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NORWALK’S
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF;
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(Rain tonight, warmer Saturday.)
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7 at Office as Second CIIUU Ma" M‘t‘el‘. SOUTH NORWAIIK. 00“., MAY, man 12 1920
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<f"l?UBLICAN CITY
CONVENTION
,~ . ~1 livpttbiicans held
2:; sh»- 'l‘own ASSembly
' .- Tip-rt: was a very
: »- .\lo<t ot‘ the inn-t"-
: ‘ I'.lii' u~ in tho-
'»Ttt (Ill Illl' iloztl‘ leu‘f».
r.- .xa». .‘mthl chrit'ntan
1-,.
Ho disapproved of thcir
"was ready to fight."
Members of his committee. IIOVVQ‘VI‘I',
haVc ptivateiy stab-d that they hau-
no sympathy with the sentiments cx-
and "Al'l'lt‘w L3. Kclv pressed by him last night or his tlc<
“5 “ ‘ l"’?1"'."» -\Il"l‘ Ht" clarations of the past.
”iit‘fr'l'lcd. the six tlclc- .\lr. Milne intt-oduccd Attorney Sal-
"""l “'lth‘mi‘m. ‘0 1‘" vetort- (:enuario, asking that ho make
“'3'“ -l ”‘4“!le Hi Hit- a tt-v. remarks. as hc bad just been
“UH. ‘\ ttiutil- :nidwl as :t tltt‘lllIH-l' of the First ward
"”3"“ oivunittcc. Mr. \lilnv laid much cur
1.. :"I"‘.tl ’, sf .loiin ltbasis on his r-lilll'lllt‘lll. i: he didn‘t '
“ " w.» I. '_ -' '-.ttt-.-, play with tlo- \vard as Ilt' ought to.
' l. I\' E 3; .ml illo)‘ “tullltI know just \vhort- the at
1‘ ‘l'ltu. . tlfl- l'v'll”) stands '
l 2. \.--- .t I 1‘ ’l‘io- yottnLr lauyt-t; \\‘Iltb.\'u political
pour t‘ is IIt'IllL’ l'~'t‘n;1l1i/.t'tl in tllt‘ I"llsl
.' lm .ti . I . ‘ll‘lll". :~ilI(I he wasn't "playin: with
.t ; :2. .tu'. ward " statin: lic- “as for the IIt‘r
z . it . J. l l txrt- I'lllll:tllll party. and its \vclt'arc. and
‘ . ‘ I it 'l l' -t\. m tottbl always ln- found on the l'lL'Ill
. t l? t «no s-tfw lio Illllllt'l' \\|t.tl \\;tt‘tl “‘tts :tl't'ct'i-
l ‘fl » -
unratinttt-tl I'll Stub l‘azig)
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"Afilil’i 2 “ill ttttttttn
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$53311: SI 1 3. LNU 41)}.13‘355- 9
1‘ 5 Di’“ YD ‘A’Dil’l "“ Sl ANPE lLLNESS
oi. till i . l oi a {I
- ‘ is ‘ . l ‘ :‘il."2lll.*~‘ lickcvc Bad Can-
.1 .... -.i salmon ”otsoncd I’rts-
. r c.2031; at II‘.‘t- oniora
“ ‘tut. ’t~..,.,
.i i:,.i "t"._\: {y t,-__it-it‘
\ « l-’itt ,.;» ,t I Ill'llti, .
5 int pits-H Il<‘l ‘;"t-- tlt.t'
I tn. 1 III‘\’- light?! It l\' I"' (in
, St 5' Vin It.» i" II..i‘i.'.. l.‘ lilll“.i
. ‘, _ TI"'\'\IVi-ill‘.1lt‘_\', \‘d‘HlI “U ’lIIIl! \\:l~
. 7 _ t; : ‘Iit'il.lll to be responstbltg but
7} ' . sug' llnttirttl! and doctors ll‘wlll the _
. ' L. _ ‘ ‘ Y‘“ 1 Sta 0 Hoard of Health say lhcl‘v was'
. “ ‘ i """‘ no alcohol of any kind to which the
'- 'r on» \‘~- - it nil-F 0n ... . . .
\ m . ( lltlstlllt‘lS'Iltld access. .
.. .. According to Mr. Itatttgttn. the phy-
i“ I ' ""3111 .-iciatts I)‘.'III'\t' the two tlcaths and Ill
" ' ‘ “ " l‘ 5" nix-4s can bc
Wm
y
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AlDMDDS taunt
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>“'-"I.=. ‘I‘H' . Iv: .
.-,\ l'fll.’.‘ til} \\'..s ii~ . .q
10' 13:“ dram team of
t :1 CH irii. N.» in. :t'
'.~ : o \_2 t.:'
'l‘.’ :-< (ll: l
LTY Hold-3s
.nu MADE MONEY
12.—So.-cr---
12 . s
.Hvl "1‘.
~ t .lln nt to-lay on
.\'.;. twstimony tlta.’
. Its secured from.
1- fitting for an ac-
;and 8.000 having arrived.
' :. '1? when he camc-
. 3' others. He was
‘le , lirl's’tlll wa: treat-
' l'v tion. I hope
‘t of (-on-,
it .
ti.-
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Jfil‘FtW
.(Ill
H'Xlrlnillt'll it took several days tor
at tint-.1? ':
‘Ilttnsonl,
'»lll'li
:-. : try. he h..-l suc- . aTl‘lVPd
‘ V- .1' contracts for a‘
I“t‘II. 2“. He said the
to\ic ptusonin: to develop.
' \Imt;~ litre-villus :ll‘lltl‘ lllt'
Ill“ lllv salmon." said Mr.
tan. "about . twenty of them
strit'letn. Ftvt-ial ot them
I'iIIIlI. (illicit: sutl‘ct'cd from \\ltat
Illi- piison physician. c.tllc=l
(ltllll)lt‘ vision. .\ strange featuri-
that cizht man were similarly strick~
~n ’I‘nt-sday. eighteen days after tb-n
»:lllll'|ll had been eaten."
l):’I>4)II-
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03's
inttifi‘tt‘tttltttt‘
REIDRNINIIHDM
Do Not Like Prohibition iii
Country—Regulat-
ing Sale of Whiskey in
This
Chicago
.‘x‘l2\\‘ YORK. March 1‘7.
is tansinc so many foreign
Law the I’nitcd States that
-t..tion is exceeding
ttIZtIIllL’ to Congressman Isaac Sinai-l.
'(I
a lil«"'ltlJ(l‘ of the Iltllls‘t' lmr. iaation
(t ll:llllll-’(‘.
l'iiis Island records today showed
IL: immigration sinct- January 1 lo-
.ulio-ti 3.000. while 61.00” persons left
Ilo- country. Ivlost of the latter have
‘ul‘l‘
\Illilil. to stay.
From the signing of the armistice
until Jan 1 immigration and emigra-
‘tion were about equal, approximating
073.00“.
In January 3,000 persons
lvt'ntlctl Ili'lt from
left thi- eountry. In February, 22,000
and 25.000 left. This month
the excess of emigration is on the in-
(rcase. 12.000 having left the country
It is esti-
mated that the figures for the whole
month will be 3 ,UUU dt-partures and
24.000 arrivals.
\Vhilc a tit-sire to live in rejuvenat-
ed homtlands . ‘
ltion. Mr. Siege] believes that prohibi-
,.'tion is the principal reason.
is a factor
l... on 1._ 1.15-“! ,l, to buy btei ()1“Ille.h0..1_b.hdbtl€a[
:1: <ot;tt;1r-'.< .\'u-i
“quip Merritt. E
many other:
introduct-K
:v gtzlar way. were
. l n contracts. I
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ss-ctlz‘etl
.wtn‘s Appeal
.. to Highest Court
WW I
i- ~Tcn allega-
‘t'am‘. in an ap-
ian Feigerlv
. ‘. from the
.ln-lgv icllstab
' 3.. Fling the con-;
‘ic- Eighteenth '
\‘olstead act.
[.113ch
:tcrd'o'. It
.lb errul in
restraining en-
. ”call act.
1.. tit!-
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tzi
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‘ ner.
(pic cross country run, of five miles, re-
;cently. held in Paris, from a. string of
1.285 starters,
~home a winner.
Ethc best men in Belgium and France.
'Iwas 28 minutes, 45 seconds.
'made on a cold day over wet, slushy
4 ground.
irunners places the performance on annoon.
.par with the best on the record books.
.It is worth while to note that the
icourse was studded with walls . ,
. . ' ‘fences and gutted with canals dikes‘ern
5“ “=le ‘A “'ant Ad,’
Continued on Page Twelve.
'BELGIANS UNEARTH
GREAT MARATHONER
According to news just received
here the Belgians are ubilant over the
discovery of a new long distance run-
He is A. Bertrand. In the Olym-
the Flemish man came
He left behind him
Berttand's time for the five miles
This was
To dodge over one thousand
and ditches or a tmublesomornutum. m
political ;
methods as usual and reiterated what
he lltls so otten proclaitned~that he
,and the flooding ot the lowlands.
tract-d to canned salmcrr
“21““. . led, to the 1.063 initiates of ill" prisonf
pltysici:tn~-'
llt -
:
\u't‘e‘,
lwt-atnci
llr.’
I'l‘olllhi-
bv‘tn
cull»
immigration. ac-
back to Poland and Czecho-Slo-
abroad and 24.000
in emigra-
Inability
,town of Southampton, the coast guard
service here was advised this after-
, thorn
MANY INJURED,
IN NISSD
Terrific Storm in the Ozark
Region Leaves Death and?
Destruction in Its Wake
u liflllliES m1
lillEAlDAMAliE
Bridges and Boats Damaged
tn the Rush Down the
Allegheny River
(l.l42\l'2l..\.\'lt, Ohio. March 13..
Iloztts and cottages alum: Rocky River
were buried. today. undcr miniature
tnottnttttns of iu- following the break-
ing of a lame ice goruc. last night,
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Thole was gravc danrcr. it was said.
that lttrthcr breaking of the ice. with
ccnttnttcd nnld weather, wottld crush
and sweep away many collage-s and
limits, -
.l3!{.\.\'.\‘().\'. .\lo.. March 13. ~I“Tood—
ctl sir! ants today addcd a further men-
;o-u to lit't- and property in southwvst
.\ii»:~ottti. ¥\'Ilt‘l't- yt-stcrday a. tornado
I\"’llll a' least thitttctt pcrsons, ;n_:ur—‘
u; :2 lllllllllt r ol others anti did plot‘c;
t)’ t. .Inauc as yct llll“.~'lllll.'ll“ll. .
l-Ithj. rim-k and river of the ‘25.“th
hills t'iuion today was l't‘ltUllk‘lI tt'tt -r
» .1 :t‘ouin: or rttnnt'v: bank‘t'ttll Il'tnit
ll.“ .t‘tlt'llll lI lilili» that prt-cn-dcl .i‘cl
It uni Ill" l(~1"l:l'll| Should Ill" :n‘
pitttn :i, t':ll!llllll". it was‘ said to»-
tI.tr".: i' L'Hlll Ilwttls \votlid IH'I‘UI'H‘ st 3..
I“.
Hbsvtxcrs :tztrct-d today that on“
mtnado ittstcztd of two swept IIIQ' al-
it‘CIt‘d districts. .'\pp.tii-ntly it strut-i;
' .\'--\ati;t. .\lo. “limo throw pur-
- killml and properly damn:-
ot .omt or mom Lifting. it swept
c four (‘t'lllllics‘ before it dcsccntL
and spcnt its strength in a lush
through 'l‘anvy county and the. 'l'urkm
("tn-k \allty. “ii“ a toll oi ten addi-
tiotial liver.
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(Continucd on Page Nine).
ND LIDUDRS , .
8AY§§IREMLAU
tors and Druggists An-E
nounced by Prohibition
Director '
~Il.\ll'l‘l“()llll, March l2.—l)rng2ist+
ill't’ not pt-rmittcd to fill prescriptions?
for liquor unless the physic
tor same has been granted a permit
by tho Fl‘ill‘l‘fll prohibition dircctorl
This is a now rulinc that Ilt‘l'1lllil‘5 of-.
fuctivo- at once. 1l(‘(’l‘llllllx to l‘mltil)i-'
. . , l
tton lurcctor Strcintau, “ ho was ml.
.vised of the ruling: by l‘onttttissiont-r
llopcr yesterday.
l'ndr-r a. special cittcrzcncy titling.
ntadt- durin: the "tin" t'llllil’lllll'. physi-
cians \‘.t’l‘(‘ llcrutittcd lo writt- for it"?
tutor. in enterccncy cases. on their
own prescription blanks. regardless of
’w hctltcr tht-y had made application for
,1 pt mail to prcscribc. I'ndct' that rul-
in: druegists Were permitted to fill,
hoping a correct record of all dis-
penstions for their own protection.
In the opinion of tht- Federal
tliorities, at “’ashington. this emerg-
ency no longer exists. In the futur.»
no druggist will be permitted to fill a.
prescription for liquor on any but the
regulation blanks, provided by the.
Federal prohibiiton director, to physi-
cians who have made application 1'01
permission to prescribe and have qual-
ilicd. Only in an extreme emergency
is a physician permitted to use other
than a. regulation blank, and then only?
after he has filed application fora pen;
Hill. The prescription must be tnarlré
ed “emergency," with an explanation,
ot' the. circumstances and a careful and;
true record of the same. kept by bothj
the physician and druggist.
A regular form. No. 1418. is provid-t
ed to druggists qualified to dispense;
tww-v on which their monthly report
of dispensations must be made to thc'
Federal prohibition director, to physi-
cnt all routine matters having to do
with the regulation of alcohol and spir-t
itttous linuors, are being taken care of"
by Mr. Stremlau’s department. Phy-,
sicians desiring to prescribe should:
make application to Director Stremlau
at once.
t
all‘
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AMERICAN FREIGHTER
REPORTED ASHORE
NEW YORK, March 12.—An Ameri-
can freighter, said to be the Shipping
Board steamer Lake Deval, is ashore
on the Long Island coast, near the
The cutter Seneca has been or-
dered to her assistance.
The Lake Deva]. a vessel of 2,525
gross tons, is operated by the South-
Bteamship Conway and sailed
_l')ducation. of
‘illlu 'il.“
lure raising.
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WITHDUTDRDER,
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'Ncw Ruling Eficcting Doc-l
5 [If Enuuttu
t m BEDISCIJSSEI]
t'
‘Another Meeting of Citizens
' at High School This Eve-
ning——Home and School
League Urge Everyone to
Attend—The Advisability
School Board Will Be Tak-
en Up—Dr. Sydney G.
Carney, Well Known Red
j of Having Women on
i
Cross Speaker, Will _Ad-l
dress Meeting
ed to ascertain whether
Education.
Some of them have
plied that . .
they be!
Nor
without. any actual
III‘IN‘P an appointn.
entail conscit-tttiou. and respons~
ibility, without any. hood of
sultant good to the “unity.
()tit- picsont Board of Education
wit-divs to supply decent hooks and
equipment. but its powor is so slight
that both books and equipment today
arc in a statc ot' shameful dclapitla-
tion.
Our pro-sent board wishes to main«
tain the buildings in a state of physi-
cal ropair and have them decently sun
itar)’. but it lz-l barely abh- to prevent
actual decay and '(I't‘p the sanitation
It“
‘L'oo tlcnotizh to a'giid bcini: clnscd up
I:y the Slato Hour
of Health,
Our I’I‘I'SVIII IIUIHI of Education, by
Slatc l’onstitutio-z and (‘lty (‘hartcr is
vcstttl \\itlt alt tllllt' powcr to fix
teat-hrrs' '>aII:lI‘l' -. but it is tuutoit-tl
that thc lloatd ~l' Assessment and
Taxation has t 'HllI a method by
\\‘lllI‘Il this last l.‘
he and is wrest-
llt-lit-xing this
several wotnvn b
llt'vi- Itltll‘v good
at pt'cscltt by [HI
bit of ilIIIIlUl‘lI) can
from lhctn.
conditions to exist,
\‘c said that they In;
an bc acconiplishcd
uadinu Norwalk citi-
:tclts to protest satnst lltc wrong Ill"
in: tlont- tbentp: only. that by means
of intct'pm-latton of our (‘ity ("harlot
the Board of .\s::~.~‘>‘lll"lll and Tan.
-tion ill‘t‘ being potlnittml to usurp all
tho powers vested in a loard ol I‘Zdu—
cation by the Statc constitution of
(‘onncctit-ttt; nulit’yinu all powers ol’l
lthis Hoard elected liy‘rhc xiv-opium».
las guardian of their schools, intended
lb} lIlt' State to have pcwt r to do so.
"livery citizcn should at lt-asl look
is Illt' war cr} "which pain-tits
DDXIND DDUT “-
NIC\\' YORK. -.\larclt 1:."‘.\n(Il'l‘\V
I.(\('I\‘t‘Il. student at Columbia l'nlvct‘-
’sin. was arraigned today on a short,
. ‘ ' " - ' ' ‘ " II“ will homicide: _
.tlhdavtt (IldlL’lnh l1 ‘tll‘fllll 11st Hm temporarily
. ..
tnight, of Milton Stcrnfcltl of Alumna!
in connection with the
another student. aftcr the two youn:
men had engkgcd in a Inning bout at '
a lass smoker. Lot'kctl “as bold in
iall writing hail of $2500 for a hearing March l.\.'
Ilail was provided by tho ll‘l‘llr-lll‘l'l‘ of
the University.
It was announctd that an autopsy
Will be. held to drtcrniinc \vltutoti-
Sternfcltl's death was tltt . to what are
vlcscrtbetl light blows landed on
his jaw. aftcr which he tollapsctl attd
was removed to St. Lulu-'s llospltal.
Edward Ilymas, lawyer and an
its
it
'unclc or Stcrnfcld. who was a tomiur
army officer. told the com: .l in.
close friendship which t\l:l-'rl l)...
tween his nephew and IJH'lit t'. and
expressed the opinion that Sit-rurt-Itl‘s
dcath was not caused by iitt‘ blow lit'
received in the boxing htult.
NEW YORK, March 13. .\ boxing
t-xhibition, staged by (‘olunthia l'ni-
v» i-sitv students, last nizltt. l‘u‘sllIIt .l in
the death of Milton Sternlicld. of A!-
bany, a former l'nitcd States Army
lieutenant and post graduate stttdunt.’
in ho engaged in a sparring match with
;Andrew Lockett. a SOphUlllttl‘t‘, as one
of the events at a “smoker."
The men were mnmbt is of the saute
boxing class and method in the some
dormintory. Lockctt, who has been
detained under a technical charge of
homicide, told the police that his glove
barely glanced oil Sternfcld when the
latter collapsed. Sternfeld died at a
hospital within half‘an hour.
The bout was not a. prearranged af-tan
fair. both men agreeing. after the
“snicker" started. to spar several
rounds, using only light punches.
tit/taut thus
YD NEW LDDAIIDN '
The Palsky Glass shop, known as
the. Nor-walk Glass Company, located
DDNYDY SYSIIN
NDI APPROVED
BY NAYY HEADS
Admiral sag resorted Con-
cerning the Disregard of
Suggestions Made During
the War
FINALLY MET
Several women have been approach-t
they would:
consider mcmborship on the. Board olf
l‘c-'
the Board of'
, to be a bodyt
thrily or power.g
, ,fiercto \vould'
PllDl/lifi ttttt
WITH APPNDYAL
His chommendations Were
Later Adopted by the De-
partment
\\'.-\Slll_\'t‘.T().\'. March 1;.
regard by the Navy Department
his rccotnntcndations with
the adoption of the convoy system
was dcscfilwd with regard to the
adoption of thc convoy system was do.
scribed by Admiral Sims today as “in«
llnitt-ly more serious" in its hearing
(it the war titan other cast-1; oi al
lczetl lnctlicicncy cited in prm oi:
testimony before the Sinate itnesli»
gating cotntnittcc.
Adttlital Sims said that tarly I'l
I'M? lIll' allies were compelled by tho
:ubtnarini-s to adopt the convoy plan
fcr protecting shipping. and tha; on
May l he "titucnlly l'l'l‘lllllIIH‘IHI'WI”
that, tho l'nitml Slates givt- its c
cration. but it was not until
that St-crt-tary Danicls replied Il"
considercd Antcrican \tsscls ltatin':
:trmctl guards worn sari-r whcn sailinr!
indepcndcttlly.
of
regard t o
0 (III
.lttnc '_"=
Continued on Page Five.
SElllDUS SflfllllAfiE
0f snout taunts
\\'.\.\‘IIINGTON. March 12. Tho
.‘Ullltll‘y is faced with a serious short
ace of scilool teachers. chictly IIII‘OII‘YI
tailntc to provide adequate salar’»
‘accottlittg to rcports to the l ttind
:Matcs Bureau of Education. (‘on 2:
tions are becoming slightly I)l*llt~ .
bout-yer. the report states, In >(lill‘
scctions. compared with ”1050 of last
Uctobcr, “hen the National Education-
al Association conductcd an
into the situation.
Ilascd on returns from State school
officials. the reports show that on limb.
1:: last, there were 18,279 schools clos-
cd because of lack of teachers and ll,-
{nto being taught by tcachcts charact-
crizcd as "below standard, but takcn
in the emergency."
Greater shortages are shown to cxist.’
in Southern States.
Responding to a questionnaire, scnt .
Educa-i
tion, a great majority of the States inl
“hich State schools are closed. report 1
out by the l‘ontmissioncr of
that children are being transferred
to other districts, whilv the remainder
report. pupils losing: tht- uradc. To
another qurstion as to what cxtcnt tax~
payers are interesting tltcmselves in
paying better salarics tor teachers. tbc
response was altno:t unanimous for an
increasc.
Sularit's paid teachers in 1918. size
tistics show, were on an average
your. tor clcmcntary teachers and $1,-
tt'11 tor those it‘:‘.(‘hlh.2 in High schools.
From salary schctlttlcs collected from
-v.trinus States. giving salaries receiv-
lhrc . .
counties in caclt State, it is shown that.
“nuts paid rural teachers tell far I)e-'
ed by individual teachers in
iow tno foregoing ELVI‘I'HSIU in many
States. many localities showing salar-
ics paid as low as $130 and $200 a
'_\'c:l.‘.
In 1910 State. county, city and prl~
vatc Normal schools. representing six-
ty D'i ccnt. of the total Normal
schools in the country, there were 11,-
5H3 tcwel' students enrolled Nov. 1.
1919. than during: the tire-war period.
A similar falling off is shown in teach-t
cr-training departments in colleges,
while‘ other dcpartmcnts Show great
increases in enrollment.
A. 0. Neale, of the bureau's division
of rural education, said today there is
increasing withdrawal of men
teachers from the profesmon. the per-
centage of male teachers in 1918 being
only 17 per cent, or one in every SIX.
PLAN ANNUAL BALL
Elaborate plans are rapidly ma-
terializing for the annual ball to be
for many years on Washington street. "held in the Armory. April 5. under
has removed to new quarters, in 45
Railroad avenue. The new plant will
be ready for occupancy on Monday.
March 15.
FORMER SOLDIER SHOT.
MONTGOMERY, Ant, March 12.-
Wilbur Smith, a negro and tamer sol-
dier, was shot to death by six masked
his
or on a. charge of omega,
the auspices of VVIlliam hIcKinley
'Camp, Number 9, United Spanish “'ar
Veterans. The committee is trying
hard to get the famous collection of
flags owned by Lieutenant Telt‘alr
Hinton, U. S. N., that the hall might
be appropriately decorated.
In the Amory, on the evening or
March 25, William HeKinley Camp tion. as the agent of the government
will observe outlast Whom actions It law, was In
men near LeGrand. last night. after tamer night. An intern-flappin- muty and Winn
Vargestbyi-Frunk Roblnmmamm- gm” . . ”mm . _ ' . ~”
and the Ladies Auxiliary
‘ control
ptsrc- ‘
Lleyimr, (urinals of
Company. of New York. have decidi-dl
probably on'
inquiry
o f
$10,000
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., March 12.-~—
One hundred and twentyfive coal op-
;crators or miners of Indiana. Illinois.
.()hio and \Vestern Pennsylvania to-
!day are facing arrest as the result of
an indictment returned yesterday at-
ternoon by a special federal grand
jury here charging them with con-
spiracy in violation of the Lever i‘ucl
act and the federal criminal
code.
.\'o names of those indicted have
been ntadc public and their identities
will not bo- known until capaises arc.
served on them. However. is
known that more titan half or lht
number are operators, and that many
of the alleged violations of the federal
statulcs ante-(lain tltc strike of hitimu
nous miners which bt‘Ouglu about the
investigation by the grand jury. The
H
grand jury has boo-n in session al‘
most continuously since December 17.
Iftlf‘. and it is said examined morc'
than .‘ltlo “p np>s¢vs'
NEW [mum HAT
EDNEfiflTlAllNfi
attitudinal
Through the cntcrprisw of Ill" local
unions of the I'll-ted Ilattcts of North
‘Allll’l‘ll‘l. a new hat factory will be lo-
cated in Norwalk.
. After considerable preliminary par~
the Ferret-tract
to opt-n a factory here.
llavilantl .‘tl‘cel. negotiations having
. litady Lccn started for a building' on
tin-t street.
The m w firm will employ only unv
i .n hclp. it is stated. They have been
.H’ll\'l‘I_\' engaacd in the
of II'IIS for 1‘: years, and have a sub-
':'?‘.ll:li and enviable standing in the
battina \\orld.
At the start it is: expected that about
37. cnion men and 15 union women will
ht- cniploycd in the new factory.
,SIEAMER BALADAIJ
PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. March
lloattl. was totally destroyed by fire.
lierc. tally today. The cargo of the
sli‘p had been previously discharged
and shc was awaiting orders from tho
owners. owing to the ship havin:
urcttndt-d otl‘ IIIt' \‘cneuclan coast and
bring in nccd of repairs. The captain
ot' the Ilttlabac said the fire originated
in the bunkers. and despite help tcn~
tiered by the British cruiser Calcutta.
she burncd to the water's c ge after
she had been towed to shallow water.
There was no loss of life.
The Balabac was a wooden ship of
2.551 gross tons. built at Madisonville.
La. in 1917. She was operated by
Lykes Brothers. in the MexicchVest
indies trade.
l
l
{WITNESS ORDERED
- BACK TO BED
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich” March 1:2.
:King. Newberry campaign
I
i
l
l
‘——Pau1
manager, made a vain attempt to rc-g
.sume testimony in the Newberry elec-
tions conspiracy trial today. Surfer-
ing from efl'ects of a nervous collapse
incurred last Tuesday. King was ex-
hausted after five minutcs'
Itorial campaign.
Eed while two physicians
.King attended him. Then the doctors
lordered him back to bed.
'Sprinufield. Mass.
manufacture ’
'Wmmvuuttm. 4
12. —-Thc American steamship Balabac.’
owned by the I'nited States Shipping
'testcd notes.
,who
fcharg of the
gturnablc to
lPleas the first Tuesday in April.
'3‘ At the factory. this
LCONSPIRACY CHARGED IN _
ILDERAL INDIDINENI 0ft 0 '.
125 MINERS AND OWNERS-s!
Connvance to Enhance Prices Specified—Special Grand
Jury Investigating Coal Industry Claims Violation
of Lever Fuel Control Act and Federal Criminal Code
—.*U. S. District Judge Anderson Fixes
Bond at
Bond for those indicted was axed
by U. S. District Judge A. B. And»
son at 310.000 in some cases and $5.-
000 in others. __ .r- ti
Penalty on conviction on the
charges. either of violation of the Dev-
t-r law or that part or the criminal
code under which the indictment WI-
broughtconspiracy to commit all “-
t’ensc against the l'nitod States—pro- -
vides for a fine of not more than $10.-
000. imprisonment for not more that
two years. or both.
The investigation which resulted in
the indictment returned yesterday
was ordercd by Judge Anderson on
December 4 following an information
against members of tho l'nited t‘ork-
crs of America. alleged to have been
instrumental in bringing about the
miners‘ strike. This information
charged grass \iolation of the Lever
act. and Judzc Anderson instructing
(Continued on Page Twelve).
Miss tilts wms
flllSl PRIZE IN
titanium
Miss May Jones. ('ourtlandt place, 0.
student in the Franklin Junior High
.school. is announccd as the writer of
lthe best essay. submitted by Norwalk
school children, in the Vl'ar Depart-
s recruiting esfly contact ‘ ‘
Corporal George 1'. Parks, of. the
(‘ity Hall Recruiting Statlun, has for-
warded Miss Jones’ essay to the Con-
necticut Recruiting headquarters, It
It will be sent to
“'ashington for consideration in the
aWarding of national prizcs.‘
Sixteen essays of merit were con-
sidered by the local committee. The
first priZc will bc awarded to Miss
Jones. and several other piizcs will go
to other pupils. whose names are lobe
announced later.
The judges are: Miss Dotha Stone
l‘inneo, librarian of the Norwalk Li-
brary: Judge Joseph R. Taylor, Attor-
ncy Jesse T. Dunbar and Albert E.
“'inchcslcr.
Local newspapers will
prize-winning essays later.
print the
SUSPENDS wntttt ‘
WHINAITAEHEII
As a r-sult of an attachment for
soon made azainst the Victoria “'ater-
proof company. last night the flrm‘s
factory in I'nion street suspended
operations this morning.
The action was brought through At-
torneys Tammany & Connery by Z.
Weiss of New York city over pro-
Attachment. was made
by Deputy Sheriff Edward B. Doulens.
appointed an agent to mix.
plant. Thv_ case 18 re-
the (‘ourt of Common
noon, it was
stated that bond had been obtained.
"and it was expected work would b.
;resumcd this afternoon.
—-—————_..___
SAVING MONEY ON MEAT.
‘ “'ASIIIXGTON, March 12,—ThI
.ch kot March :22 was set by the Do-
!partment of Justice today as the first
l;“save money on meat" week.
effort to [price commissioners in many
recollect happenings of the 1918 sena- . have been holding conferences
Court was suspend. lrctall meat dealers, as a
and Mrs. which the cheaper cuts of meat will
Fair
States
with,
result of
be stocked to meet the expected do-
, mand.
After forty-five minutes” conferencel‘ Harvard FIRE. Assistant Attorney-
lbetween
;chambers,
ltil tomorrow morning. Whether King
attorneys in
the judge‘s ,General, in charge of the price redue.
be c ‘ (1 ed un.ttion campaign, pointed out. that t.“
I also was a journ 'nation consumed an average of 58.000,
will again attempt to testify Or thet000 pounds of meat daily, and that 1‘
lgovernment waive his cross-examina-‘l buying the less expensive cuts
tion and proceed in rebuttal was not:
determined.
l PUBLIC CAN
, WASHINGTON, March l2.—Presi—
dent Wilson by reclamation today
designated W’alker D. Hines, director-
seneral of the Railroad Adminlutra-
lRepubllcans of New York 8W
the
consumer is aiding in the campaign, I.
well as receiving an immediate hen.-
til.
I
l SCHOOL FOR REPUBLICAN
. SUE HINEsi
_ WOMEN. V. .
NEW YORK, March 11—May.» 2 2 "‘3!
ment of a campaign school for m .
ii immunitr‘ m
o
Anode todayJiy Mn. Arthur L. U709
Norwalk Chronicler