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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, o _—————0 . BUY LIBERTY BONDS THE BOYS FIGHT IN WAY THE FRANCE—TO Add to the glory our boys are winning men, more to win the war. The patriot with which “to buy ships, &u deserved praise. Count your: , planes, munitions and elf among the number. o CUTE WEAR FOR CUTE YOU “Over There” ! —— THE UTMOST More ships, more food and ammunitions are absolutely required avers who loan the Gov | | ernment money food receive | f NGSTERS FROM TWO TO SIX YEARS OLD AMONG THE LITTLE TOT W FLOOR UP, WE AT “BABYLAND”, OU \ " YOU TO SEE THE \_\'\' PRETTY DAINTY GARMENTS OFFERED FOR ? INFANTS' DEPT. ONE LITTLE COLORED FROCKS attractively made of good grade Cham- and as s and Ginghams in Plaids, others smocked and Middy s and big value at $1.00 to LITTLE BOYS' SUITS in same siz colored materials in the favorite “‘Oliver Ranging in price from $1.00 up to $5.98 each. invited here to “Babyland.” br effects, to 6 vear s Twist” as well vear olds, MOURNING BANDS Of Georgette or taffeta with gold embroidered star to show that you \wve given your soldier or SHOPPING ailor coun- IS BEASY His life is the great- | est of all sacrifice ! ] Sl finn o ineoT s coes natural color, rect Arm Bands at our Millinery at Parlors. from Also a smart exhibit of Mourning New Hats and Veils, “In 2 SHOP WHERE bla boy to your priced 5 Black, in solid colors. well as bloomer Dresses. All mothers of two to Neckwear Department. 25 to $21.00 each. Neck Fixings in es and unmatched assortment. Some in plain 2 made in the desirable white and as Middy styles. six SILK FRINGES to 10" widths we offer new Silk Fringes in 'k, white at Trimming Department, and colors, 0c to $2.98 yard. MARABOUT CAPES brown, taupe and a varied showing Priced daintiest FOR NEW BRITAIN DRY AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL HAVING AN GOODS PURCHASED OF US. YOU CAN DEPEND ON | clarence B. Baldwin, Edgar G. Mor- gan, Frederick L. Norton, Elmer W. Stearns and Nicola Basile. After the nominations were made the caucus adjourned. Mai] Messenger Resigns. Emilio Martino, whe has been | United States mail messenger between the railroad station and the Berlin and Kensington post offices for the NEUMONIA CLAIMS E. BER[IN SULDIER‘ past 10 yvears, has given notice that | isician Frank G. Benson SUC- | oo omens. momser o ity | umhs at Brownsville, Texas. ED PROMOTING 4TH LOAN office. He will devote the rest of his While Touring BERLIN NEWS Berlin Church Closed. Owing to the epidemic of influenza and grip, the Second Congregational church, Berlin, will be closed ali day tomorrow. This step has been taken in order to aid in checking the spread | | of the epidemic. An announcement | 16th Cavalry Band in | i)} be mage later as to the resump- Intorest of Drive—Cancus Results | tion of services. ! $7,000 More Needed. total to date in the Fourth | Frank Gustave Benson, member of onLy Cavaly, stationed at Mer- | $7,000 short of the town’s quota. Texas, is dead, a hero to the | EVery member of the committee is | use of the Fighting Fourth Liberty | Working hard to *“push the loan 'way | foon, according to word just received | Over”, and when the final result is his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sven 1 announced Berlin will have reason to nson, of East Berlin. The report ‘ be proud of itself. Mr. Benson’s death came as a great | Berlin Briefs. pock to his relatives and his friends The schools are closed owing m‘ r, left headquarters recently and | when the danger is over. [ured the state of Texas to aid in | The Liberty Loan committee has received word that the airplanes | !ume to his express business. icken Lone Star State With —Other Notes. | Berli: | Liberty loan is $70,000, which is omoting the sale of Liberty Bonds. | Tece hile in Brownsville, Mr, Benson was | Which were scheduled to fly over the | ken ill with pneumonia, and he died | town Tuesday will not do so until ftter a brief illness. Burial will be | Thursday of next week. Brownsvile, with full miitary hon- Miss E. D. Strong of New is the guest of Miss Churchill. John JTubbard a Civil War veteran, | has Been admitted to the New Rritain | hospital ith pneumonia. is il a[\ Haven Besides his parents, irvived by six brothe structor at Yale laf, Victor, Edwin and st named being now wit ' in France; and two sis Afe of F. G. Krame benson. With the ex hur, all the relatives Berlin Stevens Named for Representative. "he Republicans held an enthu ic caucus in the Town hall la vith a very large attendance, v the keen rivalry between candi- | ates for the nomination of represen- | tive, Francis Deming acted as mod- | SPEAR HEADS WAR BUREAU. rator and called the caucus to order | | t 8 o'clock, with C. F. Dodd as clerk. | Succeeds E. W. Christ, Who Now Has i Iuncied exd ,'(.'“\‘\f_’"s::“'f,’;\:. P Draft Board Position. 2. E. Austin, 53, and one compli- nentary for Col. Chas. M. Ja n of the fis. Mr. Stevens was declared the | W. Christ, ominee of the party. He has had | ganization held last evening in the | perience in the House before, hav- | mayor's office. Mr. Spear has served % represented this town in 1911, and | as treasurer of the war bureau and is e occupied a seat in the Senate in | thoroughly familiar with its work. 913. The caucus then proceeded to | Mr. Christ was compelled to resign ame candidates for ju of the | when he W »pointed chairman of eace. The choice was as follows the board for the instruction of draf- Nominees for of peace— Mr. Benson Adoph, an university, T is Tiilian Trehy, who her home In Kensington, is improving. | Steven Gisty died at his home in | Kengington at 10 o’clock Friday morn- ing from pneumonia, aged 38 years. | | He leaves a wife and five children. A service flag with two stars was stolen from the veranda of L. C. And- ! derson some time during the night caused | wegnesday. G Ar- East of in ption reside George P. Spear was elected chair- | war bureau to succeed B. at- a meeting of the or- vo | tees. | | STATE TAKES BOND. } State Treasurer Frederick S. | | | | | Cham- berlain of this city yesterday sub- scribed, on behalf of the state of | Connecticut, for a half million dol- lars worth the IFourth Liberty Th ate now owns $3,000,- Liberty Loans of the various of Loan. 000 in issues. INVENTORIES FILED The inventory of the estate of the Ann TLong, appraised at $2,100, s filed in the probate court today. The estate of the late Margaret Vogel is appraised at $430 and the estate of | sian have transferred three houses on |be open Saturday evening from CITY ITEMS. The New Britain Trust Company will be closed all day on Saturday, October 12th, Columbus Day, except in the evening from 7:30 to 9 o’clock when it will be open for the purpose of receiving deposits and subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan.—Advt. Private Benjamin Clark of Elm street is home from Camp Devens on a week-end furlough. 1 $160,000 I tested. | Mr. A. P. Leavitt has transferred prop- erty on Monroe street to EH. D. Hum- phrey. Private Irving Rachlin is ill at his home. Kirkor Sarkissian and John Gerago- Talcott street to Morris Richman. ’Fhe scheduled meeting of the New Britain Gardens committ did not | take place last evening, owing to the illness of several of the members. i The entertainment planned at tha | Y. M. C. A. for next Tuesday evening | has been postponed until November 3. The New Britain National Bank, The Commercial Trust Company and The New Britain Trust Company will 7:30 to 9 o'clock for the purpose of receiv- ing subscriptions to the Fourth Lib- erty Loan.—Advt, SCHOOLS TO REMAIN SHUT ANOTHER WEEK School Board Members Think Safety First Is Best Policy Regard- ing Epidemic. As was expected, the school board, jat its regular monthly meeting yes- terday, voted to keep the schools closed for another week or until the | epidemic is sufficiently checlked to avoid further danger of contagion. In | discussing the school situation, Chalr- man B. F. Gaffney explained that tha superintendent of health thaught it | best to keep the schools closed for | another week and the board voted to give Supt. S. H. Holmes the power to re-open the schools when it is ap- parent that the epidemic is waniag. The schools will probably re-open on October 21. The baard received communications from Physical Director Moorhead ana from Principal L. P. Slade relative to military training at the High school and it was voted to pursue a course of this kind under the direction of Mr. Moorhead. A favorable report on the L om was sent in to the state by State lartin Sny- der, though he made a few recom- mendaions to better conditions at the academic school. Secretary Farnham of the New Brit- ain Teachers’ club addressed a letter to the board asking for an appropri tion of $100 toward the necessary ex- pense of $250 or $300 to be paid Prof. William H, Fitzpatrick of Columbia who is to give a course of lectures here. Treasurer L. Hoyt Pease ex- plained that the school board ready ranning behind its the board voted to so Farnham in refusing his request. Reports on conditions at the Aca- demic High school and the Lincola street school hnildines indicated that it will take about $15,000 to remodel these structures to make them more fireproof and aof better use. It was also decided to charge out of town pupils attending the trade schonl an annual tuition of $150.00. Other ! 1ces taking place in the h | the | Rev. | to items of a purely routine matter were the late Sophia Helm at $1,495.08. taken up. PLAINILLE NEWS CONDELL VICTOR IN PRIMARIES CONTEST Defeats Simpson and Mills for Nomination for Representative IS SUBSCRIBED Services Omittéd in Congregational, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist Advent and Churches—Funeral of Private Green. The republican caucus for the nomination of candidates for repre- sentative, judge of probate and justice of the peace was held last evening. There was little interest in the cau- cus, judging by the attendance. Chair- man K. H. Hill of the republican town committee called the caucus to order and F. 8. Gwillim was chosen chairman of the meeting. The nomination for representative to the General Assembly: was con- A. H. Condell was nominated, the ballot resulting as follows: A S HE Condollis. TENT William J. Simpson . .20 M\‘ Condell is president of the Elm City Brass and Rivet Co. He has served one term in the house of Tepre- sentatives. No other contests took place and the nominations were as follows: Judge ot Probate—George R. ington. Justice of the peace—-C. M. O. Ryder, Schuyler B. $150,000 In Bonds. The Liberty Bond sales committee at its meecting last evening received reports which showed the total bond sales in town amounted to $150,000. It is expected that the reports at the meeting on Monday evening will show that the town has gone over the top By- H. Calor, ‘Williams. in meeting the quota of $162,000. Omit Services All services and meetings in the | Congregational church will be omitted tomorrow and until such time as there is a change in the influenza and pneumonia epidemic situation. Rev. Gillette said this morning that the purpose of the action is to pre- vent a spread of the discase. Acting upon the suggestion of health officials, services will be omitted in the hurch of Our Savior tomorrow, No services will be held until further notice. Services in the Baptist Advent and Methodist churches will ke omitted in the future because of the epidemic and at the suggestion of ‘he heaith officer. Military Funeral. The funeral of Private Joseph P. Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Green, was held this afternoon, serv >me and at Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Junes MeDonard, act ng pastor, ofliciated. Members »f the State G '2rd attended as A squad ¢l il.e military over the ‘e and tag sour ded. escort, All persons owning property liable taxation in the town of Plainville on October 1, 1918, are hereby notifi | to file a prescribed printed list of such taxable property, perfected accarding to law, with the Board of Assesso on or before November 1, 1918. A description of such property or estate, each parcel ta be separately described, must be made out and properly sworn to. Failure to return a 1 failure to provide a proper description; or failure to have list properly sworn to obliges the assessors to fill out or per- fect list far ch deliquent, adding thereto 10 per cent. penalty pre- scribed by law, Blanks caa be ob- tained of the sors, at the town clerk’s office, Judge Byington's drug stor Assessors office to , October 19, m.; on Saturday, from 9 a. m. to 5 m.; October from 1 Tuesday, October m. to 5 p. m.; Wednesday, October 30, 1:15 p. m. to 5 p. m., and 7 to 8:30 p. m.; Thursday, October 31, 1:15 p. m. to 5 p. m., and 7 to 8:30 p. m.; and Frid: November 1, m. to 5 p. m. and 7 to 8:30 p. Signed: L. B. TUCKER, F. T. WHEELER, OLIVER H. ROBERTSON, ssors of Town of Plainville. in St. Josepl & cemetery. or at at the town receive lists an Se from 1:15 p. m. to October 26, on Monday, . m. to 5 p. m. rom 1:15 p. will be b 9 a. A took rplace WHEN Il‘ SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE MONEY On what you think is your limited income, look around and you will find friends with smaller regularly. some of incomes who save money Maybe you will have the ccurage to try it for yourself, You will need a real determination to save if ever expect to accom- plish anything first important thing is to v necessity for it. Then open a savings account here as soon as you can. your in that way, and the alize the BANKING HOURS: 9 a.m. to 3 p. Saturday—9 a, m. 7 p. m. to THE Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN. m. and to 12 m. 9p. m. ! tones to it 1918, THE RED CROSS Appeals to THE WOMEN OF NEW BRITAIN There are houses where, because of sickness, there is abso- lutely no one to help. Nurses cannot be obtained. Suppose that Were Your Home! You can be of use in various needed ways. sary that you be a nurse. It is not neces- You can be protected from infection. In the name of mercy and our common brotherhood volun- teer if possible. Send your Name to the War Bureau, City Hall. night 'fhe Lody arrived last from Camp Merritt, N. J. Rally D2y ¥y will be observed to- morrow at the A. M. E. Zion church. The usual services will be held. The church is conducting a debt paying campaign for the purpose of paying off the church mortgage. The big cam- paign meeting will be held in Novem- ber. Funeral of Miss Smith. The funeral Miss Jeanette Smith was held this afternoon at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Simon Smith of East Main street, Rev. Gil- | lette of the Congregational church officiating. The remains were taken to Middlebury for burial. Letter From Gage Kent. Gage Kent who was once employed in Byington’s drug store, and who is | medical Captain J. H. Trum- | now in France corps, writes to bull, telling him of his transfer to a hospital near the fighting line, and relates some of his experiences since he has been near the front. Dear Captain: Have at last got somewhere where there is somethinz going on in the war game that looks more like active service. For the past four months I have been working in a Camp In- firmary on paper work mostly, al- though we did quite a lot of dres but the wounds we dressed there were not from bullets as it was an Engineer's Depot. Had a chance to see something of the work required to run a war from the Service of Supply. Was trans- ferred from the 24th Engineers Evacuation Hospital, No. 3, of the 1st Army Corps and have been on the move considerably up to the present. Hope we in our present head- quarters for a while as we have taken over a French hospital and it somewhat more convenlent than working in tents and sleeping under the stars. with the | Most of the magnitude of | to | Had quite a time finding the out- | fit as they were moving time but got to-see quite a France because of it. We had ond class coach to ourselves (there were twenty-five in the bunch) and had a fine time sleeping in the car on the cushioas, with the train bump- ing along and stopping at every sid- ing. Got into several air-raids and know how it feels to climb out of bed and tear into a dugout with nitroglycerine and other high explosi all around. There is a peculiar sinis- ter sort of hum to the Mercedes en- gines used by the Boche planes, that one doesn’t forget having once heard it. There seems to bout an octave part and readily distinguishable from the sound of the Allied planes. ly is a most wonderful sight and hear an air 1 is somewhat inclined to forget that it s also more or le; in the immediate vicinity during the display not only from the aeroplane bombs but from the shells fired by the anti-aircraft guns. 1 have a souvenir of a lead bullet, or ball, rather, which hit the ground much too close to be comfortable. It was from a shell fired during the rald. helmet affords considerable protec- tion. Was down to a cert tleground not long ago and was out examining some giant shell craters, some of them large enough to small house in, when I came across abandoned German one-man au- lot o sec- to see in famous bat- an tomatic rifle with several clips lying | near loaded. These clips are in the ehape of a half circle and snap in on the underside of the barrel in front of the trigger. Don’t know whether you have seen them or not but thes Lifiles weigh about twice what an or- dinary gun weighs and have two han- brojecting downward to hold by, They have an air cooling “with a bell-shaped muzzle looking very much like an old time blunderbus used in the time of the Pilgrims. The breech and bolt recoil and reload imuch the same as the Colt automatic but when the breech closes dles them system it leaves the firing pin caught on the | | sear until just r clever mechanism revolves slightly in | § nd | as it locks when a very releases the pin thing is which is - a groove and fires the piece. The whole very simple cxcept the clip holds about 18 cartridgs and be two distinct | It certain- | raid at night and one | dangerous to be Al set a | about at the | of | | Examined several dugouts of Get- | man manufacture, one of which evi- able to become bent by rough hand- ling as they are made of steel stamp- ings and rather thin for so large a magazine. Just for the fun of it T took it down in the crater and threw in a clip but before I fired I took the | plece all apart as I had heard of pins being removed from abandoned guns 50 they would explode on being flred by their captors. However everything appeared'O. K. and I let her go. About eight shots got out befores 1| could let go the trigger and it sure | did make some racket as there wdre | some camions along the road and the drivers who were sitting around eat- ing their lunch all ducked for cover. dently had been occupled by officers as the interior was finished off with paper pasted on the walls and bench~ | es built of cord wood and rough | plank were set up against one side. | They evidently expected to stay there | for some time, But were out of luck the houses around here are made of field stone held_together with mortar and with red tile roofs, wood ! being used but very little except on | the interior ,and when once such a town has been taken by the Germans | and then recaptured it has much the appearance of a stone quarry about | five minutes after the iwelve o'clock whistle blows. There will certainly be a big job for some one after the war rebuilding these towns and they ! won't be done in thirty days either. ! So far have scen but one air bat- tle and that ended in a draw by the Boches fleeing for home. Visited the cemetery where Major Lufberry and St Blair Thaw are buried along side of a number of others more or less famous. The war situation looks very satis- factory just now according to the papers we get. There is a Paris ed tion of the New York Herald and also | of the London Daily Mail, 4 cents each, which covers the field very well and gives us the important home news. Came across Tom Petinato and a_ few Plainvillo the other day as I was get and John | from \ Prior others They were on their way to the front | | ting off the train to fill my canteen. \ dropping | | ber 15 somewhere. How is the State Guard along? Haven't seen very news about the town since I have | been over here and would like to know how things are going. Yours very truly, GAGE KENT. i P. S—That transfer “queered” my sergeancy. Was within one day of it. | getting | much | Chance for Stenos. The demand for stenographers and typists in various governmental of- | fices in Washington continues despite the large additions to the force in tr last few months. In order that the| eligible list will be kept up and that appointments can be made as fast demands are made the United States civil service commission is planning to hold frequent examinations. Tests will be held October and Novem- far eligibles for appointments to clerkships. Knowledge of steno- sraphy and typewriting is essential. There will also be weekly examina- tlons for stenographers aad typists. Chance for Commissions. An opportunity is offered to local voung men to train for commissions }driver | take in the delivery, | held in the army. Central training schools far officers are to be open at Camps Lee and Pike for the infantry branch of the service and at Camp Zcakary Taylor for the field artillery and at Camp Hancock for the machine gun branch. Captain Alfred H. Crossman will be at Trinity college, Hartford to receive applications. CLAIMS GRIP CURE Man From North Carolina Claims Asafoetida and Whiskey Will Break The Disease, Charles Vick of Clayton Road, em- ployed at the Bristol Brass Co., has come forward with what he claims is a sure cure for the grip or influenza. 0 certain is Vick that his remedy, ‘which he claims was used by his inother, when he a baby on.a Alorth Carolina plantation, will cure that he has written to President Wil- san and- also to Mayor Quigley. F has given his prescription to the presi delat with tho suggestion that it be triizd in the camps, and to the mayor wilh the advice that the people of Netv Britain use it. 1'he remedy which Vick says will cun: the grip consists of a solution of asapoetida in whiskey. (A half ounce of msafoetida gum dissolved in a half pint. of whiskey is the remedy. This should be taken four times a day, ‘says, in connecfion with a mild pur- ative. Aqcording to Vick, when he was a child he was{almost dead with the grip \vhen an bld colored man visited his hiuse and advised the use of the albove prescription. was says 1N THE WRONG CELLAR oal and Wood Co, Custortiers of City Pay For foal That Goes to the Wrong Parties. Manager Frank H. ity Coal and Wood Co., entered com- plaints with Prosecuting George W. Klett today sons livitig on Oak street Johnston of the Attorney against per- who refuse ! to pay far or give up coal delivered to Warrants for the ‘will be ued. them by tmistake. arrest of 'thé persons The cotil in question was ordered and paid {'or by other parties and the of the coal team made a mi One of the per- sons repres ented to the coal man that she was the party who had order- ed and paid for the coal. ‘'When the mistake waxs discovered demand was made for th> coal and it was prompt- ly refused 4nd the person mositively refused to let the coal man take it away. SOLDIER} BURIED TODAY. The funeral of Private Alexander Cierszko of tlie 38th U. 8. Infantry, who died a wiek ago today at Camp Beauregard, Ial, of pneumonia, was this mor ning 30 o’clock from the Sacr>d hurch. In- terment was in Sacred Heart All Public Day and Evening Schools of New Britain will remain closed until Monday, October 21. By Order of The School Committee of the Consolidated Schoel District.