ltllJ Ran ll _
tNlllESENllNEl
Agustin ’ 1870 l
Office as Second-Clan Mall Matter.
Entered at the South Nor-walk Po»
til-Hollis “IN "NORWAlK
file the war brought loss and sacrifice to the hundreds of Nor-
youths who went overseas and to training camps in this country,
‘ ay—athomes in this city reaped increased prosperity and inflated
I es. According to Deputy Internal Revenue Tax Collector
ells, who has temporary headquarters in the City Hall, the num-
. f men here who are eligible t 3 pay income taxes for the momen-
s war-year of 1918 is more than double the number who paid the
‘or 1917. A majority of these new income taxpayers are young
who went to work in muniti ;n factories, getting high wages
jumped their yearly incomes past the $1,000 mark, thus mak-
llElAllllliWAlt lmmmg’ SIDE
f(ll HIGH COSl
lilittlllllilili
Malawian
' 0f [WING
is With Governor Hol-p
b Existence of State
ard Eliminates Neces-‘
y of Calling on Govern-i
nt Troops in Emer-
'cy
Are Selling Their Products
at a Loss in a Declining
Market
inlSlltlllUlles
lARli_l_3_l_Y__lilAMEll
Since Investigation Started
Foodstufls Have Risen
One Per Cent.
iol' .\'l(l‘l‘ll.< l' 'ltultmnh i...- in
~Il' a l"li(il' ll‘Uill St-cl'l-ltil'y (it
’tou It linker t‘\ill’t-":~'.\'lll\'! com
.~nfldcnce in the ability oi the
icut State Guard to cope. with
ergcncies that might arise in
l9. l,
, letter from he Secretary of;
as the outcome of correspond
llich followed the receipt. by
or Holcomb of a telegram from ;
.ry Baker inviting him to call
.3 ajOt' General (‘lartnce it. Ell-‘
commander of the Department;
' Northeast. in the event of a:
l
e situation requiring quick' “'ASIHNGTON. Oct. 22.—~The farin-
action. __ Iti‘s' side of the high cost of living
lqueslion was presented to the Senate
'yesterday by Senator Capper, Republi-
ig' RESSMEN SEN" Iftili’i.°"ni§?n‘ii?'atibia33213333” pm.
distill HINES
ducts at a loss in declining markets.
'. ing Chaufi‘eurs andl (Continued on Page Two).
amsters Seek Early De-
__ fSALfllNlSBHUMEfl
..2L0.’.i§t2.'if;.ffi:fé‘fiitiififlii UNLESS PRESIDENT
VElflES “lllll” lilll
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.the consumers are paying rising
‘pl‘iCE’s. N V . mg:
l Faulty distribution was blamed
largely for this “remarkable, specta-
gch-f' and the Senator urged a number
i
ilway Express Company sent a’
-on of labor leaders to “'ash-l
'estcrday to see Walker Du’
hector-General of Railroads,l
I attempt to obtain a decision[
‘age board of the Railroad Ad- 5
ion, rwhich has had their (le-t ' ' '
uder consideration since last 3 PI‘Ol'Ilbltlon Enforcement
. 1 Measure Shuts OaSls on
gation will meet. Daniel To-l Next Tuesday
ent of the International
,e of Teamsters. who is in . . .
,7 handling the affairs of ex-i Vi ASHlRGTON, D. (‘.. Oct. ill—Un-
. .l lch I;rcsl§lent \l'ilson does the unex-
. a ‘ ~ . 1 . } DOth‘t ant vetoes the Prohibition ll -
g" on Pane Twelve. liorcement bill this will be the lEaslt
.: —~‘-— ‘week or the saloon, at least until the
I.‘ "not period," which is looked for about
illt‘CGIlle'l‘. Tile measure now is on tho
_ ,l’rnsidcnt's desk for his consideration.
' |lf it is permitted to become a law with-
;out his signature it will be effective on
.; ll fi,VE TALK50ct0ber 28.
| The real effect will be in cities like
'.___.___, :New York and Chicago, where the sa-
is have hm.“ completed loans have been open for the sale of
. mam War Savings com-‘3'” beer and light wines. Until now
Series of lectures on the sale of these beverages has been
“.9 given in the public.pri-1 permitted. but the prohibliton enforce-
_ ochiai schools of theimem bill provides heavy penalties for
' s have been secured to
3:] of these lectures at the
, of the Connecticut State
sociation. which will be
y, October 24th, in Hart-
aven, Normal}: and Non
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EARTHQUAKE ;.,,
t. 22.—Rome was shakenfchurches in the East Nor-walk Metho-
make at 7:05 o'clock tlllS;dlSt Episcopal church on Friday even-
. tremor waking up theéing of this week.
ill in bed and lasting alseventy to eighty ofliéiais
ho reports as_ to the;for discussion and plans for the work
f havens yet been receiv- lot the Methodist churches in Norwalk
" .land vicinity. The group includes the
second shock
’. days, one beta
'3 shock was
R
g felt yes walk.
2.,
Mn.
; [NJOYED INCOME INCREASE.
Senator Capper Says They.
lupccial (lfficol‘s and
EX-S
that.‘
20 ARRESlS
f0ll0WS DAY
0f llolllc
State Troopers, Regular and
Policemen ‘ and
Guard
Special
Deputy Sheriffs
Braddock Mill District jMEll
Namibian,
NllNlE SElllllUSLY
:In Other Districts the Steel
Mills ‘Are Reported \Vork-
ing at a Good Rate
l'l’l"l‘Slll'll(‘-ll. Oct. Stale
lltlllll rs. l‘l'L'lllill‘ and t-‘llitlal police»
Inn and dry-lit;- sllrril‘l’s Wcle patrol-
31ll1' .‘ln-cls in thc Braddock mill dis-
;ii 2 t-ul'ly lozlny. ill an ci'folt to pre-
v-Mt it return nco- of tho l'iolinu. inci-
Ilcllt lo lll" ."ll'l‘l strike. which hlllkt'
llll' )o alt-l‘tluy :llld continuv-d Llsl nialll.
.lmc lllflit .1! scol'c ol' f|"l‘()l\\ \u-ir in
jll'lll. llonl- ecliollsl). and lu‘culy lllt‘ll
“'(‘ll' arm-slid l‘csllll
day's t-lllsllws l)"l"'-"I'il ~l|lllll'.~ :I'lll
llmlt' s}lll,':;-llli'/.cr<. lllld \tolltlilvll lll‘lll
punt-c.
Tllc lllltllot'ilil-s of
IllllllHlll'tl tho- liolinL'.
first serious trouble
strike button. pilitly
no
HS it If :il‘SlI-l'
Braddock today
“‘llll'll was the
lllt'l‘t‘ :‘lncc the
to 'll“ lzlr't lllill
troopers. put on
ERVICEMEN ‘
: Wiltullln HOME
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General Good Time, Fea-
tures of Last Evening’s
Event at Dorlon’s Point
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Appreciating the noble work her
sons had done for them in the “’orld
WVar, l-Iast Norwalk. through the ef-
‘i‘orls ([ the East Ntu-lvalk Tobacco
'l-‘und. t'tilditllly welcomed the boys
back home at a dinner. served in the
ilorlon pavilion. last evening. It was
i
gone of those splendid affairs at \\'lll\"ll'
the.
sociability and flicndship xvi-re
Et'onlrolling factors in making the even-
;lng one of satisfaction to all. Every-
;thinz that. could be possibly done to
fsatisfy the boys and to make them
:realize that the folks were glad to
‘havc them back home was done. with
:that purpose in view. It was fully ac-
‘complished, last night, when the 150
.cx-scrll‘cc men, 'with their invited
guests and members of the East Nor-
Norwalk Tobacco Fund. assembled to
enjoy the specially prepared dinner
served them. A few moments of
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SAYS COMPANY
CAN CHANGE RATES
NEW HAVEN. Oct. Ill—An alder-
manic meeting has been called bv
Mayor I-‘itzGerald for tonight to dis-
cuss the new, plan of trolley zone fares.
There will be a public hearing in or-
der that those who are complaining
to the mayor over the schedule may
be heard. .
(. C. Elwell, a member of the Public
Utilities Commission, today Was quot-
ed as saying. in response to inquiry as
to whether the commission had to au-
lthorize the change, that the companv
was well Within its rights in makin;v
the change and approval by the com-
mission was not required by law. Fitz-
Gerald will send to the commission a
formal request for a hearing upon the
matter beforethat body.
\
EXPRESSMEN 30 pt
PLAN ROAD RETURN
BY JANUARY 1, 1920
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.—Despite
the tangled status of railroad legisla-
tion in Congress, plans for returning
' ’I
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There will be a supper and meeting ' the railroads to their private owners!
the official members of the Nor— on January 1 are steadily ahead:- ltl ‘
(walk group of Methodist Episcopallwas learned at the Railroad Aumlnls-i
l tration yesterday.
Officials of the Railroad Administra-
It is expected thatltion stated yesterday they were male.
statement oi! the President in his
lmessage to Congress on May 20. tint
. the railroads would be satin-nod
Wflenc‘;N°m‘k« south Nowell; East ’Nor- first of “‘1‘;
ti)?
next calendar
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mutilate,
vanilla .4
4‘
AOBOCIATEO PRESS NEWS FRO. ALL PART. OF T": ”OM" A ”EC|AL “ll! mo on" CW" OPERA”. ‘- —
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80 Hogwm 00“., WDAY' OCT- 22' 1919 Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. “two can
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Midnight Blaze on“ Form-'
er Stevens C ,. Estatef
Proves to be a Mystery
tilllllll
.Allllll ulss
roperty Occupied During
Summer by 3533' Camp
Now by James
Magnus, New York j
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At just 12:45 o'clock. this morning.‘
an alarm from hm box 38. at Stm-ens‘
sll‘l'l‘t and l-Ilnlcrcsl, called out thcl
cnlln- uptown apparatus in jl: time to
liuhl :i lire in the utranc on tlu- old
Slv \'l in o-slalr. later linoxxn ior man)
)«ai's as Rhodonolia Park, -
Vince-m ltyan. :\ trolley conduciorm
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was lolul'nln: to his lib‘llll' m the \‘i
r'inlly and saw the Male and llul‘rictlj
in tu.t\ ill llit‘ alarm. l
.\ llvldln llvcnut- l'l'b‘llll iii. “in:
jll'=:lwtl out oi bod at tho til-s: strnkr
it tho h'll \‘Jllll lllzlt before it l‘lluld
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CONFERENCE HA8
llilllll lROM
llll PRESIDENT
Mr. Wilson Tells Delegates
He Hopes Adjournment Winchester, superintendent of the South Norwalk
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mum SERVICE IN now“
That this vicinity may be spared in the future from annoying in-
convenicuces arising from the faulty electrical semce that has been
supplied by the New Haven railroad through the Connecticut Light-
lug and Power Company, 8. Withins‘ton. an electrical engineer con-
nected with the railroad, came here, yesterday and, with Albert E. .
Electric plant,
Will Not Be Taken Until carefully and earnestly reviewed the situation in Norwalk. Records
Something Is Accomplish-
melanoma
Labor Leaders Should Stop
Strugxlinx for Advantage spirit of kindly co-operaticn and unmistakab
Over Each Other
“'ASHING'I‘ON. Oct. 22.7 Organiz-
t-d labor‘s representatives in the Na-
tional industrial l‘ontcrcncv lot‘m
lul‘f’i’d the reading of the letter to the
conforcnct- ahich l‘l'csitlcnt \Vilson
ytslol'day dictated from his sit-ll bud,
find in \‘illlf‘h he declared the public
lllt t‘onl’vrcncc to stay to-
uclllt r until lvcl‘y possible llll’Hns had
lk-t'll exhausted to cslablisll a “surel-
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be blllllllll‘ll the sv-(‘tillll linlv he heard and lll‘:|l'lll'l‘ cooperation belwccn alll
~lll“ Hope Hosv Wit-mil: C(lnllllg oul (ll;
:ho- lll‘r house \le htllc siren going ful“
l)ld.~l.
tho ch initnl.“ changed in industry"
lllll-lediillcly after the letter was
i
lll‘ivcl‘ \‘l’llaltw did not stop to read. the conference recessed and the.
doll himself up pretty but just put inherent» went into privale session to de-l
lllt‘ spcml into his wagqn‘tlmt it would
stand—774ml. quick as he was. Chief Bo-
‘gairlus beat him to It. having taken a
,somcwhat shorter route. .
The building and its contents. in-
cluding a Mercer automobile. were u
‘lllJlSS of flames when the firemen!
l‘cllt‘lled there. and there was no
chance of saving either. As it was sit-l
uated some 1:10 feet from the rest-‘
Eitrnce and other buildings they were
’not endangered. ,
The property is now owned by James ;
Niagmus, 355 West 149th street, an o{~.
ficial of thr- Royal Bond Company, of.
New York city. who. with his family,
have been passing the week ends at
.the park. The burned automobile had
,been sold to a New York man, last
Week, who was to come for it during,
the next few days. It had been Jacked
up and the tires removed, as it was
being overhauled for delivery. No one
connected with the place had been
near the garage since Mr. Magmns left
on Monday. and the origin of the firel
is a mystery. The loss is partially?
Icovered by insurance in a. local agen-l
cy.
; The property has been one of the.
show places of Norwalk since the mid;
{die of the last century, when Lawrence
lM. Stevens, a wealthy merchant of;
lNew York city. purchased it and built»
‘the big residence which is still knownl
locally as Stevens' castle. About a de-l
tcatle ago it was laid out as a resi-
;dentiai section. under the name of
,Rhiodonolia Park..by Promoter Mar-l
'celllus R. Bennett. who converted it‘.
‘ into building lots, and held the still fa-
mous drawing.r for the Stevens' man-
.sinns, it, being won on a dollar ticket.
‘hcld by Mrs. Ella Frances Rowan.
wife of a Brooklyn plumber. who, after
{holding it for a number ot’years, sold’
lit to Mr. Magmus.
During the past summer the use of
it was donated for a recreation camp
for city boys, and a swimming pool
and other conveniences were built for
their enjoyment.
Hlllll EXAMS. Fllll ~
SAUfiATUCll P. M.
One candidate took the civil service
texamination. this morning. to qualify
lfor the position or postmaster of the
,Saugatuck office. The examination
was held in the courtroom o! the City
hall. and was nder the direction or the
local civil 'service lulu-d comprising:
'Vincent Costello, Elflrt W. Clark and
Herbert W. Duke, of the South Nor-
lwalk postoffice.
gilllll MAKERS LEASE
wrlull WALLST.
It is reported that Simona: I: Com-
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will gather-ling their plans in accordance with the '- pany, shirt manufacturers. of Poul
{Chutes-N. 1.. have leased trons“-
termine its future course.
bcrs plainly were impatient and some
of the public and capital delegates
seemed doubtful whether the
representatives would continue
conference.
The President's message follows:
To the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Industrial Conference:
I am advised by your chairman thatldowntown.
you have come to a situation which known 3; the Sons of Italy.
{appears to threaten the life of your?
terence, and, because of that. I am
ngsumlllg to address a word of very
solemn appeal to you as Americans.
for the-present condition.
dividual or of any group. But, having
temporary indisposition should not
the seriousness of the position in which
lthie country will be placed should you
adjourn without having convinced the
American people that you had ex-
hausted your resourcefulness and your trustees.
patience in an effort to come to some
common agreement. -
At a time when the nations of the
world are endeavoriug to find a Vay
to confess that there is no method to
The mem-
labo '
in the group of young Italian residents.
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lcalled this conference, i feel that my,
lbar the way to a frank expression of 01';
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,ol' avoiding international war, are we;
be found for carrying on industry ex-g
cent in the spirit and with the very
methods of war? Must suspicion and
hatred and force rule. us in civil life?
Are our industrial leaders and our in‘ “1.50,, was said by Sppnqar}. Tumulty
dustrial workers to live together with—
out faith in each other, °°“Sta“tl3"'afler the most active day yesterday ll!‘
, _ 93011 has had sincche becameill.
other, domg naught but what ls "om'v-noming Mrs. Wilson telephoned Mr,
struggling for advantage over
pelted?
My friends, this would be an intol-
erable outlook. a. prospect unworthy
of the large things done by ‘this pet)
ple in the mastering of this continent
—indeed, it would be an invitation to
bility my mind turns away,
confidence is abiding that in this land
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Billion l8
nommzll
sentetive tor two years.
n
expired.
wwwmwmhmm
lathe the“
at!»
national disaster. From such a poasi~
for my
“'0 have learned how to accept the
llllANllJfi. 0. f.
Deputy Sheriff Nelson W. Benedictl
of this city was honored yesterday at‘
the seventy-eevepth annual convention 3
otmeamdmmentotmeindegm soul: in
pendent Order or Oddfellows, held in i oi 111mm, when they attempted
”“1““! be“ em 3”“ "9m to attack Monica vessels and elected on
I
TIt is not for ine to assess the blameiJune. Carlo Vacca, of Stamford,’
”0 ”0‘ who expect: to make his home.
lspeak in a spirit of criticism of any in- he" mums been ”head as lead- -
of the difl‘ioulties with the service were read and discussed, and the
adoption of means to prevent recurrence was suggested. 1n stating
that certain improvements were under way to correct the faults that
resulted in past flaws in the supply, Ht. Withington declared that.
the railrcad company does not desire that consumers get the unprec-
sion that they are not getting pro; er attention. The difiicultzes, he
said, occurred through causes bey. nd the company’s power to co ntrol,
and every efl‘ort was being exerted for correction. The Visit was one
of the results of the forceful letter of protect sent by the comm-aspa-
ers of the South Norwalk plant to the Connecticut Light and Pow-
er Company some time ago. Exp rts here who were mtemcwcd yep-
tcrday by Mr. Withington expm ed themselves as pleased With he
le purpose in making
every effort to‘mtore ei'l'icienry. '
- ‘lllllfiSllllllEMEN
lilil ll“
08M llllll s " ‘
hltol't mall \ll‘lll in “toll on llll’ (”unlined
lllel's m l'vstmnhv :uvnn ”clock
\vlllstlcs llll "\Ill‘nill}: Although liun‘
What promis' es to be one of the
bigge' st bands in Connectiwt has
been formed in Norwalk by a
H
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dlcdr cl dotkwol'kI-H l“ lo (corrugat-
cd in tllI‘ \ll‘lllll) o; ll!" bi: ll‘amoAt-
lantic slcilnlsllip plt rs there at an 88.!”-
ly hour. promises Maxim-day to return
to unrk in thc (‘llelsva district, one of
the most important on the New York
waterfront. brought no res-nit. it was
on the word of the Chelsea longshore—
mcn that officials based their predict-
ion ol' a break in the strike here.
T. Y. O‘Connor, president of the In-
There will be from 40 to 45 pieces
in the new organisation, which has
headquarters at 46 Water street,
The band will be
The
members have already started re-_
hearsals, and expect to make thelrl
first public appearance about next
Continued on Page Twelve.
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clude: Benjamin Capona, direct-
Michacl Galbor, secretary;
Patsy Bria, treasurer; Joseph Put-
ignan, Joseph Dimartino, Frank
Maissano and Patsy Di Pietro,
PRESIDENT wllsml *
l3 titan lull
Cct.
Soml-onc \lilh pronounced
habit (‘lill‘l"d the store of Mich-0|
Peacenzi. 6 12 Bouton street, last
night. stealing till-cc bovcs of cigars,
five-cont variety. two cartons of cigar-
cites and tour packages of chewing
tobacco. Police investigation disclos-
ed that no break had been made. but
that the store had apparcnlly lit-en on:
lcl'cd by a person possessed of a key.
, ‘ _,_. _..,___,
wasrronr snon co.
BUYS WATERS’ STORE
ll was announced this nlotping that
the :hoc slorc. successfully conducted
by l‘l‘ctlcrick ll. “'aters, ill. 37 Wall
241'ch had bccn formally transferred
to tho “'vslpol‘l Sllm‘ Company, ln<
corporalct‘l. of which l" H. Harris, of
that town. is president. and G. B.
Colyer is zccnml manager, The new
interests will take possession as soon
as some lllllnnl' details are completed,
President‘s h 'sician. has insisted that .pl‘obably wilhln a few days. Besides
the fact ”1:: )Mr. ““30“ was permit-.th“ Vi estport store. the company q)-
. crates the shoe department for this
“ad to dictate a letter yesterday lol(\mnorsfitlothimz store of Bridgeport-
Secretary Lane Tga’d'“ the Indus, Mr, V’l'alcrs purchascd the buslnm
tnalConference.dld not meanhe would in October 19“, from Edwin L. Hoyt,
be allowa to resume active work. Mi. 1 who succeeded m the business “M.
Tumuny “aid ”‘3‘ ”3“" ”“1”" had ”9"".lishod bv his fathcr. the late A. H.
ready today for the President's 8mm""ilovl and conducted by them l'ornenr-
ture they would have been laid before 33' 1'1 ouarter of “mu”, under the firm
him. . r H l 't & So
The secretary explained that bills'nam‘ 0' A‘ ' ' I 0" n.
“'ASHINGTON. 22 ~ P‘l‘csidcnl
to be in “fine shape" this morning.
Early this
Tumulty that the president was amt-g
ions for information as to the situation:
in the National Industrial Conference.
Although Rear Admiral Grayson. the?
—An advertisement in the, MIC
lwo BOLSllilllll' .lolllllo loll
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dict'ctmumndnmhlhujutm’
MMSIRMERS Stlllll ,lljmlilll
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LONDON, Oct. 22.—-—Two Bol- Coda, on the Gulf of 5%
W torped boat dutro ers nurlyoppositelronltld,
o y y lot-lbw; Buuian‘ Amy, is
. ' named from that army’s hood-
quarters toda . The captain was
yam-oven
“'-Wmmu1w.y,mwm.mmm
mount-duds. hflmfilfln‘wlthahuvyn.
“mu-h undone-hilt
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