New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1918, Page 8

NEW BRI TAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 24, The sisters and rooms lay on the teachers in the north and e building preserved ¢ despite the panicky in- the pupils when they t of the lightning. F. C. sic instructor in the left a room in which n and went to notified the fire five. The and from the central when an Box 334 ol order | sides of POLISH CHURCH HIT = ol, quietly was giving a le o telephone ang partment of tl ider comp: ition Causes Fire in Steeple Which! Does $7,000 Damage de- hosc nies were respondir was turned in from llowed shortly after by a arm. which called all the apparatus in the city, in- the old horse-drawn acrial Assistant Chief William J, was in charge. Chief Dame re- for duty, although it was his second The ‘bolt of available the steeple at : of the Sacred holic chur the electrical oon did damage to the over $7.000. Fire was i the steepie and was stubborn and difficult to combat. The fire was | confined to the interior of the steeple | and little damage other that was iused. By holding the fire in the steeple the almost certain destrug- | ticn of one of the .most attractive ches in the city was prevented. hurch was struck by the | ightning occurring simultaneously with final thunbier clap. Miss t McLoughlin, a teacher in wered ieart of Jesus Polish par- chial school, saw the bolt strike and viong the rid pole over the uditorium Dougherty, the flash. lightning that the northwest corner Heart of Jes Polish h on Broad street dur- storm yesterday aft- ount of started in struck Noble ported day off The the {1eams water pressure in that section city is not the strongest and would not reach the source the from the pump was used. truck was placed in position as a water tower in case of Two lines of hose to the single line Chief Dame decided needed. Lines of hose had into the steeple on the inside. It { was a difficult climb with the heavy \ose and to the crowd standing around on the outside it seemed ¢ the firemen would never the flames. In what firc The ladder for use emer- were on the that it gency. siamesed ladder. not the been carried e onto 233 mcemu Cluth In these days when good materals are scarce and good clothes hard to get it's worth more than ever to you to have the Sincerity label in your clothes. With a thirty-five year reputation for being good clothes, their makers realize that it would be folly to stoop to inferior quality even for one season. So regardless of the make of clothes you have worn in seasons past, wear Sincerity Clothes this season and be sure of getting the right quality. $18 to $35 This may be an era of abnormally high priced necessities of life, but we are able to maintain our reputation as superior value-givers. STRAW HATS $1.00 to $10.00. AS H LEY] BABCOCK CO.] around so No. { up ! | fre. | main auditorium on the inside is pine | church and who were in places where | from employment. | the crowd in check. from the building. | ! will be necessary to replace the whole | Chestnut NEW MOTOR PUMPER { under its own power from the factory , | in its present form becomes a law, | quirements after test by the engineers | fire commissioners. § | other time the co the water was being played and fire was held in check. Steeple struction is such that it make fighting difficult. The firemen ing the narrowly confined endured great hardship. They were centinuously drenched with the vol- of water that feli back on them were showers of sparks, some cmbers of fire being several in diameter, falling on- the The smoke was stifling. bRl e e indicaps the men 1 worked hard. wor in space ume There oo the inches Tioseme ® Chicf Damce Wedged jn. Letter former arvier Harry of the assisted Phelan, a fire depart- fire- | slight stature | into the ed at the | ing in the | member ment, voluntarily By reason of hi s able (o squecze places and he wor highest point. While wor steeple Chief Dame hecame wedged in a narrow piace and fellow work- ers had to aid in asing him. ngine @ 5 3 pumps were ope for an hour in order to furnish the pressure neces- sary to reach the fire at the height | in the steeple. The steeple rises 136 | feet from the foundation. It was | necessary to shut down the lines a couple of times owing to bursting | hose. Three lengths burst during the | The lengths had been in service in the department for 11 years. Very little damage was done to the church other than in the steeple and bhelow it where the water fell. In checking the fire as they did the fire- men prevented a spread to theé main auditorium. The construction of the the nien. re he w rowoest nar- sheathing and it would have made a serious fire. Large crowds scene. Factory larly those who about the particu- in the gathered employes, worshipped could see the smoke the steeple, left their issuing places of they The news of the fire at the church spread quickly and people flocked in large numbers to the scene. The po- lice laid out their fire ropes to keep Bartlett school ad- led their children Teachers in the joning the church Apparatus in Collision. In responding to the fire with the No. 1 junior the aerial. Lorse-drawn aerial, pump was sideswiped by The aerial was driven too close to the No. 1 car in order to avoid running over lines of hose that had been laid out. Pastors and priests of other churches in the city were at the fire and assured Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, of their willingness to aid him in any way possible. Rev. Stephen Grohol, curate at the church, worked with the firemen lugging up the line of hose and sweeping water from the vesti- bule of the church. Chief Dame and Building Inspec- Arthur Rutherford inspected steeple today to determine if 1t tor the of the steeple construction. A de- cision was not reached. Government Factory Hit. A bolt of lightning struck a pole near the government factory onf street yesterday afternoon and, glancing off, went through the glass of the factory about were slightly ARRIVES FOR TEST Delivery Made in City Today and For- mal Acceptance May Be Made Next Week. The Maxim Motor Co. pumping en- the fire department was de- the city this noon, coming gine for jivered in at Middleboro, M placed at No. 2 Street. Thi was made about the city The pump was fire station on Elm afternoon a short run and the new piece of apparatus was much ad- mired. The acceptance tests for the ; apparatus will not be made until ne: week Monday or Tuesday. These tests will be made by the National Board of Fire Underwriters’ engineers, and if the car meets the contract re- it will be accepted by the board of in is Maxim fire several New apparatus is in England places giving good service, and the muni- cipalities are pleased with it. It Is a 75 horse-power car, six cylinder and r drive. The apparatus in s city is all chain driven. nteed to deliver 450 gal- nute when pumping. Pu ciase was contracted for sever: months ago and the price of it $6,700 with the war tax additional. At the time bids were received from manufacturers of fire apparatus and the prices quoted were more than $2,500 above the Maxim figure. The hoard of fire commissioners ex- pect to recommend a contract for the purch of a new ae ladder truck shortly. Careful investigations of the new type apparatus have been made and are still in progress, as the rurchase involves of over §12,000. The cit probably not buy a similar piece of apparatus in | vears, and the commissioners want to be sure of purchasing the best ob- tainable. ClTY lTEMS Jurton C. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hall, of Corbin avenue, is crit- ically ill at the Hartford hospital and recovery is not expected. The Kavanaugh Shop, 40-46 Pratt street, Hartford, has endless dainty summer tub fracks to Show you now: all the familiar voiles and organdies and ginghams in colorings and color use and It is gu lons per his combinations entirely new.—Advt. NO LIMIT T0 ARMY WILSON GAN RAISE § Military Committee Votes to Give Him Complete Authority 3 | Washington, May 24.—On recom- | mendation of Secrctary appeared before Baker, who the house commit- tec on military affairs yesterday, the | [ committee agreed to give President Wilson authority to raise an army of practically unlimited size. The committee unanimously ed the language proposed by tary Baker and assured him a point of order hould be made against its adoption by the house a special rule would be obtained to force its passage as part of the army Eill. The text of the provision Secretary Baker suggested, porated in the bill to be Saturday, reads: “The president is hereby author- d to draft, subject to the provi- ons of the selective service act and all acts amendatory thereto, as many men, from year to year, as can be equipped, trained and used during each fiscal year until the successful termination of the war. This provision gives the president the extended power he sought, and with the wide authority conferred by the Overman act to co-ordinate and combine bureaus and departments, vastly enlarges his supervision of the conduct of the war. Representative S. Hubert Dent, chairman of the military commit- tee, who was at first opposed to gi ing unlimited authority to the pr ¢ent, announced after the meeting of thc committee that he would aban- don his plan to limit the size of the army to 5,000,000, As the unlimited the army bill can a point of order on the ground that it is new legislation, the committee intends to obtain a special rule to prevent such a point being raised successfully. The point may not be raised if the matter fully present- ed to the house. Those who are op- posed to the theory of giving the president unlimited authorit sa that congress will not lose its power tc prevent the president from going te an extreme not sanctioned hy congres: In case the president should call for an army of a may be too large in the or congress, they say, congress could refuse an appropriation for the pur pcse, and thereby limit the presi dent’s action. “We want to give the President everything he asks for,” said Repre- sentative Fields of Kentucky, ranking Democratic member of the commit- tee. “If he wants 15,000,000 men, he can have them. If he wants $100.- 600,000,000, he can have that. We do rot intend to limit him in ar There is no limit on the Pre: decision and no appeal from it, except that Congress may refuse to - make the necessary appropriation. But Congress will not do this while the war is in progress, and therefore, the President, to all intents and purpos has the unlimited authority he seeks. The policy of the Administration, acting under this unlimited authority will be to keep calling into ser ind training the drafted men as fast us they can be transported to Europe. During the first ten days of May, 90,- 000 soldiers were sent abroad. At this rate the Amc n Army will be augmented by nearly 300,000 each menth. 2ut with more ships being put into commission each day, the | facilities are increas- size of as the need for is decisively if the bill to keep sending men over in a constant- ly increasi tream. Tentative plans of War Department contemplate an immediate army of 3,000,000 men. The bill, it will be reported, tions and authori <l(\nn~. )0,000,000. The appro- amount to something over 00,000,000 and the authorizations re\lrh $2,500,000,000. In addition, about $8,000,000,000 for the War De- partment for heavy artillery is con- tained in the Fortifications bill, now being considered by the Appropria- tions committee. HELP HEALTH DEPT. Asked to adopt- Secre- that if which incor- reported power clause in he eliminated by to g As long exists and until Germany defeated it is the intention, Public Cooperate in Fight Against Dirty Back Yards and Alleys and Unclean Food. The health department has already begun its spring drive and in a pamphlet which is being sent about | the city asks the cooperation of the | department in its fight against dirty alleys, etc.; unclean food, gious dise: and flies, by the following suggestions: “The season for fly hand. “Destroy “Clean up riles. Keep garbage cans ered—your neighbor’s is your business ‘One uncovered garbage can or one | manure pile can develop more flies than a neighborhood can destroy. “If you have a fly breeding place | near your home, you owe it to your | family to demand its removal. i “Allow no decaying matter ta ac- | cumulate about the yard | “See that the cesspools | e cleaned out as often sary—at least once a year. “Report any overflowing (::‘sspools‘ or unsanitary vaults in your neigh- borhood. “Telephone 1606, write phone the Health Hall.” breeding is at all breeding places. and disinfect manure clean and | garbage | and 1S vaults | neces- | tele- City or Department, 1918. Globe Clothing anerioht Hart Schaffner & Marx House Established 1886 Worth Remembering That HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES are good all wool clothes and best tail- oring to be had. $20 up. Extraordinary value in Children’s white and light color, all wool Washable SUITS, ages 3 to 7, at $3.75. 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