New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1929, Page 7

January Clearance Sale RBoys’ Clothing A TIMELY SALE OF THIS SEASON'S MOST WANTED STYLES IN SUITS, COATS AND OTHER WEARABLES AT DECIDED SAVINGS 4 Pc. Suits $10.50 (Values to $16.50) Broken sizes and lots, in tweeds, (Boys 8 to 15). cassimeres. $ 4 Pe. Suits 14.50 (Values to $20.00) All wool, blue-eheviots, blue serges, and fancy mixtures, (8 to 15). All Wool Student Suits Values to $20—Now $14.50 ’ $ Values to $25—Now 18.50 Some with one long pair and plus four knickers, others with two pair long . Berlin News STATE FISHERIES DEPT, GIVEN $60 Town Clork’s Fees Amount to $71.50 Tor Past Year 986 LICENSES WERE ISSUED Funeral of Miss Sarah C. Church- il — Two Basketball Games ‘To- morrow Evening at Fraternal Hall =—Berlin Grange Meeting. Figures completed today by Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruff for the vear of 1928 show that the state Lioard of fisheries and game recelv- ed $650 from the town of Berlin through the sale of resident hunting, resident fishing and combination li- censes. This is the largest figure to he reached in Berlin in recent years, the interest among the lovers of out- door life increasing greatly during the past vear because of the excel- lent hunting and fishing in the local woods and ponds. Hunting and fishing licenses cost $2.00 each while "a combination 1i- cense 18 fssued at a price of $3.75. Outside of the fee of 25 cents given the town clerk for making out the licenses, the state fisheries and game board receives the entire amount charged for the licenses. The sale of licenses during the past two weeks has been very large. Su- perintendent J. W. Titcomb has mailed lefters to all the town clerks Instructing them in various changes in the system of issuing licenses that will go into force during the year 1229, Berlin Grange Meeting The 44th anniversary of the found- ing of the Berlin Grange will be ob- served at the next meeting of the crganization to be held on Keb, 5. Plans arg being made to serve an an- niversary banquet. At that time Worthy Master L. A. Griftith will ap- point the new committecs to serve fqr the coming year. Further an- nouncement concerning the affair will be made in the near future. Plans are being made hy the ange to hold -another of its popu- lar whist parties at its hall on Farm- ington avenue on Thursday evening, , at § o'clock. Prizes will he awarded the winners and refresh- ments served. The affair will be opened to the public. "The committee in charge of the party is as follows: -Howard Hall, chairman, Frances Wallace, Virginia Boardman, Marion Whitham and Gustave Lindquist. Miss Sarah C. Churchill triends of Mis: arah C. Church- #11 filled the Berlin Congregational church this afternoon at 2 o'clock at her funeral services to pay her their last respe Miss Churchill was 90 vears old and was the oldest mem- her of the church. Rev. Samuel A. Wiske, pastor, conducted the services and id a beautifu] tribute to Miss Churchill's memory. Miss Churchill was an active worker in the affairs of the church guring her life time and took great intercst in missionary work. Burial was in the West ceme- tery, Meriden. Car Slightly Damaged Leaving his small coupe in front 'TEINITE RADIO On Demonstration At My Store 356 ARCH STI New Brital able Radio Service URTON WELL! Tel. 518%-2 e B of the Mildrum Jewcl company in Bast RBerlin terday afternoon, Arthur Benson went inside to trans- act some bhusiness. The car, parked on a slight hill, began to coast back- wards and by the time Mr. Benson was able to reach the machine slid down an embankment and crashed into a tree. r was slightly damaged. Lntertains Whist Club Mrs. William Sheldon entertained the members of the Wednesday aft- ernoon Whist club at her home yes- terday afternoon. Mrs, Jones of Maple Hill was awarded the first prize while Mrs. Sarah Goodell cap- tured the second prize. The con- solation gift was given to Mrs. Van- Gorder. Lunchcon was served. Scout Meetings Troop 1, Boy Scouts of the Ber- lin Congregational church, will meet tomorrow evening in the scout rooms at the church at 7:30 o'clock. Scutomaster E. O. Shjerden will be in charge, The Cub Scouts will meet tomor- row evening at 6:30 o'clock. Scout- master Shjerden expects a full at- tendance at hoth meetings. Whist Party Tonight The Motherhood ciub of the Ber- lin Congregational church will give a whist and bridge party tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Worth- ington Community house, Prize will be awarded the winners and refreshments served. Mrs. George Pickett fs ehalrman of the affair and will be assisted by Mrs. R. §. Gold, Mrs. Dorothy Ban- croft, Mrs. John Hannon and Mrs, A. L. Woodruff. The affair will be opened to the publie. 1l At Homes Mrs, C. W. Stevens of Kensington is confined to, her home with an at- tack of the grip. Charles Holinquist of eKnsington is reported as being ill at his home with the grip. g Mrs. Frank Woods home on Hudson street. ‘The condition of Lddy N. &mith of Worthington ridge who is under- going treatment at the New Britain General hospital, was being unchanged today Basketball Games A large attendance is expected to witness the Kensington Boys' club hasketball teams in action tomorrow evening at the I"raternal hall in Ken- sington. Director Rev. Vernon L. Phillips of the club inaugurated the opening of organized basketball in Berlin last Saturday evening at the Fraternal hall and encouraged by the attendance, pooked two games for tomorrow evehing. There is also a possibility that a th be added to the program. At o'clock, the Kensington Boys' club intermediates will clash with the New Britain Panthers. The local team has yet to be beaten but will meet a strong opponent in the New Britain aggregatidn, A regularly schedulpd Hartford county * league game will be played at 8:30 o'clock between the senior team of the club and the Southington “Y" five. The visiting crew holds one victory over the Tocals and will he anxious to make it two straight. Iollowing its victory over the First Congregational church team of Waterbury last Saturday, the locals are confident of taking the “Y” five into camp. Rev. Mr. Phillipses attempting to arrange a game for the senior re- serve team of the club to he played at 9:30 o'clock. He is negotiating With a team at the present time and it plans fall through. it is expected that the South Church Reserves team of New Britain will furnish the attraction. All these battles promise plenty of action and the basketball fans are expected fo turn out in full force. East Berlin Ttems Final arrangements for the an- nual Community club hanquet were ade last evening. Tt was voted to {levy a stated amount for the ban- {auet to help pay the expense of the |event. There will he an entertain- ment prograam to be followed by |modern and old-fashioned dancing, is i1l at her reported as | d game will | trousers, made of fancy mixtures, and are wonderful values. 7 | Harold Gates to prompt. jand friends of the Community club |are eligible to attend. Roast fr {ham will be the piece do re c |A committee was appoint to se- lect a janitor for the hall. R. O. Members road, the |Clark, John Lewis and George Pol. | lard were tee. appointed to the commit- The election of the various |committees to scrve for the ensu. ing year was put over until the next regular meetin Mrs. R. O. Clark is able to he up after several weeks' confinement to her room by illness. Mrs. Oscar Benson is confined to her home by illness. The annual mecting and election of officers of {he Liast Berlin Coal & | Wood company will be held on Tues- |day evening, January 8. The pres- lent board of officers is headed by |John P. Lewis. The bid on coal do. |livery for the year 1929 from L. Turner was accepted. The Methodist church choir will hold a rehearsal at the honte of Miss Doris Dutton on Saturday evening. The Fife and Drum Corps will hold a rehearsal this evening at 7:30 o'clock at Community hall. ‘The bowling teamns from the ley Chemical plant bowled local alleys last evening, struction department m sweep of the paint makers, winning all three games. The next game wiil he played on the alleys on Iriday evenings. A small coupe owned by Arthur Benson was slightly damaged Wed- nesday when it slid down an embankment and hit |a tree. Mr. {Benson had parked the car on a slight grade and during the interval that he was away from the machine the accident occured The Boys' Club will mect tomor- |row evening at the usual hour at Community hall A whist will be held in St. Ga- briel's church social rooms tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. = New Albanian (‘abinet Tirana, Albania, Jan. 17 (P — Costa Kotta, who resigned on Mon- day as premier, has formed a new | binet. The former cabinet resign- ed as a result of conflicting opin- ions on economic policy. In his new cabinet I'remier retained all his former except Elias Vrioni ter, who will be r banian minister to Belgr Coronation of King Zogu was defi- Stan- on the the de- king a clean Kétta colleagnes foreign birthplace of Scanderbe DR. JOSEPH DEITMER Berlin, Jan. 17 (®—Dr. Josch Deitmer, Catholic suffragan bishop of Berlin, died today from grippe which is ravaging Berlin. H. was 63 vears old. Dr. Deitmer was |titular bishop of Sora and apostolic prothonotary. nitely fixed for April at Kruya, the | Piainville News 100 GASES OF LU REPORTED O DATE Schools Hit, But Epidemic Leaves Factories Unalfected PYTHIAN INSTALLATION Officers of Lodge and Temple In- ducted—No School Signals—Fin- ishes Training As Nurse — Local Barbers Win llowl‘ln‘ Match, The total number of influenza cases in Plainville neared the 100 mark last night with the reporting of 12 additional cases. Moat of the cases brought to the attention of the health officer, Dr. George F. Cook, are of a mild nature, but another doctor has under his care two pa- tients who are suffering from the real “army flu” which swept this country in 1918, The schools have been feeling the effects of the cpidemic. pupils strangely ! > out hocause of illness, and, enough, the great majority of these are high school pupils. The younger children secmn to be quite unaffected. Only one tcacher, Miss | Gertrude Tupper, is ill. Inquiries at the factories today revealed that these are not suffering from influen among their em- ployes. Superintendent Ralph L. Seymour of the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co., said that he believed only four or five men were out because of illness, while Supcrintendent Wil liam B. Vincent of the Standard Steel and Bearings, Inc., reported that his plant was experiencing no | trouble through short-handedness. A few men were reported out of the Plainville Casting Co., but the fac- tory was said not to he feeling the cpidemic to any cxtent, Other places have not heen so fortunate, for the Humason Mfg. Co. in Forestville is so badly crippled that its bowling league had to cancel |its matches at Hart's alleys Tuesday night, due to the fact that there were {0t enough men to make up the full teams. doint_Installation The nowly clected officer thian lodge, No. 47, thias, and of Pyth 9, Pythian Sisters, {last night at a joint | L 0. 0. F. nan. : } Mrs. Veronica Carter, grand mas- * of finance, was the installing of- [ficer for the tewple, the new officers fof which are the following: -Most {excellent chief, Emma Aspinall; ex |ectlent sonior, Margaret Wilber; ex- cellent junfor, Jennie Lackey; man- ager, Etta Feeks; mistress of records |and seals, Ruth Neilson: mistress of finance, Beatrice Carlson: protectof, Agnes Bownnan: gnard, Agnes Wil cox; past chiel, Beryle Bannell. Bach { these officers received a flowe from two flawer girls, Miriam Aspin- ind Helen Lack | The new lodge officers were in- Istalled by District Deputy Grand {Ch Nor Arthur Hays and stafy of New RBritain, They are the fol- [lowing: Chancellor conmander, Ed- | ward Lackey: vice chancellor, Floyi stillman; prelate, William Down- ham: master of work, Itoy Smith: | keeper of records and 1s, Charlos | Kiatt; master of finance, I. B. Car- ter; master of exchequer, W. I W ;h.x. master at arms, Joseph Living- stone; inner gnard, Nev. J. Roy Wil- kerson: onter guard, Past Chancellor John Carlson. Retiring ¢hancellor presented with a iewel, and another sented to V 1. Wilher, who crved as master of Mrs. Bannell. the cutgoing chicf of the temple. Mrs. Carter, the installing oiffcer, was iven a gold pinc The ceremony was preceded hy a supper. After the installation there were speeches by Mr. Hayes, Walter Gould of New Britain, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals . k. Aspina’ Mrs. Veronis Carter, Miss Lillian Teachman, and Mr. Wilkerson. No-School Signals . Recause of confusion which exists, among parents as the system of no- school signals now nsed by the school artment, Snperintendent Leon €. iples today of Py- Knights of 1 n Temple, No. were installed ceremony in Carlson wa one TONIGHT S BUDDY ROGERS and MARY BRIAN the, FRECKLES AND TAG JUST TOLD US TRAT KIS MOM AN POP JUST CAME FROM THE LOSPITAL AND WHO DO You SPOSE, TUEY WENT TO SEE? FRECKLES!’ HIS FRIENDS FRECKIES IN THE HosPITAL ? About 40 | issued a bulletin call- | LETS GO RIGKT DOWN AN SEE HiMe Y, JUST YESTERDAY WE WALKED BY IT AN WAS TALKIN' LOW WE'D UATE TO | BE IN TuERE " ing attention to the code now in ef- fect. 1t is as follows: “1. In case of no school session in the morning, signals will ke given at 8 o'clock. “2. If there is no other signal the zchool will nave a regular afternoon session. “3. ‘The no-school signal for the afternoon session will be sounded at 11:30, “4. No-school signal ply to the high school.” The confusion, he believes, is due to a recent change in the time of the morning signal. This was formerly given at 7:30 o'clock but is now withheld until 8 o'clock. Finishes Training as Nurse Miss Rowena Birnbaum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I J. Birnbaum of Broad strect, completed her train- ing as a nurse yesterday at Grace hospital, New Haven, and returned last night to her parents’ home here. She expects to register at the New Britain General hospital. Basketball Games A basketball double header will be offeréd local sport fans Saturday night, while Plainville High meets Litchfield high and the Plainville “Y" cngages the Bristol Congrega- tional church at M local high school. The high school game will be a Western Connecticut league af- fair with Plainville seeking to atone for its two previous lcague defests by a victory over-ihe strong Litch- field aggregation. A victory in the “Y" league game will give the Plainville Y. M. C. A. a tie for first place again. The Bris- tol team has yet to win a game, but | it has recently been greatly strength- | ened and is expected to put up stiffer vesistance. Plainville will be with- out the services of Eddie Geetersloh, star guard. Eddie hurt his knee when he fell in trying an off-balance shot in the recent game against the New Britain South church, He was able to continue and finish the game in spite of a limp, but the injury has developed more ‘seriously and it is thought he will be out of the lincup for two or three weeks more. urch Committees Named The committees appointed by the | exccutive committee of the Congre- | gational church have heen an- nounced by Clerk Henry A. Castle and are as follows: Finance: Frederick Abell, chairman; A. A. Macl.cod, Ralph Morrill and Howard Stephenson. Propert . Robbins_ chair- man; B. W. s and Albert H. Dresser, Music: homas, chair- man; Miss Nathalie Case and Miss Llizabeth Norton, Ushers: Howard £ Smith, chair- man; A. A. MacLeod and Benjamin W. Edwards. Pulpit: Henry A. Caslle, chair- man; Miss Nathalie Case and John Orsie. Advisory: Menry A. Castle, ¢ man; Howard S. Smith, Miss I do not ap- s. Many At Mceting A large crowd was present night Parent-Te; Tast cher association in Bristol gave a highly interesting talk, of Wethersfield. Property Transf Gustal G. Carlson of Tir sold to John E. Carlson of |city Tots Nos. 65 and 66 | peet Heights, Frank A. and Maude A. Alexan- der have bought from Idward | Morway of Southington land Luildings on the Gridley tract, lot. being No. 84 P Tand on Washington street been sold to A. Matson & Co. by Harriet A. Peck for $500. The hill of sale hy which the har- her shop at 7 Whiting strect was transferred from Alphonse Bordeau rs stol the has and office Wilson. of Town Clerk William H House Warming A louse warming was given Mr and Mrs. Alfred Andeo Monday eve- ning at their new home on Farm- ington avenue. About 50 friends were present from Rristol, Hartford, New Britain and Plainville, Notes Members of Martha Rebekah lodge have heen invited (o attend the mecting of Stella Rebekah lodge |ficers of the latter lodge will be in- OPENING SATURDAY, 8 . M. Angelo Ferdinando Music Stedio of . Piano and Harmony THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 1A M tod . M. MAIN STREET F. Albert White ‘Teacher of Piano Beginners and Advanced Stadents Studio—15 Farmington Ave. Phone 491-3 to Joe Dugo has bheen filed at the | tomorrow evening. when the new of- | i [ Bristol News EMORIAL TOMAGK | FOR PUBLIC PARK Commission {0 Erect Bronze Tablet to Bristol Benelactor | WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE| Clerk—Board of Relief Sessions— Annual Mecting of Community Chest January The memory of John Christopher | Mack, a former Bristol resident who died about two years ago in Cali- fornia, will be perpetuated by the erection of a bronze tablet in Rock- well park. An appropriation of $690 to be used for this purpose was approved last evening by the board of park commissioners and the {tem will be included in the list of esti- mates which will be submitied to the ci'y council for approval at its meet- ing on January 29. " Mr. Mack for many years resided | this city but several years hefore is death, moved to California. I'ro- | visions were made in lis will for, cash bequests, each of $°.000 to the city playground comumnission, the | park hoard, the Boys' Club and the | public library. Through thesc b quests, many facilitics have bheen provided for the children and it was in recognition of his philanthropy that the park commission sanction ed the tablet appropriation. Park Commissioners Samuel J. Large And Roger 8. Newell were appointed a committee by Mayor W. Raymond Crumb to sclect a site for the tablet, which will bear the fol- | lowing inscriptions: | “ThY¥s tablet is to perpetuate the | memory of John Christopher Mack, | |a public spirited citizen, who truly | beth Norton and Ralph E. Morrill. sfalled at the Rockwell Koon at the monthly meeting of the #b¥ the | involved will be included in the pa high school auditcrium. Superin- |board estimates. | tendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche of | as did Superintendent Wilson Geer |!i0 ame | at Pros- | the | has | 6:30 o'clock. | » | disconnt | | Louis |advt. loved Bristol, the place of his hirth. | His declining years were spent in | California yet his interest in his native town never lessened. His great love for children found fitting cxpression in his will by which a substantial sum was provided for the development of recreational fa- cilities for them in the parks and! playgrounds of the ci A. D185 Flood Lights For Park ! Additional flood lights for the con- | venience of skaters in winter and | bathers in summer time will be in- | rark 1. s the result of action taken park hoard last evening. An | ition to cover th: expen: by the opri k| ayor W. Raymond Crumb ex- pressed the helief that these addi- al lights should he placed at {once to reduce to a minimum the possibility of accidents and {o relieve the city of any possible charge of negligence, | Relieved of Road Expense | It is probable that the expense of | maintaining roads in the city parks will in the future he ca ied in the 1 |roads and bridges account instead stalled. Supper will be served at Mrs, Lawrence H. Frost of West in etrect entertained the mem- Lers of her bridge club with a luncheon yesterday noon at Sally's Tea Shop. Miss Elizabeth Gager of Scofland will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Gilbert for a few weeks. | ng team of the Pl ville Barbers' unien soundly wal- joped the Farmington quintet last night 4t the Recreation alleys. John, | and Charlie featured for Plainville and ecarried their team to | vietory in tie rst two games. Harold was the Farmington star. The scores: | Farmington Quintet | Beetham 85 55— 247 | Jor 97 Skip Banunders Harold 87 a1 L | (LR Rarhess | at 279 | 100 10 203 | Angelo John ..... - 246 | ‘840 479 482 1 To rent—at . Main furnished rooms with trance and private hath sep This is the last weck of our 207 James, dry footwear, West Main clearance sale rins offered. 1. J. bhaum.—advt. i | complaints received. 374 door cers of in the park account, as has been the practice in the past. Up to the present time work done by the pub- lic works department was charged back to the board and on some .oc- casions park department employes made repairs themselves. This ar- rangement has proved unsatisfactory, according to Mayor W. Raymond Crumb, and the change in account. | ing will be made effective when the estimates are formally approved. Pine Trees For Boulevard? To discourage the erection of bill- | beards on private property adjoining the Memorial Boulevard, the plant- ing of a number of pine trees along the south bank of the Pequabuck river will be given serious considera- tion. The matter was brought up at a meeting of the park board last evening when representatives of the realty company developing the Brightwood Estate appeared and of- fered a number of such trees to the city at a very low price. No definite action will be taken until the matter has been given further consideration. Appropriation For Memorial An appropriation for a suitable bhase and tablet for the Spanish War Veterans' memorial to be placed on the Memorial boulevard will be in- cluded in the list of estimates of the park board, to be submitted to the city council for approval at its meet- ing on January 29. The request of G. A. Hadsell Camp, U. 8. W. V., which was referred to the park hoard, was for an appropriation of e monument of a hiker Acnated 1o Hadsell Camp by Mr bert . Rockwell, former owne Brightwood, when the estate disposed of several months ago. Other Matters Discussed The application of the recently fermed Rockwell Park Hockey club for the establishing of a hockey rink was Al- of wa: on the lagoon was submitted to the | park board last night and will be given further consideration. The petition indicated that the club ai- ready was 75 members and a num- ber of additional applications fol membership are anticipated. The request of Park Carctaker Jo- seph Civizzio for a horse and scrapes to clear snow from.the Rockwell Park lagoon was denied. Arrested Following Disturbance Benjamin Daniels, a peanut and nopcorn vendor, and Walter Nye were arrested fast night on charges of breach of the peace and intoxica- tion after a complaint had been telephoned to police headquarters by the proprictor of a North Main street rooming house. <The cases of hoth men were continued by Prosc- cuting Attorney James T. Mather this morning until Saturday, Janu- ary 19, Many A total of 1,291 notic in the office of the city clerk were crved during the past year by the stment, the annual report nest T. Belden indicates. Most of these concerned hearings on cither street improvements or a ments med until recent years we crved by the deputy sheriff, who was paid 70 conts for cach service. This number will be increased ma- terially, according to Councilman Charles R. Anderson, chairman of the street committee, and it is for this rcason, according to Chief Belden, that he has requested an ap- nropriation in this year's budget to ved s originating | o rost of a small a 2 | cover the cost of a small automobile, ;lfldlan scalp' Other items of interest in the re- indicate that during the last fiscal year the receipts from court orders alone were $2,788.25, almost cnough fo pay the chief’s v for the {welve months period. 1,095 ar- vests were made during the year, 4 accidents were investigated, §25 and windows found unlocked, and 28 lost children were returned to parents. During the year 111 hoys and 21 port 1 | zivls under 21 years of age were tak- en into custody Board of Relief Sessions Sessions of the board of relief consisting of Fuller 1. Burnes, Wil- i . Phelan and Joseph A. An- derson, will be held in the city hall building on Vriday, February 1, rom 9 fo 10 a. m. and hy adjourn- ment on Monday, February 11, from to 8 p. m.; on Monday, Fehruary 15, from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. and on Wednesday, I'ebruary 20, from 1 to 3 p. m.. for the purpose of hearing any appeals that may be made from he assessment v w the assessors in the grand list Mr. Phelan and Mr. Anderon were recently appoinfed to the board ‘o fill the vacancies caused by t resignation of Wallace B. nd Nils F. Nystrom eral Mrs. Mary J. Fitzsimmons he funeral of Mrs. Mary z simmons of 50 Laurel street will be held at 9:30 o'clock KFriday morn- ing at &. Joseph's church. Rev. William P. Laflin, pastor of 8t. Jos- eph's churhe, will ceienrate the high mass of requiem and burial will he in St Thomas cemetery, V. F A meeting of F post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held at 8 o'clock this evening. he Ladies' Auxiliary will also hold old 1. Emmett {a short meeting prior to the busi-| jon of the post. ity Chest Mecting meeting of the Bris- chest will be held in Condon building 130 o'clock Offi- he tol Communit Room 103, Tracey on Main street, Tuesday cvening, Ja fo! ensuing year will elected and other routine transacted, E GOT RUN ONER BY AN AUTO, 7AG SAID-~SAID AE WENT T SANE PATSY FITTS AN’ WAS WIT AIM- \N-\WE CAME TO SEE FRECKLES MEGOOSEY \WHO 60T RUN ONER BY AN AUTO! LE HAS ANISITOR ANOW—YoULL HAVE TO GOOD FOR LIKE You, s- | ues as compiled | Crumb | business To Speak on Palestine “Palestine," the Land of the Liv- ng Bible” will be the subject of a» illustrated lecture by Rev. Francis T. Cooke, pastor of the First Con- gregational church, at a mesting to be held at 7:30 o'clock this eve- I ning in the parish house. Follow- ing the lecture, a reception will be tendered the new members of the | church. Sethack The third sitting of the setback tournament between the city and New Departure fire departments will be played this evening in the entral | fire station on Meadow street. The | first two sittings were captured by the city firefighters. Rowe-Davis Investment Company The annual meeting of the direc- | tors of the Rowe-Davis Investment company will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in the hasement of the | public library. Officers for the en- suing year will be elected and the | reports of the officers read. Death of Infant Rose Ann, the month old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herve Caya of | 215 Park street, died last evening | from infantile troubles. The funeral was held at the home of the parents at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Buria |in charge of Undertaker James | Dunn, was in the new St. Joseph's cemetery. Divorce Petition to be Heard | The petition of Esther Stanley | Johnson of this city for a diverce from Walter Johnson, also of Bristol, | will be heard on Friday, in the | superior court at Hartford. The plaintiff is represented by Attorney | James Ravich, who has sub- pocnaed Sergeant Henry Jeglinski | of the local police department to testify as to Johnson's court record. Personal Tax Warrants Scrved Sergeant Henry Jeglinsk! was en- zed today in serving warrants on | personal tax delinquents, who will | be hrought hefore the prosecuting attorney’s office on Saturday morn- ng. January 19. 150 of these war- | rants have been issued at the re- | quest ot Tax Collector Frank B. Riley. | | Dr. Richard Grelling Dies; Wrote “J’Accuse” Berlin, Jan. 17 (®—Dr. Richard | Grelling, author of the famous war- |time publication, “J’Accuse,” died | here yesterday at the age of 76. He was an ardent pacifist and the { founder of the German Peace so- [ciety. At the beginning of the war |he charged Germany with responsi- | bility and to escape imprisonment {Ned to Switzerland. His book had | wide circulation in allied countries. DIES OF INJURIES Brattleboro, Vt, Jan, 17 (P — | George 1., Kendrick, 68, a farmer of | Himsdale, N. H.,, died in the Brat- {tleboro hospital today from injuries | Ke received when a portable ug !machine on which he was riding |was struck by an automobile. Tho |accident happened between Hinsda |and Northfield. William 8 Howe |of Hinsdale, driver of the car that |struck Kendrick, said that Kend- | rick's machine contained no lights. | Kendrick leaves a wife and child. | Girl I'Teacher in Arizona v scalped by an Apache Indian, Miss Theresa Reed, 22, teacher in the government school at San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, is recovering |in a hospital at Globe. Miss Reed. | whose home is in Humboldt, Ia |was aftacked by the Apache while |returning from a trading post. The assailant is believed to have been the father of one of her pupils. Tt was the first scalping in the west in many years. AY MAMA SAD THAT NOTHING \WAS ToO A DEAR BoY AND BOUGHT WIS NICE BOX OF