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page Seven
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Jun. lit—Officials of
{fut Company today inti.
the prescnt transit service
hourly schedule between
ind Norwilk-‘wlllbe real
oucman cars on a twenty:
whcdule in the near future.
.11 town meeting, Westport
maorli as favoring trolley
amr jitneys and a committee
pointed to-take up with the
crummy the matter of regula‘
'r‘rcrs. Vl'hatever is done to re-
rttneys in Westport will affect
. lines running between Bridge-
! ". d Nor-walk. it is believed.
Members of (3th
Hustman’ Austin Wakcmau was.
”(r-M chairman of the committee
the following as members: Judge
(12"le M. Salmon, Franklin G.
'i-Jnd, Representative Harry R.
mood and L. G. Moulthrop.
l- meeting was called as a result
‘ ~ announcement of the Connecti-
'{nnpnny thatthe office and car
_. Westport, would be discon-
f- l. J. P. Potter. manager of the
(us-“o f division, who spoke at the
‘hmr. assured the residents that
s». .103 here would not be impair--
fli'llimMM~
”Mill-El
.ziEXlC‘Q-CITY. Jan. 19,—A score!
r Ersons are known to have been
«red- and: thirty to have been in-
‘-I this afternoon when the dam
fusing Pachuca. the. biggest_mlning
'. in Mexico, broke and flooded the
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I.
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A.‘
p... property damage. ,which is
has not been estimated:
lumliuca. capital'oi’ the-State of
1.40. lies fifty-five miles northeast
M -xir‘.0 City. The. electrical power
luv-Kine City is obtained from the
wounding dam as Pachuca. The
. :1 has: awpopulatvion of about 40.-
‘. The dam.was built by Canadian
mans-h interests. organized‘by Dr.’
. 8. Pierson.
‘urkish‘ Nationalists .
Break Greek Front
‘Vr’N’DON., Jan. 19.—Qfflci_al re-
“3.. received in Loudon 'seem 0 con—
‘ {‘5 of the Turki Na-
ho. 'e broken the
Shun. ,
a _a‘ military re-
" that .if the
.. Nation:
-i-ated.
1
n
4
I
Mrs. Gcorgc Thornc liill.’ Mrs.'Lco
Davis and Mrs. Christian Swartz at-
tendcd {hr mocting of the National
in-uguc of Wuulcn Votcrs at NcwHa—
vcn yr-sicrdu)‘ whcu the Connecticut
Stats.- lA—uguc Was orgmlizcd.
'l‘lu- nice-ting was held in the Cont-
cr church house and Mrs. Maud “bod
l’urk. ("hulrmlln of the National] Leu-
guc of \V'omcn Vote-rs. who was the
principal spcnkcr of thc afternoon.
congratulatcd the Connecticut women
on their ability and thcir past achicvc-
moms.
‘ “No one." she said. “can come to
(,‘ounccticut without congratulating
you that when finally you ratified the
fcdcrnl suffrage umcndmcnt you did it
thrcc times. This is just all 0x-
nmplc of thc fact that when you do ll
thing you do it cxtrcmely well. That
us one of ihc rcnsons why the Nation-
(Continued on ‘ page Eleven)
VlRElLl 'ENgflAliEll
INSTRUETBRS FDR
WIFE, HE BLAIMS
Application to Have Mrs.
Virelli Removed as Guar-
dian of Children Contested
Scrgcant Frank Virclli.- of the state
police. engaged instructors to help
his wild pcrfcct hcrsclf in The art of
housekeeping. according to testimony
brought out in the Fairflcld probate
court in‘thc hearing upon the applica-
tion of ME Virelll to have his wife re-
moved as joint guardian of their six
children. '
It is claimed that Mrs. Virellt did
no}, profit? by =the instruction and
Mimi-ding to witnesses who have
told their stories to Judge Bacon
V‘Vakeman thus far .the home is not
a suitable ’place for the. children.
One. witness said Out the children
were fed prnctlt‘ully no home made,
cooked foods.
'Beforé testimony was taken in the
case Judge \Vukcmnn liad' to'dcclde
a point of jurisdiction raised by At-
torney Fred Morgan counsel for
Mrs. Virclll. Attorney Morgan claimed
that since there was a. divorce notion
pending and the custody of the child-
ren was claimed in that case the jur-
isdiction lay in the superior court
rather than in the probate court.
Attorney Lawrence S. Finklestone.
for Mr. Virelll contended that the
probate court’ had jurisdiction rc-
gardless of the divorce action. Judge
W'akeman took Attorney Finkle-
stone‘s view.of the ‘matter and assum-
ed juridiction. -
Miss “'alsh. principal of the school
which the Virelli children attend was
one of Mr. -Virelll’s witnesses. It is
expected the hearing will be resumed
Blflssmlll -
llll .. , .
“‘Vfilflz'llfl;
A total of $2,714.01 was collected
in the Red Cross roll .drlve' Which
has just ended. it'was announced this
morning by Attorney 5. T. Dunbar.
chairman of the committee in charge
of the drive. The total mcmbership
enrolled is 2.388. .
The drive was‘a. greatsuccesa not-
withstanding that the .amountvraised
is smaller than that of last year.
From the number of‘ small amounts
recoived. it could, be seen that every-
body wanted to do his or her “bit"
even though times are not as prosper-
ous as hithertofore for the past three
um
HEATER I
bIIDDLEBOHO, Mass, Jan. '19.—
The explosion of-a steam heater in a
pay car .of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad here today
caused probably fatal injuries to
Henry T. McQunde, 24 year“ old. na~
sistant‘foreman of a. work crew, sev-
erely hurt William T. McCobe,~- a
others. .
7 ,mén with fifty other: lined
up in the car waiting 10,de their
blew off.
tel-ed and ,the roof of the our forced
akyward. McQuade. who served six—
teen months overseas with the 14th
muting aid): that.
{ Ell WEE
switching engineer. and injured five ,
wages when the top of‘the heater ‘
The line of men was ocnt- .
incl-obs nudithe othervlnjur‘e'd wen ' _
.; m" , ,
4
um lunar
. consular
Some of the Shipping Board
Officials Spent $30 a Day
- for “Expenses”
“s
I
NEW” YORK. Jan. lfl.——1\lcanc of
accounting for thc fund of muethan
$3.0902Mo.oonhandled by tho Ship—
ping llourd. \vcrc described here to-
day by Col.) E .H. Abadic. former
General Comptroller of tho lloard. in
testimony bcfore thc \ansh Scnatc
committq- investigating shipping
Hoard affairs.
Thq witness said $215.796.ono was
duo the Board on Nov. 1. 1919. in un-
collccted accounts. and of this sum
morc than $2,000.0H0 was due from
foreign governments. lliflicultics in
collection. he said. wcrc enhanced by
failure to have proper supporting do-
cuments to substantintc claims.
One of the carly lllmscs corrected
by the comptroller was lack of con-
trol of travelling expenses of cmploy-
cs of the board. He said as high as
$30 :1 day was paid for trnvcling cx-
pcnscs of ninc executive cmployea.
High fccs paid "Exports" and their
assistants wcrc also criticized by the
witness.
22 AWIURED
willy WREEK
Fast New York-St. Louis
Train of Pennsylvania
Jumps Switch
GREENVIIJJI. Ohio. Jan. 19.—
’l‘wcnty-lwo persons were injured. two
or three seriously. when a. fast New
York-St. Louis passenger train. on the
i‘cunsylvanin Railroad jumped a
switch three-quarters of a mile cast of
hcrc at noon yesterday and crashcd
into a freight train standing on a side
truck.
Three coaches and the engine pass-
ed the switch. but the remaining seven
coaches left the rails. demolishing the
freight engine and three freight cm
and tearing up 500 feet of track. ,Jl‘bo
wrecked cars did not overturn and did
not catch fire.
The injured were given first aid
treatment by local physicians: relief
and wreck trains were rushed here
from Richmond. Ind.. and from Brad-
ford. O.
BUMPENSATIflN .
MW MAYBE ‘
AMENIIEH
-____._,
HARTFORD. Jan. 19.—-Cold weath-
er kept many members from. the
General Assembly today out! on the
number of [fills put firm“ i. both
branches. after a. late hing. had
an early closing. The main interest
was in the bills providing for further
developments of the Connecticut Ag-
ricultural College. These were put in
mainly by Mr. Stoddard. of Wood-
bridge.
Former. Senntbr George W. Klett.
of NewBritun. Senate leader last sel-
.aion. w by Senato‘recolutlon made
‘jud'gc “Now Brim. to fill the yo-
cuncy crated by the resignation of
Judge Kitflnun. who becomes corpor-
.atlon counsel. -Beninmln W. ‘Alling
w“ aloo'vié‘n'nmed 'as assistant judge.
'fle-oiutlonc for Judge‘ Klett and
Judge‘ Allin: tor the regular term also
went into the House.
In the solute an amendment wait
offered to tl'i'ETvorkmen's compensa-
mEEEEEEEi-‘f"
! 1m nun
*-
'GUlLFORD, ~ Jun. .
Bradley of New Haven. and his gnu!-
feur were held umuld r
the Essex Turnpike in North Sanford
by two mulled . The robbers
- revolvers
Savanna» men to leave their auto-
mobile'nnd- march into n woods. After
using their-hands behlndtliaui. the
robbers scorched victim find
the m . .
obtain. 'f ed nearly 8500. Then {no
. " men wu
holdup ked from them
mmmemdtowudgmmm-
“in Bradley, wamfig
o :uuwrnne . WW. 7,
through on: sectii moi-mun
esp; Huron
tbful Mariam
toobtaln his knife and with.“
ley’s bonds cud then released w
Regiment. suffered a. skull “'
com noun“. com
4 elect " Hurling pans to
CHICAGO. Jun. it's-Tho vigilance
committcc of Hyde Park. an exclusive
south sidc residential quarter. organ-
izcd to combat robberies in the
heighborhood. was preparing to dis-
haud today following the confession
of four youthful highwnymcn in the
1303s' Court that iiu-y had bccu rc-
spousible for more than one hundred
holdups in the district.
Fred Loomis. is years old. in a
confession given out by the police.
said: “\Ve worked six nights a Work
and made it a rule never to make loss
than seven robbcrics a night. “10 nc—
nuircd a lot of guns and used them
to intimidate victims. although, we
would have hated to shoot anybody."
Twentyd‘ive pistols wcrc found in
Loomis' rooms. the police said. Vic-
tims of the robbers told the policc
that after being hold up. they were
wished a polite good night and pro-
vided with carfare.
FIRE annals-v- ,
_ mu mum
Sanford School Reservoir
Collapses When Flames
Burn Away Support
\Vith o‘crnsll and a roar that could
be hcard for a long distance the $0.-
000 gallon water tank. the main
source of water supply for the San-
ford school. Roddlng. collapsed you-
tcrdny forcnoon after a fire had burn-
ed away the wooden casing enclosing
the pipe loading up to the tank from
the ground. Fortunately the tank.
was only about one-third full and the
greater part of the water in the tank
had already escaped through a hole
burned by the fire from the tannins
pipe. 0therwiso»~-th‘e Vlmmedlnte vicin-
ity would have been flooded and
much damage done.
The chemical apparatus of Company
No.
largo tanks were frozen solid and
could not be used. The hand chemi-
cal tanks were inadequate to fight the
fire and all the firemen could do was
to stand and watch the fire burn. The
tanks were inspected Monday after-
noon by the chief of the department
and at that time. it was slated today.
were found to be in good condition.
The extreme cold of that night. how-
ever. we. sufficient to frcczc the
chemicals in the tank. 1
The fire started from a blow torch
vanadium
Pill-Ann run-mi
MARION. , 0..
Jan. _19.’——For the
first time In weeks President-elect
Harding’s engagement calcinin-
wns blank today and he turned his
attention entirely to Del-noun our:
in preparation for his departure to--
moi-row night'for a. six weeks‘ stay in
Florida. .
"One question in regard to Mr.
Harding’s pemnal-plam which red
mains unanswered is whether he will
continue to be the proprietor of hill
newspaper. the Marion Slur. during
his occupancy of the White House. It
is‘known that the subject has 'been
given serious consideration. and that
ulthough he expect: to have no op-
portunity to participate’ in the pupcr'o
mnngement‘durlng thy next four
yearn. he towelth to lever conned-p
tions with on institution to which he
buglvcnthegmmportofhhme.
‘ fir. Harding will leave for St.
mule lute tomorrow night.- utter
“binding. odebntionbcrc of the
m mm. of- which he in a
number.
7 9.-'- out-
M la.
Luna". 1'“... Jon. 1
cumin! Indra- during bl! my in
Unborn. M‘chublicon treasur-
encbero‘u up “choc “my the
M“ a he «pm-cl”.- it.
mpurmm will doubt.
shin-be m7!" Cabinet petitions.
gun“ the.“ uni-oath.
1'5. m
L-
l was summoned. but the three-
Hhunl. (com to Frederick W. ed
En®.a&¢.o¢ momma. m n. :9:
mulled
t a WK: Int. 19, 1921
$2,500,000 Fl
51mm! mun Ill “
niwiiuif
Nearly TWO-Thirds State
Quota .Must Be Raised in
Next Half Year
State Director 1”.- ll. Mcllonough of
the Near Rust lic-licf announced 3'08-
tcrduy that. in thc first half of the
fiscal your just (-ndcd. $110.00“ hadi
been raised in (‘onnccticui toward lhcl
3300.000 quota sought for thc fillet
of Armcniau orphans and rcfugccs.
Noiiccs scut to local chalr’mci
throughout ihc statc called :ntcnlio:
to the fact that nearly iwo~thirds o
the quota. remains tobc raised in tho
ncxt half year.
Reports rcccivvd at sinic headquar-
icrs during the past work from all sec—
tions of the stair show that subscrip-
tions for Near East ltclicf llzlvc drop-
pcd off ow: 30 per cont. sincc the
campaign of the European Relief
(Continued on page Twelve)
TRINITY PARISH ‘
Rev. Chapman S. Lewis of
Jersey City May Come to
South Norwalk — Parish
Officers Elected
The fifty-third annual mccilng of
the Ecclcsiastical Society of Trinity
church ~was held in the parish hall.
last evening at 8 o'clock. Senior Vl’nr-
den David \V. Raymond callcd the
meeting to order and a unanimous
call was extended :0 the Rev. Chap-
man 8. Lewis. of St. St'ephcn's church.
Janey City. to become the rector of
Trinity. ‘ . .
. Gntifylng reports from the treas-
cr. A. Lolc. showed all bills pnid and
thinner in the treasury. The trees-
urer of the Church school showed a
prosperous your and a good balance.
in<the treasury.
The following officers were elected:
Senlor Warden—~Dnvid 0w. Ray-
mond. ' ‘
Junior \Varden—Samnel \V. Hoyt.
Knapp. Bur-
Jr. .
Vestrymen—Philip N
ges- D. Jennings. Hebry 0. Index.
Charles H. Gem-morn. William R. Pon-
nington. Arthur Loin. Albert M? Pohl-
non. Robert E. Doulens. Edwin L.
Talmadgc and Chm-lea F. Gobi-man.
One vncancy was left to be filled at
a purl-ti meeting to be called later.
Treasurer—Arthur Lole. ‘
Clerk of lb! Polish—Charles F.
Gem-lulu. '
Delegate- to the Diocesan Conven-
tion—David W. Raymond and Samuel
W. Hoyt.
Alternates—Arthur Lole and Henry
0. Holley.
BlilllNEl Hill
'~ his 5100 lllllllii
Damage «Rimmed at 8109 was
coated by fire Inst night in the chin:-
m ct the’ home of Mn. Robert Van
Bach. 58~ Went avenue. ' The tire was
:‘otubborn blaze to combat and the
. h fire upmtun m outover
on boar. ‘ _
To make matters worse. the old.
m truck of the Hope Hose com-
pany, broke down on thng to the
scone.“ the fire nnd could not be
stated. The truck in: to be towed
hock town; headquomro. The truck.
boauoeofthelcngthoftimoithu
been lnrlc 1n.- mlled'nnd brok-
en down on ) rd coco-tom recent-
ly. and First District cut-on- feel
{hot It should be now; If n fire
or. the ’ ' ‘ ' of - the recent
' 'r‘buft blunt mould brook
out in the (W ct old the truck broke
down.’ ' it mine menu flint lives. on:
call on property, would be camcor-
.
s
l
m the n: the vn But-en homo
‘ mm entirely to the chimney.
chimney" . the acumen found it unis:
difficult to extinct!” the ~~ Mono.
Chunky-ll were brought Into pluy m
an» on hour-'1 warmth. an was un-
buy out out. The uptown mum
to the m h, o. M
com mm 39! “s
53,; ,;. nil-s W
4
rule-Wei
L IN WORCES
atrcct. heavily stocked with merchan-
BALLS A REUillR s.
MI” oftho pcculhr Y form of tilt.
Put-fly dandy, not quite so MI... \
.—
Seven-Story Knowles-
as Known
“'ORCESTER. hiass..r Jan. l9.~'
in city was spotted by fires early
day. with a loss that ran upwards of
1.000.000.
Two business
buildings on Main
disc. wc-rc b‘urncd out. .1 score of ten.
cmcut structures wore ovcrrun by
sparks that caused roof blazes. and
gucsts at the Bancroft and Now Park
Hotels which were situate-d twtwccn
the business and the tenement district
fires stood ready to follow the tone-
mcnt dwellers into the zero tempera-
ture of the streets. The hotels were
ed; Followed by 19 Other Places Within _
a Radius of a MileTReports of Incendi-L ’
arisni are' Rife—No Loss of Life as F¢~
saved. however.
\Vhllc this epidemic of Jlrcs to the
south cngagcd all the clly's apparat-
us' another fiery spot dcvolopcd sov—
cral blocks to the north where the
wood working “plant of the M. K.
Smith Corporation was burned with a
loss of $100,000.
The origin of none of the principle
fire: was determined Bonnitcly. but
the police unid\ they had only the
faintest suspicion that lnccndlarism
was involved.
ire starting shortly before 3
x in the Knowles Building here.
destroyed that building and spread to
nineteen other places within a radius
of a mile. The loss. it «Ministers.
will be at least'32.500.000.
The seven-story Knowles Building
was Quickly laid waste and the fire
then spread across Main street to a.
group of three-story buildings.
In a short time about twenty fires
sum
Commission
Inform
of Makmg' Locus—F
of the Shelton bank. which report
"hours on the face of it the implicn-
tion that a violation of luv i- in-
volved."
-In referring to his report. the bank
commissioner said that "so far the
fictn show that the more! 'of the
bank was solely rcmudhle for the
8150.000 deficit. pooled by as
poor loans which be negotiated with-
out the advice of the director- Ind
trustee! of the institution.” , —
The coinmiouloner cold thnt he
would work in conjunction with ‘-
Govcrnor Holcomb. receiver for the
Shelton bank. In prcpu'ing the report.
The report would not. contour. any
recommendation. for criminal proce-
dure. he cold. no the face- would be
made to speak for themselves and the
decision to bring action would M
entirely with the state's attorney for
w N. um. 19.—Oounool
much-m. Lord In!"
deliver the
the WW3
The Secretary of
m M by W W m
u“:- u merely the
to Judge 1"!“ in when com
Um I” M of the soot.-
wu u W",JM
should turnip on a. vaguely
um [All vmminlv
to Give Fail-field " State’s A
ntio‘n Showing Keen
oiled to W“ Ba 3
found notification ‘
floss- ’ W
TER, MASS:
! {in mi... .
Block. Quickly Bum .
4‘
Wcrc rcportcd from all qunl'tcrd 0‘
the city and reports of lnccmllnrism
were rife. ‘
Vt'hile the blaze in the buoincu dil-
trict was at its “right. another fir.
broke out in a group of film-story
wooden structures in the lumber dic-
trlct. a. qunrtcr of a mile own”:
threatening llll‘f‘f‘ largo lumbcr ynrtx_
This fire began in the rcnr of one
the structures. and in the adjoining
building flrcmcn found n sullcaoo
ablaze in the front doorway which led
to the belief that the accond fire m _
the work of a nrcbug.
As far as known. there was no 10.
of life.
The fire was too great to he 9.an "
quatclL covered by the city's fir.
fighting resource and “onion. Clinton»
Mlllsbury and \Vcstboro wcrc cnllofl
on to bend additional apparatus. A!
responded. Engine 26. n motorind .
unit. coming ovcr forty-four mile. of
blcnk road from Boston in quick time.
The flames skirts-d the building of .
the Worcester "Evening Pooh". “I
were kept away by a curtain of wow.
The consequent cellar flood. howcvoh
put the paper’s press out of SQDM
clon and spoiled a large nunntity of . 1*;
newsprint paper. ,
Fifty buclncu places including fl
retail stores. nix manufacturing plants
and a large number of offices of don-
tiota. doctors. music teachers cal
other: were wiped out.
The Bijou Theater building can“.
fire. but the damage mic alight.
‘,
2’?
\‘5
Wm.
B i E' ' :
"n.1,“: ‘3
’u.‘
all
mean
'f'.
o o 7 ,F :a
ors in Making Loans ., _ 5g
. # ‘ v ‘7 < ,
That action will be brought against Fall-field county. But a reportflg.‘ “.3
Edward \W. Kneen secretory and bMIurc to mad-c to n “snobby .
' torncy no u m hw require ‘ ..
treasurer of the Shelton Bonk & only when vlolotlon ofan in “WV”
Trua Company. was intimated in o volvcd. the column-loner sold. “a . .
ntatemgut by Bank Commlulonef n report nut be made to the In“ iii; 1“.
Everett J. Blur-gel. today Who said “tone! of the county in which t" mg"
that he would "1me. 0» NWI'C to but More takes place. it vol “u. ”Qua
Homer 8. Cummings. mw'l attorney _ Ex~0¢vcrnor Holcomb took dill-fl. _ ; ‘
for Fairlield county. on the situation of the Mn bank as receiver to“;- ‘ “1*
having lilo. I. 8100.000 bondwrlth Mr
bull: Mel- Monday. TI.
bond was laced by the Amerm
M may of New York. -
Any one.” free to lay informal
below the ”’0 attorney in reg-fl,
to.“ new bank. the commlullol-
er “. III m that new III-
W h the ln‘ltutlon’ ‘had “but
W Information to Mr. Common“
mictrue. be odd. but would}:
a
5‘
W of It. The officido m
be that mentioned in thr'pofl-I
Mr. report. he and. ‘i g 1
~ A m by the senators Ind Pop-
W of mmfld counts, on the
m nut a-‘l‘mut “amnion.
to tic-bell hmedlntelyoftcrud urn-
Iaelt of the Misfire todny. It vol
are“ that Commissioner Blur-cl
“E he‘s-boa to repon such loch' ;. t)?
‘ ".1
18 RAN“ Jiml
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003;;
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:I 1‘11“". :1;
u '1. , Ea "‘
the lunatic-lion -ol-' obi « ' wait/i
thc' city MW' .3: ll
tot-n
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