New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1918, Page 7

[4 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 |Plainviiic News| | - 'WEATHER PROPHETS | , -3 | SEE EARLY SPRING Now for a Greai Glove Clean-Up of Good Kinds in © dd Lots This gives special chance for women and children to get fitted to de- sirable hand coverings at a considerable reduction from their real worth. Bargains of the following kinds are not coming ag rapidly your way these days as formerly, therefore make the most of them while you can. 1,500 PATRS CAPE GLOVE! sewn. backs and very special. $1.25 Pair. One clasp style in pique or prix seam They are in tan, grey and pearl shades, with two tone embroidered NOTE THESE DOESKIN GLOVES in One Clasp style, with choice of pique or prix seam, in natural and white, $1.65 valuc. NCH KID GLOVES, Two Clasp style, overseam scwn, in white. ¥R Not all sizes but very special at 98c Pair. HERE ARE KID GLOVES in tans and browns with two pearl buttons and overseam sewn. CAPE GLOV. Extra at 98c Pair, FOR CHILDREN, one-clasp style $1.39 Pair, with prix scams, sizes onc to seven and choice of tan.shades, very specially priced for this sale at $1.19 a Pair. big offerings. MAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DKFEND KE CEIVING PROMPTIY TROLLEY SERVICE STOPPED BY FLOOD | Morning school ing at 3; Senior 6 Gulley Undér Railroad Bridge Submerged by Heavy Rain WAR RALY ALL | IKensington and at 9 o'cloc ! Berlin. service Sund will be a Junior league meeting, and Better look to future needs and ALL DRY GOODS Berlin and Frank Bacon of Beckley. | Root. | The delezates will attend the war sup- i per evening and held at the capitol. 1t the Hartford club on Thursday the convention is to be Church Programs. The churches of Berlin and Ken- sington have arranged the following programs for their Sunday service Berlin Congregational Church— service at 10:45 Sunday at 12; Junior ¥ndeavor meet- Endeavor meeting at 130, Paul's—Service at 10 o’clock in in Bast Kensington Methodist — at 10:45 Baraca cl school at noon; at Morning and there 7 there will be the regular evening service. CHAIRMAN C. Podge Preside at 18— to Patriotic Gathering January ®aloon Keepers Await Develop- ments on Early Closing. number of the most The vers early outstanding railroad bridge, hes rain th cut a morning, there being nearly five | Kensington Congregational — The usual morning service will be held at 10:45. at noon and the Christian Endeavor | jast night, drove three ocean steamer { union will meet at 6 o'clock at the | parsonage. 5 o'clock, in the church rooms, the an- nual meeting of the church will be | tigq up shipping here no & held. SBeenie ; g the flood under the | departments will be read and new o cers elected. There will be Sunday school Next Thursday, at 6 The reports of the different At 6 o’clock supper will feet of water there at 9 o'clock this be served and following the supper position of the bridge tch basin and more than running morning. The makes it a natural c: this morning's torm proved this. ater, from all me poured into the hollow and this s soon so heavily flooded that all rttempts at trolley service between Berlin street and ington were soon abandoned were run onty to the bridge. The water extended from the Kelly | place to within a short distance of the ilby house This spot has been re- paired numerous times but it seems that all efforts to avoid such tie-ups as this morning’s have been wasted The only effective way to do away with this permanently would mean condiderable expense to both town and railroad, but this would insure against guture annoyance. Many Berlin peo- ple failed to reach their work this ‘morning because of practically every pody being forced to walk from Ber- lin street to the cars. ) | [ LeClair Wil | of the late Leon LeClair, old resident of Berlin, has been yved by the probate court. It was drawn on September 1916 and heaves his entire estate to his wife, atherine LeClair, after all his funeral xpenses have been paid. Leon Le- | lair and Agnes LeClair, the son and | laughter of the deceased, have been | Lppointed executor and executrix of | he estate. | Cafes to Remain Open. Ub to the present time there has | peen no indication that the local | saloon keepers will follow the ex- | mple of neighboring towns and close | heir establishments at an earlier | sour. Several of the local men upon | nquiry declared that they had heard | pothing concerning the early closing hut Wwere awaiting developments. + War Rally Chairman. It has been officially announced to- hiay that the chairman for the big war ally which is to be held on Friday | svening, January 18, at Athletic hall | n East Berlin, will be Rev. C. N. [podge. pastor of the East Berlin fethodist church. A large audience s assured and a number of parties .re being organized in Berlin to at« end the meeting. Delegates for War Convention. The deiegates for the war conven- jon “which is to be held in Hartford | ext Thursday and Friday are Claude y. Stevens, Robert O. Clark of East The will an apr the annual roll call will be held. membe: Isaac Porter, of Philadelphia, Is com- down - piling the surrounding embank- | men service. ginal design which will be placed with the holl. There a service. a prominent place on the church wall, | Mass., All and their friends are invited. a roll of honor of the young of the church who are in the Mr. Porter has made an .ori- re now 8 men in the The roll will be placed in Home Guard Has Successful Dance. The Berlin Home Guard held a suc- cessful dance last evening at Grange hall. The hall was crowded dancers in masquerade costume, and the only regrettable thing about tho event was that it was abliged to end too early. A special car was on hand to convey the visiting guests to their homes. The grand march was led by Captain George Beckett, of the Ber- lin Home Guard, and Miss Nellie Pe- rondini. The prize for the prettiest costumo was awarded to Mrs. Alvah Ventres, who was attired as ‘Miss Lib- erty.” The prize for the most gro- tesque costume was won by Michael Hart, who wore the very appropriate costume of the chief of the Berlin fira department. The §5 gold-piece was won by Daniel Malarney, of New Britaln. There wers 00 present and the dance was declared a decided suc- ss. The proceeds will go to the tobacco fund. Berlin Briefs. The Boy Scouts met last evening at the church. Walter B. Nelson, of Dedham, who has been visiting friends in Beckley, has returned to his home. Maple Hill ¥rederick Johnson has returned to the Bliss Electrical school in Wash- ington, after spending a vacation at his home. More workers are urgently needed at the surgical dressing room, which has been opened at the home of Mrs. G. . Root on Golf street. The room is open all day, and the early part of the evening. The next meeting of the Literary club will be held at the home of Mrs. Richard Hulbert, Jr., on Stuart street, Wednesday. Papers will be read by Mrs. T. H. Cogswell and Mrs. G. E. select from U ICH ' 1a few days. with above on ASED OF Un. vocal selections. Mrs. A. B. Johnson left Tuesday for New York, where she will spend sev- eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. N. R. Hanmer. Mrs. A. R. Lamb entertained a few of her friends at luncheon Wednesday at her home on Johnson street. W. J. Woram has returned after spending two weeks with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Harold CI k, of Springfield C. R. Hare is in Washington for Irving Tyler of Woodmont has re- turned after spending a few days with his aunt, opP. Jan. swept this coast STEAMERS T1ED Newport News, Va. 60 mile gale which aground in the harbor. The ships ar hard fast but none is thought to be in [ serious danger. While the storm has rious dam- age has been reported. { e — COLD IN INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis, Jan. 12.—With the | sovernment thermometer registering ] 19 degrees below zero at 8:30 this i morning, Indianapolis awoke to the | coldest day in 34 years. i et e ands WD i BUILDING BURNS. Cleveland, Jan. 12.—Fire of known origin destroyed the five-story brick building occupied by the | Shields-Werthelm Cigar company to- { day with an estimated loss of $12 1000, un- BLIZZARD IN OHIO. Columbus, O., Jan. 12.—A blizzard {and cold wave struck Ohio last night and it was the coldest since February, 1899, IGNORANT OF HUSBAND! Mrs. Ann Cullen Passes Away at Age of 70 Years, DEATH. | Mrs. Ann Cullen, aged about 70, ' died yesterday at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Andrews, at 40 Perkins street, New Haven; ignorant of the death of her husband, ichael Cullen, last July. At the time of Mr. Cullen’s death, Mrs. Cullen was ser- iously ill and was not informed that | her life-long partner had ed aw: Mrs. Cullen is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. James | McCarthy of 455 Stanley street and ! Mrs. Eugene Smith of Springfield, and Thomas Cullen of Springfield and | George Cullen of Boston. The deo- ceased was a resident of New Britain for many years. The funeral will be held from 40 Glen street Mond morning and from St. Joseph’s chur Miss Arline Root will render | 12.—The | ‘Believe Storm Bmk;Back of 0ld Man Winter BLUEBIRDS, VIOLETS, ETC. Epidemic of Mumps Stirs Town Health Officer—School Teachers Have ulty ¥inding Advent Christian Conference Coming Here, The big rain night did quite heavy throughout the town and many cellars were flood- ed as the result of the smalil caused by the storm. There was a high wind and trees were blown down on Broad and Park causing ht blocking of the t until they were removed. It was oticed by those who were up at the time that considerable light W 1l and this morning all the local w prophets predicted a very early spring which would not be objected to in the storm dam: of N last streets S0 idemic of Mumps. The town is having its 3} troubles, and there is an epidemic of | mumps among the school children which has caused many of them to be absent. Dr. Bull has all he take care of the number of c his hands and reports that they spreading fast. Scheol Teachers Get Rooms. Two of the school teachers were to leave for their homes today on account of<being unable to get boarding pl | The school board came to the re | finding suitable places for the te ! ers and thereby saved the teaching staff from being depleted. n do to Rottomley in Army, According to information received yesterday regarding William Bottom- ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bot- tomley, of Whiting street, who has been missing for the past few months, he is in the United States Army and ationed at a fort in South Carolina Before his departure | he made his home with his wife and child in F nville. Advertised Iotters. The following advertised letters are at the post ofiic Vincent Dellava- chie, Patrick Ahern, John Georgi, Daniel McSweeney, Michael J. Lovett, Michael F. Murphy, Mariano Buss- cheri, Jan Dujwis, Paolo Laucin, An- tonio Alessandro, Dominick Carrello, Giovanni Orgusleau, Ferman Bud- nick, George Belu, Thomas Nick, Raf- feale Gioia, John Barry, A. L. Thomp- son and Stacey Bluville, B Church Notices. Episcopal Church—Morning service at 10:45 o'clock. A sermon will be preached by the pastor. The Sunday school will meet in the apel at noon. Baptist Church—Morning service at { 10:45 o’clock. Sermon by the pastor the theme, ‘Preparing to Meet | God.” Amos 4:12. Sunday School at 12:05. Young People’s service at 6 o’'clock. At 7 o'clock, the pastor will speak of “Help in Trouble,” John 14:1. | The evening services will be held in the chapel. A. M. E. Zion Church—Sunday school at 1:30 o’clock. At the afte noon services at 3 o’clock, the Re G. H. Staton, of New Britain, will preach the sermon, having for his theme, “The Three Di Advent Christian Church—Morning worship at 10:45 o’clock, Sermon by pastor on the subject: ‘“The of Christianity. Sunday school at 12:056 m., praise and social service at 6 o’clock. At the evening service at 7.00 o’clock the sermon will be “One Who Stood in the Breach.” Congregational ~ Church—At the morning service the theme for the sermon will be “Church Busin the Business of the Church.” The | pastor will present and explain the | recommendations of the church offi- | ck | on cers for the change of the financing methods of the churc These recommendations will be acted upon at the annual church meeting which will be held on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. At will be reports and election of officers and a social get-together of church people will be enjoved. All members of the church and the con- gregation are urged to be present at ths meeting and at the services to- morrow. The services of the church are now being held in the which is capable of holding | 200 people. There is an adequate | supply of coal on hand. Sunday | School meets at noon and the Chris- tian Endeavor meeting will be held at 6 o'clock. Conference Here., At an executive sion of the ministerial committee of the Connecti- and West Massachusetts Advent jan Conference held on Tuesday at the New Britain Y. M. C. A. it was decided to call a special quarterly conference to be held in the local church on Friday, January 25, in the afternoon and evening. business meoting will be held o'clock. Addre at 4 and 7: o’clock to which lic is invite Pla Arthur Mass., has he nville Briefs. Firbush of returned Swamp- to her Mrs. scott, Call dresses. tractive styles. I. J. BIRNBUAM We can save you money on account of Jow expenses nd sec new style house Best quality gingham and at- our freshet | of | and | this meeting there | the | chapel | about | | ession of the | 2) home afetr attending the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. M reet Gribbons, | which was held a few days ago. Henry Tuttie of Crown street is visiting freinds in Cleveland, Ohio, for a few days. John Me home afte her aunt, e is indisposed at his tending the funeral Mrs Margaret Gribbons, Crullers impson’s Bradbur at WANTED- and Doughnuts on sale store.—advt. 3oard for two young lady teachers. Address Plain- school board. RUSS DELEGATION ‘ ACGEPTS DEMANDS \ - TOCONTINUE TALKS Accommodations— | | (Continued from First Page) | eruiting, and appealing to the com- des in the Ukraine to respond to | the call in order to defend liberty. Admiralty Board. 12.—The London, Jan, new Ad- miralty board is announced officially. There nothing sensational or dramatic about the list of names, and only one naval member of the board was not serving at the admiralty when Admiral John Jellicoe was the head. He is Rear Admiral Sydney R. | Freemantle, who becomes deputy | chief to Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Weymss, the new first sea lord. | Archibald Hurd, the naval critic, {in commenting on the new board, says | it is apparent no revolutionary di | turbance of the main lines of naval policy is indicated. Behind the new board is the reorganized war staff for | which of the 1most young officers have been chosen. { e by Jan. semi-offici German statement regarding the sinking of the British hospital Rewa, says the German authorities | cannot yet give a final statement, as the submarine that might have been concerned is still at s Neverthe less, critics regard it as possible that the ship shouid have been torpedoed | by a submarine Accordingly, the only possibility is that she was sunk by a mine. is some | bureau, agency, in a Elect Bolsheviki. Jan, 11.—Returns have been received showing the election 510 delega to the constituent ssembly. These known to have been elected socialist revolutionaries and many Bolsheviki. Petrograd, n. eon Trotzky, negotiations Ukranian Scpar Petrograd, Jan. 12 speaking of the peace yesterday, said: “We note the statement of the quad- ruple allies that basis for a general peace formulated in their declaration of December is null and void, as the Entente countries in the period of ten days allowed them did not join in the negotiations. We adhere to the principles of a democratic peace pri claimed by us.” Dr. VonKuchlman, with the assent of the mecting, declared in favor of a separation of the Ukraine would be discussed among the delegates of the quadruple alliance and farther dis- sion would be reserved for a plen- ary sitting. It was decided to hold private de- liberations between the delegations of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the one hand and of Russia on the other. The delegates having agreed to form a committee to discuss territorial ques- tions and a second committee for pre- liminary of economics and legal ques- tions. M. Boluwbowysch, Ukranian dele- gate in claborating the Ukranian peace policy, said any annexations or the _surrender of territory without the con. | sent of the pcoples involved was in- as likewise were war in- Material should be extend- tes which had suffered astating effects of war. the Russian council of yners did not repre- sont Ukraine, he said, any peace which might be negotiated would be bind- ing for Ukraine only if accepted by it. Tho same principle, he added, applied to the other Russian republi discovered he was the only one of the vietims conscious, but he has not yet been able to give a lucid stofy of the | occurrence. | ed to small from the de Inasmuch ! people’s commui MINOR AUTO ACCIDENT. Charles Young, chauffeur for the Connecticut Light and Power Co., re- ported to the police this afternoon chine collided with another | car or Moy street, inflicting slight K to the other machine BEGIN NOW T0 SAVE. For the Days When You Cannot Earn. i ;\‘(/hen a dollar or more will | start an interest account bear- |ing 4%, there is no good | reason why you should not have one with this Bank. Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow [ START TODAY. THE | | | brilliant | ship | True to their Scotch lineage, Hugh filler, Jr., and Robert B. Miller, st street, decided that they would share the “strafeing" the Hun which has been taken up by thousands of kilted lads recruited from the heather-sown land of Rob- ert Burns. So they marched into a recruiting station of the Brunswick Kilties on July 7, 1917, and presented themselves for service. Needless to say they were accepted, for the Can looking for strong adian army w. cots eager to take CIGARETTE HELFS GOING OVER THETOP Veteran Tells of Conditions Along the Battle Lines New York work of Jan. “We gotta have a fag, we just got cried Private Peat at the end of his talk on the war last night at Carnegie hall on his return appearance. “Don’t let this be a smokeless night; a smoke is something essential to the soldier. Things get on our nerves over there * * * a whiff of a cigarette and they’re gone. It's only a whiff that's needed. A cigar? You need a rock- ing chair to smoke it in: a pipe takes too long to load; a cigarette, a is the thing. The soldiers need mil- lions of them, “Don’t be afraid, mothe tinued the young blue striped veteran of the Ypres cam- paign, “don’t be afraid that your boys will come back tobacco fiends, ictims of nicotine; that's nonsense; don’t smolke one long enough to inhale it—just a whiff to brace us up as we go over the top.” The spirit of the trenches would make a good sub-title to Private Peat’s talk, and an even better one would be, “An Address to Mothers Whose Sons Are Taking the Road to rance,” for to them he counseled pa- tience and hope. Perhaps some of the sons would never return, but 95 per cent. would, and the women who lost sons and husbands should learn to rejoice with those whose men came back, for ‘“this a woman’s war,” explained ,the speaker, “and it is for the mothers and sisters that men are fighting the Hun. “I smile when I hear people— lish people—say Englishmen are will- ing to fight for their king, that Americans are fighting for their pa- triotism. These may be good enouzh reasons on the way over, dodging the submarines, but once in the trenches, once they have seen with their own eyes what Germans have done, what Germans are still doing—cutting the arms off of lttle girls, mutilating women—then the American and Ca- nadian know that they are fighting to save their mothers, wives and chil- con- oulder Ing- Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN. dren from the atrocity of the Hun. It was a simple but telling speech, not too full of horrors nor of funny HUGH W., JR.,, AND ROBERT MILLER. their France. The Miller brothers are the sons of Hugh W. Miller. Hugh W., Jr., years of age and Robert B. is 20 The name of the regiment has been changed from the New Brunswick Kilties to the MacLean Ki of America, owing to the fact that one- half—or 600—of its members were re- cruited from the New England States. And when the MacLeans go “over the top,” the Boches will be inclined to agree that at least one American was right—and his name was Sherman. places on the battleficld of is ies stories, a happy medium of the ser- { ious exposition of life in the trenches and a quaint account of the men. Mr. Narrow Mind would find a whole lot to criticise in these swearing, poker playing soldiers, but the bad side of them superficial, said Peat, who predicted the American soldiers would come back better and stronger men. | “Hope they will, d believe they will, mothers!” exclaimed Private | Peat, “and send them nice things, not |a tin of corned beef, but a few lux- | uries, things they can't get there, not ;cw'n if they have money. A little candy, cigarettes and, above all, a | letter. | When tur > will the war end? The lec- it might go on for 1l intent it was ended with ance of these United States. “You boys are better off, fourteen times better off than we were in thos first two yea of horror. Then behind that thin line there were no reserves; now behind each one there are fourteen men. g to correct the morale of the government? You'd better the morale of the { German people. And yowre up | against & hard job when you tr; Aie thing to do is to lick 'em and lick ’em | hard | “I nave no patience with the people Iwnn try to defend the Germans; they | can’t be defended, they don't realize that they can't fight on the square. Why, what do you think I did when ia German soldier, a ] in the ranks, fell on his knees and put up his hands and pleaded, ‘Kamrad! Do you think I threw down my gun and embraced him or do you think I gave him a dose of cold steel? To hell with his ‘Kamrad!’ “He belonged to the same regiment that had crucified three prisoners on a barn door the day previous, simply be- they wouldn’t give the enemy information. One of the crucified lived long enough to tell us so. ‘Kam- rad! " Applause greeted the lecturer. a dozen girls went throu the au- dience collected what looked in the bas a generous response in bill silver for tobacco fund KENYON COMING. 12.—Senator 1T v German | first try to correct ger cause Half and ets like aind he Hartford, Jan Wil- liam Squire Kenyon of Iowa, member of the party turned visiting fields and American training in France, has been secured Connecticut State Council of Defense as the principal speaker for the war { supper to be held Thursday evening at the Hartford Club. congressional which re- recently after battle- camps by the