Height of Folly *or
U S “to
dlh““tfir ‘
New York University -
Honors Secretary Weeks
”0, vi ., _. W ar Department Given Degree of Doctor
”r La » s as He Addresses Graduating Class——
Does Not Love War, but Conditions
tiny Arise Which Will Make It Neces-
sary for Us to Defend Our Country.
utlg .iuue S.~»lleclarixig
I lie the height of lolly
. .I N ties to disarm first.
h ll \‘.'eek.~t. in an ad-
'l.e uimluntihg Chan 0!
. , .. ) v‘lHif}_ Sillll he hoped to
.. i-iu-paIt-d to tit-fetid its
. hung-wit) and its f'lLl'h'ilrl
.. . llilit‘N “lit-ti all nations
w m: l lll‘rlllfiillllt' tho-Ir tor-
‘.t't'l1l their ll't\lt“~'. 'l’he
upon Sun-tiny
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whitl):
Wit-littjv
tutt'oiiul
itioli o'
ct)”"’i'y
in war, but condi-
which mike it. with
all its horrors, the only alte rnativc to
u dishonorable peace. Then e-\(t_\ pa—
lllOllf (itize ll wants w ..Lr "
become engaged
lions may arise
give a moment's seriotui consideration
to the possibllit.“ of war With Great
liritain." Snell a conflict. he declar—
r-l. would. in his opinion, be the end
of chilizution.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
NEW YORK. June 8.——ltép'orls re-
ceived here and at Halifax that the
unnamed steamer which today crash~
ed into an iceberg off the Newfound-
land coast was the llritish freighter
Seapooi set at rest fears entertained
“i do not anticipate “or." Mr. b
\\'eel;s asserted. "but there are active in shipping “”1“" to" “l" ”MN-V 0"
and l't\t'l'lsl‘. military preparations Several large passenger vessels.
among those with whom We might “1“.“ the first 3‘ U. 9. came out of
possibly come in eotituet. And i want "ltd—Atlantic. the 'l'itauic disauter “‘1“:
l" SM." “"1“ “V" now that I ‘71"1'1‘“ recalled. iturnors flew thick and fast
concerning the French Line Steamer
ltochambeau. based on a report re-
ceived from her last night that sit!
had sighted lt't: off North Atlanta
coast. and tit-\eral erroneous iepmts
mere circulated that she had illtl “iii.
trouble.
Pvt? oslem Bolsheviki
(it. {335 Armenian Border
Wrangel Rejects 3
i'mu-sition to Trnsplant
iii. Army in Thrace, and
'l' Form a Turco-Rus-
.u in Republic
.‘l‘lNUl'l.E, June ‘7 (Assn-
l ' i. 7 «'l‘ut‘kihlt Nationalist
. hue. opened the frontitrs
t' . mim- bodits of Mosltm lol-
.3. 4 which concentrated dur-
- l" 4 month on the Armenian
" ‘~' :‘llil Government has also
’ in offer to General VV'ranKel.
“In. ll"-l'l of the anti-lloishtnu
, \ -m'.--nt of Southern Russia. to
‘ H Witt. his army in Thrace, and
- turn) a ’l‘urco-Russian. republic.
H». H \Niangel has rejected this
V 'Ill
The Gflek fleet appears to have
own m‘zen liberty 0t action b'» the AL
lit-4»: Tl n (lreek battleship Kilkoe for
"or” the old battlediip Minissippi
,. the United States Navy, has [no
«Jed into the Black Suzi with a
wet: destroyer. and is sinking a
.mlu-i of small vessels used bv the
' -.'., I‘l mine laying, '
l )HllON, June 8—bit. go mililary
.I n' luv-tits have been re cited by
. ~u.' .. Kemul Pasha, t-ead of the
't-i. Nationalist (itlt'v'lnlllt‘l’ll at
~n;i he i. threatening to ad
~ t. i m the lllm k Sea and the Sea
'r. il‘i
up -‘ .lw \
t "'1.
H'
containing these stat.»
. tealured by London news
~ . . . .1 morning. and the situation
‘ " .wr was dclared to hold
~.ibllitics.
. FEM/A NADED DE
WA iNlND DDMPANV
l.li.li l
'.- -l.'n‘l lzus bren made
‘1 ':.“i of the Top Notch
; t-tx. Osborne :uenue,
l' fleet. he being nam-
‘ llll'l'lll.g of the stock-
I't).'l puny. Mr. Mar-
.. 0 its new duties :1
‘ .1 v H lt‘lt’l‘ pcrsoral su-
‘ttc work at the bak-
-;... delivery aid man-
'- ild ry's products.
lllt filthy years was
We former Rundle
. :l.~ Top Notch com-
‘1 ml w'u- morths ago.
4- ~ .ui knowledge of the
linking business.
very fortunate
Marshall's ser-
ri-iends are also
be is to be con-
many in the ca-
‘1 ,.
inf'ltd
..i-.l ‘lr.
lli I'l\‘
'l..~i
,t' 1...»
1m.
All AVENUE
PDDPEDTV SDLD
,. on \Vest avenue
W... _ " int church has been
. '<‘:':- Agent John T.
(‘urtis t0 Vill-
.’,
,7 ”MW“.
‘ from “West. ave-
depth of about
- montage, on “fest
“l :‘ n‘F-lv TOO feet.
l .H- is estimated to
" li'v'ioud ,of 816.000.
‘ li'-‘£ll intends to do
1 I u not been stated.
’ .1 H. «t he will rent the
i,, . ""1 l Ake many improve-
l
(Continued on Page Five)
MEXIDD TD TAX
WDMEN VDTEDS
Mrs.
“'allaee VMarvin.’
members of the League of “'omen
Voters. yesterday afternoon.
meeting of the League was preceded
by a meeting of the East Norwalk Im-
provement Association, at the conclu-
sion of which Mrs. Marvin welcomed
the Nonvalk League of \Vomen Vot-
ers. and. in a few words. totd some
of the things the East Norwalk liti-
provenient Association had done:
many achievements culminating iii the
erection of Community Hall. Mrs.
M-irvin said that the East Nonvalk
Community Hall was the only institu-
tion of its kind in the State of (,‘on-
necticnt open to so many public activ-
ities. holding meetings of so many or-
ganizations. and conducting its own
public library.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
DEEUDEE DAMP
2.000 Persons. Many of
Them Mexicans. to Be Re-
moved to a Tent City in
Pueblo g, 4 ‘
l‘l'l~Il‘-l.(). Polo. June S-listnblish-
ment of a refugee camp today to re-
Ceive those made ilOllltles‘H by the
flood was regarded as Pueblo'n great-
est step toward restoration of normal
conditions. Refugees in \arious pub—
lic buildings were to be returned to
the tent city today. There are about
2.0M homeless in the city, many of
whom are Mexicans.
(Continued on Page Three)
Charles H. Harris, Inc,
Capital Stock $500,000
Papers filed with Town Clerk Her-
bert. R. Smith today contained the in-
corporation of Charles H. Harris. Inc..
manufacturers and dealers in glass-
ware products. The incorporators are
Charles H. llurris. Ponus avenue.
Norwalk. Joseph H. Harris of 418
\‘Vest 115th Street. New York city:
“William E. Helsterberg. of £3 Sher-
wood place. Jersey City Heights. N. J.
The company will have a. capital stock
of $500,000, divided into 500 shares of
a value of $100 each. The company
starts business withr' a. capital of
81.000.
Everybody’s Spending
Money Is Shrinking
“'ASHINGTON. June 7. (By the
Associated Press.) -— Everybody"s
spending money shrunk by 81.99 dur-
ing past year. according to the month-
ly circulation statement issued today
by the treasury: On June 1. 1920 per
capita circulation in the country waI
$57.42 compared with $55.43 on June
1. 1921. In the some period the total
modey in circulation dropped ~40
mi *0 to the grounds.
$0,102,102 244 from u. naumm 7
LEADUE MEETS
J. Wallace Marvin
Tells of the Value of the
East N orwalk Community
the doors of Com-
munity Hall Were thrown open to the
The
its
EDD HDMELESS
DlL DDMPANIES
President Obregon An-
nounces An Average In-
crease of 25 Per Cent on
Products
MEXXCO CITY. June K (Associated
Pren).——Pctroleum companies oper—
ating‘ln Mexico must pay an average
H.- - .4 4. increase of 25 per cent. in export tax-
. ' es on their products. beginning July 1.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. J. under the terms of a decree issued by
President Obregon last night.
It is estimated this increase in tax-
ation will net the (lmernment mote
than 30.0“".l'll“ pesos per year. and
the money Will be used solely in mak—
ing payments on Mexico's foreign
debt.
The decree. which was brief. assert-
ed that within recent months Oll‘t‘l
nations have increased their taxes on
similar products. and declared it “as
"only just that the world's largest
source of petroleum should reap some
benefits in view of the economic situa-
tion." t‘lfl-
LEGISLATURE lD
END EXISTENDE
THIS AFTEDNDDN
fl.\ll'l'l-‘(lltl__-l. June s. '11.. ll-rni
Assembly” of 1921 will i I :i its . \ist
ence late today. its Work in \Olltll‘it'
has been considerable. the number of
measures adopted 0 \eeedini: those t n-
:icteol at many Sessions in recv-it
)(‘ul‘s.
“'hcu the House
short calendar to be
ill-P Senate had little
it.
met. there was :i
disporwd of. but
business before
lloth branches have rejected the re-
solution which proposed a commission
to investigate the state Farm for “'0-
men.
(Continued on Page Two)
Wanted Board of Education
School Teachers
At a meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation. held last night. Dr. Henry C.
Bherer. secretary of the board, went
on record in favor of engaging an at:
torney for the purpose of compelling.
through legal process, Mayor Jere-
miah Donovan. and other city officials.
to honor warrants drawn by the board
on the city treasurer to meet. thé pay-
ment of the lalaries of two night
Ichool teachers. Harry E. Sconeld
agreed with Dr. Sherer but other
members of the board thought the ac-
tion too stringent.
The matter Came up when Score-
tary Sharer ad I. letter from Miss
Ethel M. Cal ban and Min Gertrude
K. Grocochner. night Ichooi teachers.
asking that. they be paid the money
due them.
Considerable of I. verbal
followed. which reunited in Dr. 8
or making the Intement canoe
Two Regulars and One Sub-
stitute Secured, According
to Report to Education
Board
REPAIRS DNilltiH ,
swunuunur
Would Use Basement of
Rowayton School for a
Boys’ Club
micliers and one sub-
.tged for the coming
Two rumilar l
stitule “ero- 1m
_\t-nr at a me‘qtiuz.‘ 0f the Board of Ed-
llCullult in iii In»! night. The teat-hers
;.t-~ Finreiur t' Hanks. Rind“: lull]
“- I‘rulzrlilpl‘ domestic Fflt‘ll?!‘ in
.liiriim High «4‘! . ul_ and Mrs. Gertrude
“t l'llliill. htll-sllllile.
The building committee reported
that it \\.t9- lul-i up on repairing the
ll:llll(l‘:l tn the .\or\\alk High school
lu-(*.tll\t of luck at funds. Secretary
|l.-.,u 1‘ Slit roi ~aid that he had sent
.‘t I'ltoi’ Maln‘ Jeremiah Donovan.
asking for it" ro appropriation of the
lllUllt'\ l'tlllllllll In the board, amount-
ing to $1338.16 :rom the fire,_but had
not n I‘t'i\t'll any reply.
it. ll. Rhys. in n communication.
asked perlnllKNOIl of the Board of lid-
ucatlon for the use of the busemen of
the ltoxvayton school house for I
boys' club which he iil forming. The
main 1‘ “an referred to Harry E. 8co-
lznld for investigation.
.\ matter concerning the salary of
in
(Continued on Page Three)
iilNli’S DESIDNATIDN
HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
Investigation Started in Re-
lation to National Child
Health Welfare Demon-
.
stration
I
The resignation of Clarence ‘King.
as director of the National Child
Health demonstration. was received
“with rtgret." at a meeting of the
committee of selection of the National
l‘hild Health Council, held at. the
home of Dr. Emmet Bolt. 1?] Fault
bind street. New York city. yesterday.
Mr. King's resignation was due. ac-
totding to a statement made by hitn
because of the unfair (1031‘!th (if the
rommitl-c in totally disregarding all
titles in the East in ftnor of a city in
the Middle VV’est for the staging of the
demonstration.
The committee is now confronted
with a serious problem. that of secur—
ing another man as capable of taking
ehzzirg- of the demonstration as Mr.
Kit": is.
\ New York newspaper the Inch.
insr Post. has started an investigation
into the matter of the selection of the
(Continued on Page Three)
SHEDEDWDDLD PDT LAWYERS
DN MAVDD DDNDVAN’S TRAIL
to Engage Attorney to
Obtain Funds for Payment of Salaries of Night
Hui—a“ ‘
ed Dr. Sherer. “I would go to in-
tord and get I lawyer. The in e)’
for the station is It the City Hall.
and. Is long as we sit here calmly.
"they" (referring to Mayor Jeremiah
Donovan and other city ofllciuI.) are
going to keep It. there."
Harry E. Scofleld agreed, with Dr.
Sherer and acid that he was right. in
line with the m .
Superintendent 0. V.. Duchamp
lusts-ted that the mt school Inbr—
les were of too minor a. nature to take
and: mounted Ind named that the
board wait to find out wilt ll min!
to happen when the final teacher III-
ary list iI Iub-lttod.
"1 don't think rm II the use."
replied Dr. Sharer. “The light ochool
teIctrerI would have their money "
On motion. undo by mum P.
Ward. it wu- ”wad-wand a
letter to the medulla»!
min. the m use
theemefieototmpttomcy. .
“chancel-tucker“,
common
The annual meeting of the Connec-
ticut and Western Massachusetts
Ministerial Association was held yes-
terday morning. afternoon. and eve-
ning. at the Advent Christian church.
Harvey and Van Zandt street. East.
Norwalk. with a large attendance.
The morning session opened at 10
o'clock (S. 'l‘.) with a prayer by Rev.
Thomas Feltman. of \Vaterbury. af-
(Continued on Page Eleven)
DELLE ISLAM]
WANTS MDNEV
EDD DDADWDDK
Members of the l'wlle island Im—
provement Association .of which Joel
l. llrush. is president. lime Inc-n noti-
fied of a special meeting of the Asso-
ciation at Mr. llrusli‘s home at 5:30
o'clock (ll. 1‘.) on Friday evening of
this week .
At this time the re will be a direc-
tor's meeting and election of officers
and plans will also be made for a
deli gation to wait upon the Board of
Estimate and Taxation with a request
for an appropriation towards the up-
keep of the roadways.
The residents of Belle Island pay a
tax of 7 mill: on the property assess-
ments, and feel that they should re-
ceive some old from the city as well
on the matter of the upkeep of roads.
The budget of the Association for
the year haI been prepared and it
amounts to 32.800. This includes the
cost of electric lights 1nd roads.
The reason for the request for en
arpropriation from the city is because
the roadway through Bell island
one, of the arteries by which ltoton
Point is reached. If the road was
used exclusively by Belle Island resi-
dents. they feel as if they would not.
or could not. ask for city help.
THEATRE DiVNEDS
PDDTEST NEW TAX
e theatre owners of America held
a niectinz at the Hotel Taft. in New
Haven, yesterday. and elected five
delegates to attend the national con-
\ention at Minneapolis, on June 26.
27. 2S and 29. A. Hamilton. of the
Palace Theatre. was one of the dele~
gates. and Samuel Kantor. of the Re-
cent. “’1” attend as a member of the
executive board.
At yesterday's meeting it was voted
to make a formal protest to the gov
ernor concerning the. four per cent.
State tax. because the, moving picture
theatres now have a tax of thirty-two
per (Pill This is considered too great
a burden
ElDE DDES DAMAGE
iN VlLLV HDME
Fire. which it is believed “113 due
to a defective wire in an electric mo-
50r attached to a sewing machine, did
damage of approximately $250. in the
‘iume of Ernest ll. 'l‘illy. Flux ilill
road. shortly after midnight last
night.
The lire was discovered by Mrs. Til-
ly in the sewing room of the second
floor. A telephone alarm “as sent in
to the Central Station and the firemen
responded in short order.
A stubborn fight ensued. chemicals
being used. There wnI considerable
smoke. which blinded the firemen a
bit. The damage to the lower part of
the house was due to water Ind chem-
ical.
The loss tI fully covered by smur-
Ince. carried by TIylor & Golden. Inc..
Thomas Canty and the uwrcnce
Agency.
11 bronLodge Men
e VishfeoldWellLodre
A gala night was held II. evening
ot the meeting of Old Well 140032.130.
108. F. a; A. 1-1.. when about 100 mem-
berI of Hebron Lodge. of New York
city. including the decree teem. came
here for I. fraternal visit. The visit-
log degree team worked the second
section of the degree. The late:-
HIIonI degree wu “Io conferred.
IF,
Th
52
Three Frenchmen were wounded.
two probably fatally. when Germans
‘ fired upon fourteen French soldiers
who emerged from a Village on the
Fair might and Thursday.
: ——
9r“
OPPELN, Silesia.
berg, twenty miles northeast of this‘
city. has been occupied by a batta-
lion of llritlsh troops. Rosenberg
was taken by Polish insurgents dur-
ing their first advance in l'pper Sile-
sia. and there has been danger of seri-
ous fighting between the Poles and
GermanI.
road In tween (lroos~StrI blitz and
l'jest. to the south.
The Germans prlained that they
thought they were firing upon Poles.
VLADIVOSTOK, June 8 tAssor-iatcd
Pressl.- Officials and supporters pi
lDENllEV WDMAN
liILLED IN DADIEN
lDliDli DDLLISIDN
Was Elizabeth Gardner of
Newark, Who Sought
Free Ride
Identification of the 22—ytnr—olri
woman who was killed on the Post
Road in llarien on May :7. as the
result of a collsion hetvteen two
automobile trucks. was made through
addresses found in her handbag.
it
was announced in the coroner‘s office
yesterday. at which tirnc the finding
in the case absolving the drixer of
each truck from blame was made pub-
lic.
According to the testimony made at
British T rOOps Are
Occupying Rosenber '
Was- Danger of Serious ‘
Fighting There Recon
Two Frenchmen Fatally Wounded When theleegD
mans Fired Upon Fourteen Soldiers Who
Emerged From a Village Road, Between
Gross-Strehlitz and Ujest, the Germans ‘ ‘
EXplaining They Thought That They"
Were Firing Upon the Poles. '5
June 8. ——Rosen- the new nnti- Bolshevlk regime in
cit we. been holding frequent
ferences with General Somenofl,
was not permitted to land here
week. when he arrived with m
pressed determination to assume
leadership of the government.
Semenofi‘ whose Ital! includu"
generals. says his goal is Moscow.
'romo. June 8.~-Milit‘ry~opol‘
lions against the anti-Bolshevfk 0’»
menu; which have established as
new government in Vladivostok
throaimed in a note to the II
govermmnt from the Fm- Eastern I
public sa‘ 5 a Harbin dispatch to an
Nichi .\‘.(hi Shimbun of this city.
The mit- declares flat has“
(Continued on Page Eleven)
House Saves $950,006
On State Road Project
Disagree With Senate 3‘
Rejects Proposed Exh-
sions to State and Hits-
ed for Trunk Lines
A saung of 39504000 on highs—f
projects was affected by the no... I
RepitIentativen )WBV. whom I
postponed indefinitely action OI
ate Bill \'o 237 an act providing
extensions to state aid highwayK~CI-I
though the Senate had adopted't.
mensure.
Leader lluckley explained than V.
:m unexpended bIlance. of 8!.m
in the state highway department. I
m0\ed that the bill be tum
pastpomd. So \oted.
The House concurred ‘tth the' -
ate in adopting a bill approprm
h 900 000 for trunk line and tom!
aid roads after rejecting an o...—
ment otlered b\ Mr. Kicker-on Ge
Cornwall which sought in”
work uhere the elimination of “In
(Continued on Page Twelve)
liELLEV. DDAlD
\\'.\Slll.\'GTO.\’, June 8.——The house
will not strenuously oppose the MC-
Lean amendment to the naval appro—
priation bill authorizing the navy de-
partment to carry out the program
for building the six submarine to-r-
pedo boats. it was predicted by Chair-
man Kelley. of the house naval af—
fairs committee.
After Chairman Kelley asserted in
an interview a few days ago that he
knew the house would not agree to
the increase of 898.000.0013 added to
the naval appropriation bill by the
senate. it was feared that the “cheap
amendment would he one of the items
ito receive the axe at the hands of the
house.
The McLean amendment is of pecu-
liar interest to Bridgeport because the
Lake Torpedo Boat Company hopes to
obtain from the navy the contract for
building the six submarines at an ap-
(Continued on Page Ten)
Two Die as Planeliats
Tree, Exploding Bombs
HAMPTIN. Va... June 8.——Noel R.
Thompson of Jacksonville. Ill.. Ind C.
A. Rowen of Quitmnn. 6a.; flying ca-
dets. were killed yesterday when their
airplane struck a tree top during a
bombing‘nght It Langley Field and
caught tire.
Three of the four bombs carried ex-
ploded and the machine was demol-
lobed.
War on Horse Racing'
Methodists to Wage
*—
HAMILTON. Ont. June 1—3013:
racing is the next Canadian evil b be
eliminated. the Win conic
M’LEAN AMENDMENT TD PASS,
(Ctfltlnued on Page My!) .
.. u~'.....' .8
. .
MAN DE llDliSE
NAVAL DDMMl’lTEE, PDEDlfil’S
STRATFDRDDES
VDTE itiiltsr _
, RELIEF 1m
by Special Tax Defend
by Big Vote
srnxrpomi. June a —1‘axm
of the town refused last night to W
foflhe levying of a spoon] tux or I
money for charitable work in
ford. The proposition wu
by a big vote after I number or ”5
sons charged that reports of m
in the town had been exam.
and that a number of people had big
receiving aid from the town .
they doenot need it. ‘
One man from the new
(Continued on Page nu)
The zoo jurymen' mood I
nerve in the trial of Mr. Ethan.
traveled 13.600 miles in Ira-wel- lag.
summons of the court. These
do not include the mileage coin-l
jurors w come to the com III
on mafia it one day In the 7
pm traveling expert-cl to and .
court. for one round trip only; IndI
mud the Jumper: m
" more than 30. Mi In“ D
the dIily ”Idea of the a“
o .
a
ways—$1,950,000 Appflrpr
mill on the. grand list of 1920 to all» ;’
5i.
nil
r
Proposal to Aid Unempm" .
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