New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN AILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 , 1017 Any man can of our new Fall s They are so cut and made that they do not bind the shoulders or cramp the arms: still they have that trim, | smart look that particular men appre- ciate. Good quality cloth, well cat and made is what makes these suits better than the average. Back of all th of your satisfaction. Men's Suits $16.00 to Stein Block and Shuman, est in comfort in onc s is our guarantee CLOTHING CO.) . S NEW BRITAIN, CONK. GERMANY FACING ,WINTER OF HUNGER Crops Not Good Despite Fore- casts of Officials New York, Sept. 21.—The impres- sten that Herr von Waldow, the new German “Food Dictator,” is going to have a still harder task than his pred- ecessor. Adolph von Batocki, created by the mass of conflicting capitals printed in the American press during the last few weeks, is confirmed by items found in copies of German newspapers received New York.J ndon, and Switzer It appears that the aptimistic views expressed about the new crops by the German experts early in the season hatt'hard- ly been justified by results so far, and that another war Winter will see the German people reduced to still more meagre rations, despite the re- lief promised through grain supplies fdem Rumania and occupied Russia. Reports from various parts of the Kaiser's empire on the grain, fruit, and patato situation show that the output is comparatively small and that the prospects of a big supply being Jaid away for the Winter are poor. Some of the government's moves to increase the food supply have had quite a different effect than what was intended. The authorities offered a premium to farmers for the early delivery of grain so as to speed up the Summer's harvest. As a result the mills and storehouses are overflow- jng with grain, and the Munchener Neueste Nachrichten says that such enormous quantities of grain have been received that it is impossible to " store it properly, and it is feared that much of it may be spoiled, thu tiapeatening a catastrophe to the na tion’s food supply. The Bavarian ministry of the interior hak now or- dered the farmers to keep their grain until it can be properly stored and " handled. Central Market Conditions. In a lengthy article, the Berliner Tggeblatt explains the extremely small supply of fruit and vegetables to be found in the public markets of the German capital by laying prac- tically all the blame upon the na- tional bureaus charged with the pro- curing of food for the MNrge cities, and then draws the following picture of conditions in the central market: “He who takes the trouble to make a ilgrimage at night to the ‘sto- mach of Greater Berlin’ will surely understand why there is no fruit or vegetables to be had in Berlin. Last night just twenty wagons with vege- tables were brought to the market for sale. And these twenty wagons, carried perhaps twelve full wagon- loads altogether, contained not only vegetables, but to a large degree let- tufe and radishes, too! That was all that was placed at the disposi- tion of the 4,000,000 population of Berlin for today in the central mar- ket. Of course, it is certain that a large part of the vegetable output doesn’t come to the market place at all, but, rather, is disposed of at the city's gates, in the streets, and at’ the railvoad station. Advance on »arkets. “Here is the picture presented at the opening at 4 a. m. of the market #to the retail dealers: Men and women who have been waiting in dense erowds hefore the doors of the market bwAlding for hours charge the few places where fruit and vegetables are offered for sale at the double quick. | He who gets anything 1s mighty lucky. Most of them leave in the morning the same as they came. There are from 8,000 to 9,000 retail dealers in Berlin. The goods on hand last night tertainly were not enough to supply more than §00 or 900 of them. When we hear the justified complaints of the many little dealers who leave nnt after night witn empty hands w emight admit that there is a defect In the method of distribution. It is tertain that part of the supply is sold In advance, and that some of the pro- Paeers look afer their old customer: | the existing shortage can be relieved | through OPPORTUNITY ; COMES money, do aside, but " sa not rn grasp it. it It has brought suc- cess o many, and will also bring it to you. Whether you have much or little cash to deposit, bring it to the Commercial Trust Co. and start an account. interest paid on ngs accounts. and, finally, it is a matter of luck if a person gets the first place at this or that stand. “The Berlin Municipal Council, that has been aware for a long time of the complaints of the retailers, is about to work out a system by which every retatler will be supplied in turn. That such a new organization seems more than doubtful. The main thing is, and remains, that goods can only be distributed when they are on hand. It is interesting to note that the inspector reported that from Wer- der and Caputh only two-fifths of the quantity brought in last year are ar- riving. With all this, it is certain that considerable fruit is being sold on the /, and is not brought to the regular market, as it ought to be. Tt is lucky that the importation of vegetables from abroad has begun. Even though the quantities now available are far from meeting the demand, the impor- tation of foreign vegetables, the dis- tribution of which ‘is carried out in a really model fashion, will enable a part of the population to buy fruit and vegetables, althougn under great difficulties.” The Tageblatt also reports that the Imperial Union of German Fruit and Vegetable Dealers has declared itself in accord with the maximum price policy of the Prussian Bureau for Ve- getables and Fruit and that the repre- sentative of the Prussian Government in the district of Kleve has put an end to the extortionate prices for whortle- berries obtaining there by issuing a decree barring exportation of these berries, under penalty of six months in jail. The price had risen to 50 cents a pound. Although a report from Berlin via Stockholm, sent out Aug. 20, told how the potato ration had been raised from five to eight pounds per headgper week in all Germany, stories reaching London about the same time outlined Herr von Waldow's plans for taking over the entire potato crop of the Em- pire and pointed out that hqlders of allotments of land around Berlin who had spent a laborious summer tending their potato plots were feeling very indignant that the food controller in- tended to {ake away their potato tick- es altogether, and insist upon their consuming the potatoes of their own growing first, and these only at the rate of three-quarters of a pound day. These growers, who mostly bea‘] long to the poorer classes of the popu lation, had hoped to save up their lit- tle store for the time of need at the end of the winter. Drought Harms Crops. Contrary to the official report pub- lisher about the potato harvest, there is evidence that the drought has in many parts ruined the early crop, and it is uncertain whether the later crop will be much of Some of the German newspapers complain that the only things that the hot, dry season has produced in abundance are cucumbers and caterpillars. While the food situation in Ba- varia is not so acute as in other parts of the empire, the authorities of the South German kingdom are taking no chances regarding the future and are doing their best to see that they are “out of house and home” North German Summer bk evidence that the food shortage is not so great in Bavaria, the Neue Zurcher Zeitung reproduces a bill of fare of the Passauer Wolf hotel in Passau, dated July 6, giv- ing very moderate prices for a wide range of meat dishes, and comments 1o the effect that these rates are much lower than those prevailing in even a third class Zurich restaurant. Among the dishes on the Pass were stuffed pigeon, with salad at 25 cents; stuffed filet, 30 cents; ox tongue with noodles, 28 cents; calf’s head, 8 cents; pickled liver, 20 cent: age, cents; potato salad, 5 and cherry jam, § cents. In Berlin suasage made out of rab- bits is the latest delicacy. a success. not eaten their BOMB IN SHIF CARGO, Port, Sept. sion of a bomb in sacks of nit A Pacific 21.<Expli- ate be- ing Joaded on the Japanese passenger and freight steamer, Seiyo Maru, at Iquique, Chile, killed two persons and injured 10, it was reported on the ar- rival of the vessel today. After the four other bombs were found. Members blast of the crew said a German agent was -uspected. AITGHEL HURT BY PRO-GERMAN VOTE Primary Fight Ends With Bennett | Only 1,419 Behind New York, Sept. 1,119, Mayor Mitchel's scant majority over William M. Bennett, his oppon- ent in the Republican primaries, was indited yesterday in the Fusion cam- | § paign records in silence, and with re- spectful deliberation. In the minds of the political anal- ysts, it stood for more than an unsat- isfactory margin. It stood for an e> pression of a fecling akin to that man- ifested by the Socialist-Pacifists and German propagandists. Some called it a play into the hands of the Tam- many-Hearst outfit, which has been charged with having pro-German sym- pathi The danger loomed even the announcement of Bennett vester- day that he had been ‘“counted and would demand a recount and his further itimation that if he could not win that way he might enter the run- ning as an independent candidate. Mayor Mitchel himself sounded the warning yesterday in s speech to the Women's Committee of 100 when he proclaimed Americanism as the most important of all the issues of the com-, While not regarding utterance, ing campaign. his speech as a campaign he said: “If I were to discuss with you the ues of the campaign, T should be- gin with the most important of them | all, the maintenance of a stable, a se- cure, a strong and an aggressive pro- American government in the city of New York, a government that may be relied upon to support the hands of President Wilson and the government of the United States in the prosecu- tion of this ar, in every phrase. Out of the eighteen Brooklyn as- sembly districts, In a total of 23, which Mr. Bennett carried against the mayor, the Mitchel vote in the strons- Iy German districts was noticeably small. Tn the 19th district, where 1,016 votes were cast, Mayor Mitchel reecived only 98. This is the strong- cst German district in Brooklyn and has always been strongly republican. The 20th district in Williamsburg, another strongly German and stro ly republican district, gave Mitchel only 535 votes, as against 2,280 for Bennett. The 22d District in Bast New York, which is part German and part Jewish, gave Benneit 1,593 votes and Mitchel 602. The districts in Queens, where Germans predominate and the vote is normally republican, voted overwhelmingly for rennett. Tt was also noted that the strong Jewish dis- tricts in Brownsville and other Brooklyn sections gave Bennett a sub- stantial majority In political circles gencraily a personal slap at Mayor Mitchel, Tt was pointed out that it was not so much a Bennett vote an anti- Mitchel vote. This opinion was sup- ported by the fact that Controller Prendergast and Robert Adamson, the Fuslon candidates for controller and president of the hoard of aldermen, a thousand ahead of the mavor of Brooklyn, as well as most of the other boroughs. The large Prendergas vote in Brooklyn particularly was surprising, as the controller and the mayor were supposed to have in- curred about an equal amount of en- mity in that borough. The fact that Adamson ran ahead of any of the other candidates on the Fusion ticket was credited hy some of the leaders to the ten-day campaign which the fire commissioner made on his own account prior to the primaries. Fe was the only Fusion candidate who pretended to make any pre-primary campaign. He made speeches in all parts of the city, some- times two or three in a night. RATIONS THREAT MADE 10 ENGLISH Ii the People Won't Economize Rhondda Will Make 'Em London, Sept. 21.—Inauguration of a new food economy campaign in Great Britain was announced vester- day Baron Rhondda, Food Controller. If voluntary measures fail,” he said, “I shall have no com- punction in putting the nation on compulsory rations.” Baron Rhondda added that the Aanger of the situation did not lie in the submarine peril, but in the world’s shortage of cereals, meats and fats. Baron Rhondd made this state- ment to the American correspondents here after telling them that the min- imum foodstuff requirements from the TUnited States and Canada dur- ing the forthcoming twelve months would he more than 10,000,000 tons, representing an expenditure of $1,- 250,000,000, The food controller nounced measures for sugar trade. with a ew York to supervise chases. The mittee cutive,” as e by the also stabilizing committee Cuban an- the in pur establishment of and of a meats and said Baren Rhondd pical of the ‘way in which re are now worki together to solve the Allied food problem with the least possible dislocation of trade and in a united determination that the armins and civil populations shall be provided at a fair price with food enough to assure victory.” this 21.—The figure, | larger in | out” | | ot the large Bennett vote was interpreted as | | Ches & Ohio A. KATTEN & SON HARTFORD ONE PRICE CLOTHING CO. 114 Asylum Street, Hartford ERGE DRESSES Sale Price $15.00 We Are Offering” for Tomorreow Only— SATURDAY, SEPT. 22ND— One hundred and fifty Fall Serge Dresses in all colors and in about twenty different styles and in sizes 16 to 44 at $15.00 The regular values of these dresses vary from $18.50 to $29.75. COME EARLY ALTERATIONS EXTRA ' H.O.P. Fall Suits| | H. 0. P. Coats for | Are Exceptionally| | Fall Are Selling‘ }. Stunning. 84 91 % 2 84 917% 27 611 44 165% 129 971 591 2k b 16 39 ~~o~ms | Rep T & S com | S0 Pac . SO Ry +....s So Ry pfd . Studebaker . . 91 6115 44 1643 1281 95 5 591 110 451 89 Financial 61% L 4T3 166 ..129% 9815 6014 oot Rub Co 1 U S Steel Westinghouse 46 Western Union 89 STOCKS CONTINUE DOWNWARD COURSE oo & AR | LOCALSTOCKS Barly Prospects Bright Until§ Bears Begin Drive (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Below are the closing operation Bid American Brass American Hardware | | | Wall Street—Under the lead of | 2Muerican Silver copper stocks, the market advanced | ?‘1““’“’“’ e sbeicen strongly at the opening today. An- | Dristol Brass nouncement over night of the agree- | U0l Arms ment on a price of 23 1-2 cents for | LAnders, ¥rary copper metal relieved apprehension | eV Britain a drastic reduction and rencted ?f’";," ‘:IJ"‘“L o favorably not only on the copi e shares but on industrials gene e e D Gains of 1 to 2 points were made in | -tandard Screw com many instances. Profit taking and | Stanlev Rule and Level. i of the railron Howa| AtanlevaWorls quick reac Ul o oG 2 point gain and Can- von Mig . .- e . Tlemt-Pond com. . ovill Mfg Co & Clark. Machine. . ness 1sed lost i el cific per an 1 ! terday’s closc | Resumption of liquidation, coupled | with bear selling of the railroads and J sold 2 1 e s various specialties, drove down the | list sharply in the forenoon. All of | the carly advances were turned into 1o with particul rkness i | the motors, oils, zinc a Bethle- | hem Steel, Utah copper and Canadian Pacific. Canadian fell 3 3-8 to a new ow price for the year. Bears were active when it hecame obvious that news of the copper scttlement was not bringing in outside orders. Bonds were gular. Two $500,00 block of Liberty bonds osold at par, after which the issue went to a premium. The range was 99.98 to 100.02. Closing.—The market gave a ¢ demonstration of restored c fidence in the last hour. The cop- pers again became strong, with a rise of 3 1-2 points in smelting. .The market closed strong. bonds sold at 99.98 to 100.02 s approx- imated 625,000 shares. City Items William E. Beers has returned from trip to Atlantic City J. James Kennedy of Westfield, Mass., formerly of this city, is visiting here. While attempting to avoid collid- g with a horse and wagon on West in street this noon, Edward Sharpe insurance agent ran his car against a tree and badly damaged the | machine. a in M an vas reported today that the em- of the North & Judd Mig. Co., | have been notificd that those w ho re- | mained away from work during the ‘(‘OI\]JIE‘ of haurs yesterday that the National Army men were leaving town the month, NEW TEACHERS. school faculty will hold in the High school gym- evening in honor of the Principal and Mrs. e and Mrs. J. C. S ¢ :)[\JO'L\' and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Farn- Close | ham ‘will reccive. The committe in 86% ! charge of “coption consists of Qi;’ Miss Mar, . chairman; Miss 889 | Agnes an and Miss Ina Atwood. { The music will be furnished by | Dyson’s orchestra. i TO HONOR | The mHign a reception n new Louis P. New York Stock Exchange quota- tion furnished by Richter & Co., | members of the New York Stock Bx- I change. Sept. | High i Low Am Bect Susar Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Can .. Am Can pfd Am Loco Am Smelting . Am Sugar Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop A T S Fe Ry Co.. Raldwin Loco | B &0 BERAT b | . DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Mary Hollywood. ”/ The funeral of the late Mrs. "‘ ! wood will be held at % row morning Burial will cemetery. Holly 9 o’clock tomor- Mary’s church the new Catholic at St be in Butte Superio: Pac Leather Alfuerdo ¢ funera] of Alfuerdo Giablisbora of 127 Wilcox street, who died yester- | day in the Hartford hospital, was held o'clock this afternoon and burial was in Fairview cemetery, Canadian ablisbora, Central The Chino Copper C'or G .. Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec M. Cowles, Funeral services for the late Leroy M. Cowles, were conducted at the undertaking parlors of ith & Son, 61 Church strect, Hartford, yester- day afternoon. B 1 was in St James’ cemetery, Glastonbur A beautiful floral picce v tributed Dby the Veteran Firemen’s ssociation of this city. Constable Winkle, Chicf Robert M. <-Chief John Carlton and W. H. Gib- of Berlin officiated as hearers. Ler ectric Goodrich Rub t Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Tnspiration Kennecott Lack Steel . Tonis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol Y A Y C & Nev Cons NYNH Y Ont or Pac . » Mail S S Co enn R R ... Ray Cons | Reading Cop con- ed ake Hud H R \lfred Gianbabristoni. West Alfred Wilcox noon at ticemic Gianbabr street, died the Hartfc poisoni 4 | held today w 81% | view cemétery. toni. vesterday vd al of sep- The funeral w interment in Fair- & h sked | | have forfeited their bonus rights for | | iron ana steel produce | get of | | at $2.50, some of these contracts run- Dame, | | contracting at concessions tainty the supply of mater Richter&Co MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 81 WEST MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN. CO! TEL. 2040. 50 shs Colts Arms 50 shs American Hardware 50 shs Stanley Works 50 shs Landers, Frary & Clark 50 shs Union Mfg. Co. TAX DAY OCTOBER 1S We own and offer the following Tax Exemp Preferred Stocks: 50 shs. Pratt & Whitney Pfd. To Yield About 6 Per Cent. 50 shs. Electric Bond & Share Pfd. To Yield About 6 Per Cent. 50 shs. U. S. Envelope Pfd. To Yield About 6 Per Cent. 58 shs. Denver Gas & Elec. Pfd. B To Yield About 6.35 Per Cent. 59 shs. Dayton Power & Light Pfd. To Yield About 6.40 Per Cent. 50 shs. Northern States Power Pfd. To Yield About 7 Per Cent. SPECIAL CIRCULARS ON REQUEST [RISBIE &(0. 260 MAINST. TEL.20I10 RerPreESENTED By F.W.PORTER clination to find bring taker: Last quarter contrad for steel bars at 3 1-2c. at mill sta as an illustration; as do also a qu tation 7 1-2c. on tank plates and i lots of black sheef prices which Steel and Pig iron Markets The Iron Age say 7.75c. on round The reduced consumption of fabrica ed material shows to what an extei | hish prices have been a check. reach the totals of 1915 and 1916 and building construction much business would need be dof {in the remainder of the year as wi covered in the eight months passe The pig-iron market 1is largel | made by resale transactions, chie | of iron intended for export, but the: are ecvidences of weakening in fu |nace prices. In foundry iron tI most marked recession is in conned tion with Eastern sales. In one cad as low as §43 at furnace was done a sale of No. 2 plain. Generally t inarket may be put at $2 belowe lai week’s level. Southern iron for thi year can be had at $47, Birminghan for No. 2 and at $45 for 1918 dd livery. In hasic iron the break as a re minder of the rapid advances of few months ago. A Shenango Valle; steel interest has sold 2,000 tons fro: | an accumulation for prompt shipj jment at $42 at furnace, against $4 ruling a week ago, and Southery | basic has been hought in the Chicagd { market at $40, delivered, though thi | latter may be slightly off standa analysis iron. In the face of this | quotations as high as $50 are s | made. | As iron and steel prices fall, tHi | course of wages is upward and stil] | upward, as the Pacific Coast shipyai | strikes emphasize anew. Consumers of Lake will be fairly well supplied at th | close of navigation, it now appears [ The subcommittee of the Council off | Natoinal Defense cut estimates of re | quirements and has established thel amounts to be hauled meanwhile by | the railroads. e atistaction iy LD T (R Waiting for the move at Washing-| buying methods grows and manufac- | {on has had its effect on export buy turers who recently ceased to act on { N8 where license difficulties are nil advisory committecs in view of the ! Though inquiries arc aplenty they legal questions raised are no tlikely to nave earmarks of feclers, with ques. resume this relation. Sentiment s tions as to makers’ attitude on con. being made daily in favor of larger |racts proposed in the event of pric vowers for the War Industries Board | "“*“\ k:""‘:“’“;fi 30,000 fons. of basts Tl R oo e L e Sy i notaa W Besides okl U8 centralization may explain delay in an- e e e Ttaly, 12,- nounecing iron and steel prices, though | tons of plates for '“h”.‘”_r‘;,r i the impr 5 fo Washington s thae | 000 tofs 15 vanied for Trafice BS the question will be settled this week, | 17:000 tons. vrobably for “;1“‘“"::;' It is becoming clearor that recent | On 2.000 tons of ‘plate,=28¢. uay i from the done. < with a c 1. Consum- | believe that the quantitics | ilable at Government prices after Government needs, general contracts today: The fuel situation has hecome more serious since the fixing of the §2 ba for bituminous coal and present and future effects upon the steel industry | are giving no small concern. T producers of plates and shapes have been facing a shutdown for the past ten days because of short shipments of , coal, and it appears that the Government must actually get into the business of supplying coal to some s from wlom it astern has bought material. The fact that $2 coal is not coming out and that us whose contracts at higher prices are still in force are ng a supply, indicates what will happen when a price is fixed on coke. Steel companies which buy blast fur nace coke in thce market may have 10 100k to the Government to supply them with coke in order to be able to dsliver Government steel. Only recently blast furnaces were unwillingly to enter into contracts for coke, expecting almost daily the an- nouncement of the Government price. In the past week some furnaces which have sold pig iron through the first half of 1918 have contracted for coke ning through all of 1918. In connection with the allotment of 15,000 tons of Government coke among merchant coke operators for dclivery over 12 months, it should be said that the prices of $3.50 for foun- dry and $3 for furnace were tenta- tive and in the nature of advance payments. Final settlement is to be paid after prices are fixed by the Gov- ernment. Superior ol 000 lately firm levels is to f The making of whiskey is this country- now unless pos- of Kentucky rolina where the distiller 8y stopped in sibly in or North the mountains and spot demands are cared for will be small. i . Certainly there is an incr failed to get his notice. Journal, -Kansas Citw sing in-