New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1917, Page 6

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From the homes of all, her being began, She took what she man: Justice, that knew no station: Belief, as soul decreed: Free alr, for aspiration; Free foroce, for independent _deed! where gave to BAYARD TAYLOR. “MUSEUM WEEK.” This has been designated as MMuseum Week” at the New Dritain /Institute. The attention of teachers | mnd parents has been called to the | work in hand. On the top floor of the Institute there have been ar- ranged collections of various ethnolog- Pical, historical, and other works ail .of which will instill into the young heart a better love for life. Under the able care and skill of 13. Burlingham Schurr, curator of the Museum, there has been gathered one of the best collections of natural ‘phenomena ever assembled in this Lcity. - It is not going too far to say that there are few cities, if any, in entire New England that can boast of such an array. To the student of matural history there is a wealth of materiai over which he can browse. To the man or woman, boy or girl, interested in what occupied the time of those who came before us, there #s the assembiage of odds and ends [of another period. No matter where lone turns in the Museum there is something worth while. In so far as the art collection is concerned. while it i not an elabor- ate one there are gems of the paint- lers’ brush which will at once appeal to the lover of light and shade. In he realm of science the same thing pplies. Altogether, there is now ider the roof of the Institute a col- lection of interesting material of hich the city and its people can well proud. One visit will suffice create interest. 4 OTHERS TO COME. | There is no doubt abqut it now. fhe Second Liberty Loan “went over" h & rush, with a bang. It was a s with a capital S. The men d women of the nation responded bly. They dug out of their jeans d their other hoarding places the od American dollars that wili play ich & great factor in winning this It was a tight squeeze in many noes; but it was worth while. who have been hard pressed for h, men who could have used their noney in other ways, men who could pave satisfled some of the appetites lttvated in the unregenerate past jave every cent they could to the loan. t was the same with the women. any a woman who might have pought a new hat went without such dornment in order that Uncle Sam aight realize the benefit of such a crifice. All in all, the floating of he Second Liberty loan was a mas- r stroke of patriotism. There is no intent now for slapping urselves on the back; for the end not come yet. There are other nd greater sacrifices ahead. There re more meatless days coming. Thers pust be wheatless mals, and sugar- meals, and other-less things. ere may be cven sleepless nights; ut those are all in the game and the merican people will not whimper. hey have done well up to this oint. They will do even better in he future. Tt is so written in the ook of Books. There must be no kers and shirkers amongst us. 0se of us who were indifferent have ow changed the order of things. The ight of the marching soldiers, the lought of our boys in the trenches Europe, the picture of the first ar- llery duel with the Germans, all hese things have brought about a fferent feeling. We are Americans if we ever were,—first, last, and il the time. At the out-set, Uncle Sam was very good to his nieces and his nephews,— as he always is. He suffered even at their hands. Some of them so far forgot themselves as to aid in the German propaganda that boded noth- ing but ill for their own country. And yet Uncle Sam was patient. He was kindly disposed even when sedition was preached on the public corners. He let every man have enough rops even if fools intended to hang them- Then came the serlous mo- In April this country was forced to declare war upon a selves. ment of it all. ruthless military machine, a fiend that stretched its bloody hands to- ward the throats of innocent women and children, all non-combatants. And with the war Uncle Sam straight- ened up. For the first time a serious look came over his features. He knew then it was to be a bhattle to the death, a fight between Autocracy and Democracy to see which should re- main unmolested upon the earth. And seeing, he asked for help. He asked his nephews to step forward and.en- ter the ranks of the army and the navy. There was little response to the call of Uncle Sam. The boys of this nation had become indifferent to the calls of the Uncle. The men had waxed fat and wealthy on the land. The preachers of discord and disloy- alty were abroad in the land, and all these things tended toward an apathy that was appalling. So, after repeat- ed calls for volunteers. and few com- ing forward, Uncle Sam grew angry. Then he formulated the Selective Service Law, and those who did not step forward were brought forward by the scruff of the neck. It almost amounted to that. There was grum- bling. Even there were high remarks of ‘unsavory nature; but the law of the nation prevailed and our young men of military age were sent to the sixteen military cantonments, thers to be taught the duties of the soldfer. Having sent the flower of the na- tion into this camp, Uncle Sam then looked to the stay-at-homes for the money with which to carry on the work of training a vast military ma- chine. The First Liberty Loan was floated, and was a success. Later there arose the need for more money and the Second Liberty Loan J/Gva.s Jaunched. It closed on last Saturday, just as it should have closed, in a blaze of glory. * We naturally will now settle down for a period of relaxation, and we may pat ourselves on the shoulder and say “Wejl done.” Yet there is nmo cause for feeling over- proud. For, had we not responded to the Liberty Loan, as it was our duty to do, Uncle Sam could just as well have drafted out money as he draftéd our young men. ° - The time for fooling fs now over. The time for arguments, pro or con, has now gone past. There is room only for one thing, and that is pa- triotism. We must support this na- tion in the war it is waging against German Imperialism. Either that or we must be prepared to take the con- sequences. This country is out to win, and win it must,—even if every man in the nation must be sacrificed, even if every dollar in the country has to be spent. The lives of the men are dependent to a large degree upon the dollars that are sent to back them up. How these dollars are to be spent remains with the American people. They can be spent in purchasing Lib- erty Bonds, future issues to come, at four or five per cent for the privilege, or they can be spent in exorbitant taxes imposed by the Government upon a people that refuses to give NEW BRITAIN. DAILY - HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917, exercised in this most momentous work. The conservation of food is a gigantic task set before a people who have up to this time been guilty of the highest sins of extravagance. There will be a canvass among the housewives of this and other cities to the end that they affix their signa- tures to pledge cards promising frugal use of all foodstuffs. This is a good thing, and many who sign these cards will be embued with the proper spirit. There will be others, however, who will merely sign as a matter of form, just as they would approve of any good work. The rea- son for this negligence will be found in the present state of the nation. We have been at war for going on seven months and, as yet, there has been no evidence of famine. No one yet has pointed a finger in any direction and said, “There is where we are going to suffer.. There is where the pinch is going to come.” And, as see- ing is believing, so it will be difficult to many men and women to stop-waste and extravagance until dearth and famine stalk through the land. Yet if we are to help in this war, if we are to contribute to the market bas- kets of the Allied powers as we will eventually have to do, now is the time to begin the enormous task of conserving food. CTS AND FANCIES. peace in the We see no chance for Europe. Nobody wants it but pecple.—Paterson Call. The great task now bhefore the kaiser is so to camouflage the chan- cellorship as to make the German people believe that they really have a voice in the government.—New York World. When the New Hdven stock is all sold, The Day would respectifully re- quest the management to sweep up willingly. Tt is for each and every American citizen, man or wom: an, to now think these things over and determine just what = shall ‘be done. They have conscripted our boys. They can do the same thing with our money. N\ BEGIN NOW. Herbert Hoover or any other man 1iving could not bring about the con- servation of food in this country without the assistance of outside agencies. The first of these influences might be mentioned as an abnormal high cost of living which would in itself force the people to cut down their rations. The main one un- doubtedly is the people themselves. Unless they enter wholeheartedly into the spirit of the thing there will be just as much food wasted in this year of war as there was in the last vear of peace. After all. Mr. Hoover himself ad- mits, the conservation of food in the United States can be brought about by no other means than by the hearty co-operation of the people. They are the ones who must take care of the affair. It is his duty only to point out the road they must travel in or- der to come to some definite haven. If they choose to walk blindly, that is their look-out. The campaign for food conservation now going on is a common sense affair. It has noth- ing to do with hysteria. It does not ask men and women to go entirely without eating. Tt preaches not the doctrine of the forty-day fast. Rather, 1t asks thet ewdiasny intsltigonce b Stebbins’ bridge.—New London Day. Some people will not buy a bond till they see the whites of the ene- my’s eyes.—New York Sun. The sugar shortage was ovér so saon that no one really had a chance to get sour over it.—Boston Tran- script. After the war the boys who went to the front in the uniform of the Amerfican army will come to the front in every walk ofslife in Ameri- ca.—Loulsville Jaurnal-Courier. Mayor Thompson of Chicago in- vested $5,000 in Liberty Bonds. If this be treason, let the kaiser make the most of it.—New York World. As further evidence that France is, as the kaiser is fond of saying “bled white,” the French last Tues- day smashed two miles into the Ger- man lines, taking and holding im- portant positions and capturing 8,000 prisoners and guns.— Springfield Union. 25 Of the Chicago mother who has 10 sons in the army, the Houston Post says: ‘“There's a woman who never had time to devote to feeding crackers to a parrot or Kknitting sweaters for a poodle.”—New Haven Union. Banks employing girls as clerks find them slower than boys, which ought to be an advantage occasionally when one of the clerks starts South with the contents of a till.—Pitsburgh Post. There is some doubt &s to whether coal will be king this winter. A pop- ular disapproval of kings is growing, and the Government may put this monarch off his throne and in his COMMUNICATED PASTOR HARRIMAN ON WAR. People’s Church Minister Makes His Views Clearer. Pastor's Study, 'People’s Church, Oct. 30, 1917. My Dear Herald:— I see by your splendid my Sunday night.sermon, the great world war was that the closing paragraphs are quite clear as to what I aimed to say. I would not for anything wish to be misunderstood,as to what I be- lieve the right and loyal attitude of Christians toward this war and to- ward the expresséd aims of the na- tion in taking part in the war. And because what you printed may seern ambiguous to some, I am en- closing a copy of my own manuscript on the last paragraphs, with the re- quest that you print it. I believe you will oblige me, ana thank you in advance. Also I im- prove this occdsion to thank you heartily for the full reports of for- mer sermions in this series, and the very accurate manner in which your compositors have done their work. Faithfully yours, N. H. HARRIMAN. “What a lurid sidelight upon evolu- tion! A war that is drawing into its bloody vortex the whole world, the result' of evolution! ‘The survival of the fittest,’ appealed to by a great nation as justification for such an effort to conquer the whole world! Yet how can you escape the logic of Germany’s reasoning, if God’s system of peace is rejected? “And since the law of survival is wholly selfish and savage, why com- plain at Bernhardl’s frank argument that since survival depends wholly upon superior strength, the strength to survive constitutes the right to survive; the power to conquer con- stitutes the right to conquer? And the next step in the argument: since survival is the highest. good, and must be sought as the highest good, why let ‘ a scrap of paper’ stand be- tween us and the quickest course to our goal? The argument surely is logical.” Where is the trouble with the argument? Why do the other na- tions so abominate the theory that seems to guide German arms? ““The reason is that the nations he tile to Germany still believe that the world can successfully ineorporate the humane ethics of Christianity into international relations; while Germany admits this only up to the point where these humane consider- ationg get in the way of the supreme right, the right to survive if a na- tion has power to survive: then moral considerations must give way to the higher, the highest, law the highest good, survival. Standing in the way of survival, they become mere weak sentimentalism, and must go down. “This explains Belgium. This ex- plains the Lusitania. This explains the Armenian atrocities. This explains the spectacle of a single nation with a few weak. allies, standing off a world jn arms. “And Christian men need have no among the nations warring agatnst Germany, that they stand for moral- ity among nations, that they abhor the ethics or lack of ethics of Ger- many in carrying on the war, run- ning amuck among the nations, drunk with its dream of world conquest. ‘‘And Christian men ned have no difficulty in choosing between the two theories, even though they see that neither@theory is correct, neither the- ory is the Bible theory. So long as wo live in the world, so long we must be on the gide ‘that seeks to make the world a better place to live in. “Yet it must be said, that neither the survival of the fittest. nor the evolution of human nature up to the loftiest ethical standards, is God's sys- tem for freeing the world from war, and all unrighteousness. We are des- tined to find that nothing permanent will eome from cultivating morality in place of regeneration: there must be supernatural deliverance from the love of sin, before there can be per- manent peace.” report of in which place as a servant of the people. Baltimore American. One reason for expelling Senator LaFollette is to cut him loose from the frank he is using to circulate his speeches against the government at government expense.—Buffalo Enquir- er. COMRADES. e He was society's lily pet, Some parlor doll of high degree That flirted around with the uppish set; Now we're tent-mates, him and me. I was a grocer's clerk before ‘My fate got mixed with the infantry; But they don't need a visitin’-card for ‘war In the home o' the brave and the land o’ the free. He used to sncer at me for a simp; “Lizzie’ I called him the first few days; ~ ‘We didn’t get on till, worn and limp, We found we wuz game in different ways: Marchin’ full kit for thirty miles with the sun full glare on him and me Just leveled us stiff, and piles For the makin’ o’ true democracy. it counted So us two guys are comrades now; I swear at him and he swears at me; We're gettin’ fit for the little row That's goin’ on across the sea. Unc’' Sam drew lots and called us two, And he ain’t so very partial when There's a lot o’ work for all to do And a deuce of a famine in fighting men. He was society's Hly pet, But now we bunk in the same tepee. He used to dance with the gilded set; And it's drill and beans for him and me. He don't give a darn what I was before, And 1 don't give a whoop what he used to be; ) All that we know is we're in a war Hittin® it up for democracy. —ELIAS LIBERMAN ‘n-Hverybodyle, HALLLOWE'EN SOCIALS. An informal Hallowe’'en social and dance will be given under the aus- pices of the office force of Landers, Frary & Clark Co., Thursday evening, in Boqth’s hall. The affair will be for members of the office force only. A Hallowe'en sociel was given under the auspices of the Children of Mary of St. Mary's parish last eve- ning in the schoel hall. In celebration of the night on which witches are sald to come from the mysterious unkpown and celebrate once a year on mother earth the Chil- dren of Mary of 8t. Péter's church will hold a Hallowe'sn social this evening in the Parish hall. St. Anne's soclety will hold a regular meeting Wednesday evening follow- ing which a Hallowe’en social will be enjoyed. Numerous novel entertaining features have been arranged from both celebration NEW SUPERNUMERARIES. Five men will be appointed to supernumerary force of the police partment Friday evening at a meet- ing of the board of police commis- sloners in the safety board room. The men who have passéd the civil serv- ice examinations and who will be appointed supernumeraries are James Cleere, Henry Friedman, Thomas J. John C. Stadler and David The men’s names and averages were posted at police headquarters last evening by Clerk Charles Quigley of the civil service board. Ope other ap- plicant was unable to take the ex- aminations because his notice to re- port did not arrive early enough. the EX-CONGRESSMAN DIES, Athens, Ohio, Oct. 30.—General Charles H. Grosvenor, former repre- sentative from the Eleventh Ohlo dis- trict, dled at his home here early to- day, aged 84. 2 TEN MORE MILLION. Washington, Oct. 30.—Ten million dollars more was advanced to France today by the government, bringing credits to the Allies to the total of $2,866,400,000, discusseéd, | not | DOING HIS BIT JAMES P. ROGERS. Another New Britain boy who is doing his bit is James P. Rogers, son of Mrs. D. O. Rogers of 29 Camp street. Rogers, who is one of the most popular young men of the town, is a graduate of thé Grammar and High schools of New PBritain and was a member of the 1914 graduation class at Willlams college. He attended the second officers’ reserve training camp at Plattsburg and at the end of three months was commissioned a second lieutenant. He is at present stationed at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., whero he is helping in the instruction of men of the National Army. EVENTS TONIGHT Superior photo plays, Lyceum thea- ter. - High class photo drama, Fox's thea- ter. Vaudeville and moving pictures, Keeney's theater. W. L. Morgan lodge, K. of P., meets in Vega hall. Isabella Circle, N. D. of I, enter- tainment, 166 Main street. DEATH OROSSING GONE. Work at Lake Street Removes Rail- road Menace. The menace at Lake streot, at one time one of the most dangerous rail- road crossings in the city, has now been entirely eliminated. A stretch of land belonging to the National Spring Bed company was bought by the city and turned into an extension from Lake into Washington street and tem- porary wooden fences have heen erect- ed parellel to the railroad tracks pre- venting the public from traversing the old route. City Engineer W. H. Hall ocontemplates building an iron rail on top of the concrete wall the entire distancee, permanently closing traffic to those that may seek to choose the old route. Laying of 2 1-2-inch amiesite pave- ment over a 6-inch concrete base on Lake street will be commenced by the Connecticut and Rhode Island Co. to- morrow. Werk pertaining to improv- ing the appearance of the slopes on the property bought from the Spring Bed company has begun. Concrete walks and curbs have been installed. Besides climinating the dangerous crossing the work done has resulted in creating a decidedly better looking aspect on Lake street, especially at the corner of Washington street. LIEUT. GLOVER WRITES HOME. He's “Over There” and In the Best of Health. Lieutenant Joseph A. Glover who practiced as a lawyer in this city be- fore leaving for Plattsburg training camp has written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Glover, of - Spring street, saying that his journey across the ocean was quiet and without any startling adventures to réemark upon. Lieut. Glover graduated from Yale Law school with the class of 1917. Lieut. Glover was an attendant at the firet training camp of the year at Plattsburg and wap assigned to a company from Westfleld, Mass., after whish he was sent across. ' Previous to the letter the only correspondence received from him wae a cablegram to the effect that he had safely ar- rived ‘“‘over there.” The young lieu- tenant says that he is in the best of health and his company is in good spirits. IN POLICE COURT. Mean Fined $7 For Theft of An Over- coat. Charged with- the theft of an over- coat from Michael Nevenski at Ben- son’s hall last. evening John Doburck was fined $7 and cost in the police court this morning by Judge Meskill The overcoat was found in Doburck's possession and he claimed it was his. Nevenski disputed the claim and caused his arrest. Mike Jakofsky was fined $6 and costs in court this morning for breach of the peace. He was arrested last night. Mathew Blank, arrested yesterday charged with assault on John Doe, ap- peared In court this morning to an- swer the charge. Judgment was sus- pended. BODY BESIDE TRACKS. Man Killed By Raflroad Train Has Not Been Identified. Meriden, Oct. 30.—The body of a man, unidentified as yet, was found today beside the tracks of the New Haven railroad at the south end of the city. It was that of a man appar- ently between 50 and 55 years old and well dressed. Tt was removed to a local morgue. The medical examiner believes the man was struck by a train early today. FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RAVY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Air Not hot air, T assure you. But cold | air, compressed air, water-charged air, | and atmospheric air. You know !f there were no air all those billlons of bullets and 42 centi- | meéter buck shot they have been shoot- ing these three years in France would most likely still be buzsing around in space. And since we must ocoupy space—stop; I don't want to alarm you. There {8 still plenty of air. If there wesn’t a batleship couldn’t batt. She has four vastly important uses for air under pressure: Torpedoes, tools, tubes, and gun gas-ejectors. Lack of any one would cripple her. In the torpedo room a huge ship- +haking engine sucks in air at the tate of 10,000 cu. ft. a minute, grap- #! with tenuous stuff and crams it mto heavy steel tanks until the pres- sure guage registers more than 2,500 ibs. per square inch. Torpedo air flasks are connected directly to the ' tanks, occaslonally to the compressor itself, and receive their charge which sends them speeding through the wa- ter 7 or 8 milés at 80 knots an hour. Down by the ship's main epgines is another air plant, this time a battery . A [ blows a minute, 35 minutes out of an’ hour, eight hours a day. Thé same man sitting quietly can strike 200 75- 1b. blows & minute with a pneumatic bammer . On a warship, where quick repairs are always vital, a single pneumatic hammer tool can do the work of 650 husky mechanics—and doesn’t require three squares and & sleep to keep going. Fire circulating around water-filled. tubes makes steam in a boiler. Soot deposit coats the tubes and reduces boller efMelency, Each day they must be cleaned. After a run every inch of surface is scoured. Compressed air up to 200 1bs. pressure i{s used. Steam is good for the same purpose b more expensive and less efficient. Afl also operates wire brushes and sorap- ers thrust into the tubes. After a big gun is fired gas and flame linger in the 50-foot cavern of its chamber. If aimed into the wind flame may be driven back when the breech is opened. Men have been terribly burned in this way. Once the next charge just brought up was ig- * nited; the turret blew up killing most. of the crew. of 6 or 8 steam or electric driven com- pressors directly under the Chief's eye. They feed into large storage tanks at a pressure from 50 to 140 lbs. Branch lines and auxillary tanks supply air for pneummtic tool Did you ever notice the frightful chatter- ing in a ship yard? Air driven rivet. ers, chippers, hammers, gouges, and chisels are next to rapid fire guns the noisest weapons in the world. They are built like a gun with an air hose leading to the butt and a tool in the muzzle. One or two men grip the stock, brace and pull the trigger. Afr at about 76 1bs escapes and strikes a piston behind the hammer or chisel, This blow automatically cuts off the air. But, trigger down, the operation is repeated sometimes 300 or 400 times a minute. A strong man with a sledge can strike three or feur 80 to 76 pound RETAILERS MUST KEEP PRICES LOW All Those Who Overcharge Will Be Put Out of Business ‘Washington, Oct. 30.—One of the most sweeping regulations pro- mulgated by the Food Administra- tion to protect consumers from ex- cessive prices on the.part of vetail- ers will become effeotive on Nov. 1. It provides that no retaller or other dealer who in violation of the Food Control Acts puts excessive prices on necessary foods will be able to ob- tain supplies. It further provides that no manu- facturer, wholesaler or other han- dler of lood will be allowed to sell to any retailer anywhere in the Uniteq States who makes unreason- able profits or buys large quantities of foods for speculative purposes. The regulation will be incarporated in the licensing system which will be announced in a few days. ‘While exempt from the licensing provision of the Food Law, the smaller retailers of food, of whom there are several hundred thousand, are nevertheless subject to other pro- visions of the Food Control Act. Every retailer of whatever size is forbidden to make any unreasonable charge, to hoard, to monopolize, waste or destroy food or to conspire with any one to restrict the production, distribution or supply or to exact excessive prices on any necessities. There are no penalties provided under the food act, but the adminis- tration hopes that the arrangement of restricting supplies to violators of the law will have itg effect, for the re- tailer will find himself unable to buy goods from any wholesaler or manu- facturer. The food administrators of the va- rious states have been instructed by the Federal board to be on the watch and send to Washington the names of retailers charging excessive prices. in this way the government will be able to deal with dishonest retailers who seek to take advantage of the consuming public. The food adminis- tration takes the position that the great majority of those engaged in the business of seling foodstuffs are patriotic and are making every of- fort to sell to the consumer at the lowest possible prices. Such dealers will be protected from illegitimate competition. Those who persist in abusing their opportunities will be dealt with under the strict interpre- tation of the Food Control Act. WATSON CALLED TO CANADA. Notice has been received by Thomas ‘Watson formerly well known in this city, at present residing in Hartford, to make preparations to Teport in Canada next month for entrance into active service with the Canadian Machine Gun company, who will em- bark in a short while for Europe. He is employed at Colt's factory in Hart- ford and his duties will be to Instruct and explain details concerning the working of machine guns. In ae- cordance with the annual visit of the Caledonian club of New Haven a banquet will be given by the Burns club of which Mr. Watson is a mem- bér. The game of carpet bowls hang- ing fire between the two clubs is to be just as interesting this year as in past yéars, the following gladlators hav- ing been secured to roll for the Burns | agsregation: Thomas McKay, Willlam Blnir, Robert Sloan, Robert Middle-| , Jr., John Sloan, James Ma. Arthur, James Pattison, Alexander Gbrdon, Thomas Watson, Edward' Ramage and Stephen Robb. Follow- ing the banquet there will be an en-l tertainment, A few years ago a naval officer ing vented the gas-ejector system now used on all guns to prevent so-called “flare-backs”. A number of small holes through the breech admit com- pressed air at 150 1bs. pressure. Op- ening the breech operates an air valve which is not closed until the first loaderman reports “bore clear.” Roar of gun’s air blast immediately follow. ing the shock of discharge is more upa setting to a novice than the explosion itself. To many recruits its shrill hiss. ing suggests a kind of glant fuse which at any minute may culminate in an awful blast of death. Just what is an air-compressor? It is an ordinary pump with the steam piston larger than the air piston. As, in a tire pump a large pressure is ap- plied to a small volume of air at a time, rapidly and persistently. The charge of one torpedo could inflate 2,000 tires. — MISS MARSHALL A BRIDE. MM'Mwmh‘uxmm Sister om Harrison Street. The home ef Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Starkey, 31 Harrison street, was the scene of a pretty home wedding on . S8aturday evening, October 27, When Miss Lena Howard Marshall, daughter of Mrs. Myra Packard Marshell, and Alan DeWitt Colvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Colvin ot Troy, N. Y., were married, Rev. Henry W. Maier officiating. The bride was attended by Mrs. ‘Wilbur Sheeley Sherwood of Hartford as matron of honor, and Jessie Mar- fon Starkey, niece of the bride as flower girl. Professor Willlams of Reneselaer Institute was best man, and the ushers were Wilbur 8. Sherwood ‘u! Hartford and Frank H. Starkey of this olty. The bride wore a gown of white satin trimmed with duchess lace and a vell caught up with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The matron of honor wore a dress of pale blue with silver trimmings and carried pink roses. When Mr. and Mrs. Colvin return from their wedding trip they will re- side at 260 Fairfleld avenue, Hart- ford. ALLEGED SLACKER ARRESTED. Joseph F. Niedziecki Arrested for Fuajlure to Answer Call. Failing to answer the summons of the First District exemption board to appear for a second examination, Jo- seph F. Niedziecki, aged 25, of Broad4, street, was arrested last evening by Police Sergeant Theodore Johnson at the request of the exemption board. Niedziecki appeared before the board when first called and was examined but no decision was reached in regard to his case. e A few days latter he was called for another examination but paid no attention to the matter. The board sent him a third notice but for some reason or other he failed to put in appearanoce. The polies weps then notified to round him up end 'he was arrested last evening. He told the board this morning that he never received the notices %0 appear for the second examination and that efter the fivst examination he went to Bristol Where - he secured employment. Shortly aft- er going to Bristol he came back to New Britain. He stated this morning that he was in the navy for seven monthg but was discharged when he received & frastured skull. According to Niedsleck! he tried several times to join the army but was told that he was unfit for military service. He was examined todey by the local board. _— PRICE OF MOVIES INCREASES New Rates For Admission Go Into Bf- fect Thursday. Now that the theaters have finally agreed to'demand an extra cent on tickets New Britain people will soon be accustomed to the added taxation on both trolley and theater tickets. The new regulation will go into effect Thursday. ) It was announced by the managers of Keeney's, Fox's and Lyceum thea- ter that commencing November 1, a 1 cent increase ‘will be added to tick- ets that at present sell for 5 cents, and tickets formerly selling for 20 cents will be inoreased two ocents. Rates at the Scenic theater having beon changed but recently the scale of prices will remain the same, Man- ager Peter Porokas announces. Manager McDonald of Fox's has an- nounced that 10 cent tickets will be 11, 15 cent tickets will sell at 17 cents and 20 cent tickets 22. The Lyceum and Keeney's management will charge 11 cents for 10 cent tickets and 22 fer 30 ceant tickets. g 5 ~ <