New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1916, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916. 1 Yes, we're ahead on the neckwear proposition. 1 Gorgeous silks imported from Pas saic; diagonal stripes in wonderful combinations of color. | Big four-in-hands, Persian. designs invented in New York. i Gloves, too, $1.25 to $2.50. f Shirts from silks to chambray. 1 Suits and Overcoats, $15 up. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs, Anna Axelby. Mrs. Anna Axelby, wife of James ‘Axelby of 10 Beaver street died at her hgme yesterday morning, aged 57| vears. Besides her husband she leaves the following children: Mrs. Henry * G. Parsons, Mrs. George Brayne, Mrs. Frank Rogers, Cora, Clara, Frank, Harry and Thomas Axelby. The funeral will be held at 2 olclock tamorrow afternoon from her late- home, Rev. Carlos E. Jones of St, Mark’s church officiating, ! Mrs. Eugenc Paquette, Thé funeral of Mrs. Ursula Pa- quette, wife of Eugene Paquette, was neld at 8:30 o'clock this morning from the hom, 11 East Lawlor street, and from St. Peter's church at 9 0’clock. Rev. Charles Coppens of- ficiated at the mas$ of requiem. Burial was in the new Catholic ceme- tery. x S James Doty. The funeral of James Doty, 15 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred- arick Doty, was held at 3 o’clock this afternoon from the home, 40 Pleasant street. Burial was in the new Catho- Jic cemetery. ‘The child died last | night following a brief illness with Epinal meningitis. TLeon Hagopian. Fufferal services for Leon Hago- pian, 17 Oak street, were held at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the E: n Memorial chapel with Rev. Elisha E. Adams officiating. Burial was in rview cemetery. Andrew TLaxson. The funeral of Andrew Larson will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday pfternoon from the home, 80 John treet, and at 2 o’clock from the wedish Lutheran church with Rev. r. Sven G. Ohman officiating. Bur- ial will be in Fairview cemetery . Anthonia Pappino. “he funeral of Anthonia Pappino, who died in a Hartford hospital of pneumonia following an operation for appendicitis, was held at 10 o’clock this morning from St. Mary’s church with Rev. William A. Krause officiat- ing at a_mass of requiem. Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery. Nicholas Mergos The funeral of Nicholas Mergos, 90 road street, was held at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Greel church on Washington street. Burial was in Fairview cemetery, B Mrs. Rosalie Plude, ’Funeral services for Mrs. Rosalie Plude, wife of Anthony Plude, 304 Park street, were held at 10 o’clock this morning from St. Peter’s church, with Rev. Father Velarde, Hartford, officiating. Burial was in the new Catholic cemete Anna E. Hall. The funeral of Miss Anna E. Hall of Maple Hill, was held at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon from the home of her sister, Emma L, Ridgewood avenue. The body was taken to Mill River, Mass., today for burial. > Miss POLICE WILL DROP CASE. Jen Held Prisoner Settle With Pitts- burgh Accusers. Phillipa. Pignataro and Frank $arine, held for Pittsburgh authori- Mes charged with heing fugitives from justice, will be discharged in police urt tomorrow. Through their coun- s, Judge B. F. Gaffney, a satisfactory nent was brought about with the Pittsburgh department representa- tives this afternoon. Detectives Franklin T. McQuaide and John T PricCullough left for home on an early train Tt was alleged that Mairne bought a $350 and costly watch from a Pittsburgh nstallment house and left tfe city after making the initial payment. At- FPnevs at the police court differed hether the alleged offense is covered the extradition /laws, Pignataro and diamond ring Bentle 3| PROGRESS IS MADE ON ALASKANR. R. Filty-Nine Miles of Track Has Already Been Laid Seward, Alaska, Nov. 20.—William C. Edes, Chairman of the Alaskan En- gineering Commission, who recently returned from Anchorage, reports excellent progress on the construc- tion of the United States railroad. Fifty-nine miles of track have been laid from Anchorage. With the sev- enty-one miles of the old Alaska Northern Railway that are now in op- eration to Kearn Creek, there have | been completed 130 miles of the 470 that will connect Seward and Fair- | banks. The track so far laid from An- chorage consists of six miles south towrd Seward; thirty-eight miles of main line northward to Fairbanks, and fifteen miles on the Matnuska brarch into the Matanuska coal flelds. The right of way has been cleared from Potter Creek, on Turnagain Arm, to Kings River, in the Matanuska coal field, a distance of seventy-seven miles, and on the main line from Matanuska to the Little Susitna River. Rail will be laid this fall as far as Kings River, on the Matanuska branch, a distance of sixty-two miles from Anchorage, and Wassilla on the main line, approximately fifteen miles from Matanuska. On the main line in the Susitna valley, between Mon- tana Creek and Indian River, a dis- tance of fifty-five miles, the right of way is seventy per cent. cleared and a number of grading contracts have Deen let. Grading of the right of way will proceed in this section from Talkeetna to Willow Creek, and north to Broad Pass. At Willow Creek it will connect with the work under the Matanuska district, and at Broad Pass Wwith the work from the Nenana di- vision. Rail will be laid in the near future as far as Potter Creek, which is fif- teen miles southeast of Anchorage on Turnagain Arm, and from which point the rock work on Turnagain Arm will be attacked during the win- ter. Tor the week ending September 9, 3,568 men were employed on the An- chorage division, which includes com- mission employes, stationmen and laborers, the August payroll being 258,330,000. The population of Anchorage, which is the main construction base on the railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000. At Matanuska, the junction of the Matanuska branch with the main line, a townsite was recently surveyed by the government and a town fis now in course of development. There is also a small town at Moose Creek, about fifty-miles from Anchorage, where the first mine on the railroad is in operation. At Wassilla, the name of the town where the railroad crosses the Knik-Willow Creek wagon road, several people are gathering. V illa. will be the distributing point for freight and supplies for the Willow Creek ‘mining district. The govern- ment is taking immediate steps to survey small townsites at these places. The railroad north and south from Anchorage passes through and de- Velops a large agricultural country. There are now between 500 and 1,000 homesteaders along the line of the railroad in this section, and the ag- ricultural land is being rapidly de- veloped. The homesteaders are sup- pl¥ing a considerable’ portion of the foodstuffs for the railroad employes and other people in that section of the country. Recently the Alaskan En- ginecring Commission contracted for 400 tons, or over 13,000 bushels, of potatoes with the Matanuska farmers. Products are being hauled by the farmers to Matanuska and shipped over the railroad to Anchorage and other points along the line. There is still room for a large number of home- steaders in the vicinity of the railroad, and the government hopes to encour- age farmers from the states to come to Alaska and take up homesteads in the te tory tributary to the railroad in order to develop the agricultural lands so that the country may some day in the near future be self-support- ing. DEMOGRATIC REPORT | Secretary O’Sullivan Reports Receipts Gof $25,536, Including Unexpended Balance of $536. Hartford, Nov. 20.—The election ac- count of P. B. O'Sullivan, secretary and treasurer of the democratic state central committee was made public | today. It showed receipts of $25,536, including an unexpended balance of $536 turned over by Louis E. Stod- dard, former treasurer, The largest items were two tributions from the national commit- tee, one of $16,739, the of $2,500. Judge Beardsley, candidate for governor, gave $2,500; Homer S. Cummings, $1,000; former governor Baldwin $300; Francis P. Guilfoyle, candidate for lieutenant governor $400; Allen T. Miner, for comptroller $250; Thomas Hewes $350;other con- tributions were Cattle Commissioner J. O. Phelps; John L. Dower, Hart- ford; F. Duffy, candidate for sec- retary of state; R, U. Tyler, Haddam; Thilip Hugo, New Haven, H. F. En- glish, New Haven; Frank B. Wheeler, Mr. Maher of state tuberculosis com- mission and Tnsurance Commissioner Purtton Mansfield, all of whom gave $100 There were numerous contributions of sums under $100 Mr. O'Snllivan savs he snent a little | less than the amount recelved, con- other each. City Items \in Choral union will meet in Booth’s hall Wednesday eve- ning for rehearsal. Prof, E. F. Lau- bin will be in charge. A certificatte of settlement of the estate of the late Chariotte W. Hance was filed with the city clerk today, dividing property on Cedar street equally between A. Augusta Hance and Susan E. Hance. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman R, Land of Washington street last night at the New Britain general hospital. Mrs. J. H. Dillon of West street is spending two weeks in New York as the guest of Mrs. Willlam McCoy. A daughter, Anna Katherine, been born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Naxcy of New York, according to word received by relatives and friends in New Britain today. Before her marriage Mrs, Naxcy was Miss Eliz- aveth McCoy of this city. MOTORIST ARGUES AGAINST TAX 1AW Exemption of Horse Drawn Vehi- ¢les Termed Auto Discrimination The New Bri has Washington, Nov. 20.—State au- thorities and motorists generally were affected in the suét challenging con- titutionality of New Jersey motor ve- hicle license laws of 1908. It pre- sented for the first questions of revenues for maintaining state roads by imposing automobile license taxes, and whether automobile pleasure touring is interstate “commerce.” Although the supreme court in Jan- uary, 1915, by unanimous opinion up- held Maryland’s motor license laws as not burdensome upon interstate com- merce, the new questions were raised in an appeal by Frank J. Kane, a New York citizen, from conviction of vio- lating similar New Jersey laws. Both Marylanq and New Jersey sta- tutes impose a graduated automobile license tax, upon both residents and non-residents, based upon horsepower. In the New, Jersey case, however, the state authorities admitted that the legislature proposed to raise revenues for maintaining state roads by means of the licenses and that such taxes Were not solely for administration costs of regulation and registration of motor traffic, as was the case in Mary- land. s New Jersey’s courts held that the raising of money by such lincenses— imposed on thé use of automobiles on New Jersey roads and not upon the vehicles themselves, as a direct prop- erty tax—was clearly within the state’s police powers tp compensate it for improvement of and wear and tear upon the highways. Kane, how- ever, contended that the court’s opin- a law not designed for poses and that the ey enue-raising law was s discrim- inatory and a state burden upon inter- state commerce. revenue pur- tor pleasure touring is ‘‘commerce”, in defending Kane's suit the New Jer- sey authorities contended that. ‘“‘com- merce is more than mere pleasure’” | and that Kane could not successfully attack the New Jersey laws as he was convicted of their violation while merely touring through Paterson -to Delaware Water Gap, Pa. The New Jersey state attorneys also contended that a license tax is not a property tax and that the New Jersey laws impose license taxation with reg- istration of resident and non-resident motor vehicles, not as a tax upon the vehicles themselves but merely upon their use and operation on New Jet- sey highways as a toll. Exemption of horse-drawn vehicles from taxation in New Jersey was at- tacked by Kane as unreasonable dis crimination against motor users. state’s attorneys contendel that abnor- mal wear and tear caused upon roads by automobiles makes the exemption reasonable; also it was contended that non-resident have no legal right to free use of other states‘ roads. An- other feature of the New Jersey laws attacked by Kane was a requirement upon non-resident motorists, in reg- istering, to designate the New Jersey service of process in legal proceedings caused by operation of their vehicles. The New Jersey law imposes li- i censes of $3 for automobiles with ten | horsepower or less; $5 for ten to twenty-nine horsepower and $10 for more than thirty horsepower. Non- residents are, like natives, required to register and pay the licenses, ; Which are lower than the Maryland may also secure a limited license good | court stating that, whether a state has authority to raise ! fon in Maryland case merely upheld | Upon the question of whether mo- | The | secretary of state as their agent for | fees upheld by the supreme court, and | for driving only (not applying to the vehicle itself) for twenty-four hours within the state. The annual automo- bile license revenue in New Jersey was said to »xceed $250,000. i In the Maryland case, the supreme court upheld the graduated horse- power license tax was valid and not burdensome upon interstate com- merce in the case of non-resident, the in the absence of legislation by congress, the states may exact compensation, if reasonabie and uniform, for the use of their roads. The American Automobile associa- tion and National Automobile Chama ber of Commerce were represented in the arguments before the supreme court in October, 1916. SACRJE DHEART CHURCH. . Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald sang the last mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock. During the morning ser- vices a collection was taken for the | benefit of the new parish of St. John the Evangelist and $300 was taken in, IT WAS SOME PARTY. Onslaught on Venison is Followed by ! Song and Story. About fifty members of the Central | Bowling club and friends were the guests of Mayor G. A. Quigley yester- day afternoon in the c the club at Sunset Rock, the occasion being featured by After the appetites had been dul nished, post ndial exercises were in order. The chief performers at the p. D session were Safety Commissioner Howard M. cellent talk on “Civil Service and Tt Beneficial Results in This City;” songs were contributed by M. T. White, who left his old favorite, to render, “The Shop That Never Returned;” Billy and Charley Barret also recetved a big hand for their excellent solo and duet work, and were forced to pond to a number of encores. ammy’’ Hanna gave impersonations of famous men in a capable manner. Recitations by George Kron and Fred | Steele made a decided hit. The new piano recently purchased by the club was ‘“christened” in the usual man- ner, after which Professors Lorch and Porter proceeded to get some melody out of its keys: a repast of venison. Steele ,who gave an ex- | * Smart Suits for Young Men A grand variety to choosée from here, in one, two and three-button sack styles; patch or regular pockets; plain or gathered backs; English or conservative models—8$15 up. | TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. 1 | I WA two furnished | Address B 11-20-2dx NTED—One or rooms by coupie. 11BB, Herald. LOST—Diamond and amethyst dant between Farmington avenue and Railroad arcade. Reward if | returned Herald Office. 11-20-2dx | pen- [RISBIE & (0. 260 MAINST., TEL.2010 RePrResSENTED By F.W.PORTER 20 FETNA LIFE INS. CO. 20 TRAVELERS INS. CO. 160 INS. CO. OF N. A. 35 WEST CHESTER FIRE INS. 25 NATIONAL SURETY CO. 15 HARTFORD STEAM BOILER 10 NEW BRITAIN TRUST CO. 10 BANKERS TRUST CO. 20 RIVERSIDE TRUST CO. 100 HARTFORD GAS, Com. 50 AMERICAN BRASS CO. 30 AMERICAN HARDWARE 75 AMERICAN SILVER CO. 100 BILLINGS & SPENCER 100 BRISTOL BRASS 10 COLT’S PATENT FIREARMS 25 EAGLE LOCK CO. 25 INTERNATIONAL SILVER, Pf 100 NEW BRITAIN MCH. CO. 25 NORTH & JUDD 50 NILES-BEMENT-PCND 100 STANLEY WORKS 1060 LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK 25 STANDARD SCREW, Com. 20 SCOVILL MFG. CO. 25 RUSSELL MFG. CO. 25 TRAUT & HINE 25 U. S. ENVELOPE, Pfd. 50 UNION MFG. CO. | from conservative financial | imums with Pressed Steel Car | Mexican Petroleum. | Am | Am ! Baldwin Loco Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Represented by " 31 West Main Street, E. W. EDDY City Hall Building Telephone 1840 20 shs 20 shs 100 shs 100 shs 50 shs 100 shs 100 shs 100 shs 160 shs 100 shs 25 shs 100 shs Niles- Amer Scovill Mfg. Co. Celts Arms Stanley Works New Britain Machine Standard Screw Bement-Pond Bristol Brass North & Judd Landers, Frary & Clark American Hardware American Brass ican Silver FINANCIAL NEWS STOCKS CONTINUE 10 MAKE PROGRESS But Dealings Today Ave on Hore. Conservative Line Wall Street.—Last week’'s excessive ading in metals and associated is- sues was resumed in more moderate | degree at today’s opening, evidently in received quarte The usual number of records tablished, however, foremost among these being United States Steel at 127. Anacondg, Kennecott, Ray and Miami coppers furnished the other new max consequence of information America Writing Paper preferred. Other strong features included Gran- by Mining, Butte and Superior, Lack- wanna Steel, Colorado Fuel and Rails were dull and barely steady. Closing—Union Pacific, Reading, St. Paul and other active rails came for- ward at gains of one to two points in the final hour, these elsewhere mak- ing renewed declines on realizing. The closing was irregular. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Nov, 20, 1916 High Low Close 1023% 125 8834 Am Beet Sugar Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem ... Am Car & Fay Co. Ice s Can Loco ; Smelting . Am Sugar n Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop ...1053% AT S Fe Ry C0.105% ... 38% B&O ... 87 Beth Steel . .698 Tutte Superior ... 73% Canadian Pacific .173% Central Leather ..114% Ches & Ohio 68 Chino Copper .... Chi Mil & St Paul. Am Am Cons Gas | Cruciple Steel Distillers Sec Erie Erie 1st pfd General Elec Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinois Central Tnspjration Kansas City so... Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val Max Mot com Mex Petrol Natl Lead .. N Y Air Brake N Y C & Hud Nev Cons NYNH&EHRR N Y Ont & West 31 47 1053 7434 26 64% 1063 833 76% L1115 70 ll‘\‘fl L.108y and Represented by E. W. Eddy. | | Nor Pac Norf & West Pac Mail S 8 Co. [Penn R R | Pressed Steel Car . | Ray Cons .... | Reading . e i Rep I & S com Rep I & S ptd So Pac et So Ry 5 | Studebaker x d | menn Cop . Texas Oil ‘Th d Ave { Union Pac Jnited Fruit Utah Cop U S Rub Co U S Steel U § Steel pfd Vi ar Chem Westinghouse Western Union Willys Overland LOGAL STOCK MARKET Stanley Works Has Been Strong and 110 140 108 901 116% 995 26% 1243 243 2313 483 147% 162% 126 63 1265 121% 46 | | i New Britain Machine Was Quite Active—General Tone Quiet. The day has been a comparatively { quiet one on the Hartford Stock Ix- change, but Stanley Works has been strong, Scovill has held up well and New Britain Machine has been some- | what more active. The various quo- tations were: American Brass American Hardw: American Silver Billings & Spencer Bristol Bras 50 Colt’s Firearms . Eagle Lock ........ Landers, Frary & Clark Marine Lamp Marlin Arms Vt 8 New Britain Machine | Niles-Bement-Pond North & Judd ... | Peck, Stowe & Wil Russell Mfg. I Scovill Mfg. | Stanley Wor Torrington Traut & Hine .. Union Mfg. | National Surety Standard Screw DEUTSGHLAND IS READY tach Submarine for $175,000 For Loss of Lives on Tugboat. New London, Nov. 20.—Officials of { the Eastern Forwarding company de- | clined today to make any statement |in regard to the Deutschland, but it 'is understood that the damage caused | by the collision with the tug T. A. { Scott, Jr., has been practically all re- paired. Sheriff J. H. Tubbs was waiting to- day for the filing of a bond that would | release the liber filed by the T. A. | Scott company, in order that he might | serve attachments on the submarine |in four damage suits agsregating $175,000. ¢ There is no information here in re- gard to the time when the undersea freighter will make another start. | | | 1 But One Sheriff Tubbs Intends to At- | | | | | BEACH & AUSTIN NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. REPRESENTED BY L. S, JONES. ROOM 410 TEL. 2120 AM. BRASS, BRISTOL BRASS AND NORTH & JUDD BOUGHT AND SOLD Direct private wires to Hornblower & Weeks, New York, Boston, Chicago..