New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1917, Page 15

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{ HIR THREE YEARS 3. Bowles Given Jail Selm and Put on Prgbmon v Following- a stubbornly contested al with sensational developments ningly near at many stages; evi- ence of a conflicting and apparently ncoherent nature being introduced the time by the principals, Mlflugl rfinkle, peddler, until recentiy..uf 50 Whiting street, was found gui! by a jury in superior court st Hm ord today of having received :stolen {goods from the plant: ot the Amer- A nd dentenced fby Judge Gardine: oum from wo to three years in sta prison, Mrs. Hilda Bowles of Lil street, sed directly of stealing the arti- ylnr\h: question from. the ‘plant while mployed as a fo and dispdsing, bt them to GiginKle for'a financial’ [ onsideration-under- pre-grrangement,” r in jall, wit Drdsttion: Beting #ood benAvior: "Gafiiklo “Was /represented by Judgo ’!- _Fi, Gaffney while Attorney Fred- Uerick B.'Hungerford représented Mrs. i ,wlu. As at the preliminary ar- . P couxs, ¥ earing developed ‘Into’ a_meries of tions relative to thealleged mye-- :_influends o %h _over the | ‘Platonic” ana tho'| tractions of an affinity.. In supe- or- court,” Mrs. Bowles' made state- ‘ments that are today branded by the police -as absolutely falsé, ah: lutely without foundation and ngly entered for. a Purpouoru A ult’ of & disordered” min Mrs. *Garfinkle claimed the pou« en- ouraged her to testify against Gar- tfinkle and that she lied on the wit- 'ness stand. . In police court hearing she con- tended Garfinkle exerted a strange ’lqflu-nco over her, that she loved fm ‘dearly. and would do ‘anything or” him. ‘The arrests followed sue: ] na ‘of., Policeman Dennis Nealon relative to- nne‘ed conduct of the two ‘and resultant * lnvestigations. Pre- Jiminary-and higher court . hearings were stubbornly contested with' the } ald of talented ‘legal aid. Both of She: nccused. were held for higher court ‘by ‘police court judges under findings of probable ‘cause. ALLEGED SLACKER CAUGHT mw:mnnmndmw ! Be Insane, Could Not Show. His ‘ ‘Registration - Certificate. ! Originally taken into custody by the local police Tuesday night in the be- et that he was insane and locked up for safe keeping pending medical ex- aminatior, 'Guiseppe Garasino, aged about 24 years, claiming Waterbury as his home, was this afternoon taker intd custody by Deputy Sheriff Haw- y of Hartford, representing federal juthorities, and transferred to- ths City charged with failure to ter Tuesday in the mandatory o ruling of the government. that he is mentally unbalanced © was dispelled, in the minds of the au- following an examination in onlm cell by Dr- George W. Dunn. Following' his “corduct - about - thz " city with a Bible,' invited arguments ligious subjects and other sus- p s congduct, Sergeant W. C. Hart deslded to take action, if only for the fprottcllon of the suspect. Re- 2 e ng from the examination of Dr. g M Capt. T.'W Grace, suspicious ‘the cause of his conduct, inquifed f #fdlative to his registration certificate nd, as a result of the response re- ceived, communicated with United ¢ States District Attorney Thomas J- Spellacy of Hartford. The visit of Daputy Sheriff Hawley resulted. - Mayor Quigley . this. afternoon is- ,gued notices to members of the mili- Jtary registration board to assemble in office in City hall tomorrow after- oon at 2 o'clock when preliminary ns will be outlined for the round- up of tslackers’” Monday. ALEXANDER, NEW KING OF GRF.ECF,KNOWNAS ENTHUSIASTIC VENIZELIST AND ANTI-GERMAN Alexander, the| king of Greece, in whose .favor s Constantine ab- dicated, is nearly three years junior to his brother.-George, having been born August 1, 1893. He is known to have an unrestrained admiration for Venizelos and is believed to be intensely pro-entente. A year ago it was reported that he had thrown up his commission as captain in the First regiment of artillery in order to jdin Venizelos’ volunteers. The “difficult situation” between King Constantine and the allies de- vVeloped from three distinct causes— the alleged pro-German attitude of Constantine, whose wife is a sister of the German emperor; the fact that | | three of the entente powers are guar- antors of Greek constitutional liberty and the fact that the Greek-Servian treaty of March, 1913, which Con- stantine violated, of either power if the other were at- tacked by Bulgaria. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Frances Shipman The funeral of Mrs. Frances Ship- man of Columbia street was held at 2 Pp. m. today from St. Mark’'s Epis- copal church with Rev. Harry I. Bod- ley, rector, officiating. There was a large attendance and many floral tributes. Burial was in Fairview ceme- Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Hannah Buckley, widow of Willlam Buckley, died late last night at her home at 50 Austin street. She yas born in Ireland and was one of the alder residents of the city of Irish birth. A brother, Thomas Tobin, ot this city, three daughters, Agnes, Anna and Mary, and a.son, Willlam Buck- ley survive. ‘The funeral will be at 9 o'clock Monday morning from the church of St. John the Evangelist and burial will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery, —_— 5 Mrs Jacob Jacohmiczyk- Mrs. Anna Jacohmiczyk, wife of Jo- seph Jacohmicsyk of 104 Rockwell avenue, died at her home at 12:14 o'clock today of heart failure. She was taken suddenly i1l and her hus- band ran to call a doctor and upon their return they found her at the head ‘of the stairs where she had pitched forward and dropped dead. Medical Examiner H. A. Elcock was called and he pronounced the caus® heart disease. Mrs. Jacohmiczyk was 42 years of age and leaves a child three weeks old The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock in the Sacred Heart church and bur- 1al' will be in the Sacred Heart cem- etery. Card of Thanks. ‘We wish to extend. our most heart- felt thanks to all friends for thelir kind tokens of sympathy and esteem at the death of our husband and fa- ther, also to the schoolmates and tedcher -of Miss Amanda Roth and especially to all fraternal orders for their kind assistance. (Signed) MRS. J. F. ROTH, MR. and MRS. F.\L NELSON, MR. and MRS. W. A. BOTTOMLEY, MISS AMANDA ROTH. AR 5 P SCHEYD - WHITBECK WEDDING Well-Known Musician Takes Bride at St. Mary's Rectory Louis F. Scheyd and Miss Jennie M. ‘Whitbeck were married at 2 o'clock vesterday afternoon in St. Mary’s rec- tory by Rev. John T. Winters. They were attended by Augustus J. Scheyd and Mrs. P. H. Kenny, brother and sister of the groom. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at¢ 42 Broad street for im- mediate members of both families, after which the couple left on a wed- ding trip to New York. On their return they will reside on Wallace street. The groom is a. well-known musician, playing with the Philhar- monic band and the Keeney theater orchestra. The bride was a nurse at the New Britain General hospital. HEARING ON GLEASON ‘WILL. A hearing on the contested admis- sion of the will of the late Mrs. Mary Gleason was held in probate court this afternoon.before Judge Gaffney. Klett & Alling appeared for the co; testing heirs and Kirkham & Cooper for J. G. Woods, administrator. pledged the support | R-&‘J-HLEXGNDEE RIGHT, VENIZELOS AND CO! LOWER . PRINCE GEORGE: In the picture the upper left s (Alexander, the right is Venizélos and King Constantine, lower left is Prince | City Items June sale at July prices. Leland Co.—advt, The board of public works will commence work'macadamizing ,Wood- land street from Fairview to Emst street next week. The payroll of the sewer depart- ment for the week amountéd to $452.58. Building Inspector Rutherford has granted a permit to William Sanders of 20 South Burritt street to erect a garage 19x14 feet at an estimated cost of $150, H. Borg has applied for a permit to.erect a frame -addition ‘to his property at 691 East street at an es- timated cost of $50. ° - Dr. Reeks is investigating & case of suspected smallpox, but refused this afternaon to dlsclole the locatien of the case. June sale at July prices. Leland Co.—advt, Mrs. Delia Bennett of Meadow street underwent K a successful opera- tion at the Hartford hospital Wednes- day. . Mrs. Wililam Gibb o Bristol will speak at the People’s Church of Christ, Sunday morning at 10:45 o'clock. It is requested . that. the members . of the Sunday school, and particularly the primary department attend this service. " Big value in hats $1 to $3.98. Seibert. —advt. As a parting gift, members of the William H. Hart Debating club of the Y. M. C. A. gave Educational Secre- tary A. O. Washburn of the associa- tion, a Liberty Bond. Mr. Washburn leaves Baturday to take up his work in New York. During the evening refreshments were served. The fire board has let the contract for 185 tons of coal, to be used at the different .stations, tq M. Irving Jester. John A. Dolan; assistant sanitary inspector of the health board, left to- day for North Carolina to attend the national convention sessions of the Junior O. U. A. M., as representative of the Connecticut councils. June sale at July prices. Leland Co.—advt, BRITISH CRUISER SUNK Avenger, Converted Merchantman, Destroyed by Torpedo in North Sea ~-All 'Saved Except One. London, June 15.—The armed merchant cruiser Avenger was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on Wednesday night All but “one were saved. Besse- Besse- Besse- - PRIDE CIRCLE MEETING. Pride Circle, No. 10 Lady Fores- ters of America, held their first meet- ing in their new quarters in Judd's hall last evening. Members and guests were entertained and dancing and a banquet were enjoyed. Mrs. Mary Gosselien was chairlady of the committee and the supreme deputy, Miss Lester of Bridgeport, wag' the guest of honor. Eleven new appli- cations weére received and five new members initiated. Members are re- quested to meet at Judd’s hall Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p. m. to ‘decorate the graves of the deceased members. All are asked to bring or send flowers. ! George, passed over by the aliles in favor of Alexander because George was believed to be pro-German. / l NATURE GAGS CONGRESS Senate and House Forced to Reocess Because of Clatter of Rain and Hail on Skylights. . .~ Al ‘Washington, June '15.—Spellbinders of the senate and house met a Water- loo yesterday afternoon in a terrific electrical storm, accompanied by rain and hail, which swept over Washing- ton for an hour. Both branches of congresg were forced to adjourn be- cause of the clatter of the rain and hail on the skylights. Motions for a recess, made in the Senate’ by Senator Hollis, of New Hampshire, and in the house by, Rep- resentative Stafford of Wisconsin after speakers were linable to proceed, were adopted unanimously. ‘Members ' of the senate and house, unable to get away, crowded the windows and watched the hn.voc ‘wrought by the storm. Some of the most treasured trees around the Capitol grounds were up- rooted. - Limbs were torn off by the deluge. The storm, which was general throughout the city, killed one man and injured another seriously. John Poorman, a wagon driver, 54 years old, who sought refuge under a tree, was killed by lightning. The storm came up suddenly after a morning of intense heat and bright sunshine. It canmie from the west, blowing a gale of 50 miles an hour, one of the worst that has hit Wash- ington in years. ¥ NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK. Four More Fall Prey to German Sub- marines. London, June 15.—Destruction of several more Norwegian vessels with considerable loss of life is reported by the Norwegian foreign office. Accord- ing to the information the following craft have been sunk by German sub- marines: Cavmet, sailing vessel loaded with pit props, driven ashore and seriously damaged by gunfire, the crew missing with the exception of one man whose body was found; Vienas, steamer, 1,107 tons, only four men saved; Syl- via, sailing vessel 149 tons, crew res- cued: Candance, sailing vessel, 393 tons, crew rescued. British | BOJDEL PLACED UNDER ARREST Portrayed in the public eye about three months ago when he seemingly became mentally unbalanced in a small town near Albany, N. Y., terror ized the occupants of a trolley car, a trolley waiting station and caused a chase by 'police officials of two towns before his capture, Anthony Bojdel of 52 Booth street had another attack of the complaint this morning, greatly frightened his wife and caused his arrest by Policemen Frank R. Hahn and H. W. Lyon for safe keep- ing and medical observation. His be- ing returned locally following his ar- rest in New York state resulted from a warrant, issued sometime previously alleging non-support and wide search made by local detectives to secure his location. - Special Sale on Ladies’ and Misses’ Crepe de Chine Dresses, at $13.95 Financial GALL MONEY RISES T0 HIGHEST POINT Causes Break at Noon Which Is Recovered Later Wall St.—Stocks broke immediate- ly after noon on the rise in call money from 4 1-2 to 6 and later 6 per cent., the highest quotation of the year. Industrials, rails and specialties reacted 1 ta 3 points from best prices of ‘the morning. ‘Wall St.” Closing—Further reces- sions . occurred in the afternoon but the market strengthened later on the slight easing of money rates. :The closing was heavy. Sales approximated 900,000 shares. New York Stock Eszchangse quota- tions furnished by Richter & Co.. menbers of the New York Stock Ex- cheage. Represent:d by E. W. Eddy. June 15, 1917 High Low Clase Am Beet Sugar .. 95% 94% 95 Alaskg Gold .. 6 5% 5% Am Car & Fdy Co. 73% 72 2% ‘Am Can .. 50% 49 50 Am LoCo ........ 12% 7T2% 72% Am Smelting 106% 108% Am Sugar .. 120 121% Am Tobacco 196% 196% Am Tel & Te 1213% 121% 83% 84% 101% 101% 64% 8% 60 162 43 Beth Steel Butte Supsrlur ... 43% Canadian Pacific .160" Central Leather .. 98 Ches & Ohio . 61 Chino Copper ... 58% Chi Mil & St Paul. 756% Col F & I ..... 54% Cons Gas .... .108% Crucible Steel ... 813% Del . & Hudson ...110% Distillers Sec .. 23 Erie . 26% Erie 1st p(d . 3814 General Electric .160 Goodrich Rub ... 52% Great Nor pfd ...108 Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. !3% Illinois Central Inspiration Kennecott Cop ... Lack Steel . 198% 97 Lehigh Valley ... 64 63% Louis & Nashville.127 127 Max Motor com.. 503% 49 . Mex Petroleum ..100% 973 National Lead ... 57 57 N Y Air Brake...146 146 N Y C & Hudson. 92% 92 Nev Cons . 24% 24% NYNH& R R 36 35% ° Northern Pacific .104% 104% Norfolk & West..124% 124 Pac Mail 8 S Co.. 27% 27 531 53% TR 17 . 291 28% 99% 96% 9314 o1 9415 93% 27% 56 - 8114 .218 . 216 20% 20% .138 136 % .185% 135% .1127% 110 . 60% .1333 130% L1178 117% .. 52% 518 . 31Y% 30 w. I, 159% 52% 108 33 104 ssu - 63% 47 46 127 50% 99 57 146 92 24% 35% 104% 124 Rep I & S com. Southern Pacific Southern Ry . Southern Ry Studebaker Texas Oil Third Ave ...... Union Pacific United Fruit Utah Copper U 8 Rubber Co. U S Steel ... U 8 Steel pfd . ‘Westinghouse Willys Overland Liberty Bonds 99°48-50, 99 48-50. LOCAL STOCK MARKET (Furnished by Richter & Co.) The local market has been unusu- ally inactive today. With the suc- cessful flotation of the Liberty Loan there should be more. activity next week. The New York market was reactionary at the close today owing to the advance in' call money to 6 per cent. Below are the closing quo- tations: 215 20% 18714 135% 111% 603 131% 117% 52% 313 100 1-50, Bid American Hardware ...136 ‘American Brass . .-827 Colts Arms x-d... Billings & Spencer Bristol Brass . Landers, Frary New Britain Machine.. North & Judd ... . 16 Russell Mfg Co . Standard Screw com...345 Stanley Rule and Level.390 Stanley Works .105 Traut & Hine . 50 Union Mfg Co ..103 Niles, éBement-Pond com 162 Scovill Mfg Co ......655 Asked 138 330 108 108 65 56 88 80 340 355 410 107 60 107 167 665 REFUTES CAMP COMPLAINTS ‘Washington, June -15.—Admiral Benson, chief of naval operations, af- ter a personal inspection of the Great Lakes training station at Chicago, has reported to Secretary Danlels that conditions are very good and morale exéellent. Complaints had been made that the men were badly cared for, MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. . TEL. 2040, . v A / 100 shs Stanley Works 100 shs Union Mfg Co 100 shs American Hardware 100 shs North & Judd JOHN P. CONNORS DEAD Business in New Britain for Twen- ty Years. -t - John P, Connors, for twenty years engaged in the drug business in this city, died shortly after 7 o'clock this morning at Miss Nagel’s sanitarium, at the age of 48 years. Mr. Connors had been 111 for some time. Death wis due to heart weakness. Mr. Connors was born in Lowell, Mass, son of Willam and Hanna Connors, both of whom served in the Civil war, the former as orderly un-, der General Miles and the latter as an army nurse under Miss Dix. Mr. Connors leaves three children, Misses. Vivian, Elizabeth and Ruth, and a brother, Willam F. Connors of Tar-. iftville, who has also. been & phar- macist for years, The funeral will be held Monday from 8t. Mary's church, the hour to be announced later. Mr. Connors was a - members - of New Britain lodge, No. 957, B. P. O. Elks, and the Woodmen of the ‘World. nnged The more yor manipulate a.nd m y with the WESTERN UNION to have a 3 senger boy rush a copy to your home. This en at our expense. It will s:ntyoutobeutkfied and when coll:you amply compensated for wlum lort we -.r for your S0, IF YOUR NEWSBOY FA!IA TO THE HERALD BY 6 O°CLOCK 'PHONE: WES ERN UNION. YOU'LL GET A COPY Sflflfia TER. JOHN P. KEOGH 68 BROAD ST.. NEW YORK. Member of Consolidated Stock Exchange of * —Stocks, Bonds and Curb NEW BRITAIN OMOE. 168 MA]NB!‘ TEL, 1013, F.T.

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