NEWS THA'I’S“
RELIABLE
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France . Believes It Comes
From British Sources
would Give Poland
and Germany the Communes
That .Voted in Their Favor at the = Recent
Piebtscite, But to Hold the Entire Territory
Under Control of a Special Commission.
l'AltlIi, an ’.’- (llv the Associated
thrust 'l‘hz- latest plan for the set
”mi-am of the lppt'l‘ Silt-sin" con—
iiflvwv, \lpucnr‘diy :i liritish Sllgr
;-'--.l» in is to r\l‘ I'Olftlui and Germany
vaupmahv-ly the coniiiiuiit-s that \otMi
.- ‘l; m Inor .it the rvceiit plebincitr.
') lull the entire tt-rritur)‘ unlit-l
.m spth‘i‘i commission for
‘l.iil.‘
t 'l ‘i
l“‘a.'.s.
Reply Satisfactory.
i..)Ni)0N. May 25.—-(B,- The Asso-
inn-d Prowl—Germany's reply to
m tweaentations or Great Britain
tud France for an. embargo against
l
the entry of troops or ammunition into
Upper Siesia. is generally regarded in
crucial circles here as satisfactory. A
disposition also is noted on the part 0g
Poland to attempt to control the in-
surgents occupying the disputed area.
These considerations .together with
between 3.000 and
. the Rhine,
which are preparing to move.‘ are in-
spiring a more hopeful attitude toward
the Silesisn problem. A final settle
ment. however. awaits a meeting of
the supreme council. which will riob-
ably he held in Boulogne at the end
the dispatch of
4.000 British troops from
of this week.
Catholic Union Council
Will Acquire Property
Members Voted Unanimous-
ly Last Evening to Take
the Premises at 22 West
Avenue, Now Owned by
St. Mary’s Church, Incor-
potated.
W! a nearly unanimous vote at a
II?“ Mid tut night. the (‘athtilir'
tumu- Council. No. is. K. of C, in-
itiated its building committee to pro-
! --‘-d with the acouirement oi the
Hub house. which it now occupies at.
4’ West avenue from St. Mary?-
(tnurch. Incorporated it is under-
wood "(at no price on the building
and grounds is in the neighborhood of
3.15.000.
The movement to buy the clubhouse
Was that started during the adminis-
tration of Grand Knight John J. Far-
iv-ll lie was ex-ofllcio member of this
committee in handling the project.
Other members were' llr. “'illiam J.
Traci-y. John Cavannugh. Prank Dor-
W‘y. Daniél F. Toomey. At a special
nlMlAng held recently. Attorney Ed-
‘W‘U'tl J Quinlan and J'nnea J. Keene.
were appointed to the committee.
whin- Grand Knight A. J. Murphy is
.«u; 4-: rolficio member of the body.
{Continued an Page Twelve)
MtlSlllllll l8 NEAR.
T0 STARVAllllN
.Vl i\ 25
(By the Associated
Moscow is ncnr starvation.
it; reports from that city. as
wi‘viso to sell corn and are
for arr-d.
.. --:t:il commissions sent to
them? to purchase corn ~are
' rt-‘urned empty handed.
I “D" r" tertained by the Sov-
> t that it might secure
flour from the Caucasus
.is several million poods
'r knu-n destroyed by rebel-
-';ls if that region.
min i". Moscow. which is
' f of the Soviet com-
. sll'l to be the only’tplace
- *t hunger is not felt.
.4 rii‘ officials import large
~ of food for their own use
wk by diplomatic couriers
l" (it‘d Esthonia.
Emmi-his are made in thr-
Hliplomntic baggage." and
mount to whole carloada.
" -l “E FUND DANCE
’. T ROTON JUNE 15TH
man approaches you to-
“I want to see you a
. ‘ amn‘t get exciteduand wonder
my about to be arrested for.
"1 «Milly say “Sure" and hand
‘7.t:f dollar." I
‘~ " have a ticket for you for
dance to be held tor the
"lat of the Norwalk Police Fund
. l: .. dance to be held It 30“,"!
j " Y‘ xrk 0:: the n in of June 15th.
-rm. T until 9 o’cl k 0.th night
- Vi'l he a concert in' the grove.
M '"rican Rand having been en;
1 Y0“ (hr occasion. The Roton
1, ’lrjliestra will furnish music to!
. i: r 213'. "
‘ - - has already been a heavy sale
"ti“lS. and every patrolman has a
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ARRANliE THE STATE
1th t nlsutitts
W'hf‘lht‘l‘ Connecticut shall collect
on its right to an extra congressman
creasing the number of mional
districts from live to 'ain or by leaving
dlltrict lines unchanged and electing
a congressman at large in nddltion to
the quintet ected in territorial limits
as now. in ne of the problems yet to
be attended by the Legislature. The
plan proposed by Senator Bdwera. i‘
Manchester. was for a sixth district.
Senator Bowers had submitted the
legisliithc committee on on congres-
sional and senatorial diatricta an
amendment to the so-called BOwers.
Plan for rearranging the state into six
districts. The amendment provides
that the new plan "shall take effect
if. and whoa. the. Congress of the
L'nited States passes an act apportion-
ing the representptiyea in Congress to
the several states of the United States
In accordance with census of 1920."
Chairman Potter of the committee
will call a meeting this week to de-
ride btiwecn this bill and one provid-
ing for :i congreuman-nt-large.
IlANlIlNfi ELASSES
' HAVE REEEI’llflN
A rccr-ptinn and re-unlon of, the
dancing classes of .Mrs. Louise Can-
tield. the om- class held at the Royal
James in lfiz-i-Il and ‘the other the
Assembly hall class. was held last even-
ing in Rcd Men's hall. Main street.
Norwalk.
About
evening of dancing.
linker assisted Mrs. Canfield
ceiving the guests.
The hull was handsomely decorated
with palms supplied by Dyxbee. the
florist. and the color scheme of the
evening was purple and white. Music
was furnished by a Victrola to which
was fittcd a Magnavox. supplied
through the courtesy of James Don-
70 attended. and enjoyed on
Mrs. Charles ii.
in re-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
NEW HAVEN. .hfay 35.——A state-
ment on the awards ofacholu-shipa
as the Connecticut portion of the
United War Work Md of the
Youn‘g llen'o Chi-influx Association.
diverted for education! m in
1
' emu the.poriod sum Den
,2, as” to April. 1. ”31-. .
complete
com-car can “a“ 1'-
“‘M'Owi
wards were 1“
is ontgide. .m-
olleges are ln-th.‘ ”- “m‘
e cow
.in the notepad
it" er it will be for the fund. the
;. -«- of which is to provide pen-
? :— thoso members of the fore
wr- forced to retire due to ol
1‘" mi’w’lbility received in the ii-
A.
“'i- »~ for a. field day. areal-o ..
and by tic cm of}
1 '23, and t' WV
finding an. ‘ '.
I
.
a”
cut Agricultural
Trinity ‘-
m
of towns "predated was 00 in
e date and 12 outside. In the an
ution Yale' received n. W
' s. .Wadaan‘ in.
Harvard 6 and Ch other In-
neelvod one new . .
through increhod population by- ill-l
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W. Mun-am - -
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if
Mrs. Nott, with Chih‘lren at
Her Side. Watches Choos-
ing. of Men Who Will
Decide Her Fate
THREE NllllliAlli
- MEN A8 .llllllilis
Timid at First, Oftén Weep-
ing, She Later Regains
CompoSure
lil:ll|GEl‘Ol:T. Mn) 25.—Mrn
i-Ithil Hulchins Nott. frail and tlml-l
(‘lutl in sombre black that acct-tituntcd
the ivory patter of lit-r face. not quiet-
ly ycstrrda) in the lfrimtiial Superior
('flUIl lor six hours and a hall while
stult- llfl'l deft-nae lawyers examined
4‘: men. out or which number. flu‘
were choacn to make up the jury that
will decide whether she lives. or suf-
fers the death penalty for the murder
or her husband. George it. Son.
The first five jurors. in the order of
their choice as follows:
Abner Keck-r. farmer and filorist of
W‘ilton. 53 years old and unmarried.
Albert 0. Root. Danbury. jeweler.
60 years old. married. with two child—
ren.
Dennis Hull. real estate and insur-
ance agent axorwalk. 59 ‘yeara old.
married. '
q—_—'—
(Continued on- M Eleven)
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and
“RIDGEPORT.
plaintiff claims
"Teddy.”
Thus ends a replevin suit filed in
the Common Pleas court today in
which the much-attached lions f
Adgie Castillo again are schedul to
Marine leading and principal role;
Louise Knox of Dnnbury is the
latest claimant of the lion and has
filed suit against Joseph Binkoski of
No. 185 Church street. New Haven
and Edmond F. Rostrand. animal
trainer of Branford. Conn.. both of
whom attached the lions originally
held by Adgie Castillo. famous ani-
mal trainer who came to this city
May
3500 damages
(Continued on Page fileven)
MANRESA ISLAND
RllAllWAY RAISE”
Prom Hayes hill to the gate at
Maureen Island. the roadway has
been' raised. approximately two feet.
thus preventing the inundation of
CuStdih House; in Dublin
Is _ Totally Destroyed
Thcn- was a-A'ery interesting. enthu-
siastic and largely attended meeting
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Societies. of the New York East con-l
ference. New York district. Connecti-
cut territory. held in the South Nor-
walk Methodilt Epitopal church. )‘es-
terday morning and afternoon. I‘ch-‘
gates were pie-exit from all the lead-
ing churches in this territory. l
'l‘lio- meeting was pn‘siili-d over by
Mrs: James Montgomery. widow of
ii former wistor ot’ the South Norwalk
church. it In: opt-nod in the morn-
ing. at 9:45 o'clock. by devotional cs-
crciscs. led by Mrs. Matilda Smith. of
East Norwalk Following the devo-
tional exercistl. then- waa an addre-
tluit wan bright and inspiring. by Nils
l-Zthe-l Thompson. of “'atertown. a
graduate of Syria- I‘niwrnlty. who
is tzomk shortly into the muonary
work in China.- I- filo-poop re-
vealed a chaining peruomlity and a
iiiiiul of unusual culihn'.
Till addresd was followed by the
toll coil of chimera. Responses Were
timiii- from all the leading churches.
The attendance was the largest rc-
mt-nibt-red ii) the women present for
any simllar meeting.
Mrs H C Carpenter. of New Haven.
membership marshal for western Con»
necticut. followed the roll call with an
address on "How to increase Your
Membership." ,
The noontliletprayer. which follow-
rd Mrs. Carpenter‘s addrcn. was led
by Mrs. Buck. f BridgeDOrt.
The luncheo was served by the la-
dies or t- so-ta Norwalk Chapter of
the Woman's ”reign Missionary So-
(Dontinued on Page Three)
4
Fla-es. AW to Steal!
Feiners, Break Out Sim-Fl
tanesasly This Afternoon»
Loss $5M -
1.05003. m 25 (Amociabd
Proust—The Cu‘om Home. in Dab-
iin. says a Central New- diapafch from
that city. was burned this afternoon.‘
The burning. adds the mes-age. is at-
tributed to Slnn Feinera.
The tire. says this account. started
at 1:15 o'clock. the names breaking
out simultaneously throughout the
building. which was totally destroyed.
it was one of the finest buildings in
Dublin. and cost one million pounds.
The inmates fled an the fire broke
out.
‘Another account states that the
Custom House set on lire through
bombs thrown in the building.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
tilt RESIDENCE
. AT WILSIIN PfllNT
Almost half the work neccnnry
has been done on the stone reddence
of Duncan Harris. at Wilton Point
near the Knob and Weed-Kill res-
ldencen. by A. R. Nalkln & 00., and it
is expected that the building. a mane
French fan-hound reproduction. will
be completed by end! fall.
the roadway by high tidea. as has
happened in the past. " . .
The two feet increase in ‘fllght
brings the roadway out. of the voter
should a high tide come and prevents
the road from being walheO. It is
so constructed that itlamfe from
washout; ’
. The corporation in
island has been since the winter
months on the work. and have alto
made-anal” W car the
sewage M at t). Island.
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s
s-
.d-mt-Mnmwm
to Bridgeport Ian evening by men-
bars of Olive M Council; In-
ony-"d:- "or" the '
WAY,IAY25.M'
Senate Had Already Ap-
proved an Increase and
Reorganization of the
Force
SENATE Wits-um
, Willi Alllll lllll
House Tackles the Strike
and LockoutBill
HARTFORD. May :5.—The bill to
reorganize the state police depart-
ment was adopted by the House this
afternoon. As the Senate already
had passed the bill. it was sent at
once to the engulfing clerk. The
chit-r points of ob’ectton to the bill
brawls: out in debate were that the
force would be too large and too (1‘
pensive. that the present department
had been cmclent. and that the bill
would probably deprive Superintend-
ent Thomas Egan of his office. On
this last mentioned point. Mrs.
Hooker. member from Hartford. said
"It would be unjust and unfair to
have the superintendent thrown out
of once after years of faithful ser-
vice. and thereby lose his pension.”
Several speakers had suggested that
the commission would not ignore
Superintendent Egan‘s record of aer-
vice. The adoption of tho bill was{
Hill llll'llllllNT ’
ll. 52 INIIUSI‘RIES
The new permanent tart! act soon
so be considered in the House of Rep.
laeaentatives will provide tor the as-
ment of‘duuog on imported gooda.
nil-their American valution. accord-
iag'to 'adhlagton advices of the
Ianufaeturera' A-octation of Con-
necticut. The Republican majority of
Committee on Ways and Means.
lch is drafting the new bill. is re-
ported as not only in favor of the
American valuation plan. but prepared
to insiat on its being retained in the
bill. Representative Tilaon. of Con-
necticut. is leading in the movement
to establish the American valuation
plan as a measure of protection to
important American industries. Rep-
resenntive Tilaon has advised the no.1
aociation that he is "glad to find that
the manufacturer- of my State vealine‘.
the importance of this matter." and is 9
having printed in the report of the
colnmittce the reaolution. and sup-
porting brief. submitted by the direct-
L
(Continued on Page Seven)
“ill llllJAl MEN
‘lllllll IN AEBIIlENT
re
Assembly ,
HARTFORD. May 25.—lndications
are that the House of Representativesl
will be the scene of a stirring legisla~
tlve battle as the result of a T to 6
split in the judiciary committee on the.
bill to tax the land. dams. pipe lines.
appurtenancea and real and personal
property of municipal water corpora-
tions having water works in the small
towns of the state. chterday in the
House the judiciary committee tiled
two reports on the bill. the majority
being an unfavorable one and the
minority returning a favorable- report
on the measure.
[Anders Differ.
Senate Leader DeLaney heads thr
minority making the favorable report
ooms U
Leaders Are O
0n, Opposite Sid ‘
Owned Water "Corporation Assessments Roi.
fleeting in Dimming Report—MOW.
for Rejection. Minority Favoring 18in.
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and with him are nip .
Nickel-non! Perry. New “a”. h
Sherwood and Barry. M
majority report. which E M. '
or the bill. are_i-louse (we:
enator Brown and Re . .. ‘
Hall. Barbie. Campbell. W
W'illiamaon. The bill )novbko‘ “
of the most spirited hear-inn.
the judiciary committee. ‘
l‘hdcr the provision. of the
municipal water comm . E
be taxed. in addition to the .
land. on the damn. pipes and-
mninn machtn-sry. Nahum-I“
pnrtenances. although rcpt-em
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Governor Lake
Issues Flag Day
‘ Proclamation
:5,—
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Removal of Conn. \
LkCo. Trustees Appro ~
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Legislative Railroah] 0..
mitiee Unanimo-ly ~22
doses Plan For Return .
“New Haven” ' »
State Will Benefit
The return of the Conuewcnt ‘ . _ _
why to its-foam.“ cw . - .
York. New Ehven AM Mod . w
road. will nerve the b‘ m
the m the madman
portation law’s.
animous Cochin of 3: fl
committee on railroads v:
drafted a resolution to be fim'“
reported to the General _ ‘
The recommendauon is life “3‘ ..
the recent hearing hold by [the o.- ' '
mittee on in 2 section ht the Q“.
report of‘the public it ' . .V
lion which urged the, net A '
Connecticut Company to
Haven" road. ‘
While recommending the
the Connecticut Oompuny‘
control of the federal ‘t
mill-cad committee's renal-Ion
v i
\
thin ‘twon about.
ties commission in a.
tin to the General A“! ,
mended tut the attorney
instructed to begin nit in the to“
courts for the removal of the to“
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m were injured today. wins a
Court Frances. No. II. Order of the
t -lden Sceptre. entertained lam even-
ing at a regular meeting; in the rooms
in P's-ogre- Florum Hail. Washington
street. when large «was from the
courts at Jenny City. New York.
Stamford. New Canaan. Ilselton. New
Haven and m were present
here were also a number of the
and
initiated the on. of twulve canal-
(00am on P“. Ill-van)
tumult ill
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WINE EEIMll is
$50,000 Worth of-
Taken from Stamfal ’
New Haven in 'Mot
The Stamford "wine cell-tr" h -‘
more. W'hiskey. wine and ob.“
valued at approximately $50.00.. ~
lalt oi‘ the contraband liquor. m
at ‘the local police headqunflen. we.
minded to New Haven. in two “-
meats. late yesterday afternoon Cd.
this afternoon. The "wine cell-c9.
which at one time held clone to $3...-
000 worth at boon. was cleaned
today. i .. .
The liquor was moved under lb ‘3
rection of ('nited Rates la“ “-
liam Parker. who aent here M
Icahn] William .Hayea of New .e
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