New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1927, Page 3

CONDRAY DIES ON EVE OF RECEPTION Scotland Had Planned Great Honor for Its Benelactor London, May 2.—(#—Throughout the British Isles and especially in Scotland, there was mourning today for Viscount Cowdray, oil and in- dustrial magnate and philanthro- pist, who died at his Scottish home, Dunecht House, in Abcrdeen yester- day. Grief was ecpeclally keen in Aberdecen, and the surrounding country, where hospitals and chari- table instiutions had benefited through his generosity to the < tent of something like £75,00 unexpected death came on the eve of a great celebration in honor of his benefactions, the members of his family being gathered at Aberdeen for the presentation to him of the treedom of the city, which ,was to have taken place tomorrow. Mexico claimed a large are of it was there that he amassed great wealth and won the reputation of heing one of the world's greatest oil kings. With Edward L. Dohe; of California, he was instrumental in opening up the oil ficlds in Mexico, organizing the Eagle Oil Co. He did much also in the way of engineering improvements for that country, where he supervised the building of | harbor wcrks and a drainage canal at Vera Cruz and a number of rail- way improvements, Lord Cowdray, who was 71 years old, was better known to the busi- ness world as Weetman Dicksen Pearson, the name he bore before he was raised to the peerage in 1910. He was created a baronet in | 1594, a baran in 1210 and in 1017 became a viscount. His business career started at th age of 21 with the firm of S. Pear- | son and Son, founded by his grand- father, of which he later was to be- come the head. : Although he was rector of the Tniversity of Aberdeen, 1015-21, sat a member of parliament from 5 to 1010 and was president of the alr board in 1817, his chicf in- rest was business. Aside from his works in Mexico, Lord Cowdray numerous public utility enterprises include the harbor at Dev the tube under the Thames ri Great Northern Railway Northern and City Railw Pennsylvania Railroad tunne der the East river, New York. Highway Robbery Attempt Frustrated in Naugatuck zad attempt at frustrated Ly rare » on the part ‘of Hun rino, truck driver of at 3 o'clock vesterd coticn hoilow, n driven by South Leo rbury, drew ne r leaped to the truck driver refused and sped to- ward Naugatuck, preventing the bandit's car from passing him. | When he spied Patrolman Ost- | {|rom he stopped the truck. The man | who had climbed to the truck disap- | | peared, and the car driven by De- | | Nicola sped by toward Waterbury. | Waterbury police were notitied and Patrolman Barton arrested DeNico- | la a short time afterward in the center, Waterbury., DeNicola gave his address to the Waterbury police as 614 Highland avenue. He is held !under bonds of $500. 000 WILL FLIERS "mandmg Quadrino to stop. The’ ‘ l 'Goalidge to Receive Airmen | Alter Perilons Trip Washington, May 2.—P—Th long journey of the army airmen who took the word of American ! friendship and good will to the na- |tions south of the Rio Grande was to be fittingly celebrated with an official homecoming at Bolling Field here late today. A program calling for a welcome at the field by Coolidge and other hig ment officials included the pro of a multitude of citiz ith representatives of or more Central and South can countries visited ude to,the fly |ous but successful v of its tinge of tragedy. Long days of flying under tropi- ! cal suns, over snow capped mou mpeopled plains, and jun sts now were history to the fiyers. They had scen the blue green waters of the Pacific, the rugeed peaks of the Andes and had skirte | the dangers of the Amazon. As their reward they had the realization of having carried for the United States, its messaze proclaiming goo will, desire for continued peace and relations of equality for a the sister republics of th Secretaries Kellog the war departm first to greet the flyer diately conduct them to the dent’s box where the nation” |come was to be given. Only a single remembrance of the | 20,000 mile journey was destined to mar what otherwise pro ed to e a notable conclusion fto an im- portant addition to the country's air of two 00d nos 3 E pt the flight proached its end without i WLLY BURNED May 2 gress, 20 3r. and ully burned Kitchen'of Benjamin Whit Abbott a n broke into house and rescued the baby, REACH HOME TODAY . |delivered in TRADE BILL WILL BE FOUGHT HARD Battle Opens in British Parlia- ment Today London. May 2.—(UP)—Spurred by sentiment created at 3,000 May day labor meetfngs throughout Eng- land, labor leaders in parliament to- | day prepared to open their fight on | the government's trade unions re- | striction bill. | bitterest parliamentary since the British question E ecast by political Icaders. | The measure, which came up for second reading in the house of com- mons today, would prohibit general strikes, forbid arbitrary collection of dues from union members and oth- | erwise restrict activities of labor or- | nizations. The government plan- to introduce an amendment un- der which lockouts by combinations of employers also would be prohi- bited. | “If the bill passes, the first act of the next labor government will be to repeal it,” labor leaders said. Yesterday's May day demonstra- tion at Hyde park was impressive. One hundred thousand men, women and children, concentrated there after parades through various parts of the city, waved red flags while speeches in three languages ° competition with strains from the king's Foot Guards band, giving its usual Sunday con- | cert in a bandstand nearby. Though many of the red flag wavers' found the band more inter- esting than the speeches, the meet- ing was enthusiastic. The trades | unions bill was attacked in English, Esperanto and Chinese, the latter for the benefit of a delegation 0 members of the Chinese wor union. Water gervice of the Maple Hill Water Co. was terminated sterday morning when the tanks were filled and the motors discon ted. Only o residents have failed to have ir houses connected with the ains of the Maple Hill Fire Dis- trict. A total of 183 connections has been made, this being well over the number anticipated by the commis- sioners. i The Maple Hill Water Co. was in- ed June 4, 19013, Dr. A. B. n of New Britain had devel- oped the, Maple Hill section as a real estate proposition and had built ete. for those who built in that section. As the com- was evident that cilities were necessary and at that time that the residents 1 the company and took over property from Dr. Johnson. The company was organized September . 1913, with the following offices Charles A, Dlair, president; Fred ck M. Holmes, treasurer, and Jo- oh H Not long & increase the facilities of the company, and the Maple Hill Firel District w sity water to the residents of Maple | Hill with fire hydra increased | pressure and fire protection, and a, reduction in fire insurince rates. It is probable that a distribution of assets of the water company will be made to the stockholders since it was announced a few months ago at a meeting of the company that such distribution would be made im- | mediately after the water service was terminated. 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