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AS COURT JUDGE (Continued From Virst Page) Hill sanitarium, a tuberoulosis hos- | on the town farm proj rough the agency of this . ton mumerous patients have been cared for by the elly who might olh- erwise look to the state for care. Ohanges in Burritt Bank Charter, Representative Christ brought in several minor changes in the charter of the Burritt Bavings hank foday f approval by the banking comm Charter Amendments Amendments to the charter of the City of New HNritain were ued today by Benator Covért, Senator Covert also submitted a proposal relative to method of Alling vacancies in the police and ecity eourt Judgeships, In cases of death, o- stead of advancing the deputy to the Judgeship, the new law would place In the hands of the governor the power to name the judge, subject to the approval of the legisiature, Harttord, Jan, 20.--Any effort to ratity the 18th améndment at this session of the genéral assembly will be fought In the house, When a res. olution to that effeot was offered to. day House Leader Buckiey opposed it and a viva voce had it tabled, It may remain thers until adjournment day as Mr, Buckley sald it was use. less “to inject thix matter into the present session.” He sald he ot going to be & party to “assinine pro- ceedings.” He sald the matter was dealt with two years ago and the res- olution is In the seorctary of state's ofee. Mr. Dunham offered a resolution to raise a speclal committeo of one sen- ator and one represéntative from each county to investigate the organization and present scope of the business of the county commissions and the ad- visability of abolishing such commis sions, the committee to report April 1, IN THE SENATE. The inrush of senate measures be- gan as soon as the chaplain had fin- ished his prayer. More resolutions for judges at Bridgeport were put in. A bill by Senator Wilder would “pro- hibit persons not admitted to the bar, in certain cases, from sollciting, ad- vertising, requesting or inducing any person in this sf to institute or prosecute suit for damage.” Two Platoon Plan. By Mr. Ells—dividing permanent fire departments in day and night forces; allowing court clerks in naturalization work to retain fees; re- quiring physicians to return on death certificates a clear reference if such death follow vaccination; creating the dairy and food commhfloner. the at- torney general and the 'president and | secretary of the Connecticut manu-| mfacturers of carbonated beverages, inc. a “beverage regulating board.” Liquor License Refunds Bills were turned in to reimburse holders of llquor licenses moneys paid as fees for licenses;, establishing a normal school at Brlal'epor! and mak- irg an appropriation therefore; changing name of the New lLondon vocational school to Chapman Tech- rical High school. Senator Tone (dem.) offered a bill to establish direct primaries and nom- ination of candidates by petition. Senator Wilder offered a bill under which the governor would appoint the judges for the Bridgeport court as in the case of New Haven. Senator Ells had a bill providing for appointment of a ‘country life commission” of five to study life and ccnditions in rural districts. The number of bills put in by the ‘woman voters league were 25 in num- ber. The Hartford charter amendment to redistrict the wards to lessen the number of clectors using a voting place from, 800 to .600 was adopted by the senate in cohcurrence and sent at once to the engrossing clerg to ex- pedite it IN THE. HOUSE. Major John Buckley was in his seat today and guided the house through the.maze of a flood of business. The Connecticut Scandinavian Good Templars petitioned for ‘“legislation to enforce the liquor laws.” Mr. Schatz, of Hartford, reintro- duced the “blue sky” bill of last ses- sion. It would regulate sales of stocks ahd bonds. Mr. Hubbard of Middletown offered & bill to establish Industrial banks in cities and towns of over 25,000 people. By Mr. Loucks—police pension fund for Wallingford In the house objection was made by Mr. Hyde of Brooklyn against passage of resolutions appointing commission- ers of Litchfield and Windham coun- ties on the ground that he had be- fore the body a bill to abolish county commissioners. Mr: Buckley had the resolutions made the order of the day for Tues- day. Other bills included these: Mr, Brinsmade, Washington—thank- ing the Massachusetts historical so- ciety for returning the “Trumbull papers.” Mr. Kilpatrick, Bridgeport—making it unlawful for any public board to compel vaceination of a child before school. - Mrs. Nevius, New [airfield—es- tablishing right of way to any pond or, lake over which the state has con- trol. Mr. Warner, Hamden-—making Mount Carmel a state park and ap- propriating $260,000 for its purchase. Mr., Madigan, Stamford—forbidding gas companies from making service charges. Mr. Adinolfi, New Haven—making it lawful for cities to set aside stréets for “block parties and parties.” Mr. Lillibridge, Norwich—imposing $100 fine or ten days imprisonment for violatien of the standard time law. Mr. Brainard, Branford—§1,000,000 , EXERCISE—AND YoU WILL Prize Winning Model Tells BE BEAUTIFU. How to Have a Figure and Good Health Linn Van Voorhees of the “Greenwich Village Follies” was awarded the prize of the Art Students' League of New Yok recently as the Deautiful model posed in the league's class (his season, :-mu-mn contests, Miss Van Voorhiees tells which she developed and has kept hor figure, prises n the methads by By Linn Van Veorhees, It is the first hour of the day that counts with the beauty seeker, The first hour determines your complexion, your figure and your dis. position, Instead of lylog In bed and feeling sorry that some trim little maid isn't going to bripg up your breakfast on o tray, be glad you haven't that luxury In your life, It offers the most urgent invitations to obesity, Start your day with exercise, a oold shower and a smile, and you can Keep your figure and your com- plexion right where you want them, ‘Ihey’ll know you ;,n in earnest. y 3 When I arise I run right over to the open window and take 10 or 20 good, deep breaths to wake me up, Then I inhale as I rise to my toes, at the same time lifting my arms as high as they will go over my head, As I exhale I return to position and 1et my arms fall at my side. By this time I'm wide awake and I practice all the bending and stretehing exeérclses I know—and 1 know of nothing that compares with ballet technique for exercises, which promote grace as well as muscle. To raise the hands above the head and bend forward from the walstline until the fingers reach the floor is one of my-standbys, I do that one at least 50 times a day, Another I practice frequently s twisting from the walst—that s, keeping the knees stiff, and letting the upper part of my body describe a circle, using the walstline for the pivot. Goodbye fat cells, if you do much of that, Or lle flat on the back with the palms resting comfortably on the hips and raise to a sitting posturc, That {8 excellent for the back. Sometimes, before breakfast, I slip on a pleated skirt, sweater and some flat shoes and take a good brisk walk before I start the morning grapefruit, Especially, Start Right T get in some form of exercise— riding, swimming, golf or hiking— every day, and dancing every night 1 should say I devote two hours a day to exercise in some form or other. My meals come at regular inter- DEATHS AND FUNEKRALS Edward Frederick Schutz. Thé funeral of Edward Frederick Schutz was held from his late home at 78 Rockwell avenue this afternoon at’' 2 o'clock. Rev. Henry W. Maier, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiated, and interment was in Fairview cemetery. Edward H. Munson. The funeral of Edward H. Munson was held from his late home at 14 Prospect street this afternoon and was private. Rev. John L. Davis, phstor of Trinity Mcthodist church, officias- ed and burfal was in Walnut Grove cemetery, Mariden. . Mrs. Mary Ray Mrs, Mary Ray, widow of James Ray, a long time resident cf this city, died last night at the Hartford hos- pital. She leaves tiree sons, Patrick and James Ray, of this city, and Wil- liam Ray, of Bridgeport; a daughter, Mrs. Rufus Rood, of Winsted, and a sister, Mrs. John Booth of Ireland. The arrangements for the funeral are incomplete. Mrs, Charlotte Slater The funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Slater will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at her late residence, 100 Columbia street. Rev. Dr. John E. Klingberg will conduct the service. The body will be taken to Plainville for burial in West cemetery. | | Edward N. Peterson, | The funeral of Edward N. Peter- son will be held tomorrow afternoon. | A private service will be held at the | home of his parents at 3 o'clock and | at 3:30 o'clock in the Erwin chapel | Rev. Dr. John E. Klingberg wiu con- | duct a public service. The burial will be in Fairview cemetery. | Charles Katowskas | Charles Katowskas, aged 47 years, died at his home at 70 Sexton street last night after three days' {llness with pneumonia. He was a native of Lithuania and came to this country at an early age. He was employed as a polisher by the Stanley Rule and Level Co., for a number of years. He is suryived by his wife and two brothers, Silvester of Detroit, Mich., and Andrew of New Britain. The fu- neral will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock from Bt. Andrew's Lithuan- jan church and burial will be in St Mary's cemetery. Officers Installed by Order of Golden Cross The United Order of the Golden Cross held fts annual installation of | officers last evening at Electrie hall.| Grand Deputy Lady Adams and her| staft of officers were in charge. The following assumed their places, noble commander, Charles €. Wil- liams; vice noble commander, Mrs. Margaret Steele; past noble command- er, James E. McCourt; financial keep- er of records, Edwin L. Williams; treasurer, Charles H. Otis; keeper of records, Carmella Miglizzi; worthy for the state highway department and $2,000,000 for repair of trunk high- ways. WOULD ACCEPT MANSION. Washington, Jan. 26.—Abill au- thorising acceptance by the govern- ment of the $500,000 marble residence on 16th street offered by Mrs. John B. Henderson as a home for vice- presidents was introduced today by Senator. Warren, republican, Wyom- prelate, Mrs. Lillian Goodrich; worthy herald, Salvatore Miglizzi; warder of inner door, Howard Conger; warder of outer door, Harry Smith. Four candidates ~were accepted, making a class of 10 for the Jnitia- tion to be held February 14. A Val- entine social will also be held at this time. Visting cards are supposed to have mhe has vals in my life, and I never eat be- tween meals. Candy and coffee I never touch. Start your day right, however, and you won't find it necessary to do much dieting. FIND MRS. TROSTELL'S BODY Suitor Accused of Xilling Woman Found in Canal Chicago, Jan. 26.—The body of Mrs. Kate Mitchell Trostell, who disap- peared last December and with whose murder the poilce charged her re- jected suitor, Arthur IFoster, has been found in the drainage canal at Lock- port. It was impossible to identify the body positively, but a pay envelope bearing the name Mitchell, two dia- mond rings and a fur coat were said to answer the description of similar articles worn by the widow. The fiolice placed a murder charge againg@ifoster while conclusive proof of mur¥er was being sought. He de- nied knowledge of what had happened to the woman with whom he was said to have been in love. Once he sug- gested search of the river and drain- age canal. A long search of the water followed. - A pencil said to have belonged to the widow was found on the canal bank. 4 FINDS CURE FOR WAR &AS, X-Ray Specialist Says Veterans' In- juries Can Be Healed. Atlantic City, N. J, Jan. 26— Gassed war vetefans, no matter how scriously affected, can be restored to normal health by a new treatment, sald Dr. Charles A, Walters of Johns Hopkins university, president of the American entgen Ray society, ad- dressing i~ convention last night. “Where men inhaled poisonous gas the immediate result was violent i flammation of the bronchial tissues, he gaid . *“Repeated X-ray examina- tions show, in cases where bronchial pneumonia or tuberculosis has not de- veloped, the tissues have been re- stored.” Dr. Walters’ observations. directly contradict statements of many physi- cians that tissues subjected to gas never heal fully. SECRETARY WALLACE SUED, —— Butcher's Feelings Injured by Charge He “Smoked Tobacco.” Washington, Jan. 26.——8ecretary of Agriculture Wallave's duties supérvision of Center Market here. One of the rules is that the butchers, bakers and others who have stands theére must not smoke. Schaper, a butcher, was accused by the secretary of breaking the rule. Whereupon Schaper filed suit yester- day in the district supreme court aske ing $15,000 damages for slander. Here is the alleged slanderous no- tation inserted by the secretary in the records of the department and cited by Schaper in his suit: “He smoked tobacco after being requested to refrain therefrom.” SQUIRT OUT OF GRAPEFRUIT Years of struggie ¥nd fa Victory, Says Leading Canner Atlantic City, .N. J., Jan. 26.—The squirt has been removed from grape- fruit according to the message brought to the convention of the Nationa! Canners’ association by J. 0. Holt, of Fugene, Ore. Mr. Holt told the delegates that aft- cr years of experiment, a method has been discovered of eanning grape- originated wth glazed earthenware tablets, depicting thé owner and left |Ca by hm on leaving temples. fruit, which can now he served every day in the year with the attraction of being squirtless. include | Alexander | . City ltems Radio sets and suppiies at Morans' —advt John Harbol of 200 Beaver street and Miss Anna Sima of 61 North | street were granted a marriage license this afternoon, Good skating, Pila-Rhodes’ Rink.~ advt J. Bdward Erwin has been named defendant in an action Lrought through Kiett & Alling, by Sarkis Abrahamian, for $500, A plumbing |ubo|1 owned by the defendant on La- | fayette street has heen attached. The | writ is returnable in the eity court on the first Tuesday of February, ! Valentines at Church Bt Btore.—advt, Chief Willam C, Hart of the police department today received a circular letter from the Connecticut Humane society, asking that the cooperation of the local department he given in the matter of having owners of horses place blankets on the animals when they are left standing on the street Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner— advt, The regular weekly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce directors will be held Tuesday of next weel. instead of Monday, Good skating, Pilz-Rhodes’, Rink.— advt, 5 Louis H, Jariman, manager of the Maxwell and Chalmers automobile agency In New Britain, s spending o fow days in New York Miss Mary Kehoe, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Michael Kohoe of Tremont street, in confined to her home with an attack of tonsilitis, A son was born today at the Now Britain Genoral hospital to Mr, and Mrs, Frank Lambert of 452 Park street, About 40 loeal republicans will at. tend the annual banquet of the Me- Kinley association at Waterbury to- morrow night. The trip to the Brass City will be made on a special trol- ley car leaving the center at 3:30 o'clock. A. E. Low of 53 Prescott afternoon, that while driving his auto- mobile to this city from Hartford this morning, the machine was struck by | Baiti & Ohio an automobile operated by A, W. Carlson of this city. of the Meriden man's car was dam- aged. ANNUAL BANQUET OF ISABELLA CIRCLE Officrs Will Be Installed Prior to Social Function Monday Night The annual banquet and installa- 1tion: of officers of Isabella circle, Daughters of Isabella, will be held Monday evening at the Y. W. C. A No definite program has yet been made out, but the following will speak: Rev. Oliver T. Magnell of Bristol, Rev. W. P. Laffin of Forest- ville, Rev. John T. Winters of St. Mary's church, Rev. Lucyan Bojnow- Rev., Patrick Daly of St. church, Rev. Church of St. and Rev, £ church. Thomas Laden of the John the ing year will take place prior to the banquet and will be in charge of Mrs. Mary Booth, national regent; and Mrs. Clara Clancy, state deputy. the banquet and entertainment will city, Miss Marion Egan and Mrs. course of the evening. furhished by Lynch's orchestra. New Officers The officers to be installed are, Re- gent, Mrs. Margaret Hannon; vice- regent, Mrs. Annie Fitzgerald; past regent, Mrs. Esther McCabe; record- ing secretary, Mrs. Margaret Warner; financial secretary, Mrs. Sadie Calla- han; treasurer, Mrs. chancellor, Mrs. Delia Salmon; moni- tor, Mrs. Nellie Foley; custodian, Mrs. Gertrude Hinchliffe; inside guard, Mrs. Samuel Hinehliffe; ouside guard, Miss Elizabeth Coogan; scribe, Mrs. Mary Hinchliffe; trustee for three years, Mrs. William Coogan. He Likes the Ladies and Will Entertain Feb. 1 Tony Mikus, arrested on Wednes- day at the I, & Corbin factory on a charge of non-support, and whose case is scheduied to come up for trial in the police court tomorrow morn- ing, will be charged with a more ser- ious offense, Detective Sergeant W. P. MceCue said this afternoon. TFollow- ing a two-days investigation in the | case, which tool: Sergeant McCue to Bristol, evidence was unearthed today indicating that Mikus married Rosie Molaski in this city last week, and also that he had taken un- | to himself a wite at Hartford in 1919, | When Mikus is put to plea tomorrow, te will be charged with cohabitation DESERTEF "RRENDERS. U. S. Soldier Wanders 10,000 Miles Through Europe. Londén, Jan. 26 (By Associated Press)—After wandering nearly 10.- 000 miles through Asia and Europe, Russell Pattenger, of Roodhouse, 11, who, according to army records, | deserted the American expeditionary |forces in Siberia on January 17, 1920, |is destitude in London. His latest attempt to surrender to the military authorities before the transport St Mihiel sailed from Antwerp failed. Pattenger has heen trying to get into’ custody for two s. The Red |Cross is aseisting him while he hunts |for a ship on which he can work has passage homeward and do proper pennance as the champion long dis- tance deserter. yan of 46 Glen" street, agéd 20 years, is at the New Britain General hospi plained of a lameness in This Jater when his neck began to swell, he consulted a physician. At the hos- pital X-ray photographs have been takén, and Dr. 1. W. Kingsbury of Hartford, was called into consultation last night. Delia McCabe: )| | A street, | A Meriden, reported to the police this | Ana Cop The rear fender | Can Pacific .. ski of Sacred Heart of Jesus church, | yii¢ "Bt ™ Joseph's | Ny Cen Tivangelist | Nopr g West ..11 . V. Grikis of St. Andrew's Ng:th p‘“b Installation of officers for the com- [ pan Am P & T Mrs. Abel Kronholm will cater for | peading . be furnished by the “L" Four of this | Royal D, N Y . John Hassan will render solos in the [gouth Pacific Music will be [gouth Rail |Texas Co WALL S i EXCHAN EREII&ERR Wall street—Opening prices In to-| day's market were irregular. De- | mand was centered in the independent steels, ralls and equipments Wwith dviness being apparent in & num v of the coppers and ells. Columbia Gas opened a peint higher and Co solidated Gas, new stock, which ad vaneed 6 points yesterday, drepped back % of a point Wall Stre#t, Noon-~Prices steadily during the morning In rose re- Jewelry | snonse to & brisk demand for the in. | dependent steels and a number ol! special issues of companies whose eur- rent earnings are reported to be ex.| ceptionally good, There was a marked absence of bear pressure, Trading| slackened after the high prices of the | first hour were inade but values heid up well, Kresge was pushed up 6 1.4 points to 208, a new high record, Call money opened at 43 per cent, 10:30 4. m~Fisher Hody ep@nfd‘ nine points higher at 182 on over-| night announcement that W, €, Dur-| nt, automobile manufacturer, had offered to buy the outstanding eapi- tal stock at $200 a share, Woolworth advanced five points, Postum Cereal | 6% and gains of one to two points| were scored by Corn Preducts, United | Retall Stores, Owens Bottle, Mackay companiea and Calif, Pet. Burns brothers A gained % and then drop- | ped back 1%, Steel and Tube ptd. | Allied Chemical, North Americans and | Plggly Wiggly yielded fractionally. Quotations furnished by FPutnam & company, ' High . B3% 179 Low CI 2% 170 16% 12:% 55 77 122 151% MY % 100 138 4y 62% 142% 4% 72% ose Can sidsy ] Cr & Fdy Cot OIl ... 17% Loco ......128% §m & Re.. sg Rf cm. Tel & Tel. Tob .. Wool . Am Am Am Am Am Am Am m mn Ate Tp & 8 F Baldwin Loco ..134% . A5% 633% 143% . 451 Beth Steel B Cen Leather . Ches & Ohio Chi Mil & 8 P Chi Rek Is & P. Chile Copper .. Chino Copper Consol Gas . Corn Prod Ref.129 Cruciblg Steel . T47% Cuba Cane Sugar 13% Endicott-John .. 91 Erie 11% Erie 1st pfd Gen Electric . Gen Motors . Goodrick BF . Gt North pfd .. Insp Copper Inter Con pfd ... Int Mer Mar pfd Allis-Chalmers Pacific Oil Int Nickel Int Paper .... Kelly Spring T'r Kennecott Cop.. Lehigh Val Midvale Steel 37 36% 1 28% 163 941 29% 2% 75 27% 8§83 46% 12% 617 13 7% 8% 49 1% 50 1 321 L. 901 v, 80 Studebaker Co 115% 4814 Texas & Pacific 21% Tobacco Prod.. 82 Transcon Ofl 11% Union Pacific .. 137% United Fruit .. 16032 United Re St .. T1% U 8 Food Prod 4 U 8 Indus Alco 655 U 8 Rubber Co 60% U 8 Steel ..... 106% U 8 Steel pfd .. 121% Utah Copper .. 637% Willys Overland % NYNHG&H.. Pure Oil Penh R R .. Pierce Arrow .. ’ittsburgh Coal Ray Con Cop .. Rep I & S . Sinelair Oil Ref 5954 106 121% 623 % (Putnam & Co.) Bid Asked Aetna Life Ins Co 680 Am Hardware Am Hosiery . Bige-Hfd Cpt Billings and Spencer com 12 Billings and, Spencer nfd Bristol Brass Conn Lt & Pow pfd Fagle Lock ..... Fafhir Bearing Hart & Cooley . Hfd Elec Light .. Landers ¥ J R Montgome J R Montgomery pfd N B Gas N B Machine .... N B Machine pfd .. Niles-Be-Pond com . North and Judd .. Peck, Stow and Wilcox 34 Russell Mfg Co .. . 87 Scovill Mfg Co Southern N E Tel . Standard Screw 160 170 158 33 130 PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stack Eschange - Stanley P Fddy, Manages e e e s We Offe: 100 American Hardware 100 Landers Frary & Clark - JUDD C - Members New York Stock Exchange MEMBERS HARTFOR HARTVORD: Hartford-Conn, Trust g, D STOCK EXCHANGE rel, NEW BRITAIN: 23 West Main 54 Telephone 1818, WE OFFER— 100 Shs. American Hdw. Stock Flo NEW BRITAIN New Britaln ) Telephone 2580 Members Donald R. We Will Buy or Sell STANLEY JOHN P. Waterbury Danbury Middletown Direct Private Wire to ON NEW YORK 1 Passenger Train Runs Into Work| Gar at 14th Street - New York, Jan. 26.—Nineteen per- sons were hurt, most of them slight- ly, yesterday when a passenger train | ran head-on into a work train stand- ing on the Third avenue elevated line at the Fourteenth street station. The accident was caused by the failure of wheels to held on the rails made slip- | pery by snow and rain in Wednesday's storm. Most of the injured were | treated at an emergency hospital set | up in the waiting room of the elevat. | ed station and some of them were able to go to their homes. Investigators for the Transit com- mission di d their finding today, which exonerated the motorman of the passenger train and the guards of the work train. They said that Wil- | liamson had done everything possible to prevent the collision, and that the | wheels had failed to hold on the slip- | very rails. They said that the guard on the rear of the work train had | been injured about the hands and| head, indicating that he had been at his post when the wreck occurred. One Car Badly Wrecked. The forward car of thé pasfenger train was badly wrecked, and the steel tool car, into which it ran, up- ended and crashed jnto the coal gon- dola ahead. None of the passengers was seri- ously hurt, and firemen and patrol- men who answered the alarm turned in quickly and extricated the injured from the wreckage. | The wreckage was scattered over the right of way, and traffic on the northbound tracks was blocked for | an hour and a half. Trains were | shunted into the express track at the Ninth street station, and back again to the local side at Twenty-| third street, thus leaving the Four. teenth and KEighteenth street sta. tions temporarily without service, A | crew of 100 men with acetylene toch- | Stanley Works . 61 63 Stanley Works pfd ..... 28 g0 | Torrington Co com . 48 Traut and Hine 20 Travelers Ins Co 690 Union Mfg Co . 47 | U. §. Treasury—Balance, $361,035,205. SCHOOL BUDGET 8. | At a meeting of the school commit- e this afternoon action will be taken on a budget calling for appro- priations of §904,150, together with special items of $29,750, | | al, with an ailment that jernoon awarded to William H. Stekley is causing considerable anxiety. Whilé fof Rockwell avenue the contract for bowling a few days ago, Ryan com-'labor at the new municipal comfort| arm.|station.y He agrees to furnish COMIORT STATION CONTRACTS. The ecity hall commission this aft- two sen and two women attendants for $4,100 a year. The concessions contract was given to an ex-soldier, Nicola Mugi#ftdi, at $600. Both contracts hold for a year. Four other bids were submit@ed. es and jacks quickly removed ® the debris. NEGRO, ALLEGED SLAYER, IS FREED AFTER TRIAL Spectators Vigorously Applaud Action of Judge in Waco (Tex.) Court Waco, Tex., Jan. 26.—Spectators | applauded vigorously here when Su- preme Court Judge Munroe ordered the release of Ivory Clay, a negro, held here several weeks charged with killing Grady Skipworth, on Nov. 20. At the hearing Miss Naomi Boucher, | companion of Skipworth, on an auto- mobile ride, testified Clay was the man who shot Skipworth and treated her roughly, finally throwing her over a cliff. Miss Boucher and her brothers, Horace and Bernard, are at liberty under $2,600 bonds each on charges filed with Texas rangers by the fath- tional Lank Bldg. Hartford Stock Exchange Seasonal Office in the Belleview Hotel, Bdtleair Meights rida Thomsan, Tenmn & Co. Marttord 10 Cuntral Row Telephone 2-4141 Members New fTork Stock Exchange Hart, Mgr, ' WORKS TORRINGTON COLT'S We Do Not Accept Margin Accounts PEREEE TR TSR A 15T AR T T RO 0 KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchauge of New York STOCKS BONDS Bridge| New' flfi"‘;‘ Springfield New York and Boston G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—~Room 509, N. B. Natl Bank Bldg.—Tel. 1018 =i e < 19 HURT IN WRECK wer of Grady Skipworth. The charges against the negro, Clay, were filed by county officers. Recently Miss Boucher and her brothers were removed separately to other counties so that rangers could investigate the death of young Skip- worth. The three were brought back after a warrant for tiie arrest of Ranger Captain Shumate on charges of evasion of service on a writ of habeas corpus filed by Mrs. M. E. Boucher, mother of Horace, Bernard and Naomi, was served. P. Williams and his son, at the ified that they saw Joe d to have been a former roomer at the Boucher home, in the with Naomi Boucher, the night Skipworth was killed. Williams and his son testified they met the car occupied by Miss Bouch- er and the men in Cameron Park the night of the murder, and were ordere ed not to come near. iller, GREENWICH VILLAGE RAIDS Clean-up Squad Again Descends Upon New York Bohemian Quarter New York. Jan. ~— Greenwich village today was the scene of more raids in the latest drive to clean up New York’; Latin quarter. Detectives accompanied by officials of the Washington Square association, visited an apartment house on the squar2, battered down the doors to several suites and arrested three women and a man on charges of Vas grancy dnd dry law violations. We lent money To 151,000 People in 1922, The loans were made in 50 cities and each solved a problem for the person who re- ceived the money. We lent money at legal rates to wage earners, salaried persons and others on home furniture in sums up to $300 repayable in five to fifteen month- ly installments. Qurs is a service of helpfuiness on a self respecting busi- ness basis, Beneficial Loan Society Rooms 101-5—87 W. Main St Phone 1943; New Britain, Ct.

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