New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1927, Page 1

Netws of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 THREE BlG ROADS BUY UP WHEELING N. Y. Central, B. & 0. and Nickel Plate Acquire Control ST0CK STILL IS SOARING 130 This Morning As Face Ruin by His Spec- Reaches “Shorts” tacular Climb—Loree's Pet Trunk Line is Killed. ®y The Assoclated Presa New Yérk, Feb. S.—Leonor F. Tooree, whose proposed fifth eastern trunk line system is believed in Wall street to have been placed in jeopardy, if not entirely wrecked by‘ the recent change in control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the strengthening of the Baltimore and| Ohio’s interest in the Western Mar: Jand, declined today to comment on recent transfers of stock holdings in | those roads. Was Opposed to Plan Mr. Lorce is known to have op- posed the original grouping of east- ern railroads into four large systems 1o be headed by the New York Cen- tral, Pennsyl-ania, Baltimore and Ohio and ckel Plate” roads. About a year and a half ago he placed before the interstate com- merce commission what are de- scribed as “informal suggestions” in which a fifth trunk line was pro- posed, including the Delaware and Hudson, Lehigh Valley and several other smaller roads. By agrcement with the I C. C., no details of this plan were made public, as no for- mal application for its approval had been filed, FEastern Roads Objected Executives of other eastern roads made no secret of their opposition to the Loree plan, which is believed | in some quarters to have been a fa tor in the recent accumulation b the New York Central, Baltimo and Ohio and the “Nickel Plate” of Wheeling and Lake Erie stocks in which each has obtained about one- sixth interest, giving ¢ them joint control. Maryland we! have been ecssential Loree’s plan. In banking circles, it was indicat- d that Mr. Loree was not surprised by recent shifts of stock ownership in the Wheeling and Maryland roads, and it was even indicated that he | would not oppose the application for | the approval of such purchases be- fore the interstate commerce com- | mission, It was not made however, whether he would en- deavor to reconstruct his fifth trunk line system, or e generally believed to units in Mr. with the other eastern carriers. Toree's Plan Killed Announcement yesterday the Loree plan also mysterious story behind the 1 corner in Wheeling and Lak: Erie and the sensational advance in|Judge Alling accepted the and Western [ mendation. stock of that road Maryland in the last few weeks. Wall street awaited approval by |the the interstate commerce commission, of the Wheeling & Lake Erie plan to increase its issue of common stock to end the corner that ha sulted in loss of millions to hear |couple, traders recently. Gigantic Network The alliance of New York Central, Nickel Plate and B. & O., that the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Western Maryland will be tral terminals” establishes network of raliroad lines re: from Norfolk to Montr on the At- lantic seaboard, with outlets on the great southern lake po the west. Gets Coal Ficld Routes Through the mancuver York Central secu altern; routes into the union coal fields over the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and | the [ him. into the non-union fields over Wheeling and Lake Erie. ‘Well Executed Coup The new intere Lake Erie and Wes tern Maryland ‘were victorious in their coup through ‘ deals and alexpects to receive for hig serv D. | “agent” and the reply was: “That's Ot well executed market private transaction with Rockefeller. Mr. Rocke! John ller is said lien stock in Wheeling & Lake E on which dividends had been ac cumulating for years, H. Harri vice-president of the New York Cen- | tral announced that his road had ac- quired “over 95.000 shares of Wheel- ing stock and M. J. Van Sweringen made a similar announceiient in be- half of the -Nickel Plate. George Laaqry agyg | “wwan o] Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg 14’554 Feb. 5th NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1927. —TWENTY PAGES. Kilbourne Will Seek $25,000 in Suit Against City Based on Gasoline Station Dispute {Stanley Quarter Resident Says He Has Engaged Counsel in War With Building Department and Board of Adjustment Edward O. Kilbourne of Stanley |against Kilbourne Quarter said today that he had en-|from gaged counsel to bring suit for|of the property on which, he 000 against the city of New | claimed, he had begun work. The restraining him completing the development v | Donough who entered a The Wheeling and Wi M(crn} plain, | endeavor to enter|ghe into some traffic or other agreement | g, of the| operations of the roads allied against |commended a suspended jail sentence | revealed the |of 60 days. | Wiltiam tech- | “neu-{ The officers a gigantic | beer, some hing |and hops. 5 and with |oard. entrances to the traffic gateway m‘wnd glasses on the the New | ive |wine for $1. s in Wheeling & |attorney to question him along these to have | Woods objected to this line of exam- held about 95 per cent of the prior | Shriver, senior vice-president of the | B. & O. said his road holds “about or practieally the Central and | one sixth intere same. amount as the Nickel Plate. the allied roads, the Times says, are worth $20,000,000 than before the New York ore than Aggregate holdings of | | Mrs. Bartolucci, | fense, said she had the wine, Wheel- | ing and Western Maryland advanee | on the exchange. Two Vital Units Transfer of control in the roads is regarded in Wall street as the elimination of two vital units in the Loree merger proposal. thiree cornered coup comes as a sud- den and seemingly effective reply to Loree's recent victories over the Cen tral, the Nickel Plate and the B, & o ] Loree recently bought the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh while other leaders were pondering over il 1ts destiny, and invaded New York Central territory by buying into Le- high Valley, which, Wall street be- lieves, entitled him to an § voice with the Central in the Lehigh road. Counsel for Wheeling Frie today planned to sion of the interstate commission to convert and Lake < permis- commerce prior lien (Continued on Third Page) equal | |latter left the two | |to give the The | * Lth.\rge him for it. Britain over the city’s refusal to|injunction was served on him by |allow him to proceed with the |the building department, | construction of a gasoline filling| The next step taken by Kilbourne station on Stanley strect opposite |was to apply to the board of ad- the North End park. He said the|justment for an exception to the papers in the suit are being pre-|zoning laws which would allow | pared by Hungerford & Saxe, u lo-|him to go ahead with his plan: cal law firm, and J6hn T. Robin-|This matter dragged out over son, a Hartford lawyer. |eral meetings of the board during Kilbourne applied to the build- |which there were hot clashes be- ing department several months ago |tween Kilbourne and the members |for a permit to conmstruct the sta-|of the board. After lengthy consid- tion. The permit was issued. Then |eration the application for a special | opposition ~ arose in the form of |exception was voted down. | protests from property owners in| Kilbourne said today that he ha |the neighborhood. This crystallized | reccived an offer of $25,000 from |in the issuing of an injunction an oil company for the property HUSBAND BLIND, WIFE ELM CITY TRAGEDY IS CAUGHT SELLING WINE, THOROUGHLY PRI]BE[] Judge Lenient With Wom- Action of Elements and an With Woes and Vibrations Caused Stone Five Children Coping to Fall 8 (A —The action | combined with the vibration from the heavy traffic in | ew Haven, Feb, the elements, Mrs. Fiore Vernacotole, aged 33, |of 83 Dudley street, who was arr {ed January 26 for violation of the [liquor law at her home, was repre- | the center of the city were blamed | sented by Attorney Thomas F. Me- |today for the cracking off of an 83 | plea of |pound block of marble which yester- | in police court this morning |day fell from the post office building illing James P. | guilty and asked the court for leniency out | Gallivan and s |of sympathy for the woman's blind |iously injuring William T. Ring. husband and five small children. | Aoroner Mtk whilo making no of- She sold wine at her home, as|oginion that the elome {Officer Stadler testified, but she has | sponsible for the inot become wealthy and she has re- | Dahill of the F. J. Dahill Construc- frained from selling moonshine and |tion company, whose men are mak- |other intoxicants, the attorncy said. ing a thorough survey of the exter- Four years ago, according to At |ior of the building to prevent further | torncy McDonough, the, woman's |accidents, called attention that the | husband crank a poor grade of ||_‘plu‘v which fell was not-an entire |quor and has since been blind. ts were re- accident. ank is unable to |l splitting to t1 | frost, the conscquent expansion and contraction and vibration from tr {and consequently he upport his wife and children. Tf any violator of the-:liquor law is de crving of leniency, this woman is, the attorney said. If she is fined |f will be unable to pay, and if| The st is placed on probation to pay, |closed scveral other spots {her children will be deprived of ne- |Water might seep down on dentils, [ cessities. {such as fell yesterday, and several Prosecuting Attorney Woods re- | pieces of marble which have slight cracks, apparently not serious. T. Ring Attorney McDonough said this is a | glancing blow from the block as it very fair solution of the situation.!rell, was reported resting comfort- | recom- |ably at the hospital this afternoon. | While his shoulder was badly torn | There was a lengihy hearing on cases of Mr. and Mrs. Vincenzo Bartolucei of Holmes avenue, | |charged on two counts of violation of the liquor law on January 2 from the shock of the blow. Funeral servi be held Thursday morning from his home and later from St. Brendan's | Tudge W. F. Mangan represented the | chureh, A delegation of supreme of- who pleaded not guilly. | ficers from the national council of Officers Stadler and Cosgrove testi- [ {he Knights of Columbus’ headqu: [fied to sending an “agent” to make |torg here, where b a purchase, giving him two $1 bills | ployed, is expected to attend. LAWYER HOLETSKY 1S FREED OF ACCUSATIO providing |and he returned with two bottles of wine and 2. wine Officer H. C. Lyon testi- fied that he ascisted in the raid and found a bottle of whiskey in a cup- There were several bottles table and sink | testified that rrs, Olympia Mac Dim iwo hottles ofl Acquitted After Court Inquiry ‘take a chance, ating for some time because she did not know Judge Mangan cross cxamined S {him about his employment and the E R e el A courtroom today heard Ells in | “agent” questioned the right of the Judge Mangan asked him what he |court accept the recommendation of State’s Attorn Arthur M. Brown w London County that charges against Joseph Kolctsky, growing out of events following the first trial in which Koletsky defended Olympia Macri in 1925 on the charge of mur- hoard. | The “agent” Bartolucci sold New crowded | linc Judge Arthur F. my business.” DProsecuting Attorney ination and Judge Mangan claimed it |on the ground .hat it makes a differ- |ence in the weight of the testimony |der, be dropped. 3 | Whether the “agent” expects to re- | Brown rcported having | ceive the customary $10 per case or 'gated carefuily the charges made by | more for a conviction. Judge Alling s Attorney A. A, g, of this ruled that it is immaterial. | city, who prosceuted the Macri case, Judge Mangan called the attention | and found no fdcts to warrant,con- of the court to the attitude of the |tinuing with the case against Kolet- i“.-\;,»m." “He said it was none of [sky. Brown had been en my business,” Jydge Mangan said. [Special prosecutor. That is for the court to decide,”| In the first trial of Olympia Macrl | I beg your pardon, he s: in this city, after she had confessed “that's my business,’ ” Prosecuting | Killing John Bagnano, a singer, al- Attorney Woods said. leged father of her child, in her own de- reported a disagreement. beer |jurors favored acquittal. and whiskey for family use and she |later the state secured docs not sell any. She refused to|venue and the girl was acquitted in 1l the “agent” the wine and the |a second trial at Litchfield. house! A man who TFollowing the first trial State's At- was in the house at the time told her | torney Alling charge “agent” some wine. | Miss Macri's attorney, knew the [the lone juror | conviction, the close of the case: inspired the eleven jurors who stood investi- Eleven nad criticized who had stood for immediately The visitor said he agent” and he was a good fellow, so Mrs. Bartolucci sent a child out to call him back. She then gave | him two bottles of wine, but did not | for acquittal to profter bonds™ of Her husband was $22,000 for the release of the de- not at home ¢ he works from 5 p. |fendant after the disagreement; and m., to midnight. |that he had violated the ethics of Prosecuting Attorney Woods ask- the profession by replylng in an ed Mrs. Bartoluccl where she got the | open letter to the report of a special whiskey and she replied she bought | investigating committee of the bar it. The prosecuting attorney insist- | association which |the event following the first trial. (Continued on Page Eight) | 198,600,000 Seed Loan Bill Passes Senate Washington, Feb. 8 (P—T! 600,900 seed loan bill was pass day by the senate with provision for cotton farmers as well as northwes- tern grain growers , Senate to Vote on Farm Bill by 4 p. m. Friday Washington, Feb. 8 (#)—The sen- ate today agreed to vote mot Yater than 4 o'clock gn the McNary-Hau- | gen farm relief bill, sev- | announcement, expressed the | block but “part of a solid piece of |claims that the board is dominated {cannot take a step without assistance | marble that merely projected slight- | by, & politicul ring and condemncd ” He laid the ined effects of who received a | it was said much of his trouble was | es for Gallivan will! was en- Attorney ! Superior | the jury | A month | change of | 1 that Koletsky, | following | that he had | had looked into | DAUGHERTY PICTURED A POLITIGAL GRAFTER, U. S. Attorney Buckner Tells Jury He Will Charges Against Ex-Official | New York, of Hnrry M. CURTIN OUT AFTER DEADLOCK ONVOTE Leavitt Breaks Tie When Build- ing Board Casts Ballots o - - Buckner opening address ¢ the trial of | Chairman of Commission Arraigns |Pausherty and Thomas W. Miller, | former alien property custodian. Contracto We will show you,” Buckner id, “that Je . Smith, who la | committed s | Washington hor the transter o elcotrical inspec- | 6618 Of the Am dropped from |to Richard X department staff last | came ov I night when his resignation was ac-!John T pted following arraignment by national committeeman { Chairman A. P. Leavitt of the press, | died last June, for the retur clectrical contractors of the city, | enemy-owned property. {a portion of the general public and| “We will shov not I some of his fellow commissioners. |t for he will te | The vote to acecept Curtin's re-!paid money only to Kia [quested resignation stood two to ! only to King t | two. Chairman Leavitt broke the tie | by tracing | by casting his hallot to retire the i berty bon | spector. Leavitt is the member of ho appeared before the ary comm month and | erty, ngton SRR [EGED MURTERER Prove Feb. Daugherty as an attor- who Press and Electrical and Acts After Reliuke In Letter | From Mayor Weld. 000,000 of the a Cyril J. Curtin, n Metal compa tor since 1923, wa {the building serman, ed with publican Merton's Courthous: O Efll’ 15 HILLED| week's ecting, he declared: “Mr. | Curtin xs an «mcunt n\\pulor and Shot to Death Trying to Escape From | wondaw (amp JOMPANION IS CAPTURED | Mayor Weld Takes Hand. | A letter from Mayor Weld to \irman Leavitt was read prior to | the. taking of a vote. The mayor de- | clared last week he had no interest lin the matter, but did regard the I's uction in asking Curtin to re- 1 and then not accepting the res- nation, as “we [ mayor's ment was a I one in {ebten fiia: nosra v 4 outside influenc | At the outset of d Curtin case, Commissioner W Is Walter R. enn asked Curtin if he why his 'S ation was sought. “I have heard quite a number of | things, but I really don’t know and | have never been told just what the | reason the inspector | “Is it because you're a democra | Fenn next asked. | curtin’s reply | know of.” Dead Man Tippling and knows His Companion Was Pistol Taken From Policeman Masterson of New York. 0Old Forge, Tippling, was: “Not that Tenn Stands By Curtin | Commissioner Ienn next ad- | dressed the board complimenting Curtin on his work as an inspector. He expre: tives \\ln him la leave a Tip- wounded York City pling shot “homas J. “machine palities.”” Fenn ther mov t Curtin 1 ree months’ probationary termine hether hours as re Comimissione {onded the motion, K y declar and in favor of holding Duilding Inspec- throt tor A. N. I 1 lots st the office and ma hix oun f killing him instantly. jable for in Had Dead Man's Gun Leavitt ( : a Seiler, 20, who was | cn cavitt re is- Tipplin captured in tory of the Curtin case. He r - room of the camp when | ed the board, of a special iomas Brady pounced 1 t week, at which eve com- and knocked a revolver from & missioner voted to ask Curtin’s res- hand e gun, Seilar said |igration and Leavitt was detailed to Was one taken from Patrolms write the let He told his fellow {erson following the shooting in commissioners dn| henled! tones Hhnt NGW EEOk Wi lh Tiatentiven Rranis they had reasons for doing so at d and Stephen Donohue, also of time and he could not sce why New York City, and two state troop- ons do not hold true crs, Martin and Brady he camp s morning. Replies With Shot, + Martin and Brady broke open the door and entering called upon the only tho opinion of ona | L0 n:i :;_]v:? .~;.\mm‘ r. Tippling an- pettion from the elecs| " s “~"\“’I\“1.lm\| another trical contractors is untimely. They ool Y B HOVE Ker SHot Bott ot of the dlags of'people to pe-l 1atantivas 166t s Sutel e A L on for_the inspector, T believe SR s e Ul Ing ) Mot Hons Top. thipiinens el oing to a rear window which open- as the mayor wrote we should 1ot| .4 to the room occupied by wier be guided by outside influences in | chgied EhyTinn. gul ¥ ling. n he fired through the our decision.” window. Tippling returneq the fire { Moyor Weld's letter to the board | and Martin sent two more bullets | was then read, after which a vote into the room. | was taken. Chairman Leavitt failed When no more shots came from {to hear Commissioner Hinchliffe’s | the camp the detectives and troop- {vote and he turned to him and de- ' ers entered. 2 into Sefler {manded to know if there was any who he said, had his gun drawn. In good reason why he would not go the mixup the weapon was knocked recor Hinchliffe informe o the floor and Seiler overpowered. chairman he voted with thos - The other officers found Tippli posed to further tabling of the res lead with a bullet in his temple. nation, Part of Loot Found. Commissioners P. ireh of the rooms revealed t Romeo J. Guise, republ two wateh Thomas Hinchliffe, democrat, voted rs said, Seiler adm against retaining Curtin, and Com- re part of the loot takgn missioner W. R. Fenn, republican, w York holdup in which and M. L. Kennedy, democrat, voted (erson was slain. Five watches w for the three months’ probationary (ake ! period. On a motion of Commis- Othe sioner Grise to accept the r a- | ! tion the ballot was the same. | Curtin will serve one more weck nd will then be allowed a week's vacation. He will proh- ably reenter'the contracting business | from which he retired to become in- speetor, | Peterson Acting Inspector 0. A. Peterson was appointed act- ing plumbing inspector, and an plication of William B. Quinlivan the post of inspector was ta The application of Antonio Squil- | laciote for permission to move a | four-family building from 468 Myrt ther officers Tippling window. One of Tipp in the with other Detective upon him was mecting, I n M, surrounc 5 hortly after day The fact that the p 'h-' case doesn't matte “The ‘\,v oss the Often it is man. The press do opinion of room three went to two other gun- \ who figured in the crime. According to word received by w York police headquarters, a gi whose name they refused to divu was also arrested after Tippling had been killed. She was in the room with the fugitive when officer broke open the door. The girl's connection with the case, other than her friendship for | Tippling, was not disclosed. {Boston Commissioner for | | Boston, eb. 8 (A—Herbert A Wilson, police commissioner of Bos- street to 198 Burritt street, was re-| ton, told a legislative committee to- jected after owners of adjoini lay that the police were “running properties went on record as| around In circles trying to prevent opposed. | the sale of moonshine, but were J. B. Allee, a real estate man who ! “virtually defied by the proprietors attended the meeting as a of the establishments.” He s ad- tor, rose immediately after decision vocating a change in the law to give had been made in the Curtin case and declared: “City hall has the handling of such case: (Continued on Page 16) Hamden Police and State — ) N e e _ 4| Cops Are Sued for $11,000 1] New Haven, Teb. § (P—Five mem- | THE WEATHER hers of the Hamden police depart- | nent and four [ med defendants in a civ | today in superior court, | | of the fatal shooting of i colder Wednes- !man, Jr. of Hamden, in a raid on | 28 last, on a Highwood “speak Damages aggregating $11, 000 are asked. R | New Britain and vicinity: | | Unsettled tonight and Wed- nesday; probably rain, chang- ing to snow; day. \ug. |1 [ |casy |* * suit filed growing out nk Whit- 8 (P)—A picture | who ! Armed With |, later, | shot ich | told the officers. The More Power to Police his department greater power in the | state policemen, are | PRICE THREE CENTS TAXRATEFORCITY |KIRKHAM RESENTS HINT BY | T[] BE2% -2 MILIS! FOES OF MASONIC TEMPLE ‘\Fmauce Board Adopts Figure !‘IND F‘R CHANGED RECORDS ' Below Mayor's Expectations TWO ANSONIA BUYS Resenu Intimation BUDGETS CUT 1O BNE That Minutes of Ad- “R"WNIED N GANM“ justment Board Meet- l) eCp \I’\)IIu\ Made hl !\(lml\l(d . J Expenses of Police, Fire, Heaith, Father of One Aids in Re-| INg Had Been Altered. Case Completed With Tes- | covering of Bodies Today : l timony That Property ol Values at Proposed ,Site of Temple Are Declining. pPark and Public Works Depart- | ments—Four New Patrolmen, By paring appropriations down to| bare maintenance costs, the board. et g » and taxation 1 night sonia, Feb, 8 (A—The recommend that a tax- § Mostawi, aged 6 and Marion | > mills be made eficc- Cwilikowski, 14, 1 year 1927-1928. is below the exp yor Weld who yesterday belief that a boost of three mills on the 4 rate would be neces ily's estimated expendi 3 on placed at §2,832,-| CVening a scarch was made, were current that the but the ing began an inv loscd the youngsters had were found fore no today in the the Amecrican Brass Co. children disappeared from | y afternoon and | n they failed to r d a (Special to The Herald) Hartford, Feb. S—Judge John H < poration counsel fo ain, in superios hearing on the A appeal of residents Russell street this morn- | from a de n rendered by the which | board of adjustment in that city wan- ' grant an exception to the zoning 1 onto the al of the Amer I ons to the Masonic corpora can Brass Co. which flows past their | New Britain to allow it to homes on North Fourth & | build a home on the street, objected A woman was found who had seen | to intimations of the appellants i children, one with a hatchet in | the case that Thomas Linder, chais- his hand, going along the canal, The | Man of tha board, had altered th. Solle EfoLnit & Where. the|re of the mecting held for dfs- hatchet had been used on tre nd g the subject, brush along the ca and at a plac "I do not relish the called the cove the water Said Judge Kirkham, stretches over several acres in ex- or changes records | tent a hole was found near the ed m on the witness | of the thick ice. [itiamdconda g | Footprints of children told the! v Linder story and a boat being obtained from in how the American Brass, a path wgs cut anes through the rotting ice to where the 10 Jude not identical children were believed to have per-| With the copy produced in court. After ten minutes' work the | Mr Linder explained that Miss Eva ppling irons of the police found Raber is stenographer for the s whose father had hold of the | P02rd and she makes a stenographic end of the rope. Half an hour later | "6¢0rd of the minutes, the bolly uf the other ohild Tas re.| . Fe.qald. that hefors iess: A oo been transeribed, he, from memory, While the men in the boat were | VFOte Out the minutes of the meet~ searching for the bodics the shore| NS and sent them to the bullding was lined with ~vailing women whose | ¢¢PArtment. - These, later were giv- home carly yeste turn home Jast teports boys had been Budget Itms Rejected Among the items rejected were: | A nc ‘c station for the west end { of the city; a new pumper and two companies of men for service in the nortiiern section; two for manual witchboard service; a new vault for town clerk’ isolation hos- | 11, pital mainten: ; automobiles for the deputy iefs and the mas- than $100,000 *“new work"” :d of public works: r for the police de- policemen reduc- | kidnappe nolic igation intimatio hat Mr. Lin- and we wan stand to cleai sm of the service n,mmmx 5 |ed to four. The water department 9,400 was left intact. ule no allowance for a new polic s to the discretion mmon council since there in the supernu- ary police item to meet the cost the to be ome. The charity department budget of $89,569 was allowed to stand. The health board ed $96,130 and was given $68.-, 30. One of the cuts was a $25,000! em for the on hospital. The department was cut from its quest of $116,740 to $65,000. The public amusements commission was Llowed $7,000, the amount asked. budget of was then called to ex- a copy of the minutes of taken by the secretary Warner Would Have| Hinchliffe, Barry and Curtin Quizzed stion of Rights that he matters on the ccart so | that the board of adjustmei:c would | know just what its powers were, | He said that the appellants wer: claiming that they were losing thei land rights without due process of law and vet they want the zone law to restrict somebody clse so that the other parties would lose their rights. He cited a specific case saying that it the exception were not allowed, Andrew J. Sloper, owner of the prop- erty on which it is planned to erect the home, would lose $15,000 in cash his represents the difference be youngsters was most pathetic, The | 10S¢ brought into the superior | two boys lived within a stone's throw | C0Urt: Tle other notes were the | of each other on North Fourth street | | S Stenographic record as taken Appropriations recommended for the {.;- ll:]»:x:tm(‘m \\uip :\._a ('ollov\‘\ns.I o'clock yesterday afternoon, The! The evidence was all in shortly olls $19 chalrman a0¢ - water where the children were found Pefore noon today in the case and 600; a reduction from $3,9£4; auto- John T. Robinson, representing the mobile equipment, $959.60, a reduc- residents on Russell street who took duction from $1,500 31 "m'“ | decision of the board was not in a reduction from Tigh harmony with the zoning law. He wmd power, $1 3,500, a| | said that this law had béen placed ibway rental, $2,358; re- seph Kennedy, a real estate expert lings $3,500, a reduc- who investigated the case, that “You nts, $3,000, a reduction from $4.-| and the zoning law is one of thesc insurance $200. On the special dxl;;s. ; : ted by the board, action| Thomas W, Hinchliffe, Joseph W. ¢ said that if the court did not 3 inspection com- | Hetia e : > and company; no new fire station in! mittee which examines mndhmps1;‘lf.“';l_l"w“"l”“_““‘“»“‘*‘“‘h;‘:;‘i thatily vest end of the city; two new| for ele TRt L s e, the d ¥ th “‘ x(n'\irlll rx: ‘l‘:\ city; tw €W | for electricians’ licenses, may be re- | justment assumed legislative powers fo o i : wlr\rlrn".\)l l:“ )1‘:1.? hw‘\\ny at Hm,. next meeting of | He said that the board of adjust- partment; one new man paot Aty the eommon gouncil ment is empowered to make special Nos. 1 and 2 companies for the| Councilman Warner said today | exceptions only in cases where un- pumpers; no new car for the z the electrical re-| 2 and 3 without taking the exam-|one piece of property could be re- pair room and the master mechan- | ination. stricted without bringing benefit to department. On the request for| Curtin said today that he would | any others. 7 $10,000 for remodeling No. 4 | Public issued by an examining committee | hoped to have several The board of public works budget | on Which he did not serve. zoning determined by received cuts as follows: Autos § = T z $12,600,000 BANK FIRM grief with that of the parents of the | 0 10 Judge Kirkham and were Fire Department land from storias told by their par-| ¥ Miss Raber. ents had left home soon after 15 “vidence Finished clerk’s salar .000; gasoline and ",y Ty lawyers £ s . s ut 30 feet decp. (lawyers for both sides presea oil, $1,200; automopile repgirs, §3 . D their closing arguyents. L.w;?;- tion from $1, alarm rent- MAY ASK EXAMINERS the appeal from the decision of the AL, $900; incident a re-| board of adjustment, stated that the uction from § fire alarm on a single lot in the present case. ystem, §$8,500, a reduction from He repeated the declaration of Jo- tion from $4,925; care of quarters, | can’t sweep back the ocean, but we telephones, $970; replace-| have dikes to keep the ocean back 2 et 2 : : verrule the decision of the board of s follows: No new fifty-| Barry and Cyril J. Curtin, who com- | oy roe . o s e SRR . adjustment, the entire zoning law manual switch-| quired to take an examination if : Ll xamin: while it rests with the common coun- hoard at the central station; no ad- Councilman W. Spaulding Warner | cil alone to make these amendments. ditional man for the : o as that the members of the committee | necessary hardships might be pre- nt chiefs and master mechanic, no had given themselves licenses No. 1, | vented. He drew an example where new quarters for prefer to take the ekamination and | Q the committee recommended $5,000.| return to his trade with a license | Judge Kirkham stated Works Department 3,400, bridges maintenanc care of trees, $5,000 ‘normous Capital Behind Detroit's ning catch basins, $7.- cleaning streets and | $28,000 to $20,000; com- | $1,000 to $700; culvert. new and repair, $1,000 to $750; dumps, $ ,500; engineering | lepartment expenses, $1,250 to $900; ring department services. to $12,000; general repair of pensation, New Three-Unit Financial Insti- tution, Just Announced. i Detroit, Feb. 8 (A—A three-unit| inancial institution, with a combin- | . 240,000 to $30.000; macadam | “d capital of 31 0,000, is being| Irepair, $30,000 to $20,000; office | formed by local interests, it was an- | n expense, §$1,500 to §1,300; oiling of | hounced today by Willium R. Wilson| tween the $7.500 he would rece pRa 500, president of the Guardian Trust|for the property for residential pur- Tenair company of Detroit. | poses and the §22,500 he would re- €750 A trust company a .‘.Lu,,m,‘.mr from the Masonic Temple Cor- i | company and a savings and com-| poration. He said that instances of mercial bank will form the new in-| Unnecessary hardships in 99 cases | Stitution, with the Guardian Trust|Out of 100 were matters purely of company as the nucleus. Each of|dollars and cents. He said that the ird, $3.780 to $3,000; street and companies is to have its own ;‘;“:“f‘“:‘ the X?}?redngl;:}dj‘\::t?:r;tn:n hool s 000 to 100 w [ oifices, but a common chairman and | | 18 CAS¢ Was not Spurensona- tools, $33,000 to $21,000; tools ar 1| interrelated dircctorates will coor-| \IFL- claimed that ihexaalustaant machin r, $3,000 and town line | dinate thelr activities for the pur-|, % GO EEET B C S e survey, $300 pose o blishing a well-round- | % 4 urvey, $300. It of “establishing a well-round-| o ne “ynon the zoning law would be The item for proposed new work complete plece of financlal ma-| "0 vivitional. He pointed out al- as cut from $30,500 to $15,000 and | chinery to work and cooperate with 2 i 1 . cas re- | the business and financial interests| 53, it the Sloper lot, the proposed o item for new macadam was re- siness and financial interests| gito for the Masonic home, was the luced from $95,100 to $20,000. A |of Michigan. i . | 1ast ot in the restricted district, be- reduction from $13,300 to £4,0 Capital of the % 3 ¥ {lng next to the line of Residence C ted in the item for new concretc .000 and its surplus $3,000,000; | pigtrict in which no exception would ters. The new bridges provision | cap and surplus of the securities be needed to erect the home. was reduced from §5,800 to 33, company is to be $1,750,000 and the| He expressed the hope that the treet lighting item was cut from | capital, surplus and undivided pro- | court would not overrule the excep- £00,500 to 00. The street sprink- | fits of the Guardian Trust company | tion because it would nullify the en- ling item was reduced from $18,000 | will bring the total near §12,500,000 | tire zoning law, and the zoning law to §15,000. An item for $181,3 Among those interested fn the | *“was too good a thing to throw out. | proposed new paving work was cut|new institution are Ford Walter P. Crabtree, architect, tes- to 375000 and the street improve- | Ralph H. Booth, Roy D. tified when the case was reopened ment item was reduced from $44,- | Howard E. Coffin, Erne this morning that 33.3 per cent of 167 to £20,000. The budget for the: Alvan Macauley and the building will be used for lodge public works department for the| Mott, rooms, while the remainder will be coming fiscal vears is 3427817, employed as a clubhouse. Police Department Say Property Values Decline. | A cut of $41,497.25 was effected in E. N. Stanley, president of the |the police department, the finance | Savings Bank of New Britain, stated committee placing the appropriation| New York, Feb. 8 (A—Albert Ca-| that property values on Russell for the year at $224,139.90. The po- vero, 37 years old, leaped to his street are on the decline. His opin- lice board had asked for an appro- | death from the fifth floor window of | fon was that the crection of & | priation of $265.637.15. The amounts a West Side apartment in Upper|temple on Russell street would in- granted are as follows: Regular pay-| Manhattan today when screams of | crease property values. Attorney roll, $160,871.6( supernumerary | a girl he attacked brought aid. Robinson asked him if he thought | payroll, $25,517; gasoline and oil,| Emma Krattinger, 16, victim of|that the land is worth what the 131,800, a reduction of $200; auto-|the attack, was cut about the face|Masons are paying, and Mr. Stanley { mobile repairs, $1,000, automobile [and scalp by blows from Cavero's|replied, “No.” cquipment, $430, a reduction of $50; | fist and hammer. Cavero, said to| A. J. Sloper, president of the New incidentals, $2,500, a reduction of [ be a captain in the Peruvian army, | Britain National bank, from whom was a roomer at the Krattinger apartment. et pavement 000 to $12,000; railings, |3500; salaries, 167 to permanent pavement to $15,000; removal of snow a 10,000 to 000; stor bank will be $5,- 0 was | Girl Screams and Her Assailant Jumps to Death (Continued on Page 3.) (Continued oa Page Three), e e S T PR NET o oot 4SS R o