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Edward O'Brien, Indicted
The-”British“ Airship his-u, Is
lseeend District Citizens Fa.-
. _, var? Locating» ofvlndustry if" the Killingof 931m?“ . Blown Uvaerxthe-North
’ Between Water» andfi‘ Day 0- Hull, New York Station- Sea;.and Crew Has Been
;. Streets ' Er; Boasts of 'Another Given Up .
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lilllliililfi lllll ,
unanimou-
MEN Mlfililln
is To Be Completed Within?
‘ 'WEREAQQHAINTHI
WBMANllElllili
. .SEEINGBISASllEll
Describes Terrific Flash as?
. search into the history's! Connecticut
m
. its 100th Win 1919. Salem
.5, Y , A d- t lBoth Mr. Hull and Mrs. W‘il-l Dirigible Dives Down;
$5.535. cc" ""3 °' kins Were Killed by Blowsl Aflame i
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.i lgll‘gv number of business and pro- LONDON July 16.—The British air-
_ , . _ ‘ . l ‘hlp his-11, possibly in an attem t to
.. mlullnl lncn interested in the mdus-' FREEHOLD’ N' J" July 16' _‘the b ' I P
~i«i whom), of Norwalk attended the ' a grand law In New York was indkt-‘bm‘k the ammo" record °t the my“!
it't'ldl meeting of the Second taxing.r
"s l'l' l.
Lihl evening, at which it
>ii|llillit|URlF voted to' convey
was, lei. Jacobs & Sons, that
'l ll‘ilt'l of land between Water
mil-ill filltl Day street. and bounded
was
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. . m. riy by the extension of Concord'
- .4. “ill. the understanding that.
'w» are to ercct, within the period of
pull, a factory costing not less
n-n $73,000 on the conveyed site.
Hl-lv‘lt-ll H. Hatchfilloracc R. fiash‘
Nil ll. William Hal’ford, the Second‘
l'llil tornmis'sioncrs. were appoint-l
i~.2t committee and; empowered to
. ('X’t'CulP and deliver the neces-
vrrittcn instruments 'in connec-
\‘-lill this conveyance.
'1 he meeting was called to order“
.1 .usly after eight o‘clock.‘by District 3
‘:- rt. William J. Saabyc, Jr.'. and. by
, l‘llllililliS vote. Albert E. “finches-tor.
‘lt‘tli'tl chairman. The meeting
ll'i'll opened by M r. Winchester.
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lilillilifilm
lw_tl_l_E§_l CASES
ileinurrers Sustained in Bos-E
:on and New Orleans—
viverruled in Pittsburgh
~1llSTON, July 16.-A ruling given
‘N‘i‘day by Federal Judge George‘
Anderson that the sale of beer;
’ «h is not intoxicating is not illegal
io-r the present war prohibition act.
l m the quashing of the govern-
» ult‘s test case against Sanford F.‘
"'l> and Leonard H. Vogcl, liquor;
'lli'l'S of this city. i
l’ells and Vogel were arrested last'
~‘i-k .charged with sclling beer con-
ililing at least one-half of per
wt. of alcohol. It was the canton
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ing Edward O'Brien, twenty years old,‘ 0f the. 3'34. Was blown up over the.
Wflmluwa caowau. rmuormmmya m an auto 0".“ .m.’
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town-1n W
towns and -~ oral" that thh town:
is the any one that could celebrate-
twai‘lacor‘poc’ntbd at New Salem. from
Connector. ' and Montvlue. in
Marin!» named from Salem.
Mus. Dorian. “incorporated from
Stamford in May. 1320. and. named
from the Isthmus of Dorian, is the
next town to celebrate its centennial.
Then follow" Bridgeport. incorporated
in 1821. Chaplin and Orange
and-Manchu!“- and.” in 1833.
Tlllllltltzmllll l5.
1111882,
held in the Council chillnb-i
' Manhattan s.ationer. the youth blast-
to .
ccr- ‘
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for the murder of Gardiner C. lint-l, a” North Sea Monday night. Her crew?
ed today about his crime to .‘e‘lowj
prisoners in the county jail here. ' l
Not only did he tell the details of
the brutal attack upon Mr. Hull. int
he assumed responsibility for the kill-
ing of Mrs. Julia (". \Vilkins. for whose
murder her husband, Dr. Walter
Krone Wilkins. was convicted and ill-
tt-r..'ards committed suicide in the jail
at Mineola.
(Continued on Page Twain;
WlliflN Willi-Hill
of twelve. is believed to have been lost. l
A woman at St. Margarets.‘ Black'-
ney, says she saw the disaster.
was aroused half an hour after mi
night by the whine of a dirigible‘s e
iield glasses from her bedroom win-
dow. She says she watched it disap-
pear and then heard the whineydf the‘
engines again as if the ship were re-
turning.
"Suddenly! she says “my whole
iroom was lighted by a terrific fiash‘
and there followed almost immediately
a frightful explosion. l r_an to the
window and saw the airship in flames.
'(mmlmms‘oii 95%???»
Millifllll lflAlS illi‘ltlll‘sn’llll
Appropriates $20,000 for Ex-
tension of State Aid High-;
way From Kent School-j
house to Westport Line—5
vaginal
“'ASHINGTON, July 16.——With the
Site? .
d- .gSome Proposal looking to an!
“—
'gines and located the big ship with.
Will Be Big Benefit to
Chestnut Hill
Senate in adjournment until tomore;
3 low, the Foreign Relations committee
! had opportunity today to devote sever-
..__~ ,al hours to the continuation of read-
Thcre was a big turnout at the spe- ing the Peace Treaty‘section by sec-
cial town meeting. in the VViltonjtion. It was expected- that before,
Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, fully night virtually the entire document'
eighty voters being present, including;
not only those from the ranks of the
regular residents. but many of the
summer population, the majority of,
whom own automobiles and are anx-‘
ions to have their own sections favor-
ed.
Town (‘lerk Ogden called the meet-'
ing to order and Strong Comstock was
elected chairman. 1 taken up later. Today it was planned}
As outlined in these columns, ihel to similarly skip
tussle for the location of the proposed together w
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would be covered for the first time.:
but with all the sections provokingi
objection reserved for future consid-
eration.
About one~fifth of the text was gone,
over yesterday. the League of Na-i
tions' covenant and the section deal-,
ing with German boundaries being,
among the portions pasaied over to be
;PllllBlNfl llANlllllll
l20 Attorneys Appear in Su-
the Shantung section . many conflicting interests gatheredcin
m] other features likely to the Superior court room. in the coun—
urination,
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Increased Revenue Is Ex-
Thirteen Hydrants Put Out‘
of Commission This Morn-
' ‘ in; by Commissioners of
Uptown Taxing District '
‘Blifmm PAYMENT
IS REASlINliWEN
lDrastic Action Follows Fail-
ure of Consolidated City
to Pay Up
. As tile direct result of the long and
sometime heated controversy between
the board of commissioners of the
First taxing district and the mayor
and Citycounoilover the payment of
bills of several yearl' standing. for
water supplied to the Third, or East
Nor-walk district. employee of the up;
town water depagment visited East
Norwalk. this morning, and. it is al-
leged. put thirteen hydrants in the
more important business and resident-
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pected—Flat Fare Raise.
Not Expected—Corpora-l
3 tion Will Do Nothing toi
l Discourage Patrnoage
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The Connecticut Company will do;
' nothing in its attempt to increase its:
? revenue that will ' to keep people'
i f m riding on its rt. according to al-
l s atement [warranting from the New'
: Haven office of the trolley compauy.l
, That- some.» proposal looking to in-
}creased'revenue would be presented
l for the approval of the Public Utilities
1 Commission was admitted. but nothing
. could be learned as to the form such a
~ proposal would take or when it would
i be presented. . ‘
2 The oflicials of the company are. of
5course. watching with keenest inter-
(Gontinued on Page We)
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. RAILWAHFFAIRS
perior 'Court at Hearing
by Judge Shumway
About 20 attorneys
representing
igents fumlaher. and the A. d: P. Tea
1
(Continued On Page Seven)
BflSlflN CARMEN ,
rneet opposition.
PRESlllENTWltl
; ceiver.
l seems likely to be a long legal battle
,ty building yesterday. to probe into
the aflairs of the Danbury & Bethel
i Street Railway 00.. now in the hands
{of Col. J. Moss lves, of Danbury, re-
It was the beginning of what
for posessslon of the remaining assets
of the corporation. Judge Milton A.
ial sections out of business.
Evidently ‘lhe intention is to force
some action for the paymwt of out-
standing bills. and, it is said, that the
. situation as it was today. constitutes
a most serious menace of fire, which
would endanger not only that thriving
community but the entire city. .
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‘ANlllllEll lilBlIll
Beco' me the Owner of the
Property on North Main
Street Belonging to the Raymond. He W88 deeply ingmssedlllaura, which was bfo
Dibble Estate
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General Pershing' ' Visita the British
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cents a Number of Dim '
Prommen' t Government 'a
FltElllIlllIlllllllEll llf llEPllllifi
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Germany’s New Tax
Bill Will Include a Surplus AW
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ment on Capital Amounting to 30 Per Cent.
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Drastic Imperial Income Tax
WIN
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PARIS, Tuesday, July 15 (As—‘-
sociated Press) ———The (haunting
Five met today to discuss the I’m ,
Malina Hill
But Joseph King, of Cran-
bury, Had Been Drinking
Something Besides 2.75
Beer '
The hardships of prohibition don't
seem to bother Joseph King, of Cram
(bury, to any great, extent. for evident-
; ly he can get all the “fire water" he is
’ able to consume right here in our.
midst. '
I King appeared in the local Bones
noun-mm, sent-May “use.“ shied bathe Den‘ikim- government;
handed Chief Pennington a hard luck
spoil about robbed by three
men in Dal-let Seeing that he was
under the innueuce‘a’t liquor, the chief
persuaded the man to be on his way.
with the adviceto go home and sleep
it oil. Early/in the afternoon King
again appeared in City Hall and this
,time told his story to Officer Frank
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in a conversation with the officer when
_ Chief Pennington interrupted him.
1 The man was still under the influence! M d d ‘
Harris & Gan: are fast becominsiof the hard liquor and stoutly refused- a n ‘
the leading real estate purchasers in to leave the premises,
Norwalk. showing their confidence inl cordingly, with duo hospitality, en-l .
the future of the city. Only recently deavored to make his stay more pleas-1 moi-died Pressi.~—-Pl‘lcefl
The chief ac-
thcy acquired title to -the Gazette! am by confining to him a cell for the
block in the First district. ,
have purchased from J. l. Dibble and
sister the well known block on North
Main street occupied by Gottlieb, the
1
store. The business on this thorough-
fare is becoming, very active and Har-
ris 3: Cans have been farsighted
enough to take advantage of this op-
portunity. It is not stated "what
changes will be made in the property
but, in all probability. the stores will
be made upeto—date in the near future.
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|Cargo Valued at $25,000
i From Wilson’s Point Lost
3 as Lighter Overturns ,
S
DELIVERY WAGON
AND AUTO COLLIDE
Skidding on the are; caesium."
the corner of Cedar unset bun vv est
NOW they l night.
(Continued On Pm Twelve)
Lumber belo—nzlng the United
tater Shipping Board and valued at
Continued on Sixth Page
Fifteen Widows Get. 0
Pensions FromtState
i
Fifteen widows in the state had re-
‘eived their first installment under,
~ net/new pension law up to yesterday,‘
. was announced by Col )nel Robert 7
, Eaton, administrator of the Depart-
l. Int of State Aid and Agencies.
alonel Eaton has been advised ot‘ihe
--Howing local agents: Charles C.
laments-a}: of Hartford; ThOmasF.
llilon, of {Valet-bury; J. E. Dow. of
‘vlvriden, and Charles Prentice, of New
MEET SENAlflRS
TAtKlNli STRIKE:
, l .
p l WASHINGTON, July Ilia—President;
, - Wilson has decided to invite Republi-
'Want Elght Hour D ay ’ and! can senators to call at the White
73 1-2 Cents Per Hour House to discuss the Peace Treaty
- ————~—-—— . and the League of Nations,
BOSON, July 16.-A strike of the: Tumulty announced today. i
.000 carmen of the Boston Elevated! Senator Lodge. chairman of the For-
lailway Company appeared imminent ; eign Relation} committee, was‘under-l
today, The union which comprises stood to be-one of fifteen Republican;
most of the employes of the road con- senators with whom the President de-’
tinned its.plans for making eflective; sired especially to confer.
its strike order at: 4 a. in. tomorrow; “It Was said the invitations would
-with a reSultant paralysis of the ~ not be limited to members of the For-
Shumway, state referee,
hearings sitting as a committee rep-!
I resenting the Superior court.
lcame when Attorney John R. Buck
30f Hartford, representing some of
ithe debenture holders. asked for a
Secretary i list of the bondholders who furnish-
e
the Danbury and Bethel with
Bridgeport and Danbury road. At-
torney Samuel C. Morehouse,
resenting the bondholders' commit~
teee, of which John McCarthy
chairman, refused to give the list.
street, subway and elevated car serv- : eign Relations committee. The Presl- . '
avenue, the parcel post delivery truck.
is holding
into a Ford touring car, owned and;
The first contest between lawyers Canaan. at about 11:30 this morning!
Mailer was driving slowly down“
town, alongjlfest avenue, when, at the
corner of CedaT'street, he attempted
to turn out of the ear tracks, his car
skidded. made a complete turn, and
crashed into Senator Weed. who was
proceeding uptown.
Mr. Weed‘s car suffered a broken
trout wheel and a bent radiator. and l
was towed to a local garage for ”l
l
d the cash for the consolidation of
the
rep- .
is
pain. The mail truck was‘ undamag.
t ed. As the coilisiouu purely accl-
» dlflfi into Loni: lslani
operated by William Manet. crashed , 325300 “'5 M . i
win; last night, when a lighter car-
. it rturned oi! Sunken island.
operated by Hampton S. “feed, of New ; :ying ove
short distance from Penileld 'lleei'
ight. The tug Glenn had the lighter.
lThe towing cable was cut loose and
l the tug remained afloat.
lwas being moved from the atxmagt:
yard, a Wilson’s Point Noywa it, .
:the Latte Company's yards, in Swat-l Trappist Monastery, at Mount nae
ford. Most of it probably will be re-l,
covered.
MAINTOSENB ., -l
The lumber
.llllllOI‘l. The authorities in the sev-
-l :1 towns and cities have been slow
i. appointing the local agents to as-
»M in cairying out the provisions of}
'Iw iqiw. which has delayed the work;
" I'nloncl Hilton's department.
Threatening Forest i
C onflagration May 1
Cause Loss of Life'
Just), lilnho. July 16.——The forest-
‘ "chin. has been raging for three!
a»: 1n the yellow pine district of
- ltlllldPI‘ Mountain section. in Cen-
llluho. threatens to equal insdeé
, I "m the great fires which swept
,0. v‘-:‘li Montana and Northern Idaho
‘ ‘""‘- When a great loss of life re-
] .“Fmrding to members of the
' h i“ P91135111" Service. ‘ '
.t...l
il,. fire has “'lped out 811 square
5 0f timber and bond“! nations
“Millage. U't'Gl" all equal . ,.
4 and twentz-five
“Hither “'33 an a
”it”; .
Officials of -'
“ice of the city and some of the su-'
burbs. Efforts to avert the tieup were
also continued during the day, but
(Continued On Page Twelve)
(Continued On Page Twelve)
SALOONS CONTINUE
SELLING 2.75 BEER
le nil: Hill ' ,
Provincetown, Portland and Gardiiier’s
Bay during most-of the" summer. ac-
cording 'to .wdr‘d rocetved’ here. ,. This
~'.'departure from lb ' '
' using N
ship"
There is practically nothing now to
report in regaard to the prohibition
question in Norwalk. The dealers who
opened their doors on Monday are
still selling the 2.75 beer..and from
present indications will continue to 'do
so until advised otherwise by the 10-
cal LiquorDealers' Association. The
_ * BAthliiflll’Si
those Who have openodtheir parami-
the sale of “other than «nest-Inner. and;
in the .event of}; finaidoctslsa being
hauled dorm o‘tbe ease:
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erecmtaiswmvov
Lane End. of Princeton University,
$47,550 from the estate of his uncle.‘l
Amos F. mo. who left 811,000,000.
Professor Eno asked for 850.000. 837-
sixfpen, and Amos, ten.
In
,mmael.pfieand his chitin-an, are
”swam
(moaned on Page Twelve)
$47,500‘GRANTED
T0 PROFESSOR ENo
NEW YORK, July 16.——Surrogate
Cohaian has granted Professor Hanry
n; this sum was necessary to support
impel: and his two children—Alice.
the professor,
his
beam-sséemvm
” we
276,849troopa on special and molar
u‘alnatorannvotags of 600 mm
reads at the United States hauled 4,4
each in the first six mm of 1,19,
I,“ .1.- H.
dental. no arrests were made by Chief I,
Pennington, who investigated the mat-
ter.
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RAILROADS CARRIED
£50,000 TROOPS.
“'F—
WASHINGTON, July 13.41% rall-
bllc to-
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3-33 3mm SHIP
lll Eiillilillis
also Building
Dmgible—U
m pinion 'ori- gem“
New Monster
. .SZPlansOne
as larges- Atlantic Flier
.—.l.....——....
WASHINGTON, July low-Rugs air
commercial Inca will be
NEW RT R ' Admire addition prob-bl; we...” rivals] in “m the
ry POW ' . L, July 16' l police, m accordance ""1 ”we“ “1‘ “mm“! m“ M" ““9“ °1 “N "3' °1 "3“ ‘3‘ MA , “‘1'” ”‘9' 'ml 1 Stats-1nd Grant in! ,
Hen B ilson commander-mentor ‘ . . . . . Elliot ,4 4
of the Ann. ntic fleet will have the big ‘3‘?“0” leceived fwm U. S. Marsh! his uncle m mull!” for “I! on mm “mm. the! m ”a" m, Word” ”I ‘Ufl.
. ’ . ' . ' . ' 'v a
ships manoeuvre ’in" the waters 0” ill Crosby, are keeping a record of. a difleufles in whet he M W ,
but“
m
,sian blockade. There have
i posals that the . powers :1
{Saw ships to enter Russian m .
under special permits. theUm
lStates having constantly mom. .
gRussia except such as is incident.
al to the embargo on. imports-40
Germany. Consequently, the.
American delegates were not
ready to take any action in the.
monitor until instructiorin ha).
been received from VVashingt-on. ; w
I It is all ,sth thatfintlst of tilde»? ’
Black Sea ports con be blank-
E which is friendly to the mum-inn
{the Supreme Council has 1'”:th 7
lcidcd to ask Dcnikine to declare . '
such 8 blockade. ' ‘ .
l LONDON, July 16.———Thc Span-N
Eish Cabinet. headed by Amt
ruled a.
i April 15 last, has resigned, ‘ , ;
9mg: to a Renter‘s dispatch»
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BERLIN, Tuesday. July 15 (so;
on ', ' ,-
i‘oodstufl's have fallen with ac . x ; ‘
.in Berlin as a result of the I . _
lot the blockade. Illicit dealer-u»
Iwith huge concealed [tomb
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Is Head of Trappist Mont} ~_
l tery at Mount , , _
’ and Is Making Tour, .
Branches of the Order
This Country and Could:
Bishop‘ Morris. Lord Abbott prune:
iery. Ireland, honored Norwakm i
brief visit yesterday, when he fig fit
guest of ReL,Tb_omaa J. m, as he
Marys rectory, and also called a” ,
“It
Burkedal, 7 Westport ammo,
passed'her girlhood near Mount
iery. where her parents still reside:
The Abbott brought good new!
them to Mrs. Barkedal and W
many pleasant recollections “It!“
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(Continued on Pate my .
romanticism ,
ALONG run j
NEW roan. July 13.4. a
guards. including mounted '
{there has been no blockade again! . 3
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