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New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
SENT TO PRISON
Former Chief Of Salisbury, Mass. Police Department Guilty of Vol stead Law Conspiracy.

Boston, Aug. F}-Harold F. Congdon, former police chief of Salisbury and member of the town board Of selectmen. today was sen tenccd 10 four months imprisonment i'll federal court for conspiracy to violate the Nolstead act. Congdon entered plea of nolo when indicted last fall on this charge.
 Recently he was indicted with others on charges of conspiracy to violate the customs act, and the jury disagreed in his case.
 The case Of Conedon was one of a number in an alleged conspiracy 10 smuggle liquor at Salisbury Beach. A member of the Plum Island coast guard crew, police and officials of Salisbury, and business men were in dictod When the government first prosecuted the cases last year the attorney generals department criti- cizod the methods employed and Robert c, Harris was removed ns Y. s, attorney by President Coolidge The eases were brought 10 trial un- der new indictments some weeks ago
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW
 GETS HIM IN WRONG
New Haven Man, Attacking Police Gives Fire Marshal Clue to
 Wrong Doing.

New Haven, Aug. 5-When Joseph Cohen, tailor at IT Church street. made a statement appearing in To- cal newspaper that he had been forced to sleep in his shop for eight years because of inadequate police protection, he precipitated an inves- tigation which may result in his be- ing arraisned as law folator.
 After the article was read by Fire Marshal NJ. J. Fleming today, that official began a study of the pro- vision of the building laws, which is to be followed by an estigation,
 Cohen claims that his place has been broken into by burglars three times and on one occasion he lost goods valued at $500, which were later recovered when the thieves were captured.
 According 10 the fire marshal only the ianitor of the building and his family may sleep in an industrial building, which class he believes the building in which Cohen has his shop, will come under.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
SAYS ALCOHOL MAKES
 BEST MOTOR FUEL
Sugar Chemist Declares It Elimi mates Knocking and Carbon
 In Auto Motors.

Los Angeles, Aug 5--Making mo- tor alcohol from molasses and the juice of the sugar palm is now only a matter of cost, because technical difficulties in the manufacture as well as in the use of the fuel by standard automobile engines have been solved, J, ?. Foster, chief chemist of the Maui Agricultural company's sugar factory In Hawaii told the roth annual meeting of the American Chemical Society meeting here this morning. The advantages of this new motor fuel are said to be easy starting. elimination of knocking and freedom from carbon trouble. The alcohol is denat tured by the use of ammonia, pyridine or ami
 lin which also neutralize the acidity of the fuel and the substances left over after burning.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
SLEEPING SICKNESS FATAL,
Fourth Victim in Three Weeks Dies
 Fn Elizabeth, \, T.

Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 5-Sleeping sickness claimed its fourth victim here in three weeks when Mrs. Ma bel Nj, Snyder of Wentworth died yesterday at the Elizabeth General hospital She was stricken last Wednesday and was removed on Thursday 10 the hospital where she remained in state of coma until her death. She is survived by her husband and one child.
 Mrs. J, J. Zimmele of this city died week ago Monday of the same illness in the same hospital after being i'll four days during which she remained unconscious. Doctors denied reports of an epidemic.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
City Items

Jimmie Faul of Sexton street was sent out to get change for & SEQ bill by Saul Peter, storekeeper, at l50 Beaver street, last night and he failed to return either with the bill or the change according to a com plaint made to Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth at police headquarters this morning.
 The baseball game that was scheduled between teams represent ing the local police and the Kiwanis club at Walnut Hill park this after noon was cancelled by the manage ment of the Kiwanians because sev- eral Of their players are absent from the city,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
ROCKA!VAY R0ON
 QUICKLY FADES
Bad Checks Cause Bubble to *. Burst

New York. Aug. P>-A flood of
 worthless checks returned by Rock
 away banks yesterday dampened the flaming enthusiasm of the thousands of spectators trying to become rich
 overnight through the land boom
 which started two weeks ago when
 an ordinance assuring ROckaWay a $1,50t,oe0 municipal boardwalk was passed, Bankers estimated that from 500
 to 1000 bad checks were being re- ceived daily and banks are employ
 ing extra clerks to trace this paper,
 Real estate operators fear that many contracts will be voided because they were originally Heated on
 worthless checks There is also con.
 siderable skepticism as to whether
 there IS enough capital to take care
 of contracts running into millions of dollars.
 In the early days of the boom un~ certified checks were accepted as first payments on lots.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Automobile Lost
 In Morning Fire

An automobile was destroyed by a fire that started in the garage at 70 Woodland street owned by Ru- doiph Zelke about S:S0 o'clock this morning. The cause of the blaze could not he determined for when Engine Co. arrived at the place in answer to 8 still alarm, the roof of the building was a mass of flames. Two machines were in the burning building but the flremen were suC- ccssful in removing one of them.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Blaze in Rubbish Pile
 Does S350 Damage

Three alarms, two bells and 8 still were sent in yesterday afternoon for blaze at the rear of the bottling works conducted at 214 Beatty street by Peter Wrobel. The fire started in a rubbish pile and had set fire 10 the walls of the building when the fire apparatus arrived on the scene. About s35o damage re- suited according 10 an estimate by Chief William l. Noble.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Foreign Exchange

New York, Aug, 5-Foreisn ex- changes irregular Quotations Gin centsl. Great Britain: demand 4S51si cables 4S57s; so day bills on banks 4S1Ss. France: demand 4.7Qi2; cables All. Italy: demand S.6S; cables S,6Sl2. Demand: Bel sium, 45ols; Germany 2S.so; Hol- land fQ.15, Norway 1s.4S. Sweden 26,S6, Denmark 22.S2. Switzerland 19.41, Spain HAS. Greece 15s. Pc land 1SI, Czecho- -Slovakia 296 Jugoslavia 1.S2. Austria 1iN. Ru- mania 52l4 Argentina 40.57, Bra 7il 11.62. Tokyo 41S. Shanghai 7Sis. Montreal 100 1-S2.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
POOL ACTIVITIES
 ON THE EXCHANGE
Several SpeCialtieS Are Being
 Forced Upward

New York Aug PN--lWall street opening Stock prlccs dis. played firm tone at the opening of todays market, which was tcaturcd by the brisk accumulation Of the rail shares and resumption of pool activities in several spectaltics, one block of 6,S00Q shares of |. $. Steel common changed hands al l2D 7-s, up ig, and initial gains of a point or more were recorded by Missouri Pacific preferred, Mack Trucks and Youngstown Sheet X Tube. General Motors and Glnter Co attained new 1925 high prices
 With freight car loadngs in the week ended July 25 again in excess of 1.00o,ooo cars and two of the oldest commodity price indlces at the highest loNol since 1920. operations for the rise were conducted with confidence during the early trading, Public participation appeared to be on the increase. More than a dozen issues attained new 1925 peak prices in the first half hour, the list in- cluding Montana Power, Loew's Inc Simmons Co.,, American Can Coca Cola and Frank G. Shattuck, Mack Trucks quickly moved up Gl2 points while more than score other industrials showed net gains of 2 point or more in the first outburst of buying, among them Baldwin, Re- puhliC Steel, Fisher Body, White Motors and Colorado Fuel The de- mand for the rails centered largely in the Southern and Southwestern issues, Missouri Pacitic preferred, Atlantic Coast Line {: Louisville & Nashville being the early leaders Foreign exchanges opened easy, de- mand sterling ruling around S4.s5 3,S and French francs falling below 40 cents
 Subsequent wide fluctuations either way running from one 10 four points were caused by oppos- ing speculative interests. Profess sionals sold on the theory that prices of many stocks had overdiscounted possible future developments. Mean time pools pushed up numerous in dustrials and specialties to record prices for the year and investment buying was on d heavy scale in the standard railroad shares, Chesa- peake X Ohio. Louisville X Nash vile and Norfolk x Western to- eother with local gas issue were con- spicuously strong.
 The raridity of the advance in many isSues invited profit aking and bear solhrg. which brought abcut considerable irrogularity but | failed to halt the main upward movement of prices SChute was hammered down 3 &-S points 10 q new low for the year at iN5 and American Can slipped back 2 points from it's top price. Spectators for the advance continued their en"rget- ic bidding Up of special stocks, coll CnrtratinC for a time in the motor Iaccessories. American Bosch Mag noto being lifted 3 points and Ste wart Warner Sprcdomoter t-@. ! Atlantic Coast Line, which had yielded ? points 10 1So, under the prossure of realizing sales, rebound ed 10 fS7 1-o, 3 new record top be fore noon,, and nuFont reached new high at 2ot t2. American Brake Shoe jumped tG points and South Porto Rican Sugar Z. Call money rouowed at 1 IA per cent
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
TWO PrRLIC HEARINGS

There will be a public hearing hy the building commission tomor- row evening at o'clock on the re- quest by Gozzo and Tarocca for a permit to erect two f-family houses at g, 2S, S1 Daily avenue. The board of public works will hold hearing at 7:3o o'clock Tuesday eve ming on the installing of curh on both sides of Cleveland street from Myrtle to Broad streets.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
.InIln F.. ONciI


 The funeral of John E. ONeil was held this morning at S:S0 o'clock al the home, 27S Chestnut street and at St, Josophs church at 9. Rev. John Donohue, pastor of St. Josephs was celebrant at a solemn high mass of requiem, with Rev Michael Keat- ing, deacon. and Rev. Raymond Clabny, suh-deacon, There was a profuslon of beautiful floral tributes.
 Pal bearers were James Rourke, James Coyle. Thomas Rouskie, Jo- seph Rich. Thomas McDonough and Matthew McGrath. Flower bearers were George Coyle, James Coyle. James Messette and Joseph Rich. As the body was being borne from the church, Miss Laura Farrell sang Nearer My God to Thee" Frs, Donohue and Clabhy officiated at the grave Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Fined for Refusing
 To Aid Policeman

Willimantic Aug, - George Strong after he entered a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of the breach of the peace and refusing to assist an officer was fined s25 in police court today. Raymond c. Comins. arraigned on the same charge, had his case continued until next Saturday and was released in $500 bond,
 The two men are alleged to have been found with two women in a parked automobile on High street last night, and when ordered by a policeman 10 drive to headquarters let the girls out of the car and then reported
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
FIAHERTY REELECTED
Once More Is Chosen ss Supreme Knight at Convention of Knights of Columbus,

Duluth, Miss" Aug, 5-James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus waes reelected to his ninth two year term at the 4Srd annual supreme convention today, defeating Edward Haggerty, Greenwich, Conn, news paper publisher,
 Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rapids, Mich, supreme deputy and William Mckinley of New Haven, Conn. supreme secretary were re- elected by exclamation.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Wall Street Briefs

New bond offerings today aggre. gatins Sls,000,0o0 were led by s9,- I2O,0UO Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul Railway per cent equipment trust certiticatee priced at 9SS4, end yielding 5,20 per cent which were bought from the receivers by local banking group, Other new issues in- cluded s3,000,QQO Shelburne Inc. list closed mortgage 6is per cent sink ing fund gold bonds at 100 and in- tercst and s2,ooo,oO Little River Redwood Co, s per cent gold notes al lns.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Site for New Hospital
 For Vets Is Purchased

Washington, Aug, tF-Director Hines of the Veterans bureau was in New York today in an effort to clear I'D details of purchase of a site at Ncrthport, Long Island, for q 1 1,ooO bed neuro-psychiatric hospital for the second district.
 Administration approval already has been given the site, which is known as the Inez Todd Hodgens tract, and in which John D. Ryan, copper magnate, had an equity. Sum- mer residents of Northport, however, have protested against locating the hospital there, claiming that 1t could he more advantageously situated elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
CleveIand'S Daughter
 UndergOes Operation

Morristown, N. l., Aug. Rs- Physicians at All Souls hospital to- day announced that Mrs. Marion Cleveland Dell, of New York, young est daughter of the late President Cleveland, was recovering from an operation for appendicitis performed on Sunday night.
 She was stricken while visiting Morristown friends.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Nine Power Treaties
 Are Effective Today

Washington, Aug. P-The two nine power treaties relating 10 China. signed at the time of the Washing ton arms conference became effec- tive today when formal notifications were exchanged at the state depart ment.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

An extra dividend Of cents 2 share in addition 10 the regular quarterly disbursement ot 5o cents has been declared by the Vacuum oil Co, former Standard oil subFi- diary payable September 1a 10 hold CTS of record Aug, S1 An extra o' the same amount was authorize1 ir the two preceding quarters,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
KNAPP'S DOUBLE LOCKED IF
Man Who Wears Shoes on Hands Is
 Under Observation.

Clifton, N. J., Aug. S.-As a re- suit of his insistence on going about with his shoes on his hands and with gloves on his feet, George Klein. 9S years old, of PAS Hoe ave- nue. was sent to the county jail yes terday hy Judge Barbour for ohser- vation. Klein. who recently returned from a trip 10 Boston, resembles the description Of Philip Knapp. the 'thrill-killer," and during his return from Boston says that he was ar- rested s2 times as the missing slayer.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
PETITION FOR MORE PAY

Chicago, Aug, 5 Pl--A memorial 10 President Coolidge, requesting his assistance in obtaining suitable salary increase for customs employees, was adopted by the National Gus toms Service association convention which closed yesterday. An increase of $500 for all employees receiving sSo0o or less, and 10 per cent in crease for those receiving more was asked
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Deaths s
John W. Doerner

John w. Doerner, three months old, son of Mir. and Mrs, Walter Doerner of 321 Park street, died this morning in Hartford hospital. The funeral will be held tomorrow aft ornoon at o'clock from Laraia X Sasarino's funeral parlors. Burial will be in St, Marys cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

Approximately 7S4 new enter. prlsas with authorized capital aggre- Gatng sl,o66, ,3600o were incorpor. ated throughout the United States fir July. the hest showing since June 1923, q compilation by tho Journa' of Commerce shows Since the first of the year, S,@N5 concerns were or. ganzod with s5,4SE,243,7SG capital
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
INFANT PARALYSIS SPREADS
Discovered in New RoChclle-A Boy
 The First Victim

New Rochelle, N r. Aug E tF- Infautile paralysis which has caused three deaths in White Plains within the rast two weeks, is appearing in New Rochelle. it was announced yes terday by City Health Officer Edwin Codding.
 A 1S-year-old boy there Is suffer- ing with the disease, He was taken ill at Camp Glenbroke, Vt, last week and was sent home. It Is the first case reported in New Rochelle this year.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
WEDDING POSTPONED

Providence, R. L, Aug, 5-Mrs Frank A, Sayles announced today that the marriage of her daughter Miss Nancy Sayles 10 Cavsliere Er- nesto Tardinell- Becci of Italy had hoen iudefinately postponed, The wedding was to have taken place here on Aug. 17.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

Stock transactions in seven months this year on the New York Stock exchange aggregated 240,449,- 600 shares, a daily average trading of 1,S7S,95T shares, Transactions in the industrials amounted to 20l, ,- Slo,S00 shares, daily average ot 1,15o,S57 shares, and in rails, S9,- 131,S0o 8 daily average of 229,61O shares. The percentage of indus trials 10 total trading was S3.72 per cent, an increase of 6.79 over the full year of 1924. The rail percent age 10 the total was 1927. The in crease in transactions Is attributed largely to the volume of new indus trial listinss on the exchange.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
Funerals
John Ha0ey

John Haffey
 The funeral of John Haffey will be held tomorrow morning at S:S0 o'clock at the home, 50 Lawlor street, and at St Mary's church at 9. Burial will he in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

The United States Distributing Corporation reports net income of Sfl5,o78 for the first six months this year including subsidiaries, equal after preferred dividend require ments 10 SPA a share on the com mon stock. Net for the same period of 1924 was s4217S4 Total receipts for th" first half ot 1925 were s19,- 4@T1SC.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

The Remington Type writer com pany's net income for the first half of 1925 increased to S1,036,2o9, equal to S6.54 a share on the common stock after allowing for first and sec ond preferred dividends, This com pares with S762,553 in the first half of 1924, or S3.S0 share on the common.
 Three encouraging features of the week in iron and steel are better railroad buying, fair increase i'll orders from manufacturing Consunl- CTS of steel and in some cases from jobbers, and net gain of one in active blast furnaces in July, after four months of losses, 10 the total of 65," Iron Age says, Last lVnnths pig iron production showed the smallest loss in five months, pointing to probable upward turn, even though slight, in August. The July total was 2.664,025 tons, or 25,a36 tons a day. against 2,67S,457 tons in June, a 3O-day month. or S9,1l5 tons a day."
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
CHAMP ANXIOUS ID
 TAKE ON NEGRO
Dempsey Says He Wants to .:;s.. Fight Wills

Los Angeles, Aug S.--Jack Demp- sey today outlined the tangled af- fairs of his proposed match with Wills as follows:
 The keystone of mystand in the matter is that I want to fight Wills and fight him just as soon as I can get in condition.
 With that idea in mind the match is open to any promoter who can handle the arrangements and who can bring Wills and myself to- gether In the ring.
 II have agreed to fight for Floyd Fitzsimmons in Indiana If Fit2sm- mons can get Wills signature.
 "On the other hand, If Tex Rick ard or any other responsible pro- nnoter can get the necessary sigma lures first then he will land the bout.
 My agreement with Riclard was only verbal one and was only ten tative. At the time I discussed the matter with Rickard I had just re. turned to New York from Eurcee. had seen the New York Boxing com mission and 1t then appeared to be fair and reasonable. Since then Chairman Farley of that commission has chosen to ignore me entirely so far as communicating with me is concerned, and what I have learned of the commissions actions regard ing me has come to me only hy way of press dispatches, That being the case, am reluctant to have Rickard Jeopardi2e his position with the commission by dealing with me, since the commission, or some of its members. evidently have decided to blackball in New York state any man who negotiates with me.
 "Fitzsimmons has undertaken the staging Of match with Wills in q serious way. He has obtained the backing of prominent Chicago flnan- ciers and if he can obtain Wills sig nature to an agreement before any other promoter, then I am his man,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05
LOCAL STOCKS
Insurance Stocks

Furnished by Putnam < Col
 Bid Asked
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

Chicago, Aug. Fl-Jack Koarns who still has a contract as Champion Jack Dempseys manager, arrived here today and said that Dempsey would fight any one and at any place Kearns selected. Incidentally Kearns declared the proposed Wills-Demn- sey championship fight was the only legitimate match for Dempsey In sight.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

EXCHANGES AND BALANCES New York-ExchangeS, S20,ooo,- 0Oh; balances, S2,00O,oo0.
 Boston - Exchanges, 7l,o00,oooi balances, 2s,0oo,0on.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance .,.. S16o,o56T0T
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

Surplus ot the Associated oil Co, for the first half of 1925 increased to S5,S5o,967 compared with s4,4S4,- 0o7 in the corresponding period of last year,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

Subsidiaries of the L. s, Steel Cor poration are operating slightly under 70 per cient of capacity compared per cent a month ago. The Chicka- saw Car and Shipbuilding Co.,, sub sidiary has received an order for 1000 box cars from the Central of Georgia.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-05

The retirement of three officials from the Bethlehem Steel Corpora, tion was announced today-Archi- bald Johnston, vice president; II. $, Snyder, vice. president in charge of finances, and William N. Tobias general manager, Their duties will be divided among other officials.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-04
LYLE TO START WORK
With OLD DRY FORCE

Seattle, Wash.-Roy C. Lyle of Sc.
attic, upon his return home from
Washington, where he was made Pa
cific Northwest prohibition admins.
traitor, effective September 1st, an
nounced that he would begin work
with practically the same organiza-
ton used by his predecessor, f. A.
Hazeltine.
Lyle said he would make changes
very gradually. He announced that
William NJ. Whitney, who has been
his chief assistant and legal advisor
in the office of state director for the
past four years, had been offered and
accepted the place OF prohibition
counsellor for the enlarged district.
This means that Mr.. Whitney will be
the chief legal advisor to the admin.
istrator and will have general direc.
ton of assistant attorneys to be EN-
ployed in each judicial district.
A deputy administrator and assist
ant attorney will be named for each
judicial district.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-04
ALASKAN RAILROAD
HELD TOO COSTLY

Seattle, Wash. Arthur NJ. Free,
representative in congress from Cali
fornia, ranking republican member OF
the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, visiting Seattle,
advocated abandonment of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska, built at a
cost of S6OOOO,0OO
Running from Seward to Fair.
banks,' Free said, "the railroad
serves population OF less than 5000.
The cost of maintaining it each year
is approximately $500 for each per-
son of population along It's llne.'
Free declared that including pay
ment of interest on its bonds or sink.
ing fund. the railroad had cost the
government 100000 n year in main.
tenance and that the future held no
prospect Of reduction in this expense.
Along its entire length there is not
a single industry sufficiently large to
Justify its construction. Government
tests have proved that the coal along
the road is of too poor grade to be
used on ships or in industry. The
railroad does not tap a mine of any
size, and the country through which
it runs could be more economically
served by highways and trails.