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NROWALK’S
HOME PAPEn
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scum soawnx. m may, 1111.11 11. 1921.
W Hardmg For Meeting
to Limit Armamen 1
t0 Tear vAsks World Powers to
From Mast Meeicm Washing‘
cm of 150 sum" C’Pt‘i" and Joining of These Issues With That «it, -
gm“ 3‘ flmmfis Armaments Causes Surprise in Washing-
Complain to Mayor Dono- ton—President’s Action Will Be Re- __
van ceived With Satisfaction in England ' ‘
Is Opinion Expressed in London.
Dams and Bridges
Give Way Before Flood
Threatens, "‘
British J a
BMW} Pl'ANE
CRASHES INTO
\
Million Storm Loss .
In Brockton, Mass.
(‘ountryside Deluged When Two Dams Holding
Millions of Gallons of Water Collapse—Rail-
ways Washed Out and Electric Plants Dis-
abled—Storm Sweeps Ontario, Causing
Heavy Damage to Growing Grain-—
Newspaper Office Struck by Bolt.
Urged on by a woman. apparently
of foreign birth. a mob of 150 men.
llltllt‘K’l‘flN. Muss, July ll.——'l‘h(- l-Itist liridgcwater was virtually :f::;:; {17:01:} ‘1:r§092;:e?}l:e ““3 LONDON. JUL" ll.—Ann9uncemen't “13“?" ”“3 Whom field or ““9”“
lino-I or w;11.-1 Whit'h broke down 111111011111-11. “ridges went out with the , .~ 1 Wichean" atpthpmc If, {my 11‘ that President Harding had asked relations. , _-
11.111... and Wll-‘hl‘d CHIt bl'idlrt‘fl in East flood on all sides. and road communi- ' '. ‘e 9': u- cca 0C ' Great Britain. France. Italy and George Harvey. the American
'I - ' - . '~ ~ ' ' V “Mord” aftetnoon. demanding that J - t on' r at “'ashin ton on the bassador to Great Britain. is m-
1.11l1n-wnN-1 uttI-i the ltirH-ntlal 1:111:14 czitmns were lnllllli'tipd. so that the g the Epgush jack flown by the \essel. span .0 c ‘9. vs _ . ‘ d at ed to have conveved Pro“
of Saturday and Sunday. was receding town was accessible , only through be hauled down and the American ""“t‘mf'? of arma'mentslwa: matte e) ilordi .3 r0 )osal to Prime Mme-
today, pouring liq-hind with-spread do~(‘il w:ilo~,._ rl’he :zl-rvice on the N. Y,. Slag run up. Threats of \1olence ac— from {time Minis.er 1.0) (Org: ‘11 . {lg n l 1 Che uers Court ,
11.1111;1g1- and unemployment Vvith N. H. AI it. It. it. branch line. and Five Persons Kiiied and Fif. Jim“, service in Norwalk is com- companied the demand. Trouble-“was when the House of. Commons opened Losdv (orge? qu Min ”
tln- Wetting down of the generating b7 trolls-y. was suspended lit-0mm? 0L . - pie-til) abohhed with the e\ceptio1 ,1"...th by Harbormasfer David San- its session today. kewspapers of Lon- éerda). Domin 011 hr me k d
mm: of the 1511151111 Electric lllumln- “3.1101113, 4.11:- wutor flooded but" ty Others Hurt In Langln 01 111.- (‘rcnbul’y route by 111.. decision mm. who persuaded the captain of don printed reports of the president a ho “ere spendinsi e :e;t:nhfih
11th»: Company. its production of pow— 11111111. 01‘ homes factories and ware- F' 'd W t Vir 'nia u. the Pill c l tilting Commission the schooner. John Tate Navton to proposal “"5 morning. gning the “9‘3": Mr. l.lo,\d GLADIKQ' Joine _ '
‘ ' ' " ' ' . ‘ . . le ’ CS gl ~ ~ ' ' th I f ut 0t m ortance 111 henrtllxmecelxing ,Mr. Harvey
m 11:15 1:1111:1il1-1i to -0 .p1-r cent. 01 houses musing considerable mom handed do this mowing. Sixtmn 1a“. down the Jack temporarily. In- 9. pace 0 m s 1 p . . . , _ ti f M Ha
1111111111]. and :15 :1 result most of the t.1:',\' loss. applications ooperutc Jitnei’s between usmuch as ”10 pulp schooner is from their columns. and vs’hat Pdltof'lal i'bit‘mglappifcla {011 0 - : um
factories in the llroctoii-Whit1i1:1n- The 110111! was r1 ceding today :11 '1 NOI-“Iulk and South Norualk we”. Canada. under the English rogistry..°°m“,mm there was was most appre- action in as. big orea‘tctizioe’ll'; .
llu-hlgewutcr district W(‘l‘l‘ fort-ed to rule 111111-11 lllt‘llv'H :111 hour and it w-w denied togt-thor with applications for the commanding oflicer was within the ciattve of Mr. Harding's action. _ .iegispa‘prrd comm Itincation “-
cut down operations. in :1 re“ cum-5t to catimnlv-ri that by night fall conditions 1m. Staml'on-Norwalk route and the maritime law in flying the English China would b: admitted to th-' to 11 ca e $3821? ‘ we?
sllslu‘nd. It was "stimuli-«l tlizit l'izlii would he relio-uwi ulilnrccinhly. Sc-rx- .South Norwlllk-Wuton route. The Jack. The incident will be reported (‘ODTQl‘f’nf‘é for tile ptl-I‘YlOSP or taking part Of the r‘: peope t“
”mum-"”1 ”Wm”; were worklt-ss 3..., :1 fl decision come-Ina m“ upon the-entire to "_ C. Ralliiitine. head of the Cana- part in the consideration of far eart- prospects .of a d sarmamgn c- .-
restilt. . , (Continued on Page Ellht) ‘coziimunity who in the past the years dfau Marine and Fisheries. by Cap- ern problems. and there “In.“ :1 {YM— ‘mce' it "yfmg fen-"E? méfmfufi‘m '
hau- come more and more to depend lain Nayton. and may develop into an “3‘ ‘here 'Oda“ that ”w” discutiovzs would c (3r away 0 y
upon the jituey for mean: of trans« affair of international character. “to“: tirinziiliou't adde1.nilte]ll 11:.» (Continued on pm 81:)
Monetary 35—8 18 Estimated poi-lation. The decision takes effect A thitlling climax to the affaircame san mg w c 1 “011. he 111 i ‘ r—
on July 14 when the jitneys will have _
to go out or business. l'nder the state
Luv. the jitneymen may appeal to the
about when the Jack was being haul—
ed down from the nftermast. where it
had been flying.
Lloyd George to
to Be Above $100,000
United States Warships
Meet De ". alera soon MHI'NHSVHJJI. \v, \'u,' July 11,... Superior Court from the Public I'tlll- "Tear the flag down! Spit on it!" ‘
Ulllcmls oi"l.:111:l11 l1‘i1 H when- “u. ties Commission's decision. “'hile, tht These and other threats of like nature . , '
Persons \\'t'l‘t' kisletl. .\1Isteidn.\‘. and 21 “PPM” ‘5 M'm‘ taken. however, they were made by the ringltatiers 0f the F I
number illJlll‘t'lL wimu :1, Martin bomb- NAHUM operate under the Shit" act. mob. ‘ e m 0 amp!”
l’ropogition to Control Ex- 111g plum- crushci into automobiles AS ”“5 "“1" 0f ”‘1' 5“'1‘(‘l"\8 decl~ "You'll do “OiMDK 0f the sort." ,
sion of the Public l'tillties Commis~
slon. residents of Nor-walk. particular-
l,\' the working class. are expected to
take up arms In defense of the jitneys.
Mass meetings of protest will probably
be held urging the reteusion of the
-
(Continued: no n;- m’ 1
—‘I—_.
1113* lillANll
parked on ”11 groi nus. wen- uwnilinx
today the arrival of officers from Day-
ton. ().. 11nd Bolling l‘ield. \\'ushiiig-
ton. before making a statement or
fixing responsibility.
The bomber. piloted by Lieuts. C. R.
Mclve 11d T. R. Dunton attached to
the La clay. Vs... l-lold. were taking
the mac ills tron: Cleveland to the
id. when trouoie developed
at unmin in the takeoff. sending the
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1113111131111 111w
Pocahontas Oficer Recount:
Various Attempts to Sink“
tremists in Ireland—Many
Killed and Wounded in
Sunday’s Disorders in Bel-
fast
l.0Nlu)N, July ll.-—-Prl1ne Minister
Lloyd George was today 11watttng_ I
manage from Eamonn de Valera.
lender of the. Irish ll1pi1bli1aiis. fixing
(Continued on Page Seven)
PALACE 1111111113 MR. CORBHI
111 11 11121111111111, iliES Aflfli’
Sacramento and Cleveh‘
Again Anchored at '
Mouth of the PM
River, Waiting for“
ation to Clear
MEXICO CITY. July 11. (minus ‘I
:1 11.1 11 m, which ”my would m9“ machine crashing into the line of 1111- _ S 1 c
in this cfty for 11 discussion of the vessel 5i tomoblies. causing the tanks to 91- I About $15,“) to 5mm t0 Editing; 22:: rtfgéiiez‘tfrhgew‘mu'
basis of it settlement of liish problems. 910d? and spraying the burning ("Cl Be Ex nded Before Open' Iwithdrawn from Tampico. return
Mr. Lloyd George. who spent the week NAPLEH- JUL" ll. (ASSOMMP‘A over the spectators. in in¥‘u that port \esterda1 afternoon. '
1-1111 :it Chequers Court with the I'l'O-I l"‘Q-““)I*"‘h0 captain 0‘ ”‘9 American Sixteen automobiles were "urn‘d' 3 patches reaching Mexico City ..
mieis of the British Dominions. re- “WWW" V0C-"“°”“‘"- Wthh arrived and trapped victims m the machines. ' night said the Sacramento and
”mud '0 London ””3 morning. to ar- 1...... Monday an“. more than 11 Other persons were burned and iniur- [.08 ANGELES. July ll.—-Thls City An expenditure of between 815.000 land were again anchored at
nrmmze flnnl details for his meeting "WM“ 5“ 5"“ with an lnsubordlnatc ed to'the number of a "or“ m“""‘“‘ was host today to more than twenty and 320.000 will be made by Messrs. . mouth or the Panuco river ’
with M1: flu Vanna, which may mark crew. has submitted 11 full report to ““9"“0" A“ local hospitals. thousand members. their relatives and Collins and Cavanagh of the .1. rlends 0‘ Matthew Corbett. 0‘ 1-1 although no explanation
a" ”mm in the relations of “gland the American counaul. Homer M. B} The ”Hm” or "‘9 "0mm" escaped friends. here to attend the fifty-sev- Palace Theatre. on North Main Washington street. were grieved m" given for their return.
and Great Britain. ington who is conducting an investi- with burned face and hands. . an". Grand Lodge of the Benevolent street. on the re‘decoration and reuo- "30mins ‘0 hear 0! his death, It 11 was presumed the vessels
The truce between the Crown you...” gation The report has been present- The monetary 105‘ in ”‘9 accident and Protective Order of Elks. which vation of the interior 0‘ that theatre. OC'OCk last night. at the Post Grad— withdrawn to the 111311 seas fl
and [hp may. ltepublicnn Army be- ed by the consul to the Italian author- WA" ”‘39“ one hundred thousand d0!“ opens its sessions today. About "MC“ “03°" °n Sunday night t" ‘ uate Hospital; he“? :‘orrlthit‘ydatftfir twenty-four hours. in order to av“
came effective at noon today, but more itles. with whom the crew haxe tiled ""1 it ‘3 said. The automobiles burn- twenty thousand other persons are ex- 99”“ °f some six week... an opera on rom w c e a a - the technicalities of inte
(Continuedmn Pica Bilbt)
FAVllllS TREES
AS MEMflRlAES
Governor Lake Would Set
Them Out Along High-
ways of State
The suggestion of Governor Ever-
l-tt .l, lake that t1ees.suitnbly in—
:rillu- d beset out along the highwm .4
ol' the state. as memo1luls to (‘onncc
I11 ut soldiers who gave their lives in.
the World “hr in arousing much in-
ten-st. The suggestion of the governor
1:1 mud:- in connection with his veto of
a bill providing for memorials in the
norm or milestones to mark distances
along the. trunk highways of the state.
”I would have looked with more
1.11111- upon a scheme comprehending
the. planting of well- known American
11 --1 :4 Hit 11: our trunk lino highwzufi
in .11lng l:-1bi(ts with proprr inscrip-
t‘ions maintained upon them " the
governor 8:115 in his \eto. ,
Concerning the prpposal to erect
nub-stones Governor Luke continued:
(Continued on Page Eight)
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fiflV. EAliE 0N
TRIP Tl] CANADA
HARTFORD July ll.-—Waterbury
has a. governor of the state today for
the first time since the retirement of
the late George L. Lilley.
Lieutenant Governor Charles A.
'I'empleton, a well known Waterbury
luminous man automatically took
charge of the affairs of the State Sat-
Inday following the'departure of the
Hovemor Everett J. Lake with Exe-
ruiive Sscmtary Harry Reynolds for
Canada last. night.
The Governor and Secretary are to
be the guests of the Canadian 30V-
1 innient on a trip of inspection of the
proposed system of Canadian deeper
w.1t1-1'waya The party includes many
74' w England officials and busine-
1111-11. Governor Lake plans to 1).
11w 1y al 1111111 week and the Lieutenant
("Winner will take hi! place. “flint
on ’lm-sday next with the State W
of Control and performing the noon-
“My executive bust-ed in the absence
of the Governor,
l
40% are totally unfit for general police
department next week.
om- 9.000 voters
just completed statistics with ward:
to the number of electors made last
fall.
bringing the total number in 1111i city
wo‘men made electors. which number
includes 1“ who qualified as electors.
by taking the electors oath. but who
were already on the lists.
mum-tarsal“. ad
nuptials-mm
charges of (‘lut' lty against the captain.
Tiitse charges are denied and the cap-
tain accused the (‘l‘t' w of sabotage
After sailing from Boston. where tiit‘
vessel collided with :1 dock. on Jum-
3. the report states that there were
continuous difficulties with the speed.
(in June 5 the engine-room was flood‘
ed and the shit: listed. Seaman Gen-
eco. who. the captain says. is alleged
to have started the recent fire on the
steamer Panhandle State in New York.
was put in irons.
Two port holes were misterloush
oprned on June 6 and water which
flowed i1 ruined a ounntit) of supplies
(Continued on Page Eight)
STflEEliEl PRAISES
Mfllflll lNSPEETflRS
HARTFORD. July ll.—Motor ve-
hicle Commissioner Robbins 13.
Stocckel today paid high tribute to the
ability of some. of the men on his
force. motor vehicle inspectors. who
will undoubtedly become bers of
the newly reorganized state lice de-
partment. _
“While some of the thirty inspec-
work. due to their age or other rea-
sons. some of the members of the
force. who by the new law are cloth-
ed with general police authority. hava
been doing some very fine things in
the line of general police work " said
the commissioners. .
The. commas-toner mid that the
problem of 111111111. pine“ for the 111.
spectors who are regarded as not sit-
glble for policemen was one of the
difficulties encountered by the new
commission all or which are expected
to be ironed out before the announce-
ment of the organlmion of the new
In City of Norwalk
Town Clerk Herbert B. Smith has
1
There were 600 men made voters.
up to 3.113. There Were also 11.11“
The teal number of women on the
ed were worth twenty thousand dol-
lars. it was estimated. and the bomber
at eighty thousand dollars.
fore
A revised list of dead include:
Fred. Edge. 35. Round Bottom. W.
Va; Carl Pettit. 16. Mound-ville;
Ralph Hurtzell, ll, \ioundsvzille Mra.
George Long. 65 Moundsv.llle and Leo
Morski. 9. Mounds____v———lile
MR. MERRITT ElKES
NEW TARIFF Blll
Congressman Believes it
Will Benefit Industries in
This Country -
tariff bill
The Fordney is viewed
by Congressman Merritt as a. con-
structive measure. Mr. Merritt is a
member of the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce. and is
keenly interested in tariff legislation.
in 11 statement mule in Washington.
he said:
"The purpose of the Ways and
Means Committee has been , not to
construct a stone-wall tariff with a.
view to shutting out foreign competi-
tion. but rather a fairly competitive
tarifl. which should enable American
manufacturers to continue in busin-
ess if they are prepared by the ex-
cellence of their plants and the ex-
cellence of their management to pro-
duce their goods as ediciently and as
(Continued tron: rim Pu».
Hm MEN .. ..
"11111111111111”
An appeal is made to all exact-ms
men’ to turn out. as many as paging
in uniform on Saturday of tub week.
when the French war cannon u‘ dedi-
failed
authopre-euccotILCus-I
i“
nesday.
t rod uced tods y-
tor minor
vesterdalfi
been found.
pected. to arrive for the sessions be-
tomorrow.
The Chicago delegation is one of
the numerous ones which will submit
arguments for the selection of their
respective cities as the site of a pro-
posed national headquarters. to cost
two and a half million dollars. This
site is scheduled to be chosen VVed-
The l922 budget will be in-
Five Prisoners
Escape in Newark
NEWARK, N. J.. July ll.—Five prl.
soners escaped from the Essex Coun.
ty Jail. early today. but one of them
was captured by the police before he
had been free an hour.
The men. who were all imprisoned
offense. secured their lib»
arty by prying a hole in the ceiling
with a silver spoon.
the upper tier and since the Jail is
an old one. they managed to pry their
way through the metal covering. They
climbed to the root and thence to the
[round with the aid of blankets tied
together.
Liquidating Committees
Being Investigated
HAVANA. July 1L-Secret service
officers are im'elticatint the opera-
tions of committees in charge of liqui-
dating the affairs of the bank tormer- [1211311161. and it is planned that three
ly operated by Pennbad. Ances &
Compan'y.which recently closed. It is
declared in an informtlon filed be-
fore the Second Court of'lnstructlon.
that irregularities have
It is reporeed the Secret
nor-vice will increase the scope of its
inquiry to include the operations. of
all committees in char!!! of the liqui-
dation of banking firms which haw
They were 0
here recently: The information
flied meg-day ave details of transac-
.UOIII which were alleged to have been
pros-natal to tho interests of creditor-
ottbe Psnabad. Areces a Company
sovsral torstgn bash-ginni-
tutlons being named as having claims
sated at the Library Green. to pay- against "'0 concern.
honor to H. Cannave. minister Pleni-
potentiary of the Republic of France.
who is coming to Not-walk to formally
present the canon to the City of Nor- m ““150? 18 “‘11 Victim In
walk. and to honor our ext-service men
for the services that they rendered the
French Republic during the war.
BMW'NED IN LAKE CAYUCA.
Wet.
ITHACA. N.- Y.. July lI—Lon C.
Aldrich. 2!. of Norwich. N. Y.. halo?
It is hoped that the American Ls~ at Cornell Unlm. was drowned in
non and Veteran-,9: Foreign Wars me Guano My.
will both have a large attendance in from a .ilboat. but did not come up
theflttadewhichwfllbohfldinthe asun-
He dived
Attempts to m1- 1111; body by
“what-Immunisation“ m unbalance-tunic
over the interior 0? the
theatres in Hartford and New Haven.
the theatre. and an entirely new sys-
electricians.
The color scheme of the theatre wt‘ 1
be brown. gold and ivory.
expected that when the theatre rc-
opens. about the end of August. that
it will be one of the handsomest thea-
tres in the states.
Carpenters are already at work on
the erection of the scaffolding for the
electricians and painters to commence
their work.
Vaudeville and a high grade of mo-
tion pictuics will be shownwvhen the
theatre reopens.
JAPANESE ElltllVN
PRINCE lN [I‘AEY
ROME. July ll.-—Csown Prince
Htrohlto of Japan reached Naples
yesterday-on his trip to the Far East
from France. He intends to come to,
Rome as the guest of King Victor Em-
t
days of My here will be an of-
ficial visit. and that. two days he will
be'here in a private capacity. During
his sojourn in Rome he wfll call upon
Pope Benedict. this visit being con-
sidered here as possibly t‘t‘i'é first step
toward the establishment“ domestic
relations between Japan and the Holy
See.
Friends of Captain Gabriel d'An-
Japan. are trying to arrange for him
to come to Home by airplane from
lake Garcia, where his is m at.
present. Ilany. however. consider this
plan lnadvisable.
Matthew. Kindilim
Hatthew F. W of 84%
SpdnngumbathJur-ed
inmmmmm
unconfinedtobishomefln-atimo
bythelhaflugsphsm Ho
issmploysdistbem depot
restaurant. and attempted to lump on
mtbotratumloutb Norwalk
smith-damned
The W'illlam Eckart Studios. of New
York city have heed engaged to go
theatre.
These studios had charge of the dec-
oration of the Rialto. and Rivoll thea-
tres in New .York city. and the Poll
New carpets will be .dd throughout
tem of lighting is to be installed by
Black E: Boyd of New York. theatrical
and it is Econ candidate for Mayor.
nundo. knowing of 111- admiration for .lee legit-u we'd ton-:11 her It ‘1;
early \ll' youterday In filial. II
[the co
Thrown From Train .
ed to recuperate.
Mr. Corbett. who was president of
the Old “'ell Cigar Company was 1‘0
years old at the time of his death.
and is survived by a daughter. Miss
Grace Corbett. and a son. Matthew
Corbr it. Jr.. both of this city.
He was promlnent in Republican
politics in Norwalk. and In the old
City of South Norwnlk. he having
served as treasurer of the old City or
South Noi'walk fox fifteen gears. in
1907 Mr. Corbett ran as the Republi-
For more
Ithan a score of years Mr. Corbett was
a member of the l- nion School dis-
trict committee. In addition to his
the Nor-walk Building Loan and In
vestment Association: a’ director of
the ‘South Nor-walk Trust company; a
charter member of the Old “'cll
Hook and Ladder company: a mem-
r of the Nor-walk Country Club:
the South Norwaik club. and of the
outb Nor-walk Club Company. It:
was largely through. his efforts as a
member 03 the South Nor-walk Club
company that the present club build~
(Continued on Page Seven)
FIRST lllS'l'lllL'l
MAN ISHNEll
Peter Christiano. of .24 Leonard
street. First district. was fined 87 and
costs tat-”drunkenness and 810 and
costs for abusive language. by Judge
George K. Vosburgh in the downtown
court this morning.
Chm was arrested on the com-
plalnt of Arthur J. Simona a local jit-
ney driver. 111! also on the complaint
of Mrs. Simona. who was mowed by
pony of her husband. they
were the Janey stand on North
Kain street. about 1 o'clock. prepar-
ing to so to their home.
Patroluian John Flynn rim heard
thooohsotamwgoingonaadtound
Christan. was.
not nammmmtm
beingsevonlothrarsiullno.
.Flmaenttbsmasaway..bube
”suckinafow-auuteaand-hk-
manum‘muw
on: mums-heath“
tobimbofia'bmuponbotumod
”Medalist-am . at
other activities he was president of
law. and then returned to
When they first arrived oi! the
River last week. it was 8 their
sion was to “protect No li‘Am
interests." It is considered not.
probable the vessels will contlnu
maneuver until the situation cl
Reports from ’I‘ampico stato‘
the situation remains unlit. and
no disturbances have taken
General Arnulfo Gomez. com
(Continued on M Six)
UNSHINES AMER-
FIVE BAY VAEA
But Only for a Few M . 1
and Rise in
Follows— Rain and
Breeze Give No
Short Respite
Providing there are any .1111 *-
shippers in Norwalk. yesterday ‘
their first chance to observe
creed in five days. when the
peeped forth for a few minutes
. vacation lasting that length of his
During the day the tempo .
dropped about four degrees. At m I
in the mornling the thermionic“! ' I
sister-ed 78 degrees. At 4 In the '1...
noon it had dropped back to 74$“
regained its early morning mark
7 o'clock last night.
While Boston. parts of New
state. and upper Connecticut haw
visit“! by' severe electrical storms .
in; the loot tow days. Bridgeport. ,,,
been wrapped in a mantle of
equal of which would tax the _,
of the aided westbou- m. .
era: days last week Don M
was covered with such a luau
min of mid-t that narration '-
floult. and to: burn- wore kept 1
in. continually. Tommy. a
'11
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