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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALI, FRIDAY, 2 1922 922, MAY GOMMISSION REPORTS A DANDY SOFT COLLAR ATTACHED SHIRT 95¢ BESSE-LELAND (O, MUCH MERCHANDISE SHIPPED T0 RUSSIA (oal, Chemical and Metal Goods Are on List Changes in Official Offices Were \lml‘\" ==Sizeable Balance on Hand, Re- port Indicates, | | The City Hall commission has sub mitted the following report on the year's activities “There have heen a few changps of | |importance in the occupancy of the | city building during the year, namely: I'he board of water commissioners Leing changed from Room 207 to ||} | Room 201 where they have additional room, We divided RRoom 207 and en- | larged the room of the board of public works and secured new quar- ters for the home service bureau, On the fourth floor we enlarged the rooms for the city huilding commis- We also fixed new quarters in dwelling so-called, i Washing- for the plumbing inspeetor, hold examinations of applicants for licenses, We received $4,300 for damag by fire to the building February and re- finished the council chamber, main corridors, water department work shop and installed nkler heads and fire doors with fusible links on {waste paper room in the cellar. We also painted the dwelling and re- | paired roof and had same painted You will note the receipts are lurger, which is partly due to receiv- ing the above mentioned $4.5 We |also have a balance of $2, S which part of special appropriation which we received to remodel dwelling on Washington Place and has not begn FOR CATCHING BANDITS, May 19 $10,000 Niagara Falls, N, Y Niagara 1'a Trust yesterday to Chief of Detect George H. Callinan of t city t oscow, May 19,—Detailed reports ward of $10,000 offered elopment of trade between RRus- and capture of the nid the outside world since the be bandits who held up emp 1920 have been published company's bank on Oct, 41 I e vering the $12,000 Russia's first peace persons. All of concluded with Esthonia tured and now blockade against Russia was an end Chiefly due to system and the chaotic con litions which existed during 1920, Russta exported but little in that time, however, heing valued at Soviet eriod since and and shot wou 1re the ick of slon the ton Place, the imports, where he may 1,000,000 gold ruldes But as soon as trade agencies representations had gained a footing in London, Rerlin, ind other industri system hecame and | furm Stockholm enters, an actual ent in the foreign all husiness ol on under supervision of for foreign trade of being s the people trade, | In- 192 valued at uivalent commissar Srassin ia imported 248,000,000 gold to $124,000,00 chemical and mettal goo, textiles, In exported goods v 00 gold rub ind other raw mate |used as yet. England took th id in supplyving | I with its needs st year, with | Germany second, » deliveries con- sisted chiefly of agricultural requisites America took third place, having sup- plied 16 per cent. of the import zoods, exclusive of relief sup The Soviet concludes owing to the exhausted the country, possible to increase th 1 during the next few years, al though, says one paper, an improve- ment in the quality of the goods may well be expected i goods rubles, chiefly food- same alued at chiefly flax oal stuffs car | six Chairs MERIDEN SALE MADE Creditors' Committee Gives Approval | that, to High .Bid for Wilcox and White condition of [ oo ] considered Bany; export busi- press _Zmdm:%zéémd STRAWS C%rouyfi every process i making fi/fl e selection of the finest braids b the finishing and trimming, runs the spirit of our business — Ohly the Finest fats are /z? fo bear our name. it is ecarcely 19.—~The bid of ets of the Wilcox de lait week by local attorney, New York, Ma 81 00 for the & White company, n Norman November, a in behalf of Carle C of the Hallet & Davis Piano company, was confirmed at a meeting of creditors here bhefore Referee Peter B. Olney, [Jr. . The order of the referee,giving con- firmation to the sale of ghe ts, will be entered in the United States Dis- trict court for the Southern District of New York for final approval The s for the Web- ster and Smith companics were confirmed also. In h case the con- | firmation was made with the approval office building, | of the creditors’ committee. Title will | . Bridge- | be transferred to the new owners in imed i e T ire. instrue- | Mr. Conway, purchaser of the Mer- depart- | iden plant, refused to make any statement as to his plans for the fu- ture. He said he would have an an- | nouncement to give out as soon as the sale is confirmed in the United States court, Conway, NAVY MEN ARE NEEDED Recruiting Stations at New Haven Receiving Applicants for Service at Hampton Roads, Virginia. New Haven, for the L. § cruiting station, New Haven; | Hartford; post of port has this date with tel tions received from the May 19.—Recruiting at the navy re- 19 Congress Ave., navy No. st re aphic navy ment Apnlicants ow open to be eligible for the rat- listment must be zes of 18 and 30; must in sixty-four inches in physique. Applicants as enlisted will be trans- ferred the Naval Station, Hamp- ton Roads, Virginia, for a course of training before further transferred to luty with the active service. | Information relative to men de- | siring re-enlistinent not yet received. Svidence of place of birth should sented by applicant when ap- ng for enlistment. for en ween the e not less ght with proportionate TR A ISR XIS S0 RN CHILDREN’S SUMMER OVERALLS 25¢ BESSE-LELAND CO. Basement - Sold by Ashley-Babcock Co. ;' —THE WOMAN’S SHOP- | 164 MAIN \TREFT NEW BRITAIN CONTINUATION OF OUR MAYTIME CLEARANCE —ON == COATS, SUITS and DRESSES "$4.95 M}Lsmzvms' PLIY FOR NION 1 Gonierence Leads to Discussion for Combining Forces JUST ARRIVED, A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF IMPORTED GINGHAM DRESSES, SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY .... o 4 Prague, May 19.—Progress toward a union of the Russian anti-Bolshevik forces abroad around the personality in March, The difficulties 1o be great but ssian editor, Wrangel's influence drawn together the antinople and Sofia, has gained 1 in Belgrade and now is about to win the support of those Russians A GALA ARRAY \] in Paris whose spokesman is the philosopher, M. Kartasheff, president of the I ian National Council in Paris. All Wanted Shades and Materials. Values up to $35.00 £ of General Wrangel, formerly com- | > mander of the White Russian armies in the Crimea, is reported here as a result of conferences held in Delgrade | the ladimir formerly of Kie ¥ has radu- Russia in way are s: Would Divide Group. the Russians That would leave divided into two main groups—the Wrangel forces and the Social Revo- lutionists with whom Professor Paul Milukoff is co-operating. About 15,000 Russian soldiers, mostly officers, have continued to re- main loyal to Wrangel siice, they were driven out of the Crimea and some sands of them are performing jer guard or gendarmerie service Jugoslavia, where their discipline has continued In Bulgaria these Russians are subject to their own au- thority and the sentences of their court martials are carried out without reference to the laws of Bulgaria. The Wrangel forces actually are better armed than the Bulgarians and POLOS AND TWEEDS $1050 $1250 Hl(.H (‘RA\DE WRAPS \\I)( \l’h.\ \T H:\LF PRI(‘E Bulzarians have too small a force under the colors now to be able to watch their frontiers rrfnrn\fl_\-. lh.& $1.49 ‘lassified Ads daily. HAND DRAWN WAISTS ......oooviviiiiiinnnn $1 Allied sources abroad $1. Russell The Herald ——————————— = s e ) A New Shipment BOYS' TAN AND GREY TWEED TOP COATS $6.95 BESSE-LELAND CO. l "% J Lw gl THREE PIECE LIVING ROOM SUITE Mahogany frame, covered in blue striped Velour, two pillows and roll. Actually reduced from $345, B C. $175.00 {11 PO }«:t i m.t, ‘E"E\- I ‘;1 i| L il mmm‘\&‘n‘ il American Walnut finish, with full size bow-end Bed, large Dresser, Chifforobe, and Toilet Table. A suite you'll be proud of. Reduced to .. G2 MW"’I!"HIHW lm —" =l — TEN PIECE DINING SUITE — Made of Mahogany finished dull with handsome Buffet, Oblong Table, China Cabinet, Serving Table and with Blue Mohair Covered Seat. Now displayed in our south window. Reduced B0 ¢ smaifbncin s s islivoiine 5 it s smis $249.00 tesiseesenns —FOUR PIECE BEDROOM SUITE— $195.00 THREE PIECE LIVING ROOM SUITE Mahogany finished frame, covered in blue figured Velour. Reduceaitor s ssnh s soids “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store.” RADIO DIRECTS SHIPS One Compass Station is Opened on Lake Superior and Three Others Are Being Built. Great lakes Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, May 19.— (Associat- {ed Press.)—Itor the first time naviga- tion on Lake Superior has been rob- bed of its terrors. On May .14 the first naval radio compas: i the Lakes opened at White F to direct passing ships by wireless. At any hour the captain of a ship lost the fog banks can call the radio ion and ask his position. The re- ply will give the ship's direction from White IFigh Point for the vessel's nav- igator to plot on his chart. Within three weeks two more radio (tions will open, one at ! , sixty miles west White IPish Bay, and the other at De- tour, at the mouth of St. Mary's river, When they are in operation the pass- ing ships will receive their location from two of the stations and plotting those two lines on the chart the skip- per will know his ship is at um point where the lines meet. The graveyard of the stretches from White IFish Bay to Grand Marais, the nearest port of refuge to the west. The sixty miles of desolate water, rimmed by nd lunes and lonely forests, has claimed an an- nual toll in ships and lives and cargo navigation opened on the upper One vessel, a Canadian light- house tender, went down off White Fish Point in a® storm a_few weeks ago with ninety men. lakes since lakes. MERIDEN DAM L oy Romlnmz Wall Mayor King Reports. May 19. Meriden's AKING.' $500,000 Unsafe, IFollowing an in- $500,000 Cheshire, Meriden, spection of Broad Brook reservoir in Mayor King reports that the dam fas sprung several leaks and that the concrete surface is falling off in cakes. He has notified the state hoard of engineers and fears the city will be put to heavy expense for re- pairs. The mayor says he saw a man with- out any bait on his hooks catch three large fish from a water hole below the dam. \ — new BUNGALOW APRONS 57¢ BESSE-LELAND CO. Basement T S A o s DEATH IN RACE. BE. Yorker, Rushed in From Sea, Gets to Hospital in Time. New York, May 19.—Louis A. J. Dorn, who was rushed here yesterday from Martinique in the steam yacht nia for an operation, has won ce with death, his doctors said New . Dorn, who is now at the home pf his brother-in-law, Iliha Walker, president of a brokerage firm, is rest- ing easily after a minor operation and will be treated further hefore submitting to an operation for the re- moval of a cancer, it was said. BOBBED HAIR APPROVED. Michigan Teacher Looks for ‘When Custom Will Be Universal. ‘Tustin, Mich., May 19—The hobbed- haired city maiden, who has been taught to belleve her country cousin will scoff at her shorn locks, is going to get a lot of comfort out of the beliefs of Mrs. Lydia Green, Tustin school teacher. Mrs. Green, although from a small jable and, Day $120.00 PORTER SONS town, in one of the most isolated yet progressive of villages in the state, ig not an enemy of hobbed hair, fact, she favors it-—regards it as comfort- therefore, sensible. Here is what she has to say about it: “I expect to see the day when every woman will have short hair, al- though I have not yet found courage to cut mine.” Residents say she and her de- baters have convinced them short skirts, middies and short hair are comfortable and sanitary, therefore sensible. Genuine imported Sweitzer cheese, b5c a Ib. Russell Bros.—advt. The Herald supplies boxes at this office for classified advertisers. Fashionably Tailored MEN’S TWEED SUITS That Command Attention $19.50—524.50 BESSE-LELAND CO. THE IDEAL MARKET 63 MAIN ST. TEL. 960-2 FOR QUALITY, TAIR PRICES AND VICE WE DELIVER THE GOODS FRESH EASTERN CUT PORK AND PRODUCTS w 25¢ w. 27C w. 20¢ v 17¢ Loins To Roast ...... PFresh Cut Chops Home Made Sausage Fancy Skinned Frmh Shoulders Smoked Shoulders CHOICE CUTS FROM HEAVY WESTERN BEEI Prime Rib Roast Choice Shoulder Roast Fancy Rump Roast No Banes . 6" 10c Sugar Cured Corned Beef, Lb. OUR POULTRY IS THE BEST GENUINE SPRING LAMB Lb. 30c w. 40c¢ w 28¢ Lh, 150 Small Legs Loin Chops ... Shoulders To Roast Lamh Stew WE CARRY A FULL UINE OF ETABLLES 410 25C 25¢ VRUITS AND VE Spinach Large. \Vhite Onicns Suing DBeans and Peas .2 Qs