New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1924, Page 1

e —— e News of the World By Associated Press "“STABLISHED 1870 GRAND LIST MILLION MORE THAN WAS ESTIMATED, REACHING - $94,440,500, AN §1, 088 974 INCREASE OVER 1923 Morris Cohn Pays On Highest Individual As- sessment and American on Highest Industrial Levy Hardware Corp. Delinquent Taxpayers to Contribute on $33,337 More Than Last Year— Growth in Automobiles Is 1,383. The 1924 grand list, L ws an inercase the a million dollurs higher board of assessors, $1,088,074 t and than nill office of of over ot curre year is estimate upon which the 22 v budget which comes up for action the city meeting board next Wednesday night, was prepured. The 1924 tigure is $04,440,500, grand list f befor fig or last yes When the board of taxution began the work budget, the assessors stimated the list for next year would be $88,600,000 and it was upon this at the budget was drawn Cohn Leads Individuals preparing was the lust year, Morris 3 the highest asse individ- American Hardware Corpora- cads the manufacturing coneerns Horace Dooth estate is the assessment is $458,100, or than last y Contaras Perolkas, proprietors ‘nt nd confectic wents, are ussessed ut § ich is $5,400 more than in I'ved Beloih, who for many ed the Individual taxpayers, is for $324,425, which is $600 The Booth es- leaving its assess- val, the tion and the Lighest The 000 mor Coht Mhers & AN usen houses o establ 100, W sl was cut $7,400, 1 8540,22 tate went AN 350,000 rdware ussessment v is B4, st Amerien 8 granted the placing the 0 ut 25,487,000, & Clark will y yoar. A Stan- list for lLanders, ¥ on 6,466,000 han last ye gure xpayers will pay $2 cy did last year, the Dedue- r the blind arc $3,000 which Jows thau Just year, deductions of 888 tian lust year are sém y service, s utomobiles total : number of horses is being 816 on the o0 I"here ast are 1,3 yeu w the {7, ther while sl by 5,808, rede Page Ligh « Jd on NOTABLES AT FUNERAL nting OF THOMAS J. LYNCH President Heydler of Na- tional League and Poster Officials Here his morning s J. Lyme ind pr nt wrhaps the outstanding arly theatrical life or many umpire this city 1loral groa the evidence in nun rous wers tflora the hearse iired Vairvi truck the wa mobil - them 1o grave in Probably floral pic National | ctery rarkable the Th diamet to this from a New « built i 1erics 1 unches of violets orchids vl pieces and of Bweel peas, 396 countless small flowers a iundrods s, narcisst wreath Vosters This nal Bill A s wreath of roses and ¢ received from the and a beautifu covering more than half the and made up of caila filies and narcissuses was received John ©. Hevdler, president of Nation leagu« Among the MOUrn.rs from of he A. Heydler nd W. D, rne New floral A large 18 York Giants, “u coffin tulips from the bo included ay r cities, the president of Frey Second age) sed on of | more | For mil. | vas Prosident | National | ury [ EW BRITAIN HERALD W BRITAI {Adoption of Wheeler Resolution, RECAPITULATION OF GRAND LIST Dwelling houses 5 P Barns, sheds, icc d store houses, private garages, ete House lots and building lots. . Stores, shops, ot Mills, machine: Lands . Horses . Neat cattle Sheep ..... ST Eee | Dogs . i 1 Carriages, wagons, otc, . iz Automobiles and motor vehicles Jewelry Furniture and musical instruments Farming implements and me chanics tools Merchandise Cables, wires, ote. Excess of ¢ binds, ete. Money at interest All taxable property mentioned Ten per cent additional of merchants, issued today at' Deductions on account of blindness Deduction on account of war ? Before Tomgm Expected FEAR “PACKED“ GOMMITTEE I)(-mn-rnls Demand Special Board— | 658 1% $25,175,300 281 13 G90 timidated President Who's Afraid to Demand His Resignation, Washington, Feb, 29.—T resolu- jtion for investigation of the adminis- Itration of Harry M. Daugherty as attorney general, by the senate. Tts adoption is expect- led before tonight and the inquiry | will begin next week. Controversy at once the question of appointing vestigating committee. { Wheeler, democrat, Montana, author tof the resolution. proposed that |five senators, three republicans |and two democrats, be clected by the senate. i Dispute Over Committe Senater T.odge of M | the |a proposal for appolntment of the {committee in the customary manner ’b) tre senate's presiding officer, ator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, supported the plar for clection of the special committec developed over the in- SM‘TA *"4 440,500 becision on Strength of Board Is First Test in Bristol Brass War CURTIS AND QUIGLEY 7 Directors — Financial MAY ENTERH fl P RA[;E Stockholders Are Deciding Whether They Want 14 or Reports Differ Widely. The MHeva'd At the annual stockholdors the Biristol Drass corporation which open yek this alternoon, Presi Rodikwe!l announced that reached by the heeting on the He sald cortitied made Bristol, b, meeting the of ment conld be at u previous s financial uffairs compliled by public accountunts, had beer Lut they varies widely John T, Robinson ot Har ed that both reports be re this was don Mr. that the directors of 3 Ne amendment that the At no agre directors |company two reports, rd mov eived and . slution ot ourd of Judge Rog- offered sist of this Itobinso *tock 1 me »Ors Bristo! bo well of rd cor seven directors ock afternoon the as being counted There are about present. Pour poileemen detailed Chief Belden of the Bristol police ¢ partment attended to preserve All was quict and their services were not required up 1o press time DEMAND INCOME RETURNS Providing this proposition by Sepate Passes Resolution An s Paid For Investigatio by Those Tmvolved in scandal | Washington, | today asked t [ turns of a numix ! promi Feb, " Th * e At i me tax re lividuals and of 1 corporations Uy with the oil industry thrown open committ Harry 1 ympanies w a4 ine nam i} 8 and th is connect porat retaty ty In The HERE'S A FAMILY MIXUP Dhvorced shand Boards With Joa- 1 rhend —She Wife<Assanits Mer Pays Both Thelr Vines Today New London, | ed a diver f four wer of gn ast ¢ Wat 1 in the ening rms todss paid th TO SEART HOTEL Explaining 1 quet of the “tocki ritt xt e xplais for stockho give manager might cinble sum plains the be charged hote Tu 1 today imentary that t a bange P ent in order start off - price e ench is | Fi gation iy lieutenunts o s a tollow t th them o enter week sai date events “Herald od Lis reply r pe bt M tion day us gard spring when he pr i am by the senate, declaring “it had been openly declarcd that efforts were cos |templated to pack the committe He added that he had reason to be- lieve that Senator Cummins of Towa. the president pro tem. did not de- #ire to name the committee, impartial investigation Sena- r charged that Attorney |General Dauugherty had sought to “in timidate” senators by ng that if some of them did not resign he would have an important statement to make, Senator Wheeler also declared the jattorney general “already apparently had intimidated the man at the White House' because we all know that his ormer Sald lo Ha‘e sent resignation would be acceptable to the | president,” His Agents to “Listen- Accuses Coolidge ing Posts” “We all know,” added Senator Wheeler, “that the president for some unknown reason hasn't stamina to ask ormir for that resignation,” duys of quiet investis | “The traditions of the senate” tor Lodge argued “requir: that | presiding officer “should recelve from | ex-Muyor Orson ¥, Cur- |the senate every mark of personal re re working for him in the fourth |spegt, and should not he curtalled in his his cuw-m.n privilege * namlug the primaries in tbers of special committecs, Senator Wheeler then charged that Scnator Willls “wanted to committee,” “1 did not,” “That is false, “Didn’( you suggest names “I suggested the names of scnators who I'thought would ficlent and faithful . Faithful to the attorney general?" Statement Called False, , “That statement s faise,” Benatos Willis thundered. “I repeat that there After severy Sena- checking up reports | TN ris ering the wt the mayoralty { ex-Mayor George A, Quig- sneéd this morning that they true and preperg? ry to republican o nomination, y an said Senator Willis wd found the reports to b at, in the event of Curtis' entrance veral of- ne y will try to pre L vail upon Quigley candidate agreeable to the primary fight, Lx-Mayor Quigley carly in the would v candi liscussed the turn of representative of the orning. He was ask- developments might as to candidacy, and “Possibly camp inclined to tor Alderman Wil the third ward as a wh not be this with this recent yeur it the (Continued on Page TRUCKMEN KIDNAPPED wange his mind The Quigley gard the H. Judd of ithca 0 I¥ides thelr actual car Curtis, unti mos didate lose 1o elees possible. Judd, they re- “stalking hors s a new man entey being successful on ex York and Truck With Load of ayor "' political Alarm Clocks Stolen, Judd first Alderma in New York, ast drove a limousine D altruck in the Bronx today, and while clection day, be- (four of them kidnapped the driver, aldcrman from the jumes Beebe, and his helper, Gordon 1 " republican | peck, both of New Haven, Conn., the council ause of | fifth drove off with the captured vehi- wpposing the granting and its cargo of wiarm clocks and Capt. Thomas sther merchand valued at $15,000, mmon i1 Beebe and | were relensed after 48 Ithetr captors had driven them through with | Bronx streets for two hours ex Feb, 29, —Iive who alongside a motor was imary tight and or He ird is ity i of | ele have ola o coun the niment w ling, he app disfavor the rlecm to New H i'eby 29 locks Two trucks other articles here driven by e : witt and yuld rks i oppose paying L3 th with factory York as a Beelbe Rerpy was or from a loca today for New a Becbe business, streng y 16 Diwight elper, nctory sending notified of the Becbe sald to- a holdup of rable period " was w hi stopped the ry tor yites, oped Quigle ad S HORACE STRELT GIRL SAID ‘ol 10 BE LUCKY “LEAP Mayor A YEAR BABYT ty's most o —— o leap Yea to as t Horace okarcyzk young miss arlier gifts their aterday’s numerous — THE WEATHER o~ Vb, 20.—Forecact for New Writain and viciaity: Falr touight; Saturday tmsct- tied: little change in tempera- ture primari itice Hartford LIKELY NEXT WEEK d that the | has b2en no effort on the part of any- | from campaign Two New Haveners Held Up Tn New | carly | CON'\'ECT]CUT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. DAUGHERTY PROBE POLICE WORK ON JEALOUSY THEORY IN SOUTH MAIN ST. MURDER CASE; Daily Circulation 10,308 PRICE THREE CENTS Average Weel hndmg Feb. 23rd . _ HOLECZ HELD FOR SUPERIOR COURT | MURDERED WOMAN AND HER CHILDREN Mrs Wheeler Says Atty, Gen. Has In- |. was taken up today § nator @ republican leader, countered with &% ing that all he wanted was a — The murdered woman and her fami the police after the shooting, und M witness, aged 4, is held by l'. woman's ed 7, on the right, called on the left was an eye. husband, Ignatz 8 al, TAX COMPROMISE ASSURES DEFEAT OF GARNER MEASURE BUT ACTION OF PRESIDENT SEEMS UNCERTAIN |Rejection of Democratic UNKINfi REM' “;AN Rates This Afternoon Likely—Adjusted Meas- ure Provides 62!, Per Cent Slash on Incomes Under $4,000 Per Year. pick the | | Washington, 1 ~~=House re. ‘publl\.m insurgents today to support the re i the rever wgreed an com- democratic bill Nelson | promise for income | rates in the e Representative Wisconsin, leader of the group, said practically f the 17 insurgents who voted | the Garner plan, would support substitute to be offered by iteprese tive Longworth, Ohio, republican leader Reunion « leaders said | of the Gurner rates o afternoon tt the republicar wouid forc Coolidge's Stand While the houses consultation there we in at the White House that Pre | Coolldge might be preparing to pub lely set forth his attitude toward the compromi: Som: to the might v departed the h aders were thost that me ago some of president predicted to a compromis materia scl Meilon p s negotiations we 110 Housc but rep sident on th finite assuranc Mat compromise f ept Reduction ratcs retained. It surtax wit wou coent Minir $12 cent M ax party leade presct Har ! In ¥ th w e Terms of Compromis resentative PARTY WITH OIL MESS Hellin Oil Ow Asserts ner, Loaned $3,- 500,000 on Dummy Note Was floor today Chairman Lenroot was chalienged 1 crat, Boyee er, for suid dummy*” can preside William stoekholder oil and atera ngton, Alabama Thompson, questioning about a Thompson obtained in note m s, Feb, 20.~On the sen- Heflin to summon William a New York bank- loan Alabama senator ¥ Senator demo- hich the ) on a for use in the repub- ntial campaigr Thom psor in ti Scnator and ctor - Heflin clair stock was used as SON SUES FATHER FOR STEALING WIFE'S LOVE Gevald Walk ages Prom His Dad, At Bl I Seeks $50,000 Dam- Who Con- Walden Institute AGAIN Thompson, and into Buda’s room with som: Theresa Staassel, Mother of Three Chil- dren, Shot to Death by Man Who Says She Ask- ed Him to Kill Her Prisoner Declares He Tried to Commit Suicide But Revolver Failed to Work —Bound Over Degree. on rithout bail superior ® mur- boarding Frank |for the court, charg March term of t d with first deg der, the killing of his mistress, Mrs, Theresa Staassal of 259 South Main street, in her home short- ly after ¢ 1it, when he was arraign police court this morning b Judge Benjamin W, Alling. He waived examination after entering a plea of not guilty, Holeez was the calmest man in the court room and when he was advised not to make any statement, he shrug- ged his shoulders and said “all right.”* Police Work On Jealounsy Theory The shooting is believed by the po< lice to have been the result of jeals ousy, caused by the attentions paid to another boarder, George Buda, by the woman, According to information fathered by the police, the woman ‘\\-r»m up to the second floor of her !home last night with supper for Buda, who was sick in bed. Holeez was in kitchen of the upstairs tenement preparing his supper at the time, It is thought that he became angry: be cause the woman stayed in Buda's room too long. When she came out, |and seeing that was angry, she is thought to bave riade a remark to him that caused fim to fly into a rage with the resaic Uhat ed into his rvom, and coming with a revolver, ot Ler th left hrowdt, the bullet penetrating causing instant death Said Woman Wanied To Die Holecz told the police that I the kitchen preparing Tis that the womar for last o'clock 1 in fore ourh 1o per huart, wus supper upstairs food minutes, came out was. Holecz and came about five in there giving Buda a rub, and into the Kitche When she entered the k lleges that she said to him, “Frank, 1 wish you would do me a favor, either #hoot me or cut my head off.” She then went into the pantry to get |some bread for Buda. She was in a few when she came ghe w where he iteher ther p——— minuies I'RANK HOLECZ alleges ti she i return, “Why matter with you? called him a him so angry is ro ok his as of the the made Pud says He room Tried Saicide Litthe Child & Witnes