New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1917, Page 9

Tennis shirts, Outing shirts and business shirts. T Shirts of all kinds and les in plain colors and fancy patterns. Silk, soisette, madras, and percale. Silk shirts at $3.50 to $5.00. Other shirts $1.00 to $2.50. Belts 50c to $1.00. Athletic underwear comfort 50c to $1.25. Union suits $1.00 to $2.50. for Summer - PERSONALS Miss Helen Reed of Washington street is spending a two weeks vaca- tion with relatives in Norwich and Ocean Beach. Ruth and Gladys New York are the guests Agkerstrom. of Julia Hammond of Miss Elizabeth Weshe of New York, has. returned to her home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William F. Needham of Wakefield court. { - City Items < Mabel L. Denison has purchased from the Camp Real Estate company, property on Farmington avenue. To prepare for our alteration sale, we will close all day tomorrow. Store opens at 9 o’clock Thursday morning. John A. Andrews Co.—Advt. The monthly meeting of the Swedish Fim Baptist church Foreign Mission- ary Circle will be held at 8 o’clock to- night at the church, The French Naturalization club has established three sub-stations in the city with the intent of assisting in the naturalization of French people in the city. The committee in charge |is Alexander T. Bonenfant, Erwin Place; Jaseph H, Beloin, Hotel De Ville, and Willlam H .Roy, corner of Whiting and Stanley streets. Harold Rahee was arrested in An- gonia for the local police this after- noon. He is wanted in this city on the charge of theft and an officer of the local department will go to An- sonia tonight and have him in court in the morning for trial. *John Anderson of No. 36 Roberts street telephoned the police this af- ternoon thit his daughter was bitten by a dog, owned at No. 319 Arch street. The dog is said to be acting strangely and the dog warden has been notified to investigate. Valient Review, Lady Maccabees, will observe its twenty-fifth anniver- sary at Savin Rock tomorrow. The party will leave for New Haven on the 9:07 a. m. trolley. All Lady Macca- bees in the city are invited to attend. WOMEN’S COUNCIL QF NATIONAL DEFENSE Meets [n Hartford—Mrs. Cowles of Farmington Chairman of the Red Cross Department. Hartford, July 17.—At the meeting of the executive hoard of the Women's co_xnmittee‘ Council of National De- fenge, Connecticut division, in its headquarters today, Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles of Farmington was appointed chairman of the Red Cross department and Mrs. Samuel Rus- gell, Jr., of Middletown, chairman of the educational department. Mrs. H. A, Bumstead of New Haven, treasurer oft the committee, was made ch; man of the registration department, which will take a census of the wo- men of the state, the work to be done by the state association of Collegiate Alumnae under her direction. Kate Campbell Mead of Mid- dletown introduced a resolution call- Ing upon congress and the war de- partment to enact laws and prescribe regulations permitting the services of the women physicians of the country to be used to the fullest extent in this country and abroad. Copies are | to be sent to the secretary of war and the surgeon general of the army, the chairman of military committee: of senate and house and to the news- paper: LATE FOR CL. roo SIFICATION TO0 RENT—Five ton auto truck, s able for any kind of work. Inquire Dominic Galati, 75 Clark St. 7-17-1dx TO RENT—Six room flat, all im- provements, hot and cold water. Apply John A. Andrews Co. 7-17-d6 'DRAFT THIS WEEK IS NOW FORECAST Preliminary Steps Practically Complete Says Washington Washington, July 17.—With only ten states remaining to be heard from on the organization of local exemption boards and with the serial number lists of registrants from all but 649 of the 4,559 exemption districts on file in Washington, Provost Marshal General Crowder was hopeful today that the preliminary stages of the war army drawing would be completed within forty-eight hours. He pre- pared to take up with Secretary Baker later in the day details of the lottery process for final approval. If there is no unexpected delay it seems likely that the drawing can be held Friday or Saturday. A single dis- trict which fails to finish its prelimi- nary work on time, however, can hold up action indefinitely. Once past the drawing stage, Gen- eral Crowder pointed out today, the necessity for concerted action by the states ceases and the examination of registrants and their assignment to the army or exemption can proceed in any state without regard to progress made in any ather community, States Not Complete. The ten states not having completed the preparations for the drawings are: Alabama, Illinois, New York, Michi- gan, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The group includes the states having the largest population and probably the total population of all ten represents samething more than half of the popu- lation of the country, General Crowder declined to make any comment on the statements rnade vesterday in the senate attacking the fairness of the census bureau popula- tion estimates upon which the allot- ment of quotas under the draft law is based. Other officials pointed out that the revised estimates of the census bureau were nat intended to fix the actual population of any community. The estimates are prefaced with the state- ment that they are for use in connec- tion with the draft only, They are based upon registration and represent the distribution over the country of men between the ages fixed in the draft law. Large figures for many of the cities are accounted far by the concentration ‘of men of the draft age there for work in munition or other plants, New York Nearly Ready. New York, July 17.—New York city will not delay the selective draft drawings in Washington, according to Deputy Attorney General Roscoe Conkling, who estimates that the task of preparing the lists from which the first men drawn are to be chosen would be completed by tonight. THOUGHT U-BOAT WAS 4TH CELEBRATION Bombardment of Azores Port Was First Taken as Observance of Independence Day. An Atlantic Port, July 17.—The bombardment of St, Michaels, Azores, on July 4 by a German submarine was at first thought to be a Fourth of July celebration by American naval ships in port, said the captain of a Britisk steamer from Lisbon and St. Michaels which arrived today. As the shells commenced to explode over the city the illusion that it was part of an In- dependence Day program was dis- pelled. An American collier in port re- turned the submarine's fire and the underses craft soon submerged. One girl and a man were Kkilled in St. Michaels by the shells of the sub- marine. DEATHS AND FUNERALS, Mary L. Assal. Mary L. Assal, 58 years old, wife of Albert Assal of No. 93 Whiting street, died at St. Francis’ Hospital in Hartford last night, as the result of an injury to her foot received some time ago. She is survived by her hus- band. The funeral will be held at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning from St. Peter's church. Burial will be in the New Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Assal also leaves five children, three sons and two daughters: Albert, Arthur, Charles, Bertha and Mrs. J. Glancy. The funeral will be held from St. Peter’'s church at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will be in the new Catholic cemetery. Frank J. Sweet. The funeral of Frank J. Sweet will be held with services in the Erwin Mortuary chapel at 10:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Grace Mary Holmes. Grace Mary Holmes, the 4 months, 19 days old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holmes of No. 6 High St., died at the home of her parents this morning. Funcral arrangements have not yet been announced. Mrs, Kitty Saunders Curtis. Mrs. Kitty Saunders Curtis, wife of George W_ Curtis of No. 19 Emmons place died at her home yesterday afternoon after an illness of thirteen vears. She was 66 ars and four months old Mrs. Curtis is survived by her husband and daughter, Abbie, and one brother Dr. James Saunders of Glen Ellen. Ill. The funeral ser- vices will be held from her late home at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in the family plot in Scott Swamp cemetery, Farmington. Rev. Ward of Trinity M. E. church will officiate. in the absence of Rev. Henry W. Maier, Mrs. Curtis' pastor. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1017. APPOINTMENT OF MICHAELIS BELIEVED ONLY TEMPORARY DR: GEORG MICHAELIS+ Until last February, whén he was appointed Prussian food controller, there had been little in the life of Dr. Georg Michaelis to distinguish him from hundreds of his bureaucratic He had filled faithfully a series of gradually ascending posts, from that of collector or magistrate to the presidency of a municipal council, and at the advent of old age had received an under secretaryship as & reward for a life of bureaucratic labor. Dr. Michaelis was born in 1857 dnd entered the department of education. He taugh in the German government school at Tokyo from 1885 to 1889. In the latter year he returned to Ger- many to complete his law studies and was admitted to the Prussian bar at Schneidemuhl, Posen, in 1891, He served in several small judicial of- fices and then, in 1892, became first president of the municipal council of Breslau. Seven years later he was appointed under secretary of finance, serving under Freiherr von Rheinhaben. In March Dr. Michaelis made a pessimistic speech to the Prusslian diet in which he said that the Ger- man populace was not showing the endurance for which the government had hoped. It is asserted that Dr. Michaelis will not retain the chan- cellorship long. DARK AGE BRUTES OAYS E. P. BUTLER Germans Characterized As Curses by Vigilante Writer colleagues. Make no mistake about the Ger- man Empire. Have no pity for it. It is not a modern nation. It is a Middle Age brute. In the Dark Ages the robber barons were the curse of Europe. Irom their castles they sallied forth with blud- geons and battle-axes, riding rough shod over the lands of their friends, Talding and robbing their neighbors, holding captives for ransom, stealing food, money and virgins, making the outraged lands pay the expenses of the raids that ruined them. < England, France, Russia, Italy, Can- ada, Australia, the United States—all these, as they entered this present war, planned great systems of war tax finance, but Germany did not. You hear now and then that the German war finance plan was different. It was. The German plan was the plan of the brutes of the Dark Ages. The German chancellor has explained it. The cost of the war would be met by indemnities exacted from Germany's enemies, Put it in plain words thus: For years Germany sat hugging her blud- geon, hoarding her money, talking and toasting “The Day!" The Day of what? The Day when, like the brutes of the Middle Ages, she would pounce on her neighbors, rob them of land and wealth, leave them wrecked, bleeding and ruined. “The Day'’ meant the day of the raid; The Day when the same old robber lust would have its same old glut of slaughter and rapine. Germany needed no war tax systems! Her prostrate victims would pay for the war. Well, but——! Like a brute strode across her friendly meighbor, Belgium. When The Day came she put her foot on Belgium's face and leaped at the throat of ¥France. She hoped to have France begging for mercy before England could raise her hand in help. She would turn and throttle Russia before England awoke, and France and Russia, bleeding and prostrate, would empty their coffers. France and Russi prostrate, were Germany's war tax system. Robber baron! The Dark Age cut-throat come again! she Germany—the people just learning that not to come askew. Today of Germany—are the Robber Kaiser home with hands dripping foreign gold. “What! we must pay? Gott in Himmel, what for a Robber Kaiser is this!"” Buck up, America! Stand fast. Al- lies! Yet a little longer and they will be hanging Robber Kaisers and Kal- serlings in Germany. Oh, Golly! What a rage-fest there will be in Germany lwhen the people learn the truth! But the foot slipped. The plan went | MOTHER TO ANSWER MURDER CHARGE Molly Miller to Be Held for Killing Infant As soon as Miss Molly Miller of No. 27 Union street is able to leave the hospital she will face Judge James T. Meskill in the local police court on the charge of infanticide accord- ing to a statement made by the police today, Her murdered babe remains at M. J. Kenney's undertaking establish- ment untouched, awaiting Prosecut- ing Attorney George Klett's invest)- gation of the case, insofar as the medieal side of the affair is concerned. It is believed that the child was born alive and stabbed and choked to death by the mother. There is a wound in the child’s abdomen just below the breast bone and two more in the back about the base of the spine. The mother is a servant girl about 21 years old and was born in Ham- burg, Germany. She is sald to have made a confession to the police and named a man, alleged to be the father of the child. According to the police she choked the babe soon after birth in her room on the third floor of Edward Welin’s home on Union street where she was employed. She then wrapped the body in cloth and hid it in a trunk. The wounds in the child’s body have not been ex- plained, but they are evidently the marks of some blunt instrument used in a brutal manner. Owing to the mother's conditign, the police believe that it will be at least a week before she will be able to stand triai. STRIKERS STILL 0UT Skinner Chuck Company Employes Express Determination to Stay Out All Summer if Necessary, With the exception that a few of the striking machinists, lathe hands, grinders and other laborers at the Skinner Chuck company returned to work today, according to the factory officials, the situation remains entire- ly unchanged. The strikers, at a meeting held in the Calumet building this afternoon, received an unfavor- able report from their special commit- tee and stated that they would remain away from their work until their de- mands are granted, even if they have to remain idle. all summer. comment is being withheld in charge of the factory, The strikers held a meeting this miorning at 10 o'clock, at which there whs some strong talk concerning the sithation. The men agreed to remain out until all their demands are met and, at 10:30 o'clock a special com- mittee visited Superintendent A. A. North. This committee reported this afternoon that there was no change in the situation, inasmuch as the fac- ¢ continues to decline to treat the grievances of the men collectively, although still agree to investigate each individual case. Those who vis- ited Superintendent North were Ben- jamin Cohen, Benjamin Levanthal, C. D. Stoddard and C. Bers. At this afternoon's meetings the strikers issued a statement to the ef- fect that while their action is not not that of an organized union they are determined to stand hy one another, to such an extent that on their re- turn they will again go on strike if any of their fellow workmen are dis- charged without excellent reasons. Treastirer B, J. Skirner’s only com- ment on the strike was that while a few of the strikers returned to work this morning or afternoon the main body are still away from their work. is by those All Gardens Are Effected and Nicotine is Hand to Rurchas The seriousness of the new potato pest, which has begun to ravage all potato gardens in this city, including private gardens, city gardens, muni- cipal gardens and dooryard plots, is causing much worry to those in charge. Investigation discloses that this pest, which is a lice like vermin that attacks the under sides of the leaves, is sweeping over the entire state. Solutions containing nicotine are said to be effective in killing the lice, but this product is hard to get, one farmer stating this afternoon that he had heen unable to purchase any in the city. PLOTS UNCOVERED. Attemapts to Burn and Kill Cattle. s, Ore., July 17.—Evi- dence of wholesale poisoning of live- stock and attempts to burn farm buildings in this district has been un- covered by federai agents. A fire last Sunday destroyved a large flour mill and a quantity of grain. From the farm of J. Frank Adams it announced that twent horses d 206 cattle had died recent- 1y of poisoning and forty head of cat- tle and forty sheep died in the same manner on two other ranches. Wholesale Farm Buildings Klamath Fal was TENER AIDS HOOVER. Washington, July 17.—Former Governor Tener of Penna., today be- came a voluntary assistant to Herbert C'. Hoover and was put in charge of the organization of fraternal societies for food conservation work. RACE CALLED OFF. Indianapolis, July 1 The auto- molile match race between Ralph De Palma and Barney Oldfield, arranged for this afternoon was called off be- cause of a heavy track. Official | H. 0. P. Wash Skirts for Ladies and Misses in Plain White and Fancy Stripes, $2.45 to $7.95. e — / Financial —~———— GENERAL RALLY LIFTS MARKET Higher Levels Obtained at Strong Closing—Irregular Day Wall Street, 10:30 a. m.— losses were quite cqually di at the opening of today's which continued to show bear pressure. TU. S. Steel re- sponsible to support, however, soon rising a point with crucible, American Locomotive and Malting preferred. Metals motors and some of the le: active speclaltles were reactionary at recessions of 1 to 2 points. Rails Wwere again featured by Canadian Pa- cific, Union Pacific and Coalers at gains of fractions to a point. Liberty bonds regained their minimum. Wall Street, noon.—Early advances were not long active, prices falling back with U. S. Steel, which declined from 1211 to 120, other equipments and war shares reacting in like de- gree. The reversal was accompanied by pessimistic statements regarding the immediate future of the steel in- dustry. Motors also helped to unset- tle the list. Apprehension as to money rates and absence of public in- quiry provided additional adverse fac- to Prices improved again at noon. Bonds were stcady, the Liberty issue selling at 99.40 to 99.43 for regular lots. Wall Street, 1 ket hecame dull the six per cent. prices manifested greater Motors rallied, but steels, oils and some of the rails reacted 1 to 3 points, Airbrake meanwhile losing five Closing—A general rally prices to higher levels in the active final hour. The closing was strong Liberty bonds varied from 99.40 to 99.44 for full lot Sales approxi- mated 700,000 shares. ins and ributed market signs of 30 p. m.—The mar- in the afternoon on ‘money tes and lifted New York Stock Ezchange quota- tions furnished| by Richter & Co., cheage. Representcd bv E. W. Eddy merabers of the New York Stock Ex- July 17, 1917 90 7% 6 4814 1Y, 10314 1231% 195 120% 7814 10114 Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Beet Sugar Car & Can Loco Smelting Sugar Tobacco Tel & Tel nda Cop 4 S Fe Ry Co Baldwin Loco R & O Butte Superior Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chino Coppery .. .. Chi Mil & St Paul. Col & T Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec ie st pfd General Electric Goodrich Ruh Gt Nor Ore Cetf: Inspiration Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Lehigh Val Max Mot com Mex Petroleum Natl Lead N Y Air Brake N Y C & Hud 91 NYNHG&HRR 37 Nor Pac Norf & W Peoples Gas Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons oo Reading ...... Rep 1 & S com So Pac ... . So Ry : Studebaker Texas Oil Union Pac Utah Cop U S Steel U S Steel pfd Westinghouse Willys Overland Sears Roebuck LOCAL STOCK MARKET Manufacturing Companies. Adams #x Aetna N American American American American American 28 b 58 191 13714 104 121% 118 4914 321 168 1361 101 1193 168 Hosiery Hardware Silver Thread pfd Bigelow-Hfd Cpt pfd Bigelow-Hfd Cpt com Billings & Spencer .. Bristol Brass Broad Brook The Edward Case, Lekwd Collins Co Colt's Arms gle Tock! (ol .ot Gtfn-Nbgr Tobacco pfd. Holyoke Water Power Intl Silver pfd Intl Silver com 3alf Co. & Brnd irregularity. | ' MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 81 WEST MAIN STREET ... .......NEW BRITAIN, CONN, - TEL. 2040. 100 shs Landers,Frary & Clark 100 shs Colts Arms 100 shs Stanley Works 100 shs Billings & Spencer 25 shs American Brass 25 shs Scovill Mig. Co. Johns-Pratt Co ..340 Landers. Frary & Clark. 52 J R Montgomery National Marine Lamp. New Britain Machine. . New Departure pfd North & Judd .o Peck, Stow & Wilcox. . Plimpton Mfg Co Pratt & Whitney pfd Russell Mfg Co . Smyth Mfg Co . Standard Screw pfa A .. Standard Screw com Stanley Rule and Level Stanley Works y Steam Turbine Torrington Co pfd Torrington Co com Traui & Hine . Union Mfg Co N B .... U S Envelope pfd U S Envelope com Niles, Bement-Pond Scovill Mfg Co Railroad Stocks. Hfd & Con W R R guar NY H&EHRR 37 Banks and Trust Companies. Am In Bank & Trust Co 200 City Bank & Trust Co .135 Conn River Banking Co T3 Conn Trust & Sf Dp Co Fidelity Trust Co First National Bank Hfd-Aetna Natl Bank Hfd Morris Plan Co Hfd Trust Co Land Mtg & Title Co N B Dyeust Qor, e Phoenix National Bank Riverside Trust Security Trust S State Bank & Trust Co U S Bank 115 260 154 600 30 38 145 Fire Insurance Companies. Aetna Fire Hartford Fire National Fire . Phoenix Fire . Standard Fire Life and Indemnity Ins. Companies. Aetna Life cee o710 Aetna Casualty Surety Aetna Casualty & Surety Conn General Life ..... Hartford Steam Boiler . Public Utilities. Hfd City Gas Lt Co pfd 45 Hfd City Gas Lt Co com 497% Hfd Elec Lt Co 0 Nor Con Lt & Pw Co pfd Nor Con Lt & Pw Co ecm So New Eng Tel Thpnsnville Wtr Co pfd Thpnsnville Wtr Co com Hfd Elec Lt Rts 705 50 40 45 CORN IS HIGHER. C'hicago, July 17—Higher prices for corn resulted today from the fact that the peace rumors had received no ! confirmation, the opinion that selling had been over-done and cold wet weather in Illinois and other impor- tant states. STEAM SHOVEL ACROSS TRACK: | Accident Ties Up Railroad System Near Danbury. Danbury, July 17.—Traffic on the Danbury-Poughkeepsie line of the New Haven road was interrupted for a time this forenoon by an accident of an unusual nature. A steam shovel being used in connection with exten- sive yard construction work near the Danbury Fair Grounds became de- railed and overturned across hoth main line tracks. Early this after- noon a wrecking crew had succeeded in clearing one track aof the wreck of the ponderous machine. TRIAL COST £25,000. Hartford, July 17 statement by States Attorney H. M. Alcorn today was to the effect that the prosecution and trial of Mrs. Gilligan had cost the state about $25,000. Of this sum Dr. Victor C. Vaughan of the University of Michigan gets $10,000 and Dr. A. J. Wolff of Hartford $8,500. AUSTRIA MAKES KNOWN [7S STAN ¥Will Proect Right of Penple | | Settle Own Destiny Vienna, via Amsterdam, July 17 Austria-Hungary's ideas on pi were made known to the constituti committee of the Reichsrath in an dress by the premier, Dr. Von Seyl ler. After referring to the unbre: able unity between Austria and h allies Dr. Von Seydler declared pa llament would work for the aif which Austria is fighting namely | unassailable, sacred right of her pe ples to decide for themselves thi internal destiny. The task, at | same time, will make a long stri 'n the direction of an honorable peaf which we desire to create on the bt of justice, moderation and concill tion—the firm unity of all civilk peopl ind their uniformed endeavi to abolish those circumstances whid brought about the world war. We all longing for this peace . Until thi we are determined to.hold on in fi co-operation between freedom & homeland.” . | Dr. Von Seydler referred to the usi | lessness of all past efforts to carry of | the principle of equal rights ot all na tionalities laid down in the constitd tion. This, he said, was the cause d the political troubles which mad | Austria appear sick, a state, whig] however, every clear minded perso knows to be untrue. All peoples d Austria are united externally and if | ternally by a common tie, by love d the dynasty and the uniformity of a | vital inter | Vienna, via Amsterdam, July 17. | The lower house has adjourned f ;d(‘finilel) NO MORE ARRESTS, Tompkins Being Held for Murder o Family of Throe. Johnstown, Pa., July 17.—Thi | there will be no more arrests was th | positive statement made today bj county authorities investigating th mysterious murder of Edward Hu phries, prominent coal operator, hil wife und their 15 year old son Edwar: Jr., last Sunday on a country TOA near Carroiton, this county. George C. Tompkins of Philadelphis the fourth member of the party, whi is in the Cambria county jail chai q with the murder continues to mbin tain his innocence today. District Attorney P. D, Welmer an: nounced at noon today: “The commonwealth has found motive for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Humphries and their son. Mo than this (I cannot say as the giving out of further information would: i jure the case of the commonwealth against the defendant”. SHERIFF CLOSES BAKERY. Acting on a writ issued by Judg William F. Mangan for J. M. Halli. nan, Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwel today closed a bakery at 271 Mryt street helonging to W. F. and William| Wellman The plaintiff brings action to recover| $105 for goods sold and claims $200, damages. The writ is returnable in| the city court on the fourth Monday in July. 1 Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. ON FOOD BILL. Washington, July 17.—Differences over the question of how government control shall extend in food control legislation exists today among senate leaders whp are trying to reach an agreement on the bill. Nevertheless much progress is being made and democratic and republican senators continue their efforts to evolve a com- promise. Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 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