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" PREDICTED IN 2 + (Continued From First Page) ter were 57 cents as against §6.3 cents in 1926. Weekly earnings were $27.10 as inst $27.01. There were no notable decreascs in wages except in textiles and not cven in that industry in Connecticut, be said. Savings deposits, according to the aker, have increased. The figures \liow & contifual rise during the past The per capita savings in inecticut are $483. General bank cposits in Conneetleut show a gai J¢ & hundred million dollars. Edger- 20 per cent bet war, b conditions are off slight- figures are off but while the rest of the cight per cent. Hr §20d the service predicts @ ding year with a de- ly good bu building made ase in apartmen tp in other lines. Babson expects highway construction, and Counccticut’s program seems to bear Lis out. | Priess, he said, after sagging, stiff- | ,ed in the fall. He expects to see | them lessen keener of competition | permit the manufacturers a bet- for margin of profit. The cost of lv- < is lower in some quarters, off as auch as four per cent, he said. ransportation and distribution, Dower said, werc not quite so ac- ve. Ton mileage was off three per nt. Car loadings off two and a half wr cent were still one per cent sove 1925, With a gross decrease of 225 million dollars, the net de- crease was held by the railroads at million. He said this means ef- | siciency with new mileage per day and new high loading peaks. A notable feature of the year, he | said. was the reversal of interna- 11 gold movements because it was cheaper to ship gold than pay schange rates. He said easy money looks good in 1928 but depends argely on the federal reserve board. ' Forcign trade, he asserted, points |, The eyes of the navy—great seaplanes like those pictured above—are to take an interesting |part in the Pacific maneuvers. The huge guns of the U. S. S. the hands that follow the eyes. LINDBERGH HOPS OFF \FOR MANAGUA AT 11:36 (Continued from First Page) friendly smile has conquered them, A commission representing each | of the seventeen departments of Honduras paid the Lone Eagle final tribute and Gregorio Reyes, repre- senting the department of Olancho, 18 spokesman ended his speech with note of regret at Lindbergh's' 1o increasing forelgn markets. The |ghore stay. capitalization of Connecticut corpor- | ns in 1927 dropped from $113,- 160,000 to $85,000,000 milllon. This | was due to one or two large merlen{‘ and giving this due consideration ihey show on the whole an increase | _ioq” rrom Tegueigalpa to A of 3 million dollars. The number of corporations increased from 819 | lo 925, Mercantile establishments increased from 305 to 396, Failures increased from 619 492 and average liabilities from 10,- 400 to $13,500, due to keener compe- tition. ! For the 1428 forecast Dower sald | that all authorities agree there will be no price inflation during thel vear. The Harvard research corp-‘ looks for active business. Brookmire | iredicts definite improvement. Busi- | Fitory lest Sandino, uredictaia - ment includes both anti-aircraft and | ness will be overshadowed some by | planned for Leon. duran capital to capital would pass over the district “I wish instead of days I could stay weeks in Honduras,” Lindbergh | replied. Avoids Battle Fields The fiyer's route today—150 miles anagua Nicaragua, via Leon. His course was from 25 to 30 miles to the west of | where United States marines are ar- rebel gencral No stop was ed against the ugustino Sandino. A direct airline from the the Hon-, Nicaraguan where Americans have given their lives in battle against Sandino. Lind- bergh was warned to avoid this ter- ! whose equip- ‘lection and the federal reserdve |machine guns, should fire upon his | vt ‘board policy. Business in the first half of 1928 | will exceed the last half of 1927 but | not the first half of 1927. President ated & new and stronger bond of ' Jose Maria Moncada, leader of the|No. 5 was called to Wilson street. plane, New Friendship Made | The flight of Lindbergh has cre- Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Co. |friendship between Honduras and sees increased business from the de- |the United States, mand of the railroad construction, | Paz Barahona said at a. re and agricultural inter. |the presidential palace. automotive President Miguel on in The pres ests, Jron and steel production has dent declared: not increased as rapidly as unfilled | “In few countries has your recep- orders, 80 increased business in these tion been as modest as ours, but in .breducts is anticipated. C. W. Bar. |few countries could it | more sincere and cordial. On the first of | celving you as the glorious ambassa- |dor of the air, I believe T interpret iths ron says industrial leaders are uni- versally optimistic. 1928 he said there were §5 million 4utomobiles, as against 3,066,000 in been re- have sentiments of the Honduran 1927 and 3,937,000 in 1926. | people and my government in tend- There are no prospects of wage |ering you the homage of our admir- |and our beloved Honduran father- | General Moncada as the leader of and.” Minister of Finance Julio Lozane presented the flyer with a gold watch as a souvenir. Lindbergh looked at it for several minutes smiling as he opened and closed it as if he were playing with a toy. While Lindbergh was seated on the right hand of tihe president champagne was servea. Lindbergh took the cup given him by the presi- dent with the ever present olive. He raised the glass to those present and | slightly touched the champagne witin his lips, then ate the olive. The Honduran beauties were sur- prised when they learned that Lind- bergh did not dance, for all antici- pated dancing with him. They did, however, manage to shake the flyer's hapd at a reception at the city hall where they fought one another for the privilege. Managua, Nic.,, Jan. 5 (®—A re- public has been founded in Nueva 'govia district by General Augustino Sandino, rebel leader with whom United States marines are | fighting. Moncy has been coined in the name of the republican government and prohibition of intoxicants es- tablished with severe penalties. Death is the penalty for a man con- vieted of selling liquor; a convicted woman's property is burned. The rebel leader changed the name of San Fernando to Sandino when he established the republic. andino was a leader in the Iib- army commanded by General opposition to the conservative Diaz government., In compliance with an agreement negotiated by Henry I.. Stimson, President Coolidge’s per- sonal envoy, the liberal forces laid down thei rance that next August a fair national election would be held. Levies Taxes Sandino gathered & number of those dissatisfled with the settlement about him. He seized and operated American mines and levied taxes in the district. the ! wrms last July with thes practicing attorney and wrongful use : > (Continued frem First Page) investigator, frem $1,800 te .$3,000; 9:00, Prosecuting. Attorney J.:G. Woods, request for an in salary from $3.000:to $4,000; 9:15, Assistant Presecuting = Attorney W. M. Greensteln, vequest for .an in. crease from $4500 te :$3,600; 9:30, building commissien, -request for |salary increase for Mra A. L. | Bchrey, clerk, from $1,300 to' §1,. 400; for Mason P. Andrews, elec- trical inapector, from $3,300 to §3,- 700; for O. A. Peterson, plumbing inspector, from $2,700 to $3,000, At 8 o'clock tomerrow evening, 'THE VOGUE - SHOE SHOP Two Thirty-Six Main St California, shown here, are the official Sandino. | Sandino has maintained that the | peace settlement was forced upon {the liberals by the United States. He |scems to be a radical enthusiast | with persuasive powers and at one Jume styled himself “the wild beast {of the mountains.” His depreda- | tions have won for him the name of { bandit and assassin even from mem- ibers of his own party. Engineers and others familiar with | the Nueva Segovia region say that his support is not bolshevism but a | rising of the people against the suc- | cessful and influential, stirred up by | | political and racial prejudices. These prejudices are partly due, they de- | | clare, tg political opposition to the | conservative government of Nicara- | gua and partly to the feeling of anti- | Americanism which is stated to have | hurst into fresh flame when the ma- | rines came into the region to estab- | ish order. Sandino today was belleved by the | marines and national guardsmen oc- | | cupying Quilali to be awaiting a fav- | | orable opportunity to attack his for- | mer stronghold, the taking and hold- |ing of which had already cost the | lives of six Americans, opposition repudiated | FOUR GRASS FIRES and Narrow The fire department was called to |four grass fires today. At 10:35 a. (m., Co. No. 4 was called to Black Rock avenue; at 11:55, f‘,n.‘ No. 3 went to Eddy-Glover boulevard: at 11:25 p. m., Co. No. 7 was called to | Wellington street, and at 1:42, Co. | None of the fires | auvpeE | were serious, FACES CHARGES Washington, Jan. 5 (#—Charges ' of corruption and extortion while a lof his office as solicitor of the 17th | Judicial district of North Carolina, |were filed with a senate judiciary sub-committee today against Judge {Johnson L. Hayes of Greensboro, | | S | WOULD BRIDGE CHAMPLAIN Washington, Jan. 5-UP—Authority | decreases this year. No labor trou- ation and the assurance that your bles are predicted. Connecticut state , portentous flight across the tropical tnances are in a healthy condition with & margin of a million and & | e half between revenue and expendi- noble tures. Today marked the beginning of an attendance campaign. Teams head- ed by Leon A. Sprague and Frank H. Shield competed with the following captains reporting 100 per cent: A. H. Beott, William Mueller, O. L. Lord, Logan Page and Russell Hub- bard. S8hield’s team: A. A. Mills, G. K. 8pring, W. H| Crowell, Willlam H. Day and Max Unklebach. THREE MEET DEATH AS FLAMES SWEEP ANGIENT HOSTELRY (Continued from First Page) Kenna them. Fleiscl bases his theory of incen- diarism on the fact that it was the | fourth time that the 100.year-old hotel had been afire within the past | few months. The blazes were dis- covered and extinguished with little damage on the other three occasions. | T ¢ was first discovered Kitchen Mrs, IMeisch at 1:17 Fhe aroused her hushan tempted to rowie the their beds. Fanned by a high wind the flames soon wera roaring through the old | ame struct nd those already | awakened were forced to run for | their lives. | Hours after tha fire this morning. however. o reriff MeK H his wife a e waiter ng. 00d on the side but were unable to reach | porch by this mornine. 4 they at- guests from | had heen The hotel steep hill. fron stories on the half storis of a ng two and one-half road and four and a | the rear. | No Fire Escapes Tt had no fire eseapes and hecanse | of the ep hillside and the remen weors to riise la Aers to the flamee | nle windows n no sheriff or | family name of | Kenna s city nor a peace | o fieer of ar rank by that name Tt e said to tior af the sun skies has created a new and strong- er bond of friendship between the nation of the United States Major G. D. Hatfleld, United States | for the states of New York and Ver- marine corps, sent Sandino an ulti- | mont to enter into an agreement to atum demanding that he lay down bridge Lake Champlain would be 'THURSDAY, .JANUARY 5, 1928. Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis will be heard relative to his request for an increase in mlary of Mrs Mae B. Jackson, deputy cellector, trom $1,600 to $1,800, Miss Evelyn Anderson and Miss Margaret Jack- son, clerks in the office, from $20 to $33 weekly, each; 3:15, public works department, request for in- crease in mlary of Secretary George H. Johnson from $2.200 to $2,800, and of Superintendent M. P. O'Brien of the sewer department from $3,- 100 to $3,400; 8:45, fire department, request for increase of 50 cents per day In pay of captains, lieutenants and privates; 9:15, Clerk E. J. Dan- | berg of city and police courts, re- |quest for an appropriation of $600 per year for clerical assistance in court office. 30, police department, request for salary increases as fol- lows: Chief, from $3,700 to $4,000; captain, $2,800 to §3,000; lleuten {ants, 2,600 to $2,750; sergeants, $2,350 to $2,450. 'RAIDING POLICE FIND FILTHY HOME CONDITION Police Call Health Authorities At- tention to Conditions at Sey- mour Park. In a raid this forenoon at the |home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Laa- |tauskas of 144 Thornley street, Ser- geants P. J. O'Mara and M. J. Flynn found conditions of such a nature i that Captain Kelly made a report to. the department of health. The home is close to the Newington town line {in the Seymour Park district, and |the couple.are #aid to live under onditions bordering on filthy. The sergeants found a dead pig in the yard behind the house and from its such as is used in the of liquor, was a veritable bugs, according to the . A few quarts of al were seized by the police Lastauskas was notified urt tomorrow ::e charge of violation of the liquor law. It is said the police have evi- | dence of. a sale of alleged liquor by Mrs. Laustauskas. city, was reported Fa:mlngmn by Constable Nathan Fuller today and on investigating. the local police learned that the owner had left it, intending to re- turn, and drive it away, but in the meantime it had been removed and | he could not find it. JANUARY SA Children’s, Women’s, Misses’, Boys’ and Men’s Hosiery and Buckles BEGINNING TOMORROW, all our footwear will be marked down—legitimately marked down— radically marked down, and we’ll say no more. We'll simply give you a synopsis of the reductions and styles below. Our windows and a store full of wonderful shoes—wonderfully underpriced— Tell the rest! Come and judge for yourself. A FEW BROKE LE THE VOGUE SHOE SHOP Two Thirty-Six Main St. SWEEPING CLEARANCE INCLUDING INCLUDING Red Cross, Sherwood, Florsheim, Simplex, Buster Brown and Propher Arch SIZES AND LOTS Were $6.00, $7.00, $800 This Pattern in Patent Kid Tan and Satin Cut-Out, Plain, Wide Straps Now $3.85 Step-in Pumps Black Satin, Black Velvet, Patent and Tan Kid. Various Heels With Bows and Beaded Buckles - Regular $7.50, $8.00, $9.00, $10.00 REDUCED TO Strap Pumps All Leathers and Heels Also Satin Suede and Velvet $4.d85 $6.85 THE ABOVE SHOES ARE ONLY A FEW OF OUR STYLES INCLUDED IN OUR SALE This Lattice Tie 5 in all shades of Leather and Satin All Heels Various Other Styles to Choose From his arms. Sandino refused to com- ply or to even discuss the matter. | given under a bill approved today by | the house judiciary committee, - -Coat-Getters DOESNT IT 1 ‘GET YOUR 1 e A REAL WINTER “GroRre G THAT MEMPER OF THE. FAMILY WROGE. LOT 1T KES REAL GPORTING BLOOD WHEN IT GO HAPPENG ¢ THAT ONE. MUGT GWT~ AL BY ONES LOMEG'OME. - N THE. RUMBLE. GEAT, - ON A coLD, corD WINTER'SY nGHTS £ . 74 ©1327 8Y NEA SCRVICE. NC IT 5 TO MAKE. THE DASW FOR THE: PORNING ’ Broken sizes and lots. RED CROSS SHOES o | “The Tonic for. Tined Geet Entire Stock of Sherwood Shoes Reduced RED CROSS SHOES ENTIRE LINE REDUCED Including various style Heels and Leathers. Regular $10.00 and $11.00. These Are All' RED CROSS ARCH TONE SHOES Fit Guaranteed - ANOTHER WINTER GPOR( 1G> THE- CHAP. WHO KEEPS 1P W& COLD BAG S PROP - HER All Styles and- Leathers HOUSE SLIPPERS Reduced 98¢ ..« 89¢ SIRL G A WEAL SPORT WHO CAN WEAR HER WOOL HOSE ALL DAY LONG- - FOR e FRST TIME 7d Opp. the Monument " Patent and Regular $10.00, Reduced The Teathers and He; in this group. above pattern .,” N in practically all els. Various other styles Regular $10.00, $11.00 and $12.00 Newest Satin Opera Shades in Tan Ties and Straps Reduced ARCH SHOES REDUCED TO 48 HOSIERY Reduced $1.39%: Pair BUSTER BROWN SHOES REDUCED 15% REDUCED 15% Child’s, Misses' Boys’ and Girls' BUCKLES Reduced 15% | | | l | HOSIERY Silk and Wool e $1.00 F "] VOGUE SHOE SHOP 236 MAIN STREET In the Heart of the City