New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1914 BRITAIN HERALD m:.a PUBLISHING comnur. Proprietors. 84 daily’(Sunay excepted) at 4:15 p. m. At Berald Bullding, 67 Church St at the Post Offce at New Britain #8 Second Class Mall Matter. livered by carrier to any part of the city or 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. riptions for paper to be sent by muil vayable in advance. 60 Cents a Month $7.00 a year. only profitabble advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press rcom always open to advertisers. e Herald wil be found on sale at Hota- ng's News Stand, 43nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, Atlantic Clty, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. siness Office i*arial Rooms. 20,000 ON TROLLEY CARS. Yesterday was & great day for the toists and the patrons of the trol- lines, the cars were pretty well owded from early in the day and the local office of the company It s ‘stated this morning that approx- ately 20,000 people were carried on hnday in the New Britain cars. A rge number went over the .Plain- ile and Lazy Lane lines, some going . Compounce an@ many more going to New. Haven and Savin Rock, @ largest crowd of the season being eser:t at the latter resort, Auto- obiles were numerous on the pdntry roads, those having machines ptaining a great deal of pleasure out them, It is evident that the state preparing to get after the speeders earnest, a number of arrests hav- g been made’ by the state police in puth Windsor- which is something w . for that department, its efforts erctofore being in other directions. There is no doubt but that there is eat deul of speeding on the country pads, some of it very dangerous, but he law is such now that a car is not nsidered going at an excessive rate Inless it exceeds twenty-five miles an our, providing that other conditions, uch as the width of the street, traf- ¢ and such other features as will jot make such travel dangerous to fe or limb are favorable, so that if authorities start out after mo- prists with the state police the latter 1] have an easy time obtaining evi- ence sufficient to convict. The automobile is more common n the country roads on Sunday than he horse and carriage; in fact, the ter is an exception nowadays, espe- lally at ‘this time of the year, It is ot the Connecticut car alone that is 0 be met, but those from other states well, and those which come from utside the state are usually high lowered automobiles. There is no ne who has a car wWho does not find ime to operate it on Sunday. It is e trolley car that meets the wants £ the poor man and his family. They uld live without it, but they would, liss the pleasures which can be had a nickel. The trolley companies me in for a great deal of criticism, jut there would be a great deal of corivenience encountered if the cars hould’ cease running, HY L. WOODRUFF’S ESTATE | When Timothy L. Woodruff lived he “as pepularly supposed to have been fery wealthy; he was a politician, not very sagacious one either; and there ere some people uncharitable enough o say that whatever recognition was fiven him was because of his money. Hie was just such a man as the average| berson would be apt to say was rich. He was one of the best dressers in jew York, his raiment being so varied to be often referred to in the public prints. He was a society man; he had camp in the Adirondacks, an apart- ment at Sherry’s, where things come high, and his general mode of living ive the impression that he was very ithy. When he died this impres- ion was not disturbed, but there considerable talk about his riches how when it is said that his great vealth has dwindled in amount to bout $300,000, which is not any more lhan was held by a New Britain policeman. | The reason for the disappearance of pich of the alleged wealth of Mr. Moodruff is his numerous debts and the decline in the value of stocks, a tor which has caused quite a Elump In the value of the estates of me other people, the estate of one rmer Connecticut man having lost 16,000 a year by reason of the p» in the stock of the New Haven ond alone. There are several per- whose health has not been good this stock has been going down \whose' estimated wealth wopid a decrease if an inventory were to c at the present time. There “heen no inventory made of the o{ the estute of the lato Mr. ff hocause of a hope that by off‘for a while the value’of s stocks heid by him will in- _present the roport that ~ REPUBLICANS MAY INVESTIGATE The report comes from Washington that if the republicans.are successful this fall 'in' regaining a majority. of the members of congress that they will make an investigation of all the acts of the democratic congress of which there has been any serlous dis- rute, including some appointments. They hope by this means to_ stir up enough political opposition to make it unpleasant for the democratic party in the presidential campaign two years from The democrats did some investigating themselves when the re- pliblicans were routed and some have said that the revelations in reference to certain matters made it annoying for the republicans in the following campaign. They are hopeful of mak- ing gains in the next house, but the most astute of the prophets do not claim a sufficlent number of , new members to create even the impres- sion. that they have much faith in their predictions. It is significant that some of those who have been beaten in one of the two last campaigns are anxious to try again because they think that the going will be favorable to them this time; even that sturdy old war horse “Uncle Joe” Cannon, closing up to cighty, is in the fleld and as hopeful as ever, and so is “Cy” Sulloway of New Hampshire, one of the big re- publicans of the country, who fell in battle two years ago. The républicans make no secret of their determination to make a hard fight to recover possession of the house this fall be- cause of the standing it. will give them for the presidential campaign, al- though there are those who do not see any advantage in such a victory for the reason that with a democratic president they would not be able to accomplish any legislation and would 8o into the big campaign with a Tecord for not doing anything, which would be a handicap instead of a benefit. The progressives are likely to make the republican fight more difficult than some of the leaders are wiling to openly admit. There' is no inclination to discuss that feature of the situation. now. MR. RORABACK. The question now before the re- rublican party is whether. Mr. Rora- back is to gracefully resign his chair- manship or whether he will. have to be eliminated by forceful process. It is hoped that he will accept the graceful and gracious way for it is tolerably evident that'the rank and file of the party in the state will not stand for him as a leader longer.— Ansonia Sentinel. Mr. Roraback has said that he has no intention of resigning and there is considerable doubt as to whether the forceful process can be applied with success to his case.” He meade his position pretty plain when ex-Gover- nor Wfloflmflnulked of the advisa- bility of his abdicating for he not only denied all intention of resigning | but there was an intimation that he could not bé compelled to resign. There is hardly any doubt but 'that the state committee i{s with the chair- man and if ‘there is to be a vacanoy ir that position it is belleved that it vlfl.l have to be created voluntarily by Mr. Roraback himself. He is an ex: ceedingly clever political leader, and were it not for the admission made by Mr. Mellen that he was the legis- lutive agent of the company in this state, a fact known before, public at- tention would not be attracted to it at a time when the road is in serious fi- nancitl trouble, causing it to as- sume a more serious aspect What was a mere suspicion on the part of some before has become a reality for all now and that is a- handicap that is going to be pretty heavy for Mr, Roraback personally or any movement ‘he represents in the coming campaign. There has been some talk of a new chairman for the republican commit- tee and a New Britain man, George ‘W. Klett, has been mentioned as a likely candidate for the place, but Mr. Klett would hardly faver a movement to oust the present chair- man. It has been intimated that he would quit but he says he won't and if he is not deposed the democrats will not be without a strong issue this fall. That seems to be understood throughout the state. Mr. Roraback supplies a reason for much of the opposition to the candidacy of Charles W. Comstock for governor on the democratic ticket. Up at Saskatchewan it is . so light that they can play ball until 10 o'clock at night. This gives the office hey a show and leaves the town's supply of grandmothers intact. A twenty-three inning game, such as the Hartford-New Haven contest of a few days ago, would not seriously disturb the ability of the players to sce the ball, if played upon a Saskatchewan diamond.—New London Telegraph, That Comstock gubernatorial boom gets some publicity, but it's not mak- Ing any great progress in spite of the noise the hoomers are making. “Char- ley” may be aigood fellow, but as a gubernatorial camdidate he would be an easy mark for any solid and sub- stantial Tepublican. He couldn’'t win, ud it's: doubtful it he could carry ‘or l{«r Mnm— ACTS AND FANCIES. According to the ruling of a New Jersey court wives are not entitled to wages for working about the house. Now all that is wanted is a ruling in regard to pocket extraction and the home question will be forever settled. ~—Middletown Penny Press, A Trenton woman died of acute in- digestion on Tuesday after eating strawberry lce cream, watermelon and bananas—which only goes to show that the much vaunted “fruft diet” for hot weather may be over- worked.—Providence Journal. The high cost of living does not appear to be confined to individuals and families, since by a recent report of the bureau of the census it ap- pears that the total per capita pay- ments for service of the cities of the country, other than public service, has increased from $13.02 in 1902 to $17.34 in 1912.-—Waterbury Demo- crat. Connecticut will note with a good deal of pleasure that Senator Bran- degee is rapldly acquiring a reputa- tion for the sound discussion of great public questions at Washington. He has taken a more active part in leg- islation as a member of the minor- ity than he did while in the majori- ty.—Bridgeport Post. Some of the drivers of motor cars that pass along Main street should be sentenced to a an isolated tract where they will not endanpger human lives. Too many novices are operating automobiles on our principal thoroughfares . and all of them are not residents of ‘Winsted.—W insted Citizen. We presume, that the increase in the price, of beef, lamb and pork— that favorite dish of Gov. Baldwin and the Jeffersonians—is purely psychological. Tell that to your butcher and see what happens to ‘the diagnosis of the eminent chief execu- tive, who believes in mental sugges- tion as a means of healing a practi- cal difficulty.—Ansonia Sentinel. In the simple country, where In theory frequently, and now and then in practice, they go to bed with the birds and get up with the sun, Chan- ticleer is a permissible noise. If he rouses the sleepy farmer’s boy at 3 A. M. what of it? Seven o'clock is the “middle of the forenoon” in the agri- cultural schedule. But in the city where they burn the midnight gas, and the electric daylight of the Great White Way blazes until the sun puts it to shame, there are many who must sleep betweeh the hours of 3 and 10 A. M. it they would sleep at all. The rude rooster who disturbs sleep in those hours is not a pfoper adjunct for city’ life.—New Haven Register. This is the time of the year When dogs should be left severely alone. The heat makes the animals fretful and irritable and those which are well dispositioned and . playful at other times are likely to resent the slightest familiarity. Not every dog that bites is mad.and many -a scare has been caused . simply; becalse some one starts a panic- for .nothing.. At the same time the. way to avoid trouble is to keep away from it, hence it is better to take no chances. The preva- lence of mad dog cases. about the states reveals the danger of trifling. Children, above ‘all, should be. kept away from dogs during the. heated period,—Hartford Post. 3 g :Shade: Trees. (Norwich Bulletin.) Shade trees are a valuable posses- slon by every city, every street where permissible and every piece of prop- erty where conditions are right. They are appreciated by those who have them and those who do not, but just how much is not fully. understood un- til an effort is made to remove them. Brooklyn just at the present time is much concerned over the claim that one of its well shaded avenues must lose its trees because the plans for the subway would leave an insufficient amount of soil to support them. - Nat- urally it doesn’t suit and efforts are being made to overcome the difficulty in some manner or other even if the subway has to be constructed at a somewhat lower level. The protest seems likely to accomplish goed re- sults, but whether it does or not it displays the feeling of ‘the people in regard to shade trees. In the city of Philadelphia there has been named within two years a committee from the park commission to take care of the trees within the city streets and they have entered up- on a commendable campaign to pre- vent the butchering of the trees, though they are conducting a sys- tematic plan of removing the dead- wood and properly trimming them for their improvement. Shade trees add much to the beauty ofa city and it is a commendable effort which iy undertaken for their preservation and retention, and it is the city which gives them attention before they are gone which profits, Pajamas For the Street. (Providence Journal.) At first thought there may seem something startling in the reported introduction of pajamas for street wear by the valiant men of a certain Illinois community. Rathing suits in the public highways have been frowned upon in various places, and garments Intended for the seclusion of the night are likely to strike the purely artificlal sense of decorum as at least two degrees worse than bath- ing suits, but is not the Illinois idea fundamentally sound? Conventional propriety in the mat- ter of wearing apparel asthe subject is commonly viewed, seems to he based almost wholly upon arbitrary associations of ideas rather than upon the logical grounds of reason, com- mon sense and comfort. We dress according fo the artificlal require- ments of time, place and circum- stance and in blind obedience to the dictates of remote and unknown ty- rants who by some curious freak of clvilization have gained the extraordi- term of praectice on | McMILLAN'S OUR JULY CLEARANGE SALE Is Doing The Business. We Are Busy In Al Departments. Are You Getting A Share Of The Bargains? Our Sales Are Genuine Enmhinz Kere Just As Represented! Wednesday, this week, Be- ginning at 8:30 A, M, We Shall Put On Sale Every Tailor-Made Suit and Spring Coat In This Store At $5 Each Suits that were $15, $20 and $25 in This Sale for $5 Coats that were $10, $12 and $15 are'in This Sale for $5 each. We close Wednesdays at: noon and we expect to sell Every Suit and Coat in the, store in the three and a half’ hours that we are open ‘on that day. Terms of This Sale are no telephone orders accepted, none sent on approval, none charged. No matter what the price was, the price Wed- nesday morning is $5, Cash at Time of Purchase. D. McMILLAN 199.201-203 MAIN STREET. fon.” Our apparel is governed by the “sense of propriety” instead of by the sense of the appropriate. Apart from the mental association there really does not seem to be any- thing so very shooking about this Il- linois innovation. Pajamas have the supreme warm-weather merit of cool- ness and from the practical viewpoint the idea has much more to commend it as an enhancement of summer- time comfort than. the recent cam- paign of the Anti-Collar league in Parls. Both movements seem to be in the nature of protests against ex- isting fashions, and all revolt ot that sort is to be encouraged. But of the two, the aims of the Illinois pajama squad are the more practical by far. Of course a great deal de- pends upon the character of the pa- jamas, but that same qualification may be applied to any article of dress designed for public wear, In the artistic sense it can scarcely be clalmed that pajamas would be any improvement on the present “natty” fashions in men's street dress, but naturally these I[llinoisuns are moved by practical rather than aes- thetic motives. Tn any event they may be regarded as bold men, and it will be interesting to observe whether they sink into ridiculed ob- scurity or achieve the fame deserved by all true ploneers. For one thing, they suffer by the fact of living in Tl- linois. The same radical idea of sartorial reform originating in London or Paris would stand an in- finitely greater chance of attaining an .privilege of “setting the fuh-lum:mze popularity. Gk | Largé assortmenit of patterns, regular 19¢ Our Great Sale of H. B. Claflin Stock Now in Progress' Home of the H. B. CLAFLIN, CO., New York City. Largest Wholesale Dry Goods House in America. We were extensive pur- chasers at the recent PER- EMPTORY SALE by order of the recelvers of the H. B. CLAFLIN CO., New York City, whose failure involved millions of dollard. As we attended the great receivers’ sale the very first day, whgt we bought was the very cream of the offerings, and at lower prices than those who came later, and they came from as far as Cali- fornia. And now at Our sale of the H. B. Claflin Stock you are going to buy AT LESS THAN MANUFAC- TURERS' PRICES. TO make this sale of surprising importance we have added many lots of much under- priced merchandise recently purchased from mills and factories anxious for quick cash. WISE, SMITH & CO. Hartford Wash Goods In the H. B. Claflin Sale H. B. CLAFLIN PERCALES. LIGHT and dark, 36 inches wide, regular 10c kind, our 1 price, yard RN 6/2C H. B. CLAFLIN SEMI-SILK GINGHAMS—Mer- cerized, assorted patterns, pretty color- 1 ings; regular price 25c our price, yard 12 /Ic H. B. CLAFLIN WINDSOR PLISSES—Seersuck- ers in all the newest shades, regular 17c 1 kind, our price, yard 11 /lc H. B. CLAFLIN APRON GINGHAMS—As. 5 sorted blue checks, reg. 7c kind, our price yd. C H. B. CLAFLIN DRESS GINGHAMS—Plain China chambray dress ginghams, assorted colors, regular price 10c, our price 8c H. B. CLAFLIN WHITE fine white voiles 40 inches wide, 25c, our price, yard H: B. CLAFLIN FIGURED BATISTE—Large as- sortment of figures and colorings; 12%¢ kind, our price, yard H. B. CLAFLIN WHITE MADRAS—And check muslins, 36 inches wide, regular 15c and 19¢_value, our price, yard H. B. CLAFLIN COLORED RIPPLETTES—As- sorted colorings and stripes, regular 16¢ kind, our price, yard H. B. CLAFLIN LILY Lily suiting, asserted evening and street shades, regular price 25c, our price, yd VOILES—Extra SUITING—Mercerized 1 12%¢ CREPES— 1 and 25¢ value, our price, yard 12 Z C H, B, CLAFLIN WHITE LAWNS—Plain. White lawns, 40-inch wide, regular price 10c. 7 our pricé .. C H. B. CLAFLIN FIGURED BATISTE—32 inches wide, beautiful colorings and patterns, regu- 6 lar 121c. goods, our price, yard ; Cc H. B. CLAFLIN WHITE PIQUE—36 ] & inches wide, reguiar 19¢ kind, our price C H. B. CLAFLIN DRESS GINGHAMS—Standard seersucker dress ginghams, assorted stripes 5'/1 regular 9c kind, our price, yard 5 C SILKS—Beautiful H. B. . CLAFLIN _CANTON shades suitable for evening and street wear, 19 C wide, new- regular price 29c, our price, yard 1 lZfic H. B. CLAFLIN FIGURED, WHITE H. B. CLAFLIN RATINES—27-inch est colorings and stripes. Regular 25c values, our price Linens and Domestics In the H. B. Ciaflin Sale BERKELEY CAMBRIC—36 9c¢ large H. B. CLAFLIN inches wide, soft finish, ready for the needle, regular price 12%c, our pric H. B. CLAFLIN HUCK size, assorted borders, regular price, each H. B. CLAFLIN ular price 39c¢, our price, TOWELS loxtra 15¢ kind, our CLAFLIN WHITE CRASH—Regu- lar price 8c, our price H. B, CLAFLIN WHITE PILLOW Cas 42x36 and 45x36, regular 10c kind, our price ... H. B. CLAFLIN BLEACHED Size 72x90, hemmed ready for use, 45c kind, -our price H. B. CLAFLIN Plain whit regular 2%c¢ price 5¢ S—Size 7%c Sl(l"l' 'S — IHm\I\TI [CHED SCAIIS 0 and shams to match. 3 Women’s and Children’s Hosiery and Underwear In the H. B. Claflin Sa’ H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S SAMPLE VESTS— Straight and shaped, made in the wanted styles; these would retail at 25c, 15 P e R ass c CLAFLIN WOMEN'S UNION SUITS— *29¢ H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S UNION SUITS— Lisles and Swiss ribbed, knee; samples of $1.00 and $1.50 values, 65c our price 3 38 . BEd H. B. CLAFLIN'S WOMEN'S UNION SUITS§— Regular and extra siges, consisting of the new 3. piece suit and regular style in cuff and lace knee; regular 50c and §%c value, our price H. B. These are samples, low neck, cuff and lace knee, made to retail at 50c, our price ... low neck and lace H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S WOOL VESTS—Sizes 3 months to 3 years, regular 50 garments, 240 our price H, B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S Vests, all lace yoke, sizes 36 and 38, retail prict 12%3c¢, our price 3 for 25¢, each H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S VESTS—Straight Vests, with a lisle finish and silk taped wing sleeve and sleeveless; these retail regularly at 16c, ll c our price H. B. CLAFLIN MISSES' VESTS—High neck and long sleeve, summer weight, sizes to 16 yeais: reg. 17¢ value, our price .... VESTS8— 11c WOMEN'S PANTS—Lace knee "17¢ H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S STOCKINGS—Silk plaited Stockings in black and white; resu- 25c our price, pair H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S CUMFY Extra and regular sizes, with the can't slip off strip; always 15¢, our price ..... H. B. CLAFLIN pants, slight Imperfections, otherwise worth 25¢ and 2v¢, our price 3 for 45¢, each .. lar 35¢ value, CLAFLIN WOMEN'S STOCKINGS—Gauze H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S S1T0CKINGS—Black Silk Stockings, called irregular of $1.00 H. B. Stockings reg Lisle with garter top and high spliced heel, 50c value, our price.pair value, our price, pair H. B. CLAFLIN WOMEN'S 8TOCKINGS—Choice of Black or White Stockings, the kind that sell 8 regularly at 123%c pair, our price, pair C H, B. CLAFLIN CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS—A wood serviceable ribbed Stocking in black or white sell regularly at 26ec, our price 2 for H. CLAFLIN CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS— top and all white socks, regular 12%c 9 Cc our price, 3 for 25¢, pair H. B. CLAFLIN INFANTS' STOCKINGS—In- fants’ Silk and Wool White Stockings, regular value, sizes 4%, b and 5%, our price, pair Fancy value, DAILY I)ELIVLRY in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar Hill, Maple Hill and Clayton. 'Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. WISE, SMITH & CO HARTFORD, an ideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tem or substantial re. past. ' Our Restaurant,