New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1914, Page 9

New BRITAIN - DAILY HERALD THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. Why Not Know The News? News constitutes the unusual as a general rule. If your friends at home attempt the unusual or get m'xed up in an unusual occurrence wouldn’t you like to know it? If your city attempts or carries out the unexpected why shouldn’t you be aware of the fact? If the bizarre takes place most any- where isn't to your advantage to hear it? At Home Or Abroad NEWSISVALUABLE You can never tell when some item will strike home to you direct. You can never tell when it will be to your advantage to have read some item that might at a future date be of financial» or social benefit to you. Why Not Subscribe To The Herald You are assured of “live” news, at a minimum price, served up in inter- esting form. Undoubtedly you will benefit in some manner from several of the items if you are a ‘live one.” 5 § i { mended to the council. STREET INSPECTION BY BOARD TOMORROW Board of Public Works Makes | Many Routing Decisions. Among other decisions on routine business, the board of public works, at its meeting last night, ¥ecided to 80 on a trip of inspection of the streets of the city tomorrow after- noon at 3 o’clock. This decision was prompted by the report of Inspector T. J. Coyle concerning the condition of sewer connections in the’ third and fourth wards. He reported that on forty streets in the third ward there were 627 houses, all of which were not properly connected. In the fourth ward, on twenty-six streets, .there were 565 houses, twenty-two improperly connected, The first and second wards are still to be inspected. Sewer Extensions to Be Made. Hearings were held on extensions of sewers in Stanley street from Henry to Hllis and in Ellis street from Stan- ley to Rocky Hill road. The first ex tension was favored by George K Macaulay, Anna Murphy, Anna C.| Quigley, Michael O’Keefe, Joseph and James Foote, Sven Thorson and John A. Karbouick, and opposed by Anna | Ellis, Grace Smith, Eliza Barker and John N. Johnson. The second ex- tension was favored by Michael O’'Mara and Thomas Davis, and op- posed by no one. . The board decided to recommend both extensions. Two Building Lines Discussed. A hearing was given on the estab- lishment of a building line on Ellis street from South Main to Maple, a six foot line being favored. The line was favored by 1. H, Solomon and Gottlieb Lorch, and opposed by Henry Rodenwald. W. F. Delaney also op- posed it in behalf of John Zenger and wife. Heesaid that their land would be unjustly curtailed, that the Flan- nigan building on one corner and an- other building on another corner are only a few inches from the street line itself, and that Mr. Zenger has al- ready paid $45 for plans for a build- ing that would extend beyond the proposed building line, The board decided to give the city engineer time to examine the plans before deciding the matter. A building line of fifteen feet on the south side of Brook street from South Main to Logan will be recom- It was fav- ored by Jacob Neubauer, Philip Bar- deck, Carmen Casey, Alice O’Connor and the Timothy Ahearn estate. Ordinance on Trucks Recommended. An ordinance preventing vehicles that would damage it from going ovzr the permanent pavement, and¢provid- ing a penalty of not more than $50 for the offense was repofted as drawn up by the corporation counsel, 'y President E. ‘N. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey said that the ordinance was necessary and that a limit of ten tons should be put on the size of the trucks. The board decided to shift all responsibility to the common council by asking them to take .he matter up with the ordinance com- mittee. It also decided to have the | clerk of the board write to other cities and see if similar ordinances were in force in other places. Other Business. A hearing was held on the curbing and macadamizing of High street from No. 269 to the end of the str: It was decided to recommend the curbing and macadamizing, and to provide that the curbs be laid by May 1, 1915. The drinking fountain for Smalley park \was considered, and prices for it were quoted by T. C. Smith and J. F. Meehan. It was decided to ask the supplies committee of the com- mon council to meet with the board at its next meeting and consider the question of the fountain with it. A petition_of Morris Schupack to remove a tre&jn a driveway on Ha:t street was granted. President Humphrey and City &n- gineer Hall reported baving examined the sidewalk of William Fay on Hartford avenue and finding it & good condition except for one lag. It was ordered that this flag be relaid and the cost charged to the property owner, Claims Committee Meets. The claims committee of the com- mon council met last night adjudged two claims. Mrs.. Margaret Shelton claimed damages of $352.95 on count of a fall on an icy sidewalk cn Lake street on March 22. Judge W. F. Mangan appeared for her, and Dr. P."W. Fox testified to her injuries. The corporation council said that she had no legal ground for claiming damages, but that she should receive some compensation because since ner fall she had been deprived of means of support for herself and fifteen- year-old daughter. The committee decided to have Councilman J. Dolan and the - corporation, counse try to effect a reasonable settlement. Paul Zehler claimed $5, the cost of a spring broken in his automobile when he crossed a four inch depres- sion in a bridge on Corbin avenue, going at the rate of nine miles an hour. The corporation counsel said that the committee could not pay all claims for damagss to automoblics due to defective roads and Mr. Zehier was given permission to withdraw his claim. TEDDY SURELY COMING. New Haven, Aug. 13.—Word has been received here that Colonel Roosevelt will be in Hartford at the progressive party conference and ral- ly on Saturday afternoon and will speak. In the evening he will be at the home of his sister, Mrs. Cowles, in Farmington, and on Sunday morn- ing he will go to Newfane, Vt. to make a call on friends. He will speak in Boston on Monday. $7.50 SALE Offers These Very Special Values In MEN S SUITS Suits which were $14.98 and $17.98, one or two of a kind, you choice now Y $7.50 Suits that were $20, $22.50 and $25. Our regular lines of styles ana sizes, now sl 6.85 This is harvest time for the men. Our July sale features the best values 'n Hartford, Nothing is reserved— all CLOTHING is MARKED DOWN. Store Closes Fridays at 12 Noon Dur- ing July and August. Men’s Department, First Floor. Al atlen &on TFORD R 114-116 Asvum Sr,fl" HARTFORD. Suits for Stout Women a Specialty. HUSBAND IDENTIFIES BODY OF HIS WIFE Corpse Found in Darien Woods Proves to Be That of Mrs. Thomas H. Kane of New York. Darien, Aug. 13.—The body of a woman found in the woods here last Monday, was identified today as that of Mrs. Thomas H. Kane. Thomas H. Kane of 605 Water street, New York city, made the identification. Identifi- cation was made by the clothing, as when the body was discovered it was unclothed and so reduced by decom- position as to be practically a skele- ton. The clothing was found a short distance away. Near the garments were two bottles containing tablets of a poisonous nature. Kane said his wife left home in company with a woman, whose name he did not know, on June 1 for a trip to the country. She was erratic, men- tally. The authoritiies are investigating along two lines: One that she may have been killed, and the other that in a period of mental distress she may bave taken poison, COURT RENDERS DECISION. Court of Common Pleas Accepts Re- port of Double Tracking Committee. Notice has been filed that the court of common pleas has accepted the report of the committee which heard the appeals from the report of the board of compensation and assess- ment on the widening of North Stan- ley and Chestnut street for the double tracking of the Hartford line. Both the company and the city are winners as the damages granted are light. The question now - arises as whether or not the company will double track Chestnut street and whether or not the city will recede from its contemplated improvements in widening the street, as a petition circulated by C. E. Steele asks. In case either side receded the other side will have to pay the expenses of the litigants. to ~coastwise vessels would have encour- RICHTER & CO. B! Represented by E. W. EDDY. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE New Britain Nat. Bank Blde. Tet 1170 WE OFFER FOR SALE LOCAL STOCKS MERCHANT MARINE BILL FINDS FAVOR Representative Mahan Among Those nterested in New Legislation. (Special to the Herald.) Washington, Aug. 13.—Representa- tive Bryan F. Mahan, who returned yesterday from the Stonington cele- bration, says he is in favor of the pending bill granting foreign built vessels the right to register and car- ry the American flag. “It is to be re- gretted,” he said “that the free tolls rrovision of the Panama canal act. was stricken out. Free tolls to American aged the building of ships for that trade, and such ships would be avail- able for times of stress and war, and we would not be obliged to purchase the castoff ships of other nations in order to transport our produce to the markets of the world. “The present situation, the war in Furope, has opened the eyes of our people and they now see the great im- portance of a merchant marine flying our flag. With the most bountiful crop in the history of our country, we are dependent upon foreign ships | to transport it to a market., Leader | Underwood truly said the other day | on the floor of the house, that *un less we admit foreign ships to Ameri can register, cotton will be sold for | five.cents per pound and wheat for twenty-five cents per bushel, and the output of our factories will remain unsold for want of transportation fa- cilities to get it to market. In my | orinion it would have been better to Lave built our own ships for this trade, and they would have been built ir the near future, but for the repeal of the free tolls provision of the Pan- ama canal act. Ship builders in this country are entitled to the considera- tion given them in the Panama canal act, as it costs more to build and equip ships in this country than abroad. “But the fact remains, that we must now provide some means for the trans- jortation of the products of our fields and shops to a market, and I shall vote to admit foreign built ships to American register.” EGGS FOR ENGLAND. .AMEIH Liner New York Will sail ‘With 36,000 Dozen Tomorrow. New York, Aug 13.—In the refri- gerators of the American' liner New York, when she sails for London to- morrow will be 36,000 dozen of eggs, the first American eggs for English markets since the beginning of the Turopean war. These eggs cost here twenty-five cents a dozen. They wére ordered by cable from London and there were calls for more but the steamer could not accommodate them. With the supply of eggs from Rus- sia shut off, England had no place to turn to secure stock except in America, ANTWERP PORT OPEN. Dutch Pilots Will Guide Commercial Boats Through Sheldt River. New York, Aug 13.—The Belgian consulate today made public the fol- lowing cablegram from the minister of war at Brussels: “The port of Antwerp is open, and the estuaries of the river Scheldt are open to commercial navigation. Dur- ing the day there will be Dutch pilots.” BIG TOBACCO CROP. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 13.—The 1914 leaf tobacco is already being har- vested on some farms in this vicinity and promises to be the heaviest ever known in Connecticut. Much of it has bteen purchased by dealers and com- mission men before cutting. | to connect the east shore with STATE RESERVATION PLANS COMPLETED Commission to Consider Proposcd Changes In West Haven. New Haven, Aug. 13.—Plans the proposed state reservation West Haven which will embrace the present pleasure grounds Savin Rock, have been completed by a civil engineer and will be submitted to the state commission in charge of the project, on Saturday. The plan in its broader lines will be in harmony with the plans in this city of development of a boulevard the and tor in of west shore by the way of Bast West Rock parks. Area of Proposed Park. Under the plan for the state park it is proposed to take in all the area from First avenue to Bradley's point, not, however, embracing the latter point, but including Sandy Point which projects into New Ha- ven harbor proper. The reservation will have a depth of 300 feet from highwater mark. This will take in the eminence which is the real Savin Rock, the ball grounds, the park, and the Beach street section. The plans call for the widening of Beach street to 100 feet and its layout as a boulevard. In this detail it is ex- pected that eventually First avenue will be made a boulevard, The details of the interior layout of the reservation have not been com- pleted. Right of Condemnation, The state commission has the right of condemnation. To it has already been conceded the ground be- tween low and high water marks. It is prposed to ask* for pub- lic contributions to carry on the work in addition to appropriations which the general assembly is ex- pected to make from time to time. The state commission this summer has been making a canvass to deters mine the character of the transiemt population of Savin Rock. Books for registering names of visitors have been placed at convenient places and thousands of signatures have been obtained from persons outside New Haven and West Haven who in this way have declared themselves in fav- or of making Savin Rock a state ¥ park. The addresses of the signer show that hundreds of persons come from the remoter parts of the state and western Massachusetts, the ex- ception being that northeastern Con- necticut is represented by the least number. EQUIPPED WITH GUNS, New York, Aug. 13.—The British steamer Francisco, which arrived to- cay from Hult, has two guns mounted on the deck aft. Captain Kunton ex- nlained that the fifty vessels of the British merchant service are to carry guns. Twenty-five vesgels already have been equipped We Offer: 10 Am. Hdw. Corp. 15 New Britain Mch. Co 15 Union Mifg. Co. 10 Landers, Frary & Clark. srders on the Boston ana New York Stock Exchanges Executed. PARKINSON and BURR Members HUSTON AND Stock of the V. YORK Exchnne . Represented by E. S, BALLARD, venrel 2arect, Tel. Churier wus HARTFORD. NO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. ‘Waterbury Deputy Coroner Renders Finding in Naugatuck Case. Naugatuck, Aug. 13.—Israel Gold- stein of New Haven, whose automo- bile struck Andrew Radwick of Naug- atuck here on August 4, inflicting in- juries from which the latter died, was not held criminally responsible for the death in the finding of Deputy Coroner Makepeace of Waterbury, made public today. The deputy coroner finds that Rad- wick was riding a bicycle ahead of and in the same direction as the au- tomobile but on the wrong side of the road, and that as the automobile slowed down to pass a trolley car the bicyclist rode unexpectedly in front of the automobile and was struck by one of the mud guards. The coroner finds that the death was not due to the “criminal act of or carelessness of any other person.” AMERICANS LEAVE BERLIN. Berlin, Via. Copenhagen, Via Lon- don, Aug. 13, 7:30 a. m.—A special train with 400 Americans left at 1 o’clock in the afternoon for Holland. Preparations have been advanced for the departure of other Americans. The leading banks here are now pay- ing cash on letters of credit. G. EDW. Yoik Gonsolidated WM.E. GILMO Stock Exchange. No. 1 Wall §t., New York mbers of the Chicago Board of Trade. GRAFF | RE SPEGIAL, The only Stock Brokerage house in New Britain With ticker ser- vice and direct telegraphic comnection with New York and Chicago * F. 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