New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 7, 1917, Page 2

) fe have « very complete and. fine line of SILVER- RE, CHINA, CUT GLASS for the fide—For Graduate—Watches, Brooches, Bracelets, Rings d Pendapts, all of the very latest style, and we in-- » your inspection, 6{ Aunt Delia's Bread.— sewing session for the will be held in the V?l‘i:‘t i tomorrow, Luncheon By ithe ‘woaun of the sont.h t '5"4‘“"" ‘at Wilson's. L 4 X directors of the Tom: ompany will meet to- l.’of nmmum ’?flnun: Co., 68 Church 8t.— whist for the . Red Cross e last evening by St. Mary's . A. B. society. The winners follows: First, Mrs. Thomas s second, Mry. Margaret Mono- third, Mrs. James Sullivan; Mys. Michael Hannon. rg Manuals $2.00, Interior 8 Duty 50c, cloth, Infantry Drili a 40c, paper. Adkins Print- Church | street.—advt. B. Drum corps dance, T. A. jit], Thursday night.—advt. §-a meeting of the.stockholders of > Ol'fll & Judd Manufacturing , 1t was voted to in- thl capital stock $360,000 to 100. < w shirts, Wilson’s—advt. \tion of Alcasar Range. Furpiture Store. Free souve- gl ‘montlily meeting of the Sew- | soclety of the Swedish Lutheran i was held in giie church par- } this afternoon.. The program was of Mrs. Martin Larson, Mrs. Nelson, Mps. b Louis Nelson, Mrs- Andrew Lar- ;and Mrs. George Molander. members are um-d to be Nils = Nelson,’ . present at a meeting of the Holy Family Circle of St. Mary’s church to be held this evening in the school hall'and turn in the coupons for the drawing. The newly elected officers will be installed after which a social umo ‘will be !yold. coliar attached shirts only at Wilson's.—advt, T. A. B. Drum corps dance, T. A. B. hall, Thursday night.—advt. WORD FROM PARIS T0 LOCAL RED CROSS| Letters of Appreciation for Arti- ces Sent to the Wounded Now that the Red Cross cempaign has been brought to so successful a close, the war relief committes. feels that the people, who have contributed sa genercusly would be interested.to krow aboyt the organiszation, ad- ministration and plans for the futu Obviously this concerns the. whole people. The splendid action of Willlam H Hart in giving his house on Court street to be the Red Cross headquar- ters deserves the recoguition and the gratitude of every Red Cross member and every . citisen. The adequate and convenient quarters thus .pro- vided are greatly appreciated and the activities can be carried on with greater efficiency and magnitude than ever before. The local war relief committee Is which consists of the heads of all de- partments. The executive commit- tee meets weekly and votes upon the ‘work, All goods are purchased with the. approval of the executive com- mittee and all bills contracted are ap- proved by the committee and then by President Brooks and Treas- - the . New Britaln Ch%t The alm of the war relief camrhit- | tee will be to supply those articles for sweaters, READ THIS SHIRT WEEK WILSON’S \ Special - Values—Special Slurts, all sorts, sizes and kinds. Mr. BlgManwithnweolhrmdaBzM —your shirt is here too. y . SHIRTS THIS WEEK which there is-the greatest need and the work now being cut is that which, in the opinion of Mr. Staub of tho Red Cross Atlantic Division, is of greatest importance. = These.’ lnelu flannelette pajamas, hospital shirts, bed socks, surgeons’ gOowns, conve- lescent robes, sheets, pillow slips, children’ relief work, aprons, under- garments of simple design, flannelette petticoats, baby’s wrappers, knitted work such mufl'ler:. sleeveless helmets, wash® cloths and -ponn-. There is great need of workers and if any one wishes.to help the relief end of the army they will find plenty of apportunity at the Red Cross rooms. People who are 'good knit- ters and sewers are earnestly re- quested to call for work to do at home or to come in 1 groups to sew ‘at the rooms where there is always some one able and willing to instruct and help. The public, whether they can sew or not, is cardially invited to visit and jnspect the rooms and see . what is being done there and what is planned for future needs, = Boxes are packed for shipment each Saturday and that they jare with gratitude is -hown Dr the fol- lowing letters from Fran Parts, May 4, 1917, To the mm of . New Britain Chapter, A. R. C.= I have the honor to inform you that the Soclety of the American Reliet Clearing House, at Paris, has delivered to me todsy boxes . of-war relief Nos. P, 3308 and’ 'S 2907 which you have sent by the fntermediary. | I pray you will give the inter- pretatian of our most sincere gratitude to the donors. Youys very truly, GENERAL SECRETARY, 4 ‘Vamanne. From The Soclety of the French Red Cro_-‘ Another letter is as follows: To the Director of " New Britain Chapter, A. R. C. I, at the request of the society, write to ackmowledge the ‘recep- tion of your genérous package which we shall try to distribute 1 for, the: best among our addhr- \n.nd ‘our wounded.: ‘We are very grateful to, you for it and prey you to accept our - best sentiments. - THE PRESIDENT OF THE CEN- TRAL COMMITTEE OF WOMEN Ta 14, Ksse Haussonville. “Today we find women everywhere opping off superfiuities, retrenching expenditures, deaf to the.. call pleasure and the mandates of fashion, swept by the incoming patriotism of the time to the loftiest height of womanhood, willing to do, to bear, to suffer for the beloved 'country. The riven fetters of conventionality have dropped to their t and they sit together day by day work(\: for the common cause.” ‘That was the story penned by a woman in the days of 1861; and this is the story today. Every woman can find her opportunity at the Red Cross room. SENT TO JAIL FOR FIGHTING AT HOME o of $49, 80 as to come under the jur- isdiction of the court, from his sister, Miss Augusta Bjorklund of 209 Chest- nut t, Carl Bjorklund of the same address entered & plea of guilty and was sentenced to three months in jall. Ignorance was pleaded as to knowledge relative to where-the stol- en money, check and valuable watch went, - The accused: admitted having gone’ to Hartford, gettting into the “alchi” gang and losing his memory relative to experiences ending in his ‘arrest at the passenger station yes- terdey by Policeman Charles Ander- son, off duty, who happened -to be passing .through the Arcade and re- membered general orders issued to locate Bjorklund. He further ad- mitted that he was discharged in April from the state farm for in- trun» and belief was expressed that the theft resulted at this time. ‘'Ac- cording to the police, this theory is not borne out by evidence, the empty watch case being found in one of the accused’s pockets at the time of ar- rest and later statements by him giving the idea that he originally had at least part of the missing pl’vperty and wag ignorant as to its disposal. In court, he admitted that hie had no idea of what happened after he ar- rived in Hartford and fell into the clutches of a “bad gang.” Joseph e of 51 Lawler street is scheduled to be returned to the state reformatory at Cheshire, from which institution he has been on parole. Arraigned today on charges of theft from the plant of the Corbin Serew corporation, he insisted upon | ‘“We prefer the Ilatter course” he was tersely informed by Prosecuting” ‘'Attorney George W. Kilett and request for a continuance until tomorrow was asked o0 that Captain Carter, probation officer of the Cheshire institution ‘may act Still maintaining his defiant attitude, Burke asked for the fixing of bonds and was informed that the amount 18 $200. He subsided without comment, apparently stinned by thd unexpectsd large amount. Captain Carter arrived in this city later in the day to assumie custody of Burke and it is anti: ed that the case will be | m:ml'; ‘noll-d in court tomorrow, as fav as {local action is concerned. His arvest last night was made by Sergeant Theodore Johnson and Policeman |. James McCabe. It leged that stale mmwh:m from tz: plant with the intentions of sejling them. = According to the authorities, the accussd has been unusually inde- pendent and maintained a deflant at- titude throughout. Hldxe!u- photo drama, Fox's v.uamu. and moving Dpictures, Keeney’s theater. New Briatin lm..v B. P. O. E. meets at 34 Washington street. Turner sociéty meets in Turner hall. ‘Water commissioners meet in City ebriates at Norwich lfl.l‘ & course of | hall. treatment, Following his arrest, tho accused blamed the theft of check, cash 4nd watch .to an unidentified tramp, whom, according to his story, called at the house geveral days ago, wanted something to eat and was accommo- dated upon directions ' from Mrs. Bjorklund, mother of the accused, a prominent member of the Salvation Army corps. He sald that, in pre- paring the meal,the kitchen was tem- porarily left to the occupancy of the ALWAYS THE Lexington lodge, I O. O. F., mesta in Jr. O. U. A..M. hall. St. Jean de Naptiste soclety meets at 34 Church street. & Lady Nest of Owis meets in Klec- tric hall. Vater Jahn lodge, D. of H., meets in Bapdeck’s hall Court Progress, . of A., in Holmes and Hoffman's hall. - Court Charter Oak, ¥. of A., meets at 242 Main street. meets SAME ery gallon of SOCONY is hke every other gal- lon, no matter where you buy it. 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WaT Standard Oil Co. of New York n-gs MANUEL OF INSTRUCTION | Pins - AMERICAN RED CROSS A'Bridged Text Book & - East Main Street Man - Given Month—“Tramp” Exonerated " Testiffled. against by his. wife. snd -ld-r son with allegations of having used insviting and unprintable lan- guage toward them, coming home frequently under the influence of liquor and acting so strangely that needed sleenp was impossible, John Kallberg of 646 Fast street was ar- raigned before Judge John H. Kirk- ham in police court today, a jail sen- tence of 30 days being imposed, Re- luctant to testify against him but ad- mitting that something must be done because of his behavior, Mrs. Kall- berg told of his conduct, of the im- proper language used and general rumpus caused by his condition. Con- ditions reached such a stage yester- day that complaint was made to the police,. Policeman Herbert W. Lyon visiting the scene.and making the | arrest. — Charged technically with the theft