New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1917, Page 11

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X mmmmm«m bought early 80 as to secure the your chance to do the same. | Proprietor of the market, $38 andj mackinaws, and novelty braids, at $3.00 BUTCHER FINED $35 FOR DIRTY CELLAR Hartford Ave. Merchant Found Guilty and Will File Appeal Characterizing cellar conditions be- neath the market at 109 Hartford avenue as a flagrant violation of pub- lic health regulations and severely reprimanding the accused for his ap- parent attempt to deceive relative to the fixing of responsibility, Judge John H. Kirkham fined Issas -Stein, costs in police court today st & cop- tinued hearing of charges by inspectors of the boud ot heaith. Bonds for an sp of Attorney A. A. fixéd at $300. Greenbeérg, an appesl will be taken. Not only was Stein subjected to a heavy fine and ssvere reprimand but he was notified by Prosecuting At- torney George W. Klett that the cel- Iar must be thoroughly cleaned out and placed in 4 sanitary condition before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning or there will be another court ap- pearance Thursday morning. Sanitary Inspector Frederick J. McEnroe was instructed to inspect the cellar to- morrow morning and report relative to its condition to Prosecuting At- torney Klett before 9 o'clock. At the original arraignment, the defense contended that the lease of the store did not include the cellar and therefore Stéin could not be held responsible for conditions there. Stein testified that when he leased the store he objected to paying extra for the cellar and so rsfused to consider it included. He testified that he never used it himself and that any refuse was there prior to his occupancy of ’| the store or sifted down through the l!s.GEWetmore’s'l‘eamGe Oner 1,300 Red Gross Members Incomplete returns of the Red Cftds campaign up to noon today in- dicste that already more than 5,000 members to the local branch have enrolled, meaning $5,000 turned the coffers of the Red Cross so- ', $3,600 to purchase materials for workers and an equal amount By the National soclety use in ih- chéasing the scope of its work on the battlefields. ‘{Honors for efficlency in securing members today go to Mrs. C. E. jore and her team of ladies, for i6-2 o'clock she had reported 1,355 memberships and even then ad-’ fonal members were being enrbile - T..E. Reeks, city hall chairman, reported 120 members, and L. ide, In charge of the teachers’ com- reports forty enroliments. For lawyers, doctors and dentists, At- M. D. Saxe reports fifty mem- While in many of the factories ) workers lose a number of mem- ’s, due to the Red Cross canvass thfough lodges and churches, the em- are responding generously. Following are the reports from some of'the factories and a percentage rec- ord based on their nominal employ- nh!t roll: P.C. 828 100 | accused in the one’ ‘062 l nnlod .160 .500 .083 360 155 897 +570 Frary & Clark .. Iron Works .. Britain Machine Skinner Chuck Co. .. § Stanley Rule & Level ley Works ...., 483 lilcan Iron Works . 400 Tohight motion pictures of the le of the Somme as well as pic- r of the American Field Ambu- ! Jmnee servicé In action will be pre- Jeénted at the Lyceum for the benefit - of the Red Cross. Red Cross can- { m ‘will act as ushers and will also sl books between reels. These pic- tures are the official records of the th_government. AT ST. MARY'S SCHOOL. Patriotic Exercises Held in Connection ‘ ‘With- Memorial Day. Exercises appropriate to Memorial were held this morning at St. s school hall by the children of ha school. The principal speaker ‘'wAs William E. Latham, patriotic in- § & structor of Stanley Post, G. A. R., who spoke on the duty children owe | to their country. The clergy of St. 's church were present and each a short patriotic messgge to con- to the children. Songs.f#ere sung r the direction of Prof moh. he program included th& follow- numbers: er on Memorial Day .. Francis Keough uuon— 'Your Flag and My «+es.v. Francis Egan ‘The War of Today” - Francis McAleer " “Woman's Place” Helen Bonney RED CROSS WSISTS. es Begins Tomorrow Afternoon in St. Mary’s School Hall. series of whists for the benefit of Red Cross under the auspices of EiMary's Ladies’ T. A. & B. soclety begin tomorrow aftern: t 2:30 K in 8t. Mary’s school ‘hall. committee consists of Miss i ‘Hayes, chairman; Mrs. Mar- . Monohan, ‘Mrs. M. Connors, 4 h ‘costs at a cdntinued. hearirg. flooring. In order to clear up this point, an adjournment was ordered in order that the landlord and tenants of the building might be summoned to testity. They attended court this morning. Max Kennedy, agent for his mother, who is owner of the building, testified that it was supposed that the cellar [went with the-store leased by Stein, Just before adjournment of court, Attorney Greenberg made another plea for leniency in behalf of his client asking for a suspended sentence saying that assurance will be given that the conditions are to be remedied at once and calling attention to the fact that his client has a family and payment ‘of a fine will work a hard- ship upon himself and those demd- ant upon him. Bartender Fined for Theft. Pleading gullty to a charge of theft, Bernard Anolovieswisy of 34 Orange reet, bartender at the saloon in block, was.’ fined $7 and torney M. D. Saxe made & plex tor his clent, saying there was no premedita- tion or intention of taking the $2 in question from Ladislaw Askawavich, a patron, last Friday night and blamed liquor as ‘the cause of pro- cedure. The Platonic friendship of Peter Vardusky and Mrs. Frances Ruschuck was rudely. interupted “shortly after midnight today by a ‘police raiding squad comprised of Sergeant William C. Hart and Policemen Willlam Souney and William O’Mara. Visiting 75 Grove street about 12:30, accord- ing to the testimony, they found the room they had Arraigned today, probable was found on charges of mis- cnnduct and they were held for the June term of superior court under bonds of $500 each. It was testified that the woman'’s children hdve been previously cummmod to the county home. Mrs. ~Rusehuck could not realize that it was not right to have an affin- ity and freely admitted that the con- venient change was greatly to her ad- vantage as her husband is “no good, drinks and won't work” while Peter has just the opposite attributes. It was testified that Mrs. Ruschuck, her husband, Walenti, and Peter to New Britain about a week or 10, days ago from Washington avenue, ~New Haven, but Walenti went back seve! days afterwards, leaving his wife and Peter, who has been a boarder in the family to seek their fortunes to- gether. Peter testified that there had been no wrong-doing but heé ' had boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Ruschuck, thought highly of the latter and wanted to help and protect her, es- pecially as her husband showed no desire to do so. Batholomew Suddal of 109 Orange street was fined $10 and costs for assault upon his landlady, Mrs. Mary, Marcofski. The arrest was made by Policeman Willlam O'Mara upon com- plaint. “Convicted upon a plea of guilty of the theft of a gold watch, flash light and money, amounting to a - total valuation of $32 from James Long. & neighboring roomer at' the _Hotel ‘Washington, Clarence Trahan, aged 18, of Frovidence, R. I, said to be the son of a prominent druggist in that city, was committed to the Cheshire Reformatory. He entered a plea of guilty and would make no statement. As dependent and neglected chil- dren under proceedings brought by the charities department and charities ,workers of the city, Salvatore and "Pletro Lentine, aged five and four years respectively, and Mary and John Dzat, aged four and eight years respectively, were committed to the county home. As a result of friction between rierchants and property owners in the eastern part of the city with gangs of yoyng men, Joseph Kragil and Jo- seph Niedzincki of Beaver street were arraigned charge with assault upon James and Morris Levitsky, merchants of that section. Clubs and fists played a prominent part. Kragil was dis- ile Niedzincki was fined §5 Jagob’ Sicko of 130 Beavey ~At- fted not appear. Because of the mysterious non ap- pearance in court of his alleged vic- tim, who is alleged to have given a fictitious adfess, the arraignment of Carlo Lambardo of 285 Myrtle street, charged with using a stiletto on Frank Dénozsio last night in a quarrel of un- explained cause at Joseph Battaglia's Raliroad Arcade réestaurant, was con- tinued until Thursday while every ef- fort of the authorities is used to locate Denozzio. LEARNING T0 REGISTER More Than 100 Ward Clerks Gather in City Hall to Learn of Thelr Work on June 8. More than 100 doputy ward regis- trars to be in charge of taking the ‘military census on June 5 attended in- formal meetings in City hall last even- ‘Ing, where complete explanation was iven to all detalls connected with the work. In many instances these regis- trars will meet again befors registra- tion day. It will be the duty of the registrars to see that the registration booths are open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. and each Tegistrar must ask the questions of the person before him in the same order they appear on the card. While the clerks must be patient and answer questions politely they are not to get into any 'discussion and in case any person attempts to hinder the pro- gress of . registration he will be ar- rested. of hr harge, dld Several interesting observances have been made in connection with the en- roliment of June 6. One is that Louis ‘W. Flelscher of Belden street will ob- serve his twenty-first birthday. on June §.and consequently will have to Tegister. Willlam Regan will be thirty-one years of age on June 6, but will have to.register because he is not yet thirty-one years old oy registration day. L s SCHOOL EXEROISES. Day With Program. Memorial day exercises were held at the East Street school this after- noon when the following program was carried out: America, fifth and sixth grades. Recitatioh, “Your Flag and My Flag,” fitth and sixth grades. The Meaning of Memorial Day, Har- old Beloin. Song, Dixie, fifth and sixth grades. Recitation, The Blue and the Gray, Margaret Rekus. Remarks, W, E. Sternberg, G. A. R., and E. W, Schults, 8. of V. Action song, America. Athenian pledge. ‘“Star Spangled Banner.” Flag salute. TO NATURALIZE ALIENS. enymnwmmsewm tion Friday. Under its increased jurisdiction al- lowed by the recently passed charter amendments, New Britain city court will take over naturalization proceed- ings June 1, Clerk Emil J. Danberg today announcing the date of inaug- urating the innovation. .For the first time since 1906 naturalization may be secured in this city from a local court. Since that date and until now local applicants have -been obliged to go to the United States District Court :in Hartford -at considorable inconven- fence and loss of time. First papers may be mrad by application and anmouncement of in- tention before Clerk Danberg. After an interval of 90 days a petition for second papers may be filed, ' Clerk Danberg preparing the petition and necessary papers- The court will then set a date for hearing on granting of final papers. The local court will be under the jurisdiction of the Boston federal office, an inspector ‘coming from there to examine all applicants for final papers. TIe is estimated there are between 4,000 and 5,000 aliens in this city- Because of the war many applications are expected. BOXES ARE SOLD. ‘New Britain Choral Society Concert in June 1 Assured of Success. Among the box holders for the final concert of the season to be given by the New Britain Choral society on Friday evening, June 1, are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. C. S. Landers, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Stanley, J. A. Traut, Mr. and Mrs. 'W. L. Hatch and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. M. Thompson. ' - - The two fina} nhuruluu for King Olaf, the wérk to be given by the so- clety, will be held Thursday evening, May 31, in Booth’s hall and Friday afternoon at the Lyceum. The house is practically sold out with the excep- tion of a few seats in the second bal- cony. Recent improvements at . the Lyceumi make these seats very désir- able for any musical entertainment. CHAUFFEUR SUES FOR DIVORCE. ‘With an allegation of desertion as his basis for action,?Martin Bush, wtll known chauffeur, has brought a divorse libel against Lydia Sundstrom Bush, Attorney A. A. Greenberg rep- resenting the plaintiff. Papers are returnable in the superior court at Hartford the first Tuesday’ in June. Bush was married to Lydia Sundstrom in this city in January 1913. He al- leges she deserted him a year later: She is believed to be living in Bridge- port, where she has been much of th time since leaving this city. The plaintiff is a chauffeur employed by T. Frank Lee. U-BOAT VICTIMS GIVEN UP, London, May 29, 7:56 a. m.—A Reuter's despatch from an unnamed port says that all hope has been abandoned of the rescue of the miss- ing from the sunken Spanish liner De Eczgauirre. The victims include twelve women and five -mall chil- u WL numm ITS SOLDIER DEAD Tomorrow Afternoon's Parade Begins at 2:45 0'clock Nnnlnmn will turn out qp masse tomorrow to honor her -oldl;‘r del i at the annual Memorial Day Gray haired Civil war veterans, wm\ bent shoulders and .tottering limbs, will once more gather ‘before the sacred mounds in the various ceme- teries to place, what in many in- stances will be their last wreaths on the grave of a comrade of fifty years ago. Middle aged Spanish War Vet: erans will pay their tribute to their comrades of 1898 who ,have since passed to the Great Beyond in civil lite, according to the time honored custom, will visit the family plots in the cemeterfes to pay a tribute to the memory of their departed rela- tives. FExercises Tonight and »’l'onwrrow- Tonight patriotic memorial serv- ices will be held at the Methodist church to which all war veterans, pa- triotic and fraternal organizations as well as civillans are invited. Tomor- TOW the parade -will beginh at 2:15 Pp. m. and the line of march has been arranged by Grand Marshal ‘F. V. Streeter as follows: Line of march will form on.West Main street, the right of the line opposite St.- Mark’'s church. Line will move promptly at 2:15 p. m., down ‘West Main, niorth to St. Mary's.chyrch. countermarch down east side'\of Main street to Franklin Square to' Pearl street, countermarch back to :Main street to Central Park and -Soldiers’ monument, arriving - at monument, west side on Main street line will open order at salute as Grand Army passes through the monument. After the dirge by the band, position will be.taken as per orders for exercises south of monument. Address by Mayor G. A. Quigley. Singing by Eighth grade Grammar school pupils, accompanied by band, Professor George B. Mathews ' di- rectors. l City Items Entertainment and dance St. Peter's Fair tonight.—adyt. Mrs. Forrest Parker and son, For- rest Jr., of Medfield, Mass., are spend- ing a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanson of Buell stréet. A few desirable seats yet unsold in second balcony (newly remodelled) at Lyceum for -Choral Club concert Friday night.—advt. The public is cordially invited 'to ttend "the patriol exercises ‘of, the G. A: R, this evening at the Methodist church. Damon's shoe store will thin evening.—advt. Judgement for the plaintiff to re- cover $95 has been handed down by Judge John H. Kirkham sitting in city court, in the case of Henri Cantero- witz vs. Teofil Bonzek and wife. Ac- tion was : for $150, , commission claimed in the sale of some real es- tate. Attorney Frederick B. Hunger- ford represented the plaintiff and At- torney M D, Saxe the defendants. —_— \ DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Carl Weigand. The funeral of Carl Weigand was largely attended at 2 o’clock this af- ternoon from his home at 76 Wallace street with Rev. Frederick K. Thomp- son, assistant pastor of t South Congregational church, officlating. There were many floral tributes and a delegation -present representing his schoolmates at New Britain High school- - The burial was in Fairview cemetery. be open Mrs. Janet Lawson. The funeral of Mrs. Janet Lawson was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from her home at 86 John street with Rev. J. E. Rees, pastor of the Stan- ley Memorial church, officiating. The burial was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs Seward E. Cowles. Mrs. Jennie Estelle Cowles, aged 58 years, 10 months and 2 days, wife of Seward Edward Cowles, died at her home at 277 Roberts street this morning. She was born in Claremont, N. H,, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Byrnes) Cowles. Besides her hus- band, she.is survived by a son, L. 8. Cowles. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and burml will be in Berllp ' PHOOF OF GERMAN PLO'l‘ m Lansing Tells How Berlin " Attempted to Engage U. S. in Dis- pute, With Allles. ‘Washington, May 29, —chret-ry Lansing, testifying today before the house commerce committee in sup- port of the trading with the enemy bill, said the government had evidence that Germany, while the United States still was neutral, had sent an agent here, who organized a steamship com- pany and loaned Americans the money to buy the grain aboard a ship in order to raise an issue with Great Britain and France over her seizure upon leaving port. ‘doubtless inspired by Germany while we were neutrals, or organization af- fected in this country for the sole purpose of ‘creating friction with Great Britain and France.” SAFETY BOARD TO MEET. The safety board will meet this eve- ning, when action will be taken on the purchase of 200 tons of coal for the police and fire departments. Ad- ditional watchmen for factory work will-probably:be-named by the board. GENERAL CHEMICAL P 34 170 29 Steel Recovers Baly, Basing OF; Closing Is Strong Wall Street—Early offerings met Wwith supporting orders which served to restore priceés in _large measure. U. 8. Steel recovered within a small fraction and some other leaders rallied proportionately. Rails and marines continued to harden and a few specal- tles; including American Car, Linseed common and' preferred, International Paper, American Writing Paper pfd. and Barret Company, went 4 points over closing quotations. Utilities were variable, People’s'Gas falling 2 points to the new low, record of 69 “while Brooklyn (Fransit was strong. Selling was resumed in the second hour, the movement taking on: wider - scope. Bonds were irregular. Conflicting movements marked the light dealings of the early afternoon. Rails showed a further disposition $o ease off, while industrials and special- ties improved again. General Chemical’s gain of 34 points to 239 was an unusual feature. Closing—Under ‘guidance of Steel and various specialties the lst rallied to best prices in the later dealings. The closing was strong. Sales were about 1,000,000 shares. = New York Stook Exchange quota- tions ‘furnished by Richter & Co.. members of the New York Stock Ex- change,. Representced by E. W. Eddy. May 29, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar .. Alaska GOl ..... Am Ag Chem . ..3 Am Car Am Ice . Am Can . Am Loco .. Am Smelting Am Sugar . Am Tel & Tel.....122% Anaconda Cop ... 85 A T 8 Fe Ry Co..102% Baldwin Loco .... 63 . 62 Butte sup.rlor .. 46 Canadian Pacific- .162% Central Leather .. 94 Ches & Ohio ..... 60% Chino Copper .... 58% Chi Mi] & St Paul 76 ColP&I........ 3% Cons Gas ... Crucible Steel .. Del & Hudson . Distillers Sec ..... 16% Brie ..ol 028 Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd . Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 347% Inspiration ..... 63% Kansas City so . Kennecot Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val Max Mot co: Mex Petrol .. N Y Air Brake N Y C & Hud Nev Cons .. NYNH&HRR35% Nor Pac ...... Norf & West . Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons .. Reading ..... Rep I & S com .. So Pac So Ry ... 8o. Ry pfd Studebaker USRubCo ...... 57% U 8 Steel .. 133 % U 'S Steel pfd ...119% Westinghouse .... 54% Willys Overland 303% Midvale .......... 63% 62% LOGAL STOCK MARKET (Furnished by Richter & Co.) )hnuhcmfing Companies. Asked 110 34 328 95 Adams Expran Co .. Aetna Nut Co American Brass Co . American Hoslery American Hardware 138 ‘AAmerican Silver .. 33 American Thread pfd 4 Bigelow-Hfd Cpt pfd. 107 Bigelow-Hfd Cpt com. 83 Billings & Spencer ....106 110 Bristol Brass Co ...... 64 66 Broad Brook Co .. 18 The Edward Balt Co Case, Lckwd & Brnd. Collins Co Colt's Arms Co Eagle Lock Co. n-Nbu"Ipbmo p!d 10: 180 108 - Richter&(C MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Help Win the War!’ Subscribe to Liberty Loan. Information on Request. Holyoke Water Power..440 Interntl Silver ptd ....100 Interntl Silver com Johns-Pratt Co .. Landers, Frary & Clark. §5 J R Montgomery Co... National Marine Lamp. .. 38 New Britain. Machine. New Dep. Mfg pfd North & Judd ...,s,. Peck, Stow & Wiicox. Plimpton Mfg Co . Pratt & Whitney ptd Russell Mtg Co Smyth Mtg Co . Standard Screw pfd A. Standard Screw pfd B. Standard Screw com Stanley Rule and Level Stanley Works ... Swift & Co ... Taylor & Fenn Terry Steam Turbine. . Terry Steam Turbine Rts 8 2 H Torrington Co pfa Torrington Co com Traut & Hine . Union Mfg Co N U 8 BEnvelope pfd U 8 Envelope com Niles, Bement-Pond com 172 Scovill Mtg Co ........830 R. R. and Street R. R. m Hfd & Coon W R B NYNHEZHRR ..... 35 lC Banks and Trast Oompanies. Am Ind Bank & Tst Co 210 City Bank & Tst Co ...135 Conn River Banking Co 145 Conn Tst & Safe Dep Co 510 Fidelity Trust Co ....:300 Aetna Acc & Liab war .500 Conn .718 Hra Sty B . 430 Travelers ............ 916 Public Ut Hfa City Gas Lt Co ptd Htad City Gac Lt Co com 51 Hfa Elec Lt Co ool N Conn Lt & Pr Co #itd 100 N Conn Lt & Pr Co com 850 80 New Eng Tel . 37 Thmpsnville Wtr, Co Thmpsnyille Wtr oC com 40 TO0 LATE FOR WANTED—Bright, accurate bookkeeper in retail store. ence umnecessary. 34 XX, Herald. Can I Afford Not. to Buy A Liberty Loan Bond? 145 Canjiafford not to do & partin showing our gover: meat, our army, our aml our allies th:; ev 'pason in the United State -is solldly supporting them? THOR ELE MACHINES ARE TESTED AND APPROVED ‘BY THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGx INSTITUTH 'l‘lleTHORisSoldon agy mmnom:m g 5 THE SPRING & Bllflll.EY 78-77-79 ' CHURCH STREET Connecticut Trust and Safe*Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficie trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardi Executor or Administrator. CAPITOL $750,000.. . SURPLUS $75°.u Connecticut Trust and Sde Deposlt M. H. Wmml’lfl".

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