New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1921, Page 7

Special Offers, Furniture at Half Price Odd Pieces Left From February Sale FIND ON GOING RNITURE OCK. TO GE LIST WHICH I WE and brown leather seats, $1.75 to $15.25. Mahogany Buffets, just two lar price was $150.00. for $75.00. China Cabinet, Regular price was $75.00. Sale Old Oak modified china cabinet, $125.00 make. Regular price wa 2.50. American Walnut design, yegular price $150.0 80 Inch Davenports. two cushions, genuine regular price $2 china cak Genuine Leather covered Soft, Sale price $48.75. overstuffed, regular price was $97.50, Wing Chair, or Rocker, covered, regular price was $98.50. igh Grade Chair, overstuffed tapestry covered, , for $63.50, tapestry sale price $132.50. Chair to Match above Davenport, was $145.00, 7.60 the regular pric 80 Inch Da port, price $266.00. Ou $12 for $72.50. | '.\A VING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOV OVER OUR STOCK MANY THAT MUST BE CLOSED OUT TO MAKE A QUICK RIDDA PARTIAL MENTION FIFTY ODD DINING CHAIRS, Mahogany, from one 54x60 inc quartered oak. Sale grice $75.00. with leather covered, NOE or Walnut, WE CUT PRICE THE MANY BIG Golden, to four of hes. them, regu- Your chocie | bean tension. Stickloy finish, price $37.50. Stickley price Jacobean oak. of $39.7 Sale extension, regular $29.25. Chippendale One Colonial binet, loose spring on spring seats, | leather, $75.00 each. 54 inch length, velour, price $55.00. One tapestry Sale price $49 covered, regular price $350.00. ODD PIECES OF WELL MADE, ROOM of a kind, were $3.50 to $32.50 each. Fumed Oak Dining Table, 54 inch top, 4 Parlor Suites, frames, spring seat cushions regular price Overstuffed Tapestry cushion style, was $89.50. Tapestry Davenport, 84 inches Our sale price $175.00. Chair to Match this Davenport, $195.00, for $97.50. HIGH FOR THE INCOMING IN HALF. SCAN THE FOL- VALUES TO BE HAD. Fumed and Jacobean Oak, with black, Sale Prices One Dining Table, solid quartered oak, Jaco- finish, Colonial base, Was $65. China Cabinet, Regular price $79.50. 48 inch top, 8 foot ex- 00, for $32.50. o William and Mary design, in Sale price 6 foot price was $58.50. Sale price Dining Table, fumed oak, with 64 inch top, regular price $85.00, for $42.50. Two Davenports 72 inch, covered regular price in Sale genuine was $150. price finished mulberry Our Sale mahogany blue and $110.00. 3 pieces, was Rocker, spring Sale price $44.75. long, regular regular. price \ CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY 1 RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. l BERLIN NEWS OMAN INJURED BY FALL FROM WAGON hm Driven by Mrs. Elizabeth Mickles Struck by Auto ACCIDENTS REPORTED W Result of Heavy Fog and Slip- ry Payement of Last Evening— rs, Sharpe Gives Tea—Club otes—Berlin Bits of Interest. Mickles of Berlin suffering with last evening in which she by was irs, Elizabeth pet is at her home ous Injuries recelved n & horse and team riding was struck le. Mrs. Mickles in her driveway e eame along. ran ew her of the eh for The horse ran away pugh the lots nearby but was re- lered late Mrs. Mickles was n into the house where she was ed and it was stated that her ries were of a rather serious na- an about when the into her wagen with to na- t Is asserted that the automobile leh struck her contained four who were under influnce of or. The car bore a New Jersey the auto- | and | marker. The driver of the machinc did not stop and continued on his way te Hartford. They were caught later, however, by Colonel Herbert Johnson and Joseph Lamb who passed by the wreck a few minutes after it happened. They immedi- ately phoned for Charles F. Lewis to come upon the scene and the three men then followed the automo- | bile, overtaking it near the Good- | rich estate, where Prosecutor Lewis made the arrest. The four men in the car, foreigners, have been ordered to appear in the Town court tonight where their cases will be heard at 7:80 o'clock one was present at the time of the accident, although several people were on the scene a few minutes afterwards. It sumed that the heapy fog which prevajled at the time hid the view of the wagon from the men. Still others who were upon the scene later stated that the four |men appeared to be under the in- fluence of liquor and due to the 'fog and dampness of the cement pave- ment were not able to handle the machine. The mishap occurred sometime between 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock. C r Accidents At Same Time Three other wccidents along this me stretch of roadway were re- ported at about the same hour. A Stutz touring car containing two couples from New Haven and driven by .Louis Osterweis of the Elm city was ditched from the roadway and ran into the mud, also scraping the fence of the William Webster prop- erty. This was about 150 feet from the place of the first accident. The name of the second man in the could not be ascertained al- he said he had formerly worked for Willlam Moran in New Britain and knew John Connelly of Berlin. Mr. Connelly however did not know his name, This wreck happened is party though BETTY AND HER BEAU SHES NOT BUVING GUM=SHES PRIMPING ! ISNT THAT SiLLY ILL BET SHE HAS “\ AN AWFUL CASE ON HERSELF * FINISH HER WAIT AMINUTE WALDO~1 WANT TO SEE HOW MY No ! about fifteen minutes following the first one and the car, which was a make of the latest model was badly damaged. After a half hour’s work the auto was finally pulled out bf the {Mmud and was able to proceed on its way. Burton North Helps | Still another caf was sideswiped into the.shoulders of the road by a pasing machne between the North {and Nott estates. Burton North who | was on the scene a short while after, {brought a large rope and by asking the assistancejof a passing autoist the unfortunates were able to continue on their way. While Constable M. A. Austin was coming upon the *first scene, after having been called, he came across a machine near the railroad crossing at the Brick company, which had one wheel off, The occupants of the car were not around at the time and nothing further in regards it could be ascertained. There was a rumor about the town this morning that the same car which ran into Mrs. Mickels was responsible for pushing the other autos off of the road. It was later said that with the heavy fog of last evening, which had been the worst seen here in some time, and the slippery pavements several accidents along the turnpike | were liable to happen. Mrs. Sharpe Gives Tea Mrst Charles Sharpe of Kensington, gave a tea at her home yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Oscar Edgarly, who with her husband, will leave Monday for Philadelphia. Sever- al musical selections including vocal |ana instrumental ones were rendered. Mrs. Edgarly was presented with a silver thimble as a remembrance of Kensington people. Mr. Edgarly has been working for the American Paper goods company but recently resigned to take a posi- tion with a Philadelphia concern. Delegates to State Convention The following have been appointed as delegates to the states convention of the D. A. R. Regent, Mrs. R. M. Griswold, Mrs, George E. Dodd and Miss Emily Brandagee They will represent the Emma Hart Willard chapter of this town. The convention is being held the 30th of this month in Hartford. Successful Entertainment About 40 were in attendance at the Berlin Cogregational church last eve- ning when the Older Boys' en- tertained the Men's Bible Class. This was the first entertainment of the yeag to be given by the club and according to the opinion of the men which was heard this morning, the attempt proved very satisfactory. A six piece orchestra made up in the Boys' cls furnished ,the music. Several songs were rendered and many monologues were also hear, Work on the hori- zontal bar and mat tumbling was another feature of the evening. Following the entertainment re- freshments were served and the boys were satisfied to know that they gave the men as good a time as the men gave them at the last meeting. Ex-Service Men to Meet All of ,the ex-service men of the town ar€ invited to attend a meeting to be held in Foresters’ hall tomor- row, evening under the auspices of the ' Bolton-Kasica post, American Legion. This is taking the place of to | Maple street, ‘,lhe Plainville Trust company, Attor- { ney Joseph M. Donovan PLAINVILELE NEWS 'FORMER BANK MAN VOLUNTEERS AID 'Robert Hird Submits Statement Through Representative FAIL TO FIND BOOK ERROR Ministers’ Alliance Holds ' Mceting— Epworth Social Tonight — John Saunders Victim of Shock—Forest- ville Itcms—Other News. Representing Robert N. Hird of former bookkeeper at of Bristol, has sent in a signed statement to the effect that Mr. Hird had voluntegred through him to assist in looking up the discrepancy at the bank, but was never asked to do so. He also asserts that Mr. Hird, accompanied by State Police Captain Robert Hurley and himself, had spent two afternoons checking up the accounts and failed to locate the . reputed error. The statement submitted by Attorney Donovan is as follows: “I have just read the article in your edition of yesterday, authorized and in part quoted by Senator John H. Trumbull, president of the Plainville Trust company, regarding the short- age existing at that bank, and espe- cially his reference to Robert N. Hird, the former bookkeeper, who is a client of mine, and has been through-. out the period since he severed con- nection with the bank, December 13, 1920. “Mr. Trumbull's signed statement is undoubtedly the truth, and as in al such cases, when one error is found, rumors easily spread. I have dis- cussed this matter with bank officials, with the bank commissioner, ana with tho state police, and I have no reason to doubt President Trumbull's statement that this shortage is the only one, and further, and here is an important statement so tar as my mission to let the town hall be used for basketball, the Worthington Athletic club will hold practice in the _hall Friday evening if it can be se- cured. The game beiween the first and second teams will be played next week. Brotherhood ¥eeting Tonight. The Brotherhood of the Kensing- ton Congreggtional church will meet at the home 6f Mr. and Mrs. Harold Upson this evening The meeting has been called for 7:30 o’'clock and all members are urged to be present. A surprise program has been arranged which, it is claimed. will be of inter- est to many. Of Local Interest. Major Frank L. Wilcox, who has made his home in Berlin for many years, is president of the Fidelity Trust company in Hartford, which lost $4,300 within the past three months by robbery, reported yester- day. This amount was taken by Leo A. Boutillier, a seventeen-vear-old employe of «the company, who it is said has spent most all of it by gam- bling, according to a confession made by him to the officers of the bank. The exact amount taken is said to be $4,884 and the discovery was made after an exhaustive examination by the bank commissioner’s offi jor Wilcox was high in praise of the quick work done by this commission. Miller—Thomson. John Brown Miller of New Dritain and Miss Janet Thomson of Kensing- ton were married at the home of the bride this afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. € eton Hazen, pastor of the Kens- ‘on Conegregational church, offici- ated. Miss Elizabeth Thomson and Miss Peggy Miller acted as brides- maids. The couple will make their home in Mountain View, Plainville, following their return from their honeymoon. Kensington Kernels. The weekly T. A. B. whist will be held in T. A. B. hall this evening. Mrs. E. F. Lounsbury will enter- tain the ladies of the church at a sil- ver tea at the parsonage Thursday afterncon for the benefit of the La- dies’ Aid society. The Girl:Scouts, Troop 1, of Kens- ington, will meet Saturday evening of this week with the Misses Chot- kowski. This will be an important meeting and all members are urged to be present. Berlin Bits. The Ladies' Aid society of the Ber- lin Congregational church met with Mrs. E. E. Honiss this afternoon. B. R. Showalter will give one of the series of the Newell Dwight Hillis lec- tures tomorrow evening in the Junior High school. East Berlin Ttems Henry Mildrum is confined to the house by illness. The official board of the Methodist church will hold an important meet- the church parlors this evening 8 o'clock sharp. Miss Georgia Kelsey is visiting rela- tives in New Britain. A number of the friends of Charles Cobey tendered his a pleasant sur- prise last evening, the occasion being his sixteenth birthday. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by all Mrs. David Miner and Miss Camilla were sitip in at Mip o Middletown client is concerned, that the shortage is'possibly a clerical error. “In that part of the article not signed by President Trumbull, it was stated that the discharged bookkeep- | er has refused to give any assistance in checking up the' shortag That | statement is not true. I personally | volunteered his assistance to the bank | oificials and was never asked to bring | him down. I did likewise to his bond- ing company, and to the bank com- | missioner, and at the request of the | bank commissioner Mr. Hird and my- | self spent two full afternoons with | Captain Robert Hurley of the Stale’ police going over the accounts anad checking them. The error was not located, and Mr. Hird was not ac- cused then or at any time of being responsible for this shortage. He stands ready at any time to cgntinue to give his assistance, urge: J.Zm the public the fact that for n ly three months he has been free to do as he pleases and still remains in Plainville i ready and willing to explain all he | knows, and he states, through me, | that there is undoubtedly a clerical | error somewhere, as he does not be- lieve any member of thg bank is guilty of misusing the funds, and he still offers his assistance in finding that error. “Incidentally, it may be well to state that Mr. Hird was not dis- charged due to any discrepancy in the “bank statements, but he was asked to resign, and did resign, because of a personal matter not in any way con~ nected with the Plainville Trust com- ny, and this can be corroborated by President Trumbull and Cashier Me- Cloud. “Trusting that this will clear up the suspicious atmosphere created against Mr. Hird, and at the same time assure the depositors that Pres- ident Trumbull told the truth in his signed statement, I am “Attorncy for Robert N. Hird.”” Ministers’ Alliance The Ministers’ Alliance of the Zionists churches held a meeting ves- terday with Rev. E. F. Barrows, pas- tor of the A. M. E,_ Zion church. Rev. Mr. Taylor of Meriden read an inter- esting paper. His topic was “God or the Policeman’s Club.” There were about 12 members present. The secre- v of the Alliance. Rev, F. Fisher of the Union Baptist church at Hart- ford, resigned his position in that capacity at the meeting. His vacancy was filled by Rev. James A. Wright, pastor of the Talcott street Congrega- tional church. Rev. Mr. Fisher has ac- cepted a call as pastor at the church at Binghamton, Alabama. The pastor’s Guild of the local church entertained the visitors and served dinner at the parsonage. It was voted to hold the next meeting the second Tuesday in April, at the Talcott street Congrega- tional church in Hartford. Rev. R. R. Ball of Harford will read a paper. Church Services The Mission Study class of the Church of Our Saviour will hold its regular meeting at the rectory this evening, On Friday night, Lenten serv- | ices will be held. Rev. Dr. Colladay of Hartford wll preach at 7:30 o’'clock. The regular mid-week services of the Baptish church will be held to- morrow evening at 7:45 o’clock, Rev. J. G. Ward will have for a topic, “An fmportant Question.” The Methodist church will hold services at 7:30 o’clock tomorrow eve- ning. Rev. Dr. Bell, superintendent of the New Haven district, is expected to arrive at the local church Sat- urday evening. He will conduct the Sunday evening services and attend the fourth quarterly meeting of the official members of the church after the Sunday services. Rev. Charles Kirby of Hatrofrd will preach at the Lenten services at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Sun- day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Devotions and Stations of the Cross will be ob- served at the church Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Penitential services of the A. M. E. Zion church will be held Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Alice Strong of 117 Whiting street. Forestville News. Confessions will be heard this evening for the Lithuanian members of the St. Matthew’s church. Mass tomorrow morning is at 6 o’clock and Holy Communion at 7 and 8 o’clock. A Lenten prayer meeting will be held at the Asbury Methodist church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. The pastor will have for his subject ‘“The Passover| Psalm.” Special music will be furnished by the senior and junior leagues. At a recent meeting of the members of the official board of the Asbury Methodist church, the following offi- cers were elected: resident, Rev. William Griffin; vice-president, Eu- gene Allen; treasurer, Glenn Landon financial secretary, Mrs. Harriet Fry secretary, Miss Finella Hills and tl'essllr‘gr of the benevolences, John Dawe. * Preparations are being made for a Victory Sunday which will be observed at the church on Sunday, arch 13. An appropriate program is being arrdnged and the various societies are planning to attend in a body. Pledges will be taken for the coming year. Reports of the commit- tees will be heard. A cottage prayer was held last eve- ning at the home of E. Talpin of Stafford avenue. The Manross W. R. C. have plans made for holding a social and whist in the G. A. R. hall Friday afternoon from 2:30 until 4:30 o’clock. Re- freshments will be served. Epworth League Social. _The Epworth league of the Metho- dist church will hold its old-fash- ioned social at the church parlors this evening. A musical program has been arranged for and promises to be an excellént one. The feature of the | company, evening's_games will be a fish pond The public’ has been extended an in- His condition this morning was about the same, with a slight improvement. New Bank Assistant. Thomas P. Prior of this town. an emj:oye of the New Britain Trust will commence April 1, as assistant treasurer at the Plainville Trust company. He has been work- ing at the New Britain bank for the past eight years and is regarded as one of the most competent clerks there. 1lis new duties will be mainly assist Treasurer A. A. Mcleod in his work, as they have increased to a great extent with the added num- ber of depositors. Mr. Prior is well I own locally and is a former serv- ice man. He served overseas with the 301st Trench Mortar battery of the 76th division. Plainville Briefs. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Brock- Barnes post held an enjoyable social la night at the home of Mrs. Har- riet Barnes on Broad street. Iefresh- ments! were served. William Dent of Elm court has re- turned to his home after being con- fined to the Hartford hospital for sev- eral wee with a broken knee cap. F. A. Hart of East Main street left for New York today on a business trip for the Flint-Bruce company of Hartford. The regular meeting of the Town School committee will be held this evening. An anniversary month’s mind mass will be celebrated Saturday morning at 8 o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy for the late Mrs. Irene David McGrath. John Kelly of Ha tford will sing The W. C. T. U. will hold its reg- ular meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. Hanis of Broad street. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church held its meeting at the church parlors this afternoon. A social time was enjoyed by the members of the Busy Bee Sewing cir- cle at the home of Miss Irene Foran of Whiting street last night. FOR SALE—Fresh eggs; also White Wyan- dotte hatching egss. W. N. Stoddard, Cook St. Tel. 144-2. 3-7-6ax Challenge Milk, 2 cans 50c. Russell Bros.—advt. WEATHER REPORT. Clearing Tonight and Much Colder To- morrow, Is Prediction. New Haven, March 9.—For New Haven and vicinity: Clearing and colder weather tonight; Thursday falir and colder. For Connecticut: Rain and colder to- night; Thursday partly cloudy and colder; strong south shifting to west and northwest winds. 3, ‘Weather conditions: The trough of low pressure is moving slowly eastward across the country and now extends from Alabama northeastward to the lower St. Lawrence valley. It is caus- ing cloudy and rainy weather in all the eastern districts along thc Atlantic coast. Several places reported more than an inch of rain during the last 24 hours. Pleasant weather prevails in the western districts from the Rocky mountains eastward to Ohio. The tem- perature is unusually high for the sea- son of the year in the eastern portion of the Lake region and New England. The temperature falls rapidly from Pennsylvania northward to Minnesota where it is below zero. Pure Lard, 15c¢ lb. Russell Bros. —advt. The Place To Select Your Fish Is Here With a Big Variety and Fine Quality. Splendid Shore Haddock .. 10c Saybrook Flounders .. 10c Nice Fat Herrings ... 10c Blue Fish (whole fish) 12¢ Rockport Cod 15¢ Blue Fish Steak 15¢ Snapper Blues . . 20c Halibut Silver Salmon .. 25¢ Fresh Mackerel, Eels, Butter Fish, Smelts, Cod Fish Cheeks, Long Island Scallops, Open Long Clams 50c¢ qt., Finnan Haddies, Boneless Salt Cod 18c pound, 3 pounfls for 50c. Try our Indian Neck Oysters. They are fine. Moore’s Fish Market WASHINGTON PLACE. 215 \ i ASKS TO INE Pennsylvania Insui { Would Prevent Segl Reading Coal and I Philadelphia, March Mutual Life Insurance: delph holder of § value, of 4 per cent gen bonds of the Readin, Philadelphia and Read Iron Co., today filed a tervene in the matter @ tion of the Reading co burpose of interventio its interests in the dist] assets of the compani [Bholds bonas. NEW ARMY Washington, March of the War department administration contemp tion of the nation’s mi to ‘‘one harmonious, wd effective army, consisti lar army, the National organized reserves,"” $ announces. DAVIS LEAVES Retiring United Sta to England Return Wright Now in London, March 9. retiring Unjted States Great Britdin left n ampton this mornin; the United States. A diplomats, governmeni figures prominent in the British capital station to bid him resentative of King G zon of Kedleston, se for foreign affairs that Mr. Davis wa voiced the hope that} visit England. Mr. and Mrs. Davis erica on board the Ol Wright, counsellor' at! will be in charge, p rival of a new amb Native Pggs, 2 do: Bros.—advt. i I