New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 INJUNCTION ISSUED TODAY AGAINST FISCHER BREWERY; Temporary Court Order Also Prevents Hartford' Concern From Trans- ferring Any of Its Fixtures Common Nuisance Is Charged — Govt., Agents Claim to Have Evidence of Illegal Manufacture and Sale, Hartford, May 19.--Declared to have heen maintained as a common nuisance, the Gustave I"lseher hrewery with plant on Park street is restrained under a temporary infunction issued by U District Judge Edwin 8, Thomas from the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating liquors, or from r moving or in any way interfering with the fixtures or liguors snd other things on the premises. The case will be heard in the federal court here June 11 when the government will seek to have the temporary Injunction made permanent The government has named as de- fendants in the action The Fischer Brewery Clo, €. L. Fischer, Hnubert Fischer, A. J. Dittmar and John Fhersold. Tt is alleged that the brew- ery on May 2, 1922, and February 26, 1923, and divers other days, manu- facturca and sold large quantities of intoxicating llquors in violation of the national prohibition law, The evidence against the Fischer brewery was obtained by government agents sent to Connecticnt from Washington who took samples of the product sent out from the brawery, and who, according to their state. ments, followed the trail of the beer as It was delivered to customers in Middletown and Meriden. MEN WITH NO COUNTRY By The Assoclated Fresa. Lausanne, May 19.-—One hundred and fifty prominent Turkish Moslems, including probably former Snitan Mo- hammed VI will become men without a country as a result of a decision of the Near Fast conference which today adopted a demand from the new Turkish government for a protocol authorizing the banishment of & num- ber of political leaders and confisca- tion of their property as traitors. ANDRES-ATWATER WTNS. The Andres-Atwater bowling team from this city went to Hartford night and trounced the White Rosc Bakers three straight games. This is quite a feat as the Hartford white- caps have been trimming everything in sight. The Andres-Atwater team: | BE. I Atwater, I, H. Andres, H. Y.! Andres, B. Shepard, H. Magnason. ! Coroner Samuel A. ! day afterncon and testified at the in- quest which that office had been con=!tormer president of the General Cars| | N. Carter of that town. | apparently from a seif-inflicted BRISTOL NEGRO HELD % SHOOTING CHARGE Rristol, ) ) Jerome Green, @ nagro, charg with shooting to death James Barber, ne. gro, in the home of Mrs. Magnolia Hargroves on the night of April 27, was bound over to the June term of the suparior court at Hartford by Judge W. J. Malone in eity court to- day, Beveral witnesses were heard and while none could give a definite story of the shooting, the court decided that probable cause to helleve the man gnilty had heen found. Two witnesses sald they did not know whether the shooting was accl dental as Green claimed, They said Green cama to the door and was ad- mitted by Mra, Hargroves, and with Harber he went into the kitchen. When an argument arose, “Greesn put his hand Into his shirt and Parber asked: “What have you there?” ireen roplied: “Do you want it?"" and Barber said he didn’ Nevertheless Green drow ont 4 gun and Barber tried to push It away. Tha weapon was discharged and a bullet in the groin caused Bar- her's death, Other witnesses, however, told of Green taking a pot shot at three men, including James Hargroves, hushand of Magnolia, as he was passing through the woods near the house Green had denied that he had shot at these men, Cause Found, Fol- % Killing of % vanion, — hemicide In Kindergarten Teacher. Witness fn In- quiry Into Death of Kent Youth, Appears Voluntarily at Probe. Winsted, May 19.-—Miss Jennie Barker, kindergarten teacher at Kent, voluntarily appeared at the office of Herman yester- ducting into the death of Frederick The coroner sald Miss Barker answered questions frecly and gave all the {nformation that she said she knew which might have any bearing upon Carter's ace tions, or condition prior to his death .4 or a shortage of approximately| Marched from the meeting place of | by a committer of citizens that they | this city, was BUN 300000 1n his accounts. Pettee was (1° Internatlonal woman suffrage al- yeturn to work while the committee | Permanent chairman of the conven- shot wound. Miss Barker has been staying in Torrington and did not go to Kent Tuesday to appear when the coroner opened his hearing there, The coroner has a few more witnesses to hear. AMERICA RETAINS WALKER CUP BY 10 GREEN EDITOR TROUP | | P'ress Will Be Well Represented When | | New Haven Newspaperman Speaks | at Lions Club Yuncheon, Philip Troup, editor of the New | Haven Unlon will probably find a large number of New Rritaln news- papermen attending the weekly Junch- | eon of the Tions club next Tuesday | noon at the Elks club when he ap- | pears as the principal speaker. The WIN ON 35th GREEN OF 12th GAME Dr. Willing, Sinking Three- Yard Putt, Brings Viec- tory to U. S. A, — Hagen Eliminated in Profession- al Tourney. By The Associated Press. St. Andrews, May can amateur golf team retained pos- ‘W BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923, —SIXTEEN PA( Laughs and Boasts of Outwitting State, Federal and Hartford Cops CANN— OT op ERA T E ANY M ORE Joseph Palazzo, Arrest Said to Have Hartford, May 19, and boasting that he had outwitted the efforts of federal, state and lo cal authorities to apprehend him dur- ing the two and one-half years that he had been engamed in the sale of liquer in Hartford and vieinity, Joseph Falaszo of 53 Huyshope avenue talk- € frealy to the poliee today after he had been placed under arrest o'clock this morning’ on Char) a8 he was making a delivery, His son John Palazze, 20, was also taken inte custody on a charge of |llegal trans. portation of liquor. Prior to this the house on Huyshope avenue and & barn in the rear of 1 Warwarme avenue had heen searched by Detective Ser- geants Andrew J. Willlams and Chas. Smiling blandly Colambia Varsity Crew Beats Mass. Tech Over ed As Rum Runner After Two and One-Half Years During Which Time He is FRENCH ARE ACCLSED OF RGY OF SHOUTING Berlin Press Claims That Patrols Fired Wildly, Wounding Two. Made 875,000 J, Keefe of the liquor squad, Joseph Palazzo, who s sald by the poliee to be the most important eaten yet made In this city en a charge of wholesale distribution of liguor, Iy de clared to heve amassed a fortune of nearly $75,000 The Palazaos were taken to poliee headquarters after heing arrested and at 0 they were arreigned hefors . Y % Judge Creedon, Prosscuting Attorney ™7 ihe Asiated ¥ A iaaaiahes o the n"‘:‘rfl :"‘ Day .':k."fl ’:’ by """”'““" Berlin newspapers report ap “orgy of po g .el.” uesday, In view yipe0r gnooting” by the French in of the extenaive operations of the ac- aannneim last night in which as Sused, the Drosecutor asked that the | mayy ay 160 shots wers fired and ot g ch case o |court granted the request ‘trol on Frivderichs bridge fired wildly fn mil direction some of the shots hit- ting nearby honses while a street car illed with pussengers was directiy Ifired upon, The cause of the outburst is not given Other disputches report that fatul enforcement 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD h May 12th PRICE THREE CENTS I3 INCHES OF WATER FALLS IN THREE HOURS Beaumont, Texas, 'Phone Girls Have to Work in Bathing Suits, Tex., May 10.—After a 1 of the United States of 13.54 Inek in three hours, telephons girls here went to work in bathing suits and hundreds of men and women ventured forth In their bathing suits to “see the sights''-—all they saw was water Property damage is $£00,000, Henry Beaumont record rainf estimated at Franks was probably fataily burned. He slipped through a pool of burning oil when lightning struck two oll storage tanks of (5,000 barrels capacity each, The tanks bolong to the One burned Milg qnd Half Coqr:e on Harlem by 9 Lengths OGREN MADE EDITOR OF i Penn’s 150 Pounders Defeat AMERICAN LEGION PAPER' Columbia Rivals in Same wouiding yesterday in Mannheim of rl Traub, a polleceman. He is enld to have been arrested, the chargy not belng itated, while being taken away nays in low portions of the city, Street he broie loose from his captors and car lines stopped service early in the dived into the river. The F'rench are | morning and no whel turned for the Magnolia Petroleum Co. with loss placed at $60,000 Motor boats took the place of jit. | 19.—The Ameri. | Wield Blue Pencil on “Boost and Pull,” Succeeding James P. Rogers, Resigned. Edward 5. Ogren, credit man for the Stanley Works, has been named cditor-in-chief of “Boost and Pull,” the officlal publication of Eddy- Glover Post of the American Legion. Mr. Ogren succeeds James P. Rogers as head of the editorial staff, Mr, Rogers having resigned hecause of his removal from the ecity. The new editor {8 an ex.soldier. He win served with the American Expedmon-' ary forces ovarseas and received th bars of a Illeutenant. He has bee active in the affairs of the American of |ed the Columbla first year men by a | | Legion since the organization declared to have fired on him while Class and Penn Freshies ne was attempting to swim of and | later touk him from the water suf. | Win by Length. fering trom wounds which proved | atal. INSTATE OF JAZZ New York, May 19.—The Columbia | university varsity crew defeated M |sachusetts Institute of Tech, by 0] lengths In & race over the mile and g PAncing, Unchaperoned Auto Parties, | half course in the Harlem river today, ':‘hoo] time: Columbia 7:34, M, I, T | Pennsylvania's 150 pound crew de. | e perioan TR feated the Columbla 150 pounders by | Montreat, N. C., May 19.—~The av- | {three quarters of a length In a mils erage American “is in a state of jazz" |and a quarter race. Pennsylvania’s |according to a diagnosis returned to- ime was 6:12 2.5 and Columbia’s |day by the committee on Sabbath and | 114 45, tamily religion of the southern Pres- The Pennsylvania freshmen defeat. | byterian church. The committee which reported to- rest of the day. Havoe of the storm included $100,- 000 loss to the city through buckling |of wood block pavements, LENINE IS PAILURE AND TROTZKY GREAT WINDBAG Etc, Are Blamed For Divorce and |This is Way Jewish Speaker Refers to Russian Soviet Leaders At New York Meeting. New York, May 19.—Nicolai Lenina, | permier of soviet Russia, was de- nounced as a “moral and physical faflure” and Leon Trotzky, minister of wer, was characterized as a ‘great ddy-Glover post and has heid nu-|length and three quarters over the day at the annual conference of the bombastic windbag” by Abraham Ca- { merous offices and committeeships. HINTS AT SUICIDE Former Mayor of Saratoga, Missing in $300,000 Shortage Scandal, Alleged Confession: Leaves Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 19.— The whereabouts of Harry Pettee, boniec Gas Co. who has been missing since May 10 was still a mystery to- day. Kdgar T. Brackett, counsel for the company yesterday disclosed the ab- sence of Pettee after the discovery, he |removed from office at a meeting of the stockholders on Wednesday. Supplementary details available in- dicate that Pettee after writing an al- leged confession found in his private box in the ofce of the company tol his wife he ifitended to go to Nor- folk, Va., on a business trip. The ,confession, referring to Col. Whittle- sey of "lost battallon” fame, who committed suicide at sea, sald "“Whit- tlesey did right.” Pettee was mayor of this city in 1917 and 1918, | Mrs, Pettee recently assigned her in- terest in a life insurance policy on which he borrowed $12,000. 399 SCOTS ADMITTED i !Are Given Permission to Enter U. S. By Land When United mngdom's‘ Ship Quota Is Exhausted. Washington, May 10.—S8pecial per- mission for the entry into the United newspapermen are organizing for the | session of the Walker cup by defeat- giateq rom Halifax of 399 immigrants occasfon and the press will probably he well represented at the gathering. | Mr. Troup is considered one of the | most eloquent men in New England. | He is in demand as an after dinner speaker hecause of his grasp on sub- jects of state and national importance and it is expected that the attendance will approach the record mark. General Shut-Down in Show Trades Is Likely | Brockton, Mass., May 19. — 8hoe manufacturers said today that unless a mettlement could be reached by ! Monday of the strike which invelves several classes of workers in factories here, a general shutdown probably would be necessary, throwing more | than 20,000 persons out of work. One | large plant and one small fnctar)" were closed today while partial opera.- | tions were being carried on in all the | others, Gasoline Price War in West Seems to Be Over Kansas City, Mo, May 19.—An in- crease of two cents a gallon in the price of gasoline in this city, put into offect today by most of the large dis- tributors here, indicated that at least an armistice had bean effected in the price war, which at one time foreed gasoline down to 1614 cents at filling statlons. The Standard Oil Co., of Indiana was the only large vendor which has not acceded to ths advance placing gasoline in this eity at 201, vents. { JORANSTON WINS MATCH 8t. Cloud, France, May 19.—Willlam M. Johnston of California, won his match In the first round of the men's singles in the world's hard court ten nie championships hers today defeat. ing the Frenchman Gentlen 6 8, -5 6 ing the Britlsh team in the two day tournament ending today, by a score of six matches to five. The cup was won only on the 35th green of the 12th match when Dr. O. F. Willing of Portland, Ora., playing W. A, Murray of the British team, sank a three yard putt to win his match by 2 up and 1 to play. The Americans after winning only one of the fourth ball foursomes played yesterday, came through in the individual matches today with five victories to the Britishers two. One match, that between Oulmet and Wethered resulted in a tie, the players being all square at the sixth hole. Cyrll Tolley, formsr British ama. teur champlon, defeated Jess Sweel sor, the Americon champlon, by 3 up and 1 top . George V. Rotan of Texas defeated W. W. Mackenzie, British, 6 and 4. Roger Wethered, Britlsh, and Francis Ouimet of Boston, were a'l| square after playving 36 holes. Max Mareton of Philadeiphia Onimet sank a threg yard from the United Kingdom who ar- rived on the steamer Cameronia, was granted today by Commissioner Gen. Husband. Halifax, May 19.—Three hundred Scottish immigrants barred by the quota law from landing in the United States arrived on the Cameronia to- !day to find American immigration au- thorities ready to examine them and hoping they would be passed across the border into the country they were prevented from entering by water. The immigrants expected to start (for the United States on a special | train tonight. { SAVES CHILD FROM FIRE Neighbors Rescnes Little One in Dan- bury—House Set On Fire by Incen- diaries, s Relief. 19.—-The police are de- | |featad W. 1. Hope, British, 5 and 4./ putt [ Danbury, May 't stymie to win the ;;D::?G ”“qd“a:q;:" yh" mateh with | Investigating the circumstances of a | susplcious fire that caused about $4.- | Wethered. Robert A. Gardner of Chleago de- | 000 damage to the home of Roland W. Rand, a member of the faculty of feated Robert Hatris, British, by onc | 1o e Danbury High school at 8- Park hole. | Fred Wright, Jr. of Tos Angeles, | defeated F. W. Holderness, British, by | one hole. | place late last night. Mr. and Mrs. Rand were away from home at the time and Chester Ruscoe, a neighbor, was slightly burned in rescuing their { tish, def s John Wilson, Deitish, defeated 8.1two and onehait year old. son,. who Davison Herron of Chicago, one up Dr. 0. ¥. Willing of Portland, Ore,, defeated W. A. Muyray, British, 2 up and 1 to play. By The Associated Press. Leed ay 19.—2. C. Jolly, of Fox- grove. the English professional, de- feated Walter Hagen, American hold- 't of the British open golf champion. | ship title, 2 up in €~ final of the pro fesslonal tournam4mt here today. l was-alone in the apartment at the time. The fire started on a flight of outside steps and appears to have been of incendiary origin. GARIBALDY'S SON TLI. Rome, May 19.—General Ricciotti Garibaldi, last surviving son of the great Itallan hero, is dangerously §!1 ' He is 78 years | from heart troubla, old, |mile and a quarter course finishing in | church here blames modern dancing 6:45 to Columina's 6:51, for many divorces and adds “that card The Columbia junior varsity defeat. | playing and unchaperoned automoblie | ed the M. I. T. juniors by six lengths ' riding at night” also are among the l: .e"" over the mile and a half |evils “breaking up the home." course, | CALL ON MUSSOLINI | 1,000 Women, Headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman, Catt, Get His Pledge For Suffrage in Italy. | By The Associated Pre gemved. ome, .—Approximately Schenectady, N. Y., May 19.—S8trik- 11,000 women, representing nearly all | ing employes of the Schenectady Rall- the countries in "the world, today way Co. today considered a proposal MAY OPERATE TROLLEYS Schenectady Strikers Considering Such Proposal, Which Company Has Ac- ‘:’:l"":;’ to the office of Premier Mus- negotiated with the company in thelr Rajolutions adopted at the con- gress of the alliance were handed to the premier by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt honorary president. The proces- alon which. was unique in Roman his- 1 tory, produced a great !mpression. Signor Museolin! welcomed the sut- fragists warmly and sald he was pre- pared to keep his pledge that, posstbly | i I“::‘l‘;n“';i“;;‘r‘:“:;“ :{m'l’;"‘b-‘e';“; stocking the buildings with food sup- the enfrachisement of women by cate- biiss. gorles, b The resolutions presented to | premier which will also be presented i to other governments urged equal suf- frage “In order that governments of the people may eevrywhere include all the people | behalf. The proposition has been accepted by Harry B. Weatherwax, president of the company. The car barne of the company have been fitted over as living quarte: Kitchen equipment has been installed, dormitory rooms furnished and win- dows painted and protected by wire mesh. Provision houses have been city council last night passed resolutions stating that it was the opinion of the council that outside la-~ bor was not wanted to operate cars in the streets of Schencctady. The council instructed the city en- gineer to report cases where the rail- way hud falied to fulfiil its contract of paving between rails In streets. Mayor Whitmyre qudstioned recently the ability of the company to finance !a strike when it claimed to be un- able to pay its paving bllls. RETURNING 10 STAGE | Maunde Adams Will Revive Peter Pan And Herself Play in Her Old Time | TWO FLIERS KILLED. San Antonlo, Texas, May 19.—Fly- ing Cadet Robert McAdams of Mont- New York, May 19.—Maud Adams, EOMery, Ala, 24, and Private James famous actress, who quit the sage |18/l 22, of Bowling Green, O, were |Lecause of Hliness in 1918, will return Killed and their bodies burned this {in the autumn in a revival of her MOrNINE when thelr plane crashed | greatest success “Peter Pan’ and in 8bout flve miles from Brooks fleld, Fanous Role, in Fall, |three other Barrie plays, one of them | !a new effort on which Sir James | Barrie now is at work, the Evening | Mail said today, Miss Adams was sald to have been [induced to go again before the foot- lights by Barrie, whom she visited re icently in England where she also |saw Rudyard Kipling and the heirs of ¥dmund Rostand, She is expected (to appear in motion picture versions |y, rThe Associnted Press. | of several of Rostand’s plays and| London, May 19.—Marcel Berube, | Kipling's novels, Irecently released by the Suchow train | s = bandits, is journeyving to Peking to| present an ultimatum to the Chinese | government on behalf of the bandits, | says a Reuters dispatch from Tsao- Chwang. = R ! | | TRIPLE CHESS TIE., By The Associated P Carlsbad, May 19.-—The interna- tional chess masters tournament be- gun in this city on April 28 was con- The ultimatum, according to the cluded yesterday when a triple tie for (ispatch, 1Is that the government | the first three places resulted be- troops surrounding the bandits l“ tween Alechins, Bogoljubow and Mar. | Withdrawn by next Tuesday fllllnl‘ 1ocay, each man having scored 111 Which two of the Anglo-American points, captives will be killed. By The Assnciated Press, Peking, May 19, ‘elegrams to the New York, May 19.—The acual Chinese government from Taao- condition of clearing house, banks Chwang, near which 15 forelgn cap and trust companies for the week | tives are held by the mountain out- shows an excess reserve of $10,720,- [laws of Shantung, indicate that the 410, This I8 an increase of $3,242,. government representatives are on 9o, the point of abandoning negotiations for the release of the hostages be- |cause of the bandits’ extravagant de- | mands, The latest such terms were that !troops be withdrann from the entire province of Shantung, the bandits to constitute the provinclal military force. Tt is intimated that Wu Yu-Lin, i minister of communications who has |been in charge of the governmental # | parieys will be recalled to Peking. BANK REPORT, » E = - » THE WEATHER | ] | —0— Hartford, May 19.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Sun- day; lttle change in tempera- ture; variable winds. | AWAITING SETTLEMENTS . robbed of $10,000 last April, BANDITS' ULTIMATUM IS THAT TWO ANGLO-AMERICANS WILL DIE TUES, IF CHINESE TROOPS DON'T VACATE han, editor of the Jewish Dally For- ward, in an address before the annual convention of the sociallst party to- day. sian leaders were sincere but declared their communistic experiment had proven a failure. He urged the socialists of Amerl- a to pull themselves together and show some signs of life instead of de- voting themseives to a “Babel of use- less talk." Haterring to the relatively small at- | tendance at the convention, Mr. C | han declared it indicated |able looseness among the socialists in | this country as compared with so- | clalist solidarity in Ingiand. | Algernon Iee, former alderman of | elected unanimously tion, | |French Ar;ny of Oc.:éupation | to Be Greatly Augmented | Paris, May 19.-~The army of occu- o, | pation in the Ruhr {3 to be reinforced | | by another 15,000 or 20,000 men says | Le Matin. Tt has been decided, the | newspaper asserts to proceed to a still more complete exploitation of the oc- | cupled territory and consequently the railroads must be closely guarded to prevent the escape of coke and coal. Yale Freshmen Cut Up New Haven, May 19.—The Yale freshman class was warned by Dean Roswell P. Angier today that if “further massed disturbances” occur in the Yale dining hall punishment will be inflicted andl in absence of in- formation as to the individuals con- cerned cancellation of one or more | athletic contests still scheduled with freshmen of other colleges will follow. iT 880,000 LOOT Montreal, May 19.-—Thieves during {the night blew open a safe in the of- fices of J. I.. Sabbath and Co., whole- sele jewelers wnd escaped with $80, 000 worth of gems. The firm was HAD BIG BOOZE SUPPLY Three Myrtle Beach Men Found With Quantity in Oar and More Was Con- fiscated at Their Cottage. Milford, May 19.-—Ernest Devello, Marco Ceketoziak and John Lombar- di were arrosted early today as they were driving along Meadows End road. In their wagon was 20 gallons of whiskey. After their arrest Police Chief Maher and other members of the foree went to Devello's cottage at Myrtle Beach, where they found a forty gailon still and six barrels of mash. The men furnished bonds for their appearance in court on Monday to answer to charges of making and transporting latior. SCHOOL FIRE HAZARDS Boston, May 19.-—Repetitions of the Cleveland, 8. C.. school fire in which | 73 children and parents were burned to death, are possible In many schools in the United States and Canada, Franklin H. Wentworth, secretary of the national fire protection association sald today. | Mr. Cahan conceded that the Rus- a lament- | GROUP INSURANCE AT THE STANLEY WORKS 3,500 Employes Eligible To Benefit by Policy, Entire Cost of Which Will be Borne by Cor- poration tanley Rule and Level Co. Announces All Workers in American Plants Are Included in New Arrange- ment, Approximately 3,600 employes of the Stanley Works are eligible to benefit under a group insurance pol- lcy which the corporation has taken i, announcement of which was made today by Clarence F, Bennett, president, and Whalter H, Hart, vice- president and general superintendent. At the same time, Superintendent J. M. Burdick of the Staniey Rule and Level Co., announced that the group insurance in force at that plant had been' revised to conform with the Stanley Works pollcy and had been cxtended to Stanley Rule and Level Co.. branches in this country, affecting hetween 300 and 400 employes. The conpany established group insurance four vears ago for ahout 1,200 em- ployes. The benefits of the Stanley Works policy are extended to members of the Stanley Works Mutual Benefit asso- ciation, numbering approximately 1,100, which will aceept as members ell who apply and quality. A meeting of ail employes who are interested in the insurance plan, the entire cost of which will be borne by the company, will he held this eve- ning in Odd Fellows hall on Areh street, when the proposition will be |explained, Stanley Works Statement The following statement was made by the Stanley Works today: “The Stanley Worke hes decided to adopt group insurance for the em- ployes who are members or hecome members of the Stanley Works Mu- tual Benefit association. The plan of [the company will be explained this (evening at a meeting of the Stanley | Works Mutual Benefit association that has been called to act on changes fu |the by-laws, “All members of the Stanley Works Mutual Benefit association are auto- matically insured under the plan and {also all new members taken in up to June 8, 1923, inclusive, Beginning {June 9, 1923, those Joining the asso- ciation will be admitted under rules governing the assoviation from that |date. The company clearly states that fonly members of the assoclation are Ito be insured. New employes will have the privilege of joining after three months' employment. “Those Insured are placed in three classes, 15 to 45 years, 46 to 55 years and 56 and older. ] “An employe is insured at his age when he began employment at the Htaniey Works. The amount paid in case of death or total disability is | highest for those in the first group, | which increases yearly over a period of five years and reaches a maximum of §1,000, The older groups are pro- | portionately less. In the event of death, the insurance will be settled by the payment of $200 cash imme- |dlately and the balance In twelve |monthly instalments, except that where any such instalment would be less than §60 such balance will be paid at the rate of not less than $50 | per month. | “This action is voluntary on the part of the Stanley Works and we must necessarily reserve and do re- serve the right to change or abandon this plan at our discretion whenever |it may appear to us advisable. Tt does not change the employe's free- dom nor his right to leave, as he pleases, nor our right as employer to dismiss any employe. “In providing this insurance we are not actuated by any false notion of philanthropy or paterna'ism, but rather by the desire to show in a practical manner the value of true cooperation, with the earnest hope that it will lighten some of the heave fer burdens of life for all of us. “The continuance of our mutual ef- forts will result in mutual success and it 15 our best wish and hope that we may each and all do our part in main- taining that spirit of cooperation which, in the long run, cannot fail te be of greatest benefit to all. “Trusting that your assoclation with this company may be long-continued and mutually beneficial, we are, ‘Yours very sincersiy, THE STANLEY WORKS “ Bennett, President.” President Bennett's Announcement, A letter to employes issued hy Pres. ident Bennett follows: To Our Employes: “The success of thie company is, te A very considerable degree, depend- ent upon the efficiency and loyalty of our amployes and the members of ow organization Tn recognition of this fact, and ie appraciation of the excellent servies yvour Mutual Renefit assoclation has rendered in the past in providing financial assistance to you and your families in case of disabllity, we have decided to contribute group life In. surance (0 &ll memhbers of the Stan- ley Works Mutual Benefit assoclation and have arranged with the Connec: tieut General Life Insurance Co. of Hartford to carry insurance in ae: | cordance with the amount shoWn i3 I (Continued on Twelfth Page) .