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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, September 21, 1921 · page 1

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EETABLISHED 1870

 

BhteredutheSoum NorwnlkPofl
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olshewkl Accuse I
Of Breaklng

 

Great Britain

Charges

Campaigns of Intrigues

 

, Carried on Propaganda

1n Persia and Afghanis-

'sm. With Sending Agents Into Eastern Af-1
phanistan and With Preventing Settle-
lilIZ‘lT ‘; of Pending Disputes Between the
'l‘Ian-ltisli Nationalists and the Allies.

 

1.(ll.l)LlI'I.. :hsIII :11. ~(}rc:1t Britain‘s
.‘Jl‘lli IIIII. in 1114- Ruiz-dun SOIiet Gov-
(IIIIII Ill li-l.1‘l\(‘. in lllllll’llt" fictlvlllt‘n
(.f I! .l.III III; tili'l‘lllri in the NI-ar [dust
:II.'. i.I|I'I, iIIIl.Iy cmimed [II-mttIIlIIm-C
In mt 'l‘.‘l ll"l(' over the high HitIIuI
IIIIII 1.11. How! Gourm- will probably
|,.-.I.- :III llillll'llllll llllk (llt‘l‘ iriIIh at
11”.. 1min 131th im'mhcm (If his 1.1lu
ll" who :II(- :1! (lull-loch. Hoot.l:11.tl.
Illlvl lIc-lsntl will be the subject or :1
IIIlIII'IIIIIl'II lit-III tmnorrow. but the
Inituh- .i, .‘.~-Ill (0 George (‘iziI‘I‘blI’IiI Fit)-
\’lI"l l'oIIIign iiiillinlt-I‘. by Hall (furzuII.
I'I'Il‘I'fIly for Foreign /I.f.':IiI"s III.IiII
IIIIIIJI' \‘(I.»:hil'(l:l\. Nuclnfll in laws lll‘ii‘j-
l'-llllI('.~l which appeared to I'IIrIIIIlnL
III-w important. dcvcloprnrnm

Soviet llII'IIiu was: “((1.3- l \'..I'n
lmvinlr ("unit-d (In )ll‘fflh’lk’fli‘l’id l'l 1 III
mo and Afghanistan, \'.'l'l‘ :»:I',':'tlll},’
IUH‘IIL’I. into lI‘:I:.t'-rn IIl::I.'IlI.:;I.’1n rIII
”l" lun‘pom- (Ii getting iIIItmiI-h war;

disorderly elmnents if: lndin. and with
preventing :1 settlement of pending dis-

 

 

putes lit-tween the Turkish Notional—
isin and the Allied: l’owc-rs. The ‘10«
viet Government was .’.L'<l~€f-‘(l for 'Is-
:Iurnnces that these ‘1”: be \IInII‘rl
venue, and it was i: ... :IIl th...’ !210
commercial “snowmen; lI tut-en thin
country and Russia would to imr‘crEi—

led by continued 110.121... :rtochlzxntions

 

 

 

by lloluhevik IIIn'IIw-xtric-a.

'l‘hn inmresnim‘ 0.1;“: ‘l‘nnl ."ri'i-i-
Minister Lloyd GCOFL’T‘. intends: ti, Ly-
;It-zll to the (ZIII:"I‘.”V l“. :1. 10111471? (in-—
titm for :1 ani‘Il ..iII 1,“ tie-.1131: \\'[h “I
ll‘lHll question, 1,110 IIrIbimnW Lind: i:
flnm I:III-11II’IlII'x121'Int, ii “Inn:- "Il'F
:IItII:I.t,IoIi, and 11 II'II'I‘I-r (1" o‘I‘IIII'
knoll“, f‘l.’lli('l"'. which In: [‘Ir'tHSE’Ii’f (xx:
:ulllt'llil'lif. 'l'br- (.‘«II<;IIYI Li's? n ""1w'
Inlr. iduttl (1"0729 r10? {'21:} ('q’zun
would attend the \‘J'I "'i.il‘.:§(‘Ill I_.-Ii)li"°."-
mice (In- the l:.'l.1t;1‘ . 0E urriztaiitIr'IL-s
l(‘lll color to than Loifwl'.

 

Ledoux Abandons Plans

For Modern

 

Instead He and the New
York Police Will (Io-oper-

ate in Feeding the Jobless

P3114 W YORK Sept. 21 —era.in
Lem-Int: WWities in behalf of
Ne w let's unemployed huve been
ImnlI.Ili(-tl by the police. announced

II'ly today that he and the police had
waived :It a “compromise." He has
mmnlsod. he said. to’ abandon plum-I
Im- holding a modern "slave auction”
ll('l(‘., and, the police have agreed in
.I‘ul his efforts to feed the jobless.

(im-rylng out the terms or the com“
promise, Ledoux appeared in Bryant
Park this morning with a police escort
and began distribution ,of tickets good
for hreakfaste in ncarby restnm‘unls.
He nnounced 110. would open :1 bread
line at ‘Sl- Mark‘s in the Rout-rwio .m
Monday. . Lodging disc will he provid-
ed and no qmployrnent bureau opf‘rA

(Continued: (In Page Six)

llill‘lAllMlTS
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linceived from A. A. Ryan,
II‘Inancier, Named Deputy
Commissioner

 

 

 

 

JILVV YORK,
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IIItI city

Sept. 2' »— l‘olir-t- (loin—
lC. l‘ilirigllt today
wilnnsfl 'ntnnd. before
commitlw. lil'lllll‘lf-K
nllininintI'ntion. that 11(-
II-IIIvI-Ii gifts of $12,082 from
A llynn, linunc.l;.r. whom he
:IIIIIoiuted II. (it-.Ifliiy poliu- com-
I. I Int-r. The commissioner Hnid the
II l was received after he had up-
II III I.-:| Mr. l'lynn n deputy commis-

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‘Il
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ivl

‘I’III r.
IIIIIighl'l; admission came at the
III-I milieu of his testimony regarding
ll” of on automobile fro‘m [rep—
"'l' l'IIlIco Commissioner John A. linIu
,1 llc Il’llll that he did not. know
. IIIIIII-r he would keep the machine
I...I lIIrnl i1 IIIIII hot-n plncml at his dis-

-| IH’ l.lr llnrriss.

lo III.."§.‘.;;.7.“‘
Chiefs Loyal to U. S.

.(I I'AGO. American Samoa.
"l - A conupiracy on the part 12
I IIIImm-I- of petty chiefs to slay the
‘lIIzl. (‘Inc-h. because of their loyaltv
1.. HI- fillll‘l'lCle’l administration of the
r l-nl l.:II: been broken up by the lil-
lIIIIl .IIIthoriiH‘Il.

l-Iw' nit-(III of the ringleaders have
I.-.... mun-nerd to prison for {termli

2mm.“ ”0'“ live to seven and one.
‘1' ) "in.

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nu-pl

0131(1er of Russian

Baltic Fleet Revolt

“H‘W'IAW. Sent. 2L—A new revolt
W‘I'lI'II-lun oIII in the Russian Baltic
. “'” "”“Ilr‘t'd of the. officers of
. hru' " lI- II. been arrested and taken
'I.. .Im I-Ircording to advices from
, “H ‘ Initnl.
ll. ' 1’ II ..l.l.ll Hovlt’l Government 21.18
mi l {III int-r financiers of the Czarist

. .;ilII- .rI (‘0'l"llp()[at(l With the Soviet
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the Sentinel for the

cal oyster-men
getting searcer every year and that if not claim the machine “’33 3' gamb—

pollutlon is not .eoon brought to an ““8 device.
end the oysters will be extinct.

be made to William H. B .
Fish

Slave Auction

WEST HUNGARY
IIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIII

mm“. Slept ‘zli—Stephcn Fried-
rich. former Hungarian Premier. ar-
rived at Oedcnburg Burgcnland. on
Monday; and proclaimed \Vcst Hung-
ary n republic. it is declared by news-

 

 

papers here. Burgenland was re-
cently, in the hands of insurgent
Hungarian hands’. but they were be-
lieved t‘ have withdrawn. for the

most part, no a result of represente-

tionn by Allied authorities. Aseertion
in made here. however. that these
bands have been' constantly rein-

 

(Continued on Page Eleven)

EREIWDS WRECK
SHUPS 0E ' VIENNA
MHNEE EHANHERS

\"l l'INNA. Sept.

 

 

2!.-~-Scrlous disor—
(it-rs occurred In this city yesterday.
following the closing of the “curse.
Many rushes were made upon the (In-
lrnnt'on to the building, but. these
were checked by the police. The
crowds then wrecked the shops of
n-vcml mom-y changers in thr- vicin-
ity. while a few men suspected of
Sll':((llllillli.{ in foreign exchange vim-e
(llllgflld fmm their automobiles and
be. ill'."

Impromptu mass meetings Were. 11:1-
iILIIgucd by Hpt‘flkél‘fl, who declared
the ionrsc would be closed perma-
nently if proli‘tering in foreign OX-
change values did not cease. Tole-
3mphers are refusing to transmit
messages relating to financial trans-
notions.

Boats Dot Sound
As Oyster, Season
Oflicially Opens

BRIDG’EPORT, Sept. 21.——~The
opening of the oystering season. yes-
terday. was the signal fertile. depart—
ure from the local and nearby harbors
of hundreds of small sloops for the
natural beds off this city.

Long Island Sound had the appear-
ance of being dressed up for the day
with a large fleet; mostly sailing
craft, cruising up and down its ,wa-
ters. Private boat owners. eager for
first yields of the bivalves. set out

 

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JUDGE GREGORY.
HA8 EIRE EOSS
IN EASE AVENUE

combustion caused
t‘er- in the, hullsv owned by Jud.»
Henry \V. (in gory n: H‘.‘ Flint avenue
';0 o‘clock last night. causing con-
(l:1:n..‘:~ The firc was (on.
.1. 3:11;“ extent. to the front

 

Spontaneous 12-

'1? 7.
N. Jo...
.‘I‘Inhl to
haziwziy.
The hOllf-T.) lml.‘
Emigr- (li‘Igtirj.. TlI-I fire v 41.". uiscov
(«:III‘i by tho l‘lllv‘l‘n'lll (11:1:in living:
across the sir IIt After pouring 31'.-
wills m" w.- on i: to hold ‘
'. I‘EI rt: I.7w: ”re tlnpzi'lmt-Int. Wu:
. "Il («I IN 511101 e :l .V ‘54 .\\‘.r.~
tzi' rd in Flint. Iis w I re- used to
(”bluish the i‘Ir.mc.~

The loss by lltl‘ fire. wl.1lc not de-
f‘InilI-iv known. is estimated at several
hundred dollars.

The lire. it “:15: said by Deputy iI‘in-
Chief \‘Villizinz .l. Powell. probably
started from Spontaneous combustion.

EHNSIBER AN .
' lNVESllfiAllflN
IIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIN

WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.——Attor~
hey-General Daughtcry and Director
Burns of the llurcuu of Investigation
were to confer today concerning: .111-
ncccssity 0f advisability of HIIIIkiIII: .In
investigation of the Ku Kluv Kin”.
Mr. Burns has been conducting an in
quiry upon which to base a report to.
day. and in addition Mr. llnughcri';
has recently discussed the mnllcr WI .h
District Attorney Hayward. of New
York. and several assistant attorneys-
general.

Arty federal notion :igni'nst the or‘
mininniion. according to Mr. linuglwr
ty .wonlIl probably be under snllll‘ sm-
lute covering conspinu'v. llc mndc
clean however. that on its {acr- tlIII li—
teraturc of thi- Klan was not in \’i0i.l~
tion of lhtI l:1w_ and what was to be
determined was what went on lII-hind
the scenes.

An investigation of the Ru Kin):
Klan is also proposwi bv Representa-
live Tiguc. Democrat. Miisxiclmseih
in :1 resolution which lip has prepay-d.
and (pr:_—cts to introduce tmlnv.

Ill: (

is 2 r0; modeled by

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[IllNfiliESS MET
AE Nfl'ilN EllllAY

WASHINGTON, Supt.
is to reconvene at noon today. INN r
a recess which began Aug. 24. llllIlI‘l‘
a gentleman's agreement in the llodsc.
however. that body is to begin immvd-
lately a. series of three day recesses
until October 4 whin- thc Senate gm-s
ahead at ful speed on tax revision. inc
ahead at fulrspced on tax revision. the
many. Austria and Hungary. and with
a number of other imprrtant .mm-
Hures. including the anti-beer. railroad
debt funding. allied debt refunding
and Panama. Canal tolls bills.
Presentation to the Senate of the
peace treaties and possibly of the re-
venue. bill was expected to be the
principal events today. although there
was a possibility that only a. perfunc—
tory scallion wouldbe held and bust-

 

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Decision Against
Electric Devices

NEW HAVEN. S.ept 21. —-E1ectr-;-'
cally controlled machines whether
operated by inc: owner or his patrons
in which an element of chance decides
the winner. are unlawful in the opin-
ion of Judge Simpson ogme New, Ha-
ven county Court of Common Pleas.
who gave a decision in a case before
him today. A concessionaire at Savin

 

 

soon after daybreak and did not come

in until sundown.

No extra. large hauls were reported

——-the geenral Opinion being that the Chine was used in play fer prizes.

run was about the some as it has been;
for the last: three or four years. Lo- 1
say the shellfish are I

Applications for a license must first
31, local

 

 

 

‘" I-l Insults.

 

as prosecutor. and the appeal came

Rock Park was fined us and costs
on the charge of keeping a gambling
:place because a certain type of ma.-
Con-
cessionaires at the resort had- looked
upon this as a. test, case. They claim-
ed that West Haven authorities did

The state had stepped in

from the West Haven court. where
mien "were imposed. Themacmne 1n

Rousing Repub can Ra: ly.
Held In Commnulty Hall

 

Stirring Talks Given by
Nominee CalvinL. Barton,
Dr. Carl A. Harstrom,
Frederick L. Lamson, Gen.
eral Russell Frost and
Others—First of Cam-
paign

 

"'l‘hcrc i~ a mount-tin" in taxcs but
an inmg'lnnry one." dcclm'mi Dr. ('arl
A. Harsh-urn. 1'”: mm- Mayor of the
('zly (ii Nuruulk. and mac or u“.
th'fl.k(':~ :I.t the thpublimui rally. hp“
in»: nirm. in (‘unmnmily Hell. Van
Zalnrlt short. in :in‘uxsjng- "I". (“I (he

£59.:"I5 m the Iamlnlgn. HI.- vwnl on

to M1):

“'rlli‘ [Vigil] (lfrll'lt‘! l"\im‘NJlt§ [hi
(Imira ( iii. During my lav-1, term ”f
nilim Ill 19i7.ll!('1‘¢: ‘$'&\ 3. tax of 13
and 1- It) in. lL‘ «m ”it: list. This rais-
ed. in nu: tlel IzluxIlMIr-s. the sum of
$::II.~+,IIIIII. \va; tlwn- is a tax of ill

3-1:; milk. :z-rmim lion 0" 3-201?!» of a
mill. “I: llll~ w-ll yin-h! npproxlnmtciv
3395.000. \\::v:v.‘ L" the rmlucljnn ill
t;lM'~‘- (in-[‘I-f {inn is‘ l’. flout"? If yrlll
x-I‘dmr :4: uu'vI)!“‘—fipp:u‘(‘flll)‘-—!lu\\'
om. yam m llwl almu-‘l $100,000 nmr‘c
I...“ “ur‘j III ~urn wall that r. vcduction

 

(Continued on Page Five)

 

 

 

 

IIIII lfllER
IS Hill) III .
IIIIIzzuII

ing from Funds of New
Canaan Institution

WAS IIIzsIIIzmII
.IIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Bank Officials Feel Lehient,
as They Are Told Accused
Is Kleptomania Victim

. .

I
Alfred ll. Raymond. superintendent
and treasurer of Ihe Episcopal Sun-
day school, of New Canaan, a, member
I)! the vestry and teller in the First
National Bank. of New Cannon. was
:1rrt‘<tt‘d late Monday night, on chug-g-
as or embezzlement and held by Unit-
ch States Commissioner Hugh J. Lav-
cry. under hon-Is of $5.000, for ap-
pearance in tiw l‘nitcd Slates Dis—
trict Court. in NI-xv Haven.
The alleged Emir-PS are said to cover
:1 period of tIII _\1I urs and are given
by thc bank clinic is us $9._72, ()8
lie is well .liiu-Il in his neighbor-
hood :lnd has lli‘t‘ll highly respected,
ills friends rI-I'Iisc to believe him
dishonest, und in proof of thcir bo-
licf. have given their notes to the
bank. which, with :1 house deeded to
the bank by Rnynlolid. and his sister.
cover the shorlugr.
"There was no disposition on the
part of the bank to prosecute the
young man." “worse F. Lockwood.
president of the bank. declared to the
reporter when commenting upon the
alleged loss. “Int fact. " he added, "we
would recommend him today for any
place where he did not have the hand-
ling of cash. Personally. I think he is
a. victim of kleptomonia. I cannot
understand how he concealed his
mania for ten years. They tried to
explain it to me. but I can not under-
stand how it was done."
It was asserted by his friends that
he received a salary of $125 a months
Mr} Lockwood would not state the
salary. but said that it was sufficient
tollvecn.
n9 married.‘nndnlns two children.-

Imus IIIIII-i.
_ IIIII IIIIIIIIIIII
2 IIIIIIIIIII— lllJlE

Arrests were made in the Second
district yesterday afternoon of six
violators of the ten-minute parking
schedule of the new traffic ordinance,
in accordance with word given to the
police department and also in accord-
ance'wlth‘ the warnings published in
local papers to the meet 11113 viola.-
tors would be placedu tinder arrest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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Raymond is 32 years old,‘

Imade blind by the blows. Although

 

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persons are reported

tsfll‘lanval PRESS m MALL .PAR‘IB OF m m mammmoun OWN OPERATOR.

Showers probable tonight.

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to h rive

PARIS. Sf’pt.

 

 
 

 

11d [Anilinfnbrik concern.
boon ltrogen compounds are

Several Thousand Others
Injured at Oppau; 2Germany

Chemical Products Plantin the Rhine Palatinate
Reported Destroyed, and Telephone and Tele-
,- graph Communications With the Worms—
Frankenthal Area Was Cut Off by the
Explosion and Details Are Lacking.

 

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Explosive hie
manufactured

 

. ___ ._. there.
killed and several thousand 6319.: . 1- 'lm (urlicr reports 5 uted that there-
. jurcd at Drum: near Frankthal. 1.1 WW“ two explosions which b03138?
(he Rhine 7sigiiizirltc, through explo- lrmmihi hundreds (If casualties in kill-
‘ 310m: in :L chronic-d products plant. ‘H;~ l“ ' ml lHJ‘JZ‘E’d (11d enormous material
GEVEV‘A Sept. 21 (Associated ”will“: to 8“ .M‘frnf‘ m‘isffl‘g" ‘0."‘9 ““,2i' m 1
Dressy—Announcemlnt that hos- HHVNEXAFEJQQ “Kit“?! ,h(’.‘c.}0du;:' l “0 ‘0“n 0f ( Dll'lu itself was (‘0‘
”Imps between Jugoslavm and AllIa- MM I‘.I\( la. Grimm}. Sim. “xf— lslroyd 113 the explosions, ‘e advicea
m3 huvc lrokcn out has stirtlt‘d the More than one hundred. persons are st «if .
\fiqi‘n‘bly ‘0‘. the Lcugue of N'ltioris reported .to have been klllt‘ll through hpur...‘ of {hp shocks we? felt for d
7 M ’. , -‘:.. 7' the blown: UP. today, 0‘ :1 chcmlfi-Ll distance of nearly fifteen miles around:
1? 5935“,", her“ and them 15.".‘1‘3905" products plant at Oppan. ncar ‘r‘ranx- 13 Mannhftn Gm», person was killed
I. or. on the part of many or the more cnthai, m ”w “.mms region. TNE‘ .nnd about any others injured.
piromincnt loader; to bung ”if: snug» phone. and telngraph communications The caurw of the catasrophe is n09
raginpz:i?,:; ‘hanciiseerzbblburdt (:{zizrg vi til 1!" c \\ crew-lea .Inkcnthnl are". “as E Known. ‘ . a ‘ ‘ ’
(Evil Err-presenting the Union of cut ll). tit-32c. 0"921 :tl‘ul details \vr‘lt 2-1.\\1~.n11~.. (mi-many. Sept. 21. .Rr
Slozzth Afri.~;z,, and-’11:: Fridljof N:I.n— lasing Sh“: f 21200:?“ cc: or the Amamm d Pulsar-Eight ha“).-
. ' _ 3 ._ , , 1.10 plan 1 " 1 as if '- I . _ ......
Em" of Tor-“7:3" arc paitituian} amd- the. dissslv-r v ...I; :b. :1t of tl-ItI l. 1}. Sr ‘I-I (Continued on Page Twelve)

oust that the Assembly should take

some action regarding this Situation.
“hi-Ill brings up once more the
troubled international rehfllgns that

have made the Balkans a trouble cen-
iIIr of Europe for nxany years.

The action of the Council of the
-eague in rcfcrring to the assembly
the dispute bctWIcn Lithuania and
Poland over the future status of Vilna
was unexpected. and added materially
to the work to be done before the
present session of the Assembly can
be closed. Routine business was on
the agenda this morning.
Assmnbly resumed its session. but
there was evident. a desire on the part
of lhc dcle3:1tea to hurry debate along
so that more important matters could
be diacused. '

lillllEEY TRAV El
SlillWS INCREASE

Patronage of the trolleys doubled
and trippled yesterday with the halt-
ing of Jltney transportation by the
police. Scores of cars. particularly at
meal-times. were jammed from door
to door with passengers standing up.
[than en months. even years. since
:1. 31ml! 1' sight. .was seen. The in,
crease in trolley patronage was entire-
ly the result of the police enforcing
the Public Utilitics’ decision and fore-
ing the jitneys out of business.

That the trolley was not very popu-
lnr. however. was shown at the verbal
protests mode by those who harl to
pay ten cent fare for riding from the
Second to the First District or visa.
verstL Witt? times as they are and
wages slashed nearly in half the pav-
ment of a. dime a ride is sadly felt.‘
particularly when those that pay It
have been in the habit of riding In
jitneys for a nickel.

There was not a. single jitney oper—
ating on West avenue today. In fact.
there were no machines around and
the drivers had apparent'y decided to
take a vacation awaiting the next
move in the trolley-jltney sltuatiotf

Hundreds, even thousands. have
signed the. petition asking for a. re-
hearing of the jitney; situation in Nor-
walk by'the Public. Utilities Commis-
sion. It is believed that this bony
will grant the petition. but whether
they will change their decision is still.
in doubt.

THREE liliiE‘ll
Willlii ASEEEP

DOWAGIAC. inch. Sept. 21,41
blood-stainc.d club, nall~studded and
a bloody finger print were the clues
today by which local authorities
hoped to clear up the murder of three
persons and the serious injury of an-
other. a. child in their home here.

William A. Monroe. his wife and
their 17 year old daughter. Neva,
were found beaten to death with the
club. In the same room was Ardith
Monroe. ten year old daughter. who
had been beaten on the head until
unconscious. The little girl was

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her recovery is said to be doubtful.
emcers hope she may be revived sut-

(Continued on Page Twelve)

Westport Burglar
Sentenced to Prison

BRIDGEPORT. Sept. 21. —~Albert
‘Zeigler and Earl Guest pleaded guilty
to burglary in the Superior Court here
yesterday. Ziegler' was sentenced to

 

 

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IXIIIIII MARKSMM
4 WMBEENfiAfiEB
' BY , 111110111115

Hurley to Issue Certificates
of Character to Movie
Men

Decision to engage a military expert
marksman to instruct new members
of the state police force in the proper
use of firearms was made at a meet-
ing of the state police commission
yesterday. Superintendent. HUrIey
will announce the selection in a. few
days. The .38‘ caliber Colt's positive
revolver was selected as the gun to be'
used by members of the force.

In connection with the new law re-
quiring managers of motion picture
theaters to secure certificates of char-
acter from the state police. the com-
mission voted to issue such certificates
through Superintendent Hurley. who
has already received a. score of appli-
cations . There are about 230 moving
picture theaters in the state.

 

 

 

(Continued on Page, Six)

Italy’s Independence Day
-‘Fittingly Observed Here.-

The Italian Social Chili:
Holds Banquet and Listens?
to Patfiotic Addresses-J
Cordial Reception Ex.—
tended to Bahia L. “Bar

omRepublicin Candidatga
for Mayor

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A large number of leading Italian" '

of Norwalk celebrated last evening'in._
in the Savoia restaurant on Sontfl'
Main sheet. the 50th anniversary at
the taking of Rome by Victo Emu».
ucl I. and the consolidation 0! 32m
Italian States into United Italy. ,, k

A sumptuous dinner was seriedéi‘a

ated with fruits and flowers.

..'_i
Joseph DlSesu: a. former presidéiit of?

the Italian Social Club. acted all: teal:—

‘and the tables were tastefully dwarf“ "

master and interspersed his remm' ..

with numerous appropriate wltficim
The guests of honor were the Rt.
publican nominee for Mayor m

L. Burton Judge George H. Vosbnrgh. ..
Edmund E. Crowe, Dr. Philip_ W

13.110 and Attorney John J Cuneo. 2 .
After a. few introductory comme-Id
Mr. DiSesa presented Judge George 82.
Vosburgh as the first speaker of th.
evening.
Judge

Vosburgh congratulated

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those present on their patriotism 3121' .

 

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l3 NAMED. ilN
.lll‘NEl BASE

Mayor Jeremiah Donovan mistrnighl.I
appointed a committee of three com-
posed of Corporation Counsel Edwarc.
J. Quinlan. and Councilmen Sylvcshr
\V.. Brotherton and Robert M. Wolfe;
to take up with the Public Utilitlcs
Commission the matter of re-opening
the hearing on the jitney situation in
Norwalk. with a view to the grantin,,
of permission toj‘itneys to operate in
this city.

This came after a long talk had been
given by both His Honor and by C0llil-
selman Brotherton on the matter;

 

(Continued on Page Four)

Eleven Men field
for Kilkelly’s Death

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BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 2L—Coroner
Phelan in his finding today. holds
eleven mén for the death of Bernard
Kllkelly. Stamford trolleyman, who
was killed on August 28. when ban-
dits held up the Dewey Club. in Stam-
ford.

Four of the eleven held responsible
are under arrest at Stamford. They
9.1%:er Cavanna. Stamford;
Martin. John Bruno and William

 
 
 
 

 

from one to three years in state‘s pri-
son. and, ones; sentenced a m was

 

Richmon. at New Jersey 3 _ , ;
. struck In}, ”if"

Alex. ‘

Fire of Mysterious
Origin Destroys Barn

' Blaze Is Sixth on the Prop-I

arty of Oliver G. Jennings-

 

Fire believed

damages of 33.000. The building and

fans a. total loss. Last night’s
is the fourth which the estate has
suffered in the last eight years. In

house were destroyed and all were a!
suspicious ' origin.
Employes Give Alum

es of the estate who summoned the
Farfit Id Fire Department who fmt
the blaze with chemicals there hath:
no water supply near the some: '5‘
the flames had gained consider-alts.
headway before the arrival of the 97-2
paratus the firemen under CM
Pickett devoted their efforts to W

(Cpntlnued on Page Eleven)

Roof Saves Life

 

Three year old Frank A. Ban of 1
Water street, First District. at 1: 30
o’clock this afternoon, fell twenty feet
from a third story window land on:
a roof. The lad escaped with a bro
right leg and abrasions and contusion:
of the body. He was taken to the Non.
walk hospital after treatment by fir.
F. I. Burnell

, Thelad was leaningoutotthewin—
. dow of his home when he sudden},
not is balance and fell A #93

 
 

 

.The fire was discovered by empiora‘

of Fairfield in Eight Years; ‘
to be of incendiary; . .
origin last night destroyed a. barn an, . ,.
the estate of O. G. Jennings can“;
its contents" of about 70 tons of 112:-

the previous fires three barns and flu .

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