New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1928, Page 13

MORE REPUBLICANS WILL BE QUIZZED Teapot Dome Inquiry Being, Pushed Forward Washington, April 2 (A —Reopen- ing its inquiry into the financial af- falre of the Continental Trading ' company, the senate Teapot Dome committee plans tomorrow to ques- tion two former officials of the re- | publican national committee, v v M. Blair, of New mittce under the lam of Chicago, who w: and s paign. A third witaess summoned for the reopening of the hearing s Birch Helms, of New York, who, commit- tecmen said, has oil holdings in | I Chairman Nye said also h: Miller, forme todian, recently convicted of cou- | spiracy to defraud the government in | | W. Up- Huston, a_ subpoena been issued for Thomas W. connection with the return of Ger- man property, but added that Miller's appearance had been in- definitely postponed’ because his ap- | peal mow is pending in the United States supreime court and it was not desired to prejudice his case. Miller was summoned for ques- tioning as to whether he had auy | knowledse of the disposition of the Continental Trading company bonds, Bridgeport Carpenters [ Are Still Working Today | Bridgeport, April 2 (P)—Union | carpenters here whose wuge agree ment with the master carpenters ex pired yesterday continued at work today awaiting a representative of the national organization at Indian- | apolis who will confer with the con- tractors. The men at first had favored a n.llkout this morning- They ask for of for five and a b The men want all There are about 1, penters ho union Fined $1,000 and Sent To Jail for 30 Da Norwalk, April 2 (®)—Louis Kis- ka, 48, or 12 Bouton street, whose | altercation with Bugene Tobey last Friday resulted in the shooting of | the later, today was fined $1,000 and | senteneed to 30 days in the county joil by Judge Light in the city courl. Kiska appeared as a sccond offender on two charges of viola- tion of the liquor law and also on | one eharge of assault. Liquor valued | it about $12,000 was seized in the riid on Friday when complaiat of \e shooting affair reached tl . The fine is one of the heaviest | ever fmposed In this county it is | i, | vo- | lic CORBIN (Ll’i \\I\\l R Tlhe pinoehle tournament hetween he P & 1. Corbingelub and Aziz | Grotto held in their hall on Satur- da~ evening, wus won Ly the P, & 1. Corbin club. These present, rumbering about 75, had a very or oyable evening. TPellowing the tournaii shu hoard and rope quoits were played, after which refreshments served. which never leredence because they | afternoon in {auested to report it. | ing 'SAY DROUHIN T0 RACE GERMANS OVER ATLANTIC, M=o Report Irishman Will Replace Spindler on “Bremen” Which Is Still Storm-bound. Dublin, April 2 (#-—The possibil- ity of a Franco-German air race to |America caused astir at Baldonfiel | airdrome today. Maurice Drouhin, TFrench pilot, was reported to be negotiating to use the ficld as a starting point for a transatlantic flight, The German plane Bremen con- tinued weather bound and there were that Commandant James urice, head of the Irish F State air force, might replace Arthur Spindler, German mechanic and co- pilot of the plane. Reports were that Drouhin, who was engaged by Charles A. Levine last year for a transatlantic hop, materialized, {intended to start for Ireland tomorrow. Authoritics at Baldonnel declined to comment, but the rumor gained have main- tzined an attitude of secrecy since before the arrival of the Bremen, the appearance of which above the v being the first knowledge Ireland had of that project. Commandant Fitzmaurice was a companion of Captain R. H. MacIn- tosh on his unsuccessful attemypt to fiy the Atlantic last summer, which lended when they were driven back dverse weather and landed safe- at Ballybunion. 60 PHEASANTS RELEASED Fish and Game Assogiation Members Iy Put Stock in Covers—Snowshoe Rabbits Purchased for Breading, Sixty pheasants were released by members of the New Britain Fish and Game Association last Sature ercnt covers around W fi'l are to e released an the association posted property in Hartford. All the birds are banded with a num- her and post office address, anyone finding one previous to the scason or during tho ew son is re- This will en- able the game committes to chee | up on its stocking activitie President S. . Avery has pur- Ten pair of pheasants | hunting | ased six pair of shnowshos rabbits | for breeding purposes successful the this on a higger that all the covers about New ain will be well stocked, 30 MEN ESCAPE Charleston, W. Va., April 2 (#— ¥ men escaped from the num- mine of the Keystone Coal and company at Keystone, follow- n explosion there today, R. M. chief of the state mining department, was advised by Willlam Wilson, superintendent of the mine. It if proves ion will do e next year so Drit- Coke mbie, | Wilson teld Lambic that 8o far as he | knew no fatalities resulted from the blast, COP'S AUTO STOL Bridgeport, April 2 (P)—An auto- | mobile which Deteetiy ter Augur had left standing in rront of his home last night while e had supper had gone when he came out to it. The nd three local youths were found | | | postms machine | {ford, a 10 per cent composition was {agreed upon. | | Miss the membership loted to New Britain by the state | State NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928. City Items At a moeting of the credftors of J. | Feigenbaum, bankrupt, held this | morning at the office of the Referee in Bankruptcy Saul Berman in Hart- The following students have ar-| rived to spend their Easter vacation with their parents: V. Michalowski, Boston university; E. Benz, B. U. F. Karnasiewicz, U. of Pennsylvania J. Szewczyk, Amherst; J. Nied- zwleckl, Dean Academy: Misses Gene and Helen Cieszynski, Tufts Dental college. LEGION CLUB MEETS Membership Is Main Topic of Con- versation At Today's Gathering— Supper Tonight. Eddy-Glover Post, American Le- glon, luncheon club met at the Le- gion home this noon and discussed drive now being conducted by the post. There are over 500 secured of the 800 quota al- | 1 i Com- | headquarters of the Legion. mander Nate Avery said that a ma- jority of the members were new men and that the renewals were especial- ly slow in coming in. President Roger Whitman, a candidate for the common council, called on Clesson Parker, a brother G. O. P. candidate, for a snappy non-political story. was announced that there will be a drive supper at the post rooms to- night. Court Columba, C. D. of A., To Observe Anniversary Court Columba, Catholle Daugh- ters of America, will observe its 25th anniversary Easter Monday. The 23d snnual banquet dance of ithe court will be held in the Bur- ritt hotel starting at 7:30 o'clock and national officers and prominent members of the Catholic !clergy are expected to attend. Rev. formerly a curate now of Pomfreet, will be the speaker. An entertainment following the banquet will include vocal se- lections by Mrs. Mary T. Crean and Helen Long. Music will be by Al Lambert and his George Donahue, furnished revellers, Mrs. J. A. Maguire, state sccre- tary, is chairman of the committee in charge of the observance. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Corbin | Entertain at Palm Beach Mr. and Mrs. Philip Corbin of | Hackensack, N. J., formerly of this city, entertained Saturday with a arge tea at their winter residence in Palm Beach.' The guests of honor were Mrs. Corbin's brother | aw, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- | nd their daugh- i s )Ir. and Mrs. Corbin will remain in Palm Beach until the mid- dle of April. .\I.L'X DN CONGRATULATED Edward J. DMunson, assistant ster, W showered with congratulations today by his fellow Sergeant | {workers in honor of the completion of Mr. Munson's ant. postmast was appointed by the late Post- master Ira E. Hicks on April 1, 1903, and he has served as assistant postmaster since that time, th year as as- Mr. Munson | | | | j day, |this city by Mrs, John I O'Brien of | | | i R. Employer, if you wanted a job, it’s natural i that you would look for it first in The HERALD HELP WANTED ADS Everyone Does That Hundreds, yes, thousands, daily await your ad. In no other way can you get the selection, and that’s what you want, SELECTION, CuASSIFIED AD HEADQUARTERS Just Phone 925 H I | Your ads will be charged gladly. Collection made later, | Further battle plans will be shaped { Donahey's cabinet at St. Mary's church and | ‘beard and i Mills, is a member of the staff of the RORABACK STILL COOLIDGE BOOSTER (Continued from First Page) are formally pledged to Mr. Lowden as second choice. ‘The fact that the vice president is a native Ohioan, born and reared at Marietta, may influence the decision in his favor, it was indicated. At Hoover headquarters today it was indicated that future plans for | the Hoover campaign will await de- velopments in the opposing camp. to combat the first choice selection to be made by the Willis forces, it was indicated. Though Governor Donahey has not indicated his election as Senator Willis’ successor, Cy:zi+ Locher, di- rector of commerce in Governor and tho govern- or's closest political adviser, appear- cd to still be a strong favorite. Governor Donahey may his selection for senator nesday. Fes: Man Kansas Cit April 2 Scnator Simeon D, ¥ of Ohio steod out as the candidate most likely to make the keynote speech at the re- publican national convention in June as the republican committee on ar- |rangements met here today, It was understood that Secretary of the In- terior Work, a Hoover leader, was backing Fess. Work's advocacy of I 4 {ed by some as a sec measure !taken by Work for the henefit the Ohig leaders, recently bereft of their “favoritc¢ son" candidate, Senator Willis. Besides appointing a chairman of the national meeting, the committee will appoint a ser- geant at arms; select clerks of the convention; discuss the housing problem surther, and arrange for view- [ temporary (UGP)— | | Wall Street Briefs ’ New York, April 2 UP—Sloss- Sheffield steel earned $6.53 a share on the common stock in 1937 after preferred dividends, in contrast to $16.37 a share in 1926. Net profit declined to $£1,151,309 from $2,106, 759, Production by Chevrolet otor Car company in March was 133,657 cars and trucks, a new record, com- pared with 116,943 in February, the previous record monthly output. First quarter output was 342,184 cars and trucks against 267,393 in | the first quarter of 1921. Rupp Motor Car Company had record shipments in March, 86,034 cars, a gain of 54 per cent over February and 63 per cent ahead of March, last year. Unfilled orders on April 1 were 4.000 cars. The produttion schedule this month calls for a minimum of 7,000 cars. { First'quarter shipments were 16,. $62 units against 11,603 a year ago. Total income of American Railway | Express for January was $19,921,- 170 against £20,609,428 in January {1927, Net income $176,742, March sales of Montogmery-Ward nd Company were $17,800,945 gainst $17,982,739 in March, last year, and for the first quarter $45,- 576,495 agalnst $45,233,928 in the previous corresponding period. New hgnd offerings in March ag- gregated $602,939,000, largest this year, compared with $551,859,894 in February. Stock offerings were $74,- 967,000 against $103,653,900 in February. was $164,274 against FIRE ON MAIN STREET The fire department was called shortly before 3 o'clock this after- noon by an alarm from Box 42 at Main and East Main streets, to a irc in the rear hallway of the State distribution of t Pole Arrives to Stand Trial for Wife’s Death New York, April 2 (P—John Kroll, 65 year old naturalized I’ols and father of 13 children, arrived today on the liner Carinthia from Warsaw to stand trial in Worc Mass., for tho murder OY lis vorced wife, Josephine, who was stabbed to d di- nars old th N ay 13 Kroll, a short man a3 wearing glasses, was in charge of Licutenant Robert T. Hardy of the Worcester police who said the prisoner had admitted the murder to him on the voyage and had expressed hope of getting capi- tal punishment. Hardy said Kroll with tation and Westinghouse told him he could not contemplate and Blue race stood at 500 to 415 > Elects |in favor of the Red division this American Steel Foundries, General life imprisonment, W 2 (P—Dallett H. Wilson, lawye who was shot by his wife last week, was reported on the road to recovery at City hospital to- day. Mrs. Wilson, a prisoner in Jef- ferson Market women’s prison, is to be arraigned tomorrow charged with felonious alt and being unlaw- fully in posscssion of fircarme Deaths Herbert L Herbert L. Mills, ton, Mass,, died last pneumonia. His Mills ged 26, of Bos- | Friday from | brother, Arnold investment department of the Com- | mercial Trust company of this city. | The funeral was held this afternoon | at 2:30 from the Waterman & Son funeral parlors and burial will be in Mt, Auburn cemete Boston, 4 | James E. English James E. English of Chicago, a native and a resident of this city for many years, died in Chicago yeste: according to word received in 65 Black Rock avenue, He 13 ol leaves his . J. W. Hitzman of Chicago; a 1. E. Karr; and several | other relatives in this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow and burial will be In Chicago. | John Hijggins John Higgins, a former resident of this city, died on Maveh 29 at’hi iome, 556 Chestnut street, Spring- icld, Ma s is survived by two daughters . Helen Sullivan and Mrs. Raymond Coiby, both of Spring- field; {wo brothers, Michael and Wil- liam Higgins of this city, and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Morley, Mrs. Mary Cayer and Mrs. Anna Me- Grath of this city. The funeral was held this morning and interment was in St Michael's cemetery, Spring- field, was wite, a daughte Femi Lt e Funerals Sargls Elia Funeral services for Sargis Llia {of 238 Cherry strect were held this .AY ernoon at o'clock at the home and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Mark's Episcopal chnrch. Rev. Saul David officlated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. The pall bearers were E. Joseph, I. Lazar, J. Jacobs and A. Joseph. Joseph A, Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone _1625-8 S Oppesite 5t. Mary’s Chul Residence 17 Summer St.—1628-3 E. Bedell, Yonan, P. Palms te rent for Paim Sunday and Esster Alse Strewing baskets filled Visit eur Greenhouses at Maple HIll | Mr. | Caillonctte | Travelers Ins Co Army and Navy store on Main street, opposite East Main street. A clerk in the store left a bundle of waste paper in the hallway and did not set fire to it. but while he was attending to the trade he saw smoke and discovered that someone, presumably boys, had touched a match to the bundle. The store is conducted by Ben Cohen. The damage was about $300, CENTRAL JR. H. 8. NOTES The ninth grade of t » Central Junior High school met in the audi- torium this afternoon for a special PRICES DOING ALL L | SORTS OF ANTIC Call Money Stiffens—Selling Pressure Strong New York, April 3 UPM—Frequent reversals of price movements took place in today’s stock market as con- trol shifted from Bear to Bull tra ders. Opening prices were reactio ary, but the markct soon headgd up- ward as pools resumed activities on a broad scale and lifted more than two score issues to peak prices for the year. Marking up of the call money rate from 5 to 5 1-2 per cr following the calling of about $15 000,000 in loans, unsettled the mar- ket in the early afternoon. Radlo was again the spectacular feature. Opening § points lower at 178, the stock mady up its loss be- fore the ¢nd of the first hour and then ploughed forward to another new peak at 196 1.2 in the ly afternoon. A story of selling ord. suddenly appeared and the stoc dipped below 190 again within a few minutes. Wright Aeronautical Jjumped nearly 9 points to a peak at 101 1 but reacted several points in the early afternoon sclling. Among the many issues to reach new high ground for the year, or longer, we Loews, Park & Tilford, Ameri Zinc preferred, Curtiss Aeroplahe, St. Paul common and d#preferre Great Northern preferred, Best Co., American Ice and |Safety Ragor. & cnt against such issues as American International, Allfed Chemical, Montgomery-Ward, 8ears Roebuck, General Electric and National Bi cuit, all off 2 points or more. Gen- eral Motors, after selling down to 184 in the early trading, rallied to 187 3-4 and then backed to 185 1-4. Stiffening of call money was at- tributed to the heavy demand for funda in connection with quarterlg settlements. Supporting orders were quickly rushed iInto the market and Radio rallied 6% poi from the low. General Motors extended its d cline to 3 polnts before supporting orders were effective. Speculators for the advance endeavored to re- gain control of the market by bid- ding up a selected list of pool spe- cialties, new peak prices being tablished in the first few minut es- of Civic league period put on by the class of 9-2-A and conducted by Al- hert Loomis, president of that sec- tion, The semester score for the Red oon. ng. The clubs of the school will meet in the school cjub rooms tomorrow afternoon for the regular club pe- riod to transact business and to: take up club work. There was no play this morn- | TERTAIN AT BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. J. 8 Silverman of 268 MHart street entertained at i bridge at their home last evening. Among those present were: Mr, and Mrs, Edward Feldman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, Mr, and Mrs, Samuel Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. George ns, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miner, and Mrs. Henry Sirkin, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jartman, Mr. and Mrs. | Harry Herman, Miss R. Mener, Mrs. {and Miss Herman K. Kolmanowtiz and Cecil Gray. PLUMBING INSPECTIONS Plumbing Inspector O. A. Peter- !son issued $9 permits in the month of March, work being donme in 15 new buildings and in 74 old build- ings. The inspector found 12 defec- tive jobs on which changes were made. His inspections numbered Electrical Inspector Mason P. 326, | Andrews gave out 65 permits and made inspections. in totalled $119. Fees taken The engagement of Harold K. Dolan of Arch street and Miss Jean Caillouctie, daughter of Mrs. D, M. of Kast Hartford, has ,been announced. Mr. Dolan is pres- l\l(m of the Kenilwortk club and a {member of the P. & F. Corbin club. \h:n Caillouette is employed in the Travelers Tnsurance Co. and has many friends in this city. OIL PIONEER Dlln Jamestown, N. Y., April 2 (#— Homer M. Preston, ploneer in the oil Infustry in Penna., Street Rall- way magnate and banker, died at his home in Kiantone, near here to- day. He was 67 years old. LOCAL RTOCKS {Furnished by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks. Bid Asked 900 915 $60 $70 850 860 .410 420 548 40 850 1750 1820 Aetna Casualty . Aetna Life Ins Co . Aetna INire Automobile Ins . Hartford Fire National Fire Phoenix Fire L1735 Conn General .. L1800 \flmnnuurmn S(odss. | Am Hardware Am Hosiery . Beaton & Cadwell Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com .. Billings & Spencer com Billings & Spenser pfd Bristol Brass Colt’'s Arms Eagle Lock . Fafmir Bearing Hart & Cooley . Landers, ¥ !N B Machine NilesBe-Pond com North & Judd Peck, Stowe & Wil . Ruseell Mfg Co .. 8covill Mfg Co ... Standard Screw . 8tanley Works Torrington Co com .... 93 Union Mfg Co ....... Public Ttiikties Conn Elec Service . Conn Lt & Pow pfd . Hfa Elec Lights . N B Gas Southern N .m 90 104 460 Bollrer's Pasy Shop Tolegraph Florist of New Britain” ll W. MAIN ST, P ———— TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance, §446,940,021. ] {behind at 1% trading by Atlantic Refining, Low and Schulte Retail Stores. Bruns- { wick Balke was quickiy bid up 3 points above Saturday’s final quo- Electric, Allied Chemi- Asphalt, Houston 0Oil, i cal 1 and Archer Daniels Midla l.m\ml up 2 points or more. Thers was little news over the week-end to influence the price movement although some liqudation came into the market as a resuit of repeated commission homse warn- ings agalnst excessive spe Weekly business revlews reported further irregularity in the general situation although with some im- i provement shown in & few of the basic industries. Wall Street Opening Pronounced reactionary cles developed at the opening of today's stock market. Radio opencd with a block of 10,000 shares at 178, a drop of 8 points below Satur- day’s closing quotation and declines of 1 to 2 points were recorded by General Electric, U. § Steel com- mon, Union Pacific Union Car- bide and Montgomery Ward. General Motors Quickly back 1 3-4 polnts. Panhandle Producing & Refining reports net loss of $19,090 for 1827 against net profit of $325,164 in 1926, or $11.68 a share on the per cent preferred on which no dividends have been paid since July, 192 Profit. for 1926 included $457,883 on property sold and retired. With bulls all over the eountry lined up on the mark ready to go through with their daily exercise of pushing up prices, constructi in- terests obtained a ready follawing as soon as they commenced to queeze the harassed short interest again. Radio, which opened at N was selling at 193 at midday, leav ing General Motors struggling far in the r: for su- premacy of the marke Wright Aero moved up 5 1-2 and other spe- claltles were also buoyant despite the advance in the renewal rate for call loans for 4% to 5 per cent. THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. .. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Low Clos Al Che & Dy 164 Am Ag Che pd 697 American Am loco .... Am Sumatra Am 8m & Re Am Sugar ... Am Tobacco . Am Woolen | Anaconda Cop Atchison Balt & Ohio. Beth Steel Brook Man Cer De Pasco Ches & Ohio CRI & Pac Chrysler Corp Colo Fuel | Congoleum Consol Gus Corn Prod . Dav Chem 403 Dodge Bros A 213 Erie RR . BT% Fam Players .1177% Fleischmann .. 7013 Freeport Tex Genl Asphalt . Genl Elec .. Genl oMtors Glidden . Hudson Motors 94 Hersheys ... Int Comb, Eng Int Cement .. Int Nickel .. Int Harves Int Paper . Ken Cop .. 861 Mack Truck .. 97% Marland Ofl .. 41% Mo Kan & Tex 37% Mont Ward ..149 National Lead 132 N Y Central ..17¢% NYNH&H % North Amer... 64% tenden- ' slipped ' PUTNAM & CO. Members New York & Hartford Steck Exchangss 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW. TEL 2-1141 Southern New England Telephone Co. Price on Application, Thomson, Tfenn & Co. 5 West Main New Britain Phone 2580 Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchenfe Stusrt G. Segar, Manager reet We Offer: CONNECTICUT POWER Price on Application. American ‘ “Belling presure was rather persist- | EDDY BROTHERS &G Members Hartford Stock Exchenge “H NEW BRITAIN HARTFORD n-uu BurrittHote! Bidg. ~ Hartford Conn.Trust Bidg, Colony Biddy We Offer: 40 Shares Scovill 50 Shares Landers, Frary & Clark Fuller, Richter, Aldrich& Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING NEW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Joseph M. Hailoran Tel. 1358 Harol ©. Mott We offer and recommend: Hdellty&DeposltcumpanyofMayImd Present dividend, $8.00 . Earned in 1927, 334.29 Carries at $2,340,000.00 real estate worth $4,000,000. Owns 10,000 shares Fidelity Trust Company, quoted 275 bid. We Wish To Announce That Mr. Harvey W. Corbin formerly with the HARTFORD-CONNECTICUT TRUST CO. is now associated with our organization LEWIS & COMPANY Member : Connecticut Investment Bankers’ Association ‘ Hartford-Connecticut Trust Building Hartford, Connecticut v & |North P; k Mot !Pan Am Uhillips Pierce Arrow Pullman Radio ®orp Remington I house on Bingham street to Peter ! Mulys for $15,600. The transactions | were made through Jacob Gross and J. Jacobinus . | Norwich Man Miuinx, Accounts Don’t Balance Norwich, April 2 UP—Absence rom home over the week-end of Thomas Addison, 45, secretary of the i Mule Spinners association of Taft- | Ville, sccretary-treasurer of the Cen- 1l:Laber union of Norwich and of Manchester Unity I. O. o 0. 1", led to examination of his ac- |counts in ail three bodies yesterday. ‘ ! Offic in each said that Addisen’s "% luccounts do not balance. The Odd [I"ellows’ lodge held a special meet- ing yesterday when a shortage was understood to have been reposted !on, and the matter was referred too the lodge mceting next Friday. Addison on March 27 sald he was £0ing to a convention in New Yapk. He had been in office in both labor bodies about eight years and in the Rd Sonthe Std Ol Std Ol N Y Stewart Warner Studebaker Texas Co ... Gule Sulpl’ Tim Rol Bear Underwood Union Pac Union Carbide United Fruit . US Ind Al .. U & Rubber . U § Steel . Wabash Ry 9114 [TEN 761 1247 667y 15213 Ar 6634 1957 Willys Over Woolworth TO PLAY LENTINI'S MARCE When the New Departure bang@ of Bristol broadcasts trom WTIC $9- night, one of the selections wilt %53,500 IN REALTY SALE I'eter Malys today sold to Margaret Mikulskas three building at 21-23 |posed by James Lentls and 25 Hurlburt street for $40.000. !The march will be the Mrs. Mikulskas sold & three family on the program at 8 o'clock.