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New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
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New York. Nov. 2: R-Ordinary life insurance sales in the United States totaled $7s4,677.00o in Octo- Der, gain of 16 per cent over Octo- Der 1927. Life insurance sales re- search bureau of Hartford. Conn.,. which represents 80 companies hav- Ing in force 58 per cent of tho legal reserve life insurance in the United States sees in these figures prosper ity in all sections of the country. Sales for the past 10 months are { per cent ahead of tho 1927 record.
 Large scale buying of lead and zinc featured business in nonferrous metals last week, although copper sold in close to average volume, Engineering and Mining Journal" report. Tin-plate interests were good buyers of tin for both prompt and forward delisDry at advancing prices. Platinum and quicksilver were un- settled. with no quotational change.
 Spag, Chalfant & Company. Inc, of Pittsburgh, has booked an order for 5000 tons of 6 5-s inch seamless pipe, about 100 miles. for the oil line from Tulsa, Okla. to Lockport. Ill.,, to be built by the Texas Corporation and the Empire Gas & Fuel Con- pany The rest of the order, which was for 12N inch pipe went to A. o. Smith Company of Milwaukee. spang, chalfant's plant is now oper- ating at 30 per cent of capacity in the seamless department and S5 in the welded mills.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
BOND MARKET HAS
 USUAL QUIET DAY
Prices Cling to YSterdly's
 LeYa-TradinS Light

New York. Nov. g H-Prices clung to yesterdays levels in light early trading on the bond market today Traders apparently were dis inclined to increase commitments and the market displayed tho usual quietness of Thursday morning preceding the announcement of the brokers loan total.
 Public Service of New Jersey ths recovered some lost ground. and General Motors Acceptance 6c. In- ternational Paper bs, Postal Tele- graph 6s and Bethlehem Steel s l-2s also improved. but gains were frac- tional. Some oils also were in de- mand. especially Pan-American Pe- troleum 6s and Transcontinental Oil Shs. A few railroad issues were traded at yesterdays prices.
 The foreign list was dull. with Italian Industrial again attracting most buying.
 Announcement was made that the $15,0oo,ooo issue of Rudolph Kar- stadt per cent bonds. offered to- day was oversubscribed, Reports from Chicago indicated the board of trade plans, with approval of mem- bers who will vote December 5. to float a $12.O00. 900 issue of per cent. Bonds, proceeds to be issued for financing construction of its new 44-story exchange building.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1s2s

house to telephone for tho fire de- partment Then he returned and ran in for the horses when. two sheds away. he heard . boy calling. He dashed into the burning barn and seeing only young Smith there. he threw him down from the hay pile. he said. He couldn't get down the stairs 70 he jumped himself. Then he dragged the boy out into the open. he said. and proceeded to un. hitch the horses and lead them down the street.
 Asked If he led tho horses out he said he did and there were no men around. He said that had he known Frankie was inside. he would have rushed through the flames and rescued him. Every few sentences in the boys tale were punctuate6 by I exclamations of Honest. ] did"
 The barn that was burned is . one story structure. There were no stairs for him to ascend and none for him to descend. There apparent ly was no place for him to throw 
 young Smith except of the pile to the ground. He then said he tried to get the horses out but couldn't get them loose. Then he admitted that there were men there who took the horses out.
 Fire Chief William J. Noble and Michael Souney and Captain Woods of Company No. 3. which arrived at the scene on g. still alarm before the rest of the apparatus. knew noth- ing about the reported heroism of the boy and were not made aware of it. None of the firemen at work at the fire could tell anything about it. No one else could be found who could substantiate the claims of the Bartumioli boy.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22

Plywood went ahead on buying stim- Ilated by good earnings and curtiss Publishing pushed up to . new peak. Stutx again was strong point in the motors. jumping forward about : points
 Spaulding was . weak spot, tumbling II points. Hazeltine lost { points in the early trading but re- covered 1t later. Newmont Mining lost about points but also regained its loss.
 Oil stocks were generally strong. although most of them failed to reach the high levels achieved earlier in the week. Standard of Kentucky spurted up points to- . new peak. and Indiana rallied from early heaviness. Humble and Prairie also went forward.
 UtQities were irregular, Electric bond and share and American Superpower B gaining 2 points. while American Light and Traction fell ,.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
SPECULATION IS VIOLENT TODAY
Pools Whirl High Priced Spe'
 cidd@ Upward

New York, Nov. P R-Specula. tion for the advance was resumed in a violent manner in today's stock market after yesterdays sharp set. back. Powerful pools brought for. ward at least dozen high priced specialties and whirled them up. ward to nearly 35 points, presum. ably at the expense of an over. crowded short interest. With the exception of the motors, which were again under pressure. the general list joined the upswing.
 Although there was still q wide spread divergence of opinion as to whether yesterdays reaction had sufficiently corrected the weakened technical position of the market, there was no question but that the market had developed an enormous reserve of buying power. There was a marked scarcity in the floating supply of high grade issues, tending to confirm the belief that investors were not yet ready to see and that large blocks of these securities had been taken out of the market by investment trusts.
 Fears of an increase in the Bank of England redisconnt rate. which might result in a withdrawal of foreign balances from New York, proved to be unfounded. Call money was f1rmer as result Of ap- preaching holiday demand. Wide. spread curiosity developed as to what the weekly brokers loan hg- ures would show. Ordinarily. an advance such as that of the past week would bring about a huge in. crease, but the relatively insignifi- cant gain last week made guessing a futile pastime. Many bankers are of the opinion that loans are being arranged through private. corpor- ate and foreign sources which do not appear in the Federal Reserve totals.
 Wright Aeronautical furnished the main pyrotechnics of today's session, soaring 34 3-s points to . new high record at 255 3-s. Mid land Steel Products preferred ran up 27 1-2 points. Radio 25. Mont- 20. Curtiss Aeroplans IS, Victor Talking Machine IF, 1n- spiration Copper 3. National Biscuit z 1-2, Union Carbide !, Allied Chem- Ical 6 3.l. Cerro De Pasco 6 b-s and Credit 6 1-5.
 The brisk demand for the coppers was inspired by the raising of the annual dividend on Greene Cananea from e to &6 and the resumption of payments at the rate of 8 an- nually on Inspiration. which paid it's last dividend. of 25 cents. in the spring of 1927.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22

Frankie. He say, hs run away. l go look for him and can hnd him no place. Then Eddie. he tell mo Frankie is in the barn. run telling the hremsn my boy is in the, fire and get all burned and they try to ind him but when they do. be all burned up."
 Did you zee Joseph Bartumioli at the time?" she was asked.
 NO, l sec him no place. After" with wave of her hand. T sec him go where the horses are but there Is no hre there."
 The two girls in the house told tho same story. They said that they saw young Bartumioli when he ar rived. They said he ran from across the street. saw tho ire and then ran to the house of a neighbor to tele- phone for tho fire department. He didn't even get the horses out" one of them said. Guido and Cosmo the two men from across the street went in and got them. You can see that the horses would never have been burned because there was no nre in their part of the barn."
 The shed that was actually burned is . frame building about 1s feek high. It had two sets of swinging doors on it. Hay was piled from the floor to the roof. It was only one story high. Adjoining it and running south. is another section which housed large work truck owned by Samuel Calvo, the husband and father. The partition between this and the hay storage place and part of the roof were burned. Next to this are the stalls for the horses which were not touched by the fire and the last building in the row is a small. two-story barn.
 Unable to find Edward Smith who was in the barn with young Calvo. a reporter asked for his parents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith who reside next door to the Calvo family. were at work and do not come home until night.
 I'Au you tdlh tC GuulC 9iIllIH tHdL night and did he say anything ?" Mrs. Calvo was asked. One of the daughters then explained: "Yes, that night. Monday night. Eddie's father and mother, my mother and my sis ter and were in their house. told him that we wanted the truth and his father wouldn't hit him if he told the truth. Eddie then told us that he and Frankie had some matches and they went into the hay pile. They set fire to the hay and both got scared. Frankie scooted to the back of the barn and Eddie ran out going around to the front of our house. No one helped him out. he came out himself. he said. There my mother found him and he was afraid to tell her that Frankie was in the barn."
 The Bartumioli boy today said that he saw the fire from his house which is near by. He ran across the street and the roof of the shed was burning. Then he ran back across the street and went into a
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
Henry L. Davis Dies
 In Wallingf0rd Home

Wallingford, Nov. 22 R1Henry L. Davis, for many years deputy judge of the Wallingford court. died at his home here last night. after an illness of several months.
 He graduated from Yale Sheffield scientific school with the class of 1888. Besides acting as deputy judge he was a justice of peace and for mer member of the borough water board. He recently celebrated his sixty-second birthday anniversary.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
CURB MARKET IN
 GENERAL ADVANCE
Stocks Go Briskly Upward,
 Wipin6 Out Losses

New York, Nov. 22 R1Stocks on the curb market went briskly for ward again today, wiping out or diminishing many of yesterdays losses. There was a heavy accumu- lation of overnight buying orders. in expectations of further advances after yesterdays corrective reaction.
 St. Regis paper forged ahead 8 points and Keystone Aircraft I. Servel preferred jumped more than 5 points to new peak in response to merger rumors. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Rose points. Atlas
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
DEAD BOYS MOTHER
 DENIES HERO TALE.
Ms. Cdlo Says B,rtamioh Is
 Not Telling Truth

Absolute and vehement denial of the truth of the claims to heroism made in behalf of Joseph Bartumioli, II year old son Of MT. and Mrs, Dominik Bartumioli of 1es Lawtor street at the Ire in hay barn in the rear of l2t Lawior street Mon- day noon in which Frank Calvo. age five years. lost his life. was made today by Mrs. Samuel Calvo. mother of the boy who died. corroboration of the mothers statements was made by her two daughters. age 15 and lt yearS. Tho denial wa prompted by the efforts Of we'll meaning friends of the Bartumioll boy to procure . Carnegie medal for him.
 Sitting what sre believed to be the facts from the claims made on several sides and from the story re. counted by tho Bartumioli boy him. self today. investigators were led to believe that the incident was one in which imagination. stirred by the enthusiasm of the boys playmates played the major part.
 In an interview at tho saddened Caivo home toda-i. the srief-stricken but calm and bereaved mother stat ed that tho Bartumioli boy did noth. ing to warrant the heroism accredit- ed to him. "He Is telling pack oi lies." said Mrs. Calvo backed up by her two daughters. "He did noth- ing. Look at the barn. He run in to free tho horses but there was nc fire there. He didn't even take the horses out. Two men. Guido and Cosmo, who live across tho street took the horses ont of the barn. Joe he helped but he lies when he says he was tho one who saved Eddie Smith,"
 Mrs. Calvo then recounted the story as she said it happened Mon. day. About noon. she went into the yard to get some wood. Then she went around to the front of the house and saw her son, Frank. and Eddie Smith there. They had been play mates for . long time. Young Smith was just arriving home from school and Frankie, in the joy of meeting a boyhood chum, was waiting fol him.
 I went upstairs" said Mrs. Calvo land after q little while, went te wash my hands. As l did I looked out the window and saw the barn or fire. l quickly run downstairs and just at tho front gate was Eddie Smith. Quick. l ask him, where'l
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
Committee Appointed
 On C0uncilman's Death

A committee to prepare resolu- tions on the death of Councilman AL bert N. Anderson was appointed by the mayor today, with the following as members: Alderman J. Gustave Johnson, Councilmen John 4. Larson and George Molander.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
EASTERN LEAGUE

Waterbury, Nov. 22 Rl-Attorney Herman J. Weisman, president of the Eastern League today issued . call for the annual meeting of the circuit. It will be held next Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the hotel Taft, New Haven. This follows out the usual custom of holding the an- nual meeting in the city which won the pennant. As officers were elect ed for three years at the 1927 meet ing in Albany. only administrative matters will come before the meet ing.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-22

Primary or crude zinc is made di- rectly from the domestic ore.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
z GIRL BANDITS
CAUGHT IN \. J..

HAGERSTOWN, Md, March J..
Two Young "bobbed hair bandits, :"
Dorothy SINNERS, 10. and Hilda Lit
tie, Is, both graduates of the Cham
bersburg Pa) High School, who
jumped bail shortly before the Octo-
Der. 1927, term of court, where they
were scheduled to appear on charges
Of highway robbery, were arrested
yesterday at Passaic, n. j., it was re-
ported here today.
A deputy sheriff from Chambers
burg has gone to Passaic by automo-
bile to bring the girls back. The
girls were arrested with Charles
StepIer for their alleged operations
in Shaking down" men, lured into
cars by the girls and then held up.
The arrests followed the robbery
NJ Rolllr Jones. Shippenshurg
youth. Jones, rselerted because he
looked easy" proved Just the OPP
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
Underwood & Underwood

posite. He notified police and aided
in bringing about the arrests. The
girls admitted after their apprehen.
sion that they had mulcted a bust
ness man from hamhersburG of Sc
by the same means and had obtained
stickpins and jewelry from other
men.
Stenler, according to the police at
the time, conceived the idea of the
hold-ups because the town was too
dull. He made the proposition to the
girls to help him. They agreed, they
said later, in order to get a thrill.
Stepler was placed 81 500 bail, the
Little girl under $500 and the Sim.
mers girl under $500. Stepler stayed
in Chambersburg to face the music,
but the two girls fled.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
BY International News Service


SCHENECTADY, N. Y. March l.
brougham plane still out of com
mission, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
and four friends hoped off for
Boston from the local flying field
at 9:'13 o'clock today.
Colonel Lindbergh Is to be the
guest of honor this afternoon at the
National Education Association con-
ference at Boston.
The Lone Eagle made a perfect
take-off despite the damaged con-
dition of the planes tail skid. The
skid was put out of commission
yesterday morning when Colonel
Lindbergh hoped from Curtiss
Field, l.. l., on his flight to Al
bany. He disappointed a large
crowd as well as an official recep-
ton committee Of the State legisla-
ture when he skipped the Albany
flying field and came direct to this
city.
At Albany Colonel Lindbergh ad-
dressed a joint session of the State
legislature in behalf of pending
aviation measures. Before he left
Albany today he was assured by
the leaders of the legislature that
the aviation measures would be
pa ssed.
There was a good sized crowd at
the local airport to cheer the noted
filler on his way. His flying com
paniOns were Col. Henry Brecken-
ridge. former Assistant Secretary
Of War; II. NJ. Bixby, president Of
the 81. Louis Chamber of Com.
merce; Maj. j. F.. Robertson, and
James c. Wilson, Louisville, KY,
banker.
Asked how long he would remain
in Boston, Colonel Lindbergh said:
my plans for the immediate fu.
ture are very indefinite
Colonel Lindbergh and his party
were escorted from Albany to the
local airport by a committee of law
makers
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
Z0NING law UP
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March H.
City council will consider before
passing on its final reading today
the Rosemont restriction ordinance,
which is in reality a coming ordi.
nance. There is considerable OPP
position from property IN
South Rosemont, who own property
which is better fitted for business
than residential use.i
In police court today Harrison
Lewis, charged with stealing 292
pounds Of lead from the Alexandria
Fertilizer Company, was fined $50
and costs and sentenced to 10 days
in Jail. Two soldiers from Fort
Humphreys, w. j. Treadway ana
e. w. Guess, were each fined $50
and costs for violating the crohihi-
ton law.
The body Of the unidentified white
man found near Old Pohick Church
February IL was yesterday buried In
Bethel Cemetery in a lot supplied
by a1local citizen, rather than have
the man buried in Penny Hill.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
filters SOUGHT
BY D|R|G|BLE

LAKEHrRsT, n. j.. March Il
The non-rigid dirigible J3 in charge
of Lieut.. r. S. Tyler and CARRYING
five enlisted men, left here at II
a. m. today to search for the three
naval filters missing since Monday
in an amphibian plane believed
lost near Hampton Roads, IVA.
The dirigible will fly at a slow
rate of speed over the area in Wh'2h
the amphibian is believed to have
been lost while it was en- route to
Annapolis from Hampton Roads.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
Mrs. Coolidge on Way
To Mothers Bedside

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, March
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge was speed
ing here today from Washington to
visit her mother, Mrs. Elmira Good
hue, who is seriously i'll from in
fluenza in hospital here.
The Presidents wife, who is her
self convalescing from an attack of
grippe, is making the trip by train.
She left the White House last
night
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
MOTHER OF FOX
ON STAND
By International News Service

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LOS ANGELES, March 1.-The
testimony Of a mother, bent with
grief, stood in the records Of the
joint murder trial of William Ed
ward Hickman and Welhy Hunt, his
former partner IL crime, today.
AS the trial neared its final stages,
both Mrs. Eva M. Hickman and her
divorced husband, William Thomas
Hickman, yesterday took the stand
and related the story of their un-
happy marital union in an attempt
to convince the jury, sitting in judg-
ment on Hickman and Hunt, who
are charged with the murder of C.
Ivy Toms, that their son, already
under sentence of death for the
killing of Marian Parker, is insane.
Mrs. Hickman's testimony was
practically a repetition OF the story
she related at the Marian Parker
murder trial. Laying bare the facts
of her life, she testified that she
had taken acid in an attempt to
kill herself and that she had once
been confined in a State hospital
for the insane,
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
DIAGNOSIS
!. NOT VERY
EASY

Congress has been the subject of
considerable criticism and the butt
OF numerous jokes.
It has often been belittled because
| Of its verbosity and it's cumber-
/ bome, bungling legislative ma
tehinery.
This question, "what is wrong
with Congress?" was put today to
the two oldest and the two young
est members Of the House and SEN
ate. They agreed that while Con-
gress, isn't all that it's cracked up
to be in school histories, yet it
isn't such a had place after all.
They replied as follows:
Senator Warren (R.) of Wyo-
ming, who has been in the Senate
since 1861 think we would
have a better Senate if we'd go
back to the system of years ago
when members were elected by
4 through legislatures instead of pro-
ceeding through primaries and cleo
Aion by all the people at large"
House Too Large
Representative Cooper R0 of
Wisconsin, who has served II terms
in the House-'The House is too
large. The larger it becomes the
weaker it becomes as a legislative
body. Because of its size power is
thrown too much in the hands of
few men.
Another discomforting feature is
that there is too much legislation
in conference committees-in which
six or eight men determine the
character of legislation. The rules
require that certain matters go to
certain committees. The result is
that people interested in getting
Legislation passed that should not
be passed, have bills introduced
knowing that they will go to GER
tain committees and they use all
their influence to have those COM
nittees composed of men that will
favor the bills"
Complete Remedy
Senator La Toilette R) of Wis
eonsin, youngest member of the
Senate-"In my judgment one of
the most important changes which
would improve the situation in Con-
gress would be the passage of the
so-caIled Norris resolution doing
away with the participation Of lame
ducks in legislation, and also pro-
V1dmg Tor the aDol1tlon or the snort
session. The short session results
in hasty and ill-conceived legisla.
ton and often prevents the passage
Of necessary legislation. Two ses.
sions of more equal length would
afford a complete remedy, and the
amendment would also provide for
the meeting of Congress shortly
after the election, thus making it |
more responsive to the will of the |
electorate"
Mouths Of Babes
Representative Combs CD of Mis- |
souri,, %. the baby member of the !
House-''1t is easy to find flaws in |
any organization. but ! believe that |
both the personnel OF Congress and |
its system of procedure are essen
TALLY sound. / think the public |
would be amazed to find out how
business-like it's methods are in deal
ing with national affairs. partIcu
larry in the field of taxation and |
appropriation of funds for public |
purposes. The men in Congress
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
L. Earl Rowe to Speak
To Community Center

L. Earl Rowe, director of the
Rhode Island School of Design, at
Providence, will speak in the Com
munity Center Institute series of
events at Central High School to-
night on Fakes and Forgeries."
y One other speaker remains to he
heard by community audiences,
william Starr Myers. who will
talk on Current History -at Cen
tral High School on March 20.
The Washington times., 1928-03-01
II NCE
OF | T03
YEARS
D. Internatlonal Nsws gervies

BY International News SSEvtes
LOS ANGELES, March 1.-EIer
long struggle to escape prison
term having collapsed with Gov. 9.
G. Young's refusal to intervene -
her behalf. Dorothy Mackaye. former
stage actress. was en- route to san
Quentin State penitentiary today.
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Dennison and sheriff's iaatrcu.
Miss Maclxaye left Los Angeles last
night, after being tkean from the
county jail, where she spent SIR
months, awaiting the outcome Of her
appeal to higher State courts and
to the Governor from her conviction
Of charges Of concealing circunn.
stances surrounding the death Of her
husband, Ray Raymond, musical
comedy star.
She is under sentence to serve from
one to three years at San Quentin.