New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1017, There’s a right way way of doing every hlmz from step- ping off a car to buying Clothing, The right way to buy Clothing is to tome to our store. Here you will find the right clothing for cvery occasion—business, dress or pleasure. A few good Suits and left at sale price. Suits from $12.00 to $24.00. Overcoats from $15.00 to $24.00. Special sale of Pajamas and Night Robes. Overcoats (CLOT HING CO . NEW BRITAIN, CONN. City Items Bargain week sale at Besse-Leland's ends Saturday 10 p. m.—advt. The annual charity dance given by the McMillan store clerks last eve- ning was a decided success. Lynch’s orchestra furnished music and Booth’s hall was profusely decorated with the national colors. An unus- ually-large crowd was in attendance. The proceeds will be devoted to char- ity. ¢ our announcement in this paper Afor ‘water damage sale. John A, Andrews & Co.—advt. Members of the common council and the safety board ‘will hold in- formal, discussion in the mayor’s of- fica this evening on the matter of in- créased pay for firemen and police- men. Alderman Jester called the meeting Yast evening. The Wesleyan quartet will again be . heard at the First Baptist church on Sunday evening when H. H, Thomp- * son of South Norwalk will speak. I2dward Curran of Fairview street is hame from Middlebury college at Mid- dlebury, Vt, Our slogan, $100,000 gain for 1917. «Besse-Leland Co.—advt. A marriage license was issued today to Foster Knight Packard of 65 South High strcet and Miss Caroline Ger- trude Schick of 40 Shefileld street. At a special meeting of Mattabes- sett tribe, I. O. R, M, held at Judd’s hall lgst night, it was voted to attend the funeral of Joseph Towers at the South Congregational church chapel. More for less at Besse-Leland's.— advt. Officers, directors, auditors and em- 4ployes of the Stanley Svea Coal and Grain company enjoyed a banquet at dhe Hotel Nelson last evening. Short ‘#alKs. were giver at the post prandial g ses. “Members of New Britain lodge, BP. E., will meet tomorrow af- grnooni at Elks’ home on Washington g:eet for the purpose of attending the funeral of County Commissioner Joseph Towers. You can reduce the cost of living. Trade at Besse-Leland’s.—advt. Secretary Andrews of the Chamber of Commerce is attending a meeting of the New England Commercial and vic executives in Manchester, N, H. In suits brought by Attorney A. A. Greenbeerg, claining compensation for services and material, as counsel for A. Duboser and David Garston, Constable Fred Winkle today placed mechanics’ liens on property owned by Mrs. Lizzie XKulper of Sexton street. . Water damage sale, John Arews & Co.. tomorrow.—advt. . . ¥ A. An- Pire in the flooring in an apartment on the second floor at 323 Park street rekulted in a still alarm for Engine Co. No., 2 at 10:07 this forenoon. It was neeessary to tear up several of the planks and apply chemicals freely be- fore the trouble was checked. A cigar or cigarette stub is supposed to have Heen responsible, Bargain week this week. Leland Co.—advt. Besse- BARTON HEADS ASSOCIATION. High School Letter Mén FElect Ofi- cers—Crowe Bascball Captain. Officers of association among the holders of letters for ath- letic competition were elected at a meeting held last evening as follows: President, John Barton; secreta Bernard Connolly; treasurer, Stanley D! the new he association will have a mem- bership of about eighteen members and will be one of the prime movers in the success of future athletics at the school. Another meeting will he held In two weeks to draw up a constitution. James Crowe of Crown street, the crack third baseman of last yvea baseball nine, was chosen captain of the 1917 team at a meeting lodt evening. Although some of the stare were lost through -graduation, there is a strong nucleus for next : year's tcam under the coaching of Physical Tireétor Moorhead. PATRIOTIC MEETING Albert F. Corbin is Named as Chair- man of General Military Census Committce—Otjers to Be Namecd. Acting Mayor M. Irving Jester to- day named Albert F. Corbin, pres- ident of the Union Manufacturing company, as chairman of the general committec in charge of taking the military census. Mr. Corbin has ac- cepted and has already begun work. The general committee will probably t of about 400 representative citizens and they will be named to- morrow. Mr. Corbin, after consultation with the Hartford headquarters, gas able to announce that there will be a mass meeting in the Grammar school hall on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, Two of the governor’'s personal représenta- tives in the military census’ enroil- ment will speak, DEATHS AND FUNERALS \ll‘fi‘ Pearl (‘ouxll Young, Mrs. Pearl Cough Young, wife of John C. Young of Hartford, died this morning at 6:30 o'clock. She is sur- vived by an infant child, a young son, John, her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cough of Ellis street, two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Wetherell and Mrs. Lucy Eiphick, and one brother, Royal Cough? all of this city. Mrs. Young .was: about twenty-four ars of age and leaves a large circle ot friends to mourn her loss. The funeral will besheld tomorrow morn- ing. Dugald Johnson. Dugald, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Johnson of Vine street, died today. Lcester John Bauer, Following a brief illness, Lester John Bauer, aged four months and r-four days, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bauer of 112 Austin street, died this morning at his home. The funeral will be from his home at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and the burial will be in Fairiew cemetery. Cyril Cornelius Dehm, ril Cornelius Dehm, sged seven days, son of Councilman and Mrs. Cor- nelius J. Dehm, died at his home at 325 South Main street this morning. Burial was in St. Mary’s new ceme- tery. Miss Annie Riley. The funeral of Miss Annie Riley of 89 Oak street was held at 9 o’clock this morning from St. Mary’s church with Rev. William A. Downey offi- ciating. Members of the family act- ed as bearérs. The burial was in St.” Mary’s new cemetery, Chaxles Jones. ‘With - practically no warning that he was not in normal health, Charles Jones, well Rriosi” a8 a chauffeur and garage empleye, died suddenly last night at hishome at 234 East Main street, a victim of heart disease. He had worked all ‘day and returned home for supper, ‘apparently, in best of health. Shortly after eating, he was taken suddenly ill and Dr. George H. Dalton was called. - Death had: paid its visit before the physician arrived. Dr. Harry A. Elcock, medical ex- aminer, was notified. The deceased was about thirty-five years of age and a widower. A daughter survives. For a time he was employed at Wray & company’s store at the junction of Hartford avenue, Spring and KEast Main streets. The funeral will be at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning from St. Mary’s church ahd the burial will be in St. Mary’'s new cemetery. Card of Thanks, \ We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends for the sympathy extended to us at the time of the death of our beloved hus- band and father, James Hall. We are particularly grateful to the Odd Fel- lows and those who contributed flow- ers. N\ MRS. JAMES HALL AND FAMILY. 7 Card of Thanks. We desire to express our sincere thanks to kind neighbors and friends for their expressions of sympathy at the time of the death of our beloved daughter and sister, Victoria Gertrude Norton. We are particularly grateful for the numerous floral tributes and wish to thank the donors, WILLIAM NORTON AND FAMILY. A Card of Thanks, We wish to express our most heart- felt thanks for the kindness shown us by our many kind neighbors and friends, and especially to P. & T. Corbin Club, Linne T.odge, Vega lodge and Owls, during our recent beregvement upon the death of our beloved husband and father. MRS. CHARLES ANDERSON AND FAMILY, EMIL ANDERSON, brother. Card of Thanks. We desire to express our sincere thanks to kind neighbors and friends for the many expressions of sym- pathy extended to us at the time of the death of our beloved husband and on, John A. Garhn. We are particu- larly grateful to the members «of Andre lodge, 1. O. O. F., and Tegner lodge, O. V., and to those who con- tributed flowers. MRS. GARHN, MARIA GARHNBERG and family. BRINGS SUIT FOR $1,500. Lawyer Kendall M. Pierce of Bristol, representing K. W. Furr today brought suit against Wyman Johnson for $1,500, alleging non-payment for work done on a house on Wooster street. Property on Wooster street has been attached by Sheriff Myron D. Stockwell and the writ is returnable before the superior court on the first Tuesday of March. DR. EDWARD RYAN. Dr. Edward Ryan of the American Red Cross has returned to America, after spending more than two years giding the medical relief work in the war zone in Servia, to réport at fl.le American Red Cross headquarters. The doctor, a cut American, bears more the appearance of a youth- ful traveler than '‘one who has been presiding over one of the largest hos- pitals in the seat of war. Dr, Ryan, who is a native of Scran- ton, Pa., has been supervising the work of the hase hospital between Austria and Servia, which has twice .been occupied .y the Austrians. One of the most successful accomplish- ments in the medical line, he said, has been the effacement of the germ. During the first occupation of the city of Belgradc by the Austrians Dr. Ryan declared himself ‘“‘czar’” of the city and held that position for three days, during which time he success- fully organized a police system. Dr. Ryan has also spent much time in Mexico and was sentenced to death as a spy at the time United States troops seized Vera Cruz. CALL FOR BEER AND BE REAL PATRIOT This Is Unique Argument of Great Britain’s Brewers - clean London, Feb. 16.—The ‘“Strength of Britain Movement” which is the of- ficial title of the organization condict- ing the prohibition campaign, is at- tacking Mr, Prothero, the new presi- dent of the Board of Agriculture in the Lloyd George cabinet. Nr. Prothero recently pointed out that if the breweries were suppressed farii- ers would suffer a considerable losv, because they were now raking valu- able use of the residue of brewery grains as a food for cows. The brewers seized upon Mr. Prothero’'s words as an official de- fénce of their industry and with full page advertisements they 'have been giving widespread publicity to the slogan, “the more beer brewed the greater the supply of milk.” After quoting Mr. Prothero’s remark, the advertisements make it appear that the consumption of beer has become a patriotic duty, since the more beer brewed the more food there would be for the cows, and the more food there was for the cows the more milk would be for the bables. Among the bibu- luosly inclined, ‘Let’s Help Save the Babies,” has already become a faceti- ous equivalent for an invitation to im- bibe, The “Strength of Britain Move- ment attacked Mr. Prothero in a big type display advertisement. It say: “The brewers do not make mil they destroy it and make it danger- ous. The brewers quote Mr. Prothero, but Mr. Prothero is contracted by his own department. If he will look at No. 70 leaflet of the Board of Agri- culture he will find that brewers’ wet grain contains one-fifth of the value of the barley, so that the brewer robs the cattle of four-fifths. The good farmer does not use brewers’ grains for cattle; they are not allowed to be used for the cows that yield milk and butter for Copenhagen; and the au- thorities on infant feeding tells us why. The brewers’ grains make milk dangerous for infants.” The advertisement further says. “The War Savings committee de- clares that the use of foodstuffs for the drink trade has put up the price of food, and that the expenditure on drink has wasted our ‘national work- ing -capacity’ at the rate of 400,000,- 000 pounds during the war. That is equal to one tenth of the cost of the war. We have spent enough money on drink during the war to give two pounds a week for life to every B ish home that has lost a breadwinner during the war.” typhus- Steel and Pig Iron Markets The Iron Age says: Cold weather has added to the trials of insufficient cars and . locomotives and, gaged roughly, 25 per cent. of the producing capacity of the Central | West in pig iron and semi-finished steel is idle. About 30 blast furnaces of the Steel Corporation are banked and more may. follow. The industry cannot push out product against lines of standing loaded cars nor can it get steady inflow of materlals if cars do not reach sources of Th a word, all absorbing. Tt is developing nounced. spot markef, particularly in pig iron. Prices on most grades of iron have been advanced, from &50c per ton in some markets and $2 on foundry iron in Dittsburgh, there has been a spread prompt and future of fully alone has' not responded, domestic sales bringing a shading of $30 Valley furnhce, but the general falling off in production is regarded as a check. Hxport purchases of basic in- clude 20,000 tons for Italy at $32 to $32.50, seaboard, for April delivery, and 5,000 tons at $31, Valley furnace. a pro- between $5. Basic at the uncertainties of deliveries and in- creasing activity in negotiations for second-half buying is noted.. The in- creased government naval program, adding three more battleships, one battle cruiser, 15 destrovers and 18 submarines, makes a disturbance of mill delivery schedules more likely. Prices are naturally sensitive, and the next two or three months curtailment in output is calculated to hold, if not to stiffen, present levels through the second half and possibly through the entire year. Some advances this week Black and galvanized iron and steel pipe, including oil country goods and line pipe, are now $4 per ton higher, as forecasted last week. On the withdrawal of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company for any new ,business up to July 1, prices were advanced $5 per ton by other sheet makers on blue and hox an- nealed sheets Tin plate, for which the demand is insatiable, is moving c more per box on current or- Ore shipments from Take Erie docks to furnaces in January were 686,277 tons, which is 201,149 tons, or 22% per cent., less than the ship- ments of January, 1916. While the reduced movement is attributable in part to car shortage, stocks at fur- naces were larger at the close of the navigation season than was the case a year before. The stocks on the docks on Feb. 1 were 9,118,926 tons, which is 2,047,651 tons greater than the dock supply on Feb. 1, 1916 and it is expected that on April 1 there will be more ore available at Lake Erie ports than on the same date in 1916. Rails have now been sold for de- livery in the fourth as well as the third quarter in 1918, such sales for Southwestern roads involving 5,000 tons. Some 25000 tons other roads have also been closed for like delivery. Carbuilders and locomotive shops have placed upward of 50,000 tons in bars, shapes and plates at Pittsburgh for the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of 1918, and 100,000 tons is pending. The week’s largest industrial plant expansion offering is for the Studebaker automobile fac- tory. It may involve 10,000 tons of structural steel, though the initial in- quiry is for 2,500 tons. France, as well as England, is now seeking boats. Besides trying for existing ships, negotiations are under way to take over contracts for ships under construction. It is believed that six- have already heen bought and new contracts have been placed, contingent solely on securing the ma- terial. Three of the new ships are to be built in San Francisco. For oil tanks in Mexico some 7,600 tons in plates.is wanted. So far the government’s purchases outside of shapes for navy yard building, cover only large shells. A domestic shell maker has been sound- ing the market on 2,000 tons of shell steel billets for March and April. OFFERS SERVICES New Britain Rifle Club, Stirred By Patriotism, Ready to do the Bidding of the Governor, 3 The New Britain Rifle club today offered its services to the mayor in the following letter, received at city hall this afternoon: “To His Honor the Mayor, “George A. Quigley. n “Dear Sir: X “Complying with the vote executive board of the New Britain Rifle club, N. R. A., we tender the services of the members of the New Britain Rifle club N. R. A. to the mayor to be used to further the wishes of Governor Holcomb in his line of preparedness as recently set forth by him, “Yours for patriotism and prepar- edness, of the “F. L. McGUIRE, >resident. xecutive board: F. L. McGui president; A. C. Spaulding, vice pre ident; C. W, Cowles, secretary; W. Cook, executive officer; R. Gold, treasurer.” s, John EX Curran & Son who street, member of the drug ohn I, Curran & Son., who is ill at his home with an double pneumonia, i being slightly 1m) s critically firm of critically tack of reported as oved today, TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. NOTICE—Will the party I ladies’ coat, at Turner evening, return and avoid tions asked. who tock a hall Tuesday same to the hall, prosecution. No qu the railroad situation is | where | Steel consumers are concerned over | must be recorded, { !'hela firm at 313 bid, 3 Arrivals of Spring Suits and | Coats in the latest colors ‘and materials. Financial NEW HAVEN' GOES TONEW LOW RECORD Drive Againfifls*Sends Stock | Down to 36 3-4 Wall Street—DMeasures adopted by the leading rallroads to relieve car shortage and freight congestion at eastern ports, together with other overnight developments, imparted general firmness to the market at to- day’s opening. Initial quotations were mainly at fractional advances but these soon were extended to a point or more in some of the popular issues, including United States Steel, Sugars, Metals, Central Leather and other | equipments and specialties also main-’ tained underlying strength. The early promise of improvement was not fulfilled, prices reacting be- fore the end of the listless first hour as a result of pressure against rails. Leading shares of that group aver- aged one point losses with New Ha- ven at the new low record of 36 3-4. The setback spread to steel and some of the more speculative issues, includ- ing motors, Mexican petroleum and gas shares. Utah Copper, and Cen- tral Leather were almost the sole fea- tures of strength, the former gaining 2 3-4 points. Rallies were general before mid-day, marine preferred and metals scoring substantial advances. Bonds were irregular. The market was more animated during the mid-session, gains in ship- pings and copper extending to oils and other specialties. Steel and rails also rose moderately with sugars and some of the better known equipments. Closing—Texas company, marine preferred, Mackay companies and Studebaker at extreme gains of 213 to 5 points featured the dull final hour. The closing was firm. Sales for the day were estimated at 325,- 000 shares. New York Stock Exchenge quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Feb. 16, 1917 High Low Close 90 88% 81 89 Am Beet Sugar Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Ice AmECan it Am Loco Am Smelting Am Sugar ... Am Tel & Tel . Anaconda Cop A T S'Fe Ry Baldwin Loco B & O 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 Erle . Erie 1s General Electric eat Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetf Tilinois Centra Inspiration Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val .. 43% 70 97 109 .134‘/‘: 76 4 Co0.102% 1123 31 { Louis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol \ Y Air Brake N Y C & Huad Nov Cons NYNH&EHRR Nor Pac . Norf & Wes Pac Mail § | Penn R R Peoples Gas Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons Reading : Rep I & S com <o Pac . So Ry e Studebaker .. Texas Oil Third Ave Tnion Pac United Fruit Utah Cop T S Rub Co T 8 Steel .. T S Steel pfd Westinghouse . Willys Overland ... 3 Co.) quict to- actions in American Brass 315 asked, and Niles, Bemend-Pond common 171 bid, 173 asked. Sales of Stanley Works have been at 100. Below are the clos- ing quotations. Am Br: Am Hardware .. Billings & Spencer .. between 600 and 605. 313 134 107 315 136 109 31 West Main Street, Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 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. 70 790 59 85 14% 325 360 440 105 605 173 Bristol Brass!. 68 Colts Arms .. .780 Landers, Frary & Clnx‘k 56 N B Machine ...... 80 N B Machine rights 13% Russell . . 310 Standard S(‘rew com 350 Stanley Rule & Level ..415 Union ‘Mfg Co .. 100 Scovill 600 Niles, Bement-. Pond com 171 (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) The local market has been in bet- ter demand today with sales of Sco- vill Mfg Co., in the neighborhood of $605. American Brass $316 and Niles, Bement, Pond at $174. The quotations at 2:30 were: Bid Asked 313 315 1343 136 68 69 800 60 325 610 260 102 105 American Brass American Hardyare Bristol Brass . 1 Colt’'s Fire Arms . Landers, Frarv & Cl'u"k Russell Mfg. osie Scovill Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Stanley Works .. Union Mfg. Co. NEWINGTON MAN KILLED 775 8 315 600 350 100 102 Stoddard Crushed Underneath Which M. Heavy Barn Door From Hinges—Was About 65, M. L. Stoddard one of Newington's best krown citizens was instantly killed this morning when one of the big double doors on the barn fell and crushed himbeneath its weight. Mr. Stoddard went about his usual duties this morning and about 11:30 o’clock went out to the barn to take care of some of the livestock. When he reach2d the door he discovered that some snow had caught under it and frozen so that it was impossible to open it without first prying the ice away. When about half through with his task the door became lose and dropped from the hihges, catching #Mr. Stoddard beneath its weight and crushing him to the ground. Medical aid was immediately called hut it was seen that he had met in- stant death. Mr. Stoddard was a man of about 65 vears of age and leaves a wife and three children. The funeral arrangements have not yet heen completed. ACTRESS ROBBED. Miss Antel Misses Wearing Apparel and Smelling Salts. Assured that the complaint i product of a press agent's ferti brain, Deteftive Sergeant Samuel Bamforth is gum-shoeing around in an attempt tp trace the bold bad villian, reported as having looted the dressing room of Dorothea Antel at the Lyceum theater last week. The peport of the robbery was madae at police headquarters and it is re- ported that eevry member of the de- partment volunteered to assist Miss Antel in the recovery of the missing articles. A costly set of black fox furs, H blue dress, silk skirt and, last but nat least, a perfumery bottle filled with | smelling s: recorded as among | the missing articles. SGOVILL Falls | | pitals—a new method GHILD EATS STRYGENINE Thought Pills Were Candy agd D at Hospital—Mother Missing,\ ‘ During the temporary absence her mother, Maria Dastyck, aged ti vears and three months, child | Adam Dastyck of 24 High stre found a box of pills, supposed t were candy and died at New Brita General hospital in great agony aboj half an hour after being admitte Rushed to the hospital in the poli ambulance with Chauffeur Matthil Rival and Policeman Gustave Litke | charge, everything known to mediq deience was done to save the litf] patient’s life but discovery of tif child’s mistake had been too late. According to information’ secur by the authorities, the pills were usi by the child’s mother for a stomad trouble and are supposed to ha contained strychnine. Dr. Harry Elcock, medical examiner, was call end is making an investigation. When an attempt was made to 14 cate the mother to inform her of hi child’s death, she could not be I cated. It is feared that the traged may have unbalanced her mind. Be Insane From Grief. TF'OR HERTING'S POST, | Seramble Rn]mrmd Among Meml of Police Force; | _With the resignation of . Sergeal | Theodore M. Herting, as vet ' unat | cepted, a scramble has already beg | among members of the police depar! ! ment for promotion to the vacanc While none has announced his cand | dacy for promotion, it is known thz | several have already begun to “‘pul | the wires” and seek all possible bacl i ing. There is much speculation as't} wlio will be selected, if the resig | tion is accepted. With the resignation of Sergea | Herting and the death of Policema William Grace, there are tw | vacancies in the department to b filled. These, with the five or ' sk vacant places on the roster of the fi: department will give the safety boa | considerable diplomatic work in- th future, REPLACING MISSING DIGITS. Berlin, ¥'eb. 16.—German medica papers report a striking innovation i surgery that has been tried by Dr, Neubaeuser in one of the army hos for growing new fingers to replace amputated dig. its. The earlier method was to graf] a toe upon the amputated finger o thumb, but Dr.” Neuhaeuser has suc-] cessfully used a piecq of rib as ma-| terial for fingers and thumbs, getting at the same time a covering for thej new members in a flap of skin from the breast just outside the ri ————————————————| The GITY SAVINGS BANK MIDDLETOWN, CONN, Accounts opened by maxl. Four per cent paid. Your savings account solicited. MFG. CO. Bought and Sold i Investment 36 PEARL STREET | FRISBIE & CO. covill | Securities -:- HARTFORD i F. W. PORTER, Locs) Representative.