New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 3

2 tore ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS IN WHICH TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Make Your Selections as Early as Possible. The Assortments are get- ting Smaller Every Day. " Practical Gifts is the .ruling feature of this year’s buying. . UMBRELLAS HAANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES - POCKET BOOKS TRAVELING BAGS HAND BAGS BLANKETS QUILTS COMFORTABLES BATH ROBES KNIT GOODS UNDERWEAR NECKWEAR and HOSIERY }Ecu’mms OF PRAISE fieysaveddmhlvesot’l'hoeeon Board. Coal Barges Lost in Storm. South Norwalk, Dec. 15.—1'he six '¢apl barges that were lost off Green’s réef light during the storm Thursday night are proving a menace’to navi- gution today as‘¥héy ‘uré ‘unbuoyed Bnd unlighted at night, so that their on is a mystery to pilots. They sunk almost directly in the chan- fel so that the steamer -Armitage ' Peardsley of the Eastern Transporta- “tion company, a local freight line, . stove a good sized hole in her bow wmle going at full speed, trying to wake the local harbor last night. The Red Star tug Norwalk with a barge of coal in tow almost' lost the barge with the other six = when it erashed into the barges while putting 4n here last night. The A McCaffrey Transportation compeny; whose tug “Bully” was in charge of the tow when |it sank, are coming to this city today to look over the:scene with a view to salvaging the coal and pos- gibly the barges, and settling the dam, age done last night. . The crew of the “Bully” has re- ceived the highest praise and they.are regarded by townspeople here as heroes when the story of their sav< ing the crews of the six barges when the seas ran 15 and 20 feet high be- came known. Six men; five women and two bables were saved from the barges through the herdism of Cap- tain Guthrie and his crew. SERIOUS CHARGE Bookkeeper at Bridgeport Jail Al- leged to Have Conspired to Forge Moncy Order. ¢ == Hartford, Dec. 15.—Dennis E. O'Nell, bookkeeper at the Bridgeport jail is in trouble with the’ federal | authorities and Friday Dec. 21, is set for his trial An Hartford before the U. S. district court on an indictment charging him_ with conspiracy to forge a postal money order in con- junction with Willilam Banti, who was r “trusty” at the jail and who was indicted in §eptember for forging a money_order. The federal authorities alleged that it was at the instance, and under the instruction of, O'Neil who had access to the mails going into the jail that Banti on Aug. 24. 1917, forged the signature of John Barylski and J. ‘Weinstein to a $10 money order is- sued by the Greenwich post office under date a year previous, Aug. 24, 1916. O°’Neil and Banti have em- ployed counsel and will defend the conspiracy charge. Banti has served his jail term and has been discharged and is under bond for his appearance in the federal court. { ALIEN ARRESTED. New York, Dec. 16.—Joseph Marot, 40 years old, of ‘Passaic, N. J., was arvested shortly after ‘dawn today on the Williamdsburg st river bridge at & point commanding a ‘view of the Brooklyn Navy yard. He is believed to be &n Austrian’ army reservist. J/08T 3,000 SATLORS. " London, Dec. 15.—It is stated offi- HfiflT LESS NIGHTS | BEGIN TOMORROW Fuel Administration Says Whlte Lights Go Sundays and Thursdays e ‘Washington, Dec. 15.—*Lightless nights” for Broadway and other “white ways” throughout the country are ta be on Sundays and Thursdays. The plan will be put into effect Sunday evening, and there Will be no.half- way measures this time. All outdoor lights except those necessary for pub- lic safety (and even these must be approved by the Fuel administration) prosecuted. must be eliminated. Violators will be | Indoor lighting will be permitted, | but the Fuel administration has asked that all economize in- this direction as well. It is believed that in this way a large saving in coal will be ef- fected, and the fact that the United States is. at war will be brought home to the entire population. On other nights than those named in the order there will be no legal re- strictions for the present at least, and the new order makes void and re- places "those which have been pub- lished. Economy is requested at all times, however. Dr. Garfield, in an- nouncing the new order, had this to say: “Use of fuel in this emergency for any of the purposes definitely prohi- bited in the order is wasteful, and is prejudicial and injurious to the -na- tional security and safety. “Many misunderstandings as well as deliberate efforts to evade the rulings given, appeared soon after the former orders restricting the use of adver- tising signs were published, and the Fuel administration came to the de- cision that a definite policy which none could évade was the only effec- tive course.” i The Announcement. /An officlal announcement concern- ing the new order, issued last night, read: “The United States Fuel adminis- tration, in an amended order issued today (Friday), puts into effect ‘lightless nights’ on two nights of each week. These nights are Sunday and Thursday. The first ‘lightless night’ in the United States since elec- tricity began to be used for illumina- tion will be next Sunday night. “Under the new order, the ‘white ways’ of all cities are to disappear absolutely on the nights designated. The burning of lights contrary to the wording and spirit of the order will constitute a violation of the law, and steps will° be taken by the Fuel ad- ministration to mete out punishment to offenders. The order says: “ ‘No corporation, association, part- nership, or person, engaged wholly or in part in the business of furnishing electricity. for illumination or power purposes, and no corporation, asso- ciation, partnership, or person, main- taining- a plant for the purpose of supplying for their own use electrici for illuminating or displaying ad tisements, notices, announcements, or signs designating the lacation of an office or place of business, or the na- ture of any business, for electric searchlights, or for external illumina- tion for ornamentation of any build- ing, or lights in the interior of stores, offices, or other places of business when such stores are not open for business, except such lights as are ne- cessary for the public safety, or as are required by law, nor for excessive street lighting .intended for display or advertising purposes, whether such lights are maintained by the munici- pality or by others. ““These prohibitions and all of them are effective on Thursday and Sunday nights anly of each and every week.” “The only exceptions apply to lights used for governmental pur- poses only by the United States gov- ernment or the government of any commonwealth or state, street lights used by any city or town or within any city or town under a contract with the officials thereof for such maintenance. But it is expressly stated no ‘white ways' or cluster lights may be used under any cir- cumstances. ““The state fuel administrators are directed and authorized to see that the pravisions of the order are scru- pulously observed. “In addition to the saving of a large quantity of coal, it is believed that ‘lightless nights’ will provide Mtartling visual evidence that the United States is engaged in the ton- duct of the greatest of world wars. Letters received by the Fuel admin- istration from companies and indivi- duals engaged in the business of sup- plying illuminated signs and from manufacturers, merchants, mation picture and other entertainment con- cerns which make large use of such signs, give assurance that the new or- der will become fully effective with- out resort to prosecution. “The original Fuel administration order on the dimming of electric signs had failed of the coal-saving result expected. That order was in- tended to restrict the use of -fuel- consuming signs to the period between 7:45 a. m, and 11 p. m.” FATAL ACCIDENT Aged Woman. in Danbury Was Pre- paring Breakfast When Her Clothes Caught on Fire, Kfiling Her. Danbury, Dec. 15.—Mrs. Jennie B. Townsend, 75 years old, was burned to death this morming in the kitchen of her home on Balmférth avenue, ths oity. While she was paring breakfast, her dress came into con- tact with an ofi~stowe. Her grandson, Frank Wooteon, made a desperate ef- .fort to save her, but the frightened . ciglly that Norway has lost 5,000 sail-| woman threw off blankets with which war, a c,ntrn.l News « Christiania, Te) two more steamships e ‘despatch. ors a-m m The dnk‘nx .A is told ot in he tried to smother the flamea. Parts of Mrs. Townsend's body were burned to a crisp. The fire department saved the house from destruction. GIFTS for CHR CHOICE ———— ISTMAS —_— = and a very sell. Call Leather Goods. goods is just as represented and we 'will stand back of every article we 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, fine selection of Cordova The quality of our and see us. 54 Main Street The Porter & Dyson Co. New Britain, Conn." UY SAVINGS STAMPS . AND LATER LUXURIES | Frank A. Vanderlip Recommends | The Country by Purchases Mo. Dec. 15.—Buy savings stamps now when they are cheap and luxuries, which are high, later when the are cheap, was the plea today of Frank A. Vander- 1ip, chairman of the war savings com- mittee in an address at a luncheon Kansas City, war id. “Never before in the histor.\' of the ! country has all the people had a | chance to invest small sums in gilt edged securities. “You know the main prlnciple on which wise investors, as well as wise | shoppers act is to buy when things | are.cheap. And the wise shopper just now is not buying luxuries' be- cause luxuries have more than doubled in price. Now, among the ancient Greeks there was a class of ; philosophers called epicureans whose ! philosophy was to get as much pleas- | ure as-they could out of life, So I° would say to you be a wise epicurean and a wise investor at the same time. Invest your money now in war sav- ings stamps while they are cheap and | buy yourself double or treble the | amount of luxuries when luxuries be~’ come cheap again.” Kaisas City People to Assist ‘ | { | | TRENCHES OF THE PORTUGUESE ' TROOPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT Curious hut villages which the Por- tuguese troops have erected In their trenches on the French front. There is much speculation as to the effect that the successful revolution in Por- tugal may have on the considerable Number of Portuguese troops that are fighting with the Entente Allies. Thig characteristic scene from the west front shows a Canadian soldier CANADIAN SOLDIER HELPS HIS WOUNDED_COMRADE WHLE THEIR GERMAN PRISONERS TRAIL ALONG HARTFORD Unsurpassed for Gifts New and Beautiful Philippine Hand Em At $1.50 and $2.00 Envelopes and Combinations daintily trimxmed with hm M cmbroidery. p “ Lovely crepe de chine and washable satin camisodes, “m. Il lace and Van Dyke point trimming., 3 Boudoir Oaps in wash silks, satins, and crepe de chincs in colors and trimmed with fancy ribbons and roscbuds,. | Lace trimmed night gowns with low neck and short sleeves, ‘Warm, comfy, flannelette nigh$ gowns, Children’s fancy crepe and silk soisette pajamas in white; p or blue.. Sizes 6 to.14. Two-piece. A At $300 - Lacc and embroidery trimmed petticoats -at:.$2.00 and ;&oo. Eavelope chemise of crepe de chine, and wash silks. Camisoles,. prettily Mmmd,obqndmblesflks snds-flns crepe de chine. Bloomers of crepe de cliine and»wash-silks.. 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See if you- have ticket for day 4 g0 to store, hand in your ticket -ndn-fln.hwludy!motw [t "AMERICAN DESTROYER JACOB JONES TORPEDOED AND S| ! | oners, only too glad to be captured, | follow after quite unguarded. helping a wounded comrade back to the trenches while two German pris- The Jones, American destroyer Jacob which was torpedoed by the Germans and sunk, only 37 of its ¢! being saved.