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Ill tire of
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.1- mum-what scanner
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portion. th‘
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W'ashlngmn polic
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cup... elect Harding ride
...- hoops
) -. who will form the singl
. 1‘.
1I
-i .11. ... 111193 of marines
.;11- 0 final drills in pré
shlngton Ready
or Big Inaug‘
Harding" 5 Desire for Simple ‘Ceremoni
.llIL-I to Prevent Elaborate Decorations and 5
he Presence of Crowds-Prospects for Pleas-'4‘»
Weather Are Not- Framing...
March 3 —Despite
President-
for simple inaugural
. l‘». .1..lli11gton today had as-
...1.'1-l1 of aprehmiligur-
'l‘he streets were-s. lit-
otel
.and
profusion‘ made
along- Pennsyl'vnnia
downtown .seotlon.
11. ..1.1~ . were gixen-to the
«mice and deliver‘his .in-
1- 1-,... rations for handling-
1~-.11.-cfed to line "Pennsyl:
....-.- in am- President -VVllson
10f ' cavalry_~nt
presidenunl- party. and
hem
1-1.. will. be on guard along
. 1... 1h. pa rt the3 are to pf'a) I had. firedicted clear. and colder.
u
in the event. . .1 '
To Washington residents" and- f-‘old ‘
timers." tod'sy's contrast wtth fbrnier
day- betorei :inaug'urstlon days j. was
particulafly noticeable. They recalled‘
that in formériye‘ars "the day betate'”
had vseeu' the histbrlc thoroughtsre'
leading truth the Capitol to the White
House filmed with visitor}. hotel
lobbies. crowded and sleeping accom-
modulons .at a. premium ‘ Missing
-were the long rows .- of: temporary
stands at- convenient points along the
avenue from which th‘ofiands the
next day. would view the “big parade? .
and cheer the outgoing and incoming
presidents _
Not-locable also was the absence of
rattle of drums and the flare of bands
“scores of marching .clubs, political —
clubs-or military organizations march-
ed through «the city to advertise'them- ’_ HARIFORD M“"913- 3- —A DEA-5909-
MIXES and their cammunlty and to ed amendment to the Qonn'ec'tlcut
:awadt the. big. div ‘ . jconstltut‘ion providing for sessions of
‘ A light rain that hm“ last “M the Legislature between January and
still was. falling. early today...bqt for March in even 3’93" ‘9 ME 0“"991‘0‘
inauguration. day the weather bureau pl'iatlons ""3 revenue legislation 1"”
béen prepared for mutton to the
e
e
Proposal for 00111111113 Gene
ersl Legislation- -to Star
Present
0
e.
(- approached Washington to
(‘5'.
1.11 visiting with members 0
13 :15: though he were an or
o (’Ollntl'y.
M1543
.l Mt.
1111 the “Superb"
' 1 1H1C".l
I1!-
.1.
-lo sought to turn
1'10 p1ohlems of
I him.
11:. 111mugui‘al
ml 1.ine of his
a frui'tlly Selected.
state
. ten
1‘ a Secretary of Labor
(«fire at noon tomorro
umdz'Ln on that subject SP-
11 (I not weigh heavily on his
My l1owever.f011' he is undef-
mw decided not to- close up
1‘0110 until he has held tur-
Ii- 1011004 in Washington.
“mim- ntial special. which. left
Its-1 111ght was due in Wash-
lz3n today. but it'fell -be-_
s1 nodule and was not ex-
n-arh the capital until late
'(Hrnoon The party will go
11M 11 hotel to wait for the
(1’ 1M Inaugural escort tomor-
11 111 the meantime Mr. Hard-
hold :1 number of conferences
:1-1111gements and other sub-
‘ Yin Ming immediate decision.
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11Llnued on page Six)
IIIIIIIS MIIIIIIN
MISS 0E INEIIME
in FashionableJron-
Hotels Taking Little
mpagne Nowadays
‘1 N. March 3.——Proprietors of
,.. West End hotels and. re -
111- hewailing the slump in
1' ~111ts which they declare has
1 w. -
1.1 1- the same number of peo-
.: 1.1r-l1 night." said the man-
1 or the best kno’wn res-
'.1111 our receipts are 50 per
" -' those of a Year ago. The
'--' ' it- added “is chiefly a.
'. .1111 During the war,_ and
\1111 it was customary for 9.
rue to have a magnum
11-..1- Now.they are mtls-
Lowe of Chablis or some
- which costs. much less
h
or '4 11nd on page Eight)
Student Victim
of Strange Melody.
.ll»'.‘:1.‘
aPa. Ital-ch 31,—"
ago with “talking
later changed to
"* Miss Grace Gay.
1» Irrw; high school .stuc
.. I'll' ‘rng from; strain
\'I>.
.LIl
5.":
'ul
1.., .1
,31 Y {H
«cmbines both sick-
sident-Elect Harding
On Way To Washington
CARD PRESIDENT- ELECT
G' 3 SPECIAL TRAIN ‘March
-nler upon the dutiesoi‘ the
Warren G. Harding took
ollday aboard his private car
" putting work and worry
1-...1»1er ‘making a casual trip
months since he was
Harding has seen lit-
1 I111 his nearest relatives-
1m). upon this occasion to
that in former (3in had
1 1 “her-1 of his family close
besides
“11-111 elect and Mrs. 'Harding
3. brother and a. sis-
guve them his time in
lo 11111 secretaries and ad-
is atten-
'11....
address com-
Cabinet
the prep!-
1 11411) has onbl the _dellnlte
pend-
fiHlOl’l before hé gages thje
“~amcndments Tuesday. Chairman Levi
P. M. Hickersalc yesterday The leg-
islativ.e sessions in the even years un-
der the proposed amendment would
be in addition to the regular sessions
at oddyemlas held at present. tor
the consideration of general legisla-
tion. the eflect being to have annual
union; the Legislature.
HART Bl), March 8 -Aljltney bill
was In the General Assembly
yes sy. which will put public ser-
vice' motor vehicles under the public
utilities commission. This will'ro-
quire the owners to obtain Certificates
for operation train the commission and
a license from the motor vehicle oom-
missloner before they may We.
The route for a vehicle will’be deter-
mined and this will be subject to
provs'l. Routes will be given alter fl.
50, I100 MILES IIE
IIII PIPE IINE
Doing Work Daily It Would
Require 200 ,000Tsnk Cars
r» and 8 ,000 Locomotives to ,
Dc” ill a Month-
CHICAGO March 8 —Wlndlng' back
and forth 1.1 an iron net- work' con-
sealed beneath the oil fields or the
United States. a gigantic labyrinth of
pipelines 50’. 000 miles long. daily is do-
ing work that would require 200,000
oil tank cars and B 000 locomotives
fully one month to handle. according
to estimates «or pipe-line transporta-
tion experts.
Practically every barrel of oil taken
from the nations this July reaches the
oil refineries and subsequently. the all
markets .weel'ia and sometimes months
sooner than ,1! shimifid by railroads,
The rapid movement thr lash» the
pipes. compared- -wlth rail t blim-
tion is due ’l‘o the tint ’th’at‘ the flow
through the underground system ls
Continued on om Eight)
NPPIISITIBN III
NAVAL BILL“ NEWS
WASHINGTON March- 3.-—Unal)at-
ed opposition to the Naval Appropria-
tion bill raised the prospect of_ an' all
night session for the Senate and made
certain the death of a mass of other
legislation when the two Houses con-
-'\ened today for the last full day of ‘
the Sixty: sixth Congress Although
proponents of the Naval bill endeav-
f
(Continual! on boss 81:)
M
Police Believe It Concealed
Systematic Cheating of
A In" 8 u r a n c c
BUFFALO; March- 8.-—'l‘lie findlnl’
or the- wmcks of- seventeen automo-
shore of lake Erie. a ‘tew miles west
of Buffalo has consul-iced. the police
that companies insuring against theft
hive been. systematically cheated. In-
."1 » sunnce compsnles. in self defense. are
‘ carefully examining. c'e'ndldstes for in-
sumce oLthls 1.1114.
In this lake shore graveyard at
automobiles are makes of many sorts
from tthe. plain runabout up to the
vpy'et'entlous ‘pl’ Illa machine’sr-indlcste
that the automobiles were set care
before being sent over. ‘
The theory of the pence is We
machines were stolen from. their own-
ers insured against theft under ficti-
tlous names. reported stolen so that
the insurance could be collected and
then destroyed to prevent detection
for theft.
Police records show that in three
months, 484 cars were stolen, I! of
which were found burned or destroy-
EAIIILY IN MANIiII
sio‘ns in Odd Years-as at
l viz.“ ‘
House committee one; constitutionulI
bites authe foot of a cut! on the south. .
tilted States May Become
if‘Involve'd in the Dispute
Between Panama me
Costs Rico '
Unwed Fruit Company
" Wantsl‘ts‘Plsntationsand
Railroads Protected '-‘
‘ PANAMA. March 8.——Costa.' 1215...;
figttorces- are being 111‘. to the Colo
“1am?“ between this c untry and C_os-
ts. two. it is said in dispatches to the
flflé anal rovers will be ”‘1 government here. It is believed the
wliéréby Butlen Dodge ‘39-, 1.0 :0 a .‘Costn Bloom:
0351‘. he purchased the M t" on the eastern shore at Burics Point:
70 So'uth lain street. from I emit: Chief significance of such a move
of Bay'mond Brothers. the fobifié would appear to center around the
price being approximatel' 3 {29 K {act that it would Involve the United
depoelt was paid this morn: pitta-”es. sluts; the. shore east or Bur-ice
,the papeli closing the den 8. mgr-Paint was giver to Panama under the
session of Joseph w. Gulls. macrfif ”arbitration ruling or Chief Justice
gh‘e trustees'otthe Mm ' ' t?“ “m. which wt": handed down in
The deal: hum 'mt
for some little mm J . ‘ ‘ Another possibility that the IT tilted
Keogh mute-em the l_ -. to may become involved is found
Judge John H. mm the ' , .
At the meeting at the l " . . her csrrlsons sleaze Atlantic end
last night. a. vote. in which Mm " the {wagon m' Uh“ «Fruit
nbt one dissenting i , matted; Company owns extensive banana
vo ce " . plsntntions and has railroads extend-
Continued on Peas m
in: south from Puerto Limon into
. Panama. It has been learned this
"Ammv “m.
7' ' a
rounding the custom-f!
corporation will be almost certain to
request the protectlo‘h or United
States troops it Costa Rica. should de-
- side to take over the-glues tor mill-
rs arriving here from Costa
port anti-American deman-
Wednesday
It is hoped by next Wednesda-
evening, March 9th. when AdJutu-lt
Genet-ii 0.31.0019 together with colo-
nel Scherer, of one of the torts a!
New London. arrive here to inspect
the newly organised company of mot-
orised artillery tahave sixty members
night~ bringing the present roll upto
in all. “'9 “homunculus“ joined Issue
Glunese Consul Genersl Tells
:Why Milking Are Sent to
:TUnited States .11 a Time
When Chinese AreSufier-
ing'froumee ' "
NEW mats, its'mh 8.-—-Utlllzstlon
.s snip! mm mommies for
lllons. . 'ol’ famine-
mole 31:. Northern Chinese"
pm Is type-saleable be'cat‘ipe of
. .0966l'uqns, Iumnlg c. Sues.-
Chinese (basal-General iiel-‘e ‘dec‘la’ml
mt forms: mum I“ "flum‘mt “a”
“fi 1113911.»:
W Llflmt.
In.” 11114.1 um:
lei-alum 11.13.11. at
lgl ”w been created in this
A. country as the M of the receipt
tontotlve lists)! lion-comm
onsets tar i113 .
recently of s. 000.000 egis from China.
made. and will he“
and Added: thst.‘ it «would be a suicidal
impaction to be Nd next Welles-cu '
40 _d e- an on.
Captain" John fieoxh. recruiting:
5911133". tor'. Chips
embargo “when she need- every cent
omcer In charge 6: the company gt
present. received word today my.“
1:9...me toodstufls for famine re-
General Cole. that he wouliarrhe in
lief."
“The. famine-stricken , ares." he
south» Roi-11111.13 together with Col. ““3“" "I M 8"”
Sharer. on Wednesday the 9th. about * '
1! ociock, when an inspection of all “8%
papers still be wide. otter which ln-'-'
smlon a: five vie-errand or the com-
pnny will be made at the urinary at
8 “o'clock . '
'I'heré wall be a. meeting or the
n.
mt
Phi
ed 3nd 108 are still listed as mining.
NIIIlNAlN DAY IN
SUPEIINIII EIlIIIll
Several Divorce ”Cases and
Many Other Matt ers
Scheduled for Friday
-——‘1—————-
Frlday‘will be "Nor-walk Bay" in.
the Superior court. at Bridgeport. be-
fore Judge 'John E. Keeler. It is so
termed “Norwalk Day" becauflexif the
‘Iarge number of local cases than are
listed on the short calendar and
which will be heard at that time.
Heading the short calendar list is
the case or Richard G. Hendrick vs.
Hendricks. In which fillet
ored up to the late hours of the Sen-
ate Session last night to compromise
the controversy men the $100 000 000
added to the bill by the Senate Naval
committee. the prediction was general
today that the struggle would contin-
ue up to the fall of the final gavel to~
marrow:
The Army Appropriation bill. one
of the three big supply measures of
(Continued on page Six)
Nation Short 1,500,000
Homes; 500,000 Factories
CHICAGO March 3. ——At a. conven-
tion of the National Federation of
Construction Industries here yester-
day Daniel Crawford. Jr. president of
the Philadelphia Operative Builder-3'
Assoelation estimated the shortage of
hggnes in the United States at 1, 5.00 -
‘jIn addition to 31 500.000 homes."
said Mr: crawford. "the United States
needs 500. 000 factories. 6 000 schools
and public institutions. 60, 000 apart-
ment buildings. 20. 000 theatres find
churches. 150 freight terminals and
sheds and. 15. 000 railroad stations.
tool house's and the like. "
- Ernest E. Trigg, president of the
federation, suggested that each dole;
gate take home an outline of the plan
for consideration In .each lbc‘sllty:
The. plan.- in ‘gbfiet calls for s )otnt
conference -of employers. emproyees.‘
wankers.“ merchant-J manufacturers
and public 1.1111111111111110 are primarily"
1ntex‘esfied- {in the Mains?- - Industry.“
whereln.tl1e". “facts;- at the “tuition- _'
thb flaunt!- in contempt at court. _
'l'he..-only Non-walk uncontested di—
vorce suit on the list is that of Ralph
E. Dertt vs. Jennlerl ‘Dertt. The.
full list ot-No'rwu‘lk cusps follows:
Rid-an! 'G. Hegdflck vs. Pietra
tilt hrcontempt of court. Lei new.
detenmté
m aeolian-311111; or Non-91m m
John-Mchen. flown—thief?! 1n-
[Hm-,1
‘1' 711‘; ,
”ll.
money. w
Kendrick. For order anjm‘klntplun- 3.. w
for- plaintiff and John .‘f. Gun‘eo {of 3dr
tam.-
company on Friday evening of thls
week. at the rooms of the American
.Leglon. in the Masonic building. Wall
street. for the purpose of checking
over and correcting allpa Mpe
IIIS’IENMEN FINN
IIPI’IISITIIIN III
$50M ENANT
HARTFORD. March 3.—When the
tuner growers asked the legislative
committee on shell fisheries yesterday
for swappm at $50,000,1here
was much apposition among many
who were present. The oppodtlon
W cane gram the “natural
W wk on; represents“ e- de...
claret] tint- u ithe m on private
beds were given outline-sir. It would
be “absolute via-vs.
W21.
mmwwi 41ml"
commoner Takes Parting
Shot at Congress Critics
fietirlng
WASHINGTON March 3.-—-John
Skelton Williams retired' tonight as
Comptroller of the Currency. In ac~
cepting his resignation‘ “with deep and
genuine. reluctance" President Wilson
wrote. to Mr Williams that .he had
b‘een done a “gross injustice" by the
way In. which the; te Banking
Committee had hand! the question
of his mconflrmatlon. ‘ .
“I can only believe. however." said
the President. “that turn: will deCIdSe
the injustice to everybody and that
the right verdict will be rendered by"
opinion if not by one of the houses
at Cousteau.
“I have had the pleasure upon more
the -..-.ma not only. but the «L
151me m which I have followed
m carry any with you» into pm
life “helm of bsvlng per.
“hem-W316
plan to la'nd these forties ‘
' reports thstcostsftlcx ls rental-c- -
Ins- rem-ru. .
1- fi 2- ' . fillies. He re-
mind tile. Germs-11:; representatives
CUNNINEY IIIINTRIII 7
than one occasion of expressing to you -
the administration of your once. You --
_ LONDON. March 3 (By The Ano-
cinted Press) .——Germ:ny was today
given untl finnday noon to accept the
fundamental conditions laid down by
the Supreme Allied Council at Paris
The German delegates were informedI
by. the allied representatives today
that it Germans” does not accept those
terms. the allies will take Immediate
steps
1___._Will be the occupation by ni—
- lied troops or the Cities of.
Dubber-z Domes-ion. and Ruhndorl'
in Gem‘y. which contains import- —
ant mines and lrm plants. »
2- Mb al: [ed 00111111me plaice
- . such a. em. on Gems-uncr-
chandise as it may deem proper:
3 A customs boundary 11.11.11; the
Rhine. under allied control.
will be established.
,The German islecstiozl was in-
formed that theranly modification of
the art-separation decisions permit.-
ted to Germany would be. as regarded
conditions at payment. such as a re-
duction of the period of nnnuitles
from forty-two years to thirty years.
1 Germany's counter proposals, which
were submitted to the allies. on Tues-
day. were not susceptible otexsmlns-
non. ’ Lloyd George told Dr.
Walter Simona. head or the German
delegation, in substance. after today’s
ale-ion of the conference had assem-
bled at St. James' Palace.
Mr. Lloyd George said the attitude
taken by the German Empire more!
that their government had not an.
filled th'e.;tres.ty at Versailles‘relhtive
to coal deliveries. disarmament; the
pnlyment or twenty billion marks ‘ln
rot-id and the punishment of German
officers and soldiers accused of crimes
during the war. 1
Germany Mded the British Prime
Minister. in refusing to accept the
concessio by the Allies
with and mastic“, had by the
some not ‘ bunced the “vintages
mitted her 9t the Mus conference
with the dues.
m. narrow.“ then. on bellalt
of the elites. announced the inning.
tum.
After In ma George bod 11111111..
ed. :zDr Bil-ans. (or the Germans. hid
the intention! of the GOT-ll! Govern-
ment‘ hind been quite misunderstood.
The” am Much. be said
would reply of noon on Monday
EIIAMP £11m
SAMMY
WASHINGTON. Hui-ch 3.—-'I!he
House '01 Representatives had com—
pleted arrangements today for funeral
services in the House Chamber, Sut-
n'rday morning. for its later minority
ltad‘er and . Iormer Speaker. Champ
Clark. who died here yesterday after
a brief Illness... The services. which
will be held at 10.30 o'clock, will be
a tribute of respect such is has been
paid only a few times ln_the history of
the American-Congress: It will be the
first time the House chamber has been
used- for such a. purpose since 1914
when services were held (or the late
Serena E. Payne. for 'more than thirty
years a Rem-meme. ve from New
York: The body " the banner
speaker- will lie in ante in the Capitol
.
1
Allies- Will Then Take Immediate Steps and Occu-
py. the Cities of Duisburg,
and Ruhrdorf in Gérmany— Each Allied
CounthilIPlace deonGermanMerchan-
disc—Customs Boundary Along the Rhine Un-
aer- Allied Central Will Be Established.
The” experts with thee '
s 1. 3111111 and J. r. wanna: ;-.
Duesbeldorf
MR 'WlNlIIIESTEIl
SAYS SINNALS
WERE ALL NW
Experts on Shelton Wreck
to File a Formal- Report’
SomethueNext Week
' Trorcurn teM- of the signal Ely-stone
of the Connecticut mommy berm-
South Shelton and Cook's switch‘ Orr -
the Bridgeport-Shelton line have been '
made by electrical experts called in By-
Coroner John J Phelnn and the Pub-
lic Utilities commission in the low
cation of the wreck February 88
which cost 10 lives. Lust night Our-
oner Phelan said the tests had tulle}!
to bring out ~any defect which would
‘ account for the failure of the signals
at the time of the accident. but that
the investigation will be further con-
tinuedfib, 1-
The experts called in were Profes-
sor Albert E. Winchest r of Norwuk.
P. Vfi; Ripple of the .Co nectlcut com-
pany, and A. E. Knowlton represent.
ing the Public Utilities 29””
13.?
mic-loner C. qkniwen and
l
Ill INSANE ASIIIIM
Judted Insane by the cal-bulimic
which mined them some. 1111111. *0.
Louis Koflovuke" or m '6“
Frank Ware of Bridgeport. m
were ramoved “out the county 16!
to the asylum at huddletawn. 'e ‘
Kolloveke was being held for the -'
Superior court on a charge of m-
lsry calmed to 11‘"... been comma-
In Humbert. and as he was of doubt-
ful menu-lib the commission cumin-
ed him and found him to be III-he.
Ware has been In the counts lull
since the but term of the lupedor -
court when his case was continued to
the present term to give “til Ill-
per'ts a chance to ‘examinmmm: n.
was charged with indecent assault.
Ade: Amt a. Brianna-rt min purel-
ed on a. charge of theft by thwfluperh
or court yesterday was re» no
and a serious charge mule am“
him.
Abandon Threat to
Make Canton Free Port
PEKING. March 3.--Dr. Sun Yat—
sen has dispatched secretaries to
Toklo. Washingtbn. London and Paris
to work for recognition by the powers
of his newly established “extraordin-
ary" government in the south of
China. according to the Asiatic News
Agency": Conton correspondent.
The threat to' make Canton 9. free
port has been abandoned Says the dis-
patch.
The same agency reports that Lin
Sheng. speaker of the Senate and Chu
Fu—chen. weer-chairman oi the House
at Representatives. rave arrived in
Canton from Shanghai and are len-
Imed in m effort €o rc-convoke the
old purllaxnent, to: the purpose of
rotunda before the services.
‘lecting GD}. Sun Fat—sen provisional
president. after which “constitutional
government. With Tang Shoo-3d or Dr.
Wu Tlng-fnngasdpremier. is proposed.
fl.
_ presume-cox
9112th am of Will film as
Chairman at Republican National
committee W‘ to be the
At the same time. the dispatch,con-
2 ”the-Warm to pay
their. land times for the tenth, “elev-
enth as math mm 8! the repub-
no. In advance on required and the
.goienunent In at a. loss for
com
larch 3- -—‘l‘he tuna: m. which 1111. Mad--
Stamford Grocer Is
Goslnskl proprietor of a grocery store
21316 South street here was held- In
he was laying the county’court titlin-
“Unnamed,
15.1.1.1me March 1.4.1....
Norwalk Chronicler