New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 9

INVESTMENT FIRM NOW 1S ENJOINED Provented From Selling Cor- tilicates Albany, N. Y., Feb. 29 (UP)—An injunction restraining the New Eng- land Investment Trusts, Inc., the New England Investors Shares, Inc., and the New FEngland Collateral Shares ecorporation from selling any of its investment Trust certificates in this state was obtained from Supreme Court Justive Strong of Brooklyn teday by Attorney General Ottinger, pending an investigation of the corporations by the attorney seneral's office. An affidavit by Deputy Attorney ‘eneral William H. Millholland said the corporations have been collect- ing large sums on a partial ment plan, representing thai securi- ties were deposited with the Liberty National bank and that trustee cer- tificates providing for payment on the stocks would be issued. “As & matter of fact,” the affida- vit said, “hundreds of thousands of dollars have been collected, notwith- standing that none of these under- lying securitics were purchased; no collateral trustec certificates have been lasued and the money has been dissipated by these corporations and their “officers.” It was charged that A. B. Ben- edch, “the moving spirit” directed affairs of the New England Invest- ment Trust, Inc., “but endeavored to cscape all responsibiljty by not hol ing any office in the corporatiol *“This is the'best illustration pos- sible,” said a statement from the attorney goneral, “of the need for regulation of finvestment trusts. While the attorney general's investi- ration has shown that conditions here disclosed are quitc unusual, the present case does serve to show the need of legislation to provide some protection to the publip, for it was represented and people believed that they were securing interest in valu- able securities actually deposited with & responsible trustee or finan- cial Institution of high standing which was the inducement to many of these people who invest their savings in this manner.” MRS, McGOWAN PAYS FINE Mrs. Katé McGowan, colored of 14 Willow strect, who was fined $50 and costs and given a suspended jail sentence of 30 days by Judge M. D. Saxe in police court Monday, has paid the fine and will not carry her appeal to superior court. Arrange- ments were being made today to ob- tain the release of her husband, (‘ophus McGowan, on a bond, notice of an appeal to superior court hav- ing been given in his case. He was fined $80 and cbsts and sentenced to Jail for 30 days. It was alleged that e couple maintained a house of ill tfame, PLAN ANNIVERSARY SUPPER The Ladlies of will hold a monthly mecting at Odd I'ellows’ Lall tomorrow afternoon at 0 o'clock. After the mecting they 1 observe their 10th anniversary with a supper and entertainment to which all members are invited. In 1863 it required 1831 hours to make 100 pairs of shoes by hand. U i m £~y ommon ‘The beg beary thls siguature G Sore Proven Merit since 188: APPETITE IMPROVED that was so amazingly successful during the At your druggint. Bohemian Eagle | " NBASSADOR APPROVED | King George Puts Official 0. K. on Capjtal. London, Feb. . 29.—(M—King George today approved the appoint- ment of Sir Horace Rumbold as British ambassador to Germany. Bir Horace eucceeds Sir Ronald Lindsay who was recalled from Ber- lin to take the post of Bir William Tyrrell, permanent under-secrctary of atate in the British foreign office until his selection ten days ago as ambassador to ¥rance, Vice Lord Crewe, retircd, 8ir Horace Rumbold is onec of Great Britain's distinguished diplo- mats. He has been active in League of Nations affairs. Born in 1869 he began his diplo- | matic carcer as an attache at The Hague in 1888 and served in Egypt, Austria, Persia and Japan. In July, 1914, he was charge d'affaires at Berlin but left on the declaration of war. Later he was minister to Bwitzerland, Rritish high commis- sioner at Constantinople and Ambas- sollor to Epain. He was chief British delegate at the Lausanne conference of 1933 and signed the Lausannc treaty on behalf of the British em- lplre at the conclusion of that gather- ng. SCOTCHNAN JOKE IS GIVENTHELIE 'Not Ope Takes Advantage o “Leap Year Gilts" New York, Feb. 20 (UP) — A blow to popular superstition which perhaps is fostered nost by the Scotch themselves was furnished at the marriage license bureau to- day. Although this was February 29 and a wedding anniversary with its accompanying gift will come only once every four years, not a single Scotchman appcared during the first two hours after the bureau {opened. The first couple to be married in the municipal chapel were Juan Ortega, 22, and Leticla Miranda, 23, who came here from Havana, Cuba, and Ponse, Porto Rico, re- apectively, They chose the Leap Year day for & wedding date, they maid, be- cause it just happened that both had days off. Juan operates an ele- vator and Leticia a typewriter. It was a Concy Island romance, they blushingly told reporters, that had its inception when they met at {Luna park Jast May, The engage- |ment came a month later so that it wasn't a Leap Year proposal at lan, | “But T would have proposed if Juan hadn't,” Miss Miranda said. Ofticlals of the bureau predicted that upwards of 70 lcenses would be issued today but that the num- Ler of marrlages performed in the chapel would be considerably less than usual. Although it is possible to choosc (Your own wedding date there is as |¥yet no known way of deciding| when you are to be born so that {February 29 was just like any |other day in the city's maternity | wards. Tour girls and one boy baby, for instance, were born this morning at | the Horough Park Maternity hospi- | |tal, Brooklyn. | Each, granted life, will be able {to vote when he or she has cele- |brated only six birthdays. And pos- aibly one of the girls will be mar- ried soon after her fourth birthday. The tenth wedding anniversary {of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneider of | West Orange, N. J., will be ecle- | brated tonight. They have heen| married 40 years. Fricnds have no- | tified Schneider, who is the deputy | sherift of Essex county, that fn- |stcad of recognizing the event with {rubies for tho 40th enniversary | they will offer gifts of tin pans for NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928. POLITICS ACTIVE NOVENENT STARTS Hoover and. Anti-Hoover -Cam- paigns Get Busy Today ™ Washington, Feb. 29 (UP)—The Hoover and anti-Hoover groups showed fresh activity today. Hoover organization work was being started in adjacent Maryland following an application at An- napolis late yesterday to place Hoov- er's name upon the ballot in the primary to be held May 7. Benator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, manifested some dis- pleasure that Hoover has failed to &et more than two or three prospec- tive Jowa delegates and announced he was going with Senator Edge, re- publican, N. J., to the Hoover head- quarters here with an urgent de- mand that the leaders ‘'get mome fight into the campaign.” Moses was one of the first republican leaders to declare for Hoover, Lunches With Dawes Vice-President Charles G. Dawes invited to lunch Governor Adam Mec- Mullen of Nebraska and thereby sct political tongues wagging. McMullen protested several weeks ago against the “favorite son” candidacy of Sen- ator Lowden of Illinois. More recent reports indicate, however, that Me- Mullen will go along with the Nor- ris movement for the time heing. Norris told the Unitéd Press he did not know McMullen was coming to town and that he had arranged no conference with the governor al- though he would like to sec him. Dawes {8 a supporter of Lowden and {8 himeselt regarded as a possi- bility for the nomination, although he has publicly announced he was not a candidate. Candldates for the nomination must file for the Ne- braska primaries hefore March 10. The Maryland petition for Hoover had been prepared for some time, it would not have been filed until the final date April 21, except that the Hoover people there desired to per- fect their organization work and thought it would be best to carry on thelr campaign officlally. The situa- tion in the state is said here to be favorable to the sccretary, although there was some disagreement recent- Iy over the action of J. Craig Mc- Janahan in forming a “Hoover-For- President” elub, Towa For Lowden The Moscs-1idge agitation over lowa results was not accepted by party leaders generally as any seri- ous dissatisfaction with the progress of the Hoover campaign. lowa has generally been acepted as a Low- den state. The district conventions held there Monday endorsed Lowden for the most part, although two or three indicated they might elect Hoover dclegates. It Hoover gets two or three dele- Rates there, most of his leaders will be clated. Hence, many dre inclined to believe that Moses' displeasure is not to be considered as too scrious. “Pop” Schwarz of East Hampton Dies in R. I. t Hampton, -—Frederick H. Schwarz, known to many thousands who had been sum- mer guests at his camping lodges on Salmon river and to whom Ie was “Pop" Schwarz, died at the home of his daughter, Mre. 8. J. A. Root, in Mapleville, R. T., today aged 7. Mr. Schwarz had been in ill health for the past year. Born in Germany Mr. Sehwarz came to this country when 19 years old and spent some time in New York city. Leaving New York he went to Leesville where he estab- lished a scries of summer camps, The first ycar he had about 12 boarders, lLast year he had over a thousand. * He was widely known among thou- sands of campers as “Pop* Schwarz and his wife as “Mother” Hehwarz, He leaves besides his wife, two sons and a daughter, The funeral will be held from the heme of his daughter in Mapleville, R. I, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock after which the body will be brought to the vault at Lakeview cemetery where it will remain un- {the 10th anniversary. WANTED—A NOVIE ACTOR AND COMBINATION PILOT ; Chamberiain Says Levine Almost Discarded Him as He Might Not Film Well. New Y Fet. 29 (UP)—Charles Levine wanted a combination pilot ‘nhd movle actor when he set out to select someone to fly his Bellanca monoplane to Furope last summer, Clarence Chambertain reveals in hix book “Record Fiights.” Chamberlain says he almost got left behind on the transoceanic flight because Levine thought he would not film well after the adven- ture. - | “Mr. Bellanca’s insistence that 1| flew well and knew hia plane bet- ter than anyone else was all that saved me,” the pllot says. Chamberlain reviews the history of the long contreversy between | Levine and the three pilots available for the flight, Floyd Bertaud, Bert | Acosta and Chamberlain. Bride Falsifies Age and Husband Pays 8125 Fine London, Feb. 29 (UP)~Miss Mar- garet Shotter, promising 1§.year-old actress, reversed the usual theatrical custom and raised her age—at a cost of $125. A Instead of obtaining her father's consent to marry Captain Alastair Miller, racing motorist, Mise Shotter gave her age as 21 years when the tarriage licerce was obtained. | Prosecution followed. Miss Shotter pleaded guility, and her new hus- band paid her fine of $125 at Clerk- enwell police court. APPROVE REFORESTATION | Washington, Feb. 29 M — Ap- proval of the McBweeney bill to promote reforestation was voiced today by spokesmen for newspaper | publishers, the paper pulp industrv, forestry organizations and the lzaak Walton league, | | { } | il interment in Bashon Hill ceme- tery In Leesville, SUES R $11.000. jridgeport, T 29 (A—Charles B. Squire and Emile Hemming of Norwalk are named defendants in an by Bertrand B. Salzman of New Ha- ven, a stock broker. He asks dam- ages of $11,000 claiming that the men fajled to keep an agreement whereby they were to deliver to him for resale 1001 shares of the eon- trolling intercst of the Central Fair- field Trust company of Norwalk. ~take HILL'S Cascara-Bromide-Qui- nine. It ends a cold in 24 hours be- cause it does the four things necessary. | Stope the cold, checksthe fever, opens the bowels, tones the system. Don'trely ona lesser help, for a cold is a serious matter. Get HILL'S, at once! Stepe Colds A I RIS onn., Ieb. 29 ()| INJURIES PROVE FATAL | D. D. Brewer of Bridgeport Suc- cumbs (o Automobilec Injuriese— Was One of Old Forty-Niners, | Tridgeport, Feb, 29 UMW—Duane D. Brewer, a “typo” of the old duys. a membher of the '49 club, died at 8t. Vincent's hospital today from injur. ies received when struck by an auto- | mobile on February 19. He was 78 !vears of age and president of the | Brewer-Colgan Ccmpany; printers, | On Sunday evening February 19, Mr. Brewer left his home to attend church service, A{ Wayne street and Bronx avenuc he was strrck by the car of Dr. Willlam F. O'Connell | of Westport, former ambulance sur- | geon at the Bridgeport Emergency hospital, Dr. O'Connell picked up Brewer |and took him to the hospital, He had a*broken hip, and internal injuries. Mr. Brewer was born in Granby October 6, 1849, and because of his natal year he became a ¢9er, here, o club made up of men horn in that year which marked the gold rush to Californla. He was a descendant of Samuél Brewer who came from England in 1632 and located in Rox- bury, Mass. The Brewer family {moved to Sprirgfield, Maas., where (it became one of the best known families ther> AGRICULTURAL BILL NOW BEFORE HOUSE {Calls for $143,319,349 Appro- | priation for Varied Things Washington, Feb, 29 UP—Activi- ties ranging from the furnishing of weather data for the fast growing aviation industry to the fights against the Mexican pink boll worm, the gypry moth, the European corn borer and the Japanese beetle were provided for today in the appropria- tion bill for the department of agri- culture which was reported to the house, Big Total The bill curried a grand total of $143,319,349 for the fiscal year be- ginning next July 1, and standing | high in its recommendation was ione for the expansion of weather bureau service for aviators. An ap- prodriation of $2,709,000 was rec- ommended for the bureau, of which $25 000 would be for the establish- |ment of additional meteorological airways, the committee declhring | that for the benefit of aviators, as | contemplated by the air commerce lact of 1926.”" A total of $77,600,- 000 was recommended for road construction of which $71,000,000 is for federal aid to states. | Appropriations for various activi- ! tics of the department included: | Farmers' cooperative demonstra- | tions $1,462,000; cooperative agricul- tural extension work $1,300,000; | flood devastated farm area relief | $400,000; eradication of tuberculosis | $5,708,000; inspection and quaran- tine $712,000; cradication of the cat- tle tick $709,000; eradication of hog cholera $441,000; enforcement of packers and stockyards act $374,000; meat inspection $2,176,000. For {investigation by the burcau | { { { stations and service on commerclal | U. S. JOURNALIST - DIES IN FRANCE William Alonzo Hopking Was g Founder of “Le M Paris, Feb, 29 (P —VWilllam Alon- zo Hopkins, of Brattleboro, of the founders of the Paris news- paper, Lo Matin, is dead at the age of $3. He was reputed to be the dean of the American colony here. Mr. Hopkins was the intimate friend of General Grant, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Governor Leland 8tan. tord, founder of the univemity which bears his name, and other leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. Made Big Fortune He made a fortune in bronze in New Jersey, inventing a new type which was used largely in the White House, He came to Europe in 131§ in {1l health, Despite his health, however, he became all the more active, With Whitclaw Reid, of the New York Tribune, he founded the Morning News of Paris in 1884 with a French translation, Le Matin. When James Gordon Bennett bought the News merging it with the Paris edi- tion of the New York Herald, Mr. Hopkins retained Le Matin. He opened the French paper's columns to all leaders and made it an im. posing force in France. The paper was largely responsible for the fall- ure Of General Boulanger's royalist movement and foremost in showing the impracticability of De Lesseps’ Panama Canal project. He after- ward sold the paper to its present Founded Hospital During the war Mr. Hopkins founded La Providence hospital near his country home at Dinard. He ea- tablished a model vegetable garden from which he gave the people 34, 000 plants to supplement their food supplies. He leaves three daughters, Sister Mary Emanuel, who founded a Benedictine convent at Amilles, May DeWitt Hopkins and Sister Mary Dolores of the Franciscan order in India, and a son Maurice Hopkins of Seattle, Wash. The founder of his family fought under Oliver Cromwell. Another an. cestor, Stephen Hopkins, signed the Declaration of Independence. A branch of his family founded Johns Hopkins university. The funeral services will be held tomorrow with interment at Dinard on Baturday. EDUCATORS’ CONYENTION IS STILL IN SESSION | Blection of Officers Without Opposi- tion Takes Place on Third Day. Boston, Feb, 29 (UP)-—The 85th annual convention of the national educational amsccistion entered its third day today with the eleetion of officers of the department of super- intendence the principal business of today's general session. Frank D. Boynton of Ithaca, N. Y., who has no opposition, will be. come the new president of the de- partment. According to the usual procedure, the retiring president, Dr, Joseph M. Gwinn of San Francime, Calif.,” will become first vice presi- of plant industry; fruit discases $174,000; blister rust control $445,- 000 vegetable and forage diseases $200,500; crop physiology and breeding $90,160; cotton, rubber and tropical plants $255,800; seed test- ing laboratory $70,000; cereal crops and diseases $728,000; tobacco in- vestigations $600,000; sugar plants $153,179; dry land agriculture $208,- 05 wentern irrigation agriculture £142,095; nut culture $44,040 and | forage crop investigations $142.500. [ Other appropriations included for reau of chemistry and soils $1,270.- 613; burecau of etymology $§,952,- 24S; bureau of agricultural eco- nomics which is in charge of co- | operative marketing activities $5,- | 548,280, | Appropriations for plant quaran- tine and control included the fol- | 1owing end control included the fol- {lowing: pink boll worm $687,800; | gypsy and brown-tall moth $586.- | 380; European corn borer $887.660; | {action filed in superior court today | Japanese and Asiatic beetle $265,800. | Patrolman Faces Charge i Of Manslaughter Today Woburn, Mase,, Feb. 29 UP— | Patrolman Danfel McKinnon of Rtonieham was charged with man- slaughter today in connection with the death of James McGill of Wake- ficld. His superior, Chief Bumner the forest service $11,085.105; bu- | dent. Frank Bickell of Montelair, N. J., also unopposed, will become second vice president, while Sherwood D. Shankland of Washingten, D. C., will continue as executive secretary. *The profession of educatioual ad- ministration” was the topic for to- day’s general meeting of the depart- ment of superinterdence, while vari- ous other departments of the asso- ciation held meetings on topics of particular interest to them. Sightseeing, historic pilgrimages and visitation of exhibits was plan- ned this afternoon for the supefin- tendents’ department, and no meet- ings were scheduled after noon to- day for that department. The convention will close tomor- row with the meeting at which Mrs, Evangeline Lodg2 Iindbergh will re- ceive a life membership medal in the National Education Association. Student Teachers Read Books About Beauty Boston, Feb, 29.—M—Weighty tomen about history and philesophy Five way to books on beauty culture and etiquette when women students in the teacher tralning institutions of 38 states read in their leisure hours. Miss Amanda Lee Beaumont, dean of women at Marshall collegs, Hunt- { Green, filed a complaint against him. | McGill, who was shot by MeKin- non in Atoncham on Sunday night, died last night fn the Winchester hospital. McKinnon claimed that | McGill had disobeyed his order to ! stop his automcbile and that he | tired at McGill when the latter put his hand in his pocket as if to draw {a pistol. | The shooting. it was said, occur- | red after McGill and Walter Davi- | son, another Waketleld youth, dis- obeyed a Wakefield policeman's or- | der not to drive their automobile be- | cause they had been drinking. When | they started the car the Wakefield police notified the Stoneham au- thoritien and MeKinnon was in- structed to watch for them. LEFT BIG ESTATE New York, Feb. 29 UP—Cleveland H. Dodge, finarcier and capitalist, who died June 24, 1926, left a gross estate of $15,522,705 and a net ot $14,529,410, according to a transfer tax advisal filed today. Grace Par- rish Dodge, his widow, and his four children received the bulk of the estate, made up chiefly of stock and bond holdings. FUNERAL TOMORROW Tuckahoe, N. Y., Feb. 29 M—The ! body of Bishop Fthelbert Talbot, of the Protestant Episcopal dlocese of Bethlehem, Pa., was taken today te Rethlehem, wlere funeral services | will be held tomorrow. His daugh- ter, Mrs. Franklin Donatdson and a number of friends and relatives, ac- | cmpanied tne body. ington, W. Va., told the National as- soclation of Deans of Women here today that this was diaclosed in o study of the leisure reading of these students, In an experiment at Marshall eol- lege, she said, a popular book of etiquette was placed witheut com. ment in the reading réom. Later questioning revealed that 70 out ef a possible 110 readers had read the book and were interested in its een. tents. A list of approximately 1,800 titles is being prepared for use of deans who are asked to recommend suit. able books for leisure reading. 14 Year Old C Girl Thought Chicago, Feb. 39 (UP)—Bearch for Jeannette Btitchberty, 14, mise- ing -since Monday night, eentered in Chicago's west side today in Dellef that the girl was being held prisoner there by kidnappers. Jeanette left for home Monday night to go te a confectionery Store for her mother and did not Peturn. An anonymous telephone ecall to the Btitchberry heme gave the in- formation that “Jeanette was forced into an automobile by seme men.” Identity of the infermer was fot learned. VOTE NOY Washingten, Feb. 29 (P=TMe senate irrigation committes today falled t6 reach & vote on the Swing- Jahnaon boulder eanvon Bill or any of the pending am FIVE ARE INDICTED Special Grand Judy Acts Promptly | i Recent Chicago Mail Holdup | Case., Chicage, ¥eb. 28 (U'P)—A special | federal grand jury today returned | robbery indictments against five men in the $133,000 mail train roh-l bery at Evergreen Park last Satur-| day. | The men indicted were 8 | “Limpy” Cleaver, accu s leader of the bandit gang; William Dono- van, Frank Meccla, Virgil Litsinger and Willlam Jackson. Cleaver's wife, whosc confession before the grand jury last nizht was largely ingtrumental in bringing the indictments, and Mrs. Donovan, | formation against the indicted men. were held as accomplices. Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe sct bail at $100,000 for each of the five | men, | ‘They faced 25 years’ imprison- ment in case of conviction. LAST DAY TO FIL Hartford, Feb. 29 (P)—This is the | fast day allowed by law for the| filing of annual statements by insur- | ance and surety companies with tho | wstate insurance department. There are some 460 such corporations re- quired to file these statements and of thore approximately forty are yet due, Insurance Commissioner How- ard D. Dunham said today. Bection 3294 of the insurance laws of Connecticut provides that a com- pany shall be fined not more than $3500 for violatlon of any scction of these laws, “Please DRIVE STARTED CURB SMUGGLING Attempt Commences to Enforce Harrison Narcotic Act Feb, 29 @ — Ad- mittedly up against it in its en- forcement of the Harrison narcetic act, the federal narcotic bureau has now started an unrelenting drive age it smuggling, which it regards as virtually the only =ource of sup- ply for illicit drugs. [} al officials confess that with Washington, possible to wipe out the habit in the United States unless the foreign importations are shut off entirely. Narcotics ~ Commissioner ° Nutt holds that it is “fruitiess as a pem manent proposition to proceed fur- ther with curing drug addicts of their habits unless the sources of supply of the drugs are ¢liminated.” He recommends that states take action to segrcgate confirmed ad- dicts which lie believes would pre- vent the spread of the habit. A national survey recently com- pleted by the public health service, | the commissioner 100,000 addicts 1 using about 4 drugs annually. Eighty-five per cent of the drugs are smuggled through New York, he declares, al- though some slip in through other ports and across the Mexican bor- says, disclosed the United States ounces of Stand By” B. A. Waren 512 Main St. der. Users of oplum, b =yl small ia number In the |Btates and nearly all of it contes through smuggiing in ‘Seattls, tually none of the domestic factured nareotics reaches the fia legal trade. 3 The drug ring eperal |systematic lines, federal 1maintain. The largé importers |the drugs in large quantities te !wholesale dealers for as lew 88 an ounce and it various dealers until the {required to pay $¢37.80 {which he purchases in ene |capsules at one dollar each. This enormous profit, they point eut, Je a constant lure for the dope dealers. | Commissioner Nutt ridicules the |idea that school children are larxe . «who previously had given police in- the present facilities it will bp im- |users of drugs in the United Mates. Woman Arrested for Grec nwzh...l'le':.' I?‘(g - filfl Eichler, who sald she was 19 and lived in Cold Springs N. Y. Was larrested today charged with fergery iana her court hearing was put ever until Friday. The complaint was that the woman cashed a check for $135 made out te bearer and apparently drawn by Mrs. Horace Bamet eof this town and later tried to eash ja check for $75 at a local gresery {and one for $500 at the Putsam Trust comnany. It was while at the bank that she was arrested. The police reserved fnformation &8 to the motive which led M Kichler to use the name of Mrs. Bamett un- til she is in court. | [ | Statler Men's Shop Announcing the opening day, Saturday, March 3rd, with a complete line of Suits, Topcoats, Shoes and Gent's Furnishings. Prices to reach every man's pocket. Every sale a pleasant memory. Baby Chicks! Delivered to your door— Make your selection from the dealers advertising in the “Poultry and Supplies” Classification Number 52, in the Herald Classified Ad- vertising Section.