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New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
OIL COMPANIES
near AGREEMENT
Standard and Sinclair Firms
Seeking Combination

New York. July e4.-P-Ihe New
York World today saws that signs
dlscernihle in Wall street indicate
that out of the oil situation that has
held the attention of the country
the last four days may come work
ing combination Of the STANDARD Oil
company OF Indiana and the Sin.
clair Consolidated Oil company in
volving hundreds Of millions of dol
lars in capital holdings of the two
corporations.
Signs pointing to such a comhina
ton, said the World, were seen in
the contemplated doubling of the
capacity Of the Sinclair Pipe line
which is controlled equally by the
Standard Oil company OF Indiana
and the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
corporation.
II this contemplated doubling OF
capacity presages a combination be-
tween Col. Robert ". Stewart, chair
man Of the board of the Standard OF
Indiana, and Harry F. Sinclair
head Of the Sinclair company, said
the World 1t means that the Stand
ard OF Indiana is taking an import
ant step to free itself from depend
ence upon Rockefeller subsidiaries.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. largest in
dlvldual stockholder in the STANDARD
OF India. has been trying to force
Col. Stewart from the chairmanship
since the latter's refusal last winter
TO answer certain questions before
the senate Teapot Dome committee,
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
river STEAMERS
Will RACE AGAIN
Two Packets at Cincinnati Await
Starters Bell

Cincinnati. O.. July - lP-The
Betsy Ann and the Christ Greene,
Ohio river packets, lay a, anchor to-
day awaiting the clang OF bells who h
viii send them putting and ohurnlns
along the Ohio IN race tonight
that will recall the days when the
river was in It's glory
Veteran river men say II Will be
the first official race since the DAYS
when Cincinnati was the gateway to
the west and the Ohio was the only
practleal way Of reaching II.
1t will be far different. however.
from the DAYS when the side
wheelers churned slowly uestwa I'd
carrying freight and settlers for a
new country \ squadron OF air.
planes Will 2oom overhead. speed
craft will circle about and hun
dreds are expected to follow along
the shores in automobiles.
As the two steamers lay at an
Choir, the river was setting a tur-
bulent stage. Recent transforms
along the main stream and its tri-
butaries had swollen il high upon
its banks and the speed Of the cur
rent was constantly increasing. This
was expected 70 better the time Of
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
LIFE IS THREATENED
Senator Helm Exercises Extreme
Caution When He Asks to Have
Hts Bed Repaired In Hotel.

Asbury Park. N. j.. July - (UP)
Senator Thomas ]. Helm of Ala.
bama. making speaking tour
against Governor Smith, dislodged
three Stats in his bed and called the
motel office to have them replaced
Send trustworthy man." the
senator told the office.
An assistant treasurer Of the hotel
appeared.
How do know you are the man
sent up by the clerk? My life has
been threatened in letters from
Catholics and l do not intend to
take chances with you. sir. I'm going
to lock this door a minute now and
telephone the clerk and il he identi-
flies you properly. I'll let you in"
Helm said.
He locked the door, called the Of
fee and received the assistant treas
urer's description. Then he opened
the door slightly, carefully inspected
the treasurer and finally admitted
him. The assistant treasurer could
not repair the bed himself and
called a carpenter.
The Ala ALBANIAN went through a
similar inspection with the carpenter
and finally the bed was repaired.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

with 261 in 1916. OF these, go re-
ported on their expenditures. which
aggregated Ss.137.s79, and 272 re-
ported on the value of their church
edifices, which amounted to see,-
o53.5s5.
OF the 1899 Catholic churches in
the United States. 1000 were in
rural areas (unincorporated places
Of less than 2,5oo population), but
the value OF 1850 rural churches
was only s167.524,273 out of a total
Of sss7.2oe,o5s given for 1928
Catholic churches reporting on this
point in the entire country.
Catholic churches in the United
States reported a toal expenditure
for 1886 churches amounting to
s2o4S22.9s7. OF which s1sl.734.3s4
was for current expenses and i'm
provements, and s1aSs1.523 was for
benevolences and missions.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

pecting its leader. Herbert Hoover
to take much part in the speaking
campaign. For this reason, party
chieftains are rounding up their
heaviest oratorical guns to Offset the
expected fire from Governor Smith
the democratic nominee.
Under the present plans. Senator
Curtis. of Kansas. republican vice
presidential candidate. Will be used
in the oratorical offensive on both
the eastern and middle western
fronts. Cabinet officers and others
high in the republican organization
are enllstlns also for duty in the
September and October drives.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
D|SSENS|0NS IN
| G. 0. PARE aired
Georgia State Tangle Now
Thrown Into Court

Atlanta. Ga. July "a P-Dlssen-
sion within Georgia republican ranks
which was passed over to the ma
tional executive committee for set
Element during the Kansas City con-
vention, today was also under scru-
tiny OF Fulton county superior court
by virtue Of Injunction proceedings
The tangle was thrown into court
yesterday when 3. J. Cofer. Albany.
Ga. negro editor, obtained a tenn
porary injunction which deprived a
called meeting of the state execu-
tive committee" of the right to rams
act party business
Golfer charged that the meeting
had been called for the purpose of
naming presidential electors to ap-
pear on the party ticket in Novem-
Der, and therefore was illegal be
cause there was no national com
mitteeman pending decision Of the
national executive committee.
Hearing July IS
Defendants who were ordered TO
appear for a hearing on July IS
were Ben J. Davis, negro. former
national committeeman; Roscoe
Pickett. chairman of the state cen
trail committee: j. T. Rose, collec-
tor of internal revenue for Georgia;
John W. Martin. treasurer of the
central committee; Clint W. Hager.
United States district attorney for
northern Georgia: Mamie Williams.
Savannah negro woman and former
rational com mitteewoman; ]. L.
Harris, Athens. Ga. negro. and ole
H Watson. Albany negro who con-
tended against Davis for the post Of
national committeeman at Kansas
City.
Pickett. who with several others.
left the meeting when court papers
were served, announced that Ben
Davis. the suspended" national
committeeman. had approached him
about meeting Saturday. but that
he had given nom comnital an
swer. Apprised that meeting was
called without his consent for yes
terday. he appeared and declared it
adjourned. he explained
Davis insisted that the gathering
was the state executive committee
named at the state convention prior
to the Kansas City convention and
had the right to choose electors
Pickett said. adding that in my
opinion. only the state republican
central committee OF 70 can do
this"
Watson Supporter
Cofer. instigator Of the court
action. was a lieutenant OF Joe Wat
son in the Kansas City battle for
leadership between Watson and Ben
Davis, then accredited national COM
mitteeman. The work of the Kan
sas City convention was held up for
Is minutes for roll call. but to no
avail. The whole matter was left
with the national executive commit
tee which was announced no de-
cision. Davis since has publicly
characterized his status as a kind
of suspension"
Yesterdays meeting continued in
executive session for several hours.
No announcement was forthcoming
at its conclusion.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
p Night Clubs Are
Padlocked in BROOKLYN

New York, July "a LP-Twenty-
four restaurants and night clubs in
Manhattan and Brooklyn have been
ordered padlooked by Federal
Judges for violations of the Nolstead
act. Ten others were ordered TO
post bonds to guarantee obedience
to the law.
OF the fourteen closed in Man
haitian, seven were padlocked for
one year and seven for six months
The Brooklyn places we're closed for
periods of two to SIX months.
Personal inlunctions also were OBJ
tanned against the owners, managers
and selling employees Of the II Man
haitian places, all of which are
among the less pretentious Of the
clty's night resorts.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Shows Big GAINS
Steady Increase in Membership
in. America

Washington. July - F-The
membership Of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States totalled
1s.so4,s5o persons in 1926. an in
crease OF nearly 20 per cent over the
total membership OF ten years be-
fore, which was reported 18TH
SIS. The figures were made public
today by the census bureau as a
part of its regular decennial count
OF religious body membership.
Catholic churches in 1926 num-
bered 1899 as compared with IT,
in 1916.
Census returns for a number OF
the larger Protestant denominations
have been announced by the bureau
for 1926. but are still incomplete
and such large groupings as the
Southern Baptist convention have
yet be to enumerated.
4 total membership Of 4.oso,777
was reported for the Methodist
Episcopal church for 1926 with 2e,-
1870 churches as compared with 90
Bis churches and 3,717,7S5 mem bers
In 1916. The Methodist Episcopal
church south had 1906 churches
and 2,4s7,695 members in 1925 as
compared with la.l54 churches and
2.114,479 members in 1915.
The northern Baptist convention
In 1926 had 1912 churches and L.
2so,4Ss members against S,14s
churches and 1,o32ls.5 members in
1915.
The Protestant Episcopal church
for 1926 reported 1923 churches
with 1896 members while in
1916 1t was credited with 7,s45
churches and l,o92,so1 members.
The Presbyterian church in tie
United States for 1925 reported s.
s47 churches and 1s94,o30 men,
bers, against 1853 churches and L.
6ll.251 members in 1915.
There we're 6.257 Congregational
churches with so1.s members in
1926 against 5.se3 churches and
79l.274 members in 1916
The Negro Baptist church in 1926
had 22,oSl churches and S.is6,s23
members while in 1916 it had FL
OIL churches and 2,93s,579 mem
bers
The Disciples Of Christ had 7,74s
churches and 1.377,595 members in
1926 against 1915 church total Of
1896 with 1,226.o2s members
All OF the Protestant donomina-
lions the bureau explained have a
number OF federated churches IN
which two or more denominations
are associated.
All figures for 1926 were an
nounced as preliminary and subject
to correction.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
BY GEORGE H. MANNING
Warrington Bureau Of the ~ B. Herald

(WashinStou Bureau Of the ~. B. Herald
SH1,747 Catholics In Connecticut
Washington, D. c.. July "a
Membership in the Roman Catholic
church has increased at a greater
rats In Connecticut than in the
United States as a whole
n In tan years. the number Of Cath
nltcs In Connecticut has increased
from 4S3,s3% TO 557.747 a growth OF
more than is per cent. while the
number OF Catholics in the United
States as whole has increased not
quite ~ per cent, according to sta
tisttcs made public today by the U.
6. census bureau. Total member
ship Of the Roman Catholic church
grew from 15,721.S15 in 1916, tc
1s,60l.S50 in 1926, when the last
census of religious bodies was taken
This is an increase for the United
States OF somewhat less than IL per
cent in the membership of the Ro-
man Catholic church. No other
church has as large a membership.
the nearest approach being the Bap-
fists Of various sects, whose total
membership is s,440,o0o, but all the
major Protestant churches have
grown at much higher rate than
has the Roman Catholic church.
The Methodist Episcopal church.
including the southern Methodists
jumped from 6,os9,433 in 1916 to
7.o252S4. an increase OF slightly
more than l 5 per cent. The Baptist
churches Of all kinds showed an in
crease Of more than 16 per cent in
the ten years. The total member
ship OF the eight sects of the Pres
byterians increased from 2.241, $50
In 1916 to 2,625.274 in 1926. an in
crease of more than II per cent.
Protestant Episcopal Church Growth
The Protestant Episcopal church.
which is not divided into sects,
showed the greatest proportional in
crease OF all its membership growing
from 1.092.s21 to 1,S5S,966. an in.
crease OF 20 per cent The several
kinds Of Lutheran churches showed
an increase Of 60 per cent, although
this Is not exactly accurate, as rot
all the different branches of this
church were reported in 1915. when
the total reported membership was
z.467516. A more nearly complete
census showed 3,964,341 Lutherans
In the United States in 1925.
There were 3o1 Catholic churches
IN Connecticut in 1926. as compared
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

the racers in their oo-nlle course to
New Richmond. o. Because of the
food. all locks Will be opened and
no wickets will be in the way to de-
lay the course. This means fun
speed ahead with all the steam the
boilers Will stand
The Betsy Ann carrying the gllded
elk horns won in contest on the Mis-
slssippl which she defes the Christ
Greene to take from her. steam.d
INTO port last night. Frederick Way.
president of the Pittsburgh and Gin
einnati Packet company, and the
author of the challenge. which The
Christ Greene so readily accepted.
was passenger.
The Christ Greene of the Greene
Line COMPANY, pulled IN earlier in
the evening and during the night.
both we're loaded with oargoes OF
freight.
Anticipation OF an exciting event
has attracted large number OF
passengers The Betsy Ann has
hoohSu laH ana the I nrlSf o. No
$50 who Will get closeup view
from the decks.
AS the two crews worked around
the boats today. cleaning the boilers
and oillne the engines, each pre-
dlcted the other could not win Both
crews. too, were apprehensive o.
beng rarmed In race like this -"
veteran river men explained, If one
boat slips ahead, the other rams into
her side and wedges her toward the
shore"
However. the race Is under the
supervision OF government river IN
spectors and they Will be aboard 10
observe tactics
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
ON POLICE BIOTIER

Complaint was made to the police
today that pigeons have been stolen
al liz Carlton street.
FRANK Begal OF "A Grove street
complained that the rear wheel was
stolen OF his bicycle.
John Neehan complained that
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24
Republicans Organizing
Mobile Speaking Squad

Washington, July p W-Republi-
cans are organizing mobile speak
ing squad to be sed on a moments
notice wherever the firing is heavi-
est. Representative Newton OF
MINI. is director Of the party's
speaking bureau and has been IN
conference here for several days
outlining his program.
Aside from an occasional address
over the radio. fthe party is not ex-
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

Many people two hours after cal
ing, suffer INDIGESTION as they call
II l. Is usually excess acid. Cor
rect Il with an alkal The best way,
The quick harmless and efficient way.
IS Phillips MILK OF Magnesia i.
has remained for 50 years the stand
ard Nlfh physicians One spoonful
IN water neutral,zes many times its
volume N stomach acids. and at
once. The symptoms disappear in
rive minutes
VOW will never use crude METHODS
when you know this better method.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

children trespass on his property at
Clark and Union streets and yeetsr-
day a window in his monumental
works office was broken by 4 stone,
Charles Contaras complained to
the police yesterday that Z maple
tree in front Of his property It the
corner of Francis and Carlton
streets had been cut down.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

And You viii never suffer from eN-
cess acld when you prove out this
easy re!let. Please do that-tor your
own Sake-now.
he sure TO get the genuine Phil
l'ns' Milk OF Magnesia prescribed by
physicians FOR 50 years in correcting
excess acids, Csc and soc a bottle
any drugstore.
Milk OF Magnesia" has been the
l. s. Registered Trade Mark OF The
Charles H Phillips Chemical Com
pany and its predecessor Charles H
Phillips since 1873.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-24

The gray fox is much less swift
than the red fox: it differs also in
important structural characters and
unlike all other foxes. is an expert
climber.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

ever sold. One of the few issues Il
stem the tide of late realizing, Radio
closed slightly under its top ut 12D1s
Powerful pool operators were creditet
with responsibility for the rise OF the
stock, which was made more meteortc
by a rush to cover by the shorts. Cen
era1 Motors tailed to maintain its early
gains, and closed the session at 157&
for let loss of 2 points. Total sales
of the issue in the past 3 days ap-
preached the 100000 level with to-
days 2-hour turnover Of $4,000
shares.
U. s. Steel, heavily bought at the
opening, extended its recent advance
to 1861, more than a point above the
previous close, but yielded with most
other industrials to finish the day with
fractional net loss. Numerous other
issues relinquished eafly advances and
closed lower including montgomery
Ward, Tinken, and several Of the in
dependent motors, such rs Packard,
Studebaker,. Nash and Hudson, the
last named dropping back to 2% from
a new high Of 947s Hupp chung to
most Of its point gain.
A few isolated stocks, however, fol-
lowed a strong course throughout the
session. Westinghouse Electric, adj
vancing BIZ to new top of i041a,
where it closed, yielded in interest only
to Radio, from which doubtless it de-
rived much of it's strength. Interna-
tional Nickel scored h. net gain of 2s5,
and advances of / to 2 points were
held by Montana Power, Dupont, Con-
tinental Can, American Telephone and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
Rubber issues, which have been sink
ing on the weakness of rubber futures,
turned upward. Goodyear first pre-
ferred, Goodrich preferred and Fisk
first preferred were up d point or SO.
Railroads were quiet, but generally
firm, gains of a point or more being
recorded in Canadian Pacific, CheSa-
peake and Ohio and Western Pacific.
A feature was the renewed strength
of seveIa of the bank issues, Bank OF
America advancing Al points, Bank OF
New York and Trust company So, Bank
of Manhattan Is, and Chatham ,Pherix
10. Sales in this group, as usual, were
small.
Among the leading industrials, many
enormous blocks changed hands. Sin
gle transactions involving 10000 or
more shares of Radio followed each
other in rapid succession.
Changes in foreign exchange were
no more than nominal. Sterling cables
and French francs ruled unchanged
around $4.87 1915 and 1884 cents,
respectively.
The weekly report of clearing house
banks and trust companies showed
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
Weekly Copper ReUieD
BY CHARLES f. WILLIS
Editor, the Mining JOurnall

Business is better, is the comment
on the metal market during the past
week, but there is every reason why
business should be better in lead and
zinc particularly as those two metals
are holding a price that is a record
low for number of years. Zinc is
running about $50 and lead staying
at 600, New York, although some
concessions are being made below that
price.
The last time that lead was down
as low as cents was in the summer
Of 1928. 1t has been the weakness of
the London market which has dragged
the domestic price down and the
weakness in London seems to be still
existing even with the present condi-
ton. ael
Formation OF lead institute mod
eled after the copper institute or the
Copper Exporters, Inc, is said to be
a likely development OF the near
future Producers of lead recently
have discussed the necessity OF organ
izing such a body and while definite
action has not yet been taken in the
opinion of certain interests such an
organization probably will be founded.
Lead interests, if they should form
an association of any kind, would
have as their chief purpose, it is
understood, the study of lead uses and
lead production and the gathering and
presentation of statistics relating to
production and use.
The copper producers are persistent
in their policy holding tight to the
price of IA 1-8 fob. Connecticut
points which is about 1890 f.o b.
mines. The market generally is an
eighth less than the price being held
for by the producers and they seem
willing to hold their metal rather than
concede any price drop. The custom
smelters have been making price con-
cessions below the 14-cent mark and,
of course, getting what sales were to
be had.
Export copper remains at 1850 LOO.
European points which corresponds
with about 1890 f o. b. mines. While
the figures on February shipments are
not yet fully compiled and available.
it is stated that exports for February
will show a tremendous drop from
the January totals
It is felt by students of the German
industrial situation that Germany can
not. be expected to consume as much
metal this year as last although 1t
should be close up, to the 1927 figures.
The German idea is that, in order TO
produce volume business on the metal
products it is, necessary to keep It
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH SUNDAY MORNING MARCH H. 1928

cheap and that a rising price ten
dency will slow down business.
There has been steady rise in tlst
net exports of the countries PRODUCING
more of the metals than they con-
sumo. Canada is an exporter OF cop
per, lead and zinc. Ta1G average e4-
ports Of copper for 1927 was 1909
tons monthly against 1888 tons
monthly in 1926. They exported 903G
tons monthly of lead in 1927 against
1856 tons monthly during 1926. In
zinc, 4l99 tons monthly went out OF
the country as against 3585 tons dur
ing 1926.
Chile exports only copper and their
figures have increased from l3,O28
tons monthly in 1925 to 1876 tons
monthly in 1926 to 18,S19 tons monthly
in 1927. Spain and Australia are also
copper exporters but no large amounts.
Australia is the largest exporter OF
lead outside of the United States,
sending out a net amount OF 1913
tons monthly during 1927 as against
IL 500 tons during 1925. In zinc they
sent out 1892 tons monthly during
1927 and 1892 tons during 1926.
The net monthly exports OF lead
during 1927 have increased from Can
ada, Belgium, British India, Australia,
Tunis and Turkey and decreased a
little from Poland and Spain.
The net zinc exports increased last
year Canada, Poland, Norway and
Australia and decreased from Belgium,
Netherland and Spain. The net ex-
ports Of foreign countries OF copper
increased from the three major ex-
porting countries, Canada, Chile and
Spain.
The evidence as shown by these fig
llres is that the foreign countries seem
to be in position to take better adj
vantage of the increase in the world
consumption of metals than does the
United States. United States mines
have been attempting to regulate the
market and have taken FAR more than
their share of the loss in production
and in foreign business.
FrankneSs in an analysis OF the
metal situation in the United States
was recently given in New York BY
Stephen S. Tuthill, secretary OF the
American Zinc Institute. His analysis
was, briefly, that the trouble is not
actual over production although po-
tential production exists. "The
real trouble is what may be called for
the want of better term 'unintelli-
gent market practices. 'Cut-throat'
and ruthless are the terms applied to
the kind of a competition that is
wiping out the profit of highly eff
cient production Mr.. Tuthill believes
that the answer lies in modification
of the anti trust and restraint-of-
trade laws. 3s