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Entered at the South Norwuik,.Pon-
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N0 ii’iiGll
SESSION 0f
ifGISLAiliilE
Governor Holcomb Declines
to Assemble Members To-
gether to Vote on the Suf‘
frage Question
lilE lithium
. NEEDED STATE lull
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Says Desire of Few Women
Doesn’t Create Emergency
Required Under the (30“-? the R-Sl at eight o’clock this morning.)
. Greenwich mean time. was 55 degrees, '
stitution
‘ lllllr"r'll(‘lll,' Governor
Holcomb yesterday declined
it special
Legislature to act on
unendment to the national constitu-
flit”,
muclusion that the desire of a few
mmmn to have a vote taken on the
illJllt‘l‘ before the next stated session
did not create a special emergency
such {‘3 required by the State Consti-
itl'li)“ tor the calling of an extra
~".~.\‘lt'll The question of whether
thllllz-n ttcut is to ratify is therefore
left to be settled by the Legislature
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i0_A_i_iERICA.
Heard From at 10:05 o’Clock
This Morning, Saying She
Was Ofl' Coast of Ireland
Going Through Thick Fog
rm: Faithful
Mtl_ltl_ll_s IN USE
Great Airship Appeared to,
lthe Republican’leaders of the Senate,
5
{weight with Senators Lodge, of MgssJ
\ Be in Excellent Condition
for the Trip
LONDON, July 2.—The position of
20 minutes. North latitude: and 10 de-
__________ Igrees, forty minutes. west longitude
in: a statement “to the citizens of (about. 325 "H195 Off the 0035‘ Of “‘0‘
Marcus H..land). accordingr to
to call:
session of the Connecticut‘ the Air Ministry. 1
the. suffrage:
Major Scott. at
The decision was based on big ‘ morning. stated that the Rolll was 20-:
a wireless de.
spatch from the aircraft, received by._
A wireless (iespatch received from1
10:05 o'clock. this;
in: throuch a. thick fog. hilt every-f
thing on board was going well. ’
:' PIT-”i
o‘clock, Greenwich time. this morning.
The ll‘ilish dirigible R34. which lelt|
Fortune. Scotland. at 1:48
on her attempt to fly across the At-
lantic, had reached 5;; degrees. .50 min-
,lltcs.
north latitude; 17 degrees. 50
ninutes. West longitude, at 2 o‘clock.
matrix (Q convene in January. 1921, Greenwich time. this afternoon (it):
after the“presidential election of the‘ o‘clock, New York time). .
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Till Mfllflli .
Capital Invested in Passen-
ger Car and Truck Fae-z
iorics Exceeds $1,500.000.-‘
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The steady
expansion of the auto-V
mobile and tire industries is not
mystifying alone to the man who
stands on a busy street corner or by
the shin ot' a popular highway and‘
tv»,t’('ltPl‘ the motor traffic stream past
him in both directions: it is also mys-
liiying' to the man closely connected
The man hiuhv‘
up on the inside marvels at the
sttlpelldollsllcss of the volume of
business which seems to he wallingr
him ill and fairly swampinc, him with
orders and work. in order to go
Lll“ll’l and lump in the from line of.
business he must possess colossal
nerve. in order to be in the lead he
must he a wizard with an almost
supernatural vision of the future.
it is often said the pioneers of a
“q-
;reat industrial development "were
wonderful dreauters.‘ The pioneer
automobile nlztkcrs ol‘ the United
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tail Market Begins to
Boom i
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the past week}
and the dealers“
. l'lle it"tdil. tire market
lurk (dwell up during
in the huyers' favor‘
{owed a, large. volume of tires not:
(Alla particularly good . '
'1“‘Taz‘:‘. but. the retail
)5 "Wu.” gm! tire dealer,
outfall. take 0:] ‘fl‘ti‘csllot‘if‘esg'id StOCk;
furthe'i'nillmmeml‘fi rumors regal‘diflgl
the bi: “fungi: km! the price lists 0t“
\. d “S ‘ ‘
seem to be any reasonuflgletggpl: 13m“
uvr-n to hope for lower prices u) ex
An increase of mileage guarantees
“Mk”: part of. Several of the lat.
equal”; an national distributors wa
1-. o a. Second reduction of price
:iul the tire user can hardly ex 4
any further concessions this suing?t
Had it not been for the shat-tag:
M
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liuusmyglumlltlilliintuit:
{Serious Accident on NEW“;
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R CYCLE AND
town Avenue—Two Young:
Men Receive Injuries—2
Machine Wrecked
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A collision occurred at the corner!
of Ilazel street and Ncwtown avenue;
last evening. between a motorcycle and i
an automobile, in which three young:
men had a' very narrow escape. As it i
was. the drivers were badly shaken
_up and bruised
wrecked.
and the
Elmer V’l'eed
machines
and John,
Mansfield were on a motorcycle being}
driven by “'eed. and were going east'
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closed Monday was
1 months. butthe receipts v:
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I for the twelve months ended Septem-i
her 2m, 1918.
nine months amounted to 31.39.144.57,
while those for the previous
profit. on the: 12 Horses Perish In
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in the yard of Seifert & Goos. burn-
ed a dwelling nearby, damaged sever-
.al others, tied up t V
a Central New England Railroad and
be caused a loss of
yard paralleled the' railroad tracks
and the flames burned down telegraph.
Dales. charred-flaw “ ’ ‘
In .
a
owarti Newto\vn avenue. When near
he corner they met (‘iiffor'd Ely driv-E
he an auto. and who was just turning:
nto llazen street from Newtown ave-5
A collision occurred, in which;
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DEPARTMENT A §
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BitiNilEtiEEltlllEl '
Serves Notice He Will Bolt
G. o. P. if Party 0. K33
League of Nations—Call-
. ed Monstrosity by Nutmeg
Senator--Will Not Be Bun-
coed by Any Jingo About
Humanity
WASHINGTON, July 2.——Notice
was served by Senator Brandegee, Old
Guard Republican of Connecticut, yes-
terday, that he would leave the Re-
publican party if it approved the pro-
posed entry of the United States into
the League of Nations.
“1 will leave the Republican party
the moment it stands for the League
of Nations." Brandegee declared.
More than usual significance was
attached to Brandegee’s statement.
As a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee. and as one of
his views with respect to the League
of Nations have had considerable
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HflW WW
lilillNii MAY
Atria .lAlt
“'hat will the population of the;
ll‘airfleld county jail be under prohibi-r
tion'.’ This is a, question some are 'al-}
ready asking. Now it happens thati
scorn tannins; can. maisonv, my 2, 1m
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Dairy WMASfle Comes
Up Again, as‘Do Also the
Broad“ Ever Sanitaries
—_¢_.—__ .
At the- regulari'Juiy meeting of the
lot Education.
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night, the one
be with matters latlng to the salar-
tea and slck lea, allowances of the
teachers in the _. rious public schools
of this city. which seeme dto reflect
the unrest and dissatisfaction among
the teachers of the town that has been
manifested in many ways during the
closing month of the school year.
These matters. in“ one shape or anoth-
er. comprised the. entire report of the
superintendent of schools. and. while
no definite action was taken. the mat-
ter was referred to the proper Conl-
mittees for further investigation.
Chairman Harw Rider called
the
‘ Ffliijiilififliiiii,
last '
bg subject seemed to.
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Fair might and nut-day.
Gilli ll BlGGii
DEEDS PASSED
Harris & Gans Now Own
Property Purchased From
the Bymgto' n Estate in
Wall Street .
NGRWALK’ S FIRST
Long Home of Pioneer
Newspaper and of St.
John’s Lodge, F. and A. M.
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The final act in the transfer of the
historic Nor-walk Gazette bniid‘ ,
from the heirs of the Byington estate'
to Harris and Guns. of South Nor-
walk, occurred yesterday, at the South '
Norwaik Savings Bank. Judge W. F.
Tammany representing that institu-
tion: Judge Joseph R. Taylor. the pun.
chasen. and Judge James T. HubbeiM
the heirs—William N.. George R. and
Stewed W'. Byington.
Follo'fwing the signing of the deeds.
iSSlilS iilllAiil
Turkish Situation Is Giving
“,iilililltifilNlii-Ili '
LIFEIMPRISGNMENT
Pleads Guilty to Murder in
Second Degree in Poxson-
Messrs. Harris and Gaps stated that;
the plans which have been made byi
Architect McCabe, of New York andl
Bridgeport. since the signing of the;
contract. fully outlined in this paper.‘
‘would be carried out as soon as the;
there was a steady decrease In the. meeting to W 1‘ Secretary Sh9|"‘
number of inmates up to June 1 lastsi
when the total fell to 74. as compared .
; with a daily average of 220 two years
ago. and about 180'last year. I
No one has been able to thoroughly.
explain this decrease in offenderx,‘
other than from a War standpoinbl
The same condition devclOpt-d in oth-t
er nations. :
Sheriff Simeon l‘case was asked,
yesterday morning whether he expect-
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H. JAGflliSiiSliNS
Will tutu HERE
Conference Held Betweeng
Which?
Will Bring About thé De‘iCity Sues Bank to Recover:
Representatives
sired Result
. from on the entire building. extending
I to the roof. will: greatly imp/wed en-
!trances to the various stores, and the l sentenced to life imprisonment in the
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glottal EASE
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A conference was held yesterday af-t
ternoon between H. Jacobs and the
officials of the South Norwalk Board
of Trade. which will undoubtedly
modation of H. Jacobs & Song'
portant industry.
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The Second taxing’Judge H. J.Clll1l8.
contracts could be let. and work would i
probably begin next week. The first!
WodeWill be the building of a modern;
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Aim Blitiill
a.
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Money Alleged to Havel
Been Embezzled !
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Financial operations of Chester Sel-‘
suit in the erection of a factory onifield County National Bank of Non?
' the Concord street extension. between I ranting“? ("tiafl‘yl'mrlft 23° first 5“; i
‘ Day and Vt'ater streets. for the accom-t m: " r C. 0' ’5 c ,y, er 'a re .'
ed ‘ im-‘ the Superior court. yesterday. before
Selleck is in
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NEW YORK, July 2.»~New Yorkers. 1 district owns the tract which is de- “a"? prison on charges “f embezzle-
astounded by the sudden advance of._
prohibition, who declared this State
never would have voted dry. probably
are unaware that today begins its
second experience in that line. New
York went dry. and by its own vote.
once before. It was in 1853. four years
after Maine pioneering. set the style.‘
The ardity continued only for a short
time. however, for the Court of Ap-.
peals declared the law unconstitution-‘
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Prohibition first began to be heard
of in this country in 1808. The first
prohibition society. the parent of the cured until President “115°“ reaches 3 reserved his decision.
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party that kept pegging away with a
forlon hope until the war furnished,
the long-hoped-for opportunity, was
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APPlitiPlilAlltiNS
ftillGGVjiiNMENl
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presidential approval cannot be se.
“'ASHINGTON. July
here from Paris. no embarrassment
to government departments from lack
of funds is expected as a result of the
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ithe bank to make the complaint
.—-Although'm°re specific and give dates and
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REVENUE PRHDUEERE forlorn hope until the war furnished action 0f Congress last Flight in enact--
' _ move toward prohibition anywhere 1 mg 3“ appropriation “"5 needed by;
{was recorded in the year 1522 in Eng- [ the various agencies of the govern- :
'llAItTI‘ORi). Conn. July 2,—The
'lose of the state‘s fiscal year shows“
hat as a revenue producer the motor!
't‘llll‘lt' department continues to add’
0 the resurces of the commonwealth
The “year" which
of only nine
ere consid-
The receipts for that
fiscal
(Continued on Page Two;
Danbury Lumber Fire
DANBURY. July 2.-—Fire last night
estroyed the buildings and lumber
railic here on the
$50,000. The lumber
mule ‘
ill:
(Continued on Page Seven).
[aluminium
IN EtiNNEtIllGlil;
William H. Sniffen, of East Nor-~
walk, visited Hartford on Monday to
attend as a delegate of the Employes'
Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing :
Corporation. a conterence of anti-tu-
berculosis workersfifrom all over the
state. Mr. Snlflen holds a reSponsi-i
ble position with the hardware com-,
pany, and has been very active in pro-g
mating the health and social activities i
or the employes. The conference was
tail of interest to ill present. as noted:
experts—Dru. Lyman, o! Wallingtord
and of Hartford; Dianna. ,ofblerldeu;
Campbell, of Norwich; Lynch, of Bhei
lland, during the reign of Edward v1.. ment ’0' the MW “3031 F93“ that be'
‘.when the Parliament passed an act , gun yesterday.
After being in session until mid-
night the House and Senate finally
b
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CONNECTICUT SENT
50,069 MEN TO WAR
Connecticut furnished 50,069 men
for the United States Army during
the great war. This is, the figure
announced by Colonel Lé‘bnard P.
Tuberculosis Relief Association. oldie i Ayres, chief of the statistical branch-
of the general staff. who has pre-
pared a. statistical summary of the
war with Germany.
Colonel Ayree’
army strength of 8,757,624 men, so
that tbedNntmeg Sine is clrédited
withseningintot elm]. per
cent. of that great number. Connecti-
cut's ~ * '
army j placed. "her,
the list ,0! was...
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representation h the mat whammmbumedto
.ment from the bank. The action be-
}fore court is. by the (‘ity of Norwalk.
twhich claims that Selieck. as treas-
l
urer for the taxing district, withdrew:
”51.05817 of city deposits from the,
1 bank for his own “86, b‘“ that later been chartered to run on the Norwalk-
:the bank recovered a portion of this
money, which it used t0’cover Sel-.
ieck’s shortage as cashier. The bank-
denies this allegation. The hearing!
was upon a motion by counsel for
amounts of the claim. Judge Curtis‘
HNAL Aliliiluls
SEW CASE
LAWRENCE, Mass" July 2.-—Admit-
whose murder Mrs. Bessie M. (Sheets)
Lundgren is on trial, Daniel J. mien!
counsel for the defence, said in his
closing argument today, "but we nev-i
arsenic." He said he would “ratherl
rely on the first diagnosis of Dan!
Charles E. Abbott," the Gay family
physician, who certified that Miss Gay
died of cerebral hemorrhage.
“We do not admit the mount of ar-I
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CHILDREN BURNED
cntcmxan 7
July 14A. mother
a suburb. on!!!
, county Jail here. Sunday,
ing Andrews —- Use of
Drugs Saves Her—Court
Accepts New Plea, Doubt-
ing Second Conviction in
First Degree
WIDEILE‘I‘OB‘NFJ‘Y? 2PM”. Amy
4E; Archer-Gilligan pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree and was
state penitentiary..in Wethersncid, by
Judge John E. Keeler. in the Supt-tor
court here. yesterday. Mrs. Gilligan
was charged With causing uhe death,
of Franklin R. Andrews. of Cheshire.
who, it was alleger, died from arseni-'
cal poisoning at the Gilligan Home for
the Aged. in Windsor. on May 30. 1914.
Change of plea from not guilty to
murder in the first degree came after
a consultation between Benedict M.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Ntii AVAILABLE
Hill EXGURSIGNS
E Steamer Merchants, Arrives ‘
in South Norwalk. But Is
Licensed to Carry Only 100
Passengers
The steamer “Merchant." which has
New York Line, arrived in South Nor-
vt‘alk, last evening. at 6 o'clock, and is
being looked over at the steamboat
wharf.
In looking over the ship’s papers.
this morning. George F. Foote, of the
Norwalk Steamboat Line, was aston-
ished to find she was only licensed to
carry 100 passengers. The people in-
terested in running excursions from
Norwalk to various points had been
given to understand that the boat
could carry six hundred people.
Application was at once made to
the United States inspectors for a re.»
survey of the boat. but word was re-
ceived that this could not be made be-
fore July 10th. The lessees of the
boat have therefore been obliged to
I reached agreements on bills that'have ’. ting there was arsenic in the body of ' cancel all excursions thus far booked.
een in dispute for weeks. The meals, Miss Florence W. Gay, the invalid, for and new arrangements will have to be
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made later.
illuminant
— l8 UNGllliifii
MINEOLA, N. Y., July 2.——N0 one
than claimed the body of Dr. Vi’alter'
{Keene Wilkins, the aged physician
who hanged himself in the Nassau
after his
conviction of first. degree murder for
killing his wife at their Long Beach
home. County authorities said today
no money was available for funeral
ems“. - 7 , _
iGAiiiSi tilt [NilNiE
Uneasiness, as There Are Three Armies Now What
Generals Refuse to Obey Orders
' GENUINE SlifliilAliEGl FGGBSTUFFS
BUSINESS BUICK-
ANIi lilillli SICKNESS lN GERMANY.
DistrusingCuesofMalnutrition, Especially in Childst
' mBrougIIttotheAttentiaiofBritishOBeen
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the Peace Conference Great.
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"fiance to tho cnteutc powers lit 7
ipressed in a proclamation ,t‘ m ..
Red Army issued by the Hawaii-‘35 ,
ian Soviet government. accord , ‘
to a Buda Pest dispatch “‘reccl
here. After referring to “tho
great sacrifice demanded by til.
proletarian fatherland m ask“.
the army to evacuate part of th:
conquered ill glorious battle,
and proceed to another territory
occupied by Romanian trool‘
proclamation continues: “\Ve at"
not. retiring before the mercenart
‘troops of the ("zecho-Siovak In»
perialists. We have to do with, .. .
entire power of the greatelfi an»
ploiters oftthc world—the . _‘
British and American mange
kings, labor oppressors and pen- ' .
sant plundercrs. We know a die»
tatcd peace is no peace, if we M. ‘
not lay down our rifles because?!“ , "
are defending to the ala‘st drapi‘lfl
‘blood the proletarian dictatorship
: LONDON, Tuesday, July 1.2-
iicrmany possessed a sound case I;
Cclaiming early relief, according lag
ireports of British officers: xvii.
lvisited Silesia in April to W
itain the economic conditions pn— .
I veiling in Germany. A white?“
isued tonight gives the text of their r
reports and the result. of their in- '
vcstigations. '
i It is said that there was a gem"
uinc shortage of foodstuffs and the
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BtiNiitiliES till
Unprecedented Financial Re-
‘ turns for Manufacturers.
1 Agriculturalists and La- 9
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4 'WASHINGTON, July 2.——0pttmlnn .
as to the business outlook, reported.
’today in the Federal Reserve BOIM‘O
monthly statement of conditions. was
tempered with renewed warn”
against undue speculation.
"In nearly all the districts.” tho
board 'a statement says. "the opinion is
entertained that the prospects for n
succeufiul and prosperom year, with
, very lérge outputs of good and almost
iunprecedented financial returns, both
lthe manufacturers, agriculturists and
i laborers. now are ‘ § , The poul-
i biiity that speculat " . cal-riot
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PRESIDENT no: 5
NEW roan: * DAY
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ON BOARD THE U. B. 3. ODOR“
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, July I (W
W’ireless to the A. P.)-——l‘bo prost-
dentul voyage continues under nut
favorable conditions with 1m m
and mild. sunny weather. Mr. Willi-
bas done some work on his mum
to Congress, in which he will I!”
the treaties. pm, is some!»
salt- achieved-t out”
Norwalk Chronicler