Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume], November 17, 1908, Page 9, Image 9

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WATEttBVJIY. EVENING DEMOCRAT." TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1008.
GOOD
SHOES SAVE
Doctors'
Bills. You know that our men's
LEATHER LINED SHOES em
body comfort and safety.
f33.SO ,paIr.
LADIES' WALKINC
SHOES,
Ask for BEST line, $3.00.
Our $3.50 Allright Walking
SHOE, hand sewed and water
proof is a money saver. ,
CONN. BOOT & SHOE CO.,
28 EAST MAIN STREET.
THE IMPORTERS and
TRADERS TEA & COFFEE CO
of New York have opened their head
quarters in the office of Thomas Fen
ton, 66 Bank street, where they will
sell teas and coffees at wholesale
" prices. Houses, lots and Insurance
i in all parts of the city for sale. Cal
'endars fre, '
THOMAS FENTON,
Real Estate and Insurance,
Room 14,
65 Bank Street.
Farm For Sale
A dandy, 60 acres, near Thomas
.(on, 25 acres of old wood about
2,000 cord, the rest clear and mea
dow, 7 room house, cider mill,
blacksmith shop, barns, etc
John J. Geraghty
Real Estate, Insurance,
Rooms 6-7.
II EAST MAIN STREET.
A Little place at "Moun
A taindale" on Thomaston
lj trolley, about Vi miles
,fl)from here ought to atl
tract you. The owner
wants to sells badly. I can tel-
you the price.
E. W. MOORING,
26 east Main st.
FOR SALE
A verp pretty home on Tracy av
enue. A two family house with all
improvements; lot 100 feet front by
i 40 deep. Price 13,300. Easy
terms to right party. I have a bar
gain in a three family house on
Laurel street.
DANIEL T. FARRINGTON.
337 East Main Street
i HE Waterbury Title Co. knows
au snout your property. If
there are any liens or attach
ments on it are there any
easement which you don't
know about. A small fee
will tell you whether vou tell
or buy borrow or lend money
on It GET THEIR SEARCH
AND BE SURE. 51 Leavenworth St.
BARONJ.TORKOMIAN,
REAL ESTATE Bought, Sold, Ex
changed, Loans Negotiated.
109 Bank Street. Room It.
29 DAYS REMAINING
BEFORE OUR NEW
PRICE LIST FOR
19"9 GOES INTO
EFFECT
- ; "
BOUGHTON PARK lots can be secured
NOW at 15 per cent under what you will pay
after Dec 1st.
This is worth making when $5 & $10 down,
and $1 and $2 weekly after the first payment will
pay for a lot. Call and see us at the office. An
auto ride to look over this property.
-THE-
Woodward
Telephone 2122. 21
"The Prudent .
Man Foreseeth
The Evil."
Accidents cannot be avoided,
But the financial distress :
They occasion may be
Anticipated and provided '
Against by
ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Everyone is in a terrible
Rush to get somewhere .
And do something.
The streets of cities are
Crowded with fast ' '
Electric cars, heavy teams
And Automobiles.
Secure protection in
THE TRAVELERS, through
Root & Boyd
INSURANCE,
HO Bank Street.
The Continental
Highlands.
Where are they? They are three
and one-half miles from the trreen on
the..- . . V -V
Middlebury Road.
We have one of the prettiest pieces
of land in your city, one-half acre
lots. Imagine
100x250 Lots.
.. . . ,
Don't he bluffed with the bie ad
vertisements. get on the car and see
for yourself our 60 foot Boulevard.
Get a drink from one of our numerous
springs as you go up the Boulevard.
We don't say it is 5 or 10 minutes'
walk from the- trolley, for we are
right on the line. There is to be two
shade trees out on every lot; also
running water in each house.
Howe Land Co.,
William Williams, Manager.
Fairmount Houses
. and Lots
Are Increasing in Value
Constantly
Give us a Call
If You Want a Home in a
Good Locality.
1 REALTY DEV. CO.
Jonei-Morrui Buildinc
Land Co.
EAST MAIN STREET.
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EXTRA TROUSERS FREE
Another Woolen Mills Scoop
Rich Beaver and Meltons Overcoatings at Half Price
Special-Free
to ladies who "bring or send a
customer for our bargains
We are, giving ae extra pair of matle to order trousers
free with each suit or overcoat. Only a small deposit re
quired. Where a tailor buys one bolt of woolens on credit we
. buy five car-loads for cash. We have just bought the
bargain of our life, and pass it on to you at ground-floor
prices. We challenge anyone to equal our fitting and
tailoring, no matter how high their prices.
iainliahWuult
125 BANK STREET.
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A $25 OVERCOAT
or suit made to
order for $15.
Extra Trousers Free
A $30 OYERCOAT
or suit made 'to
order for $17.50
Extra Trousers Free
Ostrich Plumes
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Heading Boilers
Steam and Hot Water
To those who want heat and plenty of
it at the least cost of care or money, we
offer the new "Crawford" and Walker"
boilers. The size rated to heat your house
is guaranteed to heat it. You don't have
to get the "next larger size." And that
is where they differ from all other boilers.
WALTER PRATT KFO. CO, JI-J3 fjoioa St, Bottea
tookki. "Warmth. Bnltk us Csmfort," It lettratu
rEEEMIAH DEVISE. WATEEBuBI , AGENT.
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FORGED DEEDS
F0MMILLI0I1
Real Estate Mao Confesses
Years of Crime.
CHICAGO IS ASTOUNDED.
SuppeMd Wtalth Philanthropist and
Member ef L.ading Cluba Diteevartd
t B Oaring Criminal and Conviet.d
and S.nt.ne.d Within Fw Hour.
. Toll In Court of Hit Ingoniout Plan
f Making Fo Similtt of Doeumontt.
Chicago, Nov. 17. Although be con
fesaei to have ttoleu only $700,000,
Investigation tliowa that the daring
forgeries of which Rpal Estate Broker
Peter Van VIlRsingPu Is guilty aggre
gate much more than $1,000,000. .
As a leading real estate dealer be
was Intrusted with mortgages and
trust deeds, each of which he forged
two or three times over, obtaining
thousands of dollars on 'each forgery.
Van Vlissingen was sent to state
prison today to serre an Indeterminate
term of fourteen years.
The arrest, the Indictment, the con
fession and the sentence' were the
work of less tbau four hours. Taken
In the midst of business from bis of
fice desk at 172 Washington street, '
Van Vllssengen appeared before the :
court and In tears confessed that for.
from eighteen to twenty years he bad
been securing money through the sale
he had bought back many of these
spurious Instruments without detec
tion, at least twenty-flve people would
lose more tbau $700,000 through the
paper which be has not yet redeemed.
In forging notes, be declared, be had
perfected an unique device. This con
sisted of a plate glass desk top so ar
ranged that by an electric light
thrown up from beneath he could
readily trace from originals forged
signatures on worthless paper.
When Van Vlissingen was brought
before Judge Windes the latter asked:
"In what manner was the forgery
committed by you?"
"I did it by tracing," said Van Vlis
ingen. "Describe to the court how you
traced the instrument."
"I laid one paper on 'the other and
had an electric light underneath,
made It transparent that way and
traced It."
"That Is the electric light which
was underneath the table?"
"Yes, sir; a small hole In the table."
"Was It a glass table?"
"No, sir, wood."
"How would the light reflect through
the table?"
"A small opening through the wood
a small opening with the light right
under it."
"And there was a glass over, that,
was there?"
"les, sir."
"In this case did you have a genuine
trust deed?"
"Yes, sir."
"And took the genuine papers and
traced them over?"
"Yes, sir."
"How long have you been engaged
In forgeries of that nature?"
"About eighteen years."
"Where has the money gone to?"
"Paid back In Interest and lost In
business."
"How often have you duplicated a
genuine Instrument ?"
"Sometimes twice or thrice."
"That Is, In some instances you have
sold three mortgages where there was
only one genuine mortgage?"
"That ! right."
Van Vllssengen was married Feb. 4,
1907, to Mrs. Jessie Roosevelt Blend,
a distant relative of President Roose
velt. The bride was a daughter of !
Ulllon r Ttlaii1 !
Van Vllssengen had been a bache
lor, living at the Calumet club. He
was known ss being of a philanthropic
disposition, giving special attention to
the welfare of boys. Some years ago
he took under bis protection Julius
Wiltrax, ten years old, whose father
had been accused of murder.
RECEPTION TO PRELATES.
HunoVede ef Catholics Kite Handa of
Papal Delegate.
Chicago, Nov, 17. A brilliant scene
brought to a close the second day's
session of the First American Catholic
missionary congress.
Under a bower of flowers and wait
ed upon by members of the Catholic
Woman's League of America, the dis
tinguished prelates were given a re
ception at the Auditorium Annex.
Archbtahop Dromede Falconio, apos
tolic delegate to the Untted States;
Archbishop Qulgley and scores of oth
er prominent men in the church form
ed in a long line, while hundreds of
visitors passed la front, kissing the
handy of the delegate.
BALLOONS ALARM FRANCE.
Fear That German Aeronauts Are Too
' Persistent.
Paris, Nov. 17. The French govern
ment is alarmed at the increasing
number of balloons manned by Ger
man officers which have been making
descents lu France recently and has
been making diplomatic representa
tions to Berlin on this subject.
These presentations so far have
proved in vain, and France is consid
ering the question of taking rigorous
steps to stop whst Is termed "a verlts
ble peril.
Grace Bryan a Bridesmaid.
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 17. Miss Grace
Bryaa, daughter of William Jennings
Bryan, was a bridesmaid at the wed
ding of Miss Belle Norwood Tyler,
daughter of former Governor 1. Hego
XJler.
RUEPS TRIAL GOES CI
Extsnslvo Preoautlont Taken to Ouard
,. , the Courtroom.
San Ffnuelsco, Nor. 17,-The trial
of Abraham Ituef on the charge of
bribery, the progress of which was In
terrupted by the attempted assassins
tlon of Assistant District Attorney
Francis J. Hetiey, was resumed here.
Never before hare such extenslvt
police precautions been taken to safe
guard a court of Justice as when Ruef
was brought to the bar of Judge Law
lor's court. Scores of policemen,
uouuled and ou foot, were on guard
in front of the courtroom, and Inside
the courtroom a dozen detective! were
placed.
Asslstaut District Attorney John
O'Gara took the place of Francis J.
Heney, who was shot by Haas,
Proseculor'Ueney underwent an op
eration for the removal of the bullet,
which had lodged in the left lower
maxillary. The operation was most
successful.
DR. BULL OUT OF DANGER.
Shows Marked Improvement . Sinoe
Mme. Calve Sang to Him.
New York, Nov. 17. After belli
given up by all bis fellow surgeons,
Dr. William T. Bull Is now reported
to be on the sure Way to recovery. A
surprising Improvement in the condi
tion of the famous operating surgeon
has occurred since Mme. Emma Calve,
I the prima donna, sang to him.
I Dr. Bull bos beeu at the Hotel riaxa
for several weeks suffering from can-
I cer. He beard some one mention the
j name of the opera singer and express-
! ed a desire to hear her slug. Mme.
Calve lias long been a friend of Dr.
: and Mrs. Bull, find when the latter
told her of the surgeon's request she
agreed to go to the hotel and slug foi
him.
BAD BREAK IN ERIE
CANAL AT ROCHESTER
Parts of City flooded and
Street Gars Stopped.
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 17. - Th
worst break In the Erie canal ever
known in Ibis section has occurred
between locks 64 and 65. ,
A large area In the eastern part of
the city was flooded with from two to
four feet of water. Every cellar and
basement was flooded, sewer work In
Park avenue was stopped and the run
ning of street cars was indefinitely
suspended.
A wagon loaded with lumber which
was being driven iu East avenue was
overturned, but no one was in injured
by the sweep of the waters through
the streets. The damage to property,
the expense to be Incurred in repairing
the break in the canal bank and' the
losses sustained by boatmen will be
very heavy. .
The canal level between locks 64
and 65 is about a quarter of a mile,
the shortest level within many miles
of Rochester. Where the break oc
curred the bank Is nine feet above the
laud below.
A force of men and teams was av
work at the break today, and it is ex
pected that it will be closed withia
two days.
HISGEN QUITS POLITICS.
Independence Party Candidate Fef
President So Announces.
Spring Held, Mass., Nov. 17. Thomas
L. Hlsgen, Independence party can
didate for president, announce that
he Is out of politics for good. ;
"The campaign Is all over, so far a
I am concerned," Mr. Hisgen said,
"The tour across the country cost nie
a lot ef money, and the loss of tini
has been detrimental to my business,
I do not feel that I can afford to keep
before the public eye as a politician,
and I am out of politics for good."
MME. SEMBRICH RETIRES.
Famous Soprano Endt Operatio Career
of Twenty-five Years.
New York, Nov.' 17. Mme. Marceila
Seabrlch, favorite prima douna of the
Metropolitan Opera House and conced
ed to be one of the world's great
color ture sopranos, announces bei
em log retirement In February.
Mme. Sembrich made her first ap
pears nee at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Wedaesasy, Oct. 24, 1882,
and her last appearance will be the
end of an operatic career of a quartet
of a century.
rtARQUIS UP IN AIRSHIP.
Wilbur Wright Makes a Magnificent
Spiral Descent.
Le Mans, France. Nov. 17. Wilbur
Wright gave half hour lessons in the
handling fit his aeroplane to Count d
Lambert and Captain Lucas Girsrd
Tille. He then took up Marquis Avians,
King Alfonso's master of the horse,
concluding twlth a flight alone, in
which he made magnificent long
spiral descent, showing perfect con
trol of the machine and evoking tbt
enthusiastic applause of the specta
tors. DROWNS WITH DAUGHTER.
Veteran Mariner Vainly Tries to tavS
Young Widow.
New York, Nov. 17. Captain Henry
Rice, who had passed most of bis seventy-eight
yesra on the wster, was
drowned in a splendid attempt to res
cue his daughter, Mrs. Helen Bioch, a
widow, who was to be married on
Thanksgiving day. ,
Mrs. Bioch fell Into the North river
while aboot to visit the old captain on
bis ship. Instantly la tb pitch dsrk
vm her rather jumped after he. Both
were lost.
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