New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1914, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY [, BUY NOW. PAY LATER WE WELCOME YOUR ACCOUNT FINAL CLEARANCE MEN’S SUMMER SUITS $18 Values Now $9.85 ‘Ther,e are genuine bargains in this lot of Suits for Men—the best materials and the choicest patterns. Suiis worth $18, now . at $9.85. $10 KAINKLED SREPE DEESCES The ideal Summer These models are with ored, belt finished with double tunic (AE CAESAR MISCHSTORE L.& M. SIMON 687-695 MAIN STREET. HARTFORD up to ironing. tail- Dress, neat and pretty, ratine collar and cuffs, requires no lace trimmed, .at English _.per-dread- nought Iron Duke is the flagship of the first home fleet which is now in the North se. and which is expected 10 ik . against the Ger- man fleet. She is the very latest type of English fighting machine, the 13.5-inch guns as her main battery. These guns are not surpassed by any other naval guns on earth except the new fourteen incn was the way this matter was taken | dare of in the old agreement, but in ! the bill filed in New York the court | was asked to take these lines from the New Haven. In the govern- ment's bill it sought to separate the New Haven from the oid New Eng- land railway, considered a vital part of its rail system throughout Con- necticut and Massachusets. This | was not in the original agreement | nor in the present. i ‘Will Be Embodied in Decree. i ACEFUL DISSOLUTION OF NEW HAVEN ROAD ard of Directors Agree to Teiims ! 3 ! handled guns in the English guns of the latest United States bat- tleship. The Iron Duke, the first of the five armored ships of the 1911y 12 program to be completed, was laid down at Portsmouth in January, 1912, and finished in January of this year, She was commissioned last March by Captain R. N. Lawson. Iron Duke, Flag.rshrii bf Engl&nd s Big Fleet, Ready for Battle in North Sea last word in English naval efficiency. | | She has ten She is the! first British dreadnought to carry six | inch guns behind armor for the re- pelling of torpedo craft. These weapons throw a hundred pound pro- | jectile and are the largest marn navy. I HFRALP., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST -JOf Attorney Gencral Meynolds. + New York, Aug. 12.—An agreement The whole agreement will be em- | bodied in a decree, which will be ac- | cepted by both the government and the proper railroad officials and sub- | Precautions have been taken to pro- | tect the vessel against overhead at-| tack from dirigibles and aeroplanes, | and she has, for example, two twelve- | inch guns of the latest kind. She can JEON DUKE. and HER REAR TURRET GUNS TN ACTION jhas been reached between the go\'»}mitled to the United States district | ernment and the New York, New | court of New York for approval and Haven and Hartford Railroad com- | record. pany for .the peaceful dissolution, The criminal prosecution: of New gf the New Haven system, according | Haven directors will hot be affected, 0: an announcement after a meeting ' department officials said last " night, Of the road’s directors here late yes- | by this new understariding. The fed- berday. ! eral grand jury in New York prob- Pres. Hustis' Statement, lably will get the cases early in Sep- “'The statement issued after the di- |tember. : rectors’ meeting said: 1 Won't Delay Prosccutions. ‘A meeting of the board of di-| (riminal prosecutions under the rectors of the Nefv York, New Haven | gherman law in the New Haven rail- and Hartford Railroad company was road case will not be delayed by the Held this afternoon at the Grand ggreement to settle the government’s Central terminal. After the meeting | civil suit without a prolonged court | President Hustis said that in pui- | fight. No official statement was made | suance of the hope expressed in his|today at the department of justice, dtatement of July 21 that a way might | but it was made clear that the action Still be found to accomplish the peace- | of the New Haven directors in ac- ful dissolution of the properties, an |ecpting terms which permit of pre- dgreement had been reached which | senting an agreed decree for dissolu- { to the federal will not stay the plans for | | criminal proceedings as soon as pos- ! ! sible. | The next move will be to bring up ! " the civil case in the federal court in New York city. Option Not Affected. The option of the state of Massa- chusetts on the Boston and Maine stock is not affected by the agreement | with the government. The sale of | the stock is to be put in the hands of ‘a board of trustees. Officials here point out that the real idea under | the option is to head off the possibility | of the Boston and Maine being sold to other railroad intere: inimical | to Boston in particular and Massa- | { chusetts in general. It is expected that the New Haven may represent to a new legivlature that the option constitutes a restriction on the sale and that it should be given a free {hand in selling the property at the best pc ble advantage within the | | 15" substantially a renewal of the orig- | tion' of the merger inal agreement between the attorney | court geéneral and the company in all re- spects except as to the Boston and Maine stock and is in accordance with the vote of the stockholders at New Haven, April 21, 1914, authorizing a gettlement with the government, Appreciate Ccurtesy. “President Hustis sald in =i6n that this arrangement having ! bebn accepted by the attorney gen- éral, had been ratified by the board of” directors at the meeting today and that the members of the boacd highly appreciate the courtesy of the attorney general and his co-opera- | tion in their endeavor to solve the problem without inflicting unnece sary loss upon the shareholders and to effect a rehabilitation of the prop- erty in the interest of the public. i “President Hustis resigned as a di- Yector of the New Haven, as on Sat- urday he becomes president of the Boston and Maine. Chairman Elliott | awas thereupon elected president of vear allotted, at the expiration of the New Haven. The resignation of ' Which the court would step in and John L. Billard was accepted.” | order a sale. conelu- { McReynolds Hears Decision. Based on Compromise. Washington, Aug. Attorney | .General McReynolds received word for dissolution of the New York, Jast night from New York that the New Haven and Hartford railroad directors of the New Haven railroad ' system, announced last night, was fhave agreed to his terms for a peace- ' based on a compromise by which the | fu) dissolution of the system which | roau accepted tentatively the bill | will put an end to the court proceed- ' passed by the last legislature which | ings begun there several weeks ago. ! gave the state the right to purchase Department of justice officials were the stock of the Boston and Maine, | asked some time :go if there was anvy 1t was learned here last night. Under possible way to avoid fighting the suit the agreement the federal court is through the courts and replied that! (o return an agreed verdict in the ‘the only way was to cu out th~|suit of the government against the terms of the agreement for dissolu- aven and the road is allowed | tion made months aso ‘Attorney which to petition the | General McReynolds, however, made W ehd it torthe ‘so- | his demands regarding the separa- “string bill” or for its repeal. tion of the Boston nad Maine a bit Drovision - ofetie S e ment stronger than formerly, identical with those originally | The Old Agreement. announced. The new agreement In the old agreement the trustees | the result largely of efforts by for- were to hold the New Haven, B¢ mer negotiations. ! ton and Maine stock for two vea and a half. Under the present under- standing the trustees will hold the stock for only one year. They will e given irrevocable proxies and e ercise every function of majority stockholders and owners of the prop- erty and the attorney general is ex- L ! pected to Keep close watch to see | ning of the war. i was diverted to that they are in mo way interfered | Ottawa, the firm said, because it was With by the New Haven. They are | deemed inexpedient to k Sxpected to dispose of the stock in | sum on ihe 1t this time .twelve months, but failure to do so apon reasonable grounds probably would - lead to an extension of the time. Boston, Aug, 12.—The agreement | in ature for calleq Other are | i | | | | = S CONFIRMED BY MORGAN. New York. Aug. i12.—In confirming the report of the shipment of $1,000,- 000 gold to Ottaw ¥, Morgunkund company said the sums haq been in- tended for shipment 1o the Bank of | England at London Fefore ihe hegin- HEAVY Last night's h rainfall amount- .ed to .48 inches according (o the records of the waterfall at Meadow. Clerk Egan, of the water board, also states that the severe RAINFA LV Steamship Lines. The interstate commerce commis- under the present arrangement v m; ‘decide whether the New Haven |electrical disturbances of last night | this port tod Grande, | passed close to the Nuernberg about ! | condition, the Shuttle | pounder guns on high angle mount- ings. Her main armament is ten 13.5- use up ammunition at the rate of about $50,000 a minute., She is 620 12, 1914, feet long, nearly 100 feet longer than the original dreadnought that gave its name to the class. CERMAN CRUISERS OFF FARALLONE ISLANDS l6pzg ad Naermberg Crusing About Thriy-five Mies Apart. San Francisco, Aug. 12.—Captains of several vessels making port last night asserted positively that they had seen both the German cruisers Leip- | zig and Nuernberg cruising in a radi- Farallone ! us of thirty miles of the lslands yesterday. The Nuernberg was supposed to be in the far east. At 2:30 P. M. yesterday the British | bark Colony spoke to the Nuernberg twenty-five miles south of the Faral- lones, her ptain said. The captain of the fishing tug Henrietta also re- ported sighting the Nuernberg at thé same time and place. Read Her Name. Capt. R. E. Cary of the fishing tug Pedro Costa, said he passed be- tween tht Nuernberg.nd Leipzig at 5 P. M. sufficiently near the Nuernberg to read her name on the stern. At this time - the Nuernberg and Leipzig were about 35 miles a the Nuernberg being within miles of the Farallones, which are 32 miles due west of San Francisco harbor. Captain Antruther Mann of the British bark Colony, which arrived at ¢ in ballast from Cruz Chile, reported that twenty-five miles south of the Farral- lone Islands yesterday. said he was in communication with Captain Schoenberg of the Nuernberg through a megaphone, and that when the German learned the sailing ves- sel was without cargo, he was given permission to proceed to San Fran- cisco. Three British warships, the Canadian cruiser Rainbow, and the sloops Shearwater and Algerine, are supposed to be in these waters. Arrives from Glasgow. New York, Aug. 12.—The British steamer ‘Ausonia, from Glasgow and Movilte and with 125 second class and 117 steerage passengers arrived at New York today. She steamed every night with lights out, but saw no hos- tile warships on the voyage. The steamer Danube from the West Indies, in today, reported sighting a British cruiser outside Antilla da Cuba. Over 800 Passengers Aboard. New York, Aug. —The Dutch steamer Potsdam from Boulogne, one day overdue, reached New York this morning with more than 800 passen- gers, many of them Ame 1 refugees from ISurope who left hurriedly that they were unable to bring their baggage. Because of the crowded ip's oficers were un- able to give the correct classifications those aboard, but there | to be 228 in the first c the second cabin, and 298 steerage. To the suspensién of the Imperator sailings was attributed the conges- in ‘ehall retain its interest in its so- ldid no damage to the city’s property " called Sound steamship lines. This at the lake. . tion aboard the Potsdam. Among those aboard was Julius P. he | Captain Mann | first vice president of the Hamburg- American line. The passengers told tales of hardships in Europe similar to those related yesterday by many of the Kroonland’s passengers. The Potsdam sighted no war vessels on her way across. | { Canccls Return Trip. Honolulu, 'Aug. ‘12.—A received today the Pacific Mail line Nile, cabiegram celled her trip' to Hongkong and back to the United States owing to a report that a ‘German cruiser is in the straits near Kobe, Japan. The Nile is a chartered British steamer. She left San Francisco July 2 INSPECT GARBAGE TEAMS. Dr. Reeks Finds that Work of Lining Them With Tin is Going On. {. Superintendent of Health Dr. T. | Eben Reeks today visited Weinberg's i carriage shop and inspected the lin- iings on the garbage wagons. Accord- {ing to the ruling of the health de- ; partment all garbage wagons must | be entirely lined with tin and the con- !tract was awarded to the above | dealer. There are three double teams and two single teams which are collecting garbage and they will be made much i more sanitary by the tin lining. BASEBALL TOMORROW, The professional men and the Trade school team will meet at base- ball tomorrow afternoon at Walnut | Hill park. This will be the third and ! deciding game, each team being credited with a victory over the | other. New Britain from Yokohama, says | which has just arrived from Honolulu, has can- | BAND CONCERT PROGRAM. Band Will Play Unless Inclement Weather Forbids. Unless inclement weather forbids the Polish-American Band will give the mid-week concert at Walnut Hifl park tonight. The program is as follows: America: Mamsot March, Brooke. Overture Orpheus, Offenbach. Medley of Popular Airs, up-to-date. Waltz, Isle d’Amour, Ed- Cornet Solo, “In the Garden of My Heart,” Ball. The Death of Indian Fantasy Little Big Horn. Songs of Scotland, Lampe. Medley of Scottish Folk ana Dances Anvil Chorus, Verdi. Medley of Popular A Hostransers, March, Chambers. Star Spangled Banner. E. J. BARRETT, Director. Custer, Descriptive or the Battle of the Songs RED CROSS ASKS AID. Mayor Quigley Receives Letter From > Head of American Society. Mayor Quigley this morning re- ceived a letter from Mabel T. Board- man, of the American Red Cross so- ciety, for the relief ship which this country is to send to Eu- rope during the present war. The let- ter stated that the American Red | Cross society is to send three skilled | surgeons and twelve nurses to Europe on a hospital ship to care for the wounded soldiers as they are brought | in from battles, The society is endeavoring to get all the cities in the country to donate funds and any other assistance possi- ble toward fitting out this relief ex- asking aid Herald The Bome Paper of New Britain, It is the only pa- that covers this field of 50,- 000 people, and to reach them there is no better or more econom- fcal advertising than the Herald. As a home paper {he Herald covers the city, state and world news thoroughly. | Price 3 Cts.| Meyer, games pedition. BREAK RECORD. WILL Tax Collector Loomis Determined to Run Ahead of Last Yea | Energetically endeavoring to break the record established August, 1913, when the tax amounted $25,000 Tax Loomis is steadily plugging away and | is meeting with much success, Today is but the twelifth of the month, yet he has already taken in over $15,000 in taxes. | Thus it is evident that during the | remaining nineteen days of the month | he will undoubtedly take in enough | to establish a new record for collec- | tions. in collections | to Collector DEFI FOR RANGERS. The Mt seball club has challenged the Rangers time and time Pleasant Ba again, but they seem to be afraid to | play the in | the city in a game or series of games. | We will play the Rangers for or marbles. We also hurl t the Pioneers for a for the championship my team, which is best | money a chal- series of of the lenge city. Yours in sports, FRED GUENTHER, co $30 Genuine Leather UpholsteredRockers $12 Turkish Rockers at $10.50 Massive pieces’ of leather upholstered furniture that will add attractiveness to any room and extraordinary rest and comfort for the owner, All are reduced and besides those mentioned at the top these prices will help to show you what we mean by reduced prices. $12.50 LEATHER CHAIR $8.50 21.50 LEATHER CHAIR $13.50 .00 LEATHER CHAIR 14.50 SPANISH LEATHER UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS AND ROCKERS. $35 ROCKER FOR....$21.00 $37 CHAIR FOR .. .822.50 $46 ROCKER FOR. $27.50 $57 CHAIR FOR. ..$33.00 $42 ROCKER FOR....$27.50 $57 CHAIR FOR. .. 833.50 ‘ HERRUP | vl | 1052 Main St., Hariford, Cor. Morgan St. THE STORE OF COMPLETE HOMEFURNISHINGS i Famous French Fler, Offers Services to Army G in border, n unusual view Sant. aviator, Dnmont, the famous French “ered his services to his d may lead a division of B 367-369 Main Morican FISH SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY and FRIDAY. 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