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scorn .NORWALK. oonnaauasnav. JUNE" 22 or.
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DIESSED AND DiDIGllID
lSt. ladislatrs Ilungsrian Ito-an
Church to thee luressiee Sor-
elces llext Sunday
HIGH retort,
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Seventy-two in the Senior Class
The handsome new organ just in-
stalled in St. Ladislaus' Roman Catho-
lic Church. in South Norwalk will be
[blessed and dedicated next Sunday.
.The day being the Feat of Corpus
IChristi it was appropriately selected
GERIINNS Al
IRUNI UNIS
0f IRENGNES
Capture of Importance Reported
IlUitl tltittttts,
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Iotarsisgfraneddeg in South
Aunellschbe fares turtle
indreens ferns
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Returning. from a wedding in
ISouth Norwalk at 8:45 o‘clock last
Icvening five Bridgeport persons were
:iijured when the Ford car in which
SIGNED NI
AWAY UNDER DRUGS
Weston. lteir to Part of liege
Estate. Was lleld Captive in a
llelark Intel-Traced lry liar
friends-Sensational Charges
la“ Before New York 0istlrct
Attorney in Cloypoole Case
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Fair tonighg and Friday.
,AMERIGIINS [RSI 12 DEAD;
' INCLUDING THE GUNNAN
' an 17 tittr tits
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rm». nature Were Killed and Thirty Wounded in the W
“I“... fI-lll "M I“ uplithey were riding skidded in Greens
u 141“ th. I” “.53.“... the impressive ceremony. A
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- - - t . large number of people will participate
“'3 ”I'm"; In “a" ‘l in the program. as all of the Hungar‘I
Desire
I ian Societies in the city have been iii-I
Ivited. and many out~of~tow.i friends
0N “PREPAREUNESS”
' are expected.
Iwill carry flowers and the occasion
will he a gala ore. ()n the entrance
to the church there will be high massw
in which Rev. Joseph N. Szabo. pastor"
of the church. and the ‘Rev. Stephen'
I”. (‘ln-rnitzky. of Bridgeport. will par-
ticipate and deliver appropriate serW
rnons. It was during ltev. Mr. t‘her'I
els. in the Verdun Sector
GfllllN SUDNARIIIE
IIIRRIIES Ull MADRID
Serious Uprising Against the Turks
in Arabia, and Rebels Capture
I Tire ceremony will commence with
a procession around the church,|
Chirnian Colinrn Tells of the;
" Work of the School Board
starting at ll o'clock. The chlldreni
nitzky's pastorate here that the hand-
some church was built. and he has
always taker a deep interest in its
welfare.
After the high mass and dedication
ltoyt's Theatre was crowded to the of the organ there will begin the per-
limits last evening when seventy-two.
graduates of the Norwalk Senior High
School were presented with their!
diplomas by Superintendent of Schotm.
lra ‘1‘. Human. This was the first
time in some years that the gradua-
tion has been held in a theatre, and
the wisdom of the more was shownt Xt‘_\\' Y‘ll‘k city: Father (‘hernltzkyl ofi
by the fact that the attendance was lll‘lllzt‘lmrl: RF". I". Hahn. 0' New on both banks of the Mouse 3!?
tone as large as the high school hall
lllllltl possibly accommodate. Last
evening‘s class is the largest that has
ever been graduated front the local
high school, and the fact that the
classes are becoming larger
iod of Forty llours‘ Devotion. and
this will continue on Monday arid
Tuesday also. A large number of visv
lting priests will assist the Rev.
Father Szabo in these morning and
evening services and confessions. The
list will include Father Siohrich. of
Jersvy: Father Fanassy. of New
York. l‘usht-r lllsktll‘PtlHll)‘l. of Gutten-
burg. New Jersey; Father Sasdary. of
Newark. New Jersey. and Father
I‘ogozsky of llronklyn New York. All
”pry‘ these distinguished Hungarizin priests.
year shOWs the progress of education} WI“ I)“ heard Willi pleasure. All many
The graduateg were seated on ”19' of the St. Ladlslaus‘ members are per-
stage. as" were also themembers of. 8008"! 8“]!!de With them. I
the Board of Education. the Hilh. Th" Oman l5 one Of the finest ln“
School Faculty. and the speakers of. this section or the state. it was built
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Mecca
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After violent attacks lasting all
‘night, the Germans captured
.front line trenches between Fu-
min Wood and Chenois. in the
Verdun sector. according to an
Iofficial statemet issued today by
.the French War Office.
The Germans attacked in force
ter the usual heavy bombard-
:ment. An attack on the south
slope of Dead Man Hill was
checked by grenade detachments.
according to the official state-
ment.
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-the evening. The High School Alumni“
orchestra. composed of students who.
had formerly played in the high school
orchestra. gave several selections.I
which showed that they had-not for-
gotten any of their former skill. Dr
J. .Virlton Coburn. the chairman of the.
Board of Education, was iJ charge of
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tints urns rm
Conducted llis their Divorce Soil,
and lost in the Superior Court
Yesterday ‘
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Caleb A. Burgess of Bedding con.I
tributed considerably to lessen the
monotony for the spectators in (‘ivil
Superior Court, who had been listen-I
in: to uncontested divorce cases. yes-‘
territy when he appeared before the'
. court as plaintiff and counsel in his:
action for divorce against Anna Bur-I
gess. .
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by the Easty Organ Company. of New
York and Baltimore. it has two man-
urtls. eight stops and 445 pipes. it
Posts 31.750. it is operated by electrlr
' motor. rind has all the latest mechan-
ical improvements. The organist ls
Joseph Szempian, of .\'o. 1 Oak street.
and he will be assisted try Mr. Guisz.
ian Church. In Bridgeport, both
whom will give recitals during the day
on the new instrument.
The members of St. Ladlslatis
(‘liurch are nitich pleased with the newl
organ and are anticipating many cn-g
tertainments in the future. I
The Jolly’Flve. which held a num-
contributed :350 toward the
and a like amount was given by the
Emery Society.
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return Hill It $2,500
in IR NESlPDll court
W’rllietn E. llart Charged With
Assatdl Willi latent to llill Ills
Wife
the organist of St. Stephen‘s llungur-.
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liter of dances during the past year..
organ.
sribond of 82.500, William E. Hart. for- spotless white trousers and gloves.
we mer acrobat of the Barnum & Bailey and gray legglns. Norwalk firefighters.
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'it‘arms and overturned. None of the
party, which included two women.
was badly injured.
Most seriously hurt was John Keat—
i‘ig 56 years old. of 131 Dever ave-
nue, operator of the auto. He sat.
tiered a compound fracture of the
‘nooe. and laopntlons of the face. He
tits in the eport hospital.
Ms roorr Injured.
I In the auto when it overturned was
.Alcxander Macl’herson. of 1374
il’einbroke street. pharmacist of the
It‘harities Department and emergency
chauffeur for the ambulance of the
Emergency Hospital. Mr. Macl’her-
son suffered a oozitused we. lie also
lost his eye glasses.
Taken Home in Tani.
A Miss Elrod. who received lacera-
tions of the scalp and suffered from
shock. as well as another woman and
a man. were brought to their homes
in Bridgeport All a taxicab.
After tbo‘oecident the injured per-
sons rummoaod a taxicab to take
thrm to their homes in Bridgeport.
The Emergency ambulance was tele-
phoied for. Dr. J. T. H. Powers in
charge met the injured at Ash (“reek
Oklda Alter Hitting Rut.
Mr. Keating insisted on being taken
to the Bridgeport Hospital. Tire oth-
ers, who were not so badly injured.
‘srayed in tho taxicab.
The Ford car was traveling at a
fair rate of speed when it lrlt a rttt
in the roadway and skidded. it Lt dc»
.clared, causing the machine to turn
. turtle.
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IN PDUGNIIilI’SIf
ilede a “some“ as they
L left llornal lkls Iorniq,
loaded by the Second lddnont
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forms of dark blue coats and caps.
Among the guests invited to w'itnesatnliows who shot and slightly wounded two hundred strong, headed by Chief
the dedication are Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Innis A. Leltnialer. At-
torney William F. Tammany. James
eral more shots in his home. was
Lockwoodflhis wife Tuesday night. and fired sev-i Bogardus in his newly painted auto-
'mobile, and mgrshalled by Deputy
Ibound over to the Superior Court yes? Chiefs Powell and Wheeler. marched
A. Farrell, William H. McMahon and, tcrday on a charge of assault with in- through the main streets of Norwalk
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terminator
The first Fairfield County conven-
tion of the season is to be held Wed-
tent to kill. The case was brought in
town courts yesterday morning before
Justice Joseph G. Hyatt. who found
probable cause.
Hart is believed to have developed
insanity following several weeks of
excessive drinking. An adopted
home some time ago and returned
Tuesday. Hart declared she could
I a rage when his wife took me part. of
He had drawn up the writs and in-‘ nesday, June 28th, ‘1 the Ried me“lithe girl.
eluded allegations respecting the de-I
fentiunt. Judge Vl’ebb looked the’
writs over closely and decided thatI
they were not properly drawn. Thel
plaintiff had not stated specifically his!
place of residence. Under the circuitr-
stances the court advised Burgess to
'retaiu a Connecticut lawyer and bring
another suit. Burgess evidently did
not feel inclined to acquiesce in the
judgment of e court. He asked for
pennisslon to amend the writs but
this was denie
He Is Persistent.
The- counsel-plaintifi was persis‘c‘
ent in his objegion against the
court's ruling. After his case had
been thrown out and another divorce
action was being heard. Burgess re-
turned to the court room and asked
the court to state specifically on what
grounds his suit was rejected. This
time he received a curt reply from
Judge Webb to the effect that be was
hearing another case and bad disposed
of the Burgess matter. Burgess made
a hurried out from the court room.
Didn't Know Year.
Testifying that her husband was
cruel to‘ her and had threatened to
take the lives of her two children and
herself on one amnion. Gotta Hobar-
man at Stamford received her decree.
She was also given custody of the two
children. She told thoecourt that she
had. married Jacob Hobeman in
Russia 12 years ago; that be had left
her to come to this country and that
(contained on sun: rose.)
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Hall. Stratford. The guests of honor
are the officers of the. Connecticuw
State Association. and Miss Buuts~
'Rees. county chairman, will preside.
The convention will be called to order
at 10:30 and wll open with a song by
Miss Theresa Hoyt. of Darien. Ad~
dress of Welsome will be by Mrs.
Charles D. Lay'and speeches will fol-
low from Mrs. T. N. Hepburn. presi-
dent Mrs. A. E. Scranton-Taylor, Mrs.
M. Toucan Bennett. Mrs. Charles 8.
Stoddard and Miss Emily Pierson.
lThere will then be short reports form
each town.
own banner. _
At (Our o'clock what is called “A
Phrophetic Scene." "Bis Place is in
the Armory." by Alice Duer Miller,
will be presented by "Greenwich Suf-
Each league will have its
' frage Players." Mrs. Miller writes the
column in the Sunday Tribune calla:
“Are Women People?" and she is de-
liciously humorous. so the skit is sure
to be delightful. Every interested
suifragist is invited and if there did
any inquiries they should be addressed
to Miss Innate-Rees. Greenwich. It
will be recalled that under Mrs. Her-
bert H. Knox. Fats-field 00., was the
first county to organise and bold
county meetings to collage. and six or
eight were held. Mrs. Ilfnox splendid
leadership did fmucb for outrage.
When she was obliged to give up her
ofilce because‘bf the pressure of other
work. Miss Runes-Rees consented to
take the position which site had held
before In. Knox- came into ones.
This is the first county meeting under
Miss Rants-Rees. ‘
The bullet which struck Mrs. Hart
just grazed the side of her face. Dr.
Nolan. who- was called. found that
she. was not badly hurt. Constable C.
N. lKirke was called and arrested
Hart. The revolver had been reloaded.
Hart and his wife are .said to have
bad frequent quarrels for some time
past.
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.. Sill tits at DAMAGES
Frances St. John Rider. the young
Norwalk woman who claimed she was
assaulted and insulted in her own
apartment by her sister, Mrs. Downs
Lawton. of Norwalk. was awarded
damages of 810 and costs by Acting
Judge Booth of the common pleas
court yesterday. The plaintiff claimed
that on April 36. 1916. Denotes Lave-
ton mode remarks Meeting upon the
plaintiff's character and then struck
the plaintiif with her list. Mrs. Rid-
er's eye glasses were broken and her
but and veil rutuod.,sbo said. She
sued for $1.000 damages?
in the stilt of Irving Lockwood of
New Canaan against William 8. Simon
of New Canaan the court awprded
'Iockwood damages of “19.”. no
sued for 3500 to recover pay for
goods patella...
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iment Band of New Haven as their
Iescorts. to entrain for Pougblteepsle.
New York. where the gigantic fire-
. men's parade was held today.
' The Norwalk firemen formed early
this morning at the corner of Hoyt
.daughter, Caroline. 21. ran away from and ‘Main streets. First District, and
marched down Main street, into Wall
Istreet, down West avenue and South
‘not return to the house and flew into: thin street. into Monroe street. and
up to the East Bound railroad station.
where they entrained at 9:30 a. m.
for the New York State city.
. Hearty applause burst forth from
1the crowd lined up along the line of
,msrch, at frequent intervals. as the
firemen marched by in close forma-
tion. forming a. very attractive sight.
Today’s dffair is the first time that
the fire departments of the greater
City of Norwalk. have ever united for
one. common cause; into one large de«
partment, representing not their own
separate districts but the City of
Norwalk as a whole.
In Poughkeepsie. the local boys will
be headed by “The Scarlet Car." in
which will be seated Chief Bogl‘rdus
and fire committeeman Ganung.
Three prises. one for the company
coming the longest distance. one for
the best appearing company. and one
for the most members. will be given.
and it is the hope and plan of the Nor-
walk firefighters to capture one, if not
all three of said prises.
Accompanying the fire department
will be Mayor Harstrom and the en-
tire city council. whobayo been eti-
peclalty invited as guests of the mayor
and council of Il’ouglskoopnio.
The visitors will be royally enter-
tained by the Pougbkoepslo Depart-
ment. according 'to oil reports, and
various companies will be assigned to
various fire houses. where refresh-
ments and entertainments of all
description will be on hand. The
"Nort‘valk Special” will louver Prongh-
keepsie late this evening .for the re-
turn trip. On'the trip to Pougbkocp-
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NEW YORK. June 22.~-L‘hurges that
Miss Gertrude Claypoole, niece of the
late John \\'. Bookwalter of COIUlllthlb.
Ohio, and ht'll’ to one-fifth of his Silt,-
000.000 estate. had been drugged. held
as a prisoner in in Newark hotel and
forced to
rights in the estate were laid before
District Attorney Eduard Swarm yt‘s
tertiary. ' no complaint was maJc t.-
the district attorney by Judge J. .\l.
Sheets of Columbus. Miss L‘taypoole's
attorney. as an outgrowth of (A contest
over the estate.
According to the charges. Miss t‘lav»
poole. who is 42 years old. was taken
from her hotel here to the office of an
attorney by a woman who adnnnrs.tr
ed drugs to her, and at th“ attorney's
office was induced to sign a revocation
of a chr of attorney she had given a
lawyer and also a revocation of is will
All-.s L‘laypoole was then takes, she p
iii .\t'\\llll worm
held a virtual prisoner for
two days. Her friends traced her
there, it is said. and telephoned lilt-
woman who accompanied her that urr
less Miss Cioypoolc was restored to
[firm wiilrin 2A hours tin-y nonrd .iu'.
ly thtl police. At 3 o‘clock the fwl
lowing morning. according to the
tlory, rt woman friend of Miss Clays
poolc in New York was called to her
door by a taxicab driver. who said ht-
bad a "woman to deliver." lliss
t‘laypoolo was in the bottom of the
taxicab. clad only in her nightclothcs.
She alleged she had been carried down
eleyen stories on the hotel tire es-
‘ cape.
RUNS SIARI ll
INUNIISIUN I’llNl
300 Poles Attack Officers and
assert. to a hotel
she was
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Arrested in Mt—felng tied
for Superior Court
THOMAS‘I‘ON. June 21.—The strike
at the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing
Company. which has been carried 03'
since last Monday by nearly 300 Poles.
resulted in a riot this noon when the
strikers mixed things up with High
Sheriff Frank H. Tarkington and his
deputies at the mill gate. They were
ordered to go to their homes, but re-
fused. Since Monday morning. when
the strike was first called. a gang of
the strikers. numbering about 200,
collected at the mill gates and have
persistently refused to allow anybody
to enter. The other employees of the
company who wanted to go to work
were rolled in the mud and roughly
treated by the strikers.
The local officers. numbering eight.
had no control over the gang. and
High Sheriff Turklngto'n of Litchfield
county. and his deputies from other
places were pressed into service to-
day. Selectman George C. Hosford
also called upon the local/firemen to
report at headquarters at 9 oc'lock
this morning, and be sworn in as
special policemen and remain at the
headquarters during the day to be
ready for action at a. moment's no-
tice.
The. Plume ls Atwood Company
paid the men off at the plant this
morning. and everything was quiet up
to noon. At 12:30 o’clock..8heriff
Turkington and his staff of ofilcers
went to the Plume & Atwood plant
where they found about 300 strikers
collected around the gate ready to,
enforce their orders that no one
should enter the factory. The sheriff
read the kiot act tenths crowd and on
tiered them to disperse. butvthey re-
fused aud . showed fight. hurling
stones and other missiles at the
sheriff and officers. .
One of’fhe stones smashed the
gla‘ds in the windshield of the car in
which the sheriff .was standing. 0r:
tiers were then given to the (racers to
use their clubs, and they did. but the
strikers fought back. The signal was
then sounded by the mill whistle.
calling out the firemen, who rushed
to the mill in automobiles. After a
lively scrap. the strikers were started
away from the mill.
Mrs. Jankay. the woman who has
been directing the strike. was in the
manhood on Tvi'o’trui Page.)
sign away certain of her,
1‘ with a repeating rifle.
of Central, Yesterday, According to Official Announcement [Hi
the Mexican Consulate “
MEXICAN tMtlSSlltIlIhSltlllt turnout tr:
Altltlltllt'Ci wnr srcrtrrtr llNSIIIG tom:
Aglivily About the Wir and State Departments in Washington Q.
tinoes, and llitionol Cuird Cr ganization Are Going into Cup "
may "
or in our
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{Americans lo"t twelve dead. ‘ ._ .
gcluding their commander. “
‘sevontecn prisoners. while . '
,teen Mexicans were killql-’
tthlrty wounded in tho -
j Car-sisal, according to the
Names of fittirersond Aten Win; imam??? today of the
ecan no a e. ,
l9“ “MW!“ “‘1! f" 8“! n The Consulate announc, _
- , said complete details bad behoo- ,
“It “mm .ceived from Villa Ahumsda. M
The members ot the Sixth t‘ornpany. Amenc‘ns "moved the“ M
(‘oust Artillery Corps. (‘onrrecticut Na» .
tional Guard. left for Furl H. (l._
.ed with them.
“Till“ ””5 "Na—“"3 The “Olmp‘ayicommandor still is unknown."
marched from t e armory to tie a -;
ltion at South .\'orwslk, where they the America-
left on a special train at 9 o’clock.
liurgo crowd was at the station to see: battlefield.
tthom ad. and there was much hand-
' h kt rid rb .Tbe boys weroI ‘- '. I
Iluh otf‘ehthumm grout the prospect’ AMBASSADEIIE‘IGSEES 1‘“
In! an indefinite stay at Fort \\'right.t .
IThe company made 7 fine appearance. WASHINGTON_ Jun. M.»
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.on the march down the avenue. and: Eliseo Arredondo. the M
“a” m. Ambassador Designate. made, .
‘ performed the evolutions nece
:morcblag with skill. ‘ _
l The roster of the company follows: Icngagernent to see Secretary ,
. Captain Mossman. ‘81“ at noon, It wag unde . W A
the desired to ask the meaning; '
:what his government regard.
Lieutenant ’Dunbar.
Lieutenant Godfrey.
iwarlilxc moves by the U
Darya States. .
The name of the
I First Sergeant Sperry.
‘ Quarter Master Sergeant Beers.
Sergeants Coffin. McMahon.
.Jennings and Sherwood. . .—
’ Corporals Brown. Sayre. Weston: ACTIVITY IN W ASBIW
Monroe. Tyrell. Duggy and Davis. ' TON
. Cooks—-»l.ittlejohn and Valentine.
.t Mechanics—«Brennan and Taylor.
Muslcians~lxunba1i T. and Belles.
, Privates-Amundsen. Bangui. Black; . .
man. ‘Bogelandy. Brennan. Britto. Effie“! confimbon early t
tBru’tdage. G. r- (‘anfield, Corgswett.5 Multan reports that: Ame
‘benoer. Deering. Domlck. Donneny. and Memcsn troops were
inwyer. Everett. Fudge. Gay, Groesb-ibatde yesterday. with h
; ner. llanford. Hanks. Hurdtack. Hulse..l°m on the Amfim
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thtlas. S.. Lyden. McQuirc. Merriam: . .
Miller. C. D.. Miller. Conrad. Murphey. I the" was a 3t" of gum P
Nuthnell. Odell, O‘Gray, O'Netr,'about the War and Stage I
Pesack. Pohltnau. Ross. series. Selseru menu.
Sheihan. Sherry. Sipperly. Sniffen.‘ L ‘
Soltes. Tootbtll. Wargu. Weed. \Vhal-Ipsefsefiraplak" (figured ‘
ley. A. WhaTrey. 'r. 0., and \t‘hitney.‘ "3‘ e , 15°“ °~- 0 '
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=commsnders at the border“
“AIMS 10 "AVE MADE :transmitted to the State Dr
men. Later Secretary
010“ MAKERS “"iwas closeted with the War >
:roury, and afterward Mr. .
. thastened to the capitol for
I antncsron'r, June 22.—Jorm=fmn__ ces With the Congresei.
i Pierce. an organiser for the interns-I Military Comm film that . .
Itlonal Union of Cloak and Garment No explanation for these f
iMakers. who he‘s been looking after. .
I the interests of union members “Jere-noes were given. It “3.
SConnecticut, today said. in a state-led. homwrtthar; telograph c
{ment. that all the contractorh who were hot mth inquiries M
had taken work from manufacturerlivafious governors seeking
in New York city against whom ‘ -
strikes are now in force, have :10va0‘ '2‘“ number?! Nahum] -
tbeen "squelcbed." except those 132M961“ WON“ izcd and 3 "
’Stamford. in this latter place. Pierce for immediate semce. . '
claimed, the attitude of the police was Offichls Slid Miami .
such that the shops of the subcon-t ~ ~ c
tractors could not “be picketed. Enigma“ aw; 3‘ .defiIEte
claimed that everywhere else where} m Ge“- "dung ° w
- subcontractors had hired lofts and put. happened. It was not ".
in machines and engaged help the em- until late today. "
ployes. when the situation had been It the White Hou“
explained to them, had left work said Sh? president's P9
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SENATE viscose“
VIRGINIA. mun. June saw-Ono"
‘man was. kllltd and two wounded in
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WASHINGTON. Joni-
: fight here today between special Discussion of the «
police and l. W. W. strikers who were tion m precipitant“.
on their way to picket the Alpenn ' '
‘mlno of the Oliver Iron Mining Com-
ato today by .
pay. More than fifty shots were Cm Who“ “u“!
‘ fired, some of‘fit'enr “v a woman armed
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