New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1917, Page 6

Few Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHL Proprieto ued dally (Bunday cxcepted) at 4:16 p. m., at Herald Building. 67 Church St tered at the Post Office at New Britaln a8 Second Class Mall Matter. L livered by carrier to anv part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65¢ a month. bacriptions for paper to be sent by mall, payeble In advance. 60 cents & moath, $.00 a yea. only profitable advertistng medium the city: Circulation books and pre: room always open to advertizers. ® Herald wiil be found on sale at Hota- Nag’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- wayr, New York City} Board Walk, At- lantic Cit/, «nd Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. iness Office Sitiors itorial Roomia ..... 4 918 924 OO LITTLE FOR TOO MUCH. Puch schemes as the one alvocated Councilman Gorbach for the an- ration of part of Newington may all right under favorable circum- nces; but as matters stand today Britain is not ready to assume fh a burden. That part of New- on which lies on the castern out- rts of this town must bask In the hshine of its own glory for some e to come. Until the people of Britain are so overburdened h money that they do not know how to rid themselves of their change Newington taxpayers st continue to contribute to the he old exchequor. $50,000 is too leh for too little. The three hun- d odd acres of thot would returned for such an expenditure would not carry with them land mon benefits proclaimed. there was no other objection to ng over- this parcel of the Town Newington, the mere fact that dangerous railroad crossing at lyton would he forcibly given as a emolument is sufficient to kill enthusiasm that might be man- ted over the project. = New Brit- already has enough dangerous toad crossings without seeking . There has heen for the past months enough agitation over t we have without secking fur- trouble. Since the appalling edy enacted at the railroad cross- where Washington Lake ets intersect the people of this n have had enough to do without g into pastures new for causes orry. Once our other troubles cleared up, once the many prob- s that already beset us have been ed on the high road to solution, may New Britain consider the bility of annexing other lands, r territories. Until then we shall ¢ll enough alone. The acquisi- ot this particular strip of land ‘tory/ sites is a consummation is not over-devoutly wished by ajority 6f the populace. In view he enormous price asked, it is ewhat akin to a hold-up. i and WORLD-WIDE DEMOCRACY. hat proposals DPresident Wilson forth yesterday before the United es Scnat¢ were in no way associ- with an attempt to bring about e in Kurope. They were rather outline of a policy he thinks the ftea States should follow provided o is based on considerations in bra with the dictates of humanity. is utterances will be found moth- more than an ideal presentation the policies of democracy as d soil of America hded on the men who signed the Declaration carried into ef- ndependence and by those who fousht in the olutionary War. is a bold stand taken by the sident. How his words will be re- ed in European capitals and diplo- je chancels is a matter that uld interest every man and woman b have come to the belief that bvernments derive all their powers the consent of the governed,” “gvery people should be left to determine policy, its way of development, unhindered, reatened, unafraid, the little hg with the great and powerful peace in Europe which does not bognize and accept” that princi- will be a peace not in accord with Lspirit of America. So far as the dent’'s message goes it ¢ a peace reached on any other s will merely put Europe back he same old plane it has occupied these many centuries, ready preak out into war again as soon bne un_Holy alliance again reaches stage of intolerance for its thbors. By applying a sort of d-wide Monroe Doctrine the Pres- it would purge Europe of its in- ent spirit of conquest. reality the document read before by a its own means United States Senate vesterday by | enough of earth Chief the greatest tral laration freedom world. ure, just and cowardice before the brave n colonies stepped Executive nation on is another of a call for It can he Independence, the little A success or a as there was room for 1 of the Americ he table and affixed their signa._ to the document that startled world. Having tasted the sweets g0 with freedom, in all that the nations of { term implies, President Wilson, as an American, would want the . world to know the joy hased on the fundamental principles of democracy. If he is wrong in his desire to bring about may be looked upon as the millennium then we as a people are wrong in harboring the good things of life while so many frail and weak people suffer under the yoke of oppression. Liberty never came to any people of its own accord. There had to be always some savior to rise up and proclaim terms. After that there was always a fight for justice and right. It is up to the people of these United States to just how far they are willing to go in carrying out the ideas suggested by President If they are afraid that by adhering to such principles they will reverse a policy that has been in ef- fect since the days of Washington, the idea of ‘friendly relations with all, entangling alliances with none,” then the scheme of translating Amer- icanism into a world-wide doctrine will die in its cradle. If, on the other hand, the people of this country are in sympathy with any move which will guarantee to the world a peace built on a permanent foundation, a peace based on the principle that no natiori shall be buffctted and traded about by another, that “no right any. where exists to hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were property,” then there is a chance for a renaissance. This is the doctrine of equal rights, referred to. by the President when he says, “I am propoding, as it were, that the nations should, with one accord, adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world—that no nation entirs what say Wilson. should seck to extend its policy over any other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to determine its own policy * * *.” There is not a word in the entire message of the President that is not intimately connected with every true American’s idea of justice and equal- ity. There is not a sentiment clothed in these words but what has long been imbedded in the American heart. We as a people have held freedom as a priceless heritage. In a way we have wished that the nations of the world might enjoy the same liberty that is ours. Until now we have not been in a position to even suggest that they secure what we believe should by right be theirs. They are just far enough removed. over the seas to screen their miseries from our eves. Untll this war srew out of the wicked diplomatic arrangements of Europe and the cries and weeping of those people were heard on these shores really appreciated the blessedness of our state. Acting under the impulse that les dormant in the heart of every true American, Presi- dent Wilson has formulated the prin- ‘eiples of justice that will guarantee a stable peace in Europe. They may be received with the broad spirit of toleration. They may be totally rejected. Upon the manner of their reception rests the future of the peoples of Europe and the fate of world wide democracy. we never alone THE SECRETARY'S ANSWER. of the Navy Daniels has voiced a scathing arraignment of the American steel manufacturers who have criticized this administration for Secretary awarding contracts for armor piercing projectiles to a foreign firm. From the evidence in the case the American manufacturers would be found guilty by any. competent jury. 3 The foreign firm outbid the Amerl- can stecl manufacturers about $200 a shell, offered to deliver the goods in much quicker time, and guaranteed goads that would meet the rigid tests applied by the Navy Department. This last difference is one of the salient Teasons for refusing the Amer- ican made shells. As the Secretary points out, a difference In price is ex- pressed merely in dollars and cents; a difference in quality, upon which may depend the ultimate end of a battle, no money can measure. The record of the foreign firm is clear on this polnt, The records of the American firms now aggrieved because of the lost con- tract are extremcly bad. Only 8.8 per cent, of the shells submitted for test by one firm passed. Another submit- ted shells 37.7 per cent. of which were found good. The highest mark reach- ed was 73 per cent, by one firm. Answering the criticism of one com- pany direct, the Secretary says:—"Un- til it is able to fulfill its contract, it does not become this company to criticise the Navy Department for awarding contracts to manufacturers that make: who can make shells tests.” The steel for should have been as meet the asked Such goods good if not better their shells. than those purchased at a lower price. In an attempt to institute eflicient mail service in Alaska the United States Governnient now Nome route hetween mining camps four hundred miles to be carried aeroplane twice a week. distant, the mail 104 times. during the year would re- §4 Travelling sixteen hundred miles a week in an aeroplane | over country visited by all sorts of | adverse weather conditions will fore. stall a stampede for the job, even though it pays more mone; than all letter carriers in New Britain are giv- en by Uncle Sam for their yearly labors. | ! ceive Billy Sunday left Boston,—with a check of seventy thousand dollars. Inhabitants of the Hub are to be con- gratulated that Billy left Boston. He might that with him, too. At any rate, he left Boston. have carried Intoxicating liquors have been ship- ped into Virginia as pickles—News despatch from Baltimore. When “'Ole Virginny” gets thoroughly pickled, look out. Next we shall hear that the price of aeroplaning is going up. TFAOTS AND FANCIES. The reason why Llovd George is at the top of affairs in England today is that he gets things done.—Berkshire Eagle. < The man on the corner says: There hasn’t been a lid put on yet which hasn’t, sooner or later, worked loose. -—Norwich Bulletin. The Washington Star’s critic in re- viewing Tom Lawson says he 18 strong on dialogue but a little disappoint. ing in the matter of plot.—Bridgeport Post. Nothing makes a woman with a real pearl necklace madder than to have the imitations so good.—Ohio State Journal. We all believed such a war could not start, and we are now skeptical about its stopping.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. The senate this year contains but two farmers, Rogers of Southington and Lyman of Middlefield and you would have to be told they are far- mers to know it.—Bridgeport Post. “Our enemiet msays the kaiser, “have dropped the mask.” This Is not the well known gas mask. The incidents of warfare 2s conducted by the kaiser still make its retention im- perative.—Don Marquis in New York Evening Sun. As the Brooklyn Eagle looks at it the accidental sinking of a Japanese cruiser should give dear little Mar- jorle Sterret a liitle more time to build her navy.—Hartford Times. It certainly pays to advertise con- sistently. There are twenty-five other mountains in Colorado higher than Pike's Peak.—B. R. and P. Emploves’ Magazine. At Hartford, a research soclety iy wrestling with the prohlem “Why men drink.” This is the A B C with which the drys should have begun. You can’t very well stop anything un- til you find what causes it.—St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Bum. He's a little dog. with a stubby tail, and a moth-eaten coat of tan, And his legs are short, of the wabbly sort: T doubt if they ever ran: And he howls at night, while in broad daylight he sleeps like a bloomin’ log, And he likes the feced of the gutter breed! he’s a most irregular dos. I call him Bum, and in total sum he's all that his name implies, For he's Just a tramp with A highway stamp that culture cannot dlis- guise; And his friends, I've found, streets abound, be they or dogs or men; Yet he sticks to me with a flendish glce. It is truly beyond my ken. in the urchins T talk to him when I'm lonesome-like, and I'm sure that he understands When he looks at me so attentively and gently licks my hand: Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clathes, but I never say aught thereat, For the Good Lord' knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that! So my good old pal, my irregular dog, my flet-bitten, stub-tailed friend, Has become a part of my very heart, to be cherished till lifetime’s en. And on Judgment Day, if T fake the way that leads where the right- eaus meet, If my dog is barred by the heavenly guard—we'll both of us brave the heat! —W. Dayton Wedgefarth. Lmxuries. (Providence Journal.) Precious stones of an aggregate value of $31,482,262 were imported through New York in 1916, making a new record. The previous high mark, established in 1913, wa 5 From time to time during the vear, attention has been called to the un- precedented receipts of diamonds and other gems as a barometer of ‘high living.” It is a phenomenon plain to ordi- plans a mail | and a series of | by | For his ser- ; vices the aviator who makes the trip | nary observation that the country is pending moncy more than ever he- fore on commodities Which may be | classed as luxuries. And in a spirit of self-criticism we are apt to contrast our extravagance with the frugal.liv- ing of the peoples in the war coun- ! tries. With the latter. simplicity, even rizid self-denial, not only accords with the serious mood in all classes of so- ciety but is encouraged or enforced by government. The decrees prohibiting {importations are chiefly designed to prevent the people from spending their money on foreign products which they can get along very com- fortably without, while the embargoes | on exports withhold the necessities of life and living. GAMBLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHURCH Archbishop Relates Experiences in Wild and Wooly West Archbishop B. M. Spurr of Mounds- ville, W. Va., was the speaker last evening at the supper of the Men's Brotherhood of the South Congrega- tional church. Besides being the arch- bishop of the state he is the chaplain of the state penitentiary and is n charge of about 1,200 prisoners. Mr. Spurr was born and brought up in England and received his education in the schools of that country and the thought of becoming a minister never once, entered his head. He intended to bécome a school teacher but at the conolusion of his studies he recelved an invitation to go west and settle down with some friends. It was in North Dakota that he settled on a ranch. Mr. Spurr said, that while in North Dakota, he started to live and that to become acquainted with the western Americans is one of the easiest things in the world. ‘Yes, your name is Spurr,’ one man said to me, ‘but about your handle. What's the first name?’ ‘Well, Ben, my handle is Aleck. Shake.’” He lived in North Dakota for several years and while there did many things for the men when the op- portunity arose. “One of the things that I prefer do- ing,” sald Mr. Spurr, “is taking care of people, and I had only been in the west a short time when one of the men was taken with typhoid fever. I was with the man many weeks before he recovered. From this case I went to another and also stayed with him until he was cured. In this way I be- came acquainted with most of the men in the distriet. “Oftimes the men came to ses. me on my ranch, and one night three of them came staggering into the house. Everyone knows how important it is to be on a committee for the first time. Well, these men gave me a big surprise by asking me to be their preacher and it was only a short time before I was giving them a sermon every Sunday. At the same time I was given the power to officlate at weddings and funerals and became a sort of perpet- ual deacon. “Fighty-five per cent of those that attended the services were men. The committee that asked me to become the preacher had two saloon keepers on it and a very interesting fact was disclosed from this. T once asked how the men raised the money to support the church and T found that once a month, at the city's officlal gambling house the members of the chruch meet and figured out how much would be needed for the church during the com- ing month. After they had figured the matter out they would win the money by gambling and the house owner would put the monev in the Sunday collection.™ After many vears of this lfe in North Dakota Mr. Spugr moved his headquarters to West Virginia and settled as near the penitentiary as pos- sible. Tt was only a short time before he beeame chaplain of the institution and he has remained in that capacity for the past twenty-three years, His tales of the horrors of life in the prisons was a very concise recital of facts as he saw them in his cvery day work. Mr. Spurr spoke strongly against capital punishment. He sald that in his opinton hanging was to be had in preference to electrocution, but he was against death in any man- ner as a punithment. He said that he was against electrocution bhecause a man was not always killed hy the first shock and often a fourth and fifth he- came necessary. TS THIS EFFICTENCY. Patrons of “New Haven” Arc Not of the Bellef That It Ts. Local people were submitted to an- other sample of what the officials of the “New Haven” road might term efficiency last evening, when they ar- rived at the Hartford passenger sta- tion with the expectation of boarding the 10:30 o'clock train. However, they were forced to wait until 11:40 o'clock. Last summer Senator Klett the instigator of a movement that caused the railroad ofiicials to Im- prove the service but it looks as if the old plan was again in vogue. The passengers on the 7:20 o'clock east bound train, were forced to ride un- der frigid atmospheric conditions, the brakeman calmly informing ques- tioners that a broken pipe prevented giving any heat. was ASSOCIATION CONCERT. Boston Musicians Given the Teading Placc on the Program. In the Prevocational Grammar school hall this evening the first in the new series of entertainments un- der the auspices of the Parents and Teachers' Association will be given. Raymond Havens, one of the foremost Boston pianists, and Miss Cara Sapin, contralto, of the Boston Opera com- pany will render the following pro- gram BRallad— Chopin 2 ..Chopin : - ..Chopin Minor .Chopin Ha Scherzo B Fla Son o Mascagni a from Cavallerie Rusticana Novembre Tremisot Imwumber-shonnen Monat- Mai Hammona Ror b, Miss Sapin M h Wind “%a-ve.,.MacDowell Waliz—A Flat, Op. 34, No. 1..Chopin At The Spring . Liszt T.a Campanella (The Little Bells). . Pagnini-Liszt Havens House of Memori The Awakening Miss Sapin, -Aviward Spross ! NEWINGTON WANTS | $20,000 FOR LAND Annexation -Plan Wil thably! Be Dropped for the Present The ation proposed plan for the annex- of land in the eastern section of the city does not appear to be feasi- ble at preseni. A meeting was held Quigley’s office yesterday afternoon at which interested parties from this city and Newington sathered to discuss the proposition, and at the close, when the views of Messrs. Erwin, Fish and Eliott of Newington were heard, the chances faded and could be detected dwind- ling as fast as the expiring day. According to the visitors, thelr views were to be accepted as purely personal. The matter of final action on the matter would be handled through the medfum of a town meet- ing. Outlining the plan whereby the proposed city line may be adopted, the visiting delegation recommended that the City of New Britain pay to the town of Newington a suitable sum Of money to be placed in a bank drawing 4 per cent. interest, which would equalize the present income from the land, which amounts to $1,- 101.32. This would mean that the city would be forced to dig down in the coffers for approximately $25,000, which would be the lowest that would be considered, and with prospects that it might be increased to $50,000. Figures brought out at the meet- ing showed that the proposed prop- erty is on the Newington grand list for $68,833 and the town debt Is $100.000 and the grand list totals, $2,- 000,000. It was suggested to the Newington men that the City of New Britain take over the land in question for a sum equivalent to the propor- tlon of the value of the land to the town debt. This, however, the visit- ing delegation belleved, would meet with disfavor from the Newington voters. Another feature that the suburban representatives pointed out as unfavorable was the continuing of the Clayton crossing in Newington, and should the proposed plan be adapted, it is likely that the grade crossing will become a local encum- bherance, despite the fact that the city engineer did not include it in his plans. Those In attendance at the meeting were Mayor Quigley, Senator Klett, Representatives Hall and Covert, Councilman Gorbach, Corporation Counsel Cooper and Engincer Hall, and the Newington officials. ACCOUNTANCY COURSE Opening Tecture in New Serics Will in Mayor Be Given By E. O. Stevens on Jan- uary 31 at Y. M. C. A. E. O. Stevens of the Pace Institute of Accountancy in New York city will sive a lecture on ‘“Accountaney in Rusiness Today,” at the Y. M. C. A, Wednesday evening, January 31, at 8 o'clock. At that countancy and time a new course in ac- business administra- tion will he opened with W. N. bBag- v of Hartford as instructor of the Mr. Bagley is a unlversity duate and has had experience as a teacher, being employed at the pres- ent time in the actuarial department of the Travelers Insurance company. This cours distinetive in that it is arranged for employved men who must necessarily he earning an in- come whila preparing for greater eurning power. Tn the Pace standard- ized course In wccountancy the fund- amental principals to be mastered arc not only classiled ard arranged in concise form, to aid the student, but the toxt matertal contains complete Gata so that the student may also gain a broad view of the science of business. The lessons are published in pamphlet form especlally to mect the needs of emploved men. This course 1s not the result of a few weeks’ efforts but has been care- fully planned, revised and improved vear by vear for the past Aecade. The course s now in use in over fifty citles in this country. The New Britain association has already con- ducted the course for a year and a Falf. Mr. Stevens. in his lecture, will speak out of his ten vears' experienco as a public accountant and teacher of accountancy classes and outline tha work that will be given in this new Y. M. C. A. class. The work given along these same lines under the di- Tection of William C. Woodford, has proven very valuable and practical to fhe men who have completed the three semesters of the accountancy course. JURY CASE POSTPONTD. Session of Court patetl. Al Day Antici- The jury case of Tony Vernali Josephine Gifalo, scheduled for trial at 2 o'clock this afternoon hefore Judge James T. Meskill in city court, postponed until the short session Friday afternoon, when it will come up for re-assign- ment. As it is expected that the hearing will take up an entire day, a morning assignment is expected. Judge B. F. Gaffney has been re- tained as associate counsel with At- torney M. D. Saxe in the defense. The plaintiff is represented by Attor- ney Frederick B. Hungerford. The action is based on an alleged theft of money. ' The defendant was held in police court under a probable cause finding and State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn entered a nolle in superior court. VR, has been calendar HERE'S WHERE YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET Milk Campaign Statistics-Watch for Your Milkman’s Name In this space dally appears the re- sults of the laboratory examinations of milk sold in New Britain. While the health department makes a full chemical and refractive examination of each sample, only the amount of fat and the degree of cleanliness of the milk will be recorded here in or- der that the reader shall not be con- fused by an array of figures. The average milk containg from 3.5 per cent. to 4 per cent. fat. The statute requires that it shall not be less than 8.25 per cent. fat. Milk should be clean, but a mere trace of dirt does not signify a dirty milk. On the oth- er hand, there is a no excuse for milk containing a small or large amount of dirt. The housekeepers can do as much toward making the campaign & success as can the board of health by reporting to both their milkdealer and the health department any adverse condition they find in the milk they buy. This daily report will continue throughout the month and later a full report will be made of the sanitary condition of the dairies in the city and on the farms, Amt. of Amt. of Fat Dirt .o 470 Clean Clean Trace Clean Clean Trace Trace Clean Siean Clean Clean Trace Clean Trace Clean Large Trace Clean Clean Clean Clean Clean Trace Clean ..8.80 Clean T. BE. REEKS, Superintendent. TAFT SILENT ON WILSON'S SPEECH But Other _Yale Men Express Minds Freely Hittleman Dworin Cherniak Ratner E. . Fred Johnson - M. Holmaquist Olander A. Hall . Decorleto Js Bh DRG0 o apn0 Longley’s Restaurant C. Graffina John Jacobs J. Himalstein Hittelman T. A. Stanley T. Cherniak Soran H. P. Battey & Son A. H. Edman J. E. Seibert & Son J. J. Shapiro A. W. Hall s Chas. J. Johnson John Conlin e oo 33533352 New Haven, Jan. Prof. William Howard Taft, who is president in this country of the League to Enforce Peace, declined to make any com- nient last night on the action taken by President Wilson yvesterday in re- newal of his effort to advance the cause of peace. Prof. Taft, when asked at his home here to make some some comment on the president’s new move, firmly refused to make statement at this time, although he may, after more mature consideration of the president’s proposition, make a statement upon it. His view of the move is of especial interest because of his being head of the League to En- force Peace, whose ideas the presi- dent appears to have, in part at least, endorsed. Emphatic disapproval of President Wilson's proposal was expressed by Prof. George Trumbull hadd, of Yale, last night. The professor claims 1t is absolutely uselass to talk aboutsuch a league until the war in Furope Is settled one way or the other. “Tf there had bheen a dozen leagues to enforce peace,” said Professor Ladd, “they could not have prevenied the present war, which is in fact be- ing fought on account of the existence of such a league.” He pointed to the cfforts made by England, Russia and Irance to prevent the war in 1914. The Entente Allies, he said, at that time did evervthing in their power to avert the calamity, and they were un- able to do it. There is no reason to expect that any league could do what those nations were powerless to do. He helieves that the message of President Wilson to the upper house will have the effect of postponing reace instead of hastening it. [t is his opinion that if the war is a draw or results in the supremacy of the Central powers, it will have to be fought all over again within the next fifteen years at the most. But no mat- ter what the outcome of the war, he savs, he belleves no talk of such a league as the president proposes should be indulged in until the con- cluston of the struggle. Professor Theodore S. Woolsey is of the opposite opinion. He spoke in terms of unqualified approval of the rlan to form such a league, believinz that the results would be as beneficiul as its advocates claim they would be. Neither President Hadley of Yale nor Professor George Burton Adams could be reached. The former was in New York and Professor Adams is row in the west. HEDBFERG—MURPHY. Miss May I. Murphy, daughter Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murphy of Sprin field, Mass., and Gustave A. Hedbe formerly of this city were married vesterday noon in the chapel of the Hope Congregational church of Springfield, by the Rev. J. Burford | Parry. They were unattended. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hedberg left immediately after the ceremony on a wedding trip. They of BETHLEHEM MAY SUICE BIG MELON Directors Expected to Aunounce « Increase in Capital New York, Jan. 23.—Directors ot the Bethlehem Steel Corporation are to adopt at a meecting today a plan for increasing the common stock by the sale of $15,000,000 new shares The stock will be offered to present stockholders for subscription. It was learned yesterday that the rumors: heard of late that a $50,000,000 bond issue was to be authorized were based upon nothing that the Bethlehem management has in mind for the present. i In Wall Street it was thought that the full increase voted by the direc- tors would be considerably larger than $16,000,000, and would involve a big “melon cutting.” The consen- sus of opinion was that the commen stock would be increased to the au- thorized total of $45,000,000 , of which $15,000,000 would be divided among share owners as a stock divi- dend of 100 per cent. This, with $18,-, 000,000 to be sold and the $15,000,000 now outstanding, would account for the full capitalization mentioned In the rumors. It was understood that the stoek to be sold would be offered to old shareholders at par. The stock after the increase is expected to carry am annual dividend of 20 per cent. which would be equivalent to 60 per cent. on the $15.000,000 stock now outstand? ing. The shares brought in 30 pej cent. or $30 a share, last year. Thi payment was considered highly com- servative inasmuch as the corporation carned in 1915 $237 a share above charges and expenses. The profits i 1916 have becn estimated as high $400 a share, although adjustmen due to taxes and extra depreciatiof charges may reduce this figure sul stantially when the full returns ari in [S While the Bethlehem manageme has heen silent about its financ plans, the street has felt for time that an increase of the was imminent. Extraordinary profit from war business, coupled with big Teturm from its commercial sal in the last two years, made the tof capital of $30,000,000 in preferred and common stock look small. M Schwab and his associates have fol- lowed the policy of returning earn- | ings into new construction and bet- terments instead of borrowing funds for the purpose, with the result that large charges have been made fto | operation and depreciation, whichy cauld have properly figured in fl.{, capital account. 4 The corporation is said to be small need of funds, owing to the big cash balances piled in the banks since the war began. Since the purchase of the Pennsylvania Steel company last vear, the Bethlehem management has planned the outlay of about $100,- 000,000 on additions and improve- ments to its. various subsidiaries, a arge part of which is to be proyided for out of earnings. Tt is assumed) fhat the proceeds of the stock sale will be used in this connection also and it is possible that a bond issu8’ tal~ COTTON GIN REPORT, Running Bales Prior to Jan. 16 Total 11,147,118 Bales. Washington, Jan. 22.—Cotton ginned prior to Jan. 16 amounted to 11,147,118 running bales, exclusive of linters Including 189,004 round bales and 115,463 bales of sea island, the census bureau today announced. Ty Jan. 16 last vear ginnings age rregated 10, 1,990 bales, S round bales and 90,671 of sea island. That was 97.1 cent. of the entire crop. Ginnings by states follow: 43,987, Arkansas 1,064 Cszlifornia 31,725, Florida 50,# Georgla 1,825,629, Louisianag 2, Mississipp! 780,862, Missouri ,041, North Carolina 659,419, Olk- lahoma 810,419, South Carolina 936,- 706, Tennessee 862,773, Texas 3.543,- 292, Virginia 26,602, all other states 11,699. bales % Mayor Quigley Opposes Wooster Street Grading. & Using the high cost of labor at pres- ent as the reason for his action, Mayor George A. Quigley last night vetoed the recent recommendation presented to the common council, that the board of public works include in its budget an appropriation for the grad-. fng of Wooster street from West Main street to Steele strect this year, The same matter came before the hoard of finance and taxation last year and that body put a quietus on it by wielding the axe. It had been expect- ed that similar action would occur this vear, because it is felt that there are a number of other central streets in need of grading and the property owners have waited much longer than the west end residents. HIGH SCHOOI NOTES, A social and dance will be given by Howard Krick and Clement members of the junior and more classes respectively, hall this coming Frida will be furnished by tra. The patroness W. Loomis, Mrs. Mrs. J. O. Mills. The Bookkeeping club will meet to- morrow after school in the Vocation- ai building. An entertainment and dance will be enjoved after the tra action of business. At the last meet- ing of the club the following pupils were elected for the executive com- mittec: Kdward Jahn, Pauline Scgal Lewis, sopho- at Booth's The music rehes Mrs. 1. Loomis and s will be E. A, will make their home in Springfield. and Charles Hallberg. = ; ¥ | %, inclidingd §