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News of the World. By Asscriated Press. Y Herald “Ads” Mea Better Business HERALD DECEMBER TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE ' LUMAN C. BECKETT, EX-SOLDIER, NOW |BAN 0N INDUSTRY PRESIDENT URGES BAN ON RADICALS; CONVICT, ADMITS HE KILLED TAFT; RELATIVES THINK YOUTH IS CRAZY Grandmother Believed [].§, DELEGATES DELAY DEPARTURE FROM PARIS To Have Information | Which May Show/ L i YOllth ’S Story iS‘ failure of Germany to Sign‘ R - Protocgl Ratifying Peace Wlld Yarn Treaty Said to Be Cau If True, His Confession Will Glear up Baffling Murder Mystery of March 2, 1917 on Kensington Avenue TELLS POLICE HE ROBBED DEAD BODY ] Paris, De ~The American dele- DECLINES TO TALK Sl t ¥ | zation to the peace conference, which UNTIL PROPER TIMEiW‘S to have salled from Brest for | the Usited es on Decemb: i | has postponed its departure for home | it w learned this afternoon. A con- siderable part of the personnel of the peace mission, however, will leave | | i | | ! After Slaying Jitney Driver, | Local Pclice However, Are gl , ! Paris for Brest on the evening of ! Young Desperado Says He| Satisfied That Young Pris- | secember 5, as proviousty areamed. i Y | X | Tt is learned from a high authority Spent Night At Hotel: oner is the Real Murderer. | that the change in the plans of the | St | delegation is due to the failure of _— ! the Germans to sign the protocol rati- fying the peace treaty. It is pointed i L astlor A of | out that if the treaty is not ratified | 8 mind. He never committed the (pes situation between Germany and murder—it’s only one of his wild {}¢ United States, as well as the oth- dreams. There's a time and place for | o, Alliod and associated powers, goes cxplanutions, however, and until that! hack {o the status created by tho :{”_‘:; perhaps the least said, the bet- |, nistice. Hence the United States | o' So spoke Mrs. James Mason, | iy gtill quite as much interested as its | white-haired and broken in health | guggciates of the Allled power and nv;vn ¢ result of the terriblo | gpjiq the fact that the senate has not noWsithat ched hier——the grand- | tified the treaty. Whatever the date nother of young Luman Beckett. \hich the American delegation may | self-confossed murderer of Charles gjacide upon for leaving France, it | ft—ecarly today. She left the KEv- yng affirmed today on oxcellent au- | n Home this afternoon to visit With 4101ty that sueh daughter, Mrs. George Beckett, 5 arrangements will | *t, | be made for the representation of the mother of the man charged with ' yrpiteq p erime, States in the further nego- e 5 | tiations that Germany will find all o ~“““”“l‘w':“\_‘l‘{“i “‘»‘“‘r“"-u __lthe Allied and associated powers Tl s A‘:‘b“;‘" working together to resist any effort | L 2 £ -l on her part to avoid making the | holding something which she believ- | pouce offoctive according to the terms | ed to be of importance in solving the i | mystery of her grandson and would of the treaty. have discussed the source of that in- formation had it not been for the warning of her daughter that the best The mystery of noarly twa year “Luman is unquestionably to the murdercr of Chavles A. Taft. of Hartford, the driver of the Jitney whose dead body was discovered on the road to Kensington, a few hun- dred feet southwes of the terminus of Arch street on the mo ng of March 1917, has appavently boen cleared b, « written conf madec Luman (. Beckett, aged 22 vears, who rly res at 47 Madison this « Beckett, who has led hoyhood, is in ot Winds Vi for out | | i i | pde= as re; up by form wild life sin te prison at sentence rmc a ory Wa police Motiv succceded from Thie curir ther in coniession 5 the mue- destined criminal the ac- at the the crime, is according to clearing up one of t to many was in Connceticut” annals as unsolved. Robhery cepted theory of (e time of the discovery of the cause of the murder down MILLIONAIRE STEEL police i i ! i by MAY BE NATION-WIDE IRestrictions on Use of Coal Ex- i tended Throughout Country 'INSIST ON 31 P. C. INCREASE | | | Only in Kansas and West Vieginia is There Any Increased Cosl Produc- tion—st. Louis-Sam Francisco 1ail- 1l Crippled. Dec. ~Ltestrictions soal, already put regional coal committees where the pinch of necessity had been felt. (o day were extended throughout the nu tion under an order of the federal fucl administrator. The mo: xtensive shutdown of industry in history prospect and domestic consumers w preparing to endure privation and dis- comfort as the strike of bituminous coal miners, entered its second month. Only Two Sections Working. Only in Kansas where volunteers worked in the strip pits under protec- tion of state and federal troops and in the New River fields of West Virginia there prospect today of increased In the former seven pits worked and in West Virginia it aid normal production was in sight by the end of the week. Throughout the remainder country, however, winers tly remained steadfast in Chicago, the on use of into effeet e wi production. were was) as of the appar- their de- | termination not to return to work un- der the 14 per cent. inc by the federal government and acc ed to by the operators. Labor Troubles Increase. In Wyoming new labor troubl threatened to decrease the sn amount of coal being brought out. Iy cept for brief shutdowns at the begin- ning of the strike and twice since the mines in that state generally had maintained operation. Members of the railroad brothe hoods in Kansas today were expected to act on a resoluiion adopted last night to request authority to refuse to handle coal mined by workers, Delivery of TPucl Limited, MAGNATE IS DEAD plan would be to reman silent. Asked if it was not so that she had been ! speaking to her grandson’s former | sweeiheart and that she had been | told by the girl that Luman had been in her company on March 1, 1917, at the time the murder is believed to ! have been perpetrated, she faltered a | nmoment. then began, “Well, I—." Her | danghter broke into the conversation ! and Mrs. Mason took heed with the ' Frick, millionaire steel manufacturer result that whatever information she @died here this morning. Mr. Frick holds will be kept silent for the time | Suffered an attack of ptomainc pois at least. { oning early in November. He had 1 s | nearly recovered from) this when seri- The young woman with whom | Us cemplications developed. He was Beckott formerly kept company “‘” cars old. peared unconcerned over the Although little known in today. She denied that the cial _ district Mr. Frick had called on her on March 1 and Promincnt figure in Wall str could not remember just how long OFSahizatlon of the U. S. Steel cor- before that time he had visited her POration in 1901. He was a director home. She admitted that she had ®nd a member of the executive com- been keeping steady company with Mittee of that organization almost the young man for some time previ. [rom its inception. According to e general belief among financial men, he wielded a grcafer influence thah any other man in directing the policy of that corporation. Financiers familiar with Mr. Frick’s | interests estimated today that his for- tune was not less than $200,000,000. | It was said he was one of the largest individual holders of Liberty and Vic- tory bond Beekott in his confos he gained through maly iold i the 11 e officialy i detailed confession at T ind jury for th sunerioy be in attendanee (OMOFTOW. likely tha t \ttorncy Aleorn will ask for an indict- eckelt for the crime of the first degree. | Woman Implicated. confession of Beck he vdo claims that rob- | motive for the atlack the chauffeur ot the Special” which was also Vonetian Speoial” be- net that Taft made his at the Venetian s rket street, Hartford, pli=d his trade, which con- v of habitues of the It has been generally pted that a woman played a part in the case, it Deckett's confession is said to disagrce with this theo Beckett sfates in the missive that he was alone at the time of the commit- ting of the mur and was on way to his parents’ home, which was at that time in Kensinglon. The con- fession voluntary one on part of the young man Has Checkered Career. Just where the te police receiv- their tip conneeti seckett with crime, will remain o t's record this city iy I come to the tention of cn more than one occasion. what is known man” by the local pe he was in his teen various depredation him in the cyes of the law At the 2 of committed to the Boys at Meriden. transferred fo the «t Cheshire attack on a night Meriden institution. On Muay 27. 1915, Beckett was pe roled from the reformatory, and was returned to the institution on July 11 of the vear for infraction of the | parole rules. e again secured purole on August 18, 1915, and January 1916, the re institution show that Be 1 a purole violator. 3 Hints At Taft Murder. what can be ascertained the that the stute police re-! ied an investigation and was to locate his few months ago it that the sought-for an fnmate of the Ve prison, wvnd one of the officials theve and questioned him. At {hat meeting, the official talked for considerable time with Beckett, and from statements the latter made, the official was satisfied that the prisoner must have actually been present when Taft was shot. There was no confes- | sion at that time. On November 11, the official again visited Beckett at the prison. It was evident that the statements made by Beckett on the previous visit of the state policeman had had ffect on the youth. It was at this meeting that the con- fession was made and turned over to the officer. Going to Parents’ Home, Although details are being with- held the substance of the confession Tlow much terrvible deed confession, but ithholding 'he this time. December inal h Henry Clay Frick, Worth $200,000,000, | i e Succumbs to Ptomainc court, eri Poisoniug, New York, Dec. -Henry " 2.~ Clay | ~o NG Sweetheart Unconcerned. i bery 1 was (e death of ) Hawl known as the cause of the headquartc ant on M Jwhere h sted princlps underworld. ap- matter accused the lianJl became a | et on th Bes Beckett ' From a f: was learned untarily pped ORf Sleuth. irly authentic sourc today that Beckett vol- | furnished the “tip” that sulted in his giving to the state po- lice the confession wh'ch results in the clearing up of the murder of Charles A. Taft. I'rom this source it | is understood that Beckett sent to the ! s ttorney a letter stating that | he desired o talk with Connecticut | officials, and all the pra | ing handed out in cert garding the ability of one of the staie | policemen in ferreting out the mur- derer receives a slight jolt. Police Are Satistied. William J. R s v regarding the aid, “T am satisied from what have in po s'on, that Beck the man wanted for the Taft murder Chief Rawlir dmitted that the lo- was ©¢al police were in possession of con- Re. | siderable information. He also e an | Pressed no surprise over the confe the | sion | Detective A. J. Richardson spoke - | briefly of the case. He intimated that the local department was active in the Taft murder during the past fow months. He said that he had plan- ned to go to the Vermont prison to Iinterview Bbecket He, however, was not atforded this opportunity. The Beckett confession the most of attenticn in this city. To many little credence is placed in 's admissions, it being accept- it he is a youth who has an in- clination foward bravado, and who would not stop at anything to gain notoriety and who is mentally un- balanced. The grand jury will sit at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when an indictment will be brought, charg ing .Beckett with the murder. it | | i RESERVE FIUME DECISION Final Scttlement Will Be cd the Becek that publi & mystery. one the He in Left for \l- licd and Associated Powers By Su- Chief preme Council. tod ed v he that minions of the ¥ , he w State School and later he Connecticut tollowing watchman at ured in Kept i Paris, Dec. decided today Ifiume should the Hungarian p The supreme coun- that the question not be settled in wce treaty but bhe reserved for final decision by, the Allied and assoc powe: This éliminated any objections on the part of either the Italians or the Jugo- Slavs to signing the treaty on account of Fiume. we o] it of formatory DUNN WILL COACH. irst Practice of High School Basket- ball Squad Held Today. The New Britain High basketball squad will hold its practice at the gymnasium *hool today. A large number indidates are expected to report and among them are Burns, Bunny, Tay- lor and Brink. These four were num- bered among last year's stars, and Burns is the captain of the five. Lawyer David L. Dunn who guided the football team through the cesstul son which Jjust closed, agreed today to coach the basketball team thi season. He immediately called the first practice for tonight. i | | w0 o | the was school first afte ore kett 10 bsorbed sted From intormation ceived, justi the next mov whercabouts disclose man was A was e oun mont went suc- . Liquor Sales Stopped Again in New Orleans New Orleans, Dec. 2.—Judge R. W. | Walker in the U. . circuit court of appeals granted today an order for supersedeas sought by the U. 8. dis- trict attorney, putting a stop of liquor sules here under the injunction granted last Wednesday by Di Judge IFosier, 'TLEL GRABBING AUTOI! The parking of automobiles on tho | north side of Church street is fording the police considerable prac- tice in notifying the owners to ap- pear in court. Today two automo- bile owners found the customary card resting on the seat of the ma- chine. They are Fred Campbell and Charles A. Hare, who will be in po- lice court tomorrow morning. Traffic Supervisor Lamphere brought Arthur W. Gordon to the police station this afternoon, for operatin; an auto trueclk which did not have an emer- gency brake. He will also be before the court fomgorrow. morning. af- an ALLIED SHIPS OF Copenhagen, Dec. A number of Allied warships, including an Ameri- can vessel, were cruising off Spalato on the Dalmatian t, on Sunday, according to a Lalbach dispatch ceived here. SPALATO. re- (Continued on Third Page) i ery | the i production we | exemnpted); | of the United Mine | 4 | the fuel shortage today of | Under the sweeping order of Fu Administrator Garfield limiting deliv- of fuel or power only to essential the first five classes of ies list curtailment of s in prospect in factories boots and shoes, brass manufactures, clothing, (except where specifically iron and ste jewelry, marble and stone products, musical in- struments, paper goods (news print excepted); rubber goods, cigars, wag- consumers in war prio turning out and bronze machiner; ons and carriages, wood manufactures, | shect and metal goods, mattresses, paints a es, photographic laneous non-essentials Theaters, mation picture show all other places of amusement complete shutdown. Churches schools also were included in that cat- cgory, although ecfforts we being made to postpone closing schools as long as possible. Bakeries, except those producing only bread, fell under the ban as did confectioners and certain plants. In some productss leather nd varnish- of those industries, how- ever, an immediate shutdown might be ! 1lled if the regional coal s permitted them to oper: sent supply of fuel was ex- fore: com- mitte. til their pro hausted. Insist On 31 ny operators today believed in the mines soon would be sumed under inducement of the creased wage scale and the govern- ment and public appeal. On the other hand, John L. Lewis, acting president Workers of Amer- o C. Raise, the & M wor| \, declared the government must deem its pledge to the miners of per cent increas Lewis sald the situation was unchanged as far as the miners were concerped. He would not predict the next move to end the ticup. Despite low temperatures that red over the west for the las lttle actual suffering hecausc had been ported. In Nebraska, where near zero weather prevailed, Kilger has been without coal ten days. Western Kan- also without ¢ to- day was to obtain an emergency sup- ply. the first taken from the strip pits | of that state. Suspension of all trafic over the st Louis and San Francisco railroad lines out of Oklahoma City today ta be only a matter of supplied. have tew of hours unless H. & C.uguperintendent is Going to Waterbury Shop L. B. «cy, for the past years ‘superintendent at the Hart Cooley Manufacturing company of this city, has resigned his position and on January 1 will sever his con- nections with the local concern. M. Marcey is going to Waterbury whe he has accepted a more lucrative po- sition with the Waterbury Manufac turing company and the Chase Rollir Mills. WEATHER. Hartfond, Dee. 2—loreeast for New Britain and vicinity Snow flurrics late today or to- night; colder Wednesday. | L SR - s in | non-union ! upplies and miscel- | packing te un- | in- | e | was said | three | & | WANTS EX-SERVICE MEN RECOGNIZED AND AIDED; IS FOR TARIFF CHANGE. REF. A[EXAN&ER NAMmyDefends Labor, Saying It Must No Long | Be Treated As Commodity—Favors Bu . 10 SUGCEED REDFIELD get System, Farm Development and Pr tection of American Dye Industry President Wilson Selects Missouri Democrat to Be PEACE TREATY AND RAILROAD PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN SPECIAL MESSAGE LATE Secretary of Commerce. | { Washin | Alexander Dec. of Gallatin, 2.—Joshuu Willis | Mo.. represen- tative in congress has been selected | by President Wilson to be secretary of commerce succeeding Willinm RRed- | fleld. The nomination will go to the senute late today or tomorrow il was 1id at the White House. ston. Washington, mmendations combat the of livius, yor un- rest, radicalism and a readjustment of the nation to peace time busis were ! the features of Pregident Wilson's annual message to cong delivered tods The peace treaty, the president told congre will be discussed in sepu- rate message later as will the railroad auestion. For the second time onl resident established the practice of ssing congress in person, his ge was read today by the clerlks, The president’s principal recom- mendations werc: Budget System and ‘T Iistablishment of a budget for the national finances. TReorganization of the sytem with simplifi ion come and e profit Readjustment of the if necessary to meet changed conditions and make the system con- form with the fact that the United States is the “greatest capitalist in the | that are pressing for solution at e time. Happily, I have the advand Recognition and relief for veteran | ©f the advice of the heads of the soldiers of the world war, particularly | €4l executive departments wheo in the way of government farms as | KePt in close touch with affairs proposed by Secretary Lane. | their detail and whose though: o S e e | recommendations I earnestly seed ) | _In the matter of the railroads Proper measures to foster the dye- | the readjustment of their affa stuffs industry built up during the | growing out of federal control, 1 g . later day of Dec on eneral iion o painful object of minorities.” “Therc are sald- the me: | rect action lesson of the p legis cost those i this count who threaten to force their will u [ me jority It makes little ference what minority it is; whe capital labor, or any other cl no sort of privilege will ever be J mitted to dominate this country.’ Orderly processes, the messagb clared, were the only ones by wi relief and reform could be obta “Those who would propose any hod of reform are enemi this country,” the message said. , .t those heware who take the shi road of disorder and revolutid Text of Message. 1t Wilson's message gress is follow. To the Senate and sentatives: I sincer regret that T cannotlfd tariff system, | Present at the opening of this { world | of the congre L am thus preven {from presenting in as direct a as 1 could wish the many quest $100,000 EXEMPTIONS ARE ALREADY ASKED or > the | Special Act Relieves Service Men ot $1,000 on Their Assessment: Over 100 Apply. ifys, system | the -amount Presid been ked that the' to much higher ntitled to Tax exemption to §100,000 has already and it is probable amount will reach sigure when all taxpayers emption have made application, Chairman August Burckhardt, of th hoard of ssors, explained today when asked about the fal act exempling service men from payment upon property to the amount of $1,000 cach. The act itself is one passed at i réquest of the government and been followed out for a number | years in the caso of veterans of othe { wars. This is the first year, howeve that tho veterans of the World War have had the opportunity of rece ing the relief given under that rule, | so many of them are taking advan- | tage of the special act fo secure ex emption. Chairman Burckhardt re- ports that the men come to the offico of the assessors in groups. In sev- eral instances where there have been | more than one or two service men in ¥the family, large and valuable pleces [of property have been allowed to go free of taxation through this rule, and the ors have been instructed to take notice of this fact in making up their tax lists. The taxes must nece up through other ass total amount of which will depend upon the -number of ex-service men {who apply. As matters now stand, {an additional $2,100 will have to be | collected from taxpayers other than | the ex-service men. This is figured the rate of 21 mills on the dollar for the 100 exemptions of $1,000 each, lor $21 on each soldier. to ¢ f § House of Rey taxation of the in- spe the . ha of | war to keep the United States inde- | take the lberty at pendent of foreign supply. | dressing you. An enlarged program for rural de- | Favors Budget velopment, in recognition of the| I hope that congr j farmers’ part in the war. a conclusion at this, session legi Measures which “will tion looking to establishment of causes® of “political budget system. That there should| our body politic.” one single authority responsibl Refers to Peace Treaty. the making of all appropriations At this point the president made | N3t appropriations should not his most extensive reforence to the | M2de independently of each otiay peace treaty by saying the causes for | With Teference with one single the unrest “are superficial rather than | PYehensive plan of expenditure pr deep seated” and that they jerly related to the nation’s inco from or Are cennected with the fail. | there can be no doubt, I heliaw ure on the part of our government to | PUrden of preparing the budget m arrive speedily at a just and perma- | i the nature of the if the wi nent peace permitting return to nor- |5 t0 be properly done and respo mal conditions, from the transfusion | Vlity concentrated instead of di of radical theories from seething Ku- | 0> rest upon (he executive. ropean centers pending such delay | PUd8et so prepared should be subn} from heartless profiteering resulting | (0 t0 and approved or amended from the increase of the Gost of liv. | ® Single committee of each house ing and 1astly from the machinations | CN&Tess and no single appropriat of passionate and malevolent agita- | SNOUld be made by the congres tors. With the return to normal | Pt such as may have been d&x conditions this unrest will rapidly | I the budget prepared by the exe disappeary in\':z( or :Lfrmeu by the particular co Would Ban Radicals. ;‘;:]\.Idf(‘( ?QK:,OI‘:;;T:S sharsod PN The president renewed his recom- | Wants Economy Practiced. mendations for legislation to deal ef-| Another and not less important fectively with “those persons who by | pect of the problem is the ascerta violent methods would abrogatc our | ment of the economy and efficied time tested institutions.” | with which the moneys appropriaf Takes Up 1. C. of L. | are expended. Under existing law eral only audit is for the perposes of newals of previous ones, were made | ¢ertaining whether expenditures h: by the president to bring down the |Deen lawfully made within the Cost of living, Ameng them were ex. | Propriations.” No one is authorized tension of the food control law to | €duibbed to ascertain whether 4 peace times for the emergency; reg- | MONeV been wisely, e ulations for transportation of foods in | Pomically and eftectively ‘he aul interstate commere a cold storage | tOrs should be highly trained offici law modelled affer the law in New | With permanent tenure in the treas Jersey; a law requirlng manufactur- | department, free of obligations to ing to show the length of time foods | MOtives of consideration for this are kept in storage and a law | any subsequent administration g euro “competitive selling and pre. | @utiorized and cmpowered to examy vent unconscionable profits. By fed- | into and make report upon the me eral license of corporations selling | 045 employed and the results food In interstate commerce. A large | t4dned by the executive departmen portion of the message was devoted | Of the sovernment. ‘Their repo to a discussion of the condition -"("‘"l‘;‘d be "t“"‘“ ‘]‘_"'!h'*l"fl"srels a rights of labor. A definite prog Jessecrotaryiol uo; irehmigyy bring about an improvement Must Stmplify Taxation. condition of labor and bring st the cons will give enuine democratization of ate consideration to the prd was recommended. lem of future taxation, Simplifid SR tion of the and profits ta S e as become immediate necess Sl S taxes performed indispensa i service during the war. They mu S e lowever, be simplified not only ehaien s the taxpayer inconvenience a E expense, but in order that his lial ity may be made certain and definj] With reference to the the revenue law, the secretary treasury aud the commissioner of ternal revenue will lay before you your consideration certain ame ments to or desirable in connecti] with the administration of the law recommen lons which haye ¥ approval and support. It is of | utmost importance that in deali with this matter the present U should not be disturbed so far the the remov restlessness the in sarily be made ments, the { GREENWICH SOCIETY LOSES ITS CLOTHE 5,000 Blaze Destroys r Coats, Gowns and Other Valuable Arti- recommendations, me re- cles of Wearing Apparel. Greenwich, Dee, Many fur coats, capes and gowns of expensive material belonging to residents of this town, were destroyed today when fire | wrecked the ladies’ tailoring shop of L. S. Croce, in Greenwlich avenue. In | the adjoining building, and in which | fire started, following explosion of a gas tank there were idditional arti- cles of apparel and furs, in the tail- oring shop of J. H. O'Neill. An early estimate of aggregate losses was $35,- 000. The fire having O'Neil shop spr spent to se- ils start in the d and destroyed the ructure, and spread to the adjoin- ing building in which Croce had his umuel Zeigler who lived up th his family, owned this laf- | er building, and loss at $14,000. The fami v thing Over the O'Neil lived James | rt and family, and they lost| - household goods. The structure | was worth $10,000. Neither O'Neil nor the exact value of the articles with them for repair or The latter had in charge coat tl owner of which at $1,000. in about industry T tr fmmec income an to keep men from ievances is (o ,” said the pres- another point it of rovolution is e At seed Lol save left renovation. a fur over- | had vaiuod | Croce can | | | ] Right of Collective Bargaining. | of the d down league details of principles in the nations. “offers us the wa industrial peace and conciliation. No other road lies open to us. e Governments must recognize he | right of men to bargain collectively for humane objects, Laber must no longer be treated a com- modity. “The right of individuals to inviolate,” continued the m “and ought not to be interfered Dy any process of government, but there is a predominant right nd that is the right of the government to protect all of its people and to assert its power and majesty against the challange of any class. The establishment arding labor, s covenant of the said the message, 4 D’Annunzio’s Advance To Be Prevented By Italy Belgrade, Dec. 1, via Copenhagen London.—The Italian government | informed the Jugo-Slav govern- that the instructions of the peace conference for preventing the advance .of Gabriele d’Annunzio’'s forces on Spalato will be carried out, it was stated here today. { | | i { | fiss to has ment as strike as gards taxes for 1920, payable 1. The congress sider whether the come and profits taxes times be effectively revenue, ard whether on the contrary, 5 t calendar ye ve might well col rates of can in pea productive they may » be destructive of by tivity and producti waste and inefliciency. There is point at which in peace times hif rates of income and profits taxes d courage ener remove the incenti to new enterprise, encourage extra age, with I in calendap sher Loan Corporatioh To Erect Seven Three Family Houses Permits for seven dwellings wero issued by Building Inspector John W.| The president was referring {o the Allen this afternoon to John P. Ma-| government's recent injunction against guire. The homes are to be built on | the coal strike Jerome street and are to be three tam- | Attack on Anarchy. ily structures to cost $9,000 each. The| The message closed with houses are 40x20 feet, and are to he|ed reference to radicalism and “red built for the Hardware City Loan cor- | doctrines and referred to ‘Russia to- poration, day with its blood and terror’ as u_‘ iness a point- (Continued on Third Page)

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