New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1920, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HiRALD, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920. 2 Store Closes All Day Mondays, During July and August Little Things at Notion Counter Speci Priced for Friday and Saturday OFFFRINGS WORT: ADVANTAGE ( WHILE, ALL AT LE THEM 'flll,l-‘. OPPORTUNITY IS YOURS. Sonia” Hair Nets. cgp shape, in browns, blond, auburn and black, very specal gt 7c each, 4 for 25c, or 3¢ a dozen. Shell Halr Pins, regular 25c kidd, special for (NED PRICES FOR THIS LIMITED TIME. TAKE “Featherweight” Dress Shields, Kleinert make, in flesh color, sizes pair or $3.50 dozen. “Defender” Safety Pins, sizes ° 3, and 4, very special at 36c 1 2, 3 sooa B8 PLAINVILLE NEWS PLAINVILLE AN IS DROWNING VICTIH Joseph Failla, zs,dGets Beyond Depth in Swimmjng Hole HAS NO RELATIVES ¥ TOWN | Wagner Arrested for Evading Per- Tax-—Autos Collision— Lights Out About Town—Official Day at Camp Ground. sonal in Joseph Failla, 23 years old, a resi- dent of Southington road, was drowned yvesterday afternoon near Thompson's bridge on Shuttle Meadow road, at Hart's corner. The unfortunate man had just finished his day's work at the Nicholas Brothers M. dr Rev. John Callvhan will con- duct the evening services at 7:30 o'clock. . Tax Dodger Fined. Frederick Wagner of Forestville, formerly of this place, was given a hearing this afternoon before Justice O. Ryder for non-payment of taxes. Wagner was indebted to the town for $7.30 for taXes om an auto- mobile and his personal tax also. Col- | lector W. J. Hemingway, after making several unsuccessful efforts to get him to settle, put the matter in the hands of Grand Juror Stanley S. Gwillim, who issued a warrant for his arrest. Wagner was notified to appear in court yesterday, but he failed to put in an appearance. He was arrested Jast night by Constable Marino and was required to furnish a bofid of $50 for his appearance tod: In count he claimed that he didn’t show up vyes- tarday because he had no idea what Was wanted of him. he court refused to consider his explanation as satisfactory, as Col- lector Hemingway had been dogging his tracks for months in an effort <o get a settlement. Wagner was ordered to pay the tax and the costs of pros- ecution. the espense totalling $30.58, or go to jail. He settled. - Collector Hemingway statea todgy that Wagner's appearance in court 3. the first of a series of prosecutions to be braught for the collection of back | der. he may go with taxes upless certain delinquents show | America, where they are redeemable | in limited numbers. “For an expert in foreign change,” Mr. Newfield told a paperman, “there 1s not the slightest mystery about the operation of Mr. onl; ex- news- Ponzi. ers, permit me to give them an il- lustration. 1n certain countries, such as France, postage stamps are lezal tender. Based on this fact, the opera- tion is as follows: “Take $109 in New York and cable it to a Bukarest bank. In accord- ance with the exchauge rate hetween the dollar aad the ley that would give the sending of §100 a credit ia the Bukarest bank of 5,000 leys. Now the bank in Bukarest, or an agent of As it may interest vour read- | e ! { | the sender, would take these 5,000 leys and purchase with them irterna- tioral reply coupons at the rate of about four coupons to the ley and would receive, say, 20,000 coupons. “The Bukarest bank or the agent would send these 20,000 coupons to a bank or agent in Paris who would 19¢ box. 3 “Damascus” Pins, full 300 count, specially priced 10¢ for 3 papers, Sanitary Napkins, good quality, dozen in box, No. 9, priced 49¢ dozen. size, 70c. Sanitary 29¢ each. Sk a quarter. “Rexoll” for all colors of shoes, was 35c, now priced 250. ' Rick Rack Braid, 4 yard pieces, assorted widths, 11e, or $1.25 doze nickle, 3 dozen for 10c. one | 85¢ pair. large put up No special values at 29¢, 45¢, 65c, 85c each. Sanitary Pantalettes “‘Kleinert's” priced $1.79. Belts, all elastic, and very special at Trees, wooden ones, selling seyven pairs for at 8c. 10c kind, 5c card. colors, for 5¢ ball. Lucille Hairpins. s=¢ «nd bronze, all sizes, OUR AUGH®1 FURNITURE SALE, St comparison Wwith Furniture offered elsewhere to see how you can benefit by Come see what we offer and you'll select at once CROQUET SETS IN DOWN STAIRS DEPARTMENT. IN TOY SECTION, YOU WILL FIND fifteen different styles of Croquet Sets to choose from. the oldest and best of outdoor Summer games. Just the thing for shore or couptry. There are four players, others for eight, some with long, others with short handle mallets. See the fine sional Croquet Sets with rubber end mallets. the set. Three Packages for 10c. rting earlier than usual, is now in full swing. here HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR. NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON RECEIVING ALD DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. High Grade Shears, 6 to 9 inch size, priced at Sanitary Aprons, of good size and good quality, Van's “Norub” that makes washing easy, priced “Duplex” Fasteners, Stewart's black and white, Mercerized Darning Cotton, black, white and It only needs choosing what you want Prices range from $3.50 by easy stages on and up to $15.00 PROMPTLY an inclination to settle. Plainville Items. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Stowe of 102 Whiting Street are recetving con- gratulations on the birth of a boy. Miss Lillian Didge of the Standard Steel & Bearings plant is in Vermont for a vacation. John Guiden, night counterman at Daniel Collins’ restaurant, has re- signed his position. Fred Hotchkiss, draftsman at the Standard Steel & Bearings plant, has returned after a two weeks' vacation. Earl Mason of Philadelphia is vis- iting his mother, Mrs. Douglas Mason of Farmington avenue. George Langdon bas returned from a two weeks’ vacation spent at Cape Cod. Miss Lucille Propson of Bridgeport is visiting at the home of Mrs. Hur- tado of Broad street. Joseph T. Donovan has sold five lots on Peace street to Joseph Collello, who, in turn, sold them to Frank Dol- manitsh. Mrs. street is resting comfortably at St. Francis’ haospital. Mrs. Fred Powers of West bakery Southington road and sought to cool himself in the water. He walked out in the stream and was warned by several youngsters that were also swimming not to go too far as there were treacherous holes near- by. He paid no attention to the boys, with the result that he tell into a 15- foot hole and was caught in the mud on the bottom of the stream. He was unable to pull hiniself out. The chil- dren saw his plicnt and ran for help, returning with Harry Orvis, who lives nearby. After pulling the victim out with the aid of rakes, an attempt was made to revive him but without success. it is thought that had a pullmotor been handy his life would have been saved as alr was still in the lungs when Dr. Charles W. Moody arrived. The body was removed to the Bailey undertak- ing rooms. The young man came to Plainville about three months ago to work in the bakery. He was born in Italy and is survived by his mother and father, who live in New York. It is also thought that he has a brother and two sisters. Two of his cousins live in this town. The body will be sent to New on specially One of sets for profes- received hands several scratches,after a week’'s vacation and head The Miss Catherine was slightly damaged. | Rochelle, N. Y., The front right mud guard on the|uncle, Re truck was badly bent. Fogliati ex- | the St. Paul's church. plained to the police that he was on Miss Ruth Tgrral of the right side of the road and|spending her annual thought that the cyclist must have SCHOOL PROBLEM | STILL BEFORE TOWN =it vt % i talled to investigate the accident, but on his arrival the cyclist could not be found. Rcpublicans Are Active. gratulations on ound son. | A meeting of the republican town|® was held last evening at in the Berlin Town hall, time matters pertaining to campaign were discussed thoroughly. The republican machine in the town of Berlin planning much action and expects that both the state and national tickets will | receive a healthy majority. | 1t was rumgred about the town this morning that one of the prom- inent local politicians is congider- ing the advisability of throwing his had into the political ring as a can- didate for congressman from the first congressional district to succeed Augustine Lonergan, whose term ex- pires this fall Francis Deming, treasurer of the Berlin Savings Bank. this morning announced that he will be in the fieid this fall for the nomination of rep- resentative from the town of Berlin to the state legislature. Mr. Reming. who has been life-long residént °f the and has follow-<« ‘ocal politics very closely, #= P=inf boosted by many prominer¢ republica think thet ke is well fitted offier cycle and ahout his motorcycle BERLIN NEWS is visit. Porter Allen Dean, and Lucius C. Dean of spent yesterday Mr. and Mra. -Portable School Arrives—Will Relieve Congestion REPUBLICANS ARE ACTIVE Wilcox's | committee 8 o'clock at which the fall returned home following moon trip to Lynn, August Victor records. & Co., New Britain, ment.—advt. There will Lawn Fete at Toanight— is be a Fogliati Hit By Man on Motorcycle low in Kensington. —Lyman Hall Fined For Driving ing their hall at the grounds. The Acorn baseball practice Berlin Fair grounds for Sunday’'s game with Locks aggregation. August Victor records. Without ILicense. build- by the schools, The $5.000 portable sehool which has been of Berlin conditions the Kensington Gram- grounds and will The' school planning to have the portable build- Ing connected with the house so as the furnace in the larger bullding furnish heat to the smallegy school during the winter months. The heating system can be installed at very reasonable cost The building is ture and is large modate about 75 and other nece squipment expected to opening As_ampw ¥ afforion o snowalter schools this have ing. purchased the crowded has arrived town to relieve in local at mar school soon be board is Hent s advt put together An army aisigible large school ones used during the wa and was the cause of m { ment learned limp Durhan | ed and truck long, Miss turned where weeks' E. W can T N & over here had last to night make town a one-story struc- sent The to to dirigible enough ace students Local Fin i choo Lyman Hall, son of A Kensiigton was arraigned arrive 4m $ Ploriiod s court camg s ¢ rintendent R sed in all the year. many new to be purchased by Boy Dorothy home e H in the Hall of New morn- motor oporators Ity of the fired him arrested Motoreycle trom Britain police yesterday ing o the charge ehicle without lice He charge ©nd $10 and Wednesday Policeman Lawn Fete Tonight. lawn fete undir Worthington Community Center will be given this eve- ning on the lawn of Major Frank L. Wilcox. A committee of prominent | local women have been put in charge of arranging the program. At 8 o'clock the Shakespearean play en- titled “A Midsummer Night's Dream™ will be presented under the direc- tion of Miss Alice Traver of Hart- ford. The cast includes many local young men and women. Following the play candy, ice cream and re- freshments will be served at booths which have been arranged about the lawn. Dancing will conclude the evening's activitie The proceeds of the a will be turned into the treasury of the Worthington Com- munity Center. o 8 vacation. o of operating having an found cu Allirs was was Judg costs tomobile tour ocal the town. Should the ceaditions in the pri- mary grades in the Kensington gram- mar school remain crowded despite he fact that a new building has been srected, the school board he compelled to have two se in- stead of one in the kindergarten «lasses. This plan however, has not yet been adopted Superintendent turn to Berlin sometime and will start making for the opening of the Junior High school which is to be located on t top floor of the Kensington Gram- mar school bullding. The school com- mittee expects that it pup will enter the High school in the tall. This will include first and se ond year pupils. The juniors senlors will be sent to the New tain High school as in the past \ competent teaching staff cannot jecured to teach them this Repairs are being made Ledge and Percival school bulldings by local contractors. The rooms are being enlarged so as to accommodate more pupils. An extra room has been ‘opened on the top floor of the 3 shoo ¢ ¢ yuse ;::‘::-:hn Ilv:;;”f’l:)m('flhllv\‘rlt‘r:‘l” s list Will be revised. The list Fogliati Hits Oyclist. |18 expected to be the largest in Frank Fogliati, the Kensington | Yo4's grocer, reported to the New Britain police last evening that while driv- ing his machine on Stasley street | near the railroad crossing a motor- tycle bearing the registration mark- ot T21, sad driven by a colored man, trashed Into his machine head-on. ant was thrown from the He afternc Strolis, will 2 irveyors in the emplo; by branch the Westfield depot. were at work vesterday of their activity is A the association the auspices of may ions dence on Main street wi tricity. of New Mr been of avenue i From present indicatio be more than 50 from h make the trip to Sunday intention chines. Showalter Pritain and Mrs. will next arrangements re- week town at their home of going in and Bri- as r e week made James Dutton of W the possessor was Iaid | within vear Registrars to Meet. The first meeting of the rogistrars | will be held next Friday afternoon the office of the town clerk at the >wn hall. Names of those who are | be made voters for the fall elec- will be received The annual on the | a few days ) an egg. both of There have been double yolked but thi parallel s far as outer shell has than five inches is responsible. Residents of to tion caucus many 18 a Berlin Briefs. E. W. Mildrum. vice-president of the Berlin Savings bank, and family who are touring the Green Moun-, tains, Vermont, will return to their home next week. Postmaster William/W. Fagan has resumed his duties at the post office Be continued noises similar cannon. The noise sistent for several daj Brennan of New J. C. Brennan, - Miss Emma Fowler of Norton Road. Paul in Hartford. Carmine Vendrilla of Norton Road are receiving con- the birth of an 11 Mr. and Mrs. Myron Goodrich have Mass. opposite monu- private given this evening at Hart's bunga- The Foresters have started paint- esterday afternoon in & Co., New Britain, oppgsite monu- East Berlin Itcms. similar this piice late Wednesday afternoon its gigantic size a 1t which point it was deflat- Rockaway was Sugenhime has re- New has been spending her two Mildrum and family are ex- pected home tomorrow from their au- through New during the past two weeks. Haven road have been detailing the road between this point and Four engineers not known Arthur Lawrence has had his resi- Ralph Dodge has accepted a posi- tion with the P. & F. Corbin company Oraf Benson have entertaining relatives from out Lighthouse A number have si their Farmers declare this week to be the { best of the summer for haying. | dry cool air of the early unexcelled hay of a freak hard shells, and each possessing eggs within frealk of Mr. Dutton’s has no known. diameter A Rhode Is cimty have been disturbed of late by has the morning and afternoon. vestigation disproves the earthquake Margaret Sullivan, of Waterbury. August Victor records. & Co., New Britain, opposite monu- ment.—advt. HERE'S HOW PONZI GETS HIS MILLION ! York for burial. His mother and father arrived in town this morning to arrange for the burial of the body. Personal Tax Delinquent. Fred Wagner of Forestville avenue was arrested Wednesday by Constable Phillip Moreno for failing to pay his personal tax. He was told to appear in the Plainville town court yesterday but did not obey the summons. The constable re-arrested him again yes- terday, and he was let out on bonds of $50. in Canada. ing with her pastor of Hartford acation is with R. Golon Norton Road Auto Collision. While driving in Southington yese terday, Salvatore Nocisia of Plainville sustained severe cuts and lacerations about the head and face, when the truck he was driving crashed into an- other driven by George Silvia of Trumbull street, Hartford. The acci- dent happened at the corner of Em- mett and Broad streets. Both trucks were damaged. Silvia was not in- jured. Some Countries their honey- C. L. Pierce Washington, July 30.—After a Ade- General Burleson has issued which will make rates.for the conver- sion of international money orders mcre nearly corresponding to actual foreign exchange rates. dance Funeral Tod: The funeral of Charles Fennell, in- fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fennell of 36 Broad street, yas held beld | from the homa at 2 o'cleck this after- at the | noon. Rev. Georse Tyler dfliciated preparation [ and burial was in West cometery. the Windsoy | 4 il el ot {] - @ectman William .n-nhnsor:1 has re- /1 ceived complaints from residents on C. L Piorce | o orce street that the lights have been out for several weeks and has sent in a complaint to the Connecticut Light & Power company. Several other lights are in the same cendition throuzhout the town. Complaints { have been received from East Main street residents also. Selectman | Johnson reports that the matter will | be attended to as soon as possible. Officials’ Day at Camp. The Plainville Camp grounds will be visited tomorrow by the officials of the camp meetings and Official Board Day will be observed. Miss Lord will | lead the devotioral hour service at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. An ad- | dress will be given at 10:30 o'clock by | Rev. F. H. L. Hammond. The after- noon services will be led by Rev. | Hammond at 2 o'clock. At 3 o'clock Professor Rapkir.g will deliver an ad- v of the New = : theory and proves the Beckley | crushed stone quarry as the source of trouble. During the past two weeks | the quarry has been exceptionally ! busy and thousands of tons of rock | have been blasted from their place in the mountain side. There is a great | demand for rock and the officials are | tryving to keep the supply equalling | the demand. New Haven suiveyors in the employ | of the New Haven railread have been | busy making a survey of the road | through East Berlin for the past few | days A caraful detailed piece of work is being done but the men will give no information as to the purpose. Some folks think a ‘double tracking system is to be laid and the service on the Berlin branch division made eflicient between Berlin and Middle- town. J The recently postponed installation | of officers by the K. of P. society took place Tucsday night. An appropriate ceremony was carried out, assisted by | members of the Middletown lodge. | The officers installed will hold office | for one year Miss Helen Dehan is visiting rela- tives in Massachusetts for a few weelks, John and Clara Frank have gone to New York, where they will spend | a few weeks with relatives. | All members of St. Gabriel's Sun- day school will meet in front .f the‘ BERVICE church tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock | ) and from ‘there go to Fenwick beach | ACCHRACY: for a picnic. The trip wili be made COURTESY by auto t ck. August Victor records. C. L. Pjerce & Co., New Britain, opposite monu- ment.—advt. c Cerail E Rk New York, July 30.—New York ] bankers, brokers and merchants who are well informed about foreign ex- fied by Charles Ponzi's “discovery” of a royal road to wealth. say, doubtless has blazed the trail in spectacular fashicn. The key to the sitvation, according to E. H. Newfield of the importing and exporting firm of E. Luca Ma- noussa, Inc., is the simple fact that in some countries, France, for instance, postage stamps are legal tender. Mr. Newfield in an interview illustrated the simplicity of the process and how it is that Ponzi avoids disposing of his international repty coupcns in to the passed over uch wonder- It that landing was the in by auto feet Hampshire, TEL. 1193 NERI'S BLOCK England The object | red for elec- OLEOMARGARINE SMOKED SHOULDER LEAN PLATE CORNED on Wilcox ns there w ere who will Point ignified their own ma- The part of the weather. Cromwell is egz which It is an egs which have volks. instances of one shell, THIS WEEK ONLY LAWN MOWERS (Planet Jrs.) ICE CREAM FREEZERS HAMMOCKS INSECTICIDES SCREEN DOORS CROQUET SETS WE NEED -~ The of more B and Red K rlin and vi to rumbling been per- throughout An in- Willlam Greener of Whiting Mam | never sold them here! street is entertaining her sister, Miss C. L. Pierce Postage Stamps Legal Tender in lay of more than a year Postmaster | of Columbus order# [ were received. OCCIDENT FLOUR. All Kinds of BEEF, VEAL, PORK, LAMB TRY US ONCE. "OM ‘hen present the coupons to a Paris POSt omwe. He would receive in ex- change 20,000 voutage stamps at the value of 25 ceutiitw cach, or alto- sether 5,000 francs in Sieios, But as the stamps in France are lega: tan. these 5,000 francs in stamps to a French bank an buy mhacd etwhit SHRDLUCM and buy with them a cable transfer in dollars on New York for the equiva- lent at an exchange rate of 12 francs to the dollar, which amounts, to say, $400 or thereabouts. “The exchange rates change patur- ally from day to day, but the above may be taken as a fair illustration. Deducting anything between 5 and 26 per cent. for the handling of this transaction to be paid the reign bankers and agents, and so fol the New York sender would receive $400 for the original $100, and behold how $100 within a fortnight can be turned into $400 cash in New York! “The illustration is, of course, ap- proximate. In any case the operation would have to be limited to countries which are members of the postal union, and therefore New York cur- rency would have to be exchanged in that membér country of the postal union where the exchange is most fa- vorable to New York and the coupons would have to be cashed in countries where stamps are legal tender. “But this will illustrate how Mr. Ponzi had no difficulty in disposing of his coupons in America—because he This will like- H | | wise explain why his operations are" absolutely legal. “As long as the postal union witl re- tain its basic principle of issuing a stamp for foreign correspondence against an international coupon and as long as such stamps are currency in some countries and as long as the exchange rate between the dollar and some member country of the postal union is at such immense aduantage to the dollar as it is today, not one but 5,000 Ponzis can make money.” S ——— K. OF O. DEED FILED. One of the largest deeds offered for record at the office of the town clerk in which the property transferred was a dwelling house was filed today when’ the papers for the sale of the Churchill property to the XKnights Building association Revenue stamps on the deeds represented a cash trans- action of $60,000. BERLIN LAND SALE IS STARTING WITH A RUSH Forty-six (46) lots were purchased opening. of “Berlin Fair wvesterday, twenty-three being sold in the first half hour of Ponzi, they | the sale. Within two hours after the sale opened one man refused a profit of $300 on his purchase, and there is now a standing offer of $50 profit on any front lot this side of Washington avenue. Both sides of Pleasant ave- nue were completely sold out. Sale continues today, tonight until 8 p. m., and all day Saturday, and property will be open for inspection Sunday. There is money in Berlin Fair Grounds. Better get some of it. The Bodwell Realty Co.—adwt. PLAINVILLE CASH MARKET FREE DELIVERY Large Freezing Plant Everything Fresh. All Goods in Glass Cases. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY 1b 24c GENUINE SPRING LAMB .............. Ib 45¢ BEEF .......... Ib 16c Ib 30c 20% OFF ON GARDEN HOSE AUTO WHEEL COASTERS RUBBISH BURNERS P SCREEN NETTING BICYCLE TIRES LAWN FENCING FOR NEW STOCK. PLUMBING HEATING TINNING GEN. CONTRACTING PLAINVILLE ENG. & SUPPLY CO. instant Relief FROM -BUNION PAIN ASHLE SPECIE -$12 Reduc on 3 Piec in Stc $8, $10 Silk Sh $5. $6.50,$7, Panama $3.9 $3.50, %4, Straw $2.( ASHL Babcc