New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1915, Page 7

NEW BRITA'N DAILY HFRALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, FIX. DIALLY ON skin ship gray and natural color, for $1.50 pair. choi pair. prix best. and we offer THESE ARE OPENING DAYS FOR NoT SHOE: INGS THE Aro finish, one Wrist ivory Strap ce of Washable Cape Gloves, cholce of tan and ivory shades. They are Bacmo Doeskin Gloves, one clasp st le, for $1.00 and $1.50 Fine Doeskin Gloves in white with strap point backs, big value for White Doeskin Gloves, values for seams, 2 Gloves. The Wool 0 yard. THAT INVITE YOUR ONLY THE THAT 1S LATEST IN THIS WEBLK.SUITS, GOODS, arriving Washable Gloves which are the very late in all kinds SPRING STYLES NEWEST MODELS WEAR FOR WOMEN 1S ON DRESSES, COATS, WAIS GLOVES, LACES, TRIMMINGS, AR DEAR TO THE FEMININ IN MILLIN EXHIBITION AND 5 HIEART. PERSONAL INSPECTION OI' OUR SHOWING NEW FASHIONS THIS WEEE. ALL HERE DRESS OTHER WE COR- RY 1t SILKS, ALL The New Spring Gloves We “cived They arc with choice daily. have just rq i t clasp style, pique sewn, offered in Glace and and battleship gray, strap wrists, prix very stylish are also natural with Style sand, White pair. wrists, 00 pair. 1 i 16 button lengths, 75 pair. Our Department is Colored Dress Goods Navy ing the best values, from 43¢ and Panamas suits and separate skirts. Covert Cloths Rluc Serges are as popular a: rd up, to be found hair line stripe of They are 54 inches wide, shades of tan, sand and nd - White Checks are very qualities. Come see these with white correct Black and ore¢ Wool Goads for Easter and Sprng wear. “es, cheaper than for years. care so that you are not to be equatled. what we can give you for 3¢, 4 1-4¢, 4 for sale at our Domestic Department in South you Tobacco Cottons that you Hartford. best \YAVING AN AUTOMORILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPT- LY RECEIVING ALY, DRY GOODS PURC HASED OF US. in __Beriin News RIVAL COMPANIES . BEFORE COM MITEE iwa Troliey Concarns Would Have Lines through B “Td ‘DISCONTIAUE KL Warden Ritchie Gets From State Warden—, P *ton’s Eighty-Seventh _Bariske Boy Has Second Represcntatives of New Britain and Kensingt the ilin. PERMITS Instructions H. Nor- Birthday— Operation. Meriden, on Railway company and the Meriden, New Brit- tailwa the Hartford before ain’ and appeared ndon, the former to make um)umnun} for an extension of time fi struction of a trolley Line | iden and New Britain, to apply fo by. a difierent The residents to N Berlir route of committee and the a charter to run its lines | company on v railroads in Hartford yesterday after- or the con- retween Mer latt ew Britain. n and Dritain virtually oppoged the Hartford trolley scheme upon induced to co-operate using the s ain, which Pass There bringing about this interurban accomplished. ben constructed many ye it is believed that the ested will be willing to m; able concessions to have huyried along. Patri 1 f Meriden, New Railwa dollar which Bijed via he n const if st will go will the line, Britain an backing, produced showed that his to run tracks from lear: 1Gping that the new c¢ompany can be | with ame route from New the The line v parties company the corner | ning of it, them by Brit- Cathole delay in ruction of 1ich can be 1s to have ars ago and inter- ake reason- the matter O'Brien, representing the a lartford company, which has a million | blue prints, de- “West Main and South Colony streets in Meridenm to State stree through Camp to Center, up North | street to Hicks, through Hicks | street, and then across private prap- | Colony erty up through Berlin, New Britain, West Hartfor: ford. Mayor Daniel J. Don: Helneman and Represent: uf Meriden were among spake In favor of the gr: charter for the Merid company. t, to Camp, Kensington d and Har Senator | Aubrey | those who anting of & en-Hartford 'Among those who appeared to voice their sentiments in favor of extend. ing the time on the New Britain, Mer- ide and Kensinston line, were Henry Dryhurst, former pastmaster in Mer- iden, W. H. Squire and other Meridenites. ontinued. The application of th ‘Hartford company, when fall through J. C. Warnock of Mer-|In the ¢n, showed the route to ‘mately nineteen and a half miles in | lady, and he moved direct ) dergth, taking a E. B. Moss, The hearing was Meriden- made last e be approx- northerly ‘ecourse via Berlin and Wethersfield along the Hartford turn route has been altered 8ince thern. pike. The considerably New | i | | | Gwatkin, accompanied by Tobacco Cottons Cheap 2 offer are selected with great prices,/ for by the piece, Those we the best results. In 36-inch witdh, 3-4c and will et [ 5 Ex-Senator Claude I. F. Hanford of Kensington and . Allen Moore of New Britain are inter- ested in the Meriden, New Britain and Kensington Railway. Grange Mecting. There-was a larger attendance at the meeting of the Berlin grange last eve- ning than there has been at any of the previous meeting this ye. The fol- lowing interesting program was car- ried out under the direction of Lectur- er Irene Viets. Violin selection—NMrs. Leland Gwat- kin, accompanied by Mrs. H. H. Da- W. Stevens and { mon. Chapter 4 of original story-—Claudae W. Stevens. . Paper—“What Arc farmer’s Unlearned ter Norton. Current events—Alvah Ventres. Paper—‘“An ldeal Garden' '-—-George Reed. Lettuce discussion—ILied by William Schroeder. i3 k Tomato discussion- B. Carter. Melon discussion—Led by Molumphy. Strawberyy discussion—Led by E. B. Adams. Violin Some of the Lessons 7' —Les- -Led Dy George Leland H. H. selection—Mrs. Mrs. Damon. The first ladies’ prize in the guess- ing contest went to Mrs. George B. Carter; the first men’s prize to George Reed and the consolation prizes to Mrs. George Ventr and Raymond Watkins. No More Fire Permits. Warden William J. has been by Rit- State Local Fire chie instructed continue the issuance of fire permits until such time as a sufficient amount of rain has fallen to reduce the dan- ger of forest fires. This action is tak- en in view of the large number disastrous fires within the past week. At noon yesterday, Warden Ritchie s summoned to a big fire on the West mouniain. With a number of men from Kensington he hurried to the scene and battied for six hours Between thirty-tive and forty ac tjf woodland were destroyed. The origin of the fire could not be determined. Berlin's Oldest Voter. Norton Mrs. .o He R. M. Griswold’s fathen w this of Kensington, \ and about morning a8 usual his da home, marks ishty-seven ing to various duties about despite the fact that the the completion of exaclly ¢ ince on March 17, 1 W the light of day. Ile is, edly the oldest voter in the town, Wil- liam Bulkeley, pres the Ber- lin Savings bank heing cloze ond, Being a member of the family, whose residence back to colonial times, was born in the Blue the son of Mr, and Mrs. Albert Nore ton. The house now occupicd by A. 1. Fonda and family, is the birthplace of this venerable and highly resident. , After tion in went to ient of G old here Mrs. Norton Hills district, Norton educa- Norton farn. Miss completing his early the local schools, Mr. work on. his fathe ar 1876, he married Carter, a Southington young to that town the time, continuing at farming. In 1906 his wife died and in the follow- ing vear, he moved back to Kensing- ton to live with his daughter, Mrs. Jane Griswold, John T. | Warden IFilley of New Haven to dis- of | new Doeskin for $2.00 ones prix and headquarters ever. anywhere, are putty much and | 1.4c per yard. They are | Annex. ' wifl be pleased with, | | | nent in the affair | separation of New | into | tbday who rode on the first train he first | undoubt- | sec- | dates | undertaker respected | at | bhefore getting the hlaze under control. | | duplicate attend- | | H | over the certificate, hé discovered the of Tho and Doe. battle- shipment in Glace of pongee, Very special for that. finish, with with 23 cam . and special, $ debt with pique and ams and spear special for tho very interesting Plainville News —— SEWER DISTRICT TAX 10 BE CONSIDERED Commiltee’s Discharge to Be Sug- gesicd at Special Mosting Tonight. MAY RECONMEND 1WO MLLS Oppogition Promises To Ask What "They nsider Some Pertinent Ques tions—Masonic Ball Scheduled Vor April 23rd—Serics of Brush Fires, that a tax rats expected to frec While it i 3 reveniie to practically de : of the re at the specia and sewer district Town hall this provide the district voters hav 1a necessary cnou ihe from will idopted, the alternative, some ident to the n required may meeting of the to be held at 8 no ates i welop sanitary in the evening 8 o'clock offcr= Blue for We are Navy ylish $1 for $1. in favor, and other lovely Col- very for the quality, let us show you Let us furnish for we have the Mr. Norton was made a voter when twenty-one old and he has not failed to cast his ballot at any election since. He voted. first in the Tobby of the old North church in New Britain which stood on the site of. the Burritt school. He was a Whig and in the election of '562 voted for Winfield Scott, who was defeated’ for the presidency by I'ranklin Pierce, demo- craf, by’ a plurality of two hundred votes. Mr. Norton's father was abolitionist and bhecame when informed by his son had voted the Whig ticket. Mr. Norton has been exasy that he quite of the town, selectman yed 5 At meniber ot the With the exception of William Bulke- ley, he is the only man now living who signed the petition relating to the Britain and Berlin two towns. This was done jn He is also the only man alive of cars that ever passed over the local division“of the New York, New Ha- ven ‘and' Hartford railroad. promi- having tved as for a period of he board of thre one time, was a town relief. 1850. Undergoes Second Opceration, George Sariske, the vears- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sa- riske, twelve underwent a second at St. Francis' hospital in Hartford this morning. The bone in his left leg is diseased angl it is doubtful that he will recover. ?{(‘, was operated up- on last Thursday for the first time. The youth is a member of the graduatinug class at the Worthington Grammar school and his . classmates, who have béen quite downcast over his serious illness, will be grieved to learn of the latest development. 1 The boy's parents moved away from | Kensington last Saturday and are | now living on North street in New Britain. Altered Death Certificate., Joseph M. D’BEsopo, a Hartford un- dertaker, has apologized to Town Clerk TFranc H. Shaw for altering an aftested death ccrtificate which he intends to send to authorities in Ttaly to prove the death of a man named Firinto Difabio, who was killed by a train ih Berlin March 21, 1911, Mr. Shaw received a fetter from the Hartford undertaker sometime ago, in which he was asked to make out death certificate that could by relatives of the deceased endeavor to gain title to some vroperty he owned in Ttaly. At the time of the death, the name of the dead man was misspelled on the certificate, which fact the rtford undertaker perccived in going over the records. One of hig men er the name written on the document by the assistant town clerk | over her signature and substituted the correct name and made various other changes. Wien the town clerk operation he used their ame to loolk changes immediately and took the to task for it. following which he received an apology, in which the latter explained that one of his workmen, in ignorance of the law, | made the alterations. | M Shaw wrote Undertaker D'IEsopo today advising him to con- sult the state board of health regard- ing the matter in which he is interest- ed as it is not in his power to change anything on 'n death certificate. Berlin Briefs, “Some Doctor.'—advt. Elmer Skinner, superintendent of the town's road gang, made more repairs at the Lincoln bridge this morning. | the P amount | had not of the membe e contin- which succe project of building « séwage disposual do not seem to be at all enthusiastic gver the idea of as sessing the taxpayers for the expense incurred in the investigation of the sewer plan_although it wa ordered by the district at a regular meeting Seemingly they believe that too much noney was expended and they they will ask for itemized statements to show how the total reached present proportions. The district committee w at work on the plans for nearly two years and one of ‘he members explained today that the cx- pense incurred totals about $1,700, an Which he did not consider large in view of the'thoroughness with which the investigation was made. He explained that the money was not wasted either, as the district now has a complete set of plans for a sew- cr and whenever ‘the voters are ready to make the improvement they can be used. Nom« gent opposed system of clain its Advocates for a sewer have not giv- en up hope for the improvement and many of them still belicve that before long the proposition will be looked on with more favor. Fearing t an at- tempt may be made to bring up the matter again in the near future, it is said, the opposition plans to secek {he discharge of the district committec tonight's meeting, making it impossi- ble for that body to act oftically in the 'vu(m(» The members did a lot of hard work in connection with the in- vestigation and it is not believed that they will complain being yl\ lieved of the troubl responsibiti ty which they the two yvenrs about and have horne for Town Clerk 1 sher at completed work stract for the district Iy it is impossible to forccast {he rate that the meeting will he adopt. Members of noon today on the a and consequent- tax sked to the distrigt com- mittee, however, seemed to think that two mills will be necessa ry to clean up all the bills. This will be charged only to taxpayers whose property is loc ed within the bounda trict. at- ries of the dis- Frank T. Wheeer, chairman of the district committee, will preside at tc- night's meeting and Joseph T. Me- Carthy will serve as clerk. Masonic Ball for the under the s April ball be vices of Frederick ) M., are maturing satisfactoril the committee of arrangements announced {oday (he selection of April 23 as the date for the affair. The ball will be in {he Town hall and it is planned to make it one of the most brilliant Plans held lodge social | functions in the history of the town. The gest annual 3 ball is one of the big- features of the social life of Frederick lodge and it 1s looked for- ward to with anticipatory pleasur the members and their months The committee is making an effort to secure Beeman and Hatch tra to give a concert dancing, e by friends for orches- nd play for the The decorations are to be made on a lavish scale and if the plans of the committee do not mis- carry the hall will be transformed inte bower of beauty for the casion, Worshipful chairman s win H A. A, Master N. I2 the committee R. . Clark is His Hebden, E Sherman and sis e George Fiills, Charles McLeod, Coukin't Locate M for James J. of the New Britain clubs, proved to Le a vesterday's near-meeting *ticut b ball magnates, assemble in Hartford as the astern association had thc proxy his hy, The sciarch erstwhile owner and Waterbury feature of the Conne scheduled to directors of Mr. Murphy Murphy, of jerlin and the ' sidewalks on hoth of Worthington are lit- Ally covered with children on “roli- every afternoon after school. sides ridge e ers Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw visited friends in Meriden yesterday. The Motherhood club of the Berlin Congregational church met this af- ternoon at the home of Mrs, Charles Starr. Mrs, George P. Dunham and Mrs, Arthur Crandall spoke on “Do- mestic Kconomy."” will he St at Kensington church this evening. There the Patric Congregational a social The ladies of the East Berlin Vil- lage Tmprovement society gave a food sale in Athletic hall this afternoon. Tonight there wil] pe a whist and The roller skating craze has struck dance in the hall, Baby’s Happiness Depends on Health Cross, fretful babies usually need ative to make them comfort- 1d comfort begets happiness Constipation is the cause of much discomrort. Mothers should watch the condition of their chil- and sec that they are | 2 ! closely dren’s bowe regular, A mild, pleasant tasting laxative such as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep- sin, i ideal for children because of its natural composition and gentle action, and because it contains no opiate, narcotic or other harmful habit-forming drug. Dr. Caldwell’s ( Syrup Pepsin is sold by llrllggle} everywhere, A tcaspoonful at bed- time will bring easy, certain relief S A free trial bottle can be obtained wrifing to Dr, W. B. l‘zllnl\\elh( Washington st., Monticello, { brother-in-law, New Haven, i demand, e owner Uartford ing a six 1efused to make ing of the meeting it to file the usual hond o franchises and had they not antici- pated the move it is likely that | would be put out of the league. | They discovered, however, that ac cording the by-laws at least four directors, constituting majority, must be present to meeting of the board legal, got into communication with Mr. Murphy and while the latter was in Hartford could not he located when it was time the meeting. , As there were but directors hand could be transacted. Mr. Murphy stated today Cameron opposed to a league in sympathy Hartford and Springfield The local man necticut will be bascball this v George and he ameron, was greatly of the are and hav- springtield opposed to league and they have plans for the open- season At yesterday': was intended to order clubs team them give up their they a he three on no busines that six club with the magnates that Con- without professional r. Mr. is helieves Series of Brush ires, brush which to Three grass fires, for a time threatened da consid- occupied the A. Norton and some of the fire depart- ment for a few hours yesterday af- ternoan. The fires were in widely separated districts and Chief Norton's men kept on the move for a of the afternoon call came from the ilton place near the FForestville town line. A fire had spread to group of pine trees and for some time it was feared that large area of valuable timber land would be burned The firemen to" check the flames, however, much dam. age was done While this Chief Norton ond squad near Hart's Tocality crable damage, atten tion of Chief M. of the members were part first great The Ham- grass “ muanaged before fire had extinguish o corner was in progress, organize a to sec- fire in that and it was of the was averted. Oak quarry getting together of a third band emergency men Chief Norton sent a squad 6f nine to fight a fire in the woods north of the quarr Deputy Warden Bdman of to Houses in danger through the fire- men that a call from made necessary promptne serious fire the White the of The Har We are motion piet before the hood in Bri m which At evening an Mountain View also had a gang at work and the trap rock employes further augmented the squad which fought the blaze. Concert a Big lecture and Success, The concert given in the town hall last cvening under the of Church was big success, socially The affair took the form of a St. Patrick’s entertainment and it proved to be one of the most enjoyable events of the season, The lecture given by Rev. James Barrett of Hartford was brilliant oratorical effort nd was enthusiasti- cally received. itther Barrett is an elaquent spealker He was at his best last evening and he made a last- ing impression. His addr con- cerned St. Patrick and the Irish peo- ple. His treatment of his theme was most interestin his diction pure and his eloquence superb. The speaker was intraduced by Rev. H. T. Walsh, pastor of the church, who zave a brief but interesting tallk, appropriate for the occasion Much credit for the success of concert is due to the members of choir and the out-of-town soloists wha contribtued to the musical fea tures the program The singers had heen faithfully rchearsing for | weeks and they acquitted themselves most creditably last evening. Miss Daisy Prior, the church organist, pro. vided a splendidly arranged program of Irish melodies and they were bril- liantly rendered by the solois and charus lBach of the had to respond with encores The fhllowing program “Come Wearing T Cre auspices the of Mercy and financially. of Our Lady a a the the of singers was given Rack of n; chorus, The M Opening to The Firin:™" =olo, Green Mrs Mecushla,” James Donahue: solos “The Rosary’ and “Mother Machre Miss TLoda DeMars: reecltation, Vin- cent Glynn: solo, “I Hear You Calling Me;” Miss Mae McCann; trio, TIrigh melodies, Paul and William Haves md William Cunningham;: duet, “Somewher Voice s Calling,” Misses Josephine and Helen Prior; Little Bit of Heaven, Sure It Treland,” Willilam Nor- solo, “The Ould Plaid Shawl,"” Nrs. M. T. Crean: solo and quartet, “In Old Treland Where the River Ken- Flows Vincent Mcauliffe. Wil Hayc Paul Hayes and Willlam gham: closing chorus, medley | Trish ai The hall for the occasion Brief Ttems, Mrs, George O, iine rc Call solo They mare Tiam Cunni of was tastefully decorated Benson of the Town a is il with bronchitis at the home of her mother on Fast street. J. H. Trumbull’s lecture and musical and joyed. Plainville Plainville, New daily. FOR SALE colored green ner Maple ville. WILSON Wi Wilson appe: fices today rock and rock e ‘i wis M: of pr the court appear a sprig of s his coat paing to see heneath his own, Strictly 3% fre doz. HUTMAN CONCERT, Professor Worcester, and his son erable the Swedish Tuesday the ever of tion AISHBERG,,, B —— hig hit and the speaker r compliments the meeting 'Phone 48-3 shington, wearing a sprig u greer and doz the Paul, a repute, Swedish rtford Silk Store. ' Mail Orders Promptly Pilled. 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