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HAS THO GAMES TODAY Willlam T, Tilden Im:l: Scheduled to ards on Courts. Rerkeley Cal, May 9.~Willlam T. Tilden, 2d, world's champlon tennis player, was scheduled to play two matches today in the annua| Pacific coast champlonship tournameht. Wm. M. Johnston, 2d, ranking player in the United Btates, is down for one mateh in the men's singles. Vincent Richards, of Yonkers, N. Y., national junior champion, and third ranking player in the country, is also to play one match in the elim- ination round. Roland Roberts and John R. Stra. chan, two of the three western play- ers in the eust va. west matches, which ended yesterday in a victory for the cast, defaulted in the singles becayse of the pressure of business. Play in the women's matches will &et in full swing today. Tilden and Richards expect to leave next Monday for the east. VARIETY PROGRAM Two Evenings of Live Wire Music and Funny Bketches Promised By South Church Brotherhood. A variety entertainment will be _‘h'rn by the members of the South Congregational church Brotherhood on ‘Monday and Tuesday nights of next week. The program to consist of vocal and instrumental music, live wire jokes and funny skeiches, A quarete from Brown coljege will be present and will sing. While it will not ba the official Brown col- lege glee club, at least one of the singers was a member of last year's glee club and the fqur are gaid to equal if not to surpass the club bedr. ing the institution's name. The program will start at 7:30 o'clack and will be given on the new stage in the Junior Sunday school room. LIFER IS RELEASED American Prisoner in England Al. lowed To Return To U. §. Soythampton, Eng., May 9. (By As- sociated Press)—Charles 8mith of Virginia, who was given a life sen- tence in July, 1907, for shooting Ed- ward Guerin, was released today. He will sail for America on the steam- ship Majeatic under a deportation or- der issued by the home secretary. Smith's liberation after serving 15 years was due largely te the efforts of Lady Astor. When 8mith was sentenced May Vivienne Churehill alias ‘‘Chicago May” was also convicted and sentenc- ed to 15 years penal servitude. Smith and Guerin quarreled over “Chicago May"” whom Guerin had brought to London from Chicage in 1300, MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses were issued today at the office of the town clerk, as " follows: Sebastian Mangiafico of 129 Washington street, and Miss Mary Aparo of 13 Franklyn street; Peter Janoskl of 147 Grove street, and Miss Maryana Kozolski of 136 Cleveland street;: Carl O. Johnson of 557 East street and Mies Clara G. Carlson of 67 Prospect street. Platt Polo Grounds to Be Cut Up Into Lots The polo grounds on Lincoln street, owned by Howard Platt, are soon to be cut up into building lots, 200x80 feet. Buildings will be restricted to residences costing $10,000 or more. The lota will be handled by the Home Banking and Realty company. HARDING UNCHANGED. ‘Washington, May 9—Views of Pres- {dent Harding on the soldier bonus legislation described taday at the ‘White House as unchanged, will bhe transmitted within the next two days to Chairman McCumber and republi. can members of the senate finance committes, Let’s go “SMILIN’ THRU” Ina KINNEY SHOE City Items Lady Wallace lodge, D. O, & will meet in the 8t. Jeap de Baptiste hall tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, At the meeting of Phoenlx lodge tomorrow evening, arrangements will be made for a trip to Waterbury on May 16, where degree work will be ex- emplified, 7 DEATHS AND FUNERALS * Fannie Segal. annie &egal, the four.year-old daughter of Mr. and Mra. Aaron Begal of 162 Hartford avenue, dled yester- day afternoon at the New Britain General hospltal, Hhe had been aper. ated upon recently for appendicitis, 8he Is survived by her parents and a brother, Milton Segal. The funeral was held last eveping at 6:30 o'clock :tnrl burial was il Beth Alom ceme. ery. Theodore Griffith The funeral of Theodore Griffith, a veteran of the Civil War, was held this afternoon at 2 a'clock at B, C. Porter Sons undertaking rooms. Rev. William Ross, of the First Baptist church officlated at the service. The remains were taken to Oak Hill ceme- tery, Southingten, for interment. OLESKEWICZ ARRESTED Orange Slrent.Mln Nabbed By The Police Operating His Automobile While His License Is Suspended. Peter Olsekewicz, of 44 Orange street, was arrested this afternoon by Patrolman Thomas Feeney, and is held in bonds of $100 for appearance in police court tomorrow morning. This morning the police received work from the state automobile commis- sioner that Oleskewicz's operators’ license was under suspension. FPa- trolman Feeney noticed Oleskewicz driving his automobile on Main street and he brought him to the:police sta- tion. Captain Grace questioned Oleake- wicz and he denied that he had been notified of the suspension of the li- cense. ~ He told the captain that he had received an order to be present at the commissioner’s office this after- noon. After being liberated this morning, the motor vehicle depart- ment said it had not requested Oles- kewicz to be at the office. When queried this afternoon Oleskewicz ad- mitted the police say, he had not told the truth this morning. EX-ALDERMAN ARRESTED Paul Nurczyk Taken Into Custody On 8 Reckless Driving Charge Follow- ing Collision This Morning. Paul Nurczyk, a former democratic alderman from tlw fifth ward, was ar- rested today by Traffie Supervisor larence Lanpher, on a charge of op- erating a motor «vehicle recklessly. The arrest followed a collision be- tween Nurczyk's touring car and a Farmington avenue troliey car short- ly after 10 o'clock this morning at the corner of Main and Myrtle street. It is alleged that Nurczyk tried to pass through the narrow part of the road hetween the curb and the trolley tracks, with the result that both vehi- cles collided. The automebile was slightly damaged. FIVE BURNED T0 DEATH Father, Who Loses Life In Marengo, ., Flames, \ Fire, Rescuyes Three From Marengo, Ill., May 9.—Five persons were burned to death here late last night in a fire which destroyed the bome of August Bourke, Jr. The dead are: Bourke and four children, Marold 9, Walter 5, Helen 3, and Ver- na 2. The mother and two children, one a six months old baby were saved by the father who lost his life in an attempt to save the remaining chil- dren. JACQUES AUCTION ORDERED The Jacques Specialty Shop on Main street, has been ordered sold at public auction by Referee Edward M. Yeomans of Hartford. Auctioneer Howard Wakelee will have charge of the sale which will be on Friday, May 12, morning, standard time. Are You Getting Your Share? Mr. Merchant, are you getting your share of the business in your line from New Britain and {ts suburbs? It not, you should see to it that you are, or the force of competition will drive you out of business eventually. Don't let any opportunity to get business pass by, as oth- ers in the same line of busincss will get away from you. The Herald Classified Ads under “Merchandise at the Stores™ {3 another place in this paper where you can get fine resuits, too. read every day. here and getting good proportionate results. It is a special caption heading and is Many merchants are already advertising Phone the Herald Classifieq Department—925, Use HeraldWant Ads for{xesurs” The Only Paper In New Britain Whose Circulation Is Audited. Over 8,000 Papers Sold Daily United States | at 10 o'clock in the | | Alburger, 28, CEMEN T TRUST CASE TO STAY IN COURTS Judge Knox Rules Out Motion To Dis- miss Indictments Against 19 Com. panics And 44 Individuals New York, May 90.~—Kederal Judge Knox today denled a motion of cour #el for the alleged cement trust for dlsmissal of indictments alleging vio- latlon of the Bherman act, under which 10 companies and 44 individ- uals are being tried, He sustained a motion te dismiss the second count of the Indictment, however, which charges the defend. ants with entering into a contract to restrain trade and curtall production. It was on this count that the case against the cement mapufacturers as. soclation Wps bullt by the govern. ment. The remaining count which charges conspiracy to fix prices has been suf- ficlently borne out by testimony to warrant its submission to the jury ex- cept in the case of the Allentown Portland Cement Co., Judge Knox held, He sald he would direct a ver- dict in favor of that company. Taking of testimony on the eon- + | spiracy count then was resumed. OUSTED ON DRINK CHARGE | Three Students of Syracuse University Are Suspended Syracuse, May 9.—Three students were suspended from Syracuse Uni- versity for public intoxication, the first suspensions under this charge at the institution in more than a year. They are, Everett L. Wait of Oswega, Frank B. Millen of Watkins and Robert H. Andrews of Geneva. Vice Chancellor Graham announced that the suspension of several other students in similar charges may fol- low. Tomaszewski Won’t Resign; Attends Board Meeting Fire Commissioner John Tomaszew- ski, who has declined to tender his resignation as requested by Mayor A. M. Paonessa, attended last night's session of the board. He will con- tinue 'to serve until removed by the mayor, he asserts. BILLED FOR FOUR CEN South Orange, May 9.—Village Treasurer Fenper today was called upon by the South Orange Ambulance Board to come across with four centg which he is alleged to have lopped, at the rate of a third of a cent a month, from the village ambulance bill. The board had a contract at $1,600 a year paid by the month with checks of $133.33 each, a total of $1,599.96. TO DINE R. R. MEN Washington, May 9.~Fifteen of the leading railroad executives of the country have been invited to a dinner conference May 20 at the White House to discuss rate adjustments. ANOTHER FIRM FAILS. New York, May 9.—Failure of the brokerage firm of Carpenter & Caf- frey Co., of 74 Broadway, was an- nounced this morning from the ros- trum of the New York stock ex- change. The firm which was admitted to the exchange on February 15, 1919, con- sists of Noel L. Carpenter the ex- change member; Charles W. Caffrey ard E. Waring Wilson. The firm has an uptown branch on IMifth avenue and a branch office in New Haven, Conn. % MOTORS SAVE $17,000,000. Hartford, May 9.—Passenger serv- ice valued at over $17,000,000 a year is rendered by passenger aftomobiles passing in and out of Connecticut where the state boundary lines are crossed by the New Yeork-Boston turnpike, according to estimates is- sued by the state highway depart- ment, based on railroad rates. It would cost over $5,000,000 a year to transport over the railroads the freight which passes through on mo- tor trucks. The figures were determined by a traffic census made at Thompsonville land Greenwich NT WITH A GUN JATS UP PROFITS White Plains, N. Y., May 9.—James Carbo, a landlord at Portchester, col- lacted rent from a repeatedly de- linquent tenant at the point of a re- volver. Carbo said he merely flourish- ed the revolver “playfully”. He was in- dicted on a charge of first degree rob- bery, but when he explained the situa- tion to County Judge Beakley today, the judge permitted him to plead guilty t oa misdemeanor, and fined him $100 SISTER'S ASSAILANT JAILED Tried To Prove He Had Been cnsed For Bevenge Hammonton, yN May was convietec assaulting his sister Ruth tenced to five to twenty state’s prison by Judge Shay. Alburg- er's defense tried to prove that the girl had accused him out of revenge for hisin terference in ‘her elopement with a sailor. T TS e s S O FOX’S—Mon., Tues., Wed. “THE UNKNOWN" DICK TALMADGE New Star—Great Picture Ac- —Robert here of and years in sen- Bank by mail. " BERLIN \ MAN ELEGTED William Brown Named Warden of State Knights of Columbus Meeting Held in Danbury Today, Willlam Brown of Berlin, was elect. ed warden of the stgle *Knights of Columbus at the session held fn Dah. bury today. The other officers named are as follows: State deputy, John K. Callahan of Hartford; secretary, John M. Philllps of Hartford; treasurer, John Drans- field, of Willimantic; advocate, J' J. Colling of New Londan. Stamford was chosen as the place of the next conventlon. B — KILLS GIRL AND RIMSELF, Jolict Hotel Keeper, Repulsed by Former Secretary, Takes Revenge. Jollet, TIl., May 9.—Hobert M. Me- Roberts, a wealthy hotel owner, shot and killed Miss Mabel Kerwin, for- raerly his secretary, and then killed himself here, Miss Kerwin resigned ‘a few weeks ago after six yvears in Mr. McRoberts' employ, since that time, according to ber mother, McRoberts had called scores of times aaking her fo return, but she had refused to have anything to do with him . Monday morning he went again to the Kerwin apartment, but Miss Ker- win refused to speak to him in the hall or to let him come {nto her home. However, she agreed to go downstairs to the lobby with McRoberts, They had just reached the ground floor when neighbors heard two shots. They found the two lying on the floor, Mc- Roberts dying and the girl dead. McRoberts was married and had a ten-year.old son. TO AID WOMEN. Clearing House for Proposed Legisla- tion Planned in Hartford. Hartford, May 9.—To provide a clearing house whereln legisiation de- sired by various women's organizations of the state may be co-ordinated and through which united action in faver of such measures may be obtained, representatives of seven state-wide or- ganizations met in this city today and formed a joint legisiative committee. This committee will meet at fre- quent intervals during the next seg sion of the general assembly and di- rect activities on behalf of such meas- ures as two or more of the co-oper- ating organizations may favor, BOBBED HAIR TO STAY. Fiat of Hairdressing and Beauty Cul- ture Assaciation. Philadelphia, May 9.—Bobbed hair s not going out of style and saon gray haired grandmothers will be but a memory—at least that's what was predicted at the annual convention of the Hairdressing ang Beauty Culture association. One of the ‘“clinic' features of the session was a demonstration of the proper method of babbing hair. Nine young women gave up their locks. Bobbed hair will not be restricted to young women and girls, but soon will be popular among women of all ages, declared Harry Brautigan, vice- president of the association. More- cver, he said, gray hair can be dyed to its original color, “and regain its original luster.” it . S SUCH IS AN ICEMAN'S LIFE Motor Wracked, House Burned And Himself Injured Belvedere, N. I, May 9.—Harmon Mintzenberger, ice dealer, starting to mator to Allentown yesterday callided with another automobile, wrecking his car. Returning home by train he started on his ice route, when alarm \of fire sounded and he feund his own home ablaze. Working to extinguish the flames he was over- come by smoke, hit by falling glass taken to a doctor's home in a serious condition. ASKS $2,000.000 FOR FIRE Atlas Co. lllamps Insufficient Water Pressure For Damage. Trenton, May 9.—In a suit filed in the supreme court yesterday the Atlas Finishing company of North Bergen seeks to recover 82,000,000 damages agains the Hackensack Water Com- pany. On June 23 last a fire destroyed the Atlas plant, and although the plant was equipped with fire fighting apparatus, it is alleged there was not sufficient water or pressure to combat the blaze. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA DIES Record of Mrs. John B. Laque, 69. Sehenectady, May 9.—The recent death of M John B. Laque, whose age was given as 6 ‘Oyears, brought out that she and her husband, whom she married where she was 16 years old and who survives, occupied a unique place at the head of five living generations. Mrs, Lague left three children, eight grandchildren, eighteen great-grand- children and one great-great grand- child. Unique PASSED nil’) C III-I"K New Haven, May 9.—8aid Murabek of Torrington was held in the city court on charges of passing a worth- less check of the amount of $ on the Torrington Trust Co. The case was continued to Saturday. MORBIDITY REPORT ly morbidity report of the department of health at Hartford shows that New Britain had one case of diphtheria and one case of scarlet fever The wee ending May The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Corner Main and Pearl Streets, Hartford, Conn. Capital $2,000,000.00. « Surplus Funds $2,000,000.00 Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Scttlement of Estates. Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BAN,KING It is safe and s saves time. IN Y cen 1"inancia1 News WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS Wall 8t., 10:30 a. m.—0lls tinued to engross speculative atten- tion at the opening of today's stock market, Gains extending from large fraetions to two half points in Shell Trading, Royal Dutch, Houston and Barnsdale “A" were offset by further heaviness in Mexican Pet., Pacific Oll and Standard Ol of Calif, New Haven reacted slightly from yester day's record quotation and other r especlally coalers, were deN’MvI!' lower, Exchanges were moderately above yesterday's closing quotations. Wall Street, Noon.—Trading during the first two hours was smaller than in any similar period since last March. The commission houses reported a slackening of interest. Offerings of oils and motors extended to shippings tobaccos and numerous unciassified specialties, where reactlions ran from one to two points. Call money opened at 4 per cent. aWll street, con- 1:30 p. m.—eBars re- doubled their efforts to promote liquidation of speculative accounts when it became evident that the out- side public would not support opera- tions for the rise in the face of the uncertain foreign pelitical situation. High Low Close .38y 384 38 CATR 47 4TY% 161 180% 16014 26% 25% 25% Am Loco ......114% 114 114% Am 8m & Re.., 5815 57% 57% Am Sg Rf em... 74 8% 13% Am Bum Th ,.. 351 33% 34% Am, Tel & Tel..121% 121% 121% Am Tob ......143% 142% Am Wool .,,... 92% 91% Ana Cop ...... B3% 52% Atch Tp & 8 F, . 1003, 99 % At Gulf & WY . 361, 355 Bald Loco ..., 116% 1141 Baltimore & O ., 47 4634 Beth Steel B ,.. 188 771 Canadian Pac . 141% 141 Cen Leath Co . 373% 36% Ches & O ...... 6514 Chi Mil & St P . 26% Chi R Isl & P . 43% Chile Copper ... 20 Chine Copper .. 28% Con Gas 119% Corn Prod Ref 10114 Crugcible tSeel 68 3% Cuba Cane Sugar 15% Endieott-John .. 8§31 Erie .. Erie 1st pfd Gen Electric ... Gen Motors Goodrick BF . Gt North Pfd .. Insp Copper Inter Con .. Inter Con pfd Int Mer Marine Int Mer Mar ptd Allis-Chalmers Pacific Ofl Int Nickel In ta Pep..val.Sa-'r%$ Int Paper 5135 Kely Splring T'r 517% Kennecott Cop. . s Lacka Steel Lehigh Val 5 Mex Petrol ... .H/"\ Midvale tSeel Missouri Pac Am B! Sug . Am Can .... Am Cr & Fdy. .. Am Cot Vil ... T4 NYNHG&H., Norf & West .. North Pac Pure 0Oil 333 Pan Am P & T 63% Penn R R ..... 41% Pierce Arrow .. 21% Pittsburgh Coal 64 Ray Con Cop .. 161 Reading . 7814 Rep I & S .. 651 Rayal D, N Y 64% Sinclair Oil Ref 3214 South Pacific .. 91% 8outh Railway . 247 Btudebaker Co 119% Texas Co ...... 48 Texas & Pacific 34 Tobacco Prod Transcon Oil Union Pacific . 137 United Fruit .. 140 United Re St 27% U S Food Prod ; U 8 Indus Aleo . 49 U § Rubber Co 641 U § Steel Lo 93 U S Stgel pfd .. 118% Utah Copper 66 Willys Overland 8 National Lead 23 Hv'di & (’nl Aetna Life Travelers . Hfd Elec Light Am Hardware ’ Billings & Spencer dom 20 Billings & Spencer pfd 23% Bristol Brass R Colt's Eagle Lock Landers, I N B Machine com N B Machine pfd Niles-Be-Pond com North and Judd . Peck, Stow and Wilcox Russell Mfg Co Stanley Works com Stanley Works pfd Terrington com Union Mfg Co ... Ixehange PUTNAM & CO. Mombers New York Stock Fxchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange (Suecessors to Richter & Co.) 6 Central Row, Hartford, Com NEW BRITAIN OFFICE Tel. Charter 2600 31 W. MAIN STREET We Offer 100 shares Stanley Works Pref. JUDD & CO. MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCR EXCHANGE HARTIORD: Hartford-Conn. Trust Bldg., Tel. Charter 6330 NEW BRITAIN: 23 West Main St.. Telephone 1815. We own and offer 250 shares Savannah Electric & Power Co. Eight Per Cent Cu- mulative Debenture Stock at $100 per share. |l Thomson, Tenn & Co. NEW BRITAIN HARTFORD New Britain National Bank Bldg. 10 Central Row Telephone 2580 Telephone Charter £:000 DONALD R. HART, Manager Member Hartford Slock Member N. Y. Stock Exchange Exchange. We Offer STANLEY WORKS LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK NORTH & JUDD JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS Bridgepart Danbury New Haven Middletown BONDS Springfield Direct Private Wire to New York and Boston G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg.-~Tel. 1012 Waterbury NO ONE KNOWS ME— When you go in an out of the institu- tion where you bank, month after month, with a feeling that “no one knows me”—is it not time for you to change your banking connection? The one dominant factor about Com- mercial Trust Company service is the spirit of friendliness, helpfulness and cordiality which s always evident. Whether you come in to open a Savings Account of $1.60 or $1,008 you will receive the same friendly welcome. 'THE COMMERCiAL . TRUST CO. NEWBRITAIN Gy Open Saturday Evenings 6-8 Standard Time. mm, ¢ Safe Way to Borrow Money — We Lend Money On NOTE. and TTOME BANK-LIKE SERVICE i financed and directed by business and professional nen ICE, and not solely for profit: COURTEOUS DEALINGS VIONS IN ONE PLACE: WE TES INVITED; QUICK VI HOURS. 9 to A US, NEW BRITAIN 1 Beneficial Loan Society ROOMS 104-5 Licensed, and Supervised, by FURNITURE incomes, without inquiring of employers PAYABUE IN 8 (o 15 MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, or based upon actual unpaid balances, for the EXACT NEW 13 WILL HELP YOU to persons having steady _employment, or Also lend 1o Property owners: NO PAWNS: LOANS RE- AS DESIRED: LAWFUL CHARGES OMNLY, TIME YOU HAVE THE MONEY. CONSULTATION LOANS UP 10 $300 without removal CONFIDENTIAL FHIS INSTITUTTON conducted in a spirit_of publie SERV- VERY PAIR, AND HELPFUL; STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND OWERS WELCOMED CONCENTRATE. YOUR OBLIGA- SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS; PRIVATE INQUIR- CALL PERSONALLY, or WRITE, or 'PHONE MDAYS, 9 to 1, BEDG 87 WEST MAIN STREET RIGHT). Bonded to the State of Connecticut. PROFESSION AT (SECOND FLOOR, State Bank (ommissioner. ey

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