New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1917, Page 11

NEW isk11AIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917. { JUST A BRIEF OUTLINE. of what we can do for your shape— new Spring suits—the new fancy mix- tures at $15, $18, $20, $22. Your size is here— Spring suits in the new gray $28, $30, <+ New at $25, Your size is here— Spring suits in the new biues 20, $23, 323, $28, $30. Your size is here— New ing suits—but stop—come in and size up our assortment— New at $18, NEW BRITAIN, CON! COURT COLUMBIA WHIST. gpccessful Event Held by Daughters ; of Castile. Miss Nellie Hennessey and Mrs. D. s Donahue won the first and second Women’s prizes at last night'’s whist social of Sourt Columbia, Daughters of Castile, in Electric hall. John Con- lon and A. Young won similar honots for the men. The shawl, put up as a ticket-sale contest, was won by Wil- liam Corrigan. There were twenty-five tables of whist and refreshments were served. Mrs. A. Bonenfant was chairlady of the committee in charge. It was an- nounced that the Connecticut state officers will have their quarterly ses- sion and banquet Sunday afternoon at the Hotel Washington. Important business is scheduled for discussion and a number of interesting speakers are scheduled to be guests at the ban- quet. <, HIGH SCHOOL NEWS. During the assembly of the fresh- men this morning members of the Blisritt/ service lengue elected 'officers for the eoming year. The results were asifollows: President, Kenneth Tut- vice president, Margaret Russell; L etary, Minnie P’aro; histprian, Ed- ard Mag. i A By defeating thé senfors, the juniors Won the championship of theschool . the girls' interclags ‘basketball deague. Tryouts for a_ school team Were held after school today. The date for the junior promenade as been set for March 3. The chair- ‘men for the differsnt. committees in ‘chi@rge are. Refreshments Cornellius Prdor; program, Harold Slater; dec- orating, Theodore Jahn. The patrons and patronesses ..ill probably be: Mr. afd Mrs. Slade, Miss Alma Crowe, Miss Margaret Seltzer, Miss Harvey, Miss Winter, Miss Finnegan and Miss Barry. EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, JThe Evangelistic campaign at the Emmanuel Gospel church is going on with increased activity as the closing days of the revival mreetings draw nearer. Evangelist Henderson will eonclude his campaign in this cit mext Sunday night. Yesterday after- m the children’s meeting was con- mm by Pastor Anderson. For the fitst time since the have started there were several publi¢ con- fémsions last night, following the ser- mgn by Mr. And L he Only Way to Salvation” will be the subject atithis evening's services. meeting: 0 OPEN RED CROSS ROOMS. ®c Women's club has responded to the urgent appeal of the Red Cross soffety by assuming charge of its wark in this city. It now seeks to mabilize all-patriotic societies and women to serve in Red Cross work and also in a women’s relief commit- teef should the ‘occasion arise. CPés roums will be opened at room 59 BEoth’s block on March 1. Offers of stance will be received by Mrs. es H. Robinson of 54 Harrison et, city chairman of the Red (Fgss work or Mrs, Lawrence Mouat, 61 Grove Hill, assistant chairman. i MAYOR HAGARTY WRITE! ayor G. A. Quigley today received piletter from Mayor Hagarty of fHartford acknowledging the former’s Jletter of appreciation for the co-oper tlon of the Hartford authorities in permitting the use of their fire ap- pagatus last Wednesday evening. “T s#ure you that it is alw: A pleasure d¥.the city of Hartford to be of borly assistance,” writes Mayor rty. TUNDERWOOD Sk Washington, Feb. -Senator Un- wood of Alabama urging adoption his amendment to the revenue bill reduce oleomargarine ta and Preby stimulate use of sabstitutes s RIOTIN Fl butter, predicted to the senate to- | that unless steps were taken in ; ¢ ] ¥ ¥ present food situation the people $rganize and “the capital resound their cries for their rights, jus- band relief from the yoke of ting interests.’” Red | to Aid i Lt While his father sits at the presi- dent’s cabinet table in Wagshington seeking ways to keep the country at peace, Franklin J. Lane ,Jr., is pre- paring for war at Newport News, Va. R F. K. Lane, Jr., Learning in Air Defense FRANKLIN K. LANE,J. AND HIS MACHINE o The son of tHe secretary of the in- terfor has just turned nineteen. He is qualifying for duty as an officer in the army aviation reserve corps. Pic- tures show young Mr. Lane seated in his aeroplane and also his machine. CEDAR HILL FARM | PROPRIETOR: DEAD' (Continued from First Page.) he is survived by a sister, Miss Isabel' Stanley of this city and four brothers, | Robert H. Stanley of Montclair, N. J., | A. W. Stanley of Brooklyn, N. Y., Walter P. Stanley, organist at the | Ponce de Leon Baptist church df At- lanta, Ga., a leading ‘mugician of that city, and Mortimer D, Stanley of this | city. Two daughters and three sons also survive. v They are Miss Marion M. Stanley, a student at the Michigan State. Normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich., whb is ill and will probably not be able to attemd the funeral; Miss Katherine A. Stanley, at home; Law- rence M. Stanley, connected with the Stanley Rule and Level Company; Frederick N., and Theodore M. Stan- ley, now in charge of the Cedar Hill farm, result of their father’s life-long work. 'There is also a grandson, Lawrence M. Stanley, Jf. MRS. BASS HEADS WOMEN’S BUREAU FOR DEMOCRATS i For the first time in the history of American molitics a woman's bureau is to be established as adjunct of the national committee of one of the big parties. On Tuesday, March 6, Mrs. Geore Bass of Chicago is to be elected by the national committee as chairman of the women's bureau. -She will have her headquarters with the rest of the committee in Washington. During last year's presidential campaign Mrs. Bass, who is the wife of a retired law- permanent a democratic | conditions to exist again | yer of Chicago, wus manager of the women’s campaign committee, with headquarters in Chicage. She is-a l suffragist. ” STABS ASSAILANT WHILE SHOT DOWN E. G, Tompkins Dics From Knife Wound After He Terrorizes Ten- nessee Court Room. Ashville, Tenn., Teb. 28.—E. G. Tompkins was killed, Will Hoffstetter fatally shot and Jim Hoffstetter and Mrs. W. A, Bevington, a bystander, were injured in the Davidson county court house this morning at thetrial of a case in the circuit court in which Tompkins was suing the Hoffstetters for alleged alienation of his wife’s af- fections. After his wife had been granted a divorce, Tompkins filed suit for $50,- 000 damages against the Hoffstetter brothers and their sister, Miss Emma Hoffstetter, alleging that they had embittered his wife against him. As the party was leaving the céurt room it is alleged Tompkins drew a pistol and shot Will Hoffstetter in the ab- domen. Another shot struck Jim Hoffstetter in the arm. A third struck Mrs. Bevington, a bystander, in the leg. Before he fell, Will Hoff- stetter stabbed Tompkins. The per- sons involved arc farmers and live at Donelson. LOWELL TALKS T0 ASSEMBLY President of Harvard Speaks to Con- necticut Solons on Plan to Enforce Lasting Peace. Hartford, Feb. 28.—The senate and house this afternoon met informally in the house chamber at the capitol possible to make it impossible for such rence Lowell, president of Harvard university Governor Holcomb introduced the speaker, who, he said, would explain the plan of enforcing a lasting peace. The governor said that it was to be expected that the world war would cease some time and it is to be hoped, shortly, President Lowell said that the pres- ent condition of things cannot be con- trolled but we ought to do 1hat is possible to make t impossible for such when the present war ends. He then explained the aims of the League to Inforce Peace. LIBRARY ASSO. ANNUAL. The annual meeting of the Con- necticut Library association was heid in parlors of the st Baptist church today, under the auspices of the New ssion opened at 10:30 o’clock with an address by Mayor G. A. Quigley. Routine bus- iness matters occupied the attention of the delegates at the session after which adjournment was taken for luncheon. The principal speakers at the afternoon sion were Dr. A iah S. Root, principal of -the Lib School Public Library, New York, and Marcus White, principal of the State Normal school. The president, Miss Anna G. Rockwell of this city pre- sided at the meeting. SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC. A small epidemic of rlet fever was reported from the Children’s Home this morning and on orders of the board of health the home, located at 610 Arch street, was ordered quar- antined. Four of the young inmates at the home have the disease. —————— TOO LATE FOR CLA CARPENTERING AND JOBBING. A. A, Fuller, 401 Chestnut St 2-28-6dx | announce City Items Women’s $3 Boots, $2.25. Damon’s Shoe Sale.—advt. d Beginning tomorrow, Policemen Gustay Litke and Hanford W. Dart, who have been on center beats days during this month, return to the night details. Polize Irancis J. Moore and Thomas Heslin are advanced to the noon to 8 p, m. beats, Policeman Joseph Kennedy goes on the Hartford evenue beat days and Policemen Meddrick Perry and Thomas Dolan take the 4 a. m. to noon beats in the center of the city. Ga to John A. Andrews & Co Sale this week for real bargain —advt, Hot ashes placed near a barn on the O. E. Swift property at 25 Lake street ignited the wood work and threatened trouble shortly before noon today. Chief Dame and Engine Co. No, 1 were summoded by still alarm at 11:48 o'clock. Chemicals were used in checking the flames. There was little damage. " Members of Stanley Post, G. A. R. will hold an open meeting in G. A. R. hall this evening at § o'clock. Comrades and their friends have been invited to attend and after meeting a light lunch will be served. The John A. Andrew: agents for the American Seating com- pany, has been awarded the tract for furnishing 1,065 new desks for the Elihu Burritt school, now in process of construction. Anthony Dorbuck of 12 Wilson sireet was again operated on at New Britain General hospital this morn- ing for lung trouble following an at- tack of pleurisy. B. C. Pond, international secretary of the Y. M. C! A. is to give an il- lustrated talk on ‘“Border Life” at the local organization headquarters toright. Supper will be served at 6:45. See us for up-to-date sport hats at reasonable prices, M. Seibert.—advt. Two hose nozzles, valued at $28 each, have been missing from the fire department equipment since Wednes- day night's fires. Search is being made for them. It is believed that they were mislaid during the con- fusion. Window Shades 20c, at John A. An- drews & Co.—advt. Rug DEATHS AND FUNERALS. . Christian Volg. a Volg, aged 56 years, stian Volg ef 169 Green- wood street, died at her home yester- day afternoon. She was a member of the South Congregational church and active in the work of that parish. Be- sides her husband, she is survived by one son, Christian, Jr., and six daugh- ters, Mrs. Emma Dorwent of Hart- ford, Mrs. Elizabeth Rodenweld of Hartford, Mrs. Cornelia Pate of Bridgeport, Mrs. Bertha Shea of Wa- terbury and Misses Mildred and Anna Volg of this city. The funeral will be held from her home at 2 o'clock to- morrow afternoon with Rev. Dr. C. W. C. Hill, pastor of the South urch officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery IN SUPERIOR COURT. 8 to come term of the scheduled March up for trial at the Hartford county superior court, that opens in Hartford Tuesday include: Peter Zebeleski, theft; David Gorfain, assault; John Malina, false pretense Philip Gagner, assault; Michael Ge; zeski, carrying concealed weapon Leo Skritulsky, assault; Zigraund Shumsky, assault: Sam Lee, assault; Bernard Miller, violation of city ordi- nance. Mary Murray, alias Mrs. Dora RBelknap, of East Hartford is sched- uled to be tried on charges of mis- conduct. Harry Kilbourn of this, city, in whose company she was arrested, died at a Hartford hospital last week of pneumonia. WOMEN WILL MARCH. Fair Sex to Appear in Parade. Washington. Feb. 28.—The com- mittee in charge of the inauguration today announced a number of wom- en’s delegations which will supply more than 1,000 marchers for the par- ade on Monday, despite the withdraw- al of a number of women who be- came angry over the barring of cer- tain floats from the procession. i Among those who will march are a delegation of Illinois democratic wo- men headed by Mrs. George Bass of Chicago, fifty members of the Wo- men’s Wilson League of Philadelphia, 100 members of the Women’s Nation- al Trade League of Baltimore, a del- egation from California and Wash- ington state, several hundred em- ployes of the bureau of engraving and printing, four hundred girls and nmore than one hundred Washington women. - Inauguration PROBING More Than Fifty Trainmen Are Ex- amined Today Altoona, Feb. Pennsylvania railroad early completed their investigation into the wreck at Mount Union yesterday in which 20 lives were lost, but an- nounced tliat no decision to the re- sponsibility for the accident would be reached until after mature deliber- ation. More than fifty trainmen and other witnesses were examined by the railroad officials. Meanwhile representatives Interstate Commerce commi the Public Servic tinued their EXTRA! of the sion and on con- POTATOK The committee in charge of the New Britain Rifle club banquet, to be held in Turner hall on March 8, a large advance sale of tickets and expect 250 to be present. The committee announces that real potatoes will be served with the tur- key dinner. An orchestra has also been secured to furnish music. REAL compitny. H. 0. . SERGE DRESSES FOR SPRING Admirably suited styles in Spring Serge Dresses for ladies, and for the 8rowing or grown-up miss, in navy, brown, black, serge. Models plaited or plain-—all youth- ful—trimmed with buttons, new wool embroidery. Collars of these Dresses are Silk Y, combined in the latest colors, PRICES $9.95 to $35.00. Ladies’ Department 2nd Floor. Financial SPECULATORS KEEP EYE ON CAPITAL Little Interest Shown in Wall Street Activity Wall Street—Caution in view of the international is made for further restraint in early dealings, which were in very light volume and without material price changes, ex- cept among the more speculative i United States Steel, coppers ippings were fractionally high- but declines of 1 to 13 recorded by Colorado Fuel, Industrial Alcohol, General Motors. American Sugar and Feder- al mining preferred with 13 for Le- high Vailey and 3% for Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred Steel and other leaders became more reaction- ary later. Trading was almost at a standstill during the forenoon, the first hour’s sales of less than 100,000 shares being followed by increased dullness liquid- ation of motor ares and subsidiar- ies, particularly IL.ee Rubber which yvielded almost 2 points, was tempor- arily offset by a moderate demand for metals and relative steadiness of United States Steel. Lehigh Valley's et back, ascribed to indifferent earn- ings, affected other coalers and the ntative railg, which receded Bonds were irregular. Closing—Minimum quotations were made in the last hour, further de- clines in Bethlehem Steel issues af- fecting other industrials, equipments, oils and various specialties. closing was heav: sues and s er or lower, points were New York Stock Bxchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co. members of the New York Stock Ex change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. Feb. 28, 1917 Tow Close Am Beet Sugar A Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Ice 7 Am Can Am Can Am Loco 4 Am Smelting ... Am Sugar Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop A T S Fe Ry Baldwin lLaoco B & O B BT Beth Steel 5 Butte Superior Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Paul. Col ¥ & I y Cons Gas . Crucible Steel illers Sec .. pfd Co 153% 84% 1617% 1123 General ectr Goodrich Rub Great .Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs Tnspiration Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val Louis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol atl Lead : Y Air Brake . \ Y C & Hud ev Cons NYNH&HRR N Y Ont & West. or Pac o Norf & Wes Penn R R Pressed Steel ¢ Ray Cons Reading Rep I & S Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Building Telephone 2040 100 shs American Hardware 100 shs Landers, Frary & Clark 100 shs Union Mfg. Co. 100 shs Stanley Works § 100 shs New Bri tain. Machine | 50 shs American Hosiery Co. Rep I & So Pac So Ry So Ry pfd Studebaker Texas 0il Third Ave Union Pac United Fruit .. Jtah Cop J S Rub Co S Steel S Steel pfd Westinghouse Western Union Willys Overland LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & The local market closed as follows: American Brass 309 American Hardware American Silver . Billings & Spencer Bristol Brass ........ Colt’s Arms : Landers, Frary & Clark National Marine Lamp New Britain Machine North & Judd . Russell Mfg. Co. Standard Screw com. Stanley Rule & Level Stanley Wor . .. Traut & Hine ..... 55 | Union Mfg Co. Scovill Mfg. Co. Niles Bement Pond 177 Frishie & Co.) local market has been quiet y in sympathy with the New York market, although the prices | have not gone down any. There were trades of Russell Mfg. 310 and 312, Standard Screw and Scovill Mfg. Co. at 590. | The quotations at 2:30 were: i Bid Askea | 308 512 136 138 6T% 681 109 110%; 782 7 56 86 310 3656 415 - 100 10 100 105 (Furnished by Brass Hardw American American Bristol Brass 558 5 & Spencer ... Avmns e wry & Clark ad 3o Russell Mfz. Co. Standard Screw ..... nley Rule & Level Works Union Mfg. Co. re MORE BILANKS NEEDED. | will Tt is understood that this club intends to hold properties in Newington only until such time as it can dispos of them to advantage, when its me bership may ally itself with thi Shuttle Meadow club, f 2D, WANTED, College Men Be Giv Chance to Serve. Honor to W the obtaining of second Jieutenants for the regular Bake in an order made public today direct; that “distinguished colleges” desig: nate ten honor graduates from the| 1917 class and ten from the 1916 class to be examined for provisional commissions Under previous regulations such colleges designated one honor grad- uate a year. These men, it is speci fied, upon examination are to. be ac- cepted into the service ahead of any| other candidates for commissions from civil life, ' shington, Feb. 28.—To speed up army, Secretary BERLIN POLICE SYSTEM O. K. Turkey to Study Methods of Criminal Catchers, March 28.—Turkey has be= { come so impressed with the efliciency. Berlin, of the Berlin police that it has sent to Berlin the director of the Constan- tinople criminal department, Behqed- din Bey, fo study the methods in vogue here, so that on his return he may re=. organize the police of Turkey’s capfs tal and prineipal cities, and introduce German methods there Behacddin Bey among other things i plans to introduce in Turkey the Gers man equivalent of the Bertillion sys- tem in vogue in America, and many of the German detective methods. There so be published a bi-weekly police newspaper far the ‘“‘intellectual enlightenent of Turkish police officlals and the development - of police methods.” AMERICAN MISSIONARY DEAD. Miss A. H. Colby Had Been in Japan 38 Years, Workers Have Filed and Recorded All Names Handed to Them. ! The local headquarters of the mili- | tary census bureau sent out an urgent call this afternoon for all census agents in the city to return all blanks that have been filled in, regardle whether or not they had canvassed their entire territory. The office rce has succeeded”in recording and | filing all blanks sent in thus far and more are needed to keep them bhus: It is desired especially that factory agents and others who have blanks in large volumns make returps | immediately. GOLF CLUB A AL, The annual meeting of the New Britain Golf club will be held at the New Britain club on March 5. Only routine business is outlined in the call, American B | from her —Miss A. M, Dest Osaka, Japan, March Colby, one of oldest and known American missionaries in Ja- fter a service ex- tending through For many she was the principal of the Baika Girls' School of Osaka, wk i 1o herself founded Colby represented the Amer- ard of Commissioners for Missgions and came to Japan She was born in New BEng- cars ago, and was the old- onary worker in Osaka. Sev- apanese women in this have been graduated M Colby was an cxcellent musician. She ed on musical studies at Boston, Germany and Belgium, before coming out to the pan, is dead here 8 gears. ican Iforeign in 18 land est m eral hundred and other citic school. * Japan as a church worker. rass, Niles, Bement Pond, Bristol Bras S, Standard Screw, and Scovill Mig. Co. Bought and Sold . FRISBIE & CO. Investment 36 PEARL STREET -:- Securities HARTFORD F. W. PORTER, Local Representative.