New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1917, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 14, 1917. Speaking of Prize Winners—step in here and look at our prize show of Suits and Overcoats. Every one the best of its class, re- gardless of size or color. Overcoats in rough and smooth fin- ish, in plain and fancy models in nov- elty and conservative patterns $18 to $35. Suits for chipper young chaps and for solid conservative business men $16 to $33. Prize winning Neckwear at 50c, 65c¢, $4.00 and $1.50. NEW BRITAIN, CONK. 'MONEY POURS INTO FUND FOR SOLDIERS (Continued From First Page.) mMany melons that have been cut. He said that it was only right that these men should now contribute much of thls money to the cause, and no mat- ter how generously they gave, it did not amount to one-hundredth part of what_“our boys” are doing today in the battle for righteousness.and lib- erty, and for America. Mr. Russell brought his remarks to a close with a short recitation, “I am building this bridge for him,” and the applause that followed lasted several minutes. Talk By Pastor Maier. “IRev. Henry W. Maier, pastor of the First Congregational church, was the other speaker of the day. Mr. Maier . said that after Hearing what Hart- ford had done in the Y. M. C. A. campaign, he felt that New Britain wag always a little slow in starting, but when the final reports were read Friday evening, he was sure that New Britain would again be found doing Its part. The part the Y. M. C. A. is playing in the present war, Mr. Maier said, is t& fit young men to fight against the greatest enemy in the world. With the training of the association, the United States and her allies, would be re- turned victorious because they have an army of a better quality of men. i/ K, of C. at Least $900. P. F. King of the Knights of Colum- Bus workers reported at today's luncheon, that over $900 had been reglized by the workers with the total returns incomplete. Chairman P. F. McDonough of the out-of-town com- mittee teams reported contributions from Plainville and Berlin. It is ex- pected that Newington and Southing- ton will have reports at tomorrow’s mpeting. The first of the evening luncheons ! at the Knights of Columbus rooms was held last evening. Supreme Councilor William J. Mulligan of | Thompsonville occupied a seat at the | guests’ table. Others at the'table were Herbert H. Pease, director of the cam- paign; Secretary C. H. Barnes of the ¥,M. C. A, P. F. King, Rev. J. Leo Suflivan and John Bergin. Rev., Father Sullivan, the order in this city, spoke, telling his auditors that the time had arrived for all classes to unite and work for the common cause of the government. The amalgamation of two such great organizations was bound to have a good effect on the nation in the war ang at its conclusion, he said. irector Pease made brief remarks, in which he spoke of the keynote sounded by Rev. John J. Fitzgerald at yesterday's meeting, that of co- _ operation. The needs of recreation and good influence in war camps being made known daily, and it is es- segtial to the brave boys at the front al training camps to have every- thing possible to prevent temptation or vice. Supreme Councilor Mulligan the final speaker of the evening. was He said that no one need fear the com- | bination of two religions working for | such a cause as the present one, and that it was irreligion that would bring : on_danger. He spoke of the wonder- ful® work accomplished by the Y, M. €. A. The Knights of Columbus was handling an infant venture and it will do well to pattern after the Y. M. C. A. méthod, he said. S — ————————re TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. : FOR SALE—Eiectric Vacuum Clean- er, perfect condition, $20.00. Bar- goin. Telephone 2070, 11-14-dix WANTED—Young man 15 to 20 years to work in Shipping Room: must be good worker. Send application 4 to P. O. Box 364, City. 11-14-3d | | chaplain of | MYSTERY UNSOLVED BY' THE OFFIGIALS New Will Found, and Dooling Tells of Cremation Eforts trict Attorney John T. Dooling, who has been investigating the mysterious death of Mrs. Sarah M. Staissny, who was killed by two bullets, in her bed in her apartment at 215 West Ninety- eighth street last Wednesday morn- | ing, said yesterday that he had learned that shortly after her lifeless body “was found an effort had been made to have her death recorded as being due to natural causes, Mz Dooling also said that steps had been taken to have the body cremated a short time after death. He de- clined to say who had asked that the dicated that this suggestion did not come from a relative of-Mrs. Stiassny. Mr. Dooling asserted that, in addi- tion to the conflicting narratives which he had heard before, witnesses ques- tioned yesterday disagreed radically as to the arrangement of furniture in the room where the body was found, as to the discovery of the note bear- ing the signature of Mrs. Stiassny, saying that she was going to kill her- self and as to the finding of the will and other papers. Mr. Dooling has placed the so-called suicide note in the hands of Loren C. Horton, a handwriting expert. He has not fin- ished his tests of the handwriting. An earlier will, executed by Mrs. Stiassny in 1914, was obtained by the district attorney’s office yesterday. This differed from the one made in July of this year, a copy of which was found in her apartment less than an hour after the discovery of her body. The first will left the bulk of the estate to three grandnleces, the dalighters of Mrs. Jessy Lubetkin, Who was a niece of Mrs. Stiassny. By this will Isaac Epsteln, a nephew, was to receive $1,000 a year for flve vears. In the second will, however, the Lubetkins are remembered with a few trinkets, while practically the Wwhole estate, which has been esti- mated to be worth $250,000, was be- queathed to Epstein. SEba DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs. Emma Brennecke. Mvs. Emma (Kemmerer) Bren- necke, wife of Reinhold Charles Bren- necke of 13 Rhodes street, died late vesterday afternoon after an illness of three and one-half years. Mrs, Brennecke was 55 years of age and had spent all her life in New Britain. She had a wide acquaintance in the eastern section of the city, where she was generally liked and respected. Besides her husband, Mrs. Bren- necke is survived by four sons, Wil liam, Charles, Cornelius and Joseph Brennecke; four daughters, Mrs, P. Fusari, Mrs. Michael Frawley of Parkville, and Misses Charlotte and Annie Brennecke two brothers, | Charles Kemmerer of this city and Joseph Kemmerer of New Jersey, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Scheldler. Mrs. Brennecke was a member of Stanley Memorial church and of the Christian Endeavor soclety. The funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon at 2 o’clock from the house and at 2:30 from the Stanley Memorial church, Rev. J. E. Rees officiating. Interment will be in Fairview ceme. tery. Mrs. Nellle Gilbert. The funeral of Mrs. Nellie Gilbert, age 74 years, who died at.the New Britain hospital Sunday morning fol- lowing a shock was held yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock followed by services at 3 o’clock at the Bristo! cemetery. Mrs. Gilbert leaves one step dangh- ter, Mrs. A. P Marsh and a nephew, Starr W. Andrews, of this city. Mrs. C. A. Taplin. Following an {llness of some dura- tlon, which for the past mofth had become chronic, Mrs. Clarence A. Taplin died last night at her home, 45 Walnut street. The funeral will be held from her late home on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. W. F. Cook officiating. Interment will be in Forestville. Mrs. Taplin was born in Burlington’ and was, before her marriage, Miss Catherine Dorman. She was 53 years of age and besides her husband leaves ,one brother, Frank Dorman of Far- | mington. Mrs. Taplin’s son, Alvin C. Taplin, died about two years ago. | Mrs. Taplin was well known fra- ternally. She was a member of Mar- i tha Chapter, O. E. S., of which + was Esther. She was also vice pres: dent of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the | Sons of Veterans and was former secretary and executive board mem- ber of Manross Ladies’ Relief Corps “ of Forestville. Card of Thanks. | We wish to express our sincers | thanks to our friends and neighbors { for their kindness during the iliness jand at the death of our father and grandfather, especially his fellow workmen at Traut & Hine Mfg. Co. | JESSE WHITNEY AND FAMILY. MRS. SHEPARD BREAKS WRIST. Mrs. James Shepard of Lake street is confined to her, home with her right wrist broken in three places, the | | result of a fall down a flight of steps | | at her home Monday. M\rs, Shepard i will be 80 years old in the spring and | is suffering acutely from the shock of her experience. Her many friends ex- } press the wish for her speedy recovery. H CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. | The’ civil service commission will | meet in about two weeks for the pur- | pose of examining candidates for ap- pointment to the police and fire de- partments; application blanks may be obtained from the secretary of the commission: Charles Quiglay, or from i the chief of elther the police or fire l departments, record as to death be altered, but in- | HARTFORD ONE PRICE CLOTHING CO. New York, Nov. 14.—Assistant Dis- ' A. KATTEN & SO 114-116 ASYLUM STREET. ) \ I ing on a hat—so you may you buy. AN INNOVATION For your protection we offer the Santicap—to he worn when try- be sure you are the firt to wear the Hat Y = = . H. O. P. HATS ) H. 0. P. HATS “ED LITTLE INTRODUCTION. Hundreds of Hartfordites, having made their acquaintance, come back 1 ch season for the newest models. \ (\-\‘.‘ are agents for the famous LAMPS ON & HUBBARD HATS AT $3.50. $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. NEUTRAL FLEETS FOR ALLIES* AID Over @0,0% Tons of Shipping ~~ Involved in Big Deal ‘Washington, Nov. '14.—The United States is about to add several hun- dred thousand tons of shipping to the stream of ships carrying American troops and supplies to the aid of the Allies. Negotiations with the north- ern European neutral nations and With Japan for tonnage have reached a final stage, and the .vessels ob- tained either will go directly into transatlantic routes or will release American ships for this service. The European neutrals, It was learned last night, finally had agreed to turn over to the United States and the Allies ships in exchange for food- stuffs that only America can supply. The quantities of food to be furnished : will be determined later, but the neu- trals have the assurance of the Amer- ican Government that they will re- ceive enough to meet their necessary requirements. Japan will sell outright to th Urnited States a large amount of ton- nage now in the Pacific in exchange for steel ship plates, the Japanese are anxious to obtain to complete their merchant shipbuilding program. Only the matter of price the Japanese are to receive for their tonnage remains to be agreed on, and that, it was said last night, would be worked out im- mediate! Negotiations with the Swedish Mis- sion were wound up several day and all the mission’'s membe cept Dr. Fridtjoff Nansen, th man, have left Washington to The ail for ount of tonnage the obtaining has not been known, but there are in Ameri- can ports now more than 400,000 tons of neutral ships, which will be put into some American service. Many of the ships will ply between Awmerican ports and South America, each re- leasing an American or British ves- sel for service through the war zone. In its negotiations, the United States dealt in a different manner with cach, Norway, Sweden, Holland, and Denmark. A large part of the Norwegian merchant marine, most of which is owned in Great Britain, al- ready is in the allied service. The Dutch insisted that none of their ves- sels be put into service that would take them through the war zone. Most of the Dutch ships to be turned over probably will transport to the United States wheat from Argentina and Aus- tralia and sugar from Ja stood, eventually will be used in transporting supplies to America and in carrying cargoes from America to Holland. The Dutch estimate that at least one-third of the fleet will be required to move foodstuffs and oth- er American materials to Holland when the United States begins to let foodstuffs go. Some food probably will be released within the next monthe With the question of tonnage out of the way, and the American promise of sufficient foodstuffs for the neutrals obtained, there remain two important points to be cleared up. One of the is just how will requige, and the other is how far the neutrals may go in shipping sup- plies ipto Germany. The first will be settled on the basis of statistics sup- plied to the United States by the neutral governments through the commissions they have sent here. The second presents a more difficult prob- lem. Norway and Sweden, it is said, are ready to stop the shipment to Ger- many of all foodstuffs supplanted by supplies from the United States, but Holland so far has declined to give assurances as to dairy supplies. Sweden, it is sald, will be asked also and certain other materials to Ger- many, and this government, it is stat- ed, is determined that no American cattle feeds shall be used by Holland so long as dairy shipments continue to find their way to the Central pow: ers. Wheat brought to the United States | from Argentina and Australia will be { milled in this country for re-export. The food administration has decided | to export no more wheat from the country, but will send out only flour. This will save cargo space, furnish foodstuffs for American cattle, and guarantee a supply of flour to keep American mills running on full time. No time has been set for turning over the neutral tonnage, but the ships held here now -probably will be allowed to recefve bunker coal as will much food the neutrals to discontinue the export of iron ore | fast as they can obtain it. Many will | make transatlantic voyages, carrying in part Belgian relief cargoes. Arrangements for turning over the | 40,000 tons of Swedish ships in Amer- ican ports were completed some days ago. UNIVERSITY ONION AS GO0OD FELLOWS Will Take Care of College Men' When They Get to France | | ments of the war. Paris, Oct. 18 (Correspondence)~-- Callege men serving ‘with the Amer- ican Army in France or with the American navy in waters off the French coast, as well as those en- gaged with the Red Cross, Young Men's find attractive wquarters placed at their disposal in the hotel and club house just openad by the American University union in Europe. The union' has oblained exclusive occu- panay of the Roval Palace hotel, which is centrally located at 8 Rue de Richelieu and Place du Theatre Francais. The headquarters of the union will afford the customary advantages of an American university club, including bedrooms and numerous bathrooms, an excellent restaurant where meals be served and lounging and reading rooms plentifully supplied with American newspapers. magazines and various coliege publications. There will be a bureat of general in- formation and college registration which will be of special service to men desiring information as to Americy in military or relief servic France A unique feature of the union will be special bureaus within it already established by a number of American colleges and universities, including Harvard, of Technology, Michigan, and Yale, in charge of sentatives, leges will) be served by staff of the union. Its executive com- war in Princeton, cial repre- Army | Christian assoclation, | and in war work of other kinds, will | the Massachusetts Institute The interests of other col- the general | FRENCH-GERMAN FIGHT IMMINENT Their Warships Wfil Take Part in Big Naval Battle Koritza, Albania, Oct. 18 (Corres- Pondence)—A naval battle between French and German warships is im- minent which, when it accurs, will not be recorded in any official com- munique, though it will be, in a way, one of the most unique naval engage- Lake Ochrida is a large body of fresh water lying a few miles north)| of here, at the point where Albania, Serbia and Macedonia fouch. It is 40 miles long and 20 miles across, with towering mountains running around it. The north end of the lake is held by the Germans, and tthe south end by the Entente Allies. It has been the scene of the latest hard fighting when the Entente troops made a for- ward drive of thirty miles from Pa- grodak, at the south end, to Padahoja, far up toward the north end. With the Germans holding the north end of the lake, they did not confine thefr operations to the land. A miniature flotilla soon made its ap- pearance with oil-burning launches about 15 feet long, each mounting one gun forward. The mosquito fleet soon | became a real menace, for it darted j to the south end of the lake at night and bombed the small villages along the south shore held by the French, Russians and Serbs. The headquar- ! ters of General Tarnahoff, of the Rus- ian division operating with General rrail, was in one of these villages. The rench soon took steps to counteract this menace. A small steel craft, thirty feet long, was brought overland from the French fleet at Saloniki. This mounted two guns, one forward and one aft. With | it came a commander and a crew of French sailors. This was soon fol- |lowed by a second 30-foot boat { mounting two guns, with its equip- ment of officers and crew. Thus two miniature fleets find them- selves face to face on Lake Ochrida, mittee, appointed by the board of trustees in the United States, is cam- posed of the following: Professor rieorge H. Nettleton, of Yale; Van Rensselaer Lansingh, chusetts Institute of Technology: Pro- fessor Paul Van Dyke, of Princeton; James Hazen Hyde, of Harvard, and Professor Charles B. Vibbert, of Michigan. At the autumn meeting of the board of trustees, in New York, Professor Nettleton was elected direc- tor and Mr. Lansingh assistant direc- - | tor of the university union. The entire Dutch fleet, it is under- | About thirty universities and col- leges already have joined the Ame can university union, thus entitling their members, without individual iation fees or ducs, to its privi The Paris headquarters, ho ever, will be open to all American col- lege men. Whether graduates or not, and to guests regularly introduced by them. Men from colleges not belong- ing to the union and all introduced guests will be given the advantage of the fixed tariff accorded to its mem- bers, but will be charged a nominal union fee in addition, if they fake rooms at the union. RUSHING FOR BOOZE. Glasgow, Oct. 18 (Correspondence) —There is a great rush for whiskey in this town and, despite the very high prices naw ruling, there have been long lines of women in the Clyde working districts waiting outside shops to buy as many bottles as pos- sible for the Christmas festivities. Scotch distillers express the belief that the sale of whiskey will cease in a foew weeks and this has increased the urgency of the demand. Publicans have decided to curtail their selling hours, and prices in the bars have | risen to ten pence a glass in the poor- er districts and to fourteen pence in the higher class saloons. THese are the highest prices ever known in Scotland, but, in conse- quence of the big wages now being earned, there is no slackening in the demand. A Dog’s Advantage. (Loutsville Courler-Journal) Sclentists say that a dog’s posses- slon of a sixth sense is proved by the fact that a dog carried far from home will return directly when it escapes. Well, for one thing, the dog s not confused by rural directions for tak- ing the right road. A Strut Vindicated. “Why does a turkey gobbler strut of the Massa- | | with a battle not far off. The French ihave the advantage of larger ships, ! carrying more guns, but the Germans have the advantage in number of | craft, their flotilla consisting of six or i seven 15-foot hoats mounting one gun | each. * It seemed strange as we went along a mountain road today to sée the uni- forms of French soldiers and sailors at a point so remote from the sea. They were in a camion on the way to their naval base at the south end of the lake. The commander, Lieu- tenant Dutoit, stopped for a moment 1 and talked enthusiastically of his lit- tle fleet. “In bringing the boats from Saloni- ki, he said, “we toak out the engines, so that the hulls weighed only three tons. This made reasonably easy go- ing on the camions. There was no mishap; the first boat is launched, with her engine in place and guns mounted, and the second will soon fol- low, and then,” he added with a ) laugh, “we'll see who will do the bom- barding.” When operations will begin is not certain, but plans are so far advanced that a fight is looked for almost any time. With such mosquito craft, it might be considered a toy battle if it were not for the reality of the war- fare, with real naval boats manned by ! real sailors of the French and German navies, fighting with as much deter- mination as on the decks of 20,000- ton dreadnaughts CITY ITEMS Victrolas at C. L. Pierce & Co. —advt. A marriage license was issued to- day to .Charles E. Dunn of 50 South High street and Miss . Honora A. O’Brien of 54 Tremont street. The board of health today released elght cases of diphtheria from quar- antine. The New Douglas ¥air- banks Picture “The Man From Painted Post” at the Lyceum, Thurs. Tri. Sat. “Maybe,” sald Farmer Corntossel, “he has managed to flnd out how much he is worth a pound.” Studebaker Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK 81 WEST MAIN STREET .... TEL. 2 100 Shares AMERICAN HARDWARE. 100 Shares STANLEY WORKS. f 100 Shares LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK. 50 Shares STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO. 100 Shares NORTH & UDD. STOCK EXCHANGE. 040. 100 Shares ARMS. 100 Shares NORTH & JUDD. 100 Shares SCOVILL MFG. CO. 50 Shares UNION MFG. CO. \ 100 Shares BRISTOL * BRASS. COLT’S Financial BROOKEYN TRANSIT Motors Were Heavy During Course of Market Today Wall Street—Foreign affairs again accounted for the heaviness of the market at the opening of today’'s trading, the resignation of the French ministry inducing moderate selling. U. S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Can- adian Pacific, Marine Preferred, Ana- conda Copper, Baldwin Locomotive, Central Leather and Mexican Petro- leum were included among the active shares that forfeited from 1 to almost 2 points, and Brooklyn Transit dropped 2 points to the new law of 40 3-4. Motors also were heavy and the general list yielded material frac- tions. Liberty fours at 99.72 and the 31-2's at 99.20 made fresh minimums. Prices continued to recede during the mornihg on very light offerings. U. S. Steel extended its decline and other leaders added to early losses. Canadian Pacific at 130 1-4, was at its lowest in over ten years, and St. Paul common and preferred established lowest quotations at 35 1-8 and 74 re- spectively. Sentiment ‘was, further depressed by the steady fall in Lib- erty bonds. The fours recorded a new minimum on their decline from 99.30 to 99.36, the 3%'s also breaking ver ground at 99.26. T, S. Steel fell under 90 in the early afternoon, dragging other prom- inent shares to lower levels, but fractional rally soon ensued. Liberty bonds continued to droop, however, the fours selling at 99.18 and the 3%'s at 99.06. Closing—Lower levels were reached later, the list rallying slightly, how- ever, on assurances of an adjustment of threatened labor troubles. The oclosing was weak. Liberty fours ranged between 99.80 and 99.18 the 3 1-2’s declined from 99.26 to 99.18. Sales approximated 600,000 shares. New York Stock Exchange quota- tlons furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Nov. 14, 1917 High Low Close 70% 70% -70% 73 3% 3% 61% 60% 32% 313% 9% 93% 50 48%% 73 701, . 831 9114 .172% 172% 2107% 1063% 656% b64% 841, 83% 53% 523 533 51% 42% 40% T Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Beet Sugar Ag Chm Car & Fdy Co. Can Can pfd Toco ... Smelting Sugar Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop A A TS Fe Ry Co. Baldwin Loco B & O BoR T . Beth Steel B . Butte Superior 16 Canadian Pacific .131% Central Leather .. 61% Ches & Ohio 4714 Chino Copper 38 Chi Mil & St Paul. 37 Col F &I L. 32 Cons Gas .... Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec 9136 172% 10 56% 3 53% 51% 413 15% 131% 60 % 4634 37% | 56% ¢ 31% ! 8014 52% 96 % 325 14% 21% 124 335 91% 25 931 41 6% 423 52% 98 33% 1434 o2 L1243 B R O B o FOFERRERER 5510 = w0 o s e General Electric Goodrich Rib Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Tllinois Central Inspiration Interborough Interboro pfd Kansas City so 15% Kennecott Cop ... 303 30% Tack Steel ...... 71% 0 Lehigh Val Louis & Nas| Mex Petrol Natl Lead N N Y Air Brake . N Y C & Hud Nev Cons 165 NYNH&HRR 2% N Y Ont & West .. 18% Nor Pac 86% Norf & West 103 Penn R R ... . 48 Peoples Gas . 42 52 113% 3% 4215 104 | 67T | 165 251 18 843 10134 48 397% | Press Steel Car xd 51% 21% 63% 703 8154~ 24 51% Ray Cons .. Reading ... Rep I & S So Pac So Ry .. So Ry pfd sote veeeee. 381 DROPS TWO POINTS| 133 133 21% 21% 111% 1128 111% 111% T4% T5% 48% 48% 89% 90% 107% 107% 21% 27% 37T 31Y% 81 81 16% 17 LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished"by Richter & Co.) American Brass 200 210 American Hardware ... 126 Billings & Spencer 95 Bristol Brass ..... 18 Colts Arms x Eagle Lock 753 Landers, F & C . N B Machine . North & Judd Russell Stand Screw com & Stanley Rule & Level .. | Stanley Works . . !Traut & Hine .. . Union Mfg Co . Niles, Bem Pond com Scovill Mfg Co Texas Ofl Third Ave Union Pac United Fruit Utah Cop ... U S Rub Co . U S Steel . U 8 Steel pfd . Va Car Chem .... Westinghouse Western Union Willys Overland 27% 38 81 17% . 40 il108 ..400 BIDS OPENED ON FIRE APPARATUS Five Companies Want o Sell { Pump to New Britain Five motor apparatus concerns quoted figures last evening when' the board of fire commissioners opened bids for a new combination pump for the department. The bids which were , read by Clerk Keough were as follows: | The Ahrens-Fox company qudted $9,800 on a 460-gallon triple com- bination, with $500 less for the de- partment’s engine; the Maximum Motor company quoted $6,600 on a triple combination pumping engine; the American La France company { quoted $9,000 on a 450-gallon triple ! combination pump, with $500 less for the city’s old pumping engine; the same concern quoted $10,250 on a ,750-gallon pump; the Seagraves com- pany quoted $9,000 on.a 450 gallon pump and $10,260 on a 760-gallon pump; the South Bend Motor Car ‘Works quoted $6,900 on a 500-gallon pump, $7,100 for a 600-gallon pump and $9,000 on a 750-gallon pump. All flve bidders included in their esti- mates an extra charge for equipment for the trucks. Joseph Webber of the American La France company dis- cussed the condition of several of the trucks with the commissioners and promised aid in instances where re- lief is needed. The clerk reported that 19 of the 82 letters sent to members of the cail department asking whether they would consider a position in the permanent department had been answered. Edward H. Parker and Henry Phelan said they were in favor of it but could not assume a perma- nent position at present. Buy Fire Helmets. W20 GHEOR e (B0 Al 6 41 fire helmets was awarded to J. Olson & Co. of New York, at $5.25 per helmet. Other bidders were Cairns & Brothers of New York, $5.25; S. Hayward & Co., $5.50; Eure- ka Fire Hose Company, $5.50. It was voted on motion of Commis- sioner Camp to buy a Callahan gate for each piece of apparatus, half a dozen rubber coats, two pairs or rub- ber gloves and three Cooper hose jackets. A marine lamp is to be sent here for demonstration. s It was voted to mail letters to 'Fire Commissioner Adam- son and Chief Kemyon of the New York fire department, thanking them for the courtesies they showed Cap- tin Eugene Barnes during his course at the training school in New York city. Word was received from Richard Hartnett, asking that he be retired from the fire department. The peti- tion was tabled. Hartnett, until taken sick a short time ago drove the big horse drawn ladder trudk. He twas for vears stationed at Engine. company No. § as driver and was transferred to the central headquarters when the department wgs motorized, the only horse in the départment being at that place. ) Hartnett is New Britain's oldest permanent man in the fire department | in length of service. The resignation of Fireman Charles liehm was read and accepted.