New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 15

WOULD HALE CONN. . CO. INTO COURTS Alderman Conlon Feels Prosecutions Should Be Brought For Over- crowding of Trolley Cars, At the request of Alderman Frank L. Conlon, Corporation Counsel John H, Kirkham {s preparing an opinion for presentation at the next council meeting relative to the city's powers In the proseeution of the Connecticut company for violatlon of the law on overcrowding public service vehicles, Alderman Conlon feels that jitneurs should not be the only ones arrested and prosecuted when loads greater than saefty or,comfort would permit are often put to trolley cars, Judge Kirkham will peruse the statutes to determine whether or not the trolley company comes within the laws now on the books, ATTORNEY T MARRY Lawyer Maurice Rosenberg to Wed Brooklyn Young Woman Sunday Evening in Brooklyn. Lawyer Maurice W. Rosenberg, son of Rev, and Mrs, Ellas Rosenberg of this city, and Miss Rae Bhufro, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Louls Shu. fro of Hrooklyn, N, Y, will be mar- ried at the synagogue of the Congre- gatlon Shamrei Emumoh, at Brook- lyn, Bunday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr, Rosenberg practiced . law In this city for several months, part of the time as a partner of Lawyer I, I, Rachlin and later In offices that he maintained on Main street, Me is now practicing his professlon at Stam- ford, » FIRE AT MT. HOLYOKE Rockefeller Hall Blaze Spreads But Girls Save Belongings Dormitory and Start For Home, Bouth Hadley, Mass, Dec. 21.~Fire which broke out in the basement of Rockefeller hall, a dormitory of Mount Holyoke college, this morning spread despite the offorts of tire fight- ers, Into the partitions of the storles above, The 90 girls who live in the dorml- tory were in chapel when the fire was discovered. They hurrled back and succeeded in saving belongings packed in sultcases ready for thelr departure for the Christmas holldays, Fop)finaq— - —A gift that will last 52 weeks. SEND DAINTIES TO BOYS IN HOSPITALS 'T'wenty-three Patients, Ex-Servicemen Recelve Christmas Boxes From Four Local Agencies, Christmas boxes of frult, nuts, candy, ete, have been sent from the office of the municlpal home service bureau at City Hall to 23 local ex- servicemen who are undergoing treat. ment In government institutions throughout the country, and to serv- icemen about the eity who are unable to work because of injurles or {ll- nesses resulting from their war serv- ice, The hoxes are being fllled by the, Home Service bureau, the American Red Cross, American Leglon and the Daughters of Isabella. Boxes were sent to Oteen, N, C, Kings Bridge Road, N. Y, Middle- town and Norwich State hospitals for the Insane, Hartford hospital and Al- lingtown, at New Haven, Unity Rebekah lodge will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening, at which time there will be election of officers, In the afternoon there will be a Christmas party for the chil- dren. One of those Leather Bound Book Banks Start that Boy Right. Come in and let us explain it to you. $1.00 makes the start. Open Saturday Evenings Burritt Savings Bank “Did You hear me? when I said that you should go to the New Britain Trust Co., this year and open up Your Christmas Savings Club. They are starting hundreds of your friends and you, too, should get # NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922, City Items Victrolas and Plunos, Henry Morans, ~—advt, The police recelved a report today that Mrs, Huck of 36 Brook street had sustained a fall on a sidewalk yesterday afternoon at the corner of Bouth Main and Ellls street, injuring her knee, When she spoke to the storekeeper about the condition of the sldewalk, she recelved no satistaction, she suid, Toy headquarters, ~=advt, The rehearsal .of the Senior cholr of St. Mary's church will be held at 17:30 o'clock Instead of 8 o'clock to- night. 8, 6. Johnson, son of Dr, and Mrs, A. B, Johnson of Garden strect, will be home from Philadelphia for Christ- mas, Player Pianos and Viectrolas, C. L, Plerce & Co.—advt, Dr. and Mrs. T. R, Johpson, of Garden street, will be the guests of ‘Besse-Leland's, Charles Graham, during the holldays, Pearls, Himberg & Horn's.—advt. Boxed candy at popular prices at Besse-Leland's—advt, The minstrel committee of Every- man's Bible class will meet at the Y. M. C. A tomorrow afternoon at 6:16 o'clock. Get your Christmas Cards at At- king', 64 Church street.—advt, A committee of 26 members of the Chamber of Commerce will motor to Hartford tomorrow to meet with Highway Commissioner Charles E. Bennett and discuss the need for an improved highway from here to Plainville, The “Write Gift' in writing paper. Get it at Adkins’, 64 Church street.— advt. Young women connected with the main office of the New Britain Ma- chine Co. held their annual Christ- mas party during the noon hour today of Philadelphia, were tastefully ‘decorated in yellow and white. Luncheon was served and a program of music carried out. A Christmas tree and grab bag were among' the features, NEW LAW HAS COST THIS CITY $6,575 Change in Pavement Regulations as Affecting Connecticut Company Wwas Costly, Paonessa Reports, The law enacted by the legislature two years ago which greatly reduces the amount of work required of the Connecticut company in the paving of streets upon which the company has a right of way, cost the city $6,676.10 on the last three paving jobs, Mayor A. M. Paonessa said this morning in a discussion of the trolley situation. Under the old rule the trolley com- pany was required to pave from a point 18 inches outside the left rail to a point 18 inches beyond the right rail, Under the new law paving of but eight inches on each side of each rafl is required and the pavement be- tween the rails {s put down at the city's expense. On the last three jobs the amounts actually paid by the company ,to- gether with the amounts that would have been paid under the old law are: South Main street, $873.21, $2,- 019.17; Dwight street, $1,616.92, § 120.2 ark street, $662.66, $1,687.95. ' Totals, $3,162,79, $9,7217.80. started. | want to see you get one of those fine checks next Xmas. Yours, “SANTA” New Britain Trust Co. Mr, Johnson's parents, Mr, and Mrs, | in the recreation rooms, The TOOMS | oy pet |, WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS Quotations furnished by Putnam & Company, High Am Bt Sug . B8T% Am Can ..., T4 Am Cr & ¥dy,.181 Am Cot Ol . 18 Am Loco .. 126% Am Sm & Re.. 56% Am 8g Rf om., 76% Am Tel & Tel, 122% Am Wool v 96 Ana Cop, o BOY Ate Tp & 8 F..101 At Gulf & W I, 22 Baldwin Loco .,182% Balt! & Ohlo .. 41% Beth Steel B .. Can Pacific . Cen Leather Ches & Ohlo .. Chi MIl & 8 P. Chi Rek 1s & P, Chite Copper .. Chino Copper .. Consol Gas . Corn Prod Ref,1208 Crucible Steel . 69% Cuba Cane Sugar 14 Endicott-John .. 88 Erie 10% Erle 1st pfd 141> Gen Electrie 182 Gen Motors . 135 Gt North ptd ., 78% Insp Copper 36% Inter Con . * Inter Con pfd .. 5 Int Mer Marine . 11 Int Mer Mar pfd 48% Allls-Chalmers . 45 Pacific Ofl ..... 46% Int Nickel . . 13% Int Paper .. . b2y Kelly Spring T'r 437% Kennecott Cop.. 31% Lehigh Val .... 68% 00,822 Midvale Steel .. 27% Mis Pac . 16% N Y Cen . 94Y NYNHG&H., 214 Norf & West ..112 North Pac .... 75% Pure Oil ...... 27% Pan Am P & T 95% Penn R R 46 Plerce Arrow .. 13% Pittsburgh Coal 60% Ray Con Cop .. 1454 Close 87 8% 181 18 126% 66 % 6% 122% 94 40% 101 22 131% 1% 60% 143 82% 0% 22 31 28% 26% 116% 129% 69% 13% 88 10% Low 87 73 179 17% 13% 36% % 11 46% Reading . ce. 80% Rep I & 8 .... 46% Royal D, N Y . 52% Sinclair Oil Ref 32% South Pacific .. 88% South Rail . 24% Studebaker Co 13514 Texas Co 47% Texas & . Pacific 211 Tobacco. Prod.. 8314 Transcon Ofl ... 12% Union Pacific ., 187% Unied Fruit ... 162% United Re St .. 178 U 8 Food Prod U 8'Indus Alco U 8 Rubber Co U 8 Steel U 8 Steel ptd . Utah Copper .. Willys Overland 120% 6314 6% 6% (Putnam & Co.) Bid 660 . 48 5 Asked Aetna Life Ins Co . 680 Am Hardware ., Am Hosiery . 40 Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com ..140 Billings and Spencer ¢om Billings and Spencer pfd | Bristol Brass . . Colt’'s Arms .. Conn Lt & Pow pfd Eagle Lock Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart and Cooley . Hfd Elec Light . 162 Landers F ......,. . 67% J R Montgomery com .. J R Montgomery pfd ..106 NBGas ....... . 33 N B Machine .. N B Machine pfd . Niles-Be-Pond com . North and Judd 63 Peck, Stow and Wilcox 33 Russell Mfg Co ... 85 Scovill Mfg Co . 58 Southern N Ee Tel . 128 Standard Screw . 290 Stanley Works .. 58 Stanley Works pfd 29 Torrington Co com , 44 Traut and Hine .. 18 Travelers Ins Co . 690 Union Mfg Co .. 44 112 . 15 . 62 . 6 i 35 48 60 45 22 710 48 8. Treasury—Balance, $455,862,581. YEGGS TAKE ADVICE Find Note “This Safe is Open,” They Also a Type- u Take Contents, writer. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Dec. 21.— Burglars who entered the offices of Laur and Mack here recelved a pleas- ant surprise last night. The doors of the safe were closed but unlocked. On the strong box was a sign: “This safe is open.” The yeggs took $101 and an automatic pistol from the safe and stole a typewriter. Officers of the company said the sign was left each night so that yeggs would not damage the safe. South Today Feeling Its First Sting of Winter Atlanta, Dee. 21,—The south today was in the grip of its first cold slege | this winter. Miaml and points on the Florida peninsula, howover, continued | to be bathed in sunshine with aver- age temperatures of 70 degrees. Virginla, North Carolina and South Carollna were covored with ice from nleet storms, Georgla shivered and then becamo soaked with rain. WINGER—STROPLE, Mr. and Mrs, 8, P. Strople have an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Gladys Elsle, to Gustave C. Winger, of Glen street, who is em- ployed at the New Britaln Savings bante, GIRL, 16, ON TRIAL. Akron, O., Deo, 21,—~Dalsy Pitts, 16 Cuynhoga I"alls school girl, today pleaded gullty to manslaughter In connectlon with the kiliing last Aug- ust of Tony Marcella, her sultor, She sald she shot Marcella beoause he had threatened her life, Misa Pitts was glven a suspended sentence and will return to school. PUTNA > N G v & C Mem| rt Stock Exchange (Succeasors to Richter & Co.) Stanley .. Fddy, Manager 31 West Matn Bt Tol. 5040 We Offer and Recommend Electric Bond and Shares 6% Preferred To Yield 6.20 CO. y Members New York Stock Exchange MEMBERS HARTFORD STOOK EXCHANGE "HARTFORD: Harttord-Conn. Trust Bldg, Tel. 3-63%9 NEW BRITAIN: 83 West Maip St.. Telephone 18158 We Ofier:— 100 SHARES AMERICAN HARDWARE (CO. STOCK Hartford Stock Exchange WE WILL BUY AND SELL New York Stock Exchange Hart, Mgr, HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT RIGHTS WE DO NOT ACCEPT MARGIN ACCOUNTS JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York Waterbury Danbury Middletown STOCKS BONDS Bridgeport Nev Haven Springfield Direct Private Wire to New York and Boston G. F. GROFF, Mgr—~Room 509, N. B, Nat'l Bank Bldg.~Tel 1018 The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Corner Main and Pearl Streets, Hartford, Conn. Capital $2,000,000.00. Surplus Funds $2,000,000.00 _ Sate Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Settlement of Estates. Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BANKING Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. Dr. Walsh Is Chosen Donovan of Meriden, and a !M . e N Physician for Giants Dr. Willlam Walsh of New York ecity, formerly a resident of New Brit- ain, has been appointed club physi- clan for the New York Giants. Dr. Walsh is a product of \ the local schools and a graduate of Fordham college in New York. He was a pitch- er of note while at college. From his own experiences as a baseball player, he should be well fitted for his new duties with the baseball champions of the world. DEATHS AND FUNEKALS Anna Virginia Kang. Anna Virginla Kane, the one year and six months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geprge 1. Kanec of b Ledge Crest, died last evening. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in St. Mary's new ceme- tery. Mrs, Elizabeth A. Yung The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Alt Yung will be held from her Ilate home at 855 Corbin avenue tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. ' Rev, Dr. W. C. Hill will officiate and burlal will be in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Abigail Healey The funeral of Mrs. Abigail Healey was held at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's church, Rev. Raymond J. Clabby was the celebrant of a solemn requiem high mass; Rev, William A. Krause was deacon and Rev, Walter A. McCrann was master of ceremon- fes. The services were largely attend- ed. During the mass Mrs. Mary T. Crean sang, and as the body was be- ing removed from the church, she rendered “Beautiful Isle of Some- where.” The pallbearers were Ed- ward A. McCarthy, David 1. Dunn, James P. Kiniry, Charles E. McEnroe, Arthur O'Brien and Charles Dunn, of Meriden. The committal service at the grave was conducted by Rev. Walter A. MeCrann. Burial was in St. Mary's new cemetery. Mary Whittlesey Felt. Mary Whittlesey Felt, daughter of Mrs. Fanny P, Felt, of 16 Liberty street, dled at her home yesterday afternoon. Bhe was born in this city June 11, 1876, and has lived here all her life, Besides hér mother she is survived by her sister, Mrs. W. E. Parker, and one brother, Willlam P. Telt. The funeral will be held Fri- day afternoon and the service will be privata, TFriends are asked to kindly omit flowers, Burial will be in Fair- view cemetery. James Donovan. James Donovan, aged 85 years, father of former Mayor Danlel J. resident of this city, died at his home. at Providence, R. I, last Monday. The deceased, while a resident here, lived on North Burritt street. The remains were brought to this oty yesterday afternoon by J. M. Curtin & Co., and were interred in the old Catholic cemetery, % " HOLDS UP PAYMENT Mayor Will Consult Corporation Ooutie sel on Sadis Matter to Safesuasdl City Against Possibility of Suft.. - Mayor A. M. Paonessa sald today he will consult the corporation coun- sel before signing the resolution passed by the common council last . night to pay George Sadis $195, as the funeral expenses for his son, Fred, who met his death at the municipal swimming pool. Provided the payment can be made by the city without acknowledgment of responsibility for the fatality, he is willing that it should be done. Other- wise he will veto the resolution. The mayor placed his signature on the contract for harvesting ice at Shuttle Meadow this morning. ———— JOHNSON OPPOSES RECOUNT = Ansonia, Dec. 21, — Senator-Elect Walter B. Johnson, democrat who de feated Senator Drew in the recent - clection has announced that he is op- posed to a recount of the vote, He sald: “I conducted a clean and open campaign and claim I am entitled to & a seat in the state senate, WOMAN FALLS, BREAKS ANKLE. Mrs. John Hughes of 24 M $ street fell on the ice near the i\ Britaln Gas company works on Pine street yesterday and was removed the New Britain General hospital fering with a fractured ankle, was attended by Dr. Willlam nagan, < GET 88 CASES OF Bardstown, Ky, Dee. 21.—Ku three guards cornered by a b of pistol fire, bandits attacked W. T. Samuels distillery before dawn i today, broke locks and escaped 88 casea ot banded liquor in & truck. It is thought a dozen men ticipated. with which day.