New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1926, Page 17

. pollcies. EW BRITAIN D \II\ HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926. WATER WORKS HEADS HAVE MEET State Department of Health: Calls Gathering Hartford, Dec. 14— For the first time since 1924, the heads of water companies throughout the state met at a special water works conference called by the Connecticut ate depariment of health at the| Hotel Bond here today. The purpose | of the meeting was 10 discuss way and means of putting into effect the new cross conncction regulations | which have been adopted by the | state departmient of health for sep- | arating polluted water from the! publc water suppli These new regulations apply esp ly to fac- torics and such orsanizations hav- ing their own water supplies and | which would possibly poliute the public supplies, through pumping or | other ways, should their own sup- plies become impure. The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m. by Warren J. Scott, di- rector of the bureau of sanitary en- gineering of the state department of health. | The morning was devoted to a dis- | cussion of the regulations and tests of the cross connections in various ems. Among those addressing the meet- ing were William Kennedy, superin- tendent of the Waterbury Water de- partment, G. E. Lourie, superinten- dent of the Bristol Water depart- ment: B. E. Minor, manager of the New Haven Wafer company. More than fifty water works sup- erintendents were present. Follow- ing uncheon at 1 o'clock, James S. Caldwell, chief engineer of the New England Insurance exchange, Bos- ton described fire insurance re- quirements for water supply; Wil- liam E. Mackenzie, superintendent | of the Wallingford Water depart- ment spoke on Connecticut’s newest fitration plant just completed in his department, and F. Lee Mickle, | water superinténdent of the state department of health and Mr. Minor of New Haven, discussed watershed The meeting adjourned at 13 CANDIDATES FLUNK PLUMBERS’ EXAMINATION Not One Succeeds in Passing T For Licenses Conducted By City. | Out of 15 candidates for plumbers | licenses not a single candidate at- tained a passing grade, the: official | report filed today by the examining | committee states. Three, candidafes for electricians licenses came hM‘nn | the committee last week and “‘flunk- | Judge Peters Against < Jury on Volstead Act, Portland,” Me., Dec. 14 (P—Rec- ommendation that the Volstcad act| be repealed, made by a district court grand fury in New York city a few days ago, was ill-advised. the opinion of Judge John A. Peters expressed today in addressing the| rand Jury in the United States dis- | trict court. | B “As individuals, members of that grand jury, or any other jury have| a right to thelr personal opinions concerning laws and legisiation,” he | said, “but as part of a court such| an expression from any such official | hody impresses me as being apart| from their duties.” Judge Peters intimated that hody recommending the repeal of | sthe Volstead act be prepared to suggest some other fo take its place. {‘ any Five Youngsters Admit That They Are Burglans‘ Bridgeport,»Conn., Dec. 14 (A— ! Five boys, ranging in age from 11 | to 14 years, today confe d to the | police, thus clearing up a dozen bur- | glaries and one case in which & nocketbook was snatched from a school teacher on West avenue re- | mml; The boys confessed to the ies of crimes after two of thelr | number had bees® picked up by a | patrolman as {hey were walking | home with a burlap bag mmmmgi loat from James Leon's store, taken Sunday The amount of the small in ch case, 1 {0 Get Money thefts was | Fréday | semi-annual dividend of and the Northern Securities T$6 a share, in Hlets fired by two men claiming to 1 | attorney | was given outright und lother death c | the ( HAMPTON'S RED SHIRTS | ARE REMEMBERED TODAY | Fall and Companion Were to Have Been Arraigned Friday. Washington, Dec. 14 (P—Harry . Sinclair, through counsel, asked | the District of Columbia Supreme court todayyto quash the indictment charging him and Albert B. Fali, former secretar of the f{nterior, with conspiracy in the leasing to | Sinclair of ‘th oil reserve. Fall and Sinclair been arraigned on Te were to have the indictment but now the motion to quash must first be disposed of. " Argu- ments on this motion will be heard on Friday and the timo required for a decision will govern future pro- cedure in the case. Sinclair's motion said he had been singled out for unusual prosecu- tion, inasmuch as special counsel had been named by the government with wide powers to handle the case. stch a course, he said, denied him his constitutional rights to receive cqual justice with other citizens. TWO IN BANKRUPTCY - Petitions Filel Azainst Albert Enoch | Main St. Jeweler, and L. Kauf- man, Arch Street Grocer. A petition in ruptey was filed today in the United States district court against Albert Main street jeweler, by Nair Nair of this city and A. S. Af- breeht of Harlford, attorneys for the creditors. Judge Constable Fred Winkie, Mr. Hers field and Miss Connors appraisers . of the bankrupt estate, while Attor- ney Monroe Gordon was appointed receiver. A sccond petition in involuntary bankruptey was filed against L.| Kaufman, Arch street grocer. The same law firms as in the first case, represent the creditors, and Attor: ney Gordon was appointed receiver in this case, also. Judge Thomas ap. pointed Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwltz, D. Finn and A. appraisers.” Extra Dividends Are Reported by (‘ompameq New York, Dec. 14—P—F dividends were authorized today h\ several companies in addition to! their regular pay al Licorice Co. declared an extra of | 1-2 per cent along with its usual the same | amount, Co. added 2 per cent to its regular semi-annual disbursement of 4 per cent. The Virginian r#ilway, which last year declared an annual dividend of | increased its payment this year to $7. Stock of the newly consolldate American Exchange Irving Trust Co. placed on a 14 per cent annual basis with the declaration of a $3.50 quarterly dividend. Young Gul ,Wounded by Fire From Dry Agents Norfolk, Va., Pec. 14— —Bul- prohihition agents la night geri ously wounded Dorothy Carrington, | 16-year old daughter of the Rev. W. 3. Carrington and hit at least four | automobiles passing along the | orthampton county highw: Several other vehicles were fired upon and ¢ of their occupants declared today they had been shof at without warning. T. H. Noitingham, commonwralth will dire an in\csr.gution. — | !Four Are to Receive Big Sums From Estate Worcester, Mass., Dec. 14.~4f)— | | The four residuary legatees under the will of David Hale Fanning, who | died January 20, will each receive between $100,000 and $150,000, They | are the Worcester Polytechnic insti- | tute, Hahnemann hospital, Conecti- | cut college for women and Talladega | college, Alabama. This sum is in | addition to the $25.000 which each ! the will. | Fanning founded the Royal Corset company and buiit of $2,700,000. i 1 ti Mr. Wo up a fortune Fmd Body of Vlan Frozen in Snowdrift Lowell, Mas: Dec. 14 (P—An- | used by the storm of | December 5 was discovered when | frozen body of James Furey was Salvaging of Shl [found today. Boston, Dec. 14 of the Boston Fi Marshall, Captain ‘F ~(P— The crew nanuel Roder- look for a tidy bit of Christmas | by. money as the result of their salvage |Snow today a s |part of the hody. of the British Schooner Nettie C. The Nettie, a three-master, hound from New York to St. N. R, with coal. The same storm which w other craft stripped her of sa opened seams. The erew, after a week of pumplag, wera glad to be | taken off by the MarsRall. They were landed here today. The Nettio was towed into Glogcester with a prize crew of three from the Mar- shall aboard. Gets Life in Prison for Sheoting Border Guard ! Montpelier, V' Dee. 14.—(P)— sifas P. Lapan, convicted la ok of murder in the second degree in ecausing the death of Ivan Burham at Calais, on July 4, today was sen tenced to life fmprisonment. He will be held here, however, until January 10, when his brother, TFerd I will be tried on the ime ¢! Tiaeh brother has accused the other of the murder nd before wn tenead todoy Silag aga ‘I never fouched him." Man, Tdentified as Dead, Reallv Is Alive and Well| wsonville. Tla., Dec. 14 (P—C York and Jackson- builder, at their home A body washed ashore at Miami Beach was or-| identified as that of Waite. ho cd APeddl his wile herman Louls B.|at the side of a Lowell policeman, after he left States is ticians merely dispute the s troasury surplus the Amepican {honor {he United Stat House of Commons, |mested that the United States | Bri pay the probl prot c Americ | Britain. g | Mor is alive and box night, An apparently seriovs injury to 'hhw | spinal resvited in the | READ HERALD T \-vxnrn ADS | g™ paralysis of his lower limbs, iin buried in a drift | Auburn street un- cnown for nine days to the passer: When a o (o E e 11 boy discovered a l‘ who was the father of | was never scen to go fo] Apparently The body had o Mr. Furey, his home h on December e fell on the way to chureh and the swirling snow [ body. :Plcimeq U. S quickly covered lLis . as Happy Land of Much Money London, Dec. 14 (A—The United a happy land where poli- e of the and what's to br it, Sir Alfred Mond told Chamber of Com- today at o luncheon in his on his return from a trip to | ione with merce nher of the | jokingly sug- Sfr Alfred who s o tr hand over its surplus to Great in for the purpose of help! British debt to America. He this would solve the surplus | for Yrres und moreover would mak ns immensely popular in i ongre | BOXER IN HOSPITAL Danbury, Conn.. Dec. 14 (A — ymour of Carmel, N. Y. injured in an amateu ty last Friday 1a €l tn the hospital here. | 0 cord has 2 Pot Dome naval | involuntary bank- | Thomas appointea | Holloway, | | In other t ! propriatio | from his pocke driver to stop. I ! ficking | Chiet Boa lent Coolidge and | T | prosecution CRIPPLES TAUGHT T0 BECOME USEFUL Miss Leigh Describes Work at o Home in Newington “New Britain has children who are-in danger of grow- ing up handicapped, physically, un- an interest and | helps give them a chanee,” was the | | statement made to the members of | the New Dritain Lions club today by | \ms Constance ILeigh, superintend-| it of the Newington Home for| uxrpm Children. | told of the home and fts and of the reconstruction | being done among children deformed arms, legs and backs. ‘hey are groups of little people for | whom the whole world is going to | be changed,’ 'she said. Miss Leigh told of boys and girls ho have reached the age of 14 and 15 years who never walked a step | until they wepe sent to the home, | for treatment and education. She |told of children whose parents re- fused to send them to the home un- til it was too late to benefit them. | She described low youngste |their legs and backs braced, w: ng on crutches or being pus round in wheel chairs, are bei treated and trained so that jare able to get around and he hemselves, how crippled childr {can follow Scouting programs, do school and farm work. | sting and ndulge in almost all| fthe pleasures of those who {sically normal. Some of the graduates of lome are working in garages offices, are doing ho Itaking care of children an ling themselves useful in {ways in the city, she added. A discussion on a eredit rating bureaun and its methods was given by Arthur C. Morrow of Hartford. | | Mr. Morrow told of the problems {and activities of tife Hartford bu- reau’ It was voted mas party next David L. Nair will Committees on the Lions' frolic to be held early in January e | {their reports. : FMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS iless some one takes the and keeping, many to have a Christ- Tuesday. Attorney | he Santa Claus. | ments. The Nation- | State Agencics Had 4.230 Searchers operage company [to the Royal th | For Jobs in Month of November | —Applications for Help Fewer. | 14 (P—During the | month of November the five stat | employment agencies of Connecti-| 4,230 applications for em-| With 1,196 applications had the most and Water-! 941 had the second larg- Dridgeport with §14 and New Haven cam with §18 and Norwich fifth 31. There we 106 pl ions for help and situtions were red for 2 3. | Hartford led the other agenelgs in | the state in the number of persor for whom situations were securcd, ‘ the number in this city being §36. 3 the agencies sceured for applicants as fol- Hartford, Dec. g | cut haa ployment, | Hartford ! bury with nu was thir fourth ~mployment low Now Waterbur Haven 503, 768, Br and Nor Bingham Is Confirmed On Senate Committees B. MANNIX Washington, D. C., Dec. 14—The | senate today confirmed the election | of enator Hiram Bingham of Con- | ccticut to membership on the com- tee on appropriations and the committee on printing to succeed Senatdr William McKinley of Ilinois | who died last w Senator Binz- ham was nominated for the desir- | able committee placed last Saturday | by the senate committee on com- | mittees. In order to gain the plac on appropriations commitice Sena- tor Bingham was compelled to relin- quish his seat on the commerc committee, He now Lolds mem- bership also on the military affal education and laboff and the terri- tories committec, > 1 tion of the bud for ever: department of government are passed by appropriations commit- one of the most vm the the senatr tee, making it fluential in e Seek Tall Hi,(:h\\‘ayrman After New Haven Holdup | New Haven, Dec. 14 (Pi—A lone giant holdup man, who robbed four | men of more than $300 as they drove along in an automobile near the Yale boathouso in Forbes avenue carly today, Is being sought by the police as the perpet of several Dold robberies.in the past. Frank Fucel reported to the polics thzt he and three companions were stopped by the man who stood in the middle of the v s h rms. The man asked if he could ride or the running board he had not gono moge than 100 feet, Fucel said when the gran pulled a revolver and ordered the Then, Fucei said, the robber, who was more than six feet tall, ordered him to empty his companions’ pocketg #and hand over the moncy The robber then disappeared. i HearinqflRum' Charges | Against Coast Guard Men 14 P—The charges of scandalous conduct and traf- with vum runners against wain's mate Francis I. | | MelIntyre taken under advis ment this noon by the coast guard | court martial which heard them ore was go indication whether a fon wonld be reached {oday or | this | Boston, Dec. wer dec tomorrow. In their closing arguments | morning the defense termed the evi- | | dence against the former com- mandar of the patrol beat 1 com- tradictory and confusing while the declared that the Bos- ton area was the most Yicult in the country “to clean unst FOR YOUR WANTS {been 1an both of W barrels, |were hidden ey on | I‘. City [tems Leuie S. Jones has transferr property on Ten Acre Road to Ma garet B. Hall. Mrs. Tda Swarsky has been ap- pointed adminstratrix of the estate of the late Isaac Swarsky and Mar. n H. Horwitz and Leon Katz have ppointed appraisers by Jud Gaffney of the probate court. Fred Bacon. juggler and baton will give a demonstratio: . C."A. Friday evening, session. > A. A. Mills will be guests of Mr. Mills Christmas party at the Burritt hotel tomorrow evening at 6;30 o'clock. Miss Sally Croll of 38 Sheffichd street cntertained three bles of bridge for Miss Anna Goldberz, ement to Maurice Tep- York was announced. ere won by the Misses Anna Anna Goldberg and A B. F whose pe Pri Kenn Rubin Ther: Rotary ¢ cral nos WERRY CHRISTHAS NOT QUITE KS MERRY Thirty-Seven Barrels of Ale Scized meeting of the w Britain Gen- be no the will in New Haven Station By . Federal Men —Thi i ale were federal prohibition agents. Chief Jno Morse, at the railroad n last night when they re being unloaded from a freight John Conroy and Harry Phe- st Haven. nd se in the | came ew Haven, De ¥- ed by headed by car by was th similar nature ‘he consignm er billed as a load of 200 empty but beneath the empties barrels of ale. I'ed- eral agents, cooperating with rail- road police, it is said, have been watching for the shipment for some time “onroy Tt nt were placed Conroy, the off tted he owned the st under bhons 1 States Com- and Phelan nd 22,500 was pl by Uni Robert H. Alcorn. the driver of a truck w er honds of $1,000. men will appear for hearl co n cember 17 and 18 respectiveiy. "ha shipment was made from Mill Quobee, by the Dominfon Co- and was consigned of Canada with otation notify Cheshan Co- operaga company,” West Haven The latter was said to be a ficti- tious nam of fo! helan, "\m"l und pl ] nJ I nk Toeuney'’s Case Formally ronned 2 v Y that Gengs Dee. 14 (M —Convineed dir against Tunney. the hoxing law he- od on the stage of in- with violation of they app w York theat tuted fn good faith silberman ‘discharged nts today:. Both Tunney N Magistr: all the de- and Joseph Fr eater where hoxer has been giving ex part of a vaudeville progr rounced that they would hri grounds of <t Anton Jehnson Anton Johnson, ident of this city for many °d at his home on Hunter road this morning at" 9 o'clock. He L prominent member of the ptist church Surviving him are two sons ander Johnson of this city L. Johnson of Middletown. services will be held T ~rnoon at 2:30 o'clock a i<y Elim Bay Peterson, terment wiil years old Elim Alex- 1 Carl Funeral Axel In- t chur stor, will officiat be in Fairview ceme- Ch Funeral services Ellis of 71 Fairviey held this afternoon B. C. Porter Sons parlors at 19 Court st Geol w. Hil, South Cong tional 1. Inferment was cemetery, or sty at 2:3 at under Rev, e Dr. stor the urch n 1 lirview John Dunworth services for John Tuners Dun mn cele- Donohue a MeCran ph J.«Keane, of Rev, Rev. and ub-deacon. At the conclusio; Miss Laura P. Farre My God-to The were William - Fray Daniel \Donnelly, John Crai and John E. Father Bonohue and 1 Crann officiatéd at enmmittal Burial was in tery. Josezh A, Haffe Hafiey UNDERTAWER Plone 46252 Opposite 8t. Mhes’s Chureh. Residence 13 Summer 8t.—1625-3. 'BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP Finest roping wreaths, ete. of greens for Christmas decorations. requiem John T Walter Rev. Jose was brated by of the 4 mass arer v, Alfred Dixon, kil Me sorv ic ceme Fiver- Order . Main St. Prof. Bldg. Tel. 880 The Telegraph Florist of New Britnin.” (Wl sieet it | NEWHIGH HARK1S Ope | United | the middle {land Steel, ons of States Steel W west are about §5 per cent. s in the United States of and machinery by the |of New York for the All- yndicate o Moscow in its three | totalled $130,- of which all except $300,- of ctile Syndi operations, was for cotton. ¢h portion 000 shares of New coni a s for has or livide Tron Co., BARTLET LEAYES HOSPITAL AFTER LOSING GOMPAN N/ Duck Hunters Overturn in Boat in ction sylvania raflroad is plac- 000 tons of tracky e Norfolk & Western 000 stecl hopper cars een Virginia 7 ng preferred stock, to the public at ccrued dividend by Pyn- |da o $6 wit D! 10 f a h er ew Jerse te, issue of Power | cumulative prefer i that might not be required its offer of ex: subscription to stock- cent cumulative is be $94 a subsidiaries of the corporation reported around 80 per cent of capacity. a leading independent is | a In Inc Bridge & 1d Ralston Steel Car Co. New Haven Harbor—Loud is 5 in ¢ drowning Bartlett Haven h fr T t from t a4 the du tnrn t weight th 1w 1 Niss tuck fa cd shor 1c shore when Lo from one sic % Drowned. rtur w Dee e vhen ned in the companion, ischarged from N sai om n t ot ot a 1S o uld the wate that His body he aid L for the wa hours after 1k accident which re- Norman “We had shot ob- | to death d: to we here ur W d arn him we were oud sho »spital this morning. rious condition when ¢ had clung | boat for an hour of ore. use a were We started of the imun T 14 the W, We boat had shot and oar- no bout medi: N e the despit of 7. a Bart- | could not to ‘re- 1 shifted his boat to ring. 1\.1» boots hy Conrt Tedav Fined l'or Reci-,less Driving a Peculiar Defense bile despite wvation Cor ! reed with another car. on coming to a ditch in the I he st uck opposit wmin lino, of stion around For a4 it. 1S sur [ v n., Dec. 14 (P— a Stamford police of- in court ing car an direction Gallo Port, before he, 1 Daly. for for Ch ester, foun owed up or stopped o Jose N. 1 tha automo- » that a street him into collision He claimed that iway ed to driving around it and coming from s at today Daly the excav f triec car 1 to Tc ixty \ear Oid Couple Die of Gas Poisoning P—Wil- ~old Loweil, and wer liam couple, cide today. hey were last seen late yes A strong odor of gas was detected fn the tenement block this morning and ¥ down a door Mass., ary Flanner, Dec. found « n the police broke burners on a smail o ¢ were f examiner 14 60 a oth ully -y from 2l gas poisoning in their home Mr. 1o 1 CIVIL SUITS RECORDED Action for irought John S David 1., brought bile acc 2200 Dunn as the ident hort time a is returnable th Monday Zmil thron A result of in the city of John Recor Lpers. Suit for £100 J. Benjamir Alfred L court i, city nary. papers t; ASSI( Arthur ale wi i all st owned by . to er tion Nair ocenrre INJURED I William 1 Main of the morni Ie is g at WL el him ats Williams of fit of all his creditors. a & Nair. Witt, writ he Constable is lin has the tc in thr b 1 returnable first Monday Recor wn s Lias J 1gh he an a D serv gh tev sor clerk a grocer nley stree ough McDonald T cmployed Sprinkler Co General hos 81, ne trect ft han nde 1 e or rs by th is at thi the od file Kuriz olino rday. stove an thed the been Attorney action automo- ed Att e & in of ved d as Thi off FACTORY 1 fr The onrt mber. the instit1 o, the Jan- the ato ty for the work th ar he tal for treat COMMITS Ma Woodrnff, the Lawre since . had illuminating old, ated G 100 He rooming house committed gas Bonazzoll and and m vesterday was Rans, 1 The property sold Dec by the Charles E panysof Boston wa 1t af coal & C T SUICIDE 14 am noon to lark Providence Sk (7. - from nort Aealere and is valued 1926 at in nion Tex- | his boat harbor by ATTAINED TODAY |Industrial Levels Higher Than Ever This Year New York. Dec. 14 (A — Re- sumption of the upward movement jof prices in today's stock market (‘.\lrh"d the general industrial aver- |age to'a new record high level. . Trading was again in broad volume, | | with the public apparently taking a greater interest in the proceed- ings. ! Buying orders were distributed lover a broad list, but the motor |shares received major speculative attentfon under the leadership of | ! General Motors and Mack Truck. | | Chrysler, which was strong yester- was subjected to some profit- | taking., The brisk accumulation of the lo wpriced motors in the last few days. has been associated with smerger rumors, but details of the proposed new combinations are lacking. Another series of “Christmas| ‘1-,1<}r'n<ls" in the form of increased | nd extra payments helped to cre- ate bullish enthusiasm. Relatively | firm call money rates were regard- ed as temporary, and failed f{o check the upward sweep of price: Stead cammon crossed 1 highest level in more than Baldwin staged another characteristic rallies by {jumping 5 points to 161 1-4. Local tractions were bid up on reports that the state transit commission would be called upon to solve the transit muddle in this city. More than a score issies were eclevated 10 w high levels for the year, the list including South Porto Ri- can gar, Loose Wiles Biscu Jewel Tea, DuPont, Brooklyn-Man an Transit, Green Cananea and first preferred. The closing was firm. Frofit tak- | ing broke out in some of the high | priced stocks toward the close fol- lowing a selling attack agaifst some | of the specialties. American Zinc preforred broke B points while Warner Plctures A and Wilson and | Company preferred sagged more E 3 points each. Pittsburgh and ost Virginia joined the advance in | shares which led by Atchi- [otal shares approximated 2,- 200,000 shares. Net income of $14,554,178 for the year ended September 30, equal after preferred dividends of $52.21 a share | on common stock, is reported b Llectric Bond and Share Co., the ontstanding stock of which is own- ed by Electric Bond and Share S rities' Corporation. THT MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Farnished by Putnam & Co.) % Street Trust 1 5 Tigh Low Glose ttord-Conn. Trust rights 5 2 5 ire Insurance Companics All Che & Dye 139% (Fire) Ins. Co. Amerfean Can bila Ine. Am Car & Fdy Ins. Am Loco . Am Sm & Am Am PUTNAM & CO. Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW TELEPHONE 2-1141 t We Offer: National Fire Insurance Company Price on Application. @homson, Tfenn & Te Burritt Hotel Bldg.. New Britatn MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCE Donald R. Hart. Mgr. Telephone 25% EXCHANGE* We Offer: NATIONAL PARK BANK to yield about 4.75% Price on Application. We do not accept Margin Accounts. to the a month. jof its EDDY BROTHERS &G HARTFORD NEW_BRITAIN rtford Conn. Trust. Bidg. Burritt Hotel Bldg, Tel.2-7186 Tel 3420 We Offer: 50 Shares of New Britain Gas Light Co. 10 Shares Hart and Cooley. 50 Shares Seth Thomas Clock Co. Britain reldo T Bank Tru ZERU TEMPERATURE. = IN WESTERN AREA | §15 — Gold Wave Spreads From Ilinois to Rockies 510 | Ret 50 Tnsurance | iiar: el & Tel Am Tobacco Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Atchison d Loco alt & Ohio. th Steel Conn Calit Pet . 3 ] =onn. an Pac . o Cer De Pa nfa. Ches & Ohio 1641 R I & Pac Cop sler Corp Cola, Fuel Gas Prod Lite, Indemnit Ae Casualt 655] 700 | Life Ins. Chicago, Dec. 14 (A —From TIii- nois westward to the Rockies the United States was in the grip of un- der zero temperatures tod the first of the winter over most of the area, and the cold wave was mak- ing“itself felt east almost to the seaboard, rery state from Illinois to Idaho {and Kansas to Canda reported the R thermometer at zero or lower, with note.. 293 255 |4 minimum of 33 degrees below at International Falls, Minn, | Ohlo, Indiana and Michigan re- corded marks ranging from zero ta 12 degrees above. uffering and interruption of travel and communication were by- | products of the cold which sent Chi- | cago mercuries to the zero level carly today. One man was frozen |to death here, bringing to fifteei | the deaths reported from the storm. | Suburban traffic was delayed, and | telograph companies reported some curtailment of facflities, | Northwest states reported tem- peratures ranging downward from 8 Dbelow zero. The range in Iowa as from two degrees below at Keokur to 17 below at Mason City. | It was zero at Kansas City and 2 | degrees below at Flagstaff, Ariz. The DMississippl river froze at Dubuque, Towa. In Wisconsin, a strong wind swept into Milwaukes and added bitterness to a tempera fure of 26 below at Superior. Broken water meters and late trains in northern and central Illinois were results of a forty to fifty degree tem- perature drop which approached the maximum weather bureau record. RECEIVE $20 FOR TREES | 11rd. stm ¥ Travelers Ins. Actna Actna 1 Utilities part Public I i I Coca Colo Consol Corn Crucible Steel . Dodge Bros A . D u P De Ne Erie RR . Erie 1st Pfd Famous Play . Fisk Rub enl Asphalt Genl Elec Genl Motors Gt N Ir Or Ctfs Gt North pfd Gulf Sta Steel Hud Motors T11 Central Ind 0 & G Int Nickel Int Paper Ken Cop ... Kelly Spring .. Lehigh Val onis & N Mack 1 Marland Oil Mg Cont H20n Mo Kan & Tex 34 Mo Pac pfd Mont Ward (The Edward) Co, aton & Cadwell Mfe. Rigelow-Htd. Carpet (o., Bigclow-Hfd, Carpet Co 4 | Billings & Spencer Co Tllings & Sp. co. ‘s Patent Lock Bearing Brusly, con * Brush com. or Brush, st fMart & ( 17 403, 501 il 10 Goi com.. pa. Class pea. 183 VARG 552 S 401 1% 387 605 631 10514 h.13 10115 Mig com. 24 Chamber of Commerce Now Has o e 11| $46 Toward Fund of $500 For North Pacific Pack Mot C; 38 Pan Am Pet B 64% Pennsylvania.. 561§ Arrow.. 251 Corp .. 60 urlties Co, Waorks. & Fenn am Turk 171 Yuletide. An additional $20 was received by the Chamber of Commerce today, making a total of $46 received to date for the fund for community Christmas trees. The entire amount needed is 0, Checks for the trees will be ac- cepted at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters and at the Herald of- fice. Checks should be made out to Fred O. Rackliffe, treasurer of ths committee, or to Charles W. Haw- Kins, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce. Letters were sent out to the contributors yesterday. Pierce Radio iteading Sears Roebuck inclair Ofl outhern Pac Southern Ry .118§ Standard Oil .. 38 Seewart Warner 67 Studebaker Texas Co . Texas & Pac Tobacco Prod Reynolds B “nion United USCtlr IIDI“ U S Ind Al U S Rubber Wabash Ry Ward Bak West Illee . White \I:\Mr . Willys Over Woolworth § 14 108 TREASURY BALAN Treasury Balance $134,594,668. Boston 290,000,000; 1928 House, halances Now York—Clearing changes $1,326, £101,000,000, ex- CAMBRIDGE TEAM WINS Twickenham, Middlosex, England, OPSY Dec. 14 (A—Cambridge defeated An autopsy | OXford, 30 to 5, today in their 5lst cause of |#mnual intervarsity rugby football ORIERS Al Hartford, Dec. to determine the death of Charl ench Same. cavyweight, was ordered by Cor- oner Calhoun to be performed this fternoon. The body remained at hospital morgue through ahx] B Willlam Lovett, 72, of Oakland, Cal, claims the distinction of being the oldest bandsman in the Sal tion Army. He has blown a bass {horn during his 41 years' service WAR! R(\\T‘ FOR ORMISTON with the “army.” Chicago, Dec. 14 UP-—A warrant | was received today by Chiet of Po- | lice \lormn A. Collins for the ar-!colleges and rest of Kenneth Ormiston, former | last year, only §,959 had recently radio operator sought in California | found city jobs. Many graduatea in connsction with the Aimee Semple | aspire to “white collor” jobs, which | McPherson kidnapping case. are growing fewer. ,ILE‘\D HERALD CLASSSIED ADSIREAD HERALD CLASSIFIED ’Dl the T day. HARTFORD (F STOCK EXCHANGE hed by Eddy Bros. Co.) | Railroad ocks & Conn. West. RR guar Banks nnd Trust Companies n Trust Co. 0 t Co. of N. B. r Banking Co. tional Bank -Aetna Natlonal Bnnk . «Conn. Trust Co. Mort. & Titla Co. . i Morris Tlan Bank of Htd. Of 15,151 graduates of the various universities in Japan Land