New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1916, Page 11

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, \X/EDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1916. Scene at ! s at the hotel suffering s and shock was sufficient- recovered to leave last night from home. W. C. Bradley of West Haven, who is suffering from internal injuries, was to be taken to his home some time to- day, and Mrs. Therese Tierney of | Springfield, whose nose was fractured | and legs and arms lacerated, was to be taken to New York today for an operation. Damage Claims $500,000. Many claims for damages resulting | from the Milford wreck have already been filed at Bridgeport, Ct., with offi- cials of the New Haven road- A. B. treasurer of the road, and H. M. French, claim attorney, were busy among the injured last night. It was said that about 125 claims, aggregat- ing nearly $500,000, had already been put in, with the prospect of more to | follow. The claims range all the way from loss of personal property to that of death from injuries Haven, who w from brui 1y hi DEATH LIST GROWS; TEN ARE NOW DEAD (Continued From First Page.) New Haven thirty minutes late was @ispatched from this city, just one minute ahead of the local which had also reached here from the east eleven mi tes late. On the train card the regular departure of the Connecticut River Special is ten minutes ahead of the local, the latter having the Mil- ord station stop. Yesterday being a holiday, however, the list of station stops may have been changed to ac- e#mmodate passengers, The chief direction of the official inguiry will be to determine how it happened that both trains got into the same block, The division between Hartford and New York is guarded by semaphore block signals installed since the North Haven wreck which was caused by an engineer drifting by a<'banjo” which had been cleared by the cxpress ahead overrunninz its block limits by three feet. Signal Hidden By Smoke. rced today was that | train five running 79 which un- the the : the Milfora block beczuse a freight train running on the next track to him wa dragging along a cloud of smoke just at that instant and that Curtis could not make his brakes hold when he saw the danzer signal %00 feet behind No. 79. Tt is said that the danger signal, | o, anqg bruised, received four stitches & to: Curtls tho “home” signal was||o\" 200 BINIEE: ESCEVED ROUE SEECASS within his vision abcve the rock cut ents hospital todey Vhie His e which was part of the curve of a 100€ | gition is not serious, he is still suffer- @istance after he had passed the cau- ing from shock. tionary signal, the semaphores having been installed in a way to make this possible. It is also claimed that Flag- man Tourtellette in running back from No. 79 to flag No. 5 did not hear the rush of the latter because of the nojse of the freight train running on th8 next track to him. It may not be! possible to tell whether | | | i | | | i | | | i | Killed On First Run. Milford, Fed 23.—The body of tho railroad employe here was identified. as that of Harry Sweeney, a fireman, | | of Stamford. his was his first rup | as he was just breaking in as a fire~ man. He formerly worked for Yale & Towne Company in Stamford. He was in Curtis’ engine. The body of the male passenger here has not yet been identified. A thecry adva Eangineer Curtis of three minutes behind No known to him had Leen stalled on of ve, did not see Priest Suffers From Shoc Bridgeport, Feb. 23.—Rev. Edward P. Curran, assistant at St. Patrick’s R. C. church, Hartford, who was a passenger on the ill-fated express train | at Milford yesterday, and was severel) Disposition of Bodies. Milford, Feb. 23.—The body of Miss Susan Hyland, of Davenport street, New Haven, was shipped to her late home on the 12:33 train this after- noon. The body | sént to his Tourtellette Feld to the track too long to flag the Jocal or whether in trying to jump de he did not clear the pilot. The ais he had reached in not known. It is was carried forward of Engineer Curtis was home in Stamford on board the 12:37 train and the remains of { Flagman George L. Tolrtellette will be sent to Merrick, a suburb of Springfield, M: late this afternoon. i The body of Harry Sweeney, aged 21, | of 216 Elm street, Stamford, a student { fireman on t 11 be sent 'to his late ‘this evening. Identification of the fireman was made this morning by his young wife. The remains of T. McGinness, of Bron . Y, fireman on train No. 5, is still held at the morgue of Under- taker D. L. Nettleton here, awaiting positive identification. Chief En- gineer Harry Caldwell, of the Asso- ation of American Locomotive En- gineers, says the body is undoubtedly that of McGinness, but it will be held here awaiting the arrival of relatives. H a exact runni is thought his body some distance. General Greeley Comfortable. *Bridgeport, Feb, 23.—General E Greeley of New Haven, who wa: the Milford wreck, had a comfortable night at the Stratfield Hotel. are hopeful for hi ery but although having made an ex amination they are unable to tell as yet whether the general has internal injuries or is merely suffering from severe shock, They hope for the best. 411 of the other wreck victims at the hosbitals and Stratfield Hotel here, it was stated this morning, show im- | provement and no fatalities are ex- peeted. Gene theyfaxl to relish their meals and refuse téeat even the delicacies prepared to tfi:their appetites. They lack am- b S. in REALTY SALES TODAY. Sales of four pieces of property were recorded with the town clerk todd Eda M. Andrews of Hudson, I N. Y. sold to H. land and buildings on Elm street ad- joining land of George H. Smedley and the New Britain Machine com- pany. The le involves a matter of $7,000. Other sales were: Albert J. Porter to Amelia Clark land and | buildings at Woodland and Harvard streets; Augusta R. Feiffer to Ernest Grubarezyk land at Broad and Gold | mistake, because nutrition xslmpa)red reets and Jay C. Webb to Bella Healkhful exercise in fresh air and sun- | Greenstein land and buildings at 184 shine is important, but equally import- | Arch stree ant is a spoonful of Scott’s Emulsion | thre¢ times a day to feed the tissues | and furnish food-energy to improve . their blood, aid nutritign and sharpen their appetite " The highly concentrated medicinal- food in Scott’s Emulsion supplies the elements children need to build up their strength. They relish Scott’s—; free from alcohol. Scatt & Bowne. Bloomfield, N.J. 1 George Hare Ford of New Dayton Humphrey, and growth seems impeded, which causes anxicty and WorTy. To compel them to eat is a grave | WINS IN HIGH COURT. In the court of common pleas this morning Judge Edward L. Smith gave a decision in favor of the plaintiff in the case of the New Britain Lumber & Coal company vs. Raphael Simon- ! cili and wife, thus upholding the c court, which previously gave simi Judgment. Lawyer Charles H. chell appeared for the plaintift. ar Mit- 15-34 [ forgy safety | v | acy | out cos "TRIPLE PROBE OF WRECK AT MILFORD (Continued From First Page.) between New York and New Haven. Double Probe Planned. Feb. 23.—Public Commissioner Charles ¢ Elwell today that the interstate ission and the public utilities commission would hold a joint inquiry into the Milford railroad disaster be- genning at 10 o'clock tomorrow fore- noon in New Haven, probably the Hotel Taft. The interstate commerce con.mission will be represented by H- W. Belnap, chief of tie division of and Commissioner Elwell ent the commission of which he Chief Engincer John I Trumbull will be associated with Alr, Elwell in the conducting of the investigation. Inspectors Hanley and Illis of the national com- mission will also he present. Commissioner Klwell nid the m thing to be determined was if the nals worked. The signals Were of the interlocking design, the most perfect system of signalling known in rail- roading and they were up to date every particular. The road from New Haven to New York is equipped with this system of signalling. “If the signals investigation shows that the signals were all right and in working order what then? On whom will the responsibility for, the accident rest?” “I cannot anticipate the the investigation. You may own conclusions,” replied sioner Tlwell, NARCOTIC DRUGLAW Hartford, Utilities said epres S a member. in result of draw our Commis- VIOLATORS IN COURT, (Continued From First Page.) grew out of clerical errors Mr. Spell- said the postmisiress was of e cellent standin A fine of $75 with- s given, Linus Hill a clerk ford post office who sent a letter in a fra fined $10. The grand jury had two cases before it. C. L. Perry-of Deep River S foreman. in the Walling “to jol friend” nked envelope was PAYING BACK TAXES Tax Collector Loomis reports Feb- collections about $3,000 dhead of last 3 r. The collections to date total $8.300 and last year in February were $5,300. Mr. Loomis explains the increase us back taxes. Since it was announced that legal action would be brought under a new statute calling for payment before April 8, a number of delinquents have hustled to cover up and now ahout half of the 200 claims have been settled. TO BANQUET TONIGHT The annual banquet of the Ladies’ uxiliary of the A. O, H., will be held this evening in the Hotel Beloin. Anniversary exercises will be held thi evening in the Hotel Beloin. Annive sary exerci will be held in connec tion with the event at which speeches and musical selections will be nished by members of the order. S. fur- STILL AFTER BRANDEIS. ‘Washington, Feb. 2 New charges, alleging employment of Louis D, Brandeis by H. Harriman to oh- tain proxies in the celebrated fight for control of the Illinois Central railroad and Mr. Brandeis’ relations to the Bquitable Life Assurance ciety were filed today with the ate sub-committee considering ndeis, nomination for the court. 0- 1= My supreme commerce | will | Howard, | in | “New Haven” Road Wreck at leford % i City Items T. W. O’Connor Co., will store on Saturday evening.— Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews of Commonwealth avenue are receiving congratulations on the’ birth of a daughter, Margaret Eleanor. The Misses Daisy Dailey and Lottie Smith of Smalley street will spend the veek-end in Waterbury. No at Trading advt. advt. canvassing Post.— | ! | | | |5 | I O'Connor of Liberty few days in New Kathryn g a Hors- New and Ellen friends in Misses May Curran 1l are the guests of York. cases have been added to of the city court Two new the short calendar this week. They are Peter Scrogi vs. Peter Kolocki, and the city of New | Britain James Murphy. Thomas Vs the a entered Mechan Doyle has f John I employ lesma The council special meeting of the this evenin common vill be held at 7 o'clock in order that the mayor may be able to attend the Chamber of Commerce supper and trans-continen- tal telephone demonstration. h HELLO 'FRISCO. to be Dem- t. New Britain people will be afford- the first opportunity of inspecting trans-continental telephone this { evening in Booth's hall when a repre- sentative of the Southern New Eng- land Telephone nd Telegraph Co. will explain the workings of this won- derful contrivance for the edification of the 240 members and guests of the | Chamber of Commerce. | Following | the demonstration a buffet lunch will be served. Representatives of government and mercantile and civic interests will speak with similar officials in San o, Cal. It is also planned officials connected with the Works and the Trumbull company of Plainville speak heads of their western offi- Coast to Coast Telephone onstrated Ton ed the ity to have Stanley lectric with the | ces. CHAMBER ISSUES WARNING. Methods of Picture Men Do Not Please Local O tiom a number of the city and in- accord- Tor the past few weeks canvassers have been about aking photographs of offices ividuals, buildings, ete. .and ing to the secretary of Commerce their such that any person of ctions have been contemplating first communicate with that organ tion. Information received this afternoon at the Chamber brings out the fact that the men have represented them- slves as interesed in a book showing the history of the city and viev the secretary of the Chamber that this is false. NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE Mrs. Emmeline Curtis of Bris | vears of age, is at the local hospi land is not expected to live. About i five weeks ago she fell and bro hip and in her advanced years may not he able to survive. as she MEAT HOU Sioux City, rike of 2,300 employes at the Cudahy and Ar- mour Packing houses was declared to- a The men demand an increase in wages. MARTIAL Shanghai, law 1 heen | Sha, capital of Nan, where an | was made by rebels on the governor mansion. details of the uprising ceived here. LAW PROCLAIMED. Feb. proclaimed the Prov unsucce China, at nce of ful attack Monday on No further have been re- vacate | he Chamber | doing husiness with these men should | TFORD ONEPRICE c[o fio IH 116 ASYLUM ST. V@ HARTFORD, @ Suits For Stout Women a Specialty. New Spring Dres: Taffeta, Crepe de Gray, Brown, Navy, in sizes 16 to 44, pecial price of §1 00 and $35.00. of Charmeuse Chine in Silver, , Copen., and Black, on sale at the very 50. Actual values $ TAKEN ILL AND DIES AT DAUGHTER’S HOM v McKirdy of 1112 Stanley Street Passes Away in Orange, \ge Eighty-two. M 1112 Lliza Hemingway McKirdy of anley street died terday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Otis of Orange, Conn., where she had been visiting. She had been ill only about a week. The fu al will be held at 2:30 o’clock Fri ifternoon from her late home in this city, and interment will be in Fairview cemetery, Mrs <irdy would have hty-three years old had she until today. She was the widow of the late Robert McKirdy and was a well known old resident of this city. Besides her daughter in Orange, MeKirdy leaves one other daugh- Mrs. F. Dustin of Unionville, son, Charles H. McKirdy of this whom she made her home. le cight grandchildren ndchildren. been lived ves Kane. received Thomas T, been New Word has the death in L ne of was a nephew Olive street ances in th here of York of Thomas cs,-Ohio, Mr. Kane of James Scanlon of 1d had many acquaint- city, K. William H. The funeral of W of 110 Rhodes reet was held at ©:30 o'clock th morning. Rev. M. W. Gaudian officiated and interment was in Scantic, Thomas. illiam H. Thomas James CIify, James CIliff, 86 ycars old and a former resident of this city died last week in Amsterdam, N. Y. Mrs. Hart Doty of this city is a daughter. Mrs. Mary McCourt, Mary McCourt, old, widow of the late Court, dled last night 48 Booth street. The be held tomorrow mornin from St. Mary’s church. Mrs. McCourt leaves three daugh- ters Mrs. Ann Ingraham of East Hart- ford, Mrs. Mary McGuire of Harttord, and -Mrs. Mary Crowley of this cit as well as two sons Thomas and James, of Hast Hartford. She also leaves sixteen grandchildren and a brother, James Agnew of Hartford. Mr seventy years Samuel Mc- at her home at funeral will t 9 o’clock a Anna Johanna Peterson. Mrs. Anna Johanna Peterson, aged vears, died last evening at her home at 166 Jubilee street. Deceased was a native of Sweden and ha Tre- sided in this city for many years. She leaves her husband, Carl A. Peterson; ughters, Mrs. Patrick Johnson rtford and Mrs. Andrew Lind- quist of Sweden; two sons, Enoch of Hartford and Johannus Peterson of Sweden; one sister, Mrs. John Hilan- der of this city and four brothers, August, Per, Theodore and Severin Carlson of Sweden. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the | Swedish Lutheran church. Rev. S. G. Ohman will officiate. The pall bearers will be August Lorenson, Henry Abra- hamson, John Adamson, Charle: John Adamson, Charles Johnson, Nels Nelson and Louis Johnson. Burial will be in Fairview cemeters; Matthew F Matthew B., the s fon of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley of 1568 Stanley street, died | teds The funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon and interment wil | hein the new Catholic cemetery. 68 Keele) W m Post Office Peter Janitor Dead. Himilla, well known as the janitor at the local post office, died at {4 o'clock this morning at his home, 9 Sexton strect. He was 33 years old nd leaves his wife and two children. he funeral will be held at 9 o’clock Friday from the Russian Orthodc church and interment will be in Fai i‘u\\ cemetery. RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK FXCHANGE, Represented by E. W. Eddy. New Britain Nat. Bank Bldg. Tel 840 and 8 25 shs American Hardware 100 shs Stamley Works 100 shs Landers, Frary & Clark] An obligation paid by check avoids x id vl turned aftey payment and becomes o rec Paying by check is business-like and and system into your daily transactions. I'his strong Bank welcomes checking firms and individuoais. sputcs—the ipt. convenient chec t puts safety coounts with business FINANCIAL NEWS CAUTION IN TRADING ANNUAL MEETING OF IS WALL ST. FEATURE BRISTOL BRASS C Uneasiness @fimes 0n Ex-‘Will Be Held on February 29 change, Following the Holiday | Local Smck (uotations 10:30 | the Bristg received noticd of that afternoon Local stockholders in New York, Feb. 23, Wall St, m.—Uneasiness was again the note at the opening of to- day's “stock market, developments over the holiday, making for greater caution. Most specialties were lower, | Fepruary 29 with marked heaviness in Industrial » o = Alcohol, Mexican Petroleum, Baldwin : Locomotive and other issues of the |their proxies. same cla: New Haven's decline of to \ point was the only feature of the | e railway list. These losses were offset in a measure by further advances in South Porto Rico Sugar, United Fruit, Marine preferred and some of the metals, but representative shares were irregular. Close—Sudden weakness in preferred and heaviness in led another decline in the final hour. The closing was irregular. B Ay a. Brass company today dominant annual meeting col the that the cern will be held on at 2 o'clock. A majorif] stockholders will There what at this an extra se is much speculd & tion a action the directol will mee and som dividend stock whili increas will by . thy prophesy others Joc for Others feel that presented pro rata American Silver Marine | Pany has been doing a coppers | iness for the | cently a large { been complete: Quotations the | have been as follows 25 9; Colt's, 84 with shares o company wonderful r and addit only re ha ast factory exchange t American Br 1 Brass| Depart: ; Scovill, 479-482 & Judd, 103 1-2-104 1-2; New Machine and Union Manufag are both offered at 81 on iay New York Stock Exchange quota- Bristc ‘ions furnished by Richter & Co.. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy Feb. 23, 1916 High Low 30% 30% 70 New jurc, North { Britain turing Allis Chalmers | i Am Beet Sugar 1 Alaska Gold 22% et BURTON IN THE RING Am Ag Chem 705 { Am Car & Fdy Co. 70% 69% % | Am Ice : Am Can Am Can Am Loco Am Smelting . AAm Sugar Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop AT S Fe Ry Co Baldwin Loco B & O BRT Beth Steel Butte & Superior Canadian Pacific Cen Leather Ches & hio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F & I Cons Gas .. Crucible Steel Del & Hduson ... . Distillers Sec .. ... Briod n il Erie 1st pfd General Elec Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Inspiration Interboro Kansas City Lack Steel Lehigh Valle Max Mot com Mex Pet Natl Lead .. 68% N Y Air Brake ...144% N Y C & Hudson ..105 Nev Cons 16% Former United States Senator From Candidate For Ohio Republica pfd Nomination For President. Former ' Uk Burton of] Secretar: formal an- be a candisf Columbus, O. Feb. Senator Theodore and today filed te Hildebrant h that he will E with s Cleve of nouncement | date for the republican mnomination| for president in connection with | declaration of candidacy of William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati for dels egate-at-large to the republican cons vention. DUTCH STEAME SINKS, | Tanker Goes Down Voyage to Rotterdam From New York, Rotterdam, Feb. 23, Via. I« The Dutch tank steams= to the .\lnm’i‘nn Petroleum Cc¢ nk on her voyage from New York to this port. The second engineer and a seaman 5 | have reached here on board a British { steamer. on ion, belon, of 2,047 1888 ons rhe LaFlandre v The LaFla By gross and was built castle-On-Tyne. in 6 055 VON POHL IS OUT. Feb. 4:09 p. m., Via Feb 7:44 m.—It is announced that Vice Admiral Rein- v \ hardt Scheer has been appointed com- NYNH 67 % | inder of the German battle flect, in A 23 9% | euccession to Admiral Von Pohl, who Nei: o E L 5 atter holding the position for r, Norf & West 1163 116% e M S on 187% |is retiring on account of ill hea Penn R R 56 Peoples Gas .... 104 Pressed Steel Car . 5 Ray Cons Reading Rep I & Rep I & So Pac So Ry Studebaker . Tenn Cop Texas Oil MhirdeAve B e Union Pac Utah Cop U S Rub Co TS Steel 7S Steel pfd Car Chem Vestinghouse | Berlin, London, HRR z West . . LOCAL MAN HONORED. of thi paymaster of was the nnual Henrich city elected national | Knights of Washir | convention of the order held in Mer: jden yesterday. Delegates from all parts of the country 1 attend- | ance at the close of the sion a bans | quet was held in the Hotel Winthrop. H. W ston at the were ir FUND SWELLED. recent al and hist held St. Mary's Tierney Cadets net- ted the fund for the purchase of new uniforms $2 A general meeting of all cadets will be held this evening t the T. A. B. hall UNIFORM The by the o’clock in T 1 Vi A