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SOUTH NORWALH, CONN. THURSDAY, FEB. 16, .1922
Fair tonight and Friday; colder.
NORWALK’S
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THREE GEN”
.OIllllS Not Dissatisfied -
Vith Conferences Held
in London Yesterday
tribal:
itesumed and Will
there—Two More Deaths are Reported in
Evacuation of South Ireland Likely to be i
Relieve the Situation
Intifast
..- ....V. 1 l. in (IL Associated
i .»l t‘oliins' return to
ii ly tweIV 1- hours in Lou-
. imissirin that he was not
1 w tn ll)“ results of his con-
.min Yz‘OVt'l‘Ilml'llt officials
.i.i~. t.. mean that the ln’»
1.. 01' South Ireland will he
H.111 Will). .1111! L'Ol‘llllllll' unin—
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ve the situation of (111(-
‘1 .lous lt-atures. .‘\'o oi'r‘i—
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-i‘ ”I 'e" assurances Elven l)lt"‘ In [In north and (Intention of" the
howl-it". his ,Vvl lit-cu \lUllll!;l|nl. l'oothiill vinyl-rs. by the
l‘lsiri' authorities.
.11.... have Inn-:1 moved from .\ll' (‘hiirchill also announced that
.. ‘. v» \loiiilzi}. i-Vcep! the ll"|l.ll‘ll':| commissions. each of which
.1. . .iiiei- who sailed at Iiiililiu “Ill llll'llJ'l“ several lll'ilish representa-
[. 1 . «imri‘ last night. The other ti\1-4.iliil oi'fici-isnt tlii- opposing sides.
‘II II l"!'th-.l 1'1 I'llllllll till a. —
1 iiii Villl there. (Continued on Page 'l‘vs'ilvt')
'I‘hi- suspidons aroused in Ireland by
the suspi- nsion ol the troop movement
1m. iipoited to have been provoked
[lit contradittoi) statements in
i-Parliaiiienl yesterday of Lord Chancel.
Ioi' llirkenhead..und Secretary for
(‘olrmli-s Chin-chill. The former.
speaking in the House of Lords. intl-
iiiaieii that the halting of the evacua—
tion was due to disorders in the south.
while Mr. Churchill told the House of
('01111110115' that it was a result of trouc
In
5-Cent Fare Experiment
Likely to be Continued
Effect. Pr oba bl v,
Throughout February at
\i'oiwalk and Bridgeport.
says P u b I 1 c [ tilities
I'hairman—Study Preced-
ing, Decision on Rate
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I‘i-lirurii-y ti. and
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“Til t-\pll‘v on
\ :0, the experiment VViII pro-
i ontiiiliwl throughout the
”cording to :i statement 30%-
in lllfharil T. Higgins. chair-
ii‘ the public utilities commis-
't is also probable that the de—
tlm commission regulating
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1 ma on both divisions “in he
.. town at the sami- time, Mr.
1 ...iil At the time the experi-
VV-‘ii- inaugurated the pill-iii-
iilllllllflilll')” resi-erd the right
i . 1. them beyond lllt' three-
. l1l ‘11' it snu tit.
\MitJi lh~1~n-fl..~q- Reported.
to “.41le reports [ii the
mu in President Storrs ol' the
‘-l ('11. tho- revenue on the
l’l\l.\inll under the 5-Ccnt.
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HUNTER WflN’T
SUIT HIS JflR
IN STRATEIIRII
Town Manager, Ousted by
\1111- of Councilmen, Sur-
prises Foes by Appearing
ill Office and Announcing
'I‘iiiii He'll Stick
. . l" 'Iili PM» Dim—Town
i: H Hunter of Stanford.
llil.llk)ll as head of the coun-
nti'r government was demand-
..1 thr- nine town councilman
11L5ht. sprunq a surprise on
. \esterday by appearing at
.s usual. and announcing"
' .. Ail no liitention of resigning
--f‘ill tinle
Says He'll Stick.
l-ll'r‘ll't resigned and what's more
-i going to resign until l'vc been
.. when» I'm in the wrong."
igf-r Hunter annoumwi this
v‘llllliL
‘ 1’ Manager Hunter's action in iii--
Withhoiil his resignation
:1 surprisi- to lllr minority of
.iuwlnen. is putting it mildly.
.. i l( Illllt'll who \(ill'-l to oust
xii. i-ager by the simple ex—
l4)
1 .Vi
{illioly demanding his ro--.
t the town hall Monday
Hi twin-1‘ that thrir llt'xl
' '1ued on Page Eight)
Nu Russia at Genoa
if Not as an Equal
M It; (Hy Associated
. ~11 niiist i'atcgoricaily rev
11.. demands prior to
411': llt‘l‘. as suggested by
"0"". ”1.1- Pravada
<iiViel) detlares. Pre—
,. ~ .1lié'lllpl :it pOstpone-
.. v-ii1nr‘1- is considered
.. 1.:iii effort to abolish
r1
— 11:11:! In treated at
or she has no right
'1" 5111‘s the Pravada.
r 1 oi European capitalism
that they can treat
> . . Him they treat Esthonln.
‘iiuii
,vriiiliiit
' EARTHQUAKE
IS 11101111
\\’.\Slll.\‘(lTON. Feb. 16. An
izii'tliiliixike described as "very severe"
“as I‘l‘t‘Ol'llt ll lust'night at the George-—
town L'niVersity Seismological OllSQ‘lWA
lIlOI'). ’I‘Iii- trrnlors began at 10:2!“
11. 111.:11111 lastml until llzln p. n1.
with the maximum of intensity at
14123:: p. in.
The Rev. Father Tondorf. Director
of the Observatory. estimated the cen-
ter of the disturbance to have been 2.-
000 miles south of “’ashingtnn. and
said it undoubtedly was not the same
as that reported carlv yesterday in
Nicaragua.
SALES TAX MAY
RAISE MIINEY ERR
SRLRIERS-RflNUS
VV'ASHING'I‘UN. Feb. 16.
merit of u salt-s tax as the only prac-
ticable means of raising money for a
soldier bonus was stated to be the
view of l’rcsident Harding by Repre—
sentative Longvvorth. of Ohio, :1 Re-
publican member of the House Ways
and Means committee. after a. call to.
day at the “'hite House. The Ohio
representative said he understood that
such a View would be set forth by the
President in his letter to members of
the Finance Committee of Congress.
Such an executive view also was ex—
pected li)"S€-riator Freling‘huys'en, Re-
publican. New Jersey. who called at
the \Vhite House while the president's
letter was in course of preparation.
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Constable:Edvl'ard J. l-‘laherty yes-
terday afternoon attached the store of
Samuel Frankowitch. 25 Cove avenue.
East Norwalk. for creditors in three
actions which have been started
against him for damages ranging
from $25 to $700.
The store and contents were first.
attached for $50 by the Adler Drug
company of Stamford. which 'claims
an unpaid acount 'of $25.43. Then it
was attached for $150 for Morris Ep-
stein and Harry chas of Stamerd.
Operating under the name of .\l. ED-
for an unpaid account of
two cases are return-
Enact.—
{Sleill &. (‘0..
j SHE-Ami. These
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(Continued on Page TWelve)
Severe Blizzard
At Delaware Capes
(“APE MAY N. J.. Feb. lG.——The
worst blizzard in several years struck
the Delaware Capes today. Nine
inches of snow had fallen before
noon. and the wind attained a velocity
of 4“ miles an hour.
Naval men expressed concern for a
submarine which left League Island
last night bound for New London.
Corn. and has not been reported
since.
NORFOLK. Va. 1:91). 16.—P1ve
inches of show have fallen in Norfolk
during the second blizzard of the win.
ter.
PACIFIC iii
ISA "NIINDE
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pOWer Pacific treaty which was nego-
tiatcd at the Washington conference.
today again assumed a prominent
place in Senate affairs both on the
Senate floor and before the Foreign
Relations Committee.
Pending before. the Senate floor and
before the Foreign Relations Commit—
tee.
i'euding before: the Senate was the
resolution of Senktor Hitchcock. of
Nebraska. ranking Democrat on the
committee. to ask President Harding
to transmit to the Scnate additional
information and documents relating to
thc trtaty's negotiation. lefore the
Senate convened today. the Foreign
leiations Committi-i~ was called to
l('.\(lll"ll\ consideration of the treat).
Vvliic li lit-pan last . ‘atudiay.
'lhc return from Massaihnsetts to-
day of Senator Lodge. committee
i-hziii'iiiaii and one of the American
delegates action-on the Hitchcock rc-
solulioii. The Republican leaders also
were planning to press committee ac-
”(11‘ on the four powvr and other con«
Ici‘cnce llrlities
5,000 TRRRPS
REINII HELII AT
EflRT RLISS
EL PASO. Tcx.. l"t‘l). ll'..—-l"i\e
thousand troops at Fort Bliss were In»
ing held today ready for any emer-
gency which might (lll‘lst' along thi-
border. They were mobilized last
night when iumors were scattered in
Juarez and El Paso thet three thou-
sand men were assembling in the hills
south of Juarez. and that the Juarez
garrison was expected to “i'exolt '
Juarez military and civilian officials
denied each report. but admitted that
they are aware that revolutionists are
trying to recruit men in Chihuahua.
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KILLED THEMSELVES
AT “ANY. .\‘. .l1‘-.(h 16.——0nr- hun-
tll‘94l and sixteen New York state sol-
diers took their own lives overseas
during the world war. a ~statement is-
suiid today by Adjutant—General .1.
Leslie Kincaid said. One hundred of
the suicides wcrc enlisted men. and
sixteen were officers.
Vl'hile it is impossible at this late
date to assign a propcr cause leading
to each individual suicide. said. the
statement. "the officers particularly
were overcome with the feeling that
winning the war was an impossible
task and that the world's culture was
to be swept away by the triumph of
German arms.
“impulses of a more personal char-
(Contlnued on Page Twelve)
Governor Lake Pays
Tribute to Senator Hall
HARTFORD. Feb. 16,—The Hart-
ford Times received this morning the
following telegram from Governor
Everett J. Lake of Connecticut. 301:-
cerning the death of State Senatcir
VVillmm H. Hall which occurred sud-
denly in Daytona. Fla" early Wednes-
day morning. The governor went to
Florida last week.'
His telegram :-
“BELLEAIR. Fla, Feb. 15. 1922.
“The news of the death of Colonel
Hall reached me this afternoon. The
shock and sorrow to me personally
make it impossible for me to pay to_
him the full public tribute I should
like to do at this moment. An intimate
friendship of more than thirty years
has revealed to me his true worth as
a man and the courageous force with
which he always maintained high
ideals and standards both in his busl
ness affairs and his public actions.
"EVERETT J. LAKE."
$1,541,447,182 Paid
For Disabled Veterans
“WASHINGTON. D. C.. F‘eb. 16.—A
Senator who has been looking closely
into the financial end of the bonus
issue said today he had learned from
the l'nited States: War Veterans' Bu—
reau. concluded under Government
auspices. that since the armistice the
Government had expended $1.641.-
447,182.9£ in caring for men who had
been rendered physically unable to
care for themselves. The expenditures
under the United States Veteraris’ Bu-
row shows that this tremendous sum
has been disbursed in the following
manner:
Vocational training . .-$212.724.533.37
Insurance ........... 283,286 406.04
Compensation ....... 300.141 766.52
Allotments .......... 30fi.905.125.70
Allowances ......... “82.049.110.33
Marine and seamen
insurance ......... 35.084.378.18
_ . .
80.177.569.39
Medical and hospital.
service ..
.a......v
A 30— mile north gale is sweeping
1...: 3 then the confer-
:iee'tnrsing without Russia."
Norfolk. Shipping 01 the coast is
endangered.
Administration . . . . . .
The Board of Heat at a. meeting
held last night rebomlfiéhded the vac~
cinatlon of adults in gunman; in view
of the outbreak of sniajlfioa among the.
older people in Biiiéeport. .There
were. [WelVe cases reported in the Park
city last week and eye?) one of them
was ‘an adult. The same situation
might arise in Norwéfi. inasmuch as
the majOrit} of children are mom..-
atcd and the adults. to a large extent.
are not. .
Health Officer Robert E. Per-due
was instructed to confer with Street
Commissioner Duffy retarding the re-
striction of dumping » on the city
dumps. This action followed the re-
ceipt of a petition relative to the un-
WASHINGTOV'. I1eb16.——~“'ith
neither the tax nor bond pioposa! for
financing- tl1e soldiers’ bonus receiving
general support and botli known to be
regarded with disf'aV'Or by" President
Harding. although Congress continued
withoat word" from the president.
House. leaders were giving close study
today to the possibility of proyiding
the necessary ftmds bV slashing some
01' the annual appropriation bills.
Although not 'piepared without dc-'
liberation to estimate how much of
the bonus expense might be financed
from this direction. it was indicated
that the naval bill particularly and
also the Army supply measure would
sanitary condition of the dump at the
mist l‘llll 01' the \‘l'ashlngton street
lil‘iilfl‘t‘.
'l‘hi- math-r of a meat and food in-
spector and a sanitary inspector was
talked over at great «length. it was
decided to retrain from taking any ac—
tion at the seésion. but to hold 3.
special meeting next “Wednesday night.
:it which more ilelinlte action could be
taken.
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.\‘l12\V' YORK. Feb. ‘16.-—F‘ifty—two
ofiicials of eastern roads and represen-
tatives of train service brotherhoods.
began a series of sectional conferences
on wage questions at the Grand Cen-
tral ’lerminal today.
labor was represented by twin del-
egations. headed by .4. ,2. Sheppard.
preside-mu _..§ the Oider of Ruth?”
lonductors and W. G. Lee president
of the Protherhood of Railway Train-
li‘lf‘ll.
The committee of managers appear-
ing for railroads cast of the Mississip-
pi and north of the Ohio river i11-
rluded l“. E. Crowley. vice-president
of the New York Central: Elisha Lee.
V'iccspresident of the Pennsylvania: C.
\V. Galloway. vice-president of the
laitimorc and Ohio: E. Enncs. V'ice-
priesident and general manager of the
V‘V’hccling and Lake Erie; C; is Bardo.
E-lIPl‘al manager of the New York.
New HaVen and Haitford. and John
C.. VValber. secretary of the Bureau of
Information of eastern railroads.
A similar conference with engin-
eers and firemeu’s organizations will
begin next Monday.
NEW CABLE LINE _
ERIIM NEW TIIRII TI]
. ____.___.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.———A new cable
from New York to France by way of
the Azores will be laid as soon as pos—
sible bV the Commercial Cable Com-
pany. the Stockholders were informed
today in the ahnuni’report of Presi-
dent Clarence H. Mackay. Applica-
tions have been filed with the, T hited
State. Portuguese and French govern-
ments for permission to land the line
in their respectiVe territories he said
This projected cable _ 3.898 miles in
length. Would supplement.the present
line of the Commercial Cable Com-
pany. which lands at Havre and New
York. '
The report renewed the agreement
with the German Atlantic Cable Com-
pany for laying a cable from Emden.
Germany to the Azd’res and thence to
America to be ready before October
(Continued on Page Seven)
Court Rejects $200, 000
Offer for Tire Plant
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 16. ——A proposal
made by a New York syndicate known
as the A Newman group to buy the
plant in West -Havep of the Kelly
Tire and Rubber company, a bank-
rupt concern was rejOcted by Judge
Hinman in the Superior Court today.
The receivers for the company op-
iposed acceptance of the proposal,
while- the stockholders' proteeti .re
committee was in favor of selling for
$260, 000, the amount offered.
Strange Fish May
Be Wild Sardines
WASHINGTON Feb. 16 —There is
a new species of fish along the At-
lantic coast H. F. Moore, Deputy
Commissioner of the Bureau of Fish-
eries informed the House Foreign Af1
fairs committee today.
The fish has become known as the
Standard Oil fish. and the name is
I
ERANSEI’LANNEII'
‘ port that he had resigned
Mr.»
be carefully cxamincd to (lnlcrmine
what savings might ht- divcricd for
this purpose. 1
At the same llnll‘ sales tax propon—
ents Were pushing their campaign and
were said to be hopeful that the presi-
dent would suggest this kind of a tax
as a means of financingdhc bonus in
his expiclul communication. There
was no geneial belief that he would
how.e\er add sentimbnt in both Sen-
ate and ”(limb was said to he so
strong as to make. t iiuprobab‘. c that
the bonus hill couldb (1 passed with
smh a pro‘V'ii-iioii.—L‘f~— ‘
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left Norvalk this morn-
éiDetective Ser-
llcforc he
ing for Chicago Ill"
geant '1‘th Hunt conVersatlon
with a Senttpel rep er said that:
whin he brought back William M.
Ingles held in Illinolé as a fugitiVe
from justice on a. charge of obtain-
ing money under false pretenses, that
there would undoubtedly be other
charges prefcrred against the voung
man. 1 «can "
Information has reached the police.
it was said from others who were
"victimized" by menu of checks
which came back marked “No funds,"
that Ingles had gotten money from
them. and it is said that these “vic-
tims" are now pi‘epirea. to press
charges against the young man.
Ingles. it will be recalled. came to
Norwalk some three months or more
ago and while here made many
friends. One of his closest friends he
defrauded out of $250 by means of a
“phoney” check on the First National
Bank of Radford. Va... where he for-
,merly lived. The friend obligingly
‘endorsed the check which was. re—
turned here after Ingles had left
(Continued on Page Eleven)
TEX RISHARII HAS
BEEN > INIIIETEI]
NEW YORK. Feb. Sid—George L.
(Tex) Rickard. fight promoter today
was indicted for criminal assault on
two minor girls by the Supreme. Court
Grand Jury.
Before leaving his office to appear
before the Grand Jury. Rickard de-
clined to comment on a persistent re-
as presi-
dent of the Madison Square Garden
Corporation. and that John Ringling
proprietor of Ringling Brothers Cir-
cuses. would succeed him.
"In a dancer two I shall issue a defi-
nite and out antic statement. " he said.
Frank E. ltry. manager of the
Garden. said:
“I am' not at liberty to make any
statement."
Medical Examiner Reports
On Death of Johnson Girl
The report of Medical Examiner
Samuel H. Huntington on the death of
13-year old Florence Johnson. of'Sel-
leck street. East Nor-walk who passed
away last week at the Norwalk Hos-
pital of tetanus. following Vaccination.
was given to Coroner John J. Pheian
yesterday.
This morning Coroner Phelan. while
admitting that he had received the
report. said that he was not in a. posi-
tion to make anV statement as to what
the report contained.
He is to have a conference with
Medical Examiner Huntington tomor-
row regarding the report and the case.
and it is after that. Coroner Phelan
said. that he will make some state-
ment.
Foot Torn by
Automobile Chain
E. K. st. John. of 15 St. John
street. suflered a painful iniurv to his
right toot this morning which will:
confine him to his .bome for the next
ten days. The injury was sustained
in a rather peculiar m‘nner.
Mr. St. John was aiding in remov-
ing ‘snow from underneath the rear
wheels of a stalled automobile. There
was chains on the rear tires.
In some manner. Mr. St. John’ 3 foot
became caught underneath the tire
while the wheel was revolving. The
chain tore 111' 11311 the-
and
General Lockout Declared
Throughout Denmark Has
.Mfected 7150,000'Employes
7 Retaliatory Move of a General Strike by Organ-
. ized Lather Elements Has Not Materiali'zed—
Feared that Towns to North of Copenhagen
Will be Without Light and Power
COPENHAGEN. Feb 36. {By Asso-
ciated Press) .——The general lockout
declared yesterday throughout Den-
mark. effecting nearly-all industries
and about 150000 einploics. had not
up to this forenoon been met by the
retailiatory mOVc of a general strike
which some organized labor
threatened.
It is already practically impossible
to obtain fuel here. and as one conse-
quence the bread supply
L
elements
is endanger—
ed. Several or the gas and electricity
plants outside Copenhagen are sppo
plied with coal for only a for days
The lockout includes harbor workers
in most of the ports and it is feared“
the towns to the north of Capenhw
will be plunged into darkness short‘li.
The trouble arose because of an at-
tei‘pted lwenti per cent. cut in wag-es.
with longer hours. Compromise pro—
posals have been rejected by nearly all
the trade uni-pus. ‘
BANQUET Hill A
SUPREME BRIEF
130-1111111111
Attended by iicarly one hundred
persons. a testimonial banquet in
honor of Supreme Chief Mrs Mary
State. of Nomvalk. and Supreme Pin-
ancial Secretary Mrs. Annie E. Poth.
of New York. was held last night in
the Royal James Hotel. jointly by
Court Narruk Circle. No. 801. and Star
of Columbia Circle. No. 253. Compan-
ions of the Forest. The banquet was
a huge success and homage was
showered upon the two guests of
honor of the occasion.
Guests of the banquet consisted of:
Mrs. blary P. Randel. Supreme Trea-
surer of the Hospital Association.
Brooklyn. ’N. Y.; Past Supreme Chief
Companion Mrs. Mary Cohlan. of Jer—
sey City. N. J.: Past Supreme Deputy
Mrs. Mary Kuncr. New York city;
Supreme Deputy of Connecticut Mrs.
Mary Mills, of Bridgeport; Supreme
Inside Guard, MiSS Annie Moroney. of
\leriden.Conn.; H011.\V.J. SulliVan.
Supreme Chief Ranger of the Forest—
(rs. and Mayor of Derbv.
‘The dinner was excellent.
It was
(Continued on Page Two)
IRELAND’S SAUSE
IS THREATENEI]
LONDON. Feb. 1 6 (Associated
Press)1——Prediction that a coup " tat
in Ireland resulting in the setting up
of a soviet republic would ruin Ire'
land's cause for a century was mad‘.
by Winston Churchill. secretary for
the Colonies. in moving in the House
of Commons today the second reading
of the Irish Free State bill. Such an
occurrence was not at all likely. how-
ever. in the opinion of the British
Government, he said.
RRIIIIERS ERARREII
WITH LAREENT
NEW’ YORK. Feb. iii—Frank Min-
iter and Howard F. Stanley. members
of the brokerage firm of Minitcr. Nor-
den and Company. who Were indicted
yesterday charged with grand lar-
ceny were held in $50,000 bail each
when they were arraigned today. Un-
able to furnish the bail. they were sent
to the Tombs.
Assistant District Attorney Sim-
mons. asking the fixing of high bail
for the tw 0. said the case upon which
they were indicted was but one of
many involving them.
The two grand
hearing evidence today regarding al-
leged bucketing of (filters by brokers
Asks Receiver for
Labor Organization
TOLEDO. 0.. Feb. 16.-—Appoint-
merit of a receiver for the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes and Railway Shop Laborers
is asked in a petition filed in Federal
Court here late yesterday. by the Ba:
(3011 Brothers Company of Toledo. it
became known today.
The petition asks that the receiver
take possession of all prOperty of the
brotherhood within the jurisdiction of“
this court, including all money on de-
posiit in the Brotherhood of Iii-ammo-
tive Engineers 00- OperauVe National
Bank of Cleveland and that a. tem»
porary restraining order be issued en-
joining E. Frank Grabie. individually
and as president of the Brotherhood.
and all ’othen officers from withdraw-
lug, Warring, assigning or encumo
f 96 Bio—
juries continued ’
Taylor’s Oil Stock and Money
Missing, Investigator Reports
Trying to Check Up ti;
Estate of Murdered Film
Director and More Wit-
nesses Will Be Questioned
LOS ANGELES. I’ch.
l6.-(‘il stock
and mom-y. believed to have c0nsfi~
t'ilcd part of the estate 01 Vl’illiam
hear-Ind Tammi: murdered film direc—
tor. are missing. according to Charlcs
.\. Jon: :1. investigator for the district.
attoriii y.
.lcncs made this statement after
checking up Taylor's papers and he-
longings. and then conferring with-
Mrs. ll. M..IJerge1-. an income tax eXe
pert with whom Taylor is said to have
discussed his 1921 income tax report
a short time before he was killed.
From this it was learned. according
to Jones. that Taylor was prepared to-
pay a tax on securities and money
which have not been located.
Further inVestigation into the mur—
der was planned for today. District
Attorney Woolwine stated witneslux
would be questioned at their homes by
his agents. It was believed the pub<
licity attending their visits to his ofo
fice frightened persons into keeping to-
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I‘l i1‘i‘ AUTO N. Y..F‘eb.16.——Ru-
dolph Ritter. ciV ii engineer. for when
police started a nation wide search.
after the murder last July of Arthur
A W'oodburV. Vv'altham Mass. sales-
man has been arrested at Chicago.
the district attorney 5 office announced
this afternoon He will be. brought:
back to Buffalo tomorrow.
Woodbury‘s body was found lying in:
a. field six miles .east of Erie about a
month after he disappeared from. a
hotel here. He had been robbed and.
murdered.
The reason police sought Hitter was
because the day before Woodbury left
Buffalo. he wrote to his wife at Walt-
ham, informing her that on the fol—
lowing day he intended to motor 1:9
Erie with a Mr. Bitter.
AIAJIIR IiARIIIA
IS EXECUTER
JUAREZ 'Mex1co Feb. Iii—Genera!
J. J Mendez commander of the Juarez
garrison today reported the executinn.
in Chihuahua City of Major A. H.631—
cia. an officer of the Chihuahua City
garrison He was convicted of partici—
pation in a. plot to assassinate Gov-
ernor Enriquez and General Martinez,
commander or the northern militaryt
zone. Three‘other otficers were ex-
ecuted a week ago.
o
Epworth League
Valentine Party
l‘nder the direction of the social
committee consisting of Miss Aim
ycett. a delightful Valentine party was
held last night by the Epworth League
of the Norwalk M. E. church in the
social parlors of the church. During
the evening. games appropriate to the
occasion were played and valentines
exchanged. Later members of the
league sat down to a. delightful supper
served on tables that were handsomely
decoratedJ'or the occasion.
Business Conditions
About Country Better
WASHINGTON, Feb. Iii—Bum
conditions throughout. the country are
better than they were a year ago in
the view of treasury officials who do.
claret}. however. that the improve-
ment has been gradual and there was
no immediate prospect of a. sadder: _
pickup in business activities.
Some seasonable activity might be
looked for in the '3. ring. they exerted...
' hates-man
Norwalk Chronicler