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HOME PAPER
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EVENI
Assocm'rno i-nI-zss mews FROM ALL :1st OF THE WORLD 1311' A SPECIAL WIRE A1111) OUR OWN OPERATOR.
Entered at the South Nor-walk Post.
Office as Second Class Mail Hatter.
Arthur Griffith Elected
President of the Dail
Eireann at Session Today
11c Valera and His Followers,
\omination, Walk Out As
Taken-~Griflith Names
cludes Michael Collins as
in Protest Against
the Vote Is Being
Cabinet, Which In-
Minister of Finance,
and George Cavan Duffy as Minister of For-
eign Affairs.
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its/estport Woman, Suing Banker
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Threatened Tier “iii 1 Rey-11-
---.11 and Red Hot Poker
and Face Disfigured by
News. Mrs. Stanley S.
1‘1 alts Testifies in Divorce
\ciion ~— Husband Con-
nected with National (‘ity
Bank New York City
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condition.
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Continued on Page Twelve)
STATE INOOME
TAX SHEETS .ARE ‘
PUT INTI] MAILS
All Business Persons Soon
to Get Blanks Which
Must Be Filled In
Husband, Tells of Cruelties
LESS ETIILITREN
IiILLEU Iii AUTIS
Commissioner of M o t o r
Vehicles Staeckcl Reports
on Accidents of 1921
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shirt that 1111-1'1- \111'1- 1'1-“1-1‘ collision
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11111 ('11niliiissil1ll1-r 51111-1'111-1 finds that
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for T1:'s reckless 1ll‘l\lllL.' :11111 for driv-
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1\\11 111111111'1-11. 'l‘li1 Int-nose oi' fatalL
li1-s during 1111- year and accid1-nisiii-
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si11ii1-r111111s1-r1n 111-c11ai'g1-1l almost 1-11-
tirt-ly against the reckless ilri\ 1-1'. (m
th1- other 11111111. 1111- commissioner finds
that much good caiuo- out of the (-1111-
cational measures carried forward by
his department and 1111- police (it-part-
inents throughout the state. There
Were less children killed than in for~
iner years-1. it appeared that parent
and child alike 111111 benefited by the
instruction L'iv1-n to exercise (‘aie in
crossing strct-ts.
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under
after—
Six jitncymeii were placed
arrest a. 3:30 o'clock yesterday
1' '.l;'1‘l‘(1ltll. Jan. 10.~-7\‘—t1llx‘ Sheets noon by Patrolman Jarvis Murray on
Wm: 11..- “Des of those pl‘0\i111-(l by the charge of violating the jitney or—
T - 1 1-111-11 States internal revenue de- dinance. The arrests were madt- on
1-11'11111-111 to assist income taxpayers Wfll‘rfillTR
1'. T11;1T(Illi( out their returns to the Tho-“0 placed under «'H‘N‘Ft WON‘T
SUM ruinent were sent out by the state \Villiam I'rice. Antonio Coppola. Les-
t.1\ 11.1111111311101191-‘5 ofiice yesterday ter Ressa. John 'loccorony. lulph
111111 1111ms mailed to owners of busi—IFerrantino and John Noviello. In
1- _ 1.111111-1'ships or associations liable
1-1 111- new llnlllt orporated business
11 is the iirst time that work
T1\
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i-vr making r1 turns of any state tax.
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bills? 111- filed at the oftlce of Tax
1' ~11111-7ssi11ner \\'iITiam II. Illodg’rtt by
31.11. 1. 1:2. but a. sta‘enient issued res
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Continued on Page Six)
(tales Wins Recount
by___ Margin of Three
\\ II. 1 l.\iA.\’Tl(‘. Jan. 14'1.—1\i.1.‘-'01'
‘1. -~ was declared re-elected by a
.- a-L-xn 111 three. votes by Judge James
H \1'1-111) oi the superior court 1'95“"-
1‘ 11 arternoon. as the outcome 01‘ a re-
1. 111111 of the ballots.
There were several sittiiizs Of the
1 "'1 1111 this contest. In tin- original
- -.111 Mayor Gates Won by two votes.
11:1. 111nm had been 1.650 10 1.645.
f'1111-1'1 for Hormlsdas Dion disputed
‘- 1.1-1 for Gates and counsel for the
l»- 1-1' disputed 91 cast for Dion. The
1 11111 rejected 18 cast for each candi-
1-.:.. and ordered a recount of the bal-
11.1. which had been passed upon. The
I"31y showed 1.632 for Gates and 1.629
T'-.' Dion,
the uptown city couit before Judge
Nehemiah Candce the cases were con-
1inued.Rossa's case went over until
23; I-‘errantino‘s until Jan-
uary 19. and the rest until January 12.
Bonds of $100 were furnished in each
case.
The arrests. it is alleged.
on information furnished
were made
by “spot—
ters" employed by the ("ounccticut
Company.
The case 01' Jacob Schanb. arrested
some three weeks
Judge Can-lee
on a similar charge.
ago. was continued by
until January 12.
Greenwich List
Totals $55,057,176
CRI-ZF?)I\\'I(‘.TI. Jon. 10.—Tlie town
tax list for 1921 has been filed. It
shows an increase of $816,317 over the
1920 total. being 855.057.1713. as
against f54.240.859 for the. previous
gear. A considerable increase is
shown in personal assessments The
heaviest individual tax is that assessed
against the Edmund C Convéise Ps-
tate. The valuation is given as $1. 059. -
301-. The Elizabeth Milbank Anderson
estate ranks second. with 3673.529.
Then comes the F. C. Benedict estate.
with valuation of $580,426. and the
Percy Rockefeller estate. with $562.~
710. TheWilliam G. Rockefeller pro-
perties are valued at $508,865.
OONTROVERSIES
OVER RAILROAD
OLERIIS’ RULES
(‘lll(‘.\(ll|. .Tali. 1034‘th111 pay for
over time work and the eight-hour
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Health Department Cautions
Oil
Local Officers About
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Prompt Communication
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ANOIER MILLS
PLANT OESTROVEO
Damage at Ashland, Mass,
Estimated at $200.000—
Old Courier-Journal Build-
ing in Louisville, Burns
pli11111- 111'
ASHLAXT). Mass, Jan. 10 ——'l‘he
Angicr Mills' plant of three buildings
on Main street was destroyed by fire,
early today. The damage was estim-
ated at $200.00“. No one was injur-
ed. Tife mills iiOi'mally employ sixty
hands in the manufacture of water-
proof paper.
The tire started in 1111- cooling room
of a one-story structure and spread
rapidly to the larger two and three-
story brick buildings. A spark from
one of the machiins is thought to
have started the tire The fire depart-
ments of I-‘ramingham. W'cstboro and
Natick were summoned to assist the
local firemen.
(Continued on Page halve)
liAS STATIONS
MUST OO PROM
PUBLIS ROAOS
HARTFORD. Jan. lfl—fiasoline
filling stations on all public highways
in the state of (‘onnr-cticut are doom—
ed. It is only a question of time when
motorists will be obliged to get their
supply of “gas" in garages or at sta-
tions off the highways. The last ses-
sion of the Genf‘i‘al Assembly pamed a
measure providing that no station or
place of business for the w holemle or
retail selling of gasoline shall be ev—
tablished or mantained unless the per—
Continued on Page Eleven)
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The annual meeting of the stock-.
holders of the East Nor-walk Yacht
Club Company was held at the office
of the Gorham Company, 126 Wash-
ington street. last evening.
After considering reports for the
year. the following directors were
elected: '
Mrs. James Golden. Edward M.
Lockwood. Leslie Gamble and Edward
E. Gorham. Following adjournment.
the directors elected the fpllowing of-
ficers:
Mrs. James Golden. president: Ed-
ward M. Lockwood, vice-president.
and E. E Gotham secretary and
treasurer. _ .g
LUTHER BOOOV
IS AWAITTNO
REOUISTTION
Negro Captured Yesterday
for the Killing of Two
New Y o r k Detectives
Tells Story to Police
TIRED OF IiEINO
TIIUTIEU AROUNU
Says He Knew What it
Meant to Go to Head-
quarters and Be Ques-
tioned
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(Centinucd on Page Three)
TREE MEALS EOIT
WORTTIV PERSONS
( entral Labor Union Makes
Plans to Serve Them at
McCarthy's and Tripp’s
Lunch. Places
The Central Labor L‘nion. of Nor-
\- :1 1k. which recently conducted a
most succeSs-ful danci- at the Town
.\.4!s'llll>l,\' hall. have contributed the
1,.iire net proceeds towards the main-
tainancc of the movement. for {ur-
nisliing free meals of soup. bread and
coffee from McCarthy's restaurant.
uptown. and Tripp's lunch wagon,
downtown. which will bigiu today.
Tickets may be obtained by worthy
persons in need by application to the
police. .
The Central Labor l'nion has taken
11 rim-p intercs in this worthy move-
ment. and are planning further con-
tributions through the proceeds of
another dance to be held at the Town
Assembly hall on Tuesday evening.
February 2151. and those wishing to
aid may do so by purchasing tickets
irom the m‘meers.
MRS. PACE PUT
UNOER ARREST
\\’1th the arrest last night of Mrs.
Jose phiiie Pace. wife of Joe Pace. for-
mer jitiiey driver here. the local police
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, JAN. 10, 1922
UNITORM SEVEN
CENT TARE MAV
E TRIED NEXT
IlltlllGlfiPOR'l'. Jan. 10.——-'l‘hat ru—
mors pertaining to the Derby line of
the Connecticut Company. regarding
1111‘ consideration of cutting service on
this line. have some grounds, is ad-
mittcd at the local headquarters of the
Connecticut Company. Even with a
10 cent rare and no transfer privileges
to 1111-. -1 11111 s- 111111 with all jitney com—
petition eliminated to the valley town.
:11 1-11'tain morning. afternoon and
evening periods oi the day. between
”rush" houis and school hours riding-
1111s 111-1-11 1-\1.-1-1-1lingly light at times.
l'1'0‘\TOllS to 1111- elimination of the
.iitm-y s. the l‘i‘illllill' sei'yicc on this run
gau- :1 two hour headway. This was
in1'11-.1s1-11 to :1 minimum (11' one hour
(Continued on Page Six)
AUTTTTRUEK
OOLLIOES WITH
ONE MAN EAR
An Occupant? of the Truck
Receives Serious Injuries
and Is Now in N’orwalk
Hospital
lili(‘l\. 1111\111 11::
of Leonard Fl 1'1-1-1.
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Il1-11-r Metropoulos.
and owned by tl11- Harris Glass Com—
pany. collided at the corner of North
Main and Ann sir11-ts. about 4 O'clock
"1i
yesterday. with :1 Hii'ni-y omnman 1-:11'.
opt-rated by “Norman T-‘rank Tiny»
mond.
'l'li1- l'i'oni axh- ol' the motor truck.
of th1- one-ion type. was broken. John
Holdtn. 01‘ is?) .\1:1in strcit. who was
l‘TtTlllL‘ on 1111- truck. 1'1-1-111'1-11 s1v1i'1-
lacerations 01' the face from broken
glass. and the irolhy car was also
badly damaged.
accident occurred no
one seems to know. save that the trol—
ley was headed towards Norwalk.
while the truck “as swung to turn
J 11st )1 (1\\' 111 r-
I
ir-n gci's badly
department is beginning to take a
more active part in the round-up of
stolen cars. Mrs. Pace is held unaer
bonds of $200 for an appearance 50-.
:‘ore Judge \‘osburgh on \Vcdncsday
morning. January illth. on a charge
of possession of an automobile with
mutilated numbers.
The car with the possession of
which Mrs. Pace is charged. is a Grant
Six. which was taken by Chief of Po~
'lice \‘S'illiam R. Pennington and Detec-
t'i\1- Sergeant Thomas Hunt. from a
garage on Cliff street last week.
Pace. who left town some little time
ago and for whom search is being
made. used the car in his traveis
around the city, and it was later be-
lieved that the car was a. s‘fB'lcn one.
The erasure of all numbers from the
war. only further led to this belief and
in his absence. and while the car was
in his wife' 5 possession she “ as ark-st-
POISON LIOUOR
TITLES FIVE MORE
HOBOKEN. N. J.. Jan. 10.—Five
men died today from drinking poison-
ous liquor. The authorities believe
the liquor had been obtained from
sailors on an incoming steamship.
The victims were Emil Lang-e. a sa-
loon keeper, Rudolph Ederle and Paul
Schmidt, yho boarded at Lang'e‘s
house; Henry Often and William Bur—
gen. boarders at lodging houses near
the waterfront.
The police believe that James Shee-
hy. a longshoreman. who died in Jer—
sey City. Saturday. from drinking
poisonous liquor, obtained it from the
same sailors who sold it to today's vic—
tims.
The police started to search piers
and :teanx’s‘hlps here in an effort to
prevent father sales. ' .. -
into Ann street from the direction of
\\'est avenue.
Glass in 1111- front and side of the
trolley car was broken. sen-ral pass-
shaken up and the
bumper on the trolley badly bent.
Holden was taken to the Norwalk
Hospital. where 1111 is being attended
by‘l)r. “'illiam J. Tracey. The blood
poured from the wounds on the man's
face following the accident. yester-
day. and. for a time. it seemed as
though the wounds were quite serious.
At the hospital today it was stated
that Holden was not in a serious con-
dition. however. although he had lost
a considerable quantity of blood.
Metropoulos was not injured. nor
was anyone else that could be ascer-
tained. There were no arrests.
Plan to Extend
Snow or rain late tonight.
man GEN-E
Federal Agents Seize .-
Alcohol Worth $100,000
In Transit
at Park City
Take 100 Barrels from
Truck—Motor Starts
Freight Car and Auto
for New York With Part
of Shipment but Is Overtaken on Road—Ar-
rest Six Men Who Handled Spirits—Fleisch-
man Alcohol Co., (if Peekskill, Shipped Prod-
uct to Bridgeport Agent, Officers Say.
Tlltlllril'ZT‘Ul-l'l‘. Jan. I“.*7(Vn(‘ hun—
dred barn-Ts 01 alcohol valor-1i at
511110.011” were seized by federal prohi-
bition agents lat1- yesterday as 1-. result
01' a raid in the New York. New Tia—
\'en and Hartford Railroad yards here.
Officers took 71 11a ri'cls from a freight
car lit-re while other agents pursue-'1
:1 motor 11111-k loaded with 31! T'turi't-is.
cilptliiing‘ 1111- tiiick at i'nii Chester.
N. Y.
The
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truck. The men on the truck were
arrested 11-. Port (‘hest-r 111-1 gave
their names as Renaldo 5137:0111 and
Rudolph liarthrhomew.
The tiuck was owned by
Tlrotheis 1111- ITI‘OHN.
alcohol on 1111- truck was also taken
to New York. The Tl barwls in the
ir1-ight were transpor'1d to the
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Bridu'opnrt [\Ien Arrested.
Thu 11111c1is who carried (1111 11-1; raid
here arrested four men. Tbi-sc were
Edward II 111 1'1 gibiis. “1.011sa19 gro-
Sanbini
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Continued on Page Riv)
Two Grade Crossings
On New Road Doomed
GREAT BRITAIN
IO AIO TRAROE
TO TULL EXTENT
CANNES France. Jan. 10 (Associ-
aleri Press),s—Notitication of endorse-
ment by the British Cabinet. of the
written pledge binding Great Britain
innit-(liately to aid France to the full
extent of her military and naval re-
sources in case of aggression 11y Ger-
many is expected from London by to-
night. The pact, agr1 cd upon by
Premiers liriand and Lloyd George,
“as publishrd in the British capital
last night. ,. g-
The Council planned to recess to-
day until 5 p. m., while a subcommit-
tec engaged in the delicate task of
framing an invitation to the forth-
coming international financial and
economic conference to a country
which has already formally acgepted.
This situation arose from the action
of the Russian Soviet. Government.
which in its eagerness to be repres—
Continued on Page Five)
Duration
of Disarmament Pact to 1927
VOLOANO OMETEPE
IS VERY ACTIVE
SAN JI'AN DEL SUR. Nicaragua.
Jan. lO.——The volcano Ometepe. on the
Island of Omctepe. eight miles from
the western shore of Lake Nicaragua.
is in active eruption. Many thousands
of cocoa plants have been destroyed.
large areas of grazing lands are cov—
ered with ashes and many cattle are
dead.
The inhabitants of the adjacent vil-
lages. terrified by the internal rumb—
dings. are fleeing to-zones of safety.
Considerable lava. is flowing down the
5.]08 foot cone. but has as yet done-
no material damage. The eruption is
the worst since 1885.
(A dispatch from Managua on Jan-
uary 7 said Ometepe was showing
great activity).
Communists and
Fascisti Fight
10.—In a, bloody
and communists
three
LONDON. Jan.
fight between fascisti
at Ilerg‘iola. near Garrara. Italy,
ly wounded. says a Times Milan dis-
patch. Carbiniers who intervened
were fired upon by the rifiemen of
both factions. V'V'holesale arrests fol—
lowed.
Landslides in Sicily
Destroy Cathedral
MESSINA. Sicily. Jan. 10.——-A tre—
mendous landslide today destroyed the
cathedral. the. post office and ‘anany
dwelling in the town of San Fratcilo.
The entire population fled to the coun—
try. The slides are continuing and
much damage is being done to the re-
maining buildings. No deaths have
been reported.
Communication with San Fratello is
interrupted. Relief parties have been
sent to the scene. The landslides are
persons were killed and a dozen bad- ‘
This Will Not Afi‘ect the Ten
Year Period of the Naval
Holiday -— Another N e w
Provision Would Author-
ize the Construction of
Warships on Foreign Ac-
count Within the Jurisdic-
tion of the Five Powers
W'ASl-IING'I‘ON. Jan. 10. (By Asso-
ciated Press).—~D€leg‘ations of the five
naval powers continued today their
separate study of the draft treaty pre-
pared by naval and legal experts to
cover their naval limitation agreement
preliminary to a meeting later in the
day of delegation heads to compare
opinions on detailed provisions of the
draft. The treaty was given to the
several delegations for study late yes-
terday and the time required for this
caused a postponemlent of the meet—
ing of the full 'naval committee ori—'
ginaily planned for today until tomor—
row. The committee was expected.
however, to reach final agreement 0n
the text within two or three days. and
the treaty to be ready for publication
to the world at a. plenary session of
the confeernce on Thursday or Friday.
The tentative draft is understood to
include a number of wholly new fea-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Dollar Worth 13 Cents
More Than Year Ago
VVASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10.—
The average family is spending 5::
per cent. more for food now than in
the p're—war period. according to retail
food price reports to the Department
of Labor. The dollar thew days is
worth 65 cents, as compared with its
pre—war counterpart. and it exper-
ienced a decided increase in value
during 1%]. A year ago it was worth
’12 cents.
Price declines during 1921 there-
Fore increased the dollar's buying
power about 25 per cent; so far a}:
food is concerned. No estimates can
be made on the exact extent of the
State Highway Department
Eliminate One ‘1‘. Com-
wall and Another at Kent
on New Federal Aid High-
way -— Bennett Bearing
Out 1'. S. Policy
i.'11-..-..1111-11 11: two grad- crossings
in 1‘1 n11: $;-11111.1.100 federal aid road
11) 1-1 1-12111 l- ythe stat (highway de-
p.-111n1 :11 1.111111: the western part of-
1111 stal- is 11-1111-mplatc11. Commision—
1-r 1‘11111115 .1. Bennett said yesterday.
i 111'r'iei'11i by the public utilities com-
mission. 11.1 y will be the first-crossings
«lupin-(111111 111 the past five years.
The plan 0 {the state highway de-
partment to built bridges over the.
Berkshire branch of the New York.
.\‘1w Iiavcn & Hartford Railroad
when 1111 route of the proposed new
111121.“ ay intersects at Cornwall Bridge
and K1111 in accordance with a.
policy of the bureau of public roads.
l'nitcd States Department of Ag‘ricul—
1111-12 The federal government shapes
with the state the expense of con-
structing federal aid roads up to a
joint cost of $40,000 a. mile and there—
fore has a voice in the building pom
for such highways.
is
(Continued on Page Five)
TRUOII OWNERS
MAT REGISTER
IN OTTIERSTATES
That motor truck owners m
strongly consideringthe feasibility of
icgistering their machines in «that
New York State or Massachusetts in
order To avoid wfia/t' is alleged to b.
exr rbitant high rates now ‘11 vogue tn
Connecticut, was. strongly rumored
this morning. It is not Known when»
,er this is the reason for delay upon
some securing 1323 Connecticut
mark1 rs. The time limit. has not
been extended to January 16.
In a message received from the
State Motor Vehicle department in.
Hartford. to the office of She-riff Sim-
(on Pease. one of the reasons given.
for the time extension is that. motor.-
(Continued on Page Three)
ATTEMPT MATTE '
TO IIIONAP BOT
Louis Bredice, aged ten years. son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bredice. of
Pine street. had a narrow mp6: from
being kidnapped yesterday. it is be»
lieved by the police.
The boy was walking on the street
in the First District whenamndrove
up in an automobile and forced
him to jump in. The man
drov1- to “‘ater street in the Second
district. where he stopped the ma-
chine. Before getting out the car.
he told the boy to wait. inasmuch as
he would be back in a minute.
Young Bredice. however. became
frightened and as soon as the man's
back was turned ran away. making
his way home. He told his story to
his parents who reported the incident
to the police.
Schooner Flora
A. And Crew Lost
HALIFAX. N. 8., Jan. 10.—-'l'he
schooner Flora A") seventy tons. of
1 Harbor Buffet. N. R. with her crew of
six men, was given up for lost. £06331?
'in maritime circles. She heft W.
town, P. E. 1.. November 2" for flat-
bar Buffet. and nothing banshee been
heard from her. . ..
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