New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1918, Page 7

¥ BERLIN NEWS the school board. fghea 130 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1018, ing Center Suggestions For Christmas Gifts to be Found in Furniture IF LOOKING Dept. FOR SOMETHING FOR A LADY, WE SAY COME THE MANY APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL THINGS FROM WHICH KASY SELECTION CAN BEF MAN, WE TLL CARD TABLES, SMOKING S THINGS THAT WOULD PLEASE HIM. MAD! FOR THERE ARE TANDS, EASY CHAIR VISIT FURD SAY COM IF THE GIFT IS WANTED FOR A SLIPPER STANDS, AND ITURE OTHER DEPART- MENT, IN NEW SECTION, WHERE, OCCUPYING TWO FLOORS, YOU WILL F. ND AN EXTENSIVE SHOWING OF THE VERY BEST. OF SOLID MAHOGANY you will find Desk Writing Tables in Queen Anne model that will give great pleasure to any receive one S CWING CABINET:! womar of solid mahogany in Martha Washington lucky enough to $42.50 each de- 0 sign, with 3 drawers and end pockets for your work, fitted with invisible hinges. A most fair sex A HANDY TE rubber tired value, for Other Tea Wagons, bean finish for $16.50. MORRIS CHAIRS, With f1 Spec position. leather. wheels delightful gift to present to any A WAGON and of mahogany, glass tray. Is made removaable mahogany finished, A special Tea Wagon of walnut the push button style, making umed oak frames covered in brown 1 at our Xmas price : for $18.50 and $15.00. member of the $12.50 each fitted with four Regular $18.50 $14.50 each Jaco- for $27.50 each. it easy to change imitation Spanish SLIPPER CABINETS of solid mahogany, something any man would be pleased to get, and we offer a bargain at WRITING TABLE with large drawer, pockets for with antique cane Xmas price but SEE THE .\II‘J refreshment when scooped shelves for $6.50 cach. panel. Made of solid mahogany. FIN STAND! the frends call. Solid mahogany A mighty nice gift and not expensive at that. HALL CLOCKS in the real old Colonial fine works, tubula $185.00 each. style, with r and gong chimes. Choice at $80.00, S that the women find so handy Muffin Stands Inlaid Muffin Stands offered at $7.50 each. .. $25.00 nd back Price -was $45.00. $29. for serving with mahogany case, $90.00, $125.00 and What a royal gift one would make to the whole family. HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. | ENING SCHOOL TO0 " OPEN NEXT WEEK t Session_YEI_Be fleld Mon- ay Evening at 7:80 0'Clock ERS OFFERS SERVICES | ial | Appeal the | oreign Born to Attend this Course ¥s Made for arious Items of Interest About he Town. | embers of the local school board | ounced this morning that the even- s¢hool, which has been planned for Ipast two months, will hold its first jon Monday evening at the Ken- on Grammar school at 7:30 | ck. The purpose of this school is | ive the foreign born people in Ken- | on a chance to learn the rudi- | ts of the American eby helping them to ‘become bet- Many local language, | i citiens of this country. [ple have volunteered their services | eachers and among them is Dwight ers, 4 University graduate, who is | ing to give part of his spare time | helping to teach the foreigners in | town of Berlin. 11 plans and arrapTementd have | yet been made, but will be' com- | ed some time next week at the bting of the committee appointed | It is not vet de- ! bd whether the school will be open night in the week or only two | ree nizhts a week. All those who | nd to attend the school, will meet iss Bassett’s room on the top floor he Kensington Grammar school. Ventres Wrestles to a Draw. Jvah Ventres, the well known | stler, returned from Boston yeste: afternoon, after wrestling with | Kilorin, “The Norwegian Whirl- | ", at the Grand Opera House in | pton, two hours. to a draw, on | rsday evening Ventres' opponent \ pounds while Ventres | Ventres was the whole | ghed 148 agtion of the evening and has been | red by Promoter Toohey to meet lcomers for the 148 pound class mpionship of New England. Acorns’' Championship Game. e Acorns of Kensington will meat | Redwoods of New Britain in a mpionship game Sunday afternoon he Berlin Fair groupds. Both Ins come well recommended and record of many victories. The ns have been practicing for the week and are confident they aro | hg to give the Redwoods tho | fest battle of the season. Tho ‘woods, on the other hand, are ex- ing to have aa easy victory cver | Acorns, g00d game is promised and a | ¢ crowd is expected. Fullback | mard Arute, the star of the sca- | Thas been daing wonderful work | is expected to show the Red- | ds a few pointers on football. he kick-off will be at 3 o'clock church ia i students who sharp, and Earl Gibney has been se- cured as referee. Church Notices. Services tomorrow marning at the First Congregational church in Ken- sington will be held at 10:45 and Sun- day school at 12 o’clock. Rev. Carle- ton W. Hazen will deliver the sermoa. Christian Endeavor will meet at 5:30 o’clock. Masses at St. Paul's church to- morrow morning will_ be celebrated by Father J. C. Brennan at 9 o’clock. Rev. S. A. Fiske will preach the ermon at the Second Congregational Berlin tomorrow morning at 10:45 o’clock. Sunday school will be at 12 and Christian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 o'cack. Berlin Briefs. Troop 5 of the Kensington Boy Scouts held a regular meeting at the | chapel last evening. A benefit dance held at the Berlia A Dbenefit dance was held at the Berlin Grange hall last evening: A. H. Kempton, of Westfleld. has taken up his old residence on Berlin street. Erwin Whitman of the TUnited States arm; stationed at Fortress Monroe is vsiting his parents at théir home in Kensington. W. W. Whitman is slowly recover- ing from pneumonia. 1,100 JEWS MASSACRED Hundreds Are Burned to Death in Synagogue or Shot in Flight in Semberg Riots. London, Nov. 30. ws were killed during the recent miassacre in Lemberg, according to dispatches in the Berlin newspapers transmitted by the Copenhagen corres- pondent of the Central News. Hundreds of Jews are said to have barricaded themselves in a synago- gue, which was set afire. Those who J Hattempted to escape from this refuge were fired upon. Stockholm, Nov. of the Jewish News Agency it was an- nounced today that in the pogroms last Friday and Saturday in Lembersg, Galicia, the Jewlsh suburbs and other parts of the city were destroyed. Bombs were thrown on 600 Jewish houses and several thousand persons were killed, it was asserted. Ex-Pres. Taft, Fox's theater, Dec. 16. —advt, WORK FOR AVIATORS. Free Employment Bureau for Men In Afr Service. New York ov. 30.——At the request of army, navy and postal officials, the Aerial L.eague of America has estab- ished here a free employment bureau | for aviators, it was announced today. Airmen now in military and naval service will be given opportunity to obtain positions in the various avia- tion projects. Men experenced in air mechancs alsa wil be benefitad by the employ- ment burean SUMME] SCHOOL AT YALE. New Haven, Nov. o make up time the Yale law school probably will hold a summer term, Dean Swan stated today. The dates would be from June 16 to August 29, It 1s pointed out that to bring sabout a yulck readjustment in the university some depariments will have to facile ftate the making up of lost time by now are about to be discharged from service. Eleven hundred @ 30.—At the office | FLOATS FOR NEXT SATURDAY WANTED Committee Requests the Loan of All Auto Trucks That Can Be Spared For This Purpose. There is every indication that the British Day parade next week Satur- day will prove one of the largest and finest “exhibitions of this kind witnessed in New Britain. However, the committee on floats is determined { that in this respect, at least, the par- 1” ade will surpass splendor anything I\\'hi(‘,‘h the city has heretcfore wit- j nessed. Alreasy every factory has promised to contribute one or more floats elaborately decorated, but this i5 only the nucleus of the vast num- ever ready being consummated. In this connection, the committee on floats wishes to have it known that the committee desires that every in- dividual or company owning a truck, which can possibly be spared, be | loaned for the parade. When neces- | sary, the float committee will attend to the decorating. On the other to provide trucks for societies or | other organizations who are willing | to attend to the decorations, but who w‘do not own trucks. In either case, | it is urged that those desirous of co- operating in this matter will kindly communicate with A. P. Marsh chair- | man of the committee on fioats. | (o P | ~—advt. OUT GF WAR PRISON, { rive in London With First Quota. Corporals William O'Sulllvan of | Forestville and William Lilly of South- the first contingent of from German camps. Corpora) ‘ly reported as killed in action and | on the service flag of St.” Matthew’s | church in Forestville for him. | CAN INDICT WILHELM. Newcastle, Nov. 30.—In a speech delivered here last evening Premier | Lloyd George, dealing with the ques- | tion of the responsibility fo¢ the inva- sion of Belgium, said the British gov- { ernment had consulted some of the | 8reatest jurists of the kingdom, and had arrived at the concluslon that in emperor was guilty of an indictable offence, for which he ought to be held HAD SERVED IN FRANGE | Brock thq only heroine which | to | met. | afternoon | and was born in Plainville. | ness education she entered | she left for New | the | nurses at that | vears ama | Cross and | special | tried to obtain her services, ber for which arrangements are al- | hand, the committee has undertaken | | the body is overworked, she was forced | Ex-Pres. Taft, Fox’s theater, Dec. 18. | | tors, S o ! ordered her Forestville and Southington Boys Ar- | | sent immediately to Washington. Sh ington are listed as being members of | American | prisoners of war to arrive in London | already a gold star has been placed | | sky. HAPPY that they unanimously and defnicely | 1 the boy or girl who has an their judgment the one time German | PLAINVILLE NEWS LOCAL ARMY NURSE DIES OF SHELL SHOCK Plainville S;ddened by News of | Monica Brock’s Death and all flags were lowered to half mast. Miss Brock Is survived by her par- | ents, five sisters, Mrs: Augustine Green, wife of Majer Augustine Green, B. Ordnance; Mrs. P Smith of Hartford; Miss Anba Brock of Plainfield, N, J.; Miss Nelile Brock and Miss Mary Broek ef this townj and a brother, John Breck, ef Iart- ford. Washington to take charge of the body and will probably accompany it to this town. Funeral arrangements are not cemplete, Church Ttems. Major Green left last night for | McADOO DOES NOT SEEK PRESIDENCY | Would Net Twrn His Hand Over for | 1 | | | | | | Any Offico, 'Treasury Secrotary Says i Asheville, N, €, Nov. 30.—8pend- | | ing an heur here to inspect Grove Park Inn, with a possisble view to sepnding his vacation there on retiring from office in January, Becretary McAdoo Congregational church—The usual | morning service, with sermen will be Was Only Woman From This Town to Join Regular Army For Over- seas Work—Regular Church Serv- ices Tomorrow-—Briefs, Plainville last night when {t was learned that Miss Monica this was saddened | tewn had in the great world war, is dead. To go to France and suffer all possible sufferings and then fo return this country a physical wreck is the fate which Miss Moniea Brock It was the one ambition of her lite to see service in ‘Jie great war and the seeing of that service has cost her life. Miss Brock was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Brock of South Washington street and died yesterday at St. Elizabeth’s hospital | in Washington, D. C., which is an army hospital for those who have re- turned broken in health from France. | Miss Brock was a United States Army nurse. During her stay in France she worked continually, and overwork 03 UINJPI I9Y POOJOJ JPOYS [[OYS PUF this country. She was 33 years old Her early life was spent in this town where she received her education. She was & graduate of New Britain High school and of a private business college in Hartford. Afte; finishing her busi- | the, em- ploy of the Bristol Savings bank | where her work was highly com- mended by her employers. The call for the good of humanity was elways in her and she obeyed this call when York and entered the New York city hospital where she trained for her profession. Her work as an undergraduate was remarkable, | and as soon as she was graduated, | she was sought by many for privne] work. Thie she did for some time ' but later she entered the employ of Morgan Memorial hospital in New York. She was superintendent of institution for three left there to enter the army. From the start of the great war | she had always had a desire to enter the army as a nurse and when the United States at last entered the war e was among the first to offer her | arvic She was sought by the Red could have had a lucra- | tive position in this country, but her | thoughts and desires were for serv- | ice right up i nthe front line trenches with the real heroes. The Bellevue hospital in New York organized a unit for service overseas and | but again she declined for a mere humble posi tion. Her call to duty as a United | States Army nurse finally came and in December, 1917, she started on | active duty. In February her plea to | Pe sent overseas was answered and she was sent to France. Before sall- | ing she had a furlough which she spent at her home here. When she arrived in France she was sent to var- ious places. At Neutilly her great- est work was done and in the pages of history which will deal with the work of the nurses the.name of Moni- ca Brock of Plainville, Conn), U. S. A, should be among the first. ! The strain of the hard work told on her after six months but she would not give in. Her vitality was remark- ed of, but, at last, as in all cases where to retire. " Even then she was unwil- ling to leave, but her condition con- tinued to grow worse, and the doc- fearing an attack of amnesia, return to this countr: She arrived here in OctoBer and was was a physical wreck when she ar- rived back in this country. Her en- | tire nervous system was affected and her condition was attributed to shell ! shock. Two weeks ago her sister, | Miss Anna Brock, a dietitian at the | Plainfield hospital in Plainfield, N. J., O’Sulllvan was previous- | visited her at the hospital and found her improving. ~Her condition must have changed suddenly for the tele- gram received here yesterday came | like a bolt of lightning from a clear The town was shrouded in grief account with the Bank and makes regular deposits. It is also a great help in, character building and pro- motes thrift. Your account is invited. 49 Interest paid on special deposits. THE Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN. | street. | was stdtioned at Camp Devens. } New York, in February, 1917, { held at 10:45. All departments of the Sunday school will meet it noon. The Christian Endeavor seciety will meet | at 6:30, leader Miss Helen Haton, topie: “All For Christ Our Pleasures’’. | At 7:30 in the evening there will | be a meeting of the finance committee at the parsonage. The team in the “‘every member canvass” and the of- ! ficers of the brotherhood will meet to discuss plans for the canvass, which will be held December 8, and also to discuss plans for the Brotherhood supper which will be held December 12. Plainville Baptist morning services will be held at 10.45 and the theme for the sermon will be “Godliness is Profitable’, The Sunday school will meet at 12:06 and at 3 p. m. Mrs. Lulu Loveland Shep- ard will give an address for women only on the “Menace of Mormonism."” All the women of the community are invited. The Young People’'s mervice will he held at 6:00 p. m. At T:00 o'clock the pastor will speak of “Captivity Turned.” | Episcopal church-—The celebration of Holy communion and morning ' service will be held at 10:45. There will be Sunday school at noon. A. M. E. Zion church—Sermon at 10:45: Bunday school at 1 0; Eve- ning worship and celebration of the Holy communion at 7:45. Rev. . F. Barrow, minister. Mass will be celebrated at m. at the Church Mercy. tev. W. P. Laflin 'celebrated a month's mind mass of requiem this morning for the late Miss Catherine | Hughes. At the Advent Christlan chureh, Rev. J. Willlam Denton, former pas. tar, will occupy the pulpit for both the morning and evening services ti morrow. Morning worship at 10:45. The Lord’s supper will be commemo- rated at the close of the morning ser- mon. Suaday school at 12:08. Young Peaple’s serylce at 6 p. m. and even- ing sermon at 7, New Postal Order. All mail addressed to the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces in Europe should bear the sender's name and address. The war department ad- vises that this is particularly neces- sary in regard to the mall sent to those forces hereafter, in order that the mail which arrives in France for units and individuals, who have rea turned to stations in America and whose forwarding addresses are no longer available abroad, may be re- turned to the senders. Brief Items. Corporal Raymond Roberts of Fortress Monroe, Va., is spending a furlough at his home on West Main church—The 10:30 a. of Our Lady of BSeaman Roger Cowles, U. S. N. spending a furlough at his home West Main street. is on WANTED-—To board a six months old baby in a Plainville home. Tel- ephone evenings, Plainville 105-3 11-30-2d4 ANOTHER LOCAL BOY MISSING. Joseph Prampa, Seventy-Sixth Divi- sion Man, on Day’s Casualty List. Today's casualty list contains the added name of Private Joseph A. Prampa whose address is given as 313 ‘Washington street, New Britain. He is reported missing In action since October 10. e left this city with a draft contingent last September and He was a member of Company D., 802nd Machine Gun Battalion and sailed for France with the T6th division in July. He is 22 years old. His nearest ac- quaintance living here is Albert Mon- kewicz whose address is that mention- ed above as at 313 Washington street. Samuel Bull of Plainville has re- ceived a telegram from his sister who lives in Washington stating that his ‘brother, Ralph Reed Bull, is missing in action in France since early in Oc- tober. He lived In the state of Wash- ington and enlisted in a unit known in that state as the Washington Rangers who are that state much like the 69th of New York and the 102nd of Connecticut. No direct word has been heard from Private Bull for several weeks. PRINCE ANTOINE KILLED. Great Grandson of King Louis France Falls From Plane. London, Nov. 30—Prince Antoine Gaston Philippe of Bourbon-Orleans, great grandson of King Louis Phillppe of France, died in a military hospital from injuries sustained in the fall of an airplane while flving from France to England. of Prince Antoine was the son of Prince Gaston, Count a@'Eu, and Prin- cess Isabelle of Bragana. He was born in 1881 and early in the war was a captain in the Royal Canadlan Dragoons. ESCAPES ELECTRIC CHAIR. Albany, N. Y, Nov. 30.—Governor ‘Whitman today commuted to life im- prisonment the sentence of death im- posed upon Francis Linton. convicted of the murder of Joseph Katzen, a trainer, in the Harlem Sporting club, Liaton | had been sentenced to death in ths eloctric chalr next week. The govera- or's action was based, he explained, on & recommendation by Judge Ro- salsky. | swearing to false statements. | people of the Ugited called on Willlam J. Bryan unexpect- edly at the Bryan home and was met by the ex-secretary attired in a smok- ing jacked. Mr. Bryan said: | “We can lose most titles, hut we | both now have a title no one can take away from us, that of ‘ex.’” i Mr. McAdoo laughed about what he had previously said when asked about | his possible candidacy for president. | “I would not turn my hand over for any office,” he sald. “I am gratetul to the American people forf their sup-, port in trying times, and 1 would rather have their esteem and con- fidence than any office in Kheir gift.” In reply to a question, Mr. McAdoo made a joking remark that if he ever was a candidate he would not be of the type of “my friend Henry Ford” and do nothing to heip himself win, SOLDIER GETS 40 YEARS Camp Dix Descrter Gven Record Pen- alty for Deserting From Reduced to Twenty Years.. it Camp Dix, N. J., Nov. &0, record sentence for this camp was im- | posed by a court martial yesterday in Army. | the case of Jacob Seader of Warwick, N. Y., who received a senteace of forty years at hard labor and the loss of all rights for desertion, falsifying| the records o the draft hdard and Major | reviewing the case to twenty | in sentence General Scott, reduced the vears. | Eiverett Colby, of Oraage, N. J., of | the tank carps, is among the men | who atténded the Tank Corps Officers’ | Training school to be recommended or a commission, He said he would ask for a discharge, since there was | no chance for active service. | John Quian, one of the saldiers discharged from camp Wednesday, was drowned in the Delaware river at| Burlington vesterday. His body was Tecovered last night. | DEBS RAVING AGAIN Antl-War Spc:(; ‘m Toledo Wednes- } day May Cause Additional ’l‘rouhlc:- For Convicted Socialiste ‘{ Toledo, Nov. 30.- ties have sent to the Department of Justice at Washington a copy of a speech delivered by Eugene V. Debs at a socialist meeting here ‘on ‘Wed- | nesday night, suspecting that Debs | violated terms of the espionage dtaw | when he asserted that ‘‘the common | States did not declare’ war” and that “all wars are | wrong. | Local followers of Debs take the ' stand that with the signing of the armistice the war came to an end and that the specch could not be construed as interfaring with the military program of the country. Federal authorities are working on the theory that the speech was made to create the impression in foreign countries that the United States gov- | ernment did not ave the united sup- | port of the people in its war program. | "ederal authori- | 16 CAMPS TO CLOSE. Camp Devens Not Among Thosc to Be Abandoned, i Washington, Nov. 30.—The 16 so- | called tent camps originally construct- | ed as training centers. for National | Guard divisions will be abandoned &s | soon as practicable, Gen. March, chief | of staff, announces in a War Depart- | ment circular. { The camps are: Camp Green, Char- lotte, N. C.: Wadsworth, Spartanburg. Hancock, Augusta, Ga.: Mc- Clellan. Anniston, Ala.; Sevier, Green- ville, 8. C.; Wheeler, ~Macon, Ga.; MacArthur, Waco, Tex.; Logan, Hous- ton, Tex.: Cody, Deming, N. M.; Fort Bowle, Fort Worth, Tex. Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala.; Shelb: Hattiesburg, Miss.; Beauregard, AIex-" andria, La.; Kearney, Linda Vista, | Calif.; Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif, | The announcement does not m that the sites have been definitely re- jected as possible locations for per- manent military posts. At least two of them are under consideration in this connection. DEMANDS HOME RULE. Asquith Urges Speedy Settlement of Irish Question. London, Nov. 30.—Herbert H. quith, farmerly premier, in the course | of an election address to' his East Fife constituents, condemned any “ tamperiag with the essentials of free trade. He advocated the prompt in- troduction of home rule into Ireland and the undelayed removal of war restrictions upon personal liberty. Mr. Asquith dwelt upon the strengthened ties with the dominioas which had resulted frem war com- radeship. He said he expected a stim- ulated inter-imperial development of | commeon resources and a more fre- | quent and Intimate interchange ot counsel without ia any way impair- ing local autenomy. Ex-Pres. Taft, Fox's theater, Dec. 16, —advt. e m———————ee e | TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. FOR SALE—Good table cabbage, apples, beans, xllmendffl! otc. Price right for quick sale, | Carl Schwarts, 107 Glen street, ll-lfi-lflxl potatoes, | tended, | afternoon j DEATHS AND FUNERALS Miss Otherine Quinn, The funeral of Miss Catherine Quinn was held this morning from Bt. Jos- eph’s church at § o'clock. Interment was ih Bt. Mary's new cometery, Serv- jces were held from the house at 8:30. 'The funerrl was largely at- frionds of the family acting ns pall and flower bearers. The funoral mass, which was n rolemn high muass of requiem, was rung by Hev, Patrick Daly, celobrant, Rev, W, Roche, dexcon and Rev. Leo Sullivan, sub-deacon, The pall bearers were Froderick and Danlel Dunworth, Daniel und John Donnelly, Joseph Bennis and George Glossup, 'The flower hearers were Henry Frawley, Owen Qilbert, Harold and Frank Sage. There was a large number of floral offerings. Annte Smith, Curtls her Mrs. Mrs. Annie fmith. wife of Adam Smith of 76 street, died t morning at home. Bhe was 7% vears old, and leaves besides her hus- band, a daughter, Mre. Lottle Ontro- KK The funeral ‘will be held Mo 2 o'ciock. Rev. War- ren off and bur- ial will be in Fair Joseph H. Hoplkins, Joseph H. Hopkins, aged 85 yenrs, died this morning at 11 o'clock at hid home, 62 Burritt street. He vived by his wife and three Alfred ', of Winsted, Elbert and Northfleld, The taken to Northampton A, of Conn, be bur William R. Holcomb. William R. Holcom), aged at his home at 749 Stanley vesterday, Mr. Holcomb retired 1 business a number of years ago. was a resident of this for s ber of years, coming here from G by, his birthinlace, The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock his la home, Rev. M. 8. Anderson oficiating. Interment will be in the Spring Grove cemetery in Hartford tomorraw from Michacl Bannon. Michael Bannon, a former resident of this city, was buried in St. Mary's etery this morning. Mr. Bannon died in Springfield where he had heen living for some time previous to his death. He leaves a son, John Bannen, and a daughter, Mrs. Thomas O'Nefl, both of this city, Miss Mildred Bennis. Word was recetved In' this city this afternoon telling of the death of Miss Mildred B. Bennis. which oec- curred at her home at 26 Oltver street, Stamford, late yes- terday. She wns 28 years of age and formerly lived In this city. &he was a trained nurse and died of Infiu- enza contracted from a patient. FHer parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bennts, and.a brother, Walter, of Reading, Pa. survive her, Funeral arrangements are not yet compjete cerr John Kerrigan. John Kerrig: aged 74, died this morning at his home at 556 Mill street. He is survived by two brothers, Charles and James Kerrigan, of New Britain, and one sister, Mrs. James Murphy, also of this He also leaves eight children, four sons and four daughters, Michael rles, Jos- eph and Thomas Ker: Mrs. Andrew Fol Mrs. Monroe Mrs. John Rams Asal of New Britain The funeral will be held M morning from the St. Joseph chur at 9 o'clock and interment will be in the §t. Mary’s new cemetery of Troy, of NMiddletown. and Mrs. Adolf FOR HUBBY’S BODY Denth of Army Officer At Camp Sevier Reveals Dual Life—Ueaves Two Widows. Greenville, N. C.. Nov tragic death of Lieutenant Blettanberg of Camp Sevier in an au- tomobile accident near Greenviile h resulted in the revelation that he hi two wives, one of whom lives in Jer- sey City with their 15-year-old daugh- ter, and another from Little Rock, Ark., whom he married here on Nov. 2. A controve has developed be- tween the women and the military suthorities as to whom the body should be sent to for burial The second wife was Miss Stella Blanche Averett, 26 years old, who came to Greenville last December from Little Rock to be near a private in the 30th Division to whom she was engaged. He was sent overseas be- fore they could be married. She be- came a visiting belle of society, and was introduced to Lieutenant Blettan- berg. Today she would not believe the truth of hissidentification record at Camp Sevier that bore witness that he was married to another and that had designated as beneficiary of his $10,000 war < insurance a lodge in Brooklyn. Lieutenant Blettanberg, it learned, was the proprietor of a con- fectionery store in Jersey City. He was 89 years old. He is known tp have told friends that he wanted his body shipped to Jersey City in case anything happened to him. 30.—Tha Henry was WEST ENDS VS. RAMBLERS. A championship game between ths West Ends of Bristol and the Ram- blers of Hartford, will be played to- morrow afternoon on Muzzy's field in Bristol. The West Ends are confi- dent of victory and will fight hard to win the championship of northern Connecticut. Both teams have a good clean record ae hard fighters and have obtained a large series of victories over many Connecticut teams. A lange crowd 16 expected and “Bill” Dudaek, the local wthlete, will referee the game, The kick-off will be prompily at $:00 e'clock, A