New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1917, Page 10

St. Elmo Lodge, K. of P. ‘8t. Elmo lodge, K. of P., No. 1, will fer the second rank on candidates | | Wednesday evening and after the work the third rank team will md’flll. All Knights are invited nberlin Council, 2, Jr. O. U. A. M. The regular meeting of Chamber- council, No. 2, Jr. O. U. A. M. was 1d in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall, Hunger- Court, Saturday evening F. E. ldsbury of Detroit, Mich., a brother fnember of Chamberlain council was int and made a few remarks of jonditions as they exist in' the West. jl brothers are urged to take notice it the annual meeting of Chamber- B council corporation will be held ‘week from Saturday, April 28, after e regular meeting. Officers will be elected at this meeting. Pride Circle Anniversary. ride Circle, Lady Forester of merica, will observe its seventh an- versary in O. U. A, hall at 277 n street in connection with the ular session tonight. A hot sup- ir will be served for all members of e circle. During the business ses- on there will be initiation of can- dates and presentation of three gold nblematic rings of the order to Mrs. M. Gosselin, Miss Josephine eary and Miss Margaret Souney. v will be in recognition of excel- it work in obtaining candidates for circle. Stelln Hebekah Dodge. Stella Rebekah lodge will visit ha Rebekah lodge of Plainville ht. Members are requested to 6:07 trolley from the center. e will be a supper served at 6:30. —_— ‘Winthrop Council. nthrop Council, Sons and Daugh- of Liberty, will meet Wednesday 1 0. Members are re- .d to bring articles for the grab New Britain Council, O. U. A. M. At the regular meeting Thursday, . .second degree will be worked on 8 candidates. After the meeting Ex-Councilors’ association will their annual meeting. ¢ Daunghters of Sootia. ‘Lady Wallace lodge, No. 24, D. O. held a regular meeting Wednesday. ' candidate was initiated and three oations were received. The mem- wfll attend the bazar in Hartford ‘Wednesday evening. On Tuesday there will be a rehearsal of play for the anniversary. ( , New Britain Review. 1-“.' Britain Review, No. 11, of the ccabees will hold ' their méeting Wednesday evening in room 50 oth’s hall. A social will be held the meeting and all members requested to be present. ‘Tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock the al Order of Moose will hold a al meeting in the club rooms to ke action regarding the lodge's par- jeipation in the parade on Thursday. ight the members of New Britain yncil, O. U. A. M., will hold a cial meeting at 8 o’clock to make ns for taking part in the parade. Camp Clara, R. N. of A nitiatory work will be conferred a class of candidates at the regu- meeting of Camp Clara, R. N. of tomorrow evening in St. Jean de iste hall. Mrs Lewis of Hart- d will do the installing. A social will follow the meeting. CITY MEETING TOMORROW. g Will Meet to Pass on Tax ... Rate for Coming Year. “The annual city meeting will be old in the Grammar school hall on n street at 8 o'clock tomorrow ening. At this time the citizens X Il have the’ privilege of accepting, yejecting, increasing or modifying the b estimates which at present call for 2/ tax rate of 20 3-4 mills. Mayor "Quigley has stated that he will go ‘before the meeting and urge such reductions as will bring the tax rate ‘down to at least 20 mills and prefer- ably to 19.6 mills. Tt has been suggested that the south end fire station be held up for K. another year, that the Park street \paving be held up or that the pur- £ ‘chase. of the new south end park be purtailed. Whatever is recommended at the meeting is sure to meet with strong opposition as each item has its strong supporters. il HOME GUARD MUSTERING. Major Bronson of First Regiment Will Be in Charge. Both the first and second companies of New Britain Home Guards are ex- pected to be present at the state armory on. Arch street tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock when they will be formally mustered into the service of the state. The mustering officer will be Major Bronson of the Mrst Regiment, Home Guards. The military emergency board has approved the appointment of gompmissioned officers for the two mmp:mle& r g P RENDERS CANTATA. 1 musical service was held Alh’op%c\i\aedish Lutheran church last ning, when the regular choir ren- ed the cantata, “The Risen King. ‘Assisting the choir were Mrs. Her- bert Anderson, soloist, and Her; ‘bert Anderson, violinist. ~The Milo Octette also gave selections, Harold ‘Shalendar was director of the pro- gram. The Luther league of the ehurch has extended to the Hartford ZLuther league an invitation to attend 2 meetiag lato in April or early nmext month, IS SENT T0 JAIL Clark Street Man Is Sentenced to « Six Months ‘ Believed, by the authorities, to be the person about whose improper conduct towards women and girls on the streets there have been many complaints, Michael Grunko of 18 Clark street was sentenced to jail for six months for improper conduct towards two school girls Saturday morning, by Judge Meskill in police court toddy. The arrest was made by Policeman Anthony Bachmar,who was sent out in plain clothes by Chief of Police William J. Rawlings Saturday morning. He found the accused on Madison street and testified that he was acting improperly. The accused denied any wrong doing and said that he was out looking for work. His stories as to location of looking for work did not agree under the close cross-examination of Prosecuting At- torney George W. Klett. Metro Bokedefski of 61 Grove street was allowed to go with a warn- ing after testimony in a breach of the peace charge had been heard. It was testified that he visited his former boarding place on Lyman street and tried to get possession of an overcoat that his former landlady was holding until there was settlement of an al- leged unpaid board’ bill. It was tes- tified that there was a lively scuffle with the accused and his former land- iady fighting for possession of a broom until Policeman William Hayes arrived. Pokendenski was advised to pay the bill, if he owes it and wants his overceat, Amlxned for non-support, Nicho- las Cremento of 361 Oak street was given the alternative of sixty days in Jail or placing a bond of $250 to as- sure weekly payments of $5 for a year towards the support of his wife and child. He said that his failure to provide for them was because she had some money when they moved to this city from New York and gave it to her brother-in-law, instead of to him. He also claimed that “she raises the dickens” in the house day and night. Willingness to provide for the child separately, or both, if the wife will behave was expressed. Upon complaint of the Connecticut Humane society agents, backed by testimony of Miss Eisie C. Osborn, superintendent of New Britain Charity organization, John Henry Bidwell, aged fourteen, of 212 Main street, was committed to the county home at ‘Warehouse Point as a neglected child. It was testified that his sister, Emma Bidwell, also known as Emma Miller, the boy and a younger child have been occupying a sparsely equipped room at the Main street address with sur- roundings that have not been entirely proper along the lines of proper Ju- venile care. JUAREZ BRIDGE COLLAPSES Span Drops Into Water on American Side While Crowd of Mexicans Was Awaiting Opening of Gate. El Paso, April 16.—A span of the interpational bridge which connects this city and Juarez gave way early teday when a crowd of Mexican ser- vants and workmen were waiting for the bridge to open. Four Mexicans were injured, one seriously- The span that collapsed was on the American side of the border line. City ltems The Daughters of Castile will give a benefit whist in the Knights of Columbus rooms Thursday evening, the proceeds to be donated to St. Agnes” home. Sam Schneider of Hartford avenue, was taken into custody this morning on Main street by Traffic Officer Lamphere, charged with leaving his automobile standing inside the re- stricted space for fire hydrants. New Britain lodge, B. P. O, E. will hold a special meeting at 9 o’clock this evening to take action on the pa- triotic celebration Thursday afternoon, A marriage license was issued to- day to Ernest C. Billian, a railroad conductor of 156 Maple street and Miss Carrie Halden of 490 East street dohn Billani took out a permit to- day to alter a house at 59 Elm street the estimated cost being $500. The estate of the late Nicula Mirza, inventoried by Baba Jones, totals $1,- 299.73, most of which is in cash. James M. Burdick and M. H, Camp, have returned from Broaklyn, where they attended the New York East conference of Methodist churches. The assignment of pastors will be an- nounced next week. Arthur F. Connor has tendered his resignation as provision manager of the Cudahy company jn Waterbury and has returned to this city, Centennial ladge, A, F. and A, M., will confer the third degree on a class of candidates in Masonic hall Wed- nesday evening. The Holy Nathe society of St Joseph’s church will give a social and dance in Booth’s hall Wednesday evening, A large delegation of members of New Britain aerle, F. O. E., accom- panied the degree team to Meriden yesterday where initiatory wark was conferred on a class of candidates, A successful rehearsal of the 'Elks’ minstrels which will furnish the en- tertainment at the smoker Thursday evening, was held yesterday afternoon under the direction of Directors Crean and Haffe: The final rehearsal will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Almost every account of the hap- penings in the French district re- covered from the German invaders by the British and French “push” lays stress on the pathetic joy of the vil- lagers in finding themselves surround- ed once more by friends- No. 1 in the pictures shows British soldiers, accompanied by villagers, entering a destroyed place; No. 2, French chil- dren welcoming the British “Tom- mies;” No. 3, ruins of the “grande place” of Peronne; No. 4, British general and his aid chatting with a little French peasant girl. Will Women Far’mers'af Wartime Look Like This? o 74 Farmers who are short of help to work on their farms thjs season may apply to the national committee on suffrage agriculture, Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers, chairman, at the national headquarters, 171 Madison avenue, New York city. They will be sup- plied with women who are sending their names in daily to the commit- tee saying that they would like to do ST. MARK’S CHURCH. The Girl Scouts. will meet this even- ing at 7:15. Miss Mary Macdonald will be in charge. There will be & meeting of the vestry at 7:30. The Poy Scouts will meet Tuesday at 7:30 and the Daughters of the King at eight. The junior confirmation class will meet this week on Wednesday af- ternoon, instead of Thursday, at 4:30, on account of Thursday being Pa- triots’ day. The evening class will meet Thursday as usual. The Wom- en’s Guild will meet Wednesday at 2 o’clock, to sew for the Red Cross. Women of the parish are also asked to join in the all-day sewing meeting at the South church Friday. The Girls’ Friendly society will meet Wed- nesday evening at 7:30. On Friday evening there will be intercessions and an address in the chapel at 7:30. Harry 8. Jones of Bridgeport passed Sunday as the guest of friends in this city. £ I {farm work for wages- Others wish to work at gardening and a few would be farm managers. 1 A few years ago Mrs. O. H. P. Bel- | mont, well known society woman and | suffrage leader, started a farm for suffragists on Long Island. A few of her proteges are seen in the picture. 1t has been suggested that their cos- | tumes would be appropriate for the | women now taking up wartime farm work. I——————— SOLDIERS GUESTS AT DANCE. 3 Those in charge of the Danse Tanse | social tomorrow night at Turner hall announced today that they would welcome as their guests any man wearing the uniform of the United States army or navy. All men in uniform will be admitted free and are invited to attend. A feature of the evening will be the singing by, the Hi Henry Sextette of “The Battle Cry of the U. S. A.” composed by L. H. Thompson and “Bob” Spencer, both of th\s city. WANTED! Girls paid while learning shirt making. Commercial Shirt Co., 266 Arch street, second floor. HOSTILITY TO U. S. SHOWN IN MEXICO Officials Discriminate in Favor of Ger- mans, Who Even Dictate What News Shall Be Pubjished. Washington, April 16.—Further evi- dences of German ac ies in Mexico, spreading anti-American and anti- Entente propaganda and exerting Ger- man influences upon the Mexican gov- ernment are contaihed in diplomatic reports passing through here to Euro- pean: countries. Foreign banks are reported to be in danger. Circulation of any matter at all favorable to the United States or Entente is disapproved by Mexican officials, and the newspaper El Univer- sal recently was suppressed because of publications disapproyed by Ger- man agents. The publisher and editor have been summoned before a tribu- nal. Property of foreigners, Germans ex- cepted, is said to be in constant dan- ger, efforts of the German propaganda district agents being directed especial- 1y against materials which might be of assistance to the enemies of Ger- many. The writer of one of the re ports assert that he has information that twelve thousand barrels of ofl, the property of the Eagle. Oil com- pany, a British concern, _has been burned at Minatitlan, The German bank and legation in Mexico City are said in these reports to be dominating Mexican affairs more than ever, the former having intimate- ly connected itself with Mexican fi- nances and the latter advising and guiding the government. LOUIS S. DARLING. Rockville, Conn., April 16.—Louis S. Darling, writer of stories on out- door life and sports, particularly fish- ! ing, and known widely as the winner of many fly and bait casting contests, is dead at his home here. Death, which occurred yesterday. was due to ‘pneumonia. He was born at Plain- field, N. J., forty-three years ago. \ (Continued from First Page.) of bombs, grenades and engingering equipment also were captured. The statement reads: ‘“We captured last night the village of Villeret, southeast of Hargicourt and progressed north- west of Lens. Full particulars of the booty we took at Lievin and on the Sochez river are not avail- able, but the fact is established that our captures were exceeding- ly large, including a long-range six-inch naval’ gun, many thou- sand rounds of ammunition of all calibers up to eight inch, a num- ber of trench mortars and great quantities of borabs and grenades . of all kinds. In addition, truck loads of new tcols, many lengths of tram lines with trucks com- plete, and two large engineer dumps have fallen intact into our Ppossession. “The attack at Monchy le Prcux on the fourteenth \ was pressad by the enemy with great determination. The Third Bavar- fan dtvision, which was brought down to resist our offensive dur- ing the battle of Loos in 1915 and later on took part in the fighting near Highwéod during the Somme battle in 1916, was again hurried down to reinforce the divisions already in line. It was ordered to retake Monchy le Preux at all costs. Its losses in this fruitless attack were excep- tionally heavy, as has - been the case with all the Bavarian troops throughout the whole operations. Of the prisoners taken by us since tke ninth more than one-third are Bavarians.” German Dead Found in Trenches. Paris, April 16.—The French pene- trated the German second line last night at several positions in Alsace. The war office reports that a great number of German dead were found in the trenches which had beeh torn up by French shell fire. The state- ment follows: “Between St. Quentin and the Oise, we continued to direct a !W Klett, as well as ey Assessod $10 Alter Warn § Battle in Court E Following a stubbornly-contested and lengthy continued hearing before Judge James T. Meskill in police | court today, characterized by merciless - handling of the accused and caustic % arraignment of Policeman George W, f— Moffit by Prosecuting Attorney Georg’ frequent lively, “tilts between counsel, Supernumerary Police and Dog Warden John coxeyfl was fined $10 and costs for assaul upon Mrs. Catherne Rusick of rear Farmington avenue in a difference over an unmuzzled dog owned by the | complainant. Bonds for an appeal were fixed at $100. Attorney P. F. McDonough appeared as counsel for ' ' the defense. Coffey was recently re- appointed as dog warden by Chief of ' Police William J, Rawlings, after a service of about eight years. The lat- ter said that no action will be taken, | if any is decided upon, until he be, comes fully acquainted with the cir- cumstances and testimony. Policeman Moffit, a witness for the defense, came in for caustic arraign- ment from Prosecutor Klett for = his part in-the case, not as a witness but. for conduct when serving subpoenas. The latter said that he greatly regre ted Policeman Moffit'’s appearance in’ the cage and his conduct. Under| cross-examination the latter adgitted that he talked with one of the state’s = witnesses, when serving the su g mons, said that he did not think Co foy could do such a thing, that he was playing in hard luck and had been; out of work. On the witness stan this morning, he testified that h happened to be passing when the .al. leged assault took place and denied that the accused put his hands on the ‘woman. - ‘The complainant, who is in a deli cate physical condition, testified she had removed the dog’s-muzzle that it could eat and that it got aw: destructive fire at the defenses of the Germans, who replied vigorously in the region of St. Quentin. South of the Oise we made further progress eastward on the plateau between Barisis and Quincy-Basse and occupied several points of support of the enemy. Our patrols are in con- tact with the German positions on the western edge of the upper forest of Coucy. “The artillery fighting became very violent during the night on the front between Soissons and Rheims. In the Champagne, we easily repulsed two surprise at- : tacks. East of Auberive, French patrols brought back prisoners. “In Lorraine and in Alsace, French detachments, after violent artillery preparation, penetrated the enemy lines at several points. In the forest of Parroy we found numerous German , dead in the trenches blown up by .our fire. In the Alsatian plain, French detachments at six points reached the second German line and in- flicted serious losses on the enemy. Prisoners and war ma- terial were brought back.” German Statement. Berlin, April 16, Via London.—On the northern bank of the river Scarpe,”. says the German official statement, “our destructive fire kept down the British attacking waves and a storming attack could not be carried out. & “Northeast of Croisilles our fire rendered abortive a strong British at- tack, the enemy suffering severe losses.” h of the Arras-Cambrai road,” the statement adds, ‘‘Our troops drove the enemy back on Lagnicourt and Boursies. To the sanguinary-losses of the Australians must be added - the loss of 475 prisonersand 15 machine guns which have been brought in, and also 22 guns captured and rendered useless by explosion.” “Near St. Quentin says the state- ment, “the artillery fire again has in- creased. “From Soissons to Rheims and in the western Champagne there was heavy artillery fire and mine throw- ing. “After the failure from enemy re- connoitering thrusts yesterday infan- try fighting developed this morning over wide sector: from her temporarily. She said th she remonstrated with Officer Coftey as -he was putting the animal in hi team, was made the subject of prd fapity and/then stopped a blow to th right side of her jaw. As a resul she said, much pain was suffered and le was greatly frightened, . Testimony as to the assault glven by several women, persons Hv- ing in the. building adjoining the home of Mrs. Rusick. Officer Coffey, Po]lcemlg Moffitt Joseph'i@rabeck, who was with th first naitied on the afternoon in qu tion, were witnesses for the defens Coffey denied using improper 'lan guage or that he touched the com: plainant. He admitted that she monstrated strenuously to having th dog: taken but was informed that objections came too late. He was able to identify the complainant: court although Grabeck was able do go. The latter testified that Cof did not strike a blow but afirmed ti he did threaten to “send the waga for the complainant. This Coffey h previously denied. Attorney McDonough believed the entire proceedings were due the devotlon of a human for a and womanly ‘“emotionalism.” did not believe -that there had an assault and thought that there been much more seriousness - given the alleged assault than it meried. Protest was entered against the mer- | clless handling of Polceman Moffit. In reply Prosecutor Klett mentiofed his long connection with the court, i how he has always fought for the po- lice department members through thick and thin and greatly regretted that he had to treat Policeman Mofitt! as he did, But he did not feel that could do otherwise under the cifcum stances, TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP. In order that the membership the Girl Scouts may be increased. a; & scout council formed in the ck this week will' be known as 'Gif Scout Week.”. All members are work ing hard to reach the desired mem<j befship and the -next, seven days will | see special endeavors to reach 'the goal. The plans were outlined terday and on next Sunday at the ¥. W. C. A. anether special meeting will be held.at which a speaker from New: Bedford will be present. & 6 TO 9 O’CLOCK: STEAKS MONDAY EVENING—— 6 TO 9 0°CLOCK Ib22c Round e 21bs AS3cC LARD SUGAR ... s « 51bs ASC TUESDAY Fresh Natlve 39 c Eggs .... 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