New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1918, Page 2

artford Hotel Re om open The o1y restaurant ht.—advt ting of ton the church Fiegt hgregational recétving of reports yfficers will_bg, wary T First Ec- be held in the ening, Janue wma] m fo 1 on of even will H. Groner, the new manager of » Connecticut Light and Power Co., jeased through the Camp Real Es- te Co., the floor of Paul A. ahl's new Corbin avenue Music Hotel Nelson advt. second house on Sat. eve. at James Glover 24 Spring street las bone to Indiana where he will en- r Notre Dame university. Lowell Pickup of Lincoln street, ith the ordnance department at hington home on a short fur- ugh Mr o of Corbin of stopping at arles I id ar and Mrs. C Eritain and ma \e Waldorf-Astoria, New York The Sunshine society will hold lhnual meeting Monday afternoon. rge attendance is desired. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Sullivan of Fashington street have returned from ew York after having spent the hol- in that city The health department has reieased quarantined of diphtheria Willow and Oak streets. Ensign Gunn Reserve its A vo cases the on of of home leave Suneson at his a short & is reet on hsence. EVENTS TONIGHT Lyceum theater, photo lays superior Fox's theater, high class photo rama vaudeville and Keeney's theater, hoving pictures. Jr. ASM 2 0 ) hall council 0. 1T, in Vega hall. Chamberlain 1., meets in Jr. Vega society meet Wrestling bouts, Turner hall. M. C ketball, Y A. gymnasium, Y. M. T. A, & B. NOTES. fembers Want to Secure Fuel From nd. society the situation > formed a commit- \arge of a petition which being circulated ask the Water Yepartment if wood may not be cut pon its land in order to save coal for ther purposes. The following young nen comprise the committee: Georgu ‘ollins, Thomas Devine, John O'Brien, ohn Riley, Charles Coffey, Thomas khanahan, Martin Welch, Daniel Ca oll, John Whalen, John Griffin, Pat- Gaffney, Albert N. Volz and ‘rederick G. Russell The committee in charge of anging a pool tournament and smok r will meet tomorrow morning. The Lommittee consists of Chairman Riley, yennis O'Krefe, Ralph Mulconery, "homas Devine James W. Man- ing A poor contest will be »on with the Meriden Tabs, The manuscript of George M Fifty Miles from Boston. is ng studied by the committee hargo the drama nd B is fuel The tirred 'he member e to take c v up over to ar- and arranged Co- be- in HEAVY LOAN. ~The negotiations by which Japan was to advance to “hina the sum of 10,000,000 pounds or the purpose of improaving the po- ition of the bank of Chi were vir- complete but the signing was oned at the last moment. The said to be due to the decision Aracrican, French and British to participate actively in the Peking, Jan 11 Bupils to sign. ents. “During the week beg will bring to scho: cents to purchase a Thrift Stamp, \\h]rlyl attached to a Thrift § will make this the b definfte_plan to save best to earn and save or much as possible chase of Thrift Stamp buy a War Savings Cer will help to buy food other materials for ou sailors and pay them 1 will help my gover the war.' The reverse of the about the Thrift Stamp: savings certificates. the children to save, prepared .on which marked off, for 25 se stamps are patte Stamps in minic soon as a card is filled turned in for one of the A War Savings society v ganized in each school, malke the best showing. be kept in full view of It is found that some o are spending money ve cheap candy and such thrift campa their pocketbooks, but well, thus killing two stone. The charge of the sale of each building and will for the allotments supply of stamps can the Grammar school will ha do. Th be big city nk campaign will schools through the ye be interesting to note savings will accumulat little folks. The child beat the Boches BROTHER Samuel L. Kaplan, a suit yesterday ainst Jacob, who is a for $2,500 to recover a claims is unpaid the defendant on been attached by Con kle. A case is returna perior court in Hartfo Tuesday in February Constable Fred Rapeleye, 0. Mills, Joseph T the orders of the ruptey commenced Tren J ref vester cently filed a petition The suit of Samuel Lazarus Meades and baum was settled last and Glover and A. A. Greenberg defendant. Clouds of smoke barbershop in a wood Engine companies N sceno last evening. showed little need smoke was | stove. The woodwork in Daly avenue, became i ning when one of thawing out frozen | company No. 3 was | tinguished blaze amounting to about $i CALY) Louis R. Cranley of been called into the service. He will the Naval hase at joined several months past five vears he has as an a; [man by the Hart twenty-five and To better Superintender Holmes has some supplemen one be some healthy competition the different rooms to see which showing the savings from ign will not only benefit | by civie bodies birds with principals made. distribute them through the teachers. The Parents and Teachers’ association ! will help do the financing so that a the school bank re a Thrift Stamp department | tribute to the relief cf transportation and sell the stamps just conducted BROTHER. ! building The able Fred Win- | Wi Koppelmann ing the stock of Louis Nair who re- { grand. Meckler a Samuel represented TWO ALARMS FOR FIRE, issuing } Arch street near Turner hall, brought for caused from the | the home of William the pipes. D TO SERVICE. report Mon. Pelham, N. ant foreman and tr: NEW BRITAIN DAILY H ' REPORTS TO W. C. T. U. | k Desc Washing the W, Mrs. Ella In B. ibes Con- vention Kend at on. At a meeting G vesterday afternoon Kendrick of Hartford, a representa- tive at the National W. C. T. U. con- vention, gave an interesting report of | her experiences while at Washington. | The convention was held at Poli's | theater and was filled to pacity during the entire week 906 delegates in attefidance i1 The most prominent speaker of the i week was William Jennings Bryan gMr. Bryan said t the uniti of | REohibition with suffrage was-one of | jp geatest movements in the coun- ¢ .y € also expre the fiffrage would soon he unive fenit there arc 27 prohibit R-the union, and it is the fhat the cntire nation would | . before 1 Y} Newton | he wife of the sceretary of the | fgave o reception at home, | & was aftended by numer con- ! by en who the delegates | fhe suc prohibition | . ndment which been jée the time of the convention. FThe zathering was addressed an Indian dele te r aid”in helping h jhe drink ovil which aused by white pdrick spoke of the and soilors’ home rhich is conducted by the union. An dmtercsting feature was the tement 1 ~muel Gompers to the effect that ' most lanor were opposed to pro- | Hibition. of U. B. RIVE were | f | i | ed opinion af firm pg = s cc he assured the has passed | f _ i th pleaded | to fig primarily men. Mrs. Ken- spiendid soldiers in Washinaton SO who race | Y | tn | Ct | i sta tic ro on we men { IN COURT. ROGEY as M th Du M: Man Loiter. Pool Room Minor Bowling Alley and ed With Letting ! of the | room ed in w on 1 per- | he F'the | pthor who | Putting the ichools. "be to George ( Actna Bowling on ( irch court today Rogers al street, with violating the Decembe and December 31 | mit hovs under ti ¢ of 15 years 1SSU€ | 6 Joiter abont the plac e ! - | o plea of not guilty and the cz These Gards | o ntinyed until Monday to give the | { accused opportunity to ¢ \ge a | lawyer i The nst Frank | Fet Main strect saloon ulting John was also today. It 1\ and Pa- propriector and pool char he: Bt 42 th was enter se wa an inning . ol twenty-five cent receive Card. inning of will do my in continued n, hartende: charged with December 26 - Judge Meskill Moo it iimed that e : o . moviEot intoRa ingle over the e Tthat I may | payment for a glass of beer which ifinte, whien | ended only when the bartender ejeet- edhing and | ed him forcibly. Dr. Julius Hupert, oldiors ang | who attended Pahovla, said he ~nt;; - fered no serious injuries resu ”“"’",“‘(’"f“ kS '\"n\r her allezed rough hs ’ The cd was found guilty as and fined $10 and costs. :,\,T":\”::‘ Joseph Hashowski. charged wifh wnable | non-support and violation of proba- | tion, was given a h He prom- ised to do betfer and the was con- tinued n ag: shall : mp Be on ma ex ne cor off is o s a ndling. $4 win of | . an rec of me card assault nd s are mps ary ca space cent rned : wture, out it Thrift Stamps. will thus be or- and there will among can A record will | all the pupils to day of the children ry foolishly on | stuff, and the on pro HELP CONN st S 1 will be | New Bri in Manufacturers Interested L ) Co-operative service between ybrook, with con- necting rail service to points on the Valley branch of the *New I road, will begin about Januar was announced today by the commit- tee on transportation of the Connecti- cut Council of Defense. Announcement made days ago that this committee, assisted and manufacturers in Britain, Meriden, Mid- other places interested, in had cceeded in inducing the Hart- in | ford and New York Transportation responsible | Co. run boats during the winter They will | between Hartford and Sayvbrook. The “New Haven™ road also agreed to give special freight ratd service to Valley branch points, connecting with the boats Steamboat New York and frei 2 s cie to I §4 ed ate $5 veral their health as | Hartford, New one | dletown and Bu; will be Jo the stamrv be zu ve B to 50 ve obtained. At Pe 1is measure is expeeted to con- { su the winter while co! is not open to r the : Connecticut congestion duri riv the way is war saving in the | igation. it will The transportation the way the | has taken up with e among the | “New Haven' road the ren are out to | co-operative effort with a pediting shipments and | freight, and prompt results expected from the committee’s in this direction tailor, brought | his hrother, ) 5 contuacto) Officers were installed at the note which I | Rebekah loage, I O. O, F., last PRl g meeting as fol- ning at the bi-monthly nont o0 as &7 3 < freet el o= N ohla srand Mus i ih John! re- u- | son grand, Mrs. Chapman; Miss Antoinette ¢ | cording retary, Henn; treasurer, Miss Jennie Lind- to vice and supporter Lehman; right supporter vice grand. Mrs. Anna Wessell right supporters to noble grand, Mrs. Mary Wright; left to noble Miss Clara inside Mrs Hes outside rd; ian Win, chaplain, Mrs, warden, Miss Lula Biakes- | evening. Roche onductor, Mrs. Stepni past the plaintiff | grand, Miss Clara Rock In- represented the | stallation in of Mrs | Charles § district ! aeputy the v s so committee also officials of the proposition of view to ex- unloading of ms he efforts ar, and Jo as gu | de; Ni se ta Iu L INSTALLED. Stella eve- able in i rd on the the fir Al inkle, Geo [§ and w3 following out ferce in bank- | apprais mma m supporter ¥ Leopold m m he at Fw in nkruptey 1 ainst Apple- | hoble was {ar pe TESTING MUNITIONS, who Hancock, ed AT is a gove round located at William Myers. Gilur gover 000,000 from | as were building on | N d Several local boys tioned at Iort been transfer land. which tions testing en e hav Mary rnment muni- Some of the | this place Riley, John Jean Hart, and 1. B ment re- for equip- government mu- | 1 and 2 to the 2 Investigation | arm, as the ! a in a | now Caufield, Harold Hart, amberlain cently ping this nition station. ex a who arc Priva Maurice Myer The $1 Jovs fire ¢ do I th arc e bathroom Ryan gnited 1e family set a town as a Engine called to and damage 0 was incurred ex- r ni Si PARTY. Nationalis NATIONALIS Jan. 5.—The dacided that in its opin- ion it was to the best interest of the | country ana empire that Premier Hughes be ined leader of the party, it is expected the premier wili be commissioned to form a new min- istry. There probably will be only few The decision of the rty mecting yes: day Melhourne, party havir vi ine street hi « a Reserve at He | or the ployed | velling ( p Hutchinson Co | ter ret as r T to ago. been en changes. w ched ut a | of three women and ! called | their st Z SWEDISH BETHANY CHURCH. Debt Reduced to $6,000 Annual Re- The annual meeting of the the crease the aving Bethany member eign Tow (re-elected); clerk, Albin Johnson (re- | elected); deacons for three years, Au- | tees, fred C Charles J. appears L uany gotten civilia the other members and ERALD, SATURDAY, ] ANUARY 5, 1918, HRISTIAN WOMEN WORK IN HARMONY | | | Contribute 850,000 for Coal Jan. 5.—A committee | A man represent- Protestant and Jewish the Salvation Army Mayor Hylan yesterday ask his co-operation in plans relieving some of the | »or who have no fuel With $50,000 collected by p bscription within twelve hours, the ymmittee, of h Mrs. Joseph evin Jr. is acting chairman, will 1 coal and-have it distributea | rough the various centers of the | nizations represented. Bvery fam wi plight is on record in one these centers wil get a ticket and en will preference over all ners at coal yards and cellars. Mayor TIvlan added the names of committee’s members to his v Coal committee yesterday. i “When this money is gone we can | t plenty more” said Mrs, Slevin night. ““We expect to have our | kets ready for distribution tomor w morning. If the coal yards open Sunday we shall have our plan in | rking order that day.” | Mrs. Slevin js vice president of the | sciation of Catholic Charities. | Henry Zuckerman represents e Jewish charities, Mrs, Howard iffield the Protestant charities and vior Ward the Salvation Army. The Relief Committee will adquarters the rooms of the 1siness Men's Jeague at No. 30 East d stret, where it met at 10 o'clocl is morning, New York, g Catholic, rities and npon ternoon to for ite | whi yse is new have in | | port Shows. | wedish l church last evening showed increase in members and the de- in debts that“the church has perienced during the past year. Ten | w members have been added to thae ‘ ngregation and $1,000 has the church indebtednes: the tatal debt at the thany been paid | $6,000 | present. ! The receipts for the past year were | 1.72 and the dishursements were 053.88 leaving a balance of © Sunday school has 375 members | d the report of the treasurer gave | seipts of $1,254.90 and expenditures $1,251.92, leaving a balance of | .98, The Young People's soviety embership is 110 and the report of ' treasurer shows receipts of $1,- 9.44 and expenditures of $1,231.70, balance of $97.74, and the society reportdd a 5, 0f 106, expenditures of and receipts of $1,343.43, balance of $88.15. The so- | ty made the contribution of $1,000 | be applied on the debt of the ranklin Square property. The for- | mission society receipts were | 10.30 and the.expenditures amount- | to leaving a balance of | 5.30 i ection of officers resulted as fol- Vice president, August Ostlund | | a i Sisters’ | h | avi | i st Ostlund, August E. Wallen and hn Ohlson (re-elected): for one Gustave Modeen to succeed Au- Schultz, resigned; for two ars, David Edman to succeed | dward Peterson, sr., resigned: trus- | August Olson and Carl Ander- n, re-elected for three ye John | sterson elected for three years; Gott- rusherg elected for two vears to Carl Fredell, deceased; dea- es, Mr Peter Cron: Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. C. Sven- Uric U. Carlson, Mrs. 2 Mina Kalleen and Peterson; auditors, Adrian Arthiur Crusberg, Aaron Fridolph Johnson school officers were named First superintendent, Au- second superinten- retary, Alfred red Peterson, | st cceed nness n, Mrs on, hnson, Sunday follow st nt, Isen cretary nt nd, arson | | Carlsor (re-elected and Henni organist nson, Edna Anton La sec W bandened at Camp Mills When Other ‘amps Were Shouting for Washington, Jan. —An inquiry | been started by the War Depart- | ent to fix the responsibility for what to have been the abandon- | ent of army tents, valued approxi- | ately at $300,000, which were left | shind by an army division stationed Camp Mills, Long Island, about | 0 months ago. | While the_surgeon general of the my was making insistent recommen- | Shelter. | | immediately dations that more shelter be given the | | troops where in some of the Southern cam measles and pneumonia Rad sumed alarming proportions the de- rted tents at Camp Mills were grad- | being buried under the snow. ! it became obvious that the | of the tents had been for- | the military authorities, | took pictures of the aban- sned camp, showing them half | wied in the snow, and sent them to | © War Department When istencc by ns | e | WAR MISSION, | Washington, Jan. 5.—The r mission to the United Stat ceived in the senate today Dr. Ves- ch, head of the mission, spoke. D ma Losanich and ( Rasnitch, Michaelo- here, oc- Serbian | s was | | | | M. ! er from Serbia of hanor. teh, ipied min seat | NOW A BARON. Tondon, Jan. 4.—Sir recently retired ew Foundland has ron in recognition the empire. Mor- | premier of | made a | services Edward as heen of his | life | wooden | win | room in the parish | his father’s roem, where he | of Ip | to | land GHILDREN DEAD, MOTHER 1S DYING | Members of Divers Denominations Pathetic Case Following Gas Leak From Broken Fixture Bridgeport—Zela and Louisa Tiba- dor, aged 9 and 11 years, respectively, are dead, and their mother, Mrs. 1 Tibador. of 33 Ebbett's Lane, is in a dying condition the Bridgeport hospital as the result of a gas leak from a broken fixturesin their home. The three were found lying in bed, unconscious, by a neighbor and the emergency hospital was notified. Dr. J. . Keegan immediately responded, and arriving, found the younger child, Zela, dead. The second girl still had a spark of left i@ her, but efforts to revive her were fruitless, and she died while on the way to the Bridgeport hospital, in the ambulance. Mrs. Ti- hador condition extremely dan- gerous, and she expected to is is not | live. According to report, the gas pipe in their room was broken, and a rag was twisted about the apening to pre- vent the escape of gas. Inailing to see the children out in the street as usual this morning, the neighhor who found them broke into their house to investigate, with results as stated Bad Investment Ansonia—The worst investment man can make is 25 cents for a wood- en barrel, especially if he intends to use the barrel for holding ashes, says a local fire official. A better inves ment and one much cheaper would be to purchase an iron can and to be sure, even with' an iron can filled with ashes not to put it too close to a partition, because mnext to catchalls under stairways the wooden ash can is the greatest trouble mak- er for firemen likewise the house- holder, the property owner and the insurance companies. Empty es under stairs ought to be kept empty, no rubbish, paper, ex- celsior or old clothing should be thrown in such places for rats and matches always mingle there and the combination is a bad one. Woodwork near furnaces should shielded. Boiling water and hot rags are best for use in thawing out water pipes and lamp and torclies should never be used. Do not be too hoi be confident that you be able to put out a fire in your home. Use water quickly, call the firemen immediately by ringing in the nearest fire alarm box, and remecmber to break the glass, pull down the hook and let go. The firemen will do the rest. Dies from New Haven—With gas flowing from a tubing which had become detached in some unknown manner from a gas heater near by, the Rev. Julius C Kretzmann, pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Zion church at Davenport avenue and Ward street, and a well-known figure in German- American circles throughout New Haven, was found dead in bed in his house at 52 Ward a victim of gas hortly before 11 available infor- odor of gas the house Gas. street this morning, poisoning. It was o'clock, according to mation, when a strong which had permeated aroused the suspicicns of the minis- ter's 12-year-old son, Paul Kretz- mann. The latter traced the fumes to found the door locked per No Morve. terbury—"‘Times will be everything German hefore better.” is the significant state- of M. R. Taschenberger, editor “Waterbury Beobachter,” a German newspaper, in announcing that his paper will suspend publi tion for the duration of the war. Mr. cchenberger was before the United States district court not long ago for violation of the federal law requir- ing that translations of articles bea ing on the war printed in a eign language newspaper be filed with the postmaster. He was fined and con- tinuea publication, P worse they W for are ment the A Mystery Greenwich——Mystery shrouds the case of Howard Cunningham, of Stamford, 19 vears old, an artillery- man, who was left at the United States hospital, Port Chester, N. Y., | by a-man in a yellow automobile who drove away and has not been seen since. Cunningham’ ap- Jeared to be suffering from the effects of a drug. The voung soldier said he left Fort Wright, Fisher's Island, where he is in tery K of the 56th Regiment, last Friday, going to New York, which he left Sunday on the 8:28 p. m. train. He said he accepted invitation of two strange men to They offered him a. drink and that was the play cards out of a bottle, the last he rem he said ~mbered TF \\s;l-,;KS OF THY WEFEK. Nine Picces of Real Estate Change Hands During Week. During the deaths, six marr ing nine real e Albert H. Starkey Smith and others, land on East street; Joseph Battaglio to John J, Castello, land Pinehurst avenue; Jacob Lipeiko to H. T. Bra land and building on Lorraine str Anna E. Carlson to Fred C. Gus land and building on Wolcott Julian Modolny to John Zujko, and building on Broad and etts; Agnes R. Billian and others irnest C. Billian land and build- Maple street; Bessie Andrews others to the Bodwell Land Co., and buildings on Sefton Drive; estate of Samuel Muir to David Muir and others, land ana building on Franklin quare; Joseph G. Woods to | Anna C. Woods, land and building on Brook street weel there were 14 and the follow- ate transfers. to James and building on land Silver ing and on Take no say-so, truth. : Overcoat. Let the Judge the style and OUR reduced prices. _In Clothes, Dispenses “Justice Without Mercy” the Mirror but that of your own eyes. An advertising writer is a paid ap- plauder. A salesmap, even in good faith may exaggerate. The mirror tells the unvarnished Come in and put on a Horsfall Suit or salesman stand away. fit, just as the mirror re- flects them—“Justice without mercy.” That’s the right way to buy clothes, and the surest way to make you buy ours. SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF SUITS AND OVERCOATS Extends rare opportunities to secure sound woolens, thorough tailoring and smart style at THorsfalls IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KI!ND 93-99 ASYLUM ST. Comectingmth (40 TRUMBULL ST, HARTFORD FEAR GREAT BLAZE IN IGEBOUND FLEET Navy Makes Preparations to Aid Shipmasters in New York Harhor New York, Jan. 5.—Imminent dan- 8 of a conflagration at congested points along the harbor front wor- ried stexmship men yesterday more than the continuation of the freeze- in. Not only has the Fire Department in mind the possibility of a disaster in the crowding of vessel and freight in the ice-packed waters and frozen slips, but the Navy Department has made ready to aid with men and boats should a blaze start at dhe of the dan- ger points, the chief of which are in South Brook Many complaints were made by steamship Captains that their vessels were in danger from fire, with re- quests for every precaution. Capt. De Boer of the Dutch freighter Sas- senheim told the World about her plight, atd it was a typical case. 'The ship had been at anchor off Waest 155th Street six minths when the cold spell began. “Three times I was carried down- stream by the ice,” Capt. De Boer said. “The first time I managed to stop at 135th Street, and the second time, when 1 was carried down to 86th Street, I got tugs to move me up- stream, but had hardly anchored when the ice piled against my ship's bows so thick that the anchors would not hold and we started down again. I decided to drop out of the river and brought up in the Narrows. The Harbor Master would not let me stay there, so 1 engaged a berth in Go- wanus Creek, Brooklyn, at the foot of 19th Street, and I took my ship there at noon Thursday “Vessel of all sizes were tied up in the creck. Barges were hanging on to each other and the tugs could only nose the Sassenheim among them and then slowly push the small craft aside with her sides. Lighters are jammed against my vessel on all sides, many of them loaded. They are not held by the ice but have collected because they have been unabl to unload their freight. “My vessel is loaded with oil cake which take to Holland to feed cattle, and it would burn like matches. The stern of my ship is ly- ing against the bulikhead of a yard in which are stored 10,000 or more bar- rels of resin. A lumber yard is close by and no end of inflammable stores piled all around us. Each lighter has a coal stove for those aboard, and the slightest carelessness would start a fire that'no human hands could cope with urtil it had wrought havoe.” Capt. De Boer cabled to the Nether- lands Overseas Trust that his vessel was damaged and had been forced to await her turn in drvdock. In her last drift she struck a submerged object or heavy ice that loosened a plate. Re- ports of veasels having been injured by the ice were numerous yesterday, indicating that the depth of floating cakes has increased rapidly. Instead of endeavoring to break up the ice in the harbor by crushing it here and there as had been done for days, boats were sent vesterday morning to cut channels below Staten Island and trust to the afternoon ebb to carry a large part of the ico out to sea.. The move was successful a great extent and much congestion around Staten Island was relieved. Shipping men suggested the plan in desperation after vain attempts to open passages to the coal terminals and free barges that would provide bunker fuel for about: 100 vessels which have not been able to get coal to leave port. The delay has cost steamship companies and shippers an immense sum of money, Six New York Central tugs and the steel Hudson River propeller Pough- keepsie, built to cut her way up the Hudson until the river froze lid, were sent to Princess Bay and, work- ing almost enmasse, tore a way through the channel and soon had the ice slipping out of Great Kills and other doc They moved out into Raritan Bay and opened a channel which carried a lot of ice from Perth Amboy, South Amboy, Arthur Kill and the southwest side of Staten Island, relieving the pressure in the to | | Port Reading, Elizabethport | Carteret coal terminals. { A barge with coal for the Edison company's plant at G5th street Brooklyn, was froZen in off shore there permission use dynamite to blast | out the ice. Finally a steel tug was { worked through the ice, making an opening through which it afterward pushed the barge to the lighting plant pier, Not a tug has gone to sea with | refuse cargo since last Saturday and an immense quantity of material on all the dumping piers and to INSURANCE FOR POLES. French Government Working on Plan to Aid Foreign Legion. Congressman Augustine Lonergan, was recently asked by Mayor Quigley cases of men enlisted in Legion for Service in France when they leave dependents, has written a reply. Congressman Lonergan states that he took the matter up with Ab- bassador Jusserand of the French Re- public, under which flag these men are fighting, and was informed that ne men are supposed to enlist in this legion who have dependents unless the consent of such dependents is ob- tained. Ambassador Jusserand added how- ever, that his government is at pre- sent working on a plan for war risk insurance for the benefit of these Polish patriots. INSURANCE POLICTES. Sum of $3,105,707,500 Taken Out By Washington, Jan. 5.—Secretary Mc- Adoo announced today that insurance policies, aggregating $3,105,707,500 and averaging $8,557 a policy, had been taken out by American soldiers and sailors under the war insurance law, The secretary also called attention to the fact that Februs 12 is the final day upon which applications for insurance may be received by the government. WATER POWER The War Department refused is what disposition is to be made of thg* the Polish& Il B CA. « i ¥ Ve | IS Definite Legislation Under Consideras & tion by Congress Today. Washington, Jan. 5.—A deflnite legt islative policy to develop the nation's water power is under consideration by house leaders today in the form of a bill, approved by the president and designed to handle all water pow- er problems through a commission, composed of the secretaries of war interidr and agriculture. FOOD SHOW. War and Food Bureaus Have Exhibil in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 5.—The Food Show, with exhibits contributed by various government war and food bureaus designed to show in simple form how to carry out the instruc- tions of the food administration, opened here today and will continue a week. More than 300 recipes were demonstrated by expert cooks, many of them from arm cantonents. H. C. OF L. Going Down, According to Burcau of | Statistics, Washington, Jan. 5.—The high cost of living is on the downward trend, laccording to a statement today of the sureau of Labor Statistics, which sa the retail price of food as a whole for November was 1 per cent. less | than in October. Of standard arti- cles, 12 showed decre: 4 remained stationary in price and 11 increased. The question of whether a continu- ance of the decline may be expected was not touched by the bureau. CAUGHT IN IC Quebee, Jan. 5—Four American, steamships, caught in the ice flelds off | Cape Chatte several days ago, are as vet undamaged, according to word re- ceived from that place today. Cape Chatte is on the south bank of the St. Lawrence river, northeast of* Quebec. BEEF CONSUMPTION. | London. Jan. 5.—Until the situation improves the consumption of beef in England must be reduced at least one- half, according to a statement regard- | ing the scarcity of meat. ¥ Patriatic w oA