New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1919, Page 5

AT DAsL e NEW BRITAM The Lesson OF REAL ECONOMY BEING TAUGHT HERE THESE DAYS AT OUR TOWN TALK JANUARY Sale of FURS COME SEE AND BE CONQUERED BY A DISPLAY OF Quality Furs MADE IN NEW BRITAIN AND YOUR GOOD JUDGMENT WILL PROVE TO YOU THE FOLLY OF STUNG BEING BY ALLURING NSATIONAL OUT OF TOWN SALES E.Megshken ARMY ERROR PUTS | ciation, Which Paid Cash for It zift tobacco overseas. 1 did it m | =elf.”” is the reply of Rev. Ralph Har- | low of the American Board of Foreign | Missions, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass now home from two years with the “Y” in France, “but don’t overlook the fact that the Y. M. C. A. purchasing agents paid cash for these gift con- | sisnments, which naturally shows that they were acting in good th, and | | Boston. Jan. 18.—“Tes, the ‘Y’ sold | | supplies.” ‘“Here's a c to support it. Last fall W. BE. Stewart b | . i | consignment was dispensed f | someone, # | many g | be | Chicago and his fellow officers, Acting Divisional Secretary, purehased | 2 certain brand of cigarettes ‘16’ from ! the Third Division Sales Commissary. {U. S. A. On opening these it iwas { found that some cartons contained a | posteard inside addressed by an indi- { vidual or firm in the States indicating | that the particular carton was a gift j and apparenily intended for free di | tribution. The cases containing these | cigarettes bore no marks to indicate | the nature of the contents. }ar reported the matter to the Third | Division Sales Commissary and to the | Y. M. C. A. of the Fifth Reglon. In response to this report Mr. Stewart received the following letter From C. O. Sales Commi No. 4, A. P. O, 740 A. E. V. M. C. A. 3rd Division, A. P. A. E. F. Subject: Gift cigarettes. 1. Through an error of the Supply Depot at Gievres, this commissary re- ceived several cases of - cigarettes, each carton of which con- tained a return post card stating that these cigarettes were a gift from "“The ew York Sun Tobacco Fund.” 2. These cigarettes were sold you in case lots before this was discovered, ! there being no marks on the cases to {indicate that this was gift tobacco. | This matter has been taken up by this commissary with the Supply Depot at | Gievres, and in all probability these | cigarettes will be replaced. (Signed) C. P. HAFFLEY, 1st. Lt. Q. M. C. U. S. A Quartermaster. “In another instance, a lot of cigar- ettes were sent overseas by a local Red Cross branch|in Brooklyn, N. Y., to be given away. A portion of the to the i troops on the ship by the executive | officer. On arrival at Brest, accerding | to custom, the ‘¥’ purchasing agent came aboard to buy up any supplies # | the executive officer had left over after the needs of the men in transit were supplied. Through the oversight of the remainder of the gift cigarettes was included in the lot pur- | chased by the ‘Y’ man, and for which he paid hard cash on the usual basts i of cost price. Then they were dis- | iributed to the huts and in the rush | that followed the incoming of a new q | supply of smokes, it was some little | time before the little gift cards were | discovered inside the boxes. But | when they did come to light, Secretary | Hiarlow, to make sure that the bounti- i\'\]l intentions of the good ladies of | | Brooklyn did not go astray, gave out { of his stock more than three times as c#zarettes as he estimated had i been hought from the,ship and sold.” RED CROSS MEDALS GIVEN TO GOLFERS i S | | ! Will Receive Recognition—Annu- al Golf Meeting in Chicago. 3 } Chicago, Jan. 18.—Red Cross med- ! als for golfers who aided in raising | more than $300.000 last summer will awarded tonight at the annual | meeting of the Western Golf Associa- | tion. | More than 150 delegates from | east, north and west will at- | vote for the re-election of Charles F. Thompson of as south, tend and | President | there are no opponents. -anvaes of proxies and delegates alrcady in Chicago indicated that the | western amateur championship would | be awarded to the Sunset Hills Coun- | try club of St. Louis. | "Among the golfers to receive Red | (‘ross medals are national champion hick Evans; Warren K. Wood and Kenneth Edwards, Chicago amateurs; Bobby Jones, Atlanta, southern ama- teur champion; and James Barnes, Colorado Springs, Walter Hagen, De- troit and Jock Hutchinson and Bob McDonald, Chicago. DRITISH DAY REPORT. | Tnexpected Balance of $75 is Given to Local Chapter of Red Cross. The final report of the British Day | Celebration committee, as prepared by | Chairman E. A. Mo follows: The following is a report receipts and disbursements the the of of | inance committee for the British Day | 1918: total dis celebration, December 7th, Total receipts, $1,257: | bursements $1,161.85. ‘The balance, amounting to $75.15 ! has been sent to the New Britain hap- ter of the American Red Cross. } “The British Day {o thank those who contributed | fiberally to the success of the celebra- tion, especially the truck owners, s50- cietles and factories. and the sub-com- mittees who cooperated so cheerfully in the exercises.” s0 Mr. Stew- | 1. M. INBAD LIGHT | Gilt Tob-acco‘ Was Sold to Assof thought they werc purchasing regular | case and the documents | i ngees. { Those Who Aided in Raising $300,000 | | Rhine and a | Russian prisoners in Germany to Al- committee wishes | v Vau Dyke. former U. & am- bassador to the Netherlands has been ordained a chaplain in the U. 8. A college navy. professor and best known authors of States, he eternal of the the United won distinction and the friendship of Queen Wilhel- mina by his protection of Belgian ref- The latter crossed into Holland before the advancing Ger- mane. one had (e) Underwood & Underwood. FOCH TURNS SGREWS PINCHING GERMANS Armistice Continued But Terms | Are No Less Exhaustive to Hun Paris, Jan. 17.—The agreement for the renewal of the German armistice signed by Marshal Foch, Admiral Browning and the German armistice commissioners Thursday provided for the renewal of the armistice from time to time after the month for which the extension runs, until the conelusion of peace. subject to the approval of the Allied governments. The principal terms of the renewal are substantially as has been already reported. In addition there is a clause by which the Allied command reserves the right to occupy that part of Strasbourg defenses comprised by | of 'hr»; the forts on the eastern bank rip of territory from three to six miles beyond. Other clauses provide for the substitution for supplementary railroad material, fixed at 500 locomotives and 19,000 cars by the protocol of December 17, by large quantities of industrial and agricul- tural implements, and give control of lied and ssociated patriation. delegates for re- German headquarters at Berlin will act in collaboration with the Allied and associated relief or- ganizations in this phase of the work. | The naval clauses provide that all | submarines must be turned over in- | cluding all submarine crulsers, mine | layers, sweepers, salvage ships and floating docks for submarines. They also stipulate that the building of all | submarines must cease and those on the stocks must be dismantled or de- stroved under Allied supervision. Germany undertakes to turn over all Allied ships still detalned in Ger- man ports. The clause providing that Germany shall place her mercantile marine at the disposal of the Allies in return for food supplies says that the agreement in no wa ts the final disposal of those CHANCES FOR MUSICTANS, Another step in factory welfare work by employers has been uncov- ered with the fact that a number of musicians in this city have been of- fered good positions to hecome mem- bers of shop archestras, bands, etc. The local factories want these men to play duriag noon hours, at dances and at the various other social entertain- ments which are now in the works. GUTICURA HEALS SCALES ON SCALP lichedandDandruff Scaled Cff On Clothing. “‘My scalp was covered with white scales that were in large pieces. I was ashamed to be seen without my head cov- ered. My scalp was very sore and red, and itched a great deal which made me scratch. The dan- druff scaled off and could Y HLRALDS Allegretto (7th Symphony) First Lyric Poem ........ Second Lyric Poem e Overture, from Prometheus BATTLESHIPS MAY ~ BE NEEDED MORE | Admiral Mayo Disapproves Using Them as Transport Boats i | S5 18.—Admira of throughout Philadelphia, Jan Henry T. Mavo, Ame Atlantic commander ican Fleet the 14th annual Franklin Day Poor banquet, night before Richard club questioned the battleships into men back from France. wisdom of converting transports to bring “Armistice does not spell peace,” he declared. “If this great war ends different from any other and may need our battleships at any time, The idea that the only thing to now is to get the boys back quick is all wrong. “The matter is settled now, and wa must leave the direction of these mat- ters to wiser heads than mine, this making of the battleships over into transports I very much regret. “If you knew how great a task it is war, e but and to train and equip a crew, have trans- ships and sent to crews taken off the them torn apart and porting soldiers.” The admiral paid high tribute to the men who stayed at home and trained | the men who went into service | When war began, Admiral Mayo ksaid. the Navy, as a whole, not ready for war. “We were not ready because we had not had the money to be ready,’ | sald. “We did not have enough ! we did not have enough men. To et | ready for war, we had to multiply our | personnel nearly ten-fold, from 60,000 to nearly a half-million. I think we ! all agree now that had America spent | a few millions before the war for pre- paredness she would not have had to spend many billions in war, and had was ' AMERIC] the its active service in war, speaking last | without difficulties following it will be we | do | to get a battleship prepared for war you | would know how terrible a blow it is | to the Navy to have two-thirds of thae | American army of sentries occupation of on the guard Yankee on a bridge at Treves, Ger | (c) Underwood & Underwood | club she spent a few hundred millions | there would not have been any war."” ACTIVITIES OF THE UNIVERSAL The Universal club of Landers, Frary & Clark’s factory is to have a selected chorus to furnish entertaia- ment at the future gatherings of the club. A meeting of the club was held | last night with John Lindsay presid- ing. The meetiag was in the new rooms recently opened on St Main street. A supper was served at 6 o'clock. The work of selecting the | chorus will be difficult but there is' plenty of material to build a good rep- | resentative charus. The club is also going on with plans toform an arches- tra. Other plans for amusement are now being idered and work will get under v for thei ment. The club held ladies’ night Tuesday. A minstrel show events on the clut chorus will be under the leader: of Mr. Lindsay who is a member the New Britain Choral society and a ~ shnaval recognized vocalist. President Wilson inspecting the' his arrival SOCIAL CLUB are of Connaugl Unde of panied by (c) guard the The president is honor upon ke accom Underwood & uesday, dJan. 21st 1919 should Select Shuwing of g Starding T The finest display of new cars cver held in this city. Showing six different styles in tend, and our showroom wili be open cvery ecvening. Don't miss it. and closed model Every motorist Automobile buyers now have an opportunity to secure one of these high grade ocars at a very modest price. The OLDSMOBILH has always been symbolic for high grade workmanship and material sold at a hizh price. however the GE ERAL MOTORS COMPANY have undertaken to place the formerly paid for the ordinary machine. That is why we have chs to g0 on with the OLDSMOBILE. Come and see it that you too may be convinced that it is a car to suit the most discriminating. 1ITS appearance is beautiful, its mechanism is accurate and embodies the finest units known to the motor industr; Due to its perfect so | 3 be seen on my clothing. ““Then I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and two cakes of Soap and one box of Ointment healed me.” (Signed) David Green- field, 76 Ferry 8t., Springfield, Masa. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal- cum are ideal for daily toilet uses. Sample Back Fres by Mall, Address post-eard: <Cutieurs, Dept. H. eston.” " Sold everywhere. Soap %e. ' Oiotment 2 and 6%e. Taleum 25c. mator the H. P. is reduced to a tax of only cighteen though develops forty-eight. It is POWERFUL, full of PEP, ECONOMICAL and E DURING and possesses the smooth riding qualities that bave made the OLDSMOBILE famous for the past twenty-one years. Let us resent what we offer in a new or used car as we are best prepared to fill your requirements. BRISTOL, FARMINGTON, BERLIN AND ADJACENT TOWNS COHEN MOTOR CO. | SR S S ¥ E * P. O. BUSINESS INCREASES. That the volume of business at the postoffice 1s increasing annually is shown by figures given out by Post. master William Delaney. In the year 1918 the total receipts were $233,- 726.01, as compared with the report of the vear 1917 which was $1983,- 553.91 The figures given out at the local postaffice in 1890 was $25,- 786.74. FURRIER 139 MAIN ST. TEL 903. 86 ARCH ST,