New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1919, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918 & Small of stature, old-timers said he reminded them of Stephen Douglas, Y ’ Spooner declined to talk with them Upon his retirement in 1907 the Elihu Root, then secretary of state | crowds when on the floor of the sen- When Senator Spooner resigned | New York Tribune said of him: “He | said of him. “The resignation of Sen- | ate He was rarely absent and always . 4 J lfrom the senate a friend, remembering | goes now, at the age of sixty-four, [ ator Spooner is a public misfortunc alert when legislation was in progress ‘the little giant.” An adept at sharp 1t | | ( his principle of his conduct, remark- | having devoted sixteen years of his | The nation owes a debt of gratitude | He was a good listener. Suddenly the | repartee, at witty o crushing re- 1 ! ed in saying good bye, “I suppose we |life to the service of his country, |to the State of Wisconsin for con- | Visitor would see him toss his mas- | joinder. stinging criticism only in- : 2 will never see you here again.” to resume the practice of his profes. | tributing him to the work of the na- | sive head back, half close his eyes | spired him to his loftiest flights Hia 3 LRE2Y /Yot mever will> eplied fthe sen- || ston, without & conivact or o client | tibnal covernment. He will be sad- | a0d turn s fand (o B9 o3t (o catch \w.wh has been described as “‘simple, | ator. Though he afterward represent- | and with no reliance for the future |ly missed when congress reconvenes | every word A few moments ‘rnn-o uminous, forcible ¢ ? feet to challenge some misstatement or pierce some old associates feel the loss of | and he was on ! ed cormorations in a legal capacity, | save his well earned reputation, while [ and h Senator Spooner was intensely de- Senator Spooner kept his word. He |all who have enjoyed the privilege of | his wisdom, and strength, his courage voted to hi He married in Madison, L les P., fallacious reasoning 1868 Miss Ar Wis. He had three sons, Ct Philip V., and Willet M never buttonholed other senators on 1:\Ssoci:\lm: with him in his public | and magnanimity, Tdeals of Child Question ~~ Serving in Gongress i'}"}‘d}“ i 7 5 e o ! | was one of the No contemporary, it has been said, res to the gallery | had a better mastery of English New York, June 11.—Dissatisfied New York, June 11. John Coit Spooner, formerly United States sena- with his ‘“‘spirit wife, John~ihe|\nll S e T e e , Conabeer, Jr., wealthy wholefale coal | pere carly today after an illness of | dealer living at Greenwich, Conn., | several weeks. He suffered a rela Manday, after partially recovering from a nervous breakdown. He was | 76 years old. | —eee 1 No Goods Sent C. 0.D. No Goods Exchanged During This During This Sale Sale : Sale Start Thul?:(iielys,l?zif\. M. - ANNOUNCES Thursadgy, 21!(1)' 1s§ M. The couple met in 1912 when the | international law in the upper house dstandant as . student at tno Bar. | of_congress, Senator Spooner like v | WING to the delay caused by the contractors not having our store ready for the nard sehool. In the courtship that | few of hi lisle, Thomas | 8 were addressed to ‘“Dear Fluffy,” | Brackett Reed and George B ety e ety | maniell nostind et . | § opening until six weeks later than promised, we find ourselves heavily over- made out so strong a case against the | ideals of Mrs. Florence W. Conabeer, of Weehawken, N. J., that Referee Charles L. Hoffman filled yesterday fvith Supreme Court Justice Giegerich a recommendation upholding Cona- | beer's suit for annulment of the mar- riage of four ears ago. The referee’s voluminous report is replete with testimony in which each principal charges it was the other who | "1 “tho legislators of his state had held children in abhorrence and re- | (j;jce honored him and retired in fused to have offspring. But the bal- | 1907, two years before his completed ! b ance of testimony seemed to weigh in | {erm, to re-enter the private practice the plaintiff’s favor. \ of law and acquire a competence for Conabeer recently inherited $115-| his family and himself in his declin 000 from his father, a deacon in the Baptist church at Greenwich. His tegarded as onejof the ablest con- business is in this city. He is 25 years , stitutional lawyers brilliant deba 16 Years In Secnate. Sixteen years a United States sena- tor from Wisconsin, each one | which, in the words of Pres Roosevelt, was “a direct financial loss which he could ill afford,” John Coit Spooner relinquished the position with Kitten.” At that time he was “Your | he 12 years af his final law practice | §§ For two years prior to their mar- ' transatlantic my family that the name would die | ary 6, 1843, the son of Judge Philip e T S ) stocked with new spring merchandise. The goods were bought and we had to accept ; Selmmenn i them. So we we find it necessary to slash prices for quick disposal. Suits, Coats, Hysterical at Talk of Babies. | federal governmen hipping pool, the naval izt et ety St S o (R Capes, Dolmans, Blouses, in fact every article of feminine wear marked down. ‘God, not-the human race, is the ¢ sin in 1864, after having served with TR 4 N¢ ' | distinction in the Union army in the ’l;?)rm?if bor?li‘req?\‘. (]I;fi‘,fi‘:ln,d TATTIAEE | Givil war. Young Spooner enlisted as | R R e e e iy, || © S 1 e o i W | S Ots C ts C es l Dr SS S 1 ; ld | jrevet major in the 50th Wisconsin | [ ll U El Ell] Elll E E be W““':g Lo tiks ghe, of 0“"{‘;‘““‘ if | infantry shortly after reaching the she would become a mother. She since deceased, told my wife he would | 5o infantry, and for gallantry il . | ies’ ; Silk Taffeta, Georgette Crepe that the more children that people | after the war he became private | i Our special lot of Ladies In all colors and all sizes to Do mans ) g P tion W promoted to like to be a grandfather, and would | had the more common they became. | secretary to Gavernor Lucius Fair- | | : ’ 7 o ) . ¢ R e e e e and Misses’ Suits in blouse ef: fit all figures young and old, lean ey and Crepe de Chine from $14.98 apartment buildings in which there | admission to the bar he was appointed | s, Do citasi el ol s sen Don’t fail to see our great Wash d e 4 V ~hildren. After four years of | an assistant attorney general and en- = > . up. as resses 0 ure this T lost patience and faith in my | aged in the practice of law at the ’ and stout, short and tall. All this | line of Capes and Dolmans. You B g wife’'s beliefs in a spiritual marriage | capital, Madison, where he remained | g son’s latest styles at this remark- and we separated.” | until 1370, when he removed to Hud- In corroboration, Mrs. Lizzie Cona- | 0N, Wis, with his family. He was a | |} able low price of beer, the plaintiff's’ mother, testified | member of the Wisconsin assembly in will find the most unusual bar-|Voile, Plaids, Gingham and fine season’s garments at prices to ; ; ) g p gains ever offe-ed in Serge, Tri- linen dresses from Mrs, Conabeer charged that -her! tor in 1885 he served with marked L SRR O D O Gitston (i vy sk mail A, Alterations Free Rildzenlandl sain sbe war tadloftspringy holten heias succesd el iyl i ~ : Vilas, democrat, receiving, however, Man Offspring of Spirit. | the full vote of the republican mem- | § alsts o that her daughter-in-law said: | 1872 and later zent of the Unive suit any purse. cotine, Velour, Silvertone and “All children are dirty and smelly @ SiV of Wisconsin. ) : i i R O S e e s ‘ Poplin, all lined and half lined h e orelehiliron ihoinave | First elected a United States sena- ° from up . ted to explain her statement that | bers of the legislature for re-election. marriage is “legalized lust,” she told | The following year he was unanimous the referee: | Iy nominated as republice n candidate 03 ., “I have seen many unhappy mar-| for governor of Wisconsin, but was o = - S (0 ek i TR e G| G 1Y (S A big surprise awaits you at with women oth: than their wives. ! In 1897 he i was returned to the ’ ’ ‘Women have come to me and have, United States senate and before the our WaiSt COunter) as in the case S eclal Offcrln told me how happy I would be if I| completion of his term announced . . . had a husband devoted to me who | his purpose not to be a candidate for | Popular Weaves and Gay Special offering of Petticoats would remain by my side. Perhaps, | re-clection but, notwithstanding this, . . of other articles. We are offer- because of those facts I did happen to | the republican legislators of Wiscon- Colorings of Summer Skirts of X St e 2 RS P e S B SILK POPI IN at regular price $1.29, Sale price mention such hings. may ave said sin in 19 unanimously voted to senc = i H i 1 that I like little baby girls better than | him back to Washington where for Kumsi-Kumsa tricolette and | N8 the prettiest waist in town p boys, because I could get more pleas- | more than a decade he had won re- ) e timE them pretey drosses. and | nown as a debater and concilintor of | lj baronatte. Satin are a few of the | in Georgette Crepe, Crepe de C things.” | party factions. ’ “Do you remember saying that man | Important Legislation. B : : ; i Our big feature offered at is the offspring of spirit?” she was| During these years of service Sena- many fabrics represented. Chine and Tub Silk, regular val fg i ; G 1 shis 11 silk asked. | tor Spooner’s name had become in- | g this sale is the bezautiful line of eneral reduction on all s1 “I may have said that.” “Did you make a statement God was the only creator of chil- dre | civil government of the Philippines, an where from $4.00 to $5.00 ordin- “I have heard such statements that | amendment to the Sherman anti-trust o u o God was the only creator of children. | act which made possible the prosecu- | | port lrts ° arily at this sale we are offering - And He is. : ached to many measures ue $5.98 up, at this sale importance, such, for in- ance, as the amendment creating the Silk Poplin Skirts that cost any- | Petticoats. He is the creator of us| tion by the federal government of the all.” | Standard Oil company, and the law them at the exceptionally low Turning to the plaintiff, the referee | under which the Panama canal was L] demanded what was meant by a letter | constructed. He was a consistent op- All the latest plaids, both price of i in which he wrote, “Dearest Sweet- | ponent of the so-called Nicaragua q I { heart: I love you dearly, Florence, | route. ai a i my only child, the only one I will| As chairman of the senate commit- pleated and plain, t sizes, have.” | tee on claims in his first term he saved A 2 . The husband explained. “I don't| the United States, prices from 01 e A it was said, hun- know. I was just a schoolboy then.| dreds of millions of dollars sought by | I was foolish, I guess. | unjust litigants against the govern- He was then shown a letter in ment and later was largely responsi- o which he wrote to the girl he was| ple, the moving spirit of the senate e L] [ ] courting: “What any one sees in|committee on foreign relations, for the | [8 lsts i ; : ; children 1 donit know. (Of course, | satification of the Gubsn. fis Dominl Special prices on Silk Hosiery there are some nice anes, but the gen- | can and the Algeciras and many other | treaties. Of the Algeciras internation- | ettlement, it has been said, it eral run are not worth a nice pup.” Of this Conabeer said: “I might have held those views once, but I i regular prices : : more than ten yvears ago the | B ; changed them when T fell in love threatened outbreak of a general Bu- 700 Wash Skirts to be sold - | In another cpistle he declared his| ropean war. ] $1.25 up to $3.50. At this sale | Corsets to fit all figures from “soul was gone” since he had fallen et od Princols Salanios) : from . : in love with her. e : : Senator Spooner, g is In explanation, the plaintiff testi- I Spooner, duriteihisioublic Ly net life, had many opportunities to amass | f Tempting offers on all Silk flad: St meant ”‘:"msh“' ‘I““lr f‘“]’“ -1 5 fortune, it has been said, but chose u C u c u ”'Uhe“t&"e e e o “"*'l’r ‘_‘4‘“‘ to content himself with his senatorial L4 underwear. whatever. & yante EX Was | salary of $7,500 a year. Three times tendered important posts by President | § - McKinley—those of secretary of the e ———— e ———————————————————————————————————————————————— - interior, membership on the United quer the world = . e nthewcx States and Britisn joint high commis- | |8 ; ‘ 3 sion and attorney general of the At a Superior Court holden at! ypjted States—he declined them all. 4 4 R B o Trimmed Hats that were sold anywhere from $8.00 to $12.00 at this Big Clearance Sale $4.98. Children’s Hats 79c, value $1.(49 then experimenting the first thrills of a boy's emotional love. I felt that when we were married I could con- Frequently he had ben importuned | individuals, corporatons and states, to represent them In court but refused all offers so long as he was in public Judge N | life. One of these proposals, it is re- Alma Place, of Waterbury, Plaintiff, Dot o S eads s i Basement Values in OQur Bargain Basement $30,000, to argue case for it in the County of New Haven, on the ' seventh day of June, A. D., 1919. Present, Hon. William §. Case, Britain, vH;mrord 1“mm‘ . now of | supreme court Senator Spooner not & % 20 = . . artsunknown Shetendan I only refused to practice his profes- Don’t fail to visit.this wonderful bargain department. A saving of from 30 to 50 Superior Court, New Haven County, | sion so long as he was in congress e The Hi Cl Sal .t Waterbury, June 9th, 1919. (FEoRieel Snmin s MRS D Rooneieny per cent. on all purchases at The Bee Hive Clearance Sale. Additional Order of Notice. | clined to use a railroad or a tele- Ordered, t additional notice of grabh frank and defrayved from his t} he pendency of the complaint in the | OWN Pockel many expenses he was en- above entitled case be given by pub- | titled to charge to the government. | lishing this order in The New Brit- One of Senator Spooner’s firm con- | .in Herald, a newspaper published in | victions was that no TUnite . S New Britain, in Hartford County, two | senator whose term of service ¢ imes successively, beginning on or | pired should afterward be B By Order of Court, | appear and, by reason of their former SAMUEL J. MARSH, | membership, were admitted to the Clerk, | floor to confer with senators, Mr.l | \. before the 12th day of June, 1919, the senate floor as a representative of | 3 \ By some proper officer or indiffer- | corporations or business interests. | B d \nt person. When certain former senators did so /