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Evening sentinel, Friday, July 22, 1921 · page 1

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Comes Into

Atlantic City

s—s‘a—o-o-oo
Believed to Be thé- Mysterious Ship Reported 0d

the New Jersey Coast-Gaptain Says 1,000
Cases of Liquor, anl Bahama Island for
Quebec, Were Transferred to Another ~

Boat or Thrown

His Ship‘Had Became Disabled.

Overboard When

 

PHILADELPHIA. July 22.7—The
"innit-r of the small British schooner
l'm-omokc. which came into Atlantic
(“Hy Wednesday. in 'distrcss and with-
out her cargo of 1.000 cases of intoxi-
cating liquors. will have Yume explaln.
lug to do to the llritlsh thoritics n
this iurtsdicton. accordng to Charles
lt. Kurtz. Surveyor of the Port.

"There in no question the. l'ocomokc‘
is the mysterious vessel reported off
the New Jersey coast." Mr. Kurtl.
mid today. "All the. vessel‘s papers
were taken by Navigation lnsprctnr
Miii'sicllni, who boarded the l'IK‘Olllolt‘
ut'Ailniitic City. and tuiiu-il 011-." to
the British (‘flnHlil for inquiry"

Mr. Kiiriz said the l‘ncomoke cam--
into Atlantic. City under distress sit:-

ngls. Captain J. A. Roy. according to
Mr. Kurtz. said he leftyssau. lla-
hama Islands. with 1 00 cases‘ of ii-
quor for Queboc. Off the Delaware
Capes. he said he encountered a’storm
which caused him to transfer part of
the cargo to a schoo r and to throw
the’ lemaanr over ard because the
1essel had sprung a leak. Acordlng to
Mr. Kurtz. Captain Roy said his crew
was discharged and transferred to an-
othcr vessel at sea. which is said to be
1 violation of maritime law.

“While We can not do anything
'tl)Olil what he did with his cargo .out.
the British

‘lfli‘ the three-mile limit.
'l‘ovcrnmcrt can certainly make him
'ziw- :1 11101-11 dellnlte explanation of the
actions of the l'ocomokc at sea." said
Mr. Ktlll’i.

 

 

Fordney Tariff Bill
Passed by the House

 

Measure Which Went
Through 289 to 127 Goes
to Senate Finance Com-
mittee Today

\VASlIlNG'l‘UN. July :3.~—I’a.ssed by
1111- House by a'votc oi 2119 to 127. the
)i'Ordney Turin bill was expected to
rcaich the Senate Finance committee
today, where it‘ will be subjected to
open hearings and an indefinite stay
in committee. Although Chairman
l'eiirosc stated the hearings probably
would be brief. many leading Repub-
licans predicted today that revenue re-
vision legislation. hearings on which
will be begun by the Ways and Means
consulttee Tuesday. would reach the
president ahead of the tariff bill.

Seven Republicans voted against the
Fordney bill on its adoption by the
chge yusterday. while the same
number of Democrats supported it.

(Continued on Page Eight)

MlSSiNfi LEAYBRAETS
FUUNU IN WUREESTER

Twins, Cousins of President
Roosevelt, Penniless After
Vain Tramping fOr Jobs .

WORCl‘ STElt Mass" 511111 21——
1‘ ountiy wide St'ltlcll instituted by the
New York police for Charles and Lu-
troln- l.c-.1.ycrult of Ncw York twin
blothc-rs. twenty-six. and cousins of
the late President Theodore Roose-
velt ended here yesterday when the
wo young men were picked up at
lnion Station by Policemen Tiueley
nd li1- 1111 'lhey were taken to P0-
cc lio.11lqu:1rti-rs. where they were
cTnl until they were put aboard the

 

 

 

 

 

111l11igl1l train for home. The two
young mo-n, well righ penniless.
Wi-io- unkempt and ('Xllflllslf’d from
"lll‘:1 11f walking. They had been
looking for work since they disap.
p1-‘111-1i from their home.
An limit-:1] lav-the New York police
‘ in livid them was made by their
brother, Reginald Roosevelt Loav-

 

 

crnft. yesterday nfter he had con-
ducted a fruitless hunt for two dayl.
They left New York by boat for
Providence. having but 818 when
they started. From Providence they
went to Boston. looking for work in
both cities. Charles said that in Boss
ton they saw in a New York paper an
account of their dliappearauce and
were afraid they would be recognizer}
and detained. so they left Boston on

foot. ? {1 ll“
20 Baptist Delegates
Are Drowned in Gulf

HOUSTON. Tex” July 22. —From
fifteen to twenty persons mostly chil-
dr.en were drowned while bathing in
the gulf near Palaclous late yester-
dav. according to word received here
last night. All are said to have been
dPlf'Kutea to the Baptist Young
[zeoplea Union's convention nt Pala-
f oil. Jl'.|

The ucursionists were in ‘m
and were caught in ulnrong under.

 

 

 

tow and wept gig
A ' anodes,“

‘ HAVERHILL. Ila... July 81—-
The robbery in a road holdup of a de-
position obtained from "Brownie"
Kc'nnedy. former mistress 'of Mish-
aum Manor. for '11s. by Attorneyoaen-
eral Allen in t eBupreme Court pro-
ceedings looki to the reml'flal of
District Attorney Tufts, was reported
to local police early today. The re-
port was made: by Thomas J. Holmes.
an agent of the attorney-general.
who said he and George Kelly. of
Wakefield Mass. were held up at
gunpoint in Methuen. Kelly said he
thought he wounded one of the three
men concerned.

Holmes in his report to the police.
paid the dc sition was obtained ycs-
terday fro "Brownie" Kennedy. and
that with Kelly he was bridging it in
on automobile to Boston. They were
on the Methuc-n Ayers village road in
the former city when the holdup oc-

curred. he said

(Continued on Pale Fl")

AliliEE TU SEl'lLE
WU ASSAULT BASES

The cases of Lira Katherine Albert-

 

 

 

 

WIEE SAYS BRUKER
URUUfifll NU.‘2 HUME

Mrs. Maud Andrews Asserts
Husband Hide No Sea-ct“
of His New Love

NEW YORK. July 22.—The taking
of testimony in the divorce sult
brought by Mrs. Maud Augusta An-
drews of 2850 Hudson lloulevard.
Jersey City. against Herbert Thornton
Andrews. :1 member of the brokerage
firm of ll. 1‘. Andrews & Co.. of 2')
Broad street. begun yesterday before.
John M. lCnright. Advisory Master in
Chancery. in Mr.'Enrlght's office in 73
Montgomery street. Jersey City. After
Mrs. Andrews had testified the hear-
ing was adjourned until’next Thurs-
day to give to Mrs. Andrews' applica-
tion for alimony. ' '

Mrs. Andrew/s names. as correspon-
dent Mrs. Esther Tanall Andrewa
who is alleged to have been married
to Andrews in Greenwich. Conn. on

 

 

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(Continued on Page Eight)

Jfll RIDERSERIIWI]
lulu mm mu:

None Hurt in Post Road Ac-
cident, but Police Look for
Culprits

An automobile. driven, by Samuel
Roar-man. of 220 East lOth street.
New York. and containing seven pas-
sengers. 'was crowded off the post
road cast of Buckley's bridge. South-
port last night. by a roadster. over-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

""““‘d WWI .lOY riders and driven at
dangerous speed. The Rogeman car
crashed into a telephone pole, that
was broken at the base. and badly
damaged. No one.” injured. '
The note! Joy fillers. who attracted
much attention along th'o‘ road.

to stop. The driver of their car

sig- gging along. and whom he

ed between the Rosanna car. going
toward New York. and another car
traveling toward Fail-field. Rosemau
found it necessary to turn sharply to
the side of the road to avoid a seri-
ous collision.

Deputy Shel-la W. H. Gould inves-
tigated the collision. and telephoned
other authorities a description of the
Joy ridersficar. asking that its driver
be arrestod‘aud held for him.

Danbury-Norwalk
Railroad Blocked

BEDDING. July 2'1.-The Danbury-
Norwalk branch of the New Haven
road. which was blocked until late
Wednmday’nlght by derailment of a
passenger train at Georgetown. was
again blocked yesterday by the de-

 

 

 

 

 

railment of the locomotive of a Net-1 ._

son and P. A. Mahonev. of Van Zandt
street. arrested charged with mutual
assault. were cominued this morning
in the downtown court until August
6th. by Judge Nehemiah Candee. after
Judge William F. Tammany. and At-
torney John J. Cuneo. who represent-
ed My. pone! Ind Hrs Albertson
ed to sdtle the mat-
ter out of con
man: who were flaced u. the
stand testiflod that Mahone) had on-
tered Mra Albertaon's rooms which
are in the louse in which he 1 'es and
owns. and that she objected to this
procedure. A plumber was' doing
some work in the rooms and Mahoney
claimed to have a right to enter them.
Words developed between the two.
and Mrs. Albert-on “pushed" Mr.
Mahoney. who in turned ::pushed" her
so that she fell to the floor. Other
witnesses said that Mrs Alhertson was
about to comb )iahoney's hair with a
chair. but was prevented by the. low
ceiling. and others said that she grob-
bed a brace and bit and was about to
apply it to Mahoney’s head. but was
prevented.
After some argument. a recess was
taken. when it was agreed that both
charges would not be pressed further.
Mrs. Albertson to m 'e away from
Mahoney's home in few days.

Soviets, Denied Voice
on Far East, Protest

FPOCKHOLM. July 22 (Associated

Press).—M. Kergensteff. chief of the
delegation of Soviet Russia to Swed-
en. yesterday handed to Sheldon L.
Crosby. American Charge d‘Ai'faires.
a long note protesting against the
failure to invite Russia to the Pacific
Confbrence in Washington.
The note expresses astonishment at
the .omission. considering. it says.
that Russia is a sovereign power. and
that both the Russian Republic and
the Far Eastern Republic possess ter-
ritories along the Pacific. It protests
against the suggestion that other
powers should look after Russia's i11-
terests. ~3.11d‘declares that Russia can-
not permit other pdwers to argue for
her. .

 

 

 

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sons-oak. v... am 41111.11;
ormer new dreadnought w
land at tho bottom of tho 1 -
a resintofonO-tonaertal-1~
plodlng ‘alougide of her. on
parts of this and other countries will
turn their attention to the problem of
protecting the capital ship from this
farm of attack. 1
18300 M dag Aircraft can

 

 

Denies Iuj auction Sought
"ff-[y Line Operators

 

 
 
 
 

Owners Must ’ 3 ' tor Un-
New now Not Late?

I 1'th Aw 2

All. RWBUNS
UNUER Hill WVUIU

Motor Vehicle 11111111111111
to Issue Cer ficates at
Once

The state motor vehicle dopargmpn;
lwill start today sending out notice to
all holders of public Miner which-i
licenses. instructing them that they
must register undu the new burs not1
latli tha :1 Tuesday. Amust :3 and ex-
plaining that all regintrnlions under
Jule law of 1919 are void. The circu-
lar. which explains the requirement
for jitney “com and for other ve-
hicles which carry pamenm rs for hire.
follows:—

The department of motor vehicles is
now ready" to registermullllc service

 

 

motor vehicles under 11. provisions
of the public acts of 1921. at either
its Hartford. New Raw 1:

or Bridge-
port ofi‘lce. ‘
For the purpose of such registration
all p c service motor vehicles are
divided into two general classes "Jit-
neys" and "All other motor vehicles
which carry passengers tor hire."

NUT DISCUSS LETEER

#

No further developments have aris-
en to date in the case of the "Black
Hand" letter sent to Luigi Apicelll.
proprietor of the Grand Union Hotel.
on Wood street. in which the sum of
“.000 was demanded under penalty of
death.

Apicella still maintains an attitude
of aloofness. refusing to discuss the
matter with the police or reportm
and still maintains entire ignortuce of
the receipt of any such letter.

However. when the letter was re-

 

(Continued on Page Four)

Nor-Walk to Pay Count
Tax Totaling ”his.”

Norwslk will lime to pay a county
tax of 8H. “91 9. this year. according
to notICe civ1 .l .11 the Cit_1' Hall. In-
cidentally.oru1lk didn't expect go
have to pa) this amount. as onl_1 810 -
000 was appropriated by the Board of
Estimate and Taxation.

This means that the Board of Butt.
mate and Taxation will have to hold
a special meeting in orrbr to sppro.
prlate more mom}: or else to lay a
special tax to make up the deficit
, The State lfl\ has not been PR0-
claimed as yet

Last year thme was a slight balance
from the cou n11 tax. which we.- 818. -

000
The total county tax is assessed at

:207. 872. so.
Bridgeport pays more than half this

amount. contributing 3105 763. 52.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO. July 12.f—The
neamer Admiral Farragut is disabled
twelve miles north of San Francisco
Lightship. by an explosion of her
main feed pipe. according to word re-
ceived early today. The Farragut is
reported helpless and adrift in a dense
fog.

'hrelve members of the engine room
crew are reported severely scalded.
one probably fatally.

The steamer Farragut belongs to
the Pacific Steamship Company and
left San Francbco for Seattle at 6:15
last night with passengers and
freight.

There are 76 passengers aboard the
Farragut. which las a crew of sixty.
First news of the accident to the
steamer was a wireless message re-
ceived about one o'clock from Captain
William Hall. of the ship.

The tug Sea Eagle was immediately
sent from here with physicians to at-
tend the injured men. but it is not ex-
pected to reach the Farragut for sev-
eml hours. owing to the fog.

San Francisco lightahlp is about 24
miles north of here.

The Farragut is a fourteen hundred
ton vessel. 01mm. of the Pacific
Steamship Company here early today
expnemed the belief that the ship is
in no danger.

KIWANIS CLUB
PLANS IllAllUAliEW

At the meeting held yesterday noon
at the Royal J on Hotel. the Nor-
walk Kiwanio 11b voted'to attend as
abody.tbee baketoboieldux:
Wednesday by the Stamford Kiwanis
Club. More than titty members have
signified their intention of attending
the aaair.

A feature of the Clambake will be a
bailcgame between teams composed of
membn of the Norwall and Stam-
ford clubs. "Doc” I~L H. Heiferan was
chosen captain of the local ball team.
while John D. Milne was elected a
committee of on. to attend to making
arrangements for the transportation of
the local club members'to the clam—
bake grounds.

There was no speaker at the lunch-
eon. yesterday. Pirie MacDonald.
prominent photographer. will speak
next week on "Twenty Minutes With

 

the Boy Scout Movemen " The fol-
lowing week. James J. alsh. former
revenue collector. will k upon \"ln-

come and Other Taxes."

A telegram from Arthur C. Wheel—
er. who is vacationing up north. was
read at the meeting by President
Imuson.

The rest of the meeting was con-
s'umed with the singing of Kiwinls

lllllliEll Hill A
MURUEUER HERE

A story to the effect that a suspect-
ed murderer had been arrested In the
First District this morning ‘by Bruce-
port detectives caused considerable
excitement. particularly 11111.11. the
reportorial watts of the local papers»
Thorough lama mud. how-
beer. that there had been no arrest.
,3: m “ply; can, of the “dick!“

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tutored in Irish adults was trap
to Dublin today with the departure of
Eamonn dc Valera and his cabinet for
the seat of their government.
The Irish leader is taking" with him
a Mment he received yesterday from
the hands of David Llo_1d George the
British Prime Minister. setting forth
definite proposals of the British Gov-
ernment as a settlement of the Irish
problem.
These proposals will be sumbitted to
the members of the Dali Eireann. as
well as other prominent Irish Repub-
Ileana. and Mr. Lloyd George will hear
from time to time how the discussions
are proceeding. Later Mr. de \‘aleril
will return to London for further con-
versations. and Sir James Craig. the
l'lster Premier. may re-entcr the ne-
gotiations at this time.
The Irish leader appeared to be in a
cheerful frame of mind as he emerged
from his conference wit‘the British
Premier yesterday. although an agreed
communique issued immediately after
the meeting said; that “no basis for a
formal conference has yet been found."
In this'connection. it is authorita-
tively stated that the truce in Ireland
will continue for an indefinite period.
thus convincing the most skeptic-1.]
that the wractions are still far from dis-

Artluu Irwin’

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rill: Ullllllll liEN
slain fiEl REFUND

BRIDGEPORT. July 22.-—Ex-csfe
moi-s whose places of business were
closed when the Eighteenth Amend-
moat first became effective on July 1.
1.19. are planning legal action to force
the‘Fairfleld County Commlmioners to
refund their license fees. There are
about an of the liquor men who ire.
emled to the refund. and to each is
duetke riginal sum of 8850. .

The; nty commit-toners have not
Men sure of their ground. and have
cell-[y been in the dark as to the pro-
per steps to take. The Board of Ap-
pm-tfonment appropriated
the city‘s share of the expense of mak-

(Oo'n‘tiuued on Page Bevel)

Fruit Wokers’ Head
Arrested. J aps Back

MODEBTO. Cal.. July 22.411111“
Shea. president of Local No. 10. Fruit
and Vegetable Workers 1' niOn. and
runner member of the San Francisco
club in the‘ Pacific Coast Baseball
We. was arrested at Turtock tour
on I charge of kidnapping and inciting
a tutti connection with the deporta-
of a group of Japanese field

 

 

 

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mu Ballast rtually all of the
kid are said to have returned to
the places from which they were for-
etbly removed.

 

chug-gap wa‘mpect in connection
wit: ‘a Park City murder case.

Demo weeks I80. Joseph 'l‘estista
was shot to death hr Bridgeport. Hts
alleged assailant was Antonia Car-
boae. Th}. latter made a successful
getaway. The man the detectives
were following this morning was;
friend of Carbone’s. and it was
thought by following him that the

 

Keeler inf Superior

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NEW HAVEN. 1‘15" 21. -—'l'hc appli-

ttou‘to restrain the state of Connecti-
cutoldtheoltyofNew Haven from

 

 

 

more regulations at the pub:
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police could get a line upon where the
alleged murderer was in hiding

This friend of Carbbue’s came to
Norwalk to work. but the police

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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chino at the Not-walk The com
where he was employed. Iguab

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

eutaaglediusomo map:

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1111111311: M111. might have come Won- tor colleen-s th- in" United-nus orof
“its". for another ppm-emu the re- was on amusements. which goes form. or children

into chat. September 1‘. 1921.
Main-halt
tea costs or fraction thereof of the
amount paid for admissipn'to

theatre. to picture house. dance
3.1;. or any other place of III“.-

hsh Leader Appears
Cheerful Frame of

3- Ulster-Supporters in the House of Commons
' Austen Chamberlain’ s Explanations Were En-
tirely Unsatisfactory, and About Forty of
the Dissenters Passed Resolutions Ex,
pressing Grave Apprehension Over

' the Government’s

FON. Jul 22. --The center of
le y sferred :take an exoeedihgly cheerful view or

 

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IrishPolicy.

London newspapers this- morning

 

the entire situation. refusing even ‘0
anticipate the probability of a break-
down. Severn! political correspond-
ents supply reported versions of the
preimer's statement to‘ the Southern
Irish leadet.wbic21- although they
agree in some péihti. differ sufficiently
in detail -to show that the- terms still
remain largely a matter of specula-
tion. and will not be cleared up up“!
the official text of the proposals ‘lo
made public. may quartets belie-v.
this will be done by Lloyd George in
the House of Coalitions toda1
\icanuhill‘ opposition from the E10
trcme l‘ niontsts appears to have har-
dened somewhat as a result of an in-
terview se1et11l l’lstezite Members of V
the Commons had with Austin Cham-
berlain. ‘leader of .tbe .Governmel‘
forces. 1esterda1‘. ' '
While this interview is understood
to have had for its purpose the con-
ciliation of Ulster supporters in the
House of Commons.- a Meat hsued
by the deputation later tnthe 4. all
that Mr. Chamberlain‘s explanation“
were “entirely unsatisfactory." and
that about fortv of the dissenters had
met and passed resolutions “exprop-
lng grave apprehension over the gov-

 

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May Be Tied Up 7 Years

$66,000 as.

. @ontiuued on Pogo m} .

3 Estate;

\

Uls Found Body? my
e .
Declared legally oii
Until Expiration of
Limit Provided ;_
1.

I'nless the body'of Arthur A. Irv.
is recovered. it will be at least new
years before the two "wives" he left.
one in Boston and the other in New
York. can start a context for Do...
'sion of his estate in the probate com
for. until seven years have ennui
from the time of‘-.disappearaneq
he will not be legally dead and lab
estate cannot be probated. Meanwhilo’ -
it seems. the two women. neither 0: .,
whom had any suspicion of the exit-e
ence of the other “wife" until after
Irwin‘s disappearance. must wait. emu
keeping her share in the estate as she
holds it now.
' Some interesting complication.
might arise in the meantime. if eithe!
widow wished to fight. The first wife
might lay claim to the estate held b7.
the wife he married later on th.
grounds that the second marriage '3. =7‘

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(Continued on Page light)

Guardian Asked for .
Uncle of Alfo-O

 

 

 

fonso 'of Orleans and his W’

 

from t Hrlock district yes- .
..'-;Other were predicted

lUEAlllESUEElTY iiEl URUERSM

Prince Luis Ferdinnd. have polo I”;
plication to the. French courts to how.
their father. Don Antonio of

declared lrrouponslble and a

appointed for 111111.?» court in“
ponqd the cue for one week.

Niall ill in 11111

turn-min".
lot-go.

.tbe new law. the ma? 11ml Entertainment: given «M
of one cent for eaeVor the benefit of religious. W

“crewman.“

 

(those amusements exempted from
state tax.
Detailed

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 

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