New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 1

. . r’ Ads” Mcan Busines Herald Better BLISHED 1870 L e COMMONS REFUSES TO TAKE ACTION IN AL BETWEEN TWO IRISH ZONES Bill Establishing Free| State In Ireland Passes, Its Second Reading By | 302-60 Vote—-Asquith| Defends Measure | | | In Meantime Situation Belfast Shows lmprove-fi“‘ FROZEN CORPSE IS ment—42 Unionist Pi oners Have Been Released London, " Keb, 17 (By Associated Press.)-—The bill establishing the | Irish free state passed its reading in the house of commons to- day after the amendment offered by Captain Charles Craig, leader of the Ilster unionists for altering the boundary commission provisions of the Anglo-Trish treaty had been feated 302 fo 60 The second reading without a division. The amendment disposed of stipu- lated that in view of the fact that the treaty provided for the creation of a boundary commission and that such provision was in dircct abrogation of 1TIster’'s rights as secured by the gov- ernment of Treland act of 1920 and a breach of the pledges given by prime minister the house should cline to proceed with the second read- ing until the government had given assurance that the prowision in ques- tion should be climinated; or that any decision of the bounda commission should only take ecffect after ap- was adopted » proval of the northern parliament has | « been given, Former Premier Asquith vigorously supported the bill, Wonld Reject Rill. Hugh Cecil charged the gov- ernment with treating the Sinn Fein as if it were a constituted govern- ment, adding: ‘Now that we have found it a government and that crimes of terrible character are breaking out, think' the hill ought to be rejected, “The governments are in the as- tounding position that they want the chief boundary commissioner to de- clde whether the government should break faith with Ulster. The govern- ments are looking on with curfosity tn see whether cheats and liars,” lord is not a T/ they . are Prisoners Released. 17T (By Associated Press) - Iforty-two Ulster unionists kidnapped during the recent raids across the bhorder from the south have bheen released. Michael Collins, head of the provisional government telegraphed Colonial S Churchill today that he had succeeded in ob- taining the liberation of this number of prisoners. < There was filr”wr incendiarism last nigh in county Tyrone, where early yesterday an unsuccessful effort was| made to destroy the Strabane work honse which the military had com- mandeered for barracks purposes. Quiet Tast Night. l.ast night was the quietest RBelfast has experienced since the outhreak on Sunday night of the disorders which have taken a toll of more than 30 lives, The only incident reported ear- Iy this morning, was the firing of a shot at a watchman in the Mills.Falls district. He escaped injury. P. U. COMM. TO HEAR 6 CENT FARE PLEA RBelfast, I%eb, City'c~ Petition for Lower Trolley Rates Will Come Up Thursday Moming at 10 o'Clock. rotary H. F. Billings of the Pub- Utilities Comrotssion has notified the city of a hearing te be held next Thursday morning, at 19 o'ciack, in Room 41 of the State Capiin’ at Hist ford, when the cowmrmon conneil’s pe- tition for lower trviley fares will taken up. The council has asked that uix cents be made the maximum fare on all hnes within the city limits, it being understood that on ail such trips no fransfers wiil be izsued. Alderman A. M. Faonessa, man of the transportation commit tee, has rcquestad members of the common couneil and others who may be interested, to attend the meeting. HAS GREAT APPETITE lic he chair Oregon Fox Wunter, Who Has Faten i« Kills, s Now Full of Shot—Has tiead Polsoning. Astoria, Ore, Veb. 17.-John H Bell, with a iocal repuiation as & nf wl\') fowl and who has eat- rly, was taken ser- week ago with a myster- Fxaminati by X-<Ray s intestines were full lead poisoning had ady 1 thal ol ushot aprd that Physic removed mare thar 200 shot, bhut new X-Ray examination yosterday showed more than 100 shot remaining. Proparations were nade ond vpiation for removal of the shot Which the duoct seefed undonbt- edly swallowen in cating wiltd fowl aiter then., for ¢ in || second | AI(‘-I the | de- | interested | NEW BRITAIN HERALD e e NIEW BRITAIN, TERING LINE W Germany Announccs | Reparations Money (ziven Over Today -0 Paris, ¥eb, 17, ed Press).~~The German gov- crnment today advised the al- Mied reparations cormmission that the fourth ten day ment of $1,000,000 gold m was made this morning to b designated by the gua commitice, This payment serda with the fempor wehedule lopted rec tha veparations commission (By Aesoclal- atl FOUND IN GAMDEN Marks on Girl's Throat Indicate Mysterions Murder POLICE WITHOUT ANY CLUES Absence of Any Evidence of Struggle Indicates That Victim Was Lither Dead or Unconscious When Taken There. young Camden, IFeb, 17.~-The woman frozen body of a hearing the imprints of fingers on the throat, was [ the | found today fect drive- that enue bridge over the Hill of an aufomobile {of two men were "h;ml crusted snow spot where the hody driveway. Was God Looking. The body was found by a trimmer employed hy fhe public ice corpord The woman was |al|nu| 30 years old and gooed looking, | The hody was dressed what detee | tives described 1 “second mourn- ing" costume, The feet were enca in high fan shoes, and the hat woman wore made of light soft erfal in sport style giving nish appearance. was found nearby, There was no evidence of a struggle, leading the police to believe the wom- an was either dead or unconscions when laid in the snow. There were several on the throat. The hody must have heen exposed to the cold many | | hours in fhe opinion of Coroner Holl, | * of Camden county, who made a pre liminary examination. The driveway heyond the Kaighn aveniie hridge was deserted last night | and no one has been who saw or heard of an automobile in that vi cinity. from | way leads the from Kaighn av- | Cooper ereek to | Worest park, this city. Tracks nd the cernible in the leading from the was found to the lamp sory fion in ma a man deep scratehes found BODIE NOT REINSTATED, es 1o Pormit Base to Return Judge Landis Refy ball Star land today denied Bodie, former Chicago, Feb. 17. Judge baseball commissioner reinstatement Ping New York, Boston and Philadelphia | ontfielder and also harred Ben Shaw of Pitfsburgh from organized bhase ball. Phil Weinert Syracuse was reinstated. Bodie and haw jumped contracts and their applica tions for reinstatement were termed premature. Weinert, the decigion said had “re covered from the swelled head which followed the pitching of winning ball and which him to forget all contract obligations," o of both | | cansed NO INV TGATION Take No Governor Mississippi Legislature Will Action Against Accused Miss today Jackson, Miss., Feb. 17, The issippi house of representatives adopted a resolution declaring it to be the view of that bhody that the dami i brought hy Miss Frances against Governor Russell should ba left entirely to the courts for adjudieats The vote was 76 to 30 andl was accepted hy leaders as blocking further legislative action in the matter. Miss Birkhead sned for heavy damages charging seduction. Aged Clergyman Sent To Prison for Murder Mount Ida, Ark., Feb. 17.—The Rey rding Hughes, superannuated minis charged with murder in connection with the death of Mrs Anna McKennon last May, was found guilty by a jnry early ftoday His punishment was fixed at life im prisonment, Five Cripples to Take Part in Bowling Match Chicago, 1feb. 17, Five ecrippled | men were to meet a chauffeurs' team in a howling match tonight. One of | the cripples bowls from a wheel chair and has averaged 150 in several games, I LICENSES, marriage licenses | at the office of the | Bdward Rutkow | street, and Miss [y of 248 Washington | Mastronardi, a tailor, | ty and Miss Vittori | naker, of 30 knfield MARRI \(.i following ued today John The were s city clerk of 78 Beay M. Stankie strec Mieh Ilast dres Lol i ie L st r strect A | followed [ the salury items in the budget [ ment | disposition. footprints [and, |§500, | heen conélnded, | started [ district CONNECTICUT, COUNCIL APPROVES 21 MILL TAX RATE Proposed Bu-dflet Wfil Now Go lo‘ Gity Meetmg Board 10 P. C. (uTs FLININATED Sub-Committee Report With Recom- mendation For 211 Tax Is Set Asitle on Motion of Alderman A, M, Proncssa, he common night council at a special fon last voted to recommend |to the City Mceting hoard that a tax rate for of 21 mills be declared effoctive next e fiscal year, This action ! report by a special com- mittee named by the mayor to rewrite § pr 1 fax- cent cut, mmends 21014, proposal was, that mills be adopted, pportioned with 18 3-4 mills in the ?i and 2 1-2 mills in the second tax- ing district Alderman A, a 21 omill tax posed by the board of finance ation, climinating the 10 per Committee Re The committee's rate of 21 1.4 a M. PPaonessa would see the through safel He pointed out there many departmental be that will revert back to the city tr ury and the is still a considerable amount of taxes to come in bLefore the of the fiscal ycar, felt that city that are I as- o ¢lo Mayor For Reduction. Mayor O. 1% Curtis agreed with the sisth warder on the possibilities of a 21 mill rate, He informed membe of the council that about $30,000 could be faken from various sourcos, including the proposed salary list. Tty dropping the quarter of a miil it | would have been necessary {o cut only | 000. Alderman Paoncssa's amend- the committee's report was without dissenting vote, report will be the city meeting hourd It is possible will be held March Whéhe Changes Are Made, The changes voted at Iz session, showing, first, the recom- mendation of board of finance cond, the amount allowed by the councll, are: School I\l‘pal"vll(”v' Teaching schools $548,350; janitors’ salaries ; medical in spection, $5,000, $; superintend- ent of schonls, 5,400, $6,000; attend- ance burean, 05 census, $700; 0o, $8,300; evening sehool £9.000 Police e Regular roll, $99.64 chairman clerk, $H8H, $650., Fire Department. Payrolls, $1¢ $115,656.50: chairman and clerk, $1,000 rity Board R NA8; town 202, 24,780, . Health Department , 815,250, Water Board 80 to adopted The u now for that final this ion st night's the duy $8,100, artment. $110,71 pay and 616, $000, h Office home salaries, salarics, $7,920, $5,- | neral government lary ligt, 5,368, $36,120 WINKLE VS. KALKOWSKI dudge Malihie Declines To Contin Case Until After Criminal Proceed- ded. ings Have Been Con Judge William M. Malthie, ing in the superior court this ing, denied fthe continus hy the counsel for the defens Winikie Kalkow sase, until after the eriminal proceedings had The plaintiff is being Judge 18 B Hunger defendant by lawyer this city and Robin The trial has been iday hefore a jury in the superior court. The suit was brought by the widow of lLouis Win Kl who was feund dead at the vear of the saloon formerly conducted hy Klemens Kalkowski on Main strect. Kalkows following a confession fo the police, was held on a charge of manslanghter The has not as yet tried in the criminal super ior Family Afflicted With Smallpox 1Is Missing South Norwalk, 17eb. 47, Step: being taken hy e anthoriti trace a family, members of were suffering from smallpox, and who have moved to another part of this cify., A 1 r old hoy was stricken with what was termed small and his case reported {o the anthorities vesterday, He played with the childesn of the family whom the search is being made. Members of the family were ill with what was | believed to he chicken pox and moved | to another section of the city recently presid morn sonught in the versus ented by and the Sexton of Hartford asisgned for next repres fard, M. A son of 1@ heen court are to whom pox, for Express Car Burned and Loss Is Placed at $15,000 Houth Norwalk, I'eb, 17.-Fire from | nnknown cause did damage of ahout §156,000 this morning to the contents of an Adams Express Co., routed from White River Junction, Vt., to 'w York and loaded with valuable merchandise. The fire was discovered in Westport and thescar was run into a siding at South Norwalk. The fire in the interior of the can an electric switch box. car, near |Birmingham, Ala., Has $500,000 Blaze Toda) Alay, Fep, 17.—1%re which wined out one-fourth of a city block at 2ist street and FFourth avenue in the heart of the downtown business today a loss of more rmingham, cansed than $500,000, passed alting | st FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, HERE THIS MORN Nfi Zero Weather Hits New York Ior? First Time This Winter Hollywood, St. Lawrence County, Re- ports That — (2 2 (o And Below In Farmington Naugatnek Val- ey, New Iiritain morning, shivered in (hei cd were residents awoke blankets this pull on whatever extra there| @ convenient and realized and littlc with chattering teeth that satisfuction it was one of 1he of the winter, While mercury elireatencd to hit the toboggan all day | vt v and hovered above fhe mark late last night, it was not this morning that it stopped down, At the Shuttie it was 12 helow morning and had risen grees at 9:30, At the Children's Home, on Rackliffe Heights, it was five below at 9:30 o'clock. At the H. 1. Mills store on Main strect, a ther mometer hung in a protected spot registered two at o'clock whiie the thermometer at Mr. Mills'| residence, 'at 30 Curtis street, said four | below at the same time At the Rackliffe Brofhers PPark strect it cight o'clock and six below at 7:45 o'elock On Blackrock avenue, at 6:45 o'clock this morming it wius seven helow, while in front of the A. Mills store | on West Main street was 10 at the same time At 30 o'clock front of the perature At coldest days the rdl zoro until going Meadow ro at reseeyolr 6 o'clock this but 1 de aboye 7 store on was below at 7 A it helow 9 in Mills store the fem risen to seven below o'clock this morning in front of the Andrews Lund company at Bel viderc it was 10 below. At 7:50 o'clock at this point the temperature had en four degree A A, had | Cold York, was tod: 3 In New Ieb, 17 officially for (he York Below reported lirst time New | weather New Yorl winter, At m. the weather hur caw's thermometer atop (he White hall building at the Battery rogistered > degrees below the cipher mark., At 9 o'clock it was one ahove, %010 in this 39 Below Watertown, N. Y., I'eh, 17 wood, Lawrence county {2 minimum temperature of 39 degroes | | betow last night, the lowest tn | the north conntry. Huggards, in the Racquette section, reporfed 36 below, Holly St reported Zer0) river New Haven Records, Weather Oh ad to look carefully mercury New server Haven Leonard at his official this morning hecanse had dropped so low minus. Then looked at Tis ords. On' Fehruary 1, 1920, the cury at 10 helow. These the coldest mornings in yen thermometer the It was RICCS re mer he was two were ftwo Highland lake. the Litchtield new marks for the year. it 22 below; Colebrook, 20; while Naugatuck and ington and nres Below winter set At Highland Norfolk nd the upper | the Farm & the helow, ™ hills ake was in valley Honsatonic 12 to in valle, | were from ik Cold Torrington, the coldest marning the Litchtield hil Goshen e ported a minimuni temperature ot 19 deg while Burrville thermometers tered below, The offic minimum in was 101 Tt was 0 <t on time Up in Gashen Ifeh. 17 'his was one of of year in the rees helow zora, 17 Torrington at § that 2 helow t veading “clock, colde vicorl of 1 Washington I'nited States day wisual Cold 17eh was Warve, Northeastern epted in 1o a ohld snap of un usial severity, aceording to reports to the weather b casters wonld predict fore Satugday as a result of whose little retief fore he an, 10 spots 20 (o Below the United unton,. N. Y., enville, Me., ranged from York city | oificials said, prol ‘colder. weather egisters, aden wind Afected. in effect and Dixon line, | reporting record low | periods of - several The fes orthiield, where the 20 to 40, below weather burean ably was undergoing than cities with low moisture Sonth Also The cold wave was far below the Mason several cities temperatures years. mn ( coldes today Vi, temp St were cause of today and Worse, | Y., Teb. 17 is frozen the first time Toe 1king 5 and Worse nrg The | from | in | tugs channel Prescott, N [ for Ogdens Lawrer bank to bank several sons are keeping open between Ontario. Rainbow lake of 4h degrees below zero s the « e (his ity reports a temperature | OFFICE OPEN, revenne office will the benetit of those get there during REVENUE The internal open Saturday who are unable | of [ st s st A | Police D) 19 —TWENTY PAGE IS ASSL; submitted to the state tax commi assessors total $4,578,000, report as non-productive of tax rey In the last report, compiled in 1919, the non-taxables totalled | $3,421,900, and the city pmpom Twenty-nine churches are listed as| free from State properties used for school_purposes and (he pm-t‘ office, a federdl government holding, are ot taxed, Hospit welfare | agencies and several organizations of | semi-religious nature are listed ble report Noi Britain Normal tate armory Y. M. (%A building Y. W, (L A, building H Y. M. TL AL & B building .. Ifirst Paptist church Iirst Baptist parsonuge 5,000 | German Baptist church 20,000 | I1im Swedish Baptist | church ]‘,.mm‘ First Church of Christ 300,000 Ilirst Chureh of Christ parsonage Houth Congregat South Congregati parsonage o Swedish Bvang. T cliureh Mark's Swedish Fvangelist i Maria church Swedish Bvangelist Luther- an Maria onage Matthew's German theran church Matthew's Gorr theran irch parsond John's German list Lutheran churs rinity M. B. church rinity M. . church sonage Prople's taxes, as | a non- The follows Faxable Prope Institute «chool Ly W .32 te 141,000 | 40,000 200,000 | 000 00n | 000 | 5,000 | chureh 300,000 | al church | 000 | | | Sothany 4 . 125,000 scopal church 400,000 Lauther- st p: 150,000 5,000 L= 5,000 | | 55,000 | 000 | par | ot St of Christ chureh hool convent . parish Church R 200,000 g 100,000 50,000 5,000/ 30000 | 5,000 house St Mary's t. Peter's Peter's 1. (! rered Heart of church saered Heart chool cred Heart of convent Sacred Heart of cemetery Jewish Cemeteries Second Advent Church. Ruthenian Gireek Catholic Chureh Rus | Church ¢ 20,000 First Chureh of - Christ, Seientist Congregational Sons of Israel nley Memorial cemetery church parsoi Jesus It | 200,000 of Jesus R 90,000 Jesus R 20,000 Jesus R 000 Jo0n | 10,000 10,000 jan Orfhodox CGireek 20,000 Rrethren I 20,000 St Coangre gational Church non Rurritt Mission M Zion oo church, Ine 10,000 ithuanian | Andrew's Chureh Corp Andrew's Sehoo! Andrew's Parsonage St Joseph's It St Joseph's R age 8t Joseph's It New Rritam General pital 1 8 A Hebrew rwin ok St Polish Childven's tion John church State st Lithuanian 10,000 1ithuanian | 100,000 St . Church (', Parson | . Convent 10,000 | Hos (Postolfice) 150,000 Sehool Home [ | 3 100,000 | yiholic Church of Mary's Coneeption Orphan Asylum Jlome associa a0,000] St The Evangelist 20,000 | of Connecticut (Pros pect ol Fmanuel Gospel chireh I 40,000 he | 10,000 | 0o | angelical Church of Reformation The All - Raints corp New R vation I [ habitity church 26,000 Ain Boys' clnb 50,000 Army 7.000 | 34, V78,000 Total ¥ cemetery Property. Cimsold of $ and Fairview lots, dwellings, tice, tools, vtc) Schools land, buildin contents Local 1 1 Aneton Land Main Land chapel, a4.700 N18,500 line 2,020,341 Luildings pipe and South 56,000 | I ant | 10,000 and building and Harvard Reservoir and ings -~ Wolcatt Land and huildings ington v Pipe line from Rurlington reservoir Stock and tools Dept nd equipment e Dept 400, Rl non Burlington 000 16,5 8,000 real estate | 55,000 real estate and equipment 85,000 118,38 miles of sewers the week it | THI: WEATHER | o Hartford, Ueb. 17.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinit Fair with slowly rising tempera- ture tonight: Satprday cloudy and much warmer. I | | City | Municipat beds, ete 55,000 (fost of filter Subway i 5 Street Dept.— (tool and machinery Hall Town farm house 15,000 } 450,000 | 120,000 | Gar: and buildifgs City parks Municipal ice plant Municipai slanghter 10,000 000,000 | 000 house ono | IKilled |after | |attorney | dynamite [ 1edgewaod | mur | senate | the | Boston | ley | in | sessions, |ecticut Letter ¢ |The S News of the World By Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS 2 BELOW RECORDED | PASSAGE OF SOLDIERS’ BONUS BILL oY IN STA TEMENT % BELOW FURTHER NORTH Non TaxableProperty Now Totals $4,578,000, Is Assessors’ Repoyt | Non-taxable properties contained in the quadrennial report| ssioner today by the local board | City properties, also listed in the| wenue, are valued at $9,537,8! was !l\u\d at % 169.304. CO-RESPONDENT SHOT AS HE DENIES GUILT Kentucky Farmer Kills Man | Who Refutes Statements in Divorce (a Somersef, Todd, Ky, Feb, 17 who yestere Wilson, attorney’s office had “black lie™ Todd's charges had been intimate with Mr. day remained silent John F9, farmer, v shot and Ay H in an wealthy land owner, here Wilson denounced as that Todd, concerning a he the The shooting occurred during the taking of depositions in divorce pro- dings. Wilson had heen named co- pondent in Todd's counter claim to Mrs. Todd's suit, charging cruelty. Mrs. Todd was in an ante- where she could hear the testimony. “Were you ever intimate with Mrs. Todd 2" asked Judge William Catron, for Mrs. Todd. “Absolutely no. 1t's a lie one as ever was told.” Before there was time for to interfere Todd had whipped a pis- tol from his pocket and fire shots at Wilson seated only feet away. Three shots {ook vl Wilson died a few minutes vdd surrendered and was tak jail. He is the father of three dren, Wilson has a danghter, the wife of James Server, Univer, of Kentucky star foothall player. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO ¢ re as black a few effect i) 1 o chil- ity s | Powder Packing House Blows up fn New Jorsey—Its Isolation Saves Entire Plant from Destruction, Feb, 17, lake Two men Hopateong, N. I, ere killed today when the ‘king house of the Atlas | Powder Works at Landing, N. J., was | destroved by an explosion. The two men killed 1'red Alpaugh Kenville and Fugue Lommen of were said fo have been the only persons in the building at the time of the The dynamite irolated nunit of the powder works and was the only structure affected. The Atlas Powder Works is a sub sidiary of the K. L. DuPont de Ne- Powder Co. of explosion king house is an ACTION POSTPONLED Decision on American Valuation FPlan Held Up For Washington, I on the American { the ision today Seyeral Days, 17 alnation re hill republican committee opinion on sever with the provisions, I“inal feature of was postponed members of the for several from the ffect I treat b tar by finance to await department days ate an e proposed clause i inclading avored nations ' those STRIKE COAL WARNING Warns Vor Emergency Commerce Chamber Public To Prepare 17 The Boston, Feh. was wd that there of a coal public “strong pro strike April 1, advised that “prodence would ble preparation emergency” in a st today by Howard (oon chairman of the Bos commerce u on and was | dictate |the ment a re for probable issued \ committec of son ton chamber ‘\cmn Murderer (ioes To His Death Calmly | Feh? 17 Hoffman, negro and the Angnst today who h for . Tahn er Davis, of his grand hanged at most uncon the years, Raltimore, sla Iatte wis the paii many alias sweetheart mother last the city cornel penaity officials jadl man s there said Last Session Tuesday Of Board of Relief T'he last session of the board of re sessm he held investi- weals from grand list, The hoard gating (he requests for abatements which were made during the first compiling statistics upon will be based to hear the 19 next Tues: lief will is which their action LETTER CARRIE The annual convention of the rriers’ asso be held at Stagnford, February 22, local carriers, it is expected, will represented. John Burns of this is a member of the exccufive rd of the association. be city e to- | room | anyone | four | who is .| vice-chairman actipn | of | “most | te- | ns | 58" CONVENTION | onn- | tion will | EChairman- (-)f Ways and Means Committee De- clares It Will Be Re- ported To Republican Caucus |“And a Republican Hou! Will Pass It,” He Adds— Farmers Oppose Sales or Consumption Tax as Means. Washington, 1'eh, -~The soldier honus bill will he reported to a re publican caucus within the next ten days “and a republican house will pass it Chairman Fordney .of the [ ways and means committee declared in the house today during a discus- | sion over the manner of its framing. House in Uproar. The house was thrown into an up- | roar during discussion of the meas. | ure after Representative Garner of. | Texas, ranking democrat on the com- | mittee had protested against the action of the republican members in calling in a represemtative of the {American Legion to advise with them at a secret session from which demo- crats were excluded. Representative Mondell, Wyoming, republican leader, answered Mr Gar- ner and then Chairman Fordney joined the debate. Fordney's Statement. “The republican members of the ways and means committee have not |thought it proper to call in men un- alterably opposed to the bonus for a discussion of that bill,”” the chairman declared. “We had before us today an officer of the TLeglon so we could ask him for expert information and | he gave it, The bonus bill will be presented to a caucus of house re- publicans in ten days and a republi- i hguse will pass it. The republi- an caucus will either agree with | what we have framed or will direct us how to fix it.”” Consider Eliminating Cash Feasibility of reducing or elimina- |ting entirely the cash payments pro- (vision of the honus bill sponsored by | Chairman Fordney was said to have heen considered at today's session of |the ways and means committee. Two | representatives of war veterans' or- ganizations--John Thomas Taylor, of the American ative committee and | Richard Jones, spokesman for the Veterans of Ioreign Wars-—were questioned as to how farmer service men would feel if no cash payments were authorized. legion leg PPosition — The American farm bhureau federation., in a state ment issued today declared that re- ports to it showed that “organized ag- ricnlture” was opposed to any form of sales or consumption tax as a | means of raising the seldier honus. “DOGSKIN" JOHNSON FREED BY GOVERNOR Farmers' C‘hicago, Feh. 17 Blaine is Convinced That Prisoner Was Not Responsible For Death of Child in 1811, Wis., Feb, 17 John A, ("Dogskin') Johnson, was releaserd from the penitentiary today after serving fen years and six months of a the murder of seven [vear old Annie Lemberger. Gover- [nor J. J. Blaine pardoned Johnson, | declaring was convinced Johnson I did not commit the erime. The child's body was found in Lake Monona after her disappearance one [ night in 1911, Johi was arrested and made a confession and was im- prisoned A few Madison life sentence for he n months ago Johnson declared confessed under fear of mob Mrs, Mae Sorenson was a Johnson and testified to a statement made to her hy a relative to the effect that Martin Lemberger, [the child’s father, killed the girl by striking her with a beer hottle Lemberger was arrested on a charge ighter but the atute of prevented prosecution of he violencee | witness for || | of limitations the charge mansls Syracuse Baptists Drop Immersion From Rites Syracuse, NO Y, Feb, 17 Members will be admittd to the TFayetteville Baptist church hereafter without immersion. This was decided upon by two-thirds vote of the membership | of the chnrch at its annnal meeting. This is the first time that a Baptist church in this section has modified [the rule insisting upon immersion as | the sole methe of baptism The | ehurch is located in . a suburb of [ syracusc. 5 s |Influenza Cases in City Now Total 254 Total number of influenza cases was lised to 254 by reports received yes- at the office of the health de- | partment, /A1 new cases having been reported. This report is more en- conraging than the one of the previ- ous day, when 68 patients were taken [down with the disesae. I day