New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1917, Page 6

ew Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. ed daily fsunam excepted) At 4:15 p. m., at Herald Building, 67 Church St. tered at the Post Office at New Britaln as Second Class Mall Matter. ivered by carrier to anv part of the oity for 15 cents a week, 65c a month. criptions for paper to be sent by mall, payable In advance. 60 cents a month, 00 a yea. only profitable advertistng medlum the city: Circulation hooks and Er room always open to advertisers. jilerald will be found on sale at Hota- Uag's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- v, New York City; Board Walk, At- Tantic Cre/, and Sartfors Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. ineas Office torial Rooms ADMIRAL DEWEY. Admiral George Dowey dead at hty leaves behind a record that 1 grace the pages of world's his- ¥ for all time to come. He was greatest admiral, the officer to the title Admiral the Navy. and from the moment entered active duty until before death always king in the interest of his coun- That he was never placed on Fetired list shows to what extent conserved his remarkable energy. he Hera of Manila Bay will he rned by a nation that knows and ciates only the best in, character. [pree Dewey exemplified all that people hold to be ideal. As a ng lieutenant at 22 when he ned his lessons in war-craft under ragut he displayed flashes of the dus that were to stand him in b good stead almost forty years . At Manila Bay he added to _fradition of a Navy that has Bys been revered and worshipped fR& M ierican people. His cele- ted command, “You may fire when \ are ready, Gridley” is the sthiest speech he made during the ire’ maneuverings. That memor- 3 day, May 1, 1898, is still remem- ®d by a great portion of the Amer- 1 people. The Dewey who braved regidor is held in as high esteem } a0y man who ever wore the blue navies of the world, ranking with the great Nelson. What Yigh Manila was not another Tra- r? « What though the Spanish was not as great and mighty as ‘of the British? Dewey faced ¢ perils at Manila Bay that any 1 ever braved, and, what is he ccomplished what he set do.” The mines and torpedoes ,might await him there were con- as lghtly as Farragut med the torpedoes” in the Civil American bear a few his was was meet and just that Dewey ld be the ranking admiral of i world at the time of his death. long and gallant career merited # honor. Though he lived to see . world’s greatest war there has ! Been no naval engagement that rshadows his achievement at Man- Bay. He died yesterday In Wash- ton knowing full that the erican people will never forget well encouragement. Under the painstak- ing care of a master musician the or- chestra can be developed and brought to such a plane of perfection as to command state-wide attention. Mr. J. C. Beebe, the organist, whose name has been mentioned as director of the new organization, needs no word of ,commendation here. His associ- ates in the realm of music will at once recognize the wisdom of such a selection and will be eager to co-oper- ate with him in making the enterpr a glorious one. $Since the musician union has seen fit to remove all ob- members to offer their the benefit of the city there now remains but a com- details. stacles and permit the ervices for pletion of minor On Friday night, through the per- mission of the School Board, the first meeting of all those interested in the community orchestra will be held in the main auditorium of the Gram- mar school. women, all those who are capable of playing musical instruments of any kind suitable for orchestra work, should be present to join forces with the committee in charge. Since it is to be a community it is understood that all members of the community who are qualified may take active part. The director will at a date assort the players and place them as he sees fit. There can- be a superabundance orchestra later not of violin players in an orchestra any more than there can be a monopoly on those who perform peregrinations on trom- bones. And, passing, this is one of the prime objects of the community orchestra; to stimulate interest in all the various musical instruments. Without organizations musi- cians would necessarily have to con- fine their studies to the piano or the violin. A community orchestra will offer inducements otherwise withheld. The idea deserves the profsund con- sideration of all music lovers. in such “PASS IT ON.” There is a very wholesome motto adopted by the International Sun- shine Society. It is, “Pass it on.” If someone does a kind act, the slogan is brought to bear,—"Pass it on.” Judging from the annual report of the local branch of this altruistic Society have been diligently attend- been no let-up in the ambition to help others. The Sunshine Society has lived up to its name. Year in and vear out members of Canonicus branch of the Sunshine Society have been deligently attend- ing to their self appointed task of bringing sunshine into the lives of others. They have looked after the wants of the aged and infirm at the Town farm; the helpless little babes at the Blind Babies’ home; and the fatherless and motherless children at the various orphanages in the city. Were this work alone the sole con- sideration of the women connected with the Sunshine Society their lives would be more than lived in full; but it is not. There are the patients at the hospital who, friendless in some cases, need the cheering visits of fellow beings. And these folks are not neglected by the Sunshine society. Flowers for the sick room are one of the greatest of all considerations. | gallant services to the common ntry, will never let die the flame love they have set up on the na- “ial altar for a true officer and a tleman. Admiral Dewey must 'ays Temain our- most beloved ‘ali hero. COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA. ffar.,y worthy ideas have been ad- hced and put into practice by the ted Teachers and Parents’ Associa- h,—nearly all of which have been ectly associated with the educa- nal and soclal welfare of the city. w comes this organization with a in whereby New Britain will be possessor of a community orches- There could be no better effort sended along lines of cultural de- opment. If music hath charms to th the savage breast it has a high- mission when fostered in civilized To inculcate the hearts he young, and the old, an appre- feion of music worth while an endeavor. To promote an or- ization that will appeal to all lov- of music in a city of some 60,000 pulation is indeed a project worth Cle in is no deration, Buccess should attend the attempt the United Teachers and Parents’ hoclation in its endeavor to enlist musicians of New Britain, r and professional, in the ranks of orchestra. There is working ama- M communics pugh talent ter ere to insure 1 for such a the orchestra wrted on . muslcal organiza- . has béen bperly ilities are unlimii Once its wi It ression . the pos- d. will gerve a medium of e for many ingsters who now studying : and who h sans to play in company with fellow wsicians. e no idea what f{t Such an orchestra, open all ambitiqus students of harmony, } sexrve as an outlet for talent that ght ever lie dormant for want of Women are in their proper sphere as administering angels. None know this better than those members of the so-called stronger sex who have been stricken by the ills that flesh is heir to and who have been nursed back to health and ‘strength by the tender care of womankind. It may be a sad commentary on human nature that gratitude is sometimes long delayed, but the Sunshine society spreads its rays of cheer regardless of reward. It is interested merely in passing on the good work. Pennsylvania prides making more progress in the foresting of its barren land than any other state in the Union. Last vear it planted 6,000,000 trees, almost as many as were planted upon de- nuded lands within the national for- este. The result of eatlier planting is showing. In the oldest plantation, made in 1902, 90 per cent. of the trees, white pines, are alive, the largest be- ing twenty feet high; throughout the state 75 per cent. of the trees planted itself upon re- are alive. some of them having made the remarkable growth of forty-nine inches in vear. The ‘results have been so satisfactory as ta establish the | fact that reforestation solves the prob- lem of reclaiming the 5,00,000 acres of barren land in the state. Other states may well follow the example of Pennsylvania, a ring 1916 the ice cream crop was 3,000,000 the profits this sed gallons and vear's from the sale in the United States to almost $300,000,000. or dainty dessert amounted There Nobel Peace Prize awarded next outside of William there seems ,tu be no one trying to win it. is great interest now in the which but is to be vear Jennings Bryan Boys and girls, men and : j allies, TACTS AND F! Probably the new year won't much for you if you stay in the rut.—Galveston News. do old The Rumanians are good runners but they'll be too tired to make the leap when they get to the jumping off place.—Atlanta Constitution. A bill for food supervision in Mas- sachusetts is all right but looking at the food isn't what the people want —Boston Journal. There cannot be peace while the fierce controversy over who’s respon- sible for the far continues.—Albany Journal. { Every seventh family in the United States own: an automobile—which the other families are occupied in dodging.—Tacoma Ledger. is It The fact that river navigation still open is out of the ordinary. do in casc of moving freight.—Mid- dletown Press. .The peace terms of the Tntente outlined by the London Spec- tator, will he accepted hy Germany after she is “licked” dead.--Portland Oregonian. “chains” of cent stores did a vear of $135.000,000, which meant about 2,000,000,000 of articles sold. In so big a country nothing is small, —New York World. five-and-ten- business last Four A motor car runs over a pedestrian on Bridge street—that's an incident. A’ street car comes along before your feet are frozen—that's an accident.— Paterson Call. Col. Cody was once asked the ques- tion of who was the finest horseman in the world, and instantly replied “General George A. Custer.” But come to think of it, few horsemen looked so superb as he did himself on his famous sorrel.—Bridgeport Post. President Meiklejohn of Amherst college has been trying to define “ef- ficiency,” and has at last decided that it means “usefulness for something.” That may have been the case once, but at presest “efficiency” means the addition of several acres of filing cab- inets to the office equipment.—New York Sun. FOR THE HERALD. Jan. 17, 1916, PRAISE New Britain, Conn., Editor of Herald: After reading in neighboring cit; morning paper the shameful write-up about Billy Sunday’s meeting at the Wesleyan College in Middle- town, and then reading your account of it, it leaves the impression that the Herald is by far the better and cleaner paper. a | filiatea We hope the Herald will continue to give the right version of things. “One who heard Billy Sunday Boston, last Saturda. in Going to Town With Pa. (By John D. Wells in Woman's = World). I tell you what I liked to do When I was ’about as big as you, Was go t' town with pa! They ain’t been nuthin’ 'fore or sence, Of nigh one half the consequence, Nor half s’ full of pure joy As when my mother’d holler: “Boy, It's brekfus time, nigh five o’clock— 'F y'll hurry up an' feed the stock Y’ kin go t’ town with pa.’ Beyond the ridge the white road bent— The furthest then I'd ever went! An’ then went leadin’ down Past Jackson’s Crick an’ Possum Gap, Through woods so dark I hung t' pap, An’ ever’ step showed more an’ more The world I'd never knowed before; Past fields o' wavin’ wheat an’ flax An’ then across the railroad tracks, An then—t’ Burgettstown! Ah, Burgettstown! Me-trop-o-les Of all my youthful dreams, I gess, Nun half so great cud be! The biggest millwheel ever wrought Was turned to grind the grist we brought! The biggest things the world aroun’ I saw right there In Burgettstown— No buildin’s half so big and tall! It seemed that there was nuthin’ small— Exceptin pa an’ me! ‘The sun'd be edgin’ to’rds the West When pa’d allow: ‘'Well, byb, you best CHmb up here with ver pa,” An’ out from 'neath the seat 'ud cum The snack that pa had hroughl from hum— Sum hard-biled exgs an K‘.nger snaps Was allus fa-vor-ites o’ pap's— An’ T'd eat, too, til T cudn’t see, An’ be plum glad, as glad cud be, T' git back hum t' ma! COLLINS HEADS C. L. U. Labor Body Has Annual Meeting and Elects Officers. Collins of the Brick- layers . and FPlastergrs was elected president of New Britain Central Labor union at the semi-annual elec- tion last night in Carpenters’ hall at 34 Church street. The session was unusually largely attended and re- ports were given showing that there has been notable progress in local union circles. The Lathers' union was admitted to affillation. It was voted to have an executive committee with one representative from each af- union. This committee will handle routine matters and any emer- gency that may arise between meet- ings of the central body. Other officers elected at last night's meecting are: Vice president, J. Thiem; recording and corresponding sec tary, William Glabau; financial retary and treasurer, J. Quinn; geant at arms, Joseph Feidl; trustees, Thomas E. Lawlor, Philip Calm- Timothy J. bach and William Sievers; organizer, Lorenz Kopf. only goes to show what necessity will | THOHPSON RAPS AT SHERIFF DEWEY Says Good Fellowship Won Him | Post at Gounty Jail G Connecticut tion, gave of the ssocin- Thompson, o secretary on Reform interesting talk the on nem- Wirst Preced- the subject of prisons before bers of the Brotherhoods ul Baptist church last evenins ing the talk a by Brotherhood as rendered incss meeting of the held. The sextet Mr. Thompson to the days s the strong- nted regardloss wrong and then present perlod of selestions took his audience back when the man that v est took what he | of the fact that it was worked up to the prison reform. In opening his talk said that it would be a ble and that it would resemble a rubber band }in that it would stretch, could be cut off or drawn in at any time. He sald that if a person were to go bhack far enough he would discover that the man of the olden times took what he wanted providing that he was strong- er than the man from whom he took the goods. In those days it didn't make much difference what was taken even if it were the other man’s wife just so long as the man that wanted her was the stronger of the two. Then came a number of families gathered under one leader. From this grew the tribe, said Mr. Thompson, where one man ruled over hundreds of peo- ple and dealt’out justice as he under- stood it. From the tribes grew the na- tions the feudal system that dominat- ed in the middle ages. Next came the kingdoms, which gathered the feudal lords under one leader and forced them to recognize him as such. Mr. Thompson said that it was not %o ,very long ago that the codi- fied law became effective. Then the idea that wrong should be punished came’ into effect and the principal crime at that time seemed to be trea- son. The Russia of today bears out to some extent the law of that time as regards capital punishment. TIn that country there Is no capital punishment for murder or other crimes of the sort but there is for political crimes. He said that this latter statement was not verified. Heroes of the Gallows. Down to the last 150 to 200 years, said Mr. Thompson, the people began to fee] that they must be secure, not so much in the person but the prop- erty that belonged to them. 1In those days there was not very much protec- tion by the police as guardians of the law were almost an unknown thing. There were many forms of punish- ment for the man that stole an ar- ticle or committed a somewhat sim- ilar crime. Murder and assault in those days were minor offenses and did not mean so much. This latter feeling is still preval- ent in some of the countries abroad. To better illustrate this latter point Mr. Thompson told of an Italian that he met coming out of a jail one day and when he asked the man what he had done the latter replied ‘nothing much, only stuck a knife into a man.” There were over 100 offenses for which a man could be put to death. The man that was sent to the ghllows soon began to be looked upon as a sort of a hero by the people and no longer was it considered a great pun- ishment. From that day to this the putting to death of a man has heen on the ‘decrease until at the present time, as there are few crimes in this country for which a man can be put to death. Tn the state of Connecticut there is but one and that is for mur- der in the first degree. Mr. Thompson said that the idea to- day was to treat the offender so that he would not do things. So far the solution of the present day condi- tions has not been found but there are groups of men studying the problem Mr. Thompson and they will no doubt find the an- swer. The groups in the church should study the social conditions, he said and there are places in the, Brother hood for such study. If the men unite in demanding that a certain thing be done it would be done be- cause they wanted it done. At one time a number of years ago Mr. Thompson told the gathering he was at the head of a club in the south- ern part of Hartford and to this elub belonged men Among other things that the club desired was better’ fire protection in their district and so the fire commis- sioner came down and looked conditions. After an investigation he told the men what they in the line that they desired. the next report of the city recommendation was made that addl- tional fire Protection be given in the southern part of the town, not because it was needed but because it was wanted. This was the sort of social But at study of said Mr. Thompson. 1t was only a few vears ago that people began the study of the offend- ers and then a man named Howard was elected a sheriff in one of English counties. This man knew nothing of what his dn®ies were hut he did not know that all classes thrown together in one enclosure. He lost his life while making a study of the question. Elizabeth Fry, an Eng- lishwomen, started what might be termed a prison. reform when she went about visiting the different in- stitutions in her country and then went out and told the world about them. while she was on a visit that he mounted cannon about the yard in an- ticipation of trouble. The men were heings and almost the same condi- tions are found today. “Good Fellow.” Sheriff Dewey was clected not be- cause he was the man that was best fitted for the position but hecause he was a good fellow, Mr. Thompson said. When his term of office expires Sheriff Dewey | WAS ALMOST HELPLESS WITH SEVERE of all denominations. | | is going to have a over | did not need | council a | question that the men should make a | the | were | One jailer became so startled | 2 | store treated as brutes and not like human i of Sing Sing: ing them are the “hoboes, | their | the {Jatter Mr. Thompson told of one that | wrote 'RHEUMATIC PAINS, STREE SAYS THIS CHURCH T LADY, TO MR. MARTIN MRS. K. DOWNER. “A lady told me the other day,” sald Mr. Martin, the Lax-a-Tone ex- pert at the Economy New England Drug Co., 366 Main St., “that Lax-a- Tone was the talk of the neighbor- hood. T told her it was the talk of | the United States, as everywhere Lax- ! a-Tone has been introduced the people have received such wonderful results that they cannot say too much for it. and its success runs through neighborhoods like wildfire. Mrs. Downer, 263 Church St., is well-known here, says: “For a long time I have been in need of a tonic. I felt tired out, run | down, was nervous, had no appetite, and suffered torments from rheuma- who | introducing this remedy tic pains that made me almost hope- less. I tried Herbal Lax-aTone and never thought that one could obtain such wonderful results from a rem- edy, but I surely did with Lax Tone and cannot praise it too much and too highly. “This is the way it is” said Mr. Martin. “People from all walks of life cannot say too much for Lax-a- Tone, and I predict that within less than two weeks the town of New Britain ‘will be afire with enthus» fasm.” So call down and see Mr. Martin at the Economy New England Drug Co., 365 Main St., where he is to the New Britain public. —_—e——————— — 4 ———— another man will be elected but not becallse he is the kind of man for the job but because he too is a good fellow. These things, sald Mr. Thompson, were not right and the man that was elected should be a man that understood the conditions | that surrounded the place he was to | take. The thing most needed today Mr. Thompson said was the separation of the women from the men. In Con- | necticut there are a series of institu- | tions for the boys and girls and here | they are developed without the dan- | ger of mixing with the more hard- ened type of criminal. The young | men are hetter protected at the | Cheshire Reformatory than they would be at state prison. Connecti- cut’s state prison is well established and doing excellent work as is the reformatory. But in the words of Warden Moyer “We may do all that i ed. Give are sent at the present time as it does not save money is the long run. Give Convicts a Chance. One of the worst things that could be done, he said, was the usual way ! that a man just out of prison is treat- this man a good word but do { not point him out as a mungust out of Wethersfield. To ilNEirate* how people will talk he told of a visit he once had from a relative who lives in Springfield whom he took down Asylum street, Hartford. Some time after a business man inguired of him about the man that he had with him in regard to the number of years he { had spent in jail and the reason. In former said Mr. Thomp- son, they had s at the Wethers- { field and at ‘hese the people used to | select the articles they were going to buy according to the reputation of the prisoner before the public. The men should be given a helping hand we can to improve the physical con- dition and the educational condition but unless there is a power above we cannot help them.” Thompson said that all have to de- pend a great deal on God for results. If the opportunity of education and religion fails when they are put be- fore a man then restrain should be put on him. After such conditions as these have heen offered it h up to the man to make himself. There are ten sheriffs in the State of Conmecticut, said Mr. Thompson and these men have charge of differ- ent numbers of men. some of whom are making chairs, others parts of some are let cut to farmers, tend lawns in summer and fur- r\'\(‘(‘< in winter while in Danbury they play checkers. In country jails where these same, men are housed they are d up for a period of ten days and then sent out into again only to come bac are classed as rounde; the world These men and follow- who beat from place to place about the W iste. As an example of ahead to the jailer and told him that he was coming but when he did arrive he was a few davs late. Uron his arrival he went to the jailer and apologized for the fact, ying | that he had been delayed by a freight woeck Mr. said that the state women’s veforma- ta sooner or later and he expected it within a very short time. He could not see why a women should be put Thompson from | Mr. | but should not be petted. This ap- Eplies to the man on probation as well as the man from the state and coun- jalls. In conclusion, he said do not knock a fallen man for he may go steady later. A number in attendance asked sev- eral questions in regard to conditions after the talk was over which were readily answered by Mr. Thompson. After a selection by the sextette re- freshments were served. Since the last meeting of the Brotherhood there have heen fifteen new members added, making the total membership to date eighty-eight. TWO-HEADED SNAKE Freak of Nature, Found Ycars .\go and Preserved in Alcohol, Presented to Institute Museum. A few ago Curator Schurr of the Institute Museum was quite as- tonished when the question was put to “Do snakes with two heads have habits ordinary days him, the headed snak “Er—what's same as one- that?” asked the nat- ducing a jar from his pocket the questioner held it up hefore the curator. Preserved in alcohol was a snake—a snake which had two well developed heads! The naturalist con- fessed that he thought he was fa- in the same prison with men inmates. Tt s wrong for a girl of sixteen or over to be sent by the state to either of the private institutions where they | T S T ———— 1GED FARMER ‘ miliar { owned by William H. I with the diiferent species of snal which inhabited Connecticut, but that this was a new onc to him. It was explained thai out thirty vears ago, Harold J W, now dead, while strolling " 1 a field +nd where part of Hamilton strect, 15 now, dis- i covered the snake crawling about in Made Strong and Well by Vinol The following letter from *farmer | Tester adds another link to the great ' chain of evidence which proves that | there is nothing equal to Vinol to | create strength for feeble, weak, run- | down conditions and after sickness. | Vestal Centre, N. Y.—*T am a farm- er 74 years of age and got into a weak, run-down condition as a result of the grippe. Our druggist suggested Vinol to build me up and I noticed an improvement soon after taking it, and it has restoved my strength so I can now do a good day's work. My | wife has also taken Vinol for a run- down condition with splendid results.” | H. W. LESTER. i “The Clark & Brainerd Co., drug- ts; Liggett's Riker-Hegeman Drug John J. McBriarty; George M. Ladd; W. H. Russell, New Britain. | Also at the leading drug store in all Connecticut towns.” REMOVES SKIN AFFECTIONS | One packego proves it. Bold end | guaranteed by above Vinol druggist. I |t was presented the He and One glance disclosed fact that it had two heads. quickly captured the reptilo placed it in alcohol. The reptile is a species of garter snake, and although not full is normally developed with the ex- ception that it has two heads instcad of one. Although the snake has heen in alcohol these many years it is in the grass. | perfect condition. Believing that a specimen of such !a curious and sclentific nature should be placed in an institution could be used to the best advantage, to the Museum of Natural History and Art of the New Britain Institute by F. H. Bacon, brother of the one who found it. The reptile is in a specimen-jar and has been placcd on exhibition. where it a TOBACCO PRIC Huntington, Jan. 1 RECORD. ~Price records on the Huntington tobacco market for | the season were hroken vesterday when the average selling price ndred pounds reached $18.98, »«\lus for the day were 147,000 pounds. per | The | MeMILLAN Mid-Winter Clearance J Sale of FLOCR RUGS, LINOLEUMS and OILCLOTHS Priced now at much less than you will have to pay later on for these zoods. INLAID LINOLEUMS' Sale price 85¢ later $1.10. Sale price $1.20 square yard. later $1.50. PRlNTED LINOLEUMS OIL CLOTH Good wearing quality. Sale price square yard. Price later 35c. Sale price 37c square yard. RUGS Manufacturers square yard. °t mew patterns. ¢ square yard. Price are advancing pri daily on Rugs of all kinds, nev theless we will put on sale Tapest Brussels, Velvet and Axmins Rugs at SPECIAL SALE PRICH 9x12 ft. Tapesi Brussels, room s} Rugs—~Sale price $15.98 each. P Iater $18.00. Sale price $19.98 each. 25.00. VELVET RUGS 9x12 ft. room size.—Sale price $1¢ each. Price later $25.00. Sale price $25.98 each. Price $30.00. AXMINSTER RUGS 9x12 ft. Price & room size Rugs, all new Sale price $22.50 s 27.00. BATH RUGS and rose. Sale Price later $2.25. RAG RUGS Special for this sale, 89c each. to $1.25. AXMINSTER RUGS | Size 27x54 inch. Valuc $1.98. price $1.75 each. . Plenty of other small rugs to choo from. Every rug marked at spé cial Sale Prices. b SWEEPER VACS At $5.00 Each. BRUSH VACS At $3.50 ki Make your house clea trying one of our cleancrs at t prices. Mid - Winter Clearan Sale in All Department In blue pricce $1.} cach. 2 Val ch. Py B. McMiLLA: B L 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. RHEUMATISM | usually yields to the purer bl and greater strength which $COTTS | EMULSION creates, Its rich oilfood enlweu grown, | the whole system and streng(} ens ¥ | the organs to throw off the inj: acids. Many doctors them selves take Scott’s Emulsicz | and you must stand firm against substitutes. Scott & Bowne, BloomSicld, N. J. ENDS CATARRH, ASTHMA, Bronchitis, Croup, Coudu and Colds, or toney back. Sold and guaranteed by The Clark & Brainerd Co.q COVERINGS!