New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 29

MECHANIGAL BULL THRILLS WATCHERS Spanidrds in Newark Get Their . Weekly Excitement | Newark, N.J, Feb. 4 (P—A| Bpanish colony in the Down neck | section, near the Passaic river, holds weekly bulls fights with an electrical bull, it was learned today. The “beast” has a leather hide, real horns, glass eyes, and velvet trimmings. Mounted on rollers with wires connecting to a switch board where the controls are located, it dodges from left to right, charges and retreats, with the head, mounted on springs, shaking as if in anger. If the matador can plunge his sword into the “animal’ 'to strike & position corresponding with the heart of a live bull, a bell rings au- tomatically and he has won, but he must kill in three minutes or leave the stage in disgrace. Bright mantillas adorned several of the women in the crowd of 250 Spanish and Portuguese at last night's “fight.”" As the strains of the toredor song died, two banderillos entered, clad in short jackets or satin, embroidered in gold and sil- ver, silk breeches and stockings. Waving red cloths they excited the bull and retired in favor of the pica- dor. The ptcador was clad in bright yel- low, and on foot. Prodding the ani- mal with his lance to infuriate it, he vanished at the call of the bugle announcing the toreador. Marching down the center aisle to a thunder- ing applause, the hero drew his sword, saluted dignataries in the boxes, and the fight was on. wdust from several ‘wounds” spilled during the first minute of lunging and prancing and charg- ing in the deafening naise of the creaking rollers. At the end of the second minute the bell rang, Hats, | lunch baskets and flowers were thrown into the ring, and many spectators rushed down front to em- brace the victor. One toreador failed to win in an- other fight and was hissed from the | stage. s NONSENSE, SAYS LAWYER | Attorney For Charlie Chaplin De- clargs This in All Mrs. Chaplin’s Caso Amounts To. New York, Feb, 4 (UP)—"It's a lot of nonsense, and a part of the same campaign for cheap pubiicity to which they have resorted in their efforts to create hostility against Ifr, Chaplin,” Nathan Burkan, counsel for Charles Chaplin, tald the United Tress today in commenting on the | latest action of Mrs. Chaplin’s at- torneys in asking District Attorney Keyes to arrest Chaplin for non- support. “Checks have besn offered and sent by Mr. Lloyd and Mr. McNabb (Chaplin's lawyers) upon authoriza- tion of Mr. Chaplin, What differ- ence does it make if the checks weren't signed by Mr. Chaplin? The lawyers were acting for Mr. Chaplin. The only news that regularly saves you money YOU may be interested in the baseball scores—in the politics of the world—in the latest discoveries of science— But vou are not half as much affected by such news as you are by the welfare of your own pocketbook; the comfort of your shoes, the price of the phonograph | lars, | desgriptive plaque. You don't suppose the lawyers were sending Mrs. Chaplin checks from thelr personal accounts and out of sympathy for Mrs. Chaplin? “Mrs, Chaplin and Ther lawyers don’t want a hupdred dollars or a thousand dollars. They want Mr. Chaplin to cough up a million dol- ‘Well, he isn't going to do it, unless the court orders him to, and at present no such orders exists. He isn’t going to be driven by pub- licity to give up any miliion dollars no matter what they say or get printed in the newspapers about him,” IMPOSTOR STILL ACTIVE Advertising Man Who is Using Name of Eddy-Glover Post Continues to Bilk Gulljble Public. The imposter who was reported to the police a few days ago by Attor- ney Harry M. Ginsburg, comminder of Eddy-Glover Post, American Le- gion, is still operating in this city, according to complaint by Attorney Ginsburg yesterday afternoon. An advertising scheme from which the post is said to derive a profit is tse vehicle being used by the man, ac- cording to Attorney Ginsburg, and as a matter of fact the Legion is in no way connected with it. Attorney Ginsburg describes the imposter as being about 38 years of age, ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, 6 feet tall, weight 185 pounds. Legion Luncheon Club To Meet Next Monday The Luncheon club of the Eddy- Glover post, American Leglon, will meet Monday at the Legion Home on Washington strect, and President ! Clesson Parker expects an unusual- ly busy session. Past State Com- mander Harry C. it passed would take the distribution of the state fund for ex-servicemen out of the hands of the tregsurer and authorize & agency to do the distributing, Just after “Stubby’s” death, state it was veted by the club, inasmuch as the| famous war dog was a member of Eddy-Glover post and his remains {are now in the national Red Crgss building in Washington, that the Leglon Luncheon club furnish the; President Parf er is expected to appoint a comm | tee to find out from Robert Conroy, “Stubby’s” owner, just what the Red Cross officlals want on the descrip- tive tablet. Other matters scheduled to come up for information purposes are, membership and the Parls conven- tion of the national legion. Classes in English for Foreign Born Women Classes in English for foreign born women will begin next weel in the following schools: Bartlett, beginning Monday, February 1 Israel Putnam “Osgood,” Thursday, February 17; Smalley, Faiday, February 18. The classes will meet once week- ly from 2 to 4 o'clock in the after-! noon and will be free. Those wishing this instruction are asked to send word to the prin- cipal of the school they expect to Iluend by Friday ®f next weck. or radio you want. That’s why advertising news deserves even more attention than sporting or international news. The ad- vertisements keep you informed of all the latest com- forts and conveniences that can make your daily living They tell where to secure the best; how to save money; how to lessen work; how to have a better home, better food, better clothes, more luxuries. more delightful. You can’t keep up with the daily news—the kind that affects you most—unless you read the advertise- ments. They are the chronometers of local time. You'll find it -highly profitable to adjust your living by them. Advertisements are the only news that really save you money—read them all New Britain Herald OVER 14,000 DISTRIBUTED DAILY The Herald is the Only Newspaper in New Britain With An Audited Circulation \ Jackson will be asked to tell about the hill intro-| duced in the state legislature, which * Leglon | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927, WILL FIGHT UNTIL WHIPPED BY U.3. - This, in Effect, Is Dr. Sacase’s| Ultimatum Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Feb. 4 (A—Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, head of the with the rival conservative govern- declared he will continue his strug- gle until he 1is ‘no forces.” Dr. Sacasa has been notified that the United States will recognize the rival conservative government at Managua headed by Adolfo Diaz un- til after the 1928 elections. “Captain Woodward of the crul; | Milwauktee, on behalf of Admiral Latimer, notified me verbally,” said Dr. Sacasa, “that the (United States) government would not recognize my government in Nicaragua nor any government other than that headed by Adolfo Diaz, even it we con- trolled the entire country. “This declaration of Secretary Kellogg does not surprise me, ina muc has the actions of the state de- partment have all been directed to foreing the Diaz presidency on the Nicaraguan peopls against the prin- ciples of our constitution, against the stipulations of the Washington trea- ties and against the will of the peo- ple who elected me to the vice- presidency (under Solorzano) for the period ending December, 1928. “I understand perfectly the mean- ing of non-recognition by fhe Ameri- can government, but my duty com- ipels me to continue the defense of my country’s right until I am no longer in a position to withstand the armed hostility of the American forces.” The liberals today announced thelr forces have occupled the towns ot { Ocotal and Somoto in the depart- | ment of Segrovia. Bristolites Lead in Ithan lodge, Knights of Pythia | of Bristol, last evening administercd the second defeat to Washington L. Morgan lodge of this city, ina pinochle tournament. Ethan lodge now leads hy 87 points. Refresh- ments were served during the tournament, | The two lodges will meet he | February 15 for the third | Next Tuesday evening W. I ilodge will work the rank of e on Morg 1 A Floods Play Havoc in San Francisco Environs San Franciseo, Feb, 4 (UP)—More rain today brought added havoc to flooded sections of the San Irancisco IBay region. Rising water caused by heavy | rains washed out roads, flooded © ments and caused thousands of dol- lars' property damage. | Washouts were reported in Son- ora county and in the peninsula dis- trict south of San Francisco. A landslide near Redding Southern Pacific main line Trees in many sections fell, blocking Y‘ iro:\ds, liberal government which is fighting | Pinochle Tournament | blocked | City Items A daughter was born at New | Britaln General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dery of 91 Whit- Hng street. son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Sinkiewicz of 728 Stanley street today at New Britain General | | hosplml. DIVORCED AND 1§ WED IN AN HOUR New London Weman Again | Takes Sailor Husband New London, TFeb. ne hour of the t Donner of rded a decree of divorce £ Petty Officer Loule Donner of the coast guard i superior court here today, Skewas married to Chief Petty Officer” Ray C. Gardner, a coast guard pharma. ment for control of Nicaragua, today | 1 (P Within time that He this city, The woman recelved the decrce from Douner on the grounds of in- cruelty and was awarded s custody of two minor children topher L. Avery was o an hour from the time she court room she was mar- of the peace {o from Nantucket 1in the by 1oft ried Gardner, Mass. ice Five Million Reward for ~ Cancer Cure Is Asked, ton, the Feb. 4 (UP)—A bill government to pay ard to the discov- of cancer the senate Necty, democ The bill would eral commission of study the ct ey are suc Cecondina Colassa ndina Colassa, wife of South ing at her in Ttaly 49 his count 575 born 2 to yand she vived by five children, N cph, Noldo, Tina and A e R e h 11 arrangements, ia are = Funerals Mrs. Fuperal services May, who died at {her_dauglhiter, Mrs. H of Esther street, B |heta this afternoon at 3 o |the chapel In Spring Grove [tery, Hartford. Inferment that cemetery Mary E. for th b May M Mary | home of Johnson 1le, were slock at ceme- Mrs. Ralph Cooley Funeral scrvices for Mrs. Ralph oley of 55 Grand street were held afternoon at 2 o'clock at Er. chapel. Rev. Theodore A Greene, pastor of the First Congre. gational churoh, officlated. Inter. ment was in Fairview cemetery. Richard L. O'Dell services for Richard L. a native and former resident of this city who died in New York will be held at the home of his | win mont street tomorrow 8:30 o'clock and at St. Mary's at 9 o'clock. Interment wiil be in St. Mary's cepetery morning Hillstrand for e troet, i this city for many year had lived r the past 40 ¥ afternoon the home and at 2 First Lutheran church. A. Ahlquist, pastor of t \ church, will offi | will be in Fairview c 0 o'clock at o'clock at the Rev. Dr. Abel : Iirst Luth- ». Interment tery. William J. Kennedy Funeral se s for William J. Kennedy, who died dn his $th yea at St. this city for nearly 50 years will be held from the funcral parlors of M. J. Kenney company at 0 o'clock and at St. Mary's church at § o'clock tomorrow morning. A solemn high mass of requiem Will be Interment will be in St. Mary’ tery. s com Mrs, Sarah A. Wilson mn high mass of reqffiem |'will be celebrated at St. Joseph's | church at 10 oclock tomorrow morn- ing, at the funeral services for Mrs. Sarah A. Wilson of 72 Roberts street. | Her son, Rev. | bo the celebrant, Rev. John W: | of the Sacred Heart parish in New | Haven, deacon; and Rev. John J. | Keane, of St. Joseph's parish, sub- | deacon. Tt is expected that all three | priests will conduct committal serv- | ices at the grave at St. Mary's ceme- | tery where interment will take place. Joseph A. Haffey | UNDERTAKER Phone 1625-2. Opposite St. Mary's Church, Residence 17 Summer St.—1625. L Aso FLOWERS ¥OR VALENTINE'S DAY Attractive boxes in keeping with the occasion, arranged. Phone your order or make your selcction personally. BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP Main St. Prof. Bldg. Tel. 838 legraph Florist of New Dritain 8 | the committee on busin was in rs, will be held | Lucyan’s home after living in'| celebrated. | James J. Wilson will | h | Wall Street Briefs et A slight decrease in the volume of the soft wood lumber movement, outside of west coast territory, is in- dicated for the week ended Janu- ary 29 in reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers’ association, compared with the week before ana the corresponding week last year. The first four years of 1927 show a consideral recession of business compared with a year ago. A shrinkage in volume of hardwood business 2also is skown. Unfillea orders of 184 southern pine and west coast mills were 438,504,409 feet against 548,157,996 for 216 mills the previous week. Net income of the American ! Chicle Company for 1926 was $1,- I $1,250,29 in 19 | Exchange have been requested by s conduct at 11 a. m,, “short” position in the pre d stock of the Wheel- {ing and Lake Erfe at "business on the previous da recently | to sut | on®h < com- mon stock when a sharp rise in the shares brought reports of a “tecl nical corner.” HARTFORD GADET | HURT' IN TEXAS R H. Ramey Injured When Rirplane Crashes s, Feb, 4 (A inney of Hartford, W. Des Rosiers of 1., were today when their pla d near Yort Sam Houston. They ars members of the observation section flying school at | Kelly f Conn., Woonsoc injured te are in the base hos- vere cuts on [ velieved e internsl injuries, The crash occurred w cadets were engaged in with the 23d Infantry ROSENBERG LOSES BOXING TITLE | Forfes Glaim by Being, Over- weight Today “eb. 4 ) — Charley (Phil) Rosenberg of New York for- feited his claims to the world's ban- |tamweight championship this after. ‘non: he weighed 122 1-2 pou {four and one-half pounds over the | |class limit, for his title match to- night with Bushey Graham of Utica, IN. Y. Graham weighed 117 | Rosenberg, the New York state athletic commission ruled, forfeits his crown regardless of the outcom ‘ot' tonight's bout in accordance with n agreement made when the match s arranged. | Graham, being a half-pound under the 113 pound limit, may lift the {championship by defeating Rosen- berg. If he loses, however, or the fight fs declared a draw, the title will be declared vacant, according maneuvers | ew am’s manager, however, is a claim for title |recognition here, regardless of the loutcoma of the bout, on the ground Ithat the Utica Italian has been the official challenger for a year in this |state, | Rosenberg has had difficulty in {making the bantam welght _ever Isince he won the title from Eddie (Cannenball) Martin in March, 1925. His poundage today, however, came s a surprise following announce- ast night that he was down Gr | prepared to file |Heavy Run on National | Bank in Oklahoma Town McAlester, Okla., Feh. 4 (P—A run on the ¥ ational bank here the closing of two state banks, out equal lines of wing and those dcpositing 4iowing brought withdrz i funds. | Depositors and spectators gather- | ed an hour before the bank opened, | but by 10:30 o'clock virtually every business firm in the city had made deposits. Prominent men addressed the crowd, assuring the anxious de- | positors that the bank’s resources | were adequate to protect depositors. were about $2,000,000. {Tobacco Will Be Included | In McNary-Haugen Bill | Washington, |will be included in the McNary- Haugen Tarm relief bill as one of the basic agricultural commodities, The decision was announced today by Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee. INSPECT FIRE APPARATUS The representatives of the Nation- al Board of Fire Underwriters who |are conducting the survey in this |city, inspected some pieces of the |city's fire apparatus at Doerr's pond today. The sight of the apparatus going to the pond caused a report to gain circulation that assistance had been asked by the Meriden de- | partment. | Drives Automobile at Over 174 Miles an Hour | Carmarthen, Wales, Feb. 4 (@— | Captain Malcolm Campbell, auto racer, was officially recorded today as negotiating a mile from a flying start at a rate of 174,224 miles an hour fn his 450-horse power car. This 1s claimed as a world’s record. He was also recorded as breaking | the record of one kilometer, making a speed of 174.883 miles an hour.. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS \ Members of the New York Stock | the close of | was made | riously | ile the two | result of excitement fol- | those | | Deposits in the two closed h.’m](s‘ Feb. 4 (A—Tobucco | RAILS OVERSHADOW ALL OTHER STOCKS | Wheeling Alone Hops Up 16| Points Today New York, Feb. 4 (P —Sensational | tuations in the low priced ra with an extreme jump of 16 points | in Wheeling and Lake Erle com-| mon, overshadowed all other devel- pments in today's stock market. Trading showed & substantial fn. crease in volume, With nearly three | | score issues elevated to the highest els in two years, or more. Indus- Is showed less general strength. | Business apparently is being| maintained in fairly large volume. | for a report that copper Except ‘3 ces were now around the lowest | [levels in two years, and indications | of a further downward readjus |:ment of Steel quotations in some enters, there was little Of interest | |in the day's trade n Money ates were unchanged, with funds in plentiful supply. Wall Street still | believes that a cut in the New York | ¥ederal Reserve rediscount rate is inevitable, although it may be de- layed for as long as a month. Wheeling and Lake Erie common | opened 2 points lower at 1, sud- | denly jumped to 5, eased slightly, | ran up to 84, drifted down a few | | points and then eoared to 889, as | against a low of 27 1-2 last month, | The preferred \\lmDEd 6 pointg to! §$44. The scarcity of the floating | supply and the high premium rged for the loan of the stock | l'indicate that a substantial short in. terest is still “locked In” in that ls- | sue. h sumed greater with a 5-po e so-called “Loree Stocks” as- prominence today, | jump In Wabash as | the feature. Kansas City Soythern| was run up 3 points and “Katy” common, Missouri Pacifie and Gulf, Mobile and Northern all sold 2 or 3 points higher. Houston Oil soared 7 points to the highest prices in years, and substantial gains also were record- ed by Crucible, Continental Baking A, Dupont and U. 8. Cast Tron Pipe. | Sueh recent leaders as U. S, Steel | Common, General Motors and Allied | Chemical were quiet. Southern ! Dairfes A collapsed to a new low. While there undoubtedly was some disappointment over the fallure of the directors of the New York Federal Reserve bank to cut the rediscount rats at yesterday's meeting, {t failed to dampen bull- ish enthusiasm in the stock mar- Kket. Rails were again the centers of speculative interest. Wheeling & Lake Erie common, after selling |down below 71, rallied to a new [ high record for all time at 75 be- fore the end of the first half hour. |The stock exchange today began 1:m inquiry into recent transactio lin the preferred issue, but thiswas | without market effect, at first. Wa- [bash common was brought forward as the new leader in the rail group, | running up over 3 points ind 52, the highest price [ {ever recor: Baldwin quickly converted a loss of 1 point into a | 1 point gain. A. M. Byers, Warren Bros. and Columbia Carbon were ised to the highest levels in WALL STREET OPENING New York, Ieb, 4 (P—Stock prices moved irregularly higher at the opening of today’s market. U. S. Cast Iron Pipe opened 2 points | higher and General Motors, Interna- tional Harvester and Houston Oil | each sold a point higher, but Wheel. | = and Lake Erie common dropped | points. Trading started oft in | rather 1ight volume. | THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High YLow Close 13831 18363 138Y% 48 4T 41y 1021 1015 101% 109 108% 108% 2% 141% 1413 825, 825 1545 15434 All Che & Dye Amerjcan Can Car & Fdy Loco .... Sm & Ref Sugar .. Tel & Tel Am Tobacco . Am Woolen Anaconda Cop | Atchison Bald Loco Balt & Ohlo. Beth Steel Calif Pet Can Pac Ches & Ohio 1 M &S P., 21% & Paac T4% Cop ... &% Chrysler Corp 42% Coca Cola ...170% Colo Fuel 661 Consol Gas ..141% Corn Prod . 4S% Cru Steel ...,, 83% Dodge Bros A 257% Du Pont De Nem fe RR ... ie pfd Fam Players .110% Genl Asphalt . §3% | Genl Elee 8414 Genl Motors . .17 Gt North Iron Ore Ctfs ... Gt North ptd Gulf Sta Steel | Hudson Motors {Indt 0 &G .... { Int Nickel .. | Int. Paper .. Ken Cop Kelly Spring Lehigh Val Mack Truck | Marland Ol | Mia_Cont | Mo Kan & Pac, Mo Pac pfd Mont Ward National Lead 1 N Y Central ..14214 NYNHG&H 4% Nor & West ..162% North Amer.. North Pacific. . Pack Mot Car Pan Am Pet B Pennsylvania.. 57 Plerce Arrow.. 20% Radio Corp .. 53% Reading 104% Sears Roebuck 53 Sinclair. Oil Southern Pac |Southern Ry .1237% Standard Oil .. 40% Stewart Warner 633 Studebaker B4ty 461; 1643 4635 165% 1623 1107 16 178% 21% | 74 35% 425 1657 141% 49% 162% 47% 843 1053 123% 0% o L1004 i 4 | Travelers Ins Co | Beaton & Cadwel IN B Gas PUTNAM & CO. Members New York & 31 WEST MAIN Hartford Stock Exchanges ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRALROW TELEPHONE 2-1141 We offer Aetna Life Insurance Co. Price on Thomson, BGurritt Hotel Bldg.. New Britain Application fenn & To Telephope 3580 MEMBERS NEW YORK AND HARTFORD STOCE EXCHANGES Donald R. We offer: Hart, Mgr. 50 Shares STANLEY WORKS 50 Shares LANDERS We do not accept Margin Accounts. EDDY BROTHERS & @ HARTFORD Martford Conn. Trust Bldg. Tel.2-7186 We offer: NEW BRITAIN Burritt H.' Lidg. 50 Shares of Fafnir Bearing. 50 Shares of Landers, Frary & Clark The Rhode Island Public Service Company Preferred Stock. Price $30 a share. Dividend $2.00 per annum. Earnings are 2.6 times the amount required for dividends and the yield on the investment is 6.66%. Fuller, Richter, Aldr:ch & Co. 81 W. MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTFORD STOOK EXCHANGE Hartford New Britain Office New London Office Texas Co .... Texas & Pac .. 60 Tobacco Prod .109 Reynolds B ..1228% Union Pac ... 164% United Fruit . 116 USCtIrP . 214% U 8 Ind Al .. 80 U § Rubber ... 60% U 8 Steel .... 158 Wabash Ry .. 671 Ward Bak B . 30% ‘West Elec .... White Motor . Willys Over .. Woolworth 8 % 50% 184% 116 214% 80 593 157% 651 | 1 LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) INSURANCE STOCKS Bid .700 .585 .505 245 .505 125 520 1160 Gen. . ...1600 \(anulnchlrlng Stock: Am Hardware . 82 Am Hoslery . Lo Asked 720 690 515 Aetna Casualty Aetna Life ns Co Aetna Fire .. Automoblle Ins Hartford Fire National Fire Phoenix Fire ... Conn. L Bige-Hfd Cpt. Co com | Billings & Spencer com Billings & Spencer pfd Bristol -Brass | Colt's Arms Jagle Lock Fafinr Bearing Co. [ Hart & Cooley . Landers, F . N B Machine N B Machine pfd . 5% | Niles-Be-Pond com North & Judq .... Peck, Stowe & Wit | Russell Mfg Co. Scoville Mfg Co. luStandard Screw . Stanley Works .. | Stanley Works pd | & | Torrington Co. com Union Mfg. Co. .. Public Utilitles Stocks. Conn Elec Service 6714 Conn Lt & Pod ptd ...112 HfA Elec Light ..338 . 61 156 28 691 115 343 Southern N E Tel 159 TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance $199,433,683. Boston—Exchanges $84,000,N0; Balances $34,000,000. New York—Clearing House, ex- changes $1,057,000,000; balances $115,000,000. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS Tel. 3.9161 Tel. 1353 Tel. 3786 [President of Bowery g Savings Bank a Suicide »w York, Feb. 4 UP—Willlam \Knox president of the Bowery Sav- |ings bank and former president of | the American Association of Bank- | ers, committed suiclde in his office in the Forty-Second street branch of | his bank this afternon. He ended his life with a bullet. Mr. Knox rose to the presidency | of the bank from a minor clerkship. He had been president since 1928. | _As president of the American .B‘mkers association he was a pro- | ponent of equality of state and na- tional banks. Recently three tellers in his bank were given suspended sentences for the theft of $45,000, which they said they lost playing races. Mr. Knox was born in Strabane, {Ireland in 1862. He was educated in | public achool of New York and New | York City college. He became an | employe of the Bowery Savings bank {in 1885. He was a trustee ot the Title Guar- jantee and Trust company, & director | of the Queens Insurance eompany and a member of the chamber of | commerco of the state of New York. Judge s Last Opinion May Free Prisoner | Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 4 (UP)— A decision written by a supreme |court justice who dropped dead yes- terday was handed down today and may grant freedom to Harry Hoff- yman, convicted almost two years \ago of second degree murder and sentenced to from 20 years to life |lmprisonment in Bing 8ing. A retrial was ordered today by the appelate division of the supreme |court in & decision upholding the ‘racu in the case but overruling the lower court on points of law. The decision was written by the late |Justice Walter H. Laycox who dled at Hempstead, N. Y., yesterday. Hoffman was found guilty in May, 1924 of the murder of Mrs. Maude Bauer at Chelsea, Staten Island. OLD HOUSE BURNED Easton, Conn., Feb. ¢ P—An old colonial house in Easton Center, oc- |cupied by John and Joseph Keller, meat dealers in town, was burned |this forenoon. The cause of the fire was laid to a defective ehimney, The loss was $10,000 with only partial insurance, Neighbors fought the fire but there was little water avafl- able although some furniture was saved. Pennsylvania has 1,700 'bitumi. nous and 750 uanm mines |