New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1927, Page 2

INDIAN WAR VET HEARS 'EM YELL YET Albert Remington Recalls Bat- les With Rebellions Redskins The soldier of today does not have sych hardships to face as did the soldier of tig '70’s, according to Al- bert Reminggon, Plainville's 76-year- old Indian gghter. “For onetthing, they get bet gr eats now,” Mr. Rem- ington explains, “and there are no Indians or renegadp cowboys to chase.” The modera soldier is bet- ter protected againsg the elements, recelves more pay, sand Is treated more humanely, says this former cavalryman, who lives at 16 Crown street, Plainville. Mr. Remington took part in five different Indian campaigns against Sioux, Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Southern Cheyennes, between 1876 and 1881. He was born in South Hadley Falls, Mass., on October 14, 1751. He enlisted at Boston and was sent to St. Louls, where he was assigned to Co. B, Fourth Cavalry, under Col. R. 8. McKinsey and Capt. H. W. Lawton. Lawton, who was later killed in the Philippines, Nr. Remington describes as a good offi- “not 80 rabld as a West Point- er” It speaks well of the Plainville man that he stayed in the army. In 1876 257 men left St. Louis for the Fourth cavalry; 17 of these went to Co. B. Of these only three stuck long enough to receive discharge pepers. The rost deserted when the company neared a railroad. Only about 50 of the whole number re- mained, among them Mr. Reming- ton. i Endure Ggeat Hardships | During the wintar of 1876-77 his detachment went after Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in the Powder riv- or section. It was bitter cold, the ground being frozen and covered with snow,and many of the men froze their hands and feet. The Plainville man was somewhat more fortunate, but his fingers were froz- en. No tents were available, the men were on short rations, and few o the cavalrymen had adequate @ething, but they stuck it out. After returning to Camp Robin- @on, Nebr., they sallied out again .and on December 16, 1877, Killed 1300 Pawnees in Palodora canyon. They burncd up the Indians’ tepees and buffalo robes, and soon the froz- en Indians left the warpath and came meekly into camp for. food and shelter. These trips were hard on the stomach, Yr. Remington says. as the gen would start out with ten days’ rations and be gone for prob- ably 15 or 20 days. ! Tn 1878 the Fourth followed the Southern Chevennes through Kansas where they had been murdering Set- tlers, and chased them into the sand hills of Nebraska, finally rounding them up and bringing them back to: the Ouachita river, Where they were disarmed and dealt with according to militagy custom. Some wepe im- ‘prisgned and others werp sent into exile in Florida. In the same ygar the Plainville man was in the party which chased Red Dog and’his Sioux into ihe Black Hills and captured them. hA! the battle at the Big Bend of the Beaver Mr. Remington was wounded. He and numerous others Bad been taking potshots at a red- skin who had been jumping up from behind a rock. He finally got 2 bead on the rock, but just s he was about to fire he was atruck in the elbow. He continued on active duty, however, for “you hag to be killed to get out of doing d\)ltywll; those qays.” he says. A ne mormdlg wounded in theielome bat- | YChage Cattle Tijeves Tnto Mexico | In 21879 his detachment violated internagjonal law by penetrating 80 miles into Mexico in pursuit of & gang of cattle thieves. They brought the rustlers back to the Rio Grande river, where the man who had own- ot military authorify. Had they been left to themselves, and treated squarely, there would. not have been much trouble, he be- lieves. He found the Indians about the same as other races. Some were good and some could not be trusted. The Comanches and Sioux were nice, clean races, he says, but the Ara- pahoes and Pawnees were dirty| messes a3 bad as the Diggers of New Mexico. They never took baths and camped in one place until it became too. flithy, then moved on. The pension gives Mr. Remington more than his memories as a re- wand for his sufferings on the west- ern plains, It also gives him the laugh on the large majority which deserted, for they are now working or dependent on relatives, while he| receives his monthly allotment from | the government and is able to rest| in complete iridependence. Heo was recently assigned to check:up pany other Indian war veterans that might be {n Connecticut. He found one in Bridgeport and heard of one in New Britain, but the latter turn- ed out to be one of the deserters. He had served four years and nine months, then slipped .away. Conse-| quently, he waa entitled to no pen-| sion. OUR -SCHOOLS . ' the forthcoming 6,000,000 cublic foot | 4 summer. MISS LOUISE V. TOMBARI Walnut Hill School ]}u will go ahead on its own initiative, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 1§, 1927 OCEANIC AIRSHI SERVICE PLANNED Combing of Businessmen Would Use Dirigibles Washington, June 18 (OP)—The impetus to trans-oceanic flying fure Inished by the Lindbergh and Cham- berlin flights is expected to lead soon {to a new American movement for trans-Atlantic dirigible lines in which a group of prominent bankers and business leaders are interested. The group is the same:which ne- gotiated with the government about two years ago to lease the Los An- [geles for commercial purposes. Owen iAn. YQung, chairman of the hoard of ithe General Electric company, was interested in the venture, which was, however, temporarily upset by the untimely crgsh of the Shenandoah in an Ohio storm. With confidence in aviation restored, plans are expected to materfalize within the next few | months. The group will determine whether 1 jor wait upon navy experiments with capacity dirigible. Secretary of Com- merce Hoover is expected to advise the group it it calls upon him. Plans Hastened Plans for development of trans- Atlantic dirigible service—consider- ed by many experts more prac- tical than airplane service—are like- iy to be hastened in this country by | the rapid progress of foreign coun- tries, parficularly Great Britain and Germany. Both nations have laid the ground- work for development of first class passenger and freight lines, upon which experimental service will be- DISCOVER AGED travel will be by dirigidble, while air- planes \!ll serve as continental feed- ers. Great Britain has nearly complet- ed mooring masts in England and at Ismatla, Egypt, near Cairo, and i Building & shed at Karachi, India. Major G. Hubert Bcott, who flew the dirigible R-3¢ from England to the United States pnd back in 1919, has conferred here with Fulton and other navy offidlals, on hia way to Canada to select a site for a mooring mast there for England's proposed American dirigible service. NOW YOU ASK ONE Bible Quis Today's questions offer you an- cther chance to test your knowledge of the Bible. 1=In what year does the Bible say the flood waters receded? 2~—~Who was the (father 8hem, Ham and Japeth? 8—What two disciples prepared the last supper? 4= seed was manna? 5—What did the manna cakes taste like? ¢—~How many -years did the ,Lord add to King Hesekiah's life atter his prayer: 7-=What Kings ceeded Heseklah? 8—~Who was the father | prophet Isalah? 0—What punishment did the | high priest Ananlas mete out to Paul? ot Judah suc; of the gin next year or the year after. Great Britain will complete this fall her two dirigiblc - of 5,000,000 cubic foot capaciy. The R-100 and the R-101, which’she plans to operate to India, Australia, South Afriea and Canada. The new German dirigible, of 3. { 600,000 cubie foot capacity, the LZ- } 127, probably will be finished next It will be the nucleus of " a fleet of four dirigibles, it is under- sigod, which the German Zeppelin company is building for a Spanish service from Seville, Spain, to Buenos Afres, South America. The |LZ#127 is the dirigible which Dr. ad the stolen cattle took them over. This , named Goodnjght, as- !umeme responsibility and hanged all seven thieves on the same tree., Remington was at Camp Robinson whep the Black Hills were opened to settlers and. the gold rush began. He says that hundreds of wagons passed by bearing huge letters spell- ing out “Black Hills or Bust” paint- »d on their canvas tops. That win- ter, he added, many of them re- turned with the added legend, ‘Busted, By God.” He saw 42 months of active service in five vears, . By an odd quirk of fortune, Mr. ingthn now receives more mon- ey from the government than he did when he was fighting for it His pay during his service period was only $13 a month, which might be received every other menth or sometimes was held up for six months or more. During Wilson's administration Indian war veterans wers pensioned, and Mr. Remington began to raceive an upexpected $20 a month. Since Coolidge became president this has been increased to £50 for all those, who like the Plainville resident, are 75 years of | age or morc. Mr. Remington lived in New Brit- ain for 42 years and then hought a place at Clinton, but his wife died 1 months later and he soon went with his daughter in Plain- ville, He has seven daughters liv- inz. They are Mre, Louisa Hopkins nville, Mrs. ¢ Kensington. Mrs. C. F. Emmons Armistice street, Dalsy Hart of Vv Britain: Mrs. Louis Bradbury ta Cola of Bo-| When a group of New Britain Huso Eckener, who broyght the Los State Normal school graduates was|AnEeles to the United Sates, expects appointed to the elementary schoots | ' o “"‘;}‘,‘,‘,j{‘i,,‘,‘ fl‘,“,ze“ e of New Britain last June, thero Was| «yncone can figure out the effect | one of their number who: was as- signed an unusugl task. She was| Miss Loulse V. Témbarl, teacher oflcy of the estab Ishnient of & weekly | the fifth -grade open air class atior even monthly 80-hour service be- ! the Walnut Hill school. Itween a léading South American Miss Tombarl, whose home I8 on lsountry and a leading European | Commontealth avenue, was born in |country,” said Commander Garland | this city and was eduggted in the|pulton of the aeronautics bureau, in elementary and high schools here.|commenting on foreign plans. | At her graduation from the Iast| “The.fastest mail service between | named ‘school she was awarded hon- | New York and Atgentina is now 15 | ors in studies and was one of the|days, and betwee¢h Europe and Ar- | most popular members of her elass. | gentina about the same." | She dividgs with Miss Mayonne S.| Asap example of the reduced timo Bayer the duty of teacher of un- Great Britain will achieve in com- dernourished sehool children. munication with her colonial posses- soisn, the dirigible time from Eng- _ It you remember 925 vou land to India will be cut from 15 won't have to bother with the phone | days by steamer to five days by air. | book—Herald Classified Ad dept. Fulton believes trlnl~Atlanllci Hour after Hour over [all-star | Strauss will personally conduct six |of his operas “Rosenkavalier, upon’ the United States trade and |M0220,” “Adriadne.” and the “Wom- fipancial relations with South Ameri- |an Without & Shadow.’ | HUSIC FESTIVAL | Wagner and Strauss Figure Promi- | nently in the Operatic Festival | | Planned at Frankfort. i Berlin, June 18.—(P—Wagner and Strauss figure prominently in | the operatic festivql arranged at | I'rankfort in conmnection with the | international exposition oé “Music in |the Life of the Nation:* opened | this month. | “Rheingold,” “Valkyrie,” “Sleg- i fried,” “Gotterdammerung” and the | “Melstersinger” are being glven by German casts. Richard August—"Salome,” Elektra,” “Inter- After Lindbergh's Great Flight We Have Moved Up One Flight To Give You Better Eyesight A. PINKUS Eyesight Specialist PHONE DIREGTORY J. B. Minor Pinds First One Used in New Britain The first telephone directory ever printed for the use of New Britain subacribers has come to light when the back of an old grandfather's clock owned by John B. Minor of Plainville, was opened recently. Pasted sequrely on the back of the door was found a tattered remnant of the first list of telephone sub- acribers in this city. According to Manager McAulifte of the local branch, the directory dates back to 1880, although no ex- act date is set forth on the paper itself. At that time the telephone company was known as the New Britain Telephone company, having béen granted permission by the common couneil in 1879 to erect poles in the city. At the time of its origin thers were 35 subscribers list- ed on the company's books. Exactly 47 years ago the demand for a record of the names of the sub- scribera became so acute that a list was printed contalning fully 75 names. No numbers were accorded the subscribers, the process of call- ing Leing limited to merely picking up the jeceiver and asking for “Mr. Jones' store” or “Mrs. SEmith's house, please.” This 18 the list that some farsighted preeent owner of the clock fixed on the door of the ticker 80 that te find whether or not'a certain person had a telephone meant only to open the clock ani examine the list. The names listed on the one sheet direotory include: Adkins Brothers, F. H. Allls, M. 8. Austin, F. H. Al- ford, J. Belden (Walnut street, Main stréet and Coal Yard), T. H. Brady, Coljins and Northend, Moses Ciambers, H. H. Corbin and Son, P. and F. Corbin, Cornwell and Stanley, 8. P. Cooley, Caok and Curtis, Frank Corbin, Jullus Deming, C. Dickinson, Hbrace Eddy Hackman Gridley, R. W. Hadley, Jacob Hotterich, Ira E. Hicks, W. T. Holbrook, Willlam H. Hart, Hinsdale Express, Landers, Frary and Clark, (Aetna Works and Hardware Works), Dr. E. B. Lyons, 1. N. Lee and Company, 8. A. Moore, J. H. Minon Rev. G. H. Miner, Thomas McCabe and Com- pany, Mitchell and Hungerford, Miles and Beard, Malleable Iron Works, National Wire Mattress Company, North and Judd Mfg. Company, N. B. Lumber and Coal Company, N. B. Knitting Company, forefather of the: N. Y. & N. E. freight depot, C. A. Northend, N. B.‘Gas Light Company, ‘| B. C. Porter, G. R. Post, C. W. Pen- fleld, F. G. Platt, G. L. Reynolds, D. M. Rogers and Company, Russell and Erwin Mrg. Company, R. & E. Berew factory, H. K. Ruasell Jr., E. H. Richardson, Record office, A. W. Rice, /William Siering, Theodore E. Smith, Stanley Rule and Level Company, Stanley Works, Stone and Osborn, Strickland House, A. J. Sloper, Dr. E. P, Swasey, A. R. Tay- lor, Taylor Mtg. Company, E. W. ‘Thompsoa and Company, Unlon Mfg. Company, R. J. Vance and Com- pany, Vulcan Iron ' Works, H. R. Walker, John A. Willlams, W. U. Telegraph Office and Henry 8. Walter. Like a speaking voice from a dead past comes this list of personages and businesses. Even in the infancy of what was then thought to be an amusing invention, a few of New Britain's population saw tKe pos- sibilities of the newly founded serv- ice and installed phones, regardless of the humorous comments with which the telephone was at first re- galed. First among these were the factories, not letting this chance for the advancement of the business slip by unnoticed. Soon after the incorporation of the New Britain Telephone Conpany, the Husiness was combined into the Con- necticut Telephone Compsny which was still later absorbed by the South- ern New England Telephone Com- pany which now regulates the serv- ice. The telephone headquarters were at the time of its inauguration in this city, located in the Central Block and men were employed as op- crators in the tiny switchboard. It is doubtful that more than one man | was needed to care for the 75 lines which connected the few subscribers to each other and whea the South- ern New England company itself took over the local Bervice, it had | not advanced much past the stage of 300 subscribers. Historles of the phone owners who Lave passed along Into cblivion are interesting. The old Strickland House, for instance is now the Bron- son Hotel, although the tuilding it- self has not changed in appearance since the day the first mustachioed “voice with the smile” plugged in a vagrant call to the desk clerk of the | old hostelry. The New York and New England Rallroad company was sub- sidized by the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. soon after the directory was x\ub- lished. Among the businesses which have disappeared to be combined in an- other business or to cease activities altogether are Collins and Northend, H. H. Corbin and Son, Cornwell and Stanley, Cook and Curtis, Hinsdale Express company, I. N. Lee and company, Thomas McCab» and com- | N. Y, H. H. & H. Freight depot, 308 Main St. Over P. Q. Clothing Store Suite 202 Phone 570 We speak German, French, Polish and: Ryssian \ any Road -and always in Comfort | Scientifically balanced — swung low to the road—and with the body resting on chrome vanadium steel springs 88% ag long as the wheelbase —the Most Beautiful Chevrolet provides the most astonishing riding and driv- ing comfort ever offered in a low-priced car. At every speed, up to wide open throttle, it helds the road with a surety that is a revela- tion—while roygh stretches are negotiated in perfect comfort. A type of performance that will delight and amaze you! The Coach 5595 Az 2525 & ... %625 a2, %695 &edz. 215 Line... 2745 Toaart1780 Y imaron, 395 Gt 8, %495 Come in today and see All peices . . b. Fline, Michigan for yourself the remarkable beau of the new Chevrolet. Drive it Windos Pat. Jurm30.'23 Mitchell and Hungerford, Miles and Beard, National Wire Mattress com- pany, New Britain Knitting Com- pany, D. M. Rogers and company, Stone and Osborn, E. W. Thompon and company and R. J. Vance aad company. : A line on a few of the old timers 1s interesting. F. H. Allis, still living, ‘was at one time in the clothing bu ness Jn town; F. H. Alford was gaged in real estate activities; F. H. Brady was also involved in real es- tate and is still living m Hartford, having served a tétm as a state sen- ator on the democratic ticket; C, Dickinson 1is the originator of the Dickinson Drug company, later own- ed by Marsland and Ramsay and at present extinct; H. Eddy Horace Eddy, still alive, father of Lieuten- ant Leslie Eddy, who was killed in actipn in France gnd who lives on in the name Eddy-Glover post of the American Legion; R. W. H-dl:(_ is the name of the owner of the Had- Ky Block on Main streat; Ira Hick was former postmaster >f the town and a Civil War veteran; Mitchell and Hupgerford were patent attor- neys; William Siering is the Siering ot Stering and Holties, formePly lo- cated where the Globo Clothing House now stands, owned by Fred Beloin; the R. J. Vance and company entry names former publishers of the old New Britain “Observer,” and Henry S. Walter is at present em- ployed at the Stanley Ruls and Level company. TEA TASTER SHORTAGE London County Council to be Asked Establish Classes in Night School. London, June 18.—(P—So seri- ously does Mincing Lane regard the shortage of tea tasters that the Lon- don County council Is to be asked to establish tea-tasting classes in night schools. “The other day,” said a prominent brokér, “a job was advertised at a salary of £1,000 a year, plus com- { mission. It was not filled, for not a single suitable applicant could be | found. Yet Uefore the war there | would have been fifty first-rate men { waiting for that job. “Parents are not willing to send | their sons ifito a business which re- quires a seven-years' apprenticeship without pay. On the other hand, the tea trade cannot afford to pay even the smallest wage to a boy who has to have another boy teach him everything. Eighty thousand chests of tea come through the Lane every week on the average. They are !worth half a million or more, and the commigsion at 1 1-2 per cent, works out at £8,000. Isn't that a trade which shoulgd attract the youngsters?" ¥ Cork-Insulated REFRIGERATORS Th.e mere value of the month'’s ice supply we give you isn't worth a bread crust compared with that of the better kept food, the yearly ice economy, the saving of trouble and many other advantages brought you by a beautiful new Alaska. But it’s a feature of this big sale and you may as well take advantage of it. So come and see The Greatest Values Ever Offered--Bar None! 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Berlin, June 18.—UM—Under the sloga, “Eight Trains in Search 6f a Name,* the German Railway Ad- ministration has started a prise con- teat Tor the most ¢atelilng, romantie of jazzy names for the prineipal ex- press trains Dbétwéen Berlin and Frankfort, Hamburg, Cologne, and Munich, German officials decided upon this innovation after observing how much more efféctive picturesque names have been in the United States. The jury for the prize contest is made up of prominent newspaper men and raillway officials. A further application of rallway nomenclature 1s planned for express traing con- necting Berlin with Basle, Hamburg and Berlin with Holland, and Mun.' rch with Basle. RIGHTS OF HOOSEMAID — Labow. Contract Has Just Been Drawn up Between Faris Mis. tresses and Domestics. Paris,- June 18.~{M—The Parig house-servant is in a fair way to be- coming spoiled. A labor contract just drawn up, signed and sealed, reads: “The lady of the house engages herselt to treat with all the desired solicitude her new domestique, Mademoiselle Emma. 8he will ac- cord hér two hours every day to go to her courses in clothes-cutting, stenography, plano playing and singing. “Her wages will be 350 fran¢s a month for the firSt three months, with an increase of 25 francs every month at the end of the fourth, up to the limit of 600 franés monthly. The new servant shall have the right 10 use the bathroom twice & week. “Mademoiselle Emma will not be called by her first name, but ‘Made. moiselle.’ “She must be ailded hy a chamber- maid or char-woman, according to the needs of the household.” Auto Painting Expert Work Iow Prices Spraying or Varnishing FRANKLIN 8Q. FILLING STATION F. B. R, . With every Alaska sold during this Sale goes our written order on the purchaser’s own ice company to deliver a full month’s ice supply as needed and send the bill to us. 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