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New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE
 TO FLEE FROM FIRE
G. s. Talcott and Daughter and Mrs. and Miss Chur-
 chill in Hotel Blaze.

Boston, Dec, 1S.-Fire in the Ab- botsford, an exclusive apartm ent ho- tel in the Back Bay district, caused the death of two persons and drove nearly 90 others to the street in zero wealth CT early today. William H. Whitney. a construction engineer, was fatally injured when he jumped from a third story window and Mrs. Frances Cole was found burned to death on the fifth floor.
 The property damage was mainly on the fifth and sixth floors where the fire broke through the interior air shafts . 7s
 The occupants of the Abbotsford included many persons prominent in society, including young women who are members of the exclusive Vincent Club and Sewing Circle. -s
 The cold handicapped the firemen, water freezing as it fell, coating everything with ice and endangering the work of rescue. Notwithstanding the hazard, two firemen went over an icy ladder to the second story to res- cue thle canary birds of a won1an who had herself been carried down by fire- men few minutes before. i4sgs
 Mir. Whitney who was consulting engineer for the Americant Woolen company, had started down the fire escape with his wife, the latter being assisted by firemen. A Gburst or flames through a third floor window ignited his night clothing and he jumped to the, ground, receiving in juries from which he died in hos- pital. Mrs. Whitney suffered severe cuts and burns, but will recover. Mrs. Cole, who lost her life in the fire, was 80 years old. #j
 George $. Talcott and his daugh- ter, Miss Theodora, formerly of this city, Mrs. Annie s. Churchill and Miss Rose Churchill, whose local residence is at the corner of Franklin square and Pearl street, are occupants of the Abbotsford hotel and were compelled to flee for their lives They have taken up temporary quarters in an- other apartment hotel in Boston,
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
House Leader Mondell Will Insist On Strictest Econ 0my to Lessen Burden On
 
 People.
WOULD CUT ALL BUT
 NAVY AND, F. 0. DEBTS.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Al1 general appropriations for 1921 will be pared down ''in accordance with strictest economy" except the Post Office and Navy departments, the estimates of which are less than for the present year, Majority Leader MondeH, of Wyoming, told the house today when the first urgent deficiency bill of this session was brought up. Greatest reductions would be made in the Army and Qualifications estimates, he said, the former request totalling $9S2, ,800,020 and the latter s117,793- 330, an increase of more than $106, 100000 over the present appro- priation. s.
 Liabilities Are Increased.
 The balance of estimated liabilities over receipts, MT. Mondell said, it S3,050 0bOS,574. Estimates of expen- ditures, he said, would suggest e1-' cessiveness. This, he explained, was true, adding: At least we must make this excessiveness true when we write our appropriation bills, make it true by reductions of hundreds of millions of dollars.'
 Total estimated receipts for the year, he said are $6,035, S50,0O0.
 No Receipts on Interest.
 These official estimates of the receipts" he added "are notable in that they carry no estimate of re- ceipts on account of interest on our loans of nearly s1O,OOO,OOO to foreign governments This interest, if paid, would increase our receipts EpHt by nearly $50O,0O0,OOO' .
 Funding of interest on foreign ob- legations for two or three years would increase foreign loans at least S2,O00- O00,0 above the present figure, MT. Mondel said.
 'The fact that such action has been taken by the secretary of the Treas, ury,'' he explained, reduces our in comes or increases our outlays half billion dollars annually
 Wants Billion-DolIar Cut.
 Congress should cut tho estimates at least a billion dollars and refuse every request which is not inlpera- tive, he added. No provisions for in creased pay for officers of the Army or Navy or the Nurses Corps, nor estimates for loans, bonuses or devel- opment projects benefiting ex-service men are made in any of the appro- priation bills.
 Proposals of appropriations on behalf of men recently composing our great armies run all the way from a plan which would involve the ex- penditure of perhaps $10O,o00,000 an- nually for some years. to plans which would involve expenditure of several billions, and one plan at least which
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New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
OPEN SHOP" ISSUE
 ANOTHER QUESTION
No Doubt Where Majority
 of Employers Stand, But
 Report Will Be Made On Matter.

New Haven, Dec. 18.-Growth and development have come to the Manu- lecturers Association of Connecticut, President F. Kent Hubbard pointed out to its members at the annual meeting today. Progress has rot been so rapid as might be desired, he . fsaid, but it has seemed wiser to build slowly and surely than to risk nasty construction without strong founda- tions- In the last year 1b4 new mem bers were admitted, eight have. with drawn. and the present number is 7S4, representing 274,s81 employees. The effort of officers and committees has been to keep members informed on industrial matters under, con- sideratipn by. congress- Mir. Hubbard referred to the attitude of members favcring return of railroads to cor porate control, the consideration by congress of two bills, and added as comment on these:
 Dependent on Railroads.
 If the roads are returned now, be- legislatssH, alSose Elf ew Eng giana in F~romnpn with railroads generally, will race serious financial embarrassment. How. can industries of Connecticut and New England, dependent upon railroads for raw materials from a distance, prosper and survive, and even compete with those in other districts, if railroads are broken <sdown and lacking credit?"
 President Hubbard said that even with pending legislation the railroad and rail service questions will be in- 2 creasihgly pressing.
 The aOpen Shop'' Question.
 MT. Hubbard took up the matter of ropen shop" and said the committee yon industrial relations will make 8 report containing certain declara- I. tions of principle on matters of the most immediate and vital concern to our industries" He said he had no doubt as to where a great majority of manufacturers of Connecticut stand with reference to the "open shop"
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
BUYS VALUABLE SITES
Louis K. Raphael Acquires Judd and
 NcDonough Properties on West Main Street for Business Purposes.


 Main Street for Business Purposes. Louis R. Raphael, proprietor of the Big Department Store in the Simons block on Main street, yesterday con- pleted negotiations for the purchase of two valuable sites on West Main street Through James J. Watson, the property owned by Patrick F. McDonough was purchased by Mr. Raphael. This property was former ly the pr. Irving place. It has a frontage of S2 feet and a depth Of 172 feet. MT. Raphael also acquired the R. D. Judd property adjoining that of MT. McDonough's through tho Parker and Deming agency. The prices of the properties were not dis closed.
 Mir. Raphael said today that 1t is his intention to erect a large business block on the site which would also contain quarters suitable for meet ings, club and office purposes. He said he believes conditions are so shaping themselves that this particu- lar section of West Main street will soon become one of the popular busi- ness centers of the city.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
If Voluntary Resti1 tion is Not Ma I'm mediately Ci
 Action Will Be !
 stituted at Once.
100 MILLION FUND
 HAS BEEN EXCEEDI
Than Million Spent Make Bridgeport and Pl adelphia More Beautil is Charge.

Washington, Dec. 1&.-The. se| committee appointed to iuvesti| public buildings constructed dt the war under supervision of thd $. Housing Corp, recommanded the senate today that steps be ta eo recover money which it chaI was improperly paid for work d for the corporation
 Should persons and corpora t| receiving the alleged overcharges fuse to make voluntary restitut the committee recommended that il action be instituted by the govd ment. VIII
 OverchargeS Claimed.
 Overcharges by architects and cess profits by contractors thru sub-letting were charged by the q mittee which also demanded tha loan of $500,000 to the Spring1 "regularized."
 The committee promised that w in the next few days .'prooer and pu ed" legislation to meet the situatI would be introduced. The coumi also said that further existence of housing corporation was sno longe the best interests of the governms and suggested that it's activities ct be carried on better by the exis federal departments.
 Most Spent in Bridgeport.
 Throughout the report methods ployed by the corporation both du1 the war and after the signing of armistice were criticized The cha was made that the corporation's sire to complete town beauti1 projects in certain cities, especiall1 Bridgeport, Conn, and Philadelp cost the government not less than 450,000 after hostilities ceased.
 The attitude of officials of the ( poration before the committee characterized as met helpfulf the port stating that there appeared to a desire by the officials to give e such testimony as was absolutely Ii essary.
 Records Badly Muddlcd.
 Fiscal records of the corporal were reported to be in d ..seri state.' The committee also char that the appropriation of s10O,0 900 was exceeded and that had work outlined been completed, a m larger amount would have been I aSS1rv
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
J. ]. Mulvihill Succeeds
 Ramsey As Superintendent

John J. Mulvihill, of 54 South High street has been named superinten- dent of the Hart and Hutchinson plant on Corbin avenue to succeed L. B. Marsey, resigned. MT. Marsey is to enter the employ of the Chase Rolling company, of Waterbury. Before leaving the employ of the local concern last night, MT. Marsey was presented with handsome Masonic emblem ring, set with a dia- mond, and a travelling bag. The new superintendent has been connected with the Hart and Cooley plant here for a number of years.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
WASHINGTON DISPLEASED
Mexican Note Received-WhiIc
 Statement Is Made, Officials Not Favorably Impressed by Ts

Washington, Dec. 1S.--MexlcI reply to the latest American note the case of American Consular Agd Jenkins was received today at il State department. The official Id was said to differ only slightly frd that contained in Associated Prd dispatches from Mexico City.
 While officials said they would ha no comment to make until they h had time to study the note thoroug ly, 1t Was indicated that at first req ing the communication had not ma a favorable impression,
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
LEAGUE IS ASKED FOR BY 200 NEW
 BRITAIN CITIZENS

Members of the New Britain Commonwealth club, repre- senting 200 citizens, unan- i1nously indorsed resolution introduced by Judge John HI. Kirkham at meeting of the organization in the Y. M. Q. A. last night, asking that the United States Senators from Connecticut vote for a speedy ratification of the League of Nations and the peace treaty, with such interpretations aud changes they deem .s necessary, and which will not be cause for re-submission of the treaty by President Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
DEMOCRATS TO NAME LEADER
Hitchcock and Underwood Contestants Conference of Senators Called for Saturday.

Conference of Senators Called for
 Saturday.
 Washington, Dec. 1S.-A call for conference of democratic senators Saturday to select a leader, to succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia was issued today by Senator Hitch cock, Nebraska, who is contesting with Senator Underwood of Alabama for the place.
 Settlement of the contest between Senators Hitchcock, the acting demo- cratic, leader and chief spokesman for the administration in the treaty fight and Senator Underwood, formerly democratic leader in the house, is the only business to come before the con- ference. The outcome of the contest was said to be in doubt
 Friends of Senator Underwood inti- mated today that they might endeavor to postpone a vote until after the holi- days, when the full democratic mem bership, including Carter Glass as the successor to Senator Martin is expect ed to be present. The Alabama sena- tors supporters also were said to de- sire disposition of the treaty before the leadership election so that the uues- tion of endorsing Senator FIitchcock's s management of the treaty might not be n issue. *'
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
Fabens Takes Charge . Of Landers' Branch

Andrew Fabens, formerly cap- tain in the ordnance corps and be- fore the war connected with the Am erican Aluminium company, has been engaged by the LAnders. Frary & Clark company and has just as- surned his new duties as ts divisional manager of the ''trade shop,''' the Stanley street branch ofpthe factory, employing more than 800 hands. Os- car Moberg, former manager, is now engaged on special work at the main plant. .-r ..-- -..s.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
I'll. < H" PROPERTY LEASED
Philo Kalish Secures Block at Corner of Main and West Main Streets Long-Term Lease.

Philo Kalish, proprietor of the Globe Clothing House, today con- firned the report that he had secured 8 long-term lease on the Holmes and Hoffman block at the corner of Main and West Main streets from Fred Beloln. The lease covers the stores occupied by the Connors-Halloran Clothing company. George Rapelye's hardware store, CroWelis drug. store, the Postal Telesraph company, Hoff- mann's bakery and tho building occu- pied by William Schwabs S cafe. Mr. Kalisi stated this afternoon it was his intention to change the location. of ,his company, but moi in the imme- tdiate future.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
5000 MORE JEWS REPORTED
 KILLED IN LATEST POGROMS

Berne, Dec. 18.-Reports of a fresh wave of pogroms in the districts of the Ukraine occupied by Gen. Denil1ine's s forces are printed by the Lemberg newspaper Gazetta Wiscrowka, ac- cording 10 Lemberg advices today. The newspaper declares that about 5000 Jews were killed in Yekateri- moslav alone.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
50O,000 Gallons of Whiskey
 Sold For Export Trade

New York, Dec. 1S.-The United Food Products company today de- clared an extra dividend of 1 F per cent. in addition to the regular quar- terly dividend of one-half per cent. Julius Kessler, president of the com- pany, announced today that it has 100000 gallons Of whiskey on hand. One-half of this amount has been sold for export, he said.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
ELECTED DELEGATES.

Horace w. Eddy the newly elected AiIlustrious potentat6 of the Mystic 6hrine, and Judge George w. Klett, were last night elected to represent the organization st the national conven- ton of the order in Portland, Oregon, the latter part of next June. John W. Lock cit, was honored last evening by the election as second ceremonial officer Of the shrine.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
CONNEC77CT INDUSTRY LS
 DEPENDENT UPON RAILROAD N SERVICE, HUBBARD ASSERTS
INVESTED TAKE NOTICE, NEW BRITAIN AS WE'LL!
 4S BELOW IS REPORTED

Toronto Dec. 1S.-With cities in the Northern part of the Unit ed States complaining of severe weather, White River today calmly reported that the official therm ometer there fell to IS de- grees blow zero during the night and rose to 3S below at dawn.
 Winsted, Dec. 1S.-With the tenperature below zero an ice dealer here today began to cut ice on Highland Lake and make deliveries direct to customers. This ice is at least five inches thick.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
Unionville Factory is
 Destroyed, Loss $20,O00

Unionville. Dec. 1S.--F'ire which started from friction i'll a. picker de- stroyed the branch factory of J. Broadbent &c Son.. Inc, here today. The plants product was shoddy and 25 persons were employed. It is be- lieved a nail got into the picker. President Broadbent of the com pany placed the loss; at s20, 900 with partial insurance. N>
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
GOVERNMENT DEMANDS THAI CHAPTERS PATRICK MONEH
 SPENT BY US. HOUSING CORl
AUCTlONED OFF TO ONE
 WHO MAKES HIGHEST BID

Winsted, Dec. 1S.-Under a court order issued today, the church near Colebrook River, belonging to the Union Society of Coleforook River and vicinity will be sold under the hammer on January 2. All members of the society are dead.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
Julius Stremlau Named
 Prohibition Director

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Among ad- dititd1al state prohibition directors appointed today is Julius c. Strena- lau of Meriden, for Connecticut
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
SCHOOL CLOSES: roo COLD.

At 1o:3O o'clock this morning il was found necessary to suspend the session at St. Mary's Parochial school ;, owing to the cold weather.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18
WEATHER.

Hartford. Dec. 1S.--Eorecast for New Britain and vicinity: Probably snow fulries tonight and Friday; warmer , -
New Britain herald., 1919-12-18

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The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25
HAVE TO PURCHASE BRIDES
santail Indian Bridegroom Must Lay
Up Money Before He Can AS
pire to a Wife.

The Santail Indians must nteraH!
purchase their brides. They pay ii
sum of money 10 the girls parents
usually about 100 rupees-and, III au-
diti0n, they present the mother ana
the female relatives with new sarlS
or shawls.
Should the bridegroom choose a
widow for his wife, she will only s
half the sum mentioned. The reason
why the Santail Indians hold widows
in less regard than unmarried females
is because they assert that IN the
next world man and wife are reunited,
hence q widow who marries again Is
only lent" to her second husba'Id
When a young man courts a girl Who
does not favor his suit, he adopts an
eccentric way to cure her stubborn
ness. After having dipped his finger
in red paint. he goes in search of the
lady and imprints his mark OH her
forehead. Then he may claim her as
his wife.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25
You Do More Work,

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness. laZiness,
and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enrichine the Blood. When you feel
its Strengthening, invigoratins effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine. it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purifyit and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive III impurities in
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-hve years ago, folks
would ride a long distance to get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member Of their family had Malaria or
needed a bodybuilding. Strengthening
tonic. The forrnla is Just the same to-
day, and you a get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25

your illness may take o chronis
turn.
There is a remedy for almost
every Ill. Thousands have fov"o
Peruna to be. that remedy as dlo
Miss Clara Lohr Of 81 N. Gold ST.
Grand Rapids, Michigan. She writes
a friend: 81 don't need Peruna any
more. I am all well after taking
six bottles. I weighed ninety
pounds before 7 started and was
poor and weakly. I had such
a cough and splitting all the time
that I never expected to recover.
Ny friends gave me up. I could eat
nothing. Now I car eat and weigh
1876 pounds. I most thankfully rec
ommend Peruna to my friends"
Miss Lohr's letter is an insplra-
ton, a message Of hope to suffering
women. 1t tells you that you too
may be strong and well and vigor-
Gus.
Peruna may be had in either
LIQUID or tablet form. Ask your
dealer. II you value health, do not
accept a substitute. DR.. Hartman's
World Famous Peruna Tonic iS
what you want. The Peruna Com
pany. Dept. 70, Columbus. Ohio, also
publish DR.. Hartman's Health BOOK
The book Is free. Write for IT.
Your dealer will give you a Peruna
Almanac.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25
THREE CROPS To
Be UNDER AVERAGE
LOUISIANA REPORT SHOWS Po-
TATOES, SUGAR AND COTTON
WILL BE VERY SHORT.
ONLY HALF CROP OF SUGAR
More Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Perique
Tobacco, Rice and Peanuts Than
Last Year-Cotton 81 Per
Cent of Normal.

Louisiana Is going to produce this
year more corn, sweet potatoes, pc
rique tobacco, rice and peanuts than
last year. She will raise less cotton,
Irish potatoes and sugar. A half-crop
of sugar and a ~quarter-crop of Irish
potatoes is the best that John s.. Den
nee, state agent Of the government
crop bureau, will promise as a result
of his survey of conditions on July J.
Here are the figures in detail:
Acreage - Corn, 1,S50,O0O acres;
oats, 1900; cotton 1,445,000; Irish
potatoes, 10000; sweet potatoes, 65.-
600: periQue tobacco, $50 acres; su-
gar cane, 264, 900 acres in the twenty
three parishes comprising the cane
belt of Louisiana; rice, $4,000; hay,
23S, 900; peanuts. $4,000 of which
about $500 acres will produce pea
nuts for market; sorghum cane flor
SYRUP, $40 acres.
Ccndition-In comparison With nor
NAL represented by 100 per cent: Corn.
rs: oats, IS; cotton, 81; Irish pota-
toes, CA; sweet potatoes, IS; perique
tobacco, so; sugar cane, 62.9; rice,
S7.4; hay (alD IS; peanuts, 70; sor-
ghum cane for syrup, "a; clover FOR
hay, SO; alfalfa. SO; millet, 92 pas
lures, 10e; grain sorghum, Sc; COW
peas, so; field beans, IS; tomatoes.
80; cabbage, 80; onions, So; apples,
rs; peaches, so; pears, II; grapes,
90; watermelons, IS; cantaloupes, 67;
pecans, IS.
Wool, weight per fleece. 3.9 pounds.
Production-Corn, 3 ,994,000 BUSH
els; last year. 20, 1000 bushels;
oats, 1,799,S75 bushels; last year, 2
o0O, 900 bushels. Cotton, $4,000 bales;
last year (census), 5S6,6S0 bales. Ir,sn
potatoes, 1,075, 200 bushels; last year.
4.345,0 900 bushels. Sweet potatoes, s.
S91. 900 bushels; last year, 4~,S75,OOo
bushels. Perique tobacco. 1S7,2O3
pounds; last year, 126.000 pounds. Su-
Sugar cane, 2,9S3,196 net tons; last
year SAT-, 126 net tons. Sugar. 1885,
$50 net tons; last year, 2S0,9O0 ne'
tons. Rice, 19.054.074 bushels; last
year, 17,9S0,0O 0 bushels. Hay (aln.
455,000 net tons; last year, $4,000
net tons. Peanuts (for market. 12O.-
$40 bushels; last year, 10000
bushels.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25
For the Neighbors' Sake.

"Extravagance," said a Pittsburgh
man, lis the bane of America, and why
are we e~Xtrayagant? For the fun OF
it, MOTOR the neighbors' sake.
II know n man who awOke very late
one winter night and found his wife
lust returning to the bedroom.
Whats that loud noise heard!
he asked, and what have you been do
ing in the coldT
"It's all right. dear she answered
Go to sleep again. You see. the peo'
pie are coming back home from the
opera, and / just slipped down and
slammed the front door hard, so that
the neighbors would think we'd been
there"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25

% OoR YOUR AcID-sToMAcD
Taxed. Too?

1t seems to Marian that everything
that she especially likes bears the bur
den of the new wal tax-sundaes, so
das. candy, beads, and about every
thing she had been accustomed TO ask
for when mother and father went TO
town. Now they limit the number of
Injuries they buy for her and always
explain their limitation by saying ION
account Of the war tax or plus the
war tax"
The other day a new baby sister
came to Marian's home. Fixedly she
looked at it the next day after its ar
rival. "What did it cost?' she asked.
-'Tmenty dollars" boosted her fa-
tller.
The second question quickly fol-
lowed. -'plus the war taxY'
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25

A deal which will be of unusual in
terest to Baptists of Louisiana was
consummated at Alexandria when a
committee representing the Baptist
state executive board purchased from
Rev. E. o. Ware, THE Baptist Chron-
icle," the official organ of the denomi-
nation in the state. The paper will
hereafter be published under the aus
pices of the Baptist executive board,
but the editor has not yet bee.l
chosen.