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READING TELLS OF " DECIMO CLUB DEAL Accused Mass. Attorney Geueral‘ Takes_smnd Today Boston, April 26 General Arthur K. began his own defense before a s cial legislative committee investigat- ing his conduct in office. On the opening of the morning, Starr Parsons of counsel for the attorncy-general told the committee that Reading was eager to testify and waived all clain immunity. Parsons said that ing had strained his back cranking an automobile and requested that he be allowed to remain seated while Biving his testimony. Before swearing in the witness. | Chairman George T. James of the committeo said that under the law authorizing the investigation the at- torney general could not he com- pelled to testify and anrounced that any testimony he might give would be voluntary “I said that 1 would welcome this investigation and I desire to testify,” Reading said, and he was then given the oath by Chairman James. Reading testified that he heard of the Decimo club, payment to him of a $25,000 tainer led to the present investd tion, during a conference with newspapermen who told him that the club was under investigation in other states. Reading subsequently gan an investigation of the organ- fzation. | On May 18, 1927, ke went to New | York to see the attorney gencral of that state. Before making the trip he had written to the policc com- missioner of New York for infor- mation about the club. While in ! New York he received a telegram from his office advising him to seek | literature from the club’s offices. Accordingly, he testified, he visited | the Decimo club examined | its Jiterature and discussed its oper- | ation with the officers. teading said that he then was of the opinion that the club was not | violating the law and he declared | that he did not change his opln\om‘ On May 23, he testified, he reccived a report from the police commis- sioner of New York that there was | nothing wrong with the clubh. A | similar report was made to him by | members of his staffl who inves gated the club he After he returned to Boston from | New York, Reading said he re- | ceived a telegram from Joseph D. | Webster, then an officor of the club, | annourcing that Wehster and his | Lrother David were coming to kee | him here on May 28. Reading said they came to his office and dis- | cussed the club with him. When the Webster brothers sug- | gested that he hecome counsel for tha Decimo elub, Reading said he asked them, “Are you trying to get an official sanction for your club | because I am attoruey general?” He | sald they replied that they were not and apologized if they had offended him, ‘ Reading told them he could xee | nothing to prevent him from acting | (Pr—Attorney first whosa DECISIONS. 5SDH83585000598828L550508508000.° 238858858 90088555008088288582528288500588588858888889: Fidelity Finance Corporation Capital and Surplus $275,000 Combined Over $600,000 | told Webster, 1 ! trodue | was ca ;.\ Dyeing Co. | pointed a member of the state board ’! | Second Mortgages Reasonable Rates BRING US YOUR SECON APPLICATIONS. AMPLE FUNDS. PROMPT Fidelity Industrial Bank Capital and Surplus $260,000. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928 gal adviser, except that the club had b 1 investigated, but sald ke the offer under advise- ment. He said he then consulted friends who told him they saw no n ,xnon W In he should not accept. | Herbert L, Barrett, a Ho~<lau Ll\\)\r, with whom Read- ing made arrangements to appear in his place should the club become fn- volved in litigation. The attorney general then told of his trip to New York with Barrett in June, 1927, when he completed arrangements for becoming counsel for the club. He said he was {n the office with Joseph D. Webster and Barrett when Webster produced a -ck for $25,000 and handed it to who laughed and asked, s this for me 2" Webster. said, “No, MAYOR TO ADDRESS MASONIC MEETING H. L. Mills Presents Trowel for Gorner Stone Laying Mayor Paonessa will give the ad- |dress of welcome on behalf of the city at a banquet of Masons in the Burritt hotel Saturday evening. The banquet will be held in connection with the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner stone of the | new Masonic Temple. S8herwood H. Raymond will be toastmaster. Guests will be grand lodge officers, including Grand Master Robert 8. Walker and his sta¥, officers of the l it is for Read- 1 he asked Webster was not made out to and W °r replied not to use your name."” The attorney general testified he “l didn't say you it in any proper way.” He then sted that another check be drawn, but Webster said an officer whose signature was re- quired was away. Reading said he dictated a reecipt which he gave to ett after the latter had cashed the check and given him the $25,- 00. On his trip back to Roston he aid he gave Barrett $200. IReading said he had communi- d with Raymond McGee, present retary of the Decimo club, in an effort to obtain the receipts he gave for the mo 80 that he might in- it as evidence before the committee, but MeGee informed him that it and other papers were miss- ing from the club files, MRS, PRESTON DIES AT 82 him me bers of the executive committees. Mr. Raymond, who {s president of the hoard of dircctors of the Masonic Temple corporation, this afternoon was presented with a trowel by H. L. Milis, which the Grand Master will use in the ceremony. The trowel ! will be silver platcd for the occasion. The excrcises Raturday afternoon will begin with special communica- tions at 2 o'clock. The laying of the | corner stone will take place at 3:30, COE RECOMMENDED AS SUCCESSOR 0 W0ODS and buildinsg. couldn't use Elected President of Industrial Council, West Main Street Octogenarian Passes Away This Afternoon At Maxwell A. Coe, assistant general superintendent of the Stanley Rule and Level plant, will be elected pres- | jident of the New Rritain Industrial | Council, succeeding Frank R. Woods, at the annual meeting tonight, ac- cording to the recommendation of the nominating committee. New Britain General Hospital, Mrs. Miriam Preston of 535 West ' Main street died at 2:10 this after- noon at New Dritain General hospi- tal at the age of 82 years. She the widow of Edwin 8. P ton and had t under freatment at the hospital for the past week. She is | survived by son, Frank S. Preston, with whom she lived. Funeral arrangements are incoin- plete. for the vice president Robert H. Wilcox of the P. & F. Corbin plant. For sccretary, Bryce L. Long, assist- ant secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in charge of industrial and educational work, Wwill be reelected. George Rawlings of the Stanley Works will !be elected treasurer. The | will be held in connection With & supper at the Y. M. C. A. DESCRIBES 600D ROTARIAN TIVE WIRE \‘Illl‘ POLL. Live wires sputtered in a pyro- technic display on & wooden pole at the corner of Berlin avenue and Mlac street early this morning, caus- | ng a call to be sent to Co: No. 2 of the fire department at 1:34 o'clock. The Connecticut Light & Power (‘,o.l *d by the firemen and the current was shut off while repairs were made, d A beaver furnace at Responsibilities. hoard took fire from & the Mayflower Cleaning blishment, 15 Lin- coln street, and . No. ¢ of the fire department was called at 11:24 this forenoon, There was slight damage. The man who gets the mogt out of his membership in Rotary clubs is the fellow who attends the meet- ingw, according to John W. Lockett, busineas manager of the New Britain Record, who spoke to the members jof the Rotary club today. Mr. Lock- ett, who is a member of the club, pointed out three fundamental things which he said constituted a Rotar- ian's responsibilities to his club. He pointed out that no organiza- tion can function properly unless it {has all its members present. He called attention to the value of mak- ing new friendships and how con- tacts between members of civic clubs accomplishes this purpose. | “There 18 something in the prin- {eiples and ideas of Rotary that brings us here every week” he said. Doing one's part in the activities of the organization and fn commun- ity life, is the third principle, he ald. In the absence of Alex H. Scott, president, who is ill, Rev. \\’Illim‘r\ H. Alderson, vice-president, was in charge. The club voted to send Hartford, April 26 (@ —Elmer W. Ferguson of New Haven was ap- of chiropractic examiners by Gover- | nor Trumbull today. He will begin his term of three years on July 1. » !June as a delegate to the Rotary convention. A group of Songs was given by John A. Lindsay with Theron W. Hart at the piane. l\l"\TlI\‘ IN BRISTOL (Spectal to thie Herald) Bristol, April 26—Anna Goetze, aged 62, widow of John Goetze of 13 Ingraham place, died last night {followmg a short illness. The fu- neral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the German Lutheran church. Burial will be in ‘West cemetery. Augusta Rener, aged 49, wite of Louis Rener, died at her home, 386 King road, last evening. The funeral will be held Bunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the German Luth- eran church. Burial will be in West cemetery. ! Herman Keller, aged 61, of Mid- dle street, died this morning follow- ing a short iliness. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the German Lutheran church. Burial will be in West cemetery. mewcwe«co"tvvscm CRURCH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. The pupils of the seventh grade of the United Week Day church schools have been interesting them- selves in the Community Chest Drive. This afternoon the group was ;addressed at its assembly perfod by | Miss Cora Beale, executive secretary of the Welfare association. The children of the A. M. E. Zion branch of the Week Day Church schools will give a concert tomorrow evening at §:15 o'clock. The pro- |cedes will go towards the church | | fund. D MORTGAGE LOAN RESIGNS POSITION HERE Miss Hulda Dwyer, chief anaes- { thetist at the New Britain General ! hospital, has resigned her position there and has sailed fot San Fran- cisco, her home. She plans to take a two months’ rest before resuming her profession. Her successor has not yet been announced. RAID IN NEW HAVEN with other distilling apparatus and 176 gallons of liquor were seized this noon in the annex scction 6f New Haven and Charles Costello arrested. The materials taken constituted the largest seizure made in some time. TWO ARE DROWNED. New Bedford, Mass, April 26 (UP)—A sudden squall which upset the boat in which they were fishing oft Egg Island resulted in the drown- !ing of Zacharie Rock, 32, and Wil- fred Ouimetts, 25, yesterday. Three companions were rescued. Resources Masonic bodies in the city and mem- ' anley Rule Official Expected to be | The committee has recommended | meeting | John W. Lockett Says Each Member | of Club Has Three Fundamental | A son was born at New Britain General hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. James Reced of Beacon street, Forestville, A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bartola Rocco of 53 Putnam street at New Britain General hos- pital today. Hartford avenue, was struck by an automobile driven by Harry Bowler of 638 West Main street, about noon today near her home and was tre: m» ed at New Britain General hospital | for minor bruises. She was able to| 1®0 home shortly after she was ad- mitted. Miss Cora A. Beale has return home from Stamford where she rep tion at the annual convention of .th» Connecticut Conference of ‘Workers. Miss Beale carried an in- meeting in New Britain next year fbut it was dgcided to meet in Mid- dletown. At a meeting bureau luncheon morning, May 15 tentative luncheon date. probably will be ratitied at a meet- ing of the Tuesday. of the mercantil committee this today that approximately 50 pickets have been ripped off the fence abou !the factory on Park street during | the past month. Detective Sergeant Ellinger is investigating. Mrs. Anna Smith, wife of § | intendent W. E. building, is resting comfortably at §t. Francls hospital, Hartford, fol- lowing an utk ration for an ailment of the ¢ John Gornlm aged 41, street, Southington, |treatment at New Britain hospital vesterday | Wilcox per- of Beecher General for metal burns sustained at the Peck, Stowe & tory in Sou(hingmn. {Grand Ledge Offlcers To Visit S. of St. G. A class of candidates will he initi- ated at a meeting of Sir Francis Drake lodge. American Order Sons of St. George at the Jr, O. . A. M hall this evening. The meating wiil atart at 7 o'clock. There will be delegations from New Haven rington, Hartford, Manchestor. | will be present: Grand president, |3 Alley of Rockville; Willtam seeretary, bury; treasurer, j'l'orr)ng(on and a A . Crandall of New Britain; John W. Ellis of istant messenger, | James Mycock of Torrington. street, was taken Britain General hospital last night for trcatment for an injury to his leg sustained in a Yocal factory some time ago. Officer William Politis re- ceived information from Matthew | Mehorth, at whose howme Jackcow- i rooms, {not allow him to call a physician. ‘The officer communicated with Dr. George W, Dunn, who ordered Jack- cewskl's removal té the hospital. It was said today that his condition is not serious. to st New London, April . Frank Kenyon, widow of former Town Clerk Kenyon of 1his city, held a 13 spade hand in bridge while playing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | Perry B. Kenyon last night. The cards were dealt from a pack that had been thoroughly shuffled and Jcut. | Mrs. Kenyon was the third person to hold a perfect bridge hand in this city within a short tim President Scott to Minneapolis next | Mrs. Cardelie Dl‘ln!l‘ Mrs. Cardelie Delate, 68 old, wife of Ehrain Delate, tih-l carly this morning at her home on Queen street, Southington. She lived in Southington for the past years She formerly lived in Waterbury. Surviving here are two daugh-' ters, Miss Dora and Alma Delate; six sons, Joseph of New Jersey, Clemons, Louis, Chram and Elmer, all of Botthington and John of dale; three Joseph LaFlamme, Leroy LalFlamme and Odilon LaFlamme, all of South- ington and a eister, Sister Anthony, a nun stationed at Montreal, Cana- da. The funeral will be held Saturday at an hour to be announ later Burfal will be in Waterbury. 12 Mary Abusiewicr Mary, two-months-old daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. Kasimer of 85 Hayes street, died at the Tome of her parents this morning. The funeral will be held at Holy Cross church tomorrow Burial will be in Sacred Heart ceme- tery. Toredo nuw-l Tuneral arrungements for Loredo Pitoni of 100 Cleveland street who died at the New Britain General hospital yesterday morning. are in- complete pending the arrival of rela- tives from Yonkers, N. Y. Joseph A. Haffey New Haven, April 26 UP—A still | See Our Display of Garden Pottery, Bird Baths Benches and Vases Bollerer’s Posy Shop “The Telegraph Piorist of New Pritain” §3 WEST MAIN ST, PROT. BLDG. Nellle Diskiewich, aged 7, of 111/ 1 resented the local Welfare associa- | Social | vitation to the conference to hold fts | mercantile directors next ' Lucius H. Taylor of the American Hosiery Co. complained to the police | » is undergoing | Bristol and Sonth | The following grand lodge officcrs | vice president, | Abraham Clegg of Water- | brothers, | Abusicwicz | morning. | Wall Stieet Briefs ‘Winchester Repeating Arms Com- pany earned $4.28 a share on the common in 1927, against $7.44 a share in 1926. Net profit fell to $428,036 from $744,239, Atlantic Refining Company and subsidiaries had first quarter con- solidated profit of $1,357,357 in con- trast to loss of $3,679,578 in the first quarter of 1927. | Tirst quarter net operating in- | come of the Lehigh Valley railroad { dropped to $700,274 from $1,261,526 la year ago. A corrected statement of first | Guarter earnings of the Texas & Pa- vific sliows surplus of $1,630, 11! T charges, against $871,640 in rst quarter lase year ago. Studebaker corporation earned $2.05 a share on the common stock in the first quarter, against $1.74 in the first quarter last year. was set as the first | This date | First quarter profit of American Zine, lead & Smelting was $180, 4 before depreciation and depl ion charges against $96.492 in the corresponding period of 1927. Net operating income of the New York Central for thé first quarter lwhnul to $11,951,564 from §76.2 ago. March net from $3.132,926 Smith of the city | First quarter net fncome of Pos- tum Company, Inc., to $3.9 160 from $3,245.130 the il quarter of 1927 rose in The Chesapeake & Ohio had an unfavorable first quarter compared With a year ago, net income dr ping to $4,805,746 from $6,745 quarter net earnings of Jopper rose to $440,970 from in the first quarter of 1927, a decrease of $366,709 in avenues for the first quarter, the Southern Pacifie reports an in. crease of $1,456,521 In net operating |income, over the first quarter of 1927, to $9,584,140, ¥ 67.238 under March last year, tut net gained £7 Iirst Magna Despite 2r Earnings of the Missouri Pacifie for March und the first quarter were lower than a year ago, the month's net operating income deelin- ing to $1,673,790 from §$1,52 ;mrl for the three months, 6935 25,17 FORD RELIEF P PLANE NEARING LANDING (Continued from First Page) that the sick man would | Major James Fitzmaurice, one of | the erew, was brought out to Mur- ray Bay a few days later by the | plane of C. A. (Duke) Schiller, who | blazed the hazardous air trail that {other relief partics later followed. A tri-motored Ford plane piloted by Illoyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen | i flew from Detroit to Lake Ste. Agnes where the necessary parts and fuel for the Bremen were loaded. There Bennett contracted a severe cold which turned to pneumonia and from which he died yesterday in a | Quebec hospital. Balchen with Major continued on to Greenly. Through some oversight skis 1o equip the Bremen for its takeoff from the ice | surrounding the island were left he- {hind. This, coupled with motor | trouble detected in the Bremen, de- jcided the aviators to leave the Ger- n plane and resume their trip to w York in the Ford relief plane. Softening ice, from which alone takeoft conld be made in the vicinity {of the rocky island, made it impera- | tive that the party leave soon if they were to complete their journey by Fitzmaurice | my from their early morning departure Greenly, the three men who first to fly across the Atlantic - expected 1o ach their original objective at New | York by Friday evening |to be made at Lake Ste. Agnes (o re- ifuel the plane. | The formal welcome of New York 1 been postponed to on and Tuesday in tribute to Floyd Bennett. ] Traveliagil:lrl:‘i;tvls 1 Prowler in His Room A traveling wan awoke about 7 !o'clock this morning to find stranger jn his room at the Hotel Stanley on Church street. He spoke o0 him, asking what he wanted, and he stranger ran out of the room |and disappeared from view. Appar- ently he had used a key to opcn the doors but had not been in the room long enough to take anything. Manager Reardon mnotified the ipolice and Sergeants McCue and Stadler, who investigated, brought a man and woman who said their |name was Keough, to police hea | quarters, as the man resembled the | prowler, according to the salesman. | The sergeants searched the couple’s | baggage but found nothing out of |the ordinary. oining that of the salesman. The | man said he had come to this city from PBoston, Mass., looking for {work, and he proved that the wom- {an was his wife. Sergeant McCue told them to leave the eity if they ‘had no business herc and they ‘:Ltreed to depart. a RNIGHT WILL SPEAK lifford Knight, Herald cartoonist, who has achieved a reputation for his witty chalk talks throughout Connecticut, will give a program of sketches and monologue at the first | meeting of the Buriness and Profes- | stonal Women's club under the new- ly elected officers on Wednesday, May 2. The program will be in con- nection with a dinner meecting, be- | | ginning at €:15 p. m. 100 AT ASSYRIAN SOCIAL Approximately 100 people attend- 4 a social given by the Assyrian Young Men's brotherhood at the South Conregational church last ovening. The soclal was for the benefit of the Assyrian mission - tion on reports of Gross for March | a A stop i8] WALL ST, WATCHING RAILROAD SHARES Al Active Issues Move to l New Levels New York, April 26 (P —Railroad shares held the center of the st in today's stock market, practic: all uctive issues mounting to mnew {high levels for the vear on gain | ranging from fractions 10 § po | Renewed weakness cropped out |the Tobacco shares on the an nouncement that the Lorillard com- .pany had met the recent cigarett I'price cuts of other manufacturers | but the other industrials pointed up- {ward after an early period of ir- regularity. Trading was in large volume, total sales 2,800,000 shares before |the third hour. The brisk demand {took place in the face of | poor freight car loadings report, celving its chief Impetus from t rather general belief that an am ment on eastern railroad consolida- | tions finally had been reached by |leading executives. €. Louis ;“mom and Lehigh Valley, ea |8 points, led the advance. Central and 1 n about € points each and (Chicago Northwesiern and ,of others moved o ipo!nl& | Lorillard broke 3 points to a new 1928 low at 31 3-4 on e announ ment of the cigarette p cut and Ligzett & Myers sank 2 1-2 poir 110 a new low 98 1 Amerie. Tohacco issues received hetter port Oils were crossi the end of for the rails up 2 1t n Sup- again under accumula- trade im- jprevement, Atlantic Refining { Richfield Oil of C new high ground. Machine soared § 1-2 vance Curtiss surance point Rumely preferred 5 Aeroplane, Continental and International tural Chemical preterred moved up 5 points or more. General Railwa Signal and Gold Dust rallied 1 t the expense of an over-crowdd: short interest. THE M. (Furnished by Putnan & Co.) High lLow Clos iskly d Al Che & Dye Am Ag Che pd American Can Am Loco \m Sumat moSm & R {Am Sugar Am Tobacco Am Woolen Anaconda Cop Atchison Balt & Ohio Beth Steel Brook Man ;4,‘311{ Pet Cer De Pasco Ches & Ohto 'CRI& Pac Chrysler Corp Colo Fuel Congoleum Consol Gas {Corn Prod Dav Ch Dodge lErie 11 | Fam p! Fleischmann .. | Freeport Tex Genl Asphalt Genl | Genl “O(Ol’“ . | Glidden Hudson Hersh Int Com Int Cemetn . nt Nickel . Int Harves Int Paper . Ken Cop Motors nd Oil Mo Kan & Mont Ward National Lead N Y Central NYNH& North Pacifie Pack Mot Car Pan Am Pt B Phillips Pet | Pierce Arrow.. Puilman Radio Corp | Remington 1td Reading Sears Roebuck | sinelair 0l Southern T’ {std 0il N J ISt 0il N Y Stewart Warn 130 1581, H o641y 10174 687¢ 511y 43 Tex Gulf Sulnl Underwood Union Pac {United Fruit Ind Al Rubte Wabash Ry West Elee Willys Over Woolworth Wright Acro |Am Tel & Tel LOCAL STOCKS Furnished by Putnam & Insurance Stocks, 1441 wx?u They were in the room | Actna Casualty Aetna Life Ins Co Aetna Fire Automohile Hartford Fire National Fire Phoenix Fire ravelers Ins Co “onnecticut General | Manufacturing Stocks. ! Am Hardware . . Am Hoslery Beaton & Cadwell Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com .. Billings & Spencer com Billings & Sponcer p Bristol Brass Colt's Arms Eagle Lock Fafnir Bearing Co | Hart & Cooley |Landers, F ... N B Machine . N B Machine pfd | Nfles-Be-Pond con Neorth & Indd Peck. Stowe & Wil Rnseell M Co i Scovill Mfg Co Ins 1830 PUTNAM & CO. Members Now York & Hartford Stack Exchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW. TEL 21141 We Offer: Aetna (Fire) Insurance Co. Price on Application. Thomson, Tfenn & Co. 55 West Main Street New Britain Phone 2380 Members of New York and Hariford Stock Eschange Stuart G. Segar, Manager We Offer: Lawyer’s Mortgage Price on Application. EDDY BROTHERS & Members Hartford Stock Exchange HARTFORD Hartford Comn. Trust Bidg, NEW BRITAIN Burrilt Hotel Bldg, MERIDEN Colony Bidg We Offer and Recommend: 25 Shares of Russell Mfg. Co. 75 Shares Scovill Mfg. Co. 108 108 BOND MARKET 1§ _ NOT S0 ACTIVE 5 Price Trends Confused—Traders iry Balance, ! 'Hl'“ "3" i EURB MARKET HAS RULLISH ACTIVITY Gains Range From 2 to § Points Today York, April 26 (®) continued to life the curb market on o com Mfg Co : Public Utilities Stocks. Conn Elee .04 Conn Lt & Pow L1064 Hfd Elec Light N B Gas . v 1 N Serviee pfd New York, April 26 4—The bond market was less active today and price trends were confused. Traders appeared to be marking time. De- velopmients in the credit fleld and the market showed continued apprehen- sion over the possibility of a raise lin the federal reserve bank rodh- count rate at New York. Some rails however, were in de- mand, particularly 8t. Paul 5s, Katy fs and New Haven 4!3s Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh convertible 4 1-4s were strong in sympathy with the stoc Firmne: ullish | prices on today with gains 5 1o 28 points. Some t-taking set in around noon, but limited, Stores led the S points to a new pe attuck Denn a 1 territory at 2 shares reflected the s on the big board, it Southern of Des Moines and Fort Dodge 4s and the Minneapolis and St. Louis issues reflected further ac- tivities of “bargain hunters.” Brisk demand developed for At- tantic, Gulf & West Indies 58, which duplieated its year's:high with a 1 point gain. Anaconda and Andes Copper 7s gained more than a point cach following the advance of the stock on the “big board.” Profit- taking in the New York traction di- vision was the only feature in the public utility group. sing from cessions were Alabama preferred jumping a4 new top at 185 and moving to its year's! Pittsburgh & Lake 11 points to a new points to comme o The forcign group was steady with a firm undertone. Individual trans- actions were limited. U. S, government steady in lu\l‘l)’ trading. 179 about h at 169 7.8, Bancitaly advanced to within voints of the year's high and Colum- bia Graphaphone, Lilby Owens, New Silica Gel and others 1 substantial gains. was the A silk shares imbing to a new % bonds were Wants Crossing Repairs On Main St. Speeded Up Francis €. Kelly, leader in & move- ment started by merchants ‘of the rorthern part of Main strect for dis- trict improvements, called on Mayor Pionessa today 1o ask that the work of repairing the Main street railroad crossing be speeded up. The New Haven road has made an appropria- tion for this week and it is planned next month to hegin work which will be of more permanent nature than anything which has heretofore been attempted, city officials have Leen advised. the nese on strength of British Mils top at Tubize and 4 points cach, down the ter Citles and 1k rally were strong. Gulf, Humble < establishir o pipe cut gains rvices, B s Gas a few others od new pe Chese- Darby and BHew lines also THE COTTO; New York, April ton market opcned firm today at an advance of 21 to 32 points, on Pros- pects for more rain in the belt and relatively firm Liverpool cables. The renew 1 of unsettled weather %0 s00n after the very heavy rains reported in many sections of the south over the week-end, evidently stimulated bullish sentiment. There was heavy general buying on the advance into new high ground for the movement. May contracts sold up to and October to 20.60 or 31 to 32 points above yesterday's closing quotations. Heavy realizing devel- {oped at these prices, but demand seemed to be broadening and offer- ings were absorbed on reactions eof 5 or 6 points during the first heur CKS IN COLLISION ery truck owned by B. C. a driven by John W. 64 North street, collided hox hody truck owned and by Oscar Anderson of 85 e at 12:30 this afternoon and High strects, damag- ft fender, radiator, fron 14 hood of the latter veh Motoreyele Officor Louis irper reported that Rivers wa Iriving west on Myrtle street and was proceeding north on 1 strect and the collision occur- | red when Rivers turned into High strect. There was no causce for po- iction 26 P—The cot~ rson 112 lice MISS LANDINO SHOWERE ancous shower was ten- Anna Landino of 256 | n street at the home of | Perrotio of 260 South | iast evening. About 30| nt and the house h pink, blue and South Miss Rose Main street riends were pr fecorated wi 1Tow CROWD AT ARMORY DANCE A lar;e crowd was present at the state armory on Arch street last floning at an invitation dance m (by Company I veteran corj G. This is an annual evel the nttended by the many friends’ nn and '€ guards who join with them in eele- nunmber of popular songs. A buf- | hrating the occasion. lunch was served. | Dancing lasted from ¢ targe until midnight. become served. May Mrs. Mary played ‘eleck Refreshments were Landino reecived a She will Lric Prange on & READ AERALD CLASSIFIED ADS