New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1917, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1917. Our Great Fire Sale Is Now Going On With Wonderfully Big Values Everything damaged by the bigFirc of Monday, Ninth, has to go in short order. The Insurance People made us a will get the benefit. They must be positively cleared at once, and great not be kept. January Twenty- very satisfactory settlement and you All goods that were damaged by smoke or water can- await you now at our Men's Furnishing Dept. At The Hosiery Dept. At Our Art Goods Dept. Trimmings and’ Hamburgs At Our Upholstery Dept. Among the Domestics ‘Women’s and Misses’ Wear Furniture and values Knit Underwear Dept. Toilet Goods and Drugs Gloves, Laces and Ribbons Handkerchiefs, Millinery, Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing linens and Bedding Dept. Carpet Dept. China and Housewares, and at Every Dept. in our Huge store, COME YOURSELF—No Mail or Phone charged this week. Fa orders None sent O. O, D. sure of quick delivery. HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE PROMPTLY RECEIVING DELIVERY FOR NEW ALL DRY GOODS taken. Carry your bundle if possible to be No goods BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PU RCHASED OF US. Beriin News ANNIVERSARY OF - GRANGE TONIGHT .Fitting Program Has Been Ar- Tanged for Evening’s Celebration LITTLE DAMAGE BY STORM Gerard and Assistants Greet Throngs Which Storm Offices—Citizens Show i Desire to Demonstratc Individual Friendliness. Prenticc Company Holds Annual Mecting. and Blection of Directors and Officers—Death of Miss Ellen A. Flanagan at St. Francis Hospital. Members of the Berlin Grange have tompleted arrangements whereby the thirty-second anniversary the founding of that order in the town will be celebrated this evening. State Master Charies P. Davis of Middle- town will be on hand and give a short ¢ddress as will past state Lecturer Arthur Blakeman. The feature of the svening will be the fourth degree as worked by the Berlin degree team. of Use “Gets-it,;; ‘Lift Corn Right Off Shrivels, Loosens—and It's Gone! “Just like taking the 1id off—that's how easy you can lift a corn off your toe after It has been treated with the wonderful dis- ery, ‘Gets-It." Hunt the wide world over and vou'll nothing so magic, sim- ple and casy as “Gets-It.”" You folks who “Q0.0-1" End Corn and Stop Pain Quickly With “Gotslt” pped your toes in bandages to bundles, who have used salves that your toes raw and sore, and used s that would shift from their place never “get” the corn, and who have 3 1 picked at vour corns with knives and scissors and perhaps made them bleed— just quit these old and painful ways and try “Geis-It” just once. You put drops on. and it dries at once. There's nothing to stick. You can put vour shoo and stocking right on again. The pain is all gone. Then the corn dies a painles shriveling death, it loosens from your toe, 8nd off it comes. ‘‘Gets-Jt" is the biggest selling corn remedy in ‘the world today. There's none other as good. §‘Gets-It" is sold everywhere, o sent on receipt of price by & Co.. Chicago, 11l Sold in New Britain as the world’s best corn or 3 a bottle, Lawrence and recommended Following is the program that will be carried out: Vocal solo . ... Oscar Benson Original poem, 32 years ago 5 Miss Irene Viets Musical nimber Grange Orch. Address .... Charles P. Davis Address . Arthur Blakeman Musical number .... Grange Orch. At the close of the program the Grange members will sing “God Be With Us Till We Meet Again.” In the Storm's Wake, Although yesterday’s storm the worst experienced this winter. Traffic was pretty well restored rormal this morning on both the steam and trolley lines. The roads were well broken early this morning by the milkmen and others that had to get out regardless of weather con- ditions and by noon travel was again resumed as if nothing had occurred to obstruct it. The trolley cars were half an hour late yesterday morning but after the plow had made a trip &nd cleared the way they came back to within five minutes of regular run- ning time. At the railroad station the company had a gang of twenty men at work and they made short crder of the huge drifts that were on the platforms. People taking trains experienced great difficulty be- causc of the blinding storm and again the need of a waiting room on the west nlatform was shown. At the Bridge shop the officlals closed the plant at two o'clock in order that the men might make their way home was to in safety. Although the Paper Goodz plant @id not shut down any that wished were allowed to go home and many took advantage of the offer. This morning all stores and dealers fii coal and grain were able to re- sume their deliveries as if nothing had happened and the daily life of the town had returned to normal. Hold Annual Meeting. The stockholders of the Prentice Manufacturing company at their annual meeting yesterday elected Robert C. Legatt to the board of di- rectors to succeed the late B. H. Hib- bard. tors re-elected: R. O. Clark, A. B. Porter, B. S. Munch, Dr. J E. Mar- tin, Thomas Prentice and George E. Prentice. The following officers were Te-elected by the directors: President—George E. Prentice. Vice President—R. O. Clark. Secretary—B. S. Bunch. Treasurer—A. B. Porter. Reports show that the company did an excellent business last year and present indications are that the coming years business will be even larger. Miss Ellen A. Flanagan.. Miss Ellen A. Flanagan, a graduate died at St. hospital this morning following a short illness with kidney trouble. She was thirty- six years old and leaves a brother Wil#m and a sister Millie. Much of her time was spent in Washington after she graduated as a trained nurse and it was only recently that she took.up her residence in Kensing- ton. On her mother’s side the family were the first Irish settlers in either Kensington or Berlin. Miss Fiana- gan went to the hospital on Friday last but yesterday members of the family were called to her bedside as 1t was seen that she was sinking ‘fast. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Paul's church, Rev. J. C. Brennan officiat. ing, and hurial will Le in the new Catholic cemetery, New Britain. Cut Electric Wires. nurse, Francis’ remedy by Crowell's Drug Store, Wm. N. Schweitzer, J. P. Conners. Although no complaint has vet been made to the proper authorities it has Following are the other direc- ! been learned that on last Friday night the wires.on the pump at White's cafe were cut. This makes the second time that they have been cut since the cafe was moved into the new building on Farmington road. The owners are at a loss to find any mo- tive for the deed and fail to see any object unless the place has a number of enemies about the town who wish the concern no good. The only dan- ger resulting from the cut ig that the water pump may freeze up and the owners would then be under heavy expense to purchase a new one. What benefit anyone could derive from an action of this kind is hard to see and the whole affair is more the trick of a school boy than that of a grown person. Briefs. Mrs. John' Connley is seriously ill at her home. Miss Florence Webster has gone to New York where she will spend the remainder of the winter. Mrs. John Viets entertained the members of the Book and Thimble club at her home this afternoon. Mrs. R. O. Clark of East Berlin is confined to her home with pneumonia, V. M. Turner of East Berlin has received word of the death of his sister, Mrs. Burns of Rockland, Maine. Mrs. 'W. H. Webster and son, Mer- ton, have closed up the Webster home for the winter and have gone to East Hartford where they will stay until spring. N Mrs. A. Benson of New Haven Is visiting relatives in East Berlin, George Stepler of Fast Berltn was given a birthday surprise party by a number of the employes of the Ar- mour and company of New Britain last Saturday night. During the eve- ning they presented him with a watch chailn. He was formerly employed by the firm. BELIEF STEAMER MISSING. No Information Recefved at London From Lars Krusc. London, Feb. 6.—Nothing is yet known regarding the fate of the crew of the Belgian relief steamer Lars Kruse, which was sunk by a torpedo or mine near the Belgian coast yes- terday. The ship touched at Las Palmas on Jan. 20 and in the ordi- nary course would have made some British port before arriving at Rot- terdam where she was due about Feb. 10. The Lars Kruse carried the flag of the Belgian relief commission and was protected as arranged by the commission with the German govern- ment. It had not received a safe con- duct from Germany, as ship pass ports had been refused the relief ships by Berlin. with aEcfild who is rundown, has pale cheeks or thin blood, who will hesitate to give that child the very thingitneeds to start it growing and keep it going? For over forty yearsthe concentrated liquidfood in Scott’s Emulsion has been chenging thinness to plumpness —changing poor blood to rich blood. ‘There is nothing better for growing children—whether they are weak or well—than Scott’s Emulsion, but see that yomt the genuine Suc.o‘t.t’s. n Plainville News HENRY TRUMBULL T0 ACT AS SECRETARY |G. W. Jones’ Place on Board of Directors Remains Vacant TRUMBULL ELECTRIC ANNUAL Other Directors and Officers Re-clect- ed for Ensuing Year—No Office Manager Named—Funeral of John Cafferty—Permission to Sell Given. Electing Henry Trumbull to the of- fice of secretary, made vacant by the resignation of Carl W. Jones, the di- rectors of the Trumbulll Electric com- pany held their annual meeting yes- terday afternoon in the office of the c¢orporation. Other officers of ' the corporation were re-elected, John H. Trumbull being chosen president, Frank T. Wheeler, vice president, and Henry Trumbull, treasurer. Prior to the meeting of the board the stockholders named the officers and S. 8. Gwillim to serve as directors, electing A. J. Sloper and Judge J. E. Cooper of New Britain to serve in a similar capacity, representing the owners of the preferred shares. The stockholders failed to fill the vacancy on the board, resulting from the resignation of Mr. Jones. Besides serving as secretary and a member of the board of directors, Mr. Jones held the position of office man- ager. Presldent Trumbull stated this morning that a selection for this place has not as yet been made. Reports have been for some time of the intention of the company to build an addition to its plant this Spring. It was said today, however, that no plans for any unus- ual development of the business were made at yesterday’s session. Mr. Jones, the retiring secretary, is making arrangements to leave town in a short time for southern climes where he will spend several weeks to regain his health. His plans for after his: vacation are uncertain. Back from Arizona. ‘William Coughlin, motorman on the Bristol trolley line, was behind the controller today following his trip to the Pacific coast. His journey was a combination business and pleasure trip. He spent a week in Yuma, Arizona, examining property on which is lo- cated an embyronic copper mine of which he is a part owner. Mr. Cough- lin reports that a gang is now at work on the shaft and has already dug over 175 feet into the earth. The experts in charge of the operations expect to strike a rich copper vein about April. Mr. Coughlin is enthusiastic over the prospect and he believes the mine will be a big success. Gets Permission to Sell. Following a hearing in the probate court this morning, Judge George R. Byington authorized Judge Epaphro- ditus Peck of Bristol, to sell property owned by the estate of Sylvester N. Ryder of which he is administrator. The sale is to take place Saturday afternoon at Judge Peck’s office and it is expected W. W. Hanna and John W. Lynch of New Britain, will be the purchasers. An inventory of the estate as made by Frank T. Wheeler and O. W. Robertson was to have been filed to- day but changes in certain technical features have to be made and it will not .be offered for record until tomor- row. Funera] of John Cafferty. With the celebration of a high mass of requiem, Rev. J. T. MacDonald of this place, officiating, the funeral of John Cafferty of Forestville was held this morning at 9 o'clock from St. Matthews church in that village. The remalns were brought here for inter- ment in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Cafferty was seventy years old and was a resident of Forestville for many years. He was well known in Plainville. Firemen Must Drill. Acting under orders from Chief M. A. Norton, members of thc Hose com- pany reported at the Town hall last night for inside drill. They gave up considerable time to practicing the handling of the cquipment and showed satisfactory form, They Wwill meet every Monday night for the bal- ance of the month for a similar pur- pose. Not in over two years has the local department been called upon to fight a fire in which it was necessary or possible to extinguish with water and to prevent the members from growing stale, the chief has issued orders for regular drills. There arc some new members in the department without mractical experlence as fire fighters and Chief Norton believes the drills will be of incalculable benefit to them. After the weekly drills of this month the head of the department proposes to have assembly nights stated intervals when the men will meet for practice. Considering the size the Plainville fire department has had a reputation for high efficiency and the chief hopes to maintain the stand- ard through practice drills. Storm Halts Works. Work at the railroad transfer tion had to be halted vesterday after- noon on account of the storm, the blinding snow drifting to such an ex- tent in the vicinity of the freight yard that it was impossible to shift the cars to the platforms. Selectman Johnson had the snow plow out during the afternoon and the sidewalks were open on most of the streets this morning. The roads in the outiving districts were almost impassable carly today, because of the drifts, of the town, sta- l | The in_ circulation | Brief Items, grange will have a regular meeting this evening in its hall on Pierce street and will make final ar- rangements for the celebration of its anniversary which will take place next Tuesday. Mrs. Rose Russell and son, Thomas G. Russell left yesterday for Florida where they will spend the balance of the winter. The Foresters club will hold a spe- cial meeting this evening at 8 o’clock in thelr rooms in the grange building. Several local people will attend the meeting of the Central Congregational club to be held in New Britain to- | morrow evening. Willlam Cline of Pittsfield, Mass., ! has accepted a position with the { Trumbull Electric company. | Mrs. J. C. Baker of Pearl street | has been entertaining Miss Lillian Ish- abalala of Zula, Africa, who is soon to Tesume her work as missionary In that country. She will be stationed at Gold coast, Africa. Judge Byington will give a hear- ing in the probate court on January 23 on the application of Mrs. Mary W. Tinker for settlement of her ac- count as administratrix on the es- tate of her husband, Francis W. Tinker: The next meeting of the board of relief will be held Saturday afternoon in the town clerk’s office. SPANISH SHIPPERS DISPLAY ANXIETY Vessels at Sea That Cannot Reach Home Ports Madrid, via Paris, Feb. 6.—There are still a number of Spanish vessels at sea which cannot possibly reach home ports before the time set in the German note. The minister of marine has instructed the authorities at all ports to allow no ship to clear unless provided with proper ap- pliances for saving life in the event the vessel is sunk. The cruiser Catalonia is guarding the entrance to Las Palmas bay to rrevent the German and Austrian ships moored there from leaving. No vessels are allowed to enter or leave port between sunset and sunrise. Restrictions on Fruit Ships. London, Feb. 6.—A Reuter spatch from Madrid says that the Correspondenceia De Espana an- nounces that Germany has consented to allow Spanlsh fruit ships, now on their way to England with safe con- ducts, to reach their destinations but cannot allow them to return to Spain. The Correspondencela learns that the Spanish note to Germany has bheen been ‘drawn up and shown to the leaders of the opposition. The note will be read at a cabinet meet. ing and made public today. U. S. CREDITOR T0 THE WHOLE WORLD Controller SI]OWS We Are Firmly Intrenched for War de- Washington, Feb. 6.—The control- ler of the currenc: John Skelton Williams, advises congress, in submit- ting his annual report, that the Unit- ed States seems to he ‘intrenched financially almost as firmily as it is possible for any human government to he.’” “Practically the whole world is in debt to us,” the report said, “and is steadily increasing its obligations. Our financial condition in relation ta other peoples and the world at large becomes stronger from week to week and from month to month. As the figures show so conclusively, our wealth is piling up with wonderful rapidity; but to do our proper work in the world and to protect and enlarge our own interests we may before long need very dollar of these resources, glgantic and inexhaustible as they may seem to be. We are well pre- pared for preparedness and ready and able to provide for whatever increases of army and navy congress may think necessar: actment of laws to make it a felony to make false financial statements to banks for the purpose of securing loans, to make burglary of a national bank a crime punishable by federal law, to limit the funds invested by a pank in its own building to the amount of its capital stock, and to authorize the treasurer to sell bonds securing circulation thirty days after a bank goes in liquidation New System Booms Banking. Since the inguguration of the ¥ed- cral Reserve system, the report says charters have been issued to 264 new national banks with an aggregate capital of $16,109,000 and 189 nat al banks increased their capital $2 E—T——————— Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in fuenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Hall's Ca- tarrh Cure is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous sur- faces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure was prescribed by one of the best hysicians in this country for years. It s composed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the “Best blood purifiers. The perfect com- bination of the ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Cure what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal condi- tions. Send for testimonials, free. F.J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, Al Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. is The controller recommends the en- | o.l Our Office urniture Bears the uality Mark January is dead. How about that New Year resolution made a few weeks ago to buy some ne Office Furniture? We are ready to make suggestio for that new equipment now. We suggest the follo ing lines to you as being highly illustrative of quality durability and utility, Quality in the superlative dd gree! Standard Desks and Tables B, L. Marble Chairs Macey Filing Cabinets and Appliances Stow & Davis Matched Piece Suites A look into our Office Furniture Department wi result in more active buying on your part. now. Come i E FLINI-BRUCF @ ) ASTRI @B HARTFORD 117,700. During the same period to Nov. 15 last, 143 banks went into liquidation and thirty-four banks re- duced their capital, In addition, twenty-seven national banks were placed in receiverships. Gross earnings of mational banks for the past fiscal year, the report says, were $590,642,051 and net earn- ings $157,543,547, an increase in the latter item of $30,500,000 during the vear. Dividends paid were $114,724,- 594, an increase of approximately $1,- 000,000. The practice of charging exorbitant interest rates has decreased to a marked extent, the report says, the number of banks charging more than 10 per cent., on the average, being reduced in Georgia from 23 to 7; in Alabama from 21 to 6; in Texas from 317 to 122; in North Dakota from 90 to 37; In South Dakota from 25 to 10; in Nebraska from 18 to 6; in Oklahoma from 300 to 193. Figures for other states are not given, but the total reduction throughout the country during the year is placed at nearly fifty per cent., or from 1,022 to 558. “‘The trouble has not been fully rec- tified,” the report says, “and banks here and there continue to disregard the law in this respect and to exact rates which cannot be justified on any sround. These persistent offenders are being dealt with, and it is hoped that in most cases they may correct their iregular and unlawful practices before it becomes necessary for this office to take steps for the annulment of their charters.” The policy of enforcing the law with respect to charging usurious rates resulted, the report adds, in ten banks with a capital of $765,000 de- ciding that the business did not offer sufficient inducement for them to re- main in it longer. Large ncrease in Business, Compilation of clearing house fig- ures for the entire country, embracing il clearing houses, places the aggre- gate transactions for the year at the huge total of $241,407,541,000, an in- crease during the year of $78,283,404,- 000. There were decreases in seven associations aggregating $42,947,009, chief of which was the decrease in the association at Albany, N. Y., of $31,355,000. New York leads in in- creascs, the total increase for the year being $56,338,001,000, Other notable increases were Philadelphia, $4,050,- 121,000; Chicago, $3,725,285,000; Bos- ton, $2,698,779,000 and St. Louis, $1,- 064,177,000. The popular belief that the United States Is the richest country in the world, measured by the per capita money in the banks. Is dispelled by a comparison with records of other countries. A compilation shows that the per capita deposit in the Us States is $50.42, while in New Zead it is $91.41, and in Australia $10 Salaries pald to bank presidents report says, averaged $1,008.41 a for institutions with a capital $50,000. Bank presidents @f in tions having a capital of $5,00 or more, however, received ai salaries averaging $44,421. average salary of all officers employes of national banks, how was $1,331.88. Banks having $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 capital, report says, paid their presidents aries averaging $22,482. “In view of the very moderate ¢ pensation pald to the average, clerk,” the report says, ‘“this d takes the liberty of recommendin| national banks that they give sp consideration to the question of nishing their clerks and other ployes receiving small salaries 1ifg surance policles equal to their sa for one year, so that in the eve; death the families of the emp rlnuy at least be temporarily pro: T et ] STORM COSTS $1,000. City Put to That Expense by ¥d Blizzard of Yesterday. The heavy snowstorm of yeste: will cost the city about $1,000, acé ing to the board of public Wo which has charge of the gang of engaged in shoveling the snow off. property, around hydrants, on walks and gutters. The expense to the company has also been conside: and the same is true of the Haven road by which extra men cars were employed constantly yes day and last night to get the tri cleared. Merchants were also affected by storm and a number of the std about the center of the city clo their doors early in the afternoon did not reopen until this morning. Connect; Relieved in one minute. = Get o mentary can of Kondon's from druggist. 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