New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 MELLON'S REPORT STRESSES GREAT PROSPERITY HERE Also Believed to Effectnally! | the Burritt 1 | guest of the New Briva. Close Door to Revision of French Debt Plan WANTS CONGRESS T0 AID IN ENFORGING DRY LAYWS | glven a place in the spotlight on the Discussing Financial Situation Con- |ing his company as a casual but that | fronting Country, Secretary Re- marks That Outlook Is Good— Sees No Indications of Decline and Survey Shows Wages Are High, With Little Unemployment. | Washington, nation has attained a record level of tncome, avd there is likely to be no ebbing of+the high tide of pros- perity, Secretary Mellon reported to congress today in his annual review of treasury activities. At the same closed the door to revision of the debt settlement, and de- that prohibition enforce- French clared ment, the treasury department, was mak- ing good progress but should be mulated by the passage of pend- ing bills strengthening the enforce- ment statutes. He also urged legislation to per-| mit disposition of the sequestered German property and to renew the | harters of the federal reserve sys- and advocated passage of the Tadden branch banking bill ithout the Hull amendment re- stricting branch banking in the fu- ture. tem, Financial Outlook The financial and industrial out look received the lion's share of tention in the report. clared the domestic situation wa: such th another satisfactory year.” The strength of the wrosperity, he add ed, is the “broadness of its base and while spending has increased. so have saving accounts, life in- surance writings and the purchas- of sound securitles by small in- stors. The natlon's prosperity is shared by the treasury, the secretary re- ported, but he again demanded a year's test of the new revenue law sanctioning any revision of He endorsed as a however, the Coolidge to befo th re tax rates. permanent policy, proposal of President surpluses of the government such as will be avallable this year. Silent on France In suggesting that congress make | no move to continue the life of the | debt funding commission, h expires next February, Mr.| Mellon declared the work of the commission had virtually been com- pleted. e did not even mention the possibility of further negotia- tions with Wpance, which appears dissatisfied with the agreement et- | fected by her representatives in consultation with and has not yet ratified it. He omphasized that this government has maintalned a consistent policy agalnst cancellation, and quoted at war cih the discussions between for- | cign representatives and Amerlcan off were made, as well as statements v President Wilson, to show that {here had been no thought of can- cellation from the very outset. The commission has sottlements representing $9,811,094,- 094 or 97 per cent of the total, the | socretary said. While Greece has not concluded : settlement, he sug- gested that it negotiations are neces- sary these might be conducted by ch members of the commission as (Continued on Page 17) 0T DOGFLEAS WHILE IN THE HAMDEN JAIL | fus N. | vanced from assistant secretaries to This Is Charge of Keene: | position and also becomes secretary, Man and He Repeats His Complaint Hartford, Dec. 8 (P—W. tudish, exccutive secretary of me Chamber of Commerce in Keene, N. H., who was arrested on of November 1 in Hamden on charge of speeding and who a letter to Governor Trumbull | complaining of the treatment that he veceived by the town officlals and espeelally of the flithy condition of the )ul cell where he was confined, has rep letter to the governor in reply to one | Bearing Co. enclosed | board of directors ot from the governor which the report of the investigation of the incident, he report to the governor indi- cated that the charges originally ' by Mr. Redish were exaggerat- In his second letter, to which is ap- pended a second statement of the af- fair, Mr. Redish denies, Gov. Trum- | bl o3 wore pa o t “while in the heat of that he since re- made or that anvthing stated he has sion" sinally lish in his new statement de- *at he had several dog flees crson when he left the Ham- cla on den jail. time he virtually | tionq the monthly meeting of the also a part of the work of | 'STARVING CHINESE ARE REPORTED . |starvation as the Mr. Mellon |tional fighting. This information s Clement Stockley, s contained “we can look forward to here the commission, | s at the time the war. loans | | Elisha H. Cooper to the chairman- negotiated | o iordny was elected, president Wallace | | | same personnel, the member a|as follows: later | Mman: cated his charges in a second | OTiginal incorporators of the Fafnir t | of the Fafnir plant since 1919, assertion that the first charg- | | try gave this man who is apparently |in the World War. | tain battles which the {1s of the opinion that he is known by | taken to Mayor Weld's office for a fto New | visit to the former member of the Dec. 9 P — The| |in the 26th are listed among | thousands, and as the mayor is also |a Leglonnaire “Jerry” has expressed | the Legion home {lace of the city |of the besieged city and entered. |with dead. The natlves have been feity at |one of these dated November 19 | tors. | George P. Hart, | was the first president of the I'af- d that the cell was not filthy, | hir Bearing Co. | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRiTAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926.—TWENTY PAGES. “JERRY TARBOT” COMING HERE HOPING TO LEARN IDENFITY Unknown Living Soldier Guest of Herald in This City For Two Days 7:30 p. m. on until 11 it Is a faint hope that “Jer- find a “buddie” who will Uug, “Jerry Tare, 3 Plo;un" known living ““'BIqry 5, “d UEN Lapys s name and the Herald is I8 10155k ugly a, 1at chance. Ex-service men in particular are invited to step around to the Legion.home on ‘Washington strect Friday evening to see “Jerry,” although anybody in or around New Britain may see him. til Saturday morning. “Jerry,” vietim of amnesla, is tne name the | doctors in hospital around the coun- ! suffering from shell shock received He recalls cer- Americans took part in but does not know them |a kindly interest in this “unknown by name. At the Legion national soldier” inviting him to all convention in Philadelphia, he was |gatherings. He is at present touring the country in hopes somebody will tell him his true name. For the past few days Legionnaire C. H. Barrett jof New Haven has been keeping | { “Jerry” at his house in the Elm City in order that this wanderer might some members of the 26th division |make his limited means go further and was especially desirous of visit- (in his tiresome search to find him- ing New Britain and the Herald gave | self and take his rightful place in him the cpportunity of doing so. {his own community. On Saturday On Friday morning Jerry will be | morning “Jerry” will again go back Haven and keep meeting | people here, there and everywhere, | | until his name quest is ended State Commander Harry C. Jack- son of the American Legion an- nounced at a late hour this after- noon that he would take “Tarbot" {to a Legion gathering at Unionville this evening. Commander Jacks: will be a speaker at the banquet and has invited “Tarbot” to join him for t' e evening. Both Commander Jack- son and “Tarbot” will return to this ity after the banquet. platform and an ex-member of the marine corps recognized him as join- is all he knew about him. “Jerry” 101st Machine Gun battalion of the 26th division. Mayor Weld's friends | the a desire to meet him. On Friday night “Jerry” will be at on Washington ' ! street and will greet the men as they post. to anybody who wishes to see The Legion home will be open Jer. BUYING AND EATING HUMAN FLESH Streets of Sianfu Strewn \’ith De'id and Hundreds of Others Are Dying in City Every Day. Peking, Dec. § (A — The popu- of Sianfu, capital treat of the troops of General Liu Chen Hua, the besieger, but this of Shensi province, is buying and cannot be confirmed. cating human flesh to ward oft| The Baptist mission has recetved result of being'a letter dated Sianfu, November 19, besleged for months because of fac- from the British missionary doctor, telling of terri- received ble conditions in the city and urg- refugee ing that ry effort be made to lines | get permission for the hospital | |staft to leave the city. “We ara'truly in a desperate strait. Nothing but starvation stares us in the face,” the letier say “Hundreds are dying in the city daily and 1t is impossible to buy food. You cannot understand the state of affalrs; it s just awful. It is dificult to bury all that die of starvation and many lie in |streets for days unburied.” in dispatches quoting a Chinese |who made his way past the The streets of Slanfu are strewn | robbed of all foodstuffs by soldiers. There were 19 foreigners in the last reports. A letter irom said starvation was but a matter of days unless relief came. There have been reports that the siege has been raised following re- MAURICE STANLEY - LINEMAN SHOCKED, return to the taxpayers the large | HEADS FAFNIR €0, GUTS ‘LIVE' WIRE Elected President, . H. Cooper Anton Baest Recelves 13,800 Becoming Chairman of Board ‘ Volts Whlle 0 Pole H. 5. HART LEAVES OFFICE RESGUED BY GOMPANIONS E. R. Carter and Rufus N. | i | | \ Hemen- ncmsumuon Crews \\nrk For way Elected Vice-Presidents and | Hours In Relays As He Lies On A. G. Way Becomes Secretary— | Stanley Street Sidewalk No Changes Made in Dircctorship. Faint Spark of Life In Breast. | the advancement of | with a “live” Its of elec- Following Thrown in contact wire carrying 13,500 ship of the board of directors and tricity, Anton Paest, an employe of the resignation from this position of 'the Connecticut Light & Power Co., Howard S. Hart, Maurice Stanley was badly burned and shocked of 'while workjng on high tension wires over Stanley and E streets, at 10:15 o'clock this morning, and at pres¥ time resuscitation measures were still in progress in the hope ot reviving him, Bacst has been in the employ of the Connecticur Light & Power Co., for the past five vears. His daily Autfes required just the type of work in which he was e °d in thig morning, «nd he was regarded as an cfficlent an1 capable linem: n by Dis- ict Superintendent B. H. McJkIhone, who was ¢n the grounds shortly after the mishap and who remained through the afternoon df-ecting first ald crews wia worked ~ver the un- fortunate man as ne lay face down- |ward on the sidewalk. citation Crews At Work Dr. John Purney, v oq examiner, and Dr. M. Kinsella were summoned and they supervised the resuscitation work. Stephen Sinskle, cantain of the first aid team of the local division, and a force of workmen trained in this Xkind of work, Induced respiration and strove to awaken pulse normality and heart action, with fndication of some hody heat as the only favorable response this afternoon. Tearing fthat the time that would elapse while he was belng picked up from the sidewalk and carrfed into the ambulance might spell life or death, the at ing physicians advised against any attempt to move him from the sidewalk. Neighbors furnished materials for an improvised stretcher on the walk. | From the factory of Landers, Frary & Clark nearby heaters and heating the Fafnir Bearing Co. The election took place at a reg- ular meeting of the board of direc- Mr. Hart, who has been in- terested in the plant ever since he first helped organize it, was elected to the chairmanship and the ad- vancement of Mr. Stanley followed. Other Changes in Officers Other changes in the officers, as a result of Mr. Hart's resignation were as follo R. R. Searles remains as vice-pres- Ident, there being no change .n his position. E. R. Carter, Jr., and Ru- Hemenway have been ad- vice presidents. A. G. Way, treasurer, retains that 5 now being secretary-treasurer. George F. Atwater remains as as- sistant secretary. Charles F. Stanley, the industrial hearing | has been elected secrot The board of dircctors retains the being chalr ger of tment, m der E. H. Cooper, S. Hart, M. P. Cool Cooper, E. Allen Moore, Frank G. Vibberts, Maurice Stanley, R. R. Searles and A. G. Way. Howard S. Hart was one of the H. James E, He is chairman of the the Hart & | Cooley plant, of which thy Fafnir | Bearing Co., is an offspring. He was chairman of tho board of directors He ind ghout the hody. Urged on by the knowledge that men who had come in contact with “live wires” have heen known to come to after suspen extending over six hours, the first ald crews re- lieved one another in a never-end- ing artificial respiratory work. Cuts Into “Yive” Cable. Baest and a crew of workmen (‘oo;wr Presidont Seven Years, . H. Cooper, second president of nm Nt\m hecame president when Mr. Hart took over the chairman- ship of the board of directors, seven ears ago. RBecause of his activi- s in the other factories in which | he is interested, Mr. Hart's activities in the Fafnir Bearing Co. were con- fined mainly to an advisory capacity (Continued on Page 17) (Continued on Page 17) The American Legion has taken | the | With pads were secured and placed HE) °d animation | as long as period of | 'DOHENY EXPLAINS HIS LOAN TO FALL for an 01d Friend 'DENIES THOUGHT OF BRIBE | Aged Oil Magnate Also Recites His | Romantic Career From the Days | ing Prospector. | Washington, Dec. 9 (P—Edward L. Doheny made his own plea of in- nocence today before the jury that must decide whether he is guilty of | criminal conspiracy. In a quiet, even volce, the seventy year old millionaire told the jurors as man to man that he had no feel- | ing of culpability and that when r-r advanced $100,000 to Albert B. F: he had no thought but to help an olrl and very dear personal friend out of personal financial troubles. Denies Ulterior Motive He disclaimed firmly that the !money had connection with the award of the Elk Hills and Pearl Harbor ofl contracts to Doheny in- terests while Fall, now a co-defend- ant under the conspiracy charge, was secretary of the interior. For the first time he d n 1925, more than three the $100,000 * Fall gave him as secrctary a block of ranch stock valued at twice the prin- cipal of the debt. | Wife and Son Called | Following on the witness stand his { wife and son, who had told the ju also that the §100,000 was purely a personal loan, Deheny went over many picturesque details of his rs of intimate assoclation with all in the old west and told how in later years of prosperity they kept |touch and were “very, very friends. | He was on the stand more than an hour during the morning session of court and when the noon recess wa taken at 12:30 o'clock his direct ex- amination still was incomplete. Appears Feeble As he began his testimony with the usual trite recital of his name, occupation and p: connections, the elder Doheny showed the weakening effects of the arm infec- |tion which has kept him in bed much of the time for the past week He spoke softly and deliberately. | Frank J. Hogan, chief of defense, devoted several minutes to setting the stage for the witness. Ho pre- sented numerous documents, includ- ing the four power Pacific treat make references easy for his cli Dramatic Career No plcturesque detail of Doheny's varicd career was overlooked in the | prelim how surv age Hl Wichita, tall” mulos, packer and mining lVlD.\",N\’ or the Black Hills. “In 1580,” he sald, first mine—The Dream, that time was prospecting th wa: then I met him. i | closed (ha' plain ent. he book nt at “ fou (Continued on MISS ADELE D, KURRAY IN CRITICAL CONDIT! Page Ten) | Prominent Berlin Woman and H. S. Teacher Re- ported Dying ow Haven, as been cor with a ot Murray of I nior High | woman who has taken an activ in democratic politics, b lin and throughout expected to recover word from New Haven noon. A ort e hospital sta fll that Miss Murray is in a crit condition and her death is expected within a short time. Members of her family in Berlin hastened to her b side last night shortl after | o’clock When word was received that | she had suifered a relaps | Miss Murray underweat two oper- ations at the hospital last and was confined thro the summer. Ear the fall returned to B appeared considerably oved. Af aining at her for month she returned to the where her condition has lous. It is reported that she Ly bee s part Ber- z to this after- 10 1 | hosp 1st. one of e slate. > poli- active tees m- the has most active wome is a leader in demo tles in Berlin and has been on several of the town con Sho was also Inst in fo {ing the h of | Conne Women visiting wor out Is always on the and 1s well known f(‘!' her attitude and busines: like manner. She has popular member of the Britain scl Murray was a member of the ntral cominittee, st spring because of the | that she thought the party w ggressive in child welfare work. the She 1k ching staft New several democratic but re- fact M ars, (Contiued on Page 10) Tells Jury It Was Honest Help | When He Was Poor, Hard-Work- | good ays been a | s not Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg 1 4 l 49 Dec. 4th PRICE THREE CENTS ’NATION NEEDS NARROWER ‘ PANTS, BROADER IDEALS Will Rogers Also Favors College— It Takes Children Away at ORMISTON CAUGHT INHARRISBURG, PA Former Radio Operator at Mrs.| McPherson's Temple LONG SOUGHT AS WITNESS Starts For Chicago Today—Declines k Arguing Age 4 New York, Dec. 9 (P—What tho( )«Du["l of this country needs, as Rogers sees it, is narrower pants and 1 r ideals. The humorist de- d his opinion in his only New appearance of the season at a | charity affair last night. He com-! pared himselt with Bernard Shaw on ths grounds that “we both know | the world's all wroag, but don't| know what's the matter with it.” |‘ Chides Detectives For Failure to “In this country,” he said, “We\ built three golf courses to every air plane. lhe government isn't 5ure‘ about aviation, so its going to wait two more years to find out whether ships are practical. We are the only mation in the world that uses our air fi speak purposes only. T xt war's going to be int They're not going to shoot g at you, they're just going to drop in on you. arm relief, Mr. Rogers now they are saying farmers need is co- rketing. If they can't much for their crops as it to them, the farmers When the back then they'll be r cach other up.” zers declared himsel college because it takes the ildren away from home just when they get to the “arguing age,”” and 1id he would go to college himself d a coonskin coat. SLUG TAXI DRIVER, STEAL HIS MAGHINE &% o Two Colored Men Hire Auto and oo Ih h(h , ‘,51.:4 i overlooking the Susquehanna river As:aul Ope rator ARRESTED LE MERIDEN < ‘un(lar the name of “Fred Lininger” | Cab Hired In This City and Driven | | | | to Discuss Evangelist's Case— Find Him Before. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 9 (P)—Ken- neth Ormiston, missing radio opera- tor wanted in conmection with the Aimee Semple McPherson kid- napping case in Los Angeles, left here today for Chicago in company with Char llwood and Harry Donnelly, private detectives of Chi- cago, according to Chief of Police Thompson. Ormiston, in company With two detectives, left the Penn-Harris hotel where the trio spent the night. The chiet of police said he had no knowledge of their destination other than that the party was heading for ago. Chief Thompson expressed the ¢ 1o OPinion that Ormiston was “spirited away” but admitted that Detective Oscar Carson, who was with the Chicago officers, said Ormiston said | he was satisfied to return after he | admitted his identity. Chlef of Police Thompson sald | that Ormiston had been caught in a rooming house on South Front street here between 9 and 10 o'clock last | night and had been housed in a hotel | all night in custody of a Chicago | detective and one from the Harris- | | burg force , that what operative m get as costs se favor of |anl told the officers that he had | come to Harrisburg from Atlantic | He expressed surprise that the | authorities had failed to locate him | until now. | Ormiston formerly was radio oper- ator for Angelus Tem Los An- s, where he is wanted on a ge of conspiracy to defeat jus- To Bricl rd in Berlin Where cha " Police officers expressed surprise at the arrest of Ormiston and Cap- the AubUM 414 pace denied any knowledge of which main- Gy 1o hag been taken to a hotel in a central gl aflepe misis (Continued on Tage 11) ed 19, and Be: 19, both 1 Hartford Man At Wheel Is Assaulted and Covered With Gun. to ey colore FACTORY THIEF HELD | kon'x\’)n\-‘allh qllhw & in Berlin night, d ncar Clark is ¥ ! : Tahotta \at Allowed to Sihso's| Return to Home in nsisting a) pipe covered | of | building ad the presence of n re door and worth of produc of employes, and it is ractice was stopped, I'rosccuting Attorney Joseph G. a Woods told Judge B. Alling in on police court this merning, as he rec- atter ommended that a finding of prob- cause be made in the case of of dolla the d to have from his poc A} ar thei been 0" ged to ike after their automobile had \led thom. The policemen decided to have thcir superior at hea r- ter: hear the story and wl a ch of Van Allen's poc d a revolver, the pol | to investizate further. Leaving Cla in cv 1y, ant Herman heurer took \lle ompanted by two o back to to with nd ropg actory ample should be made of this man, as a warning to others of his kind,” Mr. Woods de- clared. “He deliberate! ole these articles and rled them away. He is of a viclous type and should be bound over to the superior court under heavy bon Judge Alling found probable cause and ordered alotta held in $15(0 Londs for his appeerance in_superior court the Tuesduy of March Attorne Gerald Casale and senting Talotta, t Judge Alling take and impose a jall sen- execution with the Talotta go to nned, and never Britain Miss at 1qr Ser. Van S t Van ory as to the locat and ng to find it, inued to local polic ted who Van th telephone avenue and ng the driver to at Elm strect. to take his money car to Yonkers, going to Virginia Taxlcab Found in Snowbank Sergeant Rival sent for Barth ected on Alle found the taxicab on th nowbank In the vicinit McMahon m in ing traveled ¢ ally in the that the w v the pressur r back onto 1 apparently fearing pursu alleged highwaymen aband After several minutes’ pushing ar was righted and Bar back and p it in the truthful in on of the the not jurisdiction tence, is said e et and NS | pog0ag he had p the taxi- return to New store at ;o oava denied the prosecuting at- rge of viciou: on Talotta and contended contrary he has always tystrious, honest man, hard anl has always laws of the United coming here 1913 arrcsted for this thert en in a conrt and If he stole Stlon tiatandator and orderins to this cour ot thonght ed them or Rival, After a grill to have ad companion n Allen th torney's 58 the part that on the been an i who worked observed the since They and X o intended drive the preparatory® to tes in anil party road in a e P. 1 he was he had never even as a witne Y atartiolsatih n an be met suspended him not t Some of them scrap type and Talot corporation would not value them. Jud the not of t winter. Tt 3 the the were applied to the road the it the it cipal were a4 out that 1 display in 1d not have been scrapped were packed in paper pre- ry to being shipped or retain- od as stock. It i8 not proper, in his opinion, to permit people to commit a theft and encourage them to do as they please until they are can en grant their re-| qu allowed to leave the the farewell: “God He said sald it was ap- Talotta carried on his very over a long period of time. He did not merely pick up one ar ticle and carry it off. He was com- { mitting theft for a long time and i | 1 pot artiele th drove as thoe; para Sergeant Michael Flynn, who was letailed by Sergeant Rival Ar- of the Meriden police, went to and brought Clark ba Orville Ventres, who fs employed at the Stiles & Reynolds nd was in the company's office Barth ran in and told him on Constable when (Continued on Page 17) | he knew the 2 s he was taking did not belong to him. ‘ | During nis argument for a finding | | ot cause and a substantial | | bona, iting Attorney Woods Feamled that s dem years ago, alu- THE WEATHER Britain and vicinity: probably followed by | win late tonight and I'riday; | warmer. | New | Cloudy, | | * (Coniinued on Page 17) l - UNDER BOND OF 81, fifln[ ADJUSTMENT BOARD'S POWER ON SPECIAL EXGEPTIONS TO ZONE LAW PASSED SCRUTINY 'Authority Is Clear, Says Corporation Counsel in Ruling on Question Brought up By C. H. Mitchell. Gas Stoves Spout Gasoline as Wrong Pipes Are Linked S Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 9 (& Residents of the Marshall col- lege section of Huntington vyes- day reaped a harvest of gaso- line from their gas pipes when the pumps at the Standard Ojl company storage tanks became connected with the mains of a gas company. Pumps unloading ecveral rver barges of gasoline were con- nected with the gas line instead of the gasoline pipe line. Gas stoves spouted gasoline while many of the residents were said to have drained quantities of automobile fuel from meter connections, fKirkham Declares State Acts Sanction Changes “Subject to Appropriate Conditions and Safe< guards” Replying to a question raised by {Attorney Charles H. Mitchell, who | declared the board of adjustment | assumes a prerogative of the coma mon council when it grants a special exception to zoning, Corporation iCounst‘l Jolin H. Kirkham last night IDDLETONY i MG FIRE TODAY =5 Middlesex Theater Destroyed oo i s dutiss amd powers. | w. | the request of Willlam E. Attwood, ith Loss o $100’000 {chairman of the board. Its etfect i |to ratify the practices of the board e followed out since its inauguration. THREE FIREMEN OYERGOME | Attorney Mitchell's contention was |that a special exception is in effect ;a change of zone, and therefore the . i | power vests in no body other tham Salvation Army Serves Doughnuts | the common council. Coffec—Other Oftices tn Atoweood A loglecn | Judge Kirkham's statement wam Building Are Saved By Brick Fire | in reply to the following letter frons | Chairman Attwood:— “Dear Sir: “The board of adjustment desires your opinion as to the construction of paragraph G section 13 of the zoning ordinance:— “Do sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph (g), section 13 of the and ‘Wall AL Midlletown, Conn,, Dec. 9 (P)— The Middlesex theater here was swept by fire early this morning, he auditorium being destroyed and the stage badly damaged. The house fais between six and seven hun- dred persons and a stock company T;_f\d been playing there this week. is estimated at $100,000. | ST HASONS ARE ALLOWED 70 CONSTRUGT TEMPLE Three Firemen Overcome. Three firerien were overcome by smoke, l‘vo fire was discovered by Adjustment Board Vote 6 to 1 With Attwood Opposed (Continued on Fourth Page.) Zdward Hill. Firemen fighting the blaze were given hot coffee and doughnuts by the S-’AI\a- | tion Army. owners of the structure are am Deitch of Westerly, R. I, fax Goldberg of New York and Deiteh of New York. iad leased the playhouse for years to the Connecticut Val- cater Corporation, an Alfred Jottesman enlerprise. The theater was a part of the Middlesex Mutual on Main street. A bank and insurance offices and other of- fices in the front of the structure were saved by a fire wall, Had Big Start. The fire started shortly after 3 k this morning near the cen- tral heating plant in the basement | and had gained a good start when the firemen arrived. A second alarm inded and called out all of nd the fire de- ell Manu turing company. was several hours later before the flames were under control There Is §30,000 nsurance on tho building and $5.000 on the contents. The flames soon broke through the floor of the auditorium and swept through that portion of the house and to the stage before they were checked. The ge was saved when an ashestos curtain was dropped. The bu urm 125 feet by 60 feet and f" te T0 QUIT Z0NE BOARD All of the equipment of the Col- company pla at the house removed by firemen. Thirty uv]h!l leagues Disagree With His Viewpoint Chafrman William E. Attwood of the board of adjustment alone stood out against granting a special exe ception to the Masonic Temple Co poration to allow ercction of lodge room on Russell street, and the deviation from zoring regula= tions was allowed by a 6 to 1 vote at a meeting of the board last night. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Roche, repre= sented by Attorney Lawrence J. Golon, was granted a special excepe tion to permit the building of & business block at East Main and East streets, now zoned for resie dence purposes, and the Fidelity Finance Co. was given an exception to permit erection of a banking house at the Beach property on t Main street, opposite the New Britain Institute. Two hearings on the Masonic cor« poration requi preceded last night's favorable action. In thelr st application the Masons asked (Continued on Page 13) in the neighhorhood were orde rml by the police to remove their w. lonzings when it was feared the fire | misht The October r was built and opened Angered Becau e theater | t in May of that | royed by a few | opening perform- o a the Imperial Valley Cut Off From All Communication Dec. 8 (P—TImperial oft 1 opr in his attempt to have the asonic Temple exception request ned down, and who later, h one exception stood out against m in his opposition to another pe- on, Chairman Willlam E. Attwood t night threatened to resign. wreat came after the meet- had adjourned and members o putting on their overcoats pre parng to leaive the mayor's offi “The members of this board are ‘bucking me,” Chalrman Attwood de- clared in tones savoring of anger. Referring to the application of A White for special excoptions covers |ing four houses on Logan street, | which Attwood opposed, with Come x missioner J. E. Cooper alone stand- Federal Judges Anproved ing with him, Chairman Attwood Waehi Dec. 9 (A — After warned: “If this White exception lis an attack on Chief | goes through, I will resign Taft. based on the ground | The chairman's remarks were dis that he was receiving an annuity frected at no one in paritcular al- from the Carnegie trust fund, the |though Commissioner §. M. David- house todny passed a senate bill {son, who had moved that White be carrying materlal salary increases | granted the desired exemption, was for the foderal judicigry. The bill | standing nearest Attwood. now goes to the president. This is the first disagreement in the board of adjustment that has been carried beyond the meeting Emperor | rooms. Nearly every meeting has Yoshihito shows symptoms of bron- | been marked by disputes, some of chial pnenmonia in his right Inng. |which were long drawn out, and in |sald a bulletin lssned last night by |few instances has a unanimous vote the household department. vote been recorded. for a time follow nd earthqual s last nigh reports shod were eut when high rous polea at communica- Centro for a morning, but the near € winds bl Cucamongs ing w down nu we fow minutes early this the feeble line soon failed. No more shocks were helieved to have been felt there since last evening. Increased Salavies for ~ton, to Justice MP Tokyo,