New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1921, Page 1

Y, ESTABLISHED 1870. /3 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. MONDAY, JANUARY EBS MUST SERVE HIS TERM = OF TEN YEARS, SAYS WILSON IN REFUSAL TO PARDON HIM President Turns Deaf Ear BflflSTS IN FAGTORIES To Plea Of Department | AVERAGE 64 PER CENT. Of Justice For Com- mutation Of Sentence Feb. 12 'UPREME COURT IN « FAVOR OF BERGER s Conviction of Socialist and Four Companions Ille- gal—Judge Landis Disquli- fied. Two-Fifths of City’s Prop- erty is Now Represented By Industries. Factories have been increased ap- proximately 64 per cent under the new assessment system here while other classes of property have been “jacked” about 50 per cent figures contained in the grand list as pub- lished today, This brings the assessed valuation of local show. planis to about two-fifths of the entire assesscd ~valuation in the city, which is greater in proportion than any other city in the state, city officials believe. Be- tween $300,000 and $400,0000 more will be paid in taxes this year by the industries than was paid last year. A summary of the factory assess- ments show the valuation to have in- creased, in round figures, from $22,- 000,000 to $36,000,000 since the last list was published. The values of oth- ——— Washington, 'Jamn. 31.—Prepident son refused today to commute the " year sentence Imposed upon jone V. Debs for violation of the lghage act. president disapproved a rec- endation of the department of that Debs sentence be com- er properties were boosted from $34,- 000,000 to $54,000,000. | d to expire on next February 12. With the announcement today of a . g@almer's recommendation wag | 57and list of slightly more than $91,- Bt the prealdent this 000,000, city officials have pondered over the possibilities of a low tax and it was reported at Arst | yate. “‘Prunning” from the budgets he executive had acted upon it | submitted every possible bit of . un- bly. This Iater was found to n“:-n; work, th;y announce that Rawater: nothing less than 20 mills is a possi. °‘;::‘y times candidate of the | P/MitY: This includes three mills al- st party for president, entered ready;iatd. 5 03 0 serve s ton Seare [ WATER NGOME LESS 165, 1911 to serve a ten years' ince for violation of the espion- City Department Will Be Specifically the charges in- attempting o dncite insub- By- Closing .Down of Factories in Year's Revenue, is naiset. in the military forces and & recruiting. Debs convic« sustained by the U, 8. su- court. Berger Oase Revorsed, " Because of the slackness In lacal industries, the ‘income of the water department this yéar will not be as lange as in the past few years, Chair- man Willlami B, ‘Rossbeérg said this of Victor L. Berger and hor members of the socialist afternoo. ~ Abolit -one-half the rey- enue of the department is derived r wiolation of the espionage reversed today by the su- court op the ground . that Landis should not have heard mor his oligibility had been from the factories. During the per- fod of part-time work, considerably less water is used than in other times, hence the reduction in income. A ten per cent charge for delin- | quency will be added tonight to the accounts of all who have not paid their water rents before that office closes. It is not expected that the number of delinquents this year will be as large as in the past since pay- ments have been more prompt than in several years in spite of the In- dustrial situation. { Affected oonvkwm with Berger in ral court at Chicago were mer, nafional secretary Willlam F. Kruse, edi-' the Yourg Soclalists magazin Engdahl and Irwin 8t. John and the other four men onvicted under the section 1 attempts to cause insub- ! and disloyalty in the u‘ military forces, and ranging from 10 to 20 imprisonment were imposed. appeal was brought to the court on the ground that Kenesaw Mountain Landis, resided at the trial, had APPEAL DISMISSED | Washington, Jan. 31.—The appeal| of Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the, Denver, Colo.,, juvenile court from ‘convicuon on charges of contempt of ! court, was dismissed today by the supreme court. 'ontinued on Page Six.) TROLLEYS RUNNING District Still Tied Up—Jitneys d to Charge Over Fifteen » N. Y., Jan. 31.—The thira J %, 2t NAVY BILL WOULD CUT ot ' PERSONNEL T0 100,000 er, Waterviiet, Cohoes, | d and Waterford, began to- | no Indications of an early set- If Adoi)tqd, Weeding Out ‘Process Will Begin " July 1st. there has been no disorder or nts, nd reports of the strikebreakers have proved ed. Police Hyatt today issued an tihg owners of motor buses ts fare under threat of forc- to take out omnibus licenses it $26. BROTALLY SLAIN hen Brandt, 37, Washington, Jan. 31.—Reduction of the city’s enlisted personnel to a maximum of 100,000 men as com- pared with a present possible maxi- mum of 143,000 is provided for in the | naval appropriation bill, to be re- ported to the house tomorrow. If adopted the weeding out process 4 Beaten and Stabbed to [W!ll begin July 1, the start of the v new fiscal year. Chairman Kelley, bb Motive. of the sub-committee which framed ¥ the bill, expressed bellef that 100,- Phio, Jan. 31.—Miss | 900 men would be sufficient and that dt, 837, was found beaten the navy would be put on “a regular d to death this morning in |man basis” with elimination of thou- sands of boys now in service. home of her brother- | iy Ccommittee was said to have or Slemen, with whom |\, q¢ no changes in the building """;I head was crushed ":;proxnm with the possitile exception e O a oo | of & slight slowing up of the work. bery evidently was the ., $500 worth ot of Cleve- TELEPHONE GIRL’S QUICK WIT SAVES KIDNAPPED WOMAN Mrs. Gladys Witherell of Los! Angeles Rescued Alter Opera- tor Delays Call and Warns Police VICTIM FOUND HIDDEN IN DESERTED RANCH HOUSE ‘Was Not Injured During Her prisonment—Two Men, Charged With Abducting Her, Taken Pris- Im- oners and Later Confess—Actuated By Desire for Revenge and Also to Make Some Easy Money. Los Angeles, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Gladys Witherell, who disappeared from her home here last Tuesday, was found early today, a prisoner in a small house on a sheep rdnch eight miles east of Corona, in Riverside county, about 70 miles southwest .of Los An- geles, according ‘to telephone mes- sages to The.Associated Press. Mrs. Witherell was unharmed. Two men who gave their names as A. J. and Floyd Carr, cousins, were arrested. The discovery of Mrs. Witherell and {the arrests were effected by Los An- geles police and deputy sheriffs who started for Los Angeles with the woman and the two arrcsted men. Revenge, Chief Motive. The officers said the Carrs con- fessed they had ill feeling toward the woman’'s father-in-law, A. J. With- erell, because of a transaction in- volving a boat, and that they kid- napped Mrs. Witherell both to obtain revenge and ransome money, of which it was said, they had de- manded $20,000. Phone Girl Gives Tip. A telephone operator's quick wit led to th¢ discovery of Mrs. Witherell. The operator recelved a call from a pay station for the residence of C. S. ‘Witherell and delaying the call until the police had heen sent to the pay ) station where they arrested A. & Carr jyst as he vu.n\mmludlmr a de- layved converq-tbn ,which he had promised relatives in a letter sent them Saturday. The police said they found chiloro- form and other articles in his auto- mobile which they believed had been used in decoying the woman from her home. Carr Makes Confession. At the police station Carr. it was sald, confessed that he had spent Sat- urday night outside of Los Angeles, afraid to communicate with the With- erells as he had agreed by letter. Floyd Carr, according to the confes- sion of his cousin was the le.der‘{ the kidnapping. The police said A. J. Carr told them { that Floyd Carr went to the Witherell home last Tuesday night and told Mrs. Witherell a friend had been in- jured in an automobile accident and was calling for her. Floya Carr, according to the police escorted her to an automobile where (Continued on Page Six.) Three Firemen Killed and 18 Badly Injured as Building Collapses During Fire at Providence Whole Company Trapped On Roof, Hurled Into Burning Debris When Wall Falls. FINANCIAL LOSS ABOUT $150,000 Providence, Jan. 31.—Three firemen were killed and 18 seriously injured when a wall of the building at 88 Mathewson street !collapsed during a fire early today. The blaze started in a poolroom and bowling alley. The dead were: Lieut. Thomas H. Kellihir of Engine Co. No. 2, and Arthur Cooper of Engine No. 13, and John Taque of Ladder Co. No. 1. The injured were taken to the Rhode Island hospital. Two more expected to die. A company of firemen trapped on the roof, was thrown into the burn- ing buflding when the front wall gave way. With the blazing debris falling around them, others in the street rushed into the building, res- cued the living members of the com- pany and brought out the bodies of the dead. The building, was of Iy MEREDITH SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL BILLS Favors Examination and Licens- ing of All Instructors in Schools FOR FOUR HOURS' STUDY State (‘onrmlusloner of Education Also Advocates Free Text Books Does Not Want Any Teacher Dis- and missed Without Hearing B«-{om! State Board, if She Desired. l Hartford, Jan. 31.—An open con- ference on the legislative program proposed by the state board of edu- cation was presided over by Commis- sioner of Education A. B. Meredith at the High school auditorium here to- day. Addressing the audience, which consisted largely of teachers, Mr. Meredith took up the varipus meas- ures proposed by the board of educa- iion and embodied in bils already presented to the legislatune. He dis- cussed a proposed amendment to the present act concerning the apportion- ment of state aid to schools. He ex- plained that under the presemnt plan, state aid is rendered ta towns with a a grand list of $2,500,000 or Iless, those with larger lists receiving no aid. The amendment will extend this state aid to all towns. Towns with grand lists from $2,500,000 to $10,- 000,000 will receive 20 per cent of their teachers’ salaries and towns with grand lists of more than $10,000,000 will receive a refund of ten per cent of the teachers' salaries. Would Incrcasc Pay. . A plan to increase the state grant beginning July 21 of this year, from the present rate of $3 a pupil to $4 a pupil was exylained, and he urged that this moncy be applied to teach- ers’ salaries. Commissioner Meredith outline the benefits that would follow the adop- tion of an act establishing the legal school day as four hours of actual work as a minimum. Examination for Teachers “One of the most important meas- ures on the program of the state board,” said Commissioner Meredith “is the one which provides for the xeamination of teachers and the creation of boards of examiners. Under this act, each town will have a board of examiners to grant cer- tificates and’ no teacher is to be em- nlow un!e- he or she holds a state cate or 18 found to be qualified Only an examination. new toachers are affected.” For Free Text Books. . Another act especially urged by the commissioner was one which pro- vides that free text books and sup- plies should be supplied in every town of the state. Under another of the education’s proposals, as explained by Commissioner Meredith, it would be impossible for local authorities te dismiss a teacher without a hearing before the state board if the teacher so desires. Teachers’ Pension Fund Important measures applving to the pension of retired teachers were discussed at the conference. The state educational board's proposal calls for an increase in the minimum pension from $300 to $500, and an increase in the maximum assessment on teachers’ from $100 to $150 and of the minimum assessment to $40, with a corresponding increase in the possible annuity derived therefrom. The period of service in the state re- quired in order to obtain a pension would be reduced to 15 years. RAPHAEL-KAPLAN NUPTIALS Well Known Rusiness Man Takes New Yofk Young Lady As Bride in That City. Louis Raphael, proprietor of the Big department store, took as his bride in New York city yesterday aft- ernoon, Miss Naomi Kaplan, daughter of Dr. arld Mrs. Bernard Kaplan of that place. The couple were ntlended by William C. Raphael of this brother of the bridegroom, and Mra Blanche Noseson, sister of the bride. Members of Mr. Raphael's family at- tended the wedding. Dr. Kaplan performed the ceremony at the home of the bride. Miss Kap- lan is a scholar of the Chalif school of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Raphael left after the ceremony on an extended wedding trip to the south. On their return they plan to make their home in this city or possibly in Hartford. board of STUDEBAKER DIVIDEND. New York, Jan. 31.—Regular quarter-, ly dividends of 13-4 per cent. on both preferred and common stock outstand- ing were declared today by the board of directors of the Studebaker Corp. They are payable on March 1 to stock- | holders of record at the clase of busi- ness.on February 10. 31, 1921.—SIXTEEN PAGES. N HERALD $91,543,448 IS GRAND LIST THIS SHOWS $33,523,945 UNDER NEW SYSTEM OF VA 1920 TAX LIST SUMMARY OF Houses (537715) . House arid building [§ Land (3901 2-3 acres) Barns and Garages (1820) Mills and Manufactories (91) . Stores (510) Horses, Ete. (411) . Neat Caule (235) Automobiles (3421) . Coaches, Carriagcs, Eu\ (437) . Farming Utensils and Mechanics’ Clocks, Watches and Jewelry ........... Piano-Fortes and Other Musical lnsu-umcnts Household Furniture and Libraries ... ’ Amount Employed /m Merchandise ahd Trade Investment in Mech. and Manufac. Operations .... Money at Interest a This State and Elsewhere ... Money on hand exceeding $100 ... All taxable property not specifically mendpned 10 Per Cent Additional $23,032.640 117,140,320 1,838,240 1,034,370 21,780,750 . .6,878,750 39,150 75) '. ' 1,932,050 33,650 8,500 8,500 6,350 64,305 3,542,536 13,832.750 1,818 7,703 10,310 559,347 ——————$91,746.469 $ 15,000 { . Deductions on Account of Blindness ....... Deductions on Account of War— (Soldiers, Enllon and Widows) ... 188,021 208,021 $91,543,448 $91,543,448 5&0!'#08 THREE DETECTIVES ARE SHOT WHILE GUNMEN STEAL $10,000 IN DETROI. Daring Robbery in Heart of GOVERNOR PARKHURST ecdvitle, Va, Bandits! OF MAINE DIES TODAY Reedville, Va., Bandlts ‘ Loot Bank of $119,000 and' - Total Grand List for 1920 .... Total Grand List for 1919 e Increase Over IHD S Fire Building. Detroit, Jan. 31.—Three detectives were shot and seriously wounded by three bandits who this morning held up and robbed the Morton Bend eom- pany offices in the ‘public - squate Qowntown. - At the ‘hospital it was said two of the detectives. probably will die. The bandits escaped with | $10,000 in Liberty bonds, acéording ' to the police-report. The bandits enteredjthe bond offices shortly after 9 o'clock and seized a package of bonds lying on the . cash- ier’s desk. At the door they encounter- ed a number of detectives summoned by one of the clerks who pushed a call button when they turned from the cashier’s cage. Shoot Way Out Shooting their way through a crowd at the door the bandits dropped the three detectives and escaped in an automobile. The wounded officers are Philip ; Eltonstein and David Morris, Detec- | tive Lieuts. and Sergeant Joseph Hus- kins. Eltonstein was shot over the heart, ; Huskins in the side and Morris in the chest. — Rob and Fire Bank Washington, Jan. 31.—The Com- monwealth National bank at Reed- ville, Va., a village 100 miles from here, was robbed of cash and security ,totalling $119,000 and then set on fire, accarding to reports received today by the Washington police department. The collector of customs at Reed- vills, in reporting the robbery said it had occurred at about 2:30 o’clock and that the robbers were believed to have escaped in an automobile. The building, a two story frame structure was destroyed. The door to the vault and that of the safe inside were found open, is was said. The cash missing was placed by bank officials at §119,- 000, while the securites included a large amount of Liberty bonds. SHOOTS HUSBAND AND SELF Wifc of Soldier as Camp Dix Admits She Killed Him During Quarrel - Over Woman. Camp Dix, N. J,, Jan. 31. —Corporal Albert Linville, 26 years old, whose home is in West Virginia, was shot and killed in his barracks here last Saturday night, the local military au- thorities announced today. His wife, ‘Mrs. Florence Linville, who is charg- ed with the shooting, is in the camp hospital, it was stated, in a aritical | condition with a bullet through her re. Linville, according to the mil-| itary police, admitted that she had shot her husband durin r over another n | Diphtheritic Infection Fatal, Though He Had Been Augnsta, Me., Jan. ' 8l1.—Frederick' ‘H. Parkhurst, governor of Mdn-. died W B. failed to wer from the | the tonm ‘which he three mnp ago. Afin:ty he was | Ameri poratic Almost Do In At As a dii instituted grand, list today and laid for xt penses e year's list of being prob An one yu-r ' 1 543 448 last year. In pmparw o Sa gre:.t has ¥ propenty valud Herald hds P and 11, the n all over $7,0! Inte: g in the sum relative to contained inf: eater n grw inicreased’ ey improving -until ‘Jate- last night {when |' | he becarmne unconstious, Do-.th fol- : lowed at 9:15 today. - . “Governor Parkhurst. who was elected | last September will be automatically | succeeded by Percival P. Baxter of | Portland, president of the senate. Mr. Baxter will complete the term of two years. Governor Parkhurst was inaugurated on January 6. Five days later he was taken ill while at the stafe house. His tongue was badly swollen and he said i it felt as if it had been struck a severe i blow. Diagnosis indicated a diphtheria ! infectjon and anti- - ! istered. He responded splendidly , treatment, and his condition proved so that he could swallow liqu!d ' ¢ food. He remained in his hotel aparment l until about a week ago when he went i to the Blaine House, home of the late i James G. Bluine, now the new execu- | | tive mansion. During the week he at- ! tended to some public business and it was expected he would be able to re- turn to the executive department in another week. The immediate cause of death was given as pneumonia, which developed last night. Mrs. Parkhurst was with him when he died. 10,000 BACK AT WORK This Number Return at Ford Plant, While Packard Compeny Partially Suspends Again. ! Detroit, Jan. 31.—Oj tions were suspended today in several depart- I ments of the Packard Motor Car com- | pany’s plant which reopened three { weeks ago. Necessity of ‘bglancing , up the inventory” was given as the ‘ reason. The number of men affected was not disclosed. Approximately 10,000 employes of the Ford Motor company's main plant : began returning to work today. AGREE T0 REDUCTIONS Hatters Employed at Soutd Norwalk Concerns Willing to Workal 20 Per Cent. Out. o - Soum N vall on this American which is § 246,200 for, is compo: Corbin Cabin and Russell several years has had the. the grand li proportionate; this year. B Second on & Level facton : Stanley Worl 1 & Level facton cerns was $6, & Clark’s plas list with $6,46! double th 237,650. Other mill are: North M Sl- as against chine; $1, u) Union nufy 145,600 as Some of The estate sessment is ti ‘The properties. for $554,000 at $640,200. the individual t8 800 on his hold city. Assessments. i last year for thie| son in the 5 spoken of in co payers’ asso P. S. McMaho $155,450; John against $106,400] $315,900 as Tha summary joining calump_ 33 HORSES