New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1917, Page 2

ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY STATIONERY We have placed an exceptional line jof high quality stationery, books, fantain pens, ink stands, etc., at the disposal of our patrons. They have peen speclally priced to aid the Shristmas_ shopper in securing a faried amount of articles for a nomi- jinl outlay. We have something suit- ble for all your friends. Dickinson Drug Co. 169-171 Maia Street CITY ITEMS £ Tuesday, Dec. (th last day to make B ments in Christmas Savings Club. pw Britain National Bank.—Advt. Miss Delie. A. Haugh, former secre- to the mayor, has accepted a mporary position as stenographer ‘ r. T: Bpben Reeks, state epiderm- glst. Largest stock of Work Gloves in bw Britain at Besse-Leland's.—advt. lohn ‘'W. Lynch and W. J. Donnelly in Washington, D. C.,, on a busi- trip which may culminate in jeir entering the governmental serv- ‘Work Gloves at cut prices. Besse- pland’s.—advt, drs. Zawdick of 35 Putnam street taken to the Hartford retreat it evening by Officer Moffit and Su- intendent Kibbe of thectown farm. R For Work Gloves try Besse-Leland's dvt. ‘'0x & Dunn have sold three pleces property on Hartford avenue and far streets for William O'Mara and lizabeth Regan to Harry Maxen. :For Work Gloves try Besse-Leland’s Fadvt. p Mayor G. A. Quigley today sent out Eters thanking all women who as- ed in the recent food conservation The KenilwortH club will hold its fmi-annual meeting for the election | offigers this evening. Largest stock-of Work Gloves in° grlmm at Besse-Leland's.—advt. 'mo Young Fellows are ‘gone” on new Suits of English Model. e close fitting Garments appeal to m. $10, $15 to $25. N. Y. Sample ithes Shop, 357 Main St.—advt! EVENTS TONIGHT jiF'ox’s theater, ma. high class photo | Lyceum theater, superior pheto lays. f Keeney's theater, oving pictures. vaudeville and f Gerstaccker lodge, 1. 0. 0. F. meets Turner hall. Ahhmbeuen Tribe, e in Judd’s hall. TGO R RO ‘Washington council, D. of A. meets Jr. 0. U. A. M. hall.. X er lodge, O. of V. meets Arch street. at r — Corbin Commandery, meets at 377 n street. SDELL-ANS bsolutely Removes indigestion. Druggists efund money if it fails. 25¢- or immediate and | permanent relief eczema | prescribe ‘Resinol “If you want to ez; )m:um, 'of those things you talk aboat. Bnt lf | you really want that itching stopped and | r skin healed, get a jar of Resinol Ointment. We doctors have been pre- ribing #%at ever since you were a small | boy, so we &now what it will do.”’ .« Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap contain noth- x_;{mtwnldnm or irritate the tenderest skin. clear away pimplés, redness and roughuess, stop dandruff, and forni a most vllu:bh bond:nld NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, Ready for Your Inspection Qur most distinctive line ' of JEWELRY, WATCHES, DIAMONDS, SILVERWARE, CUT critical inspection. at last year’s prices. GLASS and IVORY, Suitable GIFTS, is now fully displayed and awaiting your Profiting by last year’s experience, were unable to supply a considerable number of our kind patrons, due to a shortage of goods, we planned this year early, and have bought timely and plenty, accomplishing a two-fold purpose viz: very large line of the very latest designs, and buying for CHRISTMAS when we Securing a + We yvish to have you share these advantages, and are offering you the largest selection in the City at considerable lower prices than you will ha\!e to pay elsewhere. Our Victrola Depart ment is experiencing a very busy season this time of the year, we have every NEW MODEL in all finishes from $20.00 to $400.00 at very moderate terms, and would urge you to select your Victrola NOW and have it delivered any time at your convenience. Our Xmas Victrola proposition is very attractive, let us explain to you. OF XMAS RECORDS | “SEE US FIRST” FULL SELECTION HENRY MORAN JEWELRY AND VIGTROLAS 321 MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. WOMAN TRIES T0 HIDE REVOLVER But Policeman Declines to Be Confused by Legerdemain Charged with assault and carrying concealed weapons, Joseph Parmese of 120 Beaver street appeared in court this morning before Judge J. H. Kirk- ham. Parmese, who pleaded not guil- ty, was represented by Attorney Wil- liam J. Mangan. He was arrested at is home last evening by Officer Mof- fAtt who testified that when he was about to be arrested he passed a gun I to a young woman. found to be empty. An assault is said to have taken place during the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Alvera Antonia on Cher- ry street. Mrs. Antonia testified that Parmese kicked her but that the whole trouble was started by another man. Her husband Paul, said that he saw Joseph kick her. Joseph denled that he assaulted her or that the gun was his. saw it before, he stated. A Mrs. Moriss, whom the officer testified taok the gun out of the man’s Pocket before he was arrested, said “I didn’t pick the gun out of his pocket. I found it on the floor and picked it up as I didn’t want the officef to see 1®t.” Judgment was suspended on the as- sault charge and Joseph was fined $7 and costs for carrving concealed ‘weapons. Arthur Swanspn was charged with violating the motor vehicle law. He drove a touring car without commer- cial markers and forgot to carry his license with him. He was represented by ‘Attorney Camp. Officer John Liber testified that he arrested the man on Main street Saturday afternoon and that he saw him driving the same car with the same markers Friday atter- noon, but couldn’t get him. Swanson stated that his other Yr\lck ‘was broken and that he was a garbage collector and didn’t know that he was violating the law. John Hanson, who resides at the Swanson homestead, said that the only time the car was used for com- merefal purposes was on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Attorney Camp contended Swan- son had not violated the law by put- ting a commercial body on the car saying “Your Honor, of they called up the police—the police would tell them to go ahead and use the car.” Swanson was fined $3 and costs for not having the Ilicense. Judgement was suspended on the other charge. Sam Lazar, Siat Escande and Jabriel Escande were charged with assault on i Peter Baba, Friday. Attorney McDon- | ough ppeared for the accused. i Pete Baba testiffied that Siat punched him in the eve in a pool room. Siat changed his plea of not gullty to guilty. Upon the recommendation of Pros- ecuting Attorney Klett Siat was fined $10 and costs and the other men dis- charged. Anthony Yaskis, charged with as- ! sault on his wife at their home on Millard strect last evening, was fined |{$10 and costs. Mrs. Yaskis was called to the stand and stated that her husband had promised to be good ‘and that she didn’'t want to say any- thing about it. When told that she | must testify she said that he was ! drunk and put his hands around her throat. Hubby had nothing to say. The revolyer was | He never MEMORIAL DAY AT ELKS’ - HOME Cambridge Speaker Hits at Auto crats in Gourse of Address Memorial services, simple yet pressive were conducted by New ain lodge, No. 957. B. P. O. the Elks home on Washington last evening. Tnere was a ¢ sized gathering of the members on hand to join in revering the memory of the members who have passed be- vond the Great Divide during the past 12 months. sponse was heard from Einar F. Bo- nander, Joseph Towers, Frank J. Ca- | sassa, William H. Gallagher, John I Connors, Joseph S. Bennett, John J. | Hollywood and Bernard V. Farrell, those members having died during the year. Brit- bt in As the members entered the lodge | room Organist Bishop played cessional march. room was decorated with natlonal and Elks' colors. The opening ceremony followed with the exalted ruler and secretary participating. offered by Chaplain George E. Bunny, followed by -the singing of “Nearer ! My God to Thee” by the assemblage. a pro- The officers of the lodge went through emblem was arranged on the secre- tary’s desk. Fred M. Hewitt, companied by Organist Bishop, dered the solo, *“Recessional.” ren- The orial exercises, was handled in a ver: capable manner by John Jay Daly. Tollowing was an organ selection, “Revere” by William H. Bishop. In years past, memorial committees of New Britain lodge of Elks, have sought to secure able speakers for the delivery of thc memorial address. Af- ter listening to Past Exalted Ruler Charles F. J. McCue of Cambridge, Mass., lodge 839 last eveing, the mem- bers of the local lodge left the build- ing satlsfied that this year's commit- tee had succeeded in securing an able prator. Mr. McCue s possessed with an excellent delivery and his talk throughout, held the closest of atten- tion from all present. At the outset, he congratulated the members of New Britain for the attention given the simple and impressive service ar- ranged. Through the everyday walks of life, the speaker sald, many peo- ple are prone to gverlook the import- ance attached to death, but it is de- creed in the Elkdom ritual that a day im- In calling the role, no re- | The interior of the | Prayer was | the ritualistic ceremony as the flowery | ac- | delivery of “Thanatopsis,” one of the | most important parts of Elks mem- WE SPECIALIZE BEAVER BOARD FOR CEILING AND SIDE WALLS. GIVEN FOR DOING WORK. CALL OR PHONE 359. 1917, ON METAL AND ESTIMATES HUNDREDS AND HUNDRED S Now 'Offered at Sale Price $14.75.—Good warm THE JOHN every year, when the members gather and pay simple tribute to their departed brothers. The ritual of Elkdom also specefies that its members must believe in God and live up to teachings of the existence of a singing, “Auld Lang Syne.” members that all that lives must die. Toward the end of his remarks, Mr. ' McCue tQuched upon the war situa- tion, ‘rapping vigorously kings, queens, dukes and others at whose door he Jaid the blame for the colossal strug- gle being waged in Europee, and in which the cream of American man- hood was to be called upon to assist | in downing the autocrats. The speak- er said he prayed to God that success would be with those fighting against such rulers. The officers conducted ceremonies and the members joined in singing, ‘“Aul Lang Syne.” The committee arranging the exer- cises comnsisted of the following: Past Exalted Ruler Harry C. Brown, chair- man; esteemed Leading Knight Jos- eph G. Woods, William H. Bishop, Sec- Dudley T. Holmes, Frapk J. O’Brien, Frank S. Penfield and Dr. Ed- ward J. Dray. CHURCH NEWS Trinity M. E. . . The Woman Foreign Missionary | focicty met this afternoon with Mrs. Sheldon of 45 South High street. The Quecn E this evening at 20 o'clock with A. P. Marsh, 74 Greenwood street. A meeting of the Girl Scouts will be held tomorrow from 5 to 6 p. m. A class meeting will be held tomorrow cvening at 7:45 o’clock. Church. Mrs. The mid-week prayer and work ser- | | vice will be held Thursday 5 o'clock. Monthly ladies’ supper will be served | Friday evening at 6:30. The regular ‘momhxy board meeting will bg held | at 7:30. A Brotherhood concert by the 0Old Kentucky Jubilee Singers” | be held at 8. evening at ! milk station has been postponed a week. | Pastor Cook will begin a series of morning sermons on “The President | Worla_Situation” next Sunday. His sc]mdu!o is as follows: | December 9th: —“The Seriousness of }thc Present Situation.” December 16th. or a Calamity?"” December 23rd.—"A Christmas Ser- | mon.” December Abuse of Forc January 6th.— What Has to Offer.” . Probably a final sermon dealing di- rectly with the duties which the de- nomination faces. “The Life of Christ” is the subject of a series of illustrated addresses that will besin next Sunday evening. The pictures on Sunday, December 23, the Sunday before Christmas, will be | reproductions of the old Masters, rep- resenting the nativity and the early life of Christ. s It a Challenge 30th.—*The Use and Christianity First Church of Christ. (Center Congregational). A teachers’ tea will be held at 6:30 o'clock this evening. The church school rehearse tomorrow at Wednesday at 5 the meet and at 7:15 the F Troop 4, will meet The program for Thursday is: 2:30 p. m., Armenian Women's Bible class; 4, Lafayette Sewing school; 30, Philathea Class monthly meet- 7:45, mid-week service. An extra meeting of the Home Missionary society will be held Fri- day at 2:30 p. m. The choir will reheérse at 7 Satu‘rd:\y. orchestra will 30 p. m. Girl Sgouts 3oy Scouts, p. m. First Baptist Church. The Freestone club will rehearse at 7:30 p. m. today. The Woman’s Aid society will meet Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. in the chapel. A business meeting will be held at 3:30. , The Junior society will meet. Thurs- day at 4 p. m. The chapel will be open from 5:30 to 7:45 Thursday for Red Cross work. The regular church night service will be held at 7: The class In Biblical literature will meet imme- diately after the service. The all day Red Cross sewing meet- ing will be held at the church Friday. In the evening the monthly meeting of the Y. P. C. E. soclety will be held. Reports will be received from delegates to the Manchester confer- ence and Hartford Institute. Election of officers will follow. 3 and 5 FRANKLIN Painters, Decorators and Sign Makers the closing | ther society will meet | will | The lecture for the benefit of the | BOYLE CO. SQUARE Sale Price $14. black, blue, brown, green. WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ The clasg in teachér training meet at 7 p. m. Saturday. The Freestone club announces a concert to he given on the evening of December 10. Mrs. R. N. Lister of Boston, a prominent lyric soprano, will sing. The concert Wwill be free | to all, WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ COATS. CHAS. DILLON & CO. BRIDGEPORT EXTRAORDINARY PRICE REDUCTIONS ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF WOMEN'S AND MISSES" Coats and Suits OF NEW COATS AND SUITS Sacrifice Prices. Regular Prices up to $22.50. coats, made of Kersey and burella Cloth, in black and a splendid variety of colors. WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ COATS. Sale Price $19.75.—Handsome coats made of wool velours, Bolivias, Kersey, many with collars of plush and the new karame. WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ COATS. Regular Prices up to $32.50. Sale Prico $25.00.—Choice coats of Bolivia, wool velours, pompoms, many trimmed with handsome fur WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ SUITS. —DMade of burella, serges, velours and pompoms in Regular Prices up to $27.50. collars. Regular Prices up to $29.76. taupe and beetroot. SUITS. Regular Prices up to $85.00. Sale Price $19.75.—Made of serges, tricotines, wool velours and sil- vertones in black and all fashionable colors. WOMEN’'S AND MISSES’ S8UITS. Sale Price $25.00.—Made of chiffon broadcloth, tone in black and all the wan ted colors. Regulaf Prices up to $89.75. wool velours, silver- STATE BRIEFS TERSELY TOLD, | Meriden Liquor Dealer Held for | Causing Man's Death | New Haven—-The burglars who re- | cently burglarized the Washington | | building must be fellows endowed with | either a queer sense of humor or pe-*| culiar tast i In the offices of Deputy Sheriff John | W. Hutt, the burglars disdained car- ng away a flne automatic gun and | several pieces of jewelry, including | bracelets, but they took with them a | so-called “twister” used on the wrist | of a refractory prisoner for the pur- pose of plain dealing. In the offices of former Deputy Cor- oner Walter Pond the burglars took | what tlifey discarded in the deputy sherift’s office, a revolver. Verily there | is no accounting for tastes. ried Anyway. Ready now, the men.” M happy Thanksgiving marriage, | Wikler, years old, of 383 East | Main street, obtained a license to wed { Samuel lson on Wednesda: Sam is a junk dealcr, na lives at cording to dealers are the low ! deceiving.” a. found What Shines Out Among Gifts ? A KNOX SILK HAT Instead of some useless gimcrack, that ultimately finds its way to the ashman or iceman—poor ashman! poor iceman!—give him a KNOX Shiny “Topper.” It’s the perfect present that he’ll polish and cherish beyond everything else. “Christmas store for Once more the season of good cheer finds Horsfall’'s prepared with gifts for the real red-blooded man. - You will find genuine gift inspiration here—we welcome you. Torsfunllx I PAYS TO BUY O ©8-98 ABYLUM ST. comestingvith {4 R KIND TAYMBULL S% him so, but her matrimonial hopes ! remained unshattered. She fell back | to her old love Abraham Vandernoot, | 39 vears old, and a merchant, of 307 | Bast avenue, whom she married. | Hcla For Death. | liquor | arre: v the Meriden ! police by direction of Coroner Mix as | responsible for the death of William Tighe on Thanks, Tighe’s death was reported lental by | the police it being understood that he | | fell off the side doorstep of Taylor's saloon and sustained a broken neclk, dying a few moments afterward. New evidence was securcd Saturday by the i'police and an autcpsy performed on | Tighe's body. It is alleged that Tishe and another | man were inside the saloon arguing ! over ‘a turkey raffle and Taylor step- ped betwcen them and pulled Tighe outside. Tighe it Is said fell against a toilet dnor, striking his head. Accord- ing to the polce information the man was picked up ad take onutside the saloon aod left there-—dead. Dr. Stoddard and Medical Examiner Brad- street were then called and Taylor and other witnesses said that Tighe had met with an accident outside the sa- loon. Dr. Scarborough performed the autopsy vesterday. Taylor is held ' without Londs. Patriots Enlisted in dealer, Name ........ Age oy Address ...... Parents’ Name When Enlisted | | | | In Army or Navy ...... In What Branch ...... “Cause Displeasurg i : Danbury—Saturday night about 10| P1aintiff is their mother, Electa Mer- o'clock the police station received | 'ill,_suing through Attorney Edward notification to hurry to a point hevona | B. Reiley, Jr. as conservator. John Ford's house on Housatonic|papers allege that Mrs. Merrill is avenue, as a man was lying by the | ' Poor and unable to support herself."” side of the road and the indications | Another paragraph says: “The said F. were that he was dyving. Chief O'Dell | Frisbie and Lews G. Merrill are able and Patrolman Manicn went to the to provide their mother with support, it st bevond the ire which they have neglected to do.” { house, and a man in great 5 | agony. He was brought to the police | station and Dr. N. Loomis and Dr. | | P. B. Kennedy were led in to ad-| they have the man known as Robert minister to him. The police searched . Dodge, and his woman accomplice, his person and found a letter written | Who, by one of the cleverest schemes in Ttalian. The letter read as follows: | ever warked in this city, succeeded in “These goods belonz to this person Passing a bogus check for $260 on and I have taken poison to cause dis- | the New Haven Carriage company on pleasure ta Joseph 'DeNigris, who | November 6, a man and woman are lives at 103 Hawkins street, Derby, for | being held for the New Haven police the displeasure of his daughter An-| by the police of Burlington, Vt. Word nie.” The letter caused the necessity | to this effect was received by Captain of a patrolman going to the place | Donnelly of the local detective bureau where the man had been found to|2anRd, accompanied by Willlam Owen, find a bottle or some other evidence | treasurer of the New Haven Carriage to show what kind of poison he had | ¢ompany, and Detective Deskin, he taken. | started for Burlington today to at- tempt to identify the couple and, it \ | Buccessful, bring them back to this city. The arrests were made through the Pinkerton agency. was found = Held in Vermont. New Haven-—Held in the bellef that Mother Sues Sons. Waterbury—A suit in which a mother, through her conservator, is suing her two sons for malntenance and support, was filed in the superior court. The action is brought under Section 2,499 of tho General Statutes, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Pub- lio Acts of 1909, and so far as can be recalled by the court is first time it has been resorted to in this city in many RECEIVER IN STORE. A recelver has been placed in the Prudential Outfitting company, a Main street clothing store, at the be- hest of the Connecticut Hat compafhy and N. E. Mag, creditors. Constable Fred Winkle served the papers. The action was precipitated by the report yvears. The defendants in proceedings | are two well-known young men, F, Frisble and Lewis G. Merrill. The that other stores owned by this con- cern in various cities were about to be declared bankrupt. The | From New Britain the Nation’s ‘Service. Nearest of Kin ar ~No parents) <veevnneinennannnn... (Fill This Out and Reti1™ to Editor of The Herald) ,,,, ADVERTISED LETTERS The following is a list of letters re- | maining unclaimed at the New Brit- | ain Post Office, December 3, 1917. Agnes C. Anderson. L. E. Brinton. John Buell, 10 Allen. Mrs. H. F. Barnes, 124 Broad St. Chas. F. Blakeslee, 32 Maple. Boiseinba Berorbenl. John Bower. John B. Edwards (2). Sman Gasam. Mildred Halsey. Miss C. Jenson. Mrs. Willlam Jacobs. ‘August Johnson, 26 So. Stanley. Lilllan Kupec, 26 Dubols. Mrs. J. C. Lindhall, Roxbury Rd. (2) Domeneco Lorenzen, 828 E. aMin. B. Mady. Mr. Minor, care of 8. R. and L. Ca, Willie R. Prosser. H. L, Sheppert. ‘Andrew Stafida. John Stafida. Wm. Troobert. Geo, Twigg, 138 Fairview stre’/ Sergt. Wilbert Veley. J. Wazniales. Afk for advertised letters and men- tion date of list. W. F. DELANEY, Postmaster. To Cure a CoM in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Druggists refund money it it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S slg- nature is on each box. 30c.