Evening sentinel, Tuesday, June 21, 1921 · page 1

 
 
 

Norwalk

 

 

«i'ors Gave

Out‘ «31 ams’

ind '“i’uns’ ’ With Freedom

“Al-will tsnler Reads the Class History; Miss
'leli y; the Class Will, and Sydney

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(‘lass Prophecy—Gifts Were
looted and Presentation Caused

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3;... y ' 1.- rriment—Musical Program.

 

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Previous to the exercises. the
graduating dkiss marched 'into the
auditorium in the rear of the junior
(hiss and took their seats upon the
stage.

The program opened with a. brief
address by Miss Mary Mathews. vice-
presldent of the class. She welcomed
the guests and friends of the class.

Next came the reading of the roll
call by Miss Ida Scoiield. secretary of
the class. an interesting procedure.

Miss Anna Kcssler read the class
history from the time it entered the
Norwalk High school. a group of
lillifl youngsters until last night. The
history was very well written and al-
:0 very interesting.

Mil-N Mirialn Clark pleased with a

socnl solo rendered in a sweet sopr'i-
m) vmce.

'l'lu- f‘!:l.iP-l will. the last tentui‘nenr
of the senior claw; of 1021, with its
lli‘LU terms and twists. was read by
Miss thin-l Gelston. The will was a
bright. witty instrument and showed

grent care in the preparation.

 

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'th Taxing District
Act [3 Explained

 

n.iah Candee
52 of Rowayton

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n. r- Concerning
him -: liange

1. «hi; meeting of the
" Association was held
l inal'. NO. 1. hull. last
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a lirict. President J. lr‘.
l' the meeting to order
L t‘pOrtNl oi' the last lnect-
l'v .‘Illd :icr‘epti’d. Treas—
ih . were then read and the
i... ' “ociaition were found
u. t order. The. roll call
2 willy-r5 present and
1. present interested in
‘9 :1 Arnold explained
‘n of membership in
RH but no new mem-
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\- 'n r; be suspended
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PULLMAN EllslllSES
lll'EN Sill]? Ellilll.

CHICAGO, Jum- 2i.-"——-Th¢ Pullman
('onipany lost its open shop fight be—
fore the U. S. Railroad Labor Board
today. when the Board upheld the
contention of union leaders that the
(‘Olnpnny had not obeyed the letter
and spirit of the. mrnsportatlon act
when it conferred with its employcs
in mass meetings.

The Board threw out the com-
pltnv's petition for a cut in the wages
of its shop employee! and instructed

 

it to go back and meet the "duly
elected representatives" of the em-
ployes.

The shop crafts and clerks in the
Pullman works are involved in the

case. The board's decision will delay
any action on a reduction in their
wages for several weeks.

 

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ANTITBDLSHEVIKI
FflliEES flElEAlEll

['l'IKlNG. June :l.—Anti-Ilolshevlk
forrus commanded by General llaron
von l'ngern Stem-burg. which were in-
»:nling Southern Siberia. have been
completely defeated by the army of
the [Mr Eastern Republic. says a dis-
patch received here from (Zhiia. It
says the "rubber bands" were virtual-
ly annihilate-d. and that the survivors
have fled into Mongolia The Soviet
Government of Moscow offered to send
:in army to assist the Far Eastern ite-
Illlllllf' in opposing Baron von Ungern
Sterilerg. -but the Chita Government
has replied that the Republic will be
able to cope with the situation.

 

 

Jailed for Having
An Automatic Gun

STAMFORU. June 21.—Harry
O'Neill. g ng his «home address 331
756 State street} Bridgeport. was
found in an empty passenger coach!
here yesterday. and was locked up as
he had an automatic gun in his‘pock-
Pt. From this gun. one cartridge had
brrn exploded. O'Neill tried to
throw the gun away as well as l. cam-
i-ra. In a pocket was a list of various
persons in different citiea The
Bridgeport police were asked to look
the man over because they had sent
out an alarm for the man who
wounded Officer Tierney. of that city.
last Wednesday night.

 

 

Barnegat Lighthouse
to Be Abandoned

TRENTON. N. 1.. June 2].—Tl’ie
govercment practically has decided to
abandon the Burnegat lighthouse. One
or the famous ocean lights along the
Atlantic coast. and erect a steel tower
with a lightship station. The light-
house was practically demolished Instill
winter by storms

 

 

 
 
 

TAXES l0 MEET
Bill EXPENSES

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The budgets of the First. Second
and Third taxing districts. the Health
Department. the City Hall Depart-
ment and the Printing Departmen'G’.
were tentatively accepted at the regu-
lar meeting of the board of Estimate
and Taxation held last evening. At
the same time the budget of the
Health Department was increased by
$500. under the item of ‘mOsquito
extermination" as the appropriation
of 81.500 was not thought sunlcicnt.
The_next meeting will be Monday ew-
ning. June 27th. At in: special meet-
ing of the. board. a special tax of 1
and l~l0ih mill: was laid on the Fifth
district. payable October 1st. to rake
the sum of $38. 003. in. which will be
used to reimburse the treasury to
inert withdrawals legally required to
be made on account of the maturin-
of the bond issue balance and the
slate failure to [my the averzilzu 11-
tv‘nrlzince grant or the "teacher's l'OTi-
us." which lniler figure amounted to
Sli.3‘)4.

 

 

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llll. W. HITEHEBEK
lllEll EARLY lllllAY

For Many Years :1 Promi-
nent First District Physi-

man and Surgeon
-. ! ‘

Dr. Waite. Hitchcock. [Imminent
First district physician and surgeon.
at... early wxmorning. at his home.
9 West avenue. after a wook‘s illness.
The death of the physician shocked
hundreds of friends and acquaintances
made by him during a lifetime spent
in the medical profession in Norwalk.

Dr. Hitchcock had been sudering
from an attack of the grip for the
past week. but his condition was not
considered serious. 1". George G.
Fawcelt was in attendance. but the
physician gradually became worse. un-
til he passed into the Great Beyond
early this morning.

Dr. Hitchcock was 64 years of age.
He was a graduate of Yale College.
having marllculaied in 1880. Later he
completed :1 threcgvear course at the
P. and 8.. in Ne York city. finishing
in 1583. For some time he was house
surgeon at the Mount Sinia Hospital.
in New York city, Later he came to
Norwalk. where he opened an office
on “hill street. near the present loca-
kion of the Royal James Hotel. A few
.ears later he hunt a home. at 9 W'est
ivo-nue. where he made his residence
luring the remainder of his life.

No finer tribute could lne’pnid to a.
citizen from whom life had fled than
that paid to l‘r. Hitchcock. this morn-
mg. in' Mmlirnl Examiner Samuel H.
Huntington:

 

 

(Continued on Page Eleven)

Wflllll] ABflLISH
NEW CANAAN AVE.
PUBLIC BUMP

"The public dump. on New Canaan
avenue. should be abolished by the
Board of Health. The stench arising
from the dump is rank."

This statement was made this morn-
ing by Deputy Fire Chief William J.
Powell.

The First district flre apparatus was
called out. yesterday afternoon. to ex-
tinguish a fire In the dump. It was
only after an hour of hard work that
the recall could he sounded.

In the meantime the odor from the
dump was so (rank that firemen were
nearly overcome. Several of them
we're forced to. leave the immediate
vicinity of the place because the odor
made them iii.

A petition. asking for the abolish-
ment of the dump. was recently pres-

Lbated to the Common Council by mol-

dents of Grand street. Mal- street and
other places in its immedmtc vicinity.
The petition was never nosed upon.

Bill Prohibite-
Cigarette Smoking
by WuhingtOn Women

WASHINGTON. June 81.—A puff
on a cigarette may cost Washington
women 825 if s. bill introduced yes-
terday by Representative Johnson.
Mississippi. becosz s law. The men

 

 

sure provides‘lhat woman who not.

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Vessel on which Discoverer
of South Pole Hoped to
Drift Psst the North Pole
Was Frozen in ice

lWll PllflPELlEllS
WERE L031” 0N WAY

Some of the Party Made
Extensive Magnetic Sur-
vey of Country

 

 

 

 

‘ it is believed that there will be less

 

NONE. Alaska. Jum- 20.——Masses
'of early Arctic ice last Augmt locked
in a rigid grip the vessel Maude. on
wl ich it cold Amundben discoverer
of the South Pole. hoped to drift past
the North lo.le and a Sucre otorm
svu pt t.he schooner ashore. ninety
miles from Cape Serge. and smut-ed
her prOpelicr. he add here today.

Captain Amundsen nope-red ln
Nome last Friday with the tidings
that his ship was disnblul and he
would have her towed into Seattle for
repairs.

"When I left Nome early last Aug-
ust." he said. “I proceeded to the vic-
inity of Cape Serge. when I was to
pick up a native family to add to the
crew. but the ice conditions were the
worst in years. and we were forced to
toy to for two weeks during which
time it was impossible to reach
shore."

 

(Continued on Page Mes)

BENTER Sillllllll
LEADS IN THE
lRl-Sfiflflfll MEET

Six Special Car Loads of
Students at Field Day at
Roton Point

Sundingoftheh‘chouls In the T11-
School Meet at New.

 

 

 

Points
25

School
t‘unzer Junior High .........

Franklin Junior High ....... l7
Sniples High. “'estport ...... 12
Center Junior High school showed

every indication of. noontlme today of
winning the Newspaper Trophy Cup.
offered by The Evening Sentinel. The
Nut-walk Hour and The “'esiporter
Herald. for the school scoring the
most points in the first lnterscholnstic
athlete meet held in this vicinity.

it was :1 field day for the pupils of
the Center and Franklin Junior High
schools. and for the pupils of the
Staples High school of \‘v'estport. at!
special cur-loads of pupils arriving at
ltoton Point to enjoy the day.

Owing to some confusion in getting
started the events were few up till
noon today. although the entries were
heavy. The trinl beats for the 50-
yard dash. both for boys and girls,

 

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WILL ENEflREE

 

wort.

lsuif for alienations of affections filed

ener 4 c z oo

Attorneys for Olga Hurting Mac-
kay. first wife of Donald Francis
Macksy. husband of Mrs. Beatrice
Galloway Mackay. of' Westport. are
expected to file suit for divorce iii
Dutchess county. N. Y.. following the
withdrawal of the original suit which
was filed in New York city recently.

‘hance of publicity attending the suit
filed in Dutchess county. Until a di-
vorce is‘grunted Mackay will con-
tinue to occupy the peculiar position
of e man with two wives.

Morkay married Olga Harting.
Zlegfleld Follies chorus girl at New.
ark. N. J.. May 25. 1915. On Decem-
ber 23. 1920. he married the divorced
wire of John Macy Galloway who has
1 summer home on Long Lots road
in the Greens Farms section of \Vest-
He ha; not yet been divorced
from his first wife. who claims in a

in the county court here that the sec-
ond marriage constitutes bigamy.

Ell lllli WARSHIPS
Ellii'l’AlllElE ELEEl

California and Maryland to
Go West W'hen Ready-—
Denby Orders the Trans-
fers

WASHINGTON. June :l.—Tlie
battleships Arizona. Nevada ind
Oklshoms were yesterday ordered
transferred from the Allsntic to the
Pacific Fleet by Secretary Denby. .
The, battleship Maryland. when com-
pleted. will also be sent to the Pacific
Fleet.

By the some order the battleships
New York. Texas. Wyoming and Ar.
kansas are transferred from the Pa.-
cinc to the Atlantic.

Secretary Denby said the redistri-
bution of ships had been made with
a view to assigning the coal-burners
to the Atlantic Fleet and the oil-
burners to the Pacific Fleet as no
economic measure.

As soon as tho super-dreadnought
California is completed by the Mare
Island Navy Yard she will replace
the New Mexico as the flagship of the
Pacific Fleet. The Maryland will be
the most powerful ship in this fleet
and will be the first battleship equip-
ped wih 16-inch rifles.

 

 

 

 

“\Ne want Mac!”

ter Junior High school.
were
passed through Main street on special
trolley cars. bound for an outing at
ltoton Point.

Dougall. principal of the Center school:
who will not resume charge of the
school
agreement with the teachers. The slo-
gan of the children apparently evinc-
ed the popularity of the principal.

ulariiy.
tuition of Principal {\‘laclmiigall is be-

Center schooL and their parents.

81!" e :‘

vual corpses?"

 

Corpses,” and Says He

“W'e want Mac!" “We want Mac!"
This is what the pupils of the Cen-
as a body.

shouting. this morning as they

“Mac" referred to Gordon M. Mac-

in September because of dis-

In addition to this evidence ot pop—
a petition. asking for the re~

puivlls of the
We
petition. it is reported. will be present—
ed to the Board of Education for con-
atlon.

Asked whether he had hrard utmll‘
the petition. Principal Mucilougall re-
plied in the negative.
“Did you call the teachers intellect-
Mr. Macllougail was

ing circulated among ll'li‘

cl Pupils

Petition Circulated To
Retain Principal MacDougall

Denies That He Called Teachers “Intellectual

quoted—Instructor Wanted More Money,
Awarding to Dr. Tracey, and School
Board 'Did Not Feel Able to Pay It.

 

 

 

Was Maliciously Mis-

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asked. '

“No." was the reply. “I quoted m
\Vesbern teacher. and aid that I did
not want my pupils to grow up to be
intellectual corpses. I want than t.
be robust young men and women. I
was maliciously misquoted."

In speaking of the MacDaugall af—
fair. llr. \\'ill‘.am J. Tmcey. president
of the Board of Education. said that
an appointment had been sent to the
principal. but that he. had asked for
more money. which the board did not
feel as though they could grant.

“Did you hear about the petition
which is being circulated asking for

Mr. MacDougall‘s retention ‘."' Dr.
Tracey was asked.
"Ye-s." in: Tracey replied. “ l have

heard that such a petition was being
circulated."

“\‘tould the Board of
consider me ha petitioni"
"‘he board d mes «hat it thinks“
the genera' 300;! of the, public.
it is probable that no action

Ed ii ca lien

for
and

(Continued on Page Two)

 

3an [lillll
IN tillliiilili

BERLIN. June '21.—8ixty.elght
men were killed and seventy-three
injured by an explosion. due to fire
damp. which destroyed the greater

part of the Mont Gents mine. near
Herne. \Vestphnlia. yesterday.
Three hundred men were in the

mine when the dimster occurred.

SULfillAVE MANllll

 

As roarranged the fleets will be‘~
made up as follows:
Pacific—Flagship California. Mary- 1

land. New Mexico. Idaho. Tennessee.

Mississippi. Arizona. Oklahoma and
Nevada.
At auntie—Flagship Pennsylvania.

Wyoming. New York. Texas. Arkan-
sas. Florida. North Dakota and Dela-

ware.

The battleship Fun is assigned as
flagship of the European squadron.
Secretary Denby said.

[IllSl llE LlVlNli
“(MN 20?. ll,
Bill STILL lllfill

The cost of living since July. 1920.

 

 

 

3mm 28:

Chief of Police William R. Pen-
nington announced to the pre- to~
day that a strict enforcement will be
made of Section 28. of ti. city or-
dinances. which relates to the sweep—
ing of rubbish. garbage. ssh” and
dirt. onto the sidewalks of the city.
from dwelling houses. store-t bulld-
ings. etc.
The penalty for-s violation of this
ordinance ~ ranges from 01 to $10.
Numerous complaints have been re-
ceived by the police relative to the
practice indulged in by some store
keepers of the city of bweeping their
stores out and leaving the dirt and
refuse on the sidewalk.

Emlostndon
-. Is W

CORK. June 31 (By the Associated
Press).—James Punch Barnard.
fourth Earl of Banded. was kidnapped
today from his Milena in Bsutry.
County Cork. by a. band of armed
men. Castle Bernard. his home. was
88! “no.

Earl Radon. who in boss king‘-

 

 

hss decreased 20.8 per cent. the Na.
tional Industrial Conference Board
announced yesterday.‘ but it still is
61.9 per cent. higher than it was in
July 1914. The estimates of the board
are said to be based upon retail prices
for the principal items of a wage
esrner's family budget.

The coo! of living for wage-earners
in the country as a whole during May.
dropped ".8 per cent: shelter shows
and June 1 this year. the board mys.
A decrease of 4. I per cent. was report-
“mthepflccoffoMIMSJper
cent. for clothing during the month.
Average prion of the other major
items remained the some.

81m lost July food prices have
dropped 83. I per sent: shelter show!
a. decresse of 8.: per cent; tool and
light 1. I per cont... lino boards figures
show.

WillisnsGiven
Life "imprisonment

ATLANTA. ‘Go.. Juno ale—John a
Williams. who wss recently convicted
of murder in connection with the kill-
ing of eleven negro“ on his Jasper
coffee farm and nuanced to life-isn-
and lb three—pus. Har-

 

 

 

 

 

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Sl'lfiltAVE. Northamptonshire.
June L’l.——Sulgavc Manor. ancestral
home of the \Vashingtons .was reds-(ii.
rated here toda}. with elaborate core»
monies after its restoration. at a cost
of fifty thousand dollars to the state
in which it existed three centuries ago.

In addition to dignitaries from Lon-
don. the lord mayors of Birmingham.
Northampton and Lanbury and other
towns were present. attired in their
gorgeous robes of office. wearing their

omcial chains and preceded by the
biarers of the maces. symbolic of
civic authority. Members of town

corporations from various centers also
attended.

The Marquis of Cambridge. bro-
ther of Queen Mary. and George Har—
vey. l’nited States Ambassador. gave
in: principal addresses. asserting the
fundamental solidarity of the people
of the empire and the Republic. and
i‘tclaring the day s went a. good aug-
in) for the future.

The Prince of W'ales planned to be
present. but was detained. He ex~
tended an invitation. however to a
delegate to call on him. to gave. him
St. James Palace. London. to give him
an opportunity to expres his person-
al interest in the enterprloo at Sul-
grave._-

'llllllLLlllli RESCUE
~Ill BELL lSLiNll

Sunday morning. while J. 1.. Brush.
of this colony. and lib friend. Judson

 

on Bell Island Boy. in Ir. Donnaru'tllli:
pleasure yacht. the “A-Don - "
boot sudden“: became unmanageable
and both gentlemen were thrown into
the water.

Mud cries for help attached the
attention of Robert 1". Way. of this
city. and Dr. J. J. W. a
prominent New York dentist. who
After many

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

mvis. from New York. were salllngv

Four Persons Injured
In Waterbury Wreck

Derailment of #Boston-Nm
York Express in After.
noon Blocks Lind
Throughout the Night-‘1
Curse-of Accident Undo-i
termined

\VATERBI'RY. June 21.40!!!
persons were injured. one seriouflsr.
and a score of others were severe!!'
shaken up when train No. (5. Boston
to New York express was denim
yesterday afternoon at Watervillo.
north of this city. ‘
The injured: Harvey Vorbonism
New Britain. left hip fractured: Hrs.
Tillie Futoma. Astoria. N. Y.. back
sprained: Miss Bertha Cohen. Colon.
bia. left leg bruised; Benedict Brovq.
New York. right knee bruised. All ro-
ceived medical attention.

John J. Snavely. local novel-intend.
dent of the “New Haven" road. alt

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NAVAL SEAPLANE
NI} 7 WREfiliEll
ANll Bum

WASHINGTON. June 21. Non!
seaplane NC—T was wrecked and burn-
ed after a forced landing in Ramp.
ton Roads. Va. today. but all mem.
bers of the crew were. rescued unln~
Jured. according to a telephone report.
to the Navy Department. The plane
was not a bomb carrier. the NM
said.

NC-i‘ was of the same type as NCol'.
first hem ier-thamair craft tocro- m
.‘it‘ antic Officials said she probabir
carried observers bound out to wit-
lit as bomb test by air flotillas
a former German submanno o tho.
Virginia Capes. She was not sched-
uled to take part in the operations.
NE\VP()ltT NEW’S. Vii... June 21.—
A Naval seaplane bomber. not“
bound for the bombing ted: at sun.

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ANlllllEll lllli
Nllilll Al CARNWMI

Another big night was enjoyed as
the carnival of Putnam Hose con-
pony on North Main street. lot a-
ning. there being about 800 in o:-
tendanoc.

The committee in charge is 00-
pooed of William Regan. churns...
ousted by Matthew We! Ind
Waiter McCarthy. Captnln Willi-II
F. “anion is chairman of all th.
comm while William Boron h
m. and Charles A. Volt th-
treasurer of the committee.

The affair will be continued tab
wd every event-I t“ 3
until We]. when the In!“
3:“... toss

homo:

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