New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1923, Page 3

PRESIDENT WANTS “T0.G0 OVER TRAIL AMERICANLEGION CONVENTION PLANS Desirons of Making Overland Trip| State Gathering to Be Held Here Through Alaskan Wilds By The Aseoclated Press, Aboard U, September 13, 14 and 15 The tentative program for the fifth S, 8. Henderson With|annual state convention of the Amer- President Harding, July 11,—Carry-|ican Legion, which is to be held in ing with him memories of a pleasant day spent in the capita|, President Harding sailed from Juneau early today in further search |session at conveation hall, of information relating to Alaskan| | problems, Decision was most | New Britain Sept. Alaskan | Leen made up as follows: 13, 14 and 15, has organization 0dd Fel- Thurs- Thursday, Sept. 13, ows' building, Arch street. reached | day night, American Legion night at just before sailing to stop at Skagway | the theaters with special features. en route to Edward instead of mak- ing the visit to the town on the re-|of convention. United | gates with speakers of national im- portance. The rain which fell throughout yes- | mittees. terday was continuing when the Hen-| biock dance. turn trip to the continental States, derson sailed, and with the fog, made ithe time of arrival at Skagway uncer- tain, which however, was expected to be about noon. 14, morning session Luncheon to dele- Friday, Sept. Afternoon session of com- Evening parade followed by Saturday, Sept. 15, final session of convention with election of officers. At 3'p. m,, parade of Leglon dele- gations with military escort, followed The visit of the presidential party|by buffet lunch to entire marching to Juneau ended last night brilliant reception at the governor's mansion attended by several hundred persons. president and his cabinet with a|body. There are 38 posts of the American Legion in the state, most of which During the afternoon the|will probably send deiegations. Prizes advisors| will . be offered for the largest and conferred with several leading Juneau | pest contingent. citizens on the steps the federal gov- At the last convention in Water- ernment would take to aid in the de-| pury many prominent military organ- velopment of the territory. i While it was indicated that the|ed that therg zations took part and it was estimat- were approximately president and the members of his) 5000 marchers in line and fully as official family have reached no defi-| niany are expected here. nite conclusion they have well in Plans have been made to decorate mind the problems peculiar to south-|the center of th city from the rall- eastern Alaska. road station to the convention hall. Virtual decision, was reached yester-| ( onvention headquarters will be es- day to‘ abandon plans for the *trip|tablished at the Hotel Beloin, but all from Fairbanks to Chitina over the|pusiness sessions will be held at the Richardson trail because of its rigor-| 0dd Fellowa' hall. ous nature, necessitating traveling in over | yvention A meeting of the chairmen of con- committees was held last automobiles for three days rough roads, with some of the party| night and the chairmen are appoint- sleeping in tents, but today theling the personnel of their various esident was said to be reconsider-|committees, announcement of which ing and desirous of making that| il be made in a few daye. portion of the trip as scheduled, Mrs., Harding was also said to be in- isting that the trail portion of the HARNESS VERMONT RWER trip be made as scheduled, although et o 1ne pasty, ated. 70 SUPPLY BLECTRICITY ing President Harding, have urged her not to attempt it. e If the trail trip is abandoned the|peerfield Valley Between Wilmington rty will ‘return from Fairbanks to : ard on the Alaska railroad. The president is also understood. to have virtually decided to use the of Transformation. marine transport FHenderson rather! A% than shipping board steamers for_ the | WHMINEOH Vo S Ly et iy voyage from San Diego to New York | or Washington via the Panama canal and the Massachusetts state ‘line is and Porto Rico. in process of transformation from a gl e i iqu'"‘ pleturesque country with one e ‘ . littie village and several agricultural Chinese Being Smuggled | communitien to a great artificial lake. Thl'ough b‘outhern PortS‘TNs reservoir r{f»enor;:y is destined to send power over electrical transmis- sion lines to mills and factories many ! miles distant in Massachusetts. On ecither side of the valley are chains of high hills running almost ¥ and Massachusetts Line in Process Manila, July 11. — Smuggling of Chinese and opium into the Philippine Islands from ports in British North Borneo continues on an extensive ccale, according to Vicente Aldanese, | parallel to the Deerfield river. Here insular collector of customs, who has|and there the valley widens to in- just returned from a visit to half a|clude open flelds, and again the hills Gozen ports in the gouthern part of [close together and leave but a nar- the Philippine archipelago. |tow pass for the river. At Davis Collector Aldanese declared that| Bridge, where the valley is wide, a the immigration laws of the Philip-[dam is being throwh across. Under pines need to be changed to provide; present plans the valley will be flood- a penaity for those who are found to|ed in 1924, have entered the island through fl-| Against the huge dam the licit means. He says lack of this|will send water from its sources in kind of a provision in the present the Vermont mountains until it jaw is being taken advantage of by|reaches a depth of 200 feet. The the Chinese immigrants. | water will back up against the hill- e & —t ‘gides and submerge fields now under FUEL |\u'nn1‘~. SROW. [ cultivation. It will cover the little - | community now known as Millers' Lack of 1ran~p..nm|nn Causes Brazil| Mills and will ;wash back to the out- (0'Buy Coal From Outside. | skirts of Wilmington. The lake to be created will be ten miles long and Rio De Janeiro, July 11. ——Anhnugh;h“” s llawiae the greater part of Brazil lies within | the tropics, one of the greatest prob- AL TO PREMIER lems involved in the country's eco-| QOttawa, July 11.—Premier King to- nomic expansion is that of fuel supply. | day received a letter from the execu- In 1922, according to official figures tivo council of the trades and labor published here, Brazil spent approxi- | congréss of Canada asking immediate mately $27,000,000 on imported fuels.| recall of troops from the Cape Breton The principal difficulty in the way|strike area and if necessary the call- of developing known sources of fuel ing of a special session of the domin- in Brazil at present is the lack of |[jon parllament to deal with the situ- river transportation facilities. Coal mined | ation. in Brazil now costs more on this mar- ket than that imported from England | or the United States, | Bronze is very old, but brass was lunknown to the ancients. e On Your Vacation NO PAPER WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE HERALD iT WILL FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER THE MAILS GO FOR 18c a Week CASH MUST ACCOMPANY THE ORDER Prepaid Subscriptions are required by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Consequently we cannot open charge accounts for summer orders, Before you leave for the shore or the moun- tains be sure to order the Herald mailed to you. It will keep you in touch while on your vacation. with the news at home TOMORROW — Earlier Than Usual We | Launch an Event of Extreme Importance Our Entire Stock placed on Sale at Astounding REDUCTIONS In Arriving at These Special Prices We Have Entirely Disregarded Costs Profits, Losses. We have Slashed Mercilessly In Preparation For a New Season. DRESS EVENT — SUPREME — Exactly 209 High Grade Dresses, Consisting of Canton Crepe, Satin Cantons, Foulards, Novelty Silks—All Formerly Sold From $24.00 to $29.50. Make no mistake about this sale. values. Most of these Garments are advance Fall Models, pur- chased before Inventory. CLEARANCE PRICE .......... [ o ] Come tomorrow and marvel at the ® B e E S & & 4 Washable Silk Dresses Consisting of Shantungs, Tussahs and silk broad-. cloths. Formerly to $18.00 10 Large Size Dresses All Normandy voiles in newest designs. Tormerly $12.95 55 Silk Dresses Thesé are mostly Can- ton crepes—one of a kind. 106 Linen Dresses Mostly imported non- shrinkable, both plain and embroidered. Formerly $9.95 to $12.95 CLEARANCE PRICE $7.95 92 Voile Dresses Plain volles with shir- red and fancy, drawn work designs; also fancy dotted voiles, 48 Summer Dresses These are imported ginghams in the best col- orings. Formerly to $25.00 CLEARANCE PRICE $9.00 Formerly $9.75 CLEARANCE PRICE $5.95 Formerly $5.95 CLEARANOCE PRICE $12.95 CLEARANCE PRICE $9.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $2.95 2 Black Silk Coats Handsome coats of Can-¢ ton crepe. 9 Tricotine Suits Long line hand tailored and crepe de chine linings —All navy blues. 22 Poiret Twill Suits Beautifully all-over em- broidered in the most novel designs. 6 Tweed Suits Made of imported ma- terials, hand tailoring and heavy silk linings. 15 Knitted Suits All wool with fancy col- ored silk stitching. 98 Silk Dresses These consist of Canton crepes, satin Cantons and printedsi lks. Formerly $59.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $24.00 Formerly $39.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $24.00 Formerly $39.50 Formerly $49.50 to $65.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $5.00 Formerly to $18.00 Formerly $12.00 CLEARANCE PRICE $13.75 CLEARANCE PRICE $18.00 CLEARANCE PRICE $7.95 187 Plaited Skirts / Fancy Roshanara: crepe: and novelty silks. Black, navy, blue, grey and tan, 165 Sleeveless 8 Jacquettes Sweaters 18 Novelty Capes 6 Novelty Coats There will be a scram- § They are ble for these as they were tan, Formerly $39.50 to $49.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $15.00 | $7.95 7 Extra Size Coats Navy and black high- grade twill coats. Formerly $49.50 to $69.50 CLEARANCE PRICE $24.00 Tan and grey — BiIk lined Nearly all shades, fancy silk and wool combina- tions. black, grey Formerly $18.00 Formerly $89.00 Formerly to $4.95 Formerly $9.05 to $12.95 CLEARANCE PRICE CLEARANCE PRICE $35.00 CLEARANCE PRICE $7.95 CLEARANCE PRICE $2.95 SILK HOSIERY AFTER STOCK TAKING PRICES HEADQUARTERS PREVAIL ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK : 255, formerly $2.25 Now $1.85 =9 “Kramer” fuil fashioned, formerly $1.95, Now $1.60 Now 85¢c ' y “Van Raalte” full fashioned Stockings ....... $1.95 Heavy Ingrain Stockings, formerly $2.50 Now $2.10 All $2.95 Silk Stockings ............... Now $2.35 Sheer Chiffon Stockings, formerly $1.50, Now $1.15 Imported Full Fashioned Stockings ......... $1.00 “Everwear” Pure Silk Stockings ..... Special 89¢c Jay’s Quality Hose Guaranteed ............. $2.00 “WE NEVER CARRY IMPERFECT HOSIERY” Y’S= “Onyx Pointex” ] $1.49 Pure Thread Silk Stockings ......