New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1917, Page 7

Summer Dresses and Wash Skirts In the Season’s Best Styles Many & pleased exclamation is heard these days regarding the bsauty of the wonderful variety of/Summer Dresses we are offering for Women and Girls. There is greas’ that is favored by in materials and colorings. Everything hmflhhfllnfllm .The models are so youthful lwklg. and becoming, everyone exclaims in pleased sur- prise at their beauty. We mld like to have you see the $39.50. Dresses we are pricing from $5.90 to NOW FOR THE SKIRTS—There are hundreds of them, made of the very prettiest of the Summer Tub stuffs, in models that are so pretty all who see them are enthusiastic in their praiss. They are here for your Garments that assure every wearer of hot weather - comfort combined with attractive Summer As “seeing is belleving” come see appearance. and choose from our spendid showing of Wash Skirts at 98c to $12.80. each. New Line of Tub Silks The seasonable material for cool dresses, waists, or for Masn's shirts. They are in lovely colored stripes that will please the most fastidious taste. See what we are offering at $1.385, $1.00 and 78c yard. NEW SHANTUNGS are here, the imported kind that wears and laun- ders 80 well. from 69¢c to $3.76 yard. Look at them, 3 mmmm«mmuomawouflhum.r wear. 1fke a plece of cotton cloth. SEE THE FANCY SILKS of which we are showing such & large and varied line. Fine for SBummer Suits, Skirts and Dreases.. Prices range The prettiest fabric possible for Sport Skirts and Suits, and tud Patterns to pleasé every-one in light, medifim and dark color- ings, for waists, dresses and linings.. Yard wide, extra special at $1.35 yard. f WY DRY. GOODS PU 22 19 18 21 18 22-—120 ‘E. H. Nourse— ’| “Beginners S8hoot” on Ji o new lz‘ r-cnuy purchased | Kensington Methodist church ‘fopmally raised and dedfcated “evening at §:30 o'¢clock with sim- ceremonies. The committes . in of the: affair wishes to thank 1l who contributed toward' it and ls0- towsra the two hung in the the outdogr exercises audience went into the re the -annusl CThildren's Day ses were held. Midway through services a surprise was given the dience and Sunday school when & e bunting flag, 5 by 8 feet, wi nted to the Sund school ' be men and women who attended the Methodist church Bunday school hen the church was on the hill here ‘the present Congregational hurch stands.. A letter of ' pres- tion was'read and signed by twen- y-one members, who now live odt of own but who remembered with rev- and love the little country # day ochool which meant so much - In thaking m. Ppresentation to the ‘school, Mrs. Sharpe said she 4 the flag would be an inspira- m to both old and young in the feitical days ahead and that already young men connected with the ngton Methodist church had of- d their services to their country d are st the present time connected the government In several seg of service. ‘W. Williams, superintend- the Sunday school, accepted 16 flu on behalf of the scholars and achers. An interesting feature of é acceptance was the fact that Mr. nhns was superintendent of the 61 at the time the donors. of the _wers pupils, having served most ally in that capacity for the - twenty-eight years, which is a £0-be proud of. % D! tion letter nnd “the fiés of the honors will be framed “hung in the Sunday school room jder the flag. A hearty vote of nks was given the donors for their &ro\u remembrance to the Sunday Gun Club Shoot. !Oi‘ @aturday afternoon at the Ber- Fair grounds 2 number of men at the Hartford Gun club, won the “honors at the Eastern Y in Hartford, turned in the ing good scores from the twen- yards line, The goores are the ,,.gmumnof a possible ,g'.u. Wat! S.l 24 fl 21 church | Fritsson, 21 22 21'23 33 20—129 The trap and grounds will be pit in ‘shape this ‘week for_the annual 30. This shoot is open to any man or woman whose experignce in trap shooting is limited to less than 500 targets. . Those who have shot but little or not at all will-be given instructions by members in the modern way of sight- ing ‘and holding a gun. Shells will be sold at the grounds at cost. At the Churches. Berlin Congregational church—The Red Cross rooms at the church will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a. m. until § p. m. Prayer meeting will be hnlg in the church Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock and this will be followed by a meet- ing of the standing committee. On Friday evening the members of the Christian Endeavor society will hold a strawberry festival and ice cream sale on: the church lawn at 6 o'clock. The weekly mootht\vl the Bcouts will be held Friday night. Kensington Congregational church —Exercises in keeping with Chil- dren's Day were carried out at the <church services yesterday morning at 10:45 o’clock. The following children weré baptized by Rev. Carieton Has- en: Bernice M: Oquist, Albert Ira Howard Strong Ellsworth and Raymond K. Watkins. The fol- lowing received Bibles as they have been baptized seven years: Dennfs Negri, Evelyn Moore, Rose Shaponi, Margaret Thomson, Elisabeth Guger- ty, Morris Paft and Arthur Darkman. Kensington Methodist Church— There will be an all day sewing meet- ing for the Reéd Cross at the home of Mrs. Charles F. Lewis-on Tuesday. All the women of Kensington are urged to be present and help. A large quantity of work has already been returned, over 200 articles in all, The Ladies’ Aid soclety ' of the church will meet in the parlors on ‘Wednesday afternoon to sew for the Methodist hospital in New York. This hospital has n offered to the gov- ernment for use during the war, therefore it is a patriotic duty to help in preparing its equipment. A busi- ness meeting will' follow the sewing session. Minor Auto Accidents. The pleasant weather of the past few days brought the motorists out in fine style yesterday and all day long there was a steady passing, of the cars on the main highway. As'& re- sult several minor acc¢idents .oo- curred which caused some MNttle in- convenience for all parties concerned. Late in the afternoon as the trolley was standing at the end of the line a touring cariran it down trying to avoid a motorcycle which cut across in front of the driver. As the ma- chine was going at a moderate speed little damage was done. About 7 o'clock another minor ac- cident occurred a little below the Jar- vis farm when a ‘machine went through the fence at the side of the ropd. Just what caused the driver to turn so far to the side is not known but the general result was a tieup of traffic for about half an hour. The machine was able to run off under its own power when the owner brought it back into the road. Berlin Briefs. For the second time this spring the town teams were. working on Farm- 1 n road putting it into condi- for the heavy trafiic that it has te withstand during the summer. A mixture of tar and crushed stone is Boy YOU CAN CHASED OF Uf being placed in the numerous holes along the highway, which will make t‘ urface fairly smooth. = Trains on the Berlin-Middletown branch were not affected by the new timetable which went into effect yes- terday. A number of trains on the main linehave been taken off. Several cases of smallpox were re- leased from quarantine yesterday and today. Mrs. Frank F. Hanford, been a patient General hospital, home yesterday. CZECKS GO OVER T0 RUSSIAN ARMY Three Regiments Desert, Is Claim of Austrian OMicial Amsterdam, June 25.—Three Czech regiments have deserted to the Rus- sians, according to a statement on Saturday to a corhmittee 3f ‘deputies from southern Austria by F. Von George, minister of defense in the re- tiring Austrian cabinet, as published in the Lokal Anzeiger and Tageblatt of Berlin. The statement was made during a discussion of the demand of Czech deputies for the release of Herr Klofac, who was sentenced to death on the charge of attempting to recon- cile Russia and Bohemia. The sen- tence of Herr Klofac, a deputy and head of’'the Czech union, was can- celled by Emperor Charles, but he is still held in prison. Herr Von Georgl, said Czech legions had been formed in\all the armies of Austria’s enemies and that of all the Czechs of military age who were in Russia when the war begun only three had returned to Austria. He also sald that Herr Pavlu, formerly director of the Bohemian newspaper Narodni Listy of Prague, had boasted publicly in Russia that ‘when an en- sign in the Austrian army he had de- gerted to the Russians after his com- panions had killed Austrian outposts. 'Horr Von Georgl's statement are said \u have made a great sensation. The who has the New Britain returned to her Csedh deputies angered By them charged that they had been made in a vengeful spirit on'account of the fact. that the ministry had been forced to resign. m\mmwxmowxnms Russian Peasants Burn Burglars and : Hores Thieves. Petrograd, June 25.—A despatch to a news agency from Nikolayev, northeast of Odessa, relates that the peasants of Novia Odessa, enraged by the crimes of murderous burglars and horse thieves started an or- ganized movement against them, tor- turing captured offenders in deflance of the efforts of the militia. The authorities of Nikolayev who went td, the scene to protest ere threatened with violence as defend. | ers of the criminals. Twelve charred corpses ‘marked the scene of easants’ vengeance. the Buy an Indiana tmh—.qw_ v-lilalnvllle News [ INJURIES HASTEN MRS. BEAGH’S DEATH Aged Woman Fails to Recover From Eliects of Fall LIVED HERE 7 YEARS ! :;:‘Wqu One of Town's Graduation Exercises. Mrs. Mary E. Beach, one of Plain- ville's oldest residents, died yester- day morning at her home on Whiting street, following an illness of a few weeks. Although suffering from ail- ments incident to advanced age, Mrs. Beach was in fair cpndition until a few weeks ago when she fell in her yard and sustained a fractured knee- cap. The injury hastened her déath and since the accident she failed steadily. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from her home. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. G. Ward, pastor of the which Mrs. Beach was one of the first members. Burial will be in the For- estville cemetery. \ Mrs. Beach, although a native of Farmington, spent practically hers entire life in Plainville. Born January 19, 1834, she came to Plainville with her parents when, she was but eight years old. She had lived here ocon- tinuously since. She was among the original members of the local Bap- tist church and with her husband sang at the services attending the dedication of the hotise of ,worship which the members of that denom- ination now attend. She was well known as a singer a number of years ago. She was the widow of John W. Beach, & Civil war veteran,. who passed away a number of years ago- She is survived by a son, Wallace Beach, with whom she lived since her husband’s dath. Prepare for Giraduation. The work of getting the Town Hall in shape for the annual graduation exercises of the Grammar school to be held Wednesday afternoon was be- gun this morning. The hall will be appropriately decorated and there will be an abundance of wild flowers gath- ered by the school children to en- hante its beauty. The schools will close for the sum- mer vacation tomorrow night. Attendance at the graduation exer- ciseés will be practically limited to rel- atives and other guests of the class to receive diplomas. The graduating class this year numbers about fifty and is the largest in the history of the school. for Wins Fifth Victory. The Foresters' baseball team re- corded its fifth consecutive victory yesterday afternoon when as the re- sult of brilllant pitching by Cunning- ham they scored a triumph over the Annex club of New Britain. The final score was 6 to 4. While the entire local team playved a splendid game, it was Cunningham’s stellar work that made the victory possible. ' The young pitcher fanned sixteen of the visiting batsmen and kept the game safe for the home boys at all times. Next Sunday the Independents of Waterbury will play here. Plainville Not Represented. Contrary to genéral expectations, Plainville will not be represented on the board to which local conscription eligibles will have to make claims for exemption from military servicé. The exemption board for the Fifth sena- torial district, of which Plainviile s a part, will be made up of Herbert Knox Smith of Farmington, Benjamin Miller of Avon, and Dr. T. G. O'Con- Il,ll of Bristol. ‘While the exact method in which the draft will be made has nét been announced, it is expected that any of the young men whose names are on the registration list who are selected for service but who claim exemption because of dépendenceis, physical dis- abilities or for other reasons, will have to appear before the board named for the fifth district: to show why they should be excused. The local registration board expects to receive within the week orders as to the disposition of the cards filled out on registration dcy. Honor Deceased Members. Sequassen lodge, 1. O. O, F. and Martha Rebekah lodge paid their an- nual tributes to their deceased mem- || ‘bers yesterday afternogn and evenin; In the afternoon s 1 committees decorated the graves of departed Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. Memorial services were held in the Church of Our Saviour and were af tended by a large number of the members of both organization ‘The sermon was given by the pastar, Rev. W. H. Burton ,and was appropriate to the occasion. Local Couple to Wed, Miss Ridabelle Riscker of Broad street, will’ become the bride of George Seymour of West Main street Wednesday evening at the home of the young lady's parents. The couple will be attended by Miss Ruth Erbe and Frederick F. Scoville. After their wedding tri; make their home on West Advertised Letters. Unclaimed letters addressed to the following are at the local post office: Mr. Blanchard, E_A. Clark, Mrs. Henry Fugan, Michael Lovell,Stephen Sinskie, Luke Sinsky, Augusto Pires de Silve, Paoloni Guglielmo, Guiseppe Farino and Theresa Sala. ; Brief Ttems. - An auto truck caught fire on East street this; morning and a call was they will in street. Baptist church, of | Dn-Gouk July 13 This Store Wil Close == C.S. HILLS&C Sole Selling Agents for “American Lady,” “Madame Lyra” and Prolaset Corsets! Commencing Fridays at Noon. S The subcription price of the “Designer” for the mnext fow days will be 750, fmstead of New Stock, Large Vanety and Specially Low Prices in SUIT CASES ‘We have just received a very good assortment of Suit Cases, in the popular leathers, Rattan and Matting from one 'of the foremost manufacturers. We would ask you to inspect this line as the values are out of the ordinary. . We would call to' your special attention the tollovins numbers: Genuine. Cowhide Suit Cases, 24 inch, with straps, brass locks, reinforced leather corners, sewed on handles, heavy weight, and special value " for $7.30. Sheepskin Suit Cases, finished in mostly every particular as the better suit cases, and special value for Plain and Polished Rattan Suit Cases, wnh reinforced h-u:u- ¥ corners, inside pocket, straps, etc., and very good value for $4.60. Matting -Suit Cases, 24 inch, for $2.98 and $2.50. leather corners, special numbers \ A very serviceable @gse in Matting, 24 inch, for $1.50. 18, 20 for $1.19. Important Announcement Do not fail to read Monday and Tuesdsy's issues of the Dally Papers. The space contracted for, by C. 8. Hills & Co., will not only be profitable to you, but will advise you of Economies that will prove the most convinc- ing of any summer merchan- dising event. n.nfi 22 inch Matting sent’in for the fire department. Be- fore-the whistle was blown, however, the call was cancelled the men fn| charge of the machine getting the fire under control. ‘The car was con- siderably damaged. Announcement has been made of the forthcoming.' marriage of Miss Gertrude Hemingway of North Wash- ington street and Francis LeVasseur of Broad street, which will take place on July 18, /4 Tax colléctor W. J. Hemingway-as in New Haven today to attend a meet- ingof the National Fraternal league of which he is the local secretary. Harry Fisher of Maple street has Joined the Harvard unit of the Ameri- can Ambulance corps for service in France.. He expects to sail for the war zone in a few days. 8. 8 Gwillim went to New Britain today to report concerning the sub- scriptions made in Plainville for the Red Cross campaign. An account of the closing of the big drive will be found ‘elsewhere in this issue. Charles S. Lamb, an infantile paralysis victim, is stopping at the Hotel Clarendon, where he expects to spend the summer. Mr. Lamb was crippled from an dttack of the dread disease six years ago. He is now at- tempfing to raise money for a convey- ance in which to get about. Vincent Glynn of Pierce street, has as his guest, Vincent Shields, one of his classmates at the Catholic uni- versity in Washington. “REPRESENTATIVE AMERICANS” Socialists Greeted With Warmth by German Newspapers. Copenhagen, June 25.—German newspapers for obvious reasons con- tinue to treat the socialists, Goldfarb, Reinstein and Davidovich, who re- cently, arrived at Stockholm from the United States, as thoroughly repre- tative Americans qualified to speak for soclalism and even the labor movement in America. [ Vorwaerts, the German socialist organ of Berlin, prints a statement on their qualifications in answer to a criticlsm: from America. Their ° in- terviews and declarations are eagerly snapped up by pan-German as well as soclalist writers. Count von Re- ventlow, the naval expert of the Ber- liner Tages Zeitung, says Reinstein's views/on the basis and motives of the American policy are identical with ‘those of the Tages Zeitung and con- firm what has been said repeatedly in that paper in the Ilast eighteen months. Cases, with brass locks and key, \ 70 BUY ‘ Popular “Nemos” AT OLD PRICES Advances in price have been scheduled for Monday, Ju!, 2, “Nemo’ and, yow ean mizge by buying it now. Some $3.50 self-reducing coe~ $5.00 models to $6. Save money now on “Nemo' Corsets. Rain and Sun Umbrellas and nripa. mopmmuumm and mmllln.lly:\mllvl-llfinfigr these prices. Parasols--Parasols’ You will make no mistake in selecting your u-.lol now, the assortment for this season isas complete as it will be ard p are as low If not lower than they will be, if we have to re-ordet. MAYO PRAISES NAVY'S SH snoomc; : RECRUITS LEARN TO HANDLE While the men In tho destroyer squadron in British waters tell in let- ters home of their experiences in ac- tual warfare, no efforts are spared with the newer recruits for the nayy to fit them for the work of war. Ad- miral Mayo, commander of the Ax- mmm b ficer in the fire. guus- 6TO9 O’CLOCK——-—-—'—MON DAY EVENING—————6TO 9 C STEAKS 7. hruhue e Ib 23 Cc SUGAR ... 5b b A C LARD : 21bs 45‘ c TUESDAY Fresh York State Eggs doz 40c » 15¢ NEW BERMUDA ONIONS . .2 Ibs 9¢ NEW MEATY RADISEES OB 5l 25¢ _ GREEN OR WAX STRING BEANS 2 qts 'POTATOE l..r‘. NEW 99ci Oleo. ®1db pkg 32¢c ROYAL LIMA B] ‘MOH. LAUNDRY SOAP .. MOHICAN AMMONIA ..Irg bot LION BRAND oATSUP lScJ . 25¢ lch