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NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1921. TWELVE PAGES
STATE MOPES TO GET MORE
REVENUE FROM FOUR MILL
' TAX AND A UTO ASSESMENt
if V
Commisibner Finds Public
Sentiment Strongly
'Against Income Tariff
Levied On Citizens
01 Duty on Intangble Se
curities Will Bring in $2,-
500,000 and Motor Cars
the Remainder.
$-1,000,000 A YEAR
MORE IS NECESSARY
'Hart ford. Jan. 17. Stat Tax Com-
minionfir William my. uioairu iu
today that public sentiment was
)inlnt the cnactmtnt of a law by
Sth legislature for a state Income tax.
(although the money wu badly need
V 4 to met the expenses of the atate
the next two years.
A "If not. by a tax on Income, how
VlH the elate raise the money which
vSou say It needa? he waa asked
..... By obtaining a greater revenue
Wrnm the four mil tax on Intangible
yitire and by the proposed new
of 1 taxation on automo
- replied Coram lioner Blod
jtr. ' .
. Hope to Jtalse $2,300,000
) .Mr, Iltodgett said it wan expected
.fhat a revenue of about $2,500,000
t uuld be obtained from the four mill
tat on Intangible securities, auch aa
In" action, bonds or private
corporation that are taxable In
, Connecticut, etc. The, balance of the
money needed would come from the
Vax en automobile.
i ' Additional revenue needed to meet
fehjigationa for the next, two year
ander f existing lawe amounts to
JT.000,000 a year. ; '
, Commllonir Blodgett said he had
yet formulated any bills relating
. . taxation to he presented In the
"tieml assembly; ' '
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Wl
B GET SI2 ODD LOOT
A A., . ;. .
lx- Outlaws Pour Fusillade
of Shots Into Car
In Toledo.
Toledo, O., Jan. 17. Six
bandits
here at
illed two railroad officers
Uen today alter holding ud an auto
..pile ana selling iiz.uvu oeionging
; Jthe New York Central railroad.
uls ftearoeder and A. E. Long were
lied, n resisting the highwaymen.
;he bandlta Intercepted the auto mo
ll coming vp town from, the Union
pot wiin paiwniir iar receipt.
5
The six outlaws in an automtjlla
ged the railroad automobile Into
curb and , Immediately poured a
Hade on the railroad officers.
hroeder and Long were drawing
elr pistols when they were shot
wn.
he bandlta seized a satchel con
ing the money and aped away ex-
g shots with a tax I cab driver
ive pudsult.
HIDES FROM GANGSTER
hctnnatl Stan, In Seclusion In Lin-
In Neh, Offer Reward for Thmr
M Wsnu to Kill Him
JLlncoln. Neb.. Jan. 17. Edward B.
fertepen, of Cincinnati, who la
jd to have secreted himself at a
Vl here for four weeks today an
li rxm that tm had ofTered a reward
I $500 for the conviction of the
Jr of a gang, which be said had
jde seven attempts upon his life
ins; the last two months. Ho said
V gang represents a gambling
llcate of Cincinnati which, he
'rted. believe he haa opposed it
o operation of places where bets
accepted on horse races. '
.jfertepen Is a ahoe saleaman and
'rly was an odlclal of the Na-
Shoe Travellers Association.
)
Fathers to Attend
.cral of Clerk Egan
"rials and ex-city officials
to meet at City
Girls, Don't Be Too
Confidential With
Your Male Escorts
Chicago, Jan- 17. Mra.
Katherlne L. Gibbons of Cleve
land, before going; to the thea
ter last night left her diamond
rlngg at the home of friends
when hor escort. John Burke,
warned her of the danger of
footpads. When she returned
the rings were cone.
Mrs. Gibbons in reporting
the lorn to the police casually
mentioned that Burke had left
the theater In the second act
and returned late. He was ar
rested but released. Burke
went to police headquarters to
day and demanded an apology.
The police becoming suspicious
re-arrested him and said . they
found Mrs. Gibbons' three rings
In his possession.
11 MILITIAMEN ARE
HELD AS LYNCHERS
Alabamans Arrested After Taxi Driver
Make Confession to Police
. and Names Men
Birmingham. Ala., Jan. 17. "Eleven
members of Co. M, Alabama National
Guard were In the Jefferson county jail
here today charged with the lynching
of William Baird, a miner at Jasper
last Thursday night. The men, five
non-commissioned officers and six
privates, were arrested last night
after Leslie West, a taxi driver, is
said to have - made a complete confes
sion of the part he took and, named
the soldiers.
Judge II. Wilkinson, special assist
ant attorney general, named by Gov.
ICilby to investigate the lynching an
nounced the confession.
Baird was In Jail. at Jasper awaiting
trial for 'the- killing of Private James
Morris of Co. M, after Morris had'
shot and killed John Northcutt,
Baird's father-tn-law. Northcutt had
been arrested by Morris on a charge of
disorderly corfduct while the company
was stationed in Jasper In connection
with the miners' strike, v "i 1
According to' Judge Wilkinson, .West
declared -the soldiers wre" "chrflkin.
clothes Including overalls , and ' these
were burned after they returned to
Townlcy, where they were encamped.
The party went to the jail shortly
after midnight, overcame the jailer's
resistance and , bundled , Baird into an
automobile. About two miles outside
of Jasper, the confession 'continued,
Baird was shoved from the automobile
and shot to death. ' The soldiers then
sped back to camp, arriving just in
time to be checked up.
To Inoculate Guinea
Pigs With Diphtheria
The health department has se
cured a dozen guinea pigs which are
to be used In making tests with
diphtheria germs. It is the plan of
the department to Inject germs of
that disease Into the animals, the ef
fect of that operation to determine
the vlrulency of that germ. In this
way. the department will be in a po
sition to determine whether or not
a carrier Is too dangerous to be out
of quarantine.
WAGE CUT ANNOUNCED.
South Norwalk. Jan. 17. A cut In
wage of from 15 to 20 per cent, in
various departments was . announced
when the American Hat Co. of this
city resumed operations this morning
after a shut down of several weeks.
Only a few of the more experienced
and older employes of the company ,
were re-engaged.
CCTS WORKING nOURS.
The Skinner Chuck company today
went onto a new schedule of working
hours, reducing from its previous 55
hour week to a 50 hour week.
AMERICAN WAREHOUSES BURSTING WITH ;
FOOD; NO NEED OF ANY SHORTAGE HERE
If There is Suffering This Winter It Is Fault of Social,
Economic or Politcal System, Hoover Declares At
Meeting Today, j
Indianapolis, Jan. 17. A weak link
exists somewhere in the economic, so
cial or political system of the world
as a whole when American warehouse
? o nocnir nurwiinf wun rooi nqeirr i
I
RUSSIAN DISPATCH SAYS WIFE OF
I
LIEUTENANT LANGD0N, KILLED BY
JAP SENTRY, HAS TAKEN OWN LIFE
This is First Intimation That
He Was Married and His
Father, in Boston, Doubts
Report
ADMIRAL GLEAVES
ISSUES STATEMENT
American Officer, Investigating Affair
at Vladivostok Cables That Japan-
ce
Soldier's Version Coincides
With Post-Mo item
IT. S. Naval Man.
Statement of
Manila, P. I., Jan. 17. the Rus
sian wife of Naval Lieut. Warren H.
Langdon, the American officer killed
by a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok
recently, ended her life upon learning
of her husband's death, according to
a Reuter dispatch from Vladivostok.
Patler Doubts Report
Boston, Jan. 17. William O. Lang
don, father of Lieut. Warren H.
Langdon. U. S. N who was killed by
a j Japanese sentry at Vladivostok a
week ago today scouted the report
that his Russian wife had com
mitted suicide after his death. It was
absurd, he said. "My son was not
married. 'Of that I am confident. He
was a man who respected all women
yet had declared positively be would
never marry- I am Bure he left no
wife."
Advise Court Martial
Washington, Jan. 17. The Japan
ese sentry who shot Lieut. W. H.
Langdon, chief engineer of the Amer
ican cruiser Albany at Vladivostok
gave a version of the affair before a
Japanes court of inquiry coinciding
with the dead officer's ante-mortem
statement, said a dispatch received by
th navy department today from Ad
miral Gleaves at Manila. The sentry
has been recomended for court mar
tial the dispatch said.
THIEF HAKES HAUL
Elm Street Couple Lose $SSO Which
' ' Waa Left in Sewing Machine Draw-
er Other Loot Secured.
Mr. and Mrs. Iko Zanborko of 214ft
Elm street were treated to a very un
pleasant surprise this noon on re
turning home from-work at Landers,
Frary and -Clark -company, by the dis
covery of a visit to their home by a
thief or thieves earlier in the forenoon.
Several trunks were found smashed
open, and from a. drawer In a sewing
machine $550 was taken by the in
truder. Two watches and ix razors
comprised the remainder of the loot.
The entrance was effected to . the
house by prying a door in the rear of
the house. The matter was referred
to the police.
WIFE AND BONDS GONE
Church Street Man Tells Police a Sad,
Sad Story This Morning $650 Is
Missing.
Alex Brooks, of 325 Church street,
told Sergeant George J. Kelly a sad
story this morning, which involves the
disappearance of his wife and $650
In Liberty bonds. According to
Urooks, Isidore KoHnski is with his
wife somewhere, and Dlomel Yarmo
lug, a boarder at his home, is missing
along with the bonds.
" PLnn t J,,
0rSei nOp itetJUCCS
But Wages This Time
Worcester, Jan. 17. The Royal
Worcester Corset Co., today an
nounced a reduction of 15 per cent In
the pay of its 1,200 employes, 10
per cent effective at once and 5 per
cent on July 5. The cut In the prices
son for the cut !.. pay.
cold In this country this winter it is
due to the foolish functioning., of.
either our social, our economic or
lour political system."
-t rflnt
Sadi Lecointi Looks
Like Piker Compared
to Dreyer Number 584
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 17.
The nebula dreyer No. 584 in
the constellation of Cetus has
broken all known speed rec
ords of the heavens. It is dash
ing through space away from
the earth at a velocity of al
most 2.000 kilometers a sec
ond, the highest speed ever
attained by a celestial object.
This was the word received at
the Harvard college observa
tory today from Dp. V- M. Slip
cr oi iio Lowell observatory.
Flagstaff, Ariz., in announcing
the result of spectrograph; ob
n serrations there.
HOOVER FUND DRIVE
RAISES $22,040.69
Several Pledges Are OiilstanillnsiTSSSi-rth!
-..,-.
-wnunuea until tnai;
TEAM CAPTAINS REPORT
President of the Local Chapter
of
Red Cross, Paul K. Rogers Presides
at Lmncheon This Noon Holmes,
Bennett and McMahon Speak.
New Britain has failed, so far,, in
raising the desired quota for the re
lief of the starving children of
Europe and, for that reason, the cam
paign will be continued until next.,
Friday noon. It was announced at tho
If annnwncan n t thn
second noon-day luncheon of tho
workers held at the Elks' club to-
day. The total amount reported was
$7,723.61 which, with a total previ
ously reported made $22,040.69.
There 1st," " outstanding, several hun
dred dollars which have not yet been
turned In ' to . Treasurer"; William H.
Judd at the "National r bknlt' notable
araong wfiiclk:! a&tfttl $ 0 0 expected
from the town. of Berlin. Among the
special contributions .were, V $112.31
from the Woman's club of Maple HUU
$6 from the Men's Sunday club of tho
South church, $133.10 from St.
Mark's church and last, but not
least, the sum of. $3.06 from the
children of the Smalley street school
klndergarden.
Rogers Presides
At this noon's meeting, Paul . K.
Rogers, presidents the local-branch
of the Red Cross presided in the ab
sence of Howard Piatt' and George
P. Hart from this city. Speakers were
P. S. McMahon, , Supt. of School
Stanley H.' Holmes and Clarence
Bennett. Rev.4 John X Winters, of St.
Mary's parish, said grace.
Holmes Speaks
The first speaker, Mr. Holmes,
spoke for the school children of New
Britain. The school board had sus
pended the rules and allowed sub
scriptions to be taken in the schools.
The appeal for funds was more than
a drive, it was a cultivation
of linderstanding between the
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
CRAZED BY RUIN, MAN
KILLS FOUR AND SELF
South Carolina Man Mur
ders Mother, Sister and
Two Little Children.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 17.- Crazed
by brooding over financial difficulties
and family troubles in which an es
tate worth probably $75,000 was a.t
buik. o. uignaui snot nis iiiuunci, i
hi, sister, and the latter', two adopt- j
cu u,ll'i't" V1V.
his own life according to information
today from Florence. R. C. i
The dead in addition to Bigham
are:.
Mrs. M. M. Bigham, Mrs. Marjorio
Black and Leo and John McCracken.
All were evidently killed instantly
except Mrs. Brigham, the mother who
lived a few mirtutes, and the oldest
child who died the next day. The
tragedy took place at the old Big
ham home, five miles from Pampllco,
25 miles from the -city of Florence.
Bigham's body was found in the
woods with a bullet through the
HARDING HAS NOT VET .
FIXED DA TE TO CALL Oi
TO ASSEMBLE IN SPE(
DISREGARD OF 18TH AMENDMENT IS
NEXT THING TO TREASON, SAYS GOV
Lake Declares Dry Law;
"Must Be Taken More Ser- j
iously Than Many Other-!
wise Good Citizens Have !
Taken It."
THINKS INDUSTRIAL
DECLINE WONT LAST
Hartford, Jan. 17. "Disregard of
a constitutional provision is the next
I thing to treason," said Governor
j Everett J. Lake Sunday evening in
i referring to the present attitude to-
ward the federal amendment taken by !
" " -
service on "the
world's struggle for
greater liberty."
i
Very Serious Matter.
"It is indeed a serious matter when
so many are ignoring one of the last
provisions of the constitution," said
the governor. "Our present problem i
is away above that of the use or non-
use of alcohol or of the stopping of ;
drunkenness. It's a question of
whether ycKl and I believe in the con
stitution as the fundamental law of
our government. Citizens should live
up to this amendment and public of
ficials should enforce it strictly or
else it should be done away with- It
is In the constitution and it must be
obeyed by every law-abiding citizen.
amendment must
be
v ...
taken more seriously than many oth
erwise , good citixeng have taken it."
Governor Lake said. that "real, lib
erty is opportunity to attain greater
heights of manhood and womanhood
and liberty also means responsibil
ity." After declaring that real lib
erty Is synonymous with,, "demonstra
tive asd undemonsraUve,,: Christian
Ity the governor paid a.' warm tribute
to Xhe manhood of the boys of the
Twenty-sixth division-, . . ' '
Doesn't Fear Depression. ,
In referring to the industrial de
pression, ' the governor said he
thought it would be of short duration
because of the courageous spirit of
the American people. "The world war
brought a new liberty and now the
world is looking to the United States
to see if the country is equally strong
in peace."
SILVER LINING SHOWS
ON INDUSTRIAL CLOUD
Two Big Bridgeport Plants
Resume Operations Same
Pawtncket, R. L
in
Bridgeport, Jan. 17. Industnial
conditions here became somewhat
improved today when the Salts Tex
tile Mfg. Co. reopened its plant with
1,500 employes or about 60 per cent
of its normal force. The wage sche
dule is a 21 per cent reduction ex
clusive of the 12 .bonus making
the net cut about 10 per cent.
The Harvey Hubbell, Inc., plant
also resumed operations with 1,500.
Here a 20 per cent cut in wages went
into effect.
Pawtucket, H. I., Jan. 17. An ex- J
tension of time schedules announced
as reflecting improvement in business .
as reflecting improvement
was reported several textile mills to
day. The Jenks Spinning Co.. employ
ing 2,500 after being closed last week
resumed operation with several de
partments on a four and Ave day sche
dule. The Lorraine Mfg. Co., em-
novinsr 2 000 chanred
tf TTve
from three
days a week to a live day schedule.
1 The ' Weypoyset Co. employing 1,000
UA Q whMIo.8 ' 4
"Ji. ,L. "Vr.
ing some departmerl throe and
others four days a week. The Smith
Webbing Co., employing 105 went on
practically full 'time.
Pittsburgh, Jan. 17. Twenty mills
of the McKeesport Tin Plate Corp. re
sumed work today after .being idle
since Decemher 23. , -;
GREEKS AT
COOPER RESIGNS
AS CORP. COUNSEL
City Official in Ollice Ton Years Re
publican Council Members , 4
to Name Successor.
Judge James F. Cooper, for the
; past 10 yearr. corporation counsel for
the city, tendered his resignation lo
l day to Mayor Orson F Curtis. to
. ituke effect in: mediately upon the
' appointment of his successor. Judge (
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I the mor
Cooper will devote his entire time to ! before tl
his interests In the Stanlev Worka eoneress1
business. , ; ,Vj 1 st&od to
A caucus of the republican "'xnetn'- tledatrf
Ijers of the council will, be 'eld to- j bear--'
morrow " evening. , at " which time the j.'-"""
ruatttar.'b iWs successor will be : take
'tip' ah d a . recommendation will'. t
drafted-- to be submitted to Wednes
day's .common; council , meeting.
4 The letter, sent the mayor- by Judge
Cooper Is as follows: ; '
Hon. O. F. Curtis, Mayor,
Dear Sir: -
I herewith tender to you and
through you "to the common "council
my resignation , tfss corporattoa'-jco-an- I
sel of, the city. ; &&M?rt:
I have rfflade erjeeentsrth' 'I
the Stanley'Works wtvicV-require my
time to the "axclusioh pf other work
and make it " imperative ."that I 're--tire
from this office. if
A'ter the many ' years that I' have
served as adviser, it 'is with genuine
regret that . I take this step; and' I
wish to express to you and the mem
bers of the common council and- tho
boards and commissions, my thanks
and appreciation of many courtesies,
continued 'patience and the great as
slstanoe "which they have shown , me
in the, performance of the duties of
my office.
If I can be of service to the city
in matters now. pending, or in prob-r
lems which have been the subject of
past study and consideration, I, trust
you will not hesitate to call "upon me.
.Very truly, yours,
JAMES E. COOPER," '
Corporation counsel.
ROTARY CLUB TO BE
ORGANIZED THURSDAY
T ;inl, A 1711 r
-dinCIieon At JbiKS t Or Jrr-
liminary Steps of
Organization.
If plans mature, New Britain will
have a Rotary club in a short time.
inuiBuajr, January iir, iocai men f w CJ
who are interested in such a club will . I
meet at the Elks' club grill at 12:15 "
to have lunch and talk over the
proposition. ' L
At present, there are 63,000 rotar
lans in the United States and officials
of the organization of business men
are especially desirous of starting a
chapter here.
Willard Lansing, past district gov
ernor "and t Forrest Perkins, present
a . -.ce.. R. , 1.
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