New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1917, Page 7

Berlin News - BERLIN MODEL FOR ¢ . REST OF STATE ‘Police Authorities Have Little To Do in Past Few Weeks ~ “BURGLARY WORK OF BOYS 2 o I . ~Wwill greatly aid Mr. Town Clerk Shaw to License Posses- * slon of Explosives—Red Cross Cam- paign Nets Sixty New Members— ‘Sehools Close Tomorrow. The mdtked absence of prosecutions at local police court should prove eonclusively that Berlin is one of the post law abiding communities in the eounty if not in the state. With the exception of the entrance of Negri's wtore last week which was in all 'probability committed by boys, rather ‘than by real crooks, there has' not ‘been an offense of any sort in quite | some time. * Shaw to License Explosives. Town Clerk S8haw has been appoint- ed the explosives licensing agent for Berlin. All persons who contemplate using explosives in any form or man- per must first see Mr. Shaw and ob- tsin a permit. " Visitihg as well as 16cal physicians Shaw if they ‘will make their birth returns out more correctly. The most common ‘mistake is to enter the name of Ken- . ‘sington on these returns, which is an eofror, as Kensington is part of juris- diction of Berlin. As these records are A | > ‘permanent, it s necessary that those 4 who have occasion to make any ‘out, llould exercise more care. Those Questionnaires. Th- local legal advisory board ‘s meeting regularly at the varlous places which have been. named .for ‘the purpose of alding registrants. ‘My. Robbins will be at the C. P. Mer- win Brick Co. instead of at the Berlin Brick Co. as was stated.yesterday. That the public does not appreciate the amount of work involved in mak- ing out one of these papers is shown by the very few men who have ap- peared at the meeting places. How- ‘sver this does not mean that men are to. appear with the impression that the members of the board fill' their ‘‘papers out for them complétely. They o % 7 f ¢ should answeér &4 many questions as . possible. themselves, and then consult the board about the questions with which they are having difi¢ulty. The questionnaires are long, one man be- ing obliged to spend, nearly an hour /on his... More haste is urged on the | pert of thoge who have this duty to‘ mflm.. Vir - - Sechools - 'o Gme 'rm local achools will close for the Christmas recess' tomorrow and will remain closed until Wednesday, Janu- 2. opportunity to spend ‘their vacations at their homes. As yet there has been no report to:the effect that the Pehncll will close b«cnua\ of the lack o fuel. Red Cross Campaign. The Red Cross committee still con- tinues on its successful, campaign, . sixty new members for yesterday be- ing reported. The women who are in' ¢hdrge of the booth for today are Myps. Woodruff, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. W¥ets, Mrs. Wickwire and Mrs. Good- rieh. The meeting in East Berlin last ‘evening was'a success and the cam- Paign was begun with speeches by PBishop Atchison, Major Russell of Middletown, and Rev. Samuel Fiske. Dr. Hodgson is the chairman of the committee. Post Office Business, Postmaster Goodrich is meeting with a great dea] of difficulty in re- | @ard to the transportation of Christ- mas mail. ter is arriving rather freely the out- going matter Beld up. The trains are overloaded and are taking only first class mail | and are neglecting parcels.” One bag iwhich was sent to the local station for While the incoming mat- ' is being considerably ' shiprhent late ¥ was still at the station this momning, which means a long delay in delivery. Berlin Briefs. The Grange will hold a dance at Grange hall on Friday evening. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carbona of Berlin street. Mr. and Mrs, Edward Clark have moved into their new home on Hud- son street. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Schauffler and family are spending the holidays with Mrs, Schauffler's parents, Col. and Mrs. C. M. Jarvis. The Motherhood club met yester- i day with Mrs, Fiske. The subject of the meeting was “Christmas for Children.” At the weekly prayer meeting this evening, Miss Rohm, who has charge of the campaign will speak on the Red Cross, Charles Williams, the rural mail carrier, s ill and Hiram Hulburt is i substituting for him. Mrs. Lewis Beecher, the organist at St. Paul’s church, is arranging an ex- cellent program of music ' for the Christmas. services. Miss Leoha Lewis, who underwent an operation at Wilson’s santarium, Hartford/ is rapidly recovering and is expected heme for Christmas. OONSPIRACY CASE. Detroit, Dec. 20.—The case of Al- bert C. Kaltschmidt and five other rersons on trial here since Dec. ¢, on | charges of conspiring to destroy pub- lic and private property in the United States and Canada, was expected to go to the jury late today. CONNORS ADDS TO CHAIN OF STORES Associated With Joseph M. Halloran in This Oity. Another link was added to the famous chain of Connors’ clothing stores when the newly formed Con- | nors-Halloran company opened its doors for business yesterday morning at 248 Main street. The progressive business methods of J. W. Connors will be introduced to the up-state city by Albert Altschul, who has been the right hand man of one of the young- est retail clothing merchants in the east for the last two years and a half. Mr. Altschul, who hag become knowa as the official Connors’ store opener, had. charge of the inauguration of the two Bridgeport branch stores at No. 1370 State street in 1916 and at No. 687 East Main street this year. He | has been with Mr. Connors at No. 1164 Main street since the popular clothing establishment was opened in 1915. Mr. Connors came to New Britain to connect himself with - the most ‘popular man in town, and one he would be pleased to have connected with the Connors chain. On a visit to New Britain he was much - im- pressed wjth Mr. Halloran and that is ‘the way 'this combination came about. Former Mayor is Partner. Joseph M. Halloran, for four years mayor of this city and who repre- sented the city in the Senate for This will ‘give the teachers an popular, having been in the clothing | Req Cross members will be held on ! business in a conservative manner for a number of Years and being identified prominently fraternally. He is claimed by the Elks, the Knights | of Columbus, the Loyal Order of Moose, Foresters of American, and the | Y. M. T. A. and B, soclety, in all ‘ot which he has held office at one | time or another. | Mr. Connors will be afforded great- er buying power by the acquisition of the New Britain business, and ex- pects that the people will familiarize themselves with the Connors plan as readily as have Bridgeporters. The system is one of buying and selling by cash, cutting down overhead and charge expenses. Mr. Connors has become known as the greatest retail clothing advertiser in ‘this part of the country, and an extensive campaign will be waged in New Britain. His business is on the basis of the “Gold- en Rule,” payment for clothing being deemed simply a deposit until the customer is thoroughly satisfled with , the worth of his purchase. He is a member of the Elks and Knights of Columbus. Mr. Connors expects to soon branch out in other citles of the state.— Bridgeport Post. Bridgeport Clothing Dealer Becomes ; | features of the meeting. Plainville News GRANGE OFFICERS ASSUME NEW POSTS |Harold L. Newell Installed As! Master -of Plainville Branch BiG RED GROSS RALY About 250 Present Dast Night at Oon- gregationa] Church to Hear Captain Rudd—Kalish, Formerly of the Tennessee, Back in Navy. At the regular meeting of the Plain- ville Grance last night the installation of officers was held. Robert Andrews of New Britain Grange, assisted by, Miss Bessie Loomis of the localj grange, conducted the inatallation work in a very able manner. “The following officers were stalled: ' Master, Harold L. Newell; over- seer, Herbert L. Dow; lecturer, Miss Helen McConnell; chaplain, S. B. Carpenter; treasurer, Mrs. 8. B. Car-| penter; secretary, Mrs. Harold - L. Newell; gate keeper, Raymond Wil- | llams; Steward, John A. Smedburs;; assistant steward, ‘Arthur T. Muuon-- lady assistant steward, iss Lila | Loomis; Ceves, Miss Helen Day; Po-} mona, Mrs. T.'A: Lyman; Flora, Mlu‘ Lima Dame. The officlal delegates to the State Grange are the master and his wife. The State Grange will meet in the Foot Guard hall in'Hartford, on Janu- ary 8, 9 and 10. Red Cross Rally, The rally which was held last night in the Congregational church was very well attended and the commit- tee In charse was enthusiastic over the outcome. There were about 250 | present who enjoyed a very interest- ing address given by Capt. Rudd who has just returned from “over there” and who is one of the foremost lead- ers in the Red Cross Asociation of America. The meeting also called for the or- sanization of a permanent Red Ctoss society and the following were elect- | ed as officers: Rev. E.- C. Gillete, chairman; H. A. Castle, vice chair- man; J. N. McKernan, secretary; Miss Sadie Wheeleér, treasurer, and Father McDonald, member of the exscutive board. Those elected to of- fice will hold a meeting tomorrow | evening at 8 o'clock in the chufch parsonage to discuss several matters pertaining to the Red Cross and its welfare. A few remarks were made concern- ing the progress made so far by the | canvassers and girls who are solicit- ing members and a very sgtisfactory showing to date is had due to the hard work on their part. 1 The Liberty Chorus was one of the in- ! A meeting of all the canvassers for Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the | home of Mrs. 8. 8. Gwillim, chairman of the committee. A report will be read as to the progress made by the jdifferent teams which it is thought {will be more than satisfactory judg- ing by the way they are taking hold of the situation it present. Crawling Out of Smow. ', The snow is being cleared away from tho center of the town in a slow but sure way. Because of ' the confusion of late in the organization | ot the town's executive force, the | work was not started as soon as it should have been and this has caused quite a bit of trouble for teamsters task in performing their duties about town. The first thing to do was to clean out the hydrant and gutters and afterward the drifts in/the main roads will be looked after. Kalish Returns to Navy. Floyd Niles Kalish, son of Mr. and ,and autos who have found it a hard { Mra. Charles B. Kalish of Plainville, has enlisted in the U. 8. Navy and left for New York last Monday where he was to report for duty, In 1913 he enlisted in Co. I, C. N. G., of New Britain and in March the following }yipet vear he secured his dt-charu to enter the navy and was one of the crew of the U. 8. 8. Tennessee, which took several “.millions. in gold to Europe at the outbreak of the war.: In Alexandria, Egypt. he was trans- ferred to the U. 8. 8. North Carolina and retyrned home. He was married to Miss Bernice Betton of Ports- i mouth, N. H., last June. Ambulance Corps Meeting, The regular meeting of the am- bulance corps'will“be held toright at 8 o'clock in Foréaters’ hall. Lisuten- ant Stuart Phelps of Farmington will be in charge.’’ The corps has lost a few men and wants to hear from all who are anxious to join. It is ex- pected that about three new members will be added to.the corp' at tonight's meeting. Letters From War Department. Official war department matter from the provost marshal general is at the post office and is awaiting the | men to whom ‘it is assigned. It is very important that this mail called for as it is' matter concerning the draft. Those having mail at the office are as follows:: John Katchifty, Wiadielaw Biakowrysa, Patsy Di Russo, Concetto Marchetti, and Ray- mondo . Luise. i Plainville Briefs. Willlam Parkeson, James McNally and Herbert Ewald are home from Camp Devens for the Christmas fur- lough. They are allowed a furlough lasting until Dec. 26. Edward Russell has resigned his position at the Adams Express Co. James Moon, the assjstant baggage- master at the depot, will. resume . his duties’ the station tomorrow after emjoy a short vacation. .Anna Murphy is coming home from Lsaurelton Hall Academy, Milford, to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy of Whiting street. Miss Olive Ryder of Maple street is spending the Holidays with frierds in Youngstown, Ohio. William Hird has accepted a posi- tion as bookkeeper in the Plainville Trust company and bhas already begun his duties. Ethel Prior is expected home . to- { morrow from the. New England Con- servatory,.of Music in Boston, to spend, the Christipas holidays. James CunningBam will go 'to New Haven today in ah effort to enlist in the'navy: This is his third endeavor : to enter the service, he having been rejected . before on account of bad evesight. Mrs. Claude K. Lawrence of For; estville gave a Miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Ella 8mith of Plain- vilig, whose wedding took place to- day. Gage Kent, who anflated in the ord- nance department of the army, is seeking a transfer to the aviation signal covrps. RELIEVE CONGESTION. Washingtop, Dec. 20.—To' relieve congestion at San Francisco and other Pacific ports, the Interstate Commerce Commission ' authérized railroads -to establish new rules refusing to accept | fully-saved bits of tallow candles be | CHRISTNAS DAY IN THE CANTONHENTS Y. M. C. A. Plans Entertainments in Every Camp in Country New York, Dec. 20.—It's the sol-! Even the diers’ Christmas this year. children will take second place. Christmas is going to come not only to every soldier in an encampment or cantonment in the United States, and 1o every sailor on shipboard or in port, but also to every man in a prison- camp, and té every man in uniform, somewhere in France, or anywhere else in the service. They will all cele- ;| brate Christmas, through the efforts of the Y. M. C. A, in co-operation with other organizations. Not one will be left out on Christmas. There will be Christmas trees, not only in every Y. M. C. A. building in the United States where men in uni- form come, but in the base camps in the training zone in France, and even behind the trenches, where the impro-, vised angels on the top boughs shake with the reverberations of the Germau &uns, and carols are sung to the ac- compsniment of = exploding shells. There will be gifts, wrapped as daintily as if' they were Intended for some- tody’s best girl, for many of the men who "haven’t gotten any from home, when they come into the Y. M. C. A. huts on Christmas Day. And men coming wet and cold from the trenches will warm themselves around real Yuletide logs in the fireplaces in the Red Triangle huts. Scrubby Christmas trees with care- as their only decoration will bring the holiday spirit for a time even to the prison-camps in Siberia, where the Bethlehem story will be read in Y. M: C. A. huts, and an ochestra made up of the prisoners of war will play “Holy Night” on instruments of their own making. Secretaries will greet men who speak no English with “Merry Christmas!” and they will un- derstand. No children in the United States are more excited. over their Christmas preparations than the pris- oners of war over theirs. Thousands of packages addressed merely to “Some Soldier, Somewhere in France,” left the Atlantic ports on the early November boats. The mov: ments of the troops over. there make it unlikely that some of the person- ally-addressed presents will get to the men by Christmas Day, but as far as possible the Y. M. C. A. will see that none of them are without a gift. The soldiers and sailors who are still in the United States will be equally well looked after by the holiday spirits. Not more than approximately ome- third of them will be allowed to leave cemp on December 25, but those who can’t go to Christmas will have Christ- mas brought to them, by the Y. M. C. A. The people of Maryland will act as St. Nick for the Maryland men at Camp Meade, Md., and Camp McClel- lan, Ala. They have raised a funa which makes it possible to spend about a dollar and a half for the &hristmas present of every Maryland man in uniform. Two thousand soldiers at Camp Meade would be real Christmas out- cests if it were not for the holiday kindness of their comrades: There will be no trees for them, no cele- bration in the Y. M. C. A. buildings, or visits from the home-folk, for they are the victims of something as old as Chrisgmas, itself,—they have all been quarantined with the measles. They will not lose the holiday, en- tirely, however, for a cholr organized under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. will march through c¢amp singing Christmag carols, pausing in front of the barracks where these men are : isolated to cheer them with all the Christmas hymns in their repertoire. In Camp Jackson, Sou Carolina, each soldier who comes tb the celebra- ion will bring’ with him a gift for some other soldier, not to exceed ten cents in value, which will be col- lected at the door, and redistributed afterwards. Home folks, the real shipments for export, at ‘Pacific pérts | home ' folks who make December 25 unless cargo reservations are made in advance and rail port and ocean charges are prépaid or guaranteed. Ladies’ Ha ' Top, Extra High Cut Lace Boots Also in Gray Kid and Cloth Top to Match. Low Heels. Ladies’ French Kid and Grey Kid Tops, Extra High Cut Models. vana Brown, Cloth Shoes. Special at High and | Dr. Dean’s Shoes for Children .. " Wool Soles $2.95 5% Ladies’ Black and White Lace $2 -45 P:ir Children’s Leg- gings .... $1.98 29¢ 4. Men, Attention! W. L. Douglas, Welt Shoes, in Al 3.00 pair Christmas, can’'t be there, of course, but the Y. M. C. A. has done its best to filll the gap left by their absence, z THAT GIFT YOU'R} GOING TO GIVE Time is short before the gift day and if you would choose thing beautiful, useful and economical come in and plek any. & from our wonderful Christmas gift display. i The suggestions below mly help you-—-v.hnu are mn,ny here. RUGS BEDS AND BEDDING BLANKETS BOOKCASES ' l| Book RACKS |§ sora piLLOWS DESKS |l vINNER GONGs ' rERN sranDs FIRESIDE CHAIRS . wiLrow craIrs SERVING TRAYS | TIP TABLES FANOY TABLES Ask to see our Rug and Drapery specials. by getting the home-folks who live around the camp to make candy and cake for the Christmas party. Camp Dix, New Jersey, will have a community Christmas tree of its own, with a tree in the Y. M. C. A. buildy ing, and a Christinas box for every man. Camp Grant, in Illinois, will wake on Christmas morning to the singing carols, for which glee clubs have already been organized in . the camp. In Atlanta, Georgla, each church will “mother” one unit of Camp Gordon, and will look out for its Christmas presents at the Y. M. C. A. tree. A Christmas t will also be put on for the soldiers, with more than 300 men and women in the cast. And in all the other camps throughout the United States it will be the same. Christmas is made up as much of giving as of getting, and the various Y. M. C. A. buildings at the encamp- ments lately have been the scenes of feverishly busy bundle wrapping: Pa- per and twine have been furpished by the Association, and the men have been encouraged in every way pos- sible to remember the folks at home. 8,000 IDLE. /Madison, Iils., Dec. 20.—More than 800 mechanics are idle here today as the result of cancellation of a con- tract for 6,500 stéel cars for thé Rus- : slan government being filled by & ‘lo- cal foundry. The cars were to have been shipped to Russia for use . in carrying munitions and supplies to the army. INTERESTING RELIC. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—The tattered ensign of the German cruiser Cormo- ran, sunk by her crew in Guam har- bor, atter the decliration of war, was received today at the navy depait- ment and placed among the relics in ithe navy library. Comfy casin Soles . Goodyear Styles Men’s Tan Slippers. . Men’s Moc- casins. . All Colors, Moc- Slippers 89 C pair Men’s Grey “Comfy” Slippers. seesitl - $1.00 paie $1.59 =i *$1.98 =i MODERN BOOT SHOP 168 MAIN ST., New Britain We Give United Trading Stamps. Next to N. B. Savings Bank Ask the Clerk for Them Miss Nina Blair and Miss Mansfleld are canvassing Maple for:the Red Croas campaign. C. S. Barrows met with a seve loss by fire Wednesday morning, wi his engine house and tool shed joining were destroyed, with ail ‘ti contents. - The engine was runnin, the time to furnish power for .. milking machine' and it is supppm the fire caught from the engine. W Rarrows estimate his foss at ' fui $1,000 above a small'insurancei A branch of the New Britain Cross has been established home of Mrs. G. E. Root on street, for the making of wsurg dressings. It will be open. any during the day for those who 3% to help in this work. L. B. Banford is on a business: through Washington and Baltimi He will be gone about a week. Sherrod Skinner was home ldg short furlough. over last Sunday. A very interesting and largely tended meeting of the Literary was held at the home of Mre. L. Banford on Golf street, Wednesd afternoon. Miss Segur of Hartfops rendered several vocal selections. Mrs. J. H. Latham ' and - dau will spend Christmas week at heme in New Jersey. 1 THE NEXT STEP. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—The n step of the house sub-committee fi vestigating the war activities of Navy had not been revealed today it appeared probable that further sions would-be deferred until after: Christmas .holiday. The comml adjourned last night without fixing any time for resuming the inquiry. iy