New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1914, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914 SCANDAL BEING RUN '~ DOWN BY BRENTON Professor Refuting Rumor He Was Frequenter of Disorderly Houses. ‘Hartford, July 18.—The police of- ficials explained yesterday the reason for the apparently mysterious visit of Professor Cranston Brenton and Dr. O, C. Smith to the police station on Thursday. Professor Brenton went there for the purpose of running down and establishing the falsehood of* certain rumors concerning Profes- sor Brenton's past conduct which Were current during the trial of the damage suit brought against him by Mrs. Elizabeth Holman, his former wife. The professor succeeded in his purpose. i This purpose had to do with a whispered report that Professor Brenton had been a frequenter of a house of ill fame at No. 40 Commerce stPeet, formerlay conducted by Grace Morton, which was closed during the effort at reform which swept over the city of Hartford two years and a half ago. Refused to Identify. It was said yesterday afternoon by Chief Farrell, that two members of the detective bureau and a patrol- man who was on continual duty on east side for a number of years nostively refused to identify Profes- sor Brenton as ever having been seen te visit the house while it Was un- dér their observation. /Chief Farrell said it was also the purpose of Prof. Brenton ‘and Dr. Smith to run down a rumor in wide circulation at the present time that, at the conclusion of the testimony of Mrs. Grace Hemingway at the recent trial in the United States district court, at which Mrs, Holman _was awarded $4,000 damages from Profes- sor Brenton and Dr. Paul Waterman, Detective Sergeants Henry and San- toro and Policeman Lowg were to take the stand and swear to having seen Professor Brenton enter the Jouse at No, 40 Commerce street While the place was under observa- tion of the police. Entire Plan Failed. { The entire plan, according to the rumor, failed, because Judge Thomas, after Zngthy deliberation, declined to . allow the evidence of Mrs. Heming. L W8y to be admitted. Mrs. Hemingway was formerly housekeeper at Grace Morton's places at No. 3 Arch street and at No. 40 Commerce street, and ;ge expressed purpose of David E. tzg WA erald, counsel for Mrs. Holman, s to have her identify Professor Brenton as a visitor at these places. " According to Chief Farrell, Pro- fessor Brenton went to the police statton: for-the purpose of having tha detectives confront him, and having them make their identification in his presence, if they could. Chief Farrell said neither detec- tives nor Policeman Lowe could iden- tify Professor Brenton, and all united ] in saying they had never seen him L until confronted by him at the police station on Thursday. | v SEVERAL PERSONS HURT. Runabout Hits Touring Car at Stam- ford and Former Is Demolished. Stamford, July 18.—Several persons were hurt in a collision today on the post road near the Greenwich line between a runabout driven by Mont- gomery Waddo, Jr., of New Canaan, and a large touring car driven by Mrs. George Mander. of New York, a summer resident at Sound Beach. Waddo had with him Fred Weaver- son of No. 444 Riverside drive, New York, and Mrs,' Mander had in her car Mr. and Mrs. George Lovell of 228 West TFifty-eighth street New York, who also are summer residents of Sound ‘Beach. The larger ma- chine suddenly turned out of Laddin Rock Farm lane whén it was . hit broadside by the runabout. The lat- ter machine was demolished. ‘Weaverson had a brokén arm .and internal injuries. Mrs. Mander and Mys. Lovell each are suffering from bruises and shock and only Mr. Lovell escaped unscathed. He helped Wadde 6ut of the wreck. Surgical treatment was given by a doctor after the sufferers had gone to a nearby house, AUTO HY¥TS YOUTH. Shelton Boy Runs in Front of Car Driven By Bridgeport Man. Shelton, July 18.-“Stephen Dug- shini, aged aged, was struck by an automobile driven by Walter B. Laskar of 697 Clinton avenue, Bridge- port, today, and the boy was taken to “ the Griffin hospital in a serious con- jlition, He was run over by the for- ward wheels of the machine. Accord- ing to eve witnesses the lad suddenly ran out from behind a wagon and . into the path of the automobile, This was the second accident at the same place in thirty-eight hours. The other was when Edward Ci- - ¢ori, aged eight, was hit by a ma- chine driven by J. C. Kellar, also of f. Sridgeport. The lad is at the hos- ! pital still unconscious, although the | accident occurred Thursday night. Kellar was held in $500 bonds to ! await the result of Cicori’'s injuries. In this instance, also, Witnesses said the lad ran out from behind another vehicle and in front of the automo- bile. Lo e B W ) WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. “WNew York, July 18.—The state- ment of the actual condi- ¥ tion” of the clearance house tanks and trust companies for . the week shows that they hold $22,111,- 750 reserve in excess of legal require- Taents This is an increase of $14,- 34,450 from last week. City - Items Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons of Stanley street are spending several weeks with friends at the shore. Members of Hertha lodge, D. O. H., will go to Savin Rock next Wednes- day morning on the 8:37 train. Members’ Mon. night class request- ed to be present Mon. eve., Bungalow. —advt. Miss Annie Devitt of 435 South Main street is spending her vacation in Boston. E. J. Welsh of the Phoenix Con- struction company of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the guest of Fred \’Va'soni of Farmington avenue. Mrs. Mary Crean, John £ Poyer and John F. Leeney will leave tomorrow for Norfolk, Virginia, to at- tend the national convention of the A. O, H. Eugene Olman of Waterbury and Albert Calhoun of Danbury are visit- ing Fred Monsees of KEast Main street. % The" Calabash club will hold its an- nual outing tomorrow at Morris Cove. Peter McCrann is being mentioned as a candidate for the common coun- cil from the fifth ward to succeed John F. Callahan. The Rev. Paul D, Moody who preaches at the South church to- morrow is the son of the late evan- gelist Dwight L. Moody. The Rev. and Mrs. Walter Tuttle were given a reception last night by the members of the Hillcrest Univer- salist church in the church parlors. A musical program was given -and light refreshments were served. Directors will be elected at a meet- ing Wednesday night of the incor- porators of the Masonic Building Fund corporation. It is expected | that the work of organization will be completed as quickly as possible. Nels Nelson, the aviator, has re- celved two invitations to make trial flights for aeroplane inventors. One | is from W. F. Harriman of Glaston- bury and the other from Mr. Carlisle of Hartford. If you are looking for a fine B&c cigar, try a Farmer —advt. J. Wilbur and Edgar Edwards, of | Maple street, left today for a two weeks’ vacation to be spent at Lake Sunapee, N. H. Attorney Donnelly, of New York city, is the guest of Attorney Patrick F. McDonough. The New Britain Lumber & Coal Co. are assisting the board of health in their swat the fly campaign by | giving away fly swatters.—advt. Miss Irene Quirk, daughter of Of- ficer Quirk, gave a party at her home at 364 Elm street last night in honor of Miss Nellie Cronin who leaves soon for a month’s stay in Boston. Music, both vocal and instrumental, was en- joyed. Mrs. Charles H. Thomas of Pearl street and her children Gladys and | Cutler have .gone to Brookfield, Mass., for six weeks. Willis_ Thomas, Rlc.hard Anderson, Henry Dalson and Henry Parsons have gone camping at Brookfield, Mass., to stay until September 1. Miss Marie Clough of Farmington avenue came home today from Indian Neck. S. A. Foster, agent of the White Automobilé company, had a confer- ence with the safety board officials yesterday regarding the specifications of the new auto patrol. It is probable that the commissioners will visit New Haven once more to see just what they want. CRASHED INTO WAGON. New Canaan Autoist Runs Down Ve- | hicle Driven By Bridgeport Man. Southport, July 18.—Roundhouse switch in this place, it became known today was the scene of another auto- mobile accident late yesterday when an automobile owned by Mrs. Wil- liam Potter, of New Canaan and driv- en by her son Roger Potter, crashed into a wagon driven by E. L. Green- herg, of Bridgeport. Greenberg was hurled from the wagon into a nears by creek, receiving many painful bruises, while his wagon was demol- ished. Greenberg was driving toward Bridgeport and near. the switch | turned into a by road, holding out his left hand to indicate to following | vehicles. that he was about to turn. As he was turning it was said the Potter automobile came up in the rear and crashed into the wagon, | Greenberg being hurled about thirty | feet distant, alighting in the creek. There were fijve occupants in the ma- chine which bore the number 1734, owned by Mrs. Potter. She stated that it was her car driven by her son. It was sald that the occupants | left the scene without determining the extent of the injuries of Green- berg. \ WANT HYDRANT MOVED, Residents of Vine Streets Complain That Its Presence Is Nuisance. Health Officer Reeks has been in- vestigating the complaints of some | residentc of Vine street against the position of a watering cart hydrant in front of the house of Judge John Coats on that street. When the permanent paving on West Main street was laid, the hydrant, which had for- merly been on West Main street at the end of the little park at the junction with Vine street, was moved temporarily to Vine street. After the pavement had been laid the hy- drant was not moved back. The complaint is that watering carts drive up and are filled at it at all hours of the night and that they leave a pool of water in the street which breeds mosquitoes and green scum. There is no connection with the sewer that the water can run into. The people on Vine street want the hy- drant moved baclk to its former po- sition. CHURCH NOTICES Union Service. Union services will be held tomor- row morning between the Baptist and First churches in the First church. Rev. T. Edwin Brown will preach. The First church Sunday school will meet at 12:05 with special music. R. J. Crawford of the Boys' club will tell the story. There will be reports from the recruiting campaign. Vesper Service. The vesper services in Walnut Hill park tomorrow evening will he led ! by Rev. Paul Dwight Moody of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Swedish Bethany Church. Rev. A. M. Palmquist, pastor of the Swedish Congregational church in Middletown will preach at both services to be held tomorrow at the | Swedish Bethany church; in the morning at 10.45 o’clock and in the evening at school will be held as usual, at 9:30 i o’clock. Stanley Memorial Church. The Sunday school will meet at 19:30 a. m. Preaching service at 10:45 | a. m. The pastor will exchange pul- | pits with the Rev. Herbert E. Macy of Newington. Thursday, 7:45 p. m.,, C. E. prayer meeting, Topic: “Faith- ful inLittle Things”” The annual church and S. S. picnic will be held on Saturday, in the Rhodes’ orchard. South Church Sunday School. Program for July 19, 1914, 9:30 to | | | | | | 110:30 a. m. Prelude—orchestra, Cujus Animam | (Stabat Mater) C. Rossini | Opening hymn, No. 6—Ancient of Days. Prayer—By Deacon D. N. Camp. | Duet—"The Lord 1s My Shepherd” | Miss Helen Dickinson and Miss | 1Irene Goodrich. | Address—By Deacon D. N. Camp, | Devotional hymn, No. 269—"The | Glory of the Spring, How Sweet.” | Offertory—Cornet solo, Calvary . . e +.+... P. Rooney Roll Call—Collection. Good Detk.s Record. Review of chart. Memory drill—First, Psalm and A Old Testament Books. Lesson story by Miss Ruth Schade | —"The Dawn of a Tomorrow.” Announcements. | Closing hymn, No. 62—*“Lord Dis- miss Us With Thy Blessing.” Dismissal—The Mizpah. 0 o’clock. Sunday | | | Postlude—orchestra, Allegro (Stra- | ena) ... .... Flatow | Hillcrest Church—Universalist. Acting pastor, Rev. W. A. Tuttle. Sunday school at 11 a. m. Evening worship with sermon by the pastor at 7:30 p. m. Topic “Our Eyes, Ears, Lips, Hands and Feet—What Shall We Do With Them ?"—a sermon for young people and for everybody else. Good music under direction of B. E. Hallett. All who are interested in forming a Sunday school in the west part of the city are invited to meet at 11 a. m. next Sunday at the church rooms. Special Music. Organ—Largo ............. Handel Quartette—'‘Consider and Hear'— A B Pluger Solo—"Out of the Deep” .... Marks Arthur Olson. Anthem—"Rejoice Ye With Jeru- salem” ...... T ..... Page Organ—Priests’ March Mendelssohn All who enjoy good church music invited. ’ First Baptist Church, Rev. T. Edwin Brown, D. D., pastor. 9:45 a, m. Bible school: 10:45 a:. m. Public worship. Union service at the Center church. Dr. Brown will preach. 7:00 p. m. Society of Chris- tian Endeavor. Vesper service in | the park. Thursday, 7:45 p. m. Church night service. Seats free. Every- | body weicome. People’s Church of Christ. Milton 8. Anderson pastor. 10 a. m. meeting of official board. 10:00 a, m. Praise meeting. 10.45, Divine Subject, “The Atoning Baptismal service. 12:15 | p. m., Bible school. 3:30, Gospel wagon meetings. 5:45, Young Peo- ple’s meeting. 7:00 Evangelistic meeting. Pastor’s subject, “Complete Victory Over Sin.” Tuesday, 7:45 p. m., Bible study. Thursday, 7:45 p. m., Prayer meeting. A cordial in- vitation to the stranger. Trimity M. E. Church, | 3. E. Adams, pastor. Sunday school school 9:45. Public worship 10:45. Evening hour of public worship, 7.30 to 8:30. Preaching by the pastor in the morning on “The God of Hope.” Evening exercises under direction of Epworth league. A song service with | short address following. { . First Church of Christ, Scientist. Sunday services at 10.45 a. m. Subjeet “Life.” Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Wednesday evening meet- ing at 8 o'clock. The reading room at the chapel is. open to the public daily from 2 to 5 p, m. A. M. E. Zion Church, Rev. J. §. Gurley, pastor. ~Sunday | at 10:45 a. m. preaching by the pas- tor. Sunday school at 12:30 p. m. C. E, society at 6:30. Subject, | “Faithful in Little Things,” Luke 1 | 10-13, led by the president. At 7:45 p. m. preaching by the pastor and special music by the choir. All are cordially invited to attend the ser- vices. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Worship at Jr. O. U. A. ‘M. hall, Hungerford court. Bible School, 9:30 a. m. Morning worship at 10.45. Sermon by the pastor, Otto L. Schrei- ber, Ph D. The annual picnic of the Connecticut State Luther league will be held on Thursday, 'the 23rd, at Lake Compounce. All Lutherans and their friends are invited to this pic- nic. The annual Bible school picni€ will be held Saturday, July 25, at Lake Compounce. All children of the | school are requested to be preseat Sunday morning to receive free tick- ets for the picnic. The parents and friends are invited. Swedish Elim Church. At the morning worship tomorrow of the Swedish Elim church, which commences at 11 o’clock, the pastor, Rev. J. E, Klingberg, will preach a sermon on the subject, *“Jesus, the Light of the World.” In the evening he will speak on the theme *The Water of Life.” Frank Asklund will be the host at a meeting of the For- eign Mission circle, which is to be held in the church parlors on Tues- day evening. South Congregational Church. Sunday school, 9.30. Morning worship, 10:45. Rev. Paul Dwight Moody of St. Johnsbury will preach. Italian service, 4:00. Rev. Paul Roc- chinni Open air service, 6:00 on Walnut Hill park. Berlin News. (Continued From Seventh Page.) iast night and provided an ideal even- ing for the much-planned ice cream social, which was held on Mrs. Wil- liam Vance's lawn. A large. number attended and a goodly sum was rea- lized. The event was to have been held Wednesday evening, but was post- poned on account of the inclemency of the weather. Sunday Church Services. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske will conduct the preaching service tomorrow morn- ing at the Berlin Congregational church. Rev. Carleton Hazen will deliver a sermon at the Kensington Congregational , church. At both churches the morning service will commence at 10:45 o’clock. The Christian Endeavér society of the Berlin church will consider ‘“‘The Christian Ministry of Music,” under the Ieadership of Miss Maude Minor, while that of the Kensington church discuss the topic “Faithful in Lit- tle Things.” ‘Who's the Sealer of Weights. Another perplexing problem which confronted Postmaster Henry L. Por- ter today. was to locate the sealer of weights’ and measures in Berlin. In the mail this morning there was delivered at the Berlin post office a parcel for such a local officer. The postmaster, after taxing his memory for some time, talked with Selectman Gibney and was informed that there is no such officer in this town, but that the weights and measures used here are sealed by a county officer. It is some fifty years ago since this town had the distinction. of hav- ing a sealer of weights and measures; on its payroll. Willlam Bulkeley’s father was the last to hold that of- fice. Oiling Roads. Oil left over from the work done on East Berlin roads during the past week was brought to Berlin yester- day afternoon and distributed on Dea- con North’s Hill. As soon as another carload of the fluid arrives, Farmingtoin avenue will be oiled. Berlin Briefs. The Worthingtons played the Ram- blers of Middletown this afternoon ut the Berlin Fair grounds. William Glover, who came home from a stay at Newtown for that special reason, pitched for the local boys. Heat prostrations were reported in some of the brick yards yesterday af- ternoon. Arthur Elton of Berlin will be a member of a party of New Britain people who are to take a sail down the Connecticut river tomorrow. Miss Eleanor E. Luby of Farming- ton road left today for a stay at Fort Trumbull Beach, Milford, Conn. Mrs. Victor Bourgeious of New Britain road went to New York last evening on the Connecticut river steamer, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson will spend the week end at the Plainville camp grounds. The Beckley Rovers baseball nine will play the Rockwell A, C. of New Britain at the Beckley Quarter polo grounds tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. George Bradley and daughter have returned to their home in Mid-~ dletown after having spent a few days as the guests of Mrs, Joseph McQueeney of East Berlin. A hunting party organized in East Berlin to exterminate the owls that have been annoying pedestrians near the grove, killed three of the birds Thursday night. BOOMING FISHER, Hartford, July 18.—State head- quarters of the progressive democrats who favor Willard C. Fisher as the candidate for governor have been es- tablished in this city. The state committee today issued a circular in furtherance of his candidacy which it says will be mailed to every regis- tered democrat in the state. ENTIRELY RECOVERED. Washington, July 18.—President Wilson. took a short walk through the business section of the city to- day and attended to some business at his bank. He gave up his usual Sat- urday morning game of golf today and remained in bed late. Apparent- ly he had entirely recovered from his indigestion. We Want to Tell You About It! The betterment of our com- munity is the betterment of all business. Fifteen cents a week and you will be a well informed, therefore a better, citizen. : Better citizens are necessary to advancement. WHY NOT KEEP POSTED? Youwill find numerous items of interest to your- self, notwithstanding your profession, your poli- tics, your religion or your pleasure, in every day's HERALD. The chronicle of a cosmopolitan com- munity is communicated through the columns of the home paper to many thousands far and near in the briefest possible time after the events take place. Are you interested in the community in which you live? 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