New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1915, Page 11

%m More Definite Every lm (snacm to the Herald.) # New York, May 1.—Promises of neul business improvement become more and more definite each day. H¥us far progress in this direction has Peen much too slow to satisfy the im~ patient; nevertheless, there has been & steady forward movement which 3 nnet be o\erloeked and the turn \ for the better Bas really come. This i8 clearly expressed in the new spirit | onfldence begotten by a relctlm\ nst political radicalism, by’ the more reasonable public attitude to- ard business, by the establishment of e Federal reserve banking system, the adjustment of our finances to | war basis and by the unquestioned fmulus of big war contracts. ¥ As' usual, the spirit of confidence first manifested itself in the west, Where the bulk of our $10,000,000,000 agricultural wealth and a large por- of our $2,000,000,000 mineral ealth is _ annually produced. Western bankers, though still' wisely inging -to a large deégree of caution, #re daily becoming more and more andid in their expressions of optim- . ism, and advices’'all the way from the Pa . coast to. the Alleghanies are mdst’ uniformly hopeful. _So, too, 6 reperts of travellers returning 'om the California - expositions, im- Di¥éswed with the magnificent resources | of 4Beir 0wn dountry. Not the least benefits to the Unitéd States from ¢ war, will, be the spread of such owledge among our own people. imerican trayellers and American in- Yestors will become: better hcquainted With their own country, and for some [- time to come will distribute their spare funds at home instead of rolid; thus affording another new f)stimulus to home industry which can- t be indefinitély held back. For JRe first time in many months bank nrh&n are showing an Increase. ilroad earnings are also exhibiting ‘tter results, several systems having bown encouraging gains in recent re- Mrts ¥ Steel Trade Improving. ;érhlpa one of the most significant velopments is the slow but sure i iprovement !n the steel trade. This first began 'as the result of heavy ar contracts. A healthier feature, wever, is the symptom of revival the demand for,railroad material. is known that' the railroads have deens making careful inquiries with a 0 placing .important equipment In- the cotten goeds trade of improvement are also visible, anufacturers are securing better rtly to the. zn y !o an u:tni der ncrelae w foreI:n trnde\contjnuu active, ?{ o‘heavy orders for munitions of war tending to offset the declines in bread- stuffs and cotton which are usual at this. season of the year. There has t.een Ssome 'recovery in imports, the réstilt being that the excess in exports at this time is running less pro- ncuticed than several weeks ago. It jis quite easy to attach too much -im- portance to. our foreign trade, al- itho it a very vital factor in egulating . ices and previding a mar- et for our surplus products, Securities 2ave been returned freely this week, particularly from London, and this [will tend to restrain imperts of gold. [So, too, will the diminished expendi- Tes of tourists abroad which are al- ays a factor of importance at this ng season, M.onetary Situation Satisfactory. The monetary situation in New York s'satisfactory. Rates are relatively easy and the situation is such as to stimulate inflation rather than con- raction of security values. One good feature of the market has been the fridening activity of bonds and the v advance in prices, in which New Yotk Central debentures Pirovea a conspicupus example. The -apidity with which the $40,000,000 Tt term’ Baltimore & Ohieo notes ére taken shows the healthy absorb- lpg power of the . market. Security priues haye new had a very constder- Phile .especially in the so-called rarPoup. Railroad/shares have also iad a very fair advance, and. the gek sent back frem London were gadily absorbed, shewing a better ¥ing capacity here than was sup- Indications point to an active drregular ymarket. It is 'hardly ffadent to discount embryonic pros- erd o rapidly; especially in' view uncertainties of war. HENRY CLEWS. ) MOER BEATS ROBIDEAU. ridgeport, May 1.—Walter ~Mohr F Brooklyn outfought Sam Ribideau if“Philadelphia in a _fifteen round t at the Casino in Bridgeport last ‘h,g Mohr's infighting tactics an impértant part of his vic- L ¥ Robideau. scored a majority of 'S, points at long range. The bout jiled to produce the expected fire- 8. Robldeau made a grand fin- \ But his showing late in the' battle ‘net” avercome the early advan- ined w flu blonde-haitéd op- ‘There Were no knockdowns. nceton at Pennsylvania.” ates at Colby, E orgetown at West Point, AN 0 ol B terday, beating Wyckoff, 6 to 1. VLTROLLEY CAR WRECKED IN TEXRS FLOOD | Austin, Texas, May 1.—This city bore the brunt of the spring floods. In the accompanying illustration is shown a trolley car at the bottom of , a culvert. The rushing waters have loosened the supports of the structuve | on which the car was crossing, and it | passengers tumbled several feet. Many of the were injured. A Twenty seven persons perished seeking es from the rushing waters. WYCKOFF IS BUMPED ‘HARD IN THE FIRST And the Semators Lived Happily Ever After. R e O ~Washington, Mw 1,~The- Senators clearly -outclassed the Athletics ves- By bunching hits and an error in the first mmning they put four runs over, and agajn in the second on two hits and a stclen base one ' more run scored. ‘Wyckoff then held them off until the seventh inning, when an error and two hits produced one run. The Ath- letics were held safe till the ninth, when Walsh led off with a two base | hit and Strunk followed with a single, scoring Walsh. Score: . T, h e Philadelphia ... 000000001—1 ‘6 2 Washington 41000010*—6 8 0 Batteries—Wyckoft and McAvoy; Boehling and Henry. Tygers Brought to Halt. Chicago, May 1.—The White Sox brought the winning streak of the flying Detroit Tygers to a halt vester- day by taking the game, 4 to 1. Faber pitched. brilliant ball, allowing only three hits. Dubuc twirled a good game, but the Sox got hits at the right time. Both teams fielded faultlessly. Score: ¥ . hie. 000100000—1 3 0o 01001002%—4 7 o0 and McKee; Detroit .. Chiecago .. Ba.tteriefi—Dubuc Faber and Schalk. TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1902—Harry Forbes and Johnny Reagan fought 20-round draw at St. Leuis. This bout was for the bantam- weight champlonship, then claimed by Forbes, a Chicago boy. fended his title against a number of other hoys, whipping Mart Devaney at Denver, Tommy Feltz and Mike Memsic at Chicago, Frankie Neil at Oakland, Johnny Kelly at Kansas City, again. matched for a second contest Frankie Neil, and this time the littie Californian knocked himgout in the second round at San Franeis€o, Soon after winning the bantam title Neil | was matched to fight Johnny Reagan | at Los Angeles. The bout went the full twenty rounds, and was called a draw, although many thought Reagan ‘had the shade. Reagan lost to Jimmy Walsh, the bantam claimant. in 1906, but, defeated Jimmy at San Francisco in 1909, At his best Reagan was as &ood as any of the bantam championg of his time, and deserves to. rank ameng the great lads of that division. 1900—Kid Broad defeated Jack McClelland in thirteen rounds 6 at Cleveland. 1905—Abe Attell and Jimmy Dunn fought fifteen-round draw at South Sharon, Pa. % ————————————— For Your Insurance and " Surety Bonds Avoid trouble by having your insur- | | Eddoe Collins. | ling added somewhat to his purse by Sportography | BY “GRAVY.” EDDIE COLLINS, 28 ON SUNDAY, ONCE LOOKED LIKE A “LEMON,” Birthday congratulations due | temorrow to Mr. Edward Trowbridge Collins, alias Eddie Sullivan, but bet- the .muonicker of *ung man who leclared hy the are ter known under ™ commanded what publicity-hating 1 ates to be the highest price ever paid for a bal player, when the Athleties turned him cver to the. White Sox last December, was born in Millerton, N, Y., May 2, 1887, and hence is on the verge df his twenty-eighth milestone. Edward Trowbridge, of the tribe of | Cellins, was destined for an honorable career as a barrister. but destiny! slipped a cog ‘when his family sent | liim to New York to sop up an educa- tion. He first eased himself into the haseball limelight as a member of a Tarrytown prep school nine, where he pitched and played varlous other | positions. Then he went to Columbia University. where he made the nine as a freshy., and was elected captain for his senior year. Tn the summer months young Col- playing ball with clubs in Plattsburg, N. Y., Rockville, Conn., and, other centers of population. Having due re- pard for his amateur standing, he called himself Eddie Sullivan on these little incursions into professionalism.: It was his work with the Reckville club which attracted the eagle eye of Cennie Mack. - Incidentally, the chroniclers sav that Collins applied for a job with Jawn McGraw, but that Jawn, after giving him the onge-over. turned him down. Thisis a pretty story, especially since McGraw has publicly declared that Eddie is the most valuable player in captivity, and the only flaw in it is that it isn't true —if we take Eddie's and Jawn’'s word for it. In the summer of 1906 Eddie had & conference with Connie Mack, and Forbes de- | and others, but didl not meet Reagan In August of 1903 Férbes was | the Coluinbia nine * with | but the newspaper ph agreed to accompany the Athletics on their western trip. Donning an Ath- *stic uniform and the patronymic of “ddie Sullivan, heé fared forth. He npeared in six games that year, and ~ome of the Chicago papers thought well enough of him to nrint his pic- ture. Fddie was sche” 1 to captain next Yvear, phs of Sul- livan were called to the attention of the university faculty, and HEddie was called on to the carpet. He refused FEddie Colling and Bddie Sullivan were one and the same, on the ground that he might incriminate himself. sealed his doom as a college player. the following season and, leaving the law school to get along as best could with the students at hand, | of pay to reply to the question as to whether | That | Collins finished his college course | it quoth Connie, “In a year or three he'll be the greatest second bag;er in the husmegs" Right-o! And then some, BAKER BREAKS RIB, Famous Batsman Takes Toss 3 Stairs. Philadelphia, May 1.—Frank Baker will not play with the Upland team in the opening game of the cham- pionship season’ of .the Delaware County league this afternoon. Yes. terday Manager Miller of Upland re- ceived a telegram from ‘Baket in Down | Which he said that'he had ‘fallen down a flight of stairs at his home at Trappe, Md., and broken a rib. It was said that the reported sal- ary of §100 a week for Baker does Frank an injustice. The exact amount given the famous third base- man was not announced, but it is admitted that it is considerably more than $100 a game. HARDWICK CAPT. Cambridge, Mass,, -May 1.—Yester- day afternoon the Harvard baseball team unanimously elected Huntington R. Hardwick of the senior class as their choice for captain. He succeeds Russell R. Ayres, 15, who has been in ill health for some time, with no prospects of playing ball . this sea- The apparatus is not thrown into the house any old way, when we in- stall a STEAM or HOT-WATER HEATING apparatus. but is installed in a neat and practical manner and the results obtained, would -warrent your giving us a trial. PARKER & | O'CONNOR Tel, 98 17 SEYMOUR ST. BOWLING Clubs, and Private Parties Accommodated, again’ joined the Athletics. The slight. hoyish rah-rah lad did not make any Mack, and there were times when the Athletic pilot looked ‘uupon Eddie as | only another “lemon.” As a shortstop | i he wds somethin’ fierce, and in the outfield he was far from a marvel. But the boy could hit, and that saved | him. Finally Danny Murpny was sent to the outer garden and Eddie was given a chance to display his wares at second base. When Connic lamped his college find going through the evolutions ap- i very pronounced impression on Connie | i Hildin Nelson, 172174 \‘I(‘H STREET. ‘The Quality Print Shop == Prinung adoue & many latguages J GOOD WORKMANSHIP — MO 1‘ ATE PRICEZ, Linotype Cowrposition ERN PRINTING AND PUB. \s pe i ! be likely to make. SUITS FOR STOUT WOMEN A SPECIALTY “NIFTY” That's the name of this H. Mighty 0. ‘P. King Quality style. appro- priate, too. SBtylish comfortable without being without being freakish— clum; “H's a favorite with all types of men. O Shoes are in all King Qualityy made styvles of leathers. OXFORDS H. O. P. King Quality Oxfords don't glip at the heel, nor give at the sides with every step vou take. King Quality Shoes are ankle fitted. There are 40 years of good shoe- ‘mnkin.- behind each. pair. May we show $3.50, $1.00, GARDNER REPLIES 70 DANIELS ON NAYY Congressman Says Secretarv Failed to Aaswer Former’s Asséi.. .. ‘Washington,” May 1.—Congressman A. "P. Gardner, of Massachusetts has sent a letter to ex-President Taft in response to the latter's request that he comment upon the views of Secretary of the Navy Daniels in his recent lef- ter (published April 26) to President Garfield, of Willlams college. In the course of the letter he says: “It appears that =President Gar- field of Williams College recently wrote ‘to Mr. Daniels, asking for an authoritative statement, so that he might be in a position to “meet the statements made by Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts, alleging that the United States is at present unprepared for military emergen- cies.” You. $4.50 and $5.00. Assertions of FLunatic. If President Garfield of Williamns | was looking for an answer to my as- ; sertions, he was disappointed, In the | course of his very long letter, the secretary did not undertake to meet the assertions which I‘have made, al- though he successfully met a good many asertions whihe 1 did not' make: assertions, by the way, which | no one outside a lunatic asylum would J | \ For' instance, the secretary trium- phantly asserts and overwhelmi x—\ ly proves that the American navy is larger and more abundantly equipped than ever before. Inasmuch as the | American navy has not been at war for seventeen years, and as the scrap heap is almost unknown in our mitl- | tary system, it did not take two news- | paper columns to prove that our na- ’ vy and its equipment must continue | to increase so long as congress con- | tinues to appropriate for them. Purse Controlled by Democrats. ‘“Perhaps 1 ought not to' criticise a cabinet officer, but to any ordinary | mud-lark congressman like myself, it | really seems as if the might have been a little less mislead- | ing if the secretary had pointed ‘out | the fact that in the last two years 6f comparisoa | i your administration the purse strings | were held by a democratic house ot{ representatives. “I think you will agree with'me that | a definite statemeént on these points would be more profitable than a dis- | cussion as to whether it is a republi- | can administration or a democratic administration that is most to blame for the fact that we are so deplorab!y | behnd the times. Yet, unless I am very much mistaken, the secretlryi says not one word about the all im- | | portant question of the speed, or rath- er lack of speed, of our fighting ships. He tells us that the situation as to mines and torpedoes and .ammunition has vastly improved, but he denbes us definite figures as likely to betray im- portant naval secrets. GITY ADVERTISEMENT Re-Advertised—Bids for the re- freshment house concessicn will be received by the Board of Park Com- missioners until Tuesday H 0. P.| | Am Car & Foun Co 58% | Beth Stee'l | General Electric i Great Nor pfd | Nev Cons b Z R SR RICHTER & NEW \0.‘ KDDY. Represeated by E W, 50 shs Colt's Arms 50 shs North & Judd 50 shs New Britain M 50 shs Stanley Works 'HUNT, ELLIS & n CONSOLIDATED S'I;OCK EXCHANG New York. STOCKS, BONDS GRAIN AND CO 0 bought for cash or earried on moderate margin, Bxecution of orders unsutrpassed. Excellent market in Boston Cop pers. HARTFORD OFFICE 817 Main Street OLIVER H. 'IHRALL, HARTFORD. ACTIVE SPECULATION IN WAR SPECIALTIES | Westimgthouse Eicotric Again Feature o8 Stock Exchange. New York, May 1.—Active specula- tion {n war specialties and allied stocks was resumed today, trading in the two hour session being devoted almost entirely to those issues, while better known investment shares were pushed in the back ground, where they drooped on moderate selling pressure. Westinghouse Electric was again the spectacular feature, although it failed to repeat its high quotation. Pressed Steel Car, Lackawanna Steel, Baldwin Locomotive and Studebaker made heavy gains of 2 fto 4 points but thes were largely lost towards the end. United States Steel rose and fell within fractional limits and cop. pers as a whole were inclined to sag. The general list made some recave in the later dealings with a steady close. Bonds were irregular. Wall St, 10:30 a. m.—Specialties were again taken up at the opening of today’s mérket to fhe neglect of the railway ligt and other seasoned is- sues. Westinghouse, which furnished the sensation of the previous day by reason of its strength and activity rose a point at the outset, while Pressed Steel Car, Baldwin Locomotive and half a dozen other stocks of this class rose one to three points. Among the actual leaders United States Steel was the only stock to rise as much as a point. Metal shares were mostly low- er. Trading was very active but main- ly of a professional character. 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: | May 1. | High. Low. Close. 49% 49 495 TT% 76% 6 39 381 381 8% 57y 42% 43% 100 100 58% 593 T2 - T3% 111 111 122 8% 363% 102% TTY 9034 141 165 40% 5% 48y 95 % 151 28 % 44% 160 121 22 1% 143 861 LLL 15% 67 32 109 % 105% 108 % 587% 24% 151% 925 183 3415 | Am Beet Sugar. . Am Copper | Alaska Gold v L. 100% 6038 . 13% 112% Am Can Am Can pfd Locomotiv Smelting . Sugar ..... Am Tel & Tel. 122% Apaconda Copper.. 36% AT S Fe Ry Co.102% B e O. 718 B R T. 9014 145 166 % 1% 463 8y L0 163 28% e .162 (121 Interborough . 23y Interborough pfd.. 72% Lehigh Valley L1438 Mex Petroleum 89 N Y C & Hudson.. 88% T Y NYNHGE&HRR 67TY% N Y Ont & West.. 32% Northern Pacific...109% Norfolk &. West..105% |Penn R R. e 10985 Pressed fiteel (‘nr. 59 Ray Cons 24% Reading LA51% Southern Pacifie... 93% Southern Railway. *18% Tenn Coper 34 Unien Pacific .132 Ttah Copper .. 683 U Rubber Co. 71 Am Canadian Pacifie. Central Leather Chesa & Ohio. Chino Copper Chl Mil & St Plul Distillers Sec Xde D oy Erie 1st pfd.. 159 121 22 T1% 143 853 876 158 663 32 109 % 105% 108 7% 563 23% 150 % 928 183 341 131% 67% 693 3 132 68 % 69% of April, A. D., y Hannon, Justus | kohl, Radil, Williaj Peter Long. named signers electors and estate, in the Town of New of April, U 8 Steel U 8 Steel, Westinghouse Western Union . FORCED FINANCIAL NEWS . 69N La’ rsmmm i Day’ s Trad he feature Colt's Arms, t week' day recorded a price. Being q local stock market, substantial uoted around 327 a few sales early this morning at a above that figure and then | oped that $335 was A share of the stock, made readily later at are confidence that the stoek 18 | many Other New stocks are still points profit still s § Britain manufa holding up creeping towards their and Judd w in . its slowly. quick jump. The quotations on as the feature o ‘ ot stccks remain about the terday The most transactio: reassuring ms of the to as Scarcely a local stoek but h gcod demand. records a gain of week, North an Colt's at 3, thirt; d Judd @ has gained seven points New Britain Machine at gained two poin te. Stanlef 60 to 63 is plus four pol can Hardware at 126 to 128 1§ itg head well up with two Union Worke an: holding well, bef fair prices. The d other in good de 'ormer is 64 to 66, no advan is quoted 47 to 4 O'GORMAN OPPOSES New York, Ma: 100 women rep: gressional Unln frage, whom h resterda¥. 8, a'gain y 1.—To a would not support the dell amendment uonll woman m&nn 1 Hereby Apply for & sell Spirituous Liquors, Ale, Lage: and Cider at 194 Town of New B . and ol business is not loca’ dred feet (is feet of Church pm line from any Scheel, or&o pertaining thereto, public library, or , or any Dated at New Britain, fl'lll of April, A. D,, 191 TIMOTHY JONES, We, tho undersigned, are | and taxpayers, owning real the Town of New Britain, sign and endorse the fo cation of Timothy Jones for and hereby certify that said is a suitable person to be pursuant to said application. Dated at New Britain, this ¥ Patrick H. Frank C, 915. S T Herehy Certify that th a taxpayers, nd en own! Dated at New Britain, this A. D, 1 HARRY A. 916. HARGR Deputy Ta ~ Con!iectlcut Trustand Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORAT ION organized and qualified through years of . trustworthy service, to act as Conscrvato “Executor or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. SURPLUS night, 6 | ance written by a man who knows | bropriate to covering second base, the i EAST ‘how. * Go to ‘I McGillicuddy eye lightea up Wwith DWIGHT A PARSONS . satisfaction, as one who has found a | . A y i pearl in an oyster. Booth's. Block. “That's where. Colling Connecticut Trust and Satt M. H, WHAPLES, Pres't. Aobe, o'clock, May 4th. For ‘further information see’ Supt, Wainright. 'Phone 1272, Board “of Park Commigscioners. € at Bowdoin. eshmen at Exeter. Cross at Brnwn. LISHING COMPANY. Church Stree:. Ten o3 C. EBUISEN, Mon 53 belongs,”