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New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
City Items

John Collins of 29 City avenue has returned home from New Brit ain General hospital where he N4V ill with pneumonia.
 A son was born at New Brit.Al General hospital today to MT. and Mrs. Joseph Sidel of IT Daly ave- nue.
 Starlight lodge, U. S. of B. of Hartford, has invited all New Britain Shepherds to witness their installation of officers at their lodge rooms in Hartford this even- ing. New Britain Shepherds will meet at 4SS Main street, Hartford at o'clock.
 James F. Connolly has returned to Catholic University. Washington. D. C. after spending the holidays with his parents. Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Connolly of Chestnut street.
 Officers and teachers Of the Stan, ley Memorial church school will meet this evening.
 The Win-Sum class Of the First Baptist church will meet this eve- ming under the leadership of Mrs C. Laughton.
 The Methodist group is meeting this afternoon at the New Britain General hospital.
 The Ladies' Aid society of St Johns German Lutheran church met this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
 The Sunday school council of tle First Congregational church vii meet this evening at 5:15 o'clock The supper meeting of the Young Woman's Missionary society of the same church will be held this eve. ming at 6:30 o'clock.
 The executive committee of Eddy Glover post. American Legion, vii meet this evening at s o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
GRAND LIST FOR
 NEW HAVEN ISSUED
Totals S30S,1S4, ,104 This Year Autos Valued at fl Million

New Haven. Jan. 4 R-The grand
 list of the city of New Haven for 1926 upon which taxes are now pay
 able totals s30S,134104. The list
 shows an increase of s7,600,047 over that of 1926. The value of automobiles in the 1926 list is given as $1l,261,152.
 compared with $11,G9o,46S in 1925. This is due, in part, to the increased number of exemptions given former service men, many of whom own cars.
 The total number on the lists is
 3o,ST3.
 Henry r. English who pays the largest individual tax owns property valued at Sc.249,620. Yale univer- sity pays taxes on property valued
 at s2,464,T9o.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
RAJAH RAB0ID
 0N TRAFFIC
He's Going to Pull a Good One
 Next Tuesday

Rajah Raboid, who proposes to drive an autom obile through the peak of monday traffic next Tues day with his eyes securely blind folded. claims that there is little excuse for many of the accidents that occur daily.
 If I can negotiate the crowded streets and observe all the signals incident to the safe operation of the car through purely psychic vi
 sion," he says, certainly any nor
 nal person in full possession of every faculty should be able to avoid all the dangers of ordinary , traffic. Of course the fact that my mind is concentrated on the task at hand may constitute an advan- tage over the careless driver who tries to take in all the sights that might attract the attention Of one who wants to miss nothing along his route''
 "One might say we are living in 1 the age of speed. True enough, but remember - the faster person 1 goes or is allowed to go. it is al
 ways on the open road or even the street that is clear two blocks
 ahead you find nine out of ten ac- { cidents and deaths by motor cars. You may have q thousand alibis about this motor accident or that 1 one. but they will all simmer down i to the one word, carelessness."
 You may even say carelessness on | the part of the pedestrian is a statement 10 which we all know | there is a lot of truth. The oper- i ator of an automobile must consid- | CT that, no matter how slow he is creeping in traffic, he is travelling at least five times faster than he would ! afoot, that he has horn that should i always be in working order. that 1J miles an hour is enough speed in or
 near the business district even If i there is nothing ahead of him, that 1 when some unfortunate chunk of
 ivory thinks the red signal lights arc | Christmas decorations and strolls right out in front of you, there is
 a foot brake. an emergency brake,
 a horn and steering wheel at the 1 operators command
 T contend that if I can drive an automobile during noon hour traf- 1 iic with my eyes totally sealed with
 l6 layers of adhesive and other ma 1 terials without mishaps, starting
 and stopping when and where nec-
 essary. using the wheel, the horn, the
 brakes, that surely every man or
 woman who drives could do the
 same thing day in and day out with
 their eyes wide open"
 | But how can l drive with my ! eyes sealed with adhesive plaster
 you ask. Come Tuesday at noon
 in front of the Strand theater on l Main street and see. Further de-
 tails to be printed in the Herald
 daily will include the exact route ! that l will visit on this blindfold 1 drive. Remember that all the stores i that l visit l vii get out of the car with the blindfold on. enter the stores, pick out and name various l articles, prices. etc. of such articles. | In doing these various things. l 1 demonstrate what l call the power Of mind over the force of matter.
 and starting next Monday for the entire week I will be the feature at-
 fro rt;o>, O tba Strand tbnatar ubere | will answer any and all questions 1 pertaining to the past, present and | future"
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Announce Winners in
 Paige-JeWett Contest

Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 4-Winners in the Paige-Detroit Motor Car com- pany's slogan contest, in which there were more than 402,0oo entries, are announced as follows:
 First prize, s1o,ooo. to J. Luther Mcfarland, Cairo, ". Va.
 Second prize. fourdoor sedan. to Mrs. Walter F. Halleck, New Berne, N. c.
 Third prize. four-door sedan, to r. A. Dragoun. Peoria, Ill.
 The prizes were presented to the winners the day before Christmas.
 McFarland's winning slogan is: "Built to win-without within Satisfaction mounts with every mile" was the second prize winner, while third prize was for Com mands respect on any road"
 There were 4s3 suggestions from New Britain, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Edel Is Broke and Hotel
 Is Holding His Clothes

Meriden. Conn, Jan. LP-Fred
 Edel. being held at the New Haven
 county Jail in connection with the
 killing of John Mastriano. Jr., has, so far as is known. exactly s242 in
 cash to his name. This money, found in bank in the mans room at the
 Hotel Matis. has been sent 10 him, on his own request. by the Meriden police.
 A few shaving implements were also sent to Edel but the Hotel Matis
 is holding two suitcases containing clothing in lieu of back room rent
 they claim Edel owes the hotel.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Lottery Agents Fined;
 Jail Terms Suspended

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Jan. 4 P'- Fines and suspended jail sentences were given several alleged vendors of treasury balance tickets when their cases were called in city court today.
 John Cienbronlewicz was fined S100 and costs and given 30 days suspended jail sentence. Benjamin Szymanski, Louis s. Barber and Mrs. Annie Liskiewicz were each fined $50 and costs and given 30 days suspended jail sentence.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
PRELIMINARY BIDS ON
 PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ASKED
Rev. Lucyan BojnowsR Anxious to Get Construction of New
 Building Under Way.

Preliminary bids on the con- struction of a new parochial school for the Sacred Heart parish have been asked so that the date for be- ginning operations. originally fixed at April l. may be advanced if possible. Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski pastor of the church. has selected the plot of land on Orange street, west of the parsonage. for the new school, and II is expected the building, exclusive of furnishings will cost approximately s150.0o0. The land which is to serve as a school site is now used for play ground purposes. Father Bojnowski is anxious to have the building ready for occupancy at the opening of the fall term.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Former Social Leader
 UndergOes Operation

Baltimore, Jan. 1 R - Harry S. Lehr social arbiter of two score years ago in New York, Newport and Baltimore, underwent an oper- ation at Johns Hopkins hospital to- day. Dr. Walter E. Dandy, asso- ciate in clinical surgery. and friend of MT. Lehr. performed the opera tion. but declined to reveal its na- ture.
 In 1901 Lehr married Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren, daughter of the
 late Joseph Drexel of New York.
 He has lived in Paris since 1912.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Stevenson Loses Fight
 To StOp New Building

Bridgeport, Jan. Pl-Judge John w. Banks in a decision re- turned today rules against Deputy Coroner Henry c. Stevenson. who sought to restrain Louis H. Cocoz- ga and Sons, Inc. of this city from erection of a four story 12-family apartment house on Coleman street, on property adjoining that owned by Attorney Stevenson.
 The latter sought a permanent injunction against Cocozza on the all legation that the erection of such a building was a violation of the state statutes and of the city building and zoning laws.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Factory Appealing Paying
 Compensation to Worker

Bridgeport, Jan. P,-Compe.a- tion Commissioner l.. T. Buckinc- nam today awarded q compensation or Sl4.s7 per week beginning Janu- ary ], 1926 to Harold Simon of Dan bury against the Wolthausen- Mad den company, formerly the Colum- hla Hat Company of Danbury. The latter have filed an appeal to the superior court.
 simon was employed in the sizing department of the hat factory and Il Is alleged was obliged to stop work February 20, 1925 on account Of mercurial poisoning. He was later admitted to the Bridgeport hospital where his leg was ampu- tated.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Washington's Arrests for
 Booze in Year Are 19,209

Washington, Jan. 4 P-Dry law arrests in the national capital dur ing 1926 were listed at 19,2os to- day by Representative Cochran. democrat, Missouri. who said in a statement that the figures were sup piled by police officials. He said that of the total. 13.767 were ar- rested for drunkenness on the streets. including thoses arrested for driving while drunk.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
26 MORE pARDoNS
Governor Ferguson of Texas Brings Her Total Number of Acts of
 CIemency Up to 3,O05 Today.

Austin, Tex. Jan. R-Governor Miriam A. Ferguson's acts of Clemency today reached 3,005 with the granting of 26 full pardons.
 Governor Ferguson has granted S25 full pardons and St5 condition al pardons, the remaining clemency including paroles, communications and similar acts.
 Among those pardoned today is E. B. Moy. of Houston, given five to es years for wife murder. The Governor said Moy had served the state four year as "a good black smith, doing as much work as an average convict would do in fifteen years" and that his wife's death was an accident.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
First Marriage License
 Of Year 1927 Issued

Mulford J. Butcher, a lineman, of 73 Russell street. and Miss Julia E.. Eydenton of 19 Florence street, are the first couple to whom a marriage license was issued in 1927. They received their certificate at the office of the town clerk last night. A license was issued shortly afterward to Donurch Ostillo of 47 Hartford avenue. and Miss Anna Bochucci of 2T6 Elm street.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Taken From Rhode Island
 On Charge of Forgery

Providence. R. l.. Jan. CR - 1oseph Ragonese, alias Redolfe. wanted in Newark, N. J.. in con- nection with forgery charge to "hich he Is alleged to have used the name Hellar. was captured herc last night. Today he waived eStradition and left for New Jer- sey.
 In Newark last September Ra- gonese pleaded guilty to the forgery charge which involved more than slo,o0o and was released under ss.- 900 bail for sentence September e7. TWO days before that date he dis appeared
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
CONDITION UNCHANGED

The condition of Miss Florence Walsh, daughter of Mir, and Mrs. Thomas Walsh of 64 Church street who is seriously i'll with sleeping, sickness remains about the same to- day. Miss Walsh was removed from the New Britain General hospital yesterday afternoon to the Hartford isolation hospital.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
DOG BITES BOY ON ANKLE

NdIlET IlUIllIVUlSl, d5tu T T, UT VV Linwood street complained to Super numerary Officer Carroll about g o'cock last evening that as he and Harold Hultberg of 57 Columbia street were coasting on Linwood street. large dog bit him on the ankle. Dr. John Purney dressed the injury The boy did not know the owner of the dog.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Demand for City Aid
 Normal, Doyle Reports

The curtailment in factory ac- tivities of the past month has not been reflected in the records of the charity department, Superintendent John l.. Doyle, reporting this after noon nothing but normal call for assistance. and with no indication of increase in recent weeks. This is the l busiest period of the year for the charity department and while this year is no exception, the conditions have not been more pronounced than heretofore, MT. Doyle explains.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
John Coolidge Is Not
 Likely to Be Present

Northampton, Mass. Jan. 4 P- John Coolidge Is not likely to ac- cept the invitation to attend Cover nor Trumbull's inaugural ball to- morrow night, 1t was said this noon by Russell A. Wood, secret service operative who Is the new personal companion for the presidents son at Amherst college. John could not be reached, but MT. Wood de- clared no plans had been made for a trip to Connecticut tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
COASTERS HIT AUTO

Hedwig Kozakiewicz and his sis ter. Anna, while coasting on Curtis street last evening. collided with the rear end of an automobile. Police man James Sullivan reports, and suffered slight scratches. The of ficer took the children to their homo.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
PLANK TELLS WORKMAN
John Hudack of Plainyille Seriously Injured in Accident at Rear of Chestnut Street Plant

Struck by a falling plank while at work at the John Pinches Co. wood working plant in the rear of Chest nut street, John Hudack. aged 2S. of Plainville. was seriously injured about the head and is in . critical condition at New Britain General hospital. The accident happened shortly before noon today.
 Inquiry at the Pinohes plant re- vealed that the exact manner In which the accident happened has not been determined. Hudack was working in the yard at the time. His head IS badly crushed and the se- riousness of the injury cannot be de- termined at once.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
FOREMAN FILES REPORT

Inspector P. J. Tormay of the plumbing department made 166 in spections and supervised the install lation of 275 fixtures during tho month of December, his report to the building commission today states.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
EXTRA DIVIDEND

New York. Jan. 1 R-Directors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway today declared an extra cash dividend of 75 cents on the common stock in addition 10 the regular quarterly payment of tl.76.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
One of the largest ranching deals

consummated recently was the leas- ings Of 300,0 acres of the fa1onS
 Ross Wallace ranch near Coutts, in South Alberta, Canada. by P. Burns, Alberta cattle baron.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
WaN Street Briefs

Earnings of Continental Motors Corporation in the year ended Octo- Der S1 were smaller than in the pre- ceding year, net profit of $2.026,327, equal to S1.15 a share, contrasting with s2,S11,S23 or $1.60 share.
 The wholesale value of General Motors cars sold overseas in 1926 approximated s100.00A000 more than per cent of the corporation total business for the year. Exports in 1925 were s77,000,O00 and s51,- 000,00 in 1924.
 The Pullman company had an operating deficit of s73,393 for No vember in contrast to operating in- come of s319.677 in November, 1925. Operating income for the first eleven months of 1926 declined to s9.- S19,577 from s11,912,633 in the same period of 1925.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
Standard Screw Co.,. ptd. guar ,o,
TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance SocTO1r

treasury Balance S2c501o,24G. Boston-Exchanges s12T00O oan. Balances s55,ooo,ooo.
 New York-Clearing House. Ex- changes si.573,o0o,0Oo; balances S146,0o0, ,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
OIL STOCKS GAIN;
|NDUSTR|ALS LAG
Deadlock Between Opposing
Forces in Market Feature
of Brief Session.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 15.-An APP
parent deadlock between opposing
speculative forces in the stock mar
ket and a further advance in bond
prices to the highest general level
since before the beginning of the
World War were the contrasting fea-
lures in this weeks financial markets.
Commodity markets were mixed
wheat and cotton futures showing
moderate gains on the week, while
coffee and sugar prices lost ground.
The explanation that there is no
outstanding news to put them up
while money is too cheap and plen-
tifuf to put them down. was used by
many brokers to explain the inertia of
buying was apparent in the rails and
oils, but most of the other popular
shares showed extremely narrow and
irregular changes.
A year ago this time conditions
were exactly opposite. bond prices
were floundering around within a mar
row area, while stock prices were
soaring upward on predictions of ex-
banding business.
Industrials. as a group, were slug
gish although several pools. taking
advantage u TIE puDllC tnLtIGSl CIG-
ated by the rise in railroad stocks,
started to bid up oils and specialttes
in which favorable merger or divi-
dend developments are believed to be
pending. Many of the popular in
dustriaIs showed small net recessions
at the close.
The only important overnight news
development was the report that drill
ing permits had been refused in
Mexico to American oil companies
which failed to apply concessions
before January under the new land
laws of that country. This had little
effect marketwise, only fractional de-
clines being shown in shares of COM
panies operating south of the Rio
Grande. drop of so cents a ton in
pig iron prices was reported from the
Pittsburgh district, but steel shares
held fairly steady.
A. broadening demand was appar-
ent for the oil shares. Net gains of
point or more were recorded by
Amerada, Independent Oil and Gas,
Midcontinent Petroleum, Panhandle
and Phillips. Woolworth Told stock
responded to the announcement of
record-breaking 1925 earnings by NOV
ing up about 21a points. Sharp gains
also were recorded by American Ag-
FlcltItuFdI GHeHllcal preferred, Alnerl-
can international Corp, Cushman's
Sons, General Refractories, and West
inghouse Air Brake.
With the exception of raw sugar,
which dropped 1872 of a cent a point,
all the principal commodity markets
pointed upward. Wheat futures adj
vanced nearly a cent a bushel and
cotton closed 4 to points net higher.
Coffee futures were firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
PRICES OF WASHINGTON STOCKS
HOLD FIRM AS WEEK CLOSES
Saturday Brief Session Witnesses Light
Trading-Week Shows Few Recessions.
c.. E. Mitchell Bullish on 1927.

81, in addition to the regular semi
| annual dividend of 4 per cent.
| Most of the leading railroads are
stressing the need for earning enough
| to pay dividends that will enable the
railways to finance more largely in
| future by the sale of stock. w. j.
| Harahan, president of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, says:
II think 1t is desirable and is be-
coming feasible for the railroads to
| finance more largely by the sale of
stock than has been the case within
recent years. This is all contingent.
however, on the proper treatment of
| the railroads, allowing them to earn
sufficient that their credit may be well
| developed
Three Brothers Bank Presidents.
The election of Representative
| Bacharach to the presidency of the
Second National Bank in Atlantic
+, City brings to light the interesting
fact that three brothers in this family
are all heads of banks.
| Harry Bacharach, former mayor of
Atlantic City. is president of the
Equitable Trust Co. at the seaside re-
sort and has held that Office since the
founding of the bank in 1918.
Benjamin Bacharach Is president of
! the Chelsea Safe Deposit and Trust
| Co, also an Atlantic City institution.
| This bank opened for business in 1922
and now has deposits of over 81 .000,-
| 600
Cotton Mill Stocks Selling Low.
| Due to the depression prevailing in
| the cotton industry during recent
! years the average price of Southern
n xfn rI1 cn1 t~Z
at the lowest level recorded since pre-
war days, according to survey made
| by r. s. Dickson & Co., Inc, of Cas-
tonia, S. c. The average for Is stocks
was $110.56 at the close of 1926,
against $144.54 at the close of 1923.
The evarage decline for 1924 was
| S1734 per share, while the total de-
cline from the high mark of 1928 to
the low mark of 1926 was $34.54, plac-
| ing the average at the lowest level
recorded since pre-war days.
Heard I'M Financial District.
The District Bankers Association
will hold regular meeting tomorrow
afternoon at 4:30 at headquarters,
| President Howard Moran presiding.
Directors meetings yesterday of the
| Washington Title Insurance Co, the
Lawyers Title Insurance Co. and the
| District Title Insurance Co, resulted
in the declaration by each company of
the regular senii-annual dividend of 4
| per cent payable January IT.
| Hayden, Stone & Co. and three
other firms are offering a new issue
| of $3,000,000 San Antonio Joint Stock
Land Bank per cent farm loan
bonds, due January 1, 1857, at 1913 and
| interest to yield 4.62 per cent.
| For the year 1926 the volume of
| business of the Liggett Drug Stores
was $50 1856 1876. comparing with $43,-
| 254,376 in 1925--an increase of $10,.
I01 ,819, or 1886 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
WILL OPEN NEW OFFICE.
Northeast Building Association
Now in It's Eleventh Year.

During the coming week the North
east Building Association will open
its attractive and commodious Office
in the new building erected at 2010
Rhode Island avenue northeast The
organization recently entered it's
eleventh year. James l.. Sherwood
has served continuously as president
w. Charles Heitmuller and John l..
Knopp have served continuously as
first and second vice presidents re-
spectiveiy. s. s.. Symons is secretary.
Frank M. Hatley is treasurer. DR.
Allen f. Cowles is assistant secretary,
and William S. Torbert, general
counsel. Members of the board are
II. G. Althoff, Mrs. l.. l.. Anderson,
X. p. Armstrong. n. d. Baron, Julian
F. Belfield, J. ID. Donovan. J. e. Dono-
van. w. J. Dow, A. l.. Foster, Thomas
p. Hickman, Alfred Jeffrey, Thomas
s. Mallon, DIR. Redmond Mayo, John
l.. Openshaw, James e. Payne. John
B. Rubino, J. l.. Sherwood, jr.,
Joseph p. Stubener, Roy l.. Swenson,
John. J. Robin and N. j. Ward. The
Eofficers also. are on the board,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
BUTTER is FIRM.
Confidence Appears Restored, With
BUYERS Operating More Freely.

CHICAGO, January 10 OP).-Butter
today ruled Arm. with prices on top
scores 4c TO l2c higher. Confidence
appears TO have been restored, as
blIvers are operating a little more
freely, and trade was fairly active
for a Saturday. Cheap butter is still
in light supply and wanted. The
centralized car market was firm under
an improved demand, especially 80,
score cars. Receivers expressed more
confidence, and held for premiums.
Fresh-92 score. 4SA; 81 score.
47Ia; 80 score. 4e13; SO score, 40; SO
score, As: 81 score, A.
Centralized--90 score. 46az inside
50 score, 45%: So score. As.