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WERE ERRRRERRE, Ill.
Mull Sets Fire to House in the Foreign Settlement, Fol-
lmsing Finding of Bodies of Two Murdered Children
r.‘.ltz1‘i‘lcan Consulate in Warsaw Closed Today.
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Hum“ Aug' 6.———A message progress at West Frankfort, according
»l.umlulc. ”1.. early today, said to ”3901f“. many 0’ them taking “Ch
-,, !l.lVl' been killed at West ggzse'sslogs as ithety were able to carry
y. “x, .md that rioting. which . I a me no ances driving their
_. .. . 1 .2: -l night. continues. Every icaki-f-oYdiggtN§xgever
‘ . .. ., . s ., 7 . al reports, Amlel
1w .m- mnugn settlement is in Calcaterra and Tony Hempel whose
rm. was Mild. l‘he rioting start— 'death started the riot. were slain be-
” . 1+ .i moi) set fire to houses in cause they were believed to have gain--
...'n‘ sctllep'ent, following the 2ed information concerning the °opera-
.R rm- bodies of two murdered tions of a band which had committed
several bank and post office robberies
in Southern Illinois cities recently.
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SHABNLED TD EDP,
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is... .lmllalnies Of Illinois State
i ..-. um today to West Frankfort.
A Hwy-u t-mdus of foreigners is in
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Cuff Breaks and Prisoner
Drops Fifty Feet.
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New YORK. Aug.6.—While he was
~b9‘ini-Z led last night along the Pater-
!son Plank Road. which skirts the Pal.
isades in Jersey City Heights. hand-
cuffed to Patrolman Stezman of the
Sixth Precinct. Natal Palms. 20 years
old. of SR Fourteenth street. Hohoken.
made a leap for liberty that carried
m- or Harry I. Croal of Mom
-~-l rharized with manslaugh-
{-n‘lil of the finding of Depu.
llwm; U. Stevenson. after
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3 1‘ "the 850th Nomlk Pa:
08!.- Mail Matter.
2 DEAD, 35 i NDNl I
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IN iNDllEY DAN
RlDi «.IN DENVER
Mechanical Room of the
Denver Post, Which 0p-
posed the Strike of Street
g Qar Wokers is Wrecked.
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Police Chief Among Those
Injured as the Fighting
Becognes General.
DENVER. Colo.. Aug. 6.—Denver
was quiet early today. after a night
_of rioting by street car strikers. their
sympathizers and strike-breakers dur-
ing which two‘ persons were killed.
thirtyJour injured and thousands of
dollars of property damage incurred.
Two thousand volunteer policemen
are expected to prevent a recurrence
of the trouble.
The rioting began late. yesterday
and it was not until one o'clock this
morning that the mobs which had
kept police busy in various parts of
the city for more than six hours had
dispersed.
Eight street cars Were wrecked, the
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"..\‘Illt):tlfli rm}? the death of him (‘irlll‘ m or the five feet wa‘l and
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. ...-l 51:13”: $0311": 2:3: left him dangling from 'Stegman's
l- ) IMM- Vo'iburuh i “‘9 wrist over an almost. abrupt pirciplce.
r lutnivnvsh'at tin: <1=Ryntnur SWIM” “m" "a“ a""'~‘"‘“ Fab“
. . . m“: and this afternoon. ‘ on Hilf‘nll‘it)" of burglarizing the Amer-
m‘fl. «lilting a heavy Starla. loan ( hocolate Almond Factorv. a few
blocks away. had no desire to accom-
pany his captive on his suicidal trip
and tricd to draz Fabus back. In their
struggle the. handcuff broke and the
escaped prisoner fell out of 'Jerst‘y
City Heiuhls into Hoboken. fifty feet
below.
The Jersey City policeman fired his
1" ,lne ‘Dlt)[)Plt_V of O'Connor‘a
Mu West avenue last Sate
‘ .it 10:47., and when he.
4‘ "'l the car as he saw Rene
.; . ill from a West avenue tl‘oiv
tlm cnner of iillé‘l :H'vmt
avenue, the auto skidded.
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morning In
at: nun: round pinned Bc.nelish:t_
b. . .3. u... auto and the trolley. inevolver three times and brought two
g' on: his skull and causing in‘ l Hohoken Omar-rs ‘to the foot of the
t alt-ER». as the result of which cliff. Fabus had disappeared. A
L'. . search discovort‘d the cliff jumper
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walk Hospital, :limlping painfully down the railroad
llracks. He had a sprained ankle and
schrmi numerous bruises.
The Hoboken police held him as a
‘fugitive from justice until Officer Steg-
man appeared at the station house to
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HARTFORD. Aug 6.7 In a decision
,handed down by the Connecticut Su-
preme court today. the action of the
Connecticut Light and Power Com-
pany. which has damned the Housa-
ton-c river at Stevenson and flooded
the valley for several miles. is up-
held. The case is that of the com-
puny against l‘harles J. McCarthy and
others. The company petitioned the
.Superior court for authority to con—
Idemn lands which it was proposed to
fluod. among them the so-called rivet2
road from Zoar. bridge northward. Mc-
J‘arthy claimed that he«would he dam—
aged by such flooding. as he owned
llnnd to which the road gave access,
and that he was nnl included in the
petition. He moved that the petition
should be dismissed, '
Judge Donald T. Warner. who heard
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[IDLEMAN’SDDDY
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The body of James E. Coleman. a
mcmhcr of the 30:) Field Rampant
Company in France. who d'zml :n a
hospital in inglnnd from ll!" i’inc4s
contracted in the trenches. and a com-
panion of (‘nrpo‘al Sniflin wimst
body was sent to this city recently
for burial, has arrived in this city and
is now in tho A, .l (‘nllins funeral par.
lors waiting for burial.
A military funeral, the host that
can be prOVided bv the surrowinsz
dougthy companions of the man
who at“? up his life and all tum it
iHi. DNANN [ENTERS UMMDNS
. ANDY RRRLERREWER
A': v! ‘lll‘ZiI-‘ii” l’ascol. arrested last ‘ '
l'vrt. .ll Egg Harbor. N. J., not
[m‘ 'lw- mun who obtained $2,000 -
rm RE (‘oughlin but, ls the Constable to Tell About HIS
a “1 .- llutnr of baby f‘.oughlin_ au- Recent Experience With
1. ‘~ w-zsuvled lheir efforts today
ltv‘l H..- whercalmuts of the child. Revenue Oflicers.
. *‘ o: Mums; lle‘Of‘tiillg to postal __ '-
I‘ “1.1! he went to Egg Har As the result of having refused to
L" 'ilrilduy to get $10,000. which permit Revenue Officer Joseph Mer-
ll.» "'iti'll was to throw from: a. cadantn, stationed at Greenwich to
i_" - Hi'lll'ultzil ransom for the re- search his automobile_ without a
l} -. ml ‘5 u lr'issing boy, He declares, “search-walnut, on the night of July
l - t.' RI"li|n;“ my; that he was hired .28. when he was halted on the Post
i. ‘ ‘ :Rmraon to gm the, mmey. laomi. Constable Andrew Schlecht-
V“? '.:E».-~ not-ling of the kidnap» Weg has been ordered to app-or be
1' -fnre. United States Commissioner
‘ . » to: mliciais assert, leads 'Hugh Layer-y at Bridgeport.
1r“? ' "il-wu lhllt he also was The CftSe was to have been heard
i m ll... kidnapping. They be- yesterday morning (”unstable Sch
” "‘ li'n'mn who hired him was Ietchtweg has asked for a continu-
; r n ., .l mat the, baby is utl«:ance. to pelmit him to come- with
‘ at In the keeping of this his attolilfilfl Raymond E. Hark»: t.
“I who is out of town The continuum-u
L I »l . n has established was granted by the commissioner 93d
1' .H a ., R my according to George. A. a date will be set for the hearing in
in, z 'i p lzlifli‘ inspector that the future.
is: v A u. the wr.-l.u,~ of "The Crank" —- .
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DDMNNNNNS DNlN ND fiET
DELAY lN FARE INCREASE
Rdiirluds May Not Make Surcharge Before Sept. 1, but
‘ i! other Travellers Must pay Raise on Aug 26 -—
vi rut‘t Earn 5 Per Cent. Profit, Say Stockholders.
interpreted as applying to all classes
of tickets."
So far 'as
.. in»- New York, New Ha-
El.vli.’!:.:] railroad system are
'E in {0.120 the the raise in
1 rates for the few daYS
“l'izllsi. :5 and September 1.
r villi. being when the raise
‘ Pullman and Weight
ten‘trip and fifty-trip
tickets are concerned, the increase
will become effective Auust 26, so
that persons who have planned to
"beat" the increase by storing up up
booklets of ten and fifty trips will
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Fitches from Illinois,
Find Norwalk Ancestry
Elmer E. Fitch. until recently pub-
llisher of the Galva W'eekly News and
at present clerk of chy county. Ill.
with his son. R. H. Fitch. of Peoria.
were recent guests at the Norwalk
Hotel. and passed most of the dav
Saturday. looking up the Nor-walk
Fitchrs from whom they are directly
decended through James Fitch, a
brother of Governor Thomas Fitch.
After visiting the Norwalk Library
they called on the local B. H. Fitch
and quickly established the prover-
bial 47th cousin relationship. the Iat~
ter being dccended from Samuel. an-
other brother. ot' the Colonial Gover-
nor.
Following an extended chat they
left to visit the quaint tomb of Gov
ernor Fitch in the EaSt Norwalk cenr
etery. and were then going to Wilton
to view Haynes Ridge in that town
where others of their ancestors re-
sided, and then continued their home—
ward journey in their automobile. hav-
ing toured New England as far east
as Cape Cod.
It’s Hell Now; So.F-iither .
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have to pay“ the additional 20 per
cent, anyway. The same applies to
mileage tickets, although bought be-
fore August 26.
Persons going on vacations will
gain nothing by purchasing round-
trip tickets .if their purpose in doing
so is to evade the increase. Tue :13—
turn ticket will be subject to a sur-
charge. ,An exceptiOn“probably will
be made in the case of tourists who,
it is believed. will be'permitted to
. v.3.) V1?“ pffect‘
"Mimi by an official of the
‘1! mad that the officials
'hr- commutation tickets
""_"iw and lot that reason as
~ mam...) only few days are
“m not likely to make
e... ‘WV.“"r*"~ Undoubtedly 'commut,
than“: "u. permitted to use their
Nflg .,)' H‘M'Hi tickets without nav—
N‘z‘ 11!! additional 20 per cent.
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CHICAGO. Aug. 6,—Peter Hell of
Fred Hell. persuaded Judge John P.
Chicago and his sons, Edward and
McGoorty of the Circuit Court today
to change their surname to Hall. Hell
was born in Ais’aceLorrajne. _
Hell formerly owned a saloon in
Kensington and the expression used
by patrons to his business became
obnoxious. They used to aa :2 "Let’s
Ulric
' 'he iii-crease allowed by the
‘Enmmerce Commission ll
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‘ lathU.
use return. tickets withut surcharge.
go to Hall for a drink.”
SOUTH NORWALI, 00". .7 WY, AUGUST 6, 1920. '
SOVIET ARMIES WITHIN
THIRTY MILES OF WARSAW
Unaware of New War, Cap-
tain of Federal Ship Is
Lured Ashore and Killed.
REBELS mu.
SEIZED lISSSEl
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Action, at Ense
Loyal Mayor .
American Stea ,
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Ans. &—Blood-
shed has begun at mm firthe re-
bellion of Gov. Esteban Cantu against
the Mexican Central Meral Govern-
ment with the seizure by Cantu adher-
ents of the Mexican patrol ship Te-
cate. the killing of Capt. Leonardo Ze-
peda. of the Tecate. and the arrest or
slaying of the crew on Tuesday night.
according to information brought to
San Diego today by theymer schoon-
er Newark, Capt. A. H..Ioore.
Coupled with the up“ of hostil-
ities on the Federal Comment is the
escape of David Zarate...mrmer Mayor
of Ensenada and recently proposed as
Governor to succeed Cantu. hratc ar—
rived in San Diego aboard the New—
ark. owing his life to refuse clouded
by Capt. Moore and hiding in a water
tank aboard the Newark.
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MDNE ,WNlSKEY '
IS [DENIED UP
IN DRIDDEPDRT
Two Hundred Cases Seized
at Greenwich—Men on
Truck Held fogvflgnspi:
racy.
An automobilc van loaded with
2m) cases of 100 proof whiskey val-
ued at more than $15.0th was seized
‘ly prohibition cnlorcemcnt accnls
fast night at Greenwich. A. Gershko-
witz. 118 Ludiow street. New York.
the driver was arrested for violation
of the. \‘olstead act and Sebastino
Trussa. 1615 77th street. New York
and Charles Maschasc. 9 McDougal
street. New York. were arrested for
conspiracy.
The liquor was taken to Bridge-
port and stored in the Federal huid-
ing al Bridgeport and Cannon streets.
while the trio will be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hugh J.
Lavery this afternoon.
The. automolx‘u van was headed
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RILEERERTHER
FAIRVIEVV, N, J.. Aug. 6.~.\fter
tin : ‘ing and killing his father early
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W'ASHINGTON, Aug. 6,—William
D. Guthrie and Elihu Root. counsel toi-
Christian Feigenspan. a brewer, of
Newark. N. J.. today filed with the
United States Supreme court a peti-
tion for a reconsideration of the‘
court’s decision on June 7 sustaining
the validity of the Eighteenth Amend-‘
ment and parts of the Volstead En-v
forcement act. ’
The petition contended that the-
Eighteenth Amendment was designer“
to deal exclusively with intoxicating-
liquors. Mr. Feigenspan, in his origi-
nal suit, sought to prove that beer of
2.75 per cent. alcoholic content was not
intoxicating.
The latest petition pointed out the
importance and magnitude of the con-
stitutional questions involved and de-
clared that so far as the petitioner
has becn able to ascertain, “there is
no record of any important modern
case involving such vital questions be—
ing disposed of by a court of final res
sort without explaining its. conclu»
sions." ~
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No. 1253.
the regular
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South Norwalk Council.
Knights of Columbus. at
meeting. held last evening. elected
two candidates to membership. and
will give them the first dczree next
Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock.
The question of holding a carnival
was brought up. and It was thought.
well to defer definite action‘ until next.
This-day musing. ’ _ .
The baseball committee reported
having had a very successful season
thus far. and announced that it was
expected to play the strongest oppos~
ing outfit of the season next Sunday
afternoon.
A communication was received
from the State committee on athi~ tics.
from New Haven. requcsting that has
ketball and bowling teams he organ-
ized to enter the State tournaments.
during the fall and winter. Action
will be taken on these matters later.
RDDSEVEII EEER
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“'ASHINGTON. Auc. .mwl-‘ranhlin
D. Roosevelt today spent his last «'11:;
as Assistant Secretary of tho x9.“
He was buSy clearing away a mass 0‘
details accumulated during
(‘tnt visit to Maine. and lll'f‘llfi":h€’ 35C
cc for his successor, not 3-H
w. .
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m; ed.
Mr. Woosevelt planned
rat in message of farewell 3 all 5:9,»
and stations of the Nauy throuuhcul
the ‘r'orld and he will hrld an in
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‘today in defense of his mOther. Louis
it". Gmss. Jr..‘ twenty-one Years old.
:telephcned to the police. and awaitel
‘nrresl. Gross, police say. declared his
:n‘her was choking Mrs. Gross. i-‘our
of six shots fired a: the cider ‘rross
took effect.
“My fathet broke into a jealous rage
When mv mother arrived home from
.Asbury Park. and started choking
her." the police say young Gross de-
lclared. “Hc accused her of being out
|with other men. I thought it was a
case of mother's or father's life. so I
iron to my 020m and got a revolver. I
warned him that he probably would
kill her. and. when be ignored me. I
fired six shots at him."
The Gross family came here from
Jersey City six months ago.
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‘MDRTUARYTUNN,
Two slight accident= were the:
toll gathered in by Modtuary Tum?
ilast night and this mt‘rrfnv- during
.t‘ie slight rain that made the pave-s
lment on that thoroughfare just bad?
'enough to serve as an inconvcn’en-e.
Benjamin Haas-i of 235 Parrott
avenue. Bridgeport dririwz a BarkingL
.pmt auto, crashed into the fence at
Ithe bottom 0 the hill chi izariiv dam-
;aged the car at 4:50 p. "1.. last mgnt.
while Allen Fritz of New Yorx ran
into the stone wall at 5 o'clock this
morning and damaged his car to such
an extent that it had to be red to
Vaast Brothers garage for repairs.
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Neither of the drivers were injured prominence in your he
in the least and it would seem to an given
turn had fallen
an“ hound
observer as if the
down in its «hit:
one to the W
formal reception {or emplnym ami of
ficers of the. Navy Departrtient izeiore
relinquishing his duties. Hc expert
netted to leave Washington late to
ed to,~ leave \\‘ashinzton late zones
for Dayton' attend Governor Cox‘s
notification “re .monies t.0n10:‘o.‘.'
From Dayton r. Roosevelt carrot-cw
to go to his ~h me, at HyderPark, N
Y.“ arriving there Sundav fruit "i:-
own notification ceremonv 4;.»-
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1JUMI‘S DFF MDlllll
ram, cloudy tonight as Saturday.
Polish Counter Offensive Report-
ed to Have Been Successful, and
theBolshevikiHurledBack Forty-
five Miles Along the Southern
Front.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.~—Refugees reach—
ing the frontier of East Prussia from
Pinsk report acute food shortage in
territories evacuated by the Poles.
The retreating armies are said to
have taken all thé grain and food they
could find. Although crops in Volhy-
nia are far elow the average, grain
is being requisitioned :by the advanc-
ing Soviet armies, and it isleared that
famine In Weatern Russia will
large numbers of the people to
into Germany.
PARIS. Aug. 6.~-l.ondon
that Germany and the Russian
viets concluded an agreement relative
to Poland before the beginning of the
Soviet offensive against. that country
are denied by the semi-official Wolff
News Bureau, according to a Berlin
dispatch. .
LONDON. Au. 6.—Although his.
actual militan situation in Poland, is
not much clearer than it was yester-
day. it is admitted to be crlitcal. Re-
ports. however, are in some respects:
so contradictory that the precise de-
gree of menace to Warsaw as a result
of the rccentlnotlhevik' advance can-
not be estimated.
Reports yesterday stated that the
Soviet armies had reached points thir-
ty miles distant from the Polish capi-
tal. but later advicca indicate they are
twice that distance away, and that the
Soviet cavalry is far ahead of the in
fantry. ‘A Warsaw dispatch
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TRUCK; STRUDN BY
A TNDliiY Elli
Abraham Greenstein Suffers
'ade of Russia, which was
force“
.fiee '
'ment.
to the '
Daily Mail states the Polish counter-
oflensive (\‘1 the southern front has
been successful and that the Bolshe
Viki have been hurled back forty-live
'miles.
Most. neWspapers express great an:-
iety over the situation. Reports that.
the British Government has alreud'r‘
ordered the fleet to resume the block-
partially
ralsed last November, receive great;
emphasis in some journals, but no of.
hclal sanction is claimed for the state»
It is asserted that the Cabinet.
has determined to send the Kamenofl-
'Krassin trade delegation hack to Run-
51a.
The text of the Soviet reply is
known to have reached London. but as
yet it has not been made public by
the Foreign Office. All of this morn-
lng's newspapers. howover. print ver-
sions of’it which coincide, for the
most part. and show the reply was
worded moderately and maintained
the right of the Soviet armies to con-
tinue military operations against Po-
land.
The reply also is said to contain a
statement that the terms Russia will
present to Poland are already in the.
hands of M. Kameneff and M. Krassin.
heads of the Bolahcvik trade commis-
sion now in London. These terms are
said to includc the condition thatcom-
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[IDALAND DTNEN
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Everybody VViil Pay For In-
crease in Wages Granted
the Railroad ‘Vorkers.
Serious Scalp Wounds.
August 6.~—A=braham
Grennstcin of (ii Garden strect is at
his home. suffering from scalp
wounds. the result of jumping from
the rear end of a truck into the side
of a trolley car. at the top of Nouaton
Hill. last night. isadore Saevilz of
South street. who was riding on the
sonic truck. ‘1 who also jumped oit‘.
received slizht iniurics. He was
armed by the trolley car.
The two young men were on their
way to Darien. They jumped aboard
a truck that was passing throus’.h
Stamford. The truck reached the top
of the hill. and stopped. The "oys
claiincd that the noise of tho truck
prevented them from hearing the trolv
Icy car. which was moving east. to
STAui-‘onn.
' ward Norwnlk.
In charge of the trolley car were
Ray Decker. conductor. George Ileb-
ler. molorman. Grcenstein jumped
fs-cm the truck into the side of thr-
troflev car. Sat-vita was also in the
way of the trolley car. Both wet-c
thrown to titr- ground..Greenstein was
taken to lhc Stamford Hospital.
wherc hi:~ injuries we‘re cared for by
Dr. George Shcriill. and he went
homcf The other young man was
not so hadl’: injured.
Fo‘lowinz an acciden' on (‘tnal
street. yesterday afternoon. Hy‘man
l‘odiman of Pacific street was arrest-
ed for leilina to haVc an operator‘s
icense {m— the automobile he was driv-
uled to make placc at iiyd‘
Mondav. On Tuesday Mr. Eznmveit
plans to leave for Chicago to ”he-3" :1
speaking tour through 32;. \vai.
Mr. Montgomery Requested
That Books Be Examined
South Norwalk. Conn.
August 6. 1920.
Editor of The Sentln'l.
. nth Nor-walk. Conn.
Dear Sir:
Ir. ’he article in your issue. of yes.—
terday announcing the resignation of
Mr. Montgomery. as treasurer of this
Trust Company.~there appears. as i'.
seems to me, an unfortunate reference
to the fact that the examininz com»
mittee were going over the treasurer-’5’
books.
In view of the fact that a reference
of this kind is oftentimes carelessly
read by the public. and inprder to pre-
vent s misconception of 'tbe true
status at the matter. i feel it is in-
cumbent upon me. to state that the
'examlnationreferred to was made at
Mr. Montgomery‘s request. and en!!-
procedure at
!forms with the usual
such times.
I would greatly appreciate your ac
cording this communication the same
xt issue as was
the moose“ aeterred to.
first m m.
m I. was.
‘ Meat.
my-“
in: The charge was nolled upon
payment of a fine of 810.
Fodlman‘s automobile was in colliv
si0n with a machine owned and driven
by Douiciiick Larcc-nici of ‘Stillwate‘:
avenue. The damage was slight. No
one was injured.
SNEEDIND UP
Dflil NDVEMENT
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.~Speeding
up 0“ the coal movement to the north-
we=l suflléiently to enable delivery of.
20 000,000 tons by November 1 was
forecast today by officials of the in-
,terstate Commerce Commission as a
result of the return to normal work-’
lug conditions of bituminous mines
in the central competitive field.
Movement of 4.000 cars a day car—
rying 200,000 tons of coal to
pmts for t unshipment to the north»
west was ordered by the commission
but since the order becrpm effect to
J uly 26‘ only 2.000 cars carrying about
129.000 tons a day have been moved
Plenty of cars have been available
omcials of the commission said, but
because of strike; in illinois and 17‘
diam; production has been insutfi: zen
to maintain a adily movement 0..
4,000 cars. .,
Lake >
It is advisable that the household-
.crs in Norwalk Let busy and go: in
as murh coal as they can now, l's-
much as there will be an increase in
the price of coal just :15 soon as the
‘i‘cv; l'r'R‘tzht rates gr into elfect.
T‘is “11.x fort-tom iaV «. Second ills—
1t'ict v'rsfii .‘..-,«.1~r in "o‘n cr>a1i»m with
a S-‘rEtinel reporter yesterday. The
' t ‘ ”fit from t ‘ mines in
tide water will mean an increase. al—
though it it not expected that the
cost of water transportation will be
any greater.
Norwalk will get off a lot lighter
than will other cities that are» inland
owing to the tart lint [on] win not
have to be shipped here all the way
by rail. '
Jus how much per ton the inure me
will amount to is unknown by the
dealers at present. but it. is generally
agreed that the raise will be— fibout in
proportion to the freight. rate raise.
At present certain dealers are set
ling buckwheat and pea coal at
prices much loww than iv ('iml'zm‘i tor
nut or stove '3' cm: and many
are taking advanta: . of til use low
prices and are lavluzxi'n supplies.
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It is "xpctted that 'is‘ Scot! as ill-.3 .
news becomes known that coal ;3 to
:take another raise that the l.) a; lil-
fices will be swamped with or‘lrs.
“Ben” Gregory Now , .
A Sergeant Major
The many No;walk friends of Ben-
jamin Hookcs Gregory. of VVillon. par-
ticularly his former classmates in the
Norwalk High ‘19. will rejoice at. the
god news that comes lrom Camp
Mead. Md, that he is now a Sergeant
‘Major and senior officer of Motor Com-
rmand No. 28, with quarters of his
iown and an orderly an everything.
Sergeant Major Gregory enlisted in
the Motor (‘orps of the Regular Army
as soon as he finished his studies at
N. H. S. not even waiting for grad-
Il: ion exercises and was soon orders
Red overseas returning a corporal; at
itiie beginning of the present. year. be
two'- appointed Sergant while station-
. d at Governor‘s island in April and at1
{ter a short ’time in Florida he was
ordered to Camp Mead.
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nce increase on
‘ Commutation Rates
The increased passenger rater.
which become effective August 26 and
which are now in process of prepara-
tion by railroad officials will be felt to
a considerable extent by commuters
to and from Bridgeport A 20' per
cent. increase will be added to the
cost of commutation books on the New
Haven road. according to announce-
ments yesterday commutation under
the new schedule will not have to it
used W W 1.
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mum stun-fill.
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