New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 7

4 Popular if Watch Our Store News 'l;hese Days It’s All For Christmas It would take pages upon pages to tell of all that we have provided for your Christmas selection. No_one you know need be crossed off your list because of any uncertainty as to what to give. humaonddered and provided for in this mammoth while the opening of our new section gives us chance to better display our Christmas wares. Every need of every age stock of ours, Things That Delight the Little Foiks Such as " Dolls, Toys, Games Etc. Etc. Are Here The removal in Greatest Numbers of our linens, domestics, blankets an d other supplies from their old location in South Annex to our New Section, has given us ample room in the space they occupy for better displaying dolls, toys, games and other things that specially appeal to the children than we have ever been able to before. cycles, toy furniture, and like Dept. Bring in the youngsters, their joy in seeing the goods Bring them in. will repay you in res will be found in the delight it gives you. Larger articles such as sleds, /velocipedes, tri- Downstairs displayed our Can’t Say too Much About Coats ey are in women’s and misses” winter models of good warm mater- ials, all the kinds that are popular, all the new colorings and such a large and varied range of the seasog’s best models. No one who comes for , a Coat can fail to be perfectly satisfied with the Garment she selects. There are Coats with fur collars and cuffs, as well as those with the big convertible collars, of yvelvet or self materials, that button up close and snug. Cholce of Empire and belted styles in Kerseys, PomPom, Bolivias, Plushes, Silvertones, Burellas and Mixtures. Really wonderful Garments specially priced $16.50 to $50.00. With vast range for selection. i WAVING AN AUTOMOBILS DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RFOKIVING ALL DRY GOODS PU :CHASED OF UR. . Beriin News BURGLARS DROP IN AT NEGRP'S AGAIN Stopping Place For Croaks Visited Once More | | . | \AND THEY LIKED CANDY yon, Viola Aspinwall, Sophie Klins- man . J Mr. Smith was entertained at “the Brandegee homestead. Red Cross. 8. M. Cowles has offered the uge of his store for the Red Cross campaign which wijll be held in this town from Monday Dec., 17 until Christmas eve. The following young women will be in charge of the boeths about the town; Misses Marjorie Moore, Helen Cowles, Leta Cowles, Bertha Wood- ing, Bertha Hanford, Irene Viets, Mrs, George Griffith, Mrs. W. W. Fagan. Miss Julie Ryan will take subscrip- | ! | ‘TOM’ RILEY’S GASE MAY GAUSE TROUBLE Officer 18 Years But IS Side- tracked for Janitorship tions at the Kensington post office. Berlin Briefs. Local residents were busy trying to | open the roads to traffic this morn- ing and a large number of vehicles | . were kept busy. \ “Herbert Knox Smith Speaks at Meet- . Ing of Emma Hart Willard Chapter, _D. A. B.—Red Cross to Open Mem- bership Campaign Monday, . Dennis Negri's store was again vis~ {ited by burglars last night, this mak- Ying the fifth time it has occurred and ‘also the second in two weeks. Neigh- ‘bors in the vicinity weré attracted by < the noise of breaking glass but few .thought that it was caused by thieves, Entrance was effected by breaking the ‘glass in the rear window. The visit- ors were evidently of e;youthful na- \'ture as \Mr. Negri found his stock a of eandy had suffered tne most. They also took a dozen pocket knives and a Nalf dozen pairs of gloves. Tho thlovew may pay another visit, for when they departed they took the " key of the fronf door with them. Prosecutor Gibney and Constable Hackett are investigating. Emma Hart Willard chapter, D. A. R., gave a shlendid entertainment at the: commemorative service of Fore- fathers’ Day 'last evening. The prin- cipal guest of the evening was Her- bert” Kfiox Smith of Farmington. Avgust Klein of New Britain sang in "r:?nsusl excellent manner. The com- ttee in charge, consisting of Miss Katherine Brandegee assisted by Mrs. George Dowd and Miss Caroline Say- age, arranged the following program. Andante Silas Mr. Joseph C. Beebe, Organist. Pageant of Pilgrims and Indians. Hiawatha’s Vision, 8. Coleridge Taylor (Words by Henry W. Longfellow.) < August Klein, Baritone. Largo, from - New World Sym- phony Dvorak Concert Overture ++e..... Faulkes Joseph C. Beebe, Organist. Address—Herbert Knox Smith. Recessional . i De Koven (Words by Rudyard Kipling.) \ August Klein, Baritone. America. A Grand Chorus . Rev. Mr, Fiske and E. Burlingham Bchurr rendered valuable assistance to the committee. The cast was ds fol- lows: 3 Indians, George Reed, Westil Nor- . lon, Robert Deming, Sidney Cowles, Frank Benson, Lewis Bunce,’ Willlam Shepard, Lewis Goodrich, Merton Webster, Adam Adamovitch, E. Bur- lingham Schirr. Pllgrims, Mf.. and Mrs. Garner . @oodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wood- ¢uff, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Upson, Mr. and Mra. Allen North. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Domring, Micscs Elsie Benson, Hazel Viets, Lucille Elmer Austin, the local ice dealer, has already.begun to harvest his ice crop. / According to Postmaster Goodrich, business at the post office is unusually light for this season. 2 Frank S. Plerpont has enlisted in the ordrance corps and has been sent to Fort Slocum. Robert Corr has enlisted in the aviation corps and is on his way to San Antonio, Texas. St. Paul’s parish may be proud of the young men who have entered the service. There are thirty-five in all and practically " every man has en- listed. \ St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church— Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul's church at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn- ing and at the Sacred Heart church, East Berlin, at 9 o’clock. Rev. Sztnka, a Polish priest, will wisit St. Paul’s church Monday from 3 to 9 p. m. in the interests of the Polish people and will celebrate mass Tues- day morning at 5 and 8 o’clock. WILL BE INTERNED FOR DURATION OF WAR Three Connecticut Men to Be Taken to Georgia For Violation of Alien Permits. Hartford, Dec. 15.—Acting under telegraphed orders from /Attorney Gen. Gregory to U. S. Marshal Middle- brooks in Hartford and to Deputy U. S. Marshal McCarthy in New York, three German aliens, Alfred F. Rott- get, Paul A. Strauss, and Relser Stiehl, who have been held in New Haven jail for several weeks for vio- lation of the president’s proclamation concerning being in barred zones without permits, will be taken to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and interned until the end of the war. Hary Hertl, of this city, who was summarily arrested and lodged in Hartford jail five weeks ago for vio- lation of his German alien permit, re- ceived a parole from Washington and was liberated today. Special Agent White of the depart- ment of justice has learned that Tro- fin, Shulak, a Russian-American ar- rested by the Hartford police as a vagrant, is a deserter. Shulak was registered June 5 in Ellington, ac- i cepted for service and notified to ap- pear to go to camp but failed to show up. Under the ncw draft regulations he will be taken before the local ex- emptjon hoard by the police and the board will\decide whether or not the desertion was wilful and with intent to | evade military service. The action of the board of police commissioners last evening in ap- pointing John Liebler janitor at the police station in place of Mrs. Mary Mettey, furnished the basis of consid- erable criticism on the streets today. The criticism is not at the action of the board so much, as it acted on the recommendation of the department head. There would no doubt be any cause for 'harsh remarks if the application of Patrol Driver Thomas Riley had received the attention due it. Officer 1 Riley, a member of the department for 18 years, and driver of the night patrol since the apparatus has been in ! force here, desired the janitorship of | the station and when a vacancy arose, he felt that he shoul dbe given some consideration. But the fact of his 18 { years service and the efficient manner in which he conducted the' duties en- trusted to him, apparently were dis- regarded. that Officer Riley will take the only signing. The naming of a lieutenant will | soon crop up with a wim, if an at- tempt is made to recommend the pres- ' ent incumbent of the place without giving every officer in the department a chance to qualify for the berth through a civil service examination. The choice made of other officers who to be excellent and interested citizens, it is believed, will not stand aside and allow the lieutenantship to be put across when the common council or the ekistence of such an office. GIANTS IN LEAD. Mayor G. A. Quigley today received a letter from Burdette Oliver, France, in which he writes that the bpys in his company have just learned that | the Giants are ahead in the world’s | series and his companions are rooting for the New York team to win. The letter was written on Octaber 15. CITY ITEMS Give him a Besse-Lelapd Mackinaw. —advt. ber: 22nd. We pay interest. Com- mercial Trust Co.—advt. , A case of diphtheria on Lafayette street-was quarantined by the health department today. All kinds of Gloves at Besse-Le- land’'s.—advt. has been engaged as office assistant at the Y. M. C. A., He is taking a special course at the New, Britain | Highschool. He will commence his | new duties Monday orning:. L. P. Finkelstein, stationed at the U. S. Base hospital at Augusta, Ga., has written to Mayor Quigley stating that he likes army life and is enjoy- ing excellent health. Men's and Women's Silk Unibrel- las at cut prices at Besse-Leland’s, the Live Store.—advt. | Plainville News| GETTING OUT AMERICAN LUMBER FOR 'PLAINVILLE 0UT FOR 1,000 NEW HEMBERS Red Cross Campaign to Open in Town Monday MISS BROCK GOING TO FRANCE Nurse Receives Notice to Report For Service At Once — Home Guard ‘Wants New Members—Committee to Explain Questionnaire Problems, Preparations are now under way for the formation of an active mem- bership in the American Red Cross so- ciety in the town and a campaign will be waged beginning next week to se- cure a thousand members. As every one knows the\Red Cross is a cause worthy of a great deal of men- | course the recent action merits, by re- | Red Cross in France. i Our ‘Christmas club starts Decem-' Charles ‘Hallberg of Jubilee street | 1ar, five, ten—What you can—Deposit | tion and consideration and therefore the team leaders are anxious that all people will do their utmost to make the drive a successful one. A war rally will be held,in the Congregation- al church next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the Red Cross. There will be a prominent speaker present who fis well versed on the subject and an interesting meet- ing is to be looked forward to. The Liberty Chorus will sing. The meet- ing is open to everyone and it is hoped that as many as can will take the op- portunity of attending. At a meeting held last night in re- gard to the forming of the branch, S. 8. Gwillim was elected temporary chairman and the plans of the com- mittee will be perfected at the rally to be held next Wednesday night. Rev. E. C. Gillette gave the use of the Con- gregational church for the occasion. ‘The plainville committee of the State Council of Defence will manage the campaign for members and the Woman’s committee of the council, who have been elected team captalns, will select their assistants and make a house to house canvass for the pur- ‘pose of securing members. ' Following is a list ‘of the women who will*be team leaders in the drive next week: Mrs. 8. 8. Gwillim, chairman of committee; Mrs. Morris Corning, Mrs. Chas. Curtiss, Mrs. Harry Castle, Mrs. R. E. Morrill, Mrs. Wm. Eaton, Mrs. John Lamb, Mrs. Chas. R. Clark, Mrs. Howard LaField, Mrs. H. C. Baum, Mrs. Ella Cowles, Miss Beebe. \ Grange Hall in Demand. Grange members have a rather ser- jous problem on their hands, the problem being to decide their inten- tions as to what use their hall will be put. Since the fire destroyed the town hall there has been a great de- mand for different occasions in which to use the hall. the hall now being the only place in which the town of- ficials, town clerk, librarian and other town executives can carry on their business. ‘When the town hall was here there was no trouble experienced by the different people who had occasion/to use it for events which took place, such as drills of the Home Guard, dances, socials, and Liberty Chorus meetings, etc., and it is héped that a satisfactory decision will be made as to thé disposition ‘of the hall until a new town hall will be erected which will be adequate to all events that will take place. Going to France As Nurse. Miss Monica Brock of Washington street has been notified by the gov- In some circles it is hinted | ernment to report at New York for immediate service in the American Miss Brock has been a nurse for seven years in a New York hospital and has had a good deal of experience in this line of work. She was home on a visit when she received the telegram with notification to report at once. She left this morning for New York. Will Assist Selectives. The men who have been elected to went through this' form has proved | the committee to take charge of as- sisting the drafted men in filling out their questionnaires are as follows: J. H. Trumbull, C. H. Calor, F. T. ‘Wheeler, M. A. Ryder, E. T. Prior, H. some, other municipal body authorizes | A. Castle, George A. Case, Judge G. R. Byington, L. L. Brastow, A. H. Condell, C. H. Newton, S. S. Gwillim and Town Clerk R. C. Usher. Any of the drafted men who are not able to see the committee between hours of 7 to 9 are notified thaf the Thrift and - Safety . To appreciate Safety for a hundred Joliars, one must first get the dollars. To get the hundred dollars for the Bank to protect, simply take one dol- it and draw on your pay regularly for more deposits. The Bank furnishes the Safety and helps cultivate the thrift to realize it. 1 % THE‘ Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN. THE WOODEN SHIPS TO DEFEAT THE GERMAN SUBMARINE COMMERCE CAMP: Throughout the timber regions of the United States and especially in the Southern pine. regions, : strenuous ef- forts are being put forth to get out the timber needed for the construc- tion of wooden ships to-help combat the submarine blockade. The photo- 8Taph was taken at one of the pine members will be glad to help them at any time convenient. f Church Notices. ! Advent’ Christian church—Morning | worship at 10:45 and a sermon by the pastor on ‘“The Arithmetic bf Chris- tian Experience.” Sunday school at 12:05. Praise and social service at 6:15, and evening service at 7 o’clock. At the evening service Frank Good- man, ex-gambler, a convert of the famous Billy Sunday will speak on the subject, “What I Found at the End of the Sawdust Trail.” Mr. Goodman has one of the most start- ling and remarkable messages ever spoken by the lips of man and he is attracting wide attention “ecause of the story he tells and which is also making him a much sought for man. He holds his audiences from start to finish and his appeal is forceful and effective, so that Plainville is made exceedingly fortunate in having the privilege of hearing him and knowing of his most remarkable ‘ex- periences. Episcopal church.—Holy Commun- ion at 8 a m. 10:46 Morning prayer, sermon by the pastor on articles suitable for the advent season and also on the Red Cross work. The Sunday school meets at 12 o’clock and at the evening service at 7 a special preach- er, Rev. E. G. Reynolds of Glaston- bury, will speak. Plainville Baptist Church.—10:45 a. m., sermon by the pastor on the theme “Trusting God.” 12:05, all classes of the Sunday school will meet. 6:00 p. nr, Y. P. S. meeting in the | chapel. 17:00 p. m., the pastor will speak. | Congregational church.—The morn- | ing service will be held as usual at 10:45 and the sermon theme will be, “Comfort Ye, My People, Saith the Lord.” The Sunday, school will meét at 12:00 noon and the Christian En- deavor meeting will be held at 6:00 and will be led by Mrs. E. C. Gillette. The topic under discussion will be “National. Ideals, r or Peace.” The services will be of a patriotic nature and a letter will be read from one on the honor roll of the church, Lieut. Col. Hadsell, who commanded the finst (Company of American sol- diers to land in France. .Do Your Christmas Mailing Early. The postal and mail clerks are very busy at present and want to inform the public as to the need of sending their Christmas gifts early. , Advertised Letters. The following advertised letters are at’the post office: Willlam Marshall, | Charles B. Foléy, John Katchifty, Patsey Di Russo, Wladyslaw Biakow- rysa. | Home Guard Drill. 1 The Home Guard will drill as usual in town next Monday night. Some of Miss Susan Rooney of Crown street the service and the others are anxious to obtain new members. All who are interested should consult Captain J. H. Trumbull, Plainville Briefs. Miss Susan Rooney of rown street has accepted a position at the H. James dry goods store. | Miss Jane Corwin has returned from: Hebron Academy to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents at the Colonial Inn. Miss Beatrice Benzon of Hebron Academy is home for the holidays and is stopping with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Benzon of Strong Court. Louis Conforti is home from New York, where he went on a business trip. John Skinner has left for the Brooklyn navy yard, where he has ac- cepted a position as a machine tool operator. Joseph Keefe has moved from the Russell block to a tenement over, the post office. * Peter Prior, who is in the ordnance department, is now stationed at Fort Slocum. He expects to . be trans- ferred to another camp. | AMERIGAN ENGINEER HAS BEEN ARRESTED (Continued From First Page). and less enterprising than at the be- ginning. “Still, however, reassuring these ob- servations may be, ‘too optimistic con- | | clusions should not be drawn /rom them."” g Paris Statement. Paris, Dec. 15.—*“Nothing worth re- porting occurred during the course of last night with the exception of rather lively artillery fire on the Beaumont- Bezonvaux front, north of Verdun,” says today’s war office statement. Purchase Drydocks. Amoy, China, Dec. 15.—The Amoy drydocks have been purchased by the Chinese government. Negotiations have been pending for the sale of the property to the Japanese but that there was such a storm of protest that the Chinese government decided to acquire the docks.. Injured Vote. Canadian Headquarters in France, Dec. 15, (By Canadian Press, Ltd.)— A large percent of the total vote of the Canadian corps had been polled today in connection with next week’s election in Canada. There have been dramatic incidents in obtaining the votes of men under action. Election.officers have brought, their ballot boxes with them to the advanced dressing stations and voted .men as they lay in bed, men so weak that it was all they could do to mark their ballots. In the same way ‘they have gone through the trenches. One poll clerk has been se- riously wounded. SUPPRESSES NEWSPAPERS. London, Dec. 15.—According to the, Post’s correspondent every newspaper in Russia has been suppressed, except those favorable to, or controlled by the Bolsheviki. The banks contjnue to be closed. The strong hand is felt everywhere, and murmurs of indignation are heard at the manner in which the strong hand is employed. This correspondent points to sup- posed indications of Lenine to re- store the monarchy. - Lenine, he says, { “Is an invisible mystery inaccesstble and closely guarded,” having given up making speeches and now shunning | publicity. i BRITISH GAIN. London, Dec. 15.—The British have made another advance in Palestine, northeast of Jerusalem, the war office announces. , TREATY FORMULATED. Amsterdam, Dec. 15.—A treaty be- tween Russia and Germany has been formulated, according to an official German statement received here to- day. troht. ., line | | camps. At the left is one of the] posters that have been put up.overy-# where to urge the lumber men to dg their best. ] —-— FOOTBALL RECEPTION. Monograms Awarded to 19 Memiw of N. B. H. S. Team. y members of the football squad | 1917 at the annual reception te tey to the team last evening at high school ' gymnasium. Nineteéa ! were given the insignia. During tho. evening speeches were given by Supel intendent of Schools 8. H. Hol Coach Bearce, Walter Macri Charles Vibberts, and Louis P. 8k Mrs. H. E. Horton rendered | vocal selections accompanied by Aln Crowe. g The men receiving, the mono; ‘were: Walter Macristy, Stanton X | ley, George Olcutt, Willlam Burné ‘Louis Appell, F. - Zapatk: h?cfl Hoffman, Ralph Willlams, Al ch Waters, Charles Vibberts, Jomeph Sexton, Edward Secrest, Eddie Kalif M. Johnson, J. Hagearty, B, Hibb C. Faulkner, and George Doerr. lowing the presentation the Spangled Banner” was sung b; s audience. Dyson’s orchestra nished music for dancing. i —_— SCULLY DEFBATED. ; : . Michagl F. Gyeen'Succeeds Him A President of Hatters'. Union. . Dec. 15.—Michael | Green of Orange, N. J., was ‘cho president of the United Hatters North America in the national ‘el ton held yesterday defeating John Scully of Norwalk the present hoad the organization. . With the fig from a few small locals missing returns up to this afternoon Green about 1,840 votes and 8o about 980. Dissatisfaction over hi assessments for the purpose of payis strike benefits s said to have largely responsible for the defeat President Scully, who failed to © his own district, Norwalk. Danbury, the WILL WED U. S. AVIATOR., The engagement of Miss Ethelys Fairbanks, daughter of Mr. and M F. E. Fairbanks pf this city, to Arad thur Hunter Pelk, was. announe last evening at a party given by Mrs: M. F. Hayes of Hartford. Mr. Pecic, ) who is the son of Mr. and Mrs, ] H. Peck of New Haven, has recent passed the Aviation corps examina- tion and received his recommendation for a commission in that branch the service. He is at present await: ing orders. & % WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY, FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR* ‘HERALD ’Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. We want yout to have the HERALD every night and to make sure that it is delivered to you we -have ar-. ranged with'the WESTERN UNION to have'a mes- senger boy rush a copy to your home. ' This service is given at our expense. It will cost you nothing, We want you to besatisfied and mply compensated ‘or your benefit. when you are we feel for whatever effort we may make SO, IF YOUR NEWSBOY . FAILS TO LEAVE THE HERALD BY 6 O°CLOCK ’PHONE ST- «RN UNION. YOU’LL GET A COPY SOON AF- 34