New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 7

show you: stripes in rich TT new, church wear. stylish, Yard wide, $1.50 The new Fal fitted bands. HAVING AN PROMPTLY {Phone Number Charter 5200) ‘UP TO AND INCLUDING SEPT. 8TH, We will Close Fridays at Noon. wish silks that Some real bez§s are shown in satin- and moire wide, all in exclusive patterns. AND TAFFETA are very attractive and striped Satins too are very rich suitable for §1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2 ““The STRIPED very smart, they 3 Make up ) themselves, or with othere fabrics Alice and Biscuit, Purple and Green, Yale and Scarlet, Rose and Turquoise, Blue and Green, Orange and Copenhagen, Turquoise and Gold, Wisteria and Emerald, other plegsing and striking color combinations. made of good quality of Taffeta Silk, cut in the latest faskion, and all with Take pains to see the wonderful values we are offering in new Silk Petticoats at $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 and upwards. AUTOMOBILLLE RECEIVING The New 4Siiks Simply Exquisite In Their Designs and Colorings They are flesl beauties. The New Autumn Silks that w& arg ready to THeY are distinctive, and were designed for the wo, e faghionable, and a little different fron rk shades of night bluew plum and bott] The price is $4.00 yard, dlso | THERE ARE P nobby. The | and blouses. They are afternoon and bining with other 86 inche: wide, designs in harm from $1.00 to $2 AMONG OTHE complete lines of 50 yard FFETAS, are are so crisp and beautifully | by | and $1.75 yard. ; Silk Petticoats All the latest two-ton Brown, 1 styles are here. Yale and Orange, Saxon and These DELIVERY FOE NEW ALL DRY GOODS €Mail Ordees Carefuily compin; the ‘thing this seasbn for gowns and R STLKS we have tine, Charmeuse, Crepe Satin Taffeta, Chiffon Faille, Messa- line, and many, many others. Rose BRITAIN YOU. CAN DEP: PURCHASED OFf ’ en who ordinar: m Sen, 40 inches LAID SILKS quite also fine for com- materials. Fifty onious colorings, 50 yard. ille Ma- Chine, Soire, If de ' e effects, such as and Green, and petticoats are Us. . Berlin News ESCAPES DEATH ON WAY T0 WEDDING Tugho C. Matssen Figures in Ac- cident As He Hurries to Church GHAUFFEUR IN HOSPITAL hty Voters to “Be Made’—Red- mond Pleads Guilty to Pickpocket- ing and is Sentenced to One Year— Deaths of Mrs. North and Mrs, Eddy H:.\go C! Matssen of East Berlin, fvhile hurrying. to ‘Middletown fiay where he was to be married at John's church to M Julia Footit, aughter of electman James H. ootit of Westfield, had a narrow es bape from death when a Haynes Pimousine in which he was riding col- jded with a Ford automobile on the arlin street bridge over the track bt the Air Line branch of the New Fork, New Haven and Hartford rail- bbads The groom was badly shaken @k but cxcept a fevlminor bruises Phoug the body he &Scaped without oris injur Daniel Cahill, who driving the Haynes machine, suf: red internal injuries and is con- ned to the Middlesex hospital. Mrs. 7illam Ewald of Cromwell, who was passenger in the Ford, received se- ere c on both her knees and a eep gash on her lower lip. She 1o feported to be suffering from in- fnad injuries. Wayne McLauray, mer and driver of the Ford, was the )st fortunate of the victims, escap- g without injuries. Following the cldent a hurry call was sent to Dr. E. Calef of Middletown, and Msuperficial examination of the in- pred, the physician ordered Cahill the hospital. Mrs. Ewald was re- gved to her home. After consider- delay the groom proceeded on s way and was finally united in arriage The wedding ceremony was per- ried Rev. Father Dolan of iddletown Miss Helen Footit, Pter of the bride, was bridesmaid and jlliam Walsh of Middletown was 5t man Miss Mollie Fagan of ddletown was the flower girl, Mt. Matssen is emplcyed as an agent the Prudential Life Insurance mpany in New Britain. After a bdding trip Mr. and Mrs. Matssen I make their home In New Britain, t 15 8aid that Cahill was late in fting and in order to have the oom at the wedding ceremony in ne was endeavoring to make up for bt time. As he approached the dge, it is said, Cahill swung"out r from the side of thg structure, Je front of his machine striking the i ¥ar, which wils trying to pass. J# i< rcported that the limousine s traveling at a fair rate of speed ‘the lighter car was carried for ort distance by the impact. The pnts of both cars were demolished. 'The accident is being, investigated the Middletown authcrities. w To Make Voters, Selectmen Willam H. Gibpey, N. Baldwin and John A. Moore and rars Joseph J. Morse and James e Ve ester- | i s after | ol E. Corr, assisted by Town Clerk Fran- cis H. Shaw, will be in session in the town clerk’s office on Sagurday from 9 o'clock in the morning until 7 p. m. for the purpose of making vot- At a recent registration eighty can- didates applied to be made voters, in- cluding thirteen women who are al- | lowed to vote on school questions. The following list was posted yes- terday of those who claim they are entitled to be made o!(vo(ors',{ - District 1—Pasqual Arkelli, Freder- ick Bell, Herbert Bell, Frank F. Clark, William Cashman, George F. Dodd, Joseph Dupont, Axel Frank, Marrio Graziano, Leon Hall, Emilo Laugini, Edwin C. Loiselle, Edward < Fenn Nourse, Edgar M. Pickett, Fred Pede- monti and Albert Rick. District 2—Philip Bibert, Benedelto Christoline, Georze Corr, George Car- dell, John Delororay, Frank Derritt1, James B. Ellsworth, Philip Fagan, Julius Gallini, Stephani Gallini, Paul | | Giana, B. J. Gugerty, Victor Hull- | auist, Georsge Hullquist, Norman ‘Hutr‘hlnsun, John Ingraham, Robert Isaacson, August R. John, Edward R. | Jones. Maurice Karinski. £. J. Law- rence, Roy Lounsbu E. T. Louns- | bury, Adelbert Lyons, Allen McFar- {land, Harry McCarroll, John McCor- | ! mac, Frank McKecon, Peter Malina, | George Meade, Albert Moore, Wilson | | Moore, Louis Myers, John Myers, Algot ; F. Nelsons Thomas O’Neil, Willlam Simms, Joseph Schoewick, William | | Stromfers, Howard Simpson, John | Trehy, George Tryon, Joseph Vecene- | ziana, Oliver S. Ward and Albert B, ' ward. Distriect 3—Niels Ackerman, Ead- ! win Benson, Amos C. Case, Justus ! Johnson, Wallace A, Kelsey and Win- field E. Manship. List of women—Mrs. Marg | Brennan, Mrs. Kathryn Burnett, Ma | Griswold, Mrs. George Green, Mr George Griffith, Jose M. Murra Katherine O. Mur: Adele D. Mur- ray, Mrs. Mary Murray, Nelson Rohm, Catherine Ryan, Bertha Ryan and Miss Bertha Warren. Interest in the town elections as i well as the natlanal campaign has brought out the largest number of “to be mades” that this town has ever had. Mrs. Loucester E. North. The ashes of Mrs. Loucester I, North, wife of Frederick E. North of | Springfield, who died on August 29 in Springfield following an operation, were brought to Berlin this morning and buried In Maple cemetery beside the bodies of Mr. North’s father and mother. Mr. North’s father was Sam- uel North, a native of Berlin and a I brother of the late Deacon - Alfred | North. B o e | The deceased resided for many yvears | in Mexico and was an active niember { of Trinity Episcopal Methodist church | of Mexico Cit Mr. and ‘Mrs. North | moved from Mexico to Springfield, , Mass., in 1898. | Mrs. North also became affiliated with Trinity M. E. church of that city. She was always of a kindly na- ture and her loss Is sincerely mourned by her many friends.. Besides her husb@nd she leaves one sister, Mrs. Burdette Hollister of Portland, Conn. Mrs. John Eddy. Mrs, Francis H. Shaw has received word of the death of her aunt, Mrs.' John Eddy, of Dalton, Mass. Mrs | Bady, who was seventy-nine years of age, suffered a shock from which she did not rally. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Eddy was well known in Ber- Hin, having visited here every sum- er as the guest of Town Clerk and rs. Shaw. During her visits she ade many friends: Pleads Guilty. 1 After sitting behind the bars in the county jail at Hartford for a week, m M; m | o Arthur Redmond, aged 29, colored, became conscience stricken and when he faced Judge Milton A. Shumway in the superior court yesterday on the charge of pickpocketing, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year Redmond, it is alleged, rifled B. in jail. pockets of Frank Southington as he w eeping on the porch of the Globe cafe, stealing $32 in cash, a gold watch and other small articles. When arraigned in the lo- cal court last week Thursday, Red- mond loudly protested his innocence. A lock of hair, belonging to Shaaley’ mother sent to him while he w. serving in the army, was found Redmond’s possession and was source of his undoing. Given Six Months. Constantine Palob, who pleaded guilty to stealing brass from Stiles & Reynold’s brickyard was sentenced to six months in jail in the superior court yesterday. Palob when ar- raigned before Judge George G. Gris- wold, pleaded not guilty, but prohaile cause was found to bind him over to the superior court. Berlin Briefs. Louis Beckley is confined to his home by a severe attack of rheuma- tism. Mr. Beckley, who is a senior at. Colgate university,, was to return to Hamilton, N. Y., this week to resume his studies but was unable to d2 so because of his illness. A meeting of the Kensington Corn club will be held this evening at P. J. Buckley’s tonsorial parlors. A picnic will be planned. Several weeks ago the young ladies of the Corn club ot Kensington gave a corn roast to the young men and now the men are vlanning to reciprocate. Miss Florence and Catherine Brandegee and Miss Mary Hennessey of Bridgeport, who is the guest of Misses Brandegee, spent the day at Twin Lakes, making the trip in B. W. Mildrum’s automobile. A meeting of the Foresters will be held this evening. The Acorn football team held a stiff practice last evening at McCormick'’s fleld. Frank McKeon of Kensington is coaching the team. The socialist candidate for governor of Connecticut will speak in East Eer- lin tomorrow. evening at § o’clock. Dr. Adolph Benson of East Berlin left for Providence, R. I, this morn- ing where he will remain until Mon- day. He will then leave for Yale u versity ‘to resume teaching. A ‘rehearsal of the comic picture play which is soon to be given in East Berlin will bé held tomorrow svening at the home of Mrs. William Bunce. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCorkle of East Berlin are receiving congratula- tions on the Ifrth of a daughter. Shanley of s in the STRAYED on premises black and white Holstein cow. Now at Kilby House barn.: Owner can have same by paying advertising charges and for demage done. . Willlam Luby, Kensington. 9-21-1a CONSEORATED . BISHOP. Philadelphia, Sept. 21.—Monsignor Philip R. McDevitt, formerly superin- tendent of the parish schools in the Philadelphia archdiocese, was today consecrated bishop of Harrisburg at he cathedral here. -Archbishap Pren- dergast was the consecrator and was essisted by Bishop John B. Fitz- maurice of Erie and Bishop John J. McCort of Philadelphia. INCREASE COST OF OIL, Bakersfleld, Cal., Sept. 21.—The Standard Oil Co., has announced an increase of five cents a barrel in the price of crude oil at the wells in Cali- fornia, the schedule making & record price for the San Joaquin fields. J‘chqu of Notorious i'iaifi&il!e N éws list “to be made'” and expected fight on the license ques because of the WHITE SLAVER GETS LONG PRISON TERH Judge Shumway Sentences Albert Six-to Ten Years YOONG MEN'S CLUB GROWING *“Behind Bars After Eluding the Po- lice Wor Years—Gilyard Gets Off With Day Sentence—Classes Formed Another blow at ‘the ~white slave trafiic was delivered in the superior court yesterday when Judse M. A. senienced to prison for a six to ten year: Tored” Albert, who Shumway term of from Bonno alia bound over from Plainville several wecks ago on cha of harboging and restraining females for the pur- pose of prostitution. Albert had been recognized as a professional trafficker in women for a number of years and te police kept for a long time the s > | on his trail in an effort to get evi- dence against him. The accused operated in New York and Connecticut and conducted a no- torious resort here for some time. He fled from the state when he cured information that Chief Egan's men were on his track and it was months after that he was captured, the authorities finally locating him in | Troy where he was placed under ar- rest and subsequently brought to Plainville for a prehminary hearing. The state’s attorney had a mass of testimony in the case and Albert was prevailed on to plead guilty. Judge Shumway sent him to prison for from one to ten years on one count and for five years on the other. Joseph Gilyard, who was also bound over from the local court, re- fused to plead gullty to being a com- Two Classes Organized. Membership in the Young Men's club organized recently continues to grow and the officers are enthusiastic over the Interest which the boys of the town are displaying in its activi- ties. Two classes have already been formed for gymnasium work and the membership has grown to forty. The boys meet four nights a week in the town hall, the junior ciass at 7:15 and the senior division at 8:30, Instructors Bonney and Ahlquist glve the members instructions in cal- isthenics and while they are handi- capped becauwse of the lack of equip- ment they are making encouraging progress. The officers are hopeful that more voung men will afillate themselves with the organization as they are planning to form a basketball team and they desire to have the town rep- resented by a quintet that will be able to compete with teams from other places in this locality. Auto Hits Team, Edward Williame and another colored man, whose name was not learned, were thrown out of a team in which they were riding last eve- ning when an auto rammed the vehi- cle near Hart's corner. The wagon, which is the property of Williams, was not equipped with a iight. Williams and his companion es- caped with minor bruises. The wag- on was badly damaged and the horse was slightly nurt. The radiator on the automobile was stcve in by the impact. The men involved in the collision lay the blame for the affair on each other and suits for damages are threatened as a result. Small Factory Fire, Some excltement was created in town early this morning by the blow- ing of the fire gong at the Trumbull Electrle compan factory. The whistle was sounded to call out the company's fire department but the services of the members was not needed. The fire started on a packing bench and was quickly put out by an em- extinguisher. The damage was In- significant. Socialist Meeting Postponed. Owing to the inabiilty of the speak- er to come here, the meeting of the socialists scheduled for last evening on Central Square Wwas cancelled. John Carbine of Terryville, was' to have given an address on soclalistic doctrines, but he adviced the commit- tee late in the day that he couldn't fill the engagement. Directory Men Here. Representativ es of Price, Lee and Adkins of New Haven, have been in town for several days making a can- vass of the various homes for infor- mation to be used in the new direc- tory. The publication will be issued some time next month. This year the directory some additional features, Erase Over Fifty Names. Over fifty names will be erased from the voting list before the annual town election next month, deaths and removals making a number of changes necessary. The registrars have gone over the list and will eliminate the names before compiling the new list. The voting strength of the town, however, will probably be larger than ever as it is expected the selectmen will administer the oath to nearly one hundred when they “meet Saturday. They will be in session from 9 in the morning until 7 in the evening to ex- will have amine those who appear. There are nearly 150 names on the Resorts Lands | mon drunkard but admitted that he W intoxicated at the time of his | arrest. Judge Shumway let m off | with a sentence of thirty ¢ in jail, remitting the costs of prosecu- tion. plove who made effective use of an | tion it is probable that a fair per- centage of the owners will submit to cxamination by the selectmen. The liquor dealers and their friends as well as the prohibition farces and the candidates for office have secured many names and there will be'a gen- eral rounding up of the eligibles >.\|||X‘(1' y. Pleads for the “Drys. Opening the campgign against the s1loons one of the les license contingent tod v submitted majority of votes will | be cast for licknse and continue the | disgraceful and” disgusting conditions | which prevail in the center of tewn every evehing. On Labor Day wandering it |"Boy,” and about $50 was -raised An | this way to gssist in,putting the re- | cently orgaxfed club far voung men | and boyvs om a*Sound financial basls If the peopléiyhad been even mere renerous and given ten times as much the money would have been well in- vested if for no other reason than | iceping fifty or more of our bovs off streets three or faur evenings in the week. But vou will help the bovs and young men more by voting no license and thus assisting in the good work of cleaning up the center of the town and doing away with the temp- tation of the open door of the caloons. If ypu doubt it join the crowd far an hour or two early in the evening and see how many voung men are among the “tin pail brigade.”” Surely some of our voters cither never go down town eveninss or else they have become sa accus- | temed to elbowing their way around the corner of Whiting street that they are indifferent and think there is no | remedy. And elbowing is not always | sufficient force: a man lately trving | to make his way to the post office be- | tween 7 and 8 came to a bunch of men who showed no signs of glving him space to pass them on the walk and it was a case of go in the street or hutt with the shoulder; he did the latter and got there. T know some one will say that many of these people i are waiting for the trolley cars, true, but the patrons of the cars usually make close connection and do not fill the space from Ryder's stare around the corner. If it is so disagreeable for men to get about in the evening, how about women and girls Ana it certainly is not a very inspiring sight for strangers changing cars to be greeted with the signs of four saloons all in a group. Are we going to allow | these conditions to continue indefi- ! nitely? Tsn’t it possible to arouse a little more interest among the voters of Plainville and have every one who would like to see canditions changed not only cast an early vote on elec- tion day for no license, hut also try and get some of his indifferent neigh- bors to do the same and in this way clean out the pest holes? WILL U. Rrief Ttems. will in | 1he STANDIT. eat en meeting Lodge tonight have oOda a regu- | 1ar Fellows’ hall. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cowles of Tarmington are receiving congratula- tions on the birth of a daughter. The child is a granddaughter of First i Selectman W, J. Johnson, i A, H. Condell went to Hartford to- | day to serve on the grand jury in the | case of Mrs. Archer-Gilligan. Maple Hill Miss Harriet Kellogg gave a party Monday evening for her sister, Miss Julia Kellogg, who will leave October 1st to attend Buchwood college in Jenkins, N. J. Friends were present from Bridgeport, Hartford and from Newington. Miss Edith Sternb gave a miscel- laneous shower for Miss Grace Darling who is to be married to Emery Clough on Saturday, Sept. 30 Miss Darling received many useful gifts. Charles Yager and daughter of Westerly, R. 1., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter Canfield. Kent Stoddard entertained a few of his friends at a card party last Fri- day evening. Edward Sharp will give a corn roast at his home in Ridgeway street this evening. Charles Chapman has returned to his home in Waterbury, after a two weeks visit with Harry Rowley. Miss Bertha Goodsell and Miss Mary Johnson, who have been spending the summer at Fitzwilllams, N. H., have returned to theif home: About forty members of the Christ- ian Endeavor held a Riibe social on the lawn, at the home of Frank Row- ley. The young men wore overalls. Games were played and refreshments were served and all report a jolly time. Bridgeport is the Mrs. Harry Hall of Touis Tfodge of guest of Mr. and the South End. Miss Matilda Hedland of New Lon- don has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Churchill. G. E. Root and family have re- turned from this summer home. Mrs. L. L. Clark is entertaining her cousin, Mrs. Kurtz of New Haven. Newington Grange will hold educa- tional night next Tuesday evening. MULTIGRAPHS LETTER THE HARTFORD TYPEWRITER 60, ING ders of the no- | to | the “Herald” the following plea with the request that it be printed: To the Cit ns of Plainville In a few days we vote again on the license question and the writer is, the ! ithe citizens were tagged to “Help the | door; and, sure enough, Lizzie Smith's | door - DAILY 'HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916. | | Think how nicely a chair, tial would fit into the new home; = the gift shall be furniture you wil to us for your purchase. Nothing BRIDE’S HOME]! Furniture is a wise choice for a gift to the bride and groom. table, stand or something more substan- us to sell if it's in the way of furniture. E FLINT-BRUCF & and when you have declded that 1 again show wisdom in coming too small or nothing too large for TERRIBLE PLIGHT Press Agent Almost Got Her| Name in the Papers York, Sept. 21.—A potential movie queen—she'll have to be called Lizzie Smith or something here be- | cause the reporter, who has a no good memory, lost his notes containing her | honest and truly name—was being fought for by two.rival movie com- panies and she was locked in a room | in a Broadway hotel and detained | against her will and Lizzie was suffer- ing something terrible until a press agent got so busy yesterday that Jus- tice Cohalan was asked to issue a writ of habeas corpus to compel somebody or other to realese Lizzie Smith Armed with the writ, the represen- tatives of one of the companies which is making a picture in which Lizzle Smith is to appear—the name: of the movie concern and the title of the | picture were on the notes too, but zip! a breeze hit the notes and blew them away—went to the hotel and demanded of the proprietor of the hotel that Lizzle Smith be released from bondage forthwith, Lizzle Smith, so the movie folks cried out excitedly, had come here from the old home town last Wednes. day because back home Lizzie had d cided that Mary Pickford and Corene Uzzell and Anita Stewart and the rest of the stars had had the field to themselves for altogether too long a time, Her Beauty “Unbelievable.” And then—so the hotel proprietor was told all over the lobby—what aid a lot of low lived, white livered, no- account rivals do, once they heard that Lizzie was in town, but lock her up in her room in that very hotel and threaten her with physical violence 1f she attempted to escape. The unbelievable beauty of Smith, it seems, had caused the rival company to go to% lengths simply something awful in "erder to force Lizzie to sign up with them. Where- fore Lizzie, so the folks who applied | to Justice Cohalan said, at last had to telephone to the press agent or | somebody the following message | “I am lockKed up in a room in this | hotel. I am threatened with violence | if T—get off ‘the line, centrall——if I— central, will you please bring back that pahty and then .Jeave this here line alone!—Hello! Hello!—VYes, it's me, and T say 1 am threatened with violence if T attempt to escape. Help muh! Help muh! Help muh!” “Well, well, well, well, wel!” ex- claimed the hotel proprietor in deep | distress. ““So she had to telephone from her room down stairs here to | our hotel telephone girl to connect her | with someone away down town to hire a lawyer to go into court to get her out of a room. Wonder she didn't | happen to mention the dastardly out- | rage to our telephone girl here when asking for the downtown number. Or maybe if she had telephoned down | Lizzie | i T I | | | | b OF MOVIE QUEEN for automobile and motorcycle racing $1,000,000, association. Seven Thousand Squarc Red Cros: dark green portieres made of unbo: plush. b “I'm saved! zie Smith. last. Gosh, thanks I'm free!" cried Liz “My sufferings ar#'o’er af how I suffered! But to the courts at last I ang 'Yes, all the way out,” the hotel man. Going down?" And Mike, the porter, who is a bea when 1t comes to handling machinery, cranked up his two wheeled baggag truck and wheeled Lizzie Smith’ wardrobe trunks into the freight ele ator and deposited them on the Six ty-seventh street curb out under t sapphire heavens of a wondrous RY ON PACIFIC remarked ‘“Here's the elevator) OLD GLO No Danger of American Flag Disap- pearing from Western Ocean Says| Department of Commerce Statement Washington, Sept. 21.—The turning point in the fortunes of American shipping on the Pacific was marked by the recent purchase of three large ships by the Pacific Mail Steamship company “and there is no further danger of the American flag disap- pearing on the Pacific,” a department of commerce report announced today. It also pointed out that the European war has cut down the total shipping of all nations engaged In trans- Pacific trade from 380,000 gross tons to 280,000, The Pacific Mail company’s pur- chase, the report says, adds 17,100 8ross tons to the 5,000 tons that re- mained of American shipping on the Pacific, ‘“The United States,” the report con= cludes, “has more merchant vessels under construction than any other countpy in the world, and while the greater part of this new tonnage is not intended for immediate use on the Pacific, it is probable that soomer or later some of it will be diverted to the far eastern trade.” e CHANGES IN MERIDEN PARISH, Meriden, Sept. 21.—Announcement was made here today of the transfex < Rev. Leo M. Finn, curate at Holy o Angeles church, South Meriden, to St. Peter’s church, Danbury. He will be succeeded here by Rev. Bdward T, Walsh of Waterbury MILLION DOLLAR SPEEDWAY Pittsburgh, Sept. 21.—A speedway s to be constructed here at a cost of according to an anrnounce- ment made today by J. B, Callahan, president of the Pittsburgh Speedway MILLION ARE EOMELESS Miles Floodad In China—American Red Oross Of clals to Appeal For Funds. Washington, 1, Sept. American officials today gave werious onsideration to the state departmer agent, while the hotel man personally | was leading the way to Lizzie Smith’s | t was locked I “Unlock the door,” called the hotel proprietor, knocking. | ering issuing an appeal for funds with Fac-cimile of Typewriting done in Lizzie Smith turned the lock and| Which to send supplies to the flood | 1, 2 anad 8 colors with signaturea stood there weeping in a third floor | sufferers. The flooded area is about & dungeon with a southern exposure, | the me as that inundated in 1909 Letter Heads Printed. Tt was fitted out with Broadway win- | With a loss of nearly one million lives. dows also and had a private bath at- | A projected $30,000,000 Chinese gov- | tached, but there was nothing else to | ¢ relieve the gloom of her prison ex- | 26 State Street. Hartford, Conn. cept some furniture and pictures and ' WAL sent some one up with a pass key." destitute as a result n‘l‘ llh\: "vl’ylu:“y.‘ul" s Press Agent Explains, | of seven thousand square miles by She was So excited she never | overflow of the Hwdi River in Anhtte thought of that” cried the press | Province, China, two months s | American consul at N nkir hat autumn crops were d alls for rellef were pouring it from wany districts, The Red Cross is said to be consid- rnment loan for reclamation worlk s made impossible by the European