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NE\V BRITAIN DAY MERALD THURSDAY, . BARGAIN DAY, FRIDAY, IN SUIT DEPT. SPECIAL LOTS VERY SPECIALLY PRICED The alert shopper can make wum’lvrrnl savings from regular worth by visiting our Women and Misses' Garment Store, Second Floor, and giving a little attention to the odd lots, single picves, slightly soiled or garments mussed from handling, We want to clear out everything left over be- fore the Easter rush begins. Notc these: WHITE LINGERIE Five Hundred for Women many styles. Low neck models, Wizl neck broidered, some with lace insertion. Very pretty models and exceptional value. Reg. $1.98 Waists, for ¥Friday WAILS and Misses, with and long sleeves, We offer about choice of OUOSCc en in a wide range sleeves, tucked GI3C Ccal. RGE DRESSES se colored "Serge Dresses, sizes range of styles, navy and light $3.AS ea DRESSES FOR \l;h For Street, Afternoon or Party we: Foulard, Si Messalines, Silk Taffetu but materials alone are worth three times the price. Many colors, Real $15.00 to $29.00 Dresses, priced but WOMEN’S AND MISSES MIDDY In Balkan and Norfolk styles, they arc very seasonable ga ments, coming just when they are the most wuanted. Are. in various LINGERIE About One Hundred in this lot, and low necks, long and short embroidered models, ete. that were 98¢ and $1. MORE of pretty fronts, styles, ‘high lace in- serted, WORD ABOUT S about Two Hundred of th Misses,, in a most varied Who Kinds A There are for Women or dark brown and gray. buy §7.98 to $22.50 blue, wouldn't OCCASIONS are wmade of igured . slightly soiled, BLOUSES Plainville News THREATENED 10 SUE FOR FALSE ARREST Lawyer Advises Chicken Thef Suc- peci o Abandon ldca. POLICE lOCKED UP WAONG MAN Stranmo Taken Into Cusiody Because i v of Appearance and Suspicious Ac- tion—Friends Indignant ‘Because tie Wasn't Admitted to Bail. Threats to institute civii proceed- Pings Lo colicet damages 1roni Codsi- ble John . Conion and Deputy Sherilt W. C. Hart for 1alsc ariest made this morning Rocceo Stranno ol Hristol, who taken inww cus- | tudy yesterday as a chicken tniel sus- pect, were discouraged by Attorney Muther, the man’s counsel, friends oyl the ac ed finally ed with the lawyer that it would e cheaper if less agreeable to drop the matter. Straunos fricnds were indignant over his arrest and the action of the authoriti in keeping him in the lock-up over mnight and they wanted suit brought against the oftice! While admitting that the man had been dealt with in high handed fashion. Attorney Mather explained to his clients that it would cost consider- able to make an attept to collect damages and he could not promisc that success would attend their e forts. 1If they persisted hee of course as a laywer was willing to start liti- gation but in view of the circum- stances he suggested that they give up the idea of coilecting for the incon- venience and humiliation caused by [IN was i Britain baseball team @ a part of James J, Murphy's reign as 1 magnate, will be unable to report to [ the Rochester team, which has his | SP 4 contract, in time for spring 4 New " sheriff in charge of the Nerth Attleboro, Mass cided to keep him as his until the opening of the scason. Clennon serving a term of sixty days for chicken stealing, according to information that has been rececived licre. He is charged with appropri- ating two in Attleboro and de- spite his pleas of innocence, was fined $15 and costs and was sent to the jail 1or two months, Glennon is well known In Plainville, having lived here while he a arember of the New Britain team. While lic was regarded as a fast third sacker, his actions off the ball ficld did not meet with the approval | ¢f Manager Murphy. He was finally | suspended for breaking into Murphy's cufe and treating his fricnis to a wine party at the expense of the owner. Mr. Murphy refused to have the mun arrested but he suspended him and held the salary due the ball tosser payment for the “balls” he Lo while paying his after-hours Visit the cafe. Glennon subsequently with Rochester He p game last season and is tract fo report for duty next ‘Unless the Attleboro sheriff js enough fan to let him probably be delayed in warming process, - I\«\mL de- guest almost is hens was as ved to hoolked ed yod under con- | month a good SRl will starting the on | a g0 ly the up Donahuc-Lyons Engigement, Announcement has been e engagement of Harry and Miss Veronica Lyons well known young people many friends in Plainville ity. Miss and Mrs made of Donahue They and and b arc have vicin- of Mr. moved Lyons ughter Daniel Lyons, who is a ( All that’s new in: '>ccn in our Spring di finest showing Uverything essential i : of a home is here and We want cvcrybod Furniture to see our sto familiar with its size and the Furnishings we offer. here from Farmington a few months | | » ago. It is expected the wedding place on April 14. Winners at Whis Members of the grange of their friends held an enjoyvable | whist party in Grange hall last even- | ing. The first prize was won by L P. | Newell and Mrs, T. A, Lyman. Mrs. Waltef Calor and Mrs. George A. | e Hickok were second \ will take |'THE FLINT- BK A u..,.«j 103 ASILUM STW 50 T HARTIFORD his client's arrest. ranno was discharged from cus- tody this morning after Alfred Ander- son, foreman at the Connecticut Quarries company’s plant at White Ouk, failed to identify him as the man he Dbelieved was responsible for the disappearance of some of his chickens. The accused was not brought into court. Attorney Mather was on hand to defend him should the case come up for a hearing, but his services were not required. The man was found strolling around White Oak yesterday afternoon. police had been advised early combinations of Sailor Collars and 59 Lacings. Regular 98¢ to $1.50 val- ues, for YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPU- > OF US. . Erown and Miss Socvial Workers Make Appeal. The Social Welfare league, which was recently organized to work in | conjunction with the sclectmen and | the Strong Fund commission in as ting the poor and needy of the tow, has issued an appeal to the pub- lic for contributions of any kind that | will aid in giving relief and encour- ! agement to dependents. The Is soliciting clothing, floor covering, b bed clothing and shoes of all kinds, | - The | gjzes and condition, for men, women | in the | ing caildren. The appeal states that | day that hens had been stolen from | ne jeague will be grateful for any- | Andersom’s’ coops and thet they | njng. it will evem sccept momey. | strangers, who were scen loitering The members state they. ute ‘i1 ;I‘)n’\](v:vll.{vlj\.: 171(.;«\.} ‘\\fil—(z su.up‘m:{m! of | capnest and believe so thoroughly in ! ppropriating the birds. Officers Con- | what they are doing that their own | lon and Hart accompained by tWo | pearts are. in the woik and they | | civilians \made a v tol tHe iplace f i erarore appesiilo the Lbubiie i | shortly after noon. They met Stranno Contributions of kind left at | Whose appearance and clothing tallied the home of Miss J. Gr wlnn:\ | with the description the lleaiyiing strset Ha AR Suspects as given by Mr. Anderson. | ang distributed according to the I"‘*l‘ The police thought Stramno was act-| pnowledge und judgment of the | ing suspiciously and they placed him |jeagye. e o under arrest, 7 7 Patrolman Philip g, “ other Italan friends of the accused gu e subsequently tried to come to his ¥ with Pripite o Aon. rescue. They argued that the charge | MT: - Frisbic’s birthday i of chicken stealing was prepostrous Um].h(' SdopUat gy, msol o oelb: § und that the prisoner was perfectly | Prating the event. | honest. They cxplained that he had W. P. Kilcovne preached at gone to the quarry looking for work services held in New Haven | and that there was absolutely nothing evening, illegal about his mission. They offered to furnish bonds for his re- lease. They went to Grand Juror Norton' but he explained that the matter of accepting bail was not in the jurisdiction of the prosecuter. They also made an effort to have the case disposed of last night but {he police had to put off the hearing until this morning as they were unable to get Anderson here last night to iden- tify the suspect. When he put in ap- pearance today he was positive that Stranno was not the man sought and the prisoner was released. Attorney Mather explained that Stranno's friends made a mistake in not asking a justice the peace to admit the man to bail. Had they done so and met with refusa] fhey might have had a better case for damages. Ca Manchuria Oxl AYAVING AN AUTOMORILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAL LY %ECE!W ALYL DRY GOODS PURCHA of the news of her companicn’s Jdeath. She will be kept in ignorane: of this fact until she becomes cansiderably stronger. Nothing was heard today Carleton Hazen, pastor of the Kensing- ton: &'tm"rngdlmna) l‘fi‘n who left vest@rday with Tebster’s body for Fden, Vern 1. t is ‘*unpufl‘d he funeral’ was hef@ i®®ifien afternoon, as planned News of the accident has reached the people of Eden and they are said to have been shocked, Mrs. Webster having been very popular and well Hked by everyone. It is less than a week ago since she left her home for the long trip to Berlin, a broad smile on her fuce betraying her unparalleled happine Former Agent Retury Charles Ames, formerly ticket agent and. telegraph operator at the Beriin passenger station, has returned from the Panama canal zone, where he has held a railroad position for the past several vear: He will make his home here again. J And in Fido Went. William Bedermond, a motorman on the New Britain trolley line, who resides on Farmington road, is mourn- ing the loss of a valuable dog, whicn sacrified its lift Tuesday while in quest ! of a cat which offended him. If cats could laugh, and they say this. one does, it is enjoying a fine joke at the expense of the deceased canine for, if the latter had succeeded in its pur- pose, matters would have been re- versed. Fido was trotting along near George Green's farm Tuesday after- noon when he espied the objeci of his thoughts. Without stopping even to! wag his stubby tail, he gave chase. A | merry chase is was, untll she with the nine lives leaped up on to a guide fence about a well on the farm ad- joining George Green's placi Fido leaped too, but just as he was about to place his paw upon the refugee, the cat leaped dexterously aside, and the pursuer losing his balance, fell into the well and, alas, was drowned. Berlin Bricefs. A daughter has been born and Mrs. Antonio Saraceno sington. The Berlin hearse ISaster the home Damon. Improvement society, were gratified with the success which attended the cvent. Between seventeen and ecigh- teen dollars was taken. in and, after expenses have been paid, there will remain a profit of about ten or twelve dollars. The attendance last night was not quite as large as tnat at the lust whist Social, there being fifteen tables. Military whist .was played and the prizes were captured by Mrs. Francis H. Shaw, Mrs. 'Harris Hoage, F. H. Shaw and Elmer W. Stearns. The list of awards consisted of a box of cor- respondence cards, a desk set of seal- ing wax, a pack of playing cards and a letter file. They were donated to the society by a friend. The whist socials are popular and, as they are the source | ¢f quite a.little revenue, the officers are in favor of continuing with thent. Berlin News PSSt htetm— league | FOX FOUND DEAD N BED AT TOWN FARM Nonagenarian lamats SUGGIIIIIDs (] Heart Disease. SELECTMAN G:BNEY'S SON ENGAGED 1 Wed Miss Ethelyn om hev. any Anna will of one of for proving very Marino and Mr. the I, P! Frisbie spent | It was | anniversary | Sclectman’s Son kEngaged. The engagement of Miss Ethelyn G. Boehm, the daughter of Mrs, Hattie Boehm aof Church street, New Drits ain, to Karle Gibney, the voungest son of Selectman William H. Gib- ney, has been announced. A social | will. be held at Miss Boehm’s home | Sunday afternoon in honor of the event. The date of the wedding Y not yet been fixed, but it will prob- ably take place in July. Both Mr. Gibney and his fiancee are well known and popular, in Mew Britain and Berlin. The former vas a student at the New Britain High school up to a few vyears ago and| while there, arred on the ’mse\:llll and football teams. He is mu\--! ber of the Worthington Athletic chib and pitched on the baseball team jast year. He holds a good position in the office of the T. and I. Corbin company of New Britain. Miss Boehm moved to New ain from Bristol some time &go0. attended the B ol High school for Ahree years and was very popular with her classmates. At present che hoids a position :in the Johns-Pratt c pany offices in Hartford. arle Gibney W Boehm of New Britain Soon—Auto i und Express Wagon Collide in Ken- Lenten last sington—Dog Drowned in Well, The Lawn club gave a succes dance last evening in the Town Fifteen couples participated. Lynch's orcihestra furnished the music. Sequassen lodge will hold lar meeting this evening in Odd lows’ hall, Rev, J. W. Advent Chris the fune Michael Fox, the oldest Inmate of the Berlin Town farm, was round dead in bed shortly before midnight last ht. He was ninety years old and admitted to the institution over twenty years ago. He leaves his wife und a son, John Fox, who is employed by George Rapelye of New Britain as a plumber. Fox had been in declining health for the past several years and had been troubled with heart disease. Apparently, he felt unusually well ®early last evening. He ute a big sup- per, after which he went to his room, Superintendent Elmer inner chanced to pz through his room a fm\ hours later, and he was . sur- the old man dead. M(-dn Examiner Roger M. Griswold wasg summoned and he pronounced death due to heart disease. Select- man William H. Gibney, who was also potified, engaged the W. J. Dunlay *company, New Britain undertakers, to prepare the body for nurial. Funeral arrangements have not yet bLeen made, but it is probable that ser- s will be held from St. Paul's church in Kensington tomorrow morning, Father J. C. Brennan offi- ciating - regu- | | | | | u | el- | | | Denton, pastor of the ian church, officiated at | al of Jessie K. Evans, whose | body brought here yesterduy from Leominster, Mass,, The services were held this afternoon at the chapel in Oak Hall cemetery, Southington. Mr. Evans at one time lived in this | locality, Mrs. A, H, Dresser of this | place is his er, | The Ladies’ Benevolent society of Congregational church gave a sing entertainment . last cvening | in the church. The approaching Pearl Elizabeth Coons, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Coons, W. Smith of New Britain, nounced. Brit- of She marriage of Miss daughter of to Howard is an- Murphy Stayed Home, James J. Murphy failed to make an appearance at the meeting of the di- rectors of the Kastern MBaseball asso- ciation in New Haven this afternoon, the local man preferring to remain at his home. Murphy has the proxy of is brother-in-law George M. Cam- eron, and acting under instructions from the laotter he has taken sides with Clarkin and Carey ana nas re- fused to consent to a six club league. To outwit the other three directors the opposition remained away from the meeting recently held in Hartford and then claimed that any business transacted was illegal as there was not a quorum present. They planned to do the same thing today and Murphy said this morning that he proposed to remain In Plainville al Camp Fire Group. A number of girls between fourteen and seventeen years of age met with Miss Helen Nourse in the ladies’ room of the Second Congregational! church in Berlin yesterday afterncon and took preliminary steps towards or- ganizing a Camp Wire group, At a special meeting of the Wor. thington Becclesiastical —sociofy last evening, action was taken on the re- ceipt of 'an endowment fund of $700 from the estate of Miss Catherine M. Narth. Appropriate resolutions were adopted. Attend Hartford Celebration, number of the members of the Kensington €Congregational churches will go to Hartford this | evening to attend exercises celebrat- ing the fiftieth annive: of the Asylum Hill Cangregation: church. At 7:15 o’clock this evening, her- ring, secretary of the Natioral cil, will deliver a be followed by a talk moderator of the council. Miss Smith Improvine. light improvement twas| - in the con@tion of Miss Laura Smith, who w seriou: in- jured Sunday in the runaway acci- dent which caused the death on Mon- th\‘l’“ afternoon n.f Mrs, Web. it | ster, her guest, : “rmon Although the injured woiman | almost entirely recovered conscious n now, she does not realize wh: she has been through and cannot re- member the unfortunate accident. The | doctors feel that her condition is still too precarious to withstand the shock " demands | M: the nchuria Chine en " purpd sha March the { Peking | bearing Globe-Despatch.) uf China c'uded by the ter, Lu ("he to Mr. of Ken- Conquering Nerves, Japanesc nitiatea Chinesc Hsiang on on con Louis | structor litary crnment Fourth—The Changehun cern | trol for ninety fol- | article was pr The | provides for 4 shall | as ary anade tre g the Man- gov foreign minis- | n and Eki it the the Japanese articles cop Do you are worth? T -horn woman 1| 'he Ja You pitch head- | “N¢e Which art, soclety, or | legation. some other pursuit because your | Manchuria nerves are ed American nerves | VINE tipulations First that never stop sending out impulses | »APanesc gover sk g i from dawn to dark, R gt v e B g o There 18 too much pent-up vitality | Yith & third in al of us, and vet it is hetter for your :'::,‘::v‘f.lnz :(f, . overlasting beauty and poige that vou s 2% ber of activities rather than exerting | ‘o ecy o it over one that may be a mere fancy. | Lnijway T realize that this fs a day of spe- | " ¢pig ciallzation, and to be a success one | L.y must adhere to one thing, but vitality . is both physical and mental, and the first must not be neglected or the sec- ond will suffer. Regular walks in the | 'F. hen sonnivy sn - Galie . eieien DANDRUFF— would give her the perfect equlibrium | and nerve control which sne and her work both need, Have you ever noticed what a lot | of uscless things we do when our | nerves are on the ragged edge? When | they are rested and well you keep | calm, vou enjoy life and accomplish things without leaving lines of on the face. If you must be strenuous in the pursuit of some object, expend a good amount of daily enthusiasm on phy- sical exercise. The benefits will show in your looks and health and the per- fection of your work, strenuous? for all they are an America the answer, into club life > you go in church choir will Niokl music this cvening of the organist, Mrs. H. re- at H. for you know long confer- was held Ali the China figreea to the at Auto Wagon Ford touring car driven lady who said sne was considerably damaged A rduy afternoon when it collided with one of George H. Baldwin's ex- press wagons near the factory of the American « Paper Goous company. fortunately, no one w injured. Eesides the young lady, there were two men in the car, one of whom was teaching her how to operate the vehicle, The girl was driving up Main streeq towards the Paper Goods when the accident occurred. She had just lurned out to pass one wagon when vhe crashed into another, which was driven by Patrick Garrity. The im- pact of the collision was such & to crush in the forward part of the ma- chine and bend the front axle. Weeping copiously,' the frightened oung lady excnerated Driver Garrity froni all blame. She sald she could 1ot see his wagon owing to the fact the sun shone in her eyes. 1t was impo: le to operate ine under its own power, so left standing by the roadside over being removed toda V. I, S. Whist, Those in\charge of tne whist social given at the Town hall last cvening ander the auspices of the Berlin Village and Collide. A young Meriden, The Berlin grange will per in Mechanics’ hall ning, March 30. | Raymond Austoon, collector, has entered | the Elmer Automobile Hartford. Mr. by a Hved in” give a sup- Tuesday eve- treatic present i conceded the cussion regw south Manchu in their list of | churia group powe; huila a ownershi loan 18 made with | Leen settled the building of a | has been mad Manchuria. Third— " with respect td son of the tax the employ of company in power involvir taxes in south The Japas a1l b obtained is granted consent permission a third or when a power for in South A Baplinsinad and Mrs. H. Leigh formerly of Iast Berlin, but now of Southington, ! are receiving = congratulations upon | (\ho birth of a son. { Mrs. H. P. Schauffler has returned to her home in Brooklyn, after a visit | with her parents, Colonel and Mrs. Charles M. Jarvis of Worthington ridge. chools close tomorrow nual KEaster recess. 0 A of to land Cameron n irem April. charge affairs. will is not expected Chicago before the He will then assume personal of the New Haven team's Until his return Mr. Murphy be his authorized representative, Business Dull on Island. Local friends of Thomas Cafferty are in receipt of letters ment by him “The Place of Joy in the Life of tne | from Santa Barbara, Isle of Pines, Soul,” is the subject upon which Rev. | where he is spending the winter. Mr. Samuel A. Fiske will -preach this ! Cafferty reports that business Is very evening at the Berlin Congregational | dull on the island and that many of church. { the Americans have already started The condition of Mrs. Samucl I Tack to the States. fiske is improving rapidly. Mr, Cafferty has an wterest in a R TG e eoent swall plantation on the island. He | Hartford. cxpects to return home this summer. | The cottage prayer meeting an- | Howard LaField of this place is also nounced to be held at the residence | 1'terested in a pineapple farm ncar of Frank S. Hanford, will be held this [ S2Dta Barbara, evening at the home of Henry J. Col- “Bill" Glennon in Jail, by, at 15 o’clock. Willinm Glennon, third bas to return middle of SAVE YOUR HAIR! IF FALLING OUT 25 CE Brown, for the an- Men! surest Ladies! Here's dandruff known. tonight suve your Get s Danderine frog toilet counte plication your life, lustre and beautiful 1t fluffy and ha abundance; an softness, but most will be al use, when you of fine, downy H ing all over th the Quickest, cure now hair. cer Another evident tod Thin, brittle, colorless and hair is mute evidence of negleeted scalp; of dandruff-—that awful scurf. wear | There is nothing so destructive (o the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its ve life; eventually producing a feverish- ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die-—then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderiae BCLAZRY | | | i | | “ A e wu ght, today in man on