New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1915, Page 6

jetors. ted) at 4:10,p. m. fing, ¢7 Church St “omce: at New Britatn Class. Mail Matter. t the city an) art of e k. 85 Comts & Month. table advertising medium 1n * Circulation books and press ys open to advertisers. I} be round on sale at Hota- nd, 42nd St. and Broad- i York City; Board Walk, i City and Hartford depot. 2 RULE BILLS, ittee on cities and bor- ably reported the home sterday and the procedure ) to perfect them and get d into law. The principal yns to'amend their char- opt them by sixty per cent. s, - It will be necessary @sures in full and know fhey propose to do before discussed intelligently. however, ‘upon which ied, that cities be permit- d their charters so as to ditlong without going gislature, is something sive * communities and ment organizations have fing for a. long time. ;; sense or reason in com- ! ity to go to the legislaturo | sants to issue bonds for ! bvenients or to change its transacting public business such plans and sp itlons as are suitable without amy cost to the city. When that is done it will be time enough for the state to order a change in the sew:i- systems and not Dbe- fore, This matter must be plain to every- one'’ . who will give it a moment's thought, because the plan ig to have every such system approved by the state board of health before it can be adopted and put into use. It Hartford, for instance, should desire a new method of sewage disposal it would be obliged to expend a large and if Bridge- seeks .to change sum in investigation, port and Waterbury its sewer systems they would also be forced as a matter of reason to make another investigation when in reality one investigation, such as the state board of health could make, would be sufficient and the cost on the cities would be very much lessened. Their bills will be large enough in provid- ing the change and if there is any doubt about it some interesting infor- mation can be obtained from those cities that have be_en up against the problem, : JAPAN AND CHINA, It would not be surprising if the war spirit extended from the Euro- pean to the Asiatic countries and that China and Japan would engage in an- other conflict. Japan is asking too much from China and the latter can- not very well accede to the demands without sacrificing its commercial and financial interests, and if it does ac- cede to them it will be because of the fear of a war and evident 'defeat with all that such a condition en- tails, Japran is seeking to control the right to build some of China's railroads, to control its governmental he case, It very rarely ! the men who are to pass | | question know anything | ‘circumstances complained | “appear before the legisla- | fitees, say what they fhink | ne and then the commit- | something that no one" pt some outsider who per- | lo intérest in the city at all. b the legislature agrees to Ings being done with the | at they be passed upon by | fl when that is done they ly rejected. This in ité oncession sthat they should ipon by those who are espe- | ted at first and not by | fhew nothing about the sit- | ept what they have heard | home rule bill will be just inted and its adoption will | great' deal of work from ive routine and enable it jugh l’; ‘business in quicker | .DISPOSAL BILL. bill, about which there “much discussion, passed | vesterday in an amended member of the state board s been quoted as saying ipal teeth have been re- ¢ measure, but there are ‘ eft. The bill is less man- | ‘than it was in its orlg-l the state h jristead of having the | ‘changes in sewage the to have the change punlcfpalltie: can f the engineer on All this is a decided | over the bill as it was | rofiucea and really does f the teeth out of it. There , some still remaining fould be removed. ’e apparent to every one ) must be removed from f the state, notwithstand- that some cities hayve e right by the legisla- wage into those water ., that the legislature is to put a’ stop to this T lrht ul-o be, asked by the ns affected as to what with the sewage. If is asked under present he: engineer on the state alth, according to the ded bill, will give advice ‘charge to the city ask- is very good so far as will probably say, for New Britain has a fil- . but that it does not storily, while some other ) another system, and he it operates, but if Hart- astance, sought advice the would' not ‘be able to givé’ nation desired without a vestigation. That would ' % the state does not show Ination to supply it and yet it lcompel municipalities to take out of the streams. The at issue 1s to have the te the entire problem so n say that the best system spogal is & eertain system, fi;fi)flm by which it can be superior | and military affajrs, to pre- vent it from ever disposing of any of its territory to compel it to purchase one-half of its munitions of war from Japan. It can be seen that the demands are unusual, very greedy and likely to meet with as much opposition from China as it ° and can muster. China has about six times as large ‘a population as Japan, but it has until recent years lacked in progress and for that reason it has been weak in war and commercial enterprise, while Japan has been just the opposite. The litter’s defeat of Russia rrised the civilized world and that has undoubtedly had a tendency to make it feel that it is a country to be reckoned with. There are those who have for years been' predicting a war between this country and Japan, but that was due more to a suspicion than to any well grounded reasons. China has been making wonderful pregress of late years in all branches | of industry, but it is hardly able as yet to engage successfully in a war sur- { with such a country as Japan, though its strength increasing. Japan knows this as well as realizing the conditions resulting from the pres- ent European war, and is evidently taking advantage of the situation so as to profit in advance of what might only be gained by armed conflict, It is not expected that Japan will have the sympathy of any other country in a war which it is seeking to precipi- | tate for the sole purpose of greed. is constantly WHAT CAUSED COFFEY TO FIGHT. Prizefighters appear to have the same sense of feeling as to pride as | they see ‘it as do others. The prize- ;flghter makes fighting his business Jjust the same as another works at his trade and he seldom will engage in-it | unless paid for it. But he does | not- want to be insulted or made little of, for as Jack McAuliffe once said, he will fight anywhere if neces- sary. The New York newspapers car- ried a'story today which serves to ex- plain how Jim Coffey came to give | Al Reich such a decisive beating in Mzdison Square Garden on Wednes- day evening, Reich has been rather inclined to be a bit uppish apd when Coffey .extended his hand to him at a ball last winter ‘and at thé same time asked how he was, Réich delib- erately turned away and refused ‘to recozn!!e him, Coffey became very ih- dignant and only consented to fight Reich this week because of the op- portunity it svould give him to wipe out the insulf: Coffey’s eyes flashed when he faced Reich in the ring this week and though he narrowly escaped a beating ‘himself, he was absolutely cruel in his punishment of Reich, the latter ad- mitting when it was all over that cof- fey paralyzed him from the waist down wth a punch in the stomach. There has always been bad blood' be- tween Sullivan and Corbett and be- ‘tween the latter and Fitzsimmons. Before their meeting in Carson City they 'had 'an altercation in New York and it was claimed that Corbett spit in Fitz’s face and it will be remem- bered that when they, afterwards met in the ring Pitzsimmons refused to shake Corbett's’ hand, which is the custom in all ring battles. . Sullivan claims that when Corbett beat him he made a remark for which he .will 1 cearly everybody never forgive him. He made this statement while traveling with a cir- cus afterwards, but iie declined to say what it was, very bad tongue himself. John used to have a FACTS AND FANCIES, The, one thing wHich explains the untidiness of premises and streets and sometimes parks is carelessness. Peo- ple seemingly are indifferent and, if they have ever had any good instruc- ticn, forget it. A course of educa- tion in public neatness might be valu- able. Then possibly there would be no need of special clean-up weeks.— Norwich Record. The efforts of the committee of the Civic Federation whose work 1s the extermination of flies and mosquitos should have more than the listless rotice of the people of New Haven. For effort of this sort no longer stands on a theoretical basis. When we have tefore us the example of such a city as Cleveland, four times our size, in one season made literally a flyless city, we have something definite on which to work. The accomplishment is much less a matter of money than one of intelligent public earnestness.— New Haven Register. One of the arguments advanced by those who oppose the increase of the liquor lcense fee is that it will lead to the establishment of “blind tigers"” in many of the towns and cities where the $750 fee will put the smallest saloons out of business. This is fal- lacious Teasoning. 1t is doubtful if the argument has any merit. It is true that in many towns which have voted no license there have been “speak easies” and ‘‘blind tigers,’” but the stuation will be different under high license. The saloonkeepers who put up $750 of their good money far. the privilege of doing business will be the strongest assistants of the police | in putting “blind tigers” and ‘‘speak easies” out of business.—Hartford Fost. The noises of the city constitute in this country one of the greatest draw- backs and dangers of urban life, At a gathering in Philadelphia a few vears ago, at which were present women from city tenemenzs, the uni- form testimony of all was that the &reatest evil in their lives was not liguor, nor unsuitable dyvellings, nor any other of the commonly accredited burdens of poverty, but simply noise. They were worn out with noise and their lives were shortened and made miserable by that one all-pervading enemy of rest. There was no such thing, they said, as sleep before mid- night, and the city noises began again at 5 o'clock in the morning, so that the long rest, through early and con- tinued sleep, which they needed, was denied them.—Bridgeport Standard. Four lads who work six days in the week played with a ball Sunday to get fresh air recreation and were arrested. Hfad they been able to afford mem- bership in the Country club, the Lawn ciub, or certain tennis clubs they might have played to tneir hearts’ content, unmolested. Had they been rich enough to own canoes, motor or salboats they might have spent ‘the day on the water without interference. Had they owned automobiles or mo- | torcycles they might have toured the city and 'state from dawn t0 midnight Sunday. Had they beionged to the exclusive downtown clubs they could liave played pool and billiards all day. Had they the cash to hire steeds they might have enjoyed horseback riding as many ‘“highly respected” citizens irequently do. But being ordinary izds without fat wallets they tossed a haseball and were arres:ed, pleaded guilty in court Monday, and now have a “record.”—New Haven Union. COMMUNICATED. Plea Made For Children to Be lowed to Skate. Editor Herald:—I note in a morn- ing paper the fact that the ordinance committee of the common council voted to report an ordinance prohibit- ing rollef skating on the city side- walks. It seems almost incredible that acton of this nature, affecting as it does the welfare of hundreds of little children about the city, should be taken upon the representations of two citizens, outside of the committee, but now that this action has been tak- en, it is up to all fair minded people to work for the defeat of the proposed ordinance, before the council. No one doubts that skating on the streets proper, or on the sidewalks of Main street, should be stopped but to pro- hibit it all over the city is unneces- sary and unjust. The majority of the “offenders” are little girls of from eight to ten years of age and they cer- tainly get a large amount of health and happiness from this harmless amuseipant, and I will venture to say that if ‘every child in the city would spend one hour daily in skating on the sidewalks, the tuberculosis quesuon would be solved forever. I do not believe that there is any intention of enforcing this ordinance even if passed, and the net result will be that many innocent little ones will be .made law-breakers by a few per- niclous meddlers, who have long ago forgotterf their own childhood and have quite lost pace wlth the spirit of youth. Hoping that the public spirit that supported parks in the wilds of West Hartford, and Kensington, will find a way to allow thé children of the city a chance to acquire a little health and pleasure. Al- A CITIZEN. Remarkable Railroading. (Paris Letter to New York Sun.) The work thrown upon‘the railroad companies of France by the order of mobilization is well shown. by the vearly report of the Orleans com- pany, which covers south ' Brittany and the center of France, from Paris to Bordeaux, Paris to Limoges and Paris to Toulouse, the three main lines being connected by many short cross Mnes in all about 5,000 miles. Mobilization came at the time when was leaving for McMILLAN’S Don’t forget the New Hours for Store Closing—Monday at 9 P. M., Saturday at 9:30 P. M., Other Days at 6 P. M. ; . Yoile and French Linen Dresses $1.98 t0$5.98 each Misses' sizes styles. Women's and in a renge of very pretty COLORED SILK DRE! $5.98 to $10.00 each DRESSES AND EVEN- ING GOWNS $12.98 to $20.00 each S WEDDING WHITE LINGERIE DRESSES $2.98 to $15.00 each CHILDREN'S WHITE DRES For confirmation. 98¢ to $5.00 each CHILDREN'S WASH DRE! 19c¢, 98c, $1.49 cach LINGERIE. BLOUSES 97c, $1.49, $1.98 ecach CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSES $1.98 to $4.98 each MIDDY BLOUSES 98c and $1.49 each . Mercerized Poplin Middy SATURDAY AT OUR MEN’S DEPT. SALE OF MEN’S COLLARS B5c each, 6 for 25c Regular 2 for 25c kind. SHTRT SALE Saturday 39c each For men’s 50c Giant Shirts. “ONYX"” SILK SOX 25c pair MEN’S All colors, WOMEN'S EXTRA SIZE VESTS Saturday 10c Value 15c. WOMEN'S SILK HOSE The latest in fancy Silk Hose, striped boot with plain tops, plain boot with colored tops. at $1.00 pair. others Special SILK GLOVES FOR CONFIRMA- TION LONG WHITE SILK GLOVES Special 50c. pair Women's and Children’s. WOMEN'S LONG SILK GLOVES Special at 75c¢ pair 89c. Full 16-button length. WHITE RIBBONS For confirmation, Sash and hair bow widths. Special 19c and 25c yard. SALE OF LACE COLLARS AND Valvz SETS 49c each Values to $1.00. WIDE SHADOW INGS Saturday at 29c, 39c yard Values to 75e. LACE FLOUNC- D. McMILLAN; 199-201-203 MAIN STREET % 9 summer holidays. From Aughst 2 to August 5 mobilized men were transported to their military depots, which meant the employment of 1,- 500 trains on the system. From August 5 to August 18 the company moved troops from the center and south and part of the Algerian and Moroccan armies traveled over it During this second period nearly 2, 000 military trains moved toward the east and north and”an equal number in the opposite Tdirection. Thesc trains used more than 57,000 cars and carried 600,000 officers and sol- diers, 144,000 horses, 40,000 vehicles or cannon, and 64,000 tons of pro- visiens. All this work was carried out with remarkable preeision and order, with- out the slightest accident to any mil- itary train, and all tracks, stations, etc., were so guarded that no attempt on them. The company had to in. sure the provisioning of the in- trenched camps at Paris and by Sep- tember 30 had carried in one direc- tion 117,000 tons of foodstuffs, 66,- 000 of fodder, 107,000 cattle and 211,- 000 sheep and pigs. At the same it had to forward to the army new sup.- plies of men, horses, material, food and ammunition and to temove wounded and prisoners. The rush from Paris on the ap- proach of the Germans reached its maximum on September 3, when 50, 000 passengers were moved from Paris on long-distance journeys, not tunnels, carefully was made Mer y Blouses in all white, pink and light blue, with white collars and cuffs. Special. at $1.149 cach. CREPE NIGHT GOWNS . White and colors, at 98c each. | | 3. P The Dlmm $50.00 AND $45.00 HARTFORD SAXONY RUGS Several discontinued patterns; sizes 8-3 x 10-6 and 9 X 12, SALE $38.75 PRICE $60.00 WILTON RUGS In handsome Oriéntal meédal- lion center and small allover Persian designs, linen fringe; size 9x12. SALE 347_50 PRICE 50 $42.50 SEAMLESS AND SEAMED WILTON RUGS Inhandsome Oriéntdl designs, plain colors with hind Chintz borders; size 9x12. PRIC $34.95 PRICE $34.50 TO $39.75° WILTON RUGS Seamed and seamless in big assortment of new designs and colorings; size 8-3x10-6. SALE $29.95 PRICE $37.50 SCOTCH WEAVE AXMINSTER RUGS An extra heavy pile rug in bold Oriental designs for dining room, living room, office use. size 9x12. SALE PRICE ........ $29.75 50 AND $32.50 SEAMLESS PILE AXMINSTER RUGS Handsome Oriental designs and plain colors with two-tone band border; size 9x12. rrics ... 922.95 PRICE 75c HEAVY INGRAIN CARPETS Good designs and a very dur- able carpet. SALE 65c PRICE ... "Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. M..TO 5 . P. JEANETTE' WARNER AND library and - AR M. DAILY AT MR. i $27.50 BEST FINE FRAME BODY BRUSSELS RUGS All the newest. dining, living and bedroom designs and colors; i i $22.95 PRICE . $24.95 BODY BRUSSELS RUGS Best fine frame, only 10 rugs in this lot; discontinued pat- terns; size 8-3x10-6. SALE $ l 8.75 PRICE Only $ WILTON VELVET RUGS An extra heavy seamless rug in the much wanted tans, greens and browns; size 9x12. PRICE . .. $24.95 AXMINSTER RUGS In Oriental designs and floral effects, a very durable rug but in the slightly mismatched, only IS in this lot; size 9x12 $15.95 PRICE $18.75 JAPANESE AXMINSTER RUGS Some are reversible, all hand- some designs, just 12 in the lot; sizes 8-3x10-6 and $8 95 . 9x12. SALE PRICE $21.95 SEAMLESS WILTON VELVET RUGS In new medallion centers and allover Persian designs; size 9x12. SALE $18.75 PRICE, s, 65¢ SPECIAL INGRAIN CARPETS Special new patterns. saLe PRICE .o 49€ Other grades at 29c, 39¢ and 15¢ yard. HARTFORD Hill and Claytoa. OUR RESTAURANT RICHMOND, RS O Nl e v Wise, Smith & Co Sale of Rugs, Carpets and Linoleum Extraordinary. Money savings coupled with the advantage of selecting from as- sortments unequa]led anywhere in' Connecticut. A superb collection of the hand- somest floor coverings in standara qualities we have ever shown—WISE, SMITH: & COMPANY, HARTFORD. $1.49 TO $1.59 INLAID LINOLEUM In best grade of domestic and imported makes in tile and wood effects. SALE @1 90 PRICE .... . $1.25 INLAID LINOLEUM In 18 different patterns in tile and wood effects. SALE 99 $1.00 INLAID LINOLEUM In new tile and wood designs. SALE PRICE 85c 89c TO $1,00 SPECIAL INLAID LINOLEUM In tile, hardwood and granite effects, in cut rolls and half pleces. Bring your measure- ments, SALE 65c PRICE .ii.0000 589¢ AND 69¢ LINOLEUM Made of cork and linseed oil, in matting, tile and wood effects. Sale 49c PRICE lisc AND 59c CORK AND OIL LINOLEUM In tile, weod and matting ef- fects. BALE PRICES ....... 39¢ FLOOR ONLCLOTH In 1, 1%, and 2 yards wide. SALE PRICES 25c¢, 30c, 35¢ CONGALEUM RUGS For dining room, kitchen, bath and veranda, from 90c ™ $7.50 AWNINGS FOR WINDOWS AND VERANDAS. Made to your gpecial order at VERY LOWEST PRICES. Estimates for the asking. WISE, SMITH & CO. DAILY DELIVERY in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar mll, Maple counting local passengers. The offi- ces of the company itself were moved to Tours for about a month. The company’s receipts fell in Aug- ust to thirty_three per cent. of the receipts in August, 1913, recavered to forty-eight per cent in September. fifty-four in October and* sixty-three in November and eighty-five in De- cember. Seeing All America. (Chicaga Tribune.) An enterprising Canadian news- paper, the Montreal Journal and Commerce, has taken up the sugges- tion of a friendly -American editor to attract the great American tourist northward and thus reap some of the dollars usually spent abroad. Certainly the ‘“‘See America first” principle ought to cover not merely America in the narrow sense but in the continental sense, including Can- da. For the seeker ~of natural beanty, the the vacationist of almost any taste, Canada has riches to. offer from the wild shores of Labrador to the won- ders of the Canadian Rockies—moun. tains, lakes, streams and forests of greatest beauty, cities of historic in- terest and unsurpassed picturesque charm, a summer climate to be en- vied. * It is to be hoped Americans who must travel will'sée their own coun- try now if they never have before, and a neighborly visit to Canada will repay. There have been, eévidences at times that Americans ' are greatly within the favor of Canadians, but perhaps this is because there has been less intercourse than there should be and might be. . - X 4go0d time to correct’ that is now. N, Anothel Fish Story., « Shelbyville Dispatch Enquirer.) Rev. John Rees, pastor of the’ Mt Piegah’ Baptist, curch, east of here, had fish for supper. = It was as fine a bass as ever graced the table of the most successtul disciple of Izaak Walton. It weighéds one . pound dressed. . Mr, Rees becamé possessed of the fish in a most unusual way. The minister, members of his congrega- tion and thirty converfts had assem- bled on the banks of Lewis creek for baptismal services. One_half of the converts had been baptized when the preacher felt an unusual sensation becausé of move- ments up one of his trouser legs. He halted in the ceremonies several times, as the movements became more and more annoying. Finally the fish managed to get above the belt. line and into the folds. of the preacher’s shirt. The minister . held it there until the services were finished. Then he carried ‘nis “catch” home, t[nchmah to camper and sportsman, J% not ' LAUDS DIVER CRILLY, Rear Atlmlrul Moore Sends Report on SalvAige Work on Submarine. | Washington, May 7.—~Becretary | Daniels has received a mail report |from Rear Admiral Moore concern- ing the progress of/ Salvage opera- April 14 and April 19, Details of the report, which was dated Pearl Harbor, April 19, have been pub- Lished in cable despatches. Of “particular interest, however, i¢ the tribute Admiral Moore pays to Diver Crilly for rescuing Diver Lough. man, who had been sent down but became fouled and was unable to re- lease himself. He calls the depart- ment’s special attention to Crilly's feat, adding that he showed great self-possession and courage. At the time the report was mailed, Lough. man, who it was feared had econtract- ed pneumonia, was reported as im- proving. THREATENED TO LEAD STRIKE. Former Mayor of Altoona Testifies at Pennsylvania Road Hearing. Washington, May 7.—The federal industrial relations commission today continued its.examination of witnesses assto labor conditions on the Penn- sy?lnln railroad, when G. W, Creigh- general superintendent of = that .roq,d at Altoona, resumed the stand. He testified in answer‘w statements made before the commiission yester- day by Samuel H. Moyer, former mayor of Altoona, in connection with the strike in the Pennsyivanja shops there in 1911. Moyer testified that the striking shopmen wére peaceful but that Creighton had repeatedly urged him to arrest strikers and labor organ- izers ultimately aggravated by Creigh- ten's attitude, telling. him that unless the men were alluwed tb return_to work he (Moyer) would lead * He strike bfms@lf.” This, Moyer said, re- sultéd in an«order to take the men back and most of them returned. TURKS COMMANDED REBELS ‘Who Attacked Italian Force in Tripoli “ =—Italy to Demand Explanation. Paris, May 7, 5:20 a. m.—Reports | are current here that an official re- port to the ministry of war regarding the attack on Col. Miami's. Italian force in Tripoli contains proofs that Turkish officers commanded the rebels says a Pétt Parisien despatch from Turin, and that the Italian govern- ment will ask the Porte for an im. mediate explanation. Col, Miami’s command was at- tacked by a rebel band south of Syr- taon, April 30 and forced to retrear, owing to the desertion of irregulars | tions on the submarine ¥-4 between | CANAL TRAFFIC HEAVY. 136 Sea.Going Vessels Passed Through . Panama Waterway During March, hington, May 7.—TrafMo through the Panama canal during March was considerably greater than precidng month, A total wef -:oinx v ls passed, carrying 635,067 tons of cago. This is be- tween one-third gnd two-fifths more |than had used the canal in any pre- ceding, months, and 186,100 mare | tons of cargo, exuedln. previous reéc. |ords by over 40 pér cent. The tolls during March were $606,313, making the total collected .in the canal since its opening $2,071,675. L] Chilean nitrates took first place Ins the traffic, amounting to 101,025 tons, two-thirds of which went to the United States. Sugar came second, coal third, lumber fourth and barley fifth, in erder. One American line of steamers has carried 699,342 tons of cargo through the canal, two. ot its ships having made six trips. +.$1,232,508 FOR MISSION WORK, Church Last Year. Nashville, Tenn., May tions of the Methodist Bpiscopel | Church,. South, to mission work at home’ and abroad last year totalled 31,232,608, according to the report to- day of the treasurer of the Board of Missions of that church, Of the total amount approximately §835,000 were for foreign missions and the rgmainder for home mission: And for ofher purposes. The boardX annual meeting will be held here be« ginning May 11. TORRINGTON SHOOTING FATAL, Torrington, May 7.—Andrew Smolin died during the night at the Litche field County hospital, Winsted from & bullet wound receved Sunday at his boarding place in Harwinton, just over the Torrington line. - The shooke ing, at first sald to have been done @« cidentally by Smolin himself has been under investigation by Coroner 8, A. Herman for several days. Peter J. York and Mrs. Mary Sugarek, who were under detention in connection with the case, were released on bonds by the coroner Wednesday night, .,/ YALE TO MEET PRINCETON. New Haven, May 7.—The Yale track team left today for Princeton for the annual dual meet tomorrow with that university. The men will spend the night in New York, going on to Princton tomorrow morning. COAL COMPANY BANKRUPT, Charleston, W. V., May tition in inveluntary bankruptey was filed here today for the New R and Ohio Coal company. The ¢ to the rebels. The Italian logses were eighteen officers and 200 men killed or-wounded. pany’s liabilities are estimated at $285,000, with assets approximating $115,000, 7.—Contribus 4 T.—A pe-i d Contributed to Methodist Episcopal 7 q