New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1914, Page 7

We Close Fridays at Noon. Saturdays at 9. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST ¢4, 1914. Other Days at 6.) OUR GREATEST FURNITURE SALE IS AUGUST’S BEST HAPPENING SATURDAY MORNING BEGAN THIS FROM THE OPENING OF THE DOORS THAT DAY THE OCCASION, GREAT BARGAIN GIVING BUYERS HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS AND HAVE BEEN PURCHASING WITH SUCH EAGERNESS IT HAS THE BEST IN FURNITURE THAT NEW ENGLAND. THE GOODS THEMSELVES EASILY . PROVED OUR VALUES HAVE YET BEEN OFFERED IN ARE THE BEST® PROOF OF THAT. HERE ARE SOME SPECIALS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE. ALL FURNITURE Is REDUCED. OAK BUFFETS. Made Colonial design of quartered wood, with polished finish. large French plate mirror, beveled drawer, 2 roomy closets, Upholstered seat, comfortable arms, value for $14.50 each. GOOD DINING CHAIRS Of solid oak with caned seat, made full box style, $2.00 value, $1.45. Others ot Colonial pattern, made of quartered oak, with slip seats up- holstered in genuine leather; reg- ular $4.00 value priced $2.75 each. DINING TABLE OFFERS. Made of quartered oak in pedestal base style, finely polished, regular price $18.50. At this sale $12.50. Quartered oak and Colonial design; in genuine brown polished and $30.00 value; THERE ARE LIBRARY mahogany finish With two silver drawers, large linen offered for $23.00 each. ROCKERS. leather, ywith deep cushion rockers, good $25.00 style, Spanish | DRESSERS VERY CHEAP. | Made with large French plate bev- | eled mirrors, you have choice of | three woods, Mzhogany, Birdseve | maple and quartered oak, polished | finish and $25.00 value for $16.50 | each. Birdseye maple, $31 value, | $25.0¢. CHIFFONIERS, ETC. ] An odd dull finish Mahogany Chif- fonier with fluted posts and dust proof interior, regular price was | clothes, worth $24.50. each. BED SPRINGS AND MATRESS We offer the National Link Springs, price $5.50, August sale price $4.50 each. Sale price $16.50 | $57.50. August sale price $39.50. Circassian _Colonial Dresser $28.50. BARGAINS. the guaranteed Box Springs of kind, long regular King spring construction, felt top, covered with A. C. A. Ticking, $13.50 value, $9.75 each. Mattresses made of puré black Hair in two parts, 45 pounds weight, covered with A. C. A. Ticking, with roll edge, value $27.50 for only $18.75 each. edge, regular $10.75 value, going at Mattresses of pure layer felt, made two parts with full box this August sale for $6.75 each. D e — HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS'* URCHASED OF US, S S Y e S T i S TS SR Berlin News BERLINITES ATTEND " SUFFRAGE MEETING . Many Sign Peton to Bc Pre- sented to Governor. BERUN GRL IN WAR CENTER Miss Lista Lincoln Had Planned Sail up the Rhine Today-—Kensing- -mn Young Ladics Left Southamp- ton, England Last Saturday. Woman suffrage arguments, were ably presented by speakers of repute, at a meeting held in the local town hall last evening, the result being the addition of the signatures of a large number of local people to the petition asking for recognition, which is to be presented to the governor of the state, and the enrollment of quite a few Berlinites in the Connecticut Woman Suffragge association, under the auspices of which the meeting was held. - The principal speakers of the >ve- ning were Professor Edward Parrott of Hartford, a former member of the English parliament, and Mrs. Par- rott. They expounded the princi- ples of equal suffrage in a convincing manner, after which they answered » to questions put to them by members | of the audience. According to Mr. Parrott, men should not receive any larger wages for working in the factory thgn do the young Iladies 50 employed in the centers of industry. It has been proven, he said, that wo- men are capable of performing many of the same duties which men sre engaged in at the present time. Ile explained, also, that in many towns, women are large property owners. He asked if it is fair that the men sifould be allowed to make all the laws governing a town in which wo- men owned the greater part of the land. ‘ The audiehce was thrown into laughter when, as one of the speak- ers announced his willingness to answer any questions, some one im- mediately stood up and asked in a loud voice. “What will husband do when mother goes to war?” The lecturer said she co “ed that query unfair. More humor was in- jected into the meeting when J. C. Canfield’s collie dog meandered down the aisle and up onto the platform, where he selected a position almost in front of the speakers to lie down apd “take in” the proceedings. It was stated when membership blanks for the Connecticut Woman suffrage association were passed out, that when the organization was first started, about four years ago, there were but 300 members. Now memberships numbers somewhere in the vicinity of 21,000. During the first year that the association was at work, ‘it raised and spent only $450. Last year, the suffragists raised ind spent $18,000 and expect to handle about $25,000 during the current year. This, it was pointed out, is certainly .a concrete indication of the success with which the movement for ‘“votes for women” is meeting. “It is but young the | a question of time,” said one of the speakers, “‘before women in Connect- icut will be given the ballot.” The meeting last night was a part of the grand automobile tour of the Middlesex county, which was started on June 15 and which will be brought to a close with a big mass meeting in Middletown on Thursday evening of this week. This unusual and ex- ceedingly effective campaign for “votes for women” has proved most successful. The work has ‘aroused such interest that money has come from many generous contributors who were eager to carry on the project, even after the ‘tours of Windham and Tolland counties had been conclud- ed. During the campaign, the suffrage workers have addressed thousands of people and have gained many con- verts to the cause. Of course, . we know it's coming,” said Miss Ethel Rankin to a reporter yesterday, “but we don’t want Connecticut to be the last to catch up.” Would “Pyt in a Word for Suffs,” Those peaceful residents who at- tended the suffrage meeting looked at each other and grinned last even- ing when, just before the meeting was called to order, one of their number (a married man), strutted into the hall, attired in white duck trousers, a plug hat, patent leather shoes and several other necessities to modern style, all set off with a brilliant diamond. (?) stud in the bosom of his shirt and a cane, anda took a prominent seat near the front. No one said anything. but it is said he had seen and admired the pic- ture of the suffragist which was re- produced in last night's Herald. It was rumored this morning that sald married man had received a | telephone call early in the evening, | supposedly from one of the suftrage workers. She - (?) had informed {him, it is said, that she had been given to understand that he was a (sympathizer with the cause and that any remarks that he might make at/ the meeting would certainly bear weight with the audience. Wouldn’t he please come over for a few min- utes and say a few words? ““Aw, they forgot to call on me,” answered the dandy, when questioned today. Mail Pouch Left Over. The 9:23 northbound express pulled out of the Berlin passenger station so suddenly this morning that Bag- gagemaster " Richard Culver was un- able to get the Berlin mail pouch onto the mail car. Acting on or- ders from the division superinten- dent, Mr. Culver shipped the pouch cn the 11:50 train, more than two hours late. Farmer Bothers Brick Men., G. A. Pickett, manager of the American PBrick company is exper- iencing some trouble with a farmer of West Rocky Hill, who persists in placing some fence bars across a public road near his property, which is used infrequently. Some of the company's have been in the habit of using {road and, to avoid Mr. Pickett has consulted the drivers the Arst informed that an | 8otten out azainst the contrary far- mer if he continues the practice cf trying to block the road. Sailed from England Saturday. . A letter which Miss JosephinesMur- ray of Kensington has received from her sisters, the Misses Katherine and Adele Murray and Miss Adele Bassott, principal of the Kensington Gram. mar school states that they had planned to leave Southampton, Eng- further trouble, selectman in Rocky Hill and has been | injunction will be ! land, for home last Saturday. They intended to sail on board the steam- ship “New York.” The letter makes no mention of the conditions in the British Islas, and the party, apparently, anticipated no trouble in getting back to this country. The “New York” is ':due here early next week. . The young ladies, accompanied by Miss Ellen Ford of New York, left late in June for an extensive tour through England, Ireland and Scot- land. Right in Center of Activities. According to a létter which Mrs. J. C. Lincoln of Farmington road khas received from her daughter, Miss Lista Lincoln, who left here on the first of July for a tour of Europe, she had arranged to take a sail up the Rhine river in Germany today. doubtedly, she has been obliged abandon her plans on account of to tire { military movements made necessary by Germany's war with Russia. It is' probable that Miss Lincoln will have to return to Lucerne, Swit- zerland, from which city she went linto the Kaiser's domain. She had expected to work through Europe from Naples, Italy, where she landed, leaving for home about the middle of September. Had it not been for the war she would have gone up the Rhine to Holland, going from there to France, England and Scotland. It looks now as if she will have to give up the remainder of her trip. While the Lincolns are worried over the safety up somewhat of thair all concluded “right off the reel”-that| daughter, they feel that she will be protected by the American consulate in Switzerland. Passenger Lost His Teeth. “Seen anything of my teeth?” asked a stranger as he approached a group of townsmen standing near Wood- ruff's store yesterday afternoon. The persons to whom the question had been addressed looked at the stranger doubtfully until he opened his mouth to show them that he was not fool- ing and that he was bereft of the hard bony appendages which are borne as a rule on the jaws. Explaining himself, the stranger, a man of about middle age told that he had become ill while riding down to Berlin on the car due here at 1 o’clock. Involuntarily, he soon gave up his dinner from the rear end of the car. He thought his set of false teeth had taken a similar course. A search was instituted along the trolley tracks, but after looking around a good part of the afternoon without avail, the toothless unfortu- nate departed. Steeplejucks on Church Spire. Two steeplejacks from Hartford have begun work on the painting of the steeple of the Berlin Congrega- tional church on Worthington ridge. It is their custom to put up their ap- paratus under cover of darkness so as to prevent anyone from learning the tricks of their trade. They chose midnight last night to ascend the steeple on the local church which ‘s quite high. Some of the young men of the town suspected that the climbers would put up their apparatus last night, ana they hid in bushes nearby with an ob- ject of seeing how the stunt was per- formed. They could see nothing, however, owing to the darkness brought on by the rain clouds. Take Auto Ride to Shore. First Selectman William H. Gib- ney, Patrick Kelly, Tax Collector Elmer E. Austin, John Carbo and others took an automobile ride to the shore this afternoon, being conveyed Un- | Plainville News BOLLIEU THOUGHT CASE WAS SETTLED' Victim Had Beén Placated, but Court Was Not Satisfied. FINE FOR ASSAULT WAS IMPOSED Mountain View Resident Gave | ‘ e | New Britain Youth Beating Over a Week Ago.—Warrant For Bartender.— After Delinquent Taxpayers. Because he had placated his victim by providing him with a new suit of Frank Bollieu of Mountain View, until last night believed that he made himself immune from prose- cution for assaulting Raymond Cowles of New Britain, who was se- verely beaten in a fight with the local man on July 26. Bollieu left the court room last night with a ifferent | Hermann Gross, might be the case as his assailant had I a powerful grip. After he had considered the cir- cumstances in the case, Prosecutor Norton said the state would be satis- fied with the imposition of a small fine. Warrant For Guino. Prosecutor Norton yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of George Guino, who it is alleged assaulted a Hartford bottle salesman, last Saturday. The papers were issued at the request of the Hartford man and were given to De- puty Sheriff Hart for service. Gross claims that Saturday when he visited Russell's saloon, where Guino is employed as bartender, the latter got into an argument with him and after he got outside punched him. From information in the prose- cutor’s possession, the pair got into an argument and while Gross was gesticulating wildly, the bartender pushed him and he fell to the ground. The case is scheduled to come up for a hearing tonight although it was; said that the pair might patch up their differences in the meantime and the authorities would overlook it as the row was of a trivial character. After Tax Delinquents. Tax Collector W. J. Hemingway is making a determined effort to clean up his personal tax books and de- linquents are being hard pressed for a settlement of their bills. The col- lector has had some trouble with some of the Italian contingent, many of which are not citizens, and do not consider themselves liable for the tax. opinion of the authorities, Justice B. P. Prior having imposed a fine of $1 and costs on the complaint of Grand Juror M. A. Norton. The accused settled under protest. According to the testimony Cowles was on his way to the Plainville re- servoir where he proposed to try his luck at fishing when he was attacked. He entered the lot by the road- side to pick a few berries and was ordered out by Bollieu, who was un- der the influence of liquor. An argu- ment followed and the Mountain View man, who is a powerfully built fellow, jumped on his young victim and punched and kicked him - into unconsciousness. Even after he was insensible, Cowles’ assailant continyed to pound him until bystanders in- terfered. Bollieu subsequently left town but returned a short time after a com- plaint had been made to the prosecut- ing authorities, and called on Cowles. The young man’s clothes were ruined when Bollieu tossed him around the One Italian, with an unpronounc- able name, who has received several bills in addition to a personal call from the collector, and has flatly re- fused to pay will have an oppor- tunity to explain his reasons to the court tonight, a warrant for his ar- rest having - been issued by Prose- cutor Norton and given to Constable Marino for service. Found Old 'Report Cards. Among the ruins of an old house on a lot on Neal's court, owned by the Pierce estate, workmen this morning found two old school re- port cards which were issued nearly fifty years ago, a room of the old graded schools having been conduct- ed in the building about that time. The cards were reports of the stand- ing of Frank S. Neal and Lizzie Smal- ley, who were pupils in the school at the time. Miss Smalley had an excellent report and. while Judge Neal’s card proved that he was mak- ing splendid progress with his studies, road and he agreed to forget the row if his assailant bought him a new suit. Cowles was satisfied with the new ‘“scenery” and kept away from the police. Sheriff Hart heard of Bollieu's re- turn, however, and accompanied by Constable Dawning he visited his home in Mountain View on Sunday and notified him to appear in court last evening. He also tendered a surprise to Cowles when he served a subpoena on him. The young man objected ta testifying and wanted the case dropped. He was warned that a capias would be issued if he failed to report and he put in an appearance last night. Bollieu admitted having assaulted Cowles but denied having bitten him, a charge among those originally made by the New Britain youth. He claimed that marks on the young man’s arms _which it was said were caused by his teeth were simply the result of finger pinches. Cowles admitted that such in the machines belonging to Messrs. Carbo and Austin, Berlin Briefs. Marjorie and Ruth Foiren have re- tukned from a vacation spent with relatives in Hartford. Alden Lincoln has returned from an automobile trip through the New England states. The family of Professor E. E. Nourse has returned to Berlin after a stay at Madison. An ice cream social will be given on Mrs. P. Holigan’s lawn in East Berlin Eriday evening, under the auspices of the East Berlin Village Improvement society. Mrs. John Carbo Katherine, are sojourning Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Upson of Fast Hartford are spending the week as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willard I Alling of Kensington. Mr. Upson, who is a former local resident, would be glad to receive calls from his old acquaintances. The Misses Carrie and Hattie Mil- drum of East Berlin, have returned from Watch Hill, R. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chapin of Brook- lyn, were the guests of East Berlin friends yesterday. Mr. Chapin for- merly resided in that village. Mrs. A, Biernbauer and children of Dunellen, N. J., are visiting relatives ir. East Berlin. Mrs. J. E. McCorkie and family have nioved into the residence in East Berlin formerly occupied by J. P. Demore. A son has been born to Mr. Mrs. E. H. Gaines of East Berlin. Mrs, S. McCrum, who has been srending her vacation at Hastings-on- the-Hudson, has returned to her home in East Berlin. Mrs. Charles Woodward of East Berlin, is entertaining a sister from Florida. Mrs. R. E. Kreinberg of Berlin has returned after a visit with her daugh- ter in Stamford. The Misses Katherine Minor and Caroline Savage left yesterday for Booth Bay Harbor, Me., where they will spend the next two weeks. Mr. and Mrs, G. M. Upson of Wal- lingford, who have been the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Wooding of Grove HiNl for the past few weeks, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Alling have returned from a visit to Hebron. A, F. Wooding is stopping in Tor- rington, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Grocock. and daughter in West and ‘| shape, financially, and will go to con- old timers say that the figures in the deportment column at least showed that he was not class mon- itor. The Lizzie Smalley, whose name one of the cards bore, was a daugh- ter of Roland B. Smalley. She was married to Walter Woodruff and. has been dead for several years. The “reports” were of considerable interest to Judge Neal and other old residents, who attended the school. They recalled that the three “Rs” were taught in the building when the town first started graded schools, the upper classes occupying one room. Mrs. George Clark and Sally McLean were the teachers. The building is one of the oldest structures in town. . It was at one time the residence of Apvolis Fenn, at the time sheriff of Hartford county and was also occupied at different times by other well known citizens. During the past few years it was fast going to pieces. It became an There’s A Great Furniture Sale In Progress Here Reductions 15 to 40 Per Cent. Our Annual Mid-Summer Sale offers more values in Furniture than any other sale in progress in New England. We have better furniture to offer—more of it and at-much lower prices, quality considered. RARE BARGAINS In Parlor Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Chamber Furniture, Mission Fur- niture, Refrigerators, Baby Carriages, Gas Ranges, Pictures, Verar:lda Furniture, Hammocks. THE FLINI-BRUCF @ 103 ASTLUM StW 450 TRUMBULL S HARTFORD loss of the tip of the index finger on his left hand, the result of an ex- perience with a cigar cutter. While talking with the cashier in a New Pritain restaurant yesterday, Mr. Babcock was toying with a cigar cut- ter on the counter. He put his finger in the opening to test the knives and the tipless finger now gives mute testimony of the quality and sharp- ness of the blades. Now is the time to get your fur- nace cleaned and repaired for the winter. If you need a new heater, see us. You will probably need some plumbing done before winter, is the best time to have it taken care of. We carry a complete line of hardware of every description and will be pleased to satisfy your wants. Plainville Hardware company, Whit- ing street.—advt. eyesore to the street and as tramps made it their headquarters, the own- ers arranged to have it razed. Registrars to Meet. Preparations for the fall elections have been started by Registrars I. P. Newell and A. D. Cady and they have issued notice of their intention to be in session in the town clerk’s office on Friday, August 7 and Friday, August 14, from 12 o’clock noon until 9 ‘o’'clock in the evening for the pur- pose of receiving the names of those who wish to be made voters before the October election. George S. Babcock, who is a candi- date for the nomination for first se- lectman, is planning to round up all the eligibles in town so they may get their names on the list by the time the selectmen meet to give the elec- tor’s oath to those who qualify. Fiftieth Anniversary. Before leaving camp grounds yes- terday for his home in New Haven Rev. Elmer A. Dent, D. D, district superintendent, announced that next year the fiftleth anniversary of the starting of camp meetings by Metho- dists on these grounds will be cele- brated. Dr. Dent stated that meeting association is the camp in excellent siderable expense in making next | summer’s session more attractive than any of its predecessors. The celebra- tion of the fiftieth anniversary will also be elaborate and preparations for it will be started during the coming winter. Brief Items. S. 8. Gwillim and family are su- journing at Sachem’s Head. Miss Anna Murphy of Whiting street has returned from Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., where she has been visit- ing with relatives. The Connecticut and Rhode Island company, which had the contract for laying amiesite pavement on East Main street and Central Square, today moved its equipment from town, work on the highways having been com- pleted. The annual baby show for Bristol, Plainville, Southington and New Britain will be held at Lake Com- pounce on August 13th. Morris Weed of Los Angeles, Cal., is visiting with relatives in town. Edward N. Morehouse, a Middle- tcwn liquor dealer. has filed a petition in bankruptcy with the United States court. His liabilities are $9,360.13 and assets of about $8,000. Mr. More- house is a former Bristol resident and is well known here. His many Plain- ville friends will hear of the failure of hie business venture with genuine regret. George S. Babcock is mourning the HOLD MEETING TO PLAN RELIEF MEASURES American Residents of Londen Seek to Aid Fellow Couatrymen. London, Aug. 4.—A meeting of up- wards of a thousand Americans was held here yesterday afternoon to take steps for the amelioration of the con- dition of their fellow countrymen. Fred 1. Kent of the Bankers Trust company of New York, who called at the meeting, said that his company alone was sending several million dol- lars in gold to Europe to redeem trav- elers checks and that other compan- ies were doing likewise. Theodore Hetzler, of the Fifth Ave- nue bank, was appointed chairman of the meeting and committees were drafted to interview officials of the shipping companies and to the hotels, to search for lost baggage, to make arrangements for honoring all proper checks and notes, and to confer with the members of the American embas- sy. Embassy Working Hard. Oscar Strauss, who has just arrived here from Paris, said that the United States embassy there was working hard to get Americans out of France, Great enthusiasm prevailed at the French capital, he said, owing to the announcement that the United States government was considering a plan to send transports to take Americans home. ¥ Chandler Anderson, a member of the international claims commission, arrived in London yesterday from Paris. This | | registered at the American embassy /in London yesterday. Many of them . added to their signatures the mnote | “Without sufficient funds,” meaning | that they were unable to get their | checks or notes cashed. ! One traveler reported that a party from a girls' school in America were | marooned in Austria. | Otis B. Kent, an attorney for the | interstate commerce commission of | Washington, D. C., arrived in London jat 2 o'clock vesterday morning after \an exciting journey from St. Peters- |burg. Unable to find accomodations iat a hotel, he slept on the railway station floor. He says: “I had been on a trip to Sweden to see the midnight sun. I did not realize the gravity of the situation until T saw the Russian fleet cleared for action. This was on July 26 at Kronstadt, where the shipyards were working overtime, “I arrived at St. Petersburg on the following day. Enormous demon- | stfations were taking place at the cdpital. I was warned to get out, and left on the night of the 28th for Berlin. T saw Russian soldiers drill- ing at the stations and artillery conm- stantly on the move, ‘Warned at Berlin, “At Berlin I was warned to keep off the streets for fear of being mis- taken for an nglEishman. At Ham- burg the number of warnings was in- creased. Two Russians who refused to rise in a cafe when the German anthem was playved were attacked and badly beaten, I also saw two English- men attacked in the street, but they finally were rescued by the police, “There was a harrowing scene when the Hamburg-American line steamer | Imperator: canceled its sailing. ~She Jeft stranded 3,000 passengers, most of them short of money, and the women wailing. About 150 of us were | given passage in the second class of the American line steamship Philadel- phia, for which I was offered $400 by a speculator. ““The journey to Flushing was made |in a packed train, its occupants lack- irg sleep and food. No trouble was encountered at the frontier, “Arriving at Queensborough at sun- | set yesterday, the Dutch captain of the Cross Channel. steamer ignored! the wig-wag signals on shore and wa stopped by a shot across the vessel's bow. The boarding officer explained that this was caused by the failure of the Dutch boat to display her flag.” Several Committees Appointed. The following committees were ap- pointed at the meeting held this af- ternoon: Finance—Theodore Hetzler, Fred L Kent and James G. Cannon: i Transportation—Joseph E. Day, Francis M. Weld and George D, Smith, all of New York. Diplomatic—Oscar 8. Straus, ter L. Fisher and’ James Byrne. Hotels—L, H. Almour, of Chicago, i Wal- § - y, New York. He sald he was engagea with | °*d Thomas J. Shanley, New The committees have established a the work of the commission at Ver- |y aqquarters where Americans may sailles when he was warned by the American embassy that he had better leave France. He acted promptly on this advice and the commission was adjourned until after the war. Mr. Anderson had to leave his baggage behind him because the railway com- pany would not register it. What impressed Mr. Anderson most was the absence of any hostile feel- ing against the Germans individually. The Germans mingled freely with the people and dined openly at the pop- ular restaurants without any attempt being made to molest them Seven Hundred Americans, Some seven hundred Americans register an dobtain assistance, PINNED UNDER CAR. New London, Aug. 4.—The break- ing of a cap timber this morning oa a trestle in East New London where gravel taken from the state pier ex- cavation is being dumped, caused a loaded car to turn over on & Bang of Italian laborers, pinning several of them down. Five were taken to the Lawrence hospital and one may die as a result from injuries received. It was the first serious accident in connection with the terminal opera~ tions.