New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 15

LABOR AUCTION 1S EXTRENELY HIGH City Items Officers will be installed by Pride circle, Lady Foresters, at the reg- ular meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Red Men's hall. A {Christmas party will be held after the meeting. All members are NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928, HOREMANS T0 DEFEND HIS BILLIARD TITLE Will Moet Famous Players of 18.3 Balkline Worid in New BOND TRADING IS EXTREMELY LIGHT Wall Street Briefs Lave been admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Net operating income of the Nor- folk Southern K Ludlum 8teel Company's rights MARKET IRREGULAR AS MONEY I HiGH | PUTNAM & CO. Members Now York & Hertford Seack Bachangss 31 WEST MAIN §T., NEW BRITAIN Children Bring Fancy Prices on Block in France 8t. Etienne, France, Dec. 26 (UP) =Little girl and boy shépheérds and stout farm laborers brought fancy prices on the human auction block today. } ‘The annual farm laber - ayotion, {Only Few Issues Sold in Very Small Volume New York, Dec. 26 UP—Early training on the bond market today was the lightest in months, and probably of the year. Ouly a few issues were traded and the majority of these changed hands in small General Price Trcods Today, However, Are Upward By STANLEY PRENOSIL (Assoclated Press Financial Editor) New York, Dec. 26 (P—High money rates brought about some ir- regularity in price movement in to- day's stock market, but the main {lroad in November totalled $112,763 against §123,435 in Nov., 1927, net of the Central rail-- road of New Jersey in November was $845,263 against $741,111, In November 1927, The midwest steel trade will enter the new year with growing back- logs in flat rolled steels. Demand in the first quarter for full-finished sheets 1s expected to result in pre- TEL. 2040 WARTPORD OFFICR, 6§ CENTRAL ROW. 'll.& York Feb. 4 New York, Dec. 26 M—Edouard Horemans of Belgium, world's 18.2 balkline billiards champlon, will de- fend his title in a tournament here beginning Febfuary 4, it was an- nounced today by the National Bil- lard asociation under whose aus- pices it will be held. Besides the playing through invited. CURB PRICES D BRISKLY TOBAY We Offer: Aetna Life Insurance Co. held here in accordance with ancient custom, fllustrated forcibly the la- hor shortage in France. Only a doz- en farm laborers and shepherds were put on the block. There were eight bidders for every one offered. Girl shepherds, hardly more than 13, brought 3,000 francs each for a year's labor, plus two new dresses. Adult farm hands brought from 4,- 000 to 5,800 francs, with extra in- ducements. Bid Vigorously Excited peasants bid vigorously against each other, sending prices skyward. The recent tendency of farm labor to move into the cities has made Yhe rural problem acute. The auction presented the usual | colorful scene. From the highland pastures and farms of the Auvergne, the young shepherdesses. boy cattle herders and bearded farm hands came ready to step on the block. Tradition permits that every year, on the day after Christmas, the workers who are dissatistied with their jobs may come to St. Ltienne and try their luck in the market. The labor shortage brought farm- ers needing help in large numbers, but the supply was far below the de- mand. , Older than the abolished slave markets of the southern stateg. the auction normally differs little from the scenes that Harrlet Beecher Stowe pictured in her book. Excited peasants, little bags of coins in their hands, stand around talking ex- citedly, pinching the biceps of the farm hands as they size up the qual- ity of the offerings. . ‘The peasants buy the services of | the laborers for one year, and pay in advance. The money is held by the auctioneer until the end of the year, when it is turned over to the laborer, Mminus a commission to the auctioneer. In recent years, since the labor shortage, all sorts of extra induce- ments have been made. The bid- ders today shouted offers of extra holidays, meat twice a day instead of once, an extra liter of wine a week, an extra dress or suit of clothes or even a share in the farm profits. The erma of the auction provide that the laborer is to be given a clean, dry, warm place to sleep, with | 2 new suit of clothes for the men and a dress for the girls. Despite the lagk of labor to be auctioned, the farm hands made the affair an annual fete, as usual. Flush with a year's wages in their pockets, they sing and dance in 8t. Etienne this week. having their annual spree. Every year romance buds for safne of the abepherd girls boy herders and frequently L4 doszen marriages result. 10 INVESTIGATE AUTOMOBILE CRASH Three Hale Students Residing in Englewood Seriously Hurt and All Unconscious, Union City, N. J., Dec. 26 (®— Police today announced that javesti- gation of an automobile crash in which thitee Hale students residing in Englewood were seriously injured here yesterday, was hampered by the fact that the studemts and the driver of the taxicab with which their car collided were all rendered unconscious and injured. No one has been found who saw the collision, said the police, and so far as they know the taxi driver and the college boys were the only persons riding in the two machines. The finjured: Warren McK. Fscher, 19, In North Hudson hospital with inter- nal injuries and a possible practure of the skull. Allen C. Hoffmam. 21, in En¥le- wood hospital. Not on danger list. Edward A. Olds, 19, of 320 Walnut street, Englewood, taken home. ¥rank Giordano, taxi driver, in North Hudson hospital with possible fracture of the skull. The engine of the taxi was found scveral feet from the rest of the car. | Stands on Head in Court; Case Dismissed ; Dallas, Tex., Dec. 26 (#—The man who offers to walk a chalk line to prove he's sober has mnothing on *0ld Mose.” “Mose” as he'is known to police, was arrested for drunkenness. ‘When he appeared in police court today, “Mose” denied he had ab- sorbed too much Christmas spirits. “I'se sobah. Looky heah” and “Mose” put his hands to the floor, boosted himself into the air and stood on his thatched head until Judge Walter B. Branan said: “Case dismissed. OVERCOME BY GA§ ‘Waterbury Dec. 26 (— Kenneth Payne, aged four, is dead and his mother, Mrs. Henry Payne is in a scrious condition in St. Mary's hos- pital as a result of being overcome by gas at their home at 20 Roland street this morning. James McKeown, who lives in the apartment above the Payne apart- ment smelled gas at about 10:15 and | traced it to the Payne apartment. He broke a kitchen window and entered and found mother and child Iving on the floor in ffront of a gas stove which had three jets wide open. 1t is thought by neighbors that the boy playfully turned on the gasjets. GARY’S ESTATE New York, Dec. 26 (UP)—Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the U. S. Steel corporation, left an estate of $12,93%.072 when he died Aug. 15, 1927, the state tax commission an- nounced today. Appraisal of the estate was made by the New York Trust Co. managing executor and 4rust farm | Ford Issues Lead—Moderate Reaction at Mid-Day New York, Dec. 26 P —Prices were bid up briskly on the curb market during the forenoon today, under the leadership of the Ford issues. There was a moderator re- action at midday, however, when call money mounted to 10 per cent for the first time in about three weeks. Ford of England opened with a block of 40,000 shares more than |a point higher, then extended its €ain to about I points, touching 24 7-8. It lost part of the gain later, The stock sold at 8 1-2 when first traded on this market last week. Ford of Canada shot up 74 points to 675, then fell back to 660. Utilities were strong. 8t. Paper mounted 9 points, Electric |Bond and Share 4, and American Light and Traction and American Superpower issues 1 to 2 points. United Gas Improvement stepped up about 2 points, then fell back | mecre than 3. Oils were dull and in- | clined to heaviness, and mines were | | generally weak, Newmont losing 3 points, The tire stocks made good head- Regls way, Firestone advancipg b and Sei- ‘Imrllng 3 polnu American 8melting. inew, rose over 2 points and the new ! Dupont stock was firm. Boeing Alr. |eraft was again weak, losing two points. Transcontinental Air Trans- port, however, was in demand at higher levels. DYNASTIC PROBLEN Urged fo Elect Foreign Prince & King Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 26 (P— Hungary's dynastic controversy has heen revived and brought to fever message from Lord Rothermere in which the British publisher urged the Hungarian people to elect some foreign prince as their king, insteaa of a scion of the house of Hapsburg. The message started discussion of dynastic problems throughout Hun- gary. The legitimists, who are seeking to place in the vacant throne the Archduke Otto, son of Charles IV who was deposed at the end of the ‘World War, voiced prompt and un- dying opposition to Lord Rother- mere’s suggestion. The message had warned them that the election of Otto or any other Hapsburg would nullity all Hungarian efforts to re- vise the 1918 peace treaties, but the legitimists said they would ig- nore that warning. In the royalist newspaper Ujsag tomorrow, Count Julius Andrassy will publish a statement declaring that Otto would be the only occu- pant of the throne acceptable to the | legitimists. The statement will threaten open warfare if the government selects a foreign prince or any candidate out- side the Hapsburg family, Sisce the thirteenth century, the count will say, the kings of Hungary have not been elected, taken the throne by right of succes- slon. iis statement continues. “Whoever accepts a change in this | thousand year old tradition commits a crime and does violence to the! memory of the martyr, Emperor Charles IV."” Among many government officials there is a decided sentiment against offering the crown to a foreigner. Yet these men recognize how hos- tile most other European goxern- ments* are to the selection of a Hapsburg. They therefore are sug- gesting that Admiral Horthy, who | has been regent of the country since March, 1920, might be crowned king thus preventing the holy crown of St. Stephan from being worn by a foreigner. ‘When the subject was last under open discussion, ount Stephen Bethlen, the prime minister, was un- derstood to favor Graal Duke Al- brecht, scion, of the wealthiest branch of the Hapsburg family. Tt was hinted. however, in certain cir- cles today that the premier was now inclined to favor Otto, who has jjuat reached the sixtcen-year-old age of succession. To Oppose Efforts Of McManus for Trial New York, Dec. 26 (P—District Attorpey Joab H. Banton said today he would combat “all attempts of |counsel for George A. McManus to force a trial before the arrest of others indicted with hig for the murder of Arnold Rothstein. “Why should I try McManus with- out the others?” asked Banton. “Al- though my chain of evidence has |been greatly strengthened since his 'h\dk"men! T do not intend to be | forced to go to trial until other ar- | rests are made.” ! Hyman Biller, McManus’ race {track Tleutenant, and two men | hamed as John Doe and Richard [Teoe. were indicted with McManus. {Ranton said he had received no ! word from the police regarding any of them. WOUNDED IN BACK New Haven, Dec. 26 (M—Bernard Slavin, 11, is suffering from a wound made in his back with a .22 calibre bullet while police are searching for th: person that did the shooting to- day. Young Slavin ssid that he heard a shot and felt a sting in his h-~k but does not know who shot {nihn. UP IN HUNGARY, heat by publication of a Christmas | but have ' champion the international field of eight is to be drawn from among such players as Welker Cochran, this country, and Eric Hagenlacher of Germany, all former champions; Marcel Van Leemput of Belgium; Felix Grange, Roger Conti and Der- bier, of France; and Kinrey Mat- suyama and Tadao Suganuma, of Japan. The last 18.2 tournament, held in Washington last March, was won by Cochran who successfully de- fended the title against Hagenlache but lost to Schaefer, “Young Jake" in turn being defeated by Horemans, NINE JUDGES MAY SETTLE ARGUMEN (Continued from First Page) in the Chaco Boreal. The hope was expressed that he- ‘nluay and Bolivia wil have agreed to the protocol now in the process of formation. If the protocol s adoped by the conference, the ap- pointment of judges on the tribu- nal of conciliation would follow. The work of actual mediation would be left to this tribunal. consideration Bolivia and Para- guay is in charge of a committee consisting of Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, Minister Diez Ds Medina of Bolivia and Eliglo Ayala, Paraguay- on delegate to the conference. Pur- aguayan and Bolivian representa- tives to the Pan-American confer- ence attended the meeting of the special eommma- yesterday. ork On Treaty ‘While thn protocol was being | shaped, other members of the con- ference went ahead with work on a general treaty of arbitration anu conciliation affecting the American republics. The conference was call- ed for the purpose of discussing but work was delayed somewhat by consideration of the Bolivian-Para- |Class A common atock of the Inter- national Paper & Power Co. \PLANE SERVICE T0 SOUTH AMERICA SOON Trans-atlantic Flying From Germany To Argentine Via Brazil Planned. New York, Dec. 26 (®—Dr. Adolph | Rohrbach, gineer, announced today that regu- {lar trans-atlantic flying service be- {tween Germany and South America would be started in the spring. Dr. Rohrbach, who came here to jattend the international aernoautical {congress at Washington, said the iservice would be operated by the Deutche Lufthansa airlines, using 12 {passenger tri-motored Rohrbach- anu flying boats, three of which have already been built. It is planned + to make five stops. Spain, the Azores, Fernando De Noronha off the coast of Brazil, Rio De Janeiro and Buenos Aires. | First flights in 1929 will be ex- perimental, to acquaint pilots and |navigators (each plane will have a | |four man crew) with South Atlantic flying conditions. If it is found |necessary in the interests of safety 'the whole summer season will devoted to experimental flying: in ‘cue this is done regular passenger | service being put off until 1930. | Dr. Rohrbach sald he believed the |transatlantic plane of the future would be a flyjng boat weighing |about 150 tons, having a wing spread | passengers. American Woman Held in Mexico Mexico City, Dec. 26 (M—Jenaro Benevente Martinez. Mexican store- keeper, died today of wounds which police allege were inflicted on Christ- mas Eve by Mrs. Bernice Rush, for- merly of the United States, who 1s being held pending investigation. Mrs. Rush refused to make any from New Haven, Kentucky, that she was 32 years old, and that she came to Mexico 11 years ago. The newspapers state that Mrs. Rush and Benevente were friends until some time ago when she insti- tuted a court action against him ac- cusing him of embezzling several thousand dollars of her money. Mrs. Rush, owner of a millinery store in the heart of Mexico City, was alleggd to have fired five shots at the man, two of which took effect. Dutee Flint Sells Out to Socony Interests Providence, R. I, Dec. 26 M—The Standard Oil company of New York has purchased the Dutee W. Flint Ofl company of this city, the sale including 37 gasoline . stations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, tankers, storage tanks to thc capa- city of millions of gallons, and an office building in this city. No sale price was mentioned in the an- nouncement today by Mr. Flint. CLEARED IN FINDING Norwich, Dec. 26 M—In a cor- oner’s finding issued today, Llewelyn Golden of this city is cleared of responsibility in connection with the death of Herman Bajorin on Octo- ber 27. Bejorin was struck by Golden’s automobile on the Norwich- New London highway, and died al- most instantly. Golden . gtands charged with manslaughter. . Jake Schaefer and Willie Hoppe of | fore the end of the week both Par- | The protocol being drafted for tne | . cases and drafting a pact of this nature an aeronautical en- | be | |around 260 feet, and carrying 200 | statements: other than that she was | money rates apparently continued volume. Apprehension over high and banks called upwards of $25,- 000,000 in loans. Most of the trading was in Inter- national Cement s, which moved to their previous high at 116 3-Ss, and in International Telephone converti- ble 413s, which improved fraction- ally. Public Service of New Jersey 4148 were bid up a point. and oils were soft, and the ‘few ac- tive rails showed only fractional price changes, these chiefly down- ward. Kingdom of Ttaly T7s, traded sat slightly, better prices, were most ac- tive in the dull forcign list. EINTRACHT LODGE OFFICERS Eintracht Lodge, O. D. H. 8. re- cently held an election of officers, The following were elected: Presi- dent, Carl Ramm; vice president, Tred Thoma; secretary, Louis Lehr; financial secretary, George Haglst treasurer, Otto LeupoM; trustee, John Thoma. The Junior branch of the O. D. H. 8. has joined the senior branch. was Carl Ramm, JANE ADDAMS RETTER Chicago, Dec. 24 (M—Jane Ad- dams, founder of Hull House, has Leen ill for a fortnight, suffering from bronchitis, it was leaned today. Physicians saild the critical stage of the illness has passed, and that the condition of Miss Addams is now much improved. She is 68 years old. WANT VACCINATION Boston, Dec. 26 P—A request that all residents of Gardner submit to vaccination was made today by Dr. Clarence L. Scamman, chief of the division of communicable dis- of the state department of |health. Three persons stricken with smallpox are now under quarantine in that city. one of them had contracted the dis- case during a visit to Maine and that the other two had caught it from him, Deaths re James Mc James McGuire, age 73 vears ol, | died last Friday at his home Cliftondale, Mass., after a short il |ness. He was formerly a well- | known resident of this city where he {had lived for about 15 years. He was born in Toronto, Ontarlo, |Canada, and moved to Lynn, Mass., |40 years ago. He was cmployed at the plant of the Cineral Electric Co. there and retired a few years ago on a pension. While residing in this eity, Mr.| McGuire appearcd at numerous en- tertainments. He was a finished en- |tertainer and clog dancer and was one of the first partners of Tom Eng- lish, local veteran thespian, before he went into vaudeville, His funeral was held Monday morning at St. Mary's church, Lynn, Mass., and he was buried in St. Jo- seph's cemetery In that city. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Guy MeGuire, who is well known in this city and a sister, Ellen McGuire of New Britain. Joseph Haffey of this city was in charge of the funeral ar- | rangements. Funerals * Frang Degnan The funeral of Frank Degnan of 520 Main strect was held this morn- ing at 7:30 o'clock at the funeral parlors of Frank P. Duffy on Main street and at 8 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Rev. Thomas F. Lawlor celebrated a requiem high mass. The pall bearcrs were members of | the mason tenders" union. Burial | was in $t. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. Anna Swanson Wild Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Swanson Wild, a former resident of New Britain who died in West Ha- ven, were held at her home in West Haven this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. |The remains were brought to this | |eity at 3:30 o'clock for services at | Erwin Memorial chapel. Burial was | in Fairview cemetery. | Rev. R. H. Johnson of the Lpls- copal church in New Haven offici- | |ated at the services. The pall hearers were Louis Mur- | ray, Clifford Gangloff, Trving Kor- [ber. Trving Bronson, Henry Porter and George Humphrey CARD OF We wish to thank our fricnds and | relativé® for their kindness and sym- | pathy shown us during our recent | bereavement in the death beloved husband and father. special manner we wish to thank Local Union No. 301, I. A. of T. S. I and also Court Friendly. (8Bigned), Mrs. C. Pinto and family. Joseph A. Haffey | IJ‘I!I‘IITAHII | 28-3 umn:lle S Mary's Charch Residence 17 Sammer Nt.—1628-3 GRAVES COVERED with Laurel, Hemlock, Silver Cedar, Ruscus and Red Derries Bollerer's Posy Shop Coppers The president of the junior branch Dr. Scamman said that | mium prices. Unfilled tinplate ton. tion by independents next quarter. The holiday season hgs some of the snap out of the market nearly all produc cate that the decline will be short, American Machinist reports. for the first quarter of 1929. company, has advanced the price of brass products, seamless tubes, nick- el silver and brass scrap 1;4 cent, and copper products other than wire 3-8 cent. Gulf Refining company, Houston, subsidiary of Gulf Oil corporation, has sold its employes $18,000,000 in Gult Oil stock at $80 a share, the company paying one-third of the price as a Christmas gift. The stocic | is now wselling on the New York | Curb market around $143. Net operating income of the New York, Ontario & Western increased in November to $43,445 for past 11 months was $957,492 against $1,076,266 in first 11 months of 1927, Frank D. Layton, senior Harry Alexander Smith, | poration. Y. COTTON MARRET ew York, Dec. higher on covering, by talk of by | There were no sentiment either way, | does not re- | tomorrow. The (timated at ahout 45,200 liquidation seemed | covering. prices held steady, 111 points net higher. RD KTOCK EXCHANGE ished By Eddy Brothers & Co. Railroud Stocks Hifd, & Conn. Wst'rn R, X Bankers Capftvl National Bank & Tru: {vity Bank and Trust Co. Trust Co., New River Banking C First National Bank . | 1itrd, Natianal Bank & Trust LD 610 Htfd. -Conn, Trust Co. 65! Morris Plan Bauk of Htfd. New Britain Trust Co. .. I'ark Street Trust Co. Ploenix State Bank & Tr Riverside Trust Co. . West Hartford Trust . Htd.-Conn. Trust rights ...... Finance Companies Hartford Aetna Realty Co . ‘L-llld Mortgage & Titie Co . “nderwriters Finance Corp. comés ‘l nderwriters Finance Corp. pfd | First Bond & Mortgage C | Fire Insurance L»m--ln | Aenta (IMire) Ins. Co. . 71 | Automobile Ins. Co. Hartford Fire Ins Co . tional Fire Ins Co. | Phoenix (¥ire) Ins. C | Rossia Tus. Co. . | Lite, Indemnit | Companies Aetna Casualty & Surety C | Aetna Life Ins. Co. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Hfd. Steam Boil. Inspec ]II“ [0 Lincoln National Life Ins. C Travelers Ins. Co. Public Conn. Light & Power Co. Conn, Light & Power C Com, conn. | Conn. Power Co. Conn. Power Ce Greenwich Wate Htfd. City Gas Htfd. City Gas Light Co. pfd Htfd. Elec. Light Co., com Htfd. Elec. Light Co. V. T Holyoke Water Power Co Northern Conn. Power. Co. Southern N E Tel ... Manufacturing Acme Wire Co., com . Acme Wire C American Hardware American Hoslery Co American Silver ~Co. American Thread Ce Arrow Eiectric Co., pfi Automatic Refrigerat! | Bait, (The Beaton & Bigelow-Htfd Cpt. Bigelow-Htfd. Cpt. Co pfd . Billings & Spencer Co., pfd Bristol Brass Corp. Rristol Brass Corp. pfd . Case. Lockwood & Brainard Co. Colling Co +.oevens Colt's Patent Fagle Lock Co. . Fanir Bearing Co Fuller Brush com. Fuller Brush com. Hart & Cooley Co Mart & Hegeman M| Hartman Tobacco, Com Hartman Tobaceo, pfd . Tnternational Silver Co. com Internatoonal Rilver Co., pfd .. cobs Manufacturing Co. . nders, Frary & Clark . Manning Bowman & Co., C1 Manning Bowman & « tional Marine Lamp C Britain Mach. C Britain Mach. Co., Departure Mfg Co. pfd. Haven Clock, com . ¢ Haven Clock, pfd les-Bement-Pond Co., com jes-Bement-Pond Co., pfd North & Judd Mfg Co . Peck, Ktow & Wilcox Co . Plimpton Mfg Co . Pratt & Whitney Co Rusnell Mfg Co . e Thoman (Tock Co. tom Seth Thomas Clock Co., Pfd Smyth Mfg Co . Standard Screw Standard Screw Co., Stanley’ Securities Co. . stanley Works, com Taylor & Fenn Co Terry Steam Turbine Torrington Co Union Mfg Co U. 8 Envelope Ul 8. Envelope C Veeder-Root, In Whitlock Cofl Pipe Co. ‘0. com “The Telegraph Florist of New Britain” 83 W. Maia 5t.—Greeshouses, Maple Hi Wiley-Bickford-Eweet C Winsted Hoslery ¢ Bryant & Chapman nage will insure maximum produc- taken High- fand advanced ly favorable conditions are forecast called $25,000,000 railroad | from $7.933 in November 1927, Net | price tendency was upward on a re- sumption of pool activities in several of the high priced specialtics, rub- bers, oils, foods, rails and electrics. |5 to 21 points and a long list of 1 to Call money renewed at 9 per cent to 10 when banks in loans. The | stringency in money was due to the |heavy year-end demand for funds American Brass company, subsi- by large corporations to meet divi- | diary of Anaconda Copper Mining | ‘dend and interest payments and the {usual “window dressing” by banks in anticipation of the December 31 {bank call. With about one billion |dollars to be distributed around the year-end, operators for the rise looked forward to an wunusually |heavy January reinvestment demand. Trade news continued favorable. {The price of copper was advanced {from 18 to 16 1-4 cents a pound. {Iron age reported that “the buoy- \ancy of the iron and steel market is imnnirest in a minimum interruption |as the opening of the first quarter of 1929 draws near,” another series of ings reports were published during the day. National Bellas Hess soared 20% Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Travelers Insurance Co. A dozen or so Issues werc marked up | for machine tools, but reports from |5 point gains were interspersed with | n centers indi- |a sprinkling of 1 10 10 point declines. Thomson, Tenn & Lo Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchanges 55 West Main Street New Britain l’hon 2550 Stuart G. Segar, Manages We Offer: AETNA FIRE Price on Application, ° of production for the holidays and | fn the welling up of new demands | favorable rallroad November earn- | EDDY BROTHERS & & vice | president of National Fire Insurance company, Hartford, Conn., has been elected president to succeed the late Checker Cab manufacturing cor- poration of Kalamazoo, Mich., has (taken over the Checker Cab Sales corporation and Fisk Discount cor- 26 (P—The cot- |ton market opened 3 to b points combined witn local and trade buying accompanied a probable graduai| | stiffening np of southern spot mar- kets now that Christmas is passed. cables to influence | as Liverpool open for business until chief feature was the issnance of January notices em- bales. to be d by trade buying or While trading was quiet, Junuary selling inlup to 20.28 and May 20.28 by the - lend of fhe first hour or about 7 to 7 Al Che & Dye 246% points to a new high record at 238 and International Harvester jumped 20 points. R. H. Macy and General Electric each ran up more than 7 points to new high records at 1873 and 2051, respectively. Goodyear Tire ran up more than 5 points to a new high at 131 and Allis Chalmers 4 to a new top at 175. In the mid-day selling movement, Radio broke 11 points, National Teca 10, International Silver 91, Ameri- can International 6% and Union Carbide, Greene Cananea Copper, Warner Bros, Johns Manville and Gotham Silk Hoslery down 3 or more points. Low and medium priced rails were {in brisk demand. New Haven and Erie each advanced to within a point of their record highs. Oils moved |forward under the leaders | Standard Ol Co., of N which touched a new top at 43 3-5. The Faton Axle & Spring Co.. to- day raised its annual dividend from {82 to $3, and a quarterly dividend of 60 cents was authorized on the Class A common sfock of the Inter- national Paper & Power Co. The upward movement of sfock prices was resumed at the opening |ef today's market. Initial gains of a point or so were recorded by American Telephone, Greene Can- anea Copper, Missouri Pacific, Gen- eral Electric and Nash Motors. Some irregularity developed be- fore the end of the first hour, hut the main price tendency continued upward. Trading was relative light in volume, indicating an ab- sence of any widespread public pa ticipation. Pools, apparently uncon- | cerned over the prospect of a “money squeeze” this weck, continued to bid for a wide assortment of specialtics in which favorable dividend or mcr- ger developments are believed to be pending. Early advances of a point or two were recorded by such widely diver- sified issues as Du Pont, Electric Auto Lite, Wright Aeronautical, U. | 8. Stcel, Detroit Edison, Chrysler | Motors, Montgomery Ward. Reyn- |clds Tobacco B and Atlantic Coast Line, Radio quickly fell back 2 points on a renewal of selling pressure. Packing and - Kennecott yielded a point or so. §4.85 17-82. THE MARKET AT 2:30 P. M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) High Low 243 6714 103% 103 244 Am Ag Che pd 70% American Can 107 Am Loco |Am Sumatra {Am Sm & Re |Am Sugar ... Am Tobacco . {Am Woolen . | Anaconda Cop | Atchison Balt & Ohio Beth Stecl . Bkiyn Man . Cer de Pasco Ches & Ohio CRI& Pac Chrysler Cp Colo Fuel . Congoleum Con Gas 107 1031 10315 54 276 27 11314 196 119 83% % .107 .209% JA31% 5 Corn Prod Dav Chem Erie RR Fam Pla Fleischmann . Freeport Tex . 3 | Genl Asphalt . ! Genl Elec ... Genl Motors . Glidden 5 |Hudson Motors 89 {Int Comb, Eng 68 | Int Cement . Int Nickel Int Harves Ken Cop Mack Truck ..10515 Marland Oil .. 41% Mo Kan & Tex 52 Mont Ward ..147 National Lead 127 N Y Central..188 NYNH&H North Amer... 915 INorth Pacific 10715 Pack Mot Car 151 Pan Am Pet B 487 Phillips Pet... 44% Pullman 83% Radio Corp 3 Remington Rd 29 Reading ..107 fears Koebuck 182% Sinclair Oil ... 41% Southern Pac .120% Std Ol N J . 54% (Std Oil N ¥ . 43% 1963 American Steel Foundries, Beechnut | Copper | | Foreign exchanges opened steady, | with sterling cables unchanged at | Close | 703 | Members Hartford NEW We Offer: Stock Exchange s HARTFORD HEMOEN BurritHotel Bidg. Hartford Conn.Trust Bid§, Colony Bidd, 80 Shs. of New Britain Machine com AND 75-Shs. of Bristol Brass “Investments That Grow” Fuller, Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING MEMBERS HARTFOR Joseph M. Halloran Tel, 1 NEW BRITAIN D STOCK EXCHANGE 258 Harold C. Mot CONSIDER 1929! NOW is the time to plan your investments for next year. Come in and discuss 1929 pr ospects. We will be pleased to recommend a plan to suit your individual needs. Absg- lutely no obligation implied. Donald R. e Offer: Prince & Whitely Establtsh Members New York, Chicago and Cleveland Stock Eschanges. Burritt Bldg.—69 West Main St.—Tel. 5405 hed 1878, Hart, Mgr. National Casualty Company of Detroit Stewari Warn 1195 Tim Rol Bear 147 146% 1463 nderwood ... o $8 “nion ¢ nited Fruit . J8 Ind Al .. S Rubber .. rhide Wright Acro . ‘ TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance, {Juryman Tells Court L Why He Gave Verdict | Hartford, Dec. 26 (®—The novel spectacle of a jury estifying in court as to why he and his associates rendered | the defendant in a case almost two years ago witne: «d in the court of ommon pleas today, although the testimony of another the foreman was objected to by Lawyer Frederick J. Corbett who d the juryman should not be per- | mitted to reveal what occurred in the jury room. Judge Arthur E. Howard, Jr., fo- | day was beset with questions of law | and novel motions raised by Mr. Cor- bett and by Lawyer Edward H. Kelly in the case of Walter W. Whipple of Unionville against John Fardig and his wife, Agnes, of Hartford. The primary question is whether or not very foreman verdict for | juryman and | ! Mr. Whipple can maintain an auto- | mobile accident action againet the Fardigs once having tried the same | case against the Lotz Asbestos com- pany and lost, Real Estate News ‘Warranty S. Gozzo to the New Britain Lum- ber Co., Alden street. | Charles B. Glover to W. H. Glo- | ver, Harrison street. Mortgage W. H. Day to Charles G. Ander- {son, $1.100, North Wellington street. Ukrainlan Greek Catholic church to George Gohatzuk, et al, $2.000, Winter street. Francis Czarowski to Bronislaw Sokowicz, Newington road. 1. M. Goldstein to New Britain National bank, $3,000, Common. wealth avenue. Releases ¥. C. Monier, Jr., to W. H. Day, | Stratford road. New Britain National baak to I, M. Golstein, Commonwealth avenue, N. Y. EXCHANGES | New York, Dee. 26 UB—E 1$1,636,000,000, balances $156.000, ances, $38,00¢ 000,000, |READ HERALD CLASSIFIED AD§