New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 26

"Marland Oil Co. ' stantial evidence which ~ CEREMONY TAKES New York, Jan. § (P — The ro- manoe of & 63 year old multi-mil- llonaire oll maguate and his 38 year uid ward was disclosed today with | sanouncement that they would mar- ¢y within a month. E. 'W. Marland, president of the and ome of the wealthiest oil men in the southwest, wdopted his flancee Lydia Miller oberts, when she was 16 years old. At the same time he and his wife wdopted her brother, George, three cars younger. His wife died in fune, 1926. Tt was the devotion of his foster- taughter in the months following the leath of his wife, said Mr. Marland, hat convinced him that he wanted | wer for his wife. Word of the approaching marriage | however, came as a surprise to the young woman's mother, Mrs. George | ¥. Roberts, of Philadelphia. She refused 10 discuss details of the wdoption of her son and daughter and said she knew nothing of the wedding plans. NAVY TO PRESERVE ANNALS OF 54 from First Page) (Contmued We have no light.” Hurry air is very bad.” con officers, surprised, ‘Have you tried removing gag from compartment salvage air line 2" the answer came despairing- dvage air lin flooded.” Late the second night came the second great disappointment. Storms | lizd prevented sending down oxygen | ubes, and the submarine S-§ wished advise the air compartment. *How man wher So the §.3 tapped: stored 7™ r five minutes the S-8 waited @ reply, but there was none, Tk mwen of the § took this silence as proof the torpedoes’ air was not available. Then, with an optimism| v did not feel they sent, for al most the last time, the word: “There is hope.” Dr. Charles McMillan Faces Murder Charge Angeles, Jan. 6 (UP)—Dr. | accused “sack” r of Mrs. Amclia Appleby, widow of a Chicago inven- tor, faced arraignment on a murder indictment today. " los Dr. McMillan continued to deny any connection with the crime, al- though the doctor last night ad- mitted that he and Mrs, Appleby ehgaged in a “scene” in Yellowstone Park last summer. The admission was regarded as another link in the chain of circum- | implicated | Lim in the slaying of the wealthy | widow whose hody, sewed in a sack, was found on the highway near $an | Fernando last week. In confessing the Yellowstone ac- tion, which witnesses said was an attempt to choke Mrs. Appleby, Dr. McMillan sald he merely held his | hand over her mouth to keep her irom talking so much. ““fhe wasn't hurt,” he said, “and we. fixed it up and got away from thire the next da AUTHOR CRITICALLY ILL Dorchester, Jan. 6. — (UP) — ‘Thomas Hardy, English author, ill here, was reported ‘critical condition today. A bulletin ut hie residence said there had heen : I%gle improvement during the past|£12,000, and L. 24 hours, WHOLESALE AT KOLODNEY’S —A GUARANTEE OF QUALITY AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE! 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SASONeD SPALDING HOCKEYS 65c up BOYS’ Spalding Skates, and hardened, nickel Boys” Hockey 220 MAIN STREET l "KINGTO WED ADOPTED DAUGHTER; at midnight, the six tap- ix they might obtain | LY opening the torpedoes in the | torpedoes on board and | still in a \pry‘sl!‘"(" brokerage houses have been | tempered HARDWARE CIJMPANY GROWING WITH REASON {FIRE L0SS 560,000 AT PUTNAM SCHOOL (Continued From First Page) PLACE THIS MONTH Mr. Marland said formal an- nouncement of the engagement was made a month ago in Ponca City, | ,Okh where he resides, and that the I wnan Peter Pac and Lieutenant John t\eddin‘ would take place at the Nounm had been placed at the top |bride’s Philadelphia home. ! of a ladder with a line of hose keep- | B«::;n d“l‘ Pu;sbur:h. wh;:e “he ing a strcam into a hole in the roof. practiced law when he was 21, Mr. pac was handling the noszzle while .\l;;r]a:d soo[nlmgln(eldht;:nue;uon ;0 lieutenant Souney was below him on oil and went to & 4, where he ;he Jadder with both arms around developed extensive interests in the p.c's body gripping the hose to vicinity of Ponca City. From a one- | .,4y it, Another stream was being building plant one of his ventures |1...q through a window on the ;‘::gor::: e s';\:)fl‘;zeo*;o"'"e- W0 jlazing furnace inside. It was as light as day with the |, Two years ago ho commismsioned ' flames leaping high into the air and 12 sculptors to submit models for a oo billows of smoke rolling out of- the statue in honor of ‘The Plonecr‘ Woman,” to be erected on a blugt | Puilding through the. apertures in overlooking Ponca City. The design |the roof. The slate slabs were chosen, that of Bryant Baker of | popping like myriads of machine | New York, depicted & sun-bonneted | XS in a bullet-barrage acrass no | woman, Bible under her arm, ac-|Man’s land while the firerien stuck companied by her son. When com- | {0 their grim task of trying to beat | pleted it is to be from 30 to 50 feet back the fire, in height, and is expected to be visi-| The water had little eftect on the ble for miles. roaring hlaze. Where Fireman Pac ONLY BIG OFFER {gripped the hose nozzle tighter. | ladder and with his legs curved on roof directing the hose. Souney | kept his position. Firemen Believed Lost With no warning the roof fell in. The ennre side of the building was | GQULD LURE COBB Ty in No Hurry to Get Back| n smoke. The fames| on Dlamond | 1:-‘:;0‘v«“r‘:t?‘rlnnlmmvntnr‘lly blotted out. | The firemen on the ground made a | concerted rush for the walls but a ‘\z'u fmpelled rush of smoke drove | them bac] Again they bucked the Jan., 6 (A-—It wil | Washington, and Lieutenant Souney were ltlu tioned, the heat became intense. Pac | John C. Stadler surrounded the { burning building and kept the erowd ‘out of the danger sone. Although the size of the crowd of spectaters was variously estimated, the fact that they were 10 to 12 persons deep for a full block on Osgood avenue and | across lots for some distance on at least two sides, would indicate that jthe number of spectators ran Snto thousands. Among the créwd were | many emall boys, who were frankly { enjoying the schoolboy's ambition to | see the schoolhouse burn down. In | this quarter at least there were no regrets and no sympathy, A goat re- leased from a nearby -barn, became excited by the fire and its anties ‘ amused the crowd. | the crowds on the north side of the ; building and Bergeant Feeney on the | south side. Both were active in hav- |ing the patrolmen keep the crowd back, and at one time it was neces- sary for Sergeant Feeney to move a group of spectators who had strayed close to a wall which seemed in dan- ger of falling. Chief Noble today complimented the policemen who were at the fire for their diligence. At many fires, he sald, the firemen are handicap- ped by curious people who crowd in and about the burning premises. | hitched himself up on the ice-coated | Sergeants Stadler and Feeney made good use of the men under their the ladder top, he bent over on the jcommand, Chief Noble said, and he wished to express his appreciation. ‘S(-rs'ean! Patrick McAvay also was |on the. scene. Auxiliary Reservoir Used Although the ‘“water department | reports there is an abundance of | water in the mains, Chief Noble said ! today the pipes were practically ex- hausted before the high service {reservoir was turned in. The i auxiliary reservoir is located about one-quarter of a mile away from the take an “unusual offer” to lure Ty | | heat \w(nmmz their “buddies” were | building at one of the highest points |Cobb back to a player's uniform. | burning in the huilding. Here to adjust some income tax| Tt scomed almost ~impossible for | matters, Cobb grew reminiscent oL | pac to avoid falling head first into his 23 vears of big league baseball [the center of the blaze. Souney's and indicated clearly that it would | nasition was equally as precarious. take a big bankroll to make him |4 )l minute passed while onlook- change his mind about pPlaying | .« gasped. again. ‘| Then the flames spurted up again | ‘I have been in harness 10NE | ,nq there against the crimson re- cnough,” he said. “I have worked | {hard and I am ready to quit base- ball actively. Being a 10-year man, I have received my unconditional re- lease as all the cluby have passed | waivers on me." | “The fact that Connie Mack still carries me on the reserve list of the Athletics is due to some oversight.” he said. | There have been reports that the | Philadelphia manager might ask|(rom the roof top because the heat Cobb to play with his 1028 team | wag plistering their rubber boots. and also that the New York Giants ' They had only would throw out lines for him. ! and_were pulling the ladder when Cobb said he had received no di- | the roof went in, rect offer from the Giants, He add- | Two Report Fxplosion |ed he had three offers to play again, | hat the blaze, when it first -broke but refused to name the makers. out, bore the indications of an ex- The veteran outfielder also let it | plosion, due probably to the ac- be known that he forms at the top of the wall. Souney {had held him from toppling with {the ruins. In a few more moments { helping hands pulled the man back {from the danger point into safety. On the south side, a minute before the crash came, a squad of men with a hose writhing under the pres- sure from a pumper had been driven but said he never would manage a | kowski of 155 Osgood avenue and { club again, | Raymond Poplaski of 50 Osgood “Being a manager is & lot of | venue, hoth of whom turned in| grief,” he said. “You never KNOW .iarms. Roth men said they heard when some one is going to chop Your | 3 sound like an explosion and Mr. feet out from under you.” | Poplaski said he saw the building e ! shake. BULLET SMASHES WINDOW | Many comments were heard on John Siedzik of 19 Nash street tpe gplendid efforts of the fire fight- | complained to Captain Kelly at DO- | s who worked under terrific dif- | {lice headquarters that his father had | fouitics and in the face of danger ! a narrow escape from being struck | ,ng yp rdships. Coffee was served |by a bullet as he sat in his home |y, gropen by neighbors. about 10:15 this torenoon. The lead |'° o0l W ECE DOCL 0 en oslisomshed throughin wind oW angy {in the city resjanded. Patsy Bridgct, [struck @ flower pot, otherwise i | proprictor of 2 smoke shop on (POl prbbanly tave simick Mr. | Chureh street, sent his private car Siedzik. The complainant turned |, 4 op,ufreur to fire headquarters to over the flattened pellet to the Po- |} 10" transnort offshift firemen to tee. the Dl {of the bonrd of firc commissioners, v of | Went In porson o the homes of fire- o [wen and conveyed them to the fire. | Manager Frank McDonough of the | ew Dritain roller hockey team, P lduring a game with Wallingford, igman, $3,000; Moore & Schley. | o004 the play to announce that I Rothschild & €0 |y "fromen were wanted at head- | quarters, There were hetw firemen on the job aut one time, ac- {cording to estimat. and about 10, [ 000 fect of fire hose was used. i Little Roys are Pleased | A cordon of police in charee | - ‘ HEAVY LOS! New York, Jan. 6. (8 — Lo 337,000 in securities by three |reported to police. They were G. A. |$20,000, n 75 and 100 of AND RETAIL BEEN SPECIAL $1.98 25¢ plated. TELEPHONE 909 ‘ . ficetion were sithouetted two dark !had gripped Pac by the walst and | reached the ground | d | was considering cumulated gases in the attic, s borne ! buying a club of his own some day, [out by statements of Henry E. Ra- | Chairman Cornelius Dehm, | Merely ely Margy, An Awfully Sweet Girl MARGY, in the city. In case of serious fire it {is turned into the maine and by reason of the great drop a material | increase in pressure is brought {about. Chief Noble, realizing that total destruction would result from {uny attempt to fight the blaze with | the existing water service sent one | of his men after Supt. Towers of the water department . and play. In spite of the fact that en- gines supplemented the was impossible to produce a eatis- factory pressure, At no point in the city is the nor- mal water pressure lower than at the hydrant across the street from the Israel Putnam echool, records in the water department show. Tests have shown it to range between 10 ind 15 pounds, against 90 pounds | in the center of the city. Chief Noble stated today that the :!irv was the first of any seriousness which has occyrred in a school building in the history of the city. | There have been small fires in school houses. Andrews Rejects Wire Theory Electrical Inspector Mason P. !Andrews does not accept the de- | fective wiring theory for last night's |fire. The inspector pointed out that ‘in the type of wiring used in the | building the strands are five inches lapart, making it impossible to es- ! tablish contact. Had two wires come ! result | | would have been a blown fuse in- | |together in this system the | stead of a fire, Andrews insists, [ 1t was learned today that Deputy | Chief Michael T. Souney was injur- | ed last evening when he fell on the ice covered steps of the building. | The fire chief fell on the ice covered | steps and injured his right arm and sustained some body bruises. | Gunpowder Factories Wrecked by Explosion Troy, N. Y., Jan. 6 M—With a {roar that broke hundreds of win- ‘dav\s in nearby buildings, two wheel | mills of the Hercules Powder com- | pany at Valley Falls, near here, ex- | ploded at 10:06 this morning caus- cstimated at $4,000. A [spark caused by a belt slipping when the power was turned on is }mu.ud responsible. No one wa: linjured as the machinery is larghly utomatic and no one was near at [the time. Both buildings were raz- ed and the machinery in one plant ‘destrnyod. |ing a loss (VE JUST THINKING ¥ Sergeant Btadler took charge of | the high | pressure service was brought into | service it | ! Sergeants Thomas J. Feeney and I | { SZIIIMII PM.AI'.E AWAITS COGLIDGE Wit Nortampion Fone Havana, Jan, § (UP)—A two mil- lion dollar palace is -being made here, today, to receive, a man who seven short’ years ago lived in.one half of a thirty-five dollar a month duplex frame dwelling in North- ampton, Mas3. When President Coolidge comes bere to open the sixth Pan-American conference on Janudry 16, for:the two nights he will sepnd in this capital, he will be the house guest of President Gerardo Machado of Cuba at the presidential palace. A corps of workmen, engaged in completely re-dacorating and re-fur- nishing the suite of five rooms on the .third floor of President Macha- do's palatial residence overlooking the park one square away from Ha- vana's famous “prado,” will finish their work this week. By Monday all will be in readiness for President and Mrs. Coolidge and the president’s White House phyaician. The suite now being prepared for the executive's use conaists of a res ception room, an office, and three bedrooms. Other members of the party, in- office workeres undetaoinle-wtfir cluding the presidents® secretary, of- fice workers and United States ge- cret service men will find lodgings in another section of the palace. That the president may at all times be in | direct contact with Washington dur- ing MJ stay hore, arrangements are being ‘made to install a special tele- phone service between the presi- | dent's suite and the White House. English speaking servants and of LIONS’ REHEARSALS— | invitation, NO KIDDING, ITS AWFUL NCE 10. mx 0 A GIRL LIKE NEWEST THING IN o {assistant guard, Mrs. TO THE CAST and to Those Who Would Like to Take Part in the Lions’ Frolic will take place Tonight (Friday, Jan. ‘6) Saturday night, Jan, 7 Sunday afternoon, Jan. 8 and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings of the week of Jan. 9th. All rehearsals will be held in the CAMP SCHOOL AUDITORIUM This is a cordial invitation to those who have not already received a direct Charles Gaa, director. casion will minister to the wants of the perty. With the exception of providing buckwheat cakes and sau- sage for the executive's breakfast, everything is being done by Cuban officlals to make President Coolidge feel as much at home here as he is at the western end of Pennsylvania avenue in Washington. Elaborate preparations are like- wise being made for the president's protection with a special corps of Cuban secret service operators de- tailed for the task. association. Woman’s Relief Corps | At the installation exercises of lSumley ‘Women's Relief corps held last evening the following officers were inducted into office: President, Mrs. Mae A. Gibney; senior vice-! president, Mrs. Jennie Newcomb; ljunior vice-president, Mrs. Mary Reeve; secretary, Mrs. Lillla Weir; treasurer, Mrs, Margaret Turnbull; | chaplain, Mrs. Adele W. Taylor;! conductor, Mrs, Alice Rehm; as- sistant conductor, Mrs. Agnes Len- ox; guard, Mrs, Margaret Lawrence; Sadie « Olson; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Margaret Chapman; press correspondent, Mrs. Esther F. Litch; color bearer, No. 1, Mrs, Grace Ryan; color bearer No. 2, Mrs. Alta Mason; color bearer No. 8, Mrs. Henrietta Tabor; color bearer No. 4, Mrs. Lydia 8cott; mu- siclan, Mrs. Agnes Valentine, . SPEAKS ON EUROPEAN TRIP | | The Friendship club held its | regular monthly meeting at the \.\ {W. C. A. last evening. After the| | regular business was transacted, the members of the club and several | gueats, enjoyed a talk given by Miss | |Clara Washburn who spoke of her | | experlences the past summer. in | Europe. Miss Washburn visited the | progressive schools of Ireland, Eng- | lamd, France, Switzerland and Ger- | many, the FROLIC Great Brtain rights mmw-mnmwon- 5 $540 for the first year, $600 for ths | Inducts Its Officers }3oie.i*s ts s Jear: Y00 Yraste jand award of | 1 J City Clerk. | \ ) I'of the Court of Common Pleas, in The club will meet again on’ Thursday, February 2, when Miss Rachel Colby of the Visiting Nurses’ amsociation of this city, will speak. Following her talk the club mem- bers will spend the evening making dressings for the Visiting Nurses’ City Items Prescription service at The Fair. | Prompt, reliable and economfcal.— advt. ¥ | Benjamin Waskiewicz has taken & lease on a store at 59 Broad street, owned by Mary Wisk, and will con- duct a meat market and sausage fac- tory on the premises. The rental is | year for the remaining two. New EVENING CLASSES In Stenography and Typewriting will | start Tuesday, Jarfuary 17th. Moody | Becretarial School.—adv. | City Advertisement| Abandonment of the Building wu.- On the South Side of Orange | Street, From Present Westerly | End Fasterly About 96.4 Feet to| the Easterly Property Line of vnel The Indianola council, No. 19, witl hold & whist at Mrs, E. McGarth's. 212 -Belden street, Friday eveaing— advt. THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS - Ty LINE RATES. i Application Cha: -1 line a3 ) 1 line a7 k7 1 line “ ] Count ¢ words te a lime. 14 lines to aa fnch. Minimum Space 3 lines. Minimum Book Charge, 38 ceats Closing time 1 P. M. dally; 10 &. M. Saturday. Telephone 935. Ask for iz time rate. Notity the Hersld at once i yeur ad ts incorrect. Not responsil errora after the first insertion. prem s o ANNOUNCEMENTS ) Fafnir Bearing Co. Clerk’s Office City of New r,nuun., Conn,, Jan. 6, 1928, To whom it may concern: | Notice is hereby given that the Board of Compensation and Assess- ment of the City of New Britain has | made the following appmxsuuom ment of special “enefits or bettor. | ments cavsed by the abandonment of- the bulding line on the south side of | | Orange Street from present westerly | end easterly about 96.4 feet to the easterly property line of the Fafnir Bearing Co. viz: Orange Street North Side: Damages Benefits Stevens Comasas . 825.00 Stevens Tomaszeski South Side: | Fafnir Bearing Co. Jos and Valeria 50.60 Rullm\\qk 75.00 { John Lubie 50.00 Soc. of the t‘hlldrnn { of Mary of the Im- | maculate Concep- | | tlom, Inc. ..... .. 25.00 | | SRS 1 $225.00 $225.00 Accepted, adopted, certified from | ord and published twice by or- of the Common Couneil. Attest: ALFRED L. 1a THOMPSON, NOTICE. | he New Britain Lumber Co. vs. Clifford Johnson Et Als. Please Take Notice, that by Order Hartford County, the AUCTION { SALE to take place at Maple Hill on | Saturday, January 7th, 1928, at 2| | o'clock in the afternoon, is hereby | postponed until Saturday, January | 25th, 1928, at 2 o'clock in the after- | |noon, on account of the death of | | Clifford Johnson and others. | Dated at New Britain, Conn., this | th day of January, 1928. FRED WINKLE, Recelver Appointed by the Court. | At @ Court of Probate holden at New | Britain, within and for the District of | Berlin, tnthe County of Hartford and | | State of Connecticut, on the 5th day of | . A, D. 1928 | i Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge. | | Estate of Willis P. C late of New ! | Britain in eaid aist ased. Upon | the petition of Hal . Corbin of eald Eritain, praying that as Adminis- or he may be authorized and ems N red to compromicc and settle & ain doubtful and disputed clalm for 4 sum in dollars as per application on {file more fully appears, it is | | Ordered—that a4 application be | {Bweard and_determb at the Frobate lOfice in New Britaln, In eaid district, |on the 10th day of Janvary, A. D. 1928, | fat 9 oclock In the forenoon, and that | Imotice be given of the pendency of said | wpplication and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing this order tin some newspaper published in satd Now Britaln having a circulation in said District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the town of New Britaln, in said District, and return make. Rurial Lots. Monuments 1 NEW BRITAIN MONUMENTAL WO! 123 Oak St. Monuments of all sisew and descriptions. Carviug and letter cutting: our spectalty. BOSTON T sandelli's _Phone _2181-3, VARIETY of plants and Rowers. Low priced. Come in and see them. John- son's Greenhouse, 517 Church etreet. _Tost and Found L dog with one Lrown ear: Also o young female dog, tan wmpots. Philip Marino, Plainville. white _11_Hough 8t TOST, tan and white color, returncd to 111 Market St. D NAPTHA for cl are right at Hall's Paint st to fit any size phot mad EPENC U COREETS, surgical and 2 tn_your home. Mrs. A. Care 3¢ Rockwell Ave. Tel. 196-R. iE your hat h\u? it bewt. Bing Modern Hat E£hop, 33 Church Streot, near Malu Street. AND LA EALLE CARS . LASBH MOTORS, I OK MOTOIt CARE—Eales and Bervice. apitol Bu((.k Co.,, 193 Arch Btrees, CHEVROLET uu;s & RERVICH—Pat- terson Chevrolet, Inc., 98 Arch Street. Telephone 211, DODGE_BROTHERS Sulcs and _fer ®. & I. Motor Sales Corp., 1129 Btan- ley Street, Telephone 731, USED CARS “A New Year's Resolution” To sell the best in used cars at prices below their value. We now have to offer, a 1927 PONTIAC De Luzxe 8edan driven only a few thousand miles, 33 1-3 per cent off. 1926 HUDSON Coach 1926 FORD Touring 1925 ESSEX Coach 1926 FORD Coupe 1924 DODGE S8edan Time Payments Open Evenings C. A. Bence 50 Chestnut St. Tel. 2215 Next to Car Barn BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, Judge. By John Held, Jr. reserved q Z /WW/ 7 SR { A= AN