New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1914. it ‘5 BRITAIN HERALD mu.n PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. a...'. datly ‘(Sunday excepted) at m. Herald Bullding, 67 Church st. Inm-c at the Post Ofce at New Britain 88 Second Class Mail Matter. 5 R livered by carrier to any part of the aity for 156 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. \Subscriptions for paper to be sent by mafl payable in advance. 60 Cents & Month $7.00 a year. The only profitabble advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press rcom always open to advertisers. The Herald wul be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, Atlantic City, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. 1gtness Office. I2aftarial Rooms. ] PROF. FISHER'S PLATFORM. There .can be no longer any doubt that Professor' Willard C.' Fisher is out for the democratic nomination for governor. He said so in his talk to the employes of the Colt factory yes- terday noon in Hartford. His plat- form 1is the aboMshment of the person- 1 tax; more sanatoria for the fighting of : tuberculosis; a better system of ipublo: finances, and direct primaries. here does not appear to be anything the matter with this platform, except, [erhaps, that the reason for abolish- ing the personal tax does not seem to [be a-very sound.one. There has been some opposition to this tax, but it usuglly has been on the ground that wae an unjust' burden on the poor n. The point raised by Professor her that it costs too much to col- ot it can be .more easily disposed than can thelother, because there no good reasoniwhy the tax cannot \collected at a suitable and fair The maitter has not been dled properly in some cities and ides there, has been a great deal of ecessary dispute over the per- nence of the duties of the col- and)just what they consist of as to whether the collectors d do anything towards collect- beyond that of rTeceiving the ey if it is handed In. The ap- ting power can very easily handle matter by telling the prospective oimtee what he would be expected o\do; when he s appointed to see | fhat| he\does do what he was direct- d todorand if he refuses or neglects doyit to remove him from office. ere \are many people who cannot ee anything wrong in the personal 1x and they make out o pretty good ja l. for their belief. They say that very man should comtribute some- ing ‘towards the support of the gov- rnment under which: he lives and 2 a year is not an extravagant ount. This sum in the aggregate ounts to.a great deal and enables nmunities to provide some things ‘improvements: that would other- have to come out of a fund d by generalytaxation in which fi do not.share. The expense of ng a city ‘has become very vy, more\so in some cities than others and'the money'provided by personal tax, which can hardly “considered a burden on any man, & great way towards lessening _general Dbill, Prof. Fisher would bly be willing to have it con- puse if iticould beicollected at a less and this can’ undoubtedly be where there isjany serious de- /to have'it done. ofessor Fisher is)sound on the wr of public finances, but he is the only one whoisisound on thas on. Whenever:thellegislature is ly to insist that \the proper offi- ls make a detalled\report on the charges against the state, the jount of Trevenue to be received th which to meet these:expenses, cluding deposits in sinking funds, it e are any, and reluselto make any ppropriation in excess” of the dif nce hetween these sums then it return to theiold conditions when | had a surplus instead of a deficit. | ja'nt every one Wwith sound opin- on any governmental question o can be elected governor of Con- sgicut and for that reason the ex- sion and those opinions from . person do mnot always at- ot the same attention as If they bme from someone else. Prof. ther, intelligent as he is and honest _he is, of which there is doubt, not been the man who in a state t would be apt to attract a ma- of the electorate to his sup- any more than hes Mr. Thayer > | Norwich and some others who ive run for governor on the demo- atic ticket. y —_— ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. Thig is St. Swithin's day although ‘day in the Roman calendar is 2, and the popular superstition that if ‘it rains today it will rain r forty days more. It begn to rain t and rained considerable to- if there is anything in the superstition is that St. Swithin was a very pious man who had shown great activity in building churches and who had wrought many miracles, one of which was the rain of forty "days, indicating his displeasure at the attempt to inter his body in the chancel in the minster instead of the churchyard at Winchester, so that his grave might be trodden upon by pas- sersby. Some authorities contend that the superstition is due to a forty days rain which caused the delay in the trans- lation of his remains from one buriai place to another. History says that St. Swithin -became a monk in the old monastery in Winchester in England, was tutor to the king, and upon the translation of his remains from the churchyard a number of miraculous cures were wrought. One of his arms was kept in the abbey of Peterbor- ough. Some authorities deal with the story of his life .more in detail than otHers, but they all agree upon the most salient points, There may possibly be some who have watched July 15 in past years, if it ‘did whether it rained for the fol- lowing forty days, but the supersti- tion is being given fully as much pub- lictty as usual this year, and it will permit of watchfulness for the next forty days. MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT QUES- TIONED. The Herald has repeatedly called attention to the importance of the authorities adhering closely to the charter and ordinances when dealing with public matters, but some people get the idea once they are elected to public office that they become a law unto themselves and have carte blanche to do as they please.. The charter of this city provides that the mayor shall during the month of May appoint a building inspector, but the mayor appointed one in April. It went along all right, permits were is- sued and the business of the office has been carried on the same as usual until this morning when the inspeo- tor appeared as a witness in court in a case for violating the building or- dinance and the opposing counsel asked to see his credentials. When they were produced it was found that the appointment was made April 25 and the legality of the proceeding so far as it related to the inspector tes- tifying as such in this case was ques- tioned, the court very properly -took the matter under advisement and ad- journed the case until tomorrow. This is not the first time a case of this character has found its way into court and they have caused a great deal of litigation when the whole trouble might just as well have been avoided. The Herald has raised the point that the mayor and common council have made some changes In the management of city business that are not permitted under the law and may yet be the means of further liti- gation in court. The charter ana ordinances are dmple for the lega: transaction of all city business ana there is no reason for any wilful vio- lations in order to do the work which it 18 necessary to have done. It is al- ways a good idea to hew close to the line and not only to obey the law but for those honored by being made pub- lic officials to set a good example to the rest of the city, and not have their actions be made a subject for judi- clal investigation by the courts. PRIMARIES. New Britain republicans are likely to nominate senators, rep- resentatives and delegates to the various conventions by direct pri- maries this year. They have had something akin to this for many years, but the gatherings were in a hall and no hall was large enough to hold all who wanted to vote—Bridgeport Post. True, every word of it. The publican caucus held last April the nomination of a candidate for mayor and other officers was so largely attended as to prove beyond all doubt that the time had arrived when the caucus method should be abandoned. Were a city meeting to be given as much attention the result would be the same. New Britain has long outgrown the cau- cus method of making nominations and it only needed some big issue to prove it. That came with the con- test for mayor and the result is that the primary is on its way, that the democrats are to have it as well as the republicans and presumably all the nominees for the places mentioned by the esteemed Post will be selected in that way. It will be a great in- novation and one which ought to re- move the objection often raised that undue influence is used in obtaining nominations. It is understood that all the primaries will be held the same day so that no can can enter strange. grounds and vote for candi- dates other than those of the party for which he has been registered. That is a good plan so long as there 'are to be party nominations. re- for i lous purpose—a antic. noticed whether it rained or not, and | P N FACTS AND FANCIES. « Beware of the man who wants to borrow money for his vacation! If anyone who is lucky enough to get a vacation without changing emplayers can’t save up enough to foot the bills, he'll have a mighty hard time saving up enough to pay back what he bor- rows.—Waterbury Republiean, Every time you read about woman suffrage, you wonder why the women of the world do not turn their thoughts to building houses. Women occupy houses all of the time, men but frequently; yet women are not the actual builders of houses, nor do they plan them. Ask the average man to accept the plan of his house from his wife’s viewpoint, and he will tell the builder to get his money from that source, and that ends the argument immediately.—Middletown Press. The best vacation, they tell us, is a change of work. As none of Con- necticut's citizen soldiers work at sol- diering for more than a small portion of their time, they are getting that sort of vacation—vacation with a ser- It is a fine camp, .a business-like camp. Its work will not be too strenuous, but there will be the restraint of being under the eye of officers of the regu- lar army. The men are taking pride in the effort to appear as much like regulars as possible—New Haven Register, Ansonfa, Derby, Seymour, Nauga- tuck and other cities in the valley are much interested in the strenuous ef- fort being made by the Waterbury chamber of gommerce to secure de- cent mail accommodations for the residents of the valley. As things are now {t is impossible to get a let- ter sent from any town in the valley after dusk and it s equally impos- sible to get a letter into any town after twilight. This is the sort of ser- vice that the post office department in an addlepated way chortles about as up-to-date and efficlent. It is about as efficient as it was in the old days of the stage coach and the Waterbury business men and editors who are exercising their diplomacy to work out a solution of the problem deserve the thanks of every resident along the Naugatuck river, whose cause they are championing.—An- sonia Sentinel. Should Advertise, (Hartford Times.) It is unfair for Bridgeport to Judge the future prospects of her three public markets by the Tfailure recorded upon the first day of their opening but the fact that they didn’t achieve some slight degree of suc- cess is not auspicious. Presumably they were established in response to a demand from enough persons to indicate they were wanted, and it would appear that these, if no others, would be on hand to help make the first day, at least, very different than it was. According to the sealer of weights and measures, who has charge of the markets and who visited them on Saturday, . their initial day, neither a vendor nor a buyer was to be seen. The markets were there and in readiness, says one report, but there was no business for the sealer or anyone else. On the farms, it is haying time. For the marketing of garden pro- duce the season is well advanced, and tohse farmers who sell direct to consumers have their regular cus- tomers nailed and clinched for the season. Other vendors by this time of yvear have their routes well estab- lished on a paying basis. Routes that have failed to pay have been abandoned. Neither farmers nor their hired agents are quick to leave a profitable trade for an experiment, especially when a $6 license fee— small as it is—is required at the start and when ‘‘the soil calls.” On the side of the customer, also, there is something to be said, for she (the buyer of farm products is usually the housewife) has become accus- tomed to deal with certain vendors, or to order by telephone. In either case the order 1is placed without leaving the home and the goods are delivered there without inconven- fence to the purchaser. This has become the common practice, and it will take time to change it for a new one, notwithstanding the latter is calculated to work economy. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and in the case of Bridgeport there appears to be no desire to learn them and no one willing to do the teaching. It may be too much to claim that the people upon whom the Bridge- port innovation depends for Success have not been made familiar with its workings. If this ' is the case, the duty of the municipality is clear. It should follow the example ot nearly all other corporations and in- diviluals that have made a success in business. It should advertise. Didn’t Call Them ‘“Galoots.” (Bridgeport. Farmer.) The evidence shows that Congress- man Jeremiah Donovan didn’t call his absentee brethren ‘galoots,” al- though it would have endeared him to the public had he done so. Better would it have been had he called them ‘““goloots.” The word is a new one, compounded from ‘go” and “loot.” A congressman who comes to Wash- ington and goes away from the cap- itol when there is business to be done initiates the offense called absentee- ism, against which Congressman Donovan protests. He also initiates a process of appropriating property without rendering service for it, a proceeding adequately described as loot. We suggest to the congress- man that he for the moment abandon strict parliamentary speech, enough to call those goloots who are goloots. long, STATE POLITICS An Impossible Candidacy. (Hartford Post.) The Post stands for the betterment of the state of Connecticut in every way and particularly politically. The Post, therefore, when it deems political advice necessary, will give it freely and impartially to any and all political parties in this state, or to individuals or other authorities who are influential in determining the policy of any given party. In this case we propose to some sound advice to certain indi- viduals in the eastern part of the state who are blatantly urging upon this commonwealth the candidacy ot Charles W. Comstock of Montville for the democratic nomination for gov- ernor. We pause a moment to state that our personal feeling toward Mr. Com- stock, is of the friendliest. He is a gentleman of pleasing manner and has a host of friends whom he will retain long after he has been re- tired to private life. In the campaign of 1912 a few, and a very few, members of the dem- ocratic state central committee, among them the members from the third and sixth senatorial districts, foreseeing the attack the progres- sives would make on Mr. Roraback as a lobbMst chairman, took the bull by the horns and insisted that Mr. Comstock, the then lobbyist chair- man of the democratic state central committee, should be replaced with a man who had no lobby taint about him. Mr. Forster of Rockville was chosen and while not of exceptional ability, proved honest and capable. His work in.the campaign was far better than has been his leadership of the party’s organization since that time. But for the conditions which have resulted in such a woeful lack of harmony among our representatives in Washington, we do not hold Mr. Forster responsible. Had Mr. Comstock been continued as chairman of the democratic state central committee in the campaign of 1912, even that democratic land- slide would have failed to elect the democratic candidates for state offices in Connecticut. No one can be elected governor of Connecticut this fall, or at any other time in the future, who is cursed with the taint of the lobby, and Mr. Comstock’s friends might as . well realize at once that he is just as im-. possible a candidate for the office of governor as Mr. Roraback. The democratic state convention will choose the candidate for govern- or, and as never before will the voice of that convention be the voice of the people of Connecticut, who, what- ever their views on national affairs, look to the democratic party as the only means of elevating the body pol- itic in this state. When' we speak of Mr. Comstock as a lobbyist, we know what we are talking about. Will Mr. Comstock deny that he has acted as a lobbyist for the following corporation: New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company? We think not, and while we have no fault to find with his choice of a profession, we state in the plainest terms to the democrats of this state that no lobbyist is for a moment pos- sible as a candidate for governor or any other state office in the gift of the people of Connecticut. give Simmering. (New London Telegraph.) In spite of the cool weather all over Connecticut, political pots are beginning to show a litt}é steam. There are three of them on the big fire; the democratic kettle, the repub- lican kettle and the progressive stew- pan. The chief stokers of the democratic fire seem to be Governor Baldwin, Congressman Mahan, Charles W. Comstock, and State Senator Landers of New Britpin—and New London part of the time. There are lesser stirrers, too numerous to mention. The fact that they show so much ac- tivity is a pretty good indication of prevailing confildence in the demo- cratic ranks that the party is to keep its hold in Connecticut with per- haps substantial gains this autumn. Whether their confidence is justified or not, we won’t just now discuss. The two great bones of contention in the party leadership are the can- didacies for United States senator and governor of the state. It is hardly likely that with the wealth of ambi- tion and qualification available thete will be no more than two contestants for either office, Probably there will be many for both, but the first in the field will probably be last in the bal- loting; that is to say, wg look to see the final contest for senator to be be- tween Governor Baldwin and Con- gressman Mahan; for governor, Sen- ator Landers and former State Chair- man Comstock., The most indefatigable worker in the democratic party of this state, the keenest politician, the man with the best record of local, public accom- plishment behind him is our Con- gressman-Mayor Bryan F. Mahan. Our notion is that having set out for the senatorial nomination, he will get it.- He was never known to seek an office, but he has been extremely suc- cessful in finding it thrust upon him. If Governor Baldwin nas any idea that he may glide into the United States senatorial nomination without the hardest kind of practical political work to assist the movement against the tide that has set in for Mahan, he is very much -mistaken. The con- gressman is a man who does things and if one of them is to get himself nominated for senator, his party will have nominated its strong- est available candidate, Nobody can expect the governor- ship fight can be fought out without reference to the senatorial con- tingency. There may be all kinds of wish that this might be avoided, but it cannot be, Upon the face of things lStule Senator Landers will drift into a sharing of the Mahan fortunes. It is a strong combination, either for convention or election day. Stronger, we think, than any that could be played on the democratic side. And again, the condition is for the party advantage. Mr. Landers is a very able, very independent, public spirit- ed, serviceable man, well capable of giving a good account of himself to both the party and his state. In the republican party there is a feeling of hopefulness that has good reason (o exist in spite of the weak spots in the state organization and the handicap that always oppresses the side that is out and trying to get in. For the senatorial nomination there will be no contest. Senator Brande- gee has no opposition, There is not likely to be, either, any strong dis- pute over the choice for governor. There is a disposition for co-opera- tion and unity on all sides, among the party leaders, for the careful selec- tion of a strong man for the gov- ernorship whose name will provoke wide enthusiasm and give rise to no factional troubles, Such a man will be found. The hunt is most diligent. As yet there isn't much nolsy talk about it, but a great deal of com- mon-sense thinking. The progressives will hardly raise much voice until after Roosevelt has blown the party horn for them in late August. He has finally consented to come, without fail, and cheer up the faithful remnants of the 30,000 who cast their votes in 1912. That there will be 30,000 again in 1914 nobody expects. The two old parties will fight out the field with a closeness that will make interesting watching. The election of a senator by popular vote will give the state a new sort of a campaign and produce one of the livellest on record. New London an- ticipates considerable prestige in it on both sides, “Charley’s” Boom. (Bridgeport Post.) If activity will win, the Hon. Charles W. Comstock of Montville and Norwich, ought to land the dem- ocratic nomination for governor in a walk. “Charley” has € skillfully organized band of boomers who are now at work openly after several months of “gumshoe” operation with rumored accompaniments of ‘“‘sugar.” As booms go, and so far as the practical politiclans are concerned, “Charley’s” boom . is in excellent shape with the convention not more than two months away and the pri- maries about five weeks off. No one iz excited about it, except the Com- stock following. Down this way most men take the whole thing as a joke. And yet, as political ma- nipulation goes, especially in the democratic ranks, disturbed as they are in many places by patronage quarrels, the whole thing may be- come serious—for the democrats. It is difficult to believe they could for a moment consider Comstock, the corporation lobbyist of many years standing, as their candidate at such a time, and not until it appears that there is real danger of such an in- excusable candidacy shall we believe the party in Connecticut is prepared to bury itself for another long per- iod. It is true that the friends of Com- stock are pointing out that he has done no more than Governor Bald- win did in the old days. But Gov- ernor Baldwin at least allowed some years to pass before he presented himself to the people. Comstock’s activity goes no further back than the last legislative session. It is going to be hard traveling for our democratic friends in Connecticut in any event. Thelr best leaders all admit it. In such a situation com- mon political prudence would sug- gest the nomination of men who will inspire confidence. -We could name over a long list of men of this char- acter. Lieutenant Governor Tin- gier, former Mayor Thayer of Nor- wich, Judge John J. Walsh of Nor- walk, former Mayor Halloran of New Britain and many others. Comstock is not worthy to tie the shoe strings of any of these men, so far as keep- ing faith with the people is con- cerned. ¥ A Rooseveltian Mayor. (Bridgeport Standard.) Mayor George A, Quigley of New Britain is becoming a trifle Roose- veltian in his strenuousness. Elected on a “business platform” the mayor says it's going to be his business to see that the interests of the munici- pality aré conserved. His .adminis- tration thus far has brought him much favorable comment. The other night, a special commit- tee of the common council met 1o discuss the establishment of a muni- cipal ice plant. Mayor Quigley did not favor bringing thé city into “ruinous competition” with private corporations and said so. This led Alderman George H. Shine to hint that the mayor was working against the interests of the city and in the interests of corporations. Alderman Shine refused to retract when the mayor asked him about the accusa- tion. 3 “You still persist that I'm in league with the private companies?” asked' the mayor. “I do,” . answered the alderman. ‘Then you are a liar!” shouted the mayor and for a few minutes the meeting was in a tur- moil. Later the mayor offered to apologize, but the alderman refused to hear of any explanation. The use of the “short and ugly” word in the discussion of things po- litical heretofore has been confined to a distinguished faunal naturalist and explorer. Mayor Quigley's use of the term, we believe, was without the permission of the man. who has its sole rights of use in politics and, as the mayor afterwards admitted, was regrettable. All Connecticut will hope that the New Britain tangle can be straightened out without in- fringement on other forceful phrases that might call down the wrath of Sagamore Hill on the Hardware City. School of Honesty. (Washington Star.) Within a few days of each other two mysterious losses of money were discovered recently, one of $4,000 in the bureau of engraving and printing, and one of $1,250 in the treasury. dvery kind of theory was advanced, suspicions were whispered, all sorts of clues followed, all the employes in both these great departments of the government made anxious, and, al- tegether, the possible thefts were producing a tangle which threatened to take months to unravel, when sud- denly, and with no less mystery, the $4.000 was returned. Joseph E. Ralph, director of the EBureau of Engraving and Printing, when approached upon the subject of the shortage in his department, dis- played at once as his main anxiety the outraged feelings of his employes, who are no doubt innocent, yet must con- tinue to be kept under a certain sur- veillance until the thief has been ap- prehended. “I feel very proud,” he said, “‘of the record of the bureau for the honesty of its employes, and I think I pay the great compliment to the 2,100 women and the 1,900 men here when I say that during the past six years, in which time I have served in my pres- ent capacity, we have handled $18,- 000,000,000 in money and $67,000,- 000,000 in postage stamps, with the only shortage or theft, besides the $4,000 recently missed, being $40. “Such a loss as we have just suf- fered is demoralizing to the employes, because as a rule they are extremely conscientious, and when a discrepancy occurs they feel it very keenly. While it is true, perhaps, that all of them are not scrupulously honest in all other relations, even an indiscreet move is rare where the bureau is con- cerned. Particularly are the young women in the examining division anxious on such an occasion as has now arisen, for they must handle every piece of money delivered to the treasury. “No doubt the theft was prompted by an impulse of the moment; then the thief realized it would be im- possible for him to pass the notes without fear of detection, as the secret service men had narrowed down to a very few the number of suspected persons. But we are not satisfied be- cause the money has been put back, and we will not be until we get the culprit because we must make an example of him that will safeguard against another such occurrence. “In 1907, when 1 was appointed di- Tector of the Bureau of En‘rlvhl‘ and printing, I inherited a case theft—$110 worth of stamps that were being shipped to postmasters, “While the secret service men were working on this case my suspicions were constantly centered upon an em. ploye whose duty covered stapling the packages of money. While the detec- tives and. inspectors kept him under surveillance for two or three monthl. they could collect no evidence. seemed to live an exemplary life, pl?- taking each evening in religious ser- vices, and for a week prior to the day of his arrest he was engaged in tak- ing collections for an evangelist, who was holding meetings over at Conven- tion hall. “So confident was I, however, that he was the guilty one that I finally charged him directly with the theft of the stamps. He confessed and re- ceived a prison sentence of one year. The sympathy of every one was aroused, however, because the man had been a soldier at Santlago, had fought there with Colonel Roosevelt and lost a leg, so the sentence was commuted. “He had been receiving a salary of $85 a month from the bureau, he had been given a pension of $50 a month and there was positively no excuse for the theft. “February 1, 1910, we had a loss of a sheet of $10 gold notes, amounting to $40. We knew we were short of a sheet, and the chief of the division had deppsited with me the proper amount, as the rules of the bureau demand that each division must bal- ance up accounts daily, and, in the event of a shortage, a pay check be issued by the chief. “On the day following the loss two $10 gold notes, bearing no seal, were discovered in local banks. The other two never showed up and the govern- ment was reimbursed by the employes of the examining division. Two of these employes, who were under sus- picion by the detectives investigating, left the service shortly afterward, and it is the universal opinion that one or hoth were guilty. ““March 3, 1905, it was found at the close of the work of the day that an ircomplete sheet of banking currency, amounting to $50, was missing. The next day a cashier of one of the de- partment stores communicated to the secret service that $10 in the form of a national bank note, bearing no seal or numbers, had been tendered a clerk in payment for a purchase made by a young lady. ““The cashier visited the bureau and as the records here revealed the fact that seven girls were excused that af- ternoon the seven were called together and the cashier identified one of them as the young woman who had been in the store and offered the note. She confessed, but there was no prosecu- tion, the secretary of the treasury's sympathies being aroused when he learned that the girl was engaged to be married and wanted to secure a trousseau. “At the present time' she is em- ployed as cashier in a Washington store. Recently her employer called upon me, stating that he had been informed of the theft of several years ago and wanted to know the detalls. I' declined to relate the story, but asked him how long she had been working for him. He said three vears, so it is evident that this former employe of ours has profited by her mistake., The department has protected her by refusing to divulge ker name. “July 3. 1900, there_was a shortage of four $10 bank nofes. The three or four men charged with the respon- sibility of tving these up were placed under espionage and one of them con. fessed and surrendered the next day. There was in this case also no prose- cution, but it is my opinion that there should have been.” k2 McMILLAN'S We closed a deal thig week for spot cash giving us the sample stock of sum- mer dresses from two New York manufacturers at a, price that gives usan oppor’- tunity to delight the heart of the ladies who love to/ be well dressed at a reason- able price. Two Hundred High Grade SUMMER DRESSES In This Lot | Many of them are one of | style. Matenab are Lawn, Lin- erie, Linen. Cre Vofle. atine, Rice Clot etc., in white and colors. Dresses in the lot worth up to $15. All in This Sale i at One Great Bargain Price $4.98 each Some of themare mussed | and slightly soiled, but & of them are of washable ¢ material, so that soap and water coupled with a hot flat iron will make them as good as ever to you. We have all sizes, 16 years to44 inch bust measure, but not all sizes in any one style. Sale begins Thursday momini and will continue until all * sold. See a few of the models displayed in our south window and if inter- ested act promptly as the })est are always picked up irst. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. SENTENCED. a NINETY Prison Terms for Participants in Anti-Ministerial Riots in Japan, Tokio, Japan, July 14,—The crim= inal court here today sentenced ninee ty participants in the anti-minister~ ial riots on February 10 to terms of imprisonment ranging from sim months to a year. The' riots occurred during demon- strations ugainst the ministry’s at- titude in connection with the recent naval scandals, for which a number of officers were dismissed from the navy on charges of having received illicit commissions for influencing the allotment of admiralty contracts, FIRE LEVELS HOME, Ridgefield Family Has Narrow Escape From Death Today, Ridgefield, July 15.—Hasty exit for the members of the family alone pre- vented loss of life in the fire which levelled the home of Elmer Brown, in Peaceable street, today. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were awakened by the noise of crackling wood. They found that the staircuse was ablaze. Mr. Brown dropped out of a Wine dow to the ground, a distance of fifs teen feet, got a ladder and took out his wife and daughter through a win- dow. Then he rescued his son John from the first floor. The loss was §3,~ 000, partly insured.