New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1917, Page 11

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER; 11, 1017. Don’t wait for old winter to get you. Select your overcoat mnow, while everything is to your advantage— variety, assortment, new styles and patterns, Here are the new belted Trench coats—they arc “the” coats of this season, $18 to $30. Plain coats in regular and ulster styles $16 to $35. Union and two-piece underwear in medium and heavy weights. Local agents for Stein Bloch Shuman clothing. & CLOTHING CO.. wy NEW BRITAIN, CONW. JEREMIAH U'LEARY © MAKES A DENIAL Says He Was Never in League | With Any German Plots New York, Oct. 11.—Jeremiah A. O’Leary, editor of the Anglophobe | magazine, Bull and president of the | American Truth society, has written a letter to Robert Lansing, secretary ; of state, denying that he ever was an agent of the German government to foster sabotage in the United States or that he had been engaged in promot- ing acts of violence here. The letter » follows: “Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, ‘Washington, D. C.:(— “Sir: Malicious and mendacious are the hideous suggestions.you are | striving to create in the public mind in publishing the alleged Zimmer- W. L. HATGH ELEGTED Gratifying Financial Report Made At Meeting of Organization William L. Hatch was elected pres- ident of the New Britain Charity Or- ganization at its annual meeting last evening. The combined reports of the receipts and disbursements of the treasurer and agent showed that the year has been successful from & fin- ancial standpoint. A balance of $1,- 808.80 remains in the treasury. In addition to the relief bills contracted and approved by the agent, debts amounting to $764.15 were paid by private individuals. Miss Elsie C. Os- born, superintendent, made her an- nulll statement, which appears in another column of today's issue of the Herald. The financial report follows: Received by treasurer from contributions . Received by treasurer, in- come from invested funds . Received by treasurer, mis- cellaneous funds Recelved by‘agent for special cases 870.40 10.50 1,679.60 .$5,068.25 1,642.35 ‘Total sl en e Disbursed by treasurer Disbursed by agent ... $6,710.60 Total ..$1,808.80 ‘Treasurer e ..$1,771.55 Agent ... . .. 317.25 Total ... ...$1,808.80 The report of the nominating com- mittee follows: President—Willlam L. Hatch. “Vice President—W. E. Attwood. Secretary—Charles F. Chase. Treasurer—Frederic W. Macomber. Finance Committee—Robert E. BEr- win, chairman; William L. Damon, Frederic W. Macomber, F. G. Platt, F. G. Vibberts. Board of Directors. Term Expires Oct., 1918—J. R. An- drews, W. F. Brooks, H. P. Carter, W. L. Damon, Carl Ebbesen, E. C. Goodwin, Mrs. J. E. Martin, R. N. Peck, F. H. Platt, Mrs. I. D. Russell, E. W. Schultz. P. B. Stanley. Term Expires Oct, 1919—C. F. Chase, E. C. Connolly, E. B. Eddy, A. F. Eichstaedt, W. L. Hatch, Mrs. R. N. Hemenway, W. C. Hungerford, Rev. L. S. Johnson, J. H. Kirkham, E. F. Neumann, C. P. Spear, F. C. Vib- berts. Term BExpires Oct., 1920—W. E. Attwood, Martin K. Pasco, George L. Damon, F. R. Gilpatric, A. J. Hart, E. N. Humphrey, F. C. Platt, Mrs. E. J. Porter, Mrs. H. C. J. Parker, Mrs. Robinson, L. P. Slade, George S. mann note. *Whether it was forged | Talcott. “ by British agents or whether it is genuine you must know the document has no standing in any court. Since it 1s no proof it establishes nothing. Although I have been continually hounded by government sleuths, al- though my telephone has been tapped, my mail opened, my home and offi- ces ransacked for paper; although every constitutional right of privacy has been destroyed by a government that is fighting for democracy and the freedom of small nations; al- {hough the Department of Justice can now trade my liberty for that of Ger- man enemies, who should be interned by offering them freedom for false evidence against me, I challenge you sir, to produce one scrap of evidence to prove I have ever been connected with the subject matter of the Zim- mermann note. “The fight I have made has been legitimate; it has been in the open and gy weapons have been reason instead of dynamite. My crimes have been that I have persistently fought the British propaganda you have encour- aged and protected. I have tried to preserve the neutrality of my coun- try as a means of keeping it out of war, and in a war to protect the sights of small nations and for de- mocracy I have striven as every self- respecting man of Irish blood should strive to secure recognition of Ire- land’s claim to absolute indebendence. For these crimes I have been misrep- resented by the press and presecuted by Woodrow Wilson and his admin- stration. . “It is my opinion that you could Wwin this war far more effectively by | demanding the freedom of Ireland rather than by persecuting and de- | faming the men who are willing to make every sacrifice to compel this government to be honest about its war aims. (Signed,) ‘JEREMIAH A. O'LEARY,” H. E. Erwin to fill an unexpired term. Frederick 'W. Macomber to fill an unexpired term. Executive Committee—W. E. Att- wood, G. L. Damon, A. F. Eichstaedt, E. F. Neumann, C. J. Parker, Mrs. J. H. Robinson, L. P. Slade. TOBACCO PRICES RISE Goods Which Cost 5 Cents to Sell for 6 Cents and 10 Cent Goods to Re- tail for 12 Cents. According to an announcement made yesterday afternoon a new schedule of prices will be put into effect today by the local tobacco re- tailers. Goods that have up to the present time sold for 5 cents will hereafter cost 6 cents and 10 cent goods will cost 12 cents. Such a move was contemplated for some time. One of the retailers, in explaining the reasons for the increase in prices, was of the opinion that'the schedule would not be permanent. Cigar and cigarette manufacturers now, he said, are arranging the size of packages and weight of their output to allow their sales at the old prices. As long ag cigarettes are sold in packages of ten and cigars sell at the price for which they could be bought before the war, the retailers intend to main- tain the increase in prices. In the near future the number of cigarettes in a box will be lessened and the size of cigars cut proportionately, thus allowing a return to the old schedule. | H. S. ALUMNI TO PLAY, A football game between the alumni of the local ‘High school and the present wearers of the red and O'Leary also denied that he ever | had had anything to do with pro- | @German sabotage in munitions plants . In this country or knew anything ¥ about it, as indicated in the statement | given out in Washington. | “The Zimmermann message, if gen- | uine, is a complete surprise to me,”™ be said. “The only thing I can say about it is that it-is a matter about which I could possibly know nothing. ‘What Zimmermann might say to his | military representative I could not in any way control, but I am the con- troller of my own conduct, and as | such I can positively say that I have | bad nothing to do with sabotage, nor have I ever been approached by any @German agent on that subject. T“It is an outrage for the State De- | partment to publish documents re- flecting on American citizens without | any proof that they have been con- | nected with the subject matter. I have been active in fighting the Brit- jsh propaganda with my voice, pen and energies, because I have been convinced that reason is a far more effective weapon than dynamite. “My work has been out in the open. 1 bave been connected with no gecret intrigues. Every newspaper in % the country is familiar with my work, | ansing knows this as wall as E gold will be played on Saturday, November 3, at St. Mary’s playground. Harry Ginsberg, a former star on the eleven, will be in charge of the gradu- ate team. The proceeds of the game | will be used to increase the tobacgo fund for soldiers. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE DIES. Stricken With Pneumonia Three Days Ago, Noted Jurist Fails to Rally. Arlington, Mass., Oct. 11.—Associ- ate Justice John Henry Hardy of the state superior court died at his home here last night. He was stricken with pneumonia three days ago. Judge Hardy, who was born in Hol- s, N. H., in 1847, served in a New Hampshire regiment during the Civil war and was graduated~from Dart- mouth college in 1870. He practiced law in Boston for many years and served on the Boston municipal bench. He was appointed to the superior bench by Governor Wolcott in 1896. TOBACCO FUND INCREASED, The Herald Tobacco fund for the soldiers in camp was increased today by $5, a donation of the Corbin Screw Toremen’s club. The money will be used for supplying ‘“smokes’” for the New Britain boys serving for Uncle Sam. CHARITY PRESIDENT ...$6,468.90 | OUR HEAVIES ARE [3PECIAL ATTENTION ‘OVER THERE’ NOW Aud Are Learning All About the Big French Guns American Training Camp in France, "Wednesday, Oct. 10.—Not far behind the American field artillery, which has been in training in a rugged section of France for the past two months have come the men of the ‘‘heavies.” They are veteran gunners, many of whom are familiar with the big guns at home, and they greeted almost as comrades the monster French weap- ons which they now are grooming for use against the Germans. Some of the guns with which the American artillery men are training are wonderful and ponderous exam- ples of the French gun makers’ skill and daring. They range from the modest but marvellously effective ““155” .up to the staggering ‘400" that hurls a.high explosive missile weighing just short of a ton. The 400’'s are more potent than the big Berthas ever were in their days of great destructiveness. The Americans are delighted with their French weapons and are busy studying every detail and adapting themselves to the use of French ma- terfal. Most of the heavy gunners are men of long experience and do not need much actual firing practice before taking their place in line against the enemy. They have been a little surprised to find that with the big land guns used here speed is not a great factor. These heavy weapons are used for destructive purposes, and there is no special need for haste when dealing with concrete dugouts and other enemy defenses that can- not run away. Accuracy is the great goal of all heavy gunners. Asked If his men would not find it difficult to shoot without direct ob- servation, the general commanding the heavy artillery contingent replied: “We will have direct observation here. The only difference will be that the observer, instead of standing be- side the gun, will be. sitting aloft on an airplane. You can depend upon it that each shot we fire at the enemy will be watched and recorded.” The wireless branch of the heavy artillery service is one of great importance. At schools already established radio pu- pils are being trained in communica- tion with airplanes and observation balloons. Scores of reserve officers from Plattsburgh and other training camps are completing their technical educa- tion in the artiller; chools here. The French sense of humor cannot be sup- pressed by three years and more of war. French officers have named one of the largest guns turned over to the Americans ‘‘moustique” which means mosquito. It is a compliment to any of your artillery men who may have come from New Jersey” said the French commandant, who sald he had spent ten years on the eastern coast of United States. lot of new trimmings. Seibert.—advt. Stafford Springs fair has been post- poned until Friday and Saturday be- cause of the unfavorable weather con~ ditions. Mrs. R. R. Healy of Vine street is visiting at the home of her mother in Seymour. White Rose Camp will hold a regu- lar meeting tonight at 9 o’clock in Electric hall. The St. Joseph’s Y. M. A, A will hold a dance in Booth's hall tomor- row evening for the purpose of help- ing the athletic team. An automobile belonging to W. M. Gery of Bridgeport went through one of the gates at the railroad crossing on Main street this morning. There will be a regular meeting of Pride Circle, No. 10, L. F. of A., at 8 o'clock this evening in Judd’s hall. Employes of the board of public works have begun to grade Wooster street, in compliance with a request from the common council. The cost 'of the work will be about $1,000. A steam shovel is being used. The preliminary trial of Willlam J, ‘Wise of the U. S. army, charged with the murder of Mrs. Anna Tobin in the first degree, 1s schhduled for next Monday merning. But.as counsel for the defendant as well as the prose- cuting attorney will not be in the city on that date there is a possibility that the hearing may be postponed. “The Need of the Liberal Gospdl in the Great World Crisis” will be the topic of the address to be delivered by Rev. A. Norwood Foster, pastor of the First Unitarian church of Ux- bridge, Mass., at the Junior O. U. A. M. hall on Hungerford court Sunday evening at 7:30 o’cock. Court Charter Oak, Foresters of America, will hold a special meeting Friday night at 8:30 to take action on the death of James Kane of Cleveland street. ] City Items Just recelved an exquisite Evelyn TFenn of Limerock 1Is spending her vacation with Veronica Smith of Buell street Miss Christine Schieffer of Water- bury and Fred G. Luebeck of this city were married in Waterbury last Tues- day. Frank . W. Schade returned last night to Quantico, Va., where he is house manager of the Y. M. C. A, spending the past few da parents, will return Camp A. L. Mill tomorrow Hempstead, L. to I | same team William C. Hultgren, who has b(*en; s with his | BY SINN FEINERS Segeral Meetingsiidressed by Leaders of Movement in Ulster Dublin, Seéptember 26.—The Sinn Feiners have been devoting special attention to their propaganda in Ul- ster where several meetings have been addressed by the leaders of the move- ment. The effect, as reflected in the press, is to harden Ulster unionists’ opposition to any form of home rule by strengthening their conviction that it must mean separation. At present Ulster returns a majority ©f members pledged to home rulef but in some cases the majority by Which the seat is held is very small and if there were a general election the result of the Sinn Fein dissen- 310“ might be the loss af seats and € establishment of a unionist - ity in Ulster. R Richard M. Ghee a member of the Irish party and member of parlia- ment for Mid Tyrone, in a speech in that constituency charged that there exists ‘a conspiracy to weaken the constitutional movement for home rule. He said “that soon after the Parnell commission a society was formed in Canada and New York amongst the supporters of the Orange party in Ulster to carry on the work that had been carried on by the Brit- ish hame office under the Tory gov- ernment.” That society had carried on the work of the secret service in finding agents of the LeCaron type and paying them through the Clan Na Gael. The society had been more than usually active since the home | rule bill came into discussion about four years ago. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. James Kane. James Kane, aged 51 years, died this morning at the New Britain General hospital. He has heen a resident of this city for many years. The follow- ing relatives survive, Mr. and Mrs. James Kane, a brother, Frank Kane of Flint, Michigan; three sisters, Mrs. August Schultz, Mrs. William Me- Enroe of this city and Mrs. George Van Calon of New Jersey. The fun- eral will be held at 8:30 o’clock Sat- urday morning from the home of Mrs. August Schultz of 114 Cleveland street and at 9 o’clock in St. Mary's church. Burial will be in the new Catholic cemetery. Jacob Weisberg. Jacob Weisberg, aged 39 years, re- siding at the corner of West and Put- nam streets, died this morning. He is survived by his wife. The funeral was held this afternoon and burial was in Beth Alom cemetery. Edward Kilduff. The funeral of Edward Kilduff will take place at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Mary's church. George €. Kumm. | The funeral of George C. Kumm will be held at 8:30 o’clock tomorrow af- ternoon in the Erwin Mortuary chapel in Fairview cemetery. All Veterans of Company E, C. N. G., are invited to attend the services. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Dominfc Berette. Funeral services for Dominic Ber- ette were held at 9 o’clock this morn- ing in St. Joseph’s church. Rev. J. Leo Sullivan was celebrant of a re- quiem mass. Burlal was in the new | Catholic cemetery. REDUCES SWEATER PRICE American Hosiery Co. to Furnish 500 or More at Low Cost for New Brit- ain Soldiers. Through the generosity of the American Hosiery Co. and the industry of local women, all New Britain boys in army service will receive sweaters free of charge. The Hosiery Co. has agreed to furnish 500 or more sweat- ers at a greatly reduced price to the Red Cross and these will be sent to New Britain soldiers as fast as they are completed and ready for wear. SUES ON REAL ESTATE DEAL. Suit for $300 was ‘brought against Nicobla Bonauito of East Boston, Mass., by Salvatore Bordobaro of this city yeserday as an aftermath to a real estate deal of January 14, 1913, through F. B. Hungérford. Bordo- baro claims that on the above. men- tioned date he sold the Boston man an undivided ~ quarter interest in property located at 129 Glen “street and as a‘result $151 remains 'to 'be paid on the’ transaction. It. is also stated that he tried to make collec- tions on several occasions but met with refusal each time. He claims $200 damages and the case is return- able in the city court the third Mon- day in the month. The papers in the suit were served by Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwell. CABELLUS OUT FOR SEASON, “Tom"” Cabellus .of Muhlenburg College of Pennsylvania wrenched his knee -in a football game last Friday and will be unable to play for the next two weeks during which time his services will be missed. Solomon and Anderson, the latter a former clerk at the Hotel Regal in this city, are both playing fast ball on the TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION = = LOST—A pocketbook containing sum of money, between center and Ca- lor’'s shop, Plainville. Finder please » return to Plainville post office. 10-11-24 WANTED to buy 12-foot show case, The Overland-Manross, Arch St. 10-11-d3 | Butte Superior . | Nev Cons | Union Pac {U S Steel Financial ———e . SOME STOCKS FALL, OTHERS SHOW RISE Savage Arms Drops Four Points, With Steel Barely Steady ‘Wall Street.—Feverish irregularity characteriaed the aotive opening of the stock market today, various prom- inent issues falling under final quo- tations of the preceding session while others made appreciable recoveries. Declines ran from 1 to-2 points in Union Pacific, Consolidated Gas, Col- orado Fuel, Utah, Copper, and United Cigars, with a drop of almost four points for Savage Arms. TU. S. Steel was barely steady at the outset, but soon hardened with other equipments, Central Leather, Industrial Alcohol and Ohio Gas. Most early losses were retrieved before the end of the first half hour. The list seemed in a fair way to ex- tend early gains on an inquiry for industrials, but broke violently when rails reflected renewed liquidation. St. Paul common and preferred and Baltimore and Ohio common and pre- ferred recorded new minimums, Union Pacific lost 3 1-2, Canadian Pn- cific 2 1-2 and other investment shares of that group 1 to 2 points. Equip- ments reacted sharply and United States steel fell 2 points 101 3-4 with greater reversals in associated issues, coppers and specialties. Rallles of from 1 to 1 1-2 points ensued at noon. Liberty bonds sold at 99.70 to 99.74. Steel rebounded to 104 on the light- er trading of the afternoon and other leaders rose 1 to 2 points over lowest prices, including representative rails. Motors were strongest of the active speclalties. e New York Stock Exchange quota- tion furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York ftock Ex- change. Oct. 10, 1917 High Low Close 717 5% 4 4 82% 81 66 65 411 41 987% 987% 555 5414 90 % 897% 107% 1067% 115% 115 665 661 941, 9314 57% 55% 57 55% 57% 57% 78 75 76 % 21 201 21 .149% 1461 1483 76% 3% 5% 53 52% 53% 46 431, 4414 50 461 47 39 378 387 95% ‘923 9514 66% 63% 66% 99 96% 97 351 311 845 18% 19 28 28 136% 137 42 42 997% 1017% 29 2934 99 993 44 4434 17 17 331 347 77 78 57 57% T 17 32 34 87% 89 47% 48 117 17 701 72 17% 18Y% 27 28 203 20% 95Y% 96% 104 106 2414 50 45% 53 21% 75 % 5% 883 * 26% 6035 40% 140 xAm Beet Sugar Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem . Am Can & Fdy Co. Am Can Am Can pfd .. Am Loco ..... Am Smelting Am Sugar .... Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop .. AT S Fe Ry Co. Baldwin Loco . Bla o s BRT : Beth Steel B . 105 114 645% 93 53% 54% 57% Canadian Pecific Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper Chi Mi] & St Paul. Col F &1 - Cons Gas ..... Crucible Steel Del & Hudson Distillers Sec ‘Erie Erie 1st pfd General Electric Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd ...1017% Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 30 Ilinois Central ..100 xInspiration . 46% Kansas City so ... 17 Kennecott Cop Lack Steel ... . Lehigh Val ...... Louis & Nash Max Mot com ... Mex Petrol . Natl Lead .. .. N Y Air Brake N Y C & Hud 35 80 583% 118 34 893% 48% L1178 72% 18% NYNH&HRR 28 N Y Ont & West .. 20% Nor Pac 96% Norf & West .....106 Pac Mail S S Co .. 24% Penn R R ....... b1 Peoples Gas . 4TY Pressed Steel Car . 53 Ray Cons 22y Reading i 1% Rep I & S com ~.. 76% So Pao ..... 901, So'Ry .. 5 27% So Ry ‘ptd 603 StudebaRer Texas Oil . Third Ave 50% 47 53 22% 76 % 6% 89% 27% 6034 423 143% 21 21 122 123% 121% 124 81% 84% 571 58 101% 102% 113% 113% 82832 41 42 861 863 23% 24% United Fruit Utah Cop U S Rub Co U S Steel pfd ... Va Car Chem . Westinghotse ‘Western: Union Willys Overland, xEx-Dividend. LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Bid Asked 270 132 32 52 98 78 76 52 83 70 32 290 285 400 98 55 100 140 540 American Brass American Hardware ...128 American Silver . Bristol Brass Billings & Spencer Colts Arms Eagle Lock Landers, Frary & Clark. New Britain Machine.. North & Judd .. Peck, Stow & Wilcox Russell Mfg Co Standard Screw com Stanley Rule and Level.380 Stanley Works 94 Traut & Hine .... .. 46 Union Mfg Co 95 iles, Bemt-Pond com.135 covill Mfg Co .520 24% . MEMBERS NEW YORK 81 WEST MAIN STREET TEL. 2 RichtersCo. STOOK EXOCHANGE. vvese...NEW BRITAIN, CONN, - 040. The Second Liberty Loan Campaign- Is NowOn Help win the war by subscribing through your Employer, Bank or Broker e T A Steel and Pig Iron Markets The Iron Age says: With the leading iron and steel makers in conference at this writing with the War Industries board, a fur- ther announcement of agreed prices may be expected at any moment. Tho effort will be to settle on the upward cf one hundred items, products and classifications of them, but the Ameri- can Iron and Steel Institute’s com- mittee prior to leaving for Washing- ton late yesterday afternoon had not gotten far beyond a consideration of semi-finished steel products. What will interest the trade nearly as much as prices is the extent to which there will be a realignment of basing points and other changes in trade practices., The sweeping rec- ommendations proposed in fixing pig iron prices at the same figure for all furnaces are conspicuously epochal. ‘Whether finished steel will be quoted at equal figures ‘for Chicago as well as Pittsburgh is a question; it was not, appears, discussed at the meet- ings in Washington out of which came the price promulgation on Sept. 24. The effort will be made to se- cure a special base price for shell { steel, on the ground that it introduces ' a very diffcrent steel mill problem | from the rolling of ordinary steel ; rounds. The place of the jobber in the price fixing program and the status of export sales for commercial use, or under classification C, may bring out definite rulings. Pig iron manufacturers through their representatives on the Ameri- can Iron and Steel Institute commit- tee have recommended the adoption of a uniform price at furnace, re- gardless of location, with differen- tials @f the various grades in harmony with time-honored analyses, but with en effort to establish uniformity in nomenclature. While it is proposed to have a uniform base price as a maximum, furnaces will be allowed to name lower prices when they wish to do so. * In addition to recommendations as to base price and differentials to be | submitted to the War Industries | board at Washington, some perplexing } problems are also to be submitted. | One of these is as to whether buyers | of pig iron at about $50 tidewater for export who have not been able to obtain vessels can, without violating | the spirit of the agreement, sell at a | higher price than the $33 basis. An- other question relates to the com- mission to be allowed brokers. will be spread over several month into 1918. Beyond that the orders on mill books are for definite busing not subject to cancellation in the or- dinary acceptance of the term. Little sympathy for price reductio is shown where tho contracts COVeS manufactured articles alrcady old and against which the contraots re a protection. But concern isfelt o the distance from steel mill prodi which the pricing program bids fi to cover. The answer of the st producers is that in times of hi derhand prices do not fall. One interesting development, whil indicats the large part the United States must take in Russian affalfiy is the mobilization of several thol sand rallroad experts and mechaniqs to supplement the depleted ranks railroad -operatives in that counts As a part of the plan the placing expected in the next few days of 3 000 more cars for Russia. For government’s use in France 4,250 & ditional 60-centimeter gage cars ha been bought. A drop of $5 per ton is regi a4 in billets, 1,000 tons, for exampl having been sold at $55 for Octobés delivery. On wire rods. for exp $85, the price on Sept. 24, has la been done. In Chicago cast iron pipe has b reduced $15 per ton. The Bureau of Foreign and Dom tic commerce has estimated the duction of coke tin plates in 19i& 36,450,000 base boxes. If the rate shipments so far is kept up, the toi deliveries this year will amount about 34,260,000 base boxes, again production in 1916 of 24,946,483 b boxes. It is not yet determined, producers would probably prefer fixing of prices for next year throu conference with the Food Administrak’ tion board. 3 SAY, MR. INTERLOCUTOR. Minstrel Show Planned For Parish i St. John the Evangelist. At a meeting of the members of the parish of St. John the Evangelist held last evening in Parish hall it was de-, cided to hold a whist and social Oc-¢ tober 138 in Parish hall on Newington] road. The entertainment will be fur-.= nished by Organist John J. Crean and will be in the form of a minstrel show which will be in progress froi 8:30 until 10 o’clock. The feature of . the entertainment will be the costumes ' worn. Refreshments will be on Y and will consist of pumpkin pie, co fee and apples. The Junior Sodality will hold meeting Sunday afternoon to plan for the entertainment. The church choie will hold a rehearsal this evening at 8 o'clock. The sale of about 9,000 tons of Vir- ginia iron takes all that a leading in- terest will have for this year, and numerous other furnace companies North and South are understood to be in a similar’ condition. Hence, if . the new schedule extends only to Jan. | 1 the tonnage of iron to be sold! under it will not be.large. Some fur- naces in Eastern territory have in- dicated a willingness to sell for the first half of next year on the schedule | proposed for the remainder of this | year. The making up of contracts for castings has been delayed owing to the uncertainty that melters are al- ready covered for about 90 per cent | of their pig iron requirements for this | vear. | .~ New buying in steel is still negligi- | dustry to the provisions of plant ex- ble. With the announcements from time to time of fresh and enlarged government building programs, the trade is coming to accept the attitude of mills in refusing further commit- ments for the time being, for, in ad- dition to the direct government needs, it 1s recognized that the effect passes through the ramifications of the in- tensions and the building machinery and apparatus. Our pig iron produc- tion statistics have shown how diffi- oult it is, with fuel and labor short- age, to increase the basic output. Thus it is that cancellations of contracts have not occurred; con- sumers cannot discover other sources of supply. Efforts to secure readjust- ments of contract prices have not, however, been forsaken. Many of these expire this year, but deliveries | headquarters this morning to the ef- fect that Anthony Vanese of 107 Afch street had fallen from his wagon oa’ Harrison' street and as a result sud- tained a broken arm. The police am- bulance was sent to the scene and the injured man was taken to the New Britain General hospital. STOLE POTATOES FROM WAGON¢ Potato stealing either from wagons or from the flelds direct withou$ charge is getting to be the Ilates$ craze. It was reported to Sergean¥ Richardson that two bushels had been confiscated from the wagon of Lawa rence Pyrzak of 49 Grove street as it was standing by the sidewalk. Officest Dennis O'Keefe was sent out and: brought in Andrew Vitalll who is ac4 cused of the theft. The case Will bef tried at tomorrow’s session. -_— . TOBACCO STOLEN. i Because of the new tax that had & been levied on tobacco, olgars and other articles someone is trying to play | the part of high finance at the storé | of Stanislaw Zmtrak. He reports thay his store at the corner of Allen and ® Oak streets had been entered shortly after 9 p. m. last night and 1 box of | Meccas, and Helmar cigarettes stolem | along with 5 glasses of dried beef, 10 | bottles. of soda and a large quantity "of candy taken. | entrance was effected by breaking through & rear window. His opinion is that BREAKS ARM IN FALD. A report was recelved at:.. polios ’ Connecticut Trust an N d Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, Executor or Administrator. CAPITOL $750,000. SURPLUS $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. M. H. WHAPLES, Pres't. HARTFCRD, CONN. e e