New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 5

Santa Glaus Concart Here = S S5 Every Every ‘ Afiernoon 3to53ip.m BESSE - LELAND'S THE LIVE STORE _Afiernoon GLOVESH| FOR ALL OCCASIONS l125¢c to $5 And All Prices Within All Kinds of Gloves Specials for Saturday Largest and most complete line in city Our Gloves are reasonably priced Our Glove values show more for less WE BOX ALL GLOVES BESSE-LELAND CO. 38 STORES 38 CITIES BRITAIN DAILY HE * FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, Everything is New and Complele at M THE “BIGSTORE Everything is again in place at The Big Store—the fire gave us a very serious setback, but only temporarily — as soon as we recovered from the shock we went to it—and now the | beauty and completeness of this beautiful store proves how we kept our promise to the publlc to be open for The Christmas Holidays. Our entire stock has been replaced—everything is new—not one smoked article in the store— COATS SUITS DRESSES SKIRTS PETTICOATS MUSLIN UNDERWEAR MILLINERY INFANTS’ WEAR WAISTS for Help Against Italy Stockholm, Dec. 14.—It is a certain- ty now that Austro-Hungarian di- visions will be compelled to fight on cans. Information to this effect comes from an authoritative source in Vienna, It is based on' facts in con- nection with the successful offensive Americans feared, is now claimed almost exclusively by the Germans. According to the information from sions of 84,000 men in the field against the Italians, while Austria-Hungary had 400,000 soldiers. For this nymer- ijcally slight help the Austro-Hungar- ian army is now irrevocably commit- ted to fight on the west front in sup- port of Germany, which is deter- mined to make a supreme effort to break through the Allied lines. Well-informed Austrians and Hun- garians in many cases Tuefully admit that the far-sighted German leader- ship forced Austria, against its will, into this unescapable dilemma. It is said that Emperor Charles and his military advisers wanted to undertake an offensive against Italy entirely with Austro-Hungarian troops and, for rea- sons of prestige, run the show them- ference. Austrian Chief of Staff von Arz and Genera]l Hoetzendorff, was to save Trieste and, if possible, throw the Italians back to the old boundary. The Austrians did not dream of going further into Italy and did not want the lion’s share of the credit for the success of the offensive to be taken by Germany, as in the case of the of- fensives against Serbia and Roumania. The German highest leadership, however, insisted that German troops, under command of General von Bue- forcing its will on Austria. that Austria-Hungary must now pay is to answer Germany’s call for help on the front in Flanders and France. Information from Vienna also bears out previous reports that both Vienna ica's declaration of war against Aus- tria-Hungary. The public, and even responsible statesmen, were hoping against hope that talk of a declaration of war was only another ‘“Yankee bluff.” The shock is further indicat- B AUSTRIANS TO FIGHT, 7o YANKEES ON WEST | “New Haven” the west front, even against Ameri-! against Italy, credit of which, as the ! Vienna, Germany put only six divi-' selves without German help or inter- The offensive as planned by the low, must participate, with the Ger- man General Staff in charge and en- | That is, exactly what happened, and the price | and Budapest were hard hit by Amer- ; VISIT OUR TOYLAND A Complete Line of TOYS AND DOLLS For the IAittle Ones t REDUCED PRICES. BOYS’ SUITS BOYS’ COATS GENT’S FURNISHING HOSIERY \ LADIES’ SHOES MEN’S SHOES BOYS’ SHOES CHILDREN’S SHOES | January Pricesat This Re-opening Sale THE BIG STORE RAPHAEL’S DEPT. STORE 380-382-384 MAIN STREET, NEW BRITAIN, CONN. ecurities dropping re and speculat- FLAGS AT GRAND CENTRAL, Road Emblem Has . Figures 1,412 on It. Forced to Aid Germans in Retarn| Xew ¥ori Dec 14—hree iaree service flags have recently been hung in a prominent position in the main waiting room of the Grand Central Terminal. They are in honor of the employes of the Grand Central Ter- minal, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and the New York Central Lines who are serving their country in either the army or navy. The flags were pre- pared and hung by the Terminal management. The Grand Central Terminal flag has the figures 104 upon it as that many employes of the Terminal are now serving their country. The New Haven flag has the figures ;1,412 upon it. There are actually 1,445 New Haven employes in mili- tary or naval service but the flag was made at the time the flgures had reached 1,412. More men from the railways are entering the service | every day, so that it is not possible to keep the flag accurate at all times. The New Haven flag as well as the Central and Terminal flags will be altered from time to time as the en- listments grow. The New York Central flag shows that 4,976 employes of the lines con- trelled by the Central management are serving their country in the army or navy. The total represented by these three flags is 6,492. This figure is doubly significant, for it discloses the pa- triotism of railway men, and also shows how the railways have suffered from the loss of men at a time when they are doing the greatest business in their history. ‘WESLEYAN SERVICE FLAGS. 393 Men Respond to Call of Thel Country. 5 Middletown, Dec. 14.—Two ¢ flags which have been hung fi apse in Memorial ‘chapel, Wesk university, show that 893 Wesl men are with the colors, including faculty members or their assf 156 undergraduates and 225 alum It was pointed out that 40 per of the men in college last vear &l 10 per cent. of the alumni are nai war service. 3 The flags were presented to the versity by the Alumni council. NEW ENGLANDERS KILLED, Ottawa, Ont.,, Dec. 14.—THhe @ Ly list of the overseas forces issued the Canadian govornment cont the names of the following Ameri Killed in action: G. Morrill, Depot, N. H. Died: J. A. House, Portland, Me. HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS Buy Him a Stetson Hat - We have a Big Assortment of them in stock. BUY HIM ONE OF OUR FUR CAPS Our $ 2 50 ,Cap cannot be beaten elsewhere for less than $3.50. Our Near Seal Caps we sell for $ 3 50 sells at other places for $5.00. & L) Our French Seal Cap we sell for $ 4 50 sells elsewhere for $6.00. Our Genuine Alaska P Seal $6.00 These are sold all over for $10.00. . Also Genuine Muskrat $6 00 Sell all over for $10.00 We carry a full line of Ladies’ and Gents’ Silk Umbrellas. You can save from $1.00 to $1.50 on each one. We also carry a full line of Ladies’ and Gents’ Traveling Bags and Suit Coses from §2.50 *** $12.00. CONN. HAT CQO. R. R. ARCADE ed by the collapse of the Vienna stocki 93 NO. MAIN ST, BRISTOL