New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 2

BULLS PUSH CURB MARKET U UPWARI]I Soomollssmfioitoo' Points Higher New York, Dec. 24 —The Bulls started celebrating Christmas ahead of time on the curb market today, pushing a score of issues up 1 to 6 points, many to new high prices Utilities were prominent in the ad-| vance, Automotive, Mining and other issues also made good gains. Some gains were reduced by profit-tuking around noon. JFord Motor, Ltd., again feature, opening with sale block of 23,000 shares at 17 g to 1S 1-2, a new high, which exceeded 17 ore noon. Ford of Canada for the ride, advancing 1 | was 8 of a $ and on a 0,000 100 turnover shares bef Bond ant Share he utilities, advun points to a mew top at 174 on buying encouraged by reports that plans for recapitalization are near- ing completion and by the general advance in utility isues on expee- tations of big earnings in 1929 United Gas Improvement advan rearly 6 points, Northeast Power and Empire Power crosscd 44 for a new peak. Checker Cab, Stutz and Firestone Tire were among the strong automo- . Joske Brothers, Stahl Mever, | and Foreign Securities, St. Re- | gis Paper, U. 8. Freight, Celanese | corporation, also made wide gl Strong mining issues lnrlm 4 Newmont, Shattuck Denn an - randa, | CHRISTIANITY TURNS | MINDS TO BETHLEHEN 1ed the s 4 (Continued from First Page) val history. The nave will be in al- most complete candelabra, electrica sent years, will light the tr: A screen will shut the e Europeans standing near the chancel being able to glimpse the monial robing and disrobing of the patriarch cloth- ed alternately in gold and scarlet. The grand simplicity of the archi- tecture pervades the church and congregational and no clas vecognized as the mass is read. Women in evening dress kneel be- side peasant girls who through the year work at rosaries and crosses of mother of pear coral. Carefully manicured fingers and calloused | hands receive from the same priest | the wafer and benediction. Once a king of England supplied lead for the roof of the Church of the Nativity, Turks at the end of the 17th century stripped the lead to make bullets, Toduy a few Pales- | line pol under an I ish officer are sufficient to keep order. Parade to Church of the Nativity After the ices in the Church of 8t. Catherine, the robed digni- taries of the church and senior British officials with their fami will form the procession to the Church of the Nativity and the manger. The humbler worshippe while, will crouch patiently half-lihgt waiting for the ing of the chandeliers and the joyous ringing of Dbells prmlnmmg a new Christmas day has dawn FAMILY OF KING FINALLY UNITED. (Continued from First Page) c s, mean- in the far and the doctors were stated to be satisficd with the way things are going. There was a distinet air of hopefulness among household offi- cials this morning. 1t was understood the by the king was mostly milk, which was supplied from the royal farm at Windsor, where a famous breed of milch cows is tended with the utmost care. Another favorall: only one bulletin king's physicians statement said “The king's progress is following a favorable though slow course, The amount and quality of sleep are satistactory and there is less | disivelination to take nouris tment Use of the ultra-violet ray treat- ment continued wnd from this it was inferred that 1he treatment wis Laving @ progress of ti of great s ham Palace 1nderstood food taken that Palace n ot ther rol ingham I ll to, has vears since for Christr the London inst T subdued on 100 weak sonahle anxiety has not d. The childr colles and and the da Duche he celebrati to t part ir A0 hee: wholly re- o Zrandf; “hre Tiowever, the usual Christmas sters. ity g sur Granted Leave The eruiser Enterprise wiich ed the Prince of Wules in | te his father's bedside, D home, The crew was giv days extra Christinas leave in roc nition of their services in carrying the Prince from Dar- East Atrica, to Brindisi i 0g- Ital READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS {REGEPTION AT HOSPITAL are | lower- | representation FOR PARENTS OF NURSES |About 80 Fathers and Mothers En- tertained—Singing Around Christ- mas Tree Tonight Parcnts of the nurses in the two newer classes were eatertained at a !Christmas reception at the New Dritain General hospital yesterd The parents came here from Ma: chusetts and various parts of Con- necticut, There were about 80 par- ents present. The parents were entertained at tea in the main dining room and were escorted by their daughters through the institution. The night before a Christmas | party was held by the students in | the hospital at which time a pageant “The Natlvity” was presented by the girls. There was a Santa Claus and Bifts for everyone. During the excrcises a Christmas tree was placed on the lawn in the rear of the institution, which has been decorated with colored lights and around which the nurses will gather this evening at ¢ o'clock to sing carols. The tree is planted in memory of T'red North, son of Mr. and Mrs. James 8. North. Mr. North is pres- | 1dent of the training school. As soon as possible the tree will be replaced by a permanent tree which will be planted on the lawn. 'SING CHRISTMAS: CAROLS AT CHURCH SERVICES Inspiring Music Suitable to Season at Vesper Musical at First | Congregational le choice carols, ranging from 4th century to the present were Wrr of the Christmas vesper musi- (.ln at the First Congregational urch yesterday afternoon. When \lr~ Jane 8. Tuttle, contralto, sang ithe beloved “Silent Night, Holy ight,” hearts were touched and spirits soared. Another touching carol came to the lot of Mrs. Ruth G. Horton, as did one sung a capella by the quar- tet, composed of these two and Philip Hansling, tenor, and John A, Lindsay, bas Harp solos were given by Mary Magnell Birdsall, while Herbert k. Anderson, violinist and Roy O. Tut- tle, ‘cellist, ussisted Theron W. Hart, | organist, to project ensemble num- | by s, The Rev. Theodore A. Greene spoke upon the influence of musie in the celcbration of Christmas from | the carliest times to the present day. Firemen Called Twice For Steam and Smoke | Two still awlarms sent into fire | headquarters yesterday members of the department to two places where there was steam and smoke but no fire. The first call came at 10:42 a. m. from the home of Sam Abraham at | | 40 Talcott street. Smoke was coming | from the doors and windows when | the firemen arrived but they found | that soot in a chimney was causing | Day Suints (Mormon) in & Chrisi- pook is going to | the smoke to back up in the base. | ment. It also sceped through to the | upper stories. Company No. 2 used its chimney cleaning apparatus and the smoke went up the chimney 158 in the afternoon, Company despatched to the home | unwald at 86 Concord street re o separation among {the pipes in the ateam heating ap- paratus filled the room with steam. | Firemen repaired the break. Engines to Throb In Lake’s Defender Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 24 (UP)— \ Engines will throb in the hull of the ‘nmu Simon Lake submarine De. T today for the first time in ars, The Defender, which is being re- fitted as a submarine rescue and sal- vage eraft, will be given a dock en- gine test. Tt will not submerge. On Jan imon Lake and Cap- tain Sloan Dancnhower, owners, will | take the Defender to L,r«m Salt Pond, Block Island, R. L. for navy tests of its ability to umrhh! diving operations on the sca-bottom from @ compressor compartment in the tests will be part of o serles safety and salvage experi. at Block Island and Key | West, Fla. The Defender will be the only life-saving device tested northern wat alvage the recommissioned submarine §-4 were tried last week ments Hold Inauest Into Death of British M. P. London, De P—A coroner's nquest was held today into the sud- of Benjamin Charles labor member of parliament, his hotel in London. Spoor's d that his father i been drinking heavily and had “n contined in several homes, fter the medical evidence was Eiven the coroner returned a verdict that Mr. Spoor had died of a svn- cope from fatty degeneration of the heart and liver due to chronie alco holism. Anoths den death Joor, s0n testific r vacancy fn the laborite i parliament was created by the death yesterday of George Henry Warne, labor member for Wansdeck sinee 1922 and trustee of the Northumberland Miner's so- He was 47 years of age | Conservative party lost Sir Hutchison who dicd Satur- 1 his party North Midlothian HITS HUSBAND WITH GLASS Joseph Just of 3 Broad stredot used improper language towards his wife last evening, according to her story fo Supernumerary Officer Ladislaus Todzia, but she did not 1ot tim " with it. He com- plaincd to the officer that she struck the ace with a gla ‘nd she readily admitted it but used him of heing a hard drinker nd abusive towards her. The of- | fleer warned the counte to behave if | they would avoid arrest, Sget awa bim neross Here are the employes of the United Milk Co. of this city as they faced the camera after a banquet tendered to them by the company last Friday night. The hustling crew was compli- | mented by the management for their loyalty and aggressiveness during the past year. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT SPEEDS T0 RENO, NEY. Has Which to Pay Off News- paper Creditors St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 24 (UP)— Cornelius ~ Vanderbilt, ~ $3,000,000 richer after a four-year exile from his wealthy New York family, speed- ed westward today on the way to spend Christmas with his bride in Reno, Nev, Vanderbilt early in Omaha y to Denver was due today on his w | where he will take an airplane to | Reno, in order to get there in time for Christmas. “I'm ready to explain the whole {thing,” he said here last night. He denied that his father, Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, had given him a Christmas check of $1,000,000 but dmitted that “things had |u ranged” so he wounld re amount in cash when he arrived in TLos Angeles. He also said 8 vum of §3,000,000 would “be ave to pay oft the crieditors or tabloid newspaper enterprise. “The general didn't give me a cent,” he said. “The $3.000,000 was due me on wills from my grand- father and grandmother and from my father and mothcr by other ar- | 1angements, “I've been back in the | fold since last June.” he said, “when the family decided that my pro- nosal to place the money in trust for family brought | the stockholders of the tabloids was will not be published while a few satisfactory to them. "Mormolls Say Christ Is Coming Soon It Lake City, Utah, Dec, 24 (®)— Members of the first presidency of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter mas messagd say signs are multiply. ing that the second coming of Chri is nigh. “The liour and the day Lord’s future advent is withheld | from the knowledge of both men and angels,” the statement says, the signs so definitely specificd harbingers of His coming are multi- plying ap The prevailing unrest and nations, the fury of ements, widespread destruction by land and sea, the frequency and intensity of volcanic and earthquake | disturbances, all tell to the well tun- cd and listening ear that the glad- some, yet terrible day of the Lord ¢, even at our doors.” “statement ls stgned by Heher it, Antheny W. Ivans, and Charles W. Nibley, members of the first presidency of the church. of Ginsburg on Committee For Dedication Dinner Attorney Harry M. shurg been appointed to the committee to consider the advisability of holding a banquet in connection with the dedication of the new Hartford country court house in Hartford. Judge B. F. ffney of this city, president of the Hartford county bha association, has apointed other m ters as follows: Josiah H. Peck ward J. Daly, Jose Rerry Abraham A, z Allan E. Bro- Smith of Hartford, and Joseph F. Dutton of liristol ‘he commiittee has been given and full matter, MK ON 86 BASIS Dec. 24 (P Directors conda Copper Mining compuny today placed the il stock on annual basis, inst 34 previously, through declaration of a quarterly dividend of The nd is pavable February 1% to stockholders of record January 12, When you tractions and fears, Three Million Dollars With | | the | has | power in the | 1 | Weddings | TUSCH—GAUDIAN The wedding of Miss Marie Gau- | dian, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. | Martin W. Gaudian of 188 Glen Istreet, and Gustav Tusch of Linden N. J, took® place Haturday afternoon at.the home of the hride’ parents. The bride's father officiat- ed. Miss Elsie Hanson of South Manchester was maid of honor and | |the best man was Otto Gaudian, | brother of the bride. The wedding march was played by August Gau- dian, brother of the bride. The bride was attired in a gown | of dark brown satin crepe and she | carried a houquet of yellow tea roses. | | The maid of honor's gown was of | nile green georgette and she carried pink roses. | Kollowing the ceremony a recep- |tion was held. Mr. and Mrs. Tusch | will reside in Linden, N. J. » MARY GARDEN WRITING BOOK OF MEMOIRS Book™ Will Be “Open { But Only | After Certain People re Dead. | | Dee o1 is going to be an oyrn Chicago, 24 (B—The life of | Mary Gard hook. But not quite yet. Her memoirs persons, who will be mentioned or mentioned (the book already is are still living, said the | |titian haired nd opera singer. sn.n’ returned yest from her villa at | uuicu, ¥ She has completed several chap- s of lier memoirs and the whole “very frank.” | Duncan revelation as | irs, however. | corns love int “Love, pouf! I am not o very in- | |terested in love. There are s0 many ‘um.r thrilling things in the world . 1 have not had so many love | rs, well, perhaps one or two. . Muisoui, 1 shall write of them in my | book.” | | She will make first appearance lopera here this scason in “Sapho” Junuary 2 'Libel Suit Settled Out ot Lourtroom New Brunsw tec. 2 | nothy Preifter, (o\u\ml fo. My ‘ Prances Hall, her brother William Stevens and her cousin Henry L'.xr-‘ penter, announced today that his | |clients' $1,600,000 libel action {against William Randolph Mears and the Hearst publications had been settled out of court, | Mrs. Hall, her brother and cousin | brought suit after the trial in which | Hall and two brothers werge A with the murder of Edward Wheeler Hall s hushand, and Mrs. Mills, choir leader in church, in 1922, The alleged libel was committed during the course of the trial, nded with the freeing of all a fendants, Pfeiffer did not divulg. the amount of the payment made in settlement, OPERATE ON ARODY Baltimore, Dec. 24 (R —George | Foster Peabody. philanthropist and former national democratic treasur “r. was operated on in Johns Hop Kins hospital foday. His physician reported that Mr. Peabody had wn- dergone the operation “very success- fully* nd his econdition was later rep as being satlsfac- tory ! ed as pilot. | the ‘nxl.mvl and Brunswick, Ga. ¥ the ted start for your fireside on Christmas Eve, may you leave be hind you all cares, dis- and take with you only those truly Christmas Sentiments—Hope, Hap- piness and Good Cheer. Herkbert L. Mills The “Handy” Hardware Store 336 Main Street 'RAIDERS CRAWL INTO [Pnlmm Not Sure Whether They | |for the Club Algiers, exclusive ren- la raid. 'll have CHIGAGO NIGHT CLUB Were Officers of Law or Not. Chicago, Dec. 24 UP—They thought it was another of those “different” acts staged by the man- agement of the Club Algiers. But it wasn't. It was only a dry raid, an old act for the raiders; new dezvous for residents of the Chicago gold coast. “Oh, I say,” expostulated one gen- tleman, as an axc hewed a hole in the wall quite close to his head. Finally a man crawled through. He doffed his silk hat. “Pardon me,” he said, “but this is to come in this way.” and he did. So did others, | similarly garbed in evening dress. Even then the fashionably gown- | |ed women patrons wearing jewels | and their male escorts attired in | tuxedos, wern't sure, But as one of | the sophisticated young strangers Imade a grab for a flask uncertainty | visiting questionable turned to positiveness. 1 Another fiask, propelled by some- | one’s foot went skidding across the | floor. §o did another, And another. | A gentleman, who said he was a | banker, found them piled under his table. They didn’t belong to him, he protested, because he had just dis- | posed of his. Patrons were not molested but the iders seized a card index of more than 1,000 gold coast residents. The orchestra played an exit march as the cashier, Cy Seidel, and a waiter, walked out with one of the strang- ers clinging to their arms. |President to Have Private Mail Plane New York, Dec, 24 (P—Repre- sentatives of C. M. Keys, president of Transcontinental Air Transport, the plane-train system with which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is con- nected, announced today that Presi- dent Coolidge had accepted Keys' | offer of a personal mail plane dur- ing his Christmas vacation at Ba- elo Island off the Georgia coast. As soon as acceptance of the of- fer was recelved a Sikorsky amphi. bian cabin plane was prepared to leave Curtiss Field for Georgia this afternoon. Art Caperton was select. The plane will ply with presidential mail between the Slups Frozen in Ice to Get Gree‘ings Ottawa, Dee. 24, (®—Christmas greetings to three Hudson Bay shipe frozen in the ice will be extended from Ottawa by radio tomorrow by the radio branch of the Department |0t Marine. The Yuletide wishes of the gov ernment radlo headquarters will b broad t also to its five stations ir the Canadian north and to two min ing exploration parties at Bakes lLake at the head of Chesterfield in let and at Mistaken Bay on the west side of Hudson Ba which | Our greatest asset is the good will of our customers and we sincerely value the business you have given May your Christmas i be merry and the New Year Better and more § I‘rosperous than ever be- |'ders from Whalen, netted HODEL CONPLETED Former Seaman Makes Three- Master Over Yard Lodg Leonard Lefleur of 163 Gold street, who as a young man sailed; the waters off the coast of Canada in three-masted ships, has complet- ed work on a model more than three feet from stem to atern, with masts extending about 20 inches. The ship is of the type owned and worked by his family. Lefleur, for many years a loom mechanic in cotton mills, has retir-| ed and is now'devoting hia time to | his avocation, hand carving of wond ships. The one he has just com- pleted is designed after a ship pic- tured in a book he had read. Nauti- cal experts who have examined Le- fleur’s handiwork say it lacks no de- tail of a three master. The rigging is made of shellaced strings and wires. Pulleys lees than half the size of a ten cent ptece operate the guy ropes, the hatchway is remov- able, windows of the cabins are Klassed, and complete mechanism for dropping anchor has been plac- ed in the miniature ecraft. The model required about six weeks of Mr. Lefleur's time to com- plete. WHALEN REGIME CONDUCTS DRIVE Week-End Cleanup in New York Nets 100 Suspects New York, Dec. 24 (M—Cells at! polica headquarters were filled to- | day as the consequence of the first drive against the underworld by | Police Commissioner Whalen's re- organized detective bureau. The week-end clean up, which was conducted without specific or-| more | than 100 suspects, ranging from | persons wanted on murder charges to ordinary panhandlers. Beginning early yesterday details of detectives cruised about the city | resorts and | known criminals other haunts of and undesirables, Persons found loitering on street corners on the Bowery, Chinatown and Broadway districts alse came! under the scrutiny of the detee- tives and those unable to give'a ready account of themselves, were}- hustled off to the nearest precitict station house. From the stations the suspects were transferred to police heads quarters to await appearance in the: daily Mne-up. Long before the dtive had been completed, accommoda- tions at headquarters had heen ex- hausted and orders were iassued to hold the overflow in station house cells. Unofficial word that the subor- dinates in the detective hureau who, | falled to show results would -fellsw; their former chief, Inspector .ohn D. Coughlin, out of the organization was said to have inspired the activ. ity which culminated in what police regard was the most thorough round-up in recent years. Charles Fachot Seid To Be Out of Danger Paris, Dec. 24, M—Charles- Fan- chot, public prosecuetor, who was shot by an Alsatian autonomist, made such pronounced improve. ment overnight that hia doctors smiq' today that he was out of danger un- less unforescen complications dueb oped. Tries Suicide by Drowning; Lake Frozen Boston, Dec. 24 (UP)—After a quarrel with her sweetheart, Miss { Vivian McLaren, 2}, an employe of the Moulin Rouge cafe, attempted suicide early téday by hurling Wer: self from a stone bridge into Muddy river in the Back Bay. The river was frozem and the young woman suffered a poasible fracture of the "spine crashed through the ice after her 25-foot drop. - Miss Mclaren was rescued by George Brown of Allston, a taxi driver, and Samuel Haviow of Re- vere. Bhe was taken to City hoepi- tal, where her condition was report. ed serious. i RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS Louis Chapman, son of Mr. ang Mrs. W. E. Chapman ‘of South High- street is at his home recuperating | from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Chapman who lives in Philadelphia where he is engaged in business is better known for his musical rec- ords, having conducted an orchestra |at the University of Pennsylvania for several years. He was a patient {in the U. P. hospital priof to his convalescence. DALHOUSIE DEAD London, Dec. 24 (P—The Earl o(’ Dalhousie died suddenly today at tha {age of 50. He succeeded to the title when only nine years of age. when _sha || 0l REA L 0 Ruir Guse Ended Bat A math Comes Now Chicago, Doc. 34 UM—The Ranieri idnap trial today kad ended “nut anti-climax. feared by pelics, left Lonsternatton In-the ~homes of the twelve jurers and ‘prineipal witaes- ses- for- the . prosecution. Phe “apprehension that' death threats and the of & prose- cution witndes I h the jur- ors, stage prosecutors, and Judge Robert 8 Gentsel during the trial continued . with police Tearing re- prisal for convictiop of the twe kid- napers of ten year ald Billy Ranleri. Detectjves guarded the homes of the twelve' men who yesterday sentenced Angelo Pefitti and An- 'dréw _ Cappellanp _ to - twenty-five years Ir\ the penitentiary for having ‘heid the . ‘1ad cAptive Tor $60,000 tdgsom. 6 A heavy guard also was maintain. &4 about the bomes-ef A. F, Raniert, {ather of Billy,. and. Mike.DeVito, who has testified for the prosecu- tion. Letters threatening death were sent both Ranieri and DeVito dur- ing the trial Judge Gentsel who alse rTeceivel death threaf, refused prolaction. He commended the jurors for their patriotism and courage in try- ing the case and thanked them for their service to the county.” . “ Petitti‘and’ Cappel wat steleal- Iy as the jurors returned with the verdict, nearly five hours after they had heard“the prosecutots demand the death penalty, As it wag read Petitt! smivked | and shook hands with George Guen- ther, defense attorney. Cappsilano | stared stralght ahead at his. wife, the mether of nine children, byoke into ‘% paroxysm of sobbing. Teny Cappellano, son of Andrew, alsostharged with the kidnaping. |'was acquitted. In their closing arguments, prosectuing attorneys indicated they would not be gverse to freeing Tony, Guenther immediately made e motion for a new trial and the | hearing was set for January 25. { WINDOW WASHFR KILLED Boston, Dec. 24 P —John J. | Walsh of Roxbury, a window wash- |er, was killed today when ha fell from the 10th story of a building in Centsal street. READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS The H. D. Donnelly Co. “THE BOSTON STORE” May This Christmas be a happy one for you and yours and the New Year one of joy and prospenty for all. nm The Connecticut Light & Power Co.