New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1925, Page 25

ned, the sign in a door the ink- nem- Joice 1urse bited 0 be n by ather t her and’ alua- per- 0 be. nails was pipe s for ently, first his o the Xam- d. not The called popu- When & mu- 1 him The new made bility. d° to thout tance, n and next Queen mand before at he it thelr umb, CATCH RUM SHIP 38-Foot Sloop s Solied Unloading Liquor in New London Harbor Thls Morning. Now London, Jan, 16.—While her crow was uploading her eargo shoreward in dorles, the 38.foot sloop Delray II was selzed at 1:80 4. m. today 800 yards from shore, a mile and a half west of Necox landing near Greenport, L. I, by Keeper Willlam 8. Bennett of the Groenport coast guard base, Four hundred cases of champagne were conflscated with the seizure of the vessel and the two members of the crew were held for & hearing before U. 8. Commissioner Earl Mathewson on the charge of smug- gling, .In tow of a patrol boat from the Greenport base the prize arrived here this afternoon. Bmerson D. Taber of Montauk, L. 1, 18 on record as master and owner of the vessel, > SEIZE GUB.AN YACHT —— Craft Is Towed Into New London By Coast Guard—Violation of Law Chiarged 5 “New London, Jan, 16,~The Cuban yacht Fantasma of Preston, Cuba, was deized at her anchorage in Na ragansett Bay, R |, yesterday aft- ernoon by the coast guard destroyer Cassin and towed into port here, for remaining in Unjted Btates territor- fal waters without emtering at the cugtoms bouse’ Bight men ot American, Norwe- glan and Swedish and Ttallan citl- _senships, who comprised the crew, were réleased while the Fantasma, a 1i56-ton vessel, was turnkd over to the customs house here. The Fantasma was scized last June 3, by thegcoast guard cutter Acushnet, while abandoned at an- chor off Block Island,s three days after she is alleged to have engaged in a running battle with a New York customs marine patrol hoat, then working out of this port. ‘The crew consisted of Rowland M. Stover, American; Nel- son Peterson, Swedish; Ernest Conk- Iin, American; Thomas Jones, Amer- | ican; Thor Olson, Norweglan; Rocco Barbutta, Ttalian:>John J. Reynolds, American, and Frank Jacobs, Amer- ican. 10 BROADCAST ECLIPSE WJZ to Give Radio Comment From F'our Planes Over Ansonia Mitchel Field, N. Y., Jan. 16.— Plans for hroadeasting the progress of the total cclipse on January 24 und describing its appearance above the Clouds, were announced yester- day by Major William N. Hensley, Jr., commandihg officer of Mitche! field, Four De Haviland observa- tion planes, flying at an altitude of 000 feet or higher, will be used hy the air service fiere in recording and photographing the penomena. I'rom one of these planes Major lHensley will radio his obstrvations | be | impres which will Captain , picked up by WJZ and re-broadcast for the benefit of those who may be able to tune In, " The four planes will take off from Mitchel Ileld at 7 o'clock on the morning of the eclipse and re- turn about three hours later, They will fly to Ansonla, Conn,, and go up 12,000 feot, or high énough to get above the clouds, The planes will make the flight vegardiess of the weather, unless a heavy rain or a blinding snow make the attempt fu- tile, said Major Honaley, PROHIBITION SUCCESS On 5th Birthday Enforcement Com« missioner States That it Fias Been Accompanied by Many Advances, Washingtoh, Jan, 10, —Federal prohibition enforcement began five years ago today and Commissioner Haynes, In an anniversary pro- nouncement, said he believed accom- plishments during the period *war- rant a fair degree of satisfaction" when “taking all things Into consld- eration.” The campalgn against illleit Jiquor has been marked by , “many ad- vances, but not a retreat,” he sald. Recounting that the principal flow of liquor after.January 16, 1920, had been due to diversion from bonded warehouscs withdrawals, the com- missioner sald this had been reduced to a minimum by use of the permit system., The coast guard, in combat- ting liquor smuggling, he sald, is “fast getting it under control.” Ieas than ten per cent of the entire pro- duction of denatured alcohol is now being used illicitly, he estimated. Other “outstanding accomplish- ments” in enforcement, Mr, Haynes declared, were reducing to a mini- mum the importation of wine and exportation of whiskey, and institu- tion of a campaign for law observ. ance and a campalgn of “moral sua- sion” among citizen groups. THE STONEHAM TRIAT, Recofver in Case Today Amits That He Made Chx New York, Jan. 16 greceiver for the brok: age firm of 1. 'D. Dier & Co,, in 1922 settled & claim against Charles A. Stoneham for $285,00, the recelver, Ehrich, today admitted at the federal court trial of Stoneham, Dier and others for mail fraud, that he had | before him at the time of the set- tlement an accountant’s statements showing Stoneham's indebtedness to be $1,200,000. Stoneham, baseball magnate and ’f()rmur head of Charles A. Stoneham & Co., brokers, is beimg tried on ,charges based on “the transfer of Stoneham of customers’ accounts to the Dier firm in 1921. When the Dier congern failed a few months lat- jer, the recelver sought to recover from Stoneham, for stocks he was al. leged not {0 have transferred. 000 IS STOLEN Hava@@y Cuba, Jan. 16.—Theft of 50,00 ’fifigyod by registered mail (rnlw oyal Bank of Cuna# brafCtlat Guantanamo, Cuba, to ifs | branch at Santlago de Cuba, January 12, was announced today. Postal inspectors are working on a theory {that a substitution of a brick wrap- ped i paper for the bills was made before the post office received the package. The money was insured: Manfred W., R Y R TR LATER WILL ALLOWED Stratford Probate Judge Disregards One Hulc\lly Woman in June ¥or. One“in October. Startford, Jan, 16.~~[inding that Merica Sprott, widow ‘of John T. Sprott, who died December 2 last was posseased of proper mental abil- ity on October 14 to direct disposi- tlon of her $4,000 estate by will, Judge John Bmith of the probate court in a declsion today admits the will, rejecting the testament drawn on June 13 of last year, The will admitted cuts oft relatives and gives the bulk of property to Mrs. Jennie Bartlett of this city, Contest was made by those named in the earlier dated will, DOG BITES SCHOOLBOY While playing In the Hast street school yard this morning, Francls Spring of 91 Chapman street was bitten by a dog: It s sald that the animal is owned by the Deutch fam- ily of 325 East street and that it has bitten severdl other people. Dr. Clifton Cooley attended the boy a&nd notified Superintendent Richard Pullen of the health de- partment who ordered the boy to | undergo the pastueur treatment to determine whether or not the dog was mad. Vassar Students Take Census on Smoking Poughkeepsie, N, Y., Jan. 16,~In order to obtain a record of student opinion on smoking, the students’ council of Vassar college 1s making a census of the student body. Each student is asked to state whether she smokes away from college, whether her parents approve and what ‘col- lege regulation of smoking she fav- ors. The census is the result of re- cent agitation for a change of the present soclal regulation, self-im- posed by the student government, prohibiting smoking by students whilé under the Jurisdiction ot the coliege. Difficulties incident to enforce- ment of the present rule, and the fact that some students, accustomed to the privilege at home, feel that personal liberties are being infring- ed, have been the causes of periodic |agitation for changes. Gift of France to Be Loaned for Exhibition Philadelphia, Jan. 16.—A resolu- tign granting the request of Jules J. Jusserand, retiring ambassador from France, that the Gobelin tapestry presented to Philadelphia by the Trench government last June be lcaned to .France for exhibition at the coming exposition ot decorative arts in Paris, was adopted yesterday by city council, The tapestry win be returned at the close of the ex- position. | In his request Mr, Jusserand sald the'tapestry was one of the most im- portant works of art produced in France of late years and that wowld come back “more famous than ever before, after having rendered the service of recalling to the thousands who will see it the high deeds of 'NEW BRITAIN DATLY H’ERATD FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 192 e I Wall Street Briefs The current year Is expected executives of automobile companies to be one of keenest competition in by tho industry, Price cuts already announced by several concerns and Appearance of new models at lower prices are sald to be having this ef- fact, while several arereported to be exerting them- selves to Improve the quality of ma- torial used In thelr cars. About'16,- 000,000 motor cars arebelieved to be in use througn the country and as- suming that four years is the aver- age life of a car, it 1s estimated 4.~ 000,000 are required every year for | replacoments, Qoposition of Chesapeake & Ohio minority stockholders to the propos- ed Nickel Plate merger terms s con- sidered unwarranted by those in close touch with the Van Sweringens. W. A, Colston, counsel for the Nickel Plate rallroad, commenting on the protests of a recently organized pro- tective committee, asserted that the terms of the unification were “eminently fair" to all stockholders. Production and sale of buses by Mack Truck, Inc, in 1924 will more than double the record in 1923 ac- cording to R. A, Hauer, manager of | the company’'s bus department who said the factgries were operating at full capacity and plans were under way for éxtensive expansion of manu facturing facilitles to meet the rapid- ly growing demand. The company's passenger bus output had increased 340 per cent in the last two years he said, rallroad and electrie traction companies having absorbed 65 per cent o} its 1924 production. Dealers in General Motor cars and trucks deliveréd 656,678 vehicles in 1924 compared with = 731,281 the year before. Sales to dealers | amounted to 587,462 eqrs and trucks against 798,555 in 1923, Advances In gasoline prices and the drop in crude ofl production last year have drawn attention to the recent imprevement h&the in- | dustry, a Wall street cofpilation showing that the average of 15 lead- Ing oils listed on the stock exchange had risen to 49.80 from the 1924 low of 36.46, or a gain of 13.04 points, Compared with 1924 highs of 64.52 the same group showed a decline of 4.72 points. Reports in the financial district that the International Petroleum Co. 1td., was negotiating a bond issue of $10,000,000 were officially denied today. No new financing was con- templated, it was announced. International rallways of Central America reports for 1924 an increage in balance after preferred dividenlis to $872,663 compared with $506,342 in 1923, The Classified ads are your best | friend this month. After the heli- “days there must be many things you desire to get and where to look for them is a problem. Let the Classi- fled ads be your judge and guide. Canadian trade showed an in- crease in exports to the United America during the great war.” Things you believe in Belief has tunneled mountains, fought diseases, carried tons on columns of air, spun advertisements, telephones, telegraphs, radios to web the world to- gether. You believe in belief and what it achieves. You be- lieve in advertisements, for they are evidences of be- lief. You believe in adveltlsed goods, for they are the things other men believe in. When you see a widely advertised lace cul'tam, you see a curtain that hangs in thousands of homes'. a widely advertised lead pencil, a pencil that thousands carry. . You don'’t try advertised wares to test them. You try them to bring yourself fresh satisfaction. Read the advertisements in these columns daily. They help you recognizg wares that justify belief. Don’t buy in the dark—spend your money for advertised goods OVER 11,000 HERAL DISTRIBUTED DAILY 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 States and a decrease in imports. manufacturers | || view cemetery, {losegh A, ety Waterbury Girls’ Rifle Team Sets New Record Waterbury, Jan, 10,~Confitmation was recelved this morning by Coach Joseph A, Colloty that-the Crosby High school gifls rifle team of this city had established a new natlonal record in the junior league match lllllu weele with Waller High school |of Chicago,. The Crosby girls shot 409 out of a possible 500 with 61 A's. Of the five members of the team taking part in' the record- breaking scoro, only one girl was a member of last year's team, the oth« er four being new members this year, HEARING ON BRIDGE Hartford, Jan. 16.~The public utilities commission today heard the petition of the town of Greenwich for permission to make changes in a bridge over the tracks of the New Haven railroad company which will make it of sufficlent strength to car- |1y loads of 15 tons, The cost of the work wdlld be $12,000. Attorney | 8. L. Tyler for the rallroad company questioned the necessity for making the change in the bridge which was of Streets Miner of Greenwich sald that at the present time trucks weighing five tons carrled frelght loads weighing more than five tons. points, Torelgn exchanges opened irregular. High Low Close Bgafl‘g Allls Chal .... T9% 76 19% Am Can ..., 161 158% 161 L Am Loco .... 115% 1123% 115 Am Smelt 9% 9% 99 John Wanco Am Sug . 49% 4T% 48% | John Wanco, 37 years ot age, of | Am 1% 11 - | 194 Oak street, died this morning at | Am el 133% 1333 133% the Hartford hospital, atter a short |Am 61 617% illness. Before the iliness which re- |Anaconda . 5% 6% sulted in his death, he was employed | Atchison .... 117% 116% 116% by Gordon Brothers. Mr. Wanco s survived by his wife and four chily| dren. Funeral arrangements, which | are in charge of Laraia and Sagari- | | no, are incompiete. Marion Doulugoknski | Marlon Doulugoknski, the infant | daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Felix | Doulugoknski of 76 Silver street, died yesterday at the home of her par- ents. The funeral was held this | morning with interment in Sacred Heart cemetery, Sister Gertruda Bister Gertruda, a nun at”the Polish Orphanage, dled yesterday afternoon after a long iliness at the institution. She was born in Poland 50 years ago bhut had been in the Iocal convent for a number of years, | She is survived by relatives in Po- land. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 7:30 at the chapel of | the orphanage. Burial will be in | Bacred Heart cemetery. . Tnfant Son Dies | The Infant son of Mr, and Mrs. ! Michael Sulima died this morning at the home of his parents, 52 LaSalle street. The funeral was held this | afternoon at 2 o'clock with inter- | ment in Fairview cemetery, Miss Gisella Mandl Miss Gisella Mandl, 24 years of age, died at the New Britain Gen- | eral hospital last night of complica- tions following an operation. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | | John Mandl of 210 Glen street. Be- | sides her parents she leaves one sister, Miss Rose Mandl. The tuneral will be held tomor- | row morning at 9 o'clock at St Peter's church, Interment will be in St. Mary's new cemetery, i Miss Henrietta Guion Miss Henrletta Guion, 72 years age, dled yesterday in Stamford. She was the danghter of the late Frank G. and Cordella Guion, and was a | resident of this clty for many years. | Her home was formerly located on | the site where the Library of the New Britain Institute now stands. The funeral will be held tomorrow | afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the| Erwin Chapel. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Mark's church, will of- | ficiate and interment will be in| | Fatrview cemetery. Tho body has | been brought to this city by B. C.| Porter Sons. | L Funerals ‘ ‘ Mrs, Clara Anna Dolan The funeral of Mrs. Clara Anna | Dolan will be held tomorrow after- noon' at 2 o'clock at rwin | chapel. Frederic L. Fay, assistant to | the pastor of the South Congrega- tional church will officiate and inter- | ment will be in Fairview cemetery. | e Mrs. Nettie | The fu { Dean was held this i o'clock at the | Porter Sons on ( Mr. Cardy, pastor of vent church, Hartfor interment was in M | Berlin. ory Dean Nettie Victory Mrs. Gertrude Wells The funeral of Mrs. Gertrude Wells, who died in New Haven last Tuesday, was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the funeral home of ydel Brothers, 1 apel strect | New Haven. Interment was in F this city, at 3 o'clock | Mrs. Th ymski W Saered Mary Pochymski. of Mrs. Mary 1t} r ral as s n H erment was in Funerai Director. Chureh. opposite . Summer $t.—1625-3 Residence, 1 e | Largest mnd most complete fine of | GOLDFISH and aecessories in the city at Bollerers’ Posy Shop | 11 CAURCH STREET Tel. 886 | on the board. built to carry omly elght tons., Supt, (General Baking broke 8 polnts, Some Bald Loco ... 133% | Baltt & O . T8% % Beth Stecl ..., 51 60% Bosch Mag w. 44% 44% Cen Leath ... 19% 19% Can Pacific .. 148 147% Ches & Ohio . 98 965 CM&StP .. 14% 18% CM &St Pptd 25% 288 {CRIsl & P . 46 45% Chile Cop v 36% 35% Col Tuel ..... 44% 44 Con Textile ... 434 4% Corn Prod Ref 39% 39 Cru Steel .... T5% 5% Cuba Cane Sug 127 12% Cosden Oil ... 30% 30% Dav Chem ... 44% 4410 Erie nwiieoees. 8315% 31% Erie 1st pfd . 44% 44% Gen Electric .311% 810% Gen Motors ., 7213 2% Gt North pfd . 687 6814 Insp Copper .. 31} , 30% Int Nickel 5 20% Int Paper . 3% 68% XKelly 8pring .. 17 16% Kennecott Cop. 5567 55% Tehigh Val . 8% 1% Marine . . 13% 13% Marine pfd ... 45% 44% Mid Statss Oil. 1% 1% Mis Pac pfd .. T8% ({4 Nat Lead W159% 159% '\Mv Haven .. 30% 30 rf & West ..1"! 127 North Pac . 65% | Pacific Of1 . 551 Pan American 641 Penn Railroad 41!‘4; 48% P&RC&I.. 49% 49% Plerce Arrow.. 137% 13% Pure Ofl ..... 8tY% 30 Rep I & 8 59% 59 Ray Copper .. 15% 16% Reading T67% 7 | Royal Dutch .. 62% Sinclalr Oil .. 18% South Pacific 105% South Railway 80% |tudebaker ... 44% 37 Texas Co .... 44% 4% Tex& Pacific . 44% 43% | Transcon Oil . & 4% Union Pa 1483 United Kruit 210 210 U S Indus Alco 83% 8314 | Am Hardware ... . ; | (January 16) S. treasury balance, $273,826.451 ( LE \l INGS A\\Ii BALANCES, 1 balancos, 4 ( TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION Chica . 16.—Two bodies, { though se of a watchman and a truck driver a { a burning buil t i READ TIH Ill R \l n ll ASSIFIED WALL ST. REPORTS New York, “Jan, 16.~8tock prices moved irregularly higher at the opening of today's market, U, 8§,/ Cast Iron Pipn advanced 2 1-4 points on the initlal sale and Nash motors 2 while U, 8. Steel common, New York Central, General Eleotrie, American Can and several other popular ratls and Industrials im. proved fractionally, Selling of the 8t. Paul issucs on official confirmation of reports that the road had falled' to earn its fixed charges last year brought about conslderable Irregularity, 8t Pav! preferred broke 2% points and the common 1, Initlal strength of many Issues was due to buying inspired by the maintenance of the local Federal Reserve rediscount rate, setting at rest rumors that it would be increased at yesterday's meeting Fisk Rubber first preferred broke 3% points in reflec- tion of speculative disappointment that dividends were not resumcd at the 6 per cent rate, instead of 4, and of the early strong spots included Sears Roebuck, General Electric, United Drug, Baldwin, Allis Chal- mers, Eastman Kodak and Chesa- peake & Ohio, up from 1 to 2% At GIt & W T 21% — 133% U S Rubber . 4 |17 § Steel .... 123 22 Utah Copper . 91 a1 Westinghouse 76% 175 Radio ...... 0% 6T% LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) | Bid Asked | Actna Casualty . {tin | Actna Life Ins 845 Aetna Fire to Automobile Hartford I Natlonal ¥ l‘ho( nix Fire | Travelers Ins 585 Am Hosiery .... Beaton & Cadwell . 2 Bige-Hfd Carpet com . 4 Billings & Spencer pfd. 8§ Bristol Brass 1 Colts Arms afnir Bearing | Hart & C oley Niles-Be-P North & Judd 5 Stowe & Wil . Mg ¢ Pec wrmghm Co. ¢ Traut & Hine Union Mfg Co Yale & It & Pov Towne 1 , varnist an explosi ADS FOR YOUR WANTS | | mier lied at the PUTNAM & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK & HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES I WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN~- HARTFORD OFFICE We Offer: Tel. 2040 * G CENTRAL Row TEL' 2-m 100 Colts and 100 Torrington JUDD & COMPANY Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange New Britain—Burritt Hotel Bldg., Tel. 1815 Judd Building, Pearl St., corner of Lewis, Hartford, Conn, We rec BIGELOW-HARTFORD TARPET ommend and offer: COMPANY Common Stock Price on Applicatior: Burritt Hotel Bldg., New Britain WE OFFER— Donald R. Hart, Mgr. BIGELOW HARTFORD YALE & TOWNE AMERICAN HARDWARE HARTFO i Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We Offer 50 SHARES TORRINGTON CO. 50 AMERICAN HARDWARE Price On Application RD Thomson, Tem & Co. Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES EDDY BROTHERS &@ R NEW BRITAN Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel. 3420 JOHN P. KEOGH Members Consolidated Stock Exchange, New York. NEW BRITAIN NAT. BANK BLDG. Stocks, Bonds, Curb Securities bought and sold on commission. Telephone 1013 Listed Stocks carried on conservative margin, Direct private telegraph ana Ticker Service. LOCATELLI RECONSID! Rome, Jan. 16 i has succeed enant Antonio Lo withdraw his as a member of the puties. Accord this may cause General Bonzani as vice-commis: er of aeronautics owing to the |tha it Locatelli vice-comm o T, disa TERRET B New Hav d t Patrick Ke test now be everybody tc it ¥ nings. children’s get the habi course, judged-for wit, humor, neatness and the general swing of the jing judging. Read over tonight’s last line, just for fun. People are trying for-the prize, and the editor is sure you have friends entered in t s litt Branch Offices: RS | Musso- | ng Licu- recent resi chamber o ing to reports pub- action of the pre- the resignation of Haverhill, M and Mrs. Har This city 4 ga H. Spaulding, Johnson Gibson, on of Lou supreme Mr. I member of court. ITES FATAL i Jan. 16 ree times, Poisoned Stamford, Waterbury, Danbury, Bridgeport, New Haven s W. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Evelyn Spaulding of Haverhill tg Become Bride of Yale Graduate 16.—Mr. Spaulding of lave announced the ene ment of their daughter, Evelyn to William Preston son of Senator James Randall Lee Gibson siana, and nephew of the late Chief Justice White of the Jan. the Gibson, a Yale graduatean® many social and athletia clubs, has been married and divorced His first Minna T'ield, niece of wife in his hands by a d a step- efe, 54, of Ansonia, Page. He Grace McMillan McMillan fivoree in 1917 amin Pratt, Alexander Da whom he he thir u been following the ing conducted in the Herald? ) try, arpens the wit le brains more nimble. t, you'll never regret it. Originality he affair head over heels. divorced LIMERICK CONTEST Have yo Mrs. lost line limerick con- It is free for and is lots of fun these cold winter eve- s of the adults and makes the 1t is a sport for all, and does not take up an awful lot of time—Try one and The answers are, of is also entertained when Jarvis, ter of the late Senator Michigan, who obtatined Beatrice wife of 1s Pratt of New York arried two years later, late U. 8