New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1928, Page 21

| T00RISTS - FOLED BY FAKE JEWELRY Dyson Saps “Oriental Gems” wmmmmsme Ninety per cent of the supposedly | Oriental jewelry purchased by tour- ista abroad, is made in Attleboro, Mass., according to George H. Dyson, president of the Retall Jewelers' as- sociation of Connecticut, in an ad- @ress to the members of the Rotary club, of which he is a membér, to- day. Mr. Dyson took as his subject “The Straight and Crooked in the Jewelry Business.” Opening his address, he went into the history of the jewelry busines, and said that methods used by early | Egyptian gold and silversmiths have !:'derm- little change to the pres- day. He told of the birth and growth of gullds among jewelers and gold and silversmith, for the pur- pose of discipling those who de- liberately misrepresent their pro- ducts. As early as 1300 and 1300 years NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SHITH CANDIDACY 0. K,, REPUBLICAN HEAD SAYS Chairman Judd Rules Aspirant For Party Nomination For Mayor is Eligible Chatrman William H. Judd of the | to OM, Reg“hmm republican town committee after reading of the party primary rules — today declared he sees no objection| mp. vacctnati i 2 on ruling which pro- to the candidacy of Henry A. Smith | for mayor, in spite of a conflicting | V13 that pupils who were not vac- claim by some members of the G,‘cmated be dismissed from school un- o. :. thlu Smith will be barred by [til they are vaccinated or obtain ALY TUlen |trom a physiclan a certificate show- Some embers Of the Party 827 ling they are not physically fit for | 3 2:""’;‘“"““ f "u“" - l"” l‘:' the test went into effect in the pub- a republican nominatlon unless he |);, gopogls today and several chil- has been a registered republican and | e 5vcre bt homn:. a voter Iu the eity for a period of at "y on the exact number of least six months. Chairman Judd re-| o croctoq were ot obtainable jealled no such provision mor eould|; % O ohe 0o riment office, but :':le:"d # in #he iprinted p"m"y‘.t is expected that the principals Beith. & veaideok. of. A5l ety furi“"“ have the statistics available if the past two years, will apply for ad- | S 1l Holmes wishes them. =~ | mission as a voter at the selectmen’s | The matter of enforced vaccina- | meeting next month. He will then tion was made . have several weeks in which to meet 'hoard mecting last Friday. — {the requirement that notice of candi-| _Ten pupils of St. Joseph's paro- dacy be glven five days before the chial school who were sent home primary which this year will be held Tuesday because they were not vac- March 30. | cinated or ceuld mot show a physi- | PUPILS SENT HOME T0 BE VACCINATED !Seveml Dismissed From School a ruling at the school | City ltems Harry C. Brown of the Universal Coal & Wood Co. reported to the police last evening that his auto- mobile broke a traffic sign in front of the Elks’ club. Miss Grace Roche has Florida, where she will months, Harry P. O’Connor is {il at his home at 77 Bassett street. Miss Mildred Schick of Common- wealth avenue, has returned from a trip to Rochester, N. ¥ Co. No. 3 of the fire department | was called to a grass fire on Cabot street at 12:54 o'clock this afternoon. John Marunwicz owns the proplrly At 2:17 this afternoon, Co. N was called to a grass fire at 286 Carlton street. H. Leon Toczko, son of Assistant Electrical Superintendent Leon Toczko of 12 Hart street, was |taken suddenly ill last night and was taken to New Britain General hos- | pital, left for spend two He was reported resting comfortably today. ¢ Britain General hospital v, it was said that the condition Frank McCormick jcouncilman in the sixth ward, was and Mrs. where he underwent an oper- | ation this morning for appendicitis. | former | Wall Street Briefs An extra dividend of $1 a share was declared on the common stock of Montgomery Ward & Ci n ad- dition to regular quarterly payment of §1, both payable February 13 to holders of record Feb. 2. The regu- llar quarterly of $1.75 was declared ‘on the class stock, to be paid April 1 to holders of record March COOLIDGE RETURNS T0 DESK TODAY President Pleased With Recep- tion in Cuban Capital 19 (P —Ple n Havana, Presi- d to his desk at his first jour- ney to Latin-America would result in | a firmer foundation of good will| mong the nations of the new world. Washington, Jan. on JANUARY 19, 1928, QUIET PREVALS IN STOCK HARKET No Business to Influence Price Movement \e\v York, Jan. 19 (P—Quiet Members New York & Hartjord Stock Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST. NEW BRITAIN TEL 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW TELEPHONE 2-1141 We Offer: gth characterized today's stock | 'marl\u The abundance of money |available on call at 8% per cent, |after a renewal rate of 4, tended to {allay @easiness over the credit sit- |uation, although many traders |showed a disposition to kwep out of {the market, pending publication of {its o kly federal reserve report on brokers' loans after the close. | There little in the day’s busi- ness and financial news to influence |the price movement. Publication of | the 1927 report of the U. 8. Cast Iron | | Pipe company, showing $21.11 a share as against $35.08 the year be- for | ed as the stock showed little change. | Montzomery Ward sold down 1% ! poing to 113 on the deciaration ot | @ $1 extra but quickly made up the . apparently had been anticipat- | Hartford National Bank & Trust Company Price on Application> 55 West Main Street Thomson, Tfenn & o New Britain Phone 2580 Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchange g0, he said, trade marks were es- |clon’s certificate exempting them jimproved. He is still listed as criti- e etont Soon after 1058 Wall street had heard ru- | Edward L. Newmarker, Manager tablished by law in Europe. At pres- ent in this country, he said, efforts ‘were being made to enact laws to protect the public from crool unscrupulous jewelers, man ers and dealers. He said there are just as many crooks who are out to swindle, deceive and rob the un- suspecting public as there are hon- est men in the jewelry busineas. Even in Néw Britain people have been “stuck” by dishonest jewelry sales, Mr. Dyson stated. He told how a jewelry firm advertised that it was going to “sell out at auction.” He said “a firm of auctioneers got held of the business and the junk that has been turned out of that place is remarkable.” Stating that several in- stances of dishonesty by this same firm had come to his attention, he cited one case of & woman purchas- ing a dlamond ring at auction which had an imperfect stone and which cost her more than a first class stone would have cost at full retail value. He said in many auctioneering places in Connecticut “loads of junk are brought in to which the public will flock in droves to see how near they can get to the fire without be- ing burned. Then they go to some feweler in whom they have confl- Zence to see how badly they have ‘been swindled.” Mr. Dyson spoke of the code of ethics drawn up a few years ago by the National Retail Jewelers' assocl- ation for the government of its members. He added: “There (s a class of men in the jewelry business today who will not jjoin any organ- ization for the simple reason that they are very much afraid they will be compelled to live up to the prin- ciples and morals of these organiza- tions. Ha referred to the work of the federal trade commission which has been {nstrumental in eliminating | much fraudulent advertising. He ex- plained that it is against the law in this eountry to sell electro-plated goods as “Shefrield plate.” He men- tioned other things which he said are samples of goods which he claimed are using misleading trade phrases, such as “Sterling,” ‘Silver- ofd,” “Starlite,” and quoted a para- graph from the Keystone ne, the national jewelry paper, which referred to ‘Fyench pearls which are not pearls, green jade which is green but not jade, French ivory which is not ivory, sterline as & substitute for sterling. “One of the greatest frauds prac. ticed today in the jewelry busines: according to Mr. Dyson, ‘“is the branding of imitation articles as genuine, or using some trade phrase that will lead the public to believe the article in question is genuine.” He told of a concern which a few years“ago flooded the country with “Japanese pearls,” selling them for $10 and $15 a astring, with the ex- planation that they could be sold that cheap because they were smug- gled Into the country. The pearls were artificial and were made on Cape Cod, he explained. “Very few tourists from this coun- try go to Europe and the Oriental countries who doesn’t purchase some alleged Oriental or forelgn made jewelry. Ninety per cent of that truck is made in Attleboro, Mass, and the principal ingredient is brass or copper with a very thin plating and the crudest sort of imitation stones,” he concluded. Rev. Willlam H. Alderson, vice president, presided. There was a large delegation present from Hart- ford. Several local jewelers also were present. ONE NEW CASE New Haven, Jan, 19.—One more case of smallpox here reported by the health office made the city total three besides one other known as a Killingworth case because the pa- tient was exposed there. ‘The health office at City hall saia this moon that & rush to be va cinated had set in. Associated Gas and Electric The ostock dividend is equivalent to -pmlhmdy 9640 per share per ma for the u Dividend Series and r per annum for the “ 50 idend Series Preferred Stock. M. C. O'KEEFTE, Secretary. SKIBABOUND OVER, WIFE FINED §150 Stanley Street Couple Convicted of Selling quuor John Skiba, aged 44, of 463 Stan- ley street, alleged fourth offender against the liquor law, pleaded guil- | ty in police court today to twol counts and was bound over to the| March term of superior court in $1,000 bonds. His wife, Eva Skiba, \ atso known as Evelyn Skiba, aged | 35, pleaded guilty and was fined jall sentence of 30 days. She is an | |alleged second offender, and Judge | | Roche warned her that if she is con- | victed again within one year she 1l be required to serve a jail sen- tence. Attorney Charles F. Conlon of Plainville, representing the couple, {told Judge Roche there was nothing on which to make a plea except that Mrs. Skiba and her daughter are not |in good health. The police seized considerable liquor in a raid on the |tenement, store, and garage of the | couple, and in addition they had ev- |idence of two sales of liquor. Prose- cuting Attorney Woods, whose re ommendations in both cases were adopted by the court, said residents of the neighborhood in which the Skibas live were in court prepared to testify to conditions, and a num- ber of complains were on file with the police. ACTION IS WHITEWASH (Continued from First Page) ‘ events of the last 24 hours in the democratic ranks, but Heflin as- serted that those who attended the conference were told by one senator that 1t “Al Smith were nominated his state would go republican.” | “What senator was that?” de- manded Senator Moses, republican. | | “What gall is the senator from New Hampshire displaying asking me about our secrets!” Heflin re- plied. 1“I am looking mow to sece in the! press that 1 was rebuked by the party conference today—in the bad | part of the press.” | Heflin said that while he had]| thought Senator Robinson should be {removed as party leader for his ‘strange” action yesterday, he had {not consulted with other senator about such action and had not in |tended to press for it. Senator Ro- | |binson was not in the chamber as| Heflin began his speech, | “I was angry at the scnator from Arkansas yesterday,” Heflin contin- ued. Detying the action of a party con- \terence held just a few hours pre-| viously, in endorsing the chieftain- ship of Robinson, which had been challenged by Heflin, the Alabaman gained the floor of the senate this afternoon and made a charge of cowardice against those who he said, had passed on the question his absence. Specifically naming (‘o\cnmr Smith again, Heflin declarcs will be a sad day for the democratic party when it takes up with a wet, nullifier, & Tammanyite and a Ro- man €atholic.” Albany. N. Y. Jan. 19 (P—Gov- |ernor Smith has’ followed “with in- terest” the accounts of yesterday's | clash in the United States senate be- |tween Senators Heflin of Alabama and Robinson of Arkansas, regarding his possible candidacy for the demo- cratic presidential nomination. At a press conference in the execu- tiye offices today, the governor vol unteered the information that “I have read the accounts from Wash- |ington with interest,” but when |asked for comment, he declined to | amplify the brief statement. SOCJIAL AT ¢ A)'LIIY CHURCH A social and entertainment will be held at the Stanley Memorial church Friday evening under the ausp |of the Men's club. There will be a | musical program and community | singing,. followed by games and Ibowling. At these socials opportun- ity ts given for the people of the | Ichurch and congregation to get bet- ter acquainted and to spend a pleas- |ant evening informally together, | Harry R. Holland is chairman of the entertainment committee and Marvin C. Heisler is chairman of the 1efreshments committee. i POLICE TO HOLD CLASS | Chiet W. C. Hart today ordered | lh(' day policemen to report at (hL. {common council chamber at 7:30 |¥riday evening, January 20, for session of the policcmen’s school, and night patrolmen to report for |the same purpose at 2:30 in the aft- ernoon. HEFLINSATS TODAY'S during \\ a st are now back in school after com- plying with the ruling. According to Rev. John J. Keane, principal of the school, every pupil | has now fulfilled his obligation and | there was no objector among the | parents. St. Mathew's parochial school is also without pupils who have failed | m be \:.\ccm ated, unless excused, | . C. Theodore Steege, pastor, | announred today. The pastor be- lieves there are one or two pupils in the school who have physician's certificates, but all the others have been vaccinated, he declared. 'AUTO CHASED BY SLEUTH STOLEN IN SPRINGFIELD' $150 and costs with a suspended Coupe Found to Have Been Taken —A d in Massachusetts City on December 12, 1927, in which two young men were riding on Corbin avenue, Burritt street, Osgood ave- nue and vicinity several nights ago when Sergeant T. J. one of the tires off with a shot from his pistol, has been identified as having been stolen in Springfield, Mass.,, on December 12, cording to word received last niglhit by Lieutenant Bamforth from Wil- liam Keegan of the underwriters’ bureau. It is a coupe and has been in a local gara since it was aban- doned at the corner of Osgood and Farmington avenues when the chase by Sergeant Feeney grew too warm. The automobile An investigation by the police has | failed to revcal the identity of the driven and his companion, Feeney was unable to overtake the without risking his own Isafety and that of the occupants, as the driver succefstully blocked the police car every time the ser- geant attempted to pass. Sinclair Called by Senate Committee Washington, Jam 19 (#—Harry F. Sinclair has been summoned to ap- pear ne before the sen- late committee which will reopen the Teapot Dome investigation and Mar- tin W. Littleton, his counsel, said | today he would refuse to testify. Mr. Littleton declared the sum- moning of Sinclair was merely a! ruse on the part of the committee | to force him to claim the privilege ! of immuni which the = members knew he already had and thus pre- judice him and his casc before the Lorml)‘) ery member of the committee knows he can't testify,” said Mr. Littleton, “because of the charges he must combat.” . 8. Cast Iron Pl; Declares Dividends | New York, Jan. 19 (P—Four quar- terly dividends of $2.50 each for 1928 were d\(‘l:.\r(‘(l today by direc tars of U. 8. Cast Iron Pipe & Foun- dry (ompany on the common sto |and four quarterly dividends of §1. each on the preferred stock, payable on the 15th of March, June, Septem- ber and Dec Net profit for 1 was equal after pre- ferred dividends 11 a share on the common, ast to $5,- .08 a share. ‘IOAN rincipal is P. Slade and ~tudexlt speake rs \\Lll offer in connection with the an- nual banquet of the graduating mld- year class was announced today by Amy C. Guilford, class adv Principal Slade will talk on “Porte and in a talk on “Our Garden,” Stel- la Eisenberg will pay a tribute to the « . Merton Clark will bring the irls into the limelight in a toast “Our Flow Marguerite Down ham s “Hardy P nials” in a talk on the boys and W Iliam Haswell will tell of the pupils’ | ommmw of the hulgllus in a talk “Our Gardene: Hartford Man Elected By Circulation Managers Jan. 19 (P)—Austin P. » New Bedford as was elected president of England Circulation Mam- age: association at the annual' meeting here today. Other olfmr« elected were: Vice-president, man . Johnson, Hartford, Times: s Kennebee tr ton Transcript. in Journal, Augusta, Edward Dolhenty of the Worces- | ter Telegram-G Hennessy of the and Ralph Gray ette, James E. all River Globe of the Portland Press-Herald, were elected directors. | Rutland, Vt., was chosen place for the next meeting, will be held in June. as the ACME (0 MEETING DATE ved by local | s in the Acme Wire Co.. Haven that the date of tm- annual meeting been changed from the third Friday in January to the second Friday in March. Feeney blew | 1927, ac- | Sergeant | asurer, L. M. Hammond, Jr., Bos- | which | however. pernumerary Officer Cyrus |Schoonmalker shot a dog last eve- ning following complaint to head- quarters from 53 Miller strect that | the. canine was running about the neighborhood. CHAMBERLIN HAS o i ON TRAW” * Repair to Plane Gause Change| | in Plans 19 (UP) of his Cham- | Garden City, N. Y., Jan ay in the overha plane will force Clare Iberlin, transatlantic flier, the first laps in his air train, He will leave tonight for Phila- delphia to address a publishers’ con- terence, and then will go to Wilkes- Barre to speak before society. The tour itself, however, wil zin Monday at Allentown, Pa, from there Chamberlin will go to Harrisburg, Altoona, Johnstown And urg, in order, Yeturning to York Janua for another the endurance N. D. to m: tour| be- Ne \ttempt at tight record. | The flier will resun 16 at Washington, D. {go to Richmon to Daytona, ies in South |along the route. From Florida Chamberlin cross to Havana, where a p tial reception has been After the visit in Cuba, he will visit Coral Gables, Fla., and Atlanta, Ga., planning to re ward the I3 Tentative pl lin visiting Chattano other southern cities ¢ world o foup then will ina and Virg will , and in March | Controversial Affairs | May Enter Conference | 19 (A—First indica- tions that there is a possibility of controversial affairs enteriae into he sixth Pan-American cont nee on subjects not included in the genda came today with the official that the committee s will go ternoon. T ished for the pur- ons which Havana, Jan sion tomorrow mittee was esta pose of studying proposi |did not figure in the um. | The nature of the |that are likely to ari inclusion in the pro The cormittee expecte ty valve in the questior tor possible |vealed. is to act as a sa ference, as special st be t of ssing into the gen LD Winsted, Jan, 19 (P—James, weeks old son of Policeman frs. Theodore Dautri 1[0 death while nur 10 at the Walli parents toda CARD OF wish to th six ana 1s street home of FANKS ik our fric 1 sy We the K in our jdeath of our bele fmena Perry We wish to ti ei Gracehl soci rec Cornellia e Underwood No. 1, the 1 elin dei Grace ul floral |tributes. ’ THIE ¢ FAMILY. Monuments $150 COME ANY DAY Kave Buy direct and save agent's con T C. Smiths Sons Tel. 1799 Joseph A. Hafiey UNDERTARER Fhone 1623-2. Opposite St. Mary’s Church. Revidence 17 Summer 8t.—1625-3. REDUCTIONS All Our POTTERY See Our Window ‘BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP St.. Prof. Bldg. Tel. 83 Florist of New Britain On a historical and | w York to- | clock and left his special train | immediately with Mrs. Coolidge for |the White House for breakfast. Sec- | retary Kello who said before wing the special t the trip would rate the eagerness of this stand on an equal o\mrru of the w t dircetly to llogg as did Wilbur. retary and Mrs. WAITRESS POINTS T0 WAN ACCUSED [dentifies Laurito as Stolle | Inn Gunman | Conn., Jan. 19 (A— offe inn waitress oc- cupicd the witness stand in the trial of Leo Laurito in superior court Lere this s for nearly two hours, and t: i to seein to fire ter Di Nicol South Le et on De Waterbury May Dwight aurito is charged with aftempt to , and with car- ryin of the witness Deputy iy, Ir., who t when Count Alli examined De- troduced but o Sheriff John L. C ed he was prese tective Joland Nicola's ro let, which he the two which experf was fired from the pistol al- gedly taken from Laurito. The state then rested, and the defense opened shortly before noon. stated yester- | American Hockey Teams Mav Meet for Olympics Ne &, Jan. 19 (®—The Amer- imittee today con- | n that the Auge- hockey team, of Minne- meet the University club team t match to deter- | \ulw!\L\ ess to repre- | he Olym r sports at St. Moritz, and e Olympic commit- tee announ otticial pro- | propositions | chance of rove oM ¢ Baltimore, chair 15 MacA w of the c jor General Dot n invitation g0 to ti U‘~"v;m‘~ Ru rers W dM‘\ Navy To Escort Its Dcad‘ —A request | » navy ¢scort for to- hu- press and withont « for [upon nmer an cscort by the Washington her hur fellow we m storm Advisory 11 1 n. 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Telephone 4800 4 \UNII]NIST LFADER ‘| SHOT AND KILLED nThomas Lillis Attacked and Slain From Ambush Pa., 19 (UP) — union labor Pittston, n. ing home from a me rike plans had been disct was shot to death from amb | Police inv mitted they were without |tangible clue as to the slayer, Ithough they were inclined to {lieve that dissension in the union s responsible, s was elected treasurer of United Mine Workers 1l | 1607 Wednesday, wl took ‘wiw» together with Alexander ( bell, who had been elected presic | The election was followed by of the Pennsylvar v to recognize the at last nigh the 1 company llu ad- A single be- No. of- 1o n he nt. re- | fus ia Coal com- new officers, plans men em- were dis- land s meeting {for calling o by t ployed No Trace of | John Golden, a m ing home from th L volley of shots a | Tozcther with investigation was st of the searchers lis' bullet-r Slayer ner, also walk- meeting, heard nd n ed police police 'S an arted and one mbled over Lil- led bo There was no trace of the slaver. The shooting occurred in an is lated spot between Pittston | Brownton, where Lillis made home. | Lillis has long been recognized lone of the leaders of union labor forganizations in this scction of the anthracite ficld. His murder, it |the beliet of police, probably was the result of rivalry, or the act of |some disgruntled miner v ho did not |agree with Lilli | Every resource lof local police | thorities station being used to obtain t and his command police au- district s ace of Police are of the opinion th whoever shot the union leader wis well acquainted with his habit walking the mile stretch from Pt - | feeling, ston to Brownton and lay ia wait |for him to pass, loosing the fatal | volley when the man came within point-blank range. yre, Pa., Jan. 19 (UP) — Two ‘nhmns were taken into custody here 'm]xy when a Lehigh Valley rail- !road train pulled into Sayre, far questioning in connection with the murder of Thomas Lillis, mine union leader at Pittston. Local officials refused to divulge the names of the two men who were rriedly returned to Pittston. It {was said that they had attended a union meeting in Pittston which pre- ceded the shooting and had opposed GERMAN PRAYER BOOKS | FORBIDDEN IN TYROL | i | al- | Italy Issues Decree Barring Teutounic Language in Homes, Schools and Churches Innsbruck, Tyrol, Jan. 19 UP—Un- v an official Italian decree issued today, all bibles and prayer books in the German language are strictly forbidden in homes, schools and churches in Southern Tyrol, over which Italy has control. Domiciliary visits will be made and all violations . new ordinance severely pun- In explanation, Premier Mussolini this restriction is the ma- wu.fl corollary of a previous decree lirecting that Austrian and German cluldren must be instructed both in the school and at home entirely in Italian, which the presence of Ger- man books would render nugatory The decree has caused much bitte; and a local Pan-American paper remarks “a child imbibing its German mother's milk ought not to be forced to pray at its mother's knee in the Italian language.” BOY'S WRIST WATCH STOLEN The police are investigating 2 complaint by the mother of Ray- mond Moore of 124 Keney street, Forestviile, that her son, Raymend, 25 wrist watch stolen from v a4 youth who appeared te be about 19 vears of age, im & lecal theater Tucsday night. The slieged thief asked the hoy to see the watch and when it cut of the ti of |