New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1929, Page 2

LE.& . RESERVE TS S Financial Statement Issoed To- day at Diectors' Meeting ockholders of Landers, Frary & Cl:k Co. recelved $1,680,000 in dividends during the past year, the same as during the previous year. The present surplus is $6,041,853.73. an increase over last year, when it was $5,532,664.22. st year's assets were $17.673,- 39 and this year the assets total $18,285,868.54, a gain of $612,245.65. The company's profit for the year was $2,189,171.51, which is an in- crease over 1928. The information is contained in & printed report which will be mailed to the stockholders of the company today. The statement was approved at a meating of the board of direc- tors this morning, The annual meet- | ing will be held Wednesday, Feb-| ruary 18. The financial statement follows: Asscts .8 1,241,455.43 Certificates of Deposit . 300,000.00 U. 5. Bonds and Treas Notes . Investment in o Investment in Accts. and Not Prepald Expenses Inventories of Supplies 5.835.712.24 | 349,018.50 | 250,843.37 | 2,027.453.43 128,861.52 3,081,584.04 usidis 3 Recetvable 910.00 Total Assets $18,285,868.54 Lisbilities Accts. Payable and accrued Expenses ... Dividends Payable Reserve for Contingencies Capitol Stock Surplus 710,450.08 420,600.00 . 81358213 - 10,500,000.00 6,041,835.73 Total Liabilities $18,285,868.54 The balances shown are net after deducting reserves. WILL FIGHT PRINCIPAL NATIVE OF THIS CITY (Continued from First Page) Haven. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy still reside there. Greenwich, Feb. 1 (UP)—aAttor- neys for Dr. James 8. McCarthy and two contesting partics agreed in FITS:; Proof If you have Epllep: . Fits, Falling Sick- no matter how bad without fail. Attackn stopped_oversnight in many cuses. NO NARCOTICE—no harmtul drugs, Satis- faction or money back. probate court here teday to cempro- mise op disposal of §5,000,000 in securities which Mre. Margaret Huntington S8mith McCarthy had de- posited in a joint account with her husband two days before her death, January 9. Discussion of the $§,00 ac- count revealed that this was the bulk of the Greenwich woman's es- tate aud that her fortune would total about $7,000,000. Attorney Homer 8 Cummings, Stamford, who seeks probation of the will, which makes Dr. McCarthy chief beneficlary, defended the joint agreement in court this morning. The account was drawn up merely tor convenience, Cummings said and the physician was nct claiming one- tenth of the amount due him. Five Hurt When Bus Goes Through Bridge Cobleskill, N. Y., Feb. 1 P—Five persons were injured, one critically, when a bus carrying 25 persons crashed through a bridge over Coble- skill Creek near here early today and dropped 20 feet to the bed of the stream. The injured were tesidents of Schencctady and were returning to their homes after attending a bas- ketball match played at Oneonta by the team of the Broadway Methodist church, Schenectady. Ruby Dickinson, 20, had a possible tractured skull others less seriously injured were Bertha Gray, 17; Henry Corrie, 22; Milly Vrooman 17 and Thomas Pouther, 19. Investigation by state troopers showed that the bus ran down a long grade and struck the right rail- ing of the bridge. Th entire struo- ture collapsed under the impact. | Passengers in the bus and the two windows and the overturned smashed out of drivers climbed wvehicle. Governor to Address Joint Exchange Clubs Governor John H. Trumbull will speak at & joint meeting of the New Britain and Farmington Exchange clubs in Farmington Tuesday eve- ning. He will speak on *“Aviation.” Moving pictures will be show The members of the local club will leave from the Burritt hotel at 6:30 o'clock. REPORTS PROWLER Willlam N, McKirdy of 39 Lincoln street reported to Detective Ber. geant W. P. McCue shortly after 1. o'clock last night that there was a prowler ubout his home, but the sergeant was unable to find anyone. Sergeant McCue, who lives near the McKirdy family, was driving into his vard when Mr. McKirdy called him. FAST WORK NETS $100 Boston, Peb, 4 (UP)—Fifteen minutes aftep Pittsburgh, Pa., au- thorities had ssked Beston police to watch for Albert & Reinherts, alleg- Ellls arrested The policeman DR. C. M. SIMPRON CO., 1000 W. éith 8t., Cleveland, 0. flc Officer . Relnhertz will receive $10f ing the alleged rd for captup- | reported ito she senate today by its COUNGIL WILL HEAR COMMANDER BOOTH (Continued from First Page) cision had been reached the council adjourned to meet again at a date which will be selected shortlyy At this next meeting it is probable the adjudicating proceedings will be taken up again this time with the general's representative present. Booth Issuce Letter Victor in the first court skirmish, the general already has made m” first act of authority since Justice | Eve's decision in chancery court re- instated him for the present as the army’s leader, By instruetion of the general, a special supplement was issued with the War Cry today con- taining a reprint of the London Times report on the court proceed- ings and a letter written and dated at Southwold on Jan. 14 in which & conciliatory move on the part of the general is revealed. This letter was written after & visit by a special deputation of the high council which requested him to retire from oftice. Tn the letter, the general deprecated the deaire of the high council that he “relin- quish his sacred trust.” He. refused his assent, but offered to compromise on the question of the successorship. 1 “I am deeply concerned for ° the unity of the army,” he. wrote, ‘and to help preserve this as well as to secure consideration of this ques- tion apart from the pressure of time and personality, T will avail myself of the alternative provided for in our fourdation deed of 1878. Should I die or otherwise vacate of- fice before such. time as a commis- sion appointed to consider this ques- tion has arrived at a conclusion ac- ceptable to me and to the necessary number of commissioners, 1 will leave the final choice of my immedi- |ate successor ‘to the commissioners | of the Salvation Army.” | Vagrant Attempts Desth Under Train Stamford, Feb. 1 (M—John J. Austin, 43, homeless, threw himself in front of a local train, number 188, at the station here this morning but Engincer Harry Livingstone, of New York brought the engine to a top within a foot of the man’s | body. | Many commuters at the station |saw the incident. Austin told the . police that he was despondent, hav- {ing been discharged as an employe {at a local sanatorium yesterday. He originally came from New Bed- ford. Coast Guard Academy House Bill Reported | authorizing the $1,7760,000 jcoast guard academy at New Lon- don, Conn., was ordered favorably commeroe committ | been equipped with them. Elinor 8mith, 17-year-olq girl flier, N. Y., after setting & new endurance leaving her plane at Mitchel Field, flight record for women of 13 hours, 16 minutes, 45 seconds. She bettered the mark set by Bobby Trout of California, U. S. Cavalry Tests New Type of Saddle Washington, Feb. 1.—(M—Having used the same type of saddle the last 80 years, the United States cavalry is experimenting with something new. Since the Mexican war cavalry: men have been ' enduring the dis- comfort of the Mexican saddic, named after Gen. George B. McClel- lan, famous fighter, it. In spite of its long period of usage, the present cavalry saddic is cumbersome and uncomfortable for the mounted soldier. The new saddle has & leather skirt covering the bulky cinch rings and straps at the side. ‘While retaining special features of the old McC'ellan saddle, such as fastenings for blanket rolls, the are more like the English flat sad- dle used in polo and for pleasure jaunts. Two regiments of cavalry at Ft. Riley training achool have It ‘hey who designed | prove satisfactory they will proba- bly be adopted for the entire serv- ice, Legless Judge Heads New Zealand Courts ‘Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 1 (A —Legless, but not down-hearted, |8ir Charles Skehhett, K. C., chief justice for New Zealand, is resum- ing his presidence over the supreme court here on February 1. When S8ir Charles was obliged to have both legs amputated recently his friends feared that his career \might be interfered with, but the chief justice gamely determined to carry on and has made a remark- able recovery. 8ir Charles was born fin India and was admitted to the Bar in 11885. He was one of the first group Washington, Feb. 1 »—The house | saddles now contemplated for use to “take silk” as a King's Counse! ed deserter frem the marines, Traf- bill when barristers were first appoint- \ed to that honor in New Zealand, in 1907, He was elevated to the po- sition of chief justide in 1926, In succession to Bir Robert Btout. “AN 8.0.S. from the ‘Florida’! We change our course. Weon" the ‘America’ strain to arrive in time to rescue the men on their sinking ship, 350 miles away. Through the icy, freezing storm and high seas we plunge on—all speed ahead! Then the night-time rescue, the search lights, the whirling waves, the ma» noeuvering to get near the ‘Florida’. Finally, the ‘Florida’s’ crew coming off one at a time, pulling themselves through the watee on the line our men had thrown them., “These 32 men, dazed, many half clothed, needed reviving after their long exposure. Hot coffee, food and gave new life to many of them and we on Strikes—these e ‘America, crew and passengers alike, found after the strain and struggle that there was nothing quite so comforting and relaxing as the inviting, toasted flavor of Lucky Strikes. “Playing this game with ‘Davy’ is ever fascinating, ever thrilling, And we who follow the sea must be ever ly for adventure, Ours is an active life, demanding nerve control and physical fit- ness. In my health program I have found that Luckies are most important not only because they provide a respite for frazzled nerves and an exhausted body but because whenever 1 crave anything which is over-fattening, I say to myself, ‘Reach fora . Luc instead of a sweet', In the toasted flavor of Luckies, I get complete satisfaction. And I find that toasting, by removing the irritants, protects my throat.” b3 . Commander of “S. S. America™ “REACH FOR A LUCKY INSTEAD OF A SWEET.” © 1929, The American Tobacco Co., Manufacturers WILKINS INNOGENT OF THEFT CHARGE Convinces Boston Police He Was Not Involved With Grane Having satisfied Inspectors Tim- othy Donovan and Joseph Decker of the Bo~' 1, Mass. police that he was innocent of the theft charge on| which he was arrested in this city late Wednesday afternoon, Ernest E. | ‘Wilkins was released today and in police court tomorrow the charge of being a fugitive from justice will be formally nolled. Philip A. Crane, who was arrested at the Citizens Coal Co., ofiice a few hours prior to the Wilkins arrest, was taken to Boston by the inspectors to be charged with larceny, Although he denied to the local police that he! had stolen Weightograph scale ap- pliances which he sold to coal com- panies having use for them, he is| said to have admitted to the Boston inspectors that he has been stealing! the machines for some time, remov- | ing serial numbers and other marks | of identification and disposing of | them wherever he found a market. Wilkens told the authorities he be. came acquainted with Crane in De- cember and had no inkling that the ‘business in which Crane placed him was outside the law. He shipped one Weightograph appliance from Woon- socket, R. I, to the Parkville Coal Co. and helped install i*, but he was not aware that Crane had stolen it in Boston, he said. In police court today, Wilkins and Imorrow in $2,500 bonds to allow the Boston inspectors time to complete their investigation. Shortly before noon Crane bade Wilkins farewell and was taken back by train, and early this afternoon Chief Hart or- jdered Wilkins' release. Before lea nounced his intention of going to |New London to call on relatives at once, P READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Stopped-Up Head | Cleared Out Quick : Breathe In OZO Mist for Cold It dries on your handkerchicfand then 8 pleasant vapor fills nasal and throat pass- ages with five medicants that relieve at once. Breathein OZO Mistto restore nat- ural comforuble respiration=this is “half the battle” in treating & cold. OZO Mist on handkerchief disinfects it, preventing reinfection. On pillow, it breaks up your cold whileyou sleep. Get OZO Mist (30 applications 75c) at sll druggists. | OZO MIST Crape were ordered held until to-! |ing, Wilkens thanked Detective Ser- | | geant McCue and Chief Hart and an- | 159 ATTEND BANQUBY Mea Have Enjoyable Lancheon in Ciub Rooms at Faloon Hall. Approximately 150 Polish business and professional men attended the annual banquet held last night the Polish-American Business Me club in the glub rooms at the Fal- con hall on Brpad street. Joseph Miynarski was toastmaster and among the speakers were At. torney B. J. Monkiewicz, Dr. Roman Leksten, Peter J. Pajewski, Pau} Nurczyk, John Dombrowiak, B. Ma- Jek and John Niemierzycki, secretary of the club. JANUARY FIRE ALARMS The fire department answered 39 calls during. the month of January, of which 1¢ were bell and 23° alarma, sccording Chief W. J. Neble. false alarma. The loss by fire for the month bas not yet been com- puted. . NOGOVER DEMGCRATS WIN Richmond, Va., Feb. 1 UM—Vir. ginia democrats who cast their bal- lots for Herbert Hoover last Novem- ber were ruled yesterday by Attor- ney General John R. Saunders of Virginia in an official opinion to be entitled to vote in the August, 1929 demecratic primary. BRITISH STEAMER AGROUND London, Feb. 1 UP—Lloyds learn- ed from its agents at North Fore- land today the steamer Garth Cas. tle was aground off Aldenburgh, Suffolk, and was asking assistance from tugs. Gift Shop Sketches FEBRUARY New Arrivals We have just un- packed a beautiful assortment of Whit- ing’s Gift Stationery in the hemstitched type — dainty giit edges on plain white, ‘[ gray, cream, and others, to wmell at one dollar. THE NEW HEISEY Crystal | You really have to 8ee this gorgeous new product by Helsey—new shapes In a beautitul dia- mond optic effect, Crystal ware, the white or clear glass, like solid silver, fine linen, real lace, never goes out of fashion. It s ever the most aristocratic glassware, establigh- ed by tradition and its own magic, Its lcy dazzle, its spark- ling brilliance, are in keeping with the most elegant table appointments, The new Helsey Crystal is now on display in our window. If you are thinking of starting a set, pre. senting a gift, con- sider this new crea- tion by Helsey, day, who is birthday 1499 and shower, closures with attached, GIFT 1929 Weather Service Listen folks! The next cold or stormy should want to send a card or gift to a friend ill, has a other occasion, and you are unable to come out, carefully select the .proper card or gift, and mail it to any given address. last stormy day we filled quite a few or- ders in this manner —Just call 1499, NEW Gift Cards ‘We are now show- ing our newest type and other gift en- beautiful little cards long they may be tied to the gift. Bee them in our window. JACKAWAY'S | 58 WEST MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN, Conn. 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Authorities st ——=.’ tribute the enor- mous increase in Cigarette smoking to the improve. rette manufacture by the ap plication of heat, It is true that during the year 1928, Lucky Strike Cigarettes showed a greater increase thanallother Cigarettescom» bined. This surely confirms thepublic’sconfidence inthe