New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1918, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1918 town of Seicheprey, and the “Jury” her homec. e sure was a pitiful April 20th. The battle lasted until. sight. After we cleaned up that town the 22nd but the Boche did not gain| we marched on about a kilo to the a foot It sure was a hot scrap. [ 'railroad. Evervthing that couldat was attached to the 1st Battalion as be moved had been set afire but the a “runner” at thattime and wasin a | Boche were in such a hurry that the dugout in Seicheprey e b dldn’t put enough oil on the railroad started at 3 A. M. T awoke and the ion and a few other things and whole place was rocking. Shells! the fires went aut. ”\: ° va}v:;“‘:"’m_’““ landed thick in the town unuil about| pile of ammunition there. ~Loag | i i - fore morning our work was done. | 8 A. M., when the barrage passed on | S (O e Bion to the rear and the Boche came over. OUr "’"“-'{“" s ‘j"’hy; q '::“Qr e w:‘\t IIHIS Llnmg Oi Cunam They got into the town but we drove 10Wh ’E”fi\l\‘;l‘: Sonho cen avete them out within two hours. They il : g 7 T | Mll bh . Tl enoiran 1 Rewi-| iient W tound & lok of German T 3y | ere” woods but w had our lines all €ats and cigarettes and some of the e Jods but we had ot es Sergeant Raymond Queenin of this ' cleared by the 22nd. They left the fellows had a fine party with German city, recently mentioned on the casu- town full of mines and liquid fire and Ge: : ! ar he next afternoon the Boche shell- B kel e el SR L O e e next s iteinioon e Bochioiahell, sent the following letter to a friend —_ostimated at 7 We had several i shal droied la whole Toad Tot in this city, ibing the scene more battles during our stay in that ‘fi"‘“‘vl’”‘;‘(’)m‘l)‘((""l'y"“:‘ (“1\”;” 0,'\” ,'f:\ | he front and his own personal ad- = gector. Once when the Boche attack- | SN 18, cF g a few | res and misadventu ed “Xi v-Marvosin” to the left of . ¢ ""“l”“:v:'l- v\‘\"‘* Il ‘flv\;; e “llllmrn Vichy nce. Seicheprey. I was in Beaumont, (1[W¢ Mo overjtofrnocit tcay Pl oy e ¢ o ey In nonville” where we held the line un- . o & ”"‘»‘ e oninecag Y ey put a tl the first of October, when we were 1d ment headquarte ey put a S : relieved and went to the rear. We ensor is geting g0od NOW, S0 very heayy bombardment on Beau- o Lilleted in a small town a short ways 1 head my lptters “Vichy” instead mont that day. 1 was in a dugout 2 £ 3 “Somewhere in Franc That Tast with three other fellows. A dud camo Pack and then hiked to Verdun wher = through and went through one of fhe' ¥e W "'Z'{,',f‘,;'l\".',f‘"“,"'f,,:h','\:\:_““'}": ~;‘f:m ! bunks and out of sight under the %, " o "0f the Meuse river, In Moo It mugg aRbicsln by ol el Sl Gl ol ot tHo N B lleAuliwo ods T diotordistpuEididing domnas € was there eleven days and nights be- had some pet danger places In thal .. 7', knocked out and sent to old Toul sector—uDead Man's COT- "5 qpital We had no trenches or | nen hrapnel Valley', and & O jugouts oxcept shell holes and the gther The front line trenchel |Boche sure did riddle that place all hadf Evogongrhrcaitectiol “‘”1‘1 1o, | the time. One afternoon we were ad- them and the mud was beyond Q€| Lo, 0in0"to take the Dutch front A S : . last | french. Just as we got there a shell Well, we left there about the lasth, o o ‘i Close to me and threw paxtjof unefandivent Lol ISt me into the trench. I landed on my Bteime, near Toul for a fow Ja¥S | .15, \oith my knees on the parapet Then we got on the box cars again |, v haclk was wrenched. I suro and went to a little town near Mieux, | e between Paris and Chateau Thierry. | S S We were there on the 4th of July. The Sl e next day we started to hike for Cha-| S ovins i ‘h‘u\c‘ had teau g Thicmn That was some Ll e hts o e L el oee coon or 32 hours we hiked with Bard'y & o,4s here and am beginning to feel st. We relieved the marines there | S1tS her am i beslon e L «nd startd the drive on the 18th fine again } TRAOIIEREIDOCELORDE (¢ et { much lon nd I think I will be went along pretty zood untll the | nome soor when we got ta Epieds. There; y¢ g oy Sunday the 24th and 1| Heinies put up a good B&Mt.| pave just come from Mass at the 's where I got my dose of MUS-| (pyrch of St. Louis. T'll go over and tard gas. I was carrving a message| .o ¢ this at the Red Cross. 1t sure is to the colonel whea T ran into ajong \jnded and T know you will e of gas shells. They Were|ouq g rest when you finish reading it coming thick and so fast I didn’t dare Hope vou and all the folks are well stop to put the mask on, but put on ! g wiching you a very merry Xmas full speed and tried to get the mask| .4 4 Happr New Year. S on while I was running. [ got through | e e s 2 all right but I sure was all In. T was | : 3 ; SlmnNed puYe/Iio ocurols N e | gent to thé dressing station and then | : st heard of Vichy and know it is quite | ¢, the hospital. The outside burns a place. I have been here a little over | qjqn’t jast over three weeks but while LITHUANTANS ELE thres weeks now and it is the best | thay lasted I knew I had them. When R r— town I've known in France. For one |y got out of the hospital which was fEducational Socicty Will Be Headed thing it isso far fromitheiline that 1tilipg o No.: at Chaumont, T was sent By J. Gerdis Next Year. has never bcen shelled or bombed, =0 |15 a replacement camp at Chelles, 3 3 it 1s in gocd condition. The censor | ot paris. 1 stayed there a week. | The Lithuanian Tducational Zirg- also allows us to mention our past ac- | 1¢ is a nice little ¢ on the river | vaikis society held its annual meeting tivitles freely, so I'll give you a little | Marne. I'went swimming in the river huanian hall last night. Excel- summary of my “Trip Threvgh Hell”. | several times. [ received new equip- | 1ént reports were presented by the When we left New York we went to | ment and was sent to the autfit. I |Secretary on finance also an increase Halifax and stayed in the harbor |found them at “Brion-sur-Ource,” | in membership was reported. The there a couple of days and then | near Chatillion in the department of | library now consists of 476 books an steamed out into the Atlantic again | «Cote D'or.” We got plenty of hard | increase of 50 books in a vear. The headed for “‘Over there”. We landed | dpilling there for a couple of weeks|annual banquet will be held Tuesday in Liverpool, England, and went by |and then started for the St. Mihiel | evening, December 31 in Lithuanian traia to South Hamplon, arriving [salient. We got off the train near | hall. there about 11 p. m. on the 9th of No- | Buy le Duc, and after a series of long [ The following officefs were elected: vember, 191 7o stayed there until | night hil rived at Mouilly an the | President, John J. Gerdis; vice-pres the next night w sed the |line between Verdun and St. Mihiel. [ dent, B. Salaveicikas financial channel to Le r left TLa |Oa the 12th of September at 1 a. m, | secretal Joseph Luci recording Havre on the 13th and travelled two |our barrage started. The 101st went | secretary, J. Pasvens treasur days in box cars leaving the train at [over the top 8 a. m. and Dbefore | John Aukshchunas; assistant secre- Chatenois, a smal city in the Vosges. | noon had the st and second line [ tary, George Mazuronis; truste: We murched three kilometers to |irenches cleared. We even went|Charles Kolosky and Michael Valko- “Itouvers La Chetive” which was our | through them and marched right|ni 1al, Joe Adamovich; librari- home until we left for the trenches on | through the woods for about fourteen | an, A. Ceskevicia; delegates to United February 6th. kilos. At midnight we emerged from | Lithuanian society, John J. Gerdis, Rouvres is a small village in the [the woods and a wonderful sight con- | John Ankshchunas and Joseph Lucas. hills, but T think of it now as a sec- | fronted us. ‘Several towns lay in the e ond home. We lived there three |plain and on a hill a kilo or so TWO ARE ELECTROCUTED. months and although it was cold, and |ahead and they were all ablaze. The = we drilled hard and had some hard- | whole country seemed to be on fire.|afurdorers Pay Death Penalty Tn ships, we had a pretty good time | Everything that would burn was on i < there. The town was only large |fire. We deployed and ered the | BlecteiciOn sl ENThis SMornin ;. enough for our battalion, the rest of |town of ‘‘Hattonchatel” The Boche Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 16.—Samuel the iment belng in towrs nearby. { had all gone a short time before and | Garner and William McMiller were On February 6th we marched to [our only danger was from burning | electrocuted at the Rockview peni- Chatenois and got in the box cars | buildings and possible mines. No one | tentiary today. Both were residents r and traveled through Neufec: was hurt there. Then parts of E and | of Lancaster county. 1, Bar le Du Revigney, Vitry le { F companies went into the town of Garner went to the chair first, be- ncois, Epernay, Chateau Thierry | “Vigneul about a kilo further.|ing follawed 11 minutes afterward Braisne where we unloaded and |There were about 350 of us when we | by McMiller. The latter was convict- arcnedito!Chasemyivhsre welspent|| sotithercllAnal e ronndi e olsll o3 or Kililns Dors) Bozd and Garner he night in a big chaulk cave. The | Boche supply train—wagons, kitch- | who after his arrest escaped from the day we marched to Aizy a de- | ens, machine gun wagons, etc., all|Lancaster county jail, and was later st town in the rear of the |lined up in the main street, just pull- | taken into custody in Berks county, les Dames. We were in the |ing out. We captured the whole out- | paid the death penalty for murdering line a few days later. W |fit—about 380 men and I don’t know | Elizabeth Lausch of Swartzville, Pa. L d to the second and then into the | how many horses, wagons and ma- | Robbery was the motive. front line where on February 20th |chine guns. We didn’t lose a man i company had its first battle. That | there, either. T s where the old S A Sihe whers Bred Backer 1oat his foot || Erenaht wormean wes 2o slad to seolus SLOVAKS RAISE $202. We t that sector along toward the | that she fell all over one of the fel- The Czecho-Slovaks (Bohemians) end of March and went to “Grand”, | lows, kissing him and crying over, of New Britain have collected among | oir old home —stayed there two | him. She couldn’t believe we were | themselves for the Bohemian National 1 went up into the Toul sec- | Americans at first. The whole town | Tag Day the sum of $202.50. Among All day Easter Sunday we rode | Was afire, and rifles were barking [the highest contributors are the Bo- rough a cold rain in auto trucks | here and there, Where some of the | hemian Eagle, $25; J. Volek, Otto )4 then marched several hours. I |fellows were chasing the Boches out | Baraa, Willam Neidl and Frank | ved in Mandres (4 kilos from the | of the holes they crawled into. The | Opacek, $10 each. Many gifts of SERGT. RAYMOND QUEENIN named “Plac been abolished now that the censorship rules are front) one night and then went in- [ 0ld lady stood in the street in front jeach have been received and also | 1o the front line in the famous little | ©f the blazing heap of debris that wi from one dollar up. TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT Last time for the Children to get either card or coupon which they must present to Santa Claus to receive their reward for this year. Only children accompanied by their parents presenting coupon will receive a present, To the Best Santa Clau I will call on you at THE BIG STORE 382-386 Main Street, New Britain, Conn. in the evening, during week of Dec. 18th and 24th, to receive my reward for belng such a good. good boy or girl. Yours truly, Name .......... EAGLES HONOR DEAD; RUSSIAN OBJECTS onyominonss - FITTING EXERCISES ~ TOO STRENUOUSLY oo s s v s Made Good From the Start— Five Members of Local Lodge But He Says”HemWas Insulted at | EECAEY SN . . . . " One year ago today the Connors- Killed Fighting in France Being Galled a Frog | e T B R — —— o | Both Mr. C'onnor: nd Mri. Halloran enthusiastic over the rst N < business and both feel very op- No. 722, 3 ernal Order of were fined $3 for drunkenncss and $7 B the future retail busi Memorial services of New Britain! Stanley Wasik and Alex Andrevis vesterday afternoon for breach of the peace hy Judge | ness New tain ) A roll call of Fagles Meskill, this morning. They were,ar- | ening in New Britain this concern has leased the entire build- { ing in which their store was located was read by Secrotary William FL by Officer John Stadier, at 11:55. The | in Bridgeport and recently opened trouble started when one of them | the entire second floor with ladies’ was called a “rapoosha” Russian for | cloaks and suits as well as millinery. . They were fighting on the street | A few months ago a location in Hart- ing the eulogy the members arose and when Officer Stadler came along | ford was acquired by the purchase of " The pro- -\nthonv Kovoleski was arrested in: A. Hollanders < clothing store. connection with the same ht but | The company has several other loca- was allowed to go tions in view in this state. Found Plcking at Lock. TR who have died during the past vear rested Saturday n on Elm street, Scheuy and the eulogy read by State Secretary John McLoughlin. TFollow- joined in singing “America cessional and recessional marches were played by Pianist James McAur- ther. The roll call ca the names ¥ ove Bagles Kill e The John Grevasis v arresied in a NEW COPS BEGIN WORK. @ i gles killed In France. TheY goorway on North strest Sunday are: Albert Adams, Ben Kasica, Jo- Patrolmen Michael Flynn, Albert morning by Officer Willinm Hayves and e Sl e r Schleicher B : and P McEvoy have begun seph Demnicki, William Schleicher .q fnaq §15 for tampering with tha Epjandpietergiicyo) ey and Paul Topa. In all, 40 members joek of Sam Rialli's cobbling shop, | their duties as regular policemen. have departed during the past Year. The lock was found hroken by Officer | They received their appointments at A prozram was prepared by the jyp following the arrest. Grevasis | the 1ast meeting of the police com- committee on arrangements consis said he drunk and had been | Mmissioners. Previous to receiving of . H, Jurgen, H. L. We B Slespingtin the | door=ay i their appointments they served on the M. T. Kerwin as follows: o’clock. When Officer Hayes made | SUpernumerary force, March, James McAur- his trip by the cobbling shop around e : -, ] 12 o'clock he was not there and tho | HOLD-UP MEN GET $1.50. Baritone ¢ “The Lord Is My lock was in perfect condition. it " < : . Ernest Senior, of Washington epherd,” st 1. Klein. Other Court Cases, : 5 Opening Announcement, Philip G. street, was held up Saturday night at the corner of Myrtle street and robbed of $1.50. The robbers failed to find a roll of $25 in bills which he had | tucked away in an inside pocket. [He did not recognize any of the men. CASTORIA For Infants and Children in Use For Over 30 Years £3waze bears /’fl 1 PP /A 77w, Joseph Minkowski was charged | Calmbach, with breach of the peace and judg- | Baritone Solo, “One Sweetly Solemn inent was suspended. He was arrest- | Thought,” August L. Klein. ay night by Officer Thomas Prayer, Worthy Chaplain William upon compla of his wife C. Tyler, Thomas Manning was sentenced to Baritone Solo, ‘August L. Klein. ‘ire State farm. He was arrested by Remarks, Past Worthy President 2r Storey Saturday ht for | Otto Schmarr drunkenness. Manning was singing in Roll Call of Deceased Members, the rear of Leland’s block and wak- | Secretary William H. Scheuy ing the neighbors. This is his second | Baritone Solo, August L. Klein, offense in two weeks ‘ Bulogy, State Secretary John Me- — ! T.oughlin. Begi & Wednesday evening flw‘ “America” (Members will rise and stores will be open every night until join in the singing.) Christmas. Alter the holidays they | Benediction, Worthy (‘haplain Will- will resume their former schedule. jam C. Tyler. Recessional March, James McAur- ther, pianist. T THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Past worthy president, Otto F. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN Calmbach; worthy vice-president, fom B, Tyler; worthy secretary, Wil THE LADIES* HOME JOURNAL iam H. Scheuy: worthy assistant sec retary, Georze Bollerer; worthy treas- g yq ¢ne ideal Gift for Christmas. The giver's name is engraved upon rer, Fred H. Jurgen; worthy inside : : ::xf\‘,f(x'r;\f'imnmlmri:‘\‘\nx:\\?,’ il s a card which is sent with the subscription so as to reach him or outside guard, Dennis J. Mahoney; her on Christmas Day. worthy conductor, Andrew P. Frigo; Telephone your subscription (onight to 985-13 and it will be worthy trustees, Michael T. Kerwin, dellvered Christmas. Louis W. Fodt and Max P. Leupold; worthy physician, Joseph Walsh, STICK TO IT --- O IT! Join Our 1919 Christmas Savings Club Monday Dec. 16th Class 2 Start with 2c and increase 2c each week and receive $25.50 ZA “ “ 1.00 and decrease 2c each “ ¢ “ 25.50 5 “ “ 5¢ “ increase bc each “ “ “ 63.75 5A “ % 250 “ decrease5ceach “ ¢ “ 63.75 50 Pay 50cts each week for 50 weeks and receive 25.00 100 [13 $1.00 113 é“ “ {3 13 (4 113 50'00 200 “ 2'00 &“ 113 113 £ [ [13 13 100.00 500 [13 5.00 [ [13 “ o« 43 {3 “ 250.00 Membership Limited in All Classes — Join Early— Open Monday Evening 7 to 9 P. M. NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK Only National Bank in the City. Under Government Supervision Organized 1860. Christmas Are the proper thing. We have all the lateSt shapes, colors. There is one thing about our Hats we want you to know. It is that though moderate in price, they keep their shape and color. Make yourself a pres- ent of a new tile. You'll neeld one anyway before spring comes. So why not buy it now when ail the!other fellows are ' getting theirs? We carry a big line of Caps. We carry the biggest variety of VELOUR HATS * in New Britain in colors, green, brown, black, from $4.00 up to $10.00. DERBY HATS *~ The most wonderful variety of styles. Prices from $3.00 to $5.00, Buy him a STETSON HAT for a Xmas Gift and save a $1.00. We sell Stetson Hats at $5.00. You can- not buy them elsewhere for less than $6.00. Biggest variety in Traveling Bags and Suit Cases in the city. Prices from $3.00 to $18.00, ‘In Ladies’ and Gent's Umbrellas we will guar- antee to save you from $1.00 to $2.00 on edch one. Prices range $1.25 to $6.50. Big assortment Fur Caps from $2.50 to $7.50. Cloth Caps from $1.00 to $2.50. i Aviation Caps 75¢ to $1.50. Skating Caps 50c to $1.50, CONN.. HAT MFG. . CO. 9 R. R. Arcade¢