New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 19, 1918, Page 9

ART AND COOLEY GENEROUS GIVERS Capita Contributions Greater iThan at Any Other Plant eturns from the factory campaign he War Workers' fund show all concerns gave most generous- but. the laurels go to the Hart & fey manufacturing per capita contributions averaged 50. The complete team report, as e out by George Spear, follows: Per Capita § 4.8 Amount Subscribed F. Corbin .....$ 6,145 E. Mfg. Co 4,495 in Screw 6,820 L. Co 3,289 & G 16,081 ley Works 20,979 & L. 6,849 n Mfg. ,440 ner Chuck ine Company h & Judd ht & Hine hir Bearing & Cooley 5 & Hutchinson . rican Hosiery ker shirt br & Corbin K. Mfg. Co. an Tron Works . eable Iron WK & Young 1 Manufacturers Officials i Trades hants, Clothing hants, furniture Is, restaurants.. essional men hants, grocers ols and churches ry boys, girls .. ic utilities ellaneous ville in n Con. Co. tice Mfg. C 4. Co, orations Total $204,923 \GHINE. C0. GOES | 8 HOUR SCHEDULE (Continued from First Page.) work manufacturers is to be held ridgeport this week, and plans be formulated fer the carrying of war orders. At this meeting flocal manufacturers will learn to ‘extent the conclusion of war is ect their working forces. LLEGE PRESIDENT DEAD les R. Van Hise Was Head of University of Wisconsin. Iwaukee, Nov. 19.—President les R. Van Hise of the Unversity Fisconsin died at a hospital here from pneumococeic meningitis wing treatment for a nasal infec- Van Hise came to Milwaukee Friday. Late Sunday night he loped a temperature and yester- became unconscious. From that he gradually failed. JIDEMOBILIZATION BEGINS, D Men At Camp McClellan To Be Mustered Out Tomorow. niston, Ala., Nov. 19.—TUnder rs from the war department, men in the 157th depot brigade development battalion at Camp lellan will be mustered out of ficé, beginning tomorrow, at the of five hundred a day. PETAL M mander in Chief of French hies Decorated by Pres. Poincare MARSHAL pneral Petain, the commander in of the French armies today was ed a marshal of France at a ing of the French cabinet pre- b over by President Poincare. neral Petain today is entering at the head of the French Tenth SLD FOR MANSLAUGHTER. Friend In Deep Water To Teach Him To Swim. rby, Nov. John Rudy, who id to have dragzed Cseslaw Sizez, panion, into deep water and left to reach shore as best he could method of teaching him how to , which means failed, was for the superior court todav oin kharge of manslaughter, e coroner had determined that y was criminally responsible for drowing of Fizez on August 11 when the men, with others, went ng in the Housatonic river. 19.- L1000 FIRE Ichester, IN COLCHESTER. Conn., Nov. 19.—Fire ayed the stock barn of Casmar stein here, during last night, a loss of $10,000. The seven- head of cattle were saved. Cas- Berman and hs son Samuel, hors, were burned about the s while working to save property each went to the Willimantic ital for treatment. The cause e fire is undetermined. @k Pickford has joined the navy last picture will be shown at th um ‘Thursday, Friday and Satur- Be there to say good-bye to —advt. company where | SENATE IS PROBING BREWERS’ SCANDAL C. W. Feigenspan Tells of Fund to Buy Up Newspapers Washington, Nov. 19.—At the open- | ing hearing today before the senats committee investigating the purchase of the Washington Times with money furnished by brewers, evidence was offered to prove that funds from the saule source were provided for pur- Feigenspan of Newark, N. I, who handled the money furnished Mr. Brisbane was one of the fir nesses. He identified as brewers underwriters of a loan sald to have been arranged for acquisitioa of the Advertiver. Documents were put into the records to show that collateral security was used at a Philadelphia | bank to the exteat of $100,000 and that the purchase of the Advertiser | was negotiated by Chas. H. Allen and | William D. Sheeban. o Mr. Feigenspan said that Edward A. Schmidt, a Philadelphia brewer, asked him to sign the security for the ur- chase of the Advertiser, but that he | himself had more to do with the loan to Mr. Brisbane “I am inclined to think it came through Mr. Brsbane’s solci- tation,” he said.adding that the coun- sel for the United States Brewing asso- ciation, in Washingfon, might have suggested the loan. In addition to aiding the finahcing of the Washington Times and Mont- | gomery Advertiser, the witness sald he | had contributed personally $15,500 to the support of the Newark, Ledger, and two other concerns in hich he is interested $39,500 and $75,000 re- spectively. Th- brewers' organizae tion contributed nothing to the Ledger, he added The purchase of the Montgomery Advertiser was said to Thave been negotiated in August 1915, the party of brewers having signed two notes of $50,000 each, one representing the loan to Sheehan and the other to Allen. Signers of the note to Sheehan included Edward Landsberg of Chica- %o, $5,000; Gustave Pabst. of Milwau- kee, $5,700; Henry Vahlkamp of St. Louls, $2,850; August A. Busch, St. Louis, $14,250:; Bugene M. Keeley, Chicago, $5,750; John Moerlin, Cin- cinnati, $4,750; the F. W, Cook Brew- ing company, $4,750, and s Theurer, of Chicago, $4, . The note to Allen was signed by the following Edward A. Schmidt, Philadelphia, Louis B. Schran, i N. Y. $4,730: 1. Liebman, $4,750; R. J. Schaefer Ruppert of New York, $4,74 and George Ehret of New $9,500; . W. Fiegenspan of Newark, J., $4,750, and N. J. & M. L. Griel, Iress not given, $4,750 each Brook Brooklyn Jacoh AY USE COLLEGES OLDIERS Plan Is Suggested to Train Returning Fighters for Special Bramches of Work. Durham, N. H., Nov. 19.—Use of the colleges of the country as ‘“‘way stations” for the-soldiers of expedi- tionary forces on their return from the front to peaceful pursuits has been | suggested to Washington authorities | by President R. D. Hetzel of New Hampshire college. In a letter to Colonel Robert 1. Rees | of the committee on education and special training, President Hetzel points out that most of the colleges, | through the medium of the Students’ Army Trajning Corps already estab- | lished, are prepared to perform this | service i “In the interest dividual soldier and adjustment,” the letter says, “it is de- sirable that the men be trained for the particular field they hope to enter | and then placed as the changing in- dustrial portunity both of the in- | vear: { day morning at 9 o’clock at St. Mary’s | tilities ceased, Rear | Head plant were critized by Repre- stable industrial } conditions create proper op- NEW BRITAIN DAILY LIKE THIS ARE NOW THINGS OF THE PAST As the foe retreats, line af troops and steadlly forward. (c) Underwood & the canaon relentless streams Underwood DEATHS AND FUNERALS Fraucis Raymond Gilbert. . Francis Raymond Gilbert, aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs. Charles | Gilbert, died yesterday afternoon at | the home of his parents at 584 West Main St. Mr. Gilbert was well known in this city where he was born and received his education. He was em- ployed at the power house as an electriclan. He is survived by his parents five brothers and one sister. They are, Joseph, of Dayton, Ohio; Charles, of Springfield, Mass; Fred, in the service and stationed at Gulf Rest, Miss.; George, Howard and Grace of this city. The funeral will be held Thurs- church ana Mary's oW burial will cemetery. be In St Charles R. Bemingway. Charles R. Hemingway, aged 36, | died this morning at the New Britain hospital, of pneumonia. He leaves his father, John W. Hemingway, also a wife and three children. He was a. member f the Eagles. The funeral will be held from his late residence at 117 Whiting street Thursday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Warren F Cook will officiaté.” Interment will be in Falrview cemetery. Edward G The funeral of Iman Babcock. Edward Gilman | Babcock, who died unday, was held this afternoon from his late home at | 28 Park Place The pall bearers w from Washington Commanders Knights Templar and were: William W. Pease. John W Lockett, B. Alling, J. W. Alling. J. W. Marsiand Charles H Norris, and Oscar J. Murray. Rev. Dr. G. W. C Hill of- | ficiated, Burial was in IFairview | cemetery Mrs. Horace Booth. The funeral of Mrs. Horace W Booth who died Saturday at Short Beach, Branford, was held this aft- ernoon from her late residence onn High street, at 2 o'clock Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill officlated. Burial was in Fairview cemetersy. | CONTRACTS CANCELLED Navy Department Rescinds Ovders Amounting to Almost Half Billion Washington Nov. 19.-—Naval ord- hance contracts amounting to $421, .000 have been cancelled since hos- Admiral FEarle, chief of the naval ordnance burea told the house naval committee today when the committee began framing the 1920 naval appropriation bill. “These cancellations,” Admiral Earle sald, “amount to about one- half of the total appropriations that congress has given the ordnance bureau since the war began.” i Reduction of several estimates and the elimination of a few athers in | the new naval bill was commended h members of the committee, but esti- | mates of 53,000,000 for ordnance and | ordnance stores, and $2,500,000 powder manufacture at the for Indian sentative Butler of Pennsylvania, ' ranking republican member of the committeee, as too large for peace times. Items eliminated from the ord- nance estimates included $115,000 000 for new ship batteries, and $77, 600,000 for reserve supplies; $9,000 - 000 for torpedoes, and $1,500,000 for powder. Work on a high explosive plant at Parksdale, Wis., in which the navy | was interested, has been stopped, Ad- miral Earle said after an outlay of $5,000,000 of a contemplated expendi- ture of $15.000,000, although suffi- cient work at the plant to preserve the expenditure is contemplated. WAR PRIORITIES CANCELLED. Railroads and Shipbuilding Will Be Given Preference Commissioner Says Washington, Nov. 19 { ence list of the war —The prefer- industries board, NO MORE BAKERY REPORTS. Hartford Nov. 19.-—Robert Scoville federal food administrator of Connecticut, today sent notices to bakers in Connecticut that mno mors weekly reports will be required of them. Hitherto, bakers have heen forced to submit on use of wheat. reports SEDS QUOTA. Danbury, Nov. 19.-—With the quota of $42,000 already exceeded, it is expected that the Danbury district will contribute at least $50,000 to the TUnited War Work campaign. under which war plants were given | priority of material, fuel, transporta- | tion facilities and labor to complete the war program will he cancelled at Prioritles Commissioner Edwin B. Parker announced today. The priorities policy of | will be continued only | torm, Mr. Parker said | will be given railroads, shipbuilding, { including cargo carrfers, inland wa- | terways and other public utilities, and | | once, the hoard | in reverse Preference also peace times activities of para- mount civillan Importance, Prefer- ence will be extended also for recon- | struction work in France and Bel- | ended | Crockett, | today | through { man tury i to ship at an early date approximately glum. HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1918 CITY ITEMS. Lady Nest of Owls will give a prize masquarade dance at Electric hall, Wednesday evening, Nov. 20.—advt PRISS MIGHTIER THAN GUNS. | Newspapers Did Much To Break Down Morale of Central Powers. Triest, (By the Assoclated Press,) Nov. 14.-—"The power of not the power of armies, the war,” said Dr. Eugene A. of Boston, Mass, now a in the American Red Cross, He added that he had inter- rogated hundreds of prisoners of every nationality who had returned from Austria and that all had agreed that Austria’s death blow was dealt the medium of the press by President Wilson when he announced that he had recognized Czecho-Slovaki as an independent belligerent state and power. major MITCHELL TO HEAD CUBS Chicago, Nov 19.—Fred Mitchell, | manager of the Chicago club of the National league, will be elected presi- dent of the club to succeed 1"hnr]0$l Weeghman it was authoritatively an- nounced today. The change will be made within two weeks Mr. Weegh- will, however, retain his finan- ial interest in the club. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Worcester, Ma Nov. 19.—Pietro Mundari of Clinton. indicted for the second degree murder of Austin J Mohan in Clinton, September 13, was found guilly of manslaughter by a in superior court here todav. ON TELEGRAPH RATE BOARD. Washington, Nov. 18.—-Joseph B. ! Fastman of the Massachusetts public service commission, was named today by Postmaster General Burleson a member of the committes of the standardization of telegraph rates. TO SHIP FOOD TO AUSTRIA. New York, Nov. 19.—Preparations 250,000 tons of foodstuffs from the United States for the reliet of the civilian population of Austria now are under way, it was learned here today ANTI-JEWISH OTTBREAKS. Stockhilm, Nov, 19 Anti-Jewish ontbr with numerous fatalities to | Jews, have occurred in in the western part of Polish Galicia, according to the Jewish Press Bureau | here. 1In Siedloe Polish legionaires killed six Jews, the bureau's advices state, while at Hrzanow nine Jews were slain. Other anti-semitic out- breaks have occurred, it is stated. at Dombrowa. Jaworzno and other cities. BOY SINGER MUST DIE. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 19.—Paul Chap- man, a youthful choir hoy of Brook- Ivn under sentence of death for mur- der, will pay the penalty of his crime unless he receives executive clemency. The court of appeals today affirmed the judgment of conviction P ——————— T ————— | Sales approximated | Am Financial e LITTLE BUSINESS IN'STOCK MARKET Trading Today Has Been Lightest of Any in Weeks Wall Street Nov. 19.—On the light- est trading of any full sersion in several weeks today's stock market reversed its early firm tone, specula- tlve {ssues breaking 2 to 7T points, 400,000 shares. Oils and shippings led the sharp re- action of the final hour .the entire st falling back. The closing was heavy., New York Btock Exchange cuota- tlons furnished by Richter & Co., @members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Nov. 19, 1918, High I.ow Close Alaska Gold 55 4 4 Am Agri Chem 100 100 Am Car & Fdy Co 85% 831 831 Am Ice a3 41 Am Can 46 453 Loco 65 85 Am Smelt .... 887 873 Am Tel & Tel % 105% Anaconda Cop .. 681 A T S Fe Ry Co 95 Baldwin Loco 79% B & O 58 BRT £ 41 Beth Steel B .. 6 Butte Superior Can Pac Cen Leath Ches & Ohio Chino Cop .. Chi Mil & St Crucible Steel Distillers Sec Tl S S o, Erie 1st pfd Gen Elec ... Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs 837% Illinois Cen 102% Inspiration 5314 Interborough 9 Kansas City so Kennecot Cop Laclk Steel Lehigh Val Louis & Nash Max Mot com Mex Petrol Natl Lead ... NV G S ETud 803 Nev Cons e 197 NYNH&HRR 39 N Y Ont & West 22 Nor Pac 9834 Penn R R .. 483 Peoples Gas 58 Ray Cons 23% Reading . Rep T & S com So Pac . SoRRviE So Ry pfd Studebaker Texas Oil Third Ave Union Pac Utah Cop ... U 8§ Rub Co U S Steel U 8 Steel pfd Va Car Chem TWestinghouse Willys Overland Paul 20% 393 2% . 62% 120 373% 164% 13, TUTIIATIES BOARD MEETS. No Opposition To Conn. Light and Power Company Petitions. Hartford, Nov. 19.—There was opinosition at a hearing hefore the public utilities commission today to tha petition of the Connecticut Light & Power Company ing 26,000 voltage transmission line from Bunker Hill, in Waterbury, through the towns of Woodbury and Oxford to the company's station on the Housatonic river. The following companies were interested in the matter: The Western Union Tele- graph company, the Southern New England Telephone company, the American Telephone & Telegraph company, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company and the Woodbury Telephone company. The proposed transmission line will cross the lines of these compant This afternoon the commission held a hearing on the joint petition of the Connecticut Light & Power company and the third taxing district of Nor- walk for the approval of the agree- ment by which the company is to sell to the district equipment for the generating of electricity valued at from $6.000 to $7,000. no WOMEN SELL: MANY BONDS. 38 Per Cent. of Connecticut’s Qmuota Accounted for by Them. Hartford Nov. 19.—About 38 per cent. of Connecticut's quota for the fourth Liberty loan was accounted for by the woman's commttee, ac- cording to a report submitted today by Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley of this city. The amount was $25,493,650. By districts the figures are: Hartford county, $17,777,100; Mid- dlesex county, $719,500: Tolland county, $365.800; Northern Windham district $133,700; Southern Windham dstrict, $391,050; Southwestern dis- trict, $2,760,550; Southeastern district, $1,640,250; Northwestern district, $919,700; Western district, $786,000. Crosley’s Orchestra at§ T. A. B. DANCE TONIGHT plan of construct- | RICHTER & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORE STOCK EXCHANGE 81 WEST MAIN STREET .............. NEW BRITAIN, TEL. 2040 AMERICAN HARDWARE LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK NORTH & JUDD NILES, BEMENT, POND STANLEY WORKS BOUGHT AND SOLD CONN. GOODWIN BEACH & CO. Room 410 National Bank Building, Telephone %120. E. F. MCENROE, Manager. American Hardware fo Net 7% | The Herald Still has a limited number These Maps are Complete in every de- tail and will make a valuable souvenir of The World War. 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