New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1917, Page 5

City ltems | Most men wear them. Why not /you? A. Roseben Straw Hat.—~advt. Patriotic services to which all of ' _the patriotic organizations in the city ‘have been invited will be held in the “Trinity Methodiet church on Sunday night. The address will be delivered by Rev. Warren F. Cook, pastor, and ‘there will bé special musical numbers. J. ‘A. Riley and daughter, Mary, of Cherry street: are spending & month in New York. For sanitary dry cleaning and dye- iag send to the Union Laundry and Dry. Cleaning Co. 266 Arch St., Tel 904.—advt. lawyer A. A. Greenberg went to i/ New York todsy.. He will return on Bunday. Sipall sizes In ladies’ Oxtords that ‘weré $2.50 and $3.00. $1.00 a palr. TGlabe Clothing House.—advt. .'Colored silk dresses as low as $18, A marriage license was issued this ‘morning to Percival W. Lucas of “Rockwell avenue and Emeline Wunsch ,of Curtis street. in taffetas, crepe de chine, - satins, Geargettes, etc. Wool suits at half price. The best values ever, in hats. There are two lots of these, $3 and $5. Some of them have been valued > at $15, at The Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt street, Hartford.—advt, The members of the board of pub- works had their annual inspection b the departmental works today, in- ol\filfin‘ all streets and street lighting 88 ‘Well as work in process of con- The number of supernumerary po- " licemen. avallable for gervice was fur- ) depleted yesterday when John ‘Kolowky and Herman Ehring made a trip to Hartford for enlistment dn the BROWN V8. MAGK ‘Fitm Otty Orack to Face “Beachmont Flash” in Decision Battle Monday 36.—One will have to travel ck up a couple of boxers bétween whom such a degree of rivalry exists or who have met s0 many times within & short period as Cherley Bergen, the bearcat of local lightwelght circles, and Dave Medar, the New Yorker, brought here by a lucky whirl of Fortune's wheel, and who has shown upon every occasion. The - two have met three times and their 12-réund affair at the Arena Monday night will mark their fourth. This time should prove contlusive. ‘What makes the Bergen-Medar ses- sion stand forth on the final card of the boxing season here as & bout to be compared favorably with the star session between Frankie %k and Chic Brown is that it is so redolent of fight, so full of the scent of bat- tle. Upon two occasions Medar ob- tained -the - ‘advantage over but these times were marked by the fiercest battling aithough Bergen was using lis old-fashione crouch and labored at a disadvantage. ‘When Bergen listened to reason and changed his style of boxing and went in oni a fair stand-up basis the local Italian improved nmarkedly and every boxing lover sensational 10-round mix-up the two took part in at the Arena last month when Bergen. surprised everyone by the manner in which he tore in and || won a draw in 10 rounds. everybody admitted that had the bout gone two more rounds at that time M;flur Would have been on the short end. remembers the Practically GOOD BYE “BEAN BALL.” . Bergen ] | THE CURRAN DRY 600DS (0. OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPT. HAS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW A REMARKABLE SALE OF SUITS AND COATS An assembling of style from our regular stocks with entirely new models fl'oll::l8 the leading manufacturers to close out at a - awkward || sacrifice in price. Suits well tallored in neat styles, worth $15.00, Selling at Fine Berge and Worsted Mmmw sdun. $8~98 $10 98 to $2.50. fine French Voile Waists, worth $2 Selling tomorrow at .~ SILK WAISTS REDUCED SPEG!ALLY FOR TO- MORROW'’S SELLING. values in Shirt Waists. A lot of $1.69 | BUY SATURDAY ON TI SPECIAL TERMS COLUMBIA oce” GRAFONOL With Sixteen Selections of Mu (Your Own Choice) navy. They make four of the su- pernumerary force entering Unclée Bam’s service, and several more are c‘::emnhun: similar service, it 18 re- poi PLANTING POTATORS High School Boys, Is Progressing ‘With Cultivation in Gtanley Quarter. Asststea by volunteer High school workers, the municipal farm commit- ted Is making excellent’ progress in the cultivation of fifty acres of farm land in Stanley Quarter. Yesterday almost three acres: were planted, and today five ‘acres more were planted. Both motor tractors and the two planting machines are at work and alréady, 250 bushels of seed potatoes i3 have been planted. . This morning a .~ squAd of eight High school boys went National Commission Places Ban on Dangerous Practice of Some Pitchers. Chicago, May 25.—A ban was placed on the “bean ball” by the National Commission in session. here yesterday. Under the ' commission’s ruling, and pitcher who can be proved -guilty of wiltully throwing at the head of an opposing batter will be ex- pelled from organized baseball. The rdle is expected to extend through the ranks of organized baseball. Here is' what Chairman August Herrmann of the commiseion said in talking of the action of the board: “It has come to the notice of the National Commission that certain pitchers are being charged with using the ‘bean ball,’ which charges, if true, would not only be a great detriment to the game, but would result in most severe injuries to players and would be unsportsmanlike in the highest de- gree. O eate $10%0 813 Satimg ae . $5.98 A big selection of fine Coats in all the wanted colors Higher grade Coats cut in price to close them out quickly as we need the room for Summer mer- e $5.98 MENS WEAR $8 t0 $10.50, Selling_tomorrow at Men's extra fine Negligee Shirts, soft cuffs, 89 $1.50 value. Extra special for tomorrow 590 C Hosiery, Underwear and Gloves e e 50c¢, 59c¢, “69c makes, selling at S EXTRA VALUES in Silk, Lisle and Cotton Hosiery for men, women and children. Fancy Sport Skirtings A big assortment of patterns in 36-in. sng Skirtings, worth 45¢ yi. Tomorrow, yd C Imported Gingham While ’l‘hey Puts this instrument in your home. SIXTEEN LECTIONS OF MUSIC _(eight double disc OF YOUR OWN CHOICE go with it. Balanoeofeost—s53—may be arranged on m convenient weekly or monthly terms. This instrument will satiéfy the most music lover. It has pure musical tone and ati appearance. The motor is exactly the umeu Grafonola. pCe Mem’s fine Lisle finished Union Saits, 79c value. Tomorrow ‘Women's Silk, Muff and Voile Neckwear, ’ “ to the farm for ‘work under the di- n of Chairman H. 8. Tallasd. e committes has had numerous froin naividuale who wish to] gmm the cfty"s supply small al Potatoes to use as seeds. n impossible to grant these r«nm inasmuch as the committee Mwwm ‘potatdes to plant its own farm land. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN POSTPONED. In order that the plans of the Y. M. C. A..&nd the Red Cross may not become confused .the officials of the association have decided to postpone the campaign for $12,500 for the army and the navy work. The .campaign wil] be earried ‘'on after the Red Cross has secured 1ts-10,000 members. The . Red Cross campaign will be opened “ on May 28 and will be carried through one week. It is expected that the Y. M. C.'A. campaign will open-soon aft- er the conclusion:of the Red Cross campaign. \ ESTATES INVENTORIED. Two estates were inventoried in the probate court today, those of Susan Gellagher o( Farmington, and Frank W. Stillmari ‘of this city. Thé estate ot Miss Gallagher, appraised by C. A. Parker and T. H. Root, included property at 247 Corbin avenue, $4,000, cash in the Farmington Savings bank, $286.78. Total, $4,285.73. Mr. Stillman’s estate, inventoried by Mary E. Suliman, agsregated $728. BUYS ANOTHER FARM, Truesdale, Warhop, burne, Tipple, Fisher, Doolan, Hum- mel, han, Wendell, Rehg, Willlams, Bues, Simmons, Reyndlds, Engel, Jacobson and McAvoy. ‘“The commission therefore serves notice that if a charge of this kind is presented to it at any time against any player, and after an examination therefore th: result in’the ‘expulsion of the player || or players so gane.” sathe s proved, it will charged from the WERE MAJORS, NOW MINORS. Looking over the scores of tho American association and Internation- al league games many former major league players are noted. Sociation are Leary, Zwilling, Yerkes, Gossett, Dale, Boone, Hartsell, Bresnahan, Daniels, In the as- Deminitt, Kahler, 8chulz, ‘ Griner, Leach, Viox, Becker, Mollwitz, Phelan, Compton, Kathleh- ner, Sweeney, Knight, Good, mers, McQuillan, Hagerman, Loudermilk, Strong, Keating, McCon- nell and Leliveit. Chal- Palmero, In the Internation- al are Brainard, Cathe: Holder, Lajole, Black- Egan, Moran, Channell, Calla- Graham, MAY CANCEL SPRING SERIES. Chicago, May 25.—A spring’ series between the Chicago Americans and the Pittsburgh Nationals in Panama, which had been planned, abandoned because of the war, it was announced yesterday. suggested that the two teams train at the opposite ends of the canal and meet in a series of exhibition games along the waterway. may be It had been The water department today closed a deal whereby the city takes posses- sion of the Charles Nass farm iIn Burlington. This farm comprises about 143 acres and is needed to fu- turé development of the water re- sources of the city. Economy Sale at Chas. Dilion & Co., Hartford. i Severa] Saturdays ago, Chas. Diflon & Co., the popular milliner of Hart- ford, started a dollar day. A large assortment of splendid values in all the departments, and all new desir- able merchandise, has been put on sale at $1 each. So great has been the desire of the ladies to take ad- vantage of this opportunity, Mr. Dil- lon has generously continued these days. There wili be another tomor- row and it is safe to say that crowds will be on hand to make selections.— agvt. McCANN LANDS TROUT. New London, May 25.—Manager McCann of the New London club, Bastern League, yesterday signed Out- flelder and Thirdbaseman Trout, for the last three years with the Toronto ¢club’ of the International League. Trout joined the team at Portland yesterday. Rodes, the Cuban out- flelder, and Rathcamp, catcher, have been released by the New London club. BAKER NOT HLIGIBLE. Frank. Baker is the only member of the Yankees who is outside the age limit set in the army conscription billL Baker celebrated his 31st birthday some time ago. Manager Donovan is arranging to have all his players reg- ister before the team reaches home. EIGETEEN TIGERS ELIGIBLE, Detroit, May 25.—Eighteen mem- bers of the Detroit American league baseball club, who are subject to the conscription law, have registered here, it was announced yesterday. Ty Cobb, who will be 31 years old on December 18, is among the players who were enrolled. AUOTION SALE. I have been authorised to sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder, one lot of Automobiles, consisting of Five, and Seven passenger Cars, one Electric, some four cylinder, some six cylinder. These cars are all in gb0d condition, and can be bought at your own price. With the present tendency of high prices for new cars, it would pay you to attend this sale. Sale will take place at the Purin- ton Garage, No. 160 Arch street, New Conn., Saturday, June 3, 1917, at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Demonstrations may be had any time Saturday, up to, and including time sl ." . A. P. MARSH, D‘MM S-~+Thié Sale was advertised to ,u..m May 19th, 1917, mwm.ammm red in Paint Shop, Sale was post- ned to Saturday, June 2nd, 1917, ne time, same place. 5-34-846 SUNDAY BASEBALD LEGAL, Des Moines, Ia., May 35.—S8unday baseball is legal vuhxn the provisions of the Iowa ‘“blue law,” or Sunday closing statute, according to a deci- sion yesterday by Joseph E. uuyar, municipa] judge. RETAINS m Buffalo, N. Y., May 25.—Frank ‘Taberski of Schenectady, N: Y., pocket billiard champion, defeated larry Stoutenburgh of Buffalo, challenger (ormutb.lnluuu-bloenm of 450 points which dlosed . last night, Tabereki made his 450 while Stouten- burgh was packeting 367 balls, to 75c value. Tomorrow .... All Silk Ribbon, wldowlddzs.-loohn, 32 inch wide imported Dress Ginghams, beautiful 2%¢ value. Special Tomorrow . EXTRA SPECIAL IN FLOUNCINGS fimmmmmmm terns, 50c value. Tomorrow, yard -29¢ patterns, 25c values. Selling to- 17¢ BOY SCOUT NEWS Troop 1—The troops picture to have been taken last Monday was ‘postponed, but it will .be taken in the near future. Remember the “Junket” to be held tonight at 8 m. You will get your money's worth as can be seen oy looking over the program which was in the Herald a few days previ- ous. As this is Mr. Yergin's last eve- ning in active scout work, give him vour hearty support by appearing at the “Junket.” Those having no tick- ets may secure them at the door. Program for Troop 1 entertain- ment: Shadow Pictures—Everett Wllllunl Dwight Latham. Medley Xylophone—(Hits of 1917— Alex Malmgren. Reading—Maud Muner—mm Jenny Swanson. Black Art—Alex Malmgren. Cornet Bolo—Perfect = Day—John Egan. Violin Duet—Petite Sympheny—Earl Lambert, George Marlowe. ‘Piano Solo—Prelude in C Minor— Lewis Chapman. Reading — Encouragement — Miss Jenny Swanson. ‘Musical Selection—Cotillion, Poor Butterfly (on orchestra bells—Miss Stabert. Vocal Solo—The Tale of a Whale—F. ‘W, Latham. Dramatisation—Dynamite (written by Aleéx Malgrem. Cast of characte: Rastus . Spider . . Leslie Racklift Dwight Latham Glider . Everett Williams ‘Troop utive Skinner attend- § ed Troops 4's last meeting and nve many interesting remearks on scouting. Another boy was -dd.d to. the roll, unsssigned, bringing the troop’s number up to forty-two, be- sides one scout master and three as- sistants. There is now a total of sixty merit badges credited to members of Proop 4. The executive also remarked. that not & meeting of ‘the court of honor passes without some members of Troop 4 being there to take their examinations. A new system was installed of ad- vancing those members who are pro- ficlent in marching and in drills so tbat those who know and perform the drills correctly do not have to wait until a few others who are not as rnficlem, learn what to do. The members are reminded to turn out tomorrow and complete the plant- ing. n‘Troon 14—The first regular meet- ing of Troop 14 of the Boy Scouts in Plainville was held Wednesday May 23, at 8 o'clock In the Methodist church parlors. Much “businéss was en: Meyer Sneideman was elected Scout Scribe. Owing to the fact that we could not find a meet- adl I patrols at an earlier date. trols organized wére the “Wolf,” “Eagle” and “Fox.” The patrol leader of the ‘“Bear” patrol is Donald Freeman and his assistant is Francis Walsh. ‘Wilmot Cooper, John Murphy, Nicke Carlo, Donald Mes- senger, Meyer Sneideman and Stan- ley Smith compose the rest of the patrol. ' The ““Wolf” patrol is com- posed of Henry Hirsh, patrol leader; Joel McCannon, assistant, and Francils Foran, Leonard Cassidy, Sidney Cowles, Nelson Morhan, Adrian Daniels and Henry Hornberger. The patrol leader of the ‘“Eagle” patrol is George Nilson and his assistant is Robert Hannon. Harry Zickwolf, Del- bert Stevenson, Clement Cowles, Sam- uel McGibbon and Albert Hemingwi compose the remainder of the “Eagle’ patrol. The “Fox" patrol has Gerald Freeman for its patrol leader and Wesley Johnson as its assistant. The other six Scouts are Leon Griffin, | Frand De Carll, Rohert Leonard, The pa- Nathan Stevenson, Albert McGibbon ' and Thomas Malony. Tomorrow Troop 14 will hike to Lake Compounce. We cordially in- vite any of the Scouts from New Brit- ain to attend any of our meetings which will be held in the Town hall, Wednesday evening. Troop 10—The garden of Troop 10 on’ Edst street extension has all been planted with seed consisting of pota- toes, tomatoes, cabbage and others. Last Saturday fifteen Scouts slept over night near the garden on which they worked. 2 Scout Scribe Allison has resigned and Scout Putterman was elected to the office. All Boy Scouts’ of the city are re- quested to remember the memorial seryice to be held at the Methodist church Tuesday evening at 8:00. Also | to remember that they are to take part in the parade on Memorial Day, and all troops are requested to meet at Court street at 1:30, where they will receive orders, and will be as- signed to their place in the line. Also wish to call the attention of the boys to the fact that 'we have or- ganized another new troop to be known as Troop 5 of Kensington with Louis R. Goodrich as scout master. ‘With this troop added to our counci the records in the scout office show a total of 450 registered scouts in New Britain. The seed and fertilizer will be delivered at the Boy Scout gar- dens Saturday and all troops are re- quested to be on hand early and give the whole day to the planting of the gardens, thereby starting the service which we sincerely hope will be of great benefit to our country and com- munity. The next meeting of the Court of Honor will be held Tuesday evening, June 5. The meeting of the Court of Honar is proving to be a very busy place each time in meets, as ing house, wWe &id not organize into there has been a total of 20 merit ‘ “Bear,”, badges awarded to the New Britain Scouts during the month of May. The Scoutmasters’ supper was held in the Y. M. C. A, Thursday evening with 15 members present. Owing to the fact that the Boy Scouts were very layal in voting to give up their camp- ing activities for the summer so as to give their time to gardening, the scoutmasters voted to establish a per- manent camp near the site . of the gardens. Any Scout who wishes 1o make use of this camp must place an application with his ‘Scoutmaster. There will be no cooking at the camp, Any Scout who wishes may carry cooked rations for one day. Girl Scout News. The Girl Scouts of Troop 2 held their regular meeting at the First Congregational - church ‘from § to 8 o'clock, Wednesday. During the busi- | ness meeting a hike was planned. The Girl Scouts are to meet at the New Britain Institute at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon for a hike over Farmington way. After lunch was ] disposed of the girls were put through j & military drill by Miss Beatrice Fox, :captain of the troop. After drill, the remaining time was devoted to Red Cross work, learning tests, practice in : signalling and taking tenderfoot tests. Marion Robb successfully passed her tenderfoot test and is now an en- rolled Girl Scout at he.dqutmu at New York. Girl Scouts of Troop 4 held their regular meeting at the St Mark’s Parish house Monday evening. At the meeting the girls were instructed in military drill by Mr. Hellberg, scout- master of Troop 12, Boy Sdouts. At the business meeting a hike was planned, to be in charge of Miss Mo- Donald. The girls are to meet at the | O Parish House at 2:30 Saturday after naon. A whist was given Thursday evening by the captain, Miss McDonald and the lleutenant, Miss Hungerford. The proceeds of the whist will be an- nounced later. Troop 3, Girl Scouts met at the Methodist church from 3 to 7:30 Tues- day. During the business hour a re- port was given by the Flag commit- tee. The committee was empowered to purchase a Troop flag. A report was also given by the play committee which decided to send for several plays and make a choice. Red Cross work was given out to the Scouts. After the lunch hour, the girls had military drill by Miss Crowe, girls’ physical director of the Grammar and High schools. ‘The Girl Scouts of Troop € held their meeting Tuesday at the Y. W, C. A. from 4 to 6. The time was devoted to Red Cross work and military drill. Later, the girls enjoyed a game of baseball. Troop 1 Girl Scouts of the South church met Monday from 4:30 to 7 o’clock. Red Cross work was done and after supper military drill was practiced. There was also initiation of 'new members. A picnic is planned for Monday, ORDER EARLY — — - Prices May Advapce Any We guarantee and recommend it fullv; SATURDAY Time-—Secure May 28 at Sunset Rock. trolley from the center. THEY NEVER GROW WEARY Even Though the Weather Is Girl Scouts of this troop are to take the 4:37 BATES LEADS AT Lewiston, M May 26~ players eliminated Bowdofn in the preliminary and rounds of the doubles tou the Maine Intercollegiate ciation yesterday and will final round to themseélves Not | | The University of Maine was 8 What It Should Be, the Bowlers -'e“““" Continue to Show Interest in Life. Two-men team matches featured the bowling excitement on .the Aetna strips last evening, the following being the outcome of the clashes: “Match No. 1. J. Huck 102 96 108 79 92— 477 Foote .. 103 99 121 100 108— 531 205 195 229 179 200—1008 ..105 82 91 97 78 87 99 79— 456 90 85— 437 202 160 178 130 164— 893 Match No.2. .89 86 87 89 95— 446 . 85 102 100 111 86— 454 174 188 187 200 181— 930 86 117 83 97 92— 475 . 104 105 85 93 92— 479 — . 190 222 168 190 184— 945 Match No. 3. Clark ... 86 85 88 93 86— 438 Erickson . 92 88 107 111 110— 508 — 178 178 195 204 196— 946 .78 90 90 94 95— 447 Clanc; i 99 95 97 95— 485 McBriarty 99 —_— 177 189 185 191 190— 932 SPEAKER IN SLUMP. Tris Speaker has been in a batting slump for the past two weeks, or since the Eastern clubs opened at the Cleveland park. He has batted under +240 In these games, but his great start | has kept him well above the .300 mark. The Yankees will not complain if th slump continues untl] they leave there. They figure that:if they can keep Speaker in check the remainder of the task here will be fairly easy. I War or War You | Have Clothe Draft or No Dnn" Soft Blues and Homes See the Suits at Belted Back Suits, at $ Thye Mils won’t go before Se ber. $16.50 and $18.