New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 18

GAININ Tl of Property Nearly in Last Decade GEORGE H. MANN! » dent, B. Herald) Oct. 27, — Churches in Connecticut have geen generally prosperous during the past ten years but the Sunday achools have been ateadily losing ground. Between 1916 and 1926 the num- ber of churches of all denominations in the state increased from 1,437 to 1,538 and membership advanced from 724,692 to 956,458. There was 2 gain, therefore, of 101 in the num- ber of churches and 231,766 in membership, during the ten-year period. The value of church property in the state has nearly tripled during the last decade. In 1916, 1327 churches reported property, includ- ing buildings and land, furniture, Dells, organs and furnishings, valued at $33,258,584 while in 1926, 1,358 churches reported property —worth $73,794,995. Parsonages connected with 909 churches, had a value of $5,646,919 in 1916 while parsonages reported by 974 churches in 1926 had a total value of $10,434,314, Expenditures and Debt Double Church expenditures more than doubled during the ten year period and the total church debt also dou- bled. Expenditures of 1,371 churches including those for running ex- penses, improvements, the pastor's salary, payments on debt, missions and benevolences, and money actu- ally paid for new buildings, amount- ed to $6,022,135 in 1916 as com- pared with $13,566,538 spent by 1,448 churches for like expenses in 1926. In 1916, 427 churches reported a total debt of $3,330,726 while in 1926, 410 churches reported a debt of $6,926,562. According to the census of re- ligious bodies for Connecticut an- nounced by the United States De- partment of Commerce there were fewer Sunday schools, fewer officers and teachers and fewer scholars in the Sunday schools in 1926 than in 1916, For 1918, 1,275 churches reported Sunday schools, having 18,873 offi- cers and teachers, and for 1926, 1,259 churches reported schools, Laving 18,670 officers and teachers. The number of scholars , dropped from 190,366 in 1916 to 177,098 in 1926, ‘Women Strouger in Faith The census figures indicate that women take their religion more seri- ously than men in Connecticut. Of the total church membership in the “etate in 1916, 328,986 were women, 289,880 were men, and 105,826 were not reported by sex The 1926 total church membership comprised 454,- 806 women, 389,991 men, and 111, (61 whose sex were not given. There was In increase therefore during the ten-year period of 125,826 in the femgl church membership and an increase of 100,111 in the male membership. Aceording to the Department of Commerce there were 56 different Adenominations, the church organiza- tions of which held regular services, in 1916. This number was increased *to 85 denominations in 1926. The difference in the figures is affected by mergers, new organizations, and Aivisions of old denominations which are not shown in detall. Afghan King Builds Himself New Capital Leadon, Oct. 27 UP—The new Af- ghan capital city, Darulahman, which will replace old Kabul, is nearing completion on modern and completely western lines, says Af- ghan newspapers reaching here, The city is the inspiration of King Amanullah, who recently visit- «d European countries, and is am- Litious of transplanting western ideas, eulture and methods of living to his mountain kingdom. The nucleus of the new city is the official quarter. This will con- sist- of & modern palace, equipped with the latest facilities, and a num- ber of huge government buildings which will house all state depart- ments, Two Political Parties Are Enough for Cubans Havana, Oct. 27. (M—Only two political parties will be recognized in Cuba. President Machado approv- ©d a ruling under which all elec- toral proceedings must henceforth Le carried out through the medium of the two established parties. Cuban politics present no serious contests at the forthcoming eclec- tion in November. The only im- portant office to be filled is that of national executive, and President Machado, through a three-party al- lianee, has assured his re-election. Russia Will Expand Production of Furs Sverdlovek, Ural, Russia, 27 UP—In a mighty effort to in- crease the slaughter of fur animals 94,000 native hunters have banded together for the winter months in North Riberia and the Urals. Squir- rel, ermine and other furs form one of the big mources of revenue for Russia’s soviet exchequer, as the state has the exclugive right to foreign trade. STOP THE FAT AND GET THIN The to reduction is to stop the hmnio':{)(h. Modern sci e b —by supplying a Ips do that. It is starvation. mod- em, scientific method is embodied in Marmola preocfiffion tablets. People have used them for 20 years—millions of boxes of them. Now the results in slender figures, new beauty and vitality, are seen everywhere., Each box of Marmola contains the also the scientific reasons for So you know the effects are ,and why they all occur. Learn many have learned in 20 years Vo it now. Ask your drug- @ $1 box of Marmola and learn CHURCHES "Oct. | Austria Will Publish Her Side of Werld War Prague, Oct. 27. UP—To sct the world clear om Austria-Hungary's part in the world war, the Austrian war department has decided tq issue an official history of the war, in six large volumes, called “Austria- Hungary's Last War.” Historians, military experts and others are now completing the first volume and it will be put' on the market before Christmas. The his- tory will describe the country's part in the war from a strategic rather than from a political stand- Austro-Hungarian soldiers and of- ficers on all fronts will be featured. America’s entry into the war, which spelt the end of Austro-Hun garian effort, will be treated in a special chapter. If funds are forth- coming, from public and private subscription, the war department hopes to issue one volume annual- ly, completing the history in 1934, COUNT KARDLY] LOSES LAWSUT Unable to Return fo His Native Land Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 27.—(@— Rehearing of charges which resulted’ in perpetual banishment of Count Michael Karolyl from the land of | his birth has been denied by the supreme court. The same charges also lost to the the count, who was president of the short-lived Hungarian republic, all his property, this being confiscat- ed by the state. The supreme court in denying Count Karoly's petition held that his condemnation was just. | Accusations of trcason and theft| were brought against Count Karolyi | after the monarchy was restored with Admiral Horthy as regent. A summons against him was issued on October 21, 1919 and a month later { police confiscated his property. This | property was valued at 100,000,000 crowns before the war. When it was seized it had shrunk to about $100,- 000. The list of offenses laid to Count Karolyi included instigation of strikes in the interest of peace at any price; communication with for- | eign sples and negotiations with the alles for the purpose of dissolving the alliance between Austria-Hunagry and Germany and proclamation of a change in the constitution of Hun- gary and establishment of a republic. He was also cited for the creation of soldiers councils and the handing | over of power to communists. AUTO DEATHS ARE GROWING RAPIDLY Already Figures lor 1998 Ex- céed Those of 1937 Hartford, Oct. 27—The 1927 rec- ord of automobile casualties in Con- necticut was surpassed by 1928 this week with the report: of several deaths in the state, The mark of 346 for 1927 was almost reached this year in the week-ending Satur- day, October 20, when the motor vehicle department reported 345 casualties, but a half dozen deaths in the present week has already es- tablished a new mark. Twelve fatalities were reported a week ago, with 601 accidents in the state for another record week. The number of deaths in the state at the same period a year ago numbered but 276. Of the 601 accidents reported a week ago, 352 were from the cities. In the same week a year ago 573 accidents were reported, 338 eccur- ring in the larger centers of popula- tion. The deaths in the week-ending last Saturday were: Bristol, Arthur Myers; Cos Cob, Herbert Nichols; ystic, John India; New Milford, | William Chapin; New Haven, James Saczynsky; New Haven, Mrs. Augus- tine Conti; North Branford, Steven Karkash; Stamford, Mary Parsons; Terryville, Richard Donohue; Wa- | terbury, George W. Taylor; Windsor Locks, Alex Padiganius; and Willi- mantic, Anna Rampolla. German— Woman Defends Effeminate Modern Era Berlin, Oct. 27 (P—A growing ef- feminacy in men and a correspond- {in spread of masculi |is scen by Gerda von Below, well- |known woman writer, who, in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, con- siders this not as a symptom of a progressive degeneracy, but rather the promisc of a gradual regenera- {tion of the white race. | &he describes it as a phenome- | non signifying “the dynamic shift- |ing of the scxes” demanding more than ever the creative cooperation {of women, not so much to increase their efficiency in the competition with me s to strengthen their self-discipline preparatory to asscrt- ing in human socicty the dominating power of motherhood. King Insures Himself Against Advancing Age Paris, Oct. 27. M—King Alfonso | of Spain disclosed on his recent visit to Paris that he would some d bhe eligible for an old age pension. {He told members of the French | cabinet during an informal lunch- con that he belonged to a Spanish organization called “foresighters of the future. | “I have ticket number 108,550,” | said the king. “I pay one dollar monthly, and some day T shall get my pension WANT PACT ADHERENCE Bogzata, Colombia, Oct. 27 (A—The zovernment has presented a bill to the nate requesting authority for the adherence of Colombia to the Kellogg renunciation of war pact recently signed at Paris. | I LUMBER BUSINESS ' CHANGES IN YEARS boards and then made his own doors and windows as well as other things for the house, has developed into a department store where he now buys things in packages, ace cording to George K. Macauley. Mr. Macauley, who is vice president and general manager of the New Britain Lumber Co., rose from the position of laborer in a lumber yard in Bos- ton to his present status over & period of 30 years in the business. He has traced the progress of the development of the lumber business during 30 years, in the following article for the Herald: “The evolution of business in its various branches is noticeable only to those who are vitally interested in their own particular line. The banker, broker, farmer, clothier and the professional man, including the pastors of our churches, have seen vast changes in the past ten years; greater changes in twenty years; and a veritable upheaval in thirty years. And as this little story has 11d deal with the housing of the populous, the growth of our indus- tries and the very essence of prog- jreas, the writer will endeavor to give you his observations on builders’ supplies for the past thirty years. “On the Boston waterfront in 1898 the various lines of builders’ supplies were megregated. They did not mix as they do today. As an employe of the largest lumber yard in Boston I became very familiar with the various branches of the trade, seeking information and storing it up for future use. The lumber company was looked _up to by all New England dealers. S8ome with pride; some with envy. Its methods of merchandising were above reproach, and I might add here, that it has passed out of exist. ence, owing to the idea its owners had that their type of business could not change. ! Many did the same thing from 1900 to 1910, owing to their inability to get out of the rut. “The lumber supply of thirty years ago was largely satisfled by New England, the northern prov- inces and Michigan. The south and Pacific coast were beginning to oper- ate, but the New England prices were 80 low that the question of transportation from the south and west was a thorn in the flesh. Na- tive bullding timber, commonly known as spruce, sold in 1898 in Boston for $14..0 per thousand. Hemlock, for boarding, $12.00 per thousand. Clear finish for inside trim, $25.00 per thousand, and maple flooring No. 1 for $30.00 per thousand. Windows and doors were demanding a higher price than today) owing to the crude methods of manufacturing. Common labor received $1.50 per day, while executive labor was paid from $2.50 to $3.00 per day. “In Boston, under these condi- tions, $300 would buy an average! building lot, and $1,600 would cem- plete the average six-room cottage. And even in those days prospective builders say, “material is too high. I don’t think I will build until next year. It may be cheaper.” But prices never went down ,for the rea- son that the New England forests began to feel the strain of the stead- ily increasing demand, and’ the ac- tivities of the American Federation of Labor, which was responsible for bringing wages to a higher level. “As prices advanced, the lumber businces attracted the financial world, which plunged in with its re- sources to develop the manufacture in the south, west and north, Even the scattered timber of New Eng- land and the provinces attracted the attention -of monopolies, &nd then the prices began to soar. ““We arrive in 1908, when prices had doubled and the building supply business took on a new aspect. New manufacturers, new jobbing houses, and new retail yards, that now were no longer able to purchase from the source of supply, had to be content to purchase through a middle man; hence an increased price and a ten- dency for the supply to be greater than the demand. In different parts of the United States the larger man- ufacturers began the establ ing of line yards. These proved a financial loss in all cases, and they soon re- turned to their own branch of the business, and have continued so un- til this day. “The year 1912 saw a drastic change in the methods of the distri- bution of builders supplies. The auto truck was forcing its way into the industry in all branches, from oper- {ating in the woods to the delivery to the home. Many dealers lost all sense of territorial rights and de- livered material wherever a sale could be made. “This was the beginning of a new competition, which resuited in a lot of fallures in many parts of the country, and in 1913 and 11914 builders and manufacturers suffered heavily. War was declared in Eu- rope, and the building business throughout the United States be- came stagnant, with the exception of some individual centers. Europe demanded large quantities of our lumber. The manufacturer was busy and the prices went up and the retail dealer was forced to buy at prohibi- | tive prices with his demand curtail- led. And in 1918 the price for the |average lumber in all its various | kind had increased to about four times that of twenty years previous. “We will not mention the price condition in 1920. It is still too vivid in the minds of the average Jumber dealers. Still the general phase of the re- | tail business kept changing. It was | hard for the manufacturer's to cut | their operating costs to meet the | falling price of material. In many | instances they were forced to sal- | vage their bi-products, with the re- | sult of substitute for lumber. And | this again attracted money interests | with the result that billions of feet | of the substitute were working thelr ie2 yard wi g0 to buy & home to his it into a 4 inet, you en partment atore, the shelves; lumber put up:in cartons; lime and os users put up in five cans, Nails in ons. pount balt pound packages. Bven and breakfast nooks read; semble and neatly packed in paper boxes. If anything is asked for that is not in stock, the average supply house will make it for you while you wait. “The bujlding supply. house was & place, in past yeara ‘to the average person, that was just a dump; 80 dark and dismal at night that peo- ple would walk a mile to avoid pass- ing; and in the daytime, it was recognized only by rough leoking men going to and from. Time has chang- ed these conditions and’ today prac. tically all bullding supply houses are doing business in. § bulld- ings and the executive work is car- ried on in well lald out offices with ahow rooms where men and women alike can inspect and. select their material fréom a set-up display. In the average progressive ‘city therc has to be kept in stock for normal supply $13.00 worth of 'bullding supply material per capita. Or in a city of 100,040 people. a volume of $1,200,000, ‘This fact is-seldom ap- preciated by the consumer for whom this investment is made so that he may be served at & moment's call.” FAMOUS GENERALS PUBLISHING BOOK Froxch and German Loaders Reveal Secrels Paris, Oct. 27 UM—Marshal Joffre, the former crown prince of Ger- many, Marshal Foch and General Eric Ludendorfl are the joint au- thors of a remarkabls book just published in Paris. Victors and van- quished -fight over agafn' the two battles of.the Marne, 1914 and 1918, and tell the world. how_it happened. Free from bombast on the -part of the v rtorious Joftre and Foch, the story of the deféated crown prince and Ludendorff is told in & simple, dignified way, without ' allbis and with no little pride. Jofire i3 Bl ] § « Credit Joftre surrenders the entire credit —the only thing Papa Joffre ever wurrendered—for" victory in 1914 to the “pojlu,” the '“agmirable French soldier.” % The crown prince puis the defeat squarely up to Count von Moltke, chiet of the Geérman general staff, He seéks no excuses' for the German soldier, rather oxtols him.. Tribute to Americans Foch pays ‘a splendid tribute. to the American doughboy and ' prac- tically writes that withoyt the in- tervention of the:valorous American armies the war could not h been ‘won, s Ludendorf’s Statement Ludendorff, while piaming the weak policy of civillan statesmen at Berlin for the collapse-of the Ger- man army, says that ‘with the “entry into the line of & million Ameri- cans, fresh, 'young and ardent for combat, the result became ' inevit- able, X P Joffre writi t had been said that while the French sol@ler was second to norie in intelligence, cour- age and energy, he lacked patience. The world belleved: that after a long retreat’ his ‘morale would be shaken and he would not respond to the order of reguming the effen- sive. 1 never hesitated befors those considerations.: Discipline, - abnega- tion and courage of ‘the French sol- dier won ;the first<battle . of ' the Marne.” say: pon Count General von Moltke must directly fall the re- sponsibility for the terrible and for- midable tragedy of the. Marne. 8o little faith had he:in his own star that he remained in that little red brick achool at Luxemburg through out the battle, and it was impossible for him to remain in contact with the troops in the fiold.” Foch, the most graphic writer of the military quartet, says that the American ‘“valorous troops played & decisive part in ending and win- ning the war.' Referring to th creation ot. the *“unique command’ under himself Foch' says: Per-, shing arrived at my headquarters and with a generosity which I shall never forget said: ‘All we have is yours, use it as you see fit.’ That settled the day.” Actual Fighting Concerning_actual fighting, Foch continues: “The - advance of the Americans was irresistible. In less than two days all the objectives as- signed to them were reached; 13, 000 prisoners, 450 guns, remained In their hands. For the first battle of a new and young army that was a masterstroke. The moral effect was considerable. It could not help but make a tremendous impression upon the German general staff and spread discouragement among Ger- man soldiers.” France Announces New Passenger Air Service Bordeaux, Oct. 27 UM—The first flights with passengers have inaugu- rated & new airplane service from Bordeaux to Geneva and return. Landings are made at Clermont and Lyon on the way. The new line is known as the “Line of the 45th | way annually into the home butlding | of the United States. Celotex, Beaver board, Upson board, Insulite, Maftex and a hundred other texes are being put on the market, some of value, Parallel,” which it. follows fairly closely. ! READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS am’ confident all five will be elected,” Norris sald.: Having made known .thip -week -his iintentions to support Bmith, Senator Norris enu- merated his reasons why he favored Gov. Smith's gtand on water pow- er, farm relief and the Nicarauguun matter won him to_the democratic cause, Norris sald. “Ajso’1 am convinced that Hoov- er is eminently satisfactory to the power trusts” he sald. “I like Smith's stand on the. Nicarzuguan question. Hoover, aside from indi. cating he’ will' adopt the Coolidge policy, has been silent on the ques- tion. - The. Coolidge .policy has been as far wrong as it-s possible to be. We are in Nicaragua without law or Justice.™ In regard to prohibition, Norris said: ige” . , The first:atep to.make prohibi- tion effective is to take enforcement of it out of politics. It is being used by unscrupulous paliticians who de- mand to ssy who shall be appoint- od to enforce the law, . Some of these politiclans, I am told, are in league with bootleggers. Others are using their power to strengthen themselves ly. A . Norris has not definitely decided whether he will accept the invita- tion to apeak at Minneapolis, he sald. A charge that S8amuel Insull, of the power trust, engineered the recent republican victory in Maine, ‘was made by Norris. Stamboul Stride Is Turks’ Contribution Stamboul, Turkéy, Oct. 37 (P— The.”. cretion” ‘of. “the ‘‘Stambou} Btride,” & ts Turkish - orig seemly than the tango and graceful than the charlestes in Turkey's latest step toward mo- dernity. f The new step is danced to a newly created jazz version -of the old wailing Anatolian medodies and is taking Stamboul soclety by storm. ‘The Turk: lleve that the “Stanr- boul Stride” will spread through- out Europe and put American dance products in the shade. Six Persons Injured as Auto Bus Runs Into Tree Weston, Mass,, Oct. 27 M — Bix women were slightly injured last night when a Boston-Worcester motor bus crashed into & tree when the driver swerved to avold a eol- Itsion” With another. automoblle. The injured, who were ablo to go home after first ald treatment, were Al- vina, Vania and Priscilla Alden of Waorcester, Mary and Katherine Mc- Manus of Mariboro, Phillis Goulding of Whitman and Mrs. Etta Holmes ot Brockton. Death Toll fn Rumanian Train Wreck Now.Sixty London, Oct. £7-(UP)—The latest death toll in the wreck of (wo pas- senger-trains at Recea, Rumania, yosterday, was placed at 60 today in a dispatch to the Dally News from Vienna, The newspaper raid 47 persons were seriously injured. Twenty- seven of the dead have been identi- fled as Rumanians. . Bucharest, Rumania, Oct. 27 (UP) —All employes of the Recea rallway station were under arrest today in connection with the train wreck there yesterday. Reports gathered from passengers on the fast SBimplon. Oriente express when it ran through an open switch | | | of the ornaments of fhe next saloc of painting and’ ‘geuipture. - Thig emile, seen in # many photo- svaphs, will now be commemorated in enduring marble by the scalp- |, .. The smiling . French president has finished his vacation at Ham- boulllet by posing - for Puech. The bust will show M. Doumergue smiling less ' broadly than usual and without his monocle. ‘Tsungchang. bandit military leader dcfeated by the nationalists, has, ac- cording to the Chinese press, -ap- pealed to the Japanese in north China to protect his concubines, Chang for years has been known as master of romance and during the years he reigned supreme in Shantung and impoverished the province with his ruthless taxes his headquarters at Talnanfu were famed for the beautiful women who were a part of'‘the houstl.old. MAN IS KILLED Claremont, N, H., Oct. 27 (M— Haland C, Sawyer, 35, of Hartford, Vermont, employed on a highway construction ‘job, was ' killed yes- terday when crushed under the de- scending spout of a concrete mixer. "Your Last Chance to Join the Civic Music Association « - i3 here—the list of memberships THREE GREAT CONCERTS (Two by famed artists, the third a choral society concert with assisting artists ** and orchestra.) Write or Phone Civic Mqlic Association, v Chamber of Commerce Before It Is Too Late! STRICTLY FRESH EGGS FERNDALE FARM Tel, 3890 DENTIST | Dr. A. B. Johnson, D.DS, Dr. T. R. Johmson, D.DS, -RAY, GAS and OXYGEN NAT. BANK BLDG. NEW BRITAIN STOVE REPAIR CO. 66 Lafayette St. Tel. 772 The Oyster Season Has Returned For the Best HONISS’S 28 State 8t. Hartford, Cona. {Under Grast's Siore) { closes Nov. 1. FOR '$5—An Adult Membership. FOR $2—A Junior Membership of Gordon Stewart Northcutt, The investigation began after the police commission had cleared a police officer of lability in her im- prisonment and Mra, Collins had filed a $508,300 damage suit against the city, 8he later withdrew the suit when public organizations began ef-| forts for a public airing of the case. | The boy, who police said was her! son, later was identified as Arthur! Hutchens of Marion, Towa, French Mont Blanc Is Worth $10,000,000 Chamonix, France, Oct. 27 (—| Mont Blane, Eurépe’s highest moun- tain peak, is worth about $10,000,. 000 to France, This estimate is made by Leon Auscher, vice presi- dent of the Tourlng club of France, and is based on the money apent by tourists in railroad faves and other expenses connected with a journey to the mountain. Tel. 675-23 Wishes to announce that Mr. Harry Lafleur now con- nected with us in charge of Pontiac Sales will be pleased to meet his many friends at ‘his new headquarters The Lash Motors Inc. 411 WEST MAIN S8T. “A Reputable Concern” Cadillac, LaSalle, Pontiac Motor Cars Genuine “0Old Company’s Lehigh Coal” THE SHURBERG COAL CO. For Sale Three Family House . on Maple Street Fine Condition COX & DUNN 873 MAIN ST, READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS HOLD EVERY THING ZACK — THATS ONE C° MY PRIZE WINNERS'