New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press Craaqry ”‘l\ l‘ oy ESTABLISHED 1870 SENATE. INVESTIGATION OF ALUMINUM COMPANY ASKED IN REPORT OF COMMITTEE BOOST OF 852,40 INNEWINGTONLIST Taxable Property in Town I Valued at 84,993,721 At Gen. Sarget e[ P BSTATE HIGHEST clines to Give Formal Opinion on Action On Recommen-w dation By Senator Walsh And His Asso-? ciates Is Deferred| Until Thursday Expense For Coming Piscal Year Action of i Federal Trade Commis- | Estimated At §97,000, Resulting In Tax Rate of About 21 Mills— si0n. $60,000 For School Expenditures, The board of as 1 UP—¥ith the |{o0 has fnished its committee for sors of Newing- et work and notices senate igton, Feb, judiciary ering a proposal congregsional inquiry into the affairs of the Alum- num company of Awmer! Mel General 1ave been sent out to all those consid- valuation has been The grand list shows a 93,721, an incre of 2,146 over that of last year, Although this total is the largest in the hisfory of the town, it is expected that the hoard of relfef wilt make a few P The board will meet at the town hall on Ieb- ruary 1, 9 13, and 20 from 10 a. m., to 3 p. m total expenses of the town will Basing his refusal on a policy [amount to abont 397,000 for the ch he said had obtained “for |coming year. Of this amount, inore than a century,” ti | proximately 80,000 will be general advised the senate in a lét- schools and the balance for er that he could find no autiorlty |fown expenses, or the rendering of formal opin- icns on points of law at the request of either house of congress, Mr. gent's letter added however, that : had no objection to giving an in- rmal expression of his views on Le question. He then sald It w spinion that the refusal of the fed- ral trade commission to turn over the justice department the evidence it gathered cannot under evisting aw now he remedied in any pro- ceadings brought by the attorney neral. The senate ordered the or- al fnquiry, he said, and it alone ad the power to compel the com- yission to divulge the facts in the whose property ner b total of $4 $55 a in which is Interested, At- rgent today re- fused to give the senate an opinion 1s to the right of the federal trade commission to withhold evidence in it possession, No Formal Opinion Secretary n orney ap- or 2115 mills, The highe axpayers fividual 131, and ) Of the non-residents M‘w\ H. Carr heads the list total valuation of $122,572 and the Edward Balf Co., is sccond with property worth $110, | A partial list of a |tows: | William 1 resident s his unoffic ssments fol 5 Anderaon Frederick [ \lul“u\m |Herbert E. Anderson . Michael & Lena Anderson M. P. Anderson T. J: Apter .. The letter was gent to the capitol “Mle the judiciary committee, which ady had Inguired into the justice lcpariment’s attitude toward the \luminum eorporation, progecutor of | t4e inquiry, that the whole question | )¢ the corporation’s conduct be the of a senate in [Lontmuvd on P1ga Ten) CHURCH AND WIFE ARE REMARRIED BY PRIEST Mrs. W, K. \'anderhilt An- | nounces Second Wedding Chis proposs] fs made, e s0r | (o ramony for Daughter . heeause of “doul used as | the vigor and good faith of the | | erved hursday. Investigation Urged by the committee unti or recom- a report submitted today udiciary committee by Se sa partment of justice” in the con- ct of inquiry to blish iether the Aluminum comp: Jlated a federal court co entered against it in 1912 ides recommending what be a third government inv zation of t M ithin four year that the scnate ral trade commission to turn over o it all of the evidence furnist aluminum coneern and which from the | ground | to the i | stated Boston, Feb, 1 (P1—Mrs | K. Vanderbilt announced today that [1ier daughter, Muriel, now M | Frederieck Cameron Church, Jr. r husband recently had been ried by a C: 'V\VDU‘ priest VV\HOHKL | thelr an Episcopal | nator Walsh | clerym last July divect thelt \ Mre. Church made public - | lowing nouncement for her mother, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, {is now in Florida: “Not teeling that it was of interest press it wus not pr 1 that some time ago mony its lon com n the fc the i = Deseribing this a e cars my com- | ) Lw fon that sinco | commission | tion in the her hor announceme When ques here concerning th | which was sent sther's name, Mrs. ¢ and | “Itis perfectly true. | | leaked and it make the announcen not previously been m ) was not felt a matter of public terest. Mr. Vanderbilt is now Talm Beach and T made nounee for her Mrs, added | known what more ther The ceremony, she said formed in New York. “I don't like more,” she éoncludad, not authorized.” Mr. Church 1 to on Mrs. Vanderbilt's anuour He made it clear that he w { announcement to come and would not say whe signed the eement to make the rst instance i n of the ev out under wrch said ).m-‘\ h: Sargent cials of the justice depart- assailed Ly Sena- manner fn which re sharply it whie h for the inquiry was prosecuted commission had department in Octo! pat the Aluminum compar lated the consent dec Church Calling Iduced ¢ caring on the H nonths elapsed by | e, the senator declares th department moved with celerity 1 could have obtained the | ential” evid subseque c1d from it nt of lepartme 2z from a field inquiry that the ninum industry well satis- | children in the Catholic fai vith existing conditions, an in- The youa sroker tion of tl trade commission | met his wath much complaint against the |winters said he ;minum Company of Ane a der announ ore was n tepor | that the second place and M bout them, fore any mo to g insura yride go. i's in the th W plaint last yight to trial on ‘It s suffi \sh contin: en in circ tion for appen ago, and yesterd stice in the matter atholic ceremony or would it be rega culpa- |at the same time ion on the part of the r, the former Conguelo Vanderbi bureau to say that he married to Earl T 1 work to -subordinates in of the bride’s mother in had confidence.” month Both Mr. % % urch refused to say w MUST PAY OV had been remarried at shington, Feb. The | ti 1t wasyrecalled ver, that won its fight Mre, Smith sis the r's ve Y. extra womfis In had taken place Mrs. Church's sis head of & t homse York Mrs. Ch Sn they W (sury today Canadial rongly 1 (Continued on Page 12) NEK w0y 'm:u- used for | other | This means that the | rate of taxation will probably be 2t | of Lemuel | Clara W. | with & | William | fously | ( NEW BRITAIN HERO OF THE SEA] { CAPT AMERICAN SAILORS | GET GREAT PRAISF, Captainand Crew of President Roosevelt Acclaimed in England RADIO MAN ALSO A HERO | Operator vi Ti-fated Antinoc Signal- N FRIED Jed With Flags and With Pocket Starchlight When His Wireless ent Ont of Commission, , CONNECTICUT, i MEDAL FOR SKIPPER London, Feb, 1 (®—The Brit ish government decided today to | | awa medal to Captain | ¥ried of the American | er President relt | rescue of th of i British steamer George Roos: crew for the Antinoe, Ieb, 1 the fille - wspapers are # with stories of by the United States liner Roosevelt of the crew of freight steamer Antinoe uter o battle of 80 hours at s against the waves which finally over- helmed the freighter. They are re- [1ated by reseucrs and rescued, and dongside them are photographs taken from on board the elt {ns the Antinoe wallowed the mountainous & giving a vivid » DBritish In (C 0n|mml on YuLfl Elev ANOTHER RESCUE SHIP n) REACHES PORT TODAY, Queenstown Welcomes Six Survivors of 1ll-Fated Laristan | Q Anothe North Ger: Feb, 1 (B ship — the Ireland, oroic rescut | Bremen | bringing with ¢ seamen, snatched from of the storm-lashed lantic. maw » with the Presi- llant crew, entt and Ler g s given jof (iatetender on Main Street reighter La rvivors of istan were (Continued on page 11) LINER STANDS BY T0 " AID STRICKEN VESSEL Dutch {ress Dis- Off l’rcightcr in 1,000 Miles Newfoundland « Inl \\ 1s l{l SCU I n 2 The reighter storm New \day line nsis disab ) miles ¢ Ham rescu Irg-An The crew « 20 men and* office (Continue, Fourteen) Page W BRITAIN HERALD -NIIIIUJ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1926. —SIXTEEN PAGES R\WAGE INCREASES E. W. Christ Slated For Post On WOULD BOOST P+ G. 0 P State Central Committee RAILR[]A“ [;(]STS Expected to Succeed Late : Judge Klett — Looked Total EXDEI]SCS 8500,000,000 Upon as Harmonizer of More if 1920 Scale Is Re- stored, Spokesmen Say COMPANIES GIVEN TILL MARCH 2 T0 MAKE REPL Different Factions. st W pecullarly strategls come republican poli- who was eman for this dis- | , acting n this 8| ) up the relns r lying request of | pled with the T timent 18 the acting committeem, apparent ability to a breach in G. O, P. strength back to ex-Mayor George A of four years 1 not glven thought { a su when he Demands Amount to About N Morc a Day for Conductors and | Co Trainmen—Only Minor Changes | " o In Working Conditions asked ~— Rallroad Labor Board Recelyed | About 70 Applications. ERNEST W, CHRINT | Judge Kiett was ¢ stern | in intervie v, but he had noth- |commi ds of praise for Mr. |Joseph I s an organizer and |1 until | political policles. st T 1 committeeman ‘MV“] Mrs, C to the last state meet at lhe\ New York, rallroads toduy b, 1 (B — K toda recelved demands | for increased pay for tralnmen and | conductors and glven March 2 thelr ar The increase 81 demands were the n and of rallway conductors. Each rail road received a letter and was ask- d to make a reply to the demands. The communications were con- cerned almost entirely with wage matters d only minor ¢ mg. in working conditions were quested. Granting ot creases would scales fixed by hoard in 1920, scales in the ronds. When it to make | ol P e rests with d demand amounts to | convention a day i ((,0'1()”'1(‘ 1 MUST CUT $500000 PANTUGKET P. .15 ahout The joint contained in letters from brotherhood | of railway tralnme e order | 23 8-4 Mill Rate | Take 11 Sacks oi Mail the requested in- restore the wage | the railway labor | the highest 111;-\ history of the rail- became known last | were deman roads preparing the spokesmen to make for the rall- sald such restoration would in the total expenses of companies by $500,000,000. 70 Applications Filed rago, Feb. 1 (A—The United Iroad labor board had b approximate 302 In Excess of Expenditures Acetylene Torch—Saturday's Allowable Under PreSent Assess- | ceipts Not Taken But Man ment — Finance Board Meeting Stamps Are Gone. ‘Tonight, Pawtucket, R, T, Ieb masked and armed men - More than half a million dollars s for increa: {must be pruned from requested ap- while the trhin |propriations for 1926-1927 it the ood filed with indi- |, 1ato 1s to be kept at its present recuests for in- creases. Railroad icials sald that | they increases asked by the train- men and conductors in kome cases (g5 exceeded the peak wages of 1920. |y Ofticials ago and s Northweste formed | $3.332.748, the train service cmployes, who filed demands, that the same d mands were being n simulta isly upon all roads, 12 Per Cent Increase : Savannah, Ga., Feb, 1 P—A joint | conference between representatives ay conductors and raflway xecutives probably will be cailed to -onsider the request of conductors tor a twelve per cent lary incre; sald L. E ppard, natlonal pres- ident of order of Railway Con the present Sheppard, who was a ing robbed the central post office of the st two men through the torcl. The from 1 when mail a on duty uit with ks of vice brother vidual raiiroads figure, With 20,000 asire from tax mated {ncome of me id an e revenue and | aggregating a 23% mill rate in a ca iing ou 1y T door of the mfronted by hed him in an him rpowered man, requests e 5 would | George clerk. lobby the at gun fou 1 ling 2 short of provi osing Wi he necessary revenue as vho pu The board of finance and taxation | 10 | will meet with Mayor A. M. Pao- tonight at the mayor's office to 1 the work of preparing a bud- The mayor and board worn to a policy of keeping tl ax-rate at its present figure if it s | possible to do so without cutting out seded improvements and it is ed the estimates will be sub- 1 to more than the usual closc rutiny. An fincrease of $4,0 | timated income is indicate L » by a the gures prepared for the board ceded ceing nance and taxation. On the grand five minutes 4 the ist of $97, 00 of last year, and, tax rate of % mills produc the tax revenue of $2,315.6 r's grand list of $10 . me mill rate would bring $2,508 .68 in tax rev The esti- mated income and return from 24% rate on this year's lst §28,355.68 or $504,392.32 departments asked hoard of finance and taxation Prevents vide for next year. £ The several funds, together | the amounts granted last year ked for mnext $1,007,0 department, street lighting, Select wrely they tor e Their Vault T to work on, af the buildi and vent outside vith which the Whether selected one va makin, one of the mer d brought A torel She: & door was burned off pouches taken ¢ 10t will 1 day nail or 10 sald Mr. lsitor here. tors receive FLAGS TRAIN AS AUTO GOES DEAD ON TRACKS 1| self left he Rhods alarm > consta gave Receipts Not Touched A cliec ire kup today reveal stock of stamps at the the robbe which contain while have Probably Fatality hoge School street yea Stalled on = rai track in the path of an approaching train, sever- 1l people in a sedan were today in the peril of their lives as Gatetender Tans Oquist on duty at the Main street cross id track .flag the locomot t bore | ; down. The driver of th kes as , but the slip d him to s ks where unable to ender, aware arly due, grabbed a d d ran up the tr ging the trair what ar Stamps \\l'\ th §50,000 sprinkling, A naintenance, permanent spe wn th L0005 police . as pplled cros ch eached th ory pavements the de his mae ou ack, su to a sto avert cared lik slipp ble dif to New Britain FOUR WALLS ALL THAT (5 LEFT OF ‘THE TAB Well Known Hartford Dance Resort Destroyed by Flames orning, e Loss 3 Million in destrians a ring the day ion of the disag ather, conditions better foot hold with th fater excep- overhead Several jitneys arted on ey hil o serious acci t Trolleys are r hedule, althoug slightly off this m cticut Co. reports ot g or pr e or two orning, ! Telephon railroad lines report no trou 1§ P —Le B ¥ Ha Connecticut was se were Con- and ast it across river from Hartfor Almos oday PRIUMPHANT ) P—M HELEN AGAIN W - THE. WEATHER s Hartford, ¥eh, 1.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Snow or slect possibly chang- to rain this afternoon ond tonight. Tuesday mostly clondy: mot much change in temperature just wooder ara ing P, kW ~—— | $50, | visit his father, the TOKEEP TAX DOWN™ ROBBED BY 4 MEN Half Million to Be Pruned for Armed Bandits Bind Two Clerks I BUDGETS TOTAL §8,330,748 WORK OVER THREE HOURS | that trainmen and “'“d”""lu‘qm‘«h ¥rom Departments $504,- Leisurely Burn Off Safe Door With Re- Four this morn- robbers, | point 1t tour of | him- robbers up the Snulh Bend, Ind., Today | o — Average Daily Circulation For \ Week hndlng 13 067 Jan, 30th . st PRICE THREE CENTS FRIDAY IS DATE SET FOR CHAPMAN'S APPEAL T0 BE ARGUED IN FEDERAL COURT [;RA[Y MAN ARM[[] Presldmg Judges Hand, TERRORIZES MANY Rt el Mk e Vigorous Objections Presented By Judge F. J. Groehl. Compels Chicago Taxi Owner to Drive Him About for Hours [MAKES BOY PLAY VIOLIN Crime squads and Rallroad 1'o- Grant Alcorn’s Request for Preference Defense Wanted Several Weeks in Which to Prepare Ar- gument. lice Hunt Down Lunatic Who Loses Finger in Gun Fight With Policemen. Yor eb, 1 (4 circ Fhe United appeals to of State's Atto court o 1 the Aleorry otion pistol, t on who hounced tiford A nan's onn, to g argument on lespo a preference for the com- the habeas corpus procer ald Cha was only through which E. City, Mo, a pistol fright- e state au- argument otests In Vain probably w Groehl leric n, gainst s ing that h or three we in Chapn rotest, N police, t attend i Fr K J. Groehl, s J. Groehl, prot orously | y | € b early a he . contend hospital, and aid taxi ed at the before tured, det squads, policr ions, and railr loosed on the chy of the chauffeur and his was in doubt Wife Becomes Alarmed ackett, head of the [UtilMties anfifacturing corporation of Ka sas City, came to Chicago a week ago on business, followed later hy wife, who became alarmed a hed to his hotel home of her 1 t surb, Snckett 1 drive out would 1 ks 10 prepare n's behalf. Despite the presiding Hand, Juliun Manton, 1 h cctive his arn burean half dozen st ves were the fate stinl while son ed in ringf hy court 1, Mass., Danbury v M. Wiley and Charley Conn, ceision of Tederal sitting in Wethers writ his 2 of which ion that th compel Ol commutution esident., ed to was bhased on ed States t! th the to ac- of sentence Ile was killing poli con- dem James 1 eman, It fs on Jorities nmutation of taken him , the Connecticut autl trips about the c There he heard son play the violi 1e youth accompany demonstrate his talent. Arriv A e s fon, and 1go toa i | Berwyn, D the | pital Ten Flee to Fire ‘inger Shot Aw. ymitted quic until two by telephone arrived. wed one of way but cab and com- to drive him away. Nafety 1w : in ) mination mmoned on Sac he escaped lled Sch youth, to ver Fire orig amage of $3 h was | Co. by Phil Is who wer Godwin owned From the phoned his wite, arrest soon owed., Mind Failed in 191 h out of the ilding next loor § fire wa of th lo, Colc s released, After appar- treated No, 1 Box ENGIGE LAWVER FOR = REPORT SENTIMENT FOR BELYIDERE TEMPLE SITE Fighl Masenic Ruilding Committee Mem- HART STREET DISPUTE Property Owners for Building Law Enforcement bers Sail to Approve (ffer of Land Free, kno ty's co t to build a | a single .| Ohio State Faculty Is E \nncratcd on Charges s Fel UP—Full and was issued. 0 a e facul principl by the com rustees which The repor! vith Governor Don rly comy was filed today ahey. (Continued ov Page 14)