New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 8

ROGBER TAKES $3000 PAPE. ELECTED AS NEW KIWANIS HEAD INJURY IS FATAL | T0 WM. PRENTER Former Enginegrs’ Presidem Dies in Cleveland New Haven Home Entered and Jew- clry stolen—Thief said to Have Left Fingerprints on Panc v stasen, ee. 7 o e SUCCCSS J. M. Wand as Presi- dent of Civic Club t No, \\mmmp N ushman, 662 nie, last night while Bushman and | theater, sto! 4 = sident of the annual election today M. Ward the two the his Elm Hill was Kiwanis clul T Cleveland Prenter, 7 Brotherhood i ceeding Joseph ust completed cssful terms in erganization Harry (', from me om sur- front door ajur most of een in ill I vhen he suffered pueumonia daring the ention of the brother- since last summer. iy an attack of triennial cor Billings of the Billings floor hed STOECKEL WILL FIGHT 10 PROVE HIS RIGHTS » | Going to New Haven County Couzt 10 Uphold Powers of Sus- pending Licenses (L Hartford, Dec. 7 In an at- tempt to determine how far ! courts of the state may go in frus- trating him in his attempts to ad- minister the motor vehicle laws, Motor Vehieles Commissioner Rob Lins B. Stoeckel has ordered a hear- ing in the New Haven county court \efore Hearings Chief Melville snow for Monday morning 1 o'clock in the case of Nathan E a ma witne alleged driver of the car which trunsported Kitone's assailants trom |\ xm to West Haven. No other ar- Lave heen made and police an- their intention of subjeet- | Kitone to further questioning in hopes of learning the identity of the gunman. Marblehead to Bosmn Train Is Derailed Tioston, Dee. T (@—The Bostan & Maine passenger train - bound Marblehead to Boston on the Saugus Bbraneh left the rails at 8:37 a. m. today at Everett Junction but that 2o one had heen reported scriously injurcd. Traffic on the hiocked. from railroad announced today that | tender and three coaches | court in that city tod arrest he was held | here and detectives took him to Mid- ch was | branch Was{ipap Webster IThmmn rago of this city, charged | gullty and his trial date was set fer {with having passed a counterfeit [January 26. It is likely that he will llH was arraigned in the United |be returned to court tomorrow gnd ates district court before Judge |is expected to plead gullty. HELD FOR TRIAL Shelton Man Arrested in New Hn\f‘n John _Taken to Middlctown to Face ad | | Check Charges. | = { New Haven, Dec. 7 (P— Tlmm;fll Webster, of Shelton, d arrested | with passing a | s check for 2410 on the 1% | Caulk Tnsurance Co., automobile | ers in Middletown, was held for | in the city After the in confinement CHILDREN all want the ring a. week hence, iletown, It was understood by the pol had passed worthless | loed here, About six I also sustained a fractured hip in @ stomobile aceident in New York. During the 1927 convention 1he policies of Prenter and his aides attacked by delegates, and for cK& controversy 1 or e conventior 1x and carel weeks 4go were eral W floor. and other exe arganization His ON A vesolutior ing the offir second vies treasurer, seated Mr. hood vot organization of numerous under the leader Under 1l Abolished & of president, fir nts and seeretary tomatically un Prenter. The brother- 1 10 return to the prior to the building up neial - insty Wa pre This form of cngineer, tive officer Charges of laxity snese sre made ag ter, but they ¥ the convention nted appearing ¢ everal of his ol found gui |, of simi No hiin ever 9 as a locomotjve fire- er since 1878 he has served s a local or international off he brotherhood. A number of years prior to the chaoice of Warren B, Stone as head of the organization Mr, Prenter was selected as see tary-treasurer of the insurance ciation of the organization. At the 1904 convention in Los Angeles he was elected first grand engineer, For more than 20 vears Afr, Prenter was a close fellow of- ficer with Mr. Stone and it was un- der their direction that the larse RBretherhood office building here was erected and made to pay for itsell and another 2 was put up. It was often said that Stone and Pro an unbeat- able pair. Stone presented the Tiratherhood’s case forcibly in public | wiile Prenter stayed in the office and dug up facts and figures to prove it Ability For Pigures He had marked ability for figures at one time handled $20,00 year of the Brotherhood's funds. At one time he served as \ice-president, cashier or direetor of {en of the Brotherhood's hanks and was on the hoard of directors of 41t a dozen investment companics. Back of Mr. Prenter's years of s to the organization lies n - of patient preparation. Born in Philadelphia, at thg age of lis parents took him to Belfa Jand, As soon as he !mhhfll <chooling, he went to work for the Postal Telegraph compa < an op- crator, and was with them until his parents brought him back to To- ronte. There at the age of 19 he began firing a locomotive fer the Grand Trunk railroad, was promoted to engineer in 1878 and immediately oincd the Tirotherhood Promotions Tollow Quickly His ¢ local officcr his dlytsion followed soon. T yepeatedly reclected, culminating in fection chairy of the Rrother ntior and won a servies six s AN of was ction as a bis s Ottawa eonvention th nood in 18 At that the delegates elected fary-treasurer of the utnal Life tion organized Accident a6 conve him general Locomo and Ac- 18 Pre ident Tos: 2 he he ously Tnsurs ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED strect have their to imnon eut of dan Fthel Button wedding in the spring. ————— S R CHRISTMAR SUGGESTIONS From the Christmas Gift Guide These and many other good values in gifts can be found today in the Herald Gift Directory. For shop- ping suggestions— turn to the CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE in the Classified Section story banl building | - luot a juror shadowed his | vl will Hurrying scond Young of Derby, whose license the amissioner revoked a short time for driving an automobile While the influence of intoxicating Lileetric president was clects | Derg, district t opposiiion, rompany wus named viee Ldwin I Lamphier, Jr., T Arthur 1 as re-elected room storea for s d to tind box miss 2o under ligy This case ction o aston and the has caused attention by ured by e wan 1. B O'Sullivan, restrain- & the motor vehicles from revoking Young's right wl following wer 1 airec had o 1ter A burglar ¢ Il Gafiy : Doi where rry 1. Hov i Le the ho the st could be four was gaine -Con department e b Don Wit ¢ o op ¢ pane with a smashing ont piece of gl coss to the win- erate Young was discharge: ment of certain costs in Derby court pecently when Attorney O'Sullivan acted as his counsel. Testimony witnesses ay well as a doc stated the man was of liquor, Com 1 upon pay triangular which gave ¢ low fastene SLEUTH REPEATS ORDERS GIVEN H Witness in 0il Scandal Case Testilies Today Washington, Dee, T (®)—Testifying | for the vernment, Charles G. tuddy, a Burns detective, declared in the Distriet of Columbia supreme court today that Henry Masen Day, an associate of ry 1. Sinelair. | personally ordered an investigation | j as to whether the was a mortgage on the home of epc of the Fall sinclair oil trial jurors. The juror in question was John P. | «rn. Ruddy said the operative he ' igned to the task was unable to obtain the information requested. Ruddy was the first of the wit- nesses called in the district attor- ney's efforts to show that Sincla William J. Burns and others were guilty of contempt of court in hav- ing the trial jury placed under sur- veillance. several tor's certificate under the influence I missioner Stoeckel suspended the man’'s license, Commissioner Stocck- el's department has investigated Yaung's record and has found that he was in court two or three years ago on a similar charge. He has focated th te witne s in this A H case as well as the witnesses in the | - o 8 Irecent Derby and last night and today the police served all, about ten in number, with sub- ' Ipoenas 1o be presented Monday. Commissioner Stoeckel laas nlso se- cured the doctor's certificate, Young has also been summoned to appear. He will probably be represented again by Mr. O'Sulllvan. SURVIVES WOUNDS cane, stato { Harry Kitone of West Haven, Re- cently Target of Gunman, Dis- ELMER W. PAP charged From Hospital. New Haven, Dec, 7 (8 — Harry Kitone of West Haven was discha ¢ from the New Haven hospital to- | day after narrowly escaping death | when his bedy was the mark for | ive of eight shots fired at him on the night of November 2. | Police believe that the shooting vas the culmination of a hootleggers | feud. Fred Culmo, Kiwanis of the club and eharter members or ¢ club. He was treasurcr for two v He is president and general man- ager of the Adkins Printing Co. He ved two terms in the general as- | [sembly, during which time he was la member of the finance committee, | Telling the eourt he was under [one of the most important commit- ! orders from Day, the witness de- seribed in detail his own activiti and those of the men under him, all operatives of the Burns agenc Ition; past president of the New Brit- The witness eaid that after Octo- ain Rifle clubj chafrman of the le- her 24 Day decided only certain |gislature committec of the New jurors needed shadowing, but he | Britain Fish and Game assoclation: couldn’t recall which they were. He /member of the board of water coni- sald a man named Burr, not a juror, | ners of the Maple Hill fire dis- was shadowed. | : ehairman of the Maple Hill an- “Did you have any Inexation commitiee; director of Hartford Master Printers' assoe tion; an organizer and past prs dent of the Nutmeg Rifle le a member of Harmony lodg: teas | He s past president of the Con- necticut Valley Stationers’ asg bt | of Ansonia is he- other person " asked Dis- triet Attorney Gordon. “T assigned an operative to pick of | | checks on various persons and the | automobile concern made a com- laint on the one Webster gave them. The accused has been dealing in second hand cars at a garage in Shelton. He is said to be a brother | of Captain “Bill" Webster of the | footha am this fall. | The inbound track of the main of the eastern side of the Port- livision, which is joined by th neh at Kverett Junction, lso was blocked, but the outhound | track remained clear and traific was naintained. Ya line tnd Republican (nmmltteeman From Indiana Dies Today Indianapo Dee. 7 UP-—loseph 1. Kealing, republican ngtional com ittecman from Indiana, dicd sud denly at his home today. Kealing was taken il while in Wishington Jast week where he had gone to attend the sessions of 1t national committec. . He returned 1o fudianapolis and received medical treatment, fl Don’t Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” That celd Grippe, or, unless you take [ub Musterol parts and see how relief. As mus plaster; without blister. Musterole, made for ROM time im- memorial, the dining tablcs of Feople who care or the beautiful things of life have been set with ster- ling silver. “@rrasure” Holid Silver in the Wil- liam and Mary Style with its de- sign of exquisite race, will be a resh delight each time it is used. M. C. Lewitt Jeweler Up 1 Flight 209 MAIN ST, inta "Iy, Pnenmonia oned may turn even worse, care of it at on the congested quickly it bring: old work the dors effective rd messy the as frem pure eil af mustard, camphor, wmenthol and other simple ingreatents, is a coun ter-irritant. which stimulates cireu lation and helps break up the cold You will feel a warm tingle as i enters the pores, then a eooling sen sation thyt brings welcome relief. Jars & Tnbu 5 Sterling 203/ 1000 ine Bstter than a@ mustard plaster e R | sue; RH\\ \(Ill’Ql‘TT\ MU 'll AL IIFF l n but his efforts were unsuc- " Ruddy said, referring to a brother of Kern | “Did von investigate or cause to he a mortgage held on Juror 2 Gordon asked. “Not directly.”” Ruddy said after objection had en overruled. DIRECTORS ELECTED Presentations For Employe of Stan- | and A. M.; Giddings Chapter, R. AL: Deric Council, R. and 8, ¢ Britain lodge of Elks, Odd ¥ Jr 0. M., and the 11 Rifle association. lows, John D, Rosel, (.1ecn\\ ich Manufacturer, Is Dead Greenwich, Conn Dee. 7 (Rr— | olm 1. Rosei, 5, dicd last night m Preshyterian hospital, New York followi: an operation for tu-, mor of the spine. FIRE WHAT INSURANCE \IOLT(,A(:]] 5 Jey Rule and Tevel Company |"00 "0 0 FEC I surer of the | hner, Reynolds and Yolt, » gtreet and a former treasur- or of the Men's League of the First | Presbyterian chureh here. He was | born in Scotland and lived in Ar- Mado By His Friends. for a number the Stanley his Louis I Beecher, supervisor at Rule and Level plant, of years connections with that tirm today. He was presented with a purse of zold yesterday by the employes in the department of which Tie was Shortly after this pre Beechor reccived another members of | lington, Mass., before coming herc to reside in 1803, He was o member of the Odd el lows in Arlingtor He is survived by lis widow, Chalmers Itosei, daughter of J. T. Chah of Greenwich and two Mr, of gold fron the | Mima | tation, | s the Level Fore Beecher d and pleased by He told his f grotted leaving the ould lose the as- ¢ friends of long Rule and Mr, Stanley | men’'s club, greatly surp ntations deoply 1t because 1 ation of so mu sons, . and ln!g'\r(' Rosei. | Home City Elects Republican Mayor | Northampton, Mass., Dee. T () - Jésse A. G. Andrec, republican, former city solicitor, was clected mayor here yoste ay, defeating for- mer Mayor M, J. I ud, demo- e L ipat, by w majority of 644. The re-| e was promoted 10 4he {puylicans will control the city on | supervisor in 1918 J0e o S hagier, 17 to 11, Mrs, Bessie | tme of e ooy, democerat, who has been {in the common council, was clected | S as the first woman alderman, de- feating a man for the office. The ity voted in favor of hi-| SICK, KILLS HIMSELF | Life orman L. “We Serve Our Clients v i entered the employ o concern in 1913, Through his fidelity and interest in the her ceher bility t position up 1o the ation. OFFERS Bridgeport Man Takes Own SCHOLARSHI Senior High Girls Have Chance to | Enter for Radcliffe Award. Senior High school girls were of- tered an opportunity to make appli- cation for 13 scholarships to Rad- cliffe college of Cambridge in nmunication sent the school Mrs. Goorge T. Baker Us representative on olarship committee, The quirement will be that the girl application for the opportu- Rather Than Face Period of Tn- validism. Dec 7 H took his life by hile in his home He had suffered ulie and had felt that long period of invalidisim ittributed by the Bridgeport, Ralph €. Kecler, shooting today Conr a Con- the s eighteen Kelle wife, was history. Tneh 15 scholarships will of the o v 25 and will be ind the hullet The report had muftled of hedelothes. and daughter also survive TESTING “GUEST LAW" Dee, T (P styte bring gukst law by use ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE ind Mre. A. T, Barkman of st Main street announce the | of their daughter, Miss to Reginald S Hor- on November 12. The | the new | o was performed in New | tute into Rochelle by Rev. George Rishop of | question tricd to before | tie Methodist church in that city ‘Thomas J. Molloy and the |The attendants were Mr. and Mrs in tho court of common pleas. [1loward Island of Hartford. Mr. | 20, stenographer. | Horton is connected with the Tnter- m»lorm;: with her | national Silver (o, of Meriden and ce, In Mrs. Mar- | Mrs. Horton is empioyed at Bosco's | e's car last August | Beanty Darlor. could not shut the door A de and Mary jumped MUST SUPPORT A it shut, but Al M Ida Iman, er Winter was caught vl James Winters of this city :1{ I'rank Winters of Plainville were or- | Gered to piy $4 a week vach for the | npport of thelr parents in a deci n handed down by Ju well n the superior eourt ves- | he parents, Mr. and Mrs. | W marriage telle Jones, Hartford The first | ton of Merid case in the utomobile ny was Byrnes, to go Mary E Fust tartgd friend garet A 10, Alice the i ind slamrue thumb from PARENTS SIXES HOWARD W. 319 East Main Street and ont right erushe: t we M Eustace, own Morris G, r. Lawrence A, How- ¢ for the defendant moved for a Jor 1it under the new statute. |terday Molloy denied the motion but Peter Winters of this city. sued m* to compel thelr children to support thent in their old age. | sued v, for 0 Coher Aliee's e g | non-st | Juag Ydecided ta incorporate reference statute W g s 7 i the in his charge to the jury. a sign of vitality Five months after assum- ing control, we record the greatest November sales in to Their Satisfaction” FOR THE years of Paige Brown, Re%.l Blue, Black $2.50 ». An Rubber Stamps to put outline books, cards, or any paper picture. Educational and Holiday Designs . . Outdoor Designs . ... $1.00 complete WOMEN’S FELT SLIPPERS $2.00 « $2.50 .- WOMEN’S KID COMFYS ARTISTAM assortment of For designs a on Few Days More we can fill orders for ENGRAVING and PRINTING CHRISTMAS CARDS invitations, with colored crayons completing the Lots of fun. Entertaining. Grown ups use them for Decorating Party Invitations. . $1.25 complete ADKINS PRINTERS AND STATIONERS 66 CHURCH STREET Glcbe Clothing House SHOE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE ALLEN-A All 8ilk Chiffon $1.95 All 8ilk Service $1.95 All Silk to Hem Service $1.45 Slippers and Rubber Goods WHOLE FAMILY I MEN’S LEATHER SLIPPERS Leather Soles and Heels $2050 pr. MEN'S LEATHER COMFYS No Heels. $3.00 ». | | i | Rubbers and Gaiters GOODRICH ZIPPERS—Four Buckle Arctics and Rayn Boots $2.50 to $5-00 EIGHTS WHITMORE Near Elm Globe Clothing House COR. MAIN AND WEST MAIN STREETS