New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1917, Page 10

ED, SO MUST /Y. W. C. A. FUND GOES ‘PAY THE FIDDLER rman Fined $26 for Thelt of ~ LaFlamme’s Violin lam Gorman of Hartford ave- | was fined $25 and costs in the e court this morning by Judge ey, T.’ Meskill. He was churged i the theft of a violin, casemand " from Fred LaFlamme of - 84 street. lamme testified that the violin | wadiworth $35 and that it was taken frot his room on Church street. Of- fieeri Howley stated that he arrested Gotman on LhfdVette street about 9 | o'clock last night. He was trying to | . dispose of the instrument, he stated. /Gorman, whao pleaded guilty, stated " that he rented a room at the house on' 84 Church street vesterday morn- ingjand ' took the “violin. He tried | to sell it, he said. Louls Maxen was charged with driv- ing his motor car on East Main street | It was a Ford 7’1! ‘without a license. car with a commercial body | ring car numbers, . Officer Mc- | estified that he made the arrest | about, 11:30 o’clock last night. He | was fined $5 and costs. rother and brother-in-law vile names ew Campbell .was. sent. to the farm. Ie pleaded guilty. scattering junk and scrap on streets of Now Britain, Frank Balowskis wes fined $7 and costs. He | L §ald he was driving a load of scrap fron to the New Britain Machine shop 1d some of it fell off the wagon. {" ' Violated City Ordinance. . Andrew Rodi was charged with violay the motor law by allowing | ‘Mis car to stand morc than 20 min- | “ntes in, front of o fire hydrant in | [ front of the Stanley building. He stated that he went in a drug store to have \his hand fixed which he cut “the factory. He , was fined $3 ! thout costs. / | ' . Prosecuting Attorney Klett proved | 8 ability, in detecting writing in, the } pbers this morning when a boy | ed - before Judge Meskill for isling money from his father. i~ The father complained to the po- I lice that someone took $9.50 from his - gon’s coat which was hanging in thein’ i bedroom.. Detective Sergeant Malone ' jnvestigated and went to school to | nterview the boy. The boy admitted | v | Team | Miss E. R. Andrews. 2 For being drunk.and calling. his | Corbin Screw Corp.— * PAST $6,000 HARK {Workers Hall Way to Success i With Two Days Remaining i The Y. W. C. A. fund reached the | half-way mark in the campaign for $12,000 when at the close of the re-' | ports of the team captains yesterday | the total amounted to $6,047.06. To | Miss Katherine Wilbor’'s team went ‘,:he honors yesterday for the largest amount realized, $565. The success of the venture is probable now. The ’campalgn has two days to run. The teams, number of subscriptions j and amount of subscriptions yester- { day’ follow: \ Subs. Amount Team \1— Mrs. P. Team 2-— Miss F. Team 3— Mrs. K. Team 4— Mrs. H. Team 5— Mrs. W. F. Brooke. eam 6— Miss - K. { (08 B. Stanley... 14 § 44750 Humphrey.. 15 185.00 Slopereee... 30 474.00 P. Carter.. 385.00 296.75 ‘Wilbor.... 5665.00 154.00 New Britain' Mackine— Miss A. Fitzgerald..130 North’' & Judd— Migs Ruth Beach Trumbull Electric Co.— Miss Sadie Wheeler. . 118.2d 108 50.66 34 36.00 Miss B. Moody 13 11.00 fTotaluerrs Total to date, $6,047.06. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Mark’s chutch, delivered an able talk at yesterday’s meeting. The local association has received the following interesting letter from Miss Florence B. Andrews, who went to Georgia five weeks ago as a volun- teer Y. W. C. A. worker: .. “If you might have been out at Camp Gordon yesterday (Thanksgiv- ing Day) and have heard one soldier after another tell us how much the aopening. of the. Hostess. House had changed Thanksgiving Day from a day to which they had looked farward $2,696.11 | with dread to a day they will long Te- member, there would no longer be any question in one’s mind as to fhe real work the Y. W. C. A. is doing in this country. “The soldiers are really big home- sick bays, and are more than eager to talk about home and home -friends. [ stesling $5 from"his father. In the Most of them are much too far from 1 they are used to them by now. was pathetic, and’ often brought tears to one’s eyes. S “The house was packed to the doors all day. After the dedication service, I went out into the cafeteria to help open the boxes of cake and candy furnished by the women who were helping. The soldlers crowded in and stood around watching us. Of course, we could not give them any then, if we had there would not have been one piece for the afternoon. “The men all had a good Thanks- of live turkeys were driven into camp, and each company ate in its own Mess hall. To be sure they had to eat off the old tin plates,—but I guess One man during the afternoon when we said, that is was the first time in three months since he had eaten from crockery. Such a mob as crowded in for that home-made candy and cake, one_ long line kept waving from two until five,~and we served about 2,000 men, or more. Another long line was | kept moving around the desk where the men put their names in the guest book. Others gathered around :the piano or fireflace,—and in the eve- ning a band came in and played for us. Many of the men are foreign- ers,—and one man as he wrote his name said that he was just learning to write. During the afternoon I heard some one ask where the lady from Connecticut was, and looked up to see Mrs. Williams, the official hostess coming toward me with a sol- dier from Connecticut. He nearly wrenched my hand oft with his hearty grip, but when I learned“he was from Bridgeport, I quickly introduced him to Miss Sammis (one of the secre- taries) and her mother who are from Bridgeport. “The next day the real work of the Hostess house began, and we had the pleasure of helping in the meeting of twelve families, one poor mother ar- riving at noon and having to wait until six o'clock when her son would be free. It is surprising how many peo- ple are down from the north, one mother from Brooklyn, saying she had- saved and saved to make the trip, and that it was worth it for she had not seen her son for three.months. “One soldier told us that he had not spoken a word to a wgman for three months, and it seem: mighty good to have a Hostess House where one might drop in and talk to women. “At Charlestown the National Board ‘War Council is about to erect barracks for three hundred girls who are em- ployed by the Government in the Navy Yard which is a long distance from town. These girls work from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. and it takes them one hour to come to work and one hour to get back to town. The Y. W. C. A. will put up a home inside the Navy Yard for these girls, and they will be carea@ for, and chaperoned when going to town. It surely will be worth while if it protects three coat pocket was a note “I am a mem- ! home to get short furloughs, as do | hundred girls.” y ‘ber of the Black Hand.” The sister ' “at the school said tbhat the handwrit- tng was that of the boy’s. The boy denied he wrote the note ‘and Attorney Klett had him make a copy of it. The writings were the same and the letters “T and K” be- trayed him. He was discharged and the father ‘told not to make any more complaints to the police as he stated that it was all right for his own son to take the money. Attorney Roche appeared for . ‘the boy. Dispute Overspeed of Auto. Charged with reckless driving, John Peterson was discharged. He figured in an auto smash-up, December 4, at the intersection of Judd avenue and Tast streets. Peterson was repre- sented by Attorney McDonough. Nathan Berson testified that Peter- son ran into his car at the corner of the streets and that he was going be- " tween 40 and 50 miles an hour and that he didn’t blow his horn. . “I thought I would get killed if T didn’t stop on the corner,” the wit- mess said. ° Officer Lyons testified that Peter- ' men's car skidded 69 feet after the brakes had been applied and that he must have been going between 40 and A0 miles an-hour. “ Attorney McDonough asked him how fast the car would have been going had it skidded 80 feet. The witness replied that he was not ex- _pert enough for that. Ceaptain Grace testified that Peter- son told him he was going 20 miles an hour and did not blow his harn. Peterson, who lives at 37 Unlon street, sald that the Ford car Tan into his Overland at the corner, claiming that Berson cut in on the left-hand side of the road: Joseph Peterson: testified that he was, no relation of the defendant and that he saw Berson going up Judd avenue on the left side of the road. the men at Camp Devens. We are beginning to get many of the Camp Devens men down here at Camp Gor- don. “T have written about our “At Homes” held here in the City asso- ciation. We have had two so far, and they will be continued through the winter. Every soldier who comes here on Sunday afternoons, before leaving, always expresses in some way how much he has enjoyed the afternoon—and especially how home- like the association seemed to him. “One of the big things about our war’ work is the Hostess Houses at the camps. Yesterday the Hostess House at Camp Gordon was opened and dedicated. We all—that is, the war workers and secretaries—went out to the camp, 13 miles from At- lanta, in time for the dedicating of the house by Mr. Willilam Sunday at 9:16 a. m. The service was very im- pressive, and Mr. Sunday is truly a great man. The house was accepted by General Erwin—and then began such a day! ‘The Hostess House Is exactly what its' name signifles. It is very large, cavering an acre of ground, has wide verandas on all sides, a big living- room and hallway, and across the hall the cafeteria, where good home- cooked food may be had at reasonable prices. The living-room has a huge fireplace that juts out into the room. There are any number of comfortable wicker chairs prettily upholstered in cretonne: tables, lamps and window seats make the room very homelike, though it is all very simple and not extravagant, and supplies the lack that so many men feel in the camp life. “All day long I saw men sitting in the comfortable rocking chairs, just rocking by the fireplace as if it seemed good to get into comfortable chairs and into a home-like place again,— for in spite of all the good the Y. M. Another witness stated that he saw Berson on the -left side of the road and that Peterson's car was going about two or three miles an hour when Berson ran into it. C. A. huts are doing, they are very bare and have not the home atmos- phere. Repeatedly the men would say,—*This is the most like home of any place since we left there!” It “MAKE IT A RED CROSS CHRISTMAS Display the Red Cross Service Flag in your window. These flags will be distributed to Red Cross members by the Boy Scouts and ‘may also be secured at the following | places:— ' RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS Y. M. CONN. LIGHT C. A & POWER (0. WILL STOP BATTLES ON EASTERN FRONT (Continued From First Page). gotiations and their determination to publish them in their entirety. The minutes and languages of the sessions are in Russian on our side and in German for the German side. A special commission was created to compare the minutes after every ses- sion. We have requested that the next meeting of the plenipotentiaries be held on Russian territory and that there be an. interval of seven days in the negotlations in order that our delegation may return to Petrograd.” Seret Documents. London, Dec. 6.—The installment of secret documents made public on Tuesday by the Bolsheviki foreign minister, according to a Petrograd despatch to ‘the Daily Mail, included a telegram from M. Nabakoff, the Russian charge in London, to Forelgn Minister Terestchenko, dated October 6, which begins with the words: “Extra secret. Only for minister.” The telegram intimates M. Nabokoff had informed a’ special meeting of the ambagsadors of France, Italy, United States and Japan he had recelved in- formation from Madrid to the effect that a highly placed personage in Berlin had expressed a wish to be the Spanish ambassador there to enter into peace negotiations. The Spanish government, however, could not un- dertake‘mediation and confined itself to stating that fact. Having re- ceived this message, there were two alternatives, either to leave the Ge:- man inquiry unanswered or to reply very carefully, and not to reply would have given the German government an opportunity to use the action as a means to raising the spirits of the German people, and strengthening Germany’s position in addition to ia- creasing the agitation in Russia. Therefore, the British government, the document says, replied it would be ready to receive the communica- tion which the German government felt itself able to make respecti.g peace and would consider the mat. ter in conjunction with its allies. M. Nabokoff adds that the ambassadors in discussing the questlon with A. J. Balfour, the British foreign minister, came to the conclusion this was an- other attempt by Forelgn Ministat von Kuehlmann to draw the Allies into a net and it was determined that under no circumstances would one 'of the Allles negotiate, at least unless the “matter could be considered collective- Our Christmas club starts Decem- ber 22nd. We pay interest. Com- mercial Trust Co.—advt, A marriage license has been issued to Charles E. Stevens of East Hart- ford and Miss Grace Haling of 1,193 East street. Valkyria lodge, O. of V., will hold an fmportant meeting tomorrow eve- {ming 1n Vega hall giving dinner. Forty thousand pounds | were serving cake, candy and coffee, ! Sunshine Jociety. ave you had & kindness ghowni Fass it en. “Twas not meant for you alonw. Pass it on. Let it travel down the vcars, Let i wipe owner’s temrs, Tili in Heaven the deed appears. Pass it on. “n Motto—Good checr, Flower—Coreopsis. Colors—Gold and white. The gifts of money and donations of food of all kinds for our Thanks- glving work were most generous and we desire tq thank each one who in any way helped to make it such a Success. At the close of the report B. F. Gaffney who so ably acted as chairman. 18 calls were made during the last two weeks. Wheel chairs, air.cushions, com- mode chairs and crutches, the prop- erty of the society may be.borrowed upon request. An earnest plea was made for more helpers. for the surgical dressings department of the Red Cross . on Court street. /. An invitation was extended to Sunshine members to be present at the. meeting of the Visiting Nurses’ gsm::{atlon. to be held at the Y. W. a rising vote of“thanks was given Mrs, Lanl | It is planned to carry out the | Christmas work as in former years at | the Town Home and Mrs. E. B. Proudman was chosen as chairman of ‘this committee. Stockings will - -be- made by the various members. and also by the Girl Scouts of the South ‘Bongregatiopal church under the leadership of Mrs. George ° Loomls. These will be filled with candy and popcorn, and gifts will be there for | every one at the Home. There are many calls for help, but each in turn deserves our aid and we trust all who | can will try and have some Httle share | in this work of our city, for only a lit- | tle from each will ensure success for | many. Aprons, tobacco and pipes are | among some of the desirable articles. | Following the regular business came exercises in keeping with the celebra- tion of the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of this society in this city. We were fortunate in having with us Mrs. George Christ at whose home the first meeting was held sixteen ! years ago. Following is a brief re- view from her paper: “Sometimes we are glad and some- times sorry we started the ball roli- | ing.” ‘ In the case of Canonicus branch T am proud to feel that I began the circle in my home, which has spread to such size and is doing so much good work in our city. I had read of the I. S. S. in the Ladies’ Home Jour- nal, and asked some of the girls to come to my home to talk over the forming of a branch. The day proved to be stormy and cold and the four who came deserved credit for getting out in such weather. Miss Gertrude Zimmerman, now Mrs. A. B. Griswold of Hempsted, L. I, was elected presi- dent; Miss Fanny Christ, now Mrs. Louis Merritt of Bridgeport, Conn., secretary; Miss Grace Corbin, now Spears, treasurer, and Miss Bessie Lutz, now Mrs. George Christ, vice president. To quote again: “Of course you cannot do much with nothing in ! the treasury, so we each agreed to glve five cents each meeting in order to have a nest egg, and I think that nest egg has hatched out with won- derful results. Perhaps some of the present mem- bers have wondered why we chose the /name. The Boys' club was just com- ing into prominence and we girls w quite interested in its members, so tried to find an Indian name in keep- ing with their tribe name, “Seneca.” | At that time there was a hotel at Fisher's Island which some of us visited in the summer, which bore the name “Canonicus.” It struck my fan- | and we adopted it. The letter received from the presi- dent general, Mrs. Alden, accepting the new society to be a part of the grand whole, was read and then pre- sented to the society where it will be filed. Mrs. Louis Merritt followed, con- tinuing early remembrances. . “One of the first things we did was to make dresses for three little girls whose mother had died. The first so- cial affair was a whist at the home of Mrs. Lutz, 25 cents a person, and we had eight tables. Refreshments were ! donated by members. We gave several | whists and dances at Jr. O. U. A. M. | hall on Arch street, the tables were | loaned by members and friends, and | we hired an expressman to gather | ! them. To save paying an extra man | | one of the members always went on ! the wagon to help get the tables. | Our first Thanksgiving we gave din- | ners to several families. One helpful | man borrowed a horse and another | Sunshine friend loaned a delivery ! wagon for this work. “Mrs. George Christ and myseif | started out. to deliver in a pouring | rain, completing the work by the aid of a borrowed lantern at 9 in the eve- | ning. We did a great deal of work at 1 the Home for Incurables in Newing- | ton.” Our treasury never amounted to | more than a few cents. Our first large amount was made when the Seneca club gave “The New Britainites.” Dif- ferent members acted as chaperons at the rehearsals and performances. I/ remember my task was to make up the children’s faces. -1 painted faces as fast as I could and sent the young- sters from club rooms to the Lyceum. Our share of the proceeds was $100. We used some of that money to fur- nish a room at the Children’s Home.” Working along lines similar to the present only under greater difficulties, “we had to work hard when the so- ciety was in its infancy but when one realizes the-vast.amount of work that ! bate Office, NEW BRITAIN DAILY -HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1917, - Old Kentucky Jubilee Singers Singers and Players There are few companies that both sing and play well. Here is one that does. This makes an attraction of double value, as the program they are able to present is of great variety, including vocal quartets and solos, humorous monologues, string quartets, vielin solos, string trios, and quartet singing with string accompaniment. The songs of this company are largely plantation melodies, and humor- ous selections, and include also som e of the favorite songs of sentiment of the colored people, such as “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,” “My Darling Nellie Gray,” “Old Kentucky Home,” and “Black Jim.” oato TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH -Friday Evening-8P. M. Dec. 7th TICKETS 35 CENTS BEAUTIFUL PICTURES “THE LIFE OF CHRIST” A BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING, SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED ADDRESSES DECEMBER N \ NTH This serieg will cover the Boyhood and ministry of Jesus as well as -scenes of the country in which He li ved with discussions of the political, social and religious life of the times, The pictures on Sunday evening, De- cember 28rd, the Sunday before Christmas, will be rcproductions of the old Masters, representing the nativity and early life of Christ, The pictures will be accompanied by appr opriate illustrated hymns as Well as other music of an appropriate char acter. g ALL ARE VERY CORDIALLY INVITED TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH is done I am sure all the Charter members feel repaid.” At the close of the papers we were pleasingly en-/| tertained by Mrs. E. B. Proudman who sang several selections and by Miss Nina Butler and Miss Margaret Butler who also gave delightful se- lections, the latter, five years of age, being elected honorary member of the society, The next meeting wijj be held on Dec. 17. ¥ "HARVEY ARRESTED. Didn’t Appear for Draft in Montana; Tocated in Norwalk. South Norwalk, Dec. 8,—George P. Harvey, of this city, was arrested to- day charged with failure to appear for the -draft at Cascade county, Mon- tana, where he registered while on a business trip on June 5 last. He said | that he has tried to get into com- | munication with the draft officials where he registered in order to find out his draft number, but has not —eeeey At a Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis- trict of Berlin, in the County of Hart- i ford and State of Connecticut, on the $th day of December, A. D. 1917. Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge. Estate of Anne Amelia Hart, late of Berlin, in said district, deceased. Tpon the Petition of Samuel A. | Hart, of said Berlin, praying that an ! instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased may be proved, approved and admitted to probate, as per ap- plication on file more fully appears, it is ORDERED—That said application be heard and determined at the Pro- in New Britain, in said district, on the 13th day of Decem- ber, A. D. 1917, at 9 o’clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and ! the time and place of hearing thereon, | by publishing this order in some news- paper published in sald New Britain, having a circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the Town of Ber- lin, in sald district; and by malling a copy of this notice to all heirs, and return make. By order of Court, MORTIMER H. CAMP, Clerk. heard anything from them. He also said he has tried to enlist in the army three times since the declaration of war, but has been rejected each time. His examination occurred here to- day by a draft board and a statement of his case was sént to the officials in Montana. FRENCH LOSSES. Paris, Dec. 6.—Losses of French ships through submarine: attacks in the week ended Dec. 1 were: More than 1,600 tons, two; less than 1,600 ‘tons, two; fishing boats, two. Two vessels were attacked but not sunk. The United States - Here are a fow depart- ments using SAFE- CABINETS: Treasury Department Department of State Department of Interior U. S. Shipping Board Navy ent. Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Council of National Defense Quartermaster Department Food Administration War Department (Ordnance) U. S, Tariff Commission Coast and Geodetic Survey Government - Uses the SAFE-CABINET. “THE WORLD'S SAFEST SAFE” Remember that the firstconsiderationwith the Government—and with Government Offi- cials—is the safety of the immensely im- portant records of the many departments of the Government: ) Official Washington’s choice of and endorsement of THE SAFE-CABINET exclus- ively, proves, as nothing else could how safe a fire- retardent record protector THE SAFE-CABINET fs. XMAS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY AT THE MODERN BOOT SHOP Genuine Lambs Wool Ladies’ Comfy Slippers All Colors 890 a Pair Children’s Novelty Leggings, Grey, Brown and White $1.50 a ' Pair 2908 Pair Others Sell Them at 50c. For the Boys Children’s Black Jersey Leggins, All Sizes - 98¢ a pair home these cold mornings Sheepskin Slippers . . . . . at Camp and the men at 85¢c Officers’ Genuine Leather Puttees $5.00 a Pair The kind they sell for $10.00. Rubbers, Arctics, Boots. First quality rubber only for the entire family at the lowest prices. a Pair Also a Full Line of Shoes at Prices Within the Reach of All MODERN BOOT SHOP 168 Main St., New Britain, Ct. Next to Savings Bank