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11dustrial Conditions
In Norwalk NoW Show
A Vast ImprOVement
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9
ing to S
and Rubber Com
Hands, and Dr.
Last Week Than 1n Ei
uperintendent Barn
mett. Peabody & Company Did More Business
ght Years Past, Aecord- *
eseNorwalk Tire
pany Taking on a Few New
Spence Says the BusineSs Out-
look Is Much Better Than in Several Months.
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Vormcr H e alt l1 Officer
Tracey. a Member of the
Board Says There Would
lie No Epidemic if Vacci-
nation Is Properly Given
111.: 11111111 llu- ri-villv‘st (if the
11 111 111 ll1-11llh, Superintendent of
g‘ 1-1-15 (i V, llucliunzin. after 11 con-
1' 1111111 uilh Mrs \‘Villium Raye. sec-
; 1 .11' 111 thv ionrcl of Education. to-
1.1 11u1>1l pupils in the Norwulk pub-
to be vaccinated for the
idlinrt' protection against small-
1111., This was done through a general
0111-1- sent out to each teacher in the
, boots in which he or she. was told
1 bring the matter to the attention
f the children in his or her Wcharge. m
: The notice sent out by ”Hilpéivl‘ntend-
nt Buchanan was simply a. request.
grid does not definitely state that each
hnol Child must, be vaccinated. This
t1-p will not be taken until a formal
esnluiinn is adopted by the Iloard of
duration at a. special meeting to be.
1111 'I‘hursduy night. at the Norwalk
lu‘h school. At that time definite
ction will be taken and the Board of
.l11mtion will formally take cogni-
, 1.1.1or the letter received from
'1 :11111 Officer Robert E. Perdue.
1' -1 hauls-l
ill~
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illlll that 11 quantity of work had been
turned out. H1-
factor)
to l)“ considerable of a hop. lllll
next stop was at the Norwalk Tire and
Rubber Company's factory. ,in V‘Viuni-
punk llt-re llr. llll'\lll Spence “its in
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chool Board Will Meet Thursday
iivening to Act on Vaccination
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poinleil out that the
was not running to anywhere
near (upiicih as yet. and stated that
theii- was no truth to the rumor that
[lit lilf‘llll) “11s (ontemplziting an ad—
illllOll. as there was still plenty of
100111 in the factory buildings occupied
1Il. present; s
The outlook for the spring boom is
:ocvl. 11ml the amount of work to he
«lone 111-1‘1- (ll‘pt'llllS largely upon the
amount of help that can lie obtained.
Jumping from shirts to tires seems
the
Fifty Cases of Smallpox
Listed in Bridgeport
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liRllN.‘ .l’OR’I‘. Jan. lit—Pitt l1
cases of smallpox were listed today.
this being an increase of a dozen
since Snturdny. Forty of the pa-
tients are children. Eleven physi-
cians are under orders of the board
to vaccinate the. 20. 000 children in
the cit,‘ schools. This task will be
completed by 'l‘liumlay.
“ai'iicr Brothers' ( orset Cum~
puny today undertook the vaccina-
tion of all its employcs.
Atxfiirding u) the Board of
Health. Miss Helen Hawley. the
teacher who is a patient. was vac-
fivhe a child, “wok
' c'nts ever was \acel-
GI'ARANTEE PROTECTION
AGAINST FIRE.
NEW HAVEN. Jan. 16.——The mili-
tary authorities of the state have re—
quired the promoters of a. basketball
game to be played in the Armory
here Thursday night to post bonds of
$5. 000 to protect spectators in case of
injury due to a possible fire in the
building.
ontributions Made to Local
Fund For Relief of Russians
' er. Ernest F. McGrego’r,
Mrs. W. E. Walling,
Albert Rhys Williams,
and Mr. Plotkin Make
Touching Appeals at the
Palace Theatre
.\11liough the
"Him: for the
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attendance ‘at the
relief of Russian
held in the Palace Theatre.
‘ afternoon. was small. and
3 ‘1111 disappointing to the local com-
1.11.... the audience. howcver. was
. ,1.1~. than moved by the appeals made-
1:1 1. Ernest F. McGregor. who act-~
11 1~1lini1man; Mrs. W. E. Walling:
1 111 11 his Williams and Mr Plotkin.
111i runtrihuted generously to the
11111 i1 r1- to help relieve the 6,000,000
V11" ,_.: Russian children.
111 Williams. author of “Through-
Russian Reve’loution.” who’spent
‘1111 months in Russia. describing,
111‘ the peasants before and.
revolution. covered in brief
, 1 1111111'1lishm9nts of the Soviet».
1 ”1111-111. saying’lhat. ini'tlme of
11111 starvation he did not care
11111 political differences and
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WOOOROW WILSON
AOVlSOllY'llOAllll
111ml committee of the Wood—
. \lusun Foundation has organized
:11 1 '1 executive committee will hOld
‘1 . ‘jlmg on Friday evening, at, the
11 lames
w.ilk' s quota towards this foun-
amounts to $740 of the"total
1'" $35 000 for the State.
}‘ ’1111 there is absolutely no doubt
“hut the fund can be underwrit-
11 Is not the wish of the national
‘Hllibe. nor is it the spirit whiph
.Ntuated the Foundation.
Minis from many. even including
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Small .
1liool children, are far more dea- .4
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sible means of entrance tothe dress-
ing rooms at thePalace theatre which
were ransacked between Friday night
and Saturday morning.
One of the members of the band in
the act in which Gladys Delmar was
featured. sustained quite a loss when
a suit case containing a quantity of
clothing was taken. Another member
of the band left his saxophone at the
theatre and this was thrown on the
floor and trampled upon.
George Alexander. star of “Hard.
Continued on Page Twelve)
BANOlTS llEll,
[EAVlNO OAl’l WE
El Peso. Tex.. Jan. 1.6.-——L. N. Style.
of this city, printafpal owner of a
mine at Santa Euiaiia. Chihuahua. has
received newg of the resche of ”his
brother. A. C. Style. an 3 American
from Mexican bandits:
A. C. Style. resident manager of the
mine. was captured last Thursday by
bandits. who demanded 810. 000. {or his
release. Style was taken to a carnp
four miles away, and a letter was
written to his, brother here demanding
the ransom. ' The latter at once wired
Chihuahua officials toque-flan that the
amount be paid:
Governor Enriquez Vof Chihuahua
and the mayor of Santa Euialia sent
an antomdblle carrying lights as or.
soldiers in a tomobil‘e‘p.tollbwed. rein-
Ills-
1 ’ list of names given below
1.1
of the executive committggi;
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Investigation'is being made at pos‘
:V:
New Fast Train lemsed by
A new fast electric train that can run from Moscow to Petrog’r‘ad, a distance at 500 miles without
stopping to reload the motor-13.11311 been devised by a Russian electrical engineer. named I. I. Makhoniu.
who is seen on the engine. The Soviet Government mannered the construction of the train and has refused
to allow information to be made public as to the trains mechanism. Motive power is supplied by great
electric motors capable of 3,000 horse power each.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. MONDAY JAN.16,1922
IS” REPROAOH
ON-lfll HONOR
Of lllE NATION
WASHINGTON. Jau. 1.6 —Asscrt-
ing that the more than 3. 500 mental-
ly disabled former service men now
memmme institutions were vic—
time ogsuoh1wgross neglect indltrer—
ence anti 41m teering." as constituted,
a "blaélE reproach on the honor of
the nation.‘ the disabled American
veterans of the world war. in a mem-
orial presented today to Prtsldent
Harding urged immediate action by
the government looking to the treat-
ment of all such cases in federal in-
stitutions Neglect of these cases in
"state institutions. the memorial says.
'is committing to permanent insanity
many of the victims who by timely
treatment probably could be cured.
Describing the condition of con-
tract cases of this class in the institu-
tions of the State of Ohio as typical
of those in practically every state. the
memorial asserts the government
“farmed out the insane (ex-service
(Continued. on Page Twelve),
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NEW YORK. Jan. 16.—-—Tbe gar—
ment workers' strike which has dis—
rupted the industry in New .York
sinCe November 14 and has kept
thousands idle. is expected to be Vcall-
ed oft. Members of the strike com-
mittee of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union will meet to-
night to consider the situation.
Each side to the controversy ap-
parently is satisfied that it has .yyou a.
v.lctory Resumption of work under
old conditions as suggested by Secre-
tariees Hoover and Davis. temper-an
ily continues the 44— hour week and
while the employers expect an in-
yestigation of labor conditions which
they assert need remedying.
MAY OEOONE
PASTOR llEllE
Rev. F..L._Piper. of Boston. editor
of the "World's Crises," one ,of the
denominational papers of the Advent
body. has under consideration neat!
to the pastorate of the East Nor-walk
branch of the Advent Christian church
the Evening Sentinel. shortly after the
Rev. Frank Leslie Long. former pastor
resigned because of ill-health.
cept‘ the” will is a matter of conjecture.
as his duties with the paper prevent
his immediate acceptance. 1
A cailhaxl also been extended to the
dared by the bandits. Timmy other Rev 1.11:. Blanchard, of Bridgeport,
but thlsw1m‘grefmed by Mr Bian-
chard in two: ‘ to a. all
All ISOOES
Shantung P r oh?! 9 o Is
Expected... to Bé fielded
During the Current Week
ARNOOELEOATEO "
ARE OONHOENT
Naval Negotiations VA lso
Appear to Be as Good as
C(mcluded
W’ASHINTON. Jan. 16.—The' arms
BE OAllEll Off '
conference entered another week to-
day which was expected to see the
naval program wiped off the slate
and the Shantung issue. if not' final-
ly settled. at least so for advanced
toward that point as to permit their-j
delegates to direct. their attention uno
dividedly to settlement of the remain-
ing issues in the Far East.
The Chinese and Japanese delegatu
es continued today their. efforts to
dispOSe of further collateral clues-i
tions in the Shantung negotiations,
while awaiting fresh instruction33
from Peking and Tokio bearing on;
the compromise proposals for settle-'
ment of the central issue invoiying-
conditions for restoration to China of
the Tsingta‘o—Tsihanfu railroadn
meek work. which tire union fleshed, V
. dents there.
aslwas announced some time ago by:
Wher- the Rev. Mr. Piper will new
Completion of the naval limitation
treaty. meantime. still awaited formal
approval by Tokio of the article deal-
ing with Pacific fortifications. which
was expected in time to permit aps
proval of the pact by the full naval
committee and its announcement at a.
plenary session of the conference be—
fore the end of the week. '
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"North of the railroad tracks in
Noroton shall be kept pure"iseefned to
be the slogan of the Selectmen oi the
Town of Darien at a. meetingheld'in
Uarien this morning. when they turn-j
ed down the petition of Staubl &.
:Lucker. barber's who desired a—permit
to open a pool room there. and which.
petition ’was signed by about 60 feel-
Beceirtl'y the harbors, -who came
here 'some time ago from Ne York
city. and who haves. shop in the Fitel—,
so‘ni bl at Newton Height, erected
a. shack 0n the: Wifson property on the
west side of the refit-cad bridge. .
They then applfmi for a permit to
open from the selectmen, but this Was
refused because it was feared that it
would become a public 31W.
It was then that the petition was
drawn and sent around.
.However despite the petition. and
despite the pleas or Attorney Jim. 9.
Gregory of this city. who resented
gflESTll. E. OllllllOll
, elals of the church were unanimously
Abe renting system. it was finally an-
. toggling-Mat,
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The annual dinner of the "Lid
Club.” ‘an organization of the C. & K.
Company and Dobbs 8‘: Company, was
Mid, at. the Royal James Hotel. on
Saturday evening It has the ninth
annual dinner and pronounced by all.
present to be the most successful. In.
previous years the afi'airs of the “Lid
Club" have been confined to the men
only. The widely expanding activities
of C. & K. and Dobbs 8: Company
have required the services of a large
number of business women of special-
ized knowledge in the creation and,
distribution of hats for women. This
year's gathering was made more en-
joyable by the presence of these la-
dies. together with the wives and
guests of the officials. A large dele-
gation represented the sal depart-
ment, at 251 Fifth avenu innother
jolly crowd came from Dobbs 8:. Com-3
pany. or 244 and 620 Fifth avenue:
they also brought a telegram of rev
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Announcement was made at: the
morning service of the First Metho-
dist church. South Norwalk, yester-
day. that the system of renting pews
in vogue in this church for years past. 1
has been diocontinued. Pew rentals
will no longer be charged. For some
time this matter has been discussed.
and its presentation. several months-
ago; revealed the fact that. the cm.
in Vfaior. of..- free pews. .After some
communications to pew members urg-
ing a free expression of opinion. by
which it was found that very few
were greatly interested in retaining
(Continued on Page Five)
Wireless * Telephone
Broadcasting Station
Opens This Evening
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS or m womfnvfia SPECIAL mm VAN!) out ow‘N OPERATOR. ‘ ‘
Fair tonight. Tuesday unsettled.
Trolley Fares
Reduced 16 P. C. March 1:
Three Rides F or 25 Cents
'_ All Companv 8 Lines Are Affected by the Cut,
ePresment‘Storrs Announces—Conductors and
Connecticut Company Offices to Sell Tokens
Under New.Rate— Dime Acceptable, Too, as
Now.- and Patronage Increase Is Thought Poo
stble-éfliclals Give Regular Patrons Advante
age (Iver Casual Riders-No Further Reduc-
tion HintetL—Five Cent Fares to Cease Februa
ary 6th, in Norwalk.
Fares on all lines of the Connecti-
cut Co. will be reduced 16 per cent.
Mar-ch 1 through the sale of three
tokens for 25 cents. This reduction
will recognize the difference between
the casual rider. who will pay 16 cents.
as at present. and the regular patron.
who will use the lower rate token.
Tokens will be sold by all conduc—
tors or may be bought at, the company
offices and agencies at twelve for $l.
A token. or ill cents. will be accepted
in payment for one fare within any of
the present fiat fare areas. with all
transfer privileges. as at present?
This information was made‘ public
yesterday by Nathaniel J. Scott. man-
ager of the Hartt‘md m‘ision. follow-
ing arhiu-s tiom Lucius S. Storis.
president of the Connecticut (‘0. Mr.
Scott said the ieduction would be good
news for the company's patrons.
t‘onduc tors told of the coming
change intimated that it “Ollld mean
less tioulilt to them. as it “Ollld sine
the trouble of making change.
“'hat Storrs Said.
Following is the statement sent by
President Starr‘s:—
“At a meeting of the
directors of
NEW OANAAN
AOIOTO, SECURE, .
Will MEMORIAL
Board of Finance Commis-
sions Architect to Prepare
Plans for Remodeling the
Town Hall, Building with
a View to Providing a
Hall in Honor of Warriors
of the Town
New Canaan is soon to do some-
thing handsome for the soldiers and
sailors who represented it in. the
world war, not to mention the war
workers who were so busy at. home.
providing the sinews of war.
At a. meeting of the Board of Fin-
ance of New Canaan. last night. it
was voted that an architect be com-
missioned to prepare plans for the
alteration of the Town Hall. with a
View. chiefly. to providing in the
building a large ball as a memorial
to the warriors who served .the town
in the World War.
It. was said in New Canaan today
that the proposed changes will cost
between $50, 000 and $75. 000. and
that there is little sentiment against
the project.
To Call Town Meeting.
After the architect has prepared
the plans, they will be submitted to
the Board. in special meeting. and
that body. after passing on them. will.
call a. special town meeting to act on
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PARIS. Jan. 111' (By Associated
Press). «Senator Paul Deschanel, who
“was president of France for a few
A complete radiophone transmitting
station has recently been installed by
the McMahon Radio Supply Co., locat-
ed at 56 West avenue. South Norwatk-
which will be officially opened this
evening and win bioadc‘ast music and
neech «in each evening between the
sours, or 6:30 p. in. and 8 p. m. This
vtatio‘n -ichomp!ete in all detai's and .
., has a- -bmadcasting range of 101) miles.
The programs: which will be an- i
runced each nvnrir" Will consiso of§
musical selections, which include rec-
person. quartete
and violin solos news items of the dew l
dealing with l'v-a' national and nte
national altars lectures
by prominent “'1
months in 1920.1-esignug on account
of ilkheaith. has filed a demand in the
Senate for an interpellation on' the
foreign policy of Premier Poincare. In
his letter (if-notification to the re-
mier .Deschanel suggests that all ex-
: Haven.
3‘3 London. A copy will be mailed to tax—
man ‘ cam?
Will Be 1
the Connecticut C0,. held on January
7. it was decided to announce a. re—
duction in the rates of fare. This-hand
been anticipated in a statement made
in November. that if conditions during
the “inlei “ere famorablc such ac-
tion \\0Ulll be taken. ~
‘11111 to the present industiiai de—
pression the iexenues ai-‘e' ~less than
last year at this time. but by reason
of an S per cent. reduction in rates
of “‘11.ch and decrease in the cost of
coal and other materials, the expenses
ari- slightly less than last )ear, al—
though still more than twice as much.
as in prewi'ar years.
“It may be that reductions from
the present rate of fare will induce an
increased use of the cars and thus-
or‘i‘set. to a certain extent. the reduc-
tion in revenue accompanying a
lower rate of fare.
Effective on All Lives.
“On March 1 a reduction of 16 per
cent. will be made effective, on all
lines through the sale of three tokens
for ‘_':’1 cents, A token. or \0 cents.
will be accepted in payment. for one
(Continued on Page Twr lye)
Sixteen Alleged Gamblers Are
Captured By the Local Police-
Descent Made on the Barber
Shop Conducted by Joseph
Laporte at Connecticut
and Ferris Avenues or:
. .. Saturday Afternoon
Sixteen iaiieged .gamblers. together
with the proprietor of an alleged
gambling house. were arrested Satur-
day night. when the police raided the
barber shop at Connecticut and Ferris
avenues owned by Joseph Lamont.
Those taken into custody were found
in a large room in the rear of his
barber shop.
The majority of these arrested gave
the police ficticious names which were
as follows: Robert. James. John Mc-
Quire. \Villiam Callahan, Daniel Jack.
son. John Scribner. Daniel Kiley. Pat—
rick Creighton. Thomas Kelly. John,
Kovacs. Jack Quinn, John maids;
George Smith. Arthur W and A1-
bert Fink. Bonds in each use was
fixed at, 5100 and hearingin use cases
were set for 2 o‘clock Friday alters
noon. _
Laporte was charged with being the
proprietor of a gambling house and
was held in bonds of 8306. He will be
given a. hearing. also, Fridayaftexa
Continued on Page Eleven)
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EOll Silill.
Forms 1040A. revised and “page,
for the calendar year 1m 91,“ am
and less will be swam W
January 18. at the cm ‘W
of Internal Revenue. Mora. flop.
and the following branch office: kw
Bridgeport. Wabbit-yr New
payers who last year- flea a return.
V‘but failure to receive them 0063
not relieve a taxpayer of his obligation
' to file a. return on time—norm”
.Jtlarch 15.1922 The in In: fien
reduced from six to for m m
of which are devoted to m
which should be carefully tad hym
taxpayer before mling'h the blanks.
A‘ study of these m him”?
greatly lessen difficultie- Wm
., encountered in correctly ”In: on:
the returns.
On page 1 under the head of “In-
come" are spaces forming the in!-
lowing items: sataries. wage. commis-
signs. etc.. ' income from m
fiduciaries. etc" ‘ rents Obi mm
profit (or loss) from W or, wo-
fession: profit (or 103) {Io-I sale of ..
real estate; profit (or In.) m 3119 ‘
of stocks, bonds. eta. cad other in—
change of views is indispensable in the
present circumstances. '
Senator Deschanel’s speech on his
5 interpeilatlon will be his first since his
resignation from the presidency in;
September. 11120. He .‘wu elected toi
the Senate a year ago. but his activi—
fls, vocal ae‘ections sung by artists in: ties in that body have been confined Chicken Thieves
orchestra numbé‘i's”“
occasional brief remarks from his‘
no”?
new Cabinet, under
tr uto- power-i
come. Beneath are m {or trier?
ing deductions. such as m in
taxes paid during the w: may.
Continued on Pop, 8:)
reported the loss of mm_ in:
1311.1! “lifted" eight at his“
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