New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1918, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918, It is unheard of in our trade to put on any sale at the most prospective season of our business, but we have decided to sell all our merchandise at prices that DEFY COMPETITION Any of the articles that we sell if you can duplicate Grade for Grade at our price, RETURN IT, we will REFUND YOUR MONEY. Read Carefully What We Have Today and Watch Tomorrow’s Papers for Our Complete Sale. $28.00 So'id 14-kt. Gold Complete 15-Jewel WATCH AND BRACELET'in 20 Year Gurranteed Case and Convertible Bracelet .Solid 14-kt 14-kt Gold Bracclet A beautiful and solid cfomplete N PAPEN'S PAPERS OW HUN PLOTTING | oat Drive Against Neutral Nations Was Big Idea ashington, Dec. 19.—Papers of he of the German Embassy faken from his quarters when British captured FPalestine, and ating t U- warfare against Holland and the dinavian countries in October , have been placed in the record ection with the Senate Judi- ommittee’s hearing on German ganda. letter from Germany planned Dr. Bernard Dern- , the former German agent in United States, dated Berlin, Oct. 1916, disclosed the apparent plans Blormany for sut ine activities FEuropean neutrals pave stated my op burg in the lette to the It of an eventual U-boat war in Imeutral Scandinavian countries and and in the attached copy which e return to me.” e copy referred not in the paper he Intelligence Bureau Iy by the British officials. In his # Dernburg said his statement gone officially to Ludendorff and by 1am to the Admiralty Sta in Pernburg told von Papen he real that von Papen did not ful Be with him on the U-boat plan. e von Papen papers were bng the personal belongings of officer, who then was a Major on staff of General Linman von San- Commander of the es ‘In Palestine. The communi from the British officers said that Papen hurriedly left only a few ks ahcad of the entrance of the ion,” said to by Dernburg turned over of the 4sh Army when it captured Pales- | fopies of the papers were furnished he British Military Intelligence es to the American Embassy at don, which forwarded them to the prican Intelligence officers. One 9m is a copy of a letter written Dy. Heinrich Albert from New k Nov. 16, 1916. ] = bert predicted that President Wil- s re-election would result in giving g position of much greater inde- Mence.” He also predicted that the ed States would enter the war if .Jarlne warfare was extended and ressed the hope that such war- § ®ould be “restrained within the conceded to it” in the exchanges ean Washington and Berlin. give time for the preparation of minous documents to be put in Watch, with taken | Turkish | 15-Jewel movement (convertible) handsome velvet The new style Elgin Convertible Bracelet Watch. box. In gold and white dials Complete for sale, only evidence, the Senate Committee de- cided today to postpone until after an. 1 the appearance of A. Michell Palmer, Alien Property Custodian. ,DAMON CO. IS FINED FOR SHORT WEIGHT Coal Company Pays $25 and Costs For Offensc, Which Was Pos- 1 sibly Unintentional. von Papen, the former Military | Following investigations by Sealer of Weights and Measures Carl A.| Carlson, a member of the W. L. Da- mon Coal company was In court this morning to answer charges of sellin coal at short weights. Carlson stopped one of the drivers yesterduy was going to the home of W mer with a load of coal, s ly weighing one ton, but in reality weighing but a little over 1900 pounds. Judge James T. Meskill im- posed a fiue of $25 and costs upon the Damon company. Mr. Carlson weighed coal yesterday and found weight to be 3120 pounds. coal was delivered to the wagon was weighed and subtracting the weight of the wagon from the 5120 pounds, Mr. Carlson found the net weight to be 1900 pounds. The company’s representative stated that he condition of the weather w onsible for the weight of th son causing an apparent shortweight. The scales, being outside, are also af- tected by the weather and will vary much as 100 pounds when it is raining, he said. On the day before the wagon was stopped cn the street, | it was weighed at the yards, and at | the time weighed but 1140 pounds. uposed- the load of the gross After the - house, the as ' POLICE INSIST ON RIGHTS TO UNION Toronto Strikers Confer With Attor- | ney General In Effort to Settle Controversy. Toroato, Dec. 19.—Representatives of the 300 striking policemen confer- red here today with Attorney Gen. Lewis of Ontario and a representative of the trades and labor council in an | effort to settle the strike which re- sulted from the discharge of 12 union | officers on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 150 special policemen are guarding tho city, assisted by the military police. No disarder has been reported. Of the principal contentions of the strikers is that the police commission- must recognize the union before any move toward concillation will be considered. There has been no indi- cation that the commissioners will | recognize the uaion. | various HOUSE GOMMITTEE REJECTS LOAN PLEA Put up in a $19.98 go up again MACHINE €0, ABOUT T0 STOP WAR WORK Decides Fmanclal hid to Alhes Big Machines Taken Apart lor Is Post-Conference Matter ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—The House Ways and Means Committee has re- Jected the request of former Secrelary of the Treasury McAdoo fof permYs- "sion to lend money to the Allles, par- ticularly France and Belgium, after pPeace is concluded. The decision was foreeast last week when the commit- tee gave a cold reception to the plan. Mr. McAdoo asked the committee to recommend the legislation as of helping advan the reconstruction programme abroad. The decision” today was that this matter should be left until after peace terms are signed. Chairman Kitchin explained that his committee believed it would he unwise to take action so far in advance. The United States loaned or promised $8,600,000,000 to the Allies out of the total of $10,000,000,000 appropriated for foreign loans. The cash advanved and credits made effective ar . 5, the credits established nced nor made effective are 8 and/ the additional re-| quirements are $279,659,299. i This leaves available approximately | $1,500,000,000 until peace is declared. ' Afterwards no further loans are per- mitted under the present law, but Mr. McAdoo asked that this be amended so money could be loaned for a year after peace. The are now in France scores of millions of dollars’ worth of American railroad equipment, steel, lumber and supplies. Extended loans, it was claimed, would ©nable France and Belgium to buy these for rebuild- ing their destroyed cities and rail- way | Plans for a bond issue next spring of $5,000,000,000 are held up tempo- rarily, at leas Action on this will depend upon actual needs of the ernment. Ty ITEMS A memorial servica for M ren F. Cook, wife of Rev. Warren ¥ ' Cook, pastor of Trinity Methodis church, will be held this evening at § o'clock. Mrs. Cook died during the epidemic and the service was post- poned owing to the conditions preva- lent at that time. The operator's license of Harold T. Sherman of 124 Bradley street been suspended by Automobile has al approxi Com- 1m!ssioz\er Robbins Stoeckel. i apart yesterday afternoon Gov- Sale at Farly Date That the shell-head has becn order which in the hands of the New sritain Machine company, 18 not only suspended, but cancelled ontirely is indicated by the action of the officlals regarding work on this order. All work hus been stopped on thesc shells, and by order of Production Superintendent Charles Hare, the ma- | chines working on the Initial oper tion of the shell head, were taken and pre- pared for immediate sale, it is said. The order issued by Mr. Hart states that all tools, countershafts and belts are to be removed, cleaned, packed and made ready for sale at date, according to information. Tt is apprent thi if the machines working on the first operation are no to he us>d there will be no need for further use of the macLines on oper- ations which follow, and it s evident that the intention of the officials is to have {hese machines also taken down and disposed of. Superintendent Hare did not deny that the order h been cancelled t $20.00 7-Jewel These Bracelet Watches have just been Waltham factory, and it would not surprisc before buying at once at Sale Price ! turned out by i the factory an carly | longer | WALTHAM increased our the month is over. ed that he did not wish to discuss the matter. The order, it has been stated on good authority, is much larger than was first supposed. 'The number shells believed to have been placed in the han 400,000, 1,600,000 but it s now stated that of these shells were to be the factory. These shells were on two orders, one calling for a million and the other for the remaindsr, Over one hundred hands have been engaged on this work, ex- clusively, and it 18 easy to see what the result of the cancellation will be. In all probability work will be found for gome of the men in other parts of the factory and on other work, but whether 100 men can be placed in that manner, is not known as yet. Since the coming of the order to the work has been pro- gressing rapidly. By the use of five machines, 300 of theso shells could be turned out ready for final opera- tions, fn an hour. A shell in the first operatlon takes but 65 seconds. Denies R. & E. Loses Order. President B. A. Hawley of the Rus- sell & Erwin plant denies the rumor that over 25 of the women workers at the plant cngaged in the assemb- ling of magazines for Browning guns, have been discharged and the order cancelled. The factory has been working on an order of Browning gun magazines and the work has been done mostly by women. Whether this order has been cancelled in connec- tion with the wholesale cancellations which are reported throughout the country, or is in suspense about to be cancelled is not known. The order is not an especially important one. The Armenian Market H. Najarian, Proprietor. 7—9 Lee Tel. 1711-13 Street. Pel 1711-13 HEADQUARTERS FOR SPRING LAMB. This week we are offering at especially Lamb Chops, Beef and Pork. prices, Lamb Legs, low We also have a large stock of Turkeys, Chick- ens and Fowl. Nuts. All kinds of vegetables, Fruits and Send your Christmas Order Earl HANDSOME BRACELET WATCHES $26.00 ELGIN of | s of the company was about ' i $15.00 7-Jewel High Grade again by trade if they LT $15.48 and Bracelet. Sale ¥or this CITY COURT NOTES., Judgment For Stark In Suit Brought By Cohn. Judgment was given the defendant in the city court yesterdmy afternoon in the case of Morris Cohn vs. (George Stark. Cohn sued to recover for some goods attached by Stark recent- ly for @ man named Rys. Cohn claimed to have title to the goods by virtue of a bill of sale. The case of John Eshoo vs. Joe Domansky will be tried before Judge James T. Meskill this afternoon. The action is to recover on a painting bill. i A good Timepiece and guaranteed 20 year, Gold Filled Watch et $10:48 Eshoo alleges that he did Domansky for which the fuses to pay. The short calendar pession tomorrow city court raom. be on the bench. work latter for re- court will be in afternoen in the Judge Meskill will Mrs. Jennle L. Bassett, tendent of the New E General hospital, received word yesterday that Miss Clair Des Jardins has arrived safely overseas. Miss Des Jardin re- cently resigned her position as assis ant at the hospital to joln the army nursing corps and trained at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. superin- itain For the First Time in Their Theatrical All Next Week Added Feature Career the KEITH AND PROCTOR THEATRES Have booked a serial picture—Thereby stamp- ing it with a sign of superlative merit. WHY: Because the star has an in- ternational cause they have seen it and reputation—Be- find it the most extraordinary sense stirring film ever attempted. HOUDIN HOUDINI» A Super Serial ! Pyramids. MON. J A picture of excitement ! More thrilling than a detective story. More exciting than a horse race. More mystery than ever “THE MASTER MYSTERY” op=rm < surrounded the TUES. WED.. THURS. FRI. SAT. see it. NOTE the first episode wiil be shown all week so that all the girls and boys may Positively No Advance in Prices COME REAL EARLY