New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1914, Page 11

: NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1914. Mw | FRATERNAL _ NEWS Mattabessett Tribe, I. O. R. M. Mattabessett tribe, No. 14, L. O. R. ' M., will meet this evening at 8 o'clock | sharp. | The hunters and warriors’ degree | will be conferred upon a class of ! ten candidates by the degree team from Hartford. About firty Indians , will also trail with the degree team to these hunting grounds to witness the work done by the degree team. Redmen from Bristol, Hartford and Meriden will be present and the en- | tertainmeut committee has arranged | j for a big supper and smoker which will be held after the meeting. Next Monday evening, May 11, Mat- tabessett tribe's own degree team will | confer the chief’s degree upon the lass of candidates. The twenty-eighth great council meeting of Connecticut will be held this year in Bristol, Conn., Wednes- day, May 6, 1914. Session opens at 10 A. M., sharp. § Compounce tribe, No, 16, of Bristol, has planned to entertain all the great chiefs and representatives frem Con- necticut, Tuesday evening in their | wigwam. A very nice program has been arranged by their committee. A big time is assured for all who attend the session Tuesday and Wednesday. Mattabessett tribe has elected for 1heir representatives: H. B. Pfeiffer, firsf representative; W. G. Bancroft, second’ representative; C. S. third representativé. # Barrows, ! , . New Britain Council, 0. U. 3. M. Yritain council, No. §, ‘4. M. will hold its regular meeting on Thursday evening of this week. (n Wednesday evening members will vis it Charter Oak council. No. 3, of Hartford, as that council will enter- taip thé state council delegates on that ‘evening. Delegates to the state ouncil convention will go to South- | gton Thursday morning to attend [the state convention held there. The legates will make a full repori of e convention at the regular meet- ing Thursday evening. At the meeting held last Thursday evéning five new members were elect- oW Dorcas Social. | The regular meeting of Dorcas So- cial Temple of Honor, will be held Tuesday evening at the home of A. C. Beebe, No. 120 Fairview street. & C. W. B- Legion. 7 The Catholic' Women’s Benevolent legion, will meet'Tuesday evening in L 8t. Mary’'s hall, Mrs. Mary Grace will } tepresent the New Britain council at Ee supreme convention to be held in Few York some time this month, Comstock Encampment, There will be a special meeting, of . Comstock encampment tonight at 7:3@ o'clock. - Lady T. A. B, Soclety. | The Lady T. A. B. whist committee ‘will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. T. J. Smith of North fstreet. ¥ Daughters of America, Martha Washington council, D. of , Will meet this evening in Jr. O. . A. M. hall, Hungerford Court, at 8 o’clock. Members will note change of meeting night and place. A large attendance is hoped for. ¢ Leading Star Lodge. * FRading Star lodge, Order of Shep- jérds of Bethlehem, will meet tomor- W evening at 8 o'clock at their new Pdc rooms. Electric building, West ain street. Full attendance is re- ested. o Working Girls' Club, L This club will hold a business meet- Ihg at 8 o'clock this evening. All the members are requested to attend and talk ‘over the May party. They are algo urged to note the changes in the classes this week. The cooking s ‘will" meet at. 6:15 o’clock .on Yednesday evening; the dressmaking Gliss on Wednesdays and Thursday ‘enings at 7:30 o’clock and the mil- 0 o'clock on Friday All girls going to Naugatuck tomorrow morning will meet at the club room at 11:05 o’clock to obtain | ins and badges. & i New Britain Council, F. B. L, Britain council, Fraternal efit league, will meet on Friday ening ifgJudd’s hall. The gocial mmittee Rvill make a report and af- ter the business meeting whist will be played. ¢ 1. O 0. F. Memorial Association, omorrow evening the I, O. O. F. lemorial association will meet in the ommittee room in Vega block at 8 lock to make arrangements for the hnual Odd Fellows' memorial ser- ce. { The grand lodge . Smith, of Barre, er%he addr A been accepted and adopted as the uniform decoration and will be used this vear for the first time. Comstock Encampment, Comstock encampment, 1. O. O. F.,. will.,advance a class of patriarchs in the Golden Rule degree on Friday evening of this week. chaplain, Charles Mass., will deliv- potted plant has Erwin Castle, K. G. E,_ Erwin Castle, Knights of the Gold- J @1 Eagle, have changed their meeting | fBlace from Hungerford Court to gle’s hall in Holmes & Hoffmann's k. * The first meeting in the new rters: will be held on Wednesday ening and from then on the lodge 1l meet here at that time each eck. As this week's meeting is the- st onc in the new réoms all mem- s are especially urged to be pres- i “Carl Engstrom of Dwight street, 1%ail for Sweden on Thursday. of this" week. He will remain abroad or an {ndefinite period. 4 \ Burning of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, as Seen From the American Side of the Rio Grande TBURNING OF. NUEVO LAI‘?XI‘(;O%\{!I%ED FR&F&CQ OEEECAN SIDE -~ This is-the first actual picture to' show the burning of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, as viewed from Laredo, Tex- PRESS as, on the American side of the Rio Grande. The Mexican federals set fire to the town and blew up many of the buildings rather than see the place fall into the hands of the American forces. They also tried to blow up the international bridge, seen in the picture, but thé American soldiers drove the federals back by a hot fire of bullets. DELEGATES NAMED BY CEN. HUERTA Continued From First Page.) escort her to the New Xork navy yard. As soon as the Montana has re- ported the hour of her expected ar- rival in New York, Secretary Daniela will complete with the officials of the New York navy yard arrangements for the funeral. Will Read Tribute. If President Wilson is unable to attend, Secretary Daniels will make an address in his name and will read a tribute to the heroic dead from the president’s own pen. After the fu- neral services at the Brooklyn yard the Montana will continue to Bos- ton, bearing the body of Daniel A. Haggerty, the marine private whosd home was in Cambridge, Mass. Secretary Daniels said the Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts, now at the Philadelphia navy yard, would not be ready in time to convoy the fu- neral ship to New York. The armored cruiser Tennessee will go out from New York to meet the Montana. Bitter Messages Exchanged. .Constitutional and Huerta leaders at Manzanillo, Mexico, have been ex- changing = very bitter messages, ac- cording to a report to the mavy de- partment today from Rear Admiral Howard, who has read several of the letters. g Admiral Howard said all was quiet at Manzanillo. He made no mention of the reported blowing up of the Mexican liner Luella. Refugees Still Arriving. Vera Cruz, May 4.—American refu- gees continue to arrive from the cap- ital and they bring divergent stories of the situation there. Arrangements are being made today to send a naval vessel to Puerto Mexico to meet a large number of refugees due there Tuesday morning. Latest arrivals from Mexico confirm the.previous reports growing undercurrent of City of a feeling against the Huerta regime and tell of | a rumor of a rupture between Huerta and General, Blanquet, minister of war, It was the latter, with the crack 29th Regiment, which took the | military coup which resulted in the downfall of President Francisco I. Madero, Counselled Against Leaving. Several of the American business men say the foreign diplomatic rep- resentatives counselled them not to leave the capital, that there was no necessity to do so, as there was prac- tically no danger, and the whole sit- uation would be clarified soon. There- is speculation in official circles regarding the disposition of the customs revenues of this port, said to aggregate over a million dol- lars in gold a month, Instructions Are Awaited. For the present all the customs re- ceipts will be impounded to await instructions from Washington. Sev- eral cargoes have been unloaded dur- ing the last few days and more ships are reported as cleared for this pqrt them the United States and Europe, so that the accumulated receipts will soon reach a considerable amount. The demand for fractional Ameri- can currency was suddenly increased ! today when H. M. Robinson, super- intendent of the United States Rail- | way mail service, who has charge of the post office, American postage' stamps on market and stipulated that they must be paid for in American money. Plummer Takes Office. The administration of Colonel taken Bid- l\\'nx‘d H. Plummer, the provost mar- placed | the ! shal, began - foday ahmost at the point where the civil-government un- der Robert J. Kerr shad carried it Wwhen ended by orders from Washing- ton. Colonel Plummer __ has been given wide latitude by General Fun- ston who wants to devote as much of his own time as possible to military du- ties, although all cases requiring his personal attention will be carried to the commander-in-chief of the land forces. 1 Prisoners Are Transferred. El Paso, Tex., May 4.—The three thousand men\ of the Mexican federal army, accompanied by 1,900 women and children, who have been interned at Fort Bliss since' tney crossed the international border after the feder- als’ defeat by the rebels at Ojinaga, were entrained today for Fort Win- | gate, N. M. The transfer to a point ~away from the border was ordered | { when the Mexican situation seemed | extremely critical. Mexican- Demonstration Held. Brussels, ‘Belgium, May 4.—Under the auspices of the local Hispano- American committee, there has been | a demonstration in this city in favor of Mexico and against the United | States in which several hundred per- | sons, chiefly students from the Uni- | versities of Brussels, Liegge and Lou- | vaih took part. The demonstratorsl marched with flags to the Mexican le- gation, where speeches were made on the subject of American aggression in Mexico. Y Carlos Pereyra, thé Mexican min- ister, appeared before the crowd and said in reply, that the community. of sentiments of the Latin-American countries in the face of foreign ag- gression, meant the integrity of these | states for the reason that a collective moral force was stronger than armies. > . Refugee Steamer Arrives. New York; May 4.—The Ward Line steamer Guantanamo arrived today from Tampico, Vera <ruz and Ha- vana with twenty refugees from Mex- ico City, eighteen from Tampico and : two from Vera Cruz. Most of them are women and children, The Guantanamo was at Vera Cruz, jduring the recent fighting while i the United States forces were landing. | About sixty bullets passed through i the chart house and other structures. LADIES' AID SOCIAL. Big Attendance Expected at St. Jos- eph’s Church Tomorrow Evening, The committee from the Ladies’ Aid | {society of St. Joseph's parish which has been working for several weeks | to make the_“Irish entertainment” to {be siven in the parish hall tomorrow evening a success feels that its ef- forts will be rewarded and a splen- did sum realized as the large advance i sales mean an appreciative audience. The program includes Irish music, songs, folk dancing and recitations and talented local artists have been secured. Folk dancing wil be given by Masters Robert and Willlam Regan, little sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Regan of Maple street. Other pretty folk dances will be given by three little girls, the Misses McCormick and Miss Chamberlain, clog dancing by { Timothy Lynch. and John Kennedy, piano and violin music by Migs May Hannon and Philip Hannon, recita- tions by Miss Casey and Charles Stone and songs by Mrs. M. T. Crean, Miss Mary Farr, Miss Margaret Sullivan, | Miss Katherine Gaffney and Mrs. | i Tryon Smith, Hugh Conroy and James Maher will ensure to all who attend a most enjoyable evening. The clos- | ing numbers on the program wiil be “God Save Ireland” and the ‘Star ! Spangled Banner,” sung by the chorus and audience. Tickets for the Catholic Choral Union concert will go on exchange at 7 o'elock tonight at Crowell’'s drug slor]c and will continue throughout the week. City Items Building Inspector A. N. Rutherforad has issued a building permit to Peter Dudorf for a house at 241 High street. Thé building is to be 56 by 36 feet and the estimated cost is $9,800. Engine company, No. 3 was called out at 5.33 o’clock yesterday to_put out a firé near the Polish Or- phanage. Neighbors were afraid that the fire would burn into a nearby peach orchard and ruin the trees. Hook and Ladder company No. 1, will have a drill tomorrow afternoon at 6:10 p. m. These drills come every two weeks from now on. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. have sailed for the West Indies. will return about the first of Mitchell They June. R. Myers, a waiter at Longley’s res- taurant, was operated upon for appen- dicitis yesterday afternoon at ¢ o'clock, Twenty members of the New Brit- ain Motorcycle club went to North- ampton, Mass., yesterday. The trip was first of a series the club has planned for the coming season and was a su2- cess in every respect. . The annual meeting of the Parents' and Teachers’ association of the Grammar school will be held, tonight. A special program has been prepared and Douglas Johnstone will give an illustrated lecture on “The FPanam3 Sanal.” Mrs. T. M. Pyles of Chicago is vis- iting her brother, Charles M. Barton of Elm Hill. Edward Myers, Trinity '14, inspect- ed the New Britain Water Works yes- terday afternoon. Mr. Myers is an authority on water systems having in- spected reservoirs in many parts of the country and coasiders the local works one of the best he has seen. Two more attachments have been placed on the real estate of Sam Lehrer. Attorney J. G. Woods male oyt the supplementary papers for Miner, Read & Tullock and the Na- tional Grocery company. Constable Winkle served the writs Thomas Quinn of this city, is a gunner on the U. S. S. Stewart. He is a gun pointer, aiming the huge guns on the war boat, and is at present in Mexican .waters. Frank Cox of Trinity street, is his uncle. Mrs. M. J. Begley and Miss Mary ‘Walsh have returned from Brightside Convent, House of Providence, Spring- field, Mass.,, where they attended the funeral of Sister Mary Agnes. Sis- ter Mary Agnes was formerly Miss Nona Walsh. B. Katz has sold his grocery store at 101 Winthrop street to H. Lubin. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill is to undergo a miner operation at the Charter Oak hespital in Hartford this week. Neri Brothers will close their place of business tomorrow from 1 until 5 p. m, during which time the funeral of their uncle, Peter Neri will be held. —advt. Engine company No. 1 was called out by a false alarm from Reynold's block late this forenoon. Rev. Dr. S. G. Ohman and Coun- cilman Emil J. Danberg are attend- ing a meeting of the mission board of the New England conference of Swed- ish Lutheran churches in Brockton, Mass., today. W. D. Corbett and Mrs. Rose Corbett have sold land on C street to Attorney George LeWitt. C. ke Thomas Copeman of 145 Main street and Miss Elizabeth Spatpher of Hart- ford took out a marriage license to- day. y Mrs. Fred C. Hartman and two daughters of Pearl court have gone to Buffalo to join Mr. Hartman. A, KATTEN & SON. The other day a woman, in discuss- ing the meriits of an article expressed her appreciation with a significant re- mark. She sald: “It came from Katten’ By these words she intended to pay the highest possible tribute to a mer- chandising ideal in which she recog- nized_honor, efficiency and economy. May e always so direct this store that its patrons will say with satisfac tion: “This came from Katten's.” The Katten name in a Balmaccan | gives.that coat an endorsement Of style and value in the eyes of dis- criminating women. This is true of the swagger coats at $9.95 that are on sale now, as of other coats at double the price and more. Special Tailorcd Suits, $22.45, $25.00, $24.45, $20.45. Made of wool crepes, .gaberdines, plain and fancy checks, fine soft serges, wool poplins and silk crepes. Plenty of black and navy and a fine showing of the new spring colors. v on AR Amons 18 HARTFORD. Sults for Stout Women a Specialty. —————————— Deaths and Funerals, Mrs. Sarah Bird. Mrs. Sarah Bird, of 186 John street, 'died suddenly this morning at 4:15 o'clock. ing for some time her death was un- expected and Medical Examiner T. G. Wright was called. He gave heart disease as the cause of death. Mrs. Bird was fifty-two years of age and is -survived by a son, George, with whom she lived, and four grand- children whom she has brought up. They are Charles, Annie, Harry and Sarah Bird. The funeral will be held on Wed- nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Dr. Hill, pastor of the South church, will officiate and interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Peter Nerl. The funeral of Peter Neri will be held tomorroyv afternoon at 3 o'clock from 266 East Main street. Inter- ment will be in Fairview .cemetery. Mr. Neri died yesterday wt the hos- pital and was sixty-eight years old. He was single and was a masoh con- tractor by trade but, because of de- clining health, had not done much business for several years. Salvatore Caruba. \ Salvatore, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Caruba of 156 Washington street, died early today and tomorrow morning. J. M. Curtin & Co., who have recently been awarded the contract to care for the town charges who die, has charge of the funeral. Miss Helen O’Neil. Miss Helen O’Neil, of Hartford, a sister of James O’Neil, of this ecity, died at her home yesterday morning. She was twenty-two years of age and was employed as a bookkeeper by Wise, Smith & Co. Besides her mother and brother, who live here, she is survived by three other broth- ers, John and Timothy, of Hartford,. and Edward, of Honolulu. Pasqualino Mansano. The funeral of Pasqualino Man- sano, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mansano, of Clayton, who died Saturday afternoon was held this af- ternoon and burial was in the New Catholic. cemetery. Grabed Bagdirian. The funeral of Grabed Bagdirian, who died last Monday, was held yes- terday with the Rev. Harry 1. Bod- ley officiating. Interment was in Fair- view cemetery today. Carl Dreber. Car]l Dreher, for over forty vears a resident of Meriden and the father of Mrs. Carl Sanewski, of this city, died yesterday at his home. He was a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war. The funeral will be held tomorrow. Although she had been ail- | will be buried | . RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Represented by E. W. EDDY. New Britain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel. 1120 20 shs. 10 shs. 40 shs. 10 shs. H. R. WALKER CO. HART & HUTCHINSON. STANLEY WORKS. STANLEY, RULE & LEVEL CO. MARKET SHOWS NO SIGNS OF WEAKNESS eive By of Msoui Paof: Resum:¢—Slocis Gan Point. 10:45 stocks Wall Movements Street, of a. m.—Early today , were narrow and irregular. Only a small amount of orders came in over the week-end, and with no change of moment in conditions here or abroad to give traders a lead, they did little. London prices were barely changed, except for a renewed decline in Canadian Pacific, There | was a corresponding dip in that stock Lere, but otherwise the list gave no signs of weakness. Active buying of Missouri Pacific was resumed, and the quotation was forced up 1 3-8. The whole list stiffened after half an hour’s trading, several stocks: gaining a point. Close—The market today closed easy. Bullish operations were resumed with confidence today and prices were ad- vanced one to two points before re acting: Exhaustion of ine vigorous buying movement and selling by trad- ers caused the market to fall back % to 1 point beforé the close. The following quotations are fur- nished by G. Edward Graff, stock broker, Natinal Bank building. F. N. Gilfillan, local manager: May 4. . Low. Clo 26% 2614 40% 40% 26% 2 91% 91% 31% 31 2y Ti% 49% High. 27 40% 27% 91% 32 Alaska A C oil Am Can .. Am Can ptd American Ice Amal Copper .. 3% Am Car & I com. 49% 49% Am Smeit- & R Co 63% 62% 63 Am Beet Sugar... 21 21 21 |Am T & T 1223 122% 122% Anaconda b 33% 33 33% Atch T & S Fe. 951 94% 95 Balt & O..... 91% 90% 91 Beth Steel . 41% 40% 41% Brook Rap Tran.. 91% 91% 91% Can Pac ....,...194% 1923% 192% Cen Leather 36% 36% 30% Chino Copper 40 404 Ches & Ohio. .. 3 51% Chi Mil & St P. 98% ,99% Chi R I & P.... 3% 3% Chi R 1 & P pfd 4% 5% Colo F & I... 26% 27% Con Gas . 132 a3z Distillers Sec 16 16 Erie 28% 29 Erie 1st pfd..... 43% 44 Gen Elec . 1461% 1463 Great North pfd..1243% 123% 123% Tllinois Central ..111 111 111 Interborough com. 15 4% 14% Interborough pfd.. 62% 62% 62% Kan So 25% 26% Lehigh Val 1381 140 Louis & Nash 135% 135% MK&T 16 16% Missouri Pac 19% 20% NYC&H.. 921% 93% NYNHG&H 69% 70 NYO&W 26 26 Nevada Con 13% 13% North Am 5% 5% North Pac . 111% 111% Norf & W . 104 % 104 Pacific Mail 243% 24% Penn R R .. 110% 111 People’s Gas . 120 120% Ry Spgs . 27% 27% Reading ..... 1631 164% Repub_Steel o 22% 228% Repub Steel pfd . 85 851 South Pac 91% 92 South Rail com 24% 24% South Rail pfd ... 9% T9% Tenn Copper 343 Third Ave 40% 10 Am. Hdw. 15 New Britain Mch. Co. 15 Union Mfg. Co. 10 Landers, Frary & Clark. syrders on’ the Boston and _ PARKINSON and BURR Membery ;65 TON AND, ofthe YEW YORK Represented by E 8. BALLARD, 13 Pear) Strect. Tel. Charter 693, HARTFORD, New Stock Exchanges FINANCIAL NEWS | on Pac .. S Rubber S Steel com xU 8 Steel pfd Utah Copper ¥ C Wabash pfd Western Union Westinghouse -di % 166% 166% 57% 58% 59% 60 108 108 53% B4% 26% 26% 3% 3% 62 62% 4% 4% end 1% per cent, PLEADS NOT GUILTY: ex-Yale Man, Denics Charge of Assault, New Haven, May 2.—Stanhgpe. Nix- on, son of Lewis Nixon of New York city and a former Yale student, was charged in the city court today with breach of the peace, resulting from a brutgl assault committed = upon Edward H. Everit, chief engineer of ! the Southern New England Teléephone company, on Oct. 22, last year. The accused pleaded not guilty., Trial of the case had been postponed several times for various reasons. Nixon was only recenfly arrested, and this fol- lowed a searching inquiry by the de- tective hureau into the assault. upon | Mr. Everit, which at the time baffled the police. Young Nixon was. withe | drawn from Yale after his arrest. As | an-undergraduate he had been promi- nent in fraternity life. Nixon had two lawyers in his de- i fense. At the noon recess not much headway had been made owing to the long and searching cross examination to which the state’s witnesses were subjected, The ' court room . -was crowded. The case was called after a minor case involving a dispute. among a number of colored folks, which had been stopped through | & defendant having a fit. % Stanhope INJUNCTION GRANTED. Superior Court Prohibits Tearing Up of Traction Company's Rails. Bridgeport, Conn., May 4.—The Danbury and Harlem Traction com= pany secured an injunction in the su- ° perior court today reétraining Henry | A. Hitner's Sons of Pennsylvania and George C. Hudson of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from tearing up the traction company’s rails-and other equipment. { The company’s property was fore- closed in 1908 and the present trouble resulted when the equipment was sold by a New York state referee to Hit- ner's Sons, The Traction company still claims to own ‘this equipment. THREE ARE INJURED. Two Patients in St, l'hnc:h" Hosp!u:l —Miss Eckman Struck by Auto. Hartford, Conn. May 4.—William Hazel, a tintier’s helper, is in St. Fran. cig’ hospital with what is feared to be a broken back and it is not expected that he will recover. He fell from{ the roof of a house, a distance of thirty-five feet, today. John Quinlan, a railroad brakeman, was struck by a switching engine, to- day, and sustained a dislocated hip. He, too, is in the hospital. Miss Agda Eckman was severely in- jured by being struck by an automo- bile on Main street. Members cf the Kew York Consolidated Steck Exchange F. N. GILF 4th Floor 6. EDW. GRAFF Wm. 'E. Gilmore Special, Xo. 1 Wall St., New York. The only Stock Brokerage house in New Britain with tickes service and direct telegraphic ¢ onfiection with New ILLAN, LOCAL MANAGER. TELEPHONE 1006, National Bapk Building. Britaih, - . Nembers of the Chi York ‘and Ohicage New