New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1915, Page 11

£ CTED', —_— inuxdhn‘mr« many of the bodies iwere taken would accommodate only a.few the overflow crowds paid hom- age on.the outside, giving little heed to the inclement weather,- . Mistaken identification halted one funeral today. “Who are you looking for?’ asked &7 policeman at the morgue as a boy wtlked in and looked anxiously about. ry Morgan,” came the answer. ' ¢Mary Morgan has already .been identified and her body has been taken home,” said the officer. Not ’S. “1 know all about that” said the boy, ‘but the body at Morgan’s is not Nary.” A short time later the boy identified | Mary Morgan’s body as one that had ' been brought from the river on Mon- day. The mistaken identification had been made by her own father. at happened in the engine room of the HEastland in the seventeen minutes just before the steamer over- turned ldst Saturday morning was told at tho Coroner’s Inquut today. d 8. Snow, assistant eng!neer. ‘he and Chief Engineer J. M. mn were busy trying to trim g and restore it to an even keel ping water in the starboard or water ballast and at the same Board of Conimission Approves Pro- posed Plan of City to Take Over 3 ,(;on:u\ol of System, Detriot, July 28.—Plans for the purchase of the lines of the Detroit | United Railway within theé one-fara street scene, s» called, whereby the city may obtatn control of the sys- tem at u price to be fixed the cir- cuit judges of Wayne county, been approved by the Board of Street Railway commissioners. The board's a contract for the purchase of the lines which must be submitted to a vote of the people was made public today. The contract will be submitted to the Board of DMrectors of the Btreet Railway company at a meeting Au- | gust 2. The plan of purchase provides that the ecity pay for the property from the earnings of the street car system. The railway has large mortgages liabilities, the bulk being due in 1932, The city would assume these. The-city obligates itself personally for - two per cent. of the assessed valuation of Detroit, which is about $11,000,000. It is expected that the directors of, the'street railway company: will ; ac- cept the plan. WARSHIPS AT SAN DIEGO. 850 Midshipmen Enroute to Panama- me trying to empty the tanks on the versi anks two and three on the dock side to empty tanks two and three on river side.” “Why did you work only on tanks two and three instead of on al?” asked Assistant State’s Attorney Sul- livan. *“There were two reasons,” said Snow. “The intake pipe would not fill at once and tanks two and three were supposed to respond more quick- /ly 'than the otHer.” {‘The witness said he did not know how. long it would take to fill the ballast tanks and trim the ship, nar did _he know how much water the hgllast tanks held. - Idsted - To Dock side. “The vessel first listed to the dock side and we let water in.tq the tanks on the river side. Then when the loading became heavier she fisted ‘to the river side and we began to fill the dack lflll tanks and empty the port on river side’ tanks.” “Bifow” sald ‘he left the vessel when the Tist’ become S0 great that water poired into the gangway. @ [ landsturm ‘last night stormed - por- Berlin, July n. via London, 4:45 p. ~The German war office gave out . tufi !fllowin' official statement t’hul _afternoon: [ #Northwest of Souchez, the Silesian | tions of trenches which, as a .result of ‘previous. fighting, still remained in the hands of the French. We :ap- | tured four machine guns. ~1 4In the Vosges on the Lingekopf- Barrenkopf line, severe fighting took place. .. After four hours of hand to hand conflict the French attacks were repulsed by our counter attacks, i We recaptured the trenches of Linge- kopf, which we lost the day befora yesterday, with the exception of one m-n portion.” £ flm SUBMARINE VICTIMS.. Amsterdam, July 28, via London, | 5:35 . m-—-Germa.n submarines ac- c%fln( to a telegram received here to- Pacific Exposition. San Diego, Calif., July 28.—The bat- tleships Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, having on board 850 midshipmen of the Naval academy at Annapolis on their annual practice cruise, arrived in San Diego harbor today. The mid- shipmen are enroute to the Panama- Pacific exposition at San Frangcisco. On the way up the Mexican coast the Ohio lost one of her propellers and the passage of the ships was delayed. Former President Roosevelt was to review the midshipmen., MORGANS AT SAN FRANCISCO. Financier’s Son and Bride Made Trip Through Panama Canal. San Francisco, July 28.—Junius Spehcer Morgan, son of J. P. Mors‘-n. with his bride and party, came ashore here today from the steamer Kroon- land, which brought a number of per- sons: from' Néew York by way of the Panama canal. 5 ‘A squad of police met the Kroon- land to arrest a steward charged with mutiny and gave rise to a report that a special guard had been detailed for Mr. Morgan, Police . Officials sald there was nothing to this report. ek . GM WARNEI). Told Not To Reply To.U. §. Note Un- - léss Answer Is Favorable. London, July 28, 3:07 p. m.—The Calogne Gazette today publisheéd as a wireless despateh from ° Washington the suggestion that “fn order to avold the further excitement of public opin- ion in° America,” Germany should not reply to the American nate unless it is able to give a favorable answer, says a telegram from Amstérdam to Repter’s Telegram Company. The Cotogne Gazette, the message adds, considers the advice well wor- thy of consideratien. CONDITIONS IN PARK. Police Asked to Separate Boy -and Girl Bathers at Orest of Hill. Complaint was made to Chief Raw- lings, today by Mrs. Bassette and Mrs. Stanley of Emmons place concerning the little boys and girls who go bath- ing at the pool on the top of Walnut, Hill. It is claimed that the child- jren group together near the houses on Emmons place and dress and un- dress, shocking ‘the néighborhood. The park policeman will be instruct- day from Beérlin had sunk in the war 7oneé up to the 25th of July 299 Eng- 1ish ‘vessels, thirty other hostile ships ifidlading six neutral vraft that were ' sent.to the bottom by mistake. Twen- ty-seven additional neutral vessels, the:despatch adds, were examined and nk Because they carried contraband. ed to separate the groups as the city has provided. bath houses for them. A few days ago a report was about that at midnight frequently girls be- tween the ages of sixteen and twenty were wont to go bathing in the pool a la September Morn. The report has not been substantiated to date. ..Gee but I envy the guy that is lyin’ around On the sweet-smelling earth 'neath most any old tree . 1£ I had a chanice to go aloafin’ like him Old Omar Khayam w.uld have nothing on me I wish to-this Michael, or st anyone else . - - That I could rest thoughtfree on the green pasture sward \Vitln’he knowledge aworkin’ throughout my tired brain *Thal a swim in the brook would be a short walk's 11 you oné thing, you can take it from me, nothing like loafing when you’re feeling tired But the fellow who loafs with no let up at all time comes I'll say to you 1, at least once in a while, k. for_ you while you 4-e away Ibaf swim, and SMILE. hes | statement of approval together with | Personal Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dillon of West| street are entertaining Miss Elizabeth McCoy of New York. Assistant Secretary Greene of the Chamber of Commerce 1s enjoying his vacation. Mrs, Fred Winkle is critcally ilj at { ner home on Cherry street. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. John Meade. Rev. George Donohue officiatea at the funeral of John Meade, held at 10 o'clock this morning from . St. Mary’s church. { Interment was jin new Catholic cemetery. Miss Elizabeth Sheehan, The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Shee- han was held at 9 o'clock.this morn- ing from St. Mary's church, Rev. George Krause. officiating. - Intérment was in new Catholic cemetery.; The pall bearers were John McCabe, -Ed- ‘ward. Mullen, J.- J. -Crean, Stephen Dudjack and Thomu nnd Roger Me- Donne]l. BALKY A‘Jm’s TNOKS. Develnpes Fot Box: lnd Breaks Hyd. An automobile: owned 4 by~ Leleols. of 250 Park street, Hartford, proved worse than.d bucking. broncho while enroute from Plainville to Hartford last evening.. .The machine develop- ‘ed a hot bearing on the Plainville road mear the ruins of the old valley hotel late in the afternoon and late last night when it was being towed to the Central garage by M. J. Kover- man, it became balky on West Main street near the corner of South High. As a result it skidded into the fire hydrant in front of W. H. Caldwell's handsome residence and the hyrdant snapped off close to the ground.. The machine straddled the broken hydrant and a deluge followed. The front of the Cadwell house, the sidewalk and the permanent pavement on West Main street were treated impartially to a shower bath, Word was sent to Foreman Towers of the construc- tion force of the water department and the geyser was checked. A new hydrant was installed this' morning. PHYSICAL: DIRECTOR CHOSEN, Miss Jones, of Hartford, New Physical Instructor at Y. W. C, A. Miss Jones of Hartford has been chosen by the board of the directors of the Y. W, C. A. as physical direc- tor at the association. She is a grad- uate from Oberlin college, Ohilo, and comes to this city highly recommend- ed. Miss Jones will arrive here —on Friday of this week and will chap- erone a party 4f local young ladies who are to go camping at Lake Ma- konechy, near-Martha’s Vineyard. Miss Jones will commence her new duties at the.local association in the fall ~While..at Oberlin she. excelled &s an athlete and it is believed that she will meet with the approval of the members. Miss Jones will be the first physical instructor that the lo- cal Y, W. C. A, ‘hag had. Her father is a teacher of pedagogy in Hartford. CASE AGAIN CONTINUED. The case against Hugh V. Conroy and Frant Leist of this city, charged with assault, reckless driving and evading responsibility when they ran down a man in Meriden several weeks ago, was again. cnntinued until next Tuesday morning when' it was called in court today, = Attorney P, T. O’Brien, counsel for the accused. is still ill, necessitating the postpone- ment. % ARABIC SAILS WITH - MUNITIONS OF WAR After Steering Gear Surrounded With a Number of Sand Bags—Twelve Americans on Board. New ' York, <July "48/—The White Star liner Arabic sailed for Liverpool today with.a number of sand bags sur- rounding the after stéering gear, as a protection against possible shell fire from German submarines. The Arabic carried 16,000 tons of cargo, almost all of which was war supplies. Aeroplanes and ' aytomio- biles formed the chlet portion of the cargo. Of the 188 passengers twelve were Americans. For.the first tine in the history of the line né passenger list was' published prior to the sailing of the vessel.. LIGHT GETS JUDGMENT. Bridgeport, Conn., July 28.—In the supreme court this afternoon Judge Willlam Williams ordered judgment entered for Judge John Light, of Nor- walk, in the $50,000 libel suit brought against Judge Light and B. N. Bird, of Shelton, by John T, King of Bridge- port. Judge Light had previously filed a demurrer to King’s complaint and this demurrer was sustained in = the supremie court. APPEALS FOR MEXICANS, Los Angeles, July 28.-—A telegram from Secretary Lansing, of the State Departmeont, asking further reprieves for flvé Mexisans under sentence to die Friday at Florence, was received here today by Wiley Jones, Attorney General of Arizona. Mr. Jones reply: “The United States has no right te interfere.” e S TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION GIRLS WANTED. ' Apply Landers. Frary & Clark Labor Bureau, at 11 and 2 o'clock. ' 7-28-3a NOTICE READ THIS! Any body wants good Upright Piano. Call see mine. fer accepted. John Halvarson, 36 Maple street, Telephone. . of the Remington plant has failed to Any reasonable or»‘ 7-28-1dx ' DONOVAN RESTS HIS CASE AGAINST HILL Al Evidence of Former Congress- man Submitted Stamford, July 28.—The Donovan- 1lill congressional elecction fraud case reached the point today wnere all evi- dence for Mr. Donovan was put in al- though Homer S. Cummings, counsel for Mr. Donovan, reserved the right to call in rebuttal if he desired, Frederick Rhodes of Bridgepert, Elmore 8. Banks of Fairfield, G. W. Wilke, of the Straw Braid association or New York city, A. C. Wheeler, who served Mr, Hill as political agent, and W. E, Burnham of Bridgeport The hearing was then adjourned to' permit Mr, Hill's attorneys to confer as to the manner in which they shall put in evi- dence’for' the respondent. While no dete for wresumption was set it is ex- pected to be resumed this week. d Hawks on Stand. The witnesses: called .today included McDoughal Hawks, .a New York lawyer, ,.with a summer residence in Rirgefield, who contributed $100 to the campaign tund saying it was to aid the whole ticket. He persisted in'this statemerit although a letter to Wheeler was offered in evidence to the effect that he had given the money to help Mr. Hill! Frank B. Gurley, treasurer of the Stamford town committee, said he re- ceived no money from Wheeler. Let- ters showed that he had received a $200 contribution but Gurley said the money went to Mr. Fressenden to conduct a local canvass. Gave $100 to Ald Party. F. J. Kingsbury, president of the Bridgeport Brass, company, had con- tributed $100, which he said was at the request of W. E, Burnham to aid the party and not for Mr. Hill's special penefit. William J. Williamson of Stratford, evplained receipts and disbursements there as shown in his report Means to Evade Law. After the hearing Mr\Cummings made the statement that as he viewed thé evidence the appointment of a campaign committee was simply a means to evade the law and to expend greater sums for campaign expenses than is allowable. William F. Henney, counsel for Mr. Hill, said that he saw nothing in the svidence to indicate an evasion of the Jaw. The expenditures were within reason and entirely within the law, he thought. BRIDGEPORT STRIKE REMAINS UNCHANGED Machinists Making Time Awaiting Re- turn of Keppler from New York to Park City. " Bridgeport, Conn., July 28.—At the headquarters of the Bridgeport local of the I. A. M. this morning, it was stated that there was practically no change in the strike conditions at the small factories having contracts with the Remington Arms and Ammunition company and the Remington U. M. C. company. . John J. Keppler, the second inter- national vice president of the dssocia- tion who has been conducting the strike, was expected before noon. He | was said to have been in New York investigating the failure of the Rem- ington plants to take back strikers, machinists, last Monday, in accord- ance with the plan ratified by the ma- chinists Saturday night. Keppler and | local machinists among the strikers maintain that the local management carry out instructions from men higher, authority. ‘All the strikers among the building | erafts, on the Remington plants are at work. The machinists are making time, awaiting Keppler’s return. in ONE DROWNED IN FLOOD, | Heavy Damage Done in Wyoming and’| Montana. Hot Springs, Wyo., July 28.—Prop- | erty loss estimated at $300,000 was| eustained through the business section of the town. One person was drowned | 4 | Livingston, Mont., July 28.—A wind and rain storm swept through central Montana last night causing much damage. Thbe business district of Livingston was flooded and heavy damage is reported by merchants. The -storm which struck Great Falls destroyed: a section of tne electric power plant, street cars were unable to run, and the telephone ‘system was put out of commission, ACTING MAYOR FINED. New London, July 28.—Seventeen | merchants, including Acting Mayor A. T. Minor, were fined from $5 to $35 in the police court this morning for vio- lation of the law in fegard to weights and measures. The fines and costs amounted to almost $700. NATIONAL DEFENSE LEAGUE. Baltimore, Md., July 28.—Two hun- dred leading citizens of this state, in- cluding three Court of Appeals Judges, | bankers and lawyers and business | men this afternoon organized the Maryland League for National de- | fense, WINKLE NAMED' TRUSTEE., i A hearing was held today on the | bankrupt estate of the Oriental Pro- | duce company at which - Fred Winkle | was appointed trustee. Lawyer H. P. TNtoche was named as one of the ap- | praisers to work with James Magson ars ~ { ment from tomorrow until September | named as defendants in | they were greatly pleased with the re- Suits for Stont Women a Specialty, Tub Skirts H. O. P. Tub Skirts, of every ma- terial used this summer, are proving their popularity by the way they are selling. 95ct0$7.45 Bdnd sizes 22 to 38. 36 to 45. Length sizes Many special values in Tub Dresses for street wear. $2.45 10 $9.95 Closed Friday Afternoons. MISSING FISHERMAN IS BACK HOME SAFE Charles P. Street Has Harrowing Exper- ience in Middletown. Farmer of West Main Tired, dirty and penniless, Charies P. Farmer of 674 West Main street. who went fishing Saturday and was réported as missing by his wife Sun- day ,returned to “his home at mid- night Monday with an exciting tale of his adventures. Farmer, who is a stationary engi- neer at the Stanley Works, started Saturday for Middletown on a fish- ing trip. On the banks of the river he claims to have got into a quarrel with two Italians who shoved him off into twenty -feet of water. He was rescued with a rope and given a swig from a bottle. . The drink was the last 'he remem- bered until he awoke and found his clothes in sorry condition and all his money taken from his pockets. e was compelled to walk home from Middletown. NEW PEACE MOVE REPORTED IN MEXICO Representatives of Factions Trying to Establish Party to End Chaos in Republic, ‘Washington, July 28.—Reports of a new peace move in Mexico attracted attention in official circles voday. Advices received here say that rep- resentatives of the various fgctions in the southern republic were concen- trating their attention in an effort to bring about a peace party either with or' without General Carranza. This move was said to be in anticipation of a final'appeal by the United States to faction leaders to compromise and re- store peace to Mexico. The United States is said to be con- templating a restoration of the ban on the export of war munitions; CONTEST Premicr Asquith Declares in General of War, London, July 28, 4:33 p. m.,—The war has become and is likely to con- tinue for some time a contest of en- durance, - Premier Asquith told the House of Commons this afternoon, while making a general review in moving the adjournment of parlia- OF ENDURANCE. 14. - The premier remarked: “We should be ungrateful and in- sensitive indeed if we did not recog- nize at this moment the indescrib- ably gallant efforts being made by our Russian allies to stem the tide of invasion and to retain inviolate the integrity of the possessions.” SERVE FORECLOSURE NOTICES. Danbury, Conn., July 28.—United States Marshal Middlebrook and Dep- uty Marshal Hawley began today the serving of notices of foreclosure upon 166 persons in Danbury and vicinity the fore- closure proceedings instituted by D. E. Loewe and Company in the Dan- bury Hatters case. The work of serv- ing the papers will take several days. The marshal said this afternoon that ception given them at the homes of the hatters and stated that in very case the document was accepted as a matter of course. RICHTER & MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK Represented by E. W. Eddy. American Hardware New Britain Machine Stanley Works Colt’s Arms North & Judd New Britain Nat. B Niles-Be New Depart New Departuri Bristol Brass BOODY McLELLAN & C MEMBERS NEW YO RK STOCK EXCHANGE. 111 Broadway, New York. stabl ished 1879. We will execate your orders amount from one share up. for any lstod w:‘lnmmawmnwmwmoum the larger customer. We will buy any number of shares from one up for We will buy ten sharcs or more on conservative DIRECT FRIVATE WIRE TO NEW YORK NEW BRITAIN OFFICE, 309-310 NAT'L BANK . Telephone 1012, T FINANCIAL N HEAVY DEMAND FOR U.S. STEEL STOCK New Haven Shares Gain Two and 2 Hall Points New York, July 28. Wall St., 10:30 a. m.—The spirited buying movement was continued with the opening of the stock market today. The highly fa- vorable quarterly report of the United States Stee] Corporation was reflected in a heavy demand for that stock, which opened with a block of 12,000 shares from 65 3-4, the highest since the suspension of the dividend. Rail- road shares rotained their newly de- veloped strength, with Eastern roads the particular favorite. New Haven gained 2 1-2 and Pennsylvania, Read- ing and Canadian Pacific one. Among the War Stocks there was a further rise. Bethlehemn Steel rose 15 points to 262 und Crucible Steel 2 5-% to 52 1-8 both new high records. CLOSE—S8pecialities were bid up further to facllitate distribution of the Standard Ralilroad stocks which declined to below yesterday’s closing. Crucible Steel soared 15 1-2 points 1o 65.. The closing was irregular. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Bddy, National Bank building: July 28, 1915, High Low Clase 57 55 66 72% 71% T1% 34y, 34 34 67% b56% 57% 61% b68% 69% .106% 1065% 106% 52% b2% 62% 79% 8% 8% 109% 1093 121% 121 6T% 61% 101% 101% 82% 833 81% 82 86% 86% 251 263 70 69% 145 145% 1% 41% 41 41 44 445 823% 83 40 36 127% 127% 28% 28% 26%° 26% 40 40 174 1765% 112% 39 73 21 142 75% 63 8814 Am Beet Sugar .. Am Copper .... Alaska Gold ..... Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Can ...,..... Am Can pfd .o Am Locomotive . Am Smelting . Am Sugar ... Am Tel & Tel . Anaconda Copper . 68% ATS Fe Ry Co..102% Baldwin Loco . 84y B & O 82% BRT... 87 Beth Steel . 269 Butte & Suptflo . T0% Canadian Pacific .147% Central Leather .. 42% Chesapeake & Ohio 41% Chino Copper .... 45% Chi Mil & St Paul. 84% ColF&I.... 40% Cons Gas ........129 Distillers Sec .... 28% Erle . 26% Erie 1st pfd . 41y General Blectric .177% Great Nor pfd ...118% Gt Nor Ore Cfts . 39% Interboro pfd .78 Interborough 21% high Valley ...144 Petroleum .. 77 National Lead .. 63 N Y C & Hudson 89 142 74 62% 88 14 63% 28% 14 61% 27% 106 1063 107% 49% 22% 146% 94 86 13% 45 81% 36% 128 % 85% 45% 65% 112 14 62 28% 106 106 % 1077 50 NYNH&HRR N Y Ont & West Northern Pacific .107% Norfolk & West .106% Peon R R .......108 Pressed Steel Car 50% Ray Cons .22 Reading .... 148 Rep I & 8§ pfd ... 95 Southern Pacific . 87 Southern Rallway 14y Southern Rly pfd 46 Studebaker - ...... 82% Tenn Copper ..... 87% Union Pacific ...180 Utah Copptr .... 66% U 8 Rubber Co .. 46 U S Steel .. .. 87 U S Steel pfd ....112% Va Car Chemical 31% 31% ‘Westinghouse 112 107 % Western Union ... 7T0% 69% 146% 95 8675, 13% 45 819 37% 1281 65% 454% 663% 112% | 31% 1 1103 9% WILSON PLAYS GOLF. ' Cornish, N. H., July 28.—President | Wilson was out on the golf links early today for a game with Dr. Cary T. Grayson, his naval alde and physician. He planned to work later until time | for the informal tea arranged for this afternoon by Miss Margaret Wilson in honor of members of the artist and | author colony of Cornish. TO ENFORCE LIGHT LAW. New Haven, July 28.—Chief of lice Smith today instructed of his force to see that the vehicles law, passed by lature, is observed on “ after dark. g 228 | GAIN SHOWN | NEW HA Than at First In [P New York, July 28- New Haven & Hartf cal year ended on M better than at- announced at the. the board of d terday, at which turns of the “New of its assoclated period were made Howard Elliott “The. gross ' ment, “decreased operating ‘expenses 000—the ratio of ex for the year pared with 72 X fiscal year ending The statement & for the last fiscal ye “New Haven,” New England, $460, Steamships company, Bedford, Martha's tucket Steamboat ¢ and Hartford & New Yo tation company, $14,000, ; $2,731,000, the New portation company's meeting fixed nlm ance over all req 000. o o Make Up. Defie “This balance of #§ statement continues, make up the c the fixed charges of i Stamford Rallway chester Street Rall the Berkshire Street I the three ‘trolley aged by the New Yi Hartford Rallroad New York, WM deficit below all fixed three trolley p $175,000. X “The interest on. New York, West Rallway com, fixed charges of Haven & L o Not counting in he ‘Westchester & Boston fi its expenses, rentals # proximately $115,000, wk provement of about year, Shortage to “The New Bngland pany shows a shortage fixed charges and thag small dividend cli necticut com is beld by the federal cided to pay a out of ahout f1, come. Had the ti necticut company @ of 2 per cent. or $800, tion company wo 3 above all requirement. York, New Haven & road company is the of tke navigation e tors of the New York, Hartford on July 20, 1 resolution to advance any f ed to meet the interest 000,000 gold notes of m land Navigation comp BSouth Norwalk, © John Kovacs, a shirt | Cluett Peabody shep suicide at his home this afternoon, despondency. | reled _— " son died suddenly , Versation with a business