New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1924, Page 13

. SPEGIAL ELECTION CALLED MARCH 27 59 Members, WALl Be Selected Tor City Meeting Board whe annual election teo the city meeting board will be held Thursday, | March 27, from 5 p. m. and the following places have designated as polling places: ward, Rockwell school; second and fourth warde, Central Junior High sehool; third ward, Camp school; fifth ward, Rockwell school; sixth ward, Rartlett school, In the first ward, the terms of the following will expire: E. F. Newmann, Oscar Moberg, Richard Vogel, L. T. Shipps, C. M. Maxon, Frank Ander- son, William L. Shelton and Henry J. Mr. Maxon is ineligible for reelection as he is now a member of the common council. Those whose terms expire second ward are: Arthur H. Robert C. YVance, Frank R. Woods, Fugene 1. ol Charles M. Schurr, Arthur F. Spencer and George Bitt- ner. A successor must also be named for the late Mark Cashmore, and for James Coyle who is now a member of the charity bhoard and therefore re-election, In the third ward thosc terms expire are: Mrs, H. M. P. F. MeDonough, Charles I, Smith, W. E. Atwood, V I. Hateh, P, K, Itogers, E. W, Christ and I, 8. Cham- berlain. Mr, Hatch * cannot be re- elected as he is member of the wa- ter board, The fourth ward positions to be- come vacant are: Charles Benee, John Abrahamson, M Nellie Marshall, Sydney M. Leona Gennaro Pal- mieri, Herman Herzog and Na- than Googel. A successor must also be named for James J. Naughton, now a member of the public amuse- ments commission, In the fifth war cancies will be ¢ mond, N, to 9 p. m, heen First in the Parker, whose Bates, , the following va- ated: James Des- Klemens Kalkowsk Stanley ymolon, Martin J. Kelley, Theodore udjak, John MecInerney, Pe Me- Crann and Joseph Bogdanski. A suc- cessor will be named for Joseph Miynarski's position, he having been appointed to the board of public works, The sixth ward vacancies will Samuel Schneider, Jatrick, Corbett M. P, Leghorn, T, €, Smith, Albert W, Vibberts, John O'Brien, Stephen Ro. per and John Coyle, A succéssor will be named for the late E. A. Sheehan, MASON-RACKLIFFE Helen Fugenia Racklifie as Bride Tomorrow Evening, The wedding of Miss Helen Lu- genia Rackliffe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, ¥rank BEugene Rackliffe of 118 Kensington avenue, to Carlos Hull Mason, son of Mr, and Mra Carlos V, Mason of 120 George strect, Bristol, will take place tomorrow night at the . lame of the bride’s brother, I'red O, liff2, of 136 Kensington avenue, John L. Davis will officiate. The id of honor will bo Miss Doris Gwillim and the bridesmaids Miss A athea M, Martin and Miss Evelyn 1, Bigolow, The Misses pet T nd Annette Rockwell will be flower girla Lester J. Woodford will be hest man and Willlwm Moore and Julins Pierce, ushers, BIDS 175,000 'rovidence, March 10.—The bid of £475,000 for the Manhaset Mfg. com- pany’s plant at Putnam, Conn., made vesterday by Win, Muir, was made on lehalf of Wm, 8 Cherry of this city, president of the Cherry and Webb stores in various New England citics, Mr. Cherry is also a director of the Manhaset Co. Approval of the hid is 1eft to the court which will decide whether bids for the property in separate parcels aggregate more than Mr, Cherry's bid for the entire property. DO for * be: | ackliffe | Ciy tems Bhn street of 67 Ciin- a marriage Stanley Wasik and Miss Lu I ton street wer; license toda: Engine 11:42 o'cl | fire on Lyons street called out of 398 rnacki granted , No. 6 was called out at 'k this morning to a grass and No. 4 was similar blaze on Broken Rod Jams Way The train due in ! Hartford from was this city at 1:03 this afternoon held up near Clayton when a siderod | broke off the engine and pierced the {boiler, flooding the engine cab with [live steam. Tt i¢ said that the engin- eer and firemen were forced to jump |to escape being roasted. A new en- gine was procured and the train con- |tinued on its w Caucus or Primary Is Question Before Democrats A mecting of the democratic town committee will be held ning and the matter of chief con- jcern is determination of whether a direct primary or the old caucus sys- tem shall be employed this year to name party candida g0, Councilman Stephen A. Lyneh nd others presented a resolution at city convention to have the con- vention system supplant primaries. The resolution was car vied and a committee named to dratt rules, The committee has not yet yeported, Some members of the party that since the primary plan wa adopted it must be employed, while others argue that it cannot be used until ‘there are rules to govern it. . . McAdoo Links Railroads-: Up With Prosperity March 19.—Until the is settled right we have surance neither of stable prosperity nor cconomic justige, W, G. McAdoo said in an address tods He said that “the administration’s theory of relief to the farmers through reduced freight rates is to wait seven years for the railroads to decide whether they are willing to consolidate to produce reduccd freight rates, This is farcial, What is demanded is action now to meet an emergeney in which agriculture is sufering and in which the people of the entire nation are suffering from wrongs inflicted by unsound and unwise railroad legislation. There is no effective government in Washington toda Demoralized, |graft and inefticieney abound. The (republican party has no cohesion in the house of representatives or in the senate and the president is un- able to secure a majority in either house, Such a condition of affairs is a scrious matter, not alone for the | business of the country but for the |morale of the people and the prog- | ress of the nation.” Milwaukee, " reilroad problem CURB RF | New York, Ma | price movements in Standard Ol is {sues on the curb exchange today gen- erally were narrow, observers said |there w many Indications that mar- | ket operations by important inter (ests were being conducted without re |gard to the developments in the Washington investigation and in som« stocks there scemed to be strong sup | port. This was the especially in Vacuum oil, which has been promin w case lent for several days past and it was | | again traded in on a large scale moy ing up about one point, Standard Oil of Indiana also were on {well maintained, although there was | gome pressure in other groups. Prai- |rie ONl & Gas also displayed strength in the early trading, moving up about ‘mo points and a gain of two points | was made in Standard Oil of Nebras ka, Pennok 'was one of the strong featpres in the independent list, Lago [Petroleum was directly influenced by reports coming from the Lake Mara |ealbo district of development work similar to that of the Royal Dutch company which recently opened up producing wells, YOUR INVESTMENTS GROW? Here Is One That Wi” Grow North American | Company COMMON STOCK Listed on New York Stock Exchange Selling Around $234. Paying Either $2 Cash, Netting 8',%., Or 10% in Stock, Netting 109 Earning $5.70 a share This is one of the Largest Utility Com- panies in the World, lighting Cleveland. St. Louis, Milwaukee and many other cities. 949 Increase in Gross Earnings in two years. Gross Earnings Gross Earnings Gross Earnings 1910, $11,000,000 1920, $39,000,000 1923, 875,000,000 We recommend this steck Fuller, Richter Aldrich s @ MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE JESSE MOORT, H. V. SPAVARD E. T. BRAINARD. Mgr.. New Britain Office Tel. 29! Into Engine Boiler| Friday eve- | . == Although | Dealings in { OLD MAN SHOOTS AND KILLS GUNMAN ‘Bronx Bandit Meets Death as He | Tries Robbery New York, March nett, 65 ye old, who has a cigar and stationery store at 126 Willis| avenue, the Bronx, was presented with a broken revolver late Tue | right. The friend who gave it to! him said that it was old and rust and probably no good, but _that if| Burnett could fix it he might be able | | to cope with some of the bandits who | have robbed Nhim three times in the {1ast year. | Burnett worked on the revolver |'ori two hours yesterday morning, and finally had it in geod condition. He got some cartridges and loaded it, and | then put it in a bureau drawer in his| Ledroom, one of three rooms behind | cigar store, Late last night he counter telling | Iter Rowe, of 428 ast 138th street, the Bronx, about the weapon, when the door opened and two men walked | in. One of them pointed a revolver! Burnett and told the old man to g@ into the back room. Old Man Backed to Wall, There the bandit backed Burnett | arainst the wall, and told him to hand over his valuables, Burnett reached into the hureau drawer, | 19.—Louis_Bur- a | tition of U. OF HARYLAND GIRL 1S SUING INSTITUTION Seeks to Be Restored As Student in Good Standing—Disharred . Baltimore, March coundel for the University of Mary- land to set aside the Mandamus pe- Miss Vivian Simpson, co-ed at that institution 3 compel her reinstatement dent, failed today in ¢ demurrer was overruled and the wenf to trial on its merits, tant Atterney General Edward H. Burke argued that Miss Simpson was not eligible as a student b cause she is a nonresident of Mary- land. Her home is at Tacoma Park, B -5 Complaining with Miss Sinipson is Miss Virginia FFlanagan, of McKees- port, Pa. Hearing in her case is to follow that of the other co-ed. The action is directed against Albert . Woods, president of Efforts by for two rs, stu- A case Dr. the the young women tude of rebellion, among the student arc accused of refusing to resign from Chi Omega sorority, an organization of students not recognized ut the university, opey of an atti- g discont causing nt The girls also GROTON TRON WORKS SOLD Man's Bid of &2 Accepted Baltimore Is is all T have that's worth any- e said. 3 began shooting before he had | fairly got th> revelver out of the drawer. At the first shot the bandit LClappad his hand to his chest, dropped his own revolver and staggered into! the cizar store, crying to his comrade who was gyarding young Rowe, that he had been shot. This man imme- diately put his own weapon in his| pocket, turned and ran from the store in the direction of the New Ha- ven railroad yards, about a block from the scene of the hold-up. The wounded gunman staggered to the counter and as he leaned against it Burnctt fired the last shot in the weapon, The hammer snapped and the | revolver was useless again. But the two bullets had been enough. Both had lodged in the handit's heart, and the man was dead when Dr, Rothman arrived, summoned from Lincoln hos- pital by Patrolman Wiler, of the Alex- ander avenuc station, The other rob- ber aped, although Nowe gave a good description of him and the police believe he will be arrested | No Aid to ldentity. Detectives said that the dead had a notebook in his pecket in whic were the names of half a dozen wom- en, but nothing that wonld divulge his own' identity, His finger prints were | |sent to headquarters for identification experts there to see if he had a crim. inal record. He was described as an | Malian, about thirty-five years old and five teet and four inches in height. ANOTHER AERIAL, | If you have trouble tuning out a station to get another, try dropping a wire oyt of the window and using {it in the place of the ular an- |tenna. Try to make this wire at least 30 fect long. | =4, Mrs, Mary Rurka, | The funeral of Mra. Mary Rurka, | wife of Poter Rurka of Anderson ave Funerals “/a fairly large scale, that stock being | ®nue, Forcstille, was held this morn- sacred | i ing at 9:15 o'cloek from the Heart chureh, where a m auiem “Was celebrated by walski, assisted by Rev, A, Itev., W. Nowakowski, The pall bear. | crs were Joscph Miynarski, Walenty Domurat, John Godzinowski, Peter Wrobel, Wiad Bogdan and J. | Kacrmareryk. was in Sacred Heart cemetery, ! 58 of re- v. A, Ko- anskl and | Burlal Jobn A. Dunbar, | The funcral of John A. Dunbar will {be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 o'clock from St. Mark's lLipiscopal church, this city, Intermant will be in Fairview cometery, Rev, Samucl| | Sutcliffe will officiate. | | ey | Mrs. Peter Vignea | The funeral of Mrs. Peter Vigncau | of 27 Seymour avenuc was held this| |afternoon. Kev. Dr. George W, C.| | Hill officiated at services and burdal | | was in Fairview cemetery | Michael Naughto | The funeral of Michacl Naughton, { who died yesterday morning at his home at 343 Chestnut street, will be beld tomorrow morning with requiem |mass at the Church of 8t. Johin the Evangelist. Burial will b in St Mury's cemetery, Mrs. Agalia V. Nacroyani The funeral of Mre. Agalia \'. Na- pyani, wife of Vasile Nacroyani of Clark street, was held this after. |noon at 2:45 o'clock from the Greek Orthedox church. DBurial was in | Fairview cemetery, CARD OF THANKS, We wish to thank ecur friends and peighbors for the kindness and &ym- pathy shown us during our recent be- | reavement in the death of our be- loved husband and father. We espe- cially wish to thank the girls from Miner & Corbin Box &hop and Rus- #cll & Erwin Packing rooms for the| beautiful floral tributes reccived Sizned, MRS, MATTHEW KASZYCKI AND FAMILY. CARD OF THANKS. | We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and sym- pathy shown us in the death of our | betoved daughter, Angelina Retella, | and also for the beautiful floral of- ferings received. | (Signed) Mr. and Mrs Rotelia. Ralvatore | JOSEPH A. HAFFEY Tuneral Director Parlors 35 Myrtle St service Exceptional. Lady Assistant Tel. Parlor 18256-2 Nesidence 17 Summer St — | New London, | trict | started ‘[ 000012, March 19.- ton Tron Works was today Morris Shapiro of Baltimo The sold Gro {whose bid of $203.500, offered for the plant noon was found to fered, Mr, Shapiro will therefore take |title to the plant, provide his tender lis approved by the United States dis court, under foreclosure decren the plant was ordered sold at public auction. Bidding on the various items mak ing up the plant and equipment wa late yesterday and continued until about 9 o'clock last evening. The Aauction was continued again this morning and this afternoon a force of as an entirety yesterdsy after- be the highest of. whose | elerks was engaged in determining the |total of hids re eived on an item-hy- item basis, which was announced as $191,768, Under the terms of the amended deeree of the district court, the auc tioncers took advantage of the proviso enabling hem to accept the highest bid, which in this instance was the figure submitied by Mr, Shapiro for {the plant in its entircty. GETS $7.000 VERDICT Youngstown, O,, March 19 in common pleas court here awarded Mrs, Mamie Taylo! of 37,000 against Lounis Holek on her contention that Holek had sold her husband, William M. Tayler, poison- ous liquer which caused him to com- mit suici LONDON WOOL OFFERINGS London, March 19-—The ofterings lat the wool auction today smounted lto 1 bal Crosshreds were ace | tive opening rates, while Marinos | were unchanged to five per o eent above the January prices. The bulk of the offerings was sold. a Foreign Exchange w York, March 10.—Forcign ex- changes irregular, Quotations in conts: Great Britain: demand 429; cables 429 1-4; 60 day bills on banks 426 <4, Vrance: demand 5.06 1 rabley 5.07 1.2, Taly: demand 4.59; cables 4.40, Belgium: demand 4.17 144, cabley 4.18 14, Germany: demand (per tril- lion) .22, Holland: demand 36.98, Nor- |way: demand 13.66, Sweden: demand 26. Denmark: demand 15,50, Swit zerland: demand 17,26, 8pain: demand 12.93. Greece: demand 1.66. Poland Czecho-Slovakia: demand 2.89 1.4 Jugo-Slavia: demand 1.2%, Austria: demand 0014, Tumania: de mand 1.4 Argenting demand 48,975, Prazil: demand 10.95 Tokio: demand 42 1.2, Montreal 87 1.4, Ambassador Grew Will Have Final Assignment Geneva, March 19.-~The last offclal EBuropean assignment of ti American minister Switzerland, Joseph C, Grew, before he Is for Lome April 5, to become under secre- tary of state, will be to take part American delegate in the r which opens at Paris Monday up a convention controlling tienal traific in arms. be given a farewell Berne tomorrow by the ment, retiving i Grew luncheon erna- will at ern Jake’s Da-t'xghter Olive Bell Hamon, pret old school girl daughter of the Jake Hamon, slipped down to Wash ington to tell the senators the things that ware being sald about her daddy weren't so at all. But there's little likelihood el got stand ight at her uncic's home, 1o take the now. she's just University who in an answer accuses | " | Bald ‘| 1nt draw | visiting | WALL STREET New York, Short coverin, M A impar STOCH EXCHANGE REPORTS & reh 19,5 (Wall street operations I wiirm tone to opening prices in today stock market. Low and medi- ['um" priced rails were gaiu in good 1 demand, Erie first preferred and Ches- to | apeake to higher ground. & Ohio continuing their which was heavily sold yesterday. ral- lied a point. Prices co upward tread in the with the prineipa place in the dustrials s for a renc of al sell fluctus ntinued ing their sur against Studebaker, which yiclded 1 Other automotive shar recovery from reeent he Truck, Fisher Body rising 1 to nearly i high since 196 {included Central | Mathicson Alkali, | Colorudo Fue cign exchanges opened wall Le, atio Street Electric moved up 1 to 2 s Miade aviness, Ge prefe nal Lead steady, o ner rred jons taking speeialties. Standard howed little change except pres Muck and Maxwell points, 9 1-2, u new Other strong spots ther A, 1 up 1 to 3 points. For- Noon-—Concentrating on motor, independent steel and ship- +ping shares, bear trade newed selling gencral list. pressure Crucible down 4 points to a ne { The the Am | national Corperation de! stock to new low, | Studebaker esta prices 5:5 and and turther inroads we { Nash Motors, Willys O ferred and Stewart War | Electric continued clim touchin increase in a 986, new hed new its s uter against w olow a nerican ficit sent Chandler re- the t 56 ih was hammered minimum respectively, re nade veriand ner., high at i pre 1 N General sensational | National Lead cxtended its gain to 7 Norfolk 3 poiuts to a ut 124% on Pennsylvania h lease the road. at 315 per cent per esnt, the ust 1622 points and mounted the year that the steps to High [Am Bt lAm Am & |Am Loco i Am Sm I |Am 8g Rer em |Am Sum Tob [Am | & Tel |Am Tob Am Wool {Ana Cop ... [Ate Tp & 8 . 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