New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1927, Page 1

FINAL EDITION BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 A NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1927. —EIGHTEEN PAGES COOLIDGE BEHIND Bl TREASURY'S PLAN FOR COT IN TAXE Executive Urges Republicans to Rdhere to Mellon’s Recom- mendations REPRESENTATIVE TILSON SEES DANGER OF VETO csident Feels That Program Fay- ored by House is Extravagant and That G. O. P. Senators Will Suc- ceed in Paring Down the Reduc- tion Bill—Senator Simmons Says %400,000.000 Slash Could Be Made. Dee. calling republl 000,000 m mum sx cut rccommended by the treasury tias come from President Coolidg 13 the senate is forming on strictly party lines to consider the $259,000 000 reduction bill handed it by th ouse. The president feels that the cut oted by the house, whers the demo- crats and a handful of republicans had their way with the measure, extra it in the light of the tr sury's condition. He confidently pects that when the bill reaches h lvsk for signature or veto its reduc- tion total will be that originally pro- by Sccretary Mellon—$225 000,000 In this view he is support- «d by Chairman Smoot of the scn tinanee committee, which will | ork on the me: (A rally- ans to defe 2in Sen. Simmons For Big Cut. 8cnator Smoot's efforts to lown the total will be opposed, ver, by Senator Simmon: Carolina, ranking minority membe of the committee. The southern s ator declared yesterday that a 400,000,000 reduction is entirely Another democratic -view from Representative Old ' Arkansas, chairman of the demo- ie congressional campaign mittee, Who saw in the sucees the democrats in materially fonsml house {Two Men Wounded, One Believed Seriously — Police | tom gray co W fight is or R | w brazen hi-jacking attempt fire, 20 Marion street, a West Haven real | lowed the attempt of at least half CANTON EXECUTES C i C re atter the hoil- | | st th [ vie of North | ' b m 1d | over which the r W pevising the bill a lesson to be learn- | by the the \ry. he housc esstul o party throughout democrats, he because they wi and he predicted th at large for the 1028 elections, “we 1 sweeping Vi s At Veto Fears 2t suggesiions brought sterday from the White House by sentative Tilson of Connectis 1t Scoffing republican floor leader and | might | unless its total is | that the to the measure down, Mr. Oldfield remarked “How he could justify such a veto chen we annually collecting indreds of millions of dollars from the taxpayers more than is needed or government expenses, I cannot The house bill is a fair and ust bill, but will leave the govern- ient with ample money to provide ‘or flood relicf and other much eded purposes.” President Cooli pectation, it was said Iouse, that busines: 10 prosper but he believe present state of the tre not warrant a reduction in excess AR, Mellon's $225,000,000 figure, Treasury estimates fix the sur- 18 for the current fiscal 000,000 of which § vl not hercatter be availabl is taken Into considcration b 're; cortainty that the tre (sked to provide large sums for flood control, new naval craft and othe purposes, Presidént are i ery ex- it the White will continue QUEBEC SGHOOL BURNS, 135 PUPILS RESCUED Blaze Breaks Than Two Days After Asylum Fire Quebee, Dee. 17 (UP)—Li than 18 hours after the fire in th Iren in the $t. John, Berch- n's hoarding school. While bodies s le baricd in the ruins of the Hospice Charles, the children in the lonrding school were led and car- ried to satety. Several were report- ed injurcd Last night's, fire was spec with tlames leaping high <ky and fanned by a 0 miles an liour wind. It started shortly after 9 o'clock. H snow fell all the time voungsters were being led or ried out of the building. They hs one to bed at 7:30 and had to b akened from a sound sleep. They st the ir- 1 vy would similarly | Out Less Hos- | acular | into the | ¢ h |1e marched through the streets, being | f0 ih: ory for our | {arrest Some of them were Wi a 1o W h reading: tr v D S a in dent, it was said, along with the| sury will be | co instructe: ill were believed to | is a th true America raised on the plains of Montana asked were clad only in their night gowns | and were taken to nearby fire sta- tions for temporary shelter, The task of getting the children out of the burning huilding was facilitated, however, through fact that all dormitories were on ground floor, the located in the upper section 1¢ boarding school. The fire was said to have been caused by a boiler explosion, tne (Continued on Page 3.) class rooms | | voung in ap a th at ce ye of a Connecticut avenue resident ing infuriated of MONTANAN IN SEARCH Bristol Mother Also Anx- ets Riddle West Haven Home As Realtor Battles With Robbers Search Eastern Part of State for Gray Coach With Windows Shattered by Gun Fire. West Haven, Dec. 17 ()—A phan- {a dozen men to force their way into | ch, its rear and side |Kelly's home, } indows shattered in a running gun James Kelly Wounded | ith police eerly this morning | The known wounded man s James | sought by police in the east- |Kelly, a bricklayer, and brother of f Connecticut and in|the owner of tlie house, who was | nd today as a sequel to |struck by a bullet fired by one of | have termed the most|the raiding party as he atfempted | ever ef- to reach a telephone to summon po- | cted in this vicinity. {lice. One man is known to have been| The man believed to have becn ightly wounded, another is believed | wounded is one of the ralding party, | have been seriously hurt, by gun |screams of agony coming from with- | and the liome of Owen Kelly, of |in the phantom machine indicating ! to witnesses, Reports that the had used a machine gun | occupants of the house | bei n part hode hat police Is ddled by clock this which fol- o dealer, v erally ullets, shortly after 3 erning, in a gun fight (Continued on Page 13) HILLES ASKS THIRD 19 RED RUSSIAN | ‘National Committee Vice-Chair- ommunists Slain in Streets as| } man Favors Re-tlection | {SEES DRAFT POSSlBlLlTYi Public Warning ROWDS TORTURE RADICALS | 1 | What Is There to Prevent a Munl ‘hinese Nationalists Raid Haunts of From Recelving Renomination at the Age of 55, If He Gets Radicals in Antl-Red Round-up— Martial Law Proclaimed in Chi- e nese Section of Shanghai. Notesiloliticiania ke Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. 17T Ww} arles D. Hilles, vice chairman of | the republican national committee, believes President Coolidge should | lallow himself to he renominated for | a third term. Speaking at a republican dinner | has been ordered of republican state icaders here last | v the Nanking nationalist govern- |night, Hilles completely reversed his | 1ent in its campaign against com- | former statements by coming out| The registration will be | whole-heartedly in favor of renom- | 1 out throughout the territory |ination of the president. anking government | Previously Mr. Hilles had been in- | iles. Those who do not register | clined to accept the declaration of | ill he expelled the president as finai and had so an- | Radical Haunts Raided, | nounced his attitude in August, after | During the anti-red round-up in |the executive's original announce- | anton, raids were made on the |ment, and again last week after the | aunts of radical and labor union ' meeting of the republican national | Many of these were frog|committes in Washington. The change in his stand was en- thusiastically acclaimed by the as- crowds, prisoners | sembled republicans and informal ere mutilated. conversation with the leaders today More dead than alive, those under | bore out the idea that they were herded into pson. |well pleased. xecuted later. | The national committeeman ad- At least six Russians of the Sovict | mitting in his address that he be- onsular staft were exceuted. Others {licved President Coolidge to be sin- | cre lodged in the city jail. It was|cere in his “Do not choose to run’ 1id they would likely share the fate [ pronouncement of August 2, added: their unlucky compatriots. But suppose that the national Other Russians in Canton Wwere, convention chooses that he shall run. rrested by Canton troops and taken | What is there to prevent a man re- > military headquarters. OtherS | ceiving renomination at the age of Deec. 17 (A-—Nincteen | ians have been executed in the Shanghal, reets of Canton as a warning to hose who turn to communism, ad- from Hanking stated toda The registration of all Soviet sub- | cts by De ader: oreed to run gauntlet through "U'ne were | | l | TERM FOR GOOLINGE | proof of authenticity of the papers. | | show | had reached them, the question of | come par | committee iPercey Worsley, A OPENED IN PROBE OF HEARST ‘CLUES Senate Will Spend $25,000 to Unravel Mystery Behind Mexican Documents EMBASSY BRANDS BRIBE WRITS AS FORGERIES 10 HAVE DOCTORS SAY HE WAS CRAZY Bootleg King Battles With Ex- pert Who Said He Was Sane | When He Shot Wife ‘GROSS-EXAMINES WITNESS REGARDED AS EXPERT Records of Cable and Telegraph Deftnse Succeeds in Bringing From | | Companics of New York Examined | Pr. Baber and Dr. Wolfstein Ad- Today in Quest of Proof of Au-| Wisslons that Doctors of Equal | thentleity of Papers Published By | Status Mizht Return Report Op- | Press Throughout Country— | POsed to the One They Submitted | Four Scuators Involved. toiCourt, innati to convince a j that hi% (Pr-—Fighting | of two women and | » was crazy when he | shot and kilied his estranged Imogene, last October 6, George Ke- mus today faced another struggle I vho qualified us learn- s of the mind, had joi conferees in a declaration not only when he e now. a witness for the is murder trial started five ks ago, Remus, now sane by his own afirmation as well | report of the psychiatrists | vas_deep in a baftle of wits with | Dr. E. A. Baber when court adjourn- | wd yesterday. | Remus Faces Big Handicap | Remus faced the handicap of |cvercoming the allenists’ report he |was sane. By his own declaration as bound to abide by their find- Washington, Dec. 17 (Pr—Records rapli companies of | of cable and te ten men 2 looked to today by e committs investigating t Mexican slush fund docu- lead it out of the blind alley it has encountered in quest of the Heal ments to | two ane records, relating to Mexican | [ ment message exchanged | frgt, with its New York consulate, subpoenaed by the committee as a ossible clue to the real identity of documents presented by William | Randolph Hearst which purport to | that $1,215,000 of Mexican | | money was intended for four Amer | can senators. Following the flat denial of the senators—RBorah, Norris, Heflin and LaFollette—that any of the mone Th govern wer ing. dis defense succeeded {in bringing from Dr. Baber and also Dr. David L. Wolfstein admissions that despite their conclusions other doctors of equal status might return a report diametrically opposed to |that submitted by them. | After an overnight study of hypo- |thetical questions covering 109 pag- es of foolscap paper, Judge Chester R. Shook promised a decision today upon whether the question siould be ed the alienists. Should he rule in favor of Remus, who burned the' BRISTOL MAN FACES ! preparing the interrogation, the trial would be lengthened by at least two ested days. Putting the question to each |of the threo alienists would be a | Itask of three to four hours. | Judge Cites Decision Judge Shook cited a decision of the United States supreme court to | {uphold his right to place a limit | Percy |upen the length of the question, but | {, who |assured Remus of carcful consider- on the |ation. H.| Should examination of Dr. Baber | d the |and the third alienist, Dr. Charles was | W. Keily, be completed today, there po- | would remain the submission of pro- |posed special charges to Judge | the documents’ authenticlty has Sriny amount and in mination to unravel the m intends to employ the cret service §f necessary. s be- its deter- ! | (Continued on Page 13) on E. H. Elton’s Complaint (8peclal to the Herald) Bristol, December 24 — Worsley of 4 Edgewood str left Bristol November 1 me day that his employer, Elton, lccal milk dealer, repor theft of $1,000 from his hom ersted today and brought to headquarters for qurstioning. vere taken in a motor car to police { 55, which always has been and still Jquarters, The car had a $ign 'is the very best age for a man to be ten in Chinese on white cloth |first inaugurated president? What “To Revenge the People.” | can deter any man or woman In the Slain Thursday. |state of New York from expressing | ccn other Russians were ja preference for him? Is there any | Condemned as reds | question that he would overwhelm | 1y opponent in the state of New | ¥ | York and in the nation?" “I think all of us would like ¢ as the head of our national ticket,” declared Mr. Hilles, simple and great American now occupies the [ Calvin Coolidge. He is absolutely | sincere, I have no doubt, in choosing | not to run. But until he declares that he will not accept it nominated, or serve it elected, a great many of the legion of his admirers will con- | tinue to hope for his nomination. Thirte ance to the burcau of public sa 4 shot by a military squad crcution was carried out openly, pparently the authorities having in jew the salutary effcet which this rocedure would have on the com- mist_situation. Martial law is in effcct in the hine n of Shanghai. United tates marines and British and Jap- nese troops are patroling distri 1 which demonstrations are like st vigilance is belng main- 1 “that | who | White House— Russia Sends Reply. Moscow, Dec. 17 (B—The Soviet (Continued on Page 16) { home. !Shook and debate upon them, with | small chance that arguments would Wor one of Eiton's most trusted has made no statement to the police. He was ar- |be reached before Monday rested at 11:30 o'clock this morning | Prosecutor Charles P. by Degective Sergeant McGillicuddy land Charles H. Elston, shortly” after he had made his first | With Remus, were of the visit home since the day of the theft. [however, that should Judge Shook | Worsley 18 one of several em- |limit the length of the hypothetical | ployes who had access to the Elton |question some of the arguments On the night of November 11 {might be reached before adjourn- | Elton went to a bridge party and ment today. | upon his return home found the Under that schedule the case prob- money missing. About §300, mostly |ably would go to the jury late Mon- in coin, found in the cash box |day evening, they said. from which the great amount had | = been taken. An automobile purchased fro local agency ral months ago was later found in a Hartford arage ! where it apparently had been aban- doned on the night of the theft. The ! car had becn purchased of {tional bill of sale and \lnrw‘d back to the agency. Taft, 11, | co-counsel opinion, THE. WEATHER New Britain and vicinity ‘air tonight and Sunday slightly colder tonight; con- tinued cold Sunday | secretary of agr |alleged leign agricultural products in | exist in Europe. TELEGRAPH FILES REMUS HAS FIGHT | Children Kidnapped in Bristol Are Located in Springfield, O. Mysterious Disappearance Last August Solved by the Police—Father Suspects Wife Who Later Got Reno Divorce. 1) Following ths In wi in the message The father of is employed 1 ich % throughout the he asked and Bonaventure Joseph the children, who n a local manufactur- and is well regarded by employers neighbors, ned from one night d both ch missing. He inquired of nelghtors and learned that during the dav o high-powered car, carrying California registration plates, had driven up in front of the house, and the two children wer picked up. That was the last heard from the chiidren until ight when he was notified of being loc in the Ohio city. (Continued on Page and March Marct Forest from i it cated in Spring- las Toc 1 pol 1 contaln department spector of g in- | No| | 13.) CHANGEINTARIFE RESIDENTS OPPOSE NO AID TO FARMER GAS METER SLEUTHS Agriculture Secretary Tells Re- Rhode Islanders Dislike Spying publican Club ‘ in Their Gellars FOREIGN MARKETS NEEDED MANY CONDEMN SITUATION| | Jardine Sces Agriculture Become | Bitter Fight To Discontinue Plan Report Names of Still Owners In Their | Tess and Industry More Depend- | Where Gas Emploes ent on European Marts—Urges Stability of Commercial Relations. Districts, New York, Dec. 17 (P—A change in the American protective tarifi would harm the farmer more than it would aid him, W. M. Jardine, ulture, told the Re- | R. L, Dec. 17 (P— cellar espionage” by the Providence, | Opposition to | meter readers of Valley Gas and ctric company. rves the cities of Pawtucket, Falls and Woonsocket, Attleboro, Mass.,, and the towns {of Cumberland and Lincoln, R. I, | has taken five definite directions. publican club “The ttme approaching,” he said, “when tariff protection will be more important to agriculture than to industry in this country, since agriculture is becoming less and in- | wpresentative Leopold dustry more dependent foreign | Maynard, republican, of Central et 1lls has asserted that he intends to Agricultural 0 into the matter” of the com- ed, have been pany's ordering 120 of its employes diminishing 1 | to report all stills, at the request of ports, and ¢ the United States district attorney, becoming a {and “see what can be done to coi- of the coun total dom pro- |Fect it.” Aifotiontinlas 1ouitr “If legislation s necessary it will The total vais of _ | be fortncoming at the seasion next DOTS Hntrenkce month,” Mr. Maynard asserts. The period 1900-1904 Rhode Island general assembly co 1922-26, he said | venes January 3, all other exports | Democrat Denounces il | Francis B. Condon, former demo- Agricalture Less Dependant | Irr.mc floor leader in the Rhode Is- Since agriculture is hecoming less | 1and house —of representatives, in an industry more dependent on the | d¢claring that “if the citizens of this [ a0 Sl [ R state or other states will stand for et haso ey this they are pretty far gone and important to agriculture that pro-| Wil stand for anything” urgs tection should be maintained against | householders to eject any gas com- foreign competition in our markets, | PANY_emploves Those who, unthinkingly or in | SceKing information that is not ths spirit of political revenge, would | COMPARY'S busine wreck our protective s em in the interest of agriculture, | should stop to think what it would really mean. Competition of for- our felt by our on declar- rs a products, he for many vy rt of America’s ex- cultural exports are diminishing percentage s r cent for the the perfod the value of d 338 per| to whi increas gly (Continued on Page Three) BIG GERMAN HOWITZER markets would be keer farmers and agricul would sure- ly suffer with the rest because of that instability of commercial rela- tions which dr tariff changes | would er Another d risal of the tariff on to agricul e United §! (rgest free trade 1 out that are no trad ctor Relic Has Been Ob- tained for City m: this barriers such as | n country | Gov fied Commander Nathan Avery of Eddy-Glover Post, Amcrican Legion that a 210 German Howitzer can- non has been assigined to the Legirn and indirectly to the city of New Needed reial free- Freedom to i al “In addition o (Continued on Page 16.) onsul general at Shanghai has been Britain. The huge gun weights 11 to inform the Nanking ! tionalists t the Russlan gov- nment never recognized them, ass, the Soviet news agency learns. George chitcherin, Soviet foreign | THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS tons, and it is estimated that the cost of freight to t £100. Commander Avery will appoint a committer at once to interview the proper city authorities to ascertain (Continued on Page 15.) ation of the war relic. It is that the “Back To Your OF BERLIN GIRL'S LOVE ious to Make Match for Son ‘IF YOu FLUNK— NO MORE / FOOTDBALL | PRINCIPAL LP SIADE Although Rossi denies she the writer of note received at yor Weld's office asking that an merican sheik” be sent to her by > Miss Rossi is certain to WHAT MAY HAPPEN o ot TA, [ OBLUM RuaT ¢ ceive s A letter was Hartford resident hat while he allers. ceived today from who declared is not a sheik he is a having been born and He a letter which he en- sent to the young woman, carciul to explain he is a 1 of good habits and has a good that A Bristol woman called to ask the dy's address saying she son 24 years of age who is gr terested. She admitted pplicant is not really a sheik but | ided, “he isn't afraid to go out in he dar The Bristol man will call Miss Rossi's home Sunday. Among the five telephone calls re- vived by retary R. J. Bardeck ssterday was one giving the name nt for the hohor of be- 000KS* 7 /{wu x ENsiGy g L ony PiCTURE < FROM WiOW B . PARK Gy ISTAL NG NEw OLEACKES IN COURT SOME Day/ RESPECTFUILY SUGGESTTED BY CONSTAAT READE 2 wiSHTHEY D LEAVE ME ALONE® THE EATIRE BURGLATZ. FRATERNTY SEEMS TO BE. ENCAGED Iy TRY NG 10O BUST (TS WAY INFO TAck PUTTERMAN'S HELP sked to pay the expense of wnsportation, the Legion taking - that the gun i3 for the ew Britain. The move obtain this gun started in Wash- ington, D. . Robert Conroy, a lo- cal Legionnaire frequently inquired the war department {f ther were any war relics available before the information came that this gun at the government arsenal at NI Britain was Command- y He at once made application, through Governor Trumbull and the necessary formali- [ties were complated. MRS, ROGERS GUILTY Texas, College Girl Must FREORICKSON STAFF £1 te ritan, Ia Grange, Serve 14 Yeas For Robbing Parmers' Bank. LaGrange, Te R Dec. 17 (P Iy Rogers w and guilty by a jury here today of robbing the Farmers National bank Buda, Texas, and was sentenced | to 14 years in rison The former University of Texas 1 1o sign of emotion when cerdict was returned. She matn- ) fc s hece v | the taine polled dict md each juror said his ver- was guilty. FAMOUS EDUCATOR DIES Chicago, Dec. 17 (P—Dr. Thomas Waketield Goodspeed, who did much toward the founding of the Univer- sity of Chicago, died at his home he vesterday, following a stroko g the “Aumierican sheik.” L of paralysis, He was 85 years old. Week Ending Dec. 10th ... Blackstone | R, | “prying about anl| MAY BE SHIPPED HERE John H. Trumbull has notl- | city will be| common council | her calm when the jury was | verage Daily Circulation For 14,477 PRICE THREE CENTS ‘LINDY'S' MOTHER WILL VISIT HIM IN MEXICO CITY 8,000 School Children ~Sing Songs in Tribute to ntrepid Flier Today 181000 LABORERS WAL IN BIG STREET PARADE — Evangeline Lindbergh Plans 10 | | Mrs Get Leave of Absence From Classes to Spend Christmas Wity Hero Son—Flier Invited to Wite ness Bull Fight on Sunday, Bu§ More Tha: 60 Protests Comq From United States. Detroit, Dec geline L. ries to accept the Calles and Mexico City She prob {day or Monday |in Mexico City eit? |urday. It was b 2 would travel alone in a compartment, ale though her brother, Charles Landg may accompany her. It will be necessary Lindbergh to obtain = leave of absence from city high school where she teaches a chemistry class Mexico City, Dec. 17 (P—six thousand school children today had the opportunity of singing their songs in tritute to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh President Calles pro tional holiday in the fiy and all government departments were ordered closed. This was done in order to permit employes to ate tend the festival organized by the department of education in the na- tional stadium. There Lindbergh will hear the communit the children of the pris Students Plan Serenade Older students organized enade in honor of the Ameri | bassador of good will. They intend {to march to the American cmbassy | tonight to sing and play for him. { President Calles of Mexico and Mexteo’s next prospective p General Obregon, will enter |realm of the airman next | when Lindbergh takes them aloft as { his guests, | President Calles him. first | broached the subject to the fiyer. It was understood that he had Leen | considering making a flight with ! Lindbergh ever since the lone eagle {arrived. Linaby immediately agreed to the sug It was then svggested that former President Obregon who is the only candidate to succeed Calles be in- | vited to make a flight after the president. This was agreed to. “Of course 1 will go,” Obregon I'said when told of the invitation. "I | have never flown but T will go with | Lindbergh. Thi a good chan to strengthen international re tions, because if we crash Lindbergh and T will be buried together.” Labor Pays Tribute Labor also desires to pay its trie | bute to Lindbergh. The Confederas | tion of Mexican Workers invited the | fiier to attend labor parade | tomorrow in 180,000 will march through the (Continued ITUP)~ bergh, Lindbergh, invitation spend € with her son. ave here Sune moining, arriving or Sate, | Mrs. E | A. | | | for Mrs imed a nas r's honor i | is n streets of whic the on 15) 'BANKER CONBS WEST * HOR HIONAPPED LD {Tortured Father Waits in Vain for Return of Little Girl | | Los Aug and a mot of hours of susp: | “anything. thing would bring back 12 Parker, who was k day from her ngeles junior | at the price vould be mone telephone call , today all” r old Marion napped Thurse oirc Los school . return ed in & light by 1ssist- les bank. yurported to ced A husky be that | Parker were ier of voice, of th over th A Christi money hom- v owill b a window if my lon the front porch, plicd. The banker sat for his rkened home with a roll of money his hand waiting in vain for the | return of his i Tt was ot until t he told thrown out of irl is placed the father re- lit hours in hours of friends d. Al- nt to continue had little o ceiv | though he | his vigil | hope left. ! In the m Hice oft | were en las one of the hunts in the history of Southern | California. Newspapers and radio | earried descriptions of the girl and the man who called for her at her school Thursday declaring he wish- ed to take her to her father whe had been injured in an accldent, he declared he antime hundreds of po- s of Southern California wits deseribed extensive man ed in wi mos