New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1925, Page 2

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M, srand of BUTTER and you will e assured of obtaining the product at reasomable cost, United Milk Co. 49 Woodland Street New Britain Phone 1610 Co, hest E.B. . CONTEST - CONES TO CLOSE Attendance Over 4,000 in Past] 18 Weeks-Gain of 108 | The aggregate attendance at Wes- | slons of Ev man's Bible class dur- | g the past 12 weeks was over 4, 100 according to figures complled by Fred J. C. Ensworth, at of a 12-weeks' attendance | contest yesterday. | 1t was announced that the | army had won t {but the Blue tendance, [ the cl ned | contest on points | 'my had won in | The points we New membe five points: telephone awa 10 points; personal | calls, attenda one point The result showed that the Red army had a majority of 1,010 points but the Blue army had a majority of 95 in attendance, leaving a ques- tlon as to who won the conteat The fignres indicated that during the 12 weeks the attendance was 4,- 3 and the total points wer 171, The class took in 108 new members, 013 personal calls were made and 1.174 telephone calls wera recorded. | The average attendance for Sunday | was 364 | Tha speaker yesterday was Pro- fessor W. G. Chanter of Wesleyan, who made the second address of his | | series of talks on “The Ethica of Re- | ligion.” There were 279 present. | Vice-President E. A. Krause led the singing and E. C, Connolly délivered | the opening prayer. | On April 19 the class will meet at tha Methodist church at 9 o'clock and will march to the First Luth- eran church where Rev. Dr. A. A, Ahlquist will speak, ft was an- | nounced. | B. F. Armstrong. chairman of the { committee which handled the re-| cent Wennerberg coneert, was thanked by President Fletcher for | his efforts. Mr. Armatrong reported that betwsen $27% and 8300 was ralsed which will ba divided equal- | 1y between the chorus and the class. | Puring the meeting President Fletcher read Mayor Paonessa’s let- ter asking for cooperation during “clean-up” week | . WIFE TAKES BLAME four points; | But This Does Not Prevent Willi- | mantlc Court From Sending Fus- | band To Jadl. Willlmantie, March 30.—Mike Mortko told the judge in police | court today that his wife should [ have been charged with liquor law | violation and not The. Mortko plead- od not quilty. His wife was put on |the witness stand and she swore that | she had been using aleohol because |she was n ill health and that she had hought a quart from an un- | known American man two weeks |ago. The Mortko are Russians. The house which in the pair live is on Brickton road and it was visit- |ed yesterday by federal, city and county officers. As they approached {the place they saw Stanley Mortko, | 16, run to the hen coop, take out a burlap bag and from it extract a | glass far which he threw in the riv- | er close by. Two officers waded into the water and got the jar which contained alcohol. Mrs, Mortko swore her husband knew mothing of the liquor. The | court however fined him $200 and costs with ten days in jail. In the house were four shotguns and rif | which were confiscated as Mortko is an allen. Military Training Camp Off Connecticut Coast All Connecticut boys in the bas! course, ! ot the C. . T. C. will go to Fo! Terry at igher's Island instead of Camp Devens. This t delightful spots on tb New gland coast with i bathing beaches and other seasid attractions. The camp s open to boys b the ages of 17 and 24 in good healt and of good moral hebits. penses including and from camp are borne b gm‘nrnn‘.sn'. 3 Applications will be limited Hartford county has an allotment of only 138 boys for all camps. Appl ations should be filed with Captai Hanford T. Curtis, New Britain. European Trade Gains, American Washington ie inereased r,:av‘m,: S March n in America’s exports to T ance of $2,000,000 1 that part of the wor in and imports to an showed a slig’ in th o was from | ASKS BANISHMENT OF | poroles of a criminal regardiess of | attack dia Rickenbacker, ator. which is the initial training this year is one etween All ex- trahsportation to y the as Savings bank of Records Show STORIES ON CHAPMAN 'ARmiN%‘EYIRLI}a%SE T T HigllSITMTJachines lor Molyoke, March 80-—Preliminary | . Pumzer Glmic to his address in the Second Congre- | gational church yesterday motning, | Rev. Dr. Robert R. Wicks expresscd | Washington, March 30.—The air service and bureau of aeronautics of regret that the newepapers should | deem it necessary to exploit the mur. der trial now progressing in Hart- ford on their front pages, bringing|the navy are cooperating in procur- liome to the people, especlally the|ing suitable high-speed planes to young men and women the mock Pulltzer speed trophy his guilt or innocence of the charge and the Schnelder cup for seaplanes. for which he is now on trial. These classies in aviation have “There i8 no heroism about such|been notable for their development fellows as Chapman,” said Dr. Wicks. | of engineering talent, later, trans- On the contrary his example and | ferred to service equipment in the posing in the daily papers is harmful | army and navy fiying branches. and I am sure all of us here this| mnr‘mvc regret the daily exploiting of life's seamy side on the front pages, menacing the morals of our young and influencing their minds for évil to themselves and the com- munity. defend the Steps have been taken to obtain three planes for the army and navy One speed plane will be allocated to Ithe army and another to the mavy, the third being held in reserve, Un- offielal aprangements have been “I ask you to write your news- made “"f" the Curtiss company at paper editors concerning this case | Garden City, L. to bulld these and make your sentiments as to the PIAnes. uge of the front page known to| A fourth plane will be partly bulit them,” said Dr. Wicks. “I am sure|for destruction tests, This plane they will appreciate the fact that all|will incorporate all the essential the readers of thelr papers are not|framework and other features of anxlous for such murderous appe-|the speed planes, Tts strength will tizers for the breakfast table, or|be subjected to rigid breaking tests salacious desert for the dinner table|with bags of sand to determine the as offered by the picturesque tales|exact factor of safety in the vital blazened forth dally now on the|parts, front pages of our papers.” 1t is expected tha Pulitzer race —_— will be early in October and the BLUE TRIANGLE CLUB NEWS, ;!rhnp!dar race the latter part of that The supper club under the direc- month. The, Schneider cup must be tion of Miss Ina Anderson will meet defended against foreign competl- this evening iImmediately after work. |tlon. Indications are that French This will be followed by the sewing [Pilots also will compete for the claas which i still open to new |Pulitzer trophy, France having re- memb: cently developed a new high speed The reed class will meet this even. |Plane that bettered the speed rec- ing at 8§ p. m.— with Miss Kathar- |ords made in past Pulitzer races by ine Andres. A new class will be the army and navy. The National formed after Faster and this even.|ASronautic association will select the ing will be a good opportunity to location for both events, and super- sign up for it. vise them The gardening group will meet| The new raging planes are to bs this evening with Miss Rogers and |d¢livered early in September in or- will show how far their secds and 4°F to’allow ample time for tests, expbriments have progressed. | Cooperation was arranged between Any girls who wish fo have sup-|the army and navy in order to avold per together are invited to meet at | #xpensive competition. The two fa- the Y. W. C. A. with Miss Brugger |talitles in last year's high speed air at 8 o'clagk & races in Michigan also was a factor At the meeting of the Tndustrial in bringing about close cooperation GIrls' club held last Thursday even- (204 the determination to entes ing it %as decided to have Miss planes that represent the last word Ellenor Cook gl folk song recital |N ensineering and sclentific deyelop- Thursday evening, April 23, The|™nt committee in charge will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the club room to make final arrangements. A May box soclal party will be glven Friday evening, May 1, by the members of the club and it was vot- | ed that the social committee take charge. The April program of meetings | was announced and the programe| given out, The May committee for| programs was chosen including Julia | Donnarumma, Mary Donnarumma, Lena Terlato, Anna Dolan, Mary Brighenty and Margaret Carroll. | In the absence of FEsther Riley, | who is out of town, Anna Parker | acted as secretary for the club. The Sunday afternoon meeting | was made most enjoyable yesterday | by Miss Mary Satalino, who played | the opera “Pagliacei” for the mem- bers who were present. This was fol- | lowed by a supper party. ———— | BEATEN BY MAN &HE FED ARRIVES IN LONDON Tondon, March 30.—The Austrian finance minister, Dr. Ahrer, arrived here today and visited the treasury and the bank of England. | Grandmother of Captain Ricken- | backer is Hit With a Hammer Columbus, Ohio, March 30.—John |/ Miller, aged 38, was held in the eity il last night on a charge of assualt nd battery as a result of his alleged | upon Mrs. Hattle Ricken- | acker, grandmother of Captain Fd- I famous war avi- ‘ | According to Mrs. Rickenbacker's | story to the police, Miller came to her home this afternoon and de- manded something to eat. Mrs. Ricken! ker, who is an artist, was painting a picture, she said. but | andoned it to cook an ‘“old-fash- foned johnny cake” for her self-in- vited guest Miller devoured the cake and half ich she served him and then demanded more food. When she h |told him she had no more he be- came enraged, she said, and, seizing hammer, beat her with it. Neighbors, hearing the struggle. summoned the police, sho arrested Mill fe rt to work off the cause and to fortify the system against an attack of Grip or Influ enza. A Safe and Proven Remedy. Price 30c. The box bears this signature C. 2 byore ts le a pie wi THE DUST HOUND ARRIVED TODAY! al South DISCUSS DENNISTOUN SUIT Paris Circles Recall Miss Meredith Met the Colonel During the War Faris, Mar i n of the Chicago sa hat the American woman who wi Dennistou ibune sue Lieutenant for brea Colone h of promis hara Lois cles recall Colonel Denniston ing the war w ng ae a cantee Purs Fooq La brought revolution in most foode 414 not apply to They were pure long before laws were enacted At all stores.—advt about But the; Paris edi and defama- Meredith that Miss | He Begins Work in New Britain Wed- nesday, April 1st Watch Tomorrow’ Paper For The Big Announcement e lle = Connecticut Light & Power Co. n s y Baker's Extraets, good 1 DAY, MARCH 80, 1925. BOMBAY TRIAL OF NINE KIDNAPPERS CONTINUES Uncle of One of Defendants Dis- closes Plot to Abduct Dancing Girl By The Associated Press, Bombay, March 30.—Further talls of the attempted kidnapping of the Indian Nautch girl, Mumtaz Be- gum, former favorite of the power- ful Indlan prince, the Maharaja of Indore, were revealed during the fourth day of the trial of the nine men accused of having made the attack on Malabar Hill on January 12, Mumtaz was rescued by four Brit- ish army officers who, armed with golt clubs only, beat off the as- sallants; but the girls' companion, a wealthy Indian merchant was killed, and Mumtaz herself was disfigured by knife slashes across her face, It avowed that the attack was in- stigated by the Maharaja to bring Mumtaz back to his household, from which she had fled. Today an uncle of one of the nine accused men, a shopkeeper in Ahm- edabad, testified that one of the de- fendants came to him last year to get his help in the kidnapping. The witness asserted that the man rep- resented himself as having heen sent by the Indore fnspector general of police, . The witness said that. tha man, now one of the defendants’ described the automobile which the inspector general had bought for the abdue- tion. The witness declared that he was promised a large sum of money to assist In the kidnapping, but he rejected the proposal. BUYS CALIFORNIA WELLS. Associated Ol Company Pays $220.- 000 fo 27 Near Taft, * Bakersfleld, Cal., March 30.—The Assoclated ‘Ojl company announced here yesterday that it had bought 160 acres of fully developed oil lands near Taft for $220,000. The land was bought from' the Producers Ofl company of Tresno and had been operated under leages by London interests, There are 27 oll de- | WITCHELL GIVEN POST IN TENAS (Assigned to Bighth Army Gorps Area at Fort Sam Houston Washington, March 30-—Brigadier |General Willlam Mitchell, asslstant |chief of the army air service, will be assigned on April 26 as air serv- fce ofticer of the eighth corps area with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonlo, Texas, Secretary Weeks approved today the orders for General Mitchell's transfer, effective upon the expira- tion® of Wis present tour of duty. The war secretary sald the assign- ment had been made for two rea- sons: the elghth corps area has greater air service activities than |any other,area, and General Mitchell has seniority of service. Upon as- suming his new duty, (General Mitchell's rank will revert to that ot colonel. Gen fo the Hinds, Mitchell will be assigned stafft of Major General commanding, the eighth corps, which includes Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, and has jurisdiction over Mexican border patrols. : While General Mitchell is known to have preferred assignment as alr service officer attached to the staft of Major General Hale, command- ing the sixth corps area with head- quarters at Chicago, he failed to make application for that post and was given what the war department regards as the most important field place, Lieutenant Colonel James ¥, Fechet, commanding the Kelly Field, Texas, alr station, will sue- ceed General Mitchell as assistant ohtef of the alr service. |Big Crowd in Line to Get Tickets for Opener TDetroit, March 80.—Several hun- dred baseball enthusiasts, including a goodly sprinkling of women, gath- cred outside the gates of Navin field Bank of Service carly today to await the opent the ticket sale for the opening game Aprll 14, The crowd began to €ol- lect in front of the ticket offices shortly before miduight, Braving & chill north wind the line extended fore than a block before the offices opened. DYING, MAN WANTS $150. Cancer Victim Hopes He May Get Fare to Return Home, Neiv York, March 80.~Beyond all ald after an operation for cancer, Prank Winichek, 87, whose home 1y in Valencla, Poland, sits quietly by window in Ward M-¢ Belisvue hospital, and looks longingly out over the River, hoping kind Providence will provide "him ‘with $160 for his fare home. Winichek was admitted to Bellevue nine months ago, His wife and son, Wal- ter, 12, write weekly begging him to g0 home to them. They know he is dying. He has not scon his famlly since 1923, He works as an orderly, dolng light jobs abont thé ward, and also makes leather pocket books and wallets. THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS BRING RESULTS APRIL 1st, 1925 FISHING TACKLE See Our South Window This Week HERBERT . MILLS HARDWARE | 336 MAIN ST. 7.9P.M.