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New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
City Items

The police were notified today of the return of the operators licenses of William Bogoslofski of IFS Broad street and Halsey S. Moore of l6 Lake Court, and the suspension of the license of Anthony Nobolos of IS Dwight street.
 The Luther league of the First Lutheran church will meet Thurs day. November Il at 8 o'clock. Members of Luther leagues from Waterbury and Naugatuck will be present and render an interesting program after which refreshments will be served.
 A son has been born to MT. and Mrs. Wesley Fay of Springfield, Mass. Before her marriage. Mrs. Fay was Miss Bessie Feeney of this city
 The officers-elect of Phenix Tenn pie of Honor will be installed at the regular meeting tomorrow night at Vega hall.
 Dr. J. w. Bush has returned from two weeks trip to Memphis, Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga.
 There will be a regular meeting of Pride circle, No. 10. Lady Foresters | Thursday evening at 7:3O o'clock in Judd's hall. After the meeting whist will be played by members and their friends.
 The actions of Morris Parsons against Joseph Wilczenski. and ol Vincenzo Pavana against Salvatore Genovese, Sebastiana Mallia and Giuseppe Perez, have been with drawn from the docket of the city court.
 Everett Herre of Wakefield court is a patient at the New Britain Gen. eral hospital, where he underwent g minor operation yesterday. American Education Week is be- ing observed in all the schools this week. Every Parents and Teach. CTS association is holding meetings in observance of the occasion. Supernumerary Policeman Lincoln ' way, lIVSlldillC dL lllO AliuiISipa garage, is ill at his home, | Benjamin F. Damon. formerly ot , Maple Hill, has been made eastern
 manager of the International Trade Press, Inc. of Chicago. with offices at 250 Park avenue, New York city
 He was for several years, represen- tative of the firm in New York
 state and New England.
 Miss Edith Wilcox of 65S West 1 Main street observed the tenth an. I niversary of her birth at her home yesterday. She entertained 12 gir | friends at a party.
 A daughter was born at New Britain General hospital today tc 1 MT. and Mrs. Earl Parmalee Of 1s- 1 West Main street. Plainvillc. Carl J. Johnson of the Johnson Photo Service left today for Boston Mass, where he will attend the an nual national convention of the 1 Master Photo Finishers association 1 of America. The convention vii be held at the Hotel Copley Plaza
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
T ID HOLD FIRST
 SOCIAL GATHERING
E. B. C. Cooperating 6-Nadonal Checker Champ May Play Here

The serenaders will present an entertainment for members and visitors at the Y. M. c. A. Friday evening at the first of the social evenings to be held this season. These social evenings were inaugur- ated last fall by General Secretary Clarence H. Barnes and proved to be very successful. Each Friday eve- ming about 9:30 o'clock some form of entertainment is given in the gen. eral assembly room, and refresh- ments are served.
 Friday. the first of these meetings will be { joint session with the Everyman's Bible class. The class Is holding a social gathering for the purpose of having the men become better acquainted with their leader. Dr. D. D. Vaughan. There will be no set program and everything will be informal
 MT. Barnes Is negotiating with N. W. Banks. national checker cham pion. to stop off in New Britain next Thursday evening and demonstrate his prowess. He Is on his way from New York to Boston.
 Banks plays checkers and chess simultaneously with 20 to 25 men, while blindfolded.
 All local chess and checker play CTS will be invited.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
JERE LILLlS, 63,
 DIES IN KANSAS
Figured in Famous Cudahy
 Scandal of 1910

Kansas City. Nov. 10 P1Jere 5. Lillis, e3, retired banker and club man, who attracted nationwide at tention in March, 1910. when he was bound and slashed by the late Jack P. Cudahy, son of Michael Cudahy, millionaire Chicago packer. died here today.
 At the time of the attack Llllls was president of the Western EX- change Bank here. He was bach elor. He moved in the same soclai circle as the Jack Cudahys. Lillls and Cudahy were his friends. Re- turning to the Cudahy home uneX- pectedly, the packers son found his wife, Mrs. Edna c. Cudahy, with Lillis.
 Cudahy was accompanied by his cha uffeur. Tie pair bound Lillis with a clothesine. Then Cudahy slashed Lillis with a knife, intiicting wounds on his fact. back, arms and leg. There was no prosecution. The case received wide publicity.
 Later the Cudahys moved to Cali fornia, where Jack shot and killed himself in Los Angeles in April, 1921, following i'll heath and flnan- cial troubles.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Hart-Zapatka Wedding
 At St. Mary's Church

The wedding of Raymond Hart and Miss Susan Zapatka, took place this morning at St. Mary's church. Miss Marion Hart. sister of the groom, was bridesmaid and the best man was Frank Zapatka, brother of the bride.
 The bride was attired In a gown Of white georgette trimmed with Venetian lace and veil in cape ef- feet. She carried shower bouquet of roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids gown was of yellow georgette trimmed with satin with a hat to match. She carried bou- quet of yellow chrysanthemums.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hart left on we'd ding trip to New York city.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
MOTHER WITH BABE
 STRUCK BY AUTO
Hit While Crossing Street With
 Child in Carriage

Struck by an automobile driven by Steve s. Speck of 8 Erwin place as she was propelling baby car- riage in which her child was riding, , across the street at the corner of Spring and Winter streets about 6:S0 last evening, Mrs. Julia Deloy of 276 Elm street suffered injuries to her back. neck and shoulders and was badly shaken up. The child was not injured but was affected by the fright.
 According to Speck, he was turn ing south into Spring street after having driven east on Winter street Officers Stadler and Cosgrove were where they made search for evi- dence of liquor law violation, and were attracted by the crowd which had gathered at the scene of the ac- cident. Speck reported the accident at police headquarters and was not held.
 Mrs. Grace Kroll, gate tender al the railroad crossing leading, to the Pit" on Myrtle street. was knocked down by an automobile driven by John Spring, Jr.. Of 24S West street about 9:15 this morning, but was apparently uninjured and remained on duty. Spring reported the acci- dent at police headquarters, saying he was driving east on Myrtle street and as train crossed the street tc go into the Pit" he turned to the right to pass it and his car struck the "stop" sign in Mrs. Kroll's hand She ripped and fell to her knees Joseph Flis of 21s Burritt street who was with Spring, picked her up John Kolcheck of 2S Gladiola street was knocked down by an au- | tonlobile driven by William Quinli- van of 47 Wilcox street. at the cor ner of Park and Elm streets about 6:10 last evening, but was apparent | ly unhurt. According to the report 1 of Officer Hanford Dart, Kolchecl stopped in front of the automobile and MT. Quinlivan was unable te avoid striking him. MT. Quinllvar offered to take him to a physicians office but Kolcheck declined.
 Automobiles driven by David o Gould of 35 Wooster street anf Hugh Ballantine of 435 North Bur. ritt street collided at the corner ot 1 West Main and Westerly streets yes l terday afternoon about 12:45 o'clock | Officer Fred Wagner, who investigat- cd the collision, reported that Gould was driving east on West Main street and Ballantine was going in the op. posite direction. Both cars were travelling at moderate rate of speed and when Gould neared the corner of Westerly street a car pulled away from the curb directly in front ot him. He tried to avoid striking i by swinging into Westerly street but the Ballantine car was so near the corner they crashed into each other There was no cause for police ac. t1on Officer Wagner reported.
 Jacob Flempe of 269 Oak street ! reported to the police that his au. tomobile struck bicycle which was in the road near the corner of Spring and North streets.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
ARMENIAN QUAKE VICTIMS
 ARE LEAVING OLD HOMES
Starting for New Places or Haolta- ton With One American
 Blanket Each.

Leninakan, Armenia. Nov. 10 Ip'- Sufferers Of the recent earthquake, despairing of their ability to rebuild their homes. have left for more promising part of the Caucasus. Each person carried blanket bearing the label, "A gift from the American people"
 Earth shocks of moderate intens- ity have continued for week past The authorities fear that if they per sist the city shortly will be entirely deserted.
 American relief workers are ap- pealing to families in the United States to send old clothes, shoes and blankets for the distressed popula- ton. With the advent of winter and zero weather they are suffering blt- terly. Masses of destitute Armen- ians are streaming across the bor- der from Turkey, having lost every thing they possessed.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
STARS IN CONCERT HERE

New Britain Chapter of Hadassah will present a musical program at the Camp school auditorium, We'd nesday evening. Dec. 1. featuring Ecor Rosenberg of this city, pianist. Moe Blumenthal and his string en- semble whose programs are fre- quently broadcast from WTIC will appear as will Edward Gehrman of Hartford, former basso of the Vlen- na opera. He will be accompanied by Wilfreda Gehrman at the piano. Sadye Ruth Yellen, lyric soprano will also be heard. Special interest attaches to the Blumenthal trio since 1t Is the first appearance of this group in New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
REACT|0NARY MOVE
 IN STOCK MARKET
U. s. Steel Heads List in
 Today's Tumble

New York, Nov 10 P-Stock prices turned reactionary today on selling presumably inspired by spec ulative disappointment over the in crease of only 9o,152 tons In the Oc- tober unified orders of the United States Steel Corporation. or about half of what was expected, and the failure of the directors of the Rock Island to inaugurate dividends on the common stocks. The recent re- duction in the size of the short in- terest had left the market in a temporarily weakened technical position, making it vulnerable to a renewal of bear attacks.
 |. S. Steel common sold down to 1461s after publication of the ton mage statement, or 3 points below yesterdays top and recessions Of a point or two took place in other re- cent leaders including Baldwin, American Smelting, Famous Players, Atchison, Rock Island, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central and Union Pacific.
 With money in plentiful supply and good prospects for a cut In taxes, a few pools continued to mark up stocks on which special developments are pending. Com- merciaI Solvents B jumped SIX points to a new high record at 2Oo on a. revival of gossip, concerning a possible stock split up and sub- stantial gains also were recorded by Coca Cola and U. S. cast iron pipe.
 Another increase in Crude oil production last week dampened speculative enthusiasm for the oil shares. The weekly steel trade re- views called attention to a further recession in mill activity, which IS expected to get down to around 75 per cent of capacity In the near tu- ture. |. s. Rubber was well bought
 despite predictions of another cut in the tire prices in the near future. Dv,if ot m
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Father and Five Young
 Children Burned to Death

Augusta, Ky, Nov. 10 P-Ev- orett Florer, 40, and five of his chil- dren were burned todeath in a fire which destroyed their home in Bleacken county. 12 miles from here, last night.
 Mrs. Florer was severely burned. The children burned were Eugene, 16; Jesse, IS; Virgil, 10; Harry 8, and Ruth, 3.
 A defective flue Is believed to have caused the fire.
 The father died In an attempt to save the children, Mrs, Florer said today.
 Physicians say she has slight chance of recovery.
 Another son, Nannie, IS, was vis- iting neighbors when the fire oc- cured.
 Florer was a tobacco grower, liv- ing in tenant house.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Miss Fallon Speaks on
 School Platoon System

The Lincoln School Parents and Teachers association held its first meeting last evening in the school auditorium and large attendance of members was present. The speaker of the evening was Miss Ella Fallon, superintendent of the elementary schools of this city, who spoke on the new platoon system. This was of special interest to the members of the Lincoln school as- sociation as the new school will probably be operated on the system
 Miss Ruth Schade gave a series of songs, accompanied on the piano by Miss Travers. The next meeting of the association will be held on January IS, 1927, probably in the auditorium of the new school.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
SAYS BROKER TOOK LIFETIME SAVINGS
New Haven Man Claims He Lost
 S11,000 to R. H. (. Clarke

New Haven. Nov. 10 R>-As steps were taken today to bring about the return to this city of R. H. c. Clarke. president of the defunct brokerage house of Clarke and company, Inc, who was arrested in New York yes- terday charged with attempting to cash a worthless check, additional complaints reached the office of the assistant city attorney today. They came from persons who claimed they had suffered losses through tho Clarke company.
 Loses ife's Savings
 Elmer II. Kilmer. for 43 years an employe of the New Haven railroad, appeared at the office this morning and reported he had lost his life's savings. $11,00o. The money, he said. was given to R. II. c. Clarke about two months ago for investment. He had never received stock certificates and his money was not returned. he said
 Others reported that they had lost small sums, saying they had turned over their money to the company for investment and had not received what they ordered,
 Fur Coats Seized
 The city attorneys office this morning seized two ladies' fur coats. one belonging to Mrs. Carl Clarke. wife of one of the men under arrest here, and the other belonging to Miss Merrill Robbs, said to be the flancee of Jackson H. Kerans, also under arrest. Both of the men were mem. bers of the firm. They were arrest ed after numerous complaints had been made and are being held under bonds of s7,500 for a hearing tomor- row morning in city court.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
FIND CLUE TO THEFT
Travelling Bag With Wearing Ap- parel Located in Seat of Stolen MCAUliffe Car When Returned,

A clue through which the police nope to locate the thief who took '. P. McAuliffe's automobile from Court street last Friday night and abandoned it in Poughkeepsie was found under seat in the car. It consists of black travelling bag con- taining suit of clothing, several cravats, several pairs of mems socks a few shirts comb and other per sonal belongings.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Peculiar Deportation
 Case Awaiting Decision

New Haven, Nov. 1o.-lP- Isa- dor Arrick, 2s, who came to this country as a babe in arms, was re- leased from Hartford county jail yesterday under bonds given by his attorneys to await some action on the application of the department of labor for his deportation to Rus- sia. But owing to existing relations, or lack of such. between this coun- try and Russia no order for depor- tation is obtainable.
 Arrick was recently released after eight years spent in Cheshire re- formatory. He was then taken on . deportation writ. His sentence was because be stole two cantaloupes from a neighbor's ice box. But t was shown that he had also commit ted another offense.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
S15S,0OO PRICE OF SEAT

New York, Nov. II CPl-The sale of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange for S15S000 the highest price ever paid for membership, was tentatively arranged today by the committee on admissions, exceeding the previous record figure by SS,000. The identity of the purchaser, it was said, would be made known probab- ly tomorrow after formalities had been concluded.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
WaN Street Briefs

Prospects of special dividend distribution by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad absorb attention in the financial district, those who are sup posed to have reliable information intimating an extra of s1.50 share in the near future. This would make the annual return on the stock s1O a share. An e: ra of one dollar heretofore has been paid.
 October sales of Buick Motor Co.,, set new record of 22,173 cars. bringing the total for the ten months of 1926 to 224,5 cars which ex- ceeds by 24,500 cars the volume for the full } .ar 1925, a record year.
 October revenues of the Polish government from taxes and monopo- lies amounted to 151, 1000 zlotys, exceeding by 22,000,000 zlotys the budget estimates of revenues anticl- pated fro tn ose sources. The sur plus thus obtained is a guarantee, says the American Polish Chamber of Commerce, that the deficit accum- ulated in the first six months of the current calendar year. will be en- tirely wiped out by the end of the year. The deficit at the end of June was 79.0C 0,000 zlotys and in October only S5,000,00O zlotys.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
S1O,000 Automobile Suit
 Settled Out of Court

The s10,0oo lawsuit brought by Warren F. Bailey for his years old son, Leland Bailey, against John
 Marincsak has been settled out of court. The boy was injured on Farmington avenue, April 5, by the defendants automobile. Attorney s. Gerard Casale represented the plain tiff and Attorney Allan BroSmith of Hartford represented the defendant.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Ex-Soldiers Giving Up
 COmpensatiOn Rights

Miss Cora Bertini, director Of the municipal home service bureau, has made inquiry into the procedure for obtaining copies of adjusted com pensation certificates which have been lost, and has been informed that bond covering the full amount Of policy must accompany the ap- plication. AS a result of this ruling several ex-servicemen are planning to forfeit their compensation rights rather than pay the cost of furnish- ing bond. The seriousness of this alternative has led Miss Bertini to issue a warning to servicemen to be careful Of their certificates.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
CIDER MADE HIM GRoGGY

New London, Nov, 10 Pl-John c. Bromley, former sclectman and representative from Lisbon, was fined $50 and costs on a plea of guilty to the charge of reckless driving at the criminal term of com mon pleas court here today. In the with driving while under the influ- once of liquor. The court was in- formed that Bromley had taken a drink of cider after a hard days work and was "groggy" when he proceeded to drive his car resulting in slight accident.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
WOULD AID WIDOWS
Police Officers Favor Charter Amendment Affecting Payments Out of Their Pension Funds.

An effort will be made to insert charter amendment to provide that widows Of policemen shall be ha,eficiaries under the existing pen sion system. it was learned today.
 For several years there has been q feeling among the policemen that such provision should be made because the men pay two per cent of their wages into the fund with out guarantee that they or their dependents will ever receive any benefit.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
ALTO GRAZES CHILDREN

The police are investigating a re- port by the principal of the Stanley school that an automobile bearing registration No. 37164 sped through Stanley street about 5;30 yesterday afternoon and narrowly missed strik- ing the children who were being dis missed.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
PEACE IN CHINATOWN
Year of Strife in San Francisoo's Chinese Section Now Seems to be Ended.

San Francisco, Nov. 10 CP-"Wo Ping" the spirit of peace, returned to Chinatown today after an absence of a year.
 The first of two ceremonies to ratify the recent peace agreement between warning Chinese factions took place last night, when mem- bers of the Bing Kong tong gave a big "Jow Yin" for the Hop Sing tong.
 The tong men all shuffled into the Shanghai Low cafe and executed a whitening flank movement on a din- ner of thirty courses.
 Tonight there will be a second "Jow Yin" and the Hop Sings will entertain the Bing Kongs.
 The two tongs recently settled their differences in dollars instead of blood when the Bing Kongs, over the peace conference table, agreed to pay the Hop Sings $15,o00.
 During the last year 17 tong men have been killed in the United States.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
POLICE DEPT. CHANGES

Effective tomorrow, Officer Charles Mccarthy will do duty at the new Strand theater on Main street and his place at the Palace theater will be taken by Officer Alfred E. At water. Officer Patrick Meehan veteran night patrolman, will have tho day beat in the eastern section now covered by Officer Atwater, and Officer Meehan's night beat on Lafayette, High street and vicinity will be filled by supernumerary of Gcer
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
o,BR1EN DIVORCE CASE

The action for divorce, brought by Anna Miller O'Brien against George P. O'Brien is scheduled for trial in the superior court, Hartford, on Friday. The plaintiff seeks the decree on grounds of intolerablo cruelty and misconduct. Thomas r. McDonough represents the plaintiff.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Funerals
Mrs. Steven Sergent

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Haynes Sergent, wife of Steven Ser gent of 3S Camp street will be held privately at the home tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Will liam H. Anderson, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, will officiate. h. terment will be in Fairview ceme- tery
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
AUTOIST ACCUSED

Bridgeport, Nov, 10 P-Walter Lush, 19, was bound over to the superior court today on the charge of causing loss of life by reckless driving. He was held in $1,00O bonds. Lush's machine struck and killed William Foster. 34, on Octo- ber IT,
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
SCHOOL BOARD TO ADJorRN

Although the usual monthly meeting of the school board will be called to order Friday afternoon it will adjourn until a week from that date without disposing of any business.
 Supt. g. H. Holmes will be out of the city attending the convention Of New England school superin- tendants which is to be held at Boston Thursday evening and all day Friday.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Adolph Huck

Funeral services for Adolph Huck of SS Brook street were held this afternoon at the home at 2 o'clock and at St. Matthew's German Luth- eran church at 2;3O o'clock. Rev. A. c. Theodore Steege, pastor, off, ciated. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS

New York, Nov 10 PN-Untilled orders Of the United States Steel Corporation on October 31, made public today amounted to 3.6S3,661 tons, an increase of 90,152 tons com pared with the end of the preceding month.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
Colored Woman Trying
 To Get Funds for Jews

The police were asked today to as- sist in restraining a group of colored women from Hartford from collect ing contributions here for a Jewish orphanage in Hartford. According to information received by Council man Samuel Sablotsky and trans mitted to the police. the colored collectors represent themselves as Jews and name Hartford institu- tion as beneficiary, but the Capitol City orphanage denies the authenti- city of their credentials,
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
GIRLS CONDITION IupBovrs

The condition of Miss Leona smith, 17 year old New Britain girl, who lies in d bed at the Litchfield county hospital, Winsted her back broken as the result of an accident In that town Sunday evening last, was reported as being good" at the institution today.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
JUDGMENT FOR s225

A judgment in the amount of s225 damages has been rendered in city court by Judge William c. Hungerford In the action of Morris Jackson against Centro Et- panol. Attorney William NJ. Green stein was counsel for the plaintiff.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
PARK BOARD TO MEET

A meeting of the park board will be held tonight at 8 o'clock to ac. on routine matters and to receive and act on bids for the construction of tennis court backstops In Walnut Hill park.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
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