New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1925, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925, SHRINERS' CONVENTION City Items WALL ST. REPORTS °F 19” ls lENTIo“ED Rev. Dr. 1:30 p, m~Equipment Issues were turned hom . singled out for concentraled buying weoks' serles of evangelistio meot- in the atternoon along with U, 8. ings in the First Baptist church, Steel which touched 128 8-4, Am'n Worcester, M The annual meeting of the Ma s hnd Poundrx JChs:A gebis U, 8. Cast Iron Pipe rose 4 on the sonle Tem llu°n;:mp‘l:“c:?;::::: :;l:l:d":';: favorable statement of earnings for Wédnesday evening. _The annual 1024 and the clearlug up of the ation eld next we K o8 & disbursement on the common stock. date not yet announced, Rallronds moved narrowly apart L —— from Chicago and Eastern, Ill, pfd,, War_Agalast, Tiny Lotters which was up 8 points but thege Postal authorities over the country e ¢ @ number of advance otherwise Mfihw'u‘,m' A campaign to do uway of 2 points or more, wi ! velapes 'm‘:rzo’mfi:m:; ‘::‘ :lr.'“ Wall Street Opening—Heavy buy- mall eithes ing of the oll shares featured the | Enle 8 heolal aciecladlon opening of today's stock market, or for advertising purposes. Thosr ioh . Aisplayentta el small letfers and cards aro casily J lost and make it impossible to stack ’X{EZ.“."JC,‘, ':;:{‘n.gsuu "fi@z’"‘.’??&%‘i’i ‘mail or tie it ‘in bundles, to say J 31 nothing of resisting the machines. ';.T:h}-;c Sfir?é:clh\w:lc‘liaaylezn‘:-:.b'\i:;}:t :?:n:?we];niyw:::z '::: ]::Et:_‘ n‘:“a ornlhti oils (ln]\pr;\'ed {:orllonnlly in {time savers, All these sma . refitcion of higher prines, have to be cancelled hyn J:Ln';l,ml! Witly sterling resuming its march toward parity and reports of further fmprovement in various basix lines of trade, operators en the long side found little difficulty in boosting the UBWAY PLANDOES AWAY WITHCROWDS London Contimlly ~ Bullding " Them; Crushes Are Few London, Jan, 22, -~ The city of ondon, instend of talking about subways, bullds them. Ior several years this hdk been going pn, and in consequence there is weldom a crush. Except for an hour or two in the mornings and agaln at the end of the workday, the tube trains seldom have any strap-hangers, There are seats enough to go around. ' i And they are comfortab!s seats. Well-stufted plush or leather cuver most of them, Only the vory oldest coaches have the plain straw seats s0 common in America. One can, and does, smoke in about half of the cars without fouling the alr un- duly. For thére is séldom a close- packed crowd. 15 55% 16% N 1% 0% 162 301 128 691 574 | 647% 48% 5014 13% 30% 61 16 78 10% 106% 80% 48% | “% 5 1493 215 83 % s . PUTNAM & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORA & WAKTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES JWEST MAIN ST NEW BRITAIN~- Tel. %040 6 CENTRAL Row Kelly Bpring .. 18 Kennecott Cop, 0% Lehigh Val .., 77 Marine pfd ... 46% Mid States Oll, Mis Pac pfd . Nat Lead New Haven ., Norf & West . North Pac . Pacific Of . Pan American Penu Rallpoad PERC&T .. Plerce Arrow Pure Ol Rep 1 & 8 Ray Copper . Reading ..... Reyal Duteh .. Sinclair Oil .. 10% South Pacific 105% South Rallway §1 Studebaker 43% Texas Co .... 45 Transcon Oil .. § Union Pacitic 149% United Fruit . 217 U 8 Indus Alco 835 U 8 Rubber . U B Steel .. Westinghouse Radlo 15 By 6% N 1% 178 160% Wall Street Briefs ‘The world output of lead in 1924, based on reports of 1,141,718 tons by companies that produced 83 per cent of the total in 1923, 1s indicat- ed at about 4,100,000 tons compared with 1,207,247 the year before. These figures contain virtually the com- plete output for Spain and Tunis which previously had been estimated, J, B. Klingberg h Norfolk Police Chief Says Blair and Haynes “Fixed” Liquor Permits Norfolk, Val, Jan. 22,8, Warner Ironmonger, chief of police of Nor- folk, testified in federal court here today that he had been told by Wil- llam Baker, who Is facing liquor law charges, that Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and David H. Blalr, commissioner of internal rev- enue, were “fixed” to permit the smuggling into Washington of liquor for the Shriners' convention in June 1923, Baker and Rex D, 8heldon are on trial on charges in connection with the operation of a rum fleet off the Virginia and New Jersey coasts in 1023, Chief Ironmonger testified Baker told him that Sheldon was a relative of Commissioner Haynes and that he and Blair knew of the proposed plan for tiye wholesale smuggling and had virtually agreed to wink at the ac- tyity. A..L. Ashburn, federal prohibition TEL 2-14 85% HARTFORD OFFICE It 5O % We Offer: Landers, Frary & Clark Net earnls of the Citles Service Co., for 192§ applicable to the com- mon stock and reserve, amounted to $9,736,077 equivaldnt to $21.14 a share, compared with $8,480,783 or $18.28 a share in 1923, - The comparative strength of Stan- dard Oll shares is cited in the finan- clal district as a feature of the cur. rent market, declines in this class of stock having been virtually all frac- tional while a few have shown slight advances. Had the general market been strong recently, observers as- sume that the Standard Olls would have made fair gains in view of fa- vorable developments in the indus- try, including increases in prices of crude oil and gasoline and reported declines In production in the Worth- JUDD & COMPANY Members. New York Stock Exchange E Members Hartford Stock Exchange New Britain—Burritt Hotel Bldg., Tel. 1815 Fares for the short rides are cheaper than in New York, and. for longer rides the cost is higher. In- stead of a standard fare for any agent testified the defendants ‘told him that “Colonel Blalg and Major Haynes and a lot of department of Justice men had been fixed to get the Beaths [ — am field in Texae, New securities aggregating 32, soomod to he 'r\rlr".\ of their favorite stocks, being (alded by short covering in a num- | ber of issues whose floating supply small, U, 8. Steel ’ (Furnished by Putnamm & Co.) Asked ‘ Aetna Casualty Judd Building, Pear| St., corner of Lewis, Hartford, Conn. Criansin Newfield. Criansin Newfield, age 58 years, died on January 17 in East Cone- maugh, Penn. Mec was\formerly a ‘rcsldent of ‘this city but left' about a year ago to make his Home in East Conemaugh. The body arrived +in this city this morning. Larala & Sagarino are in charge of the funeral arrangements, Mr. Newfield is survived by five daughters, the Misses Mollie, Eliza~ beth, Anna, Ellen and Florence Newfleld and three sons, August, Charles and Frank Newfleld. The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at $:30 o'clock at the | home of August Newfield, 83 Beaver street, and at 9 o'clock at St Mary's church. Interment will be in 8t. Mary's cemetery. 769,981,000 were lieted on New York | stock exchange in 1924, according to 5 S P a Wall street compllation, of which | Peak Price 12 ‘"""C,"',""" it $1,763,078,000 comprised ‘new- bond |512¢ Would be placed on a regular jasues and the balance new stock ia. | | PCT,ccnt basis t the next meeting, | aues. Tho year's total comparet with | 414 that a speclal distribution of $2.697,316.000 1n 1020 aud §4,111,.|rplus could be made before the 492,000 in 1923 and $4,111,492,000 in | end of the year, Utah securities | 1922, rose 3 points on reports that control | lof that property was being sought | 1 by another public utility, The Com- STummUe o088 100 IS0y, "[}::o:rl::n solvents issues continued | Bige-1td Cpt com ex-d. Los Angelea 4, 4% and 4% per cent| (ir gensatianal gains, th A stock | Blings & Spencer eom 1965, led now offerings today. The| B to Lok and e | Bristol Brass .. ; i i . 50| L IN. 4 > {ty.and are legal investment, for sav-|2nd American Water Works “vh.l,l,}} ings banks in New York, Massachu- |\ CkVire Spencer EReelHprefortad setts and other states. | broke 6 poln!‘& Call money renucd | at $ per cent, The general lst swihg upward as|N B Machine e buying orders appeared for a wide | N B Machine T'd' i varjely of stocks. Oils continued ii\ | .\'H~*5~B"m'—1‘on com . brisk . demand, General Asphalt, | North & Judd ...... | Houston, Tidewator and Pan-Ameri- | Peck Stowe & Wileox can B climbing a point or murt}g““*;:‘ @:;K'_'f"’ . ; y 8| while Marland touched the lighest | Scovill Mfg Co ... ::‘;i‘;li‘:l:fi,r,i:;"‘;hzam"" ;l;hel:f':r:lzprirc recorded since 19 Kinney i‘a"ld“'rd“_- ‘Cfi,“ X s one of the largest | ;14 hyupont each moved up 2 points | Stanley Works ©...... gicsiholicrs and Baldwin, American Can, Pressed | Stanley Works pfd Steel Car, American Smelting, | Torrington Co com .. | \Worthington Pump, Radio, General | Traut & Hine ..... Electric, Texas Gulf Sulphur and | Union Mfg Co . Seaboard Air Line preferred were | Yale & Towne . added to the list of stocks to show | net gains of 1 to 11 points | Forengn exchanges opened firm, | distance, thé London tubes charge for the length of the ride, Three halt-pence {s the minimum, but this soon ig to be reduced to a penny. The cost of ordinary runs usually averages a little less than a penny a mile. The. omnibuses which, like the tubes, spréad out in all direc- tions, .charge about- the same, During the present year the lines of two of the underground rail- ways have been extended far out into suburban territory. London, un- confined by either sea or river, and not caring to grow upward in the # American apartment-house manner, js sprawling out in every direction with great rapidity. The tubes are helping to create suburbs, already encouraged by steam railway lines from a dozen or more London terminals. Some of the underground lines make a practice of buying outlying property, pushing their rails out to it, and then ad- the fire was believed to be defec-| vertising it for sale to home-seek- tive electric wiring. ers, who, of course, become habitual | - patrons of the electric trains. Nebraska House Rises But: one is beginning to hear complaints that the suburbs they TO (‘rflflgl'atul"'e Mu“n Lincoln Neb.,, Jan. 22—~The Ne- are_helping to make are becoming | too thick. Only recently it was pro- ol i 14 : braska house, by a rising vote, today congratulated Wayne (Big) Munn| posed that a green belt of parts, forests. golf courses or other open 3 . for taking the world's heavyweight | wrestling title from “Strangler” spaces be established around the greater city, to preserve some of the A amenities of the countryside within | Lewis recently. The wrestler earlier had been presented to his brother, Representative Monte Munn of Lin- easy reach of Londoners. coln, and made a brief talk. 10 BOOST ORDER Aetna Life Ins Aetna Iire . Automobile Ins . Hartford Natlonal F Phoenix I’ Travelers Ins . Am Hardware Ara Hoslery . Beaton & Cadwell . common touched 1271, another new the | We invite orders for execution on commission in the New York market liquor into Washingten,” Washington, Jan. 22.~Prohibition Commissioner Haynes' only comment | today on testimony in the Norfolk liquor cases referring to him, was that he would not “dignify such u story by a denial Fire at Millerton, N. Y.,- Causes $100,000 Damage Millerton, N. Y., Jan. 22.—Damage done by the fire which last night swept through the large building housing the C. F. Hawley, Inc., gen- eral store, today was estimated at $100,000. IMremen from Sharon and Lakeville, Conn., helped the Miller- ton volunteer firemen prevent the flames from spreading to nearby buildings in the center of the vill- age's business section. The cause of Stocks carried on margin Thomson, THenn & To. Burritt Hotel Bldg., New Britain Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORKE AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES o Donald R. Hart, Mgr. WE OFFER— 25 Shares HART & COOLEY Price on Application We do not accept margin accounts Approval by stockholders of the| Terminal Warehouse Co. of Balti- more of the directors” recommenda- tion that a stock dividend of 100 per | cent be declared, will result in an in- crease of $400,000 in the company's| Joseph Andrews. Joseph Andrews, aged 49, died this noon at his home, 31 Franklin street. He was employed by the City (®al and Wood Co. and is sur- vived by his wife and five children. The fugeral will be held from the Larala & Sagarino undertaking parlors Saturday morning. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, BOND MARKET New York, Jan. 22.~Bond prices forged aldead today under the lead- ership of foreign issues. Coincident with the renewed advance of | Sterling, United Kingdom b5%s of 1929 mounted to a record high at|jemand sterling publicating th |8 N E Telophone .... '5. Mexican obligations con- |y y1's high at $4.70 1-4 in response | Hfd Elec Lt Rts . tinued their recent rise and Chinese |to predictions of its early return to | railway 6s jumped 2% points. 8ea- parity at London bank meetings. P Paschal Deschenes | board Afr Line issues led an upward | High # The funeral of Paschal Deschenes | movement of rallroad liens, work- . 80% Plan to Ask Increase |will be held Saturday afternoon at | ing into new high ground on gains | Y For New Jersey GOvernor s ovciock from his late home, 50 of a point or more. Buying of ofl 166 Treiton, N. J., Jan. 2¢.—Demo- |Pleasant street. Rev, A. D. Hein | company bonds was resumed follow-|Am Loco . W7 cratic legislators next week plan to |inger, assistant pastor of the Center (ng the strengthening of the oil | Am Smelt introduce measures to increase the |Congregational church, will officiate shares, Skelly 6 12s and Pan Ameri- |Am Sug governor's salary from $10,000 to |Burial will be in Faitview cemetery. | cansés both scoring substantial ad-|Am Tel & Tel 133% $15,000 and to authorize the educa- L] | vances, Liberty Bonds were firm. Am Wool 50 tlonal survey recommended by Gov- Anaconda ernor Silzer. The proposed safary A\:n’nT?n& G increase would not apply to the . At GIf & : e et Inflicted by Lover Baa voco | — Pekin, Tll., Jan. 22.—Mary Eiten- | Balti & Ohio . {miller, 20 year old sweetheart of Beth Steel Fred Licktenberger, 28, and victim Bosch Mag of a double shooting, died today.|Cen Leath Licktenberger, who formerly was Can Pacific .. employed on the farm of the girl's Ches & Ohio ... ! father, confessed, the police sald, |[C M & Sa P .. that he shot the girl and then him- C M & St P pfd self on her plea that he kill her be- | C R Isl & P .. cause her’ parents objected to their Chile Cop .... 36 marriage. | Col Fuel The shooting occurred, Lickten- | Con Textile ... berger said, after the couple had |Corn Prod Ref | spent two nights and a day in his | Cru Steel ..t. automobile. | Cuba Cane Sug | Cosden Of1 | Dav Chem The New Britain Musical club to- | Erie day announced that Rosa Ponselle | Erie 1st pfd had not cancelled her engagement Gen Electric fo sing in this city and inasmuch as | Gen Motors .. 75 fa previous Boston engagement also | Gt Nortly pfd . 695 has not been cancelled, the club fs | Insp Copper . | expecting her to kecp her engage- | Int Nickel |ment here. imr, Paper .... | — Funerals TREASURY STATEMENT. treasury balance, $273,885, = U S Low Close | U, 8, 9% 163 % 116 s |EDDY BROTHERS &G HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN g Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel.2-7186 Tel. 3420 Allis Chal Am Bt Sug . CLEARINGS AND BALANCES. Am Can New York-—Exchanges, 986,00 000; balances, 97,000,000, Boston — changes, 67, balances, 000,000, Temple of Honor Starts Compaign Jor Mecmbers—Plans Entertain- ,000,000; 1 ment And Will Reorganize, Steps to boost the organization of | the Temple ot Honor, of this city, of svhich former Palice Chief William J. Rawlings is the national head and John Sloan, Jr., is national secretary, were taken last evening at a meet- ing of “thecommittee of six" at the Y. M.C A | This committee was appointed at the regular meeting last Monday to discuss the advisability of an at- tempt to tell New Britain people more about the organiization. The committee at its meeting last night decided to start .a campaign for members, and at the meeting next NMenday evening will arrange plans for a big entertainment in spring. It is planned also to reorganize | “The Social Temple,” which is the | woman’s branch of the organiza- tion. The committes consists of John Sloan, Jr, chalrman, A. W Upson, John B. Anderfon, H. J. Wetzel, Sldney Cooper and August Heisler. | Beggrly Albina Young [N de0) - abina Girl Dies of Wounds The funeral of Beverly Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | | William Young of 253 Market | | street, was held at 3_o'clock this {afternoon. Rev. Raymond N. Gil- man officiated and burigl was in Fairview cemetery. Foreign Exchange EXCHANGE SEATS SOLD New York, Jan. 22.—Two seats on the New York stock exchange were sold today for $110,000 each, within $5,000 of the cord figure established in 1920. Joseph Faroll B — | member of the Chicago brokerage | firm of TFaroll Brothers, bought the land the seat of Albert H. Gross was | | transferred to F. J. C. Weinbers. Funeral Director Another transaction at $309,000 was | Phone 1625-2. announced. The previous sale was | ““‘i’"]‘:’::'e"’l':'h:;:',z: ;:’: at $108,000. | New York, Jan. 22.—Foreign ex- | changes firm: Quotations in cents: | Great Britain: demand 479%; ca- | bles 4801; 60 day bills on banks | >: demand 5.43%; ca- | y: demand 4.14%; Beigium: demand cables 5:16. Germany, de- 23.80. Holland: demand Norway: demand 15.30. Swe- : demand 26.93. Denmark: de- Switzerland: demand demand 14.26, Greece: Poland: demand 19%. | Czecho-Slovakia: demand 3.00. Jugo- lavia: demand 1.63%. Austria: de- mand .0014%. Rumania: demand | .52%. Argentina: demand 40.25. Brazil: demand 11.80, Tokio: demand | Montreal: 09 5-1 Rights Bought, Sold and Adjusted m——————— 5% mand The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Old State House Square, Hartford, Conn. Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT—GENERAL BANKING Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. 53 . PONSELLE MAY SING FLOWERS F. H. Bollerer's Posy Shoy 72 CHURCH STREET Florists' Telegraph Service. MULLIGAN ARRANGES CARD Waterbury, Jan, 22.—George Mul- ligan this morning signed Abe Goldstein former bantamweight box- ———————— ing champion of the world to meet | 1t everybody read every Herald |Kid Pancho of San Antonio, Texas, | classified ad every night they would |in a 12-round bout on Friday, Jan- be even bettér than they are now. | uary 30, at the state armory here. .313% Many times we are tempted to write columns on the merits of 4, Herald classified ads. On Account of the General Interest in the Eclipse and in order to better enable the Public of New Britain to Witness the unusual spectacle the Banking institutions of the city will not open their Doors until 10 A. M. Saturday morning, January 24th, and will close at 1 P. M. instead of the usual hours. Burritt Mutual Savings Bank Commercial Trust Co. New Britain National Bank New Britain Trust Co. avings Bank of New Britain People’s Savings Bank