New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1914, Page 7

We Close Fridays at Noon. Saturdays at 9. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914. Other Days at 6. Another Half Holiday In View, With 3; Hours Of Bargains For You The quick rush of time seems to bring the Fridays in rapid succes- sien. It is to our mutual benefit though. We have a half day in the open to gather strength and energy to better fit us to attend to your wants.’ You have three and one-half hours in the morning, to specials that are offered for quickening business on these Read on and note the many money saving inducements They're worth coming for. Friday mornings. to draw you here. benefit hot by the summer SPECIALS IN OUR SUIT DEPT. We are offering a special in Rainccats for Friday morning only which are taken from our regular stock of $12.50, $10.00 coats for only $7.50 each, Remember Friday morning only. regular $1.00 and $1.25 BASEMENT ' SPIERCIALS. A $1.75 eight croquet set in hinged cover box for $1.19 set. $1.25 large size Garbage Cans with cover and two side handles for only 79c each. Guaranteed Electric Sad Irons with cord and plug, regular price $2.50, Friday for $1.95 each. Dccorated Dinner Sets, fifty pieces, two styles to choose from at $3.29 a set. Asbestos Sad Irons, three stand and handles for 79c set. BLANKET DEPARTMENT. Summer Comfortables, regular $1.25 vatue for only 89c each, filled with irons, : ‘pure white cotton Persian and floral designs, assorted colors. ‘Bléach Heather Damask, fine make, all pure flax, assorted patterns regu- lar 75¢ value, 65c yard. Also our entire stock of $7.50, -$6.50 and $5.98 coats for $4.50 each, Here is a special in Girls’ Middy Blouses, kinds for 79c each, sizes 6 to 20 years. WOMEN’S NECKWEAR, ETC.. , New Hat Scarf, just the kind you will want for your Panama, 50c, 750 and 98c each, New Neck and Sleeve Ruffling, in white and ecru, 25c and 29c kind, for Friday only 19c yard. New Plain Ribbon, 6 Inches wide, suitable for belts, hat trimmings, etc. (imported from Paris) worth 69c, for 59c yard. The New Silk Shetland Motor Veils imported from Paris in taupe, navy, brown, black and white, $2.50 value for only $1.69 ea. SHOE DEPARTMENT. Women’s Low Shoes, Pumps and Slippers in patent dull calf, black #1ede, tan calf and white canvas that scld for $2.00 to $3.50 a pair, now 98c a pair, broken sizes. Now is the time to buy shoes ete., when you can get bargains like these at this sale. — e HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. _Berlin News MAN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING NEW LAW George Koplowilz of New - Britain ~ Drove Wagon Without Lights. -JOIN SEIBERT GETS: INJUNCTION ‘Will Enjoy Water Rights for a Few Months' More at Least—Impressive Funeral for Infant—Injured in Fall From Hayload. ‘ Arrested last night for driving.a spring: business wagon on the public ‘highways . without displaying the proper lights, George Koplowitz of 59 "= Dwight street, New Britain, was dis- missed in the Berlin police court this morning upon paying the costs of his trial, which amounted to $3.17. Judge George Griswold presided. Koplowitz, who is a soda water dealer, was driving along New Britain towards the Hardware city & read shortly after 9 o’clock, when placed | arrest by Constable Harry Chapman. He was notified to appear in court at 9 o’clock this morning, but it was 9:20 when he put in his ap- pearance, explaining to Prosecuting Astorney William H. Gibney; who reprimanded him, that his tardiness was due to the irregularity of the Eerlin trolley schedule. » under Although the story Koplowitz told the judge sounded plausible, he was, or seemed to be, so frightened that he made many statements which were very amusing. He said he went to Meriden yesterday afternoon to get ,Some empty bottles, leaving the Silver city about 3 o'clock. After getting about balf way hetween Meriden and Berlin the tail hoard on his wasgon dropped out and before he found a | sufficient amount of “iron™ as he said, to mend it two hours elapsed. He had barely gotten under way again when one of the wheels on his showed an ineclination to roll off. Much more time making repairs to this part of his ccnveyance. Koplowitz could not explain how it was that it took him six hours to drive from Meriden to Berlin, ventur- ing that the repairs might possibly have taken up more time than he thought. “Believe me, judge,” he gnid, “this is the first time I have been in the court and I thank you for the | lesson.” His+ case was evidently, similar to thcse of many other people, who have no intentions of breaking the law, but are ignorant of the act concerning Nghts on spring wagons with or with- out ruhber tires. Section 2083 of the general statutes has been amended to read as follows: All vehicles other than motor vehicles, ‘yhaving springs or rubber tires, while in use in the public streéts and high- ways, ‘except highways ~Hghted all right by any municipality, shall show, from one hour after sunset to one ‘ty-five fowl, wagon | was consumed in | hour pefore sunrise, a light or lights, | so ‘placed as to be visible from the front and rear of such vehicle. Such lights shall be of sufficient illumi- nating power to be visible at a dis- tance of 200 feet away. Any person driving or directing any such vehicle upon a public street between the mentioned hours, without the pre- 8cribed lights, can be fined not more than five dollars. The sun set last evening at 7:21 o’clock,. so Koplowitz should - have bung a lantern on his wagon two hours before the time of his arrest. Sarisky Farm Sold. Andfgw and Mary Sarisky of Ken- sington have sold their.farm to Al- bert and Wilson Moore, two New Britain men: ' The land contains eighty acres and is ‘bounded ‘on thé north by land of C. Fred Johnson and N. H. Baldwin; on the east by the highway; on the scuth-by land of Minnie Barrows, Gus- tave Schlak and - Mrs. 'S. A. Hart, partly by each, and, on the west by property of S, A. Hart. Included in'the transfer are twen- one horse, seventy-six chickens, five geese and all other live stock and tools, implements, vehicles, machinery, hay and crops, both har- vested and unharvested. Injured in Fall From Hay Load. Losing his balance when the horses started as he was standing on top of a load of hay, Raphael Selko of Whit- ing street, New Britain, fell to the ground while working in one of Col- onel Charles M. Jarvis’ lots yesterday afternoon and sustained a fractured rib. Selko, who had been engaged: for the day only, was stunned for a mo- ment after the fall, but had gotten up and was walking around when Su- perintendent James Dempsey arrived with a carriage, Mr. Dempsey took him to Dr. George P. Dunham’s of- fice, where his injuries were attended to. The doctor, in his automobile, then took the man to his home. He will be confined there for several days. Impressive Funcral for Infant. Four twelve-years-old.boys, Robert Richter, Albert Chapman,” .Raymond Luby and Walter Kane, bore the lit- tle casket of Edward L. McCormack, Jr., the eleven-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L: McCormack, into St. Paul's church .this afternoon for funeral services. There was a profusion of flopak df- ferings about the coffin as it réposed in the sanctuary of the church, pieces being sent by more than two. -dozen friends. & Services held from the late home of the child on Farmington avenue, at 2 o'clock, and from St. Paul's church 2:30 o'clock, were very impressive. Rev. J. C. Brennan officiated. Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery in New Britain, Seibert Gets Injunction. John E. Seibert, who owns a farm on the turnpike in Beckley, obtained an injunction from Judge Edward L. Smith of the court of common pleas yesterday to prevent Carlo -~ China from interfering with some _water rights owned by him. The injunction was obtained through Lawyer Patrick F. McDonough of New Britain, The dispute concerns the piping of water from a spring which furnishes the water for the domestic use of Seibert. It is situated on the farm of Carlo China, which adjoins that of Mr., Seibert, and from which the water has been piped to Seibert’s house for many years. Mr. China has _several' times recently tried to shut Little Charles Tur- | ner was flower bearer. . the water off in the pipes, and was preparing to put in other pipes to carry it to his own house. If athe pipés should be put ‘in, Seibert’s house would be deprived entirely of water. The injunction was given - on the ground that water rights existing for many years are more powerful than the rights over the water that Mr. China possesses by owning the land on which the spring is situated. The case will probably be brought into court for a heuring in Septem- ber. New Schédule Popular. The changed schedule which went into effect on the Berlin-Middletown branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad on Monday of this week is proving . very popular with the patrons, as they are now able to make connections when re- turning from New York and way sta- tions on two main line trains which arrived at Berlin, under the old sched- ule, too late to make connections with, the Middletown trains. . Another Successful Social. Officers of the East Berlin Village Improvement society are well pleased with the patronage accorded . them last evening on the occasion of the second ice cream social given this season. The affair last night took place on the lawns of Mrs. Victor Belden and Mrs. Charles Hart" and, it is estimated that more than 150 people were present, a goodly sum being realized. There will be another ice cream social next Wednesday evening, but at this time, it is not known where it will be held. Noisy Drunkard on Trolley Car. Passengers on the trolley car which arrived on Worthington ridge at 11 o’clock last night were annoyed dur- ing their trip over from Kensington by ‘a resident of that section of.the town who showed that he had im- bibed too freely of the liquid refresh- ment which has been known to make great cities famous. Some of the town's young fellows “got on” to the fact that there was a celebrating passenger on the car and they accompanied him to the end of the line, incidentally relieving him of a bottle of whiskey. This morn- ing the bottle, still intact, was found near Woodruff’s store. Heavy Branch Falls From Tree. A large branch has fallen from the ! beautiful Maple tree in front of Mrs. Henry Stillman’s residence on Wor- thington ridge. A woman walking along the ‘“‘ridge” yesterday afternoon was given quite a scare, When a small dead limb sud- denly dropped down in front of her, making a loud report as it struck the walk. Berlin Briefs. Miss Dorothy Davis of Erie, Pa., is the guest of Mrs. Jonathan T. Hart of Worthington ridge. First Selectman Willlam H. Gib- ney has returned from a brief stay at Haverstraw, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Stearns of Kensington entertained a number of their friends at a clambake held yes- terday afternoon at their place in Kensington. . Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith of Farmington avenue, Kensington, will leave this evening for Copenhagen, N. Y. Mrs. Florence Knibbs of Unionviile, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Goodrich of Worthington ridge,” returned to her home yesterday. The Misses Graham and LeClair of (Contintféd on Tenth Page.) Plainville News SUSPICIOUS DROWNING 10 BE INVESTIGATED Mother of Francis Pugliese Claims Boys Pushed Him in Decp Water. NEIGHBORS ATTACH BLAME T0 HR Prosecutor Told That Italians Teaching Woman to Swim While Her Five-Years-Old Son Was Bat- Were | I | tling With Death. Suspicious circumstances surround- | | ing the death by drowning in White | | Oak pond yesterday afternoon of little | five-year-old = Francis Pueliese of | | Mountain View have caused an in- | vestigation to be started by Prose- cutor M.” A. Norton and Medical Ex- aminer T. G. Wright and while thej authorities are reasonably satisfied | that the tragedy is the result of an accident;” statements made by the| youngster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Pueliese, and their neighbors, which show up'in strong contrast, are responsible for a delay in the making | of a finding. The case will be looked | into thoroughly, by the police and the | medical examiner before a report is sent to the coroner. While the boy was drowned short- ly after one o’clock but a few feet from shore, it was not until five hours | later, that the body was recovered by | Robert E. Donahue. The latter, who | is a neighbor of the Puelieses, was | on his way home from work when he heard of the drowning and he hast- ened to the pond. He dove but once and located the body but a few sec- onds after he entered the water, ac- complishing a feat which a number of young swimmers had unsuccess- | fully attempted several times since the child disappeared below the sur-| face of the pond. | According to a story told to a Her- ald man today by Mrs. Pueliese, she | went to the pond shortly after noon with her three children, Minnie, aged | 8, Angeline, aged 3 and the unfor- nate Francis, whose sixth birthday would be in September. The two older children were wading in shal- low water near the old plank bridge, while the mother and Angeline stood nearby watching them. Accompanied by her two little girls, Mrs. Pueliese | declares she started for a spring in | the vicinity for a drink of water, after telling Francis to stay near the shore until their return. When she got back the little fellow was not in sight. She found his trousers on the bank and noticing bubbles on the surface of the water arrived at the | conclusion that the youngster had been drowned. Two older boys, who had been on the bank, had been teasing Francis to | come in deeper water and learn to swim early in the afternoon, accord- ing to the mother and she expressed | the belief that during her absence they dragged him in and let him sink. They denied even having seen the little fellow when he went down, claiming to have been in another part of the pond. The woman asked them to dive for the body, but she stated today that they told her they wanted to go to,the ball game and couldn’t spare the time to make the search. Unless something is done with them, she declared, she will give | them a fate similar to that meted out to her son. The woman appeared to be undis- | turbed by the boy's death while tell- ing the ‘details of the tragedy and seemed to take the affair as nothing unusual. Neighbors told an entirely different story to Prosecutor Norton this.morn- | ing. The Pueliese family lives in a | little shack near the Electric field and .the women of that locality ap- parently do not like Mrs. Pueliese. According to the details of tne tragedy, which they stated were given them' by boys who were at the pond | during the afternoon, Mrs. Pueliese was in the pond with two Italians, who were teaching her to swim, while two of her children were wading in the water nearby. When Francis dis- | appeared, they told the prosecutor, | his mother went into the bushes to dress and her teachers left the scene. They allege that the woman had threatened the boy with bodily in- Jury. These allegations Mrs. Pueliese vig- orously denmied in her talk with the | Herald representative. She declared.| that the only time she was in the water was when she entered it in | search of the body of her boy. She found that the water was over her head and retreated, her venture hav- | ing been responsible for the condition of her clothes. She later notified Supernumerary Officer Thomas Dolan of New Britain and Constable John E. Conlon, who were on duty. at the Electric field, and the local officer went to the pond to direct the youthful swimmers in their efforts to locate the body. Med- ical Examiner Wright was working on another case during the afternoon and could not be located until after 5 | o'clock. It was while he was getting an account of the affair from the child’s mother that Mr, Donahue brought the body to the surface. The medical- examiner gave permis- | sion for the: removal of the body to the undertaking rooms of W. A. Bailey and company and this morn- ing the child’s father and uncle called | at the establishment to make ar- rangements to have the remains sent to New Britain, the funeral to be held from the home’of Pueliese’s brother | were several hundred people in .shortly after 10 o'clock Rev. | A. Dent, | Streeter and Mrs. | speeches during the | sic and an address in that city tomorrow. afternoon, In the meantime - the authorities Iwm conduct an investigation to ascer- tsin the facts in connection with the case and to learn something regarda- ing conditions at the Pueliese home as told of by neighbors of the family. Veterans at Camp Grounds. Civil war veterans and members of the Women's Relief Corps from all parts of the state gathered here to- day to attend the exercises held at the camp grounds in connection with the annual observance of association day. Prominent at the gathering were Frederick V. Streeter of New Britain, commander of the state department of the G. A. R., and Mrs. Alice C. ‘Whitehead, state president of the W. R C. There was a steady stream of au- tos and other conveyances on the road to the grounds all morning and by noon it was estimated that there the camp. An interesting program was given during the day. The exercises opened at sunrise with the raising and salut- ing of the flag. A concert was given by Swanston’s orchestra at 9:30 and Elmer D. D:, of New Haven, de- livered an address in which he wel- comed the_ visitors. Commander Whitehead gave morning and there were also recitations and vocal selections. Rations were served at noon, the officers of the state depart- ments and other prominent guests being entertained by the local ladies. The afternoon was given up to a business meeting of the veterans' as- sociation, war time reminiscences by the old soldiers, recitations and mu- by Horace B. Cheney, the latter a feature of the session. The meeting closed with a parade around the grounds, all the visitors taking part. Camp Meeting Tomorrow, The forty-ninth annual session of the Methodist camp meeting associa- tion will open tomorrow at the camp | grounds, Rev. Elmer A. Dent of New Haven, superintendent of the church in this district, presiding. This will be Dr. Dent's first year at the grounds as superintendent. During the session music will be furnished by the Wesleyan gospel team, Harry K. Miller and Rollin H. Tuttle. Mr. Miller will conduct evan- gelistic services every evening. There will be a musical program .each night. Sunday school classes and Epworth leaguers will hold daily sessions and sunrise services will be held . every morning, S. S. Sands of 'New Haven, leading. The meetings will not be concluded until August 3. Forestville Cop Clubbed. The local officers received today to be on the lookout for Ar- thur Gousher who is wanted by the police of Bristol for his alleged con- nection with the assault on James notice Rourke, a Forestville policeman, com- / mitted last night. According to the authorities, Rourke attempted to arrest Gousher and Mike Solski for drunkenness and breach of the peace. . They wrestled with him finaily getting his club, with which he was so badly beaten that | he had to be taken to the emergency hospital in the Bristol police station for treatment. During the melee the officer fired several shots, none of which took effect. Solski was subsequently but Gousher made a getaway. Brief Items. Sequassen lodge will hold a regu- lar meeting this evening in Odd Fel- lows’ hall. The condition of Miss Anna Dona- Rue of Railroad avenue, who had a severe attack of heart trouble Tues- day evening, was reported to be more favorable today. Miss Alice and Charles and James McCall of Neal's Court have gone to Bellows Falls, Vt. where they will spend the balance of the summer with their aunt. Mrs. W. J. Dent of Railroad avenue is entertaining her aunt, Mrs. Mary Gannon and daughter of Syracuse, N. Y. Mayor James Cray of Bristol has retained Attorney Canty to defend the suit brought against the estate of Patrick Coughlin of which he is ad- captured | ing the Great erators, etc. your home. THE 103 ASYLUM 9! FREE! BEAUTIFULLY Decorated 51-Piece Dinner Set with Purchase of $50 worth or more of FURNITURE during our Midsummer; Sale—— This offer, together with the re- markable values in Furniture, Rugs, Draperies, Ranges, Refrig= , should bring you here to buy new furnishings for FLINT-BRUCE@ ministrator, by Mr. and Mrs. Lord. Frank Are You Goin’ Campin’? We carry a complete outfit for campers and vacationists. Oil stoves, hammocks, pots and pans and. other cooking utensils, in fact almost any- thing you may need. See us for fruit jars. Remember it's preserving time. Plainville Hardware Co.,, Whiting street, Telephone.—advt. Maple Hl!l_News The Maple Hill Tennis club gave a very successful ice cream social in the Grove last evening. Ice cream, soda, cake and candy were sold. | Mrs. Mary Wallace of Hastings-on- | the-Hudson is spending a few weeks | | with Miss Bertha Goodsell of Goif street. Ralph Moody of Golf street spent the week-end at Short Beach. Mrs. J. C. Moody's mother, Mrs. Charles A. Whittemore and Miss Jose- phine Smith of San Diego, Cal., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moody of Golf street. Miss Ruth Ruddy and Miss Anna Munson of Troy, N. Y., are spend- ing a few days with Miss Alice Mun- son of Thompson street. iss E. A. Locke of Atlanta, Ga., } who has been spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Poteet of Thompson Place, has returned home. Mrs. Poteet accompanied Miss Locke to New York. Moody of Golf street is spend- summer in Philadelphia, J. C. Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luce Church street are entertaining Mr. “ ! bert and Mrs. A. Churchill and two chil dren of New Britain for a few da! Miss Grace Darling has returned from a two-weeks' visit at Altamon: N. Y. Miss Amy Halliley of Chartley, Mass., is staying with Miss Cathérin Rowley for a few weks. G. W. Hanbury of the Center h: gone to New York on a business trip. Mrs, J. R. Stoddard of the North End is spending a few days with Mr, and Mrs. Willlam Nichols of Wal- tham, Mase. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Buell spent Sun« day with Mr. Buell's sister, Mrs | James Sleath at Lake Congamond. Mrs. Hart Stoddard has returned to her home in Philadelphia after spending a few weeks with relatives here. Root has returned to after spending sevs weeks with Rev. and Mrs. Her= Macy at the Parsonage. Wilcox of Providenige days with Mr. and | Miss Dorothy { Brooklyn, N. Y., | eral Mrs. Frank is spending a few rs. Peter Byrne. A daughter has been horn to Mg and Mrs. Jedediah Deming of the South End. . OLDFIELD'S © CLAIM York, July claim for REJECTED, —~Barney . Old- automobile field's one-mile circular three one-fifth seconds at new , | | track record a minutes fifty Bakers on April 22, was rejected yesterd a meeting of the contest | American Automobile | the reason that the trial timed with stop watches as by the rules. miles in was not require’l — Vast Dome of Marvelous Palace of Horticulture, Panama- it, 1914, by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. Pacific Exposition. HE Palace of Horticulture, the tenth exhibit palace completed upon the grounds of the Pana- ma-Pacific International BEx- position, to open in San Francisco Feb. 20, 1915. The picture shows the great dome, the largest glass dome in the world, before it was finished. Through- out the Exposition architecture thers is a suggestion of the Saracenic In the arrangement of the domes, this being most pronounced in this’palace. The composition of the lofty domes and minarets of the Palace of Horticulture is similar to that of the famous mosque of the Sultan Ahmed L