New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 7

N NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928 Plainville News {toxn sign post at 10:45 o'clock Sat. |urday morning. January 5, by | Deputy Sheriff 1. W. Furrey, acting {by virtue of u tax warrant. This Whiting street hardware store, con- |ducted by Louis Foat, was recently | Bristol News | court on January s charged with four counts of disposing of au- tomobiles to Bristol persons and | falling to apply the money received on the sale price. At that time he | was fined $100 and costs and given | Funeral of Norman C. Wobsard The funerss of Norman Oscar Woisard, 11-year-old son of Dr. and | Mrs. Joseph 1. Woisard of 57 Divin- lity street, will be held at 8 o'clock ¥riday morning at St. Ann's church. Iclosed by Tax Collector Willis J. ! |a jail sentence of 45 days by Judge | ltev. Joseph P. Perreault will cele- Broggt Thomson 5Ga MAIL ORDERS FILLED omen s—Misses —Girl’s mart Winter Apparel At Great Reductions! SALE PRICES SMART WINTER COATS Novelty Sports, self collars and. cuffs, values to Dress and Sport Coats i ter styles, values to $19.50 . + Purred Coats with beaver, wolf, fox, { . 34475 Better type Coats, smartest materials, | marked low for quick disposal. baby seal, etc., values to $69.50 .. ON smart styles, $14.95 n the new win- plain silks, values to $19.75 .... tion of frocks, Cloth and Silk Dresses, values to $15 ....... Charming Dresses of novelty silk and values to $35 ............ SALE PRICES ON NEW WINTER DRESSES in S S $ many 6.95 09 A group of an unusually fine collec- 975 Better type Dresses for street, after- noon wear, specially priced. —_—— {PORTANT REDUCTIONS ON Featuring Smartest Pelts, Excellent Workmanship, Marked at Prices For Immediate Clearance Ready to Wear—Second Floor Berlin News NURSE COMMITTEE T0 RECEIVE 5% Curistmes Seal Sale Doubles| That of Last Year FUND 70 BE ESTABLISHED Puneral of Mrs. Susanah Sleg— —Auiliary Party Friday lZ?\r‘(!llln‘1 —Girl Scout and Boy Scout Meet- | ings—Engagemeat Announced. | Although final results in the cam- | paign for the sale of Christmas seais | in the town have not been handed in, the local Visiting Nurse committce will receive about $375 as its share in the drive from the state tubercu- | losis commission, according to a, statement made today by Mrs, Henry IHooker, chairman of the local com- mittce that conducted the drive. The murse committee is entitled to | £5 per cent of the total amount re- | ccived from the sale of the seals. The campaign closed Saturday evening and due to the generous re- | sponse of the people it is expected | that more than $450 was realized According to Mrs. Hooker, the amount of seals sold thin year more than doubles that of last year which | totaled about $200. | The vast increase in the sale of the seals is due to the' fact that the state tuberculosis commission han- dled the seals through the Visiting Nurse comittee in town instead of by the usual custom of mailing the sealn from headquarters In Hartford. The meney Is to be placed in the Berlin Savings bank in Kensiogton and will be known as the tubercn- | losis scal fund. Tt will be drawn upon when tubercular conditions of achool chrildren or others in the | town warrant aid. Tt will alro be | used in the prevention of tuherculosis. The sale of the stamps was| handled by Mrs. Henry Hooker, Mrs. | R. & Gold, Mra. R. O. Clark and | Mra. John A. Moore. i At present time the health cond!- | Hons in Rerlin are good except for | an epedemic of measles of a light | form. ‘Tubercular trouble is prac- | fically unknown here. Engagement Announced | Mrs. Leotine M. Root announces the engagement of her daughter, Margaret Grace, te Donald Clifton | Gaylord, son of Mr. ond Mra. .. I..| Gaylord of 60 Freeman street, | Hartford. | Miss Root is a graduate of the | Gonnecticut Argicultural college, class of 1928, Mr. Gaylord was| graduated from the same college in | 1927, Legion Party 1\ A Christmas party will be given | tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock at fhe Legion hall in Kensington by the | auxillary of the Bolten-Kasica post. | American Legion. The party will te | for members of the auxillary and | thelr children. Santa Claus will be | present and will distribute gifts. | Mrs. Paul Stange is chairman of | the entertainment committec. The refreshments Mre. Edgar Pickett and Mrs. Howard | Bunce. Tt is expected that there | will be a large attendanc Funeral of Mrs, S. Sieg ! The funeral of Mrs. Susanah Sieg. | well known in Berlin and mother of Mrs. Carl Maier of Kensingion, was ' held vesterday morning at 9:30 a'clock from her home in Fast Wal- lingford and at Helv Trinity church At 10 o'clock. Rev. Edward Demen- | madge of rock finding will meet at at the Methodist church. There will ill be taken care of by ey sky officiated at a requiem high mass. Burial was in 8t. Boniface cemetery. The pall hearers were Angelo, Je- | eph, Valcntine, Santo and Michael Fontanella and Victor Pison. Scout Notes The Cub Scouts will meet tomor- row cvening at the acout rooms at the Berlin Congregational church at 6:45 o'clock. The Boy Scouts, Troop T, will meet at 7:30 o'clock. Scout- master E. O. Shjerden will be in charge of both meetings. The usual weekly meeting of the Berlin Girl Scouts, Troop 4, will not be held Monday because of New Year's day. The next meeting will be held Jan. 7 in the scout reonis at the Berlin Congregational church. All Girl scouts working for a merit the scout office on Main street in New Britain, They will be in charge of Mrs. Leon Sprague of Maple Hill. According to Mrs. 8. Chase Coale, | captain of the local troop, the re- gistration for the year 1929 will be due on Jan. 1 to earn a merit badge during the month of January must have their registrations in by Jan. b. Ttems Tho usual meeting of the Berlin | Grange Sewing Circle will be post- poned this week because of the hol days. Mrs. Myer son and children of Worthington ridge are spending ihe Tolidays with relatives in Philadel- phia. Mr. and Mrs. Pardon C. Rickey of | Worthington ridge have returned Lome after apending Christas with relatives in Mcthuen, Mass. Mrs. Nefl Morrison and son, Neil Jr., of Cornay, N. J., arc spending the holidays with Mrs. James| Thompson of Reridale avenue. r. and Mrs, Eddy N. Smith en-| ined Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith New York over the holida placed signs at the Berlin and Meri- den tewn lines indicating the start| and end of both towns. Fast Berlin Items THIS SEASON'S FUR COATS be a devotional service. The figures on the sale of Christ- | mas seals were the heaviest of x| niehin hreak w inception of The sale was han- yea) ! Christmas seal. r since the the | dled by the Berlin association this year, BLUF SHOES ARE COMING STYLES Even Red-Blooded “He” Man, ¥ All those who expeet { if the hop Will Wear Them soston, Dec. 27 filled, After clinging for years to the copvential black and tan. (UP)—Men— | ceived to date from cven those of the red-blooded “he” | Christmas reals, it was stated this fo type—will wear blue shoes during{morning by Mre. John R. Minor. Jr.. {the coming year, At least some will, | shalrman of the sale committee. hut of show stylists arc fu:- men are now ready to follow a trend towara the feminine and adopt footwear, it was revealed toda: Phil Malhedo, one of those |ing plans for the Boston shoe sty show to open January 2. The Foston show. considered colorea | national haremeter of vogue invelv- ing the pedal extremities, will fea- ture a dark shoe for mem blue lightweight ki This shoe is being turned out hy virtnally all manu- H. 3. IS ENTERED; *SIF, DEK RFLED of a Year Ago SEAL SALE NETS §600 1 | | | i | But Nursing Association Still Has! Not Heard From Mauy—lohn Til- | To Auction Stock of Store. Plainville High scheol was broken ;inte again laMt night and an un~} known amount of money was stolen | ifrom the mafe of Vice { Dougtas MacDonald, which burglar forced open with a {some similar implenient. the {and rified. Because Mr, MacDonald | {in. Maine. the which wa: !not knewn, but it is not thought to be large. amount of wow door. according to the theory of Con-, #table George Schubert, using a tool | to force the catch on the lack. He appears to have gone directly to waiting room. | was foreed open, |attacked the mafe with a chiscl. lle | was able to force his way through | |the steel covering and the cement {tining of this and to swing the door ! {open. The contents of the safe were | {found strewn about the office this ! {morning. while whatever money was | in it had been taken. | walked through the pile of cement {pleces on the floor and his later movements can he traced by white | jfootprints. He apparently stood for' isome time in front of the main safe ‘of the school department in the outer | |office but decided that this was too | Stiff a proposition to tackle. He then | went downstalrs again and let him- {=elf out through the other half of | the double deor by which he is he- | morning. The autheritics believe that lfast made by the game i year ago and stole a econsiderable | {sum of money which had heen taken k00d time is assured | Hemingway bec !of taxes for the past three { The Fodt buiding. in which the store (is located, will ' the auction. Break Thought Made by Thiel! Llite-tong resident |died in Hartforg | weel two siste Vlai M o'clock tomorrow jundertaking parlers of W. Totson Dles—Christmas r-mcs—]f;flf“;‘ on Broad [Plainville ¢ will Farmington. Principid gund in the chisel or | of Qur Kaviou The vice | cvening. | principal’s desk was also torced 0pen | of entertainment, with a pl irls' Friendly socioty, i is apending his vacation at his home | (laus wil: ¥ Lo, in the safe and desk 18 (or of the c friends in ‘the church The thief entered through a rear . the townspeople. cvening at the Baptist chur mighly enjoyable, Mr. MacDonald’s office, where he |y ven entirely by the children, who fimmled the door leading in frem the ghowed much interest snd training. The top desk drawer santa Claus arrived and distributed and lh(“h'l'r\ld"'v’gi"l, much to the gelight of the little ones. W The burglar | L nrogram consisted of Webster, Mrs. A. W. Thomasen. M | Rertha Rteward and | Plumb, | pianist | persons who entered the sehonl aboyt | b€ held on Junuury 1. will include gawes and stunts, and a all who are not be It is in the h; tobert B. White as keeper. A Tilltson Dies John Tillotson, of ‘s illness. He nville mi, 1l nd Mrs. ¥Fred Fune “tre Roy Wilk :reon, vagnn ofticiate. Burial A s T operty parish h Ther and distribute gifts. Melvilk burch, Pastor Giver The Christmas exerc The prog: At the conclusion of the program. of the members and fricnds of the church, vresented the pastor. Kendrick, with $15 in gold. presented an umbrella fo Frank A. funday school superintendent, the allace Runncll, on behalf Ttes, a gift from members of 1 school. The committee in Mrs. Miss C. A. Bunnell Grange Officers to Meet There will be a mecting of the be a song service to be followed by !lieved to have ppined entrance. This newly clected officers of Plainville a social time after which there will 'half deor was found slightly ajar thts G lin at a play the preceding evering, | Present. His path of entry was me as on that occasion. Since thut {time the achool authorities theen very careful ahout ymonev in the buildine. evnetly the | Keeping ird it is not Constable Schubert callad in out- wide #id to enlve the robhory. and iDenute Sheriff George L. Geer of {Euffield and another {shortly befare noon to assist him. i Seals Rring $600 | Apnroximately $800 has heen re. the sale there are many persons who have forgotten or delayed the making of Britain General Thospital : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lippia of North Washington street. ton of West Main street Ithe stamps ax promptiy as possible Will leave on Saturday to spend the returns. Tt is hoped by the nursing mssociation that these people will now send in their moner or vetnrn have 4 reg 0. F. Prthian Temple Mecting Pythiun Temple No. 29, P, 8, held lar meeting last night in L O. After the business had Leen transacated, the social commit- {thought the last nizht’s hanl was at tee served refreshments The temple a1l Iarge enoreh ta repav the burelar ' reeived a box of for his long sloge of pafe-hammerin~, | Hays & Marino. and this was en- joyed by all present. night, January 9. the Knights of P’ythias and Pythian man arrived | gigters will comiine forces in a joint installation of their hall. On Wednesda Notes William Greene underwent an op- of cration at St. Ifrancis’ hospital, Hart- as his second op- eration in three weeks, . today. 1t A daughter was horn at the New today James E in order that a complete report may | Winter mouths in Florida. be made at an early date. | The Phinville Pablic Health | Nuraing nsmociation distributed 14 {Cheistmas dinners to worthy poor (families fn Plainvilla thix year and alsn gave clothing and toys to §1 Contributions were received from popular despite the tradition whicn {many private individuals, and to all | has long held men to colors, according to Malhedo. 4 Blue shoes, ian ensemble, mode in footwear. No other he thought, theedulier (ot theme the association the new ' flashy colors will bhe | used in men’s shoes the coming sea- This evening the Mathiodist SUN- | aon, but men who are averss to this Christmas tree cclebration. wil be the usual Christmas tree and his anta Clau be distribnted. and recitations. “There will be songs ! | duy school will enjoy their annual! foninistic | trend may ehoose b.- | Therc | twaen auch variations ns Earatogw gaily bedecked tan ruddy brown. trotteur tan, cou- Majcely. | per tun, Durham brown and nico- Candy and gifte will [¢jn, Styles for wemen's shoes call for Wide vartety of pastel-tintea The Fife and Drum corps meet-|jogther, new madernistic designs, & heen postponed until next owing 1o the varlous activities. i The & school will enjey thelr annuat Christmas trec exercises tomorrow eveaing in the church mocial rooms. Tha condition of Mrs. Hazelwodd is critical and it is not| expected that she will recover. She has hiad twe strokes during the past | several wecks and although rallying ! from the first shock, the second one has Jeft her in a critical condition. She is gradually growing weaker. Mr. and Mrs. John IFrank have been entertaining relatives over Christmas. Skating is now being enjoyed at Woike's pond in West Cromwell. The entire pond is frozen over. The ice is from two to five inches thica. The St. Gabriel's Epsicopal Sun- day school will hold their Christmas tree cxercises tomorrow night ay a0 o’clock. Miss Tlertha Hazen will leave shortly for the University of Ver- mont to resume her studies after spending Christmas here with her mother, Mrs. Isavelle Hazen. A special watch night service 1s being platned for Monday evenimy STEINITE RADIO On Demonstration At My Store 56 ARCH STREET New Britain Depemdable Radio Service G. BURTON WELLS Tel. 5188-3 beige); lido | ing schedulcd for this evening has|short vamp an€ heels as high as! Wwees | thres inches. | The principal colors for women s | red eart church Sunday whoes are listed as commander blus | (rich, mavy blue); (Qark yellow sunburn beig= ~ana | (light, randy beige): and silver wing T. G| (ight grey.) Oty r colors will inclade Relmon: Rree hampagne, and n. French beige, atmora, trotteur tam. Vin Roug- marron glace | s very| grateful for their gracious coopera- worta tion in brightening the holiday sea- combine to make a more Brammel- |son for s0 many to whom it woul For example, Ma hedo pointed out a biue serge suit | The state highway department hasiang straw hat would set off to far ! greater . advantage with otherwise have meant nothing. To Auction Stack of Store The stock Plasnville Engineering - Suppy C'o. Lost |children whe otherwise woud not ""“i r. have been visited by Santa Claos. - Grand (UP)—gpurred on 4 report that he had scen two persons in the lower Grand Can- yon, searchers renéwed the hunt to- nd Mra. Glenn Hyde, | vesterday and fixtures of the ! dav for Mr. who Jeft civilization Nov. | will be sold &t public auction at the ' <cow trip down the Colorado river Meyer Sneideinan whose engage- ment was announeed in last night's Terald, is no longer connected. with the Yale' Dry Cleaing Co. here conducts a market in Hartford. ~Kitehen linoleum. Wed., P. M. Cleveland, 46 Linden 8t. J. At | tacturers and is expected to prove seven churches, the Red Crome. and Searchers Spurred On By Report o]f Life by an aviator's Canyon. Ariz. [to Needles. Calif. fe Loftice {night. | had sighted the boat | searching party, tied up in a sman | canyon south of the Grand Canyon. Later advices rovealed that the 1o the Tndian their to renewing | «PLAINVILLE® TONIGHT “TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS" with WILLIAM ROYD and MARY ASTOR Always & Good Show JOHNNIE WALKER in ! { “THE SNARL OF NATE" | ESTELLE TAVIOR and TONIO MORENO in “THE WHIP WOMAN" LET ME TAKE A RIDE WITH YOO, 06SIE = BOY! SHE LOOKS NICE ENEN IF YOU DIDNT I rivermen Ivillage of Supi supplies | the search today. | The search is being carried on by 1ed by Emery Kolb, | | Colorado tiver pioneer. an alrplane which 1s | scheduled to meet Kolb's men soon. [city, ithe bhoat party, fand a Maple Hill {ment of {Alfred C. Miller of 7 f.edge Court. The report reached fhe of the Seenic The pilot reported had gone to rveplenish preparatory horeshack party MENT ANNOUNCED Gustave Plato of engage- Olga, Mr. and Mrs. announce the their daughter, "Its That Kind of a Plane SURE - GET IN, FRECKLES =T JUST NOW CANE DOWN - TLL 60 UP AGAIN " ause of non-payment years. included Is 62, a mative and Farmington, | st night after a | is survived by | Mrs. Henry Morway of Racon of and one brether, Hen- ! ty Tilletson of M umi, Fa. . services will be held at 2 Waldemar Case is Continued afternoon at the | A. Baile Plainvill chureh, will be inje | | Fellowing a vourt hearing before ' for flm‘ ing, 12 v school children wil be held | Stripe” old Scotch whiskey, tak ise of the Chureh t 7 o'clock (omorrew will be a program ay by the Santa Mrs. 1. widow of the Jate ree- | will be present and will be pleascd to sce her many | stand by Prosecuting Attorney Jumas and among | T. Mather. Sum fo Goll xes held Fost h aere mw A D He also charge of the Janies Mrs. . ge at the home of Mrs. Charles | Weldon on Broad street tonight to make plans for the The nest meeting of the Grange will \e program coming year. chocolutes from ! 1929 ofticers. 15 for « Phoenix Airways last | he also| nsed by the | | i n of ! H to He 10 EIZED LIQUD 70 BE DESTROVED 'No One Appears 0 Claim 18 Quarts of Alleged Whiskey OWNED BY CHARLES WALLS wul Attoruey s Marvied in New York Arrested on Mother's Complaint. Judge William J. Malone this mora- quart bottles of | trom the person of Churles L. Wals {of Southington on West strect | Sergeant Henry Jeglinski on the ev. | ning of December 19th was ordered destroved. No one apprarcd 10 clait the liquor. Sergeant Henry Jeglinski was the 1 @rst and only witness called to the The efficer tstified to aving followed Walls' car on the [ night in question from in front of the Cameo theater on Main stre-t, | over Bouth street and up West to the | corner of Laurel street. where Walls drove his car alongside the curh and Istopped. According to the efiicer ! his quarry alighted and going to the Tear of his mar, removed two pac {ages and started across the midewalk | where Jeglineki intercepted him. | " “1 asked bim what he had in the |vackages” Joglinks testificd. “anq | he replied, fiquor. 1 then told him he was under arrest and he then [told me it was for Mr. Judd That |does not make any difterence to me, drive 1o police headquarters.” “llow was Judge Hungerford's name breught inta the case?” Mr. | Mather asked. <! “His name was mentioned by Mr. Judd. who sald it was a present fro. Judge Hungerford,” replicd the of- ficer. Bergeant Jeglineki, who served the summons on Councilman Homer 1. 17udd. who is also a police commin. |sioner, end to whom. sccording to Walls, the liquor was to be de. |livered. and on Judge Willlam |Hungerford of New Britain, in- | with the New Rritain jurist and wos informed that he (Hungerford) ew nothing whatsocver about tis iquor. ‘had afterwards talked fo Judd who rinformed him that he knew nothing lof the Wquor either and certainlv | would not claim it. The summons was scrved on both wen on Decem- ber 20 by Rergeant Jeglinaki and a copy placed om the town bullet'n | post onnosite the City ball the same {day. The notice on the bulletin thoard. howesor, was removed eith-r {the'sime or the next day. | When Walle was brought to po- lice headanarters he got in touch with Police Commissioner Judd. who furnished the necessary hond for tie man's release. The following morn- ing hefors Judge Joseph M. Domno- van in the eity court. Walls plead- ed guilty te a charge of transport- ine Mquer and was fined $150 ard costs. The sama dny he signed a waiver acknowledging that he was the sole ownar of the tiquor and {Hinquished all claim wpen it. Tt {value, according to present prices, he informed the police was 815 a auart. Compliments Police Judge Malome in adjudging the 1i- quor and the veasols containing it a nulsance and eordering their di- | atruction. eomplimented the police {on the manner in which the case was {nandled. “T compliment the polive fon thetr industrs and they are em. |titled to eredit. There has been - hlezlll)n of some vindictiveness over corned, it will stand hack of the [ police and the prosccutor. Ordinar- ily T would like to suggest that the whiskey be sent to the hosnital but due to the pecullar methods in which interest has hesn kept up. 1 would euggest that it he taken out into the back vard end destroyed,® the court stated. Much Comment On Case Due to the prominenca of the per- sons mentioned in connection with the case, thera ham been a great {amount of eament on the stricts of the city. Tt was fer this reason that the eourt deemed it aduieatile to di- stroy the tenor in the presence of | witnewses, Thiz was done this aft- ernoon Waldemar Case Continned The ease of Jack Willer af artford. a former resident of this eharged with ebtainire money under false by the is- manee of frandulent hille «f gal was contintiad hy Fudes William J AMalone in polica conrt this marning unfil next Monday December 31 | Waldemar appeared fn the local ir prefences jformed the court that he had talkd ' ! this, but g0 far as this court is con- | | Malone. The jail sentence was sus- {pended with the understanding that ‘Waldemar would waRe restitution for the amounts involved. | tn court this morning. Prosscuting ! Attorney James T. Mather pointed out that three of the claims had been settled but a fourth. in amount $110 in favor of Jamea J. Hackman, {was still open and that Waldemar. in spite of numerous promises. had failed to make v effort to straigiten it out. The prosecutor also brought out the fact that Waldemar. whe filed a pelition n bankruptey about u week ago, had listed Hackman as a creditor. in spite of the fact that Hackman ho purchased the antamebile hefare the sernend hod opened his Hartford e tablishiment. Judge Malone. In contimiing th case taday. told Waldemar that ar- raneerients to make fall settlerot with Thackman must he made befare inest Monday or that iail sentener world he made effective Local tawyer Weds Word was received in this city this morning of the warrlage in New York ity yesterday of Miss Dorothy 1. Mactin of 267 Muin strect. Bristol the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harny Martin of Danbury. aud Attorney Hownrd T. Mather. gon of Pros cut ing Attorney and Mrs. James I Mather ot 5 Broadview street. Th ccremony was perforied at the “Lit- tle Church Around the Corner.” The couple were attended hy Attorney Orin Wves of Albauy. A classmate of Attorney Mather's at Yale, and Mrs, Tves. Two months ago Mr. Mather ,und Miss Martin attended Attorney apd Mrs. Tves when they were mar- ried in New York. i Miss Martin has for the past few years been employed in the office of the New Departure Manufacturing Company. Khe is an accomplished singer, Raving taken a course of study under a New York master. and has taken a promment part in lacal amateyr theatricals. Mr. Mather fa @ graduate at Yal Tniversity. clam of 1925 and re- celved his Aegree at Yale Law school in 1927, Fdr the past two years he has practiced his profession in this city and is considered one of the mont promising of the younger legal lights. { _Following a vacation at Atlan‘ic City Mr. and Mrs. Mather will reside in the Upsenia, Apartment 4-B. and {will be at home to friends afier February 1. | Firemen's Concert and Dance All plans have been completed for the third snnual con and dance of the Firemen's Relief Association, by | | . Decem. | Jeglinski also satd that he corner of streets. The advance sale of tickels indicates that the armory will be tlled to capucity. a large number of firemen from cities throughout the state having announced thelr inten- tion of attending. Caplain George | Brannuan of Engine Company No. 5 ;18 general chairman of the commit- ‘tec in charge of arrangements an { Fireman William Dutton of the Cen- tral Fire Station 1s floor manager. The New Dcparture orchestra will furnish the music and dancing will ,continue until 1 a. m. tions have been installed by the 1Awning Company of New Britain The entertainment program. to Le furnished by the Birrett Entertuin- ers of Hartford, is as follows: Tap dance, Evelyn Dwyer; songs 21l Bavaes: buck dancing, hin- curd and Logan; songs. Anna Neili- ®an: mititary dance, Evelyn Dwyer mongs and stories, Erncst Ward Fonzs, Mabel Barnes: popular son. Vrank Barrett; novelty rope danc Tvelyn Dwyer, wongs and storics. Varreit and Nelligan: finale, Rarncs, Nelligan and Barretf. Misn lie Kasinskt will be accomipantst and Frank J. Barictt, master of cer Dionies. Miss Barncs and Mr. Wardle are well known a8 radio haviug appeared on numerons ocei- (Hlons at the studios of WTIC at | hartford. Arrested On Mother's Complaint Bdward Whiting of North Main strect was arrested shortly before 6 o'clock last evening by Officer E ward O'Connor after the man's mother had madc a complaint to i police headquarters 1n polics eonrt {this morning. Whiting was charg .1 {with drunkennces and breach af the ipeace. He pleaded guilty to the first charge but fnformed the court that he eould not remenber wheth:r tor not he had mide a disturbance. Whiting's last appearance in po- lice court was in 1924 and in view of the good record of the acensed {for the past four ra. Judge Wil- Jliam 3 Malone derided to eontinue the case until Monday. December 31, to enable the probation efiicer investigate eanditions and recommendations. No Quorum Due to the lack of the anorum. fha of M 10 wubmit mesting The Li™anning eommission kehaduled for Wedreeday afternoon was poct- ronad until fater in the menth. the Aate to he detormined later by the mayor. % The decora- entertainers. | brate the high mass of requiem and Lurial will be in the new St. Joseph's | cemetery. Grass Fire Fire company was called 30 o'clock Wednesday after- for a zrass fire on Washington tr which for a time threatened | several nearby bufldings. The blaze was estinguished with chemicals. POIIGE PATROLI ING " DIAMOND FIRLDS Peonle Threaten to Start Pro” pecting Despite Orders Welch Lout at noon pefown. South Afries W —Two hundred policemen today W patrolling tiw diamond fi- I of Namagualand. where diamonds anly were Mhroats been made that the art prospecting in government orders Dee. " recently R would :of discovvred weople detian against it Repo clashes peaple, current here of Letween the police and the who have been reduced to desperntion by @ proleng:d drought which raincd their erops. No defl- nite information, howcver, was ob- tainable Two thousand peisons at a recent mecting at Port Nolloth demanded that the government throw open 34 acres of stute diggings or else en- ploy additional diggers, Tt was un- derstocd the people threatened that if these damands were not granted by Triday the state diggings would be vushed. The Namaqus wir vl member of the louse of assembly motored from 'Port Nolloth fo confor with the ministers of mines and justice. He poverly was rampant in the distriet. He added that unless the goverament took immediate and tactful action. ns ouibreak accompanicd by constderable blood- shed would be inevitable. Later 4 bodr of picked police was rushed to the arca by motor hus bringing the forces there up to 200 men. The government has ingisted on restricting prospecting in order to ,proteet the diamond industry, n” s Peru Adheres to Gondra Pact Is Report Buenos Aircs. Dec. 27 (P—A dis- vateh to I.a Nacion today from San- tago 1id that Iorcign Minister Iiios Gallardo. of Chile, had receiy- od official adherence to the Gondra pact from the Peruvian ambassador. The Gondra treaty provides for a commission of inquiry to avoid and prevent armed conflict between American pations. These countries have not yet sigued the pact: Argen- tina, Colombia, Ecuador, Hondu and Nicaragua. A recent attempt to scttle the Bo- livian-Paruguayan dispute under 1l accord failcd hecause Bolivia elaim- ed the pact was not yet eperative. since the Bolivian senate had not 1atified it Alonzo -Q(Sgg Retires As Chicago Track Coach hie & 27 P grand athletics, Amos Atonzo Stagg of the University Chicago. has retired as track coach. Finding his duties ax athletic di1- rector and foothall coach requiring all his time, Stagg has turned the K coarhing t over to his pro- n, one of the runners, The ive immediately, Ftugg conched his first Chicago ftrack team in 1896 and In point or scrvice was the oldest active college trick coash i Ameriea. cliange is o Chicago Still Second City in U. S. in Size Clicago. e, 27 UP—Chicago is further intrenched as the second Gty of the United States with population of 3.215.000, figures com- piled by the Chicago Association of Conmimne show This figure reprosents an fnerease of over 1hie 1927 population The assoclation estimates metro. politan Chicago will have a popula- tion of 4.500,000 Janusry 1, 1929, or 100,000 more than last year. won Shanghai, miunist nprisings other cit shortly and in Shanghai and expected 1o occur 's have precaution 1o avoid Fifty-two passen- gers of the Danish-chartercd ahip [Hsin-Pinang were detained by wol- diers who hourded the vessel toda Those detzined were mostly Chinese wrers returning from Kussia. One < 4 lussian suspeetrd of being a commumst agitator. Two coffins jcontaining propaganda pamphlets land revolvers were confiscated. are the saopted unusi serions outhrea i &