New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1916. We're right on the roof—We're at the top for style—amd we've nailed some of the best suits and overcoats that are produced in New York—and N. Y, is where the best is made. Suits for Young Men that give the tip top fashionable look. A few odd sizes in Heavy Weight Suits. Prices $12 to $24. If you want a $2 roof for your head, here are the best two dollar hats. REW BRITAIN, CONN. City Items Boy 2.50 Shoes $2.00. Shoe Sale—advt. The Jolly Twelve Whist club met last night at the home of Mrs. Minnie Frey of Prospect street. First, sec- ond, and third prizes respectively were won by Mrs. J. J. Hyland, Mrs. P. J. Egan and Mrs. J. Woodward More for less at Besse-Leland’s.— wdvt. » Miss Amanda (‘arlson and Oscar Erickson won first honors at a valen- tine whist social given last night by Miss Alice E. Anderson at her home at 249 Eas# Main street. The con- solation honors were won by Miss Josie Erickson and Frederick John- son. There was an entertainmenet with refreshments and an informal social time. Miss Anderson proved a de- Jightful hostess. You can reduce the cost of living. Trade at Besse-Leland’s.—advt. The engagenient of Miss Mabel Cooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke of Maple street, and Harry Les- ter Ellsworth was announced last eve- ning at a valentine party given Miss Cooke’s home. \ Early showing of Spring Millinery, large assortment. Retail at whole- sale prices. Goldenblum Millinery Co., Y. M. C. A. Bldg.—advt. The public inspection of the work done at the elementary evening school last evening was well attended. Guests were taken through the various clasy rooms in order to see the pupils at work and later, in the Grammar schiool afditorium, several of the pupils spoke, telling of the benefits they have derived from the . school. Superin- tendent S. H. Holmes also spoke. Thomas Meskill of 401 Myrtle street and Miss Anna White of 65 Pleasant street were married by Justice of the Peace F. B. Hungerford last evening. Employes at the United Electric Light & Water company are planning for a banquet to be held early next month and Fred Barlow is chairman of the committee in charge. _Bargain wecek this week. Leland Co.—advt. The annual whist and dance of the Sunshine society will be held in Foth's hall tomorrow evening. The small hall will be used for whist and the large hall for dancing. Our slogan: $100,000 gain for 1917. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. Becanse of the institute sessions at the Plainville Baptist church tomor- row, the varlor meeting of the New Britin W. C. T. U, scheduled for the ufternoon, has been postponed. All members are urged to attend the Plainville fons. There will be a mforning session, dinner served by the Plainville women and an especially Interesting afternoon session. Damon's Besse- Sale on Satin hats, 89c up. Gold- enblum Millinery Co., Y, M. C. A. Bldg. Retail at wholesale prices.— advt. A special meeting of the Red Men ®ill be held this evening at 7:30 o’clock in Judd’s hall to take action on the death of Coumfty Commissioner Joseph Towers. St. Mary’s Sodality will hold a Valentine social for the members at gehool hall this evening. Bargain week sale at Besse-Te- lgnd’s cnds Saturday 10 p. m.—ad Ahout $20 was cleared at the val- entine whist soclal given by the Girls’ Friendly society at St. Mark’s church last night. Miss Olive Anderson was chairman of the committee in charge. The occasion was well attended. ‘Wanted 1,000 people to attend T. A. B. Drum Corps Carnival tomorrow night.—advt. Rev. A. C. Theodore Stecge, pastor of St. Matthews' church will return home tonight from Danbury, where he has been attending a church conference. Sir Francis Drake lodge, S. of St. will have a special meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in Vega hall to take action on the death of Joseph Towers. Michael J. Maher, who is a patient at the Hartford hospital, is reported ta be much improved. The Children of Mary of St. Peter’ parish will have a whist social tomer: |} DRAWING A CHECK Always avvid writing it in pen- cil—use ink. 2 If an error has been made, a new check should be"written and the old one destroyed. The signature should always be written the same as that on record at the bank. Checking accounts are invited. row night in the school hall for the benefit of the parish. Claiming $100 for sn alleged unpaid loan, Schneider & Rubenstein, through Attorneys Klett & Alling, have brought aclxon against Harry Haberman of this Constable Fred Winkle has at- tached personal property of the de- fendant in the sum of $200. G. F. Barber of New York will ad- dress the efficiency class at the Y. M. C. A. tonight. Physical Director Warren Slater has returned to his duties at the Y. M. C. A. after his recent illness. The annual meeting of the New Britain Tuberculosis Relief society will be held tonight. Officers for the com- ing year will be elected and reports of the past year heard. A marriage license was issued to- day to Harry Weston, Jr., of Spring- field and Mrs. Ruth Wilsie of 417 Church street. Beautiful display of trimmed hats, prices very reasonable, retail at wholesale. Goldenblum Millinery Co., Y. M. C. A. Bldg.—advt. Austustyn Morris today transferred property on High street to John Plocharczyk. J0S. TOWERS DEAD AFTER ACTIVE LIFE (Continued from First Fage) years as councilman from the second ward, he was elected as alderman from that ward in 1904-1907. He was also elected to the legislature as rep- resentative from New Britain in 1910- 1911. He has served as chairman of the republican town committee and as president of the Second Ward Re- publican club, of which he was one of the organizers. In January, 1915, he was appointed as a county com- missioner during the administration of Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, his term not having expired at the time of his death. No political gathering was complete in past vears without the presence of “Joe” Tovrers and no political ban- quet was complete unless he was slated either as toastmaster or one of the post-prandial speakers. He was known as a strong man with strong iikes and dislikes. It was said of him that he played no favorites, feared no man and worked politically for the love of working rather than for persona} ambition. Withal, Mr. Towers was known as a big-hearted and generous man. Fraternally also, Mr. Towers had many affiliations. He was a member of Harmony lodge, A. F. and A M. the Knights Templar, the Shriners, the Red Men, Sons of St. George, Putnam Phalanx and the New Brit- ain 'lodge of Elks. Funeral Saturday. Funeral arrangements have been completed and services will be held at Mr. Towers’ home on Stanley street, near Towers’ corner, at two o’clock Saturday afternoon. At 2:30 o’clock services will be held at the chapel of the South Congregational church anfl interment will be in Fair- view cemetery. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill will conduct the services. The pall bearers, active and hon- orary, will include members of the country commission, fraternal broth- ers, friends and political companions. TRPRISE PARTY FOR MRS. COOK Members of the Women's Home Missionary society of Trinity Methodist church tendered a surprise party on Mrs. Warren F. Cook, wife of the m ister, at her home on Cedar street last night. The party was in celebration of her birthday. Mrs. Cook was pre- sented with a beautiful centerpiece and several handsome bouquets of flowe E. W. CHRIST SPEAKS TO BOYS. The Good Government club of lhe Y. M. C. A. entertained about 100 of the boys employed In the various fac- building last night. Lewis Cope of Bridgeport, who was scheduled to Brdgeport, who was scheduled to speak, could not come because of iit- ness and E. W. Christ of the Stanley Works delivered the address. During the evening the Y. M. C. A. orchostra red selections. E. W. Yergen, cretary, explained the member- ip campaign which is now under ¢ and the objects of the Good Gov- ernment club were explained by Tiol- gar Johnson. RIFLE CLUB BANQUET. The banquet committee of the New Britain Rifle club has selected Thurs- day, March 8, as the date for the first annual banquet. The speakers will be Captain Saunders, retired, and Major Church, of Hartford. Col W. W. Bullen will also speak. VICTIM OF U-BOAT NEW HAVEN SHIP in 1890 New Haven, Feb, 15.—The Lyman M. Law, reported yesterday as sunk in the Mediterranean was built in 1890 in the shipyards of Gessner and Mar, in First avenue, West Haven, now known as the New Haven Shipbuilding cor- poration of which Ernest J, Mar one ‘of the original builders, is still a mem- ber. The schooner was named after Lyman M. Law, for many years senior partner in the Booth and Law Co., paint dealers, but who retired about 20 years ago. Mr. Law is now 92 years old and in feeble health. The craft, when built, was one of the largests chooners of her day. In fact very few four masters were much larger. Her gross tonnage was about 1,300 tons. The Lyman M. Law was used by the Benedict-Manson marine company in coastwise trade constantly until last July when she was sold by the Benedict company to John Water- man of Mobile, Ala. From this port she was sent to Rockland, Me., where extensive repairs were made and after another trip was again sold to William H. Hax 25 Beaver street, New York, her present owner. The price paid to the Benedict-Mansion Co., is said to have been about $75,000. The schooner was used in the coal and lumber business by the local com- pany and was a familiar sight in New* Haven harbor. Her skipper at the time aof her sale was Captain C. W. Chatfield of Hadlyme. The Lyman M. Law it is believed, never made a | trans-Atlantic trip before but a sister ship, the George M. Grant, sailed to Spain and 1éft just in time to escape capture by the Spaniards just before thé Spanish-American war in 1898. Captain E. Harris Weaver, one of the company’s skippers, and who was very familiar with the Law has been confined at the Elm City private hospital for nine weeks having had a toe amputated. Adverse conditions set in and he has been in poor health until a few days ago when he was able to sit up. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mi Following an illness of week with pneumonia, Mrs, Margaret O'Dell, aged seventy years, widow of John O’Dell, died this morning at her home at 38 Beaver street. She was born in Ireland but came to this country when a young girl. For over fifty vears she had been one of the best known women of Irish birth in the city. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harry Phelan and Miss Mary O’Dell of this city, and five sons. Henry O'Dell of this city and William, John, Richard and Den- nis O'Dell of New York. The funeral will be at 9 o'clock Saturday morning from St. Mary's church and the bur- ial will be in St, Mary's new ceme- tery. Margaret O'Dell. about a * HOSPITAL ASKS MORE MONEY. “Judge J. E. Cooper appeared before the legislative committee on appropri- ations yesterday to ask that the New Britain General hospital be given $20,- 000 this year, instead of $10,000 as in the past. Hospitals in other cities re- ceive more money and in view of the number of cases cared for at the local institution it is thought that the amount should be increased. BUOL NAMED PRESIDENT. . A. Buol was clected president of the White Oak Pressed Stone Com- pany at the annual meeting of the directors last night at the office on Main street. E. C. Goodwin was elected secretary and C. B. Cadwell, treasurer and manager. A successful vear was reported. Notice. Taken by virtue of an Execution to me directed, and will be sold at Pub- lic Vendue to the highest bidder, at the public signpost in the Town of New Britain, fourteen days after date, which will be on the 23rd day of February, A, D., 1917, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said Exe- cution and my fees thereon, the fol- lowing described property to wit: Twelve gallons and one half of olive oil, in tin cans; three gallons and one- quarter of salad oil, in tin cans; twen- ty-six cans of peas, twenty-two cans of canned cabbage, about one hundred 1bs. of bologna, about six hundred 1bs. of chick peas, one barrel of flour, put up in two sacks, three-fourths of a sack of corn meal, one hundred and ten cans of tomatoes, two dozen cans of string beans, about seventy-five lbs. of macaroni, two cans of National b cuits, about $2.00 worth of about one hundred Ibs. about fifty ibs of almonds, a ~1md!l quantity of hazel nuts, a small lot of chestnuts, about thirty-five cans of sardines. (5-cent size), about one hun- dred and twenty-five packages of to- bacco, about three dozen bars of soap, about twenty-four packages of soap- ine, about fifty lbs, of garlic, about ten lbs. of prunes, about fifteen cans of baked beans, twenty-four cans of salmon, about thirty bars of sapolio. about ten packages of starch, about s of stove polish, about two ages of black pepper, a small quantity of red pepper, a small quantity of paper bags, about ten gallons of cotton seed oil, one oil tank, one stove, one show case, three coun- ters, one spring scale, one awning, and one clock. Dated at New Britain, this 15th day of February, A, D., 1917, . GENNARO PALMIERI - o Constable.. . | Lyman M. Law Built in Elm City | C. H. Venner Unable to Block BETHLEHEM STEEL INCREASES STOCK C. M. Schwab ~ Newark, N. J,, Feb. 15.—The Beth- lehem Steel Corporation voted at a meeting in the board room of the Fi- delity Trust Company yesterday to in- crease the capitalization from $30,- 000,000 to $75,000,000. Clarence H. Venner, head of the General Invest- ment Company, objected to the pro- ceedings from the start, but the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal which includes, as a col- lateral feature, the payment of a 200 per cent. stock dividend and the offer- ing of $15,000,000 new shares to stockholders for subscription at par. Mr. Venner was instrumental on Mon- day in getting a temporary restraining order forbidding the meeting, but this was modified on Tuesday. Mr. Venner found plenty of tech- nical objections to the conduct of the meetings, and this worked to delay matters. He objected to the pres- ence of Charles M. Schwab in the | chairman’s seat, as President E. G. Grage was away, and insisted that Vice President Archibald Johnson pre- side. Mr. Johnson presided. The stock bonds were not in the room when the roll cal] of shareholders was begun, and Mr. Venner held up the meeting for a quarter of an hour un- til they were produced. Afterward he demanded that the stock ledger be brought forth and a messenger was sent back to New York for it. In the ensuing delay Mr. Schwab answered questions about the pro- posed financing and melon cutting, which entails the issue of $30,000,000 common stock without voting power. He stated frankly that the reason the new shares would not have a voice in the management was because the larger stock owners desired control of the company to stay where it was, in the hands of Mr. Schwab and his asso- ciates. HOSPITAL DANSANT Ladies’ Board Plans to Hold Exhibi- tion Dances at Annual Affair—Pro- ceeds to Be Given Over to Hospital, Exhibitions of esthetic, fancy and costume danges will feature the The Dansant which is to be given under the auspices of the Women's Hospital! Board at the Y. W. C. A. gymnasium Saturday afternoon, The affair fol- lows the custom of the board to give an annual dansant the proceeds of | which are given to the New Britain General hospital, The public is cor: dially invited to attend. It is angounced that general dancing will begin promptly at 3 o’clock and | that the exhibition dances will ba| given at intervals during the after-| noon. Tickets may be obtained from ! any member of the Woman's Board or at the door. BILLS ARE APPROVED. Following are bills for the month | approved by the finance committee of | the council last evening: Safety board, | police department, $744.88; fire de- partment, $654.65; board of public works, street department, $1,136.53; street lighting, $2,512.09; subway de- partment, $24; street improvement, $100.05; permanent pavement, $28.85 street sprinkling, $761.54; sewer main- tenance, $170.94: sewer construction, 252.69; city hall commission, $994.06; incidentals, $867.50; charity depart- ment, $4504 85; health department, $1,696.97. UIT IS WITHDRAW Dubowsky Case Is Settled Out of Court, The action of Leon Hayn vs. Wlad- islaw Dubowsky, scheduled for hear- | ing before Judge James T. Meskill in city court this morning, was with- drawn from the docket by Attorney Joseph G. Woods, counsel for thé plaintiff. Attorneys Roche & Glover refresented the defense. A hearing is scheduled this afternoon in the case of Casper Manero vs. International No. 4, Building Laborers’ Union, with Attorney M. H. ‘Camp appearing for the plaintiff and Attorneys Klett & Alling for the defense. There will be a short calendar ses- sion of the court tomorrow afternoon. The following cases will come up for assignment: Vincenzo Andreachio vs. Demenico Laveri, judgment claimed, with Attorney Frederick B. Hunger- ford appearing for the plaintiff, At- torney M. H. Camp for the defense and Corporation Counsel ames Cooper for the city of New Britain, rnishee; John Carbo vs. Angelo Berti, mption to re-open and judg- ment, with Judge J. K. Cooper for the plaintiff and Attorney M. Camp for the defendant. 1§ SUL The suit of Gaspar Manero against the Mason Tenders’ union for sick | Dbenefits of thirteen weeks was heard | in the city court this afternoon. At- torney M. H. Camp appeared for the | plaintiff and Klett and Aliing for the | defendant. While working for Con- | tractor A. N. Rutherford he attempt- ed to crank an auto and suffered a broken arm. He received compen- sation from his employer. The union has refused to pay benefits because Manero was not working at his trade | when he was hurt Hayn vs. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. WANTED—Small furnished steady man. State price. Room, Herald Office. room, Address 2-16-1dx TO LET—FURNISHED room, office help preferred. Address Box X11X, Herald. 2-15-34 H. 0. P, TROUSERS AT REDUCED l‘RICES NOow NoOw NOwW NoOw Now NOwW NOow $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, 34.50, $6.00, $6.00, Financial NEW HAVEN’ MAKES - A NEW MINIMUM Gogs t0 87 1-8 om Market Showing Extreme Caution Wall Street—The Increasing ten- sion in the international situation was reflected in the narrow dealings at today's opening. Representative stocks were little changed, though mainly lower. U. S. Steel, Utah Cop- per and American Smelting yielded half a point each, with smaller reces- sions for Mexican Petroleum and Western Union. Central Leather was again active and strong with the sugar issues, Continental Can, Ameri- can Chemical and International Nick- el, Dullness became more pronounced with the progress of the session, the first hour's trading aggregating less | than 100,000 shares. Prices hardened in spots with further gains in sugars. Federal mining preferred rose 4 1-2 points. Continental can 6 and Amer- ican Can, Loose-Wiles, Acme Teea and Ohio Fuel, the latter newly listed, were 1 to 3 points higher. There were offsetting features, however, U. S. Steel making little headway. Bethle- hem dropping 10 points, Mexican do- nating further weakness and New Haven falling to the new low. record of 37 1-8. Bonds were irregular. The record of many months for ex- cessive dullness was broken during today’s noon hour, about 17,000 shares changing hands. Price movements were mainly downwsards with especial heaviness in gas issues. Wall Street Closing.—Quotations were mainly at lowest levels in the last hour, with increased pressure upon steel, rails and utilities. The closing was heavy. Sales for the day opproximated 250,000 shares. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Feb. 15, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar 101% Alaska Gold 7 Am Ag Chem Am Car & ¥Fdy Co Am Ice Am Can Am Loco Am Smelting Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel.. Anaconda Cop AT Baldwin Loco B & O BT . Butte Supenor Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F &1 e Cons Gas Crucible thcl Del & Hudson. Distillers Erie Erie 1st pfd General Electric Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinois Central Inspiration Interborough Interboro pfd Kennecott Cop . Lack Steel ...... Lehigh Val Max Mot com Mex Petrol Natl Lead N Y C & Hud Nev Cons 2 NYNH& H R R N Y Ont & West .. 2 Nor Pac Norf & W Pac Mail Penn R R . aee Peoples Gas .. Pressed Steel (nr . Ray Cons Reading . Rep 1 & So Pac So Ry ... So Ry pfd Studebaker Texas Oil Union Pac Ttah Cop U S Rub U S Steel U S Steel pfd Va Car Chem Westinghouse ... Western Union . Willys Overland Sears Roebuck LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Rxcl\((‘r & Co.) There has been practically no trad- ing in the local market today and quotations remain practically the same. 5% S Fe Ry Co.102% 533 76% 68 445 Co | Billings & Spencer | N. B. Machine Co. Rights 13% | Stanley Works 314 136 Ameorican Brass .311 American Hardware .. .134 A . Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Building Telephone 2040 20 shs American Brass 50 shs American Hdw. 50 shs Stanley Works 50 shs Landers, Frary & Clark 50 shs N. B. Machine 50 shs Union Mfg. Co. 20 shs Fafnir Bearing Co. 20 shs Stanley Rule & Level 50 shs Bristol Brass 50 shs American Silver 20 shs Colt’s Arms 20 shs Scovill Mfg Co. 50 shs Billings & Spencer 10 shs Travelers Ins. Co. 10 shs Aetna Life Ins. Co. 20 shs National Surety Co. New Britain Machine Rights. 109 70 790 89 60 85 14% 89 32 325 355 440 102 65 108 605 173 Bristol Brass ... Colts Arms Eagle Lock .. . Landers, Frary & Clutk 56 New Britain Machine .. 80 North & Judd Peck, Stow & Wilcox .. Russell Mfg. Co. Standard Screw com . Stanley Rule & Level ... Stanley Works . Traut & Hine Union Mfg. Co. Scovill Mfg. Co. Niles-Bement-Pond com 170 (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) The trading on the local market to- day has been very light with practi- cally no change in prices. Thé quotations at 2:30 were: Bid .311 .134 68 L7765 58 315 .595 .350 99 .100 314 135% American Brass American Hardware Bristol Brass Colt’s Firearms .. . Landers Frary & Clark. Russell Mfg Co > Scoville Mfg Co .. Standard Screw .. Union Mfg Co AL HILL INJURED Local Restaurateur Has Narrow Es- | of meat increased during the | by about 20 to 25 per cent. cape I'rom Death When His Auto- mobile Skids in Middletown. Alexander Hill of Court street, pro- prietor of the Central lunch room on ‘Washington Place, is in the Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, with a broken left leg and numerous abrasions about the body, as the result of an auto ac- cident which occurred about 11 o’clock last evening on the road to this city, a short distance from the center of Middletown. A large seven passenger touring car, in which Hill was return- ing to thig city, is wrecked beyond repair. Persons who saw the machine later were amazed that Hill escaped death. Recovering consciousness at an early hour this morning, the injured man explained the cause of the accident as due to his efforts to prevent col- lision with a pedestrian who darted in front of the machine. The sudden application of the brakes caused the heavy car to skid and crash against a nearby tree, knocking it over. Hill | was pinned under the debris and per- | on sons considerable distance away Asked | she was bound over. hearing the crash, rushed to his ass ance, and after medical attendance given on the scene, the injured mj was conveyed in an ambulance to hospital, where he will be a patl for several weeks. SHORT CALENDAR COURT. At the short caleadar session city court tomorrow afternoon it expected that there will be a re-a signment of the jury trial of To! Vernall vs Josephine Giafalo. case was down for a hearing yes day'afternoon but counsel agreed the postponement and re-assignme; The action is an outgrowth of a ¢ court case in which the defendant accused of stealing a sum of mon from the plaintiff’s house. Probal cause was found in police court ai The case later nolled by State’s Attorney Huy M. Alcorn. ALI+ BUT TEA GOES Ul London, Feb, 15.—The level of tail food prices has advanced 84 /p cent. since the war began on twen leading articles of daily use, acco ing to the board of trade returns j issued. As compared with prices December, 1915, they showed an ave age advance of 29 per cent. The pril ve Potato were considefably more than doub the price of a year earlier. Gran| lated sugar, eggs and cheese we dearer by 40 per cent., 35 per cen| and 30 per cent. respectively. ¥\ flour, bread, milk, butter, bacon ai fish, increases ranging from 19 27 per cent. were recorded. T price of margarine advanced durig the year by 14 per cent. Tea alo among the articles included in tH returns, remained practicaly i changed in price. ALUMINUM COINS ISSUED. Berlin, Feb. 15, by wireless to Sa; ville.—The ue of new one ,pfenni coins in aluminum is announced day by the Overseas News Agency. The CITY SAVINGS BAN MIDDLETOWN, CONN., ' Accounts opened by mail Four per cent paid. You savings account solicited. SCOVILL MFG. CO. Bought and Sold K FRISBIE & CO. Investment 36 PEARL STREET Securities ;- -:- HARTFORD F. W. PORTER, Local Representative. Concecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELUIAELE CORPORAT:ON organized and quahfied through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardmw Executor or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. SURPLUS $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Degosit Co. B. IL. WHAPLES., Pres't. HARIFORD, CONN,