New Britain herald., 1919-11-11

eNaS haS been asked to lntrOduCe an amendment to the railway control act which would punish with line and i'm prisonment any action or agreement Of two or more persons to interrupt movement of trains.
 that it is possible for a man to be present at the front in his mental and spiritual situation and to show it by being a real man.
 Cheers for Admiral Cowies.
 Toastmaster Usher then called upon the men to sing "The Navy Took Them Over and the Navy Will Bring Them Back" in honor of Rear-Ad- miral Cowles. The admiral expressed his pleasure at being with the eN- service men and thanked them for the song. He called attention to an ex- pression in Mr. Prior's talk to the effect that the bars were let down during the war. Admiral Cowles said;
 On the contrary, l found that most Of the bars were closed up. But we can sympathize with MT. Prior" he added.
 He remarked upon another phrase in MT, Prior's address> in which the postmaster said:
 ''Wait; the post OfhCe will De all right
 Admiral Cowles said:
 We can wait; we can wait"
 The distinguished guest then star tied the sailors present by stating that he crossed the equator r times in, one day He explained that his ship, broke down and that the unusual in cident really happened. He said:
 '7Neptune came aboard and the racket started"
 By saying that Neptune came aboard he meant that the crew held an initiation.
 "The officers bought themselves off with beer.'' he said, while the crew stood the racket.
 ."If it happened nowadays" he added we would have nothing 40 buy yourselves off with"
 Admiral Cowles then said that the war caused great America nization movement which started when the doughboys drove the kaiser out of his stronghold. He said that the great test thing Americans can say is. We got there on time.' He commended the Am erican Legion. comparing 1t to the c. A. R. He said That a man would have been looked upon with disfavor at the end of the civil war if he failed to ion the c. X, R. and said that the same applies tps veterans of the world war. He said, ''I am veteran of the civil war, and am, like most of my comrades bald headed" He called attention to MT. Usher, saying that the venerable town clerk is older than him, the admiral. but that he has more hair. MT Usher, he said, has fine Crop.' He praised the work of the navy in the war and said word of comm en dation for Josephus Dan iels, secretary Of the navy. He said that Mr. Daniels watches department affairs and let's the active officers con- trol their ships. Admiral Cowles proved to be a faVorite and when he concluded the applause was deafening. cries Of More more," being heard The admiral cheered with the rest and when the noise subsided he said, I'm clappins and cheering because I'm done" He had a large fund of humorous stories and anecdotes W hich h kept his audience in good humor
 The food served last night was prepared by Albert kune who served 2b years in the navy as comm issa ry steward. The committee wishes to extend it's thanks to all who helped 70
  cially to James Simpson, the local gro ~cer. The committee was confronted with a sugar shortage and Mr Simp- son supplied this valuable commodity Those. who furnished autom obilcs are also to be thanked.
 $500 Received.
 The Red Cross membership cam paign is falling below expectations, only $500 having been received this morning. The goal was $2,000 It was decided this morning to continue the drive for another week and this will give the Planville committee an opportunity to make up for the loss which was caused by the handicap in time. The committee hopes 10 make the total Of ,000 memberships by to- night.
 Police Kept Busy.
 Four men were arrested Sunday night in d raid at the Cook barn on New Britain road. They slept in the barn for several nights. In court 1 they were charged with vagrancy. | They all gave the name of Ford at ! the time of their arrest but suffered ] lapse of memory and changed their 1 names in court. Two were discharged l and two were sentenced to jail for i 90 days by Judge E. r. Prior. Will 1 liam Foran handled the case for the l state This was his first experience, having been elected last month. Frank Cafferty was arrested Sun day and was sentenced to 90 days at the Hotel de Seyms, Hartford. ! J Judgment was suspended.
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