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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, THE NEW COLONIALS The New Colonials Are Easily the Most Popular as Well as the Most Beautiful Low Cut Shoes of the Spring Season, For Wo- men’s Wear We Direct Your Attention toOur Special Line at $3.50 in Patent and Gun Metal BOOTH'S BLOCK NEW BRITAIN.. 100 LITILE PARENTAL |TWO LIVES LOST CONTROL, SAYS TAFT| FROM BLAZING LAUNCH | BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS oo of Prssat A Mot Spankod Exongh H Decares. New Havemn, May 13.—Prof. Wil- iam H. Taft spoke to several hun- jdred people of Italian descent in the hall of the Greene street school last evening. The meeting was arranged fby Allen B. Lincoln, who was instru- imental in forming the first Italian felub in New Haven. Professor Taft as greeted by everyone rising when fhe came into the hall shortly after 8 fo’clock. Reviews Italy’s History. He told his hearers that he had a jkindred feeling for those who were ot long in New Haven for he was a cent comer himself. He reviewed the brilliant. history of Italy with its rtists and poets and soldiers and saia that the past was something they all hould be-proud. of. He warned them, wever, that such a memory would good only if it spurred them to orts to make themselves worthy of | t. He declared that people of the Anglo-Saxon descefit''were inclined, Fometimes, to be a bit provincial in g}r way Of regarding things which id not come from their own race, but“that’ a 1little “wider experience jually wears that feeling off. He also warned them to beware quack political remedies which ere offered for the purpose of put- ing or continuing people in office. He sald that conditions would be in- jeed wrong when people who workea jard and obey the laws were not to jave a better time and a better rewara n those who simply go about kick- about conditions. He spoke of the famigration bill and said that this puntry welcomed immigrants of the Ight sort whether they could read or te or whether they cbuldn't. Raps Diteracy Test. He declared that the literacy test ould exclude many who would make pod citizens. He added that the so. ists and anarchists of the worla e able to read too much. He &dded that the children of the sent age were not spanked enough, it there was too little parental con ol. He declared that he was sorry observe that there was a tendency ‘the part of the children to learn glish and forget Italian as quickly they could. He said that was a istake for they didn't know what ey would miss in later life in not ing able to read in both languages. Not Godless Nation. In spite of the fact that there was church connected with the state re he asserted that anyone who jeved that this was a godless coun- or a godless peoplé was mistaken. he country, he said, welcomed as v = churches as would come ana d that all should be tolerant of one other. eoncluding he urged all who re voters to make the most of the t of suffrage and asked them not be swept off their feet by nostrums ich weren’t real remedies for exist- conditions. HOLD 'CEDEBRATION, pond Anniversary of Huerta’s Vic- tory of Canejos, Observed. exico City, May 13.—Thousands of ons took part in & demonstration erday in front’ of ' Provisional dent Huerta's residence in cele: tion of the second anniversary of b-.;tle ot ‘Canejos, where Huerta, 1 troops, defeated Pas- Ormo'l rebel” forces, [ieneral Huerta appeared on zhe ony of his home and shook hands many of the demonstrators. in the day the officers of the Jled on-the president to ex- ulations and to them a:vreued satisfactjon at the trations made in hif honor by y and.the people. /'OVELIST DEAD. don, Mny 13.—Mrs. Isabells |: Oscar Stoneberg Saved After Swim- ming for Three Hours. New Rochelle, N, Y., May 13.—Af- ter swimming two miles in Long Is- land sound yesterday afternoon Os- car. Stoneberg, a shipbuilder living at 20 Main street, New Rochelle, told how his two companions, Thomas Clancy and Walter Muller of 11 Franklin avenue, this city, were drowned when a thirty foot power launch was burned and sank in the middle of the sound. The launch was owned by Fowler Ward of 328 Seventeenth street, Brooklyn, who bought it last fall of James K. McGuire of 41 Elm street, New Rochelle, formerly Mayor of Syracuse. Stoneberg had .put the launch in repair and with Clancey, a mechanic, and Muller, a foreman of the Diamond Motor company, New Rochelle, went out in it to test the engine. 3 Engine “Back-Fired.” “"According to Stoneberg the engine “back-fired” when they were half way between Huckleberry Island and Execution 'Reef lighthouse. The launch and their clothing caught fire. ‘The three jumped overboard to ex- tinguished the flames in their clothing and ‘then climbed back into the boat to fight the fire. When it was seen that’ they could not save the .boat Stoneberg, tore off parts of the plank- ing and made a small raft: Thegbot- tom was burned go;that the engine fell through and the launch sank in a few seconds. The raft was too light to hold the three and as neither. Clancey nor Muller could swim Stoneberg threw off his clothing, in which he says he had about $50, and started to swim to Huckleberry Island, two miles away. He had swam about a hundred yards when he looked back and saw the raft, but the two young men Wwere gone. He is confident that they were drowned, because there were no other boats within hailing distance. Rescued By Soldiers. Stoneberg swam for nearly three hours and finally landed on Huckle- berry Island, where he signalled to Fort Slocum, half a male away:- He was rescued by a party of soldiers in & rowboat.! He was revived in the post hospital and fitted out with clothes. Neither Clancey nor Muller was married. Clancey's father is a well to do carriage builder in New Rachelle. Muller's home is in Pough- keepsie. Clancey was at one time in the United States navy. McDERMOIT SELECTED. Chicago, May 13.—Michael McDer- mott, considered one of the best all- around swimmers ever developed in the middle west, will represent the Tlinois Athletic €lub in the first in- ternational long distance swim, which will be held in New York on July 19. He was selected yesterday. OFF FOR GALVESTON. New York, May 13.—The steamer City of Macon, under charter by the government, left New York for Gal- veston today, bearing supplies and ammunition: About the time the vessel left the supply ship Celtic passed in quarantine, returning from the south. “Get Duffy’s and Keep Well” Many physicians prescribe and endorse Duffy's Pure Mait Whiskey as an ideal medicine, one that does its work effectively in hrm nourish- ment to the blood, in heart, in aiding jée Mayo, the Scottith novelist ‘dled | n the age of 71. She also unhr the name of “Edward a contributor to “papers and Sunday LEGISLATION LIMITED Caucus Votes to Consder Ant- Trust and Appropriatien Bils. ‘Washington, May 13.—House demo- crats in caucus last night voted to limit the legislative program for the re- mainder of this session to anti-trust measures and appropriation bills. Rural credits will go over until next winter. Of the 250 members who a tended the caucus not more than 2 voted against the program. Majority. Leader Underwoqd outlined the pland | of the administration, and explained that the work of the session was be- ing curtalled “in the hope of an ad- journment of congress by July 10." President Wilson has suggested to house leaders who called upon him | early in the evening that no attempt be made to pass rural credits during the present session. Bills to Be Considered. The caucus voted to have the house devote the next two weeks to consid- eration of the Covington interstate trade commission bill, the Clayton anti-trust bill and the Rayburn measure for federal con- | anti-trust bills—the | trol vof railroads are to be taken up. The prohibition and woman suf- frage proposed constitutional amend- ments were not considered by the caucus on the ground that they were | not party measures. the caucus, however, The action of does not pre- clude their consideration in the house | if they are reached after the program as arranged has been disposed of. Underwood’s Last Time. In presenting the administration plan Mr. Underwood said the presi- dent had counted upon inclusion of rural credits, because of pledges in the party platform, but that with the banking and currency committee ab- Solutely unable to agree it was im- practicable to make it a fixed part of the program for the present session. Incidentally Mr. Underwood referred with feeling to his coming removal from the house to the senate, saying that this was the last time, in all probability, that he would appear be- fore his colleagues to present a legis- lative program. OBSERVING MAY DAY, Mt. Holyoke College Students to Pre- sent Several Plays. South Hadley, Mass., May 13.—The program arranged for the observance of May Day at Mt. Holyoke college to- day was made up chiefly of plays to be presented by the students. It was planned, if the weather permitted, to enact in the open air theater on Prospect Hill a prologue. ‘““The Com- ing of Spring,” written by Grace Hal- lock, '14, of Milton-on-thesHudson, N. Y., and “The Moon Princess,” a masque by Constance D'Arcy Mackay. Pictorial dances, the crowning of the May Queen and the winding of the May pole completed the ceremonfes set for the afternoop. This evening many students will participate in the presentation of Alfred Noyes' play, “Sherwood.” TRIAL DATES SET. May Term of Windham County Su- perior Court Opens at Willimantic. Willimantic, Conn.,, May 13.-—Mrs. Amanda U. Lawson of East Wood- stock, will be placed on trial charged with manslaughter, on May 26 at Putnam. The May term of the su- perior court for Windham county opened here today with Judge Curtis presiding. The case of Edward W. Weaver of Woodstock charged with assault upon his 19 year old daughter will be also heard at Putnam. Mrs. Lawson was not in court. Jonas P. Lawson, the husband, was mysteriously slain in the barn of his place on Augult 14, last. AID IS Dlfi(. IAINED. Washington, May 13.—The Italian Red Cross yesterday declined, with thanks, an offer of $5,000 tendered by the American Red Cross for relief of earthquake sufferers at Catania. The Italian organization said: “‘Out- side aid, happily not required.” 1914. There Is More Pleasure To be gotten out of a cozy home properly equipped and decorated ‘than there is in a thousand miles of travel in a foreign land. This is a pretty broad state- ment, but we have the word of those who've tried both Let us decorate your home this fall. We'll do the walls and give you a background for a winter of do- mestic bliss. JOHN BOYLE COMPANY 3 and 5 Franklin Square. New Britain. LET YOUR SUPPER COOK ITSELF Cut your work in half. Do your cooking with kerosene, clean and inexpensive, on a with the new Fireless Cook- ing Oven. Start the roast early in_the: afternoon. Give it quick heat ‘for a short while, then seal the oven, turn out the fire,and your supper cooks itself, with- out additional fire, expense or attention. Your afternoon is your own and at supper time the roast is piping E and done to a turn. Does eve criythmg any other stove will do, in addition to fireless cooking. For sale at all department and hard- ware stores. Also 1,2, 3,and 4 burner, sizes without fireless cookmg ovens. Write direct for catalogue. STANDARD OIL COMPANY of New York New Yeork Butfale Besten Complete Assortment of SILK AND CHAMOISETTE GLOVES The Best Makes Kayser's and Fownes', 12 and 16 button Silk Gloves In Black, White and Colors, double finger tips, at 75¢, $1.00 and $1.50, Kayser's 16 button Chumolsette Gloves in Wnite with point backs and pearl clasps, at $1.00 pair. 16 button Chamoisette Gloves in White, Pongee, Gray and Nat- ural, at 73¢ pair. Kayser's 16 button TuckedSilk Gloves, in Black und White, at $2.00 pair. | 4 Fownes' and Kayser's 16 button Embroidered Silk Gloves in White, at $1.50 pair Kayser's 16 button Silk Gloves in White with three row Black Embroidered backs, also Black with three row White Embroidered backs, at $1.50 pair. B e e CHAS. DILLON & CO. Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers of Fine Millinery. Hariford apear The Right Clothes for Your Boy You may not.be an expert judge of value in Boys’ Clothes. You need not be, if you buy “Horsfall- made” clothes. We offer these stylish garments because we know the maker’s reputation for con- scientious workmanship, his regard for per- fect cutting, careful finishing and all-around excellence of fabrics, linings and trimmings. We have a double purpose in showing you “Horsfall made” clothes for your boy. First, we aim to supply you garments which will give you the service you have a right to demand. Second, we want to impress your boy with the fact that ours is a shop an that we supply him with dependable npparel Horstalls HARTFORD “I'T PAYS TO RUY OUR KINDY HARTFORD, 93.09 ASYLUM ST. Oonnecting with 140 TRUMBULL ST. ALL MARSAYS Marsay Antiseptic Tooth Powder 20c box Composed of soft, velvety chalk and other ingredients that absolutely preserve and cleanse the teeth and render the mouth aseptic. Marsay Violet Talcum . . .20¢ box A rich violet odor—a dainty powder, Marsay Tollet Cream, dey cream enen e 2 Jar It is a dry cream and contalns no oily substance— healing and soothing. THE DICKINSON DRUG GO. 169 and 171 MAIN STREET New Britain’s Real Seed Store NATIVE Grown Seeds Suit NATIVE Soll Best Qur seeds are grown by the MOST RELIABLE EASTERN GROWERS Our stock is positively NEW and FRESH - FERTILIZER for the lawn and Garden. SKEEP MARURE, GRCUND BONE, GARDEN TOOLS, POULTRY NETTING, etc. GHOICE SEED POTATOES from Aroostook COUNTY, Maine The Stanley Svea Grain and Goal Company 47 Main Street, Telephones—1321—419 Garden Tools Garden Seeds Garden Forks .... 75¢, L .., $1.00 Garden Rakes ........................20c, to 60c Garden Hoes ..........................25c to 60c Garden Sets ...............10c, 15¢, 25¢, 50c, $1.00 We have a complete line of Seeds in bulk. Try them. They are sure to ~row. Lawn Seed, Sheep Manure and Fertilizer. C. A. HJERPE 73 ARCH STREET

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