New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1918, Page 5

$1.75 $1.50 AILY s NEW BKITAIN T $12.00 X N2 RO X it 2 $20.00 Our Contracts Placed Last July Before the Advance in Price. Vou Getthe Benefit AUTO THIEF GOES | T0 JAIL; 60 DAYS Youh Who Took Car Tells Semi-Pathetic Tale ‘ | Jonn Burnetski, aged 17, sen- enced to 60 days in jail by Judge J Kirkham in this morning’s s on »f the police court, for the theft of a Ford car owned by Superintendent Fish of the Shuttle Meadow Club, ski took the car it wa Tuesday night and drove in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. arrested yesterday mornig Chiet Brennan of the amford police et the request of the local authorities and brought to this city for trial. An edditional charge of the theft of a bicycle was brought in connection with a the other charge. The bicycle was taken on the same evening, from Bpring street, and abandoned near the garages of the Shuttle Meadow Club. About a week ago, Mr. Fish com- to plained to the police that his car, a ¥ord runabout, was missing from the garage, and that he chauffeur, Burnetski, he had not appeared for work. Noth- ing was heard of the car until Sun- vy evening when it was again found in the garage. Fish reported the mat- ter to the police and on Monday morn- ing, Captain Thomas Grace learning that Burnetski had left on the morn- ng train for Pennsylvania, notified Chief Brennan of Stamford, and the arrest followed. urnetski told a story of receiving letters from his mother who sick in Pennsylvania and who wished to see him. He received a letter Tues- day evening, when he was finishing his day’s work with the club's buss, stating that she was very low and of the theft asking him to come quick. He started | but club to return ran out of gas on Spring he had no other way of re club, he appropriated found on Spring and went to the club, returning later with g in Fish’s car. e then drove the buss back to its garage, and as he was too late to get the train that would bring him to Pennsylvania, he took Fish’'s car and drove it to his home in that state. Sunday his mother requested that he come to New Britain and bring his sister, Mrs. Santi back, and he did so, leaving the stolen car in the garage Burnetski has lived in this city for about four years. At one time his for the the bus, street. As ching the cle which is very | $:8.00 B.C.P family lived on Smalley street but re- turned last year to their former home in Pottsville. He remained here, he said, as he could earn more than he could in the He admitted having obtained his driver’s license through misrepresen- tation of his age, though no charges were brought against him on this count GERMAN SUBMARINES ARE TAKEN TO FRANCE Dec. 10.—Five trawlers are expected to arrive at Cherbourg to- day, each towing a German subma- rine. This will be the first group ot U-boats to be handed over to ¥ It includes one of the most v els of the submersible The Japanese armored sshin, with two torpedo boats, Paris, uiser S ARMISTICE XTENSION THURSDAY Berlin (Via Amsterdam), Dec. 10.— Mathias Erzberger, head of the Ger- man armistice delegation, announces that the French government has re- quested the German army command to designate plenipotentiaries to con- | for regarding the prolongation of the armistice. The delegates will meet at Treves, in Rhenish Prussia, December 12 and 13 mines of Pennsylvania. | A TR . P | | tainment and, according to the t RALD, $3.90 PROGRAM. RED CROSS Free Entertainment at the Grammar School Hall on December 18. There will be a Red Cross enter- talnment at the Grammar school hall ‘Wednesday evening, December 18. No attempt will be made to solicit memberships, and the entertainment | will be free and open to the public. The program will begin at 8 o’clock and will consist of four-minute speak- ers chosen from the pupils at the Grammar school, Red Cross tableaux and appropriate music. Competitive trials are being held for places on the | program. The central Red Cross committee has sanctioned this ente ach- ers at the it the heartiest school, have given approval and support STATE GRANGE TO MEET. Hartford, Dec. 10.—Matters of legislative interest and particularly the of the national prohibi- tion amendment, for which the Con- necticut State Grange stands in favor, will occupy the principal attention at the 34th annual sessiop, which will be held at Foot Guard hall, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 14, 16 and 16. This is the off-year for election, the only business being the election of a member of the executive committee for threa years. passage TUESDAY, DECEMBER = SR —— 1 \ \\\ AR " -, A $30.00 $21.00 $4.75 The Store of a Thousand Gifts. Watch OurWindows. New Pieces Every Day | DOCTORS SEEKING SPECIAL RIGHTS Want Permission to Park Their Auto- mobiles In Restricted Area If Necessary. Probably as a sequel to the arrest of a local doctor for leaving his auto- mobile in the restricted zone longer than the time allowed, the New Britain Medical society met yesterday afternoan and discussed a proposed change in the city ordinance relating to the parking of automobiles in the restricted area. The doctors find that as the ordinance now reads, it works a hardship with them inasmuch as they lose much valuable time in tak- ing their car to some side street to park it. They wish to have the privilege ot leaving their autos where they can be mast easily obtalned in case of an emergency. At the present time thero is a very small space in the center of the city which is an unrestricted area and in this only thirteen automobiles can be parked at one time. In a city the size of New Britaia it does not take long for 18 automobiles to fill up the parking space and whenever the doctors are called to patients near the center of the city they are forced to go probably as far as Washington street before they can leave their car without taking a chance of remaining more than 40 minutes. GENERAL GOETHALS URGES LEGALIZING WAR CONTRACTS 10.—Legislation Washington, Dec. | legalizing informal government war contraects is urged as necessary to pre- vent bankruptcy of many industries by Major-General Goethals, of the general staff, and Mr. Crowell, assist- ant secretary of war, before the house military committee. ““Without the legislation there will be many cases of bankruptey,” de- clared Mr. Crowell, “and the govern- ment will be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars, with court litiga- tion probably pending for years.” CHANGE PRICE OF HOGS. Chicago, December 10.—Extensive changee in average prices on hogs at various livestock centers have been undertaken by the U. 8. Food admin- istration’s stabilizatién and ocentrol committee. @At a meeting of the com- mittee held today ib was an od that the average price set at, Pittss ‘burgh, for instance, will hereafter be $17.65, as against $17.80, whick re- cently had prevailed. STRASSBOURG GIVES - WELCOME TO FRENCH President Poincare and Americam Officials Loudly. Acclaimed—Many Ceremonies Being Planned. Strassbourg, Dec. 9.—Strassbourg’s welcome to President Poincare, Pre- mier Clemenceau and other official representatives of the French govern- ment took on a more popular aspect this afternoon following the formal ceremonies of the morning. Great crowds fllled the gaily beflagged streets and waves of enthusiastie cheers passed along the thoroughfara while the veteran soldiers of France were being reviewed by the presis deat. A drizzling rain failed to the enthusiasm of the throngs which cheered wildly whenever President Poincare or his colleagues appeared. Jen. Pershing and Willlam Graves f Sharp, American ambassador, were received with cries of ‘“Vive I'Amer« ique,” while Fleld Marshal Halg was welcomed by theers for Great Brits dampen 3. The Freach officials left ‘tonight for Colmar, ‘where ceremonies Wil take place tomorrow. They will them go to Mulhouse where elaborate prep ! arations for the visit have been mads