New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 15

ENTIRE EAST IS SWELTERING T0DAY (Continued. from First Page) reached 92 degrees, only two points | below the highest temperature re- i corded here this year. The weather bureau believed that a new record would be made before tonight. Hot Up in Boston Boston, July 21 (P)—A heat wave | which already counted seven drown- ing victims continued to grip New ' England today. ' obtain This city which yesterday ex- perienced the hottest day of the year with a temperature of 91 de- grees looked forward expectantly to a predicted break in temperatures forecast for tomorrow. Thunder storms which had been predicted for last night failed to materialize and thousands suffered from the excessive warmth. The hea was felt especially in the crowded residential districts. Hun- dreds of persons passed the night on Boston Common and entire families grouped on the grass in an effort to relief from their crowded Prospects early today were that yesterday’s heat record for the year 91, would be broke, the local weath- | er bureau said. The mercury stood at 70 at 7 a. m., rose to 72 by 8, and had jumped to 77 at 9. At 10 a. m. it reached $1. The humidity was 74 per cent adding greatly to the discomfort of Bostonjans. The thunder showers which last night's forecast indicated might bring reliet had not materialized at midforenoon. Boston all day wilted under the hottest day of the year and the hot- test July 21 on record at the local weather bureau. At 2:15 p. m. the mercury had soared to 96 degrees. Nine prostrations from the heat had been reported at that hour. High humidity made the suffering intense. In the Mid-West Chicago, July 21 UP)—Close be- hind a heat wave which in the last few days has caused more than two score deaths and set up many new temperature records, thunder clouds were boiling east and southward from the northwest today, bringing relief for sweltering millions. The rains began falling yesterday: Leaving in its wake fatalities and blistered crops, the damage to which has not vet been accurately r. koned, the wave has broken in the northern great plains region and is gradually disapearing over the upper Mi sippi ~ valle Warmer weather was forecast for the east, but with a prospect of scattergd rains Connecticut Reports Ansonia, July 21. — With thermometer standing at 74 o'clock and climbing to 85 at this city is experiencing strenuous continuation of the heat wave. The molding department of he Farrell Foundry ceased opera- tiong for the day, but activities in the other factor of the American Brass company are not being curtailed. Increased humidity made the heat harder to bear than yesterday and the exoduys to the shore is at its height. Ansonia, July 21 (A — Due to the intense heat at two o'clock this afternoon when. thermometers reg- istered 102 degrees, several depart- ments#of the American Brass com- pany shut down for the d: the at 7 9:30 Beaghes Thronged Bridgeport, July 21 ()—Only one | heat prostration was reported in Bridgeport yesterday, William Do- lan, 26, being overcome last night He is in St. Vincent's hospital but | il recov: Thousands thronged the beaches during the night, close to 1,200 au- omobiles being parked along the kca wall at Seaside park. The highest temperature of tI Hay was 87 yesterday afternoon. It was 74 at 9 a. m. today but tk umidity was even greater than ¥ erday. Torrington, July 21 (P—Last ight was the hottest of the his city. The temperature, vas near 90 degrees vesterd nly slightly during the night. To- ay was expected to be hotter than esterday and mercury registering 7 at 8 o’clock this morning. which fell Mass., July 21(P) — morning of the sum- promise of a new the season. The during the night and high discomfort. overcome Springfield 'he warmest her here gave eat record for emperature drop vas less than average bumidity added {o the fharles Sears, 50, was hte yesterday INEETE 111 BYLOUIE S. JONES T - OPPOR\'\)N\TY 18 YNOCRING! FINE - TELL HER IF SHE MgSTT KNoCK: HETHER. you are golng (o build or buy we can help you plan. We have hoth lots and houses priced right and would like to explain our terms, Call us on the photie. K LOUIE $.JONES AGENCY today a | including those | Philadelphia Sweltering Philadelphia, July 21 (® — The highest temperature of the present heat wave was predicted for today by the weather bureau. Philadel- phia was a little cooler than most citles in Pennsylvani@ early today but a high heat wave later came across the - Alleghenjes and was spreading along the Atlantic sea- board, the weather forecaster said. At 11 a. m., the temperature in Philadelphia was 91 degrees. Up- state points reported the mercury as high as 94 before noon. Cooler weather was promised for tomor- row. Albany, N. Y., July 21 (A—Sum- mer’s hottest wave threatened to engulf Albany and eastern New York today. With reports of excessive tem- peratures in the west and indica- tions that the wave is traveling eastward rapidly, predictions that | the mercury would soar above the previous high mark of 92 were freely ‘made at the local weather bureau office today. The early| morning temperature was 81, since sunrise the tempgerature has been climbing. All previous heat records for the season were smashed at Hornell in Steuben county, when the mercury mounted to 95. The intense heat there caused considerable incon- venience, but no casualties have been reported. One death and one heat pros- tration were reported in Utica with the thermometer soaring above §0 at noon and threatening to break season’s record of 96. Watertown, in Jefferson county, sweltered in the hottest weather of the summer. The temperature at noon was 91 with indications that the mercury would mount even higher as the day wore on. Malone, border city of the nort basked in mild sunshine and a balmy bree: The temperature at | noon was 83 and the air was dry| and clear. Intense heat at ension of work At one plant in many fac 23 men quit come. Temperature at Poughkeepsie in the mid-Hudsen valley, was several degrees lower than up state, mercury standing at 86 all day Buffalo, N. Y., July 21 (#—While other parts of the countr; been sweltering in the worst heat wave of the summer this on was experiencing temperatures only slightly above normal. Cool breezes off Lake ie kept the thermome- ter at an average of T4 degrees yesterday, with a maximum of §2. Today the mercury remained be- tween 77 and 80 degrees. Meteorologist Spencer promised much cooler weather for tomorrow. sec Worcester, Mass., July 21 (F) — | With the mercury registering | degrees at 12 o'clock today and an excess of humidity there was much | discomfort ‘here but no prostrations have been reported, due to the prevalence of a comforting bre Providence, R. » — The heat wave I, July 21 enveloped Rhode Island this forenoon. The official temperature here was 88 at o'clock, but by noon had reached 92 and was apparently still rising. | Waterbury, Conn., July 21 (P— | This whole section sweltered in one |of the hottest July days known to weather observers here. At 2 p. m. {the thermometer stood at 95 in the shade. The temperature took a sharp irise upward from 8 o'clock this {morning, and at 9 had reached the |90 mark. | st Albans, vt July 20 (@ [Northern Vermont today experien {ed the hottest day of the summer. |The thermometer here registered 78 degrees at eight o'clock and at ten |o'clock it was 90 degrees. The hot I\weather is acceptable to the north | country farmers, however, who are in the midst of the haying season. If the hot spell holds over for an- lother day, they sald, record crops of and corn are assured. Overcoats In Denver Denver, July 21 (P—A drop of |degrees from yesterday’s high tem- perature of 88, today had Denve it retricving top coats after a con- siderable period of inactivity Thundershowers were with still further drops { hay in temper- lature tonight. Cooler weather was reported gen- | erally from Montana and Arizor after a sizzling day Tuesday sent the mercury to 108 in Phoeni: 100 in Yuma and 100 in Tueson. FORTUNE HUNT FAILS Man Who Spent Life Seeking Hid- den Riches Left But Little. Yonkers, N. Y., July 21 (@—Pro- fessor Howard Butler, who spent years seeking ‘the fabled treasu of Croesus in Asia Minor, died pos sessed of only $19,924. A report of the state transfer tax appraiser on the estate was filed here today. Professor Butler, a close’ friend and , tellow faculty member of President Wilson at Princeton uni- versity, conducted numerous vating expeditions to Sardis and other parts of Asia Minor, where legend s est man of anclent times is buried in lost cities. Dr. Butler was for a number of years professor of art and archdeology at Princeton. CLERK PL/ Pittsfield, Mass 21 (P — Thomas ¥. Conlin, former clerk of the district court of central Berk- shire, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to. an charging embezzlement of § 0 of court funds. Several days ago he had entered a plea of not guilty to indictments charging larceny and embezzlement. Conlin, who resigned shortly aft- er the shortage in hig accounts was discovered, is on bail. FRENCHM PROTEST Lyons, France, July 21 (®—The union of silk merchants of Lyons and the surrounding region have ad- dressed a letter of protest to thelr mayors and Premier Herriot, point- ing out that the fall in the value of % Y /7 (SN COURT ST the franc has restricted thelr inter- national activity greatly. but | Lockport forced | Two of them were temporarily over- | have | ze. | 11 | the forecast | which | exca- | ys the wealth of the pleh- | superior | indictment | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,' BORAH ASSAILED BY SEN. EDWARDS Says Idaho Senator Has Slan- dered Good Americans Washington, July 21 (P)—Se Borah, republican, Idaho, cused of casting “a dastardly slur” on hundreds of Americans seeking| | modification of the Volstead law in |a formal statement today by Sena-| |tor mdwards, democrat, New Jersey. | e challenged Mr. Borah to dis-| | prove his loyalty because he had |been “an uncompromising advocate| |of anti-Volsteadism.” | nator Edwards said the epeech | by Borah in Augusld. Ga., last Sun-| day contained “more fury and 1 sense than any other thoughts to| which he had given expression since he attained the heights of premier American statesmanship.” | “For Senator Borah to place hon- |est and sincere advocates of the re-| |peal of the 1Sth amendment and| | modification of the Volstead act in| | the same category with Russian bol- | shevists, black shirt fascists, and| | Polish demagogic dictators,” Sena-| {tor Edwards continued, “is a das-| [tardly slur on scores, yes, hundreds| of minds just as genuinely Ameri-| |can, just as patriotic, just as unaf-| fected with dishonest motives or in- | tentions, and just as free of disguise and false pretense as his own. | ator | was ac- ! | *“And in spite of Borah's political| gesturing and play for intolerant support,” Mr, Edwards continued, | “I shall continue to exercise my Iright as a free and untrammeled | American to volce praise of the ood and denunciation of the bad.” HEUBLEIN'S BOAT STOLEN Hartford Physician’s Sloop Francis | is Taken During Night From Mooring at New FLondon. | | New London, July sloop Francis, owned leublein, 1 Allyn street, was from her moorings in the off the entrance ¢ some time during the hour today .0 | been | 21 (P by Dr. A. stolen |Thames river |Shaw’s Cove, | nizht, and up to a la |trace of her had theft was discovered Julius Oatman, sKipj who sailed her here from Hartford | |yesterday went out this morning at | 8 o'clock to extinguish the lights on | the vessel. It was thought that she might have drifted ashore, |seareh of the shore on both the river failed to reveal the ¢ and then Captain Oatman appe to the coast guard. | Commander ¥. H. Young, head of section base 4 immediately dispatch- |ed several patrol boats to scour the | |upper reaches of the Thames river, and the Long Island Sound shor for signs of the missing sloop. Lo- |cal and state police were also noti- of the theft and are aiding in search for her found. The | when Captaiz | of the craft, | sid EX-BICYCLE CHAMPION | IS VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA | Oscar Diggs, Popular Colored Citi- zen, Won Natlonal Quarter Mile Title in 1902. Diggs, old, of < o od at New Britain General hospital morning of pneumonia. He was one | of the leading bicycle tiders in his younger years and in 1902 cap- tured the American amateur cham- | pignship for the quarter mile, He was born in Hartford in 1584 | and was for 17 years employed in | the Warner Bailey factory in that | | city. Thirteen years ago he moved to New Britain. Ior several years | | he lived in Belyidere. He was em- loyed at the New Britain Machine | Co. He was one of the best liked colored men in New Britain, Surviving him are three brothers, William, of New York city; Ired, of Hartford, and Albert, of Hart- ford. His wife, Mary Terry Diggs, also survives him. The funeral will be held day afternoon at 3 o'clock at M. . Zion church. | | Rev. L. M. Austin, pastor, will of- | fic Interment will be in Fair- | view cem A | egro, 42 years the this | GOLF IN WEST i Bear Lalke, St. Paul, Minn., | (P—Kcefe Carter of Okla- defending his title, won his first round match in the west- ern amateur golf tournament to- day. He defeated H. A. Flager, Se- ttle, playing the first nine in par 36 and making the turn 3 up. Chick ns of Chicago, eight | times western champion, won his opening match, defeating Anthony Haines of Rockford, Til., 3 2 White July 21 homa City, and 2. I‘No Deputy Inspector | In Building Department | | At a‘secret meeting of the build- | ing commission last night it was dé- | cided that no deputy building in- | spector will be appointed when the | term of Edward Hennessy expires | on Aug. 1. Tt is expected that A. [N. Rutherford will be made chief in spector. | BROOKLYN PRIEST RI | New York, July 21 (®—Mer. |James J. Coan, pastor of cathedral | | chapel, Queen of All Saints church, | in Brooklyn, died suddenly last night in Lake Placid, 2 after | playing a round of golf, ft was| |learned here today. | He was for many years chancellor |of the Brooklyn diocese. He was |elevated to the rank of papal cham- | | berlain by the Pope in 1914. BABE GETS A HOMER New ‘York, July 21 (P Babe | Ruth hit hjs twenty-ninth home run of the seaSbn in the first inning of the first game of a double header with the Chicago White Sox at the Yairkee Stadium today. Paschal and Koeni; were on base when Ruth lifted the ball to the right fleld bleachers. READ HERALD OLASSIFIED ADS. L7 | tenor soloist at St. lat WTIC, |ot HENRY KRISTOPHER Henry Kristopher of this city, Mark's Episcopal church, will present a short program from WJZ, w York city, on Thursday afternoon, August b, at 4:40 o'clock. His program will be 15 minutes in length and will be com- posed of many of his well known successes, Mr. Kristopher has had consider- able experience in radio broadcasting work, having appeared several times Hartford. PERSONALS Harold F. weeks on parents, Latham Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. 105 Black Rock avenue, Mr. Latham is affiliated with th General Motors Acceptance Corpora- tion of Pittshurgh. Conlin and children, ck, of Brooklawn Bayy Milford, for the week. Mrs. William H. Miles raine, O., is visiting Mr. and John R. Blair of Hart street. Mrs. Mary L. Jackson and grand- daugl Farmington a hav N. Y they of Mrs, John T Doroth 1 tr are at the rest of iew, Lor- Mrs. of venue where will spen City Items A warranty deed providing e transfer of property of Kevorkian to Shav s filed with the > property is nuc for Mary arash town clerk to ituated on Hartford ay T'W0 NEBRASKA TOWNS HAVE REGORD HEAT| 108 Degrees Registered—>More Than Forty Deaths in West Attri- buted To Weather (®)—With not yet in sight, contintied reaching a new temperature of 108 at Hartington and Loup, Nebraska. Two deaths in Chica to more than two sccre the number fatalities attributed to heat since Mond At Champaign, 111, two suicides were believed to be the re- sult of heat, In Southern Illinois corn is en- dangered by drought, while in south- western Nebraska corn was reported as curling and pastures so thin that livestock was being marketed pre- maturely. Hot winds added to the worri farmers near Chicago, July 21 relief promised but heat early the wave peak North of York, | Nebre L. Extremely light southeastern Illinois South Dakota last and thunderstorms for all parts of the nig L lower TWO GALLON HAT OWNER IN DWYER RUM TRIAL rains and in night. middle temper fell in part of predicted west to- tures. Westerner Testifips Concerning His tions With Owner of schooner New York, July 21 (P—Witnesses from the south, among them a “wild west” showman with a two, gallon hat, took the stand in the trial of the alleged Dwyer ru msyndicate, They were called to fell of rela- tions with A. M. Eversole, one of the cight defendants and owner of the schooner Augusta, seized with a liquor cargo and believed to be of the reputed Dwyer liquor fleet. The man with the two gallon hat was Zach Miller, Texas oil promoter and part owner of the “101 Ranch” show. Eversole for 20 years during which time they had had many dealings in oll properties. Leonard Kennedy, president of the Florida Lake Shore Farms, Inc., of which Eversole is a dircctor, took the He said that on the di- rectorate of his company are several members of the New York banking firm of Dillon, Read and company. Eversole, he said, trahsferred his vesidence to Florida in July, 1925, and sined that time had only come to New York to attend directors’ meetin, stand, INQUIRY IS SHIFTED ew York, July 21 (#—The court of inquiry investigating the Lake Denmark arsenal catastrophe tod hifted the scene of its, activities from Dover, N. J., to the Brooklyn navy yard, Two d will be taken up in obtaining the testimony of marines who escaped death, some of whom are undergoing treatment at the naval hospital, after which the court will return to Pove Testimony thus far adduced indi- cates that the toll exacted by the disaster was 2 1lives; 87 civilfans in- jured; a loss of almost $80,000,000. Latham is spending two | a visit to this city with his| Tesalan, | showers | one | He testitied to having known | WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1926. . Wall Street Briefs Heavy melting steel has been re- duced 25 cents a ton in the Chicago district, current quotations varying from $14.25 to $14.75 a ton. Stock dividend of ten per cent has | been declared on the common stock of the Crane Company, payable Oc- tober 15 to helders of record Septem- ber 15." Regular quarterly dividends on common and preterred also were authorized. Net income of Intertype Corpora- tion for the half |$278.495, equal atter preferred divi- [dends to 5 a share on the com- mon, from $401,079 or $1.79 a in the first half of 1 An extra dividend of 25 cents a share on the |common was declared. The world’s production of copper 158,184 tons in May, a total of 790,- tons for the half year, and a month verage of 131,787 tons compared with monthly average of | 128,046 tons for the full year 1925. statistics are based on reports from the principal countries which produced 97 per cent of the world's out in 19 Sales of National Cloak "and Suit r the fi i\l‘.’ 502,264, from $21,307,010 in the | same od of 192 | Tidewater Associated Oil company |has acquired the properties of the |MeKittrick Oil company in the Me- Kittrick fleld, California, consisting of 144 acres having a scttled an- nual production of 200,000 barrels | from 17 producing wells, pel Endicott Johnson corporation, re- ports net profit of $1,675,284 for the first half year, equal to $3.07 a share on the common. to $12,734,613. T. Harry Story, of'W. H. Story and Co., has been appointed chairman' of an arrangement eommittee to pre- parg for the opening of trading in grain futures on the New York produce exchange either on August > or August 9, the exact date await- fing nce of a license m the secretyry of agriculture. Net of Mathieson halt of income Alkall for the first advanced to 156 from $763,403 {in the first half of equal after {preferred dividends to $4.67 3 on the comggmon, against share a year ago. JAPANESE TENNIS STARS Brooklin.e Mas: Bowl Today Wit- nesses Interesting Matches on Courts. Mass., July 21 (&} the historic Brookline Japanese threat menace in I today as the before the semi-finals was started in the 34th annual renewal of the ingles tournament on the Longwood Cricket club grass courts. William T. Tilden, 2nd, the nation- al champion, who has swept aside opposition easily in the opening rounds faced his first real battle hen he drew as his antagonist little ciso Toba, third ranking Japanese Davis cup player. Toba advanced yesterday at the expense of Lucian E. Williams of Chicago, the second seeded American to taste defeat. wo other Japaneses net stars re- {mained among the eight athletes to survive the preliminary elimination They were Takechi Harada and f§ kio Tawara, national champion. Both | disposed of their opponents on Tues- lay in straight sets. Court followers from their surprise at the beating of Alfred H. Chapin, Jr.. of Springfield in the most spectacular of the third {round encounters. The one time conquerer of Tilden was swept off {his feet by Lewis N. White of Texas, national clay court doubles champion Bradshaw Harrison and Chandle ensational junior | bowl est round | who with | Baward G. and Berkeley Bell, Austin, Te: survivors. | from of the Funerals e Frederick C. Tomlinson. Funeral services for Frederick C. Tomlinson, former Nagy Britain resi- dent and veteran railroad man, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Reld Memorial chapel in Bridgeport. Burial was in Reid Memorial ceme- te Joseph Gajewski. Funeral services for Joseph jewski of Allen street were morning at the Russlan Orthodox church at 8 o'clock., Interment was in Fairview cemetery . | . | » | CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and relatives for sympath | shown my beloved sister, Ann | Nelson, during her sickness and | death. We especially wish to thank | the Vega Benefit society and the | employes of the New Britain Gen- | eral hospital. | Signed John Alfredson, Brother, Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson B = Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTARER Phone 1625-2. Opposite St. Mary’s Churc ence 17 Summer St.—16; BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP TO FRIENDS WHO SAIL YOU CAN SAY “BON VOYAGE” WITH FLOWERS BY WIRE 89 W, MAIN ST., PRUF, BLDG. 1EL. 836, “The Telegraph Florist of New Britaln,” vear dropped to | in June declined to 125,615 tons from | t half of 1926 declined to | Surplus amounted | 1926 | FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS | A\ who was | wd not recovered | of California | completed the list | held this | kind | BULL OPERATORS IMPROVE PR \Generdl Tendency of Today Is Strong ew York irregularity July 21 (A— developed in stock market as a result of | extensive readjustment of tive accounts, but by early af speculators for the | peared to have regained |the price movement. The n decline was checked by a the so-called “Durant rally IEES‘ Market | Further | today’s a more peculas rnoon We Offer: advance ap- control of morning in stock | American Safety Razor being bid up over three points from its low {to within stri record high ¢ ago. | The abrupt hait to the plunge of the French f; }nns construed as an returning confidence abroa | tribution of easy money ra |the optimistic tenor of the steel trade reviews, which | the fact that July producti demand had not eased off king distance blished a do extent looked for by leaders in the | trade, all helped enthusiasm. A sudden to create upturn in Steel reviewed rumors of a restoration of dividends, bu lacked official confirmation. quarterly meeting of | States Steel Corporation appr | more talk Is heard of “mel tings,” but in conservative q no action of this kind s e | before the October common is now selling withl { points of its record high. Torillard Tobaceo was {few outstanding weak breaking over four points low for the year on rumor: appointing earnings, Trresularity continued thid neon dealings but of the the one other st 1 or Meanw andard inc part of the bullish op were resumed in a number claltics. Air Reduction Gulf Sulphur each climbing 3 points to new hi points nna preferr 1315 was on nt trading In rails. Wall Street Opening. Mixed price movements, a further readjustment of tive accounts, characterize pening of today's stock ma foreign exchance market, “flight of the franc’ was che; least temporarily, by the strong buying support used demand ra {to jump 20 points to 2:16% |the opening. Most of the ock quotations disclose ctional changes, a drop | points in General Railway Si ing one of the early fea Bear traders, that the recent ficiently corrected tophe d stocks trading centering their init tacks on the motors, which vielded 1 to 212 points. report of the American Institute, showing an lover 20,000 barrels in the d | {fow morn of which ca the had suy decline the Pe in the week ended July 17, ed an excuse on the oil shares. Rails we sonding to the excelle carnings reports now nd to the approval of \Ickel Plate” merger y railroad played a opening, Hocking Vall exchanges d the and eign undertone at continental paper ing in sympathy with franc. Th | bullish in the shares advanc than 5 currencie: the closing was strong. V demonstrations were final hour ssumed the leadershi Republic rallied points on expec while similar gain day's meeting had sgored a S. Steel, Beth ible. U. rose 9 points to a hd General Motors sold raction of its peak. Total s proximated 1,600,000 shares. High Low in U, and Cru Ir Cast new 1 Al Cm & Dye Am Am | Am Am Cr & Fdy 1017 1.0co .... 106% $m & Ref 133 Am Tel & Tel 1417 Am Teéb .o 131 Ana Cop .... b1 Atchison .... 136% | Bald Loco 961 Balt & Ohlo 96 % | Beth Steel 46 | Calif Pet Can Pac { Cer De Ches & Ohio aME B8P C R I & Pac'56 Chile Cop Chrysler Corp Coco Cola | Colo Fuel { Consol Gas Corn Prod {Cru Steel Dodge Bros Du Pont De Nem RR 1st Play Rubber Asphalt Elec | Genl Motors 3t North Iron Ore Ctfs Gt North pfd Gulf Sta Steel Hudson Motors 111 Cen Ind O & Int Nickel Int Paper Ken Cop & Kelly Sprin ... Lehigh Val Mack Truck Marland Oil Mo Kan & Tex Mont Ward .. Y N Y.Central ».120% 3 Pasco A 2605 prd . 44% ane, indication Republic mecting, to motors and some and developments in acting on the ¢ speculative position, pres-| or sale during the ea .w incry erage of gross crude oil production for a renewed attack being the directors of the Pere Marquettc when the ations dividends would be resumed at to- Closs Sheffield vance§ of 1 to 2 points took place shem, Gulf States | within a | level | of the few days | wnward which of d, con- tes and weekly ressed on and to the ME WE OFFER bullish n early t these As the United oaches, on cut- juarters xpected Steel n a few of the spots, new of dis- HARTFORD Martford Conn.Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 ugh the | lustrials ir early erations of spe- Texas at least WE OFFER in Buf- d to e of t1 the reflecting specula- rket. In | appearance ate here cents at | opening | a small | of 2% | gnal be- | ures, theory not suf- | yposedly | PUTINAM & CQ MEMBERS. | NEW_ YORK & $§WEST MAN ST. NEW BRITAN- 3 iy ) 100 American Hardware 100 Stanley Works Thomson, Tenn & Co. Burritt Hotel Bldg.. New Britain Telephone 2380 MBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart, Mgr. GUARANTY TRUST CO. Price on application WE DO NOT ACCEPT MARGIN ACCOUNTS [EDDY BROTHERS & NEW4BRITA| BurrittiHotel8ldg; Tel. 3420 50 shares Stanley Works 100 shares American Hardware 2| Prince & Whitely Established 1878 Members New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange—Cleveland Stock Exchange Issex Building, Lewis Street, Hartford; Phone 2-8261 Springfield Telephone Walnut 3789 New Britain Telephone 4081 ial at- quickly 2 weekly troleum | ease Of | aily av-| | furnish- re 80V |y y N H & H 66% 1 ‘“’”“‘\'or & West ..158% YU North Amer rhe Ts | North Pacific plan Y |y Mot Car Pan Am Pet B Pennsylvania. . 1583 414 1. For- strong all’ the s rally- rall¥= | sears Roebuck French nelair Oil uthern Pac yuthern’ Ry udebaker Texas Co p of the [, “FHE o % mor - that | Union Pac . % United Fruit . 1 U § Ct Ir Pipe 1 Ind Al U S Rubber U S Steel Wabash Ry Ward Bak West Elec . White Motor Willys Over Woalworth igorous given steel and ad- | on Pipe high ales ap- | Clos 12 LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam nee Stocks Bid Tnsurs Casualty Life Ins Co Part Paid Aetna Full Paid | Aetna Fire Automobile Ins Hartford Fire 71 | National F Phoenix Fire o Travelers Ins Co L1220 Conn General 1700 | Manufacturing Stocks | Am Hardware ; | Am Hoslery B Beaton & Cadwell. | Bige-Hfa Cpt Co com Blilings & Spencer com — Billings & Spencer pfd Bristol Bra AP Colj's Arms Colt's Arms gle Lock Fafnir Bearing Co rt & Coole Landers, ¥ ..... N B Machine ..... N B Machine pfd ...... Niles-Be-Pond com .... North & Judd .. Peck, Stowe & Wil . Russell Mfg Co Seovill Mfg Co Standard Screw Stanley Works .. Stanley Works pfd Torrington Co com Unign Mfg Co * Public Utilities Stocks, Conn Elec Service 66 Conn Lt & Pow pfd 109 Hfd Elec Light 295 N B Gas . senes 48 71% |Southern N E Tel .. .152 129% | Southern N E Tel Rts Aetna 1% | Aetna Aetna & Co.) Asked 1 % | 000; Listed Securities Carried on Conservative Margin e eeee—————e—————— 'REASURY STATEMENT Treasury balance . $213,143,048 | New York —Exchanges, 916,000,- balances, 9,000,000, | changes, $8,000,000; le(\lmlt s, 44,000,000, | SHIP BOARD SECRETARY. Washington, July 21 (A—Samuel Goodacre has been appointed secre- tary of the shipping board, which carries with it the secretaryship of teh Emergency Fleet Corporation., 'I|‘s relieves Roy H. Morrill, who be« | comes tant to Commissioner Plummer. Goodacre has been budget officer. FEW STRIKERS RETURN Adams, Mass, July 21 (® — The Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Co. closed for four weeks by a strike of 2,000 workers, re-opened this morn- with only 150 hands back at their jobs. G. T. Thompson, treas- urer of the concern announced that ithe plant will remain open this |week anyway and continue if suffi- [cient workers reappear but that it |not enough report to permit suc< {cessful operations it will close Sat« urday for an indefinite period. ing Associated Gasand Electric Company 61 Broadway, New York Dividends The Board of Directors ha; de clared the following quarterly divi dends : $6 Dividend Series Preferred Stock— $1.50 per share, payable September 1, o holders of record July 31, 1926. $6.50 Dividend Series Preferred Stock $1.621% per share, payable Septem- ber 1, to holders of record July 31, 1926. Provision was also made for tock dividends, in lieu of tne cash divi- dends, at the rate of 5.1/100ths of & share of Class A Stock for each share of $§ Dividend Series, and 5.5/100ths of a share of Class A Stock for each share of $6.50 Dividend Series Preferred Stock held, On_ the basis of $12.75 per share for the Class A Stock this s at the annual rate of $6.65 per share for the §6 Dividend Series and $7.2¢ per share for the $6.50 Dividend Series Preferred Stock. Stockholders may also purchase eell sufficient serip to make fall at the rate of §1.00 above or ' respectively, the sale price of Class A Stock. M. C. O'KEEFFE, Seeretary.