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

« [ L. “Shirts, Silk or Madras, It you want to put something in his Christmas stocking that will ‘pleasc him—here is the place to get it. Neckwear 500 to $1.50. $1.00 to $8.00. I Silk Reefers, \$1.00 to $4.50, Gloves, Street or dress, . .92.50, Silk Socks 50c and 650. Sweaters $4.00 to $7.50. Handkerchiefs, silk or llnen, plain Hats and caps. _‘Bath Robes $4.00 to $8.00. $1.50 to| (= Gaymyiayie (1] RN ILL, & ~CITY ITEMS _"White paper for wrapping Xmas ckages, 10-16c at Adkins’, 66 hurch street.—Advt. All kinds of toys at Gladding’s.— dvt. “Star of Good Will lodge, No. 9, rder of Shepherds of Bethlehem, will | | meet Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock | aharp. Flection of officers will be the Fincipal item of business. The meet- ing will take place at J. O. U. A. M. Hall Cigarettes in cartons of 50's and 0’s at McDonough's, 61 Church St. dvt. Dr. John -Purney has been notified report for service in the Canadian my on January 1. Dr. Purney was | gmmissioned a captain in the medi- cal corps a few weeks ago. He ex- - peotts immediate service in France. ' Christmas boxes for gifts at Atklns % [} 86 Church St.—Advt. i {Cigars in small boxes at Crowell’s. " “ Give the boy one of our $1 fountain “pens, Adkins’, 66 Church St—Advt. AllL the popular brands of cigars in: hoxea of 10's, 25's and 50's at Mec- Donough’s, Church St.—advt. Ceurt Columba, Daughters of Cas- | tile, held a special meeting last eve- ng at Electric hall. After the meet- pg the members packed gift boxes the Polish orphanage. A set of ninum was won by Thomas Kelly. " White tissue paper, 10c roll, at Ad- ne’, 66 Church St—Advt. . Get your reed doll carriages at . Gladding’s.—Advt. ~Bulbs. in bowls at Crowdll's—advt. Kitson’s dance, Bungalow, Xmas ight. “Bob"” Spencer_will sing.—advt. “% MIss SACKPIT DIES. i pyominent Hartford Woman, Once Head of D. A. R. Dead. i Hartford, Dec. 22.—Miss Francis A. Sackett, former department treasurer | ‘% of the Connecticut department, Wom- an's Relief Corps, and a former pres- fdent of the 11th Connecticut Veterans i ‘elssociation died here today after a Jong illness. She was born here in 1882, a daughter of Loren Sackett 1 (Smith Sackett. She ileaves two brothers. Miss Backett was in the actuary department of the Connecticut Insurance department for x' meveral years, by appointment of Dr. . George M. Smiler, the first insurance commissioner. From there she went to the office of the Hartford Street . Railway company where she was em- 'ployed for 33 years. She resigned her 5 position as chief receiving clerk at "ithe age of 73 years. BANK BURGLARIZED. ‘West Salem, O., Dec. 22.—The outer @oor of the safe in the Farmers’ State bank was blown open by robbers early | . today and between $12,500 and $15,- 000 in bonds and negotiable paper ‘ and $60 in cash secured. FREDERICK GOEBEL. Hartford, Dec. 22.—Frederick uoc- ‘bel, 69, superintendent of the state cl]:rl!ol under Comptroller Nicholas Staub died at his home Friday night @after an iliness of » month. He leavea ihree daushters. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. Buffalo, Dec. 22.—An earthquake shock Was recorded on the seismo- “$raph at Canisius college yesterday .@fternoon, it was announced today. shock lasted about four “minutes With preliminary tremors at The estimated distance of the disturbance was 3,500 miles. \RL YOUNGBLAD, M, 8., Gralduate ur, 74 West Main St, Office ‘.yfi,ne 428-13; Residence ’Phone. , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1a1% You Have Not Yet Joined the Red Cross ENROLL WITH THE RED CROSS NURSES TONIGHT OR AT CHURCH TOMORROW. DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED, FOR IT IS IM- POSSIBLE TO REACH EVERYONE. THERE WILL BE NO CANVASS IN THE FACTORIES. If you Have Joined you can help by going out Sunday and Monday to get some of your neighbors to join. Some families are not displaying the Red Cross flag. It will take only a little work for you to get five new members. Show the City that Your Street is in the War to Win by put- bting its name on the Honor Roll. The street Captains and the Red Cross Girls can’t do it all. So help them in the next two days by doing Your full part, to Make This a Red Cross Christ- You can secure the proper authority to solicit for new mem- bers and get supplies from your Ward Manager or from Cam- paign Headquarters at the Y. M. C. A., which will be open all of this evening and all day. Sunday. THE CALL is to YOU. Ward Managers . Fourth—Earl Kisselbrach. Fifth—A. S. Andrulewicz. First—W. F. Mangan. Second—A. N. Rutherford. €76-5. Thermolite Bath, Massage At on, Neuritis, Rheumatism, ' Tmpeded Circulation. Electric treatments. Open afternoons and g8 By appointment at your Third—Dr. C. W. Vivian. Sixth—A. Gorbach. SHIPPING PROGRAM MOVING STEADILY Hurley Takes Full Responsibility For Fature Building Washington, Dec. 22.—America's shipping program is moving steadily and surely to successful completion, in spite of tremendous obstacles ham- pering it from without and the past dissensions within the organization charged with bringing an adequate merchant marine into being. This epitomizes the testimony with which Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the shipping board, yesterday opened the Senate comrhittée’s investigation for the shipping situation. From Mr. Hurley and from John A. Donald, who has been a member of the board since its creation, the com- mittee drew a long story of the troubles of the board and the fleet corporation, starting with the row at the outset between William Dennan, first chairman of the board, and Major General Goethals, first general manager of the Fleet corporation. Mr. Hurley, who met the commit- tee with the utmost frankness, admit- ted that there had been delays, but de- clared that the recent reorganization of the board’'s emergency fleet cor- poration for the first time gave the chairman of the board proper author- ity and fixed responsibility where it belonged. The dual organization of the board and the corporation, he said, had been done away with, and the present general manager of the cor- poration answered directly to the chairman. When Mr. Hurley had completed his story, the investigators, instead of criticising him, asked whether there was anything Congress could do to help him. “I don’t know of anything right now,” he responded. ‘“The present or- ganization is the only way that ships can be built. If we don’t turn out ships steadily and rapidly from now on, it will be because the man at the head of the shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation is not ef- ficient. “We have the situation well in hand. We are a going concern. The difficulties that still exist are being re- moved as rapidly as we can remove them.” In response to the committee's re- quest for all data possessed by the Shipping board on contracts and con- struction, Mr. Hurley presented a great mass of documents. The con- tents of these he summed up in a statement which he read to the com- mittee soon after taking the stand. The statement follows: “At the outset of this inquiry, I would like to say that the Shipping board, appreciating the fact that the senate’s desire is to be of national ser e, welcomes a thorough investi- gatian of its activities and accom- plishments. I am especially glad of the opportunity which this investiga- tion affords to disclose the actual facts in the situation. “When Admiral Capps and I joined the Emergency Fleet corporation on July 27, 1917, there were under con- tract 840,000 tons of wooaden ships, 207,000 tons of composite ships and 587,000 tons of steel ships. Since then additional contracts amounting to 8,378,200 tons of steel ships and 504,000 tons of wooden ships have been placed.’ “In addition, the Fleet corporation has rendered financial aid to and is | directing the work of extension and development in forty-two yards. The remaining new yards are being con- structed by private capital. A portion of the cantracts placed since July 27 were prepared and practically closed by our predecessors. “It must be borne in mind that this vast program of construction under- taken in the last nine months was superimposed On a navy program which was the equivalent in dollars, and, therefore, in shipbuilding effort, of the canstruction of 2,500,000 tons of merchant shipping. The navy pro- gram absorbed practically 70 per cent. of the eighteen prominent yards in existence at the beginning of the war with Germany, the remaining 30 per cent. of these yards being taken up with construction of merchant ship- ping, for both foreign and American account, which was requisitioned un- der the order af August 3. This ton- nage is now being completed under the supervision and control of the Emergency Fleet corporation.” WANT MILLION. . Socialists Want That Amount Next Congressional Campaign. Chicgo, Dec. 22.—Socialists today began the work of raising a fund of $1,000,000, with which to conduct the 1918 congressional campaign and to defend members of the socialist ‘party who have been accused by the government of anti-American acts and utterances. Plans for the cam- paign were made last night at a meeting of the national socialist ex- ecutive committee. Oliver C. Wilson, Illinois state sec- retary of the party, was elected finan- cial director of the fund. Among those who attended the meeting were Morris Hillquit of New York and Vic- tor L. Berger of Milwaukee. for FINDS WRAPPER. But Not the $15,400 Which Robbers Stole. Cleveland, Dec. 22.—The police early today located a rooming house in which two of the seven bandits who robbed a branch of the Garfleld Savings bank here early Friday af- ternoon of $15,400, had been living with a woman companion. Wrappers from bank note packages indicated that the bandits had been there and divided up their loot. Three suspects and the driver of the the bandit automobile have been ar- l rested. ICHTERS /MPMBERS NEW YORK STOCK KEXOH 31 WEST MAIN STREET . TEL. Make_ This a Red Cross Christmas. 50 shs Union Mfg. Co. 50 shs New Britain Machine Co. 50 shs Bristol Brass 25 shs Stanley Rule Co. & Level Co. e Financial DEALINGS NARRGW IN MARKET TODAY Due, Undoubtedly, to the Ap- proach of the Holidays Wall Street—The excessive dull- ness of today’s stock market fore- shadowed the impending holidays. Dealings fell below normal and em- braced only the better known issues. ‘The strength of foreign bonds, . in- cluding Russians and a moderate de- mand for shippings, oils and motors were almost the sole features on the constructive side at extreme gains of 1 to 1 1-2 points. Steels and simi- lar equipments were hesitant, yield- ing fractionally n the latter dealings. The closing was irregular. 7 Sales approximated 175,000 shares. Lberty 4’s sold at 97.04 to 97 and the 3 1-2’'s at 98.48 to 98.24. Dealings were extremely narrow, with insignificant price changes in the first half hour of today's brief session of the stock market. Senti- ment was again somewhat confused by the conflictng tenor of overnight advces from abroad. Rails were in- clined to react but industrials, ship- pings and a few specialties registered moderate gains. Trading for the most part was in very small lots. Foreign bonds strengthened but Liberty issues were unchanged. New York Stock Exchange quota- & Co., tions furnished by Richter members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Dec. 22, 1917 High Low Close 1% 1% 63% 62% . 34% 33% 3414 87% 87 871 49% 49 49 Am Smelting . 70% 69% 693 Am Tobacco . .1291% 128 1281 Am Tel & Tel . 99% 99 99 % Anaconda Cop 55% 55 55% A T S Fe Ry Co. 8% 17% 78 Baldwin Loco ... 54% 54 54 BI& IO 41 40 40 B RIT . 39% 38* 38% Beth Steel B . 69% 68% 69 Canadian Pacific .1293% 1293 129% Central Leather 59 57% 57% Ches & Ohlo ..... 43% 43% 43% Chino Copper .... 39% 388 38% Chi Mil & St Paul. 38 373% 37% Cons Gas . LT9% T9% 797% Crucible Bteel .... 48 47% 48 Del & Hudson ... 92% 923 92% Distillers Sec - 33% 32% 32% Erie L 13% 13% 13% Erie 1stpfd ...... 19% 193 1914 General Electric .123 12234 122 Great Nor pfd .... 81% 8115 81134 Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 24% 241 24y Inspiration ..... 39% 3914 Interborough ce. 6 6 6 Kennecott Cop ... 30% 30 Mox Mot com 21% Mex Petrol . 2% Natl Lead .... 40 N Y Aar Brake .114 N Y C & Hud 631 Nev Cons 16% Norf & Wes . 953 Fenn R R .. .. 42 Peoples Gas .. 36 Ray Cons 20% Reading . Rep I & S com . Rep I & S pfd So Pac .. So Ry So Ry pfd Studebaker Texas Oil TUnion Pac United Frui Utah Cop .. U S Rub Co U 8iSteel ... U S Steel pfa Westinghouse Western Union . ‘Willys Overland Alaska Gold Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Am Am sa% 213 1Y% 39% 110% 633 16% 9514 1% 110 L73% 4813 835, 1033% 36% L T9% 17% The New Britain Trust company will be open Monday evening from 7 to 9 o’clock for the receipt of deposits. Advertised The following is & list of maining unclaimed at the n Post Office, December 10, Nellie Coleman, 30 Barbot Viola Chambers, 129 Bllrfltt Josephine Conesta. i Gianaia D. Pianto, Haley str Ch. Gelulla, 56 IAhygtu T. J. Hillstien. John Halloran, Alfred Jones. Mrs. Henry Hunt. Peter Joseph. Francis Kotodrnbin, 36 O street. Miss Luke Rogers. Mrs. A. Roy, Sexton street. Mrs. H. G. Schwarm. Mrs. M. Shine, 98 South 10th s Mary Sheehan, 20 Edwards street. | Miss B. Sedgwick. Edidt White, So. Burritt street. Helen Wells. Geo. Williams. W. F. DELANEY, Stanley Postmaster. ( COLLEGIANS RETURN. Edward Martin, Jack Kirkham an Arthur Mag are home for the holidayi from Yale. William Curtin and Willlam Dlldlck have returned from Georg‘etown to\ the Christmcs vacation. . Stanley Traceski and Robert Sten: gle are spending the Christmas reced 4 at their homes in this city. John F. Rourke, trainer of the Col. gate athletic teams, is in town for # few days. He was recently appointe captain of the military company of Colgate. 4 Roger Holmes has returned from | ‘Wesleyan. 1 Misses Leonie Crowe and Marion .| Long have returned from Trinity cal- lege, Washington, D. C.,, to spend the Christmas vacation at their homes in: this city. Miss Rachel Parker has returne: from the Connecticut College ‘Women. Arthur Baker and Clarenceé Sand: strom are back from the Sheffield Scientific school. Emory Corbin returned yastard‘!ya from Dartmouth. Salvatore Casale, John Donnelly an Joseph Rothfeder are at home tm Fordham. 1 THE QUEEN’S WILL. Her Daughter, the Princess, Wanted To Have The Estate: s Honolulu, Dec. 22.—H. Kalam¢ one of two witnesses who signed purported will of the late Queen Lilivokalani naming * Princess” Thereasa Bellieveau as chief legatee, today repudiated his afidavit, which was sald to have been signed in presence of the queen, and: confe it had been signed under pressure in ' the home of the ‘“Princess.” A grand jury investigation into the purported will was ordered recently. ‘WILL DEFEND TITLE. Philadelphia, Dec. 22.—Miss Olga Dorfner, woman’s champion short distance swimmer, announced today that she would agree tc defend her title at the Brighton Beach tank against Claire Galligan, of New York and Thelma Darby, the 14 year vld“ Indianapolis star, provided the d-tc set is after January 1. I OLEARING HOUSE. New York, Dec. 22.—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week show that they hold $77,241,210 reserve in /! excess of legal requirements. This {s = a decrease of $93,605,440 from . * Connecticut Trust and Safe Depbsit Co- A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efiiclem, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, Executor or Administrator. CAPITOL 3750,000 SURPLUS $750,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. M. H. WHAPLES, Pres't. ! HARTFORD, UONN,