New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1919, Page 11

1919, . PERSONALS. €. H. Norris of West Main street Al spend several weeks at the Hotel brospect, Castleton, Vt. Miss Gertrude Moskosky will her vacation at wport, Block fisland, and Barley Falls. Her hrotic: atrick will join her Saturduy Mrs Holmes Fannie gone to for the month. spend and daughter Crescent Beach i}y i) have N. tion Maine. Humphrey wiil Squirrel Mrs. E her vac Squirrel, spend at Island, DEATHS AND FUNERALS Carvd of Thanks. to our ou and kindness during We thanks for the sympathy illngss and Noved wife ¢ Olson thank the Screw Corporation the many beautiful Charles k. wish express sincore neighbors friends of to us the death of and mother, Wilhelmina We wish especially shopmates the e tributes, Iamily many acts il extended the at our he- to at Corbin and donors floral and o Olson Gottlich Gottlieb Beh, last night at his street following seveval days ago one of the oldest He had made his Beh, 70 at vears, died 12 Liberty shock he suffered Mr. Gottlieh German residents. home in this city for over 47 years and for many years he was employved at the P. & . Co bin plant. He was a widower and survived by three sons, Frederick, Charles and Herman Beh; daugl ter, Mrs. John Radil, and nine grand- children. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock ‘from his Tate residence. Burial will be in %he Fairview cemetery. i aged home a was a is a Ruth of Mrs. Tuesday Mrs Trebert. The funeral bert, who died her home at this .afternoon late residence. officiated and the Zion Hill Ruth E. Tre- morning at Maple Hill, was held at 2 o'clock from her Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe the interment in cemetery, Hartford. CITY ITEMS Miss Dorothy Sherp of Camp street, who recently underwent an operation for Appendicitis at the local hospital, is resting comfortably The condition of William Squire, who was operated on hospital Monday, is showing improvement. was W. T. at the marked 400 YEARS OLD. City of San Juan Celebrates Birthda. “* —Oldest City American Fla, Avg. 7.—The the 400th anniyi of the founding of the city of Juan, making it the oldest city under the American flag, and a committee is at work arranging for a celebration of that event and the signing of the Dellaration of Independence. Cuba, San Domingo and St. Thomas have been invited to send representa- tives to take part in the celebration. That July 4, 1519, is the exact date of the foundation of the city of San | Juan is the opinion expressed hy Cay- etano Colly Toste, historian, who has traced the history of the island since | the first landing of the Spaniards in 1502 According San Juan, of Fourth July marked : to Dr. Toste the first Spaniard to set footh on the island of “Borinqren” vas Juan Ponce de Leon, wiio landed on the 12th of ug- ust, 1509 [ LAND OPENED TO Aug. 7.—Twent of land in the in California Sal National to subject ENTRY. -four Tahoe | and Washington, thougand acre: Ngtional Forest Nevada, and i st,- Utah, have been Public domaim and jentry under the homestead and after August 21, 1919, settlement and other and after August thusand of fornia and acres .maid to have The land «in —is in part and, partly useful the to | restored made on | laws and t disposition 1919. Sixteen land in © Nevada are vale for grazing about 7.000 acres | for grazing. on | Leres this Al 1,000 limited Utah suitable for in dry-farming SOUDIERS TO HARVEST Washington, Aug. 7 for thd releas every ,can be spared and who Fwork in the wheat fiele has' beerr given to the commanding generals of Camp Pike and Bowie, Texas; Dadge, lowa; Funstcn, Kans., and Fort 8ill, Oklahoma. The war de partient has taken this step to meet the urgent demand for labor in hai vesting wheat in those sections. WHEAT. Authorization soldier who will agree of the wes of COAL TRAFIIC TIFD UP. Freight and Service Sns- pended on C. & O. Lines, W. Va., Aug. 7 suspended Ohio Passenger All the after- Huntington, coal traffic W Hesapeake & noon as a result shopmer strike. At the same time an order was issued fram division headquarters here proclaiming an embar of freight E. L. Bock, iperintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, figially announced last night that be- ginning today, all passengers as well as freight traffic on the Chesapeake & Ohio, west of Clifton Forge, would be discontinued NOTICE! ¢ There will be a special meeting of the Lady Foresters of America Friday | | evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Judd's hail. | All members are requested to be | present to arrange for the outing ! Bunday. Auto truck will leave Judd's on vesterday of the g0 on all classes division s | | ball Sunday at 0 a. m.—Advt. § Ey | ported | tant Senator Moses oo G TS One « the league of nations hecause it would embroil America in lSuropean troubles. (C) Underwood & Underwood. of he says PACIFIC FLIET ANCHORS. Assembie Off Mexican Coast 17 From San Diego. San Diego, Cal., Aug. 7.—The Pa- cific fleet under command of Admiral Hugh Rodman is being assembled at a rendezvous off the Mexican coast 17 miles south of Diego. . FOR THE IRISH A. Miles an T. U. Says America Will Stultify if it Does Not Insist on Irish Free- dom, artford, Aug St. Pete sembley had resounded with applause this afternoon when the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, in annual convention adopted a resolu- tion to the effect that the United States would stultify itself if it adopt- ed a peace to consummated that “disregarded the rights of the Irish people; the most outraged people of all the earth.” Another resolution in favor of equal suffrage declared that suffrage would give of the continuance of the prohibi- tion amendment. Other reaffirm- cd the importance of the work and op- portunity of the union and expressed pleasure aver the anticipated visit to this country of Cardinal Mercier, the spiritual director of the International Catholic Anti-Alcoholic league, at the time of the international convention; appreciation of the blessing of the pope and pleasure at the abolishment of the saloon. Officers were re-clected as follows: President, Rev. John B. Beane, S. T. L., Pittshurgh, Pa.; first vice president tev. Dennis J. Kane, Moscow, Pa. second vice president, James B. Dugh- erty, Haverford, Pa.; third vice presi- dent, Mrs. Thomas J. Hackett, New York: treasurer, Rev. Maurice J. O'Connor, Boston: general secretary, Thamas . McCloskey, Danbury, Conn; president priests’ union, Rev. M Lambring, Scoitdale, Pa Gener Thomas Closkey a total of membership Maurice J. O'Connor, financial report of August, 1917. The §677.81. Today it as- be assurance national resolutions adopted ral Secretary 1. Me- 585 local of over reported with ev socicties 34,000 treasurer, gave a the union sinc halance then w was $1,407.32 SHIPS FOR MEXICO City, Aug. T enlargement relations bhetween Mexico was the object of recent con- ferences between Luis Babrera, sec- retary of the treasury, and Ricardo C. Acuna, Argentine consul to Mexico. The question of securing ships is re- to have been the impor- subject disc Mexico nmient Encourage- of commercial Argentina and and most Count Kar;)lyi Count Karolyi, formerly premier of the Hungarian government, has fled from that country and is reported on his way to the U. 8. (c) Underwood & Underwood. | cancell Capt. Samuel Woodfill of the Regular Army handed, captured two German ma- chine gun nests with his revolver and captured a third with a pick when h ammunition gave out—killed 13 ma- chine gunners and captured three that time—wins congressional medal of honor, croix de guerre and legion of honor. of Kentucky who, single (C) Underwood & Underwood. VICTORY BUTTONS. Insignias to Be Worn By Participants in World War Now Ready. Washington, Aug. 7.—The victory button commemorating service in the world war is now being distributed by the war department to every man enlisted in the American force since April 6, 1917. Two hundred thousand silver buttons have been manufac- tured for distribution to men wound- ed in the war. Approximately 500,- 000 bronze buttons for men who served abroad but who were not wounded, have already been manu- factured. Manufacture of the bronze buttons will be continued at tse rate of 260,000 a week until all the demands are supplied. These buttons can be obtained at the various army posts, recruiting stations and zone supply offices upon presentation of honorable discharge. The war department is now nego- tiating contracts for the victory rib- bon and stars and bars to be issued to those who served in world-war en- zagements and those who received citations for valor. Approximately 507,000 yards of this ribbon will be manufactured at the rate of 15,000 | yards a week MAY WEAR UNIFORM SPECIAL CIVIC OCC S Washington, D. C. war department has issued a advising honorably discharged sol- diers that they are entitled to wear their uniforms on special occasions, such as parades, patriotic celebrations, ete. The circular was issued because of numerous requests from discharg- ed soldiers for such information. An act passed by the last congress al- lowed honorably discharged men in the military service, including the navy and marine corps, to retain one complete uniform and authorized it to be worn after the men had returned to private life. Tho circular Aug. ARMY TEACHING 56,000 WOUNDED Washington, wounded men SOLDIERS Aug. 7.—TFinrollments in arterafts being hospitals were 20,- 641, an increase of 1,812, the war de- partment announces. Those in ward academic studies increased from 3,55 to 4,961. Of these students 2,404 werce engaged in commercial courses, in- cluding stenography. Inrcliments in shops and schools under the supervi- ston of the war departmient increased from 30,355 to 31,248 The total of students in all the various educational was 50 of taught in military classes 56, SUGAR Washington, million senting IFOR HOME U Aug Twenty pounds of white sugar, repre the war department’'s entire surplus of this commodity have heen ordered sold at a minnmum price fixed by the sugar equalization hoard. The | sale at these figures wil insu the | government full recovery original cost of the sugav department has stipulated of the sugar shall he sold although the prices foreign market were higher. It was desired to keep the stocks in this country for domestic consumption. one ire of The war that none for export, | offered in the | KING GIVES ORDER OF MERIT TO PREMIER LLOYD YRGE London, Aug. 7.—King Georze has | conferred upon Premier David Lloyd | George the Order of Merit of appreciation of George's war as a Mr. sizn his Liloyd services. MINTMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN. San Juan, Aug. 7-—The project of providing a minimum wage for women and girls emplayed in Porto Rico was approved by the lower house this week after many stormy sessions. The bill provides that women under 18 years of age shall be paid not less than $6 a week. The first three weeks of $6 a week. The first threeweeks of apprenticeship are exempt from this requirement. ‘WORK OF AMERICANS IN FRANCFE, Washington, Aug. 7.—American en- gineers built in France 83 new ship berths, 1,000 miles of standard gauge railroad track and 538 miles of nar row gauge track. The signal corps strung in France 100,000 miles of tel- A ephone and telegraph wire. | | the | | ( Wall ward Street, 10:20 a Th was m. up- movement of mod- } crately resumed at stocks the opening of to- lay s trading a few ssues, important imcluding U. 8. Steel and the popular oils, showing & reactionary trend. | Motors and related specialties, equip- ments, shippings and tobaccos were the strongest features, Keystone and Kelly-Springfield Tires, Baldwin Lo comotive and American International gaining 1 to 2 points. Later the rise was supplemented Wall Street, tone developed some early gains d, wlile a few fully recovered. U. S. der persistent eversal by secondary rails An. uncertaim the first half being entirely lesses Steel was un- increasing its points, Crucible losing American International react- points. U. S. Rubber tremiely erratic, advancing ¢ points on buying, only to forfeit its gain immediately. Pools continued their bullish activities in tobaccos and food but the latter group noon after hour, a were pressure o 15 3 and was ex- heavy almost share May We ? It is the policy of this bank to lend aid to those industries of this community which need financial assistance whenever they show that by reason of £00d management and good prospects they are entitled to assistance. We have had the satisfaction of seeing iness sult growth, loyalty our bu grow as the 1 of our customers’ and muck through their other profitable business has come to us. We'd this to like to demonstrate you. The Gemmercial Trust Co, NEW BRITATN. CONN. became unsecttled when Wison broke points. Call opened at 5 to per cent, Wall Street, 1 were foremost in lantic Gulf ri tobaccos, notably Liggett & Meyers, motor accessories, dry goods showed over night gains of 2 ta 10 points, but American sugar was weak, losing al- most 5 points Closc—For other than money ® 30 p. m. the nao ng 6 points. Shippings rally, At- High grade no apparent reason rumors o impending federal action against indistria cor- porations, the market broke abruptly later. The closing was weak. Sales approximated 1,400,000 | shares. st th w (e tr New York Stock Exchange quota- | . tions furnished by Richter & Co., members of the New York stock | Exchange: ‘. Aug. 7, : High Low 87 il Am Beet Sugar ... Alaska Gold % Am ri Chem 104 14 Am Car & Fdy Co 1153 Am Can 54 Am Loco Am Smelt Am Sugar & Am Tobacco Am T & T Anaconda Cop AT S Fe Ry Baldwin Loco B & O E RS Beth Stecl B Butte Superior Can Pac 4 Cen Laather ... Ches & Ohio Chino Cop Chi Mil & St Col F & 1 Cons G Crucible Steel 37 Distillers Sec .... 81 Erie . e Erie 1st pfd ...... 27 Gen Elec 161 Goodrich Great Nor Gt Nor Ore Tllinois Cen Inspiration Interboro pfd Kansas City so Kennec Copper Lack Steel ... Lehigh Valley Max Motor com Mex Petroleum National Lead N Y ¢ & Hudson Nev Cons NYNH& Ohio Ci Northern Pac Mail Pepn IR R People's Gas Pressed Steel Car Ray Reading Rep 1 & S Southern Pac Southern Ry Studebaker Texas Of] Union Pac United ruit Utah Copper 17 8 Rubber U S Steel a5 Steel pfd Vi Chem Westinghouse iy Willys Overland .. 1625 tl 671 W 1 100 % ..106 58 45 13 15 100 Tan >aul ta Rub 4 prd Cetfs th 11 H R Gas Pac jos fr A Cons tr com Car LOCAL EXCHANGE PRICES QUOTED (Furnished by Richter Hartford Flec Light. . So New kng Tel American Br: Am Hosiery American Hardware Am Silver (par Bill & Spen (par Bristol Brass (pa 25) . Colts Arms Co (par 5 s Eagle Lock Co (par Internat Silver pfd I, I & Clark (par Nat Mar Lamp (par N Brit Mach (par Niles-B-Pond com. .. L 12 & Clark (pat Peck § & W (par Russell Mfg Co. Scovill Stand Screw com. . Stanley R & T, Ca Stanley Works (par 25) Tor Co com (par 25). 61 Traut & Hine (par 25).. 53 Union Mfg Co (par 25).108 & et (par la cc 415 a 370 410 114} 62 564 111 . 400 400 111 SIEEL AND PIG in ment Steel been largely and at and marked progress in the week, outlook of the tons, kept 200 ning 85,635 of at 39,400,000 end P Works, ment tiations. 000 be ufacturers have been more active than hankers heen ta on which structural cannot ports | to ore important 1 pe " | upward c Steel now be at 5 in ished as forced ducers! price have canse rails, boiler prices is Buffalo dist \ug. 1 1920 basic company, a $25.75 been ) have, shown 5 | banana dered dustry the their port within easy producing districts of Mexico. IRON MARKET The Age Say, Actual eel Iron stoppage of pig iron making Cleveland and | railroad strilkes Chicago given of by in e and districts the eight past week have more to the possibility curtail- by strikes the steel indus- Blast operations Wire in and steel American Y itself. furnaces of the Co. at Cleveland have suspended. At the South hicago works of the Illinois Steel Co. out of 12 blast furnaces are banked, Gary 14 outl of 44 open-hearth irnaces are idle. The unionizing of blast furnace and | eel plant the Pittsburgh Ohio has shown no but the is threatening because railroad shopmen's strike, and uncertainty has entered into for the remainder of orks & workers in districts more the new prospect he year. The increase as pronounced, tal for the month 340 tons a tons in June, The blowing up through the 39 were in blast on Aug. 1 one month previous. Pig n production at the begin- August was at the rate of tons a day as compared with day at’'the beginning operation being about 31,500,000 1918 output in pig iron in July as was expected, the being 2,428,541 day, as against or 70,495 tons in of furnaces month so that as against or 7 114,738 day of a 700 tons July, the vearly ra whercas present te of the s was foward the arquieter fortnight 150 locomotives for Baldwin Locomotive accepts 10-year equip- notes, came after long nego Orders for 8,000 to 10,- are expected to follow, cments of a car trust out Thus far Export of July he placing oland with the which trade picked up after of but may man- cars d he arran of long drawn Kuropean deals and leadership has on these need of strons marked. fully financed enterprise, the Ta- Steel Works in India, is figuring | steel for large additions 20,000 tons of | British works the deliveries wanted some confusion in news with uncontirmed figuring | reported an Aus steamers e A is American will take nearly shapes mect There is Europe, of American mevicans, have acquired steel plant om re- capital for example. arc control Thirty load ian o to Swedish expected soon from German | Shipvard developm Standard trawler orders 20.000 tons of plates ist furnaces have been fruit com represent I'ne | prozram, ships and nts Ol any and notahle in process, calls for built at its Kederal its Mobile yard Plate orders have astern mills and cut Actual advances are vegarded in of strikes the leading being rather one through 1919 rail carbon $2, Corporation’s to | 11 yard | at improved | Tess | i prices are in evidence fin- products more | contingency case than by demand, pro- | of | policy maintenance makers of thein bars prices be- of re-rolling ructural rivets and advanced §4 a ton. | e pig \vmr‘ Southern and One South- | Chicago advanced of l.a rivets tendency the high price have a to advs cen both in ict products put prices from There figuring but have not been 20,000-ton of Northern steel concession The producer up some on iron On sales ree. a purchase iron hy Ohio was made valley of transactior at om the and furnace in far price basic from have reporte not 5 BANANA LEAVES USEFUL Aug 7 Experiments Canadian capitalists to published reports, the leaves of the be manufactured at | cost an excellent class of calan- | paper. Organizers of the in- | are understood to be awaiting | arrival of machinery to establish first plant at a Pacific coast reach of the banana Mexico €ity, nducted by according that from tree can low | from | attacked RICHTER & CO. lembers New York Stock Exchange 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. HARTFORD, CONN.—6 CENTRATL ROW WATERBURY, CONN.—2{ -2 STEELL BUILDING SPRINGFIELD, MASS.— THIRD NATIONAL BUILDING We offer the following investment Austin, Nichols & Co., Inc. 7 Cumulative Preferred Stock 1% $98 d tocks per share a wcerued dividend, to about Manhasset Mfg. Co. 7¢ Cumulative Preferred Stock $97 per share and accrued dividend 1bout National Aniline & Chemical Co. Cumulative Preferred Stock 280 ted divi 7% per and 1 Quaker Oats Company 6. Cumulative Preferred $99 per share and rued The Steel & Tube Company of America 7¢: Cumulative Preferred Stock $98 hare acer lend Stock ac dividend, to net 6.06¢ share and rued dividend, to net about Nebraska Power Company 77 Cumulative Preferred $97 per share and rued per e JUDID & CO. Rooms 309-310 National Bank Bldg. Tel. W. T. SLOPEK. Mgr. LOCAL STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD 5. GOODWIN BEACH & CO. Room 410 Natlonal Bank Bullding. T. FRANK LEE, Manager Landers, Frary & Clark Stock Bought and Sold Telephone %130 W HUNGER DISEASE. Water Body, s Cause of Ailment. A reported among the children RVICE EXTENDED. Too Much Due Starvation, in o | Trolley Cars Continue Electric Run Road. Norwich, Aug. 7.—Trolley run by the Shore Electric today on the triangular from Greenville to Yantic, Yantic the west side, and the west side to Greei- ville. An hourly schedule and there was some riding | Perkins of t company statement saying that would be manned men who are not who have been Service will be continued the The mass meeting They began running streets thro which run today leys. to on Shore Line Prague, Aug. 7 new cars wer | hunger | | Rallway disease district of e of | be of of the remote 1t some to is a form ocdema,” and appears to due primarly to the presence of too much water in the body, owing to starvation. Its presence reported districts by the Amer- who have work for One of says Gzecho-Slovakia ‘hunger wa President issued Nor set e a i cars in several women to organize American Red Cross received today, care must be taken that the to the children themselves to their parents. It seems unbelievable, but the parents accused of being the -~ own children food, in one town there no mother- wich by \r gone the workers relief ican strike out permanen these % reports ‘Great food gets and not almost are frequently worst enemies in respect to we were told love left. “Most from this and there as supports the announced & night. bus lines on the. the tracks N trol- community cars, trolleymen for today Saturday 1gh car in opposition to the their and was FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPE; suffering ONE Is KILLED BY GUARD ocdema in- dis- of the children a strange ‘TTunger is also a tremendous crease in tuberculosis and other which one recognizes instantly to malnutrition.” In =« guards ed from Everett battle between and five prisoners who escap the reformatory Tuesday night, was killed = slightly two still QUAKER CITY POLICE IN JATL. | jarge. 1 = | bloodhounds in Election Conspiracy T Wash., Aug reformator, O Monroe fugitive wounded and due e, at by one = are acked were t spot e men to a near an, Six Convicted where a fight took place Begin Sentences. TREASURY RULES STRICT Aug. 7..—The treasury the transmission firms resident statements of to them must notice that territory will of funds necount the *hils a, Aug. 7.—Six member Philadelphia, Au ix me nall per London, authorized sons and territory counts sent who of the Philadelphia police force 5 to vio- in enemy their of conspii were convicted in the Iif vear nces laws fight serving their yesterday. election councilmanic ago began West Chester They arve: lLieutenant nett, 1itenced 18 men Emanuel Uram John Wirtschafter and 12 months, and negro pat must pay late ward the accom- ersons and not be or se- in this beginning panied by | firms in permitted curities country of the sen at enemy to dispose held for thei) the date David Ben months; Patrol- Lonis Feldman Michael Mu Clarence Ha X months, to = at of war, TO OUR MEN, Poin« stone the in the ans Lafayette. the spot alled for phy = FRANC Pari 'S TRIBUTI Atg. 7.—President care on Sept. 6 will lay the flrst of the monument commemorating arrival the Ame France. The date sele niversary of the hirth The monument will from awhich TLafayette Americn 1777 WILL ADVANCE IN 1919 GUPPER ABOVE W \_!l PRICES Boston Gopper NEWs ™ Votume Volume Mailed on request FREE. To kdep' posted on *Coppers,” “Silvers olman, s fines also den, They MUSKEGON CITIZENS STRIKE Gn ted of troops is Refuse to Pay Seven-Cent Fare and Wreck Trolley Cars. be near Al here as Muskegon, Mich., Auz. T e street car traffic is suspended disorders following pay result of refusal of passengers to cent fare A moh of several the a seven- hundred persons cars during the night tipping over Several street " and all metal shaves our complete statistical service is at your command. 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