven on | months old. Former Supernumerary Willlam Burke, now employed at the Reming- ton U. M. C. plant in Bridgeport, is in New Britain for a few days renewing old acquaintances. He says that he enjoys his new work, is now engagec in filling an order of the Russlan government for shells but hopes, per- sonally, that the shells will not take a too heavy human toll. Before leaving, he intends to visit police head- quarters. The Hon. David I. Robinson, county treagurer of Hssex county, Mass., will be the guest of John Sloan of Liberty street over new Year's Dancing New Year’s night Holmes' & Hoffman's hall. Lynch's orch—advi |FOUR ARE WED, ELEVEN ARE DEAD During Past Week, According:to Oif] Clerk’s Report—Ten geon of the regiment on February 18, 1862. Fle was with this regiment | during its varied experfences In the | South and on the resignation of Dr. ! Comings, another New Britain sur- geon, he was promoted to the rank of surgeon on July 31, 1863. He was mustered out of the service of the government on April 25, 1866. At the termination of his military career Dr. Clary came at once to New | Britaln where he soon gained a large | practice and for many years his home | and office were located on Maple street adiacent to the home of Hon. Philip Corbin. Until fifteen years ago | Dr. Clary continued the practice of medicine in the city, but at that time, because of his advanced vears. he retired. About ten years ago he fell | and suffered a broken hip. Was Active in Public Dr. Clary, during his younger days, took an active part in city affairs and during the years 1887 and 1888 he was & member of the common council. He was also one of the founders and a member of the first directorate of the Y. M. C. A., having been a member of the committee on rooms and library. He was also a member of Stanley Post, G. A. R, and belonged to the Saturday Night club. He was likewise a member of both the New Britain and the Hartford County Medical societies and was sen- jor deacon and one of the oldest members of the First Congregational church. Besides his wife, Dr. Clary is sur- vived by two daughters, the Misses Lila and Mable Clary, and a sister, Mise Hliza F. Clary, all of this oity. The funeral will be held from hi: late home at 212 Lincoln street Tues- day afternoon at 3 o’clock and Rev. H. W. Maier will oficiate. TInterment will be in Fairview cemetery. Life. | Claude Wheeler. New York, Deec. 80.—Dr. Claude Wheeler, editor of the New York| Medical Journal since 1909, died of pneumonia today at his home in Brooklyn. He was born in Montreal in 1864 and took his medical degree at McGill university in that city. He practised medicine in Burlington, Vt., and later specialized in eye treatment in New York institutions. He was a nephew of Willlam Wheeler. Edward Dec. Dr, trauss, Via London, Deo. 30, 8:15 m.—A Vienna despatch announces the death of Edward Strauss the composer of dance musie. Berlin, Transfers. There were but two marriages dur- ing the pest week, while eleven deaths were recorded. Ten real estate trans- fers were recorded at the city clerk’s office as follows: James J. Watson to North & Judd Mfg. Co., land and buildings on Elm street. Morris Schupack to al, land and buildings avenue, Williard I. Britain, John kashian, street. Fannie Rosen to am Rosen, and buildings on Olive street. Willard I. Alling to City Britain, land on Mill street. Mike Karakashian et al to John H Berberian, land and buildings on Elm street. James W. Gavin to Michael T. Ker- win, land and buildings on Tremont street. Maryar Tomaszewsky to John Tom- aszewsky, land on Osgood avenue. Annie Flynn to Fapcis K. Dobson et al, land and huildings on Basset{ street. Sam Falk ef on Hartford Alling to City land on Glen street. Berberian to Mike Kara« land and buildings on Glen of New S land of New State of Connecticut District of Berlin. s, Court of Probate, Dec. 29, 1916, In the matter of tio will of Patrick Fitzsimons, late of Springfield, in the State of Ohlo, deceased, conveying property situated in this State and district, Upon the petition of John Fi simons of New Britain, Conn., request« ing this court for reasons in said peti. tion set forth to order on flle and record in this court, certain papers produced as a duly authentioated and exemplified copy of the last will and testament of said deceased and of the record of the proceedings, prov- ing and establishing the same in thae State of Ohio, and that he be ap- proved by this court as Executor, as by said petition on file in this court will more fully appear, it is ORDERED—That said petition bae heard and determined at the probate office in said New Britain, on the 5th day of January, A. D., 1917, at 8 o’clock in the forenoon; at - which time and place all persons interested therein are herby cited to appear and show any objection which they may have to the granting of said petition. It is further ordered that said peti~ tioner give public notice of this order and citation by publishing the same in a newspaper having a circulation in ADDITIONAL CHURCH NOTICES, i People’s Church. } Six sermons by Pastor Harriman, on | “Our Lord's Return in Its Relation to | a Lost World.” Sunday at the 10:45 | and 7:00 o'clack services; and Tues- day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- | day evenings at 7:45. “The Week of | Prayer” will be observed in connec- tion with these week-night meetings. Monday the Young People will attend the convention in Bridgeport, leaving the Berlin station at 8:51. Wednes- day afternoon at 3:00 o'clock the Women's Prayer Band will meet at sald district, and by posung a copy of | said order on the public signpost in the town of New Britain at least five days before said day of hearing, and return make to, this Court. BERNARD F. GAFFNE Judge, L MUST BE SOLD. The 4 tenement dwelling No, 100G John Street, with extra building room. Make us an offer. H. N. LOCKWOOD, Real Estate and Insurance City Hall 'Phong’ 0