New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1918, Page 2

CIGARS MOZART ROSEDALES GIRARD ROCKEFELLER JEAN VAL JEAN ROBERT BURNS ROMEO & JULIET LA CAROLINA MANUEL GARCIA CORONILLA All Sizes. THE Jickinson Drug Co. 169-171 Main Street PHONE 330. CITY ITEMS. Bee the old year out and the new in at the Firemen’s ball New bar's eve.—advt. J. P. Thompson is spending a fur- pgh at his home, 266 North Fair- street. Mr. Thompson tried ny times to enlist in the air service, t was turned down, end finally ed the Naval Reserve. He has| len in France six months and will urn to that country soon. He | alses the work of the welfare or- nizations in France. He made the D across on the U. §. S. Manchuria. he New Britain Club will meet to- ht in the rooms in the Municipal ilding. Frederick S. Chamberlain 1 preside and officers will be elected n unusually large number of peo- enjoyed the Christmas dinner at p Shuttle Meadow Club yesterday, dancing was enjoyed in the eve- g. Open house will be kept at the b n New Year’s Eve. [Martha Chapter, Order of the East- Star, will meet tonight in Masonlo il and 40 candidates will be ini- ted. A Hartford degree team will be bsent and a large attendance is ex- ted. rhe members of the First Baptist arch will meet tonight to name a amittee to secure a new pastor to .ced Rev. Earle B. Cross who re- \tly resigned. The vacancy will be ed as soon as possible. arold Swift, of the aviation corps, tioned at Houston, Texas, is spend- his Christmas holidays at his home 165 Pleasant street. regular meeting of Pride circle, 10, L. F. of iA., will be held this | ning at 7:30 o'cl sharp fn | id’s hall. All members are re- sted to attend. A grab-bag social 1 follow the meeting. Bernard Conley will return tonight Hoboken, where he is stationed h the Naval Reserve. ° | homas P. F. Crean, of New Haven, s the Christmas-Day guest of rela- | bs in town. orporal Wilbur MdEnroe is spend- the holidays at the home of his ents on Lawlor street, Paniel Igoe, of South Main street, urned to Camp Greenleaf this | rning. He returned to his home but a month ago on an indefinite lough and because of a fault of the ords of the Northeastern division the army his complete discharge not been granted. ord has been recetved from Ed- nd J. Stack, of Maple street. who jn active service in foreign waters, he has been promoted to the ition of quartermaster on the U. S. Barnegat. ASSISTS AT WEDDING. ev. G. H. Staton, pastor of the A. E. Zion church of this city, went ford yesterday, where he, with R. R. Ball of Hartford, perform- the marriage ceremonies of Rev. [, Coffey, pastor of the A. M. E. h church in Meriden, and Miss Jo- ine Ceazar of Hartford. After wedding the couple lett for Phil- iphia where they will spend the daye with the groam’s parents. On r return they will reside in Merl- uticura Treatment - For Pimples Smear them with the Oint- ent and bathe with the ap. This easy way quickl noves them often when a e fails. le Rach Pree by Mail Address post-cerd: | ura, Dept. 17A, Boston.” Sold everywhere. pMo. Ointment 25 and 0. Taloumo. | | in the war zone or in militars | ehevrons in NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, A Handsome 1919 Art Calendar to Qur Customers This Week. Ask for Cne HERBERT Hardware FOUR-MINUTE MEN END THEIR DUTIES Final Utterances Were, Appro- priately, “A Tribute to Allies” On the night before Christmas, 000 patriotic orators made their final last the Government as members of the Minute Men on the Public Information. Four Minute Speakers their work at this time. The toplc of those final talks was worthy of their work in the past. It was no dithyramb of self-applause, no paean of praise to the part America has played in the great crusade, but | an earnest and sincere tribute to those who bore the heat and burden of the day, who fought the long fight and were not discouraged even when disaster seemed most certain. It wi “‘A Tribute to the Alli 7 Millions have been brought by these addresses to a keener appreciation of all we owe—and the whole world owes—to the glorious assembly of free peoples who held the Hun at the high tide of his fortunés, who blocked breach with their bodies and oppo soft flesh and brittle bone to shining | steel and harder hearts. The danger of dissensions, could help only the v chful enemy and harm only the common cause may have been somew t decreased by the efforts of these able special pleaders for sound sense and justice; and indeed now there special need for such work, because the bond of mutual peril is broken between the nations and the inev ble tendency is to draw apart again,-each to its na- | tional interests and concerns. It was a timely warning to set the | people on their guard against the re- newal of lying whispers ealculated to drive wedges between those who have ! fought side by side—the BT F the French, Belgians, Tfalians, ans, *Roumantans and all who made up that white company of heroes which has saved the soul of the world Tt was a graceful act to center the attention of our people upon o Serv- ices and the crifices which each the Alltes has made in the name Liberty, and to keep warm the senti- ment of sincere atitude and appre- ciation in the he of America. This, then, was the last service of the Four Minute Men of America in the inner lines of the War of 1917-18. With this, their activities are ov H and, as they retire again to private | life, none who have watched their work will question that—in the fare- well words of the President to them— “FEach may justly feel a glow of proper pride in the part that he has | played in holding fast the inner lines their of speeches United States Four Committee on Britain's appearances, as | representatives New concluded od which of SIGNIFICANCE OF l‘ by | Walter | Lazon | several | griend to | Lazon's by | past a L. MILLS 336 Main Street FIGHT FOR RIGHT T0 PAY FOR DRINK Too Much Generosity Results in Police Court Sequel The adjourned case against William q with ulting Joseph th ing and Boruk was fined $15 and cos Judge J H. Officer Malona arrested the two men night following some trouble Main street saloon during which rece d a discolored eve and other injuries. The trouble started when Boruk and Lazon argued over which would have the honor of | buying a drink for a mutual friend. | Boruk went into the saloon Satur day night while Lazon and the friend were playing pool. He asked the ave a drink, whereupon Lazon led%he man to the bar and bought a drink. Boruk objected to | ng the drink when he had | invited the friend, and hlows were | struck. Boruk hit Lazon in the eve | and when he fell to the floor ‘na‘ kicked him. He was arrested at his | home later in the night after an un= | successful attempt to make his get- | | Boruk, cha Lazon, was tried in court s morn- Kirkham. Mond in a Left Gerth Auto in Street. left from v to 3 street, December 19, He was notified by Officer John Carlson to be in court a charge of leaving a car without ghts on Main street. Judzment was nspended, as the car had been left there by Mr. Gerth with the intention of having it removed within 'a few hours, but through a misunderstand- ing it had been allowed to remain Jonger. The car had been left there till the early morning of December 18. | Accused Does Not Appear. A warrant has been issued for the | rrest of Morris Becker, driver for the | ‘Wise, Smith company of Hartford. Becker was to be in court this morn- ing to answer the charge of driving | nding trplley car. He was | notified Saturday/ night by Officer | Theodore Wagner to appear in court | after he had driven past a Hartford trolley The case was continued from Monday until this morning to ac- commodate the driver because of th Christmas rush. his car standing 45 a. m. on Main e LOOK FOR GAIN IN PRODUCTION OF OIL | Southwestern Producers Expect Peace Times Will Cause Increased Con- | sumption of Petroleum. | | Dallas, Tex. Dec. pro- ducers of the southwest predict that 26.—Big oil | CHEVRONS IS GIVEN | Gold Stripes Indicate Foreign Service and Silver Stripes Show Home Service. Gerald Coholan, spector of ordnance for the district of western Michigan, who is at his home Tieut. army in- in this city on a furlough, has received | a copy of a general order of the War department regarding the service chevrons which will by the returning soldiers. By them residents will be able to distinguish not only the rank of the wearers, but their length of service, whether they have been wounded and how many times and whether their service was work various be worn outside the field of operations The chevrons of officers will be one inch above the cuff hraid on the sleeve and those of enlisted men four inches above the edge of the sleeve, Addi- tional chevrons will be placed a quar- | ter of an inch apart, Chevrons on the right sleeve indicate wounds, on the left sleeve length of service in the war zone. If they are silver the service has been outside the war zone. All chevrons are worn with fhe point down. They are in addition to the service stripes now anthorized for tho dress coats of enlisted and offi- cers. Bach chevron indicates six menths' service. An man men officer or | who is entitled to the gold or blue war zone chevrons 1 not use the silver ase he also has been on outside the war zone uty peace will bring increased production }and increased consumption of fuel | | oil, lubricating ofl and gasoline. ! They declare that to meet specifi-! i cations for high grade fuel oil for ad- | miralty purposes it was necessary to | refine much crude oil under wasteful | | conditions, which will not obtain ia { the future. Increased v, wWill re markets consumption, ult fr producers om neutral markets eplenis their stocks, general use of motor ¢ European countries that have been from the use in G t , France and Ttaly of thou- sands of motor lorries, now in the war zone, auxiliary systems of | vorked railways. this increased demand will more than offset by increased pr duction, ers of the large Texas companies declare. Production in th north Texas field now is 62,000 bar- | rels a day, the Gulf field is producing 68,000 b , the Kansas fields 99,- | 000 barrels, the Oklahoma fields, aut. side of Cushing and Healton, 142,000, | the Cushing, 44,500 and the Healton, 42,500. The Texas figures show an | | increase over figures for the quarter | ending September 30, which gave the tatal production as 9,244,814 barrels, | valued at $18,091,249. This was an | increase of more than a m rels over the June quarter million over the March quarte ¥ erts L e say the Mexi alone have a potentiol production 1,000,000 b Produce ¢ tension of the oil will be established at ports through- out the world permit of further option by ships of oil burning pow- | - systems. he rrel prod with the e stations anc { scolding him ! HU | mans | lion | now in THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1018. THE To You Who Live and Thrive In a Community Where Manufacturing Is the Main Industry, These HORSFALL-MADE Ready for Service SUITS and GVERCOATS Will Especially Appeal You will like the clinging fit of the coats due to proper balancing which can be produced only by Hand Work. You will readily see the results of an expert designer —a custom tailor, a thorough master of his art. You wiil appreciate the smooth finish of the garment, the preduct of skilled hand labor. You agree with us when we say that Horsfall- Made, Ready-for-service, clothes, hand tailored on the premises, must be and are. far superior to ANY machine made clothes, They actually “cus- tom’* cloth s, ready-for-service. \ Starting Today, We Offer a 159 DISCOUNT on all our MEN'S AND BOY'S OVERCOATS Including every Cloth Overcoat, Fur Overcoat, Fur lined Overcoat and Fur Collar Cloth Overcoat in our entire stock. LUKE HORSFALL COMPANY Complete Outfitters for Men, Women and Boys 93 ASYLUM STREET It Pays to Buy Our Kind HARTFORD 'KIDDIES CAUSE ROV DADDY I3 PINGHED Second Wile Objects to Gilt First Wile's Children s for Stepchildren trouble pato’s home last arrested and Christmas pres- Andrew Sco- Scopato William ents caused in night, and Officer Strolls on a charge of assaulting hi wife she accused him of buying presents for her children, by her first band than he did for his children his first wife. The stepchildren have used coasiderable trouble at the ! home for some time and Probation Officer Connelly was called upon St | July to settle the ifficulti in the Scopato home. This is the first ap- pearance of the family in court since that time. John H. Kirkham | suspended judgment and ordered Sco- pato to stop drinking and aftend to s family with more care. Shortly after the death of her first 1, over a vear ago, Mrs. Sco- opato, who was a| wife had two children | nd one. Since their | rriage the children have been the of several rows the house, each one accusing the other of show- ing partiality in taking care of thelr children. The couple have one child by that marriage. Scopato came home yesterday afternoon at 2 o’'clock. He had presents for all the childiren and when he distributed them his wife objected to his giving the best presents to his own child. He took several driaks at his home, he aid, and as his wife refused to stop for the old trouble, he her. Joseph Palardo, who visiting the home yesterday aft- crnoon, caused Mrs. Scopato from a| severe beating. Scopato says that he | feels that he s entitled to some re- spect and obedience from his wife but recel neither, while the wife claims he is anxious to get vid of her was by Scopato kicked his wife after cheaper widowe nd the h h ruck W Colds Cause Grip and Tufluenza /. BROMO QUININE Tab- remove the cause. There is only | Bromo Quinine”. E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. RETURN STOCH FROM BANKS IN Paris, Dec. 26 (Havas have returned from the banks ia northern France ( amounting approximately to bil- francs. Several safes, weighing five to seven tons each, which Germans did not open aad are Brusseds, will be brought baclk shortly to Valenciennes. TAKEN FRANCE —The Ger- stocks taken from the JAPAN HAS “FLU” EPIDEMIC. Tokio, Dee. 2 Che epidemic of »anish influenza has reached Japaa and many schools have been closed in | erican soldiers took in the winnin { the, { he e { while he is in England. the large cities of the empire. There have been many deaths. AUTO CRASH AT CORNER | : OF MAIN AND COMMERCIAL 1024 <Capitol avenue, Hartford, col- lided about 12 o’clock last night at the | Charter Revision Committee to Receive Numerous Proposals PROMISES SOLDIERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR | intersection of Commercial and Main streets. Scheyd was coming into Main street with a Buick roadster when President Indicates Probable At- Sirciiumienys e vesbas mamean tainmeflt 0[ Peace Objefifives | Main street at a rapid rate of speed. | The cars collided with considerable force and fenders on both cars, as well as the headlights and bumpers, were smashed. The Hartford car | swerved over against the gutter to the | The charter revision committee will left of the street, The impact could ! meet this evening. Considerabla ‘be heard for some distance and a | business is to be transacted. The last large crowd gathered at once. jmecung of the common council re- MARINE KIERNAN HOME. ‘rerr:d sovcra: new items «:t lhus\r;:s:; Private Frank Klornan, stationed atijl o) f0 <o ioeion, One of the chie Paris Island with the U, S. Marine is the proposed reduction of Corps, is spending a few days at his the membership of the common coun- home on Bassett street. He will re- | cil and doing away with distintion ia tx;l']nv tv; J’]arflshlslax:ld at the expiration ! names of the city fathers. There are of his furlough and expects within the _ " i course of @ fow months to sail fop (°t Present 80 members of the eounil, duty in Siberia. Private Kiernan gave. fiX 0f whom are designated by the ! up his studies in the High school last title aldermen and the others are vear to enlist in the Marine Corps. known as councilmen. The resolution i While in the High school he was elect- presented by Aldermgn O. F. Curtis ed captain of the track team. He is calls for a council of 18 members, all well known about the city as a runner to be known as aldermen. As a, mat- and ‘was to have entered Exeter col- ter of fact there is but Iittle distinc- lege last September on his merits ag tion between the powers of a council- ! man and those of an aderman. The {a trackman, aldermen have tax abatemeats re- ferred to them but otherwise the only | preference shown them is in places on committees. All matters, however, including tax abatements, are finally acted upon by the couacil as a whole. On oBard President Wilson's ial Train en Route to Calai: 6 (By Associated Press.)—President Wilson left Chaumont for England late yesterday, feeling more strong than ever the magnificent part Am- of review, in which 10,000 American soldiers marched, created a deep Impression on the president, quite apart from the | historic significance of reviewing fighting men on foreign soil for the first time. When addressing his troops as low countrymen” he told them that belicved that he could “promise them a happy New Year.” This was considered the keynote of the ad- and friends about Mr. Ison construed his words to mean that ho was beginaing to sce the way more clearly toward the attainment of the objectives he has set for himself at the peace conference. At least one very impartant address may be espected from the president | It may defie | line of thought more clearly on | in which Great Britain is so deeply interested. In his address troops vesterday, President aid he found no difference ciples or of fundamental Spe- | Dec. war. Yesterday’; matters “fel- DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL FOR FRENCHMAN Paris, Dec. 26 (Havas.)—General Fayolle, of the French army, recently | recelved the American Distinguished There are many people in the city Service medal. It was given to him who would have the couacil's num- by Col. Bentley Mott, who went to ber reduced to 12 and they ,would in prin- Kaiserlauten as General Pershing's K have these 12 compensated for their purpose. He | representative. services. There are many who think expects to return to Paris to continue | | that the present method of being rep- the work of thee peaco coaferenc | Tosestal dnicenlls e e Ter el with what may be differences of opin- o : iativeftharimould ibefaiontnol) olites fon cleared away, or on the way to"»,".&'l‘:‘:;':""“",qurl‘ or g Havas.)— | jyceq members. They say that there accommodation. | than 500 o Celebrated by more| .. .";epresentatives named as their S than 5,000 American soldiers here | (ouncilmen who never voice an opin- worthy of a great painter. The sight YeSterday. Miss Margaret W. Wilson, | Son wnan any of the projocts brought of 10,000 American veterans carrylng G2UEDter of the wmresident, partici | pefore the council. These councilmen the United States flag on the sail of a P3ted. Gifts of toys and clothing were | are mere fgureheads and respond sister republic, a comrade in arms in S\VeD to the children of the """’""""f only when an aye and aay vote is a great cause, was so impresive that —= U “ SRS 7 g\E y A} called for. The supporters of a re- the president could.not suppre his FIREMEN EVERY TEN FEET his issu American Wilsoa to the 5,000 AMERICANS CELEBRATE. a picture duced council argue that, if these emotion. He frankly admitted being | were cut out and 12 or 18 live wires “all choked up.’ | put in as the council, the city would Mr. Wilson's visit to soldiers’ bil- have a body of men who would take lets in nearby towns will long be re- | jgood care of the city's interests. membered. At one place he climbed Alderman Curtis has presented a a ladder to the loft of a stable to talk | | resolution for the reduction of the with soldiers quartered there. Bvery- | memberships of commissions. He where the boys and girls of the little ! would have the fire and police com- villages brought native flowers or | | missions reduced from four to three gifts to him. One spry little miss ac- | members. That would establish the tually hopped into his car and kissed | | commiesions on a partisan basis a his cheek before the president | the conseasus of opinion favors bi- knew what was going on. Ambassa- | partisan representation with equal dor and Madame Jusserund, who ac- | Tepresentation between the two lead- companied President and Mrs. Wil- | | ing parties. son to Chaumont, left for Paris at the Alderman Paonessa’s resolution to same time that Mr. Wilsen's train have all collections of funds made arted toward Calals. through the same office in the city { will also be discussed. Many are of | the opinion that this is the better ar- rangement for those indebted to the city and for the city’'s own interest The salary committee of the com- mon council 8 expected to meet to- | morrow evening in City hall to take {up the petitions from the various city employes for increase in salaries. Thy committee plans to hold hearings There are numerous petitions to ba heard and the time before the next council meeting is short. Materials and men are all in uniform ‘Which means you can’t replace your factory now if fire should destroy it. The government needs the labor and SLOGK MARRIED. materials more than you do. Lieut. TLawrence Wheelock, wha recently apponited as vocational guide in the local schools, was mar- ried December 2, 1917, at Everett, Mass., to Miss [lsie Frances Knapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis . Knapp of Wethersfield. The wedding has been a secret for over a year. Mrs. Wheelock was formerly a teach- er in the local schools. Her husband has fust received his discharge from Now it's an obligation to prevent fire and that's where sprinklers come in. And they save enough in insur- ance to pay for themselves. Let us explain. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. 413 Esopo Bldg., Hartford, was