New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1917, Page 11

If you want to put something in his Christmas stocking that will Please him—here is the place to get it. ¢ Neckwear 50¢ to $1.50. s Shirts, Silk or Madras, $1.00 to 00. ' ! Silk Reefers, $1.00 to $4.50. . Gloves, Street or darcss, $1.50 ‘to Silk Socks 50c and 65c. . Sweaters $4.00 to $7.50. Handkerchiefs, silk or linen, plain or initial, . i . Hatg and caps. " Bath Robes $4.00 to $8.00. (R S0 G B LR THING CO cown. CITY ITEMS ' 4'New khaki helmets just arrived. ‘Wilson's.—advt. Fire Commissioner and Mrs. F. J. oran are spending Christmas in Mi- i lérs Falls, Mass, Miss Jeshle Steen is in Bridgeport { for the holiday. %7, Frank Lee is spending the holi- g.v- with relatives in New York. The office of the New Britain Co- Il gperative Savings and Loan Associa- will be open Saturday and Mon- jny evenings, December 29 and 31, Put closed Christmas dey and even- hg, December 25. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Anderson of 17 Jega street are rejoicing at the birth ! f a dayghter; born Saturday night. Mr, and Mrs. G. B. Taylor of 96 rrison street are recelving congrat- ations on the birth of a son. % Miss Mona Martin is home from rnard and Miss Eleanor Martin hasg urned from 8t. Elizabeth’s for the Ihristmhag recess. Bernard V. Doherty is visiting ia ridgeport, i Misses Helen and Martina Liegey & Miss Katherine Finnegan are at helr homes in this city for the holi- fays from the Connecticut College for omen, New London. L & Mathew Egan, with the army medi- 1 corps, is honie on a furlough. £ A Ford truck 02,25I® Mass., skid- d in the snow and crashed into the ck of Parker & O'Connor’'s this rnoon in fromg of the National The rear light on the .latter hine was smashed. Mrs. F. B. Chamberlain has con- Hibuted $1 to the Christmas tree fund. ‘A daughter has been born at the lew Britain General haspital to Mr. d Mrs. Harry Zinman, of 141 Oak iy e Clement Hallinan, a member of the gineers’’ Corps of Boston Tech., home for the holidays. ’ Simon Fitzharris, an inspector for (Continued From First Page). Whie Shepards Watched Their Flocks . ve.e..... Hande Hark, the Herald Angels Sing ... Medelssohn It Came Upon the Midnight Clear . Willis O Little Town of lehem ..Redner Leland Explains Home Service 'Work. The Red Cross managers and cap- tains are hustiing today in the final Wwipd up of the campaizn to go over the top with 22,000 members. Encour- | aging reports came in to headquarters over Sunday, but it is going to take some tall hustling today to do the trick. There is one feature of the Red Cross work, whch has not been men. tioned before, and which should ap- peal most strongly to any Doubting Thomases, who are holding back from giving the work the support that they should. Ths is the Home Service De- partment. there is no mors enthusiastic Red Cross worked than he; spending his money froely for thé cause. He de- | sires the public to know the facts about the work of his department, In an interview today he said, “We hear a great deal in these days of the morale of an army, that imponder- able force which s such an impor- tant element, when the supreme test comes. The spirit of our troops can- not be what it should, if individual soldiers are worried about the way matters may be in their homes. Men may be the best soldiers in the world, but if things are not well with their families at home, they lose heart, and it has a blighting affect not only on the morale of this one soldier, but it may pervade a whole regiment. One soldier may cheer up a whoile battal- ion, or vice versa. Thousants of Home Service workers in every part of this country are now in daily con- tact with the families of soldiers and sajlors and looking after their wants. They are encountering many family situations in which only a friendly and individualized neighborliness can take the place of the enlisted man's help W. ‘'W. Leland is chairman | of this important department, and | AILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1917. .+ Christmas i Greetings 1 to our customers and friends the greetings of the senson and wish them all a Very Merry Christmas, Aoccounts subject to, check ‘are ivited and modern facilities ar- forded. TERMS OF PEAGE NOT ACCEPTABLE (Continued from First Page) which can have no determining influ- ence on the final outcome of the war. “For the first two years of the war, France bore the brunt of the battle while Great Britain was preparing. “Since the defeat of the German forces in front of Verdun England and the British dominions have taken over and protection during his absence. The Red Cross has no desire to shirk and no desire to intrude. Many fam- ilies will not need Home Service and our volunteer workers will go to none without definite instruction. Mr. Leland further explained the nature of the work more in detail. He said “First there is the need that our committee explain an interpret what the government hay agreed to do fin- anclally for all families, where hus- band or son has gone to the army. ‘Uncle Sam has been liberal and under ordinary conditions federal allowandes will make every family comfortable. But, how is the soldier to know for certain that his family is in touch with the government way off in Wash- ington? How can he be assured that his particular little bit of worry is being attended to in this mighty en- terprise. “If he can know that the same or- ganized help he sees in the hospitals and ambulance service ‘over there’ is being also exerted in his behalf at home, what a sense of relief it will bring; if he can feel that a measure of sympathy he knows awaits him at the hands of some Red Cross nurse is also at call for his family he will be better able to bear his separation and make a better soldier. “It is the aim of this branch of the Red Cross work to see that no family whose bread winners have gone to fight our battles is allowed to go down hill because of the fact. Home Service is for home conserva- tion and the upholding of the hands of those who are left to keep up the home to bring up the children and to meet the trying days that are ahead of us all. There may be special cases e government in Meadville, Pa., is ending Christmas with relatives in nsington. XAN ASSISTANT TO ~ SECRETARY MCADOO AR Thomas B. Love, formerly state mmissioner of insurance and bank- in Texas, has been appointed as- tant secretary of the treasury. He probably supervise the work of ‘war risk ingurance bureau and of infernal revenue bureau. He has 2 ging recently .as. volunteer the “commissiontr of in- e. where the government subsidy and the share of the soldiers pay is not enough to meet the circumstances. In such cases, the Red Cross, through the Home Service committee, is prepared to help the family meet the emer- gency. This is in no sense a charity but is an attempt to make federal provision more humane in its rela- tions to the families of our men at the front. It is designed to supple- ment and bring the government into personal, human touch with these. families. 'To accomplish this the Home Service committee will have visitors enter into friendly and sym- pathetic relations with these fami- lies that their condition may be | known to the committee and thus they may be saved the pain of making application for any proper assistance | and the misery that might result from ! delay. | Red Cross Searchers. “Once these relations are estab- lished the way is paved for other phases of the work of this commit- tee. These phases might be described as the reverse process. The Red Cross maintains searchers on all battleflelds and the German Red Cross on their side of the line. In case of death or injury the government sends promptly a brief message to the fam- ily, but these Red Cross searchers gather all details and transmit them to the family. This is done through the Home Service department. So also the Red Cross offers the only means of communication with pris- | oners through Switzerland, and it may be assumed that any prisoners taken | | will fare poorly for food and money unless we send it to them as the Eng- "lish have done. This will also be in the hands of the Home Service. | “All this work is done with the : money from the memberships. Join the Red Cross and get behind the ! effort with your deollar. We want a 26,000 membership in New Britain by ! tonight. “Join mow and show the Kaiser that he can't scare us by his das- tardly sinking of hospital ships.” SWEDISH ELIM CHURCH. A Christmas service will be held in the church tomorrow morning at | 5:30 o’clock and the entertainment of the Sunday school will be held at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. an increasingly large share of the bur- den of the war. “Italy has, to the limit of her forces, also assumed a considerable share of ths burden. “When as a result of the defection of the Russian forces the weight of Austro-German pressure was directed against Italy, France and England united in coming to the rescue of their ally, and are today aiding the Italian armies. “It is our duty therefore in looking to the future, to realize that if we are to fulfill the pledge we made on en- tering the war, if we are to fight this war to a successful conclusion, we must assume the full responsibility which rests upon us. We are the freshest in the struggle, we have the reserve manpower and the reserve mechanical power. “Our armies constitute the reserves of vetory. “In Russia the armistice negotia- tions having been concluded, peace negotiations are about to be entered upon. “Reports of the dissatisfaction of a large element of the Russian popula- tion, especlally in southern and cen- tral Russia, with the terms of the armistice has led to the formation of an active opposition which it 48 be- lieved will endeavor to resist all at. tempts to force the proposals agreed to by the Lenine government.” Emperor William. Amsterdam,. Dec. ~ 24.~~Emperor Willlam visited the front:north of Verdun on Friday, according to 'a Berlin despatch, and in an address to the troops thanked them warmly for their éfforts. “But for the calm and heroic war- riors on the western front,” he said, “the enormous deployment of German forces in the east and in Italy never would have been possible. The fight- er in the west has exposed, heroically, his body so that his brothers on the Dvina and the Isonzo might storm from victory to victory. The fearful battles on the bloody hills around Verdun were not in vain. They cre- | ated new foundations for the conduct of the war.” Paper Suppressed. The Vorwaerts, the socialist organ, reported to have been ordered to sus- pend publication for three days ap- peared unexpectedly Sunday. It says its suspension was due to criticism of the provisioning of war invalids under the heading, “Let them go beg.” The Vorwaerts prints prominently a defense of Herr vonWaldow, the food controller. It quotes him as denying haying excused or tolerated certain conditions alleged, but as admitting that ilHcit trading has assumed pro~ portions which threatem to endanger the food supply. Held in Confinement. London, Dec. 24.—Col, Kolpashni- koff, the American embassy at Petro- grad has been assured, is alive but the correspondent of the Morning Post in the Russian capital says the former ageént of the American Red Cross in being held in confinement and no one has been able to see - him. Ambassador Francis, the correspond- ent adds, is preparing a statement on the case. Col. Kolpashnikoff’s apartments the door of which was lettered witl the words “American mission of Red Cross for Russia,” was raided at 2 o’clock in the morning by soldiers, sailors, Red Cross Guards and others. ‘The rooms were ransacked, the offi- cers taking many papers while the men appropriated everything of the slightest intrinsic value. The search ended at 5 o’clock and the colonel was taken to the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. Trotzky Again. Paris, Dec. 24.—Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, . accord- ing to a note issued by the Havas agency, called on Joseph Noulens, the French ambassador to Russia, and ex- plained the Bolsheviki wished to keep to the principle of a ‘“democratic peace”. Leaving to the peoples the right to dispose of themselves. The ambassador asked him what he would do if Germany refused such a peace and he answered that the peace would be carried before the constituent as- sembly. He concluded by saying that if the Bolsheviki succumbed to the resistance they are meetng with in Russia the country would, be siven | over to anarchy. The Havas noté concludes: ‘“This conversation must be consid- ered as creating no new relation be- fore the Maximalist government and us.” Revolutionary Staff. Petrograd, Dec. 23—1In releasing the members of the Ukraline revolutionary staff the Bolsheviki government said they had been suspected unjustly of complicity in a plot to give Gen. XKaledines ‘American Red Cross sup- plies. London, Dec. ' 24—Petrograd de- spatches report attempts are being made by Bolsheviki commissaries to negotiate with the Ukrainans for a settlement of the differences which have arisen, and it is also reported the officials of the new Ukrainian govern- ment are ready to accept proposals looking toward a peaceful arrange- ment. The_movement for harmony is at- tributed by the Times' correspondent to the fact that the growing dangers of the situation are being recognized to an increasing extent by the Bolshe-’ viki, For the same reason, he says, they are believed to be inclined to modify their attitude of hostility to- ward the constituent assembly. Concurrently with these statements appear numerous further reports of military activities on the part of the Ukrainians and Cossacks, and of the sending of more Bolsheviki troops southward to oppose the Ukrainians. There are disconnected rumors of fur- ther fighting but apparently there have beerl no hostilities on a large scale or of such a nature as to indi- cate important developments. Many despatches from Petrograd speak of the supposed impending ar- rival of the Germans there, which is said to be the universal topic of dis- cussion in the city, but everyone seems to have a different version. Many of these stories centered around the re- ported concentration near the cap- ital of a large force of released Ger- man war prisoners to whom arms are being handed over, according to some of the reports. Referring to these rumors, the Pe- trograd correspondent of the Post says unquestionably thousands of German war prisoners are flocking towards Pe- trograd from all parts of Russia, but beélleves that at present a more im- portant phase of the situation is the active manner in which the Germans have been pushing trade with Russia since the frontier was opened. He re- ports they are making the most of a commercial opportunity such as the world has never seen before, inas- much as Russian industries are near- ly dead and the Germans have no competition. The Germans have refused admis- sion of Trotzky’s newspaper printed in German for army propaganda. The Bolsheviki are negotiating with the social revolutionists of the Left for the formation of a coalition gov- ernment wherein the latter will hold the ministries of the interior, justice, posts and national affairs. The trial of persons who have been arrested by the Bolsheviki was to,] have begun yesterday before a mili- tary court, according to delayed de- spatches from Petrograd. The first person to be tried, these reports said, would be Countess Panin, former as- sistant minister of education who was arrested for refusing to turn over to the Bolsheviki the funds of her de- partment. The council of Petrograd university on Friday elected the countess an honorary member in rec- ognition of her educational work. A despatch from Tasrkent, capital of Turkestan, describes the lynching under horrible circumstances of Gen. Korevitchen, who was Kerensky’s military commander in the province. The Italian embassy has made a for- mal protest against the pillaging by armed men of the apartment of the embassy’s first secretary. It is reported the Germans are mov- ing troops from the Russian northern and western fronts to the southwest- ern and Rumanian fronts. HAPPY “OVER THERE.” Detective Sergeant Richardson to- day recelved a letter from his son, An- drew Richardson, who is “over there,” stating that soldier life is fine, and that 6n November 30 turkev with the “fixin's”” was served for dinner. CIGARS FOR FTREMEN. Chairman A. E. Magnell, of the board of fire commissioners, has pre- sented to each of the fire companies a box of cigars with the season’s compliments. Star of Good Will Lodge. Star of Good Will lodge, O. S. of B., will meet this evening at 7:30 o’clock for election of officers. e CARL/ YOUNGBLAD, M, 8., Graduate Masseur, 74 West Main St., Office 'Phone, 428-13; Residence 'Phone. 675-5. Thermolite Bath, Massage Vibration, Neuritis, Rheumatism, Impeded Circulation. Electric treatments. Open afternoons and evenings. By appointment at your residence. S — TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. LOST—Pocketbook, containing sum of money and receipted telephone bill on Main street. Finder return Mrs. A. Campbell, Whiting street, Plain- ville, 12-24-1dx LOST—One tan shoe. Finder return to 84 Dwight St and claim reward. 12-24-1dx ————ee AINS ARE SEEN IN MANY STOCKS News and General Advices Over ‘the Week End Hore Favorable * Wall Street.—Rails, equipments and shippings advanced 1 to 2 points over last week's final quotations in the first half hour of today's stock mar- ket, some specialties, notably oils, se- curing greater gains. News and gen- eral advices over the week were more favorably regarded. U. S. Steel was active advancing 2 points to 856 1-2 on steady absorption. There was a fairly broad inquiry for investment rails. Liberty bonds were steady, with fur- ther strength in foreign issues. Subject to occasional profit taking, stocks increased their advantage with the progress of recessions. Canadian Pacific and Atchison gained 2% points, Union Pacific and other trans- continentals and grangers to 1%. Coppers, Baldwin Locomotive, Gen- era] Electric and New York Air Brake made additional advances with ship- pings and oils but Texas company re- acted moderately with steels. Inter- nationa] bonds continued to improve substantially except Anglo-French b's which eased slightly. Liberty 4's soia at 97.04 to 97 and the 33%4’s at 98.38 to 98.24. Wall Street Close.—Highest quota- tions prevailed in the later dealings with some minor recessions at the end of reported cancellations of for- eign war orders. The closing was strong. Liberty 4’s ruled at 97.06 to the new low of 96.98 and the 3 1-2's at 98.38 to 98.18. Sales approximated 400,000 shares. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. 1917 Close 66 2 6434 35 50% T134 1345 1013 56 7% 8% 56% 40% 3TH 7l 15% 1323 59% 43 39% a8 34 80% 50% 95 % 323 14 20 124% 35% 81 245 865 40% 63 41 30% 54 108% 23 3% 40% 116 64 28 19% 7Y 97/i 43% Dee. 24, High Low . 66 66 1% 62 % 34 49 70% 128% 9934 Am Beet Sugar Alaska Gold . Am Car & Fdy Am Can .. Am Loco 50% Am Smelting .... T1% Am Tobacco .....135 Am Tel & Tel 102 Anaconda Cop 56 7% AT S Fe Ry Co. 80% Baldwin Loco . 57 3% B&O.. e A BRT ..c.oo0 ol 28 Beth Steel T1% Butte Superior ... 15% Canadian Pacific .1321% Central Teather 5956 Ches & Ohio ..... 44 Chino Copper .. 393 Chi Mil & St Paul. 39 Col F & I . 34 Cons Gas ...... 805 Crucible Steel . 5014 Del & Hudson 96 Distillers Sec ... 331 1)1 acaabeno s 14 Erie 1st pfd ..... 20% General Electric .1248 Goodrich Rub 35% Great Nor pfd ... 82 Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 243% Tllinois Central 87 Inspiration Interborough Interboro pfd .. Kennecott Cop Lack Steel ... Lehigh Val . Louis & Nash .. Max Mot com ... Mex Petrol ... Natl Lead .... N Y Air Brake NYC&Hud .... NYNH&HRR N Y Ont & West Nor Pac 0 Norf & West . Penn R R .... Peoples Gas Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons . Reading ...... Rep I & § com . Rep I & S pfd So Pac .. So Ry ..... So Ry pfd . Studebaker Texas Oil .. Union Pac Utah Cop .o U S Rub Co U 8 Steel U S Steel pfd ‘Westinghouse ‘Western Union ‘Willys Overland 0. 6434 .. 35 78% 54% 40% 3T% 69 14% 131% 30% T4% 54 100% . 28% 4% 40% 116 6414 28 19% 783 97 % 43% 37 54 21 69% 76% 9054 9% 22% 58 . 45% 130% .105% 76 49 85 % RICHTER & MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCH STREET 2 31 WEST MAIN : TEL. 2040, 50 shs Union Mfg. Co. veee.. NEW 50 shs New Britain Machine Co. * 50 shs Bristol Brass Co. 25 shs Stanley Rule & DEATHS AND FUNERALS < Army ot 100,000. Petrograd, Dec. 23.—A Caucasisn army of 100,000 men is advancing on the rear of the troops of General Kal- edines, the Cossack leader, according to an announcement made by the Bal- sheviki press bureau. As a “Kerensky” Ship. A Pacific Port, Ded 24.—The Rus- sian freighter Shilka, in port here, left Viadivostock, November 24, as a| “Kerensky ship,” but when a few days out, the crew mutinied and took con- trol, declaring for the Bolsheviki re- glme. The wirel operator at- tempted to send out ‘word of the mu- tiny and the sailors prepared to shoot him but changed their minds. Before the real identity of the ship was learned members of the crew at- tended I. W. W. meetings here, it is said. The immigration authorities probably will take charge of the ship today. It was pointed out she came into port without men in command, claiming allegiince to the Bolsheviki government, which has not been rec- ognized by the United Btates, and this may cause the temporary internment of the vessel. Williash T. Connor. ‘Word has been recelved in this city of the death of Willilam T. Con- nor, which occurred last evening at his home in Newark, N. J. He was survived by a brother, Arthur F. Con- ner of 45 Unlon street, and two sis- ecrs residing in Haverhill, Mass. John Murphy. John Murphy, an inmate of ‘the Town Home, died yesterday afternoon at the institution. He was about 56 vears old and has been at the home | since last fall. He was a sufferer from | stomach trouble, aggravated by a ' hemorrhage, which caused death.' The remains have been turned over to J. M. Curtin & Co. for burlal. HE WANTED SUGAR. Greatly put out and eeling that a | | | | | great wrong had been done him, a stranger walked into the police sta- tion this afternaon to lodge a com- plaint against a Main street mer- chant who, he said,” had sugar and wouldn’t sell him any. ferred by Captain Grace i to the War It He was re- Level Co. Perfectly stunning {s the comment a glance at this coat will provoke.. is a beautiful mole coat, with's quaint capeilke collar . 'edged W ok ermine, “ priate. that 1s exquisitely ap WHEN roxm;),fi:,.‘ NEWSBOY FAILS ' "Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. We want you to have the HE RALD every, night and to make sure that it is dejivered to you we have arw s ranged with the WESTERN UNION to have a mes: senger boy rush a copy to your home. This'service is given at our expense. 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