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10, the pping policy will rest Shipping Board Expects Merchant SPELLACY HAY RESIGN Marine to Solve Problem — i UL 5. District Atoency Has Naval De- m partment Job That Will Neeossitate | ——— Washington, 1 ) —Turning over of transports to the shipping Uis Going to Furope. i o o oo bos hejnayy gl Hartford. Dee, 19—-1i was stated on i S for Be=u0, 00t reliabl thor that Thomas | Those Secoving 50 or Move GG LR Dhte WL J. Spella < the democratic Members, wra solving the employment Canaidase ooy W the election | p—— he war. T number SRS 5. h en appointed w PLAINVILLE. the building programme egul roin th department | Mes. Allen bailey. | fuaish e additional oy wpecial duties which would tak: | ? wre expected in 1919 ) 1 | 1 i went to Was sic | Preparation for the tra of Veninz to make arrange- | | hese young m o will pt the iling | 1t here | | umby b their prof 1o Toine w ihility 1 e i odn- |} g r | reve ticmpted hefors i i OVErNIIeNT DUy NeCes LSS Gwiltim, I iy men W 1ot visi vetis from the oftice of | Henry Prumbull, vained n U < distriet attorn : Morvic Corning, | but e i Fred Caliain, | o I \ i Fisthes Nelon. | aver yha « i {00 U —_— i i aid materially by | WaALD } n 1dir ot unl amily House— | | — ; ' America’s ove Lower itioors Fiooo i | ke s i | 3 ; g e \beut 5600 damages resulted from | | oS | & ‘ o reoinoan attic a Hartford | | i o Ulh e St this morning Dngine com- | S Rl Whether under gov- ., Ng. 3 responded to a still alarm § | SECOND WARD. | BSEspols pndoNnershin oL SER 0. [k ats iy - alarm |t e n | vinership, has in by some one in the neighbor- | onni i Garin o ace feeling of resentn he house is one of those on | | il 2 over the T tha lire ¢ i€ P S JbslnsRhn [ tarted through some un- THIRD WARD. 8 well as or know use in an open attic and ate s | mpel doption of a = i into a blind attic where it K ennoth Hommar. | policy hefore return k wa hcult ight it >art of the | Petor Cronay Hurl chairman of nd water leaking | 1. H. Shiclds. | ¢ intere re bLringing throus floor caused some | | . Mildred Robinson. | conceivahle pre re to hear on cou A ond and t floors ther Stanle: | gress to adopt o policy tore the re- of the I'he hous it)) Mr<. W. L. William-. TG M S Ut o e A e s i Mrs. W. W. Leland. eeing 1o it that the system of gov- - Mis. . H. Schilling. ernment operation b Josed and the - 1. H. Stewart, vessels returned (o priv ership RED CROSS PROGRAM. Mrs. W. B. Montaguc. 1t once. Their argument is that tt e — sy necessities of America’s foreign com- @ Grammar School Children Praised for VIFEH WARD. 13 demand it heir Excellent Work. = These infere private owne Miss Catherine MelIntyre. ship and or w G G The Rted Cross entertainment pre- Josephine Sikora. immediate chs in the navigation | sented by pupils in the Grammar Miss Belle O'Keefe, Jaws, involving the vepeal of the La | school at Grammar School hall last 2a Iozlonslea; del bt nators and | oyening was @ remarkable succ A ,"“,"’r. )l""“”' | Repre es Ty o i DI WA e S P - Yred Callain, - very larzc altendance was noticeab) Zink. | policy In mind. but appear to be a3 .nd everybody praised the children eI | determined that no snap judgment | ror heir work Helen Niedzwiceki shall be taken on the shipping OF spe interest was a Red Cross | Mre. Blanche Ryd: tion as they are that the railroad { fahleau in waich the children took Mary Robaczynsk: | question shall not be decided without | {heir parts very well and a Red Cro. Mary Warmijalk. | due reflection and advice rill, the pupils being massed to Heiin S | Mr. Hurley is in Kurope satherir ed cross | Stelln Sedcieski. | data, and congress will await his re- winners of the four-minute | | Slella PAD o turn before takingz actic "he pres- | speech s for the best speeches || Rose Niedzweid sure brought by shipping interests | on the Red Cross Christmas roll call Sophie Konefat. for immediate action appears to be | were Dorothy Witkin of the seventh MOt | having a prejudical effect and is en- \de and Russcll Tovella of the| | Josephine Budnick. couraging those who lelieve the hth zrade. Tekla Janat Bertha Rus $30 IN GOL FINIZ S QUALITY SHOE SHCP at - 321 MAIN STREET Will give away on the opening day SAT. Dec. 21st, $50 in gold. WATCH tomorrow’s pa- pers for grand opening ANNOUNCEMENT FINIX S UALITY SHOE SMOP 321 MAIN STREET and ant Zurone immediat upon NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 191& RED CROSS WORKERS ARE DISCOURAGED New Brimn Roll Call Falls Belind Schedule | Almena Stone, | Gerald Leghorn. | BERILIN i i William Fowler. | \lico Houston, | Rev. S. A, Fiske, I = L | The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is still away behind schedule. It is up to the canvassers to put more “pep’ into the campaign if New Britain is going to reach the 30,000 mark as a Red Cross Christmas gift. The time | is now advancing rapidly and only a few more da are left in which to visit the houses Many of the can- vassers have failed to make their r morts et. The campaign managers desire to have a daily report made to the team cay s it thus enables | them to get a line on how the cam- | paign is advancing. Otherwise they | are left in the dark. It is feared that | some canvasscrs are holding back | their reports until they get 50 names. They are requested to hand in their | reports each day, and a record will be kept at headguarters when their memberships reach the 50 mark. The booths made another excellent | showing yesterday, taking in $408 in addition to the 1 reported the firs day. The stores committee took in 382, The police department and the New Britain Herald made reports of 100 per cent. enrollment, The Fifth w1 rd is keeping up its splendid repu- tation as the leader with 1,606 names enrolled. The | reports today are as | follows: | rd $ 435,00 i ccond Ward 288.00 | hird Ward 890,00 ( “ourth Ward 415.00 Fifth Ward 1,606.00 ixth Ward .00 Plainville 1 00 | Berlin 5.00 | Kensington .00 | wington 00 { Booths 9.00 Stores 00 i Total Sl 7,618.00 ! New Rritain’s quota is $£30,000. | a | CITY BOWLING LEAGUE i e ‘ STANLEY ‘ Wilson | La Branche | Slater | Bachr Foster Johnson | Maddocks 104 Toremen Hast 83 Emmons . 82 Glonlonie M 100 Humphre 90 Morse 85 €04 'l MEMORIAL ' ERVICE for | Mrs. ‘I onig Warren F. Cook hi, S:00 P. M. | Trinity Methodist Church | SECURITY LEAGUE i INQUIRY BEGINS { Colonel Charles E. Ly v Declares That Organization is Strictly Non-Partisan. as Dec, 1i—Investigation | of the | usity lLeague of with respe to it | reflections during the last ciunpaign, ! upon the loy of 1 mbers of con- iress, re iy @ special louse comumi d by Rep | Johnson of Kentucky. Officers of the i lozgue appear for examination, | bria with them many of the | Je papers and rocord I rles 3. Lydecker, p ient K league, was « tioned by | ¢ an Johnson s to whether the | league had falen a partisan or politi- | cnl stand or inte red with the elec- | tion of any officials | aim of the league since its ! tion and its only aim,” Col ! id, “has been to win the | an say with all sincerity that i never been any digression | aim. The gue has made | every affort to keep out of pollties. | Tts hands are clesn.” | Asked by the chairman if any wmem- hers of the league had entered the | political feld. Col. Lydecker said that as the membershin extended over the entire country, it would be impossible to keep in close contact with all, but that as far as he knew every member | had tollowed the des of the ‘l\mgw in that respect. | ol e | ITALIAN KING ARRIVES. | e President and Premier Clemenceau Receive Royal Guest. Paris, Dec. 19—King Victor Em- manuel of Italy arrived today and s welcomed by President Poinc: Premier Clemenceau and other minis- ters. The king was accompanied by his son, the prince of Piedmont. The { Ttalian ruler and heir arrived at | the Bois de Boulogne station. Despite unsettled weather conditions and | squalls of wind, large crowds lined the streets. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HOURS Thursday 8:30 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Friday 8:30 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Saturday 8:30 a. m. to 16:00 p. m. Monday 8:30 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Tuesday 8:30 a. m. to 10:00 p. m. WE ARE RECEIVING DAILY, PRACTICAL AND SENSIBLE ARTICLES, SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS | {GURRAN’S 383 Main Street WARSHAL JOFFRE IS Prominent MRS, JL:»\ND PREPARIN( FOR PEACE TIM SCHOONMAKER COMING. Kentucky Woman Speaks . Here Tonight on Reconstruction. arve confiden 1 zht's public : . sonfidentedial fionisnisbnl Biz Ol Refinerics, Grain Eleva j meeting at the Red Cross rooms on i West Main street will be the most AndROMmer Iniusttiall Deyeiot e - | lurgely attended of its kind ever held {French Leader Made Member ol — e mente Arc Peuding, | 1 | Lond Dec. 19, (British wir 1 French Aca[jemy This Alternoon rervice) —Important industrial del i opments are impending in Engl — [ according to the Daily Chron | Paris. Dec. 19.—Marshal Joftre now | \BghichisagsRenterprlscaalicady, o et ey e {hand involve an expenditure of {is formally numbered among France's | 000,000 pour terling. Chief am| 40 immortals. The victor of the ’ pounds ateriing o | Marne was de u member of the ;;h“*: is the building of a lnrne | French acadery this afternoon | finery at Swansea by the Anglo- President Wilson atteaded the DG U SOl thiE Scompany s o, i paring to spend 2,000,000 pounds| P e o i e G wharves, reilroad tracks and eq e et a ment. Many mining enterprises I8 e GE i tnont i deen Wemotion | | are propected, according to the n¢ "that T look back upon the time which |;paver € I spent last year in the United State [ ¥ ot faxoRbelng fmadaiito g | This people, I the inteasity of its | T.ondon the chief grain importing [ affection for hce, caused one to | | distributing point in the United K | e o R ST e i dom, according to London corresr but which it did not vet know | dence 1o th man, a lead i employ. Ut sedmed {hat by | Scottish ne It is said | at love this peanle felf itselt there ‘s marked tendency in the | #lready doing something noble and minions, rticularly Australia | comforting to the Aliied armies. It South Africa, in favor of the p | made no inistake, for that love en- The adoption of the elevator sys | abled Fr overwhelmed by the | for handling grain which ras beeq { defection of the Russian armies and | operation for many yeare in { by the great and weaker of i United ates and Argentina ig5_ | the spring of 1917, t0 ke P ored, id e ealana it cotaee MRS, NANCY M. SCHOONMAKER. sl | “While in the midst of the Ameri-| = i I number among the sweetest of my o ritaia, Fo several days | | life. 1 had divined the need for sac- “ have It‘]}x\\l:x‘l(-(r! Paul lk:»v\urr and | e - | iflces (on thelr part akakened in the | hevel proclaimer v und wide the soul of this generous people by the | COMINg of Mrs. Naney N. Schoonmak- i”““" Tobecny | Heporied - Mupiy | heroism of our soldiers and the jus- | ¢ of Kentucky, who will speak on by German Guards on Decembd lfica ot aie o n oraer inai| cWomantand “onstruction.” Mrs.l | nee might o in prosperity, that|Schooamaker is an able speaker, hav- at Stralsund Camp. Belgium might re-establish herself, | i€ addressed audiences in all parts 6¢ | g that liberty might reign and that | the country [ANSopentEEn T T BB S 0N et ehthibe lhcinat ted i ime i Willlam Hy Buell of this city will Soclated Press.)—The killing of Lid | rose and resolved to throw into the | Telate his experiences while driving : Coheeny, an American airman in | A ¢ man and her last dol- |ambulances in France | German prison camp at Stralsund 3 | December 5, is reportad by th} Histor d6estnot | record i more S { British officers who have arrived h marvelous achlevement than that ot GILLETTE’S HAT IN RING | i SIS 0GRl millions of men voluntarily breaking jeutsidsRtieRbarbe Igpvite tochag o away from their peaceful pursuits to L ment and the German guards. cross the scas, where lJurked death:| \.. - A three times at him. Lieut. Cohe fo come thousands of miles from their | Y455 Iepresentative Announces Fis | was killed by a bullet through e : 5S¢ : chest. A Britieh officer was serio country and give up their lives for a Ganaidac I EonEEncalier | noble cause, a great idea. And as if LT AR RESE G BEOI e al i B iy, e F the sacrifice w not completed by Against Representative Mann, j retuaed to allow Coheenys ocom sending the husbands and sons, we to remove his body have seen the wives, the fathers and Washington, Dec. 19.——Representa- | = the mothers escarting across the seas | tive Gillette of Massachusetts, repub- | . TR that phalanx of warriors to alle lican leader of the house during the RLIN G _H(OS,""GPQ SO THin our sufferings and dress our wounds. | . T i bEs WILSON OF THETR SUFFEKRI] : by ess of Representative Ma o We have seen them unsparingly giving | e | Paris, Dec. 19.—Civilians seized their gold and the treasurea of their | @nnounced his candidacy for the | 7 ¢ 2 hearts, kaeeling on the g s of our | speakership in the next congress, in |'2° Germans in occupied French sons and adopting our orphans opposition to Mr. Mann.. ritory and. sent to a hostage camp “In a brotherly embrace, France| “My decision has been reached aft- | Holzminden, Germany, will appoin| and America have given ane another | er recsiving assurance of support | delegation to call upon President Vi their faith, a pledge for the present | from many sections of the country,” |son to tell him something of W, and the future.” said Mr. Gillette, and with the unani- | they suffered, morally and physi President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson | mous endorsement of my republican | while detained by the Germans, i arrived shortly before 1 o'clock and | colleagues from Massachusetts.” announced. The plan was fornred were followed a few minutes later by Former Speaker Cannon of Illinois, [ the suggestion of Dr. Henry President and Madame Poincare. | today declared his support for Mr. |Dyke of Princeton university who Madame Poiacare and Mrs. Wilson | Mann. cently met some of these people. sat together in a box in a balcony. Mrs. Wilson wore a simple dark blue | FEree e = | or | trimmed In otter son was cheered as tailored dr. President W took his seat. he SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IS ON 8-HOUR HEDULE Springfield, Mass., Dec. 19.—Lieut. Col. Lindley D. Hubbard, command- ant of the U. S. armory here, today said the plant would be placed on an eight hour hasis in place of the pres- ent 16 hour schedule as soon as this could be brought about without hast inconsiderate discharge of em ployes and that overy effort was be- ing made to ahsorb the night into the day shift so as to minimize the number it would be necessary to drop. SHIPPAN POINT HOTEL BURNED: LOSS IS $20,000 | Stamford, Dec. 19.—iAlthough occupied since Labor Day ently closed tight against intruders, the Shippan Point hotel was burned ! today. The frame building, three stories hizh, originally built 50 ago nd used a summer hotel, valued at over $20,000. I.eopold L. Barzaghi, a restaurant keeper of New York City, was the owner. CONGRESS APPROVES BILL TO PAY TRANSPORTATION Washington, Dec. 19 by congress on the bill providing that the government pay the transportation home of its civil employes in Wash- ington during the war has been taken by the house in adopting a conference report previously agreed to by the senate. i5 NURSES TO BE fur. | shift | un- | and appar- | -Final action | GRADUATED JANUARY 7. | A class ated from hool for v Brit of 15 nurses will be gradu- the New Britain tralning nurses connected with the in General hos 1919. t a Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis- trict of Berlin, is the County of Hart- ford and State of Connecticut, on the 19th day of December A. D, 1918. Present, Bernard . Gaffney, Judge tate of John ¥ Hopkins late of New Britain, in said district deceased Upon the Petition of John Hopkins of Thomaston, Conn., praying that an in- strument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of sald deceased may be proved, approved and admitted to probate, as per appii- catlon on file more fully appears, it is | Ordered—That said application ba heard and determlned at the Probate Office, in New Rritain, in said district, on the 27th dey of December, A. D. 1918, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice ba given of the pen- dency of sald application and the time und place of hearing thereon, by pub- lishing this order in some newspaper published In said New Britain, having a cireulation in said District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sgn-post In the Town of New Britain, in said District, and return make, BERNARD F. 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