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New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

\ car driven by James Lesry of this town and motorcycle operated by William X. Hills of New Britain came together on West Main street in PlainNtlle last night. Constable Furrey Of Plain,ille held Hill on charge ot driving without his regis tration certificate. l.eary's car was considerably damaged.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

The Milldale baseball team defeated the St. Marys team Of New Britain by score Of i7-1 in game played at the Milldale grounds yesterday aft ernoon. The local outfit bstted three of the opposing pitchers hard.
 The Pexto team was defeated by New Hartford by s score of s-B in . Farmineton Valley league game played in New Hartford yesterday aft ernoon.
 Chief John W. Cronin Of the fire de- nsrtment is enjoying a weeks ,aca- lion from his duties. Assistant Chief Thomas Murphy is in charge during his absence.
 Volunteer Circle. Companions of the Forest. will hold meeting this eve ming in Red Mems hall.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

Florence Mildred Clayton, three year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Raymond H. Clayton of Is Pine street died at her Nome this morning after long illness Besides her parents sn' leaves her brother John. Funeral services will probably be held tomor- row afternoon at c:SO o'clock from tho undertaking parlors Of W. X. Bailey & Co.. and burial will be in West cemetery
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

Mir. and Mrs. Armand Narcotic of Stearrs street lost all their baggage in Albany Sunday while they were dining at a hotel The suit cases were parked in front Of the hotel They returned home today after but tao days or what ras intended 10 be a two weeks motor tour.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

flans Tor the new comfort station on Main street will he presented 10 the city council at it's meeting on Tuesday night and work will probably be started this week as practically all of the preliminaries have been com plcted The railroad and the city have reached an agreement as to the site and the appropriation has already been voted so that nothing remains but the final approval of the plans, which will come before the city board tomorrow. The comfort station will be located just north Of the railroad bridge on Main street near the freight siatinn
Evening star., 1924-04-19
SAlLINGS BI-WEEKLY.
Export Transportation Service

BALTIMORE, April 10 (SpeciaJ).-
Marking the acquisition of a new
steamship service between Baltimore
and Germany, the Export Transpor-
tation Company announced today
that eekly sailing to Hamburg
and Bremen would be inaugurated
May Is. Five United States Shipping
Board vessels, averaging $500 tons
each, will be placed in the service.
According to e. H. Gochnauer, resi-
dent manager of the agents here,
Baltimore was chosen as the home
port because of the outstanding ad-
yantages it offered over other cities,
including New York, that were under
consideration.
wharfage rates here are almost
nothing compared to New York, and
our ships can dock here, discharge
their cargoeS and clear out again in
the same length of time We would
consume in getting docking space in
New York." Mr.. Gochnauer said.
Freight rates from the middle
west, the section that supplies us
with most of our export trade, are
also in our favor. Labor conditions
here and stevedoring are superior to
New York"
Within two weeks Baltimore has
been selected as the home port by
three new transatlantic steamship
companies. Last week the French
line, between Baltimore and Havre.
announced a branch here, and this
week the Florio Company of Rome
instituted sailings between Balti-
more and Genoa.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
WALL STREET BRIEFS.

By the Associated Press.
The stock exchanges resumed busi-
ness for the half-session today, but
the cotton exchange and coffee and
sugar exchanges were closed over
the Good Friday holiday until Mon
day. Little business is expected from
Europe until Tuesday, as the Easter
holiday season extends from Good
Friday over Easter Monday.
The present satisfactory character
of conditions in the banking world
is reflected in recent substantial ad-
vances in the dividends of several
institutions. A good margin of profit
apparently is resulting from the
large volume of business.
The Hooking Valley railway earned
net income of 1922, $40 in 1928, equal
to $3.50 a share on s11, 100000 capital
stock, against $6S5,962, or 1928 a
share. in 1922. Net operating income
was s1,454,067 and surplus, $4s2,S6o.
The Postum Cereal Company earned
net profits of s944.223 in the quarter
ended March 81, equal after preferred
dividends to s2.14 a share on 100000
shares of no par common stock,
zoe, 900 shares in the same period last
year. Net sales totaled $5,263,535.
The output of newsprint paper in
the United States in March totaled
119,O9S tons, an excess of 734 tons
over February. Shipments amounted
to 11S,6O4 tons, against 1862 the
month before. The Canadian output
was 1888 tons, compared with ILL.,
664 in February and shipments of
111,262 tons, against 109,901 the pre-
ceding month.
Hump Motor Car earned net profits
of s392,121 in the first quarter of
1924.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
BONDS ARE FIRMER
ON D. C. EXCHANGE
Stock Issues, However, Ease Off
Slightly in Closing Ses-
sion Today.
ONLY FAvoRITEs ACTIVE
Margin of Bank Clearings in q. S.
Noticeably Wider.

Bonds were firmer, but stock issues
sold off on the Washington Stock
Exchange in the closing session this
morning. Only favorite issues at
tracted attention.
Washington Gas 6s of 1898, which
fuctuate according to the denomina-
tion Of bond sold, advanced to 1o1 on
sales of $4,000, while Capital Traction
5s were up quarter of a point to e7h.
Railway As scored a similar advance
to az, and Wardman Park Hotel 6s
and c. & p. Telephone 5s were both
unchanged, 100K and 81, respectively
Railway preferred stock eased off
fractionally to 74H. with Capital
Traction selling at 93Ss. Washington
Gas Light stock was off to 49A
Riggs National Bank was off several
points to 2S9, as was Union Trust
Company at 164. Railway common
held at 71A and Lanston sold at 7212.
Bond Activity Seen.
The present outlook points to con
tinued activity in the offering of new
bonds to investors throughout the
remainder of April and into May.
Several railroad issues are being held
back only for approval of the Inter
state Commerce Commis ssion.
One is a block of about S6,0oo,o00
ern system. Another is an issue of
New York, Chicago and st. Louis
bonds, probably in May. On April
stockholders authorized an increase
in the bonded indebtedness of the
company to $500, 900. 900. Arrange
ments for the Florida Western and
Northern financing have been COM
pleted subject to the Commerce Com
missions approval.
The agitation last week. created by
the prospects of loan to a Belgian
industrial group, has died down and
negotiations for the loan are equally
quiet
Although reported to be entirely a
thing or the past, bankers say it has
not been abandoned and look for q
revival of interest in it later. Other
rumored international loans are as
far from materialization as ever.
Business Failures Noted.
Only a slight change occurred in
the number of failures in the United
States this week a total of 401 being
reported to r. G. Dun & Co. This
represents an increase of four de-
faults over the number last week,
but is seventeen less than for the
corresponding week of last year.
a widening of the margin OF in
crease in bank clearings occurred
this week, leading cities of the United
States reporting an aggregate of
$7,714, ,5S1, 900. This total is 81 per
cent larger than that of a year ago.
whereas there was gain of only O.3
per cent last week.
Most of the increase this week was
at New York city, which had clear
ings of s4,S01, ,00e, 900, or S.4 per cent
more than the amount for the same
period of 1928.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
SUGAR FROM CORN TEST.
Company Claims Cost Is Less Than
Beet Product,

NEW YORK. April 1e.-Production
of sugar from corn. at a cost of from
25 to so per cent below the cost of
cane or beet sugar, is expected tn
revoiutlonize the sugar industry, ON
said today.
The company is producing 400, 900
pounds OF corn sugar a day at plants
throughout the country, it was said
but the product so far has been
found especially adapted only for use
by bakeries and allied industries.
Experiments which will uItimafe,v
perfect the product for table use
are now being conducted, although
officials declared that the refinine
process was far beyond the expert.
mental stage. Corn sugar is much
sweeter than either cane or beet
sugar, a factor which at present
mitigates against its use for all pur-
poses, the company asserted.
The refining process, it was said.
turns the starchy kernel Of corn into
sugar.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
BOND ISSUE SLUMP
NOTABLE INCIDENT
Sharp Break in Interboroughs, In.
cluding Notes-High. Grade In
vestments Strong.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The most
interesting incident in todays short
session was the response by the In
terborough bonds and notes to the
official statement over the holiday
that for the eight months ending
February 20 net earnings fell short
of meeting fixed charges by more
than $1,250,000. This statement, made
by the president in communication
to the employees asking them to ac-
cept cut in wages, caused a rather
sharp break in the refunding 5s un-
stamped and smaller declines in the
stamped bonds. 6 per cent notes and
the Is. The early losses were partly
made up later.
Other fractions were not affected
by the weakness in the Interboroughs.
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 6s were
firm and Hudson and Manhattan refund
5s and adjustments were higher. Earn
lnss or the last-named company show
steady improvement
High-gr investment securities
were all strong. Active buying con-
tinued in all the liberty issues and
the Treasury AIS made another new
high. The week has been notable for
the accumulation of government
=
AIS and the liberty third Az s are
now both selling well above par,
while the fourth Az s touched that
price this week for the first time this
year.
At the same time there today was
further strength in the market for
the high grade rails and industrials.
United States Steel sinking fund SIS
sold at 103 and Indiana Steel 5s at
101. New York Central 5s were frac-
tionally higher and there was un-
usual activity in the low coupon long
term older railroad issues. This de-
velopment did not, however, weaken
the demand for good short-term Sc
curities.
Speculative rails were more irregu-
lar. New Haven bonds were a little
better, as were some of the St Paul
issues. OF the industrials, Marine 6s
made a show of strength. In bonds
of higher grade, American Smelling
and Refining 5s were up.
Generally speaking, the foreign
group was strong. The new Japanese
615s sold around the low of Thurs
day, but otherwise prices were most
ly higher. French bonds were distinc-
lively strong, the 71as equaling their
high. United Kingdom 5hs Of 1929
went up with sterling exchange.
New bond offerings for the week
totaled more than $38,000,00O. The
largest single issue was S12.500,0 900
Pacific Gas and Electric refund
ing 5las.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
SANTAFE ROAD ASKS.
INCREASED CAPITAL
Application Today to Kansas Char
ter Board for Raise to
$4s1, ,4S6,000.
By the Associated Press.


TOPEKA, Kan, April 19.-The Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Company will make application to the
state charter board today for permis-
sion to increase its capital stock $780,
oO0, 900, or to a total of S4S1,4S6.00o,
according to an announcement made
here last night by S. T. Bledsoe, gen.
eral counsel.
The application does not mean. ac-
cording to Mr.. Bledsoe. that the stock
is to be issued Immediately. but at such
times as the road may desire to do fur
ther financing by the sale of shares of
stock.
The Santa Fe during the past year
has purchased the Salina Northern
Railroad and some lines in the south
west. 1t also has engaged IN heavy
construction work in Arizona and New
The Santa Fe will pay the state a fee
of $4,000 for authority to issue the
additional stock.
Mr. Bledsoe. in a statement, said:
THE sole purpose of the amend,
ment is to increase the authorized
capital stock by s100,000,000 and
there is no purpose or desire at pres
ent to issue any part of this addi-
tional stock. The purpose is to COM
plete the amendment. of the charter
so that at any time it may be de-
sired to do further financing by the
sale of shares of capital stock such
shares will be available for issue
upon the approval of the necessary
authorities.
There have been a number of ru-
mors recently that the Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany contemplates the issuance of a
stock dividend. These rumors have
no foundation whatever. Before the
additional authorized stock can be
issued, even after the state charter
board approves the increase, il will
be necessary for the Santa F'e to ap-
ply to the Kansas public utilities
commission and the Interstate Com
merce Commission for permission to
sell the additional stock"
Evening star., 1924-04-19
REACTION Is CHECKED
BY SHORT COVERING
Weakness in Number of Specialties
Continues, But Standard Shares
Move Upward.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK: April ia.-Short cover
porarily, the reactienary price move
ment that has been under way in the
stock market since the middle of Feb
ruary. While weakness continued to
crop out in a number of specialties and
minor industrials. standard shares Of
fered stubborn resistance to pressure
and later moved up briskly on the real
ization that many of them had been
overSold
Domestic trade news continued to be
the dominating factor in the determine
tion of quoted values, although increas-
ing attention was paid to the foreign
news and stocks most likely to benefit
from a settlement of the repara tionS
problems. such as the -coppers, devel-
oped strong undertonea Trade news
was mixed in character. series of eX-
cellent quarterly earnings statements
being counteracted by further indica-
tionS of a slackening in steel activity,
a reduction in car loaGings and a siz-
able increase in domestic production of
crude oil.
Motor and accessory issues con-
tinued to bear the brunt of the selling
pressure. A series 6f bear raids was
successfully conducted against num-
Der of so-called Chicago specialties
feIlO" SaD, SnlCdSO GLOW Cap ana
Stewart Warner all being hammered
down to the new low record for the
year. Studehaker was forced down to
81 before sufficient buying support
developed to stem the tide of selling
in that issue.
Steels moved higher in expectation
that the quarterly report of the
United States Steel Corporation. to be
issued later in the month, would show
about Sc a share earned on the COM
M nm q hot h
4 fof l per cent would be declared.
Republic, the first of the large inde-
pendents to report, showed a net of
S306 on the 100000 outstanding
capital stock, as against $1.27 in the
last quarter of 1928 and s3.65 in the
first quarter of last year.
Opinion was quite general that the
short interest in the market is one of
the largest in history. Brokers' loans
are now estimated at $1,320, ,000, 900,
the lowest in about two years and ap-
proximately SS0,000.0O0 below the
apount at the beginning of the year.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
TO CONFER ON PAY RAISE.
B, & o. officials and Craftsmen
Will Discuss Workers Demand.

BALTIMORE, April 10 (Specia).-
A conference between officials of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and rep
resentatives of 10000 members of the
federated shopcraft organizations of
the road who have asked for resto-
ration of the pay scale in effect July
1, 1921, will be held shortly, it was
said today.
The increases asked amount to 3
cents an hour for mechanics, cents
for stationary engineers and cents
for other classes, with time and q
half for Sundays and holidays.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET,

CHICAGO, April 19.-Material fresh
upturn in wheat prices took place to-
day soon after business began.
Chances that perhaps temporary
sharp advances in grain values would
result from legislation at Washington
appeared to be the chief influence
Smallness of wheat receipts at Kan
sas City, together with reports of
crop damage being disclosed in the
winter wheat belt east of the Missis-
sippi also were given considerable at
tention, as well as new high records
for francs and sterling. Initial prices,
which ranged from Is lower to San
higher, May 1.02A to 103 and July
1.05A to 1.05ss, were followed by
gains all around.
Corn and oats sympathized with the
wheat advance. After opening at 4
lower to a shade higher, May 7SA to
1875, corn scored slight gains for
most deliveries.
Oats started at a shade to Il up,
May AN. and later held near to the
opening figures.
Provisions were a trif1e firmer ow-
ipe In cfr OFT
Evening star., 1924-04-19
FRANCES FOREIGN TRADE.
Statement First Quarter, 1924,
Shows Favorable Balance.

PARIS. April 19.-F'rance's foreign
trade during the first quarter of 1924,
figured in francs at the low rate of
exchange, showed balance in her
favor of 748,4S2,0o0 francs, according
to the official statistics of the minis
try of finance, available today.
The total imports in the first three
months of this year were 13,15O,62S
tons. valued at 0.224,325, 900 francs, as
compared with 12,069,61O tons, valued
at 6,955, ,427, 900 francs, in the same pc
riod of 1923. The exports were 6,579-
462 tons, valued at 10,972,807 900
francs as compared with 6,207,1S6
tons, valued at 6,561, 1,14S,000 francs, in
the first quarter of 1928.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
MARKET TENDENCY
MAINLY is UPWARD
Mixed Price Movements, However,
Mark Opening of New York
Exchange.
SOME ISSUES AT NEW LOWS
British Sterling and French Franc
Becoming Popular.
By the Associated Press,


NEW YORK, April 1s.-Mixed price
movements took place at the opening
of today's stock market, but the main
tendency was upward.
Heavy selling of several specialties
unsettled the market, sharp reactions
taking place in a number Of the oil,
motor and food issues. New low
records were established by several
popular oils. including Standard Oil
OF New Jersey, but good support was
extended to United States Steel COM
mpn, Baldwin and American. Can.
AAiled Chemical, Famous Players,
chandler Motors, Dawson Chemical
and United States Cast Iron Pipe
showed marked strength. Yellow Cab
manufacturing broke Ga points: At
iantic Refining, Sl4, and Congoleum,
Chlcago Yellow Cab, Cuyamel Fruit
ana West Penn Power preferred sag
geo = to 3 points. The closing was
ndresuiar. Sales approximated 375,-
600 shares.
~ Drive Is Continued
FURTHER irregularity developed in
the later trading when another drive
was launched against Chicago Yellow
CAP and Yellow Cab, forcing them
down 2@s and points. respectively,
10 new 1924 lows. new bottom also
was reached by American Sugar Re-
lining preferred at S724. off l u Con-
goleum dropped 81 and Pacific Oil /.
United Fruit advanced pig points and
Marine preferred, Allied Chemical and
Commercial Solvents \ sold about a
point higher.
Sterling and French Francs Up.
Growing confidence in Europe as
to- the success of the Dawes plan.
combined with an accumulation of
buying orders for tourist and COM
mercial requirements, today carried
British sterling and French francs up
TO new high level for the year. De-
mand sterling made a brisk advance
of almost cents to 4.3Sk, while the
franc moved up several points to a
new 1924 top price. above $40 cents.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES

Washington Gas ss '33-s1 600 at 1o1, $1,000
at 101. 81 900 at I01
Capital Traction 5s-$1. 600 at 9TIs, $500 at
97L
Washington Rwy. G. Elec $500 at ~
Wardman Park Hotel 6s-S1, 600 at 100.
93%
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-1o at 74A.
10 at 74L, z at 744.
Washington Gas Light at 49,, at 491x
10 at 49,.
Riggs National Banks at oss, 4 at ese.
Union Trust Cos at 164.
Lanston Monotype-10 at 72Ls. . at 7215.
AFTER CALL.
wardman Park Hotel 6s-s1 900 at 1ooL,
81, 900 at 1ook.
81.
washington REy. and EIec. CONS at ~.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
LABOR BANK IN VIEW.

BALTIMORE, April 19 Especially
The establishment of a bank here NV
the trades unions of Baltimore is he
ing considered in order to take ad-
vantage of the law passed by the re-
unions"
These are unions of workers to lend
money to each other without going to
banks. The legal interest limit rate
VIII be IL per cent a year. This is
ABOVE the bank rate, but below tina
charged by loan sharks" at whom
the law is aimed.
Leaders in the move say that il
the first one proves successful Others
Will be established in different parts
or the city and that the earnings of
the banks may be used to establish
a regular trades union bank in BaIti-
more.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
TOBACCO NOT ALL IN.
Lynchburg Market to Remain Open
Another Week.

LYNCHBURG, Va, April 10 (Spe-
ciaD.-Because of reports that some
of the 1928 crop still is in the hands of
the farmers, the tobacco market here
will remain open next week, whereas
the sales were to suspend with this
week. Some farmers are reporting
that the high prices paid generally
for the last. years crop will cause
them to make an effort to increase the
acreage this year over 1923.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
JUMP IN FOOD PRICES.
Baltimore Market Dealers Report
Notable Easter Advances.

BALTIMORE. April 10 tSpeciaD.-
Retail food prices in the city markets
took a big jump yesterday. as is GUS
tomary just before holiday week
end. and in several cases the pr1ce
is more than double the amount palo
last ycar for the same ommodity,
notwithstanding the fact that whole
sale prices here are practically the
same as last year.
The prices asked today for some
foodstuffS and prices last year fol-
Evening star., 1924-04-19
The Uncovered Wagon,
e Oklahoma Mhirlwind.

From the Oklahoma Whirlwind.
Oklahoma Motor Car Agent (after
lengthy explanations to Usage chief)-
Now I've gone over this car thoroughly
with you; I've shown you every cam
and shaft, and I'd like to have your
order. But is there still anything you
don't understand; any questions you
would like to ask?
Chief-Yes, what makes it go?
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Slot-machine electric fans have
been in use in a number of the larger
commercial hotels of the sunny south
for several years and have proved
very popular, indeed. Hotel guests
who desire a cooling breeze need only
drop small coin in the slot, and the
fan will thereupon begin to whirl and
continue to do so for several hours.
Ii there is further need for the fan
made breeze, another coin will start
II going again
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Would Build Short R. R. Line.

The Southern Pacific Company, the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
and the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Railroad Company today asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
permission to construct eleven miles
OF line within the city of Los Angeles
at cost of s4,o97.756.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BY the Associated Press.
Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Foreign
exchanges strong. Quotations, in
United States dollars: Great Britain,
demand, ATTN; cables. 4.3s; sixty-day
bills on banks, 4.35h; France, de-
n1and, .063O12; cables. .0632h Y; Iealy,
demand, .0444k; cables, .o445; Bel
gium. demand, .0542; cables, .O544;
Germany. per trillion, 22A; Holland,
y2274; Norway, 1886; Sweden, .26336;
Denmark, 1876: Switzerland, .17621s !:
Spain, 1896; Greece, .0193; Poland,
.00000012; CzechoSlovakia, .0295; Jugo-
slavia, .0124k; Austria, .000014h
Isumania, .0052h; Argentina. $500:
Erazil, .1120; Toxic, 4o3s; Montreal,
1882.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
Quotations furnished By Redmond & Col
Misunderstood.
e Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Lawyer (to witness)-What is the
defendants reputation for veracity?
Witness-Hes considered the big
gest eater anywhere around: saw
him get outside of dozen hard
boiled eggs, two dozen fried oysters,
Lawyer-No, I don't care what he
eats; 1 asked you what his reputation
for veracity is.
Witness-Oh, 1 thought you said
voracity.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Butter and eggs both are cheaper
this Easter than they were last
year, because Easter is later this
year. Butter dropped today in
Northeast and Belair markets from
so cents to 53-55 cents. Eggs are
25-35 cents this year, against 45 cents
last year.