New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1917, Page 9

ball - will report with. m g e , Hgven, Lieut o TN, . g PATRICK’S DAY. Here are so:;e its with a dash m—-lll “so-called - al UV, City Items ‘We guarantes all our shoes as far ] a® wear and we gyarantée them to be less in price than elsewhere, or we will refund the money. = Besse-Le- lund Co.—advt. ¥, The health department quaran- tined & case of acarlet fever on Fair-] view street today. Lamson & Hubbard Spring Hat at’| Ashley Babcock Co.—advt. The weekly payrall of the water flo— partment is $228.53. Sarah Fish today transferred prov- erty, consisting of three lots at Over- look, to Lawyer Morris D. Saxe. ' Theodore Wilson has leased for a period of ‘two years, the store at No. 40 ch 'street to Longley & Mat- ‘the: muutflrl. Building Inspector Arthur N, Ruth. erfard. today issued & permit'to the New Britain Builders’ compeny to erect a two family .frame. dwellifig :.: 154 Parkvillé avenue.' Th¢ owner Leon Grinfervich and' the -umm cost of the house is° $3,000.. Marey cki is’ to, have & four fanilly frama dwelling erécted on Mc- Clintock road at a cost of $6, New Britain Builders’ the contract. ‘We sell hats less tian” u $0. our hats at $1,50 and H.M B Leland Co.—advt. . i We sell caps less thaf $1. See our caps at 50c..Qthers at $1.50. Besse- Leland Co., More for less—advt. The Libru'y committeé of St. Mary's Sodality held s meeting last night ‘Hin School hall to plan for the library UNational Guard to Be Held at New “Hartford, March 16.—By .orders is- d from the office of the adjutant and sent - out today the § to examine hifantry officers ive been appointed by the secretary ‘war. . The board to mest at 'the ory ‘here will be made up of Col. Tetired. The 'sécond board ‘Meet at New Haven and will be d of Col. E. L. Isbell, Becond t, C. N. G.; Major Shuttle- and! First Lieutenant C. “W. fort, Jr., C. N. G. | As Major' worth is on Inspection. duty, «C. D. Cowles, U. 8. A., reumd. #it in his place. ‘Hartford, April 2, Colencl Iq- y. other offi- smostly of the infantry pination while’ &, week later, at it Colonel Hall he. Second regiment, with; other zers mostly of the Second reg- will report fo; Joseph Dutton of Bristol was cipal speaker at a St. Patrick’s bration. held last - night in all by the Daughters of Isa- .“A Bit of Blarney” was the- ithe mayor's address. 'He re< e of his personal experiences Edttle Green Island, told some musing stories of Irish peasant extolled the virtues'of wo- Following the mayor, f Gaftney expatiated on the glor- femininity, and recalled some ® glden days in New Britain. Mildred Egan sang several 1it- sh melodies. Mrs. John J. Mc- chairman of the entertainment ttee kept the performance mov- & lively rate, and, as the coun- lent says, “A fair time “, ent marked the last to be 8Bt the old. elub’ - rooms. Next hle dughters of Isabella move ¢ new. Nome on Maia street. At R Y FOR ORPHANAGE. s ‘Glodowa Remembers e will of the late Mrs. m gpiodu“ the sum of $25 - j#% o the Polish Orphanage of the jof the Sacred Heart. Qther made-in the will,’ drawn on 16; 1917, /include $25 to the of - the testator;. $100 to » Filanowies, -4 sister; :and the, er of the: Mo 4o- two other Antainette - Regrela and 2 Matle, will Ipoc(gtq hat thé two last namea shaill aiso have all p policies: held by- the;‘ ;1;5 ut in return mu na lish Orphanage 1.13Q also give for masses to-be sung in the eart church as well as pur- burial lot in.-Sacred: Heart In her will M Glodowa ded for a monument to be er her grave. -mm 18 SUED. ing that an automobile truck, nd bakery wagon, valued at ere disposed of to the defenad- ‘Preference to other creditors i e of bankruptcy proceedings, pasr g; Olissawski of Portland, e o the bankrupt estate of Paul Middletown, has brought $600 against Joseph- Niedz ot this city. Constable Fred Attached real estate of the de- it ion Broad street today. The Eare returnable in.the superior jddletown the first Tuesday plaintiff_says that he copimands stationed there for | which wil} be part of the new club room. The committee consists of Miss Margaret Seltzer of the high school faculty, /as chairman; Misses Ella A. Fallon, Agnes Finnigan, Eliz- abeth Leghorn, Minnie Meehnn o,nd Rose McIntyre. *' . . There will be a uheaml of the cholr of the church of St. John the Evangelist ‘at ‘the Nomme of- Miss. Mary Campbell of 621 East l(aln street this evening. -~ Trench O'Coats at A-may Babcock Co.—advt. Local Spiritualists ‘are planning to attend the sixty-ninth anniversary of the Connecticut State Spiritualists assogiation which is to be held in Unity hall, Hartford, on Sunday. Mrs. Mary 8. Pepper Vanderbullt of New York will be heard at 2:45 and 7:80 P m, ‘About fifty-five of the members ot the Viking Athletic club and their’ wives held a banquet at the Hotel Nelson-last evening, 4 Spring Top coats $16.85 at Wilson’s. —advt, On next Tuésday evening John C. Loomis, treasurer of the Commercial Trust company,)wm speak to the members of the Y. M. C. A, boys de- partment on “Thrift.” : ‘We sell men's, women's and chil- dren’s shoes at cut prices.—Besse- Leland- Co.—advt. “; ‘At last evening's mee of Court Progress Thomas C. Smith and Pat- rick Donnelly”“were elected dolon-tu to thé state” convention. ¥ William Ziegler will go tg Sims- gt Trench O’Coats at Allll” Babeock Ce.—advt. JAt 8t. Mary’s church thl- cvonlnx Father Cottor of Hartford, @n address on 8t Patrick which wi be followed by & program of Imh ‘music. . | Miss Margaret mha of New Yul'k and Miss: Lillian ‘Dahl of: St Paul, Minn., student§ at the. Damrosch School’ of Mugie, - New = York, ' will spend the wéek-end with Mr. and Mrs.: I. 8. lfllos of 424 West Main, street. John Maher, tha sixteen year old son of (Water Superintendent John Maher, received a broken ankle last night’ when a machine fell from a bench on him at the New Britain Ma- chine plant. ‘Artow and E. & Besse-Leland’c. h —advt. Prize One-step. ' Machinists’ Saturday evening.—advt. Ex-State Councilor F. 'W. Johnson celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of his membership in New Brit- ain council, O. U. A, M, last night. W. collars at omplete stock. hall, He told of a number of incidents that | have taken place in the counell since he joined. F. V. Streeter allo\:ayo a short address. We sell childrén’s suits :at cut prices. Besse-Leland. Co.—~advt. Members of the New Britain Milk Dealers’ Association will meet tonight at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 7:30 o'clock. Matters in connec- tion. with the milk business. will be taken up as will ymatters concerning shortage and over-run of milk. George W. Bull, of Wallace street, who was operated on this morning at | the Hartford hospital by Dr. E. Ji McKnight, is reported as doing very nicely. * A girl ‘was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carnell of Waterbury at New Britain General hospital today. Mother and child are doing well. Lamson -& Hubbard Spring Hat at Ashley Babcock Co.—advt. Strictly fresh Connecticut-eggs, 35c dozen. Russell Bros.—adyt. MEXICANS CLASH AT ROSARIO. Chihuahua City, March 1 -Fran- cisco Villa's( forces: and . government troops fought ah engagement yester- day at Rosario. a town on the Du- rengo border at the southern end of the Durango and Parral railroad, it ;:l' learned heére today. No state- as o the result 6f the fighting Tids’ been made, but Gen. Francisco Murguia, who is divecting ‘the cam- paign, said a general: onm-mont wn sxmod In a lwm DEAI‘HS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Carl Beyer. The funeral of Mys. Carl Beyer of 29 Linden street, ctlm of suicide yesterday by -use of carbolic acid, will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Rev. tin G. Gau- dian, pastor of the German Lutheran church, officiating. -~ Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. While the tragic death of nineteen-years-old - Elsie Parsons . last Saturday by the same eans-is believed to have been largely responsible, ‘ it is -also thought that brooding over war horrors and a dis- couraged feeling over conditions at home are partiaily x-pmuib‘h. . Mrs. Charies B. Erichson *Mrs. Annfe Esther Brichson, wife of Dr. C. B. Em:hnon, _a _ former colomel . in ago, the daughter of Joseph and Ann Wilkinson Staples. . Besides her hus- band she {s survived by a son Charles F. Erichson and a daughter Miss Josephine 8. Erichson. The funeral will be' held - Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Wrwin Mortuary chapel with Rev. G. W. C. Hill officiat- ing. Burial will be jn Fairview ceme- . ’ Charles W. Lee. -Victim of heart disease, Charles W, Lee, htharo!bl',chrluw.mot this city, died suddenly: Wednesdsy. ‘His body, ‘dead for many hours, was found about § o'clock that night in a vacant houss in Coventry, property of Joseph Southmaid. - The deceased was born in Vernon Center May 29, 1840. Besides his son, Dr. Lee, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Newell A Hill, who has been making her home with him. Pneumonia claimed his wife Dec. 18, 1916, and a week later the same disease took his sis- ter, Miss Ellen Lee. The deceased ‘was well known as a musian, hay- organized and directed the cantatas “Queen Esther” and'‘“The Haymaker’ for a number of organizations. 'He ‘was also known in republican’ party circles.* The funeral will be held at his home at 2 o’clock tomorrow after- noon and the burial will be in the North cemetery at Co(gntry Sidney E. Berkowitzs. Sidney E. Berkowitz, aged e .year, son of Mr. and Mrs. \n Berkowits of 65 Smalley St. dled this afternoon following a briet illness ilineas with pneumonia. He was ad- mitted to the hospital six days uo And ‘was considered hopelauly from the start. YICTIH OF APASIA Henry ‘Woods Forgets Name and Ad- _dress and Is Taken to Hospital Af- ter Struggle With Policemen. Piitully asking his name and loca- tion, of his home, Henry Woods, tem- porary victim of aphasia, entered the store Of ¥..C. Monier & Brother at 42 Main street this afternoon and col- lapsed. Transferred to New Britain General hospital in the ambulance, he fought Policeman. Patrick Howley during the entire trip .and . violently resisted being put to bed until con- vinced by Policemen Howley and Mat- thias Rival that resirtance was use- less. Upon admittance to the hospi- tal, he recovered sufficiently to tell his name but wgs unable to remember the ‘location of liome. He said that he ‘had previously suffered like attacks. ‘Hospital officials do not regard his condition as serious. " Native eggs, 35c doz. —advt. { —_— Fairview stleet Ypung Men Construct- ing Heavier{Than-Air Machine. George Pranities and J. P, Thomp- son, who have had considerable ex- penditure during the past few years in aeroplane construction and. equip- ment, are now, building a military bi- plane at 266 Fairview street for S. Y. Beéach of New, York. This ‘heavier- than-air machine will be constructed throughout with steel, rather than the usual bamboo ribs, and will be equipped with an eight cylinder, 300 horse power, motor. These two young men have recently sold to L. Bennett, Jr., of New Haven, a ninety horse power tractor bi-plane. nmqomws TO MEET. Chairman ‘'W. F. Mangan ‘of the democratic town committee has called & mesting for 8 o’cloék this evening to take action in regard to assisting the census enumerators in the Fifth and Bixth wlrds. i MUEI‘ Ahswm CENSUS MAN.I ( Hartford, March 16.—Teeth were put into the military census bill by an amendmient to reach those male persons who decline to answer 'cen- suc enumeration questions, by the committee of military affairs today when the measure came into the sen- ate. Instead of a $10 fine as a pen- alty the committee raised-it to $50 with six months jail sentence, or both. BT e Native eggs; SSc doz. Rupell Bros. —advt. MONEY TAKEN FROM MAILS. Hartford, March 16.—Disappear- ance of letters in transit addressed to the automobile department at the state capitol is a matter taken up for investigation by the postal authori- tles today. It is said that many of ‘these letters contained money or checks sent with applications for drivers’ 'licenses: NO WARNING GIVEN. ‘ashington, March 16.—The British steamer Lucy Anderson was reported sunk in a despatch received' today from Consul Hataway at Hill by two [ submarines, by means of gun fire: | The says 'w,g: Russell Bros. LOGAL - STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) The market was active and strong the first hour this morning, with a substantial advance recorded in Colt's Arms, which started with sales at 815 and sold as high as 850. The market closed 835, 845 asked, Sc vili is up about ten points and is quot- ed -630 bid, 635 .asked. American Brass has advanced steadily from 330 to 335. Standard Screw, late yes- terday afternoon declared an extra’ dividend of 50 per cent, . payable April 2nd to_stockholders of record i 20th. * This dividend makes s0 far. this year 123 per cent. paid. Stock was strong with sales between 400 and 405. There were no changes in any of the other locals, and closing American Hardware . American Sflver ... Billings & Spencer National )(l.rlna Leamp” New Britain Machine North & Judd ' Peck, Stow ussell Mfg. Co. ....u. andard Screw Com. . 396 Stanley Rule & Level .. 420 Btanley Works . . 102 Traut & Hine 50 Union Mfg. 50.1 105 Scovill Mfg. 630 les, Bem@nt Pond arlin Arms <...... . " (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) Trading has been very active on the local exchange today with .prices.in- creasing all along the line’ in ' the munition stocks. * Standard Screw announced a divi- dand of 50 per cent. to be paid March 31st ta stockholders of record | March 20. Colt's Fire Arms declared a divi- ‘dend yesterday of 4 per cent. regu- lar and twenty per cent. extra, which puts this stock on a 96 per cent basls, 'this dividend is payable March 31. Standard® Screw was offered early at $396 but a demand for the stock pushed thd price to $402 bid. Colt's Fire Arms closed last night $815 to $825 and was in very active demand toddy closing $840-848. Scovill was in very good demand the bid price being pushed up tn 4632 on the close, American Brass was active and In demand today, closing $334-337. There seems to be a very good de- mand for the munition {issues and very little stock to-be had at these prices. At the rate Standard Screw and Colt's Fire Arms are paying dividends the stocks m% very attractive . at these prices. e quotations at 2:30 were: { Bid Asked . /387 143 V. 88 848 177 637 407 104 American Brass ... American Hardware . Bristol Brass .... Calt’s Fire Arms . Niles-Bement-Pond Scoville Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Stanley Works ... MARINE CORPS HERO IS AWARDED MEDAL | Am Beet Sugar .. ¥or displaying extraordinary hero- ism in a battle with rebels in Santo Domingo Sergeant Major Roswell Wi- nans, United States marine corps, has been decorated with the medal of honor, the highest award of merit at- tainable by the American militaty or naval man. ‘Winans operated & machine gun against the enemy, only 150 yards away, in the face of a heavy fire to which he was fully exposed. ~When a jam put the gun temporarily out of commission he stood up and coolly aired’ it, maintaining his perilous 1017, H. O. P, Spring Coats—in on cord proclaim Spring Style smartnees, careful workmanship. , Besides guar- antesing two season’s utlumntory ser- viee, and attractive in wearing. THe materials are' Gunniburl, Tricotine, Loopin and other fashionable mater- ials. Made up in the newest shades. Somo of thm Coats are extra large 314.95 to $75.00 WALL ST, REFUSES 0 BE PESS PESSIMISTIG Foreign SItution and Strike lets Almost Ignored Wall stmt—-l’ro-pecu of a nation- Wide railway strike and. the extra- ondinary foreign deyelopments ex- erted little adverse influence as market factors at the outset of today's operations, aside frath a curtailment of dealings. Prices were irregular but mainly higher, with gains of a point in such potential leaders as U, S. Stes], Utah Copper, and Marine Pre- ferred. Bethlehem Steel: was slightly higher and other war and equipment was st to firm. The only notable exceptie being Central Leather and Pressed 8teel Car. Recessions of 1 to 2 points in such speculative issues as Industrial Alco- hol, Genaral Motors and Lackawanna Steel caused more moderate reversals elsewheére before the end of the first ‘hour after which the market settled down to its recent excessive apsthy. Bonds were dull and steady. The monotony of the mid-session ‘was realized by sudden activity in & few specialties.. General motors mulc an extreme gain of 4% points Virginia Coal and Iron rose al as much. United States Steel regained its early advantage. Close—Indusrials and leading fails were the active features of the final hour, Bethlehem Steel new stock making an extreme gain of 4% points. The closing was strong. also New TYork Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. March 186, uu High Low 'Close 913% 90% 91% 8% 8% 8% 92% 92% 92% 65% 65% - 656% 46 46 _ 70% 171 1043% 105% 11134 111% 127 127 835 843 102 102% 53 53 5% 5% 853% 66% % 131, 433 4 a8% 154 154 90y 91% 58% . 583 "58% b58% 81y% 82 4T 4TY% 85% 66 13935 1393 21 21 20% 26% 39 39 163% 163% 56 56 1133% 113Y% 341 35 6015 60% 45% 46 81 83 67 67% 66% 66 87% 88% 56 56 : 95 24% 43% 129% 1291 2215 23 535 535 97% 97% 7 8% Alaska Gold .. Ag Ag-Chem . Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Can . Am Loco Am Smelting . Anaconda Cop . AT S Fe Ry Co Baldwin Loco . B&O ... BRT Beth - Ste Butte Superior . Canadian Pacific Central Leather .. Ches & Ohio .... Chino . Copper ... Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F &I .. Crucible Steel . Del & Hudeon . Distillers Sec Brie " .... Erie 1st pfd General Electric Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd . Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Iaspiration . Kennecott Cop Lack Steel .. Lehigh Val Max Mot com Mex Petrol . Natl Lead .. N Y C & Hud Nev Cons . ‘NYNH& Norf & West . 135% 137% 50 shs Amencan Hardware 50 shs Stanley ¥ orks 50 shs antol Brass 140% 141 = 113% 114% 0% 69 59 111% 110% 111% 117% 117% 117% Va Car Chem ... 41% 40% 41 | Westinghouse .... 51% 651 51%: 28 98 . ‘Wiliys Overland .. 85 34% 34¢% Samuel Sargent Sald to Have Passed Wanted by the local authorities to answer to a charge of obtaining money | under false pretences, Samuel ' Sar- gent, ' arrested in Hartford, was brought, back to this city this noon Detectiye Sergeant Samuel Bamf and be arraigned in police court tomorrow. The authorities claim that his have given worthless checks for about $9 is the resuit of his cravings for narcotic drugs and williingness to use llegal methods in order to get the necessary money to buy a supply. It is alleged that he gave checks to Porter & Dyson company, jewelers, ind James A. Spinetta, merchant, bearing the:.name of his mether when she had not accounts at the banks upon which the checks were drawn. Zeltung draws a chancellor's ‘acts and m etrdgrad. in P The n iaaserts that &’ cratic German empire will ¢ cause it must not ont chancellor sh himself in ity but because hiy words will ‘of an wm:mmu the people. : ——l—-‘-—'— Strictly fresli dosen. Russell Bros.—advt. 6% Cumulative. Pnfenul Stock " Dividends payable monthly onthe lst o houaume; oxd,onthelsthofflupmeedinzmonth : Par Value $100. - Calhble on 30 days’ netice ‘at 110, Preferred as to both Aspets akd’ dividends, with funt Registrars: v The Garn‘u.n-Amorlmn Trust Co., Denver, Colo. Mctrogouun Trust .Co., of the City of N. Y. Transfer Agents: The International Trust Co., Denver, Colo. Henry L. Doherty & Co., New York, Outstanding $1,600,000. Authorzed $5,000,000. (4 \ Attention 18 called to the following salient features of this Dividends aré earned over nine times. The investment in the Company is largely in excess ot all out- standing bonds and Preferred stook, The Company is engaged in supplying gas and eloemn heat and power; and the stability of this business is\shown hy a con- e, tinuous growth of earnings over a long period of rs. The City of Denver is among the leading communities ‘of the country, and the total popuhuon mated to exceed 260,000. served by thée Company is /Proceeds from the /sale of this issue will be applied (a) to th retifement of the $900,000 outstanding bonds of The Lacombe Elec- tric Company, & predecessor company; (b) for extensions snd fm- provements to the property. The Preferred stock is prior, as regards hoth assets uxd dividends to the $10,000,000 of Common stock, and the Company has a ocon- * tinuous dividend record since 1907. Additional Preferred stock can be jssued only when earnings au 4 at least twice the dividend requirements on the amount oumndlnt. plus the stock proposed to be isued. A highly efficient and progressive management has .-mm-n«: ] a secure earnings position and excellent public relations; The Com- pany is Public subsidiary of Cities Bervice Company, one of the hrl’ut lity holding companies in America, Price 95 plus. accrued dividends. The statements contained herein are based on ceived from official or other reliable sources and while not nlnn. teed, are believed by us to be correct. ¢ Bfl&l’l‘m oma‘. 168 w ST, 1018, quswmwu information re- | T ———