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Insane Woman Puts To’rch '
to Central City ~College, Ga.
Appeared o l the (‘- ampus Stri '
and Stoned Building Beforgplsgtzii'il‘ig—C—lfiitzgg
ill: c:'«.e3 eState Damaged by Fire at Her
Pier in Baltimore—Blaze Confined to
the Boiler Room—Caused by Sparks.
. v .. <.:_ .‘l.l} Ill —-'l‘hc m" . ' .
him: 1'. J”: “m L'nl: :9 Mn :‘\l3;1':?1‘-:li:t}'(l‘tl"d ”here by the strike.
"l'll w lil‘lr' of 300 ntlitl- '.’.:ht:ll;: :l‘: : r'lllldtt'l'fi'ont ftllt'l Iocal
. . -l till l'v' .I'Itl (‘Ulllpltul-i)‘ 'l‘l‘t' Lllllyf‘lil “3 “ti! summoned.
" ‘ ' "‘.~ v 'rll'lllvt). by an in. H. Fri/(mi ‘vtl‘V‘vl‘ :‘Pllhned to the boil-
..vn l.-.- u w lili.ll‘., \\ll0 alipf‘art‘il (Ill “a“. “bring": , V “1's lt‘poi‘tt'd to
t ,.l..: _. lllnll'ul ul' .ili ('lotllii‘i: vv‘k‘o- ‘ 1|. . "\ sparks “grilling 0“
‘ . v, “W lnnllhnl: lwrn'“ liter. m: . ill total amount of damage
. 'I-l'lv ‘lie myun All shrill-lib; ”m” m" "W """""“d early this morn--
" VI,“ “UNI“: v Him“: “M ill; but “a“ said to be not (‘\il'llSlVl'.
.. ' U 1: "Wm“... “t “W.” l:t'll.\'tl.< .\ll:li>‘. May 31 tAssociat-
a . ' t-ii l'r. \sl --l"llr broke out, this morn-
gq w ‘l-ll'l? xi." gym.- 31_-,'1-|. ‘l'LJ.t‘l? l-’1.iil the II.“ Shipping Board
”“4” and freight steamer Ruck. >ii we 1' Martha \Vashirlgion, but the
\ .. ..- . .,; I“. Hun. H. , ...3 N‘ 3 .l.l.:~ \-.:~<' t llll'lv’l} i-\;ti'lf;lliz~llr-tl. The
.1 -. ltnl.ulriurr- .tm Francis. law or the ire is not known.
‘ ~qu “V5,”. pm.” (numb. nrr 'l'l ~’ ’lii" of longshulemea contin-
l» .. ‘r 4'». l.-.-- o'clock this v.orr~- "H -' 1"" tl‘“ t'tllpluyuierlt 0t; non union
.v rh-‘r frwl lap at a lillitirriu'v a; lel' l: Iti'lr'asiV-F it: 131" PU” “nil-
M“ l’.".o.‘ul ltlf'll 'l‘llt" steamer p; vl‘n-h i» i am: guarded by llilllial‘)
... .' w,» Slipping luald's \I‘.‘~'.'"a‘l\, lwr. . :- '
‘xeven Injured When
Automobile Hits -Pole
llllS. Nilll Pi::3.:;l°m..”alll:’ all
BREAKS DOWN
and Hudson Place When
Crowded Off the Road‘By
Two Other Machines
injured at
when an au-
Seven persons were
11:)” o‘clock last night.
li-rnobilo- proceeding at a rapid rate
of speed crashed lu-ad-on into a tele-
graph pub- in l'ppt-r .‘l‘lll street at
Hudson l'i.u‘t-. The injured are:
“'illiam Sweeney. :1: “'illianls street.
I ‘anbury: Georgi llenkin. Tower
illtliiGl-ZI’ORT, May .‘il.~ Mrs. l'lace. Murmur)": l". J Farrell. 32‘;-
llth -l .Iulr'htnfi No“. “I. ill-'Il f“,- illt‘ l‘tlFlt‘r Sii‘Ii-i, l).illlllli‘_\'2 Henry Hill.
"lull"! of her husband, Georgi- l'l. I‘.""l"r “”‘W'l- llanbury: J- “'ilaon.
N.,li on August 21!, inht. pm)“. 4““... Sol‘th street. llanbury; Edward Clo-
lll (‘Il'lll lullflf (H Hunk] (L l“I.'ll;l.'...:l 2- l )‘. l:t*.l\t'f‘ llrook. llanbury;
[I'l1ll‘l of the (ll-all nu.” ”I :1 503“] and itavmnml , Sullivan. (74 Main
JUN, (iv‘i: ritual in detail his bit I ti!.t"l- 5i“ "'1 l'allbuigv.
t‘m u' Mott‘s body at thr- “Hug,“- l‘urlunslinv tinii“ ot' the passengers
llii, don't tail; of that," CH“, M's in the automobile \vt-re m~ri0usly
’v' -" .vs. Ferguson paid it...” “at; .l nurt J. “Whoa suffered a deep gar-h
mut. m. tht's forehead and ”Mr, ”H. on lllt‘ brad Tilt others sustained
.. l. at the man's head “My ,,.,.,_ cuts: from tlyir': claim of the broken
w. - Maui} and that the brains vurr- windshield and “'tl't' generally bruis-
gm- mi and shaken up. irr. “'illianl \V.
l.t--.n ‘i.illhie df‘f‘lflr‘cd a rem-m (m. 'l’rnw-v was called and treated the
Injllri-(l men.
was driving the lmtlgc 3“-
»l .‘lntt could recon-r.
il‘
-.;-_ mun inclined When attoy"\{-}*5 Sum may
l'o' lat ’{ntt lllNiHlf-tl that thi- Sgli.‘ llilll Which is owned by lit—akin. The
- t "I ‘I the corpus delltli ill tilt ( 1"- rnachine was proceeding south Oil
. ~ mug any of Mrs Nott's .u.‘ uto- Main street “ili‘ll it suddenly swerv-
‘II‘ '» H lhe “'1er trial against lit-r ell-rind crashed into the telegraph
"" |"' th't' (leor'gt- Nott was the poll. Patrolmo-n Murphy and Adam!
H "A at“... bmiy lit' saw at the iIl(1“— Vii-re rit’x‘tml of the accident and
t ' . «nlmhetl by li‘crgmqou t‘IIlli‘tl it." Tracey.
"" " 'lm morning Susanne “:il .ltt’t‘t'llHll'J: tn the story told the po-
“- l l' villi lbw/ling of tr-F‘llllnii; llt‘e in S“ot~l‘-_\‘. tl.l- mzlchlrze he was
‘ 'v ‘z:. .‘{0tt at the trial of .lrlvlliz \"uh‘ crowded. into tilt pole by
i \'.'Ilie twu other :lvztmtmbiles which failei
~» to step lo’lowim: the accident.
rt, ; 'l'lm itlllllll‘JIl-lt' \vau .l totul wreck
‘ l l I ‘ qt flPENINH .lnt'. from l'< condition. it seemed
' \- ~ ' I" l miraculous that 'r.one of the occu-
pants~ were not seriously iniuri d or
killui outright. The car was taken
to a lef'al garage for repairs,
TlillllEY EflMPANY
BlillliE All REBillillS
ill EllllNTliY ELUB
lut'lllllt is 11"" their friends
iuil.l.il opening for Ult‘
the Norwalk Coun-
ti?
' ‘1 Willa)
' h noun-- V.‘ill(‘il has l-ee':
- i v. open for inspection
' '1 r i’il‘llllilllt'illfi were heard re‘
l .3 MM. Maw”... of interior 'l‘hornas .‘lftt‘lA‘itF. superintendent
- ' , . ii the many new fittiugi of the Norwalk division of H". CO"-
' ‘ add» :1 to the‘ciub. neciicnt company. announced this
morning that a record breaking busi-
-.l.u ublch has been con~
‘ ' l ”1;“ i. vxan the. scene yes. nests was done. by the trolley company.
'- mum of a concert by Hpei- )‘t‘Hit‘l‘dilY- r
' - ,. Ma from 3 until 6 o‘clock "It‘was the heaviest business in
’ vml a (lab tea Was also en. vears. particularly in the afternoon
l," ' n. l':vri A. liarstrom, assisted when the sun came out," said Mr.
Noban accident marred
Maclman
the entire day.
luliaiilg (I'Dell and Mrs. Eric
being the hOHlI:H.‘-l.
w'. I'rank Hollywood served The lite of a small child was saved
I . ‘1' ta'nourl Special dinners by Mr. Macbean. yesterday afternoon.
. l w ill ii. at ltoton Point. The child darted out
and he anIrl his assist-
.l \‘l i-l- iLI-pl buy all Of the time‘
.. .. cum.- was held from 8 until
» t» -. (b 'i‘.) for which Speidel'l
'A 'Illnlslled the music.
. i-u-u- wvelal sets in the Le‘
'mm.) tournament played yes
i ~ usual. The scores Will at)
r l l)lll)\.\'_
in front of a trolley car rounding the
curve into the resOrt. Prompt action
by Mr. MacLean in seizing the little
tot and pulling it out of the way of
the front of the trolley without doubt
saved its life. The motorman turned
off the power and put on the bravo
in an odor: to avoid hitting the child.
but the momontum carried the car
a considerable distance past where
the child was. All it was. the bumper
brushed the child as it was lifted out
of harm's way by Mr. MacLean.
"”' "‘ans in Austria
Pull Up Border Posts
‘ .l'
.‘?:i)' 30. —Enthusiastic
" , ul ‘he movement looking
x( .wnm. of Halzburg. Austria. R0 t S Kong. ‘
‘ . M... a... learned Wandermg’m Woods
.m of the referendum held
Robert Ross. of Winipauk.-who was
missing from his home for aever'al
days. was, found yesterday wandering
in the wood- finalist oactlori. it woo
" ”I" attention of union with
' ""2"" pulling up the boun-
“' ‘* along the German frontier.
‘lroltann did after their ple-
suoncd a majority in favor of
4'. .l i.‘
“Smith-km
«swan-um.
$00 Students Driven
Out By Fire Today
8i
W'mmmmpmwm .:_ ,
soon man. moo-l. mu. uranium
BIKE GIVES WAY
MING DAMAGE
0f OVER $3, 000
\S'tltrlll .AVll. Washington. May at.
—lletweell 41m and 500 persons. far-
mers and their families. were believed
early today to have escaped to safety
as the result of warning L'l\('ll last
night. when a dike near here protect-
ing a reclaimed farm arr-a of 12.0"“
acres broke under pressure of flood
water from the Columbia River Dam.
age to farm property was estimated
by obseru-rs at $3nn,nun,
The pumping station at llurch'
Slough “as syn-pt away within thirty
minutes after the dilu- broke. The
(area is appunlzrmtely nine niilns lung
lliltl two to illit‘l' miles “him It is
feared that most (if the district ha."
lH'i n inundated.
The pressure of the rising waters
tore u hole sixty fret uivh- in the riik'.
whirl: is fifteen feet high. 70 iv": wide
at the lame and .‘H t‘mt “'ltlt .lt til:
top it “as completed this )tar at
a lost‘ of 5:" “Hi”.
le comm
filANlSHlSE TAX
l8 ill BE lEVlEil
N ew Measure Also Seeks to
Tighten. Up Law Against
Evasion
HARTFORD. May 3i.-——An annual
franchise tax of 820 is assessed
against mlacellamous corporations
by the prmlslons of a substitute bill
to be favorably reported in the House
mg its busintsg so as either
or indirectly to distort iti-
int‘Olrlr- and the net income property
attributable to the state. whether by
the arbitrary shifting of the inconr~
through price . fixings. charges for
service or otherwise. Wherehy the net
income is arbitrarily assigned to one
or another unit in a group of Lu—
payers carrying on l'ilfililt‘S! urnlcr
substantially common control. he is
lllf‘t't‘ll)’
true I‘.i'l
t'onnecticut. - :3!-
TM tax commission: r is authorized
make return for such companies
fail to do no voluntarily within
months of the time :iliOWed for
and to exact a penalty
of an per cent. of the amount of the
tax. For such delinqmnt companies
as have no taxable income and no as-
to
as
three
the purpose,
sets in this state. the treasurer will
hr» subject to a fine of 85H for each
failure 'In the case of companies in
such (‘1‘ fault having a taxable net iri-
come but no assetszithin the stale. i
any officer will be liable to be retluir-
ed to forfeit to the state twice the l
amount of the tax. \
FilllMEllY. M. C. A.
SEERETARY DIES
A'.H' \Vilcox. 63, real estate and in-
surancc man and formerly secretary
of tht Torrington Y. M C. A.. died. atl
his home, in Torrington. yesterday. i
Mr. \Nilcox. about thirty years ago. i
was prominently connected with the
Y. M. C. A. movement in Norwalk.
At the time. the Y. M. C. A. was lo-
cated in the Lockwood liall building.
First district. he was secretary. and
he remained in this position when the
organization secured a home in the
Second district. which is now owned
by Dr. R. M. Wolfe. at 61 South Mala
street. At that time. H. J. Hlpoon. of
Seaside place. Third district. was
president of tho local Y. M. C. A. and
Dr. C. G. Boha‘nan w‘ao praminentiy
affiliated with the movement.
The "."Y ho ver. called to prove
an attraction- here, and was. a tow
years later. discontinued. and the
home disposed of.
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Captain Tom ‘Benhalp
of Sable lolonda,
lint Imne
unless he had assured himscK of the
safety of the skipper and crew.
in
which he had sailed as a member of
the all star skipper crew under Cup-
tliin Marty Welch that manned her
for the race
today were his three motherless chil-
l‘
yesterday
'ully SM) cars were parked there by
9:30 o‘clock,
Spangled Banner”
was started on at 9; 30 o ”clock (1112).
the Anierlcan
point was crowded with
who applauded each display.
which was particularly pleasing. was a
large star. which. at first. was gold. in
memory of thao who have gone be-
yond. Utter.
white.
and
His Crew of Twuity Men
Believed to Be Safe
PiiilBAiilY RESIIUEII
BY Sillillfllilil ElSiE
Race Winner Submerged to
Cross Trees Near Sable Is-
land
(llJll't‘i-ZSTHR. Mm: May at.—
Stltl without advices of their own to-
day. the local owner: ontllc schooner
l~23peranto fern .l in Press disputcliesof
lla- {unmit clan. in Noun ricotta \vatera.
"t tiw- wall that was (‘lloucestcr‘n
"till“. llullcatlml that Captain Tom
llcnnam and his crew of twenty mcn
Vrrrt' l-afc. It was not only a hope!
they said; it “as a conviction.
'l‘i‘t‘ process u.’ deduction
by most of (Hourester. based on
known-«ice of the men and the strips
of this port. led to the belief that the
Esperanto's crtw were taken of! by
Captain Allin-n (loci. himself a
Glonccsierman. and the crew of his
schooner Elsie. The Elsie was the
vessel which first (on the interna-
tional race Mnner lu erged to her
cross trees a nllleojalne—holf south
May. but which
had left her below the Canadian pa-
trol ship which reported the accident
.irriu-d.
That the Esperanto was sunk to
h. r cross trees so close to the Sable
Island short. caused Russell Smith. of
the (lorton i‘ew Comrany. to believe
by the legislative committee on till-
auce. it also provides for q gem-rll that she had struck a sand bar and
. ‘ ' l;li- . ‘ ~ . . .
Lightrn‘lnir up of the present law to “out, g.§,:c:;m‘cnre:(:::;’il: ‘3‘2m3m‘n:
rcven cvasons. : e o e
<1 .‘ . a
lrl such cast-s as the tax cOmrnis- ‘\;1.;r't0Th‘o LING." “hit“. found the hm
sioner has reason to believe that any bus]. .65 ,3 norlon-l e“ boat also.
corporation liable to the 2: per cent. 'ap‘au .ctl and Captain Ilenhnm
tax on their net income is condncl- “v“ ”km." and ”1“ former would
the Espt ranto'. ride so ooon
it “as Captain Renham'o first trip
(ornmand of the Esperanto. on
last fall. At his home
iron. the oldest only being informed
of the question of the safety of tho
authorizni by the bill to require such
information as may bv- necessary for father.
the computation of the (“LIIH' net hi- Th" Espt ranto. Whom name will be
come. Perpettlaled by the cup she won. was
A penalty of “firm h fixed (”r 15 year:- ln the water, having been
corporation.- found to have mad.- "my" at Essex. a sister 9°" 0'
false or fraudulent returns the (nas- tilmlceslir, on Cape Anne. m 19""
urer lrQlig liable in the (use of com- Sh" “as “'7 {I‘M long and '3' reglw
panics “ithout ass-ts situated In. "‘7”, as 1‘0 tons gross. and 9‘ ‘0”:
net.
iiillllN PfllNl HAS
IMMENSE EliilWll
hundred
Park.
and
Between six and seven
eople thronged Roton l’uint
afternoon and evening.
last night. when. for the
this stason. fireworks were
The pyrotechnics were of
elaborate nature. the
the park and Memorial;
lrst time
ilsplayed.
it especially
o-p( ning of
illay being celebrated at the camel
itime.
played the "Sta:-
“hen the diapla)
Call a orchestra
ast night when. after a niute of aer-
al bombs a magnificent oet- piece o.’
, was set off.
Then followed a rapid order other
set pieces. pin wheels sky rockets
bombs. star showers. flying oerpento
and other novelties.
The grove, beach and every vantage
spectators.
One.
the center of the star
hanged to rod. the our changing to
Finally. fires were oett 0!
rom each point of the star.
The final number on the program
was a salute of eightemnrlal bomb!-
in a barrage, ending up uwith a. red.
yhlte and blue aria! bomb.
The. danco hall was crowded. M
terday. there being over eleven hun-
dred on the floor at one time"
hall has been color-god and dono over
and it is balm that it» will bu noc-
The
\ ‘ e‘ry to still m it.
In the village of Klnoton. WI'wick- The mm mm parent
shire. E 3.. mthoflwomen. nvo all the dorm! m m. tho the
Lpeceo o . mm loop to their W bio. m-
be ; ' 5km
followed .
.Sllll illillfll
llilESliiiAililli
\‘VASHINGTON. May 31.-—Report
of the Army Board of Inquiry ap-
pointed to investigate the crash of
Curtis-Eagle ambulance airplane
near Morguntown. Md.. late Saturday.
in which seven men were killed lax
expect”) to be made today to Major
M. P. Scanlon. commandant at Bol-
ling Field. Members of the Board
appointed Sunday by Major Scanlon
are Capt. \V. C. 0c Lieut. P. C.
“'ilklns and Licut. he oy “'olfc.
The Board Sunday Halted
scene. examined the wreckage and
m- -ard stories of ey—r. —witncsscs to e
disaster.» They also made sfldl
eIort to learn whether the crash was
due to any defect in the design or
equipment of the/machine. The, ma-
chine itself was so completely wreck-
ed. however. that it was believed to
have yielded no clue as to the cause
of the disaster. The mass of torn
and splintered material was ordered
burned. being considered unsanitary.
The plane crashed during a severe
electrical storm late Saturday while
returning to Washington from Lang-
ley Field. Vs.
“'ASHINGTON. May 31. —— Lieut.
Stanley Amos. president of the Cur-
tlaa Eagle army airplane that crashed
near Morgantown, Md. Saturday
night_ with a loss of seven lives. is
exonerated of all blame for the ac-
cident in the formal report of the
board of investigation. submitted to M.
F. Scanlon. commandant at the Bol-
linx Piel .
The a dent, in the opinion of the
board of three array aviation officers.
was aboolutoly unavoidable and was
due entirely to the storm into which
the airplane run while returning from
Langley Field \'.,a to Washington
The, report was submitted to Major
Scanlon just before the commandant
and his staff left the flying field for
Washington. to attend the funeral of
Lieut. Amos Captain “'illiam C. Ocker
was senior officer of the board. and the
other members were Lieuts Paul T
Wilkins and L. M Wolfe
UNCLE 8AM will
AS BilUNl‘ilY Pills
$2,000,000 a Month Less in
Taxes When the Nation
Goes Vacationing
“'ASHINGTON, f). C. May 31.—
Summer weather. balmy skies. the
open road and other manifestations
of the vacation season are combing
to “short change“ the Government in
certain lines in tax collections.
Payments of taxes on candy. to-
bacco and insurance policies now are
the
L
running more than 82.000.000 short
of the average during the winter
months. according to reports to the
Treasury Department. Officials say
this is a regular summer occurrence.
Men smoke less and candy sales fall
off in the hot months because of the
thousands who pass more time in the
open . Smokers now are paying the
Government only 323.800.00e a
month on purchases 0t cigars. sig-
art-ttes and other .smnking accessor-
In tho cold months the coilecv
" trllll,t'i00.
lea.
lions often run nearly to $2
(Continued on Page Six)
Imposing Parade Follow .,
By Exercises
Judge John J. Walsh Delivers a Patriotic A _ _
and Many Others Add to Interest m Norwalk’o
Memorial Day Observance— Parade Re:
viewed by Mayor Donovan at the City
Hall—Thousands WitneSs Spectacle.
Norwalk turned out en masse to
pay homage to its war veteranaxboth
living and dead. yesterday. Thous-
ands thronged the sidewalks to wit-
ness the parade in which the veter~.
ans of three wars. Civil. Spanish-
Amcrican and “’orld. took a promi-
nent part. The n." in the
First District. was jammed with peo-
ple who paid tribute to those men
who made the final and ~mosl glori-
ous sacrifice a man can make for his
country.
It was a wonderful sight; that of
the hundreds of war veterans in full
uniform with flying flags and healing
drums parading along the principal
streets. and yet it was tinged with
sndncsrl Here and there a mother. a
sister or a wife. clad in black of
mourning and \vcarinlr the gold star
on the sleeve could be s‘en brushing
a hankerchief across cyrs filed with
tears for those who are across the
broad ocean in the poppy fields of
Flanders.
The eyes of the little tots grimly
hanging on to colored balloons glis-
u
teneti as the veterans manched by:
those of the “'orld \Var. young and
bronzed: the Spanish-American “'ar
Veterans al‘ong in middle age and the
few members of the G. A. It. so aged
and feeble by the many years that
have passed by since they served their
country under that martyr Abraham
Lincoln that they were forced to ride
at: the G u
The parade formed at Van
street and East avenue Third I
and the line of march woo over
“'aahington street bridge. u’ow
ington street. North Kain treat
“est a\enue to the First
through wall and East “'oll M
to the Green.
At the cm Hall the made 1"
re vkvud by Mavor Jeremiah 01-53%
van and others including Conn
Sylvester “V Brotheflon. 101m
Sheehun. lleodate 8. Boxed
Charles Yolk. jr.. Dr. R.
\Volfe. Officers “finial!
Tracey. Assessor William F. 1-1
Cornmanuier Christian SVérts. of'
G. A. l‘... District Commissioner
\\'llllam ilnrl‘ord. Treasurer Ho
'1‘. Murray. (‘ollcctor Robert G.
cheil. Selectmen l‘. H. Fielding
l:~i.- Harm. :‘l‘fl “'illiam E. Hi
and oth: ‘s.
As thr parade passed by common!-
ing officns saluted the review“
party. '
The First Division was led by M”-
shal \‘l’alter T. Collings with a a“
of alder- and pars followed In o p.-
lice squad led by Chief of Police W'Il-
liam it. Pennington which loom'
spic and span in natty blue unifom
white glo‘vcs and white hats. Th.
American Band followed. Next h
line was Battery C. Connecticut log. -
tortzcd Artillery. in charge of Capto-
"’ I.
A.
Health
in automobiles.
STATE mum: ill
6081 Mill THAN
FIRST lilllillll
First Two _Years Will Re-
quire Appropriation of
$464,000, Finance Commit-
tee Told
HARTFORD. May 8L—Estlmates
submitted to the appropriations com-
mittee of the Legislature indicate
that the initial cost of the police de-
partment over the combined cost of
maintaining independently the organs
lzlng merged into the new department
will be $60.00 instead of 8150.000 as
originally figured. It is believed that
the gain in fines and forfeitures re-
sulting from the increased vigilgnco
differ-
will more than liquids: e (he
once.
An appro rlation of $371.00!) that
had been a owed for the inspection
division of the motor vehicle depart»
m« at before the state police bill pass-
ed and another appropriation of
8133.000 that was to have been made
for the old state police commission
will be tranf‘er ed to the new depart-
ment which (airings into existence
when Governor Lake affixes his signa-
ture to the bill which has passed both
branches of the Legislature. This Will
NllilWAlli lllll
lull lllllr
Hill SEASilN
The twenty- sixth annual Memorial
Day observance of the Norwoik
Yacht Club occurred yesterday. and
was a complete auoccoo in event re-
spect. During the past month the
club house and property outside has
been placed in excellent condition.
and more was the usual large attend-
uloo to portlclpoto in the festivities.
Thooo darted at 8 o'clock. when the
Orcheotro rendered a concert pro:
gram and lotu- ployed for dancing.
The formal gong Into count-ion
was at 4 o‘clock. when the usual oo.~
lute: were fired by tho Ight Club
gun and Commodore William 8. Un-
holu. from his flagship of! the club
house. Aatheflagowuoroloodthe
orchem played the “Stal- Spangled
Banner." '
William Miller. as chairman of the
new entertainment committee- had
provided the usual W lunch-
can of unlolckoo‘. can. be m
not colloo. we!” W
make a total of $(0l.000. and it has
been figured that an additional unpro-
prialion of 360.000 will be sufficient to
maintain the department for the next
two years.
The bill. being eflectlve on passage
technically terminates the existence of
the present department upon its being
signed by the governor an} so it is
assumed that the executive will he
prepared to announce the appoint-
ment of the third member of the new
state police commission when the bill
becomes a low. This means also that
the. expenses of the new department
will begin about a month before the
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CONNECTICUT THIRD
IN SAN!!! RATIO
Only W and New York
Have Gm m
Connecticut stands third among'the
states in the Union in the proportion
of its insane to tho whole population
according to figures laid before the
appropriation- committee of the 1“
Nature by Moment. Hamil
of the Connecticut State mt. in
support of the proposal to provide In-
creased W In this m
for m with mm .
MM has the largest m-
looooo . aw 'lork tho
S-Mt
German Guards Ariel
Now Ready to Disarm
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As Soon as Intel-om M
thority is Ito-M
in Upper '
Von Hoef'er
draw
OBER-GLOGI A. l'pper Slim ‘
May 31. (By the A-ocioted' Pro-)w
German defense organizationé in t.
city and other towns west of the 0"
rher will disarm and dlobond u m.
as interallied authority has been to.
established in i' pper Silesia. said 0‘6
(Fill van Hooter. commander of ac-
man guards in this city. yesterday. m
added that the allies should be M
ful that the German. “had orgu
them men and had maintained out.
instead of trying to diaorm and a.-
band the defense troops at this criud
hm?
We do not want to keep these to.
under arms a minute longer than nu- .
essary." he went on. ”but we 3‘ .'
protect ourselves."
NEW EANAAN “A3
Bill CELEBRATIM
Memorial Day was impreutvel’
ceiel rate 1 yesterday. in New Canon...
with a huge street parade. in which
the \cterans of three wan pow
ed tog: ther with many cin'c organh
zations and school children. Hal-
ihan 1.000 were in line.
The parade fonned at 8:30 WM
at the Town Hall. and marched down
Main street to the Ne w (amap coulo-
tery where the war veterans’ ergod-
zatlons held newton The mm W“
over the same route. and Mad“
was at the Town Hall. '
l Frank Shutes was moral-l of ti.
first division of the parade. He in
assisted by Nelson Stillman. The W
division was compooed of the Veal».
aim of Foreign Wars. 0. A. R... m ‘:
can Legion. Romp Fife and In... .
Corps. town. officials. Rod Cron 80‘. '
of Veterans and the Woman'- Ball“
Corps.
The second division was in chat“
of Marshal H W. axe. added .5:
Louis Roscoe and George R. M .
In this division were the school is“;
dren each carrying an American .
the Boy Scouts. MS Society
the Grange. mounted led by m
Ann Burr.
Train Wrecking Baud
- - Operafino i- ‘
”ONTRIAL. HI»! SIP-finne-
tug ofotrotn “nights: ' .
in witch two men wore kit . ‘
mulled yesterday by m N
“08.! Rom M o. o. I” ‘v
wrecker-a believed to b. m
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