New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1923, Page 3

SCOVILL COMPANY MAY PURCHASE TWO Directors Recommend Buying American Pin and Oakyille Cos. —_— Waterbury, Dec. 13.—Purchase of the American Pin Co. and the Oak- ville Mfg. Co., both of this city and both incorporated under the laws of Connecticut by the Scovill Mfg. Co. was recommended to the stockhold- ers of the Scovill company by the board of directors in letters issued to them today. There is a call for a| speclal meeting of the stockholders | of the Scovill company on December 18 at 2 p. m. at the offices of the! company here, and the directors urge that prompt action be taken in sending in proxies in case of inability to personally attend as it is urgent that the transaction be completed in the current year. The directors of the Scovill com- pany met yesterday and authorized the notice to the stockholders. Let- ters were sent out, one outlining the negotiations for the purchase of the American Pin Co. and the Oakville Mfg. Co.; providing for the issuance of additional stock of the Scovill Co. to the amount of $27,000 shares of a par value of $100 cash and of coupon debentures not to exceed $300,000 should the purchase be voted; and the second giving the terms of pur- chase. The capital stock of the American Pin Co. is $1,350,000 di- vided into 54,000 shares of $25 each and the offer is to exchafige onc share of Scovill stock for each four shares of Pin company stock. The Oakville company’s capitalization is $600,000 divided into 6,000 shares of a par value of $100 each and it is proposed to offer 2 1-2 shares of Scovill stock and $50 in debentures for cach share of Oakville. Three Propositions first letter threc proposi- | In the ‘a) Comfortable Coxwell chair upholstered m velour, with deep-springed seat and back. Special at ... (b) Martha Washington beautifully finished in mahogany, only Telephone 72 tions stockliole pec 1 before the Scovill 5. the first outlining the proposed purchase, the second con- cerning an additional stock i the third authorizing the directors to carry thréugh the purchase if the same shculd be approved by action on S5 | the other two proposjtions. The letter is signdéd by E. O. Goss. president who also signs the address to the stockholders which says that it has always been the policy of the directors to develop a diversity of R 100 WITNESSES - CALLED FOR TRIAL (First Tor State Take Stand Today | in Klan Case operation and an increase in product | and the directors are in accerd that purchase of the two companies men- tioned would conserve the interests of the stockholders. Regret is ex- pressed that more time could not be given for consideration of the pur- chase but it was necessary for pur- chase to be made before the end of the current year. It will be neces- sary for two-thirds of the outstanding stock to vote favorably on the pro- positions and stockholders are urged not to delay in submitting proxies or fall to attend the special meeting. YALE TO COMPETE New Haven, Dec. have a fencing team in the national three weapon championships at New York and as the result of a tourna- ment R. D. Elweli of New York city will take the place of H. J. Boulton, the university champion with duelling sword. Captain 8. G. Hunt- ington will use the foils and S. Has tings, the sabre. CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS For Her For Him For the Kiddies On Today’s Want Ad Page Classifications 65 A-B-C-D (¢) $39.50 Sewing Cabinet, $19.50 (e) 13.—Yale will | the | signed smoking stand in mahogany, as low as . ... The Associated Press, H Atlanta, Ga., ~The first of | | approximately one hundred witnesses | summoned for the state in the t {of Philip E. Fox for the slaying of William 8. Coburn here November 5 will take the stand today. Coburn was a leader of the insur- gent faction of the Ku Kilux Klan | jadhering to the standard of William | Joseph Simmons, emperor and found- er, and Fox was publicity director of the administration forces of the in- visible empire, It is the first time, available rec- ords show, that a klansman has been placed on triai for taking the life of a fellow., It has caused a general {rally to the factional flags and chief- |tains of the insurgent fo re- ported figuring prominently the prosccution of the case. The tenets of the-invisible empire according to Simmons, calls for the | banishment of a Kklansman if he is {charged with breaking a civil law. |If proven innocent, reinstatement is {in order, declared the emperor. | 1t is not known whether that part |of the Klan's doctrines has been car- {vied out or if Iox is receiving aid of ;lln' administrative forees in hisd e tense, , Klans | country [ their le timon, The carly tod would ta indicated present By . 13.- al | are in from all tions of the are reported to have sent lers here to listen to the tes prosccution refused to the probable and the what justification di lead it has not it defense wi For Dad or Brother! hogany finish Spinet Desk in walnut or fth |senior elass. This splendidly de- $1.95,, $29.50 ohn A. Andrews & Co NEW BRITAIN DAI! HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEN haei Centre;} gar Crosby, Jr., of Newton hockey captain, as third marshal. Other class officers chosen . are: | Treasurer, Corliss Lamont, wood, N ivy orator, Frederic Nichols, York; orator, Charlton MacVeagh, Washington, D. C.; poet, | Oliver LaFarge, w York; odist, | Richard D. 1d, Cambridg: chorister, Robert Bullard, Melrose Highlands | PENAUTY FOR VYOTER. France Considers Fines Who Don't Cast Ballot. The proposal to penalize| t his ballot the injection of the name of Mrs. garet Weaver, a trained nurse whose home is said to be in Cleve- land, Ohio, into the case, I caus- ed the state to change its plans of precedure, it was stated. Mr. Weaver was indicted last Fri- day, cording to an official an- nouncement yesterday. She is charg- ed with being an accessory before he fact, in that she was with Fox a few moments before he entered Co- burn's office and fired the fatal shots, Her present whereabouts 1is not tnown to the solicitor-general’s office here. The initial session of the trial yes- terday was devoted to the selection of a jury. HUBBARD HONORED ew for Those | Paris, Dec. 13. considering the the voter who The number of rs grows at every election, giving an undue af-| vantage to candidates backed by weli | organized political machines, with the result that such men generally repre sent only a small faction of the elec- government is| fails to ¢ abstai Football Captain Elected Marshal of Senior Class Harvard Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 13—Charles J. Hubbard Jr., of Cambridge, cap- | torate. tain of the Harvard football team, has| It is proposed, says the Echo De been elected first marshal of the | Paris, to penalize those who are too Barkliec McK. Henry of | lezy or indifferent t by making Rosemont, Pa., crew captain, will|a substantial increase in the tax as- gerve as second marshal and W. Ed-|sessments. e vote NEW BRITAIN BOYS AND BARNEY RAPPS’ ORCHESTRA MAKES THIS NEW VICTOR RECORD 19182—Somebody Else Took You Out of My Arms Walk, Jennie, Walk! See Opposite Page C. L. 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