New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1924, Page 7

=7 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 16 %20 5D ' Okopping Qentor: (DURING JULY AND AUGUST, WE CLOSE WEDNESDAYS AT NOOXN) ' For Nurses, Manicurists, Maids, Waitresses and Housewives s FRUIT OF THE LOOM UNIFORMS—In five becoming styles in regulation models, Ad- vertised extensively hecause of their superior Quality and Attractive Styles, ASK TO SEE THESE, 5140, 5421, 5422, 5 423 and 5429, s ] their goodness in every way. There is the regulation fitted waistline, the straight line dress with two in one collar, the yoke front box pleated style, the double service dress, and the straight line @ress with Visit our House Dress Dept., and choose . ... .oivvvirviirsensnnennins Special Silk Stocking Offer ’ manufacturer of fine Silk H stockings, nearly all of them made with French lace clockings, some are all silk ingrain, some Because of the maker being overstocked, we secured this 100 are full gashioned chiffon, dozen at a price enabling us OB, fatr. v v CHOICE OF ALL THE Berlin News FIFTY VETS HEAR STATE COMMANDER Plans lor New Membership Drive made at Meeting Last Night GOMMITIEE 1S APPOINTED Team Signed Up. for Series—Rev. Mr. Phillips Leaves for Ohio—Pro- gram of Events at Outing Is An- nounced—Mrs, Griswold 111, involving a three A membership drive, spirited contest between districts of the town, was inaugurated at a meeting of Bolton-Kasica post of the American Legion last night, upon suggestion of State Commander E. P. Armstrong, who gave an inter- esting talk on the possibilities of having a large organization in Berlin. The commander spoke to an audi- ence conmposed of about 50 ex-serv- jcemen, the largest turnout ever seen at a Legion meeting. He told of the aims of the Legion and whet it has accomplished in this state and na- tionally. He said that he was sur- prised at the number of men in at- tendance, knowing that the member- ship of the post was not lurge. the He said that the Berlin post stands | a chance of being one of the most active in the state and suggested that the drive be started, friendly com- petition between the three districts doing a great leal toward securing the results, He said that if the local post can secure 51 members by Au- gust 1, it will be allowed one more delegate to the coming ctate conven- tion in Auguat. IFollowing Armstrong’a talk mander Pasquale Giannotia appoint- ed members of a committee to ar- range for the drive. There will be two from each district, as follows: Last Berlin, Arthur Benson and Chester Bunce; Berlin, Wiifred R. Moore and Howard Bunce; Kensing- ton, Harry McKeon and Pasauale Giannotta. The committes will hold » meeting soon and vill arrange for the drive. It is expected that the required number will be secured, as 15 applications for membership were received last night’ from ex-service- men who were attending for the first time. Enthusiasm ran high and it is hoped that the post is again on the upward elimb, Another Meeting Coming It was announced at the meeting last night that another meeting of the Legion post will be held next Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock in T. A. B. hall. It was impossible to do much regarding the bonus applications of last night's session, due to the fact that several members forgot to bring their- discharge papers. This matter will be taken up, together with the election of delegates to the coming state convention. Patsy Sisti, Kensington barber, made known his intention, last night, of transferring from the Corporal Coyle post of Waterbury to the local organization, vt o4& Clese'an ] sgacia iot, “skenin 4 caawe 13 ¢ ytem and e opums in 50 metes and guar Com- Ay anied to heing & Store, 137 M ee. £3 Main St stores. the gathered pleats. Then judge for elf as to i $198% SAVING BIG TO ALL WHO BUY ONE HUNDRED DOZEN FOR WOMEN --We have just received from a weil known osiery, who was overstocked 100 to offer values . $155™ Y fawn, Jack Rabbit, Oriental ) Arrivals in Town A son was born yesterday fto ¥r. and Mrs, Peter Haber of the south- ern part of Berlin, | A son was born yesterday at the New RBritain General hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Almerion Bacon of [last | Berlin, Holds Dog Roast The Kenton Hill club held a roast at Job's Pond, [Portland, nirit, about 18 members of the club en, ing a pleasant evening at the | cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baker, | which is located on the pond. Frank- [forts, watermelon and sandwiches, were enjoyed, | Series Is Arranged Manager Patey Buckley announced today that a series of games between the T. M. Russell team of Middietown and the All-Kensingtons has been ar- | ranged and the first one will be played on the home grounds next Sunday at 8:15 o'clock. The series will go to the team win- ning two out of threg games which dog ton and Middletown diamonds, Both | teams are strong and it was the am- { bition of Manager Buckley, from the | moment he saw the Middletown boys in action, to stack against them for a series. The teams will be evenly matched, as evidenced by the score of 2 to 1 last Sunday. Goes to Ohio. Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, who been occupying the pulpit at Kensington Congregational for the past few weeks, has left for Dayton, Ohio, where he will visit Mrs. Phillips at the family home. Rev. Mr. Phillips will spend some time at Lake Winona and will be one of the principal speakers at the In- tercollegiate Prohibition association’s conference there. He expects to be in they western state for about four weeks. An announcemeng will he made later regarding the man who will fill Rev. Mr. Phillips’ place on Sunday at the church. Program 1s Arranged. The program for the first annual outing of the East Berlin Community club at the grove in that district on Saturday afternoon and evening of this . week has heen announced. [There will be a number of athletic events for both children and adulfs and there will be community singing has the of the organization, Among the events scheduled the afternoon are: dash older boys, 80-yard dash for younger boys, 400.yard relay race, running broad jump, running hop, step and Jjump, 30-yvard dash for girls, potato race for girls, egg and spoon race I for girls, three-legged race, open event, 50-yard dash, open event, run- ning broad jump, open event. The committee has issued {vitation to all to attend the outing, whether they are members of the club or not. They consider this af fair an excellent opportunity for the | residents of the town to know each |other better and are looking forward to the signing up of several new members after the outing. The ciub has already started on plans for the coming winter and it I8 expected that a list of speakers will be signed up theatricals and tion will also be schedule. The outing next Saturday is enlist- ing the interest of nearly all the | residents of the third district and a I big time is expected. Mrs. Griswold 111 Mrs. Matthew Griswold is confined to her home in Kensington with 111- ness and her case is regarded as seri- ous, it was stated toda Go On Vacation Dr. Thomas C. Hodgson and Mrs | Hodgson, accompanied by their sons, {left this morning on an auto trip to [Canada. Tt is expeeted that they will be away for ahout fwo weel In the |absence of the RBer phyaician, his | practice | h care of hy Dr | George W and Dr. E. T. Fro v itain. “Work, Play, Sing Together” together, pla: together, sing . altogather,” has been adopt- an in- instruc- the evenings of included in toget] | ed as the slogan for the coming feld | last | v will be played on both the Kensing- | church | In the evening with talks by ofticers | for | dozen, full fashioned Silk | [ " 2" $3.00 NEW SHADES, including beige, sand, silver, I'rench nude, Raquet, Gatean, cordovan, blush, white, black and others. | of the Kensington distr | affair, scheduled for Saturday, | of the dis th ccommodation of a large crowid re being mad., {letic events, a other at carly afternoon and lesting untir let and the ’ercival avenue lield | Rule full to overflo picnickers, Charles {eutor of the town court and colle of texas in the town, vill be the prin- cipal speaker ot the cataphire gath g in tne evening, It that he will ha e an interesting mes | sage for his hearer. Many compiimen garding the e grounds around ment in Beriin ing the past few Gajs | well kept and the shrubbery trimmed, due to ti taker John Weher East Be regular remacks tie soldie The gr: lin Items. The levening at the usual hour. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Bacon are re- |ceiving congratulations on the hirth lof a son born at the New Britain hos- | pital Wednesd, There will be a meeting of the Modern Woodmen socicty at the Ath- letic building this evening. Mrs. Joseph Wetherill of Middle- [town spent Wednesday as the guest of friends and relatives in town. A number from this place wilt at- {tend the weekly dence and social at Woikes in West Cromwell Friday evening. Mics Mabelle Barnea of Mair sfroct will leave I'riday for Vernont vhere |she will_enjoy her vecation. Mrs. Wilhelmina Kelsey ot street has heen confined ot the by illnesa for the past week, Mrs. . House of New spent Wednesday with Mrs, il!mll'gcnls of Main street, Main houce Britain Amos R. C. BIRTHDAY PICNIC, Stanley Women's Relief Corps will | hold a birthday gicnic at the sum- mer home of the president, Mrs. Cora | M. Starr, Hitchcock Lake, on Satur- aay afternoon, July 19, The picnic will:he in honor of the members hav- ing birth in June and July, Mem- s requested to take leaving the cen- MARRIED TWELVE - YEARS BEFORE BABY GAME Gladly Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Louisville, Nebraska. — ‘1 was mar- ried twelve years before my boy was . female troubles and for | | | Card parties, amateur | 1 read your adver- tisement in the or if it helped others, why not me? 1 have taken 36 bottles of the medicine and am never without it in the house. My baby boy is three years old now and I sure am happy eince 1 got relief from my trou- bles.” When any one has troubles like mine, or any ways like mine, I am al- ways glad to recommend the Vegetable . Compound 8o that they will get the right kind of medicine.” —~ Mrs. JoE Nf\\‘u\', Box 662, Louisville, Neb. In a recent country-wide canvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Componnd, 08 out of every 10€ report they were henefited by its use For sale by druggists everywhere, The prom- ises to attract ncarly all the residents |vear, rict and estensive plans for |tendance. il wsb- in honor of tor 15 expected re- llent condition of the | monu- | have Leen heard dur- | 885 18 s well efforts of Care- mid-week service will | {be held at the Methodist chuech this Plans lon New Britain avenue, for a devel. | 1 had alot of Plainville News O FELNS WL INSTALL OFFICERS \;sfl"‘m Lodge to Hold Cere- 'mony at Regular Meeting Tonight 'NEW UNIFORMS FOR GUARDS | — | Methodist Chureh Pienic saturd Operated on at New Britain Hos- pital = Birthday Party on Miss Teachman==Llainville Drfefs. Bequassen lodge, 1. O, O, F, will hold installation ceremonies this eves | ning At the regular meeting In Odd | “'rllov\u‘ hail at which time the re. (eently elected officers will be induets i"‘ into their respective The following officers will by | stalled: Noble grand, Kobert J, Coe; |vice grand, George 15, Miller: treas- Irving B Carter; financial sece . Ernest W, Farrar, and record- | Ing sccretury, A. M. Raymond, The | ceremonies will be in charge of Dis- {trict Deputy A, J. Barnfield and his staft from Bristol low and light refreshments will be | served. A cordial invitation is ex- [tended to every member of the order {in Plainville, whether he be a mem- | ber of Sequassen lodge or not to at- | tend tonight's meeting | Sequassen lodge hold an open air | next month and the charge announces that many features | never before seen in Plainville will | be introduced. | Recently, the lodge placed an or- der for a complete new guard outfit |to be made up especially for the local | lodge. During the coming term, it is planned to specialize on one or two degrees with drills by an entirely new degree team, Church Picnic Saturday. The annual picnic of the Plainville M. E. church and of the Sunday school will be held Saturday at Lake |Compounce. As this is one of the most pleasing socials of the church r, a Jarge number will be in at- particulars will he [turnished by the pastor, Rev. Arthur Ball. stations, o in- planning to some time Rirthday Party. A number of office associates of Miss Ethel Teachman of the Stanley and Level Co. of New Britain, [gathered last evening at her home her hirthday. Games !were played during the evening and 1 members of the company [rendered musical selections. A buf- fet lunch was served and Miss Teach- received a number of pretty us man gifis. Hearing on Will. James R, was held in the probate Merrit 0. Ryder. superintendent of Formulae o, To Open Estate. Stanley M. Smith has ecompleted ans to open up the Williams Estate Cowles of Hart's this afternoon at 1 court hefore Mr. the corner o'clock Justice Cowles Cedar |opient project to he known as Pin- naclerox Manor. Engineers have sec- tioned off the spaclous poultry farm linto building lots and these will he [put on sale starting Saturday. Mr. | Smith recently closed out his prop- {erty here and moved to Long Island where he will' continue fn the poul- try husiness. His property holdings are considered among the hest’ in | Plainville. This will make five (prominent land sales in Plainville at the same time, one being conduct- ed by the Burns Co. of Torrington on Whiting street, another is the Rock- {well fleld tract, another the John | Cooke Co, project and the other on | Bohemia et. All those in charge of the sales report large turnover of lots and an unprecedented era of | building operations is | Prainville this coming fall. Gasoline Price Drops. Guasoline has dropped at the local stations of (he Standard Oil Co. and the Guif Refining Co. from 24 cents a gallon to 23 cents. Orders were received at the stations to put the small effeet of the gasoline price war, remen Practicing The members of Plainville Hose Co, | No. 1, are practicing each week for [ their participation in the field meets {to be held about the state. The local | company is to make an attempt this | vear to carry off prizes and for that | purpose, the members of the teams which are to complete are speciali ing in certaln events in which they oxpect to come out as winners, The tug-of-war and hose laying contests lare interesting the Plainville mem- bers most and efforts of the teams thus far give their backers confidence in the ability of Plainville to lead the | field, To Attend Convention The Plainvilie Fife and Drum corps will take part in the in the state field day for drum corps in Hartford on Saturday, August 2, and this year will probably see fhe local corps coming liome as the champion corps in the ancient class, The most bitter rivale | of the local colonfal musicians are the Landerafts of Rridgeport. statd me the annual event for | drum corps. A large number of Plainvilie prople will attend the con- | vention to witness the marching and mancuvering of the corps, To Eleet Delegates Brock-Barnes post, Amcrican Le- gion, will elect two delegates to the state convention in Torrington in Aug- ust at the regular meeting Monday night. coveted positions and a spirited meet- ing is looked forward to. Represen- tatives of the men offices (his year are campaigning for votes, to attend a meeting of the post is ex- pected, Reports from committees working on the annual vazaar will be neard and acted on. Leavs On Camping Trip Howard Dunham. son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dusham, and Antonio A social will fol- | committee in | A hearing on the will of the late | was | Hill | predicted in | change in price into effect today with | |the result that Plainville is feeling a | The | Several members have dlready | started campaigns for election to the | who are secking | One of the largest gatherings | Ham where e yesterday for Madison the neat DiMareo, lent monassett Heaoh at they for weeks will camp Plainville Briers David has resigned his posi slation In Henry tion at the Bocony gasoline Central Bquare, John Kramer has returned te his howe in Phildelphia, I'a. after two weeks' slay at the home of | mon, William, on Bank street Miss Gladys Stillman of New Brit aln avenue has been appointed cash ier at the Burritt hotel in New Iirit | air his William Vincent of Chureh street in entertaining his brother from 1"hila- delphia, I'a Edward Goeh of Park streot joying a vacation from his dutics. I8 resting at his home here Willlam Mulvey of New Haven Is visiting friends and acquaintances in Plainville for a few days, George Jones, & member of the firm conducting the Palace of Nweots of West Main street, is spending a week in New York city ! Dr, George I°, Cook of Bt. Francis' hospital, will epen an office in Neri's block on July 22.—advt, s €ns and | Cut Gladioll blooms for sale. Geo [ D Mastin, 58 B, Main St., Plainviiie Conn,~-advt Mr. Fred Tolle, is opening a meat market and grocery store at 155 West | Main 8t., Saturday, July 190h,—Ady, FULLER AND MGEE | ARE OUT ON BAIL | Will Appear Against Fallon, Their Former Lawyer ! York, July 17./~Edward M, and W, Frank McGee, under sentence for bucketing orders brokerage firm of E. M. Fuller |& Co., which failed for $5,000,000 fn [1922 were admitted to $10,000 hail ;»m‘.n today to allow them fo appear in {federal court as witnesses against | William J. Fallon, their former attor- |n Fallon is to go on trial next |Monday on an indietment chaging {bribery of a juror in the trial of the | Durrel-Gregory company stock swind- ling case in 1822, | Admission of Fuller and McGee to bail automatically stayed their sen- | {tence in the state court until they have appearcd as witnesses in the fed- {eral court, Serving of their sentences | had been postponed after their con- | |viction pending completion of the in- | vestigations by the federal authorites. IFor more than a year they have heen in prison for contempt of the federal {court in failing to produce records of [ B M. Fuller & Co. Since last summer they have prisoners on Gover- {nor's Tsland. | District Attorney Banton, who con- sented to allowing them bail, fndicat- |ed that the contempt charge against | Fuller and McGee in the federal court would be dismissed next week. The | |brokers were sentenced in a state [court to serve from three months to ! four years in prison. BOGUS OIL SALES | —_— More Than Million Pounds Report- New Fuller ! prison of the been | ed Collected in England by Sale of Worthless U, S, Stock. London, July 17.-—Edwa A Schwab of the America National Vigilance Committee conferred with | Chief Inspector Heldon of Scotland Yard yesterday concerning an or-| ganization which s alleged to have sold mora than 1,000,000 pounds worth of hogus oil shares in Great Britain and the United States. Schwab has a list of 3,000 persons | kere who, he claims, parted with nearly half a million pounds. The | Daily Mail quotes him as saying that | the master brain of the organization is now in London and, with the help of the police, he expects speedily to lay hands on him. Scotland Yard, however, has sug- | gested to Schwab that this fraud is | not an extraditable offense, Schwab | believes that the investigations of the e will convinee them to the con- PLCIAL NOTICLE I'alace of managers at | 2 Whiting street and West Main straet | have received the following from the state dairy and food commissioners. “Samples of ice cream taken at your | place | an agent of this department | [on June 25 and yzed by the Con- I necticut Agricultural Experiment | station had the following results: | Sample of vanilla fee cream 5.6 per | cont butter fat. Other samples 15.6 | per cent butter fat The state stand lard for lee cream is 8 per cent but ter tat and for fruit i cream 6 per cent.” “Very truly The FHOMAS HOI Commissioner,” | Face Disfigured - |With Tichy Eczema Cuticura Heals * Eczema broke cut all over my rms, bands and back in pim- ples and blisters. It itched and burned causing meto scratchand ir- ritate the affected parts, and my face vas awfully difigured. I could not do my cooking becauee the break- ing out burned when 1 went near the stove. My clothing aggravated the breaking out on my body, and 1 lost my rest at night because of the irritation, “1 began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and in a few Cays I could zee an improve tinued ths trestment and in three weeks 1 was completely healsd. (Signed) Mrs. Elizabeth Clout 180 Newman Ave., Attleboro, Mass., Apr. 5, 1024, Cuticura ap, Ointment Talcum piomete ard mainta's stin purity, skin comfort and skin | health often waen all else fails. Mall Addewss "Cutly Lader. J1 L At ot Lt 5 anp e tonen 184 6% Taleum e, | | BT scr new Shaviag Stk | DiMarco, son of Mr. and Mre. Antonio | " | roadster, the | this city, | attend a | Klan in Cheshire Saturday night. The | sary improvements. | diction over the p | Oron | cangre |church of the gaint anA tiat |take any Oronzo society members, who wanted | _Bristol News EES | tor of & |eharge of e————m Commissioner Whilam A, Tracy, whe will eonfer with Juige Mink and Rev, Louls Deseuris, pase Anthony's vhureh, in an efs fort 1o compromise matters, Arrangements have been completed NO GERMS BATHING | o5 IN PARK LAGOON Health Board Does Not Taink [t foerer 10 Bullook, acting for the p Six Bunday concerts at Reckwell Park. Leginning the last Sunday of this month, President DeWitt Page of the New Departure Manufacturing Ce., Offered to pay for twe concerts at a With Commissioner Wil. Ham A, Tracy, provided that the park rk board for Source of Infection BAR ST, ORONZO SOCIETY | Chamtangua to Close Tonlght = hu Kiny Have Initiation on Siturday Night= Hes'Draper Wed. Kinn (o ding=—=Nand Concert Planned, “Much ado about nothing” was the hoard pay for the two othe series of four concerts at the ¥ al HIlE green, The matter was left for Air, Bulloek te arvan, The wee Chautauqua program Will e brought to a close teBIght by the prescntation of the plag *“Theip Honor, the Mayor,” ) Wing the nresentation, a dance will be given At the Endee Inn under ausplees af the hospitality comesMtee, of whieh P'resident Dewitt page of the New Departure Manufacturing Co, is chair- man. The event this year got away to chavacterigation of the park board at [a discouraging start as all of the KU its mecting lust night over the reports that the water in the bathing lagoon had become fouled und that infections tracoable (o that sovree, Lif-| forts to trace down uny story that| infection had come from the lagoon proved unavailing and no complaint had been made officially to the board | by the health officer, itements at- tributedeto Health Offic . 1. Wols- ard, regarding a need of purifying the water are discussed hut even their source was questioned last night, The board is anxious to keep the high| standard of the park and accordingly | the lagoon will he looked over as it Is done at frequent intervals, “Borrows” Car, Stays Away. Police search began this morning | for Emile Bachand, one of the Yellow | Cab operators at the local railroad station, in order that a new Stutz| property of Baggage- master George Moquin may be locat- «d. Bachand borrowed the machine on Monday to take a trip to Hartford and since that time has been among | the missing. He also borrowed a suit were | of clothes from another man and the owners of the suit and the motor car are anxious to locate the absent chauffeur. He has been reported in New Haven and Bridgeport and is be- lieved to have met company at some of the heaches of the « Connecticut shore, thereby delaying his return to The delay of Bachand with the motor car has also been reported to the state police, les-Draper Wedding. John H. lles of North Main street, and Miss Elsie M. Draper of 14 Cen- ter strect, were married this morning at St. Joseph's church by Rev. Wil- liam I, Kearney, assistant pastor, who also celebrated the nuptial high mass. Roscoe Draper, a brother of the Dbride, was bhest man, while the bridesmaid was Miss Buella Wood of Hartford. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents, after which Mr. and Mrs, 1les left upon a motor tour of the New Jersey shore. Upon fheir return they will live in this city. Mr. lles is aasistant the manual training department of the local school. Mrs. Iles has been employed by the American Trust Co. Klanners Invited. Invitations were passed out mysteri- ously this morning to local people to meeting of the Ku Klux instructor in Klorero or gathering will take place in a large tr way to New Haven and will be an im- mense konvocation as adherents of | the nightshirt and flaming cross from state will attend, turday will all over the The gathering on initiation of a large class of candi- dates, among them being about 2 men from this city, Practically the entire local membership of about 100 | Klanners will attend. Will Get Money Back Return of about $3,000 to the cof- fers of the park board for money paid for repairs to the Memorial boulevard hecause of the damage of the flood of last spring, was announced at tire park board gathering last night. The city will return the money to the park appropriation and that organization will be ghven leeway to proceed with band concerts and some highly neces- When the re- pairs were completed to the street of the houlevard and the adjoining land, the bill was charged to the park hoard as that anization has juris- cular section, Rristol Briefs, Lrwin B, Rowe is ill at on P'rospeet stret, Mr.oand Mrs. William H. Rowe e returned to their home on Pro; peet streot after spending a vacation at Niantic, Refuse Petition. park board stood on its earlier his home pat last decision not to ssion for the use of the Park to the St Oronzo cociety for a celebration on 26 lioskwell August 25 feastday of the patron saint of the section in Southern Ialy, from which many local Italians come. Followong a petition from clergymen of the city that the nge of the park he denied to societies taking the names of saints and have the approval of their respecti e churches, the hoard decided o reject the St Oronzo peti- the matter was diesnssed month. Since that time the o society fail to meet the requirements for approval hut chang- e the name ol s organization. Therenpon the society petitioned for the use of the park, through Judge 8. Ruescll Minlk. The park commis. sioners found out that the carrying of n e through the strects in e and its public display at the vas contemplated o that no new the petition which do not tion when last has was presented in Home of the commission this was an expres. v declined to park board become involved In matters of religion or in a private between membees of any The park commission petitioncss that it was the board thue all have times at tie park that the was not 1o ground in a church vas sugaested that the the celebration controversy tion med the desire of ood iy €pot rrance be then This il not the St lar part of the ¢ carried out at the park tho well among with heir no interference original plans. The matter was finally it in et - | the ct of land near the high- | be an | antors' tickets had not been sold on time and the equipment had not ar« rived until almost too late for the first afternoon's performance, Thesa diffie cultios wers smoothed out and the ate tendance this week has been ¢ Ereatest since the Chautauqua came Into the city, The promoters of the movement feel highly gratified at the success of the event, which was dise played in the case in which signatures of guarantors for next year were se« cured, No deficit will take place be« cause of the turn in the fortunes of the event after the disappointing be. ginning. Novena Will Regin Opening services of the annual ne« vena in honor of 8t. Ann will begin at & o'clock on Friday morning at 8t, Joseph's church, whers mass will be celebrated each morning at 8 o'clock and services will be conducted at 8 o'clock at night, The preacher will be Rev. Edward J. Sweeney of Bosten, Mass. In addition to the preacher, pastor, Rev, Oliver T. Magnell the nassistant pastor, Rev., Wil. isted by and llam F, Kearney, will be priests of neighbaring cities, The novena has become one of the biggest events of the year in the an- nals of the local parish and speciat arrangements have to be made to care for the visitors to the shrine, The feastday always attracts thousands for the application of the relic of the saint. The relic consists of a portion of the wristhone of the saint and came to the church in the administration of Rev. Thomas J. Keena, deceased, who prayed for 10 years for it. Many miraculous cures have buen attributed to the shrine, which is covered with a collection of crutches, canes and like aids, which have been discarded by pilgrims who have reported cures. SOUTHINGTON NEWS Seeks Jitney Route to Compounce == Watching Flower Bed On Green-— Bascball Games—Items of Interest, John D. Boyce has petitioned the publie utilities commission for per- mission to conduct a jitney line from the center of Southington via Spring sireet to Compounce or from the end of Spring street to the lake and a meeting of the commissioners will be held in the office of she board of se- lectmen at 11 o'clock. Tt seems likely that the petition will be granted, as there has been a growing demand by the people in this section for some sort of conveyance for them ta the pleasure resort, Town and borough officlals are keeping a close watch on the flower bed on the Central green to forestall any attempt of the practical joker to change’ the brand of seed planted there. The last time that an attempt was made to spade the plot and plant flower seed, someone planted a variety of vegetable seed there and without any care being taken of it, the bed sprouted all sorts of vegetables, in- cluding radishes, tomatoes, cabbages, cte. This wasn't considered an appro- priate decoration for the center of the town. The P'exto baseball {eam, Southing- ton's entry into the KFarmington V ley league, will play Winsted in that [town Saturday afternoon and will play a return engagement at the Sand Hill grounds on Sunday afternoon. Woodruff, Amherst college star will twirl Saturday and *“Dutch” Leonard 'f Hartford, will occupy the mound Sunday. The locals have been greatly strengthened for the games as is evi- denced by the two played last week- end in which Southington, tailenders, |won a hard fought victory over tha lcague leading Simsbury team on Sat. urday by a score of 4 to 3 in 13 in- nings, and then started to repeat on Sunday when the game was called on account of rain with the score 7 to 1 in favor of the locals, Night Patrolman John Cockayne | has had presented to him a valuable species of police dog by a number of his friends here. The dog is pedi- greed and both its parents are ime | ported stock, The memhers of Star of Golden lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem will | hold their annual outing at Sa\in Rock on Saturday Special trolley cars will leave the center at 9.45 a. m. and will return at 7 p. m, ‘.\ccnltlll.iicc Is ouzht In Maj. McLeary Murder July 17.~Frank Har. employed by a con- v at Lockhart, 8 €, was sought by officers here today as the accomplica of Mortimer H. King in 1 slaying of Major Samuel H. MeLeary on a road near here. A search for the hody was in progress in the Cheraw section by officers and citlzens, with King as a guide e re—— How to Guard Against Append citis The hest way to guard against ap- pendicitis 18 to flush both upper and lower howel ones a week with simple | glycerine, buckthorn bark, ete, as mixed in Aderika. Most medicines act only on lower howel but Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel and removes all poisons. Helps any case gas on stomach in TEN minutes, | Tixcellent for obstinate constipation, | City Drug Store, 457 Main St.—Adv. Union, 8 ¢, 22 years ol struction comy old