New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1917, Page 5

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le BRITAIN LADY HA RECOVERED HEALT MEANS MBS, J. Drug Co. when you see Hiome people gladly and willingly in- | ‘ddrse Lax-a-Tonme. It conclusively Proves as I have sald many times that : 'the merit of a remedy is proved right. | at home. Mrs. Packard who | at 170 Broad street, this city nnfl Lax-a-Tone" a wondertul iedy for indigestion, gas, bloat, a in my back and side. 1 had ter- dtu headaches and felt rundown and yl i T Eg;;‘? il OH e .......10-25-450 ‘ROUG! Rosaline . lne- 's Rouge . ii 1 S ENTIRELY H AND TAKES THIS TO THANK LAX-A-TONE PACKARD. ) mend it too highly, It is truly won- derful.” “I*have many -uumm like the !above,” sald ‘Mr. Martin, the -8 |Tone expert, and it will only be a !short time until all of 'New Britdin will be using Lax-a-Tone as the fam- ily medicine.” The Lax-a-Tone man is at the Econ- omy New. England Drug Co., 365 Main street, where he is introducing this remedy to the New, Britain public. CONGIL GENEROUS \ GIVING: RAISES Acoompllsllos This Thmngh New Ordinance Interpretation ,Among other important {tems of business transacted by the commen council last evening was tlhie action to refer Alderman V. B. Chamberlain’s resolution to increase Corporation Counsel J' .E; Cooper's salary from $2,400 to $3,400 to the salary com- mittee. Councilman G. M. Landers’ resolution to increase the pay of Miss Pauline Richards, clerk for the board 'of assessors, from $750 to $850 was likewise referred to the salary com- mittee, as was Alderman John Stad- ler's resolution to increase the salary of Deputy City Clerk Harry Har- greaves $100, from $1,200 to $1,800. These actions were permissible, Cor- poration Counscl Cooper ruled, in- asmuch as the ordinance providing that' Tequests for salary increases .be brought in' at-the . January. council meeting applies only to cases in which the parties themselves ask for an in- | erease. Under this. ruling a council member, as a part of the council busi- ness, can bring in a resolution asking a salary increase for any official. Firemen Geét Increases. Taking up the salary business where the council dropped it last week, Cl.rk quest that fira department e-ntalfl by paid $1,40 Oper year instead of per day. Councilman Curtis. M that a caplain has lumehl@m ably mor: than a h}’m e thou‘ht $1,4 : is \ul mended tll‘t. ligtiténant 30 sala; Mnr-«mn uwu.aon per. day as ur for twenty-one juncilman ° Landers lhnunuu Ql.“"or day, as amended Aldermsh Chamberiain. ' The coun- : tho captains’ pay. $1,400 per year and then voted t6 pay the captains at the rate of §3. “p'r“w s suggested by Counci{lman Curtis. On motion of Councilman Landers it was voted to pay the first, secorid and third year firemen at the rate i| and 31,300 per im ‘| cuting attorney $1,800, Leadér Given Voto of Confi- dence, 247 to 31. Paris, March 1, 5 a. m.—The Ital-! M ‘chamber of deputies endorsed the admintstration of Premier Boselll . mvy:vouot 227 to 31 ac-4 ing t6 & Rome despatch to agency, The vote was the r.- Premier Boselll insisted that the discussion of the resolution be post- poned for six months and raised the issue of a vote of confidence, resulted jn & sweeping victory for the ministry, pay to be ratio. Tt y of supernumerary policemen from :;.50 to $2.75 per day. Klett Gets $82,000, Quigley Too. Councilman Lander§ moved to amend a motion to pay the prose- asking . that the salary be made $2,000 per year. He sald he considered Senator Klett one of the most able prosecutors in the state. It 'was voted to increase his salary to $2.000 as requested by Councilman Landers. . The assistant prosecutor’s salary was' raised from $450 to $660 per ‘year. clty Bleétri- cian cooi loy’s sAlATy = Was n to $1,600 per y,ur It to" pay ‘an -assistant i ity electrician $1,200 per: year when | he 1s named. Backed by Messrs. Anderson, Stad- ler, McCabe and Landers, the council voted to increase fu mayor's salary from $1,300 to $2,000, instéad of $1,800 as recommended hy the salary committee. Other increases were voted as follows: John Maher, ‘foreman of water department, $1,000.to $1,200; stenographer - in hoard of public works' office, $600 40 $660; third clerk in city clerk’s office, $620 to $600; plumbing inspector, $1,200 and $300 for transportation, to $1,800 per year and this incumbent furnish his own transportation. I Among ordinances that were ap- proved were those creating the office of assistnt electrical superintendent, and also providing for the payment of supernumerary policemen semi- monthly. The council voted to ask that the safety board get an option on fifteen fire alarm and five police boxes and in the meantime consult other firms than the Gamewell company to get a better price. * The health board was granted tHe power to advertise for bids for the collection of city garbage. The con-| tract with Henry Furman will ter- | minate on June 1. The high cost of all products is the reason that the present contractor cannot continue to serve the city at his present rate of $2,960 per year. To Repair Wooster Street. Alderman Jester's . resolution that the mayor be empowered to buy 150 deputy badges for emergency use ‘was passed. So was Alderman Cham- beriain’s resolution to spend $1,000 to put Wooster street in passable condi- tion. There are now twenty-two houses on this street and at present it s in such a condition that it would Councilman Spencer's resolution to have the new trolley extension route go down Fairview street to Kelsey street to Rocky Hill avenue was ap- proved, Te Buy New Park Land. The council accepted the report of the park extension committee which provides that the city take over from of an attempt by the socialists, | Afi-—aa&.‘---m C. F. Smith, as he has generously of- the leadership of Deputy Tu- | , 0. force a discussion of a resolu- ( desling with the tm supply ! the foreign and milltary policy | the j'vdn-nnt “as 1t .QM fered, the Towers and Devitt tract of land in the southern part of the! city at a cost of $9,600. The city will also sxercise its option of 35,000 for the Isaac Ailing property. . This will make the new south u)d park uug pay for & cap- | contain eighty-one and one-half acres. The Towers and Devitt tract contains /| twenty-three and one-haif acres and the Alling tract contains twenty-one acres, in addition to thirty-seven pre- viously acquired. This park is so lo- cated as to have a brook and pool and it will also be possible to con- struct an excellent athietic fleld there, which can be used by the High school. ‘The, new park now has a thousand foot frontage on the main trolley line. Veto Is Sustained. Mayor Quigley asked Alderman Jes- ter to take the chair while he gead hig veto of a resolution’ to grade Wooster street. He disapproved, he said, for reasons of economy. On motion of Councilman Landers the council sustained the veto. This was a separate item from the one previ- noted regarding this street. resolution from Newington Road residents asking for a trolley line on that street was referred to the rail- rgad committee. A petition from Councilman Eich- staedt for a .concrete walk on the ‘west. side of Cherry street between Ash and Ellis streets was referred to the board of public works. So was a petition from E. B. Stone for a catch basin in front of 45 Russell chine company for permission to in- stall & fire alarm box in the factory was referred to the safety board with power. F..W. Holmes asked permis- sion to build a bridge across Christian Lane and his request was referred to the board of public works with pow- er. Bo was a request from the Con- mecticut Company for permission - daemagesd fo 'on; &n\iqg 20 wh:en he. Hum ‘payément 100 % slp. on Pleasant nta::t was referred- dlo au.. Soldirs Get.$87 Pay. _ The_ finance ' committee = reportsd ‘that the work done by:the two il itary companies during the fire pasic | of last week cost $87 and the comp- troller was autt.orized to draw his or- deér for that amount, ‘Better Crossing Protection. Councllman Landers’ report to the council of the ‘acts of the joint rail- /road committee and ttee of -citisens on railroad matters was' as follows: ‘. “Mr. lflt.chell. division superintend- ent, :Hartford. division,, New York, New Haven and Hartford = Railroad company, reportn to the committes, through me, that the railroad has de- c¢ided to build tower houses for the operation of gates, instead of the | existing structiires, at Washington, | East Main ahd Whiting streets; tha.t, the material has been ordered, and the work will be proceeded with as soon as possible. - “The quéstion of a tower house in place of the existing structure Main street is still. under conaldera.-' tion, the railroad authorities not yet having decided whether they will recommend a tower at Main street or not. “Mr. Mitchell’s office informs me that the plans for the waiting station at Berlin have been completed, the material ordered, and that the struc- ture will be erected 3s soon as pos- sible. For Single Headed' Commission. The council adopted Councilman Landers’ resolution to embody tn the Charter amendments a provisionary clause which gives the common coun- cll the power to change from bi-par- tisan board of police and. fire" com- missioners to single headed commis- &loners without' recourse to the legis- lature. FOOD SCANDAL IS . STIRRING DENMARK Germany Alleged to Have Recetved More Than Her Share of Swine 8 Under Agteement. ; *Odponhm March 1, via London, 39 8. m.—The pnrnlncnt has ap- atroet. §. which has been circulated h‘!’l. tmd “Jits way( to the Germian market .in December and January, over - gnd| above .the number permitted - under. “between the Pocket Boxes of 12, Bottles of 24 and Bottles of 300 BayerTablets erally well known. The excess in pork “exports’ to . Germany ‘was. re- vealed as soon as the export statis- tics for December and January were completed. The Danish government immediately took the matter up with the British embassy and the affair is now settled, but the opposition news- papers are trying to make political: capital out of it /The arrahgentent made by ‘the Dln ish government with England pro- wides 'for a reduction in exports ' to y and an increase in those to until the balance is 're- ::'oemmt Danish ughter houses and the belll;enng 4 government. The ' charges which have been taken up by the opposition newspa- pers, lay the blame for the irregu- larities at the door of three members of the Danish export committee. All ‘three are prominent business men, two' being' members of parliament. . The export of foodstuffs from Den., mark to Germany and England hitherto has been regulated by an unpublished agreement, the - general delails of which, however, are gen- rary office of F. M. Zimmer- Aspu—m ‘n-m.-mm ul“"&‘.‘. v.l.?,d.-d& S SR apany to enter the b ha and lunch room business with Polish, mudn lnd Siay taking the military census ot At present, he is busily ens: that ‘work at the Landers, Clark" plant with John H that concern's hbor torney M. H. a.mplppemtof plaihtiff and Atuorncy M. D. ‘Tempo man at 11 'Vme street, Tel. 172-5. Pol- | ths defense, ey holders protected.—advt. . Mr. and Mra, 3 Greenwood street and Mr. and Mrs. Vantine .of Rentscheler street ; will leavé tomorrow fop ; Wuhins!on, D. C., and other polzits of interest. ’rhey will be gone abbut three weeks. Charles Cotter has resigned his po- sition with the Rlfl.ll & Erwin Man- Action' of - Michael, Bin | Christinger of | seph Wasel, scheduled before Judge James T. court today with der been. settled out of court as'a of a conference last night. BIGGER THAN EVER--TII]S OUR GREA'IF 00, $1,100 | SALE STARTS FRIDAY ! si ] i L g v 28 g: ] 5 g I SCHOOL SHOES. s $380 "I!ook Otk" soles. "Ill' Bale Price. i i ; MEN'S AND WOIIEN'S NEW STYLE SI'IOE 0f Every Description .. IN EVERY SIZE Goodyear Stitched Soles ALL MARKED AT O] _SALE ' PRIC] GREAT S it ° 1 B o i z3 L4 - 3800 moY® AND GmRL High OCut Boots 2350 Four-Buckie OVER- SIIOES" 7 STOREL OF FLGLINE S ' Wonderful - AND F10 00 g SLA-rsn s Gon.hrgestsme Smre, 84&845 Main SL, Hartiond URDAY at o o’choclc

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