i iritish Government’ 3 Irish
Records Are Destroyed.T
Republican Army Detachment Seizes Ireland’s
finest Building, Applies Torch and Bomb-—
Dozen or More of the Rebels Are Killed in
Fighting With the English Soldiers..—
Building Saturated With Gasoline
and the Fire Is Still Burning.
H i ‘ ~ ‘
.~ ”'1“ Igumklvrlily 76 (Associated though a railroad bridge built across
‘ G Imus marked to- tilt riII-r Line) dt tracted to some ex-
0.. mm (It the lustoric Customs itlll IronI its beaut) The bulldln
.. Inwuu. which was burned housul the local government hoardg
~lu titernoon by a. raiding pdr~ lht Boards of Trade and i'IIlillu
u.III..n.4. During the night out. Vi'orks and other local bodies.
minim oi timn» in tin.- twisted Archives of an utmost priceless
m “Ion? and steel lighted up character were destroye in the
.r-. I' about which ilritlsh arm- flames which swept “laugh the
,. ”kt-m gn'mi building after gasblene had been
I--y Ilit'll urns-ted by Crown forty thrown about and ignited ‘Jy the
. ' u t pitched battle in and about raiding party. it wus said here today
I... buiidi"g. spent the night In that the destruction of no other
.-... prisons ill the city. and the huildim.r in the citv not men Dublin
M upwards of a (tom-n persons
1 ~r.Iu‘ the struggle rcpost-d in
it was lwiu-vt-ll that some
Castle would have caust'd as great a
loss to t‘ rown olilciu’ls.
A lli;i\_\ ruin fill
its.
1'.-.
throughout the
- rudern perished in the lirv night. but llulilf'x were still raging in
. 2. died. Tm.- ("curt number of parts of the ruined building this
.0! had not lien-II lt‘lil'llrd curly forcnocm. ’l‘rcops “ere quartered in
i I Lilurty llall. tum-by, during the
v - u,.lov.m ”Olim- “.19 coniplI-twl night. and the approaches to the Clls~
Ind was on» of the Hunt :il‘~
Ii ornaments of ill(' city, al-
I "It
I 'I. 1- ‘u'
(Continued on Page Three)
Hill] 0E STATE PRflHIBlTlflN . w -
THREE SEENS REINSTATEMENT
0E ENTIRE STATE 0E AGENTS
laid off on Friday become funds with
which to pay them were lacking. The
furloughs were to terminate on July
1.
During the lull in activity t'nltcd
States Marshal “'illlnm Palmer of New
Haven has had his deputies busily en-
gaged in removing stores of confiscat-
ed liquor from small towns in which
they have been kept to New Haven
where they will be put in a govern-
ment warehouse. Whiskey. wine and
alcohol valued at, some 850.000 'were
removed from the Stamford police
headquarters by agents and a quantity
was also taken from Greenwich.
Carrying out an order of
:-IlI.ite retnststement of prohip
o'flcerll now on forty-darn"-
I;‘|A w‘u depend on a conference
-w twin]: held between Thomas Mc-
‘Iuma chief prohibition agent for
. .InII-cticut. and William McCarthy.
1 umlntion hood of the New England
. ...irtct. An emergency appropriation
or tumult) to pay prohibition officers
.I now! before Congress.
At tire. office of the enforcement
. ‘ II- In New Haven today it was stat-
‘ I o definite plan has been outlined
I. McAulIfle although his trip to no:-
1 . ll 13 believed. _will clear the slum.
I. .- Me is expected to return Friday
w -. the result will be made public.
tawny lIauor agent in this state.
iv The exception of McAulIffe. was
1....
I
I
Judge
\ .
(Continued on Page Six)
MEMNRIAL BAT
SENVIEE SUNDAY
Decoration of the Honor Roll
at the N orwalk Armory at
9 a. m
Plans for the Memorial Day services
to be held Sunday were completed
last night at :1 meeting of the Frank
C. Godfrey. Post. No. 12. American
Legion. The services will be elabor-
ate and will occupy practically the en‘
tire day.
1]" I‘ A{ The program opens at 9 o'cl0c (D.
IITA'J ”A PLANS S. 'i‘.) with the decoration of the
H n Honor Roll at the Norwalk armory.
I; fiaR THE NflRWAlKS This will he followed by the presenta-
tion of colors to the Godfrey post by
the Girl Scouts. At 9:30 o'clock d. l.t..
automobiles will leave the armory for
the cemeteries where the graves‘ of
in r—Tfio}. Chautauqua fallen SQ’T‘IlCr‘ men Will be decorated.
in Norwalk yes- A! 3 o'clock d. l. l., colors Will be
”m m,- the Nor- presented to the “'estport post by the.
“(,5 left in mp Godfrey post. Half an hour later.
. ~. pov'nry “Hem”; J_ members will gather at the. post quar-
" 3' riote for. the Chau-
{Mud by the Swnrth-
‘ is September :d to
Norwalk is on circuit
1.. _- Your Flowers
l' :Ir the Soldiers' Graves
__—— ——
." - f-Irl Scouk'. of Norwnlk. will
”Ir-nu.- with Douglas [butler
gathering [luau-rs [or sul-
i:l‘£|\l“ i'n llcrurntion Day.
\..,- |b.lil'li>{ll‘ citizens having flow-
. v - uIH- fur this purpr‘ may
- l tin-m to the PM rooms. over
‘ I~;-'. )Lirket. (for. “'nshing-
sii‘i‘t'l and Railroad “301’-
”; \-ll‘“.’l"\. on Saturday morn-
ll they will notify Bus.
'[Ilzmu- 8"). More n‘k‘a)’
I \. will will call for them.
'.I Ill
Ito
‘. l
I“,
.. an. 41.3.;
\‘.'.l‘i
l ["12'
‘.=: ii'l
ters in the First District. At 7:30
o'clock. the post will attend the Me-
morial Day services at the South Mr-
'Is
if i'.’
1 Wm": towns in this (Continued on Pm Five,
‘ i"ozr':tmfi. \i'illlaml- _ V _
. Imus. Mass: ("ohoes.
- ' ~.:‘....£:, .N. Y.; Perknsie, Pad IE
‘ N J.; Burlington. N. J.: '
\ J : nmi Viroodbury. N. J.
WI“: i.- exceptional in the
. rumiunce. One feature
It outstandlnc pro‘
mn l;‘ a member of the
NEXT SATTTRBAT
Saturday. Muy 28th. will be known
throughout the country as "Poppy
Day" this being the on wine; 'm
suchasgrewinli‘laadcromldowm
be sold‘bl' members of one Anon-lest:
Legion. thepc'ooeedoofwhieiiilfhs
used towards the decoration of tho
graves of our boys no paved/p,“
lives and who no buried in go M-
enu cemeteries in Me. ”The groves
will he docoutod with poppies such
as flourished in the field- whore they
laid down their liven.
Mrs.W .Mkm p.._ Jr" to
chin-man of the .- C? an?
M71!”
. .1".
l . 1..
'n' med on Page Five)
i. Buys Landing ,
i’lace of Columbus
' , s‘rizn, May 26.—Througll
MITRE? (‘hrysostom. an Op-
4 offered to the New York
or the Knights of Col-
Inrw-ntion here today. of
an acres at Nassau. Bo-
wlIich includesthe all—
Ili'tz place of Chridopher
'3" patron nint‘of the 01"
..,..
13
“died Auxiliary of M
'I" re
or the one: was .
and the saints MI!”-
I id in 991'th .
"" In};
\\‘o-stport is to he the scene of a his.
toricnl pageant on Jilly 2! and 4 to be
held in connection with the annual
fair. The pageant Is to be given by
the W'esiport 'l‘own improvement As-
sociation. and will depict the early
history of l-‘uirl'leld Count) from the
explorations of the early Dutch.
through the lndlun period up ’to the
present time. it will he a gorgeous
spectacle and as such will be witness-
ed by hundreds or visitors from culin-
(‘on‘nI-cticnt and other nearby states.
A meetlhg of the \Vestport Town
improvement Association was held
yesterday afternoon following I: dell-
clons luncheon scned at the [leach
Tea House. near Compo beach. re-
centl-y opened by Mrs. Morreil. Thu-
following were present at the meet-
ing: Mr. and Mrs. (lo-org» Mia-lull.
Mrs. John Adams 'l‘hnu-r. Mr. and
MIN. l‘. H. (‘utII-r. Mrs. John t‘rau-
t‘m'tl. Mr. and Mrs. ll. M. Ayn a. Mrs
(Continued on Page Five)
BUUIANIA SEHflfll
BNTS WSUNNEIT
Bomb Throwing Near King
Boris, Who Was Review-
ing N‘stipiial Holiday
Parade
SOPIA. Bdlufl; “on adv—King
Boris standing in the balcony of the
[loyal Palleti was in close proumity
to the bomb throwing incident which
caused eighteen cumltiea during the
national holida) paradc.1esterday
The King was watching throngs of
people. parading in celebration of the
Feast of St. Cyril. when the bomb
burst in the midst of them in front
of the p 1luce
The source of the explosive is stliil
unknown. but a number of Commun-
ist 1eaders have been arrested on sus-
picion of complicity in the outrage. .
Some of the schoolboy- who were
:everely wounded. are expected to
ie
NEEUSES TllAlJllw
PRflSEEUTllllS All]
Senate Abolishes Oficeo
Prior to Adopting Con-
necticut Volstend Act
Refusal by the Senate yesterday to
make the state prohibition enforce-
ment act more drastic than the fed-
eml Volstead Act was followed by the
adoption of an amendment legislating
all liquor prosecuting agents out of
office and makinsc the bill depend If)-
on the Icgular arr-:ecuting authorities
or inc state for its enforcement. .Thc
bill. “'th other minor amendments.
wu llc.r adopted H to 12. and sent
‘I. k t I the House for action on Inc
Senate amendment.
Close Votes in ”hate.
The final vote was not reached until
an amendment of Senator Brooks re-
quiring proof that a.peroon arrested
for transporting liquor did so “know-
ingly." had been rejected it to 18.
and Senator Seymour had withdrawn
an amendment otrtking’out the provi-
sions for state enforcement of the pro-
hibition of the sale of beer and light
wines.
(Continued on Page llosou)
Imssmsnm ,.
wrsnvuu
ho accideutoinwhiehborokto-
mobiles figuredooconod shod ‘-
.mulenneondy a m lit-obs More
ncoaume WyouWest owl
anthe‘rooiitoftne ~pavo-
Insets; Newsroom-rod. ‘
bedd-
automobile owned by my Yukon lik-
or! company and coated be Arthur
Cnnnon was proooodiu up Wad ovo-
Summons
BRIDGEPGRT.
third day of Mrs.
Nolt's trial on in..-
in the first degree will start
morning with only nine of
quit-ed twelve jurimen chosen.
entire afternoon session
Mu
cepted.
the
been told
not honor I1 Jury summons.
(Continued on has rm)
————i—-§’
Charles Williams, J r.,
Brhlgeport Hospital
day
to the Bridgeport Hospital.
and Kossuth street.
a chemical truck. belonging to
being slight.
the
to stop his bus.
apparatus.
(Continued on Page Nine)
OneExpectedtoDie
the‘flght near Nolan. W- Vt.
night.
West Virginia polico.
Henley Vaughan. of the
here today.
notified Captain Norton. of the
‘ (Continued omPago loot)
t
Especially for Women
JllllfiE ABNSNTSTTES
NEW EANMN NAN
Francis H. Adrianee Was
Reluctant to Amer J!!!
. 26,—The
Etna Hutchin-
churae of mimic:
the re-
)‘tsterdny
was devoted to questioning that. did
not lend to a single juror being ac—
Judgn- \i’illiam M. 'Malthie. during
afternoon session. su'erely repri-
manded Francis H. Adriana. a. west-
thy retired manufacturer. living in
New Canaun. The court had been
informed that n deputy sheriff had
“with abusive and profane
language" by Adriuuco that he would
[STATEN mm.
W ANTS NIX-
H. F. Acton Able to Leave
Charles Wuiloao. if" of to Putnam
avenue. and H. F. Acton. of 41 Bit.
street. swo loci men who wero taken
MM”
morning. following an accident a the
corner of East “'nshlngton avenue
Bridgeport. when
Bridgeport Fire Department; and
jitney bus collided. .were discharged
from the hospital today. their injuries
The accident took place as the up-
parntus was responding to a fire. and
firemen charge that Nick Anto-
nopoulous. driver of the jitney. failed
when he noticed the
The driver of the chemi-
cal applied his brakes when he found
minimum
FllilillNfillE-BPENS
West Virginia State Trooper
and Kentucky Guardmnn
Shot at Nolan—Another
WILIJAMS'I‘OWN, W. Va... Mary 26.
—-0eorte Crum. who was wounded in
when Privnto Knckley. of the
nnd Private
Kentucky
militia. were killed. was mid by phy-
sicians to be near deoth in o hospital
According to reports. Lieutenant
gee, oomnnnding o «behmeut of
entuckiano. near Nolan. Inn night.
hard day'- work. The corridors
various bills which were on the
endnr for
the) could he reached.
The general budget bill.
bhlng the
and creating in its place.
Uncut of public welfare.
The “its and lockout
bit mtuure in the House.
'8'
trio. meet railways to operate In
\‘ehiflco. was in effect n new bill.
"“5 man’s: follows
“The subject to the proflolons of
lcr 77 of the Public Acts of
acquire. Own and operate lit
upon the rrirular route ovrr w
such company
charter to operate street
(Continued on Page Six)
AUTTIS EfllllllE
UP
and
John Dianne. driver for
ed bad lacerations on the right h
which required nevedl
clooc. when his Buick car coil
with n Studebaker car. owned
driven by James J. Desmond. of
Crofut & Knapp Compony. at the
To-
11:“ o'clock this morning. both
Tolleo street to go up Water at
the
a
Deomond's cur.
lie. so that the Buick swung uro
(Continued on Page Nine)
PLEA Hill SEESNIT
DIVITREE llENl
Court Refuses Decree
l'pon report of Judge Donold
Warner. state referee. Judge Joh
Kellogg of the Superior court has
mined the divorce complaint of
ma A. Smith of Stamford
Royal W. Smith of the some
The complaint alleged cruelty.
last shovel at her. and using vile and i
and are not true. The
ried February 23. 1918.
Decree of dIVofceia granted
West on report of Judge Warner.
were married September 11. 1018.
dentition since January :0.
shun. cm of one
awarded In. Jackson. .
upon the motion of counsel for
"m w Within 0.
neflaowhiehwannonrd
nppointsnent or n 00.3an to
he testimony for deference to
m refer-so.
man,» persons interested in action on
consideration as fast as
covering
the fixed expenses of thc state for the
other hill in the films was that abol-
State Board of Charities
a depart-
The Home unendment. offered by
r Dottie to the bill to allow clec.
”Any street railway c'bmpany may.
t‘hnp-
is authorized by
railway
II Tlllllis STREET
Desmond Badly Damaged
Ralph
Mutino. owner. of P. S. 65. receiv-
stitches to
oer of Toile- aud Water tracts. at
being more or le- badly damaged.
The cor. driven by Marone. was go-
lug down Water street. according to
witne-ea. nt a. high rntot of speed.
While Deomoud'o car was going out of
Karone npptied his broken and slid for
about ten feet before the front of his
car struck the left front mudguard of
The shock of the impact was terri-
mentioned threats to shoot Mrs. Smith
to cut her with an use. throwing a
cent language. Judge Warner tan d
that the nilegntiona were not pro
Smiths were
once before married and divorced in
“ii in this county. and were minor-
Pa-hols Jackson -of Quinton! from
Harry B. Jacknou of Plalnncld. N. J
The?
1218
canal is
Judgemnnnnotyetpn-nd
B
noproruhonypsndinghinlorthe
divorce
hid-y. There In another mofiou up:
on the short calendar for My for
Judge John B. Rooter has eight un-
Maomm
had
HARTFORD. MaS- :6.—Chairman
Hall of the appropriati‘ons committee
took the position yesterday that the
budget of maintenance appropriations
aggregating 826345.892 was down to
rock bottom and that it would be im-
CIT-
I‘l'évt tr'o I'i-sm.'msb:n theI tiles to" possible to, make any material cuts in
“‘“m'mm‘ °‘ “em" '3' ‘f‘me' it without crippling the activities of
u growl total of 8-5.345.39-. An- institutions of the
departments and
state during the coming two years. it
was the first statement made by tho
chairman since the announcement
frbm the governor's office Monday
the thst the executive would insist on
otor
and
1921
neys
hlch
its
They Have Troublesome
NEW YORK. Hay ze—n the
Bronx PM dotin- ho to book-
ed meaty arm Cocoon. to
cm 0m Fef' years old. single. bone. Dnricn.
rantino J“ J_ Conn." Ho is charged with the lar-
ceny of a Buick automobile. violation
of the Sullivan Act and with carrying
burglnr tools. When unsigned in
the Eighth; District Magistrate‘s court
he was held in 87.000 bail on the spe-
clilc charges. ... -.‘l.l
Behind the police blotter entry and
the court record there is a story of
the arrest of on nlleged automobile
thief who finally confessed that he
and.
ided
and
the
cor-
Replies to GovernOr
Lake’s Call for DecreaSes
Bin EMERSUSPEBT HillEll,
Billlll’l‘lliN’S sums Isms . .
IIIIsIII ENTER mNNIme
“W illinm Carson of Dsrien,”
Officer Warns Detectives Their “Prisoner” Is 130‘ .
Feet from State Line—New York Police Think __;
w
' The Appropriations Committee Head Insists‘l‘hnf 'l
Legislature Must Provide $2, .000 for New ‘3‘ - ,.
Construction, and a Bond Issue Is Wanted. ' .
———M e M e Need for Insane - .; ~z‘
"Ely. PrWVd .Till‘orl HARTFORD. Mn-y zip—The Gen- lugs, 3:: 1180 foe: the V2 3:! ’ {qr
x «ml Assembly began to session at tel“ ' ', 7
mental“) e a t ii Regan}: 3331.3...“3333; ‘LTIL.‘.§""...'“§"}§§: Home Buildings at N oroton. "
substantial reductlona.
82.000.000 “(aid 1...
The chairman also conferred w‘
Chairman Trumbull of the sis-is
committee on s proponl to rope--
mend a 32.000. 000 bond In“... to #-
l'or five new mnatrtlctlol In”
which Senator Hall said werc.n_h.-"
luiely justifiedf lflcludltIg 8800.000 7*
the New-inzton Home for Cfl”_
Children. 8250.000 tor the. Ame-vim. _
School for tho- llead‘. 3325.000 for tho ,‘
I O
(Continued on Page Four)
its...
s. u
Failed when Portclieotor
Western Bank m 1.». _,
under suspicion by the poll" ,
to. one of the most: M
tho waders hank holdup men.
are“: “cor-dug to police
he is in parole after eonvfiflo‘
sentence to Charlestvwn
Mo... on a charge of no“
tempted to kill a detective. 1...
Carson' s arrest occurred Mr ’:
the alertness of Detective .4...
Reith, attached to the stun. oi. - H...
ernor Whitman who in uof'oo q 3.
ing an investigation of Mayor Hm \
administration for District Assn-“:55.
Evans. o
did not know his address and a man
STRICT EBSNSNT lN
corn
root.
Strict economy in note nuances as
urged by Governor Lake isccntled for
in a resolution sent to the governor
and senators and representatives t5)-
day. a move unanimously approved at
a joint meeting of the State Chamber
of Commerce committees on Taxation
and State Finance Survey. held yen-
terday in Hartford.
Ten of the Mutton.
The resolution follows:
“\Vhereas. the budget for mainten-
ance of the State of Connecticut. oc~
cording to published reports. exceeds
that of two years ago by 85. Si! 998 50
.1nd additional appropriations of til. -
und.
Ell
to
WOIII ' I! once BCfOI'BETOZ- 77 i. 63 are now recommended by
Freed from Same Husband
the committee on appropriations of
the General Anasernbly with several
possible additions thereto still pend-
T- ing and
n P. ““‘hereas the aboi'e estimate of up-
di8- propriationn exceeds the estimated
Nor- re\enue of the State for the next two
against years on the basis of exceeding un-
place. tion
heard before Judge Warner in April.
by approximately “8.000. 000
and
“Whereas the Governor. in his in-
WHEAT-TRAIN
NNSTEREB lN
“.mil
. The Combat Train took to several
more. recruits nt the Armory lad
evening. and now have dint-A very
few of the minced number. no.
muesli-tweets“! continue in
ordortonll out eta-Ilene. onlo-
“Manhood aural aco-
and
nde-
lny
sad
to
bur
the
contested divorce Wood for Some rivalry h M m
hoorlngbetorehimn tho-short eal- Wvowlmm
“mammals.“ banana-,ooscouotm
ElNlNEES UllliEll ST t}. 0T [7.“
(Continued on mus-w
STATE
augurnl mousse. and the Bond o1
Finance in its biennial report. in...
the strictest possible economy In ”
Expenditure for the next. two M<
both of which recommem “
with universal approval W
the state. therefore be it rooolvod .' '
the Committee on Survey of ”
Finance and the committee on bass.-
tion representing the M
Chamber of Commerce that on.
should be. especially in View of t.
present serious business cow ‘
strict adherence to this proposed pro-
gram of economy on the port of a.
General AssembLI in making its no-
priopriations and that the policy‘-
nounced by the Governor in “'5 ‘
augural address is deserving of .n
fullest possible support and M h .
carried out. and be it furthef it 2
"Resolved. that the Secretary of I. "
Connecticut Chamber of Comm h
directed forthwith to send n copy of
these resolutions to his excellent: as I? :2
Governor.
.cu 3*» .r g,_ ‘k .
.m‘» A-- how
i “a.
‘.
and’ to every ”he! ‘ ‘
the General Anembiy.
SAN FRANCISCO. In: ion—ll n
and yeotefdoy that Gov. wills-slit.
Stephens will rend. tho upon: d:
Haunt-w Brody. W Aunt-as.
p torsion for Thomas I; loonog.
Governor is W to boot
oohiiu not [no
(cred I: flipped of
has (sutures that reduce ’ito
lty.
furnished byme by the Incl
tote of intentions. it in pom-o
Join lacDonnld. the only
a“ who who not
fused in usury best-e
uni. nook m
Norwalk Chronicler