New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1929, Page 1

15 HORE REGULARS FOR POLIGE FORCE INBOARTS BUDG Betior Protection in Business 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD ROMAN QUESTION SOLYED BY AGRERMENT T0DAY Pagacy Receive s Small Territorial Fxtonsien Plas Indomaity of Biiion Italism Lire Reme, Jan. 14 UR—An agresment hag Been reached for solution of the ding Roman question by brother of the papal nuncio at Ber- lin, acting for the Holy Sce and Prof. Gianninl for the Italian state NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1929.—EIGHTEEN PAGES LT, COM. W Hubert Williams Dies of Injuries o Received When Auto Strikes Tree; Ffiend Held for Criminal Neglect Corbin Avenue Man In Machine Which Plunges Down Bank on East Berlin Road—George P. Rapp of Middletown Placed Under Arreat hv INFLUENZA VICTIH Native of New Britain Passts Awy at Washingion SERVED IN WORLD WAR Gradaate of Yale, 1808, and Harvard Law B8chool, Was Som of Late bin avenue, died at 7:05 o'clock this following an investigation wnu was y President of Rumell & Erwin! Mtg. Co. Berlin Authorities. “J Hubert Williams, 30, ot 1008 Cor- ' morning at the New Britain Gen- eral hospital from a crushed skull which he sustained in an automo- Constable terlin i taken to the New Britain police sta | tion where he was lodged in a cell. !A charge of criminal negligence was West Endng Jan, 12th ... Circaiation For 15,195 PRICE THREE CENTS CITY GRAND LIST IS $116,353,798, INCREASE IN YEAR OF $2,254,665; REDUCTION PROPHE PEASE ADVOCATES WAR PREPAREDNESS \Prediction By Political CY UNFOUNDED — Leaders That Property Valuation Would Show Decrease Exploded By sl LT T o Assessment Board—Louis R. Raphael Leads o'clock on the East Berlin road near the residence of Frank Deming. !entered against Rapp this morning by Prosecutor C. F. Lewis of Ber- Un after the death of Williams. together with Domenico Barone un- Gradeal Displacement of Motorcycie [ til the latter's recent death. By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspordent, N.B. Hetald) New Britain Machine Co. Head Folicemen By Autemchbile Squad, Intention of Chief Hart—Appro- priation of $4,000 Wan'ed for In- stallstion of Additiosal . Trafiic Lights—Commission Ask $341,000 proteetion in the “usi- ness section about the center of the city by day and ‘n the resisential districts which are in need of it by night, is contemplated by the board of* police commissioners, whose budget was tentatively adopted at a speclal meeting yesterday, calling for appropriations totalling approxi- mately $240,000, year ago, the commissioners asked for §226,455 and the board of finance and taxa- tion allowed $217,265, but the com- mon council out it to $313,115, on which the department has been run during the present fiscal year. There will be no deficit. ‘Wants {8 More An appropriation to provide fer the appointment of 15 men to the regular force is sought, and Chlet W. C. Hart said today he will put into operation a three platoon eys- tem on the most important beats if the money is voted, He sald some districts are without protection at night because of lack of men, and in the business district, there should be protection after ¢ & m. which is not possible in the eutire district. & S The budget, which will be finally adopted at a eclal meeting next week, Includes a request Yor & clothing allowance of $75 per year per man for 78 officers and men. The commissioners. will again strongly urge that it be granted, an the ground that other tities make llowance and it would in all probabliity be in incentive ‘to eligi- ble men to join the depattment. For some time the commiissioners; hyve observed the lack of attzaction pe- fic service secmp to have and they, have discussed ways and means for bringing young men of character and ability into the department. New Department Machines It is aiso propossd to purchase four automobiles and four motor- cycles and if the money is appropri- ated, the six motorcycles now in servica will be replaced by four new machines. Two motorcycle officers would be detalled to automobile duty, and one automoblle would be given to the detective bureau. The fourth (Continued on Page 13) SWEDISH-NORSE ROYAL COUPLE ARE ENGAGED Crown Prince of Norway to Wed Princess Martha Stockholm, Jan. 14 (M—The en- gagement of [Princess Martha of Sweden to Crown Prince Olaf of Norway was officially announced to- day, Princess Martha, who was born March 28, 1901, is the daughter of Prince Charles, brother of King Gus- taf of Sweden. The crown prince was born on July 2, 1903, Princess Martha is a sister of Princess Astrid, wife of the Belglan crown prince. The princess is gen- ecrally considered one of the most beautiful of European princesses. Tall and slender, with dark hair and a pale complexion, she is of & tiring disposition and a great lover of music, . Crown Prince Olaf is the son of King Haakon and Queen Maude, who is a sister of King George of Eng- ljand, He is known as one of the 1aest intrepld yachtsmen among the youager royalty of Europe. His yacht, Oslo, guided by his own hand, won the international race for six- meter yachts at the Cowes regatta in 1926. Prince Olaf studied for two vears at Balliol college Oxford. Formal Ansouncement Oslo, Norway, Jan. 14 UM—King Haakon today informed the cabinet council of the engagement of Crown Prince Olaf to Princess Martha of Sweden, The premier In behalf of the gov- ernment offered hearty congratula- tions after which congratulatory tele- grams were sent to the princess, the King of Sweden and the Swedish government. The president read the king’s mes- sage announcing the engagement in the Btorithing and after eulogistic references to the couple, telegraphed congratulations to Prince Olaf. After reading the king’s announcement, the president of the Storthing ex- | pressed the hope that the betrothal would bring happiness and blessing to the crown prince of the royal house “The sympathy and joy with which the whole country will greet the en- gaged eouple will be doubly warm,” he said, “because of the choice of their hearts is confirmed by the people’s wishes and that assurance will bind more’ closely together in &y mpathy two peoples who are stand- The so-called Roman question, in- volving the relationship between the Vatican and the Itallan government. has been a thorny problem ever since the end of the Vatican's tem- poral power in 1870 at the time of the unification of Italy. With the eatrance of Italian troops into Rome in 1870 after the departure of the French guard, Pope Plus saw the fall of temporal power and later refused to accept the law of guarantees adopted bp the Ital- ian senate in 1871 concerning the prerogatives o the Holy Sce and the relations between the state and church In Italy, - Since that time the delicate pro- blem has remained unsettled al- though numerous efforts have been made to bring about an agreement. MARSHAL FOCH I SERIGUSLY SICK Loader of Allied Armies Sulfers Heart Attack SIK DOCTORS AT BEDSIDE Famous Warrior Surrounded by Members of Family—Believed His Life Hangs ia the Balanco—None Bat Reatives Admitted. Parls, Jan. 14 .UP)—Marshal Ferdinand Foch, allied commander- {n-chief during the World war, was gravely {ll at his home today after & heart attack. > * Foch was surroundéd by bis fam- ily, Bix dootors were in attend- ance. R One of e atendants told the Unlted Press that it was belleved the marshal's life was in danger. A severe crisls in his iliness occurred early today, it was said. Foch, who is 77 years old, has been {ll for a month. He was oblig- ed to cancel a proposed trip to Eng- land shortly before Christmas. The doctors were understood to have agreed that it was a question whether the marshal's life could be saved. He was suffering greatly and passed through frequent crises, during which he appéared almost to be strangling. 3 Foch's wite and two daughters were constantly at his bedside, aid- ing the regular nurse in attendance. One of the six doctors remained In the house at all times, two of them usually passing the night there. Strict orders have been issued to admit no one to the Foch home, which was presented to him by the (Continued on Page 13) KING AND QUEEN ARE MAKING PROGRESS Britain’s Royal Patients Reported Today in Bet- ter Condition London, Jan, 14 UM—Good news came from both royal patients at Buckingham palace this morning. After an interval of several days in which King George’s condition was officially reported as stationary today's medical bulletin brought the gratifying news that he was making progress. It was indicated that the advance was slow. But this was ex- pected as all predictions have been that gains in strength were bound to be achieved only by gradual stages. Queen Mary, it was authoritatively stated, was getting the better of her cold. It was evidently throught ad- visable, however, that she remain quietly in her rooms as a precau- tion. Precautions were being taken with the queen's ailment because of the cold, sunless weather which has prevailed in London for the last 11 days. The queen has been under a heavy strain because of her hus- band’s {liness and it was thought ad- visable to have timely advice. Thercfore Dr. Geoffrey Seccombe Hett, a throat specialist. who has done considerable research in sinus diseases, was called to the palace. It was stated that the queen would be confined to her rooms for several days. Satisfaction was expressed st Buckingham palace that nothing had happened to retard the slow prograss being made by King George who entered the 55th day of his ill- ness today. Since there was no downward tendency in his condition medical bulletins were omitted Sun- day, allhough his physicians patd their usual morning and evening visits. The customary Sunday morning ing so near.each other and under- staad one another's speech and 1ho ights.” ‘ scrvices-in the palace chapel were cancelled because of the queen's fliness. Washington, D. C., Jan. 14. — Lieutenant Commander John Sitcher Woodruf?, §8, native of New Britain, Conn., and director of the United States shipping board's revision of navigation laws, will be buried in Arlington cemetery tomorrow fol- lowing his death here Sunday of in- fluenza. At the time of his death the dis- tinguished New Britain seaman was engaged in the arduous task of modifying navigation laws of the United States, and in preparing to attend the international conference on safety of life at sea to be held at London this spring. Commander Woodruff was & grad- uate of Yale, class of 1892, and in 1894 received his law degree from Harvard, and followed that profes- sion until he was commiasioned in the navy on the entrance of the United States in the World War. When the war ended he resumed his practice, until he became asso- clated about five years ago with the shipping board. John Sitcher Woodruft was born in New Britain on September 4, 1870, the son of Mahlon John Wood- Tuff, who was successively secretary, vice president, and president of the Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. The father reached the last office in 1895 shortly before he died. He (Continued on Page 13) FOREIGN TRADE IS INCREASING HEAVILY 1928 Figures Show Highest Level Ever Reached With Exception of 1920 Washington, Jan. 14 UP—Amerl- can foreign trade for 1928 attained the highest level ever recorded ex- cept for 1920, The commerce department today rcported the year's exports at $5.- 129,123,000, which compared with imports of $4,089,980,000 and left a balance of trade favorable to the United States of $1,089,202,000. The dollar value of the national exports was exceeded by the figure of approximately $8,000,000,000 for the foreign shipments of 1920, but commerce department trade observ- ers said today the higher level of prices in that year made it probable that the quantity of American goods sent abroad in 1928 was the greatest on record. Although the gold movement in 1928 was shown to have resulted in a loss of metal by the United States. The later months of the year record- ed a reversal of the trend. For the 12 months, gold was exported to a value of $560,759,000, and imports were $165,887,000 so that the net loss for the year was $391,872,000, For December gold exports were $1,636,000 and imports were $24,- 940,000 leaving a net gain for the United States of $23,304,000 which was entirely insufficient to offset the heavy gold outflow of earlier months. Bilver exports for 1928 were $87,- 382,000 agalinst $68,117,000 while in 1927 silver exports were $75,625,000 and imports $55,074,000. The 1927 gold transactions showed total ex- ports of $201,455,000 and imports of $207,635,000. The December trade figures, which the department issued today, in en- abling the year's foreign trade to be- come a subject of preliminary cir- culation, showed exports of $475,- 000,000 and imports of $338,000,000 These compared with exports of $407,641,000 and imports of $331,- 234,000 in the same month in 1927. Exports were somewhat lower in December than in November and Oc- tober, but imports for December were only slightly changed from the average of recent months. $230,000 WORTH OF LIQUOR CONFISCATED Vermont Customs District Gives Out Figures for 1928 8t. Albans, Vt, Jan. 14 P — A quarter of a milllon dollars worth of liquor was seized by customs offi- clals of the Vermont district during 1928, ‘The ycarly:report of the customs activities along the Canadian border, irsued today by Collector Harry C. Whitelill, reveals that 2,396 viola- tions of the customs laws were de- tected and prosecuted during the year. The liquor seized totalled 108,664 bottles. ; Other seizures, all in connection with liquor smuggling, were 190 automobiles, valued at horses, with wagons, sled: valued at $2,728; two rowboats; and the contents of six freight cars con- Jisting of hay, straw and wood ven- eer, valued at $554. ‘ The accident occurred when a car driven by George P. Rapp of 80 High street, Middletown, left the highway and crashed into a large tree after traveling for a short dis- tance on a steep embankment. Wil- liams. was operated on yesterday at the hospital though without hope by the doctors, Rapp was placed under arrest on & charge of drunken’ driving by Fire Threatens Catholic House of Worship on Main Street and St Stephen’s on Tremont Street. Fire of undertermined origin broke out in 8t. Stephen’s Armenian Apos- tolic church on Tremont street and 8t. Mary's Roman Catholic church on Main street yesterday -.furnoon.’ causing damage of approximately $400 in the former, exclusive of the possible smoke damage, and approx- imately $500 or $600 in the latter, exclusive of the smoke damage. Had either fire been allowed a longer start, extensive damage would have resulted, in the opinion of Chiet W. J. Noble. Rev. Walter J. Lyddy, a curate at §t, Mary's church, is sald to have veported to the police that he saw 2 man creuching in the hack’of the church'a short time before the firc was discovered. The police are in vestigating this phaee, It is also reported that the police are running down & report that a man who was acting suspiciously | was seen near Sacred Heart church yesterday afternoon. Fireman 8imon Wolfer, who was off duty and at home next door to the Tremont street church, discover- ed smoke pouring out of the builld- ing and telephoned to headqu: | at 1:52 o'clock. Two minutes an alarm came in from Box 48 and the firemen found a likely blase which had started in a small storage room in which candles and other accessories were stored. It burned a window casing and damaged the woodwork, besides filling the main | body of the church with smoke. It is believed possible that a match used to light candles earlier in the day might have been carelessly dropped. Bhortly before 8 o'clock Officer | Peter Cabclus, who was patrolling Main street, was notified by a boy that there was a fire in 8t. Mary's (Continued on Page 13.) ASK INTERPRETATION . OF KELLOGG TREATY Group Holding Out Finally Brings Resolution Be- fore Senate Washington, Jan. 14 M — The group holding out for an interpre- | tative declaration to accompany the Kellogg anti-war treaty decided to- |day to take the initiative and sub-| |mit a resolution to the senate ask-| ing for an interpretation of the pact by the forelgn relations committee. Standing firm against the admin- |istration, which holds that no in- | terpretation of the treaty ia neces- |sary, the republican-democratic bloc in opposition today drafted the resolution which is expected to force a decision in the treaty contest. Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, brought the resolution to the senate floor. He wants immediate consid- eration. It reads: “Resolved, that in view of the importance of the pending treaty (the so-called Kellogg-Briand treaty) and in view of the many difterent interpretations which have |been placed upon sald treaty by’ members of the scnate and in view |foreign relations has not made any | report giving its reasons for recom- mending ratification, the commit- tee is respectfully requested to re- | port to the senate as soon as possi ‘ble its views as to the proper in. terpretation of the treaty.” THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: * |Will Await Result of Con- Rapp Dased by Crash When taken to the police station, Rapp was in a dazed condition. He had bad abrasions on his face and head and complained of pains in his chest. He was given medical at- tention immediately following his release on bonds. According to the story gathered (Continued on Page 13) Police Seek Man Reported Crouched In St_.&ry’s Church Before Blaze SON AIDING IN HUNT FOR MISSING FATHER Hamilton Street Man Goes to Baltimore to Direct Search William C. Habbersett of 79 Ham- ilton street is in Baltimore to as- sist in the search for his father, George W, Habbersett, of 2061 Ross- lyn avenue, Forest Park, Baltimore, who disappeared mysteriously last week, The elder Habbersett, a frequent visitor to this city, left here Jan- uary 3 with his wife and last Mon- day, January 7, left his home on & business trip to Washington. Such trips were of frequent occurence as he was Identified with the whole- sple hardware buain R il ing hiy_way % the - Unlon,s =y Baltimore, but nelther his wife nor his friends felt alarmed when they did not hear from hir§ for a few days as he usually stayed away four or fivh days on such trips and was home for the week-end, Last Friday ‘when he failed to return home, Mrs. Habbersett became alarmed and notified her son In this city, who immediately left for Baltimore. Upon reaching that ctiy he got in | touch with Washington and the peo- ple with whom his father was sup- posed to have business deals during the week, but was told that they had not seen his . father for some time and that no oue in Washington saw him in the city during the week, The hotel registers were in- spected, but falled to disclose any clue to the missing man. In the (Continued on Page 18) HOOVER UNDECIDED ON WEST INDIES TRIP ferences Before Mak- ing Decision ‘Washington, Jan. 14 UP—Presi- dent-Elect Hoover is withholding final decision on his second good will tour, that to the West Indies, until after he has concluded conferences here and transferred his head- quarters to Miami, Fla. He has in- dicated to some callers that the time left in which to make the tour is growing rather short. It was said today that the presi- dent-elect still is hopeful that he can | visit Haiti, Santo Domingo and Porto Rico in addition to Cuba. It was estimated that such a trip would | require not more than two weeks. ARRESTED 10 SAYE LIFE Vagrant Taken Into Custody With Thermometer Hovering Around | Zero—Fas No Home Or Money. The police and public welfare au- thorities were concerned today with ; the case of John Golobeck, who has | been about the streets of the city for | the past several weeks, withont | visible means of support and no place to sleep. He was taken into custody at § o'clock this morning by Officer Thomas Tierney, who of the fact that the committee on|feared he would be frosen to death republican und on Main street, and in police court | he pleaded guilty to the charge of | vagrancy. Golobeck said he is 45 years of age and has children in Europe, his wife having died some time ago. He worked on & farm in Terryville, he said, in season, but has no job and | no money at present. He has been spending his nights about local res- taurants of late, according to the | police. Judge Baxe, after hearing the facts, ordered a continuance until tomorrow, so that Probation Officer Connolly might investigate and if possible make arrangements to care for him at the tewn home or else- where, | schools, 2,000 more teachers and an 119 Dine With Coolidge Stresses Need of Foresight FACTORIES HANDICAPPED| | Difiiculties of Mannfacturers During ‘World Conflict Deacribed in Hear- ing Before Military Affairs Com- mittee at Washington. By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C,, Jan. 14—H. H. Pease, president of the New Britain Machine company, New Britain, Conn., strongly elfldm’lo(lI “educational orders” with industries for military equipment, munitions and accessories in peace time when he appeared before the house com- mittee on military affairs. The committee was considering the Morin bill which would au- thorize the secretary of war to place “educational orders” ®so as to familiarize commercial concerns with ordnance manufacture as a means of national defense. Must Be Familiar with Products In order for manufacturers to have proper preparation for war- time manufacture of fighting equip- ment, Pease said that the manufac- turers should study and plan “the articles they will be called upon to build.” This. he argued, would best be done by “actual production in small quantities in peace time through educational orders.” The experience of the New Brit- ain Machine company in manufac- turing 3-inch anti-aircraft gun car. riages in 1917 and 1918 was given &8 proof of the difficulties encoun- by & mAnutgcturer {n attempt- ing to produce munitions and ‘squipment ‘during war without pre- vious experience. Dificulty of Quick Production *“The New Britain Machine com- pany,” Pease stated, “was chosen to manufacture this intricate piece of mechanism because of its exper- ience in the manufacture of preci- sion machinery of about the same size and weight as antl-aircraft gun! carriages, the supposition being that there were very few concerns in the country better fitted to undertake a contract of this character, “A contract was placed with the New Britaln Machine company on July 18, 1917, for 408 auto trailer carriages, model 1917, for 3 in, anti- (Continued on Page 16.) ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS | SHOW A DECREASE State Education Report Records Doubling of High Schools Hartford, Jan. 14 UM—A marked | decrease in the number of Connec- | ticut’s elementary schools and par- ticularly the one-room schools, 2 doubling of the number of high increase of $870 in their average salary, the appearance and rapid rise | of the Junior High school, and an increase from $8,910,000 to $25,600,- 000 or 187 per cent in current ex- penditures for public schools are noted during the decade 1918-1928 by Dr. Albert B. Meredith, secretary of the state board of education, fn | the board biennial report sub- mitted today to Governor Trumbull. During this ten year period the en- rollment in the public schools of the state has increased 26 per cent from 243,870 to 307,560 and the average daily attendance has grown from 190,897 to 262,392, or 37 per cent. Ten years ago there were about 6,900 teachers employed in the pub- lic schools as compared with about | 9,200 today. The average salary of the teacher has increased from $797 ! to $1,660. The number of high schools in the state is now 88 as/| compared with 49 ten years ago, and since the first Junior High school was established in 1921 there have been opened 15 such institutions. At Breakfast Today Washington, Jan. 14 (P-—Eleven cight democratic members of the senate were gucsts of President Coolidge at breakfast today at the White House. The president held a similar breakfast party on Saturday. . ‘The republicans who attended to- day were: Couzens of Michigan, Deneen of Illinois, Edge of New Jer- sey, Johnson of California, Metcalf of Rhode Island. Oddie of Nevada, ‘Thomas of Idaho, Frazier of North Dakota, Jones of Washington, Nor- beck of South Dakota and Phipps of Colorado. The democrats were Black of Ala- bama, Bratton of New Mexico, Har- ris of Georgia, Kendrick of Wyom- ZERO WEATHER HERE, Individuals With American Hardware Topping Industries—259 New Dwellings Built. — RECAPITULATION Dwelling HOUBES ivvvevevvenrereves 7767-1-8 Barns, Sheds, Ice and Store Houses, Private Garages, etc. ... House Lots and Building Lots Stores, Shops, etc. .... Mills, Machinery, etc, Lands (Acres) Horses ..... Neat Cattle Bheep, etc. .. Carriages, wagons, ete. . Automobiles & Motor Vehicles . Jewelry o...civencssnnenene Furniture & Musical Instruments Merchandise Cables, wires, ete. ... All taxable property not previously mentioned cerenee Ten per cent additional , Deductions on account of war, etc. somemnocveae o3t o BITTERLY COLD IN " WESTERN STATES No Reliel From Weather Seen Until Wednesday 34 BELOW N DULITS, MY Chicago Records Oficial Tempera- ture of 10 Under Zero—Three Persons Die While Maay Freese Hands and Facos. Chicago, Jan. 14 UM—AIl that had gone before was as nothing com- pared to the bitter cold that held middle and northwest America in & sub-zero hug over the week-end. No relief of consequence is in sight before Wednesday, and the weather bureau was not prepared to say if the cold would be disal- pated even then. 34 Below Zero One of the low thermometer readings of the week-end was at Duluth where a minus 3¢ was the coldest the Minnesota city at the head of Lake Superior has had in 11 years. Green Bay, Wis., was an. other frigid spot with 20 below, while temperatures throughout the middlewest with hardly an exception skated under the cipher mark yes- terday and last night. Chicago had an official 10 below, with some suburban thermometers showing &s low as minus 17. There were three deaths directly attributa- ble to cold, and there were several hospital cases of persons suffering frozen hands, feet or faces or per- (Continued on Page 16) RIDES IN ON STORM Blast of Winter Strikes City, Sending Mercury Down Blizzards, zero weather and early spring robins arrived simultaneously yesterday. While the northwestern sky was over- cast with an approaching snow storm and the mercury for the first time this winter was on its way down to zero, a lone robin made its appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Latham of Theodore street, Ma- ple Hill, and practically knock- ed for admission. The robin was first secn by Miss Althea Latham, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Latham. Her story was accepted skeptically although the young woman is quite & student of bird lore, In- vestigation proved her story true. Winter, somewhat— delayed but with a complete outfit of samples, arrived after a brief warning yester- day afternoon. Early in the afternoon the sky began to cloud over and in a short time was 80 overcast that artificial lights were necessary in homes. A heavy sfiow aquall, the advance an- nouncement of something more se- vere, arrived. With a strong north- west wind & heavy snowfall swirled and whirled around, beating against ing, 8heppard of Texas, Robinson of Arkansas, Broussard of Loulsiana and Wheeler of Montana. ' No. Amount $ 38,738,938 ~ 4759 16680 3,668,360 25,087,138 10,774,318 18,674,300 320,340 20,475 12,426 $117,007,247 743,449 $116,353.998 ‘Taxes to meet the expenses of government for the fiscal year 1929« 1930 will be levied on a grand list ©of $116,353,798, which is $2,25¢,668 in excess of the $114,099,133 total for the current year, according toa statement fssued today from the office of the board of asseasors by Thomas Linder, chairman. In view of the fact that persons generally considered to be close to the city government had predicted grand list reduction ranging from a few milljon to ten millions of dole 1are, the” tncreass, gencrally speaks Leads Individoals Louis R. Raphael becomes the largest individual taxpayer, with properties appraised at $533,750, which is $149,925 more than he paid on last year. Construction of the Leonard building on Main street resulted in the greatly increase ase sessment, Morris Cohn stands second highest among the individual payers. His holdings are asscaed at $481,475, an increase of $94,000 over last year, He completed the Doris building on Main street during the year. Fred Beloin, last year's high mas is third in line, with an increase 86,625 over last year's $431,350 total, making the new figure $43%7,e 975, Factory Assessments ‘The largest single payment wilf again be made by the American Hardware Corporation. Properties of the manufacturing company are appraised for purposes of taxation at $11,729,725, a reduction of $34,93% in last year's asscssment. A sizeable reduction is also made in the assessment against the Stane ley Works, which last year was $8,0 296,425, and this year stands at $8,0 191,676, difference of $102,850, A slight increase is made in Lane ders, Frary & Clark’s values, bringe ing the figure to $6,713,676. Last year it was $3,225 less than thig amount, J, August Carlson who has de« veloped and built upon an extensive tract of land in Carlson and Chape man streets, is believed to be the largest owner of residential propere ties, his assessment being $215,500, nearly all of which is on multiple tenement frame buildings. Bank Increased The Elihu Burritt Hotel Corpora« tion will be called upon to pay on an assessment of $485,000, or $5,000 ing, was a (Continued on Page 12.) CHICAGO VICTORIOUS IN DIVERSION CASE Supreme Court Upholds City in Lake Michigan Water Battle ‘Washington, Jan. 14 (M—Chicage (won a victory today in its contro- versy with other Great Lakes states over the diversion of water from Lake Michigan. The court sustained as valid the permit issued by the secretary of war under which the Chicago sani- tary district was withdrawing the water. Under the decision, which was dee livered by Chief-Justice Taft, Chie cago will be permitted to continue the withdrawal under the terms of the permit pending completion of Other arrangements for sewage dise posal. Prince George Now London, Jan. 14 UM—Asethes: patient was added to the lst ob Buckingham palace this afterneon; when it was annouseed that Prince the ground and filling the air watil (Centinued on-Page 18), youngest o8 Of the had a slight cold and was o