New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1917, Page 9

ling to ah official by the British ‘the statement ed by the'rem- i1 army which re- ~Mpt which were rein- units near Deltawah French Advance Continues. aris, March 31.—French tmps might successfully - attacke& " the Y and made important ' pro 'd, the war office nnnoulw ‘l'h French advance was: .cmd ‘to f the line' ‘runnipng’ from u...&r-lhfllval to Vregny, n positions south of the’ Ailette - .-:t! of Bolssons. A’ number of iumfl. ‘were .bri th- Chnmmne region: fi epl!ur attacks deliveped by s on positions, mmma y’:: ;French west: of llflsoha F'c mpagne, were rmans ming heavy lo-el. y — Qoumy r ‘and nas‘h&n . “For the pres< o husib to the-locaf’ h “service, arilling’ rwise alding thq IARINES MANNING ANTI-AIRCRAFT 6UN.ON USS.PENNSYLVANIA .0} Siice the broad deck of a super- dreadnaught like the United States "battieship . Pennsylvania, flagship' of the Atlantic . fleet, would offer a tempting hrm to a hostile aeroplane this ship and ‘others are armed with 'anti-aircraft guns similar to the one depicted. The men seen are a’ party ' of United States marines, members jor | the ship’s complement, learning how eighteen. pleces:and- needs elght more i] at-once,. Players.on the cornet and the alto horn, are required and an c |'expert ‘on the ~saxophone can be] excel- | utilized. A -band is. inspiriting and rpdral a ipany clerk and .£or, the cooks, mechan- and trummm ‘The commis- officers and non-commissioned en - mums luma\m tasks..;:. ] KX forelgn-born résident appiied at ing but- ¢old ‘Captain Griswold thal bhe had not nt‘uken out his first ould not be 50 desirods of enroliing that Cap- in Griswold “took him -to ‘where he took/out first papers. There is another applicant whose ceth swe in such bad shape .that he/] will not be agcepted. Consequently. p has visited a dentist and plans to énd $40.in Ho.vamms teeth fixedi @ canenlist. / itory 10 enrolling ten men company in the state each f Eand I 1 busy on the ranges this . The marksmen to represent 1 he\y Briin will be picked later. Sol- diers arqdivided into three classes accordingls their abllitys to shoot. A n M must average.160 points out of & ble 250; a sharpshooter ™, must’ 190 peints and an ex~: f pert muSaverage 210 out of-a pos-| s These. records must 00,300, §00 and 600-yard ‘maeksman gets. no extra %-but {sharpshaoter gets twenty- entsy day and an expert ceives gbonus of\gfty cents per from: to - on in' Both Conipanies. hcompanies there is htertaining talent. The menibers Company I have been L #nentioned \pove and amorig those in ompany' K \who gave the ability to p comrades are the fol- Bretsnider, pianist; and Cor- rmonica, Private on; nabpo Plader, Private Gard- An excellent con- the ‘members h companies and Were 18 never or listless mom in either Company I or ::.l.- f°E, but several of the p) 1 -are o‘ina.l intentions. * Anneu n made €o troop that Coy, qa J. Goedaman, commanding ment is to ‘be married on he news has provoked t well wishes for ppointments. pEiband appointments the ocal sbldiers: Leader Cliftord L. er Ch nd 20D6. kergedn clan ‘Clarence T. The band has the; | | every man m thus:rmory wuhe; one ‘unmnnnt Frank -appointed to act bermine the value, afficers. of the companies have lows mogey’ :c) flu er:, pmw";. un Dted, but the man | .aet . I t dent upon them, a tion. the al sary. ‘ “Company comman that blanks are mad completely and auth nishing the informatigl are in triplicate. ‘Ones copy, w green, must be forwarded to t! ‘jutant general’s office, . direct; n ‘copy, colored .white, to the office the state comptroller; and one cop: colored Yellow, is to be kept amoag the company records. Regimental Reports. Reports given out at Tegimental headquarters,. complete up to yester- day noon, are as follows: Officers and Men Present. Absent, Toml Units.* Field 6 Machine Gun Co. 55 Headquarters Co.. 23 Supply Co. Sanitary Troops , 18 Company A 93 Company B ..... 65 Company C .......89 Company D 91 Company E 57 Company F 63 Company G 105, Company H 84 Company I 86 Company K ... 66 Compeny L ... 66 Company M .. 59 Sn /26 118 - 95 687 92 95 61 66 110 20 92 76 87 62 Totals . 51 1101 ““The number present was twenty- ine more than on the day before: le number absent was ten less. has been a continuous im- ient in. the \showing of the t from the day of the first '"fl%:ent is still about 255 meén shy of the'war footing. This is now figured on a\basis of 100 men for each of the létter companies and the mg‘-ulauon number for <the other units,!* 5 “Phe - PHOOANWARONNOHHO S pany I Leads, on public safety ¢ 24 . to use the gun. Such training is part of the marines’ course of instruction on shipboard, since they, as well as the sailors, are taught how to handle the guns. March 16 will be the first anniversary of the launching of the Pennsylvania, the mightiest American vessel in commission, although others still more powerful are plinned or under construction, xhows Company-I leading the regiment in the number of new men: Machine,Gun Company . Headquarters Company Supply Company .. Sanitary Troopa Company A . Company B Company C Company D Company E ... Company F ... Company G ... Company H Company I Company K Company L Cbmpany M . * Total 208 sesegdenienanencannnns Massachusetts Om'npnnks Assigned. for which President Wilsan -G the call for National Guards- begun today at two impor- Ninth raglmem. The location of ihe pom was not announced. Purd Bed§s An Commission. Boston, March- 31.—The committee nnounced today hat seven power ‘were in com- the”'mn'k ot coast defense wxs Bufcau Completes Its Work and Files Complete Report With | Hartford Headqlnrwfl. The New . Britain mmwy census Bau ceased to gxist today, its work pE been c seve el 4g0 t timated "that, there-* 20,000 men estimate was 20,605 names ¥ charge es- vould ber ‘about he. c;ta.loxn‘ed Their All were not local’ for 791 ‘who. registered here lived iu pther places. * From outside places 792 New Britain names were sent iIn, making a total of 19,861 males resi- dents of New Britain who were en- rolled, The work at the office during the past month has been ably handled by the corps of assistants, chief among whom were the Misses Helen M. Allen, Vera Schade and Anna Fitz- gerald: Great credit is due all who in any way assisted the governwent in taking this census, but owipg to the unusually large number of people who helped, many coming from factory/ and private offices, it has been im- possible to record each name. Among the foremost office assistants however, were the follawing: H. W. Briere, E. Burlingham Schurr, V. M. Palmer, C. F. Perry, Anna Fitz- gerald, Mrs. James Skene, G. C, Weld, Helen A. Robinson, Mildred Hellberg, Vera Schade, Helen Allen Ethel Mount, Rose Churchill, Mrs, J. H. ‘Kirkham, Mary C. Myer, Hazel I. 'Harris, Esther Crona, Mrs. C. C. Beach, Eleanor Berry, Gertrude John- son, Helen Ryan Lillian - Johnson, I d. . Whemw thd |} Olive Odenwald, H. A, Johnson, H. D, Gross, W. H. Judd, Earle Gibney, Wil- ‘bert Johnson, Willara Frell, Thamas A. Clarkson, M. W. Felt, Florence L. ! Hanford, Thurza Lockwood, Myrtle & report, compiled to punham, Dorothy ‘' Zimmerman and ¥esterday noon, 18 herewith pr&ted.lchmnne Mitchell, In New' Arrangement of the Avimy i in T The decentralization of - command involved in the recent important mil- itary changes in the United States army is to become effective on May 1. The commanding officers of the six military departments after that date will be: Eastern department, Major General { J. Franklin Bell, now commanding the western department. JOHN BURROUGHS PAST 80TH MILESTONE | 1 ‘\Iortheastern department (new), Brigadier General Clarence R. Ed-! wards, now commanding the troops ' in the Panama canal zone. f Southeastern department (new), Major General Leonard Wood, now commanding the eastern department. Central department, Major General Thomas H. Barry, its present com- mander. ' |[ DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Charles A. Kloss. Charles August Kloss, ged 27 yeal son- of Mr. and Mrs.' Algust Kloss of 142 Arch street, died at a j Fospital in Detroit,” Mich., Thursday. His father is widely known as janitor of Turner hall. Besides his parents, he is survived py.a sister, Mrs. Barnett of West Suffield. The funeral and, burial will be in this city, arrange- ments being incomplete pending word as to when the pody will arrive. He was employed as a machinist in the Michigan city. . ‘Mrs. Ernest Glantzberg. Mrs. Ernest Glantzberg, formerly 1ot tnis city, where her husband was Preparatiofis were made for a very quiet celebration of the eightieth birthday of John Burroughs, the fa- mous naturalist and author, in view of the death of Mrs. Burroughs on March 6 and Mr. Burroughs’ own ill; ness. Mr. Burroughs’ home is at ‘West Park, N. Y., on the bank of the Hudson river. For many years he has been America’s leading writer on the close observation of nature, and his sympathetic studies of bird and animal life have won thousands of friends for him. He was born at Rox- bury, N. Y., on April 3, 1837, and has lived on a farm, devoting his time to fruit culture and literature, since 1874. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Knitted wool collars and cuffs are used on jackets and dresses. Long black satin scarfs are su- pested to wear instead of jackets. Neckfixing for sports costum show a great deal of bright color. A new idea is flowers on th: back of the belt instead of the front A tender green, geranium rose and pastel blue are among the most charming of spring hues. Organdie and taffeta are com- bined, with skirt of taffeta and a fil- my overskirt of organdie. in the contracting business, s dead at her home in Springfield, Mass., ac- cording to notification received by relatives last night, George M. Clark. George M. Clark, aged 51 years, a moulder emnloyfd at the Russell & \Erwin division the American Hardware Corporauon. died at New Britain hospital last night. He was single and lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Clark at 118 Greenwood street. AMERICANS SLAIN ON VESSELS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING ¢ (Continued from First Page.) be gaining fast, Captain Stevens said, 8o he ordered all lights extinguished and swung his ship sharply to star- board. The supposed submarine later disappeared. The Knight of the Garter brought ag her only cargo a ‘large box bear- ing the address: “Dr. Dispatcher,, Omaha.” .Captain Stevens said it contained ‘“something handsome” from the French govern- | ment for Dr. Dispatcher 'in apprecia- tion_of his service with the American Cross in France. “ADY FORESTERS' PROGRAM. Pride Circle, Lady Foresters of Am- ica will hold a social following the gular meeting in O. U. A. M. hall on fonday night. The following pro- :ram will be carried out: Plano se- iection, Miss Gladys Williams; read- ing, Miss Edna Bagshaw; violin ‘solo, Mr. Archie Waters; song, Miss Mars; garet Souney; recitation, Miss Min- nie Recknagle; song, Miss Rose Dee- han; recitation, Miss Edna Bagshaw; violin and piano selection, Mrs. May Gosselin, Mr. Waters; monologue, Miss Minnie Recknagle. Don't forget to visit the Volz green: ~ Members of the High School clul at the Y. M. G/ A. presented Rev. E T. Thienes with a handsome travell: bag at the weekly supper of the or: ganization last night. Mr. “Ehie leaves next week to take up | duttes at Detroit, Mich. # Southern department, Major- Gen- eral John J. Pershing, its ‘present commander, Western depamnent Major General Hunter Liggett, now in com?lhd of the Philippine department. %= The command of the Philippine de- partment, which is being relinquished by Major General Liggett, probably will devolve upon Brigadier General Charles J. Biiley. The command of the troops in the canal zope will de- volve on Brigadier Genéral Edward H. Plujmmer, now on the Mexlcan ‘bor- der. No. 1 in the accompanying picture is General Liggett; No. 2, General Bell; No. 8, General Barry; No. 4, General Edward; No. 5, General VVood No: 6, General Pershlns. t | ISLANDS KRE OURS Secretary Lenslng Hands Mlnism Brun Picce of Paper Worth Forty- eight Tons in Gold. ‘Washington, March The fln\al act of more than fifty“years effort to bring the Danish West Indjes under the American flag was .ocmpleted with formal ceremontes at the state department today when Danish/ Min- ister Brun was handed a treasury warrant for $25,000,000, the pur- chase price, and, wireless essages were sent to the American and Dan- ish authorities at the islands to lower the Danish flag and raise the Stars and Stripés. At noon today the new possessions passed definitely and fin- ally under the authorny of the United State. “By giving you thlu warrant,” Sect retary Lansing said, as he handed the paper .to the minister, “I will save you ‘the trouble of transporting forty- eight tons of gald. The value of this paper in coin would be equiva- lent to that weight.” MANNING A CONSTABLE. James W. Manning of Union street wu appointed as constable to succeed the late James A, Duffy at a meeting of the democratic town committee this morning. { terms Mrs. Frawley left all her Try, our special Sunday dlnnen, l cd Hotel Nelson.—advt, \ The following warrantee deeds wei filed in the city clerk’s office toda Agnes P. MeNickie to Sarah, Jj Greatorex, Wooster street; Carl W Kuhs to John -Soughey, Roberts str: and Carl W. Kuhs to Corneliug Dehm, South Main street. Mayor Quigley has returned trofl trip to Washington. ] Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Lake d 53 North Glen street are receivin congratulations on the birth of daughter at the New Britain Gene hospital last evening. ¥ A son was born last evening at i local hospital. to Mr. and Mrs, ward Rachlin of 96 West street. Engine company No. 2 was call to Kensington avenue this noon to tinguish a grass flrc. The damage Wi nominal. I’IRE HOUSE TO COVER CRI) Thieves Loot House and Apply Torch. Danbury, March 31.—A fire of @ dent incendiary origin damaged residence of Edwin J. Duck at Downs street, to the extent of $4,0 early today. Mr. Duck and fam are in Florida, ‘The firemen and police found j dence that the house had been og€ pied in the absence of the fajaily looted. The fire was apparen started by the thieves to cover ti of their operatiofs. The value of stolen property* unknown, LEAVES ALL TO SONS. The will of Mrs, Ann Frawley died on March 25, was filed in probate court today. By its} r { erty to her four sons, James, Jol | Bernard and Joseph Frawley, eacl share alike. The will was drawn | Lawyer W. F. Mangan on the day fore Mrs. Frawley’s death.® Wi J. Long and'Erank Cox havz named as administrators. 25 ARE MADE VOTERS. At 2 o'clock this afternoon twe five new voters had been made. ; office in City.hall will be open ul 7 o’clock tonight tq make voters from 9 a. m, until 7. p. m. voters will be made. Monday willl the last day 6n which voters can made, so'all wha desire to itheir Tight of franchise on Ap should nppear at this time. A of 393 have applied to be nud S T FORM EFFICIENCY ‘cbun./ About 100 men interested in formation of ah Efficciency club | last night at the Y. M. Al formed such an organization. no name has been chosen, but following officers were elected: ident, Herbert A. Johnson, gene perintendent North & Judd Manu turing company; vice president, Stone, mechanical superinten Corbin Cabinet Lock company; { tary, W. W. House, purchasing | New Britain Machine company; urer, John C. Loomis, treasurer C mercial Trust company. CALIFORNIANS ‘FOR Leading Men of Golden State League/ and Urge Wilson .n)\ « gress to Declare Hgstilities, * San Francisco, March 31.. organizing the ‘“‘American Leaguf California,” a group of leading of the state sent telegrams tod President Wilson and members congress urging that. the Un States join forces with the allies declare war against Germany| i g R ST E. F. CARRINGTON DE. Winsted, March 31.—Edward Carrington, brother of Judge G M. Carrington, and well known 1 section died at the County ho: last night from apoplexy. He eighty years of age, and a vete Company E, 19 Connecticut Ve teers. In former years he was nected with the Gilbert Clock pany and the Seth Thomas ‘G company, but in later years he an accountant in Brooklyn. 4 D ARMENTER & OLSE POWERFUL YFERTELIZER & PRODUCT! Reliable Animal Fermmés : Parmenter & Polsey Animal Fertilizers made out of Bone, Blood and Meat can always be de- pended upon to restore soil fertility and grow large crops. 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