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lMlGE-ilREElS' ARE WASfllD
Cupola Shattered and Slate Shingles Are Sent, Flying
Several Hundred Feet—Trees Blown Down in Hard-
est Shower in Many Years in This Section.
Pieces of slate with inch and a half
nails still sticking in them, were found
near Reed street. to the northeast of
the church and West avenue. for a
considerable distance around the
In one of the most terrific thunder
storm.» that Norwalk residents can re-
...II. the steeple, or cupota. of the
Entered at the South Net-walk Post
'Jfl'lce as Second Class Mall Matter. ,
Slitlflflll lllll
0f WA,
” SAYS UNI}
Missing Boy Expesses Be-
lief That West Hartford
Skeleton Is That Of His
. Nephew.
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Michael Piccione, Uncle of
“scalar-so passe news Facts au. Pam or rite wont-bier A snow. was we“ own
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Lawrence.
Final papers passed this momma
whereby the lease, fixtures and stock
of the Hotel Bristol on WuhlnstOn
Homer D. Lawrence of
lstreet. . ~
The deal has been under way for
several weeks and was, many con-
summatod this morning bfr, Law-
rence, who intends to run the hotel
on the same plan so successfully built
up by Mr. Gouch, Will take possession
of the property on September 13!. Mr.
Gonch remaining there until then,
Academy
fulfils-HANDS
Leo J. Comb Dispoees of ms
Interests to Homer D.
street, passed from Leo J. Goncn to,
1‘ mt Methodist Episcopal church, on
“Hm: avenue, was struck by lightning
“My this morning, a wide gap being
tvn iii the slate covering of the cupo-
J. mun the tip to the base. the. slates
bung flung towards Vl'est avenue and
J;.- -.l street. many of them being
lilllll within a few feet of Reed
bum-l. The damage to the steeple, it
m. stid, this morning, would cost
v. {I ..vt'I' 34.000 to iepair.
the lightning also struck a house
(n- tumvoid .sil‘vet, breaking the water
Flinn» ;.o that the cellar was flooded.
‘\ lviut' lllllt' tiee on the property of
31.... Frances A. fluid. “'est avenue
f“ ., strut-k by lightning a few mo:
7; li‘.‘ rile" the church was struck
in. m-o [)0ng split open from crowd
l ' P Lu-
\ swllCh box on the Dorlon Point
u 1.. at.» va'i'Ut‘k by lightning and
t': .hll‘t's fused,
“ w .H'e it” the pranks 0f the light-
Thus: Ihztt mu-ld be. learned of this
in uviiiilz. although it was reported by
1"lI-iillltt‘l'te' that on their way down
1mm l-ianhury and from Bridgeport
1.. .. vie-PP nvidenees of damage done
1., M's-a and houses along the line of
1: t,".-
tt:- tmlt that struck the cupola on
w‘mmiist church entered from
. .tli- nearest ~‘."est avenue and
il‘V-‘it'd in a llllt’C-‘llln towards Put~
i.~ ~. .-t~ nu». until the base of the cu-
].uli Wt...i't-:iclictl. .Here the bolt en-
1 ml the yellow brick work and loos-
l it for several feetf~ The wooden
. «thing hs-netith the tile work and
thug to. the brick work was also
m. twin- and flung to the ground.
'lll iv-iiwith the tiles and be;
. 1'” the sheathing of tar paper, was
wt by lil' lightning. which is bi:-
., w-il m have followed pipes or wires
l t llit‘ ground after enteritis: the bl'll‘ii
v .rl; .
UN GEES till,
KillS FARMER
Jnhn Larsen, of Fairfield ls
Killed While Unloading
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l'i:l.tltiing a single barrel shotgun
:.- hz. home yesterday morning short-
ly ‘l'it‘l' 6 o'clock, John Larsen. 61. a
tunw-t of Jennings Road, Fairl‘ield.
\w. tutully shot when his gun unex-
p- 3~‘l”v discharged, He was bit be-
m. 'tr- right shoulder. the shot going
lill‘l'llzll iht‘ lung. causing death a
rhw time later.
l‘ itlli flit-nu tlvlr. Larsen‘s habit.
w» m mung to unload the gun
Viil'il llr- I'm-it‘d every night. He “'33
in F‘tiirfleld. having lived
th» [Hist 21 years. He was
lmzv: m :iw-ul- n and came to this coun-
. wh -n ;. }V)llll.‘.{ man taking up farm-
'; m “lllt‘ll occupation he was very
mutant
H" 3- survived by his Wife_ Anna,
M H Limwn
Hiwtu It}!
J ‘ “"3“ (i"01'£',»_*.‘a constable in
,""-=""l, Lester and Robert and
‘." "*‘tu'wr. (it‘llf'e, SOphie, Mabel,
(it-iv Um, 1.3“"
.“r ”"1 'l‘lrinn. medical examiner of
w it"(‘itlt’fliul shooting. The
. lltkl’n to Bridgeport by Har-
Huh”, until-Maker. The funeral
4 inf.
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“Irml will tie in Mountain
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litiittiiiitt
' ‘i- cjitliiiji‘iéni-Hr met-ting 0f the Lin—
e m V) - . . l. 4. Order United Am-
t... LVT' '."”'4“l~ Special represen-
,. w ,‘I ll“ present from Bridge-
l “VI ”55 ihf‘ lllfin of a CO-ODef‘a-
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h)‘“"-’li\;". to be conducted at
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:‘i‘iktud '3’? 1000 t IDOlt, Conn., on
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' "um-its from New Canaan,
Lilith.”
Minn» Staiziford, Bridgeport and
L "w..\ rwalk will be represented. It
i.. “fill '1 'n he one of the largest of
f, ,. A “Wt held in the State by the
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i,‘ ‘3'“ r... a typical field day. lnolud~
a." “HMS of sports—namely, a
H.717“ ““l'it‘s after which a silvery
,. “L "up will be awarded to the vic-
"W irt-d yard dashes for the fat
‘ “SJ-W). '* hundred yard dash for
‘_ maize“ sm-znters. and all enjoya-
9:1,: Plumbers of Lincoln Council are
.E'ri’tih' r“Themed to be present to‘
”“r'illlSO this meeting'inmlvci
”Wm-sting discussion. There
a
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w 'r 1,,
' h" ‘0 'ittiuy :ittemoon. at 2:30 o'-l
"‘ ice cream and cake for te- r
church was peppered with‘tiny pieces
of the slate. which had been driven
into the wood block pavement by the
force of the bolt.
_Onc curious sight in connection
With the damage which was noted by
many was the fact that the pieces of
slate that struck the ground and stood
upright, were nearly all of a “V"
shape. and were to be found directly
beneath the tower on which the cum—
in is placed and on the grass plot on
West avenue, which belongs to the
church,
. There was estimated to be about
six feet of water beneath the Mechan—
ic street bridge which was collected
there by the stopping of the drain.
Most of Hamilton avenue hill ap-
peared to be washed to the foot. at
Spring street. by the storm, and this
same condition was noted at Arch
street. on West avenue: Seymour
street. on West avenue; and from High
street on to Wall street, although the
latter street is dug up after every
storm and again deposited. to be wash
ed down again.
Chief Engineer George “K Bogar-
dus, who was aroused before 6 o‘clock
by the thunder and lightning. came
down to the first floor of the Central
Fire Station and examined the indi-
cation and machines. expected every
minute that an alarm would come in
item some section 0!" the city. He re-
mained on duty all through the storm.
'but, fortunately. there was no‘need for
the services of the firemen. “'hen
(‘hief Bogardus looked around he
found that the water was rushing
down the incline at the rear of the fire
.lmuse and entering the. buildlnz. flood-
ing part of the lower floor. As soon
as ‘1“. rain stopped. however, the wa-
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DAIRY Ill]. SEEKS ‘
$l,flllll ANI] AUTll
Seven Other New Cases
Filed with Clerk of Com;
mon Pleas Court.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 13.——Eig:it
new cases were filed yesterday with
the clerk of the court of common
pleas. of these two were to recover
on judgments, one, for reclevin with
damages and the remaining.dve to re-
cover on debts.
The Bridgeport Dairy company
asks $1,000 damages and the return
of an automobile truck which John I).
Barrett is alleged to be wrongfully re.
taining in his possession. The truck
is valued at $950. s '
John and Mary Foernz ask fore-
closure of a judgment lien on the
property of Mary Kulcsar, alias Kucli-
sar, alias Macsar. on Columbia street.
They claim that On June 25 they were
awarded $637.50 in a Judgment by the
court of Common Pleas and have.
been unable to secure payment or the
judgment.
David Schneiderman asks $1.500
Mary Nacho]; and C'emet Fadercito
to satisfy a judgment granted him
against Anna Uechols in the court of
common pleas in December. 1918.
,Schneiderman claims agreed that if
he released this attachment. they
would be surety for any judgment
which be secured. After the court
awarded him the $1,000 judgment
they refused to make good this
promise.
James Simonelli asks $300 damages
from Edwan? I. and Josephine Bel.
fort on an alleged debt of 3250,
Andrew and Zuzsanna rKoczOg ask
$500 fr0m Joseph and Julia Ihasz on
a debt of 8269.
Frank Laperci asks 8300 from Tony
PEEK-9.1 on a debt of 3200.
Henry Breiner asks 8350 from Isa-
dore Nameth on a debt of $200.
7 The D. and B. Taxi ”Company asks
$350 from Elmer Crabb on a dent of
$350.
G. O. P.
Club Raps Walsh
GREEN-WICH. Aug. 13.—0pponents
of James F. Walsh in‘ the Greenwich
Republican club fired another broad-
side at his gubernatorial ambitions.
Meeting at the Cos Cob schoolhouse.
about 75 persons heard addresses by
Emerson R. Nowell. John S. Mont-
gomery. William C. Bungee and Ralph
E. Brush. All. of the speakers attack-
ed Walsh. who lepresecutor. declar-
ing that he is responsible for elxlty'
that is alleged to prevail in the ad-
ministration of town affairs. .
was one of ‘agseries in
a ’ . 'Welsh. An?
other meeting out be halt! min
Greenwich
W’Wms after the meeting.
..z . .'.,4§c.;..n:.ra:m.:
E:t~Port Chester.
Four years ago when Mr. Gonch
took hold of the property it was idle.
and nothing had been ddlle With it for
some years. Mr. Gonch went into it.
whipped it into shape and built up a
fine clientle. so that at the present
time every room in the hotel. there
being fortydve of them. is filled»
I Mr. Gonch this morning, refused to
this lltlltNlNli
View Taken by Piccione Was
Confirmed By Examina-
tion This Morning.
Say what his intentions were, say-
ing that he had not definite]:
eeeeeeeeeeeedgc‘ded-
HARTFORD, Aug. 13.-—That ' ‘
the skeletOi-i found Sunday, in '
the woods, on Bird's Hill, in ‘ F llflw Eanflfls
Farmington. is that of Charles '
Coonola. of South Norwalk, the ‘
19-year-old lltney driver. who '
disappeared on Feb. 14, 1919 is ‘ l
the firm conviction of Michael '
PicctOne, of South Noiwalk. un- ‘ ’ _"
cle of the missing boy. who Is ‘ MARIOKX 0., Aug. is—Republfcan
now in Hartford. He secured
permission: today to have the
skeleton exhumed and the exhu-
. matlon took place this after-
nnon. Coroner J. Gilbert Cal.
houn has taken up the case ofs
ficially.
Piccione and Louis Coppola,
the father of the dead boy, tame
to Hartford, Thursday, but were
unable to get in touch with the
State police until this morning.
They talked with Superintend-
ent Thomas F. Eagan, this
morning. after which Mr. Eagan
said that he‘waa canvlnced the
:fellow. editors of Senator Harding
; 'from throughout Ohio came to Marlon
'today, to talk slim, and politics at a
‘iluncheon in boner of the summed
«‘.The program included a speech by
“ the senator and a round We talk
' discussion of ways and means to co-
‘.ordinate Republican publicity in the
‘ state during the campaign.
at Unlike previous detesatlons or via-
filters to the candidate the editors
l‘ gathered in a downtown hall instead
‘ of On the Harding lawn. and it was
‘ arranged for the aerator to make his
{speech in the hall ahthe conclusion
‘ of the luncheon. He had prepared
l.’QIii”.‘II'!.9.fl.‘l..l.fl-DI~I.IOQ“I.
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the My W33 murdered. many years ago by the late Charles 1‘.
Raymond, and the family made their
a s Q t n It ‘~ 0 I t “ t -‘
Dissatisfied with the statement
'made by Chief Eagan. of the State po-
lice, that the skeleton of the man
found at Birds Hill, Farmington, was
that of a man about 40 years old and
‘t that of Charles Coppola. of this
city. Louis Coppola. the father. and .
Michael Piccione. uncle of the miss- about-11 °d°°k_' mm ”mm" at 7
ing boy, who went to Farmington.yesrr’flod' last evening. The crashes
tertlay. are making ,arrangements to- aroused the neighbothocd and large
day to have the body disinterred,’ the ”0st collected to “‘W the. ruins.
disinterment probably to take place Considerable of the contents of the
this afternoon. house were broken. Fortunately the
The N.) mr—n from this city reach- house. which was of cement construc-
ed Farmington about 5 o'clock last ticn, f9“ outward. and while the occu-
nizht and interviewed Dr. E. M. Rip~ pants were badly frightened, no one
' was inlured. .
ley, the medical examiner. who is
Violent Earthquake
cently it has been rented. and the fun-
ilies of Mrs. Margaret Miller and her
daughter, Mrs. Florence Stokes, have
been living there.
One section fell yesterday morning
sure that the skeleton is that of. a
mrtvdcrnd man. and not a suicide, as
Chief Eagan insists.
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Willis ltl IiNth
WHY iiiiit CLOSED
NEW YORK, Aug. l3.-—John Gold-
en, president of the United Textile
Workers of America, announced today
he had written Secretary of Labor
Wilson requesting that a "Federal in-
vestigation be made at once for the
purpose-of learning the real cause
for the closing down of a number of
mills in the woolen and worsted in-
dustrlea."
Mr. Golden said he had been in-
structed by the executive board to
make this request in behalf of the
100.000 textile workers of his organi—
zation. No charges are made azalllst
the mill owners, he added. and‘tIe
union does “not assume to know what
are the real reasons for the closing
of the mills." '
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13.--Violent
mOgraph in the Government Observe
ed the center of
about 2.200 miles distant.
tions were repeated 35
according to scientists.
the earthquake was severe
of disturbance.
structive only over a l
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:Ukaraine Orders Reds
lmited area.
exited a. formal demand
territory by the
made here today.
meats, with
ism.
tNo Special Session,
Pllfli BENEDICT
attain lNl-llREll
ROME, Aug. 18 (By The Associated cue 8. no
Press).—-—Pope Benedict met with a informed the
slight accident toda
punished marble
from ,5. his
, slipping on the ply to a query. that “there
nor
to his private In, to act upon the
bedroom
He neat.”- ‘l'hls is the
home there for over filty years. Re-
Goes Around Earth-
carthqiiake tremors which lasted for
33 minutes were detected by the seis-
tery here. yesterday. Experts declar-
disturbance was
The vibra-
minutes later,
presumably after circling the 810138. wireless
It is believed ~ave Turkish othcin‘ez
at the polnt the signing on Tuesday of the treaty at
but that it was 119- Sevres. France. It
to Leave Her Domain garia and - expel
VIENNA. Aug. 13.Ukarsine has pres-
to the Rus-
sian Soviet for the evacuation of her
Bolshevikl. says a
Ukrainian press bureau announcement
Copies ,of the manl-
festo have been sent to all govern-
'0
an appeal for Western aid
in the establishmwt in Ukraine of a
iConetituent Assembly to determine
' !the form of government to be main-
itained and its stand toward Bolshev-
Holcomb States
' ‘ NIANTIC. Aug. 13.407011!" In.
loomb. who was here toast,
Bridgeport Times as me:
he will be no
whtl olng‘ special session of t General Assen-
e 1‘ Beltane amt.
is “was
National Chairmen.
BOSTON, Aug. 13.—Federal and
state oflcials continued with renewed
vigor boda‘y their investigations of
the crash of Charles Ponsi's dream
castle of Finance to the building of
which 40,000 i vestorg are alleged to
hove ,contrlbut from $15,000,000 to
320.000.0130. \
Elements of the situation today
were: Panel was .free under ball of
835.000, of which $25,000 was for his.
meat on a charge of using the halls
in a scheme to defraud, and $10,000
for his appearance before the munici-
pal court on a three-count larceny
charge.
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lSlEAllEll llthlAlll
lithium
HALIFAX .N. 8.. Aug. 13.—The
American steamer Montara went
ashore early today five miles east of
Louisburg and has been abandoned
by her crew. who landed safely, ac-
cording to wireless messages received
here today by the Marine and Fish-
eries Department.
The first message received from
Louisburg stated that the Mentors. s
vessel of 2,562 gross tonnage. .
from Philadelphia to Botwood. N. F»
was asking for immediate assistance.
Shortly before noon. however, the
departmeht received word from Syd-
ney that the crew had been forced
to land on the coast.
NEW YORK. Aug. l3.—-The freight
steamer Montara. abandoned today on
the Nova Scotla coast. hailed from
this port. She was formerly the “lil-
liamette and carried a crew of 27
fizzleton was that of an older :.iwhat it; had to say in .idvance. work- men commanded by Captain BBI'V
- ng un 1 late las ’ ' "
Piccione saw a piece of the ‘ his manuscript t night ,to complete She was bmlgtl'mfelestml'otiit C337;
Cloth of_the coat which was 'i The luncheon was given under the p3,, andeas ,3 C 8;. Inc
found With the skeleton and be. ‘ auspices of the Ohio Republican Edl- owned by the Pyne .ompan,. '
Ileves that it is the cost which " toriat Association of Which Seuator '—
‘ Coppola was wearing when he ' Harding is a meltnbpg" Besides Ohio
* disappeared. According to Un. ‘ editors, however. there were ; nun. '
* dertaker George w. Hale, who ' her from other states.
“ buried the body, the shoes were ‘ ‘
‘ pointed, the style worn by Cop. ' I _ . ‘3 IN m “m
' pols. “ ‘ ' ' '
* The clothes feund wlth the ' MAEUN Hm
“‘ dead man were buried with the ‘ —--"-""
‘ DOGY. so that there was practl- ' PARIS, Aug. 13.—Premler Venizelos
f catty nthway ofhidentif‘qng |:h'e : MPSES of Gretiece' will: wgs dwouxn::db 1:43;:
'~‘ man wi out ex uming e s e - - yester ay w en re u y
“ cton. Mr. Pic'cione éharacter- * young Greeks, Spenti fl i800d “(11%“! in
' ized the burial of h * ‘_""‘~ he as ta nd 8 n no anger.
e with the bone. a. it: :,,§',°‘,§,‘,°:_ . “19 0"18203 house. on Flax Hill :‘ie ptiivsli’cionsaannounced early to-
’ take." Superintendent Eagan ‘ ‘mad' Pear mp Elm Grove store. and day. ‘
. did not know that the clothes ‘ "“9 3‘ ”W 'f‘mlmal‘ks 05 l“Olli'alk- will The assailants or thebnfemler acted
: had been buried until told this . cease to '(‘Xlsl in a short time. Two of through personal motives. accordlnz
‘ morning by PicciOne Mr. pic. s h“ sections collapsed yesterday. and to a statement issued at the Greek
,, clone i. firmly convinced that . other sides are likely to do so in a Legat‘lOn. After the fall of former
. =nnrt time. The house was built King Constantine. they were removed
from the Greek army and navy by the
Veniaelos, government because of
their open pro—German sentiments_ at
is said.
As a special precaution. Premier
V'enizelos went to the station an hour
before his train was to start, and en
tered through the baggage room. but
the assailants learned of the arrange.
meats casually from a Greek .neys-
paper correspondent assigned to re-
port the departure of the premier.
Physicians attending the Premier
issued a bulletin saying his condition
is "very satisfactory. but absolute
e" is necessary."
It was expected that if no suppura-
i‘n- takes place ‘the Premier will be
able to leave the hospital in about
three days.
'iuutiitiiti‘li’l
it till llll’tili’l‘ANtZE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 11 (By the
, was greeted in-
differently. The Turks say frankly
that the treaty is of no importance
“As it will be cancelled when the
Bolshevlki crooe illumanla end But.
the Greeks from
Thrace and Smyrna and Join hands
with the Nationalists in Anatolia.
Baum Switzerland, Aug, 12. —-
Soda dispatches say Turkish refugees
in Bulgaria now acts-ante 120,000 and
the Bulgarian government is making
arrangements on a large scale before
winter sets in to house and feed the
refugees.
Vanderbilt Driver
Fined in Fair-field
Ber Blackstock. ‘of 517 East 77th
street, new York city; chauffeur for
Reginald Vanderbilt, was before Judge
Bacon Wakemaa la the Fairfiem town
court ufis morning o no reckless
ins cm He was found guilty and
fined I. and costs. He paid as.
W was driving throughrslr-
field blends: night mmVendeg
appearance before the federal govern.‘
cciuti oi mu iii,
0f _, SltDtCi Automoti-
Russian Soviets Drive Westward Continues, Great Prog-
ress .Bemg Made—British Labor Keeps Up Its 01)-
posmon to Giving Assistance to the Poles.
LONmNI Aug- 13-—“The mpture 0t 7" tre‘t f m
glgzérozdafglgfl;:ng tbeboccupation ‘bez Satuis'da‘y 1:212:11: to ind; “13:3
sian Soviet millta u get! y the fins E-sian Soviet delegates somewhere on
today's omcial stair-gm equuartcrg in 'the road between Warsaw and Brest-
LONDON, Aug lgn—LProgress bv Litovsk. the Foreign once announced
' ' - today.The meeting. it was said, will
PUHSK AND Willi!“ ' --
(trim:
‘the Russians in their westward drive
in the districts south of Brest-
Litowsk and east of Lublin is report-
ed in Thursday's official statement
tram Moscow, received today.
Along the river Dniester and the
shores of the Black Sea there is no
change in the situation.
LONDON. Aug. -13.—-Tbe opposi
tion of British labor to assistance in.
the war against Soviet Russia wast
voiced today with extraordinary ve.’
hemeuce and absolute unanimity at a'
special conference here representingl
all elements of the workers.
The resolutions adopted “hailed,
with satisfaction the Russian govern-
ment's declaration in favor of the
.complete independent: of Poland".
and “edged the British Labor Party,
to resistance to further'fnllltmy 1n-
tervention against Soviet Russia.
WARSAW. Aug. 12 p. in. (By The
lamented Press).——Pollsh successes
on the hathiOn front. where the Rue
sians have been pushing for bem‘berg,‘
are reported in tonight’s oflcial com-
munique. The Polish cavalry and in-
fantry have ousted the Bolsheviki
from several villages.
\VARSAW. Aug 12 (By The Associa-
ted Press).-—-Polish commissioners
with authority to negotiate a prelimi-
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HARTFORD. Aug. lit—On the claim
by United States authorities that she
was being used as a “blind" ior whis-
lizey runners and was aiding in the
Angelina
today held in tentative bond of $500
by United States Commissioner Fred»
eric J. Corbett. in this city.
said she was 17 years old.
She was arrested. at Vl'arehouse
Point shortly after midnight this morn-
ing, by Lieutenant Robert W. Bridge-
man. of the State police. and was
brought to Hartford and lodged in ':l:£.
station. “'hen taken into cus-
she was sitting in a touring car
A
police
tody,
in which were five cans of whiskey.
[warrants for the arrest cf coal
iolntion of the prohibition amendment, flaw in profiteerin
Tedesco. of New Haven. was meat was made
iwarrnnta issued would
take place Saturday evening.
American and British newspaper
correspondents will be permitted to
accompany the Polish delegates. the
Bolshevik authorities having expnsso
ed a desire that they be present.
After meeting the Soviet delegates
on the road. the Polish commissioners
will probably be taken to Minsk.
where the formal peace conference.“
expected to take place.
The two-Fran mission that went to
the front/”to inform the Bolshevlki
that Poland wished to send peace
delegates returned here today.
and there is a more confident feelinx
in the city than has been prevalenf’
during the past fortnight. High omcials
said they considered the fall of the‘
city now out of the question.
The Polish mark. which has been
quoted during the last few days at
270 for 81. took a decided turn for
the better trey, rising to 175.
Every possible effort is being made
by the Polish Government 0 stupor!
the army facing the Bolsheviklat the
gates of the capital. Women are plu-
ing a prominent part in all activities.
many society leaders supervising side-
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 13.—
With the issuance of nine additional
men
charged with violation of the Lever
g in coal. announce-
today that the total
reach more
,than 100 when the investigations of
‘f‘be girl the Government were concluded.
Miners' Scale Committee Meets.
CLEVELAND, 0.. Aug. 13.—At the
request of President Wilson. the joint
some committee of union miners and
coal operators of the central competi-
tive field, comprising western Penn-
sylvania, Ohio, lndiana and Illinois,
were to convene here today to consid-
er a change in wages for laborers em-
short distance away were fifteen casesiployed by 'the day or month in the
t f gin. each case except one containing
'12 bottles. The excepton had six.
The automobile beside the road at—
tracted
‘ment. who investigated.
who located the liquor outside the
car.
The authorities are looking for the
male companion of the girl, whose
name they say they know. Miss Te»
dcsco declares she had no knowledge
that the car carried liquor. She said
the was asked in New Haven if she
didn't want an automobile ride. She
did. Thev left that city at 7 pm. and
rat-lied Warehouse Point about 9.
Then something happened to the car
'and the man went away to try and
lee! things fixed up.
“If I had known there was stuff to
drink intho automobile, l would have
skipped out when it busted," she t‘l
the oflcers.
When taken before the United States
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Madame Victoria,
_Noted Spy, Dead
a .—-An Amentan . .
Associatedmegze‘ise” received “may , new 1012K, Aug. lit—Madame Ma—
first “a.“ o' rie K. de Victories. who was Charged
durlns the war with being an import.
ant link in the Kaiser's chain of spies.
,‘died. of pneumonia, at a private aanl»
tarium here. yesterday.
Arrested first in April, 1918. on the
ground that she’was seeking to arouse
opponents of the British Empire to
destroy warships flying the Union
'Jeck, she later played a leading role
in the trisf of Jeremiah O'Leery
(charged with sedition and treason,
when she took the stand and testified
to meeting him at Long Beach. At.
this trial she herself was made a tar-
get of the Government's attack,
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Many to Attend “YD”
Outing on August 28
A kite delegation of loss! Y. D.
clue members are expected to attend
the annual outing and reunion of the
members of the forth Y. D. division to
be held at Double Beach. New Haven.
on August a. M than we» will
be grease-fielde- ea“
mead wards toe-met
of gr. 0. all the
Col b “auburn!!!
a
, .: as teens-see sent!
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the attention of Inspector
Ellis of the state motor vehiie depart}
It was he:
bituminous coal mining industries.
The miners seek to re-open the wage
agreement made following the strike
of last fall.
President John L. Lewis. of the
United Mine W’ovkera 01 America. who
reached here last night: William
Green, secretary-treasurer. and Philip
Hurray. vicopresident .and thirty-two
State or sub-district ofiicers were to
present the miners’ ease. Thirty-two
operators represent the employers.
iiiiiititititis “Hit
in Elli intuit
WASHINGTON, Aug. lit—Approxi-
mately 50,000 mas new '1! class-
ify thnnmlvos 7“ members of the
“millionaire g'ciir.” hie- Federal in»
come tax retains indi'me
' The gross. as unofficially computed
here, includes the members of the
families of 20,000 persons who. in
their returns (Unit used r-ath to an in—
'come of at least :50 «mo in 1919. This
Is the lowest probable return on 31;
000.000. Under this definition the
m, of me, would include many
high salaried executives. Some of
these. no doubt. could not show a cap-
ftal at 31.001000.
War profits, however. are known to
have film-ed considerably the mil-
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[m 0!“, Aug. 13.—-I:etabau
Cantu. the Governor of Lower Call-
fornte. B wfiling to abandon his rebel-
lion the Government if he is
permitted to rein
meshes; when he
once in the nieces. s
costing . advices received by
His proposition.
s
agrees to surrender
ful candidate, ec-
the
it is
t.
to compel
dole Us
in in office until De- ..
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