New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1924, Page 11

'LITHUANIANS OBSERVE Zion Station Unigue Sender off ™" ~acve comen. Radio Programs | Their Native Country, A celebration of Lithuania's Inde- pendence Day was held yesterday at the Lithuanian hall at Park street. An mbly of about 1,000 was present. . | a On the shores of Lake Michigan | There were songs by a local Lithuan- | midway between Chicago and Milwau- | :an chorus and also solos, Mayor A, kee, two graceful steel antenna masts | Af, Paonessa, Prosecuting Attorney J. tower one hundred and fifty feet|(, Woods, and Lawy y}v‘prdxnu"d Ba- above Zion, the unique city founded | gocius spoke. h_\‘(rm late Dr. John Alexander Dow ! Mayor Paonessa fifst addressed the They mark the site of Station WCBD, | gathering, speaking of the relation of the radio telephone broadcasting sta- | good citizenship with religion. Mr, tion owned and operated by Wilbur | \WWoods then spoke and illustrated the TAPS SOUNDED FOR " CAPT. C. H. BEATON Veteran of Civil War Dies at - Home on Lexington Street — Captain Charles H. Beaton, past | commander of Stanley Post, G. A. R., {and one of the city’s most prominent residents, died at his home at 81 Lex- | ington street last cvening about 6 | o’clock. | Captain Beaton was born in Boston ! but spent the greater part of his life {in New Britain. He came here when ':6,000 Loyal Troops in Movement ' on Tnsurgents Mexico City, Feb. 18.~—(Radio via the Fort Worth Star Telegram to the Associated Press.)—The TFederal ad- vance against 1200 rebels operating in northern Vera Cruz was begun today, nouncement. Six thousand loyal troops are to participate in the opera- tion. ONREBELS STARTS | Famous Writer And Expert On Inter- |according to a war departmes® an-| [WAURICE SAMUEL COMING | 10 ADDRESS JEWS HERE I national Conditions To Speak Next Sunday novelist, war t soidier, a member of the United States pogrom linvestigation committec Poland the interallied reparations Maurice Samuel, corresponden editor, and land of ’ | committec in Paris, Vienna and Ber-; lin, |Are will speak at Odd Fellows hall on h street, next Sunday evening un- Jehuda Halevi Members of the the Hadassah {der the auspices of | . of lodge, {Ladies' 4 a |and of the Zionist distriet will be the | L SHOULD CONSULT AN EXPERT rve all who ave suffering eyesight he eause of your dimming We are from dGefeetive competent to quite young and was a resident of this| General Francisco Urbalejo, vision may be of simple origin and corrected with Glenn Voliva, general overseer of the | fact that America was a free country, With | guests of Jehuda Halevi lodge, city when the Civil war broke out. You may benefited ¥ A CAT- Christian Apostolic church. but there were certain limits to that Station WCBD, of the Class R type, freedom., Mr. Bagocius traced the is strategically situated for perfect | history of Lithuania front its earliest transmission_on a level plain a few | phases up to the present. miles south of the Wisconsin bound- hhe carly fire-worshipping and the be- ary where there are no elements 1o |jjer in thunder. He traced the rise cisturb transmission. . On the Tem-|of Lithuania through the ages until ple site, abutting the famous Spiloh |the alliance in marriage between Po- Tabernacle of Zion, a structure cost- | jand and Lithuania. ing about $50,000 has bekn erected to | downfall, The wealthy tobk to plea- se the station. The equipment | sure while foreigners came in and op- sts of a Western Electric 500 | progsed the poor and weak. Mr. Ba Radio Telephone Bl-oudcas(ing‘gm-ms spoke of the Aiquipment using Heising constant | time and compared them with the re2t method of modulation. | present. He then went on to tell of isitors Welcome the showing the Lithuanians made : always welcomed both | quring the recent World war. Even ation and at Shiloh Taber- | though the Lithuanians were at that s is no Forbidden City with- | time tak up with their own strug- ich no man may come unless he ' gleg {hey sent some of their best men s the religious itenets of the citi to the struggle for humanity, Then ose who visit the station— |came the declaration of independence and they number five hundred onch:fo,. the Lithuanians. That was their Sunday-—are ushered into a spacious | cpogtest step up the ladder of pro- 1ceeption hall, comfortably furnished. | I'rom the moment that Lithu- On the left of this room is the @ had been recognized as an inde- studio where the concerts for which pendent ngglon, the country eemed to med are produced every | o raised new hopes of happiness ¢ and Friday evening at eight | and progress. They began to do and every Wedn everything that would push their fternoon from country a little ahead of the game un- atral time, On Sun- | {j; pow they have an almost complet- mornings from 9 to 9:30 pro- oq masterpiece that took up six year by the Zion orchestra arc |time and struggle. Schools and indus- sted from a studio in the Tab- have been built up until tl On Sunday afternoons from s good as any other countr, 0 the principle service is | Arp, Bagocius says that one doesn't padeasted from the Tabernacle di- | heapr mueh of the TAthuanians, and During this period there is an | thepe are many even today that see i or speeial music the [ no difference between the Polish and Zion bund end Zion white-robed choir ! the Lithuanian, In time after Lith- five hundeed voiee The wave | yania has had as man s of inde- Jength is 45 meters, pendence as other countrics ha On the right of the reeeption hall | there will not be many that will not is the room where stand the Western | e able to distinguish Lithuania from Eleetrie 500w Radio telephone | gther conntries zocing elosed transmitter, power central switch- |y ech by s he boped by the board, monitoring radio receiver and ! time the next anniversary of the inde- tadio control panel, pendence of Lithuania came around From the microphone in t) he of Lithuania, Vilnius, (or one of the micraphones | would again be in the hands of the bernacle) electrie eurvents cary Lithuanions, the speaker's vo the music Mr, Kubiliug addressed the through four stages of amplifieation | gathering, The prog was closed amd then to two 250 watt modulator | by songs rendered by the chorus, Herve they control the output In the eveni A banquet was held two 250 watt osei tubes and | There was such a throng that it was send out to the antenba w high difficult to accommodate all who at- queney current the ngth of which | tonded, PRESIDES OVER COURT Programs By Choirs The programs of WCRD arc made Lincoln, Neb, Man Kills Self After At- . m, ¢ tudio the ng capital Tibws, vp of numbers by the Zion Junior choir of mixed voices of 150 chidren ranging from § to 12 yvars of age, Zion male choir of 40 volec Zion women's choir of 20 volees, Zion band ) of b0 pie Zion orchestra of 40 pleces, the Zion whitesrobed « hoir vot It is sald that this | st choir that sings regala Sunday Wilbur Gilenn Voliva believes that radio is a universal boom which pro- motes better understanding among all peoples Discussing th t radio tele phone broadeasti [ the physical limitation distance, Mr s, tempiing Murder of Wife and Lawyer Too Linco'n, Neb,, 1%cb, 18 Willlam M., Morning, w ally wounded in his courtroom Walliek, who then The motive for the Jn and 1 today by Wallace Killed Tiimselr, shooting was 1ot known Walliek at O, 1, Reln, attorney for his wite, Matilda Walliek, who was . ME guing him for separate muintenence ";"”‘ A “"""“'““' e pne ek’ L and at his wite. Neither of these shots me his volee fiung afur by the cne i tenna of WORD had i il ' e Marilie been heard by more Wibrrgpar Ve ooy 3 had addressed in the raiated o hin reom years he had preach L3 rfie those within the norm i voice could hear him consldored, 100, that N addressed in thow ome of the Jargest auditorivms in the & moved walked from his 1 been shot and was adjoining the i in a mine of Lis uld 1 i mblage s thronged « T fow ‘- utes wider than the waters of the purposce. The great Indian lurgest In the Three canals; will carry for irrig: across thi the ac) the fon e lus, conntry, - iver is sald 10 b world Best butter 61e 1b, Russcll Bros TONIGHT and ALL WEEK Linton Bros. Present - HOMETOWN MINSTREL FOLLIES with a Broadway cast of Principals including Jolly & Wild—Haney & Francis—Beatrice Oshorne 3 Jollie & Rosj!e Coleman — and — 50—~NEW BRITAIN BO\S »a{\d {;!RL§5§() Tonight : Tuesday Wednesday John M. Stahl Presents His Masterpiece “THE WANTERSYS With An All Star Cast Thursday—GENE MORGAN Back Again PALACE-Starting Next He told of | Then set in the | cvstoms at the| He went to Hartford and enlisted in with the Elsworth’s Zouaves, where | he served threc months, Returning | home at the end of the three month’s enlistment he reenlisted and was mus- | tered in on December 10, 1861, as first rgeant in Company E, 13th Con- necticut Volunteers. On IPebruary 23, 11863, he was promoted by Governor | Buckingham to be first licutenant of | his company and served in that ca- | pacity and in eommand of his com- pany until he was discharged at the }\-n(l of the war. He was mustered |out January 6, 1865, | Captain Beaton had an extremely active record while in the army, He s wounded once, on August 1, 1862, | He was a volunteer in the famous | “Forlorn Hope,” of 1,000 men. He | participated in the following engage- | ments: Georgia Landing, La.,, Octo- ber 27, 1862; Irish Bend, 1 April 14, 1863; Vermillian Bayou, La., April |17, 1863; the siege of Port Hudson { from May 24 to July 9, 3i863; includ. [ing three assaults within this period, the battle of Cane River, La.,, April La., May 16, Winchester, Va,, ptember 19, 11864, Wisher's Hill, Va ptember 1564 und Center Creek, October 119, 1864, FFollowing the close of the war he was appointed captain commanding a section of Battery | Connecticut Natfonal Guard, | Following the war he was active im many municipal affairs, 1'rom 1884 {to 1885 he was a member of common couneil, and from that time until 1885 he was a membér of the board of fire commissioners, He served for four years on the board of water commissioners, He was active n. st commander of Stan- 1L, and always took a keen interest in the affairs of that organization, He was a widower, his wife having died about 20 years ago. Mrs, Tur- ner of Indian Neck, a daughter, the only survivor, Captain Beacon also was a 32nd degree Mason and was one of the {oldest members of rmony lodge, A. 1% and A, M, which erganization | will furnish pall bearcrs for the fu- | neral, Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home, Reve Henry W, Majér will [ officiate, Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, Y. W. C. A. NOTES The Sports club holds its regular meeting this evening, with supper at fololwed by a Kid” Valentine party About 12 new members will be initiated, The dressmaking class meets to- night «t and the High school class at 7:15. New pupils will be admitted to the dressmaking class, Tuesday ketry, in the and the d The usual schedule holds for the week in the swimming pool, excepting the swimming classes will not mect on I'riday evening on account of the {holiday. The remainder of the sched- ule follows: Tuesday 4 to 6.~Junior swimming. 6 to 9 Senior swimming. 0 Health class, cvening millinery and bas- here is room for more pupils askotry class, Cuurents events Bible class also meet on Tues- for seniors. 7 to & swimming classes. Thursday 7 to S-—~Swimming for senjors Health class, Friday 2 to Swimming senfors. 7 to 9 swimming eclasscs. There will be an All-Holiday party tomorrow evening for all members in the gymnasium, following the health class. All members of clubs and el es and members of the assoeiation arc cordially invited. The committee in charge of the following members of the social committee: Mis th Henry, Mre. Wm. K. Fay, Mrs, . & Neumann, and Miss Ward. rope l)aughert:v P:dl;;;l'd:el All Facts in War Fraud Cases Washington, FFeb. 18.~~Responding to & resolution sponsored by Senator King, democrat of Utah, Attorney Gen. Daugherty today forwarded to the senate a detalied account of “war frand” activities of the department of ustice, Tn a statement accompanying the report Mr. Daugherty said he was reluetant to make many of the names contained in the information public of Injury it might cause in- nocent persons. for consist brcause Government Sm.l‘ Ag inst Corporation Is Dismissed New York, Feb. 18.—~Federal Judge Mayer in U, 8. circuit court of ap- peals today affirmed the recent deds on of Federal Judge A. N. Hand dis- | missing the government's accounting lagainst the Butterworth-Judson corp. and others, The litigation concerned an advance of $1,500,000 made by the | government 1o the corporation on a contract let for 72,000,000 pounds of | pierie acid for use in the war. | Pure ¢. Russell Bros. | —advt. Sunday MABEL NORMAND in “THE EXTRA GIRL” One of the Bast This Year! 3, First regiment, | the | is | Wednesday 2:30 to 3.—Swimming| "™ 12,000 Yaqui and Mayo Indians has| |been ordered to Pachuca to co-eper-| the war and was sent to New York |gte with General Pedro Gabay, in op-|sua |erations against revolutionists under | General Marelal, who has been nl-! |tacking railroad trains resulting in| virtual isolation of the state of Hidal-| 80 by rail. * { Swooping down upon Tellez station, |between Mexib City and Pachuca, late Saturday rebes! captured a pa | senger train, two freight trains and a mixed train. They turned two loco-| motives “wild” on the main line. With | the other two engines the rebels tore up long stretehes of track and then blew up the engines and burned all| the cars in the four rail The pas-| |sengers were not harmed, but- were | forced to make their way on foot to| | Pachucea, Increased precautions have been ordered by the War Department to! I protect rail traffic between Mexico| i<_‘ivy and Vera Cruz as a result of a| | treat received at railw headquarters | | from rebel leaders operating between | Condoba. and Vera Cruz that begin-| ning Feb, 20 they would dynamijte all| trains, including passengers, Hereto- fore only freight trains have been| molested, [ It is known, according to the War| Department, that the revolutionists | manufactured large quantitics of bombs before they evacuated Vera Cruz on Feb, 4. These bombs are to| be used in blowing up trains and| bridges, according to information! {here. When the rebels left Vera Cruz| |they divided into numerous small| |groups, railroad officials assert, and it |i8 these bands that they expect to be- gin destruction of r property., 'PLAINVILLE MAN WILL " ENTER FOREIGN EXHIBIT Fred B, Williams, Poultry Raiser, One of Ten Americans To | Abroad | | New Haven, Feb. 18,—Poliltry raised in Connecticut has been sclected 1o represent the United States in the ex- { hibits at the world's poultry congress {Which will be held at BDareelona, Spain in April. This congress is held |every three yoars and nest time will be held in the United States, (and Samuel 4s a brilliant lecturer, full trenchant humor and a vivid pe sive speaker. He was born in Rumania and was educated in Man- chester and Paris. He has traveied throughout Furope and America and has had firsthand information on the complex international situation cspe- cialiy as it relates to the Jews and Jewish conditions. llowing the the English scction of the “Day” and & contributer to many other period- icals, including the YJewish Tribune,” “Menorali Journal,” “The New Palestin “Current History,” and he Freeman,” of HARTFORD war he was editor of | very simple lenses, ing resting glasses, condition exact] you. FRANK E. GOODWIN EYESIGHT SPECIALIST We will he ¢ ble "o describe your and make the proper glasses for TEL. 1905 327 MAIN ST. “The Home of Satisticd Eyeglass Wearcr EBRUARY |FURNITURE SALE | The natiogal organization of poultry breeders selected Professor Kirkpatrick of the Conneetieut agri- cultural college as its delegate to the congress and called for nominations ot breeders who should send exhibite, | | Secretary Paul P. Ives of the Connee. ;m-m state poultry assoclation today was advised that 10 breeders in Con- | [ necticut wonld be the representatives of the Unijted States on the exhibition {benches, Kach will send a pen of [three birds, the breeds to be those re- garded as the best in this country, All |10 nominations made hy the state l-uviulloh were chosen as the United Slates entry, | The breeders coln, Mount rmel, single comb white leghor Elm Poultry . Yards, Vernoh, single comb white leghorns Homer P Deming, Winstead, single | comb Rhode Island Reds; C. L. 8iblo _\'.‘ | Wallingford, single comb Ithode Ts- land Reds; E. K. Judd, Montowese, white Plymouth Rocks; Louis . Bon- | focy, Deep River, white Plymouth | | Rocks; Baleh and Brown, Manchester, [light Brahmas: Payne Brothers, Port- [land, rose comb Rhode Island Reds; { and Jones, Dridgeport, Dlack | |Langshans; ¥red . Willlams, Plain | ville, White Wyandottes. | Prof. Kirkpatrick will have charge the birds when they are shipped “s Francis 1. Lin Pure lard, Russell Bros, | —advt, | | Contreversies mistakes { ers are costly. Aveid Potter THE POTTER PRESS SOUTH ST { “The Busy Little Store” B Fresh Creamery J BUTTER 6lc Try a pound and give yourseif a treat PURE LARD 2 Ibs. 25¢ BEST COFFEE 38¢ Ib. Russell Bros. 301 MAIN ST. W, K] TP SIS 20 et L7 i) Forty New Karpen Living Room Suites Have Just Arrived! and have been placed on display on our Eighth Floor—the best as- sortment of overstuffed furniture that we have ever bought. All of these are included in the reductions of the great February Furniture Sale. Karpen overstuffed furniture for Living Rooms is of that very high grade construction and finish that when we mention the name, we need say no more. One 3-piece velour covered Living Room | suite; davenport, side chair and wing chair. The regular price of this suit is $300.00, .. $250.00 | February Sale price One 3-piece overstuffed Living Room suite, isting of davenport, wing chair and arm v splendid construction and covered with a fine grade mohair. $245.00 on o cons chair; of a very lar price of this set is $325. February Sale price One 3-picce overstuffed Living Room suite with a blue and tan velour covering $289.00 One 3-piece overstuffed Living Room suite. This high grade suite has a mahogany rim that is very beautifully carved, ball and claw s of very fine construction and covered taupe gaa- 9. suite is regularly 23 February Sale price leg, with a figured cut velour in The regular price of this February Sale tite ... $396.00 18 One 3-piece overstufied Living Room suite ‘ with mohair covering and very fine construe- Sale price suite, with hand- frame, velour cover- ed upholstery. The regu- Ve $675.00 overstuffed Living iioom suite, ing of davenport, arm chair and wing chair, of a very fine construction and beau- This 't finished wood rim trimming, covered lour This suite is a good I regular price of .00, _ $495.00 Pne 3-piece overstuffed Living Room suite; davenport, arm chair and wing chair. This suite is of very fine construction and covered with an excellent grade of tapestry. | 1t regular sells at $525 February Sale price ; $450.00 tion, regulaily $155. February One 2-piece Liv Room | carved n ing anc lar 1 ahogany silk down fill The regu- ull I versy value at Februar) color. $175.00, PALACE—Starting Next Sunday MABEL NORMAND in “THE EXTRA GIRL” One of the Best This Year!