New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1915, Page 9

‘We Wish to Call Your Special Attention to Our Immense Stock of Plain White Linens of Our Own Importation. THEY ARE IN BOTH HEATHER AND OLD BLEACH MAKE, WITH CHOICE SHERTING LINENS, OF WAISTING LINENS, PILLOW SCARFING 'ILINENS, EMBROIDERY LIN LINENS, s, CASE ETO. VISITORS TO OUR LINEN DEPT. IN SOUTH ANNEX, FIND IT EASY TO MAKE SELECTION FROM OUR BIG STOCK OF WHITE LINENS, AND TELL US THAT OUR PRICES ARE LOWER THAN AT OTHER STORES. THAT IS BECAUSE WE BUY DIRECT FROM THE LINEN MAKERS AND IMPORT GOODS OURSELVES. WAISTIN¢ $1.00 and $1.25 and $1.25 72-inch for $1.75 $1.00, $1.25, yard. LINENS in these widths and prices: 35¢, 42¢, 45¢, 50c, 58c to $1.00 yard. for 50c, 58c, 65c, 75¢, $1.00 to $1.25 yard. yard. and $2.25 yard. EMBROIDERY LINEN, 15-inch for 25c¢ to 30c yard. 60c yard. 20-inch for 36c to 62 1-2c yard. 24-inch for 40c to 75¢ yard, and 27-inch for 39¢ to values. < PILLOW TINENS, LINEN ' SCARFING 22-inch for 83c to 70c inch for 2 45-inch . 29¢, width, Fine grade, 40 inches wide, A 42-inch for 75c yard; 54 inches wide, $1.00 LINEN SHEETINGS, 63-inch width, for $1.50 yard. 81-inch for $1.25 yard. $1.50 to $2.25 and $2.50 yard. 90-inch for C,y and 18-inch for 29c to vard. Great 80c yard. New Gloves Are Arriving Daily Come ask for the WASHABLE KD GLOV gray shades, they arc thie very latest for Spring wear, clasp style, piquo fancy stitch backs, $2.25 palr, clasp wrist, nd prix seam, 81.50, $1.75 palr. in sand and battleship They are in ohe- In Biarritz style with WASHABLE DOESKIN GLOVES, one-clasp, pique and prix seam style in white, very special for $1.00 and $1.50 pair, 1TAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FORXR NEW BRITAl At Glove Dept. N YOU CAN LY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCIHASED OF Beriin News FALLS THIRTY FEET - WHILE FIGHTING FIRE B Frank Dy i Ut Oes- i!an's‘fluusc Burned to Ground. MNNERSARY'GF CHURCH FIRE nteresting Coincidence in Connection With Last Night's Blaze—Lyccum to Have Dcbate on Reduction in Postal Rates. While fighting the .disastrous fire which completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oestman 'in Kensington late last night, Frank B. Day, one of the volunteer firemen, fell a distance of thirty feet as the liddder which he was standing broke suddenly under the weight of five His fall “Paddie” ‘Malley, upon whom he fell, and fortunately he suffered no fur- ther injuries than a nis head. Nothing remains of the Oestman sottage today but a smoldering heap of. ruins, According to the owner, the total loss, including the furniture, amounts to $3,000, all.of which is covered by insurance, ‘Mrs. Oestman was alone in house when the fire broke out. had just retired when she detected the odor of burning wood and, get- ting up to investigate, she found ! volumes of smoke pouring down the | stairway from upstairs. She hurried 1 over to N. A, Pelletier’s house nearby | to spread the alarm. Instructing his wife to 'phone the fire warden and sthers for help, 'Mr. Pelletier began Aizghting the flames with the assistance | ofi Charles Gullong and Frank Day, who appeared on tae scene at the; sume time. With one of Mr. Pelletier’s ladders they reached the roof and, climbing apto the side of the chimney, chopped 1 hole in the shingles. They found that tae blaze was in the other part »f the attic and consequently broke through the roof at that end, but all r00 late., The flames had :.incd too much headway. s By that time Fire Warden Ritchie ind a crowd of volunteers had ar- | rived and a bucket brigade was im- ! mediately formed, Fanned by the strong wind tae fire gained steadily, however, and, perceiving that the houses of Henry Colby and Mr. Pel- lefier were threatened, some of the den directed their efforts towards seeping them out of danger, while .thers occupled themselves in carry- ing out furniture from the doomed structure. Despite the fact that the roof of the Colby place was soaked with water, the shingles caught fire and for a upon men. was broken by. bruise on the She reached the top and was just about to take a pail of water from one of those below him when, without warn- ing, the ladder broke with a loud re- port, throwing all. of the volunteers to the ground. The many spectators were horrified to see young Day drop and, as he lay on the ground, tem- porarily stunned, they rushed over, expecting to find him seriously in- jured or dead He set their fears at rest by leaping up and continuing with the work. In the meantime, the chemical truck from the number Engine | house in New Britain had been sum- | moned by Fire Warden Ritchie and, upon its arrival, the hose which it carried was coupled with that of the American Paper Goods Fire Depart- ment and, through a line of hose eas- ily 5,000 feetlong was senta forcible stream of water which, when directed upon the burning roof of the Colby house, quickly extinguished the in- cipient blaze. In the opinion of the fire warden | the thre houses to the west of the burned building would all have burn- ed down had it not been for the timely application of the stream of water. The bucket brigade could not com- pete with the strong wind. After all danger was past hot cof- fee, cheese and crullers were, served to those who had assisted in fighting the fire. Fire Warden Ritchie is to be con- gratulated upon his judgment in turning the attention of the volunteers to the neighboring buildings when it was evident that the Oestman house could not be saved. He praised ‘‘Doc’ McKeon and Frank Day for ®their heroic work. Living with Gullongs. Mr. Oestman was attending an Elks’ meeting in New Britain at the time when fire was destroying his home. He returned about 11:30 and was astounded upon seeingthe con- ditions. He and his wifie accepted the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Gullong to make their temporary home with them. Mr. Oestman is foreman at the Donnelly brick yards in Kensington. Church Fire Just 2 Years Ago. An interesting coincidence in con- nectian with last night’s fire is that it occurred on the anniversary of the conflagration which destroyed St. Paul's old church, causing a loss of $15,000. That fire broke out just after midnight, March 5, 1913. Practically everything was lost. Need of Water Emphasized. The loss of the Oestman cottaga again emphaszes the pressing need of a good water system in Kensington and today the agitation for such an improvement was given added stim- ulus. As the discovery was made early, it is safe to say that with adequate fire protection, the burned house would have been saved. As it was, two, if not three, other houses were saved by the Paper Goods action in turning on the factory water. Crossed Wire: Although it cannot be definitely as- certained it is the opinion of many that the fire last night received its origin from crossed wires in the attic. It was said last night that the blaze was caused by a defective chimney flue. Mr. Oestman lends strength to this theory in telling of the fact tharg, about two weeks ago, he heard a brick ‘fall down through the chim- ney. More Discrepancies. time it looked as though this house wonld also be razed by the flames. A tBjety-two fopt ladder, which had been procur om Mr. Pelletier, was hoisted and Frank Day and four pthers sprang up on it. Young Day According to the Middletown Penny Press, East Berlin voters have found more discrepancies in the town report. The paper has the following to say in regard to the matter: “The recent findings of the special committee on town affairs, appointed by the town, is stirring up quite an interest among the voters. Several more discrepancies have heen found, and the next meeting, which will be held the first Monday in April will be largely attended, and some drastic measures are expected to he taken.”| For Reducing Postage Rates. It is expected that the meeting of the Men’s lyceum which is to be held Monday evening at the chapel at Up- son’s corner will be largely attended, inasmuch as the subject for debate represents a live issue. Ex-Senator Claude W. Stevens and F. H. Crane; as.affirmative disputants and Clarence B. Baldwin and Willlam A. Hyde as negative debaters will thrash out the subject, “Resolved, That the rate of postage 'fuy’ Jetters inh the United Statesoshould be reduced to one cent.” Grass Fire. Grass in ‘a meadow on the New Britain branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford took fire shartly before noon yesterday morning from a spark of a passing locomotive. ,The G. Prentice Manufacturing company factory and a large barn were threat- ened for a time but with the arrival of a section gang, the fire was quickly put out, Berlin Briefs. William J. Webster, son of ex-Rep- resentative and Mrs. Daniel Webster, left this morning for the northern part of Pennsylvania to look over a large dairy farm ‘which he has been asked to manage. He will return before the first of April. Miss Hattie Sage left yesterday for a short visit in Litchfield. . Mrs. Wilkinson is dangerously ill at the home of her son, Charles As- pinwall of Waorthington ridge. Postmaster Henry L. Porter has had the mail boxes about Berlin painted. Miss Julia Hovey is again confined to her home on Worthington ridge with a slight illness. 7 Lenten services will be held at St. Paul’s church at 7:30 o’clock this evening. Mass will be said Sunday morning at 9 o’clock. East Berlin young people are ar- ranging a dance for March 17, St. Pat- rick’s day. Dr, Zeigler of the Berkeley Divin- school in Middletown will spealk this evening at St. Gabriel's church Lenten service. Services preparatory to communion were held last evening at the Berlin Congregational church and at the Ken_ sington - Congregational parsonagé. The Boy outs of Berlin will hold their week meeting at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Don’t worry about fires, short. Insure with me. C. B. Fagan.—advt. life is too Do it now.” ITURNS TO LICENS Shreveport, La., Votes to Retire From Prohibition Rank. Shreveport, La., March 5.—Shreve- port yesterday voted to return to 1li- censed saloons, 1,457 to 42, The prohibition leaders advised their ad- herents to ignore this election, ana this is said to account for the light vote cast by that side, The prohibitionists will contest the issuance of licenses in the courts, it was announced. Native eggs 29c doz. Russell Bros. —udvt, ! Business Men Will | ctlier man of prominence will have to | Professor Taft here although but little i would come here for the eighth an- | it h ‘to have the banquet about the middle ‘Stone Hill section, dragging the wag- Plainville New TAFT GIVES LITTLE ~ HOPETO COMMITTEE Former President May Not Comg Hers for Business Men's Ba-quat. Gather Around | Festive Roard About the Middle of April—sherift Called on to Get Pension Certificates. |and a While they have not as vet siven up hope of getting ex-President W. H. Taft for the principal speaker at the nnual banquet ‘of the Business and Improvement association, for Wwhich srrangements are now being made, | members of e committee admit that | the prospects of his coming here this | year are not particulariy bright and there is a strong likelihood that some Le secured to take his place. J. H. Trumbull, chairman of the committee, 'said this morning that a | determined effort is being made to get | ercouragement has been given. Al ago the former president promised the business men that he | nual banquet of the local association, | could possibly arrange to do so. | £ = been reminded of the promise but his engagements during the next twe months are so numerous that the possibiiities of his accepting an in- vitation from the Plainville organiza- | tion are admittedly quite remote. Mr. Trumbull explained that the plans for the banquet are progress- ing actorily, although the com- mittee is not yet prepared to select a date. The members are in communi- cation with probable speakers and the date for the spread will be set to suit | their convenience, should they agree to come here. The committee wants of April and Chairman Trumbull ex- pects that the date will be selected scme time next week. i The directors of the association, under whose auspices the affair will be held, held a regular monthly meet- ing in the club rooms last evening but as none of the members of the banquet committee were present, a re- port of the plans was not forthcom- ing. The hoard gave up the evening to an informal discussion of town affairs. Secretary F. L. Benzon was appointed to represent the association at the neeting of the directors of the state organization held in Hartford today. The session was called _to consider legislation now pending before the general assembly. Wouldn’t Suwrrender Papers. Mrs. determi- nation cus- todian Chauncey amen's to become self-appointed of her husband's pension papers was responsible for a visit of the police authorities to the Naamen fiat on Whiting street yesterday after- noon. The woman had refused to give | her husband the papers which would make it possible to collect the govern- ment's contribution towards his sup- port and Deputy Sheriff W. C. Hart and other town authorities were called in to separate her from them. Accompanied by Chauncey, who is one of the negro veterans of the Civil war, the officer visited the Naamen home and made a demand for “the paper: Yesterday was pension day | and Mrs. Naamen's better half was | anxious te collect the money. The woman seemingly was not sat- isfied with the share of the pension that had been given to her at the pre- vious payment and she flatly refused, to surrender the certificates necessary for a collection. Even Sheriff Hart could not prevail on her to give them up and it was necessary to use force to secure them, one of the officer’s as stants holding her while Chaunce, removed the certificates from a trunk in which they had been hidden. There was considerable excitement | around the center while the officer was attempting to persuade the woman to give up her husband’s be- longings, Chauncey having repeated his tale of woe several aimes before complaining to the authorities. Letter Carrier Injuréd. Rural Carrier Rupert Morey is| confined 'to his home on the New Britain road with injuries received vesterday afternoon, when the ho which he was driving ran away, drag- ging him along the road for a con- siderable distance. There are a num- ber of painful bruises on his body but | his injuries are not of a serious character and in a day or two he will be able to resume his duties. Mr. Morey driving horse which he had hired from the Beng- | ston farm on the Southington road. | He was delivering mail in the Scott's | Swamp district when the animal be- came frightened and bolted. At the time Mr, Morey w about to get into the wagon. He attempted to stop the | horse and held his grip on the reins for some time. e finally tripped and | fell and was dragged along the road | for several feet hefore he could un- tangle himself. It was at first thought | that he had been badly hurt but after | a short rest he was able to walk | home. After Jeaving the driver in the road | was a spoke { The selectman | ever, f s tims—laments | the deserted | visited the local schools yesterday and l | spoke in several rooms, giving | children some good advice regarding the | animals and birds. She most interesting fashion and made a deep impression on her | youthful auditc | Miss Taft is tor at the schools has inexhaustible fund nd the children delight in listening to her in one room the visitor was greatly pleased to hear the children repeat some of the interesting things she told them when she spoke in the schools ars ago. Taft i direction of the Connecticut society, She has visited about schools in the past year and has lectured to over 60,000 children on the treatment to be given to ani- mals, . Thouzht Babe Was Deserted. Answering a en, thought a housc on kindness to in a a visi- an welcome She always a here of stories the Humauane 1,500 report that two be colored, had Broad street owned Newton last evening abandoned a child the First Selectman J. Johnson pair visited the place this conduct an investigation, the wom- to visited by George L and had ises, on w. lieutenants morning to For had been rows, the Hartford past two deserted, tenant, hospital Weeks Mrs. the housc Walter Bar- having been in the during that period. had possession of the the womans' absence. was found this morning and when discovered in the Kkitchen stove, visitors thought they had a real clew. They entered the rooms stealthily, ex- pecting every moment to hear the wails of the deserted chee.ild. The place was gone over thoroughly, how- but no signs of human forms were encountered. The selectmen subsequently had a talk with neighbors and were advised that Mrs. Barrows had returned home« last evening. She had ‘no key to the house and it gain entrance though the ing could not he explained. Efforts of Mr. Johnson the woman herself were ful this morning, although neighbors said she had entered the house less than two. minutes before the search, ing party arrived. Mrs. Barrows has been a’ town charge and when “she went to the hospital, the selectmen advised here that they would not hold themselves responsible for the pay- ment of her rent after her return and that she must seek other guarters. It was thought that she had “seen ihe selectmen first” and was, hiding in the house, although a thorough search [of all rooms failed to reveal her presence. Brief Items. A son was born last evening to Mr. and Mrs. I J. Birnbaum of Broad street, f Rev. W. P. Kilcoyne of this place preached a sermon at the Lenten ser- vices in the Church of the Immacu- late Conception, Hartford, last even- ing. His subject was “General Judgment " An effort is being made to or- ganize a branch of the Woodmen the World in Plainvilte. tives of te organization have been here for several days attempting interest local people in the order There will be Stations of this evening at 0 in St. church in Forestville Hon. G. W, Pennman of Boston will give an illustrated lecture on “Pythian Knighthood” this evening in Grange hall. He will speak undcr the auspices of Pythian lodge. The Hose company will hold its March meeting this evening in the fire department’s parlors in the town building, Mrs. Wallace Bradshaw is seriously ill at her home in Forestville. Dr. J. N. Bull was called into consultation on her case Wednesday She is suf- fering from Bright's disease. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Okenquist are key during The house to be open a fire was courted suspicion, of child al- theory abandon - to locate unsuccess the Cross Matthews | receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter. TO - RENT-—Seven corner Broad streets, Plainville. room and W, tenement, Washington P. Morgan. 3-5-2dx Cairo in the Midst of War, (Louisville Courier-Journal. ) In February and March, when Eu- rope is at peace, the'fashion of five continents seen on parade in Cairo. This year social life, save that of the Arab quarter, is as dead as the grin- ing mummy of Rameses the Great in the museum. as the chambers beneath the pyramids at Gizeh. The sphinx no longer look down upon gay parties of pleasure- seekers when the full moon bathes the desert in golden light. The chat- tering “son of a sheik,” who formerly reaped a rich harv. of small coins from the mints of many countries by offering his services guide until bought off and sent about his business —which was always to seek new vic- in dire poverty. The shadow of Cheops falls upon “Mena house,” formerly the scene of smart dinner parties, Where are the camels that knelt for venturesome tourists with assumed demureness and racked their bones during their experimental journeys across the sanc Gone, perhaps, to bear soldiers to the defenses about Port Said The broad terrace with its numberle wicker chairs and tables stowed away is no longer the meeting place of well-tailored, or well- gowned idlers. ritish gilded youths wearing monocles, rovalty from little German states, Italian princes, Bg: tian pasl American millonairc sons of Argentine cattle kings, Syrian somber at Shepherds the horse continued on its mad gal- | lop. It ran wildly through the Red | on containing Uncle Sam’s mail in | its wake. BEfforts to halt it were un- | availing and the horse kept on the | run until it reached home when it | stopped of its own volition. One of the wheels on the, wagon was smashed during the Jjourney. Miss Taft Makes Visit Here. and Turk gentlemen, speaking faultless Oxford Iinglish and flu:n Parisian I'rench, Spanish hidalgoes, womankind of all sorts and conditions save the humble, the poor and the ill- dressed who dawled over their tea and flicked piasters to Hindu jugglers, who performed their tricks upon the sidewalk, have vanished Arab acro- bats in crimson and sky blue tights, have lost their calling. Rumers from whose daily bread was won by turning | Bessie L. Taft of Hartford, handsprings and doing flip-flaps in the | is thought her efforts to | touring the state un- | prem- | | | | | 1 of Representa- i The hotels are as silent | | | laelves when furnished with the Captured Ge French Soldi ’, T CERMAR TAURE WAR ALROPLANE IN PARLS war aeroplane of the taube {ype which was brought down over in Paris of soldiers and is now on public view one the squaras. Convalescing the path of the idling wanderer, the native bazars, who sold silver shawls by weight, proving their honesty, to innocent purchasers who did not know the value of the silver, dragomen who carned a handsome living by escorting the timid through the imaginary dan- gers and difficulties of the city, are missing revenue suddenly withdrawn from them by the unseen hand of war Who is there now to drive behind the little Arabian horses and in the trig victorias that serve as cabs? Is the Gizereh palace oval silent and de- serted ? The Robert Hichens sunsets upon the Sahara are no longer viewed hy enraptured young women who jour- neyed down to Biskra from Algiers with “The Garden of gripsacks, and then came to Egypt to find that the roof garden of the Sem- iramis offered superior advantages and the luxuries of civilized life be side_ to say nothing of the foreground of the picture being watered by the Nile, and the middle distance enriched mids. ballrooms in which and white girls from England and America met British officers browned by the desert maneuvers and clad in resplendent raiment are closed. Man of the young warriors are buried in Belgian soil, or fighting firmly in frozen trenches in northern France Abbas 1I, the once well-ordered khedive, who was allowed by the Brit ish government to amuse himself with three royal palaces and two ms: ficent yachts, in the full enpoyment of an income of a half-dozen times as large as the salary of the Ameri president, is now in exile. His st carriage with his bright trappings and the well-mounted outriders has be- come the property of his middle-aged and more practical uncle who real ized the folly of patriotism, and the cost of honor, in a country ruled from Downing street. The Viennese cour tess, who was for a time one of th: wives of Abbas, left his establishment a year ago. She must the mysterious faculty rats to leave a ship to sink! The Mohammedan students at the | old university drone the text of the | Koran unattended by a throng of cur- ious Christidns. There are no fees for the pious attendants Alabaster mosque. War, brewed in Berlin, St burg, Paris and London, has its blight upon far-away places. No where is the effect more transformed than in former scenes of social gayely where all nations met and mingled ni- that warns the that doomed is more at the | Peters spilled (A. yndall in Our Dumb Animals) Such birds as parrots and parakeels and cockatoos may often kept cupied amused after showing signs mood ing them some smal]l object|to play with —a piece of stick anything which might will do, but care should be taken that they are not offered anything which might prove injurious if swal lowed, since birds in a state of coun- and restless of a by gi or clothespin, or serve as a toy 1 | | | The upper picture shows a German | Allah” in their | pink | ha have possessed | FRENCH 1N NE TN may be seen in the plane and | it The lower soldiers in a n gives a good ide connect means; and con favorable for ted desired, since to be in a goo able 10 do what! of them. It should be lation for any time is apt to happy, especidiiy are unfamiliar, a small creatur stances being seeing things strange to it, an | not escape. ¥Fd | is always more 'd {if there are ofi | it, even thougl own species, That instinet’ | keep in- flocks is probably lai ing that in nug | or safety comgfl of unknown recognized dang] | ened But | ana most Just social as a fe birds—s | need of compani | The writer o Iy goldfinch ' in | great pains to of ice of & domed | auented the pl | also on one | visit of a spap | to hig cage wi | good intentions, birds are suppo | them against th 1\!4‘“1(:1 to be ra | The attitude toward each oth teresting to the the satisfaction able to social oppol ing several b of a solita out tra well ag species, which o be guessed, and portance to eve as’the the stead to bri acter as well o A Prompt Re Kerr’'s Fl x| Linonine, is most thorough | forms of colds, finement do not, it would seem, al- | ways exercise their natural instinets | in rejecting that which is harmful to | them . { Many bird owners maintain that to | allow bird out of a cage for exer cise and such diversion as it can find | in flitting around in causc restlessness when the cage; but the found that without being afforded, they depressed in spirits showed a tendency heavily than just, it would “killing time Birds, especially are often finding wider spaces, is to | the bird is has such become dull : tpparently, always ! libert 1 wr more | writer some feeding for them as a was good appear means of parrots and cocka- | amusing in their | diversion for ()n”l'l toos, very ways of hacking coughs chitis and its One teaspoonf] bed time so branes that healed sufficien peaceful night’ treatment follg space of ti user to pe nine builds | the same time cold and strengi 'branes of the th rendering them less liable to cf At all druggl