New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1924, Page 15

FLORIDA PUSHES WORK ON |SAYS HE COULD NOT GET STATE-WIDE ROAD SYSTEM Siate High Department Making steady Progress in Completing Network of Highways Tallahasse, Fla, July 32, = Work. ing under provisions of an act of the legislature designating & system of roads to provide highways reaching trom one end of the stute to the other the Florida state rosd department is making steady progross toward vom- | pletion of the network of roads that nave & total mileage of 3,006, In ad- dition te work being done by the state counties are bonding themselves and spending millions of dollars yearly in order to expedite construction of the roads, N The state road department has only about $4,500,000 & year to eperate on 1n addition to labor of & thousand or mere state convicts who are assigned to road building work, but is going ahend with its program constructing highways that cost from $20,000 to $40,000 for the hard surfaced type and around $2,000 a mile for sand ¢l surface, The aystem provides for a road into ¥Florida from Wayeross, Georgla, ex- tending along the east coast to Miaml that will eventually extend to Key West then the contemplated Overseas highway Is completed; two roads through the central part of the state from north to seuth; one across the nerthern border from Jacksonville to Pensacola, and & number of others erossing the peninsula and western construction, To Join Americas Buenos Aires—Alrplane service of the Continental Airmall Co. will link North Ameriea, Cantral America and gouth America in the future. The terminals will be New York, Buenos Alres and Barranquilla, Colombia, e ——— City Advertisements PARK STREET PAVEMENT Eezled proposals will be received by the Board of Public Works, City of New Britain, at their ~ office, Room 208, City Hall, until 6:30 p, m, stan- dard time, Tuesday, July 29, 1324, for the paving of Park Street, from the Railroad Crossing to Stanley Street, with sheet asphalt or amijesite surface, the kind of surface to be selected by the Board of Public Works. Proposal blanks may be obtained and specifieations may be secured at the above office, The City reserves the right to re- jact any or all bide, or accept any bid, whether the lowest or not, should the Board deem it to be for the in- tarest of the City of New Britain so to do. B0AHD OF PUBLIC WORKS, Geo. H. Johnson, Sec'y. w Official HartfordStock Exchange Quotations FURNISHED BY JUDD & COMPANY Burritt Hotel Building BANKS AND TRUST COS. Clty Bank and Trust \Ce, Genn. River B, Co. First National Bank Htd.-Aetna Nat. Bank Hartford-Conn, Trust Co, Merris Plan of Hartford Park St. Trust Co. Phoenix National Bank R o Trust Co. State Bank & Trust Co. U. 8. Security Trust Co. Aetns Fire Ins, Co. Automoblle Ins Co. Hartferd Fire Inpurance Co. Natiomal Fire Insurance Co. Pheeniz Fire Ins. Co Rossie Ins, Co. (15) Astna Casualty & 8, Co. Aetna Lite Conn, General Life First Reinsurance Hartford Steam Boiler T ers PUBLIC UTILITIES Rtd. City G. Lt. Co, pfd. (28) M4, City G. Lt. Co, com. (26) Hertford Electrie Lt, pfd. Hartford Bleotrie Lt. com. 8o. N, England Tel, Co. Conn, Lt. & Power 7 per cent MANUFACTURING COS American Hardware Cor, (28) Automatic Ref, C Bigelow-Htd. Car) Billings & Spen Billings & Spencer Co., com. Colline Company Celts Arma Co. (25) Eagle Lock Co. (26) Fafnir Bearing Fuller Brush Co, Class A (15) Fuller Brush Co. Class AA Fyller Brush Co, 1st Pfd. (26) Hart & Cooley (25) International Bilver, pfd. fnternational Bilver Co., com. kfinder!. Frary & Clark (25) ew Brit. Mach, Co,, pfd. New Brit. Mach, Co, com. (25) Nilés-Bement-Pond, pfd. Niles-Bement-Pond, com. North & Judd Mfg. Co. (15) eck, Stow & Wilcox (28) ussell Mfg. Company Enovill Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Co, com. Stanley Works, pfd. (25) Stanley Works, com,, (25) Torrington Co. (25) Union Mfg. Co, N. Brit. (25) Tale & Towne Mfg. Co. (25) Whitlsck Cofl Pipe (28) t Co., com Co., ptd. (3%) (25) NEW YORK BANKS AND T RUST COMPANIES America (Bank ef) American_Exchange Nat'l Bankers Trust Co. Bank ot N. Y. & Trust Central Union Trust Chass Natlonal Chatham Phenix Nat'l Chemical Natfonal Commeérce (Natl. Bank of) Corn Exchange Equitable Trust Farmers Loan & Trust Ce. 4] Guaranty Trust Hanover National Trving Bank-Columbia Trust Lawyers Title & Trust hattan Co. (Ban! hanies & Metal onal City New Tork Trust Co. Park National Title, Guaranty & Trust Co. U. 8. Mortgage & Trust Co. ‘ several Uosuccessful Attempls INDEMNITY FIRE DEPT. BY 'PHONE dubilee Street Man Clalms He Made 0 Reach Flremen, In & mass of Aames that lighted the | skies for several miles about § o'elock flnu morning, a&nd attracted a large number of residents from their homes, |a barn at 5% Jubllee street was coms pletely destroyed and several other buildings threatened. ‘The fire, which was of unknown origin, destroyed an autoemebile kept in the barn, Sparks set fire te two sheds nearby and te | the roof of the house in which Harry | Alpert lives. These were put out bes | tore they reached threatening propor- tions, | The eause of the fire has not been | established as the barn In which it started was levelled by the flames, Chief Willlam J, Noble estimated the damage at about §800, | Chief Noble said that the destrue. tion of the barn by the fames could | not be prevented because of the long delay In notifying the department after the fire started, Alpert sald that after he discovered tha fire, hb tried about elght times in a period of about 15 minutes to notify the de. partment, Chief Noble said that the frouble must have been at the tele. : phone exchange there is a man on | duty at the switchhoard in fire head. quarters at all times ready to receive any alarm, He sald that it was Im- possible for even one call ta come In without being answered The chief sald that there was a fire {alarm box a very short distance from | the acene of the fire and which wan | | rung In while Alpert was attempting |ta notify the department by tele. phone, Youth Slays Father Then Buries Body in Hog Pen Hudson, Wis, July 22, — Charged with slaying his father and then bury- ing the body in a hog pen, Willard | Krueger, 19, was in jail here today. The youth, the autherities d, has made “damaging admissions” which | they construe as a confession, He will be arraigned late today. The young man was arrested Iate yestarday after the authorities had discovered the body. 500 Cases of Imported Liquors Are Confiscated New York, July 22.—Five hundred cases of imported liquors and six mo- tor trucks were seized today by pro- | hibition agents who aided a trueking| and steamship agency office in Brooklyn. Warrants were issued for the arrest of four men. The Hquors| wers imported on steamships from Europs, according to the raiders. Capital | 00,000 | 150,000 | 1,160,000 2,000,000 Bia | 200 200 Ask « O 00 “ 150,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 150,000 | 408,000 | 1,000,000 | 1 | ] | | | l DONDOD. ) o [SPESTSTSTSprs -] 5,000,000 1 2,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 1,260,000 onoeNe e tiaace 18yl 95 2,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 2,600,000 10,000,000 588 695 978 a0 818 pnO oo POTS 750,000 1,750,000 ~ 18,000,000 | 108 12,500,000 1,000,000 5,600,000 750,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 290,000 929,000 419,000 990,000 6,028,587 1362 [ 10,500,000 1,713,300 75 100 108 12 7 | o6 L o < L] 175 25 103 O DoLppoOLL “ waeRPMace L) o 6,300,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 ooose o0 250,000 | #,500,000] 5,000,000 20,000,000 4,000,000 12,500,000 | 20,000,000 | 10,500,000 | 4,500,000 | 25,000,000 228 7 85 540 588 363 268 563 238 42 221 32 353 535 583 360 264 CoPooopenn o I ol T LIRSS 10,000,000 25,000,000 5,000,000 | 17,500,000 1300 288 =3 =02 = 232 210 163 a7 354 396 120 s 103 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 40,000,000 10,000.000 10,000,000 | 10,000,090 | 2.006.000 ODOOLO O o Y ece oo o ACTIVE INSURANCE AND CASUALTY COMPANIES American Alliance (as. Ce. American Burety Continental Insurance Co. (25) Fidelity-Phenix Ins, Co, (25) Franklin Fire Ins. Co. (25) Glens Falls Ins. Co. (10) Globs & Rutg Great American Insurance Co. $Hanover Insurance Co. (50) ¥oms Tnsurance Co. Co, of North America (10) onal Liberty Ins. Co. (80) onal Surety Kiagara Falls Preferred Acciden Wastakav'er Fire Lus, Co. U0 Ca (30 1,008,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 5.000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 385 20 181 ” 123 128 & 015 258 109 11 54 208 151 152 0% » s Lueado alc Zpscze eoren <mIziz 5,000,000 1,500,000 oLy el 3.000.000 | 1,000,000 L - | Aifred Chagnon 10,000,000 | & 10,008,000 | ¥ 'EW BRITAIN Held for Deputy's Death Here is Filippelli, Fascisti editor, held in connection with the murder of the socialist deputy, Filippelli and others were arrested in Nervi Rome under guard, o DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1924, EXCHANGF REPORTS A Waoa |Ate Tp & B} AL Gulf & W1 fuld Loce Haltimore Roth 0 i " Teatile Pacif (en | vath Co Ches & Ohio Chi Mil & & P Chi RIs & P Chite Copper Chir » Con Gus Corn Pro Ref Crucibel Steel Cuba Cane ¥ Endi John Krie Erie 1 on Motors Goodrich (1Y), Can I8 18t ptd . Giscomo Matteotti, arriving in | . City Items Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Camphell of Pelden street are spending two weeks at Indian Neck well Known baseball referee, Have the Herald follow you on your vacation, 18¢ a week, cash with order. —ad-t, A son ta Mr, and Mrs Clark strest hospital born of at the New Britain General this morning. Home cooked lunches at Crowell's wan —advt | Mr. and Mrs. Frad Peterson of 1003 Rtanley street are recejving con- gratulations on the birth of a sen. Lunch at Halllnan's—adv, P. W. Lucas of 114 Cleveland street was aperated on for appendi citis vesterday at the general hogpital. Dr. P. W. Fox per- formed the operation At St Francis' hospital in Hartford, this afternoan it was stated that the condition of ¥red J. McEnroe of this city was slightly improved Experienced salesladies wanted, ap Eastern Millinery Co., 133 Main —Adv. Thera will he a welcome reception and entertainment at the A. M. E. Zion church at 315 Church street, Eaturday evening in honor of the new pastor, Rev, W. B, Caines. gram will open at 8 o'clock. The first mesting of the credito™s of Vito Brescia will he held in the T"'nited States bankruptey conrt, Hartford, on July 31 Brescia was adiudged a bankrupt by Referea Fd- ward M, Yeomana on July 14. Remember, we have new (‘hevro- let touring cars for $500 delivered, and 1 Chevrolet sedan for 8800, de- liversd. 6 Main street,.—advt Remember, wa have new Chevro- touring cars for $500 delivered, and 1 Chevrolet sedan for $800, de livered. 6 Main street.—advt. Dresses reduced. See Mary Flizabeth Dress Shop, §7 W. Main, let advt, Policeman and Mrs. James Post of 21 Winthrop street are receiving con- gratulations on the hirth of a son. Chief and Mrs. William (. Hart, with their daughter, Ruth, have re- turned to the city from Montreal, where Chief Hart attended the an- nual convention of the International Police Chief's association, = Beaths Mrs, Lawrence Kramer. Mrs. Cecelia B. Kramer, wife of Lawrence Kranmer of Seymour Park died at the New Rritain general hos. pital last night. Mrs, Kramer was 64 years old and had lived In New Brit- ain since 1904, She was born in Lowell, Mass. She was a member of St Episcopal church and of the ladies Aid society of that church. She is survived by her husband, a daugh- ter, Mrs, Louls M. Kittredge, of Clin- ton, Mass, and two sons, R. and Muriel 8. Kramer. Mark's Funeral services will be held at the | B. C. Porter funeral parlors this even- Ing at 7:30 o'clock. The body will be sent to Clinton for burial tomor- row morning. Mrs. Henry B. Créwell. The funeral of Mrs. Henry B. Crowell took place this afternoon. tev. John L. Davis officiated at pri- vate services at the home, 12 Cedar street, at 2 o'clock, and interment was in Middlefield at 3 o'clock. The funeral of Mrs, Lillian K. El- liott of 154 Carlton street will héld temorrow morning at 9 o'clock from St s church. RBurial will be in St. Peter's cemetery? Danbury, John ¥ Stack. The funeral of John E. Stack will be held tomorrow morning from his home, 108 Maple street, followed by A funeral mass in St. Joseph's church at 8 o'clock. Burial will be in St Mary's_cemetery. . . e e s e e— s JOSEPR A. HAFFEY Funeral Divector Mr. Paul Robinson. Assistant NEW LOCATION—565 MAIN §1. Opposite St. Mary’s Church Tel.—Parlor 1625-2 EXPRESS YOUR SYMPATHY WITH from . H. BULLERER'S PUSY SHOP 42 CHURCH ST. TEL. 886. ] i Mr, Campbell {8 the | New Britain | The pro- | Prof. RldgA for Lawrence | bhe | Gt North pid Insp Cop Int Mer Mar Int Mer Mar pfd 8 Allls Chal nt Nickel Int Paper Kelly Spring 'l Kennecott Cop Lehigh Val Mid States Ofl Mis ¥ NY NYNHG&H Norfe& West ., North Pae Nat lead Purs Of Pacifie O Pan Am F, & T 58 Penn R R Pierce Arrow | Ray Con Cop Reading . ep 1 & 8 Roval D. N Y .. Sinelair Oil Re South Pacific | South Rail ndehaker ( Texas (‘o Texas & Pacific Transeon Oi1 U'nion Pacifie 1407 Tnited Fruit 208 U 8 Indus Alco 723 |17 & Rubher Co 313 fr & Stael 1021, ent a gallon in|U § Steel pfd .. 122 | 'tah Copper 7913 Willys Overland % | Westinghouse a4 —_—— Wall Street Briefs Speculative sentiment atfe the steel stocks sul to marked confusion with the approach of the quarterly meeting of the U, 8, and Bethlehem corporations. | Reports of poor inde- pendents and rumors questioning the Bethiehe vidend re- the latter's shares lowest heard | I cor ting wet earnings by safety of th n g cently carried | down to t [1evel. Wall etreet, h yesterday that poration's earnings for quarter wonld larger pected, and short interest immediately manifested ness, the U, 8 8t the second than ex- in the steel ir uneasi- Earnings of tha Unton 0il Co firat halt 1004 at the annual a California for the of were reported to be of §12,4 tion charges 00 er deprecla- 200 his wonld equivalent to $13 a share earned on the common stock The figures do not include the deprecia- tion in the company’'s oil inventory, said to have been carried on the ! booka at $15,000,000 less than realia- able values rate be nt, 3% 4% 4 T 4 A redyction of one ¢ 2 the tank wagon price of kerossne was announced today by the Standard Oil Co. of New York new quota- | rions, effective throu ite terri- tory in New York and New England, is 13 cents a gallon, | The hout ASERY STATEMENT. 1. S, TRE b balance, $219,269,285 U. 8 Treasu CIVIL, ACTIONS BROUGHT, profit| . M. Greenstein, acting for Fd taking in public utility issues after | ward Ginsberg, has brought aection their recent sensational advance has | for $75 against A. Boyailan. In the vesuited in comparative neglect of | complaint it s alleged that the de these issues in the stock Sound fundamental conditions, how- ever, prevail in the industry The | usual increasing trend of éarnings most companies continues and lalthough seasonal recessions in con- |sumption is noted in many parts of | the country, a normal increase is re- ported. New capital invested in the past year continues to show substan- tial ning capacity. | | New York, July 22.—Heavy Deputy Sheriff Martin 4or machinery owned by on Arch street this plaintiff, witz attached the defendant morning Silver Bro: Tne.. Hartford through Trving T. Rachlin of this city, has brought suit $60 asainst Maggie Grawboaki. Deputy Sheriff Martin Horwitz attached real estate of the defendant on Broad street this The papers are returnable ot for — | morning. P. S. Hill, president of the Amer- | rese———————— lican Tobacco Co., estimates that 70.-/ 5 . City Advertisement ‘um’»vmm_flhh cigarettes will be con- |sumed in the United States this year. Sales were increasing not only in this — e country, he said, but in Furope where | .\ rp RENTS ARE NOW DUE AND FAYABLE Notice is hereby given, that Water the quantily consumed would be aven greater if good tobaceo cbuld be obtained. FEarnings of the com- | Rents are now due and payable at the [ oftice of the Roard of Water Commis- | sioners, Room 201, City Hall. Per- pany were running more than 10 per cent ahead of last year, he asserted. sons who failed to receive their bills to call at office for The railroads are expending their | plans to meet the season crop move- lments owing to increased estimates |of the prospective wheat crop giving | 1024, a penalty of 10 per cent of the a winter yield of 542,551,000 bushels, | amount will be added. 282,000 bushels over | Attention is called to the following: WATER RENTS The regular water rents are requested |an increase of 33, June 1 and the spring wheat )mrv.sn} |estimate of 107,461,000 bushels, which | is 13,630,000 bushels greater. Ex- | cessive traffic in peaches and water- | melons from Georgia and also cante- loupes and lettuce is reported owing to record yields of these crops. Liquidation of a $15,000,000 block | ot railroad bond& by the Gould inter | ests has been under way fgr the la [ten days, Wall street heard today | Banks have been heavy purchasers of the securities, which included St Louie & Iron Mountain, River & Gull 4s and Western Maryland ds. recont ruling of the New York stock exchange volding all transac- | in cases where liens on property for tions in “when issued” securities of | {ha scenring of water rents shall be the Denver & Rio Grande Western | giad, such penalties shall ba secured Railroad Co. may result in court ac- |y guch tens. tions to test the validity of contracts. | "t A ROIN . | Threate have been made by an |nd0-h f””‘ NG R pendent brokerage honse to compel | Rul® 6 any the acceptance of such securities | which it sold to an exchange firm. | herd | The ruling of the stock exchange was lin all hased on alteration of the reorgani- Wi, 1 ave changed the F. W. Pelton, | Jos. . Lamb, ’ John Sheechan, Rule 1 lly (on and after the first days of Ju and January in each year), and |it any bin shall remain unpaid at the close of July and January, notice n | within thirty days thereafter, the and all expenses are paid. bills not paid in the months of July land January a penalty of ten | per cent of the amount of the bill | shan be added and interest at the | rate of six per centum per annum A The owner of prem- responsible for the water rent Hateh, zation plans, said to | eharacter of (e s Roard of Water (Commissioners ————————————————— | | WIDENING PAVEMENT ON STAN. LEY STREET. &ealed proposals will be received by the Roard of Public Works, New Britain, at their offic 2048 City Hall, until 6:30 p stand ard time, Tuesday, July 1924 for the excavation for, and furnishing materials (except title) labor, equipment, ete, necessary and {nei Aent to the widening of the pave ment on Stanley strest, Hart tord avenue to Allen with 5. foot concrete strips, including inte- City of . Room m, 20 of all from street, “Fixtures for a candy store.” Want ads print such things galore. WRITE A WANTAD gral curbs on each side hlan and gpecifications may the The City ahtained may be gecured at Propnsal above office reserves the right to re- ject any all bids, or ept any bid, whether the lowest or not, shonld tha Roard deem it to bhe for the interest of the City of New Brit- ain so ‘o Ao, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Geo. H. Johnson, Sec'y. or AN STREET STOCK | market. | fendant has failed to pay rent due the | eame, as on all hills unpaid, July 31, | i shall be due and payahle at the office | of the water commissioners semi-an- shall be given, and unless It is paid | ¥ | water may be shut off until the bill | To all | on the original charge thereafter; and | ises supplicd with city water will he | PUTNAM & CO. Mombeors Newm Vork stock kawhisnge Members Harttord Mook Exchange 21 West Main 5t Tel 3040 ——————————————————————— . 1 ! Ooli's Patent Fire Arms AR R RSP ¥ e O S e——————— > st Members New York Stock Exchange I Members Hartford Stock Exchange ! New biritain: Bureitt Hotel Bldg,, DD & COMPANY HARTEORDLCONN, TRUNT €O, LA | LISTED SECURITIES As members of the New York Stock Exchange and ¢ Phomson & Meldnnon, stock Pachange Building, N mt the country, we ofer anescelled facilitles for of York ity | f With offices throng I execnting commisston orders in listed secnrities, | WIRE SERVICE | Divect wite connections (o all exchanges assure prompt execution of ¢ Information is immediately available on all important happenings aficeting values and the teehnical position of the market L SERVICE | ial, econowiv and trade seryice, ‘ services of our statistical department | STATISTIC ntial, fina ™, In addition 1o the ¢ we maintain complete fles, are at your disp Stocks carrie ervative man May we give you further JOHN P. KEOGH Members Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS Bridgeport BONDS Direct Private Wire to New York G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509. N. B, I Bank Bldg.—Yel 1013 Waterbury Danbury Middletown ew Haven |EDDY BROTHERS &G NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel. 3420 HARTFORD Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We offer: Landers, Frary & Clark American Hardware # Stanley Works | ‘@homson, Tenn & Co. l Burritt Hotel Bldg., New Britain Tel. 2580 | MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOUR EXCHANGES Y Donald R. Hart, Mgr. We Offer:— 25 75 shares Hart & Cooley Prices on Application We do not accept margin accounts We Offer— LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK At the Market Tuller Richter Aldrich § ® MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE an | Tel. 2-5261 H. P. SPAFARD 24 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn. JESSE MOORE Tel. 2080 ' JOS. M. HALLORAN 122 Main Street. T. BR AINARD, Mgr. The Hartfo.d-Connecticut Trust Comgpany 0ld State House Square, Hartford, Conn. Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Foreign Kxchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BANKIN Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. lating the motor vehicle laws, by op- erating a machine with improper markers, Julius Tomato was arrested lon Main street by Traffic Policeman | Fdward Kiely and Sergt John J | King on charges of drunkenness and breach of the peace Paris, July S ACID July 22 WOMAN THROV Ky, A masked woman, appearing in the yard the porch Tebonon Junetion, it sundown, walked to where Mrs, Lillian Woolridge and her mother sat last evening, hurled acid in Mre. Weolridge's face and fled, {Town Marshal Leslie was informed today —Official notice has been received by Mrs. A. M. Dike that she and Miss Annie Morgan have been made officers of the Legion Zigmond Muszynsky of the Central | of Honor and that three of their as« West Main | sociates in the American committes Patrolman | for devastated France have been cre- lnled chevaliers of the Legion. ! .\I"‘ IMPROVE MARKERS | Hotel was arrested on |street this afternoon by Clarence Lanpher on a charge of vio-