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New Britain herald., 1919-03-11
NOTICE.
NOAI& H.. le Annual Meeting Of IT. ~ o,,, > o,-1r .ccnrir ~,

The Annual Meeting of The Plain vile Cemetery Association will be held on Monday evening, March II, 1919, at o'clock, in the office of the Town Clerk in Plainville, Conn. To hear the reports of the officers of the association for the past year; to elect directors for the ensuing year, and to do any other business pertain ing to the care and improvements of the cemeteries of the Town of PIain- vile.
 All persons interested are urged to attend and become active members of the association.
 R. C. USHER
 Secretary. Plainyille, Conn, March 10, 1919.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-11
TOWN MEETING IS . .~ BUT TAME AFFAIR Lasts But Seven Minutes Mill
 Tax Rate Passed SCHOOL BOARD ABSENT

hIcmherS DO Not Appear to Ask for
 Money to Better Systen1-May Ask
 for Special Meeting-Other Items of News.
 What promised to be an exciting town meeting turned out to be one of the tamest and shortest meC--.ags ever held in Berlin. Although a big Abcrowd was on hand last night, there was no opposition to the resolution
 proposed by Selectnlan Willard I. Al ling, who proposed that a s mill tax be levied, stating that it was sufficient
 to cover the budget prepared at the
 town meeting last November. George
 B. Carter seconded the motion,
 which was passed without a murmur from the assembled taxpayers. Mod orator Robert Deming then asked if there was any more business to come
 up before the meeting and, after a silence, Major Frank L. Wilcox moved
 that the meeting be adjourned. The
 meeting was then dismissed approx imately seven minutes from the time it was called to order.
 School Committee Absent The fact that the local school com mittee failed to show up at the town meeting last evening created a great deal of disappointment among the taxpayers, who had assem- bled pur- posely to hear the report. It was learned from several sources this morning that the school committee Is planning to ask for 8 special town meeting in the near future, and the reason for their not appearing last evening is that they did not wish to have anything discussed but the tax
New Britain herald., 1919-03-11
TANKS WITH CANADIANS
 ARRIVE IN AMERICA

New York, March 11.-The steam ship Adriatic, arriving here today from Liverpool, brought 209 steerage passengers, most of them Americans who had been discharged afrom the Canadian eXpeditionary forces. Many of these were negroes
New Britain herald., 1919-03-11
Report of the Condition of THE COMMERCIAL TRUST co.
New Britain, Conn.

NPW BrttAIn. aNnn. the close Of business the 4th day of lrch, 1919.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-11

HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE % @ @ % DEPEND " PROMPTLY
New Britain herald., 1919-03-11

New York, March 11.-With S5 of- f1cers and 2,674 troops of the 27tlr di- vision--former New York state Ns- tional Guardsmen-the steamship Mount Vernon arrived here today from Brest. The vessel brought alto gether 5,784 troops, including a large number of casualsand 96 nurses to- gether with seven officers and 812 men sick or wounded.
 Casual companies aboard included Nos. 995 of Massachusetts and 1,412 of Pennsylvania
 Travelling as a casual was Brig. Gen. James D. Glennan.
 The steamship Ohioan arrived from Bordeaux with 1872 troops, a major ity Of them of the 348th infantry of the 87th division (National Army men of Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis- sippi.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
By ELOISE,

Nothing so perfectly illustrates
woman's emancipation" and "ad-
vancement" as the shoes OF the
present day. The nigh, thin heel
which we have so long called the
taste. This is something TO give
thanks for. Well dressed women
OF today no longer teeter along our
avenues and into shops in the
senseless fashion we have endured
all these years.
Nowadays small feet are out Of
the running and we are demand
ing good, sensible, common sense
shoes. Not only demanding, but
getting, for this is a sound business
principle followed the world over
give 'em what they want" OF
course the psychology lies first in
making 'em want it," whatever it
may be.
Proof of this is to be noted in the
new oxford ties to be worn this
summer. Last season those shiny.
high and spindling heeled oxfords
were the fad. The oxford is with
us again as the fashionable shoe
for summer, Just as shiny as to
leather and just as pointed as to
toe, but not so high as TO heel
Now OF course there are times
when one demands the most
dressed up" shoe possible. and
this need too has been met by eff
fecting a compromise with the high
and unsafe heel OF last year and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Freak Machine, Mechanical Creation
of Dancers Boyish Whim, Finally
Brings Destruction to Its Maker

despite the note of levity in his
statement, his friends almost were
inclined to believe he thought so.
1t should not be inferred that the
obsession reached a point where
DuKane entertained the delusion
that his machine was inspired with
animal life
But he did talk to it, and tho
little auto appeared to obey his
commands. In several cities he
drove it up and down the steps OF
the city hall or state house,
parked" Ut in the offices of mayors
of cities and attracted much atten-
ton by the almost marvellous feats
it accomplished.
AbandOns His Car.
During the recent blizzard in
northern New England DuKane
closed his "act" and started for
Boston. The weather held him I'D
and he was obliged to abandon the
machine and finish his journey BIZ
rail, sending for the machine later.
THE little rascal is offended with
me for deserving it," DuKane said
when it arrived and he took ride
in it. But the quarrel will
blow over"
DuKane set to work to contrive a
mechanical arrangement whereby
he could use the machine in his
dancing "act," Waiting about the
stage with one of his dancing part
ners standing on the nose of the
auto.
az don't like the beast, - the young
woman objected. Il think it is a
malevolent old thing"
Speak to it kindly" DuKane
urged, half seriously. at is still
grouchy because it was left in the
snow"
1t was in Portland that DuKane
got the idea of making the machine
fly" without wings. Several times
he had remarked to his mother that
all the little freak needed to be-
come an aerial runabout was a pair
of wings.
He finally decided to try a hop"
without the wings and drove the
machine at 60 miles an hour up one
dune, to leap 25 feet to the top OF
another dune.
The machine made the '1hop,"
but not being properly balanced for
such ansexperiment, tipped forward
and alighted on its nose, somer-
saulting down the hill. When the
crowd reached the spot where the
wrecked machine was lying, Du-
Kane's body was found crumbled
beneath IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
RY EBQTSE,

With the warmer days approach
Ing. weekend trips to the country
and beaches will be more frequent.
The clothes for the weekend visit
are always an important problem
especially nowadays when one is
just as likely to attend a bridge
party or a tea dance in the country
as in the sophisticated city. Be
sides the usual negligee, lingerie,
and toilet Articles one should al
ways include in the weekend lug
gage a dressy suit blouse, a fresh
tailored one for the return trip,
an, extra wrap such as a sweater or
cop coat, a morning walking OIL
some sort of sport costume and an
afternoon or dance frock.
This one pictured makes a
charming utility frock suitable for
almost any social occasion which
might arise between Friday and
Monday at a country club or the
summer estate. 1t is made of navy
blue taffeta with an overdress and
sleeves made of silk dotted net
trimmed with taffeta ruffies. Rose
colored ribbon odds a dainty fin
isbing touch at the belt.
The smart little hat worn with
the frock has a crown OF crushed
rose petals, a bit of rose velvet
about it and a wide turned up
f1ange of navy maline forming the
brim- 1t is extremely simple, yet
very lovely and a nice thing about
it is that it may be packed even in
a travelling bag because it is soft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

making a new, slender heel for our
patent leather pumps and calling
it the baby French heel" / am
told there is such a demand for
these shapely shoes that II is al
most impossible to keep a supply
on hand.
1t may seem somewhat early 10
talk of the white summer shoes but
they are making themselves notice
able in the shops. To prove thai
the oxford is the thing here they
are two pair to one of pumps. The
walking shoes below are brown
leather and white suede with cor
rugated rubber soles. They are the
proper thing for wear on the
spring walks in the country or on
tie summer beaches. The all white
canvas oxfords at the right are the
smartest kind of footwear for the
summer sports use. They are
worn with white silk novelty hose
which has green silk clover leaves
embroidered on the instep. The
pumps at the left while not as pop
ular as oxfords are still the accept
cd thing for dress wear. They are
eXquisitely made colonial pumps
Of white kid. The rain sticks for
this season are very different from
the long tapering ones Of the past
years. They are short and decid-
eddy large as TO handle. Those pic
tured below have quaint china han
dies of blue rose and yellow de-
sign. They are either rain or sun
shades.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

A strange story in real life, re-
calling the weird tale of the Frank
enstein Monster bringing it's crea-
tor to destruction, has been re-
veaIed by the death in Portland,
Me-, of Harold Connolly, known on
the stage as Harold DuKane, a
young New York dancer, crushed
to death under the wreck of the
tiny freak auto he built with his
own hands.
1t is the story of a mechanical
genius, obsessed with the perfec
ton of the machine he made. A
new and tragic significance is given
by the friends with whom DuKane
often joked about his pet" to the
fact that he attributed an almost
animal personality to the contriv-
ance.
The freak machine was made by
DuKane as an experiment to carry
out ideas he had been working on
since boyhood. His inclinations all
were in the direction of mechanics.
and it was only by accident that he
found his financial success in stage
dancing. After dancing at the
Hotel Astor with June Edwards for
a season, he went on the Keith cir
cult with two young women who as
sisted him. They Travelled by train,
but DuKane insisted on using the
little auto he had made out of two
motor cycles.
Adds New Appliances.
From mere hobby the tiny car
grew little by little into the chief
concern Of DuKane's moments off
the stage. He seldom let a day
pass without putting into effect,
some novel and striking idea. 1t
became his chief topic of converse
ton.
81 can make it talk to me-" said
DuKane to one group of friends he
met after the show one night, and
proceeded to harness up a phono-
graph inside the car, which gave set
replies to questions and orders he
enunciated.
Always there was a joking spirit
in what DuKane said, but always
there was serious note in it too,
and he always made good" on his
boasts by some mechanical leger-
dermain-
As time passed, DuKane's &C
counts of the performances Of shis
freak machine came to sound
more like the boasting of the
owner of a fine dog than OF . cold
piece of mechanism
Il have built myself into that
machinesrr DuKane declaredrand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
C. D. BATCHELOR TELLS LITTLE ABOUT HIMSELF.

1t is certainly true that I was
born in Kansas and / do not
apologize for that and hope before
1 go west" Kansas may feel the
same way about it. My first job was
a commission to do a design Tor
Porter's Book Store at Salina,
Kans., for which 1 was paid $3.50
and recently seeing it 1 believe 1t
would be only ethical to return
$3.45 of it. My first real success
came when 1 was about 81. COM
peted for a prize Of 5000 offered by
the American Medical Assn for a
series of six cartoons dealing with
questions of public health 1t. was a
delicious success for a Kid to win
out over men who had years of ex-
perience behind them. 1t definitely
set my face in the direction of the
news cartoon and in particular the
cartoon of the newspapers, dealing
as it does day after day with his
tory in the rough. 1t has always
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
W1IEHgs55W ! EzNGIOS9|D!eaAlY4

When someone up Z Fargo, N.
D., remarked that a certain Mrs.
F. H. Wilder was going to run for
a place on the police commission,
the mere men shook their heads
either vehementIy or sadly and
said, "a woman's place is in the
home, not the police station"
Then when the final reckoning
day came and the ballots were
counted it was found that Mrs.
Wilder had run second in a field
of seven candidates, including six
men, and she was elected to the
commission. Then the men shook
their heads more vehemently and
more sadly because they heard
Mrs. Wilder was aiming to be po-
lice commissioner.
Deliver us!" said they, from a
woman police commissioner who
probably will appoint n woman
chief of police and hold pink teas
in the station house and put mir
rors and powder puffs in the cells.
But they were not delivered from
woman police commissioner be-
cause when the new commission
met to organize they had been so
flooded with petitions ard letters
from church and social organiza-
tions asking that Mrs. Wilder be
assigned the position Of commits
sioner of police that they did not
dare vote otherwise, and she was
elected unanimously. Then the
unexpected happened.
She did not recommend woman
for chief of the police department,
but reappointed the chief who was
then serving and who has been a
member of the department in var
ious capacities for over a score of
years.
She did not give tea at the po-
lice station, but she did call a
meeting OF the patrolmen and was
personally introduced to each one,
giving each a hearty handshake
and the assurance that she expect
ed him to enforce the laws of the
city as his principal occupation.
Mrs. Wilder was born at Mead
Vile. Pa, and went to North Da-
kota with her father, a veteran of
the Civil war.
Mrs. Wilder went to the city
schools and then she taught school
for several years and was deputy
and chief clerk in the Office of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

seemed to me a peculiarly happy
privilege to be able to give expires
sion, sometimes it is true in a ais
appointing manner, of ones views
on public questions. AS they have
more and more come to include
women and the feminine influence
it has given thOm, in my opinion, an
additional interest and l have en-
deavored in my pictures to indicate
this. Fully one-half of my work in
the last six years has been of equal
interest to women as well as men.
feel that the cartoon should be
neither crude nor i'll drawn. Mine
are an effort to combine simplicity.
charm and comment on current
life. Suffrage, women in industry,
and child labor have been of keen
interest to me- Happily suffrage is
all but won as it should have been
years ago.
Sincerely,
c. d. BACHELOR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Personal Points

Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Tremann,
9l6 Seventeenth street, and daugh-
tiers leave tomorrow for an auto
mobile trip through Minnesota.
Dale Eckerman OF Monmouth
college Is spending the weekend
visiting with friends in Rock Is
land.
William KIockau, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Klockau of S39 Sew
enteenth street, has arrived in New
York after Is months overseas.
He went overseas with Company
H of the One Hundred Thirty
eighth infantry, but for the last
eight months has been IN a hospi :
the Argonne battle.
The Misses Florence and Edna
Schneider Of Chicago spent yester-
day at thahOme of their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George Schneider, 1921
Twenty-secOnd street.
Miss Ethel Bridgford returned
yesterday to her home iii Aledo
after spending a few days with
friends in Rock Island.
Miss Gladys Wilson of Mon
mouth college is spending the
weekend at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ. Wilson,
2114 Twelfth avenue.
Lawrence V. Anderson Of Chi
cago is spending a few days visit
ing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John NJ. Anderson, 1919 Tenth ave-
nue.. Mr. Anderson is with the
Daniel Hayes company, formerly
of Rock Island, and he expects
soon to go to Fresno, Cal, to take
charge of interests-of the company
there.
DR.. ]. H. Gibson, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, has re-
turned from Chicago, where he
spent the last week
Sidney Loeb, a former Rock Is
lander, is in the city today from
Chicago. He is now half owner of
the Aladdan Products company,
one of the Windy City's growing
concerns.
Private Frank lehman has tel
egraphed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. F. Hermann of 1909 Thirty-lirst
street, of his safe arrival from
overseas. He is with the Three
Hundred Eighteenth infantry of
the Eightieth division.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Darling of
$40 Nineteenth street are visitin;;
relatives in Auburn, Ill They will
return Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Entertain For Son.

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Rotenberg,
of 1000 Third avenue, entertained
a company of so young people at
their home Thursday evening in
honor of their son Oscar who re-
Gently returned from oversee ser
vice. The party was most de-
lightful one, among the guests
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
from The Argus Files Of l894-I

about eight hundred people. The
tween the baseball games and the
Watch Tower. In the afternoon the
crowds thronged tho street cars, a
magnificent service being provid-
ed on all the lines, calling into play
all the rolling stock in the com
pany's possession, and demon
strating the need for more trailers
on big days. Eight thousand peo-
pie visited the Watch Tower to sea
Tie new midway, the largest crowd
which ever went there with the ex-
ception OF on the Fourth Of July.
Tho Chicago Tribune announces
tine engagement OF Miss Amy Swee-
ney of this city to Fred Standish
kenfeld OF Chicago.
May 29-Mr and Mrs. F, c. Hem
enway have announced the coming
wedding OF their daughter, Miss
Alice Hemenway to Charles Arm
old. The ceremony is to take place
June 6.
May 3O-Memorial day was cele-
brated In Rock Island today with
the usual parade and services -
the court house and cemetery.
May 31-The annual commence
ment exercises OF Augustana col
lcge and the commercial depart
ment were held this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
ESTATES UNDER HAMMER.

A number of the big country es-
tates with which England abounds
are going under the auctioneer's
hammer, Judging from the adver-
Using pages Of real estate journals.
One advertisement of a country
house for sale says the house con-
tains so bedrooms. Old timers are
sadly asking whether the $50 bed
room" scale of entertaining ever
will be seen again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

May 25-John Ohlweiler, marshal
of the day for the Memorial day
procession, this morning named his
aides. Included are Messrs. B.
Winter. /. d, Burgh, Charles Nc
Hugh, j. z. Montrose, Fl. P. Simp-
son, c. F. Gaetjer, Charles Stod-
dard, L. NJ. Buford. V. Dauber, ].
G. Junge and J. E. Westerland.
Companies two and three OF the
Rock Island fire department enter
upon their duties tomorrow. Com
pany two will be located in the old
Phoenix hose house on Eighth
street, between Third and Fourth
avenues, and company three will
be located in the old Cable hose
house on Twenty-thfrd street be-
tween Sixth and Seventh avenues.
John Nowack, of South Rock Is
land and Miss Emma Erhart Of
Rock Island were married at st.
AIary's Catholic church yesterday.
May 26-Louis Schmidt desires
to inform his friends and he has
purchased the drug store at the
corner of Twenty-third street and
Fourth avenue.
May 2S-Rock Island streets pre-
scented the appearance of a metrop-
oils yesterday. There were many
strangers in the city. An excur-
sion came up from Peoria consist
Ing of IL coaches, and carryir 2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Here and There.

The San Francisco poslofice in
spector's department has its first
woman clerk in its 40 years of ex-
istence.
A 160-acre ranch in the Rocky
mountain district is being success
fully run by Miss Amanda Byrd,
a former stenographer in a New
York stock brokers' office.
Female cooks in New Orleans
are being paid at the rate of $25 q
month and their keep.
British banks and trust com
panies employ over $4,000 women
at the present time as against 1,500
in July, 1914.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Serve First Meal at
Y. w. CA Cafeteria
At Noon Next Tuesday

The first meal n the Young Wo-
mems Christian association cafe
terra will be served Tuesday noon,
everything being row in readiness
for the opening. The cafeteria is
located on the second floor OF the
old Turner hall building, which
the association took over some
time ago for it's use. The room
has been remodeIed and refnished
to suit the needs of the cafeteria
and it will now be the most up-to-
date lunch room of its kind in the
three cities.
All tha modern equipment of an
up-to date cafeteria has ben Sc
cured for the kitchen and dining
room. There is a large new dish
washer and stove in the kitchen,
and tie dining room will be excep-
fionaIIy dainty. Enough food can
he cooked in the kitchen to iced
200 people. New china, in a dainty
blue and rose pattern viii be used.
MANY more people can be accom-
modated in the new location than
IN the cafeteria in tho present
building.
The space formerly occupied by
the cafeteria will now be used only
as a dining room for the dormltoTy
girls, who will be served breakfast
and the evening dinner.
The plan is to serve two meals
a day in the new cafeteria. Up
until this time the Y. W. c. A. cafe
terra hes been able to serve only
noon meal with a supper on Sat
urday evening for the business
girls. The new location will be
more convenient and more people
can be accommodated than the as
ISOLATION has been able to handle
in either of the other lunch room
locations.
Mrs. H. E. VanDuzer will again
have charge of the Y. W. G. A rest
cottage at Port Byron this year,
and the cottage will be used by the
first group of association girls
next week, when the u. S. w. girl
reserves will spend a week, start
ing Friday, at the summer home
of the association. Mrs. FanDuzer
had charge OF the cottage last year
and the girls who spent any time
there last summer will welcome
the news that she will again be in
charge.
The U. s. w. girl reserves are
planning to hike to the cottage
from East Moline. Miss Hazel
Rust, girls work secretary Of the
association, will chaperOne them
on the hike.
Any group OF girls, members of
the Y. w. c. A, is welcome to
spend any length Of time at the
cottage, and reservations are row
being made at the association Of
flee by various groups who will
spend a few days during the sum-
mer at the rest home. The cottage
will no doubt be as popular this
season as it was last. Fresh veg
etables and fruits can be secured
in the Dnighborhood, and all the
luxuries of the country, fresh but
ter, eggs and milk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
CIOyerIeaf KensIngtOn.

Mrs. c. B. Stalnaker at her home
1924 Thirty-secOnd street, was
hostess to the members of the
ClOverleaf Kensington club Thurs
day evening. The evening hours
were spent embroidering and chat
ting and the members decided tC
hold a picnic instead of the next
regular meeting. The picnic will
be in two weeks at Long View
park Dainty refreshments were
served late in the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Teachers Have Outing.

Mrs. Maude Robertson Babcock,
formerly principal of the Haw-
thorne school, now residing in
South Dakota, and Miss Lou Har-
ris, county superintendent OF
schools were honored guests at an
outing given Thursday at Fejervary
park inn, Davenport, by a group
of Is Rock Island teachers. The
tables were trimmed with pink
roses and following the serving
of the dinner courses a delightful
informal social time was enjoyed at
the park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
War Secretary Baker pfnning dist nguished {

Howard
Of K o.
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of national defense
OF throughout
armise of had been
councils about
10000 municipal units.