1i, PAGES
mtBLESEED 1870
W. L. wee Warehouses
W. .- ..: liendorf, Germany, With Great Sup-
p“ .. Destroyed, Despite EEorts of Fire
ll:-‘).:l‘imelltS and 7,000 Soldiers—Large
i2 .archouse in Scotland a-Total Loss.
'i The village of
(‘1!lllli)’, {is u
4, ..l ‘\ livery one of
k “ ww ’mrl bv a forest
a l. . . n upon it yester-
l“ ., .il i"i 4 estuip'ul li_\
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m the (".zlnzuliun
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A Smoulderin.
Forest Fire CompEls °
; RGSidentS: to Flee
and the Quarter-master’s
i
reservations
The origin of the tire
of lumber. forage. ‘ and
were destroyed.
is unknown.
German fire departments fi'omeo—
blenz and liendorf gave every assist-
ance to the seven thousand soldiers
«unlit-(l out to help control the flames
and prevent pillaging. The loss is es-
timated at several hundred thousand
dollars. The quartermaster's depot
iwlonged to lill‘ Americans.
lil'Nlii‘IE. Scotland. June 24.—A
large wawlxouse was burned here.
last night. the damage being estimated
at aimut,tixe hundred thousand dol-
lars. '
l'uts 250 Tele-
lfues in City Out
.2 “-l'larn Burns to
in Ridgefiel'd—
Washed Out and
limnaged —— Cooler
Today
:mcmnpanieil by
... 4 wirical display and
. 'der Lite. yesterday
t to a clow a day of
weather conditions.
nWl-fj had given only
vl'. but the youthful
twilight si-xzt the mer-
tlnwnvvnrtl and clear-
miiillty. which had given
i.~ than the. actual beat.
IilliO-ilihfllf‘. 'l‘hc maxi-
.. 'r .ture recorded here yes-
fif». eight degrees cooler
WednesdaY.
,imne. service was partially
‘d by the lightning storm. the,
vv- inch reporting,r :ipprovlmatcly
... . out of order. all of which
led to be in operation some-
Twenty-flvc lines were
ovithpor‘t and Fairficld. and
place was without electric
- for many hours.
lii'l‘. two and a half stories
vlillllK on the hill of the
Kevin estate in Midye-
ulc by lightning during
1 lol.i‘ly destroyed (it. a
--::ut»-l_v $3,000. Farm-
fv.wtical!y and were
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Rain and Wind Bring
Relief From Hot Spell-
TWR MlSSlNfi IN V
Elli MISSIRN FIRE
Bottomly and H o l me 5
Believed to Have Perished
in Blaze in New Bedford,
Mass.
YEW BEDRORD. Mon... June 24.—
Two aged inmates of the City Mission
are believed to have perished in a llrv‘
here yesterday: which caused damage
estimated at 37.4.4100. The blaze broke
out m the Mlssi‘on buildings. which
were totally destroyed. and spread to
ten other structures. Three alarms
Were sounded. calling out the. entire
fire fighting force.
- Stephen Sheridnn~of Providencer a
temporary inmate. leaped from a
Tnlllllns'fll‘)’ windowrbreaking both
i'LIS and an arm. The missing men
fl":~
Augustus nottome and Chdrlas
Holmes. They were. at work in the.
billing room where the fire was dis-
covered. .
SEVENlllEAS
lHEilliE’lS
Wiliiiii BY iiii
Score 'Lie Helpless Under
Ruins at Barnesboro, Pa.
JOHNSTOW‘N. Pa.. June 24.— Ac-
cording to reports received here. at:
:naut sev’en persons were killed last
night and many seriously injured in
the collapse of the Grand Theatre in
Barnesboro. a town of about 1.500
population in Cambrin county.
The building gaye way in the early
part of the evening. at a time when
the theatre was .crowded with men.
women ti’nd children. I
Only meagre information has been
received regarding the tragedy. be-
cause of a storm which has torn
down telephone wires. It has been
necessary ,to relay all messages here
wer the damaged wires. making it.
possible to obtain only the barest de-
tails. These. however. tell of several
hours of terror and panic when the
building gave way asthe storm raged
and the great beams and timbers of
the roof crashed down on the audi—
encc. ‘
It appears from reports that the
majority of the’audience managed to
reach the open ir before the build-
ing collapsed entirely. Moat of thOse
who were. killed or hurt are believed
to have been the one: knocked down
by heavy plaster and the first beams
that fell.
6.000 Suffered . .‘
byPueblo Flood
PI'EBLO. June 24.—-—Near1y 6,000
persons suffered as a. result of the
flood‘ here. according, to anoincial
statement issued by the. Red Cr as
yesterday. That number inclu es
dead. injured. homeless and persons
who lost property: Among the num-
ber were. 800 foreigners. -
1'1) to June 20. the. ‘state; . t said.
1.71:2 families registered, as needing
assistance. In addition 888 homelcu
men applied for aid. Aoco in; t9
the Red Cross 600 houses ere a...
11- ray a:
qmvr... ‘ ' - » ._ c
Seventh of Decade’s De-
crease Is in Driving Ania
mats, and 54 Per Cent in
Class Used for Hauling or
. Delivery Work
Following the advance report: of
the new cen us. figures were received
here yester ay from the Horse Asso-
ciation of America which show that
Connecticut has suffered a decrease
of 23.113 horses within the past ten
years. In New Haven the drop has
been from 4.316 in 1910 to 1.558 in
1920. a difference of 2.758. it is es-
timated that onc‘seventh of these
were driving horses. displaced by the
passenger automobile. Figures show
a decrease ‘ ln hauling or- delivery
.work of 2.364 horses or 54 per cent.
The figures released by the bureau
,of census in “’ashingtop disclose. that
the numberof horses in cities. towns.
.aml villages throughout the country
has been reduced from 1.182.789
head in 1910 to 1.705.611 in 1920.
This has been offset in some measure
by an increase. in mules of 107.879
head used in such work. After tak—
ing into account this increase in
mules. however. there is still a de-
crease within 1 .r last decade of
l.269.279 head (-f animal power
united in the l'nited States. ‘
.IINX is EilillllllNii-
HEEWSTS
In Collis‘ii‘nt It Coscob, Rye
and Stamford, Also
Boarded a Train, and It
Was Stalled *
An automobile driven by Frederick
Peterson of 819 Newman avenue.
Bronx. ran into a South End trolley
car at Main and Bank street. Stam-
ford. yesterday at 10 a. m.. damaging
the running board of the cur. One of
the wheels 0 the automobile was bad-
ly bent in the accidentho (Sue was
injured. ‘
“'ith Peterson. in the
automobile
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$3.000 iiiuiiiiii
llEAlH 0F Wfllliill
KILLED iii lRiliiEY
Dominick Omiccioli Win'
Suit, but Company W
Appeal
Damages of 83.000 were awarded
by a jury in the Superior court be-
fore Judge JohlnE. Keeler yesterday
in the action of Domonick Omiccioii
against the Connecticut company.
The suit was for the death of Susy
()miccioll. killed on the tracks of the
Conecticut company in Westport‘ ave-
nue. Norwalk. Dec. 19. 1920.
The. woman’ with others. was walk-
ing to Norwalk, near the Peat
swamp. on the track just about
nightfall. The trolley came from be-
hind her. "It is alleged it was run-
ning at high speed and that no .warn-
ing was sounded. A motion to set
aside the' verdict will be filed by
counsel for the Connecticut company.
The trial of this case completed the
work of the Jury for the April addi-
tional session of court. in session for
eleven weeks. and Judge Keeler dis-
charged the members of the panel.
There will be 'a short calendar ”(ion
of the court today for hearing uncon-
tested divorces. and then adjourn-
ment without date.
Judge Orders Arrest
. Of Two Witnesses
____._.
HARTFORD. June :4.—Judxe A.
W. Creedon gaveUilrther indid‘tlon in,
police court today that persons .ln.
volved in liquor case- would not. be
dealt with .ghtly. when he directed
Prosecuting Attorney George H. Day
to arrest two state witnesses on
chargos of perjury in connection with
one case before the court. Fred Fish-
or. of 1087 Main are“. and August
Fergerstrom. of. 40 an‘Bloclf avenue.
were the men irrectod. The two had
31an tho policeman who’hod/mnno
aft arrest in a liquor violation case
comm-Important information.- They
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to a burn Outlining of
Rel: 'ves Friends
Dr. William .J. Tracey Also
Gives Some Excellent
Advice
The fact that the storm which broke
about two hours be'oro the exercises
brought considerable relief was the on-
ly thing that made it possible for
those. who attended thovcommoncw
evxercises of the Fionklln and Cbnter
Junior High schools. last evening. at.
Hoyt's theatre to thoroughly enjoy
them as the temperature was far
from filgid inside the theatre.
liowcui. this little fact didn't in-
terfere “iih the graduating classes.
who were ruled or. the stage of the
theatre and who presented a most
charming picture. the girls wearing
white dresses and middy blouses with
large blue silk handkerchiefs fastened
about thtir necks
There were about ten rows of boys
and girls. all massed on the stage. and
they rel-med to enjoy themselves im-
tienseiy. and. cutting away from thc
usual run of graduation exercises. they
took an interest fh‘the'tulk by the
speaker of the evening. Corporation
Counsel Edward J. Quinlan. which is
given below.
The program Opened with the play-
ing of Gruenwald's Festival Grand
March. by the Junior High school or-
chestra, after which the entire class
sang numbers by Lowell. Mason and
l
lloizel. All three numbers were
greatly applauded.
I'aul Ward pleased with a violin
solo. Severn's Polish Dance. a diffi-
cult number.
Superintendent of Schools George V.
“U"illllh’ln then presented it) the Com
ter Junior High school the Newspa~
p. r Trophy Cup. won hv er» school at
the field day and track meet. held at
itoton Point. on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Buchanan explained the signin—
milieu of the cup. and how it would
lane to be won for three successive
wars before it became a permanent
poswssion.
(lordourhlchougall. the retiring
principal of the Center school. ac-
cepted the cup in behalf of the school
and Said that he believed that Center
school would win it next year. because
of the fact that it had the spirit and
the capability.
The Misses Eloise Shove. and Mar-
garet Scully then sang "I “'ould That
My Loxe.” by Mendelssohn. after
which Dr. William J. Tracey. of the
Board of Education. who presided at
the meeting. gave the graduates a
brief talk before introducing the
speaker of the evening. Mr. Quinlan.
llr. racey informed the. students
tltat doubtless there were a great num-
ber of them who would not enter High
school in the fall: and that of those
who did. some would not complete the
course. is was due to a combina—
tion of circumstances. sometimes be-
cause the pupil wished to leave school.
other times because necessity compel-
led them to leave. At the present
time the students stood on the first
round of the ladder of education. and
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Pillllililillillifllis
lN will lllllEll
One Woman Killed. Three
Other Women and Three
Men Injured
CORK. Juno 34.——honoq barracks
were bombed and the." wu general
street fighting in thin city kg night.
one woman being killed. and three
girls and three mu wounded. The
disorder. began It about 7 oclock.‘
when four, civilian-in I. motor threw
a. bomb at a. police station in Tuckey
street. and another ato barracks
close ‘by’. The -8hanou’ street and
Doug-la, place bar-rack; were. also
bombed. but-little damage was done
to,'t‘hem. .
'The casualties occurred in subse-
quent funiilodoo between the police
and civilian; In consequence.of*tho
disturboucoo. all peney,m mud
. In no
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Mossup Man Must Answer
in South Norwulk forAl-
leged Violation of Bovine
Tuberculosis Law
Following investigations by the
state commissioner on domestic ani~
mats which resulted in the matter
being brought to the attention of the
federal authorities. Vii. C. Spmue of
oosup has been summoned to ap-
pear at the session of the t'nit‘ed
States court at South Norwalk next
Tuesday to answer to a charge of
transporting cattle from one state to
another without having them submit-
ted to the tuberculin test as required
by law._1t is alleged that Mr, Sprague
transported 25 cows from Bos-
ton to Moosup. only one of which had
been examined by a government vet-
erinary. and that twelve of the. cows
were subsequently found to be tuber-
cular.
The defense of Mr. Sprague is that
the cows were‘glven the test by a pri-
vale veterinary. and that they were
all pronounced to be healthy. He
claims that he did not know that the
test must be made by a government
or state agent in order to comply
with the government or state laws.
The penalty is not less than $100
or'more than 81.000 fine. or not more
than one year imprisonment.
GREAT ARRAY
0F [AWYERS
All Ready for Contest Over
Mrs. Catherine Ryan’s
Will .in Stamford
A hearing on the probating of Mrs.
Catherine Ryle's will of 1919. held in
the Stamford Probate Court. by Judge
Henry W'. Gregory of Norwalk. who
was asked to act by Judge‘ Keating be-
cause of the probability of the latter
having to appear as a witness. was
continued. yesterday. until June 80.
An imposing array of counsel. repre-
senting the variomi heirs of Mrs. Byte.
was in court. Among the attorneys
present were Nehemiah Condee of.
Norwalk. Max Spence. Charles I).
Lockwood. Riymond E. Hackiett.
Charles Maguire. and C. billion Fes-
(Contlnued on Page Eight)
Refuses to »_ .
\Ameu‘dment to Take-Po
Committee on International 7‘ ..
‘ port Unfavorably on the Resolutions Submit» +7»
tiomof the American Federation of
labor yesterday voted down a propos-
al calling for an amendment to, the
Constitution of the L'nlted States tak-
ing the power of declaring war from
Congress and placing it in the hands
of the
vote.
21.74! votes cast again
dam and 14.530 for it.
lute-(national Association of
lots. with a total of 6.993 votes, cast
their ballots for the. war referendum.
as did the railway clerks .
penters' union. the second largest in
the federation. with the majority or.
the building trades organisations. op-
ed. 358 for the proposal and 775
against. .
he refer-
ea.
) .
.
"Endorse
S
w a
ted by the Machinists, FiremenandOdei-s,
to Re’alfilla‘te the Federation With the
’ International Federation of Trade
*Unions, Yesterday. at Denver.-
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. DENVER. Jul..- 24.—The COnV'én-i
.referendum
call showed
s‘thc referen-
people through
The official roll
The l'nlted Mine.VVOrkers and. the
Machin-
The car-
posed the proposal.
The railway carmen split their
votes. 1.439 for the referendum and
572 against.‘ The painters also divid-
Organizations approving t
cndum also included blacksmiths.
ies‘ garment workers. Wry 'W
era. iithographeru. rural letter carriern.
meat cutter- and butcher 'workmen‘
and scores of State federation and lo-
cal bodies. . '
Before the question went to a rut .
call it had been defeated by n viva.
voice vote and by a division vote. the
latter showing that 188 delegates were.
against the war referendum and 108.
favored it.
Election of officers. the demand of
women for equal right and privilege.
in all labor unions. determination of
future relationship with Europa-.-
trade union movements and jurisdic-
tional disputes are the major m
now confronting the convention.
Although the convention has been
in session nearly two weeks. an un-
usual \olume of work remains.
Uwing to a ruling by President Sarn-
uel Gomiiemxhe election of officer‘s
usually made pec'ml order of Infl-
nes-s on the day before adjournment.
will be held thigyear on the last it".
Federal employees. postal clerks. lad-
Vote For New
Bill Kills the
lamina llliilNii
. ll! VlSflilllllAili
“Ford has been received in this city
from Camp Devzns that the members
of the 152nd Regiment. Motorized Ar-
tillery. are more than willing to go to
Norwalk to take part in a gigantic
military parade and review. on July
16th. in connection with the dedica-
tion of the French cannon. at the
Library Green. in Norwalk. providing
the members of the committee in
charge of the exercises can assure the
men that there will be a band provid—
ed for them. and also that there will
be food furnished them at the Armory.
That is all that is required. as the per-
mission from the State and the nec-
essary «importation will probably be
furnished.
Both Yale and Harvard
Win One EarlyBoat Race
REGA'l'l‘A COURSE. New London.
June 24,—Rowing honors were evenly
divided in the two preliminary races
of the annual Harvard-Yule regatta.
this morning. The Yale freshman
eight won the first event from the
Crimson youngsters by five lengths.
and Harvard's junior 'vnrsity eight ne-
taliated by defeating the Yale second
crew by six lengths. Both races were
two-mile affairs. ‘rowed up stream
against a strong wind and tide. which
had a tendency to slow up the. shell
The official times were: Freshman
race. Yale. 12 minutes. 13 3-6 seconds:
Hannrd. 12 minutes. 32 1-5 seconds.
Juniorl'varsity: Harvard. 12 minutes.
29 seconds; Yale. 12 minutes. 58 sec-
onds. -. .
The freshman nee was late in
startingpwing to infinity experienc-
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(Continued on Page Four)
CBMPENSATIIIN I .
'/ CLAIMS llliillll
The compensation claims of Samuel
Hamilton. vs. the Crotut d: Knapp
company and Margaret Kindolin. vs.
the Webbing I; Edging company. are
beingheord by Compensation 00m-
miuioner- E. '1'. W at I.
special sec-ion «the Compensation
Courtln thecourtroom. curb-into-
31min“. .whooe use was on firm.
c s computation because of on in-
STATE lllli iii
sninwiins
HARTFORD. June 24.-—-"There is
no occasion to worry over the State
being unable to assist towns to pay
the ten per cent. increase in salaries
of- teachers until the next session of
the General Assembly.” said Dr. A. it.
Meredith. State Commissioner of Edu-
cation. today.
' His remark was due to the fact that
there seems to be no longer any doubt
that the General Agembly at the re-
cent cession failed to pan the bill for
an appropriation of 3288.000 to meet
the proposed increase in the salaries
of teachers in towns hay-mg grand
lists of less than three million. five
hundred thousand-dollars. There are
101 of these towns. It. was assumed
by some that um failure to make the
appropriation would result in the
postponement of the increaoe‘in sal-
aries. Dr. Meredith aid that out of
the appropriation of seven hundred
n)? fifteen thousand dollars voted- b."
c General Anembly for the support
of schools. the State would be able to
pay the town the money which they
needed for the tween:
Rim ARNSFHN
; HHS. W0 YEARS
much ‘uth.
to be due
thé ucld- med
fecuon of the neck aim
this year. which he
to poison from some 0
mthogluoiuthoroouliuwhlchhe
works. ~‘ “ . , ‘ ,
no ompfw , ll
fortun- him; not.
has ._ 9 . I!“
.wmorox. 'Julie' 24.——Julel
W.‘ ((Nicu) Maud tour 0th-
ero commend today.” two you"
.111. Federal tut! b! Jul-
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Beer
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The Judiciary Committee in
Congress Reports the
W' '
‘ Mom
and Quick Passage ~
Likely
WASHINGTON. June 24.—Defc&€ .
of the Anti-Saloon League's um
legislative effort. the V‘olsteod Supplqn-
mental Prohibition Bill. seemed cons.
plete yesterday when the Judicm
Committee reported favorably on th.
\Viliis-Campbell Anti-Beer Bill.
This is largely a. victory for Edy!!!
C. Dinwiddle. former legislative super-
intendent of the league. 17W
a special rule for the Volutead
prmisions restricting the use of in»
dustrial alcohol. 0‘.“
The bill reported today prohibits tho
prescription of beer as t medicine. 0!
the writing of more than 100 pre-
scriptions every 90 days by any phy-
sician for use of vinoun or spirituou-
———-—-
(Continued on Page Eleven)
WANTS militias!
NAMES 1191mm
House Resolution Would
Expose War Gougers,
Seen' as Back of Slacker.
Lists
\VASINGTON. June 24.—Names of
the profiteers in 1913 would be made
public under a. resolution introduced
yesterday by Representative Beck
(Rep. Wis), who said they _ha.d
names of war slackers printed to di-
vert interest from themseh'es.
Two lists are requested. Ono
would comprise “all individuals. firm.
and corporations. together with tho-
names of the officers and directors of
such firms and corporations. who
made during the year 1918 net profits
amounting to more than 25 per cent.
of their outstanding capital.” and tho
other would include those “who evad-
(Contlnued on Page Four)
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lNSPEClLANl llfRE
Members of the mien force of tho
Crofut & Knapp Comp-n17. both men
and women. gathered Monday at the
plant and made a tour of inspection or
or which luncheon
the plant here. aft
was served at the Nor-walk, Country
Club. there being about 45 in up
tend-lace. ‘
Talks were given by John (hum
general manager: Irving B. Wilmett.
vice-pmidcnt. and R. A. Holmes.
we“ as by members
mics manager. a
of the also {one and them"
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