New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1915, Page 2

a tennis club, v and Bdwara Lardenet in New Hampshire’ d to Elks’ big car- 26 Band concert.— O'Brien is pis city. & te: 0f playground - direc- ‘made at a meeting of the nmu;t cflmmiumn : this visiting a K_luhben will hold a i1l 'this evening in Elec- Qgicug m new -lodge Quality Firet The Eddy mg Co—advt. ‘| masterful fashion, and at buslnesn. 5 returnéd homé ' hospital, where he ed !ouowtul’ an acecident in | lnjured an. eve . while od. ~ is possiblé that !fis"eye ay be saved. salé milinery below Sufiivan’s.—advt, ‘Benoit will give a re-’ it French class Sunday | .. Jeon de Baptiste hall. thirty pupils in the nch people of the city vhist in the hall tomor- ‘to raise: funds for the m -mnfled toz perm ct.a vergnda on. thé: G ‘Church streer, “which; he ntly. The work'is to cos insky Bros. have applied gsion to build a wagon shed, evening Comstock En- 0. O. F. will hold its in Jr. O. U. A. M. o emcéu tor the ensuing | n *Grove of Pleasure” and ‘‘The Ha‘mmm 'Lexington iodge, I. 0. O. F., its regular weekly meetin, U. A. M. ball and elecet for the ensuing term. Imme- fter the close of the meeting ‘Deputy Grand Master E. M, and staff will hold a short re- il to complete plans for |nstalln. month. arian B. Barrows, who has ~at the Rockwell school, will week for a summer’s tour ornia and the Canadian e will réturn south in ¢ Loupold, son of Mr. ana (G. Leupold of Maple street ‘awarded scholarship honors jire three year course at effield. In the fall he will to the college as an assistant or and wfll also take a two o8t gradu &Q course in chem« I soclety of the fimgld a silver tea » M, Wightman has * returned and Dakota in ‘of t‘hl 8ons of Hermann is the national grand ~ He organized ‘'a new ansas City. - Edward Grikas, pastor of St church, brands as false the to the effect that the parish Where Father Zebris and Eva on a\enue at a cost of |Burritt were also” ‘menuoned inthe suh SrFme Adeline Carleton recited Helpful Addresses Given By Principal French—Children Bid Farewell As Curtain Descends on Happy Period of Life. . The annual graduation exercises of | the Grammar school were held this| morning at Fox’s theater at 9:30 o'¢lock. The auditerium was dccupied almest in its entirety by members of the class and seats not used in 'his] capacity were utilized by parents and I friends of the class. The class, the largest in the history of the school, numbered 378 boys and’ girls, and made an impressive sight, dressed in the regulation attire of white dresses for the girls and dark ‘suits for the ! boye. {. The exercises opened with a selec- tion by the Grammar school orches- : tra, under the direction of Professor ' G. B. Matthews. The rendition wis - received with: much applause. Principal French presented Rev. Pr. | [G W. C. Hill, pastor of the South church who offered the invocation. P|¢s{dent John: Julius Sakalauskas of 'the class gave: the salutation .in which he said it was always' a plea- | sure to groet parents and friends of Grammar school students. _On be- | half of the class he bade a fond fare- well to the lCl{Ch"lS and faculty of ths school. | The class rendered “The Lost Cherd,” accompanied by Professor 1. ¥.-Jores on the organ, with pleasing effece. Miss Scphia @ Ginsberg, gave lLiong- feliow’s ‘'King, Robert of Sicily,” in ) its conclu- sion she was greetéd with lengthy ap- Plauge. Lester A. \Ibbells. in speaking on | “Opportunity,” said that it should be {the aim of the class to go forth to dignify the calling they were to take up, and not sit by and wait for ep- | | portunity, to present itself, but to seek it and carry it out o the ‘best of their i ability. | Miss Ruth Margaret Olson gave the {early history of New Britain, prepared | by J. Lindsey Muir, a member of the class, in-a clear and pléasing. manner. i'rhc essay contained much valuable in formation regarding the early - settler in the township of Farmingtén and {New Britain in 1631 and also regarding - the. founding of ‘the New. Britain so- ciety in 1754, and its'aims and accom- plishiments for the settlers: he Ristdry spoke of. the Andrews, Harts, Stn.nlgys and “the Tees, 'hose,‘ ‘|names dre al the Present tinfe among. lthe leading fasiilies: of the city. The ‘names of Rev. John Bmalléy and Elihu | Ject. John Everett Hoffman gave'a Dleas-’ ing essay on “The American Flag."” The Grammar School Boys' ddiible | quartet rendered two selections, (ior\g” in excellent manner. The serious side of the exercises were eft for a few mements, while Miss Mark Twain's “New Englahd V\‘esther”[ ! country’s attitude in the present strife { lection which was well received ! class briefly. | would guarantec the safety of the city "and state. { past eight years of school and its help j of the class at High school.and tIt O\er on Him." Superintendent Holmes and which was well received by the au- dience. William Joseph O'Brien gave selec- tions of President Wilson’s memorable speech on May 10, 1915, in Philadel~ phia, before the newly organized Nat- uralization club of Phiiadelphia, in which he appealed to all for the love of country and humanity. The speech touched in a delicate manner on this among the European mations. The teachings and results attained in the Prevocational school were pic- tured in a sketch entitled, “Polly’s Visit,”” in which the Misses Mary Ellen Beloin, Certrude Anderson and Ruth Adéline Rodin, portrayed the proper way to arrange a dinner table, make a dress and crochet, as taught in the scheol. The orchestra rendered another se- French addressed the He said it was the lar- i gest class that has , ever graduated from the school. He wished them success in the trials and tribulations they would face in after life: The class had. made history in the school, due to the opening of the Prevoca- tional school. He said that it was with regret that the pleasant associa- tion he had enjoyed with the class during the past two years was about to come to and end. He presented Superintendent 8 H. Holmes and the class arose cnmasse to greet the speaker. | Superintendent Holmes congratulat- ed the parents of the graduates and alsé the city of New Britain on having such a fine body of children, who | Principal He especially congratu- lated the city for it enjoys: the dis- tinction of turning out the first class from a Prevodational school, as many | cities have net adopted this form of education as yet. Superintendent Holmes spoke of the toward the members of the class and | he hoped that the next eight years ! to be put in by some of the members | in college, would be spent with the same intention of the teachers, had not given in the past. He said the entire altention of the tcachers, had not been to teach arithmetic, geography and history, but to teach the children ito become responsible, so that when | called upon to perform dpties, they #ould be depended upon to do so hons | ‘estly and trustfully. ! He-admonished the children against three sayings that are used extensive- | Iy these days, ""Getting By On .It,” ! “Getting Away With 1t.’ ' apd “Putting | Drop 'these from | vour’ »ocabular) entirely,? urged the | ! speaker. The class then marched to the stage, | where the du;lomne were presented by Superintendent Holmes and the exerciges were brought to a close with the class singing “Summer,”. accom- panied by the organ. Gilmanaitis were murdered is for sale. - Tomorrow and twice on Sunday the Rev. G. E, Pihl will speak at the | sthirtieth anniversary exercises of the Swedish Cofigregational church = ai Woodstock: . -On Sunday, July 4, hel will speak ;at the . Rastern Swedish Sunday school association convention in Cromwell. H Stanley Post, G. A. R., will'hold its final open eeting of the season on J“nfl 30 7 ¥. H. Johnson was one- of the speakers at the Willimantic Old Henie week banquet last night. Miss Anna Koledney is resting com- fortably after being operated on yes- terday. % Miss Loloa M. Littlehales will give a piano recital at the Methodist church tomorrow at 5:30 when the pupils will be heard in various selec- tions. Come in - and inquire about swim- ming instructions for men at Y. M. C. A.+—advt. Harold E. Dickinson has ‘been en- gaged as undertaker by B. C. Porter Sons to succeed Clarence Place, loma to be framed and we will deduct 2 sfwe;-centsf from our regular price. STATIONER! )ICK Y DEPARTMENT. INSON 169-171 mw @0.. MA::N srnnm d LAFAYETTE STREET | CONDUIT CONTRACT! City Coal ancl WOod Company | Will Furnish the Material The City Coal arl Wood company was awarded the .contract for fur. nishing condults to be laid Laf- ayette strect at a special meeting of the board of public works yesterday afternoon. The bids were as follows: | 3 1-2 inch square base conduits, . W. Jéhns-Manville company of New ! York, $4.77 a hundred feet on fiber ! canduit; Western Electric .company, New York, $4.73 a hundred feet for | vitrified conduit; W. Li Damon, $4.75 a hundred feet for vitrified condult" and City Coal and Wood company, ' 24.75 a hundred feet for vitrified con- uiz. City Engineer. Hall said it would net be necessary to ask the coun cil to pass on the contract as th work has already been authorized. The City Coal and Wood company | will be~“asked to furnish a: certified | check for ten per cent. of the con- | tract price as a band. The following petitions were re- | ceived: Western Union Telegraph | company, to string wires. into the Y. M. C. A, granted with the understand- | ing’ that wires are to be strung at, the, rear of the buildng: New Bril-| aimn Turner society, for permission to! erect sign on Arch . street advertis- ing .turnfest, granted; New Britain | Gas Light campany, to connect house on Black Rock avenue with gas main, | granted; Wexler & Stein, to connect property on Hartford avenue with sewer, granted. Peétitions of the Gas Light company and Wexler & Stein did not make a | hit with the board as it will be nec. essary to cut into semi.permanent pavement. The petitions were granted on condition that the pavement is repaired to the satisfaction of the eity. in Two specials cars, filled with Hart- | ford Chamber of Commerce membeis, pagsed through this city this mor: ing enroute to Compounce where they held an outing, { of her police department.” istfl.telncnl made by State's Attorney traced thém to Worcest HURRAH! FOR JULY 4 New Revolvers, New Blank Cartridges, Fresh From Factory. No Miss-Fires. Right. Prices HERBERT L. MILLS HARDWARE 386 MAIN STREET (=] For the Week-End Party Service consists of not only your ease and comfort in buying, but of having what you want at the time vou want parties at the shere and mountains are “the and needs have heen anticipated in the. usual thing” these days Horsfall style. Bathing Suits— In assortments bigger and One heavy better than ever. piece suit has a white trunks—others come ors and particularly attractive are the new Hether shades. One and two-piece Suits—the best made. Shees for Camp and Shore Wear—White Buck, Nu-Buck and and leather soles—dressy models for shore Horstulls “TT PAYS TO RUY¥ OUR KIND” Connecting with wear. 93.99 ASYL7M ST. it. Week-End here your apparel knitted two- Jersey and blue in all the popular col- Canvas with rubber 140 TRUMBTLY ST~ Red Hand Letter to Father Bojnowski Which Put Police on Murderers’ Trail “New Britain need not be ashamed This is. a Hugh M. Alcorn the famous Zebris-Gilmanaitis mur- der for which Bernard Montvid has been sentenced to hang on August 6. The state’s attorney, on the famous murder is loud in his praise of the eflicient manner in which the local po- lice handled the situation and yester- in connection with who has worked case from the very start, { day he declared to the jury that, while the Wilmington murder hastened the { apprehension of the criminals, they would have ultimately been run down as the New Britain police and the state police were hot on their trail at the time. State Policeman Robert Hurley and Investigator M. R. ! Malinowski had found the murderers’ trail long before this time and at the very time they were arrested in mington the officers of the law Mass., and were about to continue on their trail which would have eventually led them to the guilty parties themselves In all murder es, as with every other nature of crime, there is always some sort of a clue. At the murder house on Church street there was no very tangible ciue found, but one week after the murder Rev. Lucyan Boj- i, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, received a “Red Hand” ter in which money was demanded of him If his life was to be spared. In this letter was a picture ‘of the mur- dered Father Zebris and a picture of an automatic revolver. The text of the letter included statements which said that the writers would send Father Bojnowski to Father Zebris if he did not pay the money and inti- had Wil- | let- | mated that the writers were the same ones who committed that murder, Father Bojnowski turned this letter over to the police and they, haying learned previously that two strange men who boarded at 330 Arch street hgd a typewriter, began to build up a strong case. vitten letter clue they struck the ht trail. A photograph of this first letter, which is admitted by the police as heing the first tangible clue they had and the one which first put them on the right track, reproduced. The envelope postmarked New Britain on February 15 is the one which goes with the letter. The other envelope enclosed a second [ threat to the priest. William J. Kinsley, the expert who testified at the trial, much to conviet Montvid with this letter for he stated positively that the machine which wrete this letter was the one owned by Montvid. MONTVID BEGS FOR MERCY FROM COURT Maintains His Iron Nerve and Asks for Life Imprisonment Begging piteously that his life might be spared, but still maintain- ing his iron nerve, Bernard Montvid, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree yesterday afternoon at 4:47 o'clock, stood stolidly Dbe- fore Judge Case and listened to the words that sealed his fate and se tenced him to be hanged before sur- rise on the morning of August Laughs as Jury Deliberates. When the jury went into secret session at 3:25 o'clock yesterday ternoon Montvid retired with his | gnards to an ante room where calmly sat and talked freely. ai- he Evea through which the jury had passed he did not seem disturbed. He pull- | ed gently at his mustasche, con- versed with the several guards and lawyers mear him and several timcs laughed. There was no appreciab signs of nervousness about the pris- oner, At 4:47 o'clock, however, when loud knock proclaimed that the jur had reached a verdict, Montvid sud- denly stiffened. it being apparent that he was mustering all of his reserve energy for the final ordeal. As the jury filed into the court room bowed heads the prisoner chair and cagerly peered in into their | as he sat and gazed at the closed door ! with | faces as though he would read their minds. Their sinister appearance must have indicated to him that they had found him guilty for he paled slight- ly and swallowed hard several tim He was then ordered to stand up and the jury gave its verdict. “Guilty of murder in the gree.” The prisoner seemed dazed and stared helplessly about him. State’'s Attcrney Hugh M. Alcorn then moved for an immediate sen- first de- i tence andafter a short recess Moni- vid was brought before Judge Case's bench where he was asked if he had aaything to say. He replied that he heard the jury’'s answer but did not comprehend what it meant. Integ- preter M, R. Malinowski then ex- plained his predicament and once more he was asked If he had anything to say why judgment should not be pronounced upon him. Begs for His Life, Clinching his hands tightly throwing back his shoulder and Mon:« By following this types ' is herewith ! vid took a step forward and then ! made a long, ‘impassioned speech speaking tersely and in broken Eng lish, in whiel he once more reeited his Jife history, insisting that he twd never before been arrested, that he had always borne a good y Gnd that until he met Peter Kral e | was a good man, He insisted LALIL { 61a not know Krakas was a | end agein disclaimed wull fl”ncr i of participating in the murdes i sald he was compelled to do it in or- ! der to prevent Krakas from killing | him In conclusion Montvid agsin protested his innocence and finaky aid 1 am enly a child. If yeu Ond me guilty, send me to prison for Ife but don’t hang me. Sentenced to Die Aug 6. He hesitated, swayed slightly, !w.u’ lowed hard but caught himself an once more stood erect. Again Juds Caze asked him if he had any'd further to say. He had net, where” upon Judge Cape said: “The duty of this court I8’ iprek cribed by law. This duty is diways peinful, but it cannot be aveided The sentence of the court is thi That you, Bernard Montvid, shall he remanded (o the sheriff and p deltvered by him within twi to the warden of the state Wethersfield, or to his kept by him until the August. Upon that da) before n%fl:g \ou shall be uk the said o P! enclesure mw}ull) ared - cordunee Aith' lh&) 5 of of Connecticut and, then an you «hall be hanged ~with “&" about your neck until you ae dead, May God have mercy on yous goul’ Women Weep, Sentence pronounceé ine tomb-like silence, everyone fn' Wiy crowded court room scarcely ml h ing. As the last words of the Juds: “may God have mércy on youf 8ol died away Montvid was hurried ‘in an ante room by the guards andt women,; who had been presént, b into tcars. =0 impreesed were “the with the tragic elaly they had J4 was In the ante room Montvid comy oss 8 table with Anton. anil his two brothers, buts a talk was in the Lithuamia: what they said was ~m He was then tsken baci the jail. When the affair. was over Montvid quickly recovered usual composure and from his aet one would never surmiso that he just been condemned to die ins than (wo montits, e their ! tongue, knowy INCORPORATE FOR $50,000, Papers of incorporation of {4 #pring & Buckley Electric com have been filed with the ucmri» The firm was formerly pnn the G. K. Spring companged headquarters are on Chureh 5 “he authorized capital is §50,000 the company will starl 25,000, The incgrpurators Are H. Buckley of this city, t. K y of Newington and C. R. Jonbah il te. 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