New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1918, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 19184 Housewares Dept. Now Upstairs in Annex Where Toys Were Sold Where special prices prevail on everything offered there outside of It will pay every housckecper within reach of a few January cost salo makers rest cur big store to look to her needs and supply them while ive building operations that You've casy selec- tion is on. It is owing to extes wo have brought the housewares up on the main floor. tion there. Our China Room is Still Down Stai been put on all Fancy China, Bric-a-brac, and Glas Dinner Ware Patterns, all at special cost sale prices. start a new set or discount on all Cu Floor Lamps The the second floor of our new building. They are ary Records. SEE COST PRIC 1ts the little things today every boy wears and must hav to match in on the one have. t Glass. Twenty you well worth your while, DEET. AND THER! AT BOYS' at this annual January Cost Sale. Beginning with Shirts, nec $3.98 kinds reduced to $3.50. for $1.98, the $1.5 our regular 75¢ S| Flannel Shi Cost Price and $1.25 each. 50¢ each, Sleeping Gaj and 93¢ kind 4 to 8 year 25 e $1.00. Si to Beacon Blai The 10 to Flannelette each. Underwaists, 48c to 42c each. WAVING AN AUTOMOBILE PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL 0 kinds for $1.98 each. Those that were $1.00 for 89c each. band style, size 12 They are silk ones. 0 grade $1.25. Regular hirts reduced to 65¢ each. rts reduced from $1.50 to $1. on Blouses in neckband : rments. Flannelette Night Shirts, 6 each. The 75 reduced from 75¢ to 65¢ each. 10 years. nket Robes in 4 to 8 year sizes, 18 years, $3.00 and $3.50 grades Rompers, in the “L The 39¢ ones for 3 Jittle Beauty” 5¢ each. DELIVERY FOR NEW DRY GOODS There special sale prices have sware. Good time now to Twenty per cent. discount on al Twenty per cent. discount on Smoking Stands and Humidora. avings are worth while ones, come for them. Victrola Dept. Removed from 1ts old stand in Down Stairs Section to Call there and hear the new Janu- THE MONEY SAVINGS that we will tell of, the furnishings that and that are very much under priced here to 14 inches, regular Regular $2.50 Shirts $1.00 and $1.10 3, from $1.00 to 8¢ each. nd collar on style 00 grade $1.75 each. The regular 59¢ kind for grade for 65c each. Flannelette Flannelette one-piece and two-piece styles, reduced from $1.50 to $1.19, from $1.35 to reduced from for $2. Flannelette Robes for 2 to 10-year boys were $1.25 for to 6.vear sizes reduced from heavy-weight ones, BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PU ICUASED OF Us. our great 75 Open Stock per cent. Table ane kinds 89c and brings $2.25 $1.50 grade for to 18 yea ajamas $2.50 to 5 each. 1.00 each. 75¢ to 59¢ reduced from Berlin News CITIZENS GO OVER | SELEGTMEN'S HEADS A | §i lling & Co., Absent When Ken- ngton Discusses Fire Apparatus WIL PAY NEW BRITAIN Committec Vv to Consider . Appointed Purchase of Auto Chemical—Bill (‘of $100 from Hardware City Re- or the oéived Favorably—Thrift Meeting. The much-discussed mass meeting residents concerning the pur- hase of fire apparatus for the town a t Parish hall. gadance v held in Kensington 1z There w st evening a large at- ; and many caustic remarks re made about the sclectmen, who | ere conspicuous by their absence. ‘harles Gulong was elected chairman hppointe various Lewis said d spoke on the extreme need of re protection for the town Charles wis suggested that a committee be to procure estimates on the makes of apparatus. Mr. that the most important gueation was whether the apparatus v as to be the property of Berlin or (whether Kensington was to be named ffavored the purchse the quate motor-driv firc district, and the citizens were to e taxed for the apparatus. A majority of those at the meeting > of a chemical as water supply is too inade- | fire-fighting purposes. local for af 35 gallons each can be secured at B of P B ate price, and this form to the most aid that he does too much upon | fairly mode ¢ apparatus seen opular. Mr. Gulong believe in relyin n chemical with two mnlw-‘\ | at the New Britain department and that the time has come when the town ! ghould begin to act independent Jdftle faith was expressed in any ac- | tion ‘taken by the town officials owing o the delay 2 rebuilding the bridge Mr. Gu- in ear the Paper Goods shop opng further suggested that the com- (9 e stion be appointed committees Berlin which would meet with f Berlin street matter. An offer was proprietors of the Berlin ich stated that they would care for wpparatus and have a man sta- | d at the garage day and night, | bject to call, for a small consider- | on. The question of insurance| tes was discussed and it was decided Jeave the matter with the commit 4+, which would confer with the fire derwriters . Mag Britain d the meeting and advised *rs to purchase a machine in b pation of using it for water. of water for I lin would decided, and it would be dvantage to purchase ith this in mind appointed to ittee ould similar and the chairman of the ad- the an- The nell, e e its The | confer mn be e town w: \ith the committees of the other dis- h { Sicts and all will be asked to report ' Ry town meeting \'_ committee ng, chairman; . Wtary; George W. Sullivan, Lewis Yer, James J. Fitzsimons and 1 Norton. The Teport of the com- ee Will be awaited with much in- | s Charles Moore, consi of Bernard | sion | Teft | meet tonight | the | alleged | against Quinto, terest by local people. A vete of thanks s given to New Britain for assistance at last week’'s fire and it was determined that should the town officials fail to respond to the request of that city the citizens of Kensington would see that there would be a set- tlement of the bill of $100. War Savings Mecting. The war stamp campaign will be launched at the citizens’ meeting to- night at the Town hall. Ralph M. Lowry of Hartford will be the prin- cipal speaker. The campaign will be outlined and it is hoped that the people will respond to this one as well as it has to the many others. The formation of savings and thrift clubs will be encouraged. Numerous rallies will be held in the schools. “o-operation will be asked of the lo- al manufacturers and all thrift or- ganizations in their Says Ttat It Will Be Simple to Deleat United States establishments. ' The exchange of Liberty ILoan inter- | est coupons will receive publicity. As many public meetings as possible will be held and all gatherings pertaining | to the campaign at the postoffice will be watched and recorded. The meeting will take place at $:15. ‘There will be a meeting of the Council of Defense committee at 30. Another Fire. Kensington came close to suffering a repetition of last week's fire last night when a defective chimney at I E. Williams' market caused flames to break out. With the aid of James Buckley, Mr. Williams managed to control the blaze which had found it's way up to the roof in which the: were obliged to chop a hole. This should tend to increase the demand for more fire protection, which at present is the whole topic for discus- in the town. Had Mr. the store at his usual hour there is not a particle of doubt but another building would have been de- A | stroved. Foresters' Meeting. lodge of IJoresters will at Foresters' hall. There installation of officers busin will members are urged The local will other important transacted. All to be present, Settled Out of Court. of Miss Alice Wetherell, Louis Quinto, former dealer, has been settled out of court. The civil suit followed criminal prosecution of Quinto, who was bound over from the Berlin town court to the superior court for upon the girl. He is be The case 13, against local liquor assault now s ford county the civil Saxe In M. D, sel for the plaintiff. Berlin Briefs. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beckley have moved to farm near Wallingford. Nicolas Carson and of the signal corps are Lction was coun- jail Frobel their of new James home Georgo from | Chattanooga, Fitzsimons and Jame: . been appointed apprais- of the estate of the late Leon Le- claire, The Kensington library will not open today because of the cold. The weekly prayer meeting will be held tonight RIEED CROSS CONTRIBUTES. 2.—The American Red sion to Italy today appro- priated 50,000 lire for the benefit of the victims and families of victims of the enemy air raid other cities in northern have suffered recently raids. Rome Cross mi Jan. which such Italy from Williams | | will be greatly en- | couraged. The daily sale of the stamps | | Americans what | | members of the bunds re: and | be | | and rving his sentence in the Hart- | | really would be used for that purpos GERMAN PLOTTER GIVES HIS BOAST all the fault Americans,” Detroit, Jan. 3.—*“It's of the stupid German 'Railroad Congestion Popularizes said Albert Kaltschmidt, who departs today for Leevenworth penitentiary, to years for Canadian serve four to blow up American plants. “Germany will bring United States to its knees, which would have German inefficient, stupid, white feathered and cowardly,” as- serted this man who for money brought his family and friends to ruin and prison, and who boasts of being a Prussian, though he made a fortunc | in this country. “I organized the Deutscherbund in Detroit,” said he. *“We announced | that it was to raise funds for the widows and orphans of German sol- diers. We gave a bazaar and raised funds in other wa Many Ame ns attended this bazaar, being tupid enough to believe the money hiring men factories and tunnels and the been prevented had not been “Of course, send the we did not intend to money to the widows and orphans; at least I didn’t. I in- tended to use it for propoganda against Wilson to prevent war. “But these stupid German Ameri- cans took things too literally. The ly thought it should be sent to the widows and orphans, as we had said it would be. If they hadn’t been so literally stupid I should have been able to organize other bunds in other cities to raise propaganda money, defeated Wilson s0 prevented war between the ited States and Germany. “Why, for a paltry $20,000 I could have caused the defeat of President Wilson. But these stupid rman Americans, they were cowards and | showed the white feather. ! ‘When pressed for details as to how Wilson could have heen defeated b: the use of money Kaltschmidt w disposed to put it up to somebody else, as he was in his attempts to blow up Detroit munition factories, But his scheme by which Germany is going to defeat the United States is L8¢ | wonderfully simple “It is only necessary for Germany to whip Italy in a few weeks, brin | England to her kneces by taking Ind | leaving the be | k“ on Padua and | away from he the French lin: then drive through and conquer France, United States to face alone,” he said one word of regret for having his sister, his brother-in-law his best friend and financial savior to lose their liberty and for- tunes did Kaltschmidt, the man who was in the the pay of the German | government, utter. | With him Fritz Neef, his brother- | in-law, and Carl Schmidt, a Kalt- schmidt tool, will g0 to Leavenworth | prison, while Mrs. Tda Kaltschmidt | will be transferred to the House of | Correction for three and two vears re- spectively. Germany Vot caused and | taken advantage of the plan because | ing made. | pas | stuff when the; Piainviiie News BOOM NGTED ON TROLLEY EXPRESS Shipments by Electric Road LETTER FROM FRANCE Leon Roberts Says People Should Not Forget Men in France—Basketball Game Scheduled for Friday Even- ing—Plainville Briefs, P During the past month or two the shipment of goods by trolley express has been heavy and, judging from the way they are coming in there is no doubt that the manufacturers of Con- necticut are having their share of war orders issued by the government. Be- | cause of the fact that the railroads are tied up when it comes to having enough freight cars for making ship- ments, there has been a big increase in the amount of shipping done by trolley express. All over the state merchants and manufacturers arc complaining as to the condition of goods received when shipped by rail- road freight or express, and also of the poor service given them on deliv- ery, and for this reason many of them were induced to try the trolley ex- pre Basketball Game Arranged. The old Plainvilie basketball team which has nized under the name of Pierce-Arrows,” has already secured a game for this sea- son's starter, and on Friday night will buck up against the fast Farmington High school quintet, which will, no doubt, give the local boys a hard rub, besides affording practice which has been lacking on account of not having a suitable place in which to play. Since the Town Hall burned there has not been a place large enough for practice and for this reason the boys have been handicapped. Manager William Hird is fairly confident of vi tory over the Farmington boys and will have in the lineup most of the men who played on the old team, in- cluding Hird, Lotz, Nelson, Bugbee and Norfeldt of New Britain, who is known in basketball circles as a fast player. Send Magazines to Soldiers. Many requests for magazines and reading material have been received during the last few weeks from the American soldiers who are fighting in France, a great many whom are from Connecticut homes. Considering the fact that there are thousands of American men over there, it will re- quire thousands of books, papers, and magazines to keep them supplied with the kind of reading matter they were accustomed to before they left their homes. The government provided a way of getting plenty of reading mat- ter to the boys when it passed the law which allowed magazines to be sent across for one cent each, but it looks as though the public has not yet re-or the of the small amount of shipments be- The people of Plainville and all over the state are urged to co- operate and to do all in their power to meet the need of the soldiers promptly. Mailing instructions are given on each magazine and care should he taken t no magazines published before the special law was ed are sent because they do not | carry the special printed instructions which are necessary to their for- warding. Roberts Writes From France, ing letter has been re- Mrs. C. C. Roberts of 21 Zast street, from her son Leon, who < with the United States Army “somewhere in France” in which he states that he has received the to- bacco which was sent him. He also tells about the drilling and hard | training the soldiers are being put through to get them in condition for the front and he makes a statement that he hopes he will be able to put the fted men through the same arrive. He also re- marks regarding the hard times they have in getting such things as sweat- ers, socks, and other wearables which are badly needed, and to put it in his ! own way “It's about time the town got wise and sent some things to us fellows, instead of to the drafted men, because they are where they can buy all those things and we can’t get them under any condition.” He says that the boys would like to make a visit to Paris if they get the chance before they have to come back, but thatthe highest ambition of the soldiers is to see Berlin, German-, Ice Cutting at White Oak. M. L. Rhodes of New Britain has a | force of men at work at White Oak | cutting the season’s ice crop. It is re- | ported that this year's crop is the best | that has been had for a number of | vears, being of a fine, clear quality | and free from snow. The ice runs | from 14 to 16 inches in thickness. A | great deal of trouble has been exper- | in getting men to cut the ice, | it will be | houses for ico dealers | price | vear, | An inter ceived by dr ienced but nevertheless cut and stored away next summer's use. will probably charge the same next summer as they did last The prices for last vear were 30 cents a hundred for stores, 25 cents a hun- | dred for markets and 40 cents a hun- | dred for family use | The Grange whist which was to be | held tomorrow night has been post- | poned until further notice on account | of the shortage of coal | much of in the The | visiting Miss May Cunningham of ' visiting Miss May Cunninghom of Maple street over the holidays i A war saving campaign will be | waged some time during the next few weeks for the purpose of selling the | stamps as a method of raising money _confined to her ho | movement agains | b for carrying on the war. committee on the State Coungd Defense will be in charge apd will be given out later. Josephine Bosko of Maple v ity O of scarlet fever. Martin Stevenson of at his home sore throat. The service | munion of thes is next Sunday, @ chapel of the Com this evening at 7:30 As vet no trace hi the robbers who broké of Joseph Colella’s ho quantity of coal, potat: The Foresters' club' | meeting tonight for thi electing officers for. the All members are asked | P Maple | The Woman's Literary @ Wednesday afternoon at the Mrs. J. T. Hart on Thompi Two interesting papers “Barly IHistory of Russia” Annie Goodsell and “Eng by Mrs. S, B. Bassett. assisted by Mrs. L. G. E. Root. The next me be held January 16 at“the?H Mrs Richard Hulbert, Jr. Miss Jessie Hare entertain friends from Hartford Frid: ing at her home on Golf st Clarence Nordstrom is spending Christmas vacation in I“Arnnngtorfl“ Medic & W. Everett Hine of the Corps who is stationed at the U. General Hospital, New York, spent New Year’'s Day at his home. Frederick Johnson was home the Bliss school in Washington the holidays. from for Leora Saunders Christmas week in Chester. Ma; spent Harriett Wells of Newington entered the Brooklyn hospital train for a nurse. has to R. H. Crawford has moved his family from Maple Hill avenue to Connecticut avenue, New Britain. Mr. Crawford is going to France to do Y. M. C. A. work Albert Miller, a former s visiting friends on Mr. Miller is stationed at Camp Devens. resident Does Not Want Americans to Cross After Bandits. Jan. 3.—The Mexican government, it was learned here, has protested against the crossing of American troops into Mex! pur- suit of bandits. Governor Hobby it was s: ived no advices Austin, Tex., in d, has re- - from Washington relative to the protest and the Texas | Rangers at least will continue their activities against Mexican raiders un- hampered by state authorities until federal authorities instruct otherwise. TROTZKY REFUSES PEAGE PROPOSALS (Continued from First Page.) of war and evacuation of occupied territory. In article 2, however, it was declared the people of Poland. Lithuania, Courland and portions of Iisthonia and Livonia demand inde- pendence and separa‘‘on from Rus: and that the German occupation of Russian territory did not apuiy to these di s which include most of the Russian territory captured by the German a The Kicv Dispatch. Petrograd, Jan A dispatch frora Kiev reports that the Ukrainian gov- ernment has sent an ultimatum to the Bolsheviki demanding that they with- draw their troops within 24 hours and state whether they consider them- selves at war or at peace with Ukraine. Shipments of sugar and grain northern Russia have been cut off. to Transfer Civi 5 Petrograd, Jan. The Germans are reported to have transferred 300,- 000 civilian Poles and Lithuanians forcibly to Germany. Gen. Xorniloff, former commander- in-chief, and one of the leaders in the the Bolsheviki, has the rict of the Don (The death of Gen. Kor- reported unotlicially on rrived in Cossacks niloff was Tuesday). The members of former Russian governments, under arrest in the for ress of St. Peter and St. Paul, have abandoned their hunger strike. Bank Is Seized. Petrograd, Jan “The anch of the national city bank of w York, which for several day escaped the general order for the con- fiscation of all banks there, was seized by the Bolshe i Saturday night The Petrograd branch of this bank, which was seized by the Bolsheviki a week ago, expects to arrange to take re of the financial needs of Amer- n residents in & few days. The currency shortage in Russia is hecomirg increasingly serious Moscow London, Jan —The situation created by the hitch in the Brest- Litoysk negotiations, dispatches from 1 ! Tirpitz, New Year's | | mann his the Border Line in Making Chase | them | | Amsterd | Berlin show, of the rulers and many and Austria-Hu! Emperor William yesterday re- ceived in joint audience Chancellor von Hertling, TField Marshal von Hindenburg, General von Ludendorff, Finance Minister von Roedern and Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann. The foreign affairs committee of the Bundesrath under the presidency Count von Dandt, discussed the Rus- sian situation at the chancellor's palace. Chancellor von Hertling had long conversation with Admiral von former minister of marine, and Emperor Charles received audience, Prof. Kucharzevski, Polish premier. The feature of the said to have been ary. conference is the outspoken Friedrich Ebert, for the socialists and Hugo Haase for the in- dependent socialists. They are credited with having told von Kuehl- sotiations was prejudicial They told him that to say that Germany wanted no Russian territory and to say the next day that it wanted virtually all territory occu- pied by German troops justified tente statesmen in declining to plac to peace. one day | confidence in the word of Germany's leader. d to The foreign secretary is Tt is reported hoth von Kuehlmann and Count Czernin, the Austro- Hungarian foreign secretary returned to Brest-Litovsk with new instruc- tions. The Ltipzig Voelks Zeitung, the leading independent socialist news- paper, commenting on the Brest- Litovsk situation and the activities of says: Germany now reveals her eastern peace aims. Everybody in Germany, Russia and Entente countries kno | she is not aiming at a just peace with- out annexations and indemnities, such as von Kuehlmann depicted, but at a peace providing for an enormous in- crease in Germany's military, politi- cal and economic strength. “These intentions must strengthen the war will of the Entente. Ger- many intends really to annex all ter- ritories she now holds. Her excuse that the population of these territor- ies have declared their willingness to be severed from Russia is untrue. In- | dividuals may have done so, but they always have been responsible to act- ing on some German suggestion.” London, Jan. 3.—Petrograd dis- patches indicate difficulties developed at the first meeting there of the Rus- sian and German commissioners for the discussion of economic relations. The regulation of railroad transit be- tween the two countries. The Rus- sian delegates strongly emphasized their unwillingness to go bevond the lines indicated in the armistice and refused to fix regulations without pre- | cise definition as to what classes of | persons and goods the railroads were to carry. Twenty Die. Petrograd, Jan 2.—Eleven hundred | airplane machine guns and a quan- tity of ammunition were destroved and approximately twenty persons were killed as the result of a mysterious fire and explosion today in a military depot in the Gutuyevsky basin, in ! Petrograd. Three Appointments. Petrograd, Jan. 3.—Three appoint- ments of Russian representatives abroad were announced today by the Bolsheviki government. They were: Ambassador at London, M. Litvinoff, Minister to Switzerland, M. Karpinski. | Minster to Sweden M. Borovosky-Or- | lovsky. All three appointees were under the imperial government. Ambassador Leaves. London, Jan. 3.—The departure from Petrograd, owing to ill hcalth of the British ambassador Sir George Buchanan, is reported in an exchange Telegraph despatch from that city. Tt says he was accompanied by a number of British military and civil | exiles officials, i ”;c‘ i now with the Scotch Canadian forces, | Slean have made complete explanations. | von Kuehlmann and tthe government, ' 1 | ! i of | p' Clara will hold a . specia meeting this evening at the home o Mrs. E. Benoit. A son has been born to Mr. ang Mrs. Lewis Woodruff of Stanley street] Mr. and Mrs. John Tully of Growv: street are rejoicing at the birth of 2 son. Congratulations are being received { by Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson of Os | g00d avenue on speeches of Philip Scheidemann and ; official ; attitude in the Russian ne- | En- | | counsel, F. the birth of a son. The Burns club entertained Privatd Thomas Watson, a former local boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John) last evening. Private Watson expzcts to go overseas about the mid- dle of the month. The health department leased two cases of quarantine on Sexton streets. Private Gustave Nelson from Fort Slocum on a short furlongh. He is in the ordnance department ag an automobile truck driver. Phoenix Temple of Honor, will hold its night at O street a class The writ is retu The Ladies’ a masquerade ning at 8 has re-| diphtheria from and Lafayette is home regular meeting u A. M. h Initiation will b of candidates. rnable in city Nest of Owls will ance o'clock in court give on Saturday eve- Electric hall. of the en- Gunner of Announcement gement is made of Miss Mollie | New York, formerly of this city, and Isadore A. Goldblum of Hartford. William W. Hanna will evening for St. Petersburg, F he will remain until March 1 pave this where Action cover on Unpaid Notc, Russell Mink, actin Co. of Hartford Eskel on to Re- Attorney S Blodget, Clap brought suit Jina Hallstein to paid notes. The on March 28, 19 gave their joint notes payment of $500 and 22, 1917, ve notes plaintiff claims $1,000 damages the writ is returnable in city on the third Monday in January. (o stable Winkle has bed real tate at the corner Roberts Bassett streets, Conrad Manchetti, throug B. Hungerford, bught action against Lu as B ergi to recover §400 for money loaned The papers were served Constable Fred Winkle who closed a sto wned by the defendant at 113 North street. The writ is returnable in city on the second Monday in January has and Niko- two un- claims that defendants others June 1nd for $300. and court atta of 05 and ha b Ten by court But Adjourns Until Tomorrow at 12:30 When President Wilson is Scheduled to Speak on War, Washington Jan i ( mbled today after the holiday re- cess and hoth houses, after se: a few minutes’ d adjourned unti] tomorrow out respect to the memory of Senator Newlands and Representative Bathrick, who dicd during the holids Both houses w sion at 12:30 hear President making islation to carry control of railroads. SALE OF THRIFT STAMPS. Botween $3,000 and $4,000 was realized by the government by the sale of thrift stamps and war certificates at the post off during the month of December. ong sions of ation, of 1 loc meet in joint “k tomorrow son deliv ses- 0'¢ Wi recommend out to his ad- tions for government COMPULSORY RATIONING. London, Jan. 3.—Compulsory tioning is to be put into effect in F ng land soon, it was announced officially today.