New Britain herald., 1916-12-01

P. H. Gillin, New Haven, trav-
 cling expenses .......... 3T0.S1 William P. Flagg, New Haven,
 sustaining membership bu-
 reau expenses ............ 211.96
 The Uptown Dry Goods association reports under recent date that it con- tributed $500 to J. H. Roraback, of Hartford, for republican campaign purposes in Connecticut
 Mrs. George C. Romans, Danbury, contributed $500 to the national Hughes alliance and received that sum for organization in Connecticut.
 The above dry goods association acknowledges in it's latest report the receipt of a $500 contribution from Charles Cheney, South Manchester, and $1OO from E. E. Hilliard, Buck land, Conn.
 Lonergan Spent $500.
 Augustine Lonergan of Hartford, reports the expenditure of $500 by himself in his campaign in his final statement, and the Lonergan congress siOnal democratic committee reports expending $2,351.63.
 John McKlein, candidate for con- gress in the first Connecticut district, reports no expenditures.
 F. C. Hall, candidate for congress in the second district, reports no eX- penditures in his last statement. The Lonergan committee reports contributions received $2,S61.53 and 1 It's expenditures include $13.20 to the 1 New Britain Herald for advertising, and various other amounts for adver- tsements of various kinds, postage, 1 nall rent, painting, $177 for luncheon 1 at Hotel Bond. Also $2OO to the democratic joint committee, New Brit ] ain, $5OO to the Hartford town com 1 m1ttee, SlOO to Bristol committee, $50 i each to East Hartford Manchester, l ThOmpsonVllle and smaller amounts 1 to the democratic town committees l of Warehouse Point Berlin. Canton. East Granby Pennington. Unionville. l Glastonbury, Avon, Burlington, Gran i by, Hartland, Marlboro, Newington. Wethersfeld, West Hartford Sufield. South Windsor, Southington, Sims bury, Rocky Hill, Plainville, Windsor. and Windsor Locks, the amounts
 ranging from s1O to s35 for each committee. The total expenditures Of the committee were $2,S61.53.
 Concerns Get Orders 1 Connecticut concerns are coming in l for some of the domestic WAT con- l tracts as well as war orders from the l Allies. The navy department today l awarded contracts to the Lake Sub- l marine Torpedo Boat Co., Of Bridge port, Conn.,. for six coast defense sub-
 marine boats to cost $694OOO each, i and to the Electric Boat Co.,, which
 has plant at Groton, Conn. for coast 1 defense submarines to cost $697, ,OOO l each.
 The Electric Boat Company will 1 build one of the 800 ton fleet sub-
 marines at a cost of $1,1S9, ,000, and the Lake company will build the other | at S1,1950 0O0 The California Ship l building company was given contracts ] for three coast defense submarines to | be built on the Lake design at S69S,- l 900 each.
 | Machine Guns
 l Connecticut is likely to get good l bite of the SIP 2,OOO,O00 appropriated for machine guns for the army. A ! special board of army officers headed ! by Brigadier General Francis H. ! French is sitting here to reconsider it's | recent report in favor of the Vickers l machine gun, the American rights for l which are owned by the Colt Patent 1 Firearms Co.,, of Hartford. The board 1 recommended that 4,6OO of these ! weapons be acquired lmmedlately, as it held that they are the best ma
 chine guns for the American army.