New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1924, Page 21

GRANGE TOUR ARRIVES SUNDAY Program of Entertainment for Big Caravan Complete welcoming the which is due te o'clock Arrangements for National Grange towr aveive in this eity about munday complete atternacn practivally The aute cararvan whieh is on its way from Battle Creek, Mich 1o Plymouth Rock, will be met at the state line near Ridgefield hy offiviale of the state Grange Welcome ners are being strung-along the in the cities and towns through which the tourists will pass, A delegation of New Britain people, consisting ehiefly of the membdrs of the local eivie or ganizations, will meet the visitors"at the New Rritain, Plainville town line han- route and eonduet them to Walnut Hill park | where the westerners will spend the night, It is expected that there will be about 250 ears in the caravan and that these will contain some 1200 peo ple. This large number will be the guests of New Britain at a shee voast dinner and will he furnished | with ice cold lemonade by the Ameri- can Legion, which Is erecting a stand in the park. The local Chamber of has arranged a suitabis program for welcoming and entertaining the visit- ors, as follows: Program at 4 o'clock, Welcome to the clty—Angelo Paonessa, mayor, New Britain, Remarks—Joseph I, Andrews, president of New Britain Chamber of Commerce, Remarks— P, Marsh, committee on arrangements, Address—Hiram Bingham, ant-governor of Connecticut, Address—Gieorge B, Chandler, sec- ratary Connectieut (Chamber of Com- merece, Singing—Led by B, F. Armstrong; musle by Everyman's Bible Class or- chestra, A religious serviee in which all elergymen in the city will participate, will be held at 7 o'clock. Address—Reverend Hoyt, of State Grange. At 8 o'clock there will be a band concert by the American Legion band, through the courtesy of public amuse- ment commission. MRS. HARDING HELPS With Mrs, Hibben, Agrees to Raise $20,000 Toward Replacing Boat For Commerce M. chalrman | lleuten- chaplain Alaskan Church Work. Ketchikan, Alaska, Aug. Florence King Harding, widow of President Harding, and Mrs. John Grier Hibbens, wife of the president of Princeton University, have guaran- teed $20,000 to build and equip a power boat for church work in south- castern Alaska, it is announced here by Dr. §. Hall Young, superintendent of Presbyterian missions in Alaska. The ship will cost $40,000 and Dr. Young, ill raise the rest of the amount, is first mission \ensel was destroyed py fire. Mrs. Harding became interested in ths church work when she was:’in Alaska with President Harding short- ly hefore his death last year. Mrs, Hibbens visited Alaska in 1922, Secret Societies Blamed * For Philippines’ Trouble Manila, Aug. 15.—Approximately 200 secret and fraternal societies are now in existence in the Philippines, according to an official report by the | intelligence office of the Philippine | Constabulary, which asserts that most of the labor troubles in Manila as well as in the provinces are due | to the activities of these societies. The report also declares that the agrarian troubles which flare up at intervals are attributable to these so- | cieties, In Manila alone there are 134 se- | cret societies and the majority of | these have been organized during the last three years, according to the constabulary report. In Occidental Neégroes, a rich sugar cane district, numerous cases of law- lessness have heen reported and offi- clals declare that rivalry between two of the most powerful of the secret| societies has been at the bottom of the trouble. 15, —Mrs. REALTY DEALS, Real estate transactions recorded at the city clerk's office this morning | were as follows: Dyson Land company to Eugene E. Dyson, property on West Main street; Margaret E. Curran to J. A. Carlson, property on Chapman | street; Anna Lewiczyk to Sophle | Korneiczuk, property on Austin street; John Gerdis to John Zisk, property | on Fairview street. New 1 |nounce the full NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERAI™ BUILDING LAW VIOLATORS 10 BE BROUGHT INTO COURT | " in People Too Often Stant | pwetion Without Permiite- Practice To Be Stopped, As & result of cases which have been brought to lght 1ecently of peo ple starting in the erecting of huild ings the eily 1aining & permit from the huilding in spector, the building commissionvrs at their meeting night erdered Bullding Inspector Hdward ) Hen nessey 1o bring af vielal of e Jiug vode into gourt in the future The inspector told the hoard that on seevral oc while making trips ahout the eity, ho has come upon |buildings that were heing construeted without permifs. He said that the persons doing the building, imme |diately upon secing Lim, would rush to the eity hall and the re quired papers. | The hoard vefused fhe {of Bam Naples to erect o {Hunter road, and Aty K Gerard Casale, who repr ol Nuples, in formed the hoard that Naples would make application for a two family house instead, A permit for the erec {tion of the house was granted, about witheut first ob last SO0UPE application store Courts Qulellv l)inp()h(' Of Disturbing Element 1h.~In Courts London, hall of Aug. the lLaw there are NO GIDS REGE!VED FOR KODAK PLANT > Therefore Attorney General Must Decide What to Do N, Y, Aug. 16 1o bids were made at the auction sale Nochester Becauss tof two plants of the Eastman Kodak on | 449,20, the central | the sale, [all over the United States, staireases which wind round large pil- | lars leading to corridors and galleries in whieh are varvious court rooms, Few people elimbing them are aware that | the huge pillars also contain specially | |built secret stairways for bringing down people who make themselves ]nmmmunl»xn in court. They have been used on varlous oc lons, One when a man flourished a re- volver in court reinforcements were hurried up by the spiral stair |the man brought down in the same way. |who chained themselyes to the gallery the secret way. BREAKS OWN REC( lRD | Akron iFsherman Makes m«ml Cast At Buffalo Competition Buffalo, N. Y., Aug, 16.—Fred Ar- bogast of Akron, Ohio, broke his own world's record in the one-half ounce distance bait competition in the an- nual Anglers' tournament here today. Abrogast cast for a 267-foot average bettering his former mark of 257 feet, nine inches, made last year at Denver Colo. His four casts were 267, 277, 262 and 262. William Stanley of Chicago was ree- ond with 266, This enables Stanley to maintain a comfortablé lead in the all-around competition. George Chatt of Chieago, former titlenolder, was third with 250.4, Walter Newcomb of Buffale finished fourth, and Allen Fogel, of Columbus, Ohio, fifth, GOING AROUND THE WORLD New Haven, Aug. 15.—Three Bridgeport girls, Helen Thone, 11, of 153 Wood avenue, Helen Kilmer, 11 of 171 Lenox place and Julia Williams, 12, of 153 Woodward avenue, who came here aboard a truck, on which they asked a ride told the police to- day that they had started on a “trip round the world.” They were picked up by two policemen who saw them leave the truck and the authorities in Bridgeport notified. MAKING FAS Rockland, Me., Aug. 15—With her propellers making 373 revolutions per minute the new light cruiser Marble- head tdoay raced over the Rockland trial course at the rate of 34.99 knots an hour, This achievement was close to the time record made by her sister ship Detroit, whose fastest mile was at the rate of 35.03. The Detroit holds the record for ships of this type, six of which have now had offi- clal trials. JUNIOR l"\’l‘ROh ’I'O All) POLICE Seattle, Wash., Aug, 15 -— Boys ranging in age from 12 to 16 will form a “junior police patrol” here, accord- ing to plans sanctioned by Chief of Police W. B. Severyns, FEach youth will wear a star and carry a card, Their duties will be to report and prevent vandalism and incendiarism in the residence districts, EIM OITY DEFENSE DAY |Gierald today announced the appoint- !ment of the will have charge of the activities here | local committea which day on September 12, Judge John 1. Gilzon of the probate court is chairman and he will an- detalls of plans for shortly, It was | for defense observance of the day announced, BITTEN BY DOG. WEST HAVENER ARRESTLED West Haven, Aug. 15.—John Smith, a lecal hotelkeeper, is under arrest | here today, charged with violation of the liguor laws ani attempted brib- ery. Tt is alleged that he offered money to tihree men, one of whom was a member of the local police | force who called at the hotel in] search of evidence of violation of the liguor law, FHis case waa continued in the town court until next Tuesday. FREE 5x | 26958, Bernard Prelle seeks to recover 8100 damages from Jacob Chmielo- wicz, an attachment heing made this morning against property owned by the defendanf. The plaintift in the actfyn alleges that he was bitten by a dog owned hy Chmielowiez. COTTON MARKET. New York, Aug. 15.—Cot opened easy: October 27 her 2600, January 2670, May 2705. futures Decem- 7 ENLARGE- MENT WITH EVERY ROLL OF FILM DE- VELOPED - BY OHRN- STEDTS. Over National Market WM AIN ST. March | ay and | O er oo n other occasions A‘flllll"‘l‘v'l‘l!ia“'1 have been brought down quickly by | | with an by company today in complianee made United States distriet court in a suit hrought by the gorvernment, Attorney General Blone will be aslied to decide what further action is to' be taken It is sald this case is without pre. vdent in the annals of the depart- ment of justice, ‘Two years were given In which the Felmer and Behw- g Century plant was te be sold for A minimum of 796,041,680, and the Premo plant for a minimum of $589,- The decree provided for an anetion an a final resort, but ne pro vision was made for no sale, James 8. Havens, attorney for the Eastman company, said; “We shall continue to manufuc- ture cameras at these plants, The government will have to decide what further action will be taken, 1 do not ! linow what will he done," Only about a dozen men attended which has heen advertised order of dissolution the SHERIFF IN YORK ST, STATE INSISTS ON BATHING SUIS Garden of Eden Style Held Too Old- Fashioned for Cuddeback- ville Canal, New York, Aug. 156 Orange county boasts a certain fredom of thought denies any slavery to conventiens, but even Orange county finally drew back its skirts at the behavior of per. sons bathing in the old Delaware and | Hudson canal at Cuddebackville, What California does with the one-piece suit is all right with Orange county, They'll keep pace with any state in the union. But .he disposition of many of the bathers to emulate Adam ~—and Eve—in the pools of Iden was a bit too much. So yesterday Sherif James Tweed assumed the role of censor. Taking with him Deputies Percival Barrett and Willlam Clark, he descended on the canal, The bathers acted in their accustomed fashion and the Sheriff agreed with the complainants. He turned his shocked éyes away and called for Deputies I'red Du Bois and Gabriel Card. To them he intrusted the delicate mission of seeing that the swimmers weré clothed and he| ordered them to patrol the canal un- til the first freeze, City Items Mrs. John McCaba of Kensington entertained the Monday Night club at dinner Thursday evening in honor of her sistér, Mies Bessle Conlon, who will he married Wednesday, August 27, to Harold Wynne of 5. Miss Conlon. was the recipiént of many pretty aprons, A marriage license was issued at the city clerk's office this afternoon |to Stanley Ushalik, 24, of 179 Beaver of | street, and Alice Bobrowski, 17, 173 Beaver street. A son was born today at the New Britain general hospital to Mr, and Mrs. William A, Forsyth of 386 Stan- ley street. CLAIMS FLAMES RILLED TREE, A barn owned by Vincenzo Rossitta was totally destroyed by a fire re- cently, and the flamea from it were wafted by the wind over the property of John Bonzo on which stood a large tree. Ronzo alleges that the flames | killed the tree and seeks to recover $200 damages from Rossitta in an ac- tion that is returnable in city court, the second Monday in September. An | attachment was placed on real estate held by Rossitta this morning by Constable Matthew Papclak. COIN'S CONDITION CRITICAL Rristol, R. I, Aug| 15.—Although | he was #aid to have passed a comfort- able night and to have shown a sl!ght |improvement, Senator LeBaron B.| New Haven, Aug. 15.—Mayor Fitz- 1&0[( was still in a critical condition {this morning according to his physi- | | { | | clans. * He has been il at his home here with heart trouble and nephritis for nearly two weeks, HEADS K. OF P. Toronto, Aug. 15.-—-John Rallan- tyne of Roston taday was elected su- preme chancellor of the Knights of Pythlae in convention here. Richard 8. Witts, of Milwaukee, was elected supreme vice chancellor in a closely contested election, Breaths Anna Trzeinskl. Anna, three months old, one of twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Aleck | Trzeinski, died last night. at her home. The funeral will be held to- morrow morning at 7:30 o'clock from the Sacred Heart church. Burial will be in Sacred Heart cemetery. Toem—— JOSEPH A. HAFFEY Funeral Director Mr. Paul Robinson. Assistant NEW LOCATION—585 MAIN §7. Opposite §t. Mary’s Church Tel.—Parlor 1625-2 Residence—17 Summer St. Tel. 1625-3 EXPRESS YOUR SYMPATHY WITH FLOWERS from F. R. By RER'S PUSY sHOP 72 CHURCH ST, TEL. 886. Holyoke, | Wall Street Briefs | New York, Aug. 1lh.-—~8teck prices displayed a nnu tone at the opening of today's market with buying orders well distributed between the valls and industrials. American Radiator, Mack Trucks, U, B Cast Tron Pipe and Gun oral Kleetrie opened a higher and ¥risoo preforved ad 3.4 10 @ 1924 high vaeh point aneed HUw Railroad merger activities of the Van Bweringen intoresis of Cleseland hive produced a crop of fresh PuInors vegurding other consolidation pluns whioh huve Kept rail exveutives hisy issuing denlals, Among the reports disgredited yesterday were (hose that the New York Central would make an offer in minority stockholders of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie; that the Bal. thnore & Ohio was purchasing lead- ing stock in the open market; that the Lehigh Valley would be with the New York Central lines and that the Chicago & Hastern 1linois would be taken into the Van Werin. gens nickel plate syatem. w bond offerings today include 100,000 New York Central Klectrie Corporation & 1.2 per cent bonds priced at 87 to yield per cont Proceeds will be used for the asqui | sition of additional properties and hn provements, 510 51 Directors of the American Power | & Light company have voled to sub. mit to stockholders a plan to split the | commeon stock, giving the holder of a $100 par value share ten shares of |no par value stock, This is necesary, | ofticials of the company said, to get [the wide distribution of holdings that n\o company desived. They pointed |out that when the shares reach $350, |as they did recently, they were un- ! wiedly, | | Additional banking credit will | made ava le for the German Pot- ash industry with a scttlement of the | reparations problem, Wall Street hears. Because of its American con- nections and the fact that it had sup- plied the bulk of the product used by |chemical companies here, the German syndicate has had little trouble in fi- nancing its operation, 1In line with a $4,000,000- ¢redit recently granted to the sugar industry of Germany, bank- ers now are considering a similar loan to the potash interests, which may to- tal as mush as $6,000,000, Hiram 8, Brown has been elect president of the Central Leather com- pany to succeed George W, Childs who has resigned. Directors of the Standard Oil com- pany of New Jersey today declared the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share on the common stock, and $1.75 cents a share on the pre- ferred, While maintenance of the common dividend rate had not been called in question, Wall Street watched the meeting with interest in view of the recent omission of divi- dends by other Standard Oil com- he Atlantie Ltefining com- pany and Standard Oil of Kansas. CURB REVIEW New York, Aug. greater confidence was created on the petroleum industry because Standard Oil dividend declarations to- day when the New Jersey and Ohio companies both declared the regular the suspension on Standard Oil Kansas and Atlantic Refining last week, Standard Oil of Kansas which had sold down to around 33 when the dividend was suspended moved up to 35 today and there was a fair mand for many other Standard Ol stocks at moderate advances., Prairie oil, however, after showing firmness, was in supply later in the day, South |there was steady acefimulation of T.a- g0 petroleum, around its recent high level, Industrial shares were generally steady but a group of radio stocks iwhich has now heen extended to in- 1<‘|||dfl a long list has been made prom- inent causing neglect of other issues. | Radio corporation issues were steadily I held, the present common shares and (the new common, when issued, being steadily bought. Commonwealth pow- er was a special feature in the indus- [trial group, moving up nearly three ‘pnlnt! to a new high record. TLehigh Valley coal, alto, was active and Ishnng, making a substantial gain while Hudson company preferred re- acted slightly from Thursday's high level, Foreign Exchange New York, Aug. 15.—Torelgn ex- changes firm: quotations in cents: Great Britain: demand 545 3-8; cables 454 5-8; 60-day hills on banks 4511, France: demand 5.6813; cables 5.60. Italy: demand 4. cahles 4:511 Belgium: demand 5.20%; cables 5.21. Germany: demand (per trillion) .23 %. Holland: demand 14.02. Sweden: d mand 26.63. Denmark: demand 16.29. Switzeriand: demand 18.86%. Spafn: demand 13.54. Greece: demand 1.84. Poland: demand 19 1-4, Czeeho- slovakia: demand 2.00, Jugosiavia: {demand 1.24%. Austria: demand {0014 18 Rumania: demand .46, Ar- gentina: demand 33.87. Brazil: de- |mand 9.90, Tokie: demand 41%. Montreal 99 29-32. BOND “IAKKET New York, Aug. 18.—Rallroad and industrial bonds divided attention in teday's early trading, in which prices generally displayed a firm tone, Be- lief that a eatisfactory caplfal read- justment of the St. Louis & cisco rallway would » worked within a shert time continued to stimulate Frisco bonds. The income 68 reached a new top price for the year at 74 1-4, with the adjustment tionally. Wheeling & Lake Erie 4s repeated their recent highs at 73 1-4. Rising prices for coppers and sugars increased the demand for Londs of these companies. Magma tJopper con- vertible 7s established a neéw peak price. Foreign obligations again marked time awaiting a break in the inter-allied conference deadlock on evacuation of the Ruhr. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1If linked | be | 5.—A feeling of | curb exchange in connection with the of the, dividends and offset the influence of of | de- | American stocks continued strong and | “an Frane out | 6= and prior lien 4s advancing frac- | | e SIEESTITESETRGS, W g LTSI ALY STREET STUGK T EACHANGY REPORTS A ard morvemont was hroad way With the industeiale | Adgin assuming the | Fris il natio arly gains to 2 1924 highs Contral Leathor Liggett & Myvrs lssies Americun Suolting, | preferrcd Al adership al load vaeh es points nwere v prefered tended thelr Additional tablished ved, e ern Union, al Mining & Bmelting Continental % Baldwin Atlantic Retining Pan-Ameri len wepy new by and " n Colo Amer Putlman. an W oand I above yesterday Can, vado Puel ivan wi sel u point or o ing quotations, Foreign exeh opened firm, bt trading hers relatively ght, pending turther devels | opments at the London reparations | 8 conference oon--I"rie slde buying stimnlated by mistie tenor of the market large cominission howses. operations caused hrisk speciilties Itallronds were vather sluggish except for a vise of & points in Prisco preferred and a jump of 17 points to 162, a new high, in New York & Marlem Amerviean Bunk note, Rallway Eteel Spring, General Asphalt preferved and Goueral Kleg trie moved up 2% to 3 points while Ameriean Can, Mack I L, Interna- | tional Business Machine, United ¥ llnl | Becehnut and Daniel Boone sold 2 | more points ahove y Call money oponed at Buying of medium and low-pries [ raiirond shaves was inspived in llu- afternoon by the boom in many of the industrials, a number rising a |point or more. American Can was [tun up 3 1-4 to 12534, a new high, and General Flectrie, Endicott John- son and Stromberg ,Carburetor were |also elevated 3 to 4 points. High low 128% I"fl » 172% 804, T 2% 467 Among the ole re was| wdtanced with the lettes outs pti of | ool B8 among or tegdny's close, ! per cent Close | |Am ¢an 3 Am Car & Fdy,. |Am Loco Am Sm & Am Sg Rf em, |Am Sum Tob |Am Tel & Tel Am Toh Am Wool ‘?Anu Cop .. [Ate Tp & 8 F | Bald Loco .. | Balt & Onio .. | Beth Stel B ;l 'on T | Can Pacific Cen Leath Co... | Ches & Ohio CMG&ESt P, .. Chi Rock Isl & P .vl‘ Chile Cop Chino 1np Con Gas Corn Prod Ref. Cru Steel 2 Cuba Cane \IIL, r14% Endicott-John .. 1278 1501 6% 30 10614 218, Frle 1st pfd Gen Electrie | Gen Motors . Goodrick BF . Gt North pfd Insp Copper nt Mer Mar Int Mer Mar pfd Allis-Chalmers Pacifie Oil Int. Nickel Int Paper | Kelly Spring Kenneeott Cop. . lehigh Val Mid States Ofl. . Mis Pac N Y Cen . NEY NHe & =L Nof & West North Pac .. Nat Lead Pure Oil an Am Penn R R Pierce Arrow | Pittsburgh Coal Ray Con Cop Reading . . Rep 1 & 8 Royal D N Y Sinclair Oil Ref South Pacifie . South Rail Studebaker Co. Texas Co Texas & Tobacco Prod .. Transcon Oil Union Pacific .. 14415 United Fruit 217% U 8 Indus Alco 74 1! 8 Rubber Co 321§ U S Steel 109 Willys Overland 815 Westinghouse ' 637y 49% 547% 113 fhihig 1315 Pacific 361 91 % 5 5 TOCAL STOCKS, (Putnam & Co.) Bid Aetna Caknally 585 Actna Life Ins . Aetna Fire .... Am Hardware Am Hosiery Automnobile Ins e Blge-Hfd Carpet com .. Rillings & Spenoer com. . Billings & Spencer Vfd.. Bristol Brass . Colts Arms onn Lt & Pow Eagle Lock .. . I"afnir Bearing . Hart & Cooley Hartford Fire ‘"M Elee Light Tanders Frary {National Fire IN B Gas {N B Machine . N B Machine pfd ix\'|I¢=ll-Hca.[‘r|nf1 com North & Judd . Peck, Stowe & Wil Phoenix Fire Russell Mfg, ¢ | Scovill Mfg, Co |Southern N E Tal |Standard Screw Stanley Works Stanley Works pfd .. Torrington Co. com .. Traut & Hine Travelers Ins. Co . Union Mfg Co. Yale & Towne . pfd 7 190 67 600 a7 10 k] & Clark ‘0. 8. TREASURY UTNAM & CO. Mominrs Sew York sock hachenge Meabers Harthord sk Kachengs fel gn P A Wt Mam We offer: 100 shares of Yale & Towne 100 shares of Colts nw.‘“wum.«* 'EpDY BROTHERS && HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN Hartford Conn, Trust, Bldg. Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel.2:7186 Tel. 3420 —_——= =T We offer: 50 shares of Yale & Towne 50 shares of American Harcware W N CATIIIRRL. Y A | @homson, Tenn & o, Burritt Hotel Bldg., New Britain Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORR A HARTFORD STOUE EXCHANGES Donald R. Mart. Mgr, - WE OFFER:— Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, Price qp Applicaticn We do not accept Margin Accounts. JOHN P. KEOGH Members Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire to New York G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Roum 308. N. B. Nat'! Bunk Ridg.—Te! 1018 Waterbury Danbury Middletown ew Haven The Hartfo.d-Connecticut Trust Comgany Old State House Square, Hartford, Conn. . Safe Deposit l}oxes, $5.00 and upwards. - Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BANKING Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. Judd & Company Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange HARTFORD-CONN. TRUST CO. BLDG. TEL. 2-6281 New Britain: Burritt Hotel Bldg., Téel 1818 We Recommend and Offer: AMERICAN HARDWARE CORP. STOCK It has been the custom of this Company during the past twelve years to set aside each vear out of earnings large reserves. While this is noted on company’s statements to stockhold- ers each year, the amount so set aside has never heen disclosed. We believe, therefore, that these reserves shouid he borne in mind by invstors when they attempt to arrive at the actual value of this stock. It is obviously impractical to try to draw comparisons hetween any two companies in the same line of husiness without knowing the methods pursued by each company in arrivin; at the figures put out hy them in their annua repor American Hardware during the past vear paid 12% and 8% extra. In their assets there is no amount “set up” for “good will, pat- ents and trade marks.” We believe that . the equity in and the earning power back of Ameri- can Hardware stock warrants much higher prices. It is the policy of our organization to give | U. 8 Treasury balance. RECEIV! ! New York, Aug. 15.—Federal Judge Knok today appointed former Federal Judge Juline M. Mayer and Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary 1o Presi- the investor complete, accurate and impartial information on all securities. May we extend this service to you? ' 1ent Wilson, as receivers for the Mid- die States Oil eorporation. Bridgeport |