New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1916, Page 3

, 'ost(_)g Store PULLAR =g 3 + NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, BDECEMBER 26, 1916 RAILROADS EARN | BILLION IN YEAR Based on Nine Months, Net Will Total $1,098,000,000 Washington, Dec. 26.—More than one billion dollars net income from operations was made by the railroads | of the country in the year now clos- | ing. The huge total is the peak of | prosperity in railroad operations, and | stands more than one-third higher than the total of 1913, hitherto the | banner year, | Statistics gathered by the Interstate | Commerce Commission, complete for nine months and made the basis for calculation for the entire vear, indi- e that the total net income from operations will be appreximately $1,- 098,000,000. For the £rst nine months the year complete returns show $785 Even this does not t the full amount, as roads whose income is less than $1,000,000 are not included. The estimate of $1,098,000,000 regarded by officials as conservative. It makes no allowance for normal in- | crease in business during the last three months of the year—returns for which are unavailable—but places the income for October, November and December at the same figures as for | July, August and September. - There | is no question, officials say, that there will be an increase, the only doubt is as to its size An analysis of the returns for the first nine months shows a startling | increase from January to September, | amounting to more than 67 per cent. | Thus net income in Janyary, $64,915,- | { 286, had mounted to $107,910,814 in | September, an increase of nearly $43,- | 000,000. For the first nine months of the year the commission’s figures s! that the railroads collected ,647 from all sources of opera- | tion, the chief of which were as fol- ! lows: Freight, $1,875,019,990; pas- | senger traffic, $522,103,907; mails, $45,348,600; from express companies, | $65,089,4 incidentals—dining and buffet car service, restaurants. and the like—$60,414,597; and all other transportation charges, $76,087,611. The last item embraces sleeping and parlor car service, freight on milk, which has virtually an express serv- ice, switching charges, and the opera- tion of special trains. This total, using the first nine months as a basis, will reach $3,600,- | | 640,502 when the year closes, officials | | estimate, and without doubt will ex- ceed It. Never before in the history of railroad operations have the roads had so great a gross income. Expenses have not kept pace with | the rapid rise in receipts, although | they have measurably increased. From total of $182,881,269 in January, expenses had increased to $203, 394 in September, approxi- mately 11 per cent. During that pe- riod receipts had increased from $260,054,306 to $324,954,301, approxi- mately per cent. On the same basis penses, it is estimated, will approxi- mate $2,346,066,990, leaving net i revenue from operations $1,254,573,- 512. From the last figure, however, must be deducted the railroads’ an- nual tax bill, approximately $155,- 625,546 and bad debts—down on the books as uncollectable revenue—ap- proximating $965,928, a total of $156,591,474. About 230,500 miles of railroad were in operation during the year. { In the first months the total fell be- | low 230,000. During the later part of the year it exceeded 230,000. Us- ing 230,000 as an average, returnsi show that for every mile of road oper- | ated in the country the railroads will | Beginning Sunday morning and con- | receive this vear approximately $15,- tinuing through the evening, and again | in gross receipts and a net in- last evening the trains to and from | eome of $4,774, or a little more than New Britain were crowded with holi- | 30 per cent. of the gross. day travelers. Hundreds of New Bri- Compared with previous earnings, tain people, away from home, returned ! net income for 1916 shows an in- to spend the holiday with their rela- crease of more than 52 per cent. over tives. the fiscal vear 1915, 59 per 'cent. over During the day yesterday the travel | 1914 and 34 per cent. over 1913. on the trains was light, but late in the | afternoon and evening every dinky | going to Berlin to connect with the | main line was taxed to its capacity with returning Christmas throngs. | Almost all trains were late, due to | the heavy travel. If you should any extra| Bed Covering These cold | nights California Blankets should fill the bill. This is the best make on the market for the money. " $5.00, $5.50, $6.00 and $7.00. | In less expensive goods the | Beacon is the favorite. Tan, ]1 Gray and White. i At $2.25 and $3.00. COTTON BLANKETS For use as sheets at 75c $1.00, $1.10 and $1.25. COMFORTABLES Filled with clean, white cotton from $2.00 to $3.00. Lamb’s Wool Filled, $4.00. & NIVEN YOUR NECKWEAR ALWAYS. AT Wilgons RATHBURN-LASHER. New London Young Man Takes Local{ Girl As His Bride. Mrs. Loren C. Baker of Chestnut street today announced the marriage of her sister, Mi Alma Onslow Lesher, to Frederick Charles Rath- burn of New London. The wedding took place in New London last Friday evening and was a quiet affair. Rev. Dr. Brown of the New London Baptist church officiated and the couple were attended by Mr. Rathburn’s brother and cousin as best man and brides- maid respectively. Mrs. Rathburn was graduated from the New Britain High school with the class of 1913. Mr. Rathburn is an | electrician and is employed by the | New England Engineering company. | The couple will make their home in New London. the vear's ex- HE. HOLIDAY TRAVEL. Trains Crowded With Travelers Com- ing Home for Christmas Holidays. 1. O. B. B. OFFICERS, Dr. B. L. Protass Succeeds Nathan M. Miller as President of Lodge. Dr. B. L. Protass was yesterday elected president of Jeduda Helevi lodge, I O. B. B., to succeed Nathan M. Miller, whose term had expired. | state Deputy Charles M. Shapiro of | Bridgeport will have charge of the in- | | stallation exercises on January Pleasant and healthy out of door "‘,‘,‘r”e‘;‘j?;?n?ffi,h pleasure was afforded thousands of | oo procacne mo o R New Britain young people yesterday | mqoc cirer Max Zucker. at the skating ponds throughout the | yroiito.” Nathan M. Miller city. The pond at the summit of Wal- | Ly o500 Secretary— Aisenberg. nut Hill park was ggain the mecca for R b (Gmall hundreds and every other pond in the Trustee—Fred Winkle, ' city also had its throng of merry ska T iy e bl by ol ers. | Nathan M. Miller will represent the | Ice is said to be anywhere from N s dge at the annual convent: 3 three to five inches in thickness. Many | 1 06¢ % 2 ntion ofithe i 1. O. B. B. of the first district in young folks who received skates as a | “ : ; | Buffa he early part of Christmas present lost no time in hur- | D001 in t - D o Sebruayy rying to some skating pond to give them a try-out. MANY GO SKATING. Ice from Three to Five Inches Thic] and Affords Pleasure to Many. WANT ANOTHER APPRAISAL, Heirs of Jacob Drzgielski Think Value Incorrect. There was a brief hearing in the | probate court this morning on the ap- | plication for a preparation of the es- A MUTHER,S TR““BLES | tate of the late Jacob Drzgielski. The hearing has been continued until Thu morning. A mother’s unending work and | the terms of the will of the Gt Ghtn conl i Do dec]eaiizq his widuwfisll(» receive $2,000 4s = 5 and all in excess of that amount is to ‘physl'cal strength and leaves its mark | .. qividea equally between herself and in dimmed eyes and Careworn ex- | the heirs. It is claimed that the estate pressions—she ages before her time. | was not appraised at a proper figure. Any mother who is weary and languid should start taking Scott’s Emulsion of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil as a strengthen- | ing food and bracing tonic to add rich- ness to her blood and build up her nerves before it is toc late, Start Scott’s Emulsion today—its fame is world-wide. | It is free from alcohol. I Bcott & Bowae, BloomSicld, . Jo . James Maher of Waterbury spent Christmas with his father, John Maher | of Franklin street. Card of Thanks, The trolley men of the city wish to express their appreciation to . 1. Pierce for the cigars given them as Christmas reminde (Signed) THE TROLLEYMEN, 1 NATIONS N BONDAGE, A. Katten & Son Hartford One-Price Clothing Co. 114-116 ASYLUM ST. HARTFORD A CLEAN SWEEP Every Ladies’ and Misses’ SUI'r Which Formerly Sold Up to and Including $29.75, on Sale As Long As They -Last for $15.00 MAKE YOUR SELECTION AT ONCE Sizes 16 to 57 PEACE WOULD MEAN British Cabinet Minister Declares | That Is Germany’s Price 11 ional congress of the | 50 a. m.—In ad- at the French socialist party Arthur Hender- | son, the British cabinet minister and | G. H. Roberts, member of the British ! parliament, both affirmed amidst the enthusiastic cheers, that the war must | be fought out until full guarantees! have been obtained for a lasting! peace, “In my opinion,” said Mr. Hender- san, “if France and ourselves were to | enter into negotlations under existing cohditions we should be nations in| bondage. Nothing less than that is the price our enemies would exact for peace today.” Emile Vandervelde, socialist leader, said: “Our comrades who have remained in invaded Bel gium bear up under German dominion | with admirable firmness. Nothing but | encouragement reaches us from them, | So that it would seem that the persons stile to war are those farthest from it. M. Vandervelde also declared that the struggle must be carried on until Belgium and Serbia are delivered and “Caesar is laid low.” In his speech Mr. Henderson Said: | “In my opinian we have now' reached the most dangerous and diffi- cult period of the war. During the next few months the democracies of England and France are going to be tested as never before. Do not mis- | understand me. I do not mean that! the stress and strain of fighting in thei field will be more severe, although I do not ignore such a possibility. But| the danger is of an netirely different character. Our stupendous losses, our unprecedented heroism of war, our love of peace, may lead us to mortgage the future. With such awful expe ences we are ape to forget the great moral ideals for which we entered the struggle. We are not anly fighting against material forces which' are highly organized, but we are engaged in a great spiritual conflict upon the result of which depends all our great jdeals. If we enter into negotiations now we do so when Germany is not repentant for her wrong-doing and is glorifying in the successess of her military efforts—in fact in the victory of German imperialism, In my opinion, if France and ourselves were to enter into negotiations under e: ing conditions, with such a spirit, we' shoud be nations in bondage. Noth-' ing less than that is the price which our enemy would exact for peacé to- day. “T cannot tell you how many months and what will be the rewards of victory if we are true to ourselves. We shall have asserted the rights of nations, large or small, to live their awn lives undisturbed by the am- bitions of powerful neighbors, We shall have exacted such reparation for wrongs done them by this war as will be a warning to aggressors for all time to come. We shall have laid the foun- dations of that league of nations, be- ginning with those who have fought and suffered at our side, which will deliver Europe and the world from the terror of war. “The choice today is the Belgian between an Some Obect to “Intervention | communications untimely peace with years of fear and | it a few months of suffering with a last- ing peace.” HIGH COST OF MONKEY Pricc Jumps From $8 to $18 They're Scarce Too. Dec. 26.—Like food, white paper and shoe prices, the cost of monkeys has gone up and it was disclosed today that. pathological ex- periments being conducted by the public health service are in danger of being seriously hampered by scarcity of ns. and Washington, able Simi tecently the service needed a dozen | world dis- | will ms in its hygienic laboratory, | tria-Hungary in order to make monke case ge but could get only s to be inocculated with six and had to i seem an appendix to the German proposals because the Swiss states- men made it clear their overt agree- ment is the outcome of an exchange of views which has been proceeding confidentially for weeks.” Must Establish Authority -by. Arms. Petrograd, Sunday, Dec. 24, London, Dec. 26.—Discussing coming reply to peace proposs Rech 't H “The official reply cannot state that the entente allies alm to bring the Turkish empire to an end in order to remove forever German aims of dominion, or that the allies demand reorganization of Aus- im- possible the fulfillment of Germany via the s, the pay $18 each, although a little more ideas regarding central Europe which than a year ago they were more plen- | form the first step of their program tiful at $8 a head. BRITAIN SPLIT ON PRESIDENT’S NOTE, il ) Others Favor Courtesy London, Dec. 26, 3:10 a. m.—In- terest in the receipt of President Wil- son’s remain unabated. discussion was renewed today with a new impetus administered by the is- sue of the Swiss note. with its d closure of a Swiss-American consul- tation weeks ago and by long cable despatches recording the discussions, speculations and criticisms in Amer- ica. On the main question as to how President Wilson’s note and similar be treated by the allies opinion remains as already re- corded. There is on the one hand a rciteration of “the rooted objec. tion of the allies to inopportune and ill-advised intervention by neutrals” and on the other an appeal for court- eous treatment of neutral represens tations it being urged that the allies are bound to take them into account, for to do otherwise would be to re- duce themselves to the level of the aggressors who began the war. Apart from the main question there is much discussion as to the genises, nature| and probable effects of President Wilson’s message. De- spatches from Washington and New York represent public opinion as un- formed and as curious on these points as opinion is here. It seems a matter of special satisfaction to some edi- torial writers that president’s phraseology and surprise at the course he has taken, are, ac- cording to these despatches, identical on both sides of the Atlantic. The Times ¢ “It would not be easy to discover in the recent history of di- plomacy a state paper issued by any great power which has proved so e ceedingly difficult of plain interpre- tation. President Wilson’s first duty fellow citizens, to the combat- ants and to other neutrals would seem to be to make his meaning less ab- tzerland's action, while de- clared in quarters where President Wilson’s note was met by an emphatic no reception, offering no greater prospect of bringing peace than that of the president, is treated more len- iently. “It will not satisfy” says the Chronicle, “from the misfortune of the circumstances under which the American note was published making Newspapers, criticism of the ' {{he slightest measure Ita | erably incre: \ able for the front, while, 2.500 factor- for world power. Diplomacy cannot suggest these terms until the allies have laid the firm foundation for success of their present military tasks. But, by saving less, diplo- macy would be acknowledged a re- sult. of the war unsuccessful to the allies. “Italy has not occupied Trieste, France has not created a firm fron- tier along the Rhine, England has not destroyed the German fleet nor have the allies as a whole succeeded in crippling the German land forces. And therefore there are no guaran- tees for the future in national rela- tions which will free the world from the oppression of militarism.” The Rech says that even 1if Ger- many should make the unexpected conclusion of relinquishing territorial gain and restoring ante-bellum con- ditions, the aim of the Allies would not be fulfilled and that the only terms acceptable to Russia would be those dictated by herself and her al- ies. Italy Calls Class of 1896. Rome, Dec. 25, 6: Dec. 26, 4:50 a. m.—The feeling of peace in the air has not affected in Iy's military activity. The new class, these born in 1896, has been called to report to the eolors January 1, which will consid- se the contingents avail- jes are running day and night turning out arms and munitions. I'rom the peaks of Trentino to the shores of the Adriatic Christmas passed in vigilant watching varied in some spots by sud- den attacks, notwithstanding fearful weather conditions. In the mountains it is deep with snow.” City Items A handsome 1917 Art Calendar given to every customer this week at Mills' Hardware Store. Ask for onc. —advt. Kitson’s dancing school tonight Bungalow.—advt. | Announcement has been made of the ! marriage on Saturday of Maxwell Charles Ott of Hartford and Miss Jennie Bengston of 58 Franklin Square. Rev. N. Harriman offici- ated. Corduroy and novelty wool vests at half price at Wilson's.—advt. Mrs. Mary Warner of Nova Scotia is visiting her son, Herbert Warner of Seymour street. All leather novelties at just half the regular price at Wilson’s.—advt. Frederick Dobson and family of Meriden are visiting Mr. Dobson’s father, ldward Dobson of Stanle street. Mrs. Sarah McCarthy of New at . 5 p. m. via Paris, | Soge e & o, SURPASSING ALL FORMER EVENTS OF IS KIND IN BVEH WAY, IS THIS STUPENDOUS SELLING OF 1 562 SAMPLE ISEPARATE SKIRTS The Greatest Values Sage-Allen Ever Offered, UNRESTRICTED CHOICE, AT... Many new spring models have been added. from the largest maker of Separate Skrts in the be readily seen by the size of this sample lines, new, United Stafes asg can 2,000 Skirts. These Skirts on sale on the new second floor. Iarly shopping is urgently advised as there is sure to be a crowd for these very at- tractive values. Second Kloor. There Are Two Among This Enormous Assemblage Hardly Skirts Allke, Black Chiffon Broadcloth satin and Broadcloth Combina tions, Chuddy Cloths. Plenty of extra sizes; plenty of all Sizes. Hundreds of new and wanted styles. Every color imaginable, Chiffon Taffetas, ins, Silk Taffetas, lins, Broadcloths, Velvets, Whipcords, Yancy Plalds, Fancy Stripes, Brocaded Stll Silk Jerseys, Wool Jersey Sat- Pop- Fancy Serges, Leonard and Herrmann Co. SENSATIONAL REDUCTION SALE Now Going on MISSES’ and WOMEN’S COATS AND SUITS = MARKED FOR QUICK CLEARANCE A sale that will appeal to every miss or woman who is in need of a new Coat or Suit because of the exclusiyeness and great beduty of our garments and of greater importance, the unparalleled values. SEE THE €0ATS WE ARE OFFERING, at .98 EACH]| 165 Main Street, 227 Main Street, New Britain 1W0 Stores Middletown The Gurran DryGoods Co GRAND CLEARANCE SALE - —OF— Coats, Suits and Furs Now Is the Order omen’s and Misses’ Fine Tailored Suits, all of the Very Latest Models and Made from the Newes Fabrics of the Season, at Less Than Half Price. One Lot of Fine Suits, that sold for $15. $9 9 Q to $25. Specially Priced at . ...... e J O This is a wonderful value. Suits worth up to $30.90. Q Specially Pricedat ............. $12'9 | Extraordinary Values i Women’s, Misses’ anc Children’s Coats as we intend to make one Grand Close Out SUITS, COATS and FURS. This is one wonderful Opportunity that you will nof get again for years. of Al entertained a large number of fri at a dance given in the Berlin Gr hall last evening. London is also a guest at the Dobson ‘ home. Albert Johnson of Church street, | who is home for the Christmas holi- temaining stock days from the University of Verment, | half price at Wilson’s