New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1916, Page 11

S K 1S, NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1916. DEFENSE’S REMARKS SCORED BY BATTS Ghiel Federal Co{n;sel in New Haven Case Refutes Insinuation New York. Jan. 6.—Beginning the final summing up for the government ay the trial of the eleven former di- rectors of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, R. 1. Batts, chief federal counsel, took vehement exception today to remarks made LY the defense that he hac been chosen to prosecute the case because he had ‘Pfien. in Texas, a law partner of At- orney General Gregory. “Mr. Gregory,” he said, ‘knew I had experience in Sherman law cases. And it is not true, as has been said by Mr. Nicoll that this is the most important case I've had.” Defendants “Absurdly Rich.” Mr. Batts referred to the defend- ants as “absurdly rich” men and de- clared that their wealth, influence and kigh standing in the community did not palliate the violation of the law. “It is an important thing, gentle- men,” said he, ‘for you to whether an act which congress has passed for the benefit arwl protection of you and your children should be enforced.” Should Be Enforced. The attorney referred to the second or criminal section of the Sherman Jaw under which the indictment was Brought, as one which should be enforced, “in order that trust mag- nates of the future may know that they will be punished for disregard- ing it and not to have suffer merely the inconvenience of a dissolution.” The defendants might think, he said, that “Their immense power makes them impregnable. But we re a million to one. 1If we choose we can take their wealth away from them, But we do not choose. We have made a law especially applicable to them and choose to see that they obey the law.” MILITARY STORES MOVED IN CHINA President Takes Measures Against Attacks By Rebels (Correspondence of *he Assoclated Press.) Peking, Dec. 8.—President .Yuan Shi Kai is moving 211 military stores as rapidly as possible away from zen- ters subject to attack by the revolu- tionaries. Even before the recent at- {@mpt to capure the Kiangnan Arsen- al at Shanghai much of the machin- ery from that arsenal had been moved to the Hanyang arsenal at Hankow. Military stores at Shanghai had also been sent to Tehchovs, which is locat- ed in the interior oa the railway con- necting Shanghai and Peking and about midway between the two points. Practically all the troops now lo- cAted along the Yangise Valley and in south China are northern men. For months there has been a constant movement of soldiers, arms and am- munition directed with a view to re- placing any troops in important strat- egical centers whose loyalty to the president was not beyond doubt. Control Great Territory. When the trouble broke out at Shanghai, it was feared that similar outbursts might occur at Nanking or at Wuchang. These two points on the Yangtse river were revolutionary strongholds in former days, and are located in such a mauner as to control a great territory. Nanking is 200 wiles from Shanghai and the mouth of the Yangtse river. Consequently, en army there can absolutely control river traffic into the heart of central China. Furthermore. Nanking is lo- cated on the only line of railway con- necting Shanghai with north China. By taking Nanking the revolutionaries in former days cut off all communica- tions between Peking and south China, except such as was afforded by ships gailing from Tiertsin for Shanghai and south China points. Hankow is even a more important strategical point, because it is the seat of the only great modern steel works in China and has the largest arsenal. Hankow is 600 miles from the mouth of the Yangtse, which is navigable to that point for ocean-going vessels with & draft of thirty feet. Many ships sail direct from Hankow every week for Liverpool and other points in Europe. It is the center for tremendous inter- national and river traffic Picked Troops at First. At present the government has 20,- 000 picked troops at Nanking, and cabinet members are confident there is ®o chance for enemies of the admin- istration to produce disaffection there, About the same number of troops is located at Hankow, and at Wuchang and at Hanyang. the two citles ad- joining Hankow, which really forms one great settlement Ho Hal-min and a number of other revolutionists who figured in past tgoubles, are known to have been in Shanghai when the movement was made against the Kiangnan arsenal. These leaders are supposed to have been instrumental in inspiring the trouble, but Chinese papers are almo. unanimous in charging that Japan tually furnished the sinews for the outbreak. ‘-en and other ene- mies of Yuan Shi-Kai now in Japan, are charged by the Chinese press with k&Vving connived with Japanese offi- cials in the arrangement of the Shang- City ltems | The new V-neck buttonless $7.50 | athletic sweaters now $4.85 at Wilson's —advt. The Misses Francesca and Eliza- beth Traut, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Traut, returned yesterday to Wellesley college after spending the Christmas holidays at their home here. Best L.ehigh Coal. Prompt Deliv. City Coal & Wood Co.,, Elm St, advt. Harold Lindberg, a Herald linotype operator, is ill at his home on Hart- ford avenue. Quarantine on cases of diphtheria on Dewey, East and Kensington streets was released today by the health de- partment, Letter Carrier Fred Sunburn is confined to his home on Hart street by an attack of the grip. Postmaster W. F. Delaney, who is indisposed, is reported as somewaat improved today. Walter Owens, a letter carrier, ill at his home on Chapman street. Mrs. George Poronto of Winthrop street is expected home tomorrow evening from a month’s trip to Michi- san. Letter Carrier Harry Smith has re- sumed his duties after his recent :il- nes is Secretary A. H. Andrews of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with the railroad officials in New Haven tomorrow to discuss several important matters, The annual meeting of the Young Ladies' society of St. Joseph's church will be held next Thursday night. Any of our $1.00 or $1.50 fi9c at Wilson's—advt. Val Paul York in this city. The French convention will be heid this evening at 8 o'clock at the Hotel DeVille. Phoenix Temple of Honor, No. will hold its regular .neeting in O. L A- M. hall Friday evening. Business of an important character will come up for action. Giddings vhapter, R. A. M. will meet this evening on the Royal Arch degree. A special communication of Cea- tennial lodge, No. 118, A. F. & A, M., will be held at Masonic hall tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock to conduct the funeral service of the late F. W. Giddings. Court Progress, No. 142, F. of A, will meet this evening at Eagle's hall, 2562 Main street, for the installation of officers and initiation of candidates. A full attendance of the members is re- quested as the commiitee on the ban- quet will also make report. Installation of oflicers of Court Charter Oak, F. of A., will take place this evening. A smoker will follow. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Jeary of 263 Church street at the local hospital today. Caps now of New is a visitor 19 DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Ernest H. S. The funeral of Seigfrid Abrahamson street was held from his late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The funeral services were largely attended by relatives and friends and a large number of floral offerings testified to the esteem in which the young man was held. Rev, Dr. S. G. Ohman, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Ernest Henning of 179 Jubilee TAFT, LANE, GARRISON, FOR SUPREME BENCH G00D OUTLOOK FOR STEEL TRADEIN 1916 Never So Large a Volume of Firm | Orders on Books as at Present (Special to the Herald.) New York, Jan. 1916—The Iron Age says today: No year has held out such promise at its beginning as the American steel trade finds in looking forward into 1916. Never has so large a volume of firm orgers, as distin- guished from cancellable contracts, been on the books of the steel mills, and never since the Steel Corpora- tion was formed have prices on fu- ture delivery husiness been at so high a level Generally new orders in December were less than in November and the Steel Corporation’s statement of next weelk is likely to show something le: than the prodigious increase of No- vember. 6, Greater Additions. The annual canvass of new steal ca- pacity under construction shows far greater additions under way fp' 1916 than any estimates the trade has en- tertained. Independent steel com- panies are building or have plans for seventy-three new open-hearth fur- with an annual capacity of . 000 tons of ingots, while the Steel Corporation has made appro- priations for 18 new furnaces (includ- ing four large ones for duplexing), representing 1,550,000 tons a year. Here is the amazing total of 4 5 000 tons of capacity coming forward —an | 1eaa In the newspapes discus | possible successor to the late Supreme | Court Justice Joseph R the | names of former President Taft, Sec- | retary of War Garrison and Secretary | of the Interior Lane have been men- tioned frequently A\r. Taft had ex perience on the federal bench before assuming office as president of the | Philippine commission and acquired a | high reputation as & jurist. Mr. Gar- rison was vice chancellor cf New Jer- | sey before he took his present office. | Mr. Lane has never held office, but his legal qualifications are undoubted. Lamar city a number of years. vived by her husband two daughters, Miss Catherine, and Mrs. Louise Hooge. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's church Satur- day morning a 9 oclock. Interment will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery. She is sur- Andrew, and | William Warnet. William, the eleven days old son of Mr, and Mrs. John Warnat of 268 Chapman street died today. The funeral will be held tomorrow morn- ing. Rev. Edward V. Grikis will of- ficiate. Catherine Dunigan. The funeral of Catherine Dunigan was held from Mary's church this afternoon and was attended by many of her former friends and compan- ions at St. Mary's parochial school. Interment was in St. Mary’'s new cem- etery. church, conducted the services at the house and at the KErwin memorial chapel in Fairview cemetery at 2:45 o’'clock. Mattabessett tribe, I. O. R. M., of which Mr. Abrahamson was the recently elected sachem, held ser- vices according to their funeral rites, The bears were all friends and fel- low lodge members of Mr. Abraham- son, those acting as pallbearers and flower bearers being: Ernest Johnson, George Foberg, Philip Oberg, Arthur Olson. George Molander, Arvid Sand- strom and Albert Sandstorm. Fredarick W. Giddings: Frederick W. Giddings, formerly a well known business man in this city where he was at one time owner of the commercial block, died yesterday at his home, 133 FEdgewood street, Hartford. Pneumonia was the cause of death. Mr. Giddings was a native of Hartford but moved to this city at the age of 22, going into the clothoing business. He conducted a store here for a score of years, returning to Hartford to accept a position as dep- uty customs collector. He held this position for fifteen years. Of late vears he has been employed at the Morrow Machine company. Mr. Gid- dings was 65 years of age and leaves his wife and one brother, George W, Giddings of Falmouth, Mass, The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from his late home. Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter, pastor of the Hartford Center church, of which Mr. Giddings was a member, will offi- ciate- Interment will be in Fairview cemetery in this city. In this city Mr. Giddings member of the Heptosophs. was a Mrs, Catherine Feeney. Mrs. Catherine Feeney, wife of John Feeney of Wilcox street, died at her home yesterday afternoon after a long illness. The funeral will be held to- morrow morning at 9 o'clock from St Mary's church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Feeney leaves two children, Mary and John. Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Christopher Flood of this city and Mrs. James McCabe of Hartford, and two brothers, Peter and Terance Riley of this city. Elizabeth, Irene, Catherine, Frank and Thomas Feeney are step-children, Mrs. Jeunie Glanslin, Mrs. Jennie Glanslin, a native of Lorraine, Germany, died today at her home, 181 Tremont street She was hai outbreak, morning at 7:30 o'clock be solemnized at Tomorrow a funeral mass will St. Mary's church, Frank Daversa. The funcral of Frank Daversa wd held this morning at 8 o’clock form St. Mary's church. Rev, William Krause officiated and interment was in St. Mary's new cemetery. Greater Than a Section. Tt is said that there were only two precedents for President Taft's action in appointing to the supreme court, in | the person of Joseph Rucker Lamar, a jurist of the party opposite to his administration. The indefensible practice of making party regularity the first requisite for such an appoint- ment never had a stronger rebuke | than by its disregard in this case. It | was fitting that the great south be represented on the supreme bench, | and by one of its ablest jurists. At the time of his appointment Judge Lamar | was conspiciously such a man. But all his record had been to the effect | that he was greater than a party, greater than a section. His life had been in the service of the law. Only once, and then but for a short time, hiad be departed from his chosen pro- fon for an excursion into mere pol- | His whole training had been in practice and in the courts, for a part of the time on the bhench of | Georgia's supreme court. His worth was recognized and his opinions were | highly regarded, all through the south. The sterling blood of the | Hugenots was in his veins, and that is a strain which is superior to state or sectional limitations Justice Lamar demonstrated another truth anew and that is that a cor- poration lawyer, as he conspicuously was before his appointment to the tench, is eminently fitted to be a fair and just judge. The south has since then hailed him as one of the greatest lawyers it ever produced, and Pres dent Wilson has vainly sought to add to the honor which Mr. Taft placed vpon him when he made his “a ju tice of the highest court in the world.” ITe was an honor to that court, and | long should his example stand as an ideal of the highest type of service | n the law, ; The boys did not get out of the | trenches before Christmas, but before . Christmas Mr. Ford got out of an en- | vironment that was rapidly becoming | impossible. Hig return to New York not triumphant, but it was a practi- cal act by a man more practical than 54 vears of age and had lived in this his mission.—New York World. | $15 to $15.50 for the first half amount fairly raising the ques- whether war prosperity may not to the overdoing of new con- struction. tion Important Factor. Today only ten blast furnaces under construction, representing 750,00 tons a year, and little of capacity will be ready in 1916. This unbalanced situation, with its effect on pig-iron and serap prices, as steel companies come into the market to feed their large melting capacity, is a are 1.- this factor of which more will be heard. Pig-iron output in December made a further gain, in spite of expected holiday slackening, the output being 203,322 tons, or 103 day, compared with in November, or 101, Pro- s a day, | duction on Jan. 1 was at 105,400 tons a dayv for 2 furnaces, as against 102.032 tons a day for 287 furnaces at the beginning of December. Increased Output. The countr is now making pig ron at the rate of 38.800,000 tons a vear, including charcoal iron. At tiie opening of 1915, with 147 furna- ces in blast, or half the number now running, the active capacity repre- sented only about 18,000,000 tons. One of the results of the vear is thus an increased output per unit in opers: tion. Bessemer pig iron Pittshurgh, the entire ply apparently heing of two produce A tons for first auarter delivery —was ma at $21, Valley furnace. repre- senting an advance of $1.50 a ton. A French buyver has offered at fur- nace for 5.000 tons me of Bes- semer iron for promnt shipment. French Advances. foundry has sold at and are also has advanced at available sup- the hands sale of 2,500 in de or 3 Southern iron There markets foundry iron. week of the on merchant the tendency is upward indications in other of further advances in Advances of the first vear include $2 a ton pipe and line pipe. Plates Feature of Market. Plates are still the feature of the market in their spectacular rise, 2.25c to 2.50c., Pittsburgh, being prompt prices. Tastern iron to 2c.. Pittsburgh, of $6 in a month. Our estimate of the pig-iron pro- duction of last year is 29,950,000 gross tons .which puts the 1915, with all the handicap of months at the beginning. second only to the 30,966.000 tons a have advanced bar bas a total mills HERE IT 1S AGATN. Opponents and supporters of the municipal ice project arve expected to cross swords this evening at a city meeting in the city building when t electors will decide whether $4,100 to be spent for to the plant and for harvesting the Councilman O. F. Curtis and his ad- herents expected to go to the meeting armed to the teeth to admin- ister a knockout to the proposition. Mavor Quigley and his friends are ex- pected to be cqually as insistent that the plant should be repaired and an- other crop harvested. The meeting repairs erop. ve | will be callea at 8 o’clock FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. Martinsville, W. Va., Jan 6.—Four children of John Morgan, rangi from four to fifteen vears were hurn- ed to death in their home here t> day. Morgan saved onc daughter, but while attempting to reach the others was so badly burned he may not recover. John Lind would not be human if he did not feel a pang of envy when he reads that Colonel House is going on another junket at the request of the President. The favorite Democra- tic rule about passing good things around does not seem to appeal to the President.—Rochester Democrat nd Chronicle. _-__———— TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. LOST—This noon, probabl Arcade or near station, §: Reward if returned to Herald. Rev Ma Scarf pin. turned to Mohican Bargains $5.00 and $6.00 SWEATERS, now $3.75. $2.00 Pajamas, now $1.50 Pajamas, now . 50 Fur lined Gloves, now .50 Wool Knit Gloves, now .50 Working Gloves, now ALFRED CROSS ILL; VINTON UNDERSTUDY Leading Man At Lyccum Unable to Proceed With Performance Last Evening Or Today. Owing to the sudden collapse of Al- fred Cross, leading man at the Ly- ceum, yesterday, it was impossible to continue with last evening’s produc- tion of “Nearly Married” and several disappointed theatergoers turned way to exchange their tickets. Today it was decided to have Arthur Vinton, another member of the com- pany, act as Mr. Cross’ understudy for the remainder of the week, or until Mr. Cross is able to resume his position. This afternoon, of hard study, Mr. leading role in Married.” This evening he will also appear in the same role. —~Mr. Vinton has 4 pleasing appearance and is possess of a good voice. Mr. Cross is ing from a hard case of the grip and there is some danger that pneumonia may develop as he has a slight con- gestion of the lunys His tempera- ture is very high. Mr. Cross has heen suffering for several days with hard cold and on Tuesday night he s barely able to go through with his part. At the end of each act he was compelled to lie down and at the conclusion of the play he was ex- hausted. His many admirers hope for his speedy recovery were after several hours Vinton played the W Yo M. G A. NOTES. Twenty-seven members the business men’s gymnasium class vesterday afternoon. This is the largest meeting in some time. After the session in the gymnasium, the class adjourned to the banquet room, where a supper was served. Plans to increase the membership of the class were discussed and short talks were given by Rev. J. W. Denton of Plain- ville, Harry Wessels, (. E. Root and ¥. O. Sherden, Charles Miller, one of the best known athletes in the city has been elected captain of the Viking A. C. team of the Y. M. C. A. league and the team expects to have a successful season under his leader- ship. attended TO HAVE DRUM CORPS. Plang are being discussed the members of the Scouts troops of the city for the for- mation of a fife and drum corps There is a feeling among the bos that such an organization would prove popular in the parades they have. Charles Vibberts, who is the father of the idea, will report to the Scout officials in a few da among various Boy At a Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis- trict of Berlin, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the 6th day of January, A, D., 1916. Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge Iistate of Hugh Kerwin, late of New Britain, in said district deceased. Upon the petition of James F. Cur- 1in of said New Britain, praying that an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased may be proved, ap- proved and admitted to probate, as per application on file more fully ap- pears, it is Ordered—That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office, in New Britain, in said district, on the 22nd day of January. A, D., 1916, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publish- ing this order in some newspaper published in sald New Britain, having a circulation In said District. and by jostng a copy thereof on the public cign-post in the Town of New Britain, in sald district, and by giving rotice to Patrick Kerwin, Portland, Oregon, and John J. Dwyer, Attorney at Law, Hartford, Conn., by mailing to each one, prepaid postage, a copy of this order, and return make to this Ccurt of the notice given BERNARD F. GAFFNEY RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCOK EX CHANGE, Represented by k. W. Eddy. New Britain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel 840 and 8 20 SCOVILLE MFG. CO. 40 NORTH & JUDD 30 UNION MFG. ‘Men’s Furnishing|| 40 NEW BRITAIN MACHINE CO CoO. FINANCIAL NEWS DECLINE REGISTERED ON STOCK MARKET General Motors Loses Filteen Points—Railways Lower New York, Jan. 6. Wall street 10: a. m.—Initial prices in the stock mar- pointed to further specu- A new factor of interest was injected by the state- ment of the head of the United States Steel corporation which counselled caution. U. . Steel opened at 87 1-8, nall wction over yesterday's close but soon declined to 86 1-2 on large Other leading shares were dis to sag after their ir- regular opening but declines we comparatively nominal, except in cer- tain high priced specialties, General Motors losing 15 at 470. Ralls were slightly lower with heaviness in Close—Most of standard stocks and many of the specialties made the low- est prices in the final hour. The closing was hea: ket today lative uncertainty. New York Stock Exchange quota- “lons furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Jan. 6, 1916 High Low Close 6714 295 2% Am Beet Sugar Allis Chalmers Alaska Gold Am Car & Fd Am Ice Am Can Am Can pfd Am Loco Am Smelting Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop AT S Fe Ry Baldwin Loco B & O Butte Superior Canadian Pac Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper .... Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F & T Cons Gas . Crucible Steel Distillers Sec Erie Erfe 1st General Elec Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd .. Gt Nor Ore Cetfs Inspiration Interborough Lehigh Valley Maxwell Motor Mex Petroleum ..121% National Tead ... 70 N Y C & Hudson.109% Nevs Conslol =0 R1b NYNH&HRR 76 Y Ont & West.. 30 rthern Pacific .117% orfolk & West ..121 Pac Mail S § Co. 12 Penn R R People’s Gas Pressed Steel (¢ Ray Cons Reading Rep 1 & Southern Pacific Southern Ry .. Southern Ry pfd Studebaker Tenn Copper Texas Oil TUnion Pacific Utah Copper U S Rubber Co. U Steel 501 143 65 46 4114 pfd 4954 4635 19% 811 2% 8 com 117 % 67T% 11 4 6| 8 23 117% 48 U S Steel pfd Va Car Chemi Westinghouse ‘Western Union Willys Overland 11 665 883 4 230 PRICES ARE DOWN IN BEAR MARKE Various Local Securities § No Anticipated Gains Prices remained tionar; in a quiet market Hartford Stock Exchange “Bull” prices in the prevailing * mark®t are as follows on 1 stol Brass, 68 n Brass, 74; New 181-183; 4190-500 Works, Works, 82 Colt’ 8 900, & Judd, 107; American rdware, 128- Standard Screw, 7 5 lLand| Frary & Clark, 6 Bri Machine, 82-84 | ATTACK ON MEXICAN POLICY IN SENA pratically on ocal sed A Depart 72-T4; Union North H 3-64 and New Senator Fall of New Mexico I Promised Republican Assault) on Adminis tion. Senator promised the adnf with of prei Washington 8 of New Mexico led th publican attack today istration’s Mexican speech urging the calling before had baseda the Carranza on policy doption upon ongress id informa ogni resolution the to on which he | of the Former said, had confidence tion of foreign governments official communication Wilson he continued April 20, 1914 which the there was g place rec government presidents, taken when Ltor into t considering recoj The Presid m from in presid said no vernment Mexico, Now, the senute to confirm the nomina Prather Fletcher as | Mexi was as He) sador Senator Fall dec er known of a time | president has dared congr. of the United has been ignored by th cupant of the White Senator of the lared: *'I before ts have when ignore ss States a present ige also resolution ROLL CALL AT A roll call mec Britain lodge of this evening A ant ting Elk number business matters will of ome imp up will ¢ discussion A lodge of for William Muller by J orrow Keegan The eulogies ¥ 1 William | be he | Louis J delivered | Mangan TROLL | An extrs troliey charge of ¢ Sy ! 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