New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1917, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. ‘ Without casting any reflection— Uncle Sam is giving a little more at- tention to his dress than in fonner years— Even the reverend Senators and the more or less reverend Representa- tives at Washington—have awakened ‘to the idea of having some style to their clothes— This is prosperity year—here the prosperity clothes— Everything for Mcn to wear—every- thing right. Suits from $15 up. Overcoats t00— are NEW BRITAIN, CONN. MAN IN MASK IS SOUGHT BY POLICE v’,' (Continued from First Page) huge factories, in addition to military protection, were guarded by extra watchmen, brilliantly lighted and the surroundings, in numerous instances ‘ere flooded with, rays from monster searchlights. . There were only two complaints re- quiring action made to the police last night and these two did not relate, in | any way, to the problem of incendiary vesterday and much investigation by detectives. 1:30 this morning a {elephone mes- sage from Fox's whether any substance of an explosive or highly inflamable naturo was stored in the buildings. He clearly remembers having heard one sound that resembled an explosion at or more further ones that he ex- Pected miglt follow. Following a conference with Clerk P. J. Egan of the water department, Mayor Quivley directed the placing of men on all-night; duty at tho Shuttle Meadow water works. Orders were given to hold up and questior any suspicious appearing persons and, if necessary, to shoot. Orders were #iven by Captain Grase to all night policemen to stop and question any persons found out late at night act- ing suspiciously. Several belated per- sons on their way home, including a number who had celebrated unwisely but too well received scares when they were summarily held up by a militiaman or a policeman. Police authorities @re not mincing matters in lending every effort of the fire department to solve tne mystery, ap- prehend those responsible and pre- vent further outrag John Sullivan, giving 97 Franklin street, Hartford, as his home, was found sleepirg in a ched near Fin- negan's stables about 2 this morn- ing by Supernumerary Policeman Al- bert H. Sharp, one of a detail direct- ed to keep a close watch in the alley- ways and backyards of that section. Sullivan was closely questioned but gave a satisfactory aceount of him- self. saying that he was on his way home but had got belated because of the weather. He wa$ sentenced to twenty da in jail fcr vagrancy by Judge James T. Meskill in police court toda John Sundell of 141 Lafayette street, who was picked up early vesterday morning in front of the City Drug store on Main street and taken to headquarters as a suspicious charac- ter, was fined $5 and costs for Intaxi- cation. Witk coat dusty and his ap- pearance indicating agitation, he was discovered ir front of the drug store about 5:30 in the morning, apparent- Iy trying to gain entrance at the front door. Today he said that he left his room a short time earlier to get a drink and was going tc a bakery to get some buns for breakfast, arrested. when Frank Moser of 15 Clark street, found in a hallway of the Boyle block on Commercial street, not far the partially gutted Reynolds block, by Policeman Delbert Veley was fined 5 dnd costs for intoxication. from Many Rumors Agitate Police. All sorts of rumors were afloat last night, causing At theater iInformed fires. The center of the city bristled | Sergeant George Kelly that there was with policemen, regulars and syper-|electrical trouble’ there and it was numeraries, Close watch was kept on | feared that the wiring had been public buildings, barns and cellar win- | tampered with. The report was . to dows. Center beats were doubled up | the effect that all of the lights had and shortened in length. Captains A [ become extinguished and there was . Griswold and E. Raymond Low, of the National Guardsmen were in close touch with Mayor George A. Quigley, . Chief Rawlings and Fire Chief Robert M. Dame. Policemen were stationed telephone exchange, City hall, building and other important #hres. Extra vigilance was ordered about the localities near banks. Men patrolling beats in the vicinity of the gas works, lumber vards and other points that are considered particularly subject to visit, if the ones responsible are otherwise than a mentally un- balanced person, were ordered by Cap- tain T. W. Grace to maintain specjal vigilance. Street men were instructed te omit their duty calls and the time for luncheon at headquarters was cut out.- With the permission of their gergeants, they were allowed to get luncheon on their beats. For a time last night the straet details were in charge of Chief Rawlings personally. Sergeant William C. Hart had charge of the territory north of the railroad | with Sergeant Theodore Johnson as- suming command of a street detail for the first time since his promotion, in c;;{xrge of the section south of the ¢allroad. Traffic Supervisor Clarence “Gamphere was at his old post in front | of City hall. yester , freeing Police- | man Frederick Wagner for night ’ street duty or extra chauffeur at head- i quarters. Chairman Edward G.| Babcock of the safety board has given the police and fire departments the ! u€e of his touring car during the| at the federal struc- emergency For more than forty- olght hours it has been stationed headquarters and will be continued there until the emergency is over. During the day he has acted as chauffeur and the car has been freely used by detectives and policemen in plain clothes, who haev been hurried from point to point investi- gaging many reports. At night and during meal hours Chairman Babcocl has provided a chauffeur. The use of other private automobiles have been offered, if needed. Search Ruins for Bomb Clues. Captain Robert T. Hurley ' of the state police, recognized as an cxpert in | arson and incendiary cases, returned “to Hartford last night but is again in | the: city today. As usual when con- gucting an investigation, he is ex- Bremely reticent relative to the re- uits of his work. It is intimated | that he has several subordinates in the ¢ity. According to reliable informa- lion, much attention is heing paid to tg suspected use of a mew type of bomb. The debris of the fires has | been carefully gone over. Any sus- pected material will probably be sent to an expert chemist for analysis as to | presence of chemicals. In almost | svery instance the flames, at the points were they were originally discovered, were so flerce that there is a likelihood | any material used in bomb making | would have been effectually destroyed, | Numerous reports hav been re- | sefying relative to persons who di Hn8tly heard muffled explosions at | the ilme the fires were discovered or | soon afterwsrds. Chief Rawlings di tinctly heard, what appeared to him fo be, an cxplosion soon after the fire at the New Britain Fire Corpor- | on plant was discovered. Immed- | te.y afterwards, the flames broke | @ty over a wide area. Whether it | WS due to some foreign substance, he s not prerared to suy today. Hz admit that a careful investiga- s e o’ T o et lice acting .suspiciously street, near Park Place. cd with the Boston office, t|a surgeon was necessary. i coming to the no service, even after new fuses had been installed. was been remedird. Shortly afterwards it reported that the trouble had Philip Bloomquist télephoed to ‘po- headquargers carly yesterday morning that he had noted two men on West Main They ran, he reported, when they saw him coming. Captain Grace had policeman search that locality but without success. Inspector Frank P. Hardiman of the Massachusetts District police, connect- came to New Britain yesterday for the purpose of investigating the suspected use of fire bombs. He said that his office was particularly interested in this sus- pected phase of {ncendiary fires. With Detective Sergeant Samuel Bamforth, the entire happenings were thoroughly reviewed. Inspector Hardiman said that his department has been unable to get definite proof that such bombs as described are used. Reports that there were indications of their use had been received by him. Philip Bloomquist telephoned to po- ley, Jr., may have come to harm in this city during the excitement or to have suffered asphasia as a result of an injury received in Plainville yester- day, when he fell and recelved a la- cerated scalp that ‘required surgical attention, Thomas Growley of 38 Hud- son street, Hartford, came to police headquarters this morning to enlist aid in locating the boy. WHe said that he had received word that his son had been so seriously injured that a trip to Later, ac- cording to his information, the sur- geon had placed his patient on a car for Hartford. With that Crowley ap- pears to have disappeared. Review of the police records and inquiry at the hospital has produced no trace of the missing one. New Britain received a host of visi- tors yesterday from neighboring cities and towns, railroad trains, trolley cars and automobiles bringing their quota ! of passengers. Much interest was shown in visiting the scenes of the fires, ‘many theories and conjectur expressed and some advanced a disap- pointed feeling that they did not see a cordon of militia on the main streets. Chiefs Dame and Rawlings have been freely congratulated on their masterly work from all sides. Chief Dame and Assistant Chief William J. Noblg are considered fo have handled the situation in an efficient manner. The work of the firc department re- ceived commendation from visiting delegations. Special commendation was given the work of Licut. Thomas J. Hinchey of Engine Co. No. 4 and the detail that fought the flames at the New Rritain lce Corporation fire this point as he carefully listened for one ' | balanced man of about fifty years, who gave his name as John Bonee of this city, was taken into custody at the Union station in Hartford early today by Policeman Hetzel of that city. Mumbling incoherently and un- j able to give but meagre description of himself, he was taken to police | headquarters and later transferred to the hospital connected with the Hart- ford alms house. ~ His explanation was that he walked from this’ city to Hartford last night in the bitter cold. Signs of exposure and much suffering were apparent. While there is believed ‘to be no connection be- tween him and the seéries of fires, the authorities are leaving no loop hole escape investigation. At tonight's special session of the safety hoard tonight, it is believed that fire department equipment will receive much attention and there is lable to be immediate action along some lines. Additional hose is advo- cated by Chairman Babcock and it was today intimated that a consid- erable amount wili be bought at once. Smoke masks and other equipment, the need of which was apparent Wednesday night, will also probably be given attention. Chief Rawlings will make recommendations for his department. It is expected that they will include provisions for three reg- ular chauffeurs, eacht'one to work on an eight-hour shift. Hartford May Be Gang’s Base, A rumor has been prominently cur- rent that three men were noted leav- ing the city in a high-powered auto- mobile, apparently headed for Hart- ford. Whether the men answer the description of the three suspicious ones seen by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Reynolds near their Commercial street property Monday night has not been ascertained. Chief Rawlings is of the opinion that the person, or per- sons, responsible came to the city and left by automobile. The authorities are inclined to believe that Hartford has been the base of operations. There is also a bellef that New Brit- ain may not be agaln visited for a time but that the hand of the in- cendiary gang will point in turn to other cities of the state. It is indicated that the authorities are also working on the basis that it is the work of a mentally unbalanced person, although this theory is not as generally accepted because the fires show tdo much evidence of having been planned with more than ordin- ary cunning. At the same time, a quiet investigation is being made of persons known to be mentally unbalanced and those who have had a weakess to- wards tampering with fire apparatus. The suggestion has also been made that the mysterious material used re- sembles, 'in many ways, the “liquid fire” used with deadly effect on Euro- pean battleflelds. A theory has been advanced, al- though not as generally credited as some, that the ones responsible have been mentally unbalanced through family or property losses resulting from the war and are seeking a fan- cied revenge for these losses or other alleged grievances. There has been a suspicion that the ones responsible may have had experience with the use of “liquid fire” in the trenches and have used this experience with deadly effect in their campaign of incendiar- ism. Itis known that inquiry has been made in some circles relative to pres- ence of sympathizers with warring countries in this section. The theory that the campaign may be a part of the propaganda decided upon by extreme pacifists in a desper- ate effort to avert threatened hostili- ties with Germany and other Central Powers is not taken seriously. Another theory expressed is that a band of fa- natics has decided to spread terror among the general public and give an inkling of what war would be. Still| another theory is that it is a systemat- ic and state-wide attempt to spread consternation among manufacturing interests because of the monster filling of contracts for war muitions. It is not denied that much concern is felt among the manufacturing interests of the state, there have been many in- quiries from all parts of the east and it is reported that added,precautions are being taken with guards doubled. | Much commendation is expressed relative to the work of companies E and I of the First Connecticut Infan- try. For more than thirts hours the members of the companies did duty uncomplainingly, some of the men go- ing without sleep during this time and others catching only a little while rolled up in their blankets. Work was started today in overhaul- burned automobiles Tt has not been be ing the partiallv at the Hatch building. determined as to how much salvaged. Policeman Dennis has been detailed for guard dut) GENSUS WORK GETS | PRONISING START (Continued from First Page) can list of the post office to complete the individual canvass. Tirst Assistant Postmaster General J. C. Kroons writes under date of February 20: “The department does not consider it advisable or expedient to authorize you at this time to utilize the services of letter carriers or the records of the from the rear of the Herald building. One of the humorous incidents attention of the au- thorities last night was a call to Captain Grace at headquarters and inquiry in a feminine voice as to what she should do as she was too | Captain but | frightened to go to bed. Grace was puzzled for a time finally convinced the owner of the musical voice that the authorities were in command of the situation and she need not worry any more than the other inhabitants of the city. She | was also informed that a special guard could not be furnished as every | available man was detailed. Insanc Man Held in Hartford. Bareheaded and minus shoes and stoakinme, sa apbarently méntally un- telephone | post office to assist vou in taking the ! census of men in industries referred to in your letter of Februaty 15. MISSIONARY UBOAT VICTIH Haden, Robert.. Alien American Cit- izen Loses Lifc When French Liner, is Sunk by Submarine. ° len Haden, an American Presbyterlan missionary, stationed at Foo Chow, { China, perished when the French | liner Athos was destroyed by a sub- :marine 210 muu east, of Malta, .on Feb. 17, | l | ‘Washington, Feb. ~—Robert Al- | | City ftems | $18 and $20 —advt. week. Fine lot of $16.50 suits, $11.8¢F at Wilson’s 0dd pants sale this Leland Co.—advt. The new suits of every description at'the Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt St Hartford, are attracting merited at- tention. The materials and shades in Sport Suits are wonders.—advt. | The Ladies Auxiliary, 104, Al [1. C., will tender a reception this evening to Mrs. Alice McConnell of uffale, ‘vice president of the National Besse- N. Ladies- Auxiliary of N. A. L. C, at the home of Mrs. Walter Prelle, 553 East street. A gain of $100,000.00 for 1917. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. Mrs. Buel'! B. Bassett has just re- turned from an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Gilbert, at Beaumont, Texas. Special 8ale of men's and young men’s suits. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. 1. W. Ellsworth of Oklahoma, for- merly.identified with the New Haven road in this city, is spending a few days with friends here. Mr. Ells- worth arrived this morning from Florida where he has been spending the winter months. Specia! Bargains, Sat. and Monday. Jno. H. Andrews & Co.—advt. Fornier Councilman Roy N. Buell is visiting with relatives in this city. Mr. Buell states that he was in Utica, N. Y., vesterday morning and read in the papers about the disastrous fires in this city in glaring headlines. The facts were distorted, he says, and lent the impression that the entire city was almost destroyed. Sale on Satin Hats, new shapes. M. Seibert.—advt. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Diehl have re- turned from their wedding trip, Owing to a union service at the Methodist church Sunday evening the organ recitai by Theron Wolcott Hart at the First church will be postponed until Sundav evening, March 4. Mr. Hart will be assisted by Frederick Latham, baritone,. 0dd pants sale this week. Leland Co.—advt. Miss Sadie Malmgren of 69 Belden street was the winner of the quilt at the drawing of Alexandra lodge, D. of St. G., Wednesday evening. When in doubt, buy of land Co.—advt. Carlson & Torrell today took out a permit to rebuild a house at 24 Gris- wold street partly destroyed by fire several weeks ago. ‘L'he cost will bd $1,700. Chief of Police William J. Rawlings is in Hartford today conferring with State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn rela- tive to cases from New Britain that are scheduled to come up at the next session of superior court. straw Besse- Besse-Le- Belted backs, plain backs, soft blues, greys and browns were $20, ‘now $11.85 at Wilson's.—advt. There will be a rehearsal tonight of St, John the Evangelist choir at the home of Rev. Father Fitzgerald on East street, at 8 o'clock sharp. All members urged to attend. Special Bargains, Sat. and Monday. Jno. H. Andrews & Co.—advt. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Willlam Bader. William Bader’ aged 65 years, for the past eight years an orderly at the New Britain General hospital, died at that institution last night of pneumonia. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter and one son. HARRY KILBOURN DEAD. Harry Kilbourn, former gatetender at the Main strect raiiroad crossing days, recently bound over for super- iour court trial with Mrs. Della Belk- nap on charges of misconduct, died this morning in Hartford hospital of pneumonia. In default of bail of $1.000, he had been heid in jail. Upon his becoming critical, he was trans- ferred to the hospital. New Suit and Cloak Emporium. Raphael, who for 30 years has had a wide experience as an ex- pert designer in the modeling of Suits and Coats for women,’ and whose taste in buyving is unexcelled, will throw open to the public tomorrow his new and handsome department store at 170-172 Main street. No ex- pense has been spared to make this event one of importance to tpe ladies ot New Britain and, vicinity, and will be a revelation to shoppers. The newest in Millinery and Women’s Ap- parel will be lavishly displaved aided by noted models from New York cit Music, souvenirs and flowers will be the order of the day and a cordial in- vitation is extended to all. Seco an- nouncement on another page of this pap®r.—advt. PUTS STOP 10 STRIKES Minimum Wage Method Adopted in French Munitions Factorics to Cope With Labor Troubles Successfully. _ Paris, Feb, 23 —Minimum wages for time workers and minimum averages per day for piece workers with obliga- tory arbitration of differences between workmen, workwomen and army con- tractors are the means adopted by the government to put an end ta strikes in factories working for the national defence. The minimum time wage runs from 65 centimes an hour for unprofessional women and 80 centimes an hour for unprofessional men to 1 franc 15 cen- times an hour for professional me- chanics, The minimum guarantee per hour for unprofessional on piece work is 75 centimes for women and one franc for men. For professional mechanics on piece work the manu- facturer must arantee a minimum per hour, ranging from 95 centimes to one franc 60 cenumca, accqrdms to the class of work. Advance Styles of Spring SUITS and COATS in the Latest Colors & Fabrics Financial QUOTATIONS $AG AFTER HOLIDAY Profit Takmg and Lloyd George's Speech Blamed . Wall Street.—Profit-taking com- bined with short selling wiped out most gains before_the expiration of the first hour. United States Steel made an extreme deciine of 2 paints and Bethlehem Steel extended its loss to f0 points with 3 12 for new stock and 3 for the ‘rights.” Shippings, equipments, oils, copp , motors, fer- tilizers and other specialties followed the.general trend which became pro- nounced toward noon. Rails were variable, eastern issues, notably coal- ers strengthening, while pacific made further recessions. Bonds were ir- regular. CLOSE—sSelling extended to sugars and utilities with substar in the dull final hour, jal rallies in industrials olls and shipings. The closing was heavy. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Feb. 23, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar 881 88 Am Ag Chem 90 89 Am Car & Fay Co. 64% 62% Am Ice . 25 % Am Can 5 43% Am Loco . 70 Am Smelting . 9714 Am Sugar 112 Am Tobacco 208% Anaconda Cop . 78 AT S Fe Ry Co.. 1013% Baldwin Loco 5214 B & O . 6% BRI, 69 Beth Steel ... 130 Butte qupcr)or 45% Canadian Pacific 154 Central Leather . 851 Ches & Ohio .. 60 Chino Copper 54% Chi Mil & St Paul 81% 803 Collia T e S 46% Crucible Steel 65 Del & Hudson 141% 14173 Distillers Sec ! 233 Erie 26% General Eloctric 163 Goodrich Rub 563 Great Nor pfd =.. 113% Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 325 313 Inspiration ...... 563% 568 Kennecott Cop 44 Lack Steel ... Lehigh Val Max Mot com .. Mex Petrol .... National Lead N Y C & Hud Ney Consiiiiii NYNH&HRR N Y Ont & West. . Nor Pac . Norf & West Pac Mail 8§ S C Penn R R Peoples Gas . Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons TReading Rep I & S com So Pac So Ry . So Ry pfd .. Studebaker .. i L1013 9 13874 United TFruit ol Utah Cop L1107% T 8 Rub Co 5414 U S Steel .......108% | U & Steel pfa ...11813 | Va Car Chem . 5 40 Westinghouse Western Union Willys Overland 93 % i . 34 ; LOCAL "éiocxs S | (Furnished by Rich@r & Company) There has been a fair demand for many of the local stocks today. Amer- ican Hardware stock was somewhat stronger with sales at 136% ‘and 137. | This strength is probably due to the | Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Bailding 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 New Britain Machine Rights. 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. Bristol Brass . Colts Arms . Landers, Frary & N_B Machine N B Machine rights North & Judd Peck, Stow & Wilcox . Russell Mfg Co Stanley Rule & Level . Stanley Works ..... Traut & Hine ..... Union Mfg Co ... Scovill Mfg Co Niles, Marlin Arms quiet with no change in prices. MARONITE CHURCH IN Teutons and Turks Seize Palace of paper al Hoda says a Germans and Turks has palace of Patriarch of the important [ize a portion of the country befweel some 300,000, jon with the Roman Catholic church, but form a distinct denomination and | ning to demand the incorporation o also maintain a certain degree of in- dependence of the Turkish _govern- ment. & cupying forces did great damage to the buildings of the See and the Ger- mans removed to Berlin the priceless library, which contained ancient man- uscripts and books of great historic [ During the past week fourteen ap. value. The Patriarch and his house- | plicants for the United States nav. hold are reported to be prisgners in the palace, surrounded by German and Turkish troops, that has condemned to death and executed sentence upon the Archbishop of the Greek Catholic church in Acre, or | were dropped for physical infirmities, Akka, known in the New Testament| Those leaving for New Haven to| as Ptolemais. This place is oftens date are: William J. Smith, of 39 called the “‘key to Palestine,’ commands the maritime plain over which all invaders from the north are | ling and Charles J. Brennan of Bris- compelled to enter the country. 69 BRAZIL SUPINE, | DEPUTY’S OPINIO Government Called Upon to Sho More Aggressive Spirit Bement-Pond (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) Rio Janeiro, Feb. 23.—Medeiros The local market has been +very | Albuquerque, the Brazilian deputy, an article in the newspaper A Nol dwells upon a position which The quotations at 2:30 were: Bid Asked st e ..313 318 caused lack of response from G ;zzgzi: Efa“rfw”e ‘135 13 many to the Braziifan note.on) e 1101 11z |submarine Llockade. He advises L &1 69 | Brazillan foreikn office to take en Drlsllerese 790 300 |setic action in Berlin so that B S s Mgrmne 86 n‘flght not be put im a ridiculous p - tion. 7 Niles-Bement Pond LTS ‘ég Brazil, in her reply to the Germ North & Judd .. ot 605 |DPlockade notification, declared Br: Scovill Mfg Co . 00 101 did not recognize the blockade fta‘n!eyM}\ orLk; ) 04 effective and left with Germany Tnion g o 55 responsibility for acts from whid Brazilians or their interests migl suffer in violation of internation law. The ncte has been criticized Y a section of the Brazilian press claing ing some of the nation’s actions lacking in ecnergy and definiteness. Tormer Deputy Correira de Freits in an interview in A Noite denoun the reported German operations Southern Brazil carried on in conned SYRIA IS ATTACKED Patriarch at Bkerkeh Near Beirut, tion with tke Hamburg colonizatio company. $ Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 23.—The news- It is propcsed by this company, ad oint force seized of | cording to reports which have cause the | the protest by the deputy, to colo Maronite church in the town of|the states of Santa Catharing' an Bkerkeh, near Beirut, in Syria. The | Rio Grande de Sul, only coloni! o Maronites in the Lebanon district, | German nationality to be admitted which is their chief seat, number | Before the battle of the Marne, he ds They are in commun- | clares, the Cermans in Santa Cathan ina and Rio Grande de Sul were plan Southern Brazil with Germany unde the name of “Antartic Germany.” the According to the report, oc- MANY RECRUITS FOR NAVY. Fourteen _Applicants FExamined af Local Federal Building. have been examined by F. S. Wright, in charge of the recruiting station af at the post office.. Of this numbed four have been sént to the New Have! station, and five are now being pre. pared for delivery to the officers § the Elm City. Five of the numbe: From the same source it is learned a court marial in Aleih, Syria, | Holmes avenue; Lawrence F. Delaney] of 19 Barnett street; Michael Schil- since it 1 tol. WANTED—Distributors. House to house sampling. $1.50 per day. Ap- | ply J. ¥. White's stables, Main St. | 8 a. m. Saturday. 2-23-1d f The CITY SAVINGS BANK] MIDDLETOWN, CONN. WANTRD _Young man between 18 ' Accounts ODened by mail. excellent statement of the company | published today which shows a gross profit for the vear of $2,051,000. Af-| ter charging off $549,000 for deprecia- | tion and reserves, this leaves a net profit of $1,501,000, which is equiva- | lent to. fifteen per cent. on $10,000,000 | capital o nding. I¢ has been ru- | mored for some time that the company | had had a fine year, and this statment , bears this out. The company is in a | strong cash position, having on hand | $977,000, and shows bills and accounts receivable of $2,399,000 against $341,- | 000 bills and accounts payable. There were sales of Stanley Works at 100 | and 101, and Landers, Frry & Clatk | at 571%. New Britain Machine rights | closed strong with sales at 14% dl\d 15. Niles, Bement-Pond common also strong with sales at 176 and 1, There was a good demand for Stand- | ard Screw common at 355 and Ameri- | can Brass at 310. Below are closing quotations: | American Brass ,..... 313 American Hardware 137 American Silver ..... 32 1*Billings & Spencer - ., AT Call at ! Four per cent paid. Your: gavings account solicited. and 25 for outdoor work. 128 Cherry street or 25 Cit The Reliable Dist. Co. SCOVILL MFG. GO. Bought and Sold FRISBIE & CO. Investment Securities 36 PEARL STREET -:- :- HARTFORD F. W. PORTER, Local Representative.