New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1929, Page 29

A.P. DAY DRECTOR OF ARDWARE CORP. Hartford Banker Succeeds Late Meigs H. Whaples on Board Arthur P. Day, chairman of the board of directors of the Hartford- Connecticut Trust Co., who has been sitting as a member of the board of directors of the American Hardware Corp., for several weeks, was formally elected a director at the annual meeting yesterday after- noon. He succeeds Meigs H. Whaples, deceased. Quarterly divi- dends of $1 for cach quarter were voted, payable in April, July, Oc- tober and January. Directors were elected as follow Albert N. Abbe, Carlisle H. Bald- win, Morgan B. Brainard, Wilbur P. Bryan, Philip Corbin, John P. El- ton, George T. Kimball, John B. Minor, Charles B. Parsons, Andrew J. Sloper, Charles P. 8mith, George 8pear and Arthur P. Day. Last year's officers were reelect- ed as follows: President, George T. Kimball; first vice president, Charles B. Parsons; second vice president, Carlisle H. Baldwin; vice presidents, Albert N. Abbe, George P. Spear, Ysaac Black; treasurer, Isaac D. Russell; assistant treasurer, Wil- liam H. Booth; seccretary, George Hildebrandt and assistant secretary, Joseph C. Andrews. DIVES INTO ICY RIVER 10 AYOID POLICE QUIZ Pawtucket Man Goes Over Ten Foot Dam and Risks Falls in Vain Effort to Escape Pawtucket, R. I, March 15 (P— The police wanted to question John Malone—and he knew it. And so to evade questioning he | braved the chill waters of the Black- stone river today and faced a peril- ous descent over Pawtucket falls. 1t all happened when two police fnspectors stopped Malone as he and his wife were driving their car into downtow.. Pawtucket. Malone jumped from the car and ran to the river with the two inspectors in pur-‘ suit. Arriving at the river's cdge, Malone dived into the icy water and | started swimming do®nstream. ©One of the inspectors followed | him into the river, but when the wa- ter reached his armpits he decided to make for the shore. Malone, in the meantime, continued down the river, negotiated a ten-foot dam and was headed for the more dangerous falls a quarter of a mile away. He headed toward shore and as he passed a factory built along the water's edge, he was lifted from the river by two men who reached from | a window and grabbed him as he was going past. After that the police took him to the Memorial hospital and he will undergo questioning when he re covers. Pélice refused to reveal what they wanted to question him ahout. New York Girl Elected At Connecticut College New London, March 15 (#—Miss Dorothy A. Barrett of White Plains, N. Y, class of 1830, has been chosen vice president of Student Government at Connecticut College for Women. She will succeed Miss Mary Scat- tergood of Villa Nova Penna., after the spring recess, Miss Barrett has been active wtudent activities, a judge in lionor court and secretary of freshman class. She won awards in sports, being outstanding in hockey and basketball. Blackface Burglar Freed, in the Evidence Is Insufficient | Bridgeport, March 15 (A—Stephen Lovis of Norwalk was relieved of the accusation of being a “black- face burglar” today when Judge A. C. Baldwin in superior court dis- missed a charge of robbery against | him. The police had claimed Lovis smeared his face with automobile grease and then, gun in hand, held up a chain store manager. The case was on trial two days, and the dismissal of the charge came for lack of cvidence. Lovis claimed he was at home in West Norwalk at | the time of the holdup. He acused Norwalk officers of using “third degree” methods in ef- fort to make him admit the rob- bery. READ HERAL (Lis<llll-h ADS FOR YOUR WANTS, her | William R. Foster, mayor of Columbia Heights, Minne- apolis suburb, won a recall.election “of controlling the vice element.” 700 INSURANCE MEN Kifth Annual Conference Attracts Delcgates from Every Section of Connecticut. Hartford, March 15 (® — With a registration surance men from all parts of the| state, the Aifth annual Connecticut | insurance day opened hcre this morning. he speakers during the morning session included Ennis B. Malette, | president of the Connecticut Asso-| ciation of Insurance Agents: Gv‘orgo I. Hunt, general chairman conference; Donald G. \orm gr‘n- cral chairman of the insurance day committee in 19 Edward, C. | Stone, manageg of the Employers’ | | Disability Assurance company; Con- Ilvmllflll State Insurance Commis- |sioner Howard P. Dunham; Robert W. Huntington, president of the y; James 1. Hanley, presi- dent of the Bridgeport Life Under- writers' association; I. §. Kilbrick, nsurance agent of Brockton, Mass. and John Marshall Holcombe, manager of the Life Sales Rescarch Bureau. ALL-ITALIAN WINE LiST Insurance Cardinal Gasparrli Will Preside at Banquet to Holy See Diplomats On Sunday Afternoon. an City, March 15 (®—An |all-Italian wine list is the feature of the luncheon menu to be offered ciplomats accredited to the Holy See by the pope on Sunday. His holi- ness will not be present, although | the luncheon is to be held in the Vatican itself, contrary to tradition of recent years. Cardinal Gasparrl will preside over the horeshoe shaped table with | Ambassador Azeredo of Brazil, dean of the diplom Seventy gues ters, ambassadors, minis- secretaries and prelates of the houschold, have been invited. he menu includes consomme in , filet of sole with rice, roasted sant with assorted salad, ice cream, cakes, cheese, fruit and wine. All the wines are Italian. Marsala |is to be drunk as an appetizer in- ‘su;.d of cocktails. White | wine is to be scrved with the fish, and Grignolini, a_heady red Pied- {montese wine, with the game. Bar- | another red wine, and an Ital- known as ‘“spu- STAMMERING AIDS VICTIM Kuoxyille, Tenn., March 15 (UP) —Stammering saved a suspected drunkard, but not from arrest. E. A Schaad, a furniture dealer, was ar- rested for drinking. “He talked like he was under the influence of li- quor,” the arresting policcman said, “and T smelled liquor on him. How- ever, when I talked to him several as he The | days tater he was talking just did the day Ilarrested him.” |charge was dismissed. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from Mexico City. Left to right: Mayor A. bein, ®on and Col. Johnson. (Picture by ulc'hm t Nw Yorky 22-year-old | b after accused of being incapable | GATHER AT HARTFORD, approximating 700 in- | ticut General Life Insurance it | FOR VATICAN LUNGHEON * ic corps, at his right. | Capri NEW BRITAI CURB GAINS RANGE UPTOFOUR POINTS Bull Forces Aided by Big Mass of Over- nght Orders New York, March 15 P—Backed up by a heavy accumulation of overnight buying orders, the hull forces held the reins in teflay's carb market, with gains ranging from fractions to 4 points in the generai list. Some irregularity cropped out at midday, when call money was re- ported firm at 7 per cent and expect- ed to go higher, Buying was most active in the utilities as plans for consolidations were reported making favorable pro. gress. American Superpower “A' rose 3 points and the “B” stock 4, while American Gas & Electric was pushed up more than 3 points. Elec- tric Bond & Share (new) and Unit- ed Gas Improvement were strong. Oils failed to respond to the ex- pected favorable action at the Hous- ton meetings of exccutives on a trade agrecment. Imperia] of Can- ada was in supply and declined 2 oints, Rumors of mergers and expansion of commercial air routes imparted a strong tone to the aviation shares. Aviation corporation of the Amer- |icas moved up 2 points, and Alexan- der Industries was in demand. | Motors were irregular, Ford of | Canada slipping below 800, Checker Cab chalked up an advance of a point, Firestone Tire rose 3 points. General Electric of England rose a point, following its slump on an- nouncement American investors would be barred from a new stock |offering. Goldman Sachs Trading (ran up 2 points to 112. Mock Jud- |son was at new high on plans to | double the mill output. | Further advances in copper car- ried Newmont up 2 points. Phelps | Dodge ¢new) was strong. FEBRUARY FOREIGN TRADE VERY HEAVY ‘nghesl Smce 1921—Favorable| Trade Balance Large 15 wf the United | to setting new hington, ruary foreign trade States came close high records for the season. The commerce department today esti- mated that the month's exports amounted o $444,000,000 against imports of $371,000,000, and thal the favorable trade balance for the |month was $73,000,000. In February last year exports [were $371,448,000 and imports $351 075,000, with a favorable balance of 0,413,000, None of |figures in the cqualled the but it was exceeded iw_'). The import total for the {month was exceeded in February 1920, the high prices prevailing after the war being held unt- able, since the departmental ob- scrvers consider that the quantities of goods moved this year were far |in excess of those moving in the |like periods of 1920 and 1921 | The complete reversal of the gold {movement of 1928 which began in January, likewise continued to in- | fiuence the Kebruary showing. Gold limports into the United States w |$26.913,000 for the month again exports of $1,425,000, leaving the net gain of the metal for the period at $25.48%,00 In February last vear the United States lost gold to |the total of $11,120,000 as a result of exports of $66,000 and im- ports of $14,686,000. IGr the v {to date, the net gain of gold by th {United States was placed at § 656,000, imports having excecded exports heavily also during Jan- vary. March the February last five years has total reported today in Iebruary WORRY CAUSI Orange, March 15 (P—Trank W. Buffney, 45, took his life by use of |a poison today. Acquaintances said {he had worried over expense which would come with birth of a child to Mrs. Duffnéy with three children at home. Duffney was employed at |{a local seed hou: OF SUICIDR UNUSUAL AIR LANDING Hammond, Ind., March 15 (UP) —Landing his plane on a paved street without damage was the feat performed Bere by Edward Hill, {mail fliery A valve in the plane’s mo- tor blew out, but the pilot hrought| his machine down safely through a| maze of telegraph wires. | friends and relatives for their kind- | ! ness and sympathy shown us during | | Foremens & Core Dept. export | Jipt Glynn, | e A son was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Blauvelt of 60 Prospect street. HOOYER WILL NOT READ MESSAGE T0 CONGRESS He Will Send it By Messenger to Be Read By Clerks—Follows General Precedent. Washington, March 15 (®—CUn- like the three chief executives who preceded him, President Hoover will send his first message to congress by messenger for reading by the clerk at separate sessions of the house and senate. The custom of addressing congress in person, initiated by George Wash- ington, was revived after more than a century by Woodrow Wilson, who delivered all of his messages in per- son until illness made it necessary for him to keep to the White House. President Harding followed the example of his predecessor and Hill to read his first annual message at a joint session of the house and senate December 6, 1923. He soon discontinued the practice, however, reverting to the time honored cus- tom of using a messenger to convey copies of his addresses to congress. ances Blume, wife of Paul | Blume, died at the family home, 101 Monroe street, Wednesday night after a lengthy illness at the age of 44 years, She was born in New York city and had made her home here for two years. Besides her husband, sheis sur- vived by a daughter, Miss Barbara Blume; a son, Emil; her father, E. Bysch of New York city; a brother, George Busch of New York city, and a sister, Mrs. E. J. Fritze of | ord Ifuneral Saturday will 9 services morning at ch. cemetery. he o'clock at Mrs. Ustier (Scovil) Leete Funeral services for Mrs. Esther | (Scovil) Leete of 45 Russell street were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock | |at the home of her nephew, Jlmer B. Stone, with whom she had been living for the past 19 yea Burial was in South Farms, Middletown. Jdoseph Charanzewicz Fiineral services for Joseph Cha- ranzewicz of 40 Grove street will he 11 Monday morning at 7:3n o'clock at Sacred Heart church Burial will be In Sacred Heart ceme- tery. Funerals William Gavin | The funeral of William Gavin of | Detroit, Mich., will be held tomor- {row morning at 8:45 o'clock at the | fneral parlors of M. J. Kenney Co. |on Main street and at % o'clock at Burial will be Mary's cemetery. cia Squillaciote Lucia Squillaciote, 14 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anfonio |Squillaciote, died at her home, 16 Maple strect, last night at 11 o'clock following an illness of months. Heart disease was cause of the death. $he was a seventh grade pupil at |8t. Joseph's parochial school, but had not been in school. for more than a year. Surviving her are her parents, six brothers, Louis, Vin- cent, Thomas, Barochele, Anthony, and Joseph Squillaciote and four sisters, Mrs. Rocco Ferrara, Mrs. Joseph Ferrara, Mrs. Robert Rey- bino and Mrs. Joseph Verano. Sh was a niece of Mayor Angelo M. Faonessa. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at §:30 o'clock at . Joseph's church. A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated rial will be in St. the Mary's ceme- Mrs. Edward Moore Funeral services for Mrs. Mary morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Rev. Walter A. McCrann celebrated a solemn high mass of requiem. Rev. Thomas F. Lawlor was deacon and Rev. Walter J. Lyddy was sub deacon As the casket was being borne into the church Organist Crean played “Abide With Me” and at the offertory Mrs. Mary T. Crean ng “Ave Maria.” Organist Crean ed “Rock of s" on t chimes, and at the conclusion Mrs, Crean sang “Some Sweet Day.” the remains were lm\vng the ¢ hur(‘h Mrs. Crean sang “Nearcr My God to | he pall bearers were Thonms Delhert Warner, John Fraw- y, Nelson Ives, Fred Collins and Alexander Beatty. The flower bear- ers were Norman and Howard War- ner and bEdward Frawley Father Lawlor conducted the com mittal servi Burial was in St Mary’'s cemeter, CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our neighbors the death of our beloved wife and mother, also for the beautiful floral offerings. We pecially wish to thank the of the Vul- can Iron Woiks 8igned, Mrs, E. A. Gustafson and | family. ol reeted In Brownsville, Texas, after flying the new air mail route Cole, Lindbergh, Mexican sul Montare, O. Richard- FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS BOLLERER’S PUSY SHOP Bollerer’s Posy Sllon 83 West Main 8¢ “The Telegraph Florist of New Britain” Visit OQur Groenbousss President Coolidge went to Capitol | | held Interment will | Moore, wife of ldward Moore of 95| South Burrilt street, were held this| John J.| ONE DROWNED AS SHIP 1§ WRECKED ON BEACH Vessel Goes Ashore Near Newbury. port and Sea Saatches Man From Mast—Can Saves Second. Newburyport, Mass.,, March 15 W) —William Newman, $9, of Glouces- ter, drowned today when the 40-foot flounder Dragger Eva G. Clark was wrecked on the southerly end Salisbury beach. Newman clung to the mast of the wrecked vessel while men from the | Salisbury beach coast guard station fought a valiant battle to force their ’surf boat through the breakers. Once |the boat filled and they were forced to haul it ashore and empty it of water. When at length they had won their way through the surt Newman had been dragged by the lost to sight in a smpther of foam. Captain Ephrlam "~ C. Clark, of Plum Island, owner and master of the vessel, owes his life to an empty gasoline can. He had the can in | his hand when he was washed from |the deck. He was still clutching 1t when picked up on the beach. An easterly storm had given the Clark A. Lee shore. Her captain | and Newman had fought for hours to keep her in decp water, but the wind and sea carried her into the churning shoal water, where she is now a total loss, about a mile from the north jetty. ATLANTA POLICEMAN DOES LITTLE LOAFING |Makes 28 Arrests in Day, Sings, Raises Birds and Cares for Family of 12. Atlanta, Ga., March 15 (UP) — Patrolman K. A. Wooster of the At- lanta force secks the crown of the south’s busiest man. Here are some of his interests: Traffic arrests. In one day he [ made 2s. Singing tenor at revivals, often as song leadec at camp meetings. Raiser of chickens and pigeons. Father of 12 children, ranging from one to 19 years in age. Wooster, contemplating a heavy day’s work on the force, commented thus “The soul cannot burst into song |the next day after a shift like tha* (referring to a midnight to 8 a. m watch), so when Paul Barth of the Apostolic assembly wanted me to sing for 15 meetings, we ask- led the f if 1 could go on the day watch. He consented. 1 then |policed from 8 ip the morning un- {til 4 in the afternoon, went home, ate my supper, and from there to the revival. After I finished iny songs, 1 policed the audience and |kept order. T liked it tremendous- ly.* ‘\Brmsh Royalty in Berlin For First Time Since War Berlin, March 15 (#—A member of the British royal house sct foot today in the German capital for the first time since the World War, when the Duke and Duchess of York passed through incognito on the way to the marriage of Prince Olaf and Princess Martha at Oslo. The Duke and Duchess arrived in the morning and visited the former kaiser's palace. They did further sightsceing in ther afternoon and planned to leave for Scandinavia by the Swedish ferry route. LOCAL ST()CKQ (Furnished by Putnam & Co.' Insurance Stocks Bid 1530 1335 L8800 625 1030 1400 1900 2140 Asked Aetna (‘asualty 1870 | Aetna Life Ins Co . Aetna Fire ... Automobile Ins Hartford Fire ional Fire | Phoenix Fire . Travelers Ins Co .. Conn. General | Un Corp Manulacturing sw-n Am Hardware . 69 Am Hosiery .. 27 | Beaton & Cadwell —_ 1040 1416 * | Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com .. ‘lhllmgs & Spencer com | Bristol Brass . |Colt's Arms Eagle Lock . afnir Bearing ( Hart & Cooley ... |Landers, ¥ .. B Machine . B Machine pfd | Niles-Be-Pond com |North & Judd Peck, Stowe & Wil Russell Mfg Co . covill Mfg Co Standard Screw | Stanley Works . orringten Co com ‘Lmou Mfg Co . ' Public Ut Public Utilitles Stocks Conn Elee Conn Elec Service Rts |Conn Lt & Pow pfa Conn Lt & Pow pfd . Hfd Elec Light .... N BGas ...... Southern N E T Serv pfd ex 105 6 100 When the police d into being 100 years ago. London was the most criminal place in the wor there being, on an estimate, criminal for cvery 22 of the popu- lation in 18 one RY BALANC Balance, 3! TRE Treasury |FAMILY LOANS Up to $300 20 Months to Repay Prompt, Confidential Service Phoenix Finance Co. TED BUILDING 308 MAIN ST. ROOM 212 Telephone 5255 | | | 1 of | sea from his precarious perch and | DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1929. WARKET CONTROL 1S HELD BY BULLS Wall Street Pleased at No Change in Rediscount Rate | New York, March 15 (#—A broad buying in stock market was temporarly checked by profit taking, but speculators for the advance quickly the price nrovement wide assor nt of | high records. | ‘Trading sho movement today’s trol of up a new regained cor and bid issues to wed a further expan- sion in volume, blocks of 5,000 to | 25,000 shares appearing on the tape at frequent rvals throughout the day. Wall strect obviously w that no change had been the rediscount rate, loans had decreas: reserve position bank, as well as for the whole, had improved duri There was still co , however, over t 1s pleased made in brokers' that the York week, { uncasi ! situation. all money rencwed 2 but was expected to go higher. tive ease of call money this week {has been due, in part, to the heavy accumulation of funds here in pre- paration for the $2,600,§00,000 turn- over of funds tod Réports of un- lusually heavy income tax payments |today were accepted as indications |of the country’s prosperity. | Copper e Increascs | One of the most important trade | developments of the day was the | {flnlhl‘r increa in copper metal prices. Another flock of 1928 earn- | ings reports made their appearance, and most of them made favorable i(mnmnaon with the year before, Radio shares were again the fea- tures of the market. The old stock which disappears from the list a week from today and has never paid a dividend, continued to make his- / by soaring 14 points ¢ re to a new high record at 5 e new stock advanced ncarly 3 points to 103 1-4 | Steel shares were heavily honght on huying influenced by reports that mills were operating at practical capacity, and by anonuncement of several new projects, including the construction of a tri-horough bridge in New York, which will require large quantities of steel town Sheet 7 per cent ela- and points 1o a new high U. 8 Steel common mo y three points fo Kennecott assuns the copper shares by advancing four point to a new high at 101 7-S. Merchandising, Mail Order and Chain Store shares were heavi- | bou~ht, Safeway Stores jumping points and Montgomery Ward -4, International Telephone fell back about four points on fthe tra- ditional “selling on the good news” following the nt of a for 1 stock split up. | d up near- leadership of nearly Iy nine announceme 3 MARKET ! ished by l'l\hlll.\‘l}l High Low Close Al Che & : : Am Ag Che American ¢ Am Ani Am ¢ Am § Am Tol Am Waoo Anaconda Cop il Ralt Both | Brook |Cer De Ches & CRIG& Chrysler € Colo Fuel Congoleum Consol Gas Corn Prod |Dav Chem {Erie BRI Fam Play Fleischmar Frecport T Dye pd chison & Ohio Steel Man I |New Grn Mot . Gl Hudson Motors 93 Int Comb. Eng Int € Int Harves Int Paper Ken Cop Truck ..109 &Tex 49 Mack Mo Kan PUTNAM & CO. Marland Oil Mont Ward National Lead NY NYNHG&H 90, North Amer North Pack Mot Car 144%: 2% L Pan Am Pet B 46% Phillips Pet. .. Pullman : |Radio Corp . Mambers New York & Hartford Stack Enchanges 31 WEST MAIN ST, NEW BRITAIN NARTFORD OFICR, 6 CENTRAL ROW. THL 2.1 We Offer:* IRVING TRUST COMPANY Price on Application. EDDY BROTHERS & Members Hartford Stock Exchange NEW STAIN HARTFORD Burritt Hotel Bidg. Hartford Conn. Trust Bidg, Pl MERIDEN Colony Bidg We Offer: 55 West Main Street 50 Shares Bristol Brass 20 Shares Fafnir Bearing 15 Shares Hart & Cooley v Members of New York and Hartford Stock Exchanges Stuart G. Segar, Manager We Offer: EAGLE LOCK Price on Application. “Investments That Grow” Fuller, Richter, Aldrich & Co. COMMERCIAL TRUST BUILDING The profit of the } $88,677.30. MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Joseph M. Halloran Tel. 1258 NEW YORK HAMBURG Corporation a total of $169,610.61. Earnings were equal to $2.82 per share on 60,000 shares of General Stock outstanding. May we tell you the complete story? 41 135 1 L191% Std Oil M LAl Stewart Warn 1371 Studebaker .. 893 xas Co ..... 63% Tex Gulf Sulph 74 i Tim Rol Bear . 3 Underwood ‘nion lac nion Carbide nited Irait . 18 Ind Al Central L104% 10815 Pacific 141 . 144y Fiard Remington Rd | Reading ars Roebuck | southern Pac 4 1081 160 40 1301 0il N J Gen. Jesus Palomera Lopez, former chief of military police of Mexico City, facing courtmartia! whi him to be executed for participation in the revoit. Only a few hours after this scene l faced a firing squad at ‘l!_?l’“h New Britain Phone 2580 NEW BRITAIN Harold C. Mott 2 ew York Hamburg Corporation for the period from April 1, 1928 to Dec. 31, 1928, amounted to Adding the increase in equity of the Ham- burg-American Insurance Co. shares, $80,933.30 making