New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1924, Page 15

LIQUOR CASES MAY . COME INTO PROBE Daugherty Tnquiry Promises| Startling Developments Washington, March 13. — Miss Roxie Stinson, divorced wi of JHarry M. Daugherty's -NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, City Items Miss Alice Starr of 543 Stanley street was awarded the pillow cases| at the meeting of Stanley Women's | Relief corps yesterday afternobn. Hear “Al Jolson” oa Brunswiek records at John A. Andrews & Co.— advt, Howard Belser returned today from a few days visit with his father at White River Junction, Vermont. Smart 8pring Milline French Hat | Shoppe, 87 West Main St., Prof. Bldg. | —aavt White Rese Camp will hold a regu- Jess Smith, who committed suicide a |lar meeting this evening in the old K. today before the Daugherty investi- gating committee, Senators not only sought to draw out details of her story of yesterda: in which she inciuded some ishing insinuations about Smith and Daugherty, but made an effort also to establish new lines of inquiry in- volving liquor cases and other mat- ters that were pending in the justice department. Will Call McLcap. A8 a result of her testimony, Scn- ator Wheeler of Montal the com- mittee prosecuytor, announced he would call Edward B. McLean, pub- lisher of the Washington Post and Mal Daugherty of Ohio, the attorney general’'s brother. Among other things, men want to know swhether was any attempt on the part of fricnds of the attorney general, as has been suggested in information reaching the committee to avert Miss Stinson's appearance on the witness stand. . Before the committee met today Attorney General Daugherty issued | another statement deelaring the in- | vestigation could be fully and finally disposed of in a week or 10 days, if only “pertinent inquiries” were made. | He also wrote Chairman Brook- | hart protesting amainst issuance of committee subpoenas for Gaston B. Means and Thomas B. Felder, on the ground that they would receive im munity under indictments pending against them at New York. The letter was luid before the com- | mittee, but some members were dis- | posed to insist upon hearing Meuns and Felde They are under dictment in conneetion with the Casket stock Marketing ¢ their testimony is desived in tion with transactions of J The attorney general’ follow “I am adhering to my policy of ng nothing for publication for the present regigeding the alleged investi- mution of the official action of the at- | torney general, and the department of Justice, T have said nothing for pub- lication upon that subject since leav- Ing tor Chicago on February “My attorneys are giving their at- tention to the matter to the extent thut théy are permitted to participate in the alleged hearing. “If pertinent inguiries regarding the department of justice and the officlal acts of the attorney general only were made and competent testimony taken, the whole matter could be fully and finally disposed of in a week or ten days at the farthest, Anything re- arding the investigation must be iven out by my attorneys, as T am | occupled constantly with my duties | Lier Other information sought from Miss | Stinson today related to $65,000 in | Liberty bonds which Smith committee- there onnee- 8 Smith, statement was said | 1o have had here in the safety deposit Lox, Committee members said they were prepared to produce a witness ws to the source of the stock, The Pure Oil company stock trans- action referred to yesterday by Miss Ntinson also is expeeted to produce interesting developments, Senators suid that they understood Charles G, | Dawes, former dircctor of the budget, and Howard Mannington of Ohio were tuterested in the eompany. Washington Court Mareh 15--United States Marshal Stanley G, Borthwieck, of the South- ern district of Ohio today subpoenaed MHouse, Ohio, | the head bookkecper of the Midland Nautional bank, and all deposit ledgers of the institution ce November 1, 1920, together with other records for the senate committee invertigating the administration of Attorney-General Daughterty. M. & Daugherty, president of the bank, and brether of the attorney- general, lett last night for Washing- ton, D. Rotary Head Advises Members’ Vaccination Members of the New Britain Rotary club were advised by President Vred | 0. Rackliffe at the n meeting to- day to be vaccinated 4% soon as po: sible, and to have their fumilies vac- | cinated, to help' the board of heaith | stamp out the smallpox epidemic in the city. Mr. Rackliffg said the an- | nouncement was made by request of | a physician, Next Thursday evening local Ro- tarians will motor to Milferd to help | the Milford club celebrate charter right. The address today was delivered by dames ¥, Slater, assistant to C. L. Bardo, general manager of the N, Y., N. H. and H. rallroad. Mr. Slater auoted statistics to show that operat- ing expenses of railroads are mount. ing while the shows a steady | decrease, Tt was announced that Guy Gundi- ger of TPhiladelphia, international | president, will be one of the speakers at the spring conference next month, revenye Overseas Concert From London to United States | A notable attempt in the direction of world radio broadeasting will be tricd tonight by British broadcasting “ations, when they will attempt to| get a program of dance music into recelvers in #he United States 1t 18 probable that the attempt will be made between 6 and 9 o'clock in | the evening, eastern standard time, and there was som® talk of having | the broadeasting stations shut down | for a period in order to ascertain whether or not the program comes | through. This, howcver, probably will net be done. Several broadeasting stations on the British Isles will be linked together | for the test and a series of snappy | Amerizan jazz selections will be hurl- ’ cd inte the cars of PPaul Whiteman worshippers, The program will be played from the Savoy hotel, London | ar ago, again was the star witness |of . aston- | ! Co., 18 Main St. Tel, 3425. |Clement Kalkowski's property at 3 | Hungerford in a hall, Don't forget o'd fashioned and mddern dance, given by Tabs Drum | Corps, T. A. B, Hall, Mon., March 17. | ~—advt, The Sons of Veterans auxiliary will | hold its weekly social in G. A. R. hall ernoon. A family supper will he |served at 6:30 o'clock. The regular | meeting will begin at § o'cldck. A committee will meet to make 'plans for a military whist. | See Rollin Whitc’s Sensation of sea- | son, the “Rollin” at Onorato Motor {Co., 18 Main St. Tel, 3425.—advt. (| Sir neis Drake lodge, American | Order, Sons of St. George, will hold a regular meeting tonight at Vega hall. andidates will be initiated and im- portant bhusiness transacted. Action will be taken on the death of Mark | Cashmore, Sce Rollin White's Sensation of sea- n, the “Rollin” at Onorato Motor advt, The Kenilworth club will hold a smoker in the club rooms in the Sov- creigns Bullding tonight at 8 o'clock. The new radio will be in operation and a pool tournament will he held. On March 21 the club will hold an in formal dance at the Burritt hotel, Burfitt Grange will liold its regular meeting Saturday evening at § o'clock at Jr, 0. U. M. hall, Hungerfo! Court. A very pleasant musical eve- ning is anticipated. €. H. Clarkson will be in charge. F. J. Ward of 447 Church street re- ported to the police that an autome- bile robe had heen stolen from his machine while it was parked near his home last night. Two boys broke into the cellar of Broad street last night, but were caught by the owner before they were uble to accomplish the purpose for which they entered. They were turn- ed over to Probation Officer Edward ‘onnolly. SCHOOL BOARD QUESTION BEFORE: FINANCE BOARD Week— Meeting Called for Next Mayor Feels Program Should In- clude School on Clinton Street. The board of finunce and taxation will mect Monday to give consideras tion ot the school committee’s build- ing program for which a bond issue of $475,000 is heing sought. In addition to the committee’s rec- ommcndations, Mayor A. M, Paoncssa fecls that provision should be made for a new school on the Viets prop- erty on Clinton street and he will bring such a proposal befope the board of finance. If the finance board approves, a recommendation will be made to the common council after which the city mecting hoard will be called to act on the bond issue, The finance board will also prob- ably discuss water®rates. Railroad Offers t Give Use of Train Waterbury, March 13.-~Superintens dent J. J. Snavely of the Waterbury division of the N, Y, N, H, & H. railroad made an offer considered most unique at today's luncheon of the members council of the Jlocal Chamber of Commerce. Mr, Snave- [1y is a member of the clean-up com- |1 o'elock mittee of the council. He told of the great number of tin cans, old bed springs and discarded baby carriages that had been thrown out ffom tene- ment houses along the raflroad’s right of way.-and which had been cleaned up by raiiroad employ The clean- vp had been made two weeks ago, he said, and now conditions were worse than before. Superintendent Snavely offered the use of a speclal train for an inspection by the members coun- cil of back yards along the railroad tracks in this city and viein: The council voted to accept the offer and the trip of inspection wil he made after the council’s next meeting, Must Pa{ Rent for flome Used by Former Wife Morris Cohn was awarded a ver- dict of $332.23 by Judge William C. judgment handed down in the against Samuel Snyder, who was sued by Cohn for rent of a tenement occupicd by R Snyder, his former wife, from whom he was diverced threg months ago. Judge B. F. Gaffncy represented the plaintiff. case K. OF C. PINOCHLE TOURNEY The last round of the pinochle tournament being conducted by Daly comneil, No. 12, K of C. at the club rooms on Franklin Square, will be held this evening. The play tonight should furnish some interesting games Charles Reed with 1,957 points is in the lead with Walter Kenney a closc second with 1,822, Steven Lynch trails in third place with a total of 1,575 The winners of last week's play were Walter Sullivan first and Edward Has- son second. Prizes will be awarded to- | might for the winnera of first and sec ond Places and the general prizes for dhe five nighte play will be awarded to the winners of the entire contest STORM 1SOLATES ISLAND Montreal, Mareh 13.~Prince B4 ward Island is virtvally isolated by a heuvy snow storm which has foree indefinite suspension of ferry service to the mainland. The severity of the storm caused abandonment of all nor- mal vehicular and train movements. | Three trains, one of them following a snowplow, were snowbound. Time For a Change London—After living for 30 years in a small tank in a London hetel, a carp has now heen transferred to a similar cstablischment in Brighton. from 2:15 to 5 o’'clock tomorrow aft- | " PRICE OF GAS REDUGED | | New Britain Gas Light Co. Announces | 1000 Reduction of 10 Cents Per Feet Effcctive This Month Announcement was made today by the New Britain Gas Light Co. that the price of gas will Le reduced 10 cents per 1000 feet after the collec- tions are made the Jatter part of this month, Tt is estimated that the reduction will amount to about $40,000 & vear |less in the cost of to the people | of New Britain and vicinity, | The directors of the company have | |found it possible to make the redue- | tion as a threatencd coal strike has | |@pparently been averted, ing a| steady supply of onc of the necessary commodities used in making gas, at a uniform price, ssu INSURANGE MEN BANQUET ate Commissioner Dunham and | President North of Connecticut As- | sociation Speakers at Annual Din- ner at Hotel Burritt ; The annual banquet of the New | Britain fire underwriters was held Jast | |evening in the Hotel Burritt and was the most successful affair of its kind ever held by this organization. The meeting was in charge of I'rank H. Shields, local president, Howard I>. Dunham, state insurance commissioner, gave an address on the subjeet of licensing of insurance agents. Donald C. North of New Haven, president of the state associ- ation, spoke about association affairs. Music furnished by ‘the Clef niale quartet, Tells Story to Police | William Speina of Farmington | avenue was arrested this morning by Detective Sergeant William P, MeCue nd Scrgt, Michasl Ilynn on a charge of indecent assault upon a 15 year old girl. ‘The girl was found walking on I'armington avenue about o'clock this morning by Serat, Flynn and was cucstioned s to the reason for her |being out at that time. She did not give a satisfactory explanation and was questioned by Sergt. McCue this morning when she told of the alleged assault. Speina was arrested at his home and will be arraigned in police | court this morning. The assault was committed in a vacant tenement on Farmington avenu Breaths John 1. Nafey John Ellsworth Nafey of 186 Maple street died lust evening at his home following a shock sustained last Sun- Mr. Nafey w a resident of Britain for the past 40 years, coming here from New Brunswick N. J, where he was born, He was 70 years of age and was employed for 8% ycars As a boxmaker for the Russell & lrwin division of the American Hardware corporation. Two years ago he retired, He was & son the late John and Ann Eliza Dan- hury Nafey and a direct descendent of Garrett Nafey, who fought in the Rev. olutionary war He wus a member of the Jr. O, U, | A, M, of Now Brunswick, Court Pro- |&ress, Foresters of America, New Britain; the Nussell & Frwin mutval bonefit association and the Red army of Everyman's Rible class. | He is survived by a widew, one son, | | George H, of Providence, R, 1.; two | daughters, Mrs, 1. H, Carroll and | Mrs. B, Mann, of New Britain, | one sister, Mrs, Ann Sterling of Tot- | THURSDAY, Romance WALL STREET STOCK | announcement t hi $1 | hattan | ped abont a point. | been rather lethary in charactor, | was enlivencd by the i uration o dividends on Southemn Lditway com mon, that stock immediately EXCHANGE REPORTS New York wernight Member Hartford Stock K n bankers Now York, | | - <, id given a of not less than 31 West Main St., Tel. 2040 00,000,000 French govern- - —_— = ont rong tone to opening | prices in today’s stoek market Ger |eral Bleetric advanced 2 points; Otis W ff e Elevator 1% : U'nion Pacific 1 1-4 and | € oirer | Norfolk & Weotern 1, while most of | | the standurd indusirvials improved | | tractionaliy. . e e 100 Shares: American Herdware land Otis Elevator 2%. Guing of al ¢ point or so were recorded by U. S| ) {Cast Tron Pipe, Batdwin, American | Can and Crucible Steel. New Orieans, | Te & Mexico nd Brooklyn-Man h drop- e Transit preferred ez s Noon—-Mornirg L1a { g which had | jumping | record high, on hesys Hints to | transactions. New 1924 highs were MEMBERS HARTIORD STOCK EXCHANGE . established by Woolworth 1 . d Ma Malone (above) of Atlanta, [up 4 Fisher Dody un Members New York Stock Exchange Ga., is engaged to wed Bobby Jones, | 1-2: Magma Copper at up 1 . g ; o B national open golf chawmpion. it is | 1-4, und New York Dock at 23 1-4, up """"““l'“ 'n‘n'l‘_"" posan s Wiy ;‘“:-" announced. The romance of the | 3.4, moncy available for stock e < : . L couple began in school days. market purposcs, as refleeted in the e o % AETEAs e T | Narwil) rats o & thtortenil We Offer and Recommend the long side, of Dupont Ph F I which advan S points, followed 0€niX I'Ire Insurance Moo the reported accumulation of General trial Council and Americaniza- | Motors "by hanking interests, Dupont | being the gest holder of General | Fy toc tion Department to Welcome New | Motors stoek. Strength of Southern e | Railway hclped otner rails, St Loui: | ElOE n S ariblia ion Voters Tomorrow. | soutiwestern, Missouri Pacific pretor CRSON AT Mayor A. M. Paoncssa and Judge | v¢d and Wabash preferved A, cach W. €. Hungerford will be speakers vancing more than a l"'“‘!- - at a public reception to be held for| Wall Street 1:30 p. m.—Southern | === new citizens at the Central Junior | Railway yielded on profit l.xl.hvs:‘ 1 W high school tomorrow cvening, be. [the dividend —announcement. Prices| . ginning at 8 o'clock. did not yield mueh and when the Factory foremen and members of |$horts covered they found ~1m-h~; ° . the industrial eouncil have been in- |Father scarec and bid up several lead vited and are expected to attend the | ©T8 sharply to get supply notably | NEW BLITAIN HALCFORD meeting, Raldwin, U. 8. 8tect and American | New lrit National bank Bldg. 10 Central Row The reception is being arranged by | Can . ] Felephone 2580 Telephone 2-4i41 the Industrial council of the Y. M High 5 Taw:ciGlowe Members Men burs ot eting in conjunction with [Am Bt Sug Hartford ock Fxebangs New York stock Exchange Americanization Director James . Am Can Donald R, Hart, Mavager O'Brien, fam or & vy _— - Moving pictures of the life of Lin- |Am VLoco A coln will be shown. Am sm & Re WE OFFER: . ’ SR Am Sm R cm 30 STANLEY WORKS NORBECK-BURTNESS BILL LOST :nv 50 LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK Washington, March 13.—The Nor- (AW 50 AMERICAN HARDWARE Leck- s bill of the special farm i = Price On Application relief measures to be taken up at this | Am Wool any session of congress was de fANR RO RS the senate today by a vote « Ate Tp & 8§ i At Gulf & W I Bald Loco T T VRS SR S TR S . S— L. F. & C. DECLARES IT$ Rattimore & 0. ‘ » Reth Steel R JOHN P. KEOGH 1 tile DWIDEND FOR QUARTER r::: 'r,":_“"‘, Member Consolidated SMock Exchange of Mew ¥o R Con 1eesh. Co Waterbury Bridgeport the divectors of Landers, Frary & |Chi Mil & St P iddle NDS 3 Clark was held this morning and the [Chi R Is & P Middlztown BONDS ow Haven regular quarterly dividend per | Chite Coppey Oirect rivate Wire 1o Now ¥ cent was decl The directors set | Chino Copper ired \ 0 New Yok March 31 at 2 p. m. as the time for | Con ( G, K. GROET Mar.—Room 509, N. B, Nati Bank Bldg—Tel, 1012 the annual mecting of the «ock- [ Corn Pro Ref holders, Crueible Steel - Cuba Cane Sugar | Bndicott-John Erie Forei, Exch o || Erie 15t pra oreign LXCRaAng:® || cen viectri ien Motors Gt Nerth pfd Y New York, March 13.—-Foreign ex- | nsp Copper charges irregular. Quotations i [ fnt Mer Mar HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN cents: Great Britain: demand 429 3-8; | int Mer Mar pfd 2 cables 420 5.8; 60 day bills on banks| A 427 1.8, Pranee: demand 1.2 Tel.2:7186 Tel. 3420 ibles 4.40 1 Ttaly: demand 4.27 ) fnt Niekel 1-2, Cables 4.28 1.4, Belgium: de-| Tut Paper mand 3,57 % ; cables .58%, Germa Kelly Spring T'r demand (per trillion) Holland: | Kennecott Cop we Offer demand 37,22, Norway: demand 13.48, 1 Sweden; demand 26,30, Denmark: de- mank 15.61; Swithzerland: demand 17.31, Spain: demand 12.81. Greoce ’l'ww- o Lehigh Val Mid Statos O Midvale Mis Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Burritt Hotel Bldg. His-Chalmers Steel Pae 100 Shares of AMERICAN 1008 . e -~ {demand 1.54. Poland: demand 0000 n 4 | tenville, Staten Tsland, and a brother | (JEALE Sl BIATEE Co O e [N ¥ N W & H 191 | Charles, of New Brungvick, Rev, = d.0014. R ¢ 1! Nof & Wost 110 1101 | | William Toss will officlate at funeral | Ui demand 0014, Rumania: demand | N 1 el vsar - 521 Argentina: demand .| North Pac 53 sorvices to be held at the home at - : Pure iq) | Brazil: demand 11.90, Toklo: demand | Pure Oft Saturday afternoon. Turial 3 . > & | 7 . 2 7| 42, Montreal 96 19-32 {Pan Am P & [ will be in ¥Fairview cemetory. 2 . : | penn R 1 h ! . Wi U. S TREASURY STATEMENT, | Pierce Arrow . [ [ M. 8. Watson le o AT | Pittsburgh ol q 6 | | WM. 8. Watsen, formerly of this city, | Boorinth il sosnia S, | nay cCon Cop " died yesterday in Hartford. He was | % | Reading J g o carpenter and had been employed ~ Nude Wil """:"'"l 3 [nep 1 & & \ ' ;“.\ the John Pinches Co. in this Dublin—=All kinds "\T ”,‘” n'\‘ was Sinclair Oil 22% |for many yea Surviving are his "'"‘["‘ "';'“:”"’“ ";"""' "';;"J' South Pacifi 861 4 | wife and one child. Mrs, Watson, be. | Painter, exhibited a nude painting in [ ooy o™ "0 o 0% b4 107 BOOTH’S BLOCK fore her marriage, was Miss Sarah A, (8 Dublin art gallory. The proprie®r| gy qopaier Co 1017 100% 101% OOTH OCK Kinkaid of this city. The funeral |Of the gallery threatened to close the | 0 70 421, | Phone 3013 services will he held Saturday after. (eXhibition unless the plcture was re- | 0 0 o% 5oL s e noon at 2:30 o'clock at the home in |Moved. It was finally agreed that the | (B0 o5 85 s | Hartford, picturc may stay until protest has| oPsecd TEOT - - S0 (ayie ! ° T | been made by the public or polic Ierss ooy L | 7 lr t t B Mrs, Mary Crowe = R U 8 Indus Alco 76 . 0 s or gage on Mrs, Mary Crowe of 25 Tremort | Villages Like '“"“"'“ U S Rubber Co 25's 54% 35% { street died last night at her home, She Lendon—People in villages and |[{- § Steel 1031, 1018, 1031 | is survived by three sons, Luke and {small towns go to the movies at least | § st LT 119 | Matthew of New Haven, and Thomas |8 oftcn as inhabitants of 1 [ Utah Copper : T W.; three daughters, Mrs, Harriet P, |large cities, according to figures Willys Overland 12 127, NE— | Clausey, Mrs. P. W. Mechan of Cali- |in the Kinematograph year Look. Westinghouse 2% 628 [fornia, and Mrs., William Hutchingson | ———— National laad . % | . ° | ot Brookiyn. 1 ’ e d | The funeral wil' be held tomorrow | H H LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS c er n . morning with a funcral maes in St e's appy Suked ’ Mary's church at 9 o'clock. Burial |Aetna Lite Ins. Co a8 will be in 8. Mary’s cemetery AM. HAOAWAre ......o. , MEMBLEES HARTEORD STOCK EXCHANGE S , |Am. Hosiery N 19 ASSE MooR oL PAVARD Stanley Pranciski | ige-Hra opt Co. com . 125 121 R | VINARD, Mer. New Britain Office Stanley Franciski of 105 Lawlor I Billings & Speneer com < 10 Tel. 2980 strect, died last night at the Hart- Billings & Spencer pid .. 10 1 e e | ford hoespital. He is survived by his Bristo! Jirass 1 " brother, John, with whom he made Colt's Arms ¢ 7 4 | his home~. Vuneral arrangements have |Conn 14 & Pow prad 1" WE OF {not been completed | 21e Loek bl » ir Bearing Co i e . Mrs. Gertrude Ostroski. flart & Cooley i g merican Hardware years, wife of Vincent Ostreski of | tanders, ¢ 651 & Newington, died last night. The fun- 1.1 Mentgo ‘ eral will be held Saturday morning at a1 Mont 107 CTHE MARKET 0 o'elock from the Sacred Heart X B G 4 - AT THE MARKET chureh. Burisl will e in Sacred N B Machine 12 11 Heart cemetors | N B Ma e Nilos-Be-T'o com " 1 CARD OF THANKS, |North & Jnad 121 1 Ea s | Peck. Btow & Wi ? ' N We wish to thank enr friends and | ' : The H d C T Co < i neighbors for thair Mindness and tym: | R Mg o 1 artford-Connecticut Trust Comgany | pathy during our recent hereavement Neoti i . . 4 . N tihe §rath of oBr heied Musband sauthern X ¥ Te Oid State House Square, Hartford, Conn. and fathsr: also for the beautifyl | Standard Scrcw M " i : > floral offcring: | stanter Works pra % 2y Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards, (Signed) | Torrington o com L] LRl £ MRS, HARRY J. RATUWENS, | s T e 4 Foreign Exchange 1o all parts of the world. MISS DOROTHY BAUWENS. | e ReEro, fan Fran. | TrAvrlers Ins Co 1 - . . tUnion Mrg ’ A PRI o ' EYRINI RS N - [claco auto washer. fell for a gtib. | EOn T8 €0 LETTERS OF CREDIT -~ GENERAL BANKI |tongued 1 salesman’s ¢ or. Heo|'® = ot y 2 - paild $800 for 82 acres in Texas. But . . uael . : | JOSEPH A. HAF.'EY |Lads Luck played him fatse. ft was 1S VOTED INCREASE Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. Funeral Director all sand. One day an of Paris, March 15.—The Campagnie Parlors 33 Myrtle St man came along. He Coch- |General Transatianti o1 Freneh ! Service Esceptional, Lady Assictant | o0 0.000 for that sand Line) was voted to A rease i Tel. Parlor 1625-2 Cochran plans 10 keep on laundering | its sibvention from the & fesidence 17 Summer St —(625.3 | | Tiolls Tovees for " start | rranes of the 1913 agreement . lout 16 have a good time for himsclf ‘ 00,000 francs