New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1917, Page 9

A How about that raincoat? Why wait? e We’re prepared to make storms of life in comfort. o ‘Raincoats from $5 to $18. A :ulder on the mainland; Wednesday = at Westport, for an aviation sthoel, | forthwest winds, ot RS m— - The new Spring QOvercoats and the new Spring Suits are now in full bloom here. “Prices $15.00 to $30.00, A3 r"\p‘.“ | CLO T © wEW BRITAIN, COKN. i1t TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY Fnicy’ Weather Is Promiscd for To- DL day abd-Tomderow, Néw Haveén, March §.-—For New en and vicinity; = Generally fair Ion!-m anad wmnndula:. warmer to- onnnecticut. falf tonight, diminishing ' becoming « variable. Is Good Business Insurance : to have a dtpoaiury lor your working capital upon which you can depend for Safety and Efficiency. * The Cemmercial Trust Com~ pany cordially invites you to start a checking account and make use of its superior. ser- | | | | e e ———————— SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH, B - Hotcl at Hope, British Columbia, De- stroyed By Fire. Vancouver, B. C., March 6.—Seven | persons were burned to death today { !when the Coquahalla hgtel at Hope, | B. C,, was destroyed by :fire. WORKING GIRLS TO DINE. * At last night’s meeting of the ‘Working Girls’ club jt was voted to | have a supper in the club. rooms in the Judd building Monday night, a theater party at the Lyceum to fol- low. It.was announced that the club { dancing class will meet tonight. There { will be a‘class in dressmaking organ- . zed ‘March 16 in charge of Miss Julia Gold. ' Arrangements are under ‘way for a St. Patrick’s whist the night of ! { March 27, AVIATION SCHOOL AT WESTPORT -~ Haftford, March 6.—A bill for pur- ‘ chase of a portion of the water front or for purposes desired by the adju- {'tant general’s department, was of-" DEATHS AND FUNERA.LS Mrs. Lilliam May Thompson. Following several weeks’ . iliness, Mrs. Lilllam May Thompson, ‘wife ot Ctty Clerk- Alfred L. Thompson, died yesterday, aged forty years. For a number of weeks she had been cos- fined to her home at 102 Black Rock avenue and when her condition be- came critical, she was transferred tc a hospital. She was born in Winsted and observed her fortieth birthday |anniversary February 23. In 1902 lshs came_to this city to follow nurs- {ing, having trained in a well known jhospital and being recognized as a lgraduate of merit. During the small pox- epidemic in 1903 she was quar- antined in a house with several pa- tients and took care of them for a inumber of weeks. She was associat- {ed in the work with Dr.. T. Eben { Reeks, now superintendent of the | health department. She was married { to City Clerk Thompson Nov. 27, .1913. Besides her husband, - she-is " sur- ivived by four brothers, James B Thwing of Hartford and Albert, Fre Jerick and George Thwing of -Wallin, jord, and. two sisters, . Mrs. Cook of New Bedford, Mass, ‘and Mrs. Alice Shoemaker of Wlllln'lord The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock I'rhursdny afternoon from ' the ‘chapel of the First Baptist church with' Rev. Dr Earle B. Cro#s, pastor, officlating d-the bédy will be glord for burial. Mrs. Mary J The funeral of Mrs. Mary &. sons was:held at 2 o’clock nflt er- noon from Erwin Memorial chapel { with Rev. F{K. Thompson of the | Soutl Congregational church officiat-, {ing. /‘Burial was in’ Fairview ceme- , tery. Edward J. Lynch. The funeral of Edward J. Lynch was at-9 o'clock this morning from St. Mary’s church with Rev. J. E. Fay officiating at a solemn high makss of requiem. Rev. W. A. Krause wag deacon and Rev. W. A. Downey, sub- ,deacon. Theré was a wealth of floral tributes, including pleces from Traut &. Hine, New Britdin lodge, B. P. O. E., New Britain Gas company, em- Ployes of New Britain Machine Co. and- the Philharmonic band. The bear- ers were Robert Smith of New Haven. { Frank = Humphrey, Thomas Coyle, 'John Lynch and Michael Butler. The burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery with _.Uonditipns: The storm. that was cen- ! fered in the house today and after be- | Rev. Father Fay conducting a com- . tral ‘off the Jersey coast ‘yesterday | - morning nioved castward _along the ! Epgland coast and s now cen- over the Maritime Provinces. It lised snow and rain, with, ‘high td on t rorth A!llnflc coast. The. stern turbance ‘which: was cen- [yesterday miorning over Montauu been move southedstward and.'is’ central over Nebraska. . It s iging unsettled wéather, with rising aperature, but .the Rocky —moun- | and Mississippl. JThe tempera- continues.low in - the = southern icts, . Light frosts - was reported far south as Tampa and ° killing t:as far south as Jacksonville. onditions faver.for . this vicinity weather withy nlowly rising ‘tem- rature, —_— VM‘ONS SUCCESSOR WAMED. ‘Washington, March 6.—President | mow a brigadier general in the ! my, as a major general to take the ! made vacant by the ith of Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston. | andu J. Kernan, was ad nced e grade of brludler genel h41c,351.18 | %fi.;.‘.‘f‘fiu 41c 25¢ Domestic Swiss Clleese : ; i s‘“‘e" 18c¢ 1 8c | Fancy \Dairy ., 35¢ Mohican Pealmt Butter .....Ib ‘150 llemzeSweet 'mo CORN SYRUP .. Al on today nominated ‘Hunter Lxg-‘ 1 iny sknt. i i | DR. GRAYSON RENOMINATED. 1 ‘Washinston, March 6.—Reénomina- ; tion of Dr. T. Cary Grayson as medi- | cal director in the navy with rank of rear admiral who failed of confirma- [ tion in the senate during the last ses- sion after a prolonged fight s sent l to the’ senate by President Wi . WIflTE SLAVE' CASE sTANDS. Washington, March . 6.—The su- preme today retused to Teopen or.recohsMer its recent decision in the Diggs-Caminetti “white slave” cases and denied the application of F. Drew Caminetti of Sacramento for _re- ihearing of its decree. affirming " his conviction. 4 — { TARIFF LAW CLAUSE ANNULLED Washington, March 6.—The clause in_the tariff law granting a five per cefit. discount in dutles to imports admitted was passed without dis- , naticns with wé:h the United' States has favored nation treaties, was an- { nullea today by the supreme..court. mittal service at the grave. ETRIERRE T : COMPENSATION LAWS UPHELD. 973 —_— Supreme Court Acts on Washington, New York and Iowa Statutes. Washington, Marc¢h 6.—The first compulsory workmen’s compensation or industrial insurance law—that of ‘Washington state—to come before the compulsory workmen’s compensation law was sustained as generally constitutional. The Towa workmens’ law, voluntary upon employers,. upheld as constitutional, compensation was THIRD DEATH FROM EXPLOSION i Waterbury, March 6.—Sadie Alf, an Albanian, died_here today as the re- sult of a boller explosion at the plant. of the Scovill Mfg. company one week ago. This is-the third death caused by the same explosion . in which recent ' brought in American ships or ships of | several employes were badly infured. Deputy Coroner John T. Monzani has not yet completed his investigation ar the. accident, WEDN 3DAY . 12Y2¢ or Bologna - ] 18c Sausage ....lb SHOULDER ROAST BEEF .....: ’ LEAN FRESH PORK ROAST . RIB OR LOIN LAMB CHOPS FRESH BEEF LIVER SHORTCUT RIB ROAST ....... FRESH PIGS FEET .. .. Sweet Sunkist Oranges 2 doz -35¢ : g:amnbecror(ilesfiw"l 5¢ B-;m:i?f.doz 15¢ 2 cans 190 mlflCANROLLEDOATS 3pkgs 250 PURE LUNCHEON COCOA ..........Ib zoc _EXTRA FANCY PEAS. MOHICAN BRAND %MQOEB ....cam 3 lmflcmv PURE 19¢ Y. 8. PEA l‘sc BEANS ..........Ib corvm ..o 19€ seee Parsnips ..2Ihs "California Lemons . . .d Large Meaty Prunes ..2 lbs 25c¢ Rasne - pig 10€ Comaa s 20€ 4 19¢ taken to Wml-» 4 council, ‘ City Items Medium: weight spring underwear at ‘Wilson’s.—advt. The monthlj\ business meeting of the Swedish Elim Baptist church will be held tonight at 7:45 o'clock. J. A. Gripp, membership = secretary at the Y. M, C. A;, has snne to. New York where he will secufe speakers for the Sunday afternoon meetings for the remainder of the month. The Good Government club of the Y. M. C, A, will give a banquet to- morrow night at 6:45 o’clock. _The senjor all around athietic con: tests will take place in the Y. M, C, A. gymnasium tonight, Rey. V. Ottman . Ward of the Trini- ty Methodist church will speak on “Sunday School Evangelisti” at the opening meeting jn the campaign for religious education which will be hefd in the Firkt church tonight. Tventory of the estate of the late Edward Garrity of Kensington, John Moore and James J. Fitzsimons, show feal estate valued at $2,300 and persondl effects amounting to $166.50. Hrs. J. A Webb of Linden street is B patient at the Charte( Oak hos- pital, Hartford. Miss Marie Sutherland’ of New York is the guest of Miss Gertrude L. Pilz of Rockwell avenue. F. B. Holloway, grand regent, will pay an official visit to New Britain Royal Arcanum,, this eve- ning. There was a large attendance at the concert in ‘the Salvation Army bar- racks last evening. ~ Prof. A Du- Reitz was in charge of the entertain- ment. A free concert will be given tomorrow evening. Clan Douglas, O. S. Ch-will meect this evening. Initiation will be held and a final Teport will be submitted to the recent concert. An invitatipn has been received from Clan McLeod of New Haven to meet the l’und chief n that ¢ity on March 9. Announcement has 'been lpa.de of the engagement of Miss Irene La- Vasseur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A, LaVasseur of Plainville, and John' L. Ahlquist, secretary of the Young Men'’s clubyof that town, A regular meeting of ‘Martha Chap- ter, 0. E. 8, will be held Thursday evening. The Past Matrons and Past Patrons will meet at 7:30 o’clock. On Palm Sunday, April 1, the choir at sSt. Mark's church wi render Stainer’s cantata ‘“Theé Crucifixtion’. Rehearsals for ‘the cantata are al- ready being held. * 'Miss Slate, who has ‘spent lnurteén years in the ‘mission fields of Japan, gave an interesting talk on her work before the Woman's Foreign Mission- ary soclety .of Trinity Methodist church yesterday at the home of Mrs. T. H. Camp. —~ Largest and most complete showing of silk sox at Wilson’d—advt. - ' /Amaong other additional cases added to the docket of the March 'superior court term, which opened this af- ternoon at Hartford with Judge Ed- win B. Gager. on the bench, are the following -from this city. John Tis- monis and John Petlus, gambling and ‘Wilson Hancock, ringing false fire alarm. The court session was form- ally opened at 2 by Sheriff Edward W. Dewgy. Rev. John H. Jackson of- fe prayer. CHARTER REVISION HEARING Councilman Curtis Believes Changes Should Be Voted on By People—Ex- Mayor Halloran Remonstrates. (Spectal to the Nerald.) Hartford, March 6.—The committee on cities and boroughs held a heéaring this afternoon on proposed changes in the charter of the city of New Brit- ain. Among those in attendance from New, Britain were Mayor George A. Qulgie'y, Corporation Counsel James E. Cooper, Representatives Covert and Hall, Senator George W. Klett, Build- ing Inspector A. N. Rutherford, Her- bert V." Camp, ex-Representative F. W. Miner, ex-Mayor George M. Lan- ders, Frank J. Johnston, Councilman O. F. Curtis, Assessor-August Burck- hardt, Registrar Willlam Ziegler and. ex-lnyor Joseph M. Halloran. Councilman Curtis objected to-the whole proceedings and eXpresped the opinion the revision should &9 before the people on a referendum, ' Ex-Mayor Halloran objected to splitting the safety board into sep- arate fire and police commissions and to proposed changes in the water de- partment. The committfe took: the matter un- der advisement. FIRE DRIVES OUT STUDENTS. Seminary of Sacred Heart at Bathurst, N. B. Déstroyed. Bathrust, N. B., March 9—One hun-' dred and fifty students escaped with- out injury from the seminary of the Sacred Heart which wa.s destroyed by fire early today. The fire gained such headway be- fore it was discovered that, the stu- dents who were forced out of doors in the most severe snow storm in years, had no time to save their porsonal ef- fects. The loss was estimated at $150,- 000. ¢ MAY RETAIN S, S. LINES. ‘Washington, March 6.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission in a de- cision handed down today indicated that the Southern Pacific Company may retain possession of its steam- ship lines between New York and New Orleans and New York and Gal- veston if the company corrects within sixty days a - certain _ objectionable practice at present in fo! TOO LATE FOR OLASSIFICATION. — e by Y ‘So- Pac Men’s Sprinig Suifs in the Latest Styles and + Materials STOCK MARKET IN BEST OF SPIRITS Prices lfise and Trading Is Un- usually Heavy Wall:Street—Broad and active trad- Ing attended today’s early dealings Wwith .gains of one to two points in shares of various descriptions and as much as seven points .for Bethle- hem Steel old stock. War issues and coppers were most in demand with U. 8. Steel, which added a substantial fraction to yesterday's advance. Ship- pings, Central Leather, International Paper and Industrial Alcohol ‘were among the strongest specialties. Read- ing led the rails at a gain of over a point and Ohio Gas featured the utilities, . The first' hour’s business of almost 300,000 shares .was the largest for any similar period in several weeks. Additional gains in industrials, especially the New Bethlehem Steel issues and Lackawanna = Steel were balanced, however, by realizing sales in ‘marines and coppers. Ralils also ed ag’ a_drag, Pacifics and coalers splaying general heaviness. Selling was, resumed in. more. moderate volun’me-vluer. 1. 8. Steel falling under yesterday’s ‘final prices, Shipping, coppers and the entire active list rose briskly again at mid-day and other leaders. revived ' substantially above lowest levels. Bonds Wwere steady. The spurt in shippings at extreme gains of 3 and 6 points for. marine preferred and Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies, respectively spread . to other stocks in the, afternoon. Closing—Best quotations for steel and marines in the last hour were offset by heaviness in Lehigh . Valley and consolidated Gas. The eloalnt ‘was ltrons. New York. Stock Bxchange quota< tions members of the New York Stock Hx- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. March 6, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar .. 933% 92 Am Car & Fdy Co. 69, Am Ice . 26% 7 Am Can .. . 45% Am Can pfd . .108% Am Loco .. 73% Am Smelting 1015 Am ‘Sugar . 112% Am Tel & Tel ..:126% -] Anaconda Cop . A T 8 Fe Ry Co Baldwin Loco .. B&O ..... BRT. Beth Steel ‘. Butte Superi Canadian Paclflc .154 Central Leather .. 93% Ches & Ohio .. 59% Chino Copper . 63% Chi Mil & St Paul. 82% Col F &I . 493 Cons Gas ..... Crucible Steel . Distillers Sec . Erie Erie 1st,pfd . General * Electric Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd . Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinois Central ..101% Inspiration . . 61% Kennecott gOp 05 Lehigh Val Louis & Nash Max Mot com ., Mex Petrol . Natl Lead . N Y Aip Brake ... 145 - 145 N Y C & Hud .. 96% 96 Nev Cons ........ 26% |26 NYNH&HRR 4% 43% N Y Ont & West' Pac Mail 8 8 C Penrn R R ;.. Peoples Gas . Pressed Steel C.r . Ray Cons ... Reading ...... Rep I & S com .. So Ry So Ry pfd Studebaker . Texas Oil . 2297% 229 ‘Third Ave . . 40 39% Union Pac .135% 134% United Fruit L1431 189% Utah Cop . .115% 113% US Rub Co ..... 57 565 U S Steel . JA11% 119 U 8 Steel pfd ....118 117% ‘Westinghouse 50% 49 ° ° ‘Western Union ... 94% 94 Willys Overland .. 35 34% LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) \ Some of the local stocke’today, in- fluenced by the New . York ~market, htu been n.rvn‘. pa 101’}6 100% 2 polnts day’s quomuom. Niles, furnished by Richter’ & Co.," ‘Telephone 2040 ‘scuwu M. CO0. ~ Bought, Sold and Quoted lement.-Pond common is today quoted ex the $3 dividend due March - 20th | and had been active an strong at 173 bid, 176 asked ex dividend. Sales of American Hardware have been at 139 and 139%, and Landers, Frary & Clark at 57%. | NO ADAMSON LAW DEOCISION. lel’ed ‘spy ‘plot in which ‘Washington, March 6.—' Th% de- | newspaper men were said to cision on tie constitutionality bf thp] been sent to England to =make Adamson railroad law was not an- gervations for the German nounced today by the supreme court.! ment. The three are accused although it had been expected. /ting on foot a military “ * ! against Great Britain, FIVE DAYS TO INDIA BY AIR. Sander and Wunnenberg Delhi, India, March §.—From .Eng- |20t sullty. Their attorney, land to India by alr within the next|A. Oberwager, -intimated thal ten years was prophesied by Lord K Would demur from the ingie Montgu of Beaulieu, in an address on | Bacon is held in England|on & the future of aviation as revealed to | plonage charge. Sander and him through his connection with the li’llhorl are out on $6,000 air board in England. Lord Montagu, It was intimated that ing sald he expectpd to see mails and against other persons had passengers ied over this route of. found, but only the thi were 1 from 8,600 to 5,000 miles in from | Pictute shows W\lnnonlierl on three to five days time. | way to court. ' (Furnished by Frisbie &/Co.) The only changes that have .oc- curred in’the local market since the board prices this morning are an in- crease demand for American Brass and Standard S¢rew Co, $ The annuaj statement of the finan- cial condition of the Standard Screw Co. will be published the latter part of this month and as it expected that it wil] show -exceptional earnings, the buying in this stock seemed to be com- ing from' New York as well as the buying of American Brass. The quotations at 2:30 were: Bid American Brass<......308 - American Hardware 138 Billings & Spencer . Bristol Brass Colts Firearms Asked 311 140 110 8y 790 s 570 368 102 106 Scovil] Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Stanley Works . \Union Mfg. Co. . e SER! Hartford, March 6.—Alleging * that the East Haven Telephone and Elec- ! tric company refused to furnish him telephone servicé at his horae in Bast Haven, Ezra C. Terry has petitioned the public utilities commission in or- der to obtain the service, snd a hear- ing on the petition will be held at the capitol Tuesday. The petition does not stgte the reasons given for ths al- leged refusal. - ‘3':"7)'7 e Albert A. Sander, Charles W. Y nenberg 'and. George Vaux were indicted by the federal jury’ in New York which for dayl had been investigating the American Brass, Niles, Bement Pond, Bristol Brass, Standard Screw, and Scovill Mig. Co. Bought and Sold FRISBIE & CO. IlveunentSeclmfies 36 PEARL STREET -: - --HARTI"O‘Q F.W. PORTER, Local Represenufive. e i 4 STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of emw trustworthy service, to act as Conscrv;td" o 5 Executor or Administrator. S