New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 2

e il ITHRIFT STAMPS TO | CREAN WRITES OF HELPWINTHEWAR| HIS EXPERIENCES "BRITAIN D D, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917, (GARFIELD FORESEES | - CONTROL OF MINES ' POPULAR OFFICERS LOW PRICES rrin is a patient at hospital, Hartford. n Humj y has sold A. H. ¥ house'.gn East Main street . and Margaret Smith. Olive and Ruth Taylor of lon are spending the holidays Rotha Staples of Bassett annual election of officers of circ! Lady Foresters, will | place at the regular meeting of clety tonight at, eight o’clock. ‘handsome art calendar free with purchase at our store this week. Mills' Hardware Store.—advt. o will be a meeting this even- 8 o’clock of the St. Mary’s La- A. and B. soclety in the school Officers will be elected for the g year. ut Butter Kisses at Crowell's.— re will be a joint camp class tion of the Modern Woodmen of ca, Friday evening, at Svea hall, ch street. 'he South Manches: e team Is the team selected about 30 new members their There will be several gaod and the event will be very iting. All members are invited. dness of Aunt Delia’s Bread.— ‘and Mrs; Harold K. Forbes of _street entertained relatives from pke and New Britain over the event of season will be Fire- Ps Ball, New Year's eve.—advt. ‘mechanics lien has ben filed by Britain Lumber and Coal Co., the property of Konstin Mik- on East street for $2,090.33. ¢ Sat. eve. at Hotel Nelson. mas eve and New Year’s, Free frs.--advt. daughter was born to Mr. and L \Albert Lose of Spring street yes- I left-overs half price at Crowell's. vt. urt Interpreter M. R. Malinowski New London, where he has been by State’s Attorney Bull to in- et in the superior court. ul R. Heller, son of Letter Car- and Mrs. P. 'W. Heller, spent fstmas at his home on Vance hat promises to be one of the treats of the season is the and literary entertainment to jven at Y. W. C. A. hall, Wednes- yvening, January 9, for the A. B. Permanent Blind Relief War Miss Margaret Josephene will render “Peg O’ My »” by J. Hartley Manners. Mr. Van Vliet, “cellist, formerly with Symphony Orchestra, Boston, as- d by Madame Sentenne Reyn- iyric soprano, and Mrs. Greene he piano, will furnish the musical m. FOUND HANGING. Dies After Refusing to Lend Talent to Entertainment. p McClellan, Anniston, Ala., 27.—Four hours after he had sed to contribute his talent for amusement of his Jersey soldier- in the 113th Infantry post ex- hge Christmas program, the body Private Dominick Deantinio, of villee, N. J., was found hanging from a tree near the regi- bayonet run. Clrcumstances ongly indicative of suicide, but d composed of Major John Mc- h and Lieuts. Andrew Koehler 'alter G. Shearer will investigate. pantinto came here from Camp with a detachment of drafted on November 4 and was assigned ompany H, of the 113th Infantry, nanded by Capt. Harry O. War- _of Flizabeth. He made a repu- n for himself as a singer and . Every effort was made ta in- him to take part in the Christ- festivities, but he declined with- giving any reason. His absence the company street promptéd a h. His body was found sus- d from a tree by a rope. ACTING CLERK. ‘& 'special meeting of the First church it was decided to ap- Arthur H. Parker as acting of the church to carry on the of Joseph C. Andrews. Mr. now a lieutenant in the Ord- .department, tendered his resig- , but it was voted to table it in thut he may return as church at the termination of the war. Lodges Busy_—l(. ;I C. Plans, Membership - Campaign A number of the local fraternities held their annual elections last eve- ning and popular choices were made for the .officers, who will be in- stalled in .about two weeks. Phoenix lodge, I. O. O. F. chose the following men to represent it during the coming year: Noble grand, Elmer West; vice grand, Charles Sei- bert; recording secretary, L. H. Bell; treasurer, John B. Anderson; trustee, Henry Guenther; finance committee, Willilam Voight. The officers will be installed on Janudry 9, by District Deputy A. G. Breckenridge. The New Britain Nest of Owls re- elected Colonel A. L. Thompson to' the presidency, and the others select- ed were: Vice president, A. P. Marsh; invocator, D. J. Driscoll; past presi- dent, A. Waters; secretary, Wilfred Cayer; financial secretary, Edward Moore; warden, W. C. Talmadge; trustee, J. J. Walsh; physician, Dr. Mulligan; sentinel, William Middleton; picket, 'Willlam Hall. The officers wil be fnstalled January 23. ! The St. Elmo lodge, Knights of | Pythlas voted the following officers: | Chancellor commander, Allen C.| Ptolomey; vice commander, J. L. Mul- | len; prelate, Frank Witkin; master of | work F. E. Morse; keeper of records | and seals, Waldo E. Gilbert; master ' of finance, Thomas Spence; master of the exchequer, George Greatorex; master-at-arms, B. J. Bixby; inside | guard, George Gamlin; outside guard, ; M. J. Schontz; trustee for three years, George Lampson: representa- tive to the grand lodge, George Law- lin; alternate, B. J. Bixby. The offi- cers will be installed January 9 by Joseph I, Kopplemann of Hartford and his staff. Andree lodge, I. O. O. F., elected the following: Noble grand, Aaron Anderson; vice grand, Algot J. Peter- son;’ recording secretary, Albert N Peterson; financial secretary, Edwara Peterson; treasurer, Frank Wallen; trustee for three years, Malcolm Berg- ston. The officers will be installed at the meeting on January 9, by District Deputy Grand Master Herman Singer of Hartford. Shortly after the New Year begins Daly Council, K. of C., will inaugu- rate a campalgn to increase the lo- cal membership of the society. There are about 400 members at present and it is anticipated that this number will be doubled after the campaign. It is hoped that every Catholic young man in the city will join the society either as a soclal or as an insurance member. The committee in charge of the campaign will soon announce | its plans. i The election of officers for the New Britain Turner soclety will be held ) on the first Thursday of January. The | officers have already been nominated. | The Concordia Sick and Benefit so- ciety will meet at Turner Hall on to- morrow evening to vote upon officers for the ensuing executive term. ! Officers will be elected for the com- ing year at the meting of the Lexing- ton lodge, I. O. O. F., this evening at the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. The Turner society with the ladies | and children’s classes held a gym- nastic exhibition and a Christmas cele- bration last evening at Turner hall. EARNS $5 PER DAY BUT CAN'T PAY FINE Adolph Matulis Beats Up Parents, Then Latter Plead With Judge to Let Him Off. Adolph Matulis was before Judge John H. Kirkham in police court this morning charged with assaulting his | mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. George Matulis, last evening. The parents said their son came home drunk and attacked his mother, turn- ing his fistic attentions to his father when he interfered. A fine of $7 and costs was imposed. The accused told Probation Officer Connely that he earns $5 per day, vet he did not have sufficient money with which to pay his fine. Later the father of the young man begged the judge to let his son go on probation. ‘The continued case against Charles Kilowski and Frank Broziwsky, mem- bers of a Lithuanian club, charged with illegal sale of liquor, was heard taday. On advice of their lawyer, P. F. McDonqugh, they both pleaded guilty. Liquor Prosecutor B. W. Al- ling said that Kilowski sold club checks to men who were not mem- bers of the Park street club, while Broziwsky gave them the liquor. The former was fined $50 and costs, and the last mamed was assessed $25 and costs. The cases against Frank Mich- naivich, Jaseph Shopps and John Ur- ban, charged with similar ‘offenses, were nolled. RUSH AT END. Business conditions reached a nor- mal state at the local post office to- day, after the rush occasioned by the holidays. Postmaster Delaney said today that owing to the co-operation of the public in mailing their articles early much confusion was averted. ‘While as much if not more malil- ing matter passed through the of- fice as in past years the adherence to the wishes of the postmaster for early mailing made handling the business less ardaous, HIGH S8CHOOL TO PLAY. Arrangements have been completed for a practice basketball game be- tween the New Britain High school and the Y. M. C. A. quintets this eve- ning in the association, between 6 and 7 o'clock. Both teams will figure in the big games scheduled for Saturday evening. State Treasurer Chamberlain En- dorses Savings Plan of Govt. Let everybody buy a Thrift Stamp and help Uncle Sam finance the war. From now on a drive is to be made in New Britain for the sale of War Savings Stamps in a most systematic and efficient manner. The stamps are on sale at the local banks and post office, and arrangements are being made by F. R. Gilpatric, who has the conduct of the sale of these stamps under his direction, to have them put } work, but I've seen it with my own | eves. , Women white wings, women moulders yvand even police women, and they can 1 see the fire FREDERICK S. CHAMBERLAIN on sale in many places of business about the city. But do not wait be- fore buying a Thrift Stamp. Go to your bank at once and start this big savings campaign, win this war. Your banker will be ) pleased to explain any details regard- ing the issuing of the stamps. Noah Lucas, assistant treasurer of the Sav- ings Bank of New Britain, is on the committee, which has charge of the sale of the stamps in the banks, and he has designated a representative in each bank to have charge of the sale of the stamps. All the banks in the city are back of this campaign and are giving it the same splendid co- operation which they did the Liberty Bond sales. There is not a penny in it for the banks, and they are prompt- ed in this work solely by patriotic motives. It is a time when every- body is expected to turn in and do all he can,and then some more for his country. State and City Treasurer Frederick 8. Chamberlain, who is recognized as one of Connecticut’s foremost bankers, is giving his valuable time in pushing this campaign. He was interviewed today about the attitude of the| banks to this campaign and he said: | “Phe War Saving Certificates and | Thrift Stamps, which are %just begin- } ning to be issued by the government. offer the most convenient and safest : manner of saving money, I think, ever devised and when people become fas miliar with its advantages the in- come to the government from this/| source will be enormous. It is hoped | to raisc during the year of 1918 the ! sum of two bililon dollars from Lhisi source, which was the amount of the First Liberty loan. “All the banks of the city have both the War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps for sale over their counters. The banks are, of course, doing this without profit to them- selves, but are glad to do so from a sense of duty to the government, and also for the effect the sale may have in the establishment of habits of thrift among the general public of the community, “The ownership of over $1,000 in War Savings Certificates is prohibited by law, thus providing against the certificates falling into the hands of the very rich, as they are tax exempt and the interest on them compounds. A certificate bought and held until January, 1923, will net the pupchaser four per cent. compound interest. Should he desire earlier to realize on thi# certificate, it may be cashed at a post office upon ten days’ notice at a price which will net three per cent. | interest. They are much more de- sirable for this and many other rea- sons for the small investor than are Liberty Bonds. The Liberty Bonds may he lost or stolen while these cer- tificates are not negotiable except by the owner and really are a similar obligation to the zovernment's check, and the market value of them cannot fluctuate. “Any details regarding these stamps will be gladly explained at the post office or any of the local banks, and the banks wlill be glad to assist in urging saving in this way.” | cars. { never rode in them and you'd never | eight of these compartments in them, | with about two feet which is to help ! i Local Soldier Finds English Ways Very Foreign Lawrence J. Crean has recently re- ceived a letter from his brother, Corp. Gerald P. Crean, who is ‘Wifl.l Com- pany I of the 102d U. S. Infantry. It is dated November 1 and tries to bring out the feelings and sensations that the writer had when he was in England which in many ways ap- peared to be as much of a foreign ceuntry to him as any other country. He writes in part: ‘I often read of women doing men’s I've seen women conductors, equal any bunch of men that ever were. I was disappointed that I didn’t department work. An- other funny thing is the trolley and the trains. It's some sensation. to ride on the double deckers, and my delight was the top deck, because down stairs is always crowded 'and reminds me too much of the Chest- nut street line back home. No, it's not ships I'm talking about, it’s trolley Now, the trains, which I'd term as back-breakers. You've Seen pic- tures of the coaches with their com- partments and side doors, but you've i want to. Each coach has seven or between benches and connecting through ths middle. Imagine that! | “We had to ride in these coaches | quite a while and I never had such a | back-breaking experience in all my life. And rock! They're just the same in France =o there is no rest for the weary. The engines that they | have are of the first locomotive type that was ever built, but they go like the subways in New York and quite ag fast. “While T was in one of the cities in England, I walked into one of the stores and I thought that I was at home. It was Woolworth's five and ten cent store and inside it was ex- actly the same as is in the states, so nearly so that I thought I was dream- ing until I saw the signs which read “Everything on this side 104,” and heard not nickels and dimes but shil- lings and six pence. I was amazed, but my surprise did not stop there. A few doors up was a show window full of typewriters and when I looked up Boce! Underwood typewriter. You can bet that looked like home.'* { The letter contains a few personal | aMusions which have been omitted in this reprinting of it. It is postmarked U. 8. Army Postal Station and of course has been duly censored. REAL TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING DAY Carl Nelson Gives Menu Enjoyed by American Infantrymen the no aisle Thanksgiving in France was' not | such a dreary affair, according to a letter received by Miss Ruth Nelson of 49 Cherry street from her brother, Carl Nelson, of Company I, 1024 U. 8. Infantry. The men had an old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner with all that goes with it, he writes. The letter, in part, follows: “Dear Sister: “Just a few lines to let you know I have not forgotten you and that 1 am feeling fine. I wish you folks at home were over here to enjoy Thanksgiving with us. We sure did have some time; We quit work and drill Wednesday, the 29th, at noon, so we could. have the afternoon to clean up around our quarters which took all the afternoon. In fact, some of us had not finished next morning at 9 o'clock. Thursday morning all those who wished to witnessed a foot- ball game between the Second and Third battalions. The Third is our battalion. It was a hard fought game. Neither side could score. After the game we had boxing matches and scveral other games. “We had dinner at 2:30 and be- lieve me it was some dinner for a soldier in a foreign country. We had roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, bread, coffee and pie. So you see we were not so bad off even if we are a couple of miles from home. In the evening we had an entertainment in our mess house which was all decorated. We had a piano, two mandolins, a violin | The work cut out for New Britain therefore is the purchase of $1,200,000 worth of these stamps. New Britain can be depended upon to respond to this call in the way she has to every other call, which has gone forth to win this war, Colds Cause Headache and Grip LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab- lets remove the cause. There is only one “Bromo Quinine.” E W GROVE'S signature on (box. 30c. LEGAL TROUBLES. The offer of Louis Nair, the plumb- er, who recently went into bankrupt- cy, to settle with his creditors paying 5 per cent. of his bills has been re- fusd by the creditors. M. D. Saxe ap- pears for the creditors and Judge B. F. Gaffney is the counsel for Nair. John Monahan has been twice made defendant in suits brought by the Stanley Svea Grain Co. and by J. M. Finnegan. The Stanley Svea Grain Co. has brought suit for $200, and Finnegan sues for $100. M. H, Camp appears for the plaintif in poth cases. and a guitar and plenty of musicians to give us a little concert, songs and recitations. And after that we all fell in for a good night’s sleep.” The only thing missing was the folks at home, Nelson writes, and he | inquires whether ‘‘they have put an | embargo on all the mail from the States to France.” It is almost a month since he received a letter from home. REVOKES CIRCUILAR. Mexico City, Dec. 27.—The govern- ment vesterday revoked a circular is- sued srecently providing that customs brokers at ports of entry be native- born Mexicans. A new order provides that naturalized citizens also may be customs brokers. SOCIALISTS ARRESTED. London, Dec. 27.—More than 300 members of the German minority so- cialist party were arrested on Christ- mas Eve by the German military au- thorities, according to a Zurich des- patch given out today by the wireless press. | mendously increased need for ' Government Will Take Over Coal Mines IT Necessity Demands Washington, Dec. 27.—Dr. Harry A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Adminis- trator told the Senate Coal Investigat- ing Committee that the United States Fuel Administration had been forced to work in a weary circle in its ef- forts to get coal to those who needed it most. Dr. Garfield was the first witness in the investigation-into the coal situa- tion. Among other things, he ex- plained how, when the war and the approach of winter developed a tre- coal, the Kuel Administration took meas- ures to stimulate production; how it then found itself confronted with la- bor troubles, which finally were ironed out, and how finally, having stimu- lated production and got labor satis- fied and working full time, the ad- ministration found itself confronted with a transportation problem. The ability of the railroad to carry the coal, the witness said, reduced production and threw men out of work, putting the administration back at the beginning of its circle again. Dr. Garfield also told the commit- tee that he was working toward gov- ernment .control of the coal mines, wHich “is inevitable i¢ the war con- tinues.” He said he would have put government control into effect as soon as he took office had it not been that he feared such a sudden change would defeat the very end toward which he aimed, the supplying of coal to those who needed it most. As a step toward government con- trol, Dr. Garfield said, he has or- dered that when present coal con- tracts expire new ones shall provide for a limited quantity of coal, to be sold at the government fixed price on date of delivery and subject to revo- cation if the government meantime decides to run the mines. “The big coal operators of the country have assured me they are ready to deliver their properties the moment the government asks for them,” he said. Dr. Garfleld stated that, in his opinion, unification of the country’s railroads, either under government control or by the roads themselves, was absolutely essential to the solving of the coal problem, “There was a shortage in available coal between Aug. 18 and Nov. 24 of 20,166,442 tons, simply because of the car shortage,” he said. “We have asked railrnad co-operation—and I am not criticising the railroads—but I deem it absolutely essential to suc- cessful distribution of coal where it is most needed that the rallroads he put in a condition to handle the out- put of the mines.” One hundred steamships aggregat- ing more than 1,000,000 tons gross are being held in New York harbor through lack of coal, and the number is increasing daily. Every pier in the East and North Rivers is occupied, and the vessels have to anchor either in the lower bay or up the North River until there is room. Twenty-two of detained steamships are owned by a French company and have been waiting for coal since Nov. 2 hey include four ammunition ships. Fifteen steamships, ranging from 8,000 to 50,000 gross tons are owned by an Anglo-American corpor- ation, and eight others by a British stcamship company. The other ves- sels are freighters belonging to Amer- ican, French, Italian, and British com- panies, and a few steamships operat- ed by the United States Shipping boarr in carrying supplies and horses to France. One of the managers of the Ber- wind White Coal company, the chief coal producers for shipping in the port of New York, said yesterday that the coal situation was very serious. It was interfering with the progress of the war, and there was no relief in sight, MERCHANTS TO ASSIST Mecting to Be Held Tomorrow After- noon at OChamber of Commerce Rooms to Discusg Thrift Plan. Tetters to the various merchants in this city were mailed today, an- nouncing a meeting to be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce, to discuss the Thrift Stamps and War Saving Cer- tificates now .on sale here. CONSUMPTION OF BREAD. Paris, Dec. ~The issuance of bread cards, which was to have been made on January 1, will not be car- ried out. The minister of provisions made this announcement today. Ap- preciable results had been obtained by voluntary rationing, he added, and if a further effort were made it would be unnecessary to issue bread cards. Restrictions in the consumption of bread have been applied since Decem- ber 20 in hotels and restaurants, re- sulting in a saving of 20 per cent, s PAYING OFF MEN. London, Dec. 27.—The Putiloff ‘works, employing 30,000 men, and the Petrograd metallurgical works, em- ploying 8,000, have begun to pay off their men, accarding to a Reuter's despatch from Petrograd. AN EARTHQUAKE. Panama, Dec. 27.—An earthquake is reported to have occurred near Ama- titlan, fifteen miles south of Guate- mala. Telegraphic . communication has been interrupted and no detalls have been received. Are now an added attraction i Moore of St. Louis, prresident of the in our sale of SUITS and COATS FOR MISSES AND WOMEN _. For months we've talked of our beau- titul styles, our quality standard, our excel- lence of materials. Now we add the attrac- tion of unusually low prices—znd only our high quality standards can the true significance of remembering women underst and these prices:— Suits up to $32.50, now Suits up to $40.00, now Suits up to $48.00, now Suits up to $62.50, now Horsfallx . IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND ©3-99 ASYLUM ST. comestingwith 140 TRUMBULL ST HARTFORD ’ e by $16.95 $19.75 $25.00 $29.00 Patriots Enlisted in Name Parents’ Name ... In Army or Navy ..... In What Branch ..... ‘UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ASSOCIATION NAME Members of Anti Suffrage Orrganiza- tion Indignant Because of Feministic Bill. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Unauthoriz- ed use of the name of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suf- frage by the National Council of Women in support of a bill intro- duced by Representative Rankin and described as feministic, and reflecting on fatherhood, has caused the anti- suffrage organization to withdraw from the council. . Mrs. James Wadsworth, president of the anti-suffrage associatfon in a letter addressed to Mrs. Philip North council setting forth the reasons for the withdrawal, says: “I find the name of the association and my own as president used withs out permission to further a bill re- cently introduced in congress, the hearing on which developed. such feministic theories as that ‘the father is only a casual parent’, that the wife should select her citizenship indepen- dent of that of her husband, and that the citizenship of the child should be determined by the mother.” | STEAMER MISSING. ‘British Vessel Believed to Have Been Lost at Sea. Nearest of Kin ar vo parents) ... ; (FIn This Out and Retarn to Edltor of The Herald) \is From New Britain PLAINVILLE AND BERLIN. the Nation’s Service. ®seseesccccsencscccnnsne EEX) o) ecceccsscsscoscssnncnal R R R PR PR R X sesscscevascsnns .o wesnus. Legitimate Prey of Small Boy, ob ‘ ject of corn by Adults New York, Dec. 37.—He was a grant and marauder in the g Only a yellow dog that nobody owned. You have seen the type—everybody has. Legitimate prey of the small bay, object of scorn of all adult hw- manity, ranking lower in the scale of life than the tuberculosis bacillus the vermiform appendik, the yellow dog has always been in a clags by himself, and always at the foeot of his class. This particular stray yellow dog ‘was but a type of uncounted thou- sands. Every town knows him. Every boy shies stones at him and ties camé to his tail, and sends him skally- hooting out of the neighborhood. It 1s at the expensefof the stray yellow doz that the modern boy gives vemt t> the savage that is in him, and goes unreproved. v Well, the other day a boy coaxed this stray dog to him and patted his head to gain his confidence. But only long enough to tie a ¢in can to his tail. Now, this dog was familiar with / e e e g London, Dec. 27.—The British| steamer City of Nagpur has been wrecked in Delagoa Bay, Portuguese ! Fast Africa, according to a despatch | to the Times from ILisbon. The pas- | sengers, numbering 259 were saved, as | was the cargo. The steamer City of Nagpur, of 8,- 331 tons, was bullt in Belfast in 1914, She wag owned by the Ellerman Line of Liverpool and was engaged in the eastern service. TEACHER CENSURED. Member of College Faculty Is Given Talking To by Board of Governors. Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—The case against Dr. Gothard Deutsch, a mem- ber of the faculty of Hebrew Union college, this city, who was charged with having refused to answer the question of U. S. District Judge Hol- lister as to “which side do you want cans and quietly sat down, facing the boy with a look of sadness and res proach. Then the boy kicked the dog and started him off. He threw some stones g afier him to set him going. But the ) dog when he had not beyond the reach of the stones sat down again and re- sumed his speechless reproaches. He liked that patting on the head. He longed for companionship and sym~ pathy. ‘The boy went to play on a raft in a pond, and when he fell off the raft, as. of course, all bad little boys do, he came within a breath of drowning. No human help was near, and his plight was desperate. He was going dcwn for the third time, and vaguely grasping about him for the traditional straw, when his hands caught a mass of shaggy hair. The last thing the boy remembered was his hanging on for dear life, and when his senses came back he was lying upon the bank and the strgy. vellow dog was licking his face and whimpering with joy. i’ A stray yellow dog with a tin cen tied to his tail can sometimes teach the highly superior human beings a to win in the present war with Ger- many?” was disposed of by the board of governors of the college early to- day. The board adopted a resolution censuring Dr. Deutsch and admonish- ing him to use every opportunity in |lesson. the future to display his loyaity and patriotism. GERMAN FOODCARDS. Amsterdam, Dec. 27.~The various German foodcards are now bcing is- sued on a special watermarked paper, as protaction against counterfeiting which had become a profitable busi- ness in many parts of the country. The wotermark.e capital B, in an oc~ tagonal frame stretches over the en= tire card, and is easily seen against the light. SHIPBUILDING PLAN. Washington, Dec, 27.—F. A. Bowles construction expert of the shipping board, was the first witness to testify at today's session of the senate in- vestigation of alleged delays in the shipbuilding program. The commit- tee expects te-~develop if quibbling over prices had delayed construction. 52 E§