New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1917, Page 11

If you suddenly find your wardrobe bare, don’t be uneasy. _Evetythllcmdy for you, and q-umumswm. HentyMsulmlnyoLrslm, plenty ©of patterns and styles at each price from $15 to $30. P If you want the utmost in value . and wearing quality, just see the " Suits we aro selling for $20. - New Shirts and Neckwear coming i most every day—come here for the NEW BRITAIN, CONN. AMERICA TO SMASH RING OF U-BOATS (Continued from First Page.) b follow such a peace and have been fally advised of the Allies’ needs of supplies. Although the blockade considered far from successful, they feel that an effective stroke at it and at the campaign of ruthlessness is sure to have a telling effect and to furnish the best means of translating qick into deeds the nation’s great potentialitie: City Items | There will be a rehearsal of the _ Catholic Choral Union tonight at 8 o'cljck in Booth’s hall. All 'faeiinbers are expected to be present. £ Members of the Men’s Catholic according to several who belong, that membership after February 1 will re- ceive only half of the amounts for ‘which they are insured in the event R of their death. < The estate of Felix Cadrian, inven- toried by Fred Beloin and P. Gagner, totals $5,960, according to the account filed in the probate court today. : Judge Willlam F. Mangan was in ‘Bridgeport today on business. . The regular meeting of St. Mary's Ladies T. A. B. society will be held at 3 o'clock this evening in the school REAL USE FOUND . FOR TANGD PIRATES ‘foie Employer Advises Them to .. Enlist in the Navy New York, April 12.—The tango tea end its chief byproduct the tango pir- ate, have been rejected as unfit. Pat- gick Kyne, the noblest Roman of them all in Murray’s ,Roman gafdens, last L pight gave his dancing instructors in- structions to slide from under, and suggested that they learn the sailor's:| tornpipe in Uncle Sam’s navy. Other urateurs and hotel keepers are expected to follow his lead and be- come recruiting officers among their dancers. Manager Kyne’'s action followed much recent discussion of lounge Jizards and their particular value to d The members of the Society #Restaurateurs turned their minds the problem of whether the young in evidence at afternoon restaur- dances were household pets or . By Monday Manager Kyne ap- .p"red to have made up his mind, for when he paid Off his ten dancing teachers he told them to lay off and rest up for it looked like a hard sum- mer for them. Yesterday he delivered his farewell gdcress to them, but whatever tears s‘shed were all on their side. In- id _of inviting them back on the job hefnvited them to go to work—for the Thfted States. After touching 6n the fact that he had a son in the Seventy- t Regiment and similar facts of | military importance, he pointed out fthat there was a recruiting station at avenue and Forty-second street, onfy a block away, and that if they. 'weren't used to walking that far they certainly appeared able to dance the dijstance. “He reminded them that they seemed Fto be able-bodied—strong enough, in | fact, to tote ladies with more avoir- dupois than agility around Murray's wolving floor from to 2 to 5 p, m. To giire, swallow tails were not being worn_this year in the army or navy, | nor were spats considered in good orm. An the only perfume allowed I One hundred and, twenty-flve per- sons, mostly women and girls, are known to have lost their lives in the explosion in the shrapnel factory of the Eddystone Ammunition corpora- tion, at Chester, Pa. - It was estimated that the death toll would reach more Bénevolent Legion have been notified, | than 150. Investigations of the cause of the _ the beneficiaries of those who hold | gisaster are under way. federal authorities, means at the command of the com- pany, are pursuing these investiga- tions. Certain facts have been found in the investigation, however, given rise to the belief that the ex- plosion was the result of a plot. Per- ons who worked in the plant say that no nccmex‘t could have been the cause of it. It it known that rumors were circu- lated among the girls who worked in F building that the plant would be destroyed and warning them to re- For the most part the assisted by every which have accidentally caused is possible, ac cording to the stories told by girls who worked at the same occupation as the dead girls. main away. recipients of this laughed at the idea of danger and stuck to their tasks. away from work, however, and es- Some remained capea the death and injury that was . the fate of their comrades. This re- port of rumors was denied by an of- ficial of the plant. One thing is assured. If the ex- plosion was planned and done by a fanatic or German spy the man is dead. No one who was in the im- mediate vicinity of the spot where the main explosion was escaped alive. The explosion could not have been caused by anyone or any agency outside the building, and the man who was re- sponsible for it sacrificed his life to his fanaticism or devotion to the cause of Germany. That the explosion may have been Scenes at and near the plant im- mediately after the explosion are seen {in the pictures. No. 1, the men and women em- ployed in the building ‘and who es- caped were placed behind ropes until all injured and dead were removed; No. 2, removigg the injured; No. 3, Chester city patrol wagon was used as ambulance. aboard ship was that furnished by the sea breeze. urged, what lissom grace they would develop by swaying on a heaving deck. Why, they.might even evolve a new ‘Wherefore, there was gloom in the camp of the delsartian devotees, and meetings were held at within half a mile of Murray's joy plant where the situation cussed with much .pro and some con. The tango world was than by the Russian revolution. professors expected that other restaur- ant and hotel proprietors would abol- ish the dansant and advise the tango dancers to become tango tars. many bars shaken more known, has of late come into disfavor with restauranteurs. The teas, which were held mainly as an accommoda- brought a tidal wave of prosperity to the restaurant men. Often for as low as 40 cents a woman would e ——————— TO ACCUMULATE MONEY it is necessary to save regularly and. make prompt bank deposits— and it is important. Give your money the opportunity to grow at interest by starting an account with us. 4% interest Paid on Savings Accounts, TRUST CD. WERTAIK Gy 4] 7 ‘hcrse!f entitled to inhale an unlimited ' amount of cigarette smoke, dance her professional partners into nervous prostration, and arrange for future meetings uncensored by hubby. Man- ager Kyne's action is therefore con- sidered the writing on the wall. Steel and Pig Iron Markets ‘The Iron Age says: . Higher prices for pig iron and fin- ished steel, greater scarcity of labor, and hence further wage advances, in- jcreased demand upon all steel and ! metal-working capacity to fill enor- mous orders of the government—all are indicated by the developments of the first week of the war. The steel trade, to begin with, has to deal with 300,000 tons of govern- ment orders for navy and other ship- yard work. As much more for like work will be placed later- That the prices arranged— 2.50c for bars and structural shapes— are’less a hardship for the Steel Cor- poration than for any other manu- facturer goes without saying. How this low-priced tonnage will now be | distributed is yet to be worked out. The committee of manufacturers pre- sumably will take account of the wide differences in costs in assigning gov- ernment steel as for some smaller mills the prices named are perilously near the present cost line. The naming of a manufacturer well known in metal-working lines as head of the newly created munitions | bcard at Washington is so far re- assuring, in all the confusion of placing vast army and navy orders. The labor problem is giving no little concern. Workers released by the expiring of foreign munitions con- tracts are being absorbed by other | lines of industry. When later the government places war orders on a lerge scale, many of these . workers will be drawn back, but meanwhile recruiting will add to the scarcity of shop labor. .Costs will increase at the same time that government . orders carry prices far below those secured on the expiring European contracts. Filling the immediate requirements c for plates and . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917. Nation and State Wofle71£ What Caused Explosion at Chester, Pa. to Learn of the government does not appear output of more than 42,000,000 tons of steel ingots a year. But the de- mands upon iron and steel works di- rectly and indirectly due to the bil- lions of dollars the government and output is largely one of coke, 'and the coke problem is still a real one. larger output in March than in three preceding months, still added 135,- 000 tons to its unfilled orders, is defi- nite proof -of the great strain upon the industry. Highly significant are the week’s advances in pig iron and scrap. The trade is questioning what is ahead when basic pig iron leaps from $35 to $40 at Valley furnace in a single week, with Bessemer iron advancing from $39 to $42, while old material, under purchases of 50000 tons or more by the Carnegie Steel company, is higher by $2 to $3 a ton. In the Middle West one steel company was able to buy basic iron last week at $35 for the third quarter: this week $33 was the lowest quotation avail- able, and the majority of sellers held for $40. ‘While predicting higher prices, pig- !iron producdrs continue to sell for the first half of 1918 at $3 to $4 below the level for early delivery. Southern furnaces are less disposed to make such differential, one interest there having offered to take on 100,000 tons for 1918 delivery at $35, Birm- ingham, for No. 2. On 1917 pig iron advances of $1 to $2 a ton have been made in the past {week in all madrkets. The amount ito be had is relatively small but these sales are steadily pulling up the price of forward delivery iron. Talk of famine prices in ferroman- ganese has been somewhat overdone, but the upward tendency is indicaed {by $1 and $1.10 unit prices for man- | ganese ore. The rising market for | spiegeleisen is another indication. In- | quiry for about 10,000 tons of 20 per cent. product is pending. Prices on semi-finished steel, espec- ially open hearth, are advancing rap- |idly. Sheet bars for early delivery ihave sold at $80 at mill. Yet now and then a lot of billets has been offered for export quite below the market, in- dicating considerable variation in the scld-up condition of producers- | Even more irregularity has de- veloped at times In prices of plates and structural material. In the fix- ing of the government’s 2.90c price on plates at Washington last week, {some of these irregularities came into ithe reckoning. The tense situatjon in tin plate is shown in the increasing disposition of |certdin makers to ask more than $7.50. Offers of consumers point the same way ,more than $8.50 having | been named in one case. For export to the Orient inquiries are for more than 200,000 boxes. The wire advance is still delayed, but there are indications of a higher market. DINONO-APPRUZZESE. John DiNono, a well known Italian resident of this city, and Miss Mary C. Appruzzese of Forestville, were united in marriage this morning at 9 o'clock at St. Matthews church in Forestville. Rev. J. T. McDonald of Plainville, officiated. Following the ceremony therc was a reception to the friends of the couple at Turner hall. Mr. and Mrs. DiNono will make their home in New Britain after their ‘honeymoon. | Finctuations Keep Traders Ner- & H. O. P. Spring Clothes for Ladics and Misses are very attractive. Financial GAINS RESUMED ON STOCK EXCHANGE vous But List is Firm Wall street.—Yesterday's late rally in speculative issues was resumed at the opening of today’s stock market, munitions and equipments again lead- ing advance with shippings metals and { some of the high grade rails, notably the trans-continentals. Lackawanna steel rose more than two points, with a point or better for Bethlehem steel new stock, Republic Iron, American Smelting, Marine Preferred and In- dustrial Alcohol, the latter, however, soon reacting. U. S. Steel gained a substantial fraction with Virginia- Carolina Chemical, Central Leather and sugars. Free offerings of Mexican Petroleum Tndustrial Alcohol and Pittsburg Coal checked the first hour’s advance, those issues with other specialties reacting 1 to almost 3 points with more mod- crate reversals in lading industrials, <oppers and rails. Union Pacific and Reading fell under yesterday's prices ond other early gains were largely ef- fermidable, considering the present its Allies will spend with American manufacturers in the coming year point to the fullest employment of capacity. The question of increasing That the Steel Corporation, with a So Pac .. 93% 94 | So Ry . 277% °8 So Ry pfd 5612 7 Studebaker 95 95 | Texas O#l 209 209% Union Pac 1363 1363 United Fruit 141 141% Utah Cop ... 110% 110% U 8 Steel ... 1113 112 U S Steel pfd .. 117% 117% Va Car Chem 41 42 ‘Westinghouse 497 497 Willys Overland 321 323 faced. Prices rebounded briskly toward noon. International bonds were firm, Another break of over four points in Delaware and Hudson and an ad- vance of thirteen points in Guilf state steel were the only feature of the mid-session. Otherwise forenoon gains were maintained or extended. Closing.—Steel and a few special- ties rose to highest prices in the last hour, but reacted in the final dealings on realizing sales. The closing was firm. Sales were estimated at 625,000 shares. New York Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Representcd by E. W. Eddy. April 12, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar .. 97 95 96 Alaska Gold ..... 8% 8 8% Am Ag Chem ... 90% 90% 90% Am Car & Fdy Co. 66% 65% 66% SE .47 45% 46% . 68% 68 68 Smelting .....101% 100% 101% Am Sugar .......111% 110% 110% Am Tobacco .2043% 2043 2043% Am Tel & Tel ...124 123% 124 ‘Anaconda Cop ... 80% 79% 80% A TS Fe Ry Co..103 102% 1023% Baldwin Loco .... 56% 54% 54% B&O ....ccovvn. 76 5% T5% Beth Steel .......134 134 134 Butte Superior ... 43% 42% 43% Canadian Pacific .1603% 15914 160 Central Leather .. 87% 85% 86% Chino Copper ..r. 55% 55 55% Chi Mil & St Pauil. 81 80% 80% COlF &I ........ 48 47% 48 Cons Gas . 117 1163 117 Crucible Steel .... 64% 62% 631 Del & Hudson ....123 118% 121% Distillers Sec ..... 16% 16% 16% Briell LTINS 98 BN a7 st oK Erle 1st pfd ..... 41% 40% 40% General Electriec . 52 51% 51% Great Nor pfd ....1113 110% 111% Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 32% 31% 323 Inspiration - ..... 57% b66% 57% Kennecott Cop .. Lack Steel . . 84% 85% Lehigh Val . . 64% 64% Max Mot com ... 53 521 521 Mex Petrol ...... 86 83% 86 | Natl Lead .. . b6 56 56 NYC& Hud ... 94% 94 94 I Nev Cons ....... 223 22% 22% NYNH&HRR4% 45 45% | Nor Pac .... ..1083% 103% 103% Norf & West ..130% 129% 130% Pac Mail S S Co .. 221% 21Y% 22% Penrn R R ....... 58 5§3% 63 Peoples Gas ...... 91% 901 90% Pressed Steel Car . 74% 741 74% Ray Cons .. 30% 29 30 Reading .... 953, 94% 94% Rep 1 & S com... 80% 79% 79% Locujocxs (Furnished by Richter & Co.) There has been a much better tone to the local market today, with sev- eral advances. Colt’s Arms advanced about a point at the opening and held the advance with sales in the neigh- borhood of 102. American Brass opened up at 312 and sold as high as Ich MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, ‘ Telophone 2040 50 shs New Britain Machine Co. 50 shs North & Judd 50 shs AmericanHardware 50 shs Stanley Works 50 shs American Brass 50 shs Niles Bement & Pond 50 shs Landers Frary & Clark common were very scarce. are the closing quotations: American Brass ...... 312 316 American Hardware American Silver ...... 30 33 | German Government Billings & Spencer ..... 102 106 North' & Judd ... Russell Mfg. Co. . Standard Screw com. Stanley Works .. Traut & Hine .... gians who TUnion Mtg. Co. .. Niles Bement Pond C. Scovill Mfg- Co. .... :(Furnished by Frisbie & Co.) Trading in the local miarket has been more active today than in sev- eral weeks past. Colts Firearms was in very good de- mand in the neighborhood of 103 closing 102 bid offered at 104. Niles-Bement-Pond held steady and firm at 170 bid offered at 173. Scavill Mfg. Co. was in very good demand selling up from a bid of 580 in the morning to a bid of 590. Standard Screw was strong with a ten point jump closing 366-373. American Brass was quiet the price remaining practically unchanged . all day 311-315. The quotations at 2:30 were: Billings & Spencer .. 100 104 Bristol Brass . Colts Firearms .......102 104 Landers, Frary & Clark. 56 60 New Britain Machine.. 85 88 Niles-Bement:Pond ....170 178 North & Judd . Scovil] Mfg Co . Standard Screw Stanley Works . Final ‘arrangements have been completed for the dance under the auspices of the B. L. C, in Booth's hall tomorrow evening. The patron- esses will be Mrs. Otls O. Butler, Mrs. James Cullen and Mrs. William Bras- music, 36 PEARL STREET - New Britain Nat’l Bank Bl'd’g, New Britain F. W. PORTER, Local Representative. . 1356 140 Bristol Brass . 68 62 Colt’s Arms .......... 101 103 Deported From Their Homes, Landers, Frary & Clark 54 57 New Britain Machine ; 84 88 [y many. their homes. for this year. Bid Aske ter&Co. City Hall Building seow |10 REPATRIATE BELGIANS ——— Send Back All Those Wrongtully! The Hague, Via London, April 12.. he first chamber of the Dutch par-! .. 86 89 |liament was informed today by t:h foreign minister é government had notified the minister Stanley Rule & Level .. 410 430 of the Netherlands at Berlin that steps | had been taken to repatriate all Bel= had previously ! refuge in Holland, then had returned to Belgium and then as unemployed bpersons, had been deported to Ger- The German government it was 5 nounced had also promised to repa- triate all Belgians b wrongfully deported as unemployed. Thousands of such persons, it was de- clared, already had been return NO SHORTAGE OF SEEDS. 12.—Farmers and’ home gardeners have been assured by the state committee of public safety's that there will be no shortage of committee h: | been promised full co-operation the principal seed houses here and a’shortage in any staple seed shoul | develop the committee will obtain g them from other states. American Brass ......311 315 TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. American Hardware 135 140 Boston, April 69 63 FOR SALE—One second hand Corbin' & 5 passenger touring car. Will make - excellent truck. ‘acrifice for cash. Buick Agency, Tires good. See Mr. Tufts, 18 Main street. 88 90 0 595 .366 373 -100 101 | | Lynch’s orchestra will furnish Investment Securities WILL SELL 30 Billings & Spencer 25 American Brass 25 Niles-Bement-Pond WILL BUY 20 Colts Fire Arms 25 Scovill Mfg. Co. 25 Standard Screw 314, There were sales of Scovill at 585 at the opening, and at 595 at noon. The market closed 6585 bid. 595 asked. The other stocks remain practically unchanged, Niles-Bement Pend common and Standard Screw Connecticut Trust and Safe beposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardiaa Executor or Administrator. CAPITAL $750,000. SURPLUS $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. J£ H. WHAPLES, Pres’t. \ e TICE—Constable Fred Winkle will sell at Public Auction at the public” signpost Thursday, April 19th, 1917, at 2 p. m, 1 horse and wagon, satisfy an execution in the case Schnieder and Rubenstein agafii Harry Haberman. FOUND—Of Main street, near Frank- lin Square, a tablecloth. have same by paying for advertise- ment, proving property and calling at Herald Office FRISBIE & CO. Owner can - HARTFORD HARTFORD, CONN.