REAR REST PAPER
.S‘PABLISHID 1879
".“illlllBlllON to
st tttottlt Bl
AlMlIl AGlNlS
. L9 I'}-
ttorney General’s Depart-
ment Not Averse to Ac-
cepting the Task
. ‘k‘l‘x‘:
EWERSllABlE
l‘ttlltlittmm
. . “yd.
‘cx'cnuc Bureau Decides to
Late Stamps
.‘ \4'ltt.\':T0;\‘. April 21. rrTllt‘ de-
'll justice is not averse to
t .n; the functions of enforcing
.: time prohibition measure
goes into effect July 1. it
'wal‘netl today. Consequently it
~..ioctetl a proposal that the em
-tt “‘lll'lll he entrusted to this agen'
_\ will he submitted to President Wllr
in on his return from Europe. and
mi ‘lo will be urged to take this ac-
ion 'illtlt‘l' authority of the Ovel'mall
I’l. which permits hint
lll.--" lrotn one govt-t-tllltent
.... to another.
tission oi where the power
.- prohibition may lil'
1..»
1.,
til
it)
lodged
irompteti here by the recent ate;
wmvnt of internal Revenue
ll>‘l()lll‘l' Roper tllat his bureau‘
. .t tht- tune to police the nation
"tn-I} with respect to prohibi-
..t;..tini1.- utter .iuly .1. Attorney
'_ dilllllllt'tl .On Page Twelve)
.‘ASlEll EANTATA
FlNEll RENllEllE
'nluists, Choir and Accom-
panist of Rowayton Bap-
tist Church, Give Excel-
lent Interpretation of VVil-
son’s Beautiful Produc-
tion, “The ‘Resurrection
and the Life,” Pleasing
lany
Sunnis-ts, choir and piano accompan-
I. «ll alike showed high proficient-y?
t tli» Rowayton Baptist Church. ves-‘
inlay afternoon. when interpreting
' almil‘s beautiful and difficult can-
trz ‘The lesurl'ection and the
.t:~- before a large and keenly ap-
z.--. :tire (oilzregation. and at the
low of tile services received hearty
"-'l..' mulations from many on the
vt-v'tt-nt way in which they handled
3:“ 4|)li'llllltl production. The. ar-
ms w't-l‘e all in fine trim. vocally and
.llt-»~li(‘:lll_\'. and as they had re-
-;i.~t-tl their parts with more than
ill" rare. the result. was a gratify-
: access for all. and each and
ev
.\ Illl' was fully entitled to the
-.u-- lu. or she had received
u." .- -
t..- tantata was given under the
“.
mmllirlled On Page. Two)
liltTlllttllili
AFTER-Mill)“ TAlilt
Imous Taxing Masure Re-
JECtEd In the House at
Hartford, After 3 Humor -
otts Debate
pioposetl bill before the legis-
io lit-enSe cats was defeated in
,._.m.u'“.. ct representatives last
L- .illt'l‘ . a debate in which the
l win was treated both seriously
humorously. The measure pass-
u- senate. but by being lost in
32.1““: it was killed. The Hart-
. "iililll‘f:l.‘fllld of the debate in con-
'1; I 1 ill constderation oi the
The
. house of representatives killed
a" v'al licensing bill last week. The
“hvte in favor of the bill was open—
«l by RepresentativeBailey of Dan-
::I.-. house chairman of the fish and
..« - committee. He said the bill
introduced by Senator Bailey of
liaven for the Connecticut Fish
name association.
—~_._.._.
. (Continued On Page 8x3)
vl\
.9“
till
5.
to transfer ‘.
depart-
l
l'-
t
{formally presented to the people of
i EdWard B.
ASSOCIATED PM new. FROM ALI; PART. 0! 1'”. his. IV A "CIA: WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Entered at the South Norwnfk Post—
Office no Second Clue Matter.
T
.RARTERRR l8
TR CELEBRATE
lllllJllR EXIT
Limit Reservations Being
com lawns. coal
"it
Made at Hotels and Clubs
For Gala Night
Elaborati- preparations
made in Hartford for a celebration,
of .
Reser-,
of "lielnon Rum" and the arrival
the nation wide prohibition.
at all the hotels and the clubs WhO'
are making preparations to meet the:
rush.
turp will be smashed in the festivi-
ties which in some instances will be
patterned after that "night before
Larry was buried.” Speeches will l~.-
made. alcoholic tears will be slutl‘
and “have one on me" will be the u.'< :
(l“l' of procedure.
The Hartford (‘ourant man says
that the genial-faced apronetl gentle-
the mahogany barrage at the City:
club are “willing to wager fabulous
sums- of good American currency of
the. realm that they will be minister:
ing to the downhearted until very
close to January 16. 1920.
STARE SET ERR
RRVERNRRS’ RAT ;
‘ AT RAMP IlEVENS‘E
:Yankee Division To Be For-
‘, mally Presented to People
of New England Tamar-i
row '
t
2
(‘amp Devens, Ayer Mass" April 21;
4The stage is completely set for
.govertlor’s day here Tuesday When‘
'the Twenty-sixth Division will be
New England. Detailed preparations
'nre finished. and plans are being:
made to accommodate one of the larg-'
lest crowds that has yet. been to camp
;during the week. Tomorrow will be a '
'lday of cleaning and shining up for;
.tlle men. as well as the first day of‘
lactual work leading toward demobili-‘
laation. This will consist mainly of,
lphysical examinations. and the men
lmust. return to camp for this. all
ileaves ending at 9 O'clock tonight.
i Major Generals McCain and Male
icxpect to have the division complete-I
vly demobilized by May 1. but this
; (l‘o‘niinued ‘On Pace Twelve)
ilnwnn M’liRll/AN
s 01th PRllMllllllN:
i l
fSOuth Norwalk Boy, Who;
? Has Been in France fori
l Year and a — Half, Now:
i Postmaster at Health Re-:
i Resort ,
l l
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGowan. oté
l 1.3 (flay street. have recently receiv-i
'eti interesting letters from the son.\.
McGowan. which showl
that he is getting along very nicelyl
in France. where he was with the;
American Expeditionary Forces '
through all the war period.
The latest news tells of his ad-
vancement to be the postmaster at
iiiarritz-Basses-Pys. France. He des-
cribes this as being an important
pleasure and health resort. and says
it is the “Atlantic City" of France.
WllMEN’SNllTll—T
nutritional]
NEW‘ YORK. April 21.:After an
experiment covering a period of nine
years, the Women’s Night Court gave
way today to a. court for the trial
of Women charged with minor Mono,
es. The new court, over which Chlef
Magistrate William McAdoo. presid-
ed. will try new methods in its deal-
ings with women of the street in an
attempt to make of- it n moral clinic,
rather than a place of correction.
Far removed from easy access from
tthe street and surrounded by av.
(Continued on Page Mu;
l
l
are being5
on June 1:» to commemorate the, exiti
unions to the. linlit are being made.
it is expected that much furniq
men who stand on the hither side of’,
Former Norw - Physician
‘ Saw Mali i’fIIllportant
MANY PLACES Happenings 'le Board-
ing Officer at the Big
French Seaport—Inspect-
ed the GeorgeglVashington
on Both of Pgident Wil-
son‘s Trips
Service in the New England,
States Partly Resumed!
Today, Notice of Strike}
Settlement Having Beené
Received in Boston
lfurlough at St. Mat
WAGE titular
.lSlillANllillfillllS.'““"‘“°”““"
Marks during his a
Dr. Morrison to
this profession in thi‘ city and later
‘removing to Vl'estpofl.
l After entering the
'sr tn ordered to the
Ilias been the Boa
Major Frank J. 5
who has been ntatl'
1France with the
! (‘orps for the past 3'3
ton Saturday and en
risen. M. ll.,
at Brest.
can Medical
arrived home
been stay-
v. Charles A.
rvice he was
her side. and
.K officer at
of all Ameri-
port. He had
Allied Electrical W'orkers
Also Benefited to the Ex-
tent of $1,000,000 a Year $551,121; ‘fj‘m‘
————— l
y the honor of lnopec the George
BOSTON. April 21.- The agree “'ashington on both trips \I’lth
nient reached by the committee out)", Presidential m and had ‘
striking telephone operators with 01-; number of interviews. [m the Presi-
fit-lals of the New England Telephone
HONDAY, LPRH. 21, 1919
RAVElllflCEllA l
MERRY CHASE:
Sergeant Hunt Caught.
Crap-Shooter After a
Lengthy Chase Through
Whistleville—Police Cam-
paign Against Gambling
minutes and which lead t'mm Smith.
street, second district. across the!
railroad tracks. back to Bouton.
street and then to Smith street be~‘
tween Detective Sergeant Thomas.
Hunt. and Andrew Powell. a crap-l
shooter, marked a raid on a crapl
game on Smith street. yesterday
morning by Detective Sergeant Hunt
land Chief of Police William R. Pen:
; nington. ;
l A large number of complaints have '
’been received by the officers of crap’
lgames in various parts of the city
end
land they determined-to put. an
ito the gambling. They started out.
[yesterday morning and visited many"
lsections which were notorious for;
their games. but found only one gamel
in progress and that was on Smith;
telnet. The 0M. in a closed car.;
'drove up Oak street and watched the
gimme for several minutes and spot-
ited Powell. who was very conspicu—
l A chase which lasted for several.
t
Fair tonight: cooler e'n mainland.
MEETING UNTIL
lit PEAGE CONFERENCE
'Situation Caused by Italy’s ljnyielding
llAlllllTlllRAMiNl P08
"0m
MAT .6”
V
Attitude lies
Reached a Critical Stage—President Wilson Absent
From Yesterday’s Meeting
t—‘t—E—‘q
10,000 lilllSHEVllll snlnlllts 8Allllll
HAVE RESElillill Til lllE llllllAlNlAtlS
{Bolsheviki Forces in Northern Russia in Retreat, Pur-
sued by British, American and Russian Troops
lmll lttllts '“
o
(By The Associated Prcssl.‘
The ltalian Parliament. which
\
was to have met on “'ctinesday of
,ty Loan Committee, the clergy.
and Telegraph Company and the
Providence Telephone Company yes-
ing of the strikers today and all un-
;dent and Mrs. Wilson
‘ -
. "i
terday. was ratified at a mass meet-l: WEB CMfiES
ion members were. ordered to report
mr work at their switchboards at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Telephone officials said at noon
that reports indicated the return of
toll forces of operators in many ex-
((‘ontlnued on Page Seven).
liNiiiiiEREl
. illitnm Rillt
Scheduled to Arrive Tuesday
Afternoon at 5 O’Clock—
Mayor Donovan,
man Gregory, Clergy and
Others on Committee
Tile Whippet tanks are scheduled to
arrive tomorrow afternoon at the
City Hall about 5 O’clock. They will
i be. met by Mayor Donovan. Henry Vl'.
Gregory. chairman of the local Liber-
and
others at. the hall.
mediatcly escorted by the represen-
tatives of the city by way of Vt’estz
They will be imp
% titanium
! Charges of white slavery preferr--
fed against Nicholas mecca by the
.ceived this morning by his counsel.
iAttorney John J. Cuneo from U. S.
.Commisslouers Hugh ill-Lovely. of
lBridgeport. 'lnory
slated—in his letter due to tho
.inabillly of the government to locate
iMrs. Ethel Steals. of this city. alleg-
led to have been llisesa's white slave.
glhey deemed it best to drop the case
i entirely.
l A hearing was to be held on the
Chair-«. case this afternoon in Bridgeport but ; through his ownership of Marion's
.the action of the Federal authorities
makes this unnecessary and throws
released. will be returned
bondsman.
to his
unit AllillllANfili
Al MllllSE FAIR
Lthis week. will not convene until
iMay i. acordinx to dispatches
lfrom Rome. This postponement
lhas evidently been caused by the
ifailure of the Council of Four of
{the Peace (‘onfcrcnce in Paris to
Catlnnedonnmlpuo.
l
l
l
l .___.
l
l
l
l
l alumina
mm
,ltlllllliilllli lANtilillN;
(too bonds, under which Disesa wool
'avenuc to the plot arranged for their
‘the mob. killing twenty and wound-3
demonstration. This plot is on
Raymond property directly back of:
Mrs. William H. Earle‘s home on 13' opened an Saturday“ evening in
East avenue. It has been ditched and . Hoyt's Theatre Hall. when a fine
mad“ ready properly to dcmonstrato' . an en
the Work of these. tanks. The iti'nks"cmw(i “as present d joyed the.
. d dancin th e -
a.” capable 0' "taking" any “it“! Esmulli‘gsgéni‘:z. The fiir aaddsz-
d'mh' No underbrush 0‘ any 3°" _ zaar is being held under the auspices
‘ Of South Norwalk Lodge. Loyal Or-
der of Moose. and according to the
indications presented on the first
night the hope of the members of the
order will be realized and their build-
ing fund will be materially increooed.
The. hall was prettlly decorated
with fraternal and patriotic emblems
jand colors and presented a very at-
'tractive appearance. The many con-
'sessions and booths were well- put-
; ronlzed and a large number of pretty
Rev. Herbert E. Marsland in ‘ canvassers were in evidence. Fine
‘dance music was furnished for them
EaSt Avenue 9" E' Pulpiti desiring to dance. and this proved to
——-Easter MllSlc We“ Ren- ; be one or the most popular features
defed lot" the evening. »
The committee
. fair is as follows:
The unusually large audiences both' Robt. Kndufi, George H. James,
morning and evening. in attendance? ‘ ‘
at the Easter services in the East
Avenue M. E. Church, who lietenedj
with marked attention and growingt
appreciation to the two splendid ines-
sages delivered by the Rev. Herbert
E. Marsland, recently called to be'
pastor of this church and people, is:
a. splendid indication that the hopes.
and plans of the many who have thei
welfare of this church deeply graven:
on their hearts. and who have had the 3
faith to plan large things for the com-i
ing years; and‘ more especially for
the year upon which they are Just
entering: shall not be in vain; but
shall have their abundant
the
The Moose Bazaar was auspicious-
NlWiiiltllt I3
WAllllll [illElillll
in charge of the
(Continued on Pace 1717')
salami 7i
fillilli
ST. JOHN'S. N. F.. AApril 1.—-Lo-
.cai atmospheric conditions th a morn-
ing were perfect for flying. The sky
fruition bowing over ~the Atlantic, which
would be unfavorable tor the under-
! taking. J; v ' .'
i . Since the‘competlng machines
{reached hone. out two days, April 11
Mind 12, offered cal conditions for n.
- start. and Hawker allowed them to
- - leup by because Raynhun was unpre-
TOKTO. Saturday, April 19, (Anon-3W. W Arthur Pll'tl’lm. Mr-
elated Prees).-_—Special dispatches : ee announced he was arranging for a
from Korea. state that member; of Simon-neon “Jump of!" by Wu?"
the Chrlltian Mission at Teigonari, im t of an associate Mew. Nib
Seoul, clashed wi‘th‘gendarmes during , 1y Montcalm L. J. Clements, R. A. n,
a riot there. the oncors firing upon ,1 a mther expert. .
Pilot- and
(Continual On Page Five)
RIOTERS KILLED
IN KOREAN CONFLICT
ingmonyofthooo engaged inthet
.p
ERR ELTINR on
was clear and light west winds were.
lllESlll_ll_EWlllllll§
‘Former Resident and Wide-i
‘1 Federal Government have been drop-g °
g bed according to a communication rc-3 1’ Know“ For HIS Benevo'l
l lenees
Woodbury 6. London. whooe ”Tl-i
i
lope illneoe wunotcd mnemow_
. last week. (bk a 12:94
:o‘ciock. ‘at the ungdon otoi. ‘
{New York. where he hnd me his
t home for a number of years. He was
Iseventy years of age. Mr. Langdon
in;
. was well-known to the older reei- , avenue Just this side of Pent Swamp. _
tdents of Norwalk. more particularly
' island. now the Shorehnven property.
fin East Norwalk. where he made his
u") cu” out of the courts. The $10.— . home for many years. He will also garage. and machine
be remembered for his many philan-I‘
i (Continued on Page Five)
kATTRACTIVE SERVICES .
AT FIRST M. E. moment
1 Both services at the First M. E.
.Church yesterday were. largely at-l
‘tended and the Eager spirit permeat-1
l
l
led the atmosphere. In the morning
the pastor, Rev. John J. Snavely.
ipreached a strong sermon on Jesus.
tChrist of history. emphasizing the,
{influence of the Man through past.
taxes and on the lives and actions of~
.His followers at the present time.
lThe music was superb and reflected
lcredlt on Miss Slauson. who directed
'the chorus choir. Mrs. Snavely sangl
: l
l (Continued on Page Eleven.)
:YOUTHFUL HORSE l
THIEF BOUND OVER'
Raymond Francis Bailey. the six’
teen-yeer—old ind who was arrested in
Stamford on Saturday obliged with
the theft of a horse and carriage be,
longing to Thomas I. Raymond, of this.
city, was arraigned before Judge
George H. Vosburgh in the City Court
this morning and has a very serious
charge. with a heavy penalty. con-
fronting him. .. .
Bailey is a Danbury bOy and ac-
cording to the police in that town be
his quite. a record of wrong-doings. Al-
though only olxteen years of age. he
has been arrested three times and l
(Continued on Page Five)
to Showing of .
Birth of a Nation”.
A movement is on foot among the
negro element or Norwalk to take
steps for the suppression of the photo-
play, ”The Birth of a Nation." which
is hacked to be shown at the Palace
Theatre tomorrow and Wednesday.
E. H. Sims, putor of the Gmee Bop-
tint Church, and Rev. William A.
Lynch. pastor of the Knight Street At-
.ricnn M. 8. Church. are leading the
.oppo‘eition to thin picture, for they
gelatin that In it their rm to micropro-
,sentod. The colored race all over the
icountry is much oppooed to the movie
ondclaimitieunhkto them out
wrong to characterize them in the
wayoeevnlotthomtm.,lt inex-
posed
“The
thl'mdmhtcmt.
Ran From Rear End of Trol-
ley in Front of Machine
Driven by Waterbury Man
Saturday Afternoon-~Now
at Norwalk Hospital With
Possible Fracture of Skull
lug. Aaron. Lyon- .Lnd herlittle
d: ter‘cnoe. three" years of we.
passed the afternoon chopping in this
city Satunday. and boarded the West-
port car. leaving 'Wall street at 5:30
to ride to their home on Weetport
With several others they
near the switch .and the little girl
impatient to greet her father who
stood waiting for her in front of his
shop on the
north side of the street, darted be-
hind the trolley car and directly in
from of a motorcycle ridden by Pie-
tro Daba of ”Waterbury. who was on
the. Way to enjoy the Easter holidays
with his married sister in Brooklyn.
The child was thrown a considera-
alighted
(manned ‘- PIIO FIN.)
79TH llllllilllll
REAR-l ill SAIL
“'ASIIINGTO.’. Apfil 21.nAll or-
ganizations of the 79th Division
(Pennsylvania. Maryland and Die
trict of Columbia) have been assign-
ed to early convoy, General Pershing.
notified the War Department. today:
Also assigned. the message said. are
Headquarters and Headquarters troop
of the 27th Field Artillery and 6th,
Army Corps. l
Other units assigned to early con-
voy today included the 506th Engin-g
eel-s Service Battalion; 3013i Field
Signal Battalion: Evacuation Ambit-l
lance Company NO. 68. '
(wit-snoo- on use Ntno.) .
CONVICTED OF SELLING l
LIQUOR To MINORS .
Charged with selling liquor in.
minors, Steve Novak. the Railroadi
avenue saloon keeper. was armlgnedi
in the City' Court this morning. His
arrest came about as the. result of an;
investigation conducted by officials of f
the New Haven railroad and local pO-‘
lice of the actions of three young.
boys. all under eighteen years of age.j
who damaged property of the railroad;
at the South Norwalk depot. When!
the investigation m" made it was!
learned that the boys were under tho!
influence of liquor at the time andl
when questioned they admitted theyl
had drunk a quantity of beer procured
at Novok'e place. it was at first
charged that the beer had been-old
to oil three boys, but It was brought
out that it had been moored by only
two. It come that Ir. .Novnk'l bor-
tender had qucotionod the bore as w
their goon and had boon told they
were 1. They are quite large for
their age and the liquor flannel- did
not pay much attention to the- and
gave them the beer. Ir. Norah was
used Siommummon
m to
of:
‘reach as yet any solution of the
problem raised by Italy's claims to
Fiume and the Dalmatian coast.
Dispatches from Paris indicate
that the situation caused by
Italy‘s unyielding attitude has
reached a critical phase. News
.from the Peace Conference on
Sunday showed that represent—
‘ativcs of Great Britian. France
gethcr with Rnwin, ‘sig'netory
the Treaty of London. framed at
London in 1915 before the entry
of Italy into the war on the sideof
the Entente. were in conference.
and that President \Vilson was not
present. it was also announced
that he would not be present when
conversations were Opened today.
Mr. “'ilson has stood out auinst
don. upon which Italy’s maximum
territorial claims are based. and,
his aliscnse from the meeting yes-
terday might have been caused by
(Continued on Page Five)
ill,lllll| A. W. R. L.
MEN REAlT lllTll
recognition of the Treaty of Lon-.
and ltaly. the fibre? ~ lflfi‘iflsvplg» )4. L
AT llERlilTT -
Bar Association Told Deser—
tion Was at Helgh' t at Cru-
cial Period of War
WASHINGTON. April 31.»--Cunp
Merritt, Hoboken. the main embarke-
tion camp during the war. dealt with
nearly 10.000 cases of absence with-
out leave bctw'ecn April 1 last year
and tile signing of the armistice. In-
jor R. A. Stone told the American
Bar Association today ln,connectlon
with the diocuulon of administration
Of military Justice. Prictically. he
said ,theee men were all deoertore.
avoiding service at the front. and
he added that a. grenLdeal of “mo..-
lin sentiment" was now being en-
press for men dealt. with by military
(Continued On Page Eleven)
EASTER DAY AT .
l‘llltlll‘l illicit
There were large congregations It
all services at Trinity Church. yen-
terday. The Rev. James Fair. of
New York. who was anointing for tho
day. delivered an eloquent m
sermon at 11 o'clock. saying that
this was. the greatest meter day the
wofld has ever seen. He. contra-tot
conditiod’s of two years ago, two “on
after war had been declared by th
United States. when we did not now
how 26.; the war would loot. ofl
that m be them. , cm
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