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NORWALK’ S
HOME PAPER
mslsmo 1870
Entered u the South Hm.
0mm as Second'cuss and "
fl. Declines to Enter
Genoa Parley Because '
of European Policies
to.
Secretary Hughes Notifies Ambassador Ricci of
the Decision, Saying Powers Have NotiStabil-
izcd Situation or Insured Economic Life of
Nations—Another Objection is that Russia
Has Not Been Recognized
xx .. Il\ .'l'n.\'. March 9.—~Because
wx.‘ has been on exclusion
. which makes it not pri-
: |.. , -. .mmnic conference. but
:l political character"
- . nil-l not helpfully partl‘
\llll-l'll‘l'lll Government has
1:-\ll:itiuli to take part in
e-l‘uiltillllt' and tin-
tn convene at Genoa
'l‘lu- declination was con-
:. \l-sterda)‘ from Secre—
.ll
'lnl..’ll
am».
z.» Ambassador lliccl of
. .rl pl'vsvlzll'li the invitation
., I-l.\ umu-rnment pursuant
lllllll :ulnptwl lu' lllt‘ :lllit‘tl
n the t‘anncs Confer-
7.. . l~ public last night.
.3». desire or the .‘lllf‘l‘l-
iiulliV in asaist in the
.4
as :oeiiilfifit‘
economic recovery of Europe. but
stated the United States Government
could not be unmindt‘lll of their "clear
confiction“ that they "should not un-
necessarily become involved in Eu-
ropean political questions." The note
added that “questions appear to have
been _ excluded from consideration
without the satisfactory determination
as to which of the causes of economic
disturbance must continue to oper-
ate."
VVlthout the establishment in Rus-
sin of the essential bases of produc-
tivity. the note stated. the I'nited
States Government believes “all con‘
shit-rations of economic revival to be
futile." The conviction was expressed
that this could not be secured "until
adrunali- action is taken by those
Continued on Page Six)
Halts Eight
. for Trip to the
mtcd States
.,,..;_ March 9.~—’l‘he Dublin
n-nt ul‘ the Exchange Tell)-
'Hl'lliilll) reports that an
i ;- I-l) halted eight British
’l'l lt‘l‘ the charge of :i scr-
' I '3‘- :llt-rl‘orll last night and
. I Hit in to put their hands up.
mt alone- (llll not, comply.
H upnn lie was shut :lllli wounded.
:thJllHlliS seized tho~ l’il'lo-s an'l
lllllnl'nl of the soldiers and de-
illllll-li.
lll‘l'll.i_\', March 9. (Associated
'l‘rl-ss) l'u-reu Iirnslai. Vigorous sup<
. win-r rut the Anglo-Irish treaty.
~l~ in: 'lvl-gation of allvocles ol‘
Ills-h ll'rcé- Stale who will leave
We l'lliled Stall-s on the steam-
iqnilnniu next Saturday. They
. put ‘hw ease for the treaty l)t'-
by lush synlpathizcrs in the
l Shtlé'S.
lullllllollls
swims
Stanley F. Stevens, New
Exalted Ruler, with At-
torney John T. Dwycr
listecmed Leading Knight
mmzll meeting of Norwalk
- \u. 709. Benevolent and Pro-
mlm- or Elks. was held last
‘I‘hl- election of officers re-
. ll leOOWS: . '
‘~ vi Ruler—Stanley F. Stevens.
Leading Knight—John
Vro-o—l
1m l
‘.,.. lanai Knight—Fred H.
{.t». .344.
w Lecturing . Knight—-
‘ . Hughes.
-‘ -'»v,\ *JOlln W. Sculley.
, John Neugebaur.
.3 lilll \V. Smith.
.llvhn F. Bogardus.
1‘ _ "~";"lll\'e to Grand Lodge-—
‘ank.
‘ Joseph J. Llnxweiler.
afternoon at 3 o'clock
initiation at the home
ms of candidates will be
t » “Illn‘llbls
Willilllll ARTIST
fill’ES EXHIBlllllN
AU
. v
- ' l- low
“inn ,
lili"
Armed Party at Waterford
an.“ Shot When He.
British Soldiers
i
BIG COMIC SECTION
AGAIN ON SATURDAY
._...-__..
le sure and get the big four page
comic section with the Evening Sen-
tinel on Saturday. 'l‘hl- demand was
so great for last week's edition that
it was impossible to get a Sentinel
on the nmvslllnll late in the after-
nmm. lie on the safe side and ar-
l‘:lli_’.‘:l‘ for the news llcalcl‘ every
\‘v't't'li to have- a copy for you.
lAMBllNfiMAlJHlNE
use [SAPPEAlI-Ill
lllllllMMllNPlEAS
Slot Apparatus Destroyed
by State Police on City
Court Order
called upon to decide the true status
of the slot machine, according to an
,appeal taken to that court yesterday
by Edward J. O'Neil and several other
lunchroom proprietors of Norwalk.
from a. decision handed down by
Judge Nehemiah Cnndee in the City
Court ordering the destructiOn of their
slot machines.
On November 23. 1921. state police
under Sergeant Frank Virelli raided
a number of lunch rooms including
those conducted by Edward]. O‘Neil
Joseph Green. James Dagon. Dom-
inick Incerto and Eurvry Kaufman.
and confiscated the slot machines
round on the premises. he cases
were fought together in the City court.
and lost. Judge Candee ruling that
the machines were kept for no other
purpOse than gambling and that they
should be destrpyed and the money in
them equally divided between the
—L—
(Continued on Page Six)
lNVENTflll ERIESSflN
‘ AflAlN HllNllREll
NEW YORK, March 9.—-Slxty
years ago today. the Confederate
ironclad Merrimnc steamed away
from her anchorage
engaged in the first battle
ironclads, which changed the whole
naval strategy of tile wuljd. and
which has been described as the most
~11 interesting exhibit be-
lw Bridgeport Art league.
. ‘ > ‘ nit", Bridgeport. this week
’ ‘ :rom blocks made by Lee
« »:‘ “'estport. It includes
'11. Western subjects. one
mg “Lonewoif‘,” the fa.-
.. Ii artist. Others are of
:< m the V'Vest, bucking
«harming winter scenes
'I " interesting view or
mi and OH Compo b98011-
'sr-nd is an all around a?-
M iii illustrator. and also
‘ " i: colors and wood blocks-
E 1 are particularly interest—
, ,' -: are not wood blocks at
» Mucum. "v
‘ ~. linen in Nebraska. ' n ‘
fAH'lx-‘r’Wscnd has had a most in-
l , jru'r since early childhood.
, m Nebraska. he brought
'li- horse first under the
:‘llll‘tl further West and
_ aw puncher on the’ famous
‘T ‘1)
\‘ln.
i..._
I,
i'.
(f
Investingdoclnred’ ,. tut;
momentous sea engagement ever
fought. ‘
Today thoclties of New York and
Stockholm, Sweeden. united in doing
honor to the memory of John Erics-
son, who designed the Monitor.
A tablet was to be unveiled under
the auspices of the American Society
(Continued on Page Three)
SOVIET RUSSIA TO
KEEP FOREIGN TRADE
treat has ended and will gono
lai Lenine told the Congress 0
Workers in a. brief [speech
Genoa Conference and Russia’s interf
nal problems. '
Simultaneously. Leonid Krassin. in
an interview< 'wlth the newspaper
' ' gigs-si-
.“mi'lued 011.?an Twelve) ’
The Common Pleas Court will be,
in Hampton l
Roads to attack what was expected to hearing on a burglary charge, hanged
be a defenseless Union fleet. Instead himself in his cell. early today, dur-
she met the Monitor. later called theiing the time'the guard was on his
“Yankee Cheese Box on a Raft." andlrounds in another film of the build-.
between ' ing. The man was arrested ajew days
1
NEW YORK; March .9.—_-'l'wo ban-
ot the Penn P 1: hotel. Eight avenue
and Thirty-fl street. early today.
entered the hotel l'and' robbed the
cash register at about $200.
A newshoy was passing the hotel
just as the holdup was in progress
and sizing up the situation at a
glance. began rapping on the side-
walk with a stick. Two policemen. ran
to the hotel. arriving in time to see
the two men run out. jump into the
taxi and drive away.
The omcers commandeered another
taxi and then began an. exciting
chasm during which nearly a dozen
of shots were extfilanged by the
(Continued on Page Three)
Tractor wheels, ingeniously
of sportsmen off for a. day’s outln
dits slighted frorn a. taxicab in trout}
ular pastime in the depth of winter. This picture. taken at a resort
HAMBURG. Plumb 9. (Associated
Pipg).——The American steamer West
Munbam, a relief Ship bound to Bus;
do with a. cargo of corn. has spr it:
a. leak and is in 3 serious ‘condlt on.
Idler crew has been" safely landed at
Heilgoland. Her cargo is being dump-
ed overboard and twelve tug. are
standing by. The West Hunhum is a
vessel of 3571 tons: She left Nor-
folk. Va.. on Feb. 18 and was last re:
ported as having arrived at South-
ampton on March].
FEVER GERMAN BANKRUPTS.
BERLIN, March 9.—-There is a.
hugo decrease in the number of bank-
rupts in Germany. For the Whole of
1921 the’number was only 3,100 com-
pared with 12,700 in the propsemu,
Diem cloudiness, min.
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Essa
(Associated
Turkish
' h «.9.
Wifujflpeu? for
M anw for revision of
the Sevres treatyulu vim or the in7
tense Holmium ,feeilng, in that
meme" '
counts. matured public opinion
here 11110th a. , sensation. The
appeal his, aroused . resentment in 'a
large section 1. b: the press against
Earl ongoing; Viceroy of India;
and. his ‘cu‘unfie . ~ . ' ‘
Every 4~X’-ondon, newspaper this
morning 37180”le condemns the
message presumably. addressed by
the Government; at India to Edwin
Hontagu. Secretary at State for India
and all newmper critics charac-
terize the action as udprecedented.
year of 1913.
5,
CATERPILLAR aura sums ovm‘SNOWISerTs.
adapted to pleasure cars, enable the French tombs-motor travels pop-
hlgh in the mustang-alloys a party
is
“d.
(continued, on Bag; Four.)
North Center ‘ $31.60?
Damaged by , - § ,
[WaterEarly LastfigEvening
1
Fire and
. :Two Rooms Gutted, butSchool was Conducted as
Usual Today—Fire Hydrant mm:
Caused Some Delayiin' Getting, 1
Flames—Structure About Seveer Years
Old
Fire. believed to be of incendiary
origin. threateneddestruction to the
North Center school, East avenue, at
6:05 o’clock last. night. Although
handbopped by adletective fire hvdo-
rant. the-prompt action on the part of
the First' District fire companies pre-
vented serious‘loss. ‘The damage to
the school was confined to two rooms
located in the front of the structure on
the second floor. Notwithstanding the
fire. school was conducted as usual to—
day.
. The fire broke out a- few minutes
later six .o'clock when an empioye of
A. A. Betts. of Newtown avenueuno-
ticed cloudsof smoke pouring out of
the. belfry oi! the school‘building. He
immediately telephoned in an alarm
to the Hope Hose fire companyuyh '
responded. tsunami-a1 alarm'
turned in {rain Box IS and Pioneer
‘Hook and Millennium}! and the
Phoeniir Engine 5 company ‘ also
sponded.‘ , ' ‘.
Feeling that the building. which ’flk
of wooden Won lbroughont.
might be destroyed by the'thxnes. the
firemen made uipeclal effort to get
the fire under control. Four hundred
feet or hos-2mg. hacked to a. hydrant
near the buildinéséA man was detail-
ed to turn on therwater, but was an.
able to do so With the hydrant wrench.
A Stillbn wrench “spot in use. but
even with this. the hydrant refused to
~(Cbntinued on Fuse Three)
COLLEGTOR’LL GET You
IF YOU-DON"!l PAY UP
Six days more remain in which
to,file your income tax return
within the time allowed by law.
After Wednesday, March 15. if you
have failed to make a return you
are liable to fine not to exceed
$1,000. and, in addition. 25 per cent.
of the total tax. Deputy Collectors
Nevins and “'ilmot are on duty at
the City Hall to aid local tax pay-
ers in filling out their form‘s.
‘
Vilnius. BUY
AUSTIN unusual
Plan to Erect a Garage at
Corner of West Avenue
and Arch Street
Charles and Jules Vaasi of the firm
of Vaast Brothers, haVe purchased the
old homestead of the late Judge Alfred
E. Austin at th corner of West ave‘
nue and Arch st et, first district. and
are planning to erect a garage there.
keeping their garage and taxi station
on Chestnut street, second district, as
well. .
The deal for the purchase went
through yesterday afternoon. The ap-
proximate purchase price is not
known, but it is said to be a h
figure.
.Jt was learned today that Vaast
Bros. contemplate erecting a; garage
there—work to start in several
months—which will be one of the
finest to be found in the 'city. The
dimensions of the garage will be
about 80:80. and it is expected that
about 175 cars can be accommodated.
It could not be ascertained whether
the new garage would be more than
one story in height or not, as no plans
have been drawn.
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HANliS HIMSELF IN ‘
”5W5“ JAIL
- NEW HAVEN.
Iierasovich. 33.
Llarch 9.-——Daniel
held in‘ jail for 3.
ago after Joseph Sokoi. a. florist in the
Westville section, had reported an at-
tempted burglary at his house. Sokol
fired at the man. who was later
caught. Herasovi’ch told a. story of
(Continued on Page Three)
YOUNG BRENNAN RESIGNS
rs roman rose:
The resigns. on of William H. Bren-
nan, jr.. son of Chief William H. Bren-
non of the police department, has been
accepted b ythe State Police Commis-
sion. The former State officer had
been connected with the Motor Vehi-
.._.,
MOSCOW, March 9. (By Associated E cle Department. and. later with the
Pfiess).—”Soviet Russia's economic re- 5 State police “for more than four years.-
further‘Harry' Johnson of New London has
in its conce‘ssionsto capitalism” Niko- i also resigitfid from the States police.
fMetel It will be‘recailed that Mr. Brennan
discussing aided Sergeant Frank Vlrelll ' of the
State Police department in the round-
up here last December of Selina:
O'Donnell m sentimental» ' '
sndtno
Gilt. 0
b...
USED A PER KNIFE m
rnarommlo OPERATION
CINCINNATI. 0.. March 9.—
Surgery with a pen knife yesterday
smell the life of two year old John
\Vashington. who was taken td
Cincinnati Hospital with a peanut
lodged in his windplpe. causing
strangulation. The child had .stop-
pcd breathing when Dr. C. C. Payne
arrived at the ‘ward last night.
Realizing that death would
ensue before he could send for snr-
glcal instruments. Dr. Payne took
his penknife. slit‘open the boy’s
throat and incised the trachea just
below where the peanut was lodged.
This permitted the passage of air
and the child soon was revived:
Later the peanut was removed.
PRESIIIVT Til ,
' ills IN llllllllll
wnsmfio‘l‘os. March 9.-—Presl
dent Harding and his vacation party.
weer nearing Florida‘this morning on
a special. train.
Walshington late yesterday. was due to
reach st. Augustine toqu. and spend
most of its weektot rest and recrea-
tion at. that resort.
The party includes besides the presi-
dent and M15. Harding. Brig-General
Sawyer. his personal physician. and
George B. Christian. J r.. his secretary.
Attorney-General Daugherty. Speaker
Glilett of the, House of Representa-
tives. and Under Secretary of State
Fletcher. a,
The trip was planned to give the
president his longest rest since in-
auguration and his first vacatiou since
last summer. He intends. it was said.
to be as tree as possible from official
cares during the week.
VACANT canny s'rons »
mm; was $1,000
STARTFORD. March 9.—-—Approxl—
mately $1,000 damage was done by
fire 0! unknown“ origin .wgltch , last.
night practically destroyed? a vacant
confectionery store owned. by John
and Avenue" “ Rum em .3
the fire apparatus to plough thro
mud. hub deep, to” maclpthe scene.
The police slats-oi. piloted by Chief
William Nichols. also made the trip,-
and returned bottle center without.
mishap. - ,. fl
popuisrzoninl‘imkwm
magmas}; .
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New "director” issued an Non-vials:
The party. which left"
Gondemi'and located at Ofange street
null
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Hill to 'Be Cfired for in
Bridgeport Hospital
lilellll
WASHINGTON. March 9.-—-Aboul.
thirty general medical and surgical
cases of former soldiers under treat
ment by the U. S. veterans bureau
will probably be transferred at once
to the Bridgeport hospital from Fox
Hills Hospital. Staten Island, which
is to be evacuated. f
After it was decided yesterday to
evacuate Fox Hills Hospital. the vet-
erans' bureau wired aid Bridger»?!
Hospital asking how many patients
could be accommodated there. Rebiy
was received today. stating that thirty
can be cared for at. once. and that the
hospital has a forty bed unfurnished
ward which will be available in three
weeks.
snails
Willl‘llESENl
l‘llE lzllllu lillll
With banners flaunting acress the
leading streets of the city; with
posters all over Yeuces. with "Cameo
Gtr " bread. cakes, sundaes, with‘ an-r
nouncements painted on the hide-
walks. with ciarions posted on the
trolleys, with cards tagged on in-
dividuals. with circulars making. their1
a Miss l’lBliE’llNli
Al Alumnus
PROVIDENCE. R. 1.. March 9.—
The Arctic Mills in Arctic. R. I. one of
several plants in the Pawtucket Valley
owned by B. B. and R. Knight, lilc..
were the scene of mass picketing this
morning. Rumors that the plant was
to reopen today had been circulated
tlfi-oughout the valley. but no attempt
was made to resume operations.
Mill officials announced yesterday
that a. canvass of the help revealed
that from fifty to sixty percent. were
willing to return to work on the pro-
posed schedule of a twenty percent.
reduction and a 54-hour week. Tak-
ing this announcement as indicating
that the plant would open today, sev-
eral hundred pickets were on hand
shortly after 6 o'clock this morning.
There were no troops about the pre-
rnises and-the local police had not
been summoned. The mill is not far
from the headquarters of the general
strike committee of the Pawluxut Val-
ley. ‘
7 Elsewhere in the Pawtuxet and
Blackstone Valleys every-hing was re-
ported quiet, today. 4* .
Plaii’li’iifiil’r
: 'Wflfifi‘filuflli'll ‘
millennium.
FIUME, March 0 (By The Associat-.
ed Press .—Italian ponies comprising
the Fast: sti, Nationalists. Republicans
and Catholics claiming that they rep-
resent a majority the, people of
Flume; havechosen l‘cwumi ’Giuriatl,
former Chief of Gabriele d'Annunzio’s
Cabinet, as head of another pro
visional government of the‘Fiume Free
State to succeed the Zanella govern-
ment. " . “w
They have communicated news of
this choice to the Zanella and Gotta:-
way into every home. and with‘.soll-
cltors going around- through the city.
the, Senior class of, the High school
has initiated its campaign to make
“The Cameo Girl." the musical
comedy to be presented in“ the Palace
and Regent theatres, on the evenings.
of March 15 and 16, the biggest: suct-
cess in the history of High school
graduating classes. ‘
(Continued on Page seven)
may 3mm '
res nonwsm com
The figures on the military enroll:
merit ,for- Nerwaiic‘hmre been com»
piled and turned over to City Clérk
Stephen Dokus. ' . * ., ' '
The figures show that there. are
“1491 register-odds ‘ e first wand with
25.4 éxenip‘tlomfil I}, lit the Seen}: ,
Month}?! mini) us: "Gab'with
16; ammonium the 15rd, wan-6:742?
“a; m 867W
ward
' sprawl-s
dl parties which normally constitute
three-fourths of the voters of the Free
State with’ this message: , , ,
' “In order to give the City of Flume
a lasting peace after much trouble. to
restore business to our port and pub-
lic life-under our great mother Italy,
representatives of all political parties
to which a majority of the people of.
c
(Continued on Page Seven
m causation -
,. A as: some men 01m
Frank Seeley of swarm is suing
Mr. andhlrs. Alfred Jenkins. of Dar-
len, for $1,500. for allow damages to
due, he declares to a. collision of mm».
mobiles at the junction of Elm and,
Hawthorn streets in Worm , last
December. . 7‘ .-'
The defendants have brought “coun-
tier ‘suits of $1.300 cachyygal‘nstrlldr.
Stanley, as amount ‘ofvvt‘he same acct-
. 7“,
V
‘ not inherited. by a
his automobile and injuries to himself. 7
Modern Girl Acclaimed ..
Women Voters’League Meet
She’s Not’ Only All Right,
butSuperior, Declares
Rosemary Hall .Educator
——State Commissioner of
Education Praises Health
Work in Schools ‘
BRIDGEPORT, Mural: 4.—“She's
quite all right." said Miss Caroline
Ruutz—Rees, of Rosemary hall.
Greenwich. ’speaking of the "Modern
Girl" at the! meeting of the Fairfleld
County League of Women Voters in
the. Stratfield yesterday. ‘
Superior to Old Wed Girl.
"Let us." continued NEH Ruptu-
Rees. “examine her with an objec-
tive eye. In comparison with the
women of two, generations ago. out
is superior in “hermiw‘ ‘
“She's splendid looktng. due large.
13! to the hygenlc way of living-m . .
Roper eating—in fact I thing. some-
times she has more sleep than, to
necessary. She wears the sane“
clothes that have been seen in gen.
erations. Such lovely colors. the bug
so well adapted to feminine form.” .
Miss Ruutz-Rees spoke of the that
when a freakish fashion had de‘
manded‘ a bustle, or huge leg 0' nut-5
ton sleeves. when figures were con-
seted to the point of wasplshness.
when women hobbled on shoe; m:
were a size too small and for-cod
seven and one half hands into six “5
a quarter gloves. '
“Why." exclaimed mus Rout:-
Rees, “the modern girl would never
dream of doing such stupid things or
wearing such idiotic mics. Rather
than it being our right to critical
her. it should be. her right to laugh
at us for ever wens-11¢ such ridicu-
lous unwise clothes."
In speaking of the general m5
against the slim-mm of skirts and
the lowneu of bodies. Ilka Rout.
Rees claimed that futures were
merely a. habit. She claims that no
proprieties of one. generation a.
on
‘-
'(Contluued on Post M)
aluminium i
sell and CaptAllen
cept ' MAW
State Commander Clarence w. Sets,
mour yesterday culled: mouth; for; _
next Tuesday nfie’rn‘oggpr the china!
committee appellantw him to rats." -
money for the W o! administer-
lng the state fund for needy ghost-vice“
men. At the magneto: Chou-ma.
J. Henry Roz-aback at the Republican
state central committee. the meeting“,
Will be held in linimnbuck's office
at the Allyn Home, Word. at “3..
o'clock. :
. Commander Sermons-aim be unable
to attend personally. 3m to the M
that he has planned, to leave on an»
uniay torsional-tum PaigeA._,,g.
Seaton of Ton-ism vice-commander ‘ ' ‘ .3
of the legion. will prolific. Tbe meet;
ing was called oaths moat of sev-
eral of those W to the coal—j
mittee in order‘fli’at there night be an
opportunity to agree on uniformity“:
notion. ,Mr. RW'S letter to Om-
maucler. Samoa: Wing, that (no
its aid to a members
Norwalk Chronicler