New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1923, Page 2

Mu-Sol-Dent The astounding new dis- covery for cleaning teeth and preventing decay. As Gasoline dissolves Grease or Oil, so Mu-Sol- Dent dissolves Mucin, —The— I:Dickinson Drug Co. PHARMACGISTS 169-171 MAIN ST. New Britain, Conn, hCome in and see the «) new lines of INTERWOVEN best wearing fine Hose made’ TS ¥93-99 Xsylum Strect “It Pays to Buy Our Kind” PERSONALS Rev. Thomas J. Laden, pastor of the church of St. John the Evangelist will attend the annual retreat at Key- ser Island, near Norwalk, this week. Mrs. D. J. Maguire and family of Black Rock avenue, left yesterday for & two weeks' stay at Chalker Beach. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Markham and son, and Miss Mary Kiniry have re- turned from Milford where they spent two weeks. Policeman and Mrs. Herbert C. C. Lyon and daughter and grandchild will leave this morning on an auto- mobile trip through New York state, Montreal, Canada. They will make the return trip by way of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. ¥ James Doyle of the Rogers Sash and Door Co., is enjoying a two weeks' vacation. Frank L. Suzio returned to Seymour this morning after spending the weék-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Suzio of Wallace street. s MARGARET TRAVER Teacher of Pianoforte Will Open Studio in Booth's Block September First Telephone 158-12 for Terms, Etc. Hot Weather Headaches ‘When you cool off suddenly and when you sleep in a draft, you get a Cold. natural result is Headaches, Neursigia and Sore Muscles. To Stop the Headache and Work off the THAT DEPRESSED FEELING caused by the heat is quickly relieved by just one dose of Lax- ative BROMO QUININE Tablets. Does not contain any barmful or habit-forming drugs. The box bears this signature LOFGREN PAYS $100 ONLIQUOR CHARGE Was Acting as Steward of Sven- ska Klubben When Arrested Axel Lofgren, in charge of the Svenska Klubben on Arch street when |1t was ralded Saturday afternoon by the police, was fined $100 and costs when arraigned before Judge William ¢, Hungerford in police court this morning on a charge of violating the liquor law. Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods explained to the judge, after lofgren had entered a plea of guilty, that the accused man had told him that he sold liquor for 25 cents a | glass. Attorney William F. Mangan, coun- sel for Lofgren, stated that Lofgren was merely a member of this club which has a membership of about 100 and was “taking his turn” in running the club for two weeks without re- celving compensation. The attorney sald that this case is different than the ordinary liquor case and Lofgren was not selling for personal gain. Police Gather in Gamblers Taduse Tozycky was fined $25 and costs on a charge of conducting a gambling house, Lepnard Morse and Stanley Noreski were fined $3 each as frequenters and the case against Thomas Bzorski was nolled when the four were arraigned on a charge of gambling as the result of a raid on a tenement at 83 Park street yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Michael Flynn, Policeman Patrick O'Mara and John C. Stadler. The accused men entered & plea of nolle contendre through their attorney, George W. Klett. Held For Evading Fare Domonick Bartorillo of New York state was arrested last night by Ser- geant Patrick McAvay on a charge of evading payment on a New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad train from ‘Waterbury to this city. Harry St. John, conductor on the train, testified in court that Bartorillo had no ticket for Waterbury to New Britain and refused to pay his fare on the train. The conductor also said that he refus- ed to explain why he would not pay his fare. + Sergeant McAvay testified that he had talked with Bartorillo after hav- ing placed him under arrest but the accused man refused to answer his questions at first. Later, he said, Bar- torillo told him that “they took his ticket at Waterbury.” Bartorillo testified that he bought & ticket at Poughkeepsia, fell asleep on the train and when he awoke his ticket was gone. He later said that he bought a ticket at Poughkeepsie for New York via. Waterbury for $2.561. Mr. St. John told the judge that that could not be so as a ticket from Poughkeepsic to New York would cost several dollars and the New Haven road does not sell tickets between those two points via. Water- Lury. Prosecutor Woods asked for a continuance of the case until tomor- row morning in order to have the n:iental condition of the man examin- ed. $356 For Reckless Driving John Bardello, charged with reck- less driving, entered a plea of guilty and was fined $35 and costs. Super- numerary Policeman Thomas Lee tes- tified that he arrested Bardello at about 9:45 o'clock last night at the corner of Whiting and South Main strects as he was driving on the left side of the road traveling south at the rate @f about 35 miles an hour. The officer also said that Bardello passed 15 cars while traveling at that rate of speed. The case of George Cheney, charg- ed with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, was con- tinued until Saturday morning. He was arrested Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock by Supernumerary Of- ficers Thomas Lee and Apostalos Ila- mos, A. Czelleez, Glen streat tailor, ar- rested yesterday on charges of breach of the peace and assault, had his case continued until tomorrow morning. LIQUOR SALESMEN “Flappers,” Men and Women, Submit Samples At Atlantic City and Offer Analysis, A?.lanfir, City, Aug. 20.—A quiet in- vestigation by the police vice squad over the week-end showed new types of business getters, Office buildings, stores, hotels and cottages are being invaded by dapper men, “flappers” and modishly gown- |ed women each with samples. Pros- pective customers arc given a half pint of Scotch, rye or gin to inspect | while listening to a sales talk. The | samples were left for analysis. | sin 336 and rye at $60. |Peterson Found De;d in Bed; Sister Being Sought John Peterson, a bachelor, who rooms at 422 Main strect, was found dead in bed at that place yesterday |morning about 7:3 Oo'clock. The | body was discovered by other tenants ‘whn notified Sergeant Mathias Rival, |who in turn communicated with Dr. | Waterman Lyon, medical examiner. | Death was due to a pulmonary hem- |orrhage. Dr. Lyon was suspicious of an open wound on the neck but closer examiation revealed that it was an old injury. Peterson was 64 years old. Efforts are being made to locate a sister and in the meantime funeral arrangements are not complete. The body is at the John A. Andrews fu- | neral parlors. Peterson was employ- | ed at the plant of the American Paper | Goods Co., of Kensington. ; Father'éistep-i’;the}' Kills Two Year Old Babe | Louisville, Aug. 20—Two year old William Puckett Jr., died in his moth- | | er's arms yesterday, the innocent vic- tim of a family fight when a bullet fired at his father by the latter’s step- father, missed its mark and struck [the child. Charles Patterson, 45, was |arrested and charged with murder as 11 result of the killing. Scotch was offered at $50 a case, | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923, Heavier Penalties for Charge of Drunkenness ool That Judge Willlam C. Hun- gerford s determined to clean New Britain of drunkards and make it unpleasant for drunk- ards to be arraigned in court on a second offense, is evident from the penalty meted out in police court this morning to the men arraigned bofore him on charges of being drunk. Three of the six men were in for the first time and each drew a fine of $6 and costs. = The fourth has made four ;appear- ances since 1920 and was given a 10-day fail sentence. The fitth Has also been arrested sev- eral times and was given a $15 fine with a 10 day suspended jail sentence while the sixth, who had been arrested once be- fore on that charge, was fincd $15 and costs. FIND RECLUSE DEAD, ENDS GHOST STORIES Man Had Been Living in Garret of Snmmer House New Lork, Aug 20.—Identification of the body of a man found Saturday in the windowless garret of a ram- shackle farmhouse near Nyack, N. Y., as that of Alexander P. Arhimore, thirty-six, an electrical engineer, re- vealed yesterday the strange story of how the man, sick and in morbid re- volt against the routine of city life, sought to hide himself completely from the world. From early in May until some time last month he secluded himself in the unlighted garret, venturing out only at times for the bits of food he could pilfer from the tents of campers on Rockland Lake, beside the house. His presence was not entirely unknown. Never seen, he became a mystery, Camprs who wandered into the house heard feet upon the stairs,. But when they searched the upper floors they found nobody. “Spook” Stuff By the time the Chelsea Presby- terian Church, 23rd street and Sev- enth avenue, Manhattan, took over the house for a summer camp in June, the phantom footsteps were already the subject of low-voiced stories at midnight campfires around the lake. Only yesterday - was it learned the “spook” was the dis- contented engineer. The cause of his death probably will never be known, Perhaps it was starvation. His sister, Mrs. M. A. Adams, of No. 727 45th street Brook- lyn, believes he died of pneumonia, engendered by exposure and the hard- ships of his - unaccustomed isolated life. Sheriff Brown of Rockland Cunty said he believed the man ‘“either starved or had a stroke.” Discovery of the body was made by W. Y. Strange, No. 210 West 23d street, treasurer of the Chelsea church, and Charles Murdick of No. 410 West 23d street, who with Mrs. Murdick have been ocupying the ground floor of the three-story huse at intervals since June. Murdick went to the attack Saturday. Soon his cries brought Strange and Mrs. Mur- dick. p! Lying upon two small mattresses,, property of the Church, which had been mising some weks, was the body. Beside it were two tin cups, an overcoat and an empty milk bottle. Except for shoes, the body was fully clothed. Coroner Flender said the man had been dead six or eight weks. That was all, exceft for the discovery in the clothing of a few papers and a check book, from which one check was torn. This check, for $2 and made out to “cash” was left by Achi- more, about June 15, in a pile of camp, from which a bottle of milk, a portion of cold chicken and ‘several cans of meat had been piifered. Strange found the check and cashed it, returning the money to the church funds. ‘Wanted to Be Alone “If he had only let us know he was here,”” Mr. Murdick said, “we would have been glad to give him food. But he must have wanted to escape all human beings. “Now that we've found the body I feel that I knew all along there was some one in the garret. Several times I heard footsteps on the stairs or on the top floors. Once I chased the footsteps up the stairway. But when I reached the top I could find | nobody. It was an uncanny feeling we had with all those wierd noises. Several church members who came here returned to say the house was | | haunted—that they were afraid to stay here. Usually many girls of the church come here to camp,sbut the ‘phantom’ noises frightened them. Some said a ghost had come to visit | the church camp. We never saw the man.” The story of Achimore's disappear- ance is as fantastic as his death Until two years ago an engincer em- ployed by the Western Union Tele- graph Company, he lived with his | wife, Mrs. Mary A. Achimore, and | his son Paul, now aged =zix, at No 47 West 81st street. Quitting sud- | denly, he went to Concord, N. H., to go into business, but soon returned to | New York, suffering from extreme | |nervousness. His wife returned to | | Medford, Mass., to live with a sister, [ | Mrs. George Rogers, while Achimore | |tock up his home with Mrs. Adams, {then living at No. 449 Prospect Place, | | Brooklyn From the moment he returned to |New York, Mrs. Adams noticed a | ‘ehangw in his demeanor. On several | 1nrca’|ons he disappeared for weeksat | |a time, and once he was found living | |in an isolated shanty near Andover, | N. H. His wife had him committed [to Ward's Isiand, but the doctors | found he'was not insane, suffering only from an extreme morbidity. He was released after several months Success in the culinary arts depenrls‘ largely upon the flavoring extracts| |used. You can depend upon Baker's. | XThr\ have never failed —advi, What You Want in a Tooth Paste 1. ‘The thing that will effec- tually give you clean teeth— health teeth. All destroying film and particles must be re- moved, Pyrodento used once a day will keep your teeth clean. 2. A preventive of future trouble. It must kill the germs of disease and decay. use of Pyrodento prolongs the life of teeth by checking re- ceding gums and preventing Pyorrl 3. An aid to natural forces in preserving the teeth. Pyro- - dento co-operates with the glands to combat acids in the and Try a tube ry a tube of e Pyrodento, you will become one of SEN. JOHNSON ATTACKS FEDERAL RESERVE PLAN “Farm" Rfipwnmtlw Says That System Aids Manufacturers Rather Than Farmers Austin, Minn,, Aug. 20.—U. 8. Sena- tor-elect Magnus Johnson addressing a gathering at a nearby farm yester- day on the subject of co-operation at- tacked the operation of the federal re- serve bank system and declared it favored the manufacturing interests to the detriment of the farmer. Johnson declared that the farmer, business man and laborer must co- operate in politics as well as co-oper- ating in business undertakings. He branded as “lies” reports that, he said, misrepresented his policies and de- clared his intention to fight to the end for the system of cost plus reasonable profit for the farmers in marketing their product on the same basis, as the businessman, ¢ The reduction by Governor W. H. McMaster of South Dakota in gasoline prices were deprecated by the speak- er who said that the cut should have been 3.3 cents a gallon instead of 6.6 because “too radical in action permits the Standard Oil Co. to Kkill off the in- dependent dealers,” 23.0:9.9:9:9.:9:0 . . . . . ; . . . . appoint the National Ban care. 8. o AVE you decided who will be your Executor? You choose wisely when you capacity—and you know that your estate will have the proper attention and NEW BRITAINNATIONAL BANK} 9.90.0.9090:0.0'®0©.¢ ‘UNCLE WILLIAW OF MERIDEN 15 DEAD Aged Negro a Familiar Character -Was Once a Slave Meriden, Aug. 20.—O0ld Uncle Wil- liam s dead ! The old ex-slave who has seemed as permanent in Meriden for many years as the bluffs west of the city, has gone away. Old age is given as the cause for his death by the physi- cian at the Meriden hospital where he died Saturday night, but Uncle William would hardly agree with him if he were here. He told the physician in confiding tones, a short time before his *death, that he was but 73 years old but it is possible that Uncle Wil- llam erred on the side of modesty. Might Have Been 100 People who have known Uncle Wii- liam for the last decade or more, and they are many, place his age at be- tween 80 and 100 years. ‘‘He was an old, old man' 20 years ago,” a person who knew him said yesterday. As he worked as a mule driver for the Confederate army during the war of the Rebellion he is probably nearer being a centenarian than his confiding statement to the physician would sig- nify. Uncle Willlam—he usegd to say that his name was Willam H. Thomas, jr. —was a familiar sight on the streets of Meriden stumping along with a heavy cane to aid his aged legs. His appearance would have been striking even to a stranger for his ebony face was fringed with a long, white beard. His regular trips from his cabin on the Kensington road were of a com- mercial nature as Uncle William sold poultry and eggs produced on his quarter-acre farm to help eke out a living for himself. Many Kindnesses Although he died in the clean'but artificial surroundings of th‘ hospital, Uncle William was truly a ‘child ol nature. But it is apparent that he met with many kindnesses during his long life. An instance of this may be seen in the manner in which Uncle William acquired his “farm.” He came to Meriden to work as a laborer on the Kenmere reservoir con- struction project and decided to stay. He buf® a rude little cabin west of Cat Hole road and south of Washing- ton's head where he lived as a *'squat- ter” until the land was sold for a quarry project which necessitated his eviction. But before this came to pass he had made numerous friends. The hunters who frequented that sec- tion of ‘the city in those days soon learned that Uncle William was just naturally a good cook and many a time he served as chef for game din- ners which taxed the accommodations of his humble home—but the dinners were good and the sportsmen did not forget them. Had New Cabin So when it came time for Uncle illlam to leave his little cabin, a group of young men had purchased a quarter acre lot on Kensington road and constructed a new cabin for the old fellow. Uncle William made his home here until his health had so failed that he was removed to the hospital about six weeks ago. - He had continued his egg business until a short time before his committal to the hespital. Uncle William was born in Peters- burg, Virginia, a slave. He was own- ed by a Willlam Michie until 25 when eeereeE e © a i@ © [ DHCK a New Britain k to act in this '.e' © s @ © 0.0. ® ) @ XY 00.0.0.0.9 EIp. relieve he was sold to General George Bolin and taken to Falksville, Va. to live. He was forced into the service of the Confederate army @s a mule driver at the beginning of the Civil War but in two years he was captured by the Union troops and served with the fed- eral army until the conflict ended. After the war he worked for a short time in 8t. Petersburg when he came north and secured, employment as a truck driver. He leaves a son who lives in Pennsylvania, . PILOTS FIRST PLANE New York, Aug. 20.—Pilot C. Eu- gene Johnson has been selected to operate the first airplane hopping off in the air mail service's proposed “Tes!' We Have No Bananas” Still getting encores both as a song and a fox- trot! But have you heard Furman and Nash sing it or the Lanin Orchestra swing it into a capti ing dance on Colum Records? If you're of the few who haven' just ask for— The Song, A-3873 TheFox-trot,A-3924 At Columbia Dealers trans-continental flight, scheduled to start from Hazlehurst fleld, L. I., to- day. Johneon will fly to Cleveland and return with the first consighment of matl carried by air from San Fran- cisco to New York. It is estimated that the westward flight will take 30 hours, and the re. turn 28 hours. This is because for a large part of the way a west wind averages 18 miles per hour. The plane is fitted to carry 24,000 letters, weighing 675 pounds, RETAIL FOOD GOST 2 PER CENT HIGHER During Year Ending July 16 Ger eral Advance Was 4 Per Cent PR Washington, Aug. 20.—The retall cost of food averaged two per cent higher in July than in June, while during the year ending July 15 the general advance amounted to 4. per cent. { Figures made public today by the bureau of labor statistics of the de- partment of labor revealed that 18 articles increased in price from June 15 to July 15, potatoes leading with a rise of 81 per cent. Declines ranging up to 13 per cent for cabbage, were registered for 16 articles and nine shoyed no change. The average family expenditure for food increased during the month in 45 representative cities and decreased in six. Columbus led the advance with a six per cent rise, closely followed by Boston, Chicago, Fall River, Man- chester, Milwaukee, Peoria and Springfield, Ill, with five per cent. Only two citics, Los Angeles and Louisville reported declines as high as one per cent. Forty five cities also recorded in« creases for the year period, Cleveland, Detroit and Pittsburgh heading the list with eight per cent while six showed reductions amounting to 2 per cent at Portland, Ore, one per cent at Dallas and less than oné-half of one per cent in the other four. Miss Catherine Duggan Bride of M. J. Conners The wedding of Catherine Duggan and Michael John Conners of this city took place at St. Mary’s church Thurs« day morning at 8 o'clock. Rev. Wal- ter A. McCrann officiated. The gown of the bride was of grey canton crepe with a hat to match and she carried a bouquet of bridal roses. The gown of the bridesmaid, Miss Verena Frey, was of coral pink crepe de chine with a black velvet picture hat and she carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas, A wedding breakfast was served fol- lowing the ceremony after which the couple left on a wedding trip to At- lantic City, Mr, and Mrs. Connors will make their home at 332 FElm street. FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS WEEK ———————— THE UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC WASHER No Additional Charge For Time Payments THE CASH PRICE AND ONE YEAR TO PAY Free Home Trial THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER CO. 92 WEST MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 230 GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The “who’s who” in the business offices of New Britain and vicinity. SEND FOR A FREE COPY OF “THE BLUE BOOK” In this book you will find the names of young men and women in your own neighborhood who are now on the Road to Success. They will gladly tell you how they started and where. 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