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1 tl Financial WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS Wall Stwet, 10:80 a. m. Foreign advices prompted extensive short cov ering at tho opening ot today' stock market. High grade oil were par ticularly strong with independent Vteel. equipments and taotori. In whipping a sharp recovoty In Atlau tlo Quit was neutralized by tha heav- inesa of Mario Tfd. and American l.a. Hails aJso lacked a definite trend Union raclflc and New Haven gaining appoint each, while meat low priced shares wer fractionally lower. Wail street 1:30 p. m. Renewing their attempts to depress prices tha shorts again attacked the sugar group at mid-day. those Umu declining t to a point. Oils, steels and equip ment reached about a point from beM quotations of the morning and rails also yielded moderately. Kales approximated 300.00 shares, registered highest prices of the day In tH more active dealings of the .On a.1 hour. The list made irregular gains. The closing woa strong, dales approximated 00.000 share a (New York fltock Kxehange quo tations furnlabed by Hlchter t Co., members ot the New York Stock . Exchange). Aug. 1. 1920 Httfh Low Close AlHa-Cnalmem ... 2. 2JH Am Peet Sugar .. SH 70 72 V tm Can 8 tt Am Car Tdy ...133 132 U 133 Vi Am II St Leather . 13 M 13 H 13 m A a A AMI, Am loco Ara fimelt & Ref . S3, 55 BS i Am Bug Kef com .11314 111 lll'.i Am Sumat Tob ... I3T S3 83 Ant Tel & Tel ... , M Am Woolen 77 n 74 77 i Anrneon Cepir '4 1H H AtchTop&r.. tl 80, 81 At Oulf & West I .134H 133 134, Baldwin Loco . ...105' 102 M 105 Ttalt A Ohio 3$ 4 3 4, 33 M Barrett Co IS 13S 13S Beth Steel B 73 72 73 Canadian Par ...US 117K 118 Central Leather . . 13 53 Oht Mil St St r .. 33 32 44 32 Cht Rock X & P .. 334 33, 33i Chll Copper .... 13 13 13 Cntno Copper ... 23H 23 23 Cons Gas 78 78 78 Corn Prod Ref ..88 87 88 Crucible Steel ...135 133 134 Cuba Cane Sugar . 37 4 3S 3 Knrkcot. Johnson .70 4 OH 70 - Krl 12 12 12 Krle 1st pfd 1 18 19 UMton. W & W .. 8 8 8 Oen Electrlo 18Vl J38 139 Oen Motors 21 20 21 Goodrich B F) Co 34 53 M Ol Nor pfd' 72 72 72 Illinois Central ... 84 84 84 nn Copper 43 4$ 45 Interboro , 34 3 z Interboro pfd .... 9 8 8 Int Mer Mar 24 23 4 24 Int Mer Mar pfd . 72 71 Int Nickel 19 19 Int Paper 77 7 Kelly Springfield . 74 73 Kennec Copptr .. 23 23 Lack Steel Mex Tetroleum ..151' 183 Mldval Steel .... 39 38 MUsourl Pac .... 23 24 25 Nat Lead 72 72 72 Nev Cons 10 10 104 N V Air flrake .. 93 92 93 N Y Central ..... 71 70 70 Y N H & 71 II R 31 32 p, 33 N'arth American .. 50 50 30 North Tao ... 73 73 78 Tare Oil 39 38 as Pan Am P & T ... 82 81 82 Penn R R 40 40 40 Plttirhurrh Coal ..81 60 80 4 Pressed Steel Car . 9?i 92 92 Ray Coo 14 144 14 Reading t.7 8 87 Rep 1 & 6 f.1 104 81 Royal D. N Y .... 11' 79 81 Sinclair Oil Ref . . 28 25 26 BIoas-S Steel & I . 62 62 62 Southern Pac .... 91 90 91 I Southern Ry 27 26 27 Studebaker 62 59 62 Texas Co 46 45 46 Texas & Pac 34 33 33 Tobacco Prod ... 61 61 61 Union Pac 117 116 117 United Fruit 186 185 186 United Retail St .. 66 63 66 U S Food Prod .. 88 57 58 U 8 Tndus Alco .. 83 82 4 82 U 8 Rubber Co .. 85 83 84 U 6 Steel 37 86 87 U a Ft eel pfd ....106 106 106 Utah Copper 60 60 60 Willys Overland .. 16 16 16 LOCAL STOCK MARKET QUOTED fVurr.tohad by Rlchlr end Ca, Si,plr II. Cd-5y. lfsnaeeri Bid Asked Tlfd Elec Light 131 142 Southern N E Tel ... 92 96 Am Hardware 334 136 Am Hosiery 105 Am Brass 184 190 Bristol Brass 23 28 Billings . Spencer ... 65 75 Colt's Arms ......... 42 47 Eagle Lock 100 106 L F A C 60 63 N B Machine 40 45 Nilee-Be-Pond com .. 88 93 N J 75 78 Peck. Stow tc Wilcox 4 2 44 Stsnley Works 52 65 Standard Screw com .. 360 370 Scovlll Mf Co 350 400 Traut & Hine 30 36 Union Mfg Co 63 68 cixAnrsa norE bkfort. Nw Yrlt. Au. New York Clearing HmiM statement: Kxrhanees tTol.SM.IT Balance T7.tSl.I0T TO TEST VALIDITY CITY ITEMS TSmith Business school opens Sept. First. advt. Th Y. JC. H. A. will hold a meeting tonight in its club rooms in Judd's block. Mrs. George C. Ohlsen was painful ly injured yesterday while taking up a nig In her home, when 8he received a scratch on her right eye. She was attended by Dr. J. H. Potts. Mtes Mabel Silliman of the Visitng Nun Station Is on duty this week at the New Britain Fresh Air cam;i Miss Anna M. O'Connell. graduate of St. Vincent's hospital in Bridge port, has accepted a position with the local Visiting Nurses as assistant to Miss Fsnny Buck in the Infant Wel fare department. Exclusive agents Stetson Shoes Bcsse-Leland Co. advt. The Corbin Screw corporation took out a building permit this after noon for alterations to locker-rooins to cost 810.000. William H. Allen wilt do the work. Smith Business school opens Sept. First. advt. Miss Cora Beal left today for. Brsndford. where rhe will enjoy a week's vacation. AMERICAN TEAM IS PILING UP POINTS (Continued from First Taj?e) HOT CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT : WaU-rbury Ordinance Restricting Jit ney; to Certain Streets Will Not Go Into Effect for Present. Waterbury. Aug. 19. At tha close of a conference held In the mayor's office today it wis announced that no arrests would be made for violation of th city' new Jitney ordinance until after a decision on tho validity of tho ordinance by a Judgo of the superior court. The ordinance Is to be In ef' feet from midnight Friday night and exclude Jitneys from streets In which strejrt railway cars operate. Counsel for the Jltneymen claim the ordinance in unconstitutional and on Monday they will apply for a writ of injunc tion to Judge Frank Halnea at Iid-( dletown. Pending final decision on the issue by Judge Haines there will be no arrests for violation of the or dinance. Present at the hearing to day were Mayor Sandland. Corpora 1 tlon Counsel U. G. Church, Superin tendent Beach of th police depart ment and two lawyer representing th Jltneymen's Association. Coroner Herman Exonerates Norman Franci -Declares Wlnted Roads to IV" In Unsafe Condition. Wlnsted, Conn.. Auj. 19. Coroner Samuel Herman today in a decision held (that Norman Francis was not to be held responsible for the death of his wife. Louise, on June 25. when she was thrown from the rear seat of an automobile and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Francis, with another couple were on their way to Norfolk from Chatham. N. Y.. when the automo bile struck the railroad bridge abut ment In Norfolk. Mrs. Francis was hurled against the abutment. Mr. Francis- In descending the road to pass under the bridgts had run close to the side s another vehicle was approaching. In exonerating Mr. Francis -the coroner says in his finding that the road "conditions in that vicinity "are unsafe for public travel to strangers." 72 19 ; CTGAKS rOR POLICE. 77 ohn A. Andrews of the J. A. An 73 I drews company, today presented a 23 box of cigar to the police depart 66 ment. Early yesterday morning Pa ir. . irAimin Michael Flynn found a. 39 'large quantity of goods on the rear, day, SHOOTING VICTIM'S FUNERAL James Masca, Shot in Springfield, Tuesday, is Buried in New Haven Today Many FloraJ Pieces New Haven. Aug. 19. The funeral of James Mosa, who was killed In Springtleld. Mass., an incident In the rued which are said o exist among: gangs of "whiskey runners" took place today. It wa one of the longest ever seen here, the vehicles requiring 16 minutes to pass a given point. Some of the floral pieces were very large In slse. one being 12 feet high composed of lilies and orchids. tnose qualifying. C. 12. Jacquith. cnicaso A. A. was outclassed. The Finn Funlos and three Swedes make up the rest of the field for the final. England, beat Holland in the tu? of war final today. Holland took .sec ond. Belgium third. America fourth and Italy fifth. Kyan s winning throw was 52.875 metres. The Olympic record is 54.74 metres, established by M. J. McGrath ot tne xn. r. a. tj. at Stockholm in 1912. C. Lind, Sweden, was second, 48.43; B. Bennett, Chicago A. A. third, 48.23: Svenson, Sweden, fourth. 47.29; McGrath. N. Y. A. C. fifth, 46.67; T. L. Nicholson, England, sixth, 45.70. McGrath, who had a bad knee, did not throw today but his one toss of yesterday in the qualifying round was sufficient to give him fifth place Hyan had one throw which was better than tha trecorded but which was de ciarea ioui oecause ne stepped a ehort distance beyond the circle. The third heat was won by Lama tainen. of Finland. C. T. Clibbon, England, was second, Heuet, France, third; Speroni, Italy, fourth, and J. Hatton, England, fifth. The winner's time was 32 minutes 8 2-5 seconds. R. E. Johnson ot Xlorgan Commun ity, Pittsburgh, was stricken with cramps in the 15tji lap and forced to quit. George Cornetta, New York A. C. was lapped and stopped on the 17th lap. WARSAW REPORTS REDSjNRETREAT (Continued from First Pa-se) were not continued yesterday as agreed, owing to the fault of the Polish delegation, according to a message sent from Moscow by George Tchitcherin, soviet foreign minister, to Leo Ka.meneff, soviet representa tive in London. COOMDGE PLEASED. (Expcrees Satisfaction in Tennessee Ratification of Snff. Amendment. Boston, Aug. 19. A reversal of the action of "fonnessee In ratifying the suffrage amendment would be un fortunate said Governor Coolidge to- platform of th building and he noti fied Mr. Andrew. OIL SHIPMENT JtETtE. The board of public wrka has re reived a carload of oil today which will be placed on the street of the city which are In need, a once. Be- "I am pleased to have the amend ment ratlfled." he said. "I am sure that the vote of- th wives and moth er of the nation would be most help ful In determining the issues of the present campaigii. "I hope Tennessee will sLand by its action of yesterday. It would be most unfortunate if there should be any cause of the embargo the board has experienced much difficulty In secu change in the result. It seems 10 l.e Ing oU shipments. In the car are 10,-" perfectly obvious that such a result 000 gallons of oil. is most unlikely to occur." "someday I expect to open a Bank Account with the New Britain Trust" why say some day? You don't have to wait until you have saved, several hundred dol lars You can start your checking account with any sum. Some, of our largest depositors today, started their ac count with less than $50. They never regretted that start Every day they enjoy the convenience of paying their bills by check why not you too? Call in and let us show you. M Your Friend Banks At" The New Britain Trust Co. Saturday Evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. CLARK AND ROUNDS LEAD National Roque Tournament Is in Progress in Norwich, Conn., 'With Large EntryList Today. Norwich, Aug. 19. In the nation al roque tQurnament at the close of the morning matches today National Champion Eddie Clark of Springfield, Mass., and W. A. Rounds, Cleveland, o., president of the American Roque league, led the first division with five straight wins each. Former national champion C. G. Williams of Wash ington. D. C. is second with four wins. In the second division Richard Peal of Norwich, leads with three wins, and Mrs. A. "Whitney of Portland. Me., is second, with five games won and one lost. Deaths and Funerals William Parrell. William Farrell, aged SI years, died at the New Britain General hos pital last evening. Death was due to infirmities incident to old age. He is supposed to have been the oldest living Irish resident in New Brit ain having moved here from across the water over 6(K years ago. He was employed at the Cooke farm in Plaiu ville for nearly 50 years and was a familiar figure in New Britain where he became well known as a farmer. Since leaving the farm, he had lived at 182 Hartford avenue. He leaves his wife; one daughter, Mrs. P. J. Hehir; and a brother James, in-Ireland. Michael Farrell of Hartford and Joseph Farrell of this city , are sur viving nephews and Mrs. Timothy Iynch of New Britain, Mrs. J. Glynn of Hartford, and Mrs. C. Dooley of New York are surviving nieces. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church with burial in St. Mary's new cemetery. Floral tributes are requested by the family .to be omitted. HTEfll Members New York Stock Exchange. 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN.' Stanley R. Eddy, Mgr. Telephone We offer SOPHIE STILL WINNING Champion Butter-Giving Jersey Cow Takes World's Record for Ninth Time Now 15 Years of Age. New York, Aug. 19. Sophie 19th, i;of Hood farm, Lowell, Mass., former champion Jersey cow, has come back at the age of 15 years and six months with a ninth official record that makes her champion butter cow of the world. the American Jersey Cattle club announced here today. In nine years she is credited with having given 110,918 pounds of milk and 6.353 pounds of butter fat, an average of 12,324 pounds of milk and 706 pounds of butter fat a year. Sophie 19th now has a clear lead of 693 pounds of butter fat over her nearest competitor, Tilly Alcarta, a Holstein, owned on a southern Cali fornia faria, it was stated. PASTOR HAMILTON RESIGNS Recently Pastor Hamilton resign ed from the pastorate of the Bristol Methodist church, his resignation to take effect at the end of the confer ence year. He received an appoint ment as pastor of the Methodist and Congregaional churches in the twin villages of Marion and Rochester, Mass., with a large increase in salary. Mr. Hamilton before entering the ministry. was employed as a fore man in one of the departments of the Wallace Barnes Co. His first pastorate (was at Staffordville. this state, ancf from there he went to Wisconsin. Mr. Hamilton was former ly a resident of New Britain. PIi.MNVIL.LE MAN MISSING. James Butler, of Plainville. de scribed as being between 28 and 30 years old, was reported to the local police as missing. He was last seen last Tuesday. Butler hal been act ing strangely of late. P When l?3 wish Me' ww i icg body would in vent something new to eat" you need Beechams Pills. Even when digestion is good, poisons are formed during its pro cesses that unless eliminated irritate mind as well as body. Gii.xtave West man The funeral of Gustave Edwin West man. who died Tuesday morning at tlie homo of hi? parents on East street, was held this afternoon from his lat home and from the Swedish Klim Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock Rev. J. K. Klintrberg officiated and hurial to in Fairvicw cemetery. CANNOT INCREASE RATES New York Railroads Denied Permis sion to Increase Charge for Passen ger Service and Milk Trains. Albany. N. Y., Ausr. 19. Th Pnh- Mc Service Commission for the sec ond district today announced it had denied the application of railways operating within the state for ner- miFsion to file tariffs puttinsr into ef fect increased passenger rates on Au gust 26 under authorization of the interstate commerce commission. The commission acted favorably upon the application relating to freight rates except as to milk and cream, .it was stated. NORTH & JUDE MFG.CO.- Dividends 16 per cent, and 4 per cent, extra. PAR VALUE $25. YIELDS ABOUT 6.66 PER CEJ This company manufactures saddlery hardware, belts a? strop hardware, automobile aad carriage hardware. The! pal plants are located in New Britain and New Haven, 4 J have warehouses in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and San co. Since 1863, when the company was established, it h constant growth, and has today a splendid business with grJ ing power, and we are informed is in a strong cash positiq We recommend the purchase of this stock at this time ing in the management and in the future of this company. City Meeting Wednesday Will Act On Bond Issue Mayor Orson F. Curtis signed a call this afternoon for. a special city meeting to be held Wednesday eve ning, August 25, at 8 o'clock in Room 201. City hall. The purpose of the session is to act upon the recom mendation of the finance committee for the issuance of $75,000 in sewer bonds and $70,000 in subway bonds. TEAMSTER INJURED. James McGrarn of 100 Hart street an employe of the park commission ers, driving a dump cart belonging to the New Britain Ice corporation. Was painfully hurt about the arms and legs this afternoon on Church street. While driving his cart out of Corbin Place, a trolley car crashed into it, knocking McGrath from the seat. The horses were somewhat injured. Warrant & haffey undertakers 33 MYRTLE ST., East End Office, 153 Jubilee St., Tel. 1451-2 Lady Attendant Free Use of Parlors Orders Taken for Upholstering. Tel. 1625-2 Any Hour, pay or Night O. L. JUDD. F. G. JCDD W. JUDO S) G Investment Securities 23 WEST MAIN STREET. Telehone 1815 VVT? OTTTTTTT? ATIT W HDTTATXT TIT A TITTVTTT' o r-r i jl ju iiun JLfAVi. j.xaxx i'itiuillli Hi O o FERRED STOCK. JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York. STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire New York to Boston. G. F. GROFF, Mgr. Room 509, N. B. Nat'I Bank Bldff.-JT I - I FUNERAL DIRECTORS Anfrevs& Doolittle, Inc. THE FUNERAL HOME Oflicc and Tailors 15 Walnut Street. Storage Warehouse and Auto True When you purchase our service you are assured of Abilf pendability, Reliability, Responsibility. All work entrusted to us handled with care and skill. OUR SPECIALTY moving or Household goods. Packing. 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