New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 11

The Big Furniture Store With the Big Xmas Values Furniture is the lasting Christmas Gift; the gift that is never forgotten. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, Our, complete, Christmas displays every are now bit of merchandise having been placed on our exhibition floors, immediate quantities are limited However, wo would urge an selection because the in many easos but a small deposit will hold any ar- ticle for later dellvery. NITURE THE MOST PLEASING, ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFT The Gift That Endures Through the Years. It is most appropriate and acceptable because it becomes a part of the daily life of those who receive it—always present, always serving, always becoming more useful—and forever recalling the giver. CHOOSE FFROM OUR XMAS ROCKER DISPLAY. SMOKING STANDS MAGAZINE STANDS MIRRORS TABOURETTES FERN STANDS A ROCKER is a git that only practical and useful but in ad- dition it provides comfort in the home for many years. Our special Xma display includes many m uphol- stered in tapestry, velour, genuir and imitation anish leather at prices as low as $14.00. is a0t A & ANDREWS & 0 Here are a [ew Giff Suggestions SERVING TABLES TEA WAGONS BOOK RACKS FOOT STOOLS PEDESTALS The Biggest Display of Lamps in the City Just Peek at Our Windows Step in This Evening |.;m of either the | corporation ha { while there wi on the p G ISLAND WORK | i Stating | waste and (Continued from Fi port proceed facts do not justity that no fraud or part of the oili- t Page) is that the inal process; t profits on the all the “Waiving controversy, he Park Hotel Dining Room Open for Business, Under New Management. Reasonable Rates. Give us a trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. Special rates for Banquets and Parties. agent been established; that some minar 11, which have been pros- conclusions mismanagement, About Waste and Mismanagement. minor outstanding that the agent’s summer and fall es- ,000,000 and its estimate of $277,000,000 been far exceeded that the prob- able cost of the yard will be about 1,000,000 (including $6,000,000 for recent additions made by order of the fleet corporation.) Such a dis crepancy must be due to some fund mental miscalculation in the estimate, to supeyvening conditions, including enlargement of the plant, to mismanagement in operation, or to a combination of these factors. A diserepancy of such magnitude would seem to call for a clear explanation from. the agent, but this has not been furnished. | “Considerable effort has ben made | by the agent in the hearings to stul- | tify its own estimates by that they were mere guesses that no- body could rely upon. But the fleet corporation did rely upon them; aad there is no contemporaneous evidence justifying the agent's present pos tion. “The most significant siagle fact in- dfcating the point ; Jand was that bills for material, largely lumber, were prepaid (and properly prepaid) to the extent of over $10,000,000, but no effort was made by the agent until our inve gation to prove whether were in fact followed by actual ceipt of the material paid for. | Couldn’t Keep Track of Cost. | “Another fact of strong significance !is that while the contract provided in express terms that the agent should keep a detailed plant cost account and contained very careful provi- or the fleet timates of ber ovem- 27 have frauds s0 timekeepers and ' $ in the mala as to allegea the re- of | is | questlons fact CHRITMAS BARGAINS AT THE . 400 Main St. Gold Medal Flour 15 bbl @1 57 Lipby's Evap. Milk ... Ige can 13¢ . 2lhs B¢ .21s BB 2 bt 25¢ Mazola Oil ........... pt can c ! 35 Best Pure Lard ....... Best Comp. Lard Very Fancy Catsup ... Large Can Pumpkin . 2 Hour Sale 3 to 5 p. m.—Best Milk Crackers 2 Ibs '3 8c 1b can AR PEOPLE’S BUTTER STORE 400 Main St, 2 HOUR SALE 9 TO 11 A. M. Selected Eggs ... . doz 496 Fine Gran. Sugar 4 Ibs 39(: Libby’s Salad Dressing larse bot 61 c Very Fancy Calif. Raisins .. Ib 1 8C New Calif. Walnuts 1b 430 Fancy Soft Shell Almonds Ib 47 c New Mixed Nuts ........ Ib 39(: New Filberts ............. 1b 33C Watch Monday’s Paper for big specials ’Crisco 3 Oc original | claiming | The Big Furniture Store defining carly date 20st, yet the ag taok the position that since the government paid for every- | thing that went into Iog Island il was unnecessary to comiply with this provision. Hence at no stage of the { work since last December could it bo determined what any unit of plant construction cast.” A report of the naval technical advisers included in the report says so far as the data before them show the general scope of the Hog Island plant has not been very materially changed since the November estimato of cost, and that the difference be- tween $27,000,000 and 00,000 cannot be accounted for by expansion subsequent to November 27. .The total cost of about $1,100,000 per slip at Hog Island is compared with §699,000 for the similar yard at Bris- tol, and $390,000 at Newark Bay. | A Dbill in equity for an accounting { by the agent might be brought, the | report says, hut ‘‘the main question | the reasonableness of the ex- res, a board of experts would > suitable tribunal, we think, than a court, or a court and a jury. | beiag Extral—Extra!—Fxtra! hing’s own story of the of the United States full a special souvenir scction of the New York ! American, Sunday, December 22. Edi- ! tion limited. Better order your copy [ at once—Advt. l General Per i glorious work {Army published in as JUST SOUND GOMMON SENSE secrct in of ving Just sense. There 18 mo the process money — it sound, commoa Prudence directs the to independence— it points to regular de- posits with the Com- mercial Trust Com- pany, Have you started un account with us It not, come in now and open oneo 4 per cont. Interest Paid on Savings Ac- counts, way, FRIDAY, DECeMWMBER 20 , 1918. GANVASSERS MUST SHOW MORE ENERGY New Britain Still Behind Schedule in Red Cross Roll Call RED ('ROSS HONOR ROLD. Those Sccuring 50 Members, or More PLAIN VILLID. Allen Bafley. William Eaton, C. II. Newton, J. A. Lynch. H. C. Baum. J. H. Trumbull Nettie Johnson. 8. 5. Gwillim. Mrs. Heary Trumbull. Mrs. Morris Corning. Mrs. Fred Callain, Esther Nelson. Mrs, Mrs, Mrs, Mrs, Mrs, Mres. Misg Mrs, FIRST WARD. May Olcott. <. H. J. Bradbury. Rosemary King. Katharine Strong. Ruby Andrews. BECOND WARD. Mrs, John . Curtin. Mrs. Frank Hall. Mrs. Wilson Bottomley, Kathryn Kiniry. THIRD WARD. Kenneth Hoffman, Peter Crona. ¥. H. Shields, Mildred Robinson. Iisther Staniey, W. L. Willlams. W. W. Leland. A. H. Schilling. ¥. H. Stewart, Mrs. W. B. Montague, FOURTH WARD. Albin Carlson. J. Gustaf Johnson. MEMBERS NEW 81 WEST MAIYV STREET AMERICAN RICHTER &GCO YORK STOUK EXCHANGE NEW BRITAIN, CONN. TEL. 2040 HARDWARE LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK" NORTH & JUDD NILES, BEMENT, POND STANLEY WORKS BOUGHT AND SOLD GOODWIN BEACH & CO Room 410 National Bank Bullding, E. F. MCENROE, Manager. Telephone %320. Bought STANLEY WORKS STOCK and Sold beth Ragers from the booths as fol- lows: Besse-Leland Co.. 25, New Britain Trust Co. 22, Wilson & Co. 7, J. A. Andrews & Co. 3, New Brit- ain National bank 18, Savings Bank of New Britain 4, Miller & Olson 7, Boston Store 14, Fair 25 Cent Store 9, Dickinson Drug Co. 34, Curran’s 8, B. C. Porter Sons 5, Parter & Dyson Co. 9, Lyceum 14, Scenic 9, postoffice 22, total 200; grand total for the booths 1,119, Mrs. A. H. Schilling has ap- pointed the following assistants for the bopth at Dickinsoa Drug Co: Fri- day, 10 ta 1, Miss Frances Brady; 1 to 3, Miss Doris Freeman; 3 to 5, Mrs. L. Banford; § to 7, Miss Margaret Foster; 7 to 9, Miss Helen Voight; Saturday, 9:30 to 1, Miss Grace Fletcher; 1 to 5, Miss Frances Brady; 5 to 7, Miss Priscilla Crabtree and Mrs. L. F. Hopkins. Superintendent F. L. Beardsley of the Connecticut company reports a hundred per cent. enrollment for the tralley employes, 56 in number. Hjalmar A. Anderson. William O. Williametz. FIFTH WARD. Josephine Golce, Josephine Topka. Stella Zembko. Miss Catherine McIntyre. Josephine Sikora. Mi; Belle O'Keefe, Marian Kozlowska. Miss Esther Nelson, Mary Zink: Sophia_Kuklinski. Helen Niedzwiceld. . Blanche Rydel. Robaczynska. ¥ Warmijak, Helen Sikora. Stella Sedcieski. StellaAbramowicz. Rose Niedzweldka. Sophie Konefat. May Ostrowska. Josephine Budnick, Tekla Janatis Bertha Ruszczyk. SIXTH WARD. Mrs. M. J. Fitzgerald. Thomas Crowley. Almena_Stone. Gerald Leghorn, BERLUIN, William Fowler. Alice Houston. Rev. S. A. Fiske. A good many New Britain people are failing ta show that they have a “heart and a dollar,” judging by the returns on the Red Cross Christmas it is undoubtedly true, again New Britain people have shown during the great war period that their hearts and their dollars are the right place. It scems to be simply a case of where the people haven't Vet got into the campaign the way they should. It is now high time for everybody ta join in and do their part, as there is only a very short time remaining in which to reach the quota. If the canvasser on your street is not making the rounds as should be done, come down to the Red Cr headquarters and enroll there. ILet the campaign maa- agers know about if, so they can look up the canvasser and find out the fault. Perhaps there is sickness or some other good excuse. It is up to overybody to co-aperate in this cam- paign, and not feel just because one is not a canvasser or something of the so sit down and let George do it. That is not the proper Red Cro t, but Red Cross is an- other way spelling co-operation. The ported ters today t Ward Second ward Third ward FFourth ward . Fifth ward .. sixth ward Plainville Newington Kensingtan Berlin roll so far. as time and ti in results of the campaiga 10 o’clock follows: re- up to at headquar- are as 836.00 00 ,516.00 789.00 8.00 00 0.00 79.00 00 Total The returns from the booths nd the store canvass have beea portion- ed out in the wards, so the above rep- resents the complete quota. Less than one-third of the 30,000 names has thus far been sccured. Reports were made by Miss Eliza- RETURNING YANKS' TALES OF CRUELTY Nothing Too Barbaric for Ger- mans to do When They Could Evian, France, Nov. 27, (Corres- pondence of The Associated Press.)— The return to France of the women, children and old men who were sent out of that part of France occu- pled by Germans for more than four years presented pitiful spectacles. Many of these refugees were little tots whose fathers and mothers had been taken away by the cruel Boche to work in Germany or behind the fight- ing lines. Others were orphans. Twice dally the affecting scenes of their return were enacted here when the trains bringing them through Switzerland bringing 600 to 700 re- patriates back to the beloved soil of France. With them were Belgians who came from parts of Belgium then occupled by the Hun. Much was done to relieve the sufferings of these poor people by S. S. Howland, repre- sentative of the Belgian Relief com- on stationed here, and by Mrs. and his wife. Describing the scene of the return of a trainload of refugees, Mr. How- land writes: “Slowly, the long line came toward us, the old and the young about equally divided—alas, but few of middle age, for the Germans had use for such and would not let them go. While few showed traces of actual destitution, we knew that but a small number possessed more than the clothes they wore and what the hand bags and bundles they carried con- tained. “They were mnot emaciated, but their faces were worn sometimes anemic. How could they be other- wise after the years of constant suf- fering and continued horrors they had endured, with no hope of release be- fore them but victory for the Allies, or perchance the good fortune to be en- rolied in one of these little bands of repatries. “Now and again someone would rush out from the sidewalk to greet a relative or friend recognized after years of absence. But though such instances were rare they served to buoy up the hopes of the rest that perhaps farther along they too would be as fortunate. “Two short rests were the seemingly countless childr might be able to keep up. Brave little tots they were, holding close to thelr mothers if they had them, or if not to those who had hefriended them on the way, for many were orphan or had had thelr parents taken away by the Germans to work. Perhaps, hundreds of miles from their homes. “Inside the great rooms of the Casino long lines of tables set for sup- per filled almost the entire space. As the repatries flled in, women showed them to thelr seats, whilo others dis- tributed small French flags to young and old alike—the flag that once more they might wave freely, “Bowls of soup, slices of pgood bread, hot well-cooked -meat and glasses of red wine still further cheered the hearts of the sttanger, so that when the orchestra in its gallery began to play well known and cher- ished French airs—airs that had not been heard before in all these long years—tears. streamed down the Checks of many and of loukers-en as made that Financial IRREGULAR RALLIES AS MARKET CLOSES Oils Stocks Only Ones That Do Not Drop to Low Levels ‘Wall Street Close—Excepting oils, lowest prices were recorded later with irregular rallies at the end. Tha closing was heavy. Sales approxi- mated 500,000 shares. New York Stock Exchange quota~ tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. December 29, 1918, High Low Close 623 62 62% 3% 3% 3% 1013 101% 1013 86% 85% 85% 40 40 40 473 46% 46% 611% 6 Am Beet Sugar ! Alaska Gold Am Agri Chem Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Am lAam Am Locomotive Smelting Am Sugar . Am T & T X-d Anaconda Cop . A TS Fe Ry Co .. Baldwin Loco 110% 981 641 91 Beth Steel Butte Superior Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesa & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Pz Cons Gas .. Crucible Steel Distillers Sec . Hrie = iE0 Erie 1st pfd Goodrich Rub .. Great Nor pfd . Great Nor Ore Ctfs 3014 3634 9614 Kanss nec Copper . Lack Steel Lehigh Valley Max Motor com Mex Petroleum . N Y C & Hudson Nev Cons .. NYNH&HR Northern Pacific Norfolk & West Penn R R People's Ga. Ray Cons ... Reading Rep 1 & S com ... iSouthern Pacific .. Southern Ry Southern Ry pfd .. Studebaker Texas Oil Third Ave Union Pacific United Fruit X-d. ! Utah Copper U 8§ Rubber Co U S Steel : U S Steel pfd .. Westinghouse Willys Overland Ke well, claimed while hands and voices their keen delight an dld we see between fo y unless they were ill or crippled, and few women who had since passed their prime Mother: had been separated from son ughters d ed off by the Boche ork in factories and mines fortifications to be used own kin. “The feast was nearing end when the sub-prefect mounted the rostrum and began to speak Instant- ly there was silence He dwelt France’s love for her people, sorrow for their sufferings “His words had hardly ceased when the band struck up the Marseillalse. The old, the young, the halt, the blind sprang to their feet, trylng their best to join in the refrain but frequently prevented by sheer nervous exhaus- tion, Sobs could he heard and the faces of most of the women and many of the men were hidden in the hand- kerchiefs with which wiped | away their tears of joy.” tively not to even on their against its upon her hey