New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1923, Page 11

BIG SURPLLS GIVES BONUS IDEA BO0ST Legion Probably Will Apply to Congress Once More Washington, June 28~ h neement has beel vernment that the nRatiensl MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1928, WALL STREET STOCK =l EXCHANGE REPORTS Word has been received in New Britain of the death of Alphonse Cop- ey e e pens, brother of Rev .Charles Cop High pens, pastor of Bt Peter's ehurch in L1} shis oity, Father Coppens was at the |Am 9 EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, |SPECIAL GRAND JURY | READY IN WARD CASE| S —— CITY ITEMS. Boutta Buy ice cream at MeEaree's.—advi. | A marriage lcense has been lessued | 23 Talesmen Selected to Hear Evis! #t the town clerk’s officé 1o John Dun- | lop Merrigen of Jersey City, N. J, and dence Against Son of Wealthy Baker | e Isabel Thompson of T4 Belden hite Plains, N, ¥, June :i.v—‘ ‘l‘lttul——.‘\l bedsids of his brother in Alost, Bwitz. | Am | George 0. Kolb has transferved to | Walter 8 Ward, wealthy baker's 8om, | o i0ng when the end came after a|Am the General Baking Co. of New York | was an early arvival at the Westehes: | long Winess. There will be Arer g [ s city, for §100 and other considerations, | ter county court house today when the | requiem high mass at § o'clock | Am property on North street, which was | second grand jury Investigation of the| Thursday morning at Bt Peter's| Am | formerly used as an office and recelv- | slaying of by Ward of Clarence Peters | chureh for the repose of his sou Am PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Eschange Members Hartford Stock Exchange Stanley R, Eddy, Manager 81 West Main St, Tel. 2040 | | | | Low L1 N Am sug | Vieter and Edisen records u} ™ 108% P 69 195 1214 L) ol 155 1Y We Offer 50 American Hardware & Re f& Rt em Sum Teb Tel & Tel Am Tob . n ¥ 13 | ' ‘a'.:‘ao.';::a".:":.'::;'“:"“h:“‘;‘“{ {ng station for the Pan Dandy Baking Sat g | company. .Mfl.‘:n:a‘«?yu‘n:?r:ga:: :l‘:::“b:!‘ flfl_fl:l bargaine In used planes at ‘l.“':l:’ 'n; the fiseal year, representa- ; m;-’:: :.:::‘I\I:;NII eleetion of efficers or ,,”.';:.::'“::"L:“‘:',“;I‘;‘:;,sl Gerstaccker lodge, 1. 0. O, F,, will bonus legislation are preparing 1o re: . o A Tt Bt tas vininttve | 1900s 1n 044 Feriows hatl o6 AT tion's anti-bonus policy before "..‘l"fll. Fevera! other mnl.lu of im. REXt congress. Pf:;:pE;‘::-"n:Iw calendared for to- " night's h th:ml'h::r":n“:o bau:.: ::,\:.':::‘":: Fresh banana lce cream, McEnroe's are looking for, ite tion | 34Vt ; \of p,-““.'“ ""“’“' and .’.':':‘“::= mnh*,ehpm.‘u. !. 8, will h!;ld Sllan of the Trewsury Departmant 1 S soan and. evenlng ot he. Nome. of President Harding insists upon 1ol |y. 'y W Seheidier at 48 Vine street. take place tonight at a meeting of the | lowing his previous course of exercis- ing the power of veto, unles provision 1s made by congress to pay the costs by the adoption of a sales tax, every effort will be made to influence the senate to pass bonus legislation over the president's veto, In the last con- gress the house disregarded the pres- {dent's veto, but the administration was able to rally sufficlent support in the senate to kill the bill, ENLIST POR TRAINING Five Young Women Will Become Nurses at Local Wospital--25 to 30 Mare are Needed by October 1, Although five new student nurses have entered the New Britain general Yospital training school for nurse between 26 and 30 more are needed, according to Miss Maude E. Trav of nurses, the new hospital bullding will not be opened until near the end of the year, it {s necessary to begin at this time to train nurses for work next year in the larger institution. Efforts will be made during the summer to enroll as many students as pessible and the new school will open October 1. Those who have signified thelir in- tention te become nurses to date are as follows: Miss Esther Seaburg, New Britain; Miss Dora Sadls, New Brit- ain; Miss Anna Miskey, New Britain; Miss Ruth Baeder, Torrington, and Miss Dorothv Plumb, Litchfield. NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED Co. M. of 169th Infantry Ts to Be Re- cruited in Hartford—Officers Are Assigned or Transferred. | Radie sets apd supplies at Morans, —advt, | Miss Gertrude Hart of 800 New Rritain avenue, }artford reported to the police yesterday that while driving, through New Britain she struck the traffic post in front of the South church and moved it for a dis- tance of five feet. A small plece of cement was knocked from the base, Lunch at Hallinan's —advt, The meeting of the Mothers Jewels, which was scheduled to be held in th Methodist chureh Friday, June 29, has been postponed until Beptember, Victrolas and Planos, Henry Morans ~—advt, Frank Suzio spent the week.end in this eity. He 15 in charge of the bulld. ing of the now state highway In Bey- mour, Conn. The condition of John J. Farley of 59 East Main street, who is under the care of Dr. Hugh Flaherty at St Francls' hospital, is reported as im- l * | proving. Mrs. John D. Sullivan of 59 East Main street was called to the hedside of her brother, Charles E. Foley, at §t. Franels' hospital early Sunday morning. Mr. Foley, a former rési- dent of this city, was seriously hurt in an accident. A telephone lineman whose name {s #ald to be G, Petrosky of New Brit- ain, was bitten by a dog while at work in Berlin this morning. The wound {8 not thought to be serious. A marriage license has been {ssue L] to Arthur C. Ellason ot 49 Winthrop! street, and Miss Astrid B. Anderson of 398 Chestnut street. Mrs. F. Dobson and family of Lin- coln street, have opened their sum- mer home at Neptune Park, New London. Kills Daughter and Chum, Then Takes His Own Life Louisville, Ky., June 25.—Willlam Hartford, June 25.—A new com- |Zinsmeister, 35 years old, shot and pany to be designated Co. M of the!killed his daughter, Mamie, 15 years 169th infantry in Hartford 1is or-}old; Sara Connelly, 16, her chum; derad constituted by the adjutant|wounded thres other young persons general in orders issued today.|and then killed himself at a church Among changes in the officers are the | p cniec on the Ohio river near here following: First lieutenant, Leslie L. Plerce o be captain, assigned to command company M. Private Donald E. appointed first lleutenant, vate George H. Willlams pointed second lieutenant. First Lieutenant Arthur L. La- Rocque is relleved from duty with the fleld artillery, promoted to captain of {nfantry and given command of Co. L. Private Frank Patterson is ap- pointed first lieutenant and assigned ito Co. L. and Second Lieutenant Isaac M. Ricker, infantry, is assigned to the same company. {Two Slain, Others Are Wounded at Christening Summit, N. J., June 26.—Edward Dooley, a member of the Summit fire department, and a Mrs. Fresco were killed and three other persons wounded last night at a christening yarty in New Providence. All four, police sald, were shot by Louls \Muscherino, 8 guest. The party was held at the home Mrs. Genaro Ganettl, PLANS FOR LEVIATHAN. By The Assoclated Press. New York, June 25—Albert E. ¥ asker, retiring chairman of the U. 8. Shipping Board, predicted after a conference with shipping board of- ficlals today that the reconditioned ‘Leviathan, which returned yesterday from her trial trip with a world speed record hung on her bow, would sail on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage July 4 with ‘‘more money in passages’ than any ship that ever left this port. Hagstrum s and Pri- Jr, ap- of ABOUT $1,000 SUBSCRIBED Approximately $1,900 has been sub- geribed in this eity to the fund for the maintenance of a disabled war weterans camp at Hammonassett. The focal committee set out to collect #7,600 but even near approach to this figure was found to be out of the question. It is hoped that the com- snittee will be in a position to turn over $2,000 to the state committes shortly. {defeated vesterday. The three wounded are expected to recover, the police say. Th wounded were Thomas Mulaney, 18 years old, who suffered a wound in the face; Charles Eifler, shot in the | shoulder, and Gertrude Franciona, 18, shot in the leg. Witnesses say Zinsmelster fired more than a hundred shots. Sara Connelly was standing in the river at the time she was shot and her body fioated down stream. It has not been found. A Dbrother Zinsmeister is now serving a séntence in the penitentiary for murder. WILL NOT STRIKE Marblehead, Mass, June 25— Operators of the Marblehead ex- change of the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Co. will remain at their posts during the strike which is to begin tomorrow, according to a statement {ssued today by the Inter- pational brotherhood of telephone workers. The announcement sald the operators wvere all affillated with that organization and were not af- tected by the strike order. PLAY BEGINS LATE By The Associated Press, Wimbledon, June 25.—Play in the Wimbledon tournament at which the world's lawn tennis titles will be de- cided for the last time, began late this afternoon after delay caused by a heavy mist but only one star match could be run off on the center court before darkness fell. In this match witnessed by 15,000 persons, L. A. Godfree of England the Rumanian champlon, Nicholas Muzhu 1-6, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, 9-7. ENOUGH COAL MINES Washington, June 25.—Making a new departure in the field of rallway regulation, the interstate commerce commission held today that there al- ready are enough coal mines in the country, and selely on that ground refused to permit the Virginian rail- way to build a one mile branch in West Virginia to serye mines belng opened by the Pocahontas Fuel Co. Brief News Dispatches From Al Over the World President Harding, addressing sol- dier sick in Denver hospital, “con- pecrates self to prevent another war on the part of the United States.” London newspapers, derisive, caus-| tic and Indignant, say ship liquor geizures by United States authorities thay lead to international complica- tion; score their government for pas- sive attitude. Four more !iners—British, French and Italian arrive at New York with lJiquor stores. Selzures expected today. Lloyd George speaking in London church calls seizure of British liquor stores just. Leviathan, ending 2,200 mile trial trip in which speed records were broken, arcives at New York to pre- pare for initial American passenger trip July 4. New York officlals of league of |nations non-partisan association tele. graph DPresident Harding challenge of {his St. Louls statement that league is “dead as slavery.” Four more Amherst college pro- | tessors resign because of forced res- ignation of President Meiklejohn. , Telephone operators union offical at Boston issue officlal order for strike at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning. Gen. Degoutte at Duesseldorf Is- sues order declaring allies have power to requisition all coal stocks in mines, factories and other industries in Ruhr. Ruhr trade unlon unanimously de- clde that passive resistance will not cease till “brutal injustice” of French and Belgians end. Washington understands govern- ment favors international conference to draft treaty limiting use of aircraft and radio in war. of Haverhill, Mass, got under way One hundred talesmen were on hand from whieh the jury commissioner was to draw a panel of 23 to sit at Governor Bmith's direction at West. chester county’s first extraordinary grand jury, Re-submission of the case was or- dered after an investigation conduct- ed by Attorney Gen. Sherman follow- ing dismissal of a first degree murder indletment against Ward The original indietment was dis- missed after a long wait as the eounty prosecutor admitted he did not have sufficient evidence to warrant a trial Practically the only evidence ever made publie concerning the slaying. which occurred May 16, 1 near the Kensico reservoir, was Ward's own statement that he shot in self.defense when Peters menaced him with a pis- tol after he refused to meet demands for blackmail payment, Isaac N, Mills, chief counsel for Ward sought to block today's proceed- ings by declaring he wanted to make a motion on constitutional groun “Motion denied, snapped Justice Wagner, . “What, before I have stated 1t?" ex- claimed the lawyer, The court informed him it would entertain only motions directly af- fecting the drawing of a jury panel, and Mr. Mills sat down, The jury of 28 was picked after two hours. It comprised men chiefly. Women who served on the previous jury were not chosen again, NEVER GOT ONE DOLLAR Records of United States Transport Company Do Not Show Receipt of Apy Money From Government. Washington, June 25.—The United : States Transport Co. so far as its books show, never received one dol- lar from the government for acting as agent for the shipping board in its operation of the five Groton-built |nh|p-. H. T. Fielding, a government accountant testified, under cross- | examination today at the Morse trial. Fielding explained that statements submitted last week showing receipts and expenses of the transport com- pany In the operation of these ves- sels did not purport to be an ac- counting between the government and the company. It purported to show that the company had failed to ae- count for $406,000 of revenue from the vessels but he conceded that un- der the operating agreement tha com- pany was entitled to certain revenues, the amount of which he said he was unable even to estimate, Challenging Fielding’'s interpreta- tion of the books Attorney Nash Rockwood for the defense led the wit- ness through a maze of bookkeeping theory under which Fielding stated the books would show $140,000 of re- ceipts in excess of expenditures in- stead of $406,000. The witness did not accept this theory as correct, however. Worcester Man Killed Worcester, June 25.—While at- tempting to put down the top cover of his automobile to secure protection from the sudden shower, Bernard Sil- verman, 21, accidentally struck his arm against the windshield with such force that it was broken. A deep gash was indicted on his wrist, and he bled so profusely that he died at City hospital four hours later from acute dilation of the heart. Silverman was driving in Northboro when caught in the rain. After the accident he tried to check the flow of blood and was given emergency treatment by a physician and then taken to City hos- pital. He leaves a bride of 11 months. Parachute Fails, Falls Into Water, Cannot Swim Schenectady, N. Y., June 25.—John D. Smith of Chicago faced death in two ways here vesterday afternoon, but lives, Smith attempted to descend by parachute from an airplane piloted at 2000 feet by Victor Rickard, who directs a flying flel¥ near this city. The parachute, failing to open, caught in the landing gear of the plane, leaving Smith hanging some 15 feet below. His attempts to climb to the cockpit were futile and Rickard signalled that he would drop him over the Mohawk river. The aviator planed to a few feet above the water and Smith jump- ed. He could not swim, however, and sank, but was pulled ashore by L. W. Geweke, patron of a swimming school near by. BURGLAR SENTENCED Torringtoff, June 25.—John Clark, alias Signor, with burglary records in this state and New York, was sen- tenced by Judge Kellogg in the su- periory court at Litchfield today from 2 to 6 years in state prison for burglaries committed in Northfield and Thomaston on April 30. Harold Emith of Waterbury, charged with theft of an automobile was sentenced to four months in jail. STREET FIGHTING IN GERMANY By The Assoclated Pross. Berlin, June 26.—Street fighting oc- curred in Eisleben, Prussian Saxony, between nationalists and communists on the occasion of the unveiling there of » memorial to the assassinated German forelgn minister, Dr. Walter Rathenau, the Central News states Two of the demonstrators are report. ed dead and 26 seriously injured. MOTHER NOT FOUND Officlals of the charity department have not as yet located Mrs. Pletre- sevicz who, last week, locked the door of her tenement, and sending her three small children out to play left the city without making provision for their care. The children will probably be committed to a state in- stitution. Trying to Keep Car Dry{ | Eunice Moss | Bunice, the four months eld daugh. ter of Mr, and Mra, Pearl Ross of 441 West Main street, died last Thursday, | | The funeral was held Friday afters | noon at 3 o'elock and burial waa in| Fairview cemetery | —— | Rosina Carrubba Rosina Carrubba, six weeks' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Michael Cap. rubba of 3290 Church street, died at her home last night, The funeral was | held this afternoon at 2:30 | trom Laraia and Sagarinoe's funeral | parlors on Spring street and burial was In Fairview cemetery. —————— | o'cloek Funerals — | Mrs, Edward Whitman, | The body of Mrs. Edward Whit. | man, former resident of this city, is cxpeacted to arrive in New Britain from Chester, Penn, at about 5| o'clock this afternoon, Funeral serv- fces will be held at 10 o'clock tomor- row morning at St. Mary's church and interment will be In 8t. Mary's cem- etery, Apolinary Dymerski Funeral services for Apolinary Dy- merski, exserviceman, were held this morning at 7:80 o'clock at the Sacred Heart of Jesus church, Rev, Stanley Ieleck officiated and interment was in the Sacred Heart cemetery, Full mili- tary honors were accorded the soldier and a firing squad from the Ameri- can Legion fired a volley of shots over the grave. Those in the squad commanded by Commander Willlasm W. T. Squires were C. E. Hellberg, H. Mitchell, W. Rice, W. Rockwell, E. K, Burr, R. Bertini, Joseph Jackson, W. Ward and B. Rodl The pall bearers were F. Kaminski, A. Guide, G. Morey, John Wik, E. Carlson and A, Makowskli. Martin Peterson. Funeral services for Martin Peter- on were held this afternoon at o'clock at Erwin chapel. Interment was in Falrview cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my friends and relatives for their kindness and sym- pathy shown during the illness and aeath of my beloved husband; also for the beautiful floral offerings re- celved, 9 PERSONALS Henry and Everett Heath and Paul Cravatt of West Main street left this morning on a motor trip to Niagara Falls. They will be gone for three] weeks. i Mrs. Mary Luddy and family of Bassett street are spending the sum- mer at Grove Beach, Clinton, Conn. Vice-President John C. Loomis of the Commercial Trust Co. spent Sun- day in Madison, Conn., with his wife and family. Maxwell 8. Porter of B. C. Porter's Sons, in in Grand Rapids, Mich.,, on business for the firm. L F. 8. Penfield is attending a conven- tion in Chicago for North & Judd Mfg. Co. Arthur J. Hildebrandt, formerly of this city but now of New York is also attending the convention. Mrs. Willlam H. Hart is spending the summér at Oak Bluffs, Mass. Mrs. E. A. Moore will leave Friday for Oak Bluffs, Mass. to spend the summer. Edmund Murphy of New Haven | spent the week-end in town. He wns’ one of the guests at the Corbin-Little- hales wedding which took place Sat- BASTIAN WILL IS FILED Bequests Arc Made For Care of Cemetery Plots and Widow is Given Income From Trust Fund. The will of John H. Bastlan, drawn October 11, 1922, was filed for probate today. The testator left $100 in trdst to the city of New Britain, the income to be used for the care of his burial plot in Fairview ceme- tery, and the executor is requested to place a suitable monument over the grave, The sum of $150 is left to the New Britain Trust Co. in trust, the income to be used in the care of a funeral plot at Rivertown where ! Fannie Conklin Bastian and her par- | ents are buried. The sum of $3,000 is |left to the New Britain Trust Co. in trust, the income to be paid to the widow, Lena Bastian, during her life or untll her marrlage. Upon her death or remarriage, it is ordered that the property shall be divided among the fololwing nieces, May Antrobus Green of New Sharon, Ia., Cora Anna Antrobus Price of Montrose, Colo., Ina Bastian of Greensfield, Mass. The| remainder of the estate is left to tiie| widow. | Woman Kills Florida | Investigator in Quarrel Jaeksonville, June 25.—Robert| Shakelford, 47, one of Governot Hardee's chief investigators, was shot and killed here at his home. Mrs, Dalsy Vaught, 30, was arrested and was said by police to have admitted IChiRIsl 8 P 'Pure Ofl LEA) 40y 101 121 " N Am Woel Ana Cop . Ate To & R F Bald Leea Baiti & Ohlo Reth Steel B Con Textile Can Pacifie | Cen Leath Co Ches & Ohlo Chl Mil & Bt P, M0y ELL) 204 BN 4% 1'% 638 1% 188, 178 Chile Copper Chino Copper Con Gas Crueible Btel Cuba Cane Bugar 124 Endieott-John .. 653 Erie e 11 Frie 1st pfd ... 2034 Gen Eleetrie 170 Geon Motors ... 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Bid Aetna Life Insurance...785 Am Hardware 55% Am Hosiery 40 Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com..138 Billings & Spencer com. Billings & Spencer pfd. 12 Bristol Brass il Colts' Arms .. .0 20 Conn Lt & Power pfd..110 Eagle Lock 73 TFafnir Bearing . Hart & Cooley ... Hfd Electric Light Landers Frary & Clark. J R Montgomery com.. J R Montgomery pfd .. N B Gas .. N B Machine N B Machine pfd .. Niles-Bement-Pond com, 46 Peck Stow & Wilcox . Russell Mfg Co ... Scovill Mfg Co 8 N E Telephone . Standard Screw Stanley Works Stanley Works pfd Torrington Co com Traut & Hine ... Travelers Ins Co .. Union Mfg Co Asked 795 57 50 144 14 15 13 27 113 76 70 80 161 70 95 40 38 5% 50 47 33 85 170 130 160 66 28% 46 20 545 45 €. TREASURY STATEMENT. Treasury balance, $443,075,236. U. [} U. “Youth” Fellx Borowskl, president of Chi- cago Musica! college, won a $1,000 prize for lis crchestral composition “You in u competition at the North Shore Musical festival, Chicago. shooting Shakelford in self defense after a quarrel. Shakeiford had a large part in breaking up the activi- ties of confidence men in Florida. 1 Fifty-seven cihér composers compet- el. Dorowski was born in Englani of Polish parents, but has lived 11 Chi- cago for 25 years 50 Landers, Frary & Clark JUDD & CO. Members New York Stock Exchangoe MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE HARTFORD: Hartford - Conn, Trust Rldg, Tel, & NEW DRITAIN: 23 West Malu St, Tel, 1815, We Offer:— 3 AMERICAN HARDWARE STANLEY WORKS 9 NEW BRITAIN HARTFORD New Britain National Bank Bldg. tral Row Tel Telephone 2580 Members Members Hartford Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Donald R. Hart, Mavager one 2-4141 We Offer: 100 AMERICAN HARDWARE PRICES ON APPLICATION. WE DO NOT ACCEPT MARGIN AGCOUNTS. JOHN P. KEOGH Membar Consolidated Stock Exchauge of New ¥ork Waterbury STOCKS Briligeport Danbury Gl Middletown BONDS New Haven Direct Private Wire to New York. G. F. GROFF, Mgr—NRoom 509, N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg.—Tel 1014 ST ¥ WOMAN DRINKS POISON, DIES | MAXWELL BACK AGAIN Southington Resident Said To Have Been Suffering From Melancholia— Leaves Husband and Three Ohildren | (Spectal to The Herald). Southington, June 25.—Mrs. Robert Parsons of Meriden avenue committed suicide at her home here yesterday morning about 7 o'clock by drinking poison. She was 53 years old and had seemed, according to members of her family, to have been melancholy and | morose of late. This is the only cause | given for her action. Dr, William Na- gle was called, but he found that she was dead. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Bessie and Clara Parsons, and one son, Robert Parsons, Jr. The funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetgry. BACKS UP TRUSTEES College and University Trustees, In Session Today, Score Tendency ta| Belittle Themselves. New York, June 25.—A national| convention of college and university| trustees was urged today by the in-| stitute for public service to counter- act the tendency to belittle the use-| fulness of trustees to higher education. The institute of which Julius H. Barnes president of the United States| Chamber of Commerce is chairman asserted that trustees responsible for | property worth $1,000,000,000 must act to check the movement to oust them| !all but an economic interest in edu- cation. “The difficulties touched upon by former President Meiklejohn of Am- herst college and the many editors| who are supporting his disparage- ment of trustees are too important to | be left unanswered,” it was declared.i BANKS INCREASE INTEREST. Hartford, June 25.—The office of the state bank commissioner at the capitol was informed today that all | savings banks in New Haven had| agreed to increase their interest rate on deposits from 4 to 4% per cent, ——ne., MADE AND CORCLARK & NEW BRITA Accused of Writing Poison Pen Let- ters—Will Make General Denial of Accusations. New York, June 25.—George Max- well, president of the Authors, Pub- lishers and Composers assoclation of America, was expected to surrender this afternoon to answer an indict- ment charging him with writing poi- son pen letters to Allan A. Ryan, New' York financier. Mr. Maxwell, who through counsel, has denied the charges, was said to have reached Halifax from Europe last week and to have come to this city. 3 HARMON STRUMS HIS UKE The employes of Adkins Printin} Co. on Church street, enjoyed an oute ing at Bricktop Farm, Willimantic, yesterday. The married men crossed bats with the single men, but no one knows who won, A basket lunch was BANK DECLARES DIVIDEND spread and ukulele selections were rendered Harmon Holleran, Swim- ming and boating were also enjoyed. During the afternoon, the company was treated to a terrific thunder storm. % STANLEY WOME RELIEF Stanley Woman's Relief corps ‘will hold Jts usual birthday party in G. A. R. hall tomorrow afternpon. An in- teresting program has been arranged. Wednesday the corps will hold an all day meeting in the same hall and members are requested to come at 9:30 o'clock to sew as there is work to be finished. Please bring a lunch as dinner will not be served. The regular meeting will open at 2 o'clock and at that time the annual memorial services will be held. Members are asked to bring flowers. BIG PARADE IN DUBLIN. The Assoclated Press. Dublin, June 25.—The biggest milt= tury parade in Dublin since the es- tablishment of the Free State oc- curred today. Thousands of troopa representing all branches of service and accompanied by bands marched from the army headquarters to the government bullding where President Cosgrove took the salute. By BETTER MONUMENTS SOLD BY JEMEEHAN UNION ST5 IN CONN