New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1917, Page 11

— . | Now comes the Baseball Season. " You will need one of our Spring @vercoats, if you want to see the TS oo o Preion it a cold too. Spring Overcoats $18 to $30. ‘When you take the coat off one of our new §j Suits will still leave you well . Spring Suits $15 to $30. 1, If the weather is threatening, you should have one of our Raincoats. Raincoats $5 to $18.00. NEW BRITAIN, CONR. To the Board of County Commission- - era For Hartford County: Hereby Apply for a License to s8ll Spirituous and Intoxicating Jdquors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and Cider at 146 North Street, “fown of New Britain. My place of business is not located within two -hundred feet (is located within fect) in & direct line from any Church Edi- fice or Public or Parochial School, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any post-office, public library, or cem- tery. Dated at New Britain, this 17th day of ‘April, A. D., 1917. A. E. MONSEES, Applicant. We, the Undersigned, are electors ana tax-payers, owning real estate, of the Town of New Britain, and hereby sign and endbrse the foregoing appli- cation [of A. E. Monsees for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is a suitable person to be licensed pursuant to said application. Dated at New Britain, this 17th day of April, A. D, 1917. M. W. Halloran, Louis Cent], B. ~8olomon, Abraham Zeliner, S3rfitiel Wi- linski. ' ‘1 Hereby Certify that .the above- fiamed signers and endorsers are elec- tors and tax-payers, owning 'real estate, in the Town of New Britain. o Dated at New Britain, this 17th day -‘of April, A. D., 1917. b 4 ALFRED L. THOMPSON, Town Clerk. To the Board of Commission- ers For Hartford Count; I Hereby Apply for a License to 1l Spirituous and Intoxicating fLiquors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, band Cider at 7 Hartford Avenue, ~ Town of New Britain. My place of business is not located within twa. shundred feet (is located within faet) . in a direct line from any Church Eadi- fice or Public or Parochial School, or the premises pertaining thereto, .or any post-office, public library, or cem- tery. Dated at New Britain, this 17th day of April, A. D, 1917. REGOLO NERI, . Applicant. We, the Undersigned, are electory and tax-payers, owning real estate, of the Town of New Britain, and hereby sign and endorse the foregoing auvpli- cation of Regolo Neri for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is a suitable person ‘to be licensed pursuant to said application. Dated at New Britain, this 17th day April, A. D., 1917. ; Fred Donoham,” Gcorge Gordon, \James Lacava, W. Berden, ' Albino Pola. . I Hereby Certify that the above- aamed signers and endorsers are elec- ors . and tax-payers, owning real estate, in the Town of New Britain. Dated at New Britain, this 17th day of April, A.'D.. 1917, 3 ALFRED L. THOMPSON, Town Clerk. To the Board of County Commission- ers For Hartford County: 1 Hereby Apply for a License to J: sell Spirituous and Intoxicating Liguors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and Cider at 283 Main Street, Town of New Britain. My place of business is not located within two hundred feet (is located within feet) :\ « direct line from any Church Edi- ice or Public or Parochial School, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any post-office, public library, or cem- tory. ..Dated at New Britain, this 16th day of April, A. D, 1917. < MICHAEL T. WHITE and JAMES F. WHITE. By James F. White. Applicant. We, the Undersigned, are electors and tax-payers, owning real estate, of | the Towr of New Britain, and hereby | slgn and endorse the foregoing appli- cation of Michael T. White and James . White for a license, and hereby cer- 4 f(:, that said applicant is a suitable | persion to be licensed pursuant to said applicatiom Dated at New Britain, this 16th day of.April, A. D., 1917. Patrick J. Ahern, Edwip A. Parker, W. W. Hanna, P. H. Corbett, T. F. Farrell, I Hereby Certify that the above- named signers and endorsers are elec- ore. and tax-payers, owning real , in the Town of New Britain. d at New Britain, this 16th day A. D, 1917. ] ALFRED L. THOMPSON, Town Clerk. » Cily Items Dog licenses, $1 extra after May 1st.—advt. Mrs. Andrew Anderson and family of Edson street and Mrs. John Brink and familwyot Ash street spent Sun- day with friends in Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Kelly and daughter, Margaret of Astoria, L. I, are visiting Mrs. Kelly's father, James Scanlon of Olive street. Troop 8 of the Boy Scouts will hold an important meeting at. the South church a 7:30 o'clock Wednesday eve- ning. A. J. Anderson today transferred property on Millard street to L. J. Anderson. M. Saliski today sold property on Lafayette street and also on Church street to Viola Saliski. The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce met at 11 o'clock this morning and the direc- tors of the Chamber were scheduled to meet at 4:30 o’clock this after- noon to complete some unfinished business from the last meeting. A large iron fencé, about twenty- two feet high in places, has been built by Morris Schupack between the Hotel Bassett and his Main street property. At the hotel, complaint is made that the fence shuts off the view from a number of the windows and is not relished- Special matinee for children, Ly- ceum, Tuesday, Adm. Sc.—advt. Twenty-eight from this city, con- sidered to be an excellent representa- tion, were in attendance gt the open- ing program of the Connecticut State Conference of Charities and Correc- tion for 1917 at Meriden last night. It is estimated that as many are at- tending the various sessions today. Dog licenses, $1 extra after May 1st—advt. The wedding of Wallace F. Richard- son and Miss Mary Agnes Murphy ‘will take place at a nuptial high mass at_9 o'clock, Wednesday morning in St. Mary’s church. Attorney Joseph A. Glover has re- turned from a week-end visit with friends in Syracuse, N. Y. . At 6:45 o'clock tonight 122 m who have shown excellence in athleffc competition at the Y. M. C. A. during the last summer and winter seasons and won medals, cups or badges for the same, will attend the annual ban- quet in the assoclation banquet hall. Until an announcement was made yesterday only a few of the intimate friends of Barl W. Healey knew of his marriage /to Miss Dorothy Marion Hayes of (Main street, Winsted. The wedding took place on April 14 in the South 2hurch parsonage and the Rev. G. W. C. Hill oficiated. Three years old John Melechenski of 101 Oak street, while at Oak and ‘West streets, was struck by an auto- mobile operated by former Policeman Michael Helbrowitz of 189 Beaver street. Helbrowitz took the little vic- tim in His automobile on a hurry trip to the office of Dr.. Joseph Walsh, ‘where surgical attentioh was given. It is not believed that the child is seri- ously injured. Yesterday the children of the Swedish Bethany Sunday school re- ceived cards with which they will can- vass the city for funds for the main- tenance of the Swedish _Children’s Orphanage at Cromwell. Each card has fifty squares and when a ten cent piece is collected a square is checked off. A card represents $5 and about $600 was raised by the children last year. ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT. “Florinda” to Be Presented at First Church Friday Night. Under the direction of Mrs. Arthur W. Bacon and the auspices of the ‘Woman’s Society of the First church the Boy and Girl Scouts will unite Friday night in the presentation of the annual entertainment for the, ben- efit of the Home and Foreign Mis- sions. One side of the chapel has been set aside for the stage and the affair is expected to far surpass past, attempts. The first part of the pro- gram will be living motion pictures by the Boy and Girl Scouts in which their work will be depicted. The operetta “Florinda” or *“The Rose and Pearl” will take up the second part of the program. Thirty- five girls will take part in presenting the fairy tale. Miss Rubina Blair: will take the part of Florinda; Yorin- gal, her brother by Miss Martha Clark; Miss Madeline Gerrish, fairy queen; Vala, queen of the witches, Miss Cordelia Kilbourne; first and second fairies, Miss Dorothy Case and Miss Margaret Christ; first and second witches, Miss Madeline Miller and Miss Mildred Carlson. During the in- termission selections will be rendered by the Sunday school orchestra. Mrs. Howard Voight will preside at' the piano. DRANK “ROUGH ON RATS” The condition of Miss Dorothy Grace, aged sixteen, of 9 Yale street, who drank - a quantity of “rough on rats” yesterday while on a visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antonio Migliozzd of 33 Lee street, is reported as much improved today at New Brit- ain General hospital and it is believed that she will recover. She is a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grace. Dr. A. L. Avitabile gave first aid treatment and transferred to the hospital. There were no indications that she took the poison otherwise than accidentally. MOY' HAN-DONLON NUPTIALS, Edward George Moynahan and Miss Mary Agnes Donlon were united in marriage at 9 o’clock this morning at a nuptial high mass, Rev. John T. Winters officiating. The couple were attended by Christopher Donlon, a brother of the bride, as best man and Miss Margaret Carmody as maid of honor. Following the ceremony a re- ception was held at the some of the bride on Washington street. After a honeymoon trip, the couple, will make their home in' this city, A / /| mer resort there. ' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SUDDEN DEATH TAKES S. WILLIS ROCKWELL Deceased Was Member of One of New Britain’s Oldest Families and Was Born Here. 8. Willis Rockwell, aged 58 years, member. of one of New Britain’s old- est and best known families, native of this city and once prominent in its mercantile and social circles, died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Brooklyn this morning, being seized with the attack while he was descend- ing a flight of stairs. The body will be brought to this city Wednesday aft- ernoon for burial in Fairview cem- etery. There will be services at 2 o'clock from the Erwin Memorial chapel, it being expected that Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, pastor of South Congregational church with which parish the Rockwell family was long prominent and where the father of the deceased was'long a deacon, will officlate, 8. Willis Rockwell, son of the late George P. Rockwell, who long held an executive position with the old New Britain Knitting Company, was born in the old homestead, which stood next to the Walter Stanley res- idence on Pearl ‘street. During his urse in the New Britain High hool and for some years afterwards he was prominent in local, social ana musical circles. For a number of years he was tenor in the famous New Britain High School quartet, an or- ganization that appeared many times in this city and surrounding territory. The quartet wag composed of the de- ceased, Henry N. Lee of this city, Miss Lizzie U. Smith of New York ity and Mrs. Minnie Haslam Hart- man, now deceased. For a time, Mr. Rockwell was also connected with the New Britain Knit- ting Company, a concern afterwards absorbed by the present American Ho- slery Company. Late he bought the Hazard property in Enfleld, con- ducting a popular and successful sum- For a e he was connected with the J. B. Farrell Com- pany of Chicago. Of late years, and at the time of his death, he was con- nected with the Sterling Plane Com- pany of Brooklyn. He was married to a daughter of the late J. Andrew Pickett of this city. She dled years ago. A step- mother, sister, Mrs. I. D. Russell of this city, and a son, Stanley Rockwell, survive. Philip Seibert. Philip Seibert died at 6:45 o'clock Saturday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Katherine Hills of 473 Park street. Besides this daughter, Mr. Seibert leaves three other daugh- ters and four sons. They are Miss Margaret Seibert, Mrs. Barbra Lep- pert, Mrs. Christina Schofleld, John and Frank Seibert of this city, Philip Seibert of Berlin and Willlam Sel- bert of Hartford. He also leaves eleven grandchildren: Mrs. E. F. Au- gustus of Bristol, Arthur Selbert, Charles and Catherine Leppert, How- ard and Olive Hills, Alfred Seibert, Mrs. Leslie C. Grocock, Leroy and Beatrice Seibert of Berlin and Harry Selbert of Hartford. Harold Leppert and Shirley Grocock, great grand- children, also survive Mr. Seibert was a native of Ger- many and passed his eighty-sixth birthday on October 8. Except for a short time, when he conducted a farm in Berlin, Mr, Seibert had lived in New Britain continuously for the past sixty-seven years. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the Erwin Memorial chapel and the burial will be in Fairview cemetery. John Burns. John Burns, aged thirty-six years, died yesterday morning at his home at 356 Cemetery Lane. For a number of years he had been employed at the P. & F. Corbin plant. Besides his father, he is survived by a wife and three chil- dren. The funeral will be at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning from St, Mary's church and burial will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery. Peter Knight. Victim of heart disease with which he was stricken on the street, Peter Knight, aged fifty years and unmarried died last night in his room in Begley's block on Main street while Private Lester Andrews of Company E, First Connecticut Infantry, and Police Ser- geant Theodore Johnson, who had as- sisted him there, were absent in search of medical aid. After giving emergency treatmeht, undresing him and putting him fo bed, they left the room temporarily. Upon their return with Dr. J. L.'Kelly it was found that ‘medical ald would be of no avail, Knight having died soon after their departure. Dr. Harry A. Elcock, medical exam- iner, was called to view.the body, giv- ing heart disease as the cause of) death. / Surviving him are two sisters, Mrs. Michael McMahon of Unionville and Mrs. James Waters of New Hayen For over thirty years he had been &m- ployed in various New Britain factor- fes. The funeral will be at 10 o'flock tomorrow morning from St. Mary’s church and burial will be in St. Mary’s old cemetery . i} Mrs. Mary Atkinsom. ] The 'funeral of Mrs. Mary Atkin- son, wife of Harry Atkinson, of 208 North street was held at’\3 o’clock yesterday afternoon from the Er- win Memorial chapel with Rev. M. S. Anderson, pastor Emmanuel Gos- pel church, officiating. /The burial was in Fairview cemetery Andrew J. Hilpie. Following a lengthy illness with pulmonary trouble, ‘Andrew J. Hilbie, aged 52 years, died @suddenly Satur- day night at his home at'52 Whiting Street. Besides his mother and one sister, he is survived by four daugh- ters, Mrs. Edward Plndqulst. Mrs. J. L. Losee, Mrs. Joseph Herman and Mrs. Cherles Bisge, and son, Frank Hilbie. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning MONDAY, APRIL 30, '1917. from St, Peter's church and the burial will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery. Joseph T. Russell. Following the illness of several months, Joseph T. Russell died at the home of his uncle, John McCar- thy of Allen street; today. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning at the home of an aunt, Mrs. Mitchell, in Waterbury and later from St. Pa- trick’s church in that city. PASTOR EULOGIZES “TEDDY” Rev. Harriman Says Not to Aocept Former President's Offer to Lead Army Across Is Capital Mistake.. Rev. Nathan H. Harriman, pastor of the People's church, delivered an- other patriotic address last evening in which he again urged universal train- ing and eulogized Theodore Roosevelt, who, he said, was the only man in the country who saw the issue at the be- ginning of the war, . That the United States owes a lqag standing debt to France for the loan of Lafayette and the army of Rocham- beau was another statement of the preacher, who added that now the flag of the United States is needed on the FEuropean battlefronts and ft should be sent. Again eulogizing T, R., Pastor Harriman said: “Theo- dore Roosevelt is the greatest Ameri- can of them all. He has never failed in anything he undertook save when beneheads have stood in his way with political power to stop him or head him off. And if he is headed off. here and his patriotic offer declined it will be boneheads that do it.” DOOTORS WILL MEET. Hartford County Medicos Will Hear g What Government Wants New Britain physicians, together with the several hundred other doctors in Hartford county, pursuant to a call from Washington, will meet in Hart- ford at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon to hear an address by Professor Flint, M. D., on the various things the government will expect from the doc- tors during the war. Dr. T. E. Reeks of this city is one of the county com- mittee which called this meeting, but other than tHe fact that general mat- ters will be discussed he does not know"| what is coming up. ) It is expected that following a cen- sus of all state doctors, to be complet- ed by May 15, each physician will be permitted to volunteer for that work which he thinks he is best qualified for in case of necessity. DEATH RIDES IN JITNEY. Man Crushed in Collision Auto and Trolley. Bridgeport, April 30.—Irving Bauer a passenger on a crowded jitney bus was almost instantly killed this morn- ing in a.collision between the bus and a trolley car on Fairfleld avenue at Broad street. The bus side-swiped the front end of the car, which had stopped and Bauer was thrown through the side door of the bus and was crushed be- tween the automobile and the trolley car, his chest and several ribs being crushed. Herman Undsdorer of Strat- ford, driver of the bus was held in $1,000 for a hearing in the city court. Between ENTERTAINS ON BIRTHDAY. Miss Mary Riley entertained a num- ber of her friends last evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Riley of 332 Chestnut street, the occasion being her sixteenth birthday anniversary. The rooms were prettily decorated with pink and white for the occasion. Those present were May Beloin, Rosaline and Alice Hallinan, May Schmidt, Catherine Riley, Jack Daly, Effie Kehoe, Anna Jackson, Clarke St. John, John Richard Hall, Henry Bush, Charles Riley, Harold Earl, Raymond and Harry Kehoe, RAISE $300 FOR BELGIANS, The committee in charge of the Raemaeker’s cartoons, which were on exhibition at the ‘local institute the early part of April, wish to thank those who helped to make the exhfbi- tion a success. The committee reports that during the stay of the cartoons, $300 was’'cleared for the relief of the npl WINKLE IS PRESIDENT. Constable Fred Winkle was elected ident of Talmud Torah at a mass imeeting last night held in the hall of the Hebrew Free School on Elm street. Plans for the future were discussed and a number of other officers and committees selected. There were ad- dresses by Dr. M. S. Dunn and Abra- ham Levine The meeting was largely attended. ———— TOO LATE FOR OLASSIITCATION. LOST—Glasses in case between Pleas- ant street and postoffice. Reward if returned to Mrs. J. Urban, 408 East street. 4-30-1d4 WANTED—Gir] for general house- work in Hartford. Good home. Ad- dress J. A Farrell, 5601 Farmington Avenue, Hartford. Tel. 1479. 4-30-34 — TWO NICE PROPERTIES One Two Family, all Modern Home with extra large lot, full of fruit trees. Also one of the best Bungalows in the western suburbs. All in the best of condition. H. N. LOCKWOOD, Real Estate and Insurance, Citv Hall ’Phone 606-3 \ H. O. P. Dress Up and Sport Skirts for Ladies’ and Misses’ -$3.95 to $15.00, Financial COPPERS AND OILS HOLD UP MARKET General Motors Another Stock to Show Strength ‘Wall Street.—Little more than 100-‘ 000 shares changed hands in the pro- fessional dealings of the first hour, | the balance of the forenoon session belng in keeping with the meagre output. Prices repeated their recent ebb and flow. steel declining to 115 5-8, then rising to 116 1-2 and falling back. Coppers again served in part to counteract the dropping ten- .dency elsewhere, and oils, especially Texas company, developed strength with General Motors at gains of 1 to 4 points, Bonds were irregular, due to the lower trend shown by industrials. Close—Alcohol and General Motors were the main features of the last hour scoring extreme gains of 4 to 5 points on steady acculumations. The closing was strong. Sales were esti- mated at 350,000 shares. New TYork Stock Exchange quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Representcd hv E. W. Eddy. April 30, 1917 High Low Close Am Beet Sugar .. 935 92% 931 Alaska Gold Y% T% % Am Ag Chem .... 93 93 93 Am Ice . 26 26 Am Can 45% 453 Am Loco 68% 6815 Am Smelting ... 1013 100 % Am Sugar .......1113% 111% Am Tobacco 190% 190% Anaconda Cop . 795 A T 8 Fe Ry Co 101% Baldwin Loco . 55% B&O ceen 6% BRT... - 641 Butte Superior . 431 Canadian Pacific 160% Central Leather 87Y% Ches & Ohio .. Chino Copper .. Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F & I Crucible Steel .. Del & Hudson Distillers Sec ... Erie oo Goodrich Rub . Great Nor pfd . Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinols Central Inspiration ... Interborough .. Interboro pfd Kennecott Cop . Lack Steel .. Lehigh Val Mex Petrol 541 80% 48 62 121% 14% 27Y Nor Pac ....... Norf & West Pac Mail 8 § Co Penn R R Peoples Gas . Ray Cons .... Reading ....... Rep I & S com . So Pac ..... So Ry ... Studebaker Texas Oil .. Third Ave .. Union Pac . United Fruit Utah Cop ... 59% * Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Building. ‘Telephone 2040 ~ We take pleasure in announcing tlle\ opening of our Waterbury office in the Lil- ley building under the management of MR. DANIEL F. HOWARD, who will specialize in local stocks. - May 1st, 1917. U S Steel ........116% 115% Va Car Chem -.... 44 43% Westinghouse . 49 48% ‘Western Union 96 955% 95% ‘Willys Overland 30% 30 30% LOCAL STOCK MARKET (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Scovill Manufacturing company and Standard Screw Common werc 116% 433 487% {the features of the local market to- day, the former opening with sales in the neighborhood of 590, selling as high as 620- The market closed 605 bid, 615 asked. Standard Screw Common was up five or six points, and was in demand at §70. Coit's Arms was up a point with sales at 106 1-2 to 107. Billings & Spencer ad- vanced three points on excellent buy- ing with sales at 102 and 103. Be- low are the closing quotations: American Brass .. 312 American Hardware . American Silver .. Billings & Spencer .. Colt’s Arms .......... 105 Landers, Frary & Clark & New Britain Machine .. North & Judd Peck, Stow & Wilcox .. Standard Screw Com. . 368 Stanley Rule & Level Stanley Works . . Traut & Hine ...... Niles, Bement, Pond. C. 170 Scovill Mfg- Co. . 605 . 316xd 32 108 107 68 87 FOOD BILLS IN. 4 Do Not Oover Price Fixing or Grain For Alcohol. ‘Washington, April 30.—The admin- istration food bills were introduced in the house today by Chairman Lever of the agricultural committee. They do not cover price fixing or control of the use of grains for distilling liquors, These subjects will be covered in a bill to be introduced later. The bills introduced today are ignated to stimulate production, 1 j incoming and outgoing. vent hoarding, and for equitable dis- | tribution and suspending the law pro- hibiting the mixing of flour. They contan provisions to prevent conflict with the anti-trust and interstate com- merce laws, INCREASED PARCEL POST. Figures compiled at the post offi for the first fifteen days of the pres ent month show a rapid growth in ti parcel post business at the office, boti During % period 28,331 pteces were handl 11,280 which were incoming and 173 051 outgoing. The approximaty weight of the matter totalled 21 3- tons. % Pharmacy No. 536. To the County Commissioners Ko Hartford County: o I hereby apply for a Druggist'ss License to sell Spirituous and Intoxls cating Liquors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhin ‘Wine, and Cider, at 97 Broad stree Town of New Britain. I agree not" sell Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors to be drunk on the prem I agree not to sell Spirituous and Iy toxicating Liquors in quantities ceeding one gallon, except other th distilled liquors and those in quanti ties not exceeding five gallons; I to pay sixty-five dollars only for 1 license and t it shall be revocab! for misrepresentation if I do not ful fill the foregoing agreements. ., ' = And I, on oath, do state that th business there to be carried on is of in which I am engaged as employee o the proprietor, and that I am a lig censed Pharmacist. L Dated at New Britain this 18 day of April, A. D., 1917, DENNIS P. CALDER, Applican! We, the undersigned, are electorsy and taxpayers, owning real estate, 'of the Town of New Britain and herebgt sign and endorse the foregoing appl cation of Denis P. Calner for & cense, and hereby certify that said plicant is a suitable person to be i censed pursuant to said application. Dated at New Britain this 18 day of | April, A. D, 1917. B R. D. S. Hopkins, Patrick W. Smith, Thomas Lacy, John F. Sweeney, Be: | nard Houstine. I hereby certify that the above~ named signers and endorsers are elecs, tors and taxpayers, owning real estate, "5 in the Town of New Britain. % Dated at New Britain this 18 day o April, A. D., 1917. § ALFRED L. THOMPSON, Town Clerks JOHN P. KEOGH 68 BROAD ST. NEW YORK. Member of Consolidated Slocl&\ Exchange of New York. —Stocks, Bonds and Curb Securities— NEW BRITAIN OFFICE, 166 MAIN ST. TEL, 1012. F. T. MCMANUS, Mgr. Private Wire to New York and Boston. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - ‘We have secured a special option on 10,000 shares of Treasury Stock of the Crown Oil Co., to be disposed of at $1.00 Per share. This option expires May 1st, at midnight, A 249 Dividend Payer ((2% Dividend Chécks Mailed Monthly) CROWN OIL COMPANY :—Controls 51,373 acres of oil lands in the Irvine Ficld and other well known locations in PROPER! Kentucky. PRODUCTION :: 1,000 barrels daily within 60 days. - EARNINGS:—Almost four times over dividend requirements, 5 DIVIDENDS:—Dividends of 2 per cent. monthly, beginning May 15, will be paid, putting the company on a 24 per cent. annual basis. MARKET:—Crown oil shares enjoy an active market on the New York Curb. WE OFFER, SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL AND ADVANCE IN PRICE, A SMALL BLOCK OF STOCK, AT $1.00 PER SHARE FH Y Now over 500 barrels daily. Thrée wells being drilled, with contemplated output of The price of Crown Oil slures' will.s0%n be advanced, and we recommend immediate placing of orders. Crown Oil répresents a safe and attractive investment opportunity. WIRE ORDERS AT OUR EXFENSE, FOLLOWING WITH REMITTANCE, 0 . J. KRAUSS & CO. TEL. 2036. Specialists Independent Oil Stocks. 131 MAIN STREET. -