New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1920, Page 11

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EvERY MAN HAS SOMETHING TO BE PRDUD man who is carcfully in the mode of the min- got a lot to be proud clad ute of. It will pay you ta be a little Dit “fussy” about your clothes. The scenery helps quite a bit when it comes to sel I piece of prope Well, you . marketing your abilities aren’t you? sh scenery will boost New Spring Suits, all and patterns. The Farrell ClO'Luln"' CU- 271 MAIN ST. VICE SQUAD PROBE Naval Investigation Casc in Newport Brings Out Fact That Much Moncy 18.—L.o0 of +h March of ‘money received by members naval vice squad, whose methods ar under investigation by a court of in- quiry, figared in the testimony before the court today. W. H. Drury. for- merly an ensign on duty at the naval (yaining station there, said that Operators of the squad while workins \pparently without orders were plied with funds by Lieutenant E. M. {iudson, their commander, who bor- “rowed the money for them through the American IRed (ross officers here. When asked by the judze dvorate o amplify jhis statements, the former nsign said he was without further tnowledge of the subject, but he wgded: “Ask Hudson. He Hudson is one of a included as parties in court’s inquiry. SCHOOLBOY MURDERED sup- Lieut. persons. to the Kuows score of interest Jealous Over WPoor Boy's Class St ing. Five Classmates Kick Iim to Death. Pueblo, Col. 11 vear old sen, ke 1inals March 18.—Ted, the of Mrs. H. A. Ku tement yesterday. shortly hefore his death, charged he hid been kicked and injured by schoolbay Physicians the dicd as a result of these injuries ehind the death of the lad is sehoolboy feud. Ted's mother is poc , His clothes earned for him the name of “Poverty” among schoolmates. spite handicaps. the boy led his classes. This is believed ta have cr ated jealousy. - Wed, according to his “whipped” two boys of his own ase Thursday when they jeered at his elothes. Friday five older boys at- tacked him and kicked him into un- Neighbors found him hehind a billhoard lad statement Strictly Russell B S — TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION dozen FOR SALE—One dining room Wwith chairs, cook stove and bed couch. Call at 574 West Main St. Jfirst floor. 3-18-3dx table POR SALE—Two family hot Ken- sington s. . P. Dunham. Tel. 9Z-4. 3-18-3dx District of Plainville, s Probate urt, March’17th, 1920. Estato of Arthur Bosnton, of Plainville, in said District, ceased. Ipon the applic: Upson, Administrator de bonis non c. t. a praying that he may be em- powered to compromise a claim owing to said estate, as per application on file more fully appears, it is Ordered, That said application heard and determined at the Probate Office, in Plainville. in said District, on the d day of March, A. D. 1 i at 10 o'clock in the forcnoon. and that public notice be given of the vendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing a copy of this order once in some newspaper having a cireulation in said District, and hy osting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the Town of Plataville, n said District. at least five days be- fote said day of heaving. GEORGE R. BYINGTON, Judze de- tion of Arthur W. Tel. 1625-2 Any Hour, Day or Night. TARRANT & HAFFEY > UNDERTAKERS 33 MYRTLE St.,, East End Office, 138 Jubilee St., Tel. 1451-2. Tady Attendant—Free l e of l'nr]w.. FUNERAL DIRECIORS Andrews & Doolittle, inc. THE ¥FUNERAL HOME Office anZ Parlors 15 Walnut Street. Telephone. tae | 1 i | ger J[ : = | five | late | | be - |lan Deaths and Funerals. sSamucl Henry Funeral services will be held on day_afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Berlin Methodist church for Samuel Henry, aged 87, whose death afternoon at occurred sterd: Soldiers’ Home in Noroto He was 2 member of the East Berlin Knighis.| ‘of Pythias. So far as known no immediate relatives survive him. Mrs. Mary Ann Curtis, Mrs. Mary Ann Curtis, aged 69, dled this morning at her home on Welch street, Plainville. - Surviving her ar Charles H, and Arthur G and four ers and two She was a member of the church. Jfuneral services Saturday afternoon at in her home 3 | Methoaist will be held 30 o’clock | and at 3 { o'clock in the Methodist church. Mills Towers, Towers, the three- of Mr. and Mrs. Jan Jane Mills months-old daughter Reginald Towers, of 433 Stanley street, died yvesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held this after- noon at 2 o'clock in the Erwin Mor- i tuary pel. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal-church, was in charge. John Flanaga John Flanagan, aged 40 e this morning at the home of sister,. Mrs. John E. of Lasalle street. Ie was a resident of Boston, but has been at the home of his sister for the past few weeks. Be- sides Mrs. Farr, he is survived by a brothe . Flanagan, of Boston, and a half-sister, Florence J. Sheehan | of Hartford. He was well known in this ci The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Mar church. Burial will be in St. | AMary’s new cemeter; Strietly fresh 39¢ dozern. Russell Bros.—Advt. CITY ITEMS of William unchanged at hospital ezgs Burns the this The s reported Jew Britain afternoon. John Skrituls through William F. Manzan has brought & ! nst Alexander Kacienski to 100. Real estate on High street was ntiached today by Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwell. The writ { is returnable in the city court on the { first Monday in April. | { FEAR COMMUNIST REVOLT condition as General Judge it re- Cables only \merican Official in Berlin Washington That This is the in Situation. ho18. Loring commissioner and charge daffair in this informed the state depart- ment in Washington now that Dr. Kapp’s regir fallen, the whole danger lies in communist Dressel American has acting | uprisin Communist forces are be marching other ci a few hours crisis majy reported to on Berlin from various but Mr. Dressel says if more pass quietly a be avoided. OFFICIALS REMOYED 2c of Bedford Hills Re- Not Fit Is i De- | hose in Ch formatory Persons, Report. { Amany, March 18—Removal { of the present superintendent and the first assistant superintendent of the { reformatory for women at Bedford | Hills, N. Y., is recommended in the report of John S. Kennedy, president | of the state commission of prisons | who investizated the management and affairs of that institution, to | Governor Smith which was submit- | ed to the le ation today. [ 1 have come to the conclusion,” { says Mr. Kennedy, “that certain | punishments have been inflicted { which were cruel and unusual and bad no justification under the ne- cessitics of the situation as devel- | oped. It was proven to my satisfac- tion that voung women, found dif- ficult to control were handcuffed witi | their hands behind their backs and fastened to the cell grating by an- other *pair of handeufis attached to those on their wrists so that in some cases, their toes, or the balls of the feet, only touched the floor: and, { while thus suspended their faces were dipped into pails of water until subdued. “Prisoners also were lifted pletely their feet and { for various periods of time. com- suspended BRIDGEPORT eral Flectric Company L Remington Arms “War Baby New York, March 18.—The Gener- | a1 Electric company announces it ha acquired under lease, with option buy, the Remington Arms—U | -~-plant of Bridgeport. Conn | the 1a est so-called industr bab: in the countr The transac- tion is said to involve more than $7,000.000. The plant comprises more than 20 »ces of Duildings. It was built in 1915 by the Remington company as addition to its original Bridgeport plant, and now is owned by ihe Bridgeport liquidation corporation. PLANT. GE FOUR MORE ARRESTS. New Bedford, M March 15, JFour more arrests bringing the iotal to 17 were made today by the federal agents who last night started a raid | on hotels and saloons here suspected of sell liquor. Twenty-four were searched and two iilicit | seized stills { MARYLA Annapolis, Md., prohibition enforcement act was d feated in the house of delegates tod: by a vote of 39 to 62. places |, 1 he | i of l ered and it w NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920. o FlNANClAL f Iwm STREET STOCK i EXCHANGE REPORTS I _Wall Street, Noon.—The rapid pace the opening was maintained |mou-|-om (he forenoan, short cover- ing adding 1o the enormous turnover. Stocks with dividend prospects contin- ued to lead but the entire list, includ- 2 high grade arils participated in riable degree. Stutz Motor was the sensational feature e day's gain of 171-2 additional 18 1-2. included e Arrow, tending vester- points with an Other noteworthy General Motors, Motor Accessories, Am- 3 Woolen, American Car, Bald- win Loco., New York Air Brake, Re- public, Crucible, Vanadium and U. S. Steels, Atlantic Guif, United Fruit. Central Leather, Hide and Leather, Texas Co. and Utah Copper at gains 1-2 to 10 points. Wall Street, 10:30 a. m.—Advances of 2 to § points were made by many issues in the first half hour of today’s stock market session yesterday late rally assuming wider and more i pressive proportions Greates: was again shown b panies which are expected to declare stock dividends in the near future these included the leading motor steels, railway equipments, leathers, textiles and chemicals. Oils and shippings also made appreciable gains with some of the food issues. Among the more representative industrials U. S. Steel was in demand at a moder- ate gain. Wall Street, 1:30 p. m.—The firmer tendency of foreign exchange and de- cline in the call money rate to 6 per cent. influenced the further active rise of the afterncon. Steels and equipments the outstanding f Wwith reports of contracts. Oils Wall Street, were then atures in connection impending railroad also rose briskly. . Close.—THeavy selling for profit reduced extreme advances 1 to 5 points later, but not before prices had “been established some of the steels, equipments motors. The closing was strons. approximated 1,800,000, shares. New York Siock Exchange quots tions. furnished & Co. members of the New York Stock Exchange: and Sales March 1 High Lo Allis-Chalme 43 Am Beet Sugaiu Am Can Am Car A Am H & Leather Am loco Am Smelt & Rer Am Sug Ref com Am Sum Tob . AT & Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Ateh T & S 1 At Gulf & W Baldwin Loco B & O Beth Steel Can Pac . Cen Leath (0 Ch Chi Mi] & P Chi Rock I & P Chino Cop Prod Steel Corn Crucible Cuba Cane Sugar ndicott-Johnson ic Erie Gen Gen Goodri¢h Co Gt Nor prd Inspiration Cop Int Mer Mar Int Mer Mar Int Int Kelly Springfield Kennec Copper . Lack Steel Lehigh Valley .... \lc\ Pelmleurn | | | = ' | 1st Elec Mot pra’ prd .. Nickel 5 Paper S He = e Soae R N Y Air Brake N Y Central NYNH&EHRR Norfolk & West Northern Pac Ohio Cities Pan Am P Penn R R oo Pressed Steel Car ‘Ray Cons Reading .. Rep I & Royal D, N Y . Sinclair Oil Ref Sloss-S Steel & | outhern Pac outhern Ry Studebaker Texas (‘o Texas & Pac Tobacco Prod Union Pac United 36 97 $45 461 L1101 TUnited T B U S F ond Prod S Indus Aleo . S Rubber S Steel . Utah Copper Va Car Chem Wil 7014 L.1011; Co ..114% Overland PORT. New York today: halances New ring Xork, "2 House statem SN8I66T ior $114 WITH FOCH. i aris, March 18.—The conferen { of ambassadors met today with T ! er Millerand presiding and M Foch present. The conteren distussed the events in Germany and Iso the Hungarian demand for moi- of the peace treaty. TlLe German war materi Holland was consid- decided to draw Hol- | to ti shal Tand’s attention PIG IRON AND STEEL MARKETS, The Iron Age says: Reports from the producing centers still struggle with short coal supply and with scarcity of cars and motive power. Similar reports prevailed throughout February and vet the offi- cial statistics given out in the past week show steel ingot porduction in that month averaging 142,000 per day, or almosta high record rate. The trade is frankly surprised at these figures, in view of existing handicaps New activities of at various steel worl cluding Gary, ment in leading steel dwell on the labor organizers districts, in- are a subject of com- the trade and latest strike plans are presumed to center about May 1. Reports of preparations for a second strike have been ci for several weeks, but the willi of workers to repeat so soon 5 acrifice of wages is doubted. < mcago is the principal source of rolling stock orders, those of the week including 100 locomotives and 4.000 cars. For the latter 25000 tons of steel has been placed. The first rail order for next year 000 tons, has ben given by the Missouri Pacitic the Colorado mill. The situation as to sheets remains unaffected crease in ingot production One De- troit company offered $%00 per ton at Cleveland for open-hearth sheet bars for conversion. Omne Ohio steel company made its March adjustment on sheet bars at $70. Notwithstanding various reporis the Steel corporation ill adheres to the finished stee] vrices of March 21, 1919. The extent to which the Amer- ican Steel & Wire Co.. has sold wire products on the hasis of the price ruling with it at time of delivery does not appear, nor is it certain that this poiiey actually points to an advance in its prices. How little el more . or le delivery un have had upon building work cated by the large volume of fabri- cated steel bookings. which amounte.{ fo 95 per cent. of the capacity of the count shops in Febru largest month’s busin and compares with an ot contracting over e per cent. Much of this work goes for constructing industrial plant exten- sions. English shipyards are sounding tF market for upward of 10,000 ton: plates on which 4c¢ and possibly has been quoted. Of the 300,000 to of shipbuilding material recently bought from the United States Ship- ping Board. 20,000 tons have been sold to England. 8,000 tons to Italy and 10,000 tons to Japan, with 15,000 tons likely to go to Scotland. Two Danish shipbuilding projects have een abandoned on ccount. of high prices. Thus March has dev oped 2 largzer export 1 than was put on the books in the t half of February. The basic to automobile by the in- cct high prices and for two years nes: pig iron market interesting and conflicting While the merc iron are holding firmly to $43 at fur- nace and have made some sales that figure, several stecel companies whose stecl works have not been able to operate to full capacity owing zo unfavorable conditions have sold some of their basic iron at about $41.50 furnace. and at least one com- pany has made even a lower quota- tion. Increased inquiry for pig iron has developed in the Tast, cominz from radiator. locomotive, railroad and other large melters. and the foundry market is very &rm in that presents phases. of such tons | section with a tendency towdrd I higher prices. ‘An Ohio melter of basic is in the market for 15,000 ton ind a Central Western consumer fox 10.000 tons. Bona fide inquiries fo fully 20,000 tons of foundry iron for ‘e.‘q-mr re pending in New York and it is expected that some sales of famr tonnages will soon be made. Strietly f Russell Dros. esh eggs 59¢ dozen -Advt. LOCAL STOCK MARKET QUOTED (Furnished by Stanley R. Richter & Eady, 0.) Mgr.) Bid Asked 215 220 98 100 215 220 105 146 Hartford Elec. Southern N E American Brass Hosiery Hardw Light . Tel Americ: Americ; Silver Billings & Spencer Bristol s Colt’s Arms Co agle Lock Co ..... anders, Frary & Clark a Mar Lmp N B Machine ..... Niles-Be-Pond com North & Judd Mig Co Peck, Stow & Wilcox Russell Mfg Co Standard Screw Stanley Rule & Stanley Works Traut & Hine Union Mfz Co re com Level 118 60 111 BATTLE IN LEIPSIC Recent Reports From Copenhagen State That Armed Workmen March Against Volunteer Troops. March 17.—Advices from lLeipsic state that armed work- men who yesterday and this morn- ing occupied a number of suburbs have advanced toward {he center of the city which is being defended by volunteer troops. Lively fighting s been going on in the streets t o'clock this afternoon Copenh: n, Strietly 39¢ dozeu Russell Bros. esh eggs -Advt. WILL TAKE DOWY With the close the basketball season at the Y. M. C. A, close at hand the bleachers \\hwh have been con- structed on the gyvmnasium floor will shortly be removed. As the upper floor of the svmnasium is not large enough to accommedate as many peo- ple as wish to attend the games these temporary bleachers have had to he erected. The final basketball game in BLEACHERS. o r ICHTER & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN. CONN. STANLEY R. EDDY, Mgr. Telcphone 240 50 New Britain Machine 25 Niles Bement & Pond 50 Landers, Frary & Clark 50 North & Judd 35 Stanley Works 40 American Hardware the “Y" will be played tomorrow night when the quintets of the Hartford and New Britain high schools will battle for league honors. COMMUNISTS DEF The Hague, March 1 ated I'ress.)—Sharp fighting has occurred between government {roops and communists at Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia, according to the Dutch press bureau. The communists were "defeat- cd and 1,000 of them fled into the oc- ocupied region where they were dis- armed by Entente troops, the bureau sayvs. ATED. (By the As- SPARTACANS VICTORS. London. March *~ 18.—An battery Wetter, Westphalia, been wiped out by Spartacans, accord- ing to an ofiicial Berlin dispatch filed Wednesday afternoon. The Spartacans killed all the officers of the battery and nearly all the men, the dispatch says. at eggs 59¢ dozen. WATERBURY NEW BRITALN Profit in Securities of Allied Nations Yerse exc bought them. OREIGN The situation tod: is low entirely because of Fr nd England are on the of their honds. together for you to more than double to 10 per cent interest. THE Profit to an investor 5 per cent Franc Bonds, ing franc at normal 19 selling at original is or $171.09 for bonds. 1.000 franc to cost buying figur- and per 1.000 5 per cent bond pproximately i . .. 70.50 Sold for 171.09 Profit A \dditional profit @ per annum should he above, added to Prices Quoted on Both | \djusted on Day of Purchasc. The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Corner Main and Pearl Streets, NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK BLDG. DIRECT WIRES TO HARTFORD, NEW YORK sed the reversed. an adverse trade with the your moncy and get from 5 per cent HARTFORD. AND BOSTON. per cent bonds discount at which RS REAPED A HARVF but the ad- foreign T. Frauncs and Sterling arc very balance, and the bonds of bargain counter. The low prices exchange ¢ makes it possible ofit to an investor bu nt Franc Bonds, figur- ing franc at normal 19.3, and bonds selling at orizinal per cens basis, or 2.10 for 1 000 franc bonds. 1.000 franc cost per cent bond 1o approximately > .$ 60.50 10 Sold for Profit s71.90 H. L. JUDD, G. JUDD W. T. SLOPER JUDD & CO. Investment Securities 23 WEST MAIN STREET Telephone 1815—1816 *‘Own a share in the factory where you work”’ We recommend the purchase of New Britain Manufacturing Company Stocks GOODWIN BEACH & CO. CONNECTICUT MUTUAL BUILDING, HARTFORD Room 410, Natl. Bk. Bldg., Tel. 2120 T. FRANK LEE, Local Mgr.— Eagle Lock Co. AInion Mfg. Co. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms. Landers, Frary & Clark @ 10 francs added to A\dditional profit pee annum should be above. rer Bonds Cent e to be Compan: Hartford, Conn. Capital $1,250,000. Safe Deposit Boxes $5 and upwards. GENERAL " Bank by mail. Surplus Funds, $1,850,000. Settlement of Estates Wills drawn without charge BANKING It's safe and saves time. | e e A iy L&'nfim‘u..n..‘l TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY These are valuable factors in building a competence—do not waste them. Now is the time to exert more energy in saving. An account with us has helped many, and will help you. 49 Interest Paid on Savings 7 Sunsmnmanirgiiiimn| |

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