New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 “RU0)) WOMAN Neura e NEW BRITAIN HERALD JBp 63q 3apy Mansouuo)) BETWEEN 1KAi~Arw AUTO AT PLAINVILLE CROSSING|,. .o o Party of Four in Ma- chine Struck By En- gine, Driver Becoming Insane and Disap- pearing. Mrs. Ethel Schutte, 21, in Critical Condition at Hospital — Two Others May Have Internal In- juries. QUARTET DRINKING, IS POLICE BELIEF (Special to The Herald) Plainville, Feb. 2 — Mrs, Ethel Schutte of 105 West Main street 18 in a critical condition at the New Britain General hospital with injur- ies sustained at midnight last night when the automobile in which she was a passenger was struck by a Waterbury-bound train at the East street crossing. Archie Pilon of 111 Broad street, who was driving the car, and the other two occupants, James Cunningham of 7 Maple street, and Mrs. Harriet Jerrolds, were injured seriously but did not require hospital treatment, although Pilon was out of his mind after the crash and could ot be found until 4 o'clock this morning. It is said by the authories that they were under the influence of liquor, and an arrest is expected tonight or tomor- row. The car was being driven north on Fast street just after midnight, and, although there is a clear view of a thile-long stretch of track, the train was not seen until it wa : right upon the party. Pilon turned sharply to the left, but he was too late and the cylinder of the locomotive struck the car and demolished it. Mrs. Schutte. who was sitting where the engine struck the auto, was frightfully injured. She was almost complet :ly scalped, her skull, collarbone, and shoulder were frac- tured, all the ribs on the right side were broken and the right lung punctured, and one foot was nearly torn off, while her clothes were rip- ped from her body. Pilon's head was laid open. Cunningham receiv- od a bad cut on the knee and pos- sible internal injuries. Mrs. Jer- rolds’ back was wrenched, and she was hadly laceratcd and may have internal injurics. The car was re- duced to junk. The train stopped within its own langth and the passengers hurried out to see what had happened, while residents of the neighborhood were aroused by the crash. Mrs. Schutte lay across the tracks, bleeding pro- fusely, but none of the onlookers had the presence of mind to cover her. Dr. George F. Cook and Dr. Lawrence H. Irost were summoned and they put in a call for the am- bulance from the New Britain hos- pital. The ambulance went past the scene of the accident and spent sev- oral minutes in dashing about the town until the driver located the cor- rect crossing. Pilon, Insane, Disappears Pllon was knocked unconscfous hy the force of the crash and was belicved dead by the first people to reach the scene. He was lald out on the ground while a blanket was <ent for, but when this was procur- od he had disappeared. He was secn in the center, but he was tem- porarily Insane and fought off all those who attempted to seize him and take him to a physiclan's office, and, with blood streaming from his head, he lost himself in the dark- ness again. Both doctors remained | at their offices while a search was! made for Pilon, but it was 4 o'clock this morning before he was locat- ed In a fleld. He was then given treatment. pilon has no recollection of the accident. The last thing he remem- bers s parking his automobile in the center of Plainville earller in the evening, he said today. He was almost incredulous when told of the smash-up and asked if his car was damaged. Deputy Sherifft B. W. Furrey in- vostigated the accident and an ar- rest is expected to follow. The flag- man at the crossing goes oft duty at midnight and had just left his shanty. The engineer of the train was heartbroken and stood with tears streaming down his cheeks. as the Injured were taken away for treatment. Mrs. Schutte has two small chil- separated from her husband. She was employed at Grant's store in New Britain, Collection Valued at 150 Million Offered for Sale Moscow, Feb, 2 (P—Several train- loads of gold and silver dinners sets, tei services, candelabras, goblet. vases and miscellaneous art objects valued at §150,000,000 were placed on sale toda the Soviet govern- ment. A greater part of the vast collec- tion, which is only second in import- ance to the $264,000,000 crown jewel collection, represents articles con- fiscated from private families throughout Russia after the revolu- tion and nationalized by the govern- ment. FOSTER IS ELECTED AS HEAD OF MASONS 139th Annual Meeting Held Today at Hartford; 943 Membership Gain Hartfard, Feb. 2 (f—A 12 months of varled activity for the advance- ment of Free Masonry in Connecti- cut was summarized by Grand Mas- ter Arthur N. Nash of Pawcatuck, in his address this morning at the one hundred and thirty-ninth annual communication of the Grand Lodge ot Connecticut, A. F. and A. M, at the Masonic Temple. The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form at 11 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Byron U. Hatfleld, of Waesterly. Grand Secretary George A. Kies, of Hartford, and Depuaty Grand Secre- tary, Harold B. Waldo, of Glaston- bury, were appointed the committee on credentials. The grand master recommended that the grand lodge of Connecticut assess one dollar on each candidate after March 1, the money so received to be paid to the George Washington Masonic Natlonal Memorial associa- tion, and that the Grand Lodge ap- propriate $500 from the general funds towards the Connecticut quota for the Washington memorial. The grand secretary reported the membership January 1, 1927, at 45,~ 109, a net gain of 943 for the year. The number of lodges—120—remains the same. The special order of business this afternoon was the election of offi- cers. The following were electe Grand Master, Theodore Foster, Chester; deputy grand master, Rob- ert 8. Walker, Waterbury; grand senior warden, George R. Sturges, Woodbury; grand junior warden, Elbert L. Darbie, Danielson; grand treasurer, Jjoseph Buths, Hartford; grand secretary, George A. Kies Hartford; grand senior deacon, Ho ard A. Middleton, Broad Brook; grand junior deacon, Sherwood H. Raymond, New Britain; grand trus- tees, Albert S. Comstock, Norwic! D. Fairchild Wheeler, Bridgeport, and Norman C. Stevens, Hartford. At the closing session of the grand lodge tomorrow morning ac- tion will be taken on the .eports and recommendations of standing com mittees and special committees. 'SEES NO END YET T0 MEXICAN WAR DANGER | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES tASH |MASONIC TEMPLE |Fines Paid Rather Than Submit CASE UNDER WAY| to Flogging in Russell Street Protest RAYMOND TAKES STAND Case Opens On Supposition That Board of Finance Has Authority Detroit, Feb. 2 (UP)—Insistence of Police Chiet Michael Bourassa of Ecorse, that Charles Monroe, 17, and Wallace Thomas, 18, remove their clothing before receiving a flogging in lieu of a $5 fine or five day jail sentence, resulted in pay- ment of the fines today. Monroe and Thomas had been ar- rested in an alleged disorderly house To Grant Exception Allowing Construction of Building. (Special to The Herald) Hartford, Feb. 2—Ruling that the case will be tried “de novo” and that it will proceed under the presump- tion that the New Britain board of adjustment had the right to grant a speclal exception, Judge Newell Jennings in the superior court today heard part of the testimony on the fore John L. Riopelle, “whipping | alternative of paying the fine or taking them to the police station and administering a whipping. Others to Be Punished Tomorrow': “Whipping Justice” in Country Court Gives Prisoners | Option of Fine, Jail or Thrashing, But Insists That Flaying Be On the Bare Back Saturday and when arraigned be- | justice,” he gave their parents the | Michigan Court; | | ‘The parents agreed to the whip-| ping, Mrs. Thomas, a widow, dele- gating Monroe to administer her share. As Monroe stepped forward with a borrowed belt, Chlet Bourassa ordered young Thomas to bare his back. While he hesitated, a friend stepped forward and paid his fine. Monroe then paid his son's fine also. Tomorrow morning two other | 'youlhs, Stanley Squaric and Vincent | Johnson, are to receive a whipping | in lieu of a $80 fine or 60 day jail ;:entencfl‘ imposed by Justice Rio- | pelle, for automobile radiator cap | stealing. appeal of Russell street property owners that construction of a Ma- sonic Temple in thelr vicinity be prohibited. . Yesterday Attorney John T. Rob- inson, counsel for the appellants, argued that a review of the case with all its evidence from the be- DEFICIENGY BILL IS GIVEN TO ASSEMBLY {Calls for $928,400.64 and torneys for both sides as to the : meaning and _application ot the| Comes Up for Action words ““de novo” and as to the pow- ers of the superior court in the on TUeSday premises. Judge Jennings declined to make a ruling at that time, re- serving it for today. o : Yesterday Francis X. Carpenter,|__ of the law firm of Day, Berry and| “T““e:‘cy’93;":;“’)";:““"‘" Ll Reynolds, which is assisting Corpor- amounting to $928,400.64, was re- ation Counsel John H. Kirkham in | ported to the legislature today. The the city's case, denied the claim of bill was introduced in the house by Attorney Robinson, quoting from le-| Representative Elwyn T. Clark, al authorities. g ¢ B 4 by Judge Jennings| 1[2ddam, house chairman of the that the evidence will go on and that the appellants will have to|to have the bill printed in the “Jour- prove that the board had not theinal” Mr. Clark announced tha right to grant a special exception the bill was to be up for action next in the case. Later, the other side|Tucsday. will be called upon to substantiate| Today's meeting of the legislature its claim that it had the right. | was very short, the senate being in The first witness called this morn- | session only fifteen minutes and the ing was Thomas Linder, appraisal house 22 minutes. engineer of New Britain who pre-|C. Shaw, Redding, majority leader, sented maps and minutes of the'announced that there would be no board of adjustment meetings. | Friday session this week. Commit- Sherwood H. Raymond, chairman'tee meetings scheduled for that day of the Masonic building committce, | will go over until the week follow- was then called to the stand. Ining. answer to a question as to the rea-| Resolutions Adopted son for desiring to building a Ma-| Resolutions introduced by Mr. sonic Temple on Russell street, he, Higgins of Coventry naming Harry said that it was the wish to be near,C. Smith of Vernon and George the center of the city and in a quiet) Siswick of Stafford, Tolland County State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 2 (# committee who secured permission | Senator Samuel | locality. He was asked why the West Main street property was disposed of, but ! the question was ruled out. He stated that the building corporation has no written agreement with Andrew J. | Sloper for the purchase of the property on Russell street, but that there has been a verbal agreement to that effect in the event that the building is allowed. . Mr. Raymond gave as the reason for not having built a temple on Prof. Gabriel of Yale Be-| West Main street, that the corpora- lieves Menace Still Exists The danger of war with Mexico has not entirely passed, to Professor Ralph Gabriel of Yale| who spoke on the Mexl-| point Attorney Carpenter asked if unlversi can situation to the members of the Kiwanis club at noon today at the Burritt hotel. Professor Gabriel began his lec- ture by stating that Mexico is a land of backwardness and filth, but| with interesting conditions and at- mosphere and tremendously wealthy in natural resources. During the reign of Diaz between 1876 and 1911 American, English, French and Germans went Mexico and established factori dug oil wells and mines. They s cured large tracts of land with what they thought were clear titles. In 1911 he said an idealist Fran- cesco Madero rose against Diaz and overthrew hig administration, bring- ing on 10 years of revolution. Then came Carranza, Villa and others, finally Obregon and now Calles, who Is trying to vold the titles, of which Doheny, Fall and Willlam R. Hearst are large holders. Going back into the history of Mexico, Professor Gabriel told of the birth of the Aztec civilization, at about the time when Rome was crumbling. The Aztec culture of the 16th century flourished until the time of Cortez in 1521. Cortez, he said, with weapons and superstition, in two years brought down the Az- tec empire and turned the Indian into a slave and exploited him. His civillzation and his religion were taken away from him. From 1521 to 1921 the Spaniard exploited the Indian, keeping him in subjection. The intermixing of races gave birth to the mestizo class. Now, he said, there are in Mexico 6,000,000 pure blooded In- dians, million Creoles or purc white. The Spanlards introduced a land- | ed aristocracy or landed feudal sys- tem, similar to that in existence in Spain in the middle ages. The Span- iards became land owners having vast estates, some of them as large as the state of Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. The speaker told of the revolution of 1810 headed by a priest named Miguel Hidalgo, and of Mexico be- coming independent in 1521 because of a change of administration in Spain. From then until 1876 Mexico, he sald, was in a state of chaos. From 1876 to 1911 came the administra- tion of Dlaz, who drove the peon farther down and made the feudal stem more intensive than ever. He brought in modern industrialism (Continued on Page 15.) according | into | 8,000,000 mestizoes and one | i | | | | | | | | tion could not finance the propo- sition. He said that if they are not allowed to build on Russell street, it will work a hardship, since nine months have been spent in going over 13 pieces of property in an ef- fort to find out which best suited the needs. None but the Sloper proper was found to be available. At that they had considered the William C. Hungerford property and he stated that it had been considered. A list of properties studied by the committee was submitted, together with the reasons for finding them unsuitable. This list was: Hungerford property enough. Dr. C. W. Vivian, West Main street, foundation cost would be ex- not large William noisy location. Chatfield property, High street, price too high and too near railroad. Beers, Pearl street, (Continued on Page 15) \GLEVELAND WOMAN AND DAUGHTER ARE SLAYERS | Mother, Aided by Girl of 12, Chop and Hack Her Husband to Death. Cleveland, Teb. () — Anton Liszka, 38, was hacked to death ith axes wielded by his daughter, Elizabeth, 12, and his wife, Anna, 36, today because they were “afraid he would kill us.” The wife told the police that she struck the first blow with a long handled woodsman's axe and her daughter aided her with a hatchet. Mrs. Liszka said her husband has been whipping her and their three children, Elizabeth, Antoin- ette, and Victoria, 14, and that the latter was forced to leave home, She asserted that during the night she awakened her husband and asked him to get her a drink. He refused and quarreled with her for waking him. Later she sald she got up and while returning to bed stumbled over an axe. Fearing her husband meant to kill her she awoke zabeth, who secured a hatchet. “I hit him several times on the head with the axe,” Mrs. Liszka told pollce, “and then Elizabeth hit him.” The mother then awakened the other two children and all four went to a nearby police station “I'm sorry in o way I did it she told police, “but I feel children are safer., My heart lighter for my children live. husband had been drinking abusing us so that we all for our lives.” my 1s My and feared | commissioners, were adopted by the {house. The resolutions were to | have been transmitted to the senat |for immediate actlon but the sen- |ate had adjourned. Governor Trumbull was in his |office, busy with correspondence { which had accumulated during his vacation in the south. The Rev. Edward P. Ayver of Branford, senate chaplain, offered prayer in the house today, the Rev. Watson L. Phillips, house chaplain, | offering in the senate. | The senate appointed Senator Shaw to confer with a house com- mittee on disagreeing action of the house bill No. 531, concerning as- sessment of taxes, and Senator La France, on house bill No. 522, reg- | ulating the sale of cold storage fish. The house received favorable re- ports on the deficiency appropria~ {tions bill and one changing the name of the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis association to the | Gaylord Farm association. A resolution granting the use of {the hall of the house to the appro- priations committee for fts hearing | this afternoon was adopted. A num- | | ber of reports were transmitted to {the house by Executive Secretary Kelly. | The house voted to insist on its |reference to a bill providing that 1100 stockholders in a ecorporation | without capital stock which was more than 500 may order an investigation, and a committee was appointed to confer with a senate committee. Five Hopi Indlans from Arizona, { who recently gave an exhibition of | |the snake dance before members of | | congress in Washington, visited the | capitol. Gov. Trumbull posed with |them at the capitol entrance | several photographs. | ANOTHER BATH TUB PARTY SCANDAL IS BEING AIRED Atlanta Co-Operative Club Members Also Accused of Serving Liquor. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2 (A—Investi- gation of charges that whiskey was served at a party given by the Co- Operative club, Atlanta, featured by a “bath tub” scene was begun today by the Fulton county grand jury. The grand jury was called into special session after published charges had been made that the “bath tub” feature was put on by the Co-Operative club at a dinner given in honor of Carl H. Langnecht of Kansas City, international presi- dent, at the Ansley hotel here Janu- ary 4. It also was charged that whis- key was served at the party. The charges allege that the “bath tub"” scene in which a Negro girl was the principal character, climax- ed the party. It was said that about 200 guests were present. James, attorney and president of the Atlanta Co-Operative club, was the first witness. After his exam- ination John A. Boykin, solicitor general, issued subpoenaes for Frank P. Reynolds, resident man- ager of the Ansley hotel, and John Russell, publicity director of the Dinkley string of hotels of which the Ansley {s a member. ‘Walter Candler, was the second witness before the jury. The Co-Operative club is a civic organization, for | 2,000 CHICKS ESCAPE ROASTING TO DEATH ;Were to Be Moved Today | Into Brooder Destroyed by Fire | | | Taking fire from a stove which is | believed to have overheated the peat moss flooring, a wooden brooder at | Thomas W. Crowe's poultry plant [ just over the New Britain-Newing- | ton town line on the road to West | Hartford, was burned to the ground | about 2 o'clock this morning. Yes- | terday Mr. Crowe, whose home is at 64 Grove HIll, this city, planned to ransfer 2500 baby chicks from his | incubators to the brooder, the build- | ing having a 5000 capacity, but with- out any particular reason, he chang- ed his mind and decided to make the | transfer today. He was overjoyed this morning that he had delayed moving the chicks, for they would have heen roasted to death without a chance for their lives, The brooder was one of several wooden buildings at the poultry plant, and was built last year by Mr. Crowe. It was 20x60 feet, two stories |in height, and had modern equip- ment, Five stoves supplied heat, and the theory is that one or more of them became overheated during the | night. At 11 o'clock, a caretaker ex- | |amined the premises and found the fires safe, Mr. Crowe said this morn- | ing. Two motorists passing the place | discovered the fire and notified Mr. | and Mrs, Willlam Q‘Leary, who oc- | cupy the dwelling house at the plant. | They in turn notified Mr. Crowe, | who telephoned to Tirst Deputy ! | Chiet E. F. Barnes of the fire de- | | partment. Co. No. 6 was sent out and | Chief W. J. Noble, who was at home, | was notified by Chict Barnes and | also responded. The blaze, which had obtained & | good start before being discovered, | iuminated the sky for miles around and the firemen, as they drew near | it, feared every building on the| | premises was burning. Sparks and | cmbers were flying and the heat was | | intense. There being no hydrants | { nearhy, the firemen used only chem- icals and were able to prevent a| spread of the fire to the other build- | | ings. This proved a sizeable task, as la high wind was blowing. In the opinion of the firemen, at least the | garage and possibly the dwelling | | would have caught from the sparks | had the discovery ot the fire been | delayed a few minutes. The firemen | did not return to their quarters until | after 4 o'clock, all possibility of fur- | ther damage having been eliminated | before they left. The poultry plant is in Newington and Farmington, Mr. Crowe said | this morning. It is just beyond N | Britain. 1t is a well equipped farm, | | | the second and | street to [ with modern facilitles for raising | Mr. Crowe being an en- | stic poultry fancler. The | | brooder will cost at least $1500 to | | replace, he said, and it is his in-| tention to build it in a different lo- | cation as he is superstitious that 11 | luck may be attached to the particu- lar spot where the fire occurred. The | work of the firemen pleased Mr. Crowe greatly. “They save the ther buildings,” he said. “I | am very thankful to them for their | efforts."” Sergeant Matthias Rival, on duty at police headquarters, was notificd | | of the fire by Officer William J. Me- | | Carthy at 2:09 o'clock. The sky w brightly illuminated and the crack- ling of the timbers could be heard | at a great distance. 1 R e ST i Sale of Cigarettes ! Legalized in Kansas | Topeka, Kans, Feb. 2 (P—The Kansas leglslature today completed action to legalize the sale of cigar- | ettes in the state when the senate passed the house bill to repeal the state antl-cigarette statute. The | measure, which places a two cent | | tax on each package sold, now goes | to Governor Ben §. Paulen. | Whether the governor will sign the measure is problematical as | shortly before its passage by the | senate, he notified that body that he | did not approve a provision to im- prison retajlers who might sell cigarettes to minors. He also indi- | cated that the proposed anti-adver- | tising section was not satisfactory. * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tcalght and Thursday; slightly colder to- night. WATERBURY BLAZE DOES BIG DAMAGE Loss $200,000 When Moriarty | Building Is Destroyed 30 FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT| Two Persons Injured—Fire Occurs | on Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of | Great Fire Which Razed Center of City. Waterbury, Feb. 2.—(f—Damage of more than $200,000 was done by fire which destroyed the Moriar: Building in East Main strect ea today on the 25th anniversary of the fire which burned out the heart of the city with & loss of a million and a halt dollars. Two Persons Hurt There was no fatalities in today’s fire, but two persons were hurt, thirty families driven out of their apartments and the property of some twenty-five firms destroyed. Fire companies were at work on the blaz this afternoon. The fire was of mys- terious origin, the fire chief having discarded the theory that it started from a heater. The fire losses are partly covered by insurance. The bullding which was burned covered about an area of one acre, was of old-time factory construction and once was used by the Blake and Johnson Com- pany. It was converted into five stores and many offices and tene- ments, Because of ts solid construc- tion the fire burned long and at times fiercely and hose companies continued until after the noon hour | to pour water into it. Fire Spreads Quickly The fire started about 12:07 and spread so quickly that persons on higher floors found their escape cut off by the way of fire cscapes on that side. It was! necessary for firemen to force their | way upstairs to aid tenants in reach- | 1ng the exits and safety in the stre The fire started with such rapidi that those living on the second floor were cut off trom the fire escape on the west side of the building. Many who were roused from sleep by the cry of fire, jumped to the ground suffering slight injuries. Ten fire | notified the local . |tollowing his unsuccessful SENATE T0 G0 Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Jan. 29th ... 14,476 PRICE THREE CENTS ON RECORD BY FRIDAY ON TAX CUTS; WHISKEY MEASURE KILLED AARONSON MAY QUIT EXTRADITION BATTLE Lawyers Withdraw From Case, Advising Him to Go to Virginia Arthur Aaronson, alleged bank swindler, who has been waging a fight against being returned to Newport News, Va., for the pas se v be brought there to face the charge of swindling the First National Bank to the amount of $5,000, this afternoon, his coun sel, Attor Thomas F. McDon. ough of this city and Attorney Ber nard Sandler of New York having police this fore- rnoon that they would advise him to vacate his appeal to the supreme court on the question of the legal- ity of tho warrant sent by the Vir- ginia authorities. Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue sald this afternoon that the arrival of Aaronson's wife from New York was awaited before the prisoner would be asked to sign the neces- sary papers for his release from Hartford county jail into the cus- tody of the Virginia authorities. Detective Williams and Collins of the Newport News police department |were to lea: for home today with- lout their man, tacir chiet, having wired them yesterday not to wait longer. They were plainly disap- pointed at the turn of events, as thc - had confidently expected Aaron- son would be tirned over to them attempt eral days, ma Ito avoid extradition. Attorney fandler was In {phonic communication with | Hart this forenoon and he also spoke |to Attorney McDonough, after which lit was announced that both attor- {neys were ‘o -vithdraw from the Committee Rejects ! Medicinal Liquor Plan . —House Turns Down ' Amendment to Naval i Appropriation Bill. “Veterans’ Bureau Loans at | 6 Per Cent Agreed Upon —No Action on Mexican Propaganda Probe—En« voy to Ireland Likely. SMITH CASE AGAIN BEING DISCUSSED Washington, Feb. 2 (}—The sen ate agreed today to go on record not later than Friday on the democratia proposal for tax reductfon at this session of congress. Filibuster Threatened Facing a threatened democratie filibuster, republican leaders accept |ed a unanimous consent agreement | for actlon by 2 p. m. Friday on the | resolution of Senator Harrison, dem~ { ocrat, Mississippi, which would ex- | press it as the sense of the senate that a reduction in the permanent | tax schedules should be made befora | the March 4 adjournment. The reso- {lution would not in itself, however, jaccomplish any tax revision. | Senator Harrison again, served notice today that he would tie up the legislative machinery of the senate | each day until he got an agrcement ; for a vote on his resojution. Senator Curtis, the rcpublican leader, shut companies fought the blaze from all case and Aaronson would be advis- |‘)ff opposition by agreeing to a vote sides but it was not until 3:30 that it was declared under control. Origin Not Determined Fire Chief Henry Eitman said to day that the origin of the fire had |is turned over, the Virginia police ;llqunr was rejected not yet been determined. First ports of the blaze starting from the heating system were discredited by the chief. Residents of the building belleve that the fire was incendiary in nature but fire officials refused to substantlate this report before mak- ing a more complete investigation. $260,000 LOSS 0GCURS IN WOBURN, MASS., FIRE, Two Large Leather Plants Razed and Two Other Factories Badly Damaged. Woburn, Mass., Feb. 2 (A—Fire today destroyed two large leather plants in this city and badly damag- ed another leather factory and a lumber plant. The was placed at $250,000. Help was sent from several adjoining cities and towns before the flames could be control- | led. The plant of Peterson Patent Leather Company on Jefferson ue, where the fire started probably from spontaneous combustion, was | destroyed together with the adjoin- | ing plant of the C. Walter Marion Company, manufacturers of leather heels, The flames leaped across the the plant of the E. G. Barker Lumber Company, where three buildings were destroyed. A | burning brand carricd a quarter of a mile by the wind set fire to a storehouse of James Robertson and Sons, Inc., operating a tannery and patent leather factory, and this building also was ruined. At one time more than fires were burning on dwe the vicinity, but no serious damage was caused to any of these. One Woburn fireman, Joscph McKay, was hurt when hit on the head by | a hose nozzle. Apparatus came | from Medford, Melrose, Winchester, | Stoneham, Reading, Arlington, | Wakefield and Lexington. STICKS T0 HIS POST Engineer Terribly When He Trying to Stop His Train. 20 roof ings in | {STATE FIREMEN GRANTED | Brave Remains at Throttle Danbury, Feb. 2 (#) — tadly scalded by escaping stear Thomas Real, of Maybrook, N. Y engineer of extra 3227, cast bound from New Haven to Maybrook, stuck to his throttle and attempted apply the airbrakes. Charles Van AKkin, fireman, and M. E. | Potter, a brakeman, in the cab of the locomotive, jumped when a| tube in the boiler blew out, letting | live steam into the cab. All three men are in St hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Van Akin's condition is considered critical. The accident occurred | near Green Haven, N. Y. about 6 o'clock this morning. Although Frances | st S AR | More Serious in Sweden Flu Epidemic Growing Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 2 (P—| The influenza epidemic is taking a | more serious form in Sweden, where | heretofore there have been only! slight cases. In Stockholm alone | there were fourteen deaths during jed to return tc Newport News. At |2:30 this afternoon Sergeant McCue as at the cou: ty building awaiting Irs. Aaronson's arrival. If Aaronson {can obtain train accommodations. 'BILLION OFFERED FOR {Father and Son Both Turn Deaf Ear to Financial | Proposition Washington, Feb. 2 (#—An offer {of one billion dollars for their stock {in the Ford Mctor company was re- |Henry and Edsel Ford, the board of tax appeals was told today by John | W. Prentice of New York. ] He testified that on two previous occasions, likewlse, in 1924 and 11025, the Ford family rejected a spot |cash offer of one billlon dollars for {the company. age firm of Hornblower & Weeks, was the second witness put on the stand by former minority stockhold- |ers of the company in the renewed | hearings here on their appeal from a treasury assessment of $30,00 000 in additional taxes on sale their stock. > progress made by the Ford company since 1916, Prentice said, was so rapid that it was impossible to strike an average for stock val- uations. He pointed out that during the “panic years” of 1907 and 1908, {when industrial stocks declined gen- hares of the Ford Motor forged ahead. ot §8,000 BY UPPER HOUSE, |Request for Appropriation Goes | Turough Semate With E. F. | | Scalded | Hall as Pilot. (Special to The Hereld) Hartford, Feb. 2 — Scnator E. . Hall of New Britain was sustained in his request for $8,000 for the State Firomen's association in ate at Hartford today. This one of the first sanctioned by the appropriations committee, was fos- tered by the Firemen's association convention last year. Captain Wil- am Sowney of the New Britain fire department, as chairman of the legislative committee, appeared be- fore the appropriations tommlittee last week and it was upon his ex- planation of the alm. of the pension fund that the committee reported vorably. The bill has passed the rough legislative spots and it is pre- dicted that it vill hold the record for quick passing. Constable John P. Lewis of East Berlin was a guest of Senator F. Hall of New Britain today. Mr. Lewis and Senator Hall were bo hood friends in East Berlin many years ago. Architect D. K. Perry of New Britain was a visitor at the capitol today. Representative Claude W. Stevens of Berlin will appear before the ju- diciary commitiee on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 8, in the interes of George G. Griswold and FErnest Mildrum, bill, the last week. Most of the victims Were young people. nominated for judge and deputy judge of the town court of Berlin. STOCK HELD BY FORDS |fused within the last 30 days by | Prentice, a member of the broker- | the | Friday. Medicinal Liquor Bill | The treasury's proposal for re- plenishing the stock of medicinal today by the re- | will leave with him as soon as they house ways and means committee by |a vote of 16 to 8. A subcommittee was appointed to nquire further into the subject, and {to draft a new measure, eliminating ;objnc(lcnn which members found in | the treasury bill. The rejected proposal, sponsored | by General Andrews, would have | created a government corporation to manufacture and control medicinal 1 liquor with a provision that its stock could pass to private individuals. The | committee felt that this provision | might tnjure prohibition enforce- jmmt Veterans Bureau Loans Loans by the Veterans' Bureau at 6 per cent interest on bonus certifi~ | cates has been agreed upon by the house ways and means committee. Chairman Green was instructed to | introduce a new bill today for this purpose with the understanding that | it would be approved by the commit- | tee at once. Nearly a dozen bills had been of- |fered for making bonus loans, but the committee failed to decide in | favor of any of them. No Propaganda Probe By a vote of eight to five, the | senate foreign relations committee today indefinitely postponed action jon the Norriss resolution proposing |an investigation of publshed reports | that the state department sought to disseminate propagande about Bole | shevik activities fn Mexico. Senator Norris, Republican, Ne« braska, author of the resolution, ap- | peared hefore the committee to urge |action. Chairman Borah declined to | disclose how senators lined up on the roll call. The Nicaraguan situation wase ‘(':Iscuned briefly today by the sen- |ate forcign relations committee, on |the basis of the Wheeler resolu= tion urging the president to withe draw American marines and war- ships from the Central American republic. No action was taken. Kellogg Issues Dental | Becretary Kellogg today author- !ized a blanket denial of charges {made by Sacasa and his represent- atives that American marines or |bluejackets have commiited out- |rages against the Sacasa forces im |the establishment of neutral zones, An attack upon its foreign affairs committee was made in the house today by Representative Connally, | democrat, Texas, for approving the Fairchild resoluiion endorsing the | Nicaraguan-Mexican policy. “The committee on foreign affairs {doe: not care what the president's | policy is, for it means to approve | that policy whatever it is,” Connally | said. The Texan quoted from an ASso- |clated Press dispatch that the Washington government did not | propose to recognize Sacasa should |his faction overthrow the Diaz forcea in Nicaragua. “This is a denial those people,” he said. Envoy to Ircland Plans to send regular American diplomatic representatives to the Irish Free State and to Canada have so far progressed that a state de- | partment request for appropriation, | for the purpose now is before the | budget bureau. The names of the men selected for ministers to the two countries were not made public, but the state de- partment did not deny London re- ports that it had asked the Dublin government whether Frederick A. of rights te (Continued on Page 14) ra