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Police Commi Inan of the batter | at o W. Ban- testifie NOTGUILTY RULING IN BATTERY GASE Judge Says Law Does Not Apply in Lamott Case The statute to zot in touch ant Ellinger testified to locate Lamott without success, a disc 111n:» statnte does senting 1 on th not apply 110 evidenc: the in this @& that L pertaining to ing of storage batteries was not |y, intended to apply in cases m which according to the t the party renting the battery mere- Iy fails to return it to the owner, ting Attor, Judge B. W. Alling =ald in polic nnd claimed court this morning. discharging ¢ Fred Lamott of Mountain View, Plainville, who was arrested by De- tective Sergeant Ellinger on com- plaint of the O'Neil Tire tery Co. of this city. Viola the sta ists of obli the rental mark on the v, |the legis selling or giving away the battery, [time was dev but when the party renting it sim- |situation to bhe covere ply falls to return {t, there is no E. C' G“O—NN—OLMEFORT crime committed, the judge said. In Woods dis- was a Alling re is quite familiar wit g |the particular statute as he wa the case in question, another st: wm | provides for collecting three times the value of the battery, J]rn‘rshl civil action. ! Probation Lamott testified that the battery foll out of his car soma time ngo and he intended to call on the bat- tery company and arrange a settlee ment, but somehow or other some-| During the quarter o thing always interferred with his|31, Probation Officer intentions and he never got around |nolly coliected $2,497.75 to tulfilling them. drive the car on the magneto and|iliss, and $438.81 in did not miss the battery until he|according to his found his lights would not function. | made public today He looked for the battery but could| There were 4 men, three women, not find it. 18 boys and three girls brought over in Wages for Families of Mcn Placed In His Custody. g March Con- wag: in fnes and costs arterly report Budget Your Expenses— that's the modemn and business- like way to run a household The greatest aid to a budget system—a convenience to sys- tematic spending and saving— isa Checking Account. It's a simplified form of bookkeeping in_ itself. Keep an Account with this Bank New Britain Trust Co. It’s the difference between what Ofticer Collected 82,007 ; He was able to! for the benefit of probationers’ fam-| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, on probation quarter, 41 me from the previou . two women, f H girls were placed on probation. so tha ationers d t the to 1sed du h en, one woman and two boys and o girls violated t nd wers rearrested. Remaining on probation “quarts one womsa | QUEEN ENTERTAINING City Items It was erroneously stated in last night's paper that Ernest Casperson jot Murray street was confined to with an attack of pleurisy. _Jack Toner of Highland Park, nding the ndmof son of ‘Ir and Mrs I"mx as ‘H Toner, formerly of Francis s Delicious sundaes at Cro Leo J. Wa ewicz of 15 C streot is home from Boston holidays. | Rumanian Royal Hostess Comes Out of Retirement Following covery of Her Hushand. April 15 (¥ —Queen social en- s the first time | since she m her trip to “nitac announc was to attend H‘!‘ aken by the I‘\lh- that King was consid- Bucharest, Rumania, ment that opera tonight wa 4 seri- {ously il with influ: | erably better. The queen of Jugoslavi of Ferding 14 Ma ried to the king night ago when his will leave fo wo aue 1t today for h British lezation with the ) jah of Kap ala, who arrived here trom Paris ¥. The mahara- |fah was host to Queen Marie nt { luncheon in {3 prior to her de- { parture for America, and promised | to visit T opportuni- |ty FIRES AT AIRPLANE daughter . who hur sdside a fort condition w | grave, e tw | ! er Accused of Attempted Murder | as Result. . a well kno of this region. Dayrell Reed, 38 tleman farmer rraigned in court here to V. he first case of its kind in the !tory ofEnglish aviatio Reed is alleged to hava fired a shotgun at Squadron Leader W. H. Longton whila the latter was mak- ing a trial fiight in connection w | the Royal Aero club's meeting 1 | The flier was unaware that a; | had happened until he landed. whe | he found that his m: punctured with s ning Tuesday. Police will guard the | course during the remainder of th meet. O PROGRAM FROM WIIC | I 5re. A, ‘Written By Mrs. eon With Miss Nelson at Piano. Meta McCutch- A program of exceptional local !interest will be presented through tation WTIC at Hartford, at 9 o'clock tonight. Mrs. A. E. Hobart of Winthrop street, whose readings | have attracted much favorabls com- | ment, will present a story written by Mrs. Meta McCutcheon of Vine street, A musical backeround will be played by Miss Esther Nelson of Hartford, whose ability in this tvpe of work has brought her into | prominence, CLOAK INDUSTRY CZAR New York, April 16 (UP)—The [ cloak and sult industry will have a | czar of its own. | Lindsay Rogers, assoclate profes- sor of government at Columbia uni- versity, and an authority on eco- nomics, will take his place with Will Hays and Kenesaw M. Landis on i Monday at a salary of $25.000 a | year, you eam and what you spend that tells the story---that story wrtten in the familiar figures of Dollars and Cents, on ONE OF OUR PASS BOOKS, brings an enjoyment and a contentedness of mind which no other can. Why not start the first chaoter now. Come in this week and ask for YOUR PASS BOOK. n | hine had been | |~ Reed made no statement in court | {and was remanded under bail until F. Hobart to Read ~|urr APRIL 16, 1927. t Wall Street Briefs “ The wo! production of copper FEATURE | March {s estimated at 140,036 (Wide Assortment of [ tons, a total of 422,157 tons for the £ 1927, The output in S14 tons. | First quarter net profit of Postum | pany was $3.345,134, S a share on tha com- $3,106,321 or $2.26 & New York, holiday. ires in th 3 this weck against point ectered a qu 1g declered a g and 1%, one du 'Yn second \Ior‘ lay of and Constable Fred W rved the papers, ataching pr 1ty on Hartford avenu | ENTER MARATHON RACE Several Canadian Runners Will Take | Part i mig | Boston. Athletic Event in 1 e 1t. | Bric Ont., 1 admirers of the d them | dista |also contributed towards def [their expenses. 15 (P Ottaa ! ottawa, © \—. jmand Morel 1 Rockland, somo 25 {to the conelu th . Imaratiion was not so very far |he and his brother re jele 1 started for B 1 Armand will start in the big from | Prominent British Gentleman Farm- | Th°v are due to pedal nto Boston | | today lmhrella will Replace Parasol in (hlcago toda r will conti showers to b | e burcau prodicted fn laster forccast. Temp however, will be sli possibie ihit f¢ 1< Pan American Fliers Resume Homeward Trip to Domin: April on resun: lay en route to Washi —_— Funerals f e i Mrs. Fred A. Parsons eral services for Mrs. Belle C. . wife of Fred A. Parsons, officer of the H. R. Walker Co., will d Monday ternoon at 3 at the 3 15t Rev, Raymond N, (xln N, of Stanley Memorial church clate. Interm will be in | Falrview cemetery. late ho: | Philip | Foneral services Smith, a mereh: Smith for Phillp in this city anc wrtford for years, who died urslay night were id this roing at the home of his niece McGrail of 679 East ,11 o'clock at the ‘John the angelist [where the pastor, Rev. bmas 1 celebrated & raqu h erment was in i St. Mary's Mre. Verena E. Lelst Hundreds of friends ances of Mrs. Verena F attended her at Erwin chapel yesterday tternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Over 40 utomobiles took part in the funeral stroet South Congregational chy at the services at committal sorvices at the grave. The Teutonia Mac- | merchor Sincing socloty rendored a lsolm’"lor\ at Fajrview cemetery wt J ’mt«rmwm. took place, | The pall bearers were Jos ! mend and Albert Diemend of this jeity, Jacob Diemend of Northamp- | tom. Mass, E. E. Muche, Benjamin | Canzellorent and Herman Markie. | The flower bearcrs wera Thomas F. ;Butler and Charles Frel. ‘ Mre. Annn S, Wamn Funeral services for Mrs. Anna S. Warn of 10 Pine strest will be held at the homa Monday afternoon. In- terment will be In Fairvlew ceme- ‘We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to friends and rela- tives for their sympathy and ass ance at the time of the death of our | baby, Shirley. Especlally do we thank the Principal and Teachers of . the Smalley school. Mr. and Mrs. muel Blanvelt. .Open Easter Until Noon BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP 83 W. Main 8t. _Prof. Iidg. Tel. 886 The Telegraph Florist of New Britaln Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phon- Ilrz; 2. i, Qpperite s _Charel Residence 17 llllnlltl 8t.—1625-3. - | Bailoy eph Die- | Motors ort, EV[][UTI[]N TIGHT | . BROADENING 00T * iPhlladelphm Mass Meating Planned—Legion Criticized Normal s Tho principa Chos & Ohio Chi M & StP . hools, were sil upporters vig ir a Oreus- (oca Cola Fuel Gas to th |~ Notices were nf the Bernard F. olo 1l men chlegel post of > profost ‘ons said to hay lling for ber of th resigned Assertd could o v that it propose pose the rican Legion's soma tactic in tional fnstitutions™ Union has active | fight on the s | dom and New York, a ed th ng in the interest of the two pro- ors and the liberal club would be | Mo Kan & Te 1d in Philadelphia at a date to be ' Mo Pac prd | ramed later. Mont Wurd Declaring that the was clear- onal Lead 19 {1y one of “free speech” and that |\ Y Central .. radicalism had notling to do with Mr. Bailey said the Civil rties Union had no connection 1 the West Chester liberal club v other liberal clyb, but that i oo would help them fight “the suppressive meddling of the | | Legion.” An investigation of the controver: &y is belng made by the Henry | Houston, Jr., post of tie Legion, one of the la st in delphia and intimations wera given that organization would Its support to the Wast Che: “If the facts aze as we are led to { believe,” sald a letter from ofii of the Houston Post to Samuel long, commander of the Schlegel Post, “you can depend upon co-operation of our post. eve that the spirit of communistie and radical tend is rapidly becoming a that the American [ proper organization to matter up to do every power to eradicate this to particularly in our public s Meanw the 1200 stutents of the normal school, including the members of the Libaral club, were at their homes for the Easter vaca- tion and the campus was deserted. | ; 4 ree. Forrest director of the Mack I'r Marland Oil Mid Cont North Ame North Pacific. . Pack Mot Pan Am I Pierco Arr Radio Corp Reading Hhe 1 ward Oil . tewart Waine Studebaker xas Co I'exas & Pac Tobacco Prod Unlon Pac United Frult . SCtIrP . 2 gion 1s 1 take W N White Motor Willys Over Wool xorth TOCAL \etna Cas Aetna Lif FINDS CORPSE ON VERANDA . A o5 Automohils | Hartford vir Beckley Quarter Resident Discovers ‘ Body of Willlam Whittemore, Oc- | castonal City Porch. mployee, on Front ¢ | Am. Hardware Am. Hosiery - 5 - 1| Am. Hosicr: Willlam Whitmore, 70, of Beckley | ponton & Cadwell . | Quarter, Berlin, was found dead | iz Heg Cpt Co. com | this morning on the veranda of the Yk Q [home of Edmund Walter of that | myiiese & Srencer com | distrlct. Medical Examiner RCer | prictol Rrass I M. Griswold of Berlin proclaimed | o1 Arms the man’s death due to heart trouble | oo Tock land permitted removal of the hody | o ryir | to tha undertaking establishment of | 11.h & Cooloy | B. C. Porter Sons of this cf 7 Not much is known concerning the | dead man except that he was horn in Rocky Hill and that he worked | | for the city of New Britain at the | Beckley sewer beds intermittently. luneral arrangemcents are incom- plete. ndard Serew . anley Works . SHAKER SETTUEMENT BURNS | Stanley Works ptd . Albany, N. Y., April 16 (®—Fire | 1orrington Co com . last night virtually destroved the | {nion Mfg Co .... Old North Shaker Settlement farm north of this city, with a loss es- timated by one of the owners at| $100,000. Nine of the 16 buildings on the | farm, which covers 650 acres and Is devoted to dairying were destroyed. | The farm is owned by Leonard Boli and thres soas ~onn. Elec Service . Conn Lt & Pow ptd 1f4 Elec Light N B Gas . Southern N F Tel’ Trcasuty Balance BUYING ORDERS Demand Today April 18 (P —B orders prevailed on the resu 1 the atock mark 1 Stev gained STOCKS (Eurnished by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks., Rillings & Spencer pfd Public ltlll'h‘s Stocks. 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BOTHFOUNDGUILT: " New Haven Gouple Held as Rum Runners in Meriden ham str ved poisc with a raz SRR 1 wife, 49 a 3 Dixwel ach ™ tively §31% | New Haven, were ind costs an 20 days as P 1 re this morning wh |arraigned on char nsportation of Jall sentence t woman was susy ded guilty and the | jail sentences were imposed upor recommendation of Assistant Attorney Wilbur I Davis he couple were ght by Detective . Quinn_and D as Bid = 4 them. A search quart bot L the lap bags floo Tha pol en on the lookout a long time, + Spanish Troops Reported In Major Engagement M it 16 (UP) |with reb A a patch from juemado reported 1y It was estimated that there i 00 Moor 1 in Moroceo and n-ho 1 had sterday tormy weal parts that a 63-mile. {one considerable damage y \c\\ Jersey (onccrn Is Given Naval Contract shington, April 16 (UP)—A °t for construction of the in- » erulser Salt Lake City was The Americ corporat {ment to the n Boveri Electric The poration guara build th ip under the the contract the navy had with the William Cramp and Sons $hip Engine D ilding compan phla, whieh def ion, established a fort of “Bill man's with Mrs. Spencer $372,997,801 1IES SUICIDE April 16 (& A woman el Cadilla P P wardens Frederick Spencer, manufacturer of Cincinnati, trust fund providing an income of $6 a week to insure the com- v,”” the dead pet dog, shown above of the late flag What d'y’ mean, “dog’s life 3"