New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 15

INDUSTRY, TOWN OFf BOYS, REMARKABLE 1t Is Unwalled Reform School to Kid Wrongdoers Industry, N. Y. July 28 (B — This Rtle place, on the banks of the Genesee river, in the town of Hlsh, Monroe county, is in itself a kingdom of boys. The world out- side may regard them as “bad boy: but at the State Agricultural and Industrial school here they are known simply as boys~xho “have he wrong slant on life.” Here they are glven good homes | —a novelty to many — some one | to “back them up” and guide them, and definite and unlimited outlets for boyish energy along useful and educational lines. A year of such treatment generally corrects the boy's distorted idea of things and the so-called ‘“bad boy” is remade into the gogd citizen. Making good citizens is the purpose at the only colony-type institution of its kind in this country. The boys are train- ed — not punished — in a way that will correct distorted but thoroughly boylike outlooks on life. They are taught that man must work to live. Correction and edu- cation, not discipline and punish- ment, are the aims of the institu- tion. Boys, which no wother human rgency has been able to correct or improve are sent to Industry. The belief here is that a boy isn't reall ad,” but that he has a personal problem. When the boy, through the normal life of Indust “loosens up,” training is to the “new bo; is entered upon. Ten yeags of daily contact with so- called bad' boys and with boys who have made good finds Superintend- dent Hobart H. Todd and his st believing the world is better than ever, that crime waves are illusions and that the old saying “boys will be vs" is ever true. he boys who are lost,” he lieves, ably a have no backers—no one who c; a tinker’s hurrah beyond the serv- they can render and the mon We expect chil- dren to see things from a mature point of view and we haven't gump- tion enough to realize that a is an embodiment of energy and must find an outla for 'the pent-up forces within him which are con- stantly stirred up,and are crowding each other through the laws of vouth. A boy does queer and un- usual things—because he is a boy. He "lives in his own world, a world filled! wvith illogical ideas and strange notions. “The underlying principles o1 school training should be the crea- tion of good habits of thought and conduct, permanent, wholesome in- terests and the obtaining of knov ledge t makes for better citizen- shir he joy of work, the spirit o industry, the theory that play means sométhing more than having a good time, the.virtue of reliability, inde- pendence and unselfishness, the necessity of truthfulness and the value of integrity are principles that [ should be inculeated at the very start and dwelf upon until the child is ready to be sent out.” [ About 700 boys comprise greater part of the. population Industry, a wall-less “reformatory maintained by the State of New York. They live in thirty-two colonies, twenty of them u rdea, and find in the unwalled institution | abidging places more ltke home than many of them ever had en- i joved before. KILLS SELF WHILE CRAZED Bridgeport Man Chases Out Fami- be- 1y, Rips Off Clothes, Cuts Throat and Jumps Into River. Bridgeport, Conn., Robert J. Ward, 43 an employee of the Gene | tric company, chased his wife and f three children from his home, 16 Beardsley Lane, at 4 o'clock this worning, stripped his body of all clothing, cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor, ran nude from the house along Stratford avenue, vault- ed the iron railing on the Yellow Mill Bridge, clambered down a lad- B der and dropped into the water. His body was recovered this noon. i Bridgeport Team Gets Twirler From Brasscos | Bridgeport, Conn., July 28 (®—In | lan effort to strengthen his pitching staff for a final drive, for the East- | pennant, Manager Buddy ern League [Stapleton of the Bridgeport Bears lannounced this morning that he had secured Jimmy Bishop, righthander, from the Waterbury Brasscos. SECK NEW CHURCH APPEAL hree Denominations in South Hold Joint Conference. Asheville, N. C., Jul » — Walter P. Frasier of Pittsburgh, president of the Christian Layman's ociation, told 100 ministers froln' denominations here the time ; hree had come when ministers must bey the spiritual laws as business men observe business laws and put nto practele the things they are boreaching. The conference has brought {os gether leading ministers of the fBaptist, Methodist and Presby- erian churches to work out a new ! vype of approach for ministers and nterésted laymep of the church ic hose on the oufside. “What church members of toda: ced is not more of what they are ietting ‘but something entirely dif ferent,” said R. C. flican of the Columbld, 8. C.,. Bibk fchool, “an appeal strong enoush fo', the assaults of moders | withstand ponditions.” i COURT ORDERS New York, July 28. (P—Althotigh he has since twice re-wed, John P. Horrigan# a Brooklyn realtor, finust pay his wife $7,092%in back limony. Tt becam= due, the court uled, before she scvered the string ed with' the divorce decree. ALIMONY begun and the path | he ones who | EHERoNES o | Attorney Lawrenee " | represented Cultin. boy | McQuillen | City Items PERSONALS Elmer Seaburg and George Sen- ning of Kensington have returned from a 10 days vacation at Pine Grove, Niantic. Mr. Seaburg is em- ployed -at_the Otis Dental Labora tory and Mr. Senning at New Brit- ain National Bank. Mrs. Charles . Law and family has moved | Will leave Sunday for Chatham, { Cape Cod, to spend the month of | August. Phonix Temple of Honor will hold its regular meeting at Vega hall, Arch street, tonight. Delicious Sandwiches at Crowell’s. —advt. A son was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Saris of High stree A son was born this morning at St. Francis' hospital, Hartford, to Mr. and Mrs. William T. Coholan of 617 Lincoln Road. Dr. D. W. O'Connell | his office to 357 Main street.—advt. Fire companies No. 1 and 3 was called to 33 Myrtle street at 5:51 o'clock yesterday afternoon to ex- tinguish a fire in two barrels of rub bish. Deputy Chief Michael Souney | reported that no damage was done. | Sam Rothfeder of Main street has returned from a vacation spent at Lake Geor Leading r lodge, No. 23, Order | of Shepherds of Bethlehem, will | meet tomorrow evening at lock in Jr. O H. hall. John Furey of Hartford and Miss Grace Smith of 144 High street | have taken out a marriage license. | A license has also been issued to |Leo Sperling of Canton, O. and | M Dorothy Krepshan of 44 | D street. ’ George Nader of 136 We complained today to the polic at |2 pocketbook contalging $5.18 was |stolen from his home last night. Rodney Carlson of 32 Hamilton | |street reported to the police that |while he was driving south on Rocky | Hill avenue William Mayer of 26 | |Day street and Adam Neverdasky, {16 years old, of Day street, eran in 3 " [the path of his auto. Mayer re-| Grouping ;(‘(‘iw‘d a cut on the back of his head. i Charles Delance, 10 years old of | 123 Market street, was bitten in the | IFour {leg by dog today. The injuries are |not se us. Jerkowitz of Camp stree Walsh, Ru ret Woods Frank Woods will spend the | next two weeks at Point 0'Woods. | = Mr. and Norman Begley of Jubilee street and Mr. and Mrs. Austin of Bristol have re- ed from a visit to Mr. and Mr rence Austin of Virdinnes, Ver- | 0" Mrs. TENNIS SEMLFINALS Your Seceded Players Reach in the Manchester, Mass,, Tourney. Jul P— ame into the Country invitation s the this Mass., yer: Manchester, seded pl 1s of the Essex second annual | The following have had their op- ment women's singles |erators license suspended by the result of the fourth round play | Motor Vehicle department, the po-| morning. lice department was notified thi Mrs. A. ernoon: Alex Mendzincki 13 field, disy Farmingtos avenue and T | Partyka of 182 Broad streets John|dcfeating 1o t | Bendza of 97 Hartford avenue has| Le | been reinstated, the departmgnt an- {nounced. | The cass of F ter foad charged with reckless |ing in West Haven caurt last | was nollgd on the payment of cost 1 Yolon of this city | the semi-fin club H. Chapin, Jr., of Spring- her courts this year Blake o ved Frank | work © of Miss Sigourne took a ad in the se ank Cultin of Hun- | her match with Miss Eliz riv- Monica, Calif night three times in two yes fore was forced to relinquish nd maich under the driving Miss Ryan. Chapin t tomorrow morn- of Nahant, cond s ibeth Ry of Santa s she <ol forc Mrs. ir | The condition of Tsrael Rose, 9 me | year old boy of Willow | who was burned face | arms when he playing Miss | matehes yesterday reported Monic: Iimproved. He spent a fairly restful eny, Nahant, night,“it was reported at the hos-{ Mrs. A, H. Chapin, Jr., pital where he is confined. field, defeated Miss Marga | Miss Elva McKirdy hag been en- |of Lenox, 6-4, 6-4. street and with sout the ves The summary, fourth round zabeth ated M 6-0, was is de Spring- ret Blake New York, Cob as substitute clerk¥ in the| Miss Eleanor Gos | building department will take | feated J.L. B |the place of Mrs. Agnes Schrey 6-4, 6 | during her vacation which beg Mrs Saturday. Miss McKirdy has al- ated | ready begun her dutic | Dedham, gaged Mrs. 9 and mer, Boston, Morrill, Dallas Miss 6-0, 6 MEN Salafia a CO. 1 Ivator hillo, |To Fight Extradition y RECOMHE, By New York Officials |1, Taken into ¢ ody this s Detective Sergeant William P. hospi. Mc on charges of ab: any returned to New Britain and desertion of his wife ir 1T y after a two wecks encamp- |keepsie, N. Y., Douglas A. di i from th who had been living in this city with pital today and reported to ( his ents for several months, in Willia W. T. Squire of their |fight extradition he declared. alafia suffered a Strain arrest was made on a warrant hillo was. treated for ap: sued by the supreme court fined to t when me ternoon o were con W v don were This most brilliant | Miss Ryan and | Richard | al militia | BEAUTY FRAUD IS Woman Who Complains conviction beauty shap for substituting jnon-toxic hair coloring, frauds court, Miss Ruth cial mended vesterday Weber, “It is high time we got these white collar bandits,” “The New York @ public are helping the commercia | frauds court to unearth these fraud ulent practices. Many have "!\llvil\hm!, but the malicious system is growing. Not only do these com mercial crooks trade on ition built by national advertiser |which is a crime, but they frequent ly endanger public health.” DIES AFTER TWO YEARS he said | | | Kilan Herzog, of 65 Street Expires in Hartford In- stitution—Funeral Tomorrow an’ Herzoz of 65 Jubilee street died at St. Francis ord, this mornir ss of two yed 3 A that tin he was the m of and was taken to St. Francis ital w he had been con fined since that time. He was on | ot the oldest’ German idents ! this city and wi charter mi | of St. Peter’s church. Surviving him a Herman, Joseph ter, Ms. | of this city. sister in Los 75 years old, hospital, Ha | after an i vic shock o th Sons, d John, and lra Williams, also 1 , Cal.,, and two al He Angele sisters in Germany. Funeral ices will be church tomorrow at 9 o'clock. Burial will be i Mary’s cemetery held (Catholics in Chili Are “Juventud Catolica, n of young Catholi national and 1 movement of protest a treatment of Catholies in Mexico The promoters of the movemen will and alions | sim zan {in various Latin-American co secking their coope an organi , i tr anize issue have sent commun young Catholic o ntries, STANDARD OIL WINS MOVT W ton, July 28 (A — The interior department was today by the supreme court | title of the of California the Elk Hills from attacking the andard Oil company to certain lands al resefrv | Pougbkeepsie. Sergeant McCue notified the York authorities that had restedy Pregent and that the latt |was preparing to fight . extraditio; Pregent will be in court tomorrow ' morning to answep the charges. MAIN ST. STORE and Bwa Tertes of wsed a store at 321 Main et to Jay Auger and lor Wiemer both of this city. The ofice of Hungerford & Saxe repre nted both parties. The is r five years at the rate of $3,600 vearly, LEASE Hyman Tertes is city have le he ROEBLING JR. READS FIRM. [ | Vice President of Trenton Concern | Succeeds Dead Chief, Trenton, July 28—JFerdinand W Roebling, Jr., of this city has been |named to succeed Col. Washin A. Roebling, who died last week, president of the John A. Roebling Sons company. Mr. Roebling has been vies | pre ident and for e | He is succeeded in those positions William A. Anderson, who has ¢ held a responsible post in the o n WINTHROP ST. REAT Attorney Alfred LeWi iff' Martin Horwitz have yrope on Winthrop 2 n Ersofizof, The pr id to be $16,000. Y DEAL and Sher- transferred street to purchas JOHNSON LEAVES STATE POST Robert C. Johnson, who has been i it superintendent at the state capitol for the past two years, has resigned. c| | first | | Jilted Nine Nobles; Gets Divorce OXTEVEVE. @\axine Stressenreutér ofght. Louls fiited nine Buropean noblemen who courted her and mal d Gene ( don Culvey 20-vear-old son of President Edwin R. @iver of the Culver Milltary academy; but now sho has been given a divorce after two years of married life. She says Culver made her carry home the groceries afoot while he 1 | pital last | from {of erine; | char used their auto to take other girls driving. » BEFORE JULY 21— P |in St J S | Deaths Joseph Passerini Joseph ,Passerini, infant son-of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Passerini, died at ew Britain General hos- night. The funeral was afternoon at 3 o'clock funcral parlors of Laraia 0 on Spring street. Burial in St. Mary this the hela & § was s cemetery, Anido St. Pietro Anido, infant son of Mr. John vesterday hospital and Mrs, Pietro of Kensington, died at New Britain General The funeral was held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from Laraia & Sagarino’s undertaking parlors on Spring street, Burial Mary's cemeter:; Gabriel Rusinowski abriel Rusinowski, 51 years old, Allen street died at about 2 o'clo this afternoon at his hom following a short fllness. He wi native of Russia and had been a resident of this city for the past 13 Surviving him are his wite, C two daughters, Margaret Fannie; and two sons, Philip John. ‘Funeral arrangements, > of Stanley Borawski, are complete, ath- 1d in Funerals William Harrison Bean. Funeral servicas for William Har- rison Bean, who died his daughter, Mrs. J. Sherman Cour ville, Vt., tomorrow afternoon. Bur will be in that town. H. White of 1l Adolph Wolf I'uneral services for Adolph Wolr, | of 195 Oak reet who dropped dead from heart disease yesterday morn- ing, will be held tomorrow afternoon o'clock at Erwin chapel. Rev. W. Gaudian, pastor of St. German Lutheran church will ate, Interment will be in Fair- cemete Martin John offic View Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 1625-2. Opposite St. Mary’s Church. Residence 17 Summer St.—1625-3. BOLLERER’S .POSY SHOP TO FRIENSS WHQ saiL YOU OAN SAY “BON VOYAGE” WITH FLOWERS BY WIRE 88 W. MAIN NT., PROB. BLDG. L. 886. “The Telegraph Florist of New Britala.” T0LD T0 COURT New York Judge Commends New York, July 28—Following the of the proprietors of a their own product for a highly advertised Judge |George W. Simpson, of the commer- | com- | ! for his | Dr. A. Feitleberg and S. P. Collins | public spirit in bringing the substi- New York city were recent guests | tution to the attention of the court. after ewspapers and the been the repu- AS HOSPITAL PATIENT Jubilee ; a|of 1925, mber a at | pg morn- | Planning to Protest Santfago, Chile, July 28 (®—The ing to interna- | ainst | Corpor: a manifesto tomorrow |June 30 to $12 to ations | enjoined District of Tolumbia in 1s a| and | t the home of | | will be held in Dan- Wall Street Briefs Jonés and Laughlin Steel Corpora- tion declared a quarterly dividend of 11-4 per cent of the common stock, placing the shares on a 6 per cent annual dividend basis which previ- ously had been 4 per cent. Earnings on the common stock for the first half of 1926 were at the rate of $9.51 a share. Sales of Atlas Power Co. for the half year were $10,030,208 net in- come after all charges and preferred dividends, as $1,113,907 equal to $6.46 a share on the common, against $6.08 a share in the first half of 192 the Pittsburgh and |West Virginia for the half ye - |after charges, increased to $1,080,43 |from $377,753 a year ago. Surpluy of 1 Associated Gas and Electric Co. {had record gross earnings of ' 602,802 for the 12 months ended May - 131, an increase of $18,076,543 over |the preceding year, the figures being |earnings of various properties since dates of acquisition. Surplus after Il charges and preferred dividends was $2,048,783 available for class A fority stock, against $877,026 the Tilinols Steel sub [S. Steel, has orders for 1,700 tons lof rails from the Wabash and 2,400 tons from the Cincinnati, Indiana nd Western. Baldwin Locomotive Works has an order for two Mikado locomotives from the Alaska rail- I road. sidfary of U. | The first half of 1926 was more vorable for the Louisville and t|Nashville than corresponding period net operating income mov- ing up to $13,097,007 from $11,154,- -|601. The half year's gross revenues 3 > 414,21 nst $67,375,849 f|a year ago. June net oper: in- | come was § against 41, 33 in June, while gross in- 5 3 857 from $11,470,- 1 e e Competition for control of the 0 |Gierman oxygen market has redueed prices 50 per cent a wireless dis- ch from Berlin to the Oil, Paint nd Drug Reporter. ) e Monopolization of the market by |the Greisheim Elektron-Lindergroup is being opposed by the so-called In- lependent Oxygen Works. The price has been forced down to 0.40 Reich- mark, a figure said to be below the | manufacturer's actual cost. June surplus of the Public Service tion of New Jersey rose to from $726,914 in June and for the year ended $1,09 tlast year ) the 088 vear before. The year's ined more than $10,000,000, .{to $100,983,85 Net income of for the half 16 from $4,804,105 in ghe first half of 1925, equal to $1.4384 share on the common after preferred divi- | lends, against $1.28 a share a year 180, | SCHOOL ON FILLED GROUND Ex ing walls the Smith school | brought out two layers of grass a | points below the present level, in | dicating a filled foundation and the |absence of solid setting. John Downes, building super- ndent for the school department, is in aharge of operations which so | far have been confined to the east end where the most dangerous con- | gitions were found. | | BOYS ASSAULT LITTLE RL After an investigation by Officer Thomas Feeney extending over a period of several days, it was Ie ed that a three and a half year girl wasy criminally assaulted by two boys about seven years of ag Dr. David WaSkowitz attended the girl, | pruMBERS 2E NOTICE umbifg contractors will be | notified by mail today of the enact- ,ment of an ordinance whereby a | fee of $3 is exacted for each | plumbing permit ssued. The | building commission is considering change in the system to 1 to agree with the amount of work done, [ LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) fee beg scal | | | Tnsurance Aetna Casualty ...... Aetna Aetna Part Pald Actna Life Ins. Co . Aetna Full Paid Tire Automobile Ins | Hartford Fire .. National Fire | Phoenix Fire velers In: Conn. G Am Hardware Am. Hosiery ........ Beaton & Cadwell. . blich M4 CE | ot aom Billings & Spencer com | Billings & Spencer pfd Bristol Brass ........ | Col Arm | Bagle Lock "afnir Bearing Co | Hart & Cooley .. | Landers, ¥ . {N B Machine ....,.... |N B Machine pfd ... | Niles--Be-Pond com | North & Judd .. | Peck, Stowe | Russell Mfg Co Svovill Mfg Co .. tandard Screw | Stanley Works .. Stanley Works pfd Torrington Co com Union Mfg oC ........ 25 Public Ttilitles Stocks. Conn Elec Service+..... 66 Conn Lt & Pow pfd ....109 Hfd Elec Light ... 83 66 Southern N E Tel .. Southern N E*Tel rts . . TR URY Treasury balance . . New York— Exchanges, 730,000, 000; balances $3,000,000; cfedit, 70,000,000, Boston balances, Exchanges, 84,000,000; 37 A 1,677 from $7,987,- | Kresge Com- | vear rose to $5,- | avations to underpin the sink- | BROAD BUYING 1S MARKETS FEATURE General Motors and U. S. Steel Lead Movement New York, July 28 UP—One of | the broadest buying movement in re- | cent weeks," Inspired ually favorable the General States Steel by the unus- | quarterly reports of Motors and United corporations, carried over a sccre issues to new high levels for the vear, or lower, In today's stock market. The volume of bus- | iness was only moderately heavy, but commission house advices indicated | adual increase in public partici- ation, | General Motors cof sational advance by climbing over 4 |points to a new high record for all | time around $176 & share. The lat- est advance in this stock was ac- companied by unconfirmed rumors |that the name of the corporation is | to be changed to the General Man- ufacturing corporation which will be organized with only one ' class of | stock for which all four classes of | present General Motors will be ex- | |changeable. The reason given for | this reported change is that the | present name does not adequate characterize the widespread activi |ties of the corporation, which in |clude, in addition to the manufac- | |ture of cars and accessori manufacture and sale of electric re- |frigerators, lighting apparatus and {various finance and real estate coms | panies. Steel shares recelved added stim- |ulus from the publication of the ekly steel trade reviews, the |Age reporting the fact that |final week of the month was ma |ed by an upturn in operations, was {a fresh surprise. Fears that the ) |failure of the United States Stecl corporation directors to make a spe- | |clal dividend distribution at this |time would cause heavy liquidation of the stock were unfounded, as it rallied at last 2 points above last | night's close after an early interval | of heaviness. Sugars and oils also made a quick | [response to reports of improve |trade conditions while rails gath ed strength on the nouncement that freight car loadings for |week ended July 17 broke all records | for the year. | Wall Street Opening. { Responding to a series of usnally favorable ear s reports by railroads and industrial corporations stock prices again headed upward he opening of today's market. Bu ing orders were liberally distributed | tor many lihg issues, including eral Motors, Allied Chemical | Southern Pacific and Baltimore { Onio. Active bidding for industr cialties featured the noon dealings 1926, peak prices were recor Butterick Publishing, | Threshing, Consolidated Gas 5 |able Office Building preferred, Loews ater, Texas Gulf Sulphur ston Electric instrument, the e treme gains running from 1 to {points. 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