New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 12

i IN[ENSE SUFFERING N WAKE OF WRECK surm«m of “Reliance” Found on| Bleak lslund 0it cmadian Shore (Bault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. 29, A week may elapge before all of the suryivors of the ill-fated tug Rellance are able to travel to their homes #o intense ‘was their suffering from cold and hunger after thelr tiny craft was disabled and abandohed at the Lizard fslands, it was said here today. The 20 persons who reached here last| night are under the care of, pllynlrlunn and will remain at a hospital and hotels until they have fully recovered. One man, Walter Longacre, Is in 2 serious condition with both hands and both feet frozen, With the arrival of these survivors the 36 on the Rellance when she was disabled have been accounted for. Beven reached the Soo Sunday, two arée In a Canadlan lumber camp, three still are aboard the tug Gray which is engaged in taking off Su- perior light for the winter, 20 are re- cuperating here and four lost (heis lives, Yesterday arrivals suffered great hardships before they were found Monday on one of the bleak islandy! near the Canadian shore. The first day after the wreck brought the death of three of their companions, Captain John McPherson, Fred Regan and Gus Johns, who were swept overboard as they tried to launch a lifeboat. Only one of the boats got away safely. It carried eight men and one woman who reached the mainland last week. Spent: Whole Day Disembarking The following day it became ap- parent the Rellance could not long withstand the pounding of the high sep and a raft was constructed ot barrel staves and’ a statrway torn ‘from the tug. The storm still rage! 80 flercely that little hope of land- ing on the raft was entertained until ‘Willlam Gow, a fireman, swam 75 'yards to the islands through the icy waters and stretched ' a Iline along which the raft was pulled, 1t was a perilous trip, even for the 75 yards, and only three persons could board the raft at the time. The entire daj ‘was required for the party to disem- On land, they still faced dangers ‘as great as those on the raging waters of Superior. The temperature was below zero, there was no sheiter and Jonily the scantiest of food supplies. “Continued cold weather might block ' efforts of rescue craft to reach them until too late. Live On Light Rations . But they existed for five days on _aifew cans of meat, two slices of ‘bread each and scraps of water-| moaked cake brought from the tug. ‘A fire in the open and a hut construu.; ‘ed of brush afforded their only pro- tection from the storm that continued duflns their entire stay on the is- d. _The ‘storm abated yesterday but lb\ere cold weather continues and sl craft on the upper lakes are making Theadway with great difficulty. Only/ ane vessel remains to pass through the American locks, which probably will be closed for the season today or tomoriow. The Canadian canals will rémain open until the end of this week, 4 SAVED FROM POORHOUSE Patchogue, L. I, Dec. 20.—Death ‘8t the age of 106 years prevented Joseph Vercento from. being taken to ® me Suffolk’ County almshouse. It al- 80 freed; temporarily at least, his aged \"lfe of the necessity of going to the same Institution, against which she, as 1128 her husband, had been fight- In( durln‘ the last years of a long Mte. g Jdosoph Vercento lived with his wife, 96 years old, and his son, 'Joseph Vercento, Jr., 76 years o'd, in-a shan- ‘ty at West Hempstead, Up to three years ago.he had heen ahle to.earn a | ‘pittance by doing odd jobs. When he ‘gould work no longer, the son became the sole support of the family, which he supported on earnings of five or six dollars a week, . Recently A. C. Still, ovérseer of the peor, has been allotting the Vercento family $8 a month out of the public fund for that purpose, but three days ago told the elder Vercento that he, would be more 'comfortable and better cared for in the almshouse and ought to go there. Vercento at first refused to go, but gave his consent reluctantly on the condition that his wife should gccompany him. The aged couple were to have been taken there yes- terday. " When Mr. Still called to take then to the almshouse yesterday morning he discovered that the husband had died an hour hefore his arrival. The son said he belleved he would be able to support his mother with some alight assistance. Mr. Still agreed that the township would do its part toward Her support and charitably inclined residents of Patchogue, when the cir- cumstances became known to them. volunteered to supply any deficiency that might Ve lacking. lgm_._——- ] Optical Suggestions for % Christmas Gifts Readers — Bird and Field Glasses, Also Prism Bh lar, Telescopes, Compasses, Reels. Or make yourself o Christmas gift of a pair of , New Glasses, The necessary examination can ¢ L as we are best fitted to ox- amine your eyes. We are nl- %o hest able to supply with the exnct glasses vision demands, A. PINKUS Eyesight Specialist Over 10 Years' I'sperfence 300 MAIN ST, Phone 570 shared in by all the almost since to men,” soup Set off and when cold skim. as one goose goose is a noble bird, appearance flavor. roasted. one thing and a rather slow oven. If, however, the hostess owns an en- ias its accompaniment. P will go well A fruit salad course, with a layer of sliced bananas, with a spoonful of whipped cream on top of youthful Estinwe NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA™D, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922, 'Three Attractive Menus For a Christmas Dinner and How to Prepare Them I'I' IS a fortunate thing that Christ- mas, the brightest of all the festi- vals, comes at the darkest period of the year. Iven when the days are at their shortest and the weather at its drearlest, we have Christmas to think of and prezare for. Though Christmas 1is a festival Christian nations of the world, yet each nation has de- veloped its own especial celebra- tion. Christmas as we know it may be eald to have developed Dickens wrote the beautiful “Christmas Carol.” Up to that time Christmas was more a church festi- val, Dickens taught us that it might, and should, be a time of “good will of family gatherings and for taking thought of those who are ilonely or in need. Tradition Prescribes Goose for Christmas Of course, Snr of the most intport- ant parts of the celebration is the Christmas dinner, Here 1s an ortho- dox menu for a duite sufficiently elaborate Christmas dinner. First raw oysters. Then, a clear soup, If the housewife has an enameled ware soup Kkettle which she keeps duly go- ing with all the odds and ends and left-overs,, she. has a-foundatton for her clear soup. To a quart of this stock, strained out, add one pound of soup meat cut in small pleces. Cook for two or three hours. Reheat and settle with the white of an egg, would coffee. Set aside and heat when needed. For the roast have the Christmas of English tradition, The imposing in and most excellent *in Many housewives, howeder, fear to try goose as it is not easily It needs much basting for ameled ware roaster she need have no misgiving. These roasters are self-basting and the arrangements for ventilating allow the goose to cook as slowly or as fast as is needed. The goose must have apple sauce Apple sauce when properly made can be appetiz- ing. The apples should not be pared jand sliced until just when they are to be cooked. Put in an enameled ware . saucepan with just enough water to keep from burning and cook quickly; add sugar just before reniov- ing from the fire, also a dash of lemon juice if the apples are not sour, Cooked ‘in this way the apple sauce be a golden amber as the enameled ware will not darken the fruit. Onions and bolled rice also with the rich roast goose, is a refreshing next Canned pineapple |, covered {s a very good salad and easily pre- pared. I'or dessert, of course, comes the plum pudding. No longer can the pudding enter in.a glory of blazing brandy to the awe and amazement guests, but it can still wear its sprig of holly and be as de- licious as ever. Here is'an old Eng- lish rule for the genuine artitle. Take half a pound of stale bread crumbs, ‘ware dishpan one cup of hot milk, Soak the crumbs in the milk and let it stand until cold, Then add one-quarter of a pound of sugar, the beaten yolks of four eggs, half a pound of raisins, Three Attractive Menus For Christmas Dinner Dickens Christmas Dinner Oysters on the Half Sheld Clear Soup Roast Goose with Apple Sauc Onions Boiled Rice Fruit Salad Plum Pudding Coflce American Christmas Dinner Clams on the Half Shell Clear Soup Roast Suckling Pig with Cranberry Jelly Sweet Potatoes Mock Mince Pie Coffee Economical Christmas Dinner Oyster , Stew Chicken Pic with (‘rnnbfrr) Sauce Norwegian Prune Pudding Coffee Onions one-quarter of a pound of currants, the same of figs chopped fine and a little fine cut citron. Then take half a pound of suet, cut up and stir to a cream. Add this to the other mixture. Then add spices, cinnamon and cloves, a tablespoonful of each. A half teacupful of cider follows anrll last of all the whites of four eggs beaten stiff. A small sized enameled will be found most useful for mixing this pudding. Tt should be carefully tied in a cloth and boiled for six hours in a preserv- ing kettle. This pudding is very good when cold and cut into slices and fried, so there is no haste about eating it all on Christmas day. Black coffee and fruit will finish a very substantial dinner. As a Surprise Serve Roast Suckling Pig Another orthodox menu has for its central point a roast suckling pig. As this is a very rich dish begin with raw clams, always a good ap- petizer, then a clear soup as before; small portions in cups will be am- ple. , Then the pig. Don't try to cook it unless you have an enameled ware roaster, as it is no ecasy task to cook a suckling pig. With the roaster, however, there is no trouble at all. The perfectly basted pig will emerge the beautiful golden brown it should be, and may be borne proudly to the table with a lemon in its mouth ! The fat of the pig demands an acid and nothingis nicer than our pretty, wholesome, red cranberrvies. Cooked in an enameled ware sauce- pan which will not darken their col-; or, they may be served with the pig either as sauce or jelly. They tell us in the south that suckling pig and sweet potatoes go together, and they ought to know. Onions are also a| good addition. After such a hearty meat course a string bean salad FOUNTA Housewlves in the the cunned string gorve with a fruft comes In well, country will find beans very good, dressing, The most orthodox dessert after plum pudding for Christing is minece ple, but the old-fashioned mince pies are so formidable, Bought mince meat canned 18 good and baked with a nice home-made crust 18 us nice u ple as one need have, There is, how- ever, a rule for so-called mock minece ple which makes a ple not so rich and therefore better after such a re- past. Take four good sized soda crackers, roll them out, add one and one-half cups of sugar, one cup mo- lasses, the julee of half a lemon, one cup of ralsing chopped, one-half cup of dates chopped, one-half cup of butter, two eggs well beaten and spice to taste. Take in enameled ware ple plates in a falrly quick oven, Now we *have had two quite full and claborate Christmas dinners but there are families who are not large enough to make such menus very practical nor. are their purses lon; enough to make that kind of dinner very reasonable, so let us see what we can find that is also entirely cor-! rect for Christmas and yet within the reach of modest means, A Christmas Dinner For Small Family First get a quart of sniall oysters, Take a pint of them and make an oyster stew. With the help of an enameled ware double boller there will be no trouBle with this, for there will be no danger of the milk curd- ling. Buy an old fow! or hen. These are cheaper than the roasting fowls and quite as good in flavor. Cut it up as for a fricassee, I’ut on the fire in an enameled ware gaucepan and cook slowly until tender. Have ready a rather shallow enameled ware bak- ing dish. Put in the chicken and add the other pint of oysters. Cover with a plain pastry crust and bake. With this chicken-pie serve geranberry sauce prepared as with the suckling pig. A very nice vegetable to go with the chicken-pie is cauliflower. If that is not available canned corn is alsg good. For dessert try a Norwegian prune pudding. Pick over and wash one- half pound of prunes. Soak them in cold water for an hour. Then cook In a saucepan until soft. Sepurate the prunes from the stones. Crack the stones and take out the meat; add these meats to the prunes. Then add one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, two cups of bolling water and cook all together for ten minutes. Then take one-third of a cup of cornstarch, add cold water to this until it .is a thin batter, add to the prune mixture and cook five minutes. Pour all into mould and put away in a cold place for several hours. This is good made the day before. Serve with cream. Now here is a simple but excel- lent meal, and, ended off with black coffee, no one need "ask for a better to give them a truly MERRY CHRISTMAS. MAINTAIN SPEED ON . | REPAIRS TO ENGINES | Attention Given 13,481 Locomwotives Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 1, Only Six Less Than Record Number. Washington, Dec. 20—Railroads re- paired 13,484 locomotives between November 15 and December 1, six fewer than the greatest number turn. ed out of their shops in any semi. monthly period in about two years the car service division of the Amerf- can Railway association announced today. The number also exceeded by IN PENS AND 64 CHURCH STREET EVERSHARP PENCILS . builder of the clipper ship age. the early part of her career she made L3446 those vepaired during the first half of November, Locomotives In need of repair De- cember 1 were placed at 15,000, a de- crease of 347 since November 16 and 9 per cent of the number in op- eration, Of these 14,460 were in need of heavy repairs, ‘a decrease for the period of 670, Berviceable loco- motives December 1 numbered 46,625, an increase of 424 In the 15 days, the nlulvmonl sald, FEIGNED DEATH AND ESCAPED MASSACRE Survivor of ‘Herrin Riots Tells How He Deceived Mob Mavrion, Ill; Dee, 20.~Robert Offi- cer, University of Pennsylvania gra uate and survivor of the Herrin riots In which 20 non-union miners were killed, today faced another period on the witness stand subject to additional cross-examination by attorneys de- fending five men on trial for murder, Officer, employed as a bookkeeper at the strip mine where the prinecipal riot occurred, was on the stand most of yesterday describing the mob's at- tack on the mine. He told of the sur- render of the mine defenders and the subsequent death of 14 of the 48 men when they were lined up before a barbed wire fence and fired upon. By falling on his face and then run- ning a mile through the woods where he hid until nightfall, Officer said he escaped. Throughout the day, he ns. serted, men went through the woodr searching for those who escaped. On cross-examination Officer testi- fied he wgs at present employed in Kentucky'as a mine offlcial by W. J lester, who owned the Herrin strip mine at the time of the riots. The witness said there were about 20 armed guards at the pit and arms and ammunition had been dealt out and fire of the mob returned when the mine was attacked. The trial will be recessed over the holidays from December 23 to Janu- ary 2, the court announced yesterday. OLD SQUARE RIGGER. FOR BOSTON HARBOR “Glory of the Sea” Saved as Monument to Sailing Ships Seattle, Dec. 20.—Memories of the golden days of clipper ship era grip- ping the hearts of Boston shipping men have been brought about as 2 stay of execution for the famous old square riggel. “Glory of the Sea,” once queen of the American merchant marine and holder of scores of sail- ing records in every ocean. Condemned to the funeral pyre for | the copper and iron in her hull, the “Glory,” as she {s affectionately known by many a sailor throughout the ports of the seven seas, was be- ing towed down Puget Sound to be beached yesterday when a telegram was' received from Boston asking a reprieve. The Boston men plan to tow the old ship to Boston and rig her as she was in her heyday and moor her in Boston harbor as a monument to the American sailing ship now fast vanishing before the encroachment of the faster but less romantic steamers and motor cargo carriers, The “Glory,” built in East Boston in 1869, was the last masterpiece of Donald McKay, - premier American In between remarkable passages New Someone on your Christmas List would be dellghted with a foun- tain Pen or Eversharp Pencil. Our line is the most complete in the city and comprises Water- man, Sheaffer, Wahl, LeBouef and Parker Fountain Pens and Eversharp Pencils. We will exchange any per within thirty days after Christmas. This guarantees that the person for whom you are purchas- ing a pen will get just the point they want. 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From a truck driver, who called for the fish at Pler 16, Brooklyn, treasury department agents ohtained ' information by which they expect to arrest the consignee and broak up smuggling of drugs from Mediterea- nean ports, Two unsuccess(ul attenpts to haul away the fish without proper ex- amination aroused suspicions of cus. toms Inspectors. A sharp instrument thrust into. one barrel hit a tin box 3 Inches high and 2 fept in diamater, Ten similar boxes, each containing hundreds of cubes of pure morphine hydrochlorate, were dug nut of the, barrels. One tin contalned several thousand labels for ounce packages. These ‘& dicated the morphine came orlginuiy from Bwitzerland to Marseilles, whence the Fenchuyrch salle:d Nov, &0, Inspectors belleve the smuggiers intended to leave behind for ciamhix atlon the barrel that contain:l only fish. 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