New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietora. daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:18 p. m. Herald Bullding, 67 Chucch St at the Post Office at New Britaln Second Class Mali Matter. vered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. ptions for paper to be sent by payable in advance. 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a year. —— only profitable _dvertising medium in s #ty. Circulstion books and press To)m atways epen to advartisers. Feratd will be founa on sate at Hota- #inx's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way. New York City; Board Walk. Attantje City, and Hartford depot 3 TELEPHOND CALLS. fosmess Omce . A“en-ial Trooms e SUFFRAGE PARADE. | The woman suffrage parade Hartford today suggested the en- usiasm which the women have in fhe movement to obtain the right to fote. That this feeling should be iade manifest was undoubtedly the inderlying cause of the demonstration. Pt course the marchers did not in- ude the full number of women in- ested in the suffrage cause; there ¢ hundreds more, some of whom ood on the curb and saw their jisters go by and others in the quiet thelr own homes will read this fvening of the parade and its results. Vill the demonstration help the use? Hardly. The men who oppose L and who have been in the legisla- ire and voted against it or who will e in the next legislature and who, , will vote against it are not op- osed to giving women the right to o those things which they say they lesire to accomplish through disre- pect, but because they believe they o not really want this power and ley would not make conditions any er if they had it. It is stated that Colorado has suf- because of the woman in poli- that she has eliminated the frong arm in government there, has ced weak people in office and the nability of the authorities to cope h the present industrial troubles in it' state is being cited.as proof of indictment. It is also being said this will be the result wherever nen have a hand in the government. | There are many intelligent women gaged in the suffrage cause in Con- ut but it must also be remem- le that there are a great many pore intelligent women in this state ho are opposed to their being anted the right of suffrage. People, iowever, who have watched the trend jf events say that the women will win the end, but they.are not inclined 0 think that the victory is to be ined in the near future. No one criously believes that the parade will Ting it along any more quickly. It ill kindle enthusiasm but it is not the nd that will last or will work any freat reforms. DEATH DEALING AUTO. | “Auto oners are not all careless and hauffeurs are not all reckless,. but ome are and those who 4re not will et find themselves compelled to take ome action that will save them from jne wrath of the people, and help to ring about the punishment of those ho break the law. | Autoists killed sixteen persons in New York last month and of this umber ten“were children. In addi- ion to this there were eighty-three jccidents more or less serious, though ot fatal, This is a bad record for ne city, and at a time, too, when the on is only beginning. It must be admitted that children ould not be permitted to play in the eet, and those who do are liable o be ,kll].d. It is almost impossible keep the little ones off the highway Ind for that réason drivers of all of vehicles need to be doubly eful. ‘Fatalitles in public streets ave become too frequent, those oc- urring in New York from the autos In April exceeding the death list on the American side in the taking of ‘era Cruz, . DETECTIVE'S FACE SLAPPED. ‘From the published stories con- . the prowess of William J. the detective, one would be justified in concluding that he ld be a dangerous man to inter- with and yet the newspaper ac- of happenings in Marietta, yesterday, include a very graphic ption ‘of his having his face ped and instead of shaking a lit- salt on his‘ agsailant and eating _up he took refugé in flight, under the circumstances ap- to have been the safest. thing m to haye dome, ‘_M. Frank, a young manufac- r, has been convicted of the mur- f Mary Phagan at ‘Atlanta; there ‘strong effort being made to ob- a new trial for him and Detect- Burns has been employed to .ob- evidence in his interest. He has unced that he has secured enough o satisfy him that Frank is that the finger of guilt in. direction of a negro. A W BRITAIN HERALD! in, number of affidavits have been ob- tained; some of them have already been repudiated, some of the remain- der have been denounced as having | been tampered with and excitement has reached a high pitch. A young man named Howell met Burns yester- day and asked him about some of the affidavits obtained by the Burns agency and not being satisfled with his answers slapped Burns across the face. A crowd began to gather and Burns ran into a hotel and when he reappeared to get into his automabile he was greeted with a shower of eggs. Burns is the most thoroughly ad- vertised detective in this country and ‘from stories which appeared in ’the newspapers from time to time it seemed as if he bore a sort of charmed life and could successfully cope with a whole army. He ap- ! pears to have fallen from his pedes- tal, however, and a young fellow ac- complished his discomfiture with his fist. The value of the affidavits ob- tained by his agency will be deter- mined in a few days. There is a strong sentiment among the thinking people in Atlanta that the decision in the Frank case is a just one. | BEER AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ‘Winsted no longer has a monopoly on peculiar happenings. Bridgeport bas extinguished a fire with the aid of beer. The blaze started in a sa- loon and as soon as it was discovered a few well directed cans of beer put it out without special loss to the own- er of the place. ‘Water and old clothes have been used with good effect in extinguishing fires, but this is the first time that beer has been used as a substitute. The good results which followed its use in Bridgeport are not to be taken as evidence that its use will be con- tinued for the same purpose in any other city. ROOSEVELT COMING BAOCK. The New York Tribune published a cartoon of Colonel Roosevelt today showing him as he emerged from the Jungle in Brazil, his right arm up- lifted holding his hroadbrimmed hat and shouting at the top of his voice: “Cheer up! I'll soon be home.” What words of encouragement are con- tained in this brief sentence. It isn’t the mere fact that he will soon be home but it is what he will do when he arrives that interests the country. He may run for governor of New York state so as to get his hand in, for the bigger fight in 1916 or he may decide to go down to Mexico, stop the war, capture Huerta'and bring him back with him. 'There’s no tell- ing what he may do. He has un- dergone many hardships; has -been bitten by a jungle fly which caused boils to appear on his body, and he will_need to be put in the repair shop before he can be formally in- troduced into society. It is hardly necessary to state that he killed every fly that bit him and then trampled the insect under foot. The colonel always had a peculiar Way of enjoying himself or recuperat- ing from overwork. Instead of visit- ing Atlantic City or Newport he shouldered his trusty rifle, hustled into a forest somewhere and recov- ered from his indisposition by chas- ing bears and wild cats, ‘killing them, skinning them and bringing the hides home on his back like a true hunter and child of nature. His experience in the Brazilian jungle will enable him to approach the Bull Moose cam- paign with real zeal and enthusiasm. There will be no talk of surrender or going over to the republicans when he comes back. ‘ He surely is a pecullar individual, but he is courageous and does not seem to know what fear is. All the country admires- him for that, and there isn’t a soul who isn’t de-lighted to hear that he.is coming back safe {and sound, except for the boils which are the result of fly bites. Congressman From Pohick. (Washington Star.) We sent an able congressman from Pohick on the Crick. ‘We told him to get busy with the body politic, And make a diagnosis and prescribe the proper stuff. Before we had to call for a post-mor- tem, sure enough. And after he had spoke eternal truths in thundering tones, We thought that he’d look ’'round and get a job for Jabbez Jones And Tim McKee and Ezra Boggs and half a dozen more Who did such talking for him at our meetings in the store. His eloquence is splendid. speeches that we read Are elegantly phrased and very logi- cal indeed; But he keeps up his discussions of the duty of mankind And various other subjects most per- plexing to the mind; ‘When we kind o’ think it’s-time for him to mention Tim McKee @ Boggs and Jones and other folks, perhaps including me. Although our congressman is wise, he low lacks trick ot touching hi e n hearts down here at old Pohick. All his anh | FACTS AND FANCIES, 1f the.weathcr man has definitely decided that we are going to have no | spring that of course settles it. All that we can do is to turn our attention to summer from now on and boost its eurly appearance in this vicinity.— Ansonia Sentinel. It would be interesting to know what are the plans for the summer field duty of the varicus state troops. This war scare has got the summer resort men who profit by state mili- tary encampments a little worried.— ‘Waterbury Republican. In the midst of her grief the sister of one of the first men killed among the American forces which seized Vera Cruz expressed a sentiment that should be echoed by all Americans. She said that she hoped her brother’s death not only would prove not to have been in vain for the advancement of his country’s interest, but also would lead to a more general respect for the uniform of the naval service which he wore.—Norwich Record. about theatrical conditions in Water- bury. It has been complained of that ‘Waterbury has been slighted by the different interests here. But we be- lieve that the fair-minded citizen will agree with us in saying that Wa- terbury is getting as good an assort- ment of theatrical entertainments, if not better, than the average city of its size.—Waterbury Democrat. That proposed railroad over in Putnam to extend thirty miles, . the motive power of which is to be gaso- lene, sounds good at a distance and it is surprising gasolene power on rail- roads here in the east has not been put into use, liké some of the western roads, before this time. Obsolete metheds of transportation hold back a community more than any one Penny Press. Reports of results so far indicate that the men of New Haven are ready with their contributions to the com- plimentaryfund for Mayor Rice’s trip abroad. This is a sign of proper ap- preciation of the mayor's service for New Haven in the past four years and a half, and of the faith of his fellow citizens that the proposed trip will fit | him even better to serve the city. All in all, it is a contribution of good will, ard it is a fitting one.—New Haven Register. It is not saying anything new to say farm is much more interested in keep- ing it up and in gearing the com- munity up than the rent-payer whose cnly interest is a temporary one, lasting until he moves. Yet, do you realize how rapidly both homes and tenants—how dapirly great numbers of Americans are becoming nomads? In the six rich states.of Illinois, Towa, Kansas, New York, Ohio and Pennsyl- vania the past generation has béen an increase of 121,167 in the number of tenant farmers, while the number of home-owning 4farmers actually de- creased by 62,915.—New Haven Times-Leader. AR Atk Sak Our Annual Humiliation. (Providence Journal.) With the coming close of another land finds herself once more face to face with her annual shame. Condi- tions this year are worse than they have ever been before. The disgrace- ful exhibitions of the past few days are reaching the normal. climax of a period of disorder, petty graft, vicious legislation, broken pledges and utter lack of any conception of public service. Is it not time at last that we begin to realize how our chosen servants, selected to represent our wishes, to reflect our ideas and to make %n honorable record for themselves, are holding Rhode Island up to the scorn and detestation of her sister states? How much longer do our merchants and manufacturers and the great body or right-thinking masses of our peopie desire to stand by and tacitly accept this kind of representation? How long do they intend to permit two or three men of large wealth, im- pervious to all sense of civic honor, to buy their own kind of particular leg- islation and to use members of the general assembly like driven cattle? How long will they coatinue to allow besotted representatives to shout ri- bald songs under the dome of the state house and to follow one debauch with another in; the corridors and committee rooms of that building, as they have been doing every day in the present week? Shall we still send to Capitol Hill as our chosen delegates for the protec- tion of the state and her physical and moral welfare, men who are lost to all sense of shame and whose very presence there is a contamination? There are, of course, in both the senate and the house a few represen- tatives of ability and a number who, lacking ability, have some character. But thege are powerless to stem the tide of disgrace. The condition 'is not one that has anything to do with party lines or the kind of the con- stituency from which these men come. In the ranks of the vicious we find both republicans and democrats, and representatives alike from the cities and the rotten boroughs of the coun- try. The evil rests simply in the calibre of those whom we aliow the politi- cal crooks and bosses to foist on us at every election, and In the fact that the tens of thoysands of decent, right~ minded voters have remained Indif- ferent, except at spasmodic intervals, their civic duties. All the dirty professional politicians of the state put together do not amount to one-twentieth of one per cent. of our population: But in the face of careless indifference they are sufficlently strong to overwhelm us with their bitterness of humiliation Yyear after year. to Much has been said and written | thing at the present day.—Middletown | that the man who owns a home or a | farms are passing into the hands of | session of the Legislature, Rhode Is- ! TOWN TALK, —j HEATERGOERS in New Britain may be interested to learn that “Diplomacy,* with which the Lyceum was opened on February 21, 1893, was given at Windsor Castle on February 2 of this year at the command of King George, it being aiso the first theatrical performance there during his reign. The cast, however, was not the same as that which produced the play in New PBritain, Marie Doro taking the part in which Rose Coghlan was cast for the Lyceum performance. It is a strange coincidence that only two of that celebrated company ever returned to this city, one being Sadie Martinot, who played in the ‘‘Charity Ball,” and the other a male member whose name has been forgotten. One of the cast at least, is dead, Charles Coglan, a very capable actor. The New Britain performance was a very skilful one, the company Leing of the best and the audience until this day retains pleasant recol- lections of the finished work of the cast. A letter was received from Wal- ter Thomas this week explaining that he will open in Cleveland on Monday, May 12. He has not been well for some time but his health has im- proved sufficiently to permit his re- turn to the stage. No one who left New Britain to become an actor ever started out under more favorable auspices. He had an ambition to be- come a Shakespearian actor and was fortunate in being able to obtain an ‘yengugement with Booth and Barrett | { who were then in the height of their glory and they sent the greater part of their company to New Britain on cne occasion to support him in a benefit performance of “Hamlet” with him playing the part of the melancholy Dane. Mr. Thomas was credited with | presenting “Hamlet” along the lines of the famous Booth, which by the way, was as splendid an example as any actor of the time wduld care to take, The performance was given In the old New Britain Opera House and the voung actor was given a more en- | thusiastic reception than he ever re- | celved in his life, more so than when he appeared later in “Trilby,” ‘The Greatest Thing in the World,” and the | “Charity Ball” and even then his many friends gave him quite a hand. He has been on the road longer now than any other New Britain man ex- cept Thomas F. Seymour, whose stage | career hegan away back when the old | Histrionic soclety had its existence !and with which he made his first ap- | pearance on the stage. New Britain has made further contributions to the stage, the most notable among them: bteing Willlam D. Corbett and John E, Sheehan and his brother, M. F. Sheehan, all actors of recognized ability, and John Mullen, who is a | member of the Lyceum Cempany. | It would be interesting to see them all in one company. They would draw a large audience in this city. | | There came near being a parliamen- | tary dispute between Mayor Quigley | and Alderman Kerwin at the council | | meeting on Wednesday evening. The i members had been discussing the | garbage contract question and Mr. i Kerwin moved that when the vote was | taken it be by veas and nays, but the mayor ignored the request when the | motion was put. Mr. Kerwin re-| | minded him of the mistake and the { mayor replied that a sufficient number | of members had not endorsed the motion, to which Mr. Kerwin retorted that the members should have been | asked as to whether they wanted the years and nays called for. That was the point in the dispute and par- liamentarians are in doubt as to which was right. It was a small matter, but i upon a strict construction of the rules it seems as if Mayor Quigley should have put the motion to the; council to ascertain if the required number (three) were in favor of it and then put it to ascertain the senti- ment of the entire council. This has been the custom of previous mayors and custom counts for something in such matters. The rules of the council provide that when a motion is made it shall be stated by the presiding officer and if Mayor Quigley had done this with Mr. Kerwin’s motion the Te- quired number would have given their assent to it as was afterwards proven, and the matter would have ended there. Mr. Kerwin was not greatly displeased over the action of the mayor but he was evidently an- rnoyed and gently chided him for what he. considered neglect. There was a time when it was ¢laimed that each council should make rules for its own guidance and that one council could not maké rules for another, but a few years ago the rules were made a part of the ordinances, the council each year recognizes them and the meetings are conducted according to their provisions. When the charter is being amended again the section which prohibits members of the common council from being appointed to a place on the-boards or commis- sions or in fact to any other office, except mayor and president pro tem, should be repealed for the reason that no one obeys it. The old provision said that no member of the council, during the term for which he was elected should be elected to any office with a salary, but even that was violated as well as the section which was provided in its place. Some lawyers, however, have disagreed on this point, some claiming that a mem- ber could be appointed and could then resign and his obligations as a mem- ber would fall on his successor, while others said that the charter meant Wwhat it said and that the cases it was intended to apply to was to prevent members of the council using the friendship which might be acquired by their membership to obtain for them another office. The indications are that the pres- ent council will be more talkative than the last one. Only two meetings have been held under the present administration and two of the new members, Mr. Callahan and Mr. Deg- nan, have made their maiden speeches, the former discussing the gurbage question and the latter the need of better lighting in the north end of the city. Practically all the debating on the, republican side has been done by Mr. Christ, Mr. Parker, Mr. Marwick, Mr. Voight, Mr. Jester and Mr. Lawyer, while Mr, Landers, Mr. Kerwin, Mr. Shine,-Mr. Paonessa and Mr. Covle have discussediques- tions on the democratic side and they have received assistance from the two new members as above stated. It is very seldom that new. members par- ticipate in debate at their first meet- ing, but Mr. Degnan did it and he was ’followed at the second meeting by Mr. Callahan. It is commendable to see new members show such an interest in city affairs. It suggests an aptitude for public life and that is a reasonably sure guarantee that they will make active city officials. Mayor Quigldy is also showing an in- clination to participate in debate and it is one of his rights as mayor to do so, in fact he has the prefer- ence over all other members in this respect. He has called the president pro tem to the chair several times already so that he might make his own position clear- It looks as if there may be some more revising of the ordinances before the year is over in order to meet conditions which seem likely to arise as a result of changes already: made or about to be made. Some of the changes have attracted the attention of the entire city and there is much specu- lation as to how they will work out. It is stated that the report of the committee on ordinances . reducing the salary of the president of the board of public works did not have the signature of any of the demo- cratic members and that one of the other members remarked that there were enough to sign it without them. The remark was correct and subse- quent events proved it to be so, but it would have been better if the matter had been discussed as it should have been and then possibly all. the members would have at- tached their signatures to the report. The council gave an unanimous vote to the republican president pro tem and the democratic water commis- sioner and it would have been a nice thing if the same sentiment were manifested in some other matters. The council is made up of twenty-one members, all representing the people of the city and in doing this work it does not seem as if it is necessary to divide on political lines. The less politics in the administration.of city affairs the better it will be for all concerned. A Debt~of Honor. (Waterbury American.) A little objection is made to pay- ing the reward offered by the board of aldermen for the identification of our famous firebug by private sub- scription, on the ground that the city made the offer and is in honor bound to fulfill its promise even in -viola- tion -of the law. - It is said that it would be a discredit to the city to have it paid in this way, We do not think so. Or, do,” we think the discredit is -less than it would be to leave the debt unpaid, to be thrown in our teeth, as it is now, by every citizen of Con- necticut who feels like being funny or offensive. The city cannot pay ‘without technical violation or the law. The money can be raised in a very short time by private subscription, the debt wiped out and the humiliation forgotten. If the city fails to pay it, it is a shame. If the city is publicly nagged by press and people to force it to pay it, it is a shame- If private individuals pay it, it is a shame. if we it There are arguments from all these, The shortest period the points of view. of humiliation is to be found in last alternative. Let’s pay it up quickly, get rid of it and forget it—or at least, get others to forget it. If we don’t we shall always be troubled by it. ‘The Dogfish Menace. (Boston Herald.) The devastating dogfish has made its way into Maine politics. It is, moreover, the only thing on which all the parties in Maine agree. In their platforms this year they call on the government to do something to rid the coast of the dogfish nuisance, for they consider the job big enough for the national, rather than the state, government. Senator Johnson has introduced a bill providing for a dogfish bounty and for the establish- ment of reduction works by the gov- ernment to take care ,of the fish on which the bounty is paid, but there is probably a long road ahead of the bill before its enactment, especially as the bureau of fisheries is luke- warm .in its interest. Yet all fishermen agree that from Quoddy Head to Mexico the dogfish is doing vast damage to the fishing business. The Maine coast has par- ticularly suffered, and as fishermen— who now have to spend a whole day five or six miles off the shore in order to catch two thirty or forty pound codfish, where they used to catch 500 or 1,000 pounds on one tide in their own dodryard, so to speak—are en- vious of their Canadian brethern who are profiting from government pro- tection. Canada has paid a bounty of $4 a ton on dogfish for almost a decade, and the government has es- tablished three reduction plants on the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia shores, which have a capacity of about fifty tons daily- The dogfish, and also the sharks and skates, are made into fertilizer for which there is a ready sale. At the Clark’s Har- bor plant alone more than 1,000,000 dogfish were transformed into use- ful fertilizer last year, and the dog- fish are so well thinned out in the neighboring water that the fisher- men are complaining now less of the depredations of the dogfish than of the low bounty on them. The. pro- posed American bounty is twice as high, and the agitation for it began years before the Canadlan. govern- ment took action. < The Days of Don Portirio. (Washington Star.) Porfirio Diaz, eighty-four years oid, is resting at Monte Carlo. In- terested, of course, in the Mexican situation, and solicitous, of course, for the country’s welfare, he yet declines to comment for ‘publication “on the stirring news that reaches him. He has no thought of returning home, and there is no suggestion in Mexico of calling him back. His day is past. It was a long day, and glori- ous for Mexico. Under his guidance —call it what you will—the country made the only notable strides she ever hag made in the path of real prog- ress. He was high-handed, but his was a strong hand. He was called presi- dent, and was as much of a president as his people could assimilate. He held elections, and presided over them, and the results were always in hig favor. The voice of the people was the volce of Diaz. There was no such thing as going behind his election returns. At last, age having overtaken him, he lost his grip. Younger men assert- ed themselves, and 'he was driven away. His great services were forgot- ten, and it was exile for him. The new order came forward with trumpets blowing. What had taken place was proclaimed as the spon- taneous action of men who had out- grown leading-strings, and were com- petent for, and would have, a voice in their own affairs, Henceforth the government must be the product of and represent the plain people, We now know that the overthrow of Diaz was accomplished by the most sordid means; that Madero was ‘wholly incompetent for the work he had undertaken, and that his .end, though abhorrent and pathetic, might have been foreseen, Revolutions do not go backward. But this saying is based upon the proposition that they usher in im- provement. Not so the Madero revo- lution. That ushered in only disor- der, which has steadily increased until anarchy almost has been reached. Mexico today is in a plight so pitiable that the world—and no portion more sincerely than the United States— looks on with sympathy. ‘While Mexico will not return to Diaz, she must, for her own good, re- turn to the strength he possessed and the progress it. represented. Government of the people and by the people as we know it cannot be achieved at the polls by a people ag backward in education and intelli- gence as are the great majority of the Mexican people. But govern- ment for the people—putting their needs as high as it is possible to pro- vide for them—should be the first consideration of those called to power. Oyster Industry Improving. (New Haven Union.) Connecticut residents ' everywhere should be interested in the fact tha according to reports, the oyster in- dustry in this state, which - for the past two years has ‘been struggling along under a heavy handicap, begin to show signs of picking up again, Not in many years have the Con- necticut oyster growers been up against as hard a proposition as they have had to contend with during the past two years. Those who ‘are familiar with the business realize that practically ten months of hard work can be entirely wiped out by the failure of the oysters to spawn properly or for. the shells to get what is termed in. the industry a set. That is, the young oysters do not settle on the shells that early each summer are put down on the spawning beds for the purpose of getting the young oy ters. For two years there has been practically no set in this state, and so the entire expense of planting, etc., has been without any compensation. ‘When there is no set it means that in three or four years there are prac- tically no oysters for marketing. Added to the fact that Connecticut oyster growers have had two very lean years they have also had to fight outside interests both in the Legisla- ture and elsewhere that were preju- dicial to the industry. Connecticut should take pride in this local indu try, and instead of seeking to add un- necessary burdens to the oystermen, especially in the lean years, should seek to develop and foster a business that is in no sense a monopoly any more than is farming. And the fact should not be lost sight of that, even in the face of the rise in price of other foodstuffs during the last twenty-flve years, of 200 per cent. in some instances, oysters have not ad- vanced in price. Return of the Bull Moosers. (Philadelphia Bulletin.) Leaders of the republican party or- ganization throughout the state must find cause for serious thought in the enrollment returns from the rural dis- tricts. In thirty-five counties where the statistics have been completed, the shifting of voters from the Washing- tcn party column to the republican is =0 remarkable as to need arouse the most interesting speculation concern- ing its purpose. Losses of from fifty tc ninety per cent. in the bull moose ranks, with almost direct gains in the republican figures, are not at all ex- ceptional in the list, and as these are most marked in counties where, even under normal conditions, there was formerlly a strong independent spiriit of “reform within the party,” the re- sults are most significant. Wor example, in Schuylkill county, which gave the Washington party electors 10,477 votes in 1912, and Taft 3,557, the party enrollment has fallen to 1,486 and the populations have jumped to 13,265, almost an exact turn-over. Montgomery, too, shows a Washington enroliment of only 1.367, compared with a party vote in 1912 of 10,179, and the republican total is 15,534, against 8,978 for Taft. The Dauphin county progressives could muster only 1,418, a little more than a fourth of the vote of 5,279 in 1912, while the republican strength has increased from 2,807 to 6,351. The same conditions exist relatively McMILLAN'S - Newest_T—ailur - Made Suits At Mark Down Prices. -ALL OUR REGULAR $15.00 SUITS NOW MARKED DOWN $10.00 FIFTY SUITS THAT WERE $20.00 ** AND $25.00 NOW MARKED DOWN TO $15.00 At these prices for the ‘Sads of Suits we offer there will be bmsiness doing in our Suit Dept. when the news gets around. Come and get yours where the best values are al- ways to be found, & SWEATERS FOR BOYS. SWEATERS FOR GIRLS. SWEATERS FOR MEN. SWEATERS FOR WOMEN, When you throw off your wintef coat a Sweater will be just the thing to prevent you catching cold, Sweat. ers are here to fit every member of the family. Special values for the Tots from 50c to $2.25; for the Jupiors from 88c to $3.98; for the,s Grownups great values at $2.98 10 $5.98. NEW ARRIVALS IN THE WAIST DEPARTMENT White Lingerie Waists that are, worth $1.50, speclally priced at 97c. Other good values up to $6.98. Get s your Waists here, where you will find the big assortment to choose from and the big value for your money. Big Ribbon Sale Saturday - COME TO THIS SALE EXPECTING* BARGAINS AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED FANCY FLOWERED AND PLAID RIBBONS . 19¢ and 25c grade Saturday 150 yard. FANCY STRIPED TAFFETAS AND FLOWERED RIBBONS 29c grades Saturday 2ic yard. More than a hundred pleces of Fancy Ribbons that are worth 89¢ yard, go on sale Saturday at 25¢ yard. Choose from plaids, Roman stripes, light and dark Dresdens, satin striped molres, brocaded ribbons. Thé ribbon sale of the year. - SPECIAL WHITE RIBBONS FOR CONFIRMATION Sale prices 16¢, 19c, 25¢, 20c and 39c yard. | KAYSER SILK GLOVES In all lengths and colors, 50¢, 76¢, $1.00 patr. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY 76¢ long silk Gloves at 59c pair. White and black only. e / SILK HOSE FOR MEN AND WOMEN The very best that 25¢ can buy. Men's “Onyx” Silk Sox, in white, black, gray, tan and navy, In all llzes‘ 25c pair. ‘Women's Boot Silk Hose, the best we have ever seen at the price, 25c pair. Al colors. $1.00 LION BRAND SHIRTS SATUR~ DAY AT 79¢ EACH LION BRAND SHIRTS SELL AT $1.00 UPWARD D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. - in most of the other counties re- ported. What the change means can be definitely determined only after next month’s primaries, but the “kickers"” evidently mean to make their fight on reorganization within the party lines, or this is going to be an old-time republican year. Tribute to J. J. Watson. (Hartford Times.) George A. Quigley, New Britain's new mayor, is credited with having stated that no competent official, serving under the past administration, need have fear of removal under his administration. If this be interpre- ted as a strict pledge, or as a rule which will be closely applied, it will not contribute to the peace of mind of anyone who happens to find him- self succeeded by another. Under the application of that rule, removal would be equivalent to a charge uf incompetency, thogh we doubt if the mayor intended this interpretation should be given to his pledge, if such it was. It probably was designed to contribute to good government rather than personal animosities. His ap- plication of it in the case of Jamés J. Watson, democrat, whom he has reappointed to the board of assessors for u term of four years, appears to have been a close one, especially in view of Mr. Watson's acknowledged good service on that board, and in view of the fact that “three very strong candidates” appeared against him.