New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1917, Page 6

w Britain Herald. HYRALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY. Proprietors. 1sued daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 b W At Heraid Bullding, 67 Church St. Entered at tho Post Ofice at New Britata as Second Class Mall Matter. Deltvered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65c & month. [Bubecriptions for paper to be sent by mail sble In advance. 60 cents & Taonth. *0 a ye [TLe only profitable sng medium :n | the city: Circulation books and rress Toom always open to advertisers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broa way, New York CI Board Walk, At- lantle City, and tford Depos. TELEPHONE GALL3. Buntaess Office Editorial Room 1 am above all things else an Ameri- can citizen. —WOODROW WILSON. President Wilson's determination to jaddress Congress and ask for author- ity to use the forces of the United States to protect American rights on the high seas came before the sink- ing of the Cunard Liner Laconia the war zone. j Untll further developments jcan be no satisfactory in there knowledge ‘which will show that the sinking of ithe Laconia constitutes the overt act fithat will plunge this country inte 'war with Germany. There were American passengers on board, and late advices staté the ship was sunk | without warning. President Wilson is asking Congress to protect American rights because of the series of depre- dations committed since the new or- der of submarine warfare went into effect on February 1. The Laconia will not be mentioned today. If there will be war it remains with Congress to declare war. That l\)ody possesses the sole to jcarry out such action. The Presi- Idem'a purpose today, however, is not to ask Congress to declare war, nor |even to suggest such a thing. He merely wants power to arm merchant yessel! which must go into the war |zone. That our commerce may not be |destroyed by the decrec of Germany | President. Wilson would have every | ship that leaves an American port Yor | Europe armed with worthy guns. It these guns cannot be obtained in suf- ficient quantity, he would send United States. warships to act as convoys to {unarmed American vessels. It was a strange coincidence that news of the sinking of the Laconia should be flashed over the wire at the same moment that President Wilson started for the Capitol. The psycholo- sical effect of such a happening can- not be underrated. Congress will fully realize the inport of the moment. Its members will dwell on every word uttered by the President. Far Con- gress will now know that a United Nation watches its every action and that the future safety and honor of the countr: are in its hands. Congress, and not the President, has the power to declare war. Congress, and not the President, has the money to ap- propriate for defense of American rights. It is therefore up to Congress to do as the people wish. And there must be do backing down, power THE MARD| GRAS. As a connecting link between the old world and the new, the Mardi Gras, which is the last fete day of | that festal perlod which starts ten days before Lent, holds a unique placc in the galaxy of modern customs. The Washingtonian, who must wait four years to witness an inauguration; the Baltimorean, who revels in the thought of an Old Home week: the San Franciscan, who polnts with pride to the roses cut and exhibited on New Year's day: all these are pit- jed by the Orleanian who knows the thrills and furbelows that accompany even the preparation of Carnival and the Mardi Gras. Fourth of July, Christmas, Thanks- giving and other great feast days arc kept religiously in New Orleans; but when Rex and Regina, the king and queen of the Carnival, arrive in the city attendant by their courtiers, all other events fade into insignificance. All the people pay homage to these esteemed personages who are taken care of by the Mystic Krewe of Comus. The keys of the city arc turned over to them by the Mayor. The Mardi Gras has become a fixed institution of a great city. It is the real Southern fete. The richest and the poorest, the highest and the low- est commingle on this occasion, just as they hope to do on the Last Great Day. The Mardi Gras is the Elysium, the great leveler, the plane whereon all men are equal. g Dominoes and freak costumes, whistles, and other instruments of . grotesque and fantastic nature add to the lure of the entertainment. Floats. as grand as the art of the master- craftsmen can make them, lumber through the lanes of kaleidoscopio crowds, ebbing ahd flowing, seething with life. Some idea of what the Carnival is may be gleaned from the simple fact that fourteen mammoth organizations, each indepondent in itself, set out every year to put forth a parade, a tableau or a ball in connection with the festivities. That is their sole aim and purpose. Their main effort is to eclipse, if possible, the gala events that were arranged the year previous. And the history of the Mardl Gras bears out the fact that every year new zest ‘has been imbued into the spirit of the thing. KEach year the Mardl Giras sports a new feature. From all over the country,—some from all over the earth,—men and women wend their way to the Mardi Gras. Like the pilgrims of old were wont to plod their weary way to Jerusalem there to do pen- ance for their sins, to wear sack cloth and ashes, the modern pilgrims gala- vant into the “City That Care For- got,” and drewn themselves in the tumultuous flood of pleasure. Notwithstanding the fact that one sees no sack cloth and ashes at the Carnival, nevertheless it is an affair of religious origin. The terms Mardi Gras and Carnival at this late date have become in some measure in- terchaneable terms. Translated, Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday.” It is called by various other names, as Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, or Mardl Gras, and is always the day before Ash Wednesday, the begin- ning of Lent. The two weeks or ten days preced- ing this season is the Carnival, of which Mardi Gras is the last day. As Ash Wednesday is a movable feast, the date of which is always calculated according to rigid Tules latd down by canonical law enacted at the Counci}t of Nice, Carnival and Mardl Gras naturally fall within this jurisdiction and the date varies anywhere from the first of February to early and sometimes late April. Strange as it may seem, 'although the Carnival was a function of the Early Christian Church, its origin has been traced to ‘the heathemns. With them it was the period set aside to celebrate the death of Winter and the birth of Spring. At these festivi- ties, grossest, excesses were oft-times indulged in by the celebrators many of whom gave up the ghost in their drunken ‘stupor. The Greeks and Romans carried on their bacchana- lian revelry and debauehery in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine, and of Pan, the god of herdg and flacks. In the minds of the superstitious, the Pipes of Pan are the echoes of the: festivities. 2 The present day carnivals, however, the ones similar to those held at New Orleans and Havans, smpek of . no such abandenment as found in the environs of early paganism. The Car- nival as presented at New Orleans is more properly the time of “‘meat,” of mirth, melody, feasting, and frolic, and holds close to the arbitrary dic- tum of the early Christian Church which decreed the time when Lent should begin. As such it may be traced to the religious ceremony of confession. It was the custom of our fathers in religion to make solemn avowals of their short-comings on Shrove-Tuesday, or Mardi Gras.- Tho word Shrove Tuesday, or Shrovetide comes from the Anglo-Saxon “Sacri- fan” which means to. shrive, or to confess. After making the avowal, which always took place in early morning, the remainder of the day was then given over to . merry- making. This, in the Latin' coun- tries. Since New Orleans was first settled by the French, and its early destinies directad and gulded jointly by them and their Spanish brethren, it natu- rally followed that they should trans- plant the customs and observances of the Latin races, of which they were part. We of the modern universe owc a debt of gratitude for this service, for of all the ceremonies, customs or | traditions that have been brought out of the Old World and transplant- ed to thrive anew in a modern set- ting, the Mardi Gras and the Car- nival the most picturesque and | inviting. While there are few, either irestdems or visitors, who remember to observe the religious quty attendant upon the day, still the vast majority never fails to enter into the spirit of mirth that prevails, IN JUSTICE TO OUR FOLK. Out-of-town sources have unjustly attributed the fires of New Britain to German intrigue. The people of this town know there is no truth in such charges. They know further that the German people of New Britain who have taken out their naturalization papers stand as the highest type of American citizens. If thoss who in- habit this section of the country do not worry about peraicious activity among the German people here it be- comes outsiders to refrein from hasty words. We who live among them say fore- | are { NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1917. should know how unjust are such in- sinuations. It is true that at the be- ginning of the European war certain German quarters in this country rose in mighty defense of the Fatherland. That was but natural. Their old home country was flghting against England. That there were plots of bridges and buildings caused a natural aversion to things German. But that all happened in another day, in other cities. Our people in New Britain had nothing to do with thes outrages. If their sympathies were with the Fatherland they committed no crime for wishing well to those of their kith and kin. They would have been unnatural sons and daughters to pray for a victorious England. We have never doubted the loyalty to this country of Germah born men and women. When their enthusiasm led them to sometimes vociferous defense of Germany we knew that when th country *peeded their support they would be even more loyal. And now the time has comec where they will show this to be true. "Any man in this country who attributes malicious acts to German-born citizéns does not know those who hold forth in New Britain. Any man who attempts to connect the series of fires here last week with any German-born citizen: of this city is at heart a malicious falsifier. COMMUNICATED. PRIMROSE OR WEST., and blowing up- Soft Shoc Dancing Dispute Settled ‘by Former. A short time ago the editor of the Herald was appealed to by two ad- mirers of soft shoe dancing to deter- mine whether Primrose or West, of the famous minstrel team, superior at this art. Mr. Primrose was communicated with and the fol- lowing letter was recelved from him today: - Chicago, 111, Feb, 23; 1917, To the Editor of the Herald: Your letter of, Feb. 7 just received and I will gladly settle the argument. I am the one that always did soft shoe dancing., While West was a wonderful dancer, soft shoe dancing was out of his line. As t6 my age, I was born at Lon- don, Ontario, Nov. 11, 1852. I will be sixty-five this November. I am still in vaudeville and dance at every performance. Yours with all good wishes, G. H. PRIMROSE. Rialto Theater, Chicago, Ill, Week of Feb. 26. FACTS AND FANCIES. “It must be. repeated again and again that whoever dawes to pene- trate the barred zone perishes in it.” And we have Americans too proud to call the bluff!—Wall Stréet Jour- nal. If people refuse to eat high priced food, high priced food will cease to exist. ‘That {s what happened to high priced turkeys.—New Haven Journal- Courier. With England forced to a choice between beer and bread, the Germans no doubt will expect to gain mightily by their foe's disheartenment.— Bridgeport Telegram. The word from Washington is ex- actly what intelligent persons have known it must be, that this country will not go to war unless war is forced upon it.—Milwaukee Journal. When a newspaper prints a long story about a woman of high social standing the common people show their contempt by saying news must have been scarce that day.—Pater- son Call. ‘Why should anybody eat potatoes at $1 a peck when rice can be bought for 4 to 8 cents a pound? One way to curb rapacious food-purveyors is to revise dlet. It's the surest way to revise prices.—New York World. The Plainsman. (By Cale Young Rice, in the Bellman.) I'm out again’'in the great spaces, Far from men and the little places, I'm out again where the heart faces The lone plains and the skies. I'm out with the wind no hand saddle; Out and away from wants that addle; Out where the striding sun can strad- dle The world. can And oh I'm full of scornful For dwellers in streets and cities; For the trade-songs, and trade-ditties They chant. And I wish 1 could smite out of cre- ation The lie they call their civilization— A lie that is but sol-dissipation, Soul-deceit and cant. pities narrow T'm out again in the great spaces, Far from men and-the little places, I'm out again where the heart face: The lone night and the stars. And 1 wish I knew how to untether All pent lives to the wide world weather, And say, “Come, come, let us ride to- gether Away.” For one hour's sense of the infinite prairie It's better than all the years men burt In crowded walls, sad, mad, or merry Or vain. And one star’s lizht has Heaven, Has more in it of the great leaven, Than the seventy myriad lights seven, Cities beget, for gain. more of God- and was the | The Big Store’s Annual March Sale of HOUSEWARES and CHINAWARE Commencing Tomorrow Morning Wise, Smith & Co., Hartford Values Like These Need No Elaboration DINNER WARE—VALUES UP A ‘special assoftment bought this salé brings you this remark: TO 39c ...... | | ral months ago especially for 1¢ Pargains. We do not know when se, we will-be able tor procure another assortment to retail at so low a price. hordered decoratién and gold lined edges. The follawthg are all of one decoration, a pretty gold stamped Values up to 39c, all at 10c.—Sugar Bowls, platers, extreme measure 11 1-4 inches, Diunner Plates, Breakfast Plates, Tea Plates, Soup Plates, Round Open Nap- pies, Oval Open Vegetable Dishes, Saucer (One-piece) and Bowls. Tea Cups and Saucers, Cup and EIGHT HUNDRED PIECES OF BROWN and WHITE LINED COOKING AND BAKING WEAR, VALUES UP TO 50c, ALL AT, EA. lOc Consisting of Casseroles, Bean Pots, assorted size-Nappies and assorted size Bowls, values up to 50c, choice at this sale 10c. BEST QUALITY YELLOW MIXING BOWL SETS. Choice of five, with assorted sizes, 6, 8, 9, and 10 size, regular price 98c, sale price 79c. ROTARY ASH SIFTER Heavy galvanized, will fit any size ash can. now at this low price and save money, regular $2.98 value at this sale . GALVANIZED ASH CANS With corrugated sides and black steel band at top and bottom, regular price $2.25, sale price GOOD QUALITY BROOMS Selected corn stock, No. 6 size, regular price today 55c, sale price only .... ALUMINUM SAUCE Set of three sizes—113%, 2 and heavy guage aluminum, worth $1. PAN SETS Buy v... 8229, SALE PRICE BARGAIN AT . .$1.59. price 3 quart capacity, 50, sale 98c set. ' price WASH BOILERS - Choice of metallic or galvanized bottom, size 8 and 9, will outwear lightweight copper bottom ‘boilers, and’'are made of heavy tin, worth $1 29 AND A REMARKABLI o, THE “UNIVERSAL” CLOTHES RINGER . 10 inch roll, guaranteed for three years, will fit either set tub or regular tub, Family size, good quality $1.75 and $1.98. value $4.50, sale Mrs. Pott's Sad Iroms, set of 3, handle and stand, nickel plated with japanned tops, roz. $1.25, sale ... 98¢ set. Food Choppers, the “Key- stone” family size, with three cutting knives, reg. 89c, sale 69¢c Gray Enamel Preserving Ket- tles, 10 quart size, value 49c, 'sale slaatit ik v s o SOCS Gray Enamel Water Pails, 8 quart, size, special ........25¢c. Gray Enamel Tea and Coffee Pots, 1% &nd 2 quart size 29c. Gray Enamelware, worth up to 25¢c. Shallow and deep sauce pans. -wash basins, pudding pens, milk pans, bowls, ete, 'all at 10c — Casseroles, heavy nickel plated frames with fire-proof lining, worth $1.50, sale 95c. Pastry Sets, japanned white ware, 6 pleces, bread box, cake box, Sugar, tea and coffee can, regular price $2.26, sale price, the set ........c....... $1.89. Oval Bath Tubs, heavy tin, white enamel inside and out, 27 inch size, regular value $1.89, sale price ... ... $1.39. Black Iron Roasting Pans, round shape, will hold a ten pound roast, special for this sale .. 18c. Ironing Tables, folding, with strong iron rachet, reg. price $1.25, sale price Clothes Pins, best quality hard wood, 10 dozen for .......15c. Clothes Line, best quality sash cord, 100 ft., reg. 98c, sale 79c. ‘Wall Wool Dusters, made of lambs wool with 2 handles, for ceilings and walls and a short handle for furniture, reg. price 76c, sale price complete . ...59¢c. Feather Dusters, No. 9 size, Bell feather duster, regular 39 kind, at 29c. Feather ceiling duster with 6 ft. handle 13c. Bassinettes, adjustable with stand, large size worth $4.50, a big bargain at $3.19, complete. Garbage Cans, medium siz heavy galvanized with lock cover, worth 98¢, sale price 69c. WISE, SMITH & CO., . Hartford MRS. FORMICIA HERE| ON SURPRISE VISIT And Antonio Finds An Extra Boarder on His Hands Nine years ago when Antonio For- micla of 217 Elm street left his home in sunny Italy to seek his fortunes-in the new world, he left his devoted wife and children there, ' saying he would send for them late Four vears ago he returned to Italy to at- tend the wedding of a,daughter, wh» afterwards came to America and this ity. Two weeks ago the wife, now approaching the autumn of life, fol- lowed in their footsteps but, accord- ing to Antonio, he did not send for her. Furthermore, according to tes- timony before Judge James T. Mes- kill in police court this morning, hs refused to give anything for her sup- port, although he 1s reputed to.have prospered in his new home. Heé en- tered a plea of guilty today but en- tered the defense that he had not heen notlfied of his wife's arrival. A jail sentence of sixty days was imposed or the posting of a bond for $225 to as- sure weekly payment of §4 during the next year. Thomas Kane of 16 North stroet, much in evidence on the hooks of Probation Officer Bdward C. Conno'ly | and in court, was taught that there is | a iimit to patience. Probation revoked without comment. 22, 1916, he was fined $10 and for intoxication and bry of peace and placed on probation while still on probation . 4, he was arraigned for peace and resistance, and costs with probation He again appeared Sept hreach of the peace. rece of $3 and costs with : tne rex trouble. rosed, amount to sum $21 has been paid Trobation was re Fonefant of 705 Main st fined and ¢ May 196, onefant testified he, had been th the.militia and, hecause of sz nights, had found it difficul ) keep in touch with Probation Offi- er Connolly. John Dobrick of 12 Wilson street, caxd to one of a gang thas h leen causing disturbance at theaters, igned for breach of the The hearing, upon the resquest Aas Mzrch the and, 1916 fined continucd. hg that serioas s for Alfred et, who was 6, be was arr Attorney A. A. Greenberg, w: continued until Wednesday morning. Supernumerary Policemen George T. owley and Harry Mount mudc the est at Keeney's theater. Raymond Cancezellaini, fourteen vears old, of 189 Curtis street and ilenry Bush, nineteen years old, of 196 urtis street, arrested’ Saturday afternoon by Policeman Gustav litke, charged with theft of lumber, were discharged without arraignment. It was found that they meant no wrong, found the lumber near the roadway INTENTIONAL DUPE and took a little to use for a tent pole. Joseph LaGrandi of Forestville was fined $5 and costs for assault upon Frank Senatis of 48 Lyman street, as- sistant manager of the Newark Shoe store on Main street. He wag defend- ed. by Attorney J. A. Glover. The ac- cused testified that Senatis sald sqme- thing improper relative to his wife and sister and appeared put out when he did not agree with him relative to the purchase of rubbers. Adolph Geidel of 178 Oak sireet was freed from charges of assault up- on Zigmund Shumski of 111 Orange street. THe was defended by Attor- ney J. A. Glover, who contended that any assault .was due to provocation and trouble started by a gang tiat set on the accused in ‘the grill of the Hotel York. There being no evidence of his be- ing guilty of charges, Salvatore Ma- rino of 285 Myrtle street was freed from breach of the peace charges, without being put to plea. It was al- leged that he caused trouble in Lud- dy's cafe and, when arrested by Ser- geant W. C, Hart and Supernumerary Policeman A. H. Sharp, threw a knife back of the bar. It was found that the knife blade did not come under the regulations relative to concealed weapoens. Rrank Resoski of 111 Beaver street was fined $5 and costs fop intoxica- tion anad breach of the peace. The ar- rest was made by Policeman Gustav Litke. Thomas Zeici of street was fined $5 breach of the peace. tay Litke made the arrest. He testi- fied that the accused was shouting words on Arch street Saturday night (hat are not used in police =ociety. The accused testified that he was try- ing to met an intoxicated friend home. Joseph Pinto of 86 Maple street fined $10 and costs for intoxica- tion and breach of the peace. Police- man Gustay Litke made the arrest upon complaint. It testified that the accused was making much of a disturbance at his home and members of the family sent in a call for the police Matthew McInnerney of 3 Wash- ington place, arraigned fn court for | the seventeenth time since September 16, 1896, was setenced to thirty days in jail for intoxicatfon. 111 Kensington and costs for Policeman Gus- was TALK ON PATRIOTISM. Grand Army Man to Address Meeting at East Street School. “The Patriotism of ’76 and its Re- sult talk on patriotism by an old will be the subject of an | address to be given at the meeting | of the Fast street school Parents and | Teachers' association tomorrow even- ing by Frederick V. Streeter, past department commander and assistanc inspector general of the G. A. R. Ernest W. Christ, purchasing agent at | the Stanley Works, will also be one | of the speakers, taking his subject “The Advantages Or Opportunities for the Young Man Who Does Not | Attend College.” i Other numbers on the program wiil i be a violin solo by George Marlow, vocal solo by Cyril Wray, a boys' chorus and an interpretative dance, | “Varum,” by Margaret Gorman. a soldier, | at | Dr. | dead. KLETT MAKES STATEMENT New Britain Senator Makes Explana- ILLAN STORE - (Incorporated). Always Reliable. SPECIAL SIX DAY SALE OF “FLOOR GOVERINGS REMARKABLE VALUES THIS WEEK IN RUGS, LINOLEUMS AND OILOLOTHS. Sale begins Monday, seth, ..Come early as many of these special sale items will not last long. SEVERAL BALES OF SMALL RUGS in the various sizes and kinds, at- tractively priced for the sale. VELVET RUGS Sale price $1.59 each. Only 2 bales of these spécial Rugs. AXMINSTER RUGS Sale Price $1.98 each. Only 3 bales of these special Rugs. SMYRNA REVERSIBLE RUGS New Indian dealgns. Sale price $1.75 each. Only 2 bales of th special Rugs. MOTTLED AXMINSTER RUGS Sale price $2.80 each. Only bales of these special Rugs. Other special values in Rugs of all sizes not advertised. RAG RUGS One special lot, sale price 98¢ each. 4 ft. x 7 ft. size Rag Rugs during thi% sale $2.98 cach. BATH RUGS in pretty new colorings. green and grey. Sale prices $2.25 and $2.50 each. CONGOLEUM ART RUGS Made all in one piece. Size 9x10-6 ... $10.00 cact. Size 9x12 ft. 5 .. $11,00 each, ROOM SIZE RUGS 1t is a good time now to buy them during this special sale. TAPESTRY BRUSSELLS RUGS From $15.98 up. VELVET RUGS From $31.00 up. AXMINSTER RUGS From $24.00 up. WOOL AND FIBRE RUGS From $6.50 up. —OILCLOTHS AND LINOLEUMS- OILCLOTHS Sale prices 28c and 39c square yard. ’ 2 Blue, rose, tion Concerning Charge Made By Senator O’Sullivan. 3 Senator George W. Klett of this city, chairman of the judiciary eom- mittee and a member of the republi- can state committee, made a state- ment today concerning the charges made against republican state com- mittee by Minority Leader O’'Sullivan in the senate last week, in which the senator is alleged to have intimated that the republicans had taken paper for campaign purposecs that had been purchased by the state. Senator O'Sullivan made much of the fact that the paper on which campaign lit- erature was printed contained the state seal water mark. This, Senator Klett explained, is not at all jrregular or unusual. Inves- tigation showed that the state seal water mark is marls designed and paid for by the Case, Brainard & Lockwood Co., of Hartford which supplied the state with paper and also sold to the republican party, Senator Klett said. The water mark is sim- ply a distinguishing trade rk and does not signify that paper carrying this mark is solely state pdper, he sald. In support of this explanation, Sen- ator Klett said that he went incog- nito to the salesrooms of the paper company and purchased for ostensi- bly private use a quantity of paper containing this same water mark. He said that Senator Brooks did the same thing. both men bringing their pur chases into the senate to prove their assertions. DROPS DEAw IN SALOON TUnknown Man Dics After Taking Seat at Table in Main Street Sxloon— Heart Failure Responsible. An stranger, aged suddenly in unidentified 50 wyears, expired John Mikalauska's saloon at 323 Main street shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, of heart disease. Who the deceased is, or where he came from. has not heen determined on. The | stranger has heen rooming with Mrs. | LaFlamme Stanley for the past two weeks, paying rent in advance. He appeared to a working man although he was about the premises =0 frequently during the past few days, that indications are he was unemployed. arly this morning Mrs. LaFlamme spoke to the stranger, who informed her that he was not feeling well, and she ad- vised that he go to the hospital. Crossing the street, he entered the cafe, where he went directly to a chair in th rear of the place. As he sat down he emitted a groan, grasped his heart and dropped dead. Charles Sedervall and August John- son who were working about the place, rushed to his side, thinking he was ill and immediately summoned J. T.. Kelly, who found the man Later Medical Examiner H. A, Elcock examined the body and gaye the caus¢ of death as heart trouble. in the building his | | | LATIN BEST GRADE LINOLEUMS Sale price 69c square yard. INLAID LINOLEUMS 89c and $1.20 square yard. FELTEX The new floor covering, sale 4bc square yard. RUG BORDERS Imitation wood designs. Sale price 50c squarc yard, NEW 36 INCH MATTINGS Sale price 28¢ squarc yard. - —SWEEPERS AND FELECTRIC CLEANERS— LIBERTY ELECTRIC CLEANER Priced $25.00 each. WEEPER VAC 1 3 in 1 machine priced $6.30 cach. i BRUSH VAC Combination sweeper and vacuum cleaner, priced $3.50 eath, Make arrangements to have these cleaners demonstrated at your homs, SALE OF HOUSE DRESSES Wednesday Morning at 8:30 A. M. Priced 98c each. .Values to $1.98. GINGHAM AND PERCALE, BALD. WIN DRESSES, SLIP ON DRESSES, TWO-PIECE DRESSES in this sale. See them displayed in show window \ price This pretic There was nothing on the man which would give a clue as to his identity. A religious badge bore the inscription “Tow Ambonigo, Mt. Car- mel, Pa.” In the pockets of the de- ceased was found $4.69 in cash. A slip of paper contained the name of Fabyain Grabowski, 136 Liery street (believed to mean Liberty street) amd 106 Kongress street. No city is eon: tained with the addresses. ¥ HALF MILLION SURPLUS, 28 R e Traut & Hine Mfg. Co. in Excellent Financial Condition. C That the Traut & Hine Mfg. Co., is in excellerit financial condition is ev. denced by the annual report, show- ing a surplus of $505,893.18. The statement follows: Capital stock $500,000; able, bills pi £200,000; accounts payable, $50,. able, $50,030.45; cash and accounts receivable, $299,477.98; stock in pro- g valued at $119,216.58; merehan- dise valued at §78,606.05; tools and machinery total, $281,202.87; rem) estate is listed at $133,262.86; sup- plies, $218,167.31; and stock of the United States Fastener company, $125,000. 2 MERICANS AS PACIFISTS, Buenos Aires, Feb. 26.—Accordly ing to La Nacion, the Argentine govs ernment is endeavoring to brifg about joint action by the Latin-Ameps fean republics in offering mediation for ending the war.