I NORWALK’S
1101111: PAPER
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Norwalk Post.
Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
Transfer of Authority
in Southern Ireland
From Crown Government
llublin (‘astle in the Hands of the Irish After-
Seven Hundred Years, Should Be Leveled to
the Ground, the London Morning Post Says—-
British Forces Are Withdrawing as Rapidly as
I ossible.
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without) in South-
the Crown govern-
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issued. 'announcing the prousional
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ties under lIlt‘ treaty “'lIIl Great Rri.
lain. The “111' Ht‘titc has announced
that “'ithdratvnl oi" llritish torcr-s in
Southern Ireland will commence im»
mmlialcly. and rlhut the men will ht-
mow-d 11:4 rapivll) as conditions" permit.
'l‘l11-.\.Iornin}_.r Post, :1 Newspaper
“hich has st-wult'aslh shown hostilit)
to Irish IIHIIIV' l(11I-- and has llllIlt‘I'I
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pr1nt1-«l lht- lollunln: dispatch li‘om
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IIInt-ss oi~ Former Prohibi-
tion Enforcement Officer
Necessitates Further Post-
ponement—Yet in Hospi-
tal in Hartford
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lllulnas in tI11- l llll'il Stairs
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1-1 1.1.5110 11:11. 1 ontinuwl to Feb—
The trial hanl 1.1-. n assigned
1 1 \InllrllU'. January :33. but the alien.
rmz. r-l’ Judge Thomas was called 31-9-
t~111.1\ niornlng to the fact that Mc-
,\ 1111111; is still a, patient in the hospital
.11111 Is little better than he was over:
:1 week ago when his case was first
~ontln11ed.
l'pmi 111-.11'1111: this report, Judge
Thomas Hil:uo-slt-tl to counsel for thi-
\v‘l‘lllllUlll and for McAulit‘t‘c that
.1 .1 1111‘s- --\:11nim- the man and report
I] 1- 1111111 on his condition le'ore
1;..v tIUh'Q‘ ot‘ the day. in order that it‘
ulht-r pnstponeim-nt should be nv-c-
11 II1-' court calendar might lu-
1(‘ontinued on Page Eleven)
l‘v’ieAuIitfe Bribery Case Again
Delayed; Feb.
15 is New Date
SEEIt LIDHT
UN PERMIIS
EDR LIDUDR
Members Inter-
in Bill Requiring
on Rum With-
Congress
ested
Details
drawals
\VASIIING'I‘HN. Jan. IT. Furl) rm-
tlnn on IIII' Itossdale bill. requiring
federal prohibition officials to make
public details of basic and withdraw-
al permits issw-s under the Volstcad
Act. was assured b3 House Il'adt-rs to-
than".
Mr liossul:1lt-.v\-ho introduced the
bill in the house last week. will rc-
qucst tha- llousu- Judiciary committee
for :1. public hearing on the hill. Mem-
bers of the committee said that there
will be no nttrmpt to hold up the.
measure. and that the hearings will
be granted.
lloth "Wt-ls" and "dr3s" were in‘-
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“Gas” R. R. Cars $36000
Cheaper Than Trains
New Branch Line Coach
Operated by “New Haven”
Road at Half the Cost of
Locomotive and C ar—
Saves Closing of Shert
Hauls
\l:\\' HAVEN. Jan. 17.——Approxim-
4,11 $312,000 is saved to the "New
H railroad ,in initial expense
"1 gasoline—Operated passenger
that now in service between
and Derby. it was indicated
.1 slulr‘lllent made yesterday by W.
I ltvan. mechanical assistant to
i 11 mlvnt Pearson. The company al-
.11 has three of these cars. built on
initial motor truck chassis. and ex-
install additional ones as it
1‘ touditions warrant them."
\olu-s Short flan] Problem.
\‘ I'lv'w‘llt. they are being operated
1 1 11" tIvc- Derby line a distance of
mnl. s and according to Mr. Bean
solxed for the “1\ New Haven'
1111111-11It3 of maintaining short
\\I11r‘h would be operated only at
.. 111111 steam trains. Operation
“I‘lwnded or discontinued on
\ Huh-s of railroad line in the
1n 1:121. owing largely to the
or making steam trains pay
hauls. it is shown by rec-
11' 'Iw interstate commerce com~
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RDYAL FAMILY
IS SCATTERED
1.1.\1:\ .1. Jan. .‘attered
HL:Iiout Europe. the members of
olzl'p proud House of Hapsburg are
1 living in relatively poor circum-
1'1'1’9. some of them in poverty.
1 .
II\AI‘Impr‘PSS Charles and ex-
I ”WW-SS! Zita. who were sent to Fun-
.1 Madeira; as “guests of the
in s." :1 rr- supplementing their allow'-
the sale of some of the fam-
l . “. r3 >1iv
.1: Illlllktfi Eugene and Ferdinand
I 11. bee n permitted by the Swiss Gov-
t1nmv-ni to remain at Lucerne. it be-
1'1' In
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HDSPITAL ELECIS
NEW TREASURER
At a special meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Norwalk‘General
Hospital held at the hospital on Mon-
day evening. January 16th. 1922. the
resignation of Seymour Curtis as
Treasurer. which had been laid upon
the table at the meeting of December
3lst. 1921. was. at Mr. Curtis' insist-
ent request. taken from the table and
accepted. In doing so. the Directors
adopted a. vote of thanks'to Mr. Curtis
for his valuable service to the hospital
during the past year. particularly for
his service in the recent emfirgency
appenl.’ without 'which service the
appeal would have been seriously
handicapped. The board then pro—
ceeded to elect C. "V. Gager. assistant
cashier of the National Bank of Nor-
walk to the office of Treasurer of the
HospitaT for the balance of the year.
All subscribers to the Emergenc3
appeal who have not yet paid. should
sent their subscriptions to Mr. Gagcr.
DENIES STDRIES
DE EXECUTIDNS
\VASHINGTON. Jan. 1.7 ——Former
service men detailed for duty with the
American Gra1 es Registration Service
in France denied before a, Senate In-
vestigating committee that the bodies
of soldiers legally put to death in
France were buried with rope around
the neck and the black cap which had
been placed on them on the gallows.
John R. Flynn, of Cambridge Mass...
and G A. Bamford. of Washington.
both testified they had heard of noth-
ing to substantiate such charges.
Flynn declared that Rufus P. Hub—
bard. of New York. who had testified
that he paw bodies with rope and cap
intact was a. ”trouble maker." who
had to be transferred on that account.
The committee went into. hanging
methods as part of its general invea-;
I’ltlll Mull. Ilrlili ul tL1 \1 and
I. re shoun (\ctutinl: his
the street in saiety. 'Ihe tit3.’ of L'a
boys regulating [rillllt nc:1r publi
going and coming to ~1’1.)ol
;"1ulhvvllt_\
Camden Schoolboys
Regulate . Traffic
§1IVI1 11 {(111‘1) at Call-“T 11. N. I.. IS
to allow mo young. tars to cross
lIltIt' n has about twenty—five school-
c s1 boots to help pr! tect childieu
BROAD RIVER
CDMMUNIII
CLUB EDRMED
Organization of the Broad IIlH'l'
Community club was started last inglit
at a large gathering of residents of
that section held in the Broad lily-~1-
chapel. The following Officers were
elected: —
President—Mrs. Thomas James.
Vice President—John A. Mills.
Secretary—Mrs. Frederick F‘ierllcr.
Treasurcr~Mrs Frederick Ferris.
The officers named above are to find
an appropriate name for the commum
ity club and to draw up a set of by-
laws before the next meeting which
will be held Monday night, January
30.
There were about thirty-five per-
sons present at the meeting all of
whom became charter members of the
new organization. The meeting was
called to order by John A. Mills who.
was elected temporary Chairman. Wil-'
liam Donovan was named temporary
secretary.
Mr. Mills explained the purpose of
the formation of the community club
and introduced Mrs. Wallace Marvin.
one of the founders of the East Nor-
walk Improvement association. who
(Continued on Page Twelve)
ADD CHILDREN
ARE VACCINATED
___.___.
More than four hund red children at-
tending the Norwalk public schools
were vaccinated yesterday afternoon
in accordance with the request of the
Board of Health. This new phase in
the prevention of smallpox from
surrounding towns and cities to Nor
walk was announced this morning by
Health Officer Robert E. Perdue.
That the children evidently were
taken the request of the health
authorities to heart was shown by the
numbers who appeared to be vaccin-i
ated at the offices of the town physic-
ians and physicians who are
members of the Board of Health. In
addition to the above. Dr. \V’illiam
McMahon has volunteered his services
free—of-charge in the vaccination 'sii-
(Continued on Page Five)
District Attorney
Studios Arbuckle Case
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17.-———There
was no session of the Roscoe Arbuckle
manslaughter trial in Superior Court
this morning. Matthew Brady. district
attorney. having asked time to study
certain phases of the case more thor-
oughly. The court set the first of a
series of extended sessions for 2 p. m.
Taking of testimony was expected
to begin at'this session. The long ass
dons. from two to six o'clock each af-
ternoon. Itre to render night sittings of,
the court Tunnecessary. it was an-
pounced. W prosecution and defense
have upliaoed a desire to expedite the
”dining mono are, as us.
“UPENDDDR”
IN CHINA I0
DE ' DISCUSSED
“'ASHINTON. Jan
17 (By the As-
thc Far Eastern committee to con-
tinue debate 011 the subject of the
"open door" in China and further
discussion of the Shaniung question
bvtween the Japanese and Chinese
delegates formed today's program for
the arms conference.
As a starting for the
discussions today. the delegates
”open door"
of
far eastern committee had before
them for consideration a. concrete
“definition" of this principle This
by
yesterday Secretary Hughes
Continued on Page Twelve)
55, 000 CARMENT
Progress
workers struck in protest against
stitution of a piece work system.
a
itorneys
portance.’ Benjamin
Lprc sident of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers said.
monstrated the ability of
lective agreements by employers."
1111111 1111113
LONDON. Jan. '17
sociatmi Press) —.\1iothcr met-ting of
the other powers represented in the
was supplied them in textual form
af-
ter opening the debate with a reaffir-
mation of the American “open door"
‘WDRIIERS RETURN
Strike Which Has Been in
in New York
Since November Is Settled
NEW YORK. Jan. 17.—Fift3'—five . .
thousand garment workers of the the Ann-Saloon League.
Metropolitap district today resumed
work in hundreds of shops which had
been closed since November. when the
in—
The tie-up came to an end when at-
for the Cloak. Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers Protective Association
notified the workmen that the shops
would re open today in obedience to
an order of the State Supreme Court.
‘Tiw strikers voted to go back to work.
“The victory of the striking cloak
workers in this city is of national im-
Schlesinger.
.“It has de-
organized
labor to enforce the observance of col-
DRIVE I2 TU DEATH.
(Associated
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL pants on THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE asp OUR owx'orm'ron.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY. JAN. 17, 1922
Coroner Phelan Holds Serino
Guilty of the Murder of Apicelhi-
Ll‘ltll APICI‘ILL.‘
True Story of “1111M" Shooting.
November Bill. Is Told in
(‘ornm-I- Phelan“ Ropurt.
'i'lu-
(”l
, m $11111er
Accused of Min-din" of Luigi Aplcéila
by Finding oli‘ Coroner Phelan.
LET THEM DIE,
DAILY SAYS DE
DDDTLEfi DRINHERS
Better Oil-Dead, Is Declara-
tion of Lobbist for the
Lord’s Day Alliance
ALBANY. Jan. 17.—-“The public
should not get nervous over the Pro-
hibition situatiou. Let drinkers of
bootleg whiskey die." declared Robert
G. Davey. former counsel to the Anti~
Saloon League and now legislative
representative of the Lord's Day Alli-
ance.
“Any man." continued Davey. "who
has so little moral fibre that he will
drink the poison that is now being illi-
citly sold- to the public is of no worth
to soeiety. He is better on: dead."
Davey‘s statement was provoked by
an inquiry as to whether deaths from
poison liquor were not adding to the
dissatisfaction with Prohibition. Davey
is one of a dozen dry lobbyists push-
ing the local option enforcement bills.
a "concerted discussion" of which is to
be staged in churches throughout the
States next Sunday under direction of
ICloudy: warmer in interior.
Serino Fired Fatal Shot
Struggle Had Taken
of Bertino.
After He Learned I“
Apicella Had Been Calling Him and Liberfim
Bad Names—Testimony Failed to Prove M
Place or That AM
Made Any Move to Shoot Anyone in the Store
The true story of how Luigi Apt-1
cella met his death is told in the find-
ing handed down late yesterday al‘—'
ternoon by Coroner John J. Phelan
in the inquest into the death In the
finding Miks Serino is held criminally
responsible for Apicella's death. and
is to be placed under arrest on a.
bench warrant issued by Stan‘s At-
torney Homer C Cummings. charged
with murder There “ill be a strug-
gle. it is anticipated. to ha\c this
charge changed to that oi inan—
slaughter.
V‘Vhen the first inqivst into ApicclAI
la's death was held here the day fol-
lowing the shooting. 1. c.. Nmembcr
Elth. 19le witnesses told of Apicclla
coming to the back room of Jacob
lit rtino's store at 211 \k‘ood street with"
lots entering his bod).
Jl‘his was a most ingenious tale. bu!
the stor3—the true story—as related
to Coroner Phelan by Bertino and;
Libertine when placed under arrest
on a coroners warrant in connection.
with Apicella's death. is far 1135!:—
out.
The true story tells just what The
Sentinel has claimrd was the case all
along. that Apicclla was delibemtciy
{shot by Scrino and that he. Apiceflu.
lwas unarmed save or a. shot gun. we
”shells of which were in his side Flick;
ct.
Bertino and Libertino are both held
as material witnesses in" the cane-in
Bridgeport jail. and when the quin-i
antinc on the jail is lifted. will be re-
leased. Iht‘lt‘ bonds waiting for them.
Libertino is'held in bonds of $1.000.
a loaded revolver and a loaded shot \\ hile Hertino is held in bonds of 85.-
gun and of threatening to shoot Scris I300. there being a. bond 0t 5300 on an
no. and Sam Libertino, 01' 1.0111 allpvlll cast" of his. and om~ of $5.000
Street. a local taxi driver.‘ on :1 bound oyer case. on the charge.
A scuffle followed during which (11 Inning a stolen automobilr in his
Apicella was said to Illl\(‘ shot Scrin‘) \msscssinn.
in thc left hand. and tlpn when an Others who were prf‘scwn .31 the
attempt was made to take his gun shooting oi Apicella are being looked
from lijm. it “as discharged. IIlt bulv __. -
(Continued on Page Eleven)
$50,000, 000, 000
CRIMES MADE
CLEAN UP ON
4 impressed-
DAD, CHECKS
\\'ill111n1 C. Grimes. of New York.
Mexico and at present “somewhere in
the l'nited States." cleaned up the
merchants of Norwalk by means of
“phony checks"'to the tune of some
$300 on Saturday. making his exodus
from this. city yesterday morning. ac-
companied by all his clothes and a
steamer trunk.
The checks. which have been turn-
ed over to the police. were drawn to
the people. on whom they were pass-
ed. and were drawn on checks of the
South Norwalk Trust Company. The!
(Continued on Page Seven)
HANDS HIMSELF
IN HIS CELL AT
PDLICE STATIUN
PALMER, Mass. Jan iii—Charles
W. Chamberlain. manager of the local
exchange of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, who
was implicated in the alleged defal~
cations of Town Treasurer George E.
Clough and was arraigned yesterday
on a charge of receiving stolen town
funds. hanged himself in his cell at
Output
Is U. S. Capacity in 1922'
Reports to Census Bureau
Indicate the Year Will
Bring Prosperity to En—
tire Country—Many In.
dustries Now Prepared
for Greatly 111th
Business is '
\‘l'ASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 17.—-
Mills and factories thmughout the
linitcd States are equipped to turn out
$50.1»(ltl.000.000 worth of products“:-
ng 192:: in the estimation of the cen-
sus bureau. Government officials in-
terrupt this to mean that manufactur-
ers and business men generale believe
the year will bring prosperity to the
entire country.
In pre-war days. the total output of
American factories was barely mots
than 325.000.000.000.
The United States Steel Corporation
recentl3 announced plans to @231
$10 000. 000 in extensions and new”
chiner3. Railroads are buying quip-
merit and rolling stock. mum:
in the East are looking forward b 8&0
(Continued on Page Tbn)
MASDNIC HUME
PLANS DISCUSS
Plans were discussed at. the m
of the Old Well Masonic company”!
last evening. relative to the new Ina
sonic home here.
The meeting. which as of a *
informal nature. adjourned ‘
Monday evening. Febrmry 601. *.
reports will be received
A committee was appointed 1“
will choose architects. the com
consisting of Thaddeus 61132:. chir—
man. Cramer C. Hegeman and Sym-
ter P. Decker.
the police station early today. His
NDRWALII LUW
IN ILLITERAIES
With Fairfield county having 14.981
illiterates out of 67.265 illiterates for
the State. Norwalk has the lowest
number of illiterates for cities with
25.000 or more population. in the
state. having only 980. The next
nearest is Meriden with 1.083 illiter-
ates.
There are according to the illiteracy
statistics for 1920. In 1910 the total
number of illiterates in the State
were 53.665. and the percentage for
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JAPANESE HDNDR
MARDUIS DIIUMA
Press).—Eleven members or the crew
of the German steamer Vesta. bound
from Hamburg to Lisbon. as well as
the wife of the chief omcer. met their
death owing to 'an explosion on the
ship Sunday night. Ten survivors of
the crew were landed at Lowestott by
a. trawler yesterday.
The Vesta's captain said that. dur-
ing heavy weather Sunday night. the
deck: cargo of the vessel, gustsmig
largely tot naphtha. shifted. An ex-
plosion occurred and a few minutes
later the whole vessel was in flames,
TOKIO. Jan. 17. (By Associated
Press). —Thousands of Japanese today
paid tribute to the memory of Marquis
Oknma. Japan' 5 noted statesman. who
died here last week. Before the fun-
eral services were hid. long lines of
admirers flied past the body as it lay
In state.
Most of the members of .tIie impel-s
ial household. as well gs nuvume‘ tong
government officials and '
visited the: 01mm raid ’
bod3 was found suspended by his
Imuft‘ler. which was attached to the
'top of the cell door. by the janitor of
the building when he came on duty
for the day.
Mr. Chamberlain had been in the
employ of the telephone company
twenty-tour years. and came here
from Concord. N. H.. to become ex—
Continued on Page Four)
MUNICIPAL REPAIR
SHDPS A FAILURE
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—-Ch1cago‘s :2.—
700. 000 municipal repair shops have
been closed as a failure it became
known today, following an investiga-
tion by a committee of alder-men. be-
cause city work done there "cost 300
per cent. of what it would have cost
on the outside."
Some illustrations given by alder-
Imen in support of the charges that
prices were excessive. showed that a
.water valve, which. on the outside.
would cost $12. cost the city 385 in
the shops; standard automobile tires.
at one time sold to the city at list
the list price plus 25 per cent. for
ove‘rhe‘jad at tho shops.
Accordingfx to the aldermen's re-
9 .
price less 25_ per cent. cost the city
orient in repairing 1
It is expected that plans will go
through shortly for a new home for
the. Masons in the Second district.
EARTHDUAIIE WAS
2,5UD MILES AWAY
\VASHINGTON Jan 17.—-An m
quake described as very pew-ere ’6.
estimated to have occurred 2.509 ‘3.
' south of Washington. was recorddfin .
the seismograph at Gear-gem“ 113‘ .
iversity.’ beginning at 10:58 P. M. plo-
terday and continuing until am!" 1.11.
M. today. The period argue-test is
after the disturbance began.
Berlin Sneak
» Thieves Are BU!
BERLIN. Jan. 11—811” thw
who have been active in the 69“
section of Berlin nightly for a n.
time have extended their opera
into every suburb of the city
have engaged in many battles fl.
the police. They have can“ at!”
petty of all kinds. even board
doors of houses .windm m
dwellings and benches and m
the city. parks. Scores pipe _
reported- the theft of cm
tensity was recorded eight min“ .3
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