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Assocmrno PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF {tin-3 mm m: a SPECIAL WIRE AND om owx OPERATOR.
(.91 not Other Arrests of Prominent N orwalk and
Mumford Men Are Promised by Government
«mice rsI —t- Iéaw dStudent Joseph Lonchak
In en 11 o ‘usto yFollowingaProb
>4: .1 m ford Authorities e by the
I31) I. . Federal
i , r
i the local police joined
I a;- mi an alleged Norwalk
.: i boot-legging gang
“I operating in this \i-
4 lilt'll alleged it) be ill)—
1.: III: were. '_\esterday
‘.lt'> 4 over to li‘ovieral
In IHL; llt'lvl at the local
I‘ll Irl- rs pcnding further
I
,Il ozhrrr arrests of prominent
. \'.:II\ “1““ alleged to in-
'I thw lranspnl‘ialimi ul’ il-
.. I .\:'i'll the two cities were
:'.- gnu-rni'nent agents
Iv ll i‘l lllU‘ll up the case.
I' {l\ l'.‘ l':i_‘ Sll‘i'i'l.
. t. I >lndrnt. enl-
.Iu.~‘epli I1. Ta}—
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known in local and Norwalk sportint
circles as an all-around athlete. “1“
the third man taken in custody by the
local police. following the investiga-
tioi. \\ hich started late Saturday night.
(lave Himself 1").
l.onchak ga\e himself up at
Stamford police headquarters. late
Munda\ afternoon. The Norwalk po-
ll(‘t‘ had been asked to apprehend the
the
Entered in: the South Nos-walk Post
Office as Second Class Mall Matter.
Three Men Alleged to
lie Bootleggers Turned
Over to Federal Agents
IIIIE POWER
NAVAL TREATY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (Associated
Press).—The five powcr naval treaty
embracing the capital ship settle-
ment, the limitations placed on aux-
iliary war craft. and the "status quo"
agreement regarding Pacific fortifica-
tions. was ready for announcement to
the world today, winn the “’ashlng-
ton conference convened in plenary
session.
The d9ltgflll0ll head of each of the
five powers. the United States Great
Britain. Japan. France and ltaly, was
prepared to bespeak for his govern-
ment his formal acceptance of the
pact .
Also ready for presentation was the
separate treaty embracing the declar-
ations adopted imposing certain re-
yoling man. The) notified him that
lu- was wanted by the police of this
cit) and lli' came in Stamford and
:au- himself up after consulting his
attorneys.
(‘niin l". lagersoll of the firm of
Cummings .x’ Lockwood. represented
Loin-hak. Mr. lngcrsoll withdrew
the
a rws
vase yesterday.
it of l.onchak followed the
from
'I'lii-
(Continued on Page Two)
. imodeled Block Had Narrow
Escape From Destruction Today
this morninL'.
the rv-vcntly re.
in \\'all street.
blaze “as discov—
lhe Slur Specialty
established business.
the uptown iii'c
resulted in th..
v'\ll!l'..'lll.“ll"tl before the
\ery heavy.
\\':IH tliswncrrd first bv Mrs.
Nolan. proprietor of the
Show. \\lIri has an
the top lloor of the
was awakened before
1m k In thick smoke which per—
'- i heI rooms.
.Ius Nolan telephoned police head-
Irters and Patrolman Adams turned
'i general alarm from Box 15. WW
.~- Ilrcnien arrived they found smoke
:nniring from the buildine. It would
.Ippear that. the smoke came from the
office of Dr, Russell ii. Morgan Im the
second floor of the building. Breaking
IIIIO Ihv- they found that the
Continued on Page Eight)
HAIL HIVEN A
TERM IN .IAII
Call. of 23 Kossuth street.
~11 undcr arreht late last
Patrolman John H. Smith.
had fallen downstairs and
en knocked unconscious. fol-
. struggle in the hallway of
while he was resisting ar—
sl'. [In It,
II in .l.
'Ile block
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by
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Ila-T been ingagcd all after-
..nl: In the ancient and honor-
. .1 lice of the old country—4. e.
'11; wife. She at last rebelled
bilinued on Page Four)
.\'~' .1 ulk Medical‘
Liberty League
Ile.iHTIt‘ meeting of the Nor—
.. tl Liberty l.caguo was held
the offices of Dr. Paul
W; Ishington street About
-.. rsons attended the meet—
HI
~~Inn. it was voted to omit-
~ National Medical Liberty
. .. n has headquarters in
but not to take ally steps
with the local vaccina-
-,.,,, until receiving word
lmnal organization.
("astcllano was elected
w asurcr of the organiza-
Faye Boyd was elected
. H lat).
‘It
7‘~'(‘OME TAX
: s" nlinel has submitted
Mlilx' («interning the In-
‘F. _ McGovern.
Internal Revenue
’l‘ax unit. which
-l in these columns from
‘IYIIIIIPS
S
II‘t'lIluo-
I III III: a return?
in-livi-lual havinganet
NI» taxable year Of
If single, or if mar-
Ixmc with husband or
11.. lual having a net in-
?I\.ilvli- year Of $2000.00
‘Ilrrr 4i :nd living with
:1“; and ‘
Inhiual having a gross
1‘ taxable year of
. . r. regardless of
‘n‘ net income.
Miami and wife living to-
” aggregate net income
- war of $200.00 or Over.
; W gross income for such
l m: (m or over.
rm "VVTIO shall pay a Tax?
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the -
EXTRRIINR RANIIS
TH RE REACHIISTEH
Drastic Action to Follow
President’s E x p o s e of
Methods of Some in West
\VASHINGTHN. l-‘eh.
liteers. who borrow money from li‘ed-
cral Reserve Banks at five per cent.
and extort ten or twelve per cent. in
Anterest rates from farmers: are to be
backlistcd. administration officials dc-
ciarcd today. Drastic action is to
follow the President’s expoSe of the
methods of some bankers in the farin-
lug regions.
Officials of the
poratiOn were
inquiry today.
l."‘]53”l{ prm
Wa'r Finance (“or-
conducting searching
to ascertain to what ex-
tent bankers. or other borrowers of
zoverment funds. may have employed
them to hold tip the farmers or other
agriculturalists in big rates of inter-
est on Government money.
(lther Government agencies also
were engaged in a hunt for the profi-
teering banker. wherever he ‘may be.
Continued on Page Six)
HALTSHIISTHN ENI]
III BOSCH INQUIRY
Government Transfers Chief
Activities for Present to
New York City
BOSTON. Feb. l.—John 1:. Joyce.
First Assistant United States District
Attorney. temporarily dropped the
Ecston end of his investigation into
the sale of the American Bosch Mag-
neto yesterday and returned to New
York. after stating the investigation
would be transferred to that city.
Department records of the Alien
Property Custodian' 9 office as well as
books of the company which have
been under scrutiny for several weeks
were ordered sent after him. These
included departmental records surren-
dered the previous day under sub-
poena by Thomas W. Miller. Allen
Property Custodian. who came on
from Washington for that purpose.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
HAPPY PARENTS
(ATTEND MEElthi
A most enthusiastic and successful
Parents-Teachers meeting was held
last evening at the Concord School.
The seating capacity was taxed to
the uttermost with happy apprevia-
tive parents and friends.
Master Harold Kaplan as chairman.
welcomed the visitors. and presented
the speakers of the evening. John
Henry. of the Board of Education.
Mrs. George Betta and Rev Ernest
Mar-Gregor of the Home and School
League. and Supt. Buchanan. all of
whom spoke most delightfully and in—
terestingly.
Miss Margaret ,Toth in a well- ren—
dered poem spoke for “The Children. "
Much praise is due the demonstra-
tion lessons conducted by sixth grade
pupil: and Miss Martin in Socialized
{If and Min:
(Continued on Page Two)
$40,000 Blaze in
Willimantic Block
\V'Il.l.l.\l.-\NT11‘. 19.4.. l.—-l~‘ir'n- last
ninht badly damaged a fmaus'ory
building in North st reel. The loss was
estimated-at 3441.01.11, Miss H-mnah
Sullh an was rescued from the fourth
floor when she dropped from a win-
dow into the arms of a fireman perch—
ed on a laddcr which did not reach to
the top story. The tire started in the
furnace room and spread rapidly
through air shafts. reaching the roof.
Apartments and lhc
building.
ot'iicvs occupied
IS All READT
lAYt II +
Dilll;
Milli ~60 BACK
Picturesque C r i min a] Is
Caught in New York;
Held for New H a v e’n
.Police
HAH SAWEII HIS
WAT HUT RNCE
Reca ptured,’ He Disap-
peared While Working in
Yard as a Trusty
NEW HAVEN. Feb. ].—»l.croy
'I‘mlm; one of the most picturesque
and intervsting New Haven criminals.
who escapid L‘vlf‘t“ from ”11‘ local
euiiiih jail. is being held by the New
York Police‘as a fugitive from justice
and within a short time will be
1m I'Qlll back to this city. Detective
Capt. Henry J. Donnelly said last
plight.
The fugitive. popularly known in
llw (‘t liar Hill section of the city as
"(‘owboy Taylor." due to his practice
of mum: a horse in the attire of a
I'anchman. was arrested in 1919 in
connection with a large. number of
Iheu'is from the. New York. New Ha-
(Continued on Page Two)
miles to carry a letter.
TEEEI’HHNIC PHRASE
AIRS EFFICIENT
TRIL SERVICE
\Vhen you are making a telephone
call out of town and you hear the
“Voice with the Smile" ask. “What is
your name. please?" do-not think she
is trying to flirt with you because she
isn't.
The Toll operator is using’ a tele-
phone phrase recently adopted here
but which has been in use in other
cities throughout the country for some
time. It has been proved that. by
learning the name of the calling per-
son. the Toll operator is enabled to
give more satisfactory service.
For instance. there may be more
than one call for New York from. the
booths at an attended Public Pay
Station. or through the Private Branch
Exchange in a large factory or office
building. . When the'l'oll operator can
say. “011 Mr. Brown's call to » New
York. we are ready." the attended sta-
tion operator or the P. B. X operator
knows which one or the several New
York calls that have been placed by
her. is. realist. The element‘-
rode his horse Red Bird from Sheridan, qu0-.
White Eagle is deaf and dumb. but is an ex-
cellent horseman and a writer of Indian stories and poetry. The pho-
tograph shows him on his horse in Michigan Boulevard. Chicago, at
the end of his twenty nine day trip.
'CRNTRIRIJTIHNS .
of doubt A .
is removed and tb
mourn HORSEMAN lN CHICAGO.
White Eagle, full blooded Sioux cowboy and poet. who recently
more than a thousand
TR Y. M. H. A.
PRURINH IN
Several checks were received at the
Y. M. H. A. Building Campaign head-
quarters. 71 South Main street. from
Stamford and other out of town Con-
tributors. as well as from generous
men who realize the benefit the entire
city of Norwalk will derive from the
proposed community center and vs ho
tfirefore draw no sectarian lines
Among the latest contributions are:
$250 Hap-y Nevas.
1M Rockoff Bros.
100 Henry Harris.
104) Rosenfield Bros.
100 A Modne.
50 L. Shilepsky.
50 Louis Harris.
50 J. Lessen.
50 Dr. I. Rosenthal.
50 Manuel Josem. , .
25 Mrs. Sarah Weider
25 P. Feinson. '
1' 25
. ducted on a gigantic scale to enforce
—,
SOUTH NORWALX, 00M. WEDNESDAY,-FEB.1,1922
Int—L
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.IIII IIIIIIII
cofllNMl HAS
Rt IIIIIIIIIII
ROME. Feb. 1 (By The Associated
Preas).~"rhe Sacred College @111 con-
vene tomorrow in conclave for the
election of a. new pope. The Italian.
French and" Spanish Governments.
which formerly claimed the right of
veto. have informed the Holy See
semi-omciauy that they have no de-
sires in the matter. the Italian Gov-
ernment in addition issuing a denial
or the report that it favored Cardinal
Mam. archbishop of Pisa. \
“The Italian Gavernment has no
candidate." said the statement.
The French extraordinary ambas-
sador to the Vatican. Charles C. A.
Jonnart. declared that his govern—
ment was expressly remaining neu—
tral. \Vhen asked concerning the
right of veto. he remarked: "Oh, that
Is a. thing of the past."
Tho Marquis de Villasinda. Spanish
Ambassador to the Vatican. spoke to
(Continued on Page Five)
l
'IHINERS ARAINST
ATTACH RN THE
1..
INDIANAPOLIS. F‘cb. l.—~Thc Knit-
ed Mine “Yorkers of America are will- ,
ing “to unreservedly pool their inter-
ests with the. railroad organizations
and stand with them in resistance to
the proposed attacks upon their wage‘
schedule." John L. Lewis. internation—
al president of the miners. declared in
a statement today. The statement was
made along with the announcement
that invitations to participate in a
meeting with the miners had been
sent to Officers of the. sixteen major .
organizatlomi of railroad workers.
Mr. Lewis declared the railroad
workers have been ”compelled to ac-
cept inequitable wage reductions.“ and
asserted propaganda now is being con-
further unwarranted Wage cuts upon’
them.’
Continued from Page Nine.
EHRNERIHCAI NAN
WANTS PRHTECTIHN
AFTER'TESTIEYINH
NEW YORK. Feb. l.—Ai‘ter he had
testified in General Sessions yesterday
to having been offered a bribe of 5500
not to appear as a witness for the
prosecution in the trial of Detective
Sergeant John P. O'Neil for shooting
and killing Jeremiah Deacey. a host-
ler. in a restaurant at 395 Second ave-
nue on Jan. 1. 1921. Ludwig Piazza.
tori-irrly proprietor of the restaurant.
asked that a detective be assigned to
him from possible police vio~
guard
lens: .
morning before Judge Rosalsky. The
indictment charges manslaughter. It
was alleged that on New Year's night
(Continued on Page Five)
HUSBANIIREAT
Mrs. Lida H. Delinof Darien. in the
Superior court yesterday before the
referee. Joel H. Reed. said that her
husband. now in New York city. had
repeatedly cursed her and told her
she came from a breed of cattle.
They were married on August 2, 1917.
she said. In addition to these.
charges. she- said he would not allow
her relatives in the house and kicked
her dog around.
Hugh \Vasslink.’her brother. said
her husband was mean to his sister.
and Mrs. Annie Burke. a former ser-
vant in the family. said the husband
had struck his wife after an argu-
a year ago. while he was intoxicated.
(Continued on Page Two),
Hartford’s Trolley
~ Fares Up $538,000
HARTFORD. Feb. 1.—Trolley fares
collected by the Connecticut company
in this city in 1921 totalled $2,682,066.
which was $583,000 more than the re-
ceipts here in 1920. These figures were
contained in a report submitted to the
towu clerk today by the federal
trustees and the president of the com-
was the first.
.is out {mm the direct management or
U'Neil was placed on trial yesterday '
HER VICIHHSIY'
Rain and warmer tonight.
Automobile
Collision on
the Post Road Last Night
Was Able to Leave
Helen Burke Taken to the Norwalk Hospital, But
Today—Claude Francin-
Under Bonds of $350 For Appearance h
Court February 11th
U
A young woman. who gayc her
name as Helen Burke. and who
claimed to live at 22 St. John's placc.
Stamford. was badly cut about the
forehead and face. and three. other
people were injured following a smash
at the corner of‘Richards avenue and
the. Post Road about 11:15 o'clock
last night. The driver of one of the
cars. Claude Francis. who gave his
address as the King‘s Highway. Dar-
ien. was placed under arrest chars-ed
with reckless driving. and has been
released under bonds of $350 for an
appearance before Judge George H.
Vosburgh on Saturday. February lllh.
The accident occurred when a Nash
roadster. driven by Francis. towards
liaricn. swung off from the Post Road
intn Richards avenue. and crashed
into an Oldsmobile.
Mondell. of 557 Main street, Bridge
port. had just been turned into Rich»
ards avenue. In the car with Mon-
deil was Andrew Brown. of 3‘? Scy-
mour street. Bridgeport.
The Oldsmobile was overturned. and
driven by Harn‘
both Monden and Brown were thrown
out. Mondell sustained the worst in.
juries of the two. he being out about
the face and neck by flying glass.
Brown was only slightly cut.
Mise Burke. who was riding with
Francis. was thrown through the
windshield of the our. and sustained
a long deep gale 01) her forehead. n
well as other slight cuts and bruise:
Her condition was regarded as being
.quite serious when she was first talk“
to the Norwalk Hospital.
Both automobiles were badly dam-
aged. the Nash being smashed in from
the radiator down, and the Oldsmo—
bile being badly damaged.
A few minutes after the accident
occurred. an automobile driven by
IFrancis Gill. of Darien. who was tak-
ing his sister. Mrs. William Beckiey.
.to her home. came along and ren-
dered first aid. and then rushed the
injured parties to the hospital. It
was said by one of the party that
Continued on Page Seven)
Spent Over S
E. HIII RESIHNS
AS HEAR RE THE
IRRN WHRHS CR.
For the first time since the Nor-
walk Iron Works was founded, well
over a. half a century ago. the plant
one of the members of the Hill fam-
ily. E. Hill. having resigned this
morning as director and president of
tho Norwalk Iron \Vorka company to
go into business in New York.
Mr. Hill. who succeeded his father.
the talc Eben Hill. some eight or nine
years ago. as president. refused to
givc any reason for his resignation.
but it is said that the change has
been apparent for some time.
The business was founded by Eben
Hill over 50 years ago. and one of the
chief items of manufatture has been
air compressors for the United States
Navy.
TREATY ERR THE
WARE SCHEDULElReferee Rebukes Bankrupt Who -
70,000 in Loans
Judge Keogh C h a r g es
Bridgeport Man L i v e I!
Riotously on the Savings
of Poor People—Bankrupt
Offers 10 Per Cent. Compo-
sition to Creditors, but
Has No Money
Il RIDGEPORT, m. I. ~—Referee
lohn Keogh soundly rebuked Nicholas
Horvath West john druggist. a: 1:11!
continued hearing in the bankru
bankrupt had endeavored to exp
he has borrowed during the. last three
or four years.
"At the time you were buying- this
automobile. for which you paid $3,009,
and living in this way and maintained
this farm. you were borrowing the
savings of people that were old and
depending upon it to keep them aides
the rest of their natural lives. and to
keep a roof over their head. If you.
had borrowed from business establish-
ments or gone out borrowing from
banks. it would have been a. difiereut
proposition." Referee Keogh said.
"I always felt that I would be in a.
Continued, on Page maven)
LINITATIHN [IE
NAVAL ARHAIHENTS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.—At 12:26
1).. m.. today Secretary Hughes presn
ented to the arms conference the text
of the treaty for limitation of naval
armaments.
The entire time of today’s plenary
session of the conference, the fifth in
its course. had been up to that mo-
ment consumed with the presentation
and adoption of committee's resolu-
tions providing for the return of cer-
tain sovereignties to China and the
announcement of the settlement of
(Continued on Page Eleven)
STATE MASRNS
IN ANNUAL SESSIIIN
HARTFORD. Feb. 1.—’Thc 134th an-
nual communication of the Connec-
ticut Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M.. op-
ened in Masonic Temple this
fore-‘
TELEPHHNERIRES
CITE A NANCE-
From eight until. twelye o'clock 29.5%
evening. the Elk's Hall. South 14353
street. was filled with dancers who-
came from Norwalk. ward.
Bridgeport. New Haven :1“ Water-
bury. as well as from WM m.
ien. Wilton. Danbury and other nearby
points.
The occasion was that of the dance
given by the Traffic Departmentottzhe
Norwalk exchange of the Southern.
New England Telephone company.
and it is estimated that about 300 pea--
ple attended. Many of the company's
officials were present including 3. R.
Rogers of the New Haven office: A. L.
Baldwin Waterbury Wrist “Win
Chief: and W. R. Carroll.Br§dgepot1t
District Wire Chief.
Gail's orchestra furnished music for
the dancing throughout. the evening.
The committee in charge consisted or
Mrs. Gertrude Mitchell chief operator,
and Miss Madeline Brown. supervisor.
Local officials were present at the
dance as well. and a. mod enjOyabla
time Was reported.
It is expected that the operators will
hold another dance in the near future.
before Lent. if possible.
noon for a two days session by
Grand Master Challes Cramer of this
city.
The Grand Maste; gave a review of
his activities during the past year and
expressed appreciation of the long
period of service of Past Grand Mas-
ter John O. Rowland, as superintend-
ent of the Masonic Home at Walling-
ford, and he added that the fraternity
was fortunate in its selection of Past
Grand Master Andrew J. Hallock of
Bridgeport as the new superintendent.
Fruit Store Under
$3,000 Attachment
‘ Attachments amounting to about
$3. 500 were placed on the fruit store
coated at Wall and River street and
7 ea by Peter Km by Deputy
RECEIVER ERR
Judge John Pullman. 0! Bridge-
port. representing the A. W. Bur-rm
'Company 01'
Manufacturing. Inc., at W ‘31
the Spring Perch company of Bridge-
port three of the petitioning creditors
of the Locomoblle company of
Bridgeport. presented a petition for
the. appointment of reclaim to Indy?
Edwin S. Thomas. of the UM
States District court 81 l m sens
8101: here this morning. .
Upon an agreement m in:
merchandise creditors. ‘ .
THREE cnmf
as.
Young Woman Injured in
what had happened to nearly 370.090
liltlllltlfiilf £8:
Stratford, the Aluminum
court yesterday morning. after $3.;
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