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“ L ATTY, WASKOWIT. WILL TAKE BRIDE New Britain Lawyer to Mary Northampton, Mass., Girl The wedding of Attorney Waskowitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Waskowitz of 79 Lincoln Street and Miss Ruth Manilla Sher- win, daughter of Louis Sherwin of Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Mass, will take place tomorrow noon at 12:30 o'clock at the Bond hotel, Hartford. Rabbi A. Ieldman of Charter Oak Temple, Hartford, will officlate. The bride will be ziven in marrage Ly her father and will be attended by Mrs, Harold G rvey of Easton, Pennsylvania, as | matron of honer. The flower girl will be Beryl Marjorie Harvey. Dr, David Waskowltz will be the best 8. Polk man, y The bride will be attired in a own of ivo: satin trimmed wth heirloom rose point lace drapes. Her veil will be of rose point with a cor- onet from Venice, &he will carry her mother's Bible with a shower of lilies of the valley. The matron of honor will wear gold lace over flesh satin with a tan picture hat trimmed with flowers, She will carry an arm bouquet of Mrs. Ward roses tied with ribbon in a harmonizing shade. The flower girl will wear a dress of ruftled white organdic over a pink | <atin slip and will carry a basket of | rose petals. The bridegroom's | mother will be attired in & gown of orchid ehiffon trimmed with sfl- ver lace and will wear a black ple- ture hat. The ball room of the hotel where the ceremony will take place, will be decorated with palms, ferns, smilax with a background of flowers, The couple will leave on a wed- ding frip to Havana, Cuba and a cru of the West Indies. The bride’s traveling attire will consist of 4 brown Knglish twill gown with beaver coat and henna straw hat. They will be at home after Jan- uary 15, at 27 Bretton Road, West Hartfol Mr, Waskowitz served in th navy during the war and was graduated | trom Yale and Syracuse universities. Miss Sherwin attended Cedar Crest and Muhlenberg academies. POSSIBLY A METEOR ' Is One Lxplanation Given To | i Bright Terrestial Manifestation Seen Late Yesterday. Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 30 A — The body that flared across the eve; ning sky at sunset yesterday, vin a luminous wake may have be na very bright meteor leaving a train, in the opinfon of Dr. Willard J. Fisher, who is making a special | mnh of meteors and shooting stars at the Harvard observatory under the auspices of the National Acad- | eniy of Sclenc i Dr. Tisher said today that his in- formation on the y\h(-nnnwnnn seen gver New York, New England and Canada was _J-fimd almost entirely from Assoclated Press dispatches in ths morning papers. From the de- scriptions given, he safd, the meteor | apprared to he of the sort that is s0 | hright that it may be phomqnphcd i may leave a train metimes | asting half an hour, He said that ¢uch phenomenon occurred at | one umset had boen photographed by a | Britis army nt in India, us- Murder Trial Following Lynching Opens Today | r ale, Miss., Dec. 30 (Br— the overruling of a de indict- Pollowing |and requesting him to be in court | the meeting of the New England see- ! heth ! street s the guest of TAXI BILL OF $16 1§ BASIS OF LEGAL ACTION Sult Against Former State Senator Cole of Rhode Island Con. tinued Today, Providence, R. I, Dec. Sult agalnst former State Frederick B, Cole of Warren, for a bill of $156 alleged to have been Tun up on o taxi company of this/ city from January 1023 to IPebruary 1 .+ was for the second time de- layed when Mr, Cole failed to ap- pear before Judge Rueckert in the civil division of the sixth A]Ir(l!u(i court today, | When George I, McCanna, coun-| sel for the taxi company, told the court that Mr, Cole had failed to answer a registered letter addressed to the respondent at the state house | 30 P~ Senator tod he was advised to send a sim- Hlar missive (o the former senator home in Warren, and the case way continued to January 6. Last Wed- y when Mr, Cole failed to ap- after being notified that he had pear been defaulted for not appearing in court on November 18, Judge Ruecckert granted Mr. McCanna au- thority to issue a body attachment against the respondent in case he did not appear today. Tl <l com- pany's coungel, however, sald that he would waive that privilege and try Mr. Cole once more through the matils. Former Senator Cole was one of the republican legislators who fled| to Rutland, Mass, immediately after the gas bomb cpisode which termi- nated the democratic filibuster in the scnate a year ago last June, City Items C, Barrows of 338 East Main| streel, who was removed to the New Britain General hospital in a| critical condition Sunday, was re- | ported as much Improved today Open alloy at Rogers all this week. | ~—advt. Misses Ruth and Adeline Ohman of New York ¢ will spend the New Year's recess with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. 1. Ohman of 470 | Stanley streot. Bowl whils the leagues are lay- This week at Rogers.—adst, Gould of the will attend etary Ralph L. Chamber of Commer flrd(mh(’r a publication with a wide | (‘hrhlnt\nn in mercantile refions, | has an article entitled “Managing | the Collegian” by Stanton Ashley of | the Ashley-Babeock Co. of this clty Clearing sale on all Mary Bliza- | Dresses, 87 W, Main, Prof. | Bldg.—Advt Miss Dor! Schroedel of Division her brother Hermann Schroedel of Mt. Vernon, | New York, over the holidays. | ur violin need repairing or | need repairing—leavae it | with o lhave an expert in this | I C. L. Plerce Co.—Advt. the installation of per- | ooden biinds on all the Does your how Bids on manent w windows at the isolation hospital | will be received at the board of | health oftice in eity hall not later than today: Picture framing. Ohrnstedt’s,— avt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bower, who have been spending the holidays | with with Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Prelle of Greenwood street, returned yes- | terday to their home in Scotia, N. Y, ; Bring vour sweetheart to the| Firemen's Ball, State Ar w Year's Swiss advt, | Govt. Will Not Alter Its Attitude| Geneva, Dec. 30 (P—Advices from | Berne, the capital, to the Geneva newspapers say that the Swiss fed- fonge motion to quash the Swis ment, the frial of J. T. Trayham. leral government is disinclined to plantix of connt’s spir, on a charke |change its attitude foward Sovict oF Shurder growing out of the lynch- |Russia, in consequence of the inita- ing of Lindsey Coleman, negro, ob tive of the neva state council, Decombor 19, began today. which fears the soviet refusal to at- an, who was tried for the tend League of Natlon conference of Grover C. Nicholas, plan- fheld in Switzerlind may cause the | Sifonim d by a mob |removal of the lcague to other coun- | o EitoLan: minutes aft- tries. The authorities are described o his geanittal by a jury as ready to accord every police pro- o el have been charged with |tection to delegates of countries lynch- STEAMER NO1 IN DISTRESS London, Dee. 50 (P-—A | to Lolyd's recieved by way Treland, and signed by of the Dutch steamer | that the steamer Cor- ssed this morning an captain Criinssen, & o ¢ secmed wrong with her”lgp, . op the nineteenth bieunial T position given was about 200 |sonvention of the Delta Sigma Phi, | wuthwest of Lands End. international college fraternity, meet- ) e ing here 5 i 2 1C “Th something distinetly MOVIL DIRECTOR STIRICREN | 0 about college fraternitios, Beyerly Hill. Cal, Deee 30 B0 0 G "5 laerlying principles, aims it e OO e 1o and accomplishments” he says. "I ) l" m”“-w the AM A & believer in college fra- s of the illngss has not ,ternities _ | enr it was announced e upon as being pos- Washington, Dec. §0 (AH—The ex- W‘ tent to hich modern farm machin- \ ery co! nues to supplant the horse 17 on American farms as revealed fo- e ALv A ade o by the ) day in figures made p ¥ DEFORE SCHOOL OPENS § ov.on Sivees eowink BRING YOUR CHILDREN 1w mie for an examination of LS Al ir EYIS and proper increased more than five per cent or v from 5.4 291 to b § during the same period \s o 1 Optometrist A e s Minority Argues Against iy defect, and supply g ) S i W Proposed R. R. Merger N Washington, Dec. 30 (# \';vunn‘ may not need against the Nicke! Plate railroad to he sure about it merger, W. H. Anderson, represent- v the child’s ing Chesapeake and Ohio minority stockholders told the interstate com- | Iiring the Children in today. merce commission today that the of O. P. and M J Yan My Specialty— 5 Comfortable Vision ol feta) §o0 Frank E. Goodwin it Specialist Pyesi 7 Main St P'hone 1905 cducation in the opinion of Secretary ‘\lndcm \lachmm Ta!\mg to 16,535,759 fn 19 one wishing to participate in held under league auspices. meetings | Things Greek Letter | Frats Are Desirable| (Chicago, Dec. 30 (A—The Greek letter organization is a prime fac- tor in the development of higher of Labor Davis. He is on the pro- Place of Farm Horses | or_from mules, however, and 1 prov ~1 by Mr. Anderson’s arg | ment; [ment; |they |detalls of | which the farm wa NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1925, R e e ees S ————— AWAITING REPORT ON BUILDING DEPT. Salary Commitlee Outlings Schedule of Hearing | Because the salary committeo of the common council plans to bLas ity action on requests for increases in the bullding department upon the report of a special committee now investigating that department's needs, the bullding commissioners will be tho last called to explain | thelr salary recommendations, While the committeo will not bo bound entirely by what the special committee reports, its findings and suggestions will be carctully consid- ered At a meeting of the counchl com- mittee last night, the following [schedule of hearings was mapped out: Tuesday, January 5, clerk; trars of voter. board of compensation and 8:45, prosccuting attorney 9, assistant prosecnting attorney 15, clerk of city and polico cour Wednesday, Junuary 6, 7:30, health | department; §, public works depart- | mer 8:30 ,charity department; 9, vark departmenc: 9:15, water de- partment; Frid, January 8, 7:30, fire department; $:15, police depart- 9, building department, | This year's hearings on requested | inereases are likely to prove inters esting. Statements made by mem- | bers of tho committee Indicate qn | intention to inquire thoroughly into | the motives prompting commissons | to recommend increases when no un- {usual conditions cxist to justify such | recommendations. It is claimed | there has been a tendency on the part of boards to “pass the buck" by recommending pay hoosts when are not really convineed should be give EXPLAIN PURCHASE OF HANNA FARM IN GRANBY Iriends Of Deceased Sportsman Say one | They Had Interest Tn Property At Hearing On Estate. retarfes in Salem, Mass, Jan. 8 tand 9. | James J. Watson, George R. Dob- | Home cooked lunches at Crowell's. |son, Jorank P, MeDonough, Tugh | —advt, O'Netl, Willlam O'Neil and K| The December issue of The Hab- | rackson, who elaim to be part own- | ers of a farm in Granby held in the | name of William W. Hanna at the | time of his death, were heard yes- | terday afternoon by commissioncrs of the probate court, through their | attorney, Heary P. Roche. | Messrs. Watson, O'Neil and Dob- son were also present and explained the transaction under bought and title Mr. vested in Mr. Hanna's name, Hanna paid $500, Mr. Watson $2 and the others $100 each and it was their plan to interest a number of others in a club proposition for the ownership of the farm and a nine ND\JSTRIM ACCIDENTS | New York Department ot national disgrace” the present eco- “ min loss of £°,000,000,000 from cldents annually, SEEN 10 BE GROW]NG‘ “Suiceessiul ncedent provention,” Mr. De Blois sald, “ls capable of 1ding larger dividends than al. g vise that industrial cutives can undertake." | SANTA GETS IN WRONG Iy Lahor Reports Tnercasing Number of Cases, New York, Dee, 80 (®-—Accidents in industry as a whole are on the in. | 5 Sallles” cronae, Eiholbert Blawart ‘“m””fi"lhlrlhnd Sallies” Tmpersonator sdoner ol Jubor statisties for the de- | Oaught for Speeding to Children's partment of lahor, told delegates at joint meetlng toduy of the| Christmas Party. merican Assoctatiol Ty e TeoTalil{on v.\,.q 1he ]\,v‘)\. .:.-‘.,\ lfi::,‘:‘ Hartford, Dec. 30 (P—Santa Claus tical association, The fron and steel |!n complete regalia barely escaped i there have been no fnercases o ae. |Ariven down Farmington avenue at cldonts, he nssorted 1 40-1nile clip. | o was chased by lie Mr. Stowart said that in coal min-| 110 Was chased by two policemen, ing between 1916 and 1924 thers|Vho found him at the Salvation p Al R ! Army barracks, where ho had been 1s an increase of 20.4 in deaths € per mitlion hours of haman «apos |B¥aited by more than 500 children. | wre, A general specding un of wores | Tire trouble caused n delay and the NS Eh G ot eaiie burst of speed was prompted by a range (hiir |dctermination to be on time. The iid, while another police decided the explanation could ciaploym of new o accepted \dustrics are the only ones fn which | 2TTest liero Jast night after he hud overies fr ety m b measures 0 have heo he COPPERS AID ORPHANS 1 during the n dropped in many reported, Lewls A, Deblois, manager of the | Policemen Send $50 Each to Polish safoty and compensation division of the B. 1. Dupont De Nemours and Asylum and Children's Home as Co., of Wilmington, Del., termed “a Annual Gift, Members of the police department sent their annual contribution to the | Polish Orphanage and the Children's Fifty dollars was ch institution. glv 1 to e | Man, Burned, Stopped as He Was About to Jump | Stamford, Duec. 30 (Pl—Joseph ranowski, was in Stamford hos- al today with burns about the and other injuries. He is a cabinet maker and worked {n the | warehouse of Lyman oyt and Sons. |Garanowski was using varnish re- {mover which caught fire. In trying |to get dway he started through a |window on the second floor of the He had pushed his hand it, breaking the glass but was stopped by others in the plo \.Fire did 4)‘\!{141;;“ WHEAT PRICES DROP Chicago, D h—Wheat prices {here toc rly swing downward ‘lnvlu\. influenced by eign markets to respond well to y |terday's sharp advance in Chicago. | Reports of favorable harvest weath- er in Argentina and Australia tend |ed further to weaken values here. iy % HEAD STUFFED FROM CATARRH OR A COLD3 Says Cream Applied in ostrils oo oo Opens Air Passages Right Up. iesfesesissiesfesieduioedolploduiodoededeideings Tnstant relief — no waiting. Your i | clogged nostrils. open right up air passages of your head and you can breatho fre | mory hawking, snuffling, blowin headache, dryness. No strugglin for breath al night; your cold or room house. An itemized bLill for catarrh disappears. expenses of renovating and refurn- Get a small bottle of Ely's Cre ishing the liouse had been prepar Balm from your druggist noy by Mr. Hanna. It amounts to § ply a little of this frag 500, septic, healing eream in y Mrs. Tannie Roberts who presents | trils. It pencfrates through every a bill of $309 for persoual servicos | N air passage of the liead, soothes at tho farm and other claimants | Tarnum Parker, 13, of Anderson, | the inflamed or swollen mucous whose accounts ruun beyond §$5,000 'Ind., is going to Washington to ad- | n brane and relief comes in- were also heard by Mortimer H. dress congress on aviation in Janu- stantly. Camp and Law o J. Golon, the lary, IFarnum is a son of an aviator It's just fine. Don't s stuffed.- court commissioners. lund a licensed aviator himself. up with a cold or nasty catarr GRS S Free Can of Varnish Stain E J. Gooby & Son merly New Britain Sheet Metal Works 356 South Main Street Phone 573 WwI Wear (T AR New Britain, Conn. o Cmn: and get that free can of SO-E-ZY Varnish Stain we have here for you. Don't put off an- other day that idea you've had about renewing your dining room chairs, the parlor floor. Here's your chance kitchen door, or the to do it—at our expense. You'LL be surprised how easy it istoapply SO-E-ZY. You'll know why it was given that name. And you'll get so much fun and satis- faction out of the first job that there'll be no stopping you until vou're up in the garret bringing b or a forgotten desk, to life an abandoned chair ['ELL us what you want to finish and we'll tell you how to do it. s a starter, cut out the coupon fill it in—bring it to us les you 1o one can of ¥ Varaish 6taio Pree [ Bring This e T ] | | CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF STANDAR g Heating Raofing SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS | Paints f Glass | | | " |been summed up by Mr, Atwater, In fallure of for- Sedeoetesodeoiedesleeodeoofeds dedropooiedeete | |tee headed by Jesse I, work against the bill. It is claimed that the bill, if enacted into law, would put local truckmen out of |business and would work untold |what it feels are PREDICTS MENICE IN TRUCKING LAW Trallic Burean Fighting Measure in0. . Senate Opposition is belng raised by the traffic bureau of Commerce to the senate bill which proposes to pluce under the inter. € commerce commission all inter- state commerce by motor trucks on the public highways, and a commit- Atwater, traf- American Hard- has been appointed to the Chamber of flo manager of the ware Cory, hardship on ture houses, zens Connecticut manufac wholesule grocers and feed farmers and individual citi- he bl has been introduced into the senate by Senator Cummings at the request of Senator Watson and now, as Senate Bill No. 1784, it {s in committee. There w'l be a pub- lic hearing on the bill early next month, and the traffic bureau js striving to awaken New Britaln to dangers of the proposed luw, The objections to the bill have the first place, it divides motor trucks into two classes, those doing long distance work over regular routes between fixed termini and others cngaged In operating motor vehicles for hire and crossing state boundaries, The second class, Mr, Atwater states, 1s dangerous, because the definition includes every truck. man who crosses a border with only one load and affects all contract car. rlers who work for but one house, such as a wholesale grocer, depart. ment sfore or manufacturers. The bill would also force truck- men to file rates with the interstate commerce commission 30 days in ad- vance of the date on which they go into eff A truckman must also obtain a certificate in each state in which he operates; this according to Mr. Atwater, would require consid. . a8 legal advice would ssary in each state and the conditions imposed might be differ. ent. Certificates would also be re. quired of “cruising” buses chartered for a single trip; this would affect parties making short summer trips to shore resorts and other similar places. Additional certificates would be required for each new truck, that a manufacturer with a heavler load than his fleet of trucks could carry would not be permitted to add further trucks for that trip. Nelther 11d ho reduce the number if busi- ness fell off, the bureau charges, “This appears to ba a rafiread proposition,” Mr. Atwater says, “and plainly indlcates that its enaction would stranglo motor truck opera- tion. Much propaganda has sent out by tho railroads, b 80 | Is no actual facts stated. Remarks are current thut rallroads are belng heavily taxed and compelled to help bulld highways for thelr competi~ tors The facts show otherwise, Pur- Ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 26, all raliroads operating within ate pald 1,985,620.78 and street rallways $449,744.46, Of this amount, the Automobile National Chamber of Commerce states that only three per cent s used in build- ing highways. On the other hand, $6,766,034.41 {5 reallzed by the state from motor vehicle taxes, including registrations, licenses, fines and gas- oline taxes." The individual householder would be affected in many ways, it I8 sald. One of the most obvious s in the cage of moving household goods from one state to another, Were the bill to be passed, this could no longer be done by truck, it is claimed, as the trucking business would be disrupt- ed and the householder thrown back on the rajlroad, where crating is re- quired and hauls to and from the atlon are also necessary at an add- 4 expense, The traffic bureau committee is vatching the progress of the bill and is cooperating with other agencies to warn the public of {tsa import and to work against its passage. GAMBLING CASES CONTINUED Stamford, Dec, 30 (A—The cases of 29 arrested in the gambling raids here Monday night were continued until January 6, on recommendation been [of Prosecuting Attorney Max Bpelke with |in eity court today. RSL | ox & (Incorporated) Co. 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