New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1920, Page 11

‘Financial WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS m.—Yester- retrieved Wall Street. 10:30 a. day's losses were partially In & number of Instances at the open- ing of today's stock market. U. 8. Steel, Reading, American, Interna- \r,,llonnl and Haldwin displayed tempo- rary strength but the entire list roon weakened when bullish traders found they could not advance prices Wwithout getting & lberal supply of Stocks. Particular weakness was oted among the independent steels, Pecially Bethlehem and Republic. Rails moved in a confused fashion with Northern Pacific and some of the low priced shares losing ground. Wall Street, Close.—~New points of weakness cropped out especially in the coppes but there was a notable .r. The closing was strong. pproximated 960,000 shares. (New TYork Stock Exchenge quo..tons furnished by Richter and Co., members of 4he New York Sto~k Exechanse). Tuesday, August 3, High Low ny 0% 80 3415 131 % 37T% 1920. Close 30% 50 Allis Chalmers Heet Suy C a5 133 37T% 14% 0N 567% 117% Car & Fdy . Cotton ON H & Leath . Loco Am Bmeit & Ref 66% A Sug Ref Co .118% 4m Bumatra 0% Am Tel & Tel . 96% Am Woolen 7% Anaconda Cop . 62% Ateh Top & & F 80 At Gulf & West 148% Baldwin Loco ..108% Balt. & Ohle LLEN Barrett Co 138 Heth Steel B ../ 78 Brklyn R T 10% Can Pacifie ....121 Central Leath b3y Ches & Ohio Chi Mil & St P CRiRI&P .. Chile Copper Chiso Cop Col Fuel & Iron Con Gas .o Corn Prod Ref Cruecible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Elk Forn Coal Endicott John Erle . ¥ 1st ptd Gaston, W & W General Elec Gen. Motors Goodrich B ¥ Co Gt North. pfd I Cen x div Inep. Cop Int Mer Marine nt. M. Mar pfd nt. Nickel nt. Paper Kelly 8Spd Tire Kénnecott Coppr Lack Steel Lehigh Valey Maxwell Motor Mex Pot (Extra 10 per cent stock dividend) Midvale Steel Yy 3TY% Missourl Pac 25% Nat. Lead 735 Nev Con Cop. 1% N. Y. Central T2y NYNH H Norfolk & West Northern Pae Ohto Cltles Gas Pan Am P&T Penn R R Pittsburgh Coal Press Steel Car May Con Cop Reading Rep I & S.. Royal D, N Y Slons Bteel & T Southern Pacific Southern Rwy Studebaker Co Texas Co Tex & Pacific Tobacco Irod 1'nton Pacific United Fruit United Fruit St U 8 Food Prod U 8 Indus Alco (1 & Itubber Co U 8 Stecl . 17 8 Steel pfa U"tah Cop Ap Oar Chem Wiltys Overl'd 1085 3 136 78 10% 121 531% 55% 2414 364 3814 CLEARING HOUSE REPORT, New York. Aug York Mouse Statement Exchanwen Balances “New Clearing 0030 287,008 77,538,608 HARDING “MAKES-UP” Fakes Off Coat and Proceeds to Get Mis Nesvspaper Heady For Press. Marion, O, Aug. Senator Hard. ng hat hrew aside his coa, deeves and “made uf’ the first page f his paper while motion picture aachines recorded his actions All work at the newspaper uspended while the wing made. The senator kept ‘apld fire of conversation with “apeman while at work. to to the public Today he rolled up his Is going prove he Is a real printer plant were up a his pletures HARVARD'S PRESIDENT IS MILLERAND'S GUEST Paris, Aug Premier was among the guests at a dinner fiven In honor of Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, pesident of Harvard univerd ity and wife by Jam Hazen Hyde Among thosa pres. M. Francois-Marsal, min- Naof Winance; M. Isaac, minister ; Gen. Lyautey, governor Millerand e LOCAL STOCK . HEADS CZECH CABINET MARKET QUOTED (Farziahed by Richter cnd Co., Sianiey R Eddy, Manager) Bid 140 Asked Hfd Elec L'ght Southern N E Am Hardware American Hoslery ... American Hrass Bristol Brass 5 Billings & Spencer Colt's Arms Eagle Lock : x Gt | rac N B Machine A ) s Nil e-Pond com .. Peck, Stowe & Wilcox Stanley Works e Standard Screw com .. Traut & Hine Union Mfg Co CITY ITEMS Notice to Prophets. Uniforms for New Haven Grotto outing will be dis- tributed tonight at Masonic hall. —advt. ‘ Marriage licenses were issued today to Frank Markis of 74 Woodland street and Mary Barkauskas of 187 EIm strect: and to Charles W. Wat. son of 28 Church street and Genevieve Dornbugh of the same address. Peter Wichrowski and Peter Res- ka have sold land on Orange street to Alexander and Rozalia Pierzanow- ski. John A. Abrahamson and J. A. Andrews have sold property at 37 Fairview street to John and Mary Bergquist Harry Hedigion has sold land on West street to Sam Abra- hamson The board of public works members and City Engineer J. D. Willlama are on a tour of inspection throughout the city for the afternoon. They will in- spect several pleces of work which are being contemplated and several other items affecting their depart- ment. A mon was born teday at the New Britain General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leonard of 17 Fairview St. A case of scarlet fever was reported to the board of health this afternoon. It makes nine cases at the present time. There are three case of diph- theria in the city The police baseball team practice this afternoon at St playgrounds, The feast of St celebrated on the 15th of August. Solemn high mass at 10:30, solemn high vespers will be sung in the even- ing at 7:30, A sermon in Italian and English will be given by Rev. Father J. Leo Sullivan, being celebrated by the St. Joseph's parish. 20% discount on entire stock of men’s trousers. Connors-Halloran.— Advt An automobile truck belonging to the Gulf Refining company, driven by Charles McKay of Kensington, and a touring car owned by Joseph Melechinsky of 30 West street, col- lided this morning at the corner of High and Broad streets. The touring car was slightly damaged. “Perlin Fair Grounds” nearly half wold out in four days. New Dritain people with ex aptional foresight, realizing the commercial valve of this property and how quickly it will grow under the prograssive Gevelopment of The Nodwell Realty Co.,, New Britain's live wire developers, were largely rep- resented among the first seventy pur- chasers A blacksmith shop already under construction and one” house to be started this week. Twilight sales until 8 p. m.—Advt, PROFITEERING INCREASES . .Tendency to Get Abnormal Profits /‘///V//?)‘Qéfl 3 7 UJAI; A Tusar, socialist Czecho-Stovakia. A new poprait of prime minister of PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Carroll and family of Maple strect have returned from a two weeks' vacation spent at Saybrook Manor. Rev. John L. Davis of the Metho- dist church is at the Riverside Ep- worth League Institute in the Adiron- dacks, where he iz engaged in ma ing a series of addresses at services every evening until Sunday. Dr. T. A. Feeney and wife are spend- ing a two weeks vacation at Wood- mont. Stanley Goss and family are enjoy- ing a cruise off the coast of Nantuck- et. FOR “WETS ONLY” This Will Be Campaign Slogan of New Jersey Wholesale Liquors Dealers Association. held Mary's Trenton, Aug. 3.—"Wets and wets only,” will be the slogan of the New Jersey wholesale liquor dealers asso- ciation in the primary and general election campaigns in this state this + according to announcement to- day by J. H. Buckridge, secretary of the New Jersey federation of liquor interests. The Liguor Dealers Protective lLeague of New Jersey which is to hold its convention at Atlantic City September 7, $§ and 9, Buckridge an- ounced would throw its strength to Cox and Roosevelt and work for wet candidates for congress and the state legislature regardless of party. SPEAKING TOUR PLANNED Rooscvelt Will Speak Daily, Rocco , will be Except Sunday., From August 11 to August 31—To Touch 12 States. New York., Aug. 3.—The complete itinerary of the western speaking tour Roose- August is a special car of Franklin D. velt, beginning 11, and ending in Indianapolis, August 31, was announced at democratic na- tional headquarters here today. Mr. Roosevelt will speak daily except Sunday. He will be accompanied by kers of national reputation. distinguished and forceful | woman speaker of the West” who has not been named. ! Cities in Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Oregon, Ca Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa will be visited in Chicago, in Meat and Produce is Noted in —>Mass. Commission Report. Poston, Aug. 3.—An increased ten- dency toward profiteering. especial- Iy .in the meat and produce business, is noted in a report today of the state commission on necessaries of life covering the six months ending July 31. The cost of living in Massachusetts has increased 102.6 per cent. =since 1813, according to the comunissioners who, however predict an early reduc- tion, due to an abundance of raw materials, prices of which it is péinted out have dropped sharbly of late. Wages as a general rule have pace with the advancing commission Fays New Jersey City Girl Gives Father Three Minutes to Depart. Under Pain of Death. Atlantic City, Aug. 3.—Ten minutes by the clock was the time limit b(‘!' by Maybelle Coleman, colored, 17 year old daughter of Nathaniel Cole- ' her father to =ign a paper setting forth what he had attempted to do yesterday when he entered her bedroonm. unde. | pain of killing him. Failure of Cole- | man to sign the paper when the alarm went off it has been set, resulted in three shots being fircd at him two of which toox effect and re- {sulted in his death. Half an hour | after the tragedy the girl was taken | into custody. She virtually confessed | committing the crime and was locked up in the county kept the | man of Pleasantville, costs, for s STATE OF SEIGE DECLARFED IN SAXONY London, Aug. 3.-—A state of sieze in the districts ¢ Zittau Saxony, where labor troubles recently oe- curredh and Lobau, about 20 miles northwest of Zittau hax been declared by the Saxon government, according to a Berlin message to the London Times. The terrorists are reported to be under the leadership of two fugitives from justice from the Ruhr region named Muller and Jordan. | | ax | FXPECT GOOD HARVEST. Ottawa, Aug. 3.—With the danger | period already past and cutting start- | ed in several western areas, the crop situation from end to end of Canada today is in excellent condition, rd- | ing *o Dr. J. H. Grisdale, deputy min- ister of agriculture, who has just re- turned from the west. i | == | BRAY ASKED TO QUIT. According to City hall information not denled by Dr. H. T. Bray, Mayor O. K. Curtis today asked that mers ber of the health hoard for his res- ignation. It is understood that dif- ferences of opinion are the cause of the misunderstanding The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Corner Main and Pearl Streets, Hartford, Conn. Capital $1,250,000. Surplus Funds, $2,000,000.00 Safe Deposit Boxes, $5 and upwards, Settlement of Estates, Wills drawn without charge Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT GENBRAL BANKING 1. Bank by mail.' It is safe and saves time. i | ,essentials will probably be installed. FHVBVEHBLBERBIBBBGH BT Deaths and Funerals. Clarence A. Ward. Clarence Albert Ward, aged 19 GRISIS IN POLAND [ | AS REDS ADVANCE (Continued RICHTER & GOMPA Members New York Stock Exchange. 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN. C| Stanley R. Eddy, Mgr. Telcpbene Ward of 76 Pleasant street, died this afternoon at the New Britain Gen- cral hospital, after an illness of about | three weeks. He was admitted to | the hospital last Thursday evening. The deceased was employed in the business department of the Connec- ticut Light and Power company the local office He les his parents, a sister, Miss and two brothers, William War John T. Ward, Jv The funeral rangemenis are incomplete. From: First Page.) clares, “it will be impossible to con- clude an armistice.” The Polish delegation was empow- ered to merely arrange for a halting of hostilities. The soviet delegates proposed that another meecting of the armistice commissions held at Minsk on August 4, the dispatch says. The Polish delezation on August 1 at Baranovichi, pesented its creden- tials from the Polish command em- powering it to negotiate an armistice, the message continues. The Russians, however, declared that the original Polish proposals called not only for an armistice but for the opening of peace negotiations and informed the Polish delegates that they must have mandates for signing the fundamen- tal conditions of peace. The Poles, adds the dispatch re- plied that they must return to War- saw to present this question for the decision of the Polish government. WE OFFER SUBJECT TO STOCKHOLDH SUBSCRIPTION :(— New Britain Machine C % Cumulative Preferred Stock Price $100 per Share. Net Quick Assets $202 per Share NET TOTAL ASSETS $314 per Share. be =5 CARD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our thanks to all our kind friends who sympathized with ux at the time of death of our loved brother Albert Kager, especially do we thank the fellow workmen of Traut & Hines and the so especially the A. 1 Camp for the way they turne: their friend and brother. MR. AND MRS. R. LAWSON. Yie out for MAIL PLANE WRECKED Kansas Nominating Airplane No. 3 Crashes Into House State Officials Kansas City, Aug. 4.—Kansas to- day nominated candidates for state offices, for the U. K. senate, for rep- resentatives in congres: and for dis- trict, county and township offices, and chose ten presidential electors for A party. Socialist candidates for conzress were being nominated in six of the eight congressional districts in the state. Earnings first six months of this year the rate of five times the preferred dividend ments, ' : At Omaha, Necbraska, While Blaz- ing Trail From, New York to Frisco Omaha, Neh.,, Aug. 3.—Plane No. 3, of the mail trail blazing squadron, on its way- from New York to San Francisco crashed into a house while endeavoring to make a get-away from Ak-sar-Ben field here today and fell to the ground. Aside from a shaking up occupants of the plane escaped injury. The plane was wrecked. The monoplane was piloted by Ca tain H. E. Hartney and carried Edd Rickenbacker, Earnest Buehl, nd J. O'Brien of Omaha as engers. R ————————————— TARRANT & HAFFEY UNDERTAKERS 33 MYRTLE ST., East End Office, 153 Jubilee St., Tel. 1451-2 Lady Attendant—Frce Use of Parlors Orders Taken for Upholstcring. Tel. 1625-2 Any Hour, Day or Night H. L. JUDD, F. G. JUDD W. T “JUuDD & C Investment Securities 23 WEST MAIN STREET, Telchone 1815 == WILSON CO. At a meeting last Wiison ClotHing company of West Main street, Howard Wilson was elected president and treasurer, Guy Fitch assistant treasurer and Emil Malmgren assistant secretary. Mr. Fitch has been connected with the concern for the past two vears, having formerly been head salesman for the Stackpoole, Moore and Tyron company in Hartford and had charge of the clothing department. Mr. Malmgren has been with Wilson's for the past five years and has charge of the men’s haberdashery. ELECTS OFFICERS evening of the WE OFFER NEW BRITAIN MACHINE 8% FERRED STOCK. JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New Yorks STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire New York to Boston. G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, B. Nat’l Bank Bld FUNERAL DIRECTORS Andrews &Doolittle, Inc. | THE FUNERAL HOME Y. M. ASIUM CLOSED The gymnasium at the Y. M. C. A. has been closed until further notice. Repairs will be made on the place and the walls and floor will be re- painted. The floor will be waxed and a new indoor baseball diamond will be outlined New racks and other Office and Parlors 15 Walnut Street. e P A . Free from Normal Federal Income Tax Free from Massachusetts Income Tax $7,500,000 Liggetts International Ltd., Inc. 8% Cumulative Preferred Stock Par Value $50 Callable at $60 per share and accrued dividends in whole or in part. Dividends Guaranteed by the United Prug Company edeletodefedotedoRodedododo o) < . $35,000,000 7,500,000 15,000,000 Authorized To be presently issued Reserved for exchange for United Drug Co. 1st Preferred Dividends payable quarterly,—Feb., May., Aug. and Nov. 1st. The Liggett's International Ltd., Inc., owns all the Common Stock of the Boot’s Pure Drug Company, Ltd., of England, which Company operates some 632 drug stores in England and which did a gross business last year of over $35,000,000; and it dlso con- trols the Canadian and English business of the United Drug Company, operating through 31 of its own stores and 1828 stockholder-agents. The United Drug Company through itself and its subsidiaries did a gross business last year of $58,000,000 with net profit of $4,297,000. It owns and operates the well-known Liggett Drug Stores and has about 10,000 stockholder-agents throughout the country, operating under the title “Rexall Stores.” The combined net earnings of the United Drug Company and the Companies now composing the Liggett's International ,available for dividends for the 12-month period ending March 31, 1920, were between three and four times the dividend requirements under this guarantee, Application will be made to list this stock on the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, and interchangeable certificates will be issued, negotiable in either city. Circulars describing this issue may be had upon application Price $50.00 per share, to yield 8% KIDDER, PEABOBY & CO. F. S. MOSELEY & CO. 115 Devonshire St. 18 Broad St. 50 Congress St. 36 Exchange PL Boston, Mass, New York Boston, Mass, New York We do not guarantee the statements and figures given above but they are taken from sources we believe to be accurate, e BHBSSEHHRG | & SOLBHIVEVBBOH 00000000 GOCOR000000R00CRLSRTREREOR0LR0TLGOTRDOC