New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1920, Page 10

E 1 ) ) ) ) ) 5 ) ) ) ) ) ) 6 66 o G 5 5 5 5 ) 6 5 ) 6 6 6 6 6 566 66 6 ) 6 ) o E@wmfiw 6 UEEEDD@ED@EEEEEEEEE@@@EEEE@@E@EE @EEEEEE@@EEEEEEEE@EEEE@EEEE@@EEEE@@EEEEE@EEEEE@E@E@ for Washngton. Through his &ac- quaintance with southerners he learn- ed of a projected raid upon the na- tional capital and hastened to Secre- tapy Seward with the information. Secretary Seward made the lad his | messenger as a reward. ) DISTINGTION OF HITTING A GOV. Major Armes Was Pictur- esque Character. Federal troops when they first crossed the Potomac into Virginia. He twice wounded before the first battle of Bull Run was fought and received a third bullet in that engagement. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in the Sixteenth Virginia Volunteers and was not long before he was given & lieutenant’s commission. The next year found him serving on Gen. Hancock’s staff. During an en- gagement he was detailed to carrv a message from Hancock to Burnside. He took a straight course which led him in front. of the lines and into | view of both armies. His horse was { shot and as the animal fell it pinned its rider to the ground. Extricating himself and managing to capture a { loose horse on the battlefleld, Lieut. Armes rode to Burnside in safe nd | aided in a readjustment of the union forces. His gallantry won him a cap- taincy in the Second New York Ar- tillery. laghington, Feb. 9.—Wtih the re- death in Washington of Major e A. Armes, the retired list of army has lost perhaps its most resque figure. Because -of his | t for picturesque quarrcis, his jess bravery and seeming disre- of consequences, the major for was known among his brother s as the Modern D’Artagnan. in_his school days in Anadale, < county, Virginia, he was a i and a fighter. He was 16 when finia. seceded in 1860 and, an- cing his intention of remaining to the Union, he at once started aney Saving Specials For Tuesday [LEAN POT ROAST BEEF . N CHOICE CHUCKS ROAST BEEF [LEAN BOILING BEEF ... [FRESH GROUND HAMBURG.. 14c 16c b 10c ™ SQUIRES SAU- SAGE MEAT 34c¢ FRESH SLICED LIVER 8c b ™ m T/OIN LAMB CHOPS .. 32c¢ FRESH BEEF KIDNEY 12c Ib LEAN FRESH SHOULDERS LEAN SUGAR CURED SMOKED SHOULDERS 22¢ CAMPBELL’S PORK AND BEANS, 2 cans 'MOHIOAN TOMATO SOUP, 3 cans 'MOHFCAN PANCAKE FLOUR MOHICAN MACARONL \DMOAN CREAMERY BUTTER SWIFT'S GEM NUT MARGARINE WHITE ROCK TURNIPS 3 Ibs. CARROTS AND PARSNIPS The wav to reach her If you'd beat Cupid t« And make her vour true »u'll never rue i h Fowers!" Fine stop to think—just do Va We can plan a floral Vaientine for from bunch of Viclets, a more elaborate or group of cut flowers, or a ma to sult your fancy. VOLZ FLORAL CO. you L simple exquisjte uquet, a large cluster of special design corsage I | ! heavy was | i | was then it | | Gen. At Hatcser’'s Run Capt. Armes, aft- er two attacks had been repulsed with losses, volunteered to lead third attempt to cross the 30-foot stream. Grasping a log, he started swimming, calling upon his men to follow. As he gained the further Youns Armes acted as o guide to | PANK he was bayonetsd in the face. He dropped, but the enemy breast- | ks were taken by his followers. That night an order was issued by Miles, complimenting Capt. Armes and breveting him a major. Ho 22 years old. He recovered from his wound and served through all the operations until Lee’s surren- der at Appomattox With the coming of peace Armes' was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular cavalry and assigned to duty in the west. It was not leng before Armes was again mentioned in orders. With a | detachment of troopers he had swoop- | ed down upon a band of hostile In- dians who had been murdering | whites and running off their cattle on the North Platte river. The In- dians were taken by surprise and most of them bolted. Their tents were burned and every head of stol- en stock was recovered. In January, 1867, word reached Fort Sedgwick, where Armes was stationed. that 30 1700d choppers were belecaguered by the Indians and in fair way to be starved. frozen or massacred if heip did not come. Armes and his detachment ' of 40 troopers rescued the men and when Gen. Grant heard of the exploit he ordered Armes commissioner a cap- | tain. He was then assigned to the Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Iays, on the Kansas frontier. He was 22 vears old and the youngest cavalry captain | ever in the regular army. In his next, Indian fight he was shot through the | hip. In 1869 Armes caused the arrest of two officers in his command, accusing them of selling army mules for their own profit. The prisoners had influ- | entia] friends and Armes suffered for his firmnes Almost continuous from thot time he was in bitter con- flict with the authorities at Washing- ton. Not long after Pre inauguration Major guished himself once by tweaking the nose of Gov. vf Pennsylvania.. The governor first made Armes a member of staff for the inaugural parade. Then, to oblige the major's enemies, the governor had changed his mind about sident Harrison's Armes distin- more, this time Beave had his fter being placed on the' retired Major Armes continued to live in shington, where he entered the{ real estate business, in which he is said to have made a million dollars. He was greatly intercsted in behalf f the Boers ¢ inst England during the South frican ar and boasted of having been the means of sending 23,000 recruits to the Boer colo Weather Caus Slump In Cobbling Business the stormy weather t sev weeks made it nec ry: to wear rubbers or overshoes, shoe epairers about the city are reporting ivation busines Shoes do not wear out nearly as Tapidly when pro- tected by rubbers. they and hence it is not nccessar brir them for revairs so often PROHIBITION AND WATER. Gloucester, N. J., Feb. 9.—Con- sumption of water here has near doubled since July 1, when the war- | time prohibition act became effective The municipality has just drilled two | artesian wells to augment the water | supply in anticipation of an increased | demand under constitutional pro- hibit} cause of the say, to “ORIGIN OF BIBLE.’ Rev. William A. Downey spoke on > arigin of the Bible and told the history of the old and new testaments at the meeting of St. Mary's Holy Name society last night. His address | rollowed a business meeting. The so- | ciety has accepted an invitation of the John branch to attend exercises it cl.arch n Sunday night WILL IS FILED. | The will of James M. Carpenter was | presented for probate this morning. document was dr 19, and directs that $500 be paid to Zdwin B. Wilbur, or in case of his th to his wife, Ellen. The residue estate is to ga to Frances G. Car penter, wife of the deceased. { persons of other nationalities { 1o an appreciable n August 16, | ¢ crry ITEMS Miss Florie Berglund of 103 Hart street is seriously ill with an attack of influenza. Attend ‘American Legion Ball, State | Armory, Thursday night. Olcolt'si Orchestra.—Advt. i Domenic Gerard has filed a notice ' of intention to sell half-interest in a garage and machine shop business at 538 East Main street to Henry M Mooers on February 23. Melville T. Clark of 193 Main street, who underwent an operation in St. | Francis haspital in Hartford last Thursday is getting along nicely. Stanley Woman’s Relief corps will hold its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in G. A. R. holl. Indianola counecil, D. of P., will meet tomarrow evening. Following the business session the newly.organ- ized degree team will hold practice degree. i The Young People's' society of the Swedish Elim Baptist church will hold its bimonthly business meeting in the® church parlors tonight instead of tamorrow night. Military day night. Advt. M street, Katherine Carmen under bonds to appear in police court Saturday morning on a charge of abandonment of her child, has been admitted to the local hospital. 102d Regiment Band, Arch Street Armory, Thursday night.—Advt. Major Coates and Lieut. Harris, of the army medical corps, will com- plete the work of examining members of the High school R. O. T. C. today. The health board will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Bills will be gone over and other routine matters | will come up. William B. Wilbor, elevator tendant in city hall, back at post following a severe illness rheumatism. Military Ball, State Armory, Thurs- ay night. Yankee Division Band. Ball, State Armory. Thurs Yankee Division Band.— Anthony Contois, of is ill at her home. Dailey, who is High at- his with RECORD OF HUNTERS Pennsylvanians Get 2,913 Male Deer. 172 Bear and 5,181 Turkey—Many | Rabbits—35 Fatal Accidents, Philadelphia. Feb. 9.—Pennsylva- | nia hunters last year killed legally 2,913 male deer weighing 378,690 pounds. They also shot illegally 119 male fawns and does. The bear hunters got s and those who went after rabbits killed 2,719,- Turkey shooters got 5,181. Fatal accidents exceeded former vears, persons having been killed | and wounded. The state game bureau is paying out | about'$1,700 a day at present to those ; who present pelts from noxious ani- | mals at this season. The bounty is paid from’ the revenue from hunters' iicenses of which & 000 were issued. fi'l{l?[)-(‘OR\'mED RACE. America, England and Italy Seeking | Transcaucasian Trade. London, Feb. 3.—A lively compet tion for transcaucasian trade appears | to have sprung up among the Ameri- can, British and Italian interests | working there. The British cohsul at i in a report published in the | Board of Tradc Journal states that { members of the American relief com- mittees are busily engaged in open- ing up trade with America. The Brit- ish still lead in importations he ac- serts. The consul that “hitherto little else but nd clothing for distribution to Armenian refugees and in dis- from attention { Trans sts points n Ameri- states flonr ress have reached this countr United States, but the ¢h is being paid to Caucasus by American interr increase can trade in the mear futusc The Italian mission, ampaign, has established fort- nightly service of passenger and cargo w the as part of its _Brazil, to San Francisco, U. S. A,, | representative of the Handelsblad, of : Amsterdam, ari | ago from the Brazi | tinent over the ! pleting on foot { through | at Annapolls for the First Congres- " liminary i post office, ! ce: { on | James | & | Philip Stanley | Stanley Estate Is steamers between Triest and Batum. The route takes the boats through th orthern Black Sea and stops are made at Caucasion ports. Travelling Afoot From South America to San Francisco; Carries Sword | { | | Cane for Defense. i Buenos Aires, Feb. 9.—Carel Der-‘ icks, a Dutch “globe-walker,” who is travelling afoot from Rio de Janeiro, as ved here a few days an capital, which left on October 20th. | From here, Dericks crosses the con- Andes mountains to Santiago, Chile, whence he will make his way north through that country and the other west coast ountries, Central America, Mexico and thence into California. He hopes to arrive he a journey of about ; !in San Francisco before June 1, com- | i 12,400 miles. For defense while travelling ild tions he carries a hollow .cane containing a rapier. While journeving through Santa Ca- tarina province in Brazil, he was threatened by Botokude Indians, but their hostility was changed to curi- v, he said. by the sudden trans- formation of his stick into a sword. VACANCY AT ANNAPOLIS, Competitive Examination Will Chance to New Britain Boys. A special vacancy Give having occurred sional district, Congressman Augus- tine Lonergan will have a special pre- competitive examination held in Hartford for designation to take the fina] entrance examinations 1o the United States Naval Academy The preliminaries will be held at the Hartford, Saturday morn- ing, March 6, at 9 o'clock. Boys in the district interested may write to the congressman at Wash- ington. As the entrance sful candidate will candidates must be ind not more than 20 years of age that date. They must be bona-| csidents of Hartford county. | st pass the physical and be examined in gra r, geography, arithmetic, his tory, algebra and geometry. CAMPAIGN PROGRESSING Publicity I date for the suc- be April 21, not less than 16 | | | | | i i I = = = = = 0 [CT] =] O} = ] =] =] [ 5] =] | = [0 [a] O | = ] [0 [m] =] =] = [a] ] Manager of Commitice in Charge of Campaign for Crippled Children Reports. The committee in charge of the campaign for $25,000 for the crippled | children’s home cports that up to this afternoon $8 has been collect- ed by the canvassers. The following report was made: .00 00 .00 | @w@@@@@ H. Pea - Buol V. E. Atwond . W. L. Hatch George Klett .. C. F. Bennett E. W. Christ Joseph Lamb E. W. Pelton Peter Crona T. Weed Lean A. e Barbara Moors . \Irs. C) B Pari . J. Sloper . L J. Skinner 5 H. B. Chamberlain .. L. A. Sprague Total Appraised at $19,269 5 and John J the estate ot | filed the fol- | Dunn y or Walter H . have lowing report Works stock, 67 shares Ik corpan $11,340; West Virginia company stock, 13 shares $1,625: Union Manufactuiring com- pany stock shares Total $19,269, Pulp AMERIGAN LEGIO_N CONCERT Prominent Society People Secuie Boxes for Big Military Event Next Howard L. Platt, A. F. Corbin, H. C. M. Thomson and John C. Loomis. There still are a few boxes remain- ing unreserved and they may be se- cured by communicating with Gard- ner C. Weld. [ e Thursday—102d Band to Play. Plans are shaping toward perfec- ! tion for the first concert and ball under the auspices of Eddy-Glover post, No. 6, American Legion, which | will be held next Thursday evening in the State Armory on Arch street. The | affair, which is being given by the legion for the benefit of a new hom fund, promises to be a social and financial success. The committee has arranged to have the crack 102d R iment band render a concert from 8 ‘to 9 o'clock and to alternate with Oi- | | harder cott’s orchestra in furnishing music for dancing, which will continue until 1 o’clock Friday morning. Invitations have been extended to | prominent military dignitaries of the state, including General Clarence Edwards, commander of the 26th Di- vision. Local people who have re- served boxes for the concert are: Mayor George A. Quigley, James M. North, H. H. Pease, George T. Kim- ball, Mrs. E. H. Cooper, Charles B. Parsons, Philip B. Stanley, P. Corbin, | 436 Main St., In our efforts to of our customers. THANK A large stock of 7 > 10; 505 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 50 5 00 0 B R G special prices for new All Linoleums at prices. Royal Worcester up. Regret that in the rushing hours of Satur- day, some of our thousands of customers could not be attended to. New Britain the best of foods only, at the lowest prices, we are now doubling our fa- cilities for handling the very large numbers be sold at less than market prices. Apron Ginghams, 25¢ a yard. 36-Inch Percales, 42¢c. Windham Dress Satin, (Black only) 36 inches wide, at $4.25 yard. @fi@@fi%fifififififi@fifiifi%@fifififi@@@ RUPTURED? TRY THIS FREE n Sent oo 30 Dags’ hout Expenne to Y send 1 my measurement turn the blank I invention for rupture. put it on and wear every test you can think The the test the better will You will wonder how you ever with the old style cruel spring trusses or belts with leg straps of torturc. Your good, common sense and your own doctor will tell you it is the omly way in which you ecan ever expect a cure. After wearing It 30 day: if it is MOt entirely satisfactory every way—if it is not , easy and comfortable—if you cannot actually see your rupture getiing better, if not convinced that a cure is merely a question of time, just returnm it and vou are out nothing. Any ruptura appliance sent on 30 davs' irial without ex- pense to you is worth a trial. _ Tell your ruptured friends of this. EASYHOLD CO., 8 Koch Bldg., Kansas City., Mo. Trial ted_rupture bgok When you re- send you my new When it arrives it it to like it #ot along own 0 & sell to the public of YOu! (] ] ] ) ] e ] ] ] ] ) ) ) ) ) oo ) i) ) ) o ) BUSBSCATVEB VBB VBETTOD SO0 D. Miller Co.g Window Shades to ‘7‘ Also 25 houses. s 1094 Off from regular & B Over-Draperies, Scrims and Marqtus- ettes, Figured and Fancy Burlap. Corsets, from $1.69 i - - FIIET . @@@@fi@@@@@@@@ - 5 ) ] ] EEEIIEE]EJE@E!@E@EE] o ] o T i l}j@@@@[fiflflflj@@@@@EmE@E@EEEMJ The Management of The Public Market Opposite East Main St.,