THE WEATBOBR i ‘ NBT PRESS Rimi Voneurt hr V. 8. WMtker Bnrara/ AVERAGE DAILV CIROUIiATION New Haven OF TPE BVBMNG HERALD tor the month of Janiud7 t 1087i Increiishig cloucSnesa tont|[^t. FrMAjr rnin. 4,966 T- p r ic e : t h r e e c e n i s Oiwslfied Advertiains on Page • MANCHESTEi^ CONN., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1927. VOL. XU ., NO. 118. Grieve for Missing Son ANOTHER BOY STUDENT NO INCREASES COMMITS SUICIDE Blliabe.th, N. j., Feb. IT.— Clark Kessler, 17-year-old High IFSELECniM ^ o o l student, was fpund dead REJECISRILL' today — apparently from a poison— in All Souls Episcopal C A N j p m church. O N jm ia o N In view o f . the Epidemic*'of ■' .* 3 student suicides, sweeping the -A country, the police Immediate­ ly began an Investigation to de­ Also Throws Ont Anodier Willi Lower T u Rate Posst termine whether the boy killed himself. ' O V E R ARE DMIiRED; ble Board Presaes For On Racial Question With­ 50 Strict Economy; Frowns EIGHT M C O D R T out Debate— Two Judge- MRUONS IN DAMAGES ship Resoludous Adopted. -A On Town Phnmng. MAN TAKES A NAP . ON* RAILROAD TRACK California Recovering Toda; FOR NOT PAYING ,r Hartford. Confl., Feb. 17.— Wlth- When Town Treasurer George H. Arctic, R. L, Feb. 17.— “ Ho out_debate or orpopitlpn the House Waddell told the Board of Select­ Cantonese Ariniea Snrronnd hum,” yawned Patrick J. Doyle, i Bat Weather✓ Bnrean men In meeting last -night that PERSONAL TAX today rejected three bills of racial of Providence, as he brought there was Just a possible chance and religious character. The first Hangcbow-^Cifilians Flee his flivver to a stop on the Sounds W a r ^ of An­ that a 13% mill tax rate may suf­ would have prohibiteo the marriage tracks of the New York, New fice this year, it seemed to spur the of whites and those o'* African des­ Haven & Hartfo/d railroad at 1 > members on to strive for even Collector Howe Appears City as Soadierners Ap­ the grade crossing here. other Distorbance; Hmh [ / greater economy. A 14 mill rate cent. Another would have prohibit­ ' “I’m tired,” said Patrick to. has been planned ^or, but expenses ed marriage contracts concemiug 'himSelf and,* curling up on the have been cut to the bone, and ,if Against Delinquents; Has the religious education of children. proach. seat, went off to sleep. dreds o f Randiers Flee the town la favored with good luck The third asked for a law making Fortunately, police awoke the rest of the year a half mill may it against public policy to say or do Doyle from his . Rip Van Winkle Homes as Waters Rise. be cut from the rate. \ Over 50 More Names For anything hi derogation of the sane Shanghai, Feb. '17.-—Slb'wly the before a train came along. But, a reduced revenue is bounp ity of civil marriages. to make somebody get just that These hills, Judge Epaphroditur. Cantonese armies are encircling much less money, and it rathe/ Prosecutor. Peck, of Bristol, reporting for th •Hangcho'w, and its fall now appears San Francisco, Cal., Feb. looks as though the Registrars of ermmittee, said might have b: to be but a matter of tiine. With an estimated death list of 32, Voters Robert N. Veitch, and Louis written “ by the valedictorian ol \ The aTinles of General' Chang CORONER DENIES . five others expected to- die, .tpie Breen and Assessor Samuel Nolson Bight Manchester men faced insane asylum.’*' He said that o will feel the results of the economy Kal Shek are now' reported less number o f Injured mounting ctosa Judge Johnson In the Manchester member of the committee bad policy first. Veitch appeared at the ceived an unusual and extraoixl.'* than ten miles from the gates .of to ‘fifty and 'property damag last meeting of the board seeking police court this morning for fallr ary amount'of propoganda concern­ Hangchow. LUCASRUMORSI reaching Into the milll| an increase and Samuel Nelson has ureto pay their persoual taxes. The ing the measures but that none ap­ nia today was recoverl* entered his resignation as an as- The civilian" population Is report­ of the worst storms In^ tax In each case was for the year pealed to the committee as worthy ed to be fleeing and troops of Sun sessor 'because he feels the job Is of the consideration of the Gener­ of the state. underpaid. 1$23, 1924 and 1926. The case was Ghuan Fang; the defender, are Thirteen persons artful al Assembly. The House was unani­ Hero are Mr. and Mm * Bdmdnd Gaffney, o f New York, for whose withdrawing to new strongholds to Local Youth’s JaV WasFrac- Nothing Deflnitet brought by trosecutlng Attorney mous in rejecting the bills.' be "dead as the result No definite action was taken In Hathaway on^ complaint of. Town missing 4-year-old son, Billy, 8q.uada of detectives and police have been the rear Of Hangchow R^gns From Committee Bister, Irene, are: with.their parents In this picture. , lancfae which engulfed ff"! either case by the board last night, Tax Gbllector George H. Howe; Theodore E. Stelber, representa­ California Edison company con- 4 BIG d r i v e ON tured In FeJI Bat Was Not but the attitude of various mem­ Each Ilian, as his name was called tive from Bridgeport, resigned from struction camp 75 miles from Fras- bers was that Increases In salaries and. the complaint read to him, Shanghai, Feb. 17.-r-The long ’’ no, five others are near death from the House cities and boroughs com­ anticipated drive by the Cantonese or any otper town expepses yrould gave, his reason, for not paying the mittee today. He is also a member Canse of Death. injuries In the same accident. not be countenanced. tax. Sofhe. gave the excuse that they Nine Men Work For 5 Days; troops under Marshal Chiang Kai- Twenty'others suffered less serious of the Judicihry committee. Shek, having for its object the cap­ Last night’s meeting covered were^out of work, othC/s that they. John H. Hill, speaker, appointed infurles. subjects of a varied nature. Nearly were>gick or had been iinable to pay ture of Shanghai, was oA . in full William C. Hungerford, of Water­ Reports that .Ill-treatment by at­ Railroad wrecks ahd traffic hcci- everything in the town’s business becausbsof sickness ln> the: family, ford, to succeed Mr. Steiber. The Save Dog Caught In Cave force today. The Cantonese, and dents took' an additional toll of ranging from poor street lighting while- o.tmrs frankly admitted that resignation was voluntary, the the forces of General Sun Chuan- tendants at the Connecticut State fourteen lives In the vicinity of Los. to the much booted city classifica­ the reasoi^for not paying was sim­ speaker announced. It clears up Fang, ifeoverhor. of Chekiang prov­ hospital- at Middletown figured In Angeles! ince were locked. In. desperate bat­ tion bill were touched on. Although ply caraj^ness on their part and what baa been called “ a difflcnlt. the death of Matt]hew Lucas, local iTve Other Deaths. a lot of ground was covered the tle a few miles Boutb o f Hangcho'w. they e»wB"sx«a!;-...^wlIllng to settle situation’’ as both committees are yoflng man who recently died at Five other deaths have beei;o re­ board didn’t get anywhere on the with the collector. busy throughout the sessloa and It The Cantonese launch^ their ported from various sections of the Important topics. Town planning In each case the man. was order­ Is Impossible for one man to. serve attack yesterday, following the ar-. that Instltutlofl, were emphatlcaHg, state,, all directly ' "in -connecUon and city classification were frown­ ed to pay.th'aftax of $6 with inter­ efficiently on both; Hound C i a ^ Fox Trappedtl}. S. K PRD*ARED rival of hea'vy reinforcements l?om denied today by Coroner Lowndes with-the. storms. , Szechuan, and Knpeh. ed on, salary Increases for the reg­ est at 7 per. cent and In addition Speaker Hill also appointed tel­ High water hae forced more than istrars and Assessor Nelson’s,resig­ Fought: Desj^e^tely A. Smith- The Aoroner stated that the coat of the court. It is many lers for the session as follows: Mol- In Deep Ride— R e se n t he-found s^solutely no criminal 2,000 persons to vgea^te homes. nation were tabled. Tax Collector years since any Manchester men loy, of Derby; Bradley, of> .Beacon •file Sun Chuan-lFang troops, itellroads have suffered heaylty. Howe’s tax abatement list was re­ ; i J weakened by teeaphsW;'WlthlA> their have been brought into court for Falls; Sturges, of Woodbury; ahd negl|g?^te "whate'ver .qn.thfl partr'oi; Many bridges have'been washed turned to bo vouched for by the as** falliira to pay-peraopal taxes. Cassidy, of Norwich, , . own d tlte^SoBri^ aaihgrltii^.He 4sdtelt^ out; telegraph-tines have beenilervel-' sessors, but the board, did pay -the -The forfeited rtghts*‘Ot> fonuBr *frdie fbinBa; to retraat," add * " led and roadbeds undermined. town’s ihat-^s.-JiCTnUlCi;* 50 Mom Names - ' nl^ht HjtogclidV? In doMtder- - tbkt there bad been Postinaste/, ii.rtber W., .DlckehBoji, Although the soittbern part of, most Important of all. ' ■prosecuting Attorney Hathaway able danger; Of being captured .by a tussle between Lucas and an at- told a Hera^£| man tMs morhthg of Rocky Hill, wefe restored by A W m al Marine^^^^ state suffered the most, the north-* Couldn’4 Estimate Thno unanimous /ote of the Housed after Woodruff,.