New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1917, Page 9

b NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, j'ANUARY 1, 1917. | FRATERNAL NEWS | v W. L. Morgan Lodge. The usual weekly meeting of the above lodge will be held tomorrow evening in Vega hall and will be called in business session promptly at 8 o’clock. Reports will be received for the term ending December 31, from one master of finance, master of ex- shequer and keeper of records and seal. The auditing committee and trustees will also make a report, after which the annual installation of offi- cers will be held, and will be under the direction of District Deputy B. J. Bixby, assisted by Deputies William Cowlishaw, M. H. Norton, Walter W. Gould, Wells C. Foster and Sup. Rep. T. W. Mitchell. At the conclusion of the business session a social hour will be keld and refreshments served. A special meeting of W. L. Mor- gan lodge was held yesterday morning in Vega hall to take action on the death of the late Henry F. Ladbury. +It is expected that the funeral will be held from his iate home on Tuesday, and will be of a military character, but owing to the fact that all ar- rangements had not been completed it evas not possible to appoint bearers from the lodge. The lodge will be represented and the usual floral plece sent. Z ‘Winthrop Council, No. 7. Winthrop council, Sons and Daugh- ters of Liberty, will install officers Wednesday evening. Supper will be gerved at 6:30 and the meeting will ddegin at S. New Britain Council, 0. U. A. M. At the regular n.ceting Thursday evening the new officers will be in- stalled by Deputy State Councilor G. W. Gammon of Manchester. The offi- cers reports will be read showing a gain in membership. Refreshments !\ will be served. The carpet bowlers \will play the Temple of Honor Wed- nesday night. Alexandra Lodge. Alexandra lodge, No. 24, I. O. D. of *$t. George will hold their regular business meeting Wednesday evening in Turner hall. Mrs. Ellen Seymour of Hartford will be present to in- stall the newly elected officers. There wil be a Christmas tree and presents for the children at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. Washington Camp. Washington Camp, No. 9, P. O. S. | of A. have moved from G. A. R. hgll | to Senior Mechanies hall, 277 Main street. Meeting nights, second and NEWSBOYS' DINNER Herald Acts as Host for 175 Boys and » Y Ten Girls at Hotel Beloin This Aft- ernoon at 2 o'clock. The Herald this afternoon accord- ing to the annual custom, acted as, host for 176 newsboys and ten little newsgirls at their annual turkey din- ffer at the Hotel Beloin. Dinner was served at 2 o’clock and, needless to state, every one of the boys and girls were on hand long bfore the appoint- ed hour. _ The Beloin chef had prepared a [asty menu for the newsies and they had the regular dinner served patrons, consisting of turky and all the trim- min's, concluding with mince pie, As each newsboy and girl left the dining room they were presented with a bag of candy and an orange. “Gee, dat wuz sum feed,” said the doys in the vernacular of the street. MILITARY FUNERAL Both Military Companies Will Attend | % Obsequics of Captain Ladbury To- morrow Morning at 10 o'Clock. Today the mystery as to’ why Cap- tain H, F. Ladbury of Campany I, First Connecticut Infantry, took his awn life Saturday, remains as decp as | 4 ever. Although rumors of many kinds | are freely heard, there is nothing to substantiate any of tHem and the mili- with instructions to report at head- quarters, remain uncommunjcative. All of the Connecticut military officers however, pay & high tribute to Captain Ladbury’s abllity as a soldier and express regret at his rash act. Colonel Goodman, who signed the notice relieving Captain Ladbury of his command, has stated that on the field of military activities the local man was an excellent soldier. Further than that he had nothing to say. Other officers have also expressed their recognition of Captain Ladbury’s mili- tary ability. = When Mrs. Ladbury was apprised af her husband’s tragic death on Satur- day she was prostrated with grief and required medical attention. The dead captain’s parents, who reside in Massachusetts, have arrived in this city and have taken charge of the funeral arrangements. Tuneral services will be held from Captain Ladbury's late home at 389 West Main street tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and at 10:30 o’clock from Erwin Memorial chapel in Fair- view cemetery. Rev. H., W, Maier, pastar of the First Church of Christ, will officiate. Members of Company I and Company E will also attend the services in uniform and military honors will be paid at the grave. PROMINENT GERMAN DIES OF PNEUMONIA Henry Ramm Had Been in Business Here for Thirty Years—Many Fraternal Connections. Henry Ramm, of 111 Belden sireet, for rhirty years a prominent butcher in this city, died at his home yesterday of pneumonia with which he rad been ill since Sunday. He was born in Germany in 1860, but had spent most of his life in New Britain. Besides his wife, he leaves four children, Misses Emma and Maggaret, and Henry and Carl. He also leaves three brothers, William, of this city, I'red of Bridge- port and anotbar brcther in Germany. A sister in Germany likewise survives him. Mr. Ramm had scveral fraternal affiliations, having been a member of New Britain Nest of Owls, Gerstaeck- er lodge, I. O. O. F.: Eintracht lodge, O. D. H. 8.; Vater Jahn lodge, Order of Harugari; the Liemseider club, the Turners, the Teutonia Manner- chor, the New Britain Quartet club, the German 8chool society and Thesnulda lodge, O. D. H. 8. He was also a member of St. John's German Luthern church. The funeral will be held from Mr. Ramm's late home Wednesday after- noon at'2 o'clock, Rev. M. W. Gaudian will officiate and interment will be in Fairview cemeuery. Dies From Burns. Paul, the flve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Teisler of 185 Hart- ford avenue, died Saturday night at the local hospital as the result of, burns received early Friday evening at his home. It was while watching his mother wash the supper dishes that a quantity of boiling water was accidentally spilled on him, burning him so badly that death resulted. Mrs. Emerina C. Norton. Mrs. Emerina Cole Norton of Maple street died yesterday at rhe local hos- pital, aged sixty-rine vears. She leaves one brother, Edward ¥. Cole. Dr. Joseph J. Andzulatis. The funeral of Dr. Joseph J. And- zulatis will be held from his late home on Chestnut street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. H. W. Maier officiating. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. The pall bearers will be old friends of the deceased. The active bearers will be W. H. Bishop, E. L. Stebbins, C. BE. Farnum, W. E. Schulze, P. M. Landine and F. I. Bollerer. The honorary bearers will be Charles E. Mueller, F. D. Hastings, W. H. Cad- well, S. H. Stearns, L. M. Barnes and A. L. Andrus. William F. Ford. The funeral ot Willlam F. Ford was held at 2 ec'clock this afternoon from his late home on Corbin ave- nue. Rev. C. E. Jones officlated and! interment was in i'airview cemetery. Dr. George Clar tary authorities who on Friday, re- Heved the captain of his command Funeral services for Dr George -Twelve 39¢ Tuesday Granuiated SUGAR, 5 b bag Fancy Selected EGGS, doz 356 Selected Mainz Petatoes, 15 b pk 45¢ Gap God B Granberries, 4 gis 253 Extra Large PRUNES, 2 Ibs 25_ Clea B'rukells s 203 ¥ Big Specials wiews, w106 Iglérgl? Gorned i ]23 ?nrlssfil%rlemng, pailzsc ' Clary will be held from his late home at 212 Lincoln street tomorrow af- ternoon at 3 'o’clock. Rev. H. W. Maier will officiate and interment will be in Fairview cemetery. KLETT PLEADS FOR JAIL FOR M’MAHON (Continued From First Page). ago had been drawn up by Corpor?. tion Counsel James E. Cooper. Fire Escapes Described. ! The fire escapes now provided were caustically arraigned as entirely in- adequate, furnishing little protection and wholly outside the meaning and interpretation of the statutes. They are only on a part of the south side, he said, are of jthe type that a woman or frightened man would be unable, or hesitate, to use and ended in a sheer drop of a number of feet into a refuse pile. In case of fire, he said, anyone on -the fourth floor would find no means of exit exceptnig a nar- row winding stairway to the next floor. Under the statutes, he said, there should be, at least, three fire escapes and ones that would ade- quately provide for the escape of men, women and children, in case of fire. He said that no matter whether lack of sufficient fire escapes had anything to do with the death of McCarthy, the room in which his body was found was not connected with a fire escape. “The accused will never pay neces- sary attention to any notices,” said Prosecutor Klett, “as long as he can get off with a fine. There is no rea- son why he should not be as re- sponsible to the law as anyone else. I have no personal feeling against him but feel it my duty, as prosecuting attorney of the city of New Britain, representative of those who should be entitled to proper protection, to in- sist that means be taken to have con- ditions remedied and a sufficient pen- alty, as provided by statute, imposed.” PENSION CITY EMPLOYES. Pittsburgh, Jan. 1.—Thirty-five em- ployes of the city of Pittsburgh were retired today on life pensions. All have been in the employ of the city at least 20 years and some mare than 40 years. Three women are amohg them. The pensions will be paid out cf a fund provided by the collection of 2 per cent. of the wages and sala- ries of all city employes, ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK. Queenstown, Sunday, Dec. 31.—The Italian steamer Legano has been dam- aged \badly in a collision in the fog outside Cork harbor and is reported to have sunk. Her crew has been brought here with the exception of the captain and one -seaman, who were drowned. WANTS CATALOG OF ALL U. S. CITIZENS Dr. George F. Kunz, the famous New York expert, geologist, etc., and retiring vice president of the Ameri- can association for the Advancement of Science, told the association at its | convention in New York that for na- | tional defense, purposes the entire population of the United States should be catalogued and the men classified according to their varfous ibilities or adaptation under the letter , B, C. D, etc., showing their fitness for their various vocations according to a per- centage of 100. An examination of these men should be made two, three or four times a year so that one could judge in the case of a ditch digger, a mechanic, a soldler—or whatever the other vocation might he—whether the man was at a 20, 30, 50 or 100 per cent. standard. This need not involve heavy expense. The men could be weighed, their temperature taken, their eyes examined and a summary judgment formed of their actual health. The rating as to fitness must | of course depend upon experimental tests. However, in a large majority of instances the attestation of the | vet under the rule of seniority COUNTING CHICKS DOWN AT CAPITAL (Continued From First Page). and his lack of partisanship in serv- ing as speaker, coupled with the more or less unknown quantity represent- ed by the little group of miscellan- eous members who hold the key to the situation, opposition among republican mem- bers to Mr. Mann’s proposed eleva- tion to the speakership. Brandegee Does Circus Stunt. There was a short interregnum re- cently in the service of Senator Bran- degee of Connecticut on the commit- tee on interstate commerce. It was so short that the senator did not even miss a single session of the com- mittee, it is said. It came about in this way. ‘When the republican senatorial committee on committees met recent- ly to assign senators to committee places for this session of congress there were several senators who wanted to go .on the committee on foreign relations. Senator Kenyon of Towa, one of them, outranked the other applicants for the assignment, it is sald. Mr. Kenyon is not as popu- lar as he might be among the Old Guard republican senators on ac- count of his progressive tendencies, he would have been appointed to the foreign relations committee unless some senator of longer service were proposed in his stead. Senator Brandegee fitted that de- seription and he was proposed, but Senator Cummins of Towa, a progres- sive member of the committee on committees made the point that Bran- degee was a member of the commit- tee on interstate commerce and the judiciary committee and that one sen- ator should not combine those two very important assignments with # place on foreign relations committee also. Mr. Brandegee thereupon resigned from the interstate commerce com- mietee, it is stated, and was given the foreign relations place. A day or two afterwards as the session of the senate was drawing to a close late in the afternoon, Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania, who is a friend of Brandegee, resigned from the com- mitee on interstate commerce and thereupon one of the old guard sen- ators moved that Brandegee be ap- pointed to fill that vacancy. There was no objection and the deed was done. It was not generally known until Brandegee showed up at the next meeting of the interstate com- merce committee, when somebody said he no longer belonged to that body. Brandegee showed them that he was and now the progressives are feeling badly because none of- them was on hand to object to Brandegee’s re-assignment to the commerce com- mittee, which is to handle the raflroad legislation recommended by the pres; ident. Senator Brandegee has interceded in an effort to save one of the finest sets of whiskers extant. It is worn by Henry Jarvis, a Connecticut veteran, who is employed as guide in the state, war and navy department building here. Col. W. W. Harts, aid to Pres- jdent Wilson, who has direct charge of the guides and watchmen at the big .government building, has or- dered the beard removed. Jarvis has worn it ever since the first battle of Bull Run ,objected and appealed to Brandegee to have him transferred to the interior department. The sena- tor has asked for the transfer and the fate of the Jarvis whiskers hangs trembling: in the balance pending ac- tion on the senator's letter. 1‘Li.flt for December 1-23 Includes 815 - Officers and 36,350 Mcn—Inactivity on Somme Keeps Loss Down. London, Jan. 1, 11:30 a. m.—The total of British casualties reported in the published lists from Dec. 1 to Dec. 23 was: Officers 815, men 36,350. No lists were published during the holidays. The effect of cessation of Somme Offensive with the advent of unfavorable weather conditions is shown in these figures which give a daily average of 1,640 casualties for the twenty-four days covered by the report. In November the daily aver- | age was 2,488, “WEEK OF PRAYER.” Church of Christ Special Services. Harriman of the People's church ,Court street, will preach on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this “week of prayer,” general topie being “Our Lord's Re. turn in its Relation to a Lost World These serv the ““Greenwood Meetings,’* Egange- list Greenwood having gone from New Britain to Lowell, where he began a series of meetings with one of the large churches. Pastor Harriman yes- terday preached to good congrega- tions, in the morning on the topic, “Christ's Coming and Coming to Christ;” and in the evening on “Watching—for What?” Next Sunday will be “Fellowship Sunday” at the People’s church with the Lord’'s Supper and baptism. Wed- nesday evening at 7 o'clock the of- ficial board meet candidates for bap- tism and church membership. People’ to Have Pastor NOTICE. Special Town Meeting. The legal voters of the Town of Plainville are hereby warned and not- | ified that a Special Town Meeting will | be held at the Town Hall, Monday, January 8th, at 8:30 p. m., for the purpose of enlarging the school ac- commodations to mect the needs of the Town. (Signed) manager or superintendent under whom the workers were placed would afford the most conclusive evidence as to their degree of fitness. DN e B W. C. JOHNSON, CALOR, HART, and the extent of the | the ; his | ces are a continuation of City Items Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill is ill at his home .on Washington street. A case of scarlet fever on Sexton street was reported to the health de- partment today. A case of diphtheria on Elm street was placed under quar- antine today. Frank Mye 3 of Buffalo, N. Y., a former local .esident, is renewing ac- quaintances in this city. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the N. A. L. C., will meet Thursday evening in room 50, Booth’s block. Installation of officers will be held. The Alumni of the New Britain High school defeated the school team at basketball ‘Saturday evening, score 61 to 24. An alarm from Box 42, Main ant{ East Main streets, gave the depart- ment a useless run shortly after 1 yesterday morning. No indications as to responsibility were found except- ing that someone called to Supernum- erary Policeman Dennis O'Keefe to pull the box and he did so. Local persons have subscribed $313 for war relief purposes and the money has been given to Rev. Warren F. Cook of the Trinity Methodist church. This amount is additional to that given through the local Armenian Re- lief committee. The Luther league provided an in- teresting program at the Watch Night services held at the Swedish Lut- cran church 'last evening. Refresh- ments were served at midnight. Police Sergeant William C. Hart is a vietim of grip. A number of pa- trolmen traveling night beats are on the danger line between working or reporting off duty. Supernumerary Policeman Thomas Riley, who was operated on at St. Francis’ hospitai Friday, is reported as being in an improved condition. GRIP IN POLICE DEPT. Grip has struck the police depart- ment seriously and Capt. T. W. Grace, acting chief during the illness of Chief William J. Rawlings, is having his hands full keeping the various beats covered. Besides Chief Rawl- ings and Sergeant Hart, Policemen Charles Anderson, Dennis Nealon, Willlam 8. Strolls, J. L. Carlson and G. W. Hellberg are under the weather. Policeman William Strolls was taken ill Saturday night and his Church street beat was covered by Policeman Axel Carlson after 8:30 o’clock. Policeman Strolls was able to resume his dutles last night. WATCH NIGHT SERVICES. The local churches held a progres- sive watch night service last evening commencing at the First Baptist church at 8 o’clock and also in the Trinity Methodist church. Services were continued at 9:30 o’clock in the First Congregational church and con- cluded at the South church at mid- night where a cantata was rendered. Services at the South church started at 11:16 o’clock and lasted until midnight. Richter&Co MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANG Represented by 31 West Main Street, E. W. EDDY ? City Hall Buildi Telsphone 1840 Landers, Frary & Clar RIGHTS Bought, Sold & Quote THE YEAR'S RAINFALL Calendar Totalled Over Thirty-two Inches— Eighteen Feet of Water in Reservoir Precipitation for Year The total rainfall from January 1,| 1916, | 1916, through December 31, amaunted to 32.26 inches; according to the record of P. J. Egan, clerk of the water department, During the year September proved to be the most rainy month, wnen 5.66 inches of water fell. The least water fell last January, when tne fall was re- corded as but .44 inches. On January 1 a year ago the water at Shuttle Meadow measured twenty-two feet in depth. Today it measures eighteen feet, eleven inches. The rainfall for December was 2.73 inches. WAS RIDING BLIND BAGGAGE. Hartford Youth Fined $3 in Police Court Today. ‘Walter Phelps of 112 Adams street, Hartford, was fined $3 and costs by Judge James T. Meskill in police court today for riding “blind baggage” on a New Haven road train in an attempt to get to Waterbury to secure work. He was arrested at the local railroad station yesterday by Policeman Frank M. English. The father of the ac- cused was in court and, in response | When a Feller Needs a Friend Board of Selectmen. I\ to questioning by Prosecuting ney George W. Klett, said thi son did not need to travel b; method, was an expert machin| there is no cause why he shoul have profitable employment. admitted that it was the seco! that he had been arrested for procedure. Anthony Stroll of 84 Small received a New Year's gift of" tion following arraignment on of assaulting his wife. He denl allegation, saying that she camse in a condition that was not ap by him, with another man and badly lacerated head when sh peared at the home. She denk she had company home or th was in a condition showing exi use of liquor. b\ Dr. J. L. Kelly was callel surgical attention and notified geant George Kelly that the, lance was needed ‘to transfer Stroll to the hospital for furthen ment. Tollowing an investi Policeman Atwater and Litke Stroll under arrest. FORMER GIANT DIES. New York, Jan. 1.—.idward I onetime pitcher of the Glants & rates, died recently at the M| State Asylum from tuberculasif was forty years old and a mi Vermont. Doheny was a mem the Giants when Cy Seymour,| Rusie and Jouett Meekin also W the pitching staff, 29 By BRIGGS