New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1919, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THU FOREIGN RESERVE SYSTEM 1S URGED Senator Owen Bléfies Paper Money Expansion for H. C. of L. United States Sena- Jan. 9 Paris, of that in tor Robert L. Owe Oklahoma, takes the view the high prices prevailing Europe and to expanded and that foreign i part currency banks or a America are due forelgn paper American reserve reserve bank, analog to the Amer- ican system, would be highly advan- making the American gold dollar the measure of internal tracts, and thus expanding American conimerce abroad While in London Ser ferred with Sir Brien ernor of the Bank of nald McKenna, formerly the exchequer, and the cials of the English treasury conferred here with the financial of the American dele House, Henry W1 tageous in \tor Owen con- rokayne, England; Regi- chancellor of leading offi- He also and ite and ser tes with Colonel others. Summing up his obser tor Owen said: “The high prices in Great and France are due not alone to high freights and short supplies, but in part to the greatly expanded currency which, while basls, is in reality mental credit and patriotism, British and French notes not really being available to gold. Consequently, American dollars, exchangeable in America for gold, are buylng in Great Britain and France paper currency not ation, Sena Britain nominally on a gold based on actually convertible in gold on demand | purchasing power much normal times. “In the meantime, however, cans are paylng about twice as much for what they get in Great Britain and Frafice as in normal times. This will help to adjust the balance of trade and falls largely upon Americans trav- eling in and buying goods of Europe. “An international gold cu ac- tually convertible at all times in gold 18 greatly needed by the world now. Great Britain is furnishing Russia with ruble notes, redeemable in gold t London wh serves a useful in providing a stable means and with a lower than in Ameri- eney very for buy Russia, notwithstanding the fact ruble notes are, in all human ability, not actually exchanged gold in London.” that prob- for FDWARDS——WIGGL] After Honeymoon York, Groom Will Return to U. S. Navy. SWORTH. in New Wigglesworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles worth of Chestnut street, and Bdwards of Lawrence, Mass, a member of the crew of the American destroyer, Preston, were married at 3 g'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. Warren Cook, pastor of Trinity Methodist church. They were attended Wigglesworth, a sister of the bride, ind Donald Edwards, a cousin of the groom. They will spend their honey- moon in New York, after which Mr. Fdwards will rejoin his ship. Upon being discharged, they will make their home in thig city. Miss Amy Wiggles- by Miss Ruth i |“|lmlf.;‘.. G il ‘MH, il i Gopyright 19 by 1.3, Reygnotds Tobacee Co. con- | gov- | govern- Ing and selling commodities in | | BASKETBALL TONIGHT. | Dancing Will Follow Games at Local ! Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium. The local Y. M. €. A. basket ball team will face one of its hardest op- ponents in many seasons when the { team of the Waterbury boys’ { blays in this clty tonight. The game ! will be played in the Y. M. C. A. and should fast one from start finish Waterbury team has not lost a game this season. The local | however, express no fears, and b | their strongest hopes on the work Slater 1 two men of | of Mort H Middlebury should be a strong fictor ma for the locals. ame will be a as the 1rson The vear's tx wor | son, Sy l.eh in winning the | A preliminary between the Y. M. C. the Mohawks, a fas team Dancing will follow. A game is being irranged between the midgets and the Fafnir dragons, which will probably he plaved next week BULLETS. PEOPLE DODG Those Walking Strects of Berlin Do 8o at Their Own Risk. Jan. 7 (By The Associated The curtain is still up on the comedy, “Berlin, the ority socialist ed- The Unter den e and the Seige- all the streets in tha been jammed all day by of people who from time to time fled madly into the slde streets and sheltering doorways to escape the vain of bullets from both sides The shooting reached considerable proportions three times during this afternoon, but the casualties appear to have been few Spartacan forces troops clashed at the Brandenburg gate, where Unter den Linden termi- nates at the Tiergarten. Machino | guns were used in the fighting. Berlin, Pross.)- great t Madhous & itor called it vesterday Linden, Wilhelmst and have sallee sec- tion m and government M. C. A. NOTICF Y. Workers Will Give Association. Red Cross and Talks at Secretary Clare Vi v el NGB Sunday afternoor i1ocal ociation, his first speaker Crawford, recently France, who will be the speaker next Sunday afternoon’s entertain- ment. Mr. Crawford has a number of souvenirs which he collected while in France, including gas masks, German helmets and pictures of France. These will be exhibited at the ociation building on Sunday. Howard Y. Stearas will the speaker at\the meeting one weck from Sunday. Mr. Stearns saw xer ice with the American Red Cross in Italy and capable speaker. Oth- er speakers who have had experience in war work will be secured by Sec retary Barnes to address meetlags which will follow. arranging a series of meetings for the and has cured as Secretary R. H returaed from he is a DR. DRAY F New Britain Medical For Coming Year. Dr, Dray was elected president of the New Britain Medical society at the meeting of the soclety held last eve- ning at the Shuttle Meadow club. Other officers elected are Dr. Robin- son, vice-president; Dr. Mann, secre- tary and treasure The executive committee for the year will be com- i,m:( i of Drs. Fox, Zwick and Bray Dr. ¥rank Zwick was in charge of the arrangements for the banquet and Peter IFox, ex-president of the society acted as toastmaster. Practically the { entire medical profession practicing in was present. Heads Society & AY, you'll have a | lT_Y i club | to | he played ts and | nce . Baraes of the ! at, ITEMS | | Reduction L advt. | " Frank 4. Alford and Frank H | Holmes have been appointed apprais- cetato of the late Fred Gil- sale shoes at Long's.— | ers of th bert. | A total of 14 C3 reported to the afternoon. Lad i of important evening in meeting will installa are influenza were Toard of health yes- ferc A, 3. society meeting at 8 the school be followed ofli- at- Mary's hold an this The social and All members St will o’clock hall by a n urged of cors to tend moved his office to ~Advi Dr 9 Hupert has Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett nounce t engngement daughter, Lillian R. to B quist of Middletown. Adjutant E. M. Wittemore of the Salvation Army will speak tonight at Emmanuel Gospel church, Franklin Equare, at 8 o'clock Hdgar McAvay. formerly a the Gaffney Brothers' store. tinue in the same capacity American Hardware store. soon to be opened on street Nelson ot A an- thelr Lind- will con- in the which is Washington of shoes at Long's.-- Sacrifice sale Advt Howard V the University spending two weeks at the home his mother at 145 Maple street. White Rose camp will hold its re ular meeting tonight in Blectric hall. The Women's Forelgn misslonery soclety of the South church will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mr Frederick Wessel, 35 Maple strect. program has been arranged and all the women of the church are invited. A number of friends gathered at { the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smithwick ! last night and a most enjoyable eve | ning was spent. During the evening Miss Colia Hickey, Peter Daly and John Smithwick favored with vocal solos and John O'Leary with banjo selections. | The January number of the Fafnir Dragon is off the presses and has been distributed to the employes. The paper is the Camp Devens number and con- tains several pages of pictures taken at the camp by the editor of the booklet The “The returned to after of has Pittsburgh Krick of A pl chorus for the T. B. Talk of New York,” will at the rooms riday night. ell Barrett of the Merchant Marines is spending a few days at his | home on Main street. | 4 The employes of the Jast Peck and a farewell tonight. Young factory will hold celebration in the factory } The benefit venison supper will be held at the Elks' club this evening ! v o'clock. At the conclusion of “45" tournament will { [ et | the supper a [ be neld. ! The annuzl meeting of the Luther ! league will be held this evening in | the Swedish Lutheran church. An | entertainment ad illustrated lecture | will follow the meeting. | " Officers of Bristol Aerie, F. O. B, will install the members of New Britain Aerie . O. E. this evening. A smolker and entertainment will also be held. George Karan of Walaerbury, arrested today by Officer Wag vio| ion of the automobile car contained 1918 markers had no registration card Officers of Court Spinoza, I. will be installed this evening. A reception and entertainment will and he of A. streak of smokeluck thatll put pep-in-y our-smokemotor, all right. if you'll ring-in with a jimmy pipe or cigarette papers and nail some Prince Albert for packing! Just between ourselves, you never will wise-up to high-spot- smoke-joy until you can call a pipe by its first name, then, to hit the peak-of-pleasure you land square on that two-fisted-man-tobacco, Prince Albert! Well, sir, you'll be so all-fired happy you'll want to get a photo- graph of yourself breezing up the pike with your smokethrottle wide open! Talk about smoke-sport! Quality makes Prince Albert so appealing all along the smoke line. Men who never before could smoke a pipe and men who've smoked pipes for years all testify to the delight it bands out! P. A. can’t bite or parch! Both are cut out by our exclusive patented process! Right now while the going’s good you get out your old jimmy pipe or the papers and land on some P. A. for what ails your ! particular smokeappetite ! You buy Prince Albert everywhere tobacco is sold. Toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound tin hui lors—and —that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistaner top that keeps the tobacco in such perfact con on. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C, clerk in | 'he held in Talmud Torah hall evening by the Palestine Restoratic Fund campalign. 2 Seaman Arthur Campbell is hom4 a short furiough. Mise Lena Higgins of Philadelphia has been chosen superintendent of the local hospital to fill the place left vacant by the enlistmefit of Miss Claire Des Jurdins as a' Red Cross nurse. Miss Des Jardins is af pres- ent on duty in France, and Miss Hig- gins will come to this city next week on to take up lier dutles Francis P. O'Brien will add unfon meeting in the First Congre- gational church, tonight. Mr. O'Brien Will have for his topic *Americaniza- tion."” A marriage license to Junstany Gashovewicz o street and Sophia Kulah stroet. There were 161 hirths in this city during the month of December 1¥18. The number of marriages waa 1 MRS. MARTIN DIES AT ADVANCED AGE s the as Leen granted 47 High ot Grove Well-Known Tremont Street Woman Years Old and a Was Native of Ircland. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, aged 73 vears, widow of Michael Martin, passed away at ber home at 69 Tre- mont stroet at 1:30 o'clock this morn- ing. Mrs. Martin had been In falling health for some time, and advanced ago, coupled with a shock which she suffered several days ago, hastened her deat Mrs. Martin was one o1 the most prominent of the old Irish residents of this city and enjoyed a wide circle of friends here. For over half a century she reslded in New Britain, coming here soon after ar- riving in this country. She was born in Ireland and at the age of 18 years left her home to come to this country. Mrs. Martin is survived by two sons, five daughters and 20 grandchildren. Tho sons and daughters are: Michael and James, of this city; Mrs. Frank Shine, Mrs. Thomas Stanton, Mrs Thomas Gunning, Mrs. Robert Car berry of Brooklyn and Mrs. Thomas Heslin of this city. Her grandchil- dren are: dren of Michael sie and Mary, Shine; John, Eleanor, children of Mrs. - tin; Trene, Rose and James, children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ctunning; Robert and Vincent, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carberry; Bernard, abeth and Jamel Martin; Thomas and Agnes, of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Heslin; and Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanton. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's church and interment will be in St. Mary's cemeter: DEATHS AND FUNERALS James Le Bay. The ftuneral of James Lo Bay, will be held at 9 o’clock tomorrow morn- ing in the church of St. John the Evangelist. Burial will be in the new Catholic cemetery. Martin children Mary, Robert, of Frank The funeral B. Sechrest will be held tomorrow afternon at o'clock from his late home at 10 Bur- rit street, and interment will be in the Plainville cemetery. Lucy Urban. The funeral of Lucy Urban, will be held at St ndrew's Lithuanian church at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. DBurial will be in the new Catholic cemetery, Charles The funeral of J. Dohm. Charles J. Dohm, took place at St. Peter's church at 9 o'cloock this morning. A requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. Charles Coppens. The remains were placed in the vault in the new entertainment and illustrated lecture to New York later for burfal. Sunshine Society. Mave you had a kindness shown? Fass 1t an, "Mwis not meant for you alone. Pass it on. Let it tiavel down the ~ears, Iet it wips other's tears, sed appesrs anm Titt in Heaven the a Pasa i on. Mctio-—Gaod cheer Flower—Coreapsia Tolers—Gold and whita Flowers wara sent &ince tha last meeting. to four families Two wheel chalrs present. ara idle af Twenty sick and woeks. calls were mada shut-ins during the upon the Town lloma and Mrs. L. of the rep that as A Christmas | its usual Barnes, gave an summing Christmas children happs forts of at success chairman interesting up said M. committee, and in king our activities whole 124 adults wero made | of the untiring ef- charge. and 75 as a result the ladies In memher, meating, We Mra one new at the last walcomed F. L. Hart, "his being the annual meeting, re- | ports were given and election of offi- cers took place It is planned to visit the Blnd { Babies’ Home in Farmington on Fri- day afternoon where @ pleasing pro- zram has been arranged for the bene- fit of the local soclety Eliz- | ‘IN‘M High School | degree. | studieq [ offers to go back to the places where | Wasningto der, of New ing today in the Shipping 8 gency Fleet cof in an unbusiness parent disregard urged that cong board's general scope of its actl is & member of the committee which has Ing shipbuilding for o Charges Lack | “The Shipping boa | Senator Calder, “has at f | made up of men with a kng | snipping shipbuilding pi There have besn many changes§ sonnel and consequently in its ' cles. A very large part of the tihme | and the energies of the Fleet corpara~ tion has been given over to bullding up a great and cumbersome system of supervision with reports and statistics | on every concelvable subject cnnnsct-‘ ed with the work rather than to the | building of ships as an emergenoy | measure, { Labor Conditions Very Bad. i “In the policy toward labor, prac- | tically no offort has been made to en- | force ordinery discipline or to indi- | cate to the working men generally | that they were expected to render a fair retirn of work for the high wages paid. The records indicate that in many inatances men being paid by the plees with the poseibility of making from 320 to $30 n dny did three times the quantity of similar work per- formed by men on a per diem basis. No Regard for Expemse. ‘This condition is due largely to the apparent disregard for expense, the grossly excesstve office and super- | or James and Michael, chil- | visory forces employed and the know Bes- edge among the working men of the very high salaries being paid. Tt 1 an interesting fact that the Hog I land shipyards’ overhead expenses are averaging today the sum of $1,700,000 a month ond since the start of the work in this yard the overhead ceeded $16,800,000." Makes Several Recommendations, Senator Calder recommended that the actlvities of the Fleet corporation in comnection with the work of pri- | vately owned yards having contracts for ships should be limited to the proper inspection of the work and to rendering assistance in the supplying of materiale and facilities, and that the work in government-owned vards | should bo carried on under the fmme- | diate control and direction of Fleet corporation. the | Work Proceeding Slowly. Statistics show, the senator de- clared, that the shipping program fis | “progressing at approximately 40 per | cent. of scheduled speed,” and that the final completion of the work un- der contract will probably take near- 1y a vear longer than the time allowed in the contracts ! Contracts for 35 per cent., or 513 | ships of the total steel tonnage | planned were awarded by the board, | Benator Calder eaid, to five shipbuild- | ing concerns. only one of which had | had experience in the work, at an es- | timated cost of $745.000,000, but he | mald this cost would approach nearer | $1,000,000,000. At this rate the aver- | age cost per ton was $2 he esti- mated, exclusive of the cost of super- vision and control by the Fleet cor poratio Only Of the 513 ships only four had been { Four Ships Delivered. | delivered up ( to November 11 by out of 103 promised that date, Senator | Calder said. The companies receiving | the contralcts were tha Hog Tsland Shipyard, Merchant Shipbuilding cor- voration, Rristol, Pa.; Submarine Board corporation, Newark, N. J.: Bethleham Shipbuilding corporation and the Carolina Shiphuilding corpor- | ation, of Wiimington, N. C. DR. JAFFE OPENS OFFICE. Graduate Wil Practice Medicine in Home Town. Dr. N. B. Jaffe has opened office in Haana's block on Main street. Dr. Jaffe has had several years of experience and has come to| this city aft'r heing discharged from the U. 8. service Graduating from the High school in 1911, he started In on his study He atteaded of Vermont and there in the vear degree. Te made berculosis research work. Tor eight he had practical laboratory the Shalfon Tuberculosis san- At {hat institution he under Dr. Stockwell, who s to ho the 1tendent of the loeal board of h Later Dr. Jaffe was Allen hospital in Winooski, ha took a special caurse work. His next place at Blizabeth Geae hospital in Flizabeth, N. J.. where he studied surgery. He w one vear at t. Mi- | chael's hospital in Newark, N. J. where he also studied surgery and |} medicine. At the Fssex County hos- pital in Belleville, N. JI., ha took a si» weeks' course in the diphtheria and | rlet fever wards. | While in the goverament service ( Dr. Joffe was assiatant surgeon at the Emergency Fleot corporatian plant in Newnrk, N. J He has had several * up an New Britain immediately for an M, D the University was graduated from | of 1916, getting his a specialty of tu- months work at atorium expected super alth Panny Vit., 3 in 4 was intern he was and he also was contemplating going back to the tuberculosis sana- o next meeting will be held on January 20 torfum He has decided, however, to remain in this city for the present at least | ducts, | tional Paper and U. features [ Rails and Steels Follow With ' PETROLEUM STOCK S SIX POINTS OFF Reversals Wall Street, vancement by 10:30 shares were again singled out for ad- | Seuthern R professional interests | Interboro : Interboro pfd Kansas City so Kennec Copper . Lack Steel Lehigh Max Moto Mex ley cpm Potroleum tional Lead N Y C & Hudson Nev Cons : YNH&H R Nonthern Pac Pac Mail § § Co Penn RR ... People’'s Gas Prossed Steel Car | Ray 1 Reading Rep I & S com ! Southern Pa uthern Ry ( i ! i i { Cons Poace | S pfa Studebalkor at the firm opening of today's stock | Texas Oil market. noteworthy dropping 1 1 tors and most three poiats bour, standard nominal advances. feature, day’s ga Wall of 37 et, 5 tr Shippings proved xception, charges up to D b 1ok Gt | T ccember have ex- |level for the currer e Janh‘fl' | T urrent movement children | rails Marin to a n itobaccos, leathers, fertilizers and mo- ccessories gained one to al- first hfl.l‘[ Car making Texas Land Trust | certificates were again the spectacular adding 30 points to points at 260. Nooa—~Former leaders wore obscured during the morning by | in the the Union United #ruit Utah Coppe U 8 Rubber C v U S Steel aniy Pac Pfd. low Ofls, f e 1 ew low | | o ‘} § Steel . i pfad Chem Westinghouse Willys Overland Sears Robuck only | yester- | | | Dance —Advt tonight, Grange hall Ber | the further strength of specialties i gains of American i, California noteworthy ciated dry stores and gains of 4 to 10 goods, 310. mand at noon, sumed wider Wall Street, 1 rails were in but Paul Pfd. were tions to rise above States Steel the preferred Prd. and tremely irregular. Wall Street action in Mexican by reversals rails, the list in the fina was heavy. 000 shares. New York Stock by the New tlons furnished members of change. Beet Sugar Gold Chem & Fdy Co Am Alaskn, Am Agri Am Car Am Ic Am Am Am Am Am Can Loco Smelt Sugar Am Tobacco Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop AT 8 Fe Ry Baldwin Loco B & O B RT Beth Steel Can Pac pra B | Cen Leathe Cher & O Cht Mil & Cons Gus Cruoible & Distillers Erlo Gen Flec 5 Goodrich Rub Great Nor pfd Gt Nor Ore Cetfs Inspiration St eel Sec Cubaa-American points. {dull but firm., Texas Pacific indicating | further accumulaton cific Land certificates added |ta early gains, odd lots selling up to Coppers and motors were in de- market ope. 30 p. moderate midday today but Unlon Pacific and St the only transporta- common strengthenaed, high-priced oils Close- of one shippings and 1 hour. Sales approximated one ta four points. |nent In this group were Beet Sugai Linseed Packing, T . Rubber. included May while the m fractions. reacted A stx poi Petroleum followod points unsettiod | to two ateels. The Exchange Richter York St Jan, 9, Low 1015 a0 9 42 4914 10044 61% 11315 205 1001 60 743 493, Corn department Sugar at Rails xas 50 points Investment demand were = | Promi- INVENTOR REWARDE Pro- nterna- | Other | ass0- | British Naval Officer Deco Given ed and Substantial Gr London, Jan. 9.- for more than |protect British were | | man mines has Pa- |1 | | Michael and of $150,000 o have St and The invention saved the li of hun- dreds of sailors and prevented the loss of many warships. 1t consists of a waterplane shaped like a torpedo, flat fins is Georg as- | g t at having Jeett ov pait eit pro on towed le by i way that i the bows outward wire rope [ tonded to mooring fof mine they reac wh ® = V-shaped United while Marine ex- such 2 ship's is in- i ey and to D slot yoring rop: wi nt re- the in the float tavoided The ice as closing | o froc 50, destroyved tion is knov Ep e inve quota- s & Co ck Ex and Come hi 205 10074 60 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. A STRONG, organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, = Capital $750,000. Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. HARTFORD, CONN, M. H. WHAPL RELIABLE CORFORATION ixecutor or Administrator. Surplus and Profits $1,000,000 Pres't,