New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
VOTING machine On
WAY HERE IS LOST
Shipped Last July From James,
town, N. Y. and Disappears
MANY DEATHS REPORTED

NffFatc Rced, Patrick Cassidy and
Harold Monier on Death Roll
Boom That Loan
Plainville is looking for d lost voting
machine. Since July 1 the selectmen
nave been watching and waiting for
the machine which was ordered i'll
June. When fire destroyed the town
hall last fall the two voting machines
were carried outside to supposed
place of safety. When the south side
of the building was burned, the sup
ports holding the chimney were also
destroyed and the latter fell, striking
voting machine and damaging it
beyond repair. The selectmen were
ordered to purchase a new one. SO
that there might be no possible chance
of the machine arriving late for the
annual fall election an order was
placed in June. From that time cor
respondence has passed freely between
the selectmen and the company. The
machine in question was ordered from
the Automatic Registering Machine
Co. in jamestown, N. Y. The COM
pany has advised the selectment that
the machine was shipped by freight
on July 1. Tracers have been started
from Plalnvil1e and Jamestown but
no trace of the machine has been
found. Several days ago Selectman
Johnson started out personally to
look for the machine, visiting Hart
ford and several other transfer points.
The city of New Britain loaned a vot-
ing machine to the town for the an
nual town election last Monday. 1t
is hoped to have q new machine which
the company promised to send here
in time for the state election next
month.
Not Enough Subscribers.
The Liberty loan committee is de-
sirous that PlainVille reach as high
a quota as possible in the Fourth
loan. The ringing appeal of Secre-
tary McAdoo asking the American
people to raise two billions of dollars
in the next two days in order that the
country may reach its given quota,
should be a stimulus to the people of
this town. Subscriptions. in a small
town count as much as those in a
large city and the support of every
community is urgently asked.
The figures in last nights paper
show that thus far but 46 per cent.
of the townspeople have subscribed to
the loan. This record is not consider
ed even fair for town of PlainviIIe's
size. All the factories are busily en-
gagged in producing war products. The
money is in the town and the people
are holding it, A special appeal is be-
ing made to those who can not af-
ford to buy bond of large denomi-
nation to buy q ''baby' bond and pay
for it on the installment plan. AL
Tl1,
sacrificed their lives for the country.
Hundreds more are in France ready
to 10 the same if necessary. The
only thing that needs to be sacrificed
at home is a little cold cash. People
of Plainville wake up and send the
from $165,000 to 100000.
Making voters Today.
Today was the day for making
voters The registrars were in Grange
hall from o'clock this morning
until this afternoon for that pur-
pose. Several mel appeared ito be
made" before noon.
Qucstionnaircs to British Subjects.
The local draft board has mailed
to all British and Can
adam subjects between the ages of l 3
and A years. Under an international
agreement these mel were given un-
til Setember IL to join the British or
Canadian forces and failure to do SO
has them subject to the American
draft laws.
Death of Bottomley Child.
William Bottomley two years DID,
died yesterday on Maple street from
pneumonia The child was sick only
a few days. He is the great grand
child of Mrs. Hannah Eddy whose
death from pneumonia was reported
Yesterday. The child is survived by
its father and mother. The father
is in the army anG is stationed at q
southern camp. Mrs Bottomley was
formerly Miss Julia Chuba. The
double funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the home on Maple |
street, Rev. r. H. Burton will Off
,iate and the interment will be in
West cemetery.
Joseph Forcclla Dead.
Another death from pneumonia |
was reported last night. Joseph |
I'orcella, aged 80 years died yesterday |
at the Hartford hospital where he |
was admitted Il few days ago. He |
was born in Italy. For several years |
he has resided in this town. The |
funeral will be held tomorrow mora |
ng from the church of Our Lady Of |
NJ Grey.
Private Reed Lived Here.
Private Augustus Reed whose |
death occurred at GETTYSBURG, Pa,
Yesterday was we'll known in this
town where he formerly lived. Priv
ate Reed was 2S years old. He en-
listed in the L. S. Tank Corps and !
was sent to Gettysburg where Lloyd |
Reaney, another Plainville man, is
located His death was a surprise to
everyone. His mother was at the
funeral Of Fred Bentley on Wednesday
and did not know at the time that