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.V ER His Story, of Murder of
‘ ' Thomas Keane Now in
‘l American onlploye of the ,
Mlle-hing and Refining Com-Q
' . a: Pedricena, Mexico. is a'
r‘m. hands of Francisco Vil~‘
hr SSiH'vth ransom. accord—
- vncers from Southern Chi-
...i;«_» have. arrived at Juarez.
opposite here. ‘\\'illiam5'
. the world war and was re}
so the United ‘States for
still suffering from the ef~
: Germain gag.
n'nh .\i. Nusar. an Arabian mer-
made prisoner by "Villa
llnndit leader directed all
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,-_ on the north bound Mexico
.luurc‘z train. last Thursday
liilL’. [your __(‘orl‘:llilns, 400 miles
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llall' lu-lueen Villa's illen (l
l ‘l u mrd. :en bandits and n no
‘ 'i Tl"illl unnrdwero; killed and
: ndits and Nineteen o t the Train Guard, Including
- .mductors’; Killed in the Fighting Which Followed
ll: Wrecking of the Engine—Passengers .Rounded
p and Robbed of Everything
~H Tex. March S.——Joseph shot from Villa’s Pist‘flv the passed, Statements 'made by Lawrence Mata-
‘Chihuahua City.
Hands of District Attor-
ney—Gives Full Details.
But Blames “Pall”-—Police
One Hathoth Revolvers.-
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ers said. ..
g When the fighting ceased. the ban-
dits horded the travelers to a small
hill near the track. where Villa liar:
rangued and threatened them With
death. Later, according to eye-wil-
nesses. lie-broke into tears and told
them he would‘spnre. their lives out
of respect to the memorwaGeneral
Felipe Angeies. .who recently was
executed by Carranza authorities at
razzo, alias Matthew Wood, to the
police of Port Chester "and Bridgeport
in the county jail at Bridgeport. ad-
mitting that he and Charles. “Chink’
Greer, alias Charles Kelly,‘ were ro-
sponsible for the shooting of Thomas
Keane. the manager 0: the James But-
ler grocery store, on January 31, have
been. turned over to District-Attorney
Davis of Westchestcr county .
All the evidence in the case will be
heard before the grand jury of West-
chester county at White Plains, today.
With the confession made by one of
the pair——ihe other still reflxses to
talkuthere seems little doubt but that
true bills for murder’in the first de~
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“’illiams and M. Nasar were forced
to accompany the bandits when they
rode away. leaving the other passen-
gers marooned in a desolate (‘luntry
bereft of their belongings and cloth-
ing which had been taken by the rob‘ gree will be returned.
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‘- 11031.13!“ 0 in ~‘ Vic-7 deuce submitted in the action brought.
[)0 ' 093" 6 - »agn.lnst Joseph Davis, Washington;
tims - .7 » - street, by. the National "rDecorutlvo
Company. ot‘Ccmden, N. J.‘ -. -
The plaintifl seeks to collect the
sum of $80.13 for window shades de-
livered to Mr. Devin. The defense
claims thatthc alludes were not aim
material and quality ordered. ,
Attorney Leo Davis is counsel {or
“thcdcfendant, std Attorney, Albert-
Goldui'nn. Stamford. represents the
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' e prS lair fiel‘son’w. Benedict waa‘oiricer of
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‘7 the court. and Attorney Louis S. Beers
‘was in attendance as court clerr-
The trial was the first to be held in
’ forces have launched attacks against are protected by the provisions at iii
The, Poles and the Elana, on the west- truce: 1n the In
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’Lonoo‘N. m s.—nmu Soviet'en their line: during the time thof‘
e, not: on
em and northern hunts. according to the soviet pence terms. ‘
advices received her: ln‘ooth instance-l Gain-cl Skobelcteln is in can“, ,
on. it is said, they have been repulsed‘ of the Finnish and Russian and“,
and the Finns ure-rcpofied to havei‘vik forces which have broken
mp1 rcedBdha WM linert/nick"which was the Soviet lines west of dmlnpuhchm ,
e t o , . .- Norman region, says a t , 7
Polish units holding the lillé run- Aim, Finland, to the landon ,Tlnaomm
nlng through the Prlpet miles south A week ago. the mesaagc says, ,_
or Bcbrulsk are laid to have been tin-Idiopatch was sent to Moscow by tho
der attack at two. points. the Sovietlrlnnlsn Goyernment stating that no
armies advancing on file: ’north and ' glon of Karena. near lilopolu. :1qu {We
”ml... '. “d“: “.3” “WEE“.- ”’ '1’.“ ‘° §°"‘£~i.“l’.i“‘"m?“l.;““‘e
etoc. mun Vets} men _ ro~' come on or n 1) cc . ~
nomad to have been assembled at Go" Tchltcherin. Bolshevik Ilnhter of
,ml, Just out of Prim country and Foreign Maire, said In reply that tap
it L1 probable these have hurled weu- Bolshevik forces had not to enter than ,
m‘ d mini-1t the Polish line. in this distrid. He expressed the amnion,
connection. it if recalled. tho- Poles that the two governments should ho
last not reflected overtures ta; :2 gln'rzgecce negogfionséozidl‘ng better
cmlstioepeningpencenegot o . “ ecoonr er- s .
holding the Bolohevlki would strength tor Finland."
MEXICO CITY, March 8.—allea£bers
hers. U t . . ,
‘_ According: to R. J. Peltier, an Amerl- lmad‘; (lriSatgtTlfigmn‘g‘e? Mstaraz‘aa.
mm citizen resident of Mexico City, Daniel Curlin' of the , 1,8" 21,9" ‘9
who said ho was roughly handled and poll“. and a 3,.ng ort d .iiester
:hl‘mumled with death, the bandits. ' p elective, the
a: 1': try defenders eilller numbered Lm” They stopped ”W? (Continu
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. wonlnw‘ors \vl-l‘e among of dynnmilu which' wrecked the - «
lillfl‘i in-Lz-z killed by 3 engine. ' ' A -
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.d-d by civilians and
I'urlri-ss Monroe, today.
In: the ruins of the
"uml for possible victimg
'iil'h last night destroyed
i-lure. Effort also was
to check up ’ihc 200’ or
. : well as; the list of 171
this task was slow be-
r. rrel register and other
destroyed by the flames.
‘wl‘lin. probably one of
_, wn tourist. howls on the
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'lt'l‘SMOUTH. N. 11.. March 8:-
.z.-Commander Thomas Mott 05-
10 today announced that he had
n forwarded his
.vxzmdan: of the naval prison here,
rum the Navy. to Secretary Dan-
(‘mnmrmde Osborne withdrew 3.
‘:~ request for relief pending dis-
' of charges against his conduct
on which Assistant Secre-
, ~~s-V(‘lt declared. last week, aft-
..rigation, to have 43901) un-
Ills
’2": in. 'record of his two and
y.» urs' command. he said_that
.mers had passed through the
. of whom 2,664 were return:
:".'ir‘e during the war. The
inn during his administra-
.‘-:l,l developed not from the
but from politicians; on the!
[if [AB-HRERS
Ynnnnrelli, of Paterson, N.
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All prganizations to Go to
N lantic for Six-Day Tours
., of Duty—First 'Since the
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HARTFORD,
wood alcohol whisk" g:
raigned here on 2:
charge for causing the 6:12th or :wvfl
oral who drank the pnisn': the tiny 11f—
ter Christmas were smuwlr‘ed in Su-
perior Court Saturday. Nathan Sals-
berg, the tormer brew master. who
mixed the fatal drinks was given the
ion est sentence. of from eightto
tw Voyeurs in states prison. Jacob
Mn (‘3!
. The first encampment for the en-
listed men of
of the va-riouo organizations will have
a tour of duty at the military reserva-
tion at Nianue. The~Military Enters-i
its bmideilt. in
‘ the Connecticut Stan-if
(.uanl will be held this ye'ar and all:
tent-”y Bond. throuch Lucien F. Borneo, .
,Norwalk ”within the last eight inonths
with a. July. ' _
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of the Honduran Congress of Deputies
'engaged“in a pitched home during the
{third week of February. there “being
ltwenty killed and wounded, according
no private advices reac city
lirom Tegucigalpi and
3E! Universal " today. .
lkilled were Dr. Romulo E.
fidem of the Congress. it . h
=- f.UNllfll Wilmfi ’-
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,4an onion , . le VALUABLES‘
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211181381". has multod‘in a
union led by General Tina-emancia
against the Guiterrez Waging. l
Since last July. when General Luis:
{$0992 gultel‘rez succeeded anclsco’ ‘ . .
E Griffin as president. the Hondurn i» ‘ M n “8?
”We” ”‘5 "9"“ “‘° W“! a?» 3032?“..11‘32. Emil-item...
der Opposition by the ene‘mlen 0‘ ”"5 hlrfgd effog unto ' today to restore
' ithe passenger audit-eight transporla
ltiou facilities (but were cut 011’ in
‘Northcm New England by the storm
:on Saturday, A digging out“ holiday
:was proclaimed in‘ several cities and
sscores of industries diverted the ener-
ilu'm'mflm .
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v‘ F fin; Great snowbanks and the ice
9- lxoymed by the , sudden, drop in ten:
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otter rain. mood .thc most
«hoop of the min max.
. 5 ’ '. ASSEMBLY CA”, lit lsThankful to Have nu.
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* - . coped with His Lg};
wmnmnér Governor Hal-l .E‘m We at ‘Port er“...
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comb to Convene Legisla-g ‘ , , ~
‘ture for Them—Sure of} 1. Joel. who returned in his homo.‘
Enformentwprohibifion'h'o. .24 Franklin street. Saturday. nea- .
. . ' . , fpo ‘th having quite an exciting time on
Chm!!! certain Thatuhi: last business trip and considers
W; ced'lhat he i‘ very lucky to be alive. Ho “0"
1&2“th gtatBeeLaEW'nsfoz gurus stopbping. last Monday night. It...
the Ardencraig Inn, at Port Jefferson.
f Long is
Much interest is‘ taken here by men
land. and “as gelling rireewdi
:aboul. 8 oclock Tuesday looming.
who have been in the liquor business: When a cry of fire rang through the
l the announcement that the chief's otllcuildiug. In an instant the hallways
e Prohibitionpar’iy. in Connecticut, gand rooms were filled with suflocnzlng ,
have abandoned the idea of' acting smfiebtndh thledcmmtklgrr: agtmm
WW motor Alpaca! “a. co . ea . . .
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m an: ‘ — hon‘telry lost no time in making that:
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Bronerwine was sentenced to from
one to three years, and Saul Joseph
and Frank. Ross. both former saloon-
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giving the dates on which the fire reg-
iments and other organizations willbe.
in camp. Since the , United Slates'
5 just issued the order ‘-
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PARIS. March.8.-Conptantlnople is
Alltemployes o laborwwere called
upon by the associated industries and
the Boston Chamber of Commerce to
escape. He iortunately round a. rm _
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The chairman of the Prohibition
party. Emil L. G. Hohenthal. of Men:
charter, has officially stated that the
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Eggpsggsyere given from three to went into the war, camps of State
The four were the only ones of the commissio . ,
wood alcohol conspiratorsio be ar-Wol‘ficers. nul and non commissioned
rested in this city. Although they}
were held on first degree murderantic follow:
charges, the state chn ed the counts
to manslaughter and 0 this they en-
tered pleas of hollo contendre. It had
been decided to defer' sentence to
Judge William M. Malibie Saturday.
,next Tuesday. but the state changed
line plan and brought them before
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\l'ith other instructions
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lNCflMEiAX Nil 1
Guardsmen have been held only for
The dines set for the work atNi-
actually occupied by allied troops un-l
der provisions of the armistice. it lei
pointed out by the Petit Parisian this Continued 0f“ Page Seven
.-lu(\rnilig, which says that city is the .
llwadquarters at General Pranchet d‘-
gl‘::'.p9I‘P}’, and there are in the city.onél . WFIEHT _
idiyision and one brigade of Frenchl
troops, or about 15,000 or 16.000 men.
In addition there are in Constanti-
nople one regiment of linlians and a
lbattalion of British troODS. and there
lure other British forces in the region
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the iramsponatlou companies. A
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“’ASHJNGTON March 8.—In 311,913-
executive committee or that party had
decided that inasmuch as Governor“
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Holcomb had been asked by various '
'merests for special legislative nes-
‘ions. that such a request would prob-
‘bly not be met with favor. Mr. Ho-
‘lenthal expressed the conviction that;
the enforcement of the provisions of ‘
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till/EN HlSCHlilliE
Yesterday was a great day for tho
Souithon-walk Baptiot church? A:
ithe Communion service, W. Walter-
lAiken, recently appointed deacon to
.nu um vacancy caused by the denthof
resignation as i
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Joseph Bush, a widely known and
popular life-long resident of this city,
passed away, Saturday night, in ‘tho
.Norwalk Hospital. Funeral services
lwere held, this morning. from St. Jos-
eph's church. where the pastor. Rev.
of the straits. A“ British division is
. leprearl over Anatolia between Scuturi
L . E8 fRflM innd Brusa. while the French have a
HERE T0 WATERBURYi
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'Arthur Farrell, representative in)
horwalk of the Corporation Income
Tax Bureau of the Internal Revenucl
Service, has been transferred for duty
to W'aterbury, where he took up his
new work today.
He leayes here with the altogether
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DANBI} RY. March 8.-—~Engaged in
fort to hung the peace treaty. to an-
other ratification vote within the next
few days Senate leaders were Working
today for some agreement that would
hold down debate and center thought
to soon as possible on the decisive
question of Article Ten.
Senator Burch Republican. Idaho,
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women use
Deacon Lyon, received his charge and
was welcomed by the demons.
At the sameservice {our young poo-
ple received the right hand of fellow-
ship. The pastor. Rev. L. J. Scheopno
pier. preached uwo .forceful sex-mime;
In the morning his theme was “Tho
Passion for Souls." He said cvcmj
,A hearing is scheduled to be held
at 2 o‘clock this afternoon in the Non-
spokesmun for the irreconcilable oppo-
ncntc of the treaty, gave notice Sutur-
dsy that he would move today to take
up Article Ten at once, but he held his
Emotion in nbeyance to see whether
:some other method or hastening action
might not be worked out. 81: recent
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Richard J. Carroll, sang a requiem unique distinction of knowing. auxin-st
mass at 9 o'clock; Burial will be made
tomorrow in St. Mary’s cemetery.
Before the advent of the automobile.
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price at standard makes of auto—' A farewell party was tendered to
bile tires are scheduled to become ef— M158 Betty Land at the home or Mr.
(“T one man.
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Will mill lN
hand, more about on inoido nothings?
. of Norwalk corporations than any o‘th-z
. His Work comprised thelgthle city 511°C his father and mother in
checking up of all activities in locali
an imaginary battle while apparently . ations remain to be disposed of before
in a dream. Franklin M. Kemp, 19; Article Ten is touched. and Senator
Years old. son 01‘ Frank 8- Komp. of Lodge, of Massachusetts. the newbie
their home on the outskirts, of this (Continued on Page Eight).
city at midnight last night and other- ‘
wise injured them during the deeper.
a struggle that follOWed.
The elder Komp who is at the head
of the Lansdon Company, electric
manufacturers; who have. a factory .’
here. is in the Danbury Hospital wirhl
two bullet wounds, one in his shoulder
and the other in his hip. and lacera-
tions caused by blows and bites, one of
which required eight stitches to c1059.;
Mrs. Komp,_ who is at her home, has?
tw0 wounds upon the hand. one appa-
rently caused by a. bullet. The son in
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Eigpress business on the‘ railroad
was crippled by the storm Saturday
and yesterday as the railroad com—
pany lightened its burden by taking
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walk Probate court on the application
for the committment of Grant L.
Ruckelt- of Rowayton. to the Connec—
nectlcut State Hospital. Judge
George H. Vosburgh is‘ counsel {or
the applicant. ‘ ..
The hearing will be conducted he—
tore Judge Bradley otWestpont, who
will act in the absence of Judge Greg-
ory. who is away on a vacation.
that four steps were necessary if one‘
and a point of contact; to make than
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Hindenburg Urged For -
Presidency of Germany
NORWALK'TOURISTS " BERiJN. March 8.-F‘ield Mar-six) ,' A
~ , ‘von llindenburg’s candidacy for it.
BACK FROM FLORIDA Presidency of Germany in strongly. ~
urged in an appeal ihat has just hen ',
issued here. The appeal, accordingtu
the ‘morgcn-Post” is the outcome in;
an agreement between the WI
Nationalist party and the People
party. The “loom-Amuse!” dung
to have knowledge that the Field East
nhalwouidaccepta _, 'lon. ,.
name has been frequently men .
previously among the possible undo
|dnteo for the next Millennial term.
Charles E. Hoyt, secretary and treas-
urer of the South Nomi]: Trust Com—
pany. and Judge Henry W. Gregory,
accompanied by their wives, returned
ironic Southernu’ipottwo-weeksuo
13'. yesterday morning. During ‘thelr
absence they made a tour or Florida,
visiting many or the resorts which are
:3 popular with Americans this win-
I.
Christian should be a soul winner—n . .
would be successful in this work. To ' 9 ‘
“Mire of the Workers’ in-
E in. was in South Norwalk,
fad addressed a. mass meet-
, we. at 37 Ely avenue. The
" ill-coming affiliated with
ionnl body were explained
:' suit. of the visit here, fa-
,irzi was taken along these
fective today. The increase is to be
general throughout the country.
manufacture of the tires, and‘increas-
ed wages being paid to the men who
make the tires, are responsible for the
increase of cost ~to the,consumer, it
is stated by the tire dealers here.
ill: will lillllllill *
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1'1 l.\'_ March 8.-——Legality
of the enforce-’1'
:tinns ‘
.- all as the generalnil
runstitutionalitY‘ 01m '
~ nrlment
»- involved in awe“:
, in the Supreme ‘ "
c-f constitutional!
- original
‘_ a .. State of Rhod
amendment ’7
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_ 1nd Massachusetmtérygpe, Little Hope of
”m .‘M’NW may...
near-lad been
a.
to ' tha‘iGon' , fl '1.
Scarcity of linen fabric used in the'
7"": i ': "nun enacted 16:1»,
”abode. _. fin y. .7 3“”?
and Mrs. Charles Hamilton, Chestnut
lstrect. downtown. Saturday night. _ it
was a St. Patrick’s Day Party. the do-
eomtinns rnd everything being in
keeping with the spirit of the day. as
‘Mis Land sail: for her home in Ben
last, Ireland. next Saturday. ‘
l Music and dancing were enjoyed dur-
' ing the evening and, supper was serw
. ed. The guests departed at a late
,honr, wishing Miss Land hon voyage.
The guests included: ‘,
' Mr. and Mrs. William McPherson.
m. and Mrs. Crow. Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Fieuhmnn, amen! Keeley. rot
'Bmhklyn. Mariam Crow, Albert Id.
'HAmilton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hum-
ivl- n and man Laud. ‘_ ,
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The severoctom ' on’Snlu‘ rally."
at!!! m them alike
'Bfldzerort; many
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organization all:
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CUUNTRY Ellili Ell
‘At a. location
Now.
and owners {also
to 1'.’ ‘ ' .,
President—D..H. Miller.
N'lce‘Presldeno-en. R. Smith.
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or! ‘the trains carrying express.
. NAMMFHCERS
otflle directors of the
. ‘ . Country ClubComxlany, held.
Saturday 1!!th in the South Hamill
Club, rthegnanul dividend was declared
ted.’ The oflieers to} ~
-sW—-oeq‘;ga-merd.
”A’ , 7 «n Hoyt mam
Trainson the New Haven mod
from New York were running nearly
on time last night. The ochodule
started to improve am after the
storm stopped at noon Saturday.
Trains tram Springfield and Boston
ware tram three to four hour: late.
: Fifteen,minc, out and west bound.
were dropped trim: file schedule ow-
ing to the dillcultx
t0, ‘8‘ W 1’
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torment them“
Republican State Politics Are
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