New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1918, Page 7

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WISE, will do their Saturday Shopping at the LOCKHAR MIiLL END Where Abundant Stocks of New Staple Merchandise are QOffered at Astonish- ingly Low Prices 89¢ TABLE at the 72-inch ce d DAMASK | Mill wide | bleached me table l | damaslk, patte fine qu new- " 69¢c | 29¢ and Saturd e Mill End Sale, and 36 inches wide, large newest patterns and colors, 16¢ Saturday End ble cls, red 33¢ MADRAS SHIRTINGS ex sortment of | i 25C | sen HUCK TOWELS the Mill at Mil ed cotton huck tov =12:c e, runs ac large borde xtra fine quality, stripe white voiles; at WHITE Saturday at the Mill End Sal this price, yd. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SMITH&CO. THRIFTY SHOPPERS v ———— HARTFORD MADRAS Mill runs of lace 19¢ one hundred pieces to Laces, Em f-—great quantities for the Mill End nds at 12 machine copies of the genuine wide. s and B American made white and cre and 10¢ 3 fin to 6 inche mple Str Combination: 15¢ Jdges at effect of open and blind MILL END SALE bought from | ale. and and open patterns 1-2¢ yad a8 Bands and of Embroidery Dr | the Mill End Sale: 25¢ Corset Cover Embroidery at 16c vd embroidered designs $1.25 and edges gold delicately colored silk threads. Trimmings all at half broderies and Dress Trimmings Saturday at the Blind on fine quality nainsook, plain desirable widths. Gold and Silver Flouncings. and silver interwoven with price Saturday at Handsome Coats of Salts plush fully lined with the lowest price ever quoted on WOME: SUITS, END AND MISS SATURDAY AT THE SALE Choice of serges and poplins in opportunity-—only $18.98 a suits in Saturday at §§0) ranteed garments. satin, a such excellent TAILOR-MADE [ WOMEN'S AND TAILOR-MADE truly Choice the wonderful Jot. { S. AUTHORITIES GHAB GERMAN FIRM. Schutte & Koerting of Philadel- phia Owned by Enemy Inerests . Wa fng 1 the hington, - the B Alien Feb. 15.—In a hear ureau of Investigation of | Property Custodian it was | cstablished that the firm of Schutte | & Koerting of Philadelphia was Ger- | man-owned, an officer of which, Adal- | bert Wilhelm Fischer, is now interned | as a dangerous enem; A. Mitchell alien. Palmer, alien property | custodian, ued this statement | {howing the moves made to conceal ntity of the German ownership firm Daniel W. Hildreth, vice president and treasurer of the Schutte & Koert- | ing company, a Pennsylvania corpor- | : located in Philadelphia, and J. | Wilson Bayard of Prichard, Saul, ard Bvans, the attorneys for | Schutte & Koerting company Adalbert K. Fischer, and Helcne IMscher, his wife, all of Philadelphia, were given hearing conducted ‘rancis P. Carvan of New York, di- rector of the bureau of investigation of the alien property custodian’s of- | fice. It was developed that this firm | was entirely owned by German in- | terests in Germany. Corrected re- ports will be filed by the company | ler the trading with the enemy | t, which will largely increase the | ebtedness which they had former- reported due to enemies, and the alien property custodian will im- mediately take over the plant and its business. “The plant is valued at $1,700,000. For some time past it has been en- gaged on contracts for government work. It owns and controls the ex- clusive right to certain patents under which antomatic ejector and injector | boiler valves are made for installation | upon practically every ship that is| Luilt. The common stock of the com- | pany stood on the books in the name | of Ernest Koerting, of Hanover, Ger- | many, belleved to be a near relative of the German emperor and the; father of Helene Fischer, until March 9, 1917, when it was claimed to have | been transferred to his daughter, the | wite of Adalbert K. Fischer, whose | real name is Adalbert Wilhelm Fisch- | nd who is now interned at Fort | by 1y as | auent | contemplation du Pont, alien “The surplus earnings for this com- pany for the riscal year ending March 18, 1918 are estimated at over $200, 000. “The result of the hearing today brings to a swift conclusion the steps | instituted by the alien property cus dian on February 8, following the in- ternment of F er, to real ownership of this concern. Ye: terday's search of the Fischer re dence in Philadelphia and the sub seizure of the safe by the de- partment of justice agents was done | at the request of the alien propertv custodian on evidence secured by his investigators. This case proves that futility of the plans on the part of any individual or corporation in this country who may have hoped to conceal the real own- ership of German-owned property in | of any plan to avoid the anticipated seizure of property by the Alien Property Custodian follow- ing the declaration of war. All the papers in this Schute & Kerting Company case will be forwarded to the Department of Justico for the purpose of prosecuting those guilty of any violation of the Trading with the Enemy act, ‘“The records in the office of the alien property custodian disclose a somewhat general scheme to conceal the enemy character of property owned in the United States by Ger- man residents abroad, through al- leged sales of it claimed to have been made on or about the time dip- Jomatic relations between the United States and Germany were severed, and before the declaration of war. Our records disclose many specious transfers where this was attempted, and a favorite subterfuge was the alleged payment for such property by notes not payable by their terms for many year: In the Schute and Koerting the note was for $150,000, and not payable until 1937, and was claimed to have been given as the consideration of the alleged sale of the common stock of this company to uncover the | | | | | | i | | i case | was of poplins and J mixtures lined with fancy and plain color poplin ! tremely | likely that the 40-acre Mrs. Fischer. Roth the Schute & Koerting com- pany and Mrs. Fischer recorded in | their reports under oath that the sale was consummated and the note given on or prior to Feb. 19, 1917, when, as a matter of fact, the investigation before the alien property custodian laid bare the fact that the note was not signed by Mrs. Fischer until April 24, 1917, some three weeks aft- er war was declared.” One-third of all cultivated land in America is planted to corn. Corn is the original Amerisan grain. \;%};)men;é dfld Misses’ $29 and $32.50 Salts Plush Coats limited quantity to sell at this " $13.00 MISS SUITS AT serges in navy, black and Del. as a dangerous enemy 1 HOLCOMB WOULD KILL 75 PER CENT. OF DOGS Holcomb Belicves ‘Would Boom as Result of Death of Canines Winsted, comb in B, . as d a Feb. 1 acknowled Moore 1w W mestic animal limited numb “I have long versus dog question est the state. Thus far every edial lezislative effert which be of any effect has heen p! own opinion is that Governor ind legislated to o y it 75 killed vive state. to be acute and the raising of sheep would materially help the state ana Le a benefit to the farmer.” Mr. Moove has been campaigning on the dog versus sheep question ani desires that the general assembly at its next session do something to re- tore the sheep industry. the to heep industry s would the great adv re- POTATOES ALMOST GONF But Plan Will Not Likely Be Followed Out Another Summer Luring the past few we es of municipal potatoe: creased rapidly until today thers are only about 1,500 bushels left. Or inally there were about 7,200 bushels, but of this amcunt a large number f bushels were lost by freezing during the first cold spell and another quan- tity was lost by shrinkage during the winter. Mayor Quigley states that it is ex- unlikely that the municipal m project will be carried out again summer. Instead, he says, it is tract leased by the farm committee will be cat into small plots and utilized by the ks the have in- f2 thi New Britain Gardens committee which | made such a success la summer. HALF OF RESERVE ENROLLED Washington, Feb. 15.—More than half of the zreat number of shipyard workers needed to carry out the mer- chant marie program have been sc- cured in the @rst half of the first week of the enrolment campaign by the U. 8. public service reserve. This is shown by incompiete returns to Wm. Hall, director of the reserve. The drive wili be continued another week and thereafter in every state whose quota is not filled at the end of the campaign. Sheep - Raising Hol- ing a letter from ats dogs treated felt that the sheep is of vital inter- rem- would defeated. | per cent. of the dogs in Connecticut were intage of the | The food question is getting RIDAY, cut immediately. tailoring sale. FEBRUARY HALF PRICF I have just completed taking stock, and the sheets show of single suitings in stock which cannot bhe reordered and And now I offer to the people of Ne ghould PPe _closed Britain the most unusual I Must Make Room for My Spring Stock which is coming in every day. Come here tonight and tomorrow and you will find a big variety of $27.50, $25 and $20, and price will be $15.50. P\TRIOTIC BARBERS PLANNING TO KNIT Local U n Indorses Plan and Em- ployes Have First Lesson This Afternoon. Members of the local Barbers’ Union voted last night to endorse the plan originated by Frank Del M proprictor of the Model Barber s on Church street, and furthere y Henry Briere, whereby they are to do Red Cross work during their leisur hours. Mr. Briere appeared hefore the meeting and outlined the plan in de- tail. In advocating this p: plained that in the United States Canada there are between 50,000 75,000 barbers and if these can be induced to join the movement the government and the Red Cross can be materially assisted After the local cept the plan crate to u hours to knit, other suitable Red Cross we Briere decided to so notify the na- tional trade union in an attempt to stimulate similar moves elsewhere. This afternoon at 2 o’clock a youn woman instructor from the Red Cr rooms visited the Model Barber Shop to outline the process of knitting to the barbers there 1 it was decided that their first work will be in knit- ting washeloths and other similar ar ticles that do not require much | skill. On Monday at 1 members of the F meet at the Model T at 2 o'clock will go in a Red Cross rooms for tions and a supply of work. It is figured that out of the 10 1-+ worl ing hours each day every barber h: much spare time which he can de- vote to this work. it and and union voted to ac- and agreed to co-op- the: ire workin roll dages or do Mr. s0 o’clock ers’ union rber Shop and body to the further instruc other will “SOME HOG" Swift lo- The Andrew cated on Commercial a hog yesterday which, weighed exactly 504 pounds. The hog was on exhibition in the storehouse window today and attracted much at- tention. The hog was sent here from Dotroit when it wa <uckling and was raised at the Elm Hill farnw. It was a registered Berkshire hog and grew so large that it had to be butch- ered company, butchered dressed, stroet Wi BUY THRIFT STAMPS. At a meeting of the Lithuanian Sick Benefit society held in Jithuanian hall, Park street, it W voted to take $100 from its treasury for the purchase of Thrift Stamps. At the same meeting, Stosklaliunas and J. Radziunas were elected as representatives to at- tend the national convention of Al | hela in Naw York City, March 14, was ex- | lied Lithuanian societies which will be | I l‘\'on, was a visitor in this DRAFT HELD UP AGAIN. terday = 4 | Orders Received Sale at Be Men's Odd e-Lelan Not on February to Send Ml Planned. ‘rousers 8. vt Lacey, through H. Dayton ifumphrey, s purchased a house | ind lot Chestnut street from ! n Google. Spec Saturday b visiting 's 0ad -Leland's. Trouser ¥ o ady of Putnam Herbert He: Exemption boards 1ve received notification from Adjutant Geners Geor M. Cole advising them th date to send the last 15 per cen the first draft ha not yet bee d not to send any men of ru; and 26 had bee planned the two boards. Whe these men will be called is now un certain, but it is pected that thi date will be settled shortly ccted that early next wee boards will publis] men who are to com} (uota idney Heath o Mr. and Mrs. Dewey street AMen Leland The polic last ni t ploy of H | that on of 1tk the New % arrived Parker Shir Be Lislo avte, Hose 19¢ for spring have -Leland’s only.—advt at Pessc end ry 25 as received from a in the en H. Peaso of 191 Vine strect prowler was about tho prem- ho pc investizated but no | f the were found. Hose Carlson of New York is with his A. Carlson a maid complai Joseph A ng the and reet by week-end Mrs. J. par- of definite d Men's Odd Trousers t se-Leland's.—advt | both is at Pottsville, | & list been called by the | DPrise his sister. lice Sale at B ernhardt » he h srious illness of is exr man o exemption of their this Children’s 25c avt 19¢ at Besse final 1ticon of Da » were terda use. the a 1st Main Fuschillo of married at St. ' morning ‘he groom i bride 135 Red C The patrons Led C e hing Benefit nd y es f benefit dance whie! Y. W. C. A follows Special Shirt at Besse-Le- ftiey nd’s, new patterns and merchandise. vt sale 79¢ trone: The Lithuanian is”, met last ni 0 War veicikas stamps at soci ind Savings oty voted to certific s vears Al te wted Main | Men's Odd sse-Leland's rousers advt enedict to sell the street was deleg 45 East t to t on Wednes themselves a o saloon night quantity lay sring have | only vt remont D. W | 1 J - Shirts -Lelan Thomas Smith of is under the nell at his down a flight of st painful injur Speciz for helped liquors. Special Besse-Le to luncheon heen placec Sale Children's S0 advt Suits at ello is Bransfield, hleen Pine entertaining M. D. and Middletown. 79c at Besse-T. ind merchandis COOK SUOCEEDS SKINNER. Marshall has been selected 3 temporary leader of the Ne tain Boy Scouts, succeeding Dwig! - who left today for the ar nal corps t ning school at t University of Vermont. Mr. Skinn ) been given a leave of while he is away in the army Cook i Bes; Speci lo land’s, advt Shir new p. | : street | the | cnd at and will of | Monday n number | pecial Ha- but Andrews, who formerly has for sident of > Charles his cit Men" »-Leland’ Union —advt. e SHOICS ! ¢! The price of Shoe leather has been on a steady incline for the past 3 years. Never- the-less we are offering at our ANNIVER- SARY SALE shoes of the finest quality at prices less than the cost of raw material. It will pay you to BUY NOW as this is an op- portunity that will never come your way again. ODERN BOOT SHO he 168 MAIN ST. Next to the N. B. Sav Bank,

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