New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1914, Page 7

.' g left the ground. . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDN Easter Hats That are Masterpieces of the Art of the Milliner Our showing of the most tasteful and headwear ‘for women and misses is now at its very best. THE NEWEST AND SMARTEST shapes and colorings await your se- lection, come for early pick, you'll be better satisfled if you avoid the later rush and will have SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK is a showing of trimmed hats a prettier hat, up-to-date kaster and Spring from which you can make easy selection. You will find every shape nud_ style that is right priced from $4.98 to $25.00 each. AMONG THE UNTRIMMED SHAPES you have your pick of Milan, Tagal and Hemp Straws with a range of prices from #8¢ to $7.50 each. Full line of trimmed and untrimmed hats for’ misses and children. You Will Want Gloves Anyway What Ever Eise You Get for Easter And you know, of course, that, as for years past, our big glove de- partment is headquarters for all that is latest and bestin hand coveringe. For perfect satisfaction buy gloves of us. We willicall httention to a few of the many kinds we are showing. i § TREFOUSSE CHEVRETTE — ‘Washable gloves, and biscuit, two pearl button with Priced English thumb. pair. WASHABLE SUEDE GLOVES —Valliers, pique, white with pearl clasps, priced OUR VIREX KID GLOVES — Two clasp Overseam and pique in tans, white pair. EMBROIDERED or black stitched. clasp pique intan, black, greys, HAVING AN AUTOMOBILK BELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN L HRY <O0 DS 'PUROIASKFD OF US. extra special, piaue, white s white and black at $2.25 hand coveripg for OUR T% two three row felf $2.00 pair. clasp in tans, black, Prix backs, $1.50 pair. and black,$1.50 BACKS — Self Our Virex two grey, white and $1.50 pair. Perfection in tans, black. Our Essex VALLIERS PIQUE—Two .washable glpvessvith choice of tan, FOR $1.00 PATR—Thére is Mannish gloves in clasp A fine $2.00 pair, Easter 0 CLASP ADLON— Pique, in white, black and tan with or broidery, $3.00 pair. FOWNES KID GLOVES~One ‘grey, seams, contrast em- white and spear point our greys, white and with Prix seams. tans and white. et e st e PEROMPTLY DEPEND ON CONTEMPLATE REPAIRS . FOR BERLIN DIVISION Condition of Roadbed and Rails Will Be mproved. GANG FIGHT 15 INVESTIGATED Italians Caunsed Disturbance In Ken- sington Sunday Night—Louis Brad- bury Complains Against Actions of His Brother, Charles Bradbury. Annouricement was made this morning at the offices of the Con- i mecticut company in New Britain that all the roadbed and track on the Ber- lin division will be repaired and put into first class conditiogthis spring. Section gangs.will be put at work here immediately after the frost has This news will be received by local patrons with pleasure, For the past several months they have been free in their comnplaints against the con- ditions, This has been warranted to a certain extent because the tracks have been and are now in a deplor- able condition, especially along the New Britain road where, uneven and worn, the rails are always under sev- eral inches of water after a rain storm. Frequently stones and sedi- ment are carried ‘onto the tracks during a storm and derafiments fol- low, an instance of which was the ,icessation of schedule which was made necessary Sunday, March 1, when three cars left the rails and were not replaced until noon of the following day. It would have been impossible for the trolley company to make repairs during the winter months, especially in the extreme cold spell when the steel became brittle and cracked, but emall improvements have been madc here and there all throughout the season. As has been the custom for some time, ‘the company will continue to w run “box cars” on this line in the summer. The windows will be re- moved, however, and an ecndeavor made to make traveling from this town to New Britain as comfortable and convenient as possible. Authorities of this town have made a rule whereby trolley crews aro pbliged to keep opposite sides of ” their cars open at different places along the road, and for this reason it would be difficult to run the open cars on this line. Unnecessary time would be consumed in attending to D the running boards at frequent in tervals. J Disturbed Pease at Midnight, About midnight last night Constable | Harry Chapman of -Kensington re- .ceived a telephone call from Officer | Louis Bradbury, who asked that he ! | Methodists turbance which he was causing. Con- stable Chapman did not respond, for just ‘as he was about to leave his house another call came from his fel- low officer, who then sald that his Charles Bradbury, and quell | K fto . presence would not be required a t.cr; | clety is again all, as the noise had abated and peace relgned supreme once again. He felt that Mr. Chapman should. come around in the morning, howsever, and conduct an . investigatiom. : Upon looking into matters, the con- stable noticed that the boards on a shed had been torn off and replaced. He questioned the alleged trpuble- maker, who explained that, while he was driving an ox-cart of Household goods out of the yard late last'night, the hub of one of the wheels ptruck the corner of the building and pulled off a few boards, It was when he started to nail them back on again ting square” by damaging the interior of -his house, No arrest was made. Investigate Gang Fight. town yesterday getting some facls in | regard to a gang fight which isjsaid to have ‘taken place Sunday fight near the Tower building in Kenjing- ton. It is probable that some afests will be made this week. Residents in the nelghborhood htate that they heard loud talking |and sounds of a scuffle. Others tell/that an Itallan laborer rushed down| the Farmington road crying “They von't kil him if I know f The building in which the qirrel took place is within a stone's tirow from the one in which a murdef was committed a few years ago by several intoxicated Italians. 5 ['4 Names of Parents Not Signgl. A marriage lencense which| was granted Charles Henry Stebins of Middletown and Miss fu-lla May Knight of Kast erlin by the Middletown clerk | was returned to Town Clerk Franch H. Shaw today. It was noticed | that while the groom is but twenty years old, the consent of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry written on the document. to law, no one is authorized to/unite a couple in matrimony unless the | parents or guardian of the undezaged person, give their written consejt, Mr. Stebbins and Miss Knight were married March 16 by Rev. [dgar Hyde of the Middletown Baptist church. V. L. 8. Plans Entertainmen). The entertainment committee ) the East Berlin Village Improvemejt so- Arrangements are being made for a pretentiols so- cial to be given at Athletic hall shortly after Lent. Since the first two of a serils of moving picture entertainments| ter- minated in failures, the society, Nhich busy. | has been very active this year, pban- { doned their money-making vertures. The people have missed the pypular entertainments and it isin congdera- tion of this fact that the enegetic committee has again taken 1p its work. Methodist Pastors Return; When the list of appointments were read last evening at the. conclugon of the New York East conference jn Mt. Vernon, N. Y., it was learned that the local Methodist pastofs, Rev. Edwin M. Pickup and Rev. L. B. Gray were | returned for another year to | their pastorates at. Kensington Berlin, respectively. Nearly a hundred . changes were made by Bishop Luther B. Wilscn; but here were highly lelated over the fact that their preachemns were retained for them. Both havy been here about a year and have ned a large host of friends in that ti Mr. Gray recovered = only from an extended illness. and| Kast that hid brother thought he was, “get- | Officer William Ritchie was d)outl {of the program committes for Emma have been away from town about a week! Services for Holy Week. In dccordance with the custom of the Berlinh Congregational church for sev- eral years, the standing committee suggests that special services be held during Holy Week. These services will probably be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, April 8-10, but more definite announcements of the plans will be announced from the pulpit next Sunday. Just now the people are asked to strictly reserve the evenings suggestcd as special hours, during this sacred season for thanksgiving and for the devotion to the Almighty in prayer and meditation. Contralto Singer Coming. Miss Katherine Brandegee, chairman | Hart Willard chapter, D. A. R., re- L. Stebbins, was not ! Acedrding | . Rev. recently | ports that she has succeeded in en- | gaging Miss Grace Baum, New Brit- | ain’s noted contralto singer to render | some selections at the meeting which tis to be held in the Berlin Congre- gational chure! The state regent, Mrs. John Laidl uel, will also be | present at thia/"'?umi will give a | paper. Bri¢ _ fentlon. The Ginsburg brothers of Kensing- | ton have sold their farm in Kensing- ton to Patrick S. McMahon, the New Pritain theater manager. Mrs. Wilder Smith widow of the late Rev. Wilder Smith, former pas- tor of the Berlin Congregational church, was a visitor in Berlin yes- terday. Mrs. Clarence Pierce's illness has developed into a slight attack of pneu- monia. signs, warning automobilists of pproach to schoolhouses, were sted ubout town this morning. Miss Jennie M. Brown of New Hart- ford is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Brown of Ber- lin. Among those who attended the fun- eral of Miss Louvie Maria Warren ! yesterday afternoon. was Mrs. J. | Coolidge Hills of Hartford, a former resident here. Something New. Beginning Monday, March 30th, S. M. Cowles will open a cash meat de- partment at his store. The quality of the goods will be A-1 and prices low, very low. Save your money.—advt. Best Butter —advt. 32c 1b. Russell Bros. SRVICE DISCUSSED, National Reform League Making Preparations For Model Law. CIVIL ‘Washington, April 1.—Preparations of a model civil service law will be undertaken at a meeting here to- morrow of the joint committees of the national assembly of civil ser- vice commissions and the national civil service reform league, announces~ ment of which wag made today. | A law embodying the essential prin- ciples of a practical merit civil ser- vice system which might become ap- plicable to any state and also to its county and municipal governments is the object of the meeting. It is also proposed to draft a- form of constitu- tional amendment for states where the people desire to surround the merit system with constitutional Both Mr. Pickup and Mr.| Gray | guarantees. Plainville 'News METHODIST PASTOR GOING TO DARIEN Rev. S. E Lawson Will Preach Farewell Sermon Sunday. REV. C. R. THURSTON NEW PASTOR Has Successor Been Located in Greenwich—Postal Receipts Will Show Gain of Over $1,000—Will Sell at Auction—Brief Items. Rev. 8. E. Lawson returned today from Mount Vernon, N. Y. where he has been in attendance at the annual session of the New York east conference, and began preparations for the removal of his household ef- fects to Darien, where he has been assigned to spend the coming year as pastor of the Methodist church. His appointment to the pastorate of that church was made at the closing ses- sion of the conference last evening. Rev., C. R. Thurston, who has been located at Greenwich for the past few years, was named to succeed him as pastor of the Plainville church. While Mr. Lawson’s transfer from this place was not unexpected, the announcement of the change was re- ceived with genuine regret by the of- ficial board and other members of his church, besides residents having other religious beliefs. He was high- ly esteemed by all who came in con- tact with him and it was hoped that the conference would see fit to grant the petition of the officers of the church and would send him back here for another year. Mr. Lawson came here four years ago, succeeding Rev. J. A. Churchill, who died recently in' Middletown. During the period he served here the church has made encouraging ad- vancement and every year has shown a healthy gain in membership. Its finances are also in good shape and Mr. Lawson’s successor should be greatly encouraged by the conditions obtaining at the present time. The retiring pastor will conduct ser- vices at the church Sunday and will preach his farewell sermon at that time. He will move next week to Darien. The 'pastor’s wife also returned to- day from Lynn, Mass., where she has been visiting with relatives. Her de- parture will also be generally regret- ted, Mrs. Lawson was of great as- sistance to her husband in his work and besides singing in the choir she devoted much of her time to the church societles. The Darien church is somewhat larger than the one in Plainville and the conference appointment is a pro- motion for Mr. Lawson. The new pastor is said to be a most capable clergyman. He is well liked by the Methodists of Greenwich and they were anxious to have him con- tinue to serve them. Shows Good Gain. While he had not completed a com- pilation of his annual report, Post- master P. J. Prior stated this morning that the statement will show that the réceipts of the local post office for the fiscal year, which ended yesterdey, will total more than $11,000, an in- crease of about $1,000 over last year's, Mr. Prior is now working on the re- rort and it will be forwarded to ‘Washington before the end of the week. The showing is very gratifying to the postmaster as it not only means that the office will remain in second class and is more than holding its own, but that his salary will be increased $100, making his compensation for.the year $2,300. The postmaster found in going over the figures that while business was rather poor during the summer, it took a big jump in December and January and during the fall and win- ter each month showed a good gain over the corresponding period in the previous vear. The business of the factorles, particularly the Trumbull Flectric company, which sends out thousands of trade magazines every month, is in the main responsible for the amount of receipts. Count Parcel Post Packages. Orders to keep track of all parcel post mail passing through the local post office during the next fifteen days have been recelved from the postal department at Washington and today the postmaster and his clerks started DO YOUR CHILDREN NEED BUILDING UP? " Thousands mothers use Father John's Meadicine in their families as a tonic and body builder, when the little ones become weak or run down. The nourishing, pure food elements ot of which the medi- | ' cine is composed give flesh and strength and bring back the fiush of health. It is a safe med- cine to use, be- cause it is free from alcohol or dangerous drugs In any form. Not a patent medicine but a doctor’s prescription with more than 60 years of success. DID CHILD WAKE UP CROSS OR FEVERISH ? Look Mother! If Tongue Is Coated Give “California Syrup of Figs” to Clean the Bowels. Mother! Your child isn’t naturally cross and ‘peevish. coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom- ach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gentle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given. Nothing equals “California Syrup of Figs” for children's ills; give a tea- spoonful, and in a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is clogged in the bowels passes out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. | All children love this harmless, de- liclous “fruit laxative,” and it never fails to effect a good “inside’ cleans- ing. Directions for bables, of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle. Keep it handy in your home. A little given today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” then look and see that it is made by the *“Cali- fornia Fig Syrup company.” Coun- terfeits are being sold here. Don't be fooled! e ——————————————— on what promises to be a busy two ‘weeks. Each package must be counted, measured and welghed and a record must also be made of the zone to which it is sent. As regular mail stamps are now used on parcel post bundles, the records made during the two weeks are the only means by which the department can determine to what extent the recent innovation is belng patronized. Make Early Settlements, Tax Collector W. J. Hemingway has already heard from bills sent out to property owners for taxes, which be- came due today. The collector got his books early this year, enabling him to send out bills @ few days ahead of time. As a result some of the tax- payers settled Monday or Tuesday while a number were heard from to- day. The entire month is given in which to make a settlement and Interest charges will not be made except on Lills not receipted by May 1st. Mr. Heniingway today distributed notices giving the dates on which he will be at his store to recelve taxes. He is planning, however, to be on hand practically every day during the month and people anxious to pay their bills should experience no difficulty in lccating him, Business Men Still Walting. S. S. Gwillim, president of the Bus- iness and Improvement asseciation, stated this morning that the committee in charge of the annual banquet, is still pursuing a walting policy, the result of the inability of one of the probable speakers to give a definite answer to their invitation, but it ex- pects to be in a position to set a date for the affair by the end of the week. The committee desires to have the date suit the convenience of the guest in question. He has promised to give a definite answer by Friday and it is probable that the date can be decided on by that time. To Auction Off Relics. C. R. Sherman and A. A. McLeod, administrators of the estate of Mrs. Julla Lynch, have arranged to hold an auction sale Saturday afternoon in Grange hall to dispose of the balance of paintings and curios which the woman had collected during her life. Mrs. Lynch had many antiques, val- uable bronzes, etc., at the time of her death. The administrators have disposed of most of the collection by private sales and they propose to gct rid of the remainder Saturday. Brief Items. Mrs. James J. Murphy of Whiting street was admitted to the Hartford hospital yesterday. She will probably undergo an operation on Thursday. A special meeting of the Holy Name society will be held tomorrow even- ing in the basement of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Among the matters to be attended to is the ap- pointment of a committee to arrango for a lecture and smoker to be given under the auspices of the society in the near future. Mrs. Charles W. Diggle is con- fined to her home on Washington street with a dislocated shoulder, the result of an accident yesterday. While coming down stairs Mrs. Diggle tripped on a bath robe, which she was wear- ing, and fell to the - bottom of the flight. Grange entertainers are rehearsing & minstrel overture which is to be pre- sented at the social to follow their regular meeting next Tuesday even- ing. N Several local Waltonians were out | this morning to try their luck at trout fishing in the streams in this locality. They report that cold weather and swollen brooks made trout fishing poor at the opening of the season and as proof of their claims many of them exhibited empty baskets when they returned home. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Parish house of. the Church of Our Saviour, fol- lowing the working meeting of the Parish Ald soclety to be held at 2:30. Paintings and bric-a-brac remain- ing from collection of Mrs. Julia Lynch will be sold at auction Satur- day afternoon at 2 o'clock in Grange hall, Plainville. C. R. Sherman, A. A. McLeod, administrators.—advt. COMMUNICATED. Some Views on the Sewage System By a Resident, Plainville, Conn., April 1, 1914, To the Editor of the Herald: The notice in last night's See if tongue is children ! Ask | Correct Millinery For Easter ' It has beén generally conceded that C. 8. Hills and Company’s fashions in Millinery are correct, that at all times there are pre- sented the refined and desirable secrets of the best Parisian De- signers, original, distinctive, of becoming elegan: able prices, and at reason- Our displays for Easter are attractive and comprehensive. There is a style for every individual figure. There are shown very smart Hats for wear with walking Suits and semi-dress, hats that show the brilliant Cire Ribbon in shape- ly flaring bows, that depend upon the skill of the Milliner to Iift them from the commonplace to a work of art. They are priced from $7.50 to $25.00. Most charming of the DRESSY HATS are the Wateau effects, so becoming to most women, from $10.00 to $25.00. Untrimmed Millinery and Flowers The newest styles in imported and domestic Hats are shown in Lisere Split, Milan, Hemp and Leghorn, lacquered tailored Hats, many with the priced as follows: Belglan Split Hats at ..... Untrimmed Shapes, Special at. Tallored Hats at cesse Clusters of Flowers from .. Exclusive models in ribbon trimming, ana - «: .69c, 980 and «s $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50 cemgmmewesss. 28c up A Very Elaborate Display of Easter Neckwear INCLUDING FIOHUS, LACE OOLLARS, COLLAR AND OUF® SETS, MEDIOI FRILLS, BOWS, TANGO TIES, WIND- / SOR TIES, CHIFFON TIES, BETO. FICHUS in chiffon, net and shadow lace, lace with sailor opl- lar, net with the medici collar, in a great variety of styles, froni 48c each upwards. Medict Frills for wear with low neck gowns and suits, also Maline Frrills from 48c each up. LACE COLLARS in plain net, Venise lace, Cluny lace, .!ruh lace, embroidered batiste, embroidered net and fllet lace, also the Gladstone collars priced from 28c, 480 and upwards. CHIFFON TIES WITH BUCKLE in all the latest colors for 48c each. COLLAR AND CUFF SETS in lawn, net, Venise lace, batiste, Madeira hand embroidered, voile, etc., very special value at 48c, real value 760 to 98c each. In Imitation Irish Crochet, Venise and Oriental lace, white and ecru, in a wide range of styles. TANGO TIES in messaline for 350, in crepe de chine for &0c. WINDSOR TIES in messaline for 28c, in crepe de chine for 50c, in such'shades as tango, mahogany, gold, Russian green, gen- darme, pearl, cerise, ooral, melon, Nile, etc. OUR SPECIAL SALE OF SILKS AND DRESS GOODS POSI- TIVELY ENDS TODAY. N that the fourth annual meeting of the sanitary and sewer ct of Plain- ville (so-called) is to be held Monday night, reminds me that a few years ago our town appointed five men to be a sewer committee. Their first re- port was that it was necessary to prooure a charter from the legisia- ture in order to bulld a sewer sys- tem which was quite right too. When they changed their title to borough committee and called an informsl meeting at the town hall to talk the matter over there were less than' 160 voters present. The chairman and secretary of our committee, both of whose business keeps them out of town all the time, set forth the advantages of a borough and made statements which showed that they did not know what they were talking about or meant to pre- varicate and when a call for an ex- pression of the meeting was made about 100 men and boys were count. ed in favor of a borough. Then the secretary of our commit- tee drew up a charter himself for a borough form of government includ- ing a sanitary sewer system and made his boast that he knew it was all right for he drew it himself. One of dur committee members did not think as he did and was ready to sign a remonstrance to the petition for a charter. When the matter came up before the legislature, our com- mittee’s chairman and seoretqry worked hard for the petition and | statea that at a legal meeting of voters in Plainville over 200 had in- structed them to apply for a borough charter. Our chairman was very pos- itive that the people of Plainville wanted a borough but that someone had been hired to lie for the remon- strants. The chairman of the legis« lative .committee suggested that no one except a part of our committes wanted a borough and they were giv- ! en leave to withdraw. What has been done since I belleve to have been of | but little legal importance to our' town. } I have kept posted on the laws ot Connecticut for over forty years and | find no warrant for a town to estab- ' lish a sanitary sewer system without express power from the general as- | sembly. Chapter 128, General Statutes, ' whic¢h our committee have been mon- | keying with, has no reference to a sanitary sewer. Sections 2004 ana 2006 call it a fire or drain district | and forbids constructing or purchas- | ing other works. It has been sald that you can get anything you are looking for in the Bible. Our statute book is'more won. derful than that. Our next legisifs | ture should revise and consolidate it | to one-half the present size i (Signed) “ONE WHO WAS 'THERE," Best Butter 83¢ 1b. Russell Brow. | —advt. ————————————————————————————————————————— —— AT ONCE! OPENS UP NOSTRILS AND CLEARS STUFFY HEAD—COLDS AND CATARRH GO Instant Relief When Nose and Head are Clogged from a Cold. Stops Nasty Catarrhal Discharges. Dull Headache Vanishes. Try “Ely’'s Cream Balm.” Get a small bottle anyway, just to try it—Apply a lttle in the nostrils and {nstantly your clogged nose and stopped-up air passages of the head will open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear. By morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery now! Get the small bottle of “Ely’s Cream Balm™ at any drug store. This sweet, frag. rant balm dissolves by the heat of the nostrils; penetrates and heais the inflamed, swollen membrane which lned the nose, head and throat; clears the air passages; stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleansing,” soothing relief comes immediately, Don’t lay awake tonight struggiing for breath, with head stuffed; nos- trils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold, with its running nose, foul mucous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness is Qistressing but truly needless. Put your faith—just once—in “BEly's Cream Balm” and your cold or catarrh will surely disappear. GOOD MUSIC —On Your— FISCHER PIANO Prices and Terms Right Morgan & Beers Piano Co., Inc. No. 227 ASYLUM STREET.