plplbi‘ALK’S
OME PAPER
;
ASSOCIATED cause we mom am. PARTS on m grouting}: A 52m Mmlyo‘tfikoun arm-mu. ’
' 3
NEWS THAT’S
.
IABijSaED 1370
Entered at the South Neural]:
Post
once as Second Class Mall Mutter.
bitty-two Killed and
Martial Law Follows
Rand Reign of . T error
>~......-.-.i.nf the Dead were Policemen—L—Trouble
luring-d to a Widespread Bolsheviki Plot,
nan it is Expected the Police Will Soon Gain
[2.x l’pper Hand
of South
casualties in
the striking
reached 32
by 9 o'clock
l. “hen the firing
7.,rrlliv1: “F ”1“" tllll‘ly-
in Were policemen.
."v\~l'\l‘|'. the streets
tll‘sil‘ll'tl and
quiet. The
use of the
.1 ml. l'nion
'l'llv
nun-cu
hull
.w-Hra-ll-il
.l ll‘l
|. . ...
-:....lul~3_\
‘ll‘l.l1ll‘ll\'
.» l.l lviv-ll
.. it
i. Mi llvnnni is re-
vn hit by .’L bomb
1. ,. w. .n .. nirplnnc. The
. n. 4 in llu- district are
li-rn sut't‘erml in
m -n SV'l'llUll of the
Rand.
So far no .news has been received
from tllt W'estern Rand.
General Reeves. commanding at
Witwatersrand. has ordered the. pub-
lic to remain indoors from 7 p. m.
until 6 a. m.
.leppr. a
suburb adjoining Jo-
numbers carried bombs. They are
credited with planning to hold up the
police in that area so as to prevent
them from reinforcing other points.
particularly FOl‘tlelll‘g. where inter
iniltt-nt firing was continuing today.
(Continued on Page Twelve).
hannesburg to the cast. was seeth-
ing with strikers this afternoon.
Most of the men we re armed. and‘
ill
‘a
§:ililE,
in
.u' l 30% “
tilt PLAYS
.. ,
am
i nu. or the Cochrane school
; lll'll' success in the presen-
l‘.\(- one—act play.“ last eve-
. . law an audience of over 2M!
rHlllllIllll)’ hall. The plays given
linosie. the Girl from l’nris"
\ (lourt Comedy.‘ an incident.
'-ll (,lwynn in the. life of Charles
um; 01' England.
mm was also selected readings by
l‘red Duric Johnston. formerly
in; woman for Sir Thomas Bon-
lus lzunous English 'Shakes-
company.
. nut of characters
4 urn given below:—-—
the Girl from Paris."
Tommy, Tommy llottcn.
boys. “'illianl Lauder.
"llll's’ l"t'(‘llh0lfll€‘l‘.
mun-lvr. John Bisscli Betts.
HUMP Blunder. ltobert Kirby
lI’ ’
. r'm-lv, a strong man.
I «.nmn.
lulndl‘t‘t‘ry‘.
i rt H. Van Kleeck. III.
l'nmpernickel. from Ger-
“lllllt‘s Alfred Simpson.
'tnbnzan. from Italy. James
Jr.
l l l
in
» .III
for both
“Hod",
.. :. ll
:,'_va'
John
.,1
from England,
:. . ;*.l.irvin.
'l'ulnF-l' WOWH
l he plays
was Stage manager.
. ml] Gwnne" foil 5
«a. Irma-s Stuart. Louise Red-
3
of France
and Richard
The
likH‘ 4
4n
leuued on Page Five)
lililllSEEUllES
SCUFIELI] PflSl
-w tianaan Legion Com-
mander Receives Letter
from Congressman Ex-
plaining Situation
,.
i.. ‘.r y‘-..
to the appointment
, man to BuCCEed G. W.
rural mail-carrier. in-
l‘wre-tt Scotield. which
aim in New Canaan
‘mk. the following letter
"- ' . -l\l't.l by A. L. Burke.
11m American Legifi'fi.
winnn Schuyler Merritt
SAYS: "
I»!
t ‘..:,‘ N;
Null»,
.1 .q
l l
“l '1; .,
lr‘vb. 25 reached me
once communicated
t «Illice department. re—
carrier appoint-
inmunn. and although
luv that an order for
'~ .ms‘ appo ntment had
".Hi
'.'l '~ “a!
on Page Five)
All}. NINE-CQEARS FOR
EMBAND; GIVEN DEGREE
. llli' ymrs for the re-
" " " «and. Mrs. Lillian V..
.l«, was granted a. di—
., ‘ ‘ '1 : l.. \Villiams in the
“ ' ‘lsleldnv by Judge L.
, , \vmiums disap-’
lfllfl. because
iw lbw police \‘r the
' nl-ilt- in Norwalk the
'..ln 1*
3.
,, (hurt. They were
‘ ' Hum 22. 1913 in
‘ " "‘rli'it-d.
" 'v‘ Mid she was ac-
._ Mr husband only two
“ " ' Kln' married him. He
- - ’- and automobile wash-
‘f. ' stated. but would not
:lizi‘titl)‘. llcr sister. Mrs.
‘ ... \orwalk testified in he?
"i. .1
N' lair.
brill.
lllllllfilil SAVING l8
Farmer
D
The ll‘nir'icld County l‘omonc
(ilansw isn‘t going: to thc any new--
tangled daylight-54avim.r business painl—
cd off on it this year if a resolution
still out from its llaubury ol‘licra
Murcia 1. can stop it. The resolution
follows: ‘
"lit-snlvulz liy l”nirliel<l County [‘0—
mona (li‘.|l'l§.'l‘ in regular meeting as—
St'lllllll'tl. that \'.'4- most elnphutically
pl‘t'lt-st against the observance oi. the
SOAcallml “ll::_‘.li:,'ht Saving" plan
which is again threatened for the
coming season. As farmers and peo-
ple interested in rural affairs. we pro-
test against this scheme which up
crates severely against our business
interests. enlisting us much loss of valu»
able time and acting as a drag upon
our efficiency.
"\Ve protest further against this
thinly—veiled defiance of the State law
enacted for our protection. and we
call for the observance of that law by
the municipalities. and by the people
of our State in spirit and in truth.
"Resolved: That our secretary be
directed to forward a copy of this re-
solution to all other Pomona Grangcs
in Connecticut with a request for
similar action by them. also that a
copy be sent to each newspaper pub-
lished in our county with a request
for its publication.” ,
lill'lENllAlllllllll
_ HEADS ANll TAILS
“Topsy." a black cat who makes the
Standard Cotton Goods store on \Vush-
ington street her home. ‘ became a
proud mother on Tuesday of this week.
giving birth to six kittens. .
In reality she gave birth to but three
kittens. but any census taker would
have. been puzzled by one of the off-
spring.
It has four heads and four tails and
four bodies, but it was only one cat.
as the four were joined together on
the spine. All six kittens were alive.
and kicking and squealing when dis-
covered. but inasmuch as it was learn-
ed that they were sutfering and as it
was not believed that they could live.
they were. drowned to prevent their
living in misery.
Of the survivors there were two
alive last night. The Four—in-One cat:
consisted of two black kittens and
two gray-aud-white kittens.
smlltlllsumu .
’ minim: fiAlE-S
CROMPTON. R. 1.. March 11. (By
Associated Press).-——Just before 5
o'clock this morning. a bellringer went
up and—down the streets of the mill
village calling to the people: “Every-
body out to picket the gates." Lights
flashed up in the little hite painted
cottages and in ten in mites or less.
strike sympathizers. men“ and women.
were gathering about the entrances to
the Crompton Company’s corduroy
and velvet plant, one of the many
closed for weeks by the Rhode Island
textile strike.
Yesterday the company threw open
the gates and announced that its lin-
lshing department would resume oper-
ations. Nobody came to work. but the
overseer: and second hands-1. Today
the program was repeated; There was
-'
“to...“ ‘
mutational:
PFotcsts ~Against Scheme
\Vhich Operates Against
no disorder. The “Iron [m1 n"? at Wilkinson ’wlll’fié-lk on “planting [the
Natlck; shock troop: . qt“ :1; ‘ (will? . ,7 ’ ”“
W¢9¥QO§ «the‘ strike. dlduotafi . 1?"
renville, also sustained heavy
SOUTH N ORWALK.
At least six persons were killed and
town of Warrenville, S. C. Trees Were uprooted and
storm struck in the midst of its fury. Langley and Stifletou.
damages as a. result of the cyclone. Warrenville,
three hundred inhabitants. was virtually wiped out. as this picture will vouch for.
gati-
A
"a
me... ~
H @1310
more than a score injured when
houses were lifted
twovillages
cm mum’s? mg: 11.2
15922
m—
Bulawmls afternoon and 'tmiig'ht.
' cam
soul]. Carolina Towns it... of! DebmFollowlng
t v. - '
a tornado :awept thespian mm
from their foundations When the
a few miles distant from,War-
which has a. pepulatlon of
flEISCHMANN '
(lllllfll lN PART
l8 REVOKED
“'ASIIINGTUN. l). (‘.. March 11,—"
:‘lw l~‘.t~isclimunn Company. mo. of
New York. “'llll brunch agencies ill
Sl‘x't‘lfll cities. whose industrial alcohol
permits were ordered revoked by Pro-
iibiuoll Commiseioncr Haynes. will be
input d to continuel tltc-anut’acture
of alcohol at its chic; producing plants
tnd to sell it. under c'cftain restrictions
.v ;. “coinimi‘annonneed last night by
(annuc Commissioner David ll.
Blair.
'l'lre revocation order issued by
‘mnmissioner Haynes against agencies
of the company, prohibiting further
distribution of alcohol. still stands.
but by the decision of Commissioner
ltlair the company. by reconstructing
the business practices of its operating
agencies. may apply later for a renew-
:ll of their selling permits.
Commissioner lllair‘s decision sus-
tained the opinion of Commissioner
Haynes that. there had been unlawful
Continued on Page Twelve)
lillllll WAVES [IAN
‘ TRAVEL IN WATER
SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. March 11.
——L'nder certain conditions. radio
waves might travel ’ more easily
through the ground or the waters of
the sea than through the air. it was
said today by 'DrHCharlcs P. Stein-
metz, chief consulting engineer for the,
General Electric Company. .
He mid he considered well-founded
the supposition that recent perform-
ances of low power radio sending ap-
paratus in transmitting messages to
surprising distances gave an indication
that the radiation peculiar to wireless
transmission pass with equal case
through the earth as through the
ether. ' .
Such radiations, he said. would be
in accord with accepted electrical laws.
as the ground. to which both the send-
ing attendance and receiving set are
Gives Him Time to Shoot
When He Tackles Robber
Who Had Official Covered
with Gun -— Robber and
P21 Arrested
.llC\\'ETT Cl'l‘Y. Conn.. March 11——
\\'llliam Duggan. paymafster of the
AslTl'and Cotton company. saved the
company payroll of. about 83.000 last
night when he shot a man who tried
to hold him up at the mill entrance.
Frank._B£lgram. 18. who said he
came from the East Side. New York.
had Duggan with his hands up when
Harvey Maynard. boss carder
jumped on Belgmn and Duggan fired
shooting him through the wrist. Alx
phonse Gerard. an employee in the
mill. was with Belgrau and was cap-
tured with him as an accomplice.
Belgran. wearing cloth mask. was
lurking on a stairway as the pay-
master entered the town- door of the
mill. He sprang at. Duggan with the
(Continued on Pain Min)
ElSlli Hill AT
innings lllll’El
Mrs. Alfred Levitt. who is better
knOWn in Norwalk as Elsie N. Hill.
noted sutfraglst; is today registered at
the Royal James hotel. Mrs. Levitt
came to Norwalk from Washington.
D. C. I
Recently Miss Hill. as she‘fllll pre-
ters to be known. wall tennatively or-
ters to be known was tentatively of-
woman on the Farmer-Labor Party
ticket in Fall-new County. as exclu-
sively announced in the'Senuuel. Miss
Hill. however. declined the honor tor
several personal masons.
It was only a. month or so ago that
Miss Hm mean!!! the wife of Professor
Alfred Levitt. of the Nonhwesyml
University. At. that time. She an-
nounced that she did not intend to
hide. her ldenity under a. marriage
name. Presumably. Miss Hilla hi living
up to her bellet_becal.ise at. the Royal
James she is registered under the
mime "Elsie N. Hill. Not-walk." ,
Other suede at. the hotel last night
were: A: Field. Chicano. Ill.. Mrs. J.
connected would act as a return cir-
cuit for the current. In like manner.
he. pointed out water might serve as a.
medium for radio conversations be-
tween ships or between ships and
land. '
Wireless telephony. it was said by
associates of Dr. Steinmetz. had been
revolutioaized by the successful per-
formances of the duplex transmitters.
completed early this week when con-
versatlons were held between New
York and passengers aboard the
’(Continued on Page Seven)
PROF. WILKINSON
LECTURES ON GARDENS
Professor A. E. Wilkinson. of the
Storrs Agricultural College. delivered
m interesting as well as, instructive
address last night in the Grace Parish
hail On the subject of “Planning the
Garden." The lecture was-the first of
a series of four given under the aus-
pices of the U. S.’ Department of
Agriculture in cooperation with Starts.
' Professor Wilkinson talked to his
audience in a. conversatiOual tone of
voice illustrating his lecture with
many charts. In-aplte of the inclem-
ent weather, there was a. goodislze
audience present. Nextrweek. Prof.j
H. Rowland. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Edward
v. Heuvel, Boston. Mass. 0. W. Boyer,
Somerville. Mm. Joseph E: Rosen—
berg. Chicago. Ill., M. C. Hickey. Hart-
ford. Mrs. E. B._Doty. Westport. I). W.
Fulton. Bantam. S. Kuppcr. New York
city. R. T. Roberts. New Haven. :3.
Gonbaleg. Galveston. Texas. Mrs. E.
W. Boswell. Springfield. Mass. Ellwell
Bailey. Annabel-w, L. T. Stanley. F. W.
Brodie. Hartford. F. S. W'oody. Stain.
ford. ‘
‘
NORWALK wxrn mvoncnn i
ON GROUNDS or GRUEL'I'Y.
The use of vile and abusive lan-
guage. and an account of how he once
tried to bite a piece from her arm”
formed some of the charges which,
Jessie M. Hendi'icks made against
Harry Hendrick; ‘0! Norwalk. , Dan-
bury and Bridgeport. ymterday in the
Supe or Court. following which Judge
L. . aldo Marvin‘gcanted her a. de-
cree on. the. ground of intolerable
cruelty.
They were married in Port Chesér
N. Y.. March~8.'19_15. ‘ Mrs. Elizabeth
H‘Green. sister of the plaintll! told
the court that Hendricks had treated-
his wife "like a slave." George LL:
Mills a_ brother audit”. Anna Olms
stead. mother or the plenum. who re-
Jewett City .Millhand saves
‘Paymaster From Haldup Men
he)..- _
GANDHI tilts
BOMBAY. March-1* «1!.- "Associated
Press)—Mohandas K, Gandhi. who
was arrested last. night at Ahmedabad
charged with sedition. advised his
followers to remain unmoved.
Writing in the newapaper. New
India. he recently asked that the
people fulfill the whole constructive
program framed at Bax-doll "with
clockwork regularityand speed like
the Punjabexpress."
SPlllNli BEREMthlAl
, or. llllfllifitililll‘lll
Plans were made at the meeting of
Monke'r Grotto. No. 56, M. O. Vr P. E.
R., held last evening. for the Spring
Ceremonial to be held on May 27th,
the last Saturday in May. and at this
time it: is hoped to have the largest
class of candidates ever. ‘
The Monker Grotto Band of 18
piecés made its first appearance last
evening and gave a concertatter the
meeting. The Sink Committee in
charge of Charles Wilson as ‘usual
gave one of its “bully good feeds"
which was greatly appreciated by the
Prophets.’
Plans were also made for a bowling
tournament to be held With the Crafts-
men club. the first game to be bowled
on' Monday evening at the Norwalk
alleys. There will be two five men
teams, bowling big and little pins. and
the series will be alternated between
the Norwulk and the Palace alleys.
aluminum
wilful limous-
BROWNEVILLE. Pa... March- 11.—
Two employes of the W'. J. Rainey 8:
Company mine were robbed of ap-
proximately saomm. the company's
payroll“, by‘six bandits who held up a
trolley “car th‘i-ee miles from here to!
day. The bandits escaped in an au-
tomobile. f.
The employes were Albert Flem-
ming. manager of the company's store
at Allison. and C. 0. Evans. chief
clerk. Elmer Hill. who accompanied
Continued on Page. Five) -
: arr m wags
REFUSED
Werner.de'serted her on June ‘9. 1917.
Mazatlan? E. Werner testified lo the
Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin.
were married on May 30.
Newark..N. 2L. and Twent to live
sides mmrgmynlso fiestified to anti
ma ., um the, ‘ go' the‘hw -
Southiueswugk with it"? ’
‘ \ .
um mortar
. Because she would not give him
money when he asked for it. Edwin
Superior Court yesterday. «following
which she was granted a diver-cab?!
They
1916 at
in
south Norwalk. With whom the Plains Mrs. Russel‘was 83 years old and
‘ nary; C. was Mont-to; 'street'. lived inWashlnston, D. ,C.. where-an-
’ e plain, ' '
Rebels in; Tripoli Have
Cut Railway . e
Attack Italian. Gamsons
Llnes and -
~ . Obliged toEva‘cu‘ate
Two i'Companies of Italian-Soldiers-are, . surround—
ed by. the Rebels. and the Italians Have Been
'Cheter' and Zavia
ROME. March 11. «(By The As-
sociated Press)—4A revolution on a
large scale has broken out in Tripoli.
says a dispatch to the newspaper El
Mondo. from its correspondent in
the capital. The rebels have cut the
railway in many places and attacked
the. Italian garrisons.
At Azizia two companies of Italian
soldiers surrounded by rebels are
rectiving food dropped .t‘rom air-
planes.
The Italians have esacuated Cha—
ter and Zazia. The latter is on th.
coast about 125 ‘miles east of. the
city of Tripoli. .
A Tripoli dispatch by way of
Rome on Feb. 13 told of fighting be-
tween rebela and the Italian forces
at Misurata. near Azlzla. It was then
stated that the Italian "government
regrded the trouble as an isolated
demonstrated. . ,
lllSSlliUllflN sun
‘ DEGREE AMENlilil
Judge Hand Grants New
Haven ‘Ro ad Extended
Time in DispOsing Sub-
sidiary Holdings ‘
NEVV YORK.
March 1 1.——J\udgc
Ltarncn‘ Hand. in an order filed : in
the l'nited States District court to—
day. amended the decree entered in
the Government's dissolution suit on
Oct. 17. 1914. aginst the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad. re-
quiring the road to dispose of its
subsidiary holdings in New England
trolley companies. extending the
time of thelsale of these stocks until
July 1. 1923.
I'nder the Government‘s suit. the
New' Haven road is required to dis-
pose of capital stock which they
held in trolley lines of the Connecti-
cut Co;. the. Berkshire Street Rail-
way Co. and the Vermont 00.. the
rights to capital stock and other se-
curlcla of. the Westchester Street
Railway Co. and the Shore Line
Electric Railway Co. and gold notes
of. the. New England. Investment and
Security Co.
Billllllllli’llNli
» ‘WG Hill)
Against about fifteen or twenty peo—
ple who spoke in favor; of'the change.
there were but two people who "kick—
ed" against the proposed change in the
building line on Cove. avenue. Second.
Third. Fourth and. Fifth streets. at the
meeting of thélkBoard of Freeholders
at the Council chambers last night.
the W0 being William Podmore. who
owns property on Fourth street and
Iver Johnson, who lives on Fourth
. I
street. 7 .
The Board. composed of R. H.
Golden. Albert, M. Pohlman and D.
Burr Beach, were appointed at the
last meeting of the Common Council.
There were abotit forty people. men
and women reéideuts of East Norwalk.
(Continued on Page Five)
Billiilll'lilis Nllliill
At the first meeting of. the Govem-
ing Board of the\ Norwalk Country
Club under President Fawcett for the
current year. the following committees
were appointed by the President?
House Guarantee—Robert F. Way.
with,,powerrto‘ appoint the remaining
six members. ,
Boats and Floats—C. L. Barton.
chairman. and David W. Raymond.
Tennis Committee—James Donnelly.
_with power to appoint the remaindfl
:of this committee. _
' EntertainmentrSamuel J.
with power to appoint committee.
‘ Several new applications were re—
ceived and acted upon.
It was decided that additiouad bath.
the increased membership and com—
mittee his been authorized to proceed
with their erection to have them ready
for use prior to May 30th. '
The meeting was held last evening
at the Country Club.
srmonn wow g
STAMFORD, March 11.—Mrs. Anna
Russell?” widow of General Charles
Russell. who served in the Civil War.
was found dead in the home of her
daughter. Mrs. David Bispham, here
today. Earlier the had beenufi-and
about in her usual health. It was be-
lieved that she died of heart ”Bible.
Moe}
Keeler. 1
houses should be built to accommodate -
ram DEAD ,
« 'W’ and acid
leilitE MUCH
sun {also Al
u. S.DEMAND8
PAI March 11. ’. (By Associated.
l’ress).——Thc demaud'by the Lilited
States for reimbursement to the ex-
tent of $241.000.000 for the expenses
of its forces in the Rhlneland before
any repel rations are paid, has provoked
surprise in French official circles.
There is pointed comment in several
morning newspapers.
A French semi-official statement
says that the American claim comes
exactly at the moment. when the ac-
cord based on the Cannes project was
about to be realized. and that it. tends
to destroy the whole system of repara.
Lions so laboriously elaborated by the.-
ailied experts. ' i i
The Echo he Pagls’fléclm'es l1: is un—
doubtedly too late to give the United
States its share of the one billion gold
marks paid by Germany on August. 3G
last, as Belgium and England already E
have received their allotments. The
allies certainly can not refuse to give
the l.‘nited States its due, the new?
paper adds. but “this question must
be determined—of what utility is an.
American army on the Rhine if it isn’t.
in political co-operation with the
allied governments."
The Matin thinks the American .1...
maud creates a paradoxical Station
independent 0 {the allies—responsible
in its claim and independent in 8:.
politics regarding Germany with
which it has a separate treaty."
THE BflNllNlll'l'l _ ;
. [if lllE Elllllllill
<
'IQ
t‘. .
In spite of the bad weather there
was a very goodrcongregution of peo-
ple present last night. at. St. Paul’s
Church to hear Rev. Joseph Paxton ‘
McCpmas. D.D.. deliver his lecture on
“The Continuity of the Church.“
which was the first of a. series on the
Friday nights of Lent by 'wen Imawn
speakers. Numbers of people from
v other churches were’present.
The lecture showed very careful
preparation on the part of the meal-
er. as well asrwide acquaintance with
the works of the best chalet: history
writers. Dr. McComu was woeful to
define his terms at the beginning 0%
the lecture. and compared the coati-
nuity ~of the church “to the :river,
Rhone" which in its five hundred
miles from its source. the Rhone gla—
cier.'to its mouth at the Hellman—v .
can has ‘50 mans‘"and var-led charac—
teristics of color and habit; even hav-
ing formerly been subterranean atone
point. Here blue and there shire col-
'ored. here placid and there a tun-cut.
‘and flowing through unvaried m
___.. .
(Continued on Pm m» )
mm»
Gallium mvoxcx
. - ' ‘ 7
Mrs . Meta ,Willlng’ Stat-gee, a
trained nurse of Wilton was grantei
a. divorce rom J. Robert $131305;
member of an old family of that
town. yesterday in the Superior court,
by Judge L. P2. Waldo Marvin, after
she had told the court that her hum.
band had failed to support her dur—
ing their marriage life. The:r were
married on May 31. 1913, at New
York city. " . -
Followiiug their - marriage. they
lived in a home urnished by her
sister for a year and a half with rent
free.
she tmtified. When he "wastre-
quested to moved He took his wife to
“his mother's home, where‘they lived
for one year. Later'th‘e husband dih—
appeared and on obel- Ill, 1116. she
told the court, she ound him in a.
serious condition in a. furnished
room in Bridgeportunhblexo work.
IjIenfietta Willing. m of the
plaintlfl. gescrihéa the .
a;
Norwalk Chronicler