New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1914, Page 11

S NATION NEEDS 1655 “PSYCHOLOGY kers’ Counsel Thinks Fewer New Laws Will Aid Prosperity. Afntic City, N, J., July 8.—"We "% hope, about to emerge from a ycholégical depression. Our suc- ssful emergence is dependent on y things, not the least of which a decrease in psychological legisla- jon; - that is; legislation for popular ffect,™s opposed to legislation di- cted to a real public good. The terprises of the country, of your veral states, are waiting, and the fivestrhent banker is waiting.” This hope was expressed yesterday Y Robert R. Reed, general counsel o the Investment Bankers Associa- fion of America, in an address before e National Association of Supervi brs of State Banks at its convention ’ the Marlborough-Blenheim hotel. is subject was “Regulation’ of ‘the Business of the Investment Banker n. the Issuance and Sale of Securi- "Thg secur”\es which the invest- ent bankér Wishes to distribute to he investors of the states,” Mr, Reed id, “aye the.securities sold by the blic utifities and industries of the tates. h the enterprises and the nvestors look to him to purchase ompetitively at wholesale and sell ompftmvely at retail; to reach the pest ‘market with each security, to et the meeded capital for industry on he best poseible terms. That he can do and will do if the freedom of in- rstate business is maintained. He nnot hope to do it adequately hat freedom is seriously impaired. Sees Disaster in Many Laws, He said that the original purpose of | blue sky” legislation had been to TréacH the ‘“‘get rich quick” concern nd expressed the view that legisla- ion confined to such concerns was practical and constitutional. Many of .the laws adopted apply to dealers in high grade investment securities, ‘he continued, and subject the whole' business to executive control, which he declared was unconstitutional and disagtrous on industry and invest- | ment. “A relatively few constructive and democratic réforms intelligently i applied,” “he said, *“would do' the work intended by the mass of unin-} telligent, largely constitutional statutes from which the whole coun- “try is suffering. I wish to emphasize the »vice of extending executive con- trol by the executive or. by commis- mions over the essentially private transactions and callings of the in- dividnal. which the legislature may not go, either constitutionally or safely, in interfering with the freedom of the individual.”” Mr. Reed said he belleved the prop- &r “administrative activities ‘of gov- erntient can be better carried on by trained bodies divorced so far as pos- “sible from political influence and hold- dng office for a considerable term of years. “The real issue wday is not govern- ment by commission,” he said. “It is the preservation of the efficiency of such_government on the one hand by confining it to the great objects of ad- ministrative action and the preserva- tion of democracy on the other hand agadinst the unwarranted encroach- ment of executive control over the in- dividual. “" Ends Democracy, He Says. *“Democracy consists in the essential 1ibersy of the individual, The privilege of running a railroad or a bank or of béing a corporation is not a part of this liberty. Tt is accepted and exer- cisea subject to administrative control. “4But the right to buy and sell law- ful property, to lend and borrow, is & part of individual liberty. - This lib- erty may be subjected to general laws to prevent abuses. It may not, how- ever, be prohibited, and it may not be suBjected to the will or discretion or control of the executive. It ends, and democriacy ends, where personal gov- ernment begi “An amendment was recently add- ed to the trade commission bill now * pending in the United States senate, which prohibits unfair competition without attempting to define it and mPowers the commission to issue an order prohibiting any act which it finds to be a violation of the law. This order is to be enforced by the courts. “The new crime is not unfair com- petition; that is too vague and uncer- tain. The crime, the only crime, is disobedience of the executive mandate. hg law, the only law, is the execu- {e mandate. The so-called law, the fatute, is simply a club te be wielded | broad domain covered by the term i %\vm among those who come within fair competition. ©Mr. Reed sald that in his opinion this proposed legislation was ‘‘cen- tralized, national, executive paternal- " and it is “where we reach the ignger point.” Can't Legislate, Perfection. £ “The American people believe in de- mocracy and in their constitutional feguards,” he added. “They do not, d never will, believe In paternalism ag a political principle. Such a change, it ft comes, will come grad- ually, and in a sense unconsciously, ag we progress or retrogress in the ef- fort of our legislatures to solve each ficulty by the classic dictum, ‘Let ge do it’ Just now the fashion i%, ‘Let Woodrow’ or ‘Let Teddy do it “We cannot legislate human per- fection under a democracy, nor can any monarch on earth create it by word of mouth. We can and we should, however, correct the great There are limits bevend. | should have liberal hut honest laws of association; that is, laws giving the greatest liberty of association .consjstent with security and with pub- lic interest. ‘We should have, first, federal incarporation and regulation of rallroads and interstate carriers generally; second, uniformity in the state laws for the incorporation and regulation of intrastate public utili- ties, and third, either federal incor- poration of interstate industrial in- corporations, which I believe of very doubtful constitutionality, or a fed- eral restrictive law requiring stand- ardized conditions in the state char- ters of all industrial corporations en- gaged in interstate trade. “In all these laws we should have a fixed but liberal limitatien of bonded debt in relation to the total tangible capital and surplus. We should do away with the direct au- thorization of so-called watered stock, but we should, I believe, permit what is known as stock without the dollar mark; that is, stock without a fixed par value. We should require pub- licity as to the affairs of every such corporation, with a possible excep- tion in favor of incorporated partner- ships or so-called close corporations having a limited capital gnd a limited number of stockholders.” MAIL SITUATION S00N 10 BE CLEARED Pust Offce Department Expected [0 i8s86 Siatement. (Special to the Herald.) ‘Washington, D. C., July #—Con- gressman Lonergan has been spending much time at the post office ‘depart- ment, consulting with Postmaster General Burleson and Assistant Post- master General Stewart regarding the situation in = Connecticut resulting from the refusal of the Connecticut company to continue to carry the mails. It is expected that the de- partment ‘will issue an official state- ment regarding its policy within a few days. . Mr. Lonergan is hopeful that an arrangement can be made whereby satisfactory mail service will be as- sured throughout Connecticut and he has made a number of suggestions to the department officials. The situa- tion is found to be a troublesome one, it is admitted at the department. | Another Postmaster. Congressman Reilly has recom- inended the dppointment of Walter H. Bishop at North Haven. This is Mr. | Reilly’s third selection for the post, | the other two having declined. After the ‘second declination, Mr. ! Reilly asked the democratic leaders in Nerth Haven to.recommend a man “who would stick,” Mr. Bishop, it ;A3 understapd, has agreed-to. take the. place. His confirmation is expected within a short time. The senate has confirmed the rominations of George Penders to be postmaster at Meriden, Mr. Reilly's home town. This settles a fine long scramble for the place. For a time, it appeared that Mr. Pender's con- firmation by the senate would be held up for several weeks, as the republi- can fncumbent held that his term did not expire until August 1. He will probably turn over his office to Mr. Pgnders about July 15. ARMY POSITIONS WILL REWARD MERIT Senater Mclean Will Make Ap- pointments Subject to Exams. (Special to the Herald.) ‘Washington, D. C., July 8.—Sen- ator McLean today announced the adoption of the full-fledged merit system in the selection of appoint- ments by him in the future to the United States Naval and Military academies. Examinations conduct- e@ by the civil service commission .of Uncle Sam will be held to try out dates who apply for such appoint- ments and those getting the highest standing will get the plums. Senator McLean made this an- nouncement of policy in connection with an announcement of appointees to the Naval Academy for ‘the next prespective vacancy. tions were Sidney B. Alling of Nor- wich, Charles Lewis Richards of Norwich, Robert Wurtz Bockius of Meriden and Clellan Kinly Priest of Wapping. The examinations for these™candidates will be held under the- supervision of the ecivil service commission on the third Tuesday of February, 1315, and the third Tues- day in_ April, 1915, at all the civil service points. The first appointment to be madé by the senator under the titive examination” system which he has determined to adopt will be to West Point in June, 1915. A competitive examination for this appointment will be held by the civil service commission this coming fall in the cities of Hartford, New Haven and Middletown, although the sena- tor has not fully decided upon the exact date for this examination. The candidates for this examination must be actual residents of the state of Cennecticut, not under seventeen nor Over twentv-two yvears of age at the 1s that have for many years en- joyed immunity from successful at- tack. Unllormlty in Laws. oy believe we should seek unxfor- mity in ous corporation laws. date of admission to the academy, and not less than five feet four inches in height at the age of seventeen, nor less than five feet five inches in height at the age of eighteen and vpwards, and must be physically per- tect. the merits of the numerous candi-| His nomina- ; ‘‘ecompe- | NEW BRITAIN - DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1014, CONFERENCE MAY BE HELD N MEXICO Rebels Profer «Neutral Ione i Repablic for Mesting. ‘Washington, July 8.—Mexican ter- ritory probably will be chosen for the scene of the proposed conference between, Huerta's envoys and con- stitutionalist delegates over plans for the establishment of 'a provisional government. Constitutionalist rep- resentatives in Washington today ex- pressed preference for. a neutras place in Mexico—probably along the border—for the peace parley. Two of the Niagara mediators—Ambassa- dor De Gama and Minister Suarez— were to confer in New York today over details of the meeting. ‘With dissension among the con- stitutionalist leaders seemingly. near adjustment, members of the révolu- tionary . junta here repeated expres- sions of .confidence that the proposed Huerta-Carranza conference would take place. Outside Mediation. Promedlnm hete have not-determfned -on’ any par- ticular place for the meeting, they wish to divorce the proposed confer- ences from any relation to the Niagara mediation proceedings, 'so that the Mexican peoplé may thoroughly un- derstand the method by which their new chief executive is agreed upon. Nuevo Laredo, Mex., has been con- sidered as a most likely choice for the scene of the parley. 1t is op- posite Laredo, Texas, where. quick communication by telegraph and cable can be arranged with Mexico City for the Huerta delegates. Communica- tion southward with constitutional headguarters also would be easy. Generals Oppose Conference. Laredo, Tex., July 8.—The consti- tutionalists are unlikely to accept the offer of the Niagara mediators for a conference with representatives of Huerta to arrange a provisional gov- ernment in Mexico. This announce- ment reached the border here today. It was declaréed by arrivals here that - the generals of the constitutionalist army to whom the question was submitted for advice by General Carranza had, with the exception of ‘the generals of Ob- regon’s division, who have not yet had time t6 report, stréngly opposed to any such conference. Makes Quick Departure. On Board U. S, S. California, Mazat- lan, July 7, by Wireléss Via San Diego,: Cal., July 8.—Governor Ame- zous left. La Paz today on board the steamer Korrigan bound for Santa | Rosalia. The reason for his depar- ture is not known, The cruiser Albany arrived today -at 'La - Paz from- Salina Cruz, where she was relieved by the New Or- leans, Carrying as passengers five Mexi- can sailors, .rescued in recent. fight- ing between the federal and consti- tutionalist forees, the cruiser Denver left Mazatlan today for San Fran- i cisco. The Mexicans will be in- terned in one of the military prison camps along the border. The Den- ver will undergo overhauling at the Mare Island navy yard. Reports Insurgent Victory. Nogales, Sonora, Mex., July 8.—In a message to Carranza, dated yester- day at Ahuallee, Jalis¢o, General Ob- regon reports an important insurgent victory in front of Gaudalajara. “We have destroyed a federal col- umn that left Gaudalajara to meet us, The fight lasted thirty-six hours, At this time the enemy is fleeing in disor- der, leaving ten trains of artillery and ammunition. General Dieguz is in the rear of Gaudalajara and I be- | Uleve none of the enemy will escape.— Obregon:” TOWN AROUSED OVER KISSING TEACHER | Mass Mceting Called at Bergenficld, N. J., to. Protest Against His Engagement. as well as men will attend the mass meeting in the fire house at Bergen- field tonight to- make a further pro- test against the action of the boara of education there in engaging Prof. Lafayatte Talbot as supervising prin- cipal for next term in face of the fact that Talbot was dismissed from a Hoboken school a few weeks ago for kissing a scrubwoman, Here is the contents of a circular distributed in Bergenfield yesterday and given to each housgkeeper in a house to house canvass: “‘Protect your school! ‘“Protect the moral welfare of your children by attending the mass meet- ing under the auspices of the Inde- pendent Civic League of Bergenfield on Wednesday evening, July 8, in the fire hall! “If you have a boy or girl going to school mext term you are doing them an injustice if you fail to be present! “Mothers and fathers particularly are urged to attend.” “We are not assailing Prof. Talbot personally, but we are opposing the board’s action in signing a contract with him to teach in this town while his appeal to the state ‘board is pend- ing,” said Editor Jones of the Civic League yesterday. ‘“We have got to reach some definite conclusion in the matter, because the state board will not take up Prof. Talfot’s appeal un- til September 11, four.days after his contract with the board is supposea to begin.” A vigorous protest has been pre- pared and is to be filed with County Superintendent Wooster, providing it is indorsed at the meeting tconight. £l ‘While the constitutionalist ‘agents ! i play, team games, athletics and occu- Hackensack, N. J., July 8.-—Women | |PLAYGROUNDS DRAW RECORD ATTENDANCE Tolal Present During Openiag Weck Over 10,000. In spite of the poor weather dur- ing the last week the city playgrounds have proved very popular and have drawn a much larger attendance than in former years. The total atten- dance of boys and girls for two daiiy sessions for five days was 10,656, a thousand greater than last year's at- tendance for days. A new playground at Smalley street has been opened for the first time and the attendance at it has more than justified its establish- ment. The activities on the playgrounds last week consisted in getting ready for the Fourth of July celebration on Walnut Hill park. This week is or- ganization week, when the schedules of play for the rest of the season are being made out and put into use. For the boys the activities are free pational work. For the girls the ac- tivities afe free play, games of all sorts, folk dancing, athletics and oc- cupational work like sewing and weaving. The weekly athletic meets for the boys which were so popular last year will be repeated this year. Baseball leagues with from three to six teams in each are being organized on all the playgrounds, and after two or three weeks interground leagues will be formed. The games of volleyball and captainball are being taught. For the girls, it is planned to have a tournament each week in some game or other, varied from time to time. This week it is a tournament of relay racing. The ground is divided into teams, and the teams race daily. Every bit of equipment is being used. The swings are the most pop- ular, next coming the slides, see-saws and giant strides. The sand boxes are continuously filled with little children. All the grounds are under excellent® supervision; the children are protected from dangers of acci- dent and taught to play so as to get the most profit and enjoyment. The attendance for the week at the different grounds is as follows: Boys Girls 525 915 Total 1,440 3,305 Smith Schaol .. Landers and Burritt 1,370 1,935 East Street School 7,007 1,104 Bartlett School ....1,175 775 High Street ........ 900 950 1,950 1,859 10.656 WILL ROOSEVELT RUN FOR GOVERNOR ? Colonel Says He Will Not Change His Previous Statements Declining to Run—Question Still Open. New York, July 8.—For two hours today the progressive leaders of New York state used every argument at their command to force Colonel Roosevelt to agree that he would ac- cept the nomination for governor. After it was all over, Colonel Roose- velt said that he had nothing to say at this time, and would not change his previous statements declining to run. It was ‘' understood, however, that the question was still an open cne. Judging from the sounds which emanted from the big counsel room at the national progressive head- quarters, the debate was a lively one, with Colonel Roosevelt on ‘one side and everybody else on the other. Colonel Roosevelt was told that in his own party there was an overwhelm- ing demand for him to lead the party. ‘When Colonel Roosevelt came out of the counsel room he said: *“I spent the time listening. I haven’t got any- thing to say about the governorship of anything else concerning politics.” Somebody handed to the colonel a newspaper despatch quoting Henry Savage Landor of England, as renew- ing his attack on explorer Roosevelt's claim to ‘the discovery of a river in South America. “Landor,” the colonel exclaimed, “is a perfectly preposterous absur- dity.” Colonel Roosevelt agreed today to make a speech in’'Boston, originally set for July 24, on August 17. Delegations of progressives from various parts of the state said frank- ly that they had not even considered another name for the head of the ticket. Col. Roosevelt came to New York by train from Oyster Bay and went at once to progressive headquarters. He declined to talk politics, but in- timated that he might have some- thing to say later.- Although Col. Roosevelt has said several times that he would not ac- cept the nomination, he admits that his denials have made little impres- sion on his political associates. is reluctant to make the fight, on account of the condition of feat might have on the fortunes of the progressive party at large. Ever since his return from Europe Col. Roosevelt has been receiving letters and telegrams from progres- i sive leaders in various parts of the country urging him not to accept the nomination. FORMER ASSEMBL AN DEAD. Hartford, July 8.—Matthew C. Woodford, born in Burlington in 1837 and a representative in the general assembly for Avon in 1867, former town clerk, selectman and judge of probate, died at his home in Union- ville, today the first week of six | 2,111 | health and the bearing which a de- | We watch style as a cat watches a mouse. Not a move escapes us. It takes more models to include all the acceptable innovations these days but the volume of our business per- mits the most liberal provision. Abundant variety in each style, Shapely models for all sizes. DRESSES SKIRTS COATS SUITS WAISTS Got your white coat? Just the thing for beach, mountain or city wear. Several different styles in sev- eral different materials, $12.50 to $35. Have vou seen our summer dancing frocks at reduced price? Ladies' de- partment, second floor. FORD OAE M u%nsumm HARTFORD. | Suits for Stout Women a Specialty. City Items Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch will Ve tomorrow on several weeks' visit at™Block Island. They will stay at the Ocean View Hotel. Protect your health. Starve the fly. —advt. Manager William A. Semble, Jr., of the telephone company will leave to- night for the Maine woods where he will spend the remainder of the month. The New Britain ball team has a new pitcher. His name is Tarks and he comes from Pittsfield. Earl Tarr and Edward Sechrist. re- turned today from Camp Congamond. They report that the past week, in spite of the cold weather, has been very much enjoyed by the boys. The arrangement committee of the German Rifle club will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at B. Jahn's fac- tory to make final arrangements for state shoot to be held July 26 to 28, inclusive. The club will also hold a shoot Thursday afternoon. Robert Repertus of 52 Smalley street is seriously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. John H. Kirkham of Cedar street is entertaining Miss Florence W. Porter of Hampton. Excellent cherry bisque ice cream. McEnroe.—advt. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Elia G. Odishoo. Elia G. Odishoo died yesterday at the State Sanatorium, at the age of twenty. The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon by the Rev. Elisha E. Adams in the Erwin Mortuary chapel, and the interment will be in Fairview cemetery, Mrs. Orpha C. Barbour. Mrs. Orpha C. Barbour, aged eighty- nine, died at 10 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Tracy of 1934 Stanley street. The funeral will be at her daughter’s house Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial in Fairview cemetery. The Rev. John E. Adams will officiate, Mrs, Barbour was one of the oldest and earliest members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. She is survived by three children and seven grandchildren. Her children are George L. Barbour, Charles W. Bar- bour and Mrs. Mary E. Tracy. Mrs. George W. Briggs. The funeral of Mrs. G. W. Briggs of Danielson was held this afternoon. Mrs. Andrew S. Parsons of New Brit- ain and.other relatives attended. Andrew Rakutis, Andrew Rakutis, thirty years old, an iron moulder in the employ of North and Judd, died this morning at his home, 56 Smalley street, af- ter a five days’ illness with pneu- monia. The funeral will be held Fri- day at St. Andrew's Lithuanian church, and the interment will be in the New Catholic cemetery. He is survived by a wife and four children, the oldest of whom is seven years and the youngest six months, TOO LATE l’()l{ (’L\ ll"l(' VVANTED~PunH; tn lt’arn embroid- ery and crocheting, 25¢ per lesson. Call or address, Mrs. McCarthy, 42 Olive street, City. 7-8-1dx RICHTER & CO. YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Represeated Uyltw American Hardware. Landers, ¥rary & Clark. Stanley Rule & Level Co. Traut & Hine. New B Rank Ride Tet Stanley Works. New Britatn Machine. Union Manufacturing Co. North & Judd. New Britain Gas Light Co. FINANCIAL NEW HAVEN"SHARES FEATURE OF MARKET mmwomamn noancemest of Soit. New York, July 8.—Wall Street, 10:45 a. m.—New Haven shares were the features of today's early irregu- lar market by reason of the an- nouncement ‘that the government proposes carrying out its dissolution ; suit against the road. a fraction over a point but did not reach its recent low record. ‘The movement- otherwise was a mixture of gains and losses, none in them- selves especially important. Gould securities were again subjected s to pressure, With pronouncéd weakness in Missouri ‘Pacitic fours, which sold at 47%, a loss of 2% points, while Denver improvement fives lost a point. Liquidation of Gould stocks ceased | in the last hour and proces steadied | urder the beneficial effect of crop report, but wavered again towards the end. Close—Selling severe recessions feature of today’'s market. ing was . heavy. of Gould stocks at constituted the The clos- July 8. High. Low. Close. Lo2T% 21% 27% 28 28% 9% 9% 0% 70% 511 32 863 1205 3115 9914 917% 42% 9¥5, 1938, 363, 41 50% 997 1% Alaska . . Am Can . Ani Caa. pid; o . Amal Copper..... Am Car & F com Am Loco Co Am Smelt & R Co Am T & T. Anaconda Atch T & 8 Fe.. 99% 92 Beth Steel 42% Brook Rap Tran. 91% Can Pac L1943 Cen Leather .... 36% Chino Copper . 41% Ches & Ohio.. 51% Chi Mil & St P..100% Chi RI & P.... 1% Chi RI P pfd.. 2% 28 Con Gas . ee..129 129 Den R G. . 9% 9 Distillers Sec .... 14% 147, Erie ceees 29% Erie 1st pfd 443 Gen Elec .. 1488 Great North pfd..125 1llinois Central J113% Interborough pfd.. 53 Kan S0 ......... 28% Lehigh Val L138% MKG&T . . 17% Missouri Pac 16 3% NYC&H .. 90% NYNH&H 64 Nevada Con . . 183% North Pac .......112% Pacific Mail . . 23% Penn R R .. .113 People’s Gas . Ry Spgs Reading Repub Steel Repub Steel pfd .. South Pac South Rail com .. Tenn Copper Third Ave Union Pac . U 8 Rubber . U S Steel com". U S Steel ptd Utah Copper Wabash pfd ‘Western Union ... Westinghouse 233 121 27% 164 22% 86 9% 24% 33 41 156 60 61% 109% 57% 3% 59% 7% ANIMAL TRAINER DEAD. Mount Clemens, Mich., July 8.— Captain Jacob Lorenzo, of Philadel- phia, an animal trainer, died here today as the result of an attack made on him Monday by two young lions. 15 New Britain Mch. Co. 15 Unjon Mfg. Co. 10 Landers, Frary & Clark. s)rders on the Boston ana New York Stock Exchanges PARKINSON and BURR Members BOSTON AND efthe <EW YORK Represented by 23 Pear) Street. Tel. Charter €95, HARTFORD. Stock tuhmm.‘ The stock feis | the | NEWS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE REPORT The following quotations dre fur- nished by Parkinson & Bure, mem- bers of Boston and New York Stock Exchanges, 73 Pear] street, Hartford: Manufacturing Companies. | Adams Express Co Aem- Nut Co Amfiflcnn Brass Co....134 American Hosiery Co.. 200 American Hardware Col25 127 American Thread Co pfd ¢ 1] Billings & Spencer Co.. 50 Bristol Brass Co. ‘Broud Brook Co... The - Edward Balf Co.. C L & B Co.. ! Collins Co Colts Arms Eagle Lock Farmington :Hfd Carpet {Hfd Carpet Hfd Electric L Co....276 Hfd City G L Co prd.. 48 Hfd C G L Co com.... 63 | Holyoke W P Co. Interna’ Silver pfd Interna Silver com. Johns-Pratt Co. Landers Frary & Cl-rk 7 98 108 27 B Machine D Mfg Co ptd. D Mfg C com. E Cotton Yarn ptd. E Cotton Yarn com.. National Machine Co.. Peck Stow & Wilcox... 22% Plimpton Mfg Co P & W Co pfd 6 pet guar100 Smyth Mfg Co... . 240 8 N E Telephone.....138 Standard § Co pfd guar 83 Standard Co com.... 60 Stanley R and L Co...415 Stanley Works . Swift & Co... Taylor & Fenn Co Torrington Co pfd Torrington Co com. Traut & Hine......... UMCN B (par 25).. 64 U 8§ Envelope Co pfd..106 U 8 Envelope Co com..144 American Silver .. 19% Fire Insurance Companies. Aetna Fire Connecticut nre Hartford Fire. Hartford Stelm Boiler 450 ational Fire Phoenix Fire 382 Standard Fire . 76 Life and lnd-mlty lu«r--c- Com- panics, Aetna Life...... Aetna Acci and Liability Conn sGeneral Life....525 Travelers ........ .555 735 455 362 510 363 663 FORBOAST OF CROPS. Department of Agriculture Announces i Reports for July. Washington, July 8.—Forecasts of the total production of the nation's principal crops, interpreted fram re- rorts of the condition of the crops cn July were announced today by the Cepartment of agriculture as follows: Winter wheat 655,000,000 bushels; spring wheat 275,000,000 bushels; Total wheat 930,000,000 bushels, Corn 2,868,000,000 bushels;, oats 1,201,000,000 bushels; barley 211,00 000 bushels; white potatoes 356,00 000 bushels; sweet potatoes 50,00: 600 bushels; 733,000,000 pounds; flax 18,000,000 bushels; rice 22,000,000 bushels, ' WOODS-HASSON NUPTIALS. Local Young Lady Becomes Bride of Kensington Man. The marriage of Miss May Hasson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hase son of Cottage place, to Mdward Woods, a well known carpenter of Kensington, was solemnized at. § o'clock this morning in St. Joseph's church, Rev. J. L. Sullivan perform- ing the ceremony. The couple were attended by wn. liam Woods of this city, a cousin of the groom, as best man, vnd Miss Mas Lynch as maid of honor. Following the tying of the muptial knot, the bridal party and relatives left for Hartford where a wedding breakfast was served at the Hotel Bond. Mr. and Mrs. Woods will spena the next few weeks on an extended ‘honeymoon trip, upon’ their return from which, they will reside om Jubilee street, this city, ) Nembers cf {ke Lew Yerk Consolicated Heek Excharge G ECW. CRAFF . E. Eilwore § 5 1 Wall $t., New York, ltlchu oftn Eeard of Tralo The only Stock Brokerage house in New Britain with tickes service and dlrect telegraphic eennection with New York and Ohicage F. N. GILFILLAN, CCAL MANAGER. 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