New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1919, Page 6

LAST CALL FRUIT JARS Pints $1.00 Good Luck Rubbers Quarts $1.10 10c dez Canning Racks $1.00 Ho ills ‘80 West Main Street Telephone 381 Plumbing HELD IN GERMANY ALL DURING WAR/ Boy Takert to Enemy Country in 1914 May Be Restored to Mother in Chicago. Heating | port 1 Tinning > the time aboard the he Finally The Red case with and boy trar detected sport, and sent back Cross took Gp th the American pas: has securad was he wa. hoy's u of identity art for home and mother shortly. sent to proofs that will enable the boy to TODAY ANNIVERSARY OF ARGONNE DRIVE 1 400,000 Americans Started on Road to Berlin Today ms the great ks the first anniver: nsive launched Argonne which decided the issue in the world war, and brought to his knees the Hun who had tried for over four years through might and force to dominate th world. Twelve months ago, there’was launched. at 11 o’clock at night one of the greate Edv’]\ es for the Allies by the American | forces, and until the morning of 1 ember 11, 1918, the force of the American doughboy was felt by the German army. There ' were about 400,000 U. s. oldiers engaged in the Argonne-Meuse drive, To those who had the privilege of taking part or witnessing the opening of the offensive, it was a sight that will forever leave a thrill The coun- try in and around Verdun, where the fighting was the hardest during the | opening days of the drive, was of such a nature that terrific fighting ensued for several days. The 79th Division w occupying the Verdun sector around the practically ruined city of Verdun. After withstanding the heavy shells and air raiding of “Jerry” for nearly two weeks, this division was sent over the top at day ak of September 27. Monfaucon and this was made in the face of fierce resistance. ™\ of o in the e MACHINE CO. TO Directors Vote to Increase From $1.500,000 to $2.000,000— Second One to Do This. The New Britain Machine will increase 000 ta $2,000,000. its capital from This was the action the voted company Wednesday to recommend the stockholders of the company. makes the second local factory in the last days that has increased its capital $500.000 the other bhein North & Judd nufacturing com- pany. In both instances it was voted to recommend that the issue be made to the stockholde at the stock par rate. The stock p value of North & Judd company is $25 per share, that of the New Britain Machine company $72 per share. With the proceeds of the new issue of stock the tractor bus- iness which the company has been ex- perimenting on for aver a year, will be developed on a very large scale. The New Britain tractor is now being demonstrated at state fairs. The tractors already have been a great success on truck gardens in Long Island, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, in northern New York and the west- ern states. There are two models to date, one selling at $400, the other at $450. The New Britain tractor is the the increase to e flivver of the farm machinery produats and will probably be as popular as the flivver auto Bd Gla has charge tors. famous fullback of Yale, of the sale of the trac- BOOST ITS STOCK Capital | company $1,500,- taken at a meeting of the directors of when it was This since the age of 17. His associates at the fair asserted last evening that he was always a careful driver and has never been in an accident which proved as serious as this one. The blame of the accident was fixed on the Dutchess of Chatham {f The injured man v | taken to the New Rr pital where i s immediately | in General hos- he is at the present time ! undergoing treatment. It was found at the hospital that he recelved an ugly cut and seéveral bruises about the forehead and hips. An X-ray will b taken to see whether the man suffered any broken bones | “Jim” Durkee, also a veteran horse | driver, while driving the Dutchess of | Chatham in the third heat of the 2:28 pace or trot at the state fair, escaped serious injuries when he was thrown over his horse’s head just as he nearing the quarter pole on the far stretch. Durkee’s horse, while try- ing to make up time following a bad break, stumbled in the soft track and fell, the quick stop hurled the driver over the horse’s head. Mr. Durkee landed on his feet and suffered no injuries. Evidently vesterday was one of Durkee's dark da; was BRIDGEPORT | No CASTERN STAR SESSION. Matrons from Other Lodges in State Guests Last Evening. Martha chapter, No. astern Star, was hostess to visiting matrons from various parts of the state on the occasion of the observance of Visiting Matrons' Night Degree following Oakley 21, work was in charge of the Worthy matron, Mrs. Ada Pagan, W. G. M. Ophir, worthy patron, Andrew E. arde, W. G. P., Cromwell, No. 66; ssociate matron, Mrs. Bertha Mit- chell, Hartford, No. 64; secretary, Mrs. Sadie Gillette, Storer, No. 7 treasurer, Mrs. Lisa Henderson, Adah, No. #0; conductress, Miss Mildred Morrow, lIvanhoe, No. 10; associate conductress Katie Tavener, Wintonbur chaplain, Mrs. Emma Washington, No. 45; ma Muus, Harmony, No. Mrs. Ellen Griswold, Electa, No. 12; Ruth, Mrs. Hulda Konold, Ruby., No. 36; Esther, Mrs. A. E. Thomas, Meridian 52; 81 Lady Mrs| Adah, ances, hal, Jane refreshments next Thursday night. NEW BRITAIN Order | last night | Martha, Mrs. Bertha Newman, Bige. low, No. ; Electa, Miss Marguerite Lushman, Olivet, No. 29; warder, Miss, Cassie Jeralds, Cr ent, Not 40, TO HONOR VETERANS, A. M. to Have Heroes of Thred Wars as Guests. 16, 0. U On council October No. 8, serve the 41st at the The the special New Britain/ A. M., will 0b- anniversary of organi- hall Main this year will “Service Night, has been sued to the who served In Civil, Spanish World wars. donation supper v 1 be served 7 o'clock and a program c: out. Councllor I. W. Redden charge of the program On Sunday, October 5, the O. U. A. M. and the P. O. S. of A. will hol& a sheep roast at Whitman's grove in Kensington. Further of the day will be given out There will be a clas zation street be in and meeting on observance of a invitation form is= the A at men ar suitable ried in events later. initiation and HARTFORD Now Is The Time To Dress Well In A New Paris, Sept. 26.—Joseph thirteen vear old Chicago boy who was taken to Germany by his father in 1914 may be restored to his moth- er in the Tllinois city, as a result of his adoption as a mascot by one of the American units at Coblenz. The boy*s mother is Mrs. Emma Fringer f 38 Dearborn street, South Chicago. | He was brought by American mili- ary police the other day to the office f Captain Paul E. Peck, formerly ean of Grinnell college, Grinnell, fowa, and now head of the home service work of the American Red in Europe. #aptain Peck leawned that in he boy's father died and the mother | Parker, emarried. Barly i 1914 the step- [ 15, W. Schultz, H. P. Richards, Max | ather, George Fringer, took the boy | U'nkelbach, W. H. Crowell, W. . rom Chicago to Germany. Then > John Hart and A. J. Sloper. N tame the war. The stepfather entered | he people who have made sub- 2 he German army and was kKilled. For | seriptions are to make their checks | cultural laborers time the boy made his home with ble to 1 Masonic Temple Car- | land counties has seriously embar- eatives in Berlin and then drifted to ion and send them to F. E. Cran- | rassed harvest operations. Cattle are ‘oblenz where he attached himself to National Bank building, so that | held up on the way to market and in ne of the regiments. The doush- | they can be tabulated and indexed and | Dublin when they reach the boats. helped him in writing a letier | sent to the secretary. This has led to a diversion of some s mother who responded imme- The committee has received assur- | of the traffic by way of Belfast. The iately urging him to come back to | ances of a number of large subscrip- | strike is most actdte in Kildare and er at once. within the next few days. The | Meath but as far west as Galway When the regiment left for Ameri- ¢ will be pushed until the fund is | correspondents ‘report that crops are la several unsuccessful efforts were The directorst will meet next | rotting in the ground owirg to labor hade by his soldier friends to smug- >sday night. disputes. iringer, a 82 YEAR OLD DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED To the northwest of Verdun, in the {town of Avrecourt the Hun had been firmly entrenched for many months and here the American boys were sent. It was a happy crowd of boys that found themselves in possession of this town on the 28th of September, although the casnalty list was big. Members of the “YD” will recall this particular sector, far when the fighting was at its height early in October, after the successful St Mihiel “push,” the local boys were | sent into the lines in the Argonne, to put the finishing touches on the remnants of the German army. Thousand More Is Added Today, Bringing Total Amount Up to $23,- Fall Suit Or Topcoat LET CONNORS-HALLORAN HELP YOU DRESS WELL IN BEAUTIFUL Kuppenheimer Brand Clothes Connors-Halloran Smart Clothes Elk Brand Clothes $25 to $50 The habit to dress well is a magnet that draws to itself so many other good habits that they lift a man into the high places of success in spite of himself. 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