New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1919, Page 9

RMIT FOR GARAGE k Started on Lincoln Street ““ This Alternoon The O¥son garage controversy Dbe- me more complicated this marning | n Building Inspector Arthur N.| atherford, in spite of the action of | @ common council lust week in ex- | nding the time limit for issuing the | Tmit 10 days, granted the applica- | on y | Work on the new siructure was| aried this afterncon hy Mr. Olson. he garage will cost about $8,000 and he building will face on Lincoln reet. The cntrance will be on West iAin strect Building Inspector Rutherford had comment to make on his action, t it # Lelieved that he decided to e {he permit because Mr. Olson anged plans. Instead of havir ¢ entrance to the gar: directly bposite the Lincoln street school as brmerly planned, M. Olson will use driveway fronting West Main street b an entrance, Wien it was learned two weeks ago Mr. Olson contemplated build be garage, @ number of residents en- red a strong protest with the build- g ingpector. The school board at ecinl mecting adopted o resolution fled by Judse . Gaffney a iz the common co to enact an v ordinance forl the construc on of the garage. As the entrance (o ¢ garage would be directly opposito ie Lincoln street school, the ho chi Loard helieve Try 'em for breakfast and get converted Sl ,/(fv}- Post TOASTIES No corn flakes like ‘cz} 1 | 60 years old, father-in-law of Dr. .Open Tonight Until 9 o’Clock pecial From Tt09 Tonight From Our 2nd Floor Percale Aprons 19c¢ each. Voile Waists $1.25. Snappy styles. Middy Blouses 98ec. Sizes 14 to 44. gion of Honor. From Qur Ist Floor Voile Curtains $1.25 pair. 81x90 Sheets $1.39. Towels 12V45¢ each. Percale 25¢ yard. Best quality. Silk Poplin, all shades $1.19 yard. Men’s Negligee Shirts 98c. Boys’ Overall 79c. Men’s Sweaters $3.50. Men’s Overalls $1.50. Men’s Jumpers $1.50. Men’s Soft Collars, Men’s Linen Collars 10¢ each. The Guman Dry Goods Store ,381-383-385 MAIN ST. | on West Main street on the Dr. Bun- { | custody. After mildly | against going to jail, the negro went | vears without closing his eyes, then Watson of the Town of Standish. | ed. But with unprotected eyes he | both eyes and blindnes | The cataracts were removed and the 15 opardized by ne” Mmeo: g and outgoing machines. With the change of plans, it is said, that this opposition has been overcome. The council at its meeting last weck | granted the inspector 10 days' grac to decide on the i mee of the pe: mit. The ordinance committee, the building inspector and the corporation counsel in the meantime were author- ized to draft an ordinance for adop- tion at the council mecting on Wed- | nesday. The issuance of the permit | by Mr. Rutherford was received with | surprise, Mr. Olson appeared at the special meeting of the council last week and | was represented by Judge William I | Mangan. Judge Mangan argued that a permit should be given to his client or a grave injustice would be done him. No permit has yet been issued to the Swift & Ferguson Motor company for the construction of its new garage nell estate near the public library. 1t is believed that Building Inspector Rutherford will turn down the appli- cation. When asked this morning | what action he had taken on the mat- ter, Building Inspector IRutherford | said that he has not issued the per- mit vet, nor has he refused it: There is strong opposition to the building of the garage next to the li- | brary and it is said that the council will stand as a body in disapproving the application at the meeting on Wednesday. Mayor Quigley is indignant over the application of Mr. Ferguson and says that if necessary the city should resort to the cour o condemn the property for library purposes. It is said that directors of the institute have wanted {o purchase the property from Mr. Swift, offering him a §1,000 profit, which was refused. Mr. Swift had nothing to say concerning the reported oftc RACE RIOT LEADS . TO MARTIAL LAW | Longview, Texas, Placed Under Mili- tary Control After Pight— One Negro Killed. ongview, Texas, July 14.-—Martial | jaw was declared yesterday in Long- | view and the rest of Gregg county as a vesult of race trouble here precipi- | ed by a fight Friday morning be- | iween white men and negroes anid miarked by the siaying of a negro early | after he had resisted arres us no rurther disorder yeste n. 1t H. McDill of Da to Longview yesterday tely assumed command of th 1ation with more than 230 cavalry- of the Texas National Guard der his direction. The proclamation of martial law s signed by Gen. McDill and Lieut. Il . Smith. All residents of vicw were given until 8 o'clock night to turn in their firearms to the military, one receiving station be- ing designated for the white men and three others for negroes. The negro killed was Marion Bush, P. Davis, who is accused with a man named Jones of being a ring leader of the negroes. Both Jones and Davis have fled and their whereabouts is un- known. The sheriff and a deputy had gone to the Bush home to take Bush in protesting into his home, reappeared with a pis- tol and shot five times at the officers, none of the bullets taking effect. Bush escaped, but shortly afterward a farmer a few miles from the city, warned to be on the lookout for him, intercepted the negro. When called upon to halt, the negro, according to the farmer, raised his rifle, whereupon the farmer shot him dead. There was no demonstration after the killing. T0 DINE GENERALS President of France Will Give Honor- ary Banquet This Evening—Legion of Honor Men to Attend. Paris, July 14.—President Poincare will give a banquet at the Palace of the Elysee tonight in honor of the marshals, generals and admirals of rance and the heads of the allied ons. At the table also will be ten French soldiers picked from the French army by Marshal Petain and all wearing the decoration of the Le- GRAFT EYELIDS FROM LEG. Sight of Man Restored After Acci- dent and Odd Operation. Bangor, Me., July 14.—TI‘orty-seven a period of total blindness, followed by complete restoration of sight, this is the. experience of John Randoiph Mr. Watson was a photographer in Indianola, and in 1856 an explosion of chemicals burned away his eye- lids, although the sight was not affect- continued for nearly half a century, three years of the period being spent in Alaska, where the severity of the climate caused cataracts to form on He went to Philadelphia later, where he formerly lived for a time, and was at the Hahnemann hospital, and by grafting flesh from his leg he got a new set of eyelids. The suc- cess of the operation is now assured. sight has been restored. WILL NOT HEAR REED. Birmingham, Ala., July 14-—Reso- lutions wer adopted by the Birming- ham post of the American Legion yes- terday declaring that no member of the post would be present to hear the address which Senator Reed of Mis- souri will make here tonight in oppo- sition to the league of nations, and urging all “100 per cent. Ame ans’ also to refrain from atlending the { of this city, {o Miss Christine Ruther- ») i Miss Ruby Johnson of Fiorence, | Mass., is Visiting with Miss A. West- | man of Stanley street. John Mc formerly of the 01st sanitary in and who service in France and Germany, entered the employ of ihe New ain Machine company. Stanley Sinskie, doorman at the Lyceum theater, is on a two weeks’ vacation. Martin Welch, superintendent of the Y. M. T. A. B. rooms, will spend the next two weeks in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Merwin 8. Hart, of Vine street, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Youngs at their summer home at Oakbiluffs. Gordon Robinson left vesterday on | an extended business trip through the West. DEPOSIT DOUBLES ITSELF Conrad Wenzel, Who Deposited $1,000 in 1899 Is Now Credited in Bur- ritt Savings Bank With $2,301.19. The Burritt Savings bank has two deposits made 20 years ago and which have nat been touched since that time, either to be added to or subtracted from, and an interesting fact jis that one of them—that of Conrad C. Wen- zel of New Haven, has without any effort on his part more than doubled his haldings in the local Nk, Venzel, 20 vears ago., deposited an even $1,000 in the bank and today when the report'of the Burritt Saving company was filed with the state hanking commission, it showed his holdings to be £2,204.19, the accrued interest having been responsible for the big increase. The other deposit is that of William Blackwell who in 1899 resided at 4 Elm strect. He is credited with $13.61, TO WED ABROAD. Janies Westwood Going to Scotland to Claim His Bride. The marriage of James Westwood, | i ( | ford, of Leith, Scotland, will take place next month. Mr. Westwood was formerly of Leith and came h about 10 years ago to take a positior at the North and Judd Manufacturing | company. During the period of the | war he joined the Emergency Tleet corporation at Harriman, Pa. Miss Rutherford and Mr. Westwood | were boy and girl sweethearts in Scotland. They hoped to be married some time ago, but the war made o difference in their plans and Cupid found the ocean between these two with nothing to bring them together. After their marriage, Mr. Westwood will bring his bride to this city to make their home. LOCAL BOATING PARTIES, A party composed of about twenty employes of the Skinner Chuck force enjoved a sail down the Connecticut river yesterday leaving in the morn- ing and returning late in the even- | ing. A stop was made at Saybrook and basket lumeh eaten. The trip was made on the “Thelma.” The office force of the TLander Frary and Clark factory also sailed down the river yesterday, returning in the evening. ANDREWS’ COMPANY OUTING. The annual outing of the employ: of the Joha A. Andrews company will be held Wednesday afternoon at Hart'’s pond. Kensington. The em- ployes including the full force and a few invited guests or nearly twenty in all, are the guests of Mr. An- drews each year at an outing. The trip to the picnic grounds will be made by automobile. FORMER CONSUL HERE Sanderson Dies At His Home in England—Was in New York For Many Yeu London, July 14 Sir Per; San- derson, British consul general at New York from 1894 g 1907 died at his home in Reading today. Sir Percy Sanderson was born in London in 1842 and entered the Tn- dian army in 1859. Retiring on half | of Toronto, published recently in { the only immunizer. | is the correct one. Dr. Hill says he | will take him up. Together they will | and tell the people of our experiences pay in 1870 he entered the British consular service an was stationed in ! Rumania. Appointed consul general in New York in 1894 he recelved the | Jubilee Medal in 1897 and was made knight commander of St. Michael and | St. George in 1899. When he left his post in New York in 1907 he retired on a pension. In 1915 he was chosen justice of the peace of Reading. Sir Percy never married. Swiss Federal Councilor Expresses Himself in Favor of Teague of Na- tions, Berne, July 13.—Edmund Schulth- ess, federal councilor, in an addr before the congress of the radical | parly taday, discussed Switzerland’s entry into the league of nations. He | concluded, “I can only declare my. self expressly in favor of our entry. He said his colleagues in the eco- | nomic and international questions had | reached the same canclusion. SHIPS ON INCREASE. Washingtal, July 14.—Ship de liveries in June total 118 of 778,56 dead weight tons, an increase of 106 per cent over deliveries during June, 1918, says a shipping board announce- meeting enator Reed was handed a copy of the resolutions by a com- . mitlee of the Birmingham po ment today. Ships launched num- hered 97 of 504,200 dead weight tons an increase of 111 per cent. L WITH GERMS TO SETTLE DOUBT ' Minnesota Doctor Decide Tpon Unique Test to Prove Strength of Their Statements. st. Paul, Minn, July 14.—A duel to the death with germs is the chal- of Dr. IL. A. Zettel, electropatli, . Paul, issued to Dr. H. W. Hill, executive secretary of the Minnesota Public Health sociation, and Dr. Hill has accepted. The challenge is the result of the acceptance of a sim- ilar challenge by Dr. J. B. health magazine. Dr. Zettel suppor Dr. Fraser and s he will act in the duel in Dr. Fraser's place. He of- fers himself to exposure to any con- tagious disease, using sanitation as The challenger stipulates that Dr. Hill, properly protected by inocula- tion and vaccination, must also ex- pose himself, to prove that his method go through the contagious wards of any and all hospitals. They will come in contact with all contagious dis- cases. The grim challenge sent to Dr. Zet- tel provides for almost every con- tingency. Part of the letter follows: “I will further agree that the sur- vivor shall be honorary pallbearer for the vietim, and should we both be fortunate enough to survive we will hold a grand rally at the auditorium | The intelligence would be of almost inestimable value to the public and settle the aggravating theories now preached by the germ theori and contradicted by the unbelievers.” Tlhe entire affair arose out of an article by Di aser entitled “Do Germs Cause Disease?” in which he defied any board of health in the United States and Canada to accept the challenge. TROUBLE IN SPRINGFIELD Fifty Railway Employes Attacked This Morning By Band of Strikers and Driven From Their Jobs, Springfield, Ma J 14.-—About 50 laborers emploved by the Spring- field Street Railway company were attacked by striking laborers dday in an effort fo induce them ta join the ranks of the strikers. The trolley workers were dispossessed of their {ools and driven from their jobs. The company appealed for police pratec- tion. The strikers’ organization had an- nounced that the trolley workers would be called out today in support of the general strike which has been in effect 10 days. i HAM AGAIN HELD UP. Accident Prevents Star of Trans- Atlantic Flight. St. John’s, N. ¥, July 14.—Fred- rick P. Raynham’s start in a trans Atlantic flight in his Martinsyde bi- plane Sunday was again postponed The right tire of his under ca blew out while mechanicians were moving the plane into position for the start. | Weather forecasts for tomorrow | predict good winds and favorable at- | § mospheric conditions, REIU FEDERAL WARRANT I'OR “KING OF HOBOE Atlantic City, N. J., July 14.—United tates Commissioner Henry Lewis has refused to 1e a warrant for Jeff Davis, known as “King of Hoboes,” who was arrested by local police on a ge of posing as a federal agent. as I am concerned,” said vesterday, * I am waiting for the results of the investigation which is being made. So far evidence is lacking.” The local labor unions have em- ployed counsel to defend Davis, who | is still in custody. BERRIE Fancy Blue, Bas .Black Raspberrics GENUINE SPRING LAMB Small Legs, 1b. Meaty Fores, 1b LIVER, Sliced Beef, BACON, Sugar Cured, 1b. .. Tresh Ground Hamburg, 1b i.ean Boiling Beef, 1b Best Chuck Roast, 1b. 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