New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1923, Page 11

WALL TREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS 10:30 a m.~Conflieting pries movements took place at the opening of today's stock market, U Bteel, Baldwin t-nd U, 8 Rubber opened fractionally i r. Jones Bros, Tea which was heavy last week advanced three points and International Tele. phone one. Ralls were mixed, Pricos stiffened som in the later deal ings with the ralls showing the most consistent strength, Gains of & point or more were recorded by Reynolds Spring, Vanadium and American To- bacco while Producers and Refiners and Am, Agricultural Chem pfd, each dropped about 1 1.2 Noon—Iesistance shown by olls, several of which moved up a point or more, tended to k short sell. ing cheek in other sections of the liat, | although a few individual weak spota| [wrra uncovered, ¢ DuPont dropped {2 1.4 and Jones Bros, Tea lost prac- tically all of ita initial jdmp of 3§ points, The general list Aluctuated ir- regularly with the narrow limits dur- ing the forenoon, but the main trend appeared to be upward, Skelly, Cos. den, Phillips Pet. and Royal Duteh moved up 1 to 1% points, Call money opened at 4% per cent, Wall Street 1:30 p. m,—~Copper shares attracted a considerable num- ber of buying orders in the afternoon and several of the low priced ralls and the Burns Bros. issues were strong. Studebaker, Baldwin, U, 8, Bteel and Continental Can made good upward progress. The .ast mentiuned touching 64 a new figure for the year. Du Pont extended ity decline to 4% Allk Bibas and Miss Agnes Annia, both of Meriden, have lakea out & marriage leense Mayor Angelo M. Pacnsssa was & sleaking at the suting of the Meriden democratic elub yesterda Mra. Abbie C. Dawson and ehildren, Edward and Abble, of 43 Prospeet street, Miss Ellen Deavi | Camp street left this merding on an autemebile trip to Cana: AMiss Arena MoEaroe of Unlon stre: returned today te Mt Bi Joseph' scheol in Hartford, John Bmithwick, son of John Smithwiek Btaniey street; Peter Daly, nephew of Rev. Patriek Daly; Leo Weston, son of John West- on of Hartford aven Stephen Gudeaki of Conneeticut avenue, and Francis Murphy, son of Mm, J. E Murphy of East Main street, have returned to St. Bernard's seminary, Rochester, N, Y, to resume their studies, use the operator of the steam shovel on the South Main street pav. ing job is & member of the Jewish faith, and will not work during the New Year observance, the contractor, John P, Maguire, will be unable to proceed with the excavating until later in the week. He planned to start excavating today, HOLMES-RUSSELL Miss Julie Russell to Become Bride of Seymour Holmes of Jacksonville, Fla., at St. Mark's Church, PUTNAM & CQ, Members New York Stock Eschange Mombers Hartford Slock Eschange mi.w:.w 81 West Main St, Tel, 3040 Emeliam Kracsowiski Emeliam Kracsowiski, 1 year son of Stephen Kracskowski of 15 Lawlor street, died last night, The funeral will bé held Tuesday morning from the Ukrainian ehureh and in- terment will be In the Ukrainian cemetery | START FALL SEASON Yariety of Subjects Discussed at Meeting This Noon Al the first fall meeling of the directors of the Chamber of Com- meree this noon it was voted to pest. pone action on the Storrow raliread repert pending the result of & eensus to be taken by the state chamber. Howard Coonley, president of, the Boston ehamber, telegraphed to \urn | the attitude of the New HBritain chamber toward the report, The state ehamber has announced fhat it will try to secure the opipion of local chambers within its jurisdietion by means of a poll and hearings to be| held in different cities, uet in New Hotel, President John C. Loomis appointed | fieorge P, Bpear, chairman, A Mills, E. W, Christ, Dugald MeMillan and George T, Kimball, a committee to nominate a new set of officers for the annual election next month, It/ was voted to postpone the annual banquet until the opening night of the Elihu Burritt hotel, which is ex- pected to be completed hy January 1, The election will be held on the same night, 4 C. L, Shuldon made an unfavorable report for the committee which has been econsiderink the advisability of opening a tourists' camp in Belvidere. There was objection on the part of old (Continued From First Page) Cuba, & passenger vessel, The Cuba went ashore off Ban Miguel lsland, off Banta Barbara county, 17 hours be- fore, and its survivors were picked up by the Reno with the exeeption of one boat load which was pieked up by the Standard Ol tanker W. H, Miller, In the Santa Barbara channel, while its ocoupants were rowing out to sea in a dense fog under the impression they were headed for shore, The Miller will reach San Franelsco today. The Cuba landed its surviver at Ban Pedrp last night, Others May Re Lost, The reports indieated ¢ all board the Cuba were saved with the exception of Captain C, J, Helland, the purser and eight members of the crew who ‘were reported to have re. mained on board to guard a shipment of bullion, Last night it was re- ported the Cuba had parted and sank. Whether the captain and . his nesociates foresaw the end of their craft and paddled to Ban Miguel island in an open boat or whether they were caught unawares and awal. Jlowed up with the sinking ship was a question unanswered early today, The Cuba was bound from South American ports to Ban Francisco, Her wireless was crippled, and had a catling radius of only one mile, With a heavy sea running, the tugs Partridge and Sonoma are standing by the smashed and twisted wreekage | We Offer: 100 American Hardware Mis. Leonilda Nevi { Mrs, Leonilda Neri died at her home at 84 Sppring street late Satur- the age of 76 years, Hhe en with & shock early in the | Mra. Nerl Was & native of Italy and had lived in this country 16 years, Hhe leaves three sons, Tim. perico, Nulle and Filerdomo Neri, of this eity, and a daughter, Mrs, Rocco Lugul, of Plainville, Funeral services | were held this afternoon at § o'clock | at the late home and interment was in | Falrview cemetory, 3 (T UDD & CO. MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Members New York Stock Exchange Hartford: Hartford-Conn, Trust Bldg, Tel. 3.6320 Now DBritain: 23 West Main Street, Tel. 1815. Mrs, Martha Daigl The funeral of Mrs, Martha Dalgle, widow of John Dalgle, formerly of this city, whose death occurred Sat- urday at Barre, Vi, held this af- ternoon from Bullock's undertaking rooms in Meriden. Burial was in Walnut Grove cometery, Rebekah lodge had tharge of the services, T. Richard Borg We Offer SCOViLLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY STOCK of the seven destroyers. Wrocks Under Guard, Two destroyers of the flotilla which were not wrecked, have left for San Diego with part of the crews of the stranded craft, while others have been sent away by train, A guard of ten picked meén has been left at the scene of the wrecks. Two more tugs are expected to arrive at the scene today. Until the high surf has sub- sided, it will be impossible to salvage any material from the seven destroy- ers. All Aré¢ Stranded. The Fuller and Woodbury both are high up on the rocks, the former lsting 20 degrees to starboard and the latter 40 degrees to port. The Chauncey has lodged high up lnside the rocks, but she has remaineg up- right. The Young is on her beam ond is three-fourths submerged, The Delphy lies in a similar position but she is broken in half. On the beach under the cliff the 8. P. Lee is strand- ed with a 20 degree list to port. The Nicholas is bBroadside, from the beach lsted 10 degrees to starboard. Survivors on Train, Los Angeles, Sept. 10.—A special train, carrying - about 500 . seamen, members of the crews of the seven destroyers wrecked Saturday night near Point Argyello, 76 miles north _ol”llntl. Barbara, passed through Los Afigeles last night bound for BSan Diego. Sbme Wore Litebelts. Hardly a man in the train wore an entire uniform. The costume was limited to an.undershirt and a pair of tropsers, while some still clung to tirelr life belts as an auxillary cov- ering. At every station along the from Point Concepion, south, wardrobes of the men were aug- mented by offerings from sympathetic civillans. One husky sailor strutted route forth from the train at Santa Bar-| bara clad in a blanket draped about his shoulders and a woman's & hat, barefooted and with énly the rem- nant of trousers. Ofticers In Pajamas, 4 Officers were as badly off as their men and several who had escaped from their ships clad only in their pajamas, took advantage of the ofers of kindly civillans and gvore civilian clothes of motley styles untll they could replace them with more appro- priate attire, The effect of the disastér upon the nerves of the men could be noted at every sudden lurch or jolt of the train many of them waking from fit- ful desing and leaping to their feet glaring wildly about. , Tales of Heroism, Instances of individual were on the lips of everyone. Comrades told how Raymond Rhode Hamel of the destroyer Del- phy, at the risk of his life stood on the listed decks of the ship, slippery with oil, and hauled three men from the chill waters; of how 1. T. Scott and John Slattman swam to a raft in the racing waters and rescued three shipmates, rowing them to a point near Arguello lighthouse, where they were hauled up a 110-foot cliff by ropes. Wants .flmitors to Have Authority of Policemen The appointment of supernumerary polieemen, the purchaeing of coal and the appointment of special policemen at the request of Stanley H. Holmes, supérinténdent of schools, will be among the’ business matters to be diy- cussed at the regular Septéember meeting of the board of police com- missioners to be held tomorrow night. Superintendent Holmes has requested that the board appoint certain school janitors a8 special policemen with the power of A policeman during cer- tain school hours and on scheol prop- ty“ AR G}) P. to Meet in December To Select Their Platform ‘Washington, Sept. 10.—After a con- ference today with President Cool- idge, Chairman Adams of the re- publican national committee said the committee probably would meet in Washingten in December to select a place for the 1924 republican conven- tion. KILLED BY FALSE TEETH Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 10.—William B. Hill, a textile worker who died suddenly Saturday night after a quar- rel with Emil Belot, Jr., was suffo- chtéd as.a result of swallowing his upper set of false teeth, an autopsy performed today showed. PRISONERS ESCAPE Kingston, Ont, Sept. 10.—Four convicts sét fire to the penitentiary stables téday and during the confu- sion scaled the walls and escaped in a stofen automobile. Guards on the walls fired at thém but missed. the | heroism | Mr, and Mrs, Isanc Daw Russell of Grove Hill have Issued invitations to the wedding of their daughter, M Julle, to Seymour Holmes of Jack- sonvllle, Fla,, on Thursday afterneon, Beptember 20, at 4:30 o'clock at St, Mark's ehurch, Following the cere- mony a reception will be held at “Tippo'nitten,” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alix W. Btanley In Stanley Quarter, Jumps Four Stories to Ground, Neck Broker, Dies New Haven, Sept. 10.—Mrs, Harry the fourth floor attic window of her house and jumped to the ground dying later at the hospital of a brok- en neck, Miners Take Exception to Report of Coal Commission Washington, Sept. 10.—The United Mine Workers of America in a state- ment issued here attack yesterday's report of the coal commission on causes of strikes as reading very much like a well-prepared brief in be- half of the non-union bituminuous coal operators of West Virginia and northwestern Kentucky. The com- of ¢rimes which it says were commit- ted by union miners,” the statement said, "but it did not even mention the scores of crimes of company thugs and gunmen that were brought directly to the attention of the com- mission by the United Mine Workers of America.” Hové Close Call As Car Drops Over High Bank North Adams, Sept. 10.—Five Chi- copée people had a parrow escape from death late yesterday afterneon when the seédan in which ‘they were 1iding, left East Unlon street, plunged over a 3j-foot embankment, turned over, righted itself, and stopped at the foot of the incline. All were badly shaken up, but none were seri- ously hurt. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dublé, Mr. and Mrs. Elore Fisher and their son, Marcel Tisher, all of 177 Chicopee street, Chicopeé. Mr. Duble, who was driv- ing the car, said that he turned out ot the road to avoid a collision with a car coming from the opposite direc- tion, and that the accelerator stuck, causing the car_to shoot ahead over the edge of the embankment. All were attended by a physiclan, aftér which they continued to their homé in an- other automobile. LITTLE HOPE FOR AVIATORS. Two Who Fell at Atlantic City Are in a Oritical Condition. Atlantic City, N, J., Sept. 10.— Licutenant A. Livingston Allan, a Curtiss pilot who was injured Satur- day when his seaplane plunged 1,000 fect to earth, still lies unconscious in the Atlantic'City hospital. Surgeons hold out no hope for him. Slight improvement is reported in the condition of Captain Douglas Robertson of Pine Valley. He re- covered consciousness late last nfght. Beveral operations have been per- formed in efforts to save his life. BABBIT IS SAFE Washington, Sept. 10-—Confirmation that Assistant Commercial Attache Elwood Babbitt has been saved from the Japanése disaster, was réceived today by the department «of com- mérce from James I°. Abbott, com- meércial attache at Tokio. The wife and oldet daughter of Mr., Babbitt also were saved, but a younger daugh- ter was killed. Springfield, Mas! 10.—The | telephone company early today com- leted the reconnection of 3500 tele- hones west of the Connecticut river {hat were burned off by the destruc- |tion of the northend bridge between |this city and West Springfield Satur- day, the company's gangs working at high speed continuously since th\e fire. CONVICT KILLED IN FLIGHT. Columbus, O., Sept. 10—Albert Dol- loff, one of four persons who escaped from the Ohio penitentiary Saturday, was shot and killed by Marshal Ralph Crisslear of East Columbus near the Columbus reserve depot yesterday. His three companions escaped into a cornfield. ) ADVANCE 18 NEAR. Melilla, Moroceo, Sept. 10.—Consid- erable agitation is observed among the Moorish rebeis, the tribesmen evi- dently being aware of the plans for a Spanish advance. Spanish airmen are reconnoitering the enemy posi- tions. The Moors are stromgly con- céntrated and are well armed with cannon and machine guns. Katz of Redfield street, today went to. mission devoted much space to telling | | | residents’ of that section and little public support of the project. For this reason Mr, Sheldon recommended that the subject be dropped tempo- parily, W. H. Rattenbury was appointed second national counclllor to, the United States Chamber of Commerce. Miss Mary E. Curtin, secretary of the New Britain Chamber, is the first | councillor. Bhe directors voted to turn over to the incoming officers the task of ralsing $400 toward the new national chamber bullding in Washington, New | Britain's quota was $1,150 and of this 8750 has already been raised. It was voted to extend the good wlll of the chamber to the delegates to the American Legion convention |this week "and to offer the head- the gelegates, Mayor Paonessa brought up the subject of establishing an aviation field In this city but it was laid on the table for further discussion. L. W. Young recommended hold« ing a “national fire prevention week' was ‘referred to a committee con- sisting of -Mr. Young, Samuel David- son and Johnstone Vance. ‘Wants Better Trains, A. A. Mills suggested that the “New Haven" road be asked to provide modern facilities for’ transporting passengers between Berlin and this clty. The following committees were ap- pointed to arrange for the annual meeting: General chairman—Fred O.. Rack- liffe, Reception directors. Banquet committee — Eugene J. Porter and Willlam H. Crowell. Speakers’ committee—Arthur G. Kimball, E. W. Christ and George W. Kiett. Ticket committee—L. W, Young, chairman. * Entertainment committee—George C. Rogers and Samuel Davidson, Publicity committee—E. R, Dechant and Bernard J. Kranowitz, JAPANESE FUND §1,188 Contributions Come in Over Week-end ~No Reply to 82000 Offer of Am- committee—Board of erican Hosiery Co: Contributions recelved today swelled the total amount of money received by the New Britain chapter of the American Red Cross for the Japanese relief fund to $1,188.86. The list of contributors is as fol- lows: A, H. Clark, $6; Mary A, Spar- |mer, $3; A. F. Corbin, $20; Letty H. T.eonard, $25; Kate M. DBrooks, $50; W. I\ Brooks, $25; Bertha M. Hitch- cock, $5; Rev. Willlam Ross, $5; Mr. jand Mrs. J. G. Barney, $1; Friend, $1; W. Fletcher, $1; Old Assyrian Nestor- ian church, $16.06; 8. GreenBurg, $5; C. B. Oldershaw, $10; E. H. Case $5; C. J. Parker, $50; Methddist church collection $42.30; C. K. Burdick $1; E. E. Ramsey, $1; Friend, $1; Luella A. Hanford, $1.50; Ella Miller 60c¢; George Graulich, 50c; J. K. Ransford, 50c; J. M. Burdick $6; Ruth Stock- iwell, $1; Friend, $1; George C. Rog- ers, $16; A. F. Winans, $1; A. G. Smith, 60c; E. H. Chatfield, $2; Mrs, E. J. Gooby, $2; Mr.'and Mrs, Arthur Burdick, $1; L. W. Bruemmer, $1; Friend 26¢; Mrs. M. Flower, $1; Wil- liam A. Cashman, $1; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sjovall, $1; Mrs, A. Powell, $1; V. A, Clark, $1; F. B. Clock, $1; Friends, 56¢c. Total $42.30. No answér has been received to the telegram sent to the Red Cross offi- clals at Washington in regard to ac- ceptance of the American Hosiery company's offer of $2,006 worth of g00ds toward helping the people of Japan, N. Y. POLICE SHARE-UP, Capt. Randels Applies for Pension After Talk With Enright. New York, Sept. 10.—Police Cap- tain Patrick J. Randels, who testified at the police liquor graft inquiry lat Thursday that two suspended detec- tives had confessed attempting to ex- tort $25,000 in a bootleg whiskey case, today applied for a pension and left the department. Captain Randels was asked at the hearing If he did not think retention of the two detectives was unusual in the/department. He replied, “if these men are good enough for Enright, théy are good enough for me.” Today he appeared at his office as utual. Then he had a brief confer- ence with Commissioner Enright, after which he rushed out of Mr. En~ righte's office, exclaiming: “I'm through—I'm through.” | mock, 80, of 77 Winthrop street, who | | committal ol | fleld, Mass. |o'clock at St. Mary's church. | quarters of the chamber for use by but as there was some objection, it Funeral services for T, Richard Borg of Bridgeport, formerly of this city, were held this afternoon at Er- win chapel., Rev, Dr. Abel A, Ahl- quist officlated. Burial was in Fair. view cemetery. Mrs., Mary E. Dimock, | The funeral of Mrs, Mary E. Di- died at her home Saturday, was held this morning and was private, The 'vice was held in Bpring-| Patrick Harrington Funeral services for Patrick Har- rington were held this morning at 9 Rev. Willlam Krause was celebrant at a solemn requiem mass, Rev. Walter McCrann was deacon and Rev, Fran- cils Murphy, sub-deacon. Father Mc- Crann conducted the committal serv- ices at the grave and interment was in S8t. Mary's cemetery. The pall bearers were Henry Linger, John Retouski, John B. Fenton, Frank Kenney, Michael Martin and Alex Benis. Joseph Benis and Bérnard Grogan were flower bearers, FACTORY OUTINGS Corbin Screw Foremen and Mem- bers of Fafnir Mutual Benefit Asso. Disport Themselves at Lake. About 80 foremen of the Corbin Screw Corporation were the guests of the management 8f the factory at an outing at Lake Compounce Satur- day afternoon angl at the same time, | about 300 members of the TIafnir Mutual Benefit Asso. and their friends| and families, enjoyed an outing under the auspices of the association, The Corbin foremen were enter- tained at dinner at the lake, having left New Britain at 1 o'clock, and in- dulged in a baseball game the score of which was so large thatstrack of the runs was abandoned, and listened to a short talk by George T. Kim-| ball, vice-president. The Fafnir picknickers left the city also at 1 o'clock and enjoyed a sheep dinner. Following this were a number of athletic events, consisting of a three-legged race, 100 yd. dash, blind man’s race and throwing the baseball. The feature of the after- Ei G G A K N N 'l N N Pi 8i Am Can ... Am Cot Ol Am Loco . Am Sm & Re.. |Am Sg Rf cm .. 66 Am S8um Tob .. Am Tel & Tel ..126 Am Tob ... Am Wool . Ana Cop .. Ate Tp & 8 At Guif & W I, Baldwin Loco Balti & Ohlo Beth Steel B Consol TexTlle . Can Pacific .. Cen Leather . Ches & Ohio .. Chi Mil & B P . Consol Gas ..., Chi Rek I & P. Chile Copper .. Chino Copper .. Corn Prod Ref. Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Insp Copper ... Int Mer Mar pfd 27 Paciflc Oil ..... Int Nickel Int Paper ..... Kelly Spring T'r 831 Lehigh Val Mid States Ofl.. Midvale Steel .. Mis Pac .. i Nort & West . Rap Con Cop .. Reading . .. Rep 1 & 8§ ... Royal D, N Y.. South Pacific .. South Rail .... Studebaker Co points before rallying. Low Close 8% 7 4% 8% 66 23% 124% 149 6% o2y 7% 15 123% High cees 909 % 7% 8014 24 87% 40 .. 08 15 L1254 .. B50% .. B4 8% 143y 19% 633 24% Erle 1st pfd .. en Electric . Gen Motors . Goodrick BF ... 26 +o B9 20% t North ptd llls-Chalmers . 444 341 12% . B4% ennecott Cop.. 351 623% 5% 28% 111 100 % 133 105% Y. Cen . YNH&H. orth Pac orth Pac Pure Oil Pan Am P & T Penn R R erce Arrow .. 108 . 8% 5014 481 20% 888, 35% 107% 1% nclair Oil, Ref xas Co noon was a baseball game between|Texas & Pacific 20% the married and single men, but the scorckeeper fell asleep wWith the re- sult that no one knows who won the | game, although cach side claims a victory, Free tickets for the rides at the lake were furnished and the par- ty returned to New Britain at 6 o'clock, exhausted bt happy. Action by Li_zugue May Yet Be Forced in Corfu Matter By The Associatéd Press. Geneva, Sept. 10.—~The council of the lcague of nations and the assem- bly delegates generally are watching the attitude of Premier Mussolini of Italy toward the evacuation of Corfu, The general sentiment expressed pri- vately today was that if the oceupa- tion were maintained until all the con- ditions imposed upon Greece were ac- tually fulfilled the intervention of the league would be inevitable, POLICE HEAR OF THEFTS | John J. McKernan of 109 Madison | street, Hartford, reported to Desk Sergeant Matthias Rival at police- headquarters at 6:30 o'clock this morning that someone had stolen from him during a stay in New Brit- ain, a gold watch and $4 in cash. Late Saturday night Peter Wallis of 29 Lawlor street reported to the po- lice that $200 and a gold watch had been stolen from him. \‘v U U B H J J N N N SAVED BY IGNORANCE. | e New Haven, Sept. 11.—An organ‘:l grindéer who had a monkey to solfcit | pennies, arrested under a new statute | of using animals in obtaining aims,! was allowed his freedem today, ln‘, court. He; said he had just come from New York and knew nothing! of the new law. BOSTON BROKERS ARRESTED. | Boston, Sept. 10.—Willlam H. Bur- gess of Lexingtom; and Henry F. Palmer of Boston, memhgrs of the firm of Burgess, Lang & Company, | brokers, which failed last year with! liabilities approximating a million dollars, were arrested yesterday charged with conspiracy to steal and larceny of $9,700 in stock transaction. The complainant is Charles T. Cogge- shall, of Boston, who said the trans- action occurred in November, 1921, Each was admitted to bail in $5,000. Burgess was arrésted previously | charged with setting up and promot- ing a bucketshop. The case is pend- ing. Bl in | br of ne; Tobacco Prod .. Trans Ofl ...... Union Pacific United Re 8t ... Utah Cop Willys Over Westinghouse Nat Lead .. Gulf Sts Steel Aetna Life Ins Am Hardware Am Hosiery Billings & Spencer com y Billings & Spencer pfd. Bristol Brass . . Colt's Arms ... . Conn Lt & Pow pfd Eagle ILock Fafnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley Landers Frary & Clk.. 8385 4% L181Y% 76 8 Indus Alco.. b4 S Steel ...... 93% 8 Steel pfd W17 627% TR . 60% L180% . 88% 130% 6 2% 93% 117 62% 7 60% 130% 875 76 92% 117 61% 7 60 120 87% (Putnam & Co.) Bid JT95 . BT . . 88 ige Hfd Carpet com..160 Asked 805 59 45 165 12 15 10 27 113 79 68 80 164 50 90 fd .Electric Light R Montgemery com. . R Montgomery pfd. .. B Gas .. . B Machine .. B Machine ptd . 37 Niles-Bemt-Pond eom North & Judd Peck, Stow & Wilcox .. Russell Mfg Co ovill Mfg . N E Tel . andard Screw Stanley ‘Works ... Stanley Works pfd Torrington Co com Traut and Hine .. Travelers Ins Co . t'nion Mfg Co 28% 560 TODAY'S TREASURY REPORT 8. Treasury—-Balance $287,290,462. FIRE IN U. 8§, TREASURY. aze Near Big Vaults Does About $1.000 Damage. Washington, Sept. 10.—Fire started the Treasury building last night, inging out all available fire fighting apparatus. The blaze was discovered in a pile brooms on the basement floor ar the large vanits. It was brought under control in about ten minutes, althéugh it had a good start. damage S1@00. The was estimated at about NEW BRITAIN Telephune 3580 Membors Hartford Stock Exchange Donald PRICE Waterbury Danbury Middletown G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, moval) or on endorsed Business Hours, Daily 9 to (TRIES TO KILL WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF (Continued From First Page) 1920 at Manila where he had acted as supply officer for the Philippine air squadron. ‘He is said to have been a former resident of Culver, Ind. Mrs. Disher is understood to have been a relative of members of the firm of Cheney Bros, silk manufac- turers at South Manchester, Conn. Hartford, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Elsie Disher, who was shot to death by her husband, Hiley Disher, last night in Scituate, Mass.,, was the daughter of | the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. | Cheney of South Manchester. Her father was connected with Cheney Brothers, silk manufacturers, of Man- | chester, and was president of the South Manchester railroad, which (carries workmen and freight from | Manchester to South Manchester. | Richard O. Cheney, Mrs. Disher's | brother, now conducts the railroad. | He is a director in the firm of Cheney also leaves a sister, Brothers, She | Miss Nan Cheney, who lives at the | old Cheney homestead there. Mre. Disher had been twice mar- ried. Several years before her second marriage she eloped with her father's chauffeur named Denison, whose home was in Mystic. After the elopement, | Mrs. Denison’s parents becamé recon- ciled and Mr. Cheney set up the ’chlufl'onr in the automobile business | in Boston and furnished a fine apart- ment for them in that city: Mrs. Denison secured a divorce from her chauffeur husband several years later. About six years ago she married pines on their honeymoon. bought a home in Egypt, a district of Scituate, Mass., and lived there. According #o the police of Scituate, | Mrs. Disher controlled all the moneyl in the household. divorce action was about to be start- ed by Mrs. Disher and the tragedy followed when Mr. Dishér became aware of it. The pelice declare that Mrs. Disher éven notified the stores in| the neighborhood that she would not| New Britatn National Bank Bldg. R. Hart, Room 104, Professional Building Disher and they went to the Philip-| They | They say that a| HARTFORD 10 Ceutral Row Telephone 3.4141 Members New York Stock Exchange Manager American Hardware APPLICATION WE DO NOT ACOEPT MARGIN AOCCOUNTS JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire to New York Bridgeport New Havea N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg.—Tel. 1013 Money for School Days YOU can outfit the children for school by borrowing the money the Beneficial Way. Im- mediate, confidentisl loans up to $300 at legal interest rates on home furniture (without re- notes. Call, write or phane for information Beneficial Loan Society Tel. 1048 5:30 Saturdays 9 to 1 be responsible for her husband's debts, {Allied Ambassadors Meet | To Take Up Greek Reply Paris, Sept. 10.—A meeting of the inter-allied councll of ambassadors was called for 4 o'clock this after- noon for consideration of the Greek reply to the terms laid down by the council for settlement of the Greco- Italian dispute. Iinal arrangements will be made also for the work of the investigation commission. BOSTON BUYS 5 PLAYERS | Boston, Sept. 10.—Five members of !the San Antonio club of the Texas | baseball lcague have been purchased by the Boston American club, it was announced today. It was the first | deal of importance concluded since Robert Qufnn took charge of the club here recently. The players purchased |are O. F. Boone, outfielder, who may report immediately; Phil Todt, out. fielder; Frank Fuller, second base- man; Owell Gross, shortstop, and Dewey Marshall, pitcher, MINERS TO MEET Hazélton, Pa., Sept. 10—~The of- | ficial call for the tri-district conven- | tion of the United Mine Workers of | the anthracite field at Scranton next | Monday to approve the contract en- tered into between representatives of | the operators and miners at Harris. burg Saturday night was issugd today by district presidents and secretaries | of the three affected sections. ONE FAMILY HOUSE 19 BARNI‘.‘I’,‘ ST. Can be bought right If taken at onoe DE WITT A. RILEY €O, INC. Insurance Service National Bank Bldg.