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New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
COUNCIL BALkS AT
 @l.2 MILL BUDGET
Committee Meets This Afternoon to Scrutinize Appropriations
DISAPPROYES TAX RATE
Criticism of School Expenses and Street Department Factors in Re- jectio0 Of Report From Board of Finance and Taxation.

A committee of the common coun- cil will meet this afternoon to at- tempt further reduction of the city budget in an effort to bring about 25k mill tax, a movement which will necessitate special meeting of the board of finance and taxation to- night, followed by session of the common council.
 May Decide on 26 Mills
 After a day of study, members of the common council committee ap- pointed to attempt reduction of the tax rate were prepared to go to a meeting at the office of Mayor Weld this afternoon with suggestions which. in their opinion, will make it possible to cut the rate from 2611 mills to 26 mills, an increase of l-2 mill over the current tax
 The school department, board of public works, and the miscellan- eous and incidental accounts of all departments are expected to bear the brunt of the pruning" It will be necessary to cut approximately $57,- 900 from the estimates to reduce the figure to 26 mills.
 The drive against 26 + mill tax was opened at last nights council meeting by Alderman Frank Zapat- ka of the sixth ward after Alderman William H. Judd of the third had moved adoption of the estimates as approved by the finance board. The | fifth ward representative amended that the budget go back to the board | of finance and taxation for further cuts, meanwhile urging that some thing be done to prevent the placing of an additional burden on home owners by excessive taxes.
 l Alderman J. Gustav Johnson of the fourth ward entered into the discussion by proposing an amend ment to the amendment that a com mittee of five council members be appointed as a special pruning com- mittee to undertake the task of re- duction.
 What does the alderman from the fourth want to do? He comes in here with this idea like thun- derbolt out of the sky. Is he trying to be the councils angel?" inquired Councilman Samuel Sablotsky. Alderman Johnson defended hit position in favor of lower taxes.
 Hall Wants to He shown
 Chairman Edward F. Hall of the finance board was given the floor and he assured the council members his board is anxious to cut taxes. but would like to be shown where 1t can be done. Already, requests have been cut which, if allowed, would require 33-mill tax. he said.
 Reopening of the Monroe school was suggested by Alderman Zapat- ka as a method by which school ex. penscs might be held down. 'tThe school board might have a little pity on the taxpayers" unused the alder man as he resumed his seat.
 Chairman Hall reminded him that land conditions at that site are not (Continued on Page 15.)
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
Murder Confession to
 Evangelist Is Legal

Wentworth. N. C., Feb. 16 (UP)-A confession of murder allegedly made to an Evangelist is admissible as evidence under the laws of North Carolina, Judge Cameron McRae ruled today in the case of Mrs. Alma Petty Cat lin, charged with the axe murder of her father, Smith T. Petty.
 Attorneys for the accused wo- man based their objections to the confession-which she denied having made-upon the constitu- tional right of religious liberty. They contended such a confession was inviolable under the state law.
 The Rev. Thomas r. Pardue. Evangelist whose story to au- thorities brought about the de- fendant's arrest, testified Mrs. Gatlin came to him after a reviv- al and said. T am guilty of mur- der"
 'I asked her no more but she wanted to tell more," he continu- ed.
 T asked her if she had killed grown person, and she replied:
 "l killed my father"
 Pardue was recalled to the witness stand by the state after the courts decision, to resume his account of events leading up to her arrest.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
Liner, with Pneumonia and Small pox
 Epidemic on Board, Racing for Port
Pacific Steamer President Cleveland Speeding fol
 Honolulu - 16 Deaths Already - Scourge Has Reached Cabin Passengers

Honolulu. T. H., Feb. 16-(UP)- The steamship President Cleveland was reported rushing to this port today after an epidemic of pneu- monia and smallpox-which already has caused 16 deaths - had broken out on board.
 The most of the deaths, radio ad- vices said. have been among the steerage passengers but the epidemic already has reached cabin passen- gers.
 More than 500 passengers are aboard the President Cleveland and most of them were said to be ex- cited by the spread of the disease. The steamer made it's last stop at the port of Yokohama.
 Dr. George Belden. ships surgeon. has worked four days and four nights without rest in an attempt to prevent a spread of the disease.
 The disease, the dispatches said, was first noted on a steward. It spread rapidly among the steerage
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
REV. A. SIMPSON ROSE
 GETS 50 DAYS IN JAIL
Pseudo Minister Guilty of Issuing Worthless
 Check

"Rev" Augustus Simpson Rose patron saint of prisoners. self-styled minister and alleged uplifter of un-. fortunate and downtrodden ex-con- victs. once the leader of thousands according to himself. told Judge Nathan A. Schatz of the Hartford police court this morning that he doesn't believe he has friend in the world. He was sent to jail for 60 days.
 It was a far cry for Augustus Simpson Rose, who introduced him. self to New Britain five years ago this spring as the Rev. A. Simpson Rose, from the day he faced nearly 1000 representative New Britain men in what at it's peak was one of the worlds largest non-denomina- tional Bible classes to that of a prisoner in the dock, who admitted that he had signed his name to a check for $100 and he defrauded a woman hotel proprietor. Gone was his clerical garb. The frock was missing. In place of the vest and collar which buttoned in the back, when he stood in Trinity Methodist church and pleaded for the much abused citizens of penal institutions, he wore this morning negligee shirt, covered with a yellow sweater. 'I have not a living relative" said Rose, alias H. H. Horton, to Judge SchatZ.
 Rose was charged with having ob- , tained money under false pretenses by selling memberships in a fake employment agency he conducted in Hartford. A list of memberships. not unlike sucker list. containing the names of 21 victims from whom he had accepted fees ranging from 25 cents to s depending entirely upon the financial resources of his clients. showed activities extending through Hartford, New Britain and adjacent cities.
 Makes Restitution to Client
 To these persons. according to De- tcctive Sergeant Hallisey of the Hartford police. he has made com-
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
Three Months if Study

Washington, Feb. 16.-UP)- More than three months of inten- sive study by the house flood con- trol committee is represented in the bill providing a comprehensive pro- ject for prevention of disastrous floods in the Mississippi valley to be paid for entirely by the federal government.
 The measure, goes beyond flood prevention in the Mississippi valley and contemplates flood control on Mississippi tributaries and other streams as far removed as Alaska, New England and South Carolina. It also paves the way for electric -power development through reser- voirs constructed primarily for flood control.
 Provisions of Bill
 The measure provides:
 l. Direction of the project by the president.
 2. Administration by a newly ere ated commission of seven, the Mississippi Valley flood control com- mission, to supplant the present Mississippi river commission.
 3. Payment of flood control works by. the federal government, without local contributions.
 In placing direction of the project ! in 43. special Asaamission under. the pfeaf6sfft. the G6fnmittee Is f6f,bSwing the policy used In construction of the Panama Canal, with which this project has been compared.
 The commission would be ap- pointed by the president, with senate confirmation required. Four of it's members must be engineers, and the president is also authorized to ap- point army engineers to assist it.
 The present Mississippi river com- mission will cease to exist after the new commission is organized.
 &4OO. .OOO. .OOO Is Needed
 An appropriation of approximately s40O. 100000 will be asked of con- gress to carry out the flood control works, consisting of levees. spill ways, floodways and reservoirs. A federal bond issue is authorized to meet the expense. This appropria- ton compares with $296, 4O0,0 Continued on Page Eight)
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
MRS. VANCE'S S2,O00 GIFT
 ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL
Check For Playground Equipment to bc Given to City Treasurer
 Tomorrow

The common council having &C., cepted a gift of $2,0Oo for a play ground in memory of Robert J. Vance. a check covering that amount will be rendered to City Treasurer Curtis l.. Sheldon tomor- row when Mayor Weld signs the councils resolution. The gift was made by Mrs. Robert J. Vance, widow of the former mayor and con- gressman in whose honor the Vance school Is named. The playground is to be placed in the rear of the school building.
 A resolution to accept the gift, with the city's appreciation, was in- troduced at last nights meeting of the common council by Alderman Frank Zapatka of the fifth ward. The fund will be turned over 10 the municipal recreation commission and equipment for the grounds will be ordered at once.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
TOPPLING CHIFFONIER
 KILLS 5 YEAR OLD BOY
Strangled Between Bureau and Foot of Bed at
 His Home

Strangled when large chiffonier over and caught his neck between it and the top rail of a bed, five year old Arthur John kallberg, son of Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Kallberg of 21S Belden street, was killed last night at 6 o'clock at his home.
 His mother left the home to do an errand just as the factory whistles were blowing. feeling that her husband would return from work while she was gone. Although MT. Kallberg returned shortly after 6 o'clock, the mishap had already occurred. According to pr. John Purney, medical examiner. the life of the boy could not have been saved if the parents were within a few feet of him when the accident occurred. The body was found dangling between the bed and dresser by the father. He had pull ed out a drawer near the bottom of the chiffonier which he used as a step to reach the top.
 Arthur was the oldest of three children. He told his mother he would take care of his two younger sisters. Helen Dorothy. three years old and Irene Ruth. one year old, when Mrs. Kallberg was away.
 He was pupil at the V. B. Chamberlain school where he en- tered almost three months ago. He was five years old on November 24 and he entered school two days later. He was 10 attend a movie show with his father last night. an i event he looked forward to with an- ticipation all day.
 The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at 9 o'clock at the home. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16

passengers. most of whom were Filipinos.
 Port physicians already had estab- lished emergency health stations to receive the stricken members of the passenger list of the steamer. They expected the passengers to be trans ferred to the port immediately upon arrival of the vessel.
 San Francisco. Feb. 16 (UP)- Unusual cold weather in Japan, causing suffering among Filipino steerage passengers on the liner President Cleveland. has resulted in 1G deaths from pneumonia on the ship, a message received from the ship today said.
 The tropics-bred Filipinos went on deck while the ship was in port en route to Honolulu and contracted colds, the message said.
 Fifteen Filipinos aboard the ship still were suffering from pneumonia, it added.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
FATALLY INJURED

Bridgeport. Feb. l6 N = Don Burt, IS. is in St. Vincent's hospi- tai with little chance of recovery from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile shortly after midnight last night.
 The driver of the car was Hugo Wurm of this city. Burt's skull was fractured. his right leg broken and he received probable internal in juries.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
STATE FALLS DOWN IN JACKSON TRIAL Judge Hardly Thinks Charges
 Have Been Proved HEARS DISMISSAL PLEA
Reserves Decision Until This After noon After Having Listened to Accusations Against Indiana Gov erOQf.

Indianapolis, Feb. 16 R-Declar- ing that he believed the state had failed to prove its case against Gov ernor Ed Jackson but withholding decision until this afternoon, Judge today took under advisement a de- fense motion for directed verdict of not guilty. Jackson is charged with conspiracy to commit d felony in at tempt to bribe.
 The state rested it's case at 9:11 o'clock this morning. Defense Makes Motion
 Shortly after the state had closed it's case defense attorneys presented motion asking Judge Charles M. McCabe to direct verdict of not guilty on the ground that the prose- cution had failed to produce suffi- cient evidence to prove the governor guilty.
 Harry McGlenn, an investigator for the Marion county prosecutor S office, was the states only witness today. He told of having seen Rob- ert w. Lyons, Richmond, Ind. attorney. and former financial agent for the ku kluN klan, in a Dayton, O., hospital last Friday. Lyons was to have been state witness. The prosecution, in testimony introduced yesterday. sought to show that Lyorfs was a participant in a conversation in which Jackson took part when an alleged plan to attempt to bribe for mer Gov. Warren T. McCray in 1923 was formulated.
 Real Mystery Man James F. Mcdonald, so much talk ed about and so little seen, has proved the real mystery man of the trial.
 It was 10 gain McDonald's ap- pointment as Marion country prose- (Continued on Page 15.)
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
Grandmother Ordered to
 Support Grandchildren

New Haven. Feb. 16 P>-Mrs. Al mira Wright must contribute S15 weekly to the support of her four grandchildren according to an order issued today by Judge John Richard Booth in civil superior court. The order is based on a little known law which provides that grandparents must provide for the support of grandchildren when their parents are unable to do so
 Heaton Wright. father of the chil- dren is a fugitive from justice on a non-support charge and is also de- fendant in a divorce action brought by Mrs. Ruth E. Wright of Milford.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
60 Story Office Building
 Is Planned for New York

New York, Feb. 16 Rf-P1ans for the erection of sixty story office building towering 700 feet in height on Lexington avenue between Forty Second and F'orty-Third streetA have been announced. The building will tie in height for second place honors with the Metropolitan Life Building. The Woolworth tower is 7S2 feet high.
 The land on which the building h to be situated k valued at 34.ooo, ,eeo and the estimated cost of the baill- ing is 3l2,OO0, 900.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
MISSING DEPUTIES
 BODIES ARE FOUND
Discovered, Face Upward, in
 Woods Near DanYile, III.
TWO SUSPECTS ARE HELD
Discovery of Bodies Today Clears Up
 Fate of Two Officers Who Disap- pearcd Feb. 7-Men Held May Not Be Ones Wanted.

Danville,, Ill.,, Feb. 16 RNBodies of the two missing deputies of Lafayette, Ind, were found this morning in a woods at Foster, a lit tie village between Danville and Cow ington. They were lying face-upward with arms carefully strengthened at their sides.
 How they came to their deaths had not ben determined, due to the fact the coroner and sheriff direct- ed the discoverer to permit no one to touch or see the bodies until they arrived. Names of the deputies, who disappeared while taking two con- victs to prison, were John P. Grove and Wallace Mcclure,
 They disappeared Feb. '.
 Ends Long search.
 The discovery terminated more than week of intensive search of the territory between Lafayette, Ind. and Chicago by hundreds of state and city police. The two convicts. John Burns and Samuel Baxter, be- lieved by police to have been respon- sible for the disappearance of the officers, are still at large.
 The automobile in which the deputies had started out from Lafay- cite with the prisoners was found soon after their disappearance on a deserted street at Decatur. III. The only indication that a conflict might have taken place was a hole in the windshield of the car, which police said was caused by bullet.
 Bodies of the two officers were discovered on the farm of Charles Abdill near here. Abdill, in com pany with two other men, stumbled across the bodies, covered with a heavy autom obile robe. They were fully dressed.
 In Remote Place.
 The farm is remote from any tele- phone and further news was unob- tainahle.
 Police believed the robe to be the same one which a hack driver told them he had seen flung across 1.-two bundles" in the rear of a speeding automobile on the morning of Feb. '. The informant, Herman Kyle, who lived near Lafayette, later iden- tified pictures of the two convicts. He said one of them was driving the machine.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
Pilot of Airplane in
 Florida Crash Dead

Miami, Fla. Feb. 16 R>-Ray w. Jackson. 3S, of Miami, injured late yesterday when seaplane of the Cuba-America Air Line, Inc. crashed in Biscayne Bay with 1s persons aboard during a test flight. died to- day. The plane was wrecked but other passengers and crew escaped serious injury.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
EDDIE fOY FOUND < DEAD IN KANSAS
 CITY HOTEL TODAY
Famous Comedian, and Father Of Seven Little Toys" Veteran
 Of American Stage
WAS MAKING FAREWELL
 TOUR WHEN STRICKEN

Heart Disease Causes Death of Vaudeville's Premier Actor-Died lin Harness" as He Said He Would-Started Career at Age of IS Years in Chicago - Death Comes as Shock to Friends.
 Kansas City, Mo-. Feb. 16 R- Eddie Foy. the actor. died at the Hotel Baltimore here today.
 Mr. Foy played at the Orpheum theater here last night and appeared in good health, Fred Spear, manager of the theater, said.
 On Farewell Tour
 The veteran comedian was making what had been billed as his farewell tour of stages on which he had act ed for more than half a century.
 After last nights performance he acomplained of no illness. the man. ager of the theater said.
 Mr. Toys real name was Edwin Fitzgerald. He was 73 years old. Heart disease was assigned as the cause of death by Dr, Herbert Tut hill.
 The actors wife awakened him at 7:30 a. m. and found him ill She summoned the physician. MT. Foy died at S:45 a. m.
 Dr. Tuthill is the Hotel Baltimore physician.
 'The Fallen Star" was the vehi- cle of the veterans last appearance on the boards. In the playlet Mr. Foy took the part of q stage door man, who was once star on Broad- way. It gave him an opportunity to recall to present day theater goers some of his own triumphs of the past.
 Realized End Was Near
 That the actor realized his fare we'll tour might not run it's full course was indicated to Charles Thoms, general manager of the Lakewood Golf and Country club, a close friend, who visited MT. Foy backstage Tuesday night.
 Mr. Thoms said he found Mir. Foy seated on q trunk. almost too weak to go on the stage for his act, and that the actor remarked them he did not believe he would be able to finish the season.
 Dr. Tuthill said he learned from Mrs. Foy that her husband had been subjected Co heart attacks for the last six months. The physician gave angina pectoris as the cause of death.
 He died in the work he loved" Mrs. Foy said.
 Hal Munis, the actors manager also declared that it was MT. Toys wish to end his career while ac- lively engaged in stage work.
 'He died as he wanted to: not in an actors home" said Munnis.
 Besides his widow NIT. Foy is sur vived by seven children. Six of the younger Toys were scheduled to play at . theater in Fort Madison. Iowa, today. The actor was married four times.
 MT. Foy recently completed his memoirs, published under the title
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-16
MACMILLAN ERECTS PALACE IN NORTH
 LABRADOR W|LDS
Expedition Conducts Scientific
 Research Work in Electrically Lighted House, Has Movies and Radio
HOME IS RENDEZVOUS OF NElGHB0RING ESQUIMAUX

Noted Explorer Tells of Work Being Done in Anthropology-Ffnds Ruins of Many Old Esquin,o VII. lages and Of So-CalIed Tunit Race - Believe Latter WeFo
 The Associated Press has in
 terviewed by radio Commander
 Donald B. MacMillan, head of
 the Greenland expedition of the
 Field Museum, Chicago, now
 wintering at Bowdoin Harbor,
 Field Bay, Northern Labrador.
 Questions put to Commander
 MacMillan concerning the expe-
 dition's scientific work during
 the winter months. and the ex-
 plorer's answers, framed in the
 following dispatch. were trans mitted between Station WNP on
 the Bowdoin, the expedition's
 ship, and Station 1-XV, experi-
 mental station of Massachusetts
 Institute of Technology, at
 South Dartmouth, Mass. A wave
 length of 20 meters was used.
 The operator with the Mac-
 Milan party is CliffordE. Himoe
 of Glendale, Calif.. a technology
 student on leave of absence. c.
 c. Macintosh, research stu-
 dent, handled the Massachusetts
 end of the communication. By COM. DONALD B. MACMILLAN Bowdoin Harbor. Field Bay, Northern Labrador. Feb 16 (By Radio to The Associated Prexs through Massachusetts Institute oe Technology.
 The Rawson- Mac Milan Field Mu- scum expedition established winter quarters and a permanent scientific station at Bowdoin Harbor, Field Bay. North Labrador. for the pur- pose of studying the meteorology, geology. botany. zoology and onthro- pology of this region which is un. known scientifically. Though the winter months are unfavorable for obvious reason for studying many ol the above subjects. we have made considerable progress and ar& d1, bringing in results which wiM NP great interest to scientists at h@nfe
 Our greatest work thus fan Aaa been done in anthropology. Dr. Run can Strong of the Field Muae&nA, Chicago. is now living with the Mas copie Indians, the first scientist to enjoy this privilege. There is 8 small but very interesting band living in the interior of Northern Labrador between our station and the George river. Little has ever been written concerning their life, and this little largely inaccurate. Two families are now in camp here at our station giv- ing us an unusual opportunity for observation.
 Comfortable Building
 Our home, a fine large, comfort able building with electric lighta. radio and motion pictures is the mecca for all Eskimos.
 A few days ago we entertained 30 over Sunday. Hardly 8 day passes
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