New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1917, Page 7

Handkerchief Headquarters for Seekers After Useful Gifts Come make your best time now for you to do so. little or no advance in prices. months ago before the great advance Why? selections from our There is choice here of the largest and best assontment in the City at Because our line was purchased in prices on Linens and Cotton. full and complete stock. It is the HUNDREDS of pretty embroidered Handkerchiefs (or thousands we should say) in such a profusion of styles in white and colored effects at 10c, 12%c, 15c, 25¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00 and $1.50 each. ‘WOMEN'S Handkerchiefs of Crepe de Chine with pick of many pat- terns at only 25c cach, INITIAL Handkerchiefs for Mén 1234c, 13¢, 25¢, 50c each, Initial Handkerchiefs in boxes of six 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 to $3.00 for the Box. FOR CHILD. Fancy Box at 10c, SPANISH Handkerchiefs of all 1inen with the finest hand dery are very dainty and nice for 50¢, ,75¢, $1.00 and $1.50. White or colored bordered at 5c, 1235¢, 15¢, 19¢, 23¢, 50c Box. 10c, 15c and 250, embroi-’ INTTTAL: Handkerchiefs for Women with attractive letters are priced 12%c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 30c each. FOR MEN There are white or colored bordered Handkerchiefs, 100, 123%c, 15c, 10¢, 25¢, 50c, 75¢ each. MEN’S SILK Handkerchiefs, white or with colored- border also with initials 25¢, 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 each. ALL LINEN Centers for Handkerchiefs gre. to be had priced at 18c and 25c cach, for MADEIRA Embroidered Handkerchiefs are the real thing with worked corner and initial for 50c each, LACE EDGE Handkeréhiefs give you great chok;e in kind and style at 25¢, 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 each, IN BOXES of threc, and six there are dainty tmbroidered Handker- chiefs at 25c, 50c, Initial Handk $3.00 per Box. REMEMBER 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 to $3.00 per box. erchiefs, three and that Handkerchiefs six in box at 25¢, 398c, 50c, 75c to make useful and appreciative Gifts to Young or Old, Male or Female and nowhere can you find better as- sortment tha{x here. WAVING AN \ AUTOMOBIIE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PU ICUASED OF US. £ Berlin News AGED BLACKSMITH | DIES AT HIS HOME + Leon LeClair Passes Away at the' ' Age of T2 Years RESIDENT HERE 35 YEARS ‘Was Pioneer Smithy—Deatin of Mrs. | Sarah Former Local Resi- dent, in Hartford—Lieut. Griswold Jones, ‘Writes of War. Leon LeClair, for over 35 years thu leading blacksmith of Berlin, died at Pis home on Hudson street at 11:30 o'~lock last night after an illness of several months. He was 72 years of age, Mr. LeClair was born in St. Al- bans, Vt., September 22, 1845, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis LeClair. He accompanied his parents on their 1 to St. Johns, Canada, when ' he was about two vears of age, and \ there he was reared upon a mrm.! while hig education was received in ! the common schools of the neighbor- nood. After leaving school, at the; are of 16, he went to work on the Hoorac tunnel, and was thus employed for about three. months. Later he! tnok a contract to chop wood from a ! large tract of land, and with threo men in his employ, he worked at that occupation for three months. He then learned the blacksmith’s trade with Peter White, at Windsor, Conn,, snd after five years spent with him, he went to Middletown where “he . wovked at his trade for some length of time. Returning to East Windsot he leased the shop which formerly ha- longed to My. White, his old cmploy- er having dfed in the meantime, car- ried on the business there for sev remodled and converted into a very pieasant home. On June 3, 1873, Mr. LeClair mar. rled Miss Catherine Flavin of Middle- town, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Willlam Flavin. Mr. LeClair is survived by his wife and seven children, Mrs. D. E. Brad- ley of Hartford; Agnes LeClair, Leon L. LeClair of Hartford; Mrs, C. . Brown of Framingham, Mass., Flor- ence LeClair, Sidney LeClair and Maude LeClair. He also leaves one hrother, Harmidas LeClair of Canadx. The funeral will be held on Monday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Pauls Roman® Catholic church, Kensingten and Rev. J. (. Brennan will celebrate requiem high mass. Interment will be in New Catholic cemetery, Now Britain. Lieut. Griswold Writes. In a letter to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Griswold, of Kensington, Lieut, Matthew H. Griswold, stationed at Fort Ethan Allen on the staff of the base hospital at that point, writes that the peaple in this country have not yet realized that we are at war. The letter follows: “I trust this will find you as well and happy as people can be in a coun- try which is at war. “tAfter all, few of us seem to realize, over here, that we are at war. The people do not seem to know, and many of them do not seem ta care, that we are in the greatest war the world has ever seen, and that it will never end until it is fought to a complete and final finish. “Not vet do they realize it, but everyone must realize it before we are through, and the thousands of ‘slackers’ with yellow streaks down their backs, and their brothers, the ‘slickers’ with pull enough to land in the soft places, will be forced to take up their share of the awful load befdre we are finished, for the feeling hete is that this thing has only commenced. “Just at presént things are looking better, but I think it ¥s only on the surface, and there is mgre trouble brewing than is generally thought of. “We shall probably wake up some morning and wonder what in hit us, and when that comes we shall begin to realize that America is not fighting for an abstract principle, nor is she fighting for France, or for Eng- Jand, or for Italy, but to preserve her own life as a nation, and before we vears and in April 1882, came to Ber- lin purchasing the shop of Sojamon Dunham on Berlin street, wkich he conducted successfully. He was an expert workman, industrious and en- terprising and the prosperity that camne to' him was well merited. In 1891 he bought the David Robbins property on Hudson street, which he OTICE, BERLIN TAXPAYERS! Special 4-Mill Tax Due Dec. 1, 1817. Notice is hereby given that I will be 1t the following places to receive said ‘ax. Beckley Post Office, Saturday after- aoon, Dec. 1, from 1:30 to 5 o'clock; East Berlin, E. H. Gaines' Store, Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, from 1:30 to 7 o’clock; Blue Hill School House, Saturdayv afternoon, Dec. 15, from 1:30 to 4:30 »clock; Berlin Town Clerk’s Office, Saturday afternoon, Dec. 22, from 1 to 4:30 o'clock; Kensington, J. K. Jepsen's Candy wnd Confectionery Store (formerly Fa- gan’'s), Tuesday evenings, Dec. 11 and 18, trom 5:30 to 8, and Saturday aft- ternoon, Dec. 29, 2 to 8§ o’'clock. Nine per cent. interest charged from Dec. 1 on all taxes unpaid Jan. 1, 1918. CHARLES F. LEWIS, Collector, Téwn of Berlin. get through we may be fighting with aur backs against the wall: but there is never a thought in this army that the job will not be thoroughly cleaned up. We shall wipe the slate clean, and when that time comes Uncle Sam will sit at the head of the table and the other people will be paying very respectful attention to what he tells them they must do. “It only occurred to me Yyesterday {hat tomarrow was Thanksgiving, and it looks as though it would be as busy as any other day for us: for we get no holidays in this army, at least, ngt in this part of it. “The eplisted men may get fur- loughs, and many of my boys are leav- ing for their homes tanight, but we fellows who have the work to do know little difference between Thanks- giving, Christmas, New Year's, Fourth of July or Sunday. All days are alike, with plenty of work at the base hos- pitals. “I do not remember that I have ever been away from hame before at Thanksgiving, except one vear when I was in Indiana. But as it is not like- ly that I shall spend another Thanks- giving or Christmas in this country for a long time to come, we must get { used to it and lose no time shedding useless tears. “It is a,time to push, and not to make a big noise, and you know, all my dear people, that if I had not gone into this when I felt it was my duty to, but had been at home eating Thanksgiving dinner with you, my conscience would have troubled me, and you know, each one of you, that if I had ‘squealed’ about leaving my family and the business you would have lost your respect for me by this time. “When I know of so many men try- ing by every means to evade service, and letting someone else do their fighting for them, my consolation lies in the thought that the time is com- ing when the ‘vellow bellies’ and ‘slackers’ will be forced to come and do their share, and when t time does come they are going to have the hard end of the row to hoe, “The deeper we get into this the more I know it is to be no Sunday School picnic, but a terrible and awfully serious matter, in which Christionity, and civilization, and honor and everything that makes life worth living, will go down almost to ruin and death, but not quite, for God still sits on His throne, although the devil seems to be running things with a pretty free hand just now. up “And so, folks all, don’t get dis- couraged. “As father sometimes says, ‘the worst is yet to come’ but it will be for Germany and her friends, for no one realizes, except those who are in it what a wonderful army is in the making, and what a ‘road roller’ it will be when it really gets to work. “Whole divisions of enginéers ana railroad men, regiments and regi- ments of foresters and lumbermen, brigades and then more brigades of road builders, and bridge men, elecs trical and mechanical experts by the thousands, and({each one trained to the edge. “It is wonderful to think of what the whole perfected machine will do when it gets going. And every man of suitable age, whose presence at home is not absolutely needed is wanted, and those in it should be proud of it, and those not in it shoula ask themselves, and have the question daily asked them, ‘why not'? “Now, dear folks, it is time for busi. ness and 1 must stop right here. “Pardon me if I unduly damned the slacker, and pardon me if T damn him some more, but he needs it, to put the fear of God in his heart, to put red blood in his veins, and to teach him that it is no worse for him to leave his home and his family, his pleasures and his business than it is for us who are in it. “‘Best wishes to all the friends and love to all the family, and remember, it 13 what you think which makes one happy or unhappy, and as ‘me and all my folks’ think alike about this thing, we will not be unhappy because I cannot be with you on such occaslons as thic. “Your affectionate son, “MATTHEW H. GRISWOLD, i “Post Hospital, “Fort*Bthan Allen.” Mrs. Sarah Jones. - Mrs. Sarah Jones, aged 80 years, a native of Berlin, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Charles Crawford of-Hartford yesterday. Mrs. Jones lived here for about 70 years,-anhd was , well known. She leaves one sister, IMrs. Charles Crawford of Hartford and one brother William L. Patterspn of Berlin. At the Churches. Berlin Congregational church—Rev. Samuel A. Fiske, pastor. Rev. Merritt A. Farren of Boston will occupy the pulpit at the morning services at 10:45 o'clock tomorrow. He will speak on “The Sailor and the Present World ! his destination to find that they have Plainville News URGENT DEMAND FOR MORE WORKERS Is the ‘Appeal of the Surgical Dressings Committee . | EXCELLENT WORK DONE, May Establish Red Cross Branch to Offer in This Town—Young Men Their Services to Uncle Sam for Military Service. The following communfication which explains itself was received at the Herald office today from the surgical dressings committee: Dec. 1, 1917 “The surgical dressings commitf wishes to correct the statement made in tHe Plainville column of the “New .Britain Herald” last evening under | the heading, ‘‘Doing Their Bit,” in which it was mentioned that the | Minor home had been thrown open to the women of the town wishing to knit and sew for the Red Cross. “The surgical dressings work, while affiliated with the Red Cross, does not include a full list of Red Cross work. “It does not include knitting and sewing. “The surgical dressings, as the name implies, includes only such work as concerns the dressing and care of wounds. “The Minor home has been donated for this purpose, which patriotic cour- tesy is most greatly appreciated by the townspeople in general, and par- ticularly, by the active workers in the surgical dressings. ‘““The work of the surgical dressings requires great care, and the local workers have turned out most excel- lent work, and in liberal quantities. * ‘“There, however, is no end to the amount of dressings that can be used, and more workers are wanted all.the time. ‘When the surgical dressings work first started here, the material turned out was, naturally, only for the wounded of our Allies. In the future, it will be needed for our own wound- ed as well and more work than ever -will have to be done, and it is great- ly urged that all possible, get in di- rect connection with this work. “Any information can be obtained from the chairman, Mrs. Edwin Hills. “It might be added that there has been considerable talk of establishing a Red Cross branch in town, where many who cannot take up surgical dressings work, can knit and sew. “There certainly is a great need for every woman to engage to the limit of her capacity in some sort of War Relief work. Those not engaged in surgical dressings work, might well be assisting in other lines under the di- rection of a fully organized local Red Cross committee, and it is hoped that such a committee can be organized, although at the present time such an organization is not in existence here in Plainville.” Loses Roll of Bills. To start homeward with a roll of bills in his pocket and after reaching suddenly disappeared is the strange experience of Joseph Colelle, manager of Confort’s confectionery store. Thursday night after closing the store Colelle placed the day's receipts with some other money which he had in his pocket and started home. He did not discover the loss until he reached his residence and then hasti- 1y retraced his steps in an effort to War.” The Sunday school will meef at noon. The Junior Endeavor league will convene at 3 o’clock in the af- ternoon. A meeting of Senior Endeav- or society will be held at 6:30 o'clock. Kensington Congregational church —Rev. Carleton Hazen, pastor. The regular morning worship will be held at the usual hour at 10:45 o'clock to- morrow and the pastor will occupy the pulpit. The Sunday school will meet at noon. '‘Salf-control” will be the topic for discussion at the Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 o’clock. This will be a consecration meeting. Kensington Methodist church—Rev. E. F. Lounsbury, pastor. Regular ser- vices will be held tomorrow morning at 10:45 o'clock. A meeting of the Baraga Class and Sunday school will be held at noon. The Junior Epworth league will hold a meeting at 5 o’'clock in the.afternoon. Evening services will be held at 7 o’'clock. St. Paul's church—Rev. J. C. Bren- nan, pastor. Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul's church, Kensington at 9 o'clock and at the Sacred Heart church, East Berlin at 10 o’clock. Berlin Briefs. Mrs. E. J. Wickwire is visiting with friends in Colchester. Postmaster and Mrs. Willam W. Fagan have returned to Kensington from their honeymoon trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deming are en- tertaining Miss Elizabeth Purney of New Britain. Horace L. Judd and Miss Alta Judd spent Thanksgiving in Smyrna, N. Y., with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cleveland. Mrs. Lena Root of East Berlin has as her guest her father Cyrus Root of Washington, D. C. Miss Florence Carnes a student at the Woman’s College at New London is spending the Thanksgiving vacation at her home in East Berlin. Patsey Kingo of Kensington, who is home from Camp DIx on a short fur- .lough has been promoted to master signal electrician. Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ellen Johnson formerly of East Berlin in Washington, D. C., on Thurs- day. Burial took place in Jewitt City yesterday. She leaves one daughter, Miss Grace Johnson. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917. discover the missing lucre. He en- listed the aid of Officer Marino and together the men made a thorough search over the route he had covered. Their efforts were fruitless and “Joe” is still minus the roll of bills. Conspicuous by Its Absence. The sugar shortage in Plainville is evidentty getting more acute, for at the phresent time there is none to be purchased from any of the local store- keepers, at least, as far as can be learned. Business men state that they find it impossible to purchase more than a small allotment at a time if they are fortunate to buy any at all. When a small consignment does arrive it is sold very carefully to the consumer and in one pound lots. Rather than to go without the pre- cious sweetening resldents have been known to go several miles to return in ecstasies because of the fact that they were able to purchase several ounces of the commodity. In a few homes where a supply was on hand before the scarcity came, the people are Hooverizing, while it is safe to say that a large number of families have no sugar to use. More to Enlist. Eager to offer their services volun- tarily to Uncle Sam rather than to await to be drafted a number of young men of the town who have not been called for examination will Visit the Hartford recruiting station Mon- i day. \ At tho Churches. Plainville Episcopal church—Morn- my services will be held at the usual t'me, 10:45 with Holy Communion. At noon all departments of the Sun- day school will meet. The evening service will be held at 7 o'clock at which time there will be preaching by Rev. Mr. Sutcliffe, pastor of St. Mark’s church in New Britain. Congregational church — Morning Bridgeport after spending a few days with relatives in this town. Mrs. L. H. Frost has returned from a visit with relatives in Willimantic. Mre. Tillle Van Nikle has returned to her home in Oakland, California, after a three months’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nystrom of Camp street. Michael O’Brien, one of the motor- men on the New Britain-Plainville line, has resumed his duties after sev- eral days’ illness. James H. Minor, who is connected with the 104th U. 8. fleld artillery, is at present encamped at Spartanburg, S. C. A brotier, John B, Jr., is in! the Infantry Training camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. LOST—Roll of bills, Thursday night. Reward if returned to Joe Colelle at Conforti's confectionery store, 12-1-1d ARRESTS SPANIARD Bridgeport Police Arrest Man Who Made Seditious Utterances When Questioned Regarding Draft. Bridgepart, Dec. 1.—Vincent L. Padral, 27 years old, a Spaniard, is the first alien other than a German to be held in this vicinity as an alien enemy. He is now in the custody of the police here and will be turned over to the federal authoritles on that charge. Padral, who worked in a local mu- nition factory, registered for the draft but failed to obey a summons for ex- amination and thereupon was ordered to be ready to report at Camp Devens within five days after Nov. 28. When the .police questioned him last night regarding his draft lability he broke into a torrent of violent invective worship will be held at 10:45, the|againgt the United States, they say. theme of the sermon to be “The|rpen they locked him up. Throne of God.” At this servico there will be unfurled a service flag containing sixteen stars. The Sunday school will meet at noon. At 6 o'clock the Christian Endeavor meeting will take place and the topic will be “Self Control.” Miss Fosher will be the leader. A special offering will be taken at this meeting to pay for tre service flag which the society has pur- chased. Following the meeting thero will be a recital of Victrola music con- sisting of selections from Gluck, Homer, Evan Willlams, Reed Miller and others. The public is ihvited to attend. Baptist church—At 10:45 the pastor will speak on *“The second chance.” Departments of the Sunday school will convene at 12:056 and at 6 p. m. the Young People’s service will be held. The topic for the evening service which will begin at 7 o'clock will ba ‘““Who is on the Lord's side?" To Hold Annual Sale. The Ladies’ Benevolent society ol the Congregational church will hold its annual Christmas sale Wednesday, December The sale will bejin progress both afternoon and evening. Among the many things which will e 5. sold are fancy articles, food and f-e cream. 1Tn the evening there will he an entertainment which will consi~t of music, readings and a play en titled. “A Moving at the Parsonage.” Tickets of admission will be sold for a nominal sum. Advent Christian Church—S8unday will mark the beginning of Rev. J. W. Denton’s fourth vear as pastor of the church. Reception of members of the parish will be held at the morn- ing services which will take place at the usual time, 10:45. At this serv- ice the pastor will speak on the sub- ject, “Reminiscences.” Sunday school will be held at noon and at/ 6:15 a Praise and Social service will be held. “Will God Vindicate Himself?” will be the subject of the theme at the evening service which starts at 7 o'clock. Plainville Briefs. The Grangers are planning for a series of whist parties which will be- &in on Friday evening, December 7, in the organization rooms. Earl Sweeney has resigned his po- sition at the Cooke garage and has gone to his home in Vermont, Thrift stamps will be placed on sale at the local post office, December 3. They will be sold in large and small denominations. Miss Alice Tuttle of Whiting street is spending the week-end with friends in Winsted. " Clarence Hemingway of the United States navy has returned to his ship after spending a four days' furlough at the home of his parents on North ‘Washington street. Advertised letters addressed to the following are at the post office: Ma- rino Satalino, Joseph Silman, S. B. Roberts, Mrs. W. D. Plumb. Miss Adella Johnson has returned to NOTHING IS KNOWN If Formep Czar's Daugh , the Grand Duchess, Is In Londan, Then Rus- sian Colony Does Not Know It. London, Dec. 1.—Inquiries of mem- bers of the Russian colony here show that nothing is known of the report published in the Morning Post that the Grand Duchess Tatlana, second daughter of the deposed emperor of Russia, has come to England. The story is generally discredited. The previous report that the grand duchess had escaped from Siberia and gone to the United States is doubted by Madame Olga Novikoff, Russian political writer, who says in the Post that the public should beware |of canards now coming from Russia. Madame Novikoff says the only son of Count Fredericks was killed in‘ the war & few months ago and conse- quently the reported marriage of the grand duchess to him could not have ! occurred. Mexican Government , Announces Tts Prices on National Gold. Mexico City, Dec. 1.—The govern- ment announces the following export duties of metal in national gold for j December: Gold 93.33 pesos per kil- ogram silver; silver, 2.83 pesos per kilogram; ore concentrates, 3.924 per kilogram; copper bars, .51 centavos per kilogram; ore concentrates, .621 centavos per gilogram; lead bars, .56 centavos per kilogram; lead bars, . trates, .97 centavos per kilogram; tin bars, 9.12 centavos per kilogram; ore concentrates, 1.9 centavos per kilo- gram; mercury, 18 centavos. - Export duty mercury will be based on flasks ‘on an average net weight of 34 kilograms. LECTURER DIES. New York, Dec. 1.—Henry Marcug Leipziger, lecturer and educator, died here today, aged 63 years. Since 1890 he had been supervisor of lecturers of the board of education here and was noted as a lecturer on educational and ethical topics. He was vice pres- ident of the American Scenic and His- toric Preservation soclety. Mr. Leip- ziger was born in England. TO HONOR MOTHERS. Roston, Dec. 1.—The mothers of boys who have enlisted in the national service from here are to be honored at a service to be held in the Hill Memorial Baptist church in the All- ston district, tomorrow night. Rev. W. Bradley, chaplain of the state prison, will deliver an address and will present service pins to all mothers of enlisted men In the audience. INJURED IN ACCIDENT. Thrift and afely To appreciate Safety for a hundred doliars, one must first get the dollars, To get the hundred dollars for thc Bank to protect, simply take one dol- lar, Ave, ten—What yon can—Deposit it and draw on your pay regularly for more deposits. The Bank furnishes the- Safety and helps cultivate the thrift to realize it. THE Plainville Trust Co. ' PLAINVILLE, CONN. | i Stephen Roper, who drives the Shuttle Meadow Country club jitney, suffered a bad scalp wound last night when his machine skidded into a tel- ephone polo on Lincoln street exten- sion. Mr. Roper was taken to the hospital in the police ambulance. He is not seriousl injured. EVERY MEMBER MOVEMENT. Walter S. Shutz of Hartford will speak at St. Mark’s church at the close of the regular morning service tomorrow on the “Every Member Movement.” The work tomorrow wiii be conducted by members of the Men'’s Club and will consist of solicit- ing of funds for the running of the church for the coming year. MATINEE TICKET SALE. ! Tickets for the matinee perform- ance of the minstrel overture at Fox's theater next Friday afternoon, hava been placed at Willlam H. Crowell's drug store and Kenney & Leghorn's store. There will be no exchange of these seats necessary. The members of the chorus and the tableau per- | AS ALIEN ENEMY | STATE BRIEFS | TERSELY ~TOLD Youh Killd by Automobhe While Crossing Winsted Streét R ¥ Hartford—Today Willlam B, CI president of the Aetna Insurance pany, completes fifty years of s as an officer of that company 8 twenty-five years as president, combining a golden and silver versary and making him easily the dean of the fire fnsurance frates { Interest in this event is not oon ug to the Aetna, alone, but all of Clark’'s friends, and there are in the clty of Hartford, will join s congratulating him. The event & b ing quietly celebrated by the diree and officers of the company while, with his usual modest; Clark shuns publicity, certainly of his friends will wish el both him and the company on notable anniversary. =~ is Will Not Play. New Haven—Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist, will not appear in this city in accordance with pla made by Yale university to hive him soloist for ‘the symphony concert: fo December 12. Shortly after he mad his general announcement through the; newspapers that he planned to ca all contracts, Yale recelved from hii a communication, in which he asked to be released from his coneert gagement made for this city, addl that his request did not mean that h§ would break any contracts without consent and would carry out the: agreement for New Haven for Decem: ber 12, if the university authoritiei insisted. In compliance with his re«| quest -Yale, through its treasures George Parmly Day, has conveyed Kreisler the information that it woul hardly insist upon his carrying = ou the engagement against his' will. Boy Is Killed. Winsted—James Merrill, the 10s] year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvillg W. Merrill was struck and almost in stantly killed by a Buick automob driven by Charles H. Baker of UtleW N. Y., in front of the Town hall. The boy was crossing Main street and ral directly in front of the approaching automobile. The'driver pulled the caf} sharply to the left to try to avoid th accldent but to no avail.” The machina knocked the boy to the road and cal ried him upon the sidewalk. He taken to Dr. Reidy's sanitarium wi he died within a few minutes. M Raker was Interviewed by Coroner &, A. Herman and was released on his own recognizance until Monday ‘whel he will report to the Coroner ‘in Win. sted. 3 Mayor Sells Sugar. Ansonia—One thousand pounds of sugar, secured by Mayor John Mead, will be sold in one-pound bags at 10 cents per pound. Each ai who appears at the police station the appointed time will be allowed purchase one ;pound. s This Is an experiment th‘y : Mead has decided to try out as o way to relicve somewhat tho sSugi shortage. If tho hundreds who are! expected to take advantage of thed chance to get sugar are orderly, it probable that some more sugar whichd Mayor Mead thinks he can secure wilh be given out in the same way. ] Child and Matches. Danbury—-A little girl looking for plece of paper on which to mark, is thought to have caused the fire which was discovered in a closet in the resi= dence of James H. Devine, 31 Rowan ' street just before nine o'clock Thanks- giving Day morning. The child asked Mr. Devine for a pencil and withji'a few minutes returned telling him'tha she didn’t use a match but that thi closet was on fire. Mr. Devine showed | much presence of mind by closing the | door of the closet and also the door of the sleeping room which it adjotned before giving the alarm. An invalld who had been in the sleeping room was being taken down stairs for the day at the time and so was safely re= moved before the firemen arrived. BU; - Last month was the banner mionth. of the vear in the line of fires. New Britain's fire-fighting force recelved just 33 calls. The largest fire of the month occurred on November 12 in Simons’ building on Main street. Tho/] damage caused by fire, tater and | smoke was estimated at $41,000. The second largest fire was that of the German Lutheran church which ‘ot curred November 13. - RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN, SORENESS, STIFFNESS Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bottle of Old “St. Jacobs Dil.” ‘What's Rheumatism? Stop drugging! Vot one case im fifty requires internal treatment. Rub soothing, Denetrating “St. Jacobs 11" directly upon the ‘“tender spot” and relief comes instantly. “St. Jacobs Oil” is a harmless rheumatism and’ sciatica liniment, ‘which never disap- points and cannot burn the skin. Limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle Zrom your drug- gist, and in just a moment you'll be free 2rom rheumatic and aclatic pain, Coseness, otiffness and swelling. Don't suffer! Rellef awaits you. ®ld, honest “St. Jacobs Oil” has cured mil- lons of rheumatism sufferers in the last half century, and is just as good Pain only, formers will hold a rehearsal at tho Elks hall tomorrow afternoon. for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, bark« ache, sprains and swellings.