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I H" GTON. Nov. 1.——Evidenoo
. the Senate committee inves-
' n» , the Veterans' bureau was
Wen B. Johnson. of Ban
1 disco. sold the government for
3,000 a hospital site near Liver-
‘ “if" for which he had paid
1. and then reported to the
'sral Treasury for income pur-
. a not profit of only $186.59.
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.11; disclosures included:
:‘r, Charles F. Cramer. former
counsel of the Veterans'
u. who committed suicide here
March after his resignation. had
Vrtod To Charles R. Forbes. then.
tor. that an option on the pro-
! at 8150.000 had been ottain-
land had strong'y urged tn: pur-
L at tint. prior.
hat the comptroller genernds of-
, over the protest of Frank ’1‘.
2loan. director of the bureau. paid
_, .000 last October 9. to Mathew
‘ Hrion. a San Francisco architect.
., Illwing plans for the Livcrmorc
ital. which never had been used.
increased total payments to
fizrien to approximately $07,000.
.. s income tax return read into
0 record was a joint one of John-
.- and his wife on the operations of
Cir ranch near Livermore out of
ich the hospital site had I~|en
I'Vod. It showed these deductions
m the gross profit of $85,742.40,
«melt was made on the sale to the
Ivernment:
.v-Improvements. $26,674.52: selling
épenscs $33,272.88; ranch oxcrat-
expenses $14,805.05 and drprc-
o_ tion 810,802.52, leaving a nrt pro-
fit of 3186.53. ..
. Johnson testified that in October.
20. he bought 436 acres of land
or Livermore from the Cresta
‘ tics. Wine company for 835.000.
V
d that one year later he gave
w omas O‘Day. a Sun Francisco real
tato dealer. an option of 226 acres
$100,000 and later executed an-
her option under which he was to
‘V0 received $77,500 not. O‘Day
light to sell to the government.
t was unsucu'sshll and it‘s option
‘pired.
EQWhiio the O'Day
firce. Cramcr. who
fianciseo. reportal to xiv‘orllrs that
‘athcw (l'lirlcn through some
”lends had obtained an option at
50.000. Johnson said he did not
(1 could not have given such an
itch and John l~‘. (l'Rynn. ci-nera'i
unsei for the committee. said he
d been unable to tin-l any such op-
ri. Forbes -. lusr-l to bu,’ at 51ml,-
0 and Crawler later “‘loir‘ .210 J:
voter that he had "gathered" from.
nversatlons with O‘Dny that
[are option was at a price be?
8150.000 and added That “we.
option was in
was in San
‘ould not this property at is low
ice as possible. '
:Aftcr O’lny's option Expired
rbes made an offer of $105,000 for
. property and it was accepted.
. O'Ryrt told the committee there
a no O\Iri~fnro that the govern—
nt ever lad had an :lpplaisal
do of the property.
”Documents rmd into the record
owed that Forbes had confcrred
out the purchase with Pi‘csidr‘nt
rding before. the transaction was
nciudcd and after the purchase
d reported the fact to the Presi-
at giving the purchase price and
mating that he had been able to
Quin additional land and valuable
tor rights which the. owner had
shod to retain.
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.Milton J. Mass. wealthy New York
mufacturing chemist. who was
eriously shot at the home of
s. Ida. M. Leslie, of Ledge Road,
und Beach, on the night of Thurs-
y, October 11, will be mscnargecl
shortly from the Stamford Hos.
i. it was said last night.
fiTho wounds which Mans received
1‘ his shoulder and abdomen are
flaiing rapidly. Upon his discharge
In the hospital Mr. Mass will re-
n to New York where he will have
rrcst about a month due to the
fire of his w’ounds.
In e shooting of Mas created quite
"bit of excitement in New York
, ere he is well known. being a
number of a number of several large
labs in the city. The case which
, , under investigation by the
warden authorities. was suddenly
ndoned. It remains an unsolved
s
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“1c members “if: Blizzbeth Polzeg editor-in-chief; Harriette Sherman, Lucy Delth, stand--
Evel‘rett Blllklcy, Blanche St. John and Margaret Jarvis.
The staff has been hard at wor
the school paper to pr
of next week. Editor—in-cllief, Elizabeth Polzer,
- w.._.'..v._..'.;.__;.;‘...........m uh-..» w-
I E , at rest in Westminister Abbey'next
‘ Monday amid the solemn splendor-
. of a public funeral service which will
William Horton,
k for the past month and has already put the first issue of
ess and will have it on sale among the pupils of the school in the latter part
has found the student body very \Vllllugto co.
operate The program, as arranged by her, will consist of six issues throughout the school term.
Five more issues will be made at. regular terms in the school season.
Plans are already under way
for the publishing of a big final edition which will come out in June of next year. Many new ideas
will be used in this term ’5 publication.
JACK BLOOM, SUBSTITUTE FOR
SMITH, WINS OVER JOE WHITE
Much Lighter Scrapper has Things All his Way
During Bout—Werner Loses to K. O. Len-
ny on a Foul—Battling Thomas Scores K.
0. Over Brown
Fighting his first. battle in the
United States. Jami: Bloom. said to be
the Iight-ll'uvywelirht champion of
Australia, fought :t brilliant battle
and gained the. verdict ovcr Joe
White. spurring; partner of Harry
“'ills. in the main bout of twelve
rounds at the Armory last night.
Bloom out-fought the much heavier
Southerner in the majority of the
rounds and justly deserved the de—
oision of Heir-rte l-‘ranltie Glennon.
of Hartford.
Homer Smith. who was scheduled
to meet “'hitr. hurt ills arnl Ill train—
ing Tuesday and with his Still on his
(loath-bed. “ircd that he would be
unable to uplltili‘. The substitution
was met with boobs from the crowd
0f approximately 1200 who showed
little t‘nihusiasm whvm tho substitu-
tion was announced by Announcer
I'ctc P3285011). Ho wps greeted wit'
lmnlls but the hauler-proved to be“
about the best over hL‘Iil ill Stum—
turd.
llioom was the choice, of the. fans
who wrrc on thrir ft-et through most
of the. light. cheering hilariously for
the unhrnrd of substitute. Bloom
slashed his way to victory with hard
right hand upper-cuts that forced
White to hold on and left jabs to the
face, frequently beating ills oppon-
i-nt to the punch. In the final round.
Bloom sent in live stinging upper-
cuts to “'hite's chill that had the
latter bewildered.
\Vhitc weighed 197 pounds while
Bloom's poundagc, as announced by
Pete l’assero. was 178. The two big
boys met in the center of the ring
following the lap of the gong that
sent them on their way. There was
no sparring or feeling out as most
fighters are inclined at the start of
a bout. The bout got under way im—
mediately with liloom getting in the
first blow, a light. left to the face
and the fray was on. From then on
there was absolutely no let-up dur-
ing the bout with the exception of
the seventh round which was a little
slow.
Bloom easily took the first round
by sending in damaging rights to the
face and body and left Jabs to the
face. Time and again the much
lighter Bloom forced the big spar-
ring partner of Wills to a corner
and administered wicked rights to
the chin and ear. The boy from the
Antlpodcs was greeted with thun-
derous applause as he went to his
corner at the end of the first round.
The substitution proved to be a.
bummer and the fans were with
Bloom almost to a. man. Paddy
Mullins. manager of Wills. pleaded
with his protege during the inter-
mission between the rounds as he
gave White advice.
The second canto was White's by
a shade. Both were hitting hard
and were reaching their mark with
regularity. In starting the third
round. Bloom sent in a crashing left.
to White's mouth that made the lat~
ter back up. White' followed this
with a left to Bloom's chin but. the
latter. with a stern face. took it. non-
chalantly. The fourth easily went to
Bloom. who led on! with two stinging
rights to Joe’s chin. Both heavier
were battling hard with Bloom hav-
ing the best of the exchange. White
was warned by the referee for using
the rabbit punch and was boobed by
the crowd. '
One of the hardest blows of the
night was sent in by White to start
festivities in the fifth inning. A
crashing right to Bloom's left ear
brought the gore flowing down his
cheek and onto his body. It was , a.
wicked blow and Bloom showed
signs of pain and covered that mem-
ber up during the rtmainder of the
battleghen he wasn't peppering
White with rights and lofts. The
fifth was a. good round with plenty
of seeking done by'botb parties. The
crowd yelled their approval as they
stood up at the clung of'tbo gong
that sent both fighters to their re-
spective corners. It was undoubted-
ly the best match ever made by Pro-
motor Joe Chimbole.
With two hard rights to White's
nose in the sixth round. blood was
seen to stream freely. Bloom show-
ered right upper-cuts to his oppo-
nent's face during this round. White
failed to do any damage as Paddy
Mullins shouted for his boy to "come
on." During the milling Bloom. who
is 19 pounds lighter than White
rushed the latter to a neutral corner
and sent in three hard rights to
White's face. It. was the best round
of the night. Bloom was roundly
cheered as he went to his corner.
On the other hand. “’hite. who was
inclined to be rough and continued
to use the rabbit punch at every ad-
vantage. was boobed to the echo. It
was a Bloom crowd.
'The seventh was rather tame.
through no fault of Bloom who was
doing his best. to mix matters but
.hite held on and apparently was
resting. The going was rough.
White drove in a. hard left to
Bloom's stomach shortly aftg‘ftho
opening of the eighth round. Blown
rushed VVhito shortly afterward and
was thrown to the canvas by'un'nec-
essary tactics on White's part. He
was up in a second and wiped his
gloves and went after more. The
bout was speeding up as the milling
continued.
The ninth was fast and went to
Bloom without a question. The
Australian started things of! in real
style by sending in three long rights
to \Vhite's face. He followed short-
ly afterwards with two more to the
same spot. White was trying his
best. evidently to connect with a.
finishing blow. Bloom's car was
hurting him and he kept his left
up to protect it. White was also
using it as a. target and managed
to aggravate Bloom by peppering
the bleeding member frequently.
The tenth was a. hummer and
perhaps was White‘s by a narrow
margin. Bloom forced the fight.
lng during the greater part of the
bout. Bloom started the fireworks
in this round with a clean d hard
left to his opponents facoi White
decided to box at this stage of the
program but the boy from across
the pond met him and beat him
at his own game. They then went
back to the slugging bee. White
missed a terrific right that would
have been plenty of business had it
landed. White sent four lefts to
Bloom's body in rapid succession
but th clatter continued to force
the battle as it waxed warmer.
With a. corking left to Bloom‘s
body and s. stinging right to his
nose White drove the Australian
to the ropes in pain. He doubled
up as he leaned against the ropes.
the pair of blows apparently hurt- '
ing him more than any others he
receive dduring the milling. Both
were terriiflc smashes that made
Bloom back up. The latter soon
recovered. however, and stayed away
from the Southerner long enough to
get his bearings and again assum-
ed the aggressive. White failed to
folow his advantage and right then
and there, perhaps. the tide of bat-
tle changed.- Amid hearty cheers
Bloom sent in a number of labs to
White's face at: the bell. It. was
White’s best roudd.
The final round went to Bloom by
a wide margin. The effects of the
lefts and rights in the previous
round had left him as he: charged
into his opponent. With two hard
right. uppercuts. Bloom forced White
to clinch. He again beat his man to
the punch with an uppercut. It was
a fast round. both boys trying for a
fitting climax. White got in two
lefts to Blooms stomach that. only
made the latter lash out with wicked
rights to the head. As Referee
Glennon raised the hand of Bloom
as a token of victory. the crowd
roared with enthusiasm. It. was a.
popular and just decision in the
opinion of most of the fans. He was
deluged with congratulations by a.
mob that forced their way to the
roped circle. It was a great tight.
George Werner-[of New YOrk, 150
pounds. lost the decision to K. 0.
Lenny. of Danbury. 152 pounds. in
the second Ill-round bout. by a. foul.
The former had the advantage on
the. boy from the Batting City until
the foul woe committed in the ninth
”inkling muse 7. A
round. The blow was low. according
to the referee. who said that Wer-
ner had hit low a. number of times
during the bout. It was a good
fight until it ended abruptly.
Battling Thomas of New York.
162 pounds. knocked out Jimmy
Brown. of Panama. 164 pounds.
both colored. in the second round of
a. scheduled IO-round opener. A
right to the stomach stopped Brown.
who came‘ here heralded as the col-
ored light-heavyweight champion of
Panama. The bell saved Brown
from a knockout in the first when he
was sent to the floor of the ring
with a right to the stomach. At the
count of eight; the bell sounded and
Brown seconds lifted him to his cor-
ner. , .
Milford In - ~ '
MILFORD. Nov.
Ryan, age 60 yo
world traveler. died
yesterday following
Heart trouble is
been the cause of
Born at Riohmo
came here about I
tling on his vast es
of the Housatonic
He was known i
. ~ or.
Be was a close personal friend
of James. Cutler. president of he
Automatic Machine company, of
Bridgeport. in which factory the
first automatic electric chain weld-
ing machine invented by him was
manufactured.
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Stamfordites Sue Church.
BRIDGEPORT. Nov, 1.-——Cllarglng
that the premature and careless cx-
plosion of dynamite in the process of
excavation Work damaged property
in an adjoining lot. Sarah F. Turner
and others of Stamford have brought
suit for damages of 8800 in the Sup-
erior court against. St. Wuldimir's
church also of that city. The exca-
vation. was being made in a. lot own-
ed by the church and adjoining
property of the plaintiffs. Anna Kol-
cnsky, one of the defendants. claims
person-l injury by In an of hip;
thrown to in ground vzsen one of
e- ens res went off.
An accident unusual invcuu't pro-
cedure is (collected a 'h‘ tilts case
since a similar suit am not In! fence
detenugu and for the run; offence
has Ill-en filed by the :iniutifls’ the
of "no giro asked in 'I «a suit.
ed Ansonia‘WOman Dies.
NIA, Nov. :i.—-Mrs. Ellen
Cook. widow of John Cook and mo-
ther of Tax Collector Michael J.
Cook died at her home on Cook
street Monday. Mrs. Cook was in her
83rd year.
Mrs. Cook was one _of the pioneer
Irish residents of Ansbnla. She came
to this country when 19 years of
age and spent over 60 years of her
life in Ansonta.
The surviving relatives are two
sons. Tax Collector Cook and Wil-
liam Cook. of this city. eight grand-
children. twa brothers. Patrick and
Michael Lyons. of this city and a sis-
ter, Mrs. Mary Bonnet of Seymour.
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Obituary I
John J. .
The funeral of John’ J. Slattery
who died in Norwich last. Sunday.
will be held tomorrow morning at
10 p'clockfromjhe, home of his
aunt, Mrs. James L. Benincasa..1s
Cross street and half an hour later-
from st. Mary's church. Burial will
be in st. Mary‘s cemetery.
More! of Mrs. Hurley.
- The tuner-aye! ,mMIchael Hur-
ley will beheld Friday'morning from
the home of her sister. Miss Anna
McMahon of 66 Van Buren avenue at
nine o'clock and at 9:80 from St.
Mary's church. ' '“ >
Burial will be in the family plot
in St. Mary's cemetery.
Mrs. Catherine Noun.
Mrs. Catherine Nardi, 23. of 24‘
Tierney streebrvdied at her home last
nigth moral services will be held
st~'10 o'clock Monday morning at. St.
Mary's church. Burial will be in
st. Mary’s'cemetery.
G. '1‘. Bruce. First District grocer.
is considering making extensive ai-
terauons‘ in the front of his Wall
street. store. ,
' wager;
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LONDON. Nov.. 1.--Former Pre-
mier Andrew Bouar Law will be laid
be attended by a. vast gathering of
friends of all political shades. mem-
bers of the nobility, government oili-
ciais and diplomats.
The presence of all the dominion
prime ministers in London will make
the gathering representative of the
whole Empire. while Premier Bald-
win at the head of a large‘group of
ministers and former ministers: the
Archibishop and Canterbury the
Bishop of'London and diplomats of
all nations will be in their places to
represent the political religious and
diplomatic circles of life with which
the late premier came into contact.
Representatives of the mag, and
Queen and other royalties will be
among the prominent figures there,
to give requiem honors. ,
Seats for some two thousan§p:r-
sons will be arranged. but they wul
provide for but a fraction of those
requesting admission and the pub-
lic will be allowed only a small num-
ber of tickets. as the personal friends
will commandgmany hundreds.
The service 'will start at noon.
when the coffin will be 'tficeived by
the minor .csnnons at the side door
of the Abbey and escorted to a place
bctore the altar. The Dean of West-
minister and probably the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop
of London will officiate. Only a» cw
wcrds will be spoken by the an
after the service; then the coffin
will be carried. followed by a group,
of England's most distinguished pcr-fi
sorages. to a spot in the Abbey, yet
to be designated. where the body will
be laid in its final honored resting
place.
Judge Wheeler‘s Plea. .
When Judge Creedon of the lIart-
for City court took exception to
Chief Justice Wheeler's plea. for Jail
sentences for first offenders against
the prohibition laws. The Republican
pointed out [that Judge Crmdon
must be under a. misapprehension
for it was unthinkable that Justice
W'heeier should recommend the au-
t 'atic imposition of jail sentences
-- all first‘offen‘ders. ’ regardless
of the degree of guilt. " ' '
The correctness of our belief is
fully borne out by the publication
in full of Justice Wheeler's address
in Hartford. Apparently Judge
Creedon did not listen to it care-
fully. for there is no room for mis-
taking Justice ‘Vheeler's attitude.
After pointing out that at this late
day the man who sells or transports
liquor is acting in full knowledge
that he is committing a. crime, Jus-
tlco Wheeler said: "Then what
should be the sentence of the trim-
inal convicted in the ordinary case.
not the exceptional case. of the
crime of trafficking in liquor or
transporting it? It is my Judgment
that justice requires for such 9. crim-
inal a Jail sentence. varying ,ln
amount by the character or the
crime. Interpret the law Wilh rea-
son. in the light: of your common
sense. and interpret it so as to up-
hold thq law rather than to make it
difficult or impossible for the pro-
secutor and the peace officers to en-
force it." This, we think. completely
disposes of Judge Creedon’s criti-
sism.
As for Justice Wheeler’s address
as a whole. it is an admirable plea
for respect for the law. It could
be wished that every citizen who
feels that the 18th amendment is
a part. of the constitution that he
does not need to respect, could read
Justice Wheeler's argument 1 full.
“The violation of the 18th amend-
ment is an unpatriotic act.” he said.
in fact. in that act. traitorous to
their country." That: this is com-
ing to be perceived by all right
thinking“ citizens. Justice Wheeler
rightly believes. To the prosecutors
and grand jurors he said: "Soon
you will feel the help and. if you
lag. the pressure of the moral forces
of the state. Slowly they are being
aroused. We officials will s09: find
them behind us in our effort to sup-
port the constitution and maintain
the law. And. gentlemen. we shall
not fail.” ' -
Here is determination based upon
faith in the. fundamental soundness
of Connecticut citizenship. It is up
to all who make any profession to
good citizenship to prove that faith
woll founded—Waterbury Republi-
can.
norm. ARRIVALS _
Among those stopping at the Dav-
enport are: H. 8. Johnson. 17‘. P.
Eastland. O. V.“VVilaon. Harold P.
Spears. all of New Harem; Mr. and
Mrs. Roy L Martin. V.“ ilson. F.
If. Billings. J. F. De Nomma. Nor-
mm L Dev. L. C. Boy. on“! 3 M-
Mend‘oli. all at Hartford: 8. 5!. Ruse
sell. R. 'G."Ba_ld‘win. T. E. Prescott.
an » lift-«and Mrs. W. H. Monitors.
and Boston Mass: A. J. -Williams
of Bridgeport:' c. Kolyberg. F‘. "A.
Eminey and N. M. Jacobs, of New York
tY- . . '
j In the ‘ of Ecouoiny.
From tho'W'indsor we.) .Review.
~ Petusicounty should leave her
full doors unlocked. It would save
the expense of repairs made-neces—
*_m"____fi“+‘_r._;of searing-shen- we, m
a menace to their prosperity. More
waffle-thirds of her budget is now
aad‘additionai borrowing of fifty bil.
lion francs is planned;
fected by the continental situation
:3th she is findingherprobioms of
dons increasingly discult. During
fihcfil-‘Ot‘hllf'of 1939.".production was
on which or lentils“ tn the rear
previousbut in‘Greac'Brthin. as
nary by prisoners 'who'hm ahabit
l'he ofii’cers of the class of 1925 as they appear in the picture
are from left to right:
Ruth Jenner, secretary; Elizabeth Sco-
field, vice-president; Everett Bulkley, president and Earl Barry,
treasurer. .
The class of 1925 has entered
promises to be one of note in the High School’s history.
the leadership of President Ever
a blue ribbon organization,
upon a very successful year and
Under
rett Bulkley, it is assured to be
Although no actual work has been
started, it is expected that within a short while it will make itself
felt, in the institution’s activities
0
BUSINESS AND
Schwab’s Optimism
Charles M. Schwab, in an address.
this week, said:
"The best bet for those who 1121\0
money to invest is sound industrial
securities. because they have been
free of that legislation which has
made other investments uncertain."
As indicative of his faith in the
future development of American
Mr. Schwab said that he believed the
time would come when a. production
of 50,000,000 tons of steel 3. year
would be insignificant. "industry
in this country will grow " Mr.
Schwab continued. "Industry must.
grow. I am putting all the money I
can get into the development of the
industries with‘whlch I am con-
nected." ‘
Blontgomcry-\"ard.
Every indication points to th 3
breaking of all records in sales by
Montgomery-Ward .1: 00., during the
current year. Inasmuch as the com-
pany usually does better than 30 per
cent of its business in the last quer-
ter of the year. it is indicated that
with the first nine months' business
aggregating 890303.759. the total
for the year will be around 8125,-
000,000. This would represent a
$16,000,000 increase over the sales
in 1920 the previous record year.
N. Y. Air Brake.
New York Air Brake net earnings
in September were $249,635 and for
the nine months 32.245.881. equal to
37.4: I. share on the entire 300,000
shares of Class A and common stock.
Gross sales for September Wore
8782.811. So far in October boLh
sales and profits have been decidedly
above those of September and there
is every reason to expect this im-
provement will continue.
0 I: October 1 Air , Brake had
current assets of 37.791.432 and cur-
rcnt liabilities of 3432.974. making
working capital 87.358.458. Cash
holdings Were $3,092,249, with 825.-
883 in Liberty bonds.
Number of holders of common
strck has been increasing steadily
and Low'stands at. 2 455. Holdings
'utl'agt. is 81 1-3 shares.
Rec Motors.
Increasing interest is being direc-
ted to the shares of the Rec Motor
Car 00.. due chiefly to the steady in-
crease in the company's business and
the bright outlook for the ‘coming
twelve months.
Sales of Reo pauenger'car models
have grown so fast since August 1
that the company, for the first time
in four years. is making more pas-
senger cars than trucks.
‘The problem of ultimate recovery
of EurOpe, turning largely as it does
upon some settlement of the repara-
tions question. seems to become
daily more complex. states the cur-
rent issue of the Guaranty Survey.
published by the Guaranty Trust
company of New York.
Dramatic developments have
marked the last month. The intol-
erable financial and economic nur-
dens imposed upon Germany by her
policy of passive resistance in the
Ruhr district have had their inexa-
table eifect.
The reaction of thqjg-pEuropean
situation ’upon the United States is
definitely reflected in the decline of
our exports to Europe. For the
year ended June so. 1928. our wheat
exports were 165,000,000 bushels. as
compared with 208 000,000 for the
previous year, In that period our
exports to Germany declined from
“50.495.000 to 8293.132.000. Ex-
ports of copper to Germany for the
same period dropped 76 million
pounds. and lead exports 18 million
pounds. Germany’s cotton purchases
declined 46 yer cent during the same
period and France and England also
have reduced their cotton purchases.
Any further increase of political or
economic troubles in thecountries of
Europe is certain to be reflected in
decreased buying, power on their
part. Ewen France. which is at. pre-
mf- Minimal”. the most prosperous
of the European countries. is build-
ing up a mountain odidebt and fixed
charges which constitute an ever-it.-
ereasing burden upon her people'and
required to most the interest on‘hor
three hundred billion franc debt
.Great Brfifluis gloat-crummy a?-
tto these abnormal condi-
force if draft is necessary.
be created by a small electrically
driven fan or blower connected with
with the late spring and has since
continued. fijhether this may be re-
gurdcd as a "definite reversal of trend
or merely a. temporary cessation. is
the question. It seems certain. now-
evcr, that until conditions on the
Continent are improved. there can
be little real improvement in the
British situation, and activities in
Great Britain will be below normal.
Declining markets and increasing un-
employment are manifestations of
the difficulties faced.
There has been some apprehension
in regard to the probable officer on
British markets of the release of the
accumulated stocks in the Ruhr, cs-
peciaily of iron and steel products
but it is believed that the long-starv-
ed markets of the unoccupied area
will absorb most of these stocks,
However. it exports to Germany
from the Ruhr are still forbidden
there would appear to be every pros-
pect of heavy dumping on the Eu;-
lish markets.
Anthrac1te as Fuel
‘WASHINGTON, D. C.-—In speak-
ing of anthracite as a domestic fuel
usually only the “domestic" sizes
(e88. stove. nut and. to a certain ex-
tent. pea) are considered. states the
Department of the Interior in Serial
2520. recently issued by the Bureau
of Mines. In the preparation of
these sizes a. certain amount of
smaller sizes (roughly thirty per
cent. of the total) are produced,
which are considered as a by-pro-
duct and sold in competition with
bituminous coal as steam coal. at a
price below the actual cost of pro~
duction.
Although these steam sizes can
not often be burned alone with nat-
ural draft at a sufficiently high rate
of combustion to produce the neces-
sary amount of heat in the ordinary
furnace. they are in use to is consid-
erable extent, either mixed with
some other coal or 1:11 coke. or
unmixed using forced' draft. The
size usually used is No. 1 Buckwheat
or yard screenings, although No. 2
and even mixtures of No. 2 and No.
3 Buckwheat are used in certain lo-
calities with forced draft installa-
tions.
No. 1 Buckwheat and yard screen-
ings can be mixed with the larger
domestic sizes (preferably egg coal).
with coke or with bituminous coal.
The proportions of the two sizes or
kinds of coal are contingent on the
size of the furnace with relation to
the amount of heat to be supplied.
on the draft available, or on the
outside temperature, and can only be
determined by experiment. They
may range from fueai quantities of
each to one part of substitute to
three parts of basic fuel. By trial it
will be found that the proportion of
substitute can be increased in mild
weather when not a great deal of
heat is necessary. but must. be de-
creased or even omitted entirely
during the most severe weather
when the furnace must be operated
to its maximum capacity.
When using small sixes with large
anthracite or coke it is best not. to
mix them but to lire separately in
layers. first. a layer of the larger
fuel and then a layer of the smaller.
When used with bituminous coal
which is not sized they should be
mixed before firing.
Occasionally a furnace has sum-
cient grate area to burn a sufficient.
quantity of No. 1 Buckwheat to pro-
duce the necessary heat with nat-
ural draft. In that case, it. is only
necessary to reduce the size of the
grate openings to prevent too great
an amount of unburned coal falling
into the ash pit. This can most
readily and cheaply be done by lys-
ing a. plate of iron. closely perforat-
ed with half-inch holes. or a piece
of heavy halfoinch square mesh gal-
vanized iron netting. loosely on the
grates. Such “false grates" will in
time burn out but can be replaced
at low cost.
Ordinarily it will be found that
This can
the ash pit and either automatically
or manually controlled. The ash pit
should be made as tight against air
leakage as possible. The stove pipe
damper must. not fit tightly. to avoid.
the pomibiliw rof’the furnace gases
being forced into the cellar instead
of escaping through the chimney
should the damper be accidentally
closed. E
"Copies of Sex-m 2520. “Fue' ls
.available for domestic use as sub-
stitutes for anthracite coal.”
Rudolf Kudlich. may be obtained
from-tho Went.- of the Interior.
by
3m?! stuns in ‘mductioa mm or may. uranium. no}
In Pine numb“.
New Slump...
55 $0.30
a] grand jury has :7
dictment charging u
to defraud luv-etc
members of four brr
cerns. I ‘
An investigation into the
of George \i‘. Morse and co "4
Hall and company and 2‘:er
era, Air. Hayward said
that thousands of 5_\engg
the New England s is: and is
Jersey and New lerk had ;
swindled during the Ear: few m:
Those Ifldlz"‘"'l v. _.; GM: 1
Morse, GC’Oi‘gc \‘.‘. " H" ,
earlier in their ct: l
diam
fl is
A. Stoeham and t. zp~~.-_ C
Ralph A. Morse, L... L r'
Louis T. Hall. ('har' J A
and “'ilfred A. Cr '
Field and Morse
said, were the
scheme where
England." the fed- a.. ...ey
clarcd, "has been r "'rgtcd tr .;
men in their open. It.“
honest men were til-.21: tests 9:: l
ed as managers or employ”
branch offices.
"The headquar:(rs were in _
iork. Branchcs “if? Opened
Boston, Lowell, Lawns-re, H;
hill, Adams. North Ada =4 Kea- -.
ford, Springfield. “'Orcrstrr, Se
bridge, Pitt Greenfield. Ho
oke and Norma. 21:01:. Man; D?!
New Haven, L'r grpc-rt. Wat
Stamford. Ansenla and No. ..
Conn.; Nashua. and Reese. .\'
Hampshire: Providence. Paving-‘-
and “‘oonsocket. lthede Island.
hir. Hayward said the -:
half a. dozen or more of. .. ..
mom and New Hampshi.” ms
templated. Ofiirgns 2.5-: W??? r: l.
tained in Atlantic Ci'y, Trenton
Newark. New Jrrsby.
“\\'ith the excr;
Field.” the federal amt-nay rev
ed, “the Fields and Mora-s hm
date escaped accuse: .
tion with these ope .L
Field pleaded gully merrily is
state courts to grand larceny lr. i.
see d degree in cosmetic: with '
bu es: of Fir-2d a:d Brothersd
which he was nominal head. Her!-
ceivcd an intermediate sentence :1
from six months to three years is
the penitentiary.
“Indictments are pending in the
state courts against Hail and Anam-
sia who were the nominal head: :1
Hail and company. AZ; of those is-
dicted seemed to rtgard New Erg-
Iand as their particuiar bazllwi-i
No sooner did one of the firms is!
or dissolve than the same group re-
sumed the same operations under!
different name. In this way the cus-
tinued doing business year aft:
year."
51:. Hayward asserted that wife
the government was only empfiflm“
to prosecute the defendants crimin-
ally, evidence had developed dur'mt
the investigation to indicate its:
Field and Morse might be prosecuted
in the civil courts. He 5313 the gel-
ernment intended to prem the use
to trial at the earliest opponuatty
and also intended to turn are: the
results of its investigation to It!
proper civil authorities.
The indictment charged seven
brokers with having carried 021m
alleged fraud from the tell-"‘5!“
of 1918 until about May. 192:. the
brokers alleged converting 1° '3)?"
own use money given them for u:-
vestment. .
The indicment also that!“ that
George 1V. Field doing busmess II
1918 as George IV. Fix-id 331 C03"
pany received more than $1593?"
for investment, and converted no!
part. of it illegally to the seven in-
dicted men. Then the Field con!-
Shelli,
puny in November, 1918, went int!
bankruptcy and settled with credi- ‘
tors on a basis of five cents on the
dollar and 20 cents in notes. Fthh
notes should never be paid." ;
oft of W”:
Mass. '11:" -
e, Englasdfiv
ocrailzf
Mrs. Lillian B. Abb
street is in Worcester. .
She is attending the 1*:
Regional conference of Dem
women. .
Among some of the other Eder‘dm?
the conference are: Miss 9%.
Ruin-Rios. Mrs. Fannie cent
Welsh. Mrs. James Curr)? 3’“; an‘
'of the woman's club of Batu“ , ‘
Mrs. H. Diaon of Willlmantlc: wuh'
Mrs. Emily Nowell Blair 0- ma
fngton lunched with the Colin: ,3.
deientes yesterday and 83‘?!” or .
tore-ting talk on the sims 0
mass.
m- Ruitx-Riu. V319 e
organiser, has also 31"“! “m _
interesting addreses. . e‘tt”:
Mrs. Abbott_ while in “0’;-
b making her hes‘dqusne"
sss.m . M '
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