New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1917, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, You will not mind the hot weather nearly as much if you wear one of our light weight Summer suits with Skele- ton lined coats. All possible weight and lining elim- inated; the cloth is thin apd porous. Suits with and without vests, in colors and patterns $10 to $18.00, Special values at $15. Athletic underwear in union regular styles. Shirts of thin, cool materials, Socks of thin lisle and silk. Bathing Suits. and NEW BRITAIN, CONW. DENIES SHE SAT INHER UNCLE'S LAP Mrs. Shelton-Breaks Down Dur- ing Contest Over Will New Haven, July 28.—DMrs. beth Shelton, niece of Mark Ryder, and chief legatee under his'will, who was on the stand all day yesterday as a witness called by the contestants of the will broke down during the afternoon, when teling how her first husband had shot her, and it was necessary for Judge Gilson to call a recess for several minutes. When the <ase was resumed Attorney Fataz- gerald for the contesting heirs made no further reference to the incident. Mrs. Shelton was called upon to tell prattically her entire dealings with her uncle from her girlhood until the day he dfed in the Grand Central, New, York. After the cross examination by At- torney Fitzgerald, which occupied the major part of the afternoon, Attorney Hamilton, for the executors, the Union and New Haven Trust com- pany, elicited in cross-evamination of his own client, the fact that there was no truth in the statement made during the morning testimony that she mvas seen on the lap of her uncle at one time in his office. In answer to his direct question she denied that there was any improper relations be- tween herself and her uncle. Mrs. Shelton said her uncle, Mark paid several of her bills when her husband, Mr. Smith, left her. Her husband had sent her a letter in which he said he didn’t want to have anyshing more to do with her and af- ter that her uncle did not want her to five with Smith. Mr. Smith she said was always delighted to have her un- cle visit her. She maried Mr. Shelton, she testi- fied, on April 15, 1915. Her former husband, Mr. Smith, had died in Jan- uary , 1915. She separated from Smith in September, 1913, and in 1914 her uncle first met Mr. Shelton with her. Her uncle came down and kept her company frequently in New York city, she testified, while her husband was away on business. Her uncle was 20 or 25 vears older than she. She married Smith, her first husband when 23 vears of age, and was intro- duced to him by her uncle. Smith sometimes made a great deal of money and sometimes she was happy with him, and more often not. He ghot himself January 14. TUncle Whipped Husband. Relative to her uncle’s interest in her children, she said he told her al- ways to give thém every opportunity for an education. He corresponded at Jeast vonce a week with her little girl, ghe testified. She said she never hint- led to her uncle that he should leav: anything to her. Relative to her un- le's chastisement of her husbana, Bmith, she said he made some slight attempt to have him treat her better, but he spoke very little in her pres- ence to him. g Speaking of a loan which Mr. Ry- der made to her, she said she fre- quently went to his office in the Poli puilding and that upon one occasion <he asked him for a loan of $500 or $600 for Mr. Smith. They proposed uying a little house, and they looked forward to a new start in life. Her fincle gave her the money she offering kecurity and the loan was finally re- paid., Testimony was Eliza- introduced by her wn lawyer, Benjamin Slade, showing the feeling which Mr. Ryder had to- rtain of the members of John family. At the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Roach, he told her he ad not spoken to them for vears on ccount of a matter of dispute about peurance. She said that her uncle had told her he was much humiliated o himve to appear hefore his good fricnd® State’s Attorney Alling, and ek his intercession for a member the Ryder family, who had gotten » trouble. The case was journed until Au- st 10 at 10:30 o'clock. | to utilize all | the American troops in the 'BIG SEIGE GUNS FOR AMERIGA'S SOLDIERS Army of Artillery to Be Sent to European Fronts ‘Washington, July 28.—The -agita- tion over the supposed plan of the government to place the fortifications of the country in a better condition for defense was short-lived. Yester- day the war department explained that its estimate of nearly two and a half billion dollars “for armaent of fortifications,” submtted by the sec- retary of the treasury to the senate | committee on finance, was not to be | utilized for the apparent purpose | stated, but would be devoted to the | manufacture of heavy and field ord- | nance to be sent to France and where- ever American artillery was to be employed against te enemy, The war department plans to em- | ploy rartillery on the fighting fronts on a huge scale. On the highest au- thority the statement was made at the department that there ‘was no truth in a report that no American heavy artillery would be employed in | Frace, It was the intention, according to what was said by this authority, classes of artillery manned by American gunners with fighting area. Brig. Gen. Peyton C. March,, who is now in France, has been desig- nated as chief of artillery for all the American military forces, and will have under his command every class | of ordnance capable of being used in | mobile operations from the heaviest siege guns to small mountain cannon. As none of the two and a half bil- lion dollars asked for ordnace purposes is to be expended except in furnishing guns to be used by Amer- can troops in the theater of war, it is evident that the administration con- templates the formation of an army of artillerists. To provide enough men to handle the guns to be sent abroad cavalry commands of the reg- ular army, the National Guard, and the National Army are to be em- ployed as artillery. Practically no American cavalry sent to France will be equipped for cavalry duty, and such cavalry as is retained for mounted work probably will be sent to the Mexican border. It is evident from what was said at the war department that arrange- ments are being made for employing the very heaviest siege rifles against the Germans. These, it is supposed, will be manned by men of the coast artillery. Surprise was expressed in the high- est quarters at the war department when questions were asked concern- ing the understood purpose of the de- partment to model all«American field ordnance along French lines, and to have the new ordnance manufactured in French factories. It was said that such an impression was erroneous. When it was explained that the pur- pose of the department in this respect was gathered from a formal state- ment given to the press by the com- mittee on public information the sur- prise deepened. Department author- ities said they knew nothing of tho announcement, which, it was added, contained information not in accord with the department’s intentions. The mystery was not cleared, but the fact remains that the committe on pubilc information gave out a long article, accepted as authoritative, which said not only that the French were to make the ordnance for the American army but that, as Ameri- can guns now in use became in need or relining, they would not be relined but would be changed in calibre to fit French ammunition. The state- ment of. the committee on informa- tion was issued on July 20.° DIES LEAVING $60,000,000 Mrs. Bingham, WiCow of Henry Flag- ler, Victim of Heart Trouble. Louisville, Ky., July 29.—Mrs. Rob- ert Worth Bingham, who was mar- ried to Judge Bingham, former Mayor of Louisville, Nov. 15 last, and was the widow of the late Henry Flagler, Florida multimillianaire, died at her country home erday afternoon. She had been in failing health for a month, but her condition was not re- garded as serious upntil Thursday, when she suffered from a heart attack. She was forty years old. Mrs. Bingham was he third wife of Henry M. Flagler and Judge Bing- ham’s second wife. Judge Bingham and Mrs. Flagler, then Mary Lily Ke- nan, were classmates at college. Their acquaintance was renewed at Ashe- ville in 1915. The bulk of the Flagler estate, esti- mated at more that $60,000,000 now reverts to Mrs, Louise Wise Lewis, wife of J. Lawrence Lewis of Cincin- nati. Mrs. Lewis was a niece of Mrs. Bingham. GERMAN AGEN MUST GO. Denmark to Show Undesirables Where Border Begins, Copenhagen, July 28.—A local aper says that the men recently arrested here for espionage, their leader being Walter Westedt, alias Wilhelm, who used his ostensible position as correspondent of the Ham- burg Fremdenblatt to report ship movements to German submarines, probably will be expelled from Den- mark. Such procedure has been fre- quently employed in simjlar cases. Among those who probably will be released is a German-American sailor, Walter Kircheim, who when arrested had a passport made out in the name of Stuart, issued in New York. Kircheim was arrested when calling at Westedt's office to re- port to Westedt's superior, a German naval officer he expected to find there. Kircheim came here from Holland by way of Germany, visiting Hellgoland on the voyvage. He is considered to be highly intelligent and says he was naturalized in San Francisco n 1914. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 191 PERSONALS Mrs. Buell B. Bassette and her two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Gilbert of sette, have returned -from N. Y. Manlius, Mrs. L. W. Rossberg is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. Klunker of Colum- bia street. Mrs. Harry A. Emmett, Miss Grace Smith, Miss Martha O’Connell and Miss Katherine O’Connell left today for a sojourn at Oak Bluffs, Mass. Walter Becker, formerly of this city, has returned to New Britain af- ter two years spent in California, his native state. Miss Marguerite Dobson of - Stanley street is spending the week-end at Ocean Beach. ' Mrs. Frank J. Moore and daughter, Miss Ella Moore, of Black Rock avenue, and Mrs. Ffank Riley of Union street will spend the next two weeka at India® Neck. NDICTMENTS S0ON IN CRUGER CASE ‘Report of Grand Jury May Be \ Made Next Week New York, July 28.—Several in- dictments are likely to be found next week by the extraordinary grand jury which is investigating the police failure in the Cruger case. The grand Jjurors have asked that no sessions be held in August and that evidence against the accused policemen and police officials be rushed next week. The grand jury will probably adjourn through August aand resume the gen- eral investigation of the police de- partment in September. At least one official at police headquarters is in danger of indictment, - an *assistant district attorney said yesterday. Detectives and policemen who were accused of ‘“atrocious boneheaded- ness” by Commissioner of Accounts Wallstein have testified before grand jury and made it clear, it was said, the responsibility for their mis- takes was shared by their superiors. The district attorney’s office is anx- ious to have the grand jury, after finishing with the Cruger case, in- vestigate other typical cases for the purpose of ascertaining whether the trouble is not chiefly administrative and whether the blunders in the Cruger case have not been paralleled in other cases. This supplemental in- vestigation cannqt be held next week, because of lack of time, but may be taken up either by the extraordinary grand jury or by a new grand jury in September. The district attorney’s office is mak- ing a careful study of ‘wilful negli- gence,” the charge on which indict- ments, it is expected, will be based. It is held that a man charged with a public duty can incur guilt by gros: honesty, laziness, or sn arrogant be- lief that only his own opinions' are worgh considering. The testimony before the grand jury next week will be kept as brief as possible and will deal solely with the alleged criminal aspects of the police cases as possible. has offered to assign a supreme court dictments are found. * No indictments are likely to result charges that policemen or others knowledge of his plans to escape. A thoraugh investigation will be madc next week as to the origin of the story that Ruth Cruger was seen to enter a taxicab with a young man on the day of her disappearance. While con- the purpose of diverting suspicion from Cocchi, the evidence thus far produced agains tthe men who circu- lated this tale is said to be con- siderably short of proof of a crimi- nal conspiracy. Several witnesses will be questioned before the grand jury next week, however, in relation to this story, Which caused Detective Lagar- enne to report it as an established fact that the girl had eloped, which was generally accepted by the palice as the solution of the case until the body of the murdered girl was found. Regard- ing the search for the men thought to have helped Cocchi to escape, Assist- ant District Attorney Talley said yes- terday: “It is absolutely necessary that Al- fredo Cocchi be returned to this coun- try to stand trial as the murderer of Ruth Cruger if we are to find out the whole truth about him. His confes- sion so far has been incomplete and contradictory, and has been of no as- sistance in dealing with the question of who helped him to escape and why they helped him. The answer to these questions is one of the most important objects of our present investigation. BELIEVES KITCHENER LIVES. But Sister Refuses to Make Known Source of Information. London, July 28.—The statement by Mrs. Parker, sister of Lord Kitch- ener, that she believes her brother to be alive and that he did not go down with the cruiser Hampshire, has re- vived a‘'rumor which has recurred in England the past vear. Asked on what grounds she based her belief, Mrs. Parker replied: “I cannot tell you on what grounds; in fact I do not want to go into any details whatsoever.” The original rumor was that a let- ter had been received from a British prisoner in Germany saying Lord Kitchener was a prisoner there. The letter was never traced and the ru- mor was considered a canard. the | neglect of duty, whether through dis- | justice to sit in August if further in- | from the investigation of the vague | helped Cocchi to escape or had guilly | vinced that this story was started fon | YEAR'S WAR BILLTO | Beaumont, Texas, and Miss Ruth Bas- | |Senate Finance Committee Sur- | signal officer, and Major Gen. Gorgas, failure, so that' the grand jury may | the estmate of Secratary McAdoo did indict or dismiss charges in as many | Governor Whitman | | much BE $10,735,807,000 prised by McAdoo’s Estimate ‘Washington, July 28.—The govern- ment requirements for war and other purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, will reach $10,735,- 807,000, according to an estimate sub- mitted by Secretary McAdoo late yes- terday to the senate finance commit- tee. Appropriations already made, pending, or proposed aggregate $11,- 651,194,000, the secretary figured, leaving a margin of nearly $1,000,- 000,000 to take care of any unexpect- ed emergency. These figures, showing the huge scale of war expenditures, surprised the finance committee, which had not expected any such demand upon the nation’s financial resources for the year. The estimates were sub- mitted to the committee in rsponse to its request to Secretary McAdoo to let it know precisely what was needed. The committee had been asked by the secretary of the treasury to pro- vide additional revenues of $5,000,- 000,000 bevond the $1,670,000,000 carried in the war revenue bill. The estimate given convinced the mem- bers that the $5,000,000,000 must be provided. 2 Of the $11.651,194,000 given by Mr. McAdoo as the aggregate or appro- priations made, pending, or contem- plated, $8,673,000,000 was mentioned by him as having been set aside for uses of the army and $1,324,000,000 for use of the navy. For the conduct of various other governmental de- partments $1,200,000,000 has been ap- propriated. The estimated receipts of the gov- ernment from ordinary sources and from the sale of Liberty Loan bonds, Mr. McAdoo said, reached a total of a little more than $3,000,000,000, leaving $7,000,000,000 to be raised otherwise this vear. of this $7,000,000,000 the war rev- enue bill. as originally draft- ed, makes up $1,670,000,000 and this, according to the tentative deci- sion reached, will be increased to $2,- 000,000,000. That will leave the $5,- 000,000,000 wanted by Mr. McAdoo to be taken care of and to do this the committee-is ‘expected to arrange for long-term bonds. Increase Profits Tax. To get the $330,000,000 needed to raise the war revenue bill levy to $2,000,000,000 the finance committee, it was said will apply a higher tax upon excess corporation war profits, and, in addition, probably will raise the normal corporation income tax by 1 per cent, 3 The finance committee talked with experts from the war and navy de- partments before Mr. McAdoo’s esti- mate came in, and received assur- ances that the appropriations al- ready made or contemplated were es- sential in ca ing out the war policy of the administration. The commit- tee heard Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance; Brig. Gen. Black, chief of engineers; Quartermaster Gen. Sharpe; Brig. Gen. Squier, the chief surgeon general. All agreed that it would he unwise to attempt to cur- tail any of the appropriations asked by the war and navy departments. It was pointed out last.night that not include fresh loan to the -allies contemplated by the administration. One "loan of "$3,000,000,000 is expect- ed to be issued soon, while there is {alk that another of $2,000,000,000 will follow within a few months. The $5,000,000,000 of prospective loans would raise the aggregate of appro- priations for the fiscal year approxi- mately .to the $17,000,000,000 esti- mated by Senator Smoot, one of the finance committee, in a speech in the senate this week. The $5,000,000,000 asked for by Mr. McAdoo, it was. said, would prob- ably be made up of twenty-year bonds, bearing 4 per cent interest, Will Not Oppose Consumer. Senator Penrose of the finance com- mittee said the committee was op- ‘posed to putting any additional tax upon the consumer, whose war bur- den would be heavy cnough with the taxes carried in the war revenue bill, besides the increased cost of neces- sities in the market. ‘“The majority of the committee favors raising by bonds almost all of the $5,000,000.- 000 asked by Mr. McAdoo,” said the senator. ‘““The’ revenue bill cannot with reason,” be increased beyond 330,000,000 or $400,000,000 at the outside. 1If we attempt to put too strain upon it, we will only injure the industrial activities of the country. The view of the committee is that the basic structure of the bill, written after two months of deliber- ation, shall remain unchanged, and that the increase of $830,000,000 to make up the $2.000,000,000 aggregate for the war revenue bill be met by a tax, and yet it has to meet the war demands. The finance committee will have to scrutinize the estimates sub- mitted to it by the secretary of the treasury. If they are found, after due deliberation, to be essential, of course the money will be forthcom- ing. N “In any event, the committee is convinced of one thing, and that is that it is unwise to increase the tax to the householder beyond the levy fixed in the war revenue bill as it now stands.” The finance committee expects to have its report on the war revenue bill ready for the senate by the mid- dle of next week. IT MAY MEAN FRANCE Detective Andrew J. Richardson of Wallace street, is in receipt of a let- ter from his son, Andrew F. Richard- son, a member’ of the aviation corps stationed at San Antonio, Texas, in which the voung flier tells of prep- arations being made to move to a lo- cation unknown to the corps. pse 1 4, H. O. P. $1.50 and $2.00 Straw Hats Reduced to 95¢ Henry Clews’ Weekly Letter New York July 28, 1917.—War finance rules the business world to- day with a grip of steel. Secretary McAdoo has just surprised the coun- try by asking for an additional $5,- 000,000,000 to carry on the war, mak- ing when granted an authorization of $12,000,000,000 since our entry into the struggle. Such collossal sums are difficult of comprehension, but some idea may be gained by the fact that it is more than all the farms in the United States can produce within a year; is nearly four times the value of our mineral products, and about $3,000,000,000 in excess of the banner year in our foreign trade. Nor is this all. A $10,000,000,000 budget is possible for the next twelve months to provide for necessary outlays. Of course the United States will not it- self spend all this hugh sum. A large portion will be' loaned to our allies, so that the full amount will not repre- sent actual costs of the war to the United States. We have recently loaned about $1,500,000,000 to Great Britain and must shortly loan still larger sums, the bulk of which will bespent here for military purposes. These latter loans will be an asset, so far as we are concerned, and not a liability, Such a magnificent display of financal power should hearten our allies, and open the eyes of our ad- versaries to the stubborn fact that they are engaged in a war of self- destruction, blindly hurling them- selves against the impossible. Our own administration has certainly done wisely by acting with all possi- ble vigor and utilizing our immense resources of men, munitions and money for the scales for the allies without stint, The latest advices from the seat of war have been dis- couraging, the setback and disaffec- tion in Russia being particularly un- settling. Anarchy prevails for the time being. Nevertheless, such re- verses must be expected. Russia is a country imperfectly understood, and always furnishing surprises. In any event, it is premature to beleive that Russia will not ultimately pull herself together and do her share in the world struggle. Her making peace with Germany at this time seems incredible. General business in the United States is active in many lines and con- djtions are sound. Crop reports con- tinue to be more and more encourag- ing; while industry with few excep- tions is working under continued high pressure. There is little or no infla- tion of credit our banking situation be- ing highly satisfactory and quite equal to the strain imposed by war. In com- modities, however, there is more or less inflation, directly traceable to the war which unavoidably increases cost of production and fosters high prices. How far Government intervention will be able to stop inflation of commodi- ties, remains to he seen. Great Brit- ain_began experiments in’' this direc- tion long in advance of “the United States, and despite all efforts to the contrary, the law of supply and de- mand exerted its sway more or less ef- fectively. Thus far, Government con- trol has been most effectual when confined to enforcing laws against in- jurfous speculation or monopoly and almed at securing more efficiency and less waste. The British Government had but ipdifferent success in price fixing, but proved that Government can mitigate though not prevent high prices, which ultimately bring their own corrective automatically through increased production and restricted consumption. The fixed price idea is a simple-minded dream, utterly im- practicable where basic conditions fluctuate daily and are different in every locality. If it were feasible to establish a system of fixed prices, all sorts of evasion would be quickly ini- tiated, and bargains would be made to offset fixed prices by shifting of grades, special terms of sale, altering weights and sizes of packages, special credits, etc. In another direction Great Brit- ain also had indifferent success and that is in the regutation of transpor- tation. British shipping is now regu- lated to almost the last detail as-to ports, cargoes, sailings, freight rates, passenger rates, etc. Fortunately, the United States is getting at many of these results more effectually and with less friction by means of united co- operation on the part of leading in- dustrial concerns with the United States Government. For the time being, business is much hampered by delay in new legislation. The country awaits settlement of the revenue bill, the food bill and several other war measures of importance. When these are settled, activity will in all probability be resumed, and mer- chants and manufacturers will be free to take contracts ahead. It goes without saying that certain industries will be immensely stimulated by war contracts. Congress has authorized $640,000,000 for aeroplanes, $500,000,- 000 for shipbuilding and another $100,000,000 for the navy. Immense sums will be spent for war materials, not only by ourselves but by aur allies, to whose aid we are committed heart and soul. Of course, the steel in- dustry will be the chief beneficiary of this huge activity. Steel will win this war, and our unequalled resources in this primary industry will prove to be one of the most decisive factors. In securities there is but little in- flation. In fact in some directions there is more or less deflation already Richte MEMBERS NEW YORK 81 WEST MAIN STREET .. r& STOCE EXCHANGE. ..NEW BRITAIN, CONN. TEL. 2040, 25 shs American Brass 25 shs New Britain Machine 100 shs Colts Arms 10 shs Scovill Mfg. Co. 100 shs American Hardware Financial PRIGES G0 UP 1N BROAD TRADING DAY War Stocké Benelitted by Op- timism at Week End Wall Street—Further upward re- vision of prices occurred today in consequence of additional short cover- ing based on technical conditions. Dealings were small, but relatively she broadest of any recent session. War stocks derived the mast benefit. The closing was firm. Sales approximated 250,000 shares. New York Stock EzQ‘'ange quota- tions , tun:shed by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- chenge. Representcd by E. W. Eddy. July 28, 1917 High Low Close 921, 921 923 6% 5% 6% 483 48% 48% . 13% 2% 733 .1035% 103% 103% L1213 121 1213 .1183% 1183% 1183% 1% T6% 17 1003 1001 3% 4% 59% 59% 1263 126% 161 161 - 87% 88% Am Beet Sugar Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Can . 5 Am Loco ... Am Smelting Am Sugar Am Te] & Tel Anaconda Cop AT 8 Fe Ry Co. Baldwin Loco B R T Beth Steel Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio . 118 18% 48% 30% 31% 165% 167 U S Steel pfd ... ‘Westinghouse 4815 Willys Overland 313 U S Ind Alcohol..168% LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) American Brass ...... 313 317 American Hardware .. 133 136 Billings & Spencer 103 Bristol Brass ... Colt’s Arms .. Eagle Lock Landers, Frary & New Britain Machine North & Judd Peck, Stow & Wilcox Russell Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Com. Stanley Rule & Level Stanley Works Traut & Hine Mfg. Co. Union Mfg. Co. Niles, Bement, Pond C. 148 Scovill Mfg. Co. 610 .1181% 118 . 75 Clark 52% 84 31 300 396 GIRL KILLED BY AUTO. Branford, Conn., July 28.—Regina Speucink. aged 10, while crossing a street here last night, was killed by the automobile of James T. Galla- gher of Fairfield. Preliminary in- quiry by the medical examiner tend- ed to show that the girl ran into the roadway and did not see the ap- proaching vehicle, and a collision was ! unavoidable. Coroner Mix began an examination of witnesses today. PLUNKETT EXPERT ON RURAL LIVIN Chino Copper . Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F &1 5 Crucible Steel Distillers Sec Erie Goodrich Rub Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Inspiration Kennecott Cop Lack Steel Louis & Nash . Max Motor com Mex Petroleum N Y Air Brake. Nev Cons .. .. 22% NYNH&HRR 36 Norfolk & West ..1213% Pressed Steel Car. Ray Cons Reading Rep I & Rep I & Southern Southern Ry .. Southern Ry pfd Studebaker Texag Oil Union Pacific Utah Copper U S Rubber U S Steel S ptd Pacific i | accomplished. Our railroad shares are | exceedingly lows in price, due largely | to the limitations upon their profits | enforced by the-government and the consequent lack of incentive to their development. The advancing tendency of money resulting from colossal gov- ernment issues has been an important factor, though this bears heaviest upon | high grade bonds and long term issues. | investors are showing a decided pre- ference for shart term obligations, be- cause of the many uncertainties in the present outlook, and the probability of high interest rates while war con- tinues. The mineral group of shares has been selling at very high figures as a result of unprecedented profits in copper, ‘oil and other minerals. Fears of government price fixing and other forms of regulation naturally affect operations in these shares. Coal is an exception, this industry having had to contend with car shortage, labor | troubles and inability to advance prices in a commodity so close ta | popular comfort. The building trades are probably affected more adversely by the war than any other line of in- dustry. Construction miaterials and | labor are altogether too high to make building operations attractive. HENRY CLEWS. Sir Horace Plunket was elected as chairman of the Irish convention at Dublin called by the British govern- ment for the' purpose of perparing a constitution for the future govern- ment of Ireland. Sir Horace is a member of a very ancient Irish fam- ily, whose head is Lord Dunsany, the famous playwright, novelist and poet. Sir Horace has been noted for many years as an investigator of the prob- lems of rural life in Ireland and is recognized generally as the highest authority on the subject. The photo- graph was made a few years ago whe he visited the United States. The convention adjourned Aug. 8 to enable the chairman, in conjunction with the secretaries, to prepare and issue to the members in circular form the material necessary to enable the convention to proceed with its task. until Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 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