New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 15

PLUMBER'S DINNER ' | ANOVELTY EVENT, Lions o Se6 Vanities, Bathtub! Party and Everything A dinner at a “plumber's joint” Wwill be held by the Lions' club at 6 | o'clock tomorrow evening, when the | members will hold their weck meeting at the new sales rooms open- ed by C. J. Leroux, The meeting promises a number of intercsting stunts, including a bathtub party, v . The speaker will be Stanley Grafl of the Sanitary Plumbing Co., of Pittsburgh. Motion picturcs showing | the method of cnamecling bathtubs | will be shown. i Other novelty stunts are on the ! program. The menu has Leen nounced as follow “A Plumber's Dream,” Radiator soup, sheet iron olives, lead pipe celery, poreelain chicken, potatoes a Ia iron sink, galvanized peas, pickled | elbows, steam heated ice cream, vit- | rified cakes, bath tub coffce, almond plugs, hot water music, hot airi speeches. ventilated cigars, and ' wiped joint cocktails. The principal address will be the | unveiling of an Earl Carroll \mth-j ing beauty in a bathtub by L. W. Vogel, advertised *Of the Fighting | Vogels of Virgin Mr. Vogel is auoted on the menu card yin, “A man who can laugh at himselt can laugh at the world. Souvenirs will inelude ether things, copper napkin supplied hy the Ameri an- ' among rings, | n Brass Co. DRIVE NEARS CONCLUSION United Community Corporation Ex- pects Campaign For Funds Wil Nearly Reach Quota Tomorrow. The final luncheon drive for $70,000 for the United Community corporation will held at the Burritt Hotel tomorrow roon. in the 192§ total soaring towards the top. Despite the fact that a general pessimistic fceling pervades in many quarters, Postmaster H. E. Erwin, director of the e said today that he is confident the total amount will be reached. He says the wholeresult depends on the civic clubs, who now hold the 1:y to the situation. carly $30,000 is needed over the lust report, USES BANANA KNIFE ‘TOPAY OF GRUDGE, (Goffee House Slasher Held Under $2,000 Bond for Hearing Bonds of $2,000 were sct by Judge M. D. Saxe in police court today, on request of Prosccuting Attorney J. G. Woods, in the case of Kacha- dorian, Cholaskian, aged 62, of 155 North strect, who was arrested yes- | terday afternoon on the charge of asgaplt with a deadly and dangerous weapon, following a fracas at a cof- { be At this time reports from the | civic clubs are expected to send the | TAKEN ILL IN SHOP ' DIES IN SHORT TIME K. E. MacDonald, 26 Heary St., Heart Attack Yictim —_— Kenncth Edward MacDonald of 26 Henry strect died suddenly at his home this morning at 10:30 o'clock after an apparent heart attack. He had risen as usual and had left his |home for his place of employment at {the P. & ¥. Corbin Co. factory. About two hours after his arriv (he complained of pains about h |chest. He was hurried to the fac tory first aid room and was ther | revived. He was sent to his home and upon iarrival there, lie felt so well that he refused assistance up the stairs. Members of his family applied a hot {water bottlo to his chest but he was seized with another attack and he died before further ald could reach him. | He was born on Prince 1Island, Nova Scotia, «nd was 74 years old. He came to this city about 16 years ago and has worked at the P. 1& K. Corbin plant cver since. He {8 survived by his wife and six children: Vernon D, Ralph {Kenneth, Mildred, Dorothy and Al- ton, all of this cit George Brown of Troy, N. Y. | He was a member of the Ma and of the Odd Fellows in this cit The funeral arrangemnents whicl ore in charge of Erickson & Carl- son, undertakers, are fncompl.ie. RELIEF PLANE IS Fdward ons City Gus Schmidt, w ployed as a barh hotel shop for fo tered the George Demos 1 a trip to Lurope. els he spent s tive birthplac: A son Gen in ral hospital iicl Pulito Kensington, Officers John C. Dolan are off d 8 of A., in Philyd Washington, Ap . Sinclair wus su appear before the commission for Continental { ty bond profits. I The subpoena w hours after the wealthy oil operat Columbia jury en in conneetion with naval oil reserve | Sinclair, with hi ne was born at spiracy to defraud Items o has been cm- or in the Burritt ur years, has en- uploy of David Chistien, | ports total net loss of $531,645 for | has returned from During his trav- time in his na- Greec Now Britain today to Mr. and of Williaws strect, Riley. aud Thomas uty on account of nan Edward H, Parker is at- | Sharc in the first quarter last year, {tending -the convention of the I'. O delphia, Pa. HARRY F. SINGLAIR 15 SUNMONED AGAIN Teapot Dome Committee Wants to Ask Questions ril 23 minoned today Sena any Ilther- it of 1 or Ly a Distriet o a charge of con- | the the 1 cas: s fa vornnicnt apot Lome "Wall Street Brief: | American Hide and Leather Co., | \the first quarter, against profit of | |$75.125 for the first quarter last var. An operating loss of $153,709 |tor the quarter resulted largely frop ; filling forward contracts made pre- | ivious to the change in management | {last January. ingland Telcphone and Tele- | |eraph company carned $2.16 a share in the first quarter with net income of 98,288, against $2.1 and net income of ,352,792. MILITARY TRIBUTE 15 PAID BERNARDD Members of Company I Pay Re-' i spects to Dead Companion Military honors were accorded it his funeral this morning at 10 o'clock. Rey. John I. Donohue, pas- | | tor, celebrated a solemn high mass “ol requiem at St. Joseph's church. Rev. Walter A. McCrann was deacon | 1 Rev. Father Conran of the Pas- ionist order of West Springfield was ub deacon. i James V. Sullivan sang “Ave Maria” at the offertory, and “Nearer | My God to Thee” at the conclusion {of the maas. *“Taps” were played on is taking |the organ as the remains were being Cer De Pasco {Al Che & Dye 160 (® —1tarry J0hu Bernardo of 103 Arch strcet AT A8 Che pd 6813 NEW BRITAIN. DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928, PRIGES REACT A5 | DEALINGS CLOSE Raising of Call Money Rate Causes Reaction ‘New York, April 23 (P—Raising of the call money rate to five per cent brought out large offerings of stocks late in today's market, and prices turned reactionary after they had recovered briskly from early weakness. Encouraged by a 22 point jump in Delavnre and Hud- son, and the strength of some public utility and oil shares, bull forces had succeeded in reducing. or cancelling, | many early declines of 3 to 12 points but when the new wave of selling arosc, many issues retrcated again, several of them dropping below their | low levels quoted soon after 1l opening. Tobacco issues again were nder fire late in the da: THE MARKET (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High lLow Clos: 15 8155 American Can 82 Am Loco .... 1051, Am Sumatra . 593, Am fm & Re 18534 Am Sugar ... 6855 Am Tobacco 161% Am Woolen = Anaconda Cop 687, Atchison 1903 Balt & Ohio. 114% Beth Steel Brook Man PUTNAM & CO. Members Now York & Hartford Stack Enchangss 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW. TL. 31141 NATIONAL CITY BANK (NEW YORK) Rights Bought and Sold ! Thomson, Tenn & Co. 55 West Main Street w Britain Phone 2380 Members of New York and Hartford Stocs Ezchange Stuart G. Segar, Manager We Offer: Pittsburgh Suburban Water Service Company To Yield 5.67% 5 e fee house in the Palace theater a vacation on his Rancocas forms in [borne from the church, |Ches & Ohio -building on Main street, Michael New Jersey, Ving pre d-there The Savoy :bapd of this city led ¢ R I & Pac | “Davidian of 3 Commonwealth vesterd: fter the verd: of not the funeral cortege as it pruceeded Chrysler Corp i i) lavenue, whe, according to Cholas- IS (guilty, had been returned the {up South Main street to Main street Colo Fuel | | kian, assaultcd him last Sunday g | Jury jand then to B8t- Mary's cemetery Congoleum with his fists, was the victim of an What is Sinclair to be questioned | where burial teok place. Members (onagl Gas attack yesterdy by Cholaskian, who | . |about?” Senator Walsi of ,\lon!:m% {of Company 1, C..N. G, of wglch i Gorn Prod |is alleged to have leaped at him in (Continued from Jirst the committec prosceutor was asked. 'Bernardo was a member marched in 1)y Chem ——— |an attempt to stab him about the | — | “Well it is assumed (hat Do full uniform. Pall bearers were iN Dodce Bros A 1 Members Hertford Stock Exchange J; Sar b o0 + Lody Wwith a banana knife. The chicken. ‘Ln'u\\'s something about the Conti- charge of First Sergeant Clmord”;r,c RR. Cohomn "A"rm - qud Mlegal n C]Vll AC[lon!m-um n slashed Davidian's coat, it is - The --hv}:sr won't be ]murh gow:l I\]f‘ll'nl ;dem; Company bonds,”" | Frost and were Mz foll_']’“"i :e::::: Freeport Tex . 79 NEW BRITAIN MERIDEN |said, and Cholaskian, striking out however, because it became ofl the reply, Sparmer, Scrgeant ¥ ol Genl Asphalt . S8 rritt Hotel Bidg. " with renowed vigor, i3 alleged to |Soaked before the Ford started. In- | s el Parrett, Corporal Barrett, Corporal | ) ]al.pc “m,: Bu Nd6 Hari'ford CMTMtM (M M | BOY STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE. ' ( The Over Realty Deal have inflicted cuts on Davidian's cidentally this caused great worry | aizza and Private Szyszka. :nl Motors ..188% feu 1d handz, necessitating several |10 “Ernic” Koeppen whose first in- | Ilenry Barkowski, aged 14, of 41 firing squad was in charge of Ser- Glidden 25 X 8 = § is s aloatan pr S S e ali | ee - ¥ o a4 of |Glidden ...... 25 | SRR OhanIEa At and | titches to close, He was treated at |terest in life is Junkers airplanes. Booth strect, is under observation : {geant Burkarth It _ consisted | Hudson Motors 85 | det lu‘(;llh d;’;?::{lrnilmxwvl:u i:]:«;: Q‘:‘fl New Britain General hospu:l | “Ach, but that has spoiled my New Britain General hospital, hav-|Privates Hattings, Zippo, Bigge, |y, o %5 [ 0il,” he sighed. (ing been strue Wolinski We Offer and Recommend: n automobile | Mozza, Kenney, Sandberg, hide wilf for $8,000 Slirouglit Iy Bva| o Atlorheyo a8 Mhatonian irepres el i SRy Et e e orla A Hat] Ativent By &Ny Kempf of 62 and Mason. Color guards were 1ut Comb Eng Btantiewltz of this city against Sented Cholaskian and requested a ' e €SPt har L S A L N h e MRS G Geiniant . s sonfinuance until tomorrow, which laron Huenefcld, unaccustomed ll)’ rospect street at 3 ll:‘ a | Private Sayad and 'Orpor: 2 nley. Int. Nickel Adolph Hojnowski, Anna Pracon ' con ) g {such non-baronial fare as corned [noon as Kempt was turning into the | AL fhe grave & volley was fired 10t Nickel . ! 25 Sbares of Russe“ Mf Co and Joseph Pirsat, of Wethersticld, was granted. Telative 10 the bond, |y oo¢ 4ng beans, has tendency to |driveway at the Fafnir Bearing Co. |and taps were sounded by the bu n:- dncveder | 8'- o which was filed today in city court. |the attorney said he doubted that o o cn " sroyble, on Booth sircet. Kempf reported |glor. Father Donohue conducted | 17 "f"l""(,“ i The writ issicd by Prosecuting At- [Cholaskian could raise one-half the | “r:n4er “plans made hefore de- [te the pelice that the boy ran in |eommittal services. R 75 Shares SCOVl“ Mfg CO torney Joseph Woods states that in amount asked, but Judge Saxe ¥e-ipapyure of the plane, Ernest Kocp- |front of the car and §t was Jmpossi- | Lotters of sympathy signed by the | ack Truck 2 » 1926 the defendants entered into .a |plied that the continuance was only | poy “ynechanic, will immediately st |ble to avoid striking him. He 100k Marland Oil combination and conspiruacy to clieat and defraud the plaintiff on a prop- crty deal thereby enabling the de- | fendant Adolph Hojnowski to muk a large sum of moncy. | The complaint further states that | the defendants induced the plaintiff, | who isan illiterate, has noidea as to | of business and lad no idea as to the true vuluc of the property in | question, to enter into un agrecment | by which she would transfer her property located on the highwa Icading to Newington and which had | ,745 encumbrances, to the defend- ants and in return take poss of propcrty owned by the defend- ants located at 521 Jordan Lane, Wethersfield, which had $12,700 en- cumbrances. The plaintiff not Iming; able to rcad or understand the Enz- lish language took the statements as true and signed the agreement and took possession of the property in Wethersfield.® The defendants knew at the time of the transfer that the property on | Jordan Lane was in danger of strict ! foreclosure, but mentioned nothing| to the plaintiff, it is alleged. - On | May 23, 1927, the properfy was fore- closed by Harry Procyck, of Weth- ersfield by rcason of which the plaintifft was deprived of ®ald prop- erty and lost the sum of 85000 through the fraudulent transaction. The plaintiff claims $8.000 damages | and costs. The case is scheduled to come up in superior court on the second Monday in May. Deputy’| Sherift Charles 1. Lord cerved the papers. A $1,000 suit was hrought mvhl_\"' by Trank Czerwinski, by his father | Peter Czerwinski aga Gaj, through his attorncy, Stempien. The writ, which served today by Depuiy Sherift Mat- thew Papciak, states that on April 14, the boy was playing“peggy” wiih other children on Gold street iny front of the Sacred Ieart school. | One of the children knocked the “peggy” over the fence and young 1'rank went in to get it. When he ! found himself on the school grounds Anthony Gaj. who is janitor of the school appeared and instead of ch: ing the hoy off the grounds, pi np a stone and threw it at the | Injuring his eve. it is alleged. As | a result the hoy suffered severe pain | for some time and had to undergo medical treatment, for which i parents expended a large sum of money. The case “heduled for | the first Monday in May.in the city | court. a SINCLAIR LEWIS T0 BE NARRIED IN MAY (Continued from First Page) and the author of “Main Street” flew from Berlin to Vienna to cover the | story. 1t has bean rumored in Berlin for | months that Miss Thompeon and Sin- | clair Lewls would marry as soon as Mrs. Sinclair Lewis obtained her di- | voree. | Mis® Thompson retained her maid- | en name when she married Dr. Bard. Before going to Furope she was a tive in cqual suffrage work in New York and was a speaker in scveral campaigns. i 1 BANQUET TO MRS. WALBRIDGE A large delegation of members of Eddy-Glover Unit, No. 6, will tend the banquet in honor of M #irenc McIntyre Walbridge, national president of the American Legion ' auxiliary, at the Hotel Garde ini Hartford on Wednesday evening. | Mups. Harriet Mitchell will be in charge of reservations for the local wunit. ANl Hartford county units will | present massed colors which will | furnish a suitable background for the guest table. | | are only five houses there, |1y Sheriff Horwitz came by |sible violence. for one day and he would hear the on the matter after the in the event that probable ordered. Davidian's injurics, while extremely painful, are not regarded as dangerous, According to information obtained |takeoff tomorrow morning, as orig- | by the Oficers after the arrest Meehan and police Patrick chacl Massey, Cholaskian nursed a by Mi- prior to Davidian’s appearance at the coffec Jiouwse, Cholaskian wis observed biding his time. Witne s subpoenaed by the po-. lice include George Dapoian of 206 Glen:street; Awasador Aharonian of 22 Union. street, and Jacob Farzin of 3t Cottage plac CHAMBERLIN FLYING T0 GREET GERMANS —_— (Continued from First Page) the ficld Lefore 5 o’clock, but refus. cd to go on account of the weather. Communications from Portland, Me., | Scheneetady, N. Y., and Quebec stat- ed that the storm arca included all these sections, and the local fliers decided it was not safe for extend- ed flying. Lake Ste. Agnes a of Murray Bay, according to I unt Dixon, who brought back the first photographs taken of the Brem- cn and crew, is a cold, ice bound, ated and desolate place. The Mes- sages must be sent hy dog sledges for 22 to 24 miles away. Gasolinc sells for a dollar a gallon. He said communication between Murray Bay and Greenly Island §s being main- tained by the Canadian Transcon nental Airways Corp. and that from three to five thousand dollars is be- ing offered to pllots who will fly spuper photographers to the is- land. Duke Schiller, who is there with a three motored Ford planc, was offered $25,000 dollars for onec picture, Dixon said. For 140 miles along the St Law- vence the ice is more than six feet thick, according to Dison, while ful- v th feet of snow covers the miles north on his plane in order to land. He lis fiying a Yaifchilds cabin mono- lane. The weather there is five below zero. FISH IN SNOWSTORM hing for trout in a blinding unique experi- Fi snowstorm was the ence of Deputy She witz and Constable John 8. Recor, in Harwinton, over the weck-end, Despite the cold and weather Depu- hap- py because he made what he con- siders a pretty good catch, a string of three good sized trout, the larg- est being 13 inches long. Constable Recor was not so lucky, having caught only one. PICKETING EXTENDED New Bedford, Mass, April (UP)—Picketing was extended to- day to virtually all mills affected by New Bedford's textile strike, now in its second week. No trouble was anticipated, how- ever, and police were taking no ex-| traordinary precautions against pos- Picketing had been started last week at the city, Pema- quid, Potomska and Wamsutta mills, and its extension today was mere- 1y to make certain that no attempts werc made to reopen any of the idle mills. Thatching as & means of roofing Fouses is being revived in parts of England. - [coming antarctic expedition, who is round. He was forced to put skids | {f Martin Hor- | | pilots Baron von Huenefeld, Captain |Hermann Koehl and Titzmaurice a week ago. i Whether the Junkers mechanic |{can make the Bremen ready for a (inally planned, was a matter of spee- |ulation, When Koeppen left Lake {8t Agnes he believed he could get | | passion for revenge since he was|the Bremen in shipshape again with- | {beaten o week ago, and yesterday, !in a very short. time. | _Hence, it was felt here that the Ford planc’sdelay in Seven Islands | (overnight last night probably had inot served materially to rtard the eventual getaway of the Bremen. If these theorics hold true, the Bre. men would be in Lake 8t. Agnes to- morrow afternoon, and be ready to | ;continue on to New York Wednes- |day morning. { | Beunett Very 1Nl | Quebec, Que.,, April 23 P—The condition of Floyd Bennett, co-pilot {of the Tord relief plane, continued serious today. He 18 in the Jeffery Hale hospital here, suffering from {pncumonia and inflammation of the ibronchial tubes. W, H. Delaney, who is attending Bennett, reported [that the flier pussed a restless night Boston, April 23 UP—Licutenant to start for Quebcc tonight to visit Floyd Bennett, his companion on |pole and sccond in command of his seriously ill with Quebec hospital. Commander Byrd had planned to | make the trip to Canada early to- i day, but he discovered that the only |train available early this morning |would not get him to his destina- tion much faster than tonight's |press. Meanwhile, he telegs | that everything possible he done for {Bennett, who was taken 11 while | piloting a relicf plane to the trans- atlantic monoplane Dremen at | | Greenly Island. pncumonta in IQ . 'Sons of Italy Bank in | New Haven Is Sought | Hartford, April 23 (UP)—Bank- ing Commissioner Lester E. Shippes I hias been asked to grant a charter to Ithe Sons of Italy Industrial bank to be established at New Haven. Subscribers to the bank include Rosario Giaimo of North Haven, | Joscph Cubelli of Bridgeport, Paul Bonaiuto of Hartford, Louis Lerz of | Waterbury, Michael Angelo Russo of Middletown, Joseph Ippolito of Sey- mour and Dr. James J. Costanzo and {Thomas Tella of Stamford. WISK IN CUSTODY AGAIN Walter Wisk, who is on parole {from Cheshire reformatory, was taken into custody today by Parole |Officer McGoldrick. who learnca that the young man had been ar- rested a. few weeks ago, but it was indicated this afternoon that ho might not be obliged to return to the institution because the court {records show he was discharged jafter having been placed under ar- |rest in the court room when his brothcr, “Whitey” Wisk, was ar- rzigned for assaulting George Ku- Kish. GIRL ESCAPES PAROLE Stephanie Dykas, aged 22, who was committed to the State Farm for Women at Niantic in June, 1927, tollowing her arrest with Paul Morale, who is waiting departure for Italy to escape deportation pro- ceedings which were begun as a re- sult of his arrest with the young woman for violation of the moral code, has escaped parole, ucmr(“m:‘ to word received by the local police {from Elizabeth Munger, superinten- {and showed no improvement, | |Commander Richard 1. Byrd plans | |the first airplanc flight to the north | to work to repair the Bremen, whose | i to Dr. David Waskowitz's offics and then 1o the hospits &h | was said at use was found and a bind-over landed on Greenly Island more than (afternoon that the boy [ward signs of injury. len the left side {that there are inte Michacl Lowczyk, | ewington, and ears of uge and years, died of pneu at the institution She was a nativ {lived in Berlin | years. lof thelr ages are, chael, Anua, Mari et. She al (road, Berlin, The funcral will ain General {illness. city three months and made his ents, wicz at §8 Carmod: besides his paren and four sister: Tuneral arrangem vet been fcomplete Pomitilio Funeral Bitassi of Kensingt morning at funeral parlors of 8 o'clock Brennan celebrate requicm. Mra. Mad “Lead Kindly Ligh | {.md Miss Horton and Les | | sang “Nearer My the body was | church.. honor. The pall Deare Longoni, Victor Ba tenna, Joseph were flower beare in St. Mary's ceme Bollerer's dent of the institution. The young !woman was on parole in Norwich 'according to the communication. | “The Telegraph Fl About two moved to Newington. { The seven children Joseph, Mrs. Peter Lowezyk of | row morning at 7: home on Newington and at § o'clock home Mr. and Mrs., Joseph services . Kensington. Members of Fraternal society acted as guards of Madgeaterf and John Donti Gennelli and Tio DelMatte conducted the services at the grave the hospital this nd nio out- He was struck and it is possible rnal injuries. Deaths Mrs. Michael Lowezyk. of Willard strect, mother of seven children, the oldest of whom is 18| the youngest two 1monia at the New | Britain General hospital yesterday. She was 38 years old. She had been since’ Iriday. ¢ of Poland, approximately years ago but £he in the order Johu, Mary, Mi- l.ouis, and g0 leaves a sister, rmington take place tomor- o'clock at the ureh. Burial will cemetery, Anthony Piotrowicz Anthony Piotrowicz this morning at the New Brit- hospital Mr. Piotrowicz camic aged 50, died after a short to this ago from Syracu with his par- Piotro- v street, He leaves ts four brothers all of this ents have not d. as Funerals Bistassi. for FPomiitilio ton were held this the o'clock from Laraia & fromn Rev, 4 a high mass of linc Horton sang t” at the offertory cr Horton jod To Thee” as taken from the the Ttalian were: Joseph rretta, Alfred An- Barulta, Giargini Jr. a Rev. Father committal Burial was TS, tery. Joceph A, Haffey UNDERTAK Opposite St. Mary’s Charch Residence 17 Summer S§t.—1623-3 See Our Display of Garden Pottery, Bird Baths Benches and Vases Posy Shop ist of New Britain” | %3 WEST MAIN ST. PROF. BLVG. city. | Charles | | William H. Allen Co., Tnc., his em- ! ployers, Automobile Sales and Rub- [ber Co., Elmer Aunfomobile Co.. O.} Becker, and Post & Lester werc | nt the family. ernardo died from {injuries re- ceived when a section of sheet | metal was blown off the pent house on the roof of the Strand theater last Thursday night during the gale, | striking him as he was on the side- | | walk. (LAINED BY DEATH (Continued from First Page) | Knights Templar. He was also & 'member of the Trinity Methodist church. ‘ He leaves his mother, Mrs. Em- ma J. Plerce; his wife, Mrs. Dora Pierce; a son, Leyland Pierce, and a neice, Mias Francis Bailey. Mr. Plerce was a man of large generosity and gave freely and with- careers | from Mr. Pierce. ! In his early years Mr. Picrce was interested in the development of the oil industry in the midwest and often told his friends how he had been deprived of his holdings by | larger interests. | IPuneral arrangements, in charge of B. C. Porter Sons, are incomplete. | N3 s Citation Is Awarded i Eddy-Glover Post, A. L. | Eddy-Glover Post, No. 6, Amcri- | can Legion of this city, was given a i citation by national headquarters for | distinguished work in 1927, in the presence of more than 250 delegates | and members of posts in the Hart- ford County Association at a meeting held yesterday afternoon in Sims- bury. Frank Anderson of Wethcrsficl county commander, presided and an- nounced that the district was only 216 short of its guota of members | for the year. Former State Senator A. T. Pattison spoke briefly congrat- | ulating the Legion on its work | among the disabled veterans of th World War. | Other guests at the meeting wr Past Department Commanders Har- ry C, Jackson of this city and Ken- ueth Cramer of Wethersfield and Jimmie Williamson of Canada who saw service with the Royal Flying Corps -during the war. | | | The scheduled game between the New Britain High school baseball feam and the team from 8t. Thomas Seminary which was to be played in | Hartford Saturday has been post- | voned wuntil later in the season. | Coach George M. Cassidy declared | |today. It is Mr. Cassidy's opinfon | ‘his team is not ready to start its campaign as yvet since it did not hn\'r-‘ ,enough practice sessions. Up until| this noon the game was to be played. Lut the postponement came late this | afternoon. ; MAY START NEW BANK Sponsers of the movement to es- tablish the Citizens Industrial bank in this city, upon receipt of notice from the state banking commission that their request has been denied, have taken steps to organize the Citizens Finance corporation. with capitalization of $250,000, $50,000 of which will be paid in to’ begin bus. | {ness, | Many children have succumbed | | during an epidemic of meningitis of the brain that has prevailed in the Yallourn district of Australia | 8td Ol N Y Studebaker .. Texas Co Tex Gulf Sulph Tim Rol Bear . Underwood .. Union Pac .. Unjon Carbide 153 United Fruit . U 8Ind Al .... | 8 Rubber .. v Wabash Ry .. 783% | Billings & Spencer pfd | Colt's Arms Mo Kan &Tex Tont. Ward National Lead N Y Central ..178 NYNH&H 6112 [ North Amer. .. 673 673 North Pacific. . 97 97% | Pack Mot Car 6612 6Ty Pan Am Pet B 50% 48 807 | Phillips Pet... 43 s | Pierce Arrow. Pullman Radio Corp Remington Reading Sears Roebuck 1¢ Sinclair Oil .. Southern Pac Etd Oil N J W14 . 45 . 343 1947 141 115 437 146% Steel .... out question to every deserving West Elec ... 1018 1003 101% causc. He also took an interest in Willys Over .. 26% 253 26% the progress of youth and more than Woolworth .. 191 187 191 one successful business and profes- Wright Aero . 128%: 1241 124% | sional man obtained financlal en- Am Tel & Tel 186 18515 1857 couragement for college LOCAL STOCKS ! {Furnished by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks. Bid Asked : 1085 | | S, 3065 Aetna Casualty Aetna Life Ins Co . Aetna Fire Automobile Tns Hartford Firs tional Fire . Thoenix Yire Travel | Manufacturmg Stocks. £ Am Hardware 6 :-Hfd Cpt Co com Billings & Spencer com Bristol Bras: . ... Zugle Lock Fafnir Bearing Co N B Machine¢ N B Machine pfd es-Be-Pond com . 12 North & Judd B4 Peck, Stowe & Wil . 19 Russcll Mfg Co ... 145 Scovill Mfg Co ... 62 | Standard Serew .. 112 Htanley Works oy Torrington o com . 111 Unton Mfg Co ... « L2 Public Ttilities Stocks. Conn Elec Service .. onn Lt & Pow pfd Hfd Elec Light N B Gas . ceeenn Southern N E Tel Com Pur ........ BOND MARKET AS BUT LITTLE LIFE Prices Hold Firm But Trading Is Light New York, April 23 # -— Bond prices were flrn today, but trading was quict outside the New York traction and 8t. Paul railway groups. Many traders probably preferred to limit their commitments pending | further developments in the money warket following increases last week in the rediscount rates at cago, Boston and St. Louis. Announcement wazs made that i | IN 1. weak, American Gas and Eleetric, Apolis Mastar ged 31, 0s await- Duke power, Northern States power g a hearing before Immigration \ A, United Gas Improvement and (Officer William M. Clark on the |others sagging 1 to more than & | Ntates for a number of years but re- | issues and Seiberling {turned to his native land. | | passport allowed, however, and made | Bohn Aluminum made | Lis way to the United Stal | tic I Fuller, Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING 'EW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTIORD STOCK EXCHANGE Joscpb M. Halloran Tel. 1258 Harold C. Mot We Offer and Recommend: SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO. STOCK O P T eSS B S ST e lienceforth the newly-listed United | Kingdom & Northern Ireland 4s Rfl MARKH "N would be traded in at variations of 1-8 of a point. Kince the bonds were Auburn and Marmon Both Drop Off a Point admitted to the hoard t week, fuotations kave been in 3 New York, April 23 (#—The curb n Today's listed market recor few new peaks in the Ne action list, and several advances of point or morc. The new St il adfustment 58 had a fractional ad- vance at the opening, but it was soon changed into a small loss as moder- v heavy profit-taking developed. Chesapeake corporation bs returncd to par again, but there were moder- © recessions in other sections of Market was unsettled today with the the railway group. {general trend toward lower levels. Foreign bonds were quict, featur- | yopre and there an issue showed in- cd by a point advance by Pirelli dividual strength, but declines of 1 to 4 points were numerous. The utilities as a group were company (Italy) was mixed. The price trend | SO AL point ze of heing in the United States He is being held without | ward a At- | Electrie | ehanged. Auburn Auto, and Marmon de- clined a full point each. Pines Saturday, finding Mastaris in | Winter Front A, Warner Gear and lhis home on Winter street.| Wire Wheel showed small losses. is said he was in the United | Sparks Withington, the aluminum Rubber re- |sisted selling, Seiberling moving up He [ More than 3 points to a new high at Aluminum company and substantial a | 8ains after recovering their early freighter through the Indian and losses Pacific oceans, settling on the Paci- | American Solvents and Chemical, coast until he came to this city, | Brooklyn City Railway, Galesburg e is employed in the Central |Coulter Disc, Jaegen Machinery, [lunch. His wife is in Greece. |Happiness A and a few other imues | SA0eC ik |moved to New high ground eon | FIRE ON ELM STREI | special favorable developments. A chimney fire in a house at 76 | The Pipe lines and some of the ! Bim street, ofined: by, Easvard: Hs cul_s were strong, reflecting gasoline price advances and further efforts to cha illegally. bonds on Officer Clark’s orders, torney Edward A. Mag has been re- tained to defend him. Sergeant T. J. Peency made the Electric investors moved up- peoint against the trend. Bond & Share held = un- arrest bed at 1t and was married @ year ago. lore stayed in Greece longer than his 46 8-4. o was discovered und Co. No. 2 of th lfire department called at 7:21|¢heck petroleum production. Darby o'clock yesterday morning. At ) l°troleum and Eureka Pipe Line 7:3 s Vo. 2 |Teached new peaks, while SBouthwest 7:31, the ladder company at No. 2|'€ac 7 house was called as it was impos-" :‘"';\,,"‘l'e kL.lnc. Humbl:. Standerd sible to reach the chimney. | entucky and a few others 1At 7:08 last evening Co. No. » |Bained a point or so. Vacuum Oll, was called to a fire in a telephone 3‘;::, Mex Fuel, and Pantepec e- pole at Whiting street and Berlin | avenue. The blaze was caused by | < wires, | MEETING OF O. D, H, 8. Co. No. ¢ went to the home of| Grand President Hermann F. Dr. George W. Dunn, 300 Lincoin ! Staab and staff will be present at street, at 7:48 last night. An clec- | the meeting tomorrow night of Ein- tric heater took fire but no damage | tracht lodge, O. D. 1i. 8, in 1. 0. O. was caused. F. hall. Members of Harmony ledge ! — of Merlden and Hermann ledge of | TREASURY BALANCE Middietow n will attend. A smokcr Ticasury Balance, $253,027,012. ! will he held after the mmeeting.