New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1927, Page 21

AVATOR MAY MAKE SURPRISE GETAWAY _ Courtney Gives No Hint to Time| of Take-off Southampton, Eng.. Aug. 9 (P— The possibility that Captain Frank * T. Courtney is preparing for a sur- * prise getaway on his transatlantic | » flight in the flylng boat “Whale," ‘was suggested today in some quar- ters in the Courtney camp. likelihood that this surprise might be sprung tomorrow or il‘hursdu) also was hinted at. Captain Courtney was silent but | it is known that he Is not anxious | to have any of the other fliers who are now preparing for the long hop to get off ahead of him. Weather reports were much bet- ter today than they have been, showing an ocean wind veering from westerly to southerly and decreas- ing in force, with depressions mov- ing away from the captain's trans- atlantic route, leaving it fairly clear. Teg, however, was still reported off ewfoundland. Meanwhile radio experts were still working on the radio appara- tus of the ship in an effort to make conditions more satisfactory. 'WORK OF NAVY DEPT. ORDERED (Continue< from First Page) sisting upon this contract and the secretary will leave it up to congress to decide whether such a contract will be accepted. Mr. Wilbur issued the following statement in connection with the navy's plans: “We expect to go ahead with the building and replacement plan of shipbuilding for the navy as author- ized by the general board for our needs. There will be no changes in the plan due to the inability to reach an agreement at Genev “The exact details to be presented to the neéxt congress have not vet been determined and will be arriv- ed at in the usual manner.” While Mr. Wilbur would not am- plify this statement, it is understood tha general board’s plans call for construction of probably twelve 10, 000 ton cruisers with eight inch guns in addition to the eight cruisers of 10,000 tons now under construc- tion. PR HOMELESS BY FLOOD Naples, Aug. 9 (UP)—Great dam- age was caused in the Potenza dis- trict today by a violent storm which was especlally severe in the com- ' munese of Genzano and Pi vhere floods made about a score of persons homeless. Gardner, 9 (UP)— Dazed by the bolt of lightning that had killed her son and set fire to a barn, Mrs, Rose Leclair, 39, carried the body of the dead hoy, Clarence 17, from the blazing structure. The | Personals Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pilz and family of Winthrop street are va- cationing at Watch Hill, R. I. Francis X. Carpenter and John | Borowski, are spending a few days |at Saratoga, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Fitzpat- {rick of 57 Prospect street, have re- {turned from a vacation spent in | Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Munsell of Linwood street have returned from Munson, Massachusetts, where they spent several days with Mr. Mun- sell's parents. | Mrs. Louis Newmann and her two sons, Willlam and Edward, are on a two weeks' motor trip to Niagara { Falls and Kitchner, Ont., Canada. Mrs. William Packard of | Manchester is visiting her son, Fos- ter K. Packard of Monroe street. Artemas Stockman, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Artemas Stockman of Woodlawn street, is recovering from severe attack of bronchitis. Mrs. Willlam C. Hart and family of 32 Roxbury Road are vacationing at Silver Sands. Mrs. Thomas Linder and family of | Lincoln street are spending a month's vacation at Madison. South | | Mrs. J. H. Dillon of West street returned to her home after spending the past two weeks with Mrs. Maria Shine of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly of this city. J. L. Hall formerly connected with the Murray Photographic Co., has moved to Boston where he expects to locate. Clarence C. Palmer are on a motor camp | Mountains | Mr. and N and family trip through the White |and Canada. P. Marsh of Greenwood street Whatnall of Kelsey tending the 39th state on of the American George at Rock- Al and George street a grand lodge se: Order Sons of St. ville. Lindroth, night tele- at the New Britain is spending her ands, Conn, Mrs. Esther phone operator General hospital, i vacation at Silve Rev. R. N. Gilman is spending the month of August in South Dalkota. Vogel is a business visitor York. W. Judge Morris D. Saxe spent yes- terday visiting his two sons who are spending their vacations at Palmer, Mass. Motorevele Patrolman and Mrs. William S. Strolls are on a motor | |trip to Canada. ‘ Tolicemen George Moffit!, Edward Kiley and James McCue ave on their | annual vacations this week. | Mrs. Fred O. Rackliffe and fam- | ily, who have heen spending Hnn{ The only news that regularly saves you money YOU may be interested in the baseball scores—in politics of the world—in the latest discoveries of science— ments. But you 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 phonogr: aph 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 more delightful. 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. You can’t keep up with the daily news—the kind that affeécts you most—unless you read the advertise- 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 Britai With An Audited Circulation NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1927. vacation at Indian Neck, are expect- ed home tomorrow or Thursday. Rev. Arvid Garth of St. Paul, Minn., is the guest of Rev .and Mrs. Axel Peterson. HALTS MAKING OF MEDICINAL LIQUOR Lowman Says Additional Whis Not Needed For Several Years Present Supply Adequate Aug. 9 (P — The treasury has abandoned proposals for the resumption of manufacture of medicinal liquor this year, Assist ant Secretary Lowman today. Lowman declared that whiskey for medicinal might not be needed for was on hand. Withdrawal last year amounted to 1,588,000 gal- | Tons, he said. The which had been consid- ered was the sctting up of several corporations for the manufacture of whiskey under government super- vision. Washington, purpos M\Lml Allege German Wo;kers Bought Over by English| Hoechst, Germany, Aug. 9 (P— Three employes of the German Dye Trust are alleged by the police to have been caught in an attempt to sell the manufacturing secrets of certain products to English interests. The police they found the formulae hidden in the men’s socks. They also claim to have found a contract fixing the purchase price of the secrets at 900,000 marks (about $207,000.) The alleged contract also promised passage to Eng- land, natu tion there, and steady work, a chare of the profits. The law does not cover mere at- tempts of such nature, and the three men were released. Gives Air Party 1 with Theater partics and dinner dances are quite antique these days. Miss Helen M. Walker of Detroit, re- C"n\l}' treated her friends to a fly ling party over Detroit in a Ford plane. Oh, A good time was had by all, ves! announced | additional FORD DOESN'T BELIEE RADICALS SHOULD DIE | Says They Should Have a New Trial ! It There is Any Doubt of Their Guilt | | Detroit, Aug. 9 (#—Regardless of | the fairness or the unfairness of the |trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, Massa- chusetts radicals, they should not be exccuted Henry Ford said today in | reiterating his disbelief in capital | punishment. “I do not know much about the ' court record of the case,” Mr. Ford !said. “If there is any doubt about |the fairness of their trial, hould be given a new trial, but in | ed. doing what we would not to our- selves. Killing of human beings is Iways an act of vengeance. I can't ee it any other way. I don't | lieve in it. “I believe Sacco should not be executed. The sentence |of death could be revoked without me verdict of guilty being annulled |and this would give opportunity to weigh new evidence that may ap- | pear in the men's favor. Provided the man is guilty, imprisonment pro- tects soclety. If he Is not, it gives ime a chance to turn up new evi- | dence and right a great wrong.” Deaths = Miss Josephine Dencault Miss Josephine Deneault, 60 year |old, died this morning at 1 o'clock at her home, 39 Howard street after {a long illness. | She is survived by Mrs. Mary DeRossier, Mrs. Celia | Pessier, Miss Rose Deneault and Mrs. George Robinson, and a broth- er, George Dencault. The funeral will take four sisters, place at 0 o'clock and at the Church of t. John the Evangelist at 9 o'clock. The remains will then be sent to ‘Turners Falls, Mass., and interment will be in St. Anne's cemetery in that place. John O'Riordan O'Riordan, about 45 old, a harness maker in this city, where he lived for many years, passed away in the Meriden hospi- tal last evening at 8:30 o'clock aft- er a long illness. Mr. O'Riordan left this city ahout years ago and went into the employ of C. P. Cross, harness maker of Meriden. Previous to leaving this city he was employed by John MecInerney on Church St. John A. Abrahamson Funeral services for John A. Ab- ahamson of 14 Pearl street were |held yesterday fternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 'wedish Bethany {church. Rev. C. J. Fredeen assisted { by C. Wahlstrom, officiated. Organist Raymond Helsing play- |ed the Chopin funeral march as [the body was being brought into the church Mrs. H .E. Christenson sang “Beautiful TIsle of Some- where” and Miss Florence Ostlund e to accompanied Organist Hels The pall bearers Hultin, L. ciety, John years five Funerals Rev. by were Samuel Harold Anderson and Fred | Anderson of the Bethesda society, nd John Holmberg and John Johnson of the Hundred Men's so- ciety. | Religious committal services were |conducted by Rev. Mr. Fredeen at | Erwin chapel. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Helena (O'Dell) Heslin (O'Dell) Heslin, widow of Thomas | L. Heslin will take place tomorrow | morning at $:30 o'clock at the home |and at 9 o'clock at Mary's | church where her nephew. Rev. | William F. O'Dell, will celebrate a | solemn high mass of requiem. If- | terment will be in St. Mary's ceme- tery. | | | CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our thanks to our many friends for shown us during the illness and death of our beloved husband and | | father. We wish particularly to | thank the following, Fredhem Sick Benefit soclety, Bethison Sick Bene- fit society and Hundred Men society. (Signed) Mrs. Anna Abrahamson, H. A. Abrahamson and family. CARD OF THAN We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and | sympathy shown us during our re- cent bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father, also for beautiful floral offerings re- ceived. Mrs. Louise Pavizzo and Family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness shown us | quring our recent bereavement in | the death of our mother, also for the Dbeautitul floral offerings received. signed, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. George Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. William Chapman, Mrs. Anna J. Kelley. B e e Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 1625-2. Opposite §t. Mary’s Charch, Residence 17 Summer 8t.—1035-3, Chapman, BOLLERER'’S POSY SHOP Say “Bon Voyage” to Friends who Sail with Flowers by Wi Visit Our Greenhouses on Johmswn St., Maple Hill. 83 West Main 8t., Prof. Bldg. Tel. 886 “The Telegraph Florist of New Britain” | | I they | ny event they should not be Kkill- We cannot approve the state’s: be- | {Frank P. Duffy's funeral parlors at | Anderson of Fredhim so- | Funeral services for Mrs. Helena | the kindness | Wall Street Briefs New York, Aug. 9.—(A—Increases in activity in several industrial centers have given an encouraging trend to the machinery and machine tool industry, with orders, while small in size, making really an im- posing total, American Machiinist re- ports. Inquiries are not crowding the market, but promise good fall busi- ness, Stockholders of the Celluloid com- ipany have been called to meet August 29 to vote on a proposal to consolidate the company with ghe Safety Celluloid corporation. | New York, Aug. 9.—(P—Further irregularity developed at the open- ing of today's market. Selling pres- sure was renewed against some of | the high priced industrials and rails, but initial losses, as a rule, were small. Youngstown Sheet & Tube opened 1 3-8 points higher. and Vanzetti Utah Copper had a profit of $4,. LU31,677 for the quarter ended June 0. equal to $2.48 per share on 1,- | 4,490 shares of par $10, against $3.692,354, or $2.27 a share, the previous quarter and $3,296,835, or $2.03 a share, the second quarter of Profit for the first half was 724,022, or $4.75 a share, against 93 for $3.95 a share, for the | first half of 1926. Production for the second quarter was pounds of copper against 61,752,783 { pounds produced for the first quar- ter, The Peerless Motor Car company reports a net income for the quarter ended June 30 of $247,306 against net loss of $165,798 in the previous quarter and net income of $694,336 for the second quarter of 1926. The net income for the first halt was $78,508 against $900,138 for the first half of 1926, The directors took no action on a dividend to the meeting today. Charge Three With Promoting Gambling New Haven, Aug. 9 (P —Charged with keeping a gaming house, in and arrested on bench war- Ihomas (Monk) Crowley, 52, honis, 41, and Steven Stras- .all of Ansonia, were held by Superior Court Judge E. C. Dick- !enson today, on bonds of $1,000 for trial in September. The men were arrester in the court room today by Deputy Sheriff Hutt as they came in to answer to a summons sent them from the state’s attorney's office . They were called, it is un- derstood, following an inquiry by State's Attorney Hoyt into the recent hic" Brown, well known boxer. Mr. Hoyt has said that he believed these men were either the owners of a gaming house in Ansonia or knew a great deal about the running of it. The war- rant charged them with keeping a gaming house and other charges are aid to be pending. Life Guard Has Saved 884 From Drowning |; Kansas City, Aug. 9 (®—Despite the loss of one leg in a railroad ac- | cident in 1903, Bert Goins, 38-year- old life guard here, hag hung up a record of $84 persons saved from drowning in the last 18 years. Goins, now head life guard at a public swimming pool, says his hardest job was in 1914 when he pulled eight women from the Mis- souri river after their boat hit a snag and went down. On July 4, 1922, Goins was life guard at Fairmount Park Lake. i During the day 5.000 persons swam in the hig lake. From 6 o'clock in the meorning until 9 at night Gotns was pulling sinking swimmers from the water. At one time four persons wera struggling in the water, the other life guards were busy else- where, and Goins had a half hour's struggle bringing them in. Goins started . his career when {ne was 10 years old by saving a oy chum frcm drowning. Skirts Now Creased Like Men’s Trousers T.ondon, Aug. 9 (A—Trouser creas- es are the latest among the fair sex of London's smart sex. The creases are ironed into the skirts of gray-flannel suits now popular witk British society wo- men, and run from waist to hem { on eacl side. Despite the “trouser | creases,” however, dressmakers say there is nothing masculine about "flw suit. A g outfit, mented with a silver | Japanese Daughtels Ask Property Rights Toyko, Aug. 9 (A—The Women's Suffrage League of Japan, while not | cxpecting that the ballot will be | granted to womer. in the near fu {ture, is waging a campaign | their equal recognition under {laws of the Empire. The goverrment has under con- | sideration a law which will permit | all the sons of a man to succeed to estates in fixed ratio. The suf- frage league has petitioned for an amendment of the law permit daughters to succeed to !tates (he same as so ¢ felt hat, worn with the has a wide brim and is orna- hatpin, es- War Pnsonels Ald London. Aug. 9 (A—an all night | vigil outside the American embas tomorrow night, the time set for the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in Massachusetts, has been by the International Class War Pris- oners' Aid society The demonstrators will be sup- will be several speeches, some executions or any postponement will be read to the gathering. Last minute protest meetings have Leen arranged for every city in Great Britain where there is an American consulate. i MAY KEEP MARRIED AT HOME Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 9 (UP)— Police have a lawful right to pre- vent married men from going out at night with single girls, Judge Thom- as F. Gallagher has ruled. 60,058,091 | which will | in All Night Vigil | organized | plied with refreshments during the watch, at which it is reported there by Americans. Cable news regarding the WALL ST. MARKET DEALINGS VARYING Speculators Turn Aftention to Many Different Issues With several prominent shares commanding a premium for use in the loan crowd, indicating the ex- istence of a large short interest, traders bought other stocks on the theory that the list had become oversold. Inquiry ran mostly to the shares which customarily have a big following among the floor traders and the outside element. Baldwin advanced four points and a varied assortment of other industrials 1 to 13. The renewal rate for call loans was unchanged at 3 3-4 per cent. Early speculative interest again centered In the cotton market, which advanced $5 a bale following ts eensational jump of $10 a bale | yesterday. Further liquidation ‘of the railroad shares featured the early trading in the stock market, losses of a point or more being recorded by such recent favorites as Atchi- son, Atlantic Coast line, Baltimore & Ohlo, Reading, Southern Railway and Union Pacific. With expecta- tions of & favorable merger decision by the interstate commerce commis- sion delayed for at least another month, professional traders with {profits in the rails showed a dispo- sition to switch the industrials, U. S. Cast Iron Pipe sold down 3 points and further recessions took place in General Electric, General Railway signal and Union Carbide. The re- sumption of pool activity in such is- sues as Atlantic Refining, which was quickly bid up 3 1-2 points, and Houston Oil, which jumped 5, com- bined with the strong support ex- tended for U. S. | Steel Common, Baldwin, Allied Chemical, Dupont, General Motors and Woolworth, all of which were marked up a point or more, steadied the general list, and started a gen- eral recovery before the end of the first hour. Foreign exchanges open- ed firm, with demand sterling around $4.853 and French francs around 3.91 5-§ cents. THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Low Close 154 151% 59 585 107 1043 1694 21y 453 19265 24914 Al Che & Dye American Can }Am Car & Fd Am Loco .... Am Sm & Re Am Sugar ... Am Tel & Tel Am Tobacco . Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Atchison Bald Loco Balt & Ohio. 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White Motor Willys Over Woolworth 161 s U v v | : 5 i Funeral Services for Walker Set for Thursday Lawrence, Mass.. Aug. 9 (A—Tun- eral services for Arthur T. Walker, {heir to the greater part of the es- tate of the late Fdward F. Searles, Methuen multi-millionaire, will™bhe held Thursday forenoon at his sum- mer home in Windham. N. H. M. ‘Walker died there suddenly Sunday night. A Methuen clergyman will con- duct tM services which will be at- tended only by relatives and intimate friends. The bady will be sent to Detroit for burial. Some of Mr. relatives reside in that city. PARALYZED AFTER DIVE Fall River, Mass.. Aug. 9 (UP)— Antone Sousa, 18, is paralyzed from his waist up as result of a dive into shallow water. % | PUTNAM & CO Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTEORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRALROW TELEPHONE 2-1141 o ———————————————————————————, We Offer: Hartford We Offer— (Furnished 1 Railroad Stocks & Conn. West. 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Those first were called Conestogas, but later became Known as “stegies.” got its «name from In the days Marathoner —NEA Service, ' onden Buregy Mercedes Gleitz, who hopes to de the English Channel this season, swam a little matter of a hundred miles by way of training. She paddied from Westminster Bridge, Londom, to Folkestone, Kent. ' Here ghe is gbout to start the trial jaunt. Oh wes, sl ade several stops on the weay,