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~ Entondent‘thofioufih Malk‘l’oot-
miles as Second-Clio Hail latter.
Amm PRESS ”“3 PM JILL PAmPF. '
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SEVEN Klilfll
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cots millet
Two Captains and Five Pri-
vates Dead and Eleven
Virginia
minimum
iIJ_iI_ilSPliAl
‘lla iver Attempted to Turn
Cut to Pass a Rapidly Mov-l
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ing Military Patrol Auto :
~.t.l§xANDRlA. Vil.. July lie—Army
.rrtiorities early today had not made
:mhlic the names of two captains and
ru- privates who met death in Great-
iiunters Creek, near here. about
aw- o’clock this morning. when a
r; m'l.‘ in which'they were returning to
.2. up ‘ iluhlpllefi's from Alexandria
gull ago-:1 from a bridge over the creek.
'1' wen oth‘ers, comprising the remain
i - oi'the 18 men in the truck. all of
um Were seriously injured'were in
lillrlliial at the camp and tin-.r
m. lllhO were withheld '
1w lu-avily laden truck was pass-
: .. mm: the bridge .when it. met a rap-
' inioving_ military police patrol.
‘- - thiver of the former vehicle at-
» ”mat to swerve to one side to give
police the right of way when the
w: rt; not out or control and plunged
mall the bride:- railinc. to the
i. [3 fort below. it turned over
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STATEHEALTH ' f
ilEP’iREFUSESTfl
APPOINTNBMINEE;
(‘wmmissioner Black De-T
clines to Designate U. S.
Shipping Board Man as
Deputy Commissioner
i
wusaiisfied with previous experi‘
-. 0-5 with Federal authorities. Com-
.--ioncr of Health John T. Black
. ln‘illily refused to designate as a
< willy (ommissioner of health a rep-
. l-l-niative of the United States Ship‘
;.= a: Board. to be stationed at the
'zr-non iron Works, in Groton, Conn.
iir'tlhin; to it request of the Shipping
lizard, lir. Black wrote tllat. his palicy
vii-lid ln- not to extend lllt‘ authority
or tlt'llll‘} commissioner to any indi-
\i. ual not attached to the t'onzlycticut
.z'N-paltment of Health. I
During the emergency created by.
lir- war. the health department con-i
scaled to ilvl'flu puwl-r to I‘cpl‘esf‘n-i
”titres of the ir'mirrul Government at
~various plam's in Connecticut where
'Wli“ material was bring prmlllcml. lll
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iiw PUTNAEPN
PAllli MUSEUlli
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v..'iil‘.$l0n Inspects Plansi
-:?‘ _iluilding oi; Colonial“
.~ ~12‘n and Fireproof I
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is of the Putnam Park‘
. will recently appointed by-
llolcomb, met at the Hotel
Hanbury. Thursday. and or»
’i‘in members also went over
=’: Sillnl riand & Watson}, a’rchr
l... have been selected to draw
'Iln’Hr for the new museum at the‘
1 :l;: plans for the building. The.
J”? or the commission are: ‘
Hubert S. Alexander, Mrs. H
1«roll and Nathan Spiro. Dan
~ Kill-wt A. Gorham and Daniel
~ ’rfutti. nodding; Henry B. Haw-
«mud, and Henry A. Gil-
lyrlhel.
tummission organized ' by.
. Judge Alexander. presidentr
‘ iser'tdl, l'iccfm-‘lde’nt: Hf. 881‘;
Mary; and in
(Croatian-{Nun ' ‘7
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Other MenBadly Injured;
in Greater Hunters Creek,f
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inlH DISABLE»
iENGiNE, il-34 ls
NEARING Hail
' -” > , H“ NYIABAWED
; " bandStHrjto Have, Unsat-
l _ _ gal Help: ‘ on, Evidence ’
fAccident Slackens Speed of Investigators of the Presby- hows . ~ —~~rWhether President Will Ap- 'Findi of the Mutilated BOdioa of Eight-Four
; Blimp to 40 Miles an Hour tcrisl} Church Tell of the Low”. . 12 “an AM“ pear Before Foreign Rela- wngmn and Chilfk'e" ill‘..' Rafi” Is Reported
,ImnligSOPment 0f Some Of 33‘- '”; “2.123%: 133;}: - Committee Is a Wants a Conwsslon at ten In
EXPEElEll lll LAND Its momma a “at... . .. ....... “m 0” V
Hiliifliiiliiiii ; .
IN SEfllllNll Tflflll . . p
*w 3 BEATENlfl llEAlll
Commander Scott Wirelesses
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isagree
reached yesterday st
tho coroner‘s Murat into her death.
The Earl 01' lurch. who was the
chief witness?“ the inquest, testified
that Mrs. Eliot and consulted him re-
,gardlng the notions at her husband.
3 Captain Arthur Illot~ a dramatist, and
:grandson of the last of the Earls of
-~ Question
fillllllllNfi Will BE
a-.._-
,British diri'gibie R34 was
i (lay.
f‘All Well” .
LONDON, July 12.—-—With one'of5her
engines disabled and her speed slack-
ened to about 43 miles ap-hoilr.:the
eastward on her flight to Scotland to-
Messagcs received by the Air
Ministry indicated that all was going
well with the giant Ship. ‘
LONDON, July 12.——~Tlie position or
the British diriglbie 12-34 at 6:30 a. in
Greenwich time, (2:30 o'clock. New. l nations by representatives in Korea 0ft
‘ speeding ,
’es, Shot and Buildin
‘ gs Set
on Fire
NEW YORK. July 12.—A report of
alleged Japanese atrocities in Korea
Wals"made public today at the head-
.quartcrs of the Presbyterian church
(i it is a result of investi-
. n America.
Men Imprisoned in Church-t
lililliliin in emu
St. Germans. rs. Eliot“ better
known as ngfinbel Louise AlheflonJ
the «1mm wise ofColoal . - . ', ' 1
firth-wuss» ° wmmcamdrworhm
m M Asa-cl: in m. m M . .
{ma a... 33“...“ “a M “gt“: Vote for Manor‘s Bis-
;wns making his home with his step~
putod /
W'ASHIN’GTON. July "ll—«Senate
. leaders in'the League of Nations con-l
‘troversy continued their conferences
yesterday in preparation for the rutidfi
cation fight which will begin when the
. . (Continued Cm Page Six)
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aluminium 3
unit llliililSfl— lusts
Tiltlll SUPPLIES u fitRiiANi nit s
llllthlillll RAISlNii urn u,
Allies in Vienna Have Decided to Take Action A.
Government of Bela Ku n, a Quarter Being
Paris to Get Necessary P ower
.. 4:”? L '
mnucfl MT iGl‘PEk only operating 130mm
Wl
SAIJONIKI. Juli 12w"
York time.) was 52 degrees 15 min- i the Presbyterian church in the United
mes north latitude, and 23 degrees i States following the imprisonment of
d._. 030 authorities. The information from
west. iicr speed was 35 knots.
.. LONDON, July 12.—-Th€ Bruit-1:} ,
rigible R-34. on her retum flight rom , 1‘0"?“ “’83 mlm'imitted by such means
the United States was approximately that it escaped (“‘3 lep'anese censors.
I260 miles West of the irish coast at 11; Hundreds .0; koreans who had pro-
a. uh. lreenwich meridian time today. “’35?“ Christianity, are Bald ‘0 have
according to a message received by been mm?" by Japanese gendarmes
’ some of its missionaries by the Japan.
it). appearance with numerous
many handsome fancy articles home-l
These netted a considerable revenue
to the fund which the ladies started
last year for the construction of a
community hall.
“The “'hite Shawl,‘ was given by the
Ever Ready class. of the South Nor-
walk Baptist church, under the direc-'
tinn or the teacher, Mrs. Joshua Jen-z
WESlPfllll lilEliS
Public Putting Up a Vigor-
quent
Beach have beengmaklng
plaints about the poor concoctions un-
der the recently adopted schedule 0!
will heartily endorse»
from the Westporter-H
’da
- i handed out to the
l es
E‘York city every day.
istatlotn platform for'
not a, all peasant "and cousin ng’w ;
have to. be done“ tum: in
the service or the people.
min-mums Sitar ’ '
tht‘ “Wit-less Press.
. l
Hm. position at that,hour.was given‘ es.,there to be fired upon as they hud-i
at (the. point of bayonp‘t‘s‘into church-
at 52 degrees 55 minutes north lati-ldled- interror. and later.to perish 1“
tude. and 19 degrees 30 lninut
es west
longitude. . ‘
SflfllALANfl‘SAUE " ‘
INWESTNflllWAUi
Ever Ready mom, or South
.Norwalk Baptist Church,
Provides an Entertain-
ment “
One or the
mOst successful enter-
tainments ever held at the West Nor-
walk l'nion chapel was that present-
ed by the Ladies' Aid Society last
evening. it consisted of an entertain-
ment social and~ sale. Tile chapel
grounds were decorated with Japan-
ese lanterns els. and presented a wet
tables
scattered about. At theerere sold
made candy and cake all the products
of the skillful housewives and charm-
ing young ladies of Vl’est Norw‘alk.
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Inside the chapel a tunnel play,
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0N llSPililil
imitation
ous Protest and Threats
Are Made by Compo Beach
Residents They Will Oper-
ate a Jitney Service
The Norwalk people lwho make fre-
trips by trolley to Compo
many com-
he Norwalk-Bridgeport cars. and
the following.
erald: .
There are all sorts of kicks nova.
ys about the trolley service wtieh‘is
‘ fl
L)
nines. as the. places fit worshin.wero
mil: to the torch. Nest of these vict-
ims. it is narrated. were urn.
Sdrvlvlh‘g Women and children were
lertxln destination.
H. H. Underwwul. a missionary lip} states,‘ according '10 D“ Norman.
Continued on i'itth pus.
llEflflfiNlllflNllE ‘9
UNlflN llEllAMlE
erators
Workers in the West on
Strike- -
CLEVELAND. July low—Telephone.
servicevwas' tied up here when approx-
imately 900 union operators and elec-
trical workers of the Cleveland (Bell
System) and Ohio State. Telephone;
Companies, went on strike at 6 o'clock I
this morning to enfo‘rce their demand!
for union recognition. Union officials:
declared requests for increased wages;
for the operators are to be added to?
the demands.
SPRINGFIELD, ill. July ISL—A,
strike of telephone operators and elec-'
trical workers affiliated with the In-'
1
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HITCHCOCK AND
PRESIDENT AGREE
WASHINGTON, July 1.—Publlshed
reports intimating that there has been
a disagreement
.
between President 3
Wilson and Senator Hitchcock. Kalerument. it was learned. has taken color scheme.
brasks. who has been one at the lead-‘
ing spokesmen for the administration
League of Nations. were said by Sec-l
retary Tumulty today- to be without
the slightest foundation.
In a formal statement issued at the
White House Mr. Tumulty declared
“the President deeply appreciates
Senator Hitchcock's line support as
the ranking member of the Committee
on Foreign Relations and will. at the
earliest moment. seek, an opportunity.
to confer with him on all phasesof the
Peace Treaty."
Shipping Board ,
. Removes Rats-idiom
WASHINGTON, July 12—-Announce‘
meat is made by thegsmppdng Board
that elective next may, all restrlc»:
tlons heretotore exercised in connec~
uonwtth the approval a chsrten‘snd
of voyages tor merchant ships would .
be discontinued. This was in line with
people.“ Weapon,
Wally those who commpte‘ts Newt
Waiting on, the T
:fittbflfig
who “do
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at m
a trolley car, is :7
the announcementthaft control over
ocean
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Hundreds Of Telephone 0;»:
and 'Electricai§
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lain, Holland, France and the Uni
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lMexican Government through diplo-
in the long Senate fight over the; rustic channels and has advised the Barbara Jones, of N
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:Shipping Board Lifts All
COLUMBUS. iOhio Ju'ly 12.—“The
moneyed men of the United States in-
terested in How are united no work
with the intefrfllurch movement to
conserveflse lit '9! Mexico and
Latin-Antericsn' ' to make pos~
stolen greater civilisation in those
i Bridge. millionaire philanthropist. at-
ltending the Pan-American exercise;
101' the ‘Methodist Centenary Exposi-
l lion here.
- The~organization back of this move-
ment is temporarily called the Pan~
,American Association to Conserve
:Cbiid Life, with Dr. Bridge as chair-1
. ..--. I .
"‘W‘e are impressed with the enor-
mous havoc among children since the
Mexican revolution began." said Dr.
(Continued 0n [Pa 2e Twelve)
MEXIEANS SEIZE 1
Hit PllllPElllY
British Concern Confiscatedl
by 'Carranza Government
WASHINGTON, July 12.—-Confisca-
tion.by the Mexican Government of
the property of the Scottish-lexical:
Oil Company. a British concern with
- ilitmilulm
Restrictions on Charters,
, to supplement it with all the lniorma-l
Senate reconvene: next Monday.
.V'hile it was said the exact lines of
division might not. be drawn for some
days, further progress in solidifying
their forces was claimed by both
‘sides.
Pnsident “'ilson, having delivered
the treaty to the Senate-u offered
-tion in his possession, apparently put
the matter temporarily out of mslother direction realestatewise yester-‘Aidin column. after selling ‘"
mind. He saw. none of the senators
who have been active in the light and
while he conferred with
rotary Polk at thc‘sme Department.
It was‘understood other subjects tur-
nished the basis of their discussion.
lbe accepted by the Foreign Relations
-committee remained an open ones
'tion. Some of the opposition lqders
are known to oppose inviting him
before the committee. but his supper-t-
ers believe they can secure his ap-
pearance should he request that they
do so. There were increasing indica-
tions yesterday that should he be ques-
tioned the sessions will be open to
the public.
There Was continued discussion dur-
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PRETTY WElllllNli
IN fiEllllfiElllWN
" Miss Gladys“ .lennings Be-
éforciug them -to abandon M ,
{their flight. according to a
Makes Him owner at bodies of more than 80 Greek It
Three-Quarters Of That cu and children in a mutilated ~
t
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, lSmyrnia is drivmg the
NW llll. llllllllNEll 8
I- ‘ment issued by Greek army -»
Resort dition behind them, the
iforccs there rapidly back '
A I C‘ Yésmrday‘quartcrs here. The Turks in“ I .
--’-—-- munique declares. The text
Whether the President's ‘ofler is to‘
Sainuel Roodner launchcu out in an-
‘dny and became the owner of about
slhreequarters or the Compo Beach
Am" See‘ property through a purchase unde-
. iron Irving Bradley. The property is
{a p ‘ the road m lag cm to
r the bhac and hi the“ use are seven-
ty-one jot This sec h‘ will be de-
veloped‘in a high class colony and
the lots are to be placed on the mar-
ket within a short time. it will be re
stricted property and the prospects
are that it will become an attractive
suburban section. Compo Beach' is
undoubtedly one of the best bathing
resorts along Long Island Sound and,
on pleasant days, is visited by thou-
sands of people.
two ENLISllllll
AMSERVICE
Sergeant G. W. Parks announced
this morning that the recruiting ofiice.
opened at the City Hall, yesterday, has
resulted in two of our local you?
men signing up with Uncle Sam for
the period of one year. Webster
,’
comes the Bride of Albert-
son S. Beers, of South
N orwaik
several American stockholders, the,
first actual confiscation under the Car-l
ranza decrees. which have been the.
subjects of protests from Great Brit-
ted’
States, was reported yesterday to the"
State Department. ‘
The property of the Scottish-Mesh;
can Company, it was said. now was-
belng operated by the Mexicans, Who
have brought in a 30.000 bin-e! olli
well on the land. The British Gov-
up the matter of seizure with the
!
company pending action to continue
ito rumli its obligations under Men-l
can law.
The land on which the Scottish-
Mexlcan Company operated. accord-
ing to company ou'icials, was leased
in 1910. conforming in every way with
the law oerexico. ~
The State Debut-talent. although in.
terested in this confiscation because
of the number of stockholders in the;
company, has not taken any step in
the scatter. but is witchtng‘c‘ibsé‘ty
steps being taken by the British Gov.
cranial.
ELKS’LODGES ’
BAR
minions
nod: _
flmast‘still '
mummtammw, ”
icontracting parties were Miss Gladys
Two well-known young people Were
united in wedlock at the Georgetown
Methodist church this afternoon. The
Jennings. daughter or Mr. and Mrs.
Gilson Jennings, of North Wilton. and
Albertson S. Beers. son of Attorney
and Mrs. Louis S. Beers. of South Nor-
walk. The ceremony wu performed
by the pastor at the church. The edi-
fice was beautifully decorated with
laurel and flowers. yellow being the
The bride was becom-
ttlred and carried a bridal bou~
The maid of honor was Miss
ew York. George
McKibbon was the best man. and the
ushers were Richard M. Gleason. Wil-
liam H. Ferris, William DeForest and.
Clinton Jennings. A very pretty fast-
ure was the strowlng of flowers be-
fore the bride. by the flower girls.
Ruth Bracken and Octavia Seymour,
as the bridal procession entered the
church to the strains of the Mendels-
sohn W March... A large num-
ber of friends of the bride and mom
were present. The ceremony was fol-
lowed by a reception at the home of
the bride, when c tions were
showered on the happy couple.
Newauleonspraying~
TarBsr'Admmons' "
as a
l
lin thaalotor Transport Corps, while
Waite and James Mola are the lads
who have the distinction of being the
first recruits from the new office.
They left for Stamford this morning.
from whence they will be shipped to
.Fort Slocum, N. Y.; and. finally, to
the Mexican borda'. Waite enlisted
Mola pretgrred the Cavalry.
Sergeant Parks further announced
that a circular received from head-
quarters thls morning instructs him
to discontinue enlistments for infant-
ry service in the Philippine Islands.
The following points can still be se-
lected from: Hawaiian Islands, Pan-
ama Canal, Philippine Islands (other,
than Infantry). Alaska. Siberia, China,
Mexican border and various points in
the United States.
Five books of car tickets for trans-
portation of recruits to Stamford have
been received by Sergeant Parks.
SllllENllllll WAS
F. B. Gumbel-’- Chandler runabout.
stolen tit-Inhis. garage, in Crsnbury.
on Wednesday evening, and recovered
by the Hartford police 'on Thursday.
was brought to town yesterday after-
noon by Sergeant. Hunt and Mr. Galls-
her;
The ‘rsdistor
W W; aud‘the tire had
7 ' ands ligament" ofBelh Kun’s;
lFre'nch war cross on B '.
' lllEll’Ell [Milli
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‘B
“The advance guard of '
fords of the Mcndcres river,
sued the Turks towards K‘
The Hard pressed .kag ab .
ed their howitzer-S. Our. .
found the mutilated bodies of .
Greek Women and children" ix
i ravine. ’ '
BERLIN, Friday. July 11
The Associated Prowl—>15 . .
’of the impending raising of I
{blockade the govemmentia
laction in reducing _the price;
\food' staples is forcing food
fickel‘s 'to get rid of hidden
plies. As a result. a sharp
[in prices is reported from all
itions of Germany. the most ‘
ed decreases being in the l :
zone of occupation. where
have fallen from 30 to
As stocks in Occupied .
apparently exceeded the
large quantities are being :. as w
to Berlin, where good prices
prevail. Berlin will prob
the last city to enjoy app -.
price reductions as much
city's supplies must be.
1 mg distances.
It is reported from \Vcimn}
the government will exel‘éile
ivc control of incoming war
ial and also exports. The ‘
part of the proram is meetingv ’
vigorous opposition in can ,
and industrial export
where it is maintained that ‘
sonal initiative would be mono
cessful abroad than gave :
control. The clercal organ-
mania editorially opposes -
1jection of “bureaucratic 4 _'
,sory measures” into the 3. *
gtransition economics, and . e ‘
that German commerce “no.“
freedom."
out-‘5‘
PARIS, Friday, July 11.—-—K
shai Foch has conferred
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a
General Charles G. Dawes,
of the United States pu w
iboard in France. The
tiers of the day state that “‘
the course of operations in; ‘
General Dawesnssured 8 "ft
union of supplies batsmen
American and French M
‘BASLE, Swinerlsnd, J : l
The representatives of the
Vienna have decided fist ,
must be taken against the -7_ 5
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