New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1917, Page 2

oo TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1017. CHOICE GIFTS for CHRISTMAS STATIONERY FOR THE NEW YEAR E We wish to call your attention to r line of high quality stationery re- Bently placed in stock at prices that i1l enable you to procure your needs or a trifling cost. For all occasions, fll uses, in different shades and tints ‘@ have your needs in paper. Our Prices vary with the sizes and quality, t are all low. Holiday Packages on Display. Dickinson Drug Co. g ‘189-171 Main Stree! JUSTERDLE—QUIK RELEFL NO BLISTER Soothes and Relieves Like a Leather G sell. . Call oods. and see us. UR stock is now complete and we invite your inspection of our very fine line of choice platinum and gold jewelry, American and Swiss watches, sterling silver of the latest patterns, and a4 very fine selection of Cordova The quality of our goods is just as represented and we will stand back of every article “we Mustard Plaster Without the Burn or Sting Musterole is & clean, white ointmen de with the oil of mustard. It does ¢ work of the old-fashioned mus! jster—does it better and does not blis- . You do not have to bother with a hth. You simply rub it on—and usually i recommend it to their patients. hey will glndx tell you what relief it et sore, t, bronchitis, croup, neck, asthma, neuralgia, congesti ; rheumatism, lum! T S bruises, pt, colds of the chest (it often pre- ! 54 Main Street | The Porter & Dyson Co. ‘SOLDIER DEDICATES POEM T0 MOTHER, Gerald P. Crean Longs for Sound of Her Voice Again Have you ever heard the music of an i Irish lullaby? Ah, t'would set your heart a-beating, put @ tear drop in your eve. But if ever you would hear it and true joy you would impart Ah, you’d ought to hear it gushing from my Irish mother’s heart. Have you ne'er the sweetness tasted from an Irish lullaby? Sure, 'tis sweetness when 'tis hushing, full of love, a babe’s sweet cry. And no sweeter singing stirs my soul, a yet unequalled art | Like the crooning of my ' childhood, straight from out my mother's heart. Ah, ’tis long now since I heard the sweetness of a lullaby And I mean to hear it once again the day before I die. But I ne’er will hear the sweetness and true joy will ne'er impart Like the joy I left behind me'in my Irish mother’s heart. War can never efface from the memory of a loving son, the face of his mother, the sound of his mother’s voice. And that is why Gerald P. Crean, a corporal in a New Britain company now on military duty in France, can find time between drills and the numerous other occupations of army life to indite and dedicate to his mother, Mrs. Mary Crean, a singer of state-wide note, the above poem. War is not all killing and slashing. Part of it is thinking of the folks back home—especially mother. Corporal Crean’s poem is published by consent of his family. It draws aside the veil of the wide Atlantic and shows that a man may remain the same at heart even though he dons the khaki in de- fense of his native land. New Britain, Conn. hts pneumonia). 55y Khaki and grey wool gloves. Wil- son’s—advt. The Wesleyan Glee club will give a concert this evening in the Grammar Schoal hall. Our Christmas club starts Decem- ber 22nd. We pay interest. Com- wmercial Trust Co.—advt. Robert Wolter is confined at his home, 197 Monroe street, by illness. The New Britain National Bank Christmas Club checks have been mailed tomight. We recommend the purchase of U. S. War Savings certifi- cates.—advt. Harry Brown, employved as a meter reader by the water department, has resigned to join the ordnance corps of the army. He lives on West Main street and is married. Mrs. George Bancroft of Chestnut street is ill at her home as the result of injuries sustained today when she fell while hanging out clothes. “gecretary C. H. Barnes has received a postal card from Leland H. Hoar, who is “somewhere in France.” Martha ¢hapter, No. 21, O. E. S. will hold a food sale at the Red | The ptouip ositive action of th ple, inexpensive home-made remedy quickly henling the inflamed or awolle embranes of the throzt. chest or bro pial tubes and 3 puzhe, has caused it to be used in morc than ary otacr cough remedy. T its healing, soothing influence, b sorcness gocs. phlegm loomens, lhing becomes ea-ier. tiekling i hroat stops and you gt a good might's bat{ul sleep. APhe usual “throat and t colds are_couquered by it in 24 or Noliing better for brou- hitis, hoarsencss, croup, whoopinz pugh, bronchial asthma or winter 'S o make this morrow afternoon. Half the proceeds Cross rooms on West Main street to- | NEW BRITAIN BOYS HOLD A" RECNION Interesting Letter Telling of Un- expected Meeting Near Trenches Joseph A. Farr, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Farr of LaSalle street, will leave Thursday morning for San Antonio, Texas, where he has been assigned the American Army, as a transport driver. Another son, William, writes interestingly the unexpected meeting of his com- pany with other companies of which several New Britain boys are mem- bers. ‘According to the letter the meeting was a joyful one. The mis- ive reads: Dear Mother and Father: “Just a few brief words to acquaint you with my whereabouts, and to let yvou know that myself and other New Britain fellows are all 0. K. We are endid eouzh syrup, 2%4 ounces of Pimex (60 cenmts th), into a pint botile and fill tho with plain graoulsted sugar syrup shake thorcughly. You then have afl pint—a fan supply—of a much pr cough sy han_iou could buy dy-made for 32 2eps perfeetly children love its ploasant taste. Pinex is a special and hizhly_concen- of .genuine Norway and is known the world for its promvtness, ease and cer- iaty in ovorcoming stubbern coughs pd chost colds. will be given to the Red Cross. Kennedy's dancing school tonight. —advt. WILL: BRING HOME THE COLORS. C. W. Nelson Writes of Prospects for Victory Over Kaiser. - Visions of victory are contained in a letter received today by Charles Joyce, manager of the Hotel Regal, from C. W. Nelson, a private in Com- pany I, —— U. S. infantry, now in France. ' directions, and dow't secept any- ing clse. Guaranteed to give absolute iafaction or mn’vw‘v‘vnrnlnpsl refunded. nex Co., I cjates, members of a football team, ho, he says, are continually whim- pering. “Wait until they lose their football formation and get in a real one over here,” he writes. ‘“But you don’t hear any of us crying or turning yellow. ‘We are over here to win and when we come back, if we do, we will come back with all kinds of colors.” DISASTROUS BLAZE DOES $75,000 DAMAGE Bronchitis Allments Invariably Yield fo Linonine Nearly one thousand prominent pople in one city alone have pub- testified in signed statements Linonine cured them of coughs, ds, bronchitis and other forms of nter complaints that threatened | very existence. Other thou- Inds in other sections of the country ve added their testimony, and all hite in proclaiming Linonine the jost effe-tive medicine of its kind hown to science. Relief is wrought removing the swellings and irrita- Five-Story Building in Hartford, De- stroyed by Firc This Morning, of Unknown Origin. Hartford, Dec. 11.—Fire of unde- termined origin swept the top floors of the five-story building at 26-28 High street early this morning doing damage estimated at between $75,000 and $100,000. A stock of 1,200 auto- mobile tires stored in the front part bns that cause the disturbances. It | of the building was destroyed. The a truly wonderful remedy and is | store room of a hotel at the rear was hre and wholesomc, being an emul- | badly damaged and the lower floors bn of Flax-Seed Oil, Irish Moss, | of the building occupied by the R. S. us and othcr famous reme- | Peck and company and the Goodyear combined in one, and known | company were soaked with water. world over as The damage to the building and A stock of the Goodyear company is . - s FLAX-SEED considerable. The building belongs to Caaat ON] PRASE M4} > . the Hartford Investment corporation. { g1 N[ 2 = A N\ ¢ NOMINATES INSPECTOR. ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—James J. Brady, of Detroit, was nominated to- ; day by President Wilson to be col- trict of Michigan. Nelson refers to his former asso- ! “Somewhere in France,” but the | exact locality I am not allowed to | tell you because of the censorship. I ! hope that all the family are well, { and that New Britain is still on the | map. We have had some great ex- | periences, and if we ever get back to the States we certainly will have ! something to talk about. Wome and girls in the U. S. can’t possibly i imagine what the women in France . arve suffering. Nearly all of dress in black in mourning for hus- bands, fathers, brothers or sweet- hearts ete. lage here, and only a short sored). The village is but a small population, but they tell i the American soldiers that they, the inhabitants, rest easier when they know the khaki-clad bovs are guard- ing them night and day. Oh, it's a | great life. = “But a short distance away from our camp is another camp, and there’'s ; & bunch of New Britain boys there. Lord, but we were all glad to see one another. Meeting fellows from the Eé](l home town, near the battle line (cen- i | d trenches in France, gives one a eling that is hard to get over. We had a great reunion, cret ‘when F tell you that American over here. ciated. They are surely appre- And it seems we never can boys are flends, but because they hope appreciate what the boys are | going through for the sake of their | country. 7 “We very seldom sce the sun here, and I am commencing to believe, like ! the rest of the bunch, that the U. S. has got a monopoly on its rays. “Please don’'t forget to send the Herald when vou send anything across, becausc we certainly do ‘“eat it up.” You can’t appreciate how we go through the papers. “Your loving son, *BILL.. “p. S.—Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Don’t know how merry ours will be.” | The teachers of Stanley Memorial church will meet this evening at 7:45 lector of internal revenue, first dis-| o’clock to complete arrangements for | for a Quarter of a Century. Christmas. . to the Aviation section of ; from France regarding . them | We are in a small vil-: inhabited by | “I am giving away no military se- | cigarettes are treated like gold bricks | get enough of them. Not that the | taste so good, and because it makes ' { them feel as though the folks back * WISE'S APPEAL FOR LIFE TERM REJECTED Murderer of Ausa Tobin Wil Hang Friday Morning ’ William J. Wise must hang. The fate of the former Fort Slocum sol- dier convicted of slaying Mrs. Anna Tobin in this city September 19, was decided yesterday afternoon when the board of pardons, meeting at state prison, Wethersfield, refused the ap- peal of counsel for the condemned man for a commutation to life sen- tence. Public Defender John F. For- ward and Attorney Albert A. Green- berg appeared in behalf of Wise and their pleas were supported by Rabbi H. F. Ettelson of Hartford, who also spoke in Wise's behalf. Strenuous objection to the commutation was made by State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board turned dewn the appeal and Wise must expfate his crime at the end of the hangman's noose early next Friday morning. It was a trying moment'in the life of the murderer as he listened intent- ly to the apeals of the lawyers who | fought so vallantly to save his neck. He did not, however, make any scene { that indicated emotion on his part. ‘Wige took the decision in a stoical manner. Wise’s appearance was tha. of a frightened boy rather than a murderer as he sat in the pen as- signed to prisoners begging the mercy of the board of pardons. A pathetic scene was emacted with- in the walls of the prison when a well dressed woman, who had been seated beside an elderly man, stepped to the rall, and in faltering tones she begged for mercy for her brother. ‘The woman was Miss Wise, a sister of the condemned man. Between sobs, she told of her great love for her brother, who, she said, had al- ways been a good boy. Throughout this scene, the elderly father who shows signs of good breeding sat back and did not utter any statement but the tear dimmed eyes clearly showed the mental anguish he was under- going. Wise was taken back to the condemned murderers’ row where he. will remain until Thursday, when final preparations will be made for his execution shomtly after midnight Fri- day morning. The appeal of Matteo Mastropasqua, serving a sentence of one to ten years for harboring a female for immoral purposes was withdrawn. The ac- cused was one of the prisoners con- victed in the Plainville White Slave case about three years ago. Another New Britain resident whose appeal for pardon was denied by the board was Emil Fraiter, convicted of manslaughter. Fraiter killed a Rus- sian on Curtis street about two vears ago in trouble that grew out of al- leged duplicity on the part of his wife. Keeping the Quality Up LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, the World-Famous Cure for Colds and |Grlp‘ is now 30c per box. On acdount ,of the advance in' the price of the six { different Medicinal, Concentrated Ex- {tracts and Chemicals contained in iLAxATIVE BROMO QUININE, it ‘was necessary to increase the price to the Druggist. It has stood the test It is ’ used by every Civilized Nation. All French Men in Army. Accompanying the poem, is a letter telling of life in France. ng other things he writes: ‘“Our camp is not situated anywhere near a city and we see only a few French people ex- cept soldiers. But to see these peo- ple, to hear them talk and to discover their conditions is to know and not fully realize what three long years of war has meant to France. Every man that is fit for military service is in the army and they fight with life and spir- it and their courage and brilliant daring are exceeded by none. And not all the heroes of the war are in the army for probably an equal amount of credit goes to the old folks in the homes and to the young women. They have to work and toil and slave to make a living but there is never a murmur, never a coraplaint of their plight but always a cheerful word and a happy ‘Bon jour’ to greet you. “I saw a pitiable sight yesterday. I was on provost guard in a road lead- ing from our camp and as I came around a corner I saw an old man, about 60 years old I would judge, com- ing along the road leading his horse. On the wagon was his daughter, a pretty girl about 25 or 30 years old. They were chatting gaily, probably about the day’s marketing, when an automobile truck appeared around a bend in the road. As it approached nearer and nearer, the old man led his horse to the side of the road to let it pass. It was one of the big French war trucks now in use’ and they are monstrous affairs and it made a loud racket in its progress. As it came abreast of the horse and team, the horse shied. bumping the old man off his feet dirctly in front of his car. He was stunned and could not move; the driver of the truck was surprised and unable to stop the machine and the wheels of the car passed over the old man’s skull, crushing it into a pulp. It wag surely a horrible sight. His daughter was thrown to the grouna but was not injured, luckily. “They called his old wife to the scene and when she arrived they had the body on the wagon and covered with a white sheet. They uncovered the body and without any hysteria or Joud weeping of any kind, she calmly ! turned away. But, oh. the grief and sorrow that was shown in that poor old woman's face made us all fenl queer for quite a while. He was buried this morning from the old church and peace rest his soul.” ANNUAL WELCOME PARTY. On Wednesday evening the Y. W. C. A. will havé its annual welcome party, at which time old members will informally welcome into their midst the members who have joined during the past year. Besides a very enter- taining little Christmas play, there will be many amusing and jolly stunts and performances,—ending with a dance. “The Christmas Story” or the Story of the Birth of Christ taken from the first chapters of Ben Hur will by pre- USEFUL XMAS GIFTS AT MILLS HARDWARE Hardware 336Main Street Put it Up to the Mirror, Young Man! You can te 1l a Horsfall Suit instantly by its glove-like softness and smartness, so different from the wooden-looking garments of commerce and commonness. The window is mightier than the word and the mirror is the real proof of merit. Come and compare! Buy or leave un- bought, just as your judgment dictates. At $28.00 there are Horsfall-made Trench Overcoats with all the variations of belts, buckles, pockets and pleats that G&n. Byng’s young officers could suggest. An excellent Christmas gift for a man is a cane and umbrella set, perfectly Horstullx PAYS TO BUY i AR 7. e 48 TRUNBULS o8 pattena o) r Ga=an From New Britain Patriots Enlisted in the Nation’s Service. Address ...... Parents’ Name ........ cssesscscsecacs When Enlisted ... In Army or Navy ...... In What Branch ...... Nearest of Kin ar ~No Parents) .....ceueueninennnn.. (Fill This Out and Ret1™ to Editor of The Herald.) [XEK sented in a set of six tableaux on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. gymnasium. Tonight the Rambler-Kolah club will meet for supper, after which they continue their study in a course on “Social Ethics.”” The Ishkoodah club One Cent a Word Each Day Pays for a Classified Adv. in the Herald. You Get Resu Its That’'s What You Want. meets at 7:30 to continue work for the soldiers. The Girl Scouts, Troop 6 meet in the gym this afternoon for military drill and tactics. Knitting and snip- ping are the popular occupations of all the members of the household and association,—everyone doing her bit. e Y. M. C. A. BASKETBALL. Physical Director Warren S. Slater has completed arrangements for a ; basketball game at the association Saturday evening, between the crack 8. K. F. quintet of Hartford and the Y. M. C. A. fivee The preliminary ' game will be between the Ramblers F. H. BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP has moved to the LeWitt Block, corner of Main and Flm Sts, with a larger and better assortment of Cut Flowers, Potted Plants, Ferns, Palms, Goldfish and Accessories. Fancy Baskets, Seeds, Bulbs and Plants in season. Christmas Decorations: Christmas Trees, Wreaths, Roping, etc. We Make Funeral Work a Specisity. and the High school reserves.