New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1917, Page 11

If you are going to enjoy your vaca- tion to the utmost, you will need one of these thin, cool, comfortable Out- ing Suits. Just the thing to loaf and play in. * Two-piece Outing Suits $18.00. For the Hotel veranda and Board- walk here are the smartest suits a man could want—perfect in cut, make, and fit. Smart patterns in the newest shades of blue, gray, tan, and brown $12.00 to $24.00. Specal values at $20.00. $8.00 to NEW BRITAIN CONW. BRITISH GIVENO " REST T0 GERMANS (Continued from First Page) To the south the especially on ceeding regularly. struggle is localizing, the. Carso front. German Offensive in East. Petrograd, Aug. Germans have begun an offensive on the north- ern part of the Russian line betwen the marsh and the river Aal, the war office announces. The Russians have retired two three versts northward between miwhes and the river. ol the FARRELL-WHALEN NU PITALS. ‘Local Merchant to Take Millbrook Girl for' Bride. The chunch of the Sacred Heart, Millbrook, N. Y., will be the scene of a pgetty wedding Wednesday, Sep- tember 19, at 10 o'clock, when Thomas . Farrell of this city will lead Miss Nellie A. Whalen of Mill- brook to the altar. Rev. Father Weire, pastor of the church, will offi- cfate. Michael W. Fleming of Stam- ford will be best man and Miss Julia Whalen of Millbrook, a niece of the bride, will be bridesmaid. Fellowing the ceremony, a recep- tion will be tendered the couple, and on their return from an extended honeymoon trip, they will make their home at 97 Lincoln street. The groom is one of the best known business men in this city, being president of the Farrell Clothing company. He Is a popular member of New: Britain lodzg, B. P. 0. E. PLAYGROUNDS CLOSING. Play Festival to Be Held August 29, Chairman William ¥. Mangan of the public amusements commission announced this afternoon that the an- nual play festival of the playgrounds wili"be Teld at Walnut Hill park next day afternoon A program consisting mostly of dances and other - games under the direction of < Manion D. Rearden, folk dancing her will be tendered. 'There will be athletic sports and baseball Wednesday angements for the musical pro- gramt have not been completed. The grounds will formally close on Friday, August 31. The Philharmonic Band will render a concert under {he aus- pices of the commission at Walnut Hill park Wednesday evening, August 29, and on the following Wednesday veging the final concert of the season will'be given. /| GAGEMENT ANNOUNCTD. Invitations have heen the wedding of Miss Gesner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Gesner of ylerville, and Harry H. Corhin of 103 Camp street of thig city. The young couple are to bg married at the home of the bride on September 4 by the Rev. George B. Gilhert of Middletown. Howard Corbin will be best man and the maid of honor will be Miss Delia LaMay. The bridesaids will be Miss Funice Gesner and Mrs Benheiming. After a wedding the couple will live at street in this city. BOY ROBS CASH REGISTER, The police have been watching for 11-year-old boy, who broke egrola’s store at 923 vesterday afternoon $10 from the c: was arrested today in chambers tomorrow. A kman at Traut& Hine's factory smw ghe robbery committed and re- DarL} pelice. The hoy picked the lock to the front door while Negrola was at finner and made his exit by removing Liscreen from a rear window. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. A EI for Gertrude P. tour and stole be; tried Etta | 230 Bassett | into | Stan- | sh register. The | and will be | the case to Negrola and the | PAGIFISTS UNABLE TO HIRE A HALL Minneapolis Conierence Must Be Held in Tent New York, Aug. 22.—As much chagrin as if is becoming for a pro- fessional display was shown yesterday by the various heads of departments of the Conscientious Objector, Manu- facturing company, Ltd., No, West Thirteenth street and No, 70 Fifth avenue, when the news came from Minneapolis that the Constituent As- semby’ of the People’s council and the Workmen's Council, its labor wing, will have to be held in a tent. Louis P. Lochner, general secretary of the People’s council, who went to Minneapolis to make arrangements for the Constituent assembly on Sep- tember 1, sent back the sad néws that no man,in Minneapolls would rent a hall for such purpose. “We have obtained, acres for erecting tent for confer- ence,” telegraphed Mr. Lochner, “and smaller tents for committees. Impos- sible to get large hall. Miss Fola La Follette, daughter of a senator of that name and member of the People's Council Organizing committee, dragged the honored name of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, who is anything but a pacifist, into the matter and said:— “We seem to be in the same posi: tion as Sarah Bernhardt when she was bucking the theatrical trust of this country, and toured the nation under a tent and was highly success- ful. The People’s council also 1is bucking a trust—the militarist trust. They have insidlously worked to pre- vent us obtaining an auditorium and we shall fight them under canvas. They cannot throttle the demand for peace which is eminating from the hearts of a war stricken world.” Canvas has gone up in price tre- mendously since the war began and fears are expressed that* Dr. David Starr Jordan’s $50,000 peace fund will have to suffer-to get the big tent and the little tents réquired. That peace fund has been accumulated from the little contributions of the “mothers of America” to end the war, first on Au- gust 4, then on September 1. Now it is feared that need of the war must be still further postponed to buy can- vas. The action of Samuel Gompers and other officials of the American Fed- eration of Labor in calling a counter convention at Minneapolis to combat the People's council conference there was sadly discussed in the factory of the Conscientious Objector Manufac- turing company, Ltd., yesterday. “We hope and trust that there will be no trouble,” said one of the factory hands yesterday in a quavering voice. ‘‘There won’'t be any trouble of our making, you may be sure; but those militaristic labor men who oppose us are rough fellows, and—oh, it would be dreadful if there should be any violence.” James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, telegraphed the Conscientious Object- or Manufacturing company, Ltd., that he had doubts if he could get to the pacifist convention, “But,” he said, “now that I know there is to be .a move by Gompers, Cpargo & Co. to initiate a counter movement I am go- ing to Minneapolis. thirty-five BLAMES GERMANS FUR STRIKE. Manager of Tron Works Accuses Pro- pagandists for Trouble. Philadelphia, Aug. 22 —Several hundred boilermakers and ' helpers employed in seven ship. building plants along the Delaware river front are on strike today for increased pay and shorter hours. Robert A. Rutherford, manager of the John Baizley Iron Works, one of the largest plants affected, declared German propagandists were responsi- ble for the waikout. SCOTS ELECT TOMORROW. Several Amendments to Constitutions Acted on Today. Hartford, Aug. 22.—The Roval Clan of the Order of Scottish Clans in session here this morning proposed amendments to the royal and subor- dinate clan constitutions, few of which were adopted. It was voted to make the election of officers the special order for Thurs- day afternoon. It was decided that the installation should be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning. SUES 'OR DIVORCE. Plymouth Womsn Brings Against Local Resident. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Flannagan Gra- ham of Plymouth, through her coun- sel, F. A. Scott of that town, has brought action for a divorce against her husband, Hugh J. Graham of this city. Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwell served the papers. The plaintift alleges that she was married to the defendant March 25, 1907, and since that date the defend- ant has been guilty of Intolerable cru- elty and habitual intemperance. She asks for custody of four children. The papers are returnable in the superior court an Winchester on the first Tues- day in September. Action REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS. The work of collecting magazines and books to be sent to the soldiers in camp was recently begun by the col- lege women in this city who have | joined the Collegiate Periodical | league. The secretary or the league | has received notice from Washingten that college men as well as wbmen are asked to join and help to provide reading matter for the leisure hours of the army men. Col'ege men or women desiring to join should com- municate with Mrs. Otto Burckhardt 85 Black Rock avenue. 1 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. % WV BRI Gy il “INLOOK AND OUTLOOK™ We look carefully into every detall of eur service . and insist upon a highistandard of efficiency. ' That is why we are in a posi- tion to look out for the best interests of every customer. Checking accounts are invited. LIGHTNING KILLS SOLDIERS Two Massachusetts Guardsmen Struck by Bolt at Framingham OCamp— Nine Injured in Terrific Storm. Framingham, Mass.,» Aug. 22.—Two members of L company, Ninth. Mas- sachusetts Infantry, were killed, nine others from the Ninth and Fifth regi- ments were seriously injured, and a’ number of men suffered minor in- juries when a severe electrical storm played havoc in Camp McGuinness late yesterday. The dead are: v Clark Corporal E. P., of Natick. Sullivan, “Private P. J, of Fram- ingham, formerly of Norwood. Those who suffered injuries seri- ous enough to warrant treatment at the camp hospital or at the hospital in Framingham are: Edward Fay of Medford, Arthur Kelliher of Cochi- tuate, Malcolm Russell of Melrose, Maurice Mendoza of Everett, Robert H. Decker of Medford, Charles Mc- Cannon of Dorchester, Morrls Gouldsburg of Revere, Leslie Ben- nett and Edward Fannon of Natick. They are expected to recover. One of the freaks of the storm was the burning of a cross on the fore- arm of Sergt. J. Sair of Natick, an- other member of L company, who was among a scare that received lesser in- juries and slight shocks. This is the second time that light- ning has struck a camp of the Ninth Infantry, as it is only two weeks ago that the camp of recruits at the Bay State range, Wakefield, was struck and three men injured. Tonight one of these men was on the field, and when the lightning struck he fainted into the arms of a comrade. City ltems ' Valiant Tent will hold an important meeting in Commercial hall at 8§ o’'clock this evening. The Universal Band will render a band concert at Walnut Hill Park thig evening. Leader E. J. Barrett has ar- ranged a pleasing program. Policeman Clarence Lamphere ar- rested Guiseppi Engrassi today on the charge of reckless driving. He will appear in the police court tomorrow morning for trial. R Richard M. Healy, the local Kissel Kar agent left today for Hartford, ‘Wisconsin, where the company which produces the car is located. He will ‘be gone about a week. Mary A. Casserly and James E. Gar- vey have transferred land on Myrtle street to the Stanley Works. Eras- tus 8. Hart, Jr., has also transferred to the Stanley Works land on Plain- ville road. The case of Matthew R. Malinow- ski of this city who was summoned vesterday for speeding his automo- bile on Farmington avenue was ad- journed iIn the Hartford police court this morning 'until Sept. 5. ‘William Dunlap, emplayed at Lan- ders, Frary & Clark’s, received notice ta report at the Brooklyn navy yards tomorrow. He leaves in company with Messrs Cook and Rawlings, also members of the naval Teserves. Frank Riley, who is a member of the naval reserves was in town yes- terday. James Rogers, recently com- | missioned as a second leutenant in the field artillery was home for a short stay. KEarle E. Edwards, ser- geant of supplies with the machine gun' company, has returned to New Haven after a short furlough spent in this city, |NEW HAVEN HOTEL DEFRAUDED Bogus Captain Cashes Checks for $300. New Haven, Aug. 22.—A local hotel today reported that yesterday a dig- nified man, evidently a military of- ficer with credentials purporting to identify him as an officer of the commissary branch of the United | states army, obtained about $300 on worthless checks cashed by the man- agement. The man left the hotel. Ten minutes later a private detec- tive appeared and said he had been trailing the so-called Captain Hann, U. S. A, but had not quite caught up with him. ‘Worthless U. S. S MIDDLETOWN FIRM. Hartford, Aug. 22.—The United States of America has brought suit against the New England Enameling company, of Middletown, to recover $568.87 and $469.07 for additional custom duties on shipments of alum- inum sheets from Frankfort, Ger- many, sixty-seven in all, part of the aluminum coming on the Slaterdyke and part on the Rotterdam. The ac- tion was brought by Assistant U. S. District Attorney Lincoln, and the suit i returnable at the September term “of the United States district court. VICTIM LEFT 50,000. N Haven, Aug. 22.—The estate of Leo rd F. Hotchkiss, killed in the North Branford wreck, as reported in the probate court today, was aver SHOWING NEW FALL COATS | PERSONALS Miss Alice Gaffney is spending her vacation at Madison. Miss Margaret McGrail of Summcrl street is sojourning for a few days at Morningside. Miss Ethel Trebert of Maple Hill is spending a two-weeks' vacation at Short Beach. Leroy Fleischer of Black Rock avenue is spending two weeks at In- dian Neck. Miss Lena Fleischer has returned from a two weeks' vaca- tion at Fairview Beach. 2 STANLEY WORKS' PURCHASE Manufacturing Concern Adds Two More Properties to Its Tax List— West Main and Myrtle Streets. The purchase of the Hart property of Plainville road and the purchase of the Garvey property on Myrtle street are the latest additions to the evér-increasing accumulation of real estate on the West End of the city to the property of the Stanley Works. Lately the Stanley Works has been buying considerable, and within the ipast three or four years has tripled its property. The land the Stanley ‘Works is now adding to its possession is not going to be used immediately but it is part of the future policy of the company which is always looking ahead. The Stanley Works is perhaps the largest manufacturing concern in the city as far as the possession of real estate goes. .The expansion of the Stanley Works has not been along the lines of buying real estate alone but it has also erected some very large factory buildings during the past two years. PROTEST, $1.65 WHEAT. St. Paul, Aug. —E. G. Quamm, president of the Federal Land Bank ot St. Paul, will leave tonight for Wash- ington, heading a delegation of farm- ers and business men from North Da- kota and Minnesota in a protest against the fixing of $1.65 per bushel as the price for wheat. J. P. Finch of | Fargo, one of the delegation, said that the farmers will not sell their grain at the price proposed. GERARD TAKEN ILL. Chicago, Aug. 22.—James W. Ger- ard, former American ambassador to Germany, was seized with an attack of rheumatism as his train drew near $150,000. The estate goes to the wid- ow. In the accompanying illustration a United States soldier is shown under- going a severe medical test. With his legs crossed, he submits to a blow on a nerve near the knee with a rubber KNEE TAPPING IS A SCIENTIFIC TEST here today. He caiitelled an engage- ment to speak here at noon. FOR OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES ARMY mallet. If there ig no peiceptible in- voluntary movement of the lower part of the limb it indicates a nerve affilic tion. While this test is not given to the draft army, most of the canu. > <P 9 >> SCIENTIFIC TEST For SOLDIER <=+ <+ e dates for a higher command get it. | Incidentally, nearly all the men in the -ninth regiment: of New York | underwent this test and more than )5 per cent. passed it perfectly. | |Rep I & S pfd ... | United Fruit MEMBERS NEW YO RK 31 WEST MAIN STREET .... TEL. 2 50 shs Colt’s Arms 50 shs American Hdw. 50 shs Union Mfg Co. 50 shs L. F. & C. 25 shs Niles - Bement- Pond 25 shs American Brass 50 shs American: Silver 50 shs Billings € Spencer Richter&Co. STOCK EXCHANGE. vevee....NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 040. 20 shs Scovill Mfg. Co.. 50 shs Stanley Works 25 shs S. R. & L. 20 shs Standard Screw 50 shs North & Judd 50 shs Bristol Brass 25 shs Eagle Lock 50 shs Traut & Hine Financial COALLINES HURT BY CUT IN PRICE Railroads Weaken and Draw Other Shares Downward Wall Street—Shares of the coal roads and coal producing companies | suffered further in the shrinkage dur- ing today’'s early dealings in conse- quence of the cut in prices ordered by the government. Pittsburgh coal dropped 4 points and Reading 11-4, with material fractional recesgion in the bituminous issues. Delaware and Hudson developed recurrent weakness and New Haven made the new low record of 30 1-8. Industrials, equipments, and cop- pers were sympathetically affected, leading steels losing 1 to 11-2 points. Shippings and tobaccos were among the few sustaining features. Steady liquidation accompanied the trading of the morning, most early losses being increased. Steels, coppers Mexicans and sugars were pressed for sale by professional interests and shippings falled to hold. Motors were relatively the steadiest of any group. Rails vielded generally, numerous sec- ondary ues, including the western and southwestern divisions losing 1 to 2 points. High grade coalers rallied fractionally, support being observed on recessions. Dealings in bonds were nominal, the Liberty issue selling, at 99.88 to 99.92. During the lull of the mid-session some tance was offered by steels and other industrials. This was more than offset, however, by the greater weakness of coalers, notably Reading and a'sharp setback in Mexican Pe- troleum. Closing — Mixed conditions ipre- vailed in the last hour, coalers going lower, with ralljes of 1 to 5 points in steels. The closing was weak. Seales approximated 750,000 shares. i —_— New York Stock Exchange quota- tion furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York Stock Ex- change, Represented by E. W. Eddy. Aug. 22, 1917 High Low Close 90 8614 86% 98 93 93 3% 73 73 45Y 437 43% .. 68% 67 681 .1035% 100% 100% L 119% 115% 116 ..203 200% 200% L1181 118% 118% 75 T4Y T4y 991% 98% 98% 68 66% 06% 68% 68% 683 L1130 112% 112% 35% 35% 358 1603 % 160% 8914 8715 5814 57T% 55,% 55 66% 66% 47% 475 8014 78 L1023 1013 28 26 2314 23 35 31 151 150% Beet Sugar .. Ag Chem Car & Fdy Co. Can Loco Smelting Sugar Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop A T 8 Fe Ry Co. Baldwin Loco B & O Beth Steel 5 Butte Superior Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mil & St Pau Col F & I Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec Erie : Erie 1st pfd General Electric Am Am Am Am Am Am Am i LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Am Brass ... ..308 813 Am Hardware ..132 Am Silver . - Bristol Brass . Colts Arms Eagle Lock Landers, F & C .. N. B Machine North & Judd . Russell Mfg Co i Stand Screw Com | Stanley R & L Stanley Works | Traut & Hine { Union Mfg Co | Niles, Bement-Pond com 150 i Scovill Mfg C.o teseaes. 828 SUDDEN DEATH OF JOSEPH S. BENNET Owner of Union Laundry Rushed ' ¥ Hospital But Dies An Hour Datery Joseph S. Bennett of 154 Lincol street, an ‘influential member of. {i Chamber of Commerce and one of th prominent business men in the of died at the General Hospital gt ' o'clock iast night, having been stric en with what appeared to be acute digestion about an hour before. M ical Examiner Harry A. Elédak called in on the case and found! hi failuresto be the cause of death though Mr. Bennett had not be feeling Well for some time he had b able to attend to his duties as Pr dent and treasurer of the Uni Laundry and was on a numbper of ims ‘| portant committees at the Chamber: Commerce. [t He was born in Tilsie, Germany, years ago, but came to Montreal, Cj ada, at the age of 17. He later live in Boston ‘and settled in Laconia, Ny H., for about elght years. He- th went out to the Pacific coast and livi at San Pedro, Cal., for one year. then came to New Britain and tooky over the ownership of the Uniomy Laundry fifteen years ago. Since thi it has grown to the proportion of cupying a large handsome structu; on Arch street at the foot of Grand] street. He was married October 18, 1895 to Miss Mabel De Merritt in Las| conia, N. H. Besides his wife hs leaves one son, Ossian S. Bennett. Mr, Bennett was a member of the Elks and Centennial Lodge, Masons. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock | tomorrow frem the house. Rev. Louls| Malvern of Peabody, Mass., will of: ficlate. Burial will be in Cedar Hilly | Hartford. 2 It Mrs, John D, Hannon. e The funeral of Mrs. John D. Hans non, who died Monday in Enflsld, held at 8:30 o’clock this morning &t her late home and at St. Patriek' church in Thompsonville at 8 o'clogk. | Solemn high mass was celebrated. The | body was brought here for burial in | the new Catholic cemetery. John Rodin. The funeral of John Rodin, 77 vears old, of 35 Chestnut street, who died at the General hospital Sunday, was held this afternoon at the un- Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Illinois Central Inspiration Kansas City s0 .... Kennecott. Cop Lack Steel .. Lehigh Val . Louis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol . ... N YC & Hud ... 82% Nev Cons ey NYNH&HRR30% 483 48%, 10415 333 101% 54 20 42 86 60 1228 32% 95 828 22% 22% 301 308 101% 1013 1163 *11615 B2% 523 73 73 681 681 26% 26% 86 3% 86 1027% 93 % 261 56 51% 1 % 131 101% 613% 121 117% 38% 471% 30% 59% 1228 31% 95 821 Norf & West ... Penn R R Peoples Gas .. Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons ...... Reading ...... Rep I & § com So Pac ..... So Ry -.... So Ry pfd .. Studebaker . Union Pac . Utah Cop U S Rub Co S Steel . U S Steel ptd Va Car Chem Westinghouse . Willys Overland 38% 471 30% > 47% ot 01% dertaking rooms of John A. Andrews | & Co. Services were held at the:.| Swedish Lutheran church at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr, 8. .G. Ohman ofs ficiated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. ¥ Card of Thanks. Wae wish to express our sinsere thanks for the many acts of kindness and the sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our beloved hushand and father, Herman Vogel. We wish to thank in an especial man- ner the Gerstaecker lodge, I. O. O. F, Concordia K. U. Verein, B. Turn Verein, Leimsieder club, N. B. Quar- tet club, Teutonia Maennerchor, Thusnelda lodge, O. H. D. S. and friends who sent flowers. MRS. HERMAN VOGEL, MR. AND MRS. FRANK E. HERRB AND FAMILY. S PLATTSBURGERS DEPART. Thomas F. Jackson of “The New Britain Herald” and John A. Marting: the local athlete, selected candidates: to the second reserve officers tralne: ing camp at Plattsburg Barracks, Ni' Y., left this afternoon for the sliores of Lake Champlain to commence . their tralning.