New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1917, Page 11

e ¢ City Iltems } - Prices on hats are no higher dt W!l- son‘s.~—advt. . Al 'returns. for tickets to the New Britain_ Rifie. club_banquet. must be ‘| made -to Walter Meyer,_tomorrow. the wise ones_find it pays to early jn the season, when the se- is at its best. ’s the time—all the latest, cor- lewsprlngs-lumnd'mdy Men. pflces will never be any lower today. day o(Sgknhu;onehy. ‘Hats and Furnishings.. lling in of ‘an’ expert in the filon system of finger print iden- tion by local and state police in ttempt to trace ownership of the iver used by the slayer of Charles ‘Thu! night is belleved ' latest moye. of the authori- mics ti oflelsho(&emrflp‘- Rie Arms hade-public. The.number. is 129942, information being re- ived 'from Worcester, the authori- “had led this detail with ex- ¢ care. . It\is belleved that this has worked to' no-success and “@elay has resulted, { Captain Robert T, Hutley and Po- licerhan Rowe H. Wheeler of the state M-nm.nt are taking over many de- of the case; assisted by lacal thorities and representatives of the Hartford: detective bureau. the Worcester concern say that be- the fact that-the revolver left factory March 20, 1916 'no idea is ¢4 as to whom it Was sold and 2 hased. The - authorities are I*bending every effort to trace the jership of the revolver and the oman, repogted to' have been seén th ‘Taft earlier that night, B &omt OLUB ooxcmu- 'nder the m of the Woman’s |#b. one of ‘thg most enjoyable musi- of, the n was held last night Bn' the South Congregatiomal church. he concert was under ‘tige personal fon of Organist Joseph Clair ”\ And he was assisted by Mrs. na'Bray Voight, planist, and Her- A.wder-on, violinist. - Mr, Ander- pn | proved to be at his best in the Paraphrase on Swedish Folk Songs” vy Friml and his other selections were ceptionally well rendered. Or- nist Beebe failed' o warm up to work until his secobd group on the ram and it was in 'l'lnln.ndia by belfus that he rendered his most ficient plaving of . the. evening. pfle_Mrs. Voight proved unusally fig on her technic her strength in p was hardly great enough to me the volume of the organ and y of the more sympathetic parts the selections were ‘lost on the ince. % Gy AITERS DEMAND REVISION. s in. Seven FLuncheon Club- houses Present Defl. 6w York, March 7.—Waiters at down town luncheon clubs, ac- ing to an announcement by New <club employes’ assoclation, wili fesent demands for higher wages “better working conditions and strike if they do not get them. s walters want $2 a day for six & week the year round, a work- “@sy Of three and one-half hours, p-privilege of buying their own food ng ‘working hours, abolition of mas gratituies, sanitary uni- and’ no @ish’ washin “One hundred and twenty-five wait- “who walked out of the Bankers of Anieriea “last Tuesday, arc FIRE IN THE STOVE. er was spoiled, the house at uth High street filled with and Engine Company No, 1 ‘thils | y and .o Mrs. Thomas Meskill. of Springfield, Mass., formerly of this city, spent the week end: wl‘:} friends here. Harold Lester \Elisworth of 396 Main street and Mrs. Mabel Petts of 83 Maple street took out a marriage litense this noon. All local * Catholic churches will observe lenten services tonight with the exception of the church of St. John the Evangelist, where services are conducted other evenings. The sermon at St. Mary's will be l preached by a Lasalette priest, The commjttee In charge of ‘the recent concert and ball of Clan Doug- las, O. 8, C., reported the affair a financial success at a meeting of the order last dlzht - A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Pollard of Belden street at zle\v Britain General hospital yester- ay. 4 Charles Weber of East street. co! lapced in the office' of a Main street physician. this noon while awaiting atment and was t erred to New tain General hospital in the am- ] /bulance with Policemen = Francis J. ‘Moore and George T. Crowley in ch-!-r;e S ) : 5 DEATHS AND FUNERALS, Mrs, Irving C. Lombra. A Mrs. Irving C. Lombra, aged sixty- nine.years, formerly of this city, where she was born in 1878, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George Ashley, died yester- day noon of heart disease at her home at 51, School street, Burnside. Prior to her inarrll;e she was Miss Phoobe Ashley. - Besides her husband, . par- ents apd two daughters/ Miss Dorothy Lombra, aged ten years, i and Miss Muriel Lombra, is survived by four sisters and two brothers. They are Mjss May Ashley, 4 Mrs, Stanley Parker and Mrs. Clar- ence S. Hartman of this city, Miss Elizabeth Ashley of Hartford and Ed- ward D. Ashley of Brookiyn, N. Y., and George B. Ashley of this , city. The funeral will be held at 2 'o’clock tomorrow afternoon from her home in Burnside with Rev. Harold H. Critch~ low, pastor of the Burnside. Methodist | church, officiating. . Theybody will be brought, to this city tor burial in Fairview .cemetery. Phileds Cadrain. Phileas ' Cad: , -aged . sixty-one years and nine months, for & number of years a foreman at the P. & F. Corbin division of, the American Hard- ware oomrwon, died yest at ‘his home at 615 Stanley street follow- | ing an'iliness of more than - three years, His condition had been cohsid- ered hopeless for! the past three months. He was born in Canada @and was located at St. Raphael’s. ‘for: a number of years. He came, to . the ] United States in 1902 and located in -DIES FROM GUN WOUNDS. Thomas Collins, ; Formerly of This | Oity, Shot By Mexican, X 'Word has been received by ' Chief. Rawlings from the mayor of Green- ville, Mercer county, Pennsylvanja, of the death of Thomas Collins, formerly ) of New Britain. Colling appea in the town about two weeks agodn, a weakened condition and asked for a night's lodging. The next morning, | upon examination by the police two hullet holes were found in his chest. Collins said that he was wounded! .while working on a‘ ranch between Browneville and Corpus Christi, Texas by a Mexican. From Greenville he was taken to a hospital in Cleveland and it was while there that he died " Collins told a Greenville pri Father Kearns, that he had a brother and sister §i New Britain and asked him to write them. The brother is John ,Colling of 86 Grove street. and the sister Mrs. Henry H. Hall of 40 Grand street. N UNIFORM HOSE COUPLINGS ‘Southington to Use Same Size As on . Local Hydrants. In the" preparedness campaign adopted by towns and ‘cities of the state along fire protective = linea, Southington officials have taken ‘ste| to have their hydrants so- fixed thst cbuplings used there will he such ueqnbemdlnumuty.ln ‘of The.:- Word -to- this efteot 'wu muved yesterday by the board of water com- misaforiers;from the Southinfton water company. ' It was referred to Chair- ' man Edward G. Babcock of the safety board. ' The 'matter ~of uniform couplings' and other standard equip- ment, is:being brought to the atterition of. all, of the cities' and towns of the state so that there will be no handi- cap or delay in case of responding to calls for aid in case of emergency. WITH THE, ATHLETES. An indoor meet for the geniors was conducted at the .. M. C. A. last night ‘with the fol its in the 'six dap run: Bottomley, first.in 47 sec- onds; Norfelt, second in 47 2-5, and P. Kallgren, third in 47 4-5. George Holmgquist won the standing hop, step and jump with a mg—k of 25 feet, 1 jnch; Bottomley was?second with 24 feet, 3 inches and M. Eckstrand was third with 23 feet 9 inches. The employed beys B class will have a meet ,Thyrsday evenihg and the same program of events will be car- ried out with the exception of the run which will be four laps. On Fri- day evening employed _boys A class will have the same events. Saturday morning the juniors will run three laps and have the hop, step and jump. A}l events fount in the 'all around Through Theater. Part of the north wall of the J M. Curtin block on Main street, colr lapsed last Monday afternoon, and the debris landed on top of the Scenic theater building which is. next door, during the progress of a per- formance. Patrons in the theater re- ceived a bad fright when the bricks crashed through the roof, but for- tunately no one was hurt. S Examination of the cause of the trouble showed that the bricks and mortar were badly affected during the fire which destroved the Simons store which occupied the site” where the theater is now located several years -ago. ~At that time, however. it did not show on the surface and the wall was considered safe. Repairs entailing an. expenditure of several hundreds of dollars will be necessary. WILL MAKE VOTERS SOON. Registrars Getting Ready for Annual Klection on April- 10, The registrars of voters have ar- ranged. their spring schedule pre- paratory to the annual city election to’'be held on Tuesday, April 10. The primary lists are now ready and the last day on which applications. ' of thoge who wish to be made voters will be received 1s 5 p. m. on Wed- iudw‘ March 21. The complete Mst meet. < WALL COLLAPSES. North Side of Curtin’s Block Crashes New Britan. Besides his wife, he is survived by eleven children, Willlam, and Henry of New Haven, Edgar J.; of Plainville, Omer, Joseph, Sanefa, Bdmund, George, ‘Mrs. Arthur Routh- ier Ernestine and Clodia. The funéral | will be held at.9 o’clock -tomorrow morning from St. Peter’s church with a solemn high mass of requiem. Sons will be bearers and flower -bearers. Burial will be in St. Mary's new cem- etery. 4 i Mrs. Annie Kavanaugh. Mrs, Anhie Kavanaugh formerly of this city, ‘died yesterday at the home of her dgughter, Mrs. P. H. Dougherty of South Manchester. She was a na- tive of England. < Besides Mrs. Dough- erty, she is survived by a grandson, George Dougherty, and ' a' brother,. John Aherq of Canterbury. The fun- eral will be held at 8:30 tomiorro morning from the home of her daugh- ter on Ridge street, South Manchester, n:}/h-lt an hour later from James’ rch. The body will be brought to this cif \%by special trolley car for burial in' St. Mary’s new cemetery. Mrs. Rachele Pignatelli Followlng a brief illness, Mrs. Ra- ch le Pignatelli, wife'of Gennaro Pig- 1li, died this mprniv.; at her home at 21 Lilac street.’ She was bo: Italy but had been a resident of ew Britain for a number of years. Be- sides her husband, she-is survived by several children. The funeral will be X | from 8t, Joseph's church at 9 6" lpcle | tomorrow morning and the burial will be In 8t. )llry’n new cemetery. - “Maurice Kelleher. Maurice Kelleher died today at the Newington Sanitarium. He was about thirty-five years of age and is_-sur- vived by two brothers, whose pres- ent whereabouts are unknown. 'SENDING MUSSELS TO GERMANY. Goes, Netherlands, March 7.—The latest war industry in Holland is the boiling, and salting of mussels for German consumption. It is assuming over larger proportions here and in neighboring places. Up. to a month or’ two ago these humble shellfish which abound in the shallow waters of the Scheldt delta were retailed for local consumption, and constituted a cheap popular food.' They have now suddenly disappeared from the mar- ket, and instead of being eaten are salted down in. great quantities and bought up for Germany. Some of the workmen’s ‘families that have taken up the new occupation are earning about $6 a day, for them ‘a princely wage. 3 RAVAGES OF TUBERCULOSIS, ,London, March 7.—Tuberculosis causes 50,000 deaths each year, In England, and in the same period 150,- 000 persons are disabled by the dis- ease, siys an official health report. “In the eighteenth century”, the re- port adds,, “one in ten of all deaths was caused by nn{‘llpox. which 1is approximately the death-rate 'from tubercylosis at the present time, but until the health laws are so ‘mended that’ tuberculosis is included in the list of dangerous and infectious dis- @ages, the health authorities will be urnable to take the same effective steps as were taken, with regard to smail- PICE P o 2 S B S .CATHEDRAL RELIOS VSAVED'. Paris, March 7.—Among ‘the war relics at the Petit Palias are remains of the choir of the cathedral of ‘Verdin which the Sub-prefect Gril- lon of Verdun is: erideavoring to re- colutljuct. Soe of- the panels have been 'split, othérs caved in, by ex- plosions 'and shell fragments, and plece of projectiles are seen imbedded in the. canopies. high Louls XV. chairs, saved by llon during the bombardments, are nearly all intact. Along with the cathedral relics is the statue of the Virgin that was found undamaged among the ruins of ‘the Chapel of Sainte Fine before Ver- dun when the French prove the Ger- mans out’ of the village. Saint Fine marked the extPeme point of the Ger- man advance toward the citadel. sy —————— TOO LATE ¥FOR CLASSIFICATION. LOST—Between Columbia street and - Keeney’s theater, small pin, vale ted as keepsake. Finder please return to 73 Columbia St. 3-7-2d4 Apply Del Mas- ‘WANTED—Barber. 26 Church St. tro’s Barber Shop, TO. RENT-—Four or five room tene- . in large country hous garden. Mrs. Will ed nine years, she | *TSCIENTISTS 10 SEEK FOR POISON IN CANS National Ganners o Bear Entire Expense qi Investigation March 7.<It i{s an- nounced here by the National /Re- search council that an exhaustive in-. vestigation is to be undertaken .to de- termine to what extent, 4 any, . the danger of poisoning. is involved in the use of canned goods. ThWw, National Canners association representing prac- tically all' producers of canned food- #tuffs invthis country, is to bear the entire expense of the nvéstigation, which Wwill be conducted cntirely in- dependent of the association excppt in the matter of financing of the ‘work. A sum of over $100,004 will be ap- propriated by thé Canners association, should the work require so large an expenditure. ‘The proposal to make such investi- gation ‘was brought .forward by Dr. George E. Hale, director o the Mount ‘Wilson Solar observatory and chair- man of the National Research council, who believed there was. widespread interest in such an important subjeet as the danger of pofsoning from the use of cani goods. Approaching the National ‘anners association, Dr. Hale found that organization eager t0 have such an ipdependent in- vestigation made, firm as'it was in the belief that canning methods as gener- ‘ally used in this country ‘ thoroughly protedt the public from the danger of poisoning. Many. cases of iliness that have been = attributed to poison! from eating canned goods are believe by the canners to have actually re- sulted from entirel or from dirregard of the ordinary pre- different causes |- H. 0. P. SPRING CLOTHES are the best looking Clothes, amll}, stylish and perfect fitting. You'll find 'all the newest models from, the extreme “Young Men's Styles” to .the - “Conservatives” and Regulgrs, préferred by business men. ‘We have a complete range of sizes, “ax well as Regulars’—longs, shorts, stouts and slender models+and we cap fit anyone perfectly in’ a short fime, - O. P. CLOTHES $11.98 to $35.00. cautlons, such as not allowing §00ds | to starnd in a can after being ‘once opened. Work to Be Done at Harvard. The ‘Cauners association itself has for years maintained its own labora-; tory in Washington, adéquate to con- duct ‘its own investigations, but has, nevertheless, thought it wise to put its case into hands.of an independent research board, for although Ject is one that has Been investigated | to some’ extent before, there has as yet'been no complete survey of - this problem. With a view to supplying thisMeficiency, the Natiohal Research council has appointed a tommittee to | supervise the inquiry, which will 'be undertaken by the Harvard Medical school in. its department of preventa- tive medicine and hygiene. The work has been entrusted to Dr. M. J. Ros- D lenau, of Harvard, who.is one of the most. essinent pharmacological chem- ists in the country. The results of the research will be 'published through regular, scientific channels from time to- tlmn. but it is expected that it may be & matter of three years or more be- fore the ground is compistely covered. " The advisory commission which has been named by the National Research council in conference with Dr. Ros- enau and under the advice of Dr. Wil- liam H. Welch, president of the Na- tional Academy of Scie s, which will have supervisory charge of ,the investigation is as follows: Profs. John J. Abel, Johns Hopkins university; Reid Hunt, Hacvard uni- m&n E. O. Jordan, university of Chicago; Lafayette B.. Mendel, Yale university; Frederick G. Novy, upiver~ sity of Michigan; Eugene Ople, Wash- ' ington university; and H. Gideon ‘Wells, University of Chlmo SMUGGLING 1S PROFITABLE, , Carrying of Russian Paper 'Money: Into Sweden Becoming Frequent. Stockholm, March 7.--A total . of more than 200,000 roubles in; Rus- sian paper money has been found in the last four days. by the nuuu.n border police on persons who l trying to smugglé the money lnto Sweden. In one case 150,000 roubles were seized, in another 42,000. Rus- slan regulations. permit the. traveler to carry only 500 roubles out ot the coun Smmllnc intg Sweden paper money is at présent a . highly profitable occupation when it suc- ceeds.. At present ratu of. exchange the smuggler can buy 3 check on a Petrograd bank at the rate ‘of 98 crowns for 100 roubles to repay the person entrusting him with, the:notes. He can sell the notes themselves at the rate of 109 crowns for 100 roubles, giving him a profit of eleven crowns per 100 roubles, The smuggler with the 150,000 roubles could, for in- stance, have made a profit of 16,500 Swedish crowns 1if hh‘lttempt had succeeded P —— cmAmgvrn:' MENACE ' AGAIN. Girl Endangers Lives of Hundreds By TAghting Weed, Birmingham, Eng., March’7.—The lives of eight hundred people in a factory near Birmingham were en- dangered by a girl’s love for cigarette smoking, according to charges brought by the government-in a trial just concluded here. The girl, Gladys Farr, was fined 10 pounds and re- ceived the most severe admonition that it was in the power of the court to administer. It was explained that Miss Farr was employed in the fuse huts at a big munition factory. In these huts there was a large quantity of open powder. ‘- The huts were perhaps the most dangerous section of the fac- tory’s\ ‘“‘danger area” Owing to the. large amount of powder about, the atmosphere itself was highly ex- plosive, Miss Farr ° was seen to strike a match on one of the fuse cases, and to attempt to light a ci; other “girl knocked the A T S Fe Ry - FLUCTUATIONS ARE MORE IN EVIDENCE Stmng opemng Sucotoded by Un- certainty Throughout Day Wall Street.—An increase of public interest was indicated at the opening of today’s market, activity again cen- tering around the specialties, particu- larly shippings, which soon rose one to two points. Coppers were next in demand, together with such equip- ments and issues as Bethlehem Steel, Central Leather, Baldwin Locomotive, American Woten and Sugars. Reac- tions, in some instances sufficiently extensive to nfore than wipe out in- itial gains, occurréd before the ‘end of the first half hour as a result of the heaviness of rails and internation- al bonds. - Pool operations contributed to the broad dealings of the foremoon . but price movements became more er- ratic. Rallies from the early setback 4énsued on'fresh buying af steel, cop- pers and Central Leather, as well as a demlnd for American Can, motors and omo?‘speclaltlec at gaing of 1 to 3 poin: with 63 for Bethlehem Steel old btock at 147. Marines. re- covered with the general list but failed to hold and rails were consist- ently heavy. Bonds were irregular. The market remained irregular in the afternoon with another reversal in industrails and shippings and fur- ther buying of coppers, especially Utah. Steel shares yielded all their early advantage and rails made ad- ditional recessions. b Close—Market leaders, including steel and marihe preferred were at lowest prices fn ‘the final hour, with ofls, sugars, and other specialties. The closing was irregular. New' York Stock Eichange quots- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex-. cunu Represented by E. W. Eddy. March 7, 1917 B High Low Ciose Am Beet Sugar\ 931 92 2% Alaska’ Gola % 1% 92 92 67% 67X 45 % 107% 1% 1003% 110% 126% 83% 101% 53% 5% 63% 140% 48% 152% 923 58 62 81% 48 119% 65% 140% Am Can pfd Am Loco ... Am Smelting Am Sugar .. Am Tel & Tel . Anaconda Cop Baldwin Loco . B&O.. BRT Beth Stee] . Butte ,Superior, Canadian Pacific . Central Leatheér .. Ches & Ohio Chino Copper . Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec . Erie .. Erie 1st pfd . General Electric Goodfich Rub 56% /Great Nor pfd ‘Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 37% Illinois Central ..101% Inspiration ..... 61% Interboro pfd .... 67% Kansas City so .. 22% Kennecott Cop ... 47% Lack Steel . . 85% Lehigh Val ... 68% Max Mot com . Mex Petrol . Natl I@’d N £ .165% MI:MBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE '31' West Main Street, City Hall B : Telephone 2040 100 shs American Hardware Dividends 8 %. 5.71%. Yield abe Hf:_ 100 shs 'North' & iJudd L127% .o 211‘ Western Union ... 95 94% Willys Overland .. 34%; 33% Sears Roebuck .232% 232% 232% (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Several of the local stocks were strong today particular strength beéing shown in American Brass with sales as high as 314, which is advanee of about three poin Standard Screw is also strong with sales as high as 365 and at the close there was a good demand for Scovill with no stock in the market under 585. Niles- Bement-Pond common has held firm at 178 bid ex-dividend. North & Judd was active between 86 andi 88. There were sales of Stanley Works at | 102 and Landers, Frary & Clark at 573. Below are closing quotations: Bid— Asked American Brass . .312 /314 American Hardware ...138% 140 Billings & Spencer .107 Bristol Brass . 87 Colts Arms . .780 Eagle Lock .. . 86 Landers, Frary & Clark. 56 New Britain Machine ...84 North & Judd 86 Peck, .Stow & 39, Russell Mfg Co .. Standard Screw com ;..363 Stanley Rule and Level.110 Stanley Works . Traut & Hine . Union Mfg Co . Scovill Mfg Co Niles-Bement com 188 31 215 370 425 108" €0 107 ° 585 176 . 98 (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) The local market today has been rather spotty with a fair demand con- tinuing for Amqtlmn Brass, Niles-Be- ment-Pond and Standard Screw. There were siles of American Brass at 313 and 314, NilessBement-Pond at 125 ex-dividend and Standard Screw at '365: The rest of the market was quiet. The quon,tlonu at 2:30 were: Asked 314 140 68% 110% | A.n"eric.n Bms American Hardware . Bristol Brass Billings & Spencer . Colts Firearms .. Landers Frary & Clark 561 North & Judd . Russell Mfg Co Scovill Mfg Co .. Standard Screw . lhfiey ‘Works .... Unlon Mtg Co 5 No POIH{N m London, u-mh 7‘— ‘Wheeldon who, with her Riiss Ann Wheeldon and Mason and Mrs. Mason's on trial charged with murder Premier Lloyd 0 Arthur Henderson member of council, testified today that poi obtained for poisoning W She admitted that nhe syn with conscientious objeators, tary service and said she w: ) ing to agsist three of theme including' h to escape. 0 camp where théy ‘were. interned volunteeréd to they desired, poison dogs . which the guarded. 3 New York, March 7.—An e idend of 6 per cent. on thi Lorillard’ company, ‘tobacco turers in addition to the regul terly dividend of 3 per cent. — ma&»q mrm o | ing coal, “been followed by i ous protests regarding the ineon e ence of night workers, which s led to & partial revision of sc so that a few lines operate o ously. Figures show that tho horse. bus lines, of which 22 were tion befére the war with 45 have been reduced to 16 with'd | busses. The 5,000 horses 1914 have shrunk to 2,4 smaller number of anii has to work harder/and ration of feed than In peace times there g omnibus lines, with a Gothl busses, . Today but: one line ning a handful of cars. - The owning these two bus lines eniploy 4,000 male ‘employes. it has ‘but 1,100 male ‘and employes on its rolls. Fares hs been slightly ralsed 'once, .and"# to be raised again, but it is & tion; of whether this increase comfe 'wilt enable the concéern' crease its number of lines, ¢ A total of 2,593 taxicabs v roll about'.Beriin and solicit ta in peace times, Today thereiml scant 800 aged and decrepit & biles left, most of them now opi ing on iron tires‘and all of them' partly sufficing for the needs © capital. The time quota: horse cabs was are just’ under 900 of these drawn by aged horses that'cl the pity of the would-be tra that show far more plainly obv - portly and bearded drivers the' ousness of war. A son was_born to Joseph Bushell bf 169 Kdlsy New Brltun G!heral hosp! day. American Brass, Niles, Bement Pond, 'Bristol Brass, Standard Screw, and Scovill Mig. Co. Bnught and