New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 11

‘ Chine Cop inanciall| L STREET STOCK HANGE REPORTS Street Noon-—Regardleas of aectionary movements olse- oils, including a number of priced speculative issues con- to strongthen. Pressure rails, equipments, sugars and was resumed. “ Canadian fell 1 point to a new low for rent movement and - Norfolk stern, New York Alr Brake erican Car lost 1 to 2 points. Steel, Atlantie Gulf, Ameri- ¢ and International Paper istered similar declines. Col- raphophone pfd at a gain of points was the only censplou- ong speclalty. Call money at 6 per cent and exchange n London and cuatinental were firm to strong. Btreet, 10:30 a. m.-~Qlls assert- ent leadership at the irregu- of today’'s stock market, fasues moon advancing from actions to almost two points. which was espocially heavy in connection with unfaver- {dend rumors, rose 13-4 points h Copper, ‘amous Players, cts and several of the rafls pong the firm shares. Manhattan was conspicuously weak, fall- nts in connection with reports per cent. guarantee may be in the prospective reorgan- the local traction lines. York Stock Exchange queta- urnished by Richter & Ceo., of the New York Steck d. High. 37 Close. 37 2T % Low. al Mfg.. Sugar 3 vesnsds 30% & Tdy.123% omotive. 8§35 It & Ref 40% Ret em §87% tra Tob Consol Gas .. Corn Prods Ret Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sug. Elk Horn Coal. Endicott-Johns'n Gaston, W & W Gen Electric Gen Motor ... Good (BF) Co Gt North pfr Illinois Cen Inspir Copper 34 Interbor Con 4% Interbor Con pfr 13% Int Mer Mar ... 13% Int Mer Mar prr 50“. Int Nickel e Int Paper . .o wu. Kelly Spring Tire N i Kennecott Cop.. Lack Steel ..... Maxwell Motor 5% Mex Petrol ....145% Midvale Steel .. 273 Missour Pac . 17% Nat Lead ...,.... TA% N Y Air Brake ... T4% N Y Central . . 683 NY, NHand H . 17% Norf and West ... 93% North Pac T1% Pure Oil Pan Am I’and T o | Penn R R Plerce Arrow Ray Con Cop . Rep land S .. Royal D, N ¥ . Sin ON Ref ...... Sloss-8 Sand I ... South Pac . South Rail . . Studebaker Co ... Texas Co Texas and Fac ... Tob I'rod ... Trans Oil Union Pac . United Fruit ... United Retail St .. U 8 Food Prod ... U S Indus Alco U S Rubber . U 8 Steel .. U S Bteel pfd Utah Copper . Willys Overland ... Pac Oil LOCAL STOCK MARKET TODAY 681 S8, 13% 503 14% 585 403, 1985 483 SN 143% 7% 401 19% 49 5% 144 27T% 49 21% (Furnished by Richter & Co.) Bid Asked ..128 130 104 107 L1356 138 35 178 20 Htd Elec Light . Southern N E Tel Am Hardware .. Am Hoslery . Am Bass Bristol Brass ....... Bmlnn .-‘ l.cneq Niles-Be-Pond com North and Judd . Peck, Stow and Wilcox Stanley Works Standard Screw com .. Scovill Mfg Co Traut and Hine Union Mfg Co I:xchankes Balancos InetsCelws m————ii VIVIANI DEPARTS. New York, April 20.—Rene Viviani, who has been In this country nearly a meonth as special envoy from the French government, boarded the steamship ¥France shortly before noon today to re- turn to his native land. Shirley Linnea, was . A. H. A daughter, 300 acre farm, good bulldings. Would niake a wonderfull orchard proposition. Price $5,000 or would exchange for city City Advertisement Notice to Owners Attention is ealled to the law con- cerning the registration of dogs. The time for registration expires Sunday, May 1, 1921, and fafture to register on or before that date means that the owners of dogs will have to pay a fine of One Dollar ($1.00) in addition to the regular fee. The Town Clerk’s office will be open Saturday and Monday evenings to receive dog fees, in addition to the regular hours. Dated at New DBritain, this 20th day of April 1921, Altred I. Thompwson Town Clerk FURNISH GLASSES BUT WE DO IT RIGHT i ; | PLAN PUBLIC WORKS T0 AID UNEMPLOYED (Continued frem First Page.) ment have falsely represented their circumstances, evidently reasoning that such misrepresentation would se- cure for them employment. The municipal labor bureau was busy throughout the day today. Quar ters, under the direction of James Cochrane, have been established in the ante room of the mayor's office where applicants are interviewed and assigned to jobs if found satisfactory. Not Enough Jobs. A few jobs were reported to the Red Cross today but the number is still far less than the number of those seeking employment. An opening was reported today at Beckley and was promptly filled. Several odd jobs cutting grass and beating carpets were eagerly seized by men out of work. The mayor will report the work of the census and what is being done for the unemployed at tonight's session. CITY ITEMS. Seicheprey Danece, State Armory, Wednesday evening.—advt. Miss Mary C. Curran of Fairview street is sonfined to her home with illness. Miss Curran is a school teach- er at the ‘Bast street school. Qur service Is greater than our guarantee. Davis and Goodwin, 327 Main street.—advt. At the New Britain General hospital this afternoon it was stated that the cendition of John Gerdis who was injured in an automobile collision this meorning, was comfortable. It was also said that he has a probable fracture of the skull. Banquets a specialty. Elks’ grill.— Advt., Charles Pherson, shoemaker for twenty-seven years with George L. is mow in charge of Sloan Repair departmont. £3,000 given away at the Kacey's fair April 20th to May 9th at the State armory.—Advt. A son was borm today at the New Britain General hospital to Mr. and- Mrs. Robert King of §1 Chestnut Seicheprey Dance, State Armory, Wednesday evening.—adv THE BOOTERY BANKRUPT. Main Street Shoe Store Files Fetition With Bankruptcy Referec, The Bootery, a Main street shoo store, haa filed a petition in bamkrupt- ¢y through Lawyer D. L. Nair. 8. W. Menus and Harry Bowenstein are the owners of the store. The liabilities of the firm are be- lieved to be about $35,000 and the as- sets about $25,000. BRAULF-CROWLEY. Miss Mary Crowley, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James Crowley of 690 Fast street and Edward Brault of Bristol were married yesterday at the St. John the Evamgelist church. The couple were attended by John Erwin as best man and Mrs. Erwin as ma- tron of honor. Following the wedding the couple left for a trip to Canada. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Brault will make their home in Bristol. ROTARY CLUB MEETING. At the regular weekly luncheon of the Rotary club at the Elks’ club to- morrow noon, Thomas F. L. Hender- son, sales counsellor at the Lasalle Extension university of Chicago, will be the principal speaker. Next week the meeting will be held in the eve- ning at §:30 o'clock instead of at the noon hour. Other Rotary clubs will be invited. Thomas L. Reilly of New Haven will be the speaker. ACCEPT WAGE REDUOTION The journeymen plumbers of this city bave. in smmunication to the master plumbe: s, accepted the de- crease in wages made effective on 1. whreby the new scale will cents an hour. This is a drop §7 1-2 cents an hour. from COMMUNISTS SENTENCED. Berlin, April 20.—Eleven commun- ists, convicted of having made the re- cent attempt to blow up the Victory monument in the Koenigsplatz were to- day sentenced to long terms of imp: onment in the penitentiary. The evi- dence implicated Max Hoelz, one of the alleged leaders of the communist up! ing in middle Germany who was arr ed in Berlin on April 15 and now is Jocked up in the Moabit jail in this city. Deaths and Funerals. John Barry The funcral .of John Barry was held at 9 o'clock this morning at St. | Mes | Mary's church. Rev. Walter Crann was the celebrant of a requiem high mass, Mrs. Mary T. ean sang, “Beautiful Land on High,” as the body was being taken from the church. The pall bearers were, Thomas Martin, Peter Bogush, Charles Heisler, John Fagan, Thomas Minchey and William Murphy, of Waterbury. The flower bearers were, BEdward Hinchey, Peter Paro and Thomas Kelly. The burial was in St. Mary's new cemetory. Mrs. Josefa Rawinska. The fumeral of Mrs. Josefa Raw- inska was held at 9 o'clock this morning in All-Saints church. Rev. Stephen Grohol was the celebrant of the mass. The burial was in St Mary's new cemetery. Mrs, Alice H. Steed. Funeral services were held this aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock for the late Mrs. Alice H. Steed from the home at 528 Stanley street. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal church, officiated. cemeter M——— Interment was in Fairview | ESDAY, APRIL 20, BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRA | { Festival Will Be Held Tomorrow Eve- | ning—Proceeds Go Purchase Fund. At the Swedish Bethany church Thursday evening, a Sunday school festival will be held, the proceeds to go toward paying for a grand piano purchased for the church by the Sunday school classes. lows: Hymns—By Scripture reading and Frederickson. Address of C. E. Carlson. Dream of Paradise’’—By the church chorus. Piano solo, *‘‘Prelude G Esther Nelson. Reading, ‘‘Jonah and Miss Helen Peterson. Song—Sunday schoel primary cla: Selection—Sunday school orchestra. Song—Girls' chorus. . Piano solo, ‘‘Fantasia Impromptu’— Miss Nelson. Vocal solo, Myrtie Nordstrom. Address—Rev. G. E. Song—Quartette. Piano solo, son. Song, ‘I Will Magnify Thee’—Chorus. Hymn-—Congregation. Benediction—Rev. Pibhl. WILL BE, GIVEN LETTERS Thirty Pupils at the Local High School Wil Be Presented With Sweaters Or Medals at Reccption. Plans have been completed for the reception to be tendered the basket- ball team of the High school in the gymnasium of*the Académic building on Friday night of this week by the Lettermen's club. Physical Director George Cassidy has given out the names of those who will receive sweaters, letters or medals for par- ticipating in athleties. The following men will receive both sweaters and letters: J. Reynolds, captain of the team, H. Weir, D. Ma- honey and F. McCabe. Clifford Ahern, the general business manager and H. Smith the manager of baskegball team will also receive sweaters and letters. Those who will receive letters only are L. Appgl, F. Davis.and J. Cher- pack. Second team letters will be awarded to A. Landino, L. Murthg, C. Cooley, fl. Schnaidt, P. LaHar, and C. Ahern. Robert Peplau will be the only member of the school to be present- ed with a white sweater for taking part in all branches of athletics. The girls have also had a basket- ball team and those wMo will receive letters for their pla; are May Eichstaedt, captain: Alice Gaffney. Agnes Fleischer, Doris Honiss, Lucy Hoffman, Edna Nelson, Ruth Czer- winsky, Lillian Sleath and Ethel Bors. The freshman team won the inter- class championship and the follow- ing members of the team will be awarded with medals: Preisser, Young, Recanno, Zehrer and Meck- jer. Following the presentation by Principal Slade, /Mr. Cassidy will make a few remarksfand dancing will then be enjoyed. BIG MEET IS LIKELY Both Harvard and Yale Will Probably i the congregation prayer—August Minor the Whale''— s. Pihl. Letter Compete With Oxford and Cam- bridge Track Teams. ( Cambridge, Mass., April 20.—Proba- ble acceptance by Harvard and Yale athletic authorities of the suggestion from Oxford and Cambridge universi- ties that their track teams come here for a joint international meeting lato in July was indicated today by Major Fred W Moore, graduate teacher of athletics at Harvard. He added that not be made formally until the receipt of a letter whicli he understands was sent here Ly B. G. Rudd, president of the athletic body at Oxford. The first inclination of Yale and Harvard was to consider a meeting at the late date proposed by the Eng-. lish collegians as impracticable, but this view was later changed, Major Moore sald, by consideration of the fact that conditions probably would continue in subsequent vears to pre- vent the Oxford-Cambridge combina- tion making an _earlier trip. ALLIES TO CONFER. British and French Officials Will Talk | Reparationi On Sunday. 1 Paris, April 20.—RBritish and French military leaders will confer at Hpthe, England, next Sunday with Premiers Briand and Lloyd George it is said by newspapers here. Marshal Foch, General Weygand and Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson vill be | present and Earl Curzon, British sec- | retary of state for foreign affairs, will take part in the conversations, which, it is declared, will relate to military penalties to be placed on Germany in case she refuses to make reparations payments due on May 1 Premier Briand it is declared by the Echo de Paris will ingist that the Brit- ish flag iy with the French tri- rolor over the Ruhr district. PLANS OF METHODISTS. Cincinnati, an additional Christian Advocate The program is as fol- | ! | fish were * { only the natives were catching them. | Four inches of snow was reported on Toward Piano : welcome—Superintendent | Aliss | *‘No Night There'—Miss | “‘Improvisation’'—Miss Nel- | i tral and ecastern sections. April 20.-—Publication of | ana ! | clection of a publishing agent to take ! the ‘ agent for New York, are heing consid- ered by the book ° committee of | Methodist church in session here tpday. { The annual dividend which is applied to |von-ion6ns: of retired Methodj isters, their widows and dependent chil- { aren, also will be declared at the meet- | ing. Tt is_expected to total approxi- place of the late E. R. Graham, | the | min- ; { they spent the past | | Jeremiah { mmghv 1921 BERLIN NEWS. The lec- pgin at 8 o’clock. The pub- ed to attend. Return From Trip. Francis Deming, E. W. George Dodd, A. A. North liam Webster returned last from Wilmington, Vermont five days op a fishing trip. A member of the party stated this morning that the inning big” up there but lic is i Mildrum, and Wil- night whege the ground-when the company left for home yesterday morning. Berlin Bits. Mrs. Mathew Publeo and husband of Winnipeg, Canada, who is a niece of Mrs. L. B. Church has been spend- ing the past few days with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jefks. George Pickett of Berlin street has returned to Boston where he will re- sume his studies. The teacher of the public schools held a meeting at the Kensington Grammar school this afternoon. About 80 people were in atten- dance at the Grange meeting last night. The meeting Jlast evening wound up the winter activities and the women of the society furnlshcd the men with a supper. The third of the series of whists will be plaved in St. T. A. B. hall tonight. The Berlin Motherhood club held | an interesting meeting in the com- munity house this afternoon. The Epworth league of the Ken- sington Methodist chureh will hold its regylar business meeting and social hour tonight. East Berlin Items. Mrs. Edson Maine will entertain the Mothers’ club at her home on Main street this evening. Miss Georgla Kelsey is visiting rel- atives in New Britain. The annual meeting of the Berlin Village Improvement society will be held at Athletic hall Monday evening, April 25th. All members are requested to be present as this is to be a very important meeting. The Progressive Reading Circle met with Mrs. Fred Hubbard Tuesday evening. East Berlin has always been noted for ita good ball team and there is now on foot to organize a ball team this summer. There are plenty of good players but only drawback is a suit- able place to play. cured a team is assured. A very heavy frost fell last night and it is feared considerable damage has been done to the early fruit trees that are blossomed. The weekly choir rehearsal at the Methodist church will be on Thurs- day evening at 7:45 o’clock. YETERAN TREASURER DIES of Oldest April Paul’'s East Tryon Was One and Best Known Conductors in New Haven's Service. New London, April 20.—Jeremiah Tryon, 51, long an employe. of the New Haven road's train service, one of thé old time and best known freight conductors on the Shere Line division, is dead at a local hospital, following a long illness. He Was: born at Saybrook Junction and fol- lowing his entering service of the New Haven road, June 15, 1889, was bag- gagemaster there for a considerable period. He was advanced to a freight conductorship November 21, 1906. His rin had been between Midway and New Haven. He was prominent in the Masens and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. APPEAL T0 HARDING | Farmers in’ Convention at Washington | PDecide Upon New Step For Reduced Freight Rates. Washington, April 20.—Farmers from all ‘parts of the United States meeting here tpday undeér the auspices of the nation farmers’ union decided to take their fight for a reduction in freight rates direct to President Hard- ing. This d&wcision - was reached after' spokesmen for the farmers had con- erred with members of the interstate commerce commission to urge lower rates. The delegates apparently were dissatisfied with the outcome of this conference. WEATHER REPORT. Fair Tonight and Thursday, With Warmer Weather for Tomorrow. April 20.—For New and vicinity: Fair tonight and . New Haven, Haven Thursday. For Connecticut: Thursday A B Fair and warmer increasing 'cloudi- southwest and | south | Weather conditions: Pleasant weather prevails this morning in all the districts east of the Mississippi river. A well defined area of low pressure central over Kan- | sas is causing unsettled weather be- tween the Rocky mountains and the Mississippi river. Thé only place east of the Rock Mountains where | rain has occurred during the last 21 hours was along a narrow strip on | the southern New England coast. The temperature is rising in the cen- It is above freezing along the northern border. 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Dorfman TO TRANS ST A GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS IN STOCKS, BONDS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE PLAN FOR CONVENTION, Plans were made at a meeting last | night for the state convention of the Sons of Hermann, which will be held in this city on May and 28. The sessions of the conVention . will be held at Turner Hall on Arch street and it is expected that over 100 dele- | gates will be in attendance. On the opening night of the affair there will be a dance and a drawing. Otto Rech- enberg of this-city is state president of the organization and the local dele- tes are Charles Wessell, Charles Baier, Louis Lehr, George Hagaist and John Hiltpoldt. BOYS' CLUB ENTERTAINMENT. The members of the Boys' club, Little Mother's league, Ladies’ Auxil- iary and friends and parents of the club members, enjoyed ‘a Parents’ night at the Boys’ club Fymnasium last nitght. Louis Beilman, Edward Canfield and C. Parker entertained COLLEGE CLUB WHIST. The New Rritain College club will | hold its annual whist party in the Y. W, C.”A. hall on Saturda The pro- ! ceeds are for the benefit of the Schol-. i arship fund. Those desiring to make up a table are asked to communicate { phone selections, with saxophone solos. Mr. and Mrs. Al Malmgren rendered several xylo- wr. Malmgren gave a chalk talk. Moving pictures fol- lowed the entertainment. i this afternoon from i HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Two interclass baseljall games played at Walnut Hill park thi: ernoon after school. On the firs mond the seniors and midyears 14 it out. On the second diamong juniors and first year nines batt A dance was held in the gymna 4 o'clock 5:45. Music was furnished by ( man’s Major String orchestra. A special time schedule will éffect tomorrow morning. As sol the attendance has been take classes are to report in the aud ium. 3 The class night committee hy meeting in Room 19 of the Acad building during the sixth period terday. The Amphion club met in during and after the sixth p terday. Business having to the play to be produced mfl cussed. A publicity committee wi the chairman of the photogt mittee announced