New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1929, Page 1

£, | Nows of the World By. Associsted Pross ESTABLISHED 1870 (RAZE TORUN AWAY MARKS GIRLS LIFE Young Woman Who Shot “Sell in Bristol May Recover FOSTER FATHER VISITS HER Miss King, 17, Afflicted With Wan- derlust, Owce Left Home tn Clar- moant, N, H, to Joia Chorus of Musical Comedy. (Spectal to the Herald) Bristol, Jan. 11—No change was «pparent today in the condition of Miss Evelyn King, 17, of Manches- ter, N. H., who shot herself in the loft side at police headquarters Wednesday afternoon with a 33 caliber Colt's police apecial, taken from the gun rack in the prosecu- ting attorney's room where she was | heing detained. Dr., H. D. Brennan, who performed the operation for the | cearirrnnd e s FINANGIAL GIANTS T0 GOME TO GRIPS trated in six places by the bullet, stated that there was a fair chance for her recovery. Stewart Announces He Will Fight Rockefeller’s Attempt to Oust Him e —— COL. RORER® W. STEWART: Foster Father Arrives John P. King of Claremont, New Hampshire, foster father of the girl, arrived in Bristol at §:40 p. m. Thursday ano went to the hospital. He told a Herald representative to- day that the girl gave no reason for the suicide attempt and sald that she could not remember just what happened. New York, Jan. 11 (UP)—A tre- Mr. King stated that he and his | mendous struggle between financial NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, DETROIT NURDER__ PLOT IS PROBED Counter Cbarges Fly When i Women Are Questioned |PROSECUTOR IN DILENMA Intigpe After Intrieno Intimwlod| .\ (1o Fog. Jen. 11—~ As Mrs. Grace Wood is Held For | An official statement issued in be- 3 | half of General Bramwell Booth late Asaault With Intent to Kill Hus- | 153ay said that after listening care- | | fully to a deputation from the grand |- “band, | council which had urged his retire- | Detroit, Mich, Jan. 11 (UP)— |ment, he announced that he would | Four women, ranging in age from |§iVe his answer on Monday. [s5 o7 : i On Sick Bed |25 to 70, held the spotlight today 88| yying on a sick bed in his seaside police investigated an’ alleged. at- | cottage, General Booth received & tempt Tuesday night to kill Ralph |deputation of seven members from | Wood, wealthy builder. the high council which had been en- | | trusted with the task of presenting Charies, ¥ly him with a resolution adopted by Intrigue after intrigue Was |that body asking that he retire be- charged, and counter charges flew |cause of the state of his health, at !so fast that Professor James E.|the same time retaining all his hon- | ; 5 |ors and dignity. |Chenot admitted he was in &)y waqan aftecting scene that was | dilemma to straighten them out. | enacted at the bedside of the aged | Mrs. Grace Wood, trim-figured | and clear-complexioned but obvious- | ly her husband's senior, is charged | with directing & plot against her husband's life. She is charged wifh S[NAT"R BINEHAM directing a plot against her hus- | band's life. She is charged with as- | |sault with intent to Kill, & crimci | carrying life imprisonment. | Mrs. Cecil Holt, 25, wite of ons lof four men allegedly hired to kill Discusses Commercial Aviation Wood, is credited with getting her | [Rasaie tip police of the plan ‘wml soufl] Ameflcan GOlllm'ies and enable them to prepare an am- General Booth Will Give Answer ' Monday to Request That He Quit ‘ As Leader of the Salvation Army [Aged Executive Listens Carefully to Deputation Which Asks His Retirement — Confers With Sister Evangeline, American Commander — Dele- gates Received In Sickroom. and physically stricken head of the army. Each of the seven members of the deputation advanced to the bed of the general and clasped his yhand with wishes for his recovery. | The chairman then placed before {him the high council’s resolution. The statement on the general's de- cision to give his answer Monday was issued by his chlef nurse, Brigadier Smith, who added: Is Undisturbed “The general received the deputa- tion very calmly and wonderfully like the saint he is. He heard the de- cision of the high council last night from his wife. He took it with the utmost calm, saying only ‘I wonder who is in this." When the deputation (Continued on Page 19) COUNTERFEIT TRAIL RUNS TOTHIS CITY New Britain Band Suspected of Passing Sparions Notes wife adopted Evelyn when she was but two weeks old. Although Mr. King has made several attempts to locate the mother during recent |seat Col. glants was seen here today as like- | bush in which a co-conspirator was ly to result from John D. Rocke-|shot dead. feller, Jr.'s, announced plan to un-| Held As Witness vears, his efforts have been unsuc- cessful. chairman of the Indiana Standard | standard oOll company. On Parole a Year | Rockefeller was reported to have The girl, according to Mr. King. |aligned holders of huge blocks of was paroled from the State Indus-|the Indiana concern stock in his trial school at Manchester, N. H. move to remove Stewart at the about a year ago, after having serv- | March annual meeting of the com- ~d a year, and was living with him | pany. Rockefeller himself holds only and his wite. Shortly after being|a minority interest in the concern, yaroled she secured a position in ® |but s reported bringing pressure <hoe factory in Claremont and was through the Rockefeller philan- rarning good wages. Shortly after |thropic bodies and through power- Christmas, she exhibited & restless- | tul Wall street associates to acquire ness and a few days later disappear- |enough proxies to accomplish his +d. Her whereabouts was unknown | purpos: intil Mr. King was advise} by tele- | He has let it be known he regards craph of the girl's attempt to take | Stewart as unsuited to the place. her life. | Stewart, known in the financial King said that she was committed | world as a fighting man, has defied to the industrial school after she |(he Standard Ol king hitherto and had run away from home. When she nag tgnored Rockefeller's requst first disappeared she joined the tpat e step down. Stewart is be- chorus of a musical show. Bhe later|jjoved to feel that his ‘acquittal of tan away again, going to Boston. perjury charges in connection with Believed Girl Enticed From Home | ihe senate’s oil investigation have Mr. King, in discussing the irl's cjiminated any cause for his re- leaving home, thought it possible ;oval from the Indiana concern. that she may have been enticed t0 Byt Rockefeller is determined to go this city. S8he was acquainted with & | ¢hrough with his fight. Biristol man whose people live &t| giowart revealed here that he will (laremont, and Mr. KIng under- co'to Chicago to consult his ad- stands that he is working $n Bristol. | icors before announcing his future ile was home over the Christmas | .ourse. He told interviewers “many lolidays and left Claremont the |poreoie are concerned in this be- same day uas the girl, the foster ggeq himself and may have been in- father believes, He i8 attempting 10| gyced to buy stock in the company, locate the man in this city. and these must all be considered. Detective Sergeant Daniel McGil- | In this connection, it was reported licuddy today stated . that his de-|ip,¢ gtewart is rallying to his ban- partment had not been asked 0 10- |, iors “many Indiana company em- cate any man and he was UNAWAre |, ovo8 who have bought stock in the of the fact that the girl had men- concern, and is ready for a real | fight with the oil world's leader. | There are more than 9,000,000 (Continued on Page 13.) {John D. Rockefeller, Jr., owns !slightly more than 400,000 of these. Through his family and the Rocke- | feller philanthropic {interests, how- |ever, he has control apparently over |proxies for more than 1,000,000 shares. Ten Carried Unconscious /shares of Indiana outstanding and‘ Robert W. Stewart as| Mrs. Mary C. Sith-Baumgartner, 70, M Wood's mother, is held as |a police witness, Chenot believing she can cast light on the case. | In the background woman, Mrs. Blanche Wood, who divorced the builder six years ago. She refused to deny or affirm re- ports that she and her former hus- | |band planned to remarry, but she expressed sympathy for him and condemined Grace Wood for making him “unhappy.” The so-called death plot against Wood was foiled because of the po- lice ambuscade arranged on Holt's information. Ambrose Hagerty, & | plotter, was killed, two others, Wil- | liam Thompson and Taylor Pierce were captured and confessed, and Holt was absolved. A deputy sheriff was wounded in the fight. William O. Krommer, Mrs. Wood's |attorney, planned to k habeas corpus writs for all those held branding the plot story as “ridic ulous.” He said he would make pub- lic by tomorrow information defi- nitely clearing Mrs. Wood of the charge. * Client Tricked “Mrs. Wood was tricked finto being with these men at various times and going through actions which now look as if she had joined in a conspi he said. “But there has been so much intrigue in this case that T doubt it the con- spirators themsclves knew what wis going on.” Holt told Prosccutor Chenot that Mrs, Wood had drunk with the plot- ters Tuesday and joined them in a rehearsal of the attack on Wood. This Kronner denied Chenot is expected to cite greed as Mrs. Wood's motive 1If he can make the plot theory stand up. The Woods have becn estranged. Wood filed suit for divorce charging crurl interferences in his business, and settled $30,000 and some real estate on his wife. Holt, the informer said Mrs. Wood was in a position to collect $100,000 insurance if her is a fourth | to Safety From Burning CONTAGIOUS DISEASES TRAYEL IN AUTOMOBILE! Storekeepers Victimised by Gang Re- | port Registration Numbers, Giving | Secret Scrvice Mem Clue Which | May Lead to Arrests. TALKS HALF AN OUR Connecticut's Senior Member ui Congress Declares President-Elect in Sympathy With Progress of | Aviation and Keenly Interested. 11 (—Elihu | Washington, Jan. Root of New York, secretary of| state in the Roosevelt cabinet, had | more than an hour's conference to-| day with President-elect Hoover a,!i |a breakfast guest at the Hoover home on S street. No Statement Secret service men {investigating | the appearance of counterteit $5 bills in this and other cities throughout | the state, have followed a trail left | by those guilty of passing the spur- ious money, back to this city, ac- While theve e statement | COTdIng to information secured today concerning the subject matter of|DPY the Herald. Five men, all of | the conference, it was understood | them thought to be residents of this | | | clty, are being sought in an effort | to stop the flow of counterfeit money. | The latest appearance of the coun- erfeit bills, all of them gf $5 de- nomination, has been in Sputhington. Since the first of the year, at least | iwo merchants in that town have ac- | cepted the counterfcit bills from strangers but clues secured of late have given the detectives working on the matter hope that those respon- sible for the passage of the bills will be apprehended. | According to the information re- ceived, the men passing the bills op- erated from an automobile. The vehicle would pass the place of the intended victim and one of the party would alight, make a purchase in a store, pass the bill and rejoin his comrades in the automobile. In sev- eral instances, the storekeepers so! victimized, have secured the regis- tration nymber of the automobile and it has been the same on each | occasion. This has led the secret servicemen to face towards this city | in their search. SENATOR HIRAM BINGHAM. Instances of the passage of the | | ) spurious money have been reported | Latin-American affairs entered 1nt0 yron Brigtol, Plainville, Southington tions. ‘While Mr. Root ;ng New Britain while it is thought ! of state he made & pa¢ the source of supply is Water- trip to South America and delivered pype. cveral speeches in that country. According to descriptions given of The next president had a lunch- pe men, the police are certain that | | Downtown Hotel " HIT SCHOOL GHILDREN Seattle, Jan, 11 UP—Thrilling res- | ues of guests featured a spectacular 974 Ahgsent for This Cause, lowntown hotel fire which was| brought under control here today, Attendance Bureau fter destroying the Seneca hotel, | ind damaging the Victoria hotel | ind adjacent buildings. | Reports Ten persons trapped rooms In the Seneca were ut unconscious, while the remain- ter of the 60 guests, warned by the ight clerk, escaped before the firc- | nen arrived. Most of those over- ome by smoke were reached with their | carried | in 2 rding to the report of the at- tendance bureau which will be pre- 4 w we school board at its v meeting this afternoon there 4 children out of school at the , present time because of contagious re ladders. No one was seriously | jiseases. This, with the usual num- urt. |Ler out because of minor sickness, Mrs. Nellie Ashton was kept from | makes the total of absentees because imping from a third story window |of sickness very high, Miss Anne v the shouts of spectators and Was (rBrien estimated tod: ~scued by a policeman who made | Despite the fact that there is such s way into the burning building |y large number of children out be- nd carried the woman out after she |cause of sickness the tcachers ar ad collapsed. Cheers greeted him | not suffering from illness and there vhen he reached the sidewalk. has not been a great increase in the An unidentiied man who was number of substitutes engaged dur- carried from the Seneca hotel half |ing the past month. conscious, cried “Get the othcr man™ The principal iliness among the lut firemen who searched the place | contagious cases is measles, but there zain found no one else there. |is also scarlet fever. There are no J. B. Wood, who leaped .from a |cases of diphtheria, Miss O'Bricn ourth story window to an extension | reports. voof, was not satisfied untit firemen | In October of 1927 the list of returned to his room and carrled his | truant cases reached its highest point ¢ight canaries out of danger. { when over 200 cases were reported. The attendance bureau began steps to curb the practice and since that |time there has been steady imm {ment. Last month, despite {attractions of the Christmas s the number dropped to the T Five Killed When Plane Cracks Up Middletown, Pa., Jan. 11 UP—Five wersons were killed and three were sjured when a big passenger plane | point in years, 38. ashed at Royalton, near the army | Miss O'Brien has received the co- - depot here today. loperation of the principals in some The ticket agent of the Pennsyl- |Scctions of the city where the prac- nia railroad at Middletown said he | tice of “playing hookey" is followed. 1w the plane leave the field at|Irequently the principals haye laid \liddletown, waver in its fiight and [cown drastic rules which have had tnally fall. He rushed to the scene |a satisfactory result. nd helped extricate four bodies| Acting on the request of Parents | ‘rom the wreckage. Another man (and Teachers' assoctation ‘of the as dying, be said. |Central Junior High school, the There were ten persons in the [school board has included in its vlane when it fell. /budget an appropriation of $%,000 I'he wrecked plane was an ary |for repairs and other improvement ransport piloted by H. A. Dinger, of |and the finance committee which Volling fleld, Washington. which ar- [was delegated by the board to take | vived here at 10:40 this morning and 17t soon after noon. | the on. | lowest (Continued on Page ) husband was killed. | Started Business The Woods hoth liked to dabble n real estate. Mr. Wood says she con engagement today with Senator (Continued on Page 8) ve her husband his first start fn business, but he says he saved her | from bankruptey by taking charge |0t & sub-division she was promoting tor her alleged poor management {had endangered the proj CLATMS ATITO WAS TAGGED AFTER HE HOVED MACHINE | | Roy L. Noren Protests Against Pay- he GONNECTICUT COUPLE Manchester Woman Under Arrest | tng—Shower of $2 Bills at ! (By Manning) Washington, D. . Jan. 11— Conecticut citizens figured ‘in P ital tangle here today which the courts must unravel, when Mrs. ufche €. Prentice, 24, and Joseph A. Watrous, 37, a former Connecti- to make the usual $2 pavment at |Cut state trooper, were arrested on headquarters, choosing to go to po- & Warrant sworn out by Joseph e aourt s but Aftera Pre Manchester motorcycle before court with Assista policeman who declares Mrs. Pren- ting Attorney W. M. tice is his wife. he ded to pay and hi Watrous was arrested at the All not presented n's ciaim was Amegican stor he was em- that he nioved his car when the while Mrs. time limit cxpired, yet the police- °d near the man tagged it. through a trap set by police. The of- he drive yesterday i nt to the 1§30 Nineteenth against parking ordinance violations t address where she and Wat- resulted n an influx of $2 bills. One rous live. but found her sway from professional man sent in his check. home, While they were waiting there According to the police, an im- for her, they intercepted a telephone provement in conditions in the some friends of Joe stricted places along Main street told her. “We want will be noted shortly and it is pro- few minutes up at posed to continue the drive against all who use the streets for unlimited purking contrary to the. ordinane Bandits Get $76.375 From Taxi Occupants Chicago, Jan. 11 (#—Two ban- dits robbed six occupants of taxi- s of $7 75 in jewels and furs rly today, then ordercd their vie- tims out of the v oand escaped Dr. Frank Pieree and Mrs. Pierce; Mr. and Mrs. Luthe J Hammond, idents of Chicago's gold coast, and Mr. and Mrs €. H. Murphy. Detroit, were the victims. Headquarters. Toy T whose terd Noren of 104 Camp stroct, utomobile was tagged yes- rnoon by Officer Hanford t for violation of the purking ordinance on Main strect, refused 1t Prose- Greenstein ase was Instituted s we the corner.” Mrs. Prentice agreed, kept the ap- pointment and was arrested. She is being held at the house of detenti here. Watrous is lodged in a precinct station, pending their arraignment, 6.3 THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: snow tonight, probably clear Saturday moraing. Colder Saturday, * e, HELD IN WASHINGTON “ormer State Trooper and | court in the event their request to they know who they are. ! LOUISIANA PAIR’S FATE IN BALANCE. Courts to Decide Whetheri They Are to Hang | Tomorrow ‘ w Orleans, Jan. 11 UP—The tinies of Dr. T. E. Dreher and widow the murdered James Le- bouef again were before the bar of state supremc court in New Or- ans today as newspapermen dash- 1 back to St. Mary's Parish for ¢ double hanging set for tomor- | During another clash between high state officials over an addition- al ¢ #sion of truth” from James Beadle. trapper and the member of | the trio of conspirators who drew a life term, Ada Lebouef and the phy- | 1 held scant hope for ultimate escape, jail attendants said Their appeal for a hearing by sanity commission went today be- fore the highest state court for the secord time in a renewal of the bat- Ue for the slayers' lives which split the court membership a week ago 1d brought a week's reprieve from Governor Huey P. Long. A high point in the supreme court hearing today was the in- structed appearance of Judge Janies simon of St. Mary's Parish, from whose decision holding the pair sane, appeal was taken. Chief Jus- tice Charles A. O'Neill, in conflict | with a majority vote of the court, summoned the trial judge to show | cause why a sanity commission should not be appointed. Governor Long's reiteration of his stand against commutation caused | counsel for the defense to turn to the courts today with preparations | for a haheas corpus writ in federal | sic | i ((Continued on Page 13) NEW BRITAIN HERALD FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1929.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES MAYOR SAYS JOHNSON MUST GO AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CLERK FOR HIS FAILURE TO SEND OUT BILLS 14-YEAR-0LD BOY GULTY OF HURDFR Gonvicted Today in Witc' Slaying in Peansylve . YOUTH APPEARS CALM Jury Sends in lon That Youngster Be Given Life Impris- ocament—Court tn Receas When Verdict is Returned. York, Pa., Jan. 11 UP—A verdict of murder in the first degree with & recommendation of life imprison- ment, was found today against John Curry, 14-year-old accomplish in the witcheratt slaying of Nelson D. Rehmeyer. Court in Recess The jury had reached its decision at 12:35 but court was in recess for lunch. Curry brought into court to hear the verdict, seemed calm. ‘The verdict was the same as re- turned against John Blymyer, alleg- ed master-mind in the murder, Warns Jury In warning the jury not to con- | strue the rapid movement of the trial as either for or against the de-| fendant, District Attorney Herrmann | said, in summing up, “we are trying | this case like any other murder case. “You have no right,” Herrmann| continued, “to return a verdict on the mere basis that he is a boy be- cause he is just as accountable to| the law as you and I “Why didn’t they get the hair (Continued on Page 3.) UP EARLY, ABEBEARLY, RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE Adolph Monson, 90 'l"oday,; Believes in Keeping Active Early to bed and early to rise is| as good & recipe for old age as any in the opinion of Adolph Monson | of 51 Lyons street who today 18 cele- brating his 90th birthday. Born in Sweden in 1839, Mr. | Monson came to this country 30 years later and settled for a while in Pennsylvania, He then moved to Portland, Conn., and for the past |22 years has made his home with | his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and —Phots by Arcade Studio ADOLPH MONSON Mrs. Sven Hanson in this ct His wife died about 35 years ago and a son died two years ago in Los An-| geles. The nonagenarian has never been il and until three years ago able to read. 3 impaired. He w: and read extensively both in English and Swedish and kept abreast of current ts. Smoking never both ered him and he induged in it until two years ago when he gave up the practice of his own volition. When hifs eyesight failed. reading. the onl diversion he practiced, was gone, and about this time his hearing also became impaired. Lven though handicapped, ha finds other means to make himself useful around the house and his greatest joy is when he has plenty of wood to chop. ides this he takes care of the chic ens and in the summer spends m. of his time in the garden in the rear of the house, He doesn’t care automobile rides, but occasionally takes a short ride, and is fond of the outdoors. His memory is good and when ask- ed yesterday by his daughter wheth- er he knew what the following day is, he answered that he would be 90 years old. ity about his hearing—he hears bet- ter In the winter than b- does in the summer. He is a charter mem- ber of the Swedish-Lutheran church eve for int Portland and is still interested in | the affairs of the church of which he is one of its oldest members. REED OPENS FIRE | ON KELLOGG PACT U Cs Tty o WORLD Mar ON EASEL Shows Possessions of British Empire —Solon Raps Secretary in Sarcas- | tic Remarks About “Magic Stroke of His Pen.” | Washington, Jan. 11 UP—A proposal by Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committes to limit debate on the Kellogg anti-war treaty after 3 o'clock tomorrow was blocked today by Senator Moses, republican, of New Hampshire, who said he would be glad to consider such an offer later in the day. X | Washington, Jan. 11.—(P—Sena- |tor Reed, of Missouri, famous as an |trreconcilable opponent of the |league of nations, today made his |long awaited attack on the Kellogg — Paocnessa, in Indignant | Mood, Declares He | Would Resign if He jWere Comptroller Curtis-Hits at Former | Engineer Wilkams. |Indication That Thomas ¥. McGrath, Who Is Mak. ing Audit of Books, May, Succeed Johnson, Whose Tenure, Executive Says, Is Short. Culminating his | charges of inefficiency and negiéet of duty in connection with the find« ing that mgre than $200,000 dQue the city not been collected bee cause the department of publid | works allowed the accounts to ree | main on the books without billing, | Mayor Paonesss today laid the blame | strument of national polley. treaty to renounce war as an in-|t0 Comptroller Hanford L. Curtis, Clerk George H. Johnson eof the The Missourian declared he would | board of public works, and former have refrained from speaking against | City Engineer Joseph D. Williams. the pact it an interpretative resolu- The mayor made it knowa that tion or report had been brought in, | he Will ask the board of publie but that the failure to thus clearly Works to continue Johnson em the | payroll only long enough to elesr up | several problems now comtronting | the department, after which he will {be dropped. Curtis May Be Liable Under Bond He was most emphatic in hie | condemnation of the comptreller's work, declaring that it he were Mr. Curtis he would feel that he should resign, and he also expressed an opinion that the comptroller might be found liable for the uncolleetible accounts under his bond te the city. Curtls Will Not I “T most certainly will not re. | sign,” Comptroller Curtis said th! afternoon. “I have nothing to de with sending out bills; if the bille had gone out and liens placed, then T could have insisted upon collec- tion, but otherwise T am withort !authority. In theses cases it appears ithn the bills weren't sent out, so | where had T anything to do with |it,” the comptroller asked. | Although it has been suspected | for several weeks that the expose in e ! yt |the public works department would set forth American views made it | necessary for every senator to lookl""" Johnson his position, today'e closely into what the treaty meant | declaration by the mayor was the before giving his advice and consent | first public utterance in which he |to ratification. charged Johnson with a share of the | Map on Easel responsibility urh the eon:mn a h corlq | Which has caused the greatest finan. ‘What the nations of the world | T\l L, e the city governs (Continued on Page Five) RAPHAEL LEADS FIELD "IN CITY GRAND LIST Will Pay Largest Indi- ATOR JAMES REED. (Continued on Page 20.) 'BANKRUPTCY PETITION AGAINST STATE LUNCH Creditors Act to Collect Debts Said to Aggregate $16,000—Re- celver in Charge. There is one peculiar- | An involuntary petition in bank- | | ruptcy has been filed by the own- {crs of the State Lunch at the cor- | {ner of Main and Commercial streets | {through the offices of | Monroe . Gordon, representing | creditors. Judge Burrows has ap- | pointed Israel Nair receiver, until |appraisers can he appointed. The | labilitles are approximately $16.000 | while the assets are represented by |the restaurant Peter Perakos, who claims $400, brought the procecdings against the restaurant owners, and the total amount of labiiities for merchandise is $4.800. while notes secured by the endorsers make up the balance of the total amount. The list of cred- itors includes the Puritan Market, Samuel Welinsky and the R. G. Lin- coln The total amount of as- sets is claimed to be approximately $5,000. Judge Warren Burroughs district court ordered that the business continue until further no- In the matter of the Borden-Her- sey Co., proprietors of the Hudson Lunch, which went into bankruptey |recently, an order was issued for 1o by auction, the date of which be announced later. This con- on was reached after failure to ure a purchaser for the rests jant. Buzzeril.?shmz Chief shes Himself Qut Chicago, Jan. 11 (#—The reason ! Harry Stafford is no longer chief of police in Hinsdale, after three |years at it, is that he pushed thz | buzzers too often | The row of buzzer buttons on the chief's desk fascinated Stafford. He would press button No. 1 and a lieu- tenant would dash in. He would push No. 2 and a captain would come a-running. By executing a ! glissando movement across the bute vidual Property Tax Next Year Attorney | Apprehension of & grand list re- duction this year was banished to- day with definite announcement that the assessments to be made public next Monday will show am increase over last year, the amount probably being in excess of $115,- 1000,000. Last year's grand list was $114.758,782. | Chairman Thomas Linder of the | board of assessors will formally pre- sent the list to the board of relief Tuesday morning and hearings on requested reductions will begin at once. Although definite figures are mot available, it is known that Louis R. Raphael will again Iead the list of individual taxpayers with Morris Cohn and Fred Beloin following. In the past 10 years, these three hav stood highest, each having led the list at one time or another. The American Hardware corpora- tion will again pay the greatest amount of tax to the city with the Stanley Works second, and Lane ders, Frary & Clark’s third. One of the largest increases im assessments this year will come teo the New Britain Trust Co.. by rea- son of the bank's acquisition of the Booth block since the last grand list was made up. J. August Cari- s0n, owner of an extensive develop- | ment in the locality of Carlson and Chapman streets, will show as the largest owner of residential proper- tes. | A reduction will be shown in the ftem of merchandise, due to the fact that several companies have | gone out of existence, one being the | Bease-Leland Co., whieh in ethee | years was assessed on & heavy mere | chandising item. |tons he could produce the entire | | police force. Complaint was made to the vil- lage board that the buzzer habit | became so serious that the nine po- | licemen were kept doing a jack-in- | the-box much of the time. The village board buzzed last night and created a vacancy in the chief’s chair. Hanover, N. H. President Ernest M. Hopkina, of | Dartmouth college, is confined te hils bed with a severe cold but s in %o danger, Dr. John Giles, his physicltn announced last night. $