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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
STOCK MARKET
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New York, April 2O-opening- Ffrmness marked the early dealings in today's. laffording a striking con trast to yesterdays uneasiness and excitement. The more active spec ialties, like ,Crucible Steel, Baldwin Locom otive, Mexican Petroleum, Ma rfne pfd., American Zinc and Indus trial Alcohol, were higher by a point or more with a gain of 1-2 for Bethlehem Steel. The metal and motor groups were fractionally better except Willy Overlan6i\ which fell over a point. U. s. Steel opened unchang- ed but subsequently made slight inn provement. Investment shares as a whole were steady but inactive
 Noon: Prices made further up ward progress in the first hour, but dealings fell away on the advance, which encouraged the short interest to renew operations for the decline. Moderate selling of the speculative issues resulted in average recessions of a point, Industrial Alcohol losing three. Later the market hardened again., favorable foreign advices being a contributing factor. Trading was professional, commission brokers re- porting almost an entire cessation of yesterdays liquidation. Early rates of exchange threw no light on the Wash ington-Ber1in situation. Bonds were steady with nominal dealings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
N. Y. Wholesale Prices.

Butter-o.reamery extras, 37c; high CT scoring, 37. 1-2 O 3sc; dairy, finest, 36 O 36 1-2c; good to prime, 34 O 35c.
 TEggs-Fresh gathered, extras, dozen, 23 1-2 O 24c; aaennery whites, fine to fancy, 24 O 25c; ordinary to good. 2S O 23 1-2c; gathered whites, ordinary to fine, 23 O Pc; hennery browns, |23 1-2 O 24c; gathered brow and mixed colors, g @ 28c; duck eggs 37 O 39c; goose eggs. dog, soc O $l
 ton, $2s: No. 1, $27; No. 8 to No ?. $20 O $25; shipping. SIS O s1e; fancy light clover mixed, s28. 50 O SPA; No. clover mixed, SEQ a $22.50;' lower grade clover mixed. SIP O SIS; no grade hay, $11 @ s16- Rye straw, No. 1, $1z.5o O $16 Small bales about $1 under large.
 Apples, spitzenberg, hhl, $1.75 Q s3: Russet, s1.25 O $2.25: Gree1ing, $1,75 O $3 .25: King, $1.75 O 1925; Northern Spy. $17s o $4 Baldwin. $1.75 o sa.
 Hothouse products-C1 -C1rcllmbers, No. 1, dog, goo O S1.12, Caulif1owers, No. $1.25 O s1y5O. Lettuce, strap, $2.50 O $3.50, Mint, dog punches, 40 O COG. Mushrooms, white, lib basket, SIPS O s1.50; cream, $1.15 O $1.35; browns, .$1 O S1.25; buttons, 75c O $1, flats and opens 50 O 75c. Radishes, 100 bunch punches. 40 O 60o. Tomatoes, 1b, 10 O zoe,
 egetab1es-Potatees, barrel. s375; beets, bbl, soc O $1.25; cabbages, old, white, ton, s6 O s1O; Dbl, 75c O $1; old, rde, ton, $2o Q s25i bbl, s1.5O O $2; onions, yellow, bag, 5ec O $3; red, soc O $2; old, white, crate or basket. soc O SIPS; parsnips,. Fbl, soc O $1; tur- nipa, r11tabasa, biol, s1.25 O $1.50; old wilite, bbl. S1 O s1.25 ywatercress, 100 punches, a Q g.
 Poultry, dressed-Turkeys, hens and toms, fancy, 30 O 32e; fair to good, 2S O 29c; chickens. milk fed, 20c; corn fed, IS @ 1ac; fowls, 60 lbs and over to dozen, 21 Ia O 22e, 43 to AT lbs, 20 O 21cj under 80 Nos. IF 1-2c; squads, prime white, 10 lbs to dozen, S5.75; g lbs, $5I lbs, S2.75.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
RHEUMATISM
MEDICINE FREE

We want the name of every person. everywhere who is suffering with rheumatism, so. we can send him a free sample bottle of Hills Rheumatic Remedy. We don't care how long or how severe he has had it, as there are very few cases that have not yielded and been thoroughly cured with it. It works at once- In twenty-four hours it stops the pain. Don't take our word for it--test it at our expense. This is not a new untrted thing. For twenty five years it .has been regarded by physicians as practically the only cer- tain treatment for this terrible di- sease.
 Over 1o,o 900 Testimonials Like These:
 MT. D. M. Eh1ers, Sect'y. Grand Lodge of Masons of New York City, writes that, Although a sufferer from rheu- n1atism for many years two doses stopped all pain and one bottle cured me-"
 MT. A. Goldman. victoria. Texas, says: 'I am very we'll pleased with your medicines; am recommending it very highly. It has done more for me than anything I have ever tried"
 Marshall F. w. Geraty, of 70 Man haitian St.. New York. saysi 'I have suffered with rheumatism for many years, have tried almost every known remedy but got no relief or cure until took yours, In foFtF-eight hours I was entirely cured and free from ail pain. send this unsoiicted,n
 Hills Rheumatic Remedy is en sale at most drug stores at $1.00 per bot tie. One bottle generally effects complete cure. Call or send for free sample bottle and booklet at once. There is no greater service you can perform for humanity than to tell any rheumatic sufferer about this wonder full preparation. AddFessf Hill Medi- cine Co.,, 117 East 34th St.. New York, N, Y;
 AGENTS WANTED EVERYNHETSEl.
 Good Mek Make $10 a Day on Our
 Preparations. WRITE NOW.-Ady
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
MORRIS PLAN BANK FIRST YEAR
 WITH I,O39 LOANS
Amount of Money Involved is $173,O73 Interesting
 Statistics.

With the completion, yesterday, Of it's first year of business, the Bridge port Morris Plan Bank Co.,. has pre- pared a statement of it's transactions which shows that during the year money amounting to $1T3,o73 has been loaned to 1,039 applicants
 The statistics prepared by the bank follow: g
 Borrowers.-Men, 9o4; women. s5; average age, 85: average weekly i'm come, $22; married, 734; single, I'll; supporting children, 51o; number of children, LIST; supporting others, s51 :: number of others, 712; real estate owners, 250.
 Classification according to employ ment. LManufacturing, 336; mercan- tile, 272; contracting. AZ; room fur nishing, 40; automobiles. 35s trans portation, S1; city of Bridgeport, 25; {; in business, ,25; grocers, 22; United States government, IS; newspapers, II; financial institutions. 8; tnsurance' 8; printing, '; tailoring, T; florists. 5; barb CTS, 4; farming, 2; n1isce1lane- ous, 139; total, 1039.
 Positions or occupations of Borrow ers-Propriebors 284: factory opera tors, 218; clerks. 78; laborers, 51: h house4eepers, furnished rooms, board 40; machinists 26; agents, 26; car penters, 24; city employees, 21;- book keepers, 1e; railroad men. IT; sten- ographers, IA; United States employees, 13; electricians, 12; painters, II; man agers, 10; farmers, g: chaufeurs, 2; teach CTS, 8; barbers, 6; accountants, 4; taiIors, 8 printers, 8; watchmen. 8; plumbers, 2; state employees, q; mis- cellaneous, SS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20

and for such purposes as may later. sbecone necessary. In this section will also be located a special heating and afr-purdfy1ng plant of the most mod ern type. to renew the entire air vol urae of the main floor every seven minutes.
 Locker rooms are provided in the Building for all employees and it is possible that in the upper section,
 meeting rooms for the employees will be installed later. Special bronze doors will be cast for the entrances to the street. which will be both artistic and massive fin their construction. The Insight of the main ceiling, the decora- lions of which are not selected, will be 3S feet above the main floor.
 Cass Gilbert, the architect, is noted 'throughout the Hast as the designer of the WooIwortEa bllf1ding in New York and the, United States custom house in that city, which in arcI1i- tecturaI beauty is said to have no equal in America. It is expected that the Bridgeport bank building will be the finest of it's kind in Connecticut and will establish anew type of bank ing architecture in this state.
 Incidentally, the Bridgeport Savings Bank, which has nowrremoved to tenn porory building in the Court Ex- change building at State and Broad streets, is the oldest savings instftu- ton in this city. Established in 1s42 at Wall and Water etreeet, during, it's 75 years of financial activity it has moved but three times and will cele- brata it's thrse-duar of a century upon return to the old site and new building.
 During this time it's deposits have constantly increased and every pass book turned in has been retained in the archives. While the musty re- cords of three quarters of a century are the basis for hundreds of indi- viduaI stories of afduenee, heart-throbs and mystery, merely the names and numbers Of the depositers appear,
 The first pass-boolk issued by the bank has been returned and the saw ings paid with interest some years ago, It was given to Miss Helen Moore, the daughter of Mack Moore, first trustee of the bank. The other officers and directors were also rep- resented in the trust funds placed with the institutfon which today show merely by the time stained writing of the old quill pen.
 Following the ce1IFse of business one finds an account begun in the year 1B44, which is still used by the heirs, Another account opened March T, Is45, passing through three estates show deposits of $174.26, which when withdrawn in 1909, paid S4, ,0es,s2,
 WhsFe sentiment and mystery en- twine themselves with. the h11rndrun of financial life may be found in what every savings bank knows as the .sdead'' accounts, These are so named from the fact that state laws have heeA passed glltIaWing t1ae payment of tnterest after a lapse of 20 years dur ing which time no increases have been made. While snch accounts would readily be paid by banks upon proof of ownership or claim to eliminate them from the books, every savings bank has many: Fhe Bridgeport Saw ings bank has 70 of these accounts, some dating far back.
 They are the mysteries about which t1e clerks muse and many aR iHagla=
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
= Finance, Real Estate Insurance ..-

ary romance has been woven. What became of Sally Beldon, of Newtown, who deposited $5 ou Oct. 12, 1S44? The records show her to be merely a farmers daughter. She never paid more money and all search for her by publication and personal investiga- tion has failed. It has cost the bank far more than the original deposit to attempt to trace her. She is not known in the old records of the town. She never came to the bank again af- ter putting in her $5. While the sum if collectable by law today with pay ments of compound interest would amount to many hundreds of dollars, she may never be found. Another case that causes wonder is that of Jessup Banks of Fairfield, who de- posted during Civil War times. Many a fabric of fiction has been woven about his whereabouts by bank clerks in dull hours, for he was among the many depositors of the time believed to be bounty men, who took the $50 paid by drafted men and went to the war never to return.
 To compute the amounts that have been lost to banks throughout the country during the last 75 years by depositors' care1essness, would be all most impossible for the varying rates of interest during that period have ranged from 3 to 2 7k per cent. in war times. An instance dating to 1864 is given at the bank today of man who deposited $50 before going to war. It was forgotten for 25 years but withdrawn in 1889 resulted in in terest payments of $22s.94.
 Work of demolishfng the old bank structure and erection of the new has already begun. It will require about a, year to complete the new structure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT. ss.. PROBATE COURT.

April 15s 1916. Estate of Charles H. Dorsey, late oi Bridgeport in said district, deceased. Upon application praying-that ad- minfstration be granted on said estate represented intestate,-as per said application on file more fully appears it is
 Ordered that said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Bridgeport in said district, on the 24th day of April, A! D., 1916, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice thereof be given to all persons known to be interested in said estate to appear, if they see cause, at said time and place, and be heard thereon-by publishing three times in some. newspaper having a circulation in said district-a copy of this order, all at least 5 days before said day of hearing, and that return of notice given be made to this court.
 Attest,
 PAUL L. MILLER.
 Judge. us ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
TAXES, 1915

Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of the City of Bridgeport that the taxes on the grand list of 1915 are now due and payable at the Tax Col lector's Office, Room 6, City Hall. The undersigned will be at the Collectors Office, as above, on May 1, 1916, and daily thereafter, Sunday excepted, from a. m. to 4 p. m., and Saturdays from a. m. to 12 n., for the purpose of collecting said taxes. After June Is, as required by law, interest at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent. will be added to all unpaid taxes, and the same on the first of each suc- ceeding month.
 HOWARD F. SMITH.
 U6 bus Collector.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
HARTFORD MAN, STRUCK
 BY AUTOMOBILE, DIES

Hartford, April ea-Legs and ribs broken, and faoe and body terribly cut .APcfangelo D'Anate, of No 27 Mechanic street, died tR St, Francis hospital today a few hours after be- ing struck by a motor car. He was 8. street cleaner and worked at Farm ington avenue;
 Esrriest U. Nelson. driver of the car is 1he1d on a charge of manslaugh- te T. According to his story to the the man Jumping in front of the rna- cIine, p'AmAte leaves widow and eight ehzlaEsR.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
wheat Fit for Milling.

In February the Bureau of Crop Els inmates sent to flour mills and grain elevators ofSthe United States sched- ules of inquiry asking the following questions:
 1.-About what per cent. of last years wheat crop tn your section was so damaged that it could not be used for milling?
 2-About what perN cent of last years crop will be used for feeding live stock?
 s.-About what per ceAt of,a wheat crop is normally or usually fed to live stock?
 The replies were so varied as to make accurate deductions impossible, and any estimate ,debatab1e without considerable qualifications.
 With this character of replies, the average for the United States worked out 14.4 per cent. as the amount unfit for milling, 7.3 per cent. used as feed for live stock, and 40 per cent. of the wheat crop usually fed to live stock. Applied to the estimated production last year, 14.4 per cent gives 146.0O0,- 900 bushels; and s7.3 per cent. gives 74,0Oo,o00 bushels
 The amount of wheat usually, fed to live stock has not been regarded by the grain trade generally to be of ma terial proportions-not more than 2 per cent. of the crop. Therefore the averages given above may be regarded as naxinunns of a range of probabiIi- ties, with nainimums of about half the figures given.
 Much wheat was used this season for milling which ordinarily would not be regarded as fit to mill. Modern machinery enabled those who had such equipment to make n1iIlable much wheat which smaller rni11ers, lacking such facilities, could not use. Much wheat not good enough for local mil 1ers was shipped out, apparently hnd- ing a ready demand at terminal points and abroad Different ways of re- garding such wheat accounts largely for the wide variation of estimates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, s., PROBATE COURT

March 31s l91 Estate of John Donough, late Of the town of Bridgeport in said district deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estates to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their ac- counts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate pay. ment to
 HENRY P. LYONS.
 Administrator. so4 Security Building Bridgeport, Conn a@
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
POSTMASTER, WANTED FOR
 SHORTAGE, sURRENDERs

Boston, April 20 Postmaster Frank I. Pearson, of Leominster. sur- rendered to United States Marshal J.. J. Mitchell today and was arrested on a charge of un1awfu1ly converting to his own use $1,312 Of postal funds He had been sought for several days, af- ter his disappearance during examin- atfon of the accounts of Leominster postoffice by federal inspectors. Pear son is president of the Leominster board of trade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20

The Mercantile Bank of the Amer icas, Inc, which was incorporated last August to enter the South American field. is about to increase its capital from $4oO.0o with a paid in surplus Of S1oo, 900 to $1.oOO,00o capital, with inajd II, surplus of $25O,00O. Brown Bros. & CO, and J. & W. Selignan & CO. are at present the sole stockhold- ,ers of the corporation The addi- tional 6, 900 shares. par value $1Oo. will be taken by them and the Guaranty Trust Company at $125 a share. Others 1ntexested in foreign trade will prob ably become share holders The in : creased capital, it is understood, will sprcbabIy provide for a number of new Branches that will lead to a greatly dncreased business in South American oountrfes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
eOo, ,Ooo. 900 Pounds of Copper.

Copper advanced cent per pound lon July and later deliveries and 2 cents per pound on nearby months Hast week It is estimated that in xkle buying movement which began in the latter part of March nearly 6oo.- 00O. 900 pounds of American copper
 was sold for domestic and foreign al4pzment, covering various deliveries desr f1xe year This is equivalent xD etsrsensthxee and four months out
 put at the present maximum monthly rate of 18o. 100000 pounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
No New Contracts.

Although Great Britain and France For war munitions in this country there are placing no additional new contracts Acon<inue to be numerous inquiries for steel bars. billets and forgings to be lused in the construction of high ex- Ix,losive shells in this country as well as ahrcad. Unusual difficulty is being met i'm the endeavor to place such E<ontracts when deliveriesvare required klSsEore the first quarter of 1917-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
Wfu Afsor4, 13 Roa1s.

The Michigan Central Railroad~Com- pany has called a special meeting of stockholders for June g to consider the question of the purchase of thir- feen leased lines The purpose is fA5 place the company in more favor s1lekE sfffon for the issue of future securities under the laws of Michigan The capital stock of the thirteen com
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
READ /! READ!

READ READ! Our line of bicycles complete a balanced line of styles and prices.
 VIKING A very reliable wheel, fully guaranteed and all the points that make a good wheel enter into it's construction,
 $22.5O.
 BARNES A very little heavier wheel than the above with all of the good points,
 ADLAKE A double truss frame. One of teh very best for strength and durability,
 $27.OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
of Finance

panies is nearly all owned by the Mich igan Central or the New York Central Railroad companies. The company points out that the amount of a mort gage in Michigan is governed by the number of miles of road actually own ed by the company desiring to create such an issue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20

Burlington passenger train No. 54 plunged into the Mississippi river near DeEota, Wis. The engineer was ia- d1zEed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20
New York Stock
 Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires of T. L.. Watson & Co.,, Bankers and Brokers, Corner Main and John Sts-, Bridgeport, Conn Members of New York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-20

H'asraer SVaut Ads, One oo11t a Word.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
House of Seven Gables
Fascinating Place to Go

For months the large Sunday school
class of Mrs. Clayton Albert Smucker
OF the Stevens Memorial Methodist
episcopal Church, Thirteenth and
vernon streets. has been at work on
a most unusual social gathering to be
held in the church parlors and Sum
day school rooms next Thursday and
Friday evenings.
The House of the Seven Gables" is
70 be erected early in the week in the
Sunday school room of the church. 1t
Is going to be a quaint sort of spot,
hlled with fascinating surprises from
attic to kitchen. Many beautiful
things will fill the house-things to
eat, things to wear, things for the
house-in fact many other things
worth while to hear and see.
on Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock
free concert will be given to all who
attend by the Imperial Mandolin Club.
Friday evening, from 500 to 7:45
o'clock, supper is to be served.
refreshments both evenings will
be served on the great porch of
The House of the Seven Cables"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
PERSONAL----.S SOCIAL
THE SOHN-NORRIS
BRIDAL SATURDAY
Harrisburg Relatives of Young
Couple Have Gone to Clear
field For Ceremony

Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Sohn, Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Whitaker, Miss Dorothy
Whitaker and John A. F. Hall of this
city have gone to Clearfield to attend
the marriage of Miss Anne Louise Nor
ris. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Crate Norris, of Clearfield, to Walter
Robson Sohn, of <1419 North Front
street, tomorrow morning at 1880
O'Clock at the brides home.
Miss Norris, niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
whitaker Is well known here where
she has frequently visited. She is a
gifted musician, soprano soloist of the
First Presbyterian church of Clear
held and prominent in the social ac-
tvities of her home city. The BRIDE
groom, son of Daniel w. Sohn, presi-
dent of the Commercial Bank is one
OF the younger attorneys of the Dau-
phin county bar, with offices in the
commonwealth Trust imp any S
building. He is graduate of Central
High School, Dickinson College and
the Dickinson School of Law He is
afiiliated with the Alpha Chi Rho
fraternity
Immediately following the cere-
mony the young couple will leave for
wedding journey to Southern cities
and resorts. They will be "at home
after December 1 at 1419 North Front
street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
MISS OVERS WILL
SPEAK TO CLUB
Industrial Secretary on Move
ment Toward Democracy
in the Y. w. C.. A.

The next regular meeting of the
Commonweal Club will be held on
Monday evening, November IS, at
7:45 p. m. in the John Y. Boyd Hall
of the Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION.
Miss Anna x. Overs, Industrial
Secretary of the East Central Field
Committee of the National Board of
citation, will address the club on the
Movement Toward Democracy in the
Y. w. G. A." The Association has ac-
complished great things in the past.
is doing a splendid work in the
present and hopes for greater achieve
mentS in the future. 1t Is the pur-
pose of Miss Overs to tell about the
wonderful spirit at work in the hearts
of the people which will make the
dreams for the future come true. All
who are interested in the work of the
Young Women's Christian Association
are cordially invited to hear Miss
Overs next Monday evening.
Those present at the organization
meeting of the Commonweal Club last
December will recall the valuable as
sistance rendered by Miss Overs and
it is hoped that all of the members
will be present at the meeting on
Monday evening to express to her
their appreciation OF ner eXcellent
service to the Club. An informal re-
ception will be held for few minutes
Immediately after the lecture in
order that the members may have an
opportunity of personally meeting
Miss Overs.
Miss Laura Holmquist of the De-
partment of Methods of the Y. w. c.
A. National Board will be in the city
Monday and also speak informally at
the meeting of the Commonweal Club.
The classes will start promptly at
9 O'Clock