New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 21

ARCH ST. PROPERTY IN MORTGAGE SUIT D. Mcllllm Sues Agostom, Schneider ef al for $13,000 Dugald McMillan brought action today claiming $12,000 damages. against Peter Agostini, 8am Schnei- der, the. New Britain Transportation Co., and the United Coal & Wood Co. through the firm of Kirkham, Cooper, Hungerford & Camp, The plaintiff claims failure on the part of the defendants, Agostini and Schneider, to meet payment on a note for $11,000 issued January 3, 1928, payable five years after date. ‘The note originally was made pay- able to Sam Schneider to whom Agostini mortgaged property on Arch street. Schneider was the endorser of the note, which subse- quently became the property of the plaintiff by various means of trans- fer. In conjunction with the suit, an order of injunction was signed by Judge Stanley J. Traceski restrain- ing all the defendants from trans- ferring shares of stock or any inter- est in the property. The property 18 #ubject to a prior mortgage for $21,000. Papers were served by Constable Fred Winkle. Three seperate actions brought today against were Packing Co., through Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz; another by the An- drews, Swift & Co, for $200 and the third by Minor, Read & Tullock, also for $200, both through the firm of Nair & Naiw. Constable Frel Winkle made the service. Stanley Koslawy is seeking $ damages from Stephen Wasik of New Haven, according to a writ filed today in city court by Attorney L. J. Golon. Dieputy Sheriff Al Mauth Haven. Judge Morris D. Saxe signed an order apointing a receiver of rents in the foreclosure action brought yesterday by the Parker-Smith Co. of New Haven against Alfla Sidoti and others involving property lo- cated at 168 Washington Grant C. appointed. $41,000. In the matter of the Lomas & Nettleton Co., against Sylvester Na- politano, Judge Saxe signed an or- der appointing Constable Fred Winkle receiver of rents on Brook street property, which is involved in a foreclosure action for $8,500. At- torney John F. Downes appeared for the plaintiff in both matters. POLIGE ARE TOLD ADAMS' WIFE HAD GENTLEMAN FRIEND (Continued from First Page) of New The amount involved is of town. Mrs. Storey is tue one who, Mrs. Adams’ father raid yes- terday, revealed to the Storey family Apolinary | Nowak, one for $400 by the A. Y. 0. | Papers were served by | street, | Hamlin of New Haven was | n Stoncham the alleged cruel treat. ment of Adams toward their daugh- ter. The state was continuing its activ- ities today, building up a case against the woman charged with | murdering her husband. Chemist Gets Whiskey Whiskey, taken from a container from which Adams was said to have drunk the night he died, that por- | tion of the chloroform which was |found in the bottle and from which | the chloroform that killed Adams; | was taken, the handkerchiefs which were saturated with chloroform and the meteorologist's pajamas, were all turned over to a state chemist for analysis. The following letter written by Dorothy Collins, dated September 8, 1928, was found today: “My precious husband: Your let- ters grow mntore interesting every day, and just finished perusing over letter Number 2. “You are experiencing some | thrills riding in ‘cattle’ cars. Well, honey, you wouldn't care to have me | | with you any more than I would {love to be with you, but it just| seems as though T were there, the | way you describe the mountains. “Saw Mrs. Adams and her sister- in-law for the first time since your absence, but not to speak to. “The sun is shining beautifully to- day, and I feel splendid, "cept a little lonely for you, dear, but your letters help a great deal, and my heart| beats double time when I see one| on the desk, ‘cause I know there will be some mighty sweet thoughts| from my lonely boy. “Am I right? I'll say so. Met Miss B. and she asked me to lunch with | her, but told her 1 wds going home, | 50 she asked me what 1 came up for | and T told her since my vacation I had been getting my mail at the club. She saw the letter in my hand, but not the contents. “Went to see ‘Excess Baggage' last night with Mrs. W. and enjoyed it immensely—starred by William Haines, marvelous actor. His loving reminded me of my sweet, lovable boy, too. Mrs. W. just brought more good news—another letter from my honey boy, s0 I must read it. “Love and kisses—the kind we en- joy. “DOROTHY." Dorothy Collins Speaks Jor the first time since she was mentioned in the murder, Dorothy Collins today gave her story of her | | friendship for the dead man. Miss Collins, a pathetic, slim figure of a girl, stunned by the sudden swift fate that changed her ro- | mance overnight to a thing of hor- i ror, said when she met Adams, she | thought he was a single man and did not find out he was married until two months later. Then it was too late, | as she had grown desperately in love with the weather bureau meteoro- logist and could not give him up. Adams, she said, asked her to meet | his wife which she did and on sev- eral occasions she said Mrs. Adams and herself exchanged gifts. The girl told of the apparent warmth Mrs. Adams had for her on every visit to her home. She sald she met Adams repeatedly in his home and in his office and never once did Mrs. Adams give any signs of being jealous of her. “Why, only as late as last Christ- mas Mrs. Adams gave me a gift and 1 gave her a Christmas present. On | around the possibility another occasion she gave me some NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1921 Miss Collins has rchlncd Attorney Louis M. Schatz of Hartford to pro- tect her in this should she be called as one of the principal witnesses in | the trial of Mrs. Adams for the kill- | ing of her husband. She is nung]tnd of the third round. at the home of Elizabeth Bent. Miss Collins appeared to cling to | the companionship of her sister and brother and explained that her mother and father were dead. She protested that she did not feel that jealousy existed with Mrs. Adams, because of her friendship for Adams. “I hope everything will be all right | for Mrs. Adams,” the girl said. I would give anything if I cbuld undo the things that have brought her such trouble.” Mrs. Adams’ attorney, Joseph M. Freedman, intimated that the de- fense of Mrs. Adams will center of the first dose of chloroform administercd by her sister Mrs. | Adams himself, being the fatal dose. Suicide Held Impossible Local medical men and authorities on the subject with the anaesthetic, the reason be- ing, according te medical authori- ties, that the second stage of chloro- | form anaesthetizing is characterized by excitement in which the person undergoing the anaesthetic attempts 10 rid himself of the drug. In com- menting on the possible defense of | Mrs. said “That the | the drug wi death will be fense of Mrs Adams Attorney Ireedman self-administering of the the hasis of Adams, MINISTER BOXES the ATROTARY LUNCH Scores Technical Knockout Over Company Manager A three round boxing match be- tween a Methodist minister and a telephone manager, a war game with the possibility of one man having a black eye as a resulf, and a base- bal game between men wigo haven't played since Hector was pup. marked a departure from the usual stercotyped Rotary club luncheon today, and also indicates why a lot of otherwise dignified professional and business men are glad tomor- row i a holiday. The club had its meecting at the Y. M. C. A. Reminiscent of the time when the club held its meet- ings in the Elks' hall and ate home cooking, Mrs. Kronholm officiated in former capacity and fried | chicken and lemen cream pie disap- peared as rapidly as a corps of good looking young women could serve it. ‘The meeting was unique from the very beginning. T. P. McAuliffe, called upon to lead the singing of the club, objected unless he could sclect a quartet. He was permitted to do so. Commenting upon the singing by the quartet, Rev. William H. Alderson, president, remarked that the piano player was good. Roy Noren, who had charge of the program, introduced Joseph Her strom, physical director of the BOSTON NEWS BUREAU-Dow Jones news ticker service proves its usefulness in the stock market break of March 26th! 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The foremost financial and business news distributing onganization in the world of chloroform say | that it is impossible to kill oneself | cause of Adams de- | A., who invited the club mem bers to the gymnasium. Here it was announced that Rev. Mr. Alder- son and Mr. McAuliffe would stage a three round boxing match, the match 10 be decided upon points in case both nten were on their feet at the The match s‘arted off auspicious- An Indian club was removed rom the minister's stocking and an | |iron dumbbell was taken out of the pocket of the telephone officials by ja spectator. Stanley Neverick, assistant physi- cal director, was referee. i“ histle for a bell. The boxers shook hands and went direction into ac- tion. So much fanning followed in 4 few moments that two spectators | put on their overcoa’s. Finally one H.lnw was struck. It landed in the |solar plexus of Max Unklebach who was swinging a towel in the minister's corner. Max went down, | but was helped to his feet. { Time was called until McAuliffe had the referee tie his shoe lace. | The round ended with first blood | | still to come. Faster and more furious was the second round. Terrific blows were | his toes. {hard blow at the minister that he lost his footing and whirled around three times before he slid to the floor. Rev. Mr. in his corner arranging next Thurs- | day’s prayer meeting with A. A. | Mills_while McAuliffe was complet- ing the dance of the Whirling Der- vish. The round closed affection- |ately with both men embracing. { A catastrophe in the beginning of match. The minister tripped over an empty wafer bucket which acc man's corner. A flock swings made both men look like Dutch windmills. Finally the tele- phone man seemed to strike a busy line. He went down over a Metho- dist foot and was counted while struggling on the floor with the minister sitting on his chest. Bob Graves, McAuliffe's second. claimed a foul, of wild ing a disturbance. The war game which followed con- sisted of two groups of men protect- ing rows of red wooden pins while trying to kn their opponents’ pins down with medicine balls. Lu- Baldwin was the only casual civing a medicine ball in the ey A discolored optic seemed not un- likely. A three inning baseball game be- tween teams managed by Henry Washburn and Logan £. Page fol- lowed. Gerald McCort, a newspa- perman, was umpire. not standing on the hag, and ba ting by A. M. Scott, who struck out cach time at the bat, were feature: Mr. McAuliffe distinguished himself by perfect fielding on a slippery | floor. The first run was made by | Harold Clark, the fat man of the club who stole home while the pitch- er wasn't looking. Only two runs team, the third inning with everybody ex ment bottle, Legislature May Curb Representative Thure Bengtson has been assured by Representative paphroditus Peck of Bristol, that the judiciary committee will bring a Tesolution to the general assembly curbing the practice of speeding in strict enforcement in the future of the law on boat mufflers, Mr. Bengtson hoped to accompany these objectives through a law aimed at outboard motor boats, but it was found that a muffler statute is now on the books. BUILDING INSPECTORS HERE Building inspectors of several cities are meeting here today to formulate plans for an organization | of state inspectors to be affiliated with the New England association. Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford o( the local department is in charge | of the meeting. which is being held at the Burritt hotel. Funerals ‘Mrs. Isadore H. Goldman A high tribute was paid Mrs. Jen- nie Goldmapn, wife of Isadore H. Goldman of 62 Harrison street, at her funerel this morning when the Congregation Brethren Sisterhood nd the B’Nai Brith auxiliary or- ganizations of which she was prominent member, attended in a body. bbl Gershon Hadas conducted services at the home at 10 o'clock and the funeral cortege made its| way to the cemetery. As it reached the Congregation Brethren Sons of Israel synagogue the cortege stopped | for a short time and then continued | on to the cemetery. Mrs. Goldman worker in the synagogue. Rurial was in Beth Alom tery. ceme- Mre. Carmello Sarrantonio Fellow members of the Madonno DelCarmino society attended the funeral this morning of Miss Car- a2 o'clock at St. Mary's church. As the remains were entering and leaving the church members formed a guard of honor on the steps. Since today‘is holy Thursday un- der the law of the Catholic church a requiem mass could not be cele- brated. Rev. Walter J. Lyddy of- fered prayer. The mass will he Monday morning. The pall hearers were Serra, P. Sasieantioli, Beneditto, Ercolino Buccemi. Trancischelli and James chelll. Father Lyddy conducted the com- mittal servic Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. T.eona ¥rank Di Marino Francis- cur Faster Flowers from s Relinble Florist Bollerer's Posy Shop 23 West Main St “The Telegraph Florist of New Britain” Visit eur Greemhowses st Maple Hill McAuliffe struek such a | Alderson was over the third round almost spoiled the | dentally rolled out from the other | out, | but was ordered out | of the ring by the referee for creat- | Base running | by Frank Shield who was tagged for | were made and both by the syme | The game broke up at the end of cept Charles Chase, R. O. Clark and | Abraham Buol looking for the lini- | peeding Motor Boats | motor boats, and will also require ! had been a loyal and conscientious | mello Sarrantonio which was held at ' celebrated at the church at § o'clock | Wall Street Briefs —_—_—m New Yor®, March 28 (®—Wall street today shed its recurring Thyrsday apprchensions of a boost in the rediscount rate at the week meeting of the New York IFederal Iteserve bank directors. Stock mar- | ket liquidation on a huge scale has has accomplished in a measure what decgeasing the amount of credit tied up in brokers loans With the redis- count rate off its mind, Wall street's guesses chiefly concerned the size of the decrease in brokers' loans the weekly federal reserve announce- ment would show this afternoon. In spite of the huge total | brokers’ loans, some Wall street ob- servers consider the street to be do- basis than ever before in its history. Brokers gradually of late have been tightening up their margin require- ments with demands for margin ranging from 25 to 75 per cent. The roster of the New York Stock | Exchange now has 1,194 names as a result of the cleciion of nine addi- tional members who arranged to ac- quire seats by purchase of “rights under the regent membership members through purchase of | “rights.”” The m»mhmmp eventual- | ly will be enlarged to 1, The first 53 railroads to report February earnings had net operating income of $63,259,000 compared with $52,394,000 in February 1925. Graham-Paige Motors Corporation has notified the New York Stock Ex- change of intentian to increase ifs authorized common stock to 2 000 shares from 2,000, ’\‘70 CONVERTIBLE BOND | 000 Turnover by Noon New York, March 28 (#) — Con- vertibles fluctuated over a wide price range in today’s irregular bond market. International Telephon: convertible 4 1-2's dominated the heavy trading, with a turnover of $1,520,000 up to midday. The advance in International Telephone to a new high for all time at 131, up § points from yes- terday's closing, followed the rise in stock into record territory. Anaconda Copper 7's moved up 3 points in the early trading, but Al- leghany Corporation 5's, bought in large blocks, held at yesterday's closing level. American Internation- al 5 1-2's gained a point, and Com- mercial Investment Trust § were steady following their sharp break of yesterday. In the rails, the speculative issues were the most active. Atchison con- vertible 4 1-2's were up a point, but St. Paul adjustment 5's receded fractionally under selling pressure. Anglo-Chilean Nitrate T's were |the strong spot in the industrial list lon reports of merger with a Lau- |taro nitrate company. Bethlehem Steel convertible 6's improved probably on reports of American | rail makers' entrance into a Euro- | | pean cartel. U. 8. Steel sinking fund | Dodge Bros. 6's were' 5's were firm. under pressure. The foreign list displayed a firmer | tone in the carly trading, but most |of the price changes were fraction- 1 | The United States government se- !cumm encountered good buying isuppbrt following the reduction in | hanl\ers acceptance rates. GURB STOCKS GO0 " TO HIGHER MARKS (High Call Money Rate Carries, Over Three-Day Pause | New York, March 28 (® — The curb market generally moved hi er today, although some profit-ta |ing cropped out after a strong open- ing, and there was considerable cvi- | dence of continued nervousness over | the eredit situation, with call money | renewing unchanged at 15 per cent which high rate will carry over i three-day holiday. Ford of Canada was aga spectacular performer, shooting \lp | more than 100 points for tae sec- ond successive session, and touching 1129, which is near its record price, hefore midday. The new Interna- tional Telephone stock was stror |in sympathy with the upturn in the old stock on the “big board.” Mo- !tor stocks generally were in demand Auburn selling up 7 amAd Checker Cab 5 points. Iirestone Tire aguin turned buoyant, shooting up more han 18 points. The oil stocks responded a | brisk upturn to the formal an- nouncement of the agreement at tha | America Petroleum Institute con- {ference on a plan to curtail crude | production to the 1 level. |num and Humble moved up 14 and | |5 points. although they atiracted profit taking at the top. TImperial| |and Gulf rose 3 points and more, nd Continental made a fair gain Utilities opened strong hut turned |irregular. Electric Investors reacted lafter a 5-point gain. American Light and Traction and Americs Gas and Electric made gains of about 5 points. DAY IS DON Boston, March 28 (UP)—Sunset marks the end of day and the be- ginning of night in legal parlance, according to a ruling by Federal Judge James M. Morton, jr. He in- formed prohibition and other fed- eral officers that day search war- rants must not be served after sun ldonn. witl with taken place in the past week and| |a higher reserve rate migt il He used a | & ate might do in or| ing business more nearly on a cash | in- | crease plan. So far 94 have become | PRIGES FLUCTUATE " International Phone Has $1,520.- 1-2's Vac- | WALL STREET OVER ITS MONEY SCARE | Prices Rally Briskly, Led by 0ils. and Communications w York, March 28 (®—Stock prices rallied briskly at the of today's market. {initial gains of 1 to points werc recorded by Continental Can, Atlas Powder, Studebaker, Greene Can- ancua Copper. Missouri Pacific and Westinghouse Llectric. Standard Oil of New Jersey opened with a block of 14.000 shares at 58 1-8, up 1 1-8, !ana Rie Grande Oil opened with a | block of 10,000 shres at 42, up 1%. | THE MARKET AT 2:30 . M. (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) Low Close Al Che & Dye 7014 750 Am Ag Che pd American ( Am Foreign Am Loco .. Am Sm & Re Am [Am 7 Am, Tobacco . Anaconda Cop 1 Atchison Atlantic Refin | Balt & Onhio. Beth Steel an Pac .. Cer De Pasco 107 |Ches & Ohio 216 > M & § Paul 331 Chrysler Corp 1007 |Colo Fuel . 65 Com'weal Pow 133 ongoleum | Consol Gas | Corn Prod | Curtiss Aero ..145% |Dav Chem ... 563 Dupont ALY ng Pub Serv 50% rie RR . 6914 am Players . 44% Fleischmann . 72% ox Film A .. 8813 !rvnpnrt Tex . 47% |Genl Asphalt . 68 | Genl Eele % |Genl Motors .. ‘(xoodrmh Tire . 93 Hudson Motors §7% Int Comb, Eng |Int Cement ... {Int Nickel 493% [Int Harves ...106% |Int Tel & Tel.. 77 |Ken Cop Mack Truck .. Marland Oil .. 427 Mont Ward . .12 Natl Biscuit ..177 Natl Cash Reg 135 (N Y Central ..154 INYNHG&H ss North Amer ..101! |North Pacific 1¢ Pack Mot Car 132% Para Fam Las 64% Penna R R 76 Phillips Pe 423 Postum Co ... 6S's Pub Serv of NJ §11; | Radio Corp ...109 Remington Rd 29% Reading 106 Rep Iron & St 91% Sears Roebuck 131 Sinclair Oil Southern Pac Std Gas & Blee std Oii N J std Oil N Y . { Studeba Texas Co . 661 ox Gult Suiph 50 Tim Rol Bear . Underwood .. Union Pac Union Carbide 2 1 1 1 r, 124 .10 L1043 84 5T% 154 58 1011 103 % nited Fruit . 7S Ind Al .. 1 ° S Rubber .. U S Steel { Wabash Ry . West Elec Willys Over Woolworth Wright Aero . | Yellow Truck . 401 LOCAL STOCKS ed by Putnam & Co.) Insurance Stocks Bid | (Fumni | f Asked tna Casualty H \ tna Life Ins Co . Aetna Fire 5 W.Au'oumh\le Ins Conn General ... | Hartford Fire ... Hartford Stcam Boiler National Fire Phoenix Fire . Iravelers Ins Co \lamr(lcluflnx Stocks Am Hardwar : 67 Arrow-Hart & Hege ... 51 Rill s & Spencer . Bristol Brass | City Company o Colt's Arma . gle Lock : atnir Bearing Co . Hart & Cooley .. Landers, ¥ . |N B Machine North & id Palmer Bro Peck, Stowe & \\ll . Russell Mfg Co . covill Mfg Co | 8tandard Screw Stanley Works Torrington Co . | tnion Veeder-It 3 | Public Utilites Stocks Allied Pow & Light 37 Conn Elec Service L1035 onn 1t & P 510, p{ri 100 Conn Power Hfd Elec Light mm Gas Co com . Hfd Gas Co pfd N B Gas ; | Southern N E | United Corp. L1010 1860 1890 69 Tel 1 a4y SURY BALANCE alance, $424.7 City Items Miss Katherine Griffin, teacher at the Senior High school, will leave {tomorrow for her home in Medfield. Mass.,, where she will spend the ster holidays. . | “Application for a marriage li-| cense has heen made by Baba Karo- mian of 498 Main strect and Alice 1Zakarian of 55 Oak strect. e ;TEN UNDER ARREST FOR | PUTNAM & CO, Md-'-fd’l-*‘hiu. , )l WEST MAIN § opcning ! We Oifer: Radio opened 3 points higher, and | T., NEW BRITAIN TEL. 2040 WARTFORD OFFICH, 6 CENTRAL Landers, Frary & Clark Price on Application. EDDY BROTHERS &G Members Hartford Stock Exchange HARTFORD BurrittHote! Bidg. Hartford Conn. Trust Bidg, We Offer and Recommend : P Celony Bidg, AETNA LIFE INS. MEMBERS HARTFO! RO STOCK EXCHANGE New Britala National Bank Bldg. Tel. 5300, Bernard A. Coanley Brayton A. Porter. DIRECT PRIVATE NEW YORK PHONE CANAL ¢517-8 WILSON & CO. Investment RARTI’ORD 1 St. T111 We Offer: Securities NEW BRITAIN 55 W. M ALLIED POWER & LIGHT Landers Camp, M. W. of A., will meet this evening at 8 o’clock. Co. No. 7 of tha fire department | | was called at 12:22 today to a grass fire at Lyle road and Wells street, | the property being owned by Loule ! | S. Jones and John McCabe, one lot | each. | Co. No. 6 of the fire department |went to the Glen street dump In| | response to a “still” alarm at 12:54 p. m. today. WALKING ON R. R. TRACKS | Fractory Employes Taken Into Cus- i tody During Noon Hour for i Trespassing in Private Property Ten arrests were made during the | noon hour today on the charge of | trespassing on railroad property, by | | Lieutenant Rooney and Officers Sul- |livan, Hussy and McGrath of the N.| [ Y., N. H. & H. R. R. police. They are employes of the American Hos- jery Co., P. & F. Corbin, the Union { Mfg. Co., the Corbin rew Corp., [the Stanley Rule & Level, Landers, I'rary & Clark, and one is a peddler. They were walking the tracks be- tween Elm street and the passenger i station and the officers rounded them luip and telephoned to Captain Kelly | at police headquarters, who sent the | | patrol. The group was released with- |out bonds for arraignment in police court tomorrow names and ad-| of 9 Farm-| ey gave their s as follows: © Frederick. ngton avenue; Joseph Brown, 60, of Newington; Charles Natosin, of 28 Willow street; Joseph Wojcule- wicz. of 243 Lawlor street; Ed- vard Johnson. 35, of 45 Main street Tulius Stankiewicz, 45, of 94 Hart- ford avenue; Stanley Pawdczyk. 2 of 412 Broad street; Vincent Lup- Park street; Samuel h street; Peter Grove street St Karaszewski Recovering | From Effects of Burns, Rronislaw Karaszewski, who Iax‘ nfully burned about the face and nds two weeks ago in Wallinz- | ord, is recovering at New Britain | General hospital. A warrant charg ling conspiracy and arson has bec | rowarded to the local police by | Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Man- | freda of Wallingford and will be | 1odged against Karaszewski when he !is able to leave the hoepital. | 1t is alleged that he and Frank Kowalski conspired to set fire to an unused gasoline filling station on South Colony street, Wallingford Kowalski drove Karaszewski to New { Britain instead of leaving him off 11 Meriden hospital. and told a story of an explosion of gasoline fumes which was later found to be uatrue. | \EARTHQUAKE REPORTED AT TWO LOCAL POINTS Picture Falls Of Wall in East End and Vibrations Are Felt in Hospital Zone. woman, speaking in excited inquired of the Herald this * A tones, |afternoon whether there had been an earthquake in the vicinity of Stanley and Church streets, ex- plaining that her apartment had been shaken and a pitcher of water overturned by what she believed to be a slight temblor. Inquiry in the neighborhood indicated that if there was a quake it apparently was not generally felt. It was stated at the hospital and in homes nearby that the shock was felt distinctly. The United States weather bureau at Hartford reported severe thun- der storms through the state and opinion was ventured that this might have caused the notion of an carthquake to spread. Peabody museum, connected with Yale university, the seismo- graph had not “picked up” any evi dences of earthquakes. LARGE TREE REMOVED Taken From Roxbury Road and Planted in Stanley Quarter Park Measures 35 Feet in Length. A shade tree more than 35 feet | in height and measuring 12 inches in diameter at the base, was taken from Roxbury road today and planted in Stanley Quarter park. The tree is well developed and the de- partment of public works preferred to transplant it rather than chop it down. It was moved with the aid of a steam shovel under the direc- tion of Angelo Tomasso, excavating contractor, and City Engineer Philip A. Merian, Real Estate News Warranty Russwin Land Co. Day. Wilna street. William Kalesinski to Skorpski, et al, High street. Mortgage Connecticut Construction Co., to William C. Samuclson, $3,700; 1o |John Schmidt. $764. Bradley street. | Walbore W. Danberg. et al, to Savings Bank of New Britain, $3.- 500, Stanley street. Roy G. Leonard to Savings Bank lof New Britain, $3,000, Landers avenue William Rozalia Releases Minnie Gold. Mary Schmidt to Connecticut Construction Co.. Brad- ley street