New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1914, Page 9

\ MEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1914 “The Busy Little Store” Special Sale (2 Days Only) Tuesday and Wednesday 1 Pound BEST €a and 1 Pound BEST Coffee |50c¢ Once each year we make this offer in each of our stores feeling that once you try our toas and coffees you will become a regular cus- tomer in this department. The tea is our best grade, such as youw'd pay 60 cents for at your grocer’s or where you get checks or stamps. You have your choice of the following kinds: Formosa, Oolong, Ceylon, Japan or English Breakfast, Gunpowder or Uncolored Japan, Black or Mixed. The Coffee is the finest grown. You pay 38c for it in most_ stores. Remember this offer, for 2 days only, after that the Tea will cost you 35¢ a pound and the Coffee 32c. IMPORTED SWITZER CHEESE (Sliced for Sandwiches If You Say the Word.) 30c Ib. 0id Cream Clisesg Just Right for a Rarebit 24c¢ 1b. Muenster Cheese 24c¢ 1b. YORK STATE EGGS 23¢ doz. BAKER'S GOGOA 17¢ box RUSSELL’S BEST Creamery Butter In a Class by Itself. 32cn» 3 1-4 LBS. FOR $1.00 P e Russell Bros. 301 Main Stree | prisoners in the San Juan de Ulua ‘NATION PAYS TRIBUTE | |suecring at you, for when they shoot { lain’s right and Secretary Daniels at RISONERS OF SAN dUAN DE" ULUA One of the greatest outrages in Mexico before the Americans landed was the condition of the political prison, Vera Cruz. Hundreds of these T0 NAVY HEROES (Continued from First Page.) marines from the Wyoming fainted and was dragged out of the front rank by a captain. Rush Into Enclosure. When all the coffins were in place the sailors holding the crowd back at the edge of the square gave way and several thousand persons rushed into the enclosure. The silence that had overhung the rarade grounds was broken for the first time when the band began to play softly “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” ‘When the hymn was finished, Chap- lain Cassard read the opening prayer. The multitude stood with bowed heads and the clergyman’s voice carried to the edge of the square. President Wilson stood at the ehap- bis left. Next to Mr. Daniels stood ‘Gaverpor Glynn and at the right of the pfesident was Mayor Mitchel. When the chaplain ended he stepped back, leaving Secretary Dan- iels and the president facing eaclhy other at the front of the platform. Then the secretary, as commander ir chief of the navy, recited the names of the nineteen men in whose honor the services were held. This included among the dead two who have died at Vera Cruz since the Montana steamed away. President Was Sad. The president had prepared no for- ma] address. His reply was delivered with slow impressiveness, His voice w::is low and fervent and his face‘was sad. “Mr. Secretary,” he said, “I know that the feelings which characterize all whé stand about me are not feel- ings that can be expressed in elo- quence or oratofy. For my own part | 1 have a mixture of feeling. “The feeling that is uppermost is one of profound grief, that these lads should have had to go to their death. But yet I feel a profound pride and envy that they should have been per- mitted to do their duty so nobly. +Gave Lives For Us. “Their duty is not an uncommon thing. Men are performing it in the ordihary walks of life and they are making sacrifices, but what gives them peculiar distinction is that they did not give their lives for themselves, but gave their lives for us because we as a nation called upon them. “Are you sorry for the lads? Are you sorry for the way they will be remembered? I hope to God none of you will join the list, but if you will, you will join an immeortal company, and while there goes out of our hearts an affectionate sympathy for them, we know why we do not go away from this occasion with our hearts cast down, but with confidence that all will be worked out. We have gone down to Mexico to serve mankind if we can find the way. We don’t want to fight the Mexicans, we want to serve them. “A war of aggression is not a thing in which it is proud to die, but a war of service is a war in which it is a proud thing to die.” Personnel of Victims. The president referred then to the cosmopolitan personnel of the victims. “I listened to the list,” he added “with profound feeling, because they were not Irishmen, or Germans, or Hebrews when they went to Vera Cruz. They were Americans, no mat- ter where their people came from they did the things that were American. “War is only a sort of dramatic rep- resentation, a symbol of a thousand AMERICAN PRESS AT50CIATION unfortunates were confined in the damp, foul, disease breeding dungeons of the old fort, without light, little air and not much to eat. The first thing the Americans did when the city was captured was to free these prisoners and clean up the prison. Some of forms of duty. I never was in battle or under fire, but I fancy it is just as hard to do your duty when men are at you they take your natural life and when they sneer at you.they wound your heart. “As I think of these spirits that Lave gone from us, I know that the way is clearer for the future, for they have shown us the way.” Rabbj Delivers Prayer. When the president had finished, there was a moment of silence, then Rabbi Stephen Wise delivered a prayer for the dead. . The religious service ended with a prayer by the Rev. John P, Chidwick, chaplain of the Maine. Salute is Fired. After the prayer a squad of marines with their backs to the president raised their rifles over the flower decked coffins, and the crack of their salute sounded as if it had been fired by one man. Three volleys were fired as a final tribute to the dead. It was nearly noon when a navy bugler stepped forward and the notes of “taps” sounded above the crowd standing bareheaded and silent. The spectators departed slowly, and the distinguished group on the presi- dent’s stand dispersed with scarcely a word. Every face showed the im- pression left by the solemn ceremony. The president and Secretary Tu- multy and Dr. Grayson entered an automobile and were driven across the bridge to Manhattan. The seventeen coffins remained on the parade ground for half an hour, still guarded by the sailor pall bear- ers and then were taken to the naval barracks for distribution to the escorts that will convey them to family homes. ZION DAY. Local Hebrews Observe That Event for First Time. Contributing their share towards furthering the purpose and meaning of Zionism, various representatives of the Jewish Youth club, the Followers of Miriam and the Bar Kochba or- ganization held the attention of a large audience in L& Witt's hall last Political Prisoners of San Juan De Ulua Released From Hell Hole by Americans .PRISON ~YER the unfortunates were half crazed by their horrible confinement. They were in tatters, emaciated and dirty. This striking picture shows a group of them after they were released, happy and joyful for the first time in years. They are cheering the Americans. evening, the occasion being Zion Day throughout the state. Zion day was instituted for the first time yesterday and the way in which this innovation was regarded and celebrated in the other cities of the state presages fa- vorably for its future permanence. Max Dunn was chairman of the committee of arrangements and Sim- eon Rosenberg was chairman of the evening. Attorney David Berman of Hartford delivered the chief address of the evening, his theme being “The Significance of Zionism.” Other ap- propriate speeches were given by Miss Anna Zietlin, Edward Mag, and Wil- liam Greenstein. Excellent musi- cal selections were rendered by Miss Bessie Rhein and a quartette com- posed of Miss Anna Lipman, Miss Anna Zeitlin, Maurice Cantervitch and Martin Horwitz, Evyents Tomght Keeney’s theater, vaudeville and motion pictures. Lyceum, the Lyceum Players in “Over Night.” Fox's theater, motion pictures. Annual meeting of St. Mark's church. Court Prosperity, F. of A., meets in 0. U. A. M. hall, Meeting of republican sub-commit- tees on organization for direct pri- maries. Mattabessett tribe, . O. R. M., meets at 242 Main street. Meeting of Gerstaecker lodge, I. O. O. F., in Turner hall. New Britain Circle, Companions of the Forest, meets in St. Jean’s hall. Meeting of A. W, Harvey lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, at 187 Arch street. Self-Filling Fountain Pen —the famous Non-Leakable pen that Jills and cleans itself in 4 seconds! Give it the hardest kind of work for 30 days; and if you don’t say it's the greatest fountain pen you ever saw or used, bring it back— we won't ask you to buy it. ADKINS PRINTING CO, 66 Church St. ’QYSTEMA & BESSE-LELAND’S THE LIVE STORE New Record Last Saturday We Sold 1024 Suits More suits than all the other clothing stores in ' New Britain have sold in the last two weeks. THE REASON: $10.00 Suits $3.85 $12.00 Suits $6.85 $15.00 Suits $10.00 These prices may seem ex- aggerated but as heretofore this store advertises honestly. You will ftnd everything as represented. BESSE-LELAND (0. 38 STORES 38 CITIES Largest Clothing Organization in New England