asp, 1870.
Entered “the south Now am: Post-
Offlce as Second-Clans Mall Matter. 7
. BLED
.ijv
E:
Hangers snow. was AMP can own OPERATOR
“t—‘v
._ Light «Snow Late This Afternoon.
minnow mm ‘ 1
mi XMAS PRESENTS
Thousands of Uninvited
“Kids” Break ‘Into New
sissmm
talcum
%‘ _ " York’s Biggest Festival-—
33 1.4.000 Rush for Seats—Po?
. . ; heeReserves and Soldiers
, ‘-‘— p Unable to Control Them-—
w Pit-4y Between Secre- Women Faint % .
\
24.—-—'Thousands
j. iisniels and Admiral
r ,~ Amused ”Consider-
iv; interest
a ll Nlll REWARD i
Will] um Sllli’
I Thinks Oificers Defeat-f
it; Submarines Not Env
d to Any Reward
R :.-
xGTON, Dec. 24.——~Congress—
«Ligation, it was indicated!
, might result from the contro-
hr-‘ween Admiral Sims and Sec
Iriniels over the awards of Dis-
.i-Kc-i Service Medals in - the
.9
NEW YORK, Den
of uninvited children to? whom no
gifts were provided, crowded their
way into the Seventy-firs: :ilegimem
armoryi last. night ,and threw New
vYork's largest ch’ildren's festival into
a riot. During the height of the up-
roar 14,000 youngsters were in a mad
scramble to: their s‘.“!‘.‘c of pres-41‘s
which were stacked upon tables for 2.
distribution to 7,000 needy “kiddies,”-
whehad been Invited.
Police”, reserves from six;preclncts
aided by the armory detail oLsoldierS,
were unable to check the wild unrush. l
several women fainted and" scores of 3
children, some of them on crutches?
were bowled over as the youngsters
rushed about the floor. . ’ .
No semblance of order was obtain-
ed until thousands of the youngsters
hadkbeen rushed into the‘street, where
aspirated from their chaperones and
mothers, many of them hungry and
without vgifts, tearfully clamored to be
taken to their-“home's.
The trouble started when clowns
made their appearance on the armory
floor. Children who had been as-
signed to places in the building rush-
ed out on the floor in mass formation
and crowded about the funmakers. A
few took advantage of the disorder
9
l...-
I-
.1 report of the awards of the de-
10115 has been transmitted to the
,. Naval committee by’Secretary
'ls at the request of Chairman
{representative Lufkin, Repub<
Massachusetts, member of the
- Naval committee, said he would
' e
7;. .1 i. 1.. :.. L '1'
7 9 House to ca 1 to {a similar it to help themselves from ‘ the gift
“sue. which had been snlotilder— tables and in a dminte. “$3 3081x2335
(5
LS
r»
Italian ' Government
,MAJBR‘
'day. which resulted in 75 per cent. of
32"..
ns‘? 0
Will
Keep inlts‘fhssession the
Whole of the Armistice
Line
-
filURATl .
WSIENEB
signs of local. Militia" in
Fiume Will Be Respected
i
ROME, Dec, 24,—ln consequence of ,
doubts regarding the first plebiscite
at Flume, another was taken on Sun-
the votes being cast in favor of the
Italian Government’s proposals rela-
tive to the future occupation of the:
city, according to the Giornale D‘Ital-
1a., Major Giurati, chief of Captain,
Gabriele d’Annunzio’s cabinet, is re-‘
ported to have resigned.
Newspapers state the~basls of agree-
ment was as fellows:
The Italian Government will keep,
in its possession the whole of thei
armistice line..reafllrming the right oi.
Flume to decide itdv own fate. ~ Notesi
taken of. the wishes oi Einme. as ex-
'. .Uontlnuai on {use Twelvm.
airustsmmr
’ T0 RENEW. ’
surname
Permission to erect a i gasoline
ter replevined as a stol-
Tenyi for an automobile.»
pump on Wall street, at the foot of
Mill Hill. was dehiedf‘George Spicer,
at an adjourned meeting or the City
Council, last night, despite opposition
to the action on the part of Councils
man Sylvester W."ontherton. An in-
vestigating committee last year sug-
gested that a pump then in place be
taken down, in view of possible col-
lisions between automobiles driving
,....
- “
-- inner naval circles. cam’e‘Out on ’ “Ki-'2‘" ‘ ' '97"
. the open with the publication of. ,r - ' - '
tier written by Admiral Sims tdSUEs Tu fiET RAE“
*ontinued on Page Twelve. . ' t . 4
iSEIJEMAYIEHufF ‘ ”WEN “A“
LVL‘L ’ .1; . '4 > . -
13?? _ Mrs. Katherine Artilla has brought
1 3:31 , 'a civil action, through Attorneys Tam‘
_. ., 7 ' \lpaid Michael
_ ' l
during the holiday season X:§£ was a
gm; of the. House of Maye- '
:11; one large family t0 en. Chester, over a year ago, from Paul
» "istmas celebration: Last Toms, who is awaiting trial in New»
:1; the dining room of their Jersey for stealing the car from 3.
WM factory this annual dealer in Dover, N.
.r :‘mions were worked out walk, 'i‘ényi repaired it, and sold it to
‘j‘Jrszvtgs and although thbers. Artilla. far,.$500.’When Tiaras ad-
. ”Val“ very prettlly deeorat- mitted the theft, the auto was ramm.
‘ at times in the past ed to the original owner. To avoid
7. party, . sign a bond, specifying that it mei.
::i musical entertainment within a year’s time, did not return
Arl. which included duets Mrs. Artilla’s $500, he mo in make
. h; Mrs. Reed G. Haviland good the 1033. This, Mrs. Artilin
' ' Twinnil. “ L"
: lin Dawson. a violin and and. She has sued him .
‘ . ‘1 ‘“ by Misses Willa and ages. The case is returnable to the
- ~ . - Miss Willa Miller also Court of Common Pleas, next term.
‘ ‘ / M”
.- " ilowizt Toland acted as . “Mi. 7'
I Then followed sew WAR TRADE
motion pictu‘res. Af- ‘ ‘REVOKES
' : the entertainment was ‘ ’ I
*4 were extinguishedand , WASHINGTON;
' tion effective San.“
, I 7
ram of 1m; .MflNEl’PAlil Hill
many & Connery, to recover $500 she
Tenyi bought the/automobile in Port
' “3”": - ‘ Bringing the carback to South Nor-
n looked bli’ttel‘ than for litigation, Tenyi had Stephen, ovak
77 l‘eClliilTOflS by im ’ctafm's: lVTi‘. mfirzmlm‘hsdfrn ,dn,
rffnctive solo. Mrs. /
BO
sued "Ally the 'War
f'..‘
“‘3-“11 n:3 Page nvel.
“innards . .
{witrAND HIMSELF.
{arms} and ammunition’s’ or
' icowas announced today, by;
‘Departm‘é‘nt. _ ,
The announcement follows}
w
NE; ‘._ If Y. DPC- 24.——J‘oseph g
._ . . . ;-.-.tui'n€‘d soldier, tQ< all outstanding, unused 3&8ng
"-1 2' 3“” El'éanor'fi‘fl- fondant 'Sepn‘fifl, 1919. by/
and committed Vstli- "Trade"Board orthe War 12:31 ,
. , scenario: the Departmentact‘
“armll had bg‘en‘f
"‘1 years. They; ’
" f= ago and ef- 'etfecti‘ved‘an,
lailcd to bring
1; ”1.920. '
‘a‘ wont to! Miss effect on or after Jan.r%1, 18
7" While she sat ' 7 “By virtue of 139.3%,11
’ w: immediate ‘infh'im’,by herproclam‘ati
.pon upon-the Preside
ed
utin
so. 5600 as}, m p I
Nightstands
Forty children "iotfi‘tbe‘ Day Nursery
gladdened by the a
when
ARD ,
LICENSES
J . x . ~.
Dec. ‘ tier-Revoca-
1 of all licensee is;
Trade. Board prim;
" S t. 30, for the exportation o
to laSt ep rwar -to_Mex—,Christmas
Yuletide exercises wereheld in the
“ll“?
d candylwere stri ‘ _ ., . . , 7 ,
_ e unlimited daughter a}, 101' a broken contract to carry pupils
ssued children, and a gloriously decorated
‘ ”MW m...
. , , ._ a. happy, .
.. more;
’ made lateri-te'doners
tbeState
‘ "-'_\toys, clothingfin
“Ther‘secretaryro: State directs'that uted to th
vWar/ ,Christmas "tree
év’Board‘enraptnred gaze
State. and interest
"the Jeatportatientto Mexico or arms cake - w
*rmdnifions elven; shall be reverse, 7 edgment;
Collectors ‘of
customs. have been advised that said
., flicensesgiwiil be or 1.119”th , force r? 9,4. 1
down Mill Hill and around the danger-
NVEA i
Mexican
mum infirm
warms '
. J ,_ ,, guns. about
: ultimate intervention in... extent: as.
mire.” ’ ‘
Fkflmst Council,
/’Doss Not Appear to" Like
the Financial Interests ‘of.
the United States, .
Children » Die as? me»
$111 Neglect use sacs
ear ' '
MEXICO CITY, Dec. ,, 23.—‘Resolu~
tions of protest against, “projected
l
i
affairs by the recent reformed Chlld~X
hood Conservation League of the$
United States" were passed at a meet-‘1 MTS- Charles Wimpfheimer,
‘ Mrs. 'Max Rosienwald, Mr. an
Clifi'ord T. Hall. Mrs.
,Miss Helen Joel, George Raymond, E. the fire
3. Thomas. ‘
Waldeh. Robert Patterson (of the Ann—E
er'can Hatter), Fred Robers, Ernest.
Brandt, W: Osborn. John A. Kimbcr’
andW. R. Schneible. ' ;
' f’fhejiollewing representatives tromg
the sales force attended in a body:‘;
Emil Altmnmlieorge. W. Teagne, Bendl
rv ‘Cammeyer.
.‘ Shooer, D. A. McDonnell...
lag of the Mexican Femininist Council
today. The Dengue, which. it is said,
"proposes, Withfihil financial backing.
of a group cribs, largest and‘ best?
mama magnetes of the United States.
to spend from two millionth four mil.
lion dollars annually on; charitable
propaganda in: Mexico.” igysdgdjto be
a “tar-sighted scheme to
Elena Torres, General See.
’ Signora’
.. , ..
Continued on Page Twelve.
.h.
mm Haw LARGE
ElllllSlliAS mus
1&8th
An interesting feature in connection
.with the Christmas increase in. busli
ness at the SOutn‘Norwalk post cities,
which ital: its peak today, is the fact
that very iew bulky packages, that in
years peat have cluttered the mails,
are boing sent out this year. Practlo
cally all of the parcels are small, in‘
(heating a general cut in the money
!
}standing in frdnt ,ot the Spicer store:
for gas. Councilman Brotherton said
‘he didn’t think the council was doing
lthe fair thing by Mtg'Spicer in revolt;
singthe privilege. to maintain a- pum
where} It Was the opinion of the res
,of the council that denying the main-
x .
1.;
. n,,i_.__~_1 .. jam/mm}
lllESflFDAY’
l.
l
l.
were cheered) and
spirit; I yesterdsly;
{Day Nursery at ‘3 o’clock.
ere l Weds“. ‘Pnblle
. who. made thé giving or, smarts:
; children .{rpo’ssibleggammi the }
contributors". Charles W.
re enter] $25 ,7 rth " er!
en ',:'
‘ro‘nNiIan. 15f, £1919. lanai;-
éous curve into Wall street; with cars}
UW’W;7+ . -
who.
expended this . year for gifts. The
number,“ Enamels mailed so far ex-
iceed in an tity the out-going hols
lday mail 133: year. Post cards and
greeting, booklets are tremendously
‘popular this season, and‘tye‘mail in
that partiedlar line is great-y in ex-
cess; of fofiner years.
7
W
HAT minim
Bonus and insurance " Pol-
‘Hat Shop‘svns held in. Red Men's Hall, found in
Monday evening.
dinner, which was-served at 6:30 p.
“£11., was prepared by the ladies of the: ing career in this city.
philanthropic intervention in Mexican? “mm” ”“1- ‘0 “3" that it [as a 5“"W‘
“‘1‘th
Plane Drops 2,000 Feet atmcgis
end Lieut. Ig'erbert Tichborne of ML?
’ernon, N. - ., and Private Allister i than it was ready when the mail used h d .. ..
Lima oi San Luis Obispo. Cal, e woul ,be found. The hello girls
killed today when
tell 2,000 feet.
to March aviation field, near here, »it will usually be, and
last night.
mgde in hope of determining their
cause of the accident. ofllcers said. i
town near here.
been flying at an altitude oi'about 2,-
rishes in Fire , f
at Sialejlospilal
[Rs * Theodore S. Osborn, 60, brother of ling wood which had been placed near
;3- ‘Wallace Osborn.**‘57 Osborn avenue, 1 the fire door of the hot water heater.
gEast Norwalk, was one of nine pa-‘In mild weather wood is burned to
‘tients who died last night in a fire eke out the coal supply. Yesterday a
.which destrofid an outlying building ilot of wood was cut up for use and.
of the Connecticut Hospital for the ‘placed near the heater. The are - .
,lnsane, Middl' wn. would not have started, apparently.
W'ord was re ived this morning otlfrom the heater itself, but the kind-
guie death at the charities department. ling. if oiled against the firebox. might
,City ‘Hall. * Records or the charity {haw dried owl and ignited.
'board and those on file in the olficel The house, With it! timbt‘l‘fi dry as
tinder after fifty years of service,
‘ ’llSdiMl’lfiYEl-ZS
.of Henry 0. Gregory. judge of the:
ides Presented at the
CW“ Banquet of the' Probate court, show Mr. Osborn was‘bumed qulcldy. The flames ran from
Rand w ’Hat‘Co ‘ icommitted to the hospital in Marcifithe basement to the root in a very
: ’ _ ‘ , in, 1904, upon application ot—«Bamuelvfewminutes. The inmates ware able.
’ . l-‘Wallace Osborn. . with the exception at those new miss»
ing. to get out by doors and windows.
Very little or the contents were saved.
he property loss is about $25,000.
Other patients reported missing in-
clude: «.
Nicholas Venuck, 28. Hartford; Me:
Mr. Osborn's had not been
the ruins ofr‘the burned build-
December 22nd. The ing this morning. He was employed.
in the building trade dining his work- i,
The Will banduet of the R. d: W.‘
The building in which the local man?
9988, is expressing it mildly. ilived Was occupied by 53 patients. n Soraclta. 52, Hartford William Car-
Among the invited guests were: 'was a modernized farmhouse. three T011, 39, Waterbury Phil‘) Pritchafll-
63, War‘mn; Richard O'Brien, 61,
Mr. and -tor'es in ht heated b a hot wa— ,
a l ilk g y Stamford; Edward 'loelle, 68, VValllng-
. (1 Mrs. ‘ ter system. Dr. Haviland, the super-
W. K. Wilson. intendent, inclined to the opinion that;
started from a heap of kind:
mm BRIGADE ‘ ‘,
imam Hm; - ii
“W“ AVE. N
. JContinued on Page Five).
George 'Hawley, Morris ‘ ,
mnnlfi MAIL
Blullllfllllifilli;
Ben Galanter. Jack?
gimon-Cans,§ , 3 , .
‘ iMctor Service From South‘
‘ Norwalk to Danbury Sues
dessfuily Inaugurated At about 8:30 last evening neigh.
. ' fibers were drawn from their homes»
l . . . :and immediately started a bucket bri~
The new automobile mail serwce berg, gade to save the barn and other ‘
ween South Norwalk and Danbury ; buildings of M. w. Denney, the well
K'LLEB [N PALE; V33 inaugurated, yesterday momingyfknown poultry dealer, of Perry aw
n; (l the carrier tool: to Danbury ten nue, Norwalk.
' ‘W "LS ofdfirstd class mail. letters and; «As soon as the fire was discovered
,. tore ,an parcel 9°“ packagesla call “assent in for the Norwnlk
the mail reached Danbury at 5:50 fire department. The chief not being
io‘flPCK and was sorted [and in the ‘on hand, the fire boys could not cpmo
lbw” .0? ready for the carriers “out without the chief. Then it Was an
Dec. 24““59‘3‘ 16:45 0 “09“, less than an. hour after i to find himn A call was given into the
its arrival and fully an hour earlier Palace Theatre. w‘iere it was reported
I
(Continued on Page Five).
..
Riverside, California‘
RIVERSIDE, Guilt, ,
‘ ”were 4&0 be carried 011. the morning 03859114, gave connections in record time and
their airplanes iger tram. ~ ithe theatre hands “paced” the chief
‘ ‘ 1 Own”: 10 the Clhiistmas business, and, in about eight minutes, he was at
»the mail was heav2er yesterday thanme scene of action. ‘ "
when the condi-l Great praise was given to the little
Kewanee pumping system, which
lpumps water into the house. The
ipump started automatically to pump
water at the first draw from the tank
- . . gand Worked continuously for three-
' . gquartcrs of an hour. '
E The fire had its comic side also. Mr.
The wrécked airplane was brought
An examination is to be .
Continued on‘Page Twelve. p
.._——..
a small 2‘
had\
The plane fell near Ferris,
Lieut. Tichborne
g
7!
some PM!”
4“ Holmium
_mmage§¢ f $226 ‘were awarded by
mrtheCommon Pleas court yes-
afterndon to Harry Brownian;
his action .;8£8inst the
.meover $1,900
$8 1W
terday
,Westport in
town or Westport "to
from Green’s Fame to school in West.-
port. Brown; alleged he spent cousin--
:erablsmopey tom-spare tor the eon-
’ 78950, but after .a week
was heard Monday
gym->8 inf-Y.
ALthe conclusion
“3am a, 1
before: {Judge
scout type
training— mac me in which be and;
the fin {cancelledthe deal. ”The W
’7 .ideas 0:
. otn'searcn’otiheoeils made egg- my;
WW1 I!!! ‘
000 feet.
. .Lie’ut. Tichbome was an experi-i . 'De , i , , .
' eased avi tor, having seen service? r . 1 . ‘nm a ‘1‘ man 01 “IV-“need yeam- ,
' .. overseas, intaviation officers declar-' aid notfbe‘ilng’ able ‘9 dlflt' heavy b?”
W 7 7 '7 i filifié” ’"M W' . 7756:3795 ‘39 47.13? “we is attention ‘
ed he was more familiar I To T . to Emuddy, the cat, with a mtrifi—i
airship than is heavy . .
, reputation. There is a. large chicken
V . ‘ ‘ ,, _ house connected with the barn. which
{ 3051031339- 2"”1‘3”? “News contained about 100 chickens. W'lien
the blond light heavyweight ptBHdge‘ztold to save the poem-v Mr Manner
. Dim. 901m». 11‘3““? 1mm!“ 51$? 0“ I" 1 said: ”To hell with the'chickens, save
than Clay Turner bore, lastinight, minty cat .. He went into‘ the burnin
the third round of a scheduled twelve-l ' " , . 5
i ‘ ,barn and when he agam appeared be
! round bout.- A terrifit. right uppercut‘had the cat under his arm
lie the mouth toward the close of the L Vl’illiam H Moshlei“ '
ith‘ird round opened up a cut two inch-0‘ ' ‘ 3
es long and Turner reeled to his cor.
ner as the bell rang. Hardly 30 sec-
onds had gone by when the referees
that therauen’ radical: held in the'_
er was immediately hurried to the
ldeclare‘d Williams the winner. Turn-g .
.Harttord county Jail, who have been‘ ‘
deported on the “Soviet Are" sought emergency hospital. where « several » *
the aid or‘ friends outside to assist stitcheswere taken :0 close the cat. , 7 p .
them in escaping from he Jail has Before the fighters squared of! in) ‘ , ~
been found in letters discovem by therighé round the betting about thel . " ‘
ring‘le was to :to four on Turner lei ,
win. *But'Larry battered the figures as
down to even money in the truth
the Federal authorities since the rad-
icals departure. The letters. file text
round. He “waded. into the Indian i NEW YORK Dec. '24,.Adfi‘1m “a “
infirm W 139.0!- flifi gong andlvsrez Hens and Raymoe Realm» ‘_
Lima, 3. recruit; Were flying.
ALIENRABICALS .,
5 may ESBAPE
”Harman. Door fir—Evidence
auto wad.
saved by his presence of mind 'by tab»
“a.
(Continued on Page Seven).
e: which is no made public, are new
in the~pnbliea on o; tine authorities.
at fin'mtfiumemn 18” ham insledx hammblewsto
e“ , n 9 some w, 0 may 've' is arrested yesterday. char with
their onramntrgaeir immisv nuanced with seeming ease. 5 tacking and robbing M?” at":
ailment hesbeen sound es‘the result seem round including” .Mra, Aloysius Broderick or a, m‘
' William , continuing- hla their suitedat the hotel Knickerbock-
, . _ were i entified today. accord '
W'tmdislfion W we head. , mm the third?!» the police. as robbers who new?!
mean roamed: Mfume!- m ram 3311,1865”,ku snowman a guest in the PM. . .
- attics”:- and the W werelmd Hotel. Mommas 250 detectim.
calling for the resorts: to stop theaad‘hetel elem today were new ti '
~m, , _, - '” ' , ~‘thetthey might have'been mainland;
day; [391911.123, g {heavyftnsiflade or‘erignus and left: to er,
mauled.zth§ “mos
“gummrmeim a poweithat they might have hen the burglar-1 '
. ' some: ebony. William_m-lmpensible for hotel robberies in m
_, fie Mandasmezfimc , recently 'in which“ more that
m [i m, ' l 7: £913 #099 has been stash. ~ .
' I landed with small as m police have aimedlbc spam
and: we tom been, consulate this city rafter-ward anaer-
idfi month in {prints and Bertillim measurements are
incl
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