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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, Daughter of Former War Chief WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926. STONE & WEBSTER , City Tems o2 = PROFIT TAKING 1 INBIG COMBINE Unite With Blodget and Co. of! * Boston Boston, Dec. 15 (A—Consolida- | tion of the securities division of Stone and Webster, Inc., and Blod- get and Company, investment brok- | ers, in a new company to be known | as Stone and Webster and Blodget, | incorporated, was announced today. | Edwin 8. Webster, president of the | Stone and Webster, sald that the company would begin operations on | January 1 next, with an authorized | capital of $10,000,000. | Stone & Webster will continue to ! conduct thelr engineering, construc- | tion, management and investization | actlvities independent of the com-| bination. Bayard F. Pope, Blodget & Co., will become presi- dent of the new corporation. Other officers and directors will be drawn | from both participating companies. | Offices which have been main- tained by both companies in New | York, Boston and Chicago will be | consolidated, while other offices in | Providence, R. I, Hartford, Conn., | Portland, Me., Rochester and Al-| bany, N. Y., will be included in the combination and continue operation. | The firm of Blodget & Co. was established in Boston 41 years ago. Stone & Webster started as an en- | gineering and construction firm fin | 1859 and later undertook the oper- ation of public utilities and the dis- | tribution of their securities. [ AGED WMAN FOUND DEAD ’ $1,163 Tied to Her a partner of | Legs with Strings also Found On Body of | Springficld Gas Victim. [ Springfield, Mass.,, Dec. 15 (P— With $1,463 in bills tled to her legs | with strings, Mrs. Bessie Greenbers, | 70, was found dead in her room to- a victim of accidental gas| peisoning. The wo s only os-| tensible support had been $3 week- ly supplied to her by two of her children on court order and the po- lice, who investigated, advance no theory to account for her possession of the money found on her person. A rubber tube used to supply gas to a cooking plate had heen discon- nected without shutting off th This City Gave Nothing To Democratic Drive practically the only in the state from which there were no contributors to the cam- paign waged by the democratic state central committee month, the report of Treasurer derlck P. Holt shows. - committes spent $12,514, h Charles G. | Morri ndard bearer, | paid in $4,03 AUTOS IN COLLISION Automobiles drlven by Mrs. Jokn H. Kirkham, wife of the corporation counsel, and Thomas P. Doty, Ber- | lin automobile dealer, collided at | the corner of High and Lake streots | about 12:30 this afternoon. Mrs. Kirkham was going west on Lake street and Doty was going north on High street. The collision was ac- cidental, according to Officer A. C. Walencius, who investigated The bumper of Mrs. Kirkham's car was knocked off snd the body was dented. The front and rear right fenders and a wheel on Doty’s car were CHARGED WITH E Officer Thomas J. Feeney notified Place, aged about 22, of lard street, to be in Newington it Friday evening to answer rge of evading responsibility. It is alleged that Place was driving | an automoblle in Newington, just | over the New Britaln line, on| November 21, and struck Arthur Johnson of 66 Jubllee street, who was riding a bicycle. The bleye was smashed and Place did not stop, according to the allegation. S1ION DING wxen of 45 Dwight street, ! . was fined $10 and costs for speeding, by Judge J. Ellicott Hewes in the Farmington town court last night. The costs were remitted upon payment of the fine. Maxcn was ar- rested on December 11, | youngsters, 'handed do\\n to po<10r1 | Tennyson ‘Refused Offer To Write Card Ve 15 (P—Christmas recently in a government hospital, e products are now holiday novelty ain telling the story of | ‘Sulflr‘i' Miss Betty Baker of Cleveland, \-'\\ton D. Baker and Mrs. Right after Christmas daughter of forme Baker, Is going o be marry Jehn Philip M {nsurance man, r Secrelary December she'll an, Los Angels of War bride. Give Dad s good comfortable chair. We have just the one he wants. MacKay & Wallin.—Advt. The New Britain chapter, Catholic Welfare Council, will hold a meet- ing tonight at 6:15 o'clock at the| K. of C. rooms. Open for business, Boscoe's La-| dies’ Beauty Parlor and Barber shop in the Strand Bldg.—advt. | Philip Corbin is visiting in town’ for a few day. | A marriage license has been {s- sued to George Theodore Simons of 2 Goodwin street and Miss Margaret E. Larson of 540 Church street. i Bills totalling $58,084.82 will be joffered for approval at tonight's A son was born at New Brl!a!m General hospital today to Policeman | and Mrs. Thomas Tierney of 193 Lawlor street, Thomas Spence sold today through | the realty offices of Carlson and | Carlson, a building lot on Lakeview avenue to C. W. Cowles. THE GOODYEAR FIGHT | Stockholders Win Opening Skirmish in Effort to Oust the Present | Management. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 15 (A—Stock- | holders of the Goodyear Tiré and | Rubber Company won an opening skirmish in their efforts to oust the present management today, when Kenfield, in common fused to reopen the . Welss cases. Kenfield upheld conten | tions of stockholders that the Weiss | cases were settled in fact and not | adjudicated by the court. The Weiss suits attacked the {Goodyear refinancing plan and | sought to oust Dillon, Reed and com- r, and their assoc from con- e Akron company. Today's decision, it was indicated, | will be used by the stockholders i pressing other suits now p('ndm};‘ BLAMES REPRESSION This Is One of the Greatest Causes of Crime Among Youth, Judge Declares, Philadelphia, sion is one of th crime committed opinion of Judge Neille, of tho Phi court. He s statistlcs. “In their cager effert to try and |see everything the world has to o days or month Judge MacNeille in eddr: local scction of tie cil of Jewieh Women, “youths who have suffered under repression for so many years, not wise to the w of the world, are eas Subsequently they into court and then into fer in a few led astray, their way a prison cell. “Youth must be ziven love and af- | fectlon during its earlior days. Par- |ents must have patience with their lest a London card pocts wh on display in the shops, are ag Low Tennyson de offer ever ma to adorn Christmas It 1s common time T, lcading London f card publishers (a little twelve cach, to Tennyson, compatible poet, and es with Paris, court prize, for novel of the year, day to Henri De splica De 1 | academicians to r | bl mond De Goneourt, the most sought among the awar h writers, establishing The prize, esta the will of E for F literary reputation financial fo nevoix for his 15 (P—Repres- )\' Adelpt ald this was proved by crim clined for poetic greetings | cards. p among the poets and artists here that at ennyson was poet 50; irm offered over sets of verse of eight appear under hls name. believing the offer in- position ly as poet laur his . 15 (A—The 19 best was awarded to- the Berly the atio; ily tempted and | of (. M. WARD RE-ELECTED Thila. {Club To Hold Annual | Wil Buy Chelstmas Dinner for ! Widow With Nine Children ph M. Ward was unanimo 1 president b, at the annual itt hotel today. lcers elected wore as follows: president, Harry Wesse Vie treasure | Arthar Berg; directors, 1A, Ahlquist, Billings, Dr. Martin, J. C. !‘\rl\r"‘ e club will have a Christm party next Wednesday, members will bring gifts which w be presented to the Day Nursery the Children’s home la It was voted to hold the annu: banquet the last Wednesday | January, llection was taken mup'to d ay expenses of Christmas dinne Ho needy The club is pa { ticularly interested 1n a family 1'S€S Newington, where the Rev. Dr, y, Harry Herbert ) 3 1 sing the al Coun- ant, find 1 will be leavi all 1 under working age. Sleek Hair of Today Was the largest s, S. D., Dec. Sleek hair, the pride of youth, was “old stuff” to the and Romans around 450 B. C. Only laureate a Chr him 1,000 000) for Hnes (5 o the W. B. trick, ace Combs, of the dairy of the University of Minne: aking at th ' assoclation convention as After studying . Combs said, ncluded that butter st have beefl introduced year 2,000 B, Indian, who used butter in the; holiest for the the history I he French . in th for his “Le Goneourt h their decisoin. and rtune of the The 1525 award went to novel hed in 1903 by winner. 'S CONDITION CRITICAL No cha condition of 146 Hu is Miss Rose Zawalick road, who attempt shooting herself last Sa as be hospital. the usually the aurlee aboliot™. since h oval fo the hat a few hours’ bucking a snow-laden gale at sea did to the lobstor smack elbo w refrige upon her return to Boston Harbor, I t took axes, her unwonted EA Service, Boston Bureau) Grace M. Cribby was evident and the sun many hours to free the vessel of ration. KIWANIANS' PRESIDENT, Banquet— of the Kiwanis meeping in the —_—— The other offi- | arles R. Hoffman; district trustee, Moody and Cleason W. when the father died nine children, ()Id Stuff With Greeks | 15 (P— modern Greeks the ancients went the mod- erns one better and used butter f National Butte to- of substitutc €., when the tribes of was noted today in the ition | here and in the state supreme court, | all of which have the common aim | of ousting the present Goodyear management and returning the com- v control to their common stock MERCURY DROPS FA Springfield, Mass., Dec. 15 (4 ature drop of between 40 45 degrees was registered in this vicinity for th hours end- ing early today, giving a minimum reading of 2 degrees below zero. A Deaths Mzs. o Adcline lazurlo, Adeline lazurlo, wife of Tazurlo of 135 Clinton t, died yesterday at the Newing- ton sanitarium. She leaves her hus- band and her parents in Springfield, M Mrs. Thoma str il or I'ne body has been sent to Spring- | held by Lauraia & Sagarino and burial will be in that city Thursday | morning. al in Joseph Pary | Joseph Parys, five days old, son nd Mrs. Joseph Parys of 24 , died last night at the family home. 'The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 7:45 o'clock at Sacred Heart church. Bur- fal wili be in Jacred Heart cemetery s | - | in eil McCarthy, McCarthy, 70 widow of Cornelius Me- died last L\unml: at th ome of her daughter, Mrs. Henry 3 99 West n street. was a resident of Hurtford for many years. While living in this city McCarthy made a host of O'Neil | I ! Mrs. Mar i Mrs. Mary ol at )nb“ks Mrs. Donnelly she leaves ier daughter, Mrs. Joseph M. rd of this city nd a son, James | C. McCarthy of Hartford. Funeral fces will be held at Mrs. Don- ome at $:30 o'clock Friday morning, and at St. at 9 o'clock with mass of requiem. T t St. Benedict er Mary's church solemn high rial will be in netery, Hart- | l N e ( Funerals J Kath- street at he ir ° nfn mll t-| Mrs. Funeral erine J. Katherine services for cuy of 68 Bassett tomorrow afternoc B. C. Porter Sons fun Rev. eodo A pastor of the First Congre. al church, will ofticiate, Inter- ment will be in Forestville. Anton Johnson | Funeral services for Anton on of Hunter road will be held Thursday aftornoon at 2:20 o'clock at the Swedish Elim Baptist church, 1 Pet pastor, will offi- rial will be in Fairview rson, i e | CARD OF THANKS | We wish to publicly e | sincere and heartfelt thank | relatives and the many fr pecially the employes it and Powel < o ali aterbury, ar Britain, who kindly expression of sympathy loral tributes, did so much to lig | en the burden of our grief, in our| | recent bereavement. ME Josezh A. Haffey rwul’lrr\msu hone 162! Opposite St. Mary’s Fnrens Residence 11 Summer 8t.—1625-3, | POSY SHOP ‘ Tinest roping wreaths, ete. ens for Christmas decorations. w. 83 W. Muln §t. Prof. Blig. “The Telegraph Klorist of New Dritain.” | off our | | court at 10 o'clock tomorrow mo | sentenced to jail for Leeuw Tel. 886. | regularly quarterly dividend of 1% |Sears I\F‘("\\l(‘l\ | per cent. T. V. Evans, an assistant vice- president of the New York Central railroad has been elected president of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad | company and the Chicago River and | Indiana Railroad company, both subsidiaries, succeeding George Han- nauer, recently elected president of the Boston and Maine railroad. He will assume his new duties in Chi- | | cago on January 1. West Coast Oil declared an extra vidend of §3 a share on the pre- | ferred stock, payable January 5 to ! holders of record December 20 and | the ular quarterly of $1.50. William H. Fay has bought the membership of William A. Hooven on t w York Curb Market for $30,000, an increase of $1,000 over previous transaction. | National Standard Co. earned| [$5.30 o share on the common stock in the year ended Sept. 80 with of §795,225. An extra nd of 1215 was declared, pay- January 1. { Hobart Manufacturing C cturer of electric food pre- | ring equipment, founded in Ohio | b acquired the nz Machine Co. of Public offe! ares of Hobart com stock will be made next Redmond & Co. week al 329 in contr {12 in the precedin INSURINGE WEN HOLD CONVENTION Third Anmual Session Is Taking ! Place in Ha {fard Hartford, sor the tion her current of the | business were the principal subjects dis t the convention of nts and company 2 auditorium Insurance ¢ ance nnecticut's third Wl insurance day. James L. Norwich, former president of the National Association of Ins Agents, called the meeting to at 11 o'clock this morning 2 eral chairman, 1d James A. Whit- more, ageney manager of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insu nee made the opening address The morning program brougl planations of the dean r ule, a system by which are determined of th the change, and of the writers’ association by Edwa gan, president of th Insur:nce company. more 0. in ob- an- | fire rates Mayor Norman C comed the assemblage Commissioner Howard honorary chairman, purp and ance day, has endorsed. program for t around a dinne at which an enter and vaudeville lent will be. give J. Edwin Brainard the guests in behalf Dale D. Butler of Francis R. Stoddard, P expla accomplis} which his r in Hot v Governor will of the Midile- st of the National Surety Indemnities s company 'ANOTHER HEAVY WEISHT DIES AFTER KNOCKOUT , He Is Only Member of ¥Vilm C Active at Auction Sale at Hollywoos. Tollywood, Cal, Dec throng of men and middle walk of out of nony with r them, here film womer the m fol) John- cen star's world I'rom. the mom ook his place on tho plat bidding wa Adolph s spir Menjou, picture stars recognized sales, was the only the film colony. H 1 antique 1 Spanish ¢ \ser 390 for for hung of the Tules Howard purchased or $145,- the v Beltram lcon L. was bou York ate itse He paid , former home by ek we $1,900 for | trait and saia \L would be re to Falcon 1 SARISKY CASE T('\mmm\\‘ T of wrisky of Wil- street, charged with driving while under the infiuence of liquor, will be heard by a jury in superior | e eve 8 e was and Saxe ourt he ) days, M. D. inz. In local poiice led. Attorney nts him. A. M. CORP, DIVIDI a meeting of the di Amerfcan Hardware Corp afternoon a regular quarterly ) ors of this atvi- | dend of 4 per cent was declarcd. W DIVID! the Goss & declared LSy De- a o directors of Co. yesterday | porarily checked the upward move-| | of CHECKS ADVANEE’ Barly Declines Range From One fo Three Points [ 15 (A—Heavy r selling tem-| | New York, Dec. profit-taking and be ment of prices In today’s stock mar- | et, but all offerings were well ab-| and the market was headed again by early afternoon. A urn flow of funds previons- Irawn by interior bankw for -month payments resulted in {he ng of the call money rate from per cent facilitating the op- ssional traders. :cl resumed * leadership of the advance, ing up ne 2 points to 1 he current upswin points of the d earlier in th weekly stecl trade re in mill opel > promising outlook for fur- buying. ran the tres ther railroad clines points, but and converted ernoon ra on hot ther expansion which was noticeable in ning demand for st 8 Atla 5 points on L tations of from 1 to I inte gains got under way Comn fur- rly resumption of’} exas and Pacifle Land ped 100 points on & f s to a new record A number of other oils ulation in antic y favorable 1 cnts. Strong spots also developed in the tobacco, ship-} ping and public utility grouy were quict, but strong with Erfe fi red crossing 51 to the highest e in about 19 years. Wall Street Opening Establishment of a new high | for all time by the common of the Baldwin Locomotive company featured the resumption the ard movement at the opening of today’s stock market. U, S . an e pr record stock ac ummllv under One lot were Pacific At 1410, an overnight maln price movement upward through it con- early | was apparent he advance r resistance. Chemical ply on tinued the trading gh tors vere encounte American Agricultural bid up iced by the qu anti-trust t and a number o companies by t . Baldwin gain to 1 McCrory ints, while Storg more than were atte the optimistic level on re rumors circ at th 1 all iting arou lle was heg n interest crossed the 1y nning to take more in the mar 2,000,000 share American ( Am Cor & F Am Loco . Am Ohi S P Pac 69% 19 & Ken Cop K Marland Oil .. Mid Cont Mo Kan & Tex Mo Pac pid Mont W National NY . NYNHG®&H 44 Nor & West ..160% North Amer.. 48% North Pacific.. 80% *Pack Mot Car i Am Pet B o | Pennsylvania. . | Pierce Arrow.. Radio Corp Reading Sinclair Oil .. 19% | | Am | Fafnir Bearing Co. PUTNAM & CO. Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW TELEPHONE 2.1141 We Offer: United Muminating Co. of New Haven Price on Application | Thomson, THenn & Tk Gurritt Hotel Bldz. New Britain Teleph 2580 M B XCHAS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCE EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart. Mgr We Offer: NATIONAL PARK BANK to yield about 4.75% A Price on Application. We do not accept Margin Accounts, NEW BRTTMN Burritt Hotel /Bld’. Tel. 3420/ HARTFORD Hartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We Offer: 50 Shares of New Britain Gas Light Co. 10 Shares Hart and Cooley. 50 Shares Seth Thomas Clock Co. Prince & Whitely Established 1878 New York Stock Exchange cchange—Cleveland Stock Exchange ESSEX BUILDING, LEWIS STREET, TEL. 2-8261 Tel. 4081 Member Chicago Stock E New Britain We Offer: Irving Bank--Columbia Trust Company We offer and recommend :— Hartford Electric Light Co. Notes Convertible Into Stock February 1, 1928 | Fuller, Richter, Aldr'ch & Co. 81 W. MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Tel. 2-9161 Tel. 1258 Tel. 3786 MEMBEY Hartford New Britain Office New London Office 107% | N B Machine . 81% | N B Machine pfd . y Be-Pond com Peck Stowe & Wil Russell Mfg Co. Scovill Mfg Co. andard Screw anley Works S| v Works pfd ston Co com mion Mfg Co. Public Ut Conn Elec Service Conn Lt & Pow pfd . 1ifd Elec Light N B Gas Southern N B Tel «.av Willys Over Woolworth Treasury Balance $137,442,373, Boston—Exchanges Balances $44,000,000. :\"IU(‘I\\: $101,000,000, LOCAL ity 1In: As Aetna na Cas’ Life Fire bile Hartford T National ¥ Phoenix Fire rs T g General .. .. 1 Manufacturi Am Hardware Hosiery w York—Clearing House, ex- changes $1,032,000,000; balances $114,000,000. Fake Collector Tries To Get $35 From Woman The police were notified today a man attempted to collect $32 housewife at 85 Albany avenu representing himself as a collector for the Barnesdale Coal Co. She was suspicious and noti- fied the coal company, which in turn called Captain Kelly. Officer Feeney scoured the neighborhood but could not locate the man. Trave Conn th. | from fd Cpt Co. com & Spencer cora & Spencer pfd Brass . . 1U's Arms 1gle Lock READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Hart & Cooley ... FOB. OUR., W e Landers, F yosoasosin %0