New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1919, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,SATURDAY, YOUR CHAIRS There is hardly a more common article - of daily use than the chair, nized necessity everywhere, It is a recog- Yet how little attention is given to the chair by most peo- ole, even by these who are thoughtful about their clothing, foed and other bles. indispensa- In too many cases the chair is nothing mere than its dictionary definition, “ able single seat with a back.” To get full benefit that the chair can contribute to your daily life, you should consider the slant of the back, the depth of the seat, the form of the arms. The chair should be made a helpful servant as well as an ornament. An ill- fitting chair can easily be a contributing cause to that tired feeling, that irritation, that inexplainable grouch. Make your Christmas merry and your life easier with a chair that fits you and your surroundings. B. C. PORTER SONS to Meet to Draft 1 Bates for Season of 1820, | Chjcaga, Dec. 6.—Coaches ai ';.metic directors of the Western Con- ergnce ypiversities met today to draft botball, track, <baseball and swim- | tho 1920 season. which won the | ming schedules for Whether Illinois, “big ten” football championship this season will elect to play another n-game schedule with conference vens next fall could not be learned 1 night, but Coach Zuppke is ex- pected to arrange at least five gam with “big ten” team It was ported that representatives of Nebhras- SEND YOUR _ YOUR LAUNDRY! Put your CLEANING with your LAUNDRY ka and Notre Dame would attend the meeting in an attempt to arrange gridiron games with eleven, The question of professional foot- ball probably will be discussed by the ! the conference ! and a more stringent rule adopted to ! sixth Then came the big exodus and (he | faculty members of prevent athletes from 'playing with professional teams before’graduation. You will SAVE MONEY if you send us your last | Garden | last night. {an hour | doors again | minutes. { There ! The onlookers were under the ! pression that the lights in | had been ordercd ! fuel ;order to save | the {and that the polico and fire officials | ; feared a panic and | arders | dered to ! the | The thousands realized the conference | | fifth, sixth and seventh sprinis were ! which | 'EXPLOSIONS FORCE BIKE RACE RECESS ( Fire Deparn—nem Officials Qrder Building Cleared of Spectators New York, Dec. time in 6.—For first of the Madison the the history six day | bicycle race in there As the result of a series of manhole explosions in streets Jacent to the historic arena the Fire and Police departments ordered the Squars was an interruption | Garden cleared of spectators and the | | contest’ was halted at 10:45 p. m. was thought that the' been stopped until this but after three-quarters of ! of rest the riders were! ordered to resume their grind. So with none but officials, newepaper- ' At first it race had morning, | ten and trainers looking on the con- | test was started agair shortly before 11 p. m. The management announced | that no spectators would be admitted | | until 6 o’clock this morning, but at, 11:20 o’clock last night it opened the | and stragglers began to filter into the arena. The Garden was closed in This (was -considered Ke- markable time by the fire officials. was no disorder of any kind. im- the arena shut off by the! authoritics in | None knew the order to send all | of the building, | conservation coal. real reason for the spectators out worse if one of the explosiens hit the Garden. Take It Goodnaturedly. When the management got its | from the fire and police authorities the announcement was made that the lights would be turned off and all persons were or- | leave the building through the Fourth avenue exists. Despite | disappointment of Imissing the exciting contests, the big crowd i the byilding in orderly style. (¢ Post had a host of police reserves, on the job, but they were not needed. necessity took it good- of the move and all | naturedly. Just before the race was called off one of the most exciting jams of ‘the ! week took place. The third, fourth, | decided Goullet won the fourth. during nearly third gg the and Egg m lap. ¥ the “jam”, gained a sprint. Dorbach fifth, Depuy the seventh. the | the { are | hour recess | with unaccustomed vacancy. | ment i applying for s | toler i support ! forth by Ambrose. | ter > . Then the b, and penalized Are Thomas and Bello on aking bad pick ups durin’ » They also de- clared thaf rghien and Chardon had lost another lap during the nigh They are now three laps behind. Hill and Dorbach and Kaiser and Eaton were fined $25 for bad pick | ups. | After nearly three-quarters of an the riders resumed the race. Around and around the saucer they travelled, while row upon row of seats starcd them in the face Just as the riders had resigned themselves to a night of this the Fire depart. | rescinded its order and the doors were thrown open again. FOUR DIVORCEES ARE | NEW BRITAIN PEOPLE | Superior Court Decrees Handed Down Yceterday Are of Interest to Residents of New Biitain. Four divorces of local interest were decreed in the superior court yester- day afterfoon, one of !hem having as its principais two local residentc. | one having one local resident and the other two having former residents aration. Minna V. A. Sanders claimed in- ble cruelty as her srounds for seeking separation from her hus- band, John C. Sanders, a former overseas roldier. The decrce was ranted and shq was given the privi- ! lege. of resuming her maiden name of Alquist. The couple were mar- ried October 7, 1912. Mrs. Sanders | left him in May 1917. A case which startcd with charge in the local court w led when Vidunias was granted a a non- police Ambrose decree of diyorce from his wife Lva. He was =lven custody of a child born of the | wwith | R.R. AND FACTORIES marriage. Improper other men. was the relatians complaint sel Evidence of on’s guilt to Myrs. FEfinia Gustaf- an adultery compi was produced in the form of written in Swedish by her husband, FElias, was anted = upon these grounds after s in reted and read. Pauline Carlson wa given custody of a chiid horn ol her mar riage to Arthur Cariron in addition to a divo: decree. She married to Cur in Ifebryary 1915 _and lived with him one month OLD MAIDS IN ENGLAND Mcen Cannot Afford to Marry, So Re- let de. the wa m main Single. and Marricd Women Are More Rare. London, Dec. 5.—On carefully the great advance in of everything these days, it is not surprising that 2,000,000 English girls “husbandless” now. Diamonds have advanced 75 per cent. in price ' considering price: | and wedding rings have gone up ac- { cordingly. ! used | & fairly good seat that formerly sold | balcony seat It is also whispered that the British maid eats more than she to, accounted for by the fact that her diet was so strenuously cur- tailed during the submarine era. A box of good chocolates that used to cost 50 cents now fetches $1.25 to | $1.50 a pound. In the frowsiest movie theater they get 60 cents for for 25 cents. To obtain a in an ordinary decent theater | { one must pay $2, and for a first class i “stall” downstairs, 'BUNDLE, Call 904 and our man will take it. Get the habit of sending your clothes at REGU- LAR INTERVALS. Keep them well CLEANED and PRESSED and they will WEAR longer and LOOK better. OUR DELIVERY IS FOR YOUR SERVICE USE IT year’s SUIT, COAT or DRESS to be dyed. Don’t buy new ones, they are too expensive. Try our suggestion— We'll surprise you. You can give the dyeing to our man also—he takes everything. nion Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. 266 AR CH STREET 1340 to 360 a | seven sick $3. When it comes to after-marriage expenses the intending husband finds that household furniture has gone up at least 300 per cent. A piano costs | $600 or $600. A respectable baby - carriage sells for $40 to 360. Shoes are $12 to $15 a pair. As to rent, if a man cannot buy furniture at its present exorbitant price he must pay ! week for a small fur- nished flat or a house, in the latter case a necessary feature being a cook { and at least two other servants. Because of all this the British man declares that he simply can't afford to marry. Something must be done. | CALLS REDS LIARS Charges That Radicals in Hartford Jail Are Being Abused Without Foundation, Officials Say. Hartford, Dec. 5. Russians arrested in this state and held at tite Hartford county jail for examination as radical aliens liable to deportation were roughly beaten while being taken to the jail and were led to the federal building for examination | ohained with filthy fetters and that of prisoners three had died, published in the Russian dally news- paper Lycekin Touoer, printed in New | York are denfed by federal agents. From the office of the jaller a state ment was made to the coffect that all the prisoners were in good health, were altogether a ‘“husky looking bunch” and probably were receiving Detter care than were many citizens who were free and that no prisoner -Assertions that | Governor | Missouri, who called it announced the | Her | i throu { hour basis day and | cities of the central west, north and | i coal | creased, however, and plans were | Oklahoma | ing of Globe Clothing House Established 1886 Holiday Men’s Silk Sale of Neckwear Open End Four-in-Hands 75¢, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00 and $3.50. Rich and exclusive in colors. Boys’ Genuine All Weeol Western Fabric Mackinaws, $8.90 to $16.00. Bath Robes for to $10.00. Men and Boys, $4.00 This Store is the Home of Hart Schaff- ner & Marx Clothes. PINCHED FOR COAL 'But First Five on Priority List . Have Enough Chicago, ment Dee. | 6.—Dr yresenger the counts curtail- of service train th th tion as ral ind had no 5 a fucl cons tion the strike of coal min-. h week. optimism me operators wuere id to ¢l was not reflceted in actual favor- able developments reported from the ! coal fields. More Factories Closed. Industries today closed or had given notice that op stion would he spended after to- day, while the coal =aving orders that already had put Chi on a 6 1-2 affected other Additional were outhwest to a lesser degree w- o ex- tended to other places. At Chicago a six-hour day beginning Monday was decreed and' members of the regional committee predicted that a few days' continuance of the miners’ walk- out would force a 4-hour day. Only in isolated instances and in small groups were miners reported to be resuming production. In the great central competitive fleld and in oth- ers of the larger organized areas the minérs generally maintained their at- | titude of recmaining away from work | mtil a larger wage increase than the 14 per cent decreed by the federal | fuel administration was forthcoming Production of coal at the Kansas strip pits by volunteer workers in- | 1d- Missouri, vanced for similar work in and Arkansas. Many Trains Taken Off. In the reduction one-third in “train miles’” ordered | in passenger traffic, some of the country's palatial trains were affected. They included the Twentieth Century on the New York Central and Broad- | way Limited on the Pennsylvenia be- tween New York and Chidago and the | North Coast Limited between Chicago and North Pacific coast points. The reduction in the central, north and southwestern regions is effective Monday: in the southern Tuesday and in the eastern region Wednesday. Mild Weather Favors. With moderation of the unseason- | ably low temperatures that prevailed | over most of the country west of the Mississippi river for several days ur- gency of pleas for fuel apparently had diminished today. Many small | citles and towns in Nebraska, Mon- tana and western Kansas still were virtually without coal and s\lbs(llu(es‘ were at a premium. i Canadian coal shipments somewhat } relleved the situation in the far north- west. On the eastern side of the conti- nent, New York city’s conservation steps consisted of turning off heat in subway, elevated and surface ocars | during rush hours; eliminating heat- cabins on ferryboats operated by the railroad administration, and | voluntary darkening of signs by thea- | ter managers except for one hour in the evening. Many of the electric ad- vertising signs along Broadway re- mained lighted. Conference Is Postponed. The conference of governors of ten | states set for Sunday at St. Louis to- day had been postponed indefinitely Frederick D. Gardner of of approximately | meeting would not be held until the federal fuel administration acted on resolutions which the governors adopted a week ago requesting more { 5i | {and t e mivres remain closed. liberal distribution of fuel middle west and that a for. eack state bo named In conncction with the plan to oper= Oklahoma mines with volunteer bor martial law had been proclaimed that for the first time. Giove Robertson placed six mines under martial law. Dakota mines may be takern operated. in any emergency after July' 1, next ssed by a spocial sese ature last night. in the fuel director o county coal North e and Pirst Five Have Enough, burgh. Dec. 6.-~The Pittse burgh coal distributing committee of e United States railroad administras tion announced today that sufficient coal is -on hand or in sicht to supply all consumers in the first five priority and some for those listed Des the five, “In addition the situation relative to the coal supply is improving,” ar officlal of the committee said. e None of the 42,000 idle miners in the Pittsburgh; district was reported to have returned to work vesterday situation Philig of district No. 5 ers, said today “While with mine workers generals ly and the officials I am on the o hand hopeful of a favorable adjust- ment of the coal mining situation. have no knowlsdge of any specific ef- fort being made in that direction.” classe Relat sto the president W Mother’s Coughs~and olds Go dulckly She cannot afford to besick and regiect her househcld duties. 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