New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 EW BRIT uu(u 1 "'IS ’"’Wfin NEW BRITAIN, PLANS PROGRESS FOR SALE OF CENTER CHURCH REALTY AS STEP TOWARD NEW SITE Joint Building Commit- tees Meet and Hear Reports on Disposal of Present Location. Sale of Valuable Real Estate Placed in Hands of F. G. Platt. Sale and vacation of the First Congregational church site at the corner of Main and Church streets and erection of an edifice at Lexing- ton and West Main streets, is in con- templation with favorable already made, reports submitted at a meeting of joint building commit- tees last night indicated. F. G. Platt In Charges of Sale The present site is on the market and while no actual negotiations are under way the congregation feels so certain a deal will be consummated shortly that it has empowered F. G. Platt to dispose of the property with- out the formality of an ecclesiastical | society meeting. Several months ago Judd & Co., brokers, offered to meet a $500,000 figure decided on by church officials for purchase of the building and the usual prelim- inaries of a church meeting were completed, but when the congrega- tlon assembled with a unanimous ‘vote to accept assured, had withdrawn their offer. It was as a result of this incident that power to sell was vested in an indi- vidual, While no figure has been settled upon as the present market price, it is believed that approximately#$500,- 000 would be demanded. Owns West End Property The property at West Main and Texington streets adjoins the par- sonage of the First church now owned by the congregation. The commitiee on type of building has taken only the preliminary steps since disposal of the present struc- ture must first take place, but it is| proceeding along lines calculated to ! |n"fl the topography of I 'H‘f“ chuarch now standing at the corner of Main and Church streets, is one of the oldest in the city hav- ing been erected more than a half- century ago. Conditions in the center of the city at the time of its construction were far more favor- able for divine services than now, »quent complaint having ered in recent years because of the noise and traffic, particularly during the summer months when services are held with doors open, according to officials of the congre- gation. Because vacation of the present building is likely to take place in | the near future, the congregation has expressed a desire rather than replace the spire on top of the building, which for several years has shown a t, idency to lean. TWO BAD FIRES McCarthy Warehouses And Palisade Avenue School Afe Destroyed By Flames In Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Dee. 7 (A—The offi- ces and part of the warehouse of George T. McCarthy located on Hou- satonic avenue, were burned out by fire early today. A quantity of lime and cement stored in the building was destroyed by water poured on the fire. Furniture, records and other belongings in McCarthy's office were completely destroyed. A conveyor ‘ower used to hoist coal from cars on the railroad siding in front of the plant to an overhead railway leased by the Broad flames which shot up from Carthy's office where the fire start- | cd, It is thought stove in the offi for the fire. Mr. New Haven and no estimate of his loss is available. The Palisade Avenue school was burned to the ground last night in | another spectacular blaze which re- | sulted when the old fashioned stove | used to heat the building became overheated and burst. The building was a three room portable structure which was used for children in| class up to the third grade. The school Is situated at one of the highest points In the city, and the flames could be seen shooting into the air for a radius of several.miles. Three alarms were turned in with- in five minutes after the blaze was discovered. Twelve pieces of ap- paratus were used in fighting the stubborn bla: an overheated was responsible American in Paris Kills Wife, Governess and*Self Paris, Dec. T (—William How- ¢ll Payne, an American resident of Parfs, today shot and killed his wife and a governess, and then committed suicide, Mr. Payne shot his wife first and then turned the revolver on the governess, Mlle. Adrienne Hen All three were dead when the po- lice arrived. The Paynes ' had apartment on the amps Elysces for ars, He was a member of the St lived in an Avenue Des a number of «Cloud Country club and the Trav- | elers’ club. He was §6 years old. FATAL . T, Dec. 7 (A-—Mrs Joseph Sayles, 25, died today from burns recelved yesterday cleaning a kitchen stove with a i quid polish. Her baby was slightly burned at the same: time, progress | the brokers | and fis | this pro- | been | to repair | Top | Coal company, was damagdl by the | Me- | McCarthy is in | while | FORMER NAVY OFFICER [5 JAILED FOR FRAUD “Meant Well But Was Unfortunate,” Prosecu- tor Says Two cases involving financial manipulation of an alleged illegal nature were heard by Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court this morning, Warren 8. Harris, aged 89, of Hartford and Florida, being sen- tenced to jail for 15 days on the charge of ootaining money under | false pretences, and Manuel Atash- tan, aged 36, proprietor of a restau- rant in Bristol, being bound over to the superior court in $2000 bonds on the charge of forgery. Harris, a former lieutenant com- mander in the United States navy, who served 45 days in jail after being convicted in Hartford on the | charge of obtaining money under | false pretences, changed his plea of | not guilty to one of nolo contendere. | Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue testified that Jack Shar of Plain- ville made the complaint which re- | sulted in Harris' arrest. Harrls, representing the People’s Distribut- ing Co., took a $250 bond from Shar when he engaged the latter to man- age a gasoline station with the understanding that the money would |be returned in a stated time if Shar dgsired to sever connections with the company. The check for the money, signed by Harris, was | not negotlable because the funds | were not in the bank to meet it, the sergeant testified. There are war- | rants for Harris from New York, | New Haven, and the United States | government. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods told Judge Hungerford that Harris | “meant well but was very unfortu- nate.” “He plunged into the, un- charted seas of finance and money | wouid have saved him from his | presence in court today,” Mr. Woods |said. In view of the charges against { him in other places and taking into | conslderation the fact that he has | just completed the other sentence, Mr, Wasds recommended a jail sen- | tence of 15 days, which Judge Hun- | | gerford ordered. | Attorney Harry resenting Harris, 8ald his cllent had | been pressed for money at a time when it was impossibl> for him to obtain ready cash due to the fact that his money was tied up in the gasoline station project. He dld not mean to defraud anyone. His meet his obligations, the ‘sn{d. | Atoshian, represented by Attorney lawyer | Cyril F. Gaffney, pleaded not guilty |to the charge of forgery. Charles | 7. Law of the New Britaln Trust Co., Detective Sergeant McCue, Mary Hovanesian of 10 Greenwood street. and Morris Jackson of 63 Broad street testified. Atashian forged the | { names of Mary Hovanesian and Mor- ris Jackson to a note for $300 and the forgery was not detected until Jackson received notice that pay- ments were due. Mus. Bishon Now Held for Husband’s Tragic Death Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. T (P)— Mrs. Luther M. Bishop was held in the county jail here today for fur- ther questioning in connection with the slaying Sunday of her husband, Luther Bishop, a state detective | known throughout the southwest for his activitles in breaking up bandit gangs. Discovery of the two pistols, | which Bishop always carried or kept in(‘:\r him, in his home, resulted In the arrest of Mrs. Bishop yesterday jand caused county authorities |turn froru the theory that gangsters entered the house as the family {slept and shot the detective t death, after taking the firearms, | ELLSWORTH DECORATED | Oslo, Norway, Dec. 7 M’)—Lincflh\ Ellsworth, co-director with Roald | Amundsen in the flight of the 1]||‘l"|- |1le Norge from Spitzbergen across the North Pole to Alaska, has been {dccorated by King Haakon. The ‘drcomllon was the grand cross of the royal order of St. Olav. M. Ginshnrg, rep- | | business was legitimate and it was ' ‘\H\{r\ tunate that he wss unable to | to | O men were taken uo) ‘LOST" BOY SILENT ON HIS IDENTITY Knswers No Questions & DETAINED IN HARTFORD Richard Miller, Aged 9, of 72 Sey- mour Street, Found by Mother After He Had Refused to Tell ‘Where He Lived. Maintaining a stubborn silence which prevented the police of En- |{fleld and Hartford from learning his address and other facts con- |cerning himself, Richard Miller, aged 9, of 72 Seymour street, whose absence from home since last Fri- day alarmed his mother and eet the police of this city and sur- rounding places on a hunt which seemed more fruitless as the days |passed. was returned to his home today after his mother had identi- fled him in the detention room at Hartford police station. ‘With considerable difficulty and ‘only after great persuasion, the boy was coaxed into telling that heleft!Seven members of the crew of the | jthe Smalley school, which he at- tends, last Friday and started for the home of an aunt in Massachu- setts. He went to Enfield and was |wandering about the streets \\hell 'an officer stopped him. Apparently for the purpose of preventing the {authorities from returning him to 'his home, he told them he lived lin Enfleld and a trip about the town was started to locate his | folks. Finally, the authorities realized that the boy was not truthful in his directions to them, and believing him to be a resident of a nearby place, they notified the Hartford | police, who questioned him but were unable to learn anything of his iden. | tity. They had him in their custody | saturday, Sunday and Monday, | while the local pollce were making every effort to locate him, and his mother's worry was increasing as she tried to fight off the beliet that | some harm had befallen him. The storm Sunday added to her worry, as she feared he would be over- come by exposure unless he been able to obtain shelter, and the authorities expected to hear of him it he had been picked up in safety. This morning Captain John I. ‘Bullcr of the Haciford police tele- plioned to the tocal department and | reported that the boy was possibly Miller, althqugh he refused to givé his name and aadress. Chief Hart | asked the captain to try and deter- mine whether or not the boy lived in New DBritain, and the reply came | back soon afterwards that it was useless to try to talk to him, as he {was sullenly silent and would not answer the questions put to him. Officer W. P. Hayes took the boy mother to Hartford and she at once identified him and brought him home. The police believe home con- ditions may have some bearing on the boy's determination to leave, and the theft of two quarts of blueber- | ries from a neighbor may al ! some connection with his actions, as he _is reported to have become | frightened when questioned con- | cerning the dncident. FIREMEN KEPT BUSY Three Serious Blazes in Brighton District of Boston Occur at Same Time. were taken to a hospital and sis others were driven out into freezing | weather by three fires in the | Brighton district early today. All' "three fires were in progess at the same time. Mrs. Clair Sanborn and Miss | Katherine Kicrnan were overcome | by smoke during fire in their home, which drove six other occupants of the house to the street. Both wo- to St. Elizabetl’s | hospital. William Bell, a fireman, was re- | moved to the same hospital, suffer- ing from a cut in the head and the the effects of smoke. He was res- cued from the basement of a store, where he had been overcome, The third fire was in another store. The combined damsgre was estimated at $75,000 by fire depart- ment officlals. necticut “Godless” and | Says He Couldn’t With- stand Conditions.” | Rev. F. L. Brooks, férmer pastor of the People’s Church of Christ in this city, now a resident of Angeles, Cal, left Connecticut be- | cause he could not tolerate the ex- ive tax rates and the moral lax- |ity existing here, he states in a let- ter which has just reached New Britain. The clergyman information relative to a bill charg- wrote for | ed against a member of his family, n which connection, he writes: “We wish to deal fairly with even such & godless state. Los | 'Brooks Left State Because of “Moral Laxity Existing Here” 1 {Former Pastor Calls Con- F. L. BROOKS Spends Four Days With Polics had | also have | Boston, Dec. T (A)—Three persons pectacular Life Saving EIGHT LIVES LOST AS SCHOONER SINKS St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 7.— () —Eight lives were lost when the Schooner Ella M. Rudolph was driven ashore at Brook Cove, near Catalina during the height of a storm last night. Duke Blackwood, a son of the owner of the vessel, managed to reach shore today and walking to Catalina gave the details of the disaster. The dead are: Eleanor Black- wood, master; Walter Attwoad; Joseph Vivien; Samuel Carter; Hanry Blackwood; Noah Vivien; Bert Blackwood and an unidentified woman. The schooner left here terday for Greens Pond. Cap- tain Blackwood's wife and i child had planned to sail on the | Rudolph but declded at the | last moment to return to their home by train. The schooner was of sixty tons burden. | yes- | Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 7 (P~ three-masted Schooner William | | Reinhardt were rescued by brecches buoy early today after the craft had | been driven ashore at Race Point during a gale. The seven were aboard. All Were Frost Bitten. All seven survivors were frost bit- |ten and suitering from exposure when brought ashore by the crew of |the Race Point coust guard station under command of Captain William | Wolfe. Two of them were unable to walk after they were lifted from the all that breeches buoy. They were taken to! the coast guard station and given { medical attention. The schooner was | bound from Albert, N. B, to City Is- |land, N. Y., with a cargo of lumber and lath, under command of Captain Burnham Tower. Caught in the | northeast storm off the New England | coasts Sunday the craft lost her sails |and rudder and had helplessly at the mercy of the sea. Grounded at 1:30 a. m. Buffeted by the waves and wind, the schooner struck on the beach about half a mile from the Race | Point coast guard station about 1: | today. The wind was blowing at | speed of 65 miles an hour when she | went aground and the sea was run- | ning high. Stranded in | break vept by huge waves that thre ,mul to sweep the members of the crew overboard as they clung to the rigging. They suffered extreme hard- \snlp as a result of the low tempera- | ture, which stood at 26 degrees here, A’mJ when they were brought ashore they were wet to the skin and their | clothing coated with ice. Rescued In 90 Minutes, | The rescue was accomplished in jan hour and a half from the time | that the breeches buoy was rigged first man was hauled to the midst of the nd the vy over it. des Captain Tower, whose home is in Sackviile, N. B., the mem- bers of the crew werce his brother, Irving Tower, also ckvil Thomas Green, Port Loring, N. & Albert Veanberg, St. John, N. B. James McCarthy, Dorchester, Mas: John Ruane, Dorchester, Mass.; and | Leslie White, Hagey, N. B. Coast guard officials were of the opinion that the schooner would be | a total loss. She apparently hard i and fast in the sand, and battered by | the heavy waves was in danger of | breaking up. of s Wreckage Litters Shores \ i . 7 P — Littering eastern Canada this i wlmng wreckage freight and fishing schooners and of |three smail steapers — mute evi- dence of the ferocity of the bliz- rd which has been sweeping the |coast for more than 24 hours. A heavy snowfall and zero 3 rode on the breast of the | wind. | The death of one man had been | reported. The danger to shipping had been estimated as half a mil- lion. The high waves near | swept gway |Cunard liner Antonia, with 500 | passengers on board, at last reports was lying off Halifax waiting for the weather to moderate to come into port. The Pennland, from New York for Europe, man aged to make harbor here. The vessel resembled an fceberg, due to the spray from the waves freezing as it enveloped her. The New York tug Western, which grounded near Shelbourne a week ago, disappeared in the storm. th heavy we inenberg thouse, The quor aboard. The British mer Hilleroft as reported Newfoundland short of fuel &and with all her woodwork burned. The Dutch steamer Stolwich, which was In ballast, threw the Hilleroft a line in an endeavor to tow her. The cable parted, how- ever, and the Stolwich disappeared in the storm. were cold and there was not even fuel aboard sufficient to keep the crew warm ing 30 miles off the Newfoundland shore. SOS. Calls Heard Seattle, Dee. 7 () — SOS. calls sent out by the steamer West Kas- son were intercepted at Orthhead, at the mouth of the Columbia river, carly today, the naval radio station at Bremerton reported. The message said fire was burn- (Continued on Page 8.) Seven Men Rescued by Breeches Buoys When Schagner is Wrecked Provincetown—More Wreckage Litters Shores — Loss to Shipping is I%alf Million. were | the schooner was constant- | of | bound | |She had two thousand cases of li- | The Hilleroft's boilers | The steamer was drift- | Effected Off Coat Near AVALANCHE OF NEW * BILLS PRESENTED Congress Also Listens to Presi-| dent’s Recommendations TRIBUTE T0 “UNCLE JOE” | Both Houses Adjourn Early as Trib. ute to Former Speaker—Resolu- | tlons Presented — Wagner Holds Reception in Senate, Washington, Dec. 7 (P—Already heading into a traffic jam on the second day of its new session, con- gress was given a new list of things |io think about today by President | Coolidge. Following his custom of last year, {Mr. o sent his meesage to Capitol Hill by messenger, and it | {was read by clerks in senate and | :ouse shortly after noon. | At the same time he added to the | |crowded senate calendar more than | {1,000 nominations to public of-| {fice, Including many postmasters |thro 1t the country. - ! Farly Adjournment | Receint of the presidential mes- | lsage was the chicf business of the day in scnate and house. While its| committees worked on the appro priation bills the house agreed to| arly adjournment out of respect for Uncle Joe Cannon. The senate went al with the resolution questi the qualifications of | Senator Gould of Maine first on the d‘ ndar. ho brevity of the house sesslon not preclude members from materially to the thousa already awaiting action. | | Among the new proposals was the | did sion’s first plan for settlement of Clara, who was four yeai the farm relief question. It was introduced by Representative Me- Keon, democrat, Oklahoma, and was designed to standardize the produc- tion of cotton, wheat and other farm s whet. a surplus causes | “unfatr return. But Little Attention Senate and house presented a col- orless scene the clerk mtonnd the pre message. the members were present, h\l' many talked In undertones - to collcagues while others drifted in and out, pre- ferring to read the presidential ut- | terances from the printed record. Now and then there was applause for some salient pronouncement in the message. | In the senate there was so much confusion that Senator Marrison, | democrat, Mississippl, interrupted the reading to ask for “order on the republican side.” After that, there |was less noise, but apparently no more attention. Scnator-Elect Wagner of New York held an impromptu reception in a corner of the chamber, with Senator Copeland doing the honors. | When the president’s remarks about cotton were read, Senator Heflin of {Alabama made copious notes. Fouse More Attentive | The house was more attentive and more generous in its applause. The first handclapping came from the {republican benches when the housa |clerk read Mr. Coolidge’s tribute to |the protective tariff. But on the |democratic side there was only silence. { At the first mention of the treas- ury surplus, members on both sides leaned forward in their seats. There was applause from the republicans | !for the proposal for a tax credit. Scattering handelaps on the re- publican side of the house support- cd the president's stand that the government must not enter the price | fixing business to help the farmer. When the reading was an hour under way and only half completed, republicans and democrats alike | grew restless. But both sldes of the chamber came to life a few moments later to applaud Mr. Coolidge's view that government bur should be | reduced. Polson Gas 'Treaty Conclusion of the reading in the | senate let down the bars for the first time this season for introduc- tion of legislation and there was an immediate scramble for recognition, | Chairman Borah of the foreign re |lations committes got the floor momentarily and announced he would bring up the poison gas treaty tomorroyw. “Uncle Joe” Memorlals Uncle Joe Cannon, who d forty-six years in the ho for as many resolutions of any man who ever served th | himself the object of a { tribute by his former collez | Members of all faiths | voting Uncle Joe a | statesman, s | wit, and a great and representative citizen of the American republic. | In honoring the memory of the | former speaker by adjourning, the house added to ifs tribute, because | adjournment for a man who died out formal (Continued on Page 17) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight; Wednesday, rain and warmer. | o SO ERC S BRG | | States coast guard announced. |placed on Erdman |college student, |the clos [of tragedy an | | them now | a week in hi | get him to tell the story they believ- | will commissior | much as fi | regular department was CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. —TWENTY PAGES. Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 4th .... 14,149 PRICE THREE CENTS OMITTING ANY MENTICN OF WORLD COURT OR MEXICAN SITUATION IN - MESSAGE, COOLIDGE TALKS OF TAX 'Wisconsin Coroner’ s Jury Places His Views Call For Guilt of Girl's Death on Lover! Temporary ~ Adjust- | Letters Found On Body Bear Mute Testimony to Trust | Clara Olson Put in Her Student Sweetheart Prairle Du Chien, Wis., Dec. 7 (| —The brand of murderer has been Olson, missing by a coroner’s jury, as its part in the stark drama of Clara Olson's death. Clara's body, recovered last week from a crude grave in a hilly wil- derness, today receives Christian bur- |ial in a little churchyard cemetery 7g sceme of the visitation | upon the rugged and peaceful hills of southwestern W rest | JEWELRY THIEF HELD IN BONDS OF §5,000 oether Willing to Go to| Prison Here But Not New York Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dee. T (A— Albert H. Noether, 49, of 341 West 48th strect, New York, who was ar- ed in Parker's elry stor |terday while in the act of stealing | stick pin, ERDMAN OLSON nds | consin. Erdman Named as Slayer Erdman, 18-year-old sweetheart of | s his senior, | as named as the slayer yesterday The coroner’s jury concluded that the youth deliberately plotted her death, bringing her from her home with a pretense of marrying her be- | (Continued on Fourth Pun) FIVE WOMEN ON JURY FOR WDERMOTT TRAL - Man Accused of Canton Murder Ignores Brothers Who Gave Him Up Canton, Ohio, Dec. 7 (P—Twelve tentative jurors—seven men and five women—had been chosen to- day in the trial of Patrick gene McDermott, charged with the ):ili-‘ ing of Don R. Mellett, Canton pub- lisher. As court convened for the second day, “Pat,” the alleged “key man” in the murder mystery exhibited a nonchalant attitude. As a result, the court room drama centered around Tom and Bernard McDer- mott, the accused man's brothers | who turned him over to the authori- ties six weeks ago in the hope that | his story would at the same time | save him from the electric chair and ar the family name.” ously they have watched the proceedings apparently helpless now that the case is out of their hands for “Pat” will have nothing to do with them, He is as cool toward | | the parole |the age of 11 yi two wrist watches and a diamond was held . in bonds of $5,000 when arraigned in city court today and was granted ance to Satur sccure counsel, Besides the Parker jewelry a continu- y to permit him to theft 1 which he was caught, Noe- ther will have to answer an old arge of theft of a diamond pin d at $150 from the Reid and Todd jewelry store here in 1921, Valuables found in his possession when he v arrested erday have been identfied as taken from the D. M. Read company, the jewel- ry store of A. Wershow and from Blackman's jewlery store, all local stores. Noether denies that he committed | a robbery in Hartford the fore he was arrested here. Questioned rélative to hood of having to face an ment as an habitual erim he Baumes law in Ne s life imprisonment for nviction, Noether shook his head. “Not me” he said. “They won’t in New York again. I'm r\lu nitting any ¢ cticut for this it will auto- ly wipe out the balance of my New York sentence. If you're paroled and can’t report b the fact that you're serv matic: term in another state, they drop the | matter and call it a closed 2 in New York. I reported regu officer while I was out, I can't do it now that n. but of cou I am in ag: MILLIONAIRE AT 4, DIES WITHIN ONE YEAR Fate Plays Unkind Trick On Joseph S. Donovan Who Retired On January 1 Boston, Dec. T (A) — Joseph §. Donovan, who 1 “his million and retired at the age of 44, only 11 months ago, died today. He went to Peter Bent Brigham hospital a few weeks ago for observation for a kidney ailment, Mr. Donovan, who began work at ars in a carpet fac- tory for §1.50 a week, eventually en- tered the automotive indu and was head of a large Boston automo- bile sales o nization at the time |of nis retirement. as he was during the kept him hiding in the Pennsylvania hills after they had brought him there from three m hs hiding in Cleveland. He has week they | even less to do with them than he did when they visited him daily for cell here and tried to ed he could tell about the Mellett murder. SUPERNUMERARY POLICE WANT INGREASE IN PAY Will Petition Board For Ralse To $5.50—Ignored Last Year By | Common Council policemen the board of police tonight for an in- from $5 to $5.50 per t announced today. should be paid as ar regulars, as they frequently fill in on night beats and The petition ors crease in pa Chief ¥ feel they supernumerary They are called on to perform the duty|; f regulars. The regular policemen will not| petition for an increase in pay but | will ask that a recommendation be | made | an allowance for clothing. to the common council for The pay of the officers and members of the increased last year. Proposed charter changes con- cerning the pension system will be discussed at the meeting tonight 'm:l' ‘mulmv matters will be attended to. FLEET STARTS MOVING Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Dec. 7 (P —The entire up-bound fleet of coal carriers, trapped in the fce here since Dec. 1, was moving at 11 o'clock this morning, the United ‘m He cre; a sensation last cember when he announced t ulfillment of a promise made § g0, he would retire, having made his million. The promise made when he machinist in the New York Central railroad shops at Har- mon, N. Y. that he would be a millionaire at the age of 45 and De- t |then quit. True to his announcement he re- tired from business on January 1. BOY FOUND IN AUTO Greenwich - Youngster Had Been Stowaway Tn Back Sunday—Necarly Frozen to Death Greenwich, Dec. away” for two bile parked outdoors in weather, Nathan Wright vears old, toc was frozen to death in the fonne car. He was taken to the hospital in a serious condition. s impossible from his frozen feet. The boy had beer home since ‘S .ng he wa freezing T 4 fou imost Tt to remove his shoes missing from This morn- found in the automobile, which was parked at the paint shop in Railroad avenue. The car owned by paint shop proprietor. The was unable to explain why in the automobile. AE IN HAVERHILL N Dec. 7 (B — wept the inforior of a four brick building in the heart the Haverhill shoe district to- loy, causing a total loss of $50,- 000. A clerk in the Sayward Hard- ware company was burned when the fire started in the basement. A fire department captain suffered |cuts while fighting the fire, yes- | a fourth | | of Car Since | 7 (P—A “stow- | days In an automo- f the | enwich rear of a | the brother of the | youth | e hid | | ment of Taxaticn and . Satisfactory Relief for | Farm Problems. Favors Encouraging Rub- ber Growing in Philip- pines With Approval of Natives—Still Anxious for Disarmament. | | Washington, December 7.—(Pr— Some form of temporary tax relief, and “a sound solution,” if possible, | of the farm marketing problem were urged by President Coolidge today in his annual message to Congress. He left the specific methods to | the legislators themselves, stipulat- ing only that a prospective $383,- 000,000 treasury surplus should not be regarded as warranting a per- ent tax revision, and that in ap- proaching the farm relief problem ess should shun anything savoring of price-fixing. Philippine Proposals. The pr:wiu’rnt also suggested that P hould be taken “at an early day” m transfer the Philippines | from tiie military to the civil branch | of the government; proposed that something be done to end the ‘“great ‘nience and expense” caused ering the level of the Great renewed his stand for the e tariff and for complete nce of prohibition; again | his gdministration to | economy; and lald down a long list of other suggestions, although con- ceding that in the short session no | extensive program of general legis- lation would be possible. Avoids World Court message contained no men- of thé world court, a subject 1id in his Kansas City cech he would not again submit to he Senate. Nor was there any direct ce to Mexico. His suggestions tions uded: roadening and strengthening of the Federal agricultural agencies. Revision of the livestock grazing regulations, Continuation® of . reclamation de- | velopments, Development of Muscle Shoals with cheaper fertilizers in view. Development of the Mississippt and Colorado rivers, and of rivers and harbors generally. } Great Lakes to Sea Route A Great Lakes-to-the-sea canal along a route yet to be chosen, R oad consolidation; and sime plification of the process of valuing railroad propertie | Coal control legislation. | Adequate military and naval pre« | The tion on other ques- pared \\ MmrL of the Gi Geneva preliminary and other movements for ru!ucucu of competitive arma« ctment of such prohibition ent legislation as the ury mway recommend. ‘ Branch hanking legislation. Renewal of the charterstof banke in the federal reserve system, Radio control under the depart« ment of commerce, | No Pension Extension quate care of disabled veters but no extension of the pension system, Return ot alien property. “Fair salaries” for federal judges. One-man control of the govern« ment merchant fleet, Anti-lynching legislation, Tax Reduction face of the estimated surplus, the Chief Execu~ d there was “No reason why anced portion of surplus ue should not be applied to a Te tion of taxation,” but he cone | tended that any permanent reduc- tion would not be warranted at [ this time with the Government con- a going business of nearly 00,000,000 annually. “Meantime,” he added, “it is pos- sible to grant some real relief by 2 simple measure making reductipne in v'm payments which accrue on the 15th of March and June, 1927, n very strongly of the conviction that this is so much a purely busie ness matter that it ought not to be dealt with in a partisan spi ey se are my convictions stated. 1 knowledge that it is for | the Congress to decide whether they judge it best to make such a redue- | tion or leave the surplus for .he present year to be applied to re- | tirement of the war debt. That al=o is eventually tax reduction.” Farm Crop Problem In working out the surplus farm crop problem to any sound conclu- sion, he advised that it was “nece essary to avoid putting the Govern« ment into the business of produc- ‘Hm\ or marketing or attempting to ct le ation for the purpose of price fixing. “It is unfortunate,” he added, “that no general agreement has been reached by the various agricultural interests upon any of the proposed remedies. Out of the discussion ot various proposals which can be had | before the Committees of Agricul- l i In the Treasur with (Continued on Page Eight)