New Britain herald. [microfilm reel], October 28, 1927, Page 12, Image 12

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NEW-BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927.
I
SOLVESPROBLEM
"Strap Hanger" Ends CoDlusion
In Underground Tralc
did not gie her adiirvss irote to
the Eening World nd suggested
that the arrows ne j-ubstituted by
strings of colored lights on the ceil
ing. Wliilu tin; iirrows wire painted
M.i.-k m.d gr. -n to !.-tiott- sin; di
nctiuii to tlie JitY'-r'-tit 1 in" s. it vas
cli'-n impos.-itde in the -msh to dis
tinguish the rnlnrs lieeti'jse of the;
dint light m th-: 1111 h r:r'ound pa.s-
FITKIN BEREFT
OFJfflM SEAT
Committee Fails to Authorize
N. 11- Yorl. i.i.t. S. A n'oiii.'in
"s;r.ip liaiifT'' iviiose address is hot
known h.-is h, an un-Vrcroun-l
t riffle 1'roiili' in li.a! hu l-aXK-l x-
Th proldrni ronrcrri.s the I::i:v3
! tiz o! 1 1 1 ini rn io rro'.i Is i bat
!ai!y niiile in a!l dirrrion.v
tlirowcH the narrow l.t! yril.th of
ia-:iBs ill Hi" Jdslilllf loilliccrni;
'!. snl'Uay )t;itjot! 1'iHvfvn Tmucs
,'inr and the Umn.J t ' t: f ' . a.
V. I'vi! tla- .-MnM" was t:r.--t in
Ma'M to carry the millions In-
MV.-.Ml 11" "at all..! T'.-Nf Sid"
'ties, tli.-. traffic ei,irais, in order to
K'iHt 'lf' Clfuvds to Hi" rirhl trains,
J ' i ii t J !ii,,"U and ire. n anrnvs tai
:!; ilini;.
' TikIou- the arrow'' 1 frame n
;.o',nilar hyword and the hirt of
o!. s.
Th" M-li"!!!" m.-is nrt .ilioir. !h r
""ssinl and coiifti.-inii udmn'd in
i-ish Imitr crt.. . .-luMy anions
t i'i PC r-s. "i.o-t in 'no sl;ui!l." be
came Hiioilnr common byword,
K'.vtn'iy, Miss ,1. ;. Philips, wj10
Wli.-n tra'ilc f p"rts v.-.id In r I.t
I i"r liny s. iz' d upon ih" nKa, b sKd
' it and found ll praali" il.
; 'Pla n !hiy ni.n v"U d tiiat no one
bad thouclit of so sirnpbi a plan.
Now, til..- harass.-, subway traveb-r
, '.1 "follow tin- buhls" am! tin; n-p'-ru
tig'ir- that the old !n.,e er.m
ii.sr of jacks. Granting of cys and
"(infusion vail bo n thmc of the
I C. V.I MI NT ISKOKIIN
ri!Is;i"!d. Mass.. (.let. 2S ?' M
1'iiiia n. Johnson, daughter of
iiivi'i) Joimson. the no'."list, of Stock-bridi.-",
nnnnunci'd '-sU-rdav that
In t cng:igimi.nt to John .Ionglas
I. on i- y of Montr, al harl bi.-cn broken
by mutual consent.
New York. Oct. :s (Pb A. E. Fit
kin, who made a fortune out of
public utility operation from which
be recently retired to engage in the
brokerage and investment business.
was without the Stock Ex
membership for which he
ontrncted to pay $240, Had to Wal
er I.. Ross whose third effort , to
of his Kxchango seat has
fodav
oh.ltlg.
II1!M;ss Till". .lOKDW
J' riisab in. let. I'll. iiTlw Hiv-
r Jerlan will la, jait to work pro
ducing ebeiii. al rm rsfy as won as
i -r-V 'f"l hidro-eleciric plant is
completed at the falls bolween ,.nko
Tibej-i.,s and .lis-el-mianiijeli. The
I'a!"sii!ie qovenmn nt "ill be the
principal consumer.
dispose
failed.
The committee on jiiemhership of
tbp Kxrhanee met yesterday without
approiing the transfer to Fitkin of
Koss' memhershlp which had been
b ntatlvely sold first at $:3n,ri"Q and
later at ?236.fift0, both sales lacklntr
Ibe committee's confirmation. Xo
r.mse was assigned for the failure
lo ratify Fitkin's purchase as the
Kxehange does not make public its
ri a sons.
Kit kin, who recently sold the last
of his utility hoidincs. is now 1n
Kuropo. He announced before lea-i
imr that h" would establish connee-j
tons for the brokerage business he I
intended conducting with member-
j ship on the Fxcliange. Last M'on-
day lie announced that he had set
aside 1 1. '.'", 000 for the erection and
endowment of a home for crippled
children in memory of a son who
died in m4.
Hoss. who paid about J.IO.OOO for
his Exchange seat in 1S99, stands to
make 54ii.i'iifi by being forced a
third time to retain his membership.
The Kit kin price of S:40.noo was at
the time it was offered a record fig
ure for a seat but the quotation lias
since risen to $270,000,
Ross is a brother of "Charley"
Ross, who was kidnaped from his
parents' home in Philadelphia mar ;.
years ago, and never again seen.
SPARK PLUG MAKER
IS DEADIN PARIS
Albert Champion Rose From
Errand Boy to Millionaire
CRAZED BY TOOTHACHE
Tarrytoivn, X, T Man Arrested As
Crazy l'otind To lie Suffering Aw
ful T ' i.
Tarrytown. X. T Oct. 28 VP
"This man isn't crazy, but he has
an awful toothache which is driving
him mad," a surgeon at Grasslands
hospital said, when Officer Kohl of
the Greenburg police brought in
Anthony Joseph, who was found
wandering about acting like a wild
man.
officer Kohl started out with suf
ficient equipment to capture and re
strain a lunatic. He was convinced
that Joseph was Insane until the sur
geon told him differently. The sur
geon relieved the toothache for the
man and he returned to his home in
Greenburg acting perfectly normal.
Flint, Mich"., the A. C. Automobile
Accessories company, which began
operations with only 33 employes.
Ten years later the concern had in
creases its personnel to S500 and
now has branches and distributing
agencies throughout the world. Mr.
Champion was reputed to be a hold
er of considerable General Motors
stock and to have been Interested In
a number of other automotive con
cerns. His wddow and two brothers
survive him.
I i. troit, Oct. 5 ( Albert Cham
! pion who rose from errand boy in
j Paris, France, to a millionaire auto
j mobile accessories manufacturer in
America, died yesterday in Paris
where he had been looking over
I branch factories.
! His death closed a career as bril
! liant as that of any Horatio Alger
lu ro.
Born in Paris, of a family in mod
; erate circumstances, he became an
'errand boy in a-Paris bicycle shop
I when 12 years old. His interest
! turned to bicycle racing and he
won the championship of France.
; He 'came to the Fnited States in ;
! 1!"4 becoming a motorcycle and la- :
'ier an automobile racer. j
During a race at the old Brigh-
i ton X?each track in Brooklyn, in 190G j
' bis car crashed and he was serious- ;
; ly injured. He returned to France ',
lo recuperate but came back to !
;the Fnited Plates In 1907. It was '
j then that he became associated with ;
William O. Durant, then president
of the Buick Motor Car company.
Tn 1 ft b s Champion organized at;
Knapp Census Probe
May End Automatically
Albany, N. Y., Oct.
-UP Un
less Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, for
mer secretary of state, accepts the
invitation of Commissioner Randall
J. Leboeuf to appear before him to
testify in the Moreland act investiga
tion of her conduct of the 1925 state
enumeration, the Inquiry probably
will come to an end this week, so far
as the taking of testimony is con
cerned. Mr. Leboeuf admitted today that
he might be able to wind things up
Saturdav if Mrs. Knnnn h.i,i,.b
to come to Albany to testify. It was
evident from the last few witnesses
on the fctand yesterday that the
questioning is coming to the point of
picking up the "loose ends" and
elaborating.
DIES IX PLAXE CKASH
Chicago, Oct. 28 (P) Roy c.
Burgess, traveling salesman, crash
ed to death In an airplane at At
lanta, Ga., yesterday at the same
hour that his wife, Mrs. Edith L.
Burgess of this city, was filing suit
for divorce, charging him with desertion.
Cotton Manufacturers
Honor Colonel Buxton
Boston, Oct. :s (UP) Colonel G
Edward Buxton, president treasure!
of the H. B. and R. Knight corpora
tion of Rhode Island, was elected
president of the National An..i.
i tion of Cotton Manufacturers at the
I organization's annual convention
here last night.
Other officers were elected as fob
lows:
First vice-president, Philip Dana,
West brook, Me.: second vice-presi-dent.
Alfred E. Colby of the Pacific
Mills; directors, John L. Burton,
New Bedford; W. Irving Bullard and
John S. Lawrence, both of Boston;
E. Kent Swift, Whlttinsville; B. H,
Uristow Draper, Hopedale: John H.
Holt, Fall River, and Charles E.
Inches. Androscoggin, Me.
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