New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAI MILLS, SURE WOMAN KILLED - COUPLE, TAKES ISSt Husband of Slain Choir Singer Declares Min- ister’s Wife's Story Does Not Agree With All Facts Denies That He Ever Heard Any Unfavorable Gossip Relating to His Wife and Clergyman, EVIDENCE MAY GO TO GRAND JURY ON SAT. 2 New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 2. Looking up from work in a coal bin in the basement of the schoolhouse where he {s janitor, James Mills, whose wife Eleanor, was murgdered with the Rev. Edward W. Hall on September 14, today took issue with some of the statements made yester- day by the clergyman's widow in an interview with newspapermen. Questions Time. Mills said that he met Mrs. Hall at the church at 8:30 o'clock on the morning of Friday, BSeptember 15. Mrs. Hall sald yesterday that she was at the church at 7 o'clock. “I know it could not have been earlier than 8:30,” said Mills, ‘'be- cauge my children had already gone to school.” “The first thing Mrs. Hall me was: Feared Something Happened. ‘ ‘Was anybody sick at your house last night?” We then commented on the fact that both my wife and her husband were missing and 1 said: ' ‘Maybe they have eloped.’ ‘‘No,’ was Mrs. Hall's reply, think something has happened them. “At noon again.Mrs. Hall came to my house. T told her I hadn't heard anything and she 'said she hadn't either. Then she went away. &he is incorrect in her statements in-stating that she did not come to my house again at 5:20 ofclock. I remember that I had just returned with some fce and was putting it in the refriger- ator. She stayed only a minute. Was Not Much Perturbed. “T saw Mrs. Hall again at 7 o'clock in her home. I went there to ask her if she had any news. I stayed on the porch to talk. SHe didn't seem to take it as hard:as I did. T had an idea that Dr. Hall a my wife had been together, but T n't think there was anything wrong. T don't know why I ever suggested an elope- ment.” Mills said that when he saw Mrs. Hall at the church at 8:30 in the morning she had assured him that she would notify the police. Mrs. Hall stated yesterday she wasn't cer- tain whether she called the police before or after she met Mills. Sure It Was a Woman. Commenting on Mrs. Hall's state- ment that she was not vindictive and that she didn’t care to see anyone punished for the murders, Mills said: “] am not vindictive either, but I want to see the murderer punished. I believe it was a woman's deed. All these theories about blackmall and robbery and things are rot. It was jealousy and I think her throat was cut in spite because of her beautiful singing."” Never Heard Gossip. “I never heard any gossip about my wife and Dr. Hall,” said Mills. “It 1 had I would not have stood for it for a single minute. I am man| enough not to have kept that job at the church if I thought there was anything wrong between the minister and my wife. I live right and T want others to do the same. I would have gone to Mr. Hall, and if he would not listen I would have gone to the bish- op and to the vestry.” Mills said he had never heard of his wife having trouble with anybody | and he said he knew of no enemies| that Dr. Hall might have had. “There was plenty of gossip about members of the choir, though,” he added. Study Mrs, Hall's Interview. The authorities are clgsely study- ing Mrs. Hall's replies to newspaper- men yesterday. Ofiiefals declined to comment this morning on the interview given yes- terday by Mrs. Hall to 20 newspaper- men. Stenographic transcripts of the interview were in the hands of both special Deputy Attorney Gen. Wilbur A. Mott and his chief investigator, James 17, Mason. asked ‘T to HARDING, ON BIRTHDAY, GETS MANY GREETINGS President Quietly Observes 57th Anniversary of His Birth—In Good Health Washington, Nov. 2.—President Harding today celebrated the 6(7th anniversary of his birth almost as quietly and simply as the average American citizen observes a birthday. There were no indications at the White House of anything more than just an ordinary day in the life of the chief executive o® the land. The President's plans called for his ap- pearance at his office at the regular time, the usual forenoon round of conferences, the customary noonday period devoted to meetirig visitors in the capital from the towns and ham- lets of America Who consider the mo- ment when they grasp the president’s hand and hear his word of greeting the climax of their visits, luncheon WARREN G, HARDING and then perhaps a few hours of golf over the course of a nearby country club. Because Mre. ‘Harding still is confined to her bed, although recov. ering from her recent illmess there will not even be a birthday dinner party. pich The fact that today was his birth- day, However was not forgotten by the close friends of the exccutive of by ghe nation and the world at large. All day long, the beginning really was yesterday, telegraph wires at the White House ticket and messenger boys arrived carrying messages of birthday greetings, many of them former rulers and leaders of other countries. i Close acquaintances,of Mr, Harding remarked today on the recent {im- provement in his physical condition. A month ago the strain of two years -—for it was just two-years ago. today that Mr. Harding was elected to the presidency—had become noticeable. A summer of continuous work with- out a vacation, the troubled indus- trial situation and finally Mrs. Hard- ing's illness had increased the strain, Adjournment of congress, adjustment of the mine and rail controversies and the steady progress to recovery made by Mrs. Harding allowed the tension to lessen. Heeding the advice of his physician the president for a month has been taking things easier, has devoted more time to rest and has spent more time on the golf links. The result, according to associates of the president, is that President Harding is in better physical. condi- tion than he has been for months. Daniels Makes Visi—t_to Wesleyan University Today Middletown, Nov. 2.—Former Sec- retary of Navy Josephus Daniels, who last night spoke at a democratic rally here, visited Wesleyan university as| the guest of acting President Stephen T. Olin this forenoon. He looked in at the various departments, saw the university buildings and equipment and shook hands with many of the faculty and student body. At noon, Mr. Danielsg left for Waterbury, where he is to speak tonight. Former Crown Prince Has Many Suits for Wedding Doorn, Holland, Nov, 2.—(By Asso- ciated Press.)—I"orme# Crown Prince| T'rederick Willlam arrived in Douml tcday for the wedding next Sunday | of ex-Emperor William ahd Princess Hermine of Reuss. . Frederick Wil- llam brought with him a truck full| of baggage, most of which was pre- sumed to be uniforms for the various| functions. He avolded attention by slipping_into the castle through a (Continued on Eleventh Page.) garden Zate. Girls Plan Organization to Stamp 0at “Pettmg ? Parties in School Because of the forcefulness of the talk by Dr. Charles E. Barker at the [school students practice, High school yesterday morning and, at the Camp’gchool auditorium yes- terday afternoon, it has been learned that about 125 High school girls for- mally visited the speaker following his last address to determine whether or nof ot they could form an organization which would help to do away with the so-called “petting parties” and terday morningythe doctor commented with much viger on the practice spooning which it s alleged High In his talk before the students yes- Unless ‘present plans of the repub- lican state managers are revised, Judge George W. Klett of this city will be appointed United States dis- trict attormey to succeed Edward L. Smith, when the latter's term of of- fice expires early in 1923, This Information has come to the Herald from sources which are not open to question, It is an ‘“inside secret” with which only a few of the leaders are sald to be famillar. While the appointment will not be made for six months or more, it is said that Judge Klett's friends have been sue- cessful in securing the pledge of the powers that be that he will be se- lected. Judge Klett has been active in re- publican politics locally and statewise for many years. He |s at present a UNUSUAL SITUATION IN GITY’S FINANGES With Surplus Over Budget, Actual Deficit Is Probable P Although the tax receipts to come in this year will exceed the budget adopted, and the deficit of $57,000 of last year will be eliminated, the city will come through the present flscal year with a deficit of something slightly under $93,000, according to Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis. Personal taxes already have ex- ceeded the budget by $8,000, and there are cards out for collect'sn from 400 additional persons, from which probably $5600 will be recelved. Despite the fact that the city enter- ed upon its fiscal year with a deficit of $57,000, caused primarily by the poor business conditions” of 1921, the total tax receipts will exceed the budget and eliminate this defieit, ac- cording to Mr. Loomis. Even with this deficit wiped out and a surplus over the amount called for in the present budget, a deficit of almost $93,000 will be shown at the end of the fiscal year, five months from now. The reason for this 1{s because the budget called fdr a 10 per cent cut in wages in the various city depart- ments and the cut never was made, The 10 per cent is being paid with no appropriation to cover {t. The budget calls for receipts of $35,000 in personal taxes; ‘There has been rece!ved to date ux 000, POISON BOOZE MEN ARE OUT ON PAROLE Two Hartford Saloonkeepers, Con- victed After 1819 Liquor Tragedies. Teave Wethersfield. Harttord, Nov. 2.—Frank Rose and Saul Joseph, local saloonkeepers who Were found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the wood alcohol death toll during the week following Christmas in 1919 and who were sen- tenced to from three to five years at the state prison in Wethersfield, were placed on parole by order of the prison directors last night. This morning Rose passed through the prison gates a free man after show- ing proof that he had obtained, em- ployment and presenting the neces- sary credentials for gaining liberty. Joseph ‘is expected to secuge his freedom within a few days. The placing on patole of Joseph and Rose brings recollections of .the frightful trail of death through the Connecticut valley in the days follow- ing Christmas three years ago when scores of men and.- women died or were made permanently blind as a result of drinking wood alcohol in mistake for real whiskey. In Hart- ford alone fourteen men passed away from the effects of the deadly con- coction while an equal number Wwere rendered sightless. CRITICIZES FOREIGN BORN . Yellowley Blames Mgst of Bootleg- ging Arll\'n.y on Foreigners and ‘Would Deport Them. New York, Nov. 2.—Effort to de-| port foreign born bootleggers will be‘ made by T. C. Yellowley, who as- sumed today the office of prohibition officer for the state of New York. “A majority of the determined per-), sistent violators of our prohibition| laws,” sald Mr. Yellowley "“are for-| eigners, some of whom have been; naturalized, and who are, in many in-| stunces, compelled to leave the land | of their birth because of criminal| conduct. “When these alien or foreign born | citizens are reported to me and con-| victions follow, I will use my utmost | efforts to have those who have been naturalized lose their citizenship and the aliens |mmcd|nn~|y (Il‘porlov)." FATAL TRAIN GRASH Two Men Killed and Third Injured When Two Freights Sideswipe Each Other' Near Norristown, Pa. 0 Norristown, Pa, Nov. 2.—Two men were killed and a third injured today of “petting parties” ameng High school students. He explained to the girls that if they refused to participate in the so- called they would be held in higher esteem!the hospital suffering from | tions and bruises. “petting"” and spooning parties by the boys. early when two freight trains side. gwiped in the Pennsylvania rallroad cut out a mile below here. The dead are: J® A. Cable, engin- eer and Willam Lefevre, brakeman. J. W. Powers, a fireman was taken to lacera- |Still Out, But Report Is member of the republican state cen- tral committeo, having been re.elected at the time of the last republican state convention. His first political appointment was in 1895 when he was named clerk of court, remaining there until 1901, In 1897 he was appointed assistant city attorney, holding the of. fice until 1900, He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1002 and again in 1909, continuing at that post until he resigned on January 19, 1921, On January 8 he was appointed judge of police court, which office he has held to the present. Judge Klett has represented this district twice in the state senate, being clected in 1916 and 1918, His term as judge expires in July, 1923. He was considered the likely choice of the republican state convention for lleutenant governor in 1920 but did not win the nomination. CHAMPION JURY $AID T0 FAVOR CONVICTION Vote Stands 11 to 1 for “Guilty” Cleveland, Nov. 2—The jury in whose hands rests the fate of Mrs. Mabgl Champlon, 22, on trial for the first degree murder of Thomas A. O’Connell, New Haven, Conn, carni- val promoter, resumed its delibera- tions today after spending a night locked up in a hotel. The jurors were ordered locked up at 10 o'clock last night by Judge Maurice Bernor after they failed to reach a verdict. Court officlals declared indications were that a verdict would be reached today. Mrs. Champion spent a restless night in her cell in county jail. She was awake practically all night, jail attendants declared, and was more nervous than at any time since het incarceration last July wheén she was arrested following the shooting of O'Connell in a down-town restaurant. O'Connell was shot. during a scuffle with Ausley Champion, husband of the woman on trial. Mrs, Champion testified that she had fired the shots which killed O'Connell but declared that the shooting was accldental The ecase went to the jury shortly before 4 o'clock: yesterday afternoon In charging the jury, Judge Bernon declared it could return one of five verdicts—firat degree murder, Arst de- gree murder Wwith.'a recdmmendation of mercy, secomd ‘degree murder, mansglaugher or acquittal. If, in the Jjurors’ opinion, the killing was acel- dental, Judge Bernon told them they may find Mrs. Champion not gullty. The jury of seven women and five men resumed consideration of the case shortly before 9 a. m A report was current around the courthouse this morning that the jury on retiring last night, stood 11 to 1 for conviction. Just before retiring last night the jury asked Judge Bernon for defini. tions of '‘premeditation” and “im. pulse’’. This request indicated, court attaches said that the jurors were| considering a degree of guilt. HAD ELABORATE STILL Adlanta Men Ingeniously Constructed Hootch Making Establishment 40 feet Under Ground. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2.—W. G. Whit- | ner and C. J. Decamp are under ar- rest here charged with operating one of the most ingeniously arranged “moonshine” distillerles yet distover- ed by the authorities here. 3 The two men were found in sub: terranean chamber 40 feet below the surface operating a 50 gallon still in the outskirts of Atlanta according to county police who made the arrest. The' underground room the officers stated was accessible only through a tunnel connected with the shaft of an old well the officers gaining entrance by letting themselves down the well with a rope. A chimney running from the un-| derground room carried smoke from | the distillery to the main chimney of the Whitner home, 40 feet under| ground and 30 yards away the offi- cers stated. The underground room was electri- cally lighted and equipped with run- ning water the ojflcers stated. JURY'S HEART TOUGHED First Acquit Girl—<Mother, Then Raise $70 and Promise to Give Her Added Assistance, New York, Nov. 2.—Called upon to indict Jessie Bauman, 29 years old for the abandonment of her eight weeks old baby, a grand jury listened to her story of misery, raised a fund of $70 for her and set her free today with the prongse of further aid. The woman told the jurors how she had worked day and night as a scrub woman and how her husband had taken her money and spent it on liquor, She said %he decided that the only way to save her child from a| life of degredation was to abandon jt. - THE WEATHER 00— - Hartford, Nov. 1.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled and warmer. tonight and Friday; southerly winds, 8 FAMILIES DRIVEN WHOLE BLOGK THREATENED FROM HOME BY FIRE stroyed by Blaze in New Haven Brisk Wind FI'II Flames and Rubbith In Back Yards Adds to Fire Hazard ~—TL0ss Not Heavy, Only $10,000. New Haven, Nov. 2.—Four houses were partly burned and five sheds en- tirely consumed today on Adeline street in the western part of the city. Eight families @era driven from their homes. The aggregate 10ss was prob- ably about $10,000, The police said that a number of persons had some difficuity in getting out of the houses because the flames spread so quickly. Thé houses were small ones close to- géther and the sheds were in the rear. It is not known how the fire start- ed. A brisk breeze made the flames shoot high and for' some minutes it seemed likely that the fire might spread through an entire block. Back yards were more or less filled with combustible materials, fire wood and cans of gasoline, but the fire spent it- self quickly and the fire apparatus closed in on the blazing houses and held the fire to the four. RIOT.IN BUFFALO SEEKING FOR COAL Several Hundred Fight Police Who Are Guarding 3 Carloads of Coal, Overturned. Buffalo, Nov. 2.—Several hundred men, women and children early today | battled wih Lehigh Valley railroad detectives who attempted to prevent! them from hauling away the contents | of three carloads of anthracite coal which had been dumped onto the | tracks near the Willlam street ecity | line. | Fourteen year old Join Dissko was| shot'in the left leg when the detec- tives opened fire at several men Who began to hurl chunks of coal at them as they descended upon the crowd The detectives sald the boy was an in- rnocent bystander and was struck by a_ stray bullet, It was not until the detectives fired several volleys that the crowd began to scatter. Men and women ran in all directions, carrying buckets, baskets and tups flled with the fuel. Three arreats were made, "Détectives are trying to learn who pulled the pins in the gondola cars, containing the anthracite. The dars were in a freight train which had stopped in the yards near Willlan. street for a few minute& CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922.—FOURTEEN PAGES Report Woman Has MadeAffiddm' In Transaction Over Her Jitneys DIRECTOR, FOUND DEAD Prominent Railroad Official Victim of Heart Attack— Was Yale Graduate Philadelphia, Nov., 2.—Thomas De- witt Cuyler, a director of the Penn- sylvania Rallroad Co., and chairman of the rallroad executives association was found dead today in the private car of President Rae of the Penn- sylvania in Broad street station. Mr. Cuyler was in Rochester yes- terday and was apparently in good health, The private car arrived at Broad street station early today and was placed on a side track. Accord- ing to instructions, a porter called Mr. Cuyler at 8 a. m. He reeelved no re- sponse and becoming alarmed, sum- moned an attendant and a physician. The doctor pronounced Mr. Cuyler dead. Death was due to apoplexy. He had been dead a little more THOMAS DEWITT CUYLER. than an hour, in the opinion of the physician Mr. Cuyler was a lawyer but most of his time was taken up with rail- road and financial affajrs. He came prominently before the country in the recent rallroad shop strike by virtue of his position as chairman of the railway executives and took a firm League, But France Ts . First Consideration. London, Nov. 2, (By Drury Lane theater this said: ‘'As regards foreign the league of nations in some form other, may gradually feel that it the war has left the world.” “‘Our relations with France must premier declared. “I have always bhelleved," Law said, “that there is no woma ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY Premier Hopes for Amerimn Aid in Britain’s Assoclated | Prees) —Premier Bonar Law in jaddress to a meeting of women in the afternoon policy T ven- ture to express the hope that Ameri- ca may gradually take an interest in her duty to help in the chaos in which the keynote of our foreign policy,” the Bonar stand against; some of the demands of the strikers, especially that relating to seniority. Mr, Cuyler was born in Philadelphia 68 years ago. He was the son of the late Theodore Cuyler, at one time gen- eral counsel of the Pennsylvania rail- road. He was graduated from Yale university in 1874 and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1876. He| engaged in the general practice of law, making corporation law a special- ty. He was counsel for many large financial and rallroad corporations in Pennaylvania and other states. He was engaged in many of the most compli- cated and important rallroad reorgan- izations of the past 25 years. Mr. Cuyler was elected a director of the Pennsylvania railroad in 1899 and he was also a director of the N. Y., N. H. and H. raliroad and the Santa Fe system. He was also rep- resented on the directorate of many local organizations and financial insti- tutions. an or is be n's | of $10,000. question worth anything that isn't a man's question as well.” At another point in his speech he declared that “women have a ten- dency to be conservative, not in a political sense bt to be cautious and that Is what we want in the govern- ment of this country.” 18 Children Saved When Suffield Tenement Burns Suffield, Nov. 2.—Fire of unknown origin today destroyed a six-family | apartment house driving the tenants from the bullding and causing a loss There were 18 children in the six families in the house but the fire was discovered in time so that all were able to get out safely. The burned building formerly was the Methodist church of Suffield, having been sold more than a year ago and remodelled for apartments. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Mr. Cuyler took an interest in mili- tary matters. He enlisted in the Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania in 1874, rose to the rank of judge advocate géneral of the state and was on the retired roll with the rank of colonel. Mr. Cuyler was a member of many clubs in Philadelphia and also of the Union, Century, University, and Law- yers' club of New York, the Buffalo club and the Chicago club, New York, Nov. 2.—A successor to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the as- soclation of railway executives who was found dead today in Philadelphia, will be chosen at the next regular meeting of the association on Novem- ber 9, it was announced here today. In the meantime Judge Alfred P. Thom, general counsel and vice- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) Ex-Sec. Daniels’ Son Accuses New York, Nov Declaring it obtained its information from Jo- sophus Daniels, former secretary of the Navy, and his son, Jonathan, a student at Columbla university, the New York World today printed a story charging New York State Dep- uty Attorney Gen. Gilbert had evolved a “partisan” plan to employ republi- can students at the university as! special deputies and investigators at the polls next Tuesday. The young men would be pald at the rate of $10 a day out of a $100.. 000 fund authorized by the legisia- ture for ballot purging purposes, the | | et i World charges. Young Daniels, according to the ! ONLY REPUBLICAN STUDENTS GIVEN CHANCE TO EARN SOME “EASY MONEY” N. Y. Deputy Atty. General With Spending State Fund On Party Favorites World, heard that some of his felldw students at Columbia law school were going to make some “easy money' at election time and inquired how he might do likewise. He was referred to Miss Edith 1. Fairchild, secretary to Dean Stone of the law school, who, the World says, admitted she was making up such a Hst. “But you're a southerner, and they're all democrats,” Miss Fairchild said to young Daniels. “Why yes,” he replied, and Miss Fairchild then told him it would do no good for him to apply. The young man told his father who was in the the elder Daniels informed the World, Four Houss and Fiv Sues D | 7€/ling of Exorbitant Fee Collected CUYLER, PENNSYLVANIA Development of McMahon Rally Said to Bring in Names of Three Promi- nent Lawyers and Con- stable Sworn Statement Promised Within Few Days—Un- ethical Conduct Alleged— Hartford Counsel Hand- ling Case? It is rumored, in lithe with develop« ments in the McMahon allegations during his noon-day rallies of the past few days, that the owner of a jitney bus line operating through the south- _|eastern part of the city, Mrs. Helen Muter, together with P. 8. McMahon, democratic candidate for glate sena- tor, James P. Kiniry, secretary to the mayor, and others,' were in Hartford today for the purpose of making & signed deposition concerning an al- leged exorbitant fee collected from {Mrs. Muter by local attorneys for [their appearance favoring the grant ing of the franchise for the line. Mr. Kiniry claims to have in his possession a history .of the case in afidavit form, which, it {s sald, will be forthcomingia a day or so. The statement is under- stood to accuse three lawyers and & constable of unethical = conduct, at least, in the collecting of the alleped exorbitant fee, Just what action Mrs. Muter plans to take is not clear, but it is under- stood that authorities in Hartford are handling her affairs. When Mrs. Muter was brought into court for the alleged over-crowding of heér: busses, Tuesday, Attorney W. F. Mangan rep« | resented her in asking for a contfnu- ance of the case, although he stated that he would not 8o do when fln appeal was tried. AL PLEAD MO U Three Men and Woman Arrested for: Marder of Providence Man, Deny All Knowledge of Crime. Cambridge, Mass,: Nov. 2.—Thres men and a woman, arrested in Provi- dence, Lawrence and Boston yester- day pleaded ‘not guilty in district court today when charged with the murder of Bruno Montegna of Provi- dence, a mill worker whose body was found near Belmont last Sunday. | The woman who was arrested IO the widow of the dead man denied re- lationship or that she had eveér known Montegna. She sald she was Mrs. Michaelf G. Fastasl, wife of one of the defendants. The cases of all were postponed for one week. LIBEL CASE GONTINUED Preliminary Trial of Alleged Oomph- ators, Accused By Beeckman of Rhode Island, Goes Over to Nov. 23, Providence, R. I, Nov. 2.—Prelim- inary trial of charges of conspiracy and of criminal libel brought by for- mer Governor R. Livingstone Beeck- man as a result of allegations = that bribery was being used in his cam- paign for U. 8. senator was postponed today by request of the plaintiffs’ counsel. November 22 was set as the new date for trial. The defendants are John A. Hen- nessy of New York, H. J. Lagace of Woonsdcket, Luke A. Keenan of John« ston and H. D. Hamilton: of Barring- ton, on the charges of conspiring to accuse Mr. Beeckman of bribery and Mr. Hennessy and Mr. Hamiiton on the charge of criminal libel. The Hope Publishing Co. of this city, which publishes the Providence News Is joined as a defendant on the latter charge. < New Haven Girl Suing Autoist for $20,000 New Haven, Nov. 2.-—Taking of evi- dence was started today in a suit which Miss Florence Murphy of this city has brought to recover $20,000 alleged damages for injurles she ree celved when struck by an automobile operated by Dunbar W, Adams of Hartford in Wallingford, September 27, Thé defense is expected to be contributory negligence. Miss Murphy was with a party of theatrical friends and she was on the highway afoot when struck. TAKE OLD WAGE. Washington, Nov. 2.—The United States Shipping Board has agreed with the Longshoremen's union at all principal ports to keep the prflM wage scale {n force another year Oct. 1, it was announced here. longshoremen had asked for an crease. DECLARE STOCK DIVIDEND. New York, Nov. 2.—Directors of the American Steel Foundries today declared a stock dividend of 18 per cent eguivalent to $6 a share, o“l!o outstanding common stock, pa | city vesterday what had occurred and |December 30 to stockholders of ln- ord December 9.