New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 5

VAUDEVILLE OPENS AT FOX'S SEPT. 2 i * Management Announces New | Policy With Two Bills Weekly the ox offices in this city Rri In answer numberless in- quiries at the F #concerning the tain’s popular playhouse for the com- policy of New ing season Manager McDonald yester- by stating that big special da ttled all uncertainty to representatives of the Herald high features class vaudevile with would make the enter- the Fox theater September 2 Britain up tainment at here be- ginning Monday Rep- Tesentative New appealed to the local manage Fox's and letters have heen written to the Willlam Fox offices in New York, requesting a calibre of enter- tainment such as seen the t theaters the country and this Mr. has promised to give, With an nestra that promises to surpass | heard in many months installed L regular part of the entertainment addition tt n it is as- sure that proper accompaniment il given the big vaudeville acts feature productions which e of people o is in of to ig o d special vill be seen Harry McDoaald, for all Fox theaters in Ne practically completed all ments yesterday while in ® Furnishings selected from New York vaudeville supply houses have been ordered special lighting effects secur- v detail to make Fox's on e foremost theaters of | purchased. With the in- terior the theater brilliantly light- ed, courteous employees to look after the wants of every individual patron and a program of vaudeville and big massive pictures selected, every indi- cation will crowds and crowds for Fox's starting ber A propaganda of unusual will be seen for the three days com- . mencing Monday. September 2 in ‘“The Prussian Cur”, a seven part feature in which Von Der Goltz the spv personally appears. It will be re- called that Von Der Goltz was con- fined in the tower of London for sev- eral months and only released to he brought to this country that he mizht be questioned by the United States Secret Von Der Goltz was the right hand man of Von Bern- gtorff and turned st evidence wwhen secreted with officials in Wash- Ington who convinced him of the das- | tardly machine he was a part of. Onee free he furnished absolute and unquestion facts that are as- | tounding and go to make up what is | e most exciting picture the screen | has shown More concerning, 4 'The Prussian will be related in the columns the Herald before the showing of this tremendous sen- ation for the opening three days of combined vaudeville 1 motion picture will be anxiously ontracts sland, rrange- this city. | a par with the country e be more | in Septem- | power Service tea ble ever Cur IPox ba anticipa “hanged and Thursday Clara Kimball Brady George \Walsh madge and Tom Mix star »zrams on Sunday vaudeville program will be in the Herald in a few acts now heing selected from York's leading booking offices will include circus acts, blers, musi 1 specialties, girl s with real artists starring. high lass comedy acts and novelty known to vaudeville waited at may ed the program il ** Monday st be every three da with such Young. Alice Norma, T heading the all The on feature opening announced days, New which S every . PAY CONTRACTOR $3,000 Judge Burpee Awards Nelson Fadden Verdict in Suit Against Car- penters’ Representative. Hartford, Aug. 15.—Judge Lucien P. Burpee of the superior court yes- terday awarded damsages of $3,000 to Nelson Fadden, a contracting lather of Bristol, against John W. Greeno, business agent of the carpenters’ and loiners’ unfon of that city for alleged interference with the business of the plaintiff. In the complaint, Mr. Fad- den cited four instances where he imed that by exerting pressure nd duress and by threats of strikes' 4 Greeno prevented him from either ob- taining work or even caused him to be dismissed from work which had al- ready been contracted for and in his memo of declsion the judge stated that those cases were proved. The decision further stated that the plain- tiff has shown damage of at least $3,- 000 and that the defendant had pro- 4 duced no evidence to contradict this. Epaprhroditus Peck of Bristol repre- sented Fadden and Pierce and Pierce of the same city represented Greeno WERE THEY IN SALOON AFTER 11:30 BY SUN? Middletown, Aug. 14.—The tion of whether the putting ahead of the clock one hour in the daylight saving plan had any effect on hours fixed by state statute during which a | saloon may do business was raised in the eity court here today. Judge G taf Carison appearing as counsel for four men arrested shortly after mid- night on a Sunday morning as fre- | quenters in a police raid on a tavern Bere, argued that although according to the clock the men were arrested at 12:18 a. m., they were arrested by tual time at 11:15 p. m, 1 statutes do not require the closing of the saloons before 11:30 p. m. they ques- a | motherless child, | of death | substitute for a pension and as the | were not at the time of their arrest vielating the law. The court asked sounsel to file briefs in the case, GOVERNMENT AID FOR DEPENDENTS. HAJ Three Kinds Explined by An-f nouncement From Washington Hartford, Aug. The three of government aid for their dependents, plained in a 15— forms soldie and as revised, are eox- government ment received by Council of Defense clude allotments and pensation for death or disahility United States government According to the revised tions, every married enlisted the active military and naval service is under a duty to allot $15 a month from his pay to hls wife and children The government adds to these com- ory allotments additional allow- for dependents. The monthly overnment allowances for allowances families range from for a and $15 for a up to a maximum of allowance allotmen from the soldiers’ or sailors’ pay may be made for parcnts, grandparents, brothers, sisters or grandchildren who are dependent on him for support and the government will add monthly family allowances up to $50 a month Government compensation in case or disability is the modern 1t applies to officers and enlisted men alike. In e of death, compensation is paid to the widow until remarriage, children until they are eighteen or marry, and dependent father and mother, but to no other relatives he amounts range from 2 to §75 a month In of total disahility, the compen sation is from $30 to $95 a month ac- cording to the size of the disabled man's family. Partial disability is compensated according to the reduc- tion of the earning capacity of the man and the size of his family. Com- pensation should he carefuliy distin- guished from government insurance Government Insurance is offered to or sailors In active service of nks without medical examina- tion other than the favorable report of the army or navy surgeon. The terms are low, the premium rate de- pending on the man's age, averaging between $6 and $7 monthly for the full amount of $10,000. Application for government insurance must be made with 120 days after the man ente the service. The insurance may be continued after leaving the service without further medical examination Tt assures the widow child parent, brother, or sister of monthly install- ments of $57.50 each for twenty years on §10,000 of insurance. The same amount will be paid to the veteran during his lifetime in case of total disability. In addition to offerink these provi- for dependents, the Bureau of Risk Tnsurance will prevent the of specified life insurance con- tract: other than the government premiums which must be paid regu- Jarly. This is only done on applica- tion. If the government zuarantees to the insurance company AN - ization the payment of premiums, the policy will remain in force, and the man in service will have one year aft er the war in which o pay default cd premiums before the membership or policy lapses. BABY WEEK STATISTICS 2,052 Connecticut State today. They allowances, com- and insurance explana man in in without children $50. Voluntary case sions War lapse or or 3,105 Boys and Girls Weighed and Measured and 893 Require Special Treatment. Statistics in connection with the re- cent Child's Welf campaign con- ducted in this city, under the wo- man’s committee, State Council of Defense, have been compiled hy Miss Ma ampbell, chairman of the com- mittee, resuiting as follows Total registration of babi der .. .. . Total number of girl Total number of hoys i Childreh under one yvear of Children under two years of ag Children under three years Children under four of age ... Bt el b ) Children under five years of age 1,057 Children under six years of age 6 Those needing special treatment 893 Tt will be noticed that the total fig- ures has increased 49 since the last figures were published last week. This is due to the fact that doctors con- ducting private examinations were Jate in sending In their One feature of the quite noticeable baby population un- e 1, 1 of vears car: enrollment is the in- during the which crease in past two years ago number only a little 1,000, while the babies the past two vears show in each year of about 300 known just what is the this, whether it is due to a great baby mortality, or whether the in- creased haby population is due to the fact that more families have moved within the limits of New Britain. Tt is probable that the latter explanation is responsible for it. the campaign is more than born during an increase It is not reason for was sup- In a Cup of INSTANT NoWaste-NoWorry Less Sugar- No Coffee Troubles- Delicious Flavor. announce- wife i Those born five years | Canvas now White, Leather Soles. Black Shoes Fnglish or bulldog toe. All sizes— $1.98 ONE and ar posed to include the weighing measuring of babies under five ye of age only, seve: children that age were given attention because of a misunderstanding on the part of the parents. The girls and boys are pretty evenly divided, there heing only 53 more hoys than girls, DEPUTY WARDEN LIWTS 15 —Karl Lewi at the Connecti Wetherstield and with his fam- Hartford. Aug. deputy warden state prison at 1913, has resigned ily left today for Frankfort. Ky where he has taken a position with shirt factory concern. Mr. Lewis storekeeper at the Indiana state pris- on, Michigan City. prior to coming to the Connecticut prizon where he v appointed a deputy by former Wa den Ward A. Garner ', McClaughry has not announced the successor to Mr since was Lewis | 2,000,000 SUIT DISMISSED. suit instituted Robert | Thorburn agai Mrs. Delora Gates, executrix of the estates of Joi W. and Charles G. Gates and others, for the recovers $2,100,000 has | been Aismissed Tnited States ederal distrist of New York | Thorburn clalmed to have lost $700,.- 1 000 when the firm of Wait & Thor- | burn was orushed in a corn market transaction. It was claimed that the ! Gates and others eornered the mar- | ket. Violatlon of the Sherman anti- | trust act was alleged and treble dam- | azes wera clalmed tn the court Thure Bengston of 40 left for a weelk's vacation ! spent at East Hampton. e to ba Regular Price $2.00. This “Sale- With For growing giria Oomd misses. Whita, black amrd eelors Reduced from $£5.50 8329 $7.50 Arch Supporting $ Shoas— Blucher $2.00 Shoes Sizes g to 2— $]1.69 LOT OoF Men’'s $5.00 Gun Netal and Tan English Last Shoes To Go At— above | | contains mucn | concern LEAVES STATE PRISON | | Contaras of Warden Charles | B Main street | HEIKA: b RTFORD “L‘E’i‘;g B’ $3.C0 & Yulcanized rubber sole $ E 87 CANYAS PUMPS ;| AND OXFORDS ! 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L] =% TN Children’s $2.00 White Canvas Riary lana Children’s $3 ‘Patent Colt s 152,50 Shoes $ | .87 Riary Pum $1.89 B PAIRS OF ; U. 8. Army i Made calf. of tan $6.50 value, IN IS R a Bulgarian bullet, and until then, he = - was, with his fellow count ymen, pushing the allies of Germany slowly but surely backwards In 1912, Corporal part in the war de Bulgaria, Montencgro against Turke; following Achilles Contaras Fighting with Greece Against Bulgaria. A letter Achilles Con Greek for Contaras red rbia, and Greece, , the latter losing. The vear, when the Greek-Bul- garia war was staged, he helped his country to win that conflict, and now he is taking part in the greatest war in the history of the world. At the time of writing Corporal Contaras was about ready to return to the battle front he had recovered from his wound ecelving treatment in took from Corporal who is with the Macedonian front, esting information ht between Greece Corporal Contaras is a Cha Michael . 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The writer ted that Greece is making great prcparations to hold | taras, a brother of Corporal Contara up her end of the war, that when he | went to Camp Devens a few weeks a was Wounded she had an army of jand cxpects to go to France soon. that conditions are im- Greece; food is be- PURE FOOD FRESH VEGETABLES VICTORY LUNCH 40 Church Street. The Food you get herc is always of the best the market affords. The pouliry and vegetables and eggs are raised on our own farms. Owing to so many of cur help going into the service of our country we were obliged to put in self service for the duration of the war. We solicit your patron2ge and guarantee satis- faction. SOFT SHELL CRABS EVERY DAY LOBSTERS FRESH FISH A SPECIALTY.