NORWALKfs .
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ABLISHED 1870
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mu “Willar-
rent of Boston an
inc Admits His. Own
mpan y Also Needs'
4 n e y —— New Englaudl
or; United in Rcduest
10 Per Cent Raise in
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"w All: in lT.—Jr..mes H.
.. "Ellen: m tlir; cost'on and
' “for-d. dl-r‘lrrexl' yesterday to
aner the purpose ot‘ the re-
I ll.) New England railroads
a ‘1‘: cont. rafts iarreuSe was to
.. .mv. york 'N(-w Haven and
.i 1....i‘fmm going into the
: vl'l‘t‘l\.“',
4 hppP’ll'élf before the
(l .~I..~.~';:). “inch is investi—
1 . - -' nation in Sew
thI‘. was asked
"U ml <3’
., the :1
ill/EN Riff" G
,3. :: Nulb-l', who presided.
‘ 2w Poulal not answer
u l :msztimr. ‘
Auwu. 1:9 S‘ll‘l. was the
.~ -‘ lino {N'ew England
:-::-i lllr‘ l‘.utland.
. ‘\ .mstook, 13:05:01.1. and
‘ .nnu Central lines would
r-i for the increase on
'l lullliive.
v1 1 all take the initiative.
.'f<\\ cred: . “All the New
z.:.nued ad page Six)
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': lNfiS A SUlla.
" . fllllv’AllMflNY
were served yesterday after-
‘leputy Sheriff Edwardr.B.
11 Richard G. Hendrick. or-
} to appear at the Superior
-- arch‘ 24th. at 10 a. m.. to
why he. should not be- ad—
’ ntempt of court for fai1~
court order for the pay-
; ony amounting to $390.
;. Hendrick. ‘
ick divorce suit. “'1an it
. 915. was heard before
..m P. Tammany. as ref-
“ rick originally started the
_'.st his wife. and she filed
mplaint. alleging adultery.
3 the referee's report. ‘the
.s'm’ven to Mrs. Hendrick.
as allowed alimony of $390.
: “'lllllll one year from the
‘orce. '
inw-l that this alimowv was
Attorney John J. Cuneo‘.
is: hlrs Hendrick. applied
:1 order to Judge. Kceler.
t-J it, and Hendrick will
. \r to a contempt of
5‘} ill MEMBERS
ly'll’llllllIANfiEll
‘I‘Y. l'tah. March 17.
.. church announce-
..rzmmunication of b.
smiwl‘s ot‘ the Mormon
In’m known today that
. {)2'.’ u is of fifty men and
~ -~-l miles from a rail-
-:. .l-mb County have
. ,2 :1 number of new doc-
- one called “The
wizv Sacrifice." under
.. ll t'mr wives of mem-
aged.
and leader of the col-
Gmimundsor’l, former-
\llisic at the Brigham
~' :1 Mormon institu-
:=:: llrc movement on the
val-lions" which he.
‘ in person from on
Il‘i
l‘v. q.
excommunicated.
. ~~son. and four wav-
::;--u were disfellow-
\
of General
Strike in Mexico
. (I'l'i‘l’g March 17.-—-—Varl-
r ~ organizations have re-
" min by the agreement
b,‘ ll?“ labor leaders and the
1. ‘ur n settlement of the
.:~ and work has not been
“P "i of this city amert there
[“4 '” Of a general sympathe4
lx‘ spite of the fact that
like rm‘used to resume wn
naming yesterdayon ape:
"w 1‘0"n1al sche‘duleS. ' "‘
l Makes Plea“ _ ,
n Clara Hamonéflase
/‘
‘4.
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ORE, Okla; Marat. 1’].
19m. and have.the
“h Ramon on M31...
.m'lrder of {fake L.
Wily to the dry
“files Thomai‘lw ur‘:
' .~ and details
"9“" mm
0th
'were served. . .., .
\
overno’r saysHo Will Ap-
provef It“ Unless finger.
fectionsr Amt -- Senate
Concurs with "House. 19
to ~' 14',- Nuuifyl. 'ng" [5.0.531
Ordinances ‘
Governor Lake authorized the state-
ment last-night that he would not
veto the anti-daylight saving . blll‘
adopted by the. Senateryestérday. in
concurrence‘w‘ith the House provided
he- found no’ technical lmpérfections
in it. - As reconsideration by either
branch .of the Legislature ls Impossl~
ble under the rules by the refusal of
the Senate to reconsider yesterday.
this practically closed the onlywopporr
tunity left to daylight saving propon-
ents to prevent the bill from becom—
ing- a law. '
City Senators Support Bill.
The bill, which arrives at its pur—
pose" by restricting departments of the
state and municipalities to standard
time. passed the Senate. 19 to 14.
after a long debate. Six of' theivotes
in favor of it were cast by senators
from cities. among‘ them Senators
Goodwin and Rosenfield of Hartford.
W Kronstadt‘ yesterday. says the Hel-
coc’nivmssiv. March 1'.—
Bolshevlk batteries on the final:
headland opened a strong are against
singfors correspondent of the Berll'ug-
ake Tldende today. The bombardinent
from Kronstadt caused. four exten-
sive fires along the coast toward
Petrograd. the warships at Kromstadt'
participating in the bombardment.»
the correspondent adds. ' ' .
Finnish re ecu -from Systerbak
report the shevlk are making’ex-
tenslve preparations for a new attack
on Kronstadt. four artillery divisions.
with 48 four-inch and six-inch guns
being concentrated between Systerbak
and. Petr-o rad. ;
Last nig there was a violent ar-
tillery duel between‘ the .-fartresses at
Kronstadt. Krasnaya Gorka and
Oranlenbaum. ,
‘WARSAJV. March 17.——Polish. R113-
slan and Ukrainian delegates will sign
the treaty between Soviet Russia and
Roland at 7 o'clock Friday evening. it
lsofflcially announced here.-' Negotia-
tions on the treaty. which will estab-
lish peace between, Russia. and this
country. have been completed at Riga.
h
QContluued'on page 81:) .
(Continued on page Six)
More Shooting Affr’ays
. Occur ‘To-day In Dublin
I)l'Bl.IN. March l7.—~Sevcral seri-
STREMLAU MUST * "‘
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Curtailm‘ent O r d e r from
Government Laps Ofi' En-
forcement Staff . , -
vi
Prohibition Enforcement
Stremlau must cut down one on his
staff of‘deputies. in the curtailment of
expense program , that do . being. carried
out throughout the country. according
to the latestqidvlces received from
Washington. With three deputies
working under him. Mr. Stremlau is
given until next Saturday to release
one of the men on his staff. Already
Enforcement Officer McAullffe. who
has had a staff of fifteen men. has el—
lminated three. bringing the numbel'
of active Sleuths in the state to one
dozen. IVIr Strcmlau said yesterday
that he had not decided who would be
eliminated from his staff. and would
not be prepared to say untll Saturday.
The force was all working ‘ at top
speed in his oflice yesterday filing the
monthly reports of those who have
permits to deal in liquor or alcohol.
Continued on. Page Seven.
lllllElliN mssmn
rsugullmvr
Interesting addresses were delivered
by Mrs. James Montgomery. and Mrs.
Finns-y. both of Stamford. and both
district officers of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society. at a gatheringof the
ladies of the Fox-walk Methodist Epis-
copal church. at the parsonage, yes-
terday afternoon. The addresses were
inspiring and contained much valua-
ble data. ,
Following the addresses. the local
Foreign Missionary Society re-organ-
ized. The following officers were
elected: ‘ '
President‘Mrs. D. A. Green.
Vice—President—Mrs. Clarence
mour. .
Corresponding and Recording Sec—
retary—Mrs. Clarence Cable.
Treasurer-Mrs. Earl Gregory.
In the evening. at the church. rs.
Montgomery and Mrs; Finney ad-
dréssed the Standard Bearers' Society.
Following the talk a social time.
which took the form of a St. lfat-
rick‘s Day party. 'was held. Games.
appropriate to that oceaslon. ‘were
played. Refreshments. consisting of
ice cream and cake and other dalutles.
Say;
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Company
way of the. eonuectlcut
ll An. '
»5- defense to waive its’rlghti'. .
the 9003011 ‘be‘tween‘the Standard
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mustangs» restate. s fuse?
men to” “1°
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A serious grass preron the mm o: '
ous shooting afi'rays occurred in this
city last night. and a number- of per-
sons~ were injured in encounters be-
tween military forces and police and
civilians. A number Oif soldiers riding
in a. motor lorry were
along the Redmonds Hill street. on
the north side of the city. fast even-
ing. when a bomb was thrown at the
machine. The soldiers returned the
fire and wounded two persons. .
Another lorry was bombed and fit-
ed upon from windows of houses
along Camden street. and three civil-
ians were wounded when a bomb ex-
ploded in Auugler street. During a
melee near the Ship street barracks
many shots were fired and three per-
sons werelwoundei'd. ,
»For the first vulneadnce disorders
broke~ out'.ln Ireland. ‘ identlflcafion
discs were given to the troops last
night. ' "
400,000 warm ',
- WAR VETERANS
gulf Wllllll
NEW YORK. March 17.~—Tlicre
were 400,000 veterans of the world
war out of work in the I’nlted Stales
on March 1 last. according to an esti-
mate received by the American Le-
gion. This is a reduction of about
100.000 from the “peak" of more than
500.000 jobless ex-service men in the
country shortly after January 1 last
and the Legion reports state there is
promise of further improvement;
The survey of the national situation
on which these figures are based was
made by the American Legion W'eek-
ly. official publication of.the Legion
which states that the ,
situation as affecting the veterans "ap-
pears to have taken a turn for’the
better." ' 7 ,
A chain of emploment agencies
operated by the Legion in every state
has done much twlieve the situa-
tion. say the Legion officials. The
proceeding
l
unemploment‘
Nevfiwm’r 1" .zz:
mu Church
This
Finds 15...... Responsiye
and New Interest ISfBe'ing
Taken in Parish . '
"I’ve heard a lot about "cold-heart-
ed New Englanders." said Rev. Chap-
man S. Lewis: new rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church to a Sentinel re-
porter recently.".but I must admit
that I have failed to find one yet.
I'm a Southerner and for some
stiange- reason sourtht‘rners and New
Englanders .seem to get along pretty
Well together."
The remark was made in answer
to the sterotyped question. “\Shat do
you think of our city and our people.”
thatis put to. most («my new arrival
of any note in a city.
Answering the first
Lewis said: ‘
“My family and I like it very much.
indeed. I've motel-mi through New
England and along tic coast. and
have passed through .‘omlk during
the summer and always admired it.
but little thought that I'would have
a parish here. I- think that‘thapeople
of Norwalk don‘t reallyaknow what
an exceptionally pretty place it is. .
“The scenery along the shore in
East Not-walk. the Knob. Wilson's
Point and the other spots. and~from
the Country Club and Calf Pasture
beach. to all of which places I have.
been on trips is certainly beautiful.
The views are to be admired. but
I suppose that like a great many oth4
er communities the people take them
as a matter of course. "whereas a
stranger will seek the beauty; spots
’ Continued on page Fight)“
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“fifllflklflifl
A new chapter of the Order of East-
ern Star. to be known as the Berkeley
Chapter. was instituted last night at
the Royal James Hotel. with elabor-
ate ceremoules. Many State omcersof
the organization were present and the
total attendance. including local mem-
bers of the order, and guests. .was
more than 250. .
Following a supper. 'at 6 o‘clock.- the
ceremonies were staged: .They were
conducted by Worthy Grand Matron
Mrs. Hattie M. Eplckle. and stall. The
ceremonies lasted until 12 o‘clock. -
Those elected to odice are as fol-
lows:
Worthy
Fitch.
\‘Vorthy Patro
Associate Matron —-— Mrs.
Gruelle. ' ,
Conductor—Mrs. Gertrude
ards.
question ‘ M r.
Matron—Mrs. Arthur K.
n—Horace M. Sigman.
John
Rich-
Continued on page Eight) ,-
May Points of Jalcrofljin
screen
House] bill which would make public
servic‘ a motor vehldes {operating on
fixed routes colamon’
lug'them
Commission
Senate consideration of the bill'today.
It In understood that many amend-
ments are proposed. The jltneymen do
not matte boplaced in the common
NEW-lllllllfllll
‘femed stock will .amount to $30,000.
HARTFORD. “March 17.—-Lack of
’ out on amendments to the
carrier- and plac-
>undér the Public Utilities
led lb delay until Tuesday
. 3| .
Continued on page Eight)
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Connecticut Chain Company
Organizes with Capital
Stock 9f $50,003
Papers have been filed wit-h Town
Clerk Herbert R. Smith cf the incorp-
poratlon of the Connecticut, Chain
Company.
The capital stock of. the company
will be $50,000. divided into 500 shares
of a par value. of $100 éach. The pre.
divided into 300 shares of a par value
of $100 each, and the common stock
amounts to $20,000 , divided into 200
shares of a par value of $100 each.
The company. which will locate in
the Swans a Corbett block shortly. as
announced in The Sentinel about a
week ago. will manufacture sold, all-
ver and platinum,.chains. watch and
neck chains, and/ all chains that are
used in jewelry. ' .
The l corporators are Ernest
Hubach, eury J. O'Neill. Christian
Swartz and Charles C. Swartz. all ,of
this city. The new corporation will
start with a capital of $10,000.
Nll All] Full Tlllllllls
Drivers Agitatcd . Over
Ruling Aimed at Careless
Drivers , i _
Orders issued by the state highway
department stopping tbeatate teams
and trucks from assisting trucks from
mudholes and other hazards on the
.W‘lnsted and New Hartford roads
have‘raloed a small gempest among
the driven of these vehicles in that
section of the state unit“ is expected
that some of them _may protest to
Commissioner Bonnet on the ruling.
Commissioner Bonnet when question.-
ed yesterday referred the entire mat-
ter to W. Leroy Ulrich. superintend-
ent of repairs. under whose charge all
Continued on page Eight) -
ST. 'PAllllCllIS
SUIT mum lllll
fi.ll_ll_ll£llllfili3
Suit for {5.000 damages was started
Legion has been instrumental in ob~
talning wdrk for veterans. in discour-
aging the .mlgratlon of unemployed
men toward the great industrial cen-
ters and has encouraged a movement
\
will? fill?
.SllelAll-PIAYERS,
CHICAGO. March 17.5—The “ stats
today dropped the cases againstall‘of
the Chicagowmte Box baseball play:
elf-indicted- for the aleged throwing
of the 1919 world series.
, In
0“ day!
t and..m1rs>£omern..‘ .
l
l
BAWym
except‘r-Chlstk -
today by Mary F. Randall against
'Bamuel Randall. both of Norwalk.
Property on Elizabeth street. owned
by the defendant; was attached. The
case is returnable to the Civil Super.
lor court. at Bridgeport, the first.
Tuesday of April. Papers in the case
were served by Constable Bryan Silk.
According to the allegations. Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Bands“ were mar-
ried. October 14. 1913. It is alleged
that. on September :6. 1920. the de-
fendant deserted his wife. .
A’ second‘count in the allegations
says that the plaintiff loaned the de-
fendant $8.90. ' Severah attempts to
collect this money. .wltb Interest from
the defendant, has failed. It is alleged.
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Quite a number attended the musl-
cale held at St. Joseph's church. last
cvenlug, in honor of St. Patrick's na-
tal day. and enjoyed the singing of a
number of Irish songs, as well as an
address on “St. Patrick." delivered by
Rev. Father Daley. 0 j
The complete .program follows: .
"Star Spangled Banner." choir; “St.
Patrick’s Day.” Edward Splan: “Let
Erln Remember."~ choir:‘ “The Harp
That Once Through Tara's Hall." Mm
Catherine Donahue; “Kathleen Ma-l
vourueen." Mrsrllealy. Miss 3,319-
Mahon and Mia: E. Murphy: “The
Story of the Shamrock." Mrs. William
F. Tamnonn. f'Tfie , Minstrel 'Bo‘y."
John W. .Wehle: "Believe Me. if All
These Enduring Young Charms? E.
Splan, Willem F. Tammany, Will-lam,
McMahon and »J., mullet: “The
magnesia of Summer,” 3:118? Healytr
“Come Back to Erin.“ 6mm, .
Sermon. new. 'fither‘ Daley: “Pea
Little shamrock.” William.McMuhon:
“0 catamarans- Anln. “plinth.
alarm was named him
Flue -
Bil-he time
*whlch
contents. Considerable mm: was
' While the-firemen were «uh-awning
spec-m who had gathcwd. .
to get neu- thc cabin of the
m high into the air.
As soon as the flames had been par-
tially gotten under control. Deputy
Fire Chief William J. POWell ordered
a. ladder lowered to the barge \V'hile
Captain Sylvester Brotherton held a
searchllght, he cntered the cabin.
where he saw the body of the negro,
lying near a charred table. face down-
ward. and with his hands crossed un-
der him. The man was dead.
The police were. informedvby Dep-
uty Chief Powell. who in turn notified
_M'edlcal Examiner Huntington. who
appeared on the scene a few minutes
later. He examined the body and or-
dered it removed. . .
The dead man was horribly burned.
His body was burned to a crisp and
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105991.! 3.199% 8.00101‘. ed tax-#Sem’ 'ce‘ Man, _
Had Made His Home on the Craft, Trapped by, .Q'
Flames and Terribly Burned—Fire Was Db.
" Covered at 11:30 o’Clock by SamuelH‘eudfick. ' i, ..
Myan'
Box-labymem.
Ill-equalled. ‘
rummmc scene’theslwm
that a man was'ln the cabin cliche coul‘
both of his feet were consumed to the .
GM‘
math
“3110065th
“no“
mm. Wbythem' mm
llncsofhosemcr-thepflesofashésandrubblshneutheboot." *
mgr-tfielmosunderoouml.‘ am
hurgowattuptmmcmut
at the soumflngot the fire aha-In. ‘h'wus III-
barge botanist: of the flames Which was.
ankle. ‘
\Blunt‘s home is in Norfolk. Vaiflc— ’
cording to information obtained by
The. Sentinel. He was an tax-service
man and served in the war with the
Norwalk contingpnt. It could not be
learned whether he wa‘s an overseas
veteran or not.
Blunt made. his home -in the cabin '
of the coal barge with another mull
named John May. The cabin bud
bran fitted out in fairly good shape
and made comfortable» quarters.
According to a story told Hy May.
Blunt had purchaser! a steak for sup-
per shortly before 2hr fire broke out
and had gorc to t‘no cabin of the.
(Continued on page Six)
Not Allowed
In_ Parade
WASHINGTON. March 17.——Actlon
of Army and Navy officers in refusing
pate is an Evacuation Day parade at
Boston of which Irish Freedom advo-
pl'm'ed boda' Thy fwdent Handing
after a. conference . with Secretary
Hughes of the State Department and
Secretary Weeks of the War Depart-
ment. _
The question of using federal troops
lathe parade came to the president’s
attention through a telegram from
John F. Handgun. of Boston. state
president of the American Associa-
tion of Recognition of the Irish Re-
public, who asked whether "autocra-
tic" ruling by the Army and Navy of-
offlcers in command of the troops
were to be backed up by the White
House. In reply George B. Christian.
Jr.. the president’s secretary. sent Mr.
Handgun the following telegram:
"Your telegram has been called to
the attention 0 fthe President and he
directs me to say in reply that Army
and Navy commanders have authority
wuliiil‘liimfifiwfii’m
hummus nu
w.
W'ASHINGTON. March 17.——'l‘he
bauprohlbltlng withdrawals of whis-
key from bonded Warehouses insofar
as it affects retail drugglsts will be
lifted April 1 under. an order issued
today by Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer. Modification of the order
slapping withdrawals was not exte‘nd—
ed to wholesale liquor dealers.
Coincidentally. Mr. Kramer an»
nounced that wholesale dealers must
go out of business about May 15..Hc
saidalso that plans of the. Bureau
r the completion ot’ regu-
lations based on former Attorney-
General Palmer‘s opinion as to whole-
salers to be eff tlve about the same
date; '
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my, norm ‘0!
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‘to permit American troops to partlcl- .
sates are“ In charge, was formally up».
no Jun—1*
1 magmas
wasn't at the Bum“
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SCALE mum
New York Central Railrour
Makes an Appeal to the
Railroad Labor Board
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NEW YORK. March 17.-—'-’The New
Kork Central Railroad. whose
by unllkllled labor. today tonal-odd a
n Chicago. asking that trlbunal. .18:
make the proposed reductions om,
lve tentatively on April _ 1.
board’s final decision in the wage con-
l‘troversy would be made retroactive to
that date. ‘the petition provides.
Union officials announced that the!
would oppose any attempt to put tho
clsion.
ven and Hartford. whose “wage plain!
affecting unskilled labor .also' burn
been rejected by the employee. an-
nounced they‘ would carry their one
to tlhe Labor Board in an ex parte up-
pea .
York Central, this road will ask tenta-
tive reduced scales effected pending.
final decision.
stltute a test of questions raised in.
railroad wage controversies through~
out the country.
Bill would Bar .
“Gas” on'l‘rolleys
HARTFORD. March 17.-——A bill
aimed to prevent a. repetition of the
Shelton trolley disaster was favorably
reported in the house today by the
judiciary committee. It provides for
a- fine of $1.000. six months hum-law
ment 0: both "for any. person or officer
of a corporation causing to be carried
on any common carrier. gasoline. eu-
plosives or inflammable liquids. Hon-o
Leader Buckley said
J_
essary for the protection of than who
ride on: jltne’ys and street can.
W
Freeman Sees Repeal
__‘ of Luxury Taxes
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' NEW LONDON. March
excess profits and luxury taxes now
in effect Will be repealed by. congrat-
at the next Won 19 the oplnlon sit
use acclaim-let. at his home here
today. The hr!!! flmaflon ll golng to
. be dlffennt than in any other Repub-
lican administration. m , pre-
dicted. because the United M h
now {maim- nutlon. and one must
be taken. fie pointed output to as.»
troy markets for 3004- fpom lump.
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revision proposals have been rem
tltlon to the Railroad. Labor Board;_ '
proposed reduced scales in effect until . - .‘
the Labor Board had given a final de- _
Officials of the New York. New Ha. ‘1"
Followmg the lead of the New; '
Union and railroad ofiiclals hero .
agreed that the two cases w0uld con- ,,
recent evem‘
“had proven that the measure was nee»
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