mile—[Luann 1370., '
”mcmlfi initial-mi * ‘ . ‘ _ 7 m m
TIIIIII CHARGED
~ IN IIIIIIIItIts
III In it °
, ’itli Wood 486 Ahead John-
son Aids Say He’s Counted
Out in Camden, Essex,
Morris . . = i, r
PARTY CflNTllflt
~71rflifi,
G urven’s Wood Plans
.1,“ counties.
lllt
twin \
‘1'? {II he in (louht.
% lI._‘ _TIITIIi‘llil_ SHITIWL
41‘s 1 till Page Twelve.
w cutouts
l Euro TliEill
..I ‘illtttlvlli lll‘iltlllllllilt't‘b'
.w l'ltti'n Ull lllv' (ll‘ll‘flillillil
.. .fIIh-«l for ill" first night.
(Continued on Page Twelve).
TAMI EXECUTEll TN
'l‘oizilcd 128.000
'I ', 'I
1. tr},
St lllf‘ll island Lines
l
numunced today.
~»,‘ m
.. .tra- Commissioner Nixon
ll. 3. TROOPS
;,I"IIIIIIIIII_I_I;_II_I:III9IIII
, ‘Protect El
Paso From Stray Bullets
From the Mexican Side
Plans ,Made‘r
BHIHUAHUAEITY‘
umuwu
President Carranza’s Steel
,ng Has Been Broken
Will IIIIIII ISSUE
Edge is Stronger and Stokes
Weaker—Verdun Defeats
EL PASO, Test, April 29.-Ameri~
can troops: today awaited the first sivn
of a. rumored revolt in the Mexican
Lily of Juarez, opposite here, which
might threaten El Paso.
’Troops placed near the border last
night. and ammunition was issued to
them and to local police, who estab.
lished a cordon beyond which no civilr
-1nn was permitted to pass toward the
The measures: were
this city from
from the Mexican side.
In Juarez loyal
3. j\\' YORK, April 29.—~VVi'th Major~
;~..I I» murd Wood leading Sena‘
iv' {1.14m \l'. lohnson, of California.
l 11‘} :. few hundred votes in the
\. -. I. all preferential presidential
t‘“ , _. Inltll.‘i:il'.~‘ campaign manager
H, .‘,'!‘I_tl Mutiny that a recount Will
i». . . HI l-Jarx, Moiris. Gloucester
7.I. .\'\\(‘(‘ll_ heading the Jolm‘
Iimtn tort-rs. announced that
I-_ . l.."l'lll, t'ornIvI-ly corporation
.‘x'mxntl‘x had been retained
I on Mr :I recount with air
in the districts in which
n tum->- considered their
(l. l-Jncolmr and (‘01. August-
the Juarez garrison, had
uplit ow-r the revolt question were set.
at rest by a joint statement that they
.x .l, \1vril 2ft. ---.\l:tjoiu would remain loyal to Carranza.
.' I. -:I:=-‘-l \Vood early today
..I , lt‘TT-l m. 612 VIITPS 0\'l‘!'
‘.(IltI \\‘ Johnson, of (Julil'orm
I > :u'o-t'ett-nliul pres
.} r i‘h F-l election (its.
T'l- .Itqr, 'l‘lll' \‘Ult' was:
Continued on Page Twelve.
TilllM M. E. CHURCH
. illii NEW YEAR
.\l1luuuh ill. gtnt'dll I-xprv'sw‘ln in-
- Ihu' Ilw iII:..~in~
,. .:I’ \‘ll‘ TIT'Illllelly will not
it“; ‘}w IIIHI ,;.’.r li'ltlti)‘. as The
',ii~ hi.‘ ‘I‘.';IH‘IT in (Hill‘-
"ltlilt'll lt‘rlS i)“ ll 'Izltxsl’ I'ntislnt'tt i’\
cunernwnls for I‘Itv H
to be even in In-
llllllillt‘t' has ht‘l‘n .tlllt‘ tort-mph lt‘
('nthlLit'illt’lll
lili.ll'l"l lll itlllllllllll to the strung (‘hor
't‘lie tilllli'lt‘l will be mad.- up as Iol
Sill 12—41!- t[. In] ‘
, . bnuvely, contrulxo;
not b“ II.» l't‘llltvt’l'clllf , ,
m-IngItinn, IiIIId- huhlir lam ‘h'. chorus “Imam" “IT“IHH'H)
some as during the pits: your, the lull
and choru> now
Miss \‘l'illn Mil
irr, Miss Mabel Miller,
.
c
. .
.\' 3i.I‘.~:I, lll'lllitll'r Illa? tin~ tou-
‘ I-‘invhtl convention will (time on
t‘» I.,.. IIIII. lll‘..‘lll_\\vtllilt'.*ll1l_\', .\ln_\ ..
i I lwt .Iuw. unlike» llll' lit-pulilii-uu
‘ (Illi‘ul'llllttil. thI- Senutorinl :lll‘l
'll :innul <li>tritl caucuws are “is“ “81““
basses, Harry 1;. Sierlinngnrshull E.
Elton M. Hoyt;
[.t‘ut'll. Hurry \Vatson, .lohn 1.. Allen.
Everybody will be pleased to know
that [he quartet and chorus will he un-
der the Illicction of Miss. “'illa Miller,
with Carlton L'liommetiieu as organ-
Miss Miller is an excellent leader
and is very popular. and Mr, Kilom-
nII-dicu does very acceptable work on
1'.-,Itlmiztt'tcr.~ oi the Democratic “TN’F'T' George
5 »- (‘I-nirnl t‘t‘iiuluiltrt- are to be at
.tottl lizmiv, tlii, fimtl'. instead of
The Tun, ox in 11916. This lilt‘illl.1
:ihlt. tlIt' I'l’Tllt'l' o: mliritiv. will he
'lh‘ft'll .; ... Ilz' Imnwr hotel.
Mills oi tow IomI-iIquI it“. .-Ill|‘lllll'
iutlei lllt' \lil}llt!lll Home. tinny
.timd.
had their usual semi-an-
nual social :Ifl‘uir, last Saturday. after
rehearsal, and fully enjoyed the even-
ing: together, as a fitting climax to a.
year of loyal service. and good fellow-
On this occasion presentations
were made to Charles Gray, who takes
up uork with Grace church, May first,
1:31” to Miss Mabel Miller. who, on sev-
Il'nl occasions,
I'I-ntlcreti extra service on the violin.
IIIII 'thiIIIII
USE [if “tits"
BY IIIIIIIIsIs
WASHINGTON. April 29.——W‘ith re,
serve. supplies of gasoline greatly de-
pleted and with the reserve supply of
crude oil sufficient but for six weeks
government officials-I
measures of controling the supply of
gasoline or limiting the use of motor
vehicles, it was learned today.
The bureau of mines is now engas'
ed in collecting data on the production
and consumption of gasoline as a basis
for recommendations for the conserve.
One remedy which
has Ibeen suggested is the allocation of
available gasoline another plan has
been advanced for under government
supervision and restrictions upon the
use of Motor vehicles in order that a.
sufficient supply of gasoline may be
assured for necessary uses.
Martial Law in
Provmce o
MADRID, April 29.—‘Martial law has
been proclaimed throughout the prov-
ince‘of Oviedeo, according to official
This step was taken
as a precaution against possible (113th
homes On May 1.
Declaration of a. state of siege in
Saragossa is reported, this being made
by the unrest prevalent
general strike
led in the city of Saragossa some
days ago, has spread throughout the
IJIIIIIIIuIIIIIItII
Jim-row Arrests in 1918-1919
r .‘..!.!.‘\' .\l-lll BEL—”Tile MoScow
-’ - ‘tl'i litllll> llit' lu< Illl>lullltlvll7 ol‘
, I.l «It lltl' Extrnnrdinnr)‘ Com-
m hm :.;IpIrIII.»I_l for combating the.
”~i Ivyollltion dining 1918 and
iwriod the commission ar-
1 ' ‘1 l.n.'t"l‘ ltfflrtlllfi, of whom 21.032
1‘? - rm IIw-wtl of counter revolutionary
- I.—_4 Tun?! oI' offences committed
- 'I‘Il‘ mix, 5,2167 of speculation and 9,-
-'~irl't*>rlil;’. anti-governmental
'Iin- persons shot aggregat-
. hsIIIm l‘t'lf'l‘ only to the work are considering
Siuscow and Petrograd coni-
.-.. «. No 2l('(‘(llllll is given of the
rut .xvcutions hy subordinate
' l‘IlllliI‘lrSlHllh. which existed iii
"V 3' pm lure under Soviet control.
tion of gasoline.
Tied Up By Strikers
\l' YORK. April 29.———lMtlinicif\al
‘ . tor. of the trolley and lighting
F I}: of strikebound Staten Island
" ""‘1"“Yttlltr'lldP(l t0 the Board 0t
.- ioII’IOl‘row by Grover A. “Tha-
.. 1 winner of Plants and Struc.
aw; to Mr. Whalen, failure of
I‘m wiziond Light and Railroad
SW l0 maintain trolley service in
‘-* ,3 .. If :1 strike has invalidated its
l , franchise: and its frequent fail-
h
f Oviedeo
3., SHIV-Stile current for lighting
'4; 3h? :Hluted lie lighting franchise. amncement‘
”T“ "Willey men's strike, which be.-
. . .2. still had the lines tied
- . him more than 10.000 oom-
F “We obliged to use municipal
he? ,' or l-lfl’lln trains. A receiver was
““3"“ ml .Vf‘Sterday and an inquiry In.
1.” ‘13“ strike was started by Public
ong miners.
IIIIIIIIiimIIIIIIIIIII '
S’lllUlIll‘iii Allll] IIIII
Seventeenyear-old Isadore utter
son of Jacob E. Cutler, of the0 Men'-
behlnd the car he was struck by_an-
Massachusetts.
Young Cutler suffered a broken hip
was taken to the Norwalk Hospital.
youth was not learned.
mediately went to his bedside in Nor-
l'ntlvl' lllt’Jlll‘t'l‘llUll (‘1' lllt‘ NOI‘Wfllk
practical demonstrations ln'lht' care“
of thr- sirk. ’l‘hv coilrse opensup a
.I-li-iuihi opportunity for practice in
ell-int-ntaxy nursing for any youu: “'0'
men illtt re sit ll. -
autumn
.\li‘.<_ Still) Valentine, licxington ave-
t‘llilrfil’il with stealing a chicken from
the hen liOUso ot‘ Jules Strausberger. a
tourt. yt-Hterdu'y niternoon, testified l
I'll), and she Went to the Strausberg-
:~\‘l. Attorney ll‘reei‘nan Light. took an
appeal, bonds for :1 hearing in the
high court being fixed at $50.
Mrs. Valentine tiec'arod her daugir
lei- brought home the chicken severe.
days ago. 'The hen wandered from
the, Valentine yard into the Straus—
liergcr coop, the says, and she went to
an it, when Mr. Strausberger entered
the coop and found the hen in her pos—
session.
_. A_‘...- ..... A..- u___._...._.—-
Food N ot‘Scarce,
But Sugar Still Is
“'ith resumption of nearly normal
freight service on all railroads. the
danger of :1 food famine in this ci‘v
vanishes. Fresh meats are arriving
regularly from the western packing:
houses. Likewise vegetables and fruits
are, coming here in considerable quan-
Sugar, liou'ever is scarcer than ever
before. The few stores which have a
little stock of that commodity were re-
tailing it yesterday at 27 cents a
pound. with only one pound to each
the situation will grow worse. and that
before the next harvest. is gathered.
sugar may retail for half a dollar a
pound.
No 1...... Placed 0..
”WASHINGTON, April 29.——No limit
has been placed upon the number of
whiskey prescriptions a physician may
lasue to supply legitimate needs. Em-
phatic denial was made today by John
F. Kramer, Federal Prohibition com-
missioner, that any limitation has been
put upon doctors. Contrary reports.
which gave the impremion that the
commissioner scught to restrict per-
mit holder's among doctors. probably
were based upon instructions sent. to
superflsors to check illegal use of pre-
scription blanks, the commissioner
stated. '
Four Wives See‘Husband
Sentenced to Jail
NEW YORK, April 29.—-‘F‘our wives
of James Babcock, 29 years old of New.
ark, ‘N. J., were in the courtroom yes-
terday w Judge Innis D. Gibbs
sentenced to five years in Sing
Sing prison for bigamy. Baboock sel-
ected the month of June for his marri-
ages. testimony showed. His last wife
caused his wrest when she learned 0!
the other _marrlages. Turn of Bab-
cock’a wives came from Veteran. N.
Hatindthecuher WomNewYm-k
chants Fruitand Produce my “(“1“ lathe
86 State street, Bfldgepongpiggglotf W gum (or .
lcal condition at the Nor-walk Haunt W hm at
tel, after being run over by an auto- W
mobile truck, on the Boston Post read, 3181“ when W
near Norwalk, last night. Young one member at «
Ier ,whobe home is at 77 James street "Id 131““ 0" ‘53 “3 “WV ' 1‘
Bridgeport, was returning to that city the United sates. a '
33% 1:3“, :0“: linthan autombfle. members of Frank
go on o ecarto ct. mm mm
the tail light. As he stepped 33... mt Wu“. “a”
m P. W, 1: , 1.,5 ed’ . 'I‘ubsil‘a = lllik‘ morning; arr-nod
I I n “ l“ u (T l T the death of SiX-yr‘llf'old Antonio Apos-
ella. Wood street. who died of injuries
neigltliol, in the Second district City ““‘C'TV‘TG Monday when he was 9ka
Aluminium“
the
, Poll.”
ColonelDamonWtheuad
other machine which was en route to, of ., home M the “my” firm a
tn; city, Doi‘ntlns writing; mat
and internal injuries. He was rushed c use: of neatlom ~ , “ft
to the nearby home of a. physician and 33:32:313‘33 ”with“ :2
‘ , ' .
"The accident occurred about 9:15 ”‘d' 1'” always mm with
oclock last night. The name of the financial problems. the men out wo-
driver of the truck which struck the :‘pzzgogggfidflo? 35?“?131? to
. Cutler‘s father was notified of the street corners begging for penal
accident by telephone, and, with the nickels and dimes, to "carry on" their
boy‘s mother, sister and brother, lm- cause of mercy. ..
The speaker pointed but the good
walk. work the Army has always done among
the needy and spoke of the great part
they took in the welfare, work among
REIT [IllllSS STARTS m... .. .. .. ....,
the soldiers during the rment war in
the Army had obtained positions for
' 17.000 men. it costing the Army 3350.
000 to properly clothe and feed the IBeach and Dorlon's ‘Point. The very
men until they got a job Tthey were ca-
pable of filling.
Colonel hmuon asked the Legion
t'huptcr ot‘ the lied (rose :1 class itr Uleb?YS to pledge. “‘9" 94990” to
hygiene and care of the sick will be. the campaign for a new home in Nor-
started .tonimrow afternoon at 2:30 walk as the‘.’ had had an oDi’Ol‘lUml"
o'clock. in Hip Ovur ltirt-r school. The of ohserrng the splendid work done by
class will be in charge of Mrs. George the Army in France. He stated that
it}; Curtis. and an) young woman over some cities were. providing financial
lu.¥t':ll'.\‘ of age is eligible to member budgets for the Salvation Army. and
Sth- _ other towns and cities are buying
Complete “equipment has been oi» buildings for the workers. the “m the
mined in New York, and a class‘rooar. pi“. council here should give the 33}.
has lh‘t‘it filled up for lectures and ration Arn‘v financial assistance
lie urued general support for the
new Home movement. for permanent
quarters would insure a wider and
more efficient scope of Want in Nor
wall-2. (‘olonei lumen was enthusinm
Autism-mg " ""iTIf‘ff‘"
STEAltNti Hlill flPENHEARINfilN
APITSELLA DEATH
.———.——..4..
Igor-otter John 1»?th 0. may clock
% fi' inquiie‘ hitb
i)‘ an dutomnbile owned and driven by
the hen in question Was her own prop- Benjamin Hershfield.
Several witnesges were heard. the
t r coop to recover it after it had es- hearing continuing until Saturday af-
(llltt‘ll from her own yard. temoon. Testimony presented today
The corut found hf‘l' guilty of theft, has already been reported in The Sen-
liowcwr. and fined her $7». Her coun- tinel.
The funeral of Antonio Aposella
was held this morning at. 10 o'clock
Irom St. Joseph's church. Rev. R. J.
Farrell, pastor officiating. Interment
was made in St. Mary‘s cemetery. The
cortege waq orient the biggest seen in
Norwalk for a long time. Nearly fiat!
a hundred coaches were lead by an It-
alian Band from the home and church
to the cemetery.
t.
Bishop and Lynes’
A BishOp R: Lynes‘ truck. driven by
James \Valton. was struck, at noon to-
day, by Signal truck, owned- by John-
son Brothers. of New Haven, and
diiven by Charles D. Johnson. Vl’ai-
ton attempted to turn into Water
street {mm Wall, and Johnson was
titles. driving down W'all the collision being
almost head-on. The local truck suf-
fered a broken spring clip and leaf,
and a broken eye bolt, the Signal a
bent axle and a broken crank handle.
The matter will be settled between
customer. Sugar dealers predict that the parties concerned.
The car of Nichiios Disesa, of Stam-
ford, brother of Joseph, of Norwaik,
was run into, this morning at 11:30,
at the corner of Main and West Main
street, by a jitney, driven by Robert
Tongue. Disesa was driving up Main
Liquor Prescriptions and attempted to turn into W'est Main,
and, it is alleged, he failed to give sig-
nal, the jitney following with a woman
damage.
Load of Hay Blazes
,‘
(
Truck in Collision
and child, as passengers, being una-
ble to avoid the collision. A broken
front spoke of the jitney was the only
Away on Saugatuck Road
An autoist on the Saugatuck road
this morning noticed a curl of smoke
arising from a load of hay which was
proceeding in front of him toward Nor-
waik. Driving past the load he park~
ed his car in a driveway so that by on
matter of chance the burning load
would endanger his car, and then stop-
ped the horse, to the surprise of the
driver, who was smoking a cigarette
and unaware that his hay was burn-
ing. He immediately undertook to un-
harness the horse meanwhile shouting
a warning to the owner, who seemed
to be under the impressiontthat it was
a daylight hold-up and told his rescuer
sic; But vale: he reallzgd that his own
e was anger an that of his '1: esea
home, he quickly jumped at! the load T e bandits
and assisted to free the horse. The
fire was blazing merrily by this time, Avenue Coach
the strong wind helping it along. and congregated in
{Filmy om” , y team and ruby.
VhMutflmdlctted lathe un.
Three new cottages recently erected
Mlmmumhhn luncheon-r.
on Beach have been sold lately. The
ear men of them include
, Lillian Lobb, of Moon. N. J..
William C. Pm“. a former Non-walk
resident who is renaming to this city
9min New Rochelle, N. Y.. and Rev.
William Bristol. a retired cimman
of New York City.
The Stewart Eliot cottage has been
purchased by the present occupants.
W. Fred Wilcox, formerly, of New
York city. In the Dorlon's point col~
been purchased, together with two ad-
joining lots, by Ambrose Petry. of New
York. New York residents have pur~
chased the Franklin cottage, and Dr.
Ayers has dispoeed of his house and
property to Ward Church. of Norwalk.
It is expected that the summer of
1920 will be a banner season at Marvin
few cottages: for rent were snapped up
before the snow was off the ground.
and the remaining cottages will be oc-
cupied by their owners during the sum-
mer.
A number of lot owners. who had
contemplated building. put off their
plans because of the unusually high
cost of building materials.
IIIIIISI Wtillllllti III
BAPTISTfll’lliSDNAfiE
Florence Pearl Smith. riauchter of
Mr. and Mrs. \Villiam 0. Smith of CO
“endow street. and Ernest lRextord
Paul. 133 South Main Street. were
'Iiiiellr ilial'l‘l‘tl yesterday in the South
Norwalk Baptist parsonage by the pas-
tor. Rev. L. J. Schoeppler.
'i'hz- tattle was attended by Miss Arr
hula-lie Shipman. of East Orance. N.
. and the best‘man Was Samuel Hol-
l( y. of this thy. cou~=in of the groom.
immediately after the, ceremony, ”Air.
and Ellis. l‘aul left on a honeymoon
L...
trio. 1352,59 thelryreturn, my will make
tut-i mum: Not 312-. Paul
is a \‘l‘orld \Var veteran. mod is em»
played in the plant of the Norwalk
couple have the best wishes of a large
circle of friends.
Poverty Party at
Methodist Church
The young folks of the ‘South Nor-
walk Methodist Episcopal church held
r;
election resulted as follows:
Presidentfildiss Ruth Raymond.
Reardou. =
Lucy Baddeley.
Dikeman.
Treasurer—Frederick Gaming.
Secretarynhliss Luella Finch.
worth League, next Sunday evening at
6:45 o'clock.
Games of mirth and jollity followed.
es or to dress in new togs. Refresh.
party broke up.
Polish Relief Fund
M
they possessa in the world.
ready to receive contributions.
Detroit;~ Pawnshop
it was only stew moments when the once, time- masked ' a sum
Wmnndhwvuu ' ' ..~_ .
g «,
Shore met-trip Nor-walk in great
, ,emqi real estate neuritic: in
antler“; Beach and nation‘- Point
any. the Mrs. Sara 3. Lane cottage has.
a number of Clues which they hope will
lead to the apprehension of George
(‘ ‘
of the steamsliips he ‘5‘“ 9‘ 1_
Tire & Rubber company. The young
German ports from August. 1914. until
:1 "Poverty Social." last evening. in
the churrh. . The social was in con-
nection with the annual election of of—
ficers of the Epworth League. The
First Vice-Presidentw-Miss Clara
Department Social Service—Miss
Department Entertainment—Cornell,
The newly elected officers will be
installed at the meeting of the Ex»
Following the business meeting was
3 “Poverty Social." The program was
started with several violin and several
vocal solos. by \Villis Boyce, 0! Ridge-
iield. which were greatly appreciated.
Everybody was dressed in old clothes
”some of them very old—and some
very odd. Fines were imposed on all
who had attempted to adorn themselv-
ments were served in the basement of
the church—end, after further athletic
exercises to enliven the occasion, the
- Tag Day Saturday
Saturday has been designated as tag
day, in the. Polish drive, in progress
in Norwalk this Week. Funds are
needed to rebuild many cities in P0-
land which have been devastated by
the war, and the inhabitants of which
have suffered great hardships and loss
of property, many of them all that
Norwalk people should aid this wor-
thy object, and. on Saturday they will
nd an opportunity to do so, as workers
will be about the business section
Robbed of $18,000
DETROIT, Mich, April 29.9—Two
armed men this morning entered a
downtown pawnshop, held up the clerk
and rifled the safe of diamond rings
said to be worth $18,000. One of the
men held the clerk in the proprietor’s
office while the other opened the safe.
pod
NEW YORK,.Aprll 29.9-—While '25
. conductors and chauffeurs of the Fifth
Company today were
front of the company:
intimmnmuu lN ~
.~ “VlfiE llillti” IIIIII III stunt
,IIIII IIIIIII'IIIII EllllllT
Today’s, Session in Bridgeport Will Likely See C1990 ‘ ‘
Anti-Vice Crusade by Burns’Men in City, When Al-
- leged Proprietor of DiSbrderly House Will Be Gm ,
Hearing—Frank Ballista Held in $5,000 Bail MN .
timony of l7-Year-Old Marion Wilson ‘ ' 0
Bridgeport, April 29.——ka Bolus-31min wanted in conduction with!“ 4e
n. :11 State street; Georg. mom. for- W V i l
Italy, of 599 Lafayette street; and Jo-
ieph Villa. 372 State street, alleged
principals in the screened "vice ring"
were removed from their cell- in p61-
ice headquarters yesterday and lodged
in the county jail to await trial in the
my term of the So or court. With
the arraignment 0 lists. in City
court yesterday. and his binding over
to the Superior court in bonds of
85,000, the anti-vice crusade is practic-
ally over, so far as immediate develop~
ments are concerned.
{
Running Down Clues.
Burns detectives are running down
m...»
'fi'
“a...“ MW
When those men are arrested, '
men say the Marion Wflm we ' .
'00ch up. ‘ .~ T‘ ,
Today’s session of City court V“ .
see the trial of Ella. Miller, 7'! 8m.
stree alleged proprietrees of n
dorly se; and four alleged W
tel-s. Interest in this case lies tutti
fact that Attorney Albert 1.1mm -'
promises to contest it strongly as a. t“. ..
suit. of the Miller women’s 0 ~ ,
that. several thousand dollars of jewel-5 ,. ,
which she claims to have had in our ‘ -
(Continued on Page Eight).
EllillTTIlNllEllSAllE
tritium II. 3.
Temporary Adjustment Is
Made of Seized Vessels
LONDON. April 2‘3:- The eight
tank steamehipa which have been the.
subject of a long discussion hr the
Reparations (‘ommission of the
Brace 'f‘onfé rence as‘ to what nation
should receive them have been awaru~
ed to the United b'talt‘S for lmnpornry
lunnauement. '
Thu proposal which resulted in turn.
in: over thetrmkers to the Unitali
States stipulated that they ‘lll"~llSl‘d for
transporting fuel oil to France, Belgi-
um and ltnlv and make, at lt‘nst two
trips. Au :‘ne steamshlps ate in tmd
shape, i’i‘H’llllt‘lllL’. Emile time for over-
(ms Commission believe that the quot:—
tioii of final disposition of them will
be settled by the time tlI K’J'll“
n
pleterl. a“
The eight vessels 5 _. one,
transport‘n: the file] oil to .1aly, 17,000
tons to France and 12.000 to Belgium.
The tank steamships temporari.y
mrarded to the United States for man-
agement hy the Reparations Commis-
sion of the Peace Conference are the
vessels formerlyoperaled by the Stan-
dard Oil Company under the German
flag and as the fleet of a subsidiary
organization. The ships were held in
the armistice was signed and then.
Standard Oil Company officials claim-
ed they were exempted from seizure
because of their American ownership.
PflPULAIl IIIIUN
Efl-UPLE MARRIED
IN 3]. lilSEl’ll’S
A very pretty wedding took place in
St. «Joseph's church. at 7:30 o'clock
liauiinc. the members of the Repardti‘
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M.E.llllfil,li.ltlll.: ‘
THUNDER, Inn 3 * ,
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One of Eight Men Who 0!"
ganized» Great Frat'erntl _
BOdy—Only Four of 1.01% .
iginai Founders Now Leffl . ,1. I.
and They All Live in New; , ‘ 1
Haven ’ . ’
NEW HAVEN. April 29.-MichaelE.
Tracy one of the eight Mutations of thu
national organization of the Knight.
of Columbus, \\ hieh was formed in this
city, it) years ago. died, at his home In
Orange, at 10:36. last night.
Mr. Tracy, known throughout {180
State and Nation because of his (2on
nection with the fraternal organiza-
tion, had been in iii health for some
months, but his death, lastntgbt. such ’ ,i: ,
dcniy. occurred in a period when 3!. _ , «
appeared to be rallying. .
been completed. but services will be , .
held Saturday with a mm in 8:. 1* ‘
Mary‘s church, Derby, and interment In.
in St. Bernard's cemetery, New Ew- ’
ven. The Knights of Columbus will:
probably assist, at the services.
Mr. Tracy is survived by his wife;
one son. George M. Tracy, of Derby;
three dauuhters, Mrs. Paul B. Kun-
nedy and Mrs. Charles Biroiy, both
of Derby, and Miss Mary Tracy, of
Orange; and seven grandchildren II
well as other relatives. Thomas 3nd.
(Continued on Page Twelve).
VLAfllVllSTllll Is
~nmmma
SHIPPlNli stunt
SEATTLE, “’ash, April 29.»Vlndl- ,
vostok, in former years.‘ one of tho 8 7,‘
« .. at.“ .—
.—
this morning when Miscs Helen M. Ma-
her. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
B. Mailer, of Norwalk, became the
bride of John J. Mulvey. of 29 Cedar
street, South Norwalk.
The ceremony was solemnizcd by
Rev. Richard J. Carroll, pastor, who
celebrated 'the nuptial mass. The
bride was attended by Miss Anna M—c-
Cryne, and Robert Mulvey was his
brother‘s‘best man.
The wedding will be a surpirse to
the many friends of the young couple,
as they had kept their plans a secret.
Immediately following the ceremonya.
wedding breakfast was served at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Golden, at
29 Cedar street, to the members of the
immediate familiar; of the bride and
groom.
The young couple left on the 11:21
o'clock train for New York and other
points of interest. where, they will
spend a. short honeymoon. Both young
people are weibknowu locally, the
groom holding a responsible position
with the Gulf Refining Company. Upon
returning from their honeymoon, 'Mr.
’and Mrs. Mulvey will reside at 29 09‘
def street.
Best .Repudiates
His Confession
PONTIAC, Mich, April 29.——Anson
Best this morning, In the presence of
his attorney, Prosecutor Glenn C. Gil-
lespie and a number of newspaper
men, repudiated the confession the
prosecutor declared he made in the
Vera. Schneider murder case.
The prisoner maintained that his
first story, told when he was stopped
at the scene of the murder, is the
truth and that his admissions made.
according to the pmmcutor, in the
we of several officers, mater
danwereallfalsend duetohlafear
timing.
of the officers and We from/m
thew-anathema: _ -
most important shipping centers in tin
Far East, is as quiet as a desertedvflv
lage, according to advices received to»
day by the Pacific Steamship Com»
pany from its Vladivoeiok agent. Alf
overseas steamship companies haw,
withdrawn their vessels, he said, and
only a line of Japanese tramp coaster-i -
now stops there. . “
These condiitons are a result of tha-
.reign of the Russian “Reds,” ill,
have taken over the stevedoring is
Vladivostok, advanced rates so a pal-
hibitlve point and issued on
making it unlawful to export raw fib-
terials or sell goods to foreigner-c. ti.
report said. The Nation“ .613:
of New York, has closed 1 ’91.“ku
tok branch, leaving one foreign ,
in the city in addition to the W .
nently “milishfidg Russian but”. In!
oordin to t e a v ces. .. ,. ’
Onlysthree vessels, except to “I
lug ships of the Japanese line, we;
arrived at Vladivostok since Jul. {.3
the agent noted. . l
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TrainCollisionls ‘
Fatal to‘
SANBORN, Minn, April 19.
persons were killed and twelve
ed when manger trains Nos. out“
517 on e Chicago and North '
Railroadmet tnahudoa'
near here early tad; y. The
was said 0 have been caused by“
interpreta of orders. M w
Were wrecked and both on ' ,j. ~.
Three members of the or“! III 1““
passengers were killed. * " ,
' The passengers were I. W. W‘
toe, of Pioneer. 0.. and'T A. MB,
The train collided Wow-aw
4" _
..
mpg. 51': to m It
e. .
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