New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1917, Page 11

Does getting coal make you think of a Warm Overcoat? Don’t take it too seriously for we can show you plénty of serviceable, warm coats for as low as $18, some for $22, and if you want the best, $35 gets it. Smart, belted Trench Coats; big, long, warm ulsters and the regular knee length coats—you are sure to find just the kind you waat here. CLOTHING CO NEW BRITAIN, COMN. OMITH LIEUTENANT N FIRE DEPARTHENT Unanimous Choice of Commis- sioners at Last Night’s Meeting Pl At a special session of the fire board last evening Frederick Smith was appointed a fire lieutenant to succeed Richard Forsythe, who re- signed some time ago. All members were present and Chairman A. E. Magnell presided. The minutes of the last meeting were read and the «ivil service examinations taken re- cently by candidates for the call force and lieutenancy were inspected. Commissioner Camp asked Chief Dame if he had any recommendations to make but he had none. An in- foral ballot“¥as faken on the motion of Commissioner Moran and Hoseman _Smith of. Company No. 2 and former- ly with Engine company No. 5 re- ceived four votes. Mr. Smith’s appointment takes ef- fect November 1. No action was taken regarding the appointment of a successor to Mr. Smith. It was stated that the fire board has met great difficulty in securing callmen to go on the regular force. Mr. Camp and Mr. Magnell said that they would like to appoint every tan- Jlidate to the call-force if the finance board would not object. Mr. Camp said that he believed that every man on the call force should be asked his 1dea of joining the regular force when & vacancy occurs. The following six men were ap- pointed to the call force on motion of Mr. Moran, ohn J. Higgins, John M. Shaw, Oscar Nygren, Harry E. Parsons, John O’'Brien and Fred G. Linn. Three men are needed at the present time to fill vacancies in the regular department and there is a possibility that one-more man will be lost. None of the six appointees will be eligible for regular duty for a year. A communication was read from the Gamewell company that the com- -pany has quit bidding on contracts for underground cables, and that the company therefore will be unable to handle the job of laying out the pro- posed blueprint map of the city's electrical system. The matter was laid over until the next meeting of the board. Replis were also read from Hol- ~ voke, Springfield, Hartford and Bridgeport dealing with their hand- ling of the cable system. Some time rgo the city planned the composition of a map showing the location of the fire department electric system and Mr. Magnell, answering a question of Mr. Moran, said that unless the work Is done before the cold weather 1t may be hampered somewhat. An ex- spert has not yet been hired and it was with that in view that the board rommunicated with other parties. Mr. Camp suggested that the chairman in- vestigate and if he learns anything that will tend to clarify the situation, he may communicate personally with the members of the board. LOSES FRIENDS IN WAR. FEric Also Dead. Correspondence in the forms of let- ters and other mail matter received by Eric Holmes of Rocky Hill ave- nue, this city, who is an employe at .the Union Manufacturing Company, in the office force, are to the effect that practically all his school chums have been slain in the great struggle and just recently he received informa- tion that his brother has also met death at the front. Until a few years ago Mr. Holmes lived in England and at the outbreak of the war he came to this country. That latest letter which he is in receipt of brings the sad information that the regiment of which his broth- er was a member is lost. As none of the memberg of the regiment can be found they have been marked down as dead. Holmeg Learns His Brother Is' WIDE-AWAKE MEN OF AFFAIRS know that the busi- ness of the community largely centers around its banks—and that the facilities afforded by these institutions are indispensable tv commercial enterprise. The Commercial Trust Company invites you to make it your depgs- itary and offers you approved facilities for transacting your bank- ing business. AMBASSADOR SAYS ARMY WAS SPLENDID (Continued from First Page) the clinging mud could not tell. they themselves Aviation Activities. London, Oct. 31.—The British war office last night issued the following statement on aviation activities: “Yesterday there were a few fine in- tervals during which our airplanes ob- served for our artillery and fired sev- eral thousand rounds from their ma- chine guns at enemy troops in the trenches and on the roads. Over 100 bombs were dropped on hostile billets at Roulers and elsewhere during the day and again at night. In air fighting four hostile machines were driven down and one was driven down out of control. Two of our machines are sing. Last night ur machines again at- tacked the railway station and lines around Saarbrucken (Rhenish Prus- sia, northeast of Metz (Germany) The bombs were seen to burst with good effect. All our machines re- turned, though the weather conditions ‘were exceptionally bad. This morning at 11 o'clock twelve of our machine went further afield and attacked the munitions works and gas works at Pirmasens, 20 miles beyond Saar- brucken. Bombs were seen to burst | on factories and the gas works with ex- cellent results. Many photographs were taken and the weather was good. All our machines returned. To Arm Trains. Petrograd, Oct. 31.—The ministry of war has been authorized to provide | armed guards for passenger and freight trains, M. Liverevsky, minister of ways and communications, having reported anarchial conditions on the railways. The report showed that stations and freight trains had been looted and passengers robbed. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Beginning next week the TeacHers’ club will hold dances every Thursday evening in the high school gymna- sium. On Tuesday evening a lecture will be given for the benefit of the Red Cross association, in the grammar school auditorium, by _ Morris A. Hindus, the well known Russian dramatist. M. Hindus will lecture on | conditions in Russia at the present | time. The lecture will be given un- der the auspices of the New Britain Teachers' club. Informal elections for the office of | treasurer will be held Friday morn- | ing. The Aloha club, the young women's club, not to be outdone in patriotism, voted at its meeting held yesterday to give $10 to the Soldjers’ Library Fund. The Aloha club is the first to make a donation to this fund from the school. | There was an important meeting of the Debating club in Room 13 today. The topic for discussion was: Re- solve That class day should be abolished from the High school. Cover designs to be submitted for prizes to the board of publication, for use on the “Bee,” must be sub- mitted by Friday of this week to Miss Horton, in the art studio. | SEEK SOLDIERS HERE. Notice was received yesterday by the local police from Colonel Richard J. Goodman of the First Regiment, Connecticut Infantry, to the effect that Private Paul Barnard of 122 Con- gress street and Private Stanley Bosco are absent from headquarters in New Haven without proper leave. It is said that there is no Congress street in this city. MANY FILING TAX LISTS. Today is the last day for the filing of tax lists and the assessors have been besieged at their office by prop- erty owners who flocked there at the last minute to declare their holdings and avoid paying the 10 per cent. ad- ditional fine. Hudson Super-Six Touring Car, also Ford Runabout with All Extras. Just painted. | CALL SPERRY, Tel. 804. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917. PARIS T0 VERDIN NOT A JOY RIDE W. H. Buell Makes the Trip in Small Coal Car’ { -~ | In the following letters written by William H, Buell, who is driving an ambulance in France, to his parents in thig city, he tells of the experi- ences which he encountered on his | way from Paris to the Verdun front. “Although the French soldiers are very fine, it is hard to understand them as they talk so fast,” he writes. The letters follow: | “Paris, August 26. | “Dear Father and Mother: i “We are leaving for the front in | fifteen minutes. Last evening we went to an opera and to the Y. M. C. A. cantine. We got a real Amer- | ican sundae. It tasted good, the first since leaving New York. The French and English didn’t have soda etc. All we can get to drink is Pinard. That is red wine. Once in a while we get | some water.” | ““‘Somewhere in France, August 26. “I am eating at a military cantine | in Gare de L'Est. That means rail- road station. We eat free.” “Somewhere in France, August 27. “I wrote last evening but as I have a few minutes I might as well write again. “We missed connections here from | Paris and have been sleeping on the benches in the station as Wwe were strangers and as our Ordre de move- mente read for us to pass through Bar-le-Duc we could not stay over night. So we were arrested and | marched through the pouring rain to | the military police station. There we explained matters and were given a pass permitting us to sleep in the sta- tion and walk in a direct route from this station to the other between 5 and 6 a. m. Believe me one can’t get away with anything in this place. On | our way to the station along our pre- scribed path this morning we stopped at a British cantine and had some sour wine and war bread.” “Somewhere in France, “August 27. ‘“We have a trip of about 20 miles and it had already taken us about 2 hours. We are traveling in a troop train. The cars are small coal cars with seats along the sides. Tt is very cold and raining and we are soaked through. Yesterday from Paris to Bar-le-Duc we rode first class. We were supposed to go third class but were shipped first class. We got to a small village on the way to Verdun about 12:30. This village is the head- quarters of the repair department of the motor corps in the Verdun section. We found a man who speaks English. Have to wait here until 8:30 this evening for a train. The French took | us to 2 kitchen just as soon as thev | found out we had not e We had tomatoes, onions, horsemeat, Pinard | and Rogquefort che The French soldiers are great. They are always anxious to do everything they can for us and have asked us to have mess | with them tonight at 6 p. m. A French officer is going to take us around the place. He speaks English. We have a hard time to get along as the French talk so fast we can't always get it. *“I shall drive a ‘flivver’. Several French gear-shift/sections have been taken over by the’ American Field ser- vice so as to release the French driv- | ers from trench work. Naturally the | Poilu does not like this. The Poilus love us and kiss our hands and call “Vive I' Amerique.” “It is very cold and I am wearing my sheepskin coat and woolen gloves. | It rains so hard it goes down my neck and up my puttees and everywhere. I | am writing on my hat as a table. “There is the American Field Ser- vice, American Ambulance, American Red Cross and Morton Harges. All other Ambulance units belong to the Allied armies. In the French service there are two men in a machine, one in reserve. In the American service we have one man in a machine, except when under shellfire. “The sleep I gained on the boat I lost in London and Paris. We were on the go all the time sight-seeing. At | camp I had a sleep from 9:30 p. m. to 6:30 a. m. and that was pretty good | for me. Tonight T expect that we will | have to sleep in a railroad station or ! a barn. The fellow that shared my stateroom is with me. His name is Dix. A Phi Delta Phi brother from Syracuse came in last night. “My clothes are all mud and out’of shape. I certainly look as though I had been in the war for three vears in- stead of two weeks. We go on to an- other station tonight, thence to the front. This village was razed by the Boche in 1914. Tt is nothing but ruins. From Bar-le-Duc to this place the country was fine, many hills and trees growing right down to the track. Here things are sort of desolate. There are hundrecs of camions passing on ths road at all times. “Lovingly, SRIEL." GIRL IS SENT AWAY. Miss Esther Penslow of Vermont, held in connection with Peter Vaseli, charged with white slavery, was com= mitted to the House of the Good | Shepherd this morning by Judge Mes- kill. The girl strongly objected to be- ing sent to the home saying that she knew she would not get enough to eat and begged to be allowed to go {and live with her aunt in Springfield i PROCURE 20,000 PENNL In anticipation of the war tax of | one and two cents on all moving pic- | ture tickets purchased there, Man- ager John Glackin of the Lyceum | theater today caused a sharp decline | in the copper market in this city. He | visited the various banking houses and procured 20,000 pennies, which ara ta ha usad in making change. | enlisted Monday in the U. READY! H. 0. P. SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN The Fall Show is Ready and it’s the best the H. O. P. Store has ever staged. The new styles, the new fabrics are all here, in garments that reflect the best that the lead- ing makers can produce. Tailoring is faultless—the assortments ample —and every man and young man is sure to find just the suits his fanc; model that COME IN TODAY THE SHOW’S WORTH WHILE A. KATTEN & SON Hartford One-Price Clothing Co. 114-116 Asylum St., Hartford. CITY ITEMS Better suits at $29, $35 or $40 at! the Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt street, Hartford.—advt. Russell S. Frost of Winthrop street S. Navy as an apprentice seaman. \ Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, pastor of the South church, is preparing an honor roll of all the men in his par- sh who are now in the service. The board of health quarantined a case of diptheria on Main street to- day. The interest owned by Barnett Greenblat in the Connecticut Chemical Co. including an automobile truck, old by him to Mauri Kop- Toabeen Do 2 o Maurice KOD- | fashy uniforms and bright lowitz. The establishment is located at 59 Dwight street. The city clerk issued a licensé yesterday to Louis Segler of 315 Washington street and Winifred Strom of 127 North street. A daughter was born yesterday afta, ernoon at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fitz of Highland street. The capital stock of the from $200,000 to $250,000 at a meet- ing of the stockholders. This evening the first dinner and dance will be held at the club. The first aid class of St. Mary's So- dality will meet tomorrow evening at §:30 at Mary's school hall. All members are requested to be present. The basketry class of St. Mary's So- dality will also meet Thursday eve- ning at 7:30 at St. Mary’s school hall. The Bodwell Land Co. ferred property at the corner of Carl- ton street and Roxbury road to Carl R. Johnson, John J. Jasonet of Pawtucket, R. I, is the guest of his cousin, Fred- erick Abners, of Stanley street. The Ladies’ Sewing society of St. Joseph’'s church will meet on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock instead of on Thursday. The Ladie: est of Owls, 1819, will hold a Hallowe'en dance and mas- querade this evening in the Plainville Town hall. Oliver Ross was arrested shortly after 1 o'clock this aftern®n charged with violation of a city ordinance. Ross left his horse standing unhitched by the curb. He will be tried in the city court tomorrow morning. 'I“HAT VEILED WOMAN., Mysterious Witness in Minnoto Case Proves to Be New Yorker. Chicago, Oct. 31.—The mysterious veiled woman witness in the case of Count James Minnoto, defendant in | deportation proceedings on suspicion | of pro-German sympathies, was iden- fi_fled to_day as Mrs. Chauncey Eld- ridge, wife of a wireless expert, resid- ing at No. 1 Lexington avenue, New York city. & xe:@msy & Fiim Sarvips president of severed re- Dr. Feliciano Viera i Uruguay, which country | 1ations with Germany a few days ago. He was inaugurated March 1, 1915, for a term of four years. marriage | Shuttle * Meadow club was increased vesterday | has trans- | | | | | | | | 1 i i I | yesterday in honor of POLICE IN FORGE 10 QUELL SPODKS All Supernumeraries Called Into Service for Halloween Not anticipating any trouble but be- liéving in preparedness, Chief Rawl- ings of the police department has is- sued orders for every supernumerary | policeman to report for duty this eve- These, with their buttons and their mighty night clubs, will chaperon the mysterious spooks and witches who are expected to infest ning at 7 o'clock. { the city in their quiet way of cele- brating Hallowe’en this evening. The old horse play way of cele- brating Hallowe’en is gradually dying out and no longer does the arm of the law have to watch his step least perchance he stumble over wire net- tings placed across the streets. Fire- men can even now be sure of a good night's sleep on Hallowe’en without getting up to answer a supposed fire call which was merely a false alarm { sent in by some celebrant. Parties, dances and socials have taken the place of the general rowdy- ism that marked Hallowe'en somo vears ago. Several officers in plain clothes will guard the boxes, fruit stands and fences that might be easily carried off as fuel for bonfires as a matter of preparedness. A Hallowe’en party will be held at Booth's hall tomorrow evening by the Universal club of Landers, Frary & Clark. A minstrel show and social will be held this evening at St. John the Evangelist hall and a similar cele- bration will be held at St. Peter’s par- ish. St. Anne’s society will hold a social after its regular meeting this evening. The Commercial club of the . high school will hold a masquerade at the school this evening. The music will be furnished by Mjss Nina Butler. The patrons and patronesses will be Principal and Mrs. L. P. Slade, Miss Ilga Harvey, Professor and Mrs. J. C. Moody, Professor and Mrs. Paul Dillingham. CHESTER IS IN AGAIN. Edward Chester, who posed as an ambulance driver and Harvard gradu- ate and was committed to Hartford jail for 60 days on the charge of theft by Judge James T. Meskill when arraigned in court in this city several months ago, has again fallen into the meshes of the law. After having served his term in the Seyms street institution and heing liberated he was re-arrested and arraigned yesterday before Judge S. R. Mink in Bristol on the charge of burglary. Accused of breaking into the home of Mrs. Drusilla Mitchells in Forestville in September the judge found probable cause to bind him over to the De- cember term of the Superior court under bonds of $200. Tt is said that stolen articles from the home were found in his room at a Bristol lodg- ing house. { BUYS BRICK YARDS. Harry Sperry, a local junk dealer, has purchased- the property of the old New Britain Brick company in Clayton from Hattie E/ Richards through the agency of H. Dayton Humphrey. The property has a rail- road frontage of about 2,000 feet and Mr. Sperry plans to so develop the premises as to utilize this railroad facility. SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY. An enjoyable party was held at the home of James Walsh of High street his seventh birthday anniversary. About 25 of his little friends were present. Hal- lowe'en games were played after which refreshments were served. POLES TO ENLIST. Torrington, Oct. 31—Fourteen mem- bers of the Polish Falcon club left here today for Bridgeport, where they will enlist in the Paderewski army. GERMANY TAKES PAINS. Amsterdam, Oct. 31.—The stained glass windows of the Cologne cathe- dral, according to German newspa- pers, are being replaced with plain as a precaution in case of air | 81 WEST MAIN 100 Shares AMERICAN HARDWARE. 100 Shares STANLEY. WORKS. 100 Shares LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK. 50 Shares STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO. 100 Shares NORTH & JUDD. Richter&Co. | MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXOHANGE, ...NEW BRITAIN, CONN. ' TEL. 2040. 100 Shares COLT’S " ARMS. 100 Shares NORTH & JUDD. 100 Shares SCOVILL MFG. CO. UNION 50 Shares MFG. CO. - 100 Shares BRISTOL BRASS. i~ ) Financial PRIGES ARE LOWER AT THE_ OPENING Stocks Take a Tumble, Especially Steel and Coalers ‘Wall Street—U. 8. Steel featured the lower trend of prices at the opening of today's stock market with a sale of 8,000 shares at 101 3-4 to 101 1-2 against yesterday’s final =~ price of 102 3-4. Later the stock fell to 101 1-4 but rallied fractionally. Cana- dian Pacific was under further pres- sure at a decline of 1 1-4 and Cen- tra]l Leather was the heaviest specialty losing 1 1-2. The reaction embraced General Motors, shippings and Pull- man at recessions of 1 to 2 1-2 points. Liberty fours sold at par and the 3 1-2's at 99.94 to 99.96. Liquidation of industrials and rails in great volume soon undermined the entire list. U, S. Steel touched 99 3-8. Allied stocks broke 2 to 5 points and transcontinentals and coalers were at lowest quotations for the current movement. Among less representative issues declines ranged from 3 to 10 toward noon. Sales during the morn- ing approximated 600,000 shares. Liberty fours held at par and at 99.94 to 99.96. Ilvania Reading and other coal shares were further depressed in the afternoon and specialties weakened perceptibly.. Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Sears Roebuck and Chandler Motors ranged from five to seven points. New York Stock . Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Oct. 31, 1917 High Low Closs 3% 3% 3y 6312 6215 63 39% 38 39 56 54% 55 .. 82% 801 81 -.103 100 101% goaill ahig S 611 58% 5914 91% 90% 901 5814 551 55% 54 5114 80 Alaska Gold Am Car & Fdy Am Can Am Loco ... Am Smelting Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop A T S Fe Ry Baldwin Loco Beth Steel B . Butte Superior ... 19 Canadian Pacific .135 Central Leather .. 691 ,Ches & Ohio 493 Chino Copper .... 421 Chi Mil & St Paul. 461 o1 Tlie RT R R g Cons Gas ... 8714 Crucible Steel ... 63 Del & Hudson .... 97y Distillers Sec 38% Erie frie 1st pfd . General Electric . Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd . Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Tllinois Central Inspiration Interborough Kansas City so Kennecott Cop Lack Steel ... Lehigh Val Louis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol Natl Lead see N Y Air Brake . N¥ O & Hud'. . Nev Cons Penn-R R Peoples Gas Pressed Steel Ca Ray Cons .. Reading Rep T & S <o So Pac .. So Ry So Ry fa xd Studebaker Texas Oil Union Pac United Fruit Utah Cop 5 U S Rub Co . : U § Steel .......101% 8 % | U S Steel pfd i Va Car Chem Westinghouse s i | Willys Overland points, the movement halting siightly | the Losses in such issues as | | Mrs. And Destructive Submarine 1Is | WANTED—To i JOffice. LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Below are the closing quotations American Brass 2156 225 American Hardware 130 Billings & Spencer .. 98 Bristol Brass 50 Colt’s Arms .. 70 Eagle Lock e 75 Landers Frary & Clark 60 New Britain Machine .. 70 North & Judd 70 Peck, Stow & Wilcox .. 29 32 Russell Mfg. Co, 276 300 Standard Screw common 250 280 Stanley Rule & Level .. 8175 405 Stanley Works 90 93 Traut & Hine 45 55 Union Manufacturing Co. 100 Niles, Bement, Pond Com. 185 Scovill Manufacturing Co. 600 95 45 65 47 65 66 DEATHS AND FUNERALS Bernard A. Wicander. The funeral of Bernard A. Wican- der was 'held at 2 o’clock this after- noon at his late home, 117 Jubilee street. Rev. Dr. Earle B. Cross, of the First Baptist church, officiated. The bearers were: Herman Johnson, Algot Peterson, John A. Abrahamson, A. Dahlman, Oscar Kallin and John Edman. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. | Miss Emma Sautter. | The funeral of Miss Emma Sautter | took place at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the undertaking rooms of B. C. Porter Sons. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill | officiated. Burial was in - Christian ! Lane cemetery. | Howard R. Kinne. The funeral of Howard Ransom | Kinne will be held at 2 o'clock to- morrow afternoon from his late home, 66 Winthrop street. Rev. Warren F. Cook will officiate and bur- = ial will be in Fairview cemetery. P. O. CLERK RESIGNS. Andrew Cherpack, one of the new- ly appointed clerks in the local post office, has left the employ of the gov> ernment, the resignation having been accepted by Postmaster W. F. De- | lTaney. Cherpack was one of the | clerks working on the midnight squad ! and in his place George Kingsbury has been assigned. James Murray, who was appointed substitute assistant clerk during the absence of James P. Kiniry, has been elevated to a regu- lar berth. AUTO IS SMASHED. A light delivery auto truck bearing the registry number “11394" came to grief this afternoon at the corner of West. Main and South High streets. In attempting to turn the corner, go- ing at a rate of about four miles an hour, the chauffeur found difficulty with the steering apparatus and the car collided with a tree in front of the Cadwell residence. The frant part badly smashed and the axle was broken. WILL GIVE REPRIEV] Governor Holcomb Will Grant One If One Is Asked For. Hartford, Oct. 31—Mrs. Army Arch- er Gilligan of Windsor, convicted last July of the murder of Franklin R. An- drews by poison of May 3, 1914, at the Arch Home in Windsor, will be exe- cuted at the state prison at Wethers- field, next Tuesday morning unless ac- tion is done between now and that | time to delay it. Judge Gardiner Greene sentenced Gilligan to be hanged Novem- ber 6. Governor Holcomb said today no " application had been made to him to doubtless sentenced reprieve the woman and she would be executed as | unless some steps were taken to get a reprieve, which the governor said he would gladly if it was asked for. SHIP TORPEDOED. Sunk by Naval Gunners. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 31.—Three hours before the American steam- ship Lewis Luckenbach was tor= pedoed and sunk by an unseen sub- marine ‘on October 11, naval gunner# aboard the vessel planted a shot be- tween the twin periscopes of . an enemy submarine and sent her to the bottom, according to an officer of the Luckenbach who arrived here to- day. { TO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. buy a large parlor Address Box X35B, Herald 10-31-2dx ' stove. S PR