New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 17

SRITAIN HERAL NEW BRH'A[N DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. . GERMANY VOIGES ITS APPRECIATION Thanks lglu'ladelphia Society lor Givin Al Aid adeis*'s Deéc. 17.~The Ger- -:nm(l),, r:.mcn( has expressed to the State repartment at Washington its ap! ~eolation of the work of the wrican Friends Service Committeo, ¢ Philadelphia, in feeding under- nourished children in the Rhine sector occupied by the American troops. The American Quakers are furnish- ing one hot meal a day to 650,000 children and nursing mothers in Ger- many, having engaged in this work at the request of Herbert C. Hoover. During the winter the Friends expect to feed 1,000,000 children and mothers daily. Only the most undernourished children and those in iImminent danger , of disease are being fed. “The German government's note, which was delivered by the Minister of Switzorland, réads in part as follows: “For some time an American rellef mission has been in operation in the government distriet of Coblenz, its purpose being to feed undernourished children, and #t has already helped thousands of Germaa children. The | German government is anxious alko | to express its thanks officially to the | American government for this work ! of unselfish charity. “The foreign office of the German empire threfore has the honor to re- quest the Swiss legation to convey the sincere thanks of the German govern- ‘ment to the State Dopartment at ‘Washington, D. C,, through the Swiss legation for the generous work of Mr. NoYes (American member of tho Rhineland commission at whose sug- westion the Quakers undertook tho re- llef work) and for the self-sacrificing activity of the Quakers, who in the mervice of humanity are creating bet- ter living econditions for thousands of German ghildren.” PRIEST'S WILL FILED o s e Rev. Terence B. Smith of Bridgeport, + Leaves $1,000 tor Bishop Nilan .+ Bridgeport, Dec. 17.—~The will of Rev. Terence B. Smith, late pastor of the Blessed Sncrament church here, ‘was filed for probate yesterday. Be- quests of money are as follows: $500 to the executor for masses; 8500 for a monument to be erected to him in New Havei) cametery; $500 for funeral expenses; $500 to St. Bona- yenture college at Allegheny, N. Y.: $1,000 to Right Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop of Hartford, to be distributed among charities. The residue of an estate estimated In all at $6,000, is divided between the Blessed Sacrament church of Bridgeport and the Blessed Sacrament church of Waterbury. BODY IS REBURIED Cuptain Arthur H. Kelly of Virginia Now Rests at Lemberg, Poland Lemberg, Dec, 17.—~The body of Captain Arthur H, Kelly, of Rich- mond, Va., member of the Kosclusko #ir squadron who was killed In the fall of his machine, has been reburied here. The casket was taken from the grave beside a little stream near | Rovno and brought here draped in an | Amerigan flag by Polish Uhlans. American Red Cross workers and membets of the American Legion took part in the funeral services here. ’ $100,000 ROBBERY. New York Gunmen Get Loot After Killing One Man. Deec. 17.—Luke Mulligan, a sixty- yoar-old messenger, opened the door #f the wholesale and retall jewelry house of Andrews & Winsten on the dghth floor of the Marcus Bullding, at Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street, thiortly before 2 o'clock yesterday af- tornodn and steppod across the thresh- ’ld into midst of the most daring of All the holdups that have terrorized New York for many months—a day- ight robbery in which the robbers, after killing one man and injuring three others, escaped with gold and slatinum and Jewelry worth more than $§100,000. Only eight floors below the heavy stream of Fifth avenue traffc flowed by without interruption, and free blocks south half a dozen policemen rogulated the thousands of pedestrians and automobiles congre- pated at the world's pusiest corner, POISONED BY MANICURE. Infected Instrument Causes Death of Mrs. Friday in Pittsburgh. Pitsburgh, Dec. 17.—Blood pols- ming caused by an infected Instrument #sed by an operator while manicur- Ing the hand of Mrs. John A. Friday, wife of an official of the Independent BYewery Company, resulted in Mrs. ‘s death last Tuesday. Mra Friday had been fiken to the Mercy Hospital, where the surgeons decided no amputate her arm as the only # of saving her life. This was lan- but did not avall. Mrs. Friday Was the daughter of the late Peter Hormes, ono of the best known busi- Jess men in this city. She was prom- Bent in soclety and charitable work. 8 MILLION DRY DOCK FIRE, ‘New Orleans, Dec. 17.—~Fire caused by an electric feed wire snapping and Ppping Into & pool of water, creat- orteireult, did damage esti- ting dry dock of cthe Jahncke Dry Ppck and Ship-building Company here y, destroyed three vessels un- oing repairs, damaged six otherr faused o casualty lst of at least | i WHAT TO GIVE HIM? WHAT TO GIVE HER? A Column of Suggestions to Help You + Decide. 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