New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 17, 1927, Page 2

2 MILLS MAY FOLLOW SECRETARY MELLON Regarded as Heir Apparent fo Treasury Portfolio BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of the N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C., Aug. 17—Og- den L. Mills who became undersec- retary of the treasury only five and a half months ago, has gradually, stepped into place as the Nation's tiscal leader, until now he is the heir-apparent to the post of secre- tary of the treasury. During the long vacation of Sec- yetary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon in a vatch on the Mediter- anean, Undersceretary Mills as ng secretary, has assumed the di- ction of the nation’s fiscal affairs, « position for which he was pre-| pared by his private financial ex- tainly he would not faver cutting the tobacco tax, which now is second only to the income tax in the re- venue it produces for the United States government. He is not ex- pected to favor the elimination of the club and theater admission tax- es, although he might consent to a reduction. “Indirect taxes should be levied upon articles which have a wide salo, among a large clientele, and are in the nature of luxuries rather than necessitie: he explains. This ertainly describes tobacco. It also @escribes theater admissions, al- though not quite so completely, now that the last reduction eliminated the movies from admission taxes. Still less completely does it fit the automobile. Undersecretary Mills's cautious- | ness in government finance Is exem- | re- | the capltulating the government's ceipts and expenditures during fiscal year 1 out of as back ind debts pr the rai non- items, income taxes collecte ernment b perience and his work as his tax leader in the house of represent- atives. Mills will he 43 years old on Au- gust 23. This means he has, if he wants it and if the republicans con- tinue in power, a long future career in the United Sts government Secretary Mellon is nearly 73 vear old, He will have been a member o the cabinct t yvears when the present administration gives way to the next, and will be then 75 vears old. Undersecretary Mills is his lo- gical successor—if the republicans elect the next president, and if Un-| darsecretary Mills does not make political mistakes in the campaign Extremely cautious in financial affairs, Undersecretary Mills is the oposite in politics, however. | When he was the date for governor of New York r. he hed into brash alle gainst | tevernor Alfred E. Smith, whic older and more experienced York republicans, knowing ell the affection New York peopte have for | their governor. would not dared made. Yet this man who made statements against Al mith which he could not substantiate to the sat-| isfaction of the voters of th state, i mot one to rush into tax reduc- tion, even for the benefit of the re- publican garty in a presidential elec- es just ru s fnjudiciousness of his in pol- itics might lead into activities tend- ing to alienate the next nominee of the republican party—unless, of course. his unhappy experience in New York last year has taught him & leason Undersecrotary Mills has definite thaories ahout taxation. He has stud- | ied the fiscal systems of different | countries. He believes that a sound | fiscal policy should be based on a balanced system of direct and indi- rect taxes—that is. both taxes and sales taxes. Under the head of indi- rect or sales taxes come customs dnuties, and tobacco taxes, automo- bile taxes, theater and club admis-| sion taxes, some of which there is a definite campaign to abolish. | Tnde srefary Mills believes that! these consumption taxes should be | retained to the extent that the in-| direct taxes and the direct ta shall be well balanced. He might ap- prove a further cut on the automo- bile tax, but that is doubtful. Cer- 0AK KEGS 3 GALLON TO 50 GALLON “The Handy Hardware Store” H. L. MILLS 336 Main Street Nature Cure Instity 19 SOUTH HIGH Telephone 765 Nature given a e Genuine ments are less. They Cleanse the blood stream, resterc g0ood blood circulation, nor or low blood [ condi- r any form of 5 ihhorn coughs gardiess symptoms of il dis 4 recognized best In electrical tre; neluding all forms »f the [t Rays. Alpine Sun Rays, Eletcric Light Baths and Electric Massage. treated a I mive tients, Trained Nuree Attendant Dl’. F . COOl’an COftice Hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. m Treatmets, 8 for $10 When Paid in Advance. $2.00 have |4 | Federal { attributed He said: “More than one-half plus of 100,000 {8 due to re- celupts on account of disposal of capital assets, back tax collections in xcess of tax refunds, and other ms of a fast-disappearing or non- recurring character. From figures now available, back tax’ col- lections will exceed $300,000,000, and collections on account of capital stock tax of corporations, now re- pealed, will amount to over $7,000,- of the sur. deducting from the aggregate of these amounts the sum of $117,000,- 000 paid the tax refunds, leaves a net balance of $190,000,000 in rev- enue from this source. The work of the International Revenue Bureau is becoming current and while some net receipts on this account will continue to he realized. it is ex- that after the fiscal year, 1 net receipts from this source will be negligible. Receipts from capital assets on account of railroads ted about $90,000,000; from Farm Loan bonds and other minor securities, $63,000,000; d from the War Finance Corpora- n, $27,000,000, All of the Farm Toan honds owned by the government have been ased by the Iederal Land 0 that no further receipts from this source will occur, ¥hile receipts on account of railroad se- curities fn appreciable amounts will | disappear in a relatively short perfod cted in which he point- (the aged leader, out that most of the hnge sur- (tifying. Purnell was on scurring | three {had not obtainea a divorce latest (! of time. The War Finance Corpora- tion has practically i liquidation of its assets, the proceeds | of which have been deposited in ('\l‘,‘ treasury. 1t will be apparent, there- | fore. that without these special and non-recurring items which aggre- te $370.000,000, the surplus would have been ahout $265,000,000, of which a considerable part is to be to decrease in expendi- tures, some of which represents a postponement rather than actual His fo long-run | cconomy in handling government ex- itself mainly in his on retiring the public debt as rapidly as possible, and in vetiring first those items of which e government pays the largest In- terstate rate, The interest charge st the nment de- ahtedness and penditures show tence 8 was creased by i last vear, and the annual interest rate at the close of the fisc 1927 was .96 per cent. wher s 4.00 per cent. . 1927, General Press Association) CHARGES CRUELTY Leona Marsh Tells Court of Hu- r before Il Han | miliations Suffered at s of Son of Wealthy Clothier. 17 (UP)—Leona Mountsteven Marsh, 24, has brought suit for $100,000 nst Sidney El- lis, son of the wealthy head of the G. Ellis and Co., clothing manu- urers, and her int tains the following That in November, 19 bit her and a tumor made an oper- {ation nece | New York, Aug. fac comp ha Ellis fteve | with a one-half inch in it in the same month 1 a knife wound upon an inch and diametor, nflict cheek which left a s a half long. a d her down flight in Brooklyn knocked her down in the Hotel Me. Alpin when she was late in keeping appointment. he stond for all this, 1 an l\lll;.\' DAMA livian legation here (P—The Po- has issued mall losses ndian uprising government | availabl | clared | ont NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1927. HOUSE OF DAYID CASE IS NEARING CONCLUSION to Last Two Rebuttal Expected Days—Purnell Admits Biga- mous Unfon With “Queen.” St. Joseph, Mich., Aug. 17 (UP) —The dissolution suit against the House of David religious colony neared a close today with only re- buttal testimony to be given. Attorneys for both the state and | Gefense Indicated the rebuttal would | last about two days and that will | end the hearing which has lasted more than 11 weeks. Decision inthe case probably will not be ready be- plified in a statement he issued re- |fore October. The terday defense rested its case yes- after “King Ben” Purnell, had completed tes- the stand different days but was able to testify for only short periods 1 to the gov- |owing to his failing health. On the stand yesterday he again he married “Queen Purnell bigamously as he from fary"” his first wife. In his closing testimony 10 he had been warned state troopers through an ward vision.” Purnell of raids “in- PAUL REDFERN I3 READY FOR FIGHT {Non-Stop Hop to Brazil to Cover 4,600 Miles Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 17 (®—Paul Redfern Jones hopes to have “big news soon” for the newspaper men gathered here to chronicle his take off on a projected 4,600 mile non- |stop flight to Brazil. The aviator made this statement while awainting barograph, a para- chute and favorable weather reports before taking his monoplane “Port of Brunswick” into the air and mouthward over the jungle land of South America. A telegram from Washington last night suggested that he go there to confer with weather bureau officials on maps and date but the flier stat- completed | ¢d this would not be possible. The department had already informed him that weather information south of the Island of Trinidad was not but the young aviator de- « intention of flying with out such advance information if ne | cossary. Promise of cooperation on | the part | ment, of the Brazilian govern- however, partially dispelled doubts and fears for his safety if he <honld fly unwarned into a tropical storm. Meanwhile efforts were being ade to ohbtain a barograph with- which the flight would not be oflicially recognized. An army haro- [ izrll]lh cannot be made available for {the | con- | Cordial Ellis ¢ left a |l | An | rayanta, subdu statement con- reports of eanni- READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS jiire the laffer FOR BEST RESULTS Fresh Fish Received Daily Direct From the Waterfront at the Sanitary New Britain Fish Market Opp. The Herald 70 Church St. Quality—The 1 by | of Col. Charles this kind of voyage, it was belicved, d efforts to obtain one from other rters were started. Relief from the monotony and zrind of the long flight was sought in the installation of double con- trols, allowing the flier to manipu- late the controls from either side of lane. A wicker chair was in- stalled to provide comfort. GERMANY THANKS AERICAN PUBLIC Plans Second Attempt in Near| Future Dessau, Germany, Aug. 17T (Ph— knowledgment of Ame {can interest in the attempted trans- lantic flight of the Junkers planes Bremen and Europa was made by Prof. Hugo Junkers in an interview with the Associated Press today. The airplane designer espe Iy oned interest taken in the flight by American Ambassador Jacob lis fn- |Gould Schurman and the authorities | sor loft | at Mitchel field. “We are deeply moved and foundly grateful to the Amierican | people for the spontaneous interest | evinced in our undertaking.” he said. pro- " 1“This has proved to me that there e still ideags and ideals which © to bring nations together in- |stead of estranging them. | “Our flight foundered on the fury e clements. his does not mean we have a to span rougn the air. | of thy the Atlantic We can only hope will meet with | happier terminatio; W. C.T. U. Takes “Lindy” As Model Young Man Des Moines, Ta., Aug. 17 (P —Ten thousang blotters ring a picture A. Lindbeigh and th ““The Spirit of Youth’ drink, nse tobacco ill be distributed by the va state at the To part of August, caption not o v s annonnced today. Finest Variety—The Largest Service—The Best Tel. 3988 andoned our deter- | VANZETTI WRITES HIS OWN ARTICLE Condemned . Radical Bitterly Deplores Fate BY BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI Boston, Mass., Aug. 17 (UP)— There is nowhere, neither in earth |nor in heavens, anything that can {make the true untrue and the un- true true. For thousands of years mankind thought, believed, thought and in. sisted that the sun was gyrating |around the carth—without succeed- ing to stop the earth whirl around the sun. On Dec. 1919, at 8:20 a. m, |a robbery was attempted in Bridge- | water, Mass. I every minute of the 24 hours of that day, I was in Plymouth, about 30 miles from the place | where the above cited attempt fo| rob occurred. Furthermore, 1 had | never been in such place before my arrest on May 5, 1920, In the very | moment, T was in the bakery shop of Luigi Bastoni in Plymouth. On April 15, 1920, at § p. m. & highway robbery was committed in South Braintree and two men were killed. In every minute of hours, I had been in Plymouth, Mass., about 35 miles from the place of the crime; I have not yet been there, that T know, and in the very minute of the crime 1 was speaking with Mr. Carl, who was preparing his motorboat, on the Pl mouth ghore, to be put in the water for the new fishing scason. 1 should have fished with Mr. Carl that sca- son. (1920). The above sald is true and there 18 nothing that can make it untrue. At the Plymouth trial my coun- selor not even went to the place of the erlme to see how it happened, what it was, what people were say- ing and knowing. Out of hundreds of eve-witneases of the crime who came to look upon me for several consecutive days, on my arrest in Brockton police station, all of them, save one or two, positively de- nied I one of the bandits they saw. My counselor even failed to produce a single one of those eye- witnesses, Chief Stewart (of Braintree) and Katzmann (prosecuting attorney) succeeded to produce a half dozen self-contradlctory or half-wrong wit- | nesses. The jurors may believe or | feign to believe the government wit- nesses: they can dishelieve, or felgn 0, 18 defense witnesses, and they | can bring out a verdict of gulltness against me. Judge Thayer (the trial judge) can enjoy in giving me the most se- vere and cruel sentence that I knew for such offense as the one of which I was framed But I tell you that T am fnnocént of that crime and there is nothing that can make me guilty of it. As to the Dedham trial. again | Chief Steward, Prosecutor Frederick tzmann, Judge Webster Thayer, Sheriff Capen and the government witnesses, can give a verdict of mur- der In first degree against us. I tell you that 1 am innocant of such crime, and no verdict of guilt- ness, no death sentence, no Webster Thayer, no Maasachusetts, none qf them—not even all of them and all of this can change an innocent man {in a guilty one, | And T tell you that Nicola Saceo |is neither a thief nor a highway | murderer, and not even all of our | enemies and of our case can make this truth untrue, Judge Webster Thayer can dény us as many unrefutable and unde- niable appeals and doom us to his heart content. We will remain innocent. | | ) that day's i Personals Mr. and Mrs. John McLarney and {son, Jimmy, of 24 Newfield avenue, ire on an automobile trip to New York and Can; Oscar W. Johnson of Johnson & {Peterson, and Mrs. Johnson are in Vermont where they are spending |their vacation. Mrs. J. . Dunigan and Frank Dunigan of ~194 North sireet. and Theodore Schubert of 15 Tremont street are on an automobile trip {through Canada. They will visit the |«hrine of &t. Anne de Beaupre Delaney vacation Fdw after | Beach ard week's has returned at Ocean Clifford Murphy for New York city is vacation left this morning where will spend | Mrs. Martha P. Hart of this eity. is spending the summer at her sum- | mer home at Oak Biuffs. She ex- | pects to return to this city late in September, Mrs. Margaret Maloney, Dennis 4 Miss Margaret Kelly of h returned from through the White anada. During the trip they visited tlre ne of B8 Anne de Beaupre. Miss Betty Hosic of 586 Arch street waa tendered a farewell party by her playmates yesterday after- noon. She was presented With a ring. Miss Hosie will sail for Glas- gow, Scotland, her former home, an Saturday. Miss Stella Kenzior of 22 Clark street has returned after a vacation spent at Short Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph MacDonald and daughter, Winifred, of Stanley street are at Mansfield Grove. NOW YOU ASK ONE SIX ON JAPAN With a filght from Seattle to Tokio now under consideration, you may want to brush up your knowl- edge of Japan. The first six of to- day's questions give you a Japanesc quiz. 1—It the Japanese islands were placed along the eastern coast of the United States, how far north and south would they extend? 2—What is the capital of Japan’ 3—How does Toklo rank In size with other cities of the old world? 4—How does the area of the Japanese islands compare with the area of the British Isles? 5—Which has the greater pop- ulation, the Japanese fslands er the British Isles? 6—\Who is the present emperor apan? 7—What metal now used ex- tensively for kitchenware was un- known to the anclents? 8—What is the study of mology ? 9—~Who was Hymen? 10—Do common house bite? of ety- flles READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS 10 BRING ARMOUR' BODY T0 AMERICA (First Available Steamer Will Carry Remains Home London, Aug. 17 (UP)—The first |available liner will bring the body of J. Ogden Armour, millionaire Chicago meat packer, back to the United States, the United Press was {informed by Armour's son-in-law, |John J. Mitchell, Jr. The vessel |probably will be the Berengaria, sailing Saturday. Definite plans, however, had not yet been formulated, he said. Mrs. Armour was the only mem- {ber of the family present when at |the Armour suite in the Hotel Carl- ton heart failire caused death at 4:30 p. m., and not until almost four hours later did she permit announce- |ment of the death to be made. As {late as 7:30 p. m. the nurse told in- | quirers {hat he was “bette | “The end came suddenly, without |final suffering,” said Mitchell. I heart simply stopped. | said nothing as the end came.” Immcdiately after death, Mrs. mour mmoned Mr. and | Mitel and Lord Dawson, | physic | “on. Mr. Armour's lungs was congested,” Mitchell said. “But death was due to heart failure.” . For several weeks Armour had | been ill. } “No definite plans have been com- pleted,” Mitchell added, “but we ex- | pect to return by the first available |liner, taking the body on the same | ship.” “His | Mr. Armour | = Mrs. | the | | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | @void Imitations askror Horlick's The ORIGINAL . Maited Milk ey uct Safe Milk and Food For INFANTS, Children, Invalids and All A ntial volume will be placed du ing the season. Hardware Age will say tomorrow in its weekly bard- ware market summary. Crop reports are encouraging and employment conditions are satisfactory. Which adds weight to the optimism of the hardware trade. Staple shelf hardware lines are very active in practically all impor- tant trading centers, in fact, un- usually active for this particular season, which is often termed tne “in between period. Collections show gradual improvement and few important price changes are noted. ® Charges Warner Violated “Hogan’s Alley” Rights Los Angeles, Aug. 17 (A—Warner Brothers, studio and Sam Warner, motion picture producers. are de- fendants in a $200,000 suit here v terday by Barney Gilmore, pl; wright and actor, who asserted that his exclusive producing rights to “Hogan's Alley” including motion picture rights, had been violated. Gilmore claimed the Warners used the name and basic theme of “Ho- gan's Alley"” for a motion picture. He asked that the defendants be en- joined from exhibiting the film. NINE UNDER ARREST IN $1,000,000 STAMP THEFT { Messengers Believed to Have Robbed Central States Electrical Supplies Co. Chicago, Ill, Aug. 17 (#—Nine messengers employed by the Central States Qeneral FElectric Supplies Company and several local insurance companies are under arrest on charges of having stolen $100,000 worth of stamps from their employ- ers in the past year. Postal authoritics and the police have been investigating the activities of the group fer six months. Police sald the men confessed they took the stamps and sold them to a com- pany which acted a Cclearing house f6r them. The “fences” paid 50 cents on the dollar for the stamps and sold them to small merchants for 85 cents on the dollar. | HARDWARE OUTLOOK BRIGHT New York, Aug. 17 — Optimism |prevalls among hardware jobbers and dealers when considering the outlook for fall business. Early or- ders on fall merchandise, have been light, but in view of the fact that carry over stocks on last year's fali goods were generally very small, the jobbing trade believes a sub- | A barber shop and beauty parlor for dogs in London varies its prices for haircuts and shampoos according to the size of the wnimal. Others Imitate "SALADA” TEA . Nonehave equalled the quality. What Are Your Needs? We'll Partition To Suit Offices in the new Commetcial Trust Company Buildigg on West Main Street will be sub- » The Anvil Column “I rented an office with you because I knew it would help my busi- ness to be associated with the class of ten- ants to be found in an office building owned and managed directly by a bank,” one of our new tenants tells us. Perhaps there’s a thought there for you, too. divided as desired with modern partitions—at our expense. Ventilation and window spaces are so ample that intricate par- titioning will not restrict your supply of abundant light and fresh air. Partitions contain frosted glass, insuringboth light and privacy. For floor plans and further information, writeor phone Walter M. Bassford, Treasurer. Evensngs 7 10 9 D.S T