New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1917, Page 10

A ADVISES Awtoplane Designed to Rur | Naval Militiamen Will Fill in ~ on Ground and Fly in Air| (SING olbia T0 BEHAVE ‘e Sam Docs Mot Want Revo- lution at Side Door .« Cubans 18.—An to plunge revelution Secretar the geali or clec- reached the the state e to the to awaic and to courts. to the with the instru hlished throughout Cubans were remind- that close clectior 1 count the se ndidate often the shington, iteh, al to the country into « seen sent to H ing. Ar ed the “ontesic Jin Cuta alre [ifnl st {rtment - deci lo an urgc onteome 2 By the decis coramunication rican ministe to have it |sland. Tie p the me not uncom o Ithat in the United § bn of the Winaing ¢ termined only after a contest, | of Tilden and ptable. {has been reported that fign party has appealed led States to supcrvise jon that hos been called for Feb- 14, byt at the state department as denled that siuch req bhad regelved. Through the Ameri- minister 2t Havana, it was made h that the American government d régret any necessity for forcible erence again in Cuban affairs, it was intimaied that the United % could not countenance the re- ence of civil war. 108l vana by presid dy had rehellion d to s inju the wetic votin of thei o wa es the to op- tha ACHERS DISCUSS SOCIAL RECITATIC 1 Council Hears Opinions and Sees Classes at Work at Grammar School. lbe school council Leld an inter- gand important meeting this moon at the close of school, the elpal topic for discussion being the e merits of the socialized reci- n system as now in vogue in the r school. Anna C. Goldsmith read a pa- thig subject and another paper 3 e topic was read by James vitt of the High school. Added rest was given to the meeting by a tical {llustration of the manner in ch the system works. Miss Eliza- 1 Cahill’s class of eighth grade girls an exhibition of the way in which r classes are usually conducted. the plan of sécialized recitation is Iple. 1Instead of having the teach- put all questions to the children ithe topics under consideration and ling upon them as she sces fit, the idren themselves conduct the les- lavith the teacher as an advisory gultant, Personal pride and inter- is stimulated and practice has wn that this plan increases the dis ine of the children, teachers state, ‘ono child finishes making her state- of facts or observations concern- the lesson another arises to give views, or to cxpress any opinions rding the previously made state- ts-and the lesson develops into an formal discussion. The individual nality developed by this manner recitation is said to keep the inter- of the young pupils.ever alert. stocK BADLY DAMAGED jak From Water Pipe Injurcs Stock and Fixturcs at Andrews Furniture ( ) )i Store on Main Strect. /Ithe bursting of a water pipe in the {hn A. Andrews block on Main street isterday , afternoon, did damage to extent of $4,000, according to the ims of the proprietor. While the flding was badly soaked, the greater rt of the damage is confined to uable furniture stored on the sec- d floor. ‘What caused the break has not beer certained by Mr. Andrews, there be- g no evidence of the pipes freezing. he discovery of the leak was made fortly after 4 o'clock by Herman Bdwig, the bookkeeper in the furni- ire store, who shut the water off im- ediately. While some of the stock damaged to some extent, the discov- ¥ of the leak was made at a timely joment for had the store been closed r the night, the damage would have sached very high proportions. , MUNITIONS FOR CUBA *nited States Offers Riflics and Car- ‘mdgos to Government Troops— c Rebels Defeated in Matansas. ' Havana, Feb. 13.—Oflicial un- Founcement was made here today that e United States government had of- ‘ered rifles and he Cuban government. An encounter has occurred in anses province iroops and rebels. According to a freport reccived here today the rebels leere dcfeatea. Ma- 30,000 DAMAGE IN BRIDGEPORT. fenement House and Photo Establish- { ment Burned Out. ’ Bridgeport, Feb, 13.—Two fires here L.aday did damage estimated at $30,- 100. A tenement house in Kast Main eet was gutted by a fire that started n a store beneath. Several families fwere carried to safety by firemen. Several Main street stores were ed by a fire that started in the o of L. H. Corbit, photographer, rtion | Hayes heing cited | ihe speciai | many cartridges to | between government | One of the most interesting exhibits en at the aeronautical show in New York city is the autoplane, a unique combination of an automo- hile and an acroplane—a veritable “aerial limousine,” which will not only run over the ground at ap- proximately forty-five miles per hour, but will leave the surfac of the earth and fly away like the magic chariots of old. Entirely different in its constrnction from any aeroplans heretofore produced, this latest crea- tion of Glenn H. Curtiss’ brain is de- cidedly a rtep in advance. The main body of this strange craft, for can hardly be classed as & stock aeroplane, bears a marked re- semblance to an automobile, but it is: fitted with three wings which are attached just back of the side doors which allow entrance to the interior. These wings vary in size, the largest being at, the top and the smallest at | the botton The machine rests on four wheels, $16,000,000 SURPLUS | Report of Scovill Mfg. Co. Concern Made $13,103,462. Shows Net Earniugs of The report of the Scovill Manufac- turing Co for the year ending Dec. 31, 1916, just issued is of great inter- est to the many local stock holders as it shows a surplus of almost sixteen million doilars. The reports for 1916 follow Assets 1916 Land, buildings and machinery as of Jan- uary 1st seee ..$ | Additions during year . Depreciation Cash and certificates of deposits Bonds Stock in pani®s Accounts and bill ceivable Merchandise 56,788.25 | 5,671,686.96 Liabilitie Capital stock Surplus Accounts able 5 General reserv contingencies and im- provements Reserve for Federal, state and city taxes 809,566.65 4,000,000.00 $14,5697,774.44 Net earnings for year .. 13,403,462.09 $28,001,236.53 Surpius December 31st. 1,669.8% MUNITIONS BLOW UP Ten Killed, Many Wounded. in Ex- plosion of Dynamitc and Cartridges in Mesico City Warehonse. Mexico City, Teb. 13.—At least ten | Bradley A. Fiske, | vicinity i school | tained. }it entered the yard of owned by the family, { mann went into the vard to ‘a dog chained there and had a | the yara. 0,000.00 | persons were killed and many others wounded in a fire which destroyed a | Mexican Central warehouse late to- | night. The casualties’ were caused by | the explosion of dynamite and gun | cartridges stored in the building. NORFOLK TO ACT. | To Give Officials Authority to Probe Looting of Treasury. Norfolk, Feb. 3.—The selectmen to- day issued a call for a town meeting on February 19, to consider the ques- tion of action og the investigation of an alleged shortage in the town funds and to give the selectmen authority o proceed in the matter. The town treasurer, Philemon W. Johnso been missing since Jan. 21, and a arrant for his arrest has i combined Greek THE AUTOPLANE, WITH REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY A.FISKE, RETIRED the two front ones being capable of being turned in the same manner as those on motorcar. The interior resembles very much a modern sedan or small limousine. *fhe contrcl mechanism, convenient- 1y located in front of the single pilof seat, includes all the rudder, aileron and elevator controls usually found in an aeroplane as well as a set of in- struments for recording speeds, ele- vations, angles and other data of interest to the aviator. Just back of the pilot’s seat are two passenger seats. The machine is powered with an eight cylinder 100 horsepower motor, which will drive the autoplane at a maximum speed of sixty-five miles per hour through the air The wing spréad is forty feet. The length over all is twenty-seven feet and its vertical height is slightly over ten feet. Picture shows Rear Admiral retired and auto- plane. MAD DOG 1S SHOT; TRIED TO BITE TREE ‘Fast Street District Terrorized by Canine With Rabies Until Nicolo Mandono of 1044 East street put an end to its career with well-directed revolver shot, a. strangely acting dog, supposed to have been suffering with rabies, spread terror among residents in the o¢ the East street schooi, threatened to hold up Sessions of the and viciously attacked every dog that 1t encountered. The owne: ship of the dog has not heen ascer- t was large sized, apparently o mongrel and gaunt, as if suffering from hunger. John A. Hofmann of 1159 street first noticed the dog whea their home, started snapping at the two dogs tried to bite the trees and then started for the house. Mrs. Hofmann managed to close the door in time. Mr. Hor- protect des- perate fight with the visitor. Finally he was able to chase the dog from It disappeared down the roadway. Fearing to allow the chil- dren to go to school, Mrs. Hofmann telephoned to Mrs. Mandono, asking that an attempt be made to get the dog out of the way. The police were notified and were about to send ald when word was received that Mandono had killed the animal. Dr. George T. Crowley took charge of the body. cne BIG FIRE IN PIRAEUS Firemen and Troops Battling Against ¥lames Which Started in Muni- tions Factory Yesterday Afternoon. London, Feb. 13, 9:04 a. m.—Fire is sweeping through a large tion of Piraeus and has caused heavy loss of life, according to a Reuter despatch sent from the Greek port last night. At the time the despatch was filed the fire had been raging for four hours and was uncontrolled in spite of the efforts of all the available firmen and soldiers, aided by British and Italian s The fire started in a munitions factory late Monday afternoon and spread rapidly over a considerable area. lors TO SEW 3 DY The Maternal association will hold a thimble mceting tomorrow after- noon at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. S. W. Irving, 28 Vine street. Those present will sew for a number of needy persons. A large attendance is e Vacant Places in Our Warships Naval officers asserted that the na- val militia, organized in twen state, the District of Columbia Hawaii and with a personnel of oYL MEM JO NEAIqINO Byl uodn A3V -IDAWWY 901ALRS OIUT DAL O DPINOM vessels of the Atlantic fleet are short of both officers and men, and ' add tional drafts of officers and men will be given the fleets to bring their com- plements up to full. war strength. The other naval vessels heretofore in re- serve will be placed in commission. In the past few days recruiting for the naval militia has been stimulated by the acute crisis with Germany, and a large number of trained men who formerly served in the navy are expected to return to the service. The navy department has kept a card ! index of their names, addresses, phy- sical condition, qualifications, former service in the navy and all other data needed by the department. The two pictures show the removal of a four-inch gun from the Granite State, the obsolete vessel used as a head- quarters by the New York naval militia, and application of recruits. The gun was taken to the New York navy vard for defensive purposes. SUICIDE IN TUNNEL Front of Underground Train Boylston Street Station, Boston. Boston, Feb. 13.—An unidentified woman, apparently about 20 vears of age, jumped in front of a south bound | atl Washington stfeet tunnel train at the | Boylston street station today and was instantly killed. Witnesses said the act was deliberate. The woman was dressed in deep mourning and there were no marks on her clothing #o identify her. Traffic was some time until the body could be re- moved. Joseph Farry, motorman of train, w held by the police pending an investigation. Farry said the woman jumped from the platform some distance from the station stop and that the momentum of the train was so great that he had no time to apply the emergency brakes. DINNE RDANCE PLANS. Co. Social Club to Hold Forth at Bond's. The plans for the New Britain Ma- chine Social club dinner dance to Le held at the Hotel Bond, this evening, have been completed, and the commit- tee in charge promises the affair to be the best ever. The Tuxdo Mando- lin club will furnish part of the e tertainment, the rest being furnished by the New Britain Machine talent. The committee in charge are Mivses Alice and Mae Fitzgerald, Arthur Krick and Ernest Ogren, Machine ‘be held at the Hotel Beloin, held up for | the | City Items Assistant City Engineer Edward A. McCarthy has recovered from his re- cent illness and has resumed his work | in the engineering department. The regular meeting of Stanley Women’s Rellef Corps will be held tomorrow afternoon. . Plans for the annual banquet of the Ladies Auxiliary of the A. O. H. to Febru- ary 20, will be completed at a mee ing of the organization this eveningz. Miss Grace McCullough of South Main street is rapidly convalescing from a serious illness. Miss Frances Lynch of New York s the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Charles Bonol of Belvidere. Sol Dubowy and Miss Sadie Kaplan were married at the home of the bride’s parents on Lafayectte street last | evening. { ) The Catholic Choral Union will hold a rehearsal in the Knights of Colum- bus hall Friday evening. Robert Fagan of Kensington enter- tained members of the Holy Name so- ciety of St. Mary’s church with vocal selections at the regular meeting Sun- day evening. At Bungalow dancing school. tonight, Kitson's Lynch’s orch.—advt, Charged with assault upon Michael Tetko of 1 Beatfy street in T. H. Dudjak’s saloon at exton street ihis noon, Victor Kascanovski of 186 High street was arrested by Police- man Gustave Litke and will be ar- raigned in police court tomorrow. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. O. H., will meet at 7:30 o’clock tonight in Electric hall, after which a social will be enjoyed. An oid shioned dance is scheduled. The anniversary com- mittec will also meet tonight to make further plans for the benquet to be held at the Hotel Beloin on February 20. T. A. B. fair, Foresters' hall, Ber- lin, Feb. 9, 10, 12, 13.—advt. John Jackson of 66 John street sus- tained a fractured shoulder last night 1y a fall on an icy sidewalk in front of a vacant lot on Park street, ac- cording to a report filed at police headquarters today. 'Che report says that Dr. C. R. Witte, assistant meat to his assistance, gave first aid treat- :nent and assistéd him home. E. M. Beckwith, city editor of the New Haven Register, was a visitor in New Britain today. The Young People's iety of the Swedish Baptist church will hold an important meeting in the church par- lors at 8 o’clock tonight. HEEL TORN OFF BY CAR. ‘Waterbury, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Lena Hovi of 37 Clay street was caught be- tween two trolley cars on the Bald- win street line today and narrowly escaped being crushed to death. Her left heel was nearly torn off and e suffered severe bruises and. consider- able shock. She was removed to St. Mary's hospital where her condition is said to be serious, though not dan- gerous. Two other women were caught between the cars, but both es- caped with lesser injuries, TURK ASPHYXIATED. Waterbury, Reb. 13.—Nakole Pas- qualinis, 23, a Turk, was today found unconscious in his rooming house, suf- fering from gas poisoning. The po- lice ambulance was called and Pas- qualinis died in it, on his way to the hospital. Medical Examiner Crane said death was due to gas asphyxia- tion. f’reak With Germany Sends Q:hrongs to the Courts to Seek Citizenship NEW CITL. LEGIANCE TO UNITED STRTES & Throughout the United States, vherever there is a considerable pro- portion of German and Austrian born residents, there has heen since the diplomatic break with Germany a rush on the part of aliens to acquirs American citizenship. In the picture Mo gxemp of aliens swearing allegis ance to the United States in the office of a clerk of a federal court. An official told of tatking with three applicants for naturalization who have been in the United States seven- teen to thirty year They spoke English with a sufliciently German accent to indicate their nationality Asked why they had not applied for citizenship before, they all zaye the same reason-—carelessness and lack of opportunity that did not interfere with their business “The ‘situation with them is,” ex- ned the official, “that they have 1‘.\0\1 always among their own people ked German whenever not become are insular in nd have t | they could. They have Am nized. They habit and speech.” ! people, a Coldest Da, inspector of the board of health, came | 'NEW YORKERS HAVE ZERO TEMPERATURE Coldest Day in Three Years Down in Gotham New York, Feb. 13.—This is New York's coldest day in exactly three years. Temperatures dropped official- Iy to the zero mark for the first time since Feb. 13, 1914, when the reading was one degree below. At 5:15 a. m. today the zero temperature was re- corded and by 8 a, m. there was a rise of only two points, still lower than on any previous day this winter. Slowly rising temperatures were pre- dicted for tonight and tomorrow. Boston, TFeb. 13.—New England long accustomed to rigorous winters and east and north winds that none’ but the hardiest native can stand without discomfort, got through the night more comfortably than they had expected in view of the predic- tions that the temperature would reach new low records during the early hours today. While a number of places increased slightly their records, there was no decided drop yet. The cold wave was far reaching and severe. Bright sunshine, however, offered great re- lief and there was the promise of warmer conditions. TUsual Weather in Winsted. Winsted, Feb. 13.—Unofficial tem- peratures of more than ten to fifteen | degrees below zero reported from | various points in this section of the state today and across the state line in Mass. Winsted registered 10 be- low, New Boston, Mass. 15, Riverton 12 to 15, Norfolk, Norfolk 12 and Burrville 10, of Winter, New Haven, Feb. 13.—The official thermonieter has registered two de- grees helow zero last might and the coldest night of the winter o far. Dur- Ing today it warmed up. Fair and Warmer. New Haven, Feb. For New Haven and vicinity: Tair tonight; Wednesday increasing cloudiness, ‘warmer. For Connecticut: Tair and warmer tonight; Wednesday increasing cloudi- ness and warmer moderate to fresh .| west to southwest winds. Conditions: The western area of high pressure has moved southeast- ward during the last twenty-four hours and is now central over Vir- ginla. It 1is producing pleasant weather with low temperatires along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine. Consideral.le cloudy and un- settled weather prevails in the west- ern ‘and northern districts. There is no well defined storm area east of the Rocky Mountains. Tem- peratures were reported from the east. Northfield, Vt., was twenty-eight be- Jow zero. The temperatures are rising rapidly in the eastern and central dis- tricts. Conditions favor for this vicinity falr weather with rising temperatures followed by increasing cloudiness. Mercury Goes Up. ‘Washington, Feb. 13.—While New England and the northeastern states were having their coldest weather of the winter today, the temperatures were rising between th Appalachian and Rocky mountains. In the upper lake region and upper Mississippi val- ley the thermometer had risen 25 to 40 degrees since yesterday morning, the weather bureau reported Atlantic states all reported very low tempeera- ture day, but it will grow warmer thoughout the eastern states tonight and will continue to moderate Wed- nesday. INVESTIGATE HARTFORD ORGAN. Members of the Trinity Methodist church organ committee went to Hart- ford yesterday to further investigate the awarding of the contract for the installation of a new organ at the church and will report to the official board at Wednesday night's meetinge A demonstration of the Austin organ in the Center church, Hartford was given the committee by organist Jon- athan S, Camp. As the Austin company has made a favorable bid and the cemmittee may recommend the pur- chase of an Austin orgar. The com- mittee members are Rev. Warren F. Cook, Dr. T. 1. Reeks, M. H. Camp and Dugald McMillan. EMPLOYED BOYS MEETING. A meeting of the empioyed boys will be held Wednesday evening in the banquet hall of the Y. M. €. A., under the auspices of the Good Government { club. T.ewis Cope will speak to the boys and the Y. M. . A. 1 furnish the entertainment. Re: freshments will be served followin, which the boys will bo shown th building Ly the entertainment com- mittec. The meeting is called for § o'clock and all employed hoys of the city are invited. £ MOVIES OF SWEDEN. A moving picture exhibition and lecture on “Sweden, As it ix Today" will be glven at the Swedish Lutheran church Thursday and Friday evenings of next week. The lecture Thursday evening s to be in Swedish and on Friday it will be in English. The pas- tor, Rev. Dr. §. G. Ohman, will speah at both meectings. The entertainment will be of special interest to the mem¥§ bers of the congregation who have lived in Sweden. SPRINGFIELD HAS BAD FIRE, rect Building Gutted With Losg of $10,000. » Springfield, Mass., Feb. 13—Damage of upward of 310,000 was done to the two story Rice building and contents in Main street near State by fire earl!\‘ today that endangered adjacent build- ings. | A clothing store and smaller cons | corns oecupled the building. Main § orchestra