New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914, INTED STATES eS| 7,500,000 ‘PHONES| Rmost Onehalf of Namber in Whole World. “I quote from Sydney Brooks on the conditions existing in Europe,” says a Photo of Uncle Sam’s Jackies Defending Chief Government 3uzldmg in Vera Cruzg | -fcading telephone man, “‘In the Bell | system,’ says the last advertisement I have come across of the American Pelephone and 'Telegraph company, 1,500,000 telephones are connected and work together to take care of the telephone needs of the people of this evuntry.” “An Englishman can only gape in envy and amazement at such stupen- dous figures. They mean that there are more than twice as many tele- phones operating under a single System in the United States as thero are under all systems and all com- panies in the whole of Europe. Tele- phone statistics are not casily obtain- able, but I do not think I am far wrong in asserting that there are about 16,000,000 telephones in exist- efive the world over and that of these North America (including Canada and the West Indies and Mexico) accounts 2or nearly 12,000,000; Kurope for slightly over 3,000,000, and Asia, Africa, South America and Australasia for about 500,000. Roughly speaking, éver two-thinds of the world's equip- gent of telephones is to be found in e American Union. ¥Few ’'Phones .in London. 2 “It is worth while looking into these fbures 4 little more closely. Of ‘the cities possessing 10,000 telephones and over, considerably more than half are | situated in the United States. There dre at least fifty American towns where there is a telephone to less than every ten of the inhabitants; in Europe there is only one. London, with & population more than three | times as great as Chicago, has fewer | telephones; Paris is twice the size of Boston but possesses little more than ; half as many telephones; Liverpool, hree times as great as Los Angeles, as only a little over a third of its ! number of telephones; Glasgow, twice { the size of Cincinnati, has seven | thousand fewer telephones; Birming- h#n with a population of over half & million, has four thousand fewer telephones than Grand Rapids. with a population of some 140,000; Manches- ter has fewer telephones than Louis- ville, though it is ever four times as big. ' Moscow has fewer than Seattle, ¥ though its population is five times greater; Vienna with four times the population of Detroit has twenty thousand fewer telephones; Hamburg hm ten thousand fewer than Cleve- and, a city half its size; Milan, with @ population of well over half a mil- | . lion, has about a third as many tele- phones as Omaha, with a.population of '160,000; Breslau - is considerably over four times the size of Spokame |’ and yet boasts five thousand fewer ¥ tglephones; and Amsterdam with a yopulation of mearly 600,000 has fewer than Des Moines with a popula- tion of 90,000. Chicago Has More Than France, “In the whole of the United King- dom there are only about as many telephones as in New York and Chicago; in all France there are fewer than in Chicago alone; in all Russia there are fewer than in Philadelphia; in Austria fewer than in Boston; in Tialy fewer than in Los Angeles; in Spain fewer than in Toledo, Ohio; in Itelgium fewer than Kansas City; and in Hungary fewer than in Pittsburg. We may take figures in yet another way. Roughly speaking, there is one telephone for every nine Americans. If the same proportion obtained. in \ Europe, Denmark would have three timés as many telephones as ' she actually possesses; Sweden three and a half times; Norway four and a half times; Switzerland flve times; Ger- many six and a half times; Great Britain sevep and a half times; The Netherlands eleven times:; Belgium nearly eighteen times as many; Ftance nineteen times; Austria gll but thirty times; Hungary thirty-seven times; Ttaly fifty-six times; Portugal _and Spain about ninety times; Russla cne hundred and five times, and Greece, Servia and Bulgaria from one hundred and seventy to two hundred and four times as many. Old Plants in Europe. “What, then, is the explanation? For the superiority of the American " tel@phone system, does not reside in numbers merely. If one could in- stitute a comparison between the effi- ciency of the telephone services pro- vided in Europe and in America, the L disparity on the scientific and com- i mercial sides, and particularlyl from the standpoint of the consumers’ con- venience, would be found to be even greater. Not only are there far fewer telephones in Europe than in the TUnited States but those that exist are, aga rule, and as every traveler has lcarned by bitter experience, almost ludicrously inferfor in quality. “There are great and famous towns in Europe at this moment where a plant and apparatus of the kind that ‘ went to the scrap-heap in America twenty vears ago still obtain; where thé?ohsolete magneto system. long ago abandoned in the United States for the central battery, is still adhered to; where the old flat rate scheme of wriffs is still the rule; and where the single exchange district, with relative- |1y high rates for distant parts of the i tcwn, still holds the field; while L' turoughout the length and breadth of gland and the Continent there is hardlly a single efficient long distance “service to be found. “Again T ask: What is the reason !or this exlraordlnury contrast?” WOULD BREA\K ‘WILL. Oliver §. Pillard, through Attorney j M. H. Camp, has appealed to the court obate of the district of Killingly to break the will of his mother, who left the greatest part of her prop- erty to his sister, Bertha Glendinning. i Vera Cruz, May 2.—The American fcrces hear established a headquar: } Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, May 2.— Order has been restored here by the United States soldiers after much desperate fighting. The Mexicans ~———[GUARDING, CITY COVERRMENT BUILVINGS /) terg at-the government building after capturing the city. The f{llustration shows a detachment of sailors with Destructian at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, After Americans There Were Mobbed mcbbed Americans, destroyed Ameri- | -can property and fired hundreds of shots across the border. The United States regulars returned the fire. The Plainville News (Continued from Seventh Page.) Grade teacher, 6, Miss Carolyn Stowe, 1,819; John Murphy, 919. Grades 5 and 6, Miss Ruby Carter, teacher, 8,346; Hazel Gould, 5,500- Grade 6, Miss Clara Powell, teach- er, 1,700; Cornelius Buys, 1,000. Grade 4, Miss 'Helen Morrisey, teacher, 1,400; Nellie Fletcher, 800. Grades.3 and 4, Miss Claire Wood- bury, teacher, 200; Louis Pike and Joseph Pestillo, 100. Grade, 3, Miss Carolyn 'Hagerty, teacher. '6,600; Melbert Hart, 5,100, Judge Malone to Lecture, Judge William J. Malone of Bristol, has accepted an invitation to deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Holy Name society or the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Friday evening in Grange hall. The lecture Wwill connection with a which| the soclety . is rangements. A program tainment will also be given. Off For New Mexico, Frederick Dimes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dimes of Crown Street, has written to relatives; advising them that the Twelfth cavalry of which he is a member has started for Fort ‘Wingate, New Mexico, where they have been assigned to look after the wants of refugees, who are flock~ ing over the border rrom Mexico. Young Dimes has been stationed at Fort Meade in South Dakota since hc enlisted several months ago. At the Churches. Episcopal—Holy communion will be celebrated in the Church of Our Saviour tomorrow morning .at 10: The rector, Rev. R. H. Burton, will | preach. Methodist—Rev. G. B. will' preach, at both = morning evening services tomorrow. Advent Christian-—Morning servicc at 10:45 with preaching by P. H. ¥Friedmann of New Britain. Sub- Ject, “Because.” Breaking of bread will follow. In the evening at 7 o'clock, Mr. Friedmann will preacly on “My People.” The service will begin at 7:45. Prayer praise ser- vice will be held Eriday evening ut 7:45, Congregational—Holy communion service will be held in the morn- be given in smoker for making ar- of enter- I Thurston and lxng. The pastor, Rev. F. L. Grant, | will preach. Bricf Items. Mrs. Laura M. Benedict has re- signed as chief operator at the local| ! telephone exchange and will move to Berlin where she is to live with her daughter. Forty Hours devotion will be open- cd at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy with a high mass tomorrow morning at' 10:30 o'clock. | ~Members of the Holy Name so- clety will go to Bristol tomorrow ai- ternoon to take part in the open air meeting to be held under the aus- | pices of the organization in the neigh- boring ecity. A Pagsionist mission- ary will give a sermon. | 1o A | iven | ing | most enjoyable dance was in the town hall last even- by a party of local young peo- ple, thirty couples, including several | i from out-of-town. The decora- | tions for the Business Men's banquet were left In place for the dance and ! the hall looked most attractive. A program of sixteen dances was given, Fox's orchestra furnishing the music. | | During the intermission refreshments | were rerved. The patronesses werc | Mrs. M. J. Fitzgerald, Mrs. William | S. Eaton and Mrs. L. M. Benedlct. Thirty-five young men have applied ‘YO take civil service examinations for the register from which carriers and clerks are to be appointed for the local post office. The examination will be given the New Britain post office next Saturday morning. Berlin News i (Continued from Seventh Page.) | tee of the Kensington Congregational church held a meeting last evening. The Worthington played the Plrates’ Britain, this afternoon, Communion will be observed at the Kensington Congregational church to- | morrow morning. The Neighborhood meeting next week will be held with | ETH and Mrs. J. M. Marks 'of Blue 5. % S. A, Keeney of Blue Hills is quite i1l with acute Indigestion. team New baseball nine of the buillding from an attack by Mexi- | street gave a [ Mrs. MN rifiles and a machine gun defending can infantry. ilustration shows the destruction caused in the main street of the city. when the Mexicans dynamited and burned the town. e I Gty D. A. R. MEETING. . Brooks Elected Regent for Coming Yecar. The final meeting of the year of Esther Stanley chapter, D. A. R., was held yesterday afternoon at the homn of Mrs. L. Hoyt Pease, the hostess being assisted by Mrs, George W. Corbin. The reports for the year were recélved and gave an’ interest- ing review of the year's work. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $276. The sum of $i9) was paid towards a scholarship at the Connecticut Literary Institute ut Suffleld, and $26 to Miss Margare! Henry's work in Tennessee. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Regent, Mrs. Wil- liam F. Brooks; vice-regent, Mrs. William C. Hungerford; registrar, Mrs. (. W. Nichols; recording se- retary, Mrs. Clarence - F. Bennetl; corresponding secretary, Miss Kath- erine Wilbor: treasurer, Mrs. H. H. Wheeler; historian, Miss Mary Whit- tlesey; auditor, Mrs. Walter . Hart. After the business there was a sc- cial hour and light refreshments were served. Mrs. Henry W. Maler poured and the Misses Ruth and Helen Corbin and Dorothy Pease served. The decorations were yel- low and white, large bunches of daf- fodils being a feature. The last session ranked first as a social success and was thoroughly en- joved by all. PER Mrs. W, F CHASED. in the vicinity of Dwight “peeper” a lively chase last night, but were unable to catch | him. It is alleged that the *‘pecper” has been bothering the people of that section of the city for some time and when he was caught in the act he was forced to flee. The incident was re- ported to the police by E. K. Barber of 79 Dwight street, PEF People BIRTHDAY PARTY. Mildred Tracy entertained a party of her young friends this afternoon at the home of her grandmother, Amanda Olson of Allen street, the occasion being the little girl's sixth birthday anniversary. The | WEIANT IS ELECTED children spent a most enjoyable time and presented their young hostess with several gifts. it [ m lfl”l iy 4 TingZ i . ey iy, « ‘nw‘ L v Furnishings for Men Our furnishing goods department is | stocked to the limit with thé new goods of the seuson-—all the reliable H. 0. P. qualitY—and moderately priced. UNDERWEAR. Cooper's union suits, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50., Extra fine qualit: B. V. D. uron suits, $1 and $1.5 B. V. D. shirts and drawers, 50c¢ and $1.00 cach, Balbriggan underwear, cream, 50¢ garment. Porosknit union suits $1.00, Porosknit shirts and drawers, 50c each. white nd NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. A wide variety of patterns $1.00 and | $1.50. Shirts with soft collars and French cuffs 50c¢, $1.00, $1.5 Silk Shirts, $2.00, 0 and $3.00. NECKWEAR. All the new colors, 50c, 75¢ and $1.00. And don't forget that H. O, P. suits and topcoats are always the best values for the money. i hatlon TFORD ONEPR AR, ll4PI16Anmm'$§ (/L4 PLUMBING INSPECTOR { New Board of Hcalth Divided at lls! ' | | i First Meeting—Will Cay for New Gafbugo Bids. A spicy session of the new board of 20 shs. 10 shs. 40 shs. 10 shs. RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXOCHANGE Represented by E. W. EDDY. New Britain Nat. Bank Bidg. Tel. 1120 4 H. R. WALKER CO. HART & HUTCHINSON. STANLEY WORKS. STANLEY, RULE & LEVEL CO. IN MARKET SESSION Smelting, Mexcan Petroleom (anadian Pacfi; Lose @ Point. Wall St., 10:45 A. M.—In view of yesterday's buoyant rise the stock market held up well during the early | trading today, There were In con- | sequence some profit taking sales at | the opening, but the volume was light, While first prices were lower the | range was not below that cabled from | London before the opening. Reces- sions were limited to fractions except | in the cases of Smelting, Mexican Pe- | troleum and Canadian Pacific which dropped back a point or more each. The only stocks to advance were a few of the specialties. Close—The market closed heavy. Speculative buying was haited ‘today and prices declined slowly under realizing sales. There was no evidence | of weakness, however, and few issues | lost more than a point. Heaviness I was most pronounced in the coal and ; ccpper groups, which were affected by the labor troubles in the bituminous | field- and less satisfactory conditions in the copper industry. Missouri Pacific moved in a way that per- irlexed traders who had bought on the assumption that important changes were pending in the. control of the road. The stock sold up to 20 but was supplied freely and reacted |1 1-4. Bonds ‘were irregular. | Liquidation of Rock Island bonds was continued. The collateral fours lost 2 5-8 and the -debenture fives 1 1-8. The following quotations are fur- | nished by G. Edward broker, National Bank bullding. N. Gfifillan, local wmanager: Graff, stock P health wag held last night at which | Dr. T. B, Reeks was elected superin- | tcndent of health, Dr. George T, Crow- | ley re-elected meat and food |nnpecmr‘ and W. A. Weiant was elected plumb- | ing inspector. The bogrd was unanimous on the selection of Dr. Reeks and Dr. Crow- ley, but was split on the plumbing in- spectorship. M. W. Davenport nomi- nated Mr, Weiant. Dr, Henry T. Bray produced a number of applications | for the position. T. E. Burns nomi- nated Thomas Quinlivan. A vote by ballot was taken and Mr, Welant was declared elected by the tellers, Mr. Burns and Dr. Arvid Anderson. Among the candidates were: L. M. Robbins, P, J. Tormay, O, F. Kraus and C. J. LeRoux. The board de¢ided to call for new bids for the collection of garbage as the council has twice refused to adopt the report of the old board recom- mending that the contract be awarded to J. J. Donahue. Bids must be in by 6 p. m. on May 11. EPIROPE INSURGENTS CAPTURE KOLONIA Victors Burn Town After Killing Women and Children—Koritza Threatened With Attack. Durazza, Albania, May 2.—The Epirope insurgents, who have been fighting against the inclusion ; of northern Epirus in the new State of Albania, have succeeded in captnr- ing the town of Kolonia, in the south- east of Valona, according to dispatch- es received by the governor of Dur- azzo today. The Epiropes attacked Kolonia with heavy guns and quick-firers, and the garrison, which had been weak- ened by the transfer of gendarmes to reinforce Koritza, was unable to withstand the onslaught. The des- patches add that women and chil- dren were massacred and the town burned. The insurgents continue their advance. Koritza in the vilayet of Monastir, also is threatened with attack. WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. New York, May 2.—The statement, of the aktual condition of clearing | house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $36,- 186,650 reserve in excess of legal re- quirements. Tuis is an increase of $6, ,160 from last week. ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT. James Shechan was arrested today by Officer Hart ‘for an assault com- mitted on the driver of a beer wa- gon a few days ago on Hartford ave- nue. Another person of the same name was arrested last night, but has been released as it was found thot he was not wanted. IFor ailments of body use Sun and- Moon ointment and liniment. For sale by Dickinson Drug Co.—advt, Close Alaska 26% Am Can . Am Ice . Amal Copper .. Am C & F com... Am Loco Co . Am S & R Co Am T & Th.. Anaconda“.. | Atch T & S Fe. Balt & O ... Brook Rap Tr Can Pac .... | Cen Leather Chino Copper . Ches & Ohio’ Chi Mil & St P . Chi RI & P.. Chi R1 & P pfd.. Colo F & I Con Gas ... Den R G Erie ..... .. 28% Erie 1st pfd. . 43% Gen Elec L14TH Great North pfd ..123% .99 2% 5 i 9. ..131 12% 27 131 12% 28% 43% 147% 123% 10 Am. Hdw. Corp. 15 New Britain Mch. Co. 15 Union Mfg. Co. 10 Landers, Frary & Clark. vrders on the Boston and New York Stock Eschanges ted. Rxecu! PARKINSON and BURR Members Stock of the " (?;(';J;;,Enlmnu e Represented by E. 8. BALLARD, 112 pear! Strect. Tel. Charter 693 HARTFORD. | FINANCIAL 'TRADE YOLUME LIGHT NEWS Tllinois Central 110% 110% Interborough com. 14% 14% ‘luwrbomuxh prd T 62% 62% Val .. 139 138% 138% 15% 18% 2% 699 13% 7% 111% 103 110 120% 163% 228 loulu & Nn!h . MK&T . Missouri Pac NYC&XH. NYNH&H Nevada Con North Am . North Pac . Norf & W Penn R R People’s. Gas . Readiflg ... Repub Steel ... Repub Steel pfd South Pac . Scuth Rail com Sugar Ref Co . Tenn. Copper;.... Third Ave Union Pac ....... U 8 Rubber .. U 8 Steel com U 8 Steel pfd . Utah Copper Wabash pfd .. ‘Western Union .. ‘Westinghouse . 133% 18% 20 [ 70 14% L5 111% 1656% 57% 59% 100% 54 % 3% 62 T4 (Ll kL EMBEZZLER OONVICTED, Mario Curtls Sentenced For Kight Months. Torrington, Conn., Fay 2.—The local police yesterday received informss» tion that Mario Curtis, who 15 wanted here and in Bridgeport and Sout Norwalk on the c¢harge of em ment, has been conyicted of em zlement In Padova, Italy and sen: tenced to serve eight months in . It is alleged that Curtis while & this tewn collected about $500 from membersg of the Itallan Educat club, which was expected to be for the purchase of musical instru- ments. He left town last November saying he was golmg to New York to purchase a plano and has not been seen here since. Curtis claimed to have been knighted by the King of Italy for herolsm and always insisted upon the title. Wt sy P YT SMASHED IS MOP. PBatsy Gullloro of 26 Hawking went into 4 house at 183 Beaver vesterday and sold a woman a mop and a brush. She gave him a glass of beer and refused to pay for her purchases. Patsy complained to the ) police and Officer Richardson went to the Beaver street house, woman returned the brush, but the mop had been broken. No arrest was made, . t MANY AUTO ACCIDENTS. ' New Haven, Conn., May 2. though ¢ ong of weather roads during April were not fas able for automobiling for pleasure; it was noticeable that automoblle aceci- dents were unusually numrm‘“:: over the state. From wi figures it is shown that ten persens | were either killed outright or died from injuries reeeived in some way from motor driven vehicles during the month. WATER DEP/ ’lm" OnG. ‘Nmu The water commissioners met last night and organized, re-electing Charles F, Chase chairman, P. J. Egan clerk and James Towers superinten- dent. It was voted tp have the an- nual inspection of igville, Shuttle Meadow and Wolcott Mountaih reser- voirs made by Miltan W, Davenport, the chémist. WAR VETERAN S MBS, Seymour, Conn., May 2. —Willlam Seymoun, Cooper, long a town officlal, died today in his seventy-fifth year. He had been {Il three years from hardening of the arteries. Mr. Cooper was a native of Winchester and served in the Civil war with the Secand Con- necticut artillery, Members of the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange 6. EDW. GRAFF Wm. E. Gilmore Special, No. 1 Wall St., Ne The only Stock Brokerage house' in New Britain with ticker service and direct telegraphic conmection with New York and Ohicage F. N. GILFILLAN, LOCAL MANAGER. TELEPHONE 1006 4th Floor, National Bank Building. e~ ¢ —— Connecticat Trust and Safe Deposit Co., A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATIUN organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardlln. Executor, or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. Connecticut Trust and Safe Depostt M . WHAPLES, h‘ SURPLUS $600,000. c-. : MARTFORD