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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Other Livestock
{ BY United Press


sis AEAE u sc oT Jgne aooaod KS
400 10000 lbs, $4.6OG47o: 15Go-17o lbs lbs
$4@4. SO; 130-15O lbs, $3.5O@3.75: 1OO-13O
calves, SIS; lambs, $7.50@S.
FIT. WAYNE June 16-Hogs- Market,
steady to cents lower: 250-300 lbs. $500;
200-250 lbs. $3.50: 10000 lbs. $4.70: 160-
1870 lbs. "a AS; 300-350 lbs. $4.45; 150-160
lbs: $3.50; 140-150 lbs. S3.35; 13o-140 lbs,
So. 10; 120-l30 lbs, $3.50: 100-12O lbs 81. 60;
Fo snShs IS Ss2S; stays $3.50 Calves. S.
(By Times Special)
u LOUISVILLE. June -Receipts-cattle;
classes fully Is cents or more higher;
Stockers and feeders unchanged; closing
buik common to medium steers and
heifers. ,$4@5; very little included during
the week Of quality to sell above $3.50
$6.25; bulk beef cows. $2.50@3.25; prac-
teal top. $3.50: smooth heifer types eligi-
BILE higher: low cutters and cutters, $10
2.25; sausage bulls mostly $3.25 down.
better vealers, s4.5O@5 medium and lower
grades 81 down; market mostly so cents
higher for week Hogs-Receipts. 500;
market. is cents lower; 1928 lbs. $4.75;
275 lbs. up. $4.05; 160-185 lbs. IS; 145-
Is a. lbs; $3.50; 12o-l45 lbs 81 10; sows.
week. Sheep-Receipts 500; run mostly
overnight and rail lambs: practically moth
ing done on the market; some bids 25
cents lower, general asking steady or $3.50
for bulk better trucked in eve spd
and rail lambs held at 50; medium and
lower grades, Sc down: fat ewes. S1@2;
stock ewes $5@7
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STOCK SHARES
HOLD GAINS IN
DULL TRADING
Several Issues Reach New
1884 Highs as Large
Blocks Appear.
BY ELMER C. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, June 16. - Stocks
advanced fractions to 2 points in
the early trading today and held
most of the gains. Trading turned
dull after the first hour at a rate
Of 100000.
There we're three weak spots
Westinghouse Air Brake, which
made a new low for the year at
22s4, off 81; Freeport Texas, 353s
off rs, and Allegheny Steel, Is, off
So, and also a new 1884 low.
A sizeable list made new highs
for the year. Chesapeake & Ohio
was the feature near the close, ap-
pearing in large blocks near the
close. 1t made a new top for the
year at 49,, up point.
New Highs Made
Other issues to make new 1884
highs included American Chicle at
601s, up rs; American Sugar,
625s, up e; Cierro De Pasco, 405s,
up e; Dome Mines, 43S4, up Il;
Howe Sound, 55%, up rs, and
Monsanto Chemical, 4915, up 2.
Strength was induced by post
ponement of the steel strike and by
outlook for early adjournment of
congress. Sentiment in Wall Street
was greatly improved, although
there was still a note of cautioa
because of prospects of a business
letdown for the summer. Steel
operations already are beginning to
turn down and the rate at Youngs-
town for the coming week will be
at 81 per cent, off 3 points from
midweek.
Relief over the steel strike post
ponement aided the steel shares and
they rose fractions to point. Rails
were strong with silver issues. Au-
tomobile shares rallied. American
Telephone was up more than a
point and utilities generally were
higher.
Strength in American telephone
today was accounted for by an anal
ysis of the Bell system telephone
gains for the first half of 1884.
Rubber Futures Strong
Silver futures again were stag
nant in the trading on the COM
modify exchange. There were only
two lots traded at the opening and
no more business was done until
just before the close, when another
lot was sold. Rubber futures moved
higher, while cotton was firm and
grains were about steady. Bonds
were higher in most sections. Ger
man issues eased slightly. The dol
lar was barely changed in terms of
foreign exchange.
Sales today appropriated $4,000
shares, against 100000 shares last
Saturday. Curb sales were 1000
shares, against 117,00O shares last
Saturday.
Dow-Jones preliminary closing
averages shaved industrial 99.85, up
LIS; railroad 1925, up l, and util-
ity 25.08, up so point.
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UTILITIES CORPORATION
NETS $225,762 in 1888
insult Holding Company SwelIs Cash
Balance to $S99, SOB.

By Times Special
CHICAGO, June i6.-Report of
Middle West Utilities Corporation,
insult holding company, for 1888
shows operating receipts of STILL
Oil and disbursements of $1,486, 148.
The report was filed with Judge
Walter G. Lindley this week by
Charles McCulloch, receiver.
Net income of the company for
the year according to the report was
1925, 1852, which, added to $293,914
increase in capital receipts swelled
the cash balance of the company to
1899 SOB.
Government bond holdings totaled
$375,862. giving the company cash
and security balance of $1,275, 465.
the disbursements included $96,053
receivers expenses and SOS, 1888 for
legal services.
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FUTURE PRICES
DECLINE UNDER
LATE PRESSURE
BuIIish Foreign Crop News
Offset by Commission
House Selling.
BY HARMON w. NICHOLS
United Press staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, June 16.-Further
hedging pressure and weekend
evening up of positions tempered
bullish foreign crop news today and
grain prices on the Chicago Board
of Trade were unsettled.
Wheat broke around a cent from
Fridays finish at the extreme, wip-
ing out an early advance. Commits
sion houses switched to the selling
side and price changes were rapid
at times.
Wheat finished * to q cent
lower. Selling also developed in corn
toward the close and the yellow ce-
real closed off Is to rs cents. Oats
were Il to ss cent off.
The bureau of commerce reported
German crops promise to be around
Is per cent less than last year and
drought in Europe was reported in
cables received from Liverpool. The
English market closed IL to IL
Genus nlgner With less favorable
conditions on the continent having
some effect.
Heavy precipitation was reported
in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma
and some mention was made of the
possibility of wet harvest. Move
ment of new wheat into the market
continued liberal.
While wheat averaged lower for
the day, corn prices moved slightly
higher with chinch bug complaints
coming in from wide areas. Selling
by longs evening up for the week.
end, minimized the advance, how
ever. Rye was unsettled.
Provisions were firm early but re-!
acted later with grain.
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Marriage Licenses

Herschel Retiring. 49, Dayton. O., sales
man, and Matilda Dues, IS. of 1928 Ash
land avenue, housekeeper;
tenth street. laborer. and Luella Smith
81. Of 87l Roache street: housekeeper.
William Sheuman. Sc. R. R. TO- Box 365.
of 1928 Prospect street. musician.
Dolphin Roberts Jr.. %. Chicago. waiter
and Louise Melton 81. Y. w. c. A.. house
keeper
Wilbur Messick, %. of 1015 College ave-
nue.. hosiery worker and Josephine Ken
hosiery worker.
Wiley Wilson. 81, of s4l South Downey
of 345 South Downey avenue. personal
shopper.
Abe Zukeman. %, of 1877 Union street,
salesman, and Rae Davis. II. of goa South
Illinois street. stenographer.
Charles Irwin, "a. of IS North Arsenal
avenue. supervisor. and Agnes Donohue.
49, -. q yea 0ouL2 4aloost avenue. seam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Bank CIearings Decline

By Times Special
NEW YORK, June 16.-Dun 81
Bradstreet reports bank clearings in
leading cities in the United States
last week aggregated $4,604, 705, 900,
as compared with $4,449, 1927 900 in
the corresponding week last year,
but $431 1854, 900 under the total in
the preceding week.
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man, woman and child in the coun-
try. The increase also would have
eliminated the unemployment stu
alton.
It is to be assumed that the Insti-
tuition was accurate in its figures. It's
conclusions, however, probably will
be challenged in many quarters. The
practical facts of the matter would
seem to indicate that we were living
beyond our income and that it was
chiefly because of that fact that we
came to grief.
The public in 1929 was very much
in debt. 1t had bought securities on
credit for which it could not pay
and for which it had not planned
to pay. Because the market for Sc
curities was so good corporations
sold stocks on the slightest pretext.
They used the proceeds for building
plants which were not needed and
for loans to brokers so that more
people could buy more stocks
t.
HAD not the pubic been borrow
l. l. ing beyond its ability to repay
the depression, which was ushered
in by the stock market break and
which was aggravated to a very i'm
portant degree by that development,
undoubtedly would have been much
less severe. And had business plants
not been built beyond the nations
requirements there probably would
have been much less distress mer-
chandise on the markets.
Probably not more than half the
automobiles, radios and electric re-
frigerators produced in the country
in 1929 were paid for in that year.
A large percentage of the homes in
which people lived carried install
ment-payment mortgages. Real es-
tate prices had been boosted to well
above ordinary valuations because
of eaSy-payment plans. In other
words, the people we're anticipating
earnings far in advance, or, to put
it another way, they had invested
money they did not have and could
get only with good fortune to meet
what they regarded as their 1929 re-
quirementS.
1T IS difficult to understand how
Il the Bookings Institution could
determine we we're living within our
means under such circumstances.
If it had said we were living within
our ability to produce and distribute,
it would have been more accurate.
Or if it had qualified it's statement
by saying that if people were SO con-
Stituted that they would produce
if we had a form of government
which required every one to produce
for the benefit of every one else, it
might still have been fairly close
to the mark.
The potential 10 per cent surplus
in productive capacity also might
be questioned. It is assumed that it
represented an average Of all pro-
ductive facilities not in use. In all
probability some of these facilities
were obsolete. But, even though
they were in firSt-claSS working Or
der, there is no assurance they could
have been put to useful purpose If
the public could have used more
washing machines there would have
been no advantage in having the
facilities to produce corncob pipes.
Your correspondent, of course, has
not had the privilege of surveying
the entire study, and it is entirely
possible that it's arguments were
much Sounder than the brief dis
patches would seem to indicate.
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Produce Markets

hens, Sc; Leghorn hens, &C.; 1884 broif-
ers 1la lbs. and over. lsc; Leghorn broilers
12c; old ROSTERS. sc; ducks and geese. SC;
sSInsas I5c No. strictly fresh country
case must weight IS lbs. gross; a deduc-
ton of 10 cents pound for each pound
g Under sco 90 lbs will be made B4tter3No
Quoted by Wadley Company.
(By United Press)
(By United Press
CHICAGO, June 16.-Eggs - Market,
steady; receipts, 14,0l5; extra firsts, 15lAc;
fresh graded firsts. 1SAc; current receipts,
checks, No. l: 1I1sc; No. 2, lie. Butter
Psts 9o-sl se9rs 2s@23c Ests
scorel 21@211ac;;, extras (92 score), 24!ac;
centralized (89 scorel, 2sc; centralized I8s
receipts - trucks; Leghorn,, .91ac; broilers,
19@22c; Leghorns, 141A @1712c; old roost-
ers, SEC; dfrryers, Plymouth Rock Csc;
5555s ducks, heavy spring, asc sprigngsirs'
heavy spring, lac. Cheese-Twins. 1917 q
1sAc; longhorns 15A@1ac daisies lSa
crate: demand and trading moderate; mar
ket dull, Idaho Russets $1.30@1.50; Wis
consin Round Whites, $1.15. New stock
Supply heavy; demand and trading dull;
market slow; Alabama Triumphs, S1.55@
100: Louisiana Triumphs, $1.45: slightly
decayed, $1.30@1.35; Arkansas Triumphs,
NEW YORK. June 16-Potatoes, easier.
Southern. .$2@2.85 barrel; Maine. $1.lO@
2.4o barrel, Sweet potatoes. easy. Jersey.
Flour steady Springs: patents, $3.50
$50 barrett pork. QUIET; mess. s20.2S bar
4.l0 per 100 lbs. dressed poultry, steady;
turkeys 136l7c; chickens. 8@30c; broil-
ers. % 20 30c; ,capons. 25@35c; fowls: 1l@
Az q 15c. Live poultry. quiet; geese. Ga
&c; turkeys, 11M19c: ROSTERS &c; ducks.
ers, 10017c. Cheese. dull; state whole
milk fancy to specials. 18@19c.
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Deaths

Katherine V. Meloy. So, Methodist hos
u Eva K. Jackson, 80, st. vincent's hos
Mary L. Hubbard. n, st. vincent's hos
= Willie May Johnson As. Long hospital,
acute cholecystitis.
Lenora Kindred, Al, of 822 North Ham,
Mi Minnie Klosterman. 81, of $3.50 East
Michigan, arteriosclerosis.
Myrtle L. Cassell, 3d. of 7o4 North Capt.
toll, cerebral hemorrhage.
Lottie Dobbins, 81. of las West Thirty
Woriey T. Griffith. At. Central Indiana
NILSSON Missouri Mott. rs. of sl5 North Euclid.
cerebral hemorrhage.
Marie Wilson. ga of 1884 Highland
place broncho pneumonia.
Anna A. Whitfield, 70, of $40 East YER
mont, chronic interstitial nephritis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
ANNOUNCE SALES GAIN
Stewart Warner Output in Five
Months Up 154 Per Cent.

CHICAGO, June 16.- Consoli-
dated sales of Stewart Warner
Corporation and subsidiaries in the
first five months of 1884 we're 154
per cent ahead of the same period
year ago, with the current quarter
volume running 1856 per cent ahead
of last year, it was announced today
by Joseph E. Otis Jr., president.
Every division, including furniture,
hardware and die casting, has
shown a gain of at least 100 per
cent in sales this year, Mr.. Otis
added.
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I11AAlSo, U IL q u
plant capacity
could have
been increased
about 10 per
cent in that
year.
1t made the
point that a
10 per cent
incre ase in
prod u C t ion
would h We
a ed $751;
O00,000,00O to
our national
income, or an
amount equal
to about $125
az - - ~
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CHICAGO. June 16.--Cash grain-Wheat
yellow. 60l2 q SIC; No. 2. yellow. 60d 6012.
Oats. No. :. white. heavy. 43c; No. 5.
white. 43s4 a 44c; sample. 40c. Barley
90m96c; ouotsble. S56d1: timothy. $3.50
M9; clover seed. S1001375: cash pro-
yisions-Lard. .$6.55; loose. s6.25; leaf.
TOLEDO. June 16.-Grain close: Grain
e. red. $40 98c;. corn, No. 2, yellow. $40
SIC; oats. No. 2, white. asa 49c;. rye. No.
Wheat. No. i. red sska ftSs 1 ~ ra red
9212 1890; corn, No. 2. yellow. STU "a 5s15c:
No, 4. yellow. ,55h q 563a oats, No. q.
Seed close-Clover. cash. 1925; alsiks.
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SHIP TRUCKS BY RAIL
$500 Fully Loaded Outfits Carried
by North Shore Line.
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
CHICAGO, June 16. - Roy
Thompson, freight traffic manager
for the North Shore Line, Chicago,
North Shore g. Milwaukee Rail-
road announces $500 trucks and
trailers were handled during 1888,
the first year of its rail service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
CHICAGO PRIMARY RECEIPTS
Cash Grain

(By United Press)
June l6-

JUNE Is
The bids for car lots of grain at the
call Of the, indianapolis Board of Trade.
+: 0. b.. shipping point. basis 4l12 New
York rate, were: Wheat weak: No /.
red. S712d 881ac; No: 2, red. S6l2@871hc;
No. 2. white. 576 5sc; No. g. White VI 'e 5SG
SIC; No. 2. yellow. $40 Sac; No. 5, VEL
low. 52G53c; No. 2. mixed. 526 53c: No.
white. $3.50 4o12c; No. 8. white. S8kG
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CHICAGO FRUIT MARKET

by United Press)
CHIcAsSGSo. June 16mApPies Miife dr,,;d
$l8502 600 lbs, sacks; spinach, Illi-
nois, 25@5oc bushel:; cucumberSS. central
western hothouses $;75@l5o q dozen /;
toes Tennessee. $1.90d2; mushrooms, Ill-
inois. 15@40c ID. cartons: asparagus, III
S1.25G2.50 (16 quarts; onion market. $50
lbs. sacks: Texas. yellow. $1.65@175:
Texas, whites. $1.5061.60.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
On Commission Row
June 10
Fruits

June 10
Fruits
Apples-Fancy Winesaps. $2.2502.35.
CherrieS-Home grown. 24-ut. crates. 81
0250.
Lemons-Sunkist, So; Red Ball. So.
Grapefruit-Florida seedless. .$S75@4.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown. 24-qt. crate,
$2.50@3; southern, S..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Indiana red. "a
pt crate 81, black, $3@3.50.
MISUNDERSTANDING 1umbos, 45s.
81 rs: standards, $s75: Honeydews. $3.50
Pears-Calavos, $3.50 per box.
Pineapples- s3.5o@4.25.
Bananas-Per pound, SC.
Vegetables
Sweet Corn-Louisiana. 5-dozen crate.
cabbage-Tennessee. pony crate. sl.4O;
Celery-Florida, $3.50 a crate: Jumbo
bunch 9Oc; medium bunch, Use.
Onions-Texas yellow. 5o-lb.. bag. l.S5.
Potatoes-Northern round white, 1O0-Ib
Colorado McClures, So; Idaho Russets. 100
Id. bag So; new Texas TriumphS. 81.
Sweet Potatoes-Tennessee Nancy Hanks.
Asparagus-Home grown. dozen. 65c6
Beans-Round, stringless. $1.7502.
BeetS-New, 45c a dozen.
Carrots-California. 6-dozen crate. 1925:
bulk. new. $1.60.
Lettuce-Outdoor. 15-lb. basket s0c:
Iceberg best. $3.50 crate.
Peas-Indiana. $1.50@1.75.
RadiSheS-Home grown buttons. S546O
a dozen.
Spinach-Home grown. bushel. 75c.
omatoes-Hothouse, 10-lb. carton. 90c
@$1: original Texas, 30-lb. lug. So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
18th Anniversary of City
Bank to Be Celebrated
|. T. AND T. REPORTS NET
INCOME OF 1898, 767
First Quarter Earnings Equivalent
to IA Cents a Common Share.

to IA Cents a Common Share.
By Times Special
CHICAGO, June 16.-Interna-
tional Telephone and Telegraph
Company consolidated net income
for the first quarter this year
amounted to 1898, 767, equivalent to
IA cents a share, which compares
with net loss of $854,251 in the
first quarter last year.
Gross earnings of the company
for the period amounted to $20,047.-
OFT against SIS, 539, 1852 last year, and
operating expenses were $l6,012,j78
against $13,550,922.
Postal Telegraph and Gable Com
pany, subsidiary of the firm, reports
a net loss of $176,7 for the period
after all charges as compared with
$766, 1892. y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Extra Dividend Declared
By Times Special

CHICAGO, June 16.-An extra
payment of Is cents in addition to
the regular quarterly dividend of so
cents a share on the common stock,
was declared this week by directors
of the Independent Pneumatic Tool
COMPANY.
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Wall Street
Depression Not Caused by
High Living, Bookings
Institution Says.
= by RALPH HENDEKSHOT'
Times Special Financial Writer

TINE Bookings Institution is quoted
l. in a Washington dispatch as
saying that America as nation
was not living beyond her means
in 1929 and that it was not doomed
to the economic disaster that hit us.
1t is reputed to have arrived at. this
conclusion from study it has just
made, which showed, among other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Sugar Stocks Drou

NEW YORK, June 16-Cuban
sugar production for the year up to
May 81 amounted to 2,113,505 tons,
while exports totaled 754,766 tons,
according to the New York Coffee
Exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
New Schedule Inaugurated

bY FNteB SpbC5uF
CHICAGO, June f16. = A new
schedule from the north Pacific
coast on lettuce and other vegetables,
cutting off twenty four hours from
the old time, was inaugurated yes
terday by the Milwaukee road.
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Church Pageant Planned

Sunday school pupils of the Bluff
road branch Westminster Presby-
terrain church will hold a mid-sum-
mer pageant, "a Garden" at the
church at 7:3O tomorrow night,
directed by Miss Mildred Graham.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BONDS
(By Blyth g. Co.. Inc.)
Home Loan

Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
3As March IS 1964-44 $50 10000 1o2. 04
The. latter two quotations are in thirty
seconds.
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Money and Exchange
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
(By Abbott. Hoppin g. Co..
lime IA
Treasury Statement

INDIANAPOLIS BANK CLEARIN

tBy United PressI
WASHINGTON. June 15-Government
expenses and receipts of the current fiscal
year to June 13, compared with the cor
responding period of the previous fiscal
year:
This Year. Last Year.
Expenses S6,611 $40, 44089 S4,844 las, 86631
Receipts. $2872, 342, 509.24 $1884. 425, 356. 80
Dehcit So, 739, 297, 931 IS s2959. 720, 500 40
Cash Bal 81 925 1l9 761 20
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
In the Cotton Markets
June Is
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
NEW ORLEANS
Retail Coal Prices
Domestic Retail Price,

The following prices represent quota
lions from leading Indianapolis coal deal
ers cash discount of Is cents per ton
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16
Local WAGON Wheat
(By United Pressl

City grain elevators are paying IS cents
Tor NO; 2 soft red wheat. Other grades
on their merits
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New York Bank Stocks
Daily Price Index
(By Abbott. Hoppin & Coz
lBv United Press

NEW YORK June 15.-Dun g. Brad
streets daily weighted price index of thir-
ty basic commodities compiled for the
United Press. i1930-1932 average. 1901
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U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
(By Abbott, Hoppin g. Co..

tBy United PreSS)
NEW YORK. June 16.-Closing Liberties
(Decimals represent thirty-seconds):
-Iihertv--
Evening star., 1934-12-13

An excellent table for the small
living room. Nicely finished in
walnut. Just the gift for the
home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07
IFIREMEN CALLED TO |HADLEY FURNITURE
Water Damaged Valuable Furnishings at Noon Hour To-day

Several thousands of dollars of furnishings in the display window and basement of the Hadley Fur niture company on the corner of Grand and Canal streets were dam- aged by water this noon hour when the valve on the sprinkling system cracked. Water flooded one of the large display windows and seeped through the flooring to innundate the basement with its large assort- ment of breakfast sets, stoves and other household furnishings. Splen- did work on the part, of firemen from headquarters in sweeping back the flow of water saved addi- tional thousands of dollars of equipment on the main floor from being damaged.
 It is believed that the zero weather of early morning caused the pipe to freeze and later to crack the valve head.
 An inventory was being conduct ed this afternoon to appraise the complete loss. It was only yester- day that the display window in- volved was redecorated to form 8 background for particular beautiful bedroom set.
 Several companies of fire ap- paratus were called out at 10:18 o'clock this morning by an alarm from box 415. A gasoline blow torch used in thawing out a frozen water pipe is given as the cause. The building in which the fire started is located at 308 South Main street and is owned by Thomas DiLorenzo.
 At 10:41 o'clock Engine re- sponded to the Falcon Baking company at 331 Walnut stret. Dripping gasoline was the cause.