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

LONG GLOVES and NAIN FOR UNDERWEAR We have a fine line of these materials at very special prices. Just what you want for Underwear that wiil wear and so reasonable, too. LONG CLOTHS . Good quality cloth at 15c per yard, $1.65 for 12 yd. piece. Nice quality material in 36 inch width, at 25¢ per yard, or $2.75 for plece of 12 yard: NAINSOOKS. Good quality material 36 inches wide, 20c a yard, or $2.20 for a 12 yard piece. Fine quality, 36 inches wide, 25¢ Very fine quali inches wide. undergarments 29 12 yard piece. Better qualitics yard. NOVELTY Makes very serviceable inches wide. for the piece. c yard, $3.20 for a. . . . . . Long Cloth, 44 * * » at 42c¢ and 50c per * . yard, $4.15 for 100 Pairs Women’s Light Gray and Ivory Kid Lace and Kid Tops. regularly sold for Half Silk Crepc de Chine in an a: or party dresses Half Silk 36 Also Patent Foxed Fawn Cloth Top Lace Boots. on stylicsh lasts with Louis Heels, hand sewn, turn and welt soles. High Grade Boots of lines we wish to close out quickly. Sale Price but $5.75 a pair. $8.50 and $9.00 a p: WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT. dance frocks, 36 inch Poplin in plain for Waists or Dresses. 87 1-2c¢ per yard, Brocaded Half Silk Pongee, 36 inches wide for dresses or blouses. 58¢ per yard. Satin Striped 87 1-2c per yard, Half Silk Shi colorings. Worth Khaki Cloth for soldiers’ nceds. housework, etc. Printed Kimono Flannels. terns. Best quali Silk and Cotton Crcpe de Chine. rtings, 32 inches wide. 75c a yard. Big value at 580. Priced at 35c, 39¢, and 45c per yard. ty for 17c per yard. 44 inch width very fine at 12 yard piece. sortment of plain shades. inches wide 58c¢ yard. shades either dark or light. yard, $2.75 for 12 yard picce. For fine underwear 29c¢ yard. Priced 29c yard, $3.20 36 1-20 BOOTS AT GREAT BARGAINS FRIDAY Boots, with Cloth All made All very Boots which Nice for Splendid Only Many pretty shades, A nice range of good patterns and Also makes nice separate skirts for A large assortment of colors and pretty pate HAVING AN AUTOMOBI{E DPELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PU RCHASED OF US. Beriin News FAILS TO APPEAR WHEN SUBPOENAED Schwartz, Star Witness in Woods, Trial, Late for Gourt | GASE AGAIN ADJOURNED' ‘Would-Be Suicide in Violent Condition at Retreat—Scouts Raise $7,400 in | I ' Liberty Loan Campaign—Honor Roll Board Soon to Be Erected. * After belng warned and subpoenaed to be present in court this morning Carl Schwartz of Glen street, New Britain, star witness for the state in the case against Harold Woods of XKensington, charged with reckless driving, was absent when the court vas called to order by Judge George G. Griswold. A capias was issued by Judge Griswold and Constable John J. Hackett was ordered to locate Bchwartz and have him brought into court to explain his absence. As Schwartz is a material witness the case was adjourned until Tuesday mornlng at 9 o'clock. The case against Woods was! first tried on Tuesday. The accused |is charged with having driven a motor- cycle on the Beech Swamp road, Sat- urday, October 20, in a reckless man- ner, colliding with Adolph Walentin, who died of the injuries sustained. After the state had brought in its en- tire evidence on Tuesday, Woods was sked if he had any statement to ake in his own defense. He took the oath and then asked for an ad- journment so that he could secure counsel. The request was granted ‘When told to be present in court again @&’ a witness, Schwartz created a scene, declaring that he could not sac- Zifice his time by coming to Berlin. He pald that he had other business to attend to and had to go out of town. Judge Griswold warned the man that it was imperative that he ghould be in court today and Con- stable Hackett subpoenaed him. This morning when Prosecutor Gib- ney called for the state’s witnesses to #dse and take the oath, Schwartz was conspicuous by his absence. Lawyer Mortimer H. Camp, who appeared for ‘Woods, objected to trying the case and accepting the testimony as offered by Schwartz on Tuesday. As Schwartz was with Walentin at the time of the amocident Lawyer Camp was de- mirous of cross-axamining him. % Makes Belated Appearance, After court had been adjourned un- tll Tuesday, Schwartz appeared at the He town hall in an excited condition. thought that the court would hold sesslon at his convenlence and was | surprised to hear that a caplas haa ! been issued for his arrest. He ex- plained that he had missed two cars | He expressed | displeasure when he learned that the and was therefore late. cqgse was again adjourned. Youth in Viglent Condition. It is reported that Russell Dean, he 19 vear old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Dean of Kensington, who tried | an enviable reputation about the| to commit suicide by hanging yester- day morning, is in a violent condition at the Hartford retreat where he is confined. Although it was at first thought that the voung man received a dislocated neck as the result of hanging, this was found not to be the case. For the past six weeks young Dean, according to his parents has been act- Ing strangely. 4As he continually complained of headaches he. was tak- en out of school. He has since been nder the attention of a physician. While passing by a barn in the rear of her home yesterday morning about 11 o’clock, Mrs. Dean, the boy's mother, heard groans and cries from within. On investigating she was shocked to sce her son hanging from a beam. Calling assistance the rope was cut and the body was lowered to the floor. Young Dean was in an unconcious condition and Dr. R. M. Griswold was summoned. His assis- tant responded and ordered the boy removed to the New Britain General hospital. Upon regaining his senses Dean be- came violent and arrangements for | commiting him to the Hartford re- treat were at once made. f Home Guards t6 Report | Orders were issued this morning by ! Captain George Beckett for the local Home Guards to report on Saturday | at 12:30 o'clock sharp in front of the ' town hall to leave for New Britain | | to take part in the celebration for the ! rafted soldiers who will be home for | the week-end. At the drill held Mon day night orders were given to have | | the Guards report at 1 o’clock but as! | the assembling will take place in New | Britain at that time, a change of time | | was necessitated. The Guards must be at the town hall promptly at 12 in full dress uniform in order to | cateh the car. Extensive preparations are being { made by the Camp Devens Athletic | committee of the New Britain War | bureau for entertaining the soldiers. | A football game will take place in ! the afternoon at St. Mary’s fleld and a dance will be held in the evening at the Y. M. C. A. A number of local boys are with the unit that is to be in New Britain and a large number of residents are planning to be pres- ent at the celebration to give them a rousing welcome. Miss Kathryn Fagan and John A. Moore of Ken- sington were chosen by the committee to dispose of tickets for the game in Berlin. Homnor Roll Board. At a meeting of the Home Council of Defense to be held at the town hall on Monday evening the contract for erecting an honor roll board in front of the Town hall will probably be awarded. The board is to be made large enough to hold about 150 names and will be similar in design to the | one standing in East Hartford. At | the recent town meeting $200 was appropriated for the purpose. Claude { W. Stevens, R. O. Clark and John T. Molumphy of the Council of De- fense and the selectmen are in charge of selecting the design and awarding | tho contract. Ventres to Wrestle. Alva Ventres, “Berlin's Black- smith,” will meet A. Peterson, who claims the middleweight champion- ship of Norway, in a star wrestling hout tomorrow night at Turner's hall, New Britain. In Peterson, Ventres expects a much more diffi- cult tussle than he had with “Kid Benjamin” of Plainville whom he downed ftwice in seven minutes, but is confident that he will be victorious. | Ventres has in a short time gained : been subscribed. state as a grappler. Meeting some of the best exponents of the art, the lo- cal boy has downed everyone of his opponents and has not yet tasted de- feat, Peterson also has the reputation of never having lost a bout and a good match is looked for. The men will wrestle for one hour or until one receives a fall. A large delegation of local rooters and admirers of “Alvie” are expected to be present tomorrow evening and cheer the local boy to suc-- cess. There will also be several good pre- liminary bouts. *Kid" Benjamin of Plainville will meet Pat McCarthy of New Haven and Jack Raymond of Bosten will try to down Jake Fisch- man of New Haven. To Hold Dance at Club. A private dance will be held at the Mattabessett Gun and Fishing club house at Hart’s pond on Saturday eve- ning. Guests will be present from Waterbury, Blue Hills and Southing- ton. The dance will start at 8 o’clock. Liberty Loan Campaign. With $88,000 as the minimum amount allotted to Berlin in the sec- ond liberty loan campaign as a goal, strenuous efforts are being made by the women’s committees to raise this. Although greatly hampered by the in- clement weather yesterday, a large number of subscriptions are reported. ‘With final reports slowly coming at the Berlin Savings Bank, Treasurer Francis Deming, chairman of the men’s committee, statdd this morning that at present about $50,000 has Mr. Deming ex- pressed confidence that the minimum would be secured. The maximum amount is $146,000. A large number of local people have subscribed for bonds outside of Berlin which the town receives no credit for. A num- ber of local residents are employed in New Britain and Hartford and have taken bonds in those eities. Bmployes at the American Paper Goods company are reported to have responded generously to the plan of securing bonds. on -the installment plan. With but two days left, an ef- fort will be made to place a bond in the hands of every ecitizen. Scouts Successful. After a whirlwind campalgn, ten ‘local Scouts have disposed of the re- quired ten bonds and have won honor medals as a result. Scoutmaster Sam- uel Fiske reported at the Berlin Savings Bank this morning that hie troop sold bonds for a total of $7,400. Much commendation has been ex- pressed over the work accomplished by the Scouts. Berlin Briefs. John T. Molumphy complained to the New PBritain police yesterday that a long, sheep-lined ulster was stolen from his automobile in New Britain on Tuesday afternoon. A rehearsal of those who are to take part in the festival of nations will be held this evening in the Ath- letic hall, East Berlin, at 7:30 o’clock. The rehearsal last evening was held at the home of Mrs. William Bunce. HELD AS SLACKERS. Chicago, Oct. 25.—Thirty men out of a total of 600 taken last night by police and federal agents as slackers, are being held today for further in- vestization by federal authorities. The remainder of the 600 were released after an Inquisition lasting nearly all night. About 618 registered men in one district failed to respond to the call for examination, : \ Plainville News SELECTHEN HOLD SPECHAL SESSION ( Three Appointed AsilVIembers of the Town Plan Committee THEY MAY NOT ACCEPT Raymond Roberts Returns Home Aft- er Recciving Honorable Discharge er Receiving Honorable Discharge From the Navy at Expiration of His Enlistment. Efforts which have been in the Works for several weeks to appoint a town plan commission were brought to a head.last evening at a meeting of the board of selectmen in the Town hall. It was definitely decided that the new committce should be com- posed of three memb one demo- crat and two republic After scouting the ranks of both the republican and democratic parties for suitable men who would be able to lend their time and efforts to the town the following men were appointed: Judge A. H. Condell, C. H. Newton and Harry Castle. Whether these will accept the appointments and will be willing to act in the capicity of mem- bers of the newly formed committee has not yet been determined. The three are well known but owing to their business activitles it is doubtful if they will consider the appointments. The duties of the committee will be varied. They wiil have charge of lay- ing out the streeots, building lines and will have the power to approve or disapprove of unimproved property layouts. First Selectman J. J. Johnson will act as a member of the committee and will preside at the meetings. At last evening’s session the fol- lowing men were re-appointed mem- bers of the fire commission for the en- suing year: H. C. Thompson, James Simpson and John Skelly. Henry Or- vist, who has served a number of years as tree warden, was again chos- en to act in that capacity. Receives Honorable Discharge. After serving three and one-third years in the United States navy, Ray- mond Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts of 176 West Main street, has received his honorable dis- charge. The discharge was granted him af- ter he had served his term. Roberts, who is but 21 years of age, arrived in town Monday, coming from Norfolk, Virginia, at which place he was mus- tered out of the service. During his three rs in the serv- ice of Uncls , orts has en- countex & expericnce s a member of the fighting iclimbed nephews of Uncle Sam aboard the German liner “Amerika’” in Boston, taking 290 Ger- mans into custody with only three shots being fired, two of, which were accidental. The German subjects were later interned. In speaking of the exploit which proved to be rather a tame affair, Roberts says that 35 members of the crew were selected to capture the Germans on board the liner. the cloak of darkness they crossed the harbor, landing within several blocks of the pier at which the big ship was docked. The signal was given rush aboard and they went over the top, expecting to be greeted by a rain of lead. Much to their surprise, he states, those on board fled before the bovs in blue like a flock of sheep. The majority of them hid in their state rooms or other parts of the ship and had to be routed out, al- though it was not necessary to re- sort to force. During an inspection of the ship later it was found that the Germans had disabled the engines, broken the wireless and done as much damage as possible. Only for the fact that they were taken entirely by surprise, efforts would have been made to sink the ship. Roberts also bears the distinction of having seen six months’ war serv- ice during which time he ran the gauntlet of U-boats stationed in the to ; ' war zone on the other side. In his travels he has touched nearly every port in the Atlantic and has been to Porto Rico and other United States possessions severa] times. “I think I will stay at home for a ! while as it sure seems good to get back to Plainville,” Robert said when asked if he had intentions of re-en- listing in the navy “If I do enlist it will be in the army,” he added. Norton Ofiers Services. A. A MacLeod, chairman of the | general committee of the town of | Plainville is in receipt of a letter from | C. H. Norton, who is a former Plain- ville resident and now located at i Worcester, M In the letter Mr. Norton offers his services gratis to the town or other towns or cities in the viclnity as a speaker in behalf of the | Liberty Loan. As Plainville has al- | ready held a rally day and oversub- scribed its maximum allotment a speaker is not necessary. It may be | possible that Mr. Norton will be asked | to appear in New Britain tomorrow | to give short talks at the various fac- tories in the Hardware City. | Campaign o End Saturday. The Federal Bank at Boston this | morning wired A. A. MacLeod that the time limit on the Liberty Loan Cam- paign had been extended. Instead of bringing the campaign to an end this afternoon the subscription books will close Saturday night at midnight. Members of the general committes will continue their efforts unabated until the campaign is brought to a close. More Names On Honor Roll. As a result of the final appeal to townspeople to send in the names of their sons or kinsmen who have en- listed in any branch of the military the following names have been handed to S. S. Gwillim, in charge of the com- pilation of the honor roll: Samuel Der- by, Elburn Moore, Albert Goodell, ‘Willlam Bartlett, Herbert Nelson, Har- ry J. Fisher, James Miner.~ . The list will be completed by the end of the week and placed on the war bulletin board at the postoffice. Town Committee Meets. At a meeting of the local commit- tee of the Connectiout Council of De- fense held last evening at the home of Stanley S. Gwillim on Hough street, plans were made to provide comforts for local young men who are doing their bit. Postmaster Peter Prior, Rev. E. C. Gillette and Judge A. H. Condell wero appointed a committea which will act as a link between tha wearers of the khakl and the public. Iner-vir eta oshrd cmfw cmfwyp vbg Other matters relating to the work of the town committee of the State Council of Defense were discussed. Plainville Briefs. Miss Rena LoVasseur has resumed her position at the Plainville Baking company after a month's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Daniels of Broad street are recelving congratula- tions on the birth of a son. Tomorrow being teachers’ day, the grammar school closed. Mrs. Rose Russell and Mrs. James J. Murphy have returned from a visit at New Haven with Mrs. Catherine Cameron. A masauerade will be given in the Town Hall, October 31, by the Bagles of New Britain. The W. C. T. . will meet for work at the home of Mrs. Ella Cowles on tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. There will be a special mceting of the F. of A. club October : It is desired that all members be present. For a small cost you can have your property protected from fire. In- ! sure with Ryders Insurance Agency, | Plainville, Conn.—advt. visiting will be Under : iSURGEONS CONVENE IN CHICAGO TODAY Noted Men From This Country Europe Prescnt at Clinics Held in the Hospitals. Chicago, Oct. 25.—Many of the noted surgeons of this country and from foreign lands here to attend the annual convention of the American clinic congress of surgeons, spent to- day at clinics in various Chicago hos- pitals. At sessions of the congress problems arising from the war in- cluding the care of the sick and wounded and the re-habilation and re-education of the wounded, were up for further discussion. YOU LiVE WITH YOUR FURNITURE Why not have the best? It will give you greater comfort and satisfaction and the cost of good furni- ture here is not prohibitive, because our moderately priced lines are uncommonly attractive and of sub- stantial construction. ! eivilization has suffered some of the ; pangs that he has caused humanity. { His figure has lost some of its military an |d~ i G. ClweA of Philadelphia, president of HIT ’EM BUY A LIBERTY HARD— BOND! Ask to See Our Rug and Drapery Specials. ABYLEP S8 N Kaiser Wilhelm, the man who set the world aflame with war, as he looks today. He is thinner than he was before the war and the lines in his face show that the archenemy of carriage, and in this photograph, un- | INT-BRUCT (o THEFL WCEE B0 TRUMBULL &7 ¢ HARTTO=D HOW THE KAISER, THE ENEMY OF CIVILIZATION, APPEARS TODAY like those of the past, he is making no effort to conceal the short left arm. On the kaiser’s right is his son, Prince Eitel Friedrich, who is holding some of the iron crosses the kaiser bestowed on this occasion to his troops. On the kajser’s left is General von Winkler. The photograph was made on the oc- casion of the kaiser’s recent visit te Tarnopol. i the congress sald it would be neces- sary to wait two or three years before it could be definitely established that radium is a cure for cancer. “If radium proves to be the cure for cancer,” he haid, “it will be avail- able for the poor as well as the rich. There is no known cure for cancer now. There have been so many quack exploitations of the cancer suf- ferers that I want to lean to the con- servative side. We will know, pe: haps in two or three years, however, whether the world has found a per- manent cure for cancer by the radium In an address last night Dr. John treatment. AMERICAN This is the American transport An- lmles, formerly of the Morgan line, TRANSPORT ANTILLES, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE | | | which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine while homeward lana Maple Hill K. I. Stoddard will be at D. T. Maine’s store Thursday, Oct. 25, be- twsen 6 and 8 p. m. to receive the tax lists. Mrs. Theodore Johnson turned after visiting 1 Philadelphia. has parents re- in Burritt Root, G. E and Lome son of Mr. and Mrs. Root, who enlisted in the navy stationed at New London. was cer the week-end W. Everett Hinc has returned to Fort Fthan Allen after a five-day furlough. ¥ Miss Myrtle Nords at the rom who s tak- Yale ichool of after a few days returned from to Washington ltimor: Dr nd Mrs. A. B. Johnson visited their son tuart, who is stationed at Camp Devens, over Sunday. Tredick K. Hine of Harrisburg, Pa., ed Dhis parents over the week-end. Miss Charlotte Rowley has been appointed a delegate to attend the Christian Endeavor conference which wiil be held in Manchester Friday and Saturday. A Hoover supper will be served Friday evening at the Congregational chapel. Mr avenu . Pac and Mrs. J. Walsh Mis Bertha Desell and A. iann visited Mr. and Mrs. uleahy of Bloomileld Sunday. of Robins James 1 bound from Irance. About perished. 70 men Mr. Mulcahy is manager of the Brae- | burnie farm.