New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1917, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1917. A Small Lot of OVERCOATS ‘At a Very Small Price All SUITS at CUT PRICES R FARRELL CLDTHING co.) NEW BRITAIN, CONN, City Items Corburn Grip spent yesterday in New York city. The Royal Male quartet of Boston will furnish the entertaniment at the +¥Y. M. C. A. this evning. Postmaster William F. Delaney at- tended the funeral of Daniel C. Sul- livan in Waterbury today. A special meeting of St. Joseph’s Y. M. A. A. will be held this evening. The officers and building commit- tee of the Beth Alom cemetery asso- clation will meet tonight in the office 1of Constable Fred Winkle in the " Stanley building to take action re- lative to building work on the pro- posed chapel. As a result of falling down a flight of .stairs, Thomas O’'Brien of 235 High, street was transferred to New Britain General hospital last night to receive treatment for an injured shoulder. /. <Birth records for the month of Jan- wary are expected to total 200. There had been 190 birth recorded up to this$ morning. The board of relief will hold its first meeting on Thursday and other meetings to hear complaints of prop- erty’ owners will take place on Febru- Ary 2, 6 and 9 from 2 until 5 p. m., dnd on February 1 and 14 from 7:30 to+9 p. m. LEADERS IN DOG TEAM RACE CAUGHT Four Drivers Even Up With Hansen, Kelley and Tomasson in Dash Over Snows. . Ferguson Falls, Minn., Jan. 30.— Seven of the eight dog teams entered in the Winnipeg-St. Paul race were due here shortly before noon today and are bunched for the real test of the 509 mile race. The teams will haye 201 miles to cover from this place to St. Paul, where they are ex- flected to arrive some time Friday, one day before the close of the outdoor sports carnival. The finish of yesterday’s dash which hrought Joe Metcalf, Bill Grayson, Ga- briel and Albert Campbell up with Hyrutur Hansen, Mike Kelley and Gunnar Tomasson, the three who tmve been leading, since. the teams crossed the line into North Dakota, is said to be only a fore runner of the ariving which will be done during the remainder of the race. The seven teams spent the night at Rothsay, Minn. Fred Hartman, driving four dogs ! and handicapped by a badly swollen knoe, is forty-eight hours behind the leaders but still determined to finish > race. By changing the route slikhtly vesterday the race was re- duced from 522 to 509 miles.. _ WARNING T0 AMERICANS Germany Expected to Advise Citizens of U. S. to Keep Off Armed Ships of Entente, Jan. 30.—A warning ta ,:Washington, to take * Americans lrlIICll sh. Central Power oxpected here Whether the warning will be conveyed to the state department through the American embas: in Berlin or through the German ecmba Washington is not indicated. For several weeks the German gov- ernment bas been submitting repre- gentations to the state department in cases wherein it is charged merchant- men, armed ostensibly for defensive purposes have attacked German subs magines, DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA. Waterbury, Jan. 30.—Joseph Gel- gauda dicd of hydrophobia early this morning. He was bitten by a stray dog over a month ago and became ill 1ast week. EXTRA “STEEL” DIVIDEND. New York, Jan. 30.—The United s steel corporation today de- red an extra quarterly dividend of | 3-4 per cent together with the usual disbursement of 1-4 per cent. B TIS ESSENTIAL to business enterprise to have a Checking Account. Practical experience attest its value in the payment of bilks. Your account subject to check, large or small, is invited, and good service assured. TRUST CO. ‘;’;Nl"ammma, ; POISONED PANCAKES ARE FATAL TO FIVE Mother Unwittingly Puts Arsenic in Flour and Kills Children and Grandchild. Kankakee, Ills, Jan. 30.—A meal of pancakes hurriedly made and hur- riedly eaten yesterday morning caused the death of five members of the Meintz family on a farm between Ashkum an Danforth, fifteen miles south of here. The pancakes were made by Mrs. Meintz mother of four of the victims and grandmother of the fifth. Mrs. Meintz is believed to have mixed the contents of a sack containing an ar- senic preparation used by her hus- band in taxidermy with a prepared pancake flour, thinking the powder was flour. Before dawn today the last of the five deaths had occurred. 0. K. Meintz, the father, was some- what ill and so did not eat any of the pancakes. Mrs. Meintz tasted the pancakes after her sons had finished their breakfast and, noticing a pe- culiar flayor, ate none. QUESTIONS BANK'S RIGHTS Mass, Supreme Court Asked to Decide ‘Whether Shawmut National Is Ex- ceeding Tts Charter Authority. Boston, = Jan. 30.—The question whether national banks in this state may act as trustees, executors and ad- ministrators of estates and registrars of stocks and bonds is involved in a petition filed by Attorney General At- will with the supreme court, asking that the National Shawmut bank of this city be enjoined from acting in that capacity on the ground that it is violating its cnarter. The petition was brought at the suggestion of Wil- liam D. T. Trefry, commissioner of corporations. The bank in its answer, says it has transacted such business under its charter and by authority of the fed- eral reserve act, under which national banks are authorized to act in the capacities named when not in contra- vention of state or local laws. The petitioners set forth that state banking laws limit the transaction of this busi- ness to trust companies. FAVOR DR. GRAYSON Senate Commiittee Endorses Him for | edical Director of Navy—Repub- licans Fight Nomination. Washington, Jan. 30.—The senate naval committee ordered a favorable report today on the nomination of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson’s naval aid and personal physician to be medical director in the navy services. The republicans opposed it, Sen- ators Lodge and Poindexter leading the opposition. A fight on the floor was indicated. ASHORE OFF BARNEGAT. Norwegian Steamer Not Belicved to Be in Danger. New York, Jan, 30—The Norwegian steamship Bowden, from Mantasas and Santiago, Cuba, went aground last night on the southeast end of Barne- gat shoals during a fog and rough sea and was reported today by offi- cers of the coast guard cutter Mo- hawk to be in no immediate danger. 1t was believed she could be pulled into deep water at high tide. “SUFFS” TRAIL LLOYD GEORGE. Camp on Doorstep Determined to See Him. London, Jan. 30.—A delegation of suffragettes camped out on the door- tep of Premier Lloyd George’s official sidence in Downing street this morn- | ing declaring they would remain there until the premier replied to a request that he receive the delegation. As the weather grew colder they ac- cepted an invitation extended by the premier’s secretary to wait inside the house. THREE STEAMERS § Two Norwegian and One Portuguese Vessel Blown Up. London, Jan. that the 1,261 tons, that nine 30.—Lloyds announces Norwegian steamer Argo, has been blown up and of her crew are reported lost. The Norwegian steaimer Ful- ton, 1,030 tons, has also been sunk. The Portuguese steamer Fome de Duror of 1,207 tons, is reported sunk. NMATES OF JERSEY JAIL IN A RIOT How], Curse and Break Up Fur- nishings in Cells Trenton, Jan. 80.—Ever since Governor Edge and his prison inquiry commission left the state prison on Saturday inmates of the place have kept up a continual uproar which has been increasing in violence until "it reached the proportions of a riot yesterday. ‘While the convicts were hurling their curses and missiles across the prison Governor Edge was sending to the senate last night the nomination of James H. Mulheron, county sealer of weights and measures, to succeed Richard P. Hughes as head ke&Der. The nomination will be acted upon next week. Mulheron is chairman of the Mercer county republican com- mittee. - Uneasy stirrings were marked among the prisoners Saturday even- ing. Sunday morning the frritation had become general. Betore chapel loud shouts of discontent and curses against the authorities were shrieked through the prison, but no concerted uproar was begun until the dinner hour. Pea soup was the signal for the initial outbreak: the men screamed they wouldn’t eat it, that it was Sun- day and they were entitled to chicken broth, ‘Wanted Chicken Broth. They wanted their chicken broth, they yelled, and when none was forthcoming they began stamping thelir feet in unison. Then some one smashed his stool against the wall of his cell and began to drum with violence with the broken pieces. This became general. ' Othérs rattled tin cups against the cell doors, and the din, augmented by the prison yell, reached the proportions of what is known technically as bedlam. LOGAL OPTION ON SABBATH SPORTS Judge Martin Believes in Amuse- ments if People Want Them New Haven, Jan. 30—Judge Charles J. Martin. of Orange, has presented one of the many bills to the general assembly providing for liberalizing Sunday. Judge Martin’s bill, which has been submitted to the judiciary committee, provides that people of a town or city shall exercise local option in regard to Sunday amusements and athletics. It has the merit, he be- lieves, of eliminating any tendency ta interfere with religious exercises on the day. There have probably been more than 100 forms of Sunday bills pre- sented during the last and this session of the legislature, providing for the repeal of the old Sunday law, or the enactment of new laws along various- ly differing lines. Sunday legislation has had an eventful career in the gen- eral assembly. Though not generally understood the old Sunday laws still remain on the statute books. The ancient blue laws were Tepealed in 1913, but subsequently re-enacted. The attitude of the towns of the state and the citles toward liberal Sunday laws i8 necessarily different on account of the variation of inter- ests and kind of people in the cities and towns. The rural communities, whose representatives make up the bulk of the general assembly, have nc demand for amusements on Sundays. Their location is not suitable to any kind of Sunday business or amuse- ments and so whenever bills for liber- alizing Sunday have come up in the house they, on account of their ma- jority over the city representatives have had the power to kill them. For Towns of 10,000. To avoid opposition of small towns, Mr. Martin's bill provides that in towns of 10,000 or more the inhabi- tants may legislate for themselves up- on the matter of Sunday amusements, that is, may exercise local option. This typifies the principle of home rule and removes. the possibility of the smaller towns, which are not af- fected in any wise by the provisions of the bill, offering opposition to the cities or larger towns, which are so situated and so populated as to need regulation of the Sunday according to their own dictates. Two years ago Judge Martin intro- duced a similar bill in the house which was defeated by only eight votes and which, in modified form, passed the senate. Senator Michael J. Quinn has also formulated a bill along practically the same lines, which was introduced in the senate Friday by Senator Whit- ney. It provides that the inhabitants of any town with a population of 10,000 or more, except towns which have a city or borough within their limits, may engage in public athletic sports, amusements or entertainments between 2 o'clock and 11 p. m. on Sunday provided that it is favored by the majority at the annual town meeting. In the case of the meetings being held annually, the vote shall be taken then. In either case, however, there shall be a petition of 10 per cent. of the votes requesting the vote submitted to the town clerk -at least 30 days before the election. The bill provides, as far as cities or boroughs are concerned, that the legislative bodies in these places, can pass a resolution or ordinance favor- ing amusements, etc., between the hours mentioned and that the resolu- tion or ordinance as the case might be, must be submitted to the voters of the place at the next municipal or DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Emilia Der; Mrs, Emilia Dery, aged seventy- two years, widow of Jeremie Dery, died early today at the home of her son, Alcide Dery of 1077 Stanley street, following a lengthy illness wit] cancer. She was one of the best known French residents of the city. Besides the son with whom she lived she is survived by three other sons, Emil Dery of Hartford, Edward Dery of Webster, Mass., and ~Amer Dery of Winchendon, Mass, and one daughter, Mrs. Wilfred Colombe of Gardner, Mass. The funeral will be held at 9 o’clock Thursday morn- ing from St. Peter’s church and the burial will be in St. Mary's new cem- stery. ‘William Hannan. William Hannan, aged 52 years, of Farmington, died at the New Britain General hospital early today of acute nephritis following a brief illness. He was admitted to the institution two days ago. He was born in West Hart- ford, son of Ellen and the late Wil- liam Hannan. As a carpenter, he was well known among members of that craft in this vicinity. A brother, Hugh J., and a sister, Mary E. Hannan, both of Hartford, survive. The body was taken to Hartford this morning and the funeral will be held at' 9 o'clock tamorrow morning from S£t. Bernard's church at Tariffville. Burial will be in that town. Mrs, Thomas P. Martin. The funeral of Mrs: Thomas P. Martin of 14 Flungerford court will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Joseph’s church and burial will be in St. Mary's new cemetery. Max Behnke. The funeral of Max Behnke was held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from his home at 26 Brook street and at 3 o’clock from Erwin Memorial chapel with Rev. Frederick C. Wunder, pas- tor of the English Lutheran church, officlating. The bearers were Henry Wuchert, Frederick Young, Alfred Larson and Stuart Carroll. George ‘Wuchert and Paul Beyer were the flower bearers. Burial was in Fair- view cemetery. Michael Svolemski. Michael Svolemski, aged 29 years, of Newington, died at the New Brit- ain General hospital early today of lobar abcess. He had been under treatment at the institution for eleven days. The whereabouts of relatives is not known and it is believed that "he has none in this country. Funeral arrangements are held in abeyance pending advices from the Newington authorities. Daniel C. Sullivan. The funeral of Dantel C. Sullivan, father of Rev. J. Leo Sullivan of St. Joseph’s church, was héld this morn- ing at the church of the Immaculate Conception at Waterbury with a solemn high mass of requiem. Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery in that city. GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY IS CALLED SCANTY Food Dictator Warns Public to Use Strict Economy As Edibles Are Scarce. Amsterdam, Jan. 30, via London, 10:10 a. m.—According to the Berlin Vorwaerts, Adolph Batocki, president of the food regulation board, clearly indicated in a recent speech that the German food supply for the spring was very scanty and would require the most careful distribution and economical use. Calculating potatoes in the value of wheat he said that for the current year there were two mil- lion tons less. of both available for animal and human consumption than last year and that ewing to the pro- hibition of wheat for animal feeding, this would greatly diminish the yield of animal products. Even turnips cannot now be used for animal fodder. Herr Batocki pointed out that im- ports from neutrals were a slender factor in the situation and the assets gained in Rumania while valuable, could improve conditions only grad- ually owing to transportation difficul- ties. ' . UNION WORKS ANNUAL Board of Dircctors Is Re-elected at Meeting This Afternoon—Directors Subsequently Elect Officers, The annual meeting of the holders of the Union Manufacturing company was held this afternoon and the following board of directors was re-elected: A, I'. Corbin, M. L. Bailey, A. J. Sloper, L., C. Clark, F. J. Porter, H. H, Wheeler, C. S. Neumann, W. H. Corbin and J. B. Minor. At a subsequent meeting of the di- rectors, the following officers were elected: President, Albert F. Corbin; treasurer, M. L. Bailey; secretary, H. H, Wheeler; assistant secretary, Carl S. Neumann, stock- CAN'T FIND BURNING SHIP. Search Made Through Puget Sound. Seattle, Jan. 30.—A thorough search of Puget Sound waters in the vicinity of Everett, 35 miles north of here, today failed to throw any light on a report last mghl that a steamer was on fire. Futile tors and pulmotors, to the scene to went from here investigate. She steamed about for several hours and borough election. The mayor or borough election. The mayor or the measure, however. returned today without finding any wreckage. No vessels are known to | be over due or missing. The steamer Kulshama with doc- | OR 14116 AsyLum S'I‘ HARTFORD, All $9.00 and $10.00 MACKINAWS Reduced to $7.50. $6.00 and $8.00 MACKINAWS Now $5.50. Sizes from 34 to 48 Financial 'NEW HAVEN* KEEPS MARKET IRREGULAR Railroad Stock at Lowest Point’ In Its History Wall Street.—Further acute weak- ness in New Haven shares, which fell 3 points to 40 1-2, its lowest quota- tion in the history of that property, accounted for the irregularity of the stock list during today's early deal- ings. Other rails, including St. Paul, Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohia and Ontario and Western were heavy. Neutralizing features were found, among the industrials, Bethle- hem Steel gaining five points and United States Steel a substantial fraction. Shippings, metals, Central Leather and some of the more active specialties also hardened on nominal dealings. New Haven extended its decline to 89, 1-2 before it Tecovered to 40 1-4, meanwhile unsettling the entire list. St. Paul yielded 2 1-2 points, Reading 1 1-2 and some of the minor rails a point. Bethlehem Steel reacted 10 points, with an extreme decline of 1 5-8 for United States Steel, 1 to 2 for related industrials, as much for cop- pers, oils, shippings and industrial al- cohol and 2 to 5 for motors and acces- saries. Rallies of 1 to 3 points.set in during the second hour. Bonds were irregular, CLOSING—Steel and other leaders were at highest prices in the afte: noon but gains. were generally shade in the final dealings. The closing was firm. Sales shares. were estimated at 600,000 New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co:, members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Jan. 30, 1917 High Low Close 903% 88% 90 .9 91 67 % 28% 48% 76 106 % 110% 217% 126% 82% 106% 56 % 811 % 425 50 161% 85% 635 54 883 47T % 131 62 150 27% 31 45% 595 116% 36% 105 57 24 45% 8314 1% Am Beet Sugar Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem Car & Fdy Co Ice .. Can Loco . Smelting . Sugar Am Tobacoc Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop ... AT S Fe Ry Co.. Baldwin Loco .. B &R0t 0 BEREM Beth Steel : Butte Superior ... Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio . Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F & I Cons Gas .. Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec Erie Erie 1st pfd Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd . ... Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinois Central Inspiration Kansas City so Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val Louis & Nash . Max Mot com Mex Petrol Natl Lead .. N Y C & Hud Nev Cons 2 NYNH&HRR 43% Y Ont & West. 27 Nor Pac ..10834 Penn R R .'-T‘i Peoplets Gas ..103 Pressed tSeel Car . Ray CONS ....... Reading .. . Rep I & S com So Pac 3 So Ry So Ry l‘l“d Studebaker Texas Oil Third Ave Union Pac United Fruit Utah Cop U S Rub Co U S Steel U s Steel pfd Va Car Chem Willys Overland .. (Furnished by Richter & Co.) The only feature today was the de- mana for Stanley Rule and Level which sprung up after the Hartford Stock Exchange meeting this morn- ing!. The market opened with stock selling at 430 and 440 and Cln&c(? at 435 bid and 445 asked. Quite a little % | Richter&Co MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Buaildi Telephone 2040 100 shs American Hardware 100 shs New Britain Machine Co 100 shs Union Manufacturing Co. 100 shs Landers, Frary & Clark 400 Landers, Frary & Clark Rights American Brass was traded in between 341 and 343 and Brlsto‘l‘ Brass sold at 1. (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) The local market today has been very quiet with very few trades. American Brass sold before the board meeting this morning at 345 but sold off during the day to 341. The quotations at 2:30 were: Bid Asked 342 137 72 805 62 108 89 595 105 109 American Brass American Hardware Bristol Brass .... Colt’s Fire Arms 2 Landers, Frary & Clark 60 New Britain Machine ..106 North & Judd ........ 87 Scovill Mfg. Co. .......585 Stanley Works ........104 Union Mfg. Co. .......107 HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE REPQR1T .135 70 Hartford Stock Exchange quota- tions, furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. City hall building. Manufacturing Companies. Asked | 145 29 343 Adams Express Co . Aetna Nut Co ....... American Brass Co .. .340 American Hosiery Co..105 Amer Hardware Co L1356 American Silver Co ... 31 Amer Thread Co pfd.. 4 Bigelow-Hfd Cpt pfd..106 Bigelow-Hfd Cpt com.. 85 Billings & Spencer Co.103 Bristol Brass Co . 1 Broad Brook Co . 13 The Edward Balf Co...105 Case Lkwd & Brd Co..205 Collins Co .108 Colt's Arms Co .800 Eagle Lock Co .. 88 Gfn-Nbgr Tobacco pfd..101 Holyoke Water Power..430 Inter| Silver com 99 Inter Silver com . 80 Johns-Pratt Co ... .270 Landers Frary & Clark. 60 J R Montgomery Co...100 New Britain Machine..106 New Depar Mfg Co pfd.143 North & Judd Mfg Co. 86 Peck, Stow & Wilcox... 30 Plimpton Mfg Co 2115 Pratt & Whit Co pfd.103 Russell Mfg Co .310 Smyth Mfg Co ...205 Standard Screw pfd A..109 Standard Screw pfd B..109 Standard Screw Co com.400 Stanley Rule and Level.430 Stanley Works .. ...104 Swift & Co 142 Taylor & Fenn Co.. 260 Terry Steam Turbine ..170 Torrington Co pfd .... 31 Torrington Co com.. 59 137 33 4% 108 87 108 72 18 Traute & Hine ........ 60 Union Mfg Co N B....105 U S Envelope Co pfd...116 U S Envelope Co com.l170 Scovill Mfg Co .585 Niles-Bement-Pond ..178 R. R. and Street R. R. Stocks.| Am Bank & Tst Co ....200 Nor Con Lt & Pw So pfd 100 Nor Con Lt & Pw Co com 60 Banks and Trust Companies. City Bank & Tst Co .140 15 Conn Rvr Banking Co ..145 Conn Tst & Sf Dpst Co 525 Fidelity Tst Co .320 First Natl Bank .. .230 Hfd-Aetna Natl Bank ..230 Hfd Morris Plan Co ...107 Hfd Trust Co ..406 Phoenix Natl Bank ..260 Riverside Trust Co . 245 Security Trust Co ..300 State Bank and Tst (‘0 350 U S Bank .500 Security Tst Co fiR‘ ts 140 Thmpsonville Wtr Co pfd 30 Thmpsnville Wtr Co com 40 Fire Insurance Companies. Actna Fire .408 416 Hfd Tire .830 i Natl Fire . . KR:': | Phoenix Fire . Standard Fire { Life and Indcmnity Ina, Compan Aetna Life 815 | Aetna Acc & L\x\b . 568} Aetna Acc & Liabh war 56 Conn Gen Life Hfd Steam Boiler . Travelers 1 24 510 870 Pllhll(‘ I ilities Hfd City Gas Lgt Co pfd 49 Hfd City Gas Lgt Co com 60 Hfd Electric Light Co .305 So New Eng Tel .. 148 PHILATHEA CLASS ELECTS. i \ Florence Tadd President Coming Year. The annual meeting of the Phila thea class of the Methodist chure was held last evening and the repo; showed a prosperous year. Followin | are the officers elected -for the com ing year: President, Miss Florenc| Ladd; vice president, Miss Grace Wai ner; secretary, Miss Gussic Gould treasurer, Miss Fanniec Holmes; re porter, Miss Arta Gilbert. The expenses of a Chinese girl, We Gen Yen, who attends Shanghal Unl! versity, are paid by the soclety. Th members also contribute to the Ar: menian relief fund and at Christma time do charitable worl, The CITY SAVINGS BANK MIDDLETOWN, CONN, Miss \'is paying four per centum interest on| all deposits. Will open accounts by mail in amounts from $5 to ’8,000 Deposits solicited, Subject to Prior Filling of orders. We can sell 20 Standard Screw 20 Union Mfg. Co. 20 N. B. Machine Co. 20 Bristol Brass We cah' buy 25 Niles Bement Pond 25 North & Judd 208S.R. & L. Co. 20 Scoville Mfg. Co. FRISBIE & CO. | Investment Securities 36 PEARL STREET -:- -:- -:- HARTFORD F. W. PORTER, Local Representative. Room 51, Booth Block ’Phone 2010 Conpecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORIPORATION organized and qualified through wvears of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Constvator, Guardian Executor or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. SURPL. ™ $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Depos® Co. AL M. WHAPLES, Prest. P HARTFOL», CONN. e