New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1917, Page 15

. - _ Do you hear it? Spring is in the air. This week we spring the + new styles for Men. 2 » Suits of medium weight * that. are models of correct . dress—just the same patterns . and. fabrics that the “ex: . tlusive tailor” makes up at higher prices. Qur price $15.00 to $30.00. . The new Spring Hats, some { at $2.00. - Spring Overcoats, $20.00 to _ Mrs.' George Minor, national vice president of the D. A. R., spoke be- i’ fore the members of Esther . Stanley ‘Chapter at the home of Mrs. 'W. C. “Hungerford this afternoon. There will be a rehearsal this eve- ning of St. John the Evangelist church choir at the home of Miss Margaret . Dobson on Stanley street at 7:30 p. ' “m., sharp. S 'he -payroll of the water depart- N nient for the past week was $216,56. . The rainfall during the month of Feb- TFuRry totalled ' 2.39. hches and at present: the .depth of water at Shuttle > 0 & 2eterson, through ‘M. H. has sued Santi Puzzo for $75, that-amount: due on a’' bill. - {8 returnable before -the city londay of the ndicitis ey has purchased a new Sagies Maroski of Bea- ‘feportéd. to the police last. fifoufid, later by 0! ‘Heslin, . taken to'| #Amdunts to' $465.75. l!'gfx;‘(!her. today . pfoperty on Alden street to Peter Swider: > ! ] rihie “last -church supper of thé sea- ~will. be, hield .at 6:30_o'clock this g in- the First church banquet The Knights of Columbus pinachle m' defeated the Y. M. T. A. & B. ety-last evening, score 28 to 27. * “Valkyria lodge, Order of Vasa, will icelebrate the seventeenth anniversary iof the founding of the order tonmight lin Vega hall. L/ M. Barnes, by a recent stock trassaction, has severed his connec- tion with the White Oak Crushed Stone company: T - Minnie Dobrick, seventeen years b , of 29 Harvard street, is reported ¥'gs missing from her home and the ‘K police have been asked to aid in lo- cwting her. They fear that she has un away, for no reason known to m. h ig AUTO AND BICYCLE CLASH. . Sewark N ‘Taken to Police Station | cupy prominent and spacious -afigo = ‘tlons in the center of the village in- o % Pending Inquiry. Edward Prendergast of 1082 Stan- street was. slightly injured and his. Bicycle badly damaged at Commercial d Main streets this noon in a col- ion with an automobile owned by C. Miller of Camp.street, Newark, J., and occupied by him and a man. Miller was sent to police head- rters but released following the mony of witnesses that he was rating the car at slow. speed, Pped immediately and was not to jame. Policeman Thomas C. Dolan pok Prendergast to the office of Dr. joseph Waish, where surgcial treat- ent was given- for .superficial injur- SIX FIRES IN HARTFORD. Six fires in Hartford last night, of $icendiary origin and . resembling ose of last week in this city, has ivinced the police that the “fire- * 1s still at large and active. here were five beil and one still @rm. Practically all of them were lar fires and in buildings and stores h as were the scene of the local es. DO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. VANTED—Competent girl for gener- "al housework. No washing, 77 For- -est street. 3p2-tr PST—Pocketbook containing sum of imoney on Hartford avenue. Finder rn to 182 Hartford avenue. -3d "INERICAN WOMEN Succoring Those Made Sad by Ravages of War Vitrimont, Near Luneville, France, March 2.—American sympathy with the civilian sufferers from the war has been given more concrete ex- pression in this little village than in any other” part of the devastated country immediately - behind the French fighting lines. ‘When Mrs. William Crocker, of S8an Francisco, chose Vitrimont in which to carry out her idea of reconstruct- ing with her own means one of the villages destroyed by the German troops in their first rush into France she met with much doubt and sus- picion. . The people of Lorraine are ‘practical and hard-headed and also object to partake of anything given in the form of charity. It was there- fore necessary to make the proposi- tion a purely business-like one. be- fore laying it before the villagers. All the men of fighting age are af the front with their regiments.- One of the villagers while in’ the trenches one day received from his wife a let- ter giving details of the plan of re- construction. He immediately re- plied: fairly tales. You are ready to swal- low any yarn told you. Just make up your mind as I have done that we have lost everything and don’t dream that good fairies are going to re- store all to us.” In order to convince this man and many of his village neighbors serving in the same corps that somebody was really taking interest in them and that they would not merely have to be content with the government in- demnity of sixty per, cent. of their losses, Miss Daisy Polk, also a Cal- ifornian and now administrator of the plan, gave printed plans &nd details of the scheme to the wives left be- hind. These were forwarded at once to the men at the front, who cbuld be assured only by documentary evi- derice of this kind of the good for- tune to be conferred on them and their dependants. Living in Ruins. Miss Polk, who since the beginning of the war has been occupied in re- liet work of various kinds, was chosen by Mrs. Crocker to' administer her benevolent scheme. She decided at once to live among the people so as to become better acquainted with them and to learn their ‘needs. Every hpuse,” without exception, had .been either shelled or burnt. She, how- ever, was able to find a one-roomed cottage which could be repaired and here from her single room Miss Polk directs all the work. She interviews there the architect, the builders, the departmental offcials and government “tunctionaries, and ‘only “récently re- celved Ambassador William G. Sharp, who had come to lay the corner-stone of the first new house. , Of the seventy houses composing the village thirty-four .were shelled and the Temaining: thirty-six: burned. The government itself decided to re- ‘pair the bgmbarded ' houses, which ‘were not badly damaged as those which had been set afire. The re- construction of these latter was undertaken by Mrs. Crocker. No attempt was made by the au- thors of the sclieme to force Ameri- can ideas down the throats of the conservative Lorrainers. ' Very little change had takeys place in the village since the fifteenth century and the style of architecture was very uni- form, usually taking the shape of one or two story cottages with grange- door entrances and attached at . the back the granaries and cattlesheds. The only changes insisted on by the promoters of the scheme as well as by the French' government were the introduction of sanitary arrangements which hitherto had been non-existent, the provision of ventilation in the rooms and the séparation by an in- tervening courtyard of the cattle- sheds and the human habitations. It was with difficulty that the peas- ants could be induced to accept some of these changes, but at length rea- son prevailed and the plans were fin- ally drawn up. ) g - The new villagesis to have widdr streets and the main rogd through it is to be planted with trees, while the town hall and .school are now to oc- posi- stead of being hidden as before the war in narrow lanes without any air AUTO DRIVER 15 FOUND MURDERED (Continued From First Page.) name of his brother, Albert. The dif- ference in first names on registration and operator’s license caused some confusion in making a definite identi~ fication of the victim at first. The car was housed at the garage of Rob- ert Ashwell in Hartford. The deceased was a native of East Hartford. For a number of years he | lived in Providence and :Westerly, R. I. He was one of Hartford’s original jitneur’s, getting an automobile for passenger-transportation purpose soon after the jitney business was inaugur- ated. Relatives of the deceased say that, in so far as they know, he had never been threatened. His brother, Albert, said that it was known that the de- ceased was eften called upon for ser- vice by a certain gang of Hartford’s so-called underworld and he has the | idea that some woman and her para- | mour- of the haif-world conspired to get Taft’s roll of bills. East Hartford Episcopal church and the funeral will probably be held Monday afternoon from _.there . with burial in East Hartford. / “Don’t waste ink on telling me | The deceased was a member of the] War E)og,_ Hero ren, WA R AND BEHIND TRENGHES| Feature of Kennel Club { how HERO DOG, FILAX OF LEWARNNO, #1415 OWNER , MRS. L.L.F. WANNER. spurg by Countless victories in the . show ring. There was some satisfac- ““Where is the war dog?”’ was the general inquiry of visitors at Madison Square Garden, N. Y., to the ‘Westmin. ster Kennel club show. The distinc- tion won by Filax of Lewanno because he had rescued fifty-four wounded French soldiers from the trenches had placed him in a class by himself, and the sturdy German shepherd dog monopolized the. attention of casual spectators who cared more for the . glamour surrounding ‘a war hero than they did for the aristocrats of dogdom which had earned their THEO. A. STANLEY’ IS LAID AT REST Funcral Services for Prominent Agri- culturalist Held This Afternoon Are Largely Attended. A last ;tribute to the memory -of the late Theodore A. Stanley was paid by his reiativés and many friends this afternoon when the fun- eral services were held from his late residence, Cedar Hill farm, and later from the South church chapel. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill, pastor of the South church, conducted both THEODORE A. STANLEY. services and also officiated at the grave in Fgirview cemetery. Services at the house were of a private nature, but at the church were assembled many of Mr. Stanley’s’ lifelong friends and associates. tiful floral offerings testified to thg high esteem in which Mr. Stanley was held by all who knew him. The honorary pall bearers were deacons of thc South Congregational church with whom Mr. Stanley had been associated in church work for many years. The active bearers were members of the Connecticut Agricul- tural society. WHITTEMORE A DIRECTOR. Elected by Stockholders of American Hardware Corp. 5 The annual meeting of the . stock- holders of The, American Hardware Corporation was held today. The old board of directors was re-elected and Harris Whittemore of Naugatuck was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Miller. Mr., Whittemore is a director of Landers, Frary & Clark, The American Brass company, and is president of the Eastern Malleable Iron company, and of the J. H. Whittemore company. The annual meeting of the direct- ors following the stockholders’ meet- ing, the officers were re-elected and a dividend of 2 per cent. was de- clared payable April 2 to stockhold- lers of record March 26, and the trans- fer books ordered closed from March 26 to April 2 inclusive, the Numerous and beau- | i tion for these hero worshipers when | they found that Filax of Lewanno ! was decorated with three red ribbons that had been awarded by Judge Charles G. Hopton because of his ex- cellence as a German shepherd dog. Filax of Lewanno is owned by Mr. and Mrs, L. L. F. Wanner of Hemp- tead, N. Y. He is four years old nd the most powerfully built dog of ‘his breed. : ‘ This bone and muscle, Mr.| Warner explained, came frém his hard work on the battlefields of France. On Fi- lax was showered the praise to whith only. a hero is entitled. Both men and women paid him homage, but to all he turned a deaf ear. He was as phlégmatic as a jellyfish, and not even the effectionate barks or angry growls of his kennel mates tould arouse him { from his lethargy. picture is Mrs. Warner. SAGRIFICES MADE BY ENGLISH WOMEN Horses, Theaters, Autos and Other doys Are Abandoned London, March 2.—Wealthy and distinguished women of England are as cognizant of the sacrifices required of them in these days of stress as their poorer and less fortunate sisters. Hence they are forced to give up many pre-war temptations which make them want to buy things they should not in the interest of economy. This temptation lurks in motar cars and taxi cabs, in books, floWers, ‘theater parties, pretty dresses—all the pleas- ant th’ngs of life every woman likes. -Anxfous to find out the biggest war- time temptations of leading women, a local society reporter found them all giving up something for economy sake. Mrs. -John Robertson, formerly Maud Mosher, an American woman, the wife of the widely known parlia- mentarian said that music was her greatest temptation. “I want ta hear good music,” she said. “I can econimize without much trouble in everything else. I miss a good con- cert, a recital or the opéra more than anything eclse.” Viscountess Cowdray, wife of Count Cewdray, one of the foremost business men of England, said that her hospi- tal work kept her so occupied she didn’t have time to regret the luxuries of peace times. “I miss our horses -most of all,” she said. “We have given up all ours on account of the '\\nl'. For the twélve mator cars we had before the war we have one now, but that means nothing, Only the loss of the horses counts.” Lady Swaythling, wife of | Swaythling, the banker, said: “My greatest temptation was to con- tinue theatergoing which I am pas- i Lord | up for the war. We do ngt forbid our { children going out if they wish, but we wdnt them to realize that we have given it up because we think it wrong at this time, and to remember when they look back upon the war that we did our little share in trving to | ecanomize and giving up pleasures.” Mrs. Elinor Glyn, who has deserted | Paris to make London her home for a ! time, said that she missed flowers more than anything else. “I do not Ipuy flowers now because they are a luxury. My other weakness is a de- sire for fresh table linen every day, which, of course, I deny myself in wartime.” Mrs. Mary Gaunt, the author and | explorer, who lives a little way out of | London, says her greatest temptation !is to come into town to visit friends. | “I deny myself the pleasure,” she | said, because it is an extravagance i and interruption to wark, besides ! being unpatriotic in a way, since we are asked not to travel except when | necessary.” Lady Muir Mackenzie, wife of the | widely known lawyer said: i “My two temptations are lavish en- tertainment and books. It is with difficulty that I adhere to a two- course luncheon or dinner. As for books ‘I always want to buy them to build up my library.” . { The lady in the’ sionately fand of, but I have given it , MARCH 2, 1917, Financial ACTIVE MARKET IS SURPRISE OF DAY International Situation Fails o Have Depressing Efiect ‘Wall Street—Speculative stocks were n demand at the opening of to- day’s market, with many issues one to two points above yesterday’s final quotations./ There was a disposition to throw off recent depression and inertia, by gain of shippings, leading industrials, metals and prominent Specialties. Advances of the first half hour in- cluded 2 points for Marine preferred and West Indies, 1 for U. S. Steel, Crucible Steel and Bethlehem Steel and 1 to 2 for United States Rubbér, Industrial Alcohol, Central Leather and Utah Copper. Rails lagged be- hind the general list. Most early gains were extended during the first hour, Bethlehem Steel shares as well as the “rights” scor- ing material recoveries on the state- ment that inside interests intended to avail themselves of new stock priv- ilege. Coppers also made additional gains with Alcohol, oils, motors, su- gars and Pittsburgh coal. Rails con- tinued to fall behind. Trading came to a standstill in the second hour but prices were' well maintained. In the bond list fresh irregularity was cre- ated by further declines in Interna- tional issues. Reversing' its recent course, the market became quite active at mid- day, specialties augmenting early gains, with Texas company at an ex- treme advance of 7 points. Eastern rails also hardened but Pacific and Grangers remained irregular. 3 Closing.—Leaders made best prices in the final hour, despite a reaction in Texas company and a 20 point break in Lorillard - Tobacco. The closing was strong. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. March 2, 1917 £ High Low Close Am Beet Sugar .. 89 87% 88% Am Car & Fdy Co. 65% 64 65% Am Ice 26% 26% Am Can 42Y 42% Am Loco . 68% 69% Am Smelting 6% 97% Am Sugar 1097 110 Am Tobacco 208 208 Am Tel & Tel .. 125 125 Anaconda Cop 79% 81 AT S Fe Ry C 1013% 1013% Baldwin Loco . 51% b52% B O L i eqeis 4% BRT..... 685 Beth Steel .. 127 Bufte Superior . 4 Canadian Pacific. .152% 151% 15 Central Leather .. 88% 85% 88 Ches & Ohio .... 58 57% 58 Chino Copper .... 58 56% 573 Chi Mil & St Paul. 803% 79% Col F &I . B 46 45% 45% Cons Gas .. ...121% 121 121% Crucible Steel .. 651% 64 65 Distillers Sec .. 23 23 23 Erle . 25% 25% 25% Erig 1st pfd ... 39 39 39 General ' Electric .163% 163 Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 323% 32% Illinois Central 100%; Inspiration 158 Kennecott Cop .. 45% Lack Steel 8% Lehigh Val . 1% Max Mot com 54 Mex Petrol 86 Natl Lead .. 56% N Y ¢ & Hud 94 Nev Cons 25 NYNH&HRR 43% N Y Ont & West .. 24 2 Nor Pac ... 103% Penn R R .. Peoples Gas Ray Cons Reading .. Rep I & S com . So Pac So Ry .. So Ry ptd Studebaker . Texas Oil . Union Pac . United Fruit Utah Cop U 8 Rub Co . U 8 Steel U S Steel pfd Va Car Chem ‘Westinghouse ‘Western Union . ‘Willys Overland . LOGAL STOCKS - (Furnished by Richter & Co.) . The market has continued quiet today- with quite a reactionary ten- dency in American, Brass which is quoted 306 bid, 310 asked. The an- nual meeting of Landers, Frary and Clark was held today and a very favorable showing was made to stockholders. Last year’s business ex- ceeded by fifty-per cent. the business of the year before. During the yea additions to real estate, plant an machinery amounted to $232,000 and $218,000 was charged off for depre- ciation This left a ‘balance for net earnings of $675,000. During the year two concerns were bought out by the company, namely, the Reli- ance Electric and Heating Co. of Columbus, Ohig, and the Manhattan Glass Percolator Co, of New - York. Unfilled orders . today amount to $904,000, which is about fifty per cent. more than at the same time last year. American Brass American Hosiery ... American Hardware Billings & Spencer Bristo} -Brass .. ...qi Colt's Arms . 6% 1% 95 27% 92% 1% 921 273 57% 100% 225 134% 140 111% 54 L 100% 227 .1841% 106% 117% 39 49% 931 3314 Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Maij 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 Britain Machine 50 shs American Hosiery Co.: 58 36 87 89 31 320 360 425 102 | 60 | 105 ¢ 596 177 86 56 33 83 86 29% 310 356 4 1% 56 100 6580 174 83 Landers, Frary & Clark .. Ntalonal Marine.Lamp .. (New Britain Machine North & Judd ..... Peck, Stow & Wilcox Russell’ Mfg. Co. ... Standard Screw Com. Sanley Rule & Level . Stanley Works ....... Traut & Hine - Union Mfg. Co, Scovill Mfg. Co. . . Niles-Bement-Pond. .. Marlin Arms ... (Furnished /by Frisbie & Co.) The local market remains very quiet and steady with a slight increase in Marlin Arms. Marlin Arms opened this morning 83-85 and was quoted at. 2:30 86-90. « ‘The prices for the rest of the local list are practically the same. DISPUTE OVER BICYCLE. Upon the complaint of H. G. cock of 9 Fairview street, L. rence of 447 Arch street and bicycle he was riding were taki police headquarters yesterday noon by Traffic ‘Supervisor Cl Lamphere. Hancock contended t! the bicycle was his property stolen about two months Andrews was as firmly - convin otherwise. The case was ref Prosecuting Attorney George W, for adjustment. ! W, SPRING IS COMING, SEE THE BUTTERF! The quotations at 2:30 were: Bid American Brass .......308 American Hardware Bristol Brass Billings' & Spencer .. Colty Firearms ..... Landers Frary & Clark. 56 North & Judd ........ 86 Russell Mfg Co .......308 Standard Screw 356 Stanley Rule and Level.415 Stanley Works ... Union Mfg Co ... Asked 310 138 110% 795 59 90 311 359 425 103 105 DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. D, J. Smith, Mrs. D. J. Smith, well known in this city, died yesterday afternoon at her home in Middletown, following an illness of several weeks. She/was a sister of Mrs. Simon Luddy of Bas- sett street, this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 190 o'clock from the Catholic church in n%lddletown, Interment will be in that city. £ Albert Bosco, Albert Boseo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bosco, of 50 Locust street, died last night. The funeral was held this afternoon and intermeént was in . St. Mary’s new cemetery. ’ A John Yoneskesky. % John Yoneskesky, aged 39 years, -of ; 52 Broad street, died this morning | at the New Britain Genmeral hospital, | of pneumonia and heart trouble. He | was admitted to the institution last | evening.: Owing to the circumstances, | Medigal Examiner Elcock was sum- | moned. 3 X FAVORS BUILDING REFORM. Building Inspector Rutherford Ap- ! pears Before Legislature. ;i Building Inspector Arthur N. Ruth- erford appeared before the public health committee of the legislature Yesterday to speak in favor of several building reforms which have been in- | troduced as bills. Among other things, the local offi- cial favored a change in the"tenement house law which will make a vent shaft a necessity. He also advocated a change in the fire escape law which wil make the statute positively pro- vide for a‘jail sentence for violators. 681 | l I | i 1 | i | 1 S 2l A FLAUNTING a beautitully This maiden wears simple frock of flesa colored., @ ‘Bette, beaded in rose patterm palest pink beads. The nowest. tof however, is the butterfly bow peachblow satin ribbon, which shg us how ty” wear sashes modishiy. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. e s - A savory vegetable pie is M jayers of already cooked potat: matoes and onions diced, with plénty of butter, salt and pepper. % If a pork roast is poiled untif is partly done and then put inte joven ta finish, it will not shrink se| much as if it is cooked in . the qvel only. WaB" good salad is mado 1 apples, sliced pinéapple, tQ: wice half a lemon and heart stall celer Hold together with mayonnoises A of sl American BraSs,, Niles, Bement Pond, - Bristol Bras S, Standard Screw, and Scovill Mig. Co. Bought and Sold: e .36 PEARL STREET F.W. e om