New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1928, Page 3

SUES ESTATE FOR Nis Alis G. Porer Brings (0 R i Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 6 P— Suilts for $700,000, said to be the largest sum ever sought in an action of ta kind before a Massachusetts court, have been instituted here by Miss Alice G. Porter of West Med- ford, a Radcliffe graduate, who antassed & fortune in the small loan Lusiness in Boston before state leg- islatien curbed high interest rates. The middle aged woman who for 14 years acted, she says, as a con- fidential adviser to the small loun broker, charges that Hooker failed to keep an often reiterated promise to marry her and that administra- tors of the estate have refused to pay her a promiasory note for $100,- 000 which, she claims Hooker gave her in return for her companionship and advice, Is First Cousin Miss Porter, who was a first cousin of Hooker and a former high school teacher, says she became engaged to matry him in 1914 and in 1916, when she was offered a teaching position in New Jersey, the broker oftered financial inducements for her to stay and in addition made a contract to give her his entire es- tate, then cstimated at $100,000. Later this promise was renewed and she was given the note for $100,000 payable at his death. As late @8’ 1924, she sald, Hooker The girl of 7 to 10 may, too, choose a smartly styled jersey frock in one of the leading shades — porcelain, toast, green, tile and red. New hand smocking hand embroidery, navy, chestnut, linen collars, romised to marry her but iliness &M postponement of the marriage and in, 1927 he suffered a shock which eventually resulted in his death. > It was only then, the former sec- retary asserted, that she diacovered Hooker had married a Miss Mar- garet E. Mahoney of - Arlington, ‘45, a divorcee and, at the time, Hooker's sccretary. The marriage had taken place at Derry, N. H., in March, 1926, Hooker was 54 years old at the time. Miss Porter's suits were directed against Judge Samuel R. Cutler of the Chelsea district court as ad- ministrator. . One asks $200,000 on the basis of the $100,000 promissory note while the other is for the re. mainder of the estate estimated at $500,000. No will was found and under laws of thin state the widow is entitled to half the estate, The other half goes to Mr. Hooker's $0-year-old father, resident at Salem, N. H. Hooker was one of the most wide- 1y known small loan brokers in Bos- ton. He was extremely secretive about his affairs, employing as many as a score of attorneys in order that no one might be entirely conversant with his business. He was said to have several score bank accounts for the same reason. Profits Decrease He was a leader in the fight against legislation to limit interest on small loans, which formerly run as high as 50 per cent, and his profits were substantially curtailed when he lost his attempt to defeat its enactment. Mrs. Hooker has declined to com- ment on Miss Porter's suits beyond denying that signatures on the pur- ported contracts between her late husband and his former adviser were genuine. She declared there was no mystery about their mar- riage. IDENTIFY BODY Providence, R. 1., Sept. 6 (#—The body of a man who was killed when struck by a bus of the Interstate Motor Coach company at South At- tleboro Tuesday night, was fdentified at the Memorial hospital, Paw- tucket, last evening, as that of Charles Mushlinka of 136 Read street, South Attleboro. Eugene Mercier, 26, of 30 Bank street, driver of the bus, was de- tained by Attleboro police on a tech- nical charge of manslaughter and released in $1,000 surety. NEW BEITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928. VISIT FRITSON AND BID M GOOD-BE Surprise Adventurer With Visit to Antarctic Ship Fond farewells, which may be the last before the second group of the Byrd South Pole expedition sails for New Zealand, were said last Monday between Frank Fritson, New Britain's and, for that matter, Connscticut's only representative on this adventurous trip and im- niediate members of his family, who motored to New York to see him before he sails. The party, which included his sister, Mrs, Sigrid Johnson of Trin- ity street, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Johnson and Mrs. Filomena Giar- dino, decided -on the spur of the moment to surprise the intrepid ad- venturer with a visit. The follow- ing day they went to the yacht basin in Brcoklyn, where the ship is anchored and found the party of men cngaged in putting the vessel in ship-shape condition for the long trip. There were other visitors on board, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of other members of the expedition, who like the New Britain visitors, came to bid the ad- venturers a last farewell and speed them on their journey to the far- off wastes of the Antarctic regions. Mrs. Johnson had no difficulty in finding her*brother, who was pleased with the sudden and unexpected visit and first asked about his mother, Mrs. Aurora G. I'ritson and other New Britain folk. Could he disengage himself and show his guests around the ship? He could. There were no hosses to direct the work of the men. Each man seemed to know what was to Le done and how to do it, having had the experience on a similar ex- pedition to the North Pole. clock-like routine was followed. Good spirit was bountiful, each man doing his work with zest and an in- | terest that was far from being selfish, all knowing that the success of the expedition largely depends on the manner in which they employ their faculties to the best advan- tages. The ship, Mrs. Johnson says, is Al smaller than “The New Yorker" which sailed with the first group, and much smaller -than-the “Chan- tier,” which carried the North Pole cxpedition, but sturdier. It was & former rum-runner, built by an English shipbullding concern and has to be thoroughly reconditioned and refitted before it can sail. Until | £aturday the vessel was in dry dock, when it was run off into the harbor and the finishing touches made, The ship was christened “Elinor Bolling” after Commander Richard E. Byrd's mother. Its color is grey and it looks like a plaything alongside a large ocean #reyhound, seemingly unreliable but in reality sturdier than many a large ship plying its course between New York and Europe. Not one de- tail is overlooked, the ship being fitted out with the most up-to-the- minute necessities for the trip. The crew is in a jovial and happy mood and a spirit of “just another cxpedition” abounds, although every one takes his task not too lightly and works with doubled energy to tinish the task of putting the ship in condition so that they can leave within the next week, When all de- tails are completed the ship will go to Hoboken, where it will take on | supplies and the three planes, which will carry the expedition from the hase of its operations into the Ant- arctic wastes, Although it is expected that the expedition will take two feeling predominates among the members of the crew that it will achieve its desired success in a niuch shorter time. They fcel that success will be theirs and do not wish their friends to be over anx- ious. In bidding his sister farewell, Mr. Fritscn wanted to be remembered to his many friends in this city and stated that if his camera, which he has with him, wiil function, he will have some interesting snapshots to show upon his return from the in- teresting expedition, GEORGE ¥. HALL Providence, R. I, Sept. 6 P— George Frederic Hall, president of the Providence Art club, died here carly today in his 63d year after as iliness of several weeks. Mr. Hall, a prominent architect, designed many important buildings and landmarks | in Providence. He was serving as president of the Providence Art club | for the sixth consecutive time. The failure of his health was l\tlrlbu‘ed’ to overwork, years, a| HUNT BIG GAWE Will Be Accompanied by His Younger Brother Glasgow, Sept. 6 UP—The Prince of Wales and his handsome younger brother, the Duke of Gloucester, salled from Marseilles last night to hunt big game in Africa and also to spread imperial good will. For days the two popular sons of King George have been busy packing for the trip while the news- papers of London have been carry- ing accounts and pictures of the re- gions and the black people they will see. Bailing from Marseilles the prince and his brother will go to Alexan- dria and then to Cairo and from there by motor to Ismailiva on the Suez canal, Here the British India | steamer Malda will embark them {for Mombassa, and there they will | entrain for the interior of Kenya. Many Firearms Their baggage fncludes many fine sporting firearms and many an iuncouth beast now roaming the na- tive wilds is destined to fall before the aim of the imperial hunters be- | fore Christmas finds them ready to |return with the trophies of the chase. The trip for the Prince of Wales holds heavy burdens of official duties. It is another one of those empire building drives in which the heir to the throne is already an ex- perienced campaigner. He is burst- ing with speeches, prepared for re- views and inspections and ready with the smiles that have spread his popularity widely, It is thought that the duke will back up his elder hrother in fine shape in the official routine. He, however, is looking forward avidly to his introduction shooting. Although the Duke of Gloucester is an accomplished shot he has not. yet known the grand thrill of African jungles which the Prince of Wales experienced on his former | tour of the dark continent. STORE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY FROM 9 A. M. 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