New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 1

e o News of the World By, Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ENGINEER AND FiRitsimiv-c IN NEW HAVEN —_— ""‘V) ‘Paojrany py | 'tuu 0 TRAIN WRECK; ~ EXPRESS SERVICE HAMPERED An Extra East Bound Freight Crashes Into Rear of Standing Cars Near Lamber- ton Street. Pebris Strewn Great Dis- tance and Some of It Catches Fire—Trainmen Say Flagman Was in Rear to Warn of Danger. New Haven, March 19.—Two men were instantly killed and one train- | man injured, not serfously as a re- ault of a rear-end collision of freight traing in the N.'Y., N. H. & H. rall- road cut near Lamberton street half a mile west of the local rail- road station early today. The dead are Engincer Thomas Patrick Moore, 33, of 1311 Pugsley avenue, New York eity and Fireman ‘William H. Fish, 50 Walnut street, Bpringfield, Mass., who were on the electric locomotive of an extra east- bound freight train from Harlem river which cras™cd into the rea end of a freight train which standing on the fracks in the local yards. Conductor Rabanold of the standing train, who had left the ca- boose and was walking up the tracks, was the only man injured. Mass of Wreckage The electric locomotive of the extra freight ploughed through the train ahead, tclescoping the caboose and several cars and piling elght or nine in a heap. Eighteen cars in all were detrailed and most of the mass of wreckage was wedged un- der the Lamberton street vallroad bridge, which spans the ecut but it wag stated that the bridge was un- damaged. The wreckage took fire after the and three freight cars burned before it could tinguished. Delay in Getting Bodies was half an hour hefore the iing the bodies of the fireman could be Tt work of res dead engineer and proceed due to the necessity of shut- ting off the high tension electrl Cos Cob station, body of Fireman Fish was immed ately taken ou morgue. The had chopped away frow 2 electric lo- comotive befor: the hody of Engineer Moore could be taken ou Tour tracks were bloc and peveral through trains from New York and Boston delayed two hours or more until on ack was eclear- ed early this forenc Cause Not Learnad he cause of the termined. The train stopped in order to cut off ed wreek ahe end to do some switching, e e gine and several cars had drawi away from the rear end of the train when the crash came® h a roar that aroused residents for blocks around. One piece of wreek- | age was tossed to the roof of a house adjoining the cut, doing considerable damage to the house. At the rajlroad of s this fore- noon it was etated that invest of the wreck was in progress. It was stated that the train which had atopped in the yards, had a flagman out in the rear to protect the trair ilroad Statement road Ra New H t on the HN tor Rabanol ¥ wager, 47 cars, arrived at Haven at 2:21 a. m. The head end was cut off to go into Water strect yard, and it had moved a fow feet @ n extra motor 0110, Conductor Allister, Engineer Thomas 1’, Moore, of New s, came u York city with 55 « a ran into r end of NN Howard avenue iling ehout 18 cars, 1 all four tracks and setting fire to three or tour ¢ Power was taken off tracks and fire department called and fire extinguished abont 3:40 a. m. Engineer Thomas P, Moore and Fireman William H. Fish of dpringfield of extra 0110 were Killed Their bodi¢ taken to Cox i &mith undertaking roo Conduic- wer tor Rabanold on HN-2 slightly in- Fgured. R racks were torn up and cate- trains were called from New Haver Midway and Waterbury, Track cleared at 4:350 a. m. and power restored on track 3 at 5:26 a. m.” Wreeking crews from this ecity Midway and Waterbury, Co wer et work attempting to el¢ p the wreckage this forenoon but it was believed that it would be the greater part of the day before the t could again ared The body of Enginecr Moore was il in the wreckage at noon despite the encrgetic efforts of the wrecking crews to penetrate to the burled locomotive during the fore- noon. ) At noon two tracks had beer gleared the other two tracks remain- (Continued on Page 11) 1i- | FISH AND GAME CLUB By-Laws Are | Adopted ed the new fish and game organiza- hall last evening. A name 1 {the organization now is well under iway. | Austin I. Stowell of the Stanley {Rule and Level plant and secretary of the New Britain branch of the American Soclety of Mechanical Engineers was named president. Other officers were as follows: Vice- Presidents, Elmer W. Pape, presi- dent of Adkins Printing Co., Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa and Harold R. Clark of R. O. Clark & Son; finan- of Monier Brothers; recording secre- tary, Hugo E. Johnson of the Stan- |tey’ Rule and Level Co.; trgasurer, Frederick R. Beach of the New Brit- ain Trust Co. Committee chairmen were named as follows: Game committee, J. Hart of the Berlin Construction C' fish, Frank R. Fox of the Stanley Rule and Level Co.; membership, Fred Monjer of Monier Brothers; legislative, E. W. Pelton of the Stan- ley Works; publicity, Johnstone Vance of the Herald; entertainment, Sheffleld Clerk of the city engineer- {ing department. | The officers and committee chair- men will constitute the board of {directors, and will assist In seclect- ing the committees. | Blanks for new members have been secured and a drive for mem- bers has been started. It was decided to call the new ganization *The w Britain land Game Association” and the as- |sociation will be incorporated under T. {that name. | A representative of the fish and game commission was present and advised the assoclation to make ap- plication for fish and game as soon s possible, stating that the commis- !sion would be glad to cooperate. | Application blanks were sent to the assoclation by the commission and |requests will be filed immediately for trout and pheasants for this ter- | | ritory this year, | The New DBritain territory was defined as an eight mile circle with a section to the north to be declded upon. Membership dues were placed at $1.00 a year. The objects of the organization were defined as follows: First: To bring about a more strict observance of the fish and game laws of the state, as they now exist, this association can bring to bear in the future to secure the right to fish in atural streams. lakes and ponds: algo to propose better laws, and to oppose the which are considered objectionable. Second: To take measure to se- cure game and fish to be used in stocking the ficlds and waters of this state and to care for them when they have been secured. Third: To promote a better feel- ing of sportsmanship among th shooting and fishing fraternities to co-operate with the farm our 1 { N N > the h 3 under control ) {land owner in suppressing the hood- | was under control when lum hunter and fisherman. (Continued on Page 15) GIVEN FLYING START| 89 Sportsmen Join and! and to use whatever influence | passage of bills | |Discovery of the fire that consumec | the Breakers here last night came | |with shocking surprise to the gucsts | |ot the great hotel. driver of the children’s tram car be- | Eighty-nine local sportsmen join- [tween the Breakers and the Roy: Poinciana, gaid that he and Ground tion at a meeting in Jr. O. U. A. M. |Superintendent Brannam were prob- was [ably the first to discover the exis- ladopted, bylaws were drawn up and ltcnce of the fire, PALM BEAGH HOTEL FIRE SPECTACULAR of About Four Million WEALTHY ARE DRIVEN 0UT Golf Course And Nearby FLawns Thronged With Boclal Celebrities Who Rub Elhows With Towns- people—Flames Spread Rapidly, Pa March 19, m Beach, Fla,, John McDonald, Saw Puff of Smoke McDonald sald he noticed a burst of smoke from a south door of the | Breakers and called to Superintend- | ent, Brannan that aflre. chairs on the veranda of the Break- ers had not noticed anything out of the ordinary until the reclining hotel in was Guests porch a shout from | Brannon brought them rushing from |the burning building clal secretary, Theodore L. Monier |windows and chalrs were I ifrom porches to the adjoining golf Trunks were from the dragged thrown |course where former guests watched |the bullding burn. Second Hotel Catches Afire The Palm Beach hotel, several Iblocks from the Breakers was ignit- |ed almost without warning. A sud- |den shift of the wind sent flaming brands flying over the village busi- Iness sectior to the root of the Palm | | Beach hotel, located on train among many stores and near the Beaux Arts building. (was thronged. social lines were drawn and villagers | the No Social Lines The golf course near the Breakers In the confusion, no rubbed elbows with guests from the |hotels. A young woman guest a hotel complained bitterly of the loss of | wildly for her two children and thei nurse. other hotel, her lingerie and a mother sought They were found later at an. At the height of the fire the two \bridges leading to the island of Palm |Beach were closed, the crowd having | grown so dense that the firemen | were blocked. This was also a pre- {caution against possible activities of | marauders. | fr This kept West Palm Teach folk | om their dinners and theaters on |the mainland were empty. | Like Row of Beacons The Avenue of Palms, leading |from the Poinclana to the heach was a row of beacon lights as the trees | cang! ht fire and burned brightly in | the darkness. The Breakers would have been the | last of the larger hotels to close, as | it bad been planned to continue it | ° | in operation a week | usual s Poin | 28, | Several delegations of Rotarians, at- | te I and in various villas and ; but many spent the night on the on. Many guests from the a, expected to close March had moved to The Dreakers. nding a convention in Palm Beac were also quartered there, Some found beds in other hotels cottages, golf course where informal suppers al o | W or were served | from the flames we the fairways and d fire continued throughout the cued on Rare rugs res sprawled night. Fire Departments Called In answer to the general fire call ong the t coast, fire depart- nts from Vero, Del Ray, Lake orth and Miami responded. Rec- ds were broken as the firemen hed to lend a hand but the they ea ar- rived. 1 1 (Continued on Page 11) Anonymous Card Received at Headquarters Says He Is “Marked” by Friends of Bandit. An upt by friends of Gerald Chapman to intimidate at le of the prin fto testify a att pal witnesses scheduled ainst Chapman when hic s put on trial for the murder of Patroiman James Skelly beeame known today when the a posteard received at contents of police head quarters became public. The card was addressed to one of tha police men and was signed “Anderson Pals” reading: “You said enough terday, lay oft.” Below the sig nature was written, “Your mark,” which Chief Willlam €. Hart believes meant to mean the recipient of rd is a marked man card was postmarked at Hart March 1§, at 11:30 a. m., and ford, was one of the business cards sold at the post oftice, The writer of the threat evi disguised his hand writing for the letters were made in a backhand script separa and with no furishes, Tt was addressed [to the policeman at police head- Juarters | Chiet Hart said that the And referred to in the warning is dently e “Duteh” Anderson, friend and pal of C s who 18 | known to have been w n in this (Qentinued on Page 11) | THREAT TO POLICEMAN WHO IS CHAPMAN CASE WITNESS BIGELOW ST. PROPERTY SOLD BY 1. R, WALKER €0, ~2x Inc., Purchased by Frank F.. Rackliffe Today of A piecs property hands today when the H lake | later than the | ‘Breakers Destroped With Loss| MULTIPLE HOUSES DOVINATE Z0NES Only 16 per Cent of Gity Limited To One-Family Dwellings 16 P.C. T0 “INDUSTRIALS” Maps Showing Boundaries of Dis- tricted City Turned Over to Com- mon Council Contain Interesting Tacts Concerning Development. | i | Zoning maps turned over to the common council last night by the commission in charge of that work set out but 15 per cent of the city's arca as a district in which one family houses, only, will be allowed, provide for houses of two or more families in 70 per cent of the area and provide for business and many facturing in 15 per cent. The maps are subject to revision | following public hearings taxpayers may express thelr wishes. A greater part of the multiple family houses are in the northern half of the eity, with the north- | western section almost solidly a zone for three family houses of greater size, Jagged lines have been drawn on | many streets in an effort to preserve neighborhoods as at present, and at the same time prevent extension of conditions that are not regarded as best for their locality, Owners of large tracts of land under develop- and Traut & Hine s now off the rallroad lines. In every instance, however, the zone cover- ing these factories is only sufficiently large to take in the present plants vithout making any allowance for ops which are | extensions, The central business arcas are on | Main street, Xast Main street, Hart- ford avenue, Broad street, Arch street, and some of the other tribu- taries of Main street, also including the northern section of Myrtle street, ub-business districts id where there neighborhood groceries. where bean now cases have are In ou the same building rights. | ness | | ussions of the | Areas that are Jaid out for man- ufacturing can be used to build bus houses or apartments of Xind, but manufacturing plants can- not invade any zone other than in- trial. rgest residential area with- out restriction as to the stz dwellings is in the porthern section a short distance south of Clinton at which | there is a store on the cor-| ner, an opposite corner is allowed | any | of | CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES INRUINED TOWNS Weeping Babe Found Clutched in Arms of Dead Mother | Miner, Seen Wandering About Car- rying Dead Body of His Child— | 250 Bufldings Ievelled at West | Frankfurt, T | By The Amociated Pr | West Frankfort, Ill, March 19.— Early this morning, 102 bodles had been extricate from bulldings wreck- ed here in yesterday's tornado and more than 200 seriously taken to hespitals, injured | ment have had thelr wishes re- Loss Over $2,000,000 spected as regards restrictions| Two hundred and fifty bulldings wherever it has been possible to do | were levelled and Sheriff Dorris es- so without encroaching upon (Im]nmated the property loss at more rights of other property owners, | than $2,000,000, Chalrman Thomas Linder of the| Two national guard units are in zoning commission explained. | control here, butthe town has not Manufacturing zones parallel the | heen placed under martial law. railroad lines throughout the city. Picture of Desolation exceptions to this rule have been| Dawn today In West Frankfurt made in cases such as the East Main | presented a pleture of desolation and Winter street plants and the | that suggested the war-stricken por- South High street plant of Landers, | tjons of France in the most hectic Frary & Clark, the North & Judd | days of the struggle. As far as the | eye could see, the landscape was huge irregular mass of twisted de- | bris, It was difficult In many instances at first to determine accurately de- tails of the picture. Here a whole hiouse had been moved from its foundations; at another plice a eide had been ripped o, while in other cases, what had once been homes | was nothing but little plles of twist- | ea wreekage. From the field north of the Orient mine, one of the town’'s clief sources of livelihood, the dark outiines of Tes | for bodies were visible. Here and there could be heard the pitiful cries | o injured, still pinned beneath the | wreckage. | Mother Dead, Babe Tdves One of the most pathetic slghts that greeted the re orkers was | that of a mother lying mangled while a tiny Infant crying lustily crawled about her inert form. At another home the body of a woman was found on porch, & deep gash in the head. She appar- ently met her fate while trying to Slxcstamexiend ing e e VRSO RSl oe rom e ReiTylofitHeNatotm town line, T line drops south-| "y, 60 fnstance a miner still in his erly about 150 feet east of Jerome | o\ S P R L Cthe limp SLreeticloss BoRNY st nStestl eormiot snvery child, walked taking in the property bounding the | g0 00~ BT g cticut company's Plainville | wryerg to a pile of wreckage that taking in Black Rock avenue and part of the Intersecting streets. The line runs around Belvidere, which is in the one family zone, 1gs to the east and s bounded | by the south and east town lines, One family zones include Belvi- sre and the entire southwestern fire | P Realty Adjoining Rackliffe Bros. Co., |comt Walker Co. sold to ank E e property on Bigelow strect ween Rockliffe Bros Co |1 1 the Lines Co. The sale| was ade thr h the agency of T. W. O'Connor & Son. The property fr s a brick storehouse of mill construction, a two and one-half story frame build- in | | | | |High W Off Niagara Church |}, ing and sev paid by Mr eral smaller buildi in the heart of a g commercial Rackliffe 18 not known ind Blows Roof Niagara Falls, N. X March 10— | A high wind of alm gale like today The roof was blown fror | rash ashe c No one was i red. Worshippers had left the w mir SRR Dl re blown down about the ores of windows smashed 11 | | | l seetfon of the city with a few excep- . ng is formally adopted gs will be given, dif- assigned for the prop- district to ex- tions, Before z ) or ferent nig owners in each ess their vie ; :Earl of Y;res Undergoes until yesterday was his home debris were found his wife and a other son, both badly injured Morgues Are Filled The morgue was fi of victims. On or | ture the bodies of efght were in one group. ide of | Practically all dellvery tr | the city were converted i bulances Wwhile scores pr machines were pressed {nto ser Business houses were closed and al joined in the work of r One hundred speclal police pa- | trolled the stricken districts erious Operation Today LIGHTNING DAMAGES ondon, March 19.—The Ear! !‘rf‘ Ypres, who as Field Marshal French ¢ john's Roman Catholic Church commanded the British ar in V’l(‘,‘ field during the great war, under-| Spire in New Haven Is Struck by went a severe and prolonged opera- | tion today. Bolt—Patients Alarmed A medical bulletin says (8 St ’ “Lord Ypres' condition after the | NeW Haven, MArih Sy operation is as satisfactory as could | MN& Dol A8 o ng struck I3 cted, but it must of necessity w|John's R. C. church and 4 Lokanxichy osgact |siderable damage. The ho The Earl of Ypres early in De.|3ccompanied by a vivid flas : A ioh asttraY v | The holt tore e in s 2 hy tumor. He was |Of the apire, partia odged som " nv R R e part o t s and was remov * hospita here the peratios 1 18 “’_ v‘ ) ASJoper n atreet below A fow p ¢ There Te 1 : x of furt ' B LT tru pr 3 ous occasions. Boston Bricklayers to Mhicra Ewas anled alam Renew Their Wage Pact |among the paii 1 the New Boston, March 19.—Local 3 of| ospital, which Is not far Bricklayers' unfon last night |from church, voted to renew for three y e s ST {Mrs. Martha Stevens ling for a wa . r. It is expec Dies at Age of asonry trades will fol | Boston 19.—Mrs. X ue workers probing the debris| 89 |tort artha |{Company T " ARE EING RUSHED Red Cross Active-IIL. Legisla- | ture o Donate $300,000 Pullman Coinpany Offers Use of i | Coaches as Homes for DEATH LIST MAY REAC THOUSAND IN TORNADO THAT SWEEPS MID-WEST PATHETIC SIGHTS ~ RELIEE MEASURES. Upwards of 3000 MORGUES ARE ALL FILLED MANY ~ SPECIAL TRAINS - Needy— | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending March 14th , 11,966 PRICE THREE CENTS H Injured and Eight to Ten . Thousand are Homeless in Southern Illinois, ‘ Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky —Financial Loss in Millions — Buildings Razed and Victims Buried in Debris. @ Assoclated Press, Dead estimated at 500 to 1,000. Injured estimated at 2,500 to 8,000, Homeless estimated at 8,000 to 10,000, A midafternoon tornado, the worst hour to strike, when Thousands of Dollars Contributea | C111d1€N Were packed in schools and workers in stores and | from Private Sources to Aid. By The Assoclated Press. shops, yesterday’s storm in five midwestern states still held | many victims buried and unreported this afternoon. Where it did the worst damage, the tornado lasted less Chicago, March 19.—The Ameri-| than five minutes. | can Red Cross today was in com- | It flattened heavily constructed school and business build- mand of one of fta greatest mercy [ings with worse results than the casualties in lighter dwellings. | works in the homeland in bringing| help to the families of the dead and | injured in the tornado wreckage in five states. | Relief Measures, Supported by the United States army, the Illinois national guard, | railroads, churches, lodges, radio- | casting stations and volunteers, th Red Cross today was sending doc- tors and nurses, voluntecr relief workers and tons of s Murphysboro, W De Soto, Illino| Frankfort and , the worst etricken citles, and into the other communi- ties hit by the storm. A half milllon do ar appropri tion for relief wa being rushed through the Illinois legislature the suggestion of Governor Small Thousands of dollars for re | was pledged by sands all over spon sympathetic ountry in to radio and newspaper ap- re- »plies into | Ifgzhies in homes were special sufferers. { Fires still raging or smouldering and millions of dollars ! \mrt'h‘ of wreckage delayed counts of the larger death lists. | _The hardest hit places were three cities in southern Illinois | —West Frankfort, Murphyshoro and Carbondale. | Nearly all the destruction was in the soft coal fields. ! f\e.‘gt to Tllinois, the worst sufferers were in Indiana and Missouri, with fatal echoes of the twister coming from Ten- {nessee and Kentucky. Red Cross, state guardsmen, army aviation forces, rail- road resources piled into many special trains and private relief |from two of the nation’s largest cities, Chicago and St. Louis, with a host of contributions from smaller cities, coneentrated on southern Illinois. Towns Wiped Off Map Two towns in the wake of the tor- {nado were reported to have been {virtually erased from the map while Toll of Tornado S | Reported So Far |a large section of another was laid Henry Baker, national disaster | to ruins. But one home and a Telalialraataniar Redliise s y schoolhouse were the remaining now on the grounds at Murphys.| C1Icaso. March 19.—Reports of lstructures in the village of Parrish, boro, has dispatched scores of phy. | CiSualties from the tornado and |in Franklin County, Il The four sicians and nurses into the devastat. | SO Which on Wednesday struck |dwellings left standing at Griffin, ed communities. Latest advices re- | 1Ve mids compiled at |Posey County, Indiana, a town of { ceived here from Director Baker be- m as follows: 750 people, were Dbadly damaged fore noon tolay, indicated that for One hundred city blocks at Mur the present eufficient doctors and | 1 |physboro were virtually flattene A T 300 300 to 500 |Seventy blocks in the residential sec would be needed to continue the re-{ ¥ 1 50 500 to 400 [tion were swept by fi X VB | Desoto 35to 50 150to300 | Setting a record for swift I Snecial Traina | Pa 25t0 50 10010150 |tion, the members of the Tilinois Nentiyialiscors otlsorei traie | 5010100 150 gislature and those in the Missour: over the Iiiinois Central, Chicago & i 5 to 100 |assembly, respectively, pushed for- Eastern Illinols and Missour! Pacific 14 ) to 50 Ward measures appropriating $500,- R T T 1 50to 75000 and $25,000 for rellef in their el 5to 60 |devastated scctions. The Tllinois sum S e e iR 40 |will be available next Wednesday, blankets and supplies of var-| Thomso e L3 i |the earliest possible. Governor Small of Tilinois and a staff left for the hiin Cornar s onns 2 P storm arca while a committee from fois 1t el e Ry ; i the legislature started carlier from e e Renialy Springfleld to gather first hand in- et i 5 ‘\’orm::(mp of the damage. S : s | Wrecked In 5 Minutes Aire Sarolics 2 Tn the stricken district in Sonthern AT i P Iilinols, the storm took its toll fn gt il ; 1 v(.\\\r:\l places in less than five min- e e et et |utes. A brakeman on an Tinois stoves, cots by Girardeau. 7 52 Senial e :;'“ “',‘"'""!’:ffl'h" S ekl e i L 10 tragedy at De Soto, pictured hus fhonsang e “l”’“lj“‘:fp :1 pecial =i : ,_"A crash of thunder, preceded by i o e MBI : 'wo blinding flashes of lghtning, e S e e ‘t'("):vr\“r}:;l\i: there was nothing left physboro and the other places of SONN. A In a mine near West Frankfort ering. 40t0 100 250 800 1 ror 1 I d Cross officials had worked 5 50 t0 100 o6 e A cERginom . Of 2 A0 elt a concussion and fearing a dis t @ y ; aster, flocke the lifts. o of directions from he S 10 20 the cages could ated. When ere, the divisional headc n | Poseyv 5 Heyiweraiabie tolroachi tiie mittace St. Louis was working under high| Total (m um), 708 fhey found ' a torn had passed pressure to keep Director of Relief - — over them supplied with all necessary GOUNTY TAX REDUGED Srare fhe chsto freaks nd supplies. ch accompany > to 10. One Vational Guard units from the intere reported from »s were gent into the tornado - S et ol o e ea in Tllinois on orders from Gov- Cut of 1213 Per Cent From last ernor Small. These inc detachments as we ting units which w t used for guard her re lief work ! Radio stations in Chicago ar ns around § ordered to th Sth medieal will regiment obably Gen nts and follow s Troops or headqu Company e carpenters’ unfon has already |W. Stevens, sister of the late B. F. |infantry, and igreed 10 a renewal of the present |Keith, theater magnate, dled in her /ment of the . agreements which expire on April | $9th year vesterdav at the Hot o t While the stand of the 1 | Vendome which had been ler home from C } f other buildling trades has ren | fOr te ars. She was born in |Colonel S. O. Tripp wr ctermined as yet it is believed that Hillsboro. H., and lived most of |army tents: 1 Sibley stoves electriclans and pipe working |her life in Cambridgs 4,000 cots, 4,000 ws, 4 1 insist on a wage increase. ‘t.'n\ FOR ALLEGED BIGAMIST [taken in 10 cars S * - # |today Alba Y. to obt Hospital Tents Sent | | |Goverr 4 Smith's sig Ten large hospital tents. 3 THE WEATHER | [ture to ition papers for the feet have been sent f & — | s Crowley, aljeged h+shoro For New Britain and vichn < city, Crowley is| v ty: Clearing and colder to- || ningd I « « night; Friday fair | [win t ed tomorrow. Sergeant |ant ot t put F is expected back # lcity with his man tomorrow r ed on Pag ) work noticing a bhaby's shoe pro truding from home, graspe nder the wr hurt Year Brings About Corresponding Shrinkage in Levy Against City. TORNADO IS ONE OF SERIES, 15 OPINION Chicago Weather Fore- caster Says Conditions Indicate These Storms Ebling >B rew éry Ordered Padlocked by U. S. Judge n COOLIDGE DECLINES ? tion fr x Rt Fr g rked by Ll W Hous - T . ternid LIGHTNING HITS SPIRE ¥ = g & st < sterly Indian g = L st a cann 1 > result ¢ N y ; nd not w the storwe