New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1918, Page 7

WAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NKW DRY Beriin News NEW BRITAIN Some Very Attractive Yard Stuffs for Window Hangings and Cver Drapes are Offered at Qur Dr: ape THAT GIVE TO ADD BE Y TO THEIR APA THEIR WINDOWS. APPEARANCE OF A ROOM, S TO KIND AND PRICE TH WISE SELICTION. A 18 0] shades canary, 50 Inch Madras in of green, brown, blue at 95¢ yard, Ansonia Overdrape, pretty striped width 34 inches, price 50c¢ plain and effects yard. Figured Sunfast Drapery in 45 inch width, priced at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 yard. Scrim, Voile and cream and fanc border Voiie 19¢, 29¢ to Ecru Madras, 36 inch T 5¢ to 50¢ yard. Madras priced at 29¢, 33 Marquisetto in he Scrim 10¢, 12%¢ 3 white, with yard. 2 2| 5e. width, Colored up to 50¢ PROMPTILY RICEIVING ALL other REDUGES CHURCH { much Jar ! vear, but at the | not s tha pa 50 tor success tota] ve in DEBT OF BY $1,000 Pastor’s sal »xton and labor nist » and candle O W Successful Year ~J, (. Brenna Iome Gu February 8—IRc ation Insult Dates of Two Couples Announced. The annual cht J. C. Bre the church it nan of show: condition. of their ing thang nouncement by T that duced by church $1,000 the when the church total debt was $i reduced to cast feature of th parish, is that m longing to the ch vice of th ehurch is ti ving A complete fin tead by Father 1 plete sources of i dinary revenue, ang the dioc n come from the ord Pew ren Seat money Offertory Total The incor reventes wi Collectio; Entertainr ¥he diocesan 123. There hand The total 9.42 expenditt inc ents greatly E.AM Producers of Clean, Wholes: ¥ butter fat. is Regularly Authorities. We hav Hatfield, of Cedar Hill Farm, to marvket our milk, beginning Febru- ary First. name “Moorland Farm” on Healthy Cov Nursery, and an B very limited Telephone Cedar Hill $10,000. country, extraordina 1sed MOORLAN Oil and wat Fuel and Insurance Reported by Rev. n of St. Paul’s Trite Bool Furniture church Furniture rectory Telephone Transportation ¢ and and Repeat Dance On Total .. . wdies At Railrc Paid on cht Women—Wedding Mr the people G M of B club will All local their other that The: proc: irch of Tey church report St. Pau % thimble to Dbe igga flourish- (1 "he most “gratifying the Brennan, look over an~ t 1d articles them. and the prosecution of th have outlive bhe properly turning them ov port was Rev. J. €. Lo debt had ree rt been re ve go the was first built, that 3,000, will A e membership of the | any young men be- urch are in the ser- yet the ineial ¢ T srennan. and he 2o n most signifi- Chri na IX. Carey, bot and 11, by n Patrick M will Intyre | chu com- the LTy of on I neome v or- cebru collection nary revenu ! T pealed to, to supy s 1) depot ions amounted balancoe of from Decembe sum on hand re E owing to cost of fuel, OORYE, Owner. R. Rich Milk, consisting mainly of R Tuberculin Tested 1e, Our herd, under the e made an arrangemoent with the We can Guarantee that milk the cap ws under Sanitary Conditlons, in Pure A faf ellent Table Milk for Everyon In Quarts Only, is at 18 cents. 'armn, 982, Be Sure to Ask for Moorland Milk, [ be married at St. TASTEFUL APPROPRIATIE D WIS s such er than those of the samo tim the; the Silver Thimble Club. Jarvis wishes rlin cle we old thin places and no are a taken ry Department WOMEN GREAT "MENTS IN THE DRT NG OF ITANGINGS ADD MUCH TO THE HAVIE A STOCK SO VARTED THE GREATEST SCOPE FOR CITANCE >d Popiin shown in all the new color shades, 50 in width, for Color Madras, mermerized finish, 50 in., 1.50 yard. k Sunf fisured effacts s $3.50 yard. Marquisette, plain, hemstitched or fancy bordered, 25¢ to 50¢ yard. Swiss Muslins, yard wide, of extra good grades at 15¢, * to Pretty Cretonnes in a large ment with very choice patterns to select from. Priced 25c up to $1.50 awrd. high lustre all shades, Plain in and up to in pl BRITAIN YOU U ICHA CAN DEF GCOODS D OF UR ITome Guard to The cently Grang were | evio o they \dered ° insurance, Berlin were gave su tho debt done. The as follows ..$1,000.00 h mort will re T > walt; wrded rittee swi Ti mon, Cle Willia in hav hacco I'riday will be will be me com fund, even pr TN R D) Corporal Louis Biumst Four guard power m the Klec Kelly long il Patrick | again after Emil Beng former hor ston Arthur Goodrich to fill the place at of Lewis Burdic the servic Home Gu *h a suc W1l for the benefit the best ouple. memb rk E. Fowler se has moved Piainviile ! g | Repeat Dance, rd, which ssful dance of affair on 8. Thero re- at peat >brua the o I from | son, | spirits and health. | boy: I | our boy the to- | . and a gold prize | Che charge of e Corporal Fenn Nourse, and Private 11 be in e heen laid off at into the 1ken a five to be about Iness. from his Ke has been appointed the station who entered power has to remind that th liver e its work this | 1en are asked to in their at- try to find of use to o disposed of devoted to the war. All thin the usofullne are of ! longer r to the club, Wedding Dates t Kensington a Rowdics at Depot. » Jocal authorities have been at WIBBERLEY, siste supervision firm bottlos Milks, o e, Announced. The report of ngineer W. bhin 12, for al meeting o'clock ) | vestigation {into by the | respeet where | be laid over » committcc imates which is of of con comm it w ap- 5 the has new gang of ade the lo- | angoul vear. The s follows complete 00; 00; ks many peo- storns, apparel of ctor ($700 expended, $850; a maintenanee = Supt. no ¢ ) ed Guernsey of Fedc of Grogan & pair of tools bearing the [ |somi-permanent Produced Milic for The supply is by the and and ice, $3,500 nue r and $9,509.11 thus far, and asked for #ud road signs, v has no the of the board of pu ting of Chairman E stevday list of the $600; spent bituminous pavement rep: 000; storehouse and yard, $425: Shuttle Meadow ¢ (no appropriation tr the coming $200; CONSERVATIEN N (91§ ESI Public Works Board Presents Re- IMATES sub-cc work Humphre; and Com- presented year at board held fternoon dition was itteo and in every felt work could the coming year, ith the resuit ar call for an mittee con- H. Hall Moor: coming the at In- this the estimates cleaning $17,000 new and 500; concrete opropriated and no estin coming y engineer’s and general and o o) ox- gar- office (no outsidc 0 has timate next expense, work this been spent is included year); oil \ent pave- irtment and thus far, and time), pavement repair $3,- year expended is street tools, been approp year); new lowed | items on which sizeable increases are | noted gone | | business place | board | until & map appropria- | ] DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918. eWs CAREFULLY GUARD MORALS OF TROOPS Evangelist Anderson Writes Sol- diers Are Well Gared For STORES CLOSED TIGHT of nied by all stores that were open. The enforcement of this rule had some queer results, and those men who had | neglected to stock up on smokes found themselves unable to secure them at any price. The time hung heavy on the hands of the young people of the town as the weather was inclement and the skating was bad on account of the | snow. Most of the people journeyed to the theaters in Bristol or New Brit- | ain for ‘the afternoon and many of them were unable to gain entrance on | account of the big rush of business. | { The factories were shut down with | the exception of one and it was grant- | ed exemption because of military rea- sons. Many of the men of the town | who have been hit by the fuel fam- ine and have been forced to resort te the burnin gof wood with which to | heat their homes, took advantage of the situatin and dug up their axes in preparation for a big day in the woods in order to gather up firewood. Thrift Stamp Sale. The selling of Thrift stamps is be- ginning to take on the appearance of No Efforts M awde Spirit Dr. Garficld’s Proclamation—Sale of | Thrift Stamps Fnosures Success of | Loal Campaign. a successful ventura and several lo- cal merchant dealers have signified.| following paragraph | their intentions to sell the stamps in taken b letter recoidod by Mrs, | tNOir Places of business. The Con-| i : - | necticut War Savings committee has Alfred of West Main street, | called upon the storekeepers for as- | Bvangelist George Wood Ander- ance in placing the mess i it war savings campaign before the pub- 1 They have offered space in their | windows and stores for hanging of posters and other advertising matter in regard to the drive and are willing to do all they can for this important cause. Schools are making headway in selling the stamps and are doing their share in this respect. The school children, instead of spending their money for candy, are saving it until enough is secured to enable them to buy Thrift Stamps. Tho bank re- ports the stamps as selling rapidly and by the outlook at present there is mo doubt that Plainville will come up to the amount required. Plainville Briefs. The wedding of Harold J. Cutting of Maple street and Miss Lotta Becker of Iowa will be solemnized at the church of Our Lady of Mercy at 9 o’clock on Thursday morning. The marriage ceremony will be performed Proof thot the boys of the are being well taken c: the 1 re of in France | is given in a Stewart doing work of the from since their ar- over there. The par. who was and who has visited boys many the States sraph reads s follows “While in France I have had the of talking with your son, loiph. He gave me your address I will give you this short me He is nicely located and in fine He, with the other has plenty to eat and to wear and is safely sheltered. The govern- ment is doing all that is possible to feguard the health and morals of in France and they are the best cared for soldiers in the world. “Cordially yours, “G. WOOD ANDERSON."” Closing Rules Observed. The rules for dull Monday were ob- served strictly in Plainville yester- day both in letter and in spirit. The only stores that were kept open were and go. the ones in which necessities wero | bY Rev. James MacDonald. The will of the late Mrs. Margaret. Gribbon of Plerce street was admit ted to probate today. Word has been recelved that Earl Healey, who is stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia, is seriously ill. He the son of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Healey. First Friday mass will be said at the church of Our Lady of Merey at 5 and 7 o'clock Friday morning. On sold, such as the grocery stor The ng stores were open but ouly for the ale of medicines and drugs. The vale of candy, cigars and tobacco was de- $900; and repair, $100 Other estimates are Sewer maintenance, partment, $1,000; 00 ate hi waste cans, new as follows: $13,100; park treet lighting, $5,000; street publish theso interviews, and they MADE-IN-CONNECTICUT WAR INTERVIEWS WITH WOMEN Statements by prominent Conmecticut women on vital war topics have been secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense. This ncwspaper has made arrangements with the Council of Defense to will appear four times each week. (An interview with Mrs. Elise Traut of New Britain.) “My life and my loyalty belong to this country,” said Mrs. J. A. Traut of New Britain in answer to;the auestion, ‘“What should be the true attitude to- ward the war of an American citi born in Germany?” Mrs. Traut was born in Gotha, Thuringia, Jermany. She came to this couniry when sho was four years old, stayed hcre until she was 16, returned to Germany for five years, then came to this country She has lived in New Britain for thirty years and is active in Connecti- cut, New Britain and New York, ir cluding the Red Cross and the War Relief club of New Britain. Mrs. Traut said in part: “I know what the attitude of the American citizen born in Germany ought to be toward this country, if he has made his home here, supported himself here or was supported here by the head of his family. He should under all conditions stand by the land of his adoption, because he left his Fatherland to improve his life in country which affirms in the Declara- tion of Independence: ‘We would hold these truths to be seclf-evident that all men are born equal.’ “It is this chance of equal! oppor- tunity because of affirrmed equal birth that draws not only the German, but people of other nations to these shores. ““Another reason is, or has been, his urday Candlemass day will be ob- rved at the church and a mass will be celebrated at 8 o'clock in the morning and the blessing of candies will also take place. The postal authorities of the local office request the public to see that the names of the senders are on all packages for soldiers in France. A whist will be given by the Wom- en’s Relief corps at the home of Mrs. William Eaton on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’'clock. The corps witches to express an opinion in regard to a matter of interest to the town in this way, “In our zeal and endeavors for the boys in khaki, let us not forget the hoys in blue of "61." Sequassin Lodge, No. 74, will hold its regular meeting on Thursday eve- ning at the headquarters on West Main street. Fred Marshall, the local manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Co. was called for service by the English gov- ernment. He made a trip to New Ha- ven yesterday to the recruiting station and was examined by the officers and found physically unfit for service. Edmund Bennett of Rank street Joft yesterday afternoon for Canada where ho will be stationed until sent across to the battle front. He has joined the Canadian ixpeditionary Forces and will be put into service im- iatel ding work that will be ppropriation is allowed reet, Broad to West T Wooster street, >t from Wake- city line, $5,575. $9.175 was a for grt and §$7,289.31 has nt thus far. The macadam be done if the appro- ywed will be Connerton Franklin street, $7,- street, from Silver to reet, $11,000. This totals nklin The g it the be Burritt n streets, 00; West M ficld Court to for the pre sp 050. done wil h the heen will For the present year, $19,000 was allowed and §16,073.88 has been spent to date. Semi-permanent pave- ment will be on Dwight street, at cost of $ 0 if the appropria- tinm is allowed. I'or the present year, 1,400 was allowed and $21,629.)14 s been spent thus far. The only are the following: $3.650; macadam repair, manent pavement repair, anent pavement rep: pavement repair $1,- increases are more than by the reduction in for semi-permanent where $5,950 is asked, as 1,629.14 spent to date. For scwer maintenance, the increase is §600 over the amount allowed for this vear and in the state highway dcpartment, the amount sought now Grading $2,000; $3,900; ir and pe semi-pe bituminous 500, These ent, inst §° $1,000 less than that allowed for present year. Street sprinkling cstimate is $2.000 more than what | was allowed for this vear and cateh basins the amount sought is $550 more than what was allowed foc | this vear. The following petitions ceived From John Carlson for a water | main and sewer in Newington avenue | from Chapman street westerly. It was | tablea pending the submitting of T were re- permission his | Hawker for wire fror 1 strect overh q‘ 191¢, when ho with the under was referred pow Joastern Malleable Iron permission to install a sasoline tank on the walk of the Vulcen Iron Works John street. The petition cted The owner of proper Allen From A to string an April 1, nections The matter engineer wit} rom the cable. to the city | Belvidera reet in near the corner of asked permission 1o ¢ property vith tho storm water sov the work to be paid for by the petitioner. The the petition tabled subraitted. for the removal 189 Glen street neer. erdered of trees was \ io in front of ferred to the city er et re- LEAVES P. W. S. Trask of 168 employved at the P. & F. tory, where he held an important po- sition in tho mechanical department for the past fifteen years, has resigned his position 1 will leave the employ of the concern this week Mr £k the guest of the Foremen's well banquet. & F. CORBINS. Maple street, Corbin fac. will be club at a fare —————— . WE ARE DOING OUR BIT By cutting down prices. We are selling $6.50 Army Shoes for $5.00, I. J. BIRNBAUM. We Can Save You Money. for | @ until | g4 AS | | { { would or could respect such a trans-{ | of the just-minded Out O’doors Shoes for Women A Street Shoe of Weather, as Waterproof as Possible and More Weather- proof than most. Dark Tan, Mahogany Lace, 9 inches high, Military Walk- ing Heel, made just for Every- day Winter Wear, and you will surely agree that it fills the vl $6.00. SPATS—Women’s all colors $1 50 Black spats §7 00 AISHBERG The Shoeman 941 Main St. Hartford k Clerk for S.&H. Green Stamps. for All Kinds Spats in Northerner and Southerner in the Civil | water, | such an antianated acceptance. or | | | | 1 | pana { No persons of whatever revelt against enforced and despotic militarism of Prussianism on the other side. Transplanted into a new soil, adopted by new pcople—one Wwith citizenship and kinship of ambition and willingness to work to attain suc- cess it would be unnatural for a man or woman to throw overboard, as st, the memories of the Father- land or a fecling of attachment for it. nationality patriotism, a Tight agai been the attitud American citizen as history discloses. America has harbored dreams of be- coming the country to bring to other countries a state of lasting peace; but behind this dream has lain the deter- mination to fight to the finish figainst wrongs imp on humanity. This time is here! “It seems a cruel fatalism that, en- uifed in war with Germany, the American citizen, born in Germany, mited with the interests of this coun- vet torn under as was the nted ingrate. True to defeat alway born in Gern d try, brother, those of oft up arms 3 the country of his birth. “We say that blood is thicker than but we are also convinced that ht must prevail over kinship when point in the world’s history is reached where no ona people, no one ion shall aect upon the time-worn adage, all is fair in love and war. Humanitarianism steps in to chec War, broth air must take “War one reason anothe ture itself and war, for I fear, always will be. Na- is at war for the on- struction and good of the Cosmos. Death lurks in renewal. To live and to die for the cause of justice is the question that eonfronts the American citizen of today, horn in Cermany, and he will and must enter the Tanks to fight against the method of warfare invented and practiced by the German government, the like of which has never, in the annals of history, been employed by any peeple, let alone a nation professing the Christian relizion “Forn with a sense of justice rec to which my community will testity, it is difficult for me to believe that brutal acts, immoral conduct, cruel force are perpetrated anly by the Germans. 1t is conceded that war through its demoralizing lust of destruction is apt, temporarily; to make beasts out of some men. But this unfortunate al- lowance for spontaneous acts of cruelty is only one side of war con aiti and more’s the pity. When nation stoops to conquer by means its highly developed inteliect, invent and applies scientific methods slaughtor, does not spare Innacent women and children on its raad of demoniacal devastation, as we are told by eye-witnesses from slaughter fields, it behoov citl of whatever nationality, ev man, woman and child receiving protection of this country, to time, work and life, if need be, defense against such a cruel standard of warfare. “Because of the blinding caused by the barbarie troduced and pursued by the German government, the other nations lose sight of all that the Germans, as & nation, have stood for to the world at large in times of peace. “Thase who know it all, know their intellectual ~ endowments, literary achievements, their place as musicians, as world educators as artists, scientists, etc., and are just enough to acknowledge it. But, to use such talents, such intellect, such versatility to overpower right by might is an at- titude that must arouse righteous in- dignation in anyone of whatever tionality ,who is endowed with & spirit of justice and the of hu- manity. “The worst of this pitiless example of warfs that in the necessity for defense against the methods pursued, other nations are compelled to fight with like weapons, thus spreading a defamatory disease of hatred and un= warranted destruction sseng man- kind “All sooner n a ot of give far arbitrary hatred methods in- love is not tions and the th truth, fair—in wa recognize the sooner peace will be restored “I have tried to prevent the at- titude of an American citizen born in Germany as I know it from personal knowledge and cotact with my fellaw- men. I believe that Goldsmith’s quo- tation, ‘above all nations is humanity.” if applied to the situation, practically would ameliorate the feeling of an- imosity porsisting among nation, “In my opinion, no person is justi- fled to accept the privileges of tha country of his adoption if is not willing to and by it loyally in the time of its distress and peril “I have no doubt that every true German who is ncquainted with the true conditions will agree with my as- sertions b &5 endeavor ‘with and my 1oy CITY ITEMS Fidward Coniff of 100 Lincoln street has been commissioned an gn in the naval flying corps and s been a ned to the training school at Cambridge where he is to be an in- structor in machine gunnery. needless to add that, though to be just to our enemy toward non my 1 belong to this country. on 1 The ofticers elected by the Masonio Hall association at its meeting last night were: Joseph R. Andrews, pres- ident; John W. Lockett, vice prosi- dent; Frank S. Cadwell, acting secre nd treasurer; J. W. Tockett, T, .‘Bddy and W. W. Pease, executive committee.