New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1917, Page 7

Plainville News NEWHAVEN ROAD 10 WIN DECISION Public Utilities Commission May Grant Proposed Sidetrack NEAR EAST STREET CROSSING. That is the Opinion of Residents Who Or- AGENTS FOR STANDARD PATTERNS S. HILLS &CO HARTFORD THE STORE OF SUPERIOR VAL THE NEW FALL COATS Models of Real Charm and Loveliness The care with which we have selected our fall line of Coats is emphasized in the various lines from $25.00 to $150. No words can do them justice, one must see them. that Fashion has decreed for this season. To see them is to know what is absolutely correct for fall and winter. The garments are fashioned of the newest materials, and are trimmed with fur braid and other trimmings. You will find assembled the newest and most wanted shades. DRESSES FOR AFTERNOON AND STREET WEAR In serge, satin and combinations our dress display is one that we have emphasized particularly this season and we believe that we have secured a most wonderful range of styles from which one can make a selection. The class of merchandise is characteristic of C. S. Hills & Co.—dependable and the best values for the price. Our Satin Dresses are out of the ordinary. Some of the models are trimmed with Georgette, others are braid and embroidery trimmed. There are also plaited models and other distinctive styles. The colors for this season are navy, briwn, wisteria, Copenhagen, Burgundy, taupe, etc., and black. Our line comprises Dresses at $12.95 and up to $€9.00 BOYS' FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING OUR BCYS’ DEPARTMENT IS WELL STOCKED WITH ALL THE NEOESSARY CLOTHES FOR THE SCHOOL BOY. SUITS, COATS, HATS, SWEATERS, SHIRTS, SEPARATE PANTS AND ODD KNICKERS, ETC. CAN ALL BE FOUND THERE IN A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF MA- TERIALS AND MODERATE PRICES. MACKINAWS are going to be as extra good values in good colors and pinch back style with sash or patch pockets in ages 8 to 18 years and priced at $6.00, $6.50, $7.98, $8.50 and up. OVERCOATS in nice nobby mixtures in browns, greys, and greens, made to button up to neck, in ages 3 to 9 years. Priced at $6.00, $7.50 to $12.50. LONG OVERCOATS, the very latest in fabric and in cut. 19 year sizes. Beautiful quality garments at $15.00 to $19.00. CORDUROY SUITS in 3 to 8 years in green, grey, blue and brown. Dandy value and very special at $3.98. NORFOLK SUITS in a wide variety| of patterns and models. Pretty color- ings and very serviceable fabrics, in| ages 8 to 18. Selling at $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 and up to $16.50. ODD KNICKERS. We have a full range of sizes from 6 to 18 years. Many patterns to choose from, selling at 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.25.. | COTTON MIXED SERGE KNICK-| ERS in 7 to 16 year sizes at $1.00,| $1.25 and $1.50 a pair. | FLANNELETTE NIGHTIES in 2 to| 10 year sizes at 59c. PAJAMAS, white or colored ones in 6 to 18 year sizes at $1.00 to $1.50. BLOUSES, collar on or off, in 6 to 16 year sizes at 59¢ each, | Protested Project—\Women’s 1 They embody all the successful style features ganizatiorf Turns in Over $5,000 in Subscriptions for Liberty Loan. | popular as ever and we have some They are nicepAttnE Eatments; Y That the New Haven road will be | !allowed to construct the proposed | sidetrack near East street crossing is the opinion of several residents of | the town who attended the meeting at the Public Utilities Commission of fice in Hartford yesterday to protest | against the project. Although the board has given out no definite state- : ment and has reserved decision it is thought that ultimately the addition | will be built, At the meeting yesterday about | thirty residents of the eastern section of the town attended as did the se- lectmen. Views were aired pro and con and although the Plainville dele- gation did not succeed in having the proposed sidetrack eliminated entire- | 1v those present scored a point in their | favor, Instead of having the switch twen- ty-five feet from the crossing it will probably be built in the neighbor- hood of 600 feet further down the tfack toward New Britain. The “New Haven” road proposed to have the switch at a distance of from 25 to 30 feet from the crossing but it was easily seen that this would be dan- gerous as cars standing on the side- track would obstruct the view of the main track from pedestrians as well ag drivers of vehicles. Under the rul- | ing which will be provided by the commission chances foreseeing ap- proaching trains will be as good as formerly. More Men to Leave. Although the exact number has not been determined it was learned this morning that several more. drafted men of the town will have to report at Camp Devens during the last of the month. The quota for the district. is yet incomplete and between 50 and 60 men will be ordered to report from the various towns which come under the jurisdiction of the local board. It has been reported unofficlally that about five more conscripts will be sent to the cantonment but there is no way of determining the exact num- ber until the exemption claims are certified. The local board at Hart- ford is now busy in this work, one of 1 the members this morning stating that the names of the young men would be announced later. Up to date Plainville has furnished men for the national army. For Those Who Visit Ayer. In 12 to BLUE SERGES are very much in demand this season and our stock is large. The materials are all wool. We have a wide range of models which are bound to please, in ages 6 to 18, selling from $6.50 to $15.00. ALL WOOL SERGE KNICKERS, full lined and extra full size. Nicely made garments, in ages 9 to 18 years, at $2.00 a pair. In 6, 7, and 8§ year sizes at $1.50 a pair. - PLAIN KNEE PANTS in Cordu- roys and Serges in 5 to 8 year sizes priced at $1.25 and $1.50 a pair. NIGHT SHIRTS in 8 to 18 year sizes, 79¢. ROMPERS in 2 to 6 years at 75¢c pair. COLLARS at 2 for 25c. NECKWEAR at 25c to 50c. UNDERWAISTS, BELTS, WIND-| OVERALLS, SHIRTS, SWEAT- SOR TIES, to be found here in re-| ERS, ETC, all good quality and at- liable makes. | tractive prices. Our Fall Suits Feature the Predominating Modes Our collection of Suits for special care and forethought. ‘We have received from the leading New York manufacturers during the last week a range of models that are unusually smart and up-to-date and at a saving. Our prices are reasonable considering the quality of the merchandise. Our Suits from the least to the most expensive, represent all that is new and desirable in style, fabrics and colors. The workmanship is of the better order and the most minute details are considered in keeping up thi high standard of C. S Hills & Co.’s ready-to-wear garments. Splendid values at $25.00 and up to $125.00. WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION OF THE ABOVE AND ALSO OF SEPARATE SKIRTS AND BLOUSES. women and misses is truly wonderful. It has been assembled with e OUR STOCKS the state as regards subscribing the full amount of the allotment for the second Liberty Loan. The women have made plans which they will carry out to interview every woman in the town. The house to house can- vass will be thorough from start to finish. No one will be overlooked. | Favorable reports have been heard on the work of J. N. McKernan and his co-workers who are helping in the house to house canvass as well as working a general fleld. Reports | from the factories have not been turned in as yet but will probably be favorable. To Meet This Evening. Stanley Gwillim, as chairman of the War Camp recreation fund has called a meeting of his committee for this evening at his home on Hough street. Plans will be formulated for con- ducting a campaign here for the pur- pose of raising $240 to be used by the war department commission for train. © ing camp activities in creating and maintaining clubs and recreational buildings in the war camp cities. The WProllowing members of the corhmittee Tammany parish. He became ill last § vear and was brought to a New Or- leans hospital, where an operation wag performed. Later he sent for Misa Rendell to join him. § Searing told the police yesterday that he suffered a lapse of memory. in a cafe in Atlantic City and did not remember anything from that time until he recovered from an operation at the hospital here. The prisoners agreed to return to Philadelphia with-" out extradition proceedings. FINANCIAL REPORT OF HOSPITAL BOARD THOUGHT DROWNED, NOW ARRESTED Contractor Under Arrest in New Orleans Charged With Frand MAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DKFEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PU3CHASED OF UA. poral George M. Beckett, Corporal |must win this war and down the Harold Ventres, Corporal Orville Ven- | Kaiser, militarism and autocracy, has tres, Russell Dickinson and William | been placed on all the war bulletin Bolton. boards by the local council of de- All the young men, with the excep- i fense. The poster explains in de- tion of Captain Whitney, enlisted | tail why Germany wants peace and ! with Company I, New ‘Britain and|why the Kaiser's intrigue for peace is after an intensive training at New |a menace to America and the world. Haven, were sent to England. In his|A map marked with red ink, called cablegram, Benson tells of his safe |the “Prussian Blot” indicates that the arrival “somewhere” in France. Cap- | Kaiser’s dream of controlling a vast " ’ e | tain Whitney, who'lives in Blue Hills, | Pan-Germanic empire from Berlin to {was in charge of Company 1, Meri- | Bagdad is coming true. EOr T Repont OF. I, G oo erere % = Remtemmetmsiiass 00 SR iy i v wold Will Be Under Fire ' Berlin News Philadelphia, Oct. 10.—The county | grand jury returned indictments yes- terday on charges of conspiracy to defraud against Frederick Roe Sear- | ing, a Philadelphia contractor, who disappeared at Atlantic City two years ago and was believed to have been drowned, and Miss Elizabeth Rendell, his former stenographer, i Statement by Mrs. George Rapelye Shows Balance on Hand at End of Year of $709.42. At the annual meeting and tea of the Woman's Hospital board at the First Congregational church parlors 35 who have | been located at New Orleans. War- | the stat il of defense and the honstateloouncil iof deten Getting Ready for Rush. Food Conservation Campaign. gain an empire of 400,000 square | MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED e etk . | miles. The arca of Germany when | EOoCRconEe Iy atlonSoanpalan Wl | the war vegan was 208,780 square hefcacricdfoniin s oxl RO rNonSRNES | miles Mt now: ol 318001000 sqtare commencing October 21 and ending | jjog of it. The Prussian dream is " "o Have Conservation of Food Cam- paign Here—Pledge Cards to Be | - Distributed “Old People’s Day” at Methodist Church—No Columbus October 28. The local committee of | [ 0® oSl e Celebration—Berlin Briefs. | i The adjourned annual town_business { meeting will be held this evening in the Town. Hall. Although it is be- lieved that the meeting will be un- usually quiet, still there were numer- us rumors afloat today as to whether > float today heth all the reports of the town officers will | be accepted. It is said that the re- | port of Dr. R. M. Griswold as health officer will be the target of discus- gion. In his report Dr. Griswold an- sounced his resignation as health of- ficer for the ensuing year. Incidental- ly in his doing so, Dr. Griswold took a fAing at the sanitary condition in Ber- Mn, saying that he “could not retain the office and his self-respect at the | same time.” | ‘The reports of the other officers | #will also be acted upon. Appropria- | “%ions will be made for the support of | the schools for the ensuing year and it will also be determined as ' to| whether or not an appropriation | should be made for the improve- ment and construction of the high- ways. It will also be decided at this time to whether a certain private way | . belonging to the Edward Robbins es- tate and running between Farmington Road and Langdon Lane should be accepted as a public highway. Two members of the finance board will be elected, as the terms of Ernest W. Mildrum and James J. Fitzsim- ons expire. Both men have been mominated by their respective par- ties, and both will undoubtedly restored to office. Mr. Mildrum and ‘Mr. Fitzsimons have devoted a large pmount of their time in the perform- ance of their duties and it is belleved that they will receive the confldence | of the voters at the meeting. The report of the finance board will | be acted upon and the budget for the | nsuing year will be brought up for | tion. In their report the finance board recommended a 16-mill tax upon the grand list, the same as last | year. It is believed that this will hf.‘} accepted. Other business that may | come up will be transacted. Benson in France. ! According to a cablegram received | his parents in East Berlin, Quar- termaster Sergeant Arthur Benson of 102nd Infantry is now in France. geven other Berlin young men are also believed to have landed in France and will soon be in the active i be ; women'’s ommittees of the local coun- cil of defense home economies will have charge of the campaign. A meeting of the three committees will be heid in the near future and plans will be outlined. It is proposed to! make a thorough canvas of the town. Pledge cards for membership will be | Both postmasters belleve that Postmaster A. B. Goodrich of Ber- lin and Postmaster Willlam W. Fa- san of Kensington are already pre- paring to handle the Christmas rush. the largest business ever done by the lo- left at each residence. | drafted, !the event this vear. cal post offices will be in order this Robert Scoville, chairman of the|year. This, they say, will be due state food conservation committee is:largely because of the great number of the of local men enrolled in. the service thrift | of Uncle Sam. coun- | Instructions as to mailing parcels { abroad have been received from Post- { master General H. S. Burleson, Sec- | retary of War Newton D. Baker and from Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy. Three other things are es- sential, the Washington officials -de- clare, in order that the boys in France receive their bundles by Christmas. Tection | Farcels should be mailed early, ad- election | gressed | intelligently and packed se- whiothaye nodireportedy curely. 'In order that these reach the Women to Organize. | soldlers before the holidays they A meeting of the women of the local shougd be mailed not later than No- 3 vember 15. council of defense will be held on an | " Owing to the fact that the contents day afternoon at the home of MTrs.| ¢ each package must be scrutinized Charles M. Jarvis of Worthington before leaving the United States, to ob- Ridge. Representatives from every ! viate delay due to censorship, the cov- women’s soclety in Berlin will be! oring should be secured so as to admit present at the session. A permanent ! easy inspection of its contents. chairman and a secretary will be 0ld People’s Day. clected. Efforts to make the com-| o p 0 S0 e mittee an important one and to work ple sEbays wagicelebrato in conjunction with the men’s local in the parlors of the Kensington | defense council will be the purpose; Methodist church this afternoon:at of the session. Mrs. Jarvis at present | 5.30 grclock. Invitations to the elder- is conducting the work and has been giving much of her time and effort | IV Parishioners of the church were to the performance of the numerous sent out earlier in the week and a tasks. large number were present. Music was enjoyed and an address was given by Rev. E. F. Lounsbury, pastor of the church. The program was carried out under the auspices of the Epworth league. the general chairman in charge work. Similar campaigns on will be carried on all over the try. Alling Had No Expense. First Selectman Willard I Alling today filed a report with Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw showing that he had no expense in the recent election. Tomorrow is the last day for filing re- ports and there are still a few! candidates at the recent Not to Cclebrate. No definite celebration is being planned by the local Italians for Columbus doy, Friday, October 12. In years past it has been the custom of the local Italians to hold a grand ball in Foresters’ hall on Farmington road. Asa number of men have been it was decided not to hold Instead the ad- mirers of Christopher Columbus will Berlin Briefs, Mrs. Howard Eckhart of St. Augus- tine, Florida, who has been the guest of Mrs. Alexander B. Huston of Worthington Ridge, has returned home. {join with the New Britain Italians in celebration. A parade will be held in the Hardware City and will be fol- lowed by a ball at Turner hall. The proceeds will go to the Red Cross. Dominick Berretti. The funeral of Dominick Berretti of Kensington, who died yesterday at the New Britain General hospital of Miss Edith Smith returned home | yesterday after a visit in Boston, Mass. Patrick Kelly of Kensington s spending a few days in New York. Niels Nelson, who has been visiting with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anderson of Farmington. road, has re- turned to Fort Slocum. pneumonia, will be held tomorrow morning: at 9 o'clock. Services will J. C. Burial Catholic will officiate. Mary's new Brennan will be at St. cemetery, New Britain Berretti was 43 years of age. leaves a wife and several children in Ttaly. He was employed for number of years in locai brickyards. Down With the Kaiser. gray. They are Captain William Whit- pey, Corporal William Turner, Cor- An attractive bulletin expounding numerous reasons why United States be held at St. Paul's church, and Rev. | He ! Paul Golen of the United States | Navy, is home on a short furlough. | Miss Ruth Clark of East Berlin is ! entertaining Miss Benson of Higga- num. . Because of a district teachers’ meet- ing the school children in East Berlin enjoyed a half-holiday yesterday. Arthur Bowers has returned to his ihon](‘ in East Berlin after a trip to i Maine. John Ingraham and family of East Berlin have moved to Kensington. f | i i | i Through Mrs. S. S. Gwillim, chair- man of the local woman’s committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense and the Traveler's Aid society of Boston a plan will be put in opera- tion in Plainville to aid mothers and sisters and friends of drafted men who wish to visit their sons or brothers at the cantonment at Ayer. The Trav- eler’s Aid society of Boston has estab- lished headquarters at the Ayer rail- road station for the purpose of meet- ing women and girls on their arrival at the cantonment, to apprise them of the hospitalities of the local women’s clubs, to assist them in securing boarding and lodging places and to help them find friends or relatives in the camp. ’ Miss Ruth Ryder has been appoint- ed by Mrs. Gwillim to help make the plan a success among local people. Those wishing to visit friends or rela- tives at Ayer may give their names to Miss Rvder, who in turn will com- municate with the officials of the Ald soclety giving the names of those who wish to visit the camp. In this way the women and girls who decide to visit friends and relatives among members of the national army will have little difficulty in securing the best of accommodations during the stay there. Names Still Being Added. Names of Plainville young men who have enlisted in one branch of the service or another still are being added to the list which is being compiled by S. S. Gwillim, chairman of the local cornmitee of the Conn. State Council of Defense. Within the past week the following names have been placed upon the honor rell: P. J. Mullen, B. H. Gilbert, Joe Winiger, all of whom are members of the navy; Albert Con- lin, Emidio Cassurio, R. C. Newell, Dr. L. H. Frost and Major Arthur Hadsell who are serving in the army. It is thought that the list is now nearing the stages of completion but not until every name has been added to the list will it be placed upon the war bulletin at the postoffice. Mr. Gwillim suggests that anyone having a son or kinsman in any branch of the service hand in his name. House to House Canvass is Success. That the house to house canva which is being made hy the women’s organization and by J. N. McKernan and his deputies to raise Plainville’s | allotment of $99,000 for the second ! Liberty Loan will be a tremendous | success is evidenced by the fact that! the women alone turned in $5,000 worth of subscriptions yesterday. A. MacLeod reported to the fodeval‘ bank at Boston last evening that to | date over $23,000 had been raised, | which is about 25 per cent. of the cn-‘ tire allotment. During the next two and one-half weeks which remain every effort will | be put forth by members of the gen- | eral committee that Plainville may | stand among the foremost towns h,& la are expected to be present this eve- ning: P. N. Prior, Harry Bonney, R. L. Seymour, James Graham, Horace and E. T. Brastow. Contributions will be accepted by any member of the above committee for the fund. Committee to Meet. The committee appointed by the chairman of the town committee to investigate the salaries of certain of- ficers will meet at an early date and | prepare a new system for the payment of these men. The salary basis now in use went into effect some thirty years ago and consequently is out of date. It is probable that a raise will be granted the first selectman of the town as other officers. Guests of Southington Lodge. Court General Lawton, No. . 135, Foresters of America, will be the guest of Court Industry at their 43rd anni- versary at Southington this evening. Local members will leave here on the 7:30 trolley. A degree team from Mer- iden will be present to initiate a num- ber into the lodge. All members are urged to attend. Plainville Briefs. Mrs. Wallace Brown of 30 Wallace street is knitting helmets for the drafted men who are stationed at Ayer. The FHello Girls” at the local ex- change are planning a dance to be held at the Town hall on October 26. Columbus Day will not be observed as a holiday at the local factories al- though the bank and postoffice will be closed on that day. Mrs. William J. Ritchie of Kens- ington is sole agent for Sterizol. Phone 642-3.—advt. FOR SALE—Second-hand furnituro, parlor stove, ice-box, baby carriage, rug, etc. 211 Broad street Plain- ville. 10-8-2:f | H t James, Frederick Bullen, J. E. Lamb | { had been rants have been issued for their ar- rest, and a detective left last night to bring them here. Considerable mystery surrounded the disappearance of Searing. He | had donned a bathing suit and was | waiting at the edge of the water line | for William H. Miller, who had gone l to hire a suit. When Miller returned | Searing could not be found, and after | & wide search he was given up as lost | by his wife and friends, Insurance companies, however re- fused t6 pay the amount of his poli- cies ‘to Mrs. Searing, claiming there insufficient proof of his death. The trial of a swmit instituted by Mrs. Searing for the piyment’ of $18,000 insurance money, which was to have been held yesterday, was postponed at the request of counsel for the companies. Mrs. Searing, who was in court when the case was called, said she could not believe her husband was alive, but if it was true the case would be dropped. New Orleans, Oct. 10.—Elizabeth Rendell of Philadelphia was arrested here yesterday on charges of con- spiracy to defraud in connection with the disappearance of Frederick Roe Searing at Atlantic City in August, 1915. She and Searing, who was taken into custody last night on a similar charge, were held by a magis- trate as fugitives from justice and remanded in default of bail. Searing and Miss Rendell, had been living here as Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Reynolds for nearly a year, according to the police. Searing came here soon after his disappearance at At- lantic City and bought a farm at St. vesterday, Mrs. George Rapelye, the treasurer, made her yearly statement, showing that the board had on hand, at the close of the fiscal year, $709.42, in comparison to $128.38 the previous year. The report follows: Balance on hand, $128.38; membership fees, $576; life membership fees, $125; personak gifts, $96; ambulance fund contribu- tions, $47; children’s free bed fund, $25; children’s ward fund, $1,000; free bed fund, $11; gifts for Thanks . giving, $42.79; proceeds from dansant : :zefit, $1,041; total receipts, $3,- i, iSxpenditures: Children’s free bed fund, $1,050; children’s ward fund, $100; ambulance fund, $47; A. W. Stanley, treasurer, $1,041.40; New Britain General hospital, $121.75, supplies, $131.60; total $2,491.75. On deposit at Savings Bank of New Britain, for contagious ward fund, $1,656.86; children’'s free bed fund, $1,050; children's ward fund, $628.71; ambulance fund, $196.03; total, $3, 531.60. In the expenditures column under the heading, supplies, the fol- lowing were bought: Linen, $14; printing, $19.75; postage, $15.70, wheel chairs, $50.50; flowers for grad- uating class, $31.65; total, $131.50. The largest individual gift during the year was by Mrs. Sarah Strong, who left $100 in her will. Indica- tive of the appreciation of hospital patients of the work done by the board is the item to the effect that $6 w contributed by ‘‘hospital friends.” Five life members are list- ed as follows: Mrs, George W. Cor- bin, Mrs. L. Hoyt Pease, Miss F. E. Damon, Mrs. Rebecca J. Damon and Mrs. B. K. Field. ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION. W. C. T. U. Will Hold Annual Scssion | in Middletown Oct. 17, 18, 19. Middletown, Oct. 10.—The annual | state convention of the Christian Temperance Union of Con- | necticut will be held in the Metho- Woman's | | dist church of Middletown October | 17, 18 and 19. The president's ad- | dress and reports of the correspond- | ing secretary and treasurer will be | given the afternoon of the 17th. Rev. | W. G. Puddefoot of Boston will be the | speaker in the evening. The 13th will | Dbe devoted to the clection of officers, department work and short addresses | Dby guests of the convention. The ad- | ress of the evening will be by Mrs. | Katherine Lent Stevenson, president | of Massachusetts W. C. T. U. Reports | and unfinished business will occupy the morning of the 19th. 1 TH 1;-—-—'"{19 POPULAR SHOE STORE KNSR Red Cross Shoe E WOMEN OF THE NATION ARE WEARING THE RED CROSS SHOE. = AISHBERG EEEEESERASK THR CLFERK FOR S. It is the nationally known style shoe. This fall the new models are more distinctive, more beautiful than ever, it seems. Handsome Colored Kid Boots in Gray, Brown and Field Mouse with cloth tops to match vamps. In Black Kid there are many choice styles in every shape, pattern and heel. PRICES $7.00 to $9.00. SPECIAL—For this week we are offering Cretonne Bedroom Slipvers in pink, blue and laven- der at 49c pair. The Shoeman 941 Main St. Hariford & H. GREEN STAMPS.