New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 15

* BALDWIN WOURNS ~ HARROWING DETAILS PASSING OF LAW King Geargé Also Expresses' His. Sympathy at Loss Londen, Oct. 30.—PFrime Minister Stapley Baldwin, who succeeded An drew Bonar Law te the premievship, | pald the following tribute to the dead slatesman: “For him, 1 am thankful he ha been spared further suffering; for hi friends, the loss is irreparable. The ecountry will not forget that he saeri- floed his life in her serviee" The flags fiying from publle and private buiMings all over the cily were lowered {0 half-mast as fast as the mews of A, Honar Law's death sprepd, Former Premier Asquith tribute to the dead statesman ws t'on® of the greatest of parliamen. tarians, a gallant fighter, a formid.- | able ponent, & much-valued eol. league and a devoted servant of the state Sir James Cralg, premier of the| Ulster government, sent a message | from Belfast to Lady Sykes saying: “I am deeply moved to hear of the death of my old friend and leader. He stood firm for Ulster in many dark hours, The people of fhis provinee | will join with me in deploring the| passing of a great statesman, | Mr, Bonar Law'sgideath leaves| vacant the parliamentary seat for the central division of Glasgow, where in the last election he obtained a major- ity of 2,614 votes over his Iaborite opponent out of a total ballot of 30, 000 votes, = King Sends Sympathy, | King George sent a message of sym- pathy to the family and Premior 8. M. Bruce of Australia said: *I desire to join the British people of the whole | empire In an expression of deep spr- row and regret at the death of Mr, Bonar Law, We of the outer empire know and apprelate the self-sacrific. ing devotion with which he served the country. During the trying years of the war no one worked harder than he for the unity and success of the empire and none abandoned more completely the partisan point of view," Premier Mackenzie King of Canada suid that in no part of the empire would deeper sympathy be felt than | in the Dominion of Canada which | claimed him as one of her own sons. His unblemished career, unfailing courage, sound judgment and admin- istrative capacity had been of incal- culable service to the empire, de- clared the premier, “and he passes, a gentleman unafraid, into the great beyond, and leaves béhind a. name and memory which will be ever hon- ored,” ¢ K. of C. Pinochle Sharps Awaiting Tournament Interest among the members of Daly council, K. of C., over the pin- ochle tournament which is to be start- ed Thursdgy evening at the club roams on I'ranklin square, is a fever heat. Up to the present time, there are over 50 entries, comprising some of the best card players in the coun- cil. The house committee is arrang- ing a schedule for the various nights of the tournament and suitable prizes are being offered to the winners, Arrangements arc being made also to hold other social events and an ac- tive winter season is being planned. Attractions will be presented at the meetings of the council and light lunches will be served at the club house every Saturday evening to the members, - | Vermont Farmer Goes on | Trial on Murder Charge Guildhall, Vt, ©ct. 30.—Edgar Bunnell, a Canadian farmer, was placed on trial before Judge Irank D. Thompson in the Essex county court today for the murder of Job Cross, a well-to-do farmer and money ‘ender. The body of Cross with bul- let wounds in the head was found be- side the road near Canaan hill on July 19 last after he had been miss- ing for & week. At the preliminary hearing testimony was given that Crgss had called at Bunnell’s home on the day of his disappearance to col- lect money due on a mortgage. Bun- nell was indicted last week - N 80 AT GIRL SCOUT PARTY. About 80 girls were in attendance at a Girl Scout party held last night in the hall over Scout headquarters +at 131 Main street. On Thursday aft- ecpoon at 4:30 o'clock there will be a regular meeting of the scout council and on that same day a scout troop will be organized at the Rockwell school. | |sations betw | purtment INKLANS LAWSUIT (Continued from Pirst Page) ing implicated in the Mer fairs, that J. A. Bracewell was sent 1o Balimare to handie Dr. Mekoln's fght against extradition from Mary- land, He said that Bracewell, using Rouge af- the alias Baker, went ta the offices of | Attorneys Ecke and Kook o them: “"We have & man in Jail bere, and T have ten theusand del- lurs and want to get him out The atterneys made a charge of | $3,000 for their serviees but Brace well did net pay this sum at that time | and Littiejohn was sent te Baltimore (o close the deal. He the attor. neys 8750, he said. Al transactions | were in cash, | Affidavits substantiating these | read here yesterday in the Suit of David N Rittenhouse, | of Philadelphia, and others, for | A recelvership for the Knights of the Ku Kiux Klan, featured the morning session of the court here today, Two men and a stenographer, in affidavits substantiated the twe introduced ye terday as having béen made by Mes, Helen K. Bteel Mre, M, Holbrook, stenographer. who took notes on telephone conver. n Mrs, Bteole and Tom | Akers, formerly an employe of the| publicity department of the kian, in a deposition, testified that the notes read in the second Bteele affidavit were true statements of the alleged | conversations, Akers, according to | Mrs, Steele's affidavits, was endeavor- ing to get her to fAle a breach of promise sult against ¥, Y. Clarke, former head of the propagation de. the Klan John Wilson and a man named ewman made affidavit that they | heard the conversations s transcrib- | ed by the stenographer. Willlam E. Thompsoh, an imperial represéntative of the Klan, in an af. ! fidavit read today declared that there | was much unrest throughout the klans of the country as a result of events under the present administra- tion at the imperfal palace here, Willlam Joseph Simmons, emperor | of the klan, in an affidavit, declared that 1. M, Rittenhouse and B. J. Gra- | ham, two of the plaintifts in this suit, are life members of the klan in good standing., SPECTACULAR ESCAPE Prisoner Slides 40 Feet Over Eleetric| Wires, Then Drops 30 Teet to Ground and Runs Away. Jefferson City, Mo., Oct, 30,—S8lid- ing 40 feet over slender clectric wires on an improvised roller made of a broom handle, then leaping 30 feet from the wall to.the ground, Arthur Kench, 22, of New York, escaped late vesterday from the Missouri peniten- tiary here. Kench's break was described by prison officials as one of the most spectacular in their experience. Guards sald they saw the convict on the roof of the shirt factory, but supposed that he was an electrician making repairs. The guards did not shoot as he alighted on the wall be- cause they were afraid of hitting a guard on the tower. Kench came to the prison from Kansas City, in April, .1922, to serve ten years for robbery. Horse Races Into Wire [ Fence and Breaks Neck New York, Oct. 30.-~Spaghetti, star | polo pony, committed suicide today at the Mitehel field army reservation. The pony, owned by Major Terry Allen, and ridden in the recent inter- national mile champlonship matches between British and American teams, had been turned out of his regular quarters to make room for a string brought by the invading players. To-| day while belng exercised, Spaghetti Lroke away and raced toward his old stable. He crashed head-on into a wire fence and died of a tbroken neck. Major Allen recently refused $5,000 for the pony. Lawyers Fighting to Keep | ' Buckland Out of Lock-Up New Haven, Oct, 30.—Judge C. L. Avery this afternoon heard arguments on a motion to dissolve an injunction brought against Notary I". 8. Bishop, | restraining him frgm issuing a mitti- mus to commit Eflward G. Buckland, general counsel and vice-president and Arthur E. Clarke, seeretary, to jail for refusal to produce documents be- fore Mr. Bishop in deposition pro- ceedings in the case of JEdmund D. Codman against the company pending in Massachusetts courts. | governmental - CITY ITEMS, |CHID “When Al the Weorld dohn A, An % & Cor avarded intii has the Judge B W, Alling judgment by default (o vecover $830.34 in the case of Albert Salpel against Julius Rdun Atorney Henry P. Roche was counsel for the plai Boxing, State Armery advt Joseph Grysinia of 87 Greve street Oet. 36, And said Freparted to the pelice this afternoon that while walking on Grove streed this merning he was shot behind the ear by & boy playing with an alr vifie Vietrolas and Planos, Henry Morans advt, he police have heen netifed that | the eperator's licenses of Emil Prange of 55 Austin street and Balvatore Dis. #ia of T8 Lafayette street have heen returned Tiekets for Kellogg concert course. C, 1, Pieree & Co.—advt Willlam Venberg reported to Ser- geant Patriek MeAvay at police head- quarters this noon that while riding his motoreyele at the corner of Faleview and Chureh streets this morning he was strlek by an aute. rohlle driven by Charles Spooner, enberg sald that he was not hurt, New Vietor Records out at Morans' —advt Vietrolas, Plerce & Co,—advt Mattabassett tribe, No, 14, I, 0O, T, M., will hold the first of a series of pinochle games with the Junlor Mechanies at Junior Mechanles hall Thursday evening, They will leave the Ited Me rooms at 7:45 and go in a body to the hall, “Oh, Harold," special fox John O, Andrews & Co,—advt, “Hey! You Want Any Codfish?" Voeal, John A. Andrews & Coo— advt, Day by day when you are down our Kdisons, Sonoras, C, 1., trot. | way stop in and hear the new releases in Columbia and Vocallon Records. All the Iatest and most popul always In stock. We have new num- hers every day. John A. Andrews & Co. =ndvt, Policeman Patrick O'Mara this af- |ternoon arrested four small boys for an allaged theft of $25 at a store at 08 Grove street last night. They will be arralgned in juvenile court Sat- urday. Gulbransen Player Pianos, Morans. —advt, Barn dance. De Vit State Armory.—advt. Join our Vietrola and Gulbransen Christmas club for $1, Henry Morans. ~—advt, Boxing, State Armory, Orch. Nov. Oct. 30— To Groom of Tomorrow Henry Ludorf, who will marry Miss Noren: Monifa McMahon tomorrow morning at 8t, Mary's church, was tendered a bachelor supper last night by about 20 friends at Ye Old Colony inn in Meriden. Rev, Stanley A. Iciek was toastmaster. Mr. Ludérf wag presented with a leather wallet and $150 in gold. More Than Thousand Soft Drink Resorts Are Closed Chicago, Oct. 30.—Mayor William E. Dever returned to his office today from a 10-day vacation in Excelslor Springs, Mo., with signed orders re- voking the licenses of 242 “soft drink parlors,” which brings to 1,528 the to- tal number of places closed by the mayor's campaign to dry up the city. Sacco-Vanzetti Cas; Is « Postponed to Tomorrow Dedham, Mass., Oct. 30.—The flling of affidavits occupied this morning's session of the hearings on motions for a new trial for Nicola Sacco and Bar- tolomeo Vanzetti, convicted of the murder of a South Braintree paymas- ter and his guard. Court was adjourn- od at noon, until tomorrow. The state filed affidavits by cxperts who testi- fied at the trinl among them those of L. Elkman, Captain Charles J. Van Amburgh and Merton A. Robinson, all of Bridgeport, Conn. MAKES HIGH RECORD, . Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France, Oct. 30.—Sadi Lecointe, the ¥rench avi- ator, made an attempt today to break his own world’s record for airplane altitude and may have succeeded. Le- cointe took the air at 11:50 o'clock and when ho landed at 1:50 p. m. one of his barographs registered 11,008 and thg other 11,200 metres. The official record held by Lecointe is 10,741 metres, or 35,241.22 feet. The barographs have been sent to the aboratories for an of- ficial examination which will deter- mine the actual height reached by the aviator, New Window .Shades For Beauty and Utility Besides being useful, w touch of distinction to the pleasing in color tone, needs. indow shades can serve the purpose of adding a homée. Only shades that are fine in quality and can lend real harmony to a room. —— Made to Order Only — Your Fall renovation, program will no doubt inc shades. You should see the complete our shade deparbment and let us give you esti lude some new window line of sample shade cloths’ we carry in imates on your window shade The John Boyle Co. FRANKLIN SQUARE GLASS, PUTTY, BRUSHES, ROOM MOULDINGS, METAL CEILINGS, SIGN WORK, ETC. . Tel. 359 SUES LANDLORD FOR | Robert Capew, Aged 3, Through | Father. Saps SMairway At Home Was Defective Robert Cayer, three year oid son of [ William Caper, through Attorneys Dunn and MeDonough, bhas brought | sult for §5.000 against Beajamin |Muhmm owner of property at 1! East street, for injuries alleged 10 have heen sustained in & fall from a defective stairway at the house sev. | eral weeks ago. The action has been | brought by the child's father. Con l-unlp George Mark served the writ, which is returnable in the eity oourt | the first Tuesday in December As | | the result of the fall the ehild suf- 11-:.«1 a fractured skull, seeording to llh! complaint, as well as other in. Juried which may have a permanent effeet, in . |Coolidge Thinks Treaty | Can Adjust Booze Rules| Washington, Oet. 20— President | Coolidge belleves that provisien to al. British ships to bring liquor [stores within the three mile limit, whieh has heen proposed as a part of the arrangement with Great Britain for extension of the right of search and selzure to the 12 mile limit, might {be made effective through a treaty |and without the necessity for amend. ments of the Volstead law, The Vol stead act as interpreted by the su- preme court prohibits the bringing of lquor even as ships' stores within the three mile limit. A treaty duly ratl. fied by the senate, however, has al- ways been regarded as the supreme law of the land and It was on that | principle that Seerotury Hughes sug- gested to London that the 12 mile proposal and a ship liquor nuthoriza- {tion be Included In an Anglo-Amerl- can treaty. |W. G, “ilrnock,.—Fé;merly Newspaperman, Dies Today New Haven, Oct, 30 —W. G, War- nock, a former newspaper man and latterly a broker in New York city, dled at Grace hospital today after a short lllness. He was on a visit to Meriden, being a half brother of Thomas H. Warnock, ecditor of the Meriden Morning Record, when taken Il and was hrought to this city for treatment. Mr. Warnock was born in Meriden, was about 47 years of age and was a member of the Springfield Republican staff and later was a bu- reau correspondent for a press asso- ciation service in Syracuse, N. Y. Afterwards he entered the brokerage business. Mr, Warnock is survived by | his wife and a daughter, Mildred. Marks Is Questioned in » Schleifer Case Today New Haven, Oct. 30.—David 8. Marks a special officer for the N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad was cross-exam- ined by the defendant’s counsel when the trial of Krnest Schieifer, a labor union organizer, was resumed before Judge Jennings and a jury in superior court today. Particular attention was given to the witness' repetition [*of certain words he claimed he heard Schleifer speak in an address before striking shopmen. Marks admitted that he had not been interested in all the address but in certain parts of it. Pneumatic Mail Tubes in Boston and Philadelphia Washington, Oct. 30.—President Coolidge will take up the question of restoration of pneumatic tube mail service at Boston amd Philadelphia in event Director Lord of the "budget and Postmaster General New are un- able to reach an agreement on appro- priation estimates. The postmaster general has recommended appropria- tions sufficient to restore service in the two cities but the estimate has been rejected by Director Lord. Dies of Injuries She Suffered in Explosion Titusville, Pa, Oct. 30.—Mrs. H. 8. Edwards, wife of the chief of police| of Titusville, died today of injuries sustained yesterday when a tank car of gasoline exploded at the American 0Oil Works. She was the third vietim of the explosion. Ired Simons of Eric was killed instantly and P. L. Langworthy, another employe, died later, Mrs, Edwards was passing the plant when the blast occurred. Notorious Jail Breaker Claws His Way to Freedom Winnipeg, Oct. 30.—One of the| most notorious jail breakers in the dominion, Wiiliam Nivonsiuk, es- caped from Stony Mountain peniten- tiary last night by boring through the | ceiling-of his cell with a piece of his iron cot, breaking through another| stoné wall to the roof, covering his hands with pieces of tin and sliding down a rope to freedom. FIRE DRILL SUCCEEDS, New Haven, Oct. 30.—Using the fire drill the pupiis in the Sacred Heart parish parochiat sthool were marched from their class rooms in an orderly manner this afternoon when smoke permeated the building. The slight fire was in waste paper| in the basement. By the time the last child was in the street the smoke was| quite dense, and the firemen were at| work, Tt was not believed the dam- | age was material. | Funerals 4. T. Roberts of J. T. Robherts will be held at Erwin chapel Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. Henry W, Maier. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. The func JOSEPH A, HAFFEY ¥aneral Director Parlors 33 Myrtle st INJURIES FROM FALL| RN | | Gt North ptd |Htd Elec Lt . | &irl | up and robbed two west | drink cafes at the point of revolvers | during the night was under arrest to- | | BY Service Exceptional, Lady Assistant Tel. Parlor 1625-2 Residence 17 Summer St. —1625-3 WAL STREET STOCK | EXGHANGE REPORTS Today's stock markel presented the | same general characteristic of fhese of the laat week, namely suppert for the pivelsl shares and scattered ligul dation in other sections of the list Opergtions for the decline were e eclorated by the relatively high res newal rate fTor call meney, reductions in the refined sugar and mid-conti- nent erude oll prices and the eut in the national enameling dividend. Bales| epproximated 350,000 shares | High lew Ty Yy e | % NN N2y 156 4 ') [H] (LN 174 1234 1975 " Am Bt Sug Am Can Am Cr & Vdy Am Cot O Am Leco Am fm & Re Am fg if em Am Sum Tob Am Tel & Tel Am Tob Am Woel ,, Ana Cop Ale Tp & A P At Guif & W1 Baldwin Loco Baltl & Ohio Beth Steel B Consol Tex n Pacific Cen Leather Ches & Ohlo ., Chi Ml & 8 P Chi Rek 1 & P, Chile Copper Chino Copper .. 15 Consol Gas a1y Corn Prod Ref .124% Crucible Steel ey Cuba Cane Bugar 10% Endicott-John Erle , % "y My 3] 1204 n My 1% 11 My LI [N AN 12 12% 20 %Y Gen Electrie . Gen Motors Goodrick BI’ 531% Insp Copper .. Int Mer, Mar . Int Mer Mar pfd 317 Allis-Chalmers 208 Pacific Ol 3615 Int Nickel 1014 Int Paper ..... 28% Kelly Spring T'r 23% Kennecott Cop.. 30 Lehigh Val 59'% Mid States .., 5 Midvale Steel Mis Pac ....... N Y Cen N Y NH«& H., North Pac . % Pure Oil .. 17% Pan Am P & T 56% Penn R R Plerce Arrow .. Pittsburgh Coal Ray Cen Cop Reading . .. RepI1 & 8 .... Royal D, N Y .. Sinclair Oil Ref South Pacific South Rall Studebaker Co Texas Co Tobacco Prod Transcon Oil .. Union Pacific .. United Fruit .. United Re St .. U 8 ¥ood Prod U 8 Indus Alco U 8 Rubber Co U.S Steel U S Steel pfd I"tah Copper .. Willys Overland Westinghouse National Lead . Veush 83 997 597% 11% ELY 421 48 18% 4% 38 963 40 511% 3 5614 16 116 (Judd & Co.) Aetna Life ... Travelers ..... Am Hardware Bige-Hid Cpt Co Bristol Brass .... Colt's Arms ..... Bagle Lock ..... Hart and Cooley Landers, ¥ N B Machine com . N B Machine pfd Niles-Be-Pond ..... North and Judd Peck, Stow Russell Mfg ’ Scovill Mfg Co . Standard Screw Stanley Works com Stanley Works pfd Torrington com Traut and Hine .. Union Mfg Co TODAY'S TREASURY REPORT Balance $240,723,717. WILL FIREWORKS First Exhibition 21 Years Tonight in Alaskan Town, IFairbanks, Alaska, Oct, 30.——As one result of the unseasonable warm | weather Alaska has been éxperienc- ing, citizens of the city tomorrow night will see their first fireworks display in 21 years, | The exhibition was arranged by a local newspaper so children could see how their fellows in lower latitudes celebrate the national birthday. Fire- works displays here on July 4 are im- | possible on account of the 24 hours of daylight at that season. GIRL BANDIT CAUGHT. Aided Two Cleveland Gunmen Hold-Ups, | Cleveland, Oct. 30.—A 23-year-old | bandit, who according to police dressed in men's clothing and was alded by two men accomplices, held side soft day. | Her capture was the result of the wreck of the taxieab in which the band of three were escaping from the | scene of the second robbery. | FAVORS ALLIANC The Associated Press. Stockholm, Oct, 30.—Foreign Min- | ister Hederstjerna openly declared kimself in favor of a defensive alli- ance between Sweden and Finland in an address last night before an au- dience of newspapermen. It was the first time in more than a eentury that a2 Swedish foreign minister had ar- Close ) 169 | gued in favor of an alliance with any other power. PUTNAM & CO. Members New Yors Stoch Eschange [ [ Stanley K. Eddy, Manager We Offer: Moobers Harifosd Black Eschange B1 West Mals 80, Yol 3000 100 Landers, Frary & Clark 100 American JUDD Hardware & CO. Members Now York Stock MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Eachange Hartford: Hartford-Cong, Trust Nidg, ™al. 3.8320 New Britain: 23 West Maln Street, Tel. 1818 WE OFFER: 100 Shares Colt's Patent Fire Arms Stock to Yield 8 Per Cent New Britain National Bank Bldg. Telephone 2580 Members Hartford Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchang Donald R, Hart, Manager STANLEY WORKS LANDERS SCOVILL FAFNIR BEARING AMERICAN HARDWARE HART & COOLEY WE DO NOT ACCEPT MARGIN ACCOUNTS JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York Waterbury Danbury Middletown STOCKS BONDS Bridgeport New Havea Direct Private Wire to New York G. ¥. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, B. Nat'l Bank Bldg—Tel. 1013 The * Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Old State House Square, Hartford, Conn. Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Foreign Exchange to LETTERS OF CREDIT — Bank by mail. It is LIONS HEAR OF EDDIE GUEST" Rev, John L. Davis Tells of Life of | Famous Poct—Philosopher Who is | to Speak Here, 1 The regular weekly meeting of the | Lions club was held at the Llks club this noon. The speaker of the day was Rev. John L. Davis, pastor of the ‘Trinity Methodist church, who spoke on the life and work of Ldgar A. Guest. He related how Idgar Guest came to this country from | England at the age of 10 and gradual- Iy worked his way*up the ladder of | the litorary world. Guest was at one time a writer for the Associated Press and is famous for his short poems on | twenticth century topies. Rev. Mr. Davis also spoke on Theo- dore Roosevelt and told a short story about Roosevelt's love of home, coun- try and God. | Charles Moore, the hoy soprano, fa vored with vocal selections, singing | “A Kiss in the Dark” and *That Old | Gang of Mine.” all parts of the world. GENERAL BANKING safe and saves time. WANT BUSINESS WORKERS Graduates of Collegiate Schools of Business Much in Demand New York, Oct. 30.—Graduates of collegiate schools of business are much in demand by business houses and this training, though compara- tively new, is proving an unquestion- able success throughout the country, Richard W. Husbund, director of per- sonal research of Dartmouth, de- clared last night before the convention of the American management asso- ciation. Mr. Hushand gave a positive affirmative answer to his toplc, “Are the Graduates of Collegiate Schools of Rusiness Succeeding?” Other speukers agreed. The increasing importance of wom- en in the business world was attested to by the large number of women holding responsible executive posi- tions who were present at the open= ing session. Approximately 1,000 men and women attended. Most dates imported into the United States come from Asiatic Turkey. Wednesday Spcials Better Quality Meats SIRLOIN ROUND STEAKS ..... LB. 35¢ Boneless Round CORNED BEEF..LB. 19¢ Lean Boneless SWIFT’S BACON..LB. 19¢ Tender Fricassee CHICKENS .... LB. 27¢ Boneless Pot ROASTS ......... LB. 16¢ National Meat Stores Co. 70 West Main' St. Telephone 1614 BrsvrasnninurEn L