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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
SOCIAL WORKER ON
 STAFF OF HOSPITAL
Will Relieve Worry in Families
 Of Distressed Patients
MRS. K!TS0N IN NEW POST
New Britain Branch of Red Cross 10 Finance New Welfare Activity Object is to Promote Recovery of Sick Inmates.

A welfare or social worker, who will do field work among the homes Of patients in the New Britain Gen eral hospital whose chances of re- covery are retarded because of worry, will be inaugurated within q short time under the sponsorship of the New Britain Red Cross chapter.
 Final arrangements were made with the engaging of Mrs. Gertrude M. kitson, historian at the hospital, for this position following a confer cnce between Dr. T. E. Recks, super intendent of the hospital, and Peter Crona, chairman of the Red Cross chapter.
 Mrs. Kitson's duties will be varied. most of them depending entirely upon the individual case. Frequent man whose chances of recovery are hampcred because of worry about his family. The wife or children may need help because the income has stopped when the family pro- wider goes to the Hospital or the wife or children may be sickly and need medical attention and have no in- come to obtain it.
 Financial Worries Rctard Progress
 The man or woman may be wor- ried because of the danger of losing his or her job. Financial troubles may cause Q slowing up in the patients improvement. According Dr T. why a mental condition, worrying over some situation not directly con- cerned with the ailment, may react against the work of the physician.
 It will be the duty of the social service worker to visit che home of the patient, talk to members of the family, offer her services in whatever capacity they can be used, and 70 effect for the contact with agencies, such as the Visiting Nurse, the Welfare society, the Tuberculosis Relief society, to call upon the fac tory officials, obtain needed medical aid. see that food is provided if nee essary and to take whatever steps possible through the different agencies to relieve the mental dis treSs of the patient and family.
 Red Cross to Finance Work
 The work will be financed by the Red Cross and will be under the supervision of Red Cross officials. It will be conducted in cooperation with but independent of, the su- pervision of the hospital. Mrs, Kitson, who now is historian ana billing clerk at the hospital will re- sign her position there to assure
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
PARKER-SMITH C0. HEARING RESUMED
Hoyt Suddenly Excuses MeTiden
 Realtor Chosen Yesterday
EIGHT JURORS SELECTED
Counsel Argue Over Point, But Judge Rules GOl1nCr OT-Counscl Indicates Poor Judgment Prob able Defense Plea.

New Haven, Oct, 16 lPl-Except for the peromptory dismissal Of States Attorney Samuel l.. Hoyt of q chosen juror, the trial Of the three officers Of the parker-Smith com pany, defunct $210oo,0u mortgage finance house, continued quietly in criminal superior court today. The work of selecting a jury went on.
 Without giving Q reason, Mr. Hoyt announced as the session open cd this morning. that he wanted to exercise his prcrogative O fpercmp- tory challenge 10 excuse Oscar GOld- ner, Meridcn real estate man, first juror chosen yesterday. Benjamin Sladc of drfens" counsel objected on the grounds that the state had al ready accepted the man. 4 heated argument cnsurd. but ii was ended by Judge Isaac Wolfe, who ordered GOllnpr excused
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Warned Not tO Talk

GOldner was one of seven select ed yesterday and sent home by Judge Wolfe. who warned them and the veniromen of the remaining panel not to discuss the case with anyone.
 With the dismissal of Goldnor. only six of the jury remained, but two more were chosen quickly. In the questioning of prospective jurors today Slade and his assistant coun- scl, Charles J. Martin indicated acain the attitude of the dcfense- that of poor business management and bad judgment that had brought the three officers of the Parker smith company to their present plight, their company in the hands of a receiver and facing civil action, themselves on trial now on 55 counts of embezzlement by trustee and agent.
 The two jurors chosen this morn ing are Wilfred Y. Warner, farmer, Of Wolcott, and George k. Clark. manufacturer of "antique furniture" of Milford. Their selection gave the case eight jurors.
 Defendants Assist Lawyers
 The defendants who are accused of having ombczzled as trustees and agents in mortgage trusts, more than $lO0,oo0, continued assisting their counsel in the selection of the jury.
 The defendants are John l.. Park CT, president; Clarence Y. Smith. secretary and Paul M. Smith, treas urer of inc defunct company.
 Several veniremcn were excused in the morning session and because of the slow progress of the case, Judge Wolfe was expected to order q session tonight.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
WIFE, 70, WE'D 49 YEARS, SLAYS MATE
 WITH AXE TODAY
New Jersey Woman Says Illus band Drank and Abused Her.
 COnieSSeS to Police
CONSIDERS MURDER AS
 MAN SHORES IN STUPOR

Mrs. Laura MathiIda Titus Tells or
 ficcrs Victim Got Up at 3:1o This
 Morning, Tore Bed Clothing or
 Her and Insisted It Was Morn-
 ing-Rcady to spend Rest of Life
 in Jail for Act.
 Summit, N. J., Oct. 16 tP}-Mrs. Laura Mathilda Titus, white haired and wrinkled by 70 years of life. today slew her 7S year old husband with an axe. The victim, James Titus, married her 49 years ago.
 Mrs, Titus confessed the killing to police after brief questioning.
 Couldn't Endure Abuse
 The woman, weighing little more than 100 pounds, and hard of hearing, said she slew her husband because she couldn't endure his abuses any longer. He drank heav- fly, she said, and was intoxicated this morning when she struck him twice with an axe.
 About 3:45 a. m. she said. in her confession to Police Chief John r. Murphy, her husband got up and went into the yard
 He returned about a half hour later and asked her when she was going to get up, pulled the bed covers off her and went down stairs.
 Shortly after Mrs. Titus got up and went down stairs, where she found her husband lying on the floor of the living room.
 Mrs Titus then said she sat down at a writing desk where she could watch the prostrate form of her husband, and debated with herself whether she would kill the man whom she had married in Milltown In 1SS0
 Debates Staying Him
 Twill l, or won't T." she asked herself. God above, must I go through today what I have been through for the last week and four days?"
 T will do it." she concluded, If 1 go to jail for life for it." Then she went into the yard and got the axe, the woman related. Upon her return to the house, she laid the weapon down and picked It up twice in indecison before she struck her husband. She struck the second blow, she stated, "to make sure he was not breathing' Her next move was 10 call four neighbors, who called a physician and police, Mrs. Titus had lived with her husband in summit more than 30 l years. He had been employed by a | local ice company until q few years ! ago. He received a pension from l the company.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Coolidge, Smith and Rosenwald Lunch Together In New York On
 Secret Mission, Observers Say
EXPresident, exGovernor and Jewish PhiIanthropist Said to Be Administering Huge Trust Fund Meetings Frequent in BustIe of Wall Street
 All Decline to Comment

Copyright 1929 by the United Press
 New York, Oct. 16 (UP)-Calvin Coolidge, Alfred F. smith and Julius RosenWald have joined in recent weeks in a series of quiet meetings in Wall street offices, in which Mr. Coolidge and eX-Governor smith have dropped any political role and are dealing with millions of dollars in a vast charitable project.
 The death of Conrad Hubert. father of the electric tiashight, in April, 1928. appears to have been the event which has brought these three men-So far apart in many things closely together at the conference board.
 They are now engaged, the United Press is informed, in determining the disposal of a sum estimated at between $S,0O0,OO0 and $9,00O,0O which Hubert left for the public good. Formal announcement re- earding their work is expected soon. Ex-Gov. Smith today admitted the truth of the report.
 New York, Oct. 16.-UP)-Down where the shadow of Trinity church's spire falls across Wall street, many strange things happen and the webs of many stories are spun.
 For instance, Calvin Coolidge and
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
EVIL EYE SLAYER
 UNDER 'DELUSION'
PSychiatrist Says Woman Un-
 doubtedIy Of Unsound Mind
IN CONDITION FOR YEARS
Mrs. Burgess COnfeSscS to Newspa- perman That She and Husband Who Later Committed Suicide Did Murder.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Oct. Is UP)- Mrs. Pearl Burgess, 52, who confess ed that she and her husband killed their estranged friend Mrs. Etta Fairchild, 76, to save their 17-ycar- old daughter Eugcnie from the aged woman's "evil eye" was of unsound mind at the time of the killing and probably had been in that condition for years, Dr. Roy Mortor. assistant state hospital testified in her trial to- day.
 "Dclusion of persecution, was the term used by Dr. Mortcr to describe Mrs. Burgess condition.
 City Editor Tcs;ifcs
 Mrs. Burgess husband killed him self in the county jail while they were awaiting their trial, but the state today continued efforts to show Mrs. Burgess was equally guilty. Lowell Plastcrer, city editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette, testified that on the night of the murder, Mrs. Bur gess admitted that i've killed Mrs. Fairchild.'
 The centuries-old superstition of the "evil eye" caused re-cnaCtment in court today of a scene familiar in peasant villages in the south of Eu- rope as the trial of Mrs, Burgess re- vealed her terror of the "spelr' cast over her family by the victim.
 Saw Nothing Unusual
 The 17 year old girl testified yes terday that she was sent away from their home on the afternoon the murder took place and was told tG telephone before returning. She noticed nothing unusual in the diH- ing room where her parents are ac- cuscd of killing Mrs. Fairchild eN- ccpt that wallpaper was torn, the girl said.
 The Burgesses had been in ter TOT of Mrs. IFairChild's "evil eye" for If years and became desperate
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THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy, possibly showers to- night; Thursday partly cloudy, cooler Thursday night.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

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Average Daily Circulation For cc;. Cs:1 Eth Hn''"s ing: 15,617.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-30

specializing in Turkish cigarettes, pro-
ducing Murad. Helmar and other
cigarettes, as well as plug and smoking
tobacco. It's advertising was Indifferent
and its earnings were steadily declining,
while those OF more popular -priced,
heavily advertised cigarettes were, rising
rapidly. In 1925 Lorillard underwent q
change of management, and with the
change decided to enter the lower-priced
field.
The company introduced "Old Colds.
In an extensive advertising campaign
and also the popular -priced cigar
Rocky Ford" A cigarette factory was
bought and production begun on large
scale. When additional money was
needed, a $l5,000,0 900 bond issue was
floated, making $35, 000, 600 In bonds out
standing as well as $11 ,000, 900 in per
cent cumulative preferred stock ahead
of the $34 100000 in common.
"Old Colds" were successfully launch-
ed. 1928 sales were about $50 per cent
higher than those of 1927, but The ulti-
mate success of the company in the
lower-priced field is not yet assured.
years have averaged $2.93, they have
been declining steadily. and in 1928
were only rs cents share.
The bond issue helped the company
to maintain good current financial
position, but heavy advertising charges
are making heavy inroads into earnings.
The fact that the company, being new
in the field, has only Just entered its
advertising campaign, and that it is not
yet as well equipped to produce cigar
cites at the low prices maintained by
its larger competitors, have doubtlessly
been responsible in part for the cut in
profits last year. The stock is specula-
tive and its future depends upon the
outcome Of the cigarette war"
DOWNRIGHT. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-30

in q splendid position to maintain its
competitive position. In all probability
earnings win continue to grow In the
future, and there is much talk OF q
split of its common shares during 1929
on q two-for-one basis, with perhaps
five-dollaI dividend rate II business
continues to improve. With its pres
eflt well secured dividend Of So It yields
about 40 per cent.
Liggett & Myers.
Liggett & Myers Is the third largest
company specializing in the production
of popular-priced cigarettes, principal
products being Chesterfield, Fatirna and
Piedmont cigarettes and Velvet smoking
tobacco. Liggett g. Myers earnings in
creased about the same as Reynolds IN
1928, although not so much as Amer
leans. Since larger profits were shown,
however, in spite of lower cigarette
prices, It is obvious that this company
made progress during the year.
Liggett 81 Myers follows the policy
OF declaring early each year the regu-
lar dividend Of 81 and then adding an
extra dividend, the size Of which Is de-
termined by the years earnings. The
extra has been 81 for some time, lead
ing many to consider the stock a IS
stock.
At current prices the yield on this
dividend Is around SO per cent, which
Is generous enough as compared with
the yields on other tobacco stocks, whose
dividends are earned by even a smaller
margin. Liggett 81 Myers earnings have
shown remarkable stability for the past
seven years, averaging $6.43 a share
and reaching $6.82 in 1928, thus amply
covering the IS paid
Perhaps one reason why the stock
sells on somewhat higher yield basis
than other leading tobaccos is because
1t has an issue of bonds and cumulative
preferred stock ahead of the common.
In less prosperous times these issues
might be burden. but in recent years
the company has so steadily improved
its financial position that today it has
a large enough working capital to take
care of its funded debt easily.
p. Lorillard had for many years been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-30
RADIO TELEGRAPH
MERGER TENTATIVE.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 3O.---The re-
ported agreement whereby 1t was said
the international Telephone & Tele-
graph Corporation had purchased r.
C. A. Communications, Inc, from the
Radio Corporation Of America ID "is
merely an accord as to the desirability
of q consolidation" and "a tentative
plan under which &c may be accom-
plished when the law permits the
president of r. G, A. and I. T. g. r. an
nounced.
"The statement was prompted by re-
ports published yesterday that the sale
had been accomplished by the signing
Of articles In 4 suburb of Paris BY owen
d. Young, chairman of the board Of r.
G. A.; David Sarnoff, vice president and
general manager of n. O, A.; Thomas
w. Lamont partner In the banking firm
of j. r. Morgan 81 Co., and II. b. Orde,
vice president and treasurer Of I. r. &
T. The report said that the considera-
ton was about 500, 10000 and all that
remained to be done was for I. T. & r.
to pay the purchase price.
Gen. Hartford, president OF the
Radio Corporation Of America, and
Sosthenes Behn, president Of the Inter-
national Telephone 81 Telegraph Cor
poration," the statement said, IAN
nounced that the reported agreement
between the Radio Corporation of
America and the International Tele-
phone 81 Telegraph Corporation Is
merely an accord as to the desirability
of consolidation of their communica-
tons interests and tentative plan I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-30
WESTERN UNION REPORT.

NEW YORK, March 80 Especially -
"Our faith reposes in wires" Thus
Newcomb Carlton, president Of the
Western Union Telegraph Co., In his
statement to stockholders contained In
the pamphlet annual report issued yes
terday by the communications COM
pany. Western Union has been re-
peatedly associated with the Radio Cor
poration of America in reported trade
mergers and Mr.. Carlton stated that
Western Union would continue to be
close observers Of the progress Of radio
and that the companys position as the
sole collector and distributor OF the
Radio Corporations Far East traffic
under contract running until 1914
had presented an opportunity to observe
the handling of messages over great
distances by radio.
The. annual statement Of the COM
panys operations for 1928 shows gross
earnings $l36,449,5l2, the greatest in
the history OF the company and an in
crease of 3.6 per cent, or S4,678,510 over
1927. Gable revenue increased ST per
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NATIONS BUSINESS
IS DECLARED GOOD
Trade Reviews Find Industry
Unaffected by Lighter
Credit.
special Dispatch to The star.

epecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 51.-The feature
of the weeks activities, as seen by the
business reviews of R. G. Dun d Co.
and Bradstreet, was the severe shake
I'D in the stock markets and repercus-
sions of the money furry tending to
lower prices of some farm produce. "A
high mark of activity in jobbing and
retail trade has been maintained, ana
first appearance of warmer weather
has been productive of an increase III
unskilled labor.
Bradstreet's report says;
There seems to be practical agree
ment that March and the first quarter
will have set up some new high records
of production, this more especially in
outputs of steel. copper and some other
metals and In automobiles. Perhaps
the most definite new development Of
the week has been the growth of the
idea that, despite the last severe Win
ter and doubts still existing as to the
conditions growing weather will reveal,
the wheat crop has done better than
1t did the Winter before, and that a
larger proportionate share of last Falls
planting will survive and grow than was
the case year ago.
Features of the weeks trade have
been the final rush of wholesalers and
jobbers to complete Spring shipments
and hurry recorders. while at retail the
features seem to be a heavy distribu-
ton by department and chain store or
CARNATIONS, this more particularly in
the larger centers. Mail order trade
reports have been cheerful. In con-
sidering the showing made for March
it needs to be recalled that the ad-
vantage of the Spring and early Easter
urge to buy has been partially Offset
by there being one more Sunday. and,
therefore. one less business day in
March than a year ago. the net results
of which will need close analysis and
later returns to define"
Dun'S review says:
Despite sharp competition and small
margins of profit on many individual
commitments, corporation statements
for the first quarter of this year
promise to show gratifying results, on
the whole. and most of the statistical
indices point upward. Widely viewed,
conditions are better than those pre-
vailing a year ago, aside from the ele-
ment of credit uncertainty. Prepara-
tons for crops have been delayed by
weather drawbacks. but some recent
improvement in this connection has
been officially reported, and experience
has demonstrated that backward start
does not always mean reduced harveSts.
Considering the disturbances in finan-
cial and speculative markets, trade has
exhibited degree of stability that
cannot be regarded as other than re-
assuring"
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der which it.may be accomplished when
the law permits.
1.-The management of those companies,
aware of what has taken place In the
British Empire, France, Germany and
lItaly in the unification Of communica-
tiohs, believe it would be to the inter-
est Of our country and people to have
corresponding unification here. They
are convinced that the needs OF the
situation are apparent"
In some circles the reference to
when the law permits" included In
today's statement was believed to indi-
cate that q ruling would be sought on
the White act to determine definitely
whether its provisions would prevent
the proposed purchase Of n. G. A. Com
munications by I. T. b T.
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C. & P. Operating Revenues.

BALTIMORE. March 30 (SpeciaD -
Operating revenues of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. for February
were $1.053.517. according to a report
filed with the Public Service Commits
sion. Operating expenses we're 1885, 526,
making net operating revenues s217.991
For the IL months ending February
%, the report says the operating rev.
enues were $12,992, 1873. and for the same
period the operating expenses were
S10207.T41. making the net operating
revenues $2,784.447, which is equivalent
to 6.57 per cent on the average value
of the companys property.
There are more than $4,000 Negro
churches in the United States.
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cent and net income and balance trans
ferred to surplus account after deduc-
ton Of interest and other charges
amounted to $15,467 $50, an increase
Of $437,20 over the previous year.
Greatly enlarged service, substantial
wage increase and other items Of oper-
alton cost were responsible for the
total operating costs Of 412o,3lo,2 1855, an
increase Of $4,464,223 over 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-30

Pack. mules are still competing with
trucks on the national highway of Vene-
zuela, which at one point reaches an
altitude of $4,000 feet.
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Money fnInan

, PfesaiiIng Interest sn1 ssrs.isslsn.
Joseph |. Weller S Sas ven "a Z 5 NV
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
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United States Branch of
The Ocean Accident &
Guarantee Corp, Ltd.
| Park Ave-, New York, N. Y.

On the 3Ist day OF December, 1923. as
required under the District Of Columbia
Code, amended June 80, 1902. and Au-
gust 10, 1911.
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American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co. of New York

On the 3lst day OF December, 1928, as
required under the District OF Columbia
Code, amended June 80, 1902, and Au-
gust 10, 1911.
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Capital stock paid up, in
cash, deposit. ........ $500, 900. 90
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Guaranty Fire Insurance
Co. of Providence, II. /.

On the 3ist day OF December, 1923, as
required under the District Of Columbia
Code. amended June 80, 1909, and August
10, 1911.
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STATEMENT or THE CONDITION
OF THE