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New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
Ways and Means Committee Els. timate Altered- d-NeW SChed-
 ule Presented House Today
RECOMMENDATION IS ONLY
 S7,7S5,Oo0 OVER MELONS
Chairman Green Announces That Cut Requests Aggrcgating More Than $5OO,OOO.OOO Had Been Re ceived But to Make All of Them Was Impossible-Corl,Ora Rate SlaShed to II 1-2 Per Cent.

Washington. Dec. s Pt-The new revenue bill will call for d total cut in taxes of s232.135,Oo0 instead of s236, 100000 heretofore estimated by members of the house ways and means committee.
 Chairman Green formally advised the house of the estimate today in q report on the measure. The new estimate is only s1,735, ,000 above the maximum of $225, 900, 900 recommended by Secretary Mellon.
 The chairman said that requests Tor reductions aggregating more than $500. 100000 had been received by the committee and that it was obviously impossible" to make all of them.
 that the total reduction would be made up of specific cuts in tax rates as follows:
 Corporation Rates l11a.
 Reduction in the rate on corpora ton incomes from 1872 to II F per cent, a loss in revenue of s1G4,60O,- poo which, with loss of $12.000,- coo as a result of an increase from S2,000 to $3,00O in the exemption granted corporations with net in- come of s25, ,ooO or less, would bring q total loss of s176,O0o.000.
 Increased exemption from 75 cents 10 $ on admission tickets loss sS,- o0t,0o0.
 Club dues. tax reduced from 10 to a per cent loss s5,00o,OU0.
 Automobile tax, reduced from 3 10 1-2 per cent, loss $33, ,00O,O 900.
 Cereal beverage tax, repealed, loss S1s5,0oo.
 Tax on the sale of wines, reduced 10 pre-war level. loss $9So,o0o.
 Stamp tax on the sale or transfer of capital stock, reduced from 2 to 1 pe- cent on each S1o0 of value. loss $500, ,O00.
 Stamp tax on the sale of produce on exchanges, repealed. loss s. 10000.
 Total loss in revenue, s2s5,515,- GOO.
 Increases In revenue from the fol- lowing sources were provided:
 Withholding of the tax at the source on taX-free covenant bonds (non-resident aliens and foreign corpora tions), s2,00O,000.
 Prize Fight Levy More.
 Prize fights, an increase from 10 70 25 per cent in the tax on admis- sions of s5 and over, s750,oo0.
 Foreign built boats, an increase in the annual tax on such boats con- tracted for after December I, 1927, S3o,O0O.
 Total increase in revenue. so.7So,- 0oo.
 Net loss in revenue, s23o,735.00o.
 The plan adopted in the bill and approved by the majority of your committee" Mir. Greens report said, lis believed to distribute the reduc- ton as widely as possible, apportion- ing it among the taxpayers where the need seemed the greatest, and at the same time endeavorine to make 1t reasonably certain that when the law went into full force 1t would not cause a deficit in the treasury.
 Tn this connection 1t should be borne In mind that the full effects Of the law as proposed 10 be modi- fled will not be felt until the fiscal year 1880. This fiscal year. ending June 30, 1928. will show a large
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
MINOR AUTO ACCIDENTS
Slippery Payemcnts and Binding Rain Arc Cause of Automobile Crashes.

Three automobile accidents, due to the slippery condition of street pavements in two instances, and the binding raiu in another were reported to the police today. None was serious, however.
 A New Britain Lumber Co. truck. driven by Joseph E. Bloom of A Woodland street. skidded on the wet pavement and struck the south east curbst one. smashing the rear right wheel, at 7:3o this morning. Officer Delbert Ncley reported tha: it was an unavoidable accident.
 An automobile driven by Mrs. Stella Fitzryk Of s4S East Main street skidded on the wet pavement about S:3o last evening and struck q car owned by Francis G. Larson of 110 Lake street, which was parked at the curb in front of 5" Main street. Supernumerary Officer stephen Coffey reported that the accident was unavoidable and ths Larson car was damaged about the running board.
 At 5:45 this morning, during the heavy rain, an automobile driven by George Roy of 605 East Main stree. struck a bakery wagon driven by Emil Daunis of 75 East Main street, at the corner of East Main and No ble streets. Sergeant J. c. Stadler reported that Roy was driving west on East Main street and Daunis was driving east. The collision occurred as DauniS was turning into Noble street. Both drivers told the ser geant the rain made it impossible for them to see their way. Nobody was injured and slight damage was done.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
New Yorker Said to Be Unani. m0uS FaVorite Of SeIeCtOTS
 and Chairman Butler
R0RABACK GETS PLACE
 ON SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
Kansas City to bc Host to Presi- dential Electors For First Time Since 1900. When Democrats Nominated William Jennings Bryan-Cho hoiCe Has No Political Significance Is Belief.

NlSLlliCdtlcc )S bcJ1cf.
 Washington, Dec. 5 tP-Charles F.. Hughes is under consideration by the republican national committee for temporary chairman Of the party convention to be held in Kansas City beginning June 1o.
 Kansas City Chosen
 Kansas City, which next year will be host to d major political party for the first time since 1900 when the democrats nominated William Jen- nings Bryan there, ran second throughout the earlier balloting. gaining the lead only when 0 few western committeeman deserted the San Francisco forces.
 During the voting came the news from New York that Charles Evans Hughes had reiterated that he was not & candidate for the presidency. IL added to the uncertain situat ation created by President Coolidge's statement on Tuesday that he was eliminated" from consideration. and drew from Charles D, Hilles, New York committeeman, the prediction that his state would send an unin- structed delegation 10 the conven- tion.
 The committee on arrangem ents, appointed by Chairman Butler. In cludes Mrs. Alvin T. Hert Of Ken lucky. Ralph Williams of Oregon and MT. Hilles. the three yice-chair- men. and David Mulvane of Kansas, J. Henry Roraback of Connecticut. William H. Crocker of California, Charles 4. Rawson, of Iowa, Miss Bina M. West of Michigan, Mrs. Manley l.. Fosseen of Minnesota and Mrs. Wilma Sinclair Levan Of Ohio.
 George Wharton Pepper of Penn sylvania, heads the committee on contests and William P. Jackson Of Maryland, is chairman of the rules committee.
 Hughes Not Candidate
 MT Hughes, who yesterday re-
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
LYNN SCHOOL LEYELED IN DISASTROUS BLAZE
Tracy Building, Erected at Cost of S20O,O0O, is Prey to Tire Which
 Broke Out Early This Morning.

Lynn. Mass. Dec. tPi-The Tracy school, q two story brick schoolhouse in the west end district of this city, was levelled by fire early this morn ing at a loss estimated at s200,o00.
 Some excitement was occasioned patients in the nearby Union hos pital but firemcn succeeded in con- fining the flames to the doomed building.
 A general alarm brought all avail able apparatus and help was sum moned frcm Swampscott. The cause of the blazo was undetermined.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
REGISTRAR ASSAILS
 LEN|ENCY OF COURT
Bay State Official Attacks Judge for Not Jailing
 Girl Driver

Brockton, Mass., Dee. s UP)- { Miss Laura Corbin. 25. Of Whitman, , escaped with a suspended iail sen tencc after pleading guilty tc a charge Of operating an automobile while under the influence Of liquor n district court here today. It was her second offense, sine having been convicted of a similar charge in district court at Quincy on January %. 1926. At that time she was fined Sl00, with sentence suspended.
 Miss Corbn vas arrested two weeks ago when her automobile was in collision with another car while she was en route home from q party.
 Judge C. Carroll King today sen- fenced the defendant to q month in iail but suspended sentence. Boston, Dec. s (UP)-Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of motor ve- | hicles, today criticised the Brockton district court for it's action this morning in suspending 3o-day Jail sentence imposed upon Miss Laura Corbin of Whitman. q second of lender.
 The young woman had pleaded guilty to a charge Of operating all automobile while intoxicated.
 'The defendant i'll this case should not be shown faVoritism simply because she is a woman. ," declared Goodwin, in announcing that he would Submit the case i'm mediately 10 the advisory council.
 The advisory council is composed Of three district judges appointed by lhe chief justice of the state su- premc court for the purpose of se- curing uniformity Of action by tow CT courts.
 Goodwin declared the imposition of a jail sentence was compulsory in the case of a second offender such as Miss Corbin. He pointed 10 the law governing such cases, which read as follows:
 ''The provisions of this section shall not permit the suspension Of execution of sentence of person convicted of operating motor vc- hicln while under the influence of intoxicating liquor if such an of fense was committed within a per- iod of six years immediately follow ing his final conviction of a like of fense by a court of magistrate Of the commonwealth. or of a person con- victed Of felony if it shah appear that he has been previously convict ed of felony"
 Goodwin pointed to the fact that Miss Corbin was convicted on a similar charge less than two years ago. and declared Judge C. Carroll King of Brockton had no right to suspend the girls sentence today"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
Heavy Shows Reported in West and Montana Has Temperature as Low as B Degrees Below Zero.
Connecticut Already Feels Effect, With AbnOrmally High Tide at New Haven and Floods Elsewhere.
hy the ASsn, lated Press

Ey the A~so, lated Press
 cold wave. accompanied ill th. Great Lake region by a terrific gale and i'll other sections by heavy snows today was moving into vir- .ually all sections ot the country.
 Originating in the uorthgest and Canada. the storm extended from Colorado to the Ohio Valley and south to the Gulf of Mexico. and was expected by tonight to reach into California. Southern New Eng lang, the Middle and South Atlantic states.
 3o Below Zero
 Montana reported temperatures as low as S5 degrees below zero; Minneapolis called il the worst biz gard in four years: several south Dakota schools were forced to close: shipping on the Great Lakes was en- dangered by gales that reached 1oa miles an hour: telephone poles were uprooted and wires torn down.
 Chicago experienced drop or 40 degrees in temperature within five hours, and icy paNements caused the death ot three persons and the seri- ous injury Of several others
 Fl0odS at Niagara
 Rising waters Of ihe Niagara river caused tEe inundation of several homes in Niagara Falls, \. Y: Port tolborne, Ont, reported the worst storm in its history with the lake waters laShed i5 feet above normal by 100 mile gale. causing thou sands of dollars damage 10 flooded buildings.
 New England received vivid re- hinder Of its recent flood when heavy rains in Vermont and New { Hampshire caused the flooding of several homes and highways.
 Citrus growers in California were standing by with smudge pots to save their crops.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
REEkS WANTS FUND
 ID ASSIST NEEDY
Hospital Superintendent Recon. mends Special Appropriation
NAME CHANGE ADVOCATED
New Britain Hospital Would Be Cr- ticiai Title if Proposal Is adopted Annual Meeting is Held This Afternoon.

.
 The changing or the name of tho New Britain General hospital and ! the creation Of a fund Of from $500 ! 10 s'o0 a year to take care Of needy
 patients, are recommended by Dr,
 T. EDen Reeks In his annual report as superintendent. which was made 10 meeting Of the corporators and hirectors this afternoon al the hos | pital. Dr. Reeks also points out the i possible advantages of the hospital as medical center and stresses the 1 need Of more room for N-ray and laboratory work. He suggests that i 'he name Of the hospital be changed 1 to New Britain hospital" i New Dcpts. Successful ! His report calls attention to The new physiotherapy department and l the new dental departments recent l ly opened, and says they have prov en successful.
 ! In his report as president. C. r. Bennett points out that the institu- tion operated at q loss of s37oo during the year, yet reduced the price per patient, His report. as well as that of Dr. Reeks and Miss Maude E. Travcr, directress Of nurses. emphasizes the need Of q new nurses home, new medical de-
 parrlnent and additional chiIdren's ! departmentt
 Post Graduate Course Miss Traver calls attention to the
 now post graduate course in the
 psychology Of nursing and the gen
 erai satisfaction felt by nurses and physicians. She states
 that the next class of probationer< will be quartered in tenemeu, house on Griswold street owned |,
 the hospital because Of lack of room
 in the nurses home. Dietitian and chemistry depart
 men's are too small. Miss Traver states.
 Portion Of the reports are as fol- lows:
 Rennetts Report
 "l beg leave herewith 10 present a report for tho fiscal year ending | September 30. 1927. In the reports Of the treasurer and superintendent. you have complete statements in re | gard 10 inc physical and financial condition Of the hospital and I feel Il is only necessary that I should make some general statements iu regard 10 these matters, and also as 10 the present and future needs of inc hospital.
 "Non will note from the treas ur'r's reports that the general hos pltal receipts are not sufficient for iCONtiOua1 0O para ,nN
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
Floods Elsewhere

Hartford, Conn. Dec. N.--U rl-e \ partial renewal Of flood conditions ln some sections of Connecticut was Indicated in reports received by the state highway department here to- day.
 heaNy rains threatened 10 cause
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08

By the Associated Press.
 The jury entered the court room at 10:90 a. m. The case was placed in Its hands at 535 yesterday after noon. The seven men and Ave women, who had brcakfasted short
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
New Haven Affected

New Haven. Dec. S.-tP,-FlooI- Ing full moon" tide piled up to un - usually high levels by strong south east winds brought ;he waters Of Long Island sound two feet above hlgh mark. suhmerging large areas along the water front here today.
 shore line traffic was badly tied up. Trolley service was suspended motorists Were unable to proceed along inundated highways: boats and small shanties were carried away: and heavy surf threatened the security Of many summer cot tageS.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
Sea Wall Inundated

The Morris Cove sea wall was un- der water and many Of the trees along its front had been washed away.
 Washouts Were reported along the west Shor" where several streets s We're under water. and at Cosy Beach, residents were marooned by the tide
 Gangs of laborers Were out along inc shore strengthening roads and weak points.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-08
IrOllcys are Hammered

The tide backing into the Quinu'- piac river, stopped trolley traffic at points along it's shores in the city and it went over it's banks in low sections flooding adjacent meadows.
 Mlddl"town avenue was closed 10 all traffic after police declared 1t unsafe for travel where it crosses tn" river. it's bridge flooded.
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Average Daily Circulation For
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Evening star., 1927-10-21

Watching Long" Jim Barnes
play mashie dead to the pin at
the recent United States open at
Oakmont. l was impressed with
the firmness and compactness of
this shot Jim kept his arms close
to his body through the swing,
and the contact was crisp and
firm. lofting the ball so that when
il struck the green it took firm
/. hold aud stopped dead within two
feet of where 1t landed.
Barnes does not worry about his
foct action on this shot, though il
Is the most marked part of it. He
lets his feet take care OF them
selves. paying his attention to his
pivot and swing He takes his club
back low at an even pace and stops
when he comes TO the top. On a
three-quartefs nlashie, the shot /
saw him play so perfectly, he stops
when he has gone back as far as
he can without bending the left
arm.
Jim hits with his right arm. the
left hand and arm merely acting as
guides. He tries to hit the ball
clean and rarely takes a divot. Jim
merely skins the turf At the top
Of his swing with this club his
weight is braced on his right leg.
His left foot is a balancer. He
never let's his left heel leave the
ground, as on a wooden shot. In.
stead the inside of his. left foot is
gripping the ground firmly. Thus
he is able to make his iron swing
compact
Evening star., 1927-10-21

~ ALIAS, Tex, October 81 LP).-,
Extremely low scores will he
unlikely during the National
~ Professional Golf Assoc iation' $
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Dallas Poue Severe Test for Pro Golfers Title Tourney

Traps speck the fairway and surround
all but the front of the green.
a semi-dog.leg to the right makes
desirable a long slice off the thirteenth
tee. leaving an average pitch TO a
tricky green. Traps are to the right
of the green, trees to the left and out
of.bounds behind.
On the fourteenth. difficult par
4. long tee shot II straight, Will
leave the golfer a strong mashie shot
TO the green on top of a hill. only the
flag being in sight. The entire FAIR
way is lined with trees on both sides.
The sides and rear of the green are
trapped, offering plenty Of trouble.
Once on. the green is ideal for putting.
No. Is is par 3. calling for mid
mashie or mid-iron uphill. The green
is trapped. hut is built up behind to
| hold a hall from trickling over once
ii hits on. The green is not visible
from the tee.
Plenty of difficulties are offered by
the sixteenth hole. par 5. 1t is
played from a tee erected on high
the tee. in the middle of the fairway,
makes long shot necessary.
Second Shot Long.
The second shot also must be long.
for a series of traps and bitches will
he encountered. The third shot. pro
viding the second is over another
series of traps and trouble. is to d
perfectly trapped green with only a
small neck in front for an entry. A
long mashie will reach the green.
No. II is an easy one. The tee
shot may be made with an iron, leav.
ing a short pitch to a green surround.
ed by ravines. The green Is a trifie
treacherous. hut the approach should
be close enough to the pin to eliminate
cause for worry.
A straight tee shot is required on
the par 4 eighteenth hole, slice he.
ing penalized hv deep traps, IA hook
carrying the ball into the rough. The
green is elevated and deeply trapped
three ways. However, it is large
enough to make second shot easy.
and no trouble once on the velvet.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

for the Columbia Country Club cham
pionship today. Standifer led the field
of Is eligibles for the championship
fight yesterday with a score of 10
79-154.
w. Carlton Evans finished in sec
ond place with a 36-hole total Of 1853.
Eight men qualified for the champion
ship division. with Col. c. S. Lincoln
winning a tie for last place when
Scott c. Appleby topped his second
shot on the play.off. DeVere Burr.
who won the title last year, did not
defend his championship.
A field of 30 players qualified in five
flights and are playing today. Special
medal play events will be open to non.
qualitiers tomorrow.
Two matches played yesterday in
the second match play round for the
Liberty Cup at Chevy Chase found
DR.. s. II. Greene. jr.. defeated DR..
w. r. Mason. 5 and 4. while Harrison
Brand. jr., triumphed over w. +.
Chappell by the same margin.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

l. osSa.M. oANgsaRa M'nf Yss b.,scSer Tsrn''iM Maryland
Country Club: James Thomson. Hermitage.
Richmond. Va; Craig Wood. Baltusrol.
>, o;20-Page Hufty, Congressional; Charles
0:25-Howard .Flattery. Philadelphia; VII.
fred Thomson Hernitage Richmond, Va.
William Scott. Baltimore Country Club.
9:30-R. Cliff McKimmie. unattached
Carroll McMaster. Rolling Road: Leo shea
:, 0:35-John Edmundson Philadelphia: z
o ;4o-Tommy Armour. Congressional; s
M Ncwton. Burning Tree; Robert L. Bar
n:45--Joe Turnesa, Elmsford: Tom Moore
Indian Spring: Glenn Spencer. Green spring
O:50---Iames Roche Kennel Club. Balti
more; Willie Macfarlaue. Tuckahoe; sam
Rice. Indian Spring.
81 55--Fred Mcleod Columbia. Leo Die
gel F"nnimore Alex Armour. CongressIonal
10--Ralph Beach. Burning Tree: Johh
Farrell, Quaker Ridge: william Ledch' oNe'
. l0:05.Eide Towns Indian Spring Bon
hs Cruickshank. Progress; Fred baroh'
I0io--Peter Hendric PhladelphIa: Franz
Fountain Head Hagerstown. Nd
1O:Ib--Walter Cunningham. Burning Tree
Alex Taylor, Suburban Baltimore.
r., 0:20--Warner Mather RodGer u.rres, F"rese
Washington Golf and Country.
10:25-Gene Larkin. Indian Snrlng Ken
Meth Alien. Baltimore: Reid W. Digges, In
dian Spring,
Winner Of the qualifying round
Guy NJ. Standifer played Col. c. s
Lincoln in the first match play rount
Evening star., 1927-10-21
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

the New York pro at Rolling Road
last November, and for time it
looked as if he might tie. as his so.
foot putt to tie Diegel hung on the
lip of the cup.
A fee of 81 was charged to specta.
tors who watched the professionals in
their rounds. First money in the
tourney is $500. with other money
prizes graduated down from the top.
The course. under the careful groom
ing of Dick Watson. the Indian Spring
greenkeeper. is in well nigh perfect
condition for the event. although it is
hardly likely that Voigt's mark of 291
made In the District amateur event,
will he broken because of the heavy
going.
The pros also will have a shot at
Miller r. Ste"inson's course record of
81, and it is a fairly safe bet that that
mark also will stand.
Paired in threesomes, the profes-
sionals started the days play in the
following order:
0--Al, Treder Manor: Leo McNerhany;
Rock Creek Park: william Dunt. Sherwood
Forest.
0:O5--A. d. Thorn Town and Country
George j. Eoigt. Bannockburn. Nelson Zim
norman. Pittsburgh.
9:10--George Diffenbaugh. unattached: A.
Evening star., 1927-10-21

in the South: 1t is a par s hole
which requires three magnificent shots
then m accurate bit of putting. The
second shot calls for a long iron OF
spoon, the third about the same, de
pending upon the direction and dis
tance of the second. The green slopes
sharply with deep ravine in front
Putting is extremely difficult.
A dog leg to the right calls for a
spoon or long iron off the eleventh
tee, unless the golfer desires to take
a sporty chance and shoot over the
trees for the green. The green is
about three-quarters trapped.
No. II is long par hole. which
will call for a spoon or brassie. The
green is large and level, however.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
0SMAND, SANDE UP,
HAS WEST THINKING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 21.-Western
horscmens hopes OF victory in tomor-
rows $4,000 American National Han
dicap dropped several notches today
with the announcement that Earl
Sande will be up on Osmand, the pride
Of the J. r. Widener stable.
The best of the West in this race
over mile and an eighth is Chicago.
with Yeddo and Mixup also favored.
Earl Pool will ride Chicago, owned oy
Fred NJ. Griebner.
Top weight of 126 pounds among
the Is probable starters has been
given Crusader. S. ID. Riddles son or
Man o War-Star Fancy. Osmand VIII
carry 122 pounds. and so will Flatircn,
Stuyvesant Peabody's recent pur-
chase. Chicago will so to the post
with 119 pounds.
Perfect weather this week has made
the new track exceptionally fast. con-
sidering the few months that have
elapsed since 1t was rolling prairie.