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

¥ T | News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD ] oy, '1‘0(]‘1,\ s“"l"llm; W BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH. 2, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES TWO MILLION FOR STATE AID ROADS FINALLY ADOPTED Houge Pesses Bill This Afternoon, Following Two Hour Debate hMENDMENT APPRO\:ED PRESENTED BY LYNCH Final Action of House of Acpresen- tatives Comes After Rural Distriet Representatives had Argued Their Case Thoroughly and Mad Dis- Case Thoroughly and ilad Dis- posed of Other Proposals on Highway Construction. First Test of Ste dirt t in 8t proposition, bills re was | ted un- ,000 Per Town 1 substitute was t a lengthy session Ivocates. It awn \ly five per cent of the motor vehi- department receipts instead of 10 nt and provides that not more $2,000 shall go to any town, pting to expend of its n amount equal to that m the stat on is made funds on an ch town ace spending. a trunk 1 nent mmissioner and the town for supervision of | town highway construction and maintenan highway com- missioner at the cost of the town. Unfavorable Reports The bills receiving unfavora ports last wes H. B. 43, “Section 1. b R state upon application to the upon forms to be ap- : 1 by him shall the etate the sum of sousand dollars annually, pro- vided the town shall appropriate and expend an equal amount in applying gravel, n stone, trap rock or cinders o unimproved roads of town, tha selectmen to have the work. h town, by vote Il, under the direc- ctmen of the town, this work, not to ed six thousand do annually upon the presentation of the vot ers showing that V]U work has \mrn and 1l be reim- by tate in the sum of dollars. sum of one mil- thousand dollars v be neces- of this act ar troas- between the ectmen ish expend dane bursed 3} thousa ctio 3. lion and fourteen or so much thereof s gary for the purpo: hereby appropriated from the ury.” H. B. 391 as follows “There may be expended for the repair and improvement of highways cther than state highways, in towns the valuation of which s less than 3,000,000 and in which the amount | of such valuation, divided by the pumber of miles of such highwa forred to as the ro tion, is less than 350,- £ fifty dollprs per mile; at such towns shall con- | tribute or make avallabla for use in| connection therewith, at least the following amounts for each mile of 1 highways within their respective mits according to the following schedule based on their road mileage valuation as per the assessors last assessment Mileage Bases less than $5.000, $12.50; sec- 5,000 and less than $7,500, $15; third, 00 and less than $10.000, $ fourth, $10,000 and less than $15,000, $40; fifth, $15,000 and le than $20,000, $50; sixth, $20,000 and less than $30,000, $75; seventh, | £30,000 and less than £40.000, $100 cighth, $40,000 and less than § 000, $125. 1. B. §12, as follows: centum of all revenue returncd the motor vehicle department s be used for building an state aid and g Mr. Averill was concerncd parliamentary s ed the zht to b the bill only. e moved that the question on aceeptance of commit tea report and the acceptance of the action of the committee in rejecting the bill be div The motion wi od and the report of the com- | mittee on H. as accepted. | \|v|n|l|= "Sub-Bill Mr. Warner of Hamden, a member | the committee explained the sub- k seying that it “Twenty per | by 1 as far as he there would be itions a6 he on the merits adon 2 bill offered last wee was not complete. The appropriation of $1,014,000 called for these roads would take that amount away from state aid ds, he 1. adding that he felt | t something should be done to| remedy the situation, but not as pro- (Contlnued on Fage Three) of | changes | tting aside | uncompleted portions | | tirety | man, (C hxcago loung People Or; zanmng "Slo\\ Club” HHC 11 Waterlront GALELS LEPiNG NORY m{ Stre Ied—Cnld Vave Rlso Fe ENTIRE SOUTH AFFECIFD h Carolina Has Snowfall of to Predicted Tor as Tlorida. = bout 6 Norfolk, gale of struck t wort city | fore 10 a dous wind bie terfront d the into ather burcau before pre and | ported. but recorded as yo no fata litics The March Lion. W gton, Marc Mareh liod storms of w sity hit the Atlantic The United Stat ordered warnings Jacksonville, ¥la., not A storm of “marke was centered near ¢ 9:30 a. m. the bu is moving north ther increased strong northca :aching whole gale il rom Jacksonville t teras the warnin ab, i o t 1 H force 26 Inches—RKilling I'rosts Far South intens atte astward wit intensity, attended RUTH SIGNS UP AT | Shooting at Inn in Farmington Sends Bristol Man to Hospital ; With Cop’s Bullet in His Stde Year Contract for $210,000 ! Customer, Suspected of Auto Theft, Shoots At Pollce- ey men and Fire is Returned l .| SALARY OF §70,000 Kiud of Swat Agrees to Three | BAMBINO Wanted But Assures Him of at Least §210,000 For the Next Three Years of His Life, New York tod March 2 (UP)—BR ed to sign a co York Ya 1y Are as L hospital 1 bHLER TOCELLARS | TH!S FIRIFS SLOGAN JURYMEN ASK MORE DATA FOUR OTHLRS dee thec inds With | “and Let Nature Take Its Cour official of saying not worried with Volstead law nt pe ju refuse > with boo! noc probably ne (Continued on Page Three) said from in Asti, e a Swiss-Tt pe cultu ago. by an Sonomo ia ists was BOY WHO BORROW"‘D 2 FRGM BANK _ REALLY HAD DOG AND PROVES IT ‘Father's Denial That Son Owned Pet Was Honest Be- cause Young Hopeful Had Not Told Parent of His Acquisition West Orange, ~It's time everyone t on the dog b t and ne: his dog r i Otto is the boy floated a loan of § personality as security, or. comp ed he loan wi 33 he already had invested in a dc Then along came friends and~his father nounced that there w Wrong-—- But Otto otto. like a his counsel. veal the it scems, ¢ all the f Inew to But Kep did he r Otto, but not friends famiiy cted they had no dog houses, Otto's plan 1o Keep the home of a friend until finance th purchase house. THgn he would lhiome agai That's a nily out it ol was matter o n who on initiative at ¢ he to 1 some of truth, have or b to dogs 1 a . March 2 (UP) getti Otto) of in s man | busi- the 1 week ind Wost He add en- th 1t} hous: and s something Otto had no dog. Has a D good Only b cuus og at he of ‘a bring v some folks safd Otto looked to to care Otto's an- today iots: One dog, family the which So it was| (va could m! ad no dog. s Starts Delivery But in the m ime more Otto's plans have unfolded. He the head of a delivery a chain of grocery stores— number. Adam Hess, Forsythe, 1 th System of has m for in With Chester clates, er, the th aged 9, and 10, as asso- motive pow- to do the delivering for stores in the neigh borhood, 1l Otto’s dog is going to play an important part in the busi- ness. Here's Otto's S to now is on his way to high in the business world arts his carcer with ass follows: dog; one third inter- to deliver groceries hborhood sto or- der for one dog house. delivery to be made within one weck; one small, red w nd dog harness Liabilitics: Note for $2 p: Wost Oran, rust company da Otto’s father has notified the it| Trust company that this is Otto's business and that Otto must be for his own note. tus So Ot position est for in contract three ne in 60 5 SATISFIED Says 1t Was Not As Much as He: and | able to March Bristo! was -} Officer 2—(p— t in Wesley Farmington, Julian Janik of o left side sen of the Hartford rly today after he had fired s ate the ken to aken to St ord ad . Bratton arrest Francis' a com also of Bristol to awai b Janils with 1 went to an in t and when it Janik told the that he had o an automobj DAUGHERTY JURY TENHARVARDMEN NOT YET AGREED ARE FONDGUITY ;i i Fiv Bu[h Delendents Expiess Conti- flence of Acqm tal Since No Quaestions Were Ashed About Miller, Opinion is dury Has AY ced as o His Status, Agreed On Mill, > Knox a aid the nol s @ reque ctions on the we wetor ons wer na Carroll, erty's secrctary, rel g N of a gom E 3 nt Harding erty witl Societe or in the for and rec ced in evidence e gover ved by 70 an wit » months or 65 hot ict in the c . Ask More At 11 o'clock the into the court room. Attorncy they were to hear read a part of the testimony they asked to havesread to them betore being locked up last | night. The jurors asked to be shown the !orders on the or payment of the claims. s bore the | signature of Gofl of | West Virginia, | They also asked to have read | them part of the testimony of Mal 8 Daugherty, Harry Daugherty’s broth- is testimony related to the ar- Al at the Midland National bank, | Washington Courthouse, Ohio, of five $16,000 Liberty bonds. The | bonds bore serial numbers of thost Richard Merton, German metal ma | nate, gave the late John T. King, republican national committeeman (Continued on Page 15) Data. jury was taker + orde enator Guy D. to Ona Others « pay Wil nd I and plac J PRELIMINARY SURVEY ON WIDENING MAIN ST, Engineers i the on will * JERRY TARBOT BRANDED Allegations Made Against Tarbot by Committee Leader JUDGE RAPS WRATSCHKO Disturhance in Building Department ther's was Mary Ofice Laid to Defendant’s Belli- by the w York. arried first in cose Attitnde—Suit Against City and Cowles May Result. 4 in Sar for automobile draft dodger." Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14,520 Feb. 26th PRICE THREE CENTS AS FRAUD AND DRAFT DODGER, AND LIKEWISE IS IDENTIFIED BY DETROIT WOMAN CONTRACTOR HELD IN CITY HALL ROW Conviction for Breach of Peace With Judgment Suspended Latter Says Mysterious “War Vet” is Former Husband — Chairman Johnson of House Vet- | eran’s Committee Calls Him Hoax. |Declares He Was Forced to Expose Man as Con- gressmen Were Planning Putting Him on Govern- ment Payroll for Life. —*_J 4 PflLIEE BOARD WILL | DELAY PROMOTIONS ot Within > mar qutcnant and Sergean Not to Be Named Tomorrow O'Mara Assis Gr was suggestion of ird of police commis- | f appoint a lie at the as i atini 4 Semeuced 10 ‘.0-Da" Terms Wr ordinances new vaca the Conles Tells of Betlizerent Manner the les, cy 4 hDo » Outsider Also Jailed ands Like amberlain S0 sentenced, s Also missioners fergeant i Tine It siven of testaurant bureau, kn rs inte 1 clothes sergeant expected that the detailed to the At pres: ctive t fn the by wace Is Defendant. d to increase wai would be bure: her e streat ht, in is @ po; o plan of reau. Two uniform. sibilit ant, s in such a way allowed, was s amberlain, s now tate has had th on council an the policy wil That some counc y insist that with t omotion of a sergeant to lie t there e vac nolice ssioners support of t was fixed the appeal v by promo ant, s adm: who said he b Four stliden s of H Get Fines ted by an, fin N MacCoilut “stand at present, th committee will on Page 18) GHOSTS BOTHER HIN, lian from the ¢ ing. ur E tootl h, Jr., of Win all st was ty bu d on fil ich no td appeal | ohn K w would ut s im sion have 1s fixed New Philadelphia, Youth, Says They Tap on His Feet Iphia, Ohio, March Thila S gle, 19, Uhrich Jam for police Working Be- ween R. R. Tracks and st Main Street graphy” programs. o two Ulrichsville policeme 14 back a crowd of more than soveral nights age, the nightly tor tapped a n on Nagle's fe nd announced he would cording prosent. 1o this contim sked. nswer. Whan will you si wo raps, Indi sounded on Nagle's feet. Promptly at 2 a. m., request, the 20 times in t night teed his foe Unmistakable the 16 H somebody W the without with ired ks and hear 1 prope pensation and common council the matter wh A, be undertaken th e b i apid successto who was in “What a n't know atschko given own The leather couc heard on a (‘.pq s a spect for wor . were you ¢ ment will th you over here inything said, "W ou wheth the_inspector v 0 you to understand that, Wratschiko today declared his fn- | tention of consulting an attorney | with a view to bringing civil action against the building department and | Cowles. He. claims statement made by the acting inspector are injurious to his business reputation [.md declares he will seek monetary compensation for the damage. . told police here th approve his were tions were cnnu\h ted PRART ended. e WEATHER the spirit “was only Kidding" i vicinit to- ] Britain and | crally | Cloudy, possibly snow night; Thursday ge fair, continued cold, New Suffcring from extreme nervou nes versation, Mayor ten- | ¢ as be | are | lieu- | chair- also made this after- fa- | has not| wn whether the | sergeants or ew de: timi ants | A S SiHiemnTia hut, the present hoard of | munit iten- will be no need for filling a police- the s heard of recom- ~ ASKS POLICE GUARDS Ohio, | s- protection | spirit which he said on his feet Large tained for ending midnight 200 visi- P apped o'clock in answer to mysterious signaler Nagle told ofticers he on messages and the manifesta- Nagle told the officers he feare and | requested & bodyguard of two police- men who can lift him from the floor f the tapping occurs again tonight. T e Rl s would ece an end to the ghostly con. Wast | Tarbot, March 2 (®) — Jerry at mysterious character whose identity has confounded vet- crany’ orga and govern- | fingerprint experts over a long i and colorful season of inve mm sat in a congressional com- ttecroom and blinkingly heard himselt described as a draft dodger d a man of divers aliase Former Husband, She Says One of those who testified said she rly was his wife, and that she knew him as Howard Francls Noble of Toledo, Ohio. Another woman | witness said she also knew him in . as Howard Noble, while irman Johnson of the committee g |declared the man's real name was Alexander Dubois, Jr.. and that he | was the son of a chef in a Cuban otel, izations ment ation al ti) Called Hoax and Fraud The committee chairman told his colleagues that his statements woulu i be borne out by records of the de- ich, he assert Tarbot's claim from loss of 1 | partment of justice w jed, had disproved | that he is suffering memory caused by injuries in i“om war, and bad exposed | Plea for legislative reliet as a he: {and a fraud. | After the two women 1 the chalrman put on stand I Burruss, a special agent for th | partment of justice, .who s; ‘Md been assigned to detern ‘\)(fls identity and war record. Traces Tarbot's History | *“m 19 " Burru d, “our |investigation showed Tarbot lived i | Sharon, Pa., in 1616 also he was em- ployed by the Goodyear Tire and 1 are on | Rubber company at Akron, Ohjo.” The witness then recounted find- of de- jings which he said disclosed that tha commission- | Tarbot was born in New York city, by fl’“'r‘l' ‘lh‘ son of a Irench clothes mer- ichant and an Irish mother. He studying for the - | priesthood, said the government agent, and was known in his com- as “Frenchy.” erous people in Sharon, inued, had fdentified graphs of Tarbot as | Noble.” Adjourns Tl Tonight Burruss had not completed his | story when the committee adjourn- led until tonight. Johnson declared that when the case was complete the cvidence would show that Tar- | bot had had more than a score of © | aliases. At one point, he said, the trail would lead to San Fr: The woman who testified Ishe had been married to Tarbot was Mrs. Florda Dove Lang of De- | troit. She told her story calmly and ‘rvm ned unruffied under some sharp questioning by Mrs. Mary T. \\0 ton, the representative from | New Jersey who has taken an in- timate interest in Tarbot's effort to | get government compensation, Mrs. Lang said she had married four times. She did |1emember the name of the justice of the peace who performed her | marriage ceremony with Tarbot, or !the name of the judge who grant ed them a divorce. Mrs. Norton | declared fn a surprised volce that 2ishe did not understand how anv- one could il The witn remem Lrance of Tarbot having a tattooed cagle on his arm but when tioned further coud! not remem- ber whether it was on his arm or some other part of his body. | ¥orced to Act [ The committee me ed by Chairman Joh revious warning, and other members had no it what was to occur. He | purpose was to “blow up «!bot fraud.” although, he © |would not have it re not forced to do so because of th lattitude of the other members. committee members were zolng to force me to call A mects ing to report a bill to put Tarbot on the government payroll for the rest of his life,” he continued “The time has come, it sesms to me, to put a stop to this case. The government has its duty toward honest former Service men, and that will keep it busy. T want it to be made plain that as long as 1 am chairman of the veterans' com- mifttee no frauds need think they can get money out of the treasury on spurious claims."” Mrs. Sue Kahl Seiple, of Erie, Pa., testified she knew Tarbot in 1916, In Sharon, Pa. as Howard Noble, and saw him many timesin her occupation as a theater cash- fer. § | il he photo- “Howard been not ques- g was call- son without most of th kling o said i n r done n. h. he d (Conunu; ;Pln 18.)