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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALDR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. Fridays We Close at Noon, Up to and Including September 14th. Sept. China and Housewares Sale “Is the Best Happening Yet This great annual autumn occasion is attracting large crowds to our down stairs dept. That’s no wonder for hundreds of housewives wait for it to get its big price savings are as advertised. fer regular goods in large quantities at benefits. special They have learned by experience that all price ‘We do not buy specials just for this sale, but of~ mark-downs. Everything, s but restrictions over which we have no control, is radically reduced in price during the run of is to be found: $3.00 Bread Makers $1.75 -but Rice Boil $1.25 Garbage Cans 45¢ Jelly Tumble 25¢ Jelly $2.50 Ash Cans $3.50 Ash Sifters $1.62 Galv. Wash' 49c Cereal Jars 75c Sheet Iron R 75¢ Enameled Ri 49¢ $1.25 White Enam priced but $1.40 Paris Step price but . $2.98 Carpet Swe $22.50 Dinner Set: $1.00 Grape Juice 59¢ Dustless Mop: 25¢ Dust Brushes .. Lisk Roasters $2. $1.50 Scales for $13.50 Oil Stoves $3.60 Canning Ou 50c O'Cedar Oil for 25 O’Cedar Oil for CHOICE AT Cut Glass and Tab! etc., etc. HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE Strainers Enameled Coffee Pot . this big sale. ers 25c Heavy Dust $1.29 cach $2.25 sale rs price but . $3.25 Cream oaster . ce Boilers fered at eled Pantry Sets, 85c Ideal, pints Ladders, Sale 5c Toilet Paper ...$1.19 ea. .$2.69 $15.69 ....69¢c ...45¢ ea. eesese.18C €A, .$1.79 .$1.19 $10.98 .$2.89 35¢ epers sale at .. s Sets .. s priced at . 46c Galv. Pails $6.98 Guaranteed priced $1.16 Skirt B tfit only . PRICES of all open stock Outfits, SPECIAL le Ware, all Canning Jars, DELIVERY 35¢c Wash Boards for Nickle Tea Kettles at this 59c Aluminum Sauce Pans, reezer 89c Floor Brooms $4.98 Yard Reels .. $22.50 Haviland Dinner 95c Ideal Jars, qt. 39c Enamel T Pots $2.50 Wash, Boilers 98c White roll top oards ... 75¢ Cut Glass Mayonnaise Sets for Rubber Rings, ‘Watch the daily papers for further sale particulars. Prices like these are the best proof of what 98¢ Folding Steps .........69c ea. 17c 19c Pans, . .$1.79 each sale 39c each ..$2.69 ..59¢c ea. ... $3.95 Sets, of- ..$16.39 79c doz. ..89c doz. .7 for 25¢ $1.69 White Cake Closet, for this ceean $1.39 Bread Box, . ...82c ea. lothes Wringers, $4.69 ea. . .95C ea. CI all etc., Dinnerware, FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OCAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PU3ICHASED OF US. Beriin Néws ROUSING SEND-OFF PLANNED TOMORROW Berlin to Do Honiage to Young MR Who Leave Tor Ayer, Mass. PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION | Hom¢ Guards and Drum Corps to March—Many Lotal Men to Be Examined September 12—Alling Answers Critic—Democratic Cau- cus Friday. Falling in line with the own® ahout the state, Berlin other will tomorrow evening give its young men Who have been accepted for the Na- onal Army and who are daily ex- pecting word to depart for Camp Devens at Ayer, Ma rousing send-off. An invitation is issued to everxpody in the town to be present &t the Grange hall tomorrow evening fWhere a_dinner will be served, pa- otic addresses will be delivered and uisic will be enjoyed. It is hoped that everyone in Berlin will be pres- lent in order to show the boys that he good wishes and hopes of the 'ntie populace are with them as they eave on their journey which may sventually lead them to France. The eight young men who have »asted their examinations and are to eave within the next few days for Zamp Devens are as follows Joseph Vincent Smith, Stanley | mMh, Edgar Pickett, Fiorindo Or- fe,” Gioranni Mazzolini, John Lennio Thompson, John Joseph Tarditti, bennis Glanni. Arrangements for the wvere completed at a meeting of pcal council of defense which met | ast evening at the town bedl. Plans | or the celebration were discussed in fietail and much patriotic enthusiasm as in evidence. It was decided to erve. & bounteous dinner to the eight oung men who have passed the phy- fical examination and who made no llaim for exemption and to also have special guests at the repast the arents, wives and sweethearts of the oung men. The Home Guards are requested by apfain Beckett to assemble at the own hall at 7:45 o’clock sharp and om there headed by St. Paul's T. and B. society’s drum corps the on will march to the Grange a send-off the | g At the Grange hall and excellent ogram will be carried out. Rev. uel A. Fiske of the Berlin Con- gational church and Rev. J. C. Brennan, pastor at St. Paul's church, ensington, will deliver addresses and ther jspeakers will be heard. It is also planned by the local ouncil of defense to give such af- rs from time to time as the young n leave. Considerable expense has een incurred and all who desire to pntribute to the fund may do so by | Fraser, Dodd, who has been selected as treas- urer, or to R. O. Clark, and E. W, Mildrum, East Berlin; Henry Deming, Berlin, or James J. Fitzsimmons, Kensington. 4 The local council of defense is com- posed of e: enator Claude W.: Stev- ens, Major Frank L. Wilcox, John T. Molumphy, Frank L. Bacon, C. F. Lewis, R. O. Clark, Ernest W. Mil- drum and John A. Moore. Men Called or Examination. Notices were received by many local young men this morning to appear before the exemption hoard in Plain- ville on September 12 for examina- tion. A call for 2,000 men has been issued in order to fill the desired quota of 400. At the first examina- tions held some weeks ago but a very small number of men were ac- cepted for the National Army because of physical reasons. A number of men who qualified physically have been excused because of dependency. The second examination will be for men from this town, Plainville and Southington. The examinations will start at 12 o'clock and will be conducter by 40 doctors. At the last exvmination there were 27 medical’ men present. Thirty volunteer clerks will take down the reports. Berlin has been asked to ‘furnish six clerks, and four citi- zens, ex-Senator Claude W. Stevens, Tax-collector ~ Charles F. Lewis, Srnest W. Mildrum and George F. Dodd have already volunteered their services. It is hoped that two more patriotic men from this town can be secured and anyone desiring to serve should notify Mr. Stevens at once. Although it was impossible to se- cure an entire list of the young men who have been notifled to appear be- fore the board, a partial list is given. The entire list will be published with- years, will be Mr. Baldwin’s running mate at the caucus. The democrats will also hold their caucus on Friday night. The session will be held in the town court room and will begin at 8 o’clock. As yet, a capable man to run for the first se- lectmanship has not been secured. Although the name of Albert Norton was proposed for the office, Mr. Nor- ton is said to be opposed to having his name put on the slate. James J. Fitzsimmons, who has also been men- tioned for the office, will not be a candidate. It was whispered this morning that Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw will meet with opposition on Friday. In years past it has been the custom of both the democrats and republicans to endorse Mr. Shaw for town clerk and treasurer. Owing to Mr. Shaw's ad- vanced age, it is reported that the democrats this year will make a strong effort to land the office. It is said that Sydney LeClair will be nom- inated to run against Mr. Shaw. William H. Gibney, who was first selectman for fourteen years, but withdrew last year because of ill health ,will not run for office. Mr. Gibney stated this morning that his health would not permit him to be a candidate. Fair Directors Meet. At a meeting of the directors of the Berlin Agricultural society last even- ing, William H. Gibney was appointed to have complete charge of the local and city police and watchmen at the fair grounds during the coming week. This will make the twenty-ninth con- secutive year that Mr. Gibney has had charge of the policing of the grounds. Final plans for the fair were dis- in the next few days. Some of the local men who have been called for examination are as follows: George Gabriel Winslow, Pagella Modesta, John Tarco, Frank Brande- gee, Bogili Felice, Pili Giaunto, Nick Cienieniriz, Guissippe Belli, Dell Oro Giacomo, Axel Peterson, Tony Paris, Angello Lorenzo, Giacomo Bogill, Patrick Murchette, John Talcott Sco. ville, Max Edelson, John Kinneth Sheldon Seymour Roby, Michale Fortuna, Earl Wilson Kilby, William J. Webster. Answers Critics. First Selectman Willard I Alling officially made it known this morning that he is a candidate for re-election. Incidentally Mr. Alling took a fling at his critics and announced his plat- form. As to the assertions made by | the supporters of Newton W. Bald- | win, who is to oppose Mr. Alling at the caucus on Friday, that he failed | to keep the roads in good condition | and thereby saved the town consider- able money, but which will eventually put the town to a greater expense, Mr. Alling said that this was nothing but small talk. He stated that he has | kept the roads in as good condition | as could he expected and that he had | used only the money that was allot- ted to him by the finance hoard. He further explained why he should be | elected for another year. During his administration he said, he paid up $3,000 on old debts and at the same time met all the running expenses of the town without leaving any unpaid bills. He further said that he will bring the fiscal year to a close with $4,500 in the treasury. S Mr. Baldwin's supporters, on the other hand clalm that it is a simple matter to come through the year with a big balance if very few expenditures are made and a large tax is levied | upon property. J. C. Rowley, who was third select- ving their donation to George F. man of this town for a number of cussed by the directors. It was learned that the City of New ‘Britain will make an extensive display at the fair. There will be exhibits from the muni- cipal and town farms. The following directors were present last evening: Cd1. Charles M. Jarvis, Dr. Roger M. Griswold, George Green, E. W. Stevens, B. H, Atwater, George F. Dodd, Leland W. Gwatkins and William H. Webster. It was proposed at the meeting to urge the first selectman to_repair the road extending from the Berlin depotl to the fair grounds. This road is in very poor condition and due to the heavy traffic which will be in evidence next week it should be repaised. Berlin Briefs. Rev. and Mrs. Samuel A. Fiske have returned home from an automo- bile trip to Southbridge, Mass. A meeting of the Boy Scouts was held last evening and plans for the events at the fair were discussed. A meeting of the scout masters will be held in New Britain tonight and fi- nal details will be completed. Mrs. H. R. Clark and son of East Berlin have returned home from their vacation at Westbiook. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. North have re- | turned to their home in East Berlin from an automobile trip to Maine. Mr. aud Mrs. E. P. Cody and fam- ily of East Berlin are sojourning at Grove Beach. | Mrs. S. McCrum of East Berlin is entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Christie of Larchmont, N. Y. A meeting, of the selectmen was held last night and routine business was transacted. The school board also met. Sterling Woodward, who has been spending two wecks at Challzer Beach has returned to his home in Berlin. Plainville News PLAINVILLE QUOTA IS NOT COMPLETE And 500 More Will Be Examined on Wednesday, Sept. 12 IDISTRIGT TCTALS 2,000 e Four Local Boys Receive Orders to Report at Ayer Cantonment ‘Sep- tember 7.—Mrs. James Passes Away at Home of Sister, _To fill the designated quota for the district in the neighborhood of 500 Southington and Berlin will be exam- hlved in the town hall at Plainville, Wednesday, September 12. men have been sent notices at what hour to appear but the failure to receive the notice is no excuse for not being present and each man should keep in touch with ‘the local board. Owing to the large number of ex- emptions for physical and various other reasons the call which has been issued in the district by the local board is for 2,000 men. The first call was for 1,000 men out of which only 150 were found who were physically fit and waived exemption. A number who passed the physicians have claimed exemption and their claims are being acted upon by the district board. However, with those accepted from the latter group as members of the national army the alloted quota will not be reached. The quota for this distriot is 400. 3 At the last ‘examination which was held in the town hall in Plainville August 13, out of 288 men from the three aforementioned.towns, only 27 passed the physical examination and did not clalm exemption. Eight men from the 79 Plainvillites examined were accepted as members of the na- tional army. According to statistics this district made one of the poorest showings of any district in the state. For this reason the local board has doubled the second call. Because the number of men to be examined this time will be far greater than, the last working forces will have to be augmented and Stanley S. Gwillim has already begun prepara- tions to combat successfully the situ- ation. Instead of 20 doctors about 40 will be present and 30 clerks are de- sired to carry on the work. Mr. Fwillim has set forth a call for vol- unteer clerks and any wishing to serve in this capacity may communi- cate with him. Postmaster Prior stated this morn- ing that in the neighborhood of 130 notices had been received at the lo- cal office. At noon a fair share of them had been called for. To Report for Service Sept. Notices were also received at the post office for four young men of the 7. McNally | men from the towns of Plainville, / These ' The Hartford Silk Store { | value for $1.75 yard. Beautiful quality Voiles, 36 House or Street Dresses, regular Sash’s Woven Names . Mothers should order now for Sons or Daughters going away to School. They prevent loss, as they are easily sewn on to all kinds of linen, woolen and knitted arti- cles. Your son leaving home for the service of his country will appreciate having his clothes, underwear, gloves, cap, rain- coat, etc., marked with Sash’'s Woven Names. Prices reasonable; place your orders as early as possible. Notion Deparment. The New L'Grefonne Bags For Needle Work, Shopping or street use, new designs in cretonnes, with strong metal covered frames; something new and priced $1.00, $1.50 and $2. Several styles. Store Closed Fridays at Noon. C. S. HILLS &CO. HARTFORD inches wide, in this season’s patterns, 29c quality, special price 21c yard. ciate one of those elegint Beacon viceable, comfortable and almost Automob not be without in. your Auto Trips Auto Rugs. They are the genuine camping and institution use. The —all wool, full size, and $6.75 single Blanket. Camp /and Outdoor Blankets for $2.50, $2.98 and $3.98. AGENTS - FOR : STANDARD PATTERNS Open Saturday Evenings Until 9 P.M | NEW FALL SILKS NEW FALL LINE OF CREPE METEOR This will be one of the fashionable silk fabrics for the coming Fall and Winter seasons. fer a special number of 40 inches wide, in all the latest evening and street shades for $2.25 yard. VERY COMPLETE LINE OF GEORGETTE CREPE An excellent quality, in all the fashionable street and evening shades, 40 inches wide, and special We of- One Table of Summer Voiles, Formerly 29¢ Yd, on Sale for 21c Yd. desirable colorings and designs “Indian” Beacon Blankets The time is coming, if not alneady here, when you will appre- Indian Blankets. They are ser- indispensable. Lots of new de- signs and colorings, and only $4.50. ile Rugs September and October are the months when you really can- , one of these luxurious Scotch imported goods, latest tartan de- signs and colorings and range in price from $4.75 to $12.00. Army Blankets We have a very completee line of “Army” Blankets, also for “Army” in the new olive shades Town building Tree warden...., Town officers (including bonds) .....cceeeeiinnn 2,400.97 Total .. $39,286.91 Mr. Mary A. McNally. Mrs. Mary A. (McGuire) McNally, wife of James J. McNally died last evening at the home of her sister, Mrs, Peter Brock. Death was due ta a complication of diseases with which she had been ill only about a week. She is survived by her husband, one son, James of this town, and a daugh- ter, Mrs. George Dillonay of Meriden. Also surviving her are her sister and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held from the home of her sister on Washington street Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. A requiem high mass will be sung at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Mrs. McGuire was one of the oldest and best known women in the neigh- borhood. She was born in Ireland but immigrated to this country when but a girl. For over 50 vears she had been town who are members of the new national army and who have orders to report at Ayer, Mass., September 7 for training. Lloyd Stanton Edwards, John Rivers, Chester Hayden Griffin and Rosario Harry LeDuc are the names of the boys who will be the first from Plainville to be ushered into the service through the medium of the selective draft. The young men were the first to be examined and accepted and the news comes to them with no great surprise. Before going direct to Ayer they [ will have to report at the office of the local board in Hartford at 10 o’clock the morning of the 7th. Here they will be given transportation tickets and money to cover their necessary expenses. 1t is highly probable that by tomor- row another bunch of similar notices will be received by members of the national army first to be examined and selected. According to a statement by one of the members of the local board in Hartford the men are not being sent to the cantonment in the order in which they were accepted. Those who have had any former military exper- ience or ave skilled in the culinary art are being given the preference and sent ahead. This does not mean that the first man accepted would not be sent until last if he-had neither military or culinary experience but that he would be sent in relative or- der in which he was chosen. Selectman’s Report for Year. That the administration of Select- man Johnson has been an economical one is evidenced by the annual report for the year recently compiled. State- ments show that there has been sub- stantial reductions in almost every de- partment during the past year and that the taxpayers’ money was care- fully disbursed. Compared with the statements of other selectmen in former years, the report is entirely favorable. Election expenses last vear iwere higher than in years previous because of the pur- chase of the new voting machines { which proved a success. A recapitulation of the report fol- low Borrowed money Compensation Dog’ wardenii.. . i fieL i Election (including v. m.) Fire department... Fire hydrants..... | Forest fire warden. . Highway 3 A Highw Interest Library ... Memorial das Miscellaneous Police Poorie $17,000.00 107.17 97.50 1,503.56 290.53 750.00 and in East | Sidewalks | Poor in hospital ! Printing Street lighting s State tax and county tax Soldier’'s dependents.... a resident of Plainville. New Britain “Drunk” Fined. Fred Barnes of New Britain, who was arrested Monday by Officer Ma- rino after he failed ta heed good ad- vice, was arraigned in court yester- day on two counts. He was found guilty of breach of the peace and in- toxication and fined $2 on each count, MACMILLAN BACK T0; NEW YORK’S AURORA {Intrepid Explorer Finds Broad- way Borealis More Comfortable New York, Sept. 5.—Donald B. MacMillan, who left New York city July 2, 1913, and passed four years among the perilous unmapped regions within 600 miles of the north pole, returned home yesterday afteynoon. He brought to the American Mn- seum of Natural History, under whose auspices his expedition was under- taken, information which will rechart hundreds of miles of Arctic coast lines and eliminate from the map of the world that mythical continent, Crocker Land. In addition he has a collection from the far north which for its ethnological, geological, bo- tanical and zoological value rivals any ever gathered at one time. “It will be the last Arctic expedi- tion which will use dogs for tran: portation,” predicted the explorer as a dozen camera and motion picture men clicked his meeting on the steps of the museum with Edmund - Otis They travelled 10,000 miles with sleds remapped 150 miles of coastline taken by the expedition cover longest single period over which data have ever been obtained in far porth. Additional evidence gained of the presence of great b tuminous coal beds,/thus proving, Mr. MacMillan, that the region at one time tropical. At the Weehawken freight yards a special car containing the 400 boxi which Mr. MacMillan brought i the north. In it are the skins bears, mushox, caraboo, arctic h wolves narwhal, seals and arctic bii Among them are two sets of eggs the knot or robin back snipe (Trin Canutus,) Only twice before have eggs of this been found. 3 The base of the expedition was Etah (Mr. MacMillan prefers th spelling Eta,) in northwestern Gree, land, only three miles south of -t “furthest north’” point of 1852, reached in that year by Dr. Eli$ Kent Kane of the United States navy. Relics of the Kane party were found by MacMillan frozen in the ice undes| an old iron pot. Many records of other explorerh! also were found by the MacMillian ‘party. by Peary in 1906. The second of the stars which Peary cut from an Amer= ican flag and left at various points in the north, stripe on the ice at the north pole, Reports are current that a certain gang of the young men of the town who infest the streets late at night and early in the morniing will be rounded up shortly if they continue their “frolics. Several complaints have been lodged with the police con- cerning the disturbance caused by the members of the “midnight crew’” and some action will probably be taken soon. Hovey, who arrived in New York from his 1914 reltef expedition on the same day MacMillan reached Sydney. “The areoplane will serve the Arc- tic explorers of the future. Such rapid progress has been made in flying since I have been out of touch with world affairs that I am sure the slow going dogsled will be discarded. In that way the work which took me » Royes Girl Still Missing. Nothing has been heard from Grace Royes, who has been strangely missing since last Monday evening. Yesterday the mother reported to the New Britain police that the girl had run away from home and asked them to be on the lookout for her. It is expected that she will be located in a few days. weeks. est part of the year, before the ice breaks up and makes passage impes- | sible. ' Through the air it would be | bie to fly over barriers. And the ! hydroaeroplane is the machine to do it; pools of smooth water provide plenty of landing places. . Mr. McMillan twould not say ! whether he would accept an offer to : return north via the air route. He | has no definite plans. At present he | will remain in New York to superin- | tend the work of unpacking and ar- | ranging the exhibit of specimens which will be made at the American museum. i Four years of accomplishment by the MacMillan expedition brought im- | portant discoveries in every fleld of | the natural sciences. Here are some | figures of the work done by seven white men and a few Eskimo aids: | Ellesmere Land, discovered two new {islands, and found that three sup- posed islands do not exist, found many records of former explorers, { some dating back sixty-four years: collected 400 boxes of rare specimens and 4,000 Arctic pictures. The metorological observations Briefs. Dr. Lawrence H. Frost has returned from a vacation in Vermont. Ray Roberts and a shipmate, who were in town last week, have returned to their ship, the U. S. 8. Nebraska. Jagies Graham, assistant postmas- ter, has returned from a short so-| journ in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward Wee- den of Ledge road have returned from ! their vacation spent at Short Beach and Meriden. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society wil hold a food sale at the chapel Frida: September 7, from 2 until 6 p. m. Miss Bessie Dver has returned from a vacation spent at Pleasant View, Re s & THE POPULAR SHOE STORE IS he New Military Boots For Young Women who are now preparing -for College or High School and want Stylish and Durable Shoes for sport and geuneral wear. Browns and Grays and in Combinations. Tans and Blacks, Some with rubber soles and heels, Prices $3.50 to $8.00. The Shoeman AISHBERG 941Main St., Harfigr_d_ WEEENNNENRASK THE CLERK FOR S. & H. GREEN' STAMPS! was brought back. As different ex- plorers find the parts of the flag they will be collected at Washington and pieced together once more. Erickson, the Danish explorer brought back the first star. . MacMillan's assoclates were Fita- hugh Green, U. S. N, engineer an& physicist; W. Elmer Eblaw, geologist and botanist; Maurice C. Tanquary. zoologist; Dr. Hurrison J. Hunt, ‘“We now have to work in the cold- | ! adillan | “Swapping of wives” 5 brocedure among the peoples of the | cept for ¢ slurred i are hard to distinguish, | explained, geon; Jerome < en, wireles: | year could be accomplished in a few ! ator and electrician, and Jonath. Smali, mechanic and cook. Several cf these mea, whi did not hLeatr of the world war until March, 1915, when the news trickled through the north t) e Danish trader 150 miles south of their basc, ace serving already with our military forces. “‘Piblocto!” cried the Hskir-e to the paerty wleu told of the war in which threc-fourths of the world is partici- pating. And translated by Mr. Mac- it means ‘“run amuck” o form of living of the far north com- munities. It is not socialistic in poli- tics—for they have no government— but in practice. If one man Is hun- | gry in a village, all men are hungry. Iverything is divided and the law of custom rules. With females in the minority, the socialistic scheme has been carried to great lengths. A boy of“eight knows the girl he will marry, and there ex- ! ists not an Eskimo girl who is mnot married by her thirteenth year. is the correct Far North, of Greenland and adjscent islands. A man may have a wife for a month of six weeks, and then trade her to a friend for a like period. “The Iskimos have all the essen- s, said Mr. Macmillan. “They are kind, fair, never fight, ex- an occasional killing, quite according to their own law, and are scrupulously hon Mr. MacMillan has written in Eng- lish about 4,000 words of the language of the Eskimos of northern Green- land. They have no written or sign language and the spoken words are over into each other so they Unusual intelligence exists among all the people and although the girls are married when they can first “‘chew a boot,” they are not lacking in ap- preciation of finer arts. Chewing a boot, the Artic explorer is a process to soften the tough hides used for shoes, before a needle can be pushed through. The | saliva moistens and makes them pli- able. Tt is the duty of a wife to pre- pare this leather. For that reason the teeth of the Eskimo women soow are worn off to the gums. In a can were found notes left} with the final white: