New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1929, Page 16

o e g o Frask ), Totton, President of LY, i b Frank M. Totton, president of the - American Institute of Banking, will be the apeaker at the annual ban- quet of New Britain chapter, Thurs- day might at the Shuttle Meadow club, William E. Pease, president of the local chapter, will be toast- master. Mr. Totton was born in Minnea~ polis, received two years of his higher education in the University of Minnesota and then transferred 10 Harvard where in 1912 he took his degree. He began his business life with the Farmers' Loan and Trust company and almost immedi- ately identified himself with New York chapter of the American In- stitute of Banking. He was gradu- ated with honors in 1915; in 1922 he was elected president of the chapter. Mr. Totton's banking career was interrupted by service with the sev- cnth regiment, New York National Guard, on the Mexican border in 1916, and by a first lieutenancy in the ordnance department, U, 8. A. trom 1917 to 1919. In 1920 he re- signed from the Farmers' Loan and Trust company and went to the New York Evening Post to handle finan- cial advertising. Later in the year he left the Post to accept the posi- tion of assistant secretary with the Fidelity International Trust com- pany. In May, 1923, Mr. Totton en- tered the Chase National Bank as trust officer, and in August 1925, he was appointed assistant cashier, Mr. Totton has been active in both local and national A. L B work. Besides holding various of- fices within New York chapter from committee member to president, he has been a delegate to eight conven- | tions. He has served the national organization as chalrman of several important committees and as vice| president. At the Philadelphia con- vention In June, 1928, he was elect- «d president of the American Insti- nte of Banking. He is a member of the administrative committee of the American Bankers’ association. Girls Invade Yale for Junior “Prom” New Haven, Feb. 4 UP—Today 's the day at Yale university for the 9th annual junior promenade which will be held this evening in the Uni- versity dining hall. Early this after- noon the main body of the army of 100 girls who will attend the affair descended upon New Haven and created a distinctly feminine atmos- phere about the Yale campus. The formal dance known as the “prom” is but one of many events here today and tomorrow which mark the mid-year vacation which precedes the opening of the second term. The guests were welcomed this afternoon at tea dunces to be keld in the eight Sheff clubs and at 8:15 the musical clubs will give their annual concert in Sprague hall icllowed by the prom fteself. Tomorrow afternoon and evening the dramatic association will present “White Wings" at the Yale theatcr. A second round of tea dances at the Sheft clubs will take up any sparc time found during the afternoon. The festivities will conclude with the annual Bheff clubs “Germans, dances lasting throughout until al- most breakfast time Wednesday. ——— Smoot Urges Special Session By April 1 Miami Beach, Fla, Feb. 4 (UP) —President-Elect Hoover was urged today by Senator Smoot of Utah. chairman of the senate finance com- inittee, to call an extra session of congress April 1 instead of April 15, as planned. Smoot advocated the earlier date 50 that congress might complete its work as early as possible and ad- journ. He sald he expected the lemocrats to “play politics” with the tariff, seeking to open it beyond the desire of Mr. Hoover and re- publican leaders. However, he be- lieves that congress can complete its program of farm relief and tarift revision by July 1, it it convenes \pril L. “Ella an’ Joe stay so late when they call on us that 1 let the house get a little cold last night so they'd leave by our bedtime.” Copyright 1029, Publishers Syndicate) WANTED Real Estate Listings. vl i 'U"’ i T “T. A. B. members wishing to at- tend banquet notify committee be- fore Tuesday noon.—advt. Am. Legion Review and Dance, T. A. B. Hall, Wed. eve. Adm. 50e.— advt. Camp Clara, R. M. of A., will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at St. Jean the Baptist hall. Am. Legion Review and Dance, T. A. B. Hall, Wed. eve. Adm. 50c.— advt. Stella Rebekah lodge members and friends are invited to the home of Vice Grand Mrs. Edward Doty, 23 Edwards street, Wednesday eve- ning, leaving the center on the 7:45 Chapman street bua. The sewing' club will meet with the chairman, Mrs. O. J. Selander, 138 Dwight street, on Thursday afternoon. Thomas Holt, state diary and food commissioner, will speak at the meeting of the Lions club tomorrow |noon. Miss Gladys Day will enter- tain with plano selections. | | Mrs. Mary A Grace of 614 Main |street returned yesterday from the New Britain General hospital where she underwent an operation recently. FOREWEN 0 NEET AT ON FEB. 2 {Joseph F. Lamb to Lectare On | Tripto Alaska The first foremen's meeting of the '1929 season of the Industrial Coun- ,cil of the Y. M. C. A. will be held-in |the dining room of the “Y" on the evening of February 21, according to an announcement made today by Bryce L. Long, assistant general secretary of the association. Joseph F. Lamb, who was one of a party which spent several months in Alaska last year hunting Kodiak bears, will tell of his experiences in | that section. The address will be il |lustrated with six reels of motion pictures. |" “cia and Cy.* comedians, will present a comedy sketch, amplitied | by instrumental music. The Y. M. C. A, juvenile trio tumbling act will demonstrate the | physical instruction capabilities of the athletic department of the “¥.” The Imperial orchestra will give & endition of ultra-modern jazz" ac- cordinig to Mr. Long. A meeting of the industrial council will be held on *Valentine's Day,” February 14, when various com- | mittee reports will be read. Plana for a second foremen's night will be di cussed. Woman Arraigned On Manslaughter Charge Meridzn, Feb. 4 UP—Mrs. Eleancr |Thorne Forster, 17, of 60 Capitol |avenue was bound over under $3,500 {bonds by Judge: A. B. Aubrey in the police court this morning when she | was arraigned on a charge of man- 'slaughter in connection with the |death of her husband, Fred Forster, 121, at the Meriden hospital on Jan- uary 14, from a stab wound in tho abdomen alleged to have been in- ficted by a knife either plunged or thrown by the accused, at their home on January 3. Bix witnesses, in- cluding the mother of the victim were celled by the state. No testi- mony was presented by the defense. Former Sheriff Held On Murder Indictment, Angola, Ind., Feb. ¢ M—Charles Zimmerman, former sheriff of Steu. |ben county, today submitted to ar- rést on an indictment charging him | with the murder of Thomas Burke ot Toledo, Ohio, whose charred body was found in the ruins of a barn near here last August. STEVENSON DECLINES. New Canaan, Feb. 4 UP—Archi- bald E. Stevenson, named in a reso- lution before the general assembly to be appointed assoclate judge of the court here, today announced that he will not accept the place for | personal reasons. This gives one of the other 20 or more lawyers in town a chance. AUNT HET BY RORERT QUILLEN “My old black taffeta is good enough to be buried in. I don’t want no money spent for a new dress I can’t en- joy.” (Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate) INSURANCE REAL ESTATR Comumercisl Trass i by Jackson and was to have become RAIDERS MAKE BlG FALLOF HOMEBREW 83 Cases Seized in Smoke Shop 0n Hartford Avenue Twenty-three cases of home brew were seized by Sergeants Feeney and O'Mara and Officers Liebler and Kiely Saturday in a smoke shop at 36 Hartford avenue, and samples were turned over to a chemist today for analysis. Edward Jennings, 26, of 38 Dewey street, was arrested for violation of the liquor law and re- leased on bonds. In the event that the analysis of the home brew dis- closeg an alcoholic content in excess o fthat allowed by law, Jennings will be prosecuted. He pleaded not guilty in police court today and a continuance until Thursday was or- dered. He was not represented by counsel. According to the police, the beer is brewed on the premises, a num- ber of vats being in operation, and all the paraphernalla necessary for the manufacture and bottling of the beer being on hand. William Zimi- travich formerly conducted a saloon on the premises, and the bar is still in place. Jennings, if convicted, will be a second offender against the liquor law, according to the police records. KING AND HARVEY WILL DEFEND RICE (Continued from First Page) ment a week ago last night, and that Jackson ordered Rice from the house as a boarder. ‘The question of Mrs. Jackson and 1 her daughter which was begun Sun- | day noon by State's Atty. Howard C. Bradford, but which did not last long, is understood to have been to | ascertain the reason for the dispute between Jackson and Rice. But the | ofticers had found that Rice was talking more freely, largely giving his opinions of the case so they kept home. Rice was arrested by De(l‘ctlve‘ Hickey and Patrolmen Hurley and Wheeler at the Jackson home ‘last night, after a 25-hour grilling. Rice was taken to his farm, just! before he was officially taken into custody, for the purpose turning off the incubators. This farm was owned Rice's property soon, under a quit- Mothers! Avoid. Too Much Dosing It May Upset Digestion And Thus Stll Further Lower the Body- Resistance, According to health authorities, a pecullarity of influcnza is that Its toxins upset the digestive sys- tem, especially in the case of children. Too much *‘dosin, stili further disturbs the aigestion, and should be avolded except on advisc of a physician. Vick's VapoRub is especially valu- able because it is applied externally and so can be used freely with no ment your doctor may prescribe. Physicians advise that the chief danger In this epldemic is after in- fluenza. Then, more than ever, colds attacking the weakened system may lead to bronchitis, sinus trouble, or pneumonia. Heed even the slightest cold as a danger signal a: treat it promptly—without “dosing. Just rub Vicks on throat and chest claim deed. This farm overlooks the grave into which Jackson body was laid. The grilling was begun Baturday night after Rice had returned from the Jackson funeral. Detective Hickey revealed, after the auwrest, that he had asked Miss Jackson to invite Rice to come in the capacity of pall bearer for the purpose of “breaking him down.” He also dis- closed that he had had Rice under surveillance since the night Jack- son's body was found, a .33 calibre bullet through the brain, by Mrs. Jackson and her daughter. Detec- tive Hickey sald that the Jackson family told him that last Sunday, Jackéon, on taking to his feet again after an attack of influensa, had or- dered Rice from his home, and that previous to that time, though he had allowed Rice to live there, he had quarreled with him and acted “sourly toward him." Mallman Tells Story Joseph T, Porhlus, mall carrier, questioned regarding the telephone message he receijved from Mrs. Jackson 15 minutes after she und her dsughter had found Jackson's body, told Hickey that she had failed to mention the fact of her husband’s death, but had merely said *please run over to Mr. Rice and tell him to come right away to milk the cows.” Porhlus had complied, and a few minutes later, standing in the door- way of his own farmhouse, a short distance from that of Rice, he saw the latter ride away in his automo- bile, Rice admitted several days ago that he was a suspect, but he had not yet been questioned. He told an Associated Press correspondent that if he ever caught the murderer “I would carve his heart out” and asked: “Do you think I would kill Jackson? Why, he was my best friend.”” Last night, in speaking to the same correspondent, following the arrest he said: “I have nothing to say. I am going to sleep,” and began undressing in his cell. Mrs. Jackson and Juanita were present at the time of Rice's arrest. Thera 1s an understanding hece that the girl is Rice's prospective flancee, but this has never been confirmed. He has been married twice. Divorced from his first wite, he has been separated for a year from his second, by whom he had four children. 8ince the separation, he has lived at intermittent periods with the Jacksons He came to at work on him and did not again Chaplin, the next town, four years | g0 over the case at the Jackson ago, but quickly established a repu—} tation, stable, but falled of reelection last year. N Detective Hickey said that he first spected Rice when the latter failed to “convince me regarding his two revolvers.” o The chief {nvestigator declared Jackson had bought four revolvers, two .38 calibre and two .32 calibre, giving one of each measure to Rice. When first questioned in regard to the blaying, Rice offered his two revolvers for examination to Hickey. Previous to that shortly after the finding of Jackson's body, Hickey had sald he believed the slaying was “an inside job," In which the slayer | had taken Jackson's revolver from a jmoved the discharged shell, cleaned the revolver, and replaced it. The accused former constable of Chaplin, taken to the office of City Prosecutor Harry 8. Gaucher before the court session, refused to heal the pleas of friends or advice of Mr. Gaucher to have counsel. He sald he would go into court, plead not guilty and walve examination. Of- ficers who were with Rice told him to do as, Mr, Gaucher advised but still he held off until half an hour before the court session and then he decided merely as a matter of form to ask Willlam A. King, former at- F lnfl +bureau drawer, fired at Jackson, re- or uenza i !torney general and present corpora- tion counsel, and also a friend, to risk of upsetting the digestion, nor|represent him. 8o Mr. King came can it interfere with any other treat- and went with Rice to the court room. Forgot to Feed Him Rice was a hungry man all this time, for the police, interested in the {man's arrest, had forgotten last "night and this morning to carry him food. When Rice was taken . back to the lockup cell he asked If “anyone would object if he sent out and got something to eat.” at bedtime. CHEE-CHEE - YOU /| BUNI Commgaary Bulliag e The surprise was on the officers NV MOORE- SNV =] A BONER LIKE THAT =4 DOwN HERE IN THE E= BE SOCIALLY OSTRACIZED! He served one term as con- | land a substantial breakfast was ob- tained for him. . Rice came into court looking rather seedy. He badly needed a barber. He did not seem a down- hearted, however, and had little to say to the officers. Nothing developed during the ses- sion or afterwards to throw light on the report last night that Rice {had told his own story of the kili- ing of Jackson. ACGURACY AS WL AS ARDOR NEEDED Rev. W. H. Alderson Gontrasts Two At Charch Meeting Rev. W, H. Alderson of Trinity M. E. church last night preached on ithe subject, “Ardor and Accuracy.” |Friends later told him it was the most illuminative sermon he had ever given. - Some people have ardor and no accuracy; others have accuracy ani no ardor, the clergyman sald. The most oratorical masterplece he ever |heard was by a man who had all ardor and no accuracy; and all he \sald was like a ship on the rocks because it wasn't predicated upon accyrate facts, The other extreme: Professor Einstein. The pastor had tried to read the latest mathematical deduc- tion of the German sclentist but could make no head or tail of jt—it looked like the quintessence of ac- curacy but lacked the ardor to make the others understand, People disagreed about inconse- quentials over religion, and because they possessed more ardor than ac- curacy there now are 183 sects. | Ten years ago there was ardor, but no accuracy abont the facts un- derlying the war. “If we then had 'known the fact we now know thero probably would have been less ar- dor,” the pastor stated. Thus the pastor linked his subject with virtually every modern issue. The gist was that before warming {up one's ardor about a thing an ac- curate praisal of the underlying |facts is essential, and when accurate facts are at hand, ardor is needed 'and justified, . DEMANDS INVESTIGATION Nathan Schooler to Ask City to De- | termine Cause of Fire tn House i on Lyons Street. | Nathan 8ihooler, owner of the three tenement house at Lyons and Monroe street, which suffered a $4,- 500 fire loas last Thursday, will make demand on the city for an investiga- tion into the Bource of the blaze, he said today. The fire broke out in the steps leading from the apartment occu- pled by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen | 8traker, to the attic, and the cause {was not definitely fixed by the fire !department. There were no house i wires near the spot fixed as the place where the fire started, it is said. Mr. Schooler is anxious to deter- mine who was responsible, Byrd Rcdio Man's Wife Keeps Tabs Chicago, Feb. 4 (UP)—Even 1 ‘away as the South Pole he can't es- ,cape the admonishmenta of his wife. A Chicago amateur radio operator |picked up the following conversa- tion between the io operator with Commander Byrd's expedition: “To Radio Operator Merkner WFBT (Byrd's expedition)—This is amateur station W-6-AM, Long Beach, Calif. Your wife is here and says you simply must stay out of that cold water down there.” “To W-6-AM—Yes we did have a close call and the water is cold! Tell her I'll watch my step in the fu- ture—WFBT."” “To WFBT—Your wife says—" But whatever it was Mrs. Merk- ner had to say was drowned in a |surge of static. PAT ~WHAT DO YUH THINK I SEENT - JES' SEEN A SUNNY SOUTH, WE'D /though a radio operator go as far | {Week's Activities in Catholic Churches St Mary’s Charch A requiem high mase was celebrat- ed at 7 o'clock this morning at St Mary's church for Rev. John A. Doherty. It was sponsored by the Hungarian people of Torrington. Requiem masscs for the rest of the week as follows: Tuesday at 7, month's mind for Arthur Young; Thursday at 7, first anniversary for Eugene Jones and Friday at 7, re- quiem high for Antonio Migliossi. Next Sunday will be communion Sunday for the men of the parish. They will receive at the 8 o'clock mass. Confessions for the men only will be heard Saturday evening. The Children of Mary will meet next Sunday. St. 's Church A third anniversary mass of re- quiem will be celebrated tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock for Lorenzo Barone and a fourth anniversary pastor, Rev. Patrick Daly. A meeting of 8t. Joseph's parish society will be held Thursday eve- ning at™8 o'clock. St. Peter’s Church A meeting of the German 8t. Anne society will be held Tuesday after- inoon at 2:30 o'clock and at 8:p. m. the French St. Anne society will meet. ‘There will be a meeting Thurs- day evening at 8 o’clock of the com- imittees from all of the church so- cieties to make plans for the future activities of the parish, Plans have been completed for the 'staging of “The Optimist” the play to be given to help swell the funds ‘for the redecoration of the church, It will be given on February 11 at the Tabs hall by a guild of players from Hartford. There are about 12 in the cast. WOMAN PROPOSED, SAYS AGED INDIAN (Continued from First Page) | “N 'es, He Takes a Drink “Did you ever take a drink?" Barnett paused and smiled broad- y. “Yes,”. he finally said. The next day, Barnett said, hei lagain drove with the woman and ‘man and he rode beside th ewoman. | ‘What did you talk about?" | “Wanted to get married.” *Did you want to get married?” “No." “You never did want to ge{ mar- ried. did you?" continued Wheeler. “No." “She asked yoy to marry her?" “Yes'" | Once Way Enough | Barnett, in responsc to questions| then related how he was married twice, in different states. “You never did want to get mar- ried, did you?” again questioned ‘Wheeler, “Not that way." ‘What do you mean?" '‘Not twice,” Barnett replied, stilt grinning. “That wasn’t fair. Didn't like much about it."” Mrs. Barnett refused to waive im- munity when she was called before | the committee. A recess was taken until tomorrow to permit her to con- fer with an attorney. ‘Told by Benator Wheeler, that she would be required to waive immuni- ty, Mrs. Barnett replied that she “stood on her legal rights.” 8enator Wheeler said if she were given immunity, her testimony might | “interfere” with the department of | justice in its preparation of a *'possi- | ble case” against her. | The committee wanted to ask Mrs. | Barnett about a plan for the dis- | posal of Barnett's estate through which the American Baptist Home Mission society and the wife each were to receive $550,000. The gift to the society, which had the approval of the Indian bureau, later was set aside by the courts. | They're triends of yours—Herald mass will be celebrated for the lan’ the campaign. {ager for three years. JEWISH CAMPAIGY SUES FOR:PLEDGE Names Max D. Honeyman De- fendant in Action for $150 Samuel M. Davideon, Dr. M. 8 Dunn, George Gans, Julius Eisenberg and J. Biynbaum have been chosen as a committee of five to arrange preliminaries for the Jewish com- munity chest drive for 1929. These men wil select 20 others to form a complete committee of 256 men and women. The first meeting will be held at the home of Mr., Davidson February 12. The committee of five was selected at a meeting in Talmud Torah hall yesterday afternoon. Following the selection of the 20 the committee will elect officers for The annual report for the year ending February 1 showed that the Jewish people have expended $20,- 542.86 on 48 separate charities dur- ing the year. Collections amounted to $20,312.08. The deficit is covered by uncollected pledges of $2,500, WHITING HOPEFUL FOR NEW ENGLAND ¢Continued trom First Page) ued. “The popular phrase for this national effort to save natural re sources is ‘the elimination of wasts and it covers a wide fleld of eco- nomic value. “The department is aiding in ef- forts toward diminishing the effect of the mo-called ‘business cycle’ smoothing our seasonal Iirregulari- ties, improving distribution meth- ods, developing new methods of ransportation, in extending electri- fication, and in aiding what has come to be known as ‘simplified practice.’ This last means the drop- ping of unnecessary varieties in sizes and dimensions of many arti- cles in everyday use. “A number of surveys and studies of production and distribution have been made and the department is now following these by investigating the present waste in the extension of commercial credit. One of the surveys made by the department related to the external trade of New | England.” Former Resident Gets Gift of Diamond Ring ‘Wesley M. Fay of Springfield, for- merly of this city, was presented With a diamond ring at a party in Springfield Saturday evening. The occasion was a farewell surprise party to Mr. Fay on the eve of his leaving fpringfield for a new posi- tion in Vermont. Guests were former fellow work- ers of the Mexican Petroleum Oil Corp. of which the host was man- He leaves to become state manager in Vermont of the Tide Water Ol Sales Corp, The party was held at Vassar hall and guests were present from Bos- ton, New York, New Jersey, Hart- ford and New Haven. Mra. Fay also is a former resident of New Britain, having been Miss Bessie Feeney be- for her marriage, ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ronketti of 580 South street today announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary, to Herbert Crowley, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Crowley of 14 Brook street. No date has been an- nounced for the wedding. ROYAL ARCANUM INDUCTION J. Peter Colla of Hartford will in- stall the newly elected officers of Royal Arcanum at the regular meet- ing tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Grotto hall on West Main street. Guests will be present from Hartford and Bristol councils. Refreshments Classified Ad Dept. will be served following the meeting. i the officlal organ of the “Y. jloved wife and mother. Nime Young Women Toke up Train- ing, Now Britaln Leading With Enrollment of Five, The following students entered the New Britain hospital achool of nursing today: Mildred Larson, New 3ritaln; Martha B. Gibson, Elmwood; Vir. ginia R. Andrews, New Britain; Martha L. Glaser, New Britain; Elsa M. Roseen, Mt. Vernon, New York; Helen Larson, Forestville; Marion G. Maurice, Elmwood; Elena M. Ferraris, New Britain; Elizabeth Chanda, New Britain, TIRES OF BEING [ 4 v HUSBAND'S TARGET {Wile, 88, Seoksugtlesoepmfion From Man, After seven years of married life, during which she claims that she was the target for numerous abuses, Mra. Arshalius Abrahamian, 33 years of age seeks to be legally reparated from her husband Sarkis, 60 years of age. The plaintift, in her petition issued by Attorney An- drew 8. Aharonian, secks the relief of the higher court on the basis of a recent assault allegedly made by ber husband when she was severcly beaten. The plaintiff also claims, that dur. ing the past seven years the beat- ings were repeated at close inter- vals, and in filing her petition, sha has attached the preperty of her husband to the amount of $10,000 to assure further maintenance. There are no children. The writ, served by Constable Frank ,E. Clynes is returnable in “ superior court on the firgt Tuesday in March, Gifford Pinchot Il : At Hotel in New York Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 4 UP—Word was received here today that for- mer Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania was seriously ill at a New York hotel. The information was sent to Dr. Burges Johnson of Byracuse univers sity, where Mr. Pinchot was to ad- dress a forum tonight. It was sald Pinchot was ordered to bed by his physiclan when he arrived at New York this morning. “RIGHT OF WAY WEEK" “Right of Way Week" started yes- terday, according to Bryce L. Long, \ assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A, , This is the 53rd regular week in the vear accordjng to Mr. Long. The week is devoted by Y. M. C .A. ofli- cials to boosting “Association Men,™ A spe- cial booth has been arranged in the local assoclation lobby to display the publication CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our most heartfelt thanks to relatives, neighe bors and friends for kindness «nd sympathy shown during our recent bereavement in the death of our be. ‘We wish to thank in a special manner for the beautiful floral tribute, Mr. John Smedberg and family. Special Notice Whist, bridge and 45 at Judd's hall Tuesday evg., Feb. 5 at $:15. Public Invited, 30 prizes. Admission 25 cents.—advt. Special Notice . Dutch supper Tuesday evening, February 5, in Red Men’s hall, Main street, by Vallant Review 2 9. Tickets 35c each.—advt. NOTICE T will not be responsible for credit given to Mrs. Willlam W. Cornwell, 241 Chestnut street, after this date, WILLIAM W, CORNWELL, Dated February 4, 1929, LOUD SPEAKER' A SILENCED LOUD ¢