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v,’ YORK. ~ April 24.—Hopes of
ilroad workers in ‘the New
Jersey district to regain"
‘weir jobs with the seniority ratings
“by; iron) them by the railroad man~
.gera centered today on a conference
I J,.;—se_\‘ City of strike leaders wtth
mamas of several New Jersey cities
who will be asked to intercede for the
striking ra
York-MW
men.
Determination to seek the aid of
the Jersey mayors was reached by the
strikers. yesterday after the rail-
rm” managers‘ association of New
1;. 1. had twice turned down requests
{03- --escinding of the ultimatum un-
as: which strikers who failed to re-
ptl‘; fly last Sunday lost their senior-
iii“-
.‘. =1ll‘08d officials indicated today
ii: would ignore any overtures
. on behalf of the strikers by the
J» .1 --y mayors, asserting that the
."l‘S could return only as new em-
, 5. Places of many or the strik-
. *llready have been filled, it was
rted, and traffic was declared to
fast returning to normal.
ASHINGTUX, April 24.-—\Val‘ning
-l further (it-lays in settling the.
. d~~mands of the two million l‘ail<‘
: clu'ltt'l's of the country, Timothy
, \lzwzulvsilivilt of the Brother-
‘ ., or lm'wlxmzive Firemen. mid the
|.;ll'lll' Board today that the
11.1 up on promises, and
; lili;"l:lt'(l (‘l’ “Willy-Q."
on pl't‘St llll'll tho dolllalltls 0f
, llll'll and lil>>li(£l'n' for a basic
2 , .\ ..; sun :. day Willi (moir-
, in.’ still, n spoils‘lbllll)’, experi—
.ll‘li llu- in lllc cost of
slow ”1" lll‘lllilnllS Were first
w'. (i l;;>l .luma He told tllt- board
ll-ssml~~ tube learned from
,._ l, («ml and railroad strikes was
mu vill not werk when they
. :lve decently on the. wages they
\l'lie-n he urged the slrikinc
" ., i men in the Eastern terminals
.mn to work. Shea said their al-
univcrsal justincation for stlill-
that till-y and their {amino-.4
rfill‘VlllL'. at Work and thcy
. just it: null alal'l't‘ no: uork
”gall
. Tl “um:
.lul‘
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- it...qu
l
w-
u: tllc conclusion of the recent
= trial conference that it Was fund-
;.l:ll that the “basic wages of all
ayes should be adequate to main-
rhc employe ,and his family in
enable comfort and adequate op-
-:2it,\ for the education of his chil-
’ Mr. Shea said the railroad \vork.
had been patient and they had
patriotic. . ,
. iiitYAGO, April 21i.—-’I‘ho strike of
‘/
cream—yarns“:
EM at th‘i‘so‘fih'm
Office to Second Clans Moll 5n".
fiYPSY PREAEHER .
Willi Ellllfilll IN
WAR WINS BRIDE
NEW YORK, April 24.——Saptoln
Gypsy Pat. Smith, noted evangelist,
and Miss Karin Maria Tjader were
marl- ed here at 4 o‘clock yesterday
aft can at the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian church.
Captain Smith
served during the
war as captain of the Northumber~
land Fusileers. 'Miss Tjader is the
daughter of Mrs. C. Richard Tjader of
New York, and her father was a
noted explorer and writer who came
to this country from SWeden.
Captain Gypsy Pat Smith is 25
years old, and is of historic gypsy
ancestry. born in a tent. He was on
a veSSel in Glasgow, booked to sail
for this country, on August 4. 1914,
when the war being declared, be de-
barked and became one of the Lord
Loyal Scouts. _
In action on the Somme
l9l8, his regiment had 828 men and
28 officers. and only 119 returned
alive. Captain Smith crawled for a
day and a night back to his line with
a smashed left arm and thigh. After
19 months in hospitals he was dis-
charged frm the service. but when the
March (1918) drive began he volun-
teered a second time and as a cap-
in J nl y,
tain of the l-‘orlielll division was in
heavy action at Arnlcnticres. Roubaix
and Lille.
lleforo tho armistice he was strick
on willl pneumonia and on his recov-
ery again embarked for the United
Slates. He preached here in thi-
Metropolitan Temple and delivered
Liberty Loon speeches.
it was wllill- conducting a confer»
euro at Davie-n. Conn. \\’hl'l‘(‘ Miss
’l‘jadcl' has llo-r sunlmer homo, Vik-
ilizshurg, that ho nwl his finance
lanai—nil PARADE
alternations
\llilil, \;.;", “1.» T’ulllcl‘
milliliter girth-ti up his loills in
‘~ lC‘.‘.
l'{ l‘.5
l’ min and pull-hos today to lulu- his
ll'.‘! ..-rivzu.< Dulltll at the high (.051 of
Lou] «lrcssinz.
The (lay of the bi: parade-«thr-
--t-nnor.~.y parade launched half jest-
muly by an organization of dramatic
writers and press agents known as
tho Cheese (‘iubu—found thousands of
earnest citizons ready to line up and
lrudgl- over miles of cobblestones and
asphalt in :1 Warning protest against
protitcerin: ill tiu- necessaril-s of
life. .
Long beforo the hour Sl'l for ”10
parade to move, steady sl reams of
mun, “'Olllt‘n and children were nmv.
toward the starting.r point, (‘olulu—
bus Circle. clad iii any old thing—«and
J i
, thing crews in the district were
1» ~'te.d at work and a daily better-
v:.t of traffic was noted, the mana-
said.
' :z’oughout the central and far Vi’est
z .itions gradually were returning to
13.1.3], reports indicated.
"to strikers definitely ended at
ills of their leaders for a settle-
: when they rejected, yesterday,
the second time within a week, a
n-usal to return to work.
" ASHINGTON. April 2t.-The Hrs
woman PublicityAssot-iation.through
l..- : will railroad employes in tho Cili-
a: district today had developed into
a, ‘ . ish light with the strikers deter-
c’.‘ v-i to stand firm until their de-
y. were granted and the railroad
L.-. :e‘l‘s, continuing to ignore. the
n- who walked out and bending
tir ‘v efforts toward complete restora-
ill.. of freight service. Eighty-three
3» cent. of the normal number of
l‘
,.
president. Hon. Jonathan Bourne.
. 'oday gaVe out. the following stale-
from its \Vashlngion headquart-
railroad strike, tying
‘ . m present
1 out of nearly
in :ansportation in am
.. no large cities of the Eastern half
‘ ° 9w United States, demonstrates the
1' rmusm-ss of the mistake in failing
enact the Anti—Strike Clause of Ull'
. , mall hill. ’l‘llal claust- was asselt-
t' labor leaders to be an attack
lip? . labor unionism. But the present
l .' is not a labor union strike -lt
is -,, w‘rlkf‘ in defiance of labor union—
l: The. Allti<Strike Clause of the
itzoad bill was not an attack upon
' particular class or interest—~11;
.n endeavor to protect the public
are against any and every at-
w‘. to promote selfish interest at
”:H‘l‘ifit‘e of the welfare of all.
“Shel-e is not DOW' and never has
'; a disposition or effort to forbid
‘ nmploye, whether on a railroad or
to quit his employment, at any
for any excuse. The only pur-
—and it was the clearly express
‘ ”lube—of the Anti-Strike Clause
iluilroad bill was to forbid a
,:iracy on the part of either em-
:= or employees—on the part of
um or more person's—t0 interfere
, interstate commerce. If that
’-irvn had been retained in the bill
' was passed through the Senate,
v ould now be a ready and ade—
- means of punishing those who
o grove
. i
N
'3
¢
Egauapwu
was!
‘lldangering the public peace,
4 and safety by conspiring to
. up traffic in the necessities of
l l
'l in question is presented whether
' Ezovormllent is capable of protect-
ciliicns in life, liberty and the
~‘I' of happiness. If. this strike
ruminlle, then the Government
(-lilly fails in the first and most
vlam of its duties. T 8 are
l on ”W statute books SO of the
w’inle measures under which the
:ilrnent was given extraordinary
z: This nation is, in fact. at
. and though technically still at
p hm-ause of the stubborn opposi-
I’W“ "r the President to the mflflw
(Continued on Page Three}; --
~5Mtoadnol.
- tb-
llw older the holler~zlnd taking up
their posilions for the march. ill col-
unms or four.
livery class was represented. _Tllc
well-lo-do business man marched
shoulder to shoulder with the “while
collar boy" of static salary envelope.
High school boys and girls. municipal
employee. humble citizens of the low-
('1’ east side, and a '(‘lllllesc lit-lega-
tion from Mott. street had places in
the linewnot to mention scores of
theatrical stars of both sexes and all
magnitudes, sundry elephants. goats
and other livestock. brass bands and
vaudeville comedians, out to con.
tribute a little “jazz" to the occasion.
The power behind the overalls and
patches movement in New York was
strikingly emphasized along the. line
of march by posters in clothing store
windows inviting the public to come
in and buy at prices from $5 to $20
lower than those that prevailed last
week: posters that employed. among
other phases the line: "Vi'hy “'ear
Overalls?"
More than a score of large stores
have advertised price rellllr-tions'in
the newspapers. and A. \V. Riley.
head of the Department of Justice
“flying squadron." which has been
doing missionary work among dealers
here. predicts that the number will
increase rapidly.
The line of march took the parad-
ers down Eighth avenue from Colum-
bus Circle to West 23d street.
through West 23d to Broadway and
back up Broadway to Columbus Cir-
cle. Although Fifth avenue was bar-
red to the paraders by city officials af-
ter a protest from Fifth avenue mer-
chants, who declared the 'parade
would interfere with business, the
word was passed among the merch-
ants to wander down the avenue sing,
ly or in small groups after the parade,
carrying the protest into the district
where highqprlced clothes are made
and sold. A mass meeting also was
to be held after the parade, at which
the foundation for a permanent or-
ganization of high price opponents
was to be laid.
Cards were passed out to the
marchers pledging them to inventory
their sartorial pdssesions and plan
their use so that only a minimum of
new garments would have to be
bought in 1920.
email: To ""
4 manna
mum mm: or the WI!
I.
€l‘.
one of the principal
slat lied
walking
.
./
coin pawns,
“infill “Hill” '
lllJllllNllflilS 4
An old and familiar landmark in
this vicinity. known as Bod Hon-0,01-
the Ferris Farm. on the Old Farm
road in Tokeneke, built in 1783, to to
be sold soon.
With an ever increasing demand
for the old time farmhouse. seldom in
an opportunity given to obtain no oil-
archltecture (both in the exterior and
interior” with its superb old ol-l
overhanging the house and retaining
all of the charm of its original letting.
A veritable picture it makes a one
turns from the Tokoneke into the Old
Farm road, approaching in either di-
rection.
It is said to be the third oldest
house in what was formerly Romy-
ton Manor: the front of the house
showing many Revolutionary bullet
holes, while‘the leaden eagle. with
outstretched wings in the nrchbd
glass o‘er the quaint old . doorway,
bears mute evidence of the American
spirit of the original owner.
Its present owner, Miss M. A.
Lewis, an interior decorator of New
York. has been .its possessor for the
past ten years. She has retained the
original exterior as far as possible
and furnished the interior very con-
sistently commensurate with comfort.
Because of the removal of the family
to their ranch in-the Escondido Val-
ley of Southern California in the near
future, Miss Lewis is
house. fully furnished,
companyinp, two acres.
The llou‘n‘t- was at one time owned
by our fellow lownsznan. Franklin
Lynch. but it l-vidently not the name
of Ferris Farm from its plevious own-
the late Samuel H. Ferris, who
died a few ,vE’llrs no at an advanced
Sell the
its ac—
to
with
age in South Norwalk.
A rare find is this house for the
seeker after good old American archi~
lecture.
PERBHEII HllllllS
0N argue wnlls
MOBILE, Ala., April 2l.-—After
having defied the police for hours.
form-d the cutting off of electric pow<
or and causcd the diruplion of street
car service and lralllc generally at
wntown busi-
a man ’ho last night
hundreds of pedestrians by
and swinging monkeyvlike
amid the overhead electric light and
telephone wires still was perched
early today on his lofty seat midway
two poles. .
All efforts to entice him down had
failed. and any result to forcible per-
HGSS CCHlPl‘S.
suasion was precluded by danger of
injury both to the pseudo acrobat and
his would be rescuers. The police ex-
pressed the belief that the. man had
become crazed either from drugs or
bootleg whiskey. known locally as
“squirrel" liquor. and that after the
effects wore oil’ the wire walker'would
voluntarily return to earth.
In the meantime the object of the
blue coats' wrath appeared uncon'
corned at the furore he had created
and remaining stretched across the
Wll'eS, occasionally relieving the mo
notony of the situation with a cigar-
clte. The police; after it was appac
eat their efforts to take the man
down would be futile, had the current
shut off to prevent a possible electri-
,cution. adopted a policy of watchful
waiting and contented themselves
With keeping traffic moving?
.lllllNSllllllllll _
~ BY MW“
llUTTE, Mont., April 23.—-—Senator
Hiram W. Johnson, of California, had
a wide margin over his opponents for
the Republican presidential nomlmr
tion in Montana's primary, held yester-
day, according to widely scattered un-
omcial returns available to newspa~
pers tabulating the vote early today.
Nearly 200 precincts of the total of
1,500, gave Johnson 6,238 votes; Ma-
jor-General Leonard Wood, 1,604; Ben-
bert Hoover, 1,259: Governor Frank O.
Lowren, of Illinois, 1,239, and Senator
Warren G. Harding fewer than 500.
In the absence of Democratic candl~
dates for president, votes were writ«
ten in for William G. McAdoo, Prom.
dent Wilson, Eugene V. Debs, Herbert
Hoover, Governor Edwards, William J.
Bryan and others. Little attention
was paid to the Democratic vote in the
tabulations.
Returns for delegates to the Nation-
al conventions came in so slowly that
political observers sold it would be a
week before the outcome of those
contests would known definitely. ‘
Train Service, With
. Was CurtalledBy
smile moored
According to an announcement by
the New York. New Haven & Hart-
Compony last night.
AN animal:
cellent an' example of that form of W
,EquaJ Pi and
The
tbooondltloult
o
no..- ,
3! (W
dimly. in on
'm
when the
doled out in small lots to
need coal for content use.
trachea. < . ,
"Pena must be prom: luck to .11
Europe and all more given hock to
work," Signor Nlttl declared. "We
must make peace at once and. every-
where, or are are fate! to the direct
catastrophes. There is any one
means to attain this result—conquer-
ed and conquerors must be made one.
"‘I understand such a prospect can
scarcely please France. I have wel-
comed Renner (Dr. Karl Renner, the
Austrian Chancellor) to, Rome as a
friend, and Italy is helping Austria no
that she shall not die of hunger. Par-
allel action must be taken with regard,
to Germany. Germany must be given
the possibility of working and living
so that she can execute her engage-
ments. if not, Ge y is certain to
succumb to Bolshevism or militarism
“You tell me Franco doubts Gel"
many's pacific feelings. I understand
such an apprehension. That is why I
am in agreement with you on the no- in .
cessily for her disarmament. It has day states
been said that I am a partisan, of re-
vision of the treaty. but I assure you
that this is false. it has been pre-
tended also that ltaly was bound to
the Central Empires by a Secret agree;.
ment. That is a ridiculous invention.‘
PRANBHISE lulu
Will llEllli Altlllllll
Ill wright Wllllli
At the meeting of the Norwalk
lisc. League on Monday,
at the South bor-
porta has increased
extent this week.
More Walkouts
\
W‘A’TERBURY, A pril 24
cal plants increased the
striking braSS
facturers claim that the
partments, is greater tha
ber actually on strike.
that protecti
and the factory gains will
all who desire to return.
The strike committee
England “'orkers' Associa
lemoou or early Monday:
for a 44-hour week and
wage of 75 cents an hour.
committees.
Thus far there has been
during the strike are half
terday afternoon.
ton. president '
Woman Suffrage Association and new-
ly elected Regional be for ZN'ew
England of the League 0 ’omen Vot-
ers. will speak on Wit has been
doing recently at headquarters and ot
the campaign immediately ahead. The
Norwalk Imague invites the women
of neighboring towns and all wno
wish to improve this great opportu-
nity. bliss Ludington will speak nt
3:30 and the business meeting will be
held afterwards. .
Contributors to the Educational
Fund who have not received a card
to this meeting and who wish to be
listed as members of the league and
receive the league notices, kindly give
closed here and there and
laborers who are
other departments
the offices.
and
SAN REMO, April 24.——
tee. ‘
TlillllPS CllNllNlJE
l0 REACHBUTI‘E
BUTTE, Mont, April 24.——With an
increased but still small number of
men retuming to work at Butte's cop-
per mines. the situation created
through the strike called by Metal
Mine. ’Workcrs' linion. No. 800, of the
l. \‘l'. “'2, showed little change hero
:odayx A number of troops arrived
yesterday from Camp Lewis and Fort
Ge ge “'right. Soon thereafter the
mglors of possible violence, which had
been in circulation, died away. The
troops here comprise several compan.
ice, but their exact number has not
been announced.
No change had been reported in the
condition of any of the 16 men injun-
ed in Wednesday's clash between
picketing strikers and peace officers.
NEW lllllll SENATE
W75 BEER v
the Supreme Council
many.
DUBLIN Apr“
charged with lh
“My at Lorry,
September. was
e murder
pressing 8. r0 '
dict, A pp val of the
followed the nation
, c
coucrt's action. a
ounty Tl
der marti ppernry was
and fairs were forbidd
, en
sequence or this murder.
WASHING”
Hines, N! Apr“
Ill-'8 been accep
ALBANY, April 24.—The New York
Senate early today placed its approval
on 2.75 per cent. beer. By a vote of 27
to 23, Minortiy Leader James J. Walk.
er’s bill designed to legalize the mu.
factnro and sale of such beverage was
passed and sent totho Aloe-ably for
concurrence.
Three minutes later the Anti-Saloon
'o enforcement bill. a. measure oi
patterned after the Volsteod federal
prohibition enforcement act, failed of
passage. 21 to 29.
The bill of Senator Kannoth 1". Both
erland, Democrat. of Kingl. to
four per cent. beer and. 13 per cont.
wine Mod of passage :3 to 28.
United States '
Recognizes
Much work
of the railroad
main after H
to Mr. ny 15’ m
“ ll llEllVElllEi'
lliE llllll null
Whom-stomwhlcl ao-i
pound in the Now York Times. this
awning, ll of local interest, Ill-much
doocribosoroolmb
tonnage
tmublootortodhuhadtobo
of bituminous cool through
to only
Independent tugs
brin‘ up a. few boots occasionally. but
it is an uncertain and costly servicg."
______________.__....—
In _Waterbury
.——Small ad—
ditional walkouts today at several lo-
mill employee.
those who are out through fear of in-
timidation. with thOse who are oblig‘
ed to stay out by the closing of de~
ent made by the manufacturers to-
guaraniced to tlmsc who wish to work
of tho
pleting demands which probably will
go to the manufacturers late this of
~ These de-.
wands. are the same as those of the
Federation of Labor strikers.
lion they call for recognition of shop
in the strike and assisting the local
police in preventing the sale of liquor
forcement cents and federal officers.
Liquor was found and sailed at two
oo-called restaurants raided late yes-
None of the facto-
partments the work of the unskilled
out on
being donev by skilled laborers from
AflllEEMENTllEAlHI-le
llN PEACE mam
' sociated Press).—A complete
their names to Mrs. Henry Gregory. ment with respect to the attitude the
chairman of the membership commit- allies shall adopt toward Germany in
connection with the carrying out of
the peace treaty has been reached by
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Millerand, it was stated here todav.
The American members of there-
fafigury, the British member,
one commission on S
Bradbury, the British megaherfraiglil:
ed here today to give information to
_ respectln th
possibilities of coal deliveries bi Ge:-
MaddW'
0n Murder Charge
gl—John
In Tipperary.
acqu tied
here today, the Lord Chief J
remarkable demonstration
ment of the
all law for several months.
there in con-
‘ M
Railroad Dimetor _
Hines Resigns
34.—Wall:
moan”, . ”r .
roads, has resigned and his room I
effective May fad by “'9“th Wilson the former Premier,
in liquidating the
“minim
Cloudy,probobly flowers loco tonight
-—.——
llllSEllVE lll'lll
, Milli“
Celebrated Lecturer, Henry
'3. Rose, D. 1).,1» Lecture
on “If,” in Honor
T“
:5
”ext Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, at
the South Norwalk congregational
church. the public may listen to a rare
trout in the lecture "If," by Henry R.
Rose. This lectune, free to the public,
is given by the Norwalk Union of the
King‘s Daughters and 08mm, to com-
memorate the tenth anniversary of the
beginning of the Home for the Aged.
The boots and hostesses will be:
It. and Mrs. Harvey M. Kent, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard H. Golden, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. E. Hoyt, Mr. and Mn. David W.
Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Christian
Swat-t2, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rood-
ner, Charles F. Triatnm, Hema- C.
Drake, A. Nettleton Paddock, Michael
J. Riordan, Frank 1. Jones, James Elle,
Herbert Gorham, Milton Elwood, Fred.
erick Ella. LeRoy Montomery, Louis
S. Beers. Frederick W. Brack, Judge
Joseph R. Taylor, George E. Thompo
son, Herbert 0. Pollard, John Allen,
A. J. Collins. E. O. Keeler, Jay Buck
ley, James Donnelly, Frank Lauder,
Jesse T. Dunbar, D. “’arren Fitch,
George “'helpley. John Sherman,
Judge Nehemiah Candce. C. Irving By-
ingtpn and Samuel J. M'atkins: Mrs.
Henry Coieburn, Mrs. James W. Stor-
ey. Mrs. ll. W. Gregory, Miss Ada
Belts, Mrs. Charles Church, Mrs. M. J.
Howard. Mrs. \V, J. Tracey. Miss Su-
san Olmslcad, Mrs. G. \Vallcl‘ Aikcn,
Mrs. John H. Knapp. Mrs, Samuel XV.
Hoyt, Jr, Mrs. Jame..- Hall. Mrs. L. S.
l‘x‘aring, Mrs. John H. (lamp. Mrs.
Thomas Murray Mrs. F. “Y W'obd-
ward, Mrs. i. ll. Scofield. Mrs. D. 1‘.
\‘an Don-n, Miss llcnrictta \Vi’, Mrs.
W
on hand
people who
Movement
number of
Manu-
number of
n the num-,
Announce l
on will be
be open to
New
lion is com-
(Continued on Page Eight).
AMEElCAN SHIPS
STEAM T0 MEXICfl
calling
a minimum
but in addi-
no violence
“'ASRTNG'I‘ON. April 24.——W’hllo
a dozen en- American cruisers were sailing to
ward rebel-menaced ports in Mexico
today, there was lacking continua-
tion of any altered attitude of the
United States onemment. Officials
April 26th. at 3:30 ries ha: been obll ' the 5““ d W " Depumenm
. 1 ' . ,, ged to shut down 0 e an a
walk Library. Mtg} degargbidetgizgt in full as- yet. Departments. are continued to watch developments In
the new Mexican situation with an-
parent oquanlmitv and unofficially It
was declared any move by the. United
States was improbable unless made
necessary by the menacing of Amer-
ican lives or interests.
The despatch of war cl‘afl.to Mazat-
lan, Topolopambo and Frntcra was
taken to mean nothing more than ;
guarantée as far as possible of Amor-
icans' safety. It. was not believed
the commander of th0se vessels
would be ordered to go further than to
afford refuge to such Americans as
chose -to go aboard. At Mazatlan
the number of persons was reported
to be no further than 81. a smaller
number was at Topolopamloo.
The number of States which the
Sonora representatives here clnlll
have joined in the movement is seven
with a steadily growing list of bands
of federal troops scattered through
the states yet controlled by Carl-Inu-
is that of the federal
Home. Nuevo Leon,
line between Montemy
AfillAlllliS [IN “
lllE SUSllUEllANNA
TRIEST. April 23 (Associated
Press l .-—Bolsllevik agitators and
other undesirables deported from .tho
nited States were on board the Am-
erican steamer Susquehana, whlb
Went ashore near Pola early thin
week. They arrived here today with
other passengers of the ship. who
were transferred to the “and“, h
gentine after the Suauudnnno had
stranded. Most of the pooplo on
board the steamer were Hungarian:
and J ugoslavs returning to their form-
er homes from America.
The quuehana was not seriously
damaged. .
Joseph Caillaux ,
Has Been Set Free
in some de-
strlke is
clerks from
(By the As-
agree.
on the
ar~
and Tampico.
Madden
01' Sergeant
last
in court
ustlce ex-
lury's ver-
placed — un-
Won ' PARIS. April 24.—JOIOPh Com-u.
who, on Thu.-
du. was convicted by the high court
affairs of commerce and cormpondonooviui
tlon will re- the enemy, has been not free. no or
ofthe,
commander at £1
mo.
Thedepotloo, mule!
mm from the Federal
Mexico City; Adm VI“
pal, Chihuahua, and nano-
fxom the State of Vern Ora,
reson'o night.
eral, a presidential-candidate, w.
danger of execution and they, with“
five others, feared a like fun wt. fl
became known they sympotblnod will
the Sonora revolutionary move-0"
The five others. they said, have I“ i
been heard from. -
Obreon refused to desert the can.
he had espoused, the Congress-II
said, and demanded an “even ell-loo"
with Ignacio Bouillon and General Pr
bio Gonzales in the Mexican doom
which, he declared, he was not read“
ing from the Carranza administration.
The deputies say Obregon lenmedd
the plan to arrest him, and
lo flee from the capital. Then it
found himself followed, night and day,
by a cordon of motor cycle police“
The eight sympathetic Co
visited Obregon in automobiles, u
later all began driving‘ around,
three here said. The motor cycle )0-
lice followed, and then two of the ol-
tomobiles crashed together by dealt-o
General Obregon, they said, taking ad»
vantage of the crowd Which oollectd.
entered a home where arrangement.
had been made to .ceive him, leovh‘
by a rear door and escaping in tooth.
or automobile. Three days later lb...
eight deputies tell compelled to M.
The three deputies here were me.-
bers of the finance committee of III.
Chamber of Deputies.
Among the charges they mad.
against the Carranza administration
was one that Luis Cabrera, Mexican
Minister of Finance, had used out;
money team the candidacy of Bonfi-
Elli. llllllSES till ‘
BACK ill TllE illlll
CLINTON, Mass, April 24.-—~ “Betty"
and "Billy" have gone back to tho
farm, and Clinton's fire depart”
has returned to its motorised elm
cy. An upstanding pair of brow-o, tit
horses were the pride of the Ire-fig»
era until they became the cause 0!
their disgrace. -
Sleek and fat from a farm in an ud-
joining town, they wne obtained to
pull the towll's old fire engine. whilo
the new motor apparatus was beta:
repaired. The browns swept out at
the engine houlse to the first fire in a
manner to make old firemen
with happy reminiscence of the hon-'0'
drawn days. Then cube 9. II
arm.
Back on the farm, “Betty" and “38-
ly” hn‘d been accustomed not to out
from sundown to sunrise. and no in
of fire gong or urging by It.-
mcn would move them to new no
alarm. All the fire department's up!»
second aids to a flying start were
on the browns. They re
budge, the firemen had to go to tho
blue with chemical lines, and tho
town folks laughed.
The fireman vnvvr-d the. thing would
.
i
o
two hourl yesterday.
were
not moon again and thc'homee
put through a still tralnl‘ng. The,
' Al to the day fires wi
to: fire chew "oped they understood.-
But another night alarm came, and
again “Betty" and ‘Billy" would not
move; once more the fireman .
bone in hand. and min lb.
gx’mw at their discoln’flm
The next dly "Betty ' and 'lB-illy‘ went
back to the farm.
(dot of $27,500
Ve 1 In Stamford Coo.
vrl a doiiberation of nearly
Folio n: n in :1 t:
or Court return
Judge Baa-3:1 1. Curtis a verd’ld. ‘
827.500 in hvor of Hillard M. om
pie in his $50,000 damage can:
against the Stamford Gnu & mold.
Co. Gillespie, an executor of tho D
tote of Wk R. Gillespie, and .
mfortbe loss yin-eat 1;.-
building: not by the otemido I“
in Stamford. it: was the amt
“muo- mm building. on
destroyed on Dubber all, 1918, n, ‘
mmwmea‘lna plied“
on tho dole-Aura property.
May Build ‘More
Apartment Ila-III
Civil
th spirit, M‘
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