New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1923, Page 13

Brief News Dupatclm From All Over the \ » % NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928, World Wages of about 200,000 workers In ruklu' industry in United States are ncreased an averago of 10 per cent through decislon reached by repre- sentatives of . packing concerns and workera functioning through employe representatives, a system that s rec. :.nlled as lw.nmulve for trade union- m, A Thirty-one bills 6f information charging more than'dozen citizens of Morehouse Parish, La, with masked ‘ bands crimes are drawn by Attorney Gen, Coco, New Orleans, Times.Pi- cayune declares, Harold I, McCormick and Mrs, ith’ Rockefeller McCormick at Chi- cago, decline to discuss:widely print. ed reports that daughter Mathilde, 18, granddaughter of John D, Rotkefel« ler, and Max Oser, 46, Swiss riding magter, have been married quietly in London, Death at Indlanapolfs of Laurel Tarkington, 17, daughter of Booth Tarkington, Department of agriculture reports decrease of about 460,000 persong in farming population of United States during 1922, Lord. Robent Cecll at Des Molnes addresses appeal to women of Amer- ica to stimulate actively cause of world peace, Matrons and girls hug and kiss aged Confederate veterans in their parade at New Orleans, A. H, Penfleld, former cashier of Springfield, O., National Bank con- fepsed embezzler of nearly one million doflars, starts for Atlanta peniten- tiary and says he got what he de- served. President Harding in letter to Miss Anna Jarvis, Philadelphia, originator af mothers’ day idea hopes that day which falls on second Sunday in May this year will be more widely observed | than ever. Enrichetta Galll, mother of Mme, | Galli-Curci, dies at Milan, Italy at age of 82. Great wedding cake ten feet high and eight in diameter I3 anong gifts for Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon whose marriage to Duke of York takes place April 26 in Westminster Abbey, French and Belglan ministers at meeting in Paris decide upon more drastic unrevealed pressure to be ap- plied against Germany if she stays unylelding on reparations, Scotland Yard detectives conduct London ralds seeking Irish republican agitators, London Dally Express de- clares, o Pope at request of 28 Cardinals starts procedure necessary for beati- fication and canonization of Pope Plus X, TIDAL WAVE AT WAILUKIL Wallukl, T, H., April 14, (By As- soclated Press)—A tidal wave two feet high swept the harbor here yes- terday afternoon overflowing the beach roall at two places. No dam- nge was reported, FIRST REHEARSAL, The first rehecarsal of the Every- man's Bible class minstrels was held last evening at the Y. M. C, A, Con- siderable enthusiasm was evident and all indications point to a big hit on May 21, F. W, Macomber and H. Y. Btearns, two of the committee in charge, have scoured Boston, New York and other nearby cities for suit- able musi¢. The next rehearsal will be Friday, April 20. MOTOR COP IN BRISTOL. Speeding motorists are warned to beware of the long arm of the law while going through Bristol. That city yesterday purchased its first motorcycle for the use of the police department, The machine was pur- chased in New Britain from F. C. Monier and brother and is a Harley Davidson. . Cats are fetching 10,000,000 rou- ‘bles, and kittens half that® price in Kiev, Russia, where mice are causing enormous damage to food. Why Do You Still Keep Your Valuables at home, where there is every chance for loss—through fire, theft and misplacement. Just think —1Ic aday will procure a box— all your own in our large conven- ient Safe Deposit Vault. You alone cangotoit and know where your papers and valuables are. There are a few of those which you may have for the “‘kiddies’’ to save with—A dollar will open a new account— ome in this week and make the start. | Burritt Savings Bank Cor. Church and Main + her parents-in-law for alienation other day by another jury and * WORLD IS THREATENED Premier Smuts of South Africa Com- ments on Trend of Events That May Wipe Out European Civilization, Capetown, Union of South Africa (By ‘Associated. Press) April 14 Premier Smuts in a speech here yes- terday, dwelt gravely on the “rapidly developing erisis in Kurope where forces are being set going which may in the end ruin, European civiliza- tion."” he policy of the British empire he | said, ought to be clearly defined: to| the world so that there would be no doubts or misunderstaflings. “It should ' speak,” ' the premier continued, *“in a sincere impartial friendship and in humble loyalty to| the cause of peace, before it is too late, I trust it will reallze the great- ness and glory of its peaceful mission and speak the great word which with | the exception of America it alone can | speak among the nations of the world."” This is One of Principal Items of Business - Before Ieague Women Voters Today. Des Moines, Ta., April 14.—The Na- tional lLeague of Women Voters in convention here will vote today on resolutions favoring participation hy the United States in the international court of justice. The league women attended a mass meeting last night at which Lord Robert Cecil, British proponent of the league of nations, gave a detailed exs planation of the functions and duties of the league. Earlier in the week they heard Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce explain the president's proposal for American participation in the permanent court of interna- tional justice. In debate vesterday political linea were drawn in discussion of the pro- posed resolution introduced hy Miss Ruth Morgan chairman of the de- partment of international affairs of the ‘league. Her resolution proposed that the league recommend that the United States join the permanent court, | b bttt | DEMAR TO TRY COMEBACK. | Boston, April 14.—Clarence DeMar, } record holder and twice winner of the lu\morlmn Marathon, has entered the | lists for the race on Patriots’ Day, and | | will run under the colors of the Mel- rose post, American Legion. try to do what no man has yet done— win the Marathon a third time. Last year DeMar won the race in record breaking time after ten years absence from the event. ON WAY. ka, April 14, (By Asso- ciated Press)-—Captain Roald Amund- sen, Arctic explorer, started from here yesterday by dog team for Wainwright 500 miles north of Nome. He plans to attempt to fly over the North Pole in June. He will | I Value of Love Drope $3,500 When this French war bride, Mrs. Ida Claudell Smith, sued of affections at Chicago last No- vember, a jury awarded her $7500. She had the case héard the got only -$4000. GARLAND NOT INTERESTED He Had Trouble Enough Getting Rid of His $850,000 and Wants Noth- ing More to Do With Tt. Carver, Mass.,, April 14,—Charles | Garland had trouble ecnough getting rid of his $850,000 inheritance and is not at all concerned with what the American fund for public service, inc., may do with it. That is his answer to a question as to his attitude toward the criticism of the uses to which the furd is being put, made by Samuel| Gompers, president of the A, F. of L. If, as Mr. Gompers says the Garland money is being used to foster revo- lutionary propaganda, Mr. Garland does not know it. The trustees of the fund have not consulted him, nor is he interested. .His farm colony here of severat persons working out with him certain ide of communal life| in ramshackle structures takes all his time, he insists. VISITS OLD HOME TOWN Herbert Hoover Back to Scenes of His Boyhood — Visits Graves of His Parents. ‘West Branch, Ia., April 14.-—Intro- duced as “Herbie’Hoover the secretary of commerce came back to his birth- place yesterday and surprised the town despite the publicity his intend- ed visit had received. West Branch awaiting the arrival of Hoover for two days had almost given up hope of seeing him when the report went about that he was at the home of his cousin, George C. Hoover. The secretary came in an automo- bile and almost immediately started out to sce the town. He visited the house where he was born and the cemetery where his parents are buried Then he went on to the place where his grandfather lived, At the consolidated school audito- rium where about 500 of the town's 700 people were assembled, Hoover was introduced by Mrs. J. K. Carran who was his school teacher 38 years ago as “Herbie” Hoover. He spoke briefly of his travels and his pleasure at meeting Iowans wher- ever he went, CANADIAN MARKET PLANS. ‘Winnipeg, April 14.—Asserting that | a centralized marketing agency would probably do much better in market- cancerned, than the present John farmer marketing, Premier $ approved a |ing of the wheat board bill in the legislature last night. CIL. TIATION. Mrs. Elizabeth Howe, national past commander, of New York, will be present and 24 candidates will be in- itiated at a meeting of Martha Wash- ington council, Daughters of America, Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. A supper will be served. Visitors will be present from Waterbury, Middletown and Norwalk. Liberty Bell Banks ing the western crop so far as lhcl second read-| WAL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS | | Wall Street——Stock prices improved | today presumably because of elimina- | tion of weakened speculative accounts land tHe bullding up of a large short interest, OIll, Automotlve, Can, Inde- pendent Steel and a large number of miscellancous specialties gained 1 to 2% points. A broader inquiry was noted for the rails, Reading, Atlan-| tic Coast Line, Loulsville and Nash- ville, Canadian-Pacific, Baltimore and Ohlo, 8t. Paul, pfd, Texas and Pacl- fic, Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Wabash, pfd, A selling 1 to 1% points above their previous closing levels, The closing was strong. Sales approximated 375,000 shares, High Low o 44 44 9614 Am Bt Sugar Am Can Am C & Fdy .. Am Cot Ol ... Am Loco .. Am 8 & Ref Am Su Ref com 79. Am Tel &Tel , 123 Am Wool .... 101% Ana Copper ..., 40% Atch T & B I ., 101% At Guif & WI ., 28 Bald Loco ... 140% Baitimore & O . 52% | Beth Steel B .. 66 Cor Textile .... 1113 Carf Pacific ... 151% | Cer; Leath Co .. 34% Cheh & Ohlo . 7T1% | ChifMil & 8t P . 285 Chi tll Isl & P . 33% Chilr Copper ... 2 Chtnfifi Copper .. Con f3as ...... Corn'Prod R .. Crucible Steel .. Endicott-John .. Erie Krie 1st pfd . Gen Elec . Gen Motors . Gt North ptd In Copper . % Int Mer Mar ... Int Mer Mar ptd Allis Chalmers . Pacific Oil ..... | Int Paper ..... nelly sp Tire .. hen Copper ... Lehigh valley .. Miagaie States Oil Midvale Steel .. Missouri Pacitic N Y Central . NYNH&H Aor & West ... North Pacific . Pure Oil ran Am P & T . Penn R R .. rierce Arrow ... nay Con Cop .. Kep I & & . 1noyii 16% 94% L 193 110 48 e LuallIC 2 Tob Products .. 839 Trans Oil Union Pacitic . Laited ke St ... U 8 Indus Alco . U S Rubber Co . U S Steel .... 106% U & Steel pfd .. 118% Utah Copper .. x5 Willys Overland Ta Westinghouse .. 59 Gu States Steel 100% 634 6158 (Putnam & Co.) Bid Aetna Life Ins, Co .. 7 .. 45 Am Hardware . Am Hosiery . e . Bige Hfd Cpt Co com ., Biill & Spencer com . Bill & Spencer pfd Bristol brass . Colt's Arms .. o Conn Lt & Pw pfd .... Eagle Lock v Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley .. Hfd Elec Light Landers, I° J R Montgomery com ... J. R. Montgomery pfd .. N B Machine .. | N B Machine pfd | Niles-Be Pond com | North & Judd . | Peck Btow & Wil . Rusell Mfg Co . Scovile-Mfg Co . | Southern N E Tel . Standard Screw . Stanley oWrks Stanley Works pfd . Torirngton Co com Traut & Hine . ; Travelers Ins Co Union Mfg Co .. TODAY'S TREASURY RLEPORT. U. 8. Treasury—Balance, $608,076,- 557, Sugar Exchange Mémbers Asked to Show Reports | New York, April 14—All memblrs of the New York coffee and sugar exchange today received a form let- | ter from the United States attorney’s office asking for a submission of a record of all their customers and thelr firm's transactions in raw and re- fined sugar from January 1 to April 1. | London, April 14—Two arrests have followed the recent attempt to injure General Payot, French chief of | transportation in the occupied area, | at whose automobile a ~bullet was { fired near Castrop on Thursday, says a Duesseldorf dispatch to the Ex- change Telegraph agency. The bullet shattered a pane of plate glass on the car and the splinters cut the eye of the French engineer who was riding with the general. { COTTON REPORT. Washington, April 14.—Cotton con- sumed during March ageregated 623,- 105 bales of lint and*51,745 of lint« ers, compared with 566,924 of lint and 47,611 of linters in February this year, and 519,761 of lint and 48,648 of lint- ers in March last year, the census bu- reau announced teday. Cotton spindles active during March aggregated 35,- 500,518 compared with 31,872,842 in March last year. You'll L;T::IT PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange (Successors o Richter & Co,) Stanley E. Eddy, Manager 81 West Main St, Tel. 2040 HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT RIGHTS BOUGHT, SOLD AND ADJUSIED. —— IR | i e lg . Members New York Stock Exchanje MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE HARTFORD: Hartford - Conn, Trust Bldg, Tel, 3-6320 [ NEW BRITAIN: 23 West Main St., Tel. 1815, We Offer and Recommend: American Hardware Corp. 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