New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1914, Page 7

(Fridays We Close at Noon. Saturdeys at 9. Other Days, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914. 6 P.M) Anticipating Winter Needs Comes Our B 2 Great August Blanket Sale! What You Got For Five Dollars THE BEST WHITE BLANKETS IN AMERICA for that money. Made of fine Calitornia wool with dainty colored borders, bound with mohair. Really good $6.00 blankets for $5.00 pair. size 70x84 inches, Plainville VNe_‘_(v_gi REPUBLICANS HUNT FOR TOWN CHAIRMAN Edwn Hilis and N Emore Clark arc Mentioned for th; Offige. JOHN NSON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY Swedish Sunday School Presents Su- perintendent With Watch and Chain—Need More Traflic Regula- | Justice Edward Prior. traffic is always congested. ~ Officer John Conlon stopped a motorcyclist on Sunday afternoon and charged him with running at a speed of twenty miles an hour right through crowds of people alighting from the New Britain and Bristol tramway cars. Less than two weeks ago a small boy was run down by an automobile cn West Main street. After the ma- chine whizzed by, a local clergyman picked up the child. Fortunately the boy escaped with slight bruises and was able to run along to his home, The automobile turned down Church street but later backed down West Main street again to find out whether the child had been injured. Fined for Carrying Guns. Game Warden Pease of Winsted caught two men in this town Sunday with shot-guns over their shoulders. He turned them over to Constable John Conlon who locked them up in the basement of the Town hall. They were tried last evening before Grand Juror Frank C. Thompson prosecuted the <e. The finding of the guns on the mwen on Sunday constituted prima “A Collector’s Gem” That is what a connolsseur of Oriental one of the Hardwick and Magee m: ing. reached in the famous French Beyond a question the highest note in modern rug-making Rug designing termed asterpieces in Wilton floor cover- 18« Wilton Fine As Silk Choice selection of lefty w orst quisite floor covering. And there i ed yarn is the basis of this s a design to tune perfectly with tions in Plainville—Other Notes. | facie evidence that they were hunting. | They were found guilty and fined one | any individual plan of room decoration. Even the severe require- SPECIAL ATTENTION CALLED to the ALL WOOL PLAID BLAN- KETS at the same price, $5.00 pair. Can’'t be matched anywhere at that. THESE PLAID BLANKETS ARE POPULAR with the college boy or girl, are light in weight, yet warm. Can be used for bed or couch and are shown in red and black, grey and blue, pink and grey, tan and white, pink and white and black and white. Choice for $56.00 pair. FINE WHITE BLANKETS in size 60x84 inches for $4.50, $5.00, $6.50, $8.00 Size 60x90 inches for $12.50, $14.50 each. $10.00, and $10.00 pair. $5.00, $7.50, Size 72x84 inches for $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $17.00 and $20.00 pair. Size 80x90 inches for $8.00, $8.50, $11.00, $12.60, $13.50, and $18.50 per pair. /11 white wool blankets, 90x108 inches, for $15. ALL KINDS OF. BLANKETS are here. Not only the California wool but Indian and camping blankets in unequalled variety. COMFORTABLES also at special AMANA SOCIETY BLANKETS are of all wool, ready shrunk and honest made. They are full sized, good warm ones, and a value that vou can appreciate, $7.50 pair. EXTRA LENGTH BLANKETS in size 60x90 inches, made from Cali- fornia wool, with colored borders and mobhair bound, $5.00 pair. GREY WOOL BLANKETS, size 70x90 inches, are good and service- able and very special at $4.00 pair. FOR LITTLE ONE’'S CRIB we have fine white blankets, 32x432, 36x54, 42x60 and 48x64 inches, priced from $1.76 on and upwards to $7.00 pair, SPECIAL VALUE for With the date for the first republi- can caucus less than a week off, local | members of the G. O, P. are beginning to speculate about the selection of a new town committee chairman to suc- ceed H, C. Thompson, who has an- | nounced, positively, that he will not be a candidate for re-election. It is expected that the caucus next Mon- day evening will follow the usual pre- cedent in balloting for a town chair- man, who will have the powor of se- lecting his associates on the commit- tee. Among Chairman Thompson’s asso- ciates on the retiring republican town committee are Selectman W. J. Simp- son, Registrar I. P. Newell, N. Elmore Clark, Edwin Hills and John E. Lamb. It was reported today that the new chairman might be selected from this group of men, all of whom are fa- miliar with the work of running a dellar and costs. Kach hunter had to pay about $21. . Mrs. Cunningham’s Funeral The funeral of Mrs, Margaret Cun- ringham was held at 8:30 o’clock this ' morning from her late home on Maple street and at 9 o’clock from the Church of Our Lady of Mer Rev. William P. Kilcoyne. officiated at the requiem high mass. Interment was in St. Joseph's cemetery on Farming- ton avenue. Brief Items. Edward Spargo of Bridgeport has 1eturned home after spending two weeks at the home of his aunt, Mrs, Bryan Morse of Broad street. The Merrymakers’ club expects to give its first annual dance and husk- ing bee in the Town hall about October 1st. Mrs. Merton R. Darrow and son, Winfleld, who have been spending g ments of period furniture are met by this superb Wiiton. Oriental effects or conventional treatments receive their warm- est, most appreciative expression. A luxurious pile and a wonderful color-fastness that retain the life of even the most delicate shadings and treatments. The newest designs in these French Wiltons are now on our floors. Made in forty stock sizes or woven to order. for so much excellence. Ag a study in perfect rug-making they well repay a visit. Prices are moderate 1H E FLINT- BRUCF © prices, and the best BED PIL- $2.50 with pink or blue border, mo- local campaign, few days with Mrs. Charles N. Arnold LOWS in town for money asked. hair bound and sized 36x54 inches. EVERYONE INVITED TO EXAMINE OUR BLAl\iKETS, we will take pleasure in showing them to all interested, with no compulsion The values are so far above the ordinary the; will Visit our south annex and ask to see blankets. talk to buy. for themselves. \ HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DPRY GOO NS PURCHASED OF US. Chairman Thompson has given the republicans to understand that any ef- forts to induce him to consider re- ‘ election will be futile. He piloted the Berlin News SCHOOL BOARD WANTS 'MODEL SCHOOL AGAIN Instrucis Secretary to Make Appl- v Gation With State Bnam._ CONSIDER ~ COURSE IN SEWING Committece Appointed to Look Into ,Advisability—Three School Board | Members to be Elected This Year —Mr. and Mrs. Nourse to Return. Secretary Arthur Woodruff was in- structed by the town school commi tee, at its meeting held last evening in the town clerk's office, to make application with the state board of .gducation for the location of a model dehool in Berlin again this vear, the e conducted for a good part of last season by Miss Edna Bugbee be- ing considered a big success. Mr. Woodruff will comply with the request of the committee at once, so that the state authorities may have ample time to investigate the condi- tions here and make their decision hefore the beginning of the gall ®hool term. which comes on Tues- day, September 8 this vear. There was some delay last year, owing to the fact that the committee did not make application until after its Oc- tober meeting, and the model school did not begin sessions until almost half the school year had passed. “It is the plan of the ool authori- ties to have the proposéd school lo- cated in the lower room of the Worth- ington Grammar school, as was the case last year, and placed in charge of Miss Edna Bugbee again. There are about thirty or dren Who could be accommodated in thie special room . The conducting of the model school is mutually beneficial to the state and | the town, and, for that reason, the state vcontributes $100 towards the salary of the instructor. The idea is to have some schools in certain parts of the state conducted in a model manner, so that the state hoard may send its teachers there at frequent intervals to learn the most practical | This necessi- | tates, of course. the hiring of u cap- | methods of teaching. able teacher who can meet the re- quirements. Subsequently. the chil- dren advantage of the advanced adopted for the school. In discussing last nmmbers of the school committee, ut the meeting last evening. expressed themselves as very well pleased the results, and heped that the state hoard would sec fit to locate another school here. Sewing in Sclools. some discussion. the board rank N. Bacon Woodruff a courses After appointed Treasurer and Secretary Arthur scommittee to look into the advisahil- ity of adding sewing to the course now taught in the local schools. They will make a report at the Septémber meeting. Superintendent J. W. Dows seemed thirty-five chil-| !a few months ago. to favor a mechanical and free hand drawing class rather than a sewing class, although he conceded that it would be more practical, in the com- mon schools, to teach the latter. The committee figured that a sew- ing teacher could be engaged for about $200 a year or less. She would not be required to devote more than one or two days a week to the work, as it is probable that classes would be organized only in'the Worthing- ton and Kensington Grammar schools. ‘Bills Ordered Paid. During the evening, Treasurer Frank N. Bacon read his report for the year and it was accepted without correction. Before it submitted to the town clerk for publishing in the annual town report, a few more bills will have to he paid. Those ordered raid at last night’s meeting were the following: L. S. Mills, $1.25; Charleés M. Weldon (painting and calcimin- ing), $69; New Britain Lumber and Coal company, $10.40; M. E. Taylor, $5.40; James W. Woodruff, $10.96; Radcliffe Brothers, $6.00; Charles E. Nott, $1.87; George B. Jones, $24.65; John H. Webber, $23.00. Few Estimates Made. It was impossible for the committee to take much action on the making of estimates for next year’s work as the members have no knowledge, as yet, as to the number of pupils that intend to enter the High schools in New Britain, Middletown and Meri- den, this fall. It is expected that there will be a large increase in the number this year over that for last, when the board was obliged to ask for about $1,000 extra for this item alone. For each of the past several years, the school committee has been obliged to ask for mcere money than was spent the year previous, and, it is to be expected that this year will be no exception. Many young people have signified intentions of entering the high schools in the fall but, as vet, the board has not received an official list. State's Attorney Investigates. A number of local and New Britain people journeyed to Hartford this morning, where they were in consul- tation with State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn on cases which have been ap- pealed from the Berlin court to the September term of the superior court. They were witnesses in the trials held here. Thé most important of the cases under consideration are the | Austin-Gordon assault case and the reckless driving case against Louis Seiple of New Britain, who ran down and seriously injured Richard Luby Witnesses in the assault trial were notified by Con- stable Hackett. Prosecuting Attorney Gibney consultations. He , conducted cases in the local court. William H. the in the model school have the year's school, | with | Property Transfer. Louis Mirante of New Britain has transferred to Salvatore also a Hardware City man, a plot of land in this town known as the ' of the Berlin map, on file in the { town clerk's office. A . and Mrs. Nourse to Return. tessor and Mrs. E, E. Nourse | have written to their children in Berlin that they expect to return from Bayfield, Wisconsin, a w:ek from i next Sunda; Mr. and Mrs. Nourse hurried to the | Wisconsin town early in August, en- deavoring to reach the bedside of was also present during the | Scapellati, | “Gate- | i Mr. Nourse's mother, who was criti- | cally ill, before she passed away. They came too late, however, for the 1 i is visiting her aged woman died the day before they arrived. To Re-elect School Board Members. When the polls open on the first Monday in October for the annual town election, the voters will have before them the appointment of successors to E. E. Honiss, F. F. Hanford and John A. Moore, three school board members whose three-year terms ex- pire at the end of the present fiscal year. None of the gentlemen have made any statements as yet but it is thought that they will all be can- didates for re-election. Two of them, Messrs. Honiss' and Hanford, are re- publicans and will have to be re-nom- inated at the G. O, P, caucus, and Mr. Moore is a democrat,; whose nomina- tfon must come from that party. The retiring officers have proven very valuable on the board, and it 1s generally hoped that they will be re- turned for three more years. At the last election, Arthur ‘Woodruff, Sid- ney M. Cowles and W. H. Nye were appointed to the board. Berlin Briefs. The Kensington Social oWrb will give a social and dance at Foresters’ hall on Thursday evening of this Wweek. A certificate of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miranti of Kensington at the New Britain Gen- eral hospital, was returned to the lo- cal town clerk’s office today. Mrs. John Viets of Berlin left yes- terday for a brief visit at her former home in Nebraska. She moved here with her husband; early in the spring. Miss Junie M. Brown, aof New Hartford, is visiting her father, Wal- ter M. Brown, of Worthington Ridge. Miss Florence Wells has returned from a visit with friends in Lynn, Mass. Christopher Fagan and James Corr are spending a two weeks’ vacation at Indian Neck. William 8. Norton of Grove Hill, Kensington, returned last evening from a stay of two weeks at Atlantic City. Miss Annie Duffy, who has been keeping house for Father J. C, Bren- nan, pastor of St. Paul's parish, has lek;n up her residence at Glendale, Miss Edna Carr has returned to her home in North Haven after a visit with Miss Mildred Aspinwall of Worthington Ridge, After a vacation spent with friends in Kensington, Mrs. John H. Larson has returned to her home in West- chester, N. Y. Miss May White has returned from a vacation spent in Worcester, Mass. Frank E. Vyela and family home after having enjoyed a vacation at Tylerville, Conn. Mrs. Clarence W. Pierce of Worth- ington Ridge is the guest of friends in Pittsfield, Mass. ' ‘ Mrs. George Hubbard and son Ken- neth of Southington are visiting rela- tives in East Berlin. Miss Alma Cramer of Clinton, Mass., brother, F. Cramer of Wilcox avenue, East Berlin. C. J. Bastian, a Pittsburg man who is touring the I"ew England states by automobile, spent yesterday with his parents in East Berlin, are short republicans to victory two years ago in the face of a national democratic landslide and he feels that he has done his share in serving the interests of his party. ¢ Edwin Hills and N. Elmore Clark are two young men who have been mentioned in connection with the se- lection of a town chalrman. It is understood that Mr. Hills has been approached, in an informal way, to ascertain his attitude on the question and that he said that his business duties would not permit of giving the necessary time to the job. Several leading republicans ex- pressed themselves today in favor of Mr. Clark as town chairman. He has been in close touch with local politics for a number of years. In his as- sociation with the Plainville Business & Improvement association he has been interested in general matters of town welfare. Both Mr. Hills and Mr, Clark are numbered among the town's leading manufacturers and it is extremely doubtful if either of them would feel able to sacrifice enough time to shoul- der the responsibilities that go with the town chairmanship. There have beeri many calls for Stanley S. Gwillim to take up the republican reins, which he held with conspicuous success several years ago, but Mr. Gwillim has said that he will not consider the town chairmanship. It appears that there will be more interest at the caucys Monday in se- lecting the town chairman than there will be in choosing delegates to the several copventions, Presented With Gold Watch. Fifty members of the Sunday school conducted by the Swedish Con- gregational church tendered John Nilson a party at his home on Forest- ville avenue Saturday evening In honor of his birthday. As a reward for his faithful work as superintendent of the Sunday school Mr. Nilson was presented with a gold watch and chain. Axel Linman, secretary church, made the opening and the pastor, Rev. E. C. Carlson, made an address. Rev. Mr. Norberg of South Manchester also had a few words of greeting to say to Mr. Nil- son. After Miss Ruth Carlson had ren- dered several musical selections re- freshments were served. Child Ts Recovering. It was stated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fanning on Maple street today that their daughter Dorls, who was injured in an automobile ac- cident yesterday, is resting as com« fortably as could be expected. Sev- eral bad bruises on her body cause her considerable pain. There has been no development of internal in. Juries as yet and it is hoped that the child will soon recover from the ef- fects of the accident, O. C. Heim of Manchester, N. H,, driver of the car that struck the Fan- ning girl, has been exonerated of blame by the child’s parents and by the local authorities. Need More Traffic Rules. The accident to the little Fanning girl on Whiting street yesterday, has brought home rather forcibly the need of more stringent traffic rules in Plainville. An important feature of the accident vesterday was a large delivery truck which stood by the side of the street. Although on the right side of the road the truck formed an obstruction to traffic in a compari- tively narrow street and the children who were playing on the sidewalk could not see the Manchester auto- mobile as it came down the trolley track. It was represented to the se- lectmen today that there ought to be a rule forbidding automobiles to stand for hours in the public streets of the town. Whether the selectmen have avthority to enforce such an ordi- rance is not known. of the remarks In the future the traffic officers on Sunday will endeavor to make auto- mabiles travel more slowly as they pass through the center of the town where of 26 .East street, have returned to their home in Niantic, Conn. George Skinner is the guest of Ed- ward Spargo in Bridgeport. A solemn high mass of requiem for the late Pope Pius X. will be brated at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Agnes Downey is ill at her home on East street. | Mrs. James M. Prior and children of West Main street are visiting in Waterbury. Mrs. Simon McDonald of Central Square has returned from the Hart- ford hospital, where she was a patient for the last few days. Frank E. Bailey who has spending the summer at Maplehurst Inn returned to Providence, R. I, to- day. Mr. Bailey expects to take up Jjournalism as his profession this fall. A party of local young people who have been enjoying a house party at Highland Lake, Winsted, returned to town last night. Postmaster Peter J. Prior an- nounces the following unclaimed let- ters at the post office: Edward Bog- hcssin, Mrs. Mary E. Colt, Frank Dic- zretis, Evelyn Edwin, Ella M. Hart, Mrs. Hederick, Mrs, Ida K. Muldown, | George Mastrianni, Mary A. McEvoy, Fmma B. Roberts, Henry Schumacher, Mr. Terpsy. H. H. Spooner of Kensingtton was a visitor in town yesterday. Now 1s 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, This is the best time to have it taken care of. We carry a complete line of hardware of every description and w1l be pleased to satisfy your wants. Plainville Hardware company, Whit- ing street.—advt. MEAT. PRICES FIXED, SAY N. Y. RETAILERS Butchers Testify at nquiry Held by Sccretary MeAdoo New York, Aug. 25.—Retail butch- ers, testifying yesterday before Chief Magistrate McAdoo, declared that in this town there is practically one mar- ket for those who buy from the big packers, and that no matter where they go they pay the same prices. When there are differences in the prices demanded by the packers, they said, the differences are so small as not to make it worth while to leave one packer and g0 to another for their supplies. A feature of the testimony was the word of Alfred S. Benjamin, an Ar- gentine beef jobber, that if the tariff on meats had not been removed the American people would now be un- able to buy any meat at all because of the prohibitive prices, He tained that while importations of Ar- gentine beef have not reduced the price, they have controlled it to a very appreciable extent and that there would even have been reductions had American bankers been farsighted enough to have established branches in Argentina before the European war began. Charles 'J. Higgins, district man- ager for Nelson Morris & Co., varied the stories of the packers’' representa- tives in his declaration that the ask- | ing price of the branch office man- agers is not fixed merely by their judgment of the market. He said that he called up these branch of- fice men every day and gave them over the telephone data from the main office in Chicago which enabled them to determine what a fair ask- ing price would he, He said they sel- dom got this price, because the buy- cele- | been ;| main- | t | is being made to extend the business | of Argentine beef here is restricted | fore the federal grand jury, according ers bargained them down, but he de- nied that the salesmen, knowing that théy would have to reduce before they made a sale, put on a ‘“nice, fat juicy price to start with.” Denles Stock Is Held Back. Mr, Higgins said that the uniq formity of prices was due solely to market conditions, As for the cattle and hog raisers holding back their products in the hope of further ad- vances in price, he said he did not believe it, He thought that cattle and hogs were simply not in the country, because any raiser would certainly sell at the prices being paid now by the packers, B August F. Grimm, president of the East Side Retail Butchers' associa- tion, and Herman Kirschbaum, for- mer president and a member of the West Side Retail Butchers' associa- tion, asserted that these organizations have never tried to induce their mem- bers to maintain a uniform retail price for meats. Mr. Kirschbaum said that the packers sell at prac- tically uniform prices despite the bar- gaining between their salesmen and the retail butchers, Such variations as there are, he saild, are due to the quality of respec- tive lots and purely local conditions, but they are so small as to make lit- tle difference to the buyer. No buyer, he said, could afford to run from one packer to another in the hope of sav- ing a quarter of a cent on a hundred pounds of beef. Richard Webber, the owner of a big market at Third avenue and 120th street, also agreed that there is prac- tically one market for the retail butcher., He can haggle with the salesman of the packers, but doesn’t gain enough to make it worth while to trade elsewhere. Argentine Supply Hampered. Mr, Benjamin is the representative here of the San Salina company, im- porters of Argentine beef. He said there was no American money behind his concern and that most of their trade is with England. Nevertheless, he said, since the new tariff law. be- came effective this company had done a profitable buminess in America. Four-fifths of the beef sold goes to the independent trade, and no effort with the big packers here. He said that it was true that the importa- tions from Argentina under the new tariff have not reduced the prices of meat, but he said they had kept the prices down. “There are several reasons why prices have gone up since the Euro- pean war began,” he continued. “In the first place foreign exchange has been knocked sky high. There is no gold in Argentina, and even the most distant ranchmen insist on get- ting it rather than paper. We have to get gold from London and, there- fore. have to pay double exchange be- cause London is getting it from the United States. There is great need in Argentina of branch American banks, The National City bank has started, but they are not doing business yet. “Again there has been a great in- crease in insurance rates because of the war, and the Argentine ranchers are not behind the Americans also in holding back their cattle in the hope of getting higher prices. All of these things contribute to raise the price, which the consumer must pay."” Mr. Benjamin added that the sale because his company has no facili- ties for cutting up carcasses and must | gell to jobbers or retailers’ who can afford to buy in large quantities. They | do little business except with the butchers who can take at least a car- load at a time. No Federal Charges Yet. The investigation by the govern- ment authorities has not vet disclosed anything to justify laying charges be- | to United States Attorney Roger B. Wood. He expects to make a reporll 103 ASYTLUM ‘SIW 450 TRUMBULL ST. HARTFORD | causes. ate, ministration, corporation pany men under the direction of a goVi ment shipping board. ernment merchant steamers has come from the | belligerent nations of Europe, announced today at the White House, and none is expected by administra- tion officials! The president believes the plan entirely in conformity with internationa) band freight the ships to Washington some time this week, “Judging by the results of our ine quiry so far,” he said yesterday, “there is no wholesale raising of prices in this district. There have been increases in the price of some foodstuffs, such as sugar, meats, flour, dairy products, etc, but these in many cases are based on natural T will admit, however, the possibility that the timeliness of ous investigation put a stop to the ate tempts of greedy wholesalers and re= tailers to justify high prices through the European situation. “I do not say that there have been no concerted efforts to raise prices, but if such conspiracies exist the facts fail to show them., One of the significant results of our investiga- tion is the discovery that an abnormal supply of foodstuffs is in the ware- houses. We find no evidence that manufacturers and wholesalers are storing their wares and waiting for prices, Several Objections Raised. Objections to the investigation now being conducted by District Attorney Cropsey before Justice Benedict im Brooklyn were made yesterday by counsel representing Arbuckle brothe ers, the Bush Terminal company and Butler brothers. The latter concern objected to the subpoena duces tecumy which, counsel said, meant practically the bringing of their entire business into the court room. The objections were noted and the return of the sub« poenas was extended to Thursday. Henry A. Morgan of the Americam Sugar Refining company testified thaf his company’s reduction up to thi weeks ago of output wasinot due to shortage in raw sugar, but to the falling off of the demand, and now. the company finds itself swamped: with orders. Samuel F. Boyd, vice-president off Acker, Merrall & Condit, presented a list of figures showing what his come pany paid for refined sugar. His fig ures show that on one day he bought sugar at wholesale for«$4.60 a barrel and sold it for $5.20. He sald that the difference between;the wholesale and retail price was generally less than this, all depending upon the des mand for the sugar. He said thus the rush of housewiwes to buy sugasr and the raising of the wholesala prices were largely responsible for for the present high retail prices. One of the most ingenuous excuses for an increase in the price of potas toes, which have not yet joined in the big jump among most of the othes foodstuffs, is advanced by a Franklim street restaurant. Attached to their menu cards yese terday were slips of paper reading: “Owing to the very high price ofy beef we are compelled to charge 10 cents for the potatoes with ro: beef.” to Purchase Fleet of Ships. Washington, Aug. 25.—Legislation to carry out plans for the establish- ment of a fleet of government mer- chant ships to meet the emergency. of war in Europe was up for consid eration in the house today and ready for immediate submission to the sefis The bill, approved by the ads would authorize the of & $10,000,000 con to own and operate merc No opposition to the proposed go purchase of foreign bull it was sinec no contra= be carried aboard law, will