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General Gomez in Char-goof f
OperatiOns Against Rebels
Herrera Found Opportunity to Start a Revolt in
Mexico on Account of Partial Disarmament of
Forces Commanded by General Pelaez—
Governor Lara Hurrying Departure of
Oil Field Workmen, Fearing That
They Will Join the Revolutionists.
'lAMl-H‘O, Mex. July 16.—li‘oliow-
.i. 'll Gent-rail illiniel Martinez Her-
. ‘l v, who am taken prisoners by gov-
..min-nt forces will be tried for tree.‘
on. it l‘i announced by General
mum-7. military commander here. He
1. it present in charge of operations
.v.~ili:ii. the. rebels." General Pelm-z.
:mlitziiy governor of Tnmnulipzis. is e\'~
iwtctl to arrive here soon from Mex-
l- n (‘itv to take gt-neial supervision of
llli' light.
ll 1:. declared that General Herrera
(ll.v‘ll\'t'l'(‘d he had an opportunity to
hiJrl. a revolt because of the partial
disarmament of forces commanded by
(icneral Pclnez. and that he was act~
noted by pchonal enmity to Governor
’l‘ejadri. of the State of Vera Cruz. who
recently sent troops to the Zacamixtla
district. south of here.
General Lopez y Lara is hurt; ing
the departure of oil field workmen
who were laid off recently. rearing
there is danger that they may join the
revolutionists. It was asserted here
yesterday that some oil companies.
apprehending difficulty in obtaining
workmen later. were willing to re—
employ the men they recently dis-
charged. Governor Lopez y Lam
states he will demand that the oil
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Electrical Storms Hard
On Telephone Company
The Daily Disturbnce, With
Extremely High Wind in
Some Sections, Produces
Serious Service Problems
Electrical storms. severe in their
intensity and damage. recurring daily
about the state for 15 consecutive
days. occasional extremely high
winds in some sections. and the pro-
longed period of excessive humidity.
which has been general over Connec-
ticut for three weeks. has produced a
serious service problem for the tele-
phone company. A major portion of
telephone troubles in the past three
Wi'i'ks has been due' to moisture seep-
ing into Central office apparatus. into
cellars of homes and elsewhere where
telephone wires are located. and cre-
ating an interference with the service
which the telephone people cannot
wholly overcome without the aid of
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NERAI. (IF WOMEN
-. TRAPPED Ill TIIlE
‘AT WESTI’IIRT TIIIIAY
Each of Three Sisters Leave
Husband and Children
l‘lmi-inl services For Mrs. Josephine
l.. Mills and Mrs \antt-r Marks. of
lliltlgo-iiori. :lllli .‘.li.~l ."llilll Lockwood
«n Wi-Hipui't, sisters who were drowned
in Southpoit 'i‘liiilsll.i._\' will be held
lioin the. llnv’II'lIHklllK parlors of
t‘lmrleli Publi- in W’estport this lifter-
ll'lln at 3:30 o'clock. liev. Kenneth
Welh-nzic will official!) and the triple
buliil wall be Ill \Villow llrook ceme-
II‘lY
Mm Lockwood lived on tlie‘Ci‘oss
Highway. chlport. Mrs. Marks :it
743) East Mill” street. and Mrs. Mills
at 7:23 Lost Main street. Bridgeport.
Much is survived by her husband and
sever-til children,
The tragedy occurred as,zi result of
a cumming expedition. They became
illipm-d by the llalllg title on n sand-
bar about a hull mile oil' the mouth of
S‘lnl'll v'li‘l'k. Soiitlipori and were lin-
able to reach shore or to signal for
aid. ’llu-y were not even about 3:330
o'clock. The-tr bodies floated ashore
and were iccmt-revi at 7:34) that even-
inz.
lllllil‘lllilas
iiililWlNii lllllll’i
Lightning Strikes Building
in Springfield, Massachu-
setts. Section
SMHNGPIELD. Mass. July 16.—
Heavy rain and hail caused dam-883
Hitinidit‘d at several thousand dollars
throughout this section ysterday af-
iernnon Tobacco pisnts were flot-
telicd to the ground in many sections.
Plants are now from three to four
feet high and growers were preparins
for picking. The harvest losses as
n result of the hall were reported
from Sulfiold. Conn.
Farmers reported that crops were
washout of the ground in many NW
at onumher of trees and build-
and th
.IUIIfiE THRMAS
DENIES MIlTIllNS
Judge Edwin S. Thomas. in s spec-
ial session of the Untied Slates Dil-
trict
granted the. 2'9un of the United
States district attorney. that motions.
by the plaintiff for n remand. and by
the United State. for s dismissal. of
the case of the Crown Iron Works. vs.
the United States ‘fihipplng Board.
Emergency FleetCorporstlon. be de-,
nied. The motions were made at a
hearing held here on Roy 11th. but
were. denied yesterday on the author-
ity of the case of thoHEostei-n Steam-
ship Building corporation. recently
decided in the United .Btates Circuit
Court of Appeals; New York. The
damages claimed by the pinintifl
company amount to 813.000.000. and
are for an nileged’bresch of contract.
Judge Thomas 'also granted a mo-
tion of an approval: of s decree en-
tered in the. case of'John Route. et
al. vs. Thomas W. Miller. Alien Prop-
erty Custodian. for..return of certain
stock held by the Routes in the Ros-
sie Velvet company of Mystic.
A motion for s withdrawal of an
nnswer and the filing of o. substitu-
tion of a demurrer was ordered by
Judge. Thomas in tho case of the Mar-
linnnockwcll, Manufacturing compony
vs. James J. Walth. collector of In-
ternnl Revenue.
MASIINS HIIIIllNll
THEIR FIEIII IlAl
Providing St. Swithin doesn't live
up to his rcpuintion.‘ there will be
nothing to mar the Masonic field day
to be held at Roton Point today undel
the auspices of Old Well Lodge, No.
108. F. & A. M. .
A number of lodges have signified
their intention of being represented
nt this afternoon's events. which are
listed below. and for which are a num-
ber of handsome prizes to be awarded.
The program of events consists of a
tug of war between Monker' Grotto.
and the Grotto team nearest in points
This will be run off after the other
events. The prize will be. a cup.
Then there will be a 820 yard relay
race. open to three men from any
lodge attending. This is an annual
ed. . . .
Old Well Lodge and locker Grotto
will also stage I 190 M M bo-
tween their members the prion being a
cup. ‘ _'
Showing that the women folk hav;
not been forgotten there is a special
100 yard dash. s three-legged race and
a potato race. These events are open
to Eastern Star members.
A balloon race. forrrwhlcra prize
of {2.50 in gold if uttered. will also be
held and it is expected will be the
cource of much amusement.
There will be s 100 yard duh open
to all Mason-«his being‘sn open cup
event. ' '
Events confined to-Ilonkor and vis-
iting Grootos are the standing broad
jump:high Jump: 100 yard dosh; 220
yard dash: half mile i-soe. For the
most points there will be a cup and
for the next highest number there
will be another cup. These will be
annual ours. '
The Fat lion's noon. open to all
mu
were struck by lighting‘
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court‘ held here MOMCYH
event for which s silver cup is sword- '
list of events for them consisting of n _
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GREAT 15‘ Kent. July 16.—
Thc arrest of lit women charged
with throwing rod popper in the races
of men who took the pioceo of strik-
ing city street and garbage collection
empioyeo precipitated a small riot
here loot night.
A thousand strike sympathizers
stormed the police station where the
women were being given a. hearing.
Two women broke om from__police
officers and. leaped through windows
into the arms of persons below.
Policemen were stationed on top of
all downtown buildings to stop throw-
ing of bricks at then who’replaced
the strikers—and the mob at the police
atationf‘iii dispersed with the aid of
a fire hose.
in the meantime. Sam _Stephenson.
president of thcrln‘lrst National Bank.
ner by "strike sympathize" and
roughly handled before police rescued
him. Stephenson and other leading
business men had been transporting
the strik breakers to their work in
their on i automobiles to avoid
clashes with the strikers. Governor
Dixon was asked to use his influence
to secure protection by federal
troops. Q
tiilllllll sums
_ i .tllllcllii SINK
Good .- Willi-WS-
. ‘ first!» ”V of
Mailed States N svy
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- NOFOLK. V... July ic.—-8ix former
enemy wsr croft now hsvo found I
last mung piano on the floor of the
Atlantic 76 miles 08 the Virginia Cop-
es. They will be joiuod next week by
the light cruiser Frankfurt and mm].
nought Outfrieoiond. the lost of the
German ships turned over to the Unit-
ed State. for experimental purposes..
Destroyers and bottle-hips of tho
fitisutic fleet sent down yesterday
with shelliiro two destroyers. the V43
sud 8-132, in operations which con~
sume‘d much of the entire doy. Naval
and army aircraft will undertake to
destroy the Frankfurt Monday and the
Ostfrloslsd will fall s met to the 14
inch guns of the superdrooduought-
:fnusylvsuis. mgohip of the Atlantic
eet.
ms [108 Pill/Ell
Slil‘lglfllll AiiAlN.
Yesterday's storm did much to re
More the air of some of the humidity.
but it also did considerable damage.
especially along the Norwalk Valley.
At the telephone office it was said
that in Nomik. Westport and Wil-
.ton there were approximately 225
'phones out of ordor on account of the
storm. the worst damage being along
Winnipouk wsy. Westpoi't was also
hit hard.
Toll circuits between Norwslk and
Ridgefieid and Dsnbury are practical-
.ly ruined, the force of the storm seem-
ingly having been expended along
there.
The Cos Cob power. station was
struck -by lightning Just as the storm
broke over «Kai-walk For over (0
minutes intense darkness mode it
was surrounded on u downtown cor- —
Votes With Other. Members
of Ways and eMons Com-
mittee Against‘f Amend-
ment for 15 P. C. Duty
RISEIAIIRS TARIFF
Conecticut Member ‘Also Ob-
jects to Elimination of
Customs on Surgical and
Medici Instruments
\VASHINGTUN. July ion—Cornea-
man John Q. Tiiscn of the Third Con.
necticut District was among members
of the ways and means committee who
voted in the House yesterday against
an amendment to the tariff bill tak-
ing hides off the free list. The amend-
ment passed. however. is: to 9?. put-
ting u 15 poi-r cent. duty on hides.
Discipline chmungsneoe Increase.
Mr. 'l‘ilson. in effect. disclaimo-d any
share of responsibility for n 10 per
cent. increase in the proposal customs
charges on ferromanganeoe during the
House debate on the new tmirt bill.
Mr. Tilson was calling to the atten-
tion of the House several charts con-
'talnlng tabulations of imports and do-
mestic prices of metals when he was
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AFTER BEINII Ill
by her fstber and mother. Mr, and
Mrs. Charles L. Aiusworth. of Cottage
streot. lint Norwslk. she hoving been
Miss Laurens. D. Ainswortu. Two sis.
tors and s brother also survive. they
being Miss Edna Ainsworzh of New
port. and Entry F. Ainsworth, of East
avenue.
Mrs. Bradley was s member of the
East svonue Methodist Episcopsi
church and was well known as a con-
:raito singor. The funeral will be hgld
from the into home on Monday after-
noon at 2:30 o'clocvk (D. T.) Rev. H.
E. Mai-slum. of Nichols. Conn“ form-
er pastor of the East avenue M. E.
Church. sud Dr. lrving Watkins. pres-
ent pastor of the church. will ofiiciste.
The burlsl will be in Riverside come.
tery.
I
:SOME SIGNS IN -
THE PARADE
Here are some of the peppery
sayings which piacarded the auto-
necessary for lights to be turned on
and the load thrown on the municipal
plant was almost tOo heavy for it to
carry. Low voltage, however. was no-
ed for a while until machinery and
seawater: could be set to work to
take up the loud.
Norwslk people will be interested
to learn that Chester“. Kerr. who.
it will be touched lnbismnrrtogo pre-
viously. kept the public interest at
the fever hoot. hos again married.
this tlmo his bride being ltro. Cou-
stance G. Clemonn of Babylon. L. 1.
Kerr is now a resident of New York
city. the max-ring. taking place I
Philadelphia on M of this week."
fin. Ron‘s firstii’m Dr. on“.
mobiles. in the jitney "funeral"
parade. last night: -
“Doesthe. 7
magnetic!!! Coupon
m. a” 5m uws, or thepeo-
jib?"
“W: m the craft?"
“Bonn was Baht”
My now.”
indoibpufilewo‘thohmcy.”
“MWthoupo
MfumMm?
Wodld.”
“Weenrrypetmlewiflxmfibold-
ingthulupt”
“Who-Iboknlmrourchll-
dream?" .
“Bayonne the mbou on
Weston-o?!
INCREASE [IN IRilN
_Fll_ll_ll WEEK
Friends of Mrs. Lauretto D. Bind-
ley. wife of Dr. Theron R. Bradley. of
9 Washington street. sro gr‘e'trod to»
day to loom of her deoooae o: 2:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon. after s
serious lllnoos of s week'c duration,
Mrs. Bradley was forty-four years old.
Besides her husband she is survived
York City. Mrs. Hiram Hull. of South.
August 15th will be the date who
work will be commenced on the new
roadway from the Standard Oil com-
pany's plant to White Bridge in R0-
wayton. it was reported. yesterday
afternoon. by Mayor Jeremiah Dono-
van. -
Just from which end of the road the
work will mail is a matter of conjec~
ture. but it is believed that it will be
from the Write bridge end.
There is still some surveying to be
done from the graveyard over to
White bridge. and following that the
actual work will com: 19:10.. Pretria-
ing the surveying is finished before
the 15th of next month. work will
commence as soon as possible before
that date.
The cost of the road is to be $9-
proximately $35.00!. that amount of
money having been appropriated by
the city for the purpose. of the con-
struction of this road. The State
Highway department returns some of
. this expenditure to the citrhupon the
completion of the work. so that the
city will be re-imburi-ed to a. certain
extenL the original cost.
lucuiis MAY
REFUSE ill lEAiIli
‘IN smrnu
Teachers in the Nor-walk »public
schools will refuse to ente'r upon their
duties In September unle‘os tho June
mlaries of the 25 unpaid teachers are
paid by that time. This notion woo
taken at a meeting of the Nor-walk
Teachers' Association. held last night.
at the Norwslk High school. when s
resolution embodying this resolve was
unanimously adopted. In addition. the
association promised financial assist-
ance to members of the Board of Ed-
ucation in the legal prco’ediugs
brought against Dr. Henry C. Sharer.
secretary of the board. by Mayor Jer-
emiah Donovan. for exceeding appro-
priatlons.
The two resolutions adopted by the
assochtion road on follows:
Rooolved—Thlt on of the Nor-walk
public school teachers infuse to
enter upon their duties in Sep-
tember until the ‘25 members of
the teaching force have been paid.
their mini-loo.
Resolved—That the Nor-walk
Teachero' Asoochtion extend to
the Board of Educatlup its prom-
impending legal struggle.
In the meantime. many of the
teachers who did not receive a June
check. are in need of money. This is
particularly true of the teachers who
have others depending upon them for
support and who have households to
support. In other cases plans for
summer school work have been upset.
Other teachers. who planned to spend
part of their vacation away from
home. have been disappointed. and
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“BLUE MRS” ARE
Mimi mil:
BRIDGEPORT. July 10m
the bulwark of o.
Christian ”to." Wt Proneutor
Vincent 1.. Roofing. in the City court
hero W. asked, Judge Arthur M.
Comic, to overrule n demurrer of-
Emll Boner. low Krocu.
July 8 for ceiling ten
Berger attacked C
6451 of the Connecticut Shrines -u;i-
der which the prosecution
brought. no dhcrimlnstory and uncon-
the oelling of certain articles is per~
hidden.
court hold
which imposes the mom upper-tout ro-
x‘erlod of two years in the State of
toe of financial nuisance in the \_
ins: 15in
LONDON. J——July 16.—-Confer-
ences between Prime Minister Lloyd
George and Summon do Volero will
be resumed Monday. Discussions
they would have with their advisers
today. however. may. it is believed.
hnvo on important bearing on the fu-
ture Moi-lug oi'the future progress
of the conventions begun on Thurs-
day and continued yesterday.
Kr. do Valera remained at his hotel
hero. and was expected to meet
prominent Irish leaders during the
day. The prime minister went to his
the week-end.
of the Cabinet and men who had tok-
Irioh Ifllirl.
EXPLAINS Pulls '7"
Fill SALVATIITN
. illlll llllllE
tslfielptsln J. P. Cour-icy. of Harp
ford; no in Nomik. last evening.
when he addressed two meetings of
the Bolvotlon Army. one an outdoor
meothl. the other a meeting held at
the Mt hall in the Davenport
block. Roi-tn Main street.
Captain Gout-icy explained the pious
for the new home on Washington
street. upon which an option will be
token-Just so soon so popers si-e
drawn up. \.
Coionoi Ilclntyro. of Boston. and
Judge John E. Light or. conducting
negotiations along this line or present.
Tho plans for the now home consist
of club room- sud o. gymnasium In the
baseman. o general meeting hall on
the In: door, oucutiv. once; “a of.
floors oust-ton on tho sedond door.
sud o'dotontion or emerge-icy rooms
on “I. Q“ “001'. l.
BliilllRTlE ii ‘ ‘
minimum
”tribal more contributions to the
Cannon {and were rcceivod by Alfred
Gold-elimtdt. Treasurer. Inca the list
published in yesterday's Sentinel.
which are givcu’beiow.
‘ A committee headed by crime-
Milne inn-mode arrangements to feed
the Live visiting troops. each mem-
ber to receive a box of luncheon. be-
I
sides to“ beam. coffee and ice
creamsgrib box of luncheon will
that the Connecticut “blue iawr ine‘eonta‘lbi sever-oi sandwiches. fruit. and
“decent. orderly cra'v.
In'the. otfling s dance is to be held
at the:Amory for the entertainment
of the “ting troops and their friends.
and o. display of a service button is all
arrested that is' needed for ex-service men ‘0
d aunt. gain clot-once. It is hoped that the
haptem‘dso and young women of Norwalk will attend
thedonooooutobeipontnrtnin the
was Vlfltol‘t. '4
The Wild. will sure from the east
stitutional class legklatiou. because bound m station at 8 o'clock
(D. T.) and the line of march will be
mittod while the rule of others is tor- that Monroe to South nun street.
toNoi-tbloluotfooutowmovenue.
Inhhbrionmwhlch heclsimothe “walnut. toHourMcoun-
[Jen-mine bod n right to enact the White the Library Omen.
smaum.xeouuuyo: “The a speaker- stand hos boon erected.
law- whlcb'it h mom that this from which I. Conennve. French
national is the low M“ Commissioner
Here
> _ and Him-tee
Plenipotentiary of as: French Repub-
strolnt upon secular business on Com lie. wingmokn bis oddreoo of pro-enu-
day out gives to that day its W non-olitbo'ennnon to the City of Nor-
A decision upholding wolk. other opeohen. among whom
this demurrer would wipe out for a will ”so “out. .Goveruor Charles A.
GOnVerSations Resumed
,_ Toda y of Much Importan Ge ;
Irish ‘Republicans Determined Not to Meet & :
Jones Craig for. Some Time—If PM Set- , j
tlement IsDenied, the Irish People Are Ex- ~
pected to Resume Armed Resistance to
Foreign Domination and Win Out.
country home at Chequers Court “Id:
It was said he won
.Lhero confer in private with members consult his colleagues before commit-
en a leading part. in the conduct of‘
J itneymen Hold Unique
Demonstration in C
o
..‘--lo.\- o.
Discussions between Mr. Lloyfl
George and Mr. de Valera have do-
veloped the subject of a future tri-
partite conference among the Irish.
Republicans. rqpreoentstive-s of Ulster
and the British Government on.-
ciently for the prime minister to lay
before Sir James Craig. premier of
Fister definite propositions. Sir James
was closeted with Lloyd George yen-
terdsy after De Valera left Downing
street. and it became. known labor
that several members of the Clster
Cabinet had been called to London.
Belief was expressed in responsiblo
quarters that Sir James wished to
ting himself to certain phases of chm
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Parade of Autos, With Itali-
an Band Ploymg' Appro'.
'priate Numbers. Proved a
Success, B u t Speaker.
Failed to Moteriohze‘ ~ ,5
In what was probably the M
unique demonstration ever held ll
Connecticut. half o hundred jimo
men last night bonded by t bu...
plufing funeral dine! pox.“
through the m and Second Dice
trlcts u I. protest against the doc!!!“
of the Public UtilitleoACOlllm
denying them the privilq’o of opal-boo
ing on West avenue and other routs.
in the city. The demonstration woo
witnessed by thou-.ndo of poo”
who thronged the ddewsiks. but
could not be called on unquollfio.
success inasmuch as the Jitnoymou’u
plans in some way become
ed and the speakers who were to do- ‘
liver addresses on the Jltney oitunflo.
at the Green failed to nope-e.
Through the breakdown of arrangi-
monts. the jitueymen loot on oppon-
ilc that will probably never'ogoln u
fluted. , '
m ._ ”in
nontqued on PIS. I m, ‘
Mayor Donovan WOiild .
Change Westport Hill
Sends a Letter to Highway
Commissioner B e n n e t t...
Telling How New .
Could Be Built to Spring--
wood Avenue .
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan oeekill‘
to avert further accidents at. lor-
tuary Turn. at tho foot of the Wasp-
port avenue bill. has evolved a pin.
whereby the Wootport avenue highwufi
could be diverted near the Fur-deli
County Childi-ensl Home. nod connoo.
with Springwood avenue. running In-
to East avenue. and making a“
better. easier and safer approach h
the city. In a lottor mulled Maroon
to Highway Commoner Chutes J.
Bennett. in Hartford m Donovu‘
outlined his plan. and it. will undoubt-
iy meet with enthusiastic approved
from everyone who has ever traveled
Westp'irt Hill. The letter follows:
July 15. 1921-
Hon. Charles J. Bennett.
Highway _Oommissioner.
Capitol Building.
» Hartford. Conn.
Dear Bir:-— -
Permit me to coll your attention so
a suggestion which. ohould,lt meet
with yourapprovstillnooultlngrooo
benefit to the traveling public. and eli-
minate I dangerous condition whbh'
has olroody reoulmd in some With.
and from which casualties on of very
frequent occurrence.
I refer to that section.“ the
Highway known as the Junction d
Westport avenue and Megan-e. In.
this eiw. and referred to in the loss!
unper- u “Dead Man's Corvus.” which
iothedrcodofonmmm
i
with its ”condominium.
unwary mace traveling down It: .7
ohm-p curve of it's Ion. . e
Yumdwfl-flhrmn.
wmcm‘mhoothotnon-
acumen-lettu- “no: so.
tunity of appealing direct to tbepib- "
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