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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THEMORLD IV}: SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR ‘
0N lURNPINE
WHEN ENGINE EXPlilllES
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,f‘ s s'Fminals Saw a A Kissel motor truck,valued
'l lllfl‘h Bathhousc less,
. : Scale ‘Valls
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:hersfield Fugitive
Meriden Police;
1': . Surrender
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; . Dewey and Frank Lamb.
12* prison. at “'ethersfleld,
.ining, Were captured by
I‘~ last night. just north of
" -:lvl‘ a running chase, in
ehots were fired.
9.655. the fourth prisonr-r.
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‘i‘orities were notified and ‘u
:-.b‘er of police took up llll‘
£> believed he will have lilllt'
l~) get away and will be [illil‘ll
is this City and Hartford.
Fire at Fugitives.
at $35,000, owned by F. Neve-
a fruit and vegetable dealer of 491 Columbus avenue, New Ha-
, ven, was wrecked by fire this morning, when an exploaion shattered
; the engine, enveloping «the front of
the truck inpflames, as the car
swas passing Taylor avenue en route along the Post Road from New
_Ha.ven to New York. '
I Mr. Neveless telephoned to the Central Fire Station for help,
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z rrighlwrhoori acting suspicion»
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sf. ' in Brown Murder
"siizxs, Mich, Dec. 211.
. authorities were to-
' : Ll new angle of the
\ :xsley Brown. son of a
’"tli‘vl'. Whose body
, :illlOlllOllllt? on the
t, ‘ ’ last \Vcdnesday
.. «on was a state
‘j mil}..- Summit. who
iiiaht from
. officers 9. story in-
, » .' \l'ulllilll. who, i‘lntil
‘ “ii in Battle Creek.
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r. 29.———Tlie Villa
Kisoklawn avenue
.. - 7 s-z‘day ”'ifi‘orning
, -lt‘.¢‘ll headed by
, . iiridgeman. The
L,‘ Voila and John
'l-(E and held “in
s- tlllal‘O, a bartend-
isody and held in
_~.,i with carrying
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fighting the fire. . /
The truck was empty and on
signment
helper was asleep on the front seat.
plain the cause of the fire, other t
engine ,nad immediately thereaft
’phone the flames had gabled
disabling the car before the arrival of firemen:
e poured over the truck, before
, xtinguished. Firemen from the Central Station and
ithe Hope Hose Company of the
First Distrioh cotoperated in
the way to New York for a can-
of fruit and vegetables. Mr. Neveless was driving, and a
The driver said he could not ex-
am he heard an explosion in the
er the front of the truck was
The loss is covered by insurance.
WANT-LNEAL VlllEliS
Til JillNliENERAL
W999. iiiiiiiia.
A lent-r, “being sent to a list of men
and womon whose political affiliations
2m; unknown, but whose interest in
the principles represented by General
Leonard Wood. would seem to indi-
cate that, they will view his nomina-
:tion with favor," is being received by
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query: “\Vill you join
“'ood imagine?”
\Villiani (‘ooper Procter of Ohio is
president of the Leonard \Vood
League, and Henry J.
is vice-presideent. The name or
John T. King, Bridgeport, who has
been identified with the “'00d presi-
dential nomination boom, does not. ap—
pear on the letter or accompanying
campaign literature. ’
' Enclosed with the letter is a folder
containing the
the Leonard
presenting a few facts concerning the-i
career of Major General “'ood. trac-s
ing his life from his home town in
New Hampshire, where lie was born
ififty-eight years ago, to his work as
'a physician among the poor of Boston,
and on through the years to his so
livities in the Apache campaign, in
the Spanish-American war as head of
the lllough Riders, as Governor Gen-
eral of Cuba, in the
1Chief of the Army Staff. his instiga-
7~Iion of the Plaitsburg idea, and his
:work in restoring order
Battle: :ary, and W'est Virginia.
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HARBllR EEEElNlj
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Richard G. Hendricks,
of lighthouses .in this
vicinity, has completed a tour of‘in-
spection during which he found ahe
lighthouses and channel buoys in the
outer Norwalk harbor in good condi-
tion
gales and storms on the'sound.
Although the ice in the harbor this
year is excessive, navigation has not
been hindered. Water travel, how-
ever, is unusually difficult for smaller
boats. 7
A yawl maintained by the keepers
of Peck‘s Lodge lighthouse was blown
adrift during one of the recent sound
A requisition for a new boat‘
has been forwarded the government
lighthouse authorities. Until the new
forwarded, the lighthouse
men are using a boat through the
Captain
,courtesy of Captain Howard Lowndets.
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“Vivll. the for-3
ASSEfifillRS ElNll
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purposes.”
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:2 w charged
.7»‘ lieunse laws.
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:il‘.‘,~‘s
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111* orderly house ~ construction.
State police of the Wily»
heard in ' ”
regarding the ‘ ‘ 7
, Assessor \Villiam F. .Hoyt 'said this
5mm,” morning the" assessors .. were finding
“1"" 5911' many new building
"‘1‘“ and cor‘dnstances
whei'e‘
been made, or were
Driver Walter H
he locationmf many
ant} ‘lley
familiar with
Allen, Kansas. '
Philippines, as I
despite the severity of recent.
, and a number of iris... that, destroyed: the
improvements; had "in clothes
in the course of is"
Aluminium '
» iiiii AN ASSAULT
iday night by ‘Policeman John L. Rob-
’erls, charged with assault on Charles
{Cummings and Stephen Valentine.
‘East Norwalk railroad men. Olsen
75 for trial
iwas released on bail for
{this morning. After a lengthy hear-
.ing, the case was ‘
lweek by Judge George H. Vosburgh.
i Cummings and
fthey were attacked while crossing the
iVVashington street bridge. Saturday
night, and that Olsen had no cause
for assaulting them.
Olsen maintained he was struck
first, and hit back only in self de-
;l‘ense. Olsen and Cummings rolled in
‘tho roadway in a scuffle, both men ex-
changing punches. Olsen showed a
cut lip, a scratch on his neck, and
torn trousers to prove he was as-
saulted. and Cummings‘ torn trousers
were also intbduced as an exhibit.
Valentine and Olsen Were embroiled
.in a previous fight, in which Valentine
‘is said to have ,haembested, the def
fense endeavored to show it was out
of.resentinent that the fight started
Saturday night. '
Attorney “"illiam T. Tammany rep-
Iresented Olsen, and Attorney John J.
1Cuneo was associated with Attorney
Cramer C. Hegeman in the prosecu-
tion.
EAWYERSWlllfllNE
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‘ A nunibfg‘ of Norwalk attorneys will
iattend a complimentary dinner to'be
igiven in honor of Referee in Bank-
:ruptcy John W. Banks, who has been
.elevated to the bench of the Superior
court. The affair is to be held in the
lAlgonquin club. Bridgeport. January
:16, under the direction of the Bridge-
: )ort Bar Association.
i Judge Banks is well-known in Not-
iwalk on account of :his duties as ref-
jercc, when be reviewed many local
bankruptcy cases. “and his activities
as members of , various committees,
iprominent among men the commits
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itec that assessed the valuation on
property taken by the city for the
jll'ashington street bridge. Judge
:Banks succeeded Judge Joel Reed. on
January 8, 1920. Judge Reed. who
'has just finished hearings in the Trini-
Tdad Side of the Superior court, among
ithe cases he heard being the Arthur
‘Pratt-Charles Capola trial of local in-
?terest, is retired at the age of 70'
iyears. ,
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.IMEEQYEMENEN WITH.MATCH;'BLAZE
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, ”"1173; efld‘ are at this time motoring to all points
”If“? “‘9 of Norwalk, taking official record of
’ m “’3 “Ahead new improvements to homes, fac-
‘ftories and business blocks. and noting
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Hats, skirts and s. 7 .
.ans’ veal-mg apparel. were burned
closet :in the;
measlfii‘w. m,
3 Thornton Olsen was arrested Salon,
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Valentine alleged I
institutions. . W
enmity or wom- , ,
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EXPLAIN llElAllllNS
wmi Allilillllllfli
Also Refuses Aga
' Set for Wedding‘
gGrey Vermilye. who failed to appear,‘
IChristmas Day. to marry Miss lluth
gM. Keene-y, in Monson. Mass, and is_
'now a patient in the lCumberland
Estreet hospital. refused tb make any
.comment, last. night, When informed
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From Berlin
gthat his wife had been loomed in Her-
{rishurg P3,, where she is»g living with
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5 Information that Dr. Vermilye had.
a wife with whom he had been living“
.up to the time the physiclan gave up
:private practice to take a position.
Ewith the United States Shipping Board ‘
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W... is. PEACE iiiiiis
. new roux. Dec. 29.4w. “'llliam Expected in ‘Oflicial Circles; ,
in paris That Word meArrests Follow Confessnons
Be Received Tomorrow‘s
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Increasing cloudiness, probably end—v7.
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CHICOPIZE, Mass. Dec. 29. ~Sn‘arch
was continued in this vicinity today
. iEAfillE [IF NAlillNS...W .....
lip poisonous liquor which has resulted
'in the last few days in at least 57
gm the South was given by Mrs. P" E‘ Premier Clemenceau May IS-!dcatlis and many cases of serious ille
;Zindell, of Brooklyn. wifeot 0. son of
,Mrs. \‘ermilye by a previous marriage 3
'She said that Dr. Vermil -e and his.
"wife had lived in Brooklyn, but Mrs.‘
Vcrmilye‘nad gone to Harrisburg six'
months ago to visit her daughter and
«van still there. ‘ ’
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President Wilson
PARIS, Dec. 29.-—lnf0rmal notice of
League of Nations probably will be
given a day or two after the cxchangc
of ratifications of the treaty of \‘er-
sailles. Ambassador Vl’allace cabled
the State Department in “’ashington
to this effect after this morning's meet-
ing of the Supreme Council which had
the question under consideration.
It is still an open question whether
tlu- formal call for the meeting shall
. Is Spurne .
; Miss Keeney. who has lso been a
pziticnt in the hospital since last
,night. when she fainted and became
hysterical because Dr. \‘6rmilye re-
mitted to see her or explain his failure
for the Wedding. left the institution to-
day. She and her father again at.
tempted to interview Dr, Vermilye bc-
fol-o leaving the hespiial but he refus-
cd to so: them.
inally provided for or whether in view
of the fact that the United States has
not ratified the treaty the call shall be
lPlilSllNlERAl
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l Arthur W. Pratt, of Darien. was 1 g F
taken to Vv'ethersfleld-sby Sheriff Sim-i ‘ I: R A I N H
can Pease, last week, where he is to i I - .
pollo of South Nomalk nh' h h t Mrs. William DUfly ASkS
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‘tempted to sell at a New York garage. $23a000 — Deserted T“ 0
‘One of the odd features of the case,
alleged theft.
l Stains on the car were said to be
blood stains, by a specialist brought
lPratt has never oflered any explana-
stion of how the car came to be in his
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Julla V. Mullane, of this city. has filed
an action for $25,000 against Lieuten-
ant Commander Thomas Mott Os-
borne, commander of the naval prison
here and known the country over as a
prison export and reformer. charging
that Commander Osborne had alienat-
ed her husband’s offections.
She charges in the papers filed by
her that aft-2r she had been married
"‘Only two days to Chief Yoeman “11—
‘scrve from two to five years for theft.
iPratt was charged with the theft of
lan automobile, owned by Charles Ca-
Days After Marriage
{which is as yet unexplained, is the
fact that Capollo has not been seen q .
nor heard from since the day/of the PORT"MOUTH' I"
ifrom New York for the purpose of
,analyzing the splotches, but it was not
lproven that, they were human blood.
With, him went Joseph Morris and
James O'Riien. of Aewtown. Both liam Duffy. who is very friendly with
lthese men. Ball ‘0 be traveling under Commander Osborne, the latter influ-
’aliases. were sentenced to from a.
enced Duffy to leave llt'l'.
She asscrts twat Thomas Mott (is-
borne “wilfully. ‘ wickedly and ‘maii-
ciously persuaded her husband, by of-
fers of money and otherwise," to leave
her, without support or money. and to
year to eight months. and from One to
three years, respectively, for stealing
,from freight cars.
l Frank Ponezzo. of Bridgeport, and
iCarl Nelson. also of Bridgeport. were
Etaken to the State Roformatory. 3*
;Cheshire, b0”! convicted on theft she declares took place on Februruy
0‘731'395- , .20, 1919, two days after she and Duffiy
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W. W .. 3[CURINGAJURY
swalk was officially elected cashier-of M AN ASS AS, V3,, Dec. 29.—-Ditficul-
ithe City‘.National Bank, at a meeting. ty in obtaining a. satisfactory jury was
iOf the directors: this morning, to suc— expected t0 delay proceedings when
.ceed Wilfred Borlwell. William G. Hall, prohibition inspector,
A No appointment as been made yet accused of murder, went on trial here
iof a teller for the City National Bank today. I, was expected that the w,
'to succeed Samuel S. Velsox, who re- nire of thirtyvsix men called would
,signed to become teller of the Peo- prove inadequate in view of the gen-
{pic’s Trust company. eral discussion ofrthe case and wide
ispredd feeling against the defendant
ALSE ALARM HERE ’in this section. Demonstrations
last fall, caused local officials to take
every precaution against similar oc-
currences during the trial here.
1 Hall. who is accused of having km-
ed Lawrence D. Hudson and Ba end
consider- Shackleford during a revolver fight be-
two men and an automobile
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A C. Otis Fitch, formerly assistantl
Street re rts that gained
'able—elrciilaptiomjast weehiinvolflngfiigwe ‘ 7
a death in South Nor-wall: .rom wood in wmm We self-defense his 1310!-
' He will claim that thefirstshOtsm-ed
came from the our occupied by Hud-
andshackleford. Had we: tried
charge last September,
alcohol poisoning. have been thorough-
ssmuelr H. Huntington, who :2? this son
imoming the rumors: were a u e y
unfounded. ' on the same
' dict. .
m‘““‘“ are wamoeetmmssmw
3%,“..anynmrsnr.
sue the Ca“ Instead ofhess hero. and in \nearby places.
the first meeting of the Council of the '
be issued by President Wilson as orig- -.
‘. PARIS.
live with her as her husband. This":
sagainst. Hall and his deputies. when}
they were arraigned at Winchesterq
tomchavec'
death toll at an early hour today was
2divided as follows: Chicopce, 37, in'
leluding 2 women: Holy-01m, 10; Spring-
field. 4. including 1 woman; Hadley,
“2 Greenfield, 1, and Thompsonvil’e,
Conn, 2.
Fourteen arrests of those alleged to
,have handled the liquor, which was
found to contrin a wood alcohol base,
have been made, and others were (no
pected. Most of the liquor,vslilppevl
s
from Hartford, Conn. to other C013
nccticut Valley cities, has been ac-
icountcd for, the audioritics say, and;
iihcy believed that few more cases of
illness would be reported.
investigations conducted by Feder-
al,State and local police. have reveal
ed many violations of the prohibition
.law. it was said, and arrests were ex—
!pcrtcd on this score. Many illicit
lstills. kitchen bars and private stocks:
girom which sales had been made, were
discovered, it was reported. 5‘ "
i NEW HAVEN, Dec. Elli—Interest in
ithe wood alcohol "Whiskey“ cases
this state centered today on police ac-
The -
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PlilSON GANG csusm IN
iw iiiiiii RAIDS SUNDAY
Made by Members of the
Whiskey Ring in Brooklyn--About Seventy-Five Are
Known to Be Dead, Many Blinded and Seriously III
in Hospitals in Many Cities—Several Women Are
Listed Among the Latest Victims
tivitios in conncction uith the sale of
poisonous liquor. Fourteen persons
(are under arrest in Connecticut as a
result of charges growing out of the
distribution and sale. of beverages said.
lto contain wood alcohol.
' Marshal A. T. Caron, o‘t‘ Chicopee.
‘Mass., was here last night with war-
:rants charging murder against four of
ithc men arrested yesterday. Chief of
‘Police Smith told the Massachusetts
officer that the, men must. remain in
{jail in New Haven until legal steps
are taken for their extradition to Mal-
‘sachusctts. This may meet obstacles.
The the policra declare none of the men
held lll'l‘C‘ has been in the Bay State.
ialthough they are alleged to have
shipped four barrels of liquor from
sNew Haven to Chicopec.
Dominick l’crrotti. one of the six
held here is said by the police to have
Lmsu'ull'acturcd liquor in a still in \V‘eet-
villc, and sold it to Mention saloon~
fkc’cpcrs. The police are trying to
'(rcnnect the sale of this, liquor with
jthe (loath of Mrs. \Vllliam G. \Villiams.
{in Meriden, yesterday.
Four men charged with murder and
lthroe charged with transporting pois-
fionous liquor in motor trucks arr.- held
Iin Hartford. and a salqgnkceper in
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s‘iilERSIMRANEE '
: Billfifilllli lllSSES
Dec . 29 lHavasl.-Rlvers
:throughout France. swollen’ by con-
itinued rains. threaten disaster to
many sections. Navigation on the.
brine is already very difficult, and If
_thc inundation continues, traffic will
The forced to stop. The seriousness of
the situation. says the Matin, cannot
be accurately measured, and will de-
pend upon the eventual meeting of
the floods from the Marne and the
Seine. in Eastern France the rivers,
especially the .vfeurthe, continue to
rims.
l”. llolzium. the situation has been
:3: do worse by new floods on the Sam-
:ind thc Meusc. Germn advices
still“ that tributaries of the Rhine
.179 still risinrz.
‘Hwn
RUBBER HAS EUNENEI
CAUSES DEATHS
. NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—Sleps to
Have life by forbidding the use of rubs
Eber for gas tubing are contemplated
by the city authorities, it was learne
today. As the result of’ disclosures
by the medical examinl-r‘s'ofiice that
most of the city’s accidental asphyxia-
tions in cold weather are. due to leaky
rubber tubing connecting pipes with
gas heaters, and an ordinance has
been introduced in the board of alder-
men requiring metal tubing or pipe to
be used. .
Fatty—six accidental deaths from
gas occurred in New York city during
November last, and 43 during the cor-
ire'sponding month a year ago‘, the fig-
ures being more than doubled with
the arrival of winter. Medical exam-
iners found that tubing was the cause
in three-fouths of the cases. In many
instances the rubber was worn by use
so that it leaked, and gas flooded the
house while the family was asleep.
Sometimes a. member of the house-
hold steps on the tube inadvertently
and shuts oi! the flow of gas for an in-
stant. Then he retires and the gas
flows on without ignition. '
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A CHICAGO. Dec. 29.«Representa-
lives of coal operators in the bitumin-
ous fields met here today to discuss
the attitude to be adopted toward» the
findings of the commission appointed‘
by President Wilson to adjust Wages
of miners after settlement of the re.
,cent nation-wide strike.
3 The operators assert that they
‘have not committed themselves as to
accepting or endorsing any division
the president's commission may
reach.
E Mom of the mine owns rs oppose
'any raise in minors" wages :Lh0VP the
fouz‘tern pt-r cunt Sit lsy Dr. H. A.
Garfield, former Federal Fuel Admin-
istrator. which bgcame the prelimi-
naiy wage advance when the strike
‘was: Soils-d at ludianapolis by Attor-
Ilcvai‘im‘hl i’alnit-r and thv union
leaders They cont-ended that any
increasw in wages above the 14 per
cent would raise the cost of produc-
,lion. and finally the consumer would
:be oblized to pay a higher price for
20031.
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:Christopher G. Schott. 42, Louisville
fphysician, was in jail here, early to-
;day, awaiting completion of argu-
ments on his motion of bail on the
«charge of murder, and Laurene Gard-
iner, a girl of 13. on whose testimony
Ehe belies to bear out his declaration
that he is innocent, was in the leten-
tion home on a charge of delinquency.
These developments have been
brought‘ out since Dec. 24, when
iElizabeth Griffith, Dr. Scholt’s 17-
"year-old assistant. was found dead on
ithe floor of the physician’s office with
is bullet through her heart and his au-
ltomatic pistol by her side.
9 Examination by the coroner estab-
lushea that Miss Griffith had been kill-
led between one and three o'clock in
the"afternoon. Questioned by the po-
last *Victims 'Dranerasolene W.-. ce, DrWScho‘ttxie-clarcd 1.9mm] Mimi?"
w A 01 Win delivering C ris mas presents to I.
and M 10011 e number of his patrons between those
MILWAUKEE;- Dec. 21—41: a...
Emergency Hospital here are twelve was in his company. The next move
survivors or a. party at which wine ,0! the police. hovered-was to all.
sins-served. Thedootan learned masher arrest on the charge of delin-
denatured alcohol ya the prlclnpstgquency.
wmm‘
hours. The little [Gardner girl alonfly
smaintained to the authorities that she
. Dr. Schott asserts the belief that
:mis enema committed suicide, vane
line" coroner points to the absence of
powder marks on her clothing as aw
At would banshee;
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