New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1915, Page 14

IESENIORS | AUSTRIAN L' FOR FUNDS i Gradoating Class Ad- .-Qther ltems. lor class of the High school and listencd to various ap- jupport the school dramatic | 'The’ Lokt Paradise,” [ be presented next, Friday flay cvenings at the school Donald Gaffney presid- . the class to support half of the net proceeds to the senior class. Busi- iger Knight of class book fie large amount of money ipublish the annual class t /$800.) He urged the ly to help dramatics, but ly support the senior en- which will be held May Bengston, manager of | exhorted the class to help ptic club and declared that ‘tickets was not Bdard. ta. Vale, a candidate for a 8 teacher at the High school school yesterday and 781 French classes. Miss tive of Madrid, Spain, and ed at Mt. Holyoke college, Bhusetts, She speaks French, German, as well as Eng- tly, At present she is in- jat the West Springfleld High ' Massachusetts. It is quite that she will be engaged as fledge of modern languages ir & very accomplished teach- ball team went to Meriden moon to meet the Meriden team. The tip was tos. h J. Nelson, Miss Mary Ward lalou De Groat have been the school council for the up to the fhool will close on May 7 on | the annual teachers’ con- Hartford. flora. Smith, teacher of Eng- resigned and will leave next | Miss Bmith has accepted an h at the Winthrop High ., .and the fact that she r her home in Massa- gnabled her to decide to re- three weeks, Miss Clara |- the feshman class, will but Miss Ruth Jenkins of Pity, Mo., will be the perma- itute. tter, 34670, Tusdell Bros.— FESTIVAL AT PHANAGE MAY 30 versary Celebration to | ‘at Cromwell lnn;.ltuflon Many - Applications, 1 commemorating the fif- nniversary of the opening of mwell Orphanage will be held ell May 30. A service will at 2:30 in the afternoon and dish churches of Hartford, m, New Britain, and Crom- il be asked to dismiss their that evening to giye their ‘an opportunity to a‘_&end the t the orphange,, b addresses have already been d. Re. G.' E. Pihl," pastor Swedish Bethany church of , who has been president of ird of directors for the last , will talk on “The Home in Rev. P. A, Nelson of New will speak on “The Home in sent." will give an address ome .in the Future.” are now ninety-three chil- ping cared for at the orphan- t the meeting of the board of Jast week, eight applications [ranted out of eleven and the tlons for admission continue In faster than the children taken care of. Two months new $35,000 bpilding was on L surer of the institution and t superintendent. IMASALTS IS FINE FOR TORPID LIVER How to Secure Quick, Safe Relief er s the largest gland in the Feighing nearly four pounds. Tts pose is to aid digestion and flycogen for the blood. So it is fint to keep it working right. Pur liver Is lazy and your kidneys pith a dull ache, you need the sci- fliy blended and " chemically pure ited lithia drink called Rheuma- back, shooting pains, tired feeling, B and nervousness simply mean liver and kidneys are clogged Apurities and that poisonous uric ‘retarding their work of aiding the functions and filtering the liver needs flushing and your are not working right, ask your for about five ounces of Rheu- s Take two teaspoonfuls in}, glass ler before breakfast each morning a few days all the pains in vour Rev. G. Palmgren of | E. Hjerpe of this city is | Q U RIAN SUBMARI TORPEDOES. FRENCH ARMORED CRUISER ) ) (Continued from First Page.) Mesnll, German troops stormed the extended ¥rench entrenchments. French Attacks Repuised. “French attacks in the Forest LePretre have been repulsed. “Against Hartmanns-Weilerkopf, which the Germans hold, there have Leen no new French attacks. “To the northeast and east of Suwalki, in Russian Poland, German forces have conquered Russian posi- tipns along a front of *twenty Kkilo- metres (twelve miles.)” German Report via London. Berlin, April 28, via London, p. m.—The German army headquar- ters staff today gave out the follow- ing official statement: “In the western theater: The Eng- lish attempted yesterday to recapture the territory which they had lost in Flanders. In the afternoon they commenced an attack on both sides of the Ypres-Pilket high road, but the attack broke down completely 200 metres in front of our positions. “A second English advance further to the east during the evening had the same result, Here also the enemy suffered heavy losses. The enemy did not attack on the western bank of the canal. French Fortifications Catpured. “In the Champagne district an ex- tensive French group of fortifications was taken by us by storm during the night north of Le Mesnil and success- fully defanded and maintained against several counter attacks. The enemy suffered heavy losses, sixty unwound- ed Frenchman, four machine guns and thirteen mine throwers falling.| into our hands. ‘‘Between the Méuse and’ the Mo- selle only flerce artillery battles took place. A strong French night attack in Le Pretre wood was repulsed with sanguinary losses. “After their unsuccessful advances of April 26, the Irench have made ne more fresh attempts to attack our positions on Hartmanns-Weilerkopf. French Aeroplane Brought Down. “At Altkirch one of our aviators brought down a ¥French aeroplane. “In the eastern theater: We took possession of Russian positions ex- tending over a front of twenty kilo- metres (twelve miles) to the north- east and east of Suwalki. “To the north of Przasnysz (north- ern Poland) two officers and 470 Rus- sians were taken prisoners yesterday and three machine guns were cap- tured.” of ¥French Official Report. Paris, April 28, 2:33 p. m.—The French war office this afternoon gave out an official report on the progress of hostilities reading as follows: “To the north of Ypres we have continued to make progress. This is particularly so on our left, where we took six machine guns, two bomb throwers and much war material, at the same time making several hun- dred prisoners, including a number of 'officers. * German Losses Heavy. losses of the enemy were At a single point on the front, from the canal, we counted bodies of German The heavy. not far over six hundred soldiers. “On the heights of the Meuse, along the front of Les Eparges—Saint Remy, the trenches of Calonne, we continued to gain ground, advancing about one kilometre (2-3 of a mile) inflicting very heavy losses on the and destroying a German Belgian Official Report. London, April 28, 12:20 p. m.—An official announcement has been given out from Belgian army headquarters on the continent which reads as fol- lo 'The situation on April 27, at 6 p. m., showed that the German artillery was evidencing little activity on the front held by the Belgian army. “The ¥rench, added by the Bel- gian artillery and infantry, have taken Lizerne and several German trenches in the direction of Het Sas. More than 100 dead were counted on the battlefield. The booty com- prises six quick firing guns and 200 prisoners. The attack continues.” Calais Germans Objective. Paris, April 28, 9:10 a. m.—The offensive assumed by the Germans in the Ypres reglon has given rise to the report that they are about'to undertake another attempt to force their way to Calais. Military author- ities are cautious, however, in ac- cepting this suggestion as an explan- ation for the Germans' recent ac- tivity, The magnitude of the forces con- centrated by the Germans on such a limited front cannot be explained, it | is believed here, by a mere desire | to keep the allies active. The opin- ion is expreseed that it was and per- }hups still is their purpose to break | a large gap in the allies' lines pre- paratory to a more important under- taking. Outcome Still Undecided. Petrograd, April 28, via London, 1:48 p. m.—The battle of the Russian and Austro-German armies in the vi- cinity of Stry, in the Carpathian mountains, has entered its fifth day with no signs of diminishing and with the outcome still undecided. 11 b a nasalts is a delightful carbon- ink that cleans ou‘t the stomach jintestines, eliminates toxins and and leaves the intestinal canal nd sweet. It is a uric acid sol- well as a saline laxative. Acts ‘without fl"lblng or nausea. Fine owing children. our druggist cannot supply suppl: Bato the Rheumsbath’ Co." B Minn. 25c, 50c and $1.00 Bottles, e mone and you will feel as fiddle.” v | Fighting is progressing in the nar- | row mountain defiles, and there is lit- tle opportunity for the carrying out of maneuvers. The exceedingly strong Austro-Ger- man force, according to the meagre reports received here, is daily re- ceiving reinforcements. Turks Repulee Allics, GENERAL SCRIVEN HEADS BOARD OF AERONAUTICS Washington, April 28.—The United States government intends to take a more decided interest in aeronautics. At a meeting of the national advisory | board on aeronautics to formulate rules and regulations to govern the permanent organization General Seriv en, chief signal officer of the army, was seclected as temporary chairman The rules will go into effect when ap- proved by the president. Secretary of War Garrison acted as temporary chairman, receiving nominations. ville, N. Y.—Included in the news sent out today by the Overseas News Agency is the following: “Turkish tfoops have repulsed four landing detachments of the allies on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Moham- medan ¥French troops landing with the French division desertea to the Turks.” CROSS-EXAMINATION OF COL. ROOSEVELT CONCLUDED BY IVINS (Continued from First Page.) the for he approved $25,000 president's salary, bill which gave him traveling expenses. To Test Good Faith. “And,” said the attorney, “this wit- ness has charged the existence of in- visible government, I want to test hie good faith.” Mr, Ivins then read from a maga- zine article bearing the colonel's name, In this the colonel deplored personal attacks on men in public life from the stump. Mr. lvins then announced he was through with the witness. Re-direct Examination. Mr. Bowers immediately prepared to begin re-direct examination of the witness. There was some delay while papers and documerts were being located and then Mr. Bowers began by saying: “‘Colonel Roosevelt, do you remem- ber Mr. Tvins' questions about the re- port of the Clapp committee?"” ELld o “You remember he asked you that if the report showed Mr. Carnegic contributed $25,000 and Mr. Perkins $10,000, you would not doubt it? “I remember that.” ‘“You remember you said ‘T have no doubt of it if you are reading from the official report,’ and that he an- swered ‘'l am reading from the official report.” "’ “I remember that.” Reads Dover’s Testimony, “All right, I'll now read from testi- mony of Elmer Dover, secretary of the republican national committee, be- fore the C'lapp committee.” “In his testimony as read, Mr. Dov- er, who furnished a list of contribu- | tors to the investigating committee, | sald he was not by any means certain | of its correctness or accura Col. Roosevelt smiled broai the Dover testimony was being Cortelyon Was Wi “Now, Col. Roosevelt” went on, “Do you know Cortelyou was a witness Clapp committee which campaign contributions. S¥en? Counsel for Mr. Barnes objected. “Why,” said Mr. Bowers, “I want to show t the Clapp committee never made such report as Mr. Ivine represented had bheenh made. Mr. Ivins' figures were taken from tes- timony a witness said he wasn't sure was correct. As a matter of fact 1 intend to prove that Thomas Tag- | gart testified that the democratic books were lost.” Discussion Among Lawyers. There was some discussion the lawyers, and Justice read the testimony of Mr. Cortelyou. Mr. Bowers argued that he consid- ered the testimony of Mr. Cortelyou of the utmost importance. while read. ness, Mz, | Bowers whether Mr. | hefore the | investigated among were various estimates about the to- | tal 2mount of the contributions made to Colonel Roosevelt's campaign fund. In reply Mr. Iving said: Berlin, April 28, By Wireless to Say- “My good faith has been questioned | the Andrews ) tate. He also | said he wanted to show that ”mr')"l'()()l by my dear and devoted Bowers." Matter Beyond Friendship. “This,” interrupted Mr, Bow a matter that is beyond friendship. Mr. Ivins then said he made no at- tempt to total the subscriptions, but that Colonel Roosevelt himself had friend Mr. half the size of or about $3,000,_ | the fund was about President McKinley's, 000 Mr. Bowers replied “‘Read the rec- ord in this case. Here Col. Roose- velt says ‘I assume you are reading ‘rom the oflicial report,” and Mr. Ivins replied, ‘T am." * City Items Mrs. Guenther of Burritt street, complained to the police this morn- ing that two ducks were stolen from her place last night. Members of Indianola council, D. of P. are requested to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jane Jonas, to be held Thurs- day morning at 10 o'clock at the Peo- ple's church. ducted by Rev. H. Litorin. Loomis to build an addition to block on Arch street at a cost of $300. Mrs. George Brayne of New London is visiting her mother, Mrs. Catherine Keeley of Stanley street. The engagement of Miss May Engler of 41 Wilson street to A. Du- bowy of New York has been an- nounced. Rev. M. L, Reagan, formerly of St. Mary's church, but now of West Haven, was a visitor in this city yes- terday. C. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. J. A, Carlson, 157 Dwight street, at 3 o’cloeck Thursday afternoon. A special meeting of the Ladies’ German Rifle club will be held this evening at the home of Mrs. BE. K. Muecke, 38 Summer street. The New Britain Temple, L. G. E., was entertained at the home of Mrs. Morton on Hungerford court last evening. An informal dance was given last night hy a few school teachers and their friends in the building in the rear of Alderman E. A. Parker's new block on Chestnut street, The last evening class of the Girl's Trade shop will be held Thursday eve- ning, when an exhibition and sale will be held to which the public is invited. Bronislaw Bialy today brought suit for $100 against Moyk Sova through Attorney Daniel E. O’Keefe. Constable George A, Stark attached property on Washington street. Samuel Miller, unsuccessful can- didate for councilman from the sixth ward, spent nothing during the cam. paign, according to his statement filed with the city clerk. No ex- penses were incurred by Aaron Siegel also an unsuccessful candidate for councilman from the sixth ward and Rev. Gustave E. Pihl, unsuccessful candldate for school commissioner. THREE NUNS KILLED During German Bombardment Poperinghe, Paris, April 28, 5:15 a. m.—Three hundred refugees from Poperinghe, eight miles west of Ypres, which has come under the fire of German artil- l¢ry, have arrived in this city on spe- cial trains. Most of them are in- mates of an orphanage and a home for the aged conducted by Franeiscan sieters, When the bombardment of Poper- inghe was begun on Sunday, the sis- ters declare. the institutions were not spared, although they were flying the red cross flag. Three nuns were killea while superintending the removal of their charges and several of the in- mates were wounded. of LOAN ASSOCIATION ELECTS. F. R. Woods Succeeds Christian Bod- mer on Board of Directors. The following officers were elected last evening at the annual meeting of w Britain Savings & Loan as- soclation: President, Samuel H. Stearns; vice- president, William J. Rawlings; treas- urer, C. C. Rossberg; secretary, G. J. rns; directors, James Hall, Alfred . Hadley, A. Voight, C. P. Wain- wright, Jam Healey, C. F. Scott, R. M. Dame, F. F W. Andrew; auditors, L. M. Bancroit and F. E. Bassett. F. R. Woods is the successor of C'hristian Bodmer on the board of di- rectors. A new issue of 300 shares was taken up and $25,000 of matured stock was paid. BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST NIGHT. Miss Iithel May Mullen, change operator with the New England Telephone gave a birthday party the home of her parents, Mr. and Mry, J. R. Mullen, 45 Grand street, to about twenty-five of her friend: American Beauty roses took the place of candles in the decoration of the birthday cake. A program of instrumental and vocal numbers was given. an ex- Southein company, BIG LAND SALE, Formal transfer of large parcel of land bounded Talcott, Putnam, Willow and West streets was made to- day to George LeWitt by beth Clark Watkins and 5. W. Schultz, ad- ministrator of the Bridget Clark es- The pavcel contains eight lots of land and it is understood that the purchaser will erect a number of fine Upright Pian, good as new, call at 439 rch street, 1st floor, Very cheap. 4-28-1dx said that Mr, Cortelyou had told him | The evening services at the Swedish | Baptist church next week will be con- ! Application has been made by I7. W. | his A meeting of the Scandinavian W. | 2. Woods, and George | last evning ut | m’rllb cle 16 Asviun 8y, o HARTFORD SUITS FOR STOUT WOMEN A SPECIALTY An Early One Day Sale! Thursday Only WASH SKIRT FOR 95¢ = Bands 22 in, to 36 in. Actual Value $1.15 to $2.95. Materials include—Ramie, French, Australian and Irish Linens, Piques, Reps, Linens, Bedford Cords and Palm Beaches. None Altered—None None Charged—None Delivered, GET IN EARLY ON THE SPECTIAL PRICE! H. 0. P. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Rev. A, W. Rohrig. The funeral of Rev. A. W. Rohrig, former pastor at the Engilsn Luther- an' church, will be 'held tomorrow from the church at Hazelton, Pa., and interment will be in Mauch Chunk, Pa. Morgan Van Gorder. At 2 o'clock this afternoon funeral of Morgan Van Gorder was held from his son’s home at No. 73 Jubllee street. Rev. M. S. Anderson cofficiated and interment was in Fair- view cemetery. It was Mr. Gorder's dying wish that Masons, of which or- ganization he was a member, should act as pall bearers. Frederick A, Berg. Attended only by relatives and im- mediate friends, the funeral of Fred- erick Albert Berg was held from his late home at No. 80 Bassett street this atternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Hill officiated and interment was in Fair- view cemetery. Miss Sarah E., Belden. Miss Sarah E. Belden, a sister of the late James M. Belden and well known in this city where she had lived all her life, died early today at her home at No. 5 Belden street. The funeral will be held from there Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Harry I. Bodley officiating. Inter- ment will be in Fairview cemetery. She was the daughter of Leonard D. born in this city on Nevember 9, 1851, being sixty-four yvears of age. Miss Belden is survived only by a half brother, Leonard 8. Belden, and a niece, Mrs. Albin B. Pierce. TEACHERS TO MEET. Pupils of the public schools in this city will be given a vacation on Fri- | day, May 7. This day has been designated by state board of educa- tion for the annual meeting of the Hartford County Teachers’ associa- tion to be held at the Center Church Parish hall, Hartford. S, ¥. CROWELL SPEAKS. 8. F. Crowell, of the Library bureau of Hartford, gave a lecture before the commercial classes of the Grammar school this afternoon on “The History interesting as well as instructive the pupils. to | J. E. COOPER’'S RFPORT. poration Counsel T= iled. Corporation Counsel J. E. Cooper | filed his report for the past fiscal ye | today with the city clerk. Tt shows ! that on April 1 there were ten cases | against the city pending in superior | court and cleven in the court of com- mon pleas. Claims settfed in or by | courts or in the common council totaled nine. Judge Cooper says there are several | claimants for the Zebris reward of | $1.000 and that the matter will ba { brought to the attention of the courts | in due time to determine who is en- titled to it. He also comments on the fact that the work of the department | is increasing each year. | GERMAN MARK DECREASES, | Paris, April 28, 5:10 a. m.—A des- | Patch from Geneva says the value of | the German mark continues to fall and that the Swiss postal authorities | have announced that after May 1 | German postol orders will be cashed | on the basis of 110 centimes to the | mark, a depreciation of twelve per cent. txchanged— | the | and Emily Avery Belden and was | | of Filing.” His lecture proved to bo | Review of Year's Work Done by Cor- | MEMBERS NEW Representea by E. W. EDDVY. STOCKS RICHTER & CO. YORK »NTOCK EXCHANGE New Britain Naw Bauk Bide Tet. 1v20 —_—— 50 shs Colt’s Arms 50 shs North & Judd 50 shs New Britain Machine 50 shs Stanley Works F. N. GILFILLAN BONDS INVESTMENTS 409-410 NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 'Phone 1621. . FINANCIAL NEWS (STEEL SHARES RISE ON STOCK EXCHANGE New tigh Record Made Dy New York Debeature 6's. New York, April 28, Wall St., 10:30 A. M.—The quarterly report of the United States Stel Corporation was fa- vorably received by speculative inter- ests, judging from the course of that stock and the general market at to- day's opening. Steel made an initial | ain of 3-4 of a point ar the outset, soon increasing this to a point. Local tractions, motors and some of the other industrial speclalties rose a point or more. Investment railway | rhares participated in more moderate degree, while New York Central de- benture 6's with a gain or 1 5-8 made high record. American To- bhacco, Central Leather and Pressed Steel Car were among the few issues to record declines. Close.—War speclaities and local utilities comprised the bulk of today's operations, with gains of 3 to 10 points. a new New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change, Represented by E. W. Eddy, National Bank building;j 28. Close. 50 Y% 3914 b6 1% 99 % 58% 743 April Low. 491 % High. Am Beet Sugar... 50 Am Copper Alaska Gold Am Car & Foun Co 56 % Am Can ... Am Can pfd Am Locomotive Smelting Sugar .. Tel & Tel.... Anaconda Copper. A TS Fe Ry Ca.l B & O... .. BRT..... Beth Steel Canadian Pacific..169 Central Leather... 39% Ches & Ohio 4% Chino Copper 48% Chi Mil & St Paul 96% Distillers Sec 13% Erie 2914 Erie 1st pfd. o 44% General Electric..156% Great Nor pfd....121% Interborough ..... 241 Interborough pfd.. 74% Lehigh Val ce.e 1449 Mex Pet .o 91 INYC & 89% | Nev Cons 168 NYNH 6816 NYOS& ceee 34Y% Northern Pac ....110% Penn R R | Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons | Reading Sao0g | Rep 1 & 8 pfd. | Southern Pac Southern Ry Tenn Copper Union Pac | Utah Copper U 8 Rubber Co 8 Steel .. S Steel pfd inghouse stern Union 37% H & w Gony 577 1001 8638 6874 L1098 951 707% U | U | W | W | LARGE BALANCE OF TRADE. | Washington, April I8.—Reports | placed before President Wilson Secretary Redfield at yesterday's cab- meeting show the balance of trade in favor of the United States lagt week was $20,611,684, an In crease of almost $8,000,000 over the previous week. Cotton exports for the week totaled 139,063 bales, mak- ing 7,140,810 bales eince August 1, last, by inet While Connecticut is considering the jitneys it is to be noted that Rhode Island’s legislature decides to bond them at $500 a seat and leave further regulation to the cities and towns.— Norwich Bulletin. STANLEY WORKS STOCK BECOMES VERY SCARCE Local nvesiors Usbe 1o Gbiam shaies ai 2 Point Advarcs. New Britain investors tle surprised upon morning to find out be unable to put thelr money inth Stanley Works stock. That is mang of them were, some were early at th§ feed box. Upon inquiry the situas tion resolved itself into this; therg was but one broker doing busin in local shares who had any Stanley Works to offer. The stock was exs ceedinglyy and suddenly scarce 4 few shares were sold at and the offer 59 bid, none offere stood Quiet efforts to obtain Stanley Works must have been underway for se: - eral days past resulting in the presd ent situation. The “dope” is thall there will be an advanced dividend. i the stock A fair amount offered for other market is strong trend throughout. vestors are satisfied that every coms cern doing business in the city good for an advance in divid rates. New Britain Machine slated to pay off a large percent of the money it owes, The | est on this will, therefore, verted from the accounts stockholders. The company ecarning far more than its 10 per cent. dividend and it is said that there is enough business cantracts ed for to keep the concern running for three years. Sales took place today from 65 1-2 to 66. American Hardware is holding its advance in good shape and laoks good for more It will yield more than any local stock at the present rate of divis dend Although not were a lits waking up thig that. they would of mo local stocks with an upwal Evidently § %% " a strictly local stock a great many investors are interest ed in Colt's Arms which has been successful in & marked degree durs ing the past eight or ten manftik It is strong, quotations being bes tween 307 and 308 on today's sales. STEEL AND IRON TRADE GREATLY IMPROVED Fain of $1,524,630 In Total Earnings Recorded for Last Quarter—Divi- dend on Preferred Stock Declared. New York, April 28.-—-Decided im- provement in the steel and iron in= dustry 1s seen in the financial state- ment of the United States Steel cor- | portation for the first quarter of the calendar year, issued vesterday. Tak= ing the report by months, it shews that March earnings were $8,004,136, as st $4,511,068 in February and $ 6 in January, Total earnings were $12,457,809, & gain of $1,624,639 over the preceding quarter, the net fncome showin increase of $33¢ This left the emall balance of $915,068 applicable to payment of the preferred dividend which required an outlay of $6,304,~ 19. To meet this deficit it was neces- y to draw on last December's W divided surplus to the extent of #e ual cust€m, Chairman refrained from uny | public discussion of trade conditions but it was sald that the mills of the company ting from sixty-five nt. of « pacity The corporation forcign business is said to show marked | gain over the last quarter of last yeafs The corporation declared its rogu® lar quarterly dividend of 13-4 .pef cent, on the preferred stock As In se of the previous quarter né was taken on the commos dividend AND LOAN loan Contrary now are to Pventy per ¢ . the action stock ASSN, ussocis BUILDING new building and among the Polish people is ex- to blossom forth in a short time. It is said that the Polish peo ple who wish to bufld houses ar | dissatified with the banking fac here and intend to start a bululdil and loan agsociation of their owl. A tion pected