New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1917, Page 7

SUMMER HALF HOLIDAYS FOR 1917.. Beginning July 13th, Store will Close Fridays at Noon until September 14th, inclusive. In Observance of Our Nation’s Declaration of Independence, Our Store Will Close All Day on July Fourth OUR GREAT MID-SUMMER SALE HAS BEEN OFFERING EXTRA BIG VALUES THAT WILL BE CONTINUED FOR A TIME. WATCH OUT FOR MORE NEWS OF SPECIAL BARGAINS IN NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER. YOU WILL WANT TO SHARE IN THEM. + HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PUCHASED OF US. tee were reticent as to giving out much information anent the report that they will submit this evening or of the meeting that will take place at the bridge this noon, it was ru- mored that there was a slight possi- bility that the conference may be held with Highway Commissioner C. J. Bennett present. Much interest has been displayed by citizens of the town as to the na- ture of the material that will be used . in the construction of the bridge. A number of people are in favor of concrete while others say that steel | should he used. However, this will prohably be definitely settled at the meceting tonight and as -the span across the pond at the point where the old bridge stands is In the neigh- borhood of eighty feet, some substan- tial building stock will have to be nsed. The question of having the town appropriate the required amount of money needed to finance the con- struction will be discussed this eve- ning as well as the laying of a tax to cover the same. The truck, driven by Dennis Mec- i Mahon of Meriden, which went rhrouvh the old bridge Tuesday, June 2 was removed yesterday morning and taken to Hartford. Exercises a Success. former pastor of the Berlin Congre- gational church, now located In Brooklyn, N. Y. The address of each speaker was enthusiastically received. Following the addresses, the prin- cipal event, the the raising of the new flag by the Boy Scouts took place. The flag which is fourteen feet in length and a splerdid example of “Old Glory” was presented to the community through the medium of the Boy Scouts, Troop 6. The flag pole, finished to perfection and paint- ed white with a golden ball at the top, was the gift ofg Mr. E. G. Mor- gan. With the playing of a national anthem and evervone standing with | bared heads, “Emblem of Freedom' was slowly flung to the breezes. Housewives Prepare! The committee on food of the Connecticut State Defense, Pearl st the follo Berlin News TOWN MEETING 10 BE HELD TONIGHT dommittee to Submit Report on Plans Drawn Up MAY CONFER WITH BENNETT S, supply Council of with headquarters at 36 cet, Hartford, has sent forth ng earnest appeal to the town cler office in the form of | posters to be placed in conspicuous places that the housewives of the vicinity may stop-look-listen and in turn do their “bit"” towards helping Uncle Sam win another war: “I am glad to join you in the service of food conservation for our nation and 1 hereby accept membership in the TUnited States food administration, pledging myself to carry out the di- rections and advice of the food ad- ministrator In the conduct of my household, in so far as my circum- stances permit.” Pledge cards can be obtained from the local committee or from headquarters at Hartford and as all pledges must be returned to the food administrator, Washing- ton, D. C., by July 15, there is no time to tarry for those who wish to help in this great cause. McMahon to Be Included. In the case of Charles F. Lewis, tax collector for this town against Jacob Ginsburg et al, M. D. Saxe, counsel for the defenes, has prepared a motion, which will be presented to the court, asking that P. 8. McMahon of New Britain be mentioned in the case as a co-defendant. The action now in the courts arose over the alleged non-payment of taxes by Ginsburg to the town. Ginsburg contends that on or about April 1, 1916, he sold his local prop- erty to McMahon with the under- standing that McMahon would as- sume that responsibility. Another Bridge Unsafe. As the result of a conference be- tween First Selectman W. 1. Alling and Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw rel- ative to existing conditions and the reports that the bridge over the Mattabessett between East Berlin and | Cromwell, a suggestion that repairs be made at once on the structure will be volced at the town meeting held this evening in the town hall. Several days ago Farrell's truck of New Britain while passing over the bridge almost went through into the river below with the result that trucks having heavy loads. reaching the bridge have to take every possi- ble precaution to prevent disaster and {in some instances lighten their loads to an considerable extent. The authorities after careful study are well familiar with the work that } will have to be done to put the bridge in a safe condition for travel by the heavy vehicles and the conclusion ar- rived at by Shaw and Alling is that a concrete pier should be built sup- porting the bridge in the middle where it sags the most. This idea scems to be the most logical one and Exercises Planned by Rev. A Fiske Go Big—Housewives Given | & Chance to Do Their Bit—Other | Items. At the special town meeting which has been called for tonight at 8 o’clock in the town hall, the commit- tee which was appointed at Monday night’s meeting will submit a report on what they have accomplished to- The program arranged by Rev. S. ward drawing up plans for the new | A. Fiske. pastor of the Berlin Con- bridge which is to be built over ! gregational church, to commemorate Hart's pond, near the American Pa- was carried out yesterday in per Goods company. ng and commendable manner. This committee, composed of G. B. rvation of the event and of Carter, J. J. Fitzsimons, C. B. Bald- | the day all places of business were win, W. I. Alling and C. W. Stevens, closed and a large number were in in whose hands are all the detailg, | attendance at the exercises which including the choice of structure,! were held on the church lawn. iron, wood or concrete, the consult- After the first number on the pro- ing of engineers, the probably award-| sram which was the singing of ing of the contractes and other minor | nerica,” Rev. 8. A, Fiske, who details, hag been very busy this week, sided, spoke a few brief words theeting In conference several times which he introduced the first and will have a short session at the! speaker of the day, Mr. F. O. Wilcox. bridge this noon. FProfessor E. Nourse followed Mr. Wil- Although memberJof the commit-| cox and preceded Rev. H. B. Shauffler, WHEW ! and is your ice melting fast and your frigerator of yours? Come and see our Ranney ing! Arctic interiors in every IT’S HOT-- food spoiling in that old re- line. They're wonders for cool- one at any price, EFLINI—BRU(EQ ASTLEN 2B B0 TRUMNBYLL & HARLEGKD (Continued On Tenth Page). Piainville News |SEARCH FOR KNIFE WIELDED BY SLAYER Police Believe Weapon Used by Murderer Has Been Hidden Away WILL cLAM SELR. DEFENSE| Lock-up Taxed to Capacity by Negroes Held As Material Witnesses—Mur- derer Admiits Crime, But Claims He Was Defending Himself From .Al- tack—Other Matters. Aided by state police officers, local authorities efforts to learn the today continued their the exact details of the murder of Frank Tanner, a Southern negro, who was stabbed to death about noon yesterday by Her- man Harris, anothcr darkey, in the quarters on Whiting street occupied by the contingent hrought here from the South to work on the permanent pavement contract between Plainvilic and Bristol Harris is in the local lock-up await- ing removal to the Hartford jall, Jus- tice E. P. Prior having bound him over to the September term of the superior court, without bonds, fol- lowing a hearing vesterday afternoor:. The man is charged with murder, the degree for which he is to be tried being left to State’s Attorney Alcorn who will present his case to the up- per tribunal. Conflicting stories regarding the killing are told by the negroes, as- sociates of the murdered man offer- ing evidence that differs in many particulars from the confession of Harris. While the latter admits that he dealt the fatal thrust, he claims he acted entirely in self defense and that th® stab wound was inflicted with the knife he took away from Tanner when he attempted to as- sault him. Harris has a deep knife wound in his scalp and he claims he was cut before he attacked the mur- dered man. Search for the knife with which the murder was committed was resumed this morning, the authorities holding to the belief that the weapon, cov- ered with blood stains, now in their possession, was not the one used in the killing. Harris claims the knife used on his victim had a blade over four inches long while the one picked up in the negroes’ quarters follow- W\ing the crime is but an ordinary pocket knife. Harris died on the grounds in front of the building occupied by the negroes, having fallen as he attempt- ed to pump water from the well on the place with which to wash his wounds. He had a deep cut in his neck, which severed his windpipe and also a gash beneath his ear. He lived for several minutes after he dropped unconscious in the grass and Dr. L. H. Frost, whose home is but a short distance way, worked valiantly to stop the flow of blood which was sapping away the man's life. The knife thrusts had cut the arteries in his neck and it was impossible to save him. Harris waited on the scene of the killing until Constable Marino, to whom tle fight had been reported, placed him under arrest. The ac- cused admitted that he stabbed the other negro but declared that he had to do it to protect himself. He told the police that he had had an argument with his victim Tuesday night and yesterday morning there was evidence of bad feeling between them. Ugly words were passed in a cafe, where the men were in a group drinking, and Tanner told the officers Harris on leaving said that he would wait at the camp for him and would kill him. When Tanner returned to the quarters he says he met Harris on the grounds nearby and the latter immediately attacked him, lunging at him with a big knife. After the first thrust, which cut his scalp, Tan- ner told the police he kicked his assailant in the stomach and ur- ing possession of the knife fied him in the neck. He then wai for the police while his victim #lay in the grass bleeding to death. James Puesodo, a Portuguese ne- gro, the only man in the camp, who admits being a witness of the killing tells an entirely different story, and one which the police are more 1nu- clined to believe. He testified at the hearing yesterday that Tanner &t tacked Harris in the kitchen of the men’'s quarters and knocking him beneath the table struck him twice with a knife. Bleeding from -his wounds Harris left the kitchen and went into the vard while Tanner went to a room upstairs. Puesodo de- clares other negroes saw the affair despite the fact that all explained to the authorities that they were in bed at the time. Tanner's story is not believed in Its entirety. He claimed that the whole fight took place outside and that neither hesnor his victim entered the house. In the kitchen and the sleep- ing quarters used by the men, the walls and floor were spattered with blood, giving the lie to the murderer’s confession. Behind a suit case in the room in which Tanner slept the po- lice found a pocket knife, the handle of which was crimson with blood, al- though the hlade was free from stains other than dirt. James Hanley, the only disinterest- ed witness, told the court he saw Har- ris wash his wounds in a pdol of wa- ter near the house and later noticed him staggering towards the pump. Tanner was also in the vard at the time. Mr. Hanley, believing the af- fair to be the usual negro fight, went away to avoid being mixegup in it. Pools of blood in the vatd indicate that after the stabbing,: Harrls, al- though his wind pipe was dut, had SECOND WEEK OF OUR GREAT ANNUAL JULY SAL C. S. HILLS and Company, in strictly living up to their ideals of what a Sale should be—in giving the public seasonable goods at genuine reductions—have demonstrated this vear, despite the advance in the, cost of raw materials that their prices are lower than other stores are asking for the same grade Goods 3 Many new features are being added for this—the Second week of the Sale. The Last Call On Wool Suits Wonderful values for those who come first. None will be sent on approval. No credits or ex changes. There will be a small charge for alterations. 25 Suits value up to $25.00 forthissale . ... .0 . oo ciiiivioe s 30 Suits Value up to $35.00 forthissale ..o o ool ool oot $7.95 $14.95) Special Sale Prices On Silk Coats Taffeta and Satin Coats. trimmed with marabou. FOR $ l 4.95—Coats FOR $ l 8. 75—Coats FOR $29 x 7 5——-Coats SILK PETTICOATS JULY SALE PRICES Regular $3.00 value Change- able Taffeta and White ‘Waghable Tub Silk for July Sale 600 R NI E TS 42160 Some plain models and others! Value up to $18.75. Value up to $29.75. Value up to $49.00. WASH SKIRTS Excellent Value in White Gaberdine, stripes, for $1.98. Better Grades of Gaberdine and Poplin several and Poplin, also fanes models $2.98;] also complete assortments at $5.88 and $7.98. JULY SALE BARGAINS IN MEN’S FURNISHINGS Men's Negligee Shirts in good quality Percale, sirable black and white and fancy stripes, for this sale Men's Blue Chambray and Black Twill 8hirts, collars attached, soft Cuffs, in the de- regular $1.00 value in all sizes, our price special for this sale Men's Lisle Suspenders, wide and narrow webbings, for this 25¢ Men’s Pajamas in solid colors and stripes, a sample line of several well known makes, high grade materials, none worth less than $1.50, for this July Sale $1.29 Suit Men’'s Night Shirts, all white and trimmed, our regular 65c, 75c and $1.00. Sale price Men's Tubular Wash Neckwear, sale price .. July Sale Prices on " Notions 50c. Dress Shields, style, sale price 26c Pee Chee White Cleaner, sale price .... 12c Bias Binding, lawn cambric, for 7c Toilet Pins, white for 25¢ Hose Supporters, with rub- ber button for 20c¢ 20c size Three-in-one machine 15¢ 90c Sweet Grass Baskets, sale price .. 75c each TOILET (‘O()Dg DEPT. $2.50 Ivory Mirrors with han- dle, for . . 8$2.10 $1.00 Trays sale price 50c Khaki Bags, waterproof 50c Tourist Cases fo!' garment Jet, or Speclallsts Sl]ks and Dress G PR .45c, 85c and 89c each in all white and neat colored stripes, .17¢ each or 8 for 50c Special Hosiery Values Men's Sample Hosiery 20c pr,| One lot of Men’s S8ample Half} Hose in fiber silks, etc, black, plain colors and stripes, regu-! lar 50c qualities. Women’s Pure Thread Silk Hose, for this sale ..73c pair Pure Thread Silk Hose, in black and white, some have very slight imperfections, regularly $1.26 pair. Children’s Hose ......25¢ pair One Lot of Children’'s Hose, superior qualities, black and colors, sizes 5 to 9%, values 39c and 50c pair. ™ Splendid Values in Summer Underwear for Men, Women and Children, JULY SILK SALE Specially Low Prices for this week, SPLENDID $1.76 qualities, for ASSORTMENT OF HIGH GRADE FANCY SILKS. The majority of these are entirely new stripes and colorings, manu- factured for early Fall wear, 36 inches wide, make early seleo- tion. Cheice this week Black Taffeta, specfal fOr ... ...eceeeesneccaovenssonsccs 980 yard 82-inch Black Taffeta Silk, good wearing quality, regular $1.35 qual- ity, for this sale ... . 980 yard Special numbers/_in White Washable Satin for Separate Bkirta 82-inch White“Tub Satin, beautiful for .......... .. $H50 yard 36-inch White Washable Satin for c......ccceecececsss. Sh65 yard 36-inch White Dress “‘Our Best” fOr ......cevewscecee. $200 yard C.S. HILLS & CO. HARTFORD . AGENTS FOR STANDARD PATTERNS Commencing July 13 the Store will close Fridays at Noon—Mail and Telephong orders ocarefully filled the pump, where he intended to bathe his wounds. He then dropped to the ground. Following the death of Harris, Con- stable Marino locked up nine other negroes as material witnesses in the case. The men were marched to the Town hall one at a time as they re- turned to their quarters. The officer had been advised of the stabbing a few minutes after it occurred. After he locked up Tanner he returned to the place and began the search for the knife with which the killing was accomplished and sought witnesses to the affair. Except for Puesodo, none would admit witnessing the murder, and all denied knowing anything about the disposition made of the weapon which the police sought. Of the nine locked up for exam- ination, three were allowed to go last night. The six remaining are still in cells where they will be kept until the state poiice complete thbir work. Harris, who was 26 years old, has a wife and two children in Virginia. His brother also works on the high- way contract although he was not in town yesterday. He returned today and made arrangements for the re- | moval of the body to the South. The remains were turned over to W. A. Bailey and company to prepare for burial after Medical Examiner C. W. Moody viewed them. It is unlikely that an autopsy Will be made as the sufficient strength to walk a§ far ulcauu of death was apparent. { | demonstrations will Tanner is a Baltimore negro and ie twenty years old. He has been pop- ular with his associates as he was rat- ed as a free spender and a good sport whereas Harris was inclined to be sav- ing of his money. The negroes although uncommuni- cative regarding details of the killing were greatly upset today and a gen- eral exodus of them from the town is expected. They did not report for work this morning, with a few ex- ceptions. Fear is entertained that there is a possibllity of further dis- turbances as a result of the killing be- cause of had feeling among ‘the ne- groes from different localities. State Policeman Wheeler is ing with other members of Egan’s force to assist Grand Juror Norton and the local constables in securing evidence. They started today to search of the premises where the murder occurred in the hcpe of find- ing the weapon which Tanner used. work- Chief Start Campaign Tomorrow The Commission of Food Sunply the State Council of nounec that this is Week In accordance quest of this committee the local committee will begin their intensive canning campaign tomorrow after- noon. The Neighborhood canning be held at 2 o'clock at Mrs. Elinore Clark’s, Broad street; Mrs. Wm. Eaton's, W‘ Main of Defense an- “Strawberr) with the re- street; and the Magnus Anderso! Camp street; Misses Rooney, Cro| street. Miss Elizabeth Scovill, Miss Urk, Miss Helen Anderson and Harry Stillmay will be in charge these respectively and will repeat § canning of both peas and strawb #ies according to the demonstral given by the county demonstration| the Lower Hall last Monday. Th who could not avail themselves Mrs. Dean's demonstration are ea estly urged to attend the demonst| tion nearest to them and learn h| to “do up” food for next winter's The country has the advantage o the city at this season in ha plenty of food and perfectly fresh the responsibility is the more upon that we save it for future consun tion. Different wayvs of using sti berries will be given at these dem strations both with and without su; also the sure method. Anyone wishes to question one point is at I erty to call for a few minutes and so. Also, anyone who wishes learn by doing, may bring her o material and put up one can for h self. 1 quart of strawberries and| cup of sugar or 4 quarts of peas (u shelied) for a pint can. It is alse quested that, any woman who can so offer to care for her neighbe: children, so that mothers who oth (Continuea On Tenth Page).