New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1924, Page 25

STEPS ONGAS AND num_[s_gunnm Louis Fanion and Family Escape From Highwayman Louls Fanion of 488 Argh street was the victim of an attempted hold. up last night whilé driving on Ken. sington avenue about 9 o'clock, ac- cording to a report made to the po- lice today. Fanlon and his family were driving along the avenue when a man with a black mask over hi face stepped out from the bush: and levelled a cevolver At him, or« dering him to stop the machine aud ralse his hands. [Fanion’'s sons told their father to speed up, and instead of obeying the orders of the masked man, Fanion stepped on the gas and mado his ‘getaway, The police compared the report of Fanlon with the one recelved from Dave Wycander of 1785 Stanley street who also reported that an at- tempt was made to hold him up at about the e place last night, and the same description of the stickup man in both reports was similar, The only difference in the Fanion and The Wycander case was that two shots werg fired at the Wycander ma- chine when he stepped on the gas. State Policeman Palmer arrested Louis Serappl on the Berlin turnpike this morning on a charge of carrylng a concealed weapod, a loaded re- volver being found on the man. Se- rappl was brought to the local po- lice station and Edward Fanion was called to police headquarters to see it he could identify him as the one who had attempted to hold them up. ‘The boy could not {dentify the face of the prisoner, but said that outside of the face he resembled the stickup man, Sergt, Michael J. Flynn notified Wycander of Serappiarrest and told him to call at police headquarters this afternoon In an effort to con- nect the prisoner with last night's at- tempted holdups. Hagen Has Lead of Two Up ,This Afternoon By The Assoclated Press, French Lick, Ind., Sept. 19.—Wal- ter Hagen of New York, British open titieholder, today obtained a lead of two-up during the first round of the semi-finals in the national profes-- sional golf champlonship at French Iick Springs over ay Derr of hiladelphia. Hagen was not-play- 'g perfectly but Derr's putter was ut performing %o steadlly as-usual 1d he accumulated 41 strokes on the outward nine and:-lost five - holes (raight after gaining a lead of two .p on the first three holes. Hagen, « shooting 73, could make no further . gains during the second nine, both scoring par 86, WOMEN’S MEETING SEPT. 24, It was announced by the Women's Coolidge club today that the next public meeting at the Y. W. C. A. will be held September 24, instead of October 1, In the announce- ment to the press yesterday, the lat- ter date was named. As a part of the Defense Day demonstration, U. S. Marines re-enacted the battle of Antietam 0 PROTECT CHILDREN Steps Are Taken By League To Af- ford Refuge For Youngsters Under Its Wing, Geneva, Sept. 19.—8teps have been taken in the commissions of the League of Nations assembly to place children under the protection of the league, The project provides for reorgani- zation of the permanent commission on traffic in women and children un- der a new name, with two groups of experts, one for questions relat- ing to traffic In women and chil- dren and the other for all matters promoting the welfare of children. The latter group will include repe resentatives of the principal associ- ations’ concerned with children, es- pecially the international federation for promoting child welfare, with headquarters at Brussels, the work ot which will henceforth bhe under- taken by the league. British Commons Will Begin Sessions Sept. 30 London, Sept. 19.—Eatisfled that “public interest requires that the house should meet earlier than Oct. 28," §peaker J. H, Whitley announc- ed today that the commons will be gonvemed Sept, 30. This is the date mentionéd, when parliament ad- journed, for consideration of the Ul- ster &ud ty, bill unless the Irish Free nd the northern govern- ment meanwhile came to an agree- ment, The Ulster cabinet's refusal at its’fast meeting to appoint a rep- resentative on the boundary com- mission makes it necessary for the British government to introduce the bill in parllament by the 30th. The measure in question will provide au- thorization for setting up the boun- dary commission without Ulster's participation. TOWN IS PILLAGED | | Position at Jeddah Unchanged But Refugees Tell of Condition at Town of Taif. Port Sudan, Scpt. 19.—The posi- tion at Jeddah is unchanged and the Wahabsite invaders have made no further advance from Taif. Refugees who are arriving at Jeddah ir large numbers from Taif say the first night after capture of the town there was much shooting and pillag- ing. The number of deaths has not yet been ascertained but will possib- ly reach 200 or 300, mostly residents of Mecca, which is 60 miles from Talt., ¢ Taif, scat of the summer resldence of King Hussein of the Hedjaz, was occupled early this month by Waha- bite tribesmen, King -Hussein’s hash- imites retiring without firing a shot. RUSSIAN EXPEDITION Party Headed by Davidofft Will Go to ‘Wrangell lIsland for Thorough Study of Place. \ Leningrad, Russia, Sept. 19.—Rus- | to Wrangell Island, headed by the well known geodetic expert, Davidoff, chief of the navigation department of the Russian government for the Far East. The expedition will journey in a en the island for ants will chart the coastline and in- terior features. It is already suggested here that the island be re-christened Lenin Bolshevik Russia. Folks Whatever the first advertisement, advertising is as old as history, When folks know something worth talk- i ing about, they naturally talk about it; and folks were \ folks ten thousand years ago. Verbal pictures became | pictures on cave, totem pole, tent—then on paper. OVER 10,000 HERALDS ' - THE HERALD HAS BY FAR THE LARGEST CIRCULA- TION OF ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN° NEW BRITAIN The Herald is the Only New Britain Newspaper With An Audited Circulation w ‘Advertisers today are folks too. They want to give : you easy knowledge about something worth knowing about. They let you take in, with one sweep of the eye, the meaning of an advertisement. Product, style, size, price. What they tell through advertisements has made all the difference between you in your comfortable home and the cave-dweller in his stone. Do you read their messages—always? They can ‘ lift you to greater progress. L, There is one way to buy with assurance— let the advertisements be your guide DISTRIBUTED DAILY N tim, sla is sending a scientific expedition | specially equipped vessel and remain | keveral montha. | during which Davidoff and his assist- | Island in memory of the creator of | Citll_tems A son wns born at the New Brit- ain General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. John Krakuskos of 177 Linden street. . 'The rehearsal of the boys' choir of Bt, Mary's church scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McGovern | and Miss Ella McGee have m!urmwn liome after spending a few days with Mr, and Mrs. Adam SBeiple of 53 Bmith street. Mr. and Mrs. Seiple accompanied them and will spend a week in the Rhode Island capital, | "Max Honeyman of-the Honeymar Auto Sales Co., furnished an auto- mobile for the use of John Philip| Sousa, the eminent composcr and band master, during the latter's visit to this city this afternoon. PLEAS ARE DENIED Russian Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Ordered For 21 Former Officers of + Army. i Moscow, Sept. court of appeal has denjed the plea ot 25 former officers in the Czar- ist army who were sentenced to death last month in tfie criminal court of the Kuban district for counter-revolutionary activities. It is expected the officers as a last resort will lodge an appeal for extenuation of gentence or -pardon with the federal central executlve committe, the highest executive |body in Russia, The group in- cludes Colonel Orloff and a num- | ber of Cossack officers. It was charged that they returned to Russia last year from Constan- tinople and Parls on bebalf of vari- our anti-Bolshevik organizations for the purpose of organizing up- risings against the soviet govern-| ment. ;They blew up railway sta- tions, robb!d the population and kifled a number of communists, it was alleged. ] i JAPS APOLOGETIC By The Assoclated Press. Tokio, Sept. 19. — Expressions of regret from Japancse officials and foreigu diplomats testify to the pain- ful impression created in Tokio of- ficlal circles by despatches recently sent abroad alleging that Garcia Uriburu, Argentine minister, appear- ed in the lobby of the Imperial hotel clad in pajamas. Uriburu has re- ceived from the directors and man- ager of the hotel, the story baseless. The letters add- ed that it was “an il considered joke,” of which Uriburu was the vic- et FIGHTING AT SHANGHAI The Assoclated Press. | Shanghal, Sept. 19.—Revolt OH the third Chekiang army defending | Shanghai has thrown the brunt of | the battle today on the first army under command of en. He Feng- Lin, defense commissioner, whose army was holding the lines west of Shanghai against the Kiangsu | forces fighting for possession of this city. By keynote of a accord- Belf-reliance is the successful summer camp, ing to a Boy Scout leader. | | preferred 19.—The supreme (| letters declaring | | sioux P (e || promised to have | was issued by Wall Street Briefs Newsprint production in the Unit- ed States in August increased to 116,477 tons from 118,952 the month befere. Shipments de- clined to 115,907 tons from 117,916, Canadian mills produced 118,763 tons against 113,470 in July while shipments were 112,148 against,109,~ 834 Net profit of Park & Tilford, Inc. for the fiscal year ended July was $668371 bringing surplus $1,160,862, B Directors ot Jones Brothers Tea Co., Ine., have omitted the quarter- | ly dividend of 1% per cent on the stock, due October 1, The last payment-on the common stock was 1 per cent on October 15, 028, the payment due January 15, 1924, having been omitted. Plans to simplity the capitdl structurd of the General Motors cor- poration wili be put inte effect to- [ with the consolidation of three s of senior securities into one issue of 7 per cent preferred stock ald a reduction .n the number of common shares from 20,646,400 to 5,161,600, Total capital and surplus of $455,996,406, after the readjust- ment, will include $258,080,000 in common stock and $109,916,000 in preferred. Conferences betwgen officers of the Goodyear Tire Rubber Co., and bankers with a view to readjusting |the compdny's capital structure are reported under way in the financial district. Plans to offer a new issue of common stock to shareholders in lleu of back dividends have been considered, DANES SHINGING INTO CORN BELT New Slogan of G.0.P. I “Save the Constitution” Aboard to Sloux & Dawes Special En Route 8. D., Dubugue, Iow., he republican party's new campaign slogan—Save the Consti- tution—and the party's promise to the farmers were carried through the corn belt and into the spring wheat region of the northwest todgy by Charles G. Dawes, the republican vice presidential candidate, The issue revolving about consti- tutional questions was raised by Mr. | Dawes in speeches last night at Rockford and Freeport, TIils, and today in informal talks and confer- ences as he traveled toward Sioux als. The position of the republican party on the discussed by the speech tonight at nominee in A the coliseum In The spesch th the second in his campaign region, recognized by all political leaders as the LaFollette stronghold, he having spoken a week ago in Mil- waukee Two more speeches in addition to the Siouxs Falls addre are to be one next Thursday at Minne- olis and another next day at St. Cloud, Minn. Mr. Daw speaks | tontght at a state republican rally al which South Dakota leaders have delegations rep- senting every county in the state. he address will be radiocast over the northwest _through station WIEFAT of Columbus college. The “Save the Constitution™ call Mr: Dawes in brief talks to crowds of several hundred | each that greeted him last night when his train stopped at Rockford and Freeport. BRITISH I Halifax, N. S, ARRIVE. 19. — The TE Sept members of the debating team of | Cambfidge university, England, who arriyd here yesterday on the liner Zeeland, left today for Lewiston, | Maing. where they will open their | | American tour next Tuesdey in a de- bate with the DBates college team. Two representatives of Bates met ! l}m visitors re and n(‘(‘fl“\!\\fl]f’d them on their journey. The Cam- bridge team is composed of Richard A. Butler, 1 of Sir Montague ler, president of the council of state for Indi A. P. Marshall and Gen- eral Sparrow. The subject of the ening debate will be Resolved That Modern Democracy Is Not Consistent With Pe nal Liberty." Taws which permitted ekecutions by the ax were not repealed England until 174 e Card of Thanks We wish to express our thanks fo our many kind friends and neig! bors for the kindness and sympa shown us during our recent avement in the avath of loved husband and fat the beautiful flora of ceived We do thank the Insy Fafnir Be 5 Ol the Russell & ¥ of the nley We Pleasant Social ¢ Signed, MRS O'BRI y be- be- . also for our rings re- fally wist partmen re Room of d Dept. 43 the Mouht to esy tic o ) FAMILY. Eae———— i JOSEPH A. HAFFEY Funeral Director Mr. Panl Robinson, Assistant New Location—565 MAIN ST Opposite St. Ma Church Tel.—Parlor 1625-2 Residence—17 Summer St. Tel. 1625-3 | SR Y R T YN T EXPRESS mrn SYMPATHY FLOWERS from & F. B. BOLLERER'S P | 3 CHURCH ST, | farm question will be | tonight will be But- | in WALL ST. REPORTS High Allls Chab ... 614 Am Can ..., 130% Am Loco Am Bmelt | Am Sug . Am Bum ... Am, Tel & Tey.126 Am Wool ... b6% Anaconda . Atchison . At GIf & WI., 1T% Bald Loco .. 123 Low Close 60% 61 128% 120% 9% 80k T4% 06 N 126% 55% 3% 104% 17% 1214% 61% 45 14 147% 4% 13 205 33% 3% 44% 38% 56% 14% 26% 471% 2TH% 38 260% 15% 62% 26% 18 N 17% IH Beth Steel .., 46% Cen Leath 4% Can Pacific .. Ches & Ohio .. 86% ‘CM& St P, 13% CM&StPpt2lH CRIS&P ... 347 Chile Cop ... 33% Col Fuel .... 45% Corn Prod Ref 34% Cru Steel .... 57% Cuba Cane Sug 14% Césden Ol ... 26% Dac Chemical . 50% Brie ©..v..... 28 Erie 18t pfd . 38% Gen Elec ....263% Gen Motors .. 15% Gt North pfd . 63 Insp Copper . 26% Int Nickel ... 18% Int Paper .... 48 Kelly Sprng T'r 17% Kennecott Cop. 48% Lehigh Val ... b4 Marine .... % Marine pfd ... 40% Mid States Oil. 1% Mis Pac pfdN 5 Nat Lead New Haven .. 24% Norf & West ..127 126 North Pac .... 64% 64 vaFyhzko aTtvt820k.3N Pacific Ofl.... 47% 4T% Pan American. 53% 52% P& RC&I 4TH% 46% Pierce Arrow.. 10% 10 Pure Oil 231 23% Rep I & 8. 7% 47y Ray Copper... 12% 12 Reading . 62 615 Royal Dute 41 41 Sinclair Ol , 17% 16% South Pariflc.. 9‘% 4 South Rail.... 67% Studebaker .« 40% Texas CO ... 40% 35% Transcon Oil . A 4% Union Pacific 139% 138%%138% U S Indus Alco 71 69% 70% U § Rubber . 363 35% 35% U 8 Steel ..., 108% 107% 108% Utah Copper . 783§ 78 8% Westinghouse 62% 62% 62% Willys Overland 8% 8% 8% 9% 278 38 262% 15% 63 264 18% ATl 18 8 547% 9% 0% 1% 55 152% 155% 237% LOCAL STOCK QUOTATJONS (Putnam & Co.) Bid 2,600 Asged 610 743 595 s1 40 {Aetna Casualty . | Aetna Life Ins. Co. Aetna Fire Am Hardware ex Am. Hoslery Automobile Ins. Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com ..106 Billings & Spencer com § Blllings & Spencer pfd . 9 Bristol Brass . Colt's Armis ex div Conn Lt & Pow pfd Eagle Lock ....,. Fafnir Bearing Co. Hart & Cooley ... Hartford Iire Hfd Elec Light .... Landers, F National Fj IN B Gas . N B Machine . |N B Machine p Niles-e-Pond com . North & Judd -.. Peck, Stowe & Wil Phoenix Fire . Russell Mfg Co. Scovill Mfg Co. . Southern N E Tel Standard Screw . Stanley Works .. Stanley Works pfd . Tor'gton Co com ex div 39 Traut & Hine .. Trayelers Ins. Union Mfg Co. Yale & Towne | U. S. TREASURY STATEMENT. U. 8. treasury balance, $374 508,447, CLEARINGS,AND BALANCES | New York exchanges $35,000,800, balances 118,000,000, Boston ex- changes 80,000,000, balances 69,- ] 000,000, |Railroad Owners Assn. Is Formally Organized | New York, Sept. 19.—Establish- ment on a permanent basis of the Railroad Owners’ association, launched through a temporary com- mittee last June, was completed here with the etection of J. D. | as president. Headquarters will be | established in Washington, in charge of Secretary 8. G. Hopkins, Between 4,000 and 5,000 members Lave been enrolled in the associa- tion, which its founders said would be incorporated as owners' organization, railroad stockholders. representing AISS M'CONN SHOWERED llaneous shower was in honor of Miss Kathieen onn at home of Mrs. Wal- Stanley street, last 50 guests ‘were Miss McConn was the many beautiful gifts. » was prettily decorated wvers, a color scheme of or- yellow being carried out. McConn Wil become the bride omas Doyle of the firm of Doyle, on October 8 at St I\ given misce MeC ter Olson A present and evening mg & Mary's church MAY RETURN esseldorf, Germany, Sept. 19.— The French authoritles in the | Rhineland and she Ruhr are dili- | gently applying the measures of amnesty provided for in the recent Lon¢ greement. All persons ex- pelled the ragion already have | been no! they are at liberty to | return \rrangements are being | rapidiy jo reinstate German 1omm s, discharged or suspenfed frou nd 1 Using a speedometer, an lowa | woman has found that she usuaily | walks five miles a day in preparing | meals for her family. Shatford | distinetly an | { Declares She Is Excluded by Eng- | test that she PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Members flartford Stock Exchange 81 Wést Maln St Tel 2040 We Offer:— 100 Ameriean Hardware 100 Landers, Frary & Clark 100 Torrington Co. JUDD & COMPANY Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Steck Exchange New Britain—Burritt Hotel Bldg., Tel. 1815 Hartford—Conn. Trust Co. Bldg., Tel 2-6281 We Offer and Recommend the Purchase of— AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY Stock Prices on application EDDY BROTHERS & @ HARTFORD NEW, BRITAIN Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel.2-7186 Tel. 3420 We Offer— 20 shares New Britain Machine preferred 100 shares Colts 100 shares North & Judd @homson, Tenn & Co. Burritt Hotel Bldg., l\ew Britain Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart, Mgr. New Britain Machine Preferred and Common We do not accept Margin Accounts JOHN P. KEOGH Members Consolidated Stock Exchange ef New York STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire to New York G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, N. B, Nat'l Bank Bldg.~Tel. 1012 Waterbury Danbury Middletown Bridgeport New Haven pire but ferred treaty Great Britain has - pres to substitute a bilateral for the mandate system, the fwo countries under this treaty vire lly ent into a military alli- ce and Great Britain promising to recognize the independence of Meso- joyed by. Other Countries. potamia within four years and favor her admission to the league of nae ons if the national progress of Mesopotamia warrants such a step. PERSIA PROTESTS Jand From Same Privileges En- has R TOR MISS FERONY laneous shower ‘was held evening in homor of Ferony of 186 South eet who will become the James Anastasion of 36 Court next month. Guests P from Wallingford, Hartford Southington, Games werg p! npd and luncheon served. Miss Ferony received many useful and pretty gifts, SHOW A misc Wedne Miss M Ma Great Britain from th s accorded in ) was one reason why the league of nations poned definite action on’C ain’s treaty with N which territory is juridically kr as Irak Mesopotamia was placed the mandate of Great Britain its severance from the Ott ay pot b 1 n | were se! Nominees at Ball Game John W. Davis, democratic presidential nominée (left), and his running mate, Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, took in a ball game while Davis was in They saw the Omaha team defeat Tulsa in the Western league