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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Daily at $50 A. M
Little household helps.

Just few suggestions form housefurnishng sec tiosome of the things you have perhaps put off getting and always forgetand the easy way lot of comfort is to check off this list and bring it with you your next visit to the store.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
Japanese scarf and squares.

really remarkable showing of those pretty and much for Japanese blue and white scars and fast coors
 Squares from A to 72 inches scarfs IS 36 inches IS \ 54 inches,-39c to $5
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Pot lifter-5c.
 Apple corers-lOc to 25c. Safety door key locks 1Oc.
 Food strainers to fit any kettle-25c each.
 Aluminium tea bails-Z5c and 35c.
 Aluminium coffee extrac- tors-35c.
 Aluminium egg slicers- 75c.
 Aluminium sugar shakers -4Oc.
 Aluminium cream dippers -l2c.
 Aluminium quart measures -$l.25.
 Pot scrapers-lOc.
 Pot cover knobs-2 for 5c. Nickel furniture castors- 4 for 1Oc.
 Muffin ring sets-6 and 12 to a set-5Oc and 75c-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
HOWlandS sell Toys

Nearly every day into sporting goods section with the above remark-Yes sell toys all the around business day and there is just particular to show the newest and best n this line as in any of the other departments. We want the kiddes to grow up to know and feel that always anxious to supply their needs mat ter what they may be to the smallest item Here how the prices talk:
 Dolls-American Dolls-$1.5O to $85O. Animals and Teddy Bears-5Oc and up. Games-new ones in advance of the holiday season. 25c and up
 Drluns-noisy ones,-$15O.
 Riddle Kars,-$1.5 50 and up.
 Shoo Flies or Rocking Horses,-$175 and up
 Fourth front
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14
double service
Boys suits

First arrivals of boys double service suits-the name expresses the idea perfectlythe materials good and subsantia-rich mixtures in brown, tan gray greenpure wool and each with two pairs of lined trousers these are for boys from to IT years.
 $2250 and $25
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

I Pastry tubes-7c to 1Oc. l Pastry tubes-25c to 45c.
 Egg poachers- rs-75c to $1.25.
 Domestic science bread ,. pans-l0c and 15c. l Wood clothes sticl1s-35c. Pastry brushes-6Oc and $1. ] Match scratchers-5c and 7c. Potato scoops-l5c and 25c. Egg slicers-l0c.
 Fish scales-25c. , Vegetable mixers-5Oc.
 Pineapple eyers-3Oc.
 Ice cream scoops-2Oc to s2.
 Grape nut knives-l2c to 45c. i, Spatulas-35c. Orange peelers-25c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-14

Fourth floor, rear.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
CITY ITEMS

Keep your eyes on Lyons Terrace
Tt will be one OF the surprises of city.
--advt
Dog licenses now due,--advt.
Miss Helen Caldwell. Mrs. r. 3.
Appleby, and Mrs. Earle Bowman left
today for Northampton, where they
will remain for few DAYS visit.
"A beefsteal1 dinner VIII be served
at the Shuttle Meadow Country club,
Saturday evening, April &c. at 7
o'clock The dinner will be limited
to 10 covers, for which it is neces-
sary to make early reservations.
The Girl Scouts OF the Y. w. G. A.
will meet tomorrow afternoon. at 4
o'clock.
An entertainment and dance will
be held at the Y. ". c. y. Friday
evening. at 3 O'Clock. for the business
girls Of the city.
The state championship basketball
game between the Hartford Swatskas
and the New Britain Y. w. G. A. will
be held at the local Y. w c. A. Tues
day evening. April 20, at s o'clock.
Mrs. Brown and Miss Greta Brown.
Of En7mons Place, LEFT today for
Lakehurst. N. J.. where they will
spend 2 few days.
An entertainment will be given by
the New Britain Boys club, this
evening. the proceeds for which will
be used to equip the baseball teams
of the club.
The Stanley club Of the stanlev
Works will hold an entertainment
and dance at the Y. w. c. A. Thurs
day evening, which VIII be for club
members only.
Harry S. Davis of Waterbury was
arrested this morning on Main street
for violation OF the city ordinance, it
being alleged that he left his automo-
bile III front of q fire hydrant.
David NIckeenan of 50 Garden
street reported to the police Yesterday
afternoon that his automobile struck
Marjorie Peterson OF 422 Stanley
street as she was crossing the road in
front OF her home yesterday after
noon =
Dance tonight Grange hail. Berlin.
---advt
Albert r. Johnson has sold through
Louie Jones OF the Home Banking &
Realty Co., his cottage on Wells
street to Frederick F. Harmon.
Solomon Shurberg has sold his
home on 80 Franklin street to Vim
cent Mozzicato through B. Solomon,
Miss Mary Curtin has returned from
6 visit in Boston. -.-.
A meeting Of the Friends of Irish
Freedom will be held tonight in K Of
Q. hall.
Corporal John Malloy who was
twice wounded with the Yankee divi-
sion. is spending a few days in this
city.
Keep your eyes on Lyons Terrace.
1t will be one Of the surprises OF city
--adVt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
BENEFIT MATINEE
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Original Plans for Matinee on We'd
ncsday Changed Because of Pa
radc in Hartford That DAY.

A change has been made in the pro-
gram Of the presentation OF Girls
VIII Be Girls at the Lyceum tl1eater
next Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. 1t was the original intent
to play q matinee on Wednesday aft
ernoon, but owing to the big, parade of
the 26th division in Hartford on that
day the performance has been chang
ed to Monday afternoon.
Tickets for the exchange sale will
be placed on sale at o'clock tomor-
row night in George A. Quigleys real
estate Office on Main street, next to
Russell Brothers store. The exchange
tickets may be secured at Kennev &
Leghorn's store, Crowell's drug store
and Quigley's real estate office. There
has been a heavy demand for tickets
and the S. r. Q. sign is expected to be
displayed at each of the four per-
forInanceS.
The cast and chorus are putting on
the finishing touches and Directors
Irving. Mullen and Bishop are en-
thusiastic over the outlook. John +.
Callahan. Miss Margaret Sengle, Miss
Florence Cashen, Miss Loomis and
Miss Slgne Peterson have the leading
parts. Others who will appear in the
cast are Stuart McKirdy, Abraham
Witkin, William W. T. Squire. Clifford
Hellberg. Maxwell Porter, Sturman
Dyson and Miss Bassett. The work of
Miss Bassctt is bound to prove high
class.
Mrs. A. e. Mckinnie has arranged
much of the women's work for the
committee and She has received val
liable assistance from Mrs. William Fl.
Booth, Mrs. A. G. kimba]l, Mrs, How
ard $. Parsons. Miss Ruth Corbin
Miss Louise Noble and Mrs. Harry NJ.
Bates. The committee has arranged
souvenir program and there will be
flowers and candy on sale throughout
the entire performances.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
FIGHTING PROCEEDS
ON RUSSIAN FRONT
Large Bolshevik Force is Trying to
Cut Siberian Railroad Line
Many Are Killed.

Krasnayavrsk, Siberia, via vladivos-
tok, April %, (By Canadian Press
A large Bolshevik force is endeav-
oring to cut the Siberian railway liz; g
east of here and lighting is going on
daily in the vicinity of flashed and
Turd. Last Thursday the enemy am
pushed a force Of 200 Russians and
only so Of them returned to their
base. The trails leading to the Boil
shevik villages are commanded by
machine gun nests and the Russians
have been unable to advance through
the woods which are deep in snow.
The railway line is held strongly by
Serbians and Czechs with field guns
Because of the heavy weather and the
deep snow the Bolsheviki probably
will not be subjugatcd until summer
Col Brook, adjutant of the Canadi-
an forces in Siberia is on his way to
Eladivostok arranging for the with
drawal of Canadian details in the ill.,
terror of Siberia. The only Canadian
troops left at Omsk are hospital units
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
open HOUSE At
commerce CHAMBER
Tonight's the Night for Social in
New Building-0ther Items

Tonight Is houseWarming night at
the Chamber Of Commerce When
every business man in the city is ex-
pected to attend an informal lunch
ana entertainment Ia the new rooms
of the organization, in the Mailman
pudding. The directors OF the vari-
Gus bureaus carrying on the work Of
the chamber are to act as q reception
committee and will extend the
/, courtes1es Of the evening to members
and their friends. The Wesleyan
Glee club will render q program Of
college songs and q, local string or
chestra will help out with the pro
gram Of the evening.
James Mailman and s. NARROW have
arranged for the serving of. coffee and
light refreshments.
Traffic managers Of New Britain
industries met yesterday afternoon in
the chamber of comm cree rooms and
heard report on the committee ap-
pointed to make arrangements for a
Sailing day.. It was decided TO
hold a luncheon. Friday noon at he
New Britain club when 1T is expected
that New Haven road officials will be
present to talk over this matter
Sailing Day" as proposed Will sys-
ten1ize the shipments from the larger
industries of the city making them
easier to handle and promising
greater expedition in their receipt.
The directors OF the mercantile
bureau held their regular April meet
ing yesterday afternoon. In addi-.
ton to the transa ction of routine
business Il report from the commit
tee to arrange the proposed mer-
chants outing was read and ent1usi-
astically accepted. The date for the
outing has not been set but the pro-
position to hold it upon the first
Wednesday closing day seems to be
meeting with favor. Plans for the
affair are proceeding
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
SHORT CALENDAR CASES.

Several cases are down for trial in
the short calendar session of the city
court at 2:30 o'clock Friday after
noon. They are as follows: f. O. Kill
bourne against lsiGore Fox, judgment,
Judge &. F. Gaffney for the plaintiff,
1sidore w. Resnick for the defendant;
Gordon Brothers against Alex Gross,
answer; Abraham Dubrosar against
". F. O'Connor. answer; George T.
Arthur against William l.. Case, dis
closure of defense and julgnent; Will
liam Mcdonald for the plaintiff: Sam
uel Ieitlin against Samuel Hittlo-
man. HnSWer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENT.
Decentralized Plan of Organization,
viii Become Effective May I.

Washington, April IA decen-
tralized plan Of organization for the
division of operations of the shipping
board effective May /, was announced
today. Under it, exporters. and I'M
porters will be afforded opportunity
of dealing directly with authorized
agents of the board at all important
ports of the United States.
Examination and approval Of ac-
counts to insure prompt pawn ents of
disbursements of operators for the
SHIPPING boards account will be IN
cludf among the new agencies to be
estaI IiShed.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
$429,300 TOTAL
REPORTED TODAY
CONTINUED from First Pase)

Public utilities, telephone. gas, cleo
trio, express, postoffice, trolley and
railroad-F. L.. Beardsley, chairman :
II. F. Hodge, e. J. Munson. Benjamin
H. Gardner, T. P. McAuliffe. }. h.
Leitch.
Farmers and milk dealers-Ed ward
Avery. chairman: e. e. Kilbourne'
Arthur Seibert. TT. Horwstz. Vincent
Eddy, J. Z. Avery.
aIisccllaneous-C. II. Barnes. chair
man: Ralph Farrell. Anthony Doy-
back, Louis Bruemmer Ossian Zen
nett Rev. G. Phil, DIR. George ". G.
Hill, +. Fl. Benjamin. Charles c. Cook.
Spncials-W. T. Sloper, chairman.
General Chairman-W. L. Hatch
Committee on Subscriptions-F'red
erick w. Porter, chairman.
Teams Con1mittee-r n. Afford,
chairman: Peter Crona. w. J. Farley.
Building Trades, including Build
ers. Masons, Painters, Plumbers.
Steamfidters. Hardware, Lumber and
Coal-William H Allen, chairman;
A.. A. Mills. Frederick O'Brien, Harold
Shepard. Henry. Donnelly.
Clothing and Shoes-II oWard Will
son. chairman; s. w. Menus. William
ONeil, George Ashley, J. M. Halloran.
Dry Goods Millinery and Variety
Stores-D. Mcmillan, chairman; Will
liam }. PEOPLES, Philip p. lIerrmann,
<. W. Kelly, Maurice H. johnson.
PROFESSIONAL Men, La wyers, Doctors.
Dentists-Morris D. SAKE, chairman:
A. a. Greenberg, Stanley Tracesli.
Henry P. Roche, DR.. George w
Dunn.
Hotels, Restaurants Cafes and
Saloons-P. S. Mcmahon, chairman
Barbers-David Christine, chair
man: Charles Ormay. Rozario Dami-
co, Israel Wiener, Frank Del MAESTRO,
Frank Bambara,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
HARRIS TO ADDRESS
COMMONWEALTH CLUB
Annual Meeting and Election of the
Commonwealth Club VIII BE Held
at Y. NJ. c. A. Tonight.

At the Y. NJ. c. A. tonight the
club will be held and reports Of the
various officers and Committees of the
club will consume the time set for
the business meeting. The meeting,
which is the 18th annual session OF
the club, will be called to order by
the president, William Fay, at $50
o'clock.
The club has been fortunate in Sc
curing for the speaker Of the evening
Ira f. Harris, of Nashua, n. H. who
Will have for his topic, around the
World in 80 Minutes The speaker
is we'll fitted to speak on this theme
having visited practically every nook
and corner OF the globe, and will il
lustrate his talk with 175 stereopticon
views including every country in
which he has Travelled. The pictures.
which have been retouched by Jap
anese artist. are said to be one Of the
finest collections in the country Mr..
Harris is cashier of the Indian Head
National bank and is well known
throuIghout New ~England as q public
speaker.
At the close Of the supper tonight
the reading Of the report of the NOM
mating committee and election Of Of
ficers for the ensuing year will be the
first order Of business. A resume of
the years work Will be given by Pres
1dent Fay and reports Will be read by
the treasurer, secretary and the civic
ommittce.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
TO AID SOLDIERS.
Representative In This City ArraN@-
ing to Find Work IGr Every Hero.

Captain Harry j. Fec, q member Of
Col. Arthur Woods staff in New
York, is in this city securing data as
to en- plcyment conditions ID Now
Britain This morning Captain Tee
had a conference with Mayor George
A. Quigley and Karl Kisselbracl Of
the war bureau. Tt IS the intention OF
THIS war department, said Captain Fee
TO find a position for every dis
charged soldier in the United States
A. conference with the local manu-
faCturerS will also be held and con-
solidated system will be worked out
to find work for the returned heroes
Hartford, said Captain Fee. has p,'
ready adopted a system whereby
obtaining employment.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
FLEET CORPORATION
OFFICIALS CHANGED
Executive Personnel ShaIxeup M
nounced To-day 900 Auditors
Making Up Report.

Philadelphia, April GA number
of changes in the executive personnel
Of the emergency feet corporation
were announced today by Howard
Coonley, vice president.
a successor to Mr.. Coonley will be
announced some time this week by
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board. Mr.. Coonley said today Mr.
Hurley had selected the new vice
president but was not ready TO an
nounce his name
Changes announced today by Mr..
Coonley> follows:
2. J. McAuliffe, first assistant of
ship construction division will sue
ceed Daniel Cox. head of the division;
+. +. Talbort will succeed NJ. y. Fer
ris as head of the contract division.
Mr.. Ta1bort was Mr.. Ferris assistant.
Captain r. y. Bakonhaus, |. s. ~,
will succeed Admiral H. Rousseau as
head OF the shipyard plants division.
Mr.. Coonley said he asked Captain ".
&. Holton. L. S. a., his first assistant,
who has rendered his resignation 10
continue his post until the new syS-
tenn being put into operation IFS fully
established Mr.. I<ooniey will return
to Boston when his duties with the
emergency fleet corporation end. He
is president of a, machinery nlaanufac
turing company. He is also vice pres
ident of the Boston chamber Of COM
merce and director Of several Massa-
chusetts banks.
More than 1000 auditors, mosy of
them expert appraisers from the ord
nance department., have completed Il
physical inventory of hu the belong
jngs Of the OrCa1liza ton. This will be
ready for Chairman Hurley within 80
I3vS
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
BAD FREIGHT WRECK
IL Cars Derailed and Two Crash
Through Bridge At Towncr.s. n. ".
Carload of Bottles Broken.

Towners, N. Y, April 23.-When
broken axle on a New York, New Ha.
ven and Hartford freight train de-
rallied IA cars near this place this
morning. two box cars crashed
through the side of bridge and drop
ped 80 feet into the highway. One
of the cars was loaded with glass bot
ties, hundreds of which were broken
The train was en- route from May
brook to New Haven, over the Cen
trail New England division The wreck
blocked both tracks several hours
but at noon one track had been clear
ed and traffic had been partly !. re-
Sumed
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
HELPING CoLoRED ORPHANS.

The regular sewing meeting OF the
Home Missionary society of the First
Congregational church was held this
afternoon in the church parlors In
response to the appeal made by. the
society for old clothing to be sent to
colored orphans in the South, many
bundles of clothing have been received
and a number of women have vofun-
teered their services to finish the work
on the allotment of refugee garments
sent to the church.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
New York Going Strong.

New York. April 2S-Ofhciat sub
scriptions to the Victory loan In the
New York federal reserve district at
10 o'clock this morning totaled $780,
517,700. a gain of SIT, 4.200 over
She figures reported at o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Several million dol
lars in subscriptions have been re-
ported however by the various towns
and cities in the district but they do
not figure in the official total be-
cause of delays in getting them into
the loan headquarters and checking
them up.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
STRIKE NOW NATIONAL.
Limerick Strikers, Trades Congress
and Union in Alliance.

limerick, April 23-An alliance be-
tween the Limerick strikers and
trades congress and labor party was
ing and a statement issued declaring
the strike now has become national
The statement by Tom Johnson an
nouncing the strike had become ma
tional added that the reports from
other centers proved that ireland was
giving substantial support TO LINER
ick
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
TO ATTEND ANNIVERSARY.

At the meeting of Andre lodge.
I. o. o. F., tonight, the initiatory
degrees will be conferred upon a class
of II candidates following the bust
ness meeting of the evening. A re-
port has been prepared by the spe-
cial committee appointed to arrange
for the attendance of the lodge at
the Tooth anniversary celebration in
Hartford, Saturday. and this report
will be read at the meeting.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
DEFENSIVE S'rAI,rTI,n

London, April 23.-Ural C,ossAcI5
troops apparently acting in conjunc-
ton with the Siberian forces Of Adj
rliral Kolchal1 have begun on Often
siyc in the region OF Uralsk in south
eastern Russia, south of Samara and
have captured several villages west OF
UralSk.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
ODD FELLOWS MEETING.

All members Of the Odd Fellows
are urged to attend the meeting to-.
night, especially those who are to-
take part in the Hartford parade Sat-
urday. A special car, attached to the
1:24 p. m. train Saturday, will takeI
them to Hartford. The parade COM
n1ittee will also meet tonight. "
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
Connecticut Figures S2.611. 900.

Boston. April 23.-New England 8
Victory Loan total was increased to
s45.417.000 by returns for the second
day OF the drive as reported to cam
paign headquarters here today. Suo-
scriptions yesterday amounted TO
s13,S50, 900, of which Massa chusctts
gave 1858, 900; Connecticut. STILL
900; Vermont s1.o06,0 900; New Hamp-
shire, s85S.000; Rhode Island, $3.50
900, and Maine, $557,000.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
WELLES EDDY HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. Elford B. Eddy OF
West Main street received a telephone
from their son, Sergeant Welles Eddy
from New York last evening, stating
his safe arrival from overseas, where
he has been with the American ex-
peditionary forces. '5-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
METEOROLOGICAL SUBSCRIPTION

Hartford, April 2S.-The Connecti-
cut chairman in this city was notified
today that the Connecticut Savings
Bank OF New Haven had entered a
subscription for its Investment ac-,
count OF S1,00o,000 to the Victory
Loan. The same amount was sub
scribed by the New Haven Savings
Bank OF she sarne city.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
RED CROSS NOTES.

The west end Red Cross rooms are
now closed and the request is made
that all garments be returned to the
headouarters of the Red Cross at
Court street, and as soon as possible,
ss the rooms will be closed before
long. Any communications about the
work may be made to Mrs. Arthur
Sampson. who is in charge of the Red
Cross rooms Telephone 1461-12.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
LOCATE BULLETS.

DIR. Clifton operated on Lawrence
Truhan who was shot by DanieI me
eek in a drunken braWl on Fark
street Monday afternoon, ana ap-
go c+ed three bullets from Truhan's
nodv one was found in the back,
shoulder and chest.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
ENTERTAINMENT AND SUPPER

held at the church of st. John the
Evangelist this evening. The supper
will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock and
following will be "a minstrel overture
by number OF the young women Of
the parish.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
New England Hustles.

Washington. April 23.-Unoff1cial
reports to the Treasury today indi-
GATED that aggregate subscriptions to
the Victory Loan were approachi1w-
$500, 100000, although official figures
still stood at Sis, 900. reported
EAST night Boston reported today to
the Treasury depa rim emit that s cities
and towns Of New England had
reached their goal.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
TELEGRAPHERs TO STOP.

Paris, April 23.--Members of the
postal employees union have decided
that their participation In the demon
stration to be held on May / will take,
the form Of suspension OF work,
varying from "a hours. in the case
of workshop hands to half an hour
in the morning and afternoon for tel
ephone and telegraph employees.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-04-23
NEW COTTON TARIFF.

Washington, April ga surcharse
OF 20 cents per 100 pounds on cot
ton shipped from Atlantic and Gulf
ports to Liverpool and London wax
established by the shipping board toe.
day in lieu OF demurrage, because,
of serious delays In unloading at the,
English ports. ,..