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ASSOCIATED PRESS NBWSjFRON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY AJPEGIAL Will Afln‘
”one cum onwon
sou'rn noswux. cons. smiths. .16, 1920
f“
fro-1"" 3". A, __.__. __ -
5:3...” [:0ng 1870. Entered It the South Noni-u: Pon-
. Office as Second-Clan Mall Matter.
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,.:;;:2.f2mallt Girl Arrested
In Zonada WitthsCaped .
Pennsylvania COnvict
1 DeBritto, who fonherly resided at 78 North Main street,
"eld by the Chief Constable of Toronto, Canada, on a tech-
rgc of vagrancy. , .
young woman was taken into custody in company with'
Harding, alleged by the Canadian authorities to be an es-;
.ti-invict from Pennsylvania. Harding was masqueradingI
1:1: name of “John Washkallis,” and represented himself»
giil's husband. 2
Miss DCBritto claims she was married in Port Chester, N. Y.,
sober 10, 1918, to John Washkallis. Washkallis, whose name
2 is claimed to have adopted temporarily, is said to be a'
living in Bridgeport. ‘ 1
i of Police William R. Penningtm received a. letter today
i Gusset; Toronto‘s Chief Constable. asking for a his-I
girl while she lived in Norwalk. . I
:. 13mm, or Mrs. Woshkoiiis, is well known in this city.
my bezn under arrest before, so far as the authorities
lililNSlllilfililNli
umuiuaw
ice Fills Switches {fiver This
Section of the Country.
and Signal Systems Are
Crippled
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BUFFALO. N. Y., Feb. lOr-fltllroBG'
trains and electric car systm. were
today slowly breaking through the
nnowdrlfts piled up yesterday, when a
six-inch fall of snow was accompunied
by a 58-min: gale. and temperature near!
the zero mark. Trains from East,’
West and South were many hours late.
and many had been cancelled. Traffic .
i
”I “Will?
m lillilllli
. 'l'.i_\.iur, formerly,
in vlvl' on Yull Zuni.
~ , '1' his UWIl recipe,
mm Yesterday, fin
lfi:tlivl;i}', ht' quafled
A. «.irz’nn that had no
.vnzlli and apro-
rliilt‘, l'lldPl‘ "10
mm.“ lii'ww.” he visit-
miszin‘m, where,
:‘no front row, he
. v“. \oirw.
9A.. a“
i.
i ;
..:
.i
l
III" “SIN” attend on inter-urban electric lines was sus-
f ‘~ ' §"('j~~. ’1 :«ylor pended for more than 24 hours.
-’I" “WSW" by P0- One of the worst features at the
fl. - " mun, Wlm placed.
whoring chutes
branch of the
storm was that it came on the heels of
a thaw. Slush soon turned to ice and
sViVléches and signal systems were crip-
p e .
.;1. this morning. The railroads today advertised for.
.1 «bu-rich finial 'l‘:i,V-,l.000 extra men to help clear tin-I
11-! l m :1_ Inca] hut» yardfi.
; m pun.
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Junio—
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iPRESlIlENT DENIES ,
‘ EQCAL
IIIIIIIII ; E Illil AlillEEMENl
- Milling II
hose descrip-
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2‘
"""""""“ .
resident P. A. S. Franklin
Offers $14,050,000 for Nine
. a” fogmei' Ships
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. I. sowrai months! \VASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-—~1’rcslent.
'. . . , III-IIIIOI'Ilii’S in Wilson wlll iniorm the
T ‘ II grand larcenl'uphatically that there is “no basis" for
I , .1 minded of the tween the Shipping Board and the?
. , made no effort British interests for the sale of me
. “II“II’" theithlrty‘ former German passenger lin-
III“ 6““gI‘I9‘V as ere. it‘was announced today at the
-. .. . iWhlte House.
3”?“ Pet‘n‘l‘g“ The president's message will be in
‘ I.” “in” “I"? reply to the resolution of Senator
I. ‘ ‘. ,‘CFIJ‘II’I‘I m‘I iBrandegee, Republican, Connectzcut.
:4 --Who::p:em- asking for information regarding the
. is ‘rocpf‘fggmeport. The resolution was adopted
__ j Zuni“), ' " ‘by the Senate last Saturday.
I ‘ ' I Just before the White House an-
! ' nouncement' was made, the public
iii [if
auction ,at which bids for the ships
were received began at the Shipping
‘ Board with representatives of more
than a. s'core of shipping com-poniee
companies present. .
i
ll mom: i .. ..
Si.
duct the auction, as he had. been suin-
”HEEL” I I Eoned to appear inpersoninthe Dis-
} “jiliIanu ‘trlct Supreme, Court in proceedings
”.m-
‘-./. )
tin-ought by William R. Hearst or New
York, for an injunction to stop the
g. on, n . N ' 'sale. Commissioner Thomas A. Scott
'm mwaIk’mcted for him. ,. -’
the auction, Mr. Scott
.II‘IPMIO‘I' “‘9‘”- In opening
‘- 0‘ .‘II" Superior Iread a memorandum
,...‘.‘.T,?."“‘*~'ep°r=a 2pm... which saw
. . giftinn'a Peri-onegwould have to bo
t: ' “0 I?“ answer'Semtefmemei-ce
.1. 0 . (II‘I’PIJ 0m 0,f.House,~xMerchltnt.
‘ " IInjviland street land that W
. IEI‘mI’Pth Ben-ids 'd uponrme
. “"“I‘ I’Igami'. ln'ijunction proceed!!!
‘ «with: while her-gcoum... .:
.I'fi‘I’r‘i SteVens Them
xi" -" Charge, and ceedln'gis were}
I'd“ arrested re-icludedwlthfn {fie
‘(TI IIII°rir7g the that':*‘-in~> ,,
I. ,“I‘II SII'N‘fi. 1111'
‘: Ifi’PI’nedim‘zt
. l. anYe.5"“Oro . ,
I?” ”In Sta "in ’ "
_ i1:
'IJ""€‘l:?mv D
'. ill his Stea .
thrills Bun
.uvmc mount
Senate t‘m' ! inc-.than ever befo e‘in history, it was th
'I’IXPI‘. who lives the report of a. secret. agreement be- 3 Fuel Administrator, upon his
IN PISllll Hell?
1
m DARK. emu
He and Companion Mound-
ed, Major A. J. McMurly
SlEAMlRS ARE
The Grim, Caught in Ice.
Field Off Nova Scotia andE . .
Reported to 'be Short ofI fillgsslztOne Who Hid m 8
Fuel and Needing Assist-3 .
inuwsmuu’s FIRE
REflMfllllllllN- I A
1. mm IN THW;...3I.II.I.§.I.II.I§.I1I,III
His Body—Battle Occurs
Blows Tubes Out of Three of; . . .
Hui Boilers 1,000 MilesI In Summer Home of New
From New York I
BOSTON. Feb.
States Shipping 801ml steamer Orion.
bound from Hamburg for St. Jrfim. X.
ll, hm: b‘1’l’l'T3lllfllll in an ice field in
the Harrington Passage 06 Nova SLO
liH 2nd Is in need of assisinnua ac
cording to radio lllFSSllgt'S intercepted
here early today. 'l‘lm last ,mcssnzi
rcrclvvd said:
"Need lmmmllalv usslstnnre on av
count of ice. l-‘uel supply Very lmv,‘ <
BOSTON. Feb. Iii—The lied Monti The “II-"3T man WI") WWW! Will! the
MI". ShIPDinz Board steamer bonmiib‘II‘gIm's- ”31°F Alden -I~ hicblurlry.
from Galveston. “Fox” to llavre.2“"" of a wealthy Pittsbuulijnonzand
France, blew out the tubes in three 0191,3159“ 9 '
her botlers.und- do adrift about moom°W° ”6930!!"-
il‘lullllng \vilh pistols in llicrunligllled
cellar of Mrs. Eliza G. llr‘rrls' home
at Sound Beach Conn. curly yester-
day morning. two burglars rare kllle 0
xand two men ivlm hunted them to the
.tieath were \vmmdedu Addison Bacon.
.nne or the hunters. driver of I. truck
.ior the Sound Beach Flr- llmflmem.
is in Greenwich hoapifal mt]: a bullet
in his left shoulder. '
radio messages intercepted here early‘mualr A bullet hole m "I" h"
; breast of the overcoat. he yore during
"—-
today. A“ late message said she would
probably tow to Halifax for repairs. ;
The Red Mountain expected assist-l
ahce today from the steamship Elms-
port also a shipping hoard vessel. uc-I I
cording to radio messages intercepted?
here. . . i
‘ ..
Captain-Colt. of the crippled sicamn
(Continued on Page Eight).
er, gave her location as latitude 40.15'
Iandllongltude 42.38. ‘ ,
FUEL SHORTAEE PllfllillAMME
THREATENS‘RUIN W... w...s...l
portergWith Willingness
to Take Oyer .Leadership
INNEW ENGLAM] o. N... W... 9......
Foreign Demand 13' Fem-e . 3:112:38“ Franusco Con.
then Restrictions Are Reni
. moved on March l—Con-
strughve Legislation Urg. tration Democrats are showing con-
. ‘ , _ , 1 ,- . . _ ,-— cern over repel-ts t at the thirty-cl
(SI 10 1 PL" Cilt (11.19?““ 5 01. delegates from Massachusetts will g:
[Jab-tern Industrles Ito the San Francisco convention either
__ .instmcied for Senator Walsh, of Mass-
BOSTON. Mass., F911 16.~New Eng-I achusetts, for President. at committed
land is closer to an industrial coal tam. to his leadership in the convention.
- Also, mare are reports from some‘ot
stated e2“, -d' ' e other ew England States indicat-
y ‘ x “y y James ‘I Storrow, in; that their delegations may be tied
return .
f om o u . _ to the Walsh ladersbip. New Eng
1' c us ltation with railroad admin ,land will have a. strength or eighty-
istration officials in Washin ton. . .
Beyond a gloomy outlooks. for the eight in the San Francisco convention.
next two weeks stands the retirement . .'
of the railroad administration on (Continued on Page Eight)
March 1, 'whlch,‘said M. Storrovr, will ' “
rem0ve all restrictions upon export
ceal and throw New Engnxnd into ‘a TAXEXEMN' N '
"cat and dog light" for'coul i compe— ' , ~ '
tition with comma toreign b ds; '
- (l‘hls. it is unders oodLis one of the.- 7' I .
major subjects to be presented by ' ’
Governor Coolidge to the conference .
of New England Governors, to be held
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-———Adminj§-
(Continued on Page Eight)
. uiuium, ,,
“5810mm
J. Walsh, .
service regarding the exemptions -
i income tax returns.
ore,
degflmwfigh mm to ‘
(Wmmmfi
lav-The I'niiod' GREENVVIUII. (30mm. web. ism
well known invader of un—
product in tho“ .
miles east of New York. according t right arm, ”I“ “'33 “’0‘“ ’04“? ”flag;
flSAIlHRSI
Numerous inquiries are received by. foot rook and the dis-
Coue’ctor of Internal Revenue James when; .
{money are entitled in the filing or
1, tax,» but. the tau-"Warmly manila Fl
an)? tom-bio year; This 'aexcmprion» is __ _ .. I, .
" . emotions 1‘18.__M.ho “Wm”,
“Mead” “.3110?“ Wound m
llll PAlESllNE I
l
RtSlORATIllN i
. willows
Many Substantial Pledges
Received at Mass Meeting
Yorker _ i in the Regent Theatre.-
Addressed by Charles A.
Cowen
.JUllliE MACK Al
g lllllEl. Ellflllllll
Made a Brief Address There
Yesterday Morning for;
Zifitist.Moventent ;
Julian W. Hack. ot the Unit.
totes Circuit court, ho is touring}
this section of the country in the in-
terest of the Zionist Organisation of
:America. lectured to a number of peo-
ple anhe parlors of the Cllflord Hotel.
Sunday manta: at 11:40 o'clock, while
making a brief stop-over, on his way
Fe New Haven. where he Wu schedul~
ed to in he an address and help that
city's su cr-iption fund up to the $63.-
000 mark, their share of the $10,000,-
2000 Palestine Restoration fund.
Although his address here‘vos short. "
his effOrts were fully rewarded in that .
he so impressed his audience with the
force an dtruth of his mtements that
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(Continued on Page Six).
[ACE WIIRKERS’ , -
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The Lace Workera' Auxiliary Union.
of Nor-walk. enjoyed a social and
dance, in St. George‘s Hull, Main
street. First district. Saturday even.
mg. The members of he organization
furnished a)lcaslug program of outer-
tainment, coupled with the dancing
and refreshments. -
The offerings were:
Concert Selection—Violin, John Gru-
- ner; piano. Miss Ross. '
Solo (bummer—John Glover.
Selection—Violin. Mr. Gregory; piano,
R. »Warner.
Solo (sopranoloe—Mlss Crotty.
'iciin SORP—tJObn Gruner.
The committee arranging the good
time. Were: The Misses hogs. Walsh
and Cmtty; and Messrs. Williams,
. Drew and Holly. .
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suites up to the amount of 83.500. in‘ of that time bib: mum
ed to spend “my the
\
'to sleep in his
' cleverly
at thohome of
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Fair tonight Iand
Toe-day.
mils BURG l8 ROBS ’HARSTR‘QM’S
e MAN OF LOOT
- _ g IVALUED AT $500
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Frank Caley, 18 years old. of New
Haven, said to be wanted by the
police of many cities throughout Con-
necticut. Friday night. under false
pretences. entered the room of Fred-
erick A.‘ Catlin. a Harstrom school
studant, routing at 14 Elm street. and
looted the mm of jewelry and cloth-
ing valued at over 8500.
Coley came to Norwaik eorly Fri-
day to visit Mr. catlln, whom he
knew in New Haven. He located the
student rooming at 14 Elm street, and
and requested that he be permitted to
stay‘over night. with him. The ar-
rongemcnt did not please Mr. Cirillo.
and he refused to entertain Coley dur-
ing his stay in this city.
Leaving‘ the dance hall, Coley went
to the rooming house at 14 Elm street.
told the landlady Mr. Catlin bad: plan
nod to stay downtown in about over
night. and had given him permissmn
room during his ab.
Believing the young man's
told story, the landlady ad-
mllted him into the student's mm.
Shortly thereafter. Culley disappear-
ed. and “’hen Mr. Catlin arrived at
the house, found the room had been
stripped of almost every removnble
article of value, including the follow-
ing: One gray-brown overcoat. valued
at 885; one brown suit, valued ut 375;
oneullver lock, chain and gold knife.
value, 830; fifteen some. two‘ ohms.
3 Quantity of nodal-Wen, men to «in
was of act. Mm _ r -
of dork blown raucous. f.
mi. mum in .
. Miss Bucuu
SERGE.
street. South Nor-walk,
ask
at 815,
Tflflflifilfi
Daniel “Y. Young, of 16 Charles B
and Miss Ruth
Mrs. Melvillet Young.
and a light yellow colored suit case,
valued at $40.
Caley had been seen around town,
Friday. where he frequented lunch
rooms and bowling alleys. Attention
was directed toward the stinger when
publicly, he boasted he ‘didn't nave
to work because he had an easy way
or making money."
Friday, afternoon he struck up an
acquaintance with a young man in a.
downtown bowling alley. He gave the
youth a check for a large amount
signed by "Robert Hunter," and asked
him to go to a store and cash it. The
young man took the check, but. chang-
ed his mind about cashing it, and re-
turned it to Caley, later reporting the
incident to the police.
. Coley is 18 yearsold, but appears to
be at least 22 or 23. fie, is six feet
tall, weighs about 165 to 170 pounds.
has blue eyes, light brown hair, light
complexion, and his face is marked
with many pimples. A distinguishing
feature are his teeth, which are dip
colored. black. and readily noticed.
- During his brief stay in Norwalk.
Coley wore a light gray unit white
shirt, soft collar. a can. and low black
shoes. He is said to co wanted by the
police of Hartford, Bridgeport. Stam-
ford. and other Cities besides Nor-
welk.
Mr. Catlin a student at the Hat‘-
ntrom school, li.’es at 181 West Roch
road, lggw Haven.
4, The robber!
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‘i7w1lmNius
. mun MEETINli
Either the weather or a lack of in-
terest resulted in a Very small attend-
ence at the meeting held in. the Wil-
ton Town House, on Saturday ofte-
noon. to discuss the new rate of this
Connecticut Light and Power Coin-
Ir‘rances Buckley, doughter of Charles
gBuckley. formerly of East Nor-walk, pony.
will be united in marriage, Feb. 28th. About seventeen (17) people wher-
ed and listened to a very clout expoai~
The‘youn‘ couple has ‘ very M d”. l “on Of the principles 0! the recently
ole of friends, who will be surprised
ze. as they are
_ f , BMW 311qu m .. no».
to learn of their
v
~walks. 7
Mr. Young is a
Rorwalk. Order of the
can Mechanics:
Men's Trinity Club, and is seen every
summer in a. baseball uniform. on
some of the fastest teams in town.
which sport he is very popular
Both Mr. Young and Miss Buckley are
employee of the'Crofut & Knapp Hat “-
Norwalk. in which con-
Mlss Buckley holds a responsible
position in the packing. deporm lout.
ore
1Co., of South
icern
sir. Young holds an assistant
lman’s position at the paper box depart-
ment, in which he has been employed
'ior the last five years.
The Reverend John J. Snavely, pas-
-tor of the First Methodist prcopal
church, of West avenue. South Nor-
waik, Will perform the ceremony.
ifilfi WEN—WE
member of the ma cially for the occasion.
“’9“ Hook and Ladder 00., of South
United Ameri-
slso. of the Young Ker.
in
at. log just how every individual WW.
Airlift; mu
0” o ‘ _
1 Saturday bill". the second night of
the Knight! at Cohmbus' my QI-
ceeded all W
”as“: flu! out!" w
instituted service-churn system.
which was given by C. L. Campbell.
treasurer of the Lighting Company,
who came down from Waterbury espe—
lie was ac-
companied by B. H. Gardner. formerly
of Kai-walk, new general sales nano-
and E. I“. Putnam. superintendent
of the local district. Mr. Campbell eli-
plalnod in detail the application of the
new rate, and presented figures show-
er in that section Would be affected by
answering freely and frankly all
questions which were asked by thou
present. .
During the friendly discussion of th.
matter which followed, it developed _
that some of the objections Which but!
been raised were the result of a mile.
understanding or a misinterpretition
of the company's rate schedule, pub-
lished several weeks ago. Ilr. Comp
bell concurred with Strong Connect
in that the wording ot- the unnounoe-
mento sent out might havp bout u-
provod upon. and stated that the com-
pany would be very grateful to meet, vo-
suggestlons or this. woman it's» cus-
tomers 'at any time. I’ -
No further action was take! and.
utter the meeting broke up. two at th-
mben present announced their in-
tention of having odditional‘ building.
wired for electric service.
. _ beta: .5th _ 91
by petecuve Sergeant Tums amt. '
Wilma
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