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Price Reductions of Our July Sale Big Enough to Enthuse Everybady TAKE BOYS’ CLOTHIN FOR INSTANCE. Chambray, regular 50c grade. STRIOCTLY ALL WOOL KNIUKERS—Light colored summery ones in 8 to 17 year sizes, full lined and made up 'in the same good way as the pants to our best suits. These are bargains for whoever wants ‘wool pants. G We icall mothers attention to the Oliver Twist Suits in 2 to 6 year sizes, they are prettily. made 'of- Blue Sale price 89c. each. 98¢ pair. "Only two or three pairs of a size. TAKE A LOOK AT UNDERTOGS—The newest and best Union Suit on the market for the 3 to 10 year olds. AH sizes are here, Ask for tWe Three #h One Undertogs. The boys like them. SI’RAW AND WASH HATS—Regular 48c and 50c kinds for 39c each. 'The very latest for the boy’s head comfort. Bollar . values, for 79c each. color, Full.shapes Wool Gupa of 50c grade for 39c each. 'WHITE, DUCK KNIOKERS—An odd lot of 50c and 65¢ kinds for 3¢ p-.!r.. Formerly priced as much as $1.50 to $2.50, we are ..dendy Ome and Two-Piece Sults for $1.00 each.' nee” Blouses selling this way, $2.00 and $2.50 kinds reduced to $1.50 .each; The $1.50 kind for $1.00 each. The $1.00 kind for 79c each. " resular - grade for 39c each. At Boys! Dept., North Annex. CEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF U ; Regular $2.00 values, Sale price,” while we have them, but Mndngqscu- Straw hats and Light in weight and Extra special, summer price 50c each. light in offering - some the “Kay- The 50¢ EPEND ON PROMPTLY RE- n Fo Meriden—Other Items. ning th;‘t they were to be ap- inded for chicken stealing, Har- era. and Carlo Davea, -until days ago employed atr Stiles Reynolds’ brickyard, have disap- r#d to parts unknown. Both men ¥ with - Louis Mazind, who Is lent out on bonds of $150, await- trial at the September terth of court on the charge of hav- stolen eight chickens from Rich- “Bolton ‘of Beckley Quarter. unrcra. and ‘Dayea were both at .on the day that Mazina was by ‘the local .authorities. i they saw the officers approach- made a hurried exit through the back windows -of the house. ntally neither Carrera nor Davea d their bogrding | of their nation to shake the dust of Ber- Mip from their feet. Today:Mazina mourning the loss of $35.50 which ‘claims the -lle‘pd chicken thieves e him, Davea owing him $24.25, L "("_Jrrern. % $11.25 in arrears. It ‘that there''are several other. ‘in town whp are desirous of ting these ‘two lndlviaulu for a time.: It is understood thHat a pell known Italian- grocer * in’ New jritain has quite a little bill charged ‘against Davea and Carrera ‘whica their haste they failed to pay. * Both men have pay coming o them Stiles & Reynolds' brickyard. dna, it is -said, appeared at the A Indignation was expressed by Pros- ecutor. Gibney when he was tald by Mazina that he had received a caller on Thursday night, previous to his trials, | The officers, who hereafter make an arrest, were instructed by prosecutor to inform. Mr. Skinner that no visitors should be allowed.to see prisoners. If such a request is made, permission should first be = secured from the prasecuting attorney. Agitation For Trolley System. The agitation which has been | pre- valent in Kensington for a number ‘of years to have a trolley system froni’ New. Britain - through .that place to Meriden will probably come to a head on Monday evening when a meeting will be held at 8 o’clock in the Perci- val schaol. A charter for such a trol- ley system is at ‘present held by E. A. Moore of New -Britain and Tax- Collector Charles F. Lewis and F. F. | Hanford of this_ place. This committee has been working for some time to determine the ad- | visability of having a Meriden-New Britain trolley route by way of Ken- sington. = A report will be givén on Monday évening and it is awaited ‘wiah considerable interest. It is the plan to have the system extend trom the New Britain to Meriden on ‘the’ 'west side of the railroad. The meet- ing is open tq all interested. Rosenberg Case Continued. Because of the serious illness of Ar- thur M. Rosenberg of New Haven, Wwho was to appear in the town court this morning an the charge of reck- less drivin: which resulted in ‘the death of D. A. Longano of Provi- dence, R. I, the case was continued ‘until Saturday morning. After the accident Monday night it was not thought that Rosenberg was seriously injured, but it has gince been learned that he is suffering from internal in- Juries. Brignolo And DeMotta On War Path. Excitement prevailed in the Itallan colony last evening when the news spread about that Brignolo and De- Motta, both well-known butchers on Farmington road, had been attached for $2,000 by Joseph China of Beck- ley acting for his. sister, Angelina: The suit was brought to recover dam- ages. claimed due from eating: con- sumptive beef which resulted in pto- maine poisoning for Carlo China ana his daughter, Angelina. irick company’s office a few- <days ago th pay checks belonging to his for- er boarders and endeavored to col- t the money. He was refused their It wm v be necessary . for el _and dqrun to w A1 pry for their mon s rwup mlfio youn[ men o 1y referred as “Carle” and “Har- flme, he claimed, - He ould iot recall their last names, al- ough fluy, m boarded with him M lln hl.vp a !nod ‘des-. h men and it will only tlmo before both will _sn learned that when To! than a hundred Italian residents call- ed at ‘the DeMotta-Brignalo store to offer their sympathy .to the proprie- tors. = Some of them became quite ex- cited and shouted and talked so bois- terously that it was thought that a riot was in proceéss. They became quite lively and made treats of wip- Lng the China family from this earth. " Committees Of Christian Endeavor. The - following committees . have béen announced by the Senfor’ BEn- davor society of the Berlin Congre- gational church for the ensuing yvear: | © Lookout committee—Alice Starr, Nellie Minor, Lillian Lindquist, Mil- dred Aspinwall, Carroll Dunham and Margaret Wilcox. Missionary committee—May Skin- i ner, Elsle Canfield, Harold Ventres, | Bdith Lindquist and Ambrose , Bar- rett. Prayer Meeting committee—Annette Savage, Ralph Nourse, Stella Good- 1 tich,. and’ Ralph Barrett, | Social ! committee—Lloyd George Pickeétt, Grace Skinn ‘vey Nourse and Oliver Shaw; { Flower cammittee—Elsie’ Pickett, i Hazel Vile, Gertrude Bushnsll and EL Minor, , Har- th ‘ne Adams. 5 ~Land Transfer Reoorl‘d warranty deed flled with Town Francis H. Shaw records’ that It is estimated by some that no less | | Edward W. Mott of Farmington road har sold land to Louis Confeggi of Berlin. The property sold is bounded on the north by the highway, on the east by the land of Chester Magano, south by the land of B, W. Mott and | West by property of Antonio Careso. | It is the. intention of Mott to sell’ out all his property in this town and | to spend the rest of his days in seeing the world. He has been a resident here for nearly two decades. Stevens ‘Sells Property. Ex-Senator ‘Claude W. Stevens has| sold land situated near. the' Church | toad, Kensington, to Ruth Lillian Strong of Kensington. The property sold includes the buildings situated on it Major F. L. Wilcox Honored. Major F. L. Wilcox, one of the best known residents of this town, has been honored - by ‘Governor - Marcus® “H. Holcomb- by being appointed as one of the trustees of the Connecticut School for Boys at Meriden. His term of| office expires in.1917. George P. Ingersol of Ridgefield is | the other trustee nppu{nted by the gevernar, Grange to Elect Officers, An important meeting of the Berlin Grange ‘will be held Tiuesday evening in the new Grange hall on Farming- ton road. Officers will be elected and | considerable business wiil be trans-| acted. * An excellent program is being srranged for the occasion by Miss Irene Viets. ~ Widening Farmington Road, Selectman William H. Gibney has a gang of men making extensive repairs on anington road above ‘Upson’s corner. The road is being straight- ened and at places made wider. The grass_which has been. thriving in the gutters is being dug up so that storm water may have easy passage. Off for Compounce, It was a happy crowd of youngsters that left the Berlin depot this morn- ing for the annual picnic of the Sun- day school of the Methodist church of Fast Berlin at Lake Compounce: 1 Baseball and other sports were on the program, after which a bounteous iunch was to" be served. = The pic- nickers will return home this evening. To Hold Debate With Cromwell. Consfderable interest 1s being mani- fested in East Berlin over the coming debate to be held on Jury 21 at the Methodist church in East Berlin be- tween a team from Cromwell and one from East Berlin. “Resolved, That Capital Punishment Should be Abolished,” is the subject for discus- siocn. The East Berlinites will' uphold the affirmative and S. Woodward. M. Gaines and R. Morse will take part, Berlin Briefs. A large attendance is expected at the lawn festival to be held this even- irg on Mrs. Tryon's lawn in Kensing- ton under the auspices of the Epworth league of the Kensington Methodist church. Miss Betty Brown of Kensington left today for a sojourn in East Hampton. Mrs. Arthur H. Bushnell of Farm- ington road attended tne McCarthy- Kelly wedding in New Britain today. The Knights of Pythias of East Berlin held their regular meeting last night. The quarterly meeting of the Metho- dist church board of East Berlin was held in the parlors of the church last evening. The_ new state road from the monu- ment to: the mill bridge in East Ber- lin,, which was closed for repairs, is DOW open, | when the the Lusitania FALLS FROM CAR IN RACE WITH DEATH Danbury Man, Hurrying to Broth- er's Bedside, Injured Here COMPENSATION FOR WIDOW 2 Insurance Company, Ordered to Pay Lusitania Victim’s Widow, Will Sue Cunard Line and the Kaiser, Too— “Grand Old Man” Wanders Away. While passing through Plainville on %is way to Hartford, where his brother lay dying, Henry W. Yand of 33 Bim street, Danbury, last evening fell from an automobile in which he was riding and sSustained painful though not very serious injuries. He received a bad scalp wound and numerous body bruises. After his wounds had been dressed by Dr. J. C. Tanner the in- jured man continued on his journey to Hartford. Occupants of the auto deglare that machine . passed Central Square, some one on, the curb shouted that the tail light on the car was not burning. Believing that anofficer had | bailed him the chauffeur applied ‘the Before the machine came to Yand started to set out. brakes. a halt, Mr. | He tripped over a suit case and ‘was thrown into the highway. He struek on his head and it was at first thought that his skull had been ' fractured. He was assisted to Dr. Tanner's office and the physician after an examina- tion, said that the injuries were not of & serious nature. Mr. Yand never rode in an automo- bile before. He had received word while at work yesterday that his brother was dying in Hartford and was anxious to have his mear relatives at his bedside before he expired. An suto was pressed into service and was hurrying in its race witn death when the accident occurred here. According to Officer Marino he was in the Town hall at tho time of the ac- cident. He did not believe it was a policeman who notified the driver that the lamp was extinguished. Norton Wandered Away. “Fohn C. Norton, Plainville’s grand old man, wandered away yesterday and for <everal hours his friends were greatly disturbed over' his ab- sence. Mr. Norton, who is a nonogen- arian, has of late become childish, and is very absent minded. Last cvening he was located Thomaston and wag brought back to his boarding place here. It is thought the old man was on his way to Torrington to visit his son when he became confused, going to Tho- maston instead. Will Sue the Kaiser. Suits against the Cunard Steam- ship company and Germany, too, are to betinstituted by the Manufacturers Liability Iusurance company of New Jersey, as the result of the death on ’ of Isaac B. Trumbull of Bridgeport, a former well known Plainville resident. Both the steam- ship corporation and the kaiser's government are to be asked to re- imburse the insurance people for the amount they were ordered to pay Trumbull’s widow under the com- pensation law of ‘the state. By the decision of the Bridgeport commissioner, rendered yesterday, two international actions of an un- usual nature will probably result. The suit against the Cunard line will be brought in England and the claim in enjoyed their first half holiday for the [ ‘The clerks:in the Kensington stores summer thig afternoon, J MRS. LYON'S ACHES AND PAINS Have All Gone Since Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound. Terre Hill, Pa.—*‘Kindly permit me to give you my testimonial in favor of Lydia E. Pinkham'’s Vege ";;‘hl e Gx:; pound. en I taking it I was suffering from i female troubles for il some ime and had { almost’all kinds of aches—pains inlow- er part of back and in sides, and press- ing down pains. 1 could not sleep and had no appetite. Since I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeuble Com- d the aches and pains are all gone and I feel like a new woman. I cannot praise your medicine too highly. ”’—Mrs. AugusTus Lyon, Terre Hill, Pa. It is true that nature and a woman’s ‘work has pmduced the grandest remedy for woman’s ills that the world has ever known. From the roots and herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham, forty years. ago, gave to womankind a remedy for their peculiar ills which has proved more efficacious than any other combination of drugs‘ever com- pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegemble Compound is recognized from coast to coast. as the standard remedy for woman’s ills. In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., are files containing hundreds of thousands of letters from women seek- ing health —many of them openly state over their own signatures tha} they have regained their health by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s.Vegétable Compound; and in some cases that it has uved f.hem from surgical operations CONSTANTLY And Ointment - as - needed. Sample each free by mail. Address Cuticura, Dept. 13F, Boston, Sold cvcrywhcrc. against the Kalser will be filed with ‘the stpte department at Washington to be subsequently forwarded to Ger- many. Trumbull was one of the victims of the German submarine which sank ‘the Lusitania. He was secretary of the Trumbull Motor Car company of Bridgeport and was on his way to England in th: interests of the cor- poration when the liner was sent 1o the bottom, Compensation. from the employing company was claimed by his widow and yesterday, afteran agreément of facts was reached, the commissioner i each | week for a period of 312 weeks and ' awarded Mrs. Trumbull $10 also gave notice that the company would have to pay 3100 for funeral 4 expenses. The Trumbull company carries li- ability insurance with the Manufac- turers company of New Jersey and the insurance people have deposited an amount with the Bridgeport Trust company, sufficient to cover the ! claim, directing that it be paid our.! according to the commissioner’s direc- tions. After the commissioner’s- decision was rendered, a representative of the insurance company consulted counsel and made arrangements to bring the two odd suits. The action against the Cunard line will be brought in Eng- land, counsel explained, 7ecause the basis of awarding judgment in such actions in that country is the valus of the ship and cargo before mishap, -while in the United States the shars of damages to litigants is governed hy. the worth of the ship after the dis aster. Boy Scout Day. Boy Scouts from all over the state will be represented in the' contest for the silver cup to be held at the Plain- ville camp grounds tomorrow after- noon in connection with the sixteenth annual assembly of the Connecticut | Chautauqua association. of tomorrow’s program promises to be very interssting and it is expected that it will attract a large crowd to the grounds. The third day of the assembly found the Chautauquans diligently pursuing their studies and the various ! classes were all largely attended. The | lecture on “Cardinal Wolsey” given | this afternoon by President Truman J. Spencer of Hartrford was brullant- { 1y delivered and a large audience en- Jjoyed it thoroughy. Tonight agseries of Shakespearian readings will be given, lections. - At 11 o'clock tomorrow -mornin there will be a talk on “The Economic Value of, Birds” by Miss Julia F. White. In the evening at .8 o’clock Clifford Knight will . give a “Crayon Talk” and at £:30 Major H. B.- Phil- brick will give an illustrated trovel- ogue, using “Glacier National Park” for his. subject. Gold Medal Contest. The feature of Friday's which is to be observed as Temper- ance day, will Be a gold medal speak- ing contest held under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. of New Haven, Litch- fleld and Hartford counties, with Mrs. Harry A, Gordon, president of the Litchfield branch, in charge, The con- | test will be held in-the afternoon at | 2:45 and it is expected that the at- | tendance will be a record-breaker for the session. Those who will compete for the medal include Miss Ruth Burr of Hig- | ganum, Miss Luella Rockwell of New | Haven; Miss Dora Ellison of Forest- ville; Miss Irene Gates of Burnside and Hilding Erickson and Arbid Thorwald- sen of New Britain, each of who has already won a'gold. medal in a pre- vious contest. The winner of Fridays contest will | be eligible to compete -for a - dia- mond award which .the temperance people will probably offer next week In connection with the speaking the ladies have arranged an excellent musical program of which Mrs, Néllie Rule Arnold of Meriden, musical’ di- rector of ‘the Connecticut W.'C. T. U. has charge, If the weather permits it is plann- ed to have a picnic lunch for mem- bers of the Hartford courty branch at 12:30. Work to be carried out during the year by the white rib- boners of Harifory county will be planned at a workers’ conference to ;)ezoheld in the Middletown house at Court Accepts Accounting. Judge Gecrge R. Byington this SEMI-RNNUAL SALE OF MEN’S SHIR® ALL THIS WEEK he most im portant of our July O This is one of an event that is of interest economy—not polifical—but purely that of theift. It - to men. Dealing Summer Clearancel of two notable makes of Shirts, B Arrow—makes tha: ceded to be the biggest values possible, terials are carefuly selected, best. Special is given to the are sold extensively in every In the first plae and colorings fit of every g slim man or the ut man, and the workmanship is the This feature | There will also be musical se- | session, | skiled operators chn produce. The price ctions for this Sale cannot fail to h " “"MONARCH SHJRTS, Regularly $1.00, This Sale . “Monarch” madras, in a_ very wide variety [3hirts, full cut bodies, in fine g¥ of patterns, oni shirts made, for this sale 79c each. $1.50 "ARRO\]’" SHIRTS, Sale Price . ... “Arrow” Shirts Suits, drawer and outing shirt excellent shirt [for outing purposes, a regular $1.50 sale $1.15. | BATES-STREET SHIRTS MARKED DO! Bates-Street Shirts in a wide most wanted/ fabrics, laundered lar shirts mafle, Regular $1.50 value, Sale Regular $2.00 value, Sale SHIRTS, Price 2% variety of pattérns, in £ or soft cuffs, one of the m Price . VALUE $1.00, Sale Price Soft Culff Shirts, specfally selected line nf $1.00 value, fonly a small 10t, while they last, “4.RROW" “Arrow"” Shirts, soft or laun ings, merlrlzed cloths, woven from 14 tg 18. The reguldr $1.50 value for .... The regulgr $2.00 value for .. “ARROW!' (OUTING SHIRTS, $1.50 Value .. “Arrdw” Outing Shirts, soft SHIRTS GREATLY UND dered cuffs, all this madras, and sk nsod collar attached, in a‘fl faney stripes, regularly $1.50, sale price $1.15 each. { FLANNEL SHIRTS REDUCED FOR THIS SAL Light weight Flannel Shirts, collars attached, Hght & grey. Our regular $1.00 value for .... Our regular $1.50 value for ... quality gercale, laundered cuffs, values 79c and $1, for this sale OUTING, SHIRTS, VALUE $1.00, FOR .. 79c AND /$1.00 VALUES FOR, EACH . Specijul lot of Negligee Shirts, P 1 RS - pHiow (LY made from , black and white 59%¢ each. 2 Soft Outing Shirts, collars attached, in cream, and fancy stripes, our regular § WORKING SHIRTS, REGULARLY 50c, FOR . 1,00 value, for this Men’s Working Shirts, blue and grey chambrey, and twills, collars attached, a regular 50c value; both quality, for this sale 39¢c. s PN | Iy | Russell's heirg are not .insisting on getting their inheritance at this time. Most of the estate is in land and build- ings and a distribution would make necessary the isale of most of the prop- erty. The estate will eventually be divided | between Mr. 'Russell's widow and his | { three children, no wili naving been found after his death Mrs, Doucette Dying, Constable , Philip Marino and Mrs. | Marino went to Meriden today in n-; | spense to a message that Mrs. Maud | Doucette of Bank street, wno was sent | | te the Undercliff sanatorium Monday | by order of Se¢lectman Johnson, was rapidly sinking and would probably dic during the day, Mrs. Marino is the patient's sister- ln law. H Mrs. Doucette is suffering from tu- | berculosis and for days she has been | in a critical condition. Her two chil- | dren are to be sent to Boston, where | they will make their home with their | | Baseball World, grandparents, | Open Air Service. ! Arrangements have been made for ! an open -air service to be held at the | | Advent Christian camp grounds Sun- day afternoon at 3:30. Rev. J. W, | Denton, pastor of the Advent Chris- | tian church here, will be. the speaker. ! | His subject will be: . “Seeking Rl[ht! Things at the Right Time.” A special | ! musical program will be provided. | The meeting will be the first of a | eeries of open-air services to be held | | Sunday afternoons until the annual { | camp meeting is opened. ' Brief Items. Mrs. R. Smith, a well known resi- ! cent, yesterday celebrated the eigh- | | tieth anniversary of her birth at the | | pome of her daughter; Mrs. John Ives. | Friends from New York, New Britain, ‘Waterbury and Thomaston called dur- | ing the day to extend t! &nd assist the aged cbserving the event, - The Loyal Workers' hold a meeting this ev vent Christian ch .M | Gibbe of sm% P cubfect: “Getting A | Jesus There will be ape Local Grangers will go FPriday night to furnish at the metflu of the G city. B | POSTMASTERS Washington, July 1 convention of the Nati of First and Second Cla will be held Octd | iection of Washingtoh § place was announced. b Shannon of Nashville, tary of the nr’lm SUSPENDS PU Wilkesbarre, Pa., which wae alleged to hay baseball pools throu try, suspended e v THE POPULAR for and and morning acepted the accounting of Mrs, Rose A. Russell az administratrix on the estate of: Thomas G. Russell. ‘While the time for aistribution of the estate has arrived, it is said - Mr, sports. Calf and Black Gun M high or low cut. SHOE STORE : MEN’S Rl SOLED SHC GOOD FOR GENERAL Absolutely Ess tennis, outing, yachting '3 1)) Shown in Park T-. PRICES $2.75 to White Canvas Rubber ‘Oxtords al $1.75, See our Wingd P