ESTABLISHED 1870
.v
DePietro Soda Water - ‘~ 3
Bottling Establishment
l ; Badly Damaged by Fire
Loss in Wilbur Street, Springwood, Estimated at}
About $6, 000, With Fifty Per Cent. Insiir‘ance
.—.—Bursting Bottles, Flying Glass and Caps
Hamper the Work of the Firemen.
_ Damage or about 86 (I00 was clone
115 a fire of n15sterious origin that
1:1115 destroyed a frame storeho
belonging to Patsy DePietro.1vho con— T
ducts z}. soda “ater bottling éstabli
men: in V ilbur street. 5esterda5 after-
:oon. «The loss is parlialb covered
insurance. there being less than 509':
ul' the losscovered bylnsurance taken
{hr-MN:
The
h the J. )1
fire was
1:1 l»: fxlr. Der‘ietro when
.l»<-.ttli . establishment to
.. This was
. lead
the
[.35 ton agency.
smoke
storehouse.
”pelifii lllf' door.
zinlr'
bath
:1 blast
.1 321'
:1}:
down
1 from Box 23!.
.ill
Neutral
i an
liatvl; uml inn! :1_ hard
-1'>- ‘hv
"was on Franklin" street.
di isc o‘. ered 5 esterdzu
about“!
coming
and.
l'ckmi at his face.
he run and
e Station responded
tuss
lw flames. it. being over an houi
appaiatusr.rcturntid to the.
T The firemen were. hampered DY;
bursting bottles. flying glass and \the
leaps of the bottles flying through the
air. ,
Just how much soda was stored in
‘the place in bottles it is hard to say.
but there “ere approximateu 2,500
bottles full of. \arious types of bever-
ages. which are. a tot-an! loss; the heat
causing the bottles to burst. the con-
tents being lost.
The damage to the bottles amounts
to quite a large sum in itself.‘ _
The flames seemed to be all over
the wooden structure when the fire-
men arrived. and so pilcd’xva’s the in—
terior with case after case of_bottles
that it was practically impossible for
the t1 ‘emtn to get at the hunt of the
flames.
An investigation is under way non"
to discern. if possible. what could have
caused the fire. It is believed that
some matches‘may have been dropped
on the floor and not noticed, and that
rats may haxc.nibblcd them. starting
:1 blaze. “’
to—
use
Sh-
in
he
go
of
'apanese Chief Adviser
.... .x~
in be bold.
>lziure to offer a solution
. thoughts that occur to me
section."
‘. m“:- should
1’5
China.
(Continued on Page Two)
’LEAN PRRPRSES
\V.\SI.'I.\'C}TCL\'. '.\'ov.
. : nzmce committee is
n
cheduled
:: :nt tariri‘ hill union was lai
~p ember or the reveal.“-
Penrose announce
t c; ..Irn 11ltu‘ :1
least the firs
l-roducts.
to the
risrinally
\ir'l’l ding
put forward
LIDDOI‘t for their
"’E'I'DN. Nov.
..: (‘J‘tlltfi‘d by automobie‘
'01- vehicles eu‘ludin:
“Ed a big increase in
’ with 1919. Approx—
sons were killed last
r vehicles in the death
which comprises '52
population of the
a.
w was highest in Cali-
j: to 21.1 per 100,091)
cticut. with a. rate
'~ thud and New York
"'ith a. rate at 13.5
'1 pl ace. ‘ .
:.\-’
.. 7e Recei :pts
sword Sharp Decline
- ' 33'. NOV. 3.~—The no-
"‘< on the state high;
' 7'17»; Thames river for
" .5“. practical
. 0' September and
z; in automobile
31 515 pleasure
China“ Needs Consortium
:11 Politics, Says Hayashi'
Arms. Parley Says His
Nation W'ants Hand with
Other Powers and Hesi-
tatcs to Take ,Mandate
Alone '
. W \m - H C_ One of the Crew, Washed
r‘.’_~‘.1;!_. ; '. o.~——-SSO !- ,
\K‘. 122 a talk on the train. o‘erboard’ But “her
_ . 1': \zrrlval in VV’ashington Seventeen l‘len W e 1‘ e
5 . - >«.::'oku Hayasha. gen- S , d
c . . \ 1 :' -‘.-- the Japanese Minis— aVS
' i . ::; : Affairs and chi-sf ad-
: .. :..e conference delegation. PRO‘ I\CETO“'N ,Mass, N0" 3""
‘;
indeed. W110
I- 8. problem of China. but there
iii-st suggestion was that the
agree to cease their
wan-5' in China and act in concert on
ll matters pertaining to that coun-
and his second was that the Hill stations. Theschooner will he.
wers should make, up their .miuds a total 1055- '
be. patievnt—inlmensei‘v patient— The Leonora Silveira was bound
TARIFF AMENDMENT
;_—T?‘19 Sez‘
to-
:0 reopen public hearings on 019
its! $1 he‘lule to be
by 1.95 oted to rates
rions that some
' pulse in the commit-
emeigency
Snnator \IcLean; Re-
.131: czicut. a. committee
‘> :s prtp'ired an amendment
u onset the disparity in ex-
it was mid that members
;>e Ways and means coxmmt-
the.
the emergeucv
. pnnsed to any changes and
views
Accidents Last Year
atI
vFlSlllNli 36110911131: ,
31111151114 WREERED
. The fishing schooner Leonora. Silviek'a.
out of BostOn. was a. wreck on Peak-
eq Hill Bars today. one of her crew.
Edward .‘ileuse, was lost—washed
of
in 0v rboard by the sea that piled the
sch or on the reef. The other sev~
enteen men—Captain Lawrence Laws
lor. last of all. were brought ashore in
hreeches buoys. manned by the coast
guards of the Highland and Peaked
home from the fishing grounds. a
catch of 40. 01.10 pounds aboard With
the. weather thick and a gale bio“ 111.,
fifty miles an hour from the north-
east. It was only “hen she “as in the
breakers that the schooner was sight-
ed bv the coast guard patrol through
the storm curtain.
The men had been in the rigging
several hours. tossed wildly b5: the
storm. before the breeches buoy ap-
ramtus was made fast. They were
brought ashore. one at a time with
Captain Lawlor in tears over the loss
of Meuse and of his ship.
.-
l
:1
1
t
MAY 131ml? '_ ,
A LLERISBTTE
LONDON Nov. 3.—Reports thatthe
Government has decided to ask or had '
already asked Ulster to agree to a
plebiscite in the Counties of Tyrone
and Fermanagh were current here
this morning in connection with the
conference between the British Gov-
(-rnment anf representatives of the
' ' rowed down today to three principal
_ "IG’Fnarce comn tt _ Dail Eireann. looking to a settlement
1 1i ee mem of the I )1 cont Ye The count- iSSlTietsTme soldiers’ bonus excess
__- Ties. in which there is said to be a £11 (I: tie calcinmenggiilltsinctha e :alas Step:
‘. . . st 110 so time f on 3"
i-gta] 3101;01- 3 r9 '3 n “t in aw" °f Southern atom in charge of the measures
Ireland; would according to reports.
he asked to signify their adhesion to
Ulster or the Sinn Fein.
The Government was declared to
have been careful to make clear that
tin. request did not come from Prime
Minister Llo5d’ George as one or from
the conferees discussing the Irish sit:
nation, but' from the whole ' British
Cabinet. 'Doubt was, expressed by
newspapers here today over the prob-
ability that Ulster would assent.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
INDIANA COAL ‘
MINES IDLE TODAY
'AINDIANAI—‘OIJS. nor. ' .3.——'5Practi-'
call}: every mine in the Indiana coal
field was idle todayos-the resultof a
strike of union ' miners in.‘ protest
against the injunction issued here
Monday by Federal Judge A; BI. An-
daman. prohibiting use of the “check
off" system or collecting union du-
of 100 per cent. and more on sales of
medicinal beer oh physicians~ prescrip:
tic-us. according to reports to prohibi—
tion officials today. ~-
THREE MEASURES
revision fight in the Senate had nar-
thought these could be disposed of in
two days and that the bill audit:
passed by Saturday night, at
latest. -'
Consideration of the revenue men - '
ure for committee wand individu l
amendments was concluded last
and Senator PenmseI of Pennsylvania.
in charge of the bill; hoped to 'get {0:
the; big issues immédiately'. after .
Senate convened today. Whetfié'r the
soldiers’ bonus or sales '
Would come {first had not
termined.
'to begood formula.» more:
day and extends; debate was in pros»
pect. Senator
* Souri. Was to lead the fight for so!-
iii bonus; 3 rted b Senators
Sig-glans of Nogpgmmy Whlsh of the Cannondale railroad station,
MassachuSetts, and other Democrats
Republican. Wis- held at 2 o'cloc Sartuday afternoo
cousin, was to head the Senators op- “Om the Di“?c ‘7 cmjefi' m
posing the sales. tax Whit .Senator Chaim! in Wéstpo.
nblican ' of will officiate and burial WI! ,7 be‘fii St.
attended the banquet given: in the
dining-room of the Fir-fit Cong-rega-
tional Church of South Norwalk. last
affair the arrangement of the tables.
the ct firing and serving of the food.
3 .ul the cleaning up‘ afterwards. all be~
mg done by the men of the church \
bountiful m‘énu. consisting of roast
lice! (maimed mashed potatoes. sweat
tatoes maSliexl and creamed in
southern style: salad 'with peppers, jel-
15'. baking-9o“ der biscuits hot 'Z‘fro
the oxen. coffee. and cocoa: pumpkin
pie and cheese. Great platters
fureens filled with \ictuals were plum. {i
01. the table. Plate full after plat:
the hungry group” helped themselvs.
Thell—lt—x'erend Mr. Eacobs‘ opener}
(Continued on Page Four) 1 '
Advisory Committee.
her and Decide on, Plans
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Galiaher.
with their architect. met a large dele~
tion. of citizens who are acting in
an. adxlsory capacity. in the ogices of
the Clover Manufacturing Co., last
evening, and discussed changes in the
plans for the Boys’ club. whichwili
be erected on the West avenue site
next 5m. It will he recalled trust
Mr.’aud Bin-s. Gallaher have‘ made a
most magnanimous offer/for the hen-
cfitof the youth of the. city in financ-
ing this proposition. Judge John J.
Walsh presided and it was unani-
mously voted? that the name of the
organization will be The Nor-Walk
Boys' Club. Revised plans will be
prepared and in all probability work
on the construction of the club house
will be commencedveln {he Spring of
Ignv Thom in? Norwalk are en-
thusldsflé rive? the enterprise mm are
looking forivard to great bench. :or
our city's boys
RRUEETSTS SEE RTE
ERRETT TN/REAL REER
Prohibition Oflicials Have
N 0 Authority to Prevent
Extortion
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 3i--—
Druggists expect; to make. :1 net profit
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
was asked what he would do to. pre» ..
vent excessive prices
said.
. to regulate the prices for malt or spir-
EUVERNMENT ' . nothing ‘vce can do to prevent'extor~ ,
' ' tion.
of druggists will not seek to inflict ex-
tortionfin the sick for whom beer max
be prescribed. "
for beer. He
“the law gives us no. authority
tuous liquors. There appecus to be
we mume that the better class
(Continued‘on Page Eight)
TN TAX RIM. MP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—-The tax
[Ii
ght
Each of these, ssues - "
Denocrat, ll—‘is’
* Lenroot,
More than ninety fathers and sons
e1 enlng The entire or cut was a. man' s
and
fulfiof the.ho_t biscuits disappeared. as
Alumni: AA
is ALE-mu NAME .
Meet
with ’Mr. and Mrs. Galla-
Senate the GoVei-nment was represent.
. «ma. on. M..m«enr
mobile Ire was riding was struck by
the Danbury—No
nondale. The inquest is being held in
Damages
Helen Jesmer. tanner“ of the chm-I
us of the “Greenchh V’illage FolIiES "
has entered suit $01: $250, 000 “damag
es in the supreme court—an “Teaches-
ter county against: Philip Morgan
Plant. stepson of Ibo late Commodore
Morton F Plant. gmulti- millionaire
and now a stepson‘of Col. W’illiam
Hayvvard. federal
Mrs. Hayward is named guardian for
young Plant in the a tion.
The accident on 11:}: the suit
Pia 11 :1; en 19 tutoring for lale. was
driving'l‘liSS .Tesm'e: and four prep
school student friends to New York
parkwa‘
“:53 J..5m..r ww sitting beside
lac s “as » throun out her
skull v- as fractured her jaw broken
am: put. of he: scalp 55° 0.5 torn 0k.
Mr. Plant}; legiwas fractured and
the remainder of: the: party in the
tgnupal sufiq rid injuries less serious
\liss Jllsniez was rushed to Fordham
qgspi , v.‘ Ezt- re it was thought for a
tiny;- ‘v‘oulrl die.
According to Published stories at
_.
In...
(Continued éu Page Four)
THE RAT P PU}
mm mm:
llllS All L‘All
Tam Imaging-5- Cans,
' ( Tzi
Solicitor. Capta'ln of
flex-walk Hospital
Stephen
Team X. of {re
Ellltlflt'nf5 App 3.} calls on Mr. No"-
man Nur \n; In.
Mr. SOJCELO‘. “Good mowing. \tr.
\omuik. I u..- m sure 50:: have been
lltul'lllfl.‘ in the last two or three weeks
£1 good deal about the work of the
hospital and the fininéia’l emergency
m:- t it is facing We have. been run-
ning our publicity?“ In the papers every
.135 and believe if one' has follow id
these stories. he will have a, pretty
good idea ot~what the hospital is doing
and why it needs $75.000'at thlsxt‘ima
As 5011 know ie are calling on all of
the. citizens of Norwalk and neighbor—
ing communities 'during this last week
of the campaign. ,We reel that since
the hospital serves the needs of every-
one: everyone may he expected to help
a. little. »
Mr; Norman Norwalk—You 1
quite right, Mr. Solicitor. I have :51".
lowed all j of your 'articles. While '1!
have always been a; friend or the has‘
(Continued on: Page Seven)
RNTY ENE ERAREE
AEAIMST M’AUTIEEE
' ‘I I '.
Amendment DeSJgned toOfli-
set Disparity in Exchange
HARTFORD Nov. 3.———Because the
Government was not ready or willing
to present exidence at the hé'aring be?
fore United States Commissioner
Frederic J Corbett toaav in the case
against Thomas McAuliffie. former
chief ' Federal enforcement agent» for
the, District or Connecticut, 'MeAii-
litre was ordered discharged by the
commissioner As a result of this ac-
tion. there is new but one case pa 6—
inf; against McAuliffe. that . or. the
State of Connecticut in The charge of
accepting. bribes of $1.00!} and 8500 ~
in return' for
bootleggers is allegedto
given.
United States Attorney Edward L.
'Sniith who has been directing the
Governmentis case agaifist McAuliife,
Was in Bridgeport today and in his ab-
which uEgrtnexztion to
all: train at Can-
The funeral of the deceased Will be
figured in
Auto Accideflty.Wants Dig '
' district attorney »
. is
based happened a Yin? ago yesterday. ,
from Nev. Huaen. when the car crash; ,
ed into a tree on the Pelham B35"
cent tare here;
Friday fai
8o enter;
“ ' NEW YORK:
in connection with. the recent
truck robbery
currency now bob-wed
$2, 000. 000.
Pufillc
the federal authorities.
(Continued on Page—_ Eleven)
STATE RETIEERS
ternal Order of Eagles, held
SOIL
President Johnsmx. 7: .
The carni5al committee
open . with a “stylus "'
orchestra.
the. Casino in
night At this meeting,
Thomas “‘Riley and
d1 eSSes.
RISERRERS TN
JE RUSALE 1H \ 0v
ers on the Jewish quarter.
one an Arab.
the factions.
tack. Later. while troops
c’ipzil Moslem . natahles.
der.
day enveloped the arrest.“ two men -
in Jersey City last night. supposefil ' -' »
in which automobile
bandits escaped with securities and
to total
ety Commissioner Bent-
ley, of Jersey City. said the inert had
been arrested in cunuection. with the
1:15:11 .hold up, and were being held for
W. E. Coch-
ran, chief of the postoflice inspectors
working on the case, denied, howev- qasz three months.
on that the men were federal prison-
VlSTT EAELES
At the largest meeting of the year,
rfl’the Nom'alk Aerie. No. SSS...Fra.—
last
night, State President Martin John”.
of Hartford. and his staff were
present and took part in the proceed-
logs This was the otficial visit of
reported
that plans for the ézrnival had:bee13
completed and that the aflair would
Honda; Eight
in the '1'th Assembly hall. There
will be dancing:1o musleeby Svec's
Arrangements were completed to
have a bus load of local Eagles at«
'tend_ the big meeting” to ,be held at
Stamford Tuesday
Past Grand
W’orthy Pres'ident Frank E. Herring.
State' S Attorney Homer S. Cummings.
Congressmen
Schuyler Merritt are, to deliver ad- 7
f JERUSALEM
2 (By The As..
sociated Press).—-—'-Fi\e persons were
killed and thirteen others Were wound-
ed in disorders here today which in-
cluded the throwingof a bomb. ,The
trouble. the police, report. originated
in an attempted gttack'by Arab riot-
Of the killed. four yere Jews and
There were a few cases of kniflng,
and slams were exchanged between
The police frustrated the Arab at-
patrolled
the Deity, the Governor with the officer
commanding the 130998 and the prin-
' walked
through the streets and restored or-
States Without Deliveries of Milk and
“Open SliOp”F1ght Is Bemg Waged.
!
NEW YORK. No; 3.-—With all no;
gotiations {or a. settlement of the milk
strike at wandsflll, following refusal
of the milk conference/hoard. the em-
players" organization to accept Mayor
Dylan’s proimsal or arbitration otfia~
ials of the Milk Wagon Drivers' Union
tohay were perfecting plans for a “fin—
ish fight." which they predicted might
area. including Gr'eater New York and
subufifis on Low Islafid and in Con-
necticut and New Jersey. Went wibhé
out milk or cream. Deliveries 'to has
pituisk health stations. dispénsarics
and zifirseries' continued as pledged
at the beginning’of the strike b3
milk wagon drivers. Plans of .the dis-
tributing corporations for establish-
1.11;: mm: stations in all parts of the
fin we. a" still incomp etc and virtua“;
the only milk available was at stations
of small companies and at railway ter—
initials.
Health Commissioner Copeland th:
av or‘s representative renewed o-t
ENE SRTRIER
RNLY RANEER
Statement Regarding Al-
'7;ng Executions in
France
CINCIYN ATI. 0. N05.
VV‘. BI. Lat-her. Quartermaster Corps.
Fort Thomas. K52. who was camp
quartermaster'at Gievres, France. and
directed the erection of a scaffold
mentioned by Senator Thomas E. Wat-
son. Georgia. who told members of the
United States Senate that twenty-one
soldiers'were “hanged like dogs." from
the gallows. in a. statement denied
Senator Watson’s claims. He declared
that but one' man had been executed
at Gievres during the entire war and
that man after a. regularly constituted
court-martial. . '
.“Sensxor Watson has been misled by
persons who have permitted their im-
aglnatlon and craving for publicity to
overcome their better judgment and
sweet-fly." said Captain Larner.
3
3.—Ca»’ptain
(\Continued on Page Two)
Danen Fire Department
Responds to Another Alarm
REAR FIVE BENT
xsthusWinter ‘
tine! reporter this morning:
about it,» but we are glad
(Continued on Pagof Seven)
5:; the; bridge
FARE IS ERMTNE
Local Jimeymen Expect the
Tax; 3113111988 Wflf Flour. ternoon shortly after 1 o’clock, when
have been "' The general view of the jitney driv-
ers of the city regarding the granting
of .a five—cent fare to the Nor-wall:
public, betWeen Nam-all: and South
Not-wall: for a ninety-day period,
starting on Sunday. is one of elation.
Arthur Simons, one of the jitne5-
men who have be 11 in the busiué'ss
here for several years. stated to a Sen-
i .
\
Miss caroline BroWn Loss
Barnand Furniture, FOI-
est'rucfion of
lRosidence Wight Detox-e
Last '
The Darien Fire Department was
summoned intia action yesterday af-
the. barn or Miss Caroline Brown. of
Hoyt street, was burned to the
ground with the contents or some of
the furniture that had been saved
’ from the fire of the preceding night.
Just what caused the fire cannot
be ascertaj'fie'd. but it is believed by
the officials that it is the work of the
fire bug, who has been working most
freely in the community the past few
months.
As far as could be learned this
morning by The Sentinel. the valuae
':.’“It took the fitness to compel a five- tion of the propem destroyed by yes. lotment, and vocational train“
We don’t feel sore terday's fire was $500.
The exact
that we amount of the loss or the furniture
made the Connecticut Company come 3could not be ascertained but 11, is be:
down on the rates We are out of Mel/76x1: that the valuation amounte'd
to $2, 000. 3
‘Darien 11 ' held the ceniaer of inter:-
Meanwhile residents of the af'ected‘
Com lollei' Holds up , .
$9 000 Farm Purchase
' For Opinion by Heal?
Captain Larner. Mak$ a
l
' Associated Press). —-Sta.t'e W
forts to settle the strike today 13th
pealing' to individual members or the
milk conference board Following”
board’s refusal to arbitrate he fife"
dared be m finished with the organ}
lmion and would no longer havefinr
dealings with it. x ,
"The res’ponisibllity rests upon in
distributors." Commisslwler Copelanir
said last night “The-vaant to m
an ‘open shop fight on an issue which
means lite’fmid death to the inhabi-
tants of this community."
The milk conference board issue? a.
statement declaring it had prepam ,
otake care of the public in the mat-3
ter of milk deiiveries and was acting
in the interests of the public. , .
’ “We think it is time." the statement
said. “that inflated costs due to em—
ploy ineffi .clency which we have been"
unable to con' rel in Tears past. shoufi: 4
stop. The public}; interest in the" ~
matter is no; a moretary one. It is &"
permanent one.”
The Board remained firm in its 366'
(Continued on Page Flourl
Bissell Reluctant to To“
Money from Appropriu-‘v
. tion Made to Norwich Hatf— .
' pital for Footie—Not Nata:
fled of Special Meeting
Comptroller Harvey P. Bison yen
terdav asked the trustees of the Nor-i
with State Hospital to hold up ne‘-
gotiations for the purchase of a. fill-n
acre farm agithor‘w-ed by the boas-«Lu:
control Tuesday. until he could gen.
ceive an opinion from"Attorney—Ge
eral Frank E. Heals as to the 1%
c; the board of control vote. He m
uddréssed the following letter m m
attorney general:—
"At a. meeting of the board of coil-—
txol 5osterday at which I was not
present and for which I had no Dom.
it was voted to authorizn the NOWLR
State Hospital to purchase the. flak:
Farm of 250 acres for a. sum not to est—L", .
ceed $9,000. and th comptroller m
directed to charge e same to the ap~
prom-lotion made to the state hospital;
for food. _,
“As this procedure seems to he tar
be somewhat unusual. I will 88k m
.__-.—_
(Continued On Page ml
11311519331121}:
23,527 lb! mm
Beneficiaries Were W ,.
Fighters, Says A nnnd'
Report
Help for the disabled fighting 1:122!
and families was the chief activity it
the Ameuwn Red Cross In Connectfi
cut during the last year. the for-:1
chapters of the yrs-animation _in that.
territory rendering service of inner
sorts to 28. 527 of these heroes and
those dependent on them. the actual
financial aid totaling $43 846.
This is the outstanding feature of :1
report on the year’s work made public
recently at Atlantic "Division Mn "
quarters. which also says that we
number of disabled men néeding such
service is increasing at a. 113.08 #33:.
makes imperative 3. gm:- m
to the 5ears Red Cross to]! can.
Sen cos to the disabled men in that
state. as in other pfits of the “1"?
(1'53? consisted in helping them '
com .1011. insurance, media! ah
m
at .
f .
w
claims which they have 33311111223
government. advising them on home
blems, and in emergency‘ cases,
___3
(Continued on PM W)
5 ice Lagxslatnre to
ta Pay for Vletory'Stug:
' WASHLNGTON Nov.
3;. (By
will be asked to appropriate: m
nocessary to defray the expense ,
; Nailing their proportionate shire 6f.
gm 4. 990. 000 stars which are: de-
ccraxe the fiome of the national W
memorial building. it was W
today. '
Plausarenowunfiermfor f
laying of” the corner stone. for m
Norwalk Chronicler