New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 3

THE NEW SPRING CRETONNES . and SILKOLINES| Are Here in Gnnd Variety. The .designs and colorings ' 7are beautiful. Come in and pok them over. {These are Puritan Mills Goods 34 and 36 inches wide. Price Range is ‘from-22¢: t,q45cayll'd. 3 “.We are also showing ex- ceptional values “in Mar- éuisette and Etamine Cur- tains, white and Aubmn, 128125 to $3. 00 i palr F OR SPRING . pEAvTES EVERY ONE ‘We are proud v!'onr ; spring 1917 -display—the- vmflu’. dis- play of many seasons . here now for your inspection. The new shades—the amart pat- terns—the high quality—all are “combined in THE POST .C. PET- COMPANY'S SPRING | DISPLAY: : WILTONS AXMINSTERS E TAPESTRY BRUSSELS - :kick out of a hard cold and /' renders it harmless.. It is the *great family remedy for all forms of colds and a remark- that threaten bron- chitis. Nothing quite equals i/ eLinonine for bronchitis. Are obl 1 eflmlm one&l;‘t‘o ¢ special, 60c 4 | mua embankment. Under such oon- | AREREADY FOR USE Are Superir Atticle Where B dages Are Needed at Once —e Extract of letter from Grouitch. Madame 3 February 2, 1917. Dear Mrs. Mead: I have just received a letter which contains such a compliment for your surgical dressings that I felt I muyst ! tell you about it. Miss Mary E. Glad- win, who has been for some years connected with the Beverly, hospital, and during one year head nurse of the first American Red Cross hospital at Belgrade, is now the representa-! tive of my Serbian hospitals fund at the headquarters of the Serbian army hospitals. When starting Serbian front she wrote from Paris, “I am taking with me, (because they are already sterilized and ready for immediate use) cases given by the surgical dressings committee, con- taining -dressings, bandages, and padded splints.” * As I told you and the ladies of your |- committee (the day I had the honor of speaking before you recently at the Peter Bent Brigham,) the conditions | at the Serbian front are very differ- ent from those on other fronts. The men aré fighting up in the mountains completely removed from civilization, ; where there is often no means of even | setting up a tent in which to care for the wounded, whose wounds are dressed while they are lying on' the ground in the shelter of .a 'rock or| for the 1 e BRITAIN DAlLY BBRALD THURSDAY, dittons it is ‘quite’ impossible - for | sterilizing ~or . any . other preparation besides a hasty application of what- | ever dressings the surgeon has im- mediately at hand. The tin cases in which your dnulnn are packed, and which can be carried on harseback or by hand, without suffering any con- tamination, are certainly. the most thorough preparation for such 'con- | ditions as these that can be made, I am most grateful for the cases you have y sent me, somé of which have been included in; the Red. Cross shipment recently sent: to Sa- lonica via Marseilles, and I thank you most heartily for thz promise of more. I wish they were already on their way to Serbia, for the.condition of the Serbian army, which occupies the most advanced positions on that front, is more desperate than that of any of the others, Believe me, with cordlnl _sreetings, and heartfelt thanks to you-and all the members of the smflcal dressings caommittee, 4 Yours sincerely, R. Ho!plul , b Miljtatfe 207 Houlgate: she' Fosd ’Jou and yo! omnltl ly isent us andthér ot of , as by the American '¢léaring house. “~We are extremely. grateful ‘and’ but for .the kindness of our Americax’ friends, the work of doéing good'to our French soldiers ‘could not haveé gone on. I wish I could express to-you my grate- ful appreciation, and I . hope ‘when | this war fs over T may be able to do -s0in pérson and then I could tell you of the real gratitude of our brave sol- diers who understand in France quite well what all your klndnus has dona for them. 477 I am home om & lew ‘months’ rest very tired after a severe four months’ work but hope’to return soon. With _grateful sppredullnn on be- half of No. 23, mfl the M and- the ‘suffering._ Yours very sincerely? FRANCES DuPUY FLETCHER. - 5 - ‘Mrs. Frederick S, Mead, to whom these letters are addressed, is chair- man of the New England committee, which is represented: locally by a branch, whose headquarters are at 169 Vine street. Those who are willing to volunteer | for the work ‘are referred to Mrs. H. B. Humason, chairman, 201 Vine street, or Mrs. G.»8. Talcott, ‘secre- tary, 58 Franklin Square. “RICE DAY” IS PLANNED. New Haven Women Oontinue Drive on the Potato, New Haven, March 8.—Carrying out further the plan to.boycott potatoes the New: Haven. Housewives league with officers of the Retail Grocers’ and Butchers’ association have ar- ‘ranged a “rice day” for next Weédnes- day. when 100,000 pounds of that cereal will'be sold"at six' cents a pound, not more than ten pounds-to any one customer, ‘Wholesale gracers here are said to have gone into the retail market to buy up stacks .of well known brands of canned goods. One retaller was offered twenty cents a can for toma- toes which was a higher price than the firm had been charging at retail. The explanation advanced by the wholesales was that canned goods would be very scarce in a few months. NO MORE OOLONIST RATES. Chicago, March 8.—Colonist rates to the west, a custom of the rail- roads for 20 years, have been aban- doned by agreement it was announced today. ' According to the managers, the rates were intended to promote immigration to " the west and the reason for them has long since passed. - It is added that in’recent years low rate one-way . tickets were . used largely by commercial travelers. - Range stands Since 1854—Quaker Ranges have been rightly termed “The Housewife’s Friend”’-- there must have been merit as the basis for sueh success- ful range building, as The Quaker Sales show- ing has been one of gains year-after year. . It is'not to be expected that you buy a new range very often, but it is absolutely certain that you owe it to yourself and the content- ment of mind, to enjoy the best bakmg fac' i- tles that can be furmshed. : —— That’s where the Quaker supreme, re- liable, serviceable and eco- nomical, really you can’t afford to risk the chomeof a different » : Everythmg' that helps S | Nothl,ng that can hinder POLICE STILL GROPE FOR MURDER CLUE Pinning Hope on Learning Owner of Revolver No. 129,942 With other ‘clues traced down and found to be unproductive of results, all efforts of the’local, Hartford and state police .depaftments are now towards solving the mystery sur- rounding ownership of the .38 ,cul.lbre revolver used in the slaying of Charles A. Taft on Kensington avenue a week m tonight. In this, the co-opera- ion of departments in every town and city ‘of the state has been sought. Records of sales during the past two years, or since reports on sales were made mandatory by statute, are being gone over in an attempt to locate the identity of the person who bought the bhammerless Harrington & Richardson revolver, factory number 129,942, Un- less it was sold outside the state or through a mail order house, the au- thorities are of the belief that, ulti- mately, it will be traced. Review of local sales shows that about one in a hundred revolvers sold is of .38 calibre. Reports from'other departments give a like ratio. Because of this and the comparative rarity of this type of weapon desired by pur- chasers, the authorities hope 'that some dealer may remember the sale, perhaps having “taken place mogths ago. According td local detectives, the Investigation has settled down to a quiet tracing out of a number of clues that still remain. It is admitted that the mystery.is the most puzzling one that the authorities have faced in recent crime annals of the state. Virelli May Go on Case. It is intimated today that State Po- liceman Frank Virelli, who has had much experience and success in solv- ing mysteries connected with the un- derworld, will be assigned to the case. Officials freely admit their belief that the case is primarily based on under- ground life and vengeance of one of the nefarious groups that occasionally are brought to the attention of the authorities through some crime sen- sation like the slaying of the ‘“Vene- tian special” chauffeur. It is known that suggestions have been made that Policeman Virelli be given an oppor- tunity to use his detective powers that have brought mot a few to Wethersfield, despite. all first appear- ance that the case would remaln an unsalved mystery. ¥ Whllc Wm of the authort sayer | reurs. by walking to New Britain and taking a dinky train for Hartford, through elimination of results in following out other clues, there appears to be noth- ing to support this belief. There are a number ‘ways in which the slayer could have made his way to compara- tive safety, the Bérlin railroad station, at least two trolley lines, or another automobile being among them. The tragic end: of Taft has spread terror among his former associates and other “night hawk” taxi chauf- Chatles Strong, Intimate friend of the deceased, ceased driving a car nights and confines his activities to jitney work during day- light. Those still engaged in night work are not starting out on trips without telling 'colleagues. ‘their ex- pected destination so that there will be a clue, if anything happens to them. One taxi chauffeur has been lo- cated who has added a heavy me- chanics’ wrench to the equipment on the front seat and plans to use it upon the least provocation. t 18 reported that autoists and taxicab drivers are arming. themselves. u Among the amateur sleuths work- ing on the case is “Bennie” West, waiter in a local restaurant, who is believed to know much about Taft's trips to New Britain and the identity of his friends and fares. West has been in conference with local de-. tectives. His suspicions are traced down. Hartford Women Grilled. That Taft had apparently had something on his mind and was wor- ried for several days prior to the tragedy, is the statement of the night foreman at the Ashwell garage, where the death car was housed. For about two weeks, this mental frame of mind was noted but he refused to divulge the cause with the exceptign of a statement that he did not feel well. About 5 o’clock the morning of the day that he met death, he is reported as having been at the gar- age and to have showed a roll of bills but with an uneasy and worried manner., Hartford & detectives pay tribute to the work and energy [of Albert Taft, brother of the dead chauffeur. They say he has given them all information in his possission. Women living in rooming houses in certain Hartford sections were grilled vesterday by Detective Sergeant John M. Henry of the Hartford depart- ment but without success. Before going into the automobile business, Taft was employed at Young’s lunchroom on Asylum street in Hartford and later had a night lunch cart on Trumbull street. He was well known among employes of lunch carts and lunchrooms. When he went into the jitney business, he sold his lunch cart on Asylum street. He had previously been in the lunch- room business in New London, Provi- dence and Westerly, R. I. Hartford authorities are of the be- liet that the revolver may have been bought in Springfield. Since . the tragedy, the father of Taft's first wife has besn a visitor in 'H d ) mmu 0 ; being ed some tragic ending for “Charlie" because he caused his first wife much trouble and worriment. An attempt is being made to iden- tify a' greatly excited woman, report- ed as having been at the railroad sta- tion :in Hartford about 5:50 Friday morning in search of a train. for Springfield. Thomas Lynch, employed about the station, remembers that the woman was not only greatly excited but ‘kept looking about, as if sho feared that she was being' folowed. She wore a long dark coat, white stockings and a veil. JUDD GOES TO ATLANTA Four Years in Federal Penitentiary Is | Sentence Imposed on Alleged Deal- er in Narcotics by Federal Court. New Haven, March 8.—The sen- tence.of four years in Atlanta peniten- tiary, imposed by Judge Thomas in the federal court yesterday, upon + Nelson Judd, allas “Googie” Watson, for trafllcklnx in narcotic drugs, is understood to have been the heaviest penalty given in this jurisdiction un- der the Harrison act. There were twenty-two counts before the jury. United States District Attorney Spellacy looked upon the case as one of the most important he has had to handle, and such attention was given to following up Judd’s transactions, which are said to have been on a wholesale scale. When Judd was arrested he ‘had with him bank books showing de- posits of considerable amount. He will be itaken to Atlatita as soon as arrangements are made. _REACHING THE SPOT It Has Been Done, So Scores of New Britain Citizens Say. To get rid of an aching back, ‘The sharp twinges, The tired-out feelings, ‘You must reach the spot—get at the cause. In many cases ’tis the kidneys. Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. New Britain citizens testify. Mrs. T. Dennis, 121 Whiting street, New Britain, says: “I had sharp paing in my back. ‘At times they were severe but I managed to keep up on my feet, although often I felt bad enough to take to bed. At times I had pains in the top of my head and occasionally dizzy spells. Sometimes ‘when I sat down I had to grasp some abject to help myself up. I used sev- eral boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills and they cured me.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t |, simply ask for a kidney remedy—get |. Dosgn’s Kidney Pills—the same that | o) Mrs, Foster-Milburn Were $25.00 to $50. 00 Jun imagine buying a beautiful emmbh taffeta Dl'e.l, formerly $46.00, for $18.95. = or,a dainty evening frock of tulle and taffeta tlut was l for $18.95. This sale brings such opportunities in abundance. Dresses suitable for evening s Dresses for afternoon occasions, Dresses for street wear. Dresses for receptions and dinner parties.’ Models for unquestionable style and beauty. Styles in such pleasing variety that all tastes Materials include taffeta and georgette, crepe ds smeteor, novelty stripe and check fabrics, utln ch messaline and French ‘nm,uupe.parlm gold, brown, white and ch EARLY SHOPPING FOR BEST m Skfllod salespeople will help ymm o ceptional values. No memo, C. O. D, or o In the new coat department, second floon: - ¢ 'FOR SPRING and SU'MMER WEAR NOW ON DISPLAY. Delightfully pretty models in such & diversity of styles, . of fine shear materials, trimmed. with the prettiest of em and fine laces and so neatly nnmmtm,mum Wulm SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. SMART SILK CAMISOLES NEW LOT OF o GOWNS, 88¢c BUDFISHER, creator of Mutt and Jeff, says: “Adams Black Jack Chewmg Gum suits me farbetlm'thananyotber ) It is both tasty and ' the throat.”