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NP AN NETA0 NSV A DUV A R RE AR NN N« B WA TR A T T T T A e e T CONGERT ARTISTS BEING CONSIDERED + Givic Music Association Engages ¢ in Preliminary Work The work of providing a concert | course in this city next fall and winter under the auspices of the ! Civic Music Association has reached the point where artists are being considered, although the work of obtaining sufficient subscriptions to | the course is yef under way. Re- turns to the jnvitations to join the | association have been successful up\ to a certain point, but it is only a small part of the ficld has | been covered. The plan is to con- | tinue this effort until everyone in the city interested in the project has had an opportunity to join the association. A more thorough sys- tem of solicitation is being planned. When Dr, Sigmund Spaeth was in the city recently the plan was that after a weck of hil activitics the flicers of the association could de- termine whether to proceed or to re- cede. The decision was to proceed with the project and provide the cdficerts, thus again putting Britain on the “musical map.” Al ugree that the first year will be the ardest, as it has been the experi- nce almost everywhere that after the musical public has been able to of performances judge the quality possible on a subscription basis the following years will be easy, sub- scriptions then coming in quite automatically. talph Benson, secretary of the felt that | Chamber of Commerce, who is also secretary of the Music association, was optimistic today, I am A Fireman every rush call.” Burritt Mutual A Father’s Provision for His Daughter ( HER FATHER'S WILL provides that her por- tion of his estate be kept by us in trust; the in- come to be used forher support and education. and it is my Savings account that comes to my aid first at Start Your Savings Here Too Savings Bank 'WHEN she becomes of age, we are to recognize her increased expenses and to pay her enough of the principal in addition to the income to bring her allowance to a reasonable figure. UPON her marriage we are instructed to buy her a home, and during her married life to pay her the income, with such additional install- ments of the principal as is deemed necessary to shield her always from financial want and worry, s@ying that NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1928, before the canvass planned is over there probably would be 1,000 mem. berships to the association. “One thing is certain,” he declared, “and that is that the music association is & going concern and will put on concerts next fall and winter." BEATS SILENT WIFE PAYS FINE OF §% Husband Blames Her Refusal to Talk for Assault (Special to the Herald) Bristol, her refusal to talk. | ment. accused man has been before | court for the same offense. Leonard Hebert, 17, charged with reckless driving, was fined $10 and costs, He was arrested following an accident on May 25 at the corner of Jacobs and West streets following a collision with an automobile operat- ed by Euclid J. Allaire. A suspended jail sentence of 60 days was imposed by Judge Donovan on Rarcela Kowalsky of 12 Alder street on a charge of breach of the peace. She was arrested last cve- ning following the compl.um of a neighbor. 9,500 Tax Bills Sent Out * Ninety-five hundred tax bills, to- riday afternoon by Tax Collector ank B. Riley. covering the gen- At the 1,500 bills totalling $2.- to cover the ¥ eral city tax on the 1927 list. same time, 999.86 were mailed third taxing district. These taxcs are due and payable during the month of June. Tnterest at the rate of 9 per cent will be added after July 1, Halloran vs. Quigle) In Lions Club Debate | Two former mayors willdebate the value of the present city gov- ernment at the meeting of the | Lions' club next Tuesday noon. A | tormer democratic mayor will be | required to argue the weaknesses of |the present system, while a former | republican mayor will be requircd {to show the strong points of the present democratic regime. The question to be debated s | “Resolved, that the interests of the city of New Britain can best be |served by substituting the city man- ager form of government for th | present system.” On the affirmative |side will bo J, M. Halloran, former democratic mayor. while on the | negative side will be George A. Quigley, former republican mayor. Judges have not yet been selected. Mayor Paonessa will be among thosc present. June 3 — Paul Laga of Waterbury road proved an cxception to the rule when he testified in po- lice court today that he administer- ed a bheating to his wife becauso of He was fined $25 and costs by Judge Joscph M. Donovan who appeared rather skep- tical as to the truth of Laga's state- This was the fifth time the the alling 3835,678.10, were mailed. out | City Items Real Estate News | Cherry St. 305—6 room cottage,| David Randquist to Arthur Sand- rent §35. Adults only, Inquirc 336 | quist, quit-claim deed, Stanley Maple St.—Advt court There will be a meeting of the| w: Sandquist to Arthur Sunshine soclety Monday afternoon | sandquist, Stanley court, quit-claim at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist | geea chureh, Lambert Sandquist to Arthur 'Tis Llossom time at Blossoms Cor- | sandquist, quit-claim deed, Stanley ner. Iris gardens, visitors welcome. court, Frank P. Usher, 23 Farmington ave-| savings Bank of New Britain to nue, Plainville—advt. John Traceski, quit-claim deed, Terry Fagan of 420 Ellis strect| Juhilee strect reported to Motorcyele Officer Clar- |~ john Traceski to William and | ence Krum yesterday that 11 pig-{Qlga Bucholz, warranty, Jubilee eons, valued at $30, were stolen, street Burton Griffith of Kensington William and Olga holz to Ga- complained to Officer B. Riely | hriella Traceski, $030 mortgage, that he left a tire and rim in front| jupilee strect of 230 Grove strect while he Was} Charies 1. and Leland C. Hart to working on a truck, and twe ho¥s. | yntoinctto Perrotta, mechanies lien. aged six and them away Officer Peter seven years, carried | William 1. Quinn Perrotta, mechanie Joseph C. to Antoinctta lien, of Cabelus last night Beebe Pottstown, recovered two electric lamps. bou- [ py "t Thomas and Joscphine Cran- doir type. which were taken out of 9|10\ rejcase of mortgag storehouse of the Ande lectric| Co. in the rear of 63 Arch stres two boys, aged 14 and § years, The boys seid they thought the lamps had been junked with other articles they had seen about the storchouse. FARMERS GATHER T0 PROTEST VETO (Continued from First Page) LINDY WRITES HERRICK NO CRIMINAL ACT INBERNARDO DEATH (Continued from First Page) ed that the sprinkler sysf of order which caused the As soon as they arrived n leyway of the Strand theater. a tre- after the occurr the when we arrived Arthur Rutherfor. spector. After ere we found A, the building in- aking a m movemen ov. McMuilen | . “It is & movement ot con- servatively minded voters who “.'\ml the same protection which is now given to industry extended to ngrx-; day he wrote a letter to Ambassador | Herrick in Paris, his host on his his- | toric arrival in the French eapital The letter, which was dated New York, May 21, and was received by 21 Ambassador Herrick today, read: | culture. ,l':““" e oleht at 3| imhetmindle Swestern rammors jandt s w year ago tonight that Tl \ung'y migdlowst man nominated AN aris among a people Who f oo pag sympathetic understand- are now to me second only to my : S {ing of their problems. There arc [ wish that 1 might be spending, PICNTY of good candidates here — this cvening again in your Lowden, Vice TIresident Dawes, Senator Curtis, Scnator and among my friends in Watson and JTAIBBEA0. | Visit U. S. This Year |Tweive trout were found in Foster's Washington, June 2 (®—British | basket. warships will visit a number of | Foster went fishing with his son- | American ports this summer and |in-law, John Nagel of Meriden and fall. The British ambassador has in- [three Waterbur, friends. After formed government officials here | they had fished downstream for sev. that cruisers will visit two Now Eng- [ °ral hours they missed the aged land ports and that on Pacific coasts | Man. Returning, they found him will stop at several California citics | dead. and also visit the Danama canal | The dead man had been unusually sl active for his years and was an The Dauntless and Heliotrope will |Ardent trout fisher. visit Bar Harbor, Maine, from Au- 2 T = gust 4 to 13, and the Iauntiess will | Third Girl in Family be at Portsmouth, N. H., October 8 To Graduate as Nurse Miss Veronica Dorothy Murphy, to 12. youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary Murphy of Tremont street, will be D th raduated from Mt. Sinai training ea 8 school for murses, Hartford, on June 11 with excreises at the Hotel Bond Miss Murphy is the third mem- ber of her fumily to adopt the nursing profession, two sisters hav. ing graduated from St. Francis training school. She will rcturn to this city in the fall to take up pri- vate nursing. Dennis Callal Dennis Callaban, a Curtis strect, died today at the home of his sister, Miss Julia Callahan, of 32 Hempstead street, New London, after three days’ illness. He ‘had been employed by the nley Works for scveral years. Besides his sister, Mr. is 64, of Callahan is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Thom-| STUPENTS' CASES CONTINUED as Crowe of New York city, and two| New Ilaven, June 2 () — Con- sons, James Callahan of Washing- |tinuances until Monday IHDI’U“'Z!‘ ton, D. C, and John Callahan of |were asked by the city court prose- California. cuting attorney in the cases of rix | Funcral services will be hield Mon- | Yale students charged with general | day morning at the Star of the Sea | breach of peace in connection with | church, New London. Burial will|ihe riot of Tuesday night whey| be in that city, they were awsraigned today. The continuances were granted The prosecuting attorney did not give a reason for asking them. Funerals | . .= Count, of Hartford the 2I7th day o i1, 198 Tt Gt MARGARET A. MALONE | Funeral services for Frederick HAROLD J. MALOY ‘ Lewis of 181 Arch street will be held OND ORDER OF NOTICE 5 } mplaint in said cause to said this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the e e A. Mo E. Zion church. Burial will first Tucsday of January, 1925, and be in Fairview cemete pending, claiming a divorce and RO 1N ody of minor child it met appearing Court to received notice of the pendency of said complaint and it appearing to this Court iis that the defendant has Mrs. Leopold G, Green Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha (8tabert) Green, wife of Leopold G. Green of Homecrest street, Maple Hill, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. John's German Lutheran church following a private service at the home. Burial will be that the Harold J, plaintifr ORDERED, that tion and pendency sifall be given the lishing this order in the New Britain whereabouts of the defendant Malone s unknown to the notice of the inmitu- of said complaint defendant by pub- We especially invite you to come in and discuss some plan for [mML ing for your oun children’s futun. New Britain Trust Co - Iicrald, a newspaper published In Ner Britain, once & week, for two succossive weeks, commiencing on or before May 4. 1928, By the in Fairview cemetery, WE FILL WINDOW BOXES Chelce Selection of Bedding Plaats Now Ready fer Planting Bollerers Posy Shop "nommnul—-m 63 WEST MAIN ST. PROF. BLDO. TELEPHONE 888 OR 781 Visit Our Gresmbouses at Maple Hill Court, LUCIUS P. FULLER, Clerk of said Court. For Sale Two Family House on Harrison St. Owner has moved from city and will sell very reasonable. COX &DUNN 272 MAIN STREET {city. The boy died at St. Vincen investization of the conditions of Tells Ambassador to France On An- the ventilator of the roof on the > {start a radio campalgn next Tues- iStrand theater we found the venti- niversary of Flight That His | ay to o1l the country of the farm- 'x;.mrd house was ‘-(\v\~u-’\hh-\l \h_\- Thoughts Were of Paris, {er protest plans, said the proposcd ungle irons and sheet metal, and ‘lemonstration is to be one of a|that the roof of the ventilator had Paris, June 2 (A — Although | “conservative, substantial middle been blown off. The size of the Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh spent ' west, which in vears past has been | ventilator house is 20 feet six inches May 21, the anniversary of his arri- |a mainstay of the republican party.” [by 13 feet six inches, which had val in Paris, in the utmost seclusion, Nothing Rabid six doors on the west side and six he apparently thought enough of - - doors on the cast, and three door the anniversary to muse over it and | “There (i8 nothing rabid, €X-1op yh. north side. The south end to drcam of the future for on that | fremist or vevolutionary about this | \a¢ constructed of brick Mr. Rutherford informed attorney that he had taken pictures of the ventilator and also had the blue prints, which at my (st stated that he would make a re- your i port. informed the 19, yo “Mr. Rutherford E failure of attorney, that after the night of April 1928, that he ascended to the root of the Strand theater, and that by reason of the terrific gale of wind, which blew from the northw that he “Paris docs not seem 3,600 miles |others. had to proceed with great care away and come day it will be less “A mere platform plec is not|caution to the scenc of the fa than 58 hours from our shores, enough. The farmers want a man 0l Which was the opinion of Mr "L cannot be with you tonight, | fuvorable to them, who knows their | Rutherford and Sergeant O'Mara, but my thoughts arc of Paris and |interests, Long ago they lost in- |that the angle irons of the vent Fran | terest in party pledges as such.” tor house were not heavy enoug “As ever, e ¥ to stand the pressurs of the wind. { Tt A The Nebraska governor said indi- | . : L1 "”'“"“’u cations were the outpouring ot | s p'r‘,"" f”"“" wlioh ”"1 e farmers will be between 100,000 and | PUIIdINg - was erected was issued TRADE SCHOOL WINS [ P e 3 . 2 | spector, October 17, 1 The build- ing was designed by C. lorn 5 FISHING FATALITY Sons, architects, of New York city. Anderson Holds \mmln-.mr Safe s Iy L T as raine and New Britaln Wins Game by T |1y known theater builder, super- 87 Year Old Meriden Sportsman | Mised the work for Hoftman Broth- 8-1 Score, «rs. Contaras Brothers and Perokas, Tty A Victim of Over Excrtion While {the owners. Tt was completed and he New Britain State T v b ocenpied in October, 1926, |schiool nine defeated the South Man- Pursuing Sport YAt ny memiest AMr. | BulNcrrond chester State Trade school team at S : AR A Walnut Hill park yestorday atter-| Winsted, June 2 (UP) — Over- |SUbmitted on April 1, 1925, a report noon by an 8-1 kcore. The locals fell | xertion while tyout fishing was | ©f the fadlure. Upon Tandecn from the start and|blamed today for the death of The accident would seem at first finally drove him off the mound. An- Grorge A. Foster, §7 year old Meri- | Blance to have heen caused by cither derson held the visitors to four hits| den sportsman. ’?v'fl'“(lol_l" ;'Efm:-(:1':‘;!'11\'15"10 ::L{ llhn and, despite errors behind him, was After examining the aged fisher- | : SRl 00f de- never in danger. Retano, Prszbruz|man, whose body was found on a [S!'OVed IS that which covers the ven and Baraglia led the locals’ attack, |bank of the Farmington river at [!14ting shaft penhotuse, which is with Bauer doing the stick work [Barkhamsted by companions last | {he highcst point on the roof. and is for South Manchester. night, Medical Examiner John R.|therefore subjected to a terrific = lee of New Hartford pronounced [ VI pre Briiior door may have H ath due to an acute attack of | VCCN ajar at some point in the venti- sh Warships to wrt disease induced by fishing. | }ting system, causing a gale within the building. It is a difficult mattor to state ey tly what caused the accident, other | than the fact that the extraordinary gale was the imediate cause. Un- doubtedly the door of the pent-hous had become unfastened and opene permitting the wind in the most ¢ aster. “The Strand theater building is one of the highest in this locality, while the pent-house stands at least 12 feet higher than the roof lovel. This condition subjects that portion of the roof to strong winds at all times, and when the furious wind came on April 18th, 1925, it played havoc with the first high point struck, and that happened to be the pent-house, “An exhaustive investigation wus made from every angle and cvery viewpoint by the building depart- ment and police department, and while we are convineed that the construction of the sky-light was light for the wind pressure it had to stand, yet the reason for its destruc- tion and failure is unknown. En- doubtedly the proximate cause of the failure was duc hefore stated to unfastening of the door of mendous rumble was heard from the We Offer: roof of the Strand theater, sudden- 4 ly the tin roof of the ventilator 1 A H rd C been blown off by the wind. and merican ardaware orp' crashed to the alleyway, where Mr Burkarth was standing. Mr. Ber Landers, Frary & Clark nardo was struck by this fin roo and recelved many wounds a S anl w rk bruises about the head, mouth and tanley -Works body. He rema onscious carcful | [PUTNAM & C Mombers New York & Hargford Stack Bachangs 31 WEST MAIN ST.,, NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE, 6 CENTRAL ROW. following 1orni 25 | at about Britain General hospital “On April 8, yoi at- | torney detailed Detective Sergeant | William P, McCur an in- vestigation of the failure. Accord- m ingly Sergeant MeCue detailed Act- 0 Ing Detective Sergeant Patrick J. OBlicito ;{{;mm‘ o theater, Your 55 West Main Street New Britain Phone 2580 : ) i Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchange Stuart G. Segar, Manager We Offer Hartford Electric Light Price on Application. f EDDY BROTHERS & & Members Hartford Stock Exchange R MERIDEN" Colony Bidd NEW BRTTAIN HARTFORD BurrittHotel Bidj. Hartford Conn. Trust Bidg. |l We Offer: 100 Shares Bristol Brass Common . 100 g?xares New Britain Machine Common Prince & Whitely Established 1878, Mcmhfl‘:" New York, Chicago and Cleveland Stock Exchanges. Burritt Bldg.—69 West Main St.—Tel. 5405 Donald R. Hart, Mgr. i We Offer: National Casualty Company of Detroit | This morning, however, Prosecute ing Attorney Woods received a teles (G0 INTO DISCARD witnesses would not be on hand. Consequently, he nolled the case: There was a small number of spec- tators in court but the announce- A, mient of the nolle sent a buzz (Continued from First Page) i P i through the room and again started 3 numerous reports as to the reason time aroused the public interest that i developed after i ocame Known | "aEeRts” wero absent. — On the A - Smith"” and “Leonard Mullaney,” but | was concern this city to with econditions extent that in tagents™ it is said the former was a fictitious o e i s |[name. That they would have been Db, On May 17, 11 arrests |(horoughly grilled as to their methe £ s R ods of operation, by defense attor- were made on warrants issued by |8 SRR AR Uie prosecuting attorney and served ¥ the local police. Those taken at that tinie were John J. Miezanka, GOMMU“[CATED Ienating Wisk, Sumucl Block, Salva- tore Fazzaino, Joseph Chanda, Harry | Walker, Henry Majkowski, William ( < Hebner, Fred Joyee, Johnson Moore 1 BACKS UP COLOR BEARER William J. Fallon, The following e the pent-house, therely can the fday the cases were continued nntil | Ex-Gob Reports Finding Lack of roof to be lifted by the wind wlich | xjuy 24, and a few days later, Fran- Respect for Flag, had gathe with great foree cis X. Carpenter, the 12th on the list, | Editor New Britain Herald: The construction of the ventiia- |, turned from out of town and sur- | “Wiil you kindly extend to me the tor was performed by a responsivle | o dered on lear: that there was | riasy of S s i e eiede "'\}”‘,._.!‘, ,'.,:. plab et 1‘,"‘f(:‘",:,v\.:“.p“m,m:."" thite - wr been for some years engaged in this |* Aleged Bootlegge "Y0uh o8 the walor Badseret line of construction. It i a i | Juiormation was obtained to the | o0 96 the color bearers s which performs the in & very | offect that Femn. who had bocn|Juiie FgHt In all that he wata re. creditable manner, and never before joung over to supetior court on ihe | ; 8 respect for our country's has an occurrence of this sort hap- | (v of transporting liquor by | & pened although the said firm have |, H’f of an hutomonile wfter a| ©On Memortal day T. too, saw constructed buildings of this char-|juaring in local police com 4| Many who let tha flag pams mot acter on theaters in many cities | yypnished the stat torney’s office | O ",‘“ several times and not a throughout the Unit s names and addresses of proprie- | MOVe did they make, What a poor “The cause of this disaster can-|(ors and places in New Liritain where | “N11ple o sct our children, par- not be ascribed to the criminal liquor could be bought, according to | HEWarly in this day of little re- ligence of any one or more persons. | and it also became known that | SPeet for anything under the sun, Many clements of nature entered | . W. ¢ Hart of the local police | NOW. just enc more thought — into the accident, such as the heavy ‘)'h . t had not § wn of the| rather than take a crack at “one of wind which in all probability had in gome way raised the roof of the ven- tilator, which ocenrrence can be drawn by a fair inference of the cvidenee gathered herein. “Your aftorney cannot after a therough investigation of all fact conditions and circumstances, sufficient evidence to bring an tion for criminal negligence any one connected with the theater, who directly or indirectly caused the construction of the pentehouse and ventilator, which was partially destroyed on the night of April 19, 1928. “Yours respectfully, “JOSEPH G. WOODS, “Prosecuting attorney for he City of New Britain.” ac- inst ACCIDENTAL DEATH Bridgeport, June 2 (A —A finding ! of accldental death is returned by Coroner John J. Phelan today in the case of Sidney Letinski, 14, of | 883 Southern boulevard, New York hospital on May 25 of a fracture akull sustained the same day wWhen a car operated by his father, Na- than Letinaki. collided head-on with & trolley in Southport, trand | led 1o the [the color bearers® would it not be ¢ and siiown a | more to the point to say a word or drive until he | state’s attorney’s o wa | wimbier of bottles containing alleged | two about what the flag means to | liquor, labeled for use as cvidence | you? lin the ca He also met the EX-GOB. | “agents” and afterwards he recalled | — that they appearcd surprised om| gy ming that their connection with | ) ''¢ randsons and a great grand- 1 would require the \p- | SO Were pallbearers at the Omaha Lt th cower. 4P| funeral of Mrs, Anna McCoy, 80, Hint of Today's Absence SUDARLE [0S on 4, befa courtroom, Prosecuting Woods was obliged to ask that Attorney 12 { LIMITATION OF CLAIMS | ol the : @ Court of Probate holden at New cases be continued until today or 4 » within and for the brict jcount of the tailure of the “axcnts in the Oty ol )'ng:m“n.: to appear, and Gerald Risley of 1he of Connecticut, on the 2nd day of A D. 192 . Dernard F. Gafiney, £eq. state's attorney’s office. who was on hand with two suit u}\'(‘! contuining O motion of Krmestine the cvidence, told Chief. Hart and |gp' New Hritath o “u,n"‘m""“m Mr. Woods he had no information as en the Estate of Waldemar J, Hermann, to the whereabouts of the witnesses, | late of New Britain, withis esid dies Speculation was rife about the city, | trict deccased, This Court doth decres that six and reports spread that the “agents™ |y by uiiowed and limited for the would not appear today, but County | cretitore of said eatate cEhiMt thelr Detective Hickey made a statement | claims againet the same to the Adwite- Thursday that the reason they had“""““' aod directs thet pudiic metise f th rder not prescnted themselves on May, 24 [ 10 758 52 the Ser & bveruidey & was that he had expeeted to be In |B iralm, and Laving & cleeuistion 9 @ {Hartford in time for the trial. and |dimriet, and by posting & --.n‘ had ot told anyene clss now tofor the s et im Town of communicate with them. He was|X itals, nearset the pisce Whre! the «m--n lamt dwolr. Certifie_from BERNARD ¥, detained in the west on the Wat-, kins embezzlement cass is - ’ oo e AT R