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New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
REAL TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING DAY
Carl Nelson Gives Menu Enjoyed
 by American Infantrymen

Thanksgiving in France was not such a dreary affair, according to a letter received by Miss Ruth Nelson of 49 Cherry street from her brother. Carl Nelson, of Company I, 1O2d U. S. Infantry. The men had an old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner with all that goes with it. he writes. The letter. in part, follows:
 Dear Sister:
 "Just a few lines to let you know I have not forgotten you and that am feeling fine. I wish you folks at home were over here to enjoy Thanksgiving with us. We sure did have some time. We quit work and drill Wednesday, the 18th, at noon, so we could. have the afternoon to clean up around our quarters which took all the afternoon. In fact, some of us had not finished next morning at o'clock. Thursday morning all those who wished to witnessed a foot ball game between the Second and Third battalions. The Third is our battalion. It was a hard fought game. Neither side could score. After the game we had boxing matches and several other games.
 we had dinner at 2:3O and be- lieve me it was some dinner for a soldier in a foreign country. We had roast turkey. mashed potatoes gravy, cranberry sauce, bread, coffee and pie. So you see we were not so bad off even if we are a couple of miles from home. In the evening we had an entertainment in our mess house which was all decorated. We had piano, two mandolins, violin and guitar and plenty of musicians to give us a little concert, songs and recitations And after that we all fell in for a good nights sleep"
 The only thing missing was the folks at home, Nelson writes, and he inouires whether they have put an embargo on all the mail from the States to France" It is almost a month since he received a letter from home.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
EARNS $5 PER DAY
 BUT CAN'T PAY FINE
Adolph Matulis Beats Up Parents, T1len Latter Plead With Judge
 to Let Him Or.

Adolph Matulis was before Judge John H. Kirkham in police court this morning charged with assaulting his mother and father. MT. and Mrs. George Matulis. last evening. The parents said their son came home drunk and attacked his mother, turn ing his fistic attentions to his father when he interfered. A fine of $7 and costs was imposed. The accused told Probation Officer Connolly that he earns $5 per day, yet he did not have sufficient money with which to pay his fine. Later the father of the young man begged the judge to let his son go on probation.
 The continued case against Charles Kilowski and Frank Broziwsky, mem bers of a Lithuanian club. charged with illegal sale of liquor. was heard today. On advice of their lawyer. P. F. McDonQugh. they both pleaded guilty. Liquor Prosecutor B. w. AL ling said that Kilowski sold club checks to men who were not mem- berE of the Park street club, while Broziwsky gave them the liquor. The former was fined $50 and costs, and the last named was assessed $25 and costs. The cases against Frank Mich naivich, Joseph Shopps and John Ur- ban, charged with similar offenses. were nolled.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
CREAN WRITES OF
 HIS EXPERIENCES
Local Soldier Finds English Ways
 Very Foreign

Lawrence J. Crean has recently re- ceived letter from his brother, Corp Gerald P. Crean, who is with Com pany I of the 102d U. S. Infantry. It is dated November 1 and tries to bring out the feelings and sensations that the writer had when he was in England which in many ways ap- peared to be as much of foreign country to him as any other country. He writes in part:
 II often read of women doing mems work, but I've seen 1t with my own eyes. I've seen women conductors, women white wings, women moulders and even police women, and they can equal any bunch of men that ever were. 1 was disappointed that didn't see the fire department work. An other funny thing is the trolley and the trains. It's some sensation, to ride on the double deckers, and my delight was the top deck, because down stairs Is always crowded and reminds me too much of the Chest nut street line back home. No, it's not ships I'm talking about, it's trolley cars. Now, the trains, which I'd term as back breakers. You've seen pie lures of the coaches with their com p1rtments and side doors, but you've never rode in them and you'd never want to. Each coach has seven or eight of these compartments in them, with about two feet between the benches and no connecting aisle through ths middle. Imagine that!
 We had to ride in these coaches quite while and I never had such a beek-breaking experience in all my life. And rock! They're just the for the weary. The engines that they have are of the first locomotive type that was ever built, but they go like tho subways in New York and quite aa fast.
 While was in one of the cities in England, I walked into one of the stores and I thought that I was at home. It was Woolworth's five and ten cent store and inside it was ex- actly the same as is in the states, so nearly so that thought was dream ing until saw the signs which read Everything on this side 10d." and heard not nickels and dimes but shil- lings and six pence. I was amazed, but my surprise did not stop there. A few doors up was a show window full of typewriters and when I looked up Ecce! Underwood typewriter. You can bet that looked like home"
 The letter contains a few personal auusions which have been omitted in this reprinting of it. It is postmarked IT. S. Army Postal Station and of course has been duly censored.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
USE
 OF ASSOCIATION NAME
Members of Anti Suffrage Orrganiza tion Indignant Because of
 Feministic Bill.

Washington. Dec. 27.--Unauthoriz- ed use of the name of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suf- frage by the National Council of Women in support of a bill intro duced by Representative Rankin and described as feministic, and refIectine on fatherhood, has caused tho anti suffrage organization to withdraw from the council.
 ~ Mrs. James Wadsworth. president of the anti-suffrage association in a letter addressed to Mrs. Philip North Moore of St. Louis, president of the council setting forth the reasons for the withdrawal, says:
 ''I find the name of the association and my own as president used withA out permission to further bill re- gently introduced in congress, the hearing on which developed. such feministic theories as that the father is only a casual parent, that the wife should select her citizenship indepen- dent of that of her husband, and that the citizenship of the child should be determined by the mother"
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
SOCIETIES ELECT ..
 POPULAR OFFICERS
Lodges Busy-K. of C. Plans
 Membership Campaign

A number of the local fraternities held their annual elections last eve ming and popular choices were made for the officers, who will be in- stalled in about two weeks.
 Phoenix lodge. I. O. o. F.. chose the following men to represent 1t during the coming year: Noble grand, Elmer West; vice grand, Charles Sci bert; recording secretary, l.. H. Bell; treasurer, John B. Anderson; trustee, Henry Guenther; finance committee, William Voight The officers will be installed on January 9, by District Deputy A. G. Breckenridge.
 The New Britain Nest of Owls re- elected Colonel A. L. Thompson to the presidency, and the others select ed were: Vice president, A. P. Marsh; lnvocator, D. J. Driscoll; past presi- dent, A. Waters; secretary, Wilfred Cayer; financial secretary, Edward Moore; warden, W. c. Talmadge; trustee, J. J. Walsh; physician, Dr. Mulligan; sentinel, William Middleton; picket, William Hall. The officers will be installed January 23.
 The St. Elmo lodge, Knights of Pythias voted the following officers: Chancellor commander, Allen c. Ptolomey; vice commander, J. l.. Null len: prelate, Frank Witkin; master of work F. B. Morse; Keeper of records and seals, Waldo E. Gilbert; master of finance, Thomas Spence; master of tho exchequer, George Greatorex; master-at-arms, B. J. Bixby: inside guard, George Gamlin; outside guard, M. J. Sclrontz; trustee for three years, George Lampson: representa- hf1yA% %A lin; alternate, B. J. Bixby The offi- cers will be installed January by Joseph I. Kopplemann of Hartford and his staff.
 Andree lodge, I. o. o. F., elected the following: Noble grand, Aaron Anderson; vice grand Algot J. Peter son;' recording secretary, Albert N Peterson; financial secretary, Edward Peterson; treasurer, Frank Wallen; trustee for three years, Malcolm Berg ston. The officers will be installed at the meeting on January g, by District Deputy Grand Master Herman Singer of Hartford.
 Daly Council, K. of C.. will inaugu- rate campaign to increase the To- cal membership of the society. There
 
 and it is anticipated that this number will be doubled after the campaign. It is hoped that every Catholic young man in the city will join the society either as a social or as an insurance member. The committee in charge of the campaign will soon announce it's plans.
 The election of officers for the New Britain Turner society will he held on the first Thursday of January. The officers have already been nominated.
 The Concordia Sick and Benefit so- ciety will meet at Turner Hall on to- morrow evening to vote upon officers for the ensuing executive term.
 Officers will be elected for the com ing year at the meting of the Lexing- ton lodge, I. O. O. F.. this evening at the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall.
 The Turner society with the ladies and children's classes held gym nastic exhibition and a Christmas cele- bration last evening at Turner hall.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
CONSUMPTION OF BREAD.

Paris, Dec. 2T.--The issuance of bread cards, which was to have been ried out. The minister of provisions made this announcement today. Ap- preciable results had been obtained by voluntary rationing, he added, and if further effort were made 1t would be unnecessary to issue bread cards.
 Restrictions in the consumption of bread have been applied since Decem- Der 20 in hotels and restaurants, re- sulting in a saving of 20 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
FOUND HANGING.
Ser Dies After Refusing to Lend
 Talent to Entertainment.

amp Mcclellan, Anniston. Ala, 27.-Four hours after he had sed to contribute his talent for amusement of his Jersey soldier les in the 18th Infantry post ex- hge Christmas program, the body Private Dominick Deantinio, of |viile, N. J., was found hanging |oss from a tree near the regi- |tal bayonet run. Circumstances strongly indicative of suicide, but lard composed of Major John Mo |Ough and Lieuts. Andrew Koehler fWalter G. Shearer will investigate. oantinio came here from Camp with a detachment of drafted on November 4 and was assigned company H, of the 18th Infantry, manded by Capt. Harry O. War
 of Elizabeth. He made a repu- bn for himself as a singer and Fer. Every effort was made to in- him to take part in the Christ
 festivities, but he declined with
 giving any reason. His absence b the company street prompted 8
 oh. His body was found sus-
 led from a tree by a rope.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
LEGAL TROUBLES.

The offer of Louis Nair, the plumb er who recently went into bankrupt cy, to settle with his creditors paying per cent. of his bills has been re- fusd by the creditors. M. D. Sake ap- pears for the creditors and Judge B. F. Gaffney is the counsel for Nair.
 John Monahan has been twice made defendant in suits brought by the Stanley svea Grain Co. and by J. M. Finnegan. The Stanley Svea Grain Co. has brought suit for $20o, and Finnegan sues for $1oo. M. H. Camp appears for the plaintiff in both cases.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
RUSH AT END.

Business conditions reached a nor mai state at the local post office to- day, after the rush occasioned by the holidays Postmaster Delaney said today that owing to the cooperation of the public in mailing their articles early much confusion was averted. While as much if not more mail- ing matter passed through the off, flee as in past years the adherence to the wishes of the postmaster for early mailing made handling the business less arduous,
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
Y ITEMS

zAfrington Is a patient al
 . hospital. Hartford.
 ton Humphrey has sold A. H
 house on East Main street
 '. and Margaret Smith.
 Olive and Ruth Taylor of
 ndon are spending the holidays
 11iss Rotha Staples of Bassett Le annual election of officers of o circle, Lady Foresters. will place at the regular meeting of nOciety tonight at eight o'clock. handsome art calendar free with Y purchase at our store this week. FL Mills Hardware Store.-advt. ,Aere will be 8 meeting this even- Int 8 o'clock of the St. Mary's La T. A. and B. society in the school Officers will be elected for the Hing year. eUanut Butter Kisses at Crowells.- h
 |here will be a. joint camp class Dtion of the Modern Woodmen of DFica, Friday evening, at Svea hall, krch street. The South Manches- Aeeree team Is the team selected live about 30 new members their A4ton There will be several good kkers and the event will be very festing. All members are invited. podness of Aunt Delia's Bread t.e ....... lf. and Mrs. Harold K. Forbes of ns street entertained relatives from xoke and New Britain over the day.
 |ig event of season will be Fire ps Ball. New Years eve.-advt. mechanics lien has ben filed by New Britain Lumber and Coal Co.,, mot the property of Konstin Milk has on East street for $2,090.$3. EnsIc Sat. eve. at Hotel Nelson. Xmas eve and New Years. Free punirs.Ladvt.
 daughter was born to MT. and Albert Lose of Spring street yes- lny.
 ll left-overs half price at Crowell's. avt.
 aurt Interpreter M. R. Malinowski New London, where he has been hd by States Attorney Bull to in- ret in the superior court.
 aul R. Heller. son of Letter Car and Mrs. P. w. Heller, spent tstmas at his home on Vance et. Hhat promises to be one of the dcal treats of the season is the AcAl and literary entertainment to kiven at Y. W. c. A. hall. Wednes- evening. January g, for the A. B B. Permanent Blind Relief War k. Miss Margaret Josephene lick will render Peg O. My It" by J. Hartley Manners. MT Van vliet, 'cellist, formerly with Symphony Orchestra, Boston. as Id by Madame Sentenne Reyn.
 lyric soprano, and Mrs. Greene he piano, will furnish the musica gram.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
STRAY YELLOW. r 'DllOGj Il|jlj 5,
 THAT NO ONE OWNED
Legitimate Prey of Small Boy, Ob
 iect of corn by Adults

New York, Dec. 27.-Ie was a. vAr grant and marauder in the vicinttV. Only a yellow dog that nobody owned
 You have seen the type-everybo0y has. Legitimate prey of tho small boy. object of scorn of all adult ha- nanity, ranking lower in the scale Of life than the tuberculosis bacillus and the vermtform appendix, the stray yellow dog has always been in a class by himself, and always at the" foot of his class.
 This particular stray yellow dog was but a type of uncounted thou sands. Every town knows him. Every boy shies stones at him and ties cans to his tail. and sends him skally- hooung out Of the netghbor11ood. It is at the expensesof the stray yellow dog that the modern boy gives vent to the savage that is in him, and goes unreproved.
 We'll, the other day a boy coaxed this stray dog to him and patted his head to gain his confidence. E
 But only long enough to tie a tin can to his tail.
 Now. this dog was familiar with cans and quietly sat down, facing tho boy with look of sadness and ro- proach. @
 Then the boy kicked the dog and started him off. He threw some stones after him to set him going. But the dog when he had not beyond the reach of the stones sat down again and re- stunned his speechless reproaches. HA liked that batting on the head. He longed for companionship and syra- pathy. S}
 The boy went to play on a raft in a. pond, and when he fell off the raft, as of course, all bad little boys do. he came within . breath of drowning. No human help was near, and his plight was desperate. He was going down for the third time, and vaguely grasping about him for the traditional straw, when his hands caught a mass of shaggy hair.
 The last thing the boy remembered was his hanging on for dear life, and N hen his senses came back he wAs lying upon the bank and the stray yellow dog was licking his face and with joy.
 A stray yellow dog with tin can tied to his tail can sometimes teach tho highly superior human beings . lesSon. - *5s
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
PARKER ACTING CLERK.

A special meeting of the First kiaG church it was decided to ap- It Arthur H. Parker as acting E of the church to carry on the |eS of Joseph c. Andrews. MT. |rews, now a lieutenant in the Ord 'en department, rendered his resig- |ou, but 1t was voted to table 1t in
 r that he may return as church at the termination of the war
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
REVOKES CIRCULAR.

Mexico City, Dec. 27.-The govern ynent yesterday revoked g. circular is- sued recently providing that customs brokers at ports Of entry be native born Mexicans. A new order provides that naturalized citizens also may be customs brokers.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
THRIFT STAMPS TO
 HELP WIN THE WAR
State Treasurer Chamberlain En-
 dorses Savings Plan Of Govt.

Let everybody buy a Thrift Stamp and help Uncle Sam finance the war.
 From now on drive is to be made in New Britain for the sale of War Savings Stamps in most systematic and efficient manner. The stamps are on sale at the local banks and post office, and arrangements are being made by F. R. Gilpatric, who has the conduct of the sale of these stamps under his direction, to have them put
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
GERMAN NoODCARDs.

Amsterdam. Dec. 27.-The various German foodcards are now being is- sued on special watermarked paper, as protection against counterfeiting which had become a profitable buBi- ness in many parts of the country. The watermark.a capital B. in an oc- tagonal frame stretches over the eT- tire card. and Is easily seen against the light.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
PAYING OFF MEN.

London, Doc. 27.-The Putilonf works. employing s0,OOO men, and the Petrograd metallurgical works, em- ploying 5000, have begun to pay off their men, according to 8 Reuters despatch from Petrograd.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
sHIPBUILDIN0 PLAN.

Washington, Dec. 27.-F. A. Bowles construction expert of the shipping board, was the first witness to testify at today's session of the senate in- vestigation of alleged delays in the shipbuilding program. The commit tee expects te~develop if quibbling over prices had delayed construction.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAY.

Arrangements have been completed for a practice basketball game be- tween the New Britain High school and the Y. M. c. A. quintets this eve- ming in the association, between and 2 o'clock. Both teams will figure in the big games scheduled for Saturday evening.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
TEACHER CENSURED.
Member of College Faculty Is Given Talking To by Board of Governors.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-The case against Dr. Gothard Deutsch, a mem Der of the faculty of Hebrew Union college, this city, who was charged with having refused to answer the question of U. s. District Judge Hol- lister as to which side do you want to win in the present war with Ger many?" was disposed of by the board of governors of the college early to- day. The board adopted a. resolution censuring pr. Deutsch and admonieh- ing him to use every opportunity in the future to display his loyalty and patriotism.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
SOCIALISTS ARRESTED.

London, Dec. 27.-More than 300 members of the German minority so- cialist party were arrested on Christ mas Eve by the German military au- thorities, according to a Zurich des- patch given out today by the wireless press.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
MERCHANTS TO ASSIST
Meeting to Be Held Tomorrow After noon at Chamber of Commerce Rooms to Discuss Thrift Plan.

Letters to the various merchants nouncing a meeting to be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce, to discuss the Thrift Stamps and War Saving Ger titicates now ~On sale here
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
AN EARTHQUAKE.

Panama, Dec. 27.-An earthquake is reported to have occurred near Anna titlan, fifteen miles south of Guate- mala. Photographic n communication has been interrupted and no details have been received.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27

Colds Cause Headache and Grip LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tab lets remove the. cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. w.. GROVES signature on .box. soc.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27

The steamer City of Nagpur, of s. 331 tons, was built in Belfast in 1914. She was owned by the Ellernan Line of Liverpool and was engaged in the eastern service.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
STEAMER MISSING.

British Vessel Believed to Have Been
 Lost at Sea.
 London, Dec. 27.-The British steamer City of Nagpur has been wrecked in Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa. according to despatch to the Times from Lisbon. The pas sengers, numbering 259 were saved. as was the cargo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-30
Discussed Reserve Position.
THE WEATHER REPORT.

District of Columbia-Fair and
somewhat colder tonight; Wednesday
increasing cloudiness, probably fol-
lowed by snow or rain by Wednes-
day night; lowest temperature to-
night about % degrees; moderate
northwest winds.
Marylsnd-Fair and colder tonight;
Wednesday increasing cloudiness. fol-
lowed by rain or snow; moderate
northwest winds.
Virginia-Fair and somewhat cold
er tonight; Wednesday unsettled,
probably followed by rains in west
portion; moderate northwest winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-30
ATTACKS PRISON SYSTEM
Charges Some Institutions Have
PernfeIous Graft Systems.

Charging that certain prisons in the
United States are guilty OF "peTnlc-
ious system of graft, extortion, and
cruelty" and that conditions exist
that demand a Congressional investi-
cation, Earl E. Duddington, formerly
an inmate OF the Moundsvflle Peni-
Tertiary, in West Virginia, told OF
the work of the Prisoners Relief
Society last night in the Ryland NJ.
Z. Chapel.
Basing his lecture on his own ex-
periences while in the prison, and the
cold reception given him by former
friends on his release, Duddington
made a plea for men just released.
Duddington has established a sort
OF employment agency for ex-con-
victs. He stated last night that he
could find a position for every dis
charged prisoner who notified him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-30

withdrawal of Pershing's' troops. be-
cause they are already being brought
out" he said. But 1 do think we
should maintain a strong border pa
troll TO keep Mexican bandits out OF
the United States.
PERSONALLY, I wish the President
would change his policy. l dom
think he will. I am getting tired OF
monkeying with Mexico. and think
the United States viii have to- use
drastic measures TO restore peace In
Mexico. The President has shown
great patience-too much patience
in trying to help Mexico.