, a I i» and' GreatNumber
IiSOIlGl-‘S
Are Captured
Iers- Found on Captured Turkish 0&-
‘dicate That the Enemy Had‘Co'neen- -‘
Entire Forces to Recapture Eski-
lit—Greek Line
of Communications
Is Declared to Be Firmly Established.
S, Greece. July 25 (Greek
gency). ——-'l‘iIe Greeks in
or have been following up
’lly the ‘victory they gained
"i‘urkish Nationalists in the
rought on by the attempt of
'alitcs tort-capture. the key
. Eskl-Shehr. on the ilagdad
accoiding to official advices
lighting front received here.
‘ ks captured (0 guns and took
number of prisoners. the an-
out states. Within .9. short
r the close of the battle and
-ite repulse of the Turkisn
-c Greeks had advanced more
miles to the east of Eski-
‘d were continuing their our-
he men towards the interior.
Vial statement issued by the
a Minor on July 23. givin‘r
of the bettiu'for l‘:.kl-
ttle. for Eski- Sh(hr ended
victory and the. pursuit of
g enemy is continuing more
-five kilometers east or that
wcret orders found upon cap-
i
tured Turkish ofiiccrs to indicate that
the enemy had concentrated his entire
forces to recapture Eski-Shehr.
‘ “The remainder of the Turkish
troops were forced to retreat towards
Slvri-Hlssar. Forty guns were cap-
tured and numerous prisoners made.
The quick advance of the Greek
forces makes the exact demarcation
of the battle line impossible."
General i‘apoulous. Greek Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Smyrna front.
’in a message to the Greek governor
lat Symrna. announced that the Turks
were beaten and were retreating. with
the Greek troops in pursuit.
A despatch to the Embcos from
Constantinople declares the Turkish
Council of Ministers has decided to
ask mediation for the opening of
peace negotiations.
in il‘.‘- :wrtthl-rn sector of the battle
mm. thi- Grvck troops are holding
Afiun-Kiirahissar firmly. and have ad-
vanced their line toward Konleh.
The Greek line of communications
in the Eski-Shehr region is oflicialiy
declared to be firmly established.
eamer Parthian Sinks
In Port of Oran, Algeria
- Iidcred as the Result of
. Fire Which‘Resisted All
‘iforts of the Ship’s Crew
iNloON. July “.o—Tho American
ner l'arthi‘n @ 1I I66 tons. from
Inlria. to Hamburg. sank in the
of Oran. bn the west. coast of
9. yesterday. according to ad-
r.-volved>here today. The ship
”ted to hays foundered as the
of a fire whichJ-esisted all ef-
f port autbbrities and the ship's
- control it.
was no loss of life. but dam-
he cargo of cotton and silk
to have been considerable.
. SURRENDERS
lflNAl’PlNfi EASE
sed of Ransom Plot
with T. D. Randolph
or
in!
ARON. l’a.. July —Mrs. Eva
In of Cleveland. Ohio. surrend-
to the police here last night after
.ui lenrncd she was wanted lv'u
ulhoritics. she said. in connection
the case of Thomas D. Randolph.
iI business man. recently report—
lani‘ been kidnapped and held
50,000 ransom.
Inlulph returned to his home last
(‘Jllily night. and is held in the
('i' county jail on several charges
iIiI,-.r using the malls in an at-
i to defraud.
unrnnt had been issued for Mrs.
:on charging her with conspiracy
intent to defraud. She denied
lml conspired with Randolph in
iiumpt to obtain ransom money.
«in be given a hearing tomorrow.
s. \Nanson told the police she hazl
with Randolph [ll Stoneboro. Pa..
SlIIron, during the time of his
[Ii-.Irnnce, but had left him.
“ RflW ESEAPE
AT EflMPfl BEACH
h——-—-
nizc Brown. soda-dispenser It
ms’. South Main street. Md a
w escape from drowning yelter-
ltcrnoon at Compo Beach. West-
Two local young men. Thm‘nas
n and Arthur Kelley. rescued him
0 he went under the water for
bird time.
own, who is not a very good
mer, went out to the float at the
a considerable distance from
ore. He made the float all right.-
e return journey. however. whil:
half way between the float and
. he became exhausted. and start-
go under.
s of help brought Mason and
. . both of whom were nearby to
-d. They ruched hlm'as he went
for the third time. Between
v
- of them. Brown was brought
shore.
.of deputies have served notic
"No jitney drivers will iv arrested in
NOI'Wl-lk except It the instruction of
the prosecuting attorneys. We don't
want to have a lot of men in custody
in cakes in which ac”on will be de-
layed."
This statement w'as made this
morning by Chief of Police Wi‘llsm
R. Pennington in reference to the
Jitney' situation.
Bridgeport jitncymen who are op-
erating basses without permits will be
taken into custody today. according to
a warning given out bv the police. It
was thought that similar mtion might
be taken here. but Chief i‘ennington
has decided in the negative until he
reeieves instructions from Prosecutors
recieves instructions from Prosecutors
man. ' .
NEW GBITAIN. July 25.-——Joseph
Landino.‘ held on two counts. and
Stephen Hesiin. arrested Saturday for
operating what they claim to be taxi-
cab: and what the police term Jitneys
were before Judge 0. W. Klett. in po-
lice court this morning charged with;
violating the Jltney law. Their cases
were continued until tomorrow.
FflUR HURT IN
llAlilliN AEIJIDENT
——d—-
The New Canaan road. near Darien.
was the scene of a bad'smash-up at
11:15 last night. wherein four people
“iiilflii WE”, .
. IN‘M'
Car Owned by John Toot-
hill, Jr., Collides with G.
H. Thomas' Auto
G. H. Thomas. of Ridgefleld. report.
ed to the police that on Saturday
afternoon while driving piong Beach
avenue" on his way to Calf Pasture
beach. he was run into by a stripped
down Ford car. on the rear of which
was painted"‘itock and itye." The
car was owned and driven by John
Toothill. Jr.. of South Main street.
The accident. took piace‘ at a curve in
the road. and it‘ is believed that be-
cause of this curve Mr. Tootnill did
not see Thomas' car. which was badly
damaged as a result of the accident.
The matter will be settled between the
two men.
Benjamin Bank. of Redding. driving
down North Main strePrrcrashed into
the rear of a New York taxi cab driv-
on by Dominic Angelo. of 442 West
27th street. New York city. when the
latter attempted to “squeeze through"
(Continued on Page Eight)
Wfliiii, iiEllllJT.
[iii JAIL KANSAS
fliiflER m i. w. w.
‘ TOPEKA. July 25,—Reports re-
ceived here yesterday from Sailna and
other central Kansas towns state
authorities are notifying bands of I.
W. W. to move on or go to work. In
many cases farmers are oflering these
men :4 a day to ‘work in, threshing
gangs. where thousands of acres of
wheat in the shock await threshing.
In Salina the Sheriff and his forces
IWWWthattbcymuugoto rkat
the wages offered. so to jail or be de-
ported out of the State.
Renewed activity 'of Beds is' report-
ed in the oil fields in the Wichita and
Eldorado district. It is reported they
are gathering in four or five countries
preparatory to making trouble when
the autumn activities in the oil de-
”...—v
(Continued on M 9|!)
Internationallsiu
of the Danube River
PARIS. July 16.—-luta-nationallza-
tion of the Danube River Tnsauy be-
came a reality yesterday. when repre~
sentatives of the interested allied pow-
ers held their final meeting here and
signed a convention to that eflect.
The international Danube commis-
sion immediately was : notltlod that
hereafter it -would be in complete con-
bide of swallowing consider-ab le
.Brown was none the womb
perience last nightr
trot us. all matters vothihing to the
river.“-
law
were badly cut and injured. A Buick
taut-lug can owned by Charlie Winders
i was rented out by
tom Buttery. both
, boglve their friends
seasonal”. or Sliver-misc.
and Kiss Florence Romp, r. of Nor-
walk. a lit“ Hdo. was bal-
ly damaged. Tbs four young
people. accompanied by ur.
Kemp. father of Florence Kemp.
drove to Darien where Mr. Kemp took
a train at the depot for New York.
After seeing him off the young people
took a ride up the New Canaan road
towards New Cannon and after driv-
ing up aways turned the car around
and started back‘ home. Coming back
the speed started to pick up a bit. and
going down a decline with a sharp
curve at the botttom Carl Adams who
was driving the car claims the car’s
steering gear became stuck in such a
manner that the car was unmanagbble
and leaving the road he plunged into
a ditch. ‘ ~
The windshield of the car smashed
and the occupants of the car were
badly cut. Adams got a bad cut on
the upper lip. requiring four stitches
to close the wound. while Florence
Kemp. who was sitting in the front
seat with him. got a number of nastlyi
cuts on the face. a large cut across
(Continued on Page Five)
"HES ll] SHIP
AMATMN flll
FIELD FIRE
MEXICO CITY. July 25.—Guardcd
by an asbestoes shield. a laborer in
the Amatlan oil fields yesterday ap-
proached to within a few yards of a
blazing well. known as number live.
and after spending fifteen minutes in
the terrific heat. with flaming oil fall-
ing all around him. succeeded by fran-
tic efforts in nearly closing a valve
which controls the oil supply.
The intense heat is said to have
. damaged the piping mm to such
anexuntthatitwaslmpo‘biom
on “19 close the valve completely. but when
the pipes have become cooler. it
gagét: mm can heist gum,
mun" v, . tiiju- ban. “.3:
than Week. with to.
mated at several million ‘
be extinqu'lshod.
D
will keep It“... I“ II
fifm
ships mallow to and Its.’
“And about those wooden but!" .
Say"-—hero Ir. In" toward
his voice—“that coloml $813.00..
blunder is comparable only M the
piano holds and will have to
charged to'omdono hum But wo’so
lthresthiouwt“
7 has“ 'on. use
mocdnk'.)
Bespomttandn
4%me
Prominent Re‘si out of
South Norwslk For-
tune and from
Active Business Forty-
five Years Ago a
m EARLY til-'E
PEiiiiiEiltliiiiiiiiE
Later Entered the Toy Busi-
ness and Was Banking
Ofiiciai .
John Henrv Known as“ lsed and
respcczd resident of the second dis-
trict. passed a“ a) at his hunc. 22‘
Flax llill road. at the age bf 95 years.
early this morning. aftor an illness of
some four week's am
Mr. Knapp was vice-proddent of the
City National Bank and one of the di-
a familiar figure at the Washington
street institution.
He is survived by a “Ow. former-
ly Miss Julia Grumman, whom he
married some forty your: ego. A
number of nieces and nephews sur-
vlve. among them being lil- Minnie
Knapp and Mrs. Herbert A. Mathew-
city.
of great interest. would‘hve been 96
1
(Won
W
CHARM Milli
Driving Charge
I'pon the recommendation of Pros~
ecuting Attorney E. M. Lockwood. in
the uptown city court. this morning.
the manslaughter charge
Harry Gill. of South street. while rid-
ing a bicycle on upper Main street
and which resulted in the latter m.
tainlng injuries which caused his
death. .was nailed by Judge Nehemiah
Candee. Judge Lockwood based in.
recommendation upon the finding of
Coroner John J. Phelsn in the death
Which absolved Fisher from reopen-
sibility in connection with the accid-
ent.
About two weeks ago. Mr. Gill was
riding his bicycle down Main street,
at night. The automobile struck him
in front of the Clover Manufacturing
company. causing fatal injuries. He
died in the Norwalk heapital.
Several other case also came up be-
fore the court. Nicola Agnese of 114
Lexington aevnue pleaded guilty to a
reckless driflnz chairs9 and “3 fined
:35 and costs Agnese was operating
an automobile which ran 1for 115 feet
bank on Siherm ne avenue
:rterahe had appliPd his brakes. strik-
ing Stanley Myslinski. his wife and
hild. Fortunately none °f ““3 latter
5“". seriously injured. Attorney
me Light appeared for Agnese.
ess driving C
flageltoglliofsk)’. a “@8690" b“!
am whose machine
(Continutd on Pm 318)
__________._._.
necking 0eUp Jitneys
BridgeportP
25.4110 9°—
.__.___,___.
EPORT. July
I B13:30!an commenced a checkmp
running without Utili-
°‘ a” 11m:- rned them to dis-
of Police
oe. -
“m but arrests
“or" violation 0 this warn-
r continued running
the passengers he
,
“shamans-inthiscity.
WMthevetitionwillbe
to m M W tomorrow or Wednesday.
‘mFlremSouths-pton
«mm. July S‘s—Eire. -which
wufsarodwooldpromofaoerious
“Monmouth-Gunman:-
Wumwulriuathsr
, ummm
rectors there for m m and was
son and William H Knapp of this
Mr. Knapp .whose life don was one
years old on November 15th. of this
“Slim "ROWE“
Nicola AE'IET' Fined 335
and Costs on s Reckless
against
Bert Fisher. whose automobile struck
barge against .
sti uck two ;
; killed in . nordfllla
i
srnusv, N. 3.. July zs.—nouid u.
ladlfllhn and his party of explorers
planned to sail from North Sydney
this evening. for the Far North. where
they will spend two years among the
snows of mm Land. The schooner
Bowdoin. with the expedition on
board, reached North Sydney Satan
dsy afternoon. after a slow passage
from Halifax due to the thick onsr.
Today was spent in taking on fur-
ther food supplies and in a final ad-
justment of compasses and other last
minutepmparstions for the dash into
the Arctic.
Professor Mchlilsn was met on ar-
l‘Vll here by two Cape Bretoners. who
were anxious to sign on with him for
the two year trip up north. They
were Captain Mike Davis and W'lIliam
McDougsll. both of North Sydney.
Davis was a first mate of the Steamer
George B. Clueit when she carried
supplies to the famous Peary expedi-O
tion of Etah. and McDougali was a
number of the Cluett crew on the
Allie expedition. MacMiilan declined
the clot-s -of the volunteers. however.
saying he hsd no room for more men.
WEN AMI
FAMILY lllSAPPEAIi
CHICAGO. July 25. —-A statement
that the disappearance of Warren S.
Bpurgin. president of the Michigan
Avenue Trust Company. which was
closed by bank examiners last week.
1:: panned in advance. and came
u neously with the dimpposr-
»sucs 0: Iowa'- “ht-Id
mm chief rumba”
state‘s attorney's once.
Mr. Newmsrk's statement came
after an interview with Herman By-
ier. University student and fiance of
Miss Spurgin. according to Hr. New-
mark's statement. Brier said Spurgin.
sccordlnhto Mr. Newmark's state-
ment. Byler mid Spur-gin coats-ed to
the embezslr’lnent of sums of money
to Mrs. Spurgin some days previous
to the night and also confessed to an
affair with another woman.
Byler said. Newmark stated. that
he helped Mrs. Spurgin and Miss
Spur-gin arrange! their hounhold
goods for a long sbseince and drOvo
with them in the Spurgln automobile
to Gary. Ind.. last blondsy. Bpurgia
(Continued on P!" Six)
HARTFORD. July 26.-—Haii and
rain beat down and damaged consid-
erable standing tobacco in the fields
of the tobacco raising district here-
nbouts yesterday. and growers today
awaited the action of the sun to deter-
mine the approximate losses. If acres
of plants recover the damage will be
mostly that by hall which only touch-
ed a few sections. In Ellinrton the
first estimate was placed at ever two
hundred thousand dollars by growers
who expected to begin harvesting in a
few days. In Windsor. Bloomfield the
Granbys and some other towns. the
plants were beaten‘ down by the rain.
The storm sprang from the hitch-
fleid hills. and disappeared beyond
LEllingtbn. in Tolland county. Light-
ning struck in several places. two
ed and seven! cows
minim mus
; Alli uni UP
DUBLIN. July :5 (Associated
Pressk—The Irish peace proposals.
made by Premier Lloyd George to
Eamonn do Yule in London. last
week. won taken by the Whit-
can map and; (humi- today.
mm “$61! began its ses-
dons mom-tag the founoon. met at the
m House.
cognate-s Wes. who was re-
leased from Mountioy prison. Satur-
41! went Bonds; with the Cabinet
and took putts hills discussion ever
”I. W peace terms. The
Countess. who was sentenced last De-
cember to two yeau' imprisonment at
hard labor on the charge of having
conspired to media a seditious soci-
ety. is an elected member of the
tnofLaborintheWCabi-
‘1‘
Southern Irish Parliament and Hills. _
Wallis hie Cargoes—
B'ecn Seized Thus
NEW YORK. July ZSrFederal
authorities along the Atlantic coast
redoubled their vigilalice over tramp
ships today following disclosure of
evidence of at least two gigantic inter-
national whisky smuggiiug rings. one
having headquarters in this city and
one in Atlantic City.
Aid of the Navy Department also
was being sought in an efl'ort to build
up a rum huntting fleet capable of cop-
ing with the mysterious ships and their
allied nishing smacks which are alleg-
ed to have landed hundreds of thou-i-
ands of dollars' worth of contraband
liquor at secluded points under cover
of darkness. According to Leroy “1
Ross. l'nited States District Attorney
of Brooklyn. foreign and domestic,
capital aggregating several million
dollars. is behind the whisky smug-
gling conspiracy.
Keenest watch was being kept by
revenue boats today of! Montsuk
HAS'PillllllfiRAPH
0F Emil Kilili
lust-m.
“‘fil‘ filial-Itasca?” not“
Luifih. has received another letter
from‘hls Miner. leimos Manes. who
is fighting with the Greek army
against the Turks.
His brother said in the latest letter
that some of the cannons captured
from the Turks e of French make.
and are similar 0 those used by the
French forces in the war. How these
cannon came into their possession is
not known to the Greeks
Enclosed in the letter was a photo-
graph of King Constantine of Greece.
who is with the Greek fonos. This
photograph was personally autograph-
ed and presented to Mr. Manes bro-
ther by the King. who gave similar
photographs to his other troops.
The light put up by the Greeks
againd the Turks is for the purpose of
freel certain of their countrymen
from the Turkish rule. and to prevent
the massacres of thousands of men.
women and children by the Turks
Three Drown When
Canoe Overturns
WINCHENDON. Mass.. July 26.—-
Two young women and a man were
drowned here yesterday afternoon in
Lake Dennison. and another young
man. the fourth member of the party.
narrowly escaped death when one or
them attempted to change seats in .i
csnoebnd the craft overturned.
The dead are Florida Cal-be. 17:
Alice Vermette. 18. and Martin Obcrx
18.allof-Oal~dner..1-‘rs.lcis Kirby. also
of Gardner was mved by Arthur Har-
ris of Winchester. who was posing in
Kirby was the only member
a
of t' who could swim.
O_ is the son of the Rev. Gustaf
0 ,pastor of the Swedish- F‘innlr b
Lut ‘ church in Gardner. Kari-is
ileum tried to shift his place with
one of the? young women.
',..~
Formal payment of 8350. 000 of the
81. b“. 600 sggeed 'upon as the pur-
chasq price for the defunct Shelton
Bank. Trust Company. its remain-
ing together with the buildins
and had of the bank. has been made
by Franklin 8. Jerome. Orange, capi-
talist. to Receiver Marcus H. Holcomb.
The remainder will be paid when in-
terefi on mortgages which are to be
taken: over by the purchasers. can be
flguredout. Itisexpectedthislast
t will take place within the
next few days.
The Shelton Bank and Trust Cem~
pony. which went into the hands of a.
receiver on January 3. last because of
the slim illegal loans We:
some, 0250. one. made by its treasumr
Edward K. Knees. has been put--
John E. was! the Superior
€‘Hotel Man Accused of Buying. 152
Cases of Liquor Smuggled In.
MumenAlongtheShoreSauitoBemC
m Harvest by Working at Night Union-lilac i
Two Vessels Have [3:
Far—Atlantic Qty 1
l
J
i
f
l’olnt toward which. sutboritm war.
tipped. a large vine! was bound from
Bahama Islandsw‘lth a cargo of fifteen
thou-nd to twenty around cases of
choice Scotch and Irish whisk). The
conspirators. learning that word of tho
sailing had reached federal ofneiali.
were reported trying frantically to get
in touch with the whisky runner to
direct her to another point less care-
fully watched. i-
A tramp steamer cruised mucily
outside the 8- mile limit 61 Atlantic
(‘ity yesterday. aécordlnj u 'l‘e’ort-
recehed here and tsunfld ‘fedsrsl
agents by breaking out pennants my-
ing. "Lay down your meney and com.
and get it." The tra'mpvsw away
as night fell and it w“ thought sh.
was heading for some dese' rted point
where fishing vesse. ! coilid Work on-
hampered at the task of lightering her
(Continued on Page Six)
The Population of Konich
Overthrow Turk Nationals
Big Revolution Is Reports!
in the City whcih Is A“
350 Miles fromAngora »_
72,-- ~\ .
mNDON. July ' :5. WM
from Athens to the Exchange
My
fist-oh economy or that
‘papp- there publish reports from
Smyrna telling of a revolution in t"
City of Xonieh; a railway cw: pin,
:50 miles south of Angora. Timur. -
ports declare Turkish Nationalist Gov.
ernment authorities have been our:
thrown by the population of Konien.
SiiflflllNfl AfFiiAY
IN SPRINW
Residents of Wood street are vet!»
cient to discuss a shooting stray an.
is said to have taken place there In.“
Saturday night.
Some two or three shots were fired
at a late hour Saturday night. but b3
whom. or to whom. no one will saw.
Whether this is the latest devoid!-
ment in the plot to separate Lulu
Aplcella. proprietor of the Grand Un—
ion Hotel. from “.000. as was do.
manded in a Black Hand" letter lie—-
ceived by Apiceila. last Tuesday. it
hard to say.
Apicella' could not be found lhh»
morning. but it is said that he '
around.
The police have received no official.
report on the rumored shooting.
_____________.__.__
Fll-‘I'Y FAS( TISTI AMBUSEED.
ROME. July 26. —Flfty F‘sscisti. or
Extreme Nationalists, were ambushed.
by Communists at Gmsseto. forty
miles southwesr of Siena. Tuscany
Sunday. One of the Nationalists WI.
killed. The remainder pursued tho
Communists and it is reported out"
deaths occurred. The homes of son.‘
of the Communists are said to he.“
been burned. ‘
\
Advertise in the Sentinel.
JEME PAYS filillilfl 9N
9' , SlllillllN BANK Pilllilllifi
comb since its doors were closed all
it is through his elforts the remark-
able purchase has been nuanced. a
this exchange the depositors will to
paid 100 centsonthedouarnfltr
surplus of some $26. 000 will m_ '
to be divided among the W
of the bank. .
When the bank comml-loner ‘Io.
ordered the bank's doors closed and
Receiver Holcomb took charge. it 1‘
believed the bank was novels-l7 h-
solvent and little hope of W
receiving their money was held ”.2
Shelton. Efficient management U
the receiver however. brought M.
tlons out in better light and m
a number of remarkable M
must: we possible by 11h arm “I .
bank has emerged with no lot ‘0‘
the my working people of Shells.
and W m who a“ ous- t
memmm
st_ mm“-
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