New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1917, Page 3

6' L This Week We Call Atten- ~tion to Six Items That Should Be of Interest at Prices !to14¥ manieeselec- SAIARY INCREASES ¥. B Rossburg Illd Dr. Reeks State Their Position It Mayor Quigley sees fit to veto ] of the salary com- mittes. - This committes met last night ‘to’ consider several salary in- creases that were sought at the coun- cfl meetings and referred back. ‘The first item considered was the petition from Alderman McCabe and Alderman Stadler to increase the -l- by invitation and told of the work which their position entails. As one illustration he said that on Monday he ‘went to work for the oty at 5:45 a. m. | and worked until 5:30 p. m. and then returned in the evening to see that the night watchmen were on _th Jobs. If the position was worth $1, 000 .ten years ago it certainly is worth| more now, the chairman said. In| conelusion, Mr. Rossberg said he ap- preciated the action of the council 1 recommending an increase in his sal- '‘ary because it showed their apprecia- tion of bis work. He said, however, that in 'view of existing conditions he 4 'would not accept any such raise were 4 ent'T must decl it granted to him. '“If I am chalr- man of ‘the ‘water ‘board later \when conditions are different, and the coun- il feels thelined'to increase my salary, I will ‘gladly accept it, but at pres- " Mr. Rossberg said. . When the petition from Councilmen ]w. c. wan, V. B. Chamberlain ana J. C. Andrews was presented asking that the salary of Dx. T. E. Reeks, su- perintendent of health be increased from $2,500 tp $8,600 a note wam read from the doctor. In it. Dr. Reeks stated his appreciation of the kindly motives which prompted such action, but he asked that the committee vote the increase down, principally because he feels that this is an inopportune time to grant increases and also be- cause he beliewes all such applications [should come from the board on which That is the slogan that has kept England an Wu.r emnot be Inoe—mny waged without internal pros- perity. It is important that our pwlnq and selling be uninter- Money should’ not be hoarded, but mhm—smflnud— kept ' moving. . That process alone ' will-.save the ocountry from internal hardship .and outward menace, . Stackpole-MooreTryon Co. an- ngunce their determination to act upon this principle, Our purchases will not be cur- tailed—but increased. Mare People than ever will be em- ployed in our new enlarged shops. HALF TRISH SALOONS FOR, SALE. Joseph Deviin Places Value of $10,- 000,000 On Them. ', London, May 9.—The parliamentary *orre-pondmt of the Daily News says that Joseph Devlin, nationalist mem- Ber of parliament from Belfast, on be- half of Irish interests, has offered the sovernment half the public houses in Zreland for 2,000,000 pounds sterling. The offer would mean the closing of Between 7,000 and 8,000 _estabiish- Ments and is favorably considered by Chiet Secretary Duke,. who will con- #ult the government. The correspondent says the admin- fatration is ready to adopt state pur. chase of the liquor & but is undecided in to the rest ot the kingdom. | The ’n.rlhmenh.ry situatiofi’ is unfavorable as Great Britain is concerned, nearly one Bbundfed members of the house of €ommons being pledged to oppose state purchase. rests in Ireland, ©O0. I MEN RETURN. Crean, Company I men, who have ; ; Cotporal Kokozks and Private Ger- here for the past few days e ring recruits, returned - to’ their fheadquarters at Norwich today. They “ Necured five new men during 'their: ort stay here. Any New men hinig to enlist in Compaby Ifdér ring apy information, m: dfi‘! dquartérs at Norwich on long - nce telephone, charges reversed, p ® a0y, information desired. the individual is employed., Other petitions were also read, one to increase the salary of City Comp- troller H. L. Curtis from $1,000 to $1,200 and the other to increase the salary of the city clerk, A. L. Thomp- son, from $3,200 to $2,500, beginning April 1. . Counciimen Dehm, Peterson and Weld were of the opinion that these petitions should be given leave to withdraw . and Councilman Mc- Donough thought best way would be to table them, thus making it pos- sible to bring them up at some future time. ‘It was at this juncture that Councilman Eichstaedt took his shgt at Mayor Quigley for accepting an {8+ ereass in shidry. finally voted to give the notlunn- leave to with- draw. ¥ AVIATBRS RAIN OUT O (ILI]HIIS IN WEST Germans claim 362 Yicums, French 76 and English 16 Berlin, May 9, via London.—Army headquarters announces that the British and French Monday , lost twenty airplanes, Lieutenant Bernert shooting down his twenty-seventh ma- chine, and Baron Von Richthofen his twentieth. During April, the statement says, 362 airplanes of the Entente allies were brought down and twenty- newme captive balloons: The Germans admit the loss during the month of venty-four of their own machines, and ten captive balloons. The text of the statement follows: Yesterday the enemy lost twen- ty airplanes, Lieutenant Bernert ‘shooting down his twenty-seventh machine and Lieutenant Baron Von Richthofen his twentieth. During the month of April the enemy lost 362 airplanes and iwenty-nine captive balloons. Of the form: 299 were brought down in aerial battles. We lost seventy-four. airplanes and ten captive balloons. The last month has shown the Gesman fighting forces. at the ot their capacity, . while our defen- sive means were. successfully oc- cupied 'in warding off ruthless efiemy bomb attacks on " the fatherlsnd. The heavy April nmn‘ made the: highest demands on the avia- tors, captive baHoons and anti- aircraft guns in the fleld. In co- operation, which daily grew more intimate they showed themselves equal to their tasks, and our bombing squadrons destroyed 1m- portant military ' - establishments, . and our aerial reconmnoitering op- erations brought valuable infor- mation to headquarters. The self- sacrificing co-operation of our aviators has been supported in an exemplary manner by heavy in- fantry and artillery fighting. Frencli Account for 76., Paris, May 9.—French sviators dur- ing the week, May 1-7, brooght down seventy-six German airplanes, twenty- five of which are known to have been destroyed. The remainder fell within the enemy’s lines and, according ' to the war office, the greater part of these were probably destroyed. The Erench -offigials, ynlike the German, do not claim me destruction of an enemy airplane uflless abosiutely veri- fed. Boxun. on the _hand, R counts &ll machines forced to descend’ Lieutenant Guynemer still leads the Mst of successtul pilots, having; brought down thirty-eight ‘German machines, two of ‘them during the last week. Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser brought down three, making his rec- ord twenty-four. The war office statement on avia- tion follow: During the period of May 1-7 our pilots had numerous combats with enemy aviators, in the course of which twenty-five German ma- chines were brought down, the destruction of which -was abso- lutely established. In addition fifty-one German machines, - seri- ously hit, fell within their own - lines, the greater part of them belng probably destroyed. Our pilots in that period added to the number of their exploits. Captain Guynemer gained his thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth victories. = Sub-Lieutenant Nun gesser brought down three ma- chines, which brought his total of enemy machines destroyed up to twentyfour. Sub-Lieutenant Dor- me brought down his twenty-sec- ond machine; Captain Heurteux his twenty- Lieutenant Pin- sard his eleventh and twelfth, and Adjutant Madon his tenth. . Relieve Your Liver " When liver is out of order, your head, Wan!%wfiqmthnt. iswhya b:haus attack is often serious. Ward it w:thafewdos&sof BEECHAM'S PILLS which gently arouse a sluggish fiver, and renew the activities 0 necessary to good health, ‘They never produce any disagreeable after-effects. Mmmhw»mmmm Prevent Bilious Attacks | s, British Afrmen Down 18. London, May 9.—Fifteen German airplanes were brought down by the British Monday, seven of which were driven down out of control. General ‘Haig’s fliers also attacked a group of enemy balloons, bringing down seven of them in flames. Eight British ma. chines are missing. The nnmmnumeflt follows: Bombing operations by our airplanes continued yesterday and during the previous night, large quantities of explosives being dropped with good results. During the day seven of our airplanes carried out a highly successful attack upon the enemy's observation .balloons, seven of which . were brought down in flames. Six German Alrpll.nu were brought down in the air fighting, - two others were shot down by fire from the ground. Seven German machines were driven down out of control. Eight of our air- planes are missing. || Prudentia fluflmlng Co. 9 Washmgton Place CASH ARD CREDlT NO WORD FROM SEBASTIAN. Boston, May 9.—No furtler ' word had been received early today from the steamer Sebastian, reported'afire oft the Nantucket shoals light ship last night. The radio message -from the steamer to the navy yard which brought word of the trouble said that a transatlantic liner was standing by and the absence of additional mes- sages led to the bellef that the fire had been brought under control. , With a full line of Ladies’ Suits from ...... $14.00 to $25.00 Ladies’ Coats from..... $12.00 to $18.00 Ladies’ Dresses from ... $14.75 to $22.50 Ladies’ Slnrtsmallcolors from $4 to 38 Do not delny your visit toinspectonr line, as it means a money saving to you. Prudential Qutfitting Co. 9 Washington Place. South of R. R. Tracks. Rear 310 Main St. A. Manuel Welinsky, Mgr. HARVARD SIGNAL CORPS HAS 60. Cambridge, ' May 9.—The reserve signal corps at Harvard was organized last night. Sixty men reported. The will be trained here until called for active service. HORSES FRESH CARLOAD OHIO HORSES MONDAY, MAY 7th, 1917. These Horses are Fresh Country Stock, clever and broken, ready for hard work. SEVERAL MATCHED PAIRS, 2,600 to 3,200 Ibs. . SEVERAL CHUNKS, 1,060 to 1,650 Ibs, ’ Quality Horses. A Horse for Any ‘Purpose, EVERY HORSE AS SATISFACTION. GUARANTEED P. H. GONDON & CO,, nc. 30 LAUREL ST. Bristol, Ct. Oranges for the Children Twenty Million Now Shipped Daily ' unkist Oranges come in ten sizes—all uniformly good regardless of the size. Now there are millions of the smaller sizes on sale at retail stores everywhere. It is California’s biggest crop of Sunkist and prices are not high. ) ! Give the children more‘oranges and vegetables and less meat. Let then? have this recognized ald to dngectxon which makes all ot.her foods more ¢ efficient,’ 3 : ,"+ Theyare thm-skmned. sweet and juicy. For théi fieakh’s sake don’t let your children go without oranges. Your grocer h: vth'esc oranges in abundarice at attractive prices.” Order now. Sunkist Uniformly Good Oranges WE HAVE NEVER GIVER BETTER SUIT VAL THAN ARE FOUND IN TH{ TWO LOTS SELLING AT $15.00 and $19. In this day of high and still higher prices, the opportunity fof buying clothing that is needed at such small prices as those mention in connection with tailored Suits is worth considering. If your considéation leads you to inspect these Suits you see what we mean. You will find a variety of style, mml color that is most unusual today at these low prices. In the old days, before the war, you never bought -um i May at less prices—eand you never M better mmerhh or m ship, ‘Get one of - of alterations. 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