New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 7

(Phune Number Charter 5200) (Mnil Orders Carcfully Eiliesd {UP TO AND INCLUDING SEPT. 8T H, We will Close .Fridays at Noom. A SALE OF “CARTER’S” SILK UNIONS OF EXQUISITE QUALITY FOR MEN. FOR THE FASTIDIOUS MALE, WHO E UNDERGARMENTS, WEARING THE NJOYS BEST AND DAINTIEST HAVING AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY MOST UNUSUAL IN ITS VALUE-GIVING. They are made of a soft lustrous silk fabric, of exquisite quality, 3-4 length style, and sleeveless. also light to any man, and are Our price, while lot lasts, is Size range from 34 to 48 inch, and a range that will fit tall or short men, and the in-betweens, lows will find their fit as well. stout or thin fel- These beautiful Union Suits will give de- Remember Our August Sale of Blankets. ‘We have been enthusia to offer you, but si regarding enthasiastic. Pay nce sale began we have had so many fa a visit to our south annex, note the stic about the many kinds, and qualiti s we had vorable comments the values we offer, we could not be blamed if we grew stili morc space devoted to blankets, give a little attention to the many kinds there, and you will not wonder that the blankets are going fast to pleased buyers. SPECIAL ATTENTION called to one lot that were Extra size, 72250 inch, of good wool and made specially for us. of pink or blue, mohalr bound and big valu late in arriving. wool Plaid Blank grey and white, Borders $5 PAIR 60x80 inch, priced very e for * for HAVE A GOOD LOOK at the ets, 4 inch block, pink and white, blue and white, tan and white. Size nicely mohair bound, special $4 PAIR e e —————————————————————————————————————— 3 DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DEPEND ON EAVING AN AUTOMOBIL PROMPTILY RFECEIVI ALI: DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. _ Bertin News | WHAHON'S BARNS DESTROYED BY FIRE Spontaneous Combustion from Green Oats, the Cause ESTIMATED LOSS 15 $12,000 Firemen and Farmhands Helpless as | Huge Flames Sweep the Structure— Stock Loss is Small—Republican . | Gaucus Tonight. The fiercest fire this town has seen | at the P. S. Mc- the old vears occurred f place in Mahon farm, formerly in Kensington The thought spontaneous ham vesterday origin the is a mystery, flames were star combustion, from a was placed in e ago. It carload of green oats, which stern barn a short first discovered shortly after 3 o’clock and although the farm hands were immediately immoned, the flames had gained such hieadway that nothing could be done to the structure. The water supply proved inadequate and Fire Ciref Ritchie and the men emploved their efforts in keeping it from spread- ing to the house, which is just south, and surrounding buiudings. The build- itself burned fike tinder. The v shower of last evening seem- quenched the flames for a time, this morning at 10:30 o'clock, was left of the contents were a smouldering mass of ruins. McMahon bought the farm five years ago and since that has put in many improvements at o heavy cost. The floors were con- ceted, two silos erected and several built. The wooden part was completely renovated and painted this spring e esimated lose is from £12,000 to 315,000, which is only part- 1 ered by insurance. Among the nts destroved were sixty tons of cut on the farm, two baled hay, three cars of stock feed and many small implements. The larger plows removed to safety. racnlous that the s very small, up to this two cows and a fev being among the missing. There were over 600 hogs and a large num- of prize cattle near the structure, when the flames broke, but skillful handling by the farm hands brought the majority to a place fety. Harry Mack, foreman at the ateq this morni that work of vrec'd a n v Ngine n be started in the immediate future. Farl Lewis surprised. Twenty members of the Kensington Methodist Episcopal church tendered a_surprise to Barl Lewis at his home Jast evening in honor of his nineteenth birthday. A corn roast w are of the evening.' Afterwards mu- sical selections were rendered and games played. Mr. Lewis proved a capital host and the party departed, wishing him many happy returns. Caucus Night. Tonizht's the night that will start ghe political ball rolling in the town. save ing ut hat ughs ds of farmir and wag cere It i morn only ber { Republican club | considerable damage was done to the | steering apparatus. When the engine | wheel would only turn one wa Dun- | sequently | circuitous route to reach the mill. of | s the feat- | ! The republican caucus will be held in | residents of the Town hall at 8 o'clock for the pur- pose of electing delegates to the state, | senatorial and congr: ional conven- tions. By virtue of his having been representative at the last legislature, | Dr. R. M. Griswold is certain to be chosen first delegate to the state con- vention, but many names are men- | tioned for the second place. The latest is that of Louis Anderson. Mr. An- derson is president of the Swedish and a strong mem- ber of the party. Bowing to the wishes of his many friends, Mr. An- derson has consented to run for the position. Town Chairman Willlam H. Webster will preside at the ing. meet- Auto Hits Post. attempting to turn an mobile truck from Main street, Eas Berlin, by the monument, the driver of the new trug: of the Milling com- pany momentarily lost control and the machine crashed into a stone post yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The fenders were badly damaged and While auto- that the v. Con- to take a was started it was found it was necessary Large Storm. The storm of last evening was of short duration, but nevertheless some fright to townspeople was caused by | it. Although the lightning lit up the ast Berlin, were visitors yesterday. and Mrs. H. B. Cooley of Maple in that distri Mr | street are spending two weeks at In- { dian Neck, Branford. They are stop- ping at the Owenego house. ZAFARONE GUILTY OF BAFF KILLING | Indicates He Knows More Ahout Slaying of Merchant New York, Aug. 24.—Joseph Zaf- arone, indicted more than a year ago for complicity in the murder of Ber- | nard Baff, the chicken dealer of Wash- ington Market, pleaded guilty before 1dge Rosalsky in general sessions yesterday to attempted murder. Zafarone has indicated to the dis- ably more concerning “the men higher up” in the assassination than he has told. e has revealed a bit of this, just how much Assistant Dis- trict Attorney O'Malley, who has had charge of the case, would not say. Mr. O'Malley and the district attor- ney belleve Zafarone and his brother, Antonio, indicted with him, were the lookouts, who stood in front of the | heavens for miles around and the | thunder shook old Mother Earth, there was no damage as far as known. | The most inconvenient result was un- | der the bridge near the railroad depot, where the sewer was unable to take | care of the flow of water causing the | trolleys to stop at the switch and Kil- | bly house. The pa:sengers were forced | to change cars. The water was at one time about three feet deep and pass- ing under the bridge was impossible. Grangers Dine. | The Red Roses of the Grange ten- | dered a delightful banquet to the | White Roses at the Grange hall last evening. A six months’ contest was | held the first part of the year be- tween the male and female members for the purpose of raising money for | the buflding fund. The former took the name of Red Roses and the latter White Roses after the famous Lan- | caster-York feud in Merry England | centuries ago. The White Roses | ralsed the larger sum and the Reds furnishcd the banquet as per agree- ment. After the banquet, musical se- lections re rendered and dancing | was enjoyed. A most successful even- | ing was the consensus of opinion. &till Seeking TLaborers. | The labor question is still acute in | these parts. The latest complaint is recelved from those in charge of the | fair grounds, There is a considerable | amount of cleaning and fixing to be | done, but the foreman in charge has as yet been unable to secure any help. | 1t is said that record wages are being | offered, but none have appeared to take advantage of the high cost of help up to the present. Briefs, of his recent Kensington has attack of Henry Greene recovered from | pneumonia. } Owing to the storm of last evening, the ladles of the East Berlin Methodist | chureh postponed thefr ice cream fes- | tival until this evening. Albert Hull is spending his vacation at Block Tsland. Oristi Guillani, the East Berlin mail carrier, is on the sick list, and Victor Belden is substituting for him. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Willard, former market and pointed out Baff to ihe hired gunmen. Zafarone can name the subscribers to the $4,200 murder fund, Mr. O’Mal- ley is firmly convinced. Mr. O’Malley was in his office in the criminal courts building yesterday niorning when an attendant at the Tombs told him that Joseph Zafarone wished to see him. He immediately went to Zafarone's cell. What tran- spired Mr. O’Malley refused to tell newspapermen, but a short time ater Mr. O'Malley informed Rosalsky that Zafarone wanted to take a plea. UD to that time he had strenuously main- tained innocence of actual participa- tion in the plot. Judge Rosalsky ordered that Zafa- rone be brought before him and asked if it were true that he wished to plead guilty. “It 1s,” replied the prisoner, “that is, to attempted murder.” Judge Rosalsky accepted the plea and ordered Zarafone back to the Tombs, saying he would sentence later. In the Tombs Zafa- rone was again visited by Mr. O’Mal- ley, who had a long talk with him. While it was impossible to learn what Zafarone told the asslstant pros- ecutor, it was ascertained that any confession he made was not complete enough to warrant the district attor- ney’s office in saving that the men higher up would be convicted. How- ever, it is known that Mr. O'Mally feels he is nearer the solution of the mystery than at any time since Frank Ferrara and Giuseppe’Arichiello were sentenced to death for the shooting. They are now in Sing Sing. Baff was shot early in the evening of Nov. 24, 1914, and for months no clue to his slayers could be found. Then the police cleared up this end of the those since conducted a search for whe engineered the crime. ANGELL NOT IN PRISON. London, Aug. 24.—There is no foun- dation for the Berlin report that Nor- man Angell, the pacifist, has been sen- tenced to prison for refusal to per- form military service. Mr. Angell is bevond the age limit of liability for L such service. trict attorney that he knows consider- | pronounce | murder and the district attorney has | 'Piainvilie News SUIGIDE THEORY IS NOW SCOUTED | Griffin, Missing Bridegroom, Was | Addicted to Wanderlust 'FIANGEE GOING B‘ACK HOME School to Open September 5—Hills Lose Valuable Dog—Storm Damage Reported—To Resume Church Serv- ices—Night Patrolman Again Sought Belief is now expressed that Perlie ! W. Grifin, the missing Plainville bridegroom, has not committed sui- cide, but instead took a sudden no- | tion to go to distant fields. His brother, Hayden Griffin, is one of tliose who hold to this theory in the case which | has set the whole village by the ears, | He declares that it is not the fi time that Perlie has acted queerly or overcome by the wanderlust has de- | parted with scarce a word to his rel- | atives. The young man for many years | has followed the profession of hotel chef and it is declared has worked in many cities all over the country. Re- cently he was seeking a position in | a Boston hotel and his hrother thinks it is possible that he answered an ad vertisement which appeared in a B ton Sunday paper. He holds another theory that the young man may have gone to De- | trotit as he was very fond of the Michigan metropolis, having worked | there on a number of occasions. Other | Plainville residents who knew Griffin and thought him somewhat peculiar have come to the same conclusion believing that he has sought work in. some distant place rather than lean- ing to the theory of sulcide. His fiancee, Miss Grace Bates, is planning to return to her former home in Syracuse, but spent yesterday in Bristol seeking a possible clue to the whereabouts of her prospective bride- groom. So far as can be discovered in canvassing various places in Plain- ville where the missing young man might have stopped there is little to lead to the conclusion that he is still in these parts. Apparenty he was little known in the village and small light can be shed upon his move- ments in this locality. School September 5. | An error was made recently in an- nouncing the opening of the Plain- ville schools for Monday, September stil L. Rogers, secretary of thé school board wishes to notify the public that school opening will be Tuesday, September 5, the day after Labor Day. This has been a custom in Plainville for many years and will not be changed unle ome unfere- seen circums rises such as an outbreak of paralysis, which | the town th has fortunately es- | caped. far Loses Valuable Dog. A handsome reward is promised by Edwin W. Hills of 15 Washington street for the recovery of a Boston bull dog which was lost last Sunday morn- | ing. The animal, a great pet in the | family and beloved by the Hills chil- dren, suddenly disappeared from the house between 10 and 11 o’clock Sun- day morning and his absence cannot | be accounted for unless a theft oc- ! curred. The dog is described as two | years old, brindle in color and having | a white scar on the throat. Tt is a | blooded animal and is greatly prized | | by the Hills family. Not only is a | | substantial reward offered for the re- | | covery of the dog, but Mr. Hills will | pay liberally for any information | which may lead to its discovery. Considerable Storm Damage. | Yesterday's severe electrical storm dia considerable damage in and round Plainville. In Forestville to he west of this village a large barn | | a t old Plainville freight station was hit by a bolt and considerable damage re- I | | | was struck and destroved by fire. The 1 sulted to the roof of the structure The | electric lighting service was crippled | about 6 o'clock during the height of the storm. and left the village in darkness for nearly halt an hour, right | 1n the rush hour of business. This appears to he a common oc- currence during electric storms, and business men are getting tired of the | continual interference which generally | happens when there is a rush of busi- ness. The trouble is due to the fact that the local power is furnished on high tension wires running from the | Housatonie power plant at Bull's bridge. Almost to a certainty the wires are struck somewhere along the route over the mountains with a con- sequent disruption of the service. Local sentiment strongly favors a | strenuous objection to the system and | many would favor demanding that the | company be compelled to install an auxiliary plant near by, one that could be depended upon to furnish light and power in such emergencies The local telephone service also suffered during the storm, a number of circults being put out- of commis slon by the lightning. In several in- stances repairs were not made until late today. Resume Church Services. Church services will be resumed Sunday at the Plainville Congrega- | tional church. Rev. D. D. Marsh of | West Hartford will preach in the ab- sence of Rev. F. L. Grant, who is on | vacation, ¥ Grant will not be home | until the first Sunday in September. Rev. Robert H. Burton, rector of “hr Church of Our Savior, returned | vesterday from a week’'s vacation at | Rhinebeck, N. Y., and v resume | his pastoral duties at the local church Sunday. Wanted a Policeman. | Plainville residents, especially bus- | iness men in the section west of the ‘A Fil;e 7Tre~a.tlr;en7tv for Weak Nerves How would you like to have a set of nerves like steel, able to stand up un- der any kind of a strain? Wouldn't it be great to’be so chuck full of gin- ger all the time that trouble fell off vour mind like water off a duck’s | back so you could go to sleep at night as soon as your head hit the feathers, and bound out again in the morning at the first tap of the bell feeling you were able to get somewhere in your business that day. Lots of people fuss around all day like a hen on a hot cake but never light any place. They are nervous, flighty, fretful and can’t get right i down to brass tacks. There is some- thing wrong at one time or another with almost every organ in their bod- ies and it's all nerves—nerves-—nerves; they're keyed up like a fiddle string and like a ship can't make port. If you are out of sorts, run down, losing confidence, have nervous dy pepsia, blues, can't concentrate vour mind or have that “don’t care a hang” feeling so common to nervous people, your nerve cells are starving, and here’s a test worth trying on them. Eat a little Margo Nerve tablet, ten minutes and see yourself pick up. Margo nerve tablets go spot, start the digestive organs working, send the blood coursing through your veins and feed the fam- ished nerve cells. up, put on a smile and feel as happy as a clam at high tide. Margo Nerve expensive and Clark & Brainerd or any other good druggist will supply you. Every package carries a printed guarantee of money back if not satis- fied. be before the town authorities per- ceive the nec v of again appointing a night patrolman. A year ago the town had a night officer and he did good work in rounding up tough char- acters and keeping a semblance of or- der in the business district after night- fall. Some people thought the offi- cer too strenuous in following up his duties, and as a result of agitation that it was costing the town too much to maintain a policeman, no appropria- tion was provided for such work at the annual town meeting. The result was that the officer was dropped and the field left free to disorderly characters, who, it is now declared, are bolder than ever. If some of the complaints that have been heard are true, an offi- cer is certainly needed in the center of the village after nightfall. Notes. John Crowley is planning to spend his vacation in Boston and will visit the historic places in and around the Hub. He plans especially to visit Concord and Lexington. Gage Kent, clerk in Byington's drug store ,went on an automobile trip to Litchfleld yesterday and witnessed the electric storm from the height of the Berkshire mountains. The storm was more severe in that section than in the Connecticut valley, and old residents | declared it to be one of the worst in many years. Rev. William P. Ki a requiem high mass at church in Farmington yesterday at the funeral of Kerion Mannio. Burial v in St. Joseph's cemetery Mrs. John F. Graham and sonm, Francis, of Bantam, former residents of this place, were admitted to the Hartford hospital yesterday. Both are victims of diphtheria, and the case of the boy is declared to be very serious. Miss Helen Brock of Washington street is visiting friends in Naugatuck. Miss Margaret Farrar of North Washington street is the guest of friends in Ansonia for the week Miss Jennie Johnson is ill at home on Whiting street. Miss Grace Diggle i home by sickness and of a trained nurse. is in attendance, Miss Sadie Connolly of the Trum- bull Electric company’s clerical force is spending her vacation at Niagara .Falls and vicinity. Mapie Hiil The republican electors of the town of Newington are requested to meet in caucus in the Town hall this even- ing, August 24 at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of electing delegates to the republican state convention to be held in New Haven, September 5th and 6th, 1916, for the nomination of can- didates for presidential electors, state officers and senator in congress. Also for the purpose of electing delegates to the republican congressional, sen- atorial and probate conventions. ovne cel st her confined to her < under the care Dy Ei 2 ost Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Proudman have gone on an automobile trip through New York state. Miss Grace Dorman who has heen visiting her cousin. Miss Bessie Boy- ington of the Center, has returned to Tier home in West Haven. Miss Jessiec Hare has returned from her vacation spent at Berkshire. Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Perry and son John, have returned home after spending two weeks in Binghampton, iShed from J Joshua Belden has returned a two week's visit with his son, Herbert Belden of Buitfalo. Louis W. Ripley of the Hartford Bird club has released ten Mongo- lian Pheasants in the hird sanctuary in Cedar mountain. Misses Martha and Amethest. Wick- ham, nieces of Mrs. George Churchill have returned to their home in Glou- cester City, N after spending two weeks in Newington and vicinity A. Root of Golf street en- listed in the Naval Vol. cruise for training and manenvers. e was as- signed to the U. S. battleship Virgini Burritt lsqum‘e, are asking how soon it will | the flagship of the first division andl without a compass | wait | right to the | to | REAL WORTH IN OUR FURNITURE This store is increasing its prestige throughout New England every year as a furniture center. It is a show place for every one interested in furniture. The quality and beauty of design in the great stock of furniture we, display excites the admiration and praise of! all our visitors. Come in yourself. Then you brighten | tablets are harmless, easy to take, in- | ABYLYM 2. HAK1FORD upon request was transferred to rhe‘mnz vesterday, by u battleship New Jersey to be on xhw; the following teleg ame boat as Sherrod Skinner of New | Jur government having recogni: Britain. They left the navy yard on|the Carranza regime in Mexico, thej Tuesday, Aug. 15, to join the rest of | by according the so-called ‘de fa the fleet. The’cruise wiil include the | government of the first chief a pld strategic maneuvers on the eastern | among the nations of the world; a end of Long Island Sound, Aug. 20- our government having at the Then proceed to Hampton Roads | assured the citizens of the Uni when target practice will be held in| States that the ‘de facto’ governmd Tangier sound, from Aug. 27 to Sept. | of Mexico had solemnly pledged to and upon return to ports of em-| UInited States a guarantee of religid barkation to take part in the liberty to all Mexican citizens= S T 1imous reeo am exer- cises with mobilized motor boats in{ we of course, understand to be defense of naval districts. eligious liberty enjoyed in the Unif States—which pledge, however, # ‘de facto' government has not carr i | | i | | Miss Marjorie Hine has returned | from Indian Neck, where she has been the guest for two weeks of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Mallory nk Boy spending Mrs. Geors h out. “We, now, as American citizel 1l upon our government to hold facto’ of Mexico trict observance of this guarant] ccountable for the violati | e ‘ government o B ccturned five d with e Dorman of Mrs. F home after her daughter, West Haven. the and thereof. “We also demand the protection e A T American citizens and their righ also fresh eggs at lowe: prices. Cash only, no exceptions, or will exchange for fruit. Mrs. Philip Bonenfant, Johnson street, Maple Hill (Opp. Bollerer's greenhouse., 8 -3dx vegetable: oto’ Kelly, for Catholic Mexico, told government president Church=7r3 the delezat] of Mexico a ides and prindg Francis society tension in that the present la “subversive to the democracy reli quest the ATTACK ONWILSON FOR HYPHEN SPEFCH rian questior he ious question and not said inter —which the “canno: 1 vention real n agr: he the tes.” setted without the United The Verein d to hold Lou Senator John ed a te elected officers a next yea onventiol W m th g Ker Kern ann the employes’ On tel Gathlic Verein Adopts Resolution "~ After Warm Debate ot e senate I passed | McG | pe da con week a Tua the sgral 24. —A fight ent New York, | a resolution ac “hyphen” December the of tI German (atholic in at the Park Avenu Joseph r president Verein, fought adoption of the tion, ng ““At the time ! that charge we should pelled him either to shut up, but we didn’t we the resolution now it may be tur against us. The newspapers will it as a political move, as if we opposing his candidacy, which we not—not officially Ll We neither for him nor nst him.’ Alphonse Koelble, German propagandist, replied with some hea “I don’t think this convention ha right to mix in politics, but about the hundreds of thousands German-Americans who know whether we are going to up for the honor which the presil has assailed? Aug inst over Wilson's of last lea presiden W that tk il thing mes > to cor urgir be passa see an in the paj Prosi] marke clo. hotel ye organ rm Frano rica . bund The of Am delc the president made wil Muan returning eir excursion arc On Do have Hiyen it com- prove to hoat ind It or tan this will ac to ir TREASURES UNEARTHED B 1orning DR in hi ast Peasant Said to Hav ‘Who Buried Val of Austrian Soldic ved Monks, - ables at Approach what of to and witzerland, m Aug. 24, vial The Austrians, ac= special despatch from have found the famoug of the Detchani Monastery; - Cettinje, Montene which the had buried the ap- of the The ae- cumulations were seven cen- and old since the Jlden vessels, and embroidered vestments. The, of whole accumulation ' i§ ited several millions of pounds. It is said, peasant e Geneva Paris, 10:15 a ng to sbruck, want sures We must go before the peonle and A false that the president errcd not prove he erred mouths on such a foul am heartily in favor of a declaration against this infamous tack on our character Louis W. King of Indianapolis “We not meeting here mans tholics. We ca afford adopt this resolutior It was carried by a loud “Yah's” against only two M. did not vote. The lu- tion, which was presented in han by Joseph Matta, St. Paul, chairman | of the resolutions committee was translated for the press as follows: | “Without precedent in the history of our country find the pres the United publicly official T preferring affairs, in the house of commons against a part of our citizenship who sterday. As to the Balkans, Lord theretofore enjoyed the proud dis- | Robert said the most important factor tinction of unquestioned loyvalty and the operations from Sa- patriotism allies’ relations with the “We r k government, I stated, plore were thoroughly satisf its stantiating T, upon invaders. of jewels accusation, and but we can- by closine sland ur ful those turies, consisting of oin of every generation thirteenth century, g richly value the as at are Ger- but to est as G nn adds the despatch, to the catacombs where the t creted that Austrians reasure wag chorus of | a betrayed “neins.” | t ey err OVERTURES., Aug 24.—No have been made Britain, declared Lord minister of war trade under-secretary NO PEACF London, peace to Pobert and par- for for- e Cecil liame nt his we of ates in 1tar; Less: char eign consisted niki w of and de of sub- | gret this G esne ter such a foster utterance 1y in view without ch utter: high sour mnfounded mistrugt against a our Ameri consummation social efficiency its efiects ctory general o e E STUDENT Mass. Aug engaged red 1r demy chara e CHINF Andover China now this country gathe arge numbers at Phillips A for the a week's series of meetings yments. The occasion was country.” annual conference of the Demand That Mexico Keep Pact. tern section of the Chinese Stud= GATHER 4.—Residents studies in nees, | coming from calculated picion and clement of imperil the sramme of to sus- | of in large an people and of a pro- in our toc The Verein sent to Secretary Lan- |ents Alliance.