New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1915, Page 7

;. " ~;,:’“A‘u?gti§tfflfurnimre Sale Comes Now | With Better Bargains Than Ever ¥ ¥ Up To ‘And Including Sept. 10th, We Oloe Fridays At Noon. i 5 Snopping § 'We have been planning since last May to make this the greatest Au- gust fuiniture sale we have ever held. Owing to the present market condi- * tions and the manufactures need of ready cash, our big syndicate, with its tremendous purchasing power, ha s been fortunate emough some wonderful values which are ofl ered t‘o our patrons at this great sum- mer oecasion. Y i = Home. Carefully but that you will $10.60 (worth §18 TN N e llers 2-in top rail ‘waorth $22.50) 1f itary 4 > Among the Bréiss Beds, with Need a New Mattress, no te the pure la; tick, roll edge, $13.50 va lue, $7.75 each. Silk, Floss Mattresses, the “Red Cross” made under itions, and if not ‘satisfact o T $14.50 each. r. Mattressess, full sizo, examine our Furniture. Go to other return and buy of us. .50) with 2 in-post, 6 heavy filler rods with choice of bright er satin finish. Another for $19.75 (worth $32.50 ) is a massive style with 2-\in posts, still another for s with ball corners, full size, 45 1bs, A, C. A, $19.75, ' Link Springs, $5.50, sale price $ the “National” 8.50 each. Others $5,75 each, but real worth $7.50, i Box Springs in all sizes, edge, layer felt top, Silk Floss Mattress, value. $10.50 each. Come make yourself Ste el frames, high block, special to secure The pieces on sale came from Gr and Rapids and the Middle West, the Home of Furniture Manufacturing, a nd the larger part of this August sales specials have been made for us since May first. at stores and look und,: compare the prices, it Will th e better satisfy you. We have no fear guar anteed lacquer, we offer a bargain for and ball rod ends, 2 $14.50 yer felt, made two parts the strictest san- Ty we will take back, regular $20 Tick, roll. edge, ‘worth long kind spring construction Heavy rattan covered with A. C. A. Ticking. $13.50 value, $9.50 each. fancy or art tick, made full size, two pairs 15.00 DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEN CE!VI»}G ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. valent throughout last evening’s town meeting had an undesirable effect -on Several young men from Kensington. | After the meeting a number boarded | a trolley car in charge of Conductor | Coffey“and made considerable trouble i ' . for him. { Anumber in the rear of the car tan- talizing him by pulling down thetrol- ley polg and:Teaving the car in the darkness. The car passed the bridgs | “on the road they again mfade them- ! T AT BARLY: DATE| nize and Discuss Feasability Plan—Will Report Later ng to é!l!lens——-fiowdylsm ‘on ley Car-n-l“tnnsen Stilf Missing, a sequel to the annual adjournsd ‘meeting held last evening in the all, Moderator Eawin I. Clark | norning announced his selection ‘committee of five which is o into the advisability of creating d of estimate and. apportion- in this town. Mr. Clark was | the power to appoint the ¢om- by a resolution which' was in- iced by H. H. Spooner. He committee consists of Francis eming, treasurer o fthe Berlin “av- gs bank; B. W. Mildrum of East flin; ex-Semater Claude W, Stev- | of Kensington, Lowis A. Wescot /MBast Berlin, and George Sullivan ! Kensington. o The jirst three named have served totvn on the spécial investigating 2 dnd are cognizant of exist- | .conditions., All have visited th: ! of Guilfopd, where a finance | E as proposed for Berlin ds in | jgue, and are therefore well . in- rmed on the subject. In speaking | “the selections this morning, Mod- ‘ator Clark thought that a more log- ‘Wi choice could not have been maae. Lewis A. Westcott, the fourth mem- ber of the committee, needs very Iit- Atle introduction. He faithfully served the town for a number of years in the ‘eapacity of selectman. He has also Lvepresented the district in the gen- | eral assembly. He is well known as | '\ public spirited citizen and will do Jouptic to himself and the town as a ‘member of the committee. ~ George W. Snilivan, the last mem- _ber of the board, has lived in Ken- L' eington for only 2 short period. Bul in this short time he has ‘acquainted | himself with his surroundings and | ‘takes considerable interest in . the. * town affaires. He is'a parliamentarian [ ~qf no mean ability and is well-known [ for his eloquence. He was a member of the common eouncil in New Bri- _tain in 1911-12, He i employed as a ‘machinist at the American Paper Goods factory. Mr, Wescott and. Mr. Sullivan are staufich democrats while other members of the committee affiliated with the republican par- T ) at ?l'hb committee will get together At at anearly date and organize. Reso- | tions will be probably be drawn . ap eating a board in Berlin and _fits ! 1l be defined. When the | has completed 'its task, | - sendation’ will ‘be forwarded ‘gelectmen to issue a call for a vn meeting. At this session of committes will be wam ‘club who are camping out th Ives disagresuble. Because of the | 4extreme narrowness of the bridge it | is necessary to raise the running | boards on the trolley cars before they | can pass over it. 3 As soon as Conductor Coffey suc ceeded in raising the running board someone playfully let’ them down again. When the trolley car reached Ken- sington they ail jumped out without | paying their fares. . . Campers Get Wet. ‘The fifteen Meinbérs of the Wig week at the reseryoir ‘received a ‘thorough drenching last night from the downpour, Several of the campers came to Kensington thijs morning and from the smiles that wreathed their faces it ‘could be seen that thair spirits had not becen dampened. The boys in charge of Rev. Carleton Ha- zen, pastor of the Kensington Con- gregational church, As usual following a heavy rain- storm about two feet of water collec ed underneath the rallroad bridge on Farmington road. Considerable diffi- | culty was experienced by the trolley ! cars in passing the spot. i Fransen Still Missing. | Although Lawrence Fransen, the | fourteen years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fransen of Beckley, dis- i appeared from his home on July 19 | nothing has been heard of him since. | The searching parties. which haye | been covering the vicinity . arounda| Becliey for some 'trace of him have | abandoned the search. 5 His mother still :entertains = the idea that something has befallen her son.. As the days pass by and noth- ing is heard from Lawrence her fears increase. Globe Trotter In Berlin. Joseph F. Mikulec, a globe trot- ter who has been around the world ! ang has covered over 100,000 miles byland and sea, passed through Ber- lin yesterday afternoon. ' He attract- ed considerable attention by the manner in which he was attired. He said that he was on his way home. to Philadelphia, Pa. He show: ed to interekted spectatars a book in which he had the names of thousands of men whom he had met on his travels. The signature of President Wilson and Governdr Whitman of New York and other notables were found in the book. Mikulec is a naturalized American citizen. He was born In Austria and is a Slav. Sons Of Veteran’s to Meet. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Ritchie of Kensington will entértain the Sons of Veterans at their home on Thurs- day evening August 12. This will be a regular meeting and a large attend- ance (s expected as important busi- ness i8 to be transacted. A good | program is being arranged for the oc- casion. Grangers Meet Tonight, - The regular meeting ‘af. the Berlin | Grange will be held this evening in the new Grange hall on Farmington road, The program for the evéning i Is to be furnished by the Newing- | ton Grangers, A banner attendance 1s anticipated. ton Ridge iin Vermont. | s | boro, Vt. her brother, Bryan H. Atwater. | the Berlin~ Construction company |'Rier over the week-end. | headquarters where they the last few days on the steel and concrete towers which are being erected here by . the Connecticut Power company. was commenced on stringing the guy Wwires across the arms. of the towers. The work is being watched with in- terest. Berlin Briefs. | ! aists who have been at the METRODISTS RAISE WONEY FOR FIELD Recreation Grounds Paid for Be- fore Golden Jubilee Closes [ EX0DUS FROM CAMP GROUNDS i Season of 1815 a Big Success—District Superintendent Expresses Apprecia- tion—Wedding Anniversary—Cam- eron Had $40,000 Estate—Bricfs, Having completed 1‘esterda?v the most successful meeting held in the history of the organization, Metho- camp grounds for the past ten davs were ! busy this morning packing up and This morning work | John T. Hart, superintendent of the | Berlin Copstruction company joying his' vacation. Christopher Fagan of Kensington left yesterday for a sojourn with relatives in Erie, Pa. Miss Hortense Loiselle of Worthing- is spending her vacation is en- George B. in avin Rock Andercon is visiting | sary to pay the expense. making other preparations to return to their homes. Owners of some of the cottages plan to spend the bAl- ancoe of the summer at the grounds but the majority of those who took { part in the association’s semi-centen- nial will go home before the end of the week. The exodus began today, many of the officers and other mem- bers of the New Haven camp meet- ing association, under whose patron- age the meetings were held, starting from town. M Financially the season was a most gratifying success. After the formal closing of the golden jubilee took place vesterday, Treasurer L. A. Glad- ding of New Britain exhibited a can- celled note held by the Bristol Trust company for $500, the campers hav- ing pledged enough money Saturday to wipe out this debt. The money had been used to purchase a recrea- tion field and this feature of the ad- vantages which the grounds was so0 appreciated- that little difficulty was experienced in raising the funds neces- With one or two exceptions, all bills contracted were paid, and the balance in the treasury. is more than large enough to | get these receipted. More than 200 people took part in the procession around the grounds yesterday morning. The march was significant of the closing of the meet- ing and all who attended the ses- sions regularly took part. Rev. B. A, Dent, D.D., of New Haven. super- intendent of the district, was elated today over the success of the ses- sion. He spoke in appreciation of the assistance and support given him and the splendid attendance at all the services. /The financial condition of the asso- ciation will make it' possible to’con- duct next year’s meeting on a larger scale than its predecessors. The of- ! ficers will start within a few weeks Mrs. Carrie I. Riley left this morn- | ing for a month's stay at Brattle- She was dccompanied by at is Miss L. Barbier, stenographer ;on her vacation. An ice cream social will be given evening. Mrs. J. R. Belden and son, Victor, | of East Berlin have returned from a wvisit to Winsted. Mr. and' Mrs. W. H. Nyé of East Berlin spent the week-end with rela- | | ball magnate’s will was filed in the tives in Deep River. Mr. and Mrs. M, B. Hazen of East Berlin were guests of friends in Deep R. .Rentcheller of East Berlin is accompanying the Middletown militia at a week’s encampment at East Ha- ven. ! Henry Nimroe, office boy -at the Berlin Canstruction company, is en- joying his vacation this week. Miss Elizabeth Wilcex of Worthing- | ton. Ridge left today for Nantucket, i She was accompanied by Miss Helen { Rohm. “A Promise of Protection,” will be the subject upon which Rev. E, M. | Pickop, pastor of the Kensington Methodist Episcopal church, will preach at the serice at the church at 7:30 o’clock this evening. A meet- | ing of the official board of the Ken- sington Methédist “¢hurch = wiil *° be held on Friday. - St. Paul's ‘Church Notes. Porticunla devotions will com- mence at 3t. Paul’s Roman Catholic church at mid-day Saturday and will continue until midnight Sunday. De- votions will be held at the Sacred Heart church, Bast Berlin on next Friday. and 7:30 o'clock in the morning. next Sunday a special donation will be taken at 8t. Paul's church for the re- lief of the destitute people in Ppland. A lawn festival and whist will be gly- en on Thursday of the Sacred Heart church on church lawn in Bast Berlin. the RUNAWAY BOYS ARRESTED Belong in Wostficld. Mass, and Arc Rounded Up at Depot Three boys who recently ran away from their homes in Westfield, Mass,, were rounded up at the depot at 8:45 o'ciock this mornfng’ by Officer Denis Nealon and taken .to poiice are held, waiting for their parents to send for them The boys are John Connors, 14, of 11 ‘Myrtle street: Cart Boardway, 14, Towers Almost Completed, of Maple and Orange streets, and Rapld progress has been made in . John Osman, 17, of Otis street s by the East Berlin Viliage Improve- | ment society in the Grove on Friday | Services will be held at 6 | On | eveninug by the ladies | | Britain. | queathed in trust to on the preliminary arrangements and ministers, who are to be invited to preach, will receive their notices early in the winter. Wedding Anniversary. Over thirty of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rifchin of Whiting stret tendered them a surprise visit last evening at the home of Mrs. Rifchin’s father, D. A. Appel of New The occasion was the sec- ond anniversary of the yvoung couple’s wedding and their friends joined with them in making the event enjoyable. After the guests were entertained at a buffet lunch they were treated to an auto trip to Springfie}d. Cameron Had $40,000 Estate. Mrs. George M. Cameron and her son are.to receive the major part of the estate of her husband, who died in New Haven last week. The base- probate court in the Elm City yes- terday. By its terms, Mr. Cam- eron’s father is to receive $1,000 and a brother to be given a similar sum. Jerry Connell of Winsted, who looked after Cameron’s baseball affairs for the past few years, was given $500 and the balance of the estate was be- the testator’'s widow and two children, one by a former marriage. Besides ‘being interested in baseball as a business proposition, Mr. Cam- eron was a pioneer in the develop- ment of Savin Rock as an lamuse- ment resort and he was said to be very successful. It ls belleved his estate will inventory at about $40,- 000. His widow, who was a Plainville girl befare her marriage, it is under- stood. will continue to live in New Haven. Factory Olosed For Funeral. Funeral services for H. Lauren Rus- sell, who died at the New Britain hospital Sunday, were conducted this afternoon at his home on West Main street, Rev. A. A. Houck, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Franklin council, with which Mr. Russell was affiliated since its organ- ization, had charge of the funeral and the O, U. A. M. was largely represent- ed at the services, For nearly half a entury Mr, Rus- gell had been employed in the Ed- win Hills factory and the plant was closed this afternoon to allow his a sociates to pay their last respects to his memory, Interment was In West cemstery, Wili Order Immediately, The school beard has arranged to order at once the portable school house, which {s was autherized to pur-~ chesa by the recent speeial town meeting, and befors the end of fhe month it s expeected the strueture will be placed in pesition, The equipment will then be instailed with. out delay and in all probability the building will be ready for occupancy when the schools reopen in the fall, It is the intention to use the new building for the Lkindergartea and the reom in the brick building new used by that department wili be given up to g mized grade, which will *; 'rpmb&iny"b'e made up of the oY from grades six and seven, 54 The expense attending the purchase and equipmént of the building - will probably go over on next year's ac- counts as the school board has al- ready gompleted - its report for the year, whigh is-to close on August 15. According to the selectmen the school committee has advised that its expen- ses for the year were practically the | same as in 1814.- It cost the town approximately $11,000 for the educa- | tion of the children last year. During the fiscal vear now draw- ing to a close the school board re- | ports but few extraordinary expen- | ses. But little was expended for im- | provements at'the plant. = The town’s school property is in good condition. Brief Ttems. Mr, and Mrs, Simon A. McDonald are on an automobile trip to Maine. John «Cassidy and A. J. Bordeau left today for Webster, Mass.,, where they will spend the next week on a fish- ing trip, Nelson Willlams, operator of a jit- | ney botween Plainille and Bristol, was among those arrested in the neigh- boring city last evening for vicla- tion of the motor light laws. | The offenders paid the usual penalty this morning, $2.95 being their contribu- tion to the court. Miss Josephine Donahue of Pierce street has as her guest Miss Cather- ine McAuliffe of Trenton, N. J. At the meeting of Martha Rebekah lodge, held last evening in Odd Fel- lows hall, ‘Mrs. Louise Miller of Brie- tol, the district deputy was a guest. Mrs. Miller's isit was of an official nature. Rev. F. L. Grant and family left yesterday for Windsorville where they will spend the mgnth. The Grange will hold a regular meeting this evening. The organi- zation’s building on Pierce street is to be repainted and otherwise improv- ed. Harry BEllis of East Main street has | eturned from the Hartford hospital Where he recéntly underwent a suc- cessful operation for appendicitis. The annual outing of the A. M. Zion church will be held at Hanover Park, Meriden, Thursday. An enter- tainment will be given by the Strand orchestra from to 4 to 8 o'clock. U. 8. SEEKS AID OF LATIN-AMERICANS } Washington Wants Their Cooperation BN other veranda Furniture has a'so 103 ASTLUM ST VALLON DENIES WHITMAN’S MEN ARE HOUNDING HIM to Settle Mexican Difficulty— Conference Thursday Wasrington, Aug. 3.—Announce- ment that the United States had asked the eo-operation of South and Cen- tral America in an effort to seitle the Mexican difficulty caused widespread interest today in official and diplo- matic circles. A conference on the subject will be held here Thursday afa ternoon between Secretary Lansing and the diplomatic representatives of six of thé leading Latin-American na- tions, While tation had been no expec- n by this govers ment an situation pend- ing President on's return from Cornish, N. H., recently almost leldoscopic developments in Mexizco, there on th lleved to have prompted the adminis- tration to immediate steps. Just what those steps will be and how far the Jjoint action of whatever sort it may be between the United States and the Pan-American growp, wiil extend. were subjects of considerable specula- tion today. The conference is the direct result of the failure of the Mexican factional leaders to heed President Wilson's re- cent statement urging them to com- pose. their differences and restore peace in the southern republic. The conference will be of an infor- mal and confidential nature. It was recalled also that President Wilson a year ago accepted very gladly ths “good offices” extended by the rep- resentatives here of Brazil, Argeniina !/ and Chile, which led to the Mexican mediation conference at Niagara Falls. These representatives of the A B C powers, with the ministers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Guate- mala, are the Pan-American repre- sentaatives invited to Thursday’s con- ference. HOLDS PARTY PRIMARY. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 8.—Democrats throughout Mississippi balloted today for candidates for state and county offices in a party primary considercd equivalent to an election. Five can- didates have waged a hard campalzn for the Eubernatortal nomination. SIGN OF PEACE. Tone of Message on First Anniversary of War, Bays Vatican Organ. Nome, Aus, 2, 8:30 p, m, via Parls, Aug, 8,—Discussing the many mes- sages and statements lssued in various countries on the first anniversary of the war, the Osservatore Romano, of- ficlal organ of the Vatican says: “Reading these forelgn meesages, we are pleased to note that the lan; uage adopted has been modified in bone so that, in a sense, it fa more pacific or mere humane In placa.of fnexorable war eries and proporals to ennihilaté the enemy there begina to be substituted a more humane se- ecent, Altheugh elraumescribed, we see in this the possibility -of a dise cussion leading to peacs, It is more ka- | particularly in Mexico City, are be- | | | | | Now is the time to buy veranda Furniture, the balance of our stock of China Grass at Half Price and HARTFORD, Tables and Muffin Stan at-Deep Reduction We are o© been cut in price, THE FLINT-BRUCE; 18 R gl . protested. Baron Wert! sertad, had frequent Herr Michahelles, then O | ister to Brazil, She said af ! husband = communicated Krupps and other G documents referring to of Brazil, p Abowt a year before proceedings weme | Werther was shot three | nephew, Senior Aleiden Pax va, but his wounds wore The shooting Look piace at home in Petropolis. « Sel declared he mistook burglar. o COL. BRACKETT Washington, A vices were held R. Brackett, who for the een years had been ohis of the lepartment of died yesterd after in hie 89th ya¥, LABOR CQ AT SAN nicipal OMcials to B Harry Vallon, one of the main wit- nesses in the Becker case, vigorously denies a story sehit out from Pitts- burg to the effect that detectives of Governor Whitman and the New York district attorney’s office were hound- ing him. The story sent out from Pitteburg, on the eve of the electro- duction of Becker, went on as follaws: Closely guarded by a man, said to be a New York state detective, Harry Vallon, one of the principal figures in the Becker case, was in this city today. To his intimate friends here Vallon szid that he “felt compelicd to talk before it was too late” Vallon was recognized in front of Newelil's hotel by a newspapor man and readily admitted his jdentity, “Are you going to make a statement before Becker is | “bumped off?” askec the newspaper ' “You bet I am, and I'll make | that the American Red man. With Sscretary San Francisco, Aug, necs cescions of the labop that has brought tp this; leaders and state, federd)’ cipal labor and immigral to confer with Secretas | Wilson, were to begin | bims of the conference by Seceretary Wilson are Settlement of ind: industrial peace pAct DA dustrial justice 3 | Eringing of the man and the man and the %4 | Better conditions | earner and bettéer | ployer, Co-operation between. cipal and federal handling the immj ;and solving the labor Prevention of econommie ! result of industrial strife, TO AID EUROPEAN New York, Aug. 8 gome people sit up and take notice,” | withdraw in October “Whom Vhiitman 7* boasted Valion. mean? Governor just who I mean, me right. I've been hounded from pillar to post. They even scared my girl away by threatening me with the Mann act {n Newark, N, J.” Vallon says the story wae made out of whole cloth. do you “That's KILLED, TRYING TO ‘ SECURE HIS CHILDREN | Baron Werther Loscs His Idfe When He Attempts to Get. Offspring From Divorced Wife. Rio Jnneiro. Aug, 8.—Baron Alle- mand Werther, son-in-law of the late Baron De Rip Branco, Brazil's comforting sign, although very weak as yet,"” POMPEIAN OLIVE OIL PLWAYS T REGH PUNE-SWEET-WHOLESOME | famous forelgn minister, was killed | iast night while trying to gain pos nession of his children who have bean living with his former wife who ob~ lained a divorce from him, The divorce trial of Baroness Wer- ther, which begun in September, 1913 hey alm® da Thoy SRS REeats | eriean organization in { will be terminated, ace | rosulted In sensational! disclosures, The baroness declared that her hus- band seized 1mpeortant diplomatic documents belonging to the minisiry of foreign affair- of Brastl an threatenea her with death when she 7 s A - ! now on duty in the v j ent countries of Europs, M mean that the activities' William K. Draper, New York chapter of. On the contrary, it Red Cross will contl plies to the European ganizations and will ald # tributions of funds,