New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1917, Page 11

“Himmediately readjusted to meet the Anis is “Open Scason” for “Spring iflh and Overcoats, w the “trail” which leads to o*-m A short “hunt” ‘among 'm will have just the one you you are hunting for a suit that give you all. satisfaction, & shot at one of ours at $20, Ou can’t miss hitting the right BRI . (Gontinusd ofi“Ninth Page.) ment, the Umted States was placed ‘‘where-alrpreécedents of: e-nnm« ‘were pressing it toward war. E All official Washington openly ac- ‘knowledged that nothing less . than iGermany’s abandonmernt ‘of her newly E4nnounced campaign ' of submarine izuthlessnes could prevent it, and no L or ie here supposed that Germany jould change her determination. ‘All the allied nations openly gave idications of their bellef that the hited ‘States soon would bhe involved th war and that possibility was cognized in Germany bLefore the submuarine campaign - was an- d, when Foreign Minister Zim- smermann, working through Count Von Bernstorff and the German minister - in,Mexico, attempted to unitg Japan- e Mexicans in 43, uu-m g1 the resources of the Unued fes, industrial ‘as well /speedily. Miss for any eventuality. or the present- the mponnlblm,y wnh. the navy, which,/is armi 2 d e m,ffilut h iz} smén. > Minding $115,000,000 ry D ty.of congress to hurry the mnaval truction already under ing the graduation of apolls; protecting Ame: against invasion by German sub- ines and marshalling the industrial purces necessary to stand behind fleet.. EMay Call For 500,000 Volunteers. ns for:the army are not so fully red. It is believed, however, that sident, Wilson will Fecognize . the bility ol the army’s participation ar:when he addresses congress by psing, the need of universal mills traiming. Ina testative way plans w3 (marshalling the full strength ‘of f regular army, the National Guard the raising ,01 a volunteer army of 000°men have been worked out in Army war college. The volunteer iy of 500,000 is planned as a nu- s of what eventually may be an jay of 7,000,000 and@ would be assem- in training camps. he- mobllization of industrial re- ‘has gone much further. fhdreas- of great corporations; jough the efforts of the Council of lional Defense, have prepared mselves to utilize their full effi- pcy in the defense of the nation. en the president addresss con- he fs expected to go into the fails of the situation very fully, par- arly as to how it affects the fu- of the United States. [While it is not known here how h.gnqfiey Pregident Wilson may Mg est -to ‘congress as necessary to Bht_the situation, leaders in the sen- thave held the yiew that not less i $500,000,000 should be granted ncé in case of war. Vhen the word that the president summboned congress went pughout. the allled embassies this ning ig was received with ac- n * fewis, the democratic ey, m& #t the White House today fibelieydd congress should pass a Blotton ing acts of aggression Germany and giving the president, ehiefa cxecutive of the army ‘and Wy, full authority to defend the fiits and interests of the United delclaratlon that a state of war s;"the senator safd, would have disadvéntages becaude: of inter- in‘the commercial rphuon- ‘with foreign nations. ™’ nator; is declared: he believes ? vould be _virtually united nd the President. + for party leaders in'congress urry back to Washington went out ly. ‘Speaker Clark'.is‘on his D trom: New Orleans and is Fhere Friday. Democratic Leader our Suits’ -] Ann Sherman of requirements of the new call, At the capitol these congressmen ureafly here ed’ that granting of ncy authority, in some form, wul the first: business after or- nni(l‘uon of the house. Some members favor maintaining the pres- ent organization temporarily to ex- pedite emergency businéss on which there are no party lines. Outside of all emergency legisiation, the folr failed supply bills—army, military, academy, general efficiency and sundry civil—which is legislation of Jvital importance to national defense, will be pressed for quick enactment. Some.men of the old committee which had jurisdiction of thess four bills, favor considering them at omce in the form in which they reached the senate without the usual protracted consideration in committees. Other considerations at the extra session include the shipping board amendments to enabls the govern- ment ta take over foreign ships bulid: | ing in American yards and additional revenue raising legisiation, The secretary of the treasury now has authority to issue obdligations of the United States in the form of bonds or short term certificates of indebted- ness amounting to = $674,000,000; of this total about $100,000,000 author- lndbynonnmtoeovernmnuo the Mexican situation, the Alaskan raflway and the government armor plate plant. -“About. $70,000,000 was to be uséd to build a government nitrate plant, and for the use of the shipping board. If the rest $150,000,-- 000 is for use by the president in con- nection with any emergency requiring expedition of naval work. Secretary McAdoo was said today not to have prepared to issue any bonds immedi- ately. It would be a simple matter for congress to wipe out the restrictions on the $574,000,000 total if-the presi- dent and Mr. McAdoo recommended it. = DEATHS AND, FUNERALS. Mrs. Anna Fenning. Following a brief illness with pneu- monik, Mrs. Anna Fenning, widow of James Fenning, died thig morning at [ the home of a cousin at 498 Main street. She was born in Ireland, com- ing to this country when but two or three years old. The greater part of her life. was passed..in Waterbury, ‘whére, she is well kngwn and has a large number of Yriends. Surviving her are a number of nieces, and neph- ews and cousins. The funeral will be held at 9 o’clock Friday morning from St. Mary’s church and burial will be in St. Mary's new cemetery. Mrs. Seima Sundstrom. . The funeral of Mrs. Selma Sund- strom was held at 2 o'clock this af- ternaof from her home at 540 Church street and at 2:30 from the Swedish Baptist. church " with Rev. John E. Klingberg, pastor, officiating. Emil Boberg, Theeodore Larson, Ashland, Axel Kallen, Edward Peter- son and August Carlson were the bgarers, whne David Larson and Oscat! ‘were . the . flower buml ‘was in Fairview George W. aged 33 yeal Shérman of Moodus, died yesterday at the. ¢{home of his sistér, Mrs, B. J. Bixby 6f 527 West Main street. He was un- married. Besides his ' mother, Mra, oodus, and his stster, Mrs. Bixby, he is survived by a' brother, Charles H. Sherman o€ ‘Moodus.: The funeral will .be' held &€ 0 o’clock tomorrow morning frofd. Ahe home of Mrs. Bixby with Rev. V. ‘Ottman Ward, assistant pastor of Trinity Methodist church, officiating. |/ The body will be taken to Moodus fln burial, 7 Paul Grensel. & The funeral of Paul Grensel was held-at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the undertaking rooms of The I. Por- ter Company with Rev. John E. Klingberg, pastor of the Swedish Bap- tist church, officiating. The burial was in Fairview cemetery. " Following a lengthy illness with rheumatism and complications, James Goglio, aged 69 years, died this morn- ing &t the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Basse of.412 Arch street. He ] was born in Italy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Goglio, but had lived in this coul for many years. Besid his daughter, Mrs. Besse, he is sur- vived by a son in New York. The funeral arrangements are incomplete. Miss Harriet A. Butler. Miss Harriet Almeda Butler, aged 76 years, died this morning at the bome of a niece, Mrs. Edward W. Clary of 68 Hart street. She was born in Middle Haddam and had passed the major part of her life in that section. The funeral will be held at the Fair Haven cemetery Friday upon arrival of the 2 o'clock train from Hartford in New Haven. Burial will be in that cemetery. Mrs. Ellen M. Hyde. The funeral of Mrs. Ellen M. Hyde of Newington was held at 4 o’clock this afternoon from the undertaking rooms of B. C. Porter Sons and buriai was in Fairview cemetery. y f Patrick J. Glynn. The funeral . of Patrick J. Glynn, well known in New Britain and for- merly employed as a section fore- man by the Connecticut Company, was held at 9 o'clock this morning from St. Joseph’s cathedral in Hart- fora with Rev. Patrick O'Shea cele- brant of a mass of requiem. The bearers were.James W. Goss of Pas- siac, N. J., Timothy Flaherty, John Mav -nd Daniel Driscoll of this city, Jofin Barrett of Newington and John Smithwick ef Hartford. Peter O’Laughlin of New Haven, Joseph Glynn and Luke Welch of this city and Erederick Goss of Passiac, N. J. were the flower bearegs.. . The body wu brought to this city for burial ia St. Mary’s new cemetery. - Card of Thanks, ks to kind W‘?rs and friends for the sympathy extended at the time of the death of our beloved mother lflh grangmother, Mrs. _Elizabeth ‘Nofon,” We are particular] grmtul for'ithe fiorul tributes. i"MR. AND MRS. GF‘ORGE DANIELS AND FAMILY, MR. AND MRS. THOMAS NORTON AND FAMILY, BESBIE NORTON. MAY YET SECURE ABDED PROTECTION| Move on Foot to Establish South End Fire Stmon Strong and insistent Atlufion in favor of additional fire aparatus and the southend fire station may yet bring about the realisation of this Dreparedness move, regardless of the fact that the board of finance and taxation has recommended a twenty and one-half mill tax rate exclusive of the firé departmént additions. Already citizens, council members and fire commissioners, as well as other puh- li¢ officials, including some members of the board of finance and taxation themselves, are working on plans whereby the needed fire protection may be securd without increasing tne tax rate and at not too much of a sacrifice in other items, The recom- mended tax rate is equivalent to two and one-twentieth cents on the dol- lar on ratable property. / Following the council meeting to- night Mayor G. A. Quigley is to in- vite the members of the council to enter upon an informal -discussion of the estimates. Each member will be urged to state his personal views on the matter in order that the final re- sult, instead of being the outcome of the honest opinions of a compara- tively small .board, will be the opin- fon of the governing body of the city. Later, brought before the city meet- jng, the final- result will be the will of the people. Already a number of the council members are prepared to offer suggestions for a change in ghe estimates. CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED Board of Public Works Opens Bids for Supplies for thc Coming Sum- mer—Maguire to Supply Scwer Pipe. Contracts €or supplies for the board of public works for the coming sea- spn were awarded at a special meet- of the commission held in City hall this nmoon. Chairman E. N. Humphrey presided. But one bid was received for the sprinkling of streets, that of the H. R. Walker company whose figures were the same as that of last year, and the contract was granted. Bids for vitrified sewer pipe were received as follows: Warren Miller company of New Haven, 67 per cent. off list; A. A. Lyman, 68 per cent. off list; J. P. McGuire, 70 3-4 per cent. off list; City Coal and Wood com- pany, 69 per cent. Mr, Maguire was the successful bidder. For Portland cement, the following bids were receivs W. L. Damon company, $2.35 a barrel; New Britain Lumber and Coal company, Atlas.ce- ment, $2.35 a barrel; City Coal and ‘Wood company, draget cement, $2.28 a barrel; Swift & Upson Lumber com- pany, $2.36:a barrel. The City: Coal and Wood company obtained the con- .tract. H. T. Sherman was the anly ‘bidder for the furnishing of Plainville sand, his figure being $1.35 a cubic foot. The: contract for the supplying of catch_basin“covers at $19.90 a set and manhole. covers. at $12.90 a set was’ :Med to the Sessions Foundry of Bristol. 2 WEDDED HALF CENTURY Anniversary of Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Nearing Occurs Tomor- row But Observance Will Be Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Heman D. Nearing of 82 Lake street will have reached the fiftieth mile stone of their wedded life ‘tomorrow but the formal observ- ance of the event will not be held un- | til Sunday. They were married in Hartford, March 22, 1867. The early days of both were spent in the quaint old town of Bloomfield. Six children have blessed the union, one dying in infancy. The surviving children, all of whom are expected to be present at the an- niversary, are H. Edward, president of the West Silver company, Taunton, Mass.; George H., superintendent of the O. B. North company, New Ha- ven, Conm.; .Charlotte, wife' of Wil- liam Scott, superintendent at the Rus- sell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., this city; Maude E., employed at the Rus- sell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., and Dudley E.,-of thé New Departure com- pany, Bristol, Conn. These together with' their families, which' thelude two grandchildren, 'Reuben Neal Dudley and Lydia Gifford Nearing, will com- pose the immediate family that will wish Mr. and Mrs. Nearing felicita- tions on the completion of fifty years of ‘happy weddéd “life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nearing are en- Joying good health, and Mr. Nearing, who 1s in hig, eighty-third vear, fol- lows his cation .eyery day . at the vlayit of ‘the Russéll &. Erwin com- patly where hé, has, been ‘employed for. many yveats. He. has ' been a| member of Hirant lodgé, A, F, & A M., ‘of Bloomfleld for more than fifty vears. ——-—apb——-———— HALL'S NEW, APPOINTMENT. Represéntative Hall. has been hon ored by his appointment-to the house appropriations’ committee, second iri importanc¢e only.to the judiciary com- gm 7 M. i b AL SRR o (S ““The formal transfer of the Main street saloon owned by John Dower 0" Willianm Dower has been filed in he city clerk’s office. New Britain Council, 0. U. A. M, [{ will meet in O. U. A. M. hall tomor- row night. Miss Mary C. Agard, principal of the Bloomfield graded schools. for several years, well known in New Britain, {s critically i1l with pneu- monia at the Hartford hospital. The attack followed a siege of the grip. Max Reinholdt, manager of L. A. Gladding’s bicycle store, was taken to the hospital early this afternoon bgd- Iy injured about the head from a fall Off a bicycle. He was in Such a dazed condition that he was unable to tell how the accident happened. The O. F. Kraus company, Inc., has filed mechanics’ lien for $2,150 against property owned by Samuel Washko- witz. Wexler and Stein and the American Bar-Lock company have filed a $240 mechanics’ lien against property owned .by George Levine. Frank Japatka has purchased the Limity estate property at Broad and -Curtis streets of Willilam and Charles Banner, executors. : Papers were passed through the office of Constable Fred Winkle. On next Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A. Attorney M. D. Saxe will speak to the class of men studying to become naturalized citizens. He will take for his subject state and municipal government. Last evening Judge F. B. Hungerford gave the men an interesting talk on the federal gov- ernment and how the laws are made. Any intending to take out their papers- are invited to the lectures. ‘The Hartford : district of Swedish; Lutheran churches opened & mission- meeting at the local church last night. A "business gession was held ' thig| morning and this afternoon at 2:30 a meeting-in the interest of the Home' and Foreign Missions was held with Rev. J. P. O'Connell giving the ad: dress. Tonight the speakers will be Rev. Bostrom of Naugatuck and Rev. Carlson of Bridgeport. The ministers chorus will sing tonight. GERMANS MAY GIVE UP ARRAS SECTOR (Continued from First Page) the outcome of the great drama staged in Picardy 'the Germans con- tinue their efforts to create diversion in the region of Verdun but so far nothing has developed to indicate that & major operation is under way. The most important Te- ported from any other theater is from the long quiescent Macedonian front. Here the fighting between the Bulgar-Teutonic forces and’ General Carrail’'s French troops has been steadily’ growing in severity with- con- flicting reports as to its results. Fronch Take Ten Villages. Paris, March 21.—Rapid progress is being made by the French in pur- suit of the retreating Germans, the war office announces. Tmportant gainy were made on both sides of the Laon 10ad, ten villages belng captured After a severe fight, in wh Ich henvy losses were sustainéd, the French car- ried Savriennois castle and the vil- lage of Jussy, about nine miles south of St. Quentin. - Skirmishes between I'rench cavalry and ‘German' detach- ments occyrred on the Ham-St. Quen- tin road. South of Chauny the Frenoh are occupying the Ailette line and consolidating their new positions. A German. surprise attack in \‘the Champagne was repulsed. Turks Contimuc to Flee. Petrograd, via London, March 21. —Russian troops driving southwest- ward from Sakkiz, Persia, have crossed Mesopotamian frontier into Turkish territory, the war office an- nounced today: The Turks are still in retreat in the districts south of Kermanshah. The season of bad weather has begun’ on the Perso-Mesopotamian fighting front, the statement an- nounces. On the western and Ru- manian fronts there has been great reconnoltering activity by enemy de- tachments and also reciprocal firing. RESTAURATEUR ABSENT MINDED Claiming damages of about $45 as a result of a set bowl being allowed to run over with water soaking through the flooring, the case of Sam- uel Shinman vs. David Sargis was heard before Judge James T. Meskill An city. court this forenoon, Decision was reserved. Attorney Frederick B. Hungerford appeared for the plaintiff and Attorney Joseph G, Woods repre- sented the defense. The plaintiff con- tended that the defendant, who is a restaurant proprietor, left a faucet’ turned on with a result that the wa- ter soaked through the flooring through the night, damaged the prop- erty and caused much inconvenience. JOHNSON VS. HALLSTEN. Action of A. M. Johnson vs. E. C.! Hallsten is being heard this afternoon hefore Judge James T. Meskill in city cburt with Attorney M. H. Camp rep- resenting the plaintiff and Attorneys Roche & Glover appearing for the de- fense. The allegation is that there is rental due for a barn on Stanley street and that the building was damaged by being overcrowded with materials stored in _it. = ‘Building Inspector Arthur N.: Rutherford is.a witness. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. ‘WANTED—Grocery clerk. Tel 1119. 3-21-tt WANTED—Two clerks by N. Y., N, H & H. R. R. Apply Freight Office, < wmugx street, city, 3.31-3d; H. 0. P: Sprmg Slnrt: For Ladies and $3.95 to $15.00 PROXIMITY OF WAR STIRS WALL STREET Stocks Boom, Reoode and Thea Climb Back Again & ‘Wall Street—The stock narket's re- sponse to the latest news from Wash- ington indicating a more acute phase in the international crisis was= an open- ing advance of 1 to 3 points, war shares and shipping showing greatest strength. Trading was feverishly ac- tive and broad exgept in rails, where few noteworthy changes were record- ed. Large blocks of the speculative favorites, especially U. 8. Steel and other industrials, as well as metals and specialties, changed hands at gains ranging from fractions to over a point. The rise was met by consider- able profit taking and short selling which caused material recessions.: Be- fore the end of thé first half hour many stocks had r¢linquished all their gains and some were selling a point or miore under Yesterday's closing quotations. Closing—Higher prices for United States Steel and associated issues in the last hour were neutralized by moderate recessions in rails, metals and motors. The closing ‘was irreg- ular. Sales were estimated at 1,300,- 000 shares. . 1 New York Stock Ezchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members ot the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy. March 21, 1917 High Am Beet Sugar .. 93 Alaska Gold .. 8% Am Ag Chem .... 92% Am 70% Am 9% Am 5% Am 10813, Am 113 Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel ...127% Anaconda Cop . 86% A TS Fe Ry Co..104% Baldwin Loco 59% B&O 79% Beth Steel 149% Butte Superior . 47% Canadian Pacific .1593% Central Leather .. 963 Cheg & Ohio .... 60% Chino Copper ... 59% Chi Mi] & St Paul. Col F &I .. Cons Gas ...... Crucible Steel .... 73% Del & Hudson . Distillers Sec Erie Erie 1st pfd ..... 41% General Electric .169% Goodrich Rub ... 57% Great Nor pfd ...114% Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 373% Inspiration . 633 Kennecott Cop 48% Lack Steel .. 8814 Lehigh Val .. 70 Max Mot com 55 Mex Petrol .. N Y Air Brake . N Y C & Hud . Nev Cons 243 NYNH&HR R 46% N Y Ont & West .. 24 Nor Pac ........106% Norf & West ..,.131% Pac Mail SSCo ... 28% Penn R R ....... 54% Pressed Steel Car . 82% Ray Cons . . 29% Reading ... Rep I & 8 com . Rep I & S ptd So Pac . So Ry Studebaker .. Texas Oil ... Union Pac United Fruit Utah Cop .... U S Rub Co . U § Steel. .. Close 92y 8% 2% 69% 48% 3% 106 % 112% 216 127% 85% 103% 57% 78% 149% 47% 168% 95 60 591 841 52% 120 1% 142 22% 28% 41% Low Smelting ... Sugar ..... U S Steel pfd . Va Car Chem . ‘Westinghouse .. ‘Western Union ... ‘Willys .Overland LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Rlchwr & Co.) Standard Screw lias again been the feature .of the local market. Stock opened in the neighborhood of 380 an advance of about ten points over last night's close andgsold up to 384, At that price there was a reaction to 365, but it closed stronger at 373 bid, 280 asked. Nilés, Pement, Pond Common stock was up a point or two and closed 177 bid, 179 asked, and American Brass closed at 343 bid, 345 asked. There was a good demand for Aetna Nut at 30 and Landers, Frary & Clark at 60. Below are the clos- ing quotations: American Brass ...... 342 American Hardware .. 142 American Silver .. Billings & Spencey Bristol Brass .. <y.% t's Army. . le” Lotk 62% 97% 34% 97% 34% 345 144 33 68 '| Landers; Frary & Clark §9 Neéew Britain Machine i North & Judd ...ccc0. 81 ‘West Main Street, Telepbone 2040 50 shs New Britain Gas : 50 shs Landers, Frary & Clark’;: 50 shs New Britain Machine 50 shs American Hardware 50 shs Stanley Works 50 shs Bristol Brass 50 shs Eagle Lock 32 815 380 430 Feck, Stow & Wilcox .. 30 Russell Mfg. Co. ..... 305 Standard Screw Com. 373 Stanley Rule & Level 420 Stanley Works . .. 101 Traut & Hine . 50 Union Mfg. Co. .. 106 Niles, Bement, Pond C 177 Scovill Mfg. Co. ...... 627 60 108 179 633 (Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) Standard Screw was the only stock that showed any activity in the local exchange today. It started in with & rush this morning and sold up ns high as 382, but at that price some stock came out and it reacted at 874. It strengthened however from the low and closed 377-380. The quotations at 2:30 were: z b $ Bid ‘American Brass .... 341 American Hardware 142 Billings & Spencer . 108 Bristol Brass €5 Colt’s Fire Arms . 835 Scovill Mfg. Co. .. 630 Standard Screw ... Stanley Works . Asked 344 144 110 68 842 635 380 x-div GIVES LECTURE ON BIRDS. Edward Avis Entertains Parents and Teachers’ Association. Professor lidward Avis gave his i- lustrated lecture and reproductions of bird songs, in the fourth entertain- ment of the United Parents and Teachers’ association course, at the Grammar schizol hall last evening. The views shown were of a varied nature, beautiful woodland, meadow and water scenes which form the fa- vorite habitat of birds being followed with pictures of the birds and their nests and scenes in bird life. It is noteworthy that many of the birds were caught in the act of feeding their young and that the most 6f these held in their mandibles caterpillars or other destructive insects. 6AS KILLS NON-COMBAT 103 | Asphyxiating Bombs, Thrown | Open City of Monastir, Fatal: Women, Childen and O’ Men. Corfu, Greece, March 20, via of don, March 21.—Asphyxiating bom thrown into the open city of tir by the Bulgarians in their Vi bombardment on March 17 [Ril} more than sixty .civilians, inclus twenty-five women and thirty=o children, according to the 8 press bureau. Nearly tWenty othd mostly women ™ and children 'V kllled by shell fire. The bureau received the following from 8 iki: AR 3 “Accordipg to. supplementary ports the exact number of the: tims of the terrible bombardm the open town:@ of Monastir by Bulgarians on h 17 iwas: Ki five old men, ni ‘women, - five dren; wounded, two old men; women; killed by asphyxiating six old men, 25 women, 31 childre suffering from &ffects of gas, 61 are not expected to recover.” AIRPLANE BUILDERS S Buffalo, March 21.—Two hi men employed by the Curtiss plane company went’ on strike ti They are employed in the metal division, where work s under wa!' army and navy orders. NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES $500,04 Concord, March 21.—In response’y an-urgent special message Yrori @ ernor Keyes, the house to suspension of rules passed propriating $500,000 to be state and natioral defense. FRISBIE & CO" : Investment Securities 36 PEARL STREET New Britain Nat'l Bank B'd’g, New [ F. W. PORTER, Local Representative. COLT’S PAT. FIRE ARMS CO. STOCK BOUGHT »SOLD JOHN P. KEOGH| ~68 BROAD ST., NEW YORK. Mcember of Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, —Stocks, Bonds and Curb Securities— NEW BRITAIN OFFICE, 166 MAIN ST\ TEL, 1013, ‘F. T. MCMANUS, Mgn Private Wire to New York and Boston.