New Britain herald., 1919-10-06

to the state convention as the con- venton is to be held next Saturday. If enough members fail to appear the PlainVille post will not be represented l at the convention. The authorities of Brock Barnes post expect at least tWO-thirds of the mem bers to appear this evening.
 ] Local Girl Missing Miss Rose CisS who lives with her | parents near the Sout hingtOn town | line, left her home Saturday with the intention of going to a New Britain 1 theater. She did not return and up to noon today nothing has been heard from her. Her father and brother notified the police and asked 1 aid in locating the missing girl. She l is 17 years old and according to her relatives, has frequently disappeared
 ] for few days. She was employed at 1 the Bristol Manufa curing company's 1 factory.
 Theft of Clothing.
 A circus arrived in Plainville yes terday afternoon enroute to Dan l bury, and some of the employees of 1 the train promptly proceeded to
 1 make trouble for themselves by initiating the habits of gypses One
 l Of the employees of the circus stopped a small child who lives on Bank
 1 street and took from him a sweater
 l and an overcoat. The child made
 known his loss and the police re-
 covered the missing garments. No 1 arrests were made and the circus
 proceeded on it's way to Danbury. Fare Increase Coming | An announcement mace at the
 1 general offices of the Connecticut company yesterday confirmed the story printed some time ago in the l Herald concerning the coming in l crease i'll fares and installation of the zone system" The purpose is to in crease the revenue of the company. The system consists of a method of charging passengers for rides as far | as they go. They enter by the front door, receiving a check marked at l the zone in which they board the car and leave by the rear door. The conductor computes the fare to be
 charged according to the number of
 zones traversed. It is probable that
 1 the charge for the first zone will be
 six cents and two and one-half cents
 1 for every zone thereafter. The l company will give the public 10 days notice before the increase becomes
 1 effective.
 Interesting Address. 1 Rev. George L. Paine of New Ha-
 ] ven was the speaker at the Church of 1 Our Savior yesterday morning. He 1 gave the congregation a very interest," l ing talk on the nation wide campaign
 1 of the Episcopal church, the purpose 1 of which is to enlighten the mind and 1 arouse the conscience of the Chris 1 tian church. The speaker gave a broad l vision of what can be accomplished l in spreading the gospel throughout the
 : world If the church will take advan- l take of the methods used in patriotic l work during the war He urged l that all Christians be as loyal to their | church as to their country and said l that the only way to bring about last
 ] ing peace in the world is to spread the 1 gospel of brothcrly love among the l nations of the world
 l MT. Paine related some interesting 1 experiences with which he met dur 1 ing his work abroad. He held the at tenton of the congregation which in- 1 cluded large percentage of the mem- l bers of the parish and a large mum Der ] of men and boys
 1 Some Dog!
 Officer Philip Marine has found a l huge St. Bernayd dog which bears a 1 tag with the license number 32674.
 1 The officer said that the dob resembled l a cali in size and it might be mistaken l for specimen of the bovine species in 1 the dark. The dog warden and town clefk are trying to find the owner
 l who may recover his dog by applying
 1 to Officer Marine. The animal was
 l found at the Martin place on the New | Britain road.
 1 Brief Items.
 l The town clerk has issued on1v If l hunting licenses this season. This is 1 below the average
 | There will be October devOtions, l consisting of rosary and benediction of
 ! the blessed sacrament at the Church ] ot Our Lady of Mercy on Friday eve
 ! ming at 7:3O o'clock