New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1920, Page 7

BRITAIN PR RRBRER BIRRERBRER The Sale To Wait For, Our Jan. Sale, Starts Mon. With Best Bargains Ever CREATES A N . THIS SALE PROMI® JEALWAYS WAIT KNOWING THAT 4 DAY, JANUARY 3rd, WANT PRICED EVEN LESS THAN YOU THIS IS ARY AMONG T™HE PALD FOR SO I ND TO FIND THE THINGS YOU EXPECTED. Great Three Day Furniture Sale At Extremely Lowered Prices E THE VALUES THAT ARE TO BE PLACED BEFORE YOU TH ) TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY MORNING, HOLDING GOOD UNT! PRICES HAD BEEN MATERIALLY REDUCE WE HAVE SLASHED L . LOWER, IN MANY CASES THE REDUCTIO ARE AS BIG AS HALF ULAR PRICE. YOU MUST SEE TU OFFERINGS THEMSELVES, IT TELL: MUCH BETTER THAN WORDS. YOU CANNOT FULLY RE THREE DAYS BE —HERE ARE PIECES FORK LIVING FULL TURKISH DAV \PORT, structed, with spring cushions upholstered allround in wool tapestry A sample piece, regular price $300, Sale price $150.00, which is just half. QUEEN ANNE ARM CHAIR (a covered in tapestry, Sale price THREE PIECE SUITE in Queen Anne model with spring cushions covered with velour A sample suite priced regularly at $405.00. we offer it at half for this Sale, $247.; ROOMS— THREE PIECE SUITE in consisting of Davenport, Chair and rocker, uphol- stered In tapestry and velour combination with out- side of bucks covered with same material Regular price $388.50. Special Sale price $194.2 Just 1 its value, you see Handsome Turkish cushions and spring arms priced repularly at $205.00. half that, $147.50. THREE PIECE short soft, $110.00 Queen Anne model, finely con- . sample piece) Davenport with sprin is $145.00. A sample piece that wa Offered at this sale for nicely Our Special regular price 0. the favored SUITE FOR PARLOR, and rocker, regular price but half, $55.00. with was price HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALI DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF UR BERLIN NEWS JOSEPH SCHOILNICK one pint bottle pint bottle bottle partly empty Read of whiskey, one-half of whiskey, one quart filled with whiskey, and quart whiskey bottle. Ver- the local constable, placed proprietor under arrest and he Rocky Belmont will close at noon on New Year's Day as has been the cus- tom in the past. Urge Air Service In a letter received by Postmaster Fagan from Major L. H. Dpennan appear in the town court Thurs- | of Boston an appeal is made that all dny night in front of Judge Gri-wold | local youths be urged to enlist in the and Prosecutor | air service as this branch is des- Mr. Schollnick has entered perately in need of men. As there S i e et is no recruiting station in Berlin the ’rnnnnll:nlon of his hearing men are asked to go to New Brit- Wit 56 Nol oh Thursda n or any other city in which they othaa dF Soutate previously desire to offer their services. Some nounced. When in regard to |of the details furnished by Major th Will Appear Belore Judge Gris- novneea W L reRard 10 ot the dctaily furmished 13 Major STMASTER'S EXPLANATION lquor. will be | Year Ulnims Error Appeared in Last one non the will Lewis. a plea tor a which | in- ON COURT DOCKET evening as an- en Constable Schoilnick charge sell Just what ainst must of You Will Be Sent. the or- involv- travel from evidence Snik Eniistments—] brought him is not known tion of the air % as'we, the raid, found the | jno the least amount of whiskey not see him make a {the point of acceptance .~u1-\~. o S Three Year Enlistments—To any As the recen organization, unit or detachment of Kilby and Globe ¢ the service within the continen- much excitement and interest in town ' (4] Jimijts of the United Sta in e et i ere e an v 5 3 it ls expected that there will be many ' which Vieants Weciata - Wace ta: nlistment— l_‘(’)";:lmn:‘-::u.- in court when | ance \\’fflh the choice of applicant at 2 7 ime o acceptance. O SITRNSS s pa ey LN O Sapici s twin ibatRent to one In an explanation of the article (of the lighter-than.air stations Non appearing in last night's papers &S ' specinlists uie e i Non- left fin the Berlin post office, Post- |1t haq prior service in the air serv masler Barrett satd this morniig |ice. or who are mot qalified In seme that those still there had come IN not qualified In some alr seriec on the 4:3¢ mall Christmas day and |air service trade L servict did not reach his office until nearly | 5 « closing time as the holiday schedule | What Yo of hours was in vogue. He said that addition to the bags were opened and the many | ceiVed you will | 1odging, med pay from packages filled the room but we not called for by the local people and |Pa¥ [ . there is no village delivery in Ber- | ClUsive of 10 per cent increase for lin although there is a rural de S8ch | five, venrsi servion; 120 | per omt This morning. however. thers were | iNcrease while on foreign service, and not many bundles left and most all |€X!ra ration allowance for certain non-commissioned officers; 50 per cent increase for flying duty, enlist- had heen called for yesterday. Barberships to Close. FEp e e ment honus of $90 for three year by Willians | enlistment, and, if have proper qualifications, air will teach vou to fi Local Team Loses, The first team of the Worthington Athletic as: tion lost in their game to the Boys' club team of New Brit- ain in that city last night. The score was [0 to 9. There were many from this town who attended the game. zton Methodist Church. » regular mid-week praver meet- ing of the Kensington Methodist church will be held on Tuesday even- | ing at 7:30 o’clock. Miss Bertha Han- ford will be the leader and the topic is a “Purpose Meeting.” This the last night of the contest and all mem- bers are requested to be present. nformal Dance The club of Berlin an informal dance the Housc tomorrow 'ning. There will be orchestra as the hall is con- sidered small and a Victrola will fur | nish the mu is expected that | there will be twenty couples in tendance refreshments will served intermission and reing will enjoyed from N until service in making but did saloon raids on the on- houses have caused ng’s Paper—Ilo Team Loses to a Boyy' Club—Urges WO Berlin Kernels. oseph Sclhollnick, proprietor of the he cafe, also known the Nut. house, which was recently raid- will appear in the town arsday evening at 8 o'clock 'ond charge of selling ors. The the locul hries E. L. Thursday y o'clock r. Lewis and his men m well filled with customers they en 1. In the saloon, allon Jug of whiskey was found \bout the place, Including nick's private room, they 4 five quard bottles of whi as court on a intoxicating Will Get. the education re- get: Food. clothing, 1 and dental attention, $30 to $155 per month, ‘in- Globe cafe was raided authorities, headed by wis and Vernon Read night, December 24, at In found the | Roth conducted re- the service parlors Lyons and \BETTY AND HER BEAU. ) you the FATHUER ACTS 50O = HORRID AR MUSHC ouR Girls® will give Community e no a It about Light during WELL IF YOU'RE be WRITING TO OTHER GIRLS YOU NEEDN'T COME TO SEE ME ¢ Many of the Enjoy younger °n today ta Sliding childr th brou, Many town sleds that § for Christmas vere sliding for ! first time this year. A usually the custom among the smaller children they pick out the .most rous strec to zo =kating en often- times seriol r s ht them the is dang ts and {16 | Ryder | Grand Jurar Stanley DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1920. PLAINVILLE NEWS NEGLIGENCE CASE WILL HAVE HEARING ‘Trial of Long Standing to Be Held Tomorrow 'LEGION ~ ELECTS OFIGERS Brock-Barnes Post Elects Officers— Masons Ladies’ Night—Martha Re- Meeting—Church Held—Other Items of Interest. bekah Meceting the Plainville Town Court to- afternoon, at 1 o'clock, the ding case of Mr. and Mrs. of South Washington street, will be heard. Justice Merrit O. will be at the bench, while S. Gwillim will prosecute. The case has been in the hands of the local town officials for some time past. It-has however, not been tried before the town court, as other methods of settling the matter had been tried without any success whatever, The charges against Mr. and Mrs. Legrandi are alleged neg- ligence of their children. There are ten children in the Legrandi family. My and a steady worker according to re- ports received by the town. There are however, family troubles that cause some dispute in regard to the sup- port of the children six of his own, while Mrs. Legrandi, being his second wife, has four. The State Humane Soclety at Hartford have also taken a hand in the mat- ter, and Humane Agent Williams has been investi ing it for the past several weeks. As the result of this investigation, Mr, Legrandi was ordered to pay the sum of $25 a week towards the sup- port of the family and furnish fuel besides. This was about two months ago. He was also put on a month's probation. Mr. Legrandi, it is said, fol- I 1 out this order fully. However, it :d not last long and complaints were received of the negligence of the children. Constable Phillip Marino filled papers summaning Mr. and Mrs. Legrandi to appear in court tomor- row morning. Zettergrene-Erbe Wedding Word has been received of the mar- riage of Miss Ruth Mae Erbe, daugh- ter of Mrs. Joseph Merriman of Strong Court, to Charles Zettergrene of New Haven, The wedding took place Fri- day, and was performed in Bridge- port. Rev. Gerald H. licard of that city, officiated. The couple were un- attended. The bride has a wide circle of friends lbcally and is a graduate of the local Grammar school, the New Britain High school and the State Normal school, at New Britain. Mr. Zettergrene is naw connected with the Underwood Typewriter company in Bridgeport. He had formerly worked at the Standard Steel and Bearings plant in this town. They will make their home in Bridgeport. Authorities Issue Warning The Piainville authorities have is- sued a warning to the local fruit stores, to the effect that their punch boards, now in use at the stores, must be abolished. In case this order is not obeyed and the boards removed, some action will be taken by the police. Several complaints have been received regarding the matter, and the authorities do not sanction the use of the boards. It had been the habit of stores to award prizes on these punch boards and they prove to at- tract the gambling instincts of the younger lads. The local officials will be on the alert and watch the out- come of this warning to see if it will be heceded. Post Elects Officers The annual election and regular meeting of the members of the Brock- Barnes post, American Legion, was held at the post headquartcrs on Pierce street last night. A report on the doings of the post were also made. The election of officers is as follows: Adjutant and secretary, Ralph Newel; commander, iiarold Corning; Chap- n, Albert Tuttle; treasurer, Edward relief committee, Merton Lamb, John Guiden, John Pettinato, D Lawrence H. Frost and Flloyd Kaitsh. Mr, Newell fills the position of adjutant being left vacant by John Guiden, who had served in that capawcity since the starting of the post. The post discussed the proposition of securing a prospcctive building site. It is the object ¢f the post to build a new home for iie members in the ncar future. There is, at present, a building furd will be used fi this _purpos At morrow long sta Barrows; New York state her Christmas holidays Berlin, The men school, is spending at her home in meeting of the in the' Town select- hall last weekly was held | evening Mrs. Charles A. Nicholls of ach, spent the week-end Mr. and Sound B with J. J. Graham. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Upson of Wallingford were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Wooding. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Wells and son of ‘Winsted, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs E. Wil Mr. and Mrs. Henry daught of Hartford, and Mrs. Robert I'ratt of spent Christmas with Hotchkiss. Mr. and Mrs. Milton returned from Rockville, pent the holidays. pand Mrs. 1. E. Alliug and and ~ Mr. Southington, Mrs. I E have they Emery where enter- Legrundi is a carpenter by trade | Mr. Legrandi has ! I\vhen the time coines. A central lo- cation is desired that can be readily reached, where all affairs of the post | will be held. It may be some time be- fore the plans can be fully realized, but the main fact is to have project started that some end may be attained soon. Ladies’ Night Tonight. | _ Ladies’ night will be observed at the | Masonic Temple, by the Frederick lodge, No. 14, A. F. and A. M. this evening. An appropriate program has been arranged. It will commence o'clock. The members have baen { extended an invitation to have wives and lady friends accompany them. Speakers will be heard and moving pictures will be a purt of the evening’s entertainment. Refreshments will follow. 1 Ladies’ Auxiliary Meeting. An important meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Brock-Barnes post, | will be held this evening. The annual election of officers will take place. Two | delegates will also be selected. They will attend the state auxiliary conven- tion to be held at Bridgeport next month. All members are urged to at- tend the meeting tonight. Plans for the future wili also be outlined and acted upon. - Martha Rcbekah Meetir { A notice has been issued to the mem- bers of the Martha Rebekah lodge, of a special meeting called for tomor- row night. It will be held at the L. O. O. F. hall and commence at 8 o’clock. H attendance of members is de- Church Mieeting Held. The members of { church held a special meeting at the church chapel last night. Professor William Halam Tweed Divinity at New Haven, addressed the assembly. Professor Tweedy dwelt largely upon the doings of the various | churches in the community. The financial committee made a favorable report on the ‘‘Every Mem- | ber's Canvass.'’ There was more | than $4,000 received in pledges from | the members this year. This sum is by far larger than any other received in previous years and the officials ex- pressed their admiration to the people for their excellent support. There was large attendance at the meeting the bad weather. Civil War Veteran Dead. Jeremiah T. Randall, an aged resi- dent, died this morning at his home on Unionville avenue. He was a veteran of the Civil Warand a well known citizen. His widow survives him. The funeral arrangements have not been completed but it is expected the services will be held Thursday morn- ing at th Church of Our Lady of Mercy. a ! despite Town Talk. Mrs. George Brooks of Me., are the guests of Rev. and { O1d Orchard, Rev. Brooks' mother, Mrs. Bagely and | sister, Mrs. S. A. Coats of 111 Whiting street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodcock have returned to their home at New Bed- ford, Mass., days with Mrs. M. P. street. Mrs. Frank P. Usher is ill home on Farmington avenue. Jacob Silverstein has sold property at Liberty Gardens to Thomas A. and Lena A. La Mott. Ralp Newell is confined to his home on Maple street with a severe cold. FOR SALE—Groceries, flour, feed, shoes, rubbers, boots, dry goods, etc. D. Negri. 12-18; at her s. -dsx Eagloe Milk 25¢ can, Russell Bros.— advt. 1 BOWLING AT “Y” Three Leaguc Records Are Broken During Contests Between Ens worth’s and Parsons Quintets. Ensworth team defeated by Parsons three games straight. Glen Jones breaks two individual records, while Parsons team increases lead. Parsons Team. 75 91 84 102 78 Parsons Tinti Mardon Jones . Cook . 469 Ensworths. Ensworth Kresewether . Hultgren .. Bell i John Doe Individual high score, G .Jones, 121. Individual high scorc three games, G. Jones 307. Team high score, Parsons, 1381. League Standing. Won Lost Parsons Dehnis Ensworth CITY ITEMS Removal sale at Besse-Leland’s —advt Patrolman Patrick Quirk today entered St. Francis' hospital at Hart- tord, to undergo treatment for rheu- matism. Call and let us explain the differ- ence between wet and dry storage of batteries. Simmons Storage Battery company. 167 Arch stroet.—advt. Mrs. Albertina Urban of 641 Arch street is recovering from an illness'at the New Britain General hospital. She was stricken yesterday while remov- ing snow from a sidewalk in fromg of her thle. of the Yale PR the | at' their idence to be used, | uation. i ment officials who joined : {coal transacti the Congregational s ciion i | | | | | Fines G COAL PROFITEERING Three Federal Officials Mentioned in Transaction Which Netted $100,- 000 for Participants. Washington, Dec. 28.—Dan Sims, who was engaged by the de- partment of justice as a special | prosecutor in cases brought against | coal operators and miners in the fed- eral court at Indianapolis, and who | resigned after differences with At torney General Palmer over the evi- | has been sum- moned to appear before the senate committee investigating the coal sit- W. The committee decided today pPostpone examination of Chairman Calder is expected to call an executive session, however, with to Senators Kenyon of Iowa and Edge, ! of New Jersey, his republican asso- witnesses. | ciates. Mr. Sims will be taken into conference of the committee. Further inquiry into charges that government employes and officials engaged in profit taking on coal dur- ing the shortage last summer h been made by agents of the mittee. George H. Cushing, man- aging director of the , American this | OVT. EMPLOYES IN |NEW ENGLAND HEARINGS Necessity For This Added Freight Revenu pressed on Comm Washington, Dec. 28. of hearings on the re| freight rates between carr] England and trunk lines Hudson river was set foy fore the interstate comme i sion. Chairman Clark of ti sion will hear testimony ! ability of trunk lines. to| Bngland roads a greater freight receipts. When the hearings clo weeks ago Howard Ellio president ‘of New Yark, and Hartford railway told mission that unless New roads had a greater share visions they probably wot the hands of the receive wouldstear down the en téms of the railraads. New England witnesse recalled to give fusther 'd mony and to be cross e: ! the trunk lines. com- i | Wholesale Coal association, has now | furnished the committee with three names, said to be those of govern- in a single 000 for the participants. three are still service, with the government it was said by the commit- representatives, though one who was employed on a dollar a basis is not now in the service. WOMAN BURGESS IS STERN Man For Drunkenness and ‘Warns Hm Not to Offend Again Washington, Pa., De¢. 28.—Burgess Lillian Browlee of Washington, the only woman muncipal executive in Pennsylvania, was called upon today to perform her first official duty when acting as police eourt magistrate she gave a hearing to Emil Kapp, brought up on a charge of being drunk. Mrs. Brownlee was recently ap- pointed burgess.to succeed her hus- band, Edwin P, Brownlee, who died recently. The court was thronged with spec- tators when Mrs. Brownlee took her i | which netted $400,- | Two of the | i vear | | place behind the official desk. Kapp | in his own defense informed her that he had been on the water wagon three vears, but fell off celebrating Christ- mas. mending that he abstain for another three years fined Kapp $5 and told him that if he was brought up on the charge again the amount would be increased. Kapp paid without com- ment. HOFFMAN HEADS SHEPI{ERDS. after spending the holi- | Other Officers Elected Last Fvening Ryder of Maple | at Meeting. Star of Good Will lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem, elected the following officers at the meeting last night to serve for the ensuing year: Com- mander, Albert Hoffman; vice-com- mander, Mrs.. E. Parker; marshal, Mrs. H. Middleton; chaplain, Mrs. A. Beam; inside guard, F. Engle; out- side guard, Mrs. Adam Ziegler; scribe, A Scree; accountant, C. Burkarth; treasurer, E. Connelly; master of ceremgqnies, John Janaites; pianist, Mrs. H. Heslitt; trustee for eighteen months, Mrs. E. Connelly. At the next meeting of the society which will be held on January 10 in th_e Jr. O. U. A. M. hall the officers Will. be installed. The work will be in charge of Deputy Mrs. Edith Knapp of Esther lodge of New Ha- ven. ’ KILLED BY TRAIN. So Declares Coroner in Deciding How New Yorker Met Death in Elm City. New Haven, Dec. 28.—Coroner Mix has decided that Burtis A. Stone, of New York, who died from a fractured skull after being found beside the railroad tracks at Devon, Dec. 12, met death by a train. : It has been impossible to determine why he was on the train as he left his home in New York city the previous evening to go to a theater. $2,000 FINE IN BANK FRAUD Gustave Klingeunstein Guilty of Aid- ing His Son in Embezzlement ‘Tr(utun. N. J., Dec. 28.—Gustave Klingenstein, father of Adolph Kling- enstein, the young bank teller serv- ing a sentence in the Federal prison at Atlanta for defrauding the First | The new burgess after recom- | George M. Wood, gen agent of the New York, N and Hartford, traced the cg development of the pres of freight divisions and| comrhission figures to shi great inequality existed bef England inter-changed those prevailing in other FRENCH MUST At TO ALL 21 This i the Only Way in France Can Join Internationale. Tours, France, De:, 28 fied acceptance of the 21 laid down by Moscow is the French socialists can Third Internationale, the cialist congress was notifi a telegram received fron Lenine, the Soviet prem Trotzky, Soviet miniiter of G. 8. Zinovieff, bolshevik Petrograd. The telegram way sign chiefs of all the ntional p are reported members of Internationale. Together name of the party in h States appears the name *“Q It is believed here tnat Col Nicolai Hourwich, one of of the Communist organ the office of which was raid eral agents in New York year. The platform presented | by Paul Faure, of the Ce! provided for adhesion to shevik regime in principl acceptance of the 21 poin! by Moscow. E TLODGE MEETING Knights of Pythias to Elect Gathering The regular monthly n Hugh W. Miller company, § Rank, Knights of Pythias, | held in Vega Hall this ev the regular session of Wi Morgan lodge. This is a important meeting and evers is urged to attend. In addl nomination and election of the coming year, there will from the by-law and the un mittees, and a general pro out for the winter's work. PLUMBING Steam, Hot Water EXPERT SER T. J. QUINLIV 712 STANLEY § GOLDIN CROWELL'’S DRUG 8 Formula No. 1 is a Tonic, National bank of Union Town of ap- | Formul proximately $350,000 was fined $2,000 by Judge Rellstab in the United States court here for implication in the em- bezzlement. He was found guilty on one of twenty-four accounts. SYMPATHETI{ STRIKE. Sydney, N. S., Dec. 28.—In sym- pathy with striking trainmen of the Dominion Steel company and the ! Nova Scotia Steel and Coal company, the railway brotherhoods of the Can. adian national railways eastcrn lines have refused to haul freight ship- ments either to or from the plants of the steel mamNifacturers. Railway workers in the employ of the steel companies are on strike for wages equal to those paid by the carriers. dne; Gold Beads, near Center of Pk .or New Britain. Leave at R store, Plainville. SERVICE 1IF YOUR PIPES WINDOWS FLASHING; FACTORY, HEATING ARE FROZEN, ARE LOOSE, ROOF LEAKS, CHIMNEY NEEDS SYSTEM IS UNSATIS- — CALL 211 PLAINVILLE — MEDIATE SERVICE — SKILLED MECHANICS HARDWARE PAINTS OILS