Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Wednesday, January 14, 1920 · page 1

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I I RWAEII’S HRIIE
NEWSPAPER

AISLISHED 1870.,
Office as Secondtlau Mail Matter. .

Entered at the South New ulk Pooc-

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

VERNN NI PRNCIAIHS MARTIAL
AW IN All-PARISNE CERMANV

Demonstration Yesterd ay Afternoon Resulted in the
Death of Ten Persons and Wounding of Many Oth-
f'crs by Machine Gunfire From the Guards in Front

of the Reichstag Buildin g I
soon inflammatory speeches wcxe be-i

gun by agitators. I
When the Reichstag conwned at. 3‘

 

 

 

 

' LIN, Tuesday, Jan. 13 (8 p. 111.),

-e Associated Press).—The Gov-

t tonight proclaimed martial . .
jail sections of Germany follow- (”.1qu the crowd surroundmg the
.- mob demonstration this after-‘bu‘ldmg was estimated at 40,000 and

new delegations 0f~~WOPking people,‘
"iiled and many others wexe=carrying red flags and banners, in-
ed by machine gunfire from scribed: “All power to the Soviets," ;
,_ in from 01. the Reichstag build 1continued to arrive. Troop reinfmce-
1 11nents in huge motor trucks were add-,
the Ministei of De- 1 ed to the guards on duty, but only one 1
has bpen’ appointed Command-Iarres': had been made since noon. The;
1119f for the. Gle'atei Bellin dis- man taken into custody is said to ha5e
2nd Blandenburg P1'.o5'ince Stieelz'Sh‘mted “Down With Noske!" '
95 meetings and demonstrations, The guards attempted to disperse
. kinds have been prohibited. ,Ithe mob quietly but it. refused to heed
. mm, OlP‘al’lIZed by extiemists as wainings from the. police. At last the
9,1 against the Industrial Court-1 mob made a rush against the police
.,11 now before the Reichstag be_1lines. flying to disarm the guards and
.. gathnl' this morning By noon Idisable the machine guns The defend-
331“.“ leading to theb Tiergarten, ers of the building then opened the.
, 1Ho55ded with mdgses of people The shooting was at close range and
ng 111d flags and placards An- {the front of the building was litteied'
ting a demonstr .tion before the’ With de'u‘ and wounded.

5mg building. the authorities The most severe casualties were in-
rmuuded the building with pub flicted on the CIOWG Wthh approached
curity guards and machine gun~ from the Simonstrasse side of the
who barred approach 19 [1,9 94,-. structure Order was soon restored.
As time passed. the crowd was. “"
3 by striking tram employes, and Continued on Page Twelve.

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in which at least ten persons

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ithout Bail I TRENTON Jan 14—G0‘1Runyon'

3‘ 3311 his message submitted at the open-
. ..______... . 11g session 01' the Legislature, estei-
, iTFORD, Jan 14.-——\:1tl1an Sais- day, appealed to the membels tyo take
;.,F1-.mk Rose, IJacob Biwonemine no action that might place the state 1n
Saul Joseph in" foul lioum mI‘II- the position of seeking to nullify the.
:telii 55ithdm‘urc31er1 infi 1conndectfim Federal Constitution. Until the valid-
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his cit} Clnistmas week y g eent Amendment hasI

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ht into the Supe1io1' court,
5 aftemoon 55he1e Judge Bulpee
, a. especial session of the Supe1ioré
inal couxl. Bench won'ants Weie
o by States Attorney Aicorn 55110
the men had been held in the Po-
.courr and the judge of the court.
gimn notice that the case against.
nen should be ieady to pioceed
=Il92~d 15. A1111 the motion was an
Jude, 9 Burpee ouleied the bench
1115: issued.
. 's 211101 ne5 Alcom said his in-I
.1, ,ions com 1nced him the men
id be charged with first degree
'der and held for the grand jury
he March session of the Supe1'io1.
uinal cou1t.1\lr Alcorn asked that
'1: Buipee hold them without bail.
nsei 1‘01 Broneiwine said the
te‘ s Attomey had not given an5
son £01 a (lepartuxe from the ordi-
5' (Guise:- of justice and Judge Bur-I,
asked why the State of Connecti—
, should be compelled to reveal in
lice court the case it has against
1" accused.
fter further argument the motion
denied after counsel for Ross
ved the State’s Attorney be com I
lied to summon the grand ju1'5 atx
e. and the men ordeied committed
- jail without bail.

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NC RECNHE SAHARA1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

rying Process to Be Fought
E—Iard, Gaylord Warns

in the. first bills pioposed were ietiect-
ed the determination to clear the state:

against radicalism and

 

55e1'e been determined he told the 1.155 111.11“.
‘95' .ers it, s].- ould be regarded as the 511- law
preme law of the land.

in both the G05 erno1‘s message and;

of radicals. The message was c011-
cluded with a strong plea for the pro-
tection of American institutions.
co- operation 1.
between the Legislature and Govern-I

 

(Continued on Page Ten).

IlLll WELL flFFlCERS,' 1
U. Ill]. 8., INSTALLER:

 

 

1 writing prescriptions

SCORES
SERVICE

 

 

Says Jitneys Wouldn’t Stay
in Business if Street Cars
in Norwaik Gave Five Min-
ute Service

TEEES NE RURHEN
TN EACTIIRV HEEP

Councilman D. S. WDavenport'
Pleads for Rate Change
for Rowayton’ s Benefit

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let‘s in the coun1r5

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Green and Speldei’qm
estra. Entertain f; My
Guests ‘

An unusually la1ge munbeiI of Item
bers and guests attended th indies'
night, given by the South Nor-wall:
Club last evening. The a it was‘.
pronounced one of the mos success
ful social funct‘ ons me! he. by the
organization. The spaclom rooms
35ve11e filled with a delighted 81an
I10 young people. Speidei ’s orchestra,
.of Bridgeport gave a concert pro-
and pro5ided exceptbnnlly
sgcod music for dancing. which was in-
Iidu ged in until midnight.

P1ofessor Francis Harvey Green, of.
'W‘cstchester PennsHvania. one of the
most noted educators and gifted speak-
delivered an in-

 

 

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. Professor Francis Hmey

 

 
 

 

(Fair and colder tonight; Thurs. fair)

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONS

 

IRE AERINIIE

Only Fifty-Seven SurvivorsI

 

Saved From Biscay Dis-

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Ithc alleged unsanitary conditions in
RESC Ev“ Ilhe public- schools. .
I Quotmg that. section of the city
1charter that outlines the duties of “10‘
Board of Estimate and Apportionment followzs
in making appmpriatione for the year

for “all parties

CNNEH RN NIITHINR

 

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INILRIERINCL 111 . 311100

City Council,
Are Known to Have Been‘miah Donovan, showing flashes of his
Iold-timc the, stated publicly, for the
ufirst time, his stand on the agitation
Iln Neiwalk concoming the demand for

 

AEEAIRS “DISHCNNRAREE
ANN _I_I_____IIERIV IMPRNPER”

sanitaiy a1".1angements" and he chal-
lenged anyone to show him any city
that beats Norwaik in the pmcentasel
shown in the health reports.

‘S5mpa1hv" said the ma5or, “kept
man5 pe1sons in office who were un-
fit' and he cont; nued with the state— .
ment that Norwalk pays more salar-
ies, f'm less se1",5ice than any other.
localit5 he knows of

in part, Mayor Donovan spoke as

in an impromptu talk befoxe the
last night, Mayor Jero—

n increase in teachers’ salaries and

"I want to speak on a matter that is
" concerned, the mayor no business of the Council whatever.
"There has been considerable talk

said some' ‘good people" would change
Our city has

he law in that respect—41m in his about school conditions.

ten 11 sti addraa on

Nolsaellivc iCi‘tellgse." grading the dmtgx BOfltS Were Swung Out, But Opin; on, it was “dishonorable and ul- probably done mme for the schools

tuition of his healers for mum gn P W terly impxoper" to request such a than any who: localit5 in the state.

houi He was the guest of m at. 8832mm ere Afraid' chlaflnge. Do o5an “gen“! “all m" Out of all the taxes collected, one-half.
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‘the club banquet at the NWISkM

Iiry Club. 1550 years ago. and India‘s

Corporation Counsel Edward J. Quin-
tin and Councilman Deodatc S. Daven-
port appeared before the Public Utili-
ties Commission. in Bridgeport, yes-
terda5. in protest against the “zone'
s5 stem of collecting lares on the Con-
necticut Company's sstreet cars in N01-
walk.

Mr. Davenport said the new system

icaused lto55ayton residents to pay 12

cents to be carried to South Norwaik
and 14 cents to Norwalk, while they
can go to Stamford for a smaller fare
than they could before the "zones"
went into effect.

 

(Continued on Page Six).

REACH INIERPRETS
STATE NARCNTIC EAW

Answers Three Queries of
Waterbury Dental Soc1ety
In answer to an inquiry as to the

state department of health's interpre-
tation of the narcotic law, State

 

 

 

Health Commissioner John '1‘. Black.

has forwarded to W'. B. Brewster sec-
retary of the Waterbury Dental So-
c.,iety the, following opinion: ——-

“Our- interpretation of the narcotic
would lead us to answer your 1nd
quiry as follows:-—

“(a) How far can dentists go in
for narcotic
drugs for their patients in the relief

of pain?

“It the dentist is registered, writes
a presc1iption on the form required

 

(Continued on Sixth Page)

ANNHAE MEETING [IE
RRACE PARISH HEER°

The annual meeting'of Grace Epis-

 

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warmly greeted bv those who heard
his humm 0,15: epeer ii on t: 131. melon
He. was even better last (honing his
apt illustrations and stories calling
out rounds of laughter and applause.
Refreshments of‘ :ce cream and who
were sewed, under the direction of the
entertainment committee. Elblrt W.
Fitch .Stenhen S. Jarvis and George L.
\V.oodward

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Bolsheviki Format to Ens
counter Japanese Forces
Sent to Eastern Siberia

LONDON, Jan. 14. ~Russi an Soviet
troops which have reached Balal eta--
tion. almost four hundred miles east
of Taiga, will be aided by Chinese Boi-
sheviki according to a Moscow dia-

 

binsk is said the Chinese will orp-
erate 11111111 “coastal region"

The Bolsheviki expect soon to en-
-counter Japanese forces sent to East-

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states the Soviet forces mill not "on
dertake any aggressive action calcu-
lated to provoke a collision." It says.
however, that “the menace of the Jap-
anese and of the Entente vassals in
the West will compel the Soviet au-
thority to devote a great part of its
forces to military purp0ses. ”

“While Polish and

western Russian front and have forc-
ed the Bolsheviki to retire at a num-

Moscow to be merely local "

Odezsa has been occupied by Uk-
rainian soldiers, assisted by Galician
.unlls, it is reported These troops do
not appear to be fighting as comrades
opposing the troops formeuy com-
ern Russia. Advices state that Deni-z
kine has dismissed General Schilling

 

Icopal parish was held last night at the'

An important meeting of Old Well home of W. F. Bishop, 15 Belden a59-

Commandrey. United 01"de1 of the
Golden Cross, was held last night.I
There was a joint installation of of-
ficers of Old VVeli and Sherman com-

'manderies, and eight candidates were

initiated. A social time, with a big
supper, following the business session.
Among the grand officers present
i':we1e Past Grand Commander, Wal-
:ter Colton, Hartford; Grand Keeper of
éRecords. Knight Adams, Hartfmd;
and guests were present fmm Dan-i
bury Lodge and Sherman Command-I
cry. I

Officers of 01 d \‘l'ell
were installed as follows

P. N. C.—Lady Alice Tuttle.

N. C.—Lady Kelt.

V. N. C.——Lady Dake.

W. H.—«Lady Margaret Lemar.

Treasurer~Lady Fisher.

(‘ommandery'

K. of R.-Lady Coffin.“ .

nue. Elections wer held as follows. '

Vestrymen—VV. F Bishop, W F.
Bishop, Jr., Edwin L Bradley George
E Curtis, F. E. Birch, Lester Hyatt.
A 1R Malkin Thomas M By, J. T.1
Prowltt, John H. Taylor, 515% William
Morehouse Jr.

Delegates to Diocesan convention.—
George E Curtis. Thomas Murray, W.
F. Bishop, Jr.. and Lester Hyatt.

Auditors~A R. Malkin and Robert
S Van Buren

Finance Committee and Wardens——
Ca1l A. Harstxom and George E.
Brown.

Music Committee—C. A. Harstrom.
G. E. Brown and J. H. Taylor.

Property Committee—Lester .Hyatt
Thomas Murray, F'. E. Birch.

Pews Committee—0.11}. Brown.

 

 

W. Pr—Lady Gibbs.
W. I. G.—~Knight Anderson.

 

1 HICACO Jan 14.—- Six sad years
11 be l‘i'qliiled to make of the Unit- W. 0. G.——Lady Schank.
Sta 9.. the Sahara contemplated by Tn1stees—~Knlght Anderson,
fm'nm of the Eighteenth Cousti- Kelt,’ Lady Coffin
1101.11 '1 mndment, under which Ila-I Representative to Grand Sessi 011—-
1 11111111111101: becomes e’Tective Lads Lottie D Paine: alternate.
' in the opinion u. H. M. Gay-' Knight Wi‘llam Andelson

Lady

 

[1111-1 .1 sistant Prohibition Com-1
ism.) 1111 The drying out precess will1
"((1111). med by more obstruction
nm the public at large thanw has fol-
fined 3115 other repressive
3.11:5 of :he country, Mna Gaylord
(In I.‘
Speaking yesterday before
use squad" school of. thirst detect
‘ .th Gay'lmd warned the still hunt
a to be wary of further i, .
“I c sentiment against (1638:3131
‘ prohibition.
The session of the _
,3 ed by a conference '
lesenting all
1 machinery

PEANS SHPPER ANN

 

HEATHS ANN RAHARE NM

IN REERHIH STNRII

which. will be held from 8 p. 111. 1111111

 

 

.as commander of antl-Bolshevik troops

lln Odessa and appointed General Igna-

tief commander of the garrison, with
orders to organize the defense of the

Ic Bolshevik official reports sta

Orenburg and Ural regions have ebeenI

1cleared of opponents and that the
Turkestan front could be considered

 

IHPRNVEHENT S

 

.Nash Engineer Company's plant- have
been: completed. and work is now pro-

position.
The construction of

 
 

the buildinz

Wafimwblchwfillbemmhbod
{ignored

sun
Nth“.

patch, quoting advices from Chain-g

Icrn Siberia. and the Moscow dispatchi

Lettish forces,
have driven ahead along the North-:3

ber of points their offensive is said by!

of tho Bolsheviki, although they are4

mended by General Denikine in South-I

as being safely held by Soviet forcesJ

IREIVARRCII CHIEIIREN
TN NASH EACTIIRVI

grossing in placing the steel sash in

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with new sum and unto—date ap-

to Jump Into Them

 

,buildings are properly equipped with,
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LA. ROCHELLE, France. Jan. his——
More than 400 persons are. believed to
have. lost their lives in the wreck of
the steamer Afrique on Roche Donne
Shoal, off Biscay. Only 57 survivors
am known to have been landed.

Hope for the rest of the passengers
and crew faded during the past night
as hour after hour the time. passed
without cheerirg tidings. and 7 hours

'ai‘ter the vessel foundered many fear-

ed one. of the greatest marine trage-

;dies of modem times was enacted oil
.lbe coast before dawn Sunday morn-

and French colonial soldiers
spar-sons from the ship
n lure leached land safely. ,.
“It was impossible to 119919th ‘
15111un raid Captain Jouan. of Che
‘slcamei Ceylon, which was summoned
to the scene of the wreck by wireless
on “Saturday and which attempted to
frenetic those on board the doomed Yrs-

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(Continued on Page Sun.

HHSV REHNVINR
I ' ‘EINIINR STRCIIS

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1 NEW‘ YORK, Jan. 14.~0wners of
piivatc stocks of beverages of DPI'Ct’p-

uble alcoholic content were busy mov-

ing them from their clubs to their re-
siderces here today. In fact evexy

day from now until Saturday will be
linoving day for those who seek to

avoid going liquorless. As the ruling
of the internal Revenue Bureau that
all liquor stored in safe deposit vaults
and similar places must be in the
home of the owner before January 17
became more widely known, the act-
lvlty increased. '
Bachelms maintaining small apart~
ments 571thcut storage: facilities rule
fully admitted that they were “sim
ply. out of luck" for their clubs have
ordered non- -rcsident members to com-
ply with the law. At least one the
University
all honors not removed before the law
takes effect will be destroyed. Asa.
result, limousines Were seen standing
outside the freight entrances of the se-
lect clubs on Flfth avenue and chant“-
feurs left the buildings carrying cases
30! wine and whiskey.

SAEVATINN ARIHV Tl

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The revival meeting of the Salvation
Army will be an interesting one to-
night to the children The annual dis-
itrlbution of prizes for Sunday school

' Inttendance during 1919 will be made,
The three additional StOTlE‘S to. that “d But? children Wm M the happy

recipients or remembrances or their
faithfulness.

Captain W D. Sewers, Young Peo-
ple’s Division mercury, will be the
tonlght. Last

leader o: the meeting
cream Raul? EC. Clark, of the Bow.

, N mmwaomw We. seem: Charles A. volt, was

 

Farms, a Iighting train a jitney in “1‘ eat
port. this morning stepped in from. of,

'eitsrn.

Club- has announced that,

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PIHSNN WHISHEV

1Agents Say There Is None‘
1‘Norwalk as Far as They
Know

WHEN HE IS STRHCH 1
RV RRIRREPIIRT CAR

Arthur Grieb. Church street, Green a!

 

Vt'ood alcohol "camouflaged" Is

a midgeporbNm-walk bus driven byI‘hiskey has not .5133 made (335 atp-v
a“ w {93 that; (331,11 9? DOG lg 0;"5511 5.111: 1'0

Brfigepbrtaind 3’3?!) Airing necked [Ego r{intent oi? the intents at.“
down by the bus. which who (:11 the department now at work here!‘m o
nay to Norwalk and he suffered a reVenue men in the prohibi-
f‘rhclure of the left leg, 1' .on enforcement bulcau of the
1e5enue depaitment from

He was taken by automobile to the 11nte1'nal
’{ltrwalk Hospital, where the fracture Hartford who have been working
was reduced. in this city for the past few days

.__-..._._ ;ha5e found little e5idence to show

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ASSNC. MEETS HERE

ltored“ 55l1iske5.
l The agents of the

Mrs. Fiank Riley, Bridgeport, was
elected press and publicity secretary
of thc Fairlie-11d County Suffrage Asso-
ciation. that met this morning at 11:30
o‘clock, in the Norv'eik Country Club.

Mrs. Riley‘s appointment was in ac-
cordance with the new constitution
that specifies that each county organi-
zation shall have a press representa-
tive. Two other nominations wore
made for the position. They were
Mrs, Qnaies. Stamford, and Mrs. Rob-
Westport.

The nuestion of forming a county,
braid. that had been suggested. was.
lvcelv discussed and voted down. Con-
sidcrabie intciest was attached to the
announcement that the Greenwich
Press will be the official newspaper
to: women in Connecticut, not only

 

department
55e1e busy 5este1'day trying to lo-
.cate wiliskm which had- been
brought tinto the city and placed .on

or ii had been treated with
ajamaica gingei, and prune
One of the agents said it was
practice to purchase a
gallon 01' real whiskey. and b5 add-
tag 5511101: jamaica ginger, and.
prune juice make the. one gallon
of “11121.05 into five gallons of a.
mixture which looked like and
tasted like whiskey.

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The Superior Court Sustains
Tc W11 ’5 Order for Rc-Lo-
ca ion of Springdale
Tracks '

Judge lolm H Webb of the superior
couu in a deci sion handed down yes-
tcrday dismisses the appeal of tho
Connecticut Company in the case of.

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ACCIDENT VICTIM ;
It be town of Stamford vs. the Public
Utilities Commission confirming an or:-

Elizabeth Saunders 14- 0’ Ely ave‘Ider of the town for the relocation o!
nue. who was struck by an automobile 1 certain tro my tracks in that town.
driven by W’iliiam Gurry, Westport onI'I‘he matter was heard before Judg‘
West avenue, “93" the High School IWebb the latter part of last month.
yesterday morning, was reported ‘0 be. The town issued an order for the ra-
silghtiy improved at the Norwalk Hos'Ilocatlon of the tracks on the Sufi“?
pita! this morning. :dale line at an expense to the coil-
It was definitely determined yester- puny estimated by its engineers .3
day afternoon. by X-ray photon-opium $28 113 The company appealed to
“I“ the 8“! suffered a. small fracture the utilities commission, which con-
at the base of the skull, when she was firmed the order and then m the "-
aunz headlong to the pavement. SheI perlor court

I“ alter.
juice.
a common

 

 

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is under the care 01 Dr. G00?“ G; Judge Webb in his memorandum
Fawcett, and her condition is not 0011- finds that the order issued by 111.
'sidered especially critical. town was a proper one.

 

 

 

 

 
 

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