New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 7

liv rge a88. ' of st 553 “Hartford's Extra Value For ... Other Coats $ 1 4- 75 or misses. shades, The most wonderful value at this low price. give choice of plain colors or fancy stripes. the place of honor for early spring. UP TO THE MINUTE MODEL Hats For Matrons, stylish and becoming, blackiRandis cofora s e A Children’s and Misses’ Tailored and DxeN Hata in vaDiaby oa b s and cannot be reached by telephone. He has also changed his position, according to information received and would not be able to carry on the work this year. Officials at the Merwin Brick company stated that several calls for the fire warden have been received at the office of that company since yesterday. Fire Warden Hawes, in answer to Mr. Emond's statement, said that several communications regarding the position have been sent to Mr. Berlin News PNEUMONIA CLAIMS BERLIN RESIDENT . Emond. It iy probable that the ap- Mrs. James Woodrat, Mother of 2oiraghfegs temeene, o o1 0/ Gonifort Among the Missing John -Ggnlon’s “setback team” stayed i {Blue Hills last night and the' tourhaddent held by the’ T. A. B. soclety at the hall in Kensington procédigd Without this group of ad- mittedly clever players. The Old Timers staged a comeback last night and trimmed the young fellows, the margin being wide enough to drive a truck through. The O. B. O. team defeated the Tabs again. Mr, Conlon today stated that he never made a promise to the effect that he would appear at the tourna- ment last night. 01d Time Minstrels Kensington’s most prominent soloists and entertainers will appear inthe “Old Home Town” minstrel show, which will be presented by the Kensington Community club next Tuesday evening at § o'clock at Lloyd hall. The troupe has been rehearsing for the past several nights and it is expected that a finished production Town Clerk, Passes Away LAST OF A GENERATION Frank Emond Denies He Is Fire Warden—Conlon . Excuses Him- self—Old Time Minstrel Show Coming—Items, Mrs. Augusta 8. Woodruff, widow of the late James W. Woodruff of Berlin, died at the New Britain General hospital last evening at 9 o'clock. She had been in with bronchial pneumonia only a short time. She would have been 79 years of age, had she lived until April 1. Mrs. Woodriff was born in Strat- ford, Connecticut, the daughter of Rev, Danlel and Mrs. Smith., The greater part of her early life was spent in Brooklyn, N. Y., where she received her education. She was marfed to Mr. Woodruff on De- cember 14, 1875, the wedding tak- ing place in Brooklyn. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff went to St. Louis, Mis- souri, where they made their home, Mr. Woodruft heing engaged in the wholesale shoe Business in that city for about 25 years. They came to Berlin in 1896 and the family has lived in this town since that time. Mr. Woodruft was for many years engaged in the grocery busi- ness in the store at the corner of Farmington avenue and Berlin street, which iz now owned by the Cole grocery firm. Mr. Woodruft sold out this business to his son, Arthur, whe conducted it for sev- cral years in partnership with John Rlake, now of New Britain. Mr. Woodruft died on December 7, Kensingtonians. Among those who will take part are Mrs. Ora Edgerly, Mrs. Raymond Willlams, Mrs. John DeLowery, Walter Hart, Alfred Holmgren, George Tryon, John De- Lowery and Charles Johnson. In addition, there will be several other soloists and a chorus of 15 people. There will he solos, duets, spe- clalty numbers and a number of local jokes. The Kenton Hill group will present an original sketch, the details of which have not been an- nounced. Change for the Better A slight change for the better has been reported in the condition of Archer Walsh of East Berlin, wlho has been seriously ill at his home for the past few weeks. New Fence Erected State highway department work- men have finlshed work on a new safety fence which has been erected |at the corner of Farmington ave- nue and School street. Miss Gold Improved Miss Katherine Gold, daughter o Mr. and Mrs, Russell Gold of Ber- lin, who has been secriously ill with scarlet fever for the past weeks, is able to* leave her b a short time each day, acca a report today. She will be able to Woodruff's death was unex- She had been il with the although the ih pected. grip for three day attack was not regarded as ex- tremely serious, Pneumonia devel- oped yesterday and she was rushed to the New Tritain hospital. Mrs. Woodruff 5 survived by | three sons, Arthur T. Woodruff, t n clerk and treasurer of Berlin: d for . 4 s yeturn to her home in about two Rev. Watson ‘\n;\.drnfl‘, pastor of |\ ke it iy expected. She Mas he Manchester, Conn., Congrega- |, ... confined to a Hartford hos tional church, and Morris F. Wood- pital. ruft, who 18 In busincss in nm|v- Ttems of Interest Aokl o b A grandehtl- |y parl Kilby of Westficld was dren T - __|the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edgar Both Mr. and Mrs. Woodruft were | \® U000 2 bS50 00t Sireet, yos the last of large families of chil-| .- dren and were also the last of thetr [N b Both were Congrega- came to respective generations. members of the Berlin tional ¢hurch since they Berlin to live. The fu al will afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Berlin Congregational church, Rev. Sam- will be the guest of her sister, Mrs Earl Brown, over the week-end About 69 couples were present the session of Graham's Dancing be held Sunday | .\ in the Grange hail last night. Enast Berlin Hems The local members of the Boy e ciske ating. Bur in 4 Py Y 3 ing at Berlin this evening. s o H e Gk Miss Grace larabee, who has ¥rank Emond of Berlin today de- nied that he is the fire warden for Berlin. as stated yesterday by State Fire Warden A. F. Hawes. It was stated that Mr. Emond was fire war- | den last year, but has received no | notification of this year's appoint- | h —— ment. It was said that Mr. E; | $i6d an &pplication for the osttion, | BIG CARNATION DANCE but that it had not been returned tfo | him, apparently the custom when |} qAp. EVE. FORESTERS HALL one is accepted . || Music by Charter Oak Orchestra Tt was said today that Mr. V.umn.ll of Hasttord has changed his place of residence been spending the past week as the guest of friends in East Berlin and Middletown, returned to her home in Keene, N. H., today. Miss Doro- e e e will be presented for the benefit of | Spring’s Newest In Ready To Wear . Is What We Offer You For Easter Smart Spring Styles in Coats, for Misses and Women, are made of Velcona, Campas Cloth, Overplaids, and Fancy Tweeds in the New Shades of Rosewood, Tan, Greys and Rookie, Handsome Sport Models, Many With Contrasting Color Trimmings. e G S 0 in sport styles or the more dresgy garments, many fur bor- dered, range from $19.75 up to $95.00 in a most varied selection. is an unusually low price for those lovely Flat Crepe Frocks Another Shipment just received in the new Spring Handsome Flannel Frocks for Women and Misses for early Spring wear, Flannel shares with the Kashmir weaves Many styles at $14.75 each. Sport Frocks priced at $19.75, $22.50, $24.75, $25.00 to $29.50 each. - Special Purchase Of Easter Hats ; I VUTH Note first the smart Tailored Hats with simple ribbon bands, chic ribbon trimmed Gage hats in the season’s newest colorings. Priced $5.00 to $10900 each Semi-Dress Hats of hair braid, flower trimmed, large and small shapes in black and colors, smart and well worth attention at these prices. $5.00, $7.98 ... $10.00 $5.00 . $25.00 $1.98 . $15.00 laviation usually attend several | ling to | Pkl Others in new thy Sugenhime of Wilcox N TORINTERT, AEM w ; oG o NEW BRITAIN DAILY opping @onter: SCHUBERT CHOSEN Receives Notice of Appointment FOUR DEPUTIES PICKED IERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925. with the HI-Y team of that elty. This will be the second of & series be- tween the two teams, the first hav- ing been played on the local court Wednesday night, resulting in a vie- tory for the locals, A large delega- tion of rooters {s expected to accom- pany the “Y" team to witness this game which the Plainville boys are planning to add to their already long list of victorles, Son Born A 9% pound son was horn to Mr, and Mrs, Charles B, Weldon at their home, 21 Hough street, this evening. Plainville Items Letter Carrier Pearl W, Smith is confined to his home on Broad street by fliness, Nathan Alpert has returned from a husiness trip to New York city. Mrs. Albin Johnson of Mountain View is confined to her home by 1ll- Have Hard Battie The main office bowling team of the Standard Steel and Boarings Ine,, entertained the pigked team of the Standard Sales and Serviee Co, in a matech game at Murphy's alleys last evening. The game was warmly contested o the last moment and perusal of res show that the teams were nly matched, This meeting en looked forward to for a long time and was presumably at- tended with demonstrations of in- tense rivalry, While the main of- fice team is not the champlon team the results of its latest matches shows that it is as good as any of the clerical teams, It is expected that a return engagement will be held In the near future, The scores follow: Plainville News NEW FIRE WARDE From County Office Main Office Vincent 85 83 94— ness, Dorothy Stevenson Recelves Broken | Swanson 99 86— Several employes of the Plainville |Magnoson .. 4 82— 2 Trust Co., attended the meeting of! Arm in Fall—Plainville Firemen |Connors 80 81— 248 |the Bristol chapter of the American {Ra June : 93 108— Institute of Danking in the Federal Fight Two Grass Fires—School- — | | e ‘lHHI school auditorium last evening. boy Injured in Fall. | Buy your seeds, fertilizers, land [lime and grass sced at I. B, New- George Schubert has recelved [Smith . 4 lton, 65-69 Whiting St.—advt. | Neff from County Deputy Fire Warden . Goodell Stocking a notice of his appointment " SOUTHINGTON NEWS Litchen 86 as fire warden for the town of Plain- [Lamb ........101 | ville. The appointment, which s et et Sl e | for a term of one year, has already 418 433 447—1208 | An operctta entitled, “Love Pi- Other individual and team scores |rates of Hawail," will be presented last night's weekly meet of |at the Lewis high school on Kriday standard Steel and Bearings Inc., |evening, May 1, by a cast of 100 become effective. Mr. Schubert, because of the many years of experience which he | has recelvod here and clsewhere, 1s | League, aro as follows [puplls chosen from the boys' and more than filted for the position. Inspectors |girls' glee clubs, the school orches- TFor a number of years he was a Demarest ..... 76 () 20 ‘H'll, and the general student body. member of the Bristol Iire depart-|Yard .. .84 99 9 al The following parts have been as- ment and since becoming a resident |Haskell . AT 5— 243 |signed: Dorothy Dear, daughter of of this town he has been a member |Datoll . 116 132 108— 356 |a plantation owner, Miss Bertha ot.the Plaimville Hose company, | Elllott eaies 85 87 110— 282 |Smedberg; Miss Primer, teacher of Rt A SRR Gbo s lar izt —_— |a private school for girls, Miss Vio- s R b e 448 484 [let Hellar; Hawalian girls, Miss | amoarent feom 'the tack that he Hpd Main Office [ Muriel Judd, Corinne Maynard, Vir already plcked his deputies to aid |SullY (HIELT] 241 | ginia Warner, and Beatrice Thoma- Him 1n bis dulless O, W. Robb |Vincent 116 86— 202 sino; U. § naval lieutenant, Milton will be deputy in charge of the [CI58 . SR i/ pirate chist Moy Tcancly) northwestern section of the town, | [aEnN°son . :; ’:K”‘r’;\h‘f:' r‘};«;r":;z- 1":}‘1’::‘:!' o’} Edward Medley will have charge of [MUTTaY «.ce-- 2 R T the south end of the town and Wil- | T dbapigi o EfRaE e e DA iy |Murray ...... 82 87 a Iarmington Valley basketball Sryision SOl e 3 Yard 101 9 |league game here tomorrow evening course, have general supervision of |, " """ " 30 in the town hall. The game will S TL R A [Daton s gr a0l be followed by dancing. reaks Arm in Fal 4 . Sk Miss Dorothy Stevenson, daugh- iumm """ TP Tuneral services for Mrs. Ann ter of Mrs, Harriet Stevenson of | 145 457 Lamb of Hartford were held in Hart's Corner,: broke her right| Maintenance | Hartford this morning and _burial arm in two places when she fell . 04 83 was made in_the local St. Thomas' from her bicycle while riding to ;.. °° 2 | cemetery thfs afternoon. work at the Trumbuil Manufactur-['\‘;‘:g"”;' : i; e daivalis ing Co. yesterday morning. | 100 7S 90— 268 | Rev. Dr. MacH. Wallace, pastor She was taken to the New Britain | 113— 319 |of the Plantsville Congregational avenue | General hospital by Ralph Seymour e Ichurch, has returned home after accompanied her home for the|of the Trumbull Manufacturing | 440 433 485 yndergoing treatment at the Hart- week-end. Co., where she was attended by Dr. Mrs. Cook’s Funeral | ford hospitai. He will be in his pul- ‘The schools of the town were|E. T. Fromen who reduced th Iuneral sbrvices for Mre. Eliza- Pit again Sunday morning. closed today on account of Teach- ers’ Visiting Day. next Friday, April 3, for the Easter holidays. The Boys' club will meet on Mon- | £ day evening of next week instead of | Plainville Hose Company busy yc |terday fot several hours. day noon at 12 o'clack a gr: all parents of the members of the |between the The | Whiting street boys will conduct the meeting and ! tol give an exhibition of their work. |men about an hour's work. Tuesday evening. This meeting will be observed as Parents Night and club are invited to attend. A number from this place will attend the Fancy Dress Ball to be given at Grange Hall in Berlin this evening. A group system is being arranged at Community club to take care of | the weekly entertainment given | ness meeting. Eight have been appointed to take care of entertainment after the meeting | Wednesday, April 8. On account of the local cases In |covered at court this evaning quite a delega- [Warden Schubert and five members | fracture. She left the hospital this |y ook ye They will close | morning. | b cause of the houses and factories which are near much care had to b taken to prevent it from spreading, |last evening. and before it could be extinguished |selling candy ‘at the showing of the |started by sparks from each week at end of regular busi-|bound freight train, No. members | passes The Lewis high school basketball team has begun practice with a Jarge squad, including many veter- ans, and Coach fine year for the nine. The schedule is being made up, the first game be- ing fixed tentatively at about two weeks from now. rrday afternoon were conducted by Rev. Robert H. Bur- Firemen Busy iton of Hartford, formerly rector of Grass fires kept Fire Warden [the Church of Our Saviour, and Rev. | hubert and the members of the |George 1. Browne, the present rec- - |tor. The scrvices were held at the Yester- | Bajley undertaking parlors at 2:15 8 fire [g'clock and at the church at 2:30 rallroad tracks and |o'clock. Interment was in West in back of the Bris- [cemetery. Manufacturing Co. gave the | Be-| A War Veteran Undergoes Eighty-eighth Operation Walla Walla, Wash., March 27 John Lonnroth of Worcester, Mass submitted to his eighty eight annual surgical operation here yesterday. Lonnroth was wounded during the World War, both legs being mangled and back broken. Famous sur- geons have worked hard to save his Am- Auxiliary Meeting large number of members at- tended the meeting of the Ameriean | Legion auxiliary at the Legion rooms Plans were made for it was found necessary to lay sev- |film, “Over the Top With the Al- eral lines of hose. @he firc was |lies” at the Community theater on the south- (the evening of March 31, under the , which |auspices of the Americ: Legion. shortly | Reports submitted at last night's through this town before 12 o'clock. meeting show that considerable legs, according to lLonnroth, The second fire, yesterday after- |progress has been made in the drive putations have heen performed until |noon at Westwood Park, was dis- |for new members which the auxil- stumps remain. 1:10 o'clock and gave |iary is carrying on. The sewing| Lonnroth arrived here recently was held after the from Californ driving alone in a meeting which tion from here will attend the trial [of the fire department two hours of [husiness session was also well at- ally constructed automobile. He this evening. |hard work. Before it was extin- [tended ins to drive east as soon as he is e guished 18 telegraph poles had been Catholic Services well enough to again be on the road. . H e HH | destroyed It is thought that this| A service will be held at the —— e v ¢ E ved. 5 | Great Air Exposition lfire was started by a boy. {Churen of Our Lady of Merey this Mys. Mouat Elected as Is Planned for 1927| The warm and sunny weather of [evening at 7:30 o'clack, consisting of ko 4 ‘Washington, March 27.—A mnn-“ State D. A. R. Historian he last fow days has made the grass etations of the cross, litany and ben- ster air exposition, attended by |very dry and consequently very casy |ediction. Rev. Matthew Brady of | Ansonia, March —Mrs, Carl prominent world airmen, will be|to ignife. Therefore, it cannot be (St. Thomas' seminary, Hartford, will \Humphrey Bissell of Southington held in the United States in 1927, if (too strongly urged that the utmost ipreach the sermon at the Lenten |was re-elected state regent at the the present program of the Natiodal |7 precaution he taken to prevent such |service Sunday cvening at jon of the 31st annual closing s Acronautic Association materializes, |fires which might spread and cause |o'clock state convention of the Daughters of Thia assoclation is. the. American |serious dam Miss Trambull Home the American Revolution here yes- representative of the international | Schoolhoy Injured Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter torday, Other officers elected were organization, which holds’ its con-| A small boy by tlic name of Os- lof Governor and Mrs. John 1 Vice regent, Katharine Arnold Net- vention this year at Prague, Sep-|den. a student in one of the lower |is home from Mt. Holyok ticton, Derby; state recording secre- tember 19-28. Nest year the avia- tors probably will meet at Bucharest, and a move is already afoot to have |! the 1927 convention held in Wash- | ington. ¢ wenty-six countrles are affiliated ith the international federation, in- | cluding many of the South American republics. About 100 leaders in its conven- tions. Previous gatherings of the || federation have been held at Paris, | London, Madrid, Rome, Munich, | Zurich, Vienna and Stockholm h [ It grades of the Broad suffered a deep gash in his head yes- |was exonerated from street school, |spend the T ter recess o on Farmington avenue, her home tary, Miss Mary Loulse Cardee; New- ! town; state corresponding secretary, crdayiiernoon Swiion el Ehing) TR anchoaton Miss Alice Tce Coe, Winsted: state from T bus vhich convess the Sy The Flalovllle ¥, (6. 40 t0am Lerenmyser, Mis Jennle Loamis Winds| tents to the school. Tt is understood |will go to Manchester tomorrow | (85 7 % BATIES SHEED Byl e night to engage in a battle royal\yjary g, Rishop, Putnam: state his- while it was in motion in doi so0 fell to the ground. cutting his torian, Mr. Laurence Mo New in; state librarian, Miss Je: head. He attended yesterday after- oon's session, despite the injury. yden, East Hartford: coun: and was taken to the office of Dr. lors, Mrs. Harry A. Smith, Hartford Charles H. Amstrong, Bridge- port; Mrs. Thos. E. Carroll, Wethers- field; Mrs. William P..Barber, West Hartforc A. Ashbey, W. Werse- later in the afternoon whers The driver | all blame by hoso who witnassed the accidett. | rost he wound was dressed. Geo. R. Byington i Pharmacist Plainville || 41 W. MAIN ST, RUTOMOBILE yezay oot | INSURANCE All Kinds The JOUN COOKE COMPANY Real Estate and Insur 7 HOUGH ST, Plainville FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS GEE-FRECULES' AOM WILL BE GLAD (1 To SEE You g RAY | Mrs. Harry W. —SPECIALS— We can ofier for a few days Crossword Cheer only these combinations in PALMOLIVE preparations: ¥poch, era, aeon, age; Shaving Cream—1 tube for Tempek, anger, ire and rage; T 35¢, 2 for 15¢ Do-re-mi and fa-so-la; 5 Cold Cream, 50c¢ jar, with 1 gy | - can Tald e ummunl y Ea er Vanishing Cream, 50c, with —_— & Sl 1 can Talc st = SRR \ TONIGHT AT 8 P M. shampoo. 5fc, with 1 can FOR SALE | Music Furnished by the Tald 5 Bristol-Simshury Bus Line. BIG FIVE OBRCHESTRA Talc, 30¢, 2 fo 2 P ol e BlcRL Can SO0 | | Including 2 Packard busses. Managed under direction of Saturday Candy, 1 pound box soc || To P. O'Brien, 39 Main St. | Andrew J. Hogan Try ““RINEX” For Head Colds || | Bristol. Telephone 279 Jay Doesn’t Do Any Better Phelan predicts a | Bristol News WARRANTS SERVED IN SCHOOL BISPUTE Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Tober o| Appear in Court FOR HEARING TOMORROW. w. V. F. Encampment Committee Mcets Tonight — Hamel-Tucker | gagement Announced—Hearing | | On Armory Set For March 31, Warrants were served on Mr. and | Mrs. Rudolph Tober of Crown street this morning by Detective Sergeant | Daniel McGillicuddy of the local po- | lice force, summoning them to ap pear in the local police court on Suturday morning when charges of fllegal voting at the recent morlinul lof the 13th school district will be | investigated. Subpoenas were served on at least a score of others jn the | Fall mountain section, The Tober family, Mrs, Peter Gus- | tafson, Mrs. Harry Gustafson and | District Chairman Howard Andrews were notified to appear on Wednes- day but as no warrants had brr‘n] |issued for them, they remained | |away. Further Investigation by the | local court officiais revealed that | little or no illegality existed against Andrews and the two Gustafson [ women were gullty only on a tech- nlcal violation of the law, while the Tobers were corsidered to have per- formed more flagrantly. | Accordingly Mr. and Mrs, Tober will be placed on trial tomorrow, when further troubles of the build- | ing squabble of the 1Zth district | will be argued before the local court. Swimming Water Good A favorable report concerning the condition of the water at the high | school pool has been received by the | Loard of education. Approximately every three wecks specimens of the | water are taken by Dr. Woisard, in his capacity as health officer, and forwarded to Hartford for examina- | [tion at the state laboratories of the | | Connecticut state department of | health. Committec Mecting Tonight i State encampment plans will be ussed at the meeting of the committee of Harold F. ‘W., tonight at | | | dis general | Emmett Post, V. F. |8 o'clock in the city court room. | | General Chairman T. P. Cahill will | be unable to attend because of ill- | ness, but the matters in hand will | be handled by Vice-Chairman Wil- | [liam E. Farley. The encampment | | will be an elaborate event, extending | | over three days, June 11, 12 and 13. | High School Exhibit Yymnastic work of the girls’ classes of the high school will be | presented in an exhibition tonight idl the school gymnasium under the | direction of the Misses Helen Tra | Mildred 8. Rowe, phys | training instructors of the schools. A fine ion of num- | |bers has been arranged for the| {evening. | Vacations Soon Preparatonsi are being made 1 the schools for the heginning of the wster recess next week, when the will be discontinued for the u. vacation. * will begin in ten days. Announce kngagement | Mr. and Mrs. Leroy I\ Tucker of { Summer street announce the en- | gagement of their daughter, Miss { Gwendolyn Tucker, to Jefl Hamel of Windsor, Conn. Miss " | well known member of the younger st as is Mr. Hamel. He is em- The spring term | | ployed in the office of the Horton | Mrg. Co. | Armory Hearing Sclfeduled | Announcement was made this morning that the leg ive hearing on the new armory will be held on March 31, when the report of the mm s ttee which h matter will be given. i . hearing on the bill was at- tended and the city's request for | the home for its military com well supported. Opponen the local armory were principally from Manchester and New Haven. Selectman Injured ectman Leigh D. Mi i cracked rib bruises when he fell at on Hill street yeste He “w from a motor truck wl slipped, throwing 1 machin s | W or numerous his home suf- ainst the vell Home No Rendezyous Since the recent poli court s n at ich several toxication char d up in the as leveloped tl James Dingwell was not en as the VES, BUTTM ALL, « ) WELL AGAIN=AY MICKING ) COUGH IS ALL GONE \NELL'WELL! 7 HAVENT SEEA YOU FOR AN AwFGLLY ) LONG TIME RAY!" TAG TOLD ME THAT e {_ U HAVE BEEA o //( e AGAIN, e 1K YES. RAY T WUT AWFOL e & COLBH IS | and HS HOOKING picked up by Officer Joseph Strup, when he visited the section after complaints had been made, The officer used the telephone in the Dingwell home to summon the pos lice conveyance to transport his charges to the headquarters and as a consequence, Mr, Dingwell was as- soclated with the others. For some time past, the woods of the North- slde section near the rallroad tracks have been used by drunks and an effort is being made by the police to break up the praétice, Firemen Kept Busy Grass fires kept the local firemen on,the jump yesterday, beginning with a call shortly after 2 o'clock in the afternoon to the home of E, L. Duffy on Broad street, where burn« ing grass threatened the Duffy home. Shortly after 4 o'clock a grass fire near the garage of James Haywood on George street called the firemen out again, The third call came at 7:05 o'clock to a fire near the home of Ralph Nelson on Lake avenue, The flumes lad spread through a wide area around the Lake avenue cemetery and for a time burned near the Nel- son home, Bankers Entertained Bankers of New Britain, Plainville and Hartford were entertained by he local hankers last night at the deral Hill auditorium, when & al program was presented. One spe of the plays, recently given at the meeting of the Bristol Community players, was presented, after which dancing Du concluded the program, ng the evening a luncheon was ed. Pythians Entertain Ethan Lodge, K. of P., entertain- ed nearly 400 guests last night at Red Men’s hall, when a minstrel show and dance was given under the lodge auspices. Plainville lodge pre- sented the minstrel end of the pro- gram, which was followed by dane- ing until midnight, CAUSE OF MURDER Prosecution Lays Death to Af- tempted Kidnapping By The Assoclated P Bombay, Mareh ~The prosecu- tion in the trial of the nine men charged with attempting to abduct the dancing girl Mumtaz begun aft- er her escape from the household of the Maharajah of Indore, today called to the witness stand the girl’s uncle, Alla Bux Wazir, The authorities are endeayoring to prove that the affray on Malabar Hill, Bombay,’ the evening of Janu- ary 12, in which the wealthy mer~ chant Abdul Kadir Baula was killed, was the result of an claborate plot to return the Nautch girl to the Ma- harajah, of whom she had been the favorite, Baula was with the girl when at- tacked by a gang, and in the ensuing fight, in which knives played a part, Mumtaz was slashed across the face a Dritish. licutenant was in- jured. Mumtaz yesterday testified that she had gone to tohe Mahara- jah's court first as a singing girl and that later she became the ruler's mistr Her uncle testified today that aft- er she had fled from the court he had been called to Indore, where he was told the Maharajah wantedo him, | Upon his arrival, he said, he was in- formed by two of the accused men that he would be given assistance if he helped capture the girl. Returning to Bomb: he warned" Baula, with whom Mumtaz had be- come friendly, that he was being watched. Afterward he learned that Baula's watchman had been bribed to leave the doors of the merchan bungalow unlocked. Jaula, being apprised of this, dis~ missed the watchman, Preserve Your Sight Your EYES are your most valuable possession. Our advice and service are at your command Frank E. Goodwin Eyesight Specialist 327 Main St. — Phone 1905 ) ALL his home with the m-ufi‘n_‘%