New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1917, Page 2

City ltems 'or sanitary dry tleaning and dve- /aend to the Union Laundry aml Cleaning Co., 266 Arch St. Tel 904. Luther league of the En‘llnhl ran. church will hold its regu- . ‘business meeting Thursday qen- elght o’clock at 163 Main street. ‘will be an important meeting and bers are urged to be present. hen Motor Co., of 86 Arch gt Pecently purchased the business Anierican Welding Co. men wear them. Why not Roseben Straw Hat.—advt. A. A. Greenberg, acting suit d and delivered. The suit ble in the city court’ the jad Monday in June. Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt St., havs. ly rediiced the prices their wool coats; loopines, bu~ cloths and wool jerseys; taffetas K r Silk Sweater coats.—advt _for the ensuing year will d dt a meeting of the High Commercial club this evening- P. Waskowits of North street llvon a hearing this week by - of the state as to r his license should be revoked. ‘was recently fined $25 and the police court for speeding ed. Yesterday be vacated and paid his fine. sanitary dry cleaning and dye- 3 ¢o the Union Leundry and n Co. 266 Arch St., Tel 3 m Greenstein, who 1s visiting home in this city, will return University of Maryland in - a L He expects to take the Connec- examinations some time next Peterson of RBristol,.son. of pd Mrs. Charles J. Petsrson of y street, is seriously ill at the ritain General hmlu(. rs and friends’of UANtY" Re- Jodge, 1. 0. O. F. are cordially to attend a house warming at $ of Mr- and Mrs. Aaron Paul fe 'Court on next Friday af- grt at 3:30 o'clock Gamés wili d and refreshments served. Nelson has sold his-preperty street to John A.'Anduwu.m pafer includes a four on Arch strest and “the three- _building in ° the' rear’ ‘octupied Taplin Manufseturing company.- ta. Review -will. . amest - - tonight Wi B R 24 ‘the dante Iclnfluua for y evening. Meskill ln police court today s ding the right of pedes- MEET IN THIS CITY {New Haven District Comvention At Trinity Methodist Church The annual meeting of the New Haven district of the Weman's Home Missionary society will be held at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, this city, tomorrow. Two sessions will | be_held, one besinning at 10 o'clock in the morning and the second com- mencing at 1:45 o’clock in the after- noon. Delegates from many of the nearby cities and towns will be in at- ‘tendance. 5 Mrs. F. B. Rackliffe, president of the local auxiliary, will deliver the address of welcome and Mrs. A. A. Mills will be in charge of the elec- tion of officers. The following program will be car- ried out during the day: Morning Sesston. Devotional service...Mrs. W. 8. Rand Mrs. F. E. Rackliffe, President New Britain Auxi] Minutes of previous meetings, 1916 ‘Mrs. B. C. Stone Appotntmont of committees Annual reports of district officers cornlpondlnt secretary.......... .Mrs. A. A. Mills Trenunr . )fl- May Jackson Roll call of auxiliaries with brief report from corresponding secre- tary of each Resume of ‘““Methods” Hour as pre- sented by Miss Barge at annual meeting.........Mrs. K. L, Winter Reports of secretaries— perance ........Mrs. C. A. Scott ‘Young peoples’ work. ....Miss M. E. Emmon- Greouu from pastor, Rev. w. F. Cook Pantomine song ...New Britaln Queen Esther Girls| Noontide prayer Luncheon.’ Afternoon Session. Devotional service ............ Mrs. Carrie Roynolda Elacuon of officers <.v...in charge of Mra. A. A. Mills |® On the trail of the district THhe job of efficiéncylzing’ the 4 Mrs. L.'L. Slack ‘and fafling to stop and ascer- |. i) the extent of injury when Y ly struck a man at the corner ‘suffering from bruises on the d an injured leg. A charge driving made -nln.lt Mc- 4aid not think he had hit the d enough to him and )d that while ‘He knew the d brushed him and turned nd he thought the affair a n'. Later, he said, he re- the fact that he had not re- }4 the matter to the police. 8. Comstock, advertising man- $ & wae with Mr. MoClure at of the accident and testified ocoupants of the car did not to what -an extent they had The Museum of Natural History and Art of the New Britain Institute has just received a new and large addi- tion to its collection of birds’ esgs through a gift from Arthur W. Bacon. In the Bacon collection are ' many fine and rare specimens, such as an egg of the Emu, a large Australian bird, egg of African ostrich and eggs of white pelican, little blue heron, ‘white 1bis, least bittern, black-crowned night heron, American eider, red- head, old squaw, razor billed auk, mallard, oyster catcher, Florida gal- linule, murre, black skimmer and many other specles. ‘With this addition the Instituto Museum has an egg collection of con- siderable size. The egss as displayed at the mu- seum take up an entire case, and as each egg or set of eggs is not only named, but numbered to correspond ‘with the specimens of birds on exhibi- tion, it is an easy matter to locate whatever bird or egg one might be interested in. During the past two weeks many persons interested in bird study have visited the museum for the purpose of identifying birds which they had observed while afleld. School chil- dren accompanied by teachers aldo visit the museum frequently for the purpo-e of learning mm tbout our “THISSIONARIES WILL [ s Tougt_ || “The Y-nkos Prince,” ‘Lyceum the- ater. High class photo drama, Fox’'s the- ater. Vaudeville and movln' n!eturu. Keeney’s theater. St. Elmo lodge, K. of P. meets in Judfl s hall. New Britain Camp, [W. of W., Tur- ner hall. Martha Chapter, O. E. 8. past ma- ‘trons, meet at 160 Maple street. :Andree lodge, I. O. O. F- meets in Vega hall. Lady Wallace, D. of 8., 277 Main street. meets at Stanley Post, G. A. R., open meeting, G- A. R. hall. Phenix lodge, 1. O. O. F. meets in Jr. 0. U. A. M. hall. Erwin Castle, K. G. E. meets Eagles hall. in Carpenters Church street. Valient Tent, K. O. T. M. meets at 831 Main street. Vesta Hive, L O. T. M. meets at 277 Main styeet. Lady Nest of Owls meets in Electric hall. FAKIR 60ES 'l‘0 JAIL Benjamin Lewis Marks Convicted of | Obtatning Money Under False Pre- tenses in,1915—State Police on Case. Benjamin Lewis Marks, who it is al- leged has oftimes ihtimated that his middle name stands for Mr. Lewis ot Harvey & Lewis, well known optical dealers of this state and Massachu- setts, was sent to jail for four nionths by Judge James T. Meskill in police court this morning on charges 6f ob- taining money under false pretenses. The accused at first declined to plead to the charge, but finally agrebd to plead guilty if the state could pro- duce sufficient proof. Assisted by Captain Robert Hurley of the state olice and Detective Samuel Bam- forth, Prosecutor Klett was able to produce the required proof. Mrs. Evelyn C. Willlams testified that in November, Marks visited her house and representing himself to be an agent of Harvey & Lewis, sold her some glasses for which she paid $1.50. He also gave her a prescription for an eye-wash which, the accused told the court today, he obtained from a. nuwnupor clipping. , Sentenc Jail for a similar offense in ‘Willimantic and he is also sald to have been arrested in Brooklyn for the same cause. LANDERS F00D DICTATOR New Britain Man Chosen to Head Con- ply by Colleagues. Former Senator George M. Landers of this city h chairman of the mnew Connecticut Commission on Food Supply by the Connecticut Council for Defense. This commission will be vested with broad powers and is to have full con- trol of the development and. conser- vation of the food supply in this state. Mr. Landers has taken a lively inter- est In public affairs and since the or- ganfzation of the food supply com- mittee he has worked unceasingly in its interests. In addition to beéng chairman of tho Connecticut commission, Mr. Landers is a member of the municipal farm committee of this city. - TOCAL MAN JAILED./ James Olark Arrajgned in United States Court. James Clark of Branford, a former ‘Wwell known resident of this city, was arraigned before Judge Bdwin 8. Thomas in the United State court yes- terday with James Bradley, also of Branford, charged with obtaining $25, by means of conspiracy, from a clerk in the employ of the postal service. ‘The accused had a forged money or- der cashed for him, it was alleged. A 3ail sentence of three months was imposed. L. E. Wilcox of this city, & man- ufacturer of insecticide, was charged with shipping the product out of the state, under what was claimed by the district attorney to be a misbrand oo the product. He was fined $10 and costs. CAR ON EXHIBITION. Agricultural Products From Indian Lands Shown to Public. A private Pullman car, Oklahoma, used to advertise the United States government Indian lands near the city of Hugo, Okla., pulled into the depot at Church street yesterday- The car, which is in’charge of George E. ‘Wints, carries exhibits of agricultural and other products of the Indian lsnds. (According to Mr- Wints the lands situated between the 96th and 96th eridians, irrigation is unnecessary and the government does not require the purchaser to live on the land or improve it. He further stated that the car attendants are not salesmen as purchases can only be made from the United States government at ths time of the'sale. The car is merely an information bureau and will be open for inspection each day from 9 a. m. to 12 noon; 1 to 6:30 in the afternoon and 7 to 9 in the evening. Marks served a six months{] been appointed as. 'Now is Just the Time to Do That Papering and Painting. Interior Work A fine time to renovate your rooms with fresh paint and wall paper. We Are Ready to Estimate on all necessary exterior painting for the early spring A large supply of Varnishes, Floor Stain, etc. rushes, THE JOHN BOYLE CO. 3 M5Mm SQUARE Painters, Decorators and Sign Makers union ' meets at 34 ATTENTION LANDLORDS! “ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT” You would be glad to have someone offer to share the expense of your house, would you not? \&amtlng ell, no one will offer you that. But. the greatest single improve- ment that can be made to any house is to wire it for Electric Service, and we are offering, for a limited time, to share - the cost of wiring. Our offer is to the cost of wiring, an amount.. contribute towards ual .. to.. the first four months’ lighting bills. You can pay for the wiring and fixtures in 12/ furnished. easy payments. Free: da - lamps are This offer will positively be with- drawn after May 3ist. Act at once to take advantage of this great offer. Write or 'phone our Sales Department for de- tails of our offer and an estimate of cost of installation. Under this offer 430 old houses and tenements have been wired since March 1st., 1917, NOW OR NEVER THE UNITED ELECTRIC LIGHT & WATER CO0. 94 West Main St, AMERICA DECIDES WAR Balfour Tells Cotton Manufacturers Our Entrance Means Victory—U. 8, Could Not Avold Comflict. ; mvtv:mnm May 23.—American manufacturers, gathered here yesterday to appoint & war committee for co-operation with the government, wére addressed by Fareign Secretary Balfour, head of the British- war mission, who told them that adhesion of the United States to the Allied cause made it absolutely certain that military autocracy would not be able to cast all nations of the earth into the same mald. Mr, Balfour, introduced by Becretary Daniels, received an en- thusiastic welcome. “None of us sispected when this great war was started,” he sald, “that the United States, thousands of miles away, would be drawn ‘Into it, And yet I think in looking back that the logic of events was irresistible. From the beginning there.has been put one choice, and that choice inevitable ‘The United States has not hesitated to take it, and now that she has taken it she will not withdraw. I am con- fident, until the objects sought are at- tained. “Germany, by her insensate polleul. ) NewBrihin.Conn._ ‘has forced this country of unbounded resources to throw all her power, all her wealth, but, more than that, all her moral strength, i190 the issue. America seeks no vulgar ends, no ter- ritorial aggrandizement, no mean gain. All of us would feel defeated gnd dis- hondred it we did not leave ‘world free from the menace that is hanging over it, that has been growing every decade, yet, every month, more dan- geraus.” SPEED CRUISER FOR PATROL. Chicagoan Placed in Command of Own Yacht on Great Lakes, Chicago, May 23.—The new high speed cruiser Sedan, owned by Thomas J. Prindiville of Chicago, has arrived here from Port Clinton, Ohio, whe: the boat was bullt, after having broken every record for cruising launches for the 381 mile course from Mackinac Island to' Chicago. The average speed for the distance was 22% miles an hour. The Sedan, which is 76 feet long and driven by 300 horsepower motors, has been do- nated by the owners for patrol service on the Great Lakes. The Sedan is capable of traveling 30 miles an hour. Mr. Prindiville has received his commission from the goverament to command the boat DISTRBUTION SALE NOW IN PROGRESS TRIMMED HATS $5.00 Trimmed Dress Hats SAUCPrICe.. ... .o s s $7.00 Trimmed Dress. Hats Sl Pries ... $10.00 Trimmed Dress Hats Sale'Pelde’ ..., oG $15.00 Trimmed Dress Hats .- Sale/Prices. 5. i oiiiia s ain. UNTRIMMED HATS $1.50 Dress Shapes, Sale Price $1.98 $2.98 $3.98 $7.50 48¢c . 90¢ cseesesessssesscssssssnssnes $2.50 Dress Shapes, Black and colors HORSFALL’S Is Not an Exclusive Store— Rather it is an Inclusive Store ! The INCLUSIVENESS — the en- sive nature of our showing of Men’s Fine Apparel, rather than its exclusiveness, is the great feature of our Men’s QOutfitting Shop. At all times there are large COMPIETE SELECTIONS of things that men . like ‘to wear, from Bat Ties to Sox—many having dhfincfionsandreflmenunot found any- where else—but always at prices which “ex- clude” no one. Really the only things we exclude are wearable that do not measure up to the Hors- fall quality standard. Ilorxfullx PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND -‘umu THUING ACHILET MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT TE PAIN'I' d with L& M SE&I-&B TR PAT an Therefore today, when the best of other high grade paints 3 $2.75 o gallon, our & & M Paint—made nldy-fcr-mo—-willcut you only $2.00 a galion. YOU SAVE 78c A GALLON ON IVII\'MII OF PAINT YOU USE Vor Sale by THE JOHN BOYLE CO. H. C. THOMPSON, Plainville BRISTOL HDWE CO, Bristol