New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1914, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY, JUL_Y 13, 1014, OFFICERS ELECTED BY STATE PLUMBERS Anoual Convention Held at Bridge- port Saturday and Sunday. Bridgeport, July 13.—With dele- gates representing every local in the state present, and several of the na- tional officers attending to advocate legislation for better sanitary -con- ditions in the cities and towns of the state and to suggest means for the more complete organization of the union, the annual convention of the State Association’ of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters was ¢held in'the rooms of the Central Labor union here Saturday and Sunday. At yesterday’'s session of the con- vention officers were elected as fol- lows: President—Joseph E. Berger, Shel- ton, Vice prealdent—}’eter Smith, ° mven. 3 { Secretary ‘and treasurer—John R. MeCarthy, Willimantic. “Executive ‘committee—Peter Smith, New Haven; Peter Tyer, Bridgeport, and W, H. Farrell, Greenwich, The election of the new officers was made unanimous after President Charles Mulholland, of Waterbury, decllned re-election after serving in that capacity for five years. Secre- tary-and Treasurer John Walsh, of Derby, also declined re-election after serving four years. : Besides the state delegates, Gen- eral President John R. McAlpin of Chicago and General Organizer James Higgins of New Yol"k ‘were present. Labor Day Celebration. Tentative plans for the.Labor day celebration were taken up by the convention. In order to obtain a full représentation’ of the union in the parades and celebrations to be held in every city and town of the state, the delegates voted to impose a.fine upon all-members of the union whp failed to participate. When the reports of the officers were read they showed the union to be the most affluent of any in the state. A committee was -appointed to draw .up .legislation to be introduced in the next session of the legislature * for the revision of the health code. The Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford conditions are to be made public in the-near future. It s planned to make the Connecticut code one.of the most comprehensive of any state in the union. Derby Is Selected. The last matter taken up was the -selection of the next meeting place of : the * conventlon and Derby was chosen, the time ‘being set for next January. At this convention the new sanftary code will be présented for adoption and will be then sent to the legislature. New City Items Extensive line of trunks, bags, suit cases. Ryan's, 48 Main street.—advt. Ira E. Hicks and his family spent Sunday with Henry E. Russell of New London, Mrs. Hicks' father. Mrs. W..J. Fallon of Hart street is entertaining Mrs. Mary = Kelly = and chfldren of North Adams. Protect your health, Starve t —advt. h’ §Y Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Long of Stanley sireet go today to Milbrook, New York: to spend several weeks. ? L. P. Slade has joined his family at Tiverton, Rhode Island, for his summer Vacation. Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Stanley and Miss Esther Stanley will spend August at Oak Bluffs. Charles F. Smith is taking a fishing trip in Canada. A Ford car was struck and some- what damaged on the Berlin road yes- | terday by the truck of S. Berkman the. expressman. . There is no 5c cigar on the mar- ket today equal to the Farmer for quality.—advt. +St: Mary’s Holy Family Circle will hold ‘a special meeting Friday after- noon at 3 o’clock to . make arrange- ments for an outing. Edrmund J. Doyle has returned from New London, where he has been spending his vacation. ¥ _ C. Russell Sage, formerly with the Lyceurn Players and now filling special engagements with Poli’s com- panies, returns to Hartford with the #Poli Players opening in Ninety and Nine for an indefinite stay. Miss Elizabeth 8. Coogan, chief clerk for the local Western Union Telegraph company, has accepted a position in the Hartford office of the ,same company.- Lynn H. Bryant of New York clty is spending a week with Theron W. Hart of 14 Prospect street. Thomas Cook and Albert have returned from a Schade sailing trip > down the Connecticut river. A Remarkable Compilation, In the separate fllustrated maga- zine of next .Sunday’s New York ‘World there will be another 'great detective story by E. Phillips Oppen- heim; an important article about the Bible, Babylon and Inscriptions; the New York girl who changed Queen ¥ Mary's mind about the Tango; the ro- “mance of Walter Johnson, the fam- ous baseball pitcher; . .the greatest elephant in the world orderea chained for life; strange.’ story ot three S0ns hypnotized by- their moth- , etc, etc. Always order the Sun- W World in advance—advt. Uneeda: Biscult Tempt the appetite, please the taste and nourish the body. Crisp, cleanand fresh— . §cents in the moisture- proof package. Baronet Biscuit Round, thin, tender— with a delightful flavor —appropriate for luncheon, tea and dinner. _ 10 cents. Prince of appetizers. -Makes daily trips from Ginger-Snap Land to ‘walting ‘mouths every- where. Say Zu Zu to, the grocer man, 5 cents. 'BISCUIT COMPANY Always look for that name MAYOR CURLEY TO - BUID FACTORIES lie Favors Colony of Eight Story Buildings to Cost $6,000,000. Boston, July 18.—Despite John N. Cole’s emphatic assertion that Bos- ton needs not more factory buildings but more factory business, Mayor Curley has come, forward in béhalt of a new plan to build a colony of eight-story factory buildings on the South Boston waterfront at an ex- pense of more than $6,000,000. They are to be built on: private property, which if necessary will be sold to benefit the building company. Mayor Curley discussed the feature of the proposed colony with the men who are booming the. proposition. After his confefence with them he declared that he heartily approves of this waterfront development and will do all in his power to push the: thing. Chairman Cole of the Boston In- dustrial Development Board was pres- eht at the conference and, according to the mayor, stated that many large firms have already inquired at his of- fice for just such buildings as these are to be. Yet a few hours before this con- ference Chairman Cole declared that the construction of any more factory plants in Boston is unnecessary. “Oné group of citizens,” he said, “has the idea that we should use the funds ot the industrial commission to cover the waste places of Boston with fac- torfes. My idea is that if there are ten factories already in existence ana ohly operatives sufficlent to man eight, it is the height of folly to erect more factories to lie idle or to re- duce further the efficlency of those already in operation. The real job is to find work for the idle plants ana labor to run them.” FEDERALS DEFEAT REBELS. Santo- Domingo, Dominican Repub- lie, July 13.—Bands of revolutionar- les suffered defeat at the hands of the | Dominican government troops yester- | day at San Cristobel, about 18 miles from the City of Santo Domingo, as well as at Santa Cruz Del Seybo and Sombrero. —_ Women's @nd misses’ $14.98 $16.98 coats all at $7. Wise, & Co., Hartford.—advt. to Smith IDENIS. RIORDAN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Amassed Fortune by Closs ~Attee- tion to Dry Goods Busincss. e ) After a sturdy battle against death, Denis Riordan, for years one of New Britain’s leading dry goods mer- chants, was called to his reward Sat- urday night at his home, 69 Lexing- ton street, witere he passed away with his family at his bedside. The life of Mr. Riordan reads like a romance. He was a self made man, DENIS RIORDAN, working himself from moderate cir- cumstances to a high position in the business world. He started in America as a clerk. he retired from business with a for- tune estimated at a quarter of a mil- lon. His shrewdness and wisdom and his economy and perseverance were responsible for lifting him above his fellow men financially and allow- ing him to spend his declining years in comfort and ease. Probably few men were as well known in New Britain as Mr. Rior- dan. Always obliging as proprietor of one.of the biggest local dry goods stores, he made friends and kept them. As a member of the school board for years he came in contact with the men who have the welfare of children in their keeping and his suggestions along educational lines were always deeply considered by his associates on school committees, His fraternal connections also served to bring him in touch with many he would not have met otherwise and by all he was regarded with an esteem that is accorded.to few mortals. To know him was to admire him. To know him well was to appreciate him. His death removes one of New Brit- ain’s most respected citizens. - Native of Ireland. . Mr. Riordan was born in Kilgarvan, Ireland, in 1847, and though he won fortune and respect in America, he had an undying affection for the little Emerald Isle that gave him to the adopted land of so 'many of his coun- trymen. He never tired of speaking of the beauties and wonders of the land of his.birth and of its many mis- fortunes, He was a most interesting talker and it was a pleasure to hear him tell of the land of the shamrock and patriot. At an early age he started in the dry goods business.in Ireland, but the opportunities of America inspired him to leave the homeland and cross the Atlantic. He first worked for A. T. Stewart in New York and in 1875 he came to New Britain and opened a dry goods storé in the old Strickland house with, Tithothy Loughnan. .. The business expanded mainly through Mr. Riordan’s close applica- tion and foresight and in a few years he bought, Mr. Loughnan’s interest in the house amnd opened a new store on Main street, where he remained until he disposed of the business to Peter Curran four years ago. He was.ever a pleasing and obliging mer- chant and to this fact many ascribed his rise to the position he occupied when he decided to lay aside all bus- iness cares and enjoy a well earned rest. On Sch(ml Board Since 1891. In 1891 Mr. Riordan was elected a member of the school board and 80 well did he discharge the duties of that office that he was re-elected year after year. On account of ill- ness he did not seek re-election last year and Attorney Henry P. Roche was chosen to succeed him. His fraternal connections were not numerous, but were with leading so- cieties. While the Knights of St. Patrick flourished in New ° Britain, Mr. Riordan was one of their leaders. He was a member of New Britain lodge, B. P. O. E., Ferdinand coun- cil, K. of C.,, the Robert Emmett club and Rev. W. A. Harty branch, A. O. H. He was also a prominent member of the New Britain Business Men’s association, being elected its first treasurer and continuing in that capacity for eleven years. Mr. Riordan was also well known in banking circles, being a director of the Burritt Savings bank. Mr. Riordan took for his bride in 1896, Miss Anna O'Keefe of New Ha- ven, who, since taking up her resi- dence in this city, has become one of its best known women. Three children were born to them, one of whom died. Miss Marion Riordan and Miss Rita Riordan are students at Sacred Heart academy in Provi- dence, R. I. Besides his wife and two daughters, Mr. Riordan is sur- vived by a sister, Miss Margaret Rior- dan of New York city. Funeral Tomorrow Morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow Four years ago | Ford Demonstrators, Studebaker Demonstrators fours CLEAN UP AUTOMOBILE SALE During Next Week, July 13th to July 18th, ‘We Offer the Best Automobile Values of the Year. OUR CARS MUST BE SOLD Sale will include used Ford Runabouts, Ford Touring Cars, and sixes, Maxwells, Ford Delivery Cars and several others. Saie starts at 9 o’clock Monday morning. Cars at prices that will astonish you. Come early and take your pick, raln or shlne. HINE, MORRIN & ZIMMERMAN CO AT MORRIN’S GARAGE 200 EAST MAIN STREET Duchess of Marlborough As She Appears Todqy DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH Dk eseciarion Newport, R. I, July 13.—The Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and daughter of Mre. O. H. P. Belmont, who is visit- ing"her mother here for the first time in several vears, has materially alded the cause of woman's suffrage by her address at a meeting of suffragists at Marble House, her mother's hand- some home. The fair duchess told of her work for poor working girls of England. She is not a militant. Mrs. Belmont is one of America’s ardent suffragists. The meeting was held outside the new Japanese tea house which Mrs. Belmont has just com- pleted and which is the only thing of its kind in America. morning at 9:30 o'clock from the home on Lexington street and at 10 o’clock from. St. Mary’s church, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be sung. It is expected that the funeral will.be one of the largest in the city. The celebrant of the mass will be Rev. James B. Nihill, permanent pastor of St. Augustine's church in Bridgeport. Rev. Father Nihill is a relative of Mrs. Riordan. Interment will be in St. Mary’'s new cemaétery. Elks Take Action. New Britain lodge, B. P. O. held a special meeting yesterday and took appropriate action on the death of Mr. Riordan. Exalted Ruler Alonzo J. Hart and Thomas W. O'Connor were appointed to attend the fun- eral as representatives of the lodge. Past Exalted Ruler George E. Bunny, W. L. Damon and A. R. Doig were appointed a committee to draft res: olutions. It was voted to drape the charter for a perfod of thirty days. As many members as possible will attend the funeral, meeting at the lodge hearquarters at 8:30 o'clock and marching to the home. We give Royal Gold 'Trading Stamps. Ask for ¢ JEXTRA SPECIALS FOR JULY 13 TO JULY 18, A&P Condensed Milk 3 cams of the Best Bargain We Have Ever Offered Laundry 2 Ibs 7c 0 Starch STRICTLY FRESH EGGS 31c doz: QUAKER cn%l%u?gm OATS » 7¢ Matches 7wes 25¢ | TAPIOCA . . . 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