NORWALK’S
HOME PAPER
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gar/.BLISEED 1879.
villi Hill Bill
SUPPLY Milli)
NI) SHIPPED
Connecticut Chamber of
Commerce Wants Au-
thorities to Allocate De-
liveries According to the
Needs.
ltAliltllAll READY
Til intuit tall
Hold-Up Appears to be at
the Mines or Various Ship-
ping Points.
!‘tlt'l‘FORl). Sept. 22.—Calling up-
.. .:l tt‘ose connected with the pro-
. ‘rm and distribution of anthracite
.‘n promtce the maximum, to allo-
. tit-llVPl‘lG'S according to the urgent
:. -.-t..- of Connecticut and to do away
ft .'l~ inconsistencies of price anti
" now complained of in order
. I‘ll-ill coal may be obtained
‘: .u‘ lll\‘()l\’ll’12 the extraordinary
lulu?!) ot‘ the President. the (‘on-
;nt.‘ t'hamber 0t (‘ommerce resolu.
. \\.i.~ today drawn up and passed
utntnittee for that purpose.
3 . pi‘l‘stlllni‘l ol' the committee ap»
,wl
.1 :‘wt in President Charles E,
.t - ,_ the state chamber following
'_’l'ct m the board of directors of
bully at the meeting in Hartford.
.~ -- mlwr lTIh to consider the coal
is l-‘rank Cheney, Jr. of
. :x \i int-luster: Major Morgan G.
by Jr. oi Hartford: Robert \V.
.1 a. on. o" Hartford: Edwin P.
,. 7w“ Haven. and l". .1. Kings‘
y‘ Bridgeport.
- lr'xlllillllln was based on ”10 in-
'Jtllllll received at the meeting
1’ Wil> stain-ti that facilities were
my bringing into ("onnecti—
‘ll '!l.:l| Poul for its winter needs.
r- snot: 'li present is the alloca-
: 'lr‘ll\t'llv‘l~.
H Um ’1‘. Miller. advisor to the
--l states Senate Committee on
(Continued on page Six)
til" HEADS OFF
murmurs
trench Senegalese and the
ii‘r,vrks and Arabs Make
so re of Deaths.
.iNS'l‘AN’l‘lNOPlJI. Sept. 20 (Dr
"-.~.~ot-iaietl l‘ress).— 'Tllt'lv‘lsll Nil—
t'urm-s in Southern Asia are
'H' until: their fight zlaaitlst French
.n' nctupatiou there. 'i‘en thou
., l Turks- and Arabs are besiecin:
A’uél, and others are daily sheila]:
‘. .th old lire-inch Herman sums
it .1. are operated by German offi-
..t o ll:I\v been stranded there
~ < Ll u atnlistice,
‘1: ans in Adana have limited
in; nupplies. but distribute what
4 to 2 min) persons daily.
Itit diam! fighting frequently oc-
‘ t‘ "lllllfl, the French Senegalese
ilw Turks and Arabs cutting
- lt‘.’hl> of the fallen to be sure
ire dead. There is no report.
at torture being inflicted.
. '. i-‘lnin ul' Springfield.‘ Mass.
with Iln- American Commis-
w {tuber in the Near East. who
shunt here. reports counting
tr. i‘l tlttee hundred headless
_ w on tit-x fields near that city.
i managements have recently
. 7'37: It.
ltlllfilillllNES
-ltlr_s__ml mu:
t‘~ 'hETON. Pa, Sept. 21.—The end
,' . “vacation" strike in the an-
t- coal field today hinged on de-
wn ms in the Shamokin district
'. me than ten thousand miners
i-‘l'llsetl to return to work until
'le workers: are reinstated by
‘ ’-:-eratots.
, t't-nlly nll mines in the Phila-
.. and Reading Coal and Iron
"vulaim-d idle. Monthly work-
... been notified by the company
‘i= .\ cannot make application for
mat! the miners have. returned
~ Iollieries are in operation.
troopers continued to patrol
'--~t.— of Shenandoah and Shame-
‘ there was no disorder. ‘
r‘z operation was reported, by
--‘v-:ranies in the “’yomlnE-Laclt-
.. district with the exception of
" ~I2rsylvania Company colliaries.
spun. azainst the “contract-
t-ium has been in effect. This
' ~ v is settled. last night. the men
" " t u to return to work today. The
' -' whet; agreed to accept a prop-
n; the company that their
r. ”We: hp submitted‘to the State
it. ‘ ' ” rf Mediation and Arbitration
‘, “ it'lrtmenr
h; ritually all mines in the Hutc-
n: "Minot. were operating. 83mm!!!“
til.“ (it the collieries were shorthonk
l .
a5.- Jinn:
Entered at the South Non-walk Post
Office at Second Class Mail Matter.
GAMBLING BY
Bill PLAYERS ,
lNVESllGAlED
CHICAGO, Sept. 2:.»«(lrand Jury
investigation of alleged gambling by
baseball players in last year’s world
series between the Chicano American
and Cincinnati League Clubs, and of
charges that the Philadelphia-Chica-
go National League game. of Aug. Ill.
was “fived' for Philadelphia to win.
licg‘nn here today. A dozen baseball
officials. players and writers. had been
subpoenaed and it was announced
that others probably Would be called
before the hearing was concluded.
Indications were that the hearing
might last several weeks. Prosecu-
tor liartlcy llcplogle declared that
several former major league stars
against whom charges of gambling
have elm made at different times
nlight be called. The only player
known to have been subpoenaed so
far is Jacob (Rube) llcnton. pitcher
for thc‘Nt-w York National League
Club. Replogle today declared he
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BNLBYSTANIISBY
sun ltAllHl‘AllflN
Refuses to Rescind Procla-
mation as Demanded by
Tennessee Delegation.
w.\sttt.\'(:'ro.\'. Sl-lll. :t. .um-
suffrage leaders front 'l'v-nnt-sst-c were
fll"l with :t lirnl refusal by Secretary
Slalo- ('ollly yesterday to rescind
action in prm-luimins.r ratification
lll~ suil'trlu'ist amt-lululcnt. Admis—
sion \\'.|.‘~ illiitll’ by Ill" :ttllLsul't'l'algc
Knuth-ls that political exigencies cu-
ts-rml into their plea. which was Las-
(“l on the theory that action by the
(li
ill."
of
t‘onnv L‘ilt‘lll l.n g'isiattlrt- in ratify in}:
tho- :ttm-udmt-nt mimic the 'l‘enncs-
St't- tit-lion lit-gligiblr.
As a sound. 1' basis for their appeal
the) urged that the record shown tilt-
’l't-nluvsst-c 'l.egislaturc first ratified
tlu- .‘lllll'll-lllll‘l.l and that the Lowt-r
llonsc tbt-ll rescilulcd its action. Sec»
rctary ('olby was asked to cite tllc
rat-ords which llltllN‘l‘d hint to I‘ll“;
action in proclaiming ratification.
'l'ilt- so-t-Iwinr) pronlist-vl to (ll) this but
told the- anti—stifl'ragc lentil-rs flatly
rescinding; hisat-tion was impossible.
The Sila‘gcsllnll that the secretary is-
sun- :I new proclamation on the basis
of lllt' t':t\orabln- action of llu- t‘onm-c-
llt‘lll Legislature \\':l." declare-d out of
tilt- question.
'l‘llv :u'litltl Ol‘ .\ll‘. i'tnlll)‘ ill llt‘u-
(Continued on page Seven
PlilElilASS RATES
FflRlNSUNANCE
1111.300 PER CENT.
l'rupt-rtv in Norwalk. and
especially
ml to learn that platt- glass insuranco'i
has incrt-astwl :itm per cent since the
U\\'llf'l'S
first o the year. the ll0'\\‘ rates going:
into effect .lunc l.
tlm- reason for the advance is that
plate glass during the past few {rears
has :ui\;tnt-cti from 40010 {loo per
(‘t'lll in price. and as the insurance
companies do not insure- the windows
and Show cast-S for a money value.
but for a replacement value. it is
easily semi why the rates have ud-
rant-ml.
liox size .thosc less than 84 in-
ches at tho- narrowcst part and over
174 inches at the widest part. to—
gether with tint car sizes those over
tlu- above flR‘llf‘t‘S. have advanced ap-
proUmately 3:: per cent.
i’rupcrty owncrs who have received
notification of thc advancc in rates
are rather skeptical as to whether
thr- figures quoted them by local
liar-his are correct but it is so.
ltecently in this city a piece of
plate glass 8'2 by 82 inches was set.
and the cost for the glass was about
.3200. Some few years ago this same
glass could be secured for much leo-
‘than this price.
Polish-Forces in
New Offensive
LONDON, Sept. 22,—Polish forces
have commenced an offensive in the
region of Grodno. on the northeast
Polish front. according to an ofliclai
statement issued yesterday in Moscow
and received here by wireless.
The statement declares the Poles
have advanced along a front 33 miles
in length, large numbers of troops be-
ing engaged. Fierce fighting is pro-
ceeding. it .is said.
Minntox notman SUITS Flu-1n.
\
BRIDGEPORT. Sept. 22,—1‘wo
suits. aggregating 32.600.000. were
tiled today'against the American and
atritish Mapufacturlug Company. of
this city. by the New Idea Quicksil-
ver Company. of Wyoming; and the
ow inc-Sear; Immoral-o m
{Aim-e co fulfill terms of a contact
for Julius
lllt‘l‘t'llilllls will he interest- .éharge either Mr.
J
ltERNARD c.
titltv ( Dill)
Newspaper Man and Demo-
cratic Registrar of .Voters
in Norwalk Passed Away
At 1:15 O’clock This Morn-
mg.
“’ith the deepest regret and gener-
al expressions of sorrow it was
learned that Bernard C. Feeney. of 6
Maple street. Democratic registrar of
voters in the first ward and for the
past 43 years an employe of the Nor-
walk Hour, had died at 1:15 this morn-
ing, following injuries received when
hotel] down the stairs leading to the
editorial moms of the office on Mon-
day morning last.
Mr. Feeney was 58 years old. at the
time of his death, would have cele-
brated his 59th birthday if he lived
until December 8th, this year. The
funeral services will be held Friday
morning at 9 o‘clock from St. Mary's
church, and interment will be in St.
Mary's cemetery.
“Barney" as Mr. Feeney was known
to all with whom he came in contact.
first entered the employ of the Hour
71 years ago. as “printer‘s devil." life
ll amed the trade of compositor. spent
all of his newspaper career with the
Hour.
For a number of years he had been
a reporter for the paper and was the
Vt'estport correspondent of the Hour.
making his daily trip to that communi-
he will be missed by his fellow em-
ployees.
Mr P‘eeney was born December 8th.
1961, lllf‘ son of Bridget t‘onway and
Bernard Feeney. He is survived by
his wife, one daughter. Miss Zita
lt‘eency. his mother. who lives on
Cross slrcct, tlll‘PP'SlSlPl's' Miss Anna
Fceney. Mrs. Mary Drew and Mrs.
Justus Mills of this city and one
brother. John F‘ceney also of this city.
He was a member of (‘atholic l'nion
Council. Knights of (‘olumbus the
Norwalk Boat Club. the Hope Hose
company.
The accident which resulted in his
death occurred early last Monday
morning. when he was found uncon-
scious at the foot of the stairs leading
to the editorial rooms at 4:21" o‘clock.
He had evidently been attacked with
vertigo while descending the stairs.
and was taken to his home where he
was attended by Dr, Daniel E. Sulli-
van Some hopes were held out fol
his recovery as there was no fracture
or congusion oi the brain. but he
went into a state of coma from which
he did not recover.
nlufiiiinltis
. AliAlNSl PALMER
Attorney General in Letter
Declares He Did Not In-
tend to Charge Disloyalty.
on.
(‘ounrel
NHVV YORK. Scpl.
ill» WOOl
Forstvmaun and
concern of Forstmann and Hoffman
Company anounced todar that suits
filed against Attorney General Pat
nler alleging libel in certain magazine
articles had been discontinued upon
receipt of a letter from Mr. Palmer
stating that hc had not intended to
Porstmann or the
cmnpany with disloyalty dul‘inz the
war and that he was satisfied there
was no basis for such a charge.
Mr. Palmer's letter stated the ma-
gazine articles in question and also an
introduction by him to a book on
Germany's commercial war. had been
written. solely to inform the public
concerning the administration of the
"Trading with the enemy act." His
letter. he explained was written to cor’
rect any erroneous construction plac-
ed on these articles.
MAN’S will ms
doughnuts
“The Gentleman \agrant" was
picked up on lower \Voodwartl avenue
at 7:30 o‘clock last night by Patrol-
man \Vallace. Snmmis. after numer-
ous complaints from residents of Har—
bor View. “Woodward avenue. and
other s'ections. had been received by
the police that a man had been
going from house to house begging
clothes. food and money. and acting
fweerfy. walking into the houses
without. knocking and mumbling
when spoken to.
The man proved to be‘lnrold‘ltck-
hiart. aged 28. who said he came frorr
New Haven. and who told a story in
wart this morning of blighted af-
fections and of how he once was a
prosperous broker on Wall street.
New‘ York.
A young woman. to credit the aton-
told by Eckhart to court room at-
taches. broke his young and trusting
heart and feeling that this life was
80m NORWALK, 00“.
lament swan
.GAlNl-ISTON. Texan. Sept. :2.“
Texas com Citiclfireisthetl nomewhat
easier early todayllrt the belief that
the tropical hurricane. which roared
its way up- the Gulf of Mexico from
Yucatan and threatened to smile a
wide strip or territory between Gal-
veston and Corpus Christi. had rc-
curw-d at sea and swung eastward.
Victims of. previous .hurricanes.
however. and fully aware or the tickle-
nesu of such stony-ls. both cities this
morning continued to take all possi-
ble precautionary measures. because
of the mystery surrounding the
storm's whereabouts officials redou-
blcd their efforts to prevent a relaxa-
tion of vigilance.
The authorities said in the event
the storm should strike the Texas
coast. t he elaborate precautions
taken and the broadcast warnings
sent out would minimize the loss of
life or property.
Nl'2\V ORLEANS. . Scot. 22,..- The
tropical slornl reported to bc sweep—
ing slowly toward thr Gulf coast had
not struck the mainland in this vicin—
ity early today. The barometer was
rising steadily this morning. and the
wind which reached a maximum \‘c—
lOclty here of 4S miles an hour. had
dropwl to is miles an hour. This fa-
vorable turn in conditions led to the
bclicf that llll' disturbance- might
lluvi' dissipated itself. somewhat. at
least.
No loss to ShillIllllL: has thus fat
been reported In re. 'i‘ruiTit' on lln-
l.ouis\illc~ and Naslnillc Railroad.
however. was at a standstill. lull"
bridge having been wasth out ncar
lie-re. \\illl-- lilt- harks \vt-rt- rcportcd
llllfll'l‘ water at several points.
Trt-t-n were uprooted. windows wt-rc
broken, and signs- \i I Hi blown do“ ll by
l‘tt‘ \vimi llt'l‘i'. Ur» unidentified man
was killrd by a falling power wirc.
utilitarian
‘ MASS MEEllNli
Tonight‘s mass meeting at lied
Men‘s Hall. Mail. Sll"‘li. first district.
is not intended Ir. seer-vice men
nioiw'. mortllnq it) ‘t‘f- (nmmuetnln
zlmruv of lllr :li‘l'ull'.
'l‘llt‘ tum-tint: will lu- uptll to all
up n m (or cit\ \tllu ill>li'l to Hill lid
and it is twin-d l‘ M town of No;-
wnlk‘s l-usim-s mo-u “Ill take atluull-
1r o“ the invitation or llu- commit-
ttr :Lllvl 1w ll"!'.‘~t“l‘. (ills t-\t dilly:
'l‘ittlt- v.ill ln- plunl)‘ of chit-rial!!-
llltlll [Vl‘t.~.l'lv‘tl. the Q‘llli‘l‘lalllnlt'lll
{7.5% rcportml. as tlu-rt- will
of entertainers frt‘m
.\‘t\\ York cltv prcsont ulltl Alabaster
Snmuri lv'al‘ltnr of the item-lit Urea-
lrv- bus promiScd that as many of the
actors at the Regent as are wanted
\‘lll gladly attend and give their help
our tlnltlo-v
lw :t llllllllrl‘"
in llluki- the entertainment part of
the melting in success. '
'i‘llotnas llunnillg‘un of Hartford
and John Pickett of Anson“. two of
the fort-must tmfl in “w American
l.0-:ion, department of Connecticut.
will bc p'n-scnt to speak. as will
.lmlgb' ("barb-a ll. Lockwood of Siam-
ford, ’I‘ht- \\'o~ll;lit;;nrcbctsta will also
ln- prey-lit to provide nlnsix' anti :1
gcncral good time is promised.
The purpose of tonight's meeting is
two—fold. one to act any i-v-stervicc
nun as possible to join tl~o- I.rgion.
those ”at arr Q liziblc that is. and the
other is to make plans for .1 thin for
funds to help outtii the lkg‘lnn's
rooms in the {oodnvr buildliig on
‘.‘.':tll strcet.
Robbie—d of $1,170
By Four Strange Men
HARTFORD. Sept. 22,—(7harles
Turner. of 51 Bellevue street. told the
police today that some time Sunday
night or Monday morning. he was
robbed of 81,170 by four men who he
does not know and who han- disap-
peared. He drew the monev from a
bank Saturday to send to his wife
in Poland that she might pay their
debts there, and come to Hartford to
foin hint. Sunday night he met two
jovial strangers-countrymen of his—
and later two more. The} led him on
"ine food. took him to a theatre and
finally induced him to spend the
night with them in one of the city's
best hotels. in the morning. they and
the money were gone. Police of other
cities have been notified.
Waterbury Bomb
Maker Gets in Prison
WAERBURY. Sept. 22.——1like Kal-
achuk. one of the men, arrested here
in July for placing a bomb near the
home (1 Superintendent Geo. M. Beach
of the police department. was arraig-
ned in) Superior court today. He
pleaded guilty and bad no statement
to make. State Attorney 1'. F. Car-
mody. in relating the circumstances,
said the alair happened at a time
but a vale of tears and a. mockery to
the rnoul he plunged int on career of
riotous living. "hard liquor" and gen—
eral distillation. until at last .he-wasl
forced to go from house to house‘
fleeting clothes and food.
_. Harry Bradbury of “'oodward ave-l
farmland we Waters. Neptune ore-l
m“?- were witnesses against Eckbart
made lull-hum. 1910. ‘ . » ‘
. 1,, . .3
lstate. due to the
when the city min a highly excited
biz strike. The
bomb. he said was found to contain».
large "mount of will! explosiv- ae-
terlal.
Knbchuk was sentenced to 10 to
15 feared: the state prison and fined
51.000.
A1119
tummnmint. Judge. thm..flxe .
Wm”: . 1" 45:" ,2. .1-.. yam. ‘ l '
illll JAMES
it; Will
Formal Opening of Nor-
walk’s New Hostelry Is
Marked by Fine Menu,
Music and Speeches.
-_—.——__.
NEW lllNN ARTISTS
AS ENTERTAINERS
Manager P. Walter Guzzar-
di Highly Complimented
on Successful Affair.
“'hilc. as was stated afterwards by
John (.‘avanagh. toastnlaster. Nor-
walk's peeplc did not respond. to any
great extent. to the invitations to the
banquet which marked the formal
opening of the Royal James Hotel.
last night. there were. it is estimated.
about 25" guests present who gaxc lo
the :lflair :1 most plcasiu: touch. and
who helped celebrate the openinn’ in
Norwalk of a hotel \\ lllt‘ll. for Sfl‘i‘\l('(‘
{Illd cuisine. has not been parallcleti.
and which cuuzlls the best in lllt‘ bo-
tcls of New York and other big cities.
Numerous rcncrwations had been
mail-- for the affair. principally by
nut-()frlf‘WVll people. whose names ill‘f'
given further on. and the E'll‘h‘t “('1‘ or
tlw handsomely cowbell \romcn. and
men ill immaculatc W"t‘llll!§-'\ dross.
gave- tht affair a mwi tm-lropolitan
ilpiti'alulll‘l'.
The banquet was held in the lurat‘
dining room. in the east “lllfl of thc
l:ntci. which was handsomely tit-cow
alt-ti with cut tlowt-rs. palms and
ferns. and bctwccn courses. the ball
room Was tillctl with Ildlll‘tll-T. Mimic
our. furnished by the Sta-I'll”: orches-
trn. of this city. and was unsurpassed.
l‘:llll'f'lu‘ll:li'r§ from New York were
also present and circulation among
liw gun-sis. crcalt-u considerable mer-
rmlenl.
Following: thi-
l‘.rooks. president
lli"lll_\ (‘ompuhx
l‘crcy \\'.
of tin Norwalk
owners (if the bolt-l.
trim whom lhc Royal .lamcs Hotel
t'ompany lcasrs the building. calla!
for ordt'l}. and raid a few words with;
“cards to the purpose or the arc-u.
inz. which was to I‘oz'ltlall) opt-u to
tilt 1|!“ch oi \orualk and surround—
banquet
in: towns. a llI'Sl~('l;L88 hotel. which
would be a credit to the city and
which would attract licrc pcoph \‘llil
mom-y, people who upprcciatctl good
snrvlt-c and who demanded the lust.
and people whosc prcscnt-e wool-l
help boOst Not-walk. He spoke brief-
ly of the work which had hm it done.
and the trials and disammlntmv-nts
met before it was possible to open
the hotel. John (‘aulnazh whom ht
termed “an indefatigable worker,"
was appointed toastlnasti-r of thc
evening. and took the floor with rt»
marks that were to the point and at
the mine timc humorous.
Mr. (‘avnnarzh cxprcssnl
that .\'orwulk pt-nult- had not respond-
morc enthusiastically to tlzc
event. but said that doubtless they
would realize. as time went on. that
the: had missed something. and lint
tlu- presence of the hotel was it. h -l-,n
to the city. 3rd an institution that
mould do much to create a different
spirit in the town a spirit of "set up
but boost." rathar than a spirit of
lashes: and antipathy. which marked
last ltizhi's gathering. l- mums: oi the
zuost-ncr of man} to whom mutations
had been (wirnded.
Honourable Thomas A. H. liax. nt‘
l‘ltlstoll. l':l.. our ol tiw uniqsis :1? My.
and Mrs. Brooks‘ table. (-uliul
Y‘t-g't'a-l
‘.";.1>'
FM:- Innkhl and 'l‘lulrsday.
-- . a“ .-
The second special session of the
General Assembly of 1920 adjourned
wiu'out date at 7:45 o'clock'lult night
after 0. long wrangle that. resulted in
the adoption of a bill authorizing
towns with less than 15.000 inhabit-
ants to make women voters on Friday
and Saturday of this week without
"to be. made. lists." This will permit
qualified women in such towns. not at»
ready registered. to participate not on-
ly in the October town elections but
in the caucuses that are to nominate
candidates {or the. next General As-
sembly. -
More Time At The Polls.
It was also voted to keep the polls
open from 5:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. in
the November election a half hour
earlier in the morning than in the
past and an hour later in the evening.
Both houses of the Legislature
twice again ratified the woman sufr
frage amendment to the Federal r‘on
st’lution in order that there might
not be any pessihle loophole to coll-
test Connecticut‘s action. First each
house adopted a certified copy of the
suffrage resolution as submitted by
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and
then each adopted again the suffrage
resolution of ratification which orta-
iuated in the House last week and
was adopted by both branches. This
was after the governor had gone he
’ot'e a . join: convention of both
\Vhen
houses and urged ratification.
he was called in at the conclusion on
the session, be congratulated the
members on their appreciation of the
necessity for Shutting off all doubt
about the legality of Connecticut?-
ratification. lie arranged to certify
the ratification to Secretary of State
nainbfldgc Colby at once.
Ratification of the certified copy
of {he suffrage resolution was by a
vole of tilt to 9 in the House and un
minions in the Senate. where eight
members were absent. six of them
temporarily.
A petition from the prohibition
stale convention for the ratification
~t the prohibition amendment was
crntinued to the next regular session.
Thire bent: no vote to ratify. the res-
olution would have been automatically
nonlinued to the next regular ses-
sion without such a vote.
Bonus Referendum Unconstttutional
Although both houses quickly
adopted a resolution from the indi—
cial-v committee providing for a mi
t-a‘vntlum in the November election on
a question of zrant‘nz a state bonus
of $100 each to Connecticut eat-serv-
ice men and women. a question of
constitutionality was raised last night
by lore! lawyers. it wa< said. that
there is no provision ill the Connect.
t-ut Constitution for referendums to
the c‘ectorate on matters other than
constitulzr‘nll amendments.
Flier-torn! privileges were extended
to women on the same basis as men
UNCLE Still llElllNll
BNNNER llN WHISNEY
Prohibitionist‘Advocate U.
S. Buy Liquors to Keep It
from Bootleggers.
upon for a few words. and lit tel“:
the progress which marked the (‘ity
of Huston. following the opening ot’
a hotel there. s-annliat on the slyiw
of the Royal James. The town
a somewhat slow and policy
l“l.
.ufi‘n
(Continued on Page Faun:
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WESll’ilNl NNW
- lEAllS ll] ENE
ARREST NE SIX
STAMFORD. Sept. 22.—Art‘.ng upon
a complaint from Westport. the police
today halted a touring car in which
were six chauffeurs. and held them on
a charge of disorderly conduct. The
story sent here was that the men
driving recklessly ditched half a doai
en machine. on the post road. They
“'ASH'XG FUN. f~‘«pt. L“). rl'rnhibi»
tionists are advocating that l'nclc
‘Sam purtl-as- thc millions rrt‘ gallons
of whiskey "3-: \\':ll‘l'l!( ”win“. to lu-cp i1
loul of booth-fight: (haunt-ls
but John Kramer. prohibition cn-
forccmcnt cmztmtssioncr. may save
the ..‘ou-rnmcrt this expense and at
llll‘ time accomplish the same
.‘JIY‘J-
WOMEN IN Sillll lilWNS
GET ViNilE IN MAN
Special Act of Legislature Has Provision “to be Made”
on Friday and Saturday—Women in Cities Will Be
Enrolled between October 9 and Iii—Second Specinl
Session Twice Entities Sum-age Amendment—430n-
stitutionality of Bonus Referendum Doubled bySone
under nearly a score of bills amend.
in; existing statutes and there wu
no serious debate on any except the
lull mentioned in the first paragraph.
which provides for the enrollment of
women voters in small towns on Fri-
day and Balm-thy of this week. Ex-
ception was taken on the, ground that
it dllcimlnoted against large: "town-
and exception was taken on the some
grounds to an amendment offering
the same privilege to the city ot New
London and towns and cities not hav-
ing the convention system of making
nominations. The amendment was
dropped. The judiciary committee ex-
plained that the purpose of the bill
was to give, women the right to par-
ticipate in nominating caucuses at
once in small towns. when it was pos-
sible to meet the requirements of the
statutes in the limited time available.
Provision for special registration
boards to assist in the enrollment of
he“ women voters was striclen out
as unconstitutional. but the Legisla-
ture insisted on the maintenance of
“to made lists” except in the caso
of tilt" small towns that. are author-
ized to make voters on Friday and
Saturday of this week. “'onien at-
ready enrolled for town (let-lions. un-
der the opinion of Attorney General
Frank E, Healy and those already en-
rolled to vote on schoo matte-ts were
automatically transferred to the gen-
eral voting lists and provtsum was
made for the voting by their maiden
names oi women who have. bern mar-
ried since being made voters for
school questions.
There were two
one the continuation of the specml
session that convened on Tuesday or
last week and illenther one thahwal
convened thenreticallv at ii a. m.. up—
on the adjournment of the first special
s .
sexgol‘he second session was called
of ratifyina: the suffrage amendment
for 11 a. m. for the specified purpose
and adopting legislation to enable
women to Vote in the November elec-
tion. the clocks were stopped at ll
o'cock in both house: when debate in
the Senate held up adjournment
more than an hour.
For Agricultural College.
Tlmh houses adopted over a veto of
Governor Holcomb n bill .mpropriatv
in: $335,000 to the Connecticut Agri-
cultural Collezevat Stm‘rs to replace
a dormitory destroyed by fire. The
governor vetoed the bill for the pur-
pose of puttinz the responsibility for
its passage contrary to the purpose
of the special session. upon the lezis-
-. u tself.
L Elnr‘otfder to avoid any legal catches
later. all bills adopted by the contin-
ued special session in the morning
were again adopted bv the second
special session in the afternoon ‘ Rep-
resentative Vt’illard B. Roger s lull ex-
special sessions.
(Continued on page Slxl
NEW ENNAAN MAN
NilNilliEll ill VETS
INDIAKAI‘OLNS. It‘l. .‘V-nt. '_
The dw‘ndllm: hosts or. in: ulfll) “at
nlorc than liftydnt vars ago 1305
up the cage of lullll' tar tin preset \n-
“on of the I’nlon. to-luy w< rt» to tan-
in review. Mow ibu‘ ten. tho.“ '14]
member! of the Grand Army of tho
Republichcrc for the annual encamp-
ment. were to participate in tho
tlw wet-i; the an—
crownin g (‘W‘m 0"
nual rode. ..
Theparoute this y: :'1 “;t< WIN-V '3-
bly 'lcu than a mile in lcngth. but for
those whose lntirmm‘cs prevented
them marching. automobiles were
n;trp-:sr. to Wit: Transfer ownership
' this blow to l'ncle Sam.
\\'l»_v should l'nclc Sam buy this
whiskey. when he can get it free?
The visible supply 0 whiskey .and a
great deal of the invisible supply is
‘ (Continued on page so)
Colby Refuses to
Rescind Action
‘D‘.’.-\SHINGTON.—-Sept. 2,1.-—'rh.
l’nited Stater- "hopes to bring its oc-
cupation of Haiti to an and as cool:
abused a road repair men. and Uria- tit" .‘benevotent put-posed forwhicb
this Government intervened baveboen
fully achieved.".Secreury Colby dc-
also «hoped. empty whiskey bottles
dong the way.
Tho me said they were employed
an au livery man in Brooklyn.
”Soy-rib” last night.
after M ‘ in Westport drove here
at afmdipto avoldonyooc who
might be following them.
The ‘l‘, who were arested in
8mm It 11:15 this morning gave
Iyn: magnum. 175 Hopkin-
atreet, Wig/n: Rocco Lama. 77%
madman. Emma; William “Amo-
'°3. .'
Mmamuma.
., MM
Bridgeport. They were returning md- are nmlwco '
their m and addresses as Mp tomllu
Dei‘ornb. 38 Bergen avenue. Brook me to go beyond them.
dared in a statement published today
defending the administration's Hattie:
,policy. recently attacked in state-
lmouts by Senator Harding. The work
whose ear'thcy had taken out for ai
tnvemg lithium under trpaty wt: w”
meat
which the United States mom in
. “IO-8m?!
added. already is "nearing comple-
tion." . _
“The course of this country to Hal-
'ti.” the Secretary said, "has been mod-
erate and dictated only by the desire
undo: and not ingot! do-
on
been time. this countrv would have
m watts} ”of. n domination of duty
and inltlit have been W to
sound criticism." _ .
provided and cvtry prtraration nau-
mldc to are for veterans who might.
become ill 0rd rop out tor any real-on.
Fourteen first, aid stations and eight
ambulance.nationa wire established
along the Ihofl “hr of nlu‘Y‘ll vvlth
nearly a half hundred doctors in at-
(Uonmued—ou DIS! 59"“
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Wrangel’s Cavalry . .
Gets 2,000 Prisoners
m r Sept ”1 ~04!!!
INOPIA .1. ~ " ' -
coxs'm .. hm amlry do."
oral
allevllti in South Ru
miner :23 rum}, ”d mutton
wt pin valuable atra ed.
’“" m ‘ of more than 2.000
alga! fld quantities of supplies.
it is reported in advice: from tho
Crimea.
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51 Cattle m $146,135 .
out! for m Am Bull
in. Sept. 33.
to be record
.35. Sixteen cows sold
glow of 83:83.3.
at
arm
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