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

[3T0 15 YEARS IS GIVEN BANDIT Long Term Springfield, Mass., Dec. 28 (A—C. Walter Worthy, known by numer- ous other names in many cities of the country, was this noon sentenced to serve from 13 to 15 years in state prison for his part in the robbery of a local jewelry store in June hen $26,000 worth of jewels which were turned “fence’” were taken and never re- covered. After ho commended Lieut. Rich- | ard A. Fennelly of New York for his | concise gave the officer permission to ques- tion the prisoner further in the jail as to his eriminal activities. Louis Goldberg of New York is now await- ing trial on a charge of receiving the stolen jewelry, Lieut. Tennelly said. The district attorney said Worthy escaped from a guard in New York while being taken to city prison from the supreme court last June, that he was arrested in Los Angeles, Calif., but released, and was then arrested in St. Louls and extradited to Ma: chusetts. Edward Turner of Now York, now serving six to cight years in state prison for the same robbery, was called as a witness against Wor- thy, but he told the court that “‘prison ethics” made it impossible to | tell many things. Worthy is the lead- er of a gang of robbers in New York who pick jobs, plans and finances the robberies and then get young men to execute them, the district at- torney sald. o HERMIT NEARLY FROZEN Frankic Marston, Original “Barefoot Boy"” of Poem, in Critical Condition. Danvers, Mass., Dec. 28 (R)~-The barefoot boy to whom John Green- leaf Whittier gave a poetical bless- : ritical condition at the state hospital here. Neighbors broke into the hermit cabin of Fran on to find him unconeciou: freczing. They took him to hospital where the physicians his condition was critical. Marston had worked sinco hood on the Whittier estate here. It was his cheery whistle, the towns- folk sald today, which drew the poet's fancy and led to his word pic- ture of happy, simple boyhood. Marston for s lived alone. His neighbors did not know his age but estimated 1t at more than three score years. Me was a vege whose dict consisted lar bananas, berries and nuts. Fall River Strikers Present Counter Plan Tfall River, M Dec. (P After voting this morning to accept the terms of ‘Treasurer J. Tidward Newton to work for four weeks under the 10 per cent rate cut and then discuss adjustments the 100 striking weavers of the Barnard Manufacturing company voted to have their committee con- fer with the management on th counter proposition. This cally for a return to work for a month under the old and cquent cons eration of revisions of tho pay schedule. Seven indred other em- ployes are on with the weavers. 500 Workers }'le;T"llell Explqs:on Causes l<he Whom Whittier Wrote 25 not humln ad &irls, fled to the street in today when an explosion known origin et fire to a s loft buildin opolitan nue in Brooklyn. Several women were pes but were rendered uncons but The the rain of un- x-story ave- trapped on cued. Some ious hy the was serious- soon con- were heavy s Iy inju: trolled. none fire W over to a New York | testimony, Judge C:\\lahan. « sympathy walkout | {HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS to Remain With School Team ‘When Given Prefcrence. Believing that their first duty should be to their school, Captain Marion Zaleski and Albert Havlick, members of the High school basket- ;nun team decided to quit the Burritt |A. C. team when they were requested by Principal Louis P. Slade to |choose between the two. Acting on information received in a letter from Principal Clarence B. |Quimby of the South Manchester faculty rules, Principal Slade told the boys that they must decide elther team, that they could play on an outside team while school schedule was not yet pleted. Zaleski and Havlick are forwards on both the Burritt and High school teams. Zaleski is leading scorer on |both teams. He is coach of not the ki team. Armored Cruiser From Miami, larmored cabin cruiser was seized here tod: investigators and cu: Dec. oms officials ton. The vessel, valued at 340,000, was believed to hav |for rum running between and the Bahamas. Miami Boston, Dec. jcoast guard 28 (P) — The local headquarters have no knowledge of the armored ocabin leruiser K-14,583 reported captured today at Miami after it had been |trailed from Boston. Ofiicers said uhny not know the boat nor |bad the {ed. The local customs office point- led out that the registration num- |ber given is one assigned to New local records [York state and that |did not disclose the owner. | 'Govt. Orders Inventory | ! Washington, Dec 'nt today ordered an inventor: of all denatured alcohol preparator: to issumance of a new formula for in- dustrial plants which will denature | steful | the alcohol along more dista but less poisonous lines. While not apologizing for using wood alcohol as a denaturant in an attempt to prevent the diversion of industrial alcohol to beverage use: A ant Secrat: in charge of enforcel to make the alcohol v less poisonous Prof. Moore, 78, Married To Woman 28 Years Old I 1oy X, 2J P—rro- sor Willis T , for 18 yea ef of the United tes wi burcau at Washington, D. C. nd at one time secretary of agricultn here to- day to Miss Garlick Pilling of Peterboro, Professor Moore ave his while his bride d she was ment, unusa fed Dorks Ont, as 70, Wi 1lmm[rt0n Police Chief And Others Are on Trial | Boston, Dec. 28 () —- Chlef of Police Walter A. Hill of Wil ton, Mass, and 14 others went on Al before a jury in federal court ¢ on indictments ch spiracy to violate the m libitlon act. They ar and on trial for conspir llate several old internal aws relating to the m fand taxation of liquor. age BRINGS SUIT FOR $300 s the result of accident, has been Minnie Clark ag oleslaw Dozdanski, through Hu gerford and Saxe. The action re sults from a collision nr two auto- mobiles on near Ches lost he writ 15 re- able £ common the of e ry. artin H. Horwiiz automobile tituted by the T in first QUIT BURRITT A. C. TEAN | Captain Zaleski and Havlick Decide | * Springfield Jewelry Robber Gets| {that the two players were violating | on | com- | the | Burritts and captain of the school | Boston Is Captured | 28 (A — The| K-14,583 | by treasury | jafter it had been trailed from Bos- | been intended | heard it had been watch- | Of Denatured Alcohol | 28 (M—The gov- | ast | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, | Harvestt Queen IHSHINE FLEET , HAS A TRAGEDY Gloucester Fisherman Lest on (Christmas Day Boston, Dec. 28 U — Christmas | day is believed to have brought the |first tragedy of the winter season |to the fishing fleet. The Gloucester schooner Ingomar arrived today | |with her flag at half mast for the | |supposed loss of Edward Butler, | | ted away from the schoon- | k4 v {er in a dory during a snowstorm. | | Y b {Butler lived in East Boston. | 4 | i for { i § who dr | Butler was alone in the do hauling trawls last Saturday whe snowstorm swept downwy bank, oft the Nova Captain Horton Ma- o pick up the dories 1 and gathered in all but that | 1 3 wh Butler was working. Al- though a careful search was co |ducted his boat could not be found. While they hoped that he might picked up by another | g 4 {a heavy i 1 upon Brown's 4 |Scotian coa. | son decided h | | nave {schooner {members been of the crew fi have survived s accompanicd th |than a year ago, ¥ i0d in| operating in the vieinity | ed that | by | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1926. Wall Street Briefs ’SHARP DECLINES Pe;mg;l\anm“ and Ilhf !‘hllmmrl and hio railroads had substantial- . . . . Disappointment At Dividend Ac- tion Is Blamed ly better earnings for November 28 (P—Disap- | the Pennsylvania reporting net operating income of | pointment dividend action to specu- | | lative interests by the Allied Chemi- $10,457,502 against $8,524,751 for the 11 months this year $10 244,901 against $92,229,339 in the same period of 19 New York, Dec. 28 (P—Both the | o3) anq American Can Companies | Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and | s “heiq responsible for the sharp | Ohlo railroads had substantlally bet- | gocline in prices in today's stock ter earnings for November than 4 |prier, jnstead of making the stock year ago, the Pennsylvania reporting | el U T of $10 457,55 | ividend distribution that had been pel ing income of § y 802 ie - . expected, Allied Chemical directors ¢ $8,524,751 and for the 11| oo 5 s i the 111, je.q the annual rate from $4 to $6 S e 'hi’;‘,’;:‘l“’:’l“ and the stock broke below 136 an overnight loss of nea of 1 The B. and O. had M | ; By L 0,184 | points. Failure of the Ame [met of $4,443,497 against $3.982.225 | cuy girectors to declare an extra in November 19 . dividend induced sufficient selling 1o carry that stock down 2 points. Oil, motors and merchandising shares, which had shown signs of strength in the early trading, quick- 1y sold down with the rest of the |list. It was apparent that the | cent buying movement had been Properties of the American Writ- | based, at least in part, on expect ing Paper company at Holyoke, | tions of further “melon cutting’ Mass., have been sold to the reor- | calling of about $20,000,000 in Joans ganization committee for $1,900,000. | to strengthen the reserve position of the banks also had a discoura Dec. months Net income of Motion Picture Capitol corporation for the eleven | |months this year rose to $398,931 from $£239,994 in the same period of s City Items Wendrow- Ina the returned after | nolidays in Perth Mrs. Heber entertained at cards M. Irving Jester's ing. Mrs. | & \ Mr. and Monroe street lin honor of A |birthday last eve !was prese ner ring by f Portsmouth, ry year Baptist’ Unive hold a Harves stival and Marie, n. Abernatl 'RIFLE BULLET NARROWLY | MISSES PLAYMATE'S EYE " Gola Street Lad Has Narrow Escape crown r daughter, Virginia p Robinson of 5 Was! | ington Plac: ill at New Britain | General hosp The Nutmeg Club and Rensselaer Alumni association will me City Club, Hartford, tonight. ner will be served at 6:45 o'clock. v I Tower of ord will k on ss Methac ting of the Rotary club Thurs- day noon at the Burritt hotel. Offic Feeney L of in police court on the charge of 1 While Playing Near His Home Toda notific | ford i, aged 11, of 30 tomorrow morni ped support. The Traffic b hly meoting will be reports of nd the election chairman. The dircetors of ntile | burean will meet at o'clock ! Thursday morning to select o chair- man to succeed orge H. Dyson, whose term has expired. the no noon by an William Gold strect, narrowly ¢ ight n eye shot rifl of inow: A f 6 et. The shot stiuck him a frac- tion of an inch from the vital spot | in the eye. Captain Kel shooting and h Feeney to investigate. The offic learned that the injured boy the back y s home an other bo; st sever ahout arczyk was jured boy |t e 1l hold The anquet commit- of a new its tod. air K tees Me Courtenay, Former Actor, Dies at Summer Home Derby, Conn., Dec. 28, (P—Tred- Henry Courte red actor Broadway for years, hospita and girl Dr. Joh to atte and sp consulted this afternoon, 1 passing {1 at his summer j Farm, Mr the tena busiress many laence, holidays Qualker {Boy Is Killed When Big | Sawdust Tunnei Caves in North Win m Dee. (P boy aind companion barcly huge mound of s they had du home brother of or, W am Cour- a1 rical | nd later starred in born in Provi- duated from Courtenay was a a a into which n the site narrows, ho Kenr was nearer t th Willey, effort out, {bo men ) 25 YRS \ Conn., bed century, er of lent of th any working de wehed els, r h Lfter SANTA CLAT HER About children are expect to attend the Salvition Army Chris mas party in Odd Fellows hall ing, b i) nt ) o will be 1 Raphael's! Mr. Bohan! 's hospital ing that N Haven | ad been con- under treatment | condition, died at today Rapha s open from this Tock Santa n to a ution th will | candy chilc Serenaders will supply Th program. for th the for a rheumatic Hundreds of thousands of people see Niagara 1ls every year—but not These pictures were taken after winter had finally put its grip on N icicles south of the Arctic circle. At the right is a scene from Luna Is tains at the base of the American falls. | —Copyright, 1926, NEA Ser in its beautiful arb. now clothed with the longest The inset shows the ice moun- famous cataract ‘ave of the Winds, American shore. many of ra. At the le land, looking toward the Berlin, | Amboy, New | Je | Jester of | Jester | d with a diamond din-| ‘ot [ Funerals effect although it caused no change in money rates which are expected to soften again after the turn of the r. Liquidation in some issues appear- ml to be of an urgent character, one block of 9500 shares of Radio com- | mon changing hands at , off 3 points. Dupont, Atlantic Coast | Line and U. S. Cast Iron Pipe all sold down four points or more and American Ice and Austin Nichols | Pfd., three each. THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co High Low A\Y Chem & Dy 1413 133 49% 101 10814 1447 Tl | ports net operating income {965,393 for November against 35, |5 1 in November last year and | | for the eleven months this year §66,- | 865,268 compared with $63,713.539 in the same period of 1925. Novem- ber gross revenues were ahout $825,- 000 larger than a 0. New York Centrol railroad re- of § Nove Louis: St. belt) of No- mber earnings of the Southwestern (cotton were slightly below those | vember last year, gross of $2,289,- 668 comparing with $2,375,354 and | {surp! after charges, 10,216, against $414,044. A small gain was {shown for the 11 months this year, |surplus totalling $1,971,434 against 181,938,008 in the same period of Sm & Ref Sugar 1 & Woolen Anatonda Atchison Bald Loco {Balt & Ohio. Beth Steel Calif Pe Cer Do Pasco | Ches Ohio ¢ the New York, On-|{C R I & Pac 69% Western Railway com- |Chile Cop pany declared a dividend of one [Chrysler Corp dollar a share on the common |Coca Cola stock, the previous payment hav-|Colo Fuel heen in January, 19 It is|Consol G payable January 31 1to holders of Corn Prod Irecord January 15. Cru Steel . B R Dodge Bros Lawyer and City ’Vlanager Dubat e At Fort Worth in Fight |, Worth, Texas, Dec. 28 (P — | frie it ager of Fort n Simpson, attor- Rubbes v for the Rev. Dr, J. Frank Nor- Genl Asphalt charged with urder and being Genl E for $150,000 in the same con- came to blows today after a deposition before a | publie, cxpressed helief Simpson had tried to trap Mn Meacham with an off Norris killed. Phillips, president of Petroleim company, £ays ndle field in Texas, I I other major ficlds in th is making a small ter, but the and is not |C per situation increa is controlled and .1733 44 L 109% 503 51 s TR 1st 41 . b4 114 D! rs oe 5 Genl Motors Gt Norih Iro su nection, sta s on \lo(nr a0 &G t Nickel Int ¥ Cop lly Spri to Ho NO MOB RUL Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 25 (A—V ing th h heads covered | s shall not rule in 1 ernor Clifford Waiker Iehigh . today offered a special reward of Touls & Nash $1,000 for the first conviction of a |Mack Truck ber of the masked band that |Muarland Oil Wimberly Brown a a night, and said ‘\Io Ka regular prove of the {Mont fail to curb tb outrages 1| Natio declare martial 4 N Y ~ - INYNH&H 43% LOOKS LIKE YWERDER North Amer.. 46! on, Dec. 28 (A—The cirenm- | North Pacific.. S074 of the death of a man|Pack Mot Car 363 body with face battered was Pan Am Pet B 6 found in a snowbank this morning | Pennsylvania s under inve tion by the po- Pierce Arrow lice. The man s identiticd as | Radio Corp James Lowden or Loury, who disap- | Reading peared from his lodging house in the |Sears Roehuck south end on Friday. A janitor lair Oil clearing an alley in the neighbor- Wai P hood uncovered the body. HerhC R a oil .. tewart Warner r4 chaker xas & Pac Tobacco Prod Reynolds B jon Pac ... United Fruit 1" & Ct Tr Pipe U S Ind Al " § Rubber 11U S Steel Wabash Ry .. Ward Bak B .. | West Elee White Motor .. Willys Over Woolworth rn- me & Tex 913 Ward .. 68% il Lead 171 Central ..143%; the CED Main ment to SMENT ANNOUDX Benson of announces the enga her daughter, E. ranctte, ymond Byrnes of £ Mr. and Mrs. W Conn. AG Josephine NG Mr b 4% 1083 1213 of 162 h, Rose Mirando Mrs. Rose Mirando, years old, il Sexton street died at the New Britain General hospital this after- noon after an illness of two days at the institution. Funeral arr Laraia & Sagarino arc Mrs | WARTI'ORD EXCHANGE (Furnished by Eddy Bros. Co.) Railrond Stocks & Conn. West. 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Tel 836. “The Telegraph Florist of New Britaln” Gns 7% pfd1041:| 107 Manutacturing Gompanles Acme Wire Co., com. ‘Acma Wira Co., pfd § 100 American Hardware Gorp, 83 65| | witn He came and went openly |PUTNAM & CO. Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW TELEPP‘ION'E 2-1141 We Offer: Connecticut Gas & Coke Securities Co. Preferred and Common At the Market mson, Tlenn & To. Burritt Hotel Pldz. New Britain Telephone 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart, Mgr. We Offer:— 100 Shares Union Manufacturing Co. Price on Application We do not accept margin accounts NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel Bldg, Tel. 3420 HARTFORD EHartford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We Offer Shares New Britain Gas Light 25 Shares Fafnir Bearing 25 Shares Hart & Cooley WAGNER EXONERATED Supernumerary Who Chased Chilicki Will Not Face Charges—Jones to B Before Full Board. Supernumerary ner was before f the to expl ning of Officer Walter the discipline police board last in his actions on the Dec. 12, when Peter <hot and robbed George I ks in the latter's store at the Arch strect. After the of- m,) his part in the chase , the committee decided t to pre r«r charges against him. numerary Officer Fred Jones, Who is charged with being intoxicat- 9, will be given before the full board, the > decided. Jones was sus- 1 by Chief Hart after Sergeant v brought him in following a report to headquarters that the of- ficer was unfit to do police duty. 'ermont Boy Is Killed When Own Gun Goes Off Johnsbury, V Dec. 28 P)— of this town, tantly killed today by a £ shot from his own arged while the boy was with his hunting dog. was in the woods with a com- jamin 8. Clifford, on a hunting expedition. Clifford, 111 Who was leading the way, heard a 10t and turned to see his friend ly- ing on the ground. r Chilic ccmmitt nd T . Hunt, 17, s in gun, playi He Maine Is Expecting an Old Fashioned Storm Portland, Me., Dec. 28. (P—With the barometer falling rapidly and the wind shifting and increasing in force, Portland today faced an old- fashioned northeast snowstorm, Starting shortly before noon, an inch | of snow had fallen two hours later, More was predicted overnight. ton—Exch s $44,000,00 Hiding lace MRS, CARMINE DEAD De 28 (A)—Mrs, Carmine, wife of Captain Carmine who took com- this division of the coast October, died early this after a brief illness. Fun- ans were delayed to permit ¢ arrival of a son, Licutenant C, ‘ampbell Carmine of the U. 8. 8, He left his ship at San lif.,, today for Boston. Boston, *ampbell Y ) of last Mary Californ Pedro, ( RELEASED BY POLICE Dridgeport, Dec. 28 (A—Gus Jass, 31, of 417 Manhattan avenue, New York, arrested on a technical c of breach of the peace to police an opportunity to deter- whether there was any truth to his rambling story to the effect that he had murdered a woman, wa granted a nolle in city court today released when it was found was no foundation to the story 1d by the man. N PAP give mine TO MERGE Holyoke, Mass, Dec. 28 (P—An- nouncement was made today that Holyoke Telegram and Holyoke pt, evening papers. will be 1 Janu: 1 under the owner- Wiiliam G. Dwight of the pt. he anscript was es- d nearly fifty years ago and gram in 1 merg iip of NTERTAIN Mae and Margaret Sliney entertained a number of friends |1ast evening at their home on Win- r strect at a Christmas party, | Piano selections and dancing were cnjoyed and refreshments served, The e was prettily decorated with candles and a general Christ- | mas color scheme was carried outy In this apartment house at 25th Front strects, Harrisbu P the heart of the city's society dis- tefet, Kenneth G. Ormiston, missing in the Aimee Semple Me- Pherson case, hid for two months. through all that time without arousing any- one's suspicions,