NORWALK’S “
HOME PAPER
ESTABLISHED 1370
Pretoria Government
Forces Have Captured. {
Brakpan From the Rebels
llemiutionists Are Being Surrounded in Fors-
burg and Jeppestown, and the Main Railway
‘ Line Near the Transvaal Border Has Been
= ilynamited, But No Deaths Are Reported
_|.~..:\\l~l1.\ll:l?lt(‘v. Union of South
‘\,,. 1: lii'll M (fly The Associated
1...... timer-mnent forces have
“lepflll from the rebels.
town yesterday after-
.4
yr: tho
.,;.'u
,.1yl.vr ..
tut)
is :1 coal mining center.
H .. «v.11 miles east of Johannes»
.s in.» been one of the strong-
r.»\'olutionists. A Cape
lust night stated that
_-»l‘.
ill“
.pllt ll
» w-n-ml van lleventer was
t .- 1...; 1‘1 llrnkpun. after having
. l tl-nmti. .
.mittunlns :1t li'ot'dsburg. live
i" at tpl'
't in ill.-
.1. lint.-
‘tltis place have been
Government that- they
their positions by elev-
en o'clock Tuesday morning. failing
which they will be subjected to bom-
bardment.
Advices from the western district
yesterday afternoon. ‘showed the Gov-
ernment forces were sweeping in
from both sides upon the commandos
fighting at Maraisburg. the—advance.
government forces having reached the
tidges overlooking the town.
It was belb ved the lull in the fight-
ing meant that General Smuts. the
Premier. who has taken personal
charge of the Johannesburg situation.
was making an ct‘fort‘to obtain the
unconditional surrender of the. strike
commandos so' as to avoid the loss of
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:~; saton’s Action
Raising of Funds For Mgion
~r Members of Com-
mander Seymour’s Com-
nniicc to Refuse to'Solicit
shim-riptions .U ntil In-
i'ln'mcd of Method of Ex-
penditurc
‘l' i I. '1 lltll. .‘ltli‘i h l4.~—(‘hnlrmnn
ltnrnlntck oi' the Republican
.~nlr:1l committee wrote to Act-
tlt- (‘omrnunder Paige. A. Seaton
.\tt1ericun lu-uioll yesterday ex-
"! 1
91;: his regret. at. the indefinite
.gmn-tm-nt ol' the meeting of the
nnttllt-t- appointed by Commander
clone to raise money for the ex—
tra-2‘ oi administering the state I'und
lwl'tly ex-servlcc men.
Switch :13 senior vice—commanulcr of
1w legion. is acting commander in the
‘llh‘t‘lH‘C of Commander (‘lztrence \V.
Seymour on a trip to liermudu. Sen-
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flflSlllN FARM ‘
Sllfllllli STILL
lsuNNHlNerl
Running Now for 80 Years,
Island Institution Holds
llld Policy
.y..
.t certain school on an is-
Hnrbor'whidh hasn't
fundamental principle
ti: its teaching method for
Hunt eighty years. When The
i. ' ~~ :‘utn School was incorporated
.. l a tiled by the propfi'éTors that
.e and practical methods of
: lmxs was to learn by doing.
v.5. .1 was located on Thompson‘s
lirlHltlll Harbor about a mile.
l-tlll what is new City Point:
. . \t‘l‘)‘ valuable report made
Henry ll. lingers. for many
t u inc member of the board
w l‘-~ \\'.- are able to get some
In School at that early per-
‘tmxs at that time were far-
work similar to that
shore of Dorchester
'l‘hey also worked in the
I tlitl chores and whatever
~ it ~, to make the home. In
wings they studied and
is
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NNNNANEN iflSES
NN PER CENT MAN
‘.\\'l‘lh‘l"(). March l4.—-—
-l .tw-nuuer. famous diva,
<~~ lust her chauffeur hus-
',"' >llt' termed "100 per
l
l «ml. Floyd (liotzbach. has
M Ma job at the Del Monte
timing tourists about.
_.. he took hlnle. Matzen-
.I llt'li'l'—-—I"Ol' hire. She
'mnt St'lll with him. better
«emery. Later came the
‘ ..nti marriage. and Glotz-
timing wheel.
i‘mnt-isco Examiner today
witch's reasons for leaving
. .\'~ w York:
he :1 chauffeur in Cali-
tu dwell forever in the
lil'll'lun." he said.
fem (Hotzbach was forced
w" -t‘ man drive his wife's
I lithe any man crazy to
lllllilll: the cushions and
‘ time he felt the bile
-‘- transmission when all it
"1 real mechaniclan." the
l'lll us
'1le (llntzbach enjoy break-
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Shuts off
HILLSIDE PLANS
ENTERTAINMENTS
'l‘he Hillside School will have a
considerable variety of entertainment
to offer its pupils and friends over
the coming week-end. The school is
announcing for Friday evening a
joint recital to be given in the gynv
nnsium at 8 o'clock by Miss Theresa
Hoyt. the “1” known lyric soprano
of Stamford. and licrrlnn Shutcs.
pianist. of the same city.
Miss Hoyt and Mr. Shutes are both
already well known. having given
some beautiful programs before mu-
sic lovers throughout the state.
In accordance with the usual policy
of the school. tickets are being sold at
no cents. although the program is
well worth a higher price. A large
number of friends of the artists are
planning to come over from Statu-
ford to attend the concert. and it is
hoped that the music lovers of Nor-
walk will show their appreciation by
Continued on Page Twelve)
ERIENE AREUES
[lllENlJllAlN EASE
nos ANGl-z'm-zs. March 14..—Argu-
merits in the case of Mrs. Madalynnc
Obenchain. on trial for the murder of
her sweetheart. J. Belton Kennedy.
were to be resumed with the opening
of court today.
Charles W'. I’rickc. deputy district
attorney. opened for the state yester—
day. dwelling upon the defendant's
relations with Kennedy: Arthur C.
Burch. of Evanston, Ill.. her coode-
fendant: and Ralph Obenchaln. of
Chicago. her former husband and now
a member of her counsel.
He declared Mrs. Obenchaln had
used Obenchuin as a “human door-
mat" and that she had "no regard.
love. affection, respect or anything
else for the love of any man." ahd
that she had married Obenchain “only
because she wanted someone to take
care of her."
Fricke argued in referring to the
testimony given by Obenchain for his
former wife that it was "apparent he
was liypnotised. blindfolded and in-
fatuated by his defendant " and that
he “continued to do anything she
said. "
Mr. l‘rickee will continue his argu-
ment today.
SEEli BLUES Til
RIVERSIDE. N. J.. March 14.—-—De-
tectlves are working on five clues in
their search for the slayer or slayers
of John T. Brunen. circus owner. who
was shot to death in his home last
Friday night: Prosecutor Jonathan
Kelsey said today» that an arreslt
would be made sci.
The slain man’s funeral was held to«
day. Show people and members . of
fraternal organizations from many
sections of the east, were here.
Immediatley after the funeral. the
authorities planned to go over several
phases of the case with the widow.
her daughter _.Hazel and Mrs. Helen
Mohr, mother of Mn. Brunen.
ONE ARBUOKLI
JUDGE SELECTED
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. -—With
one juror passed temporarily. efforts to
select twelve persons to try Roscoe
C. Arbuckle for the third. time on a
mnslaughter charge continued today.
It.
defense attorneys that most of the
.week will be consumedln lathe oelctlon
mtuednmoSOuthNotwulkm
OncouSQcondCImuanj>mfi
.llEAl'H [IE llllllNEN
expected by both prosecution and '
l2 MEXICANS
MCALESTER, Okla.. March 14.'——-
Nlne persons were killed an a number
seriously injured by a tornado that
levelled a path through Gowen, a min-
ing village fifteen miles east of here.
last night. accbrding to Dr. W. w.
Sames. of Hartshorne. who returned
to his home today. after. assisting in,
relief work at the stricken town last
night.
Most of the dead and injured are
Mexicans. Many persons were slighth
injured.
MCALESTER. Okla... March l4.——
Twelve Mexicans were killed last night
when a tornado swept the foreign sec-
tion of Gowon. a village fifteen, miles
east erel'according to relief work-
ers fro Hartshornc. who returned to—
day. Wire communication betwmn
here and Gowen is demoralized.
VV'ILBER'I‘ON. ()ltla. .. March 14. --
General H est-111 Situation
Indicates Fear of ' Small-
M
Although Rethel. hag been isolated
by ordirs of Dr. John '1‘. Black. Elsie
commissioner of health. because of
Nine parsons were killed and “vent:-
five seriously injured by a tornado
which shtick Gowcn. a village llftcen
miles west of here. last night. accord-
ing tmamices received this morning
(Continued‘_- on Page walve)
flANlllll’S ARREST
EAUSES FEELING
it).\'iltl.\'. Nun-h l-l. 'lhl- artist in
limit of l‘dt-hnndus K (lttrtdlti. non-
‘O-r)! erntionisl lender. has created in-
tense feeling among the Indians in
British liast Africa. according to :\
Denim! News dispatch from Nairobi.
liil"tl Monday.
Muss meetings of protest have l‘t‘l'il
held in various centers. and a. com—
plete, hartai was declared at Mobasn.
the c'1pitul. for one dzly.
The local Indian Congress has des—
lglldii'd :1 committee to dicide upon
the lulme course in New oi the latest
ter-vriopmtnts in India
for gamblers and horsemen of
l
shows one of the “prospectors" and
The old betting ring site of Gravesend race track. once the Mecca
the United States and now sun“; cut up
for building lots. has been found to be a veritable silver mine.
combers have abandoned temporarily their usual routine md are sitt-
ing the earth for carelessly handled loose
the large number of.small-pcx (gag-:5
in that lawn. :1 Bethel woman man-
aged to break through the quarantine
and come to NorWaik. She was lo-
cated 'iviue‘ with a family in the S§.C_
ond District.”
Health Officer Robert F. P‘Cl'fllle
learned that the Bethel resident
was staying here and immediately no-
tified her that she would have to re-
turn home or else th'i house in which
she was stayingwouid be. quarantin-
'l‘he “’Oll‘l‘lil returned to. llcthel.
March 14.———lleadml by
appointed at an open
:.i;- L‘s meeting. Bethel is making
r. li:ll against the isolation edict of
in: John '1‘. Mock state commission-
cr of health. because of the 22 pa-
tients in declues aré suffix-lug from
small box ’lhere has been no new
ens-2. reported in the town for five
days. and the cltlzena’ committie in—
Lists none ofthcquarantiled cases are
small an. believing Dr. Black was
wrong in his diagnosis. Dr. Black's
untimatnm was issued» because adult
citizens getlcrally’refused to submit
n.—‘—— *
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I‘ll.
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(ommilt e
In:
its
UN EARTHS GAMBLERS’ COIN.
sch
change to! bygone days. This
the results of an hour’s delving.
' the meeting.
. gl’ABlElll”
l
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unsettled tonight and’ \Veduesdu y.
MOSCOW Hatch lfie—Wllliam- D.
"Big Bill" {{8de ~and a group of bill
by Premier Lenlne a concession to
operate - the . big Nadedjlnsky Iron
Works In the Ural ouutain region.
Basin and auxiliary factories -
c It is stipulntod that 4,800 fully
qualified American ivorkers with a
technical personnel shall be thought
into Russia to‘operate the properties.
and that each of them must 'purchasc
$100 worth of tools or instruments for
his own equipment. and sign on under-
taking to observe all the rules of the
Soviet labor code.
The announcement states that the
Government has assigned $300. 000
towards financing the undertaking. It.
is also to provide wood to build homes
Bullistlt'llttitis'
ANll llllNMEN KEEP
llll AfllVlllES
PEIJ AST. March
l‘ress).-—Beltast‘s casualty list from
the activities of gunmen and bomb
throwers in the last ten weeks totals
eighty-three dead and 157 seriously
wounded. according to the Northern
“'hig. which declares this is “rela-
tively more terrible than for the whole
year 1921."
The list would have been greatly
swollen, the newspaper adds. if all
those who received bullet wounds
were included. It points out as the.
worst feature of the recent outbreaks
the. number *0! women and children.
some of the latter babies. who were
struck by chance bullets or bomb
.plinters.
Police Sergeant Clark who was kill-
‘ed by an armed bandit in Falls Road
last night. told his wife last Sunday
that he had arcs-ted a man on whom
he found a list of' policemen con-
demned to death but. that his name
was not 1111:! Mril Clark reported
today. Sergfillfll _ ilk. however. had
been repeatedly threatened. and as a
consequence he usually wore a bullet-
proof jacket.
lllllN’SMllNAliEll
Ellilll lS lN Elllllll
STRATFQRD. March 14. -—A motion
to hold a public referendum on the
action of the town council in dismis—
1 4 (Associated
tabled by vote of a. town meeting last
night. The vote was taken after a
letter from Town Attorney Merritt,
recommending suchactiop, was read.
The effect of the action will be to
delay decision on the question. until
amé‘r March 21. when Town Manager
Hunter is scheduled to appear in the
Superior court in Bridgeport to show
cause why he should not be removed
from office.
Before tabllng the motlonpn the
a proposal to rescind the council's dis-
mini 0: miner. He was present at
' "“"mu ens-Trial")
NNNNNNNE
j. WASHINGTON, March' 14. --The
first issue of the Senate fight over ra-
tincatlon of the four power Pacific
tmty will be decided toicy. when a
vote is taken on the amendmentpro-l
posed by Senator Robinson, Demo-
crat. of Arkansas. ' '
Unanimous consent for a vote on
the amendlnent at i p. m. was given
by the Senate yesterday bu the pro-
EORNE’S GERMAN DEBT
scum: NOT PAVORED
WASHINGTON. Di 0.. March 14..—
TWroposal of Sir Robert Horne.
Chancellor of the British Exchequer.
for amortization of the German debt
by 11 scheme to throw one-third of the
burden upon the United States. found
no favor in official Washington yester-
day.
High officials read of Sir Robert's
plan with a degree of interest and
merely placed it in the category of
varied plans evolved at different times.
having for their object the ultimate
cancellation of the foreign debt of
$11. 000, 000, 000 due to the"
States.
There was 11 official comment upon
the suggestl as officials with
authority to k for the Admink~
ion declared that President Hard-
Littler"...
the-
United'
some time ago firmly put angesd.
WW
NEW HAVEN. March
defendants.
case came back from the
court.
a bankruptcy petitions
the Eu ted States law.
claimed that if 3.917 conspiracy
the m the
. . of l
1‘0 SUPREME COURT
14. -—4The
trial of Joseph Weiaman. with other
defendants charged with a conspiracy
to conceal assets in a bankruptcy case,
was stopped by Judge E. S. Thomas in
the United States Court yesterday. and
sent to the Supreme Court on ques.
tions of law raised by counsel for the
Judge Thomas informed the jury
that it was still in the cue, but ital
services would not be needed until the
highest
The point raised by counal
was that if any conspiracy existed as
charged. it existed before the filing of
Heap. e l. the'
United State: court had no juridic-
tics and there was not violation ‘of‘ ,
It was. We.
of Virginia. after an all day attack on,
the treaty, in which Senators Johnson.
of California. and Box-ah. of Idaho.
both Republicans. took the lead.
As modified yesterday by Senator
Robinson. his -.amendmcnt . provides
‘5
Continued on- Page Twelve)
ANTI-VACCINATION
‘ mom DEVON
MILFORD urn-ch 14. —"
vaccination meeting was held at De~
percent. ~Dr. S. liaison or Bridge-
I. W. W/lbllowér’l. have been granted ‘
part of the coal mines in the Kosnetz .
sing Town Manager. R H. Hunter was ,
'lwt night. when Mrs. Coventry's hand-
referendum the meeting voted down .
.posal of Senator Swanson Democrat]
.C.A. C.. inwhlchheservedasafirst
you last night. "with »mm 1'59 pee-cu
51911 was the principals speaker The: busty
Building in
Norwalk Savings Society
is Damaged by Fire
W? 3* Street
for Livi
comeby Smoke
1 Lower Part of Structure was Used as a Stem... '
._ Room by Joseph A. Legato, and Upper Pm '
ngApartments—Mrs. Thomas V'
Carried“ but by Firemen When Nearly Oven-
Nearly oversea-“e by volumes of
smoke ascending 9-5 her home from me
ground floor of the building owrlfid by
the. Norwalk Savings Society and lo-
cited at 48- 53 Wills street. Mrs.
Thomas Vallee’. an aged woman bed-
ridden by partial paravais. was car-
ried dawn a ladder to safetv by mem-
bers of the First District F‘lre com-
panies at 4 o’clock this morning. Sl-
multancously with the disco't'ery of
the firertwo score of guests at the
Norwalk Hotel. which adjoins the
building in which the blaze took place.
were aroused from their slumber: and
driven out into the streets scantily
clad._ This was done because it was
feared that the fire might spread.
Through the fine wbrk done by the
First Diltrict Fire companies the flea
was curtailed to the building in which
.it started. The blame had its orlginh
the ‘cellar o: Willing which was
used as a flex-age room by“ Joseph.
Legato. proprietor of the Norwfi.
hotel. The name. spread jupwa f.
quickly through the wooden structul‘
licking into. the rear of the G. A.
Franke Barber shop and the Pete:
Kasses' grocery store. ‘
At the time. Patrolman Edward J’.
Clone was paneling Commerce street.
He saw the smoke. located the fire and...
turned in the alarm from box 15. The
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Westport Stir
AUSTIN ls cllllllll’
IN lliAilll flEATllS
NEW‘ HAVEN. March 14.-——City
Building Inspector Joseph E. Austin
and Lawrence W. Carroll. the mana-
ger. were up for a hearing in the city
court yesterday on the charges ofI
manslaughter based on the finding of;
Coroner Mix into the Rialto Theater
fire today.
Mr. Austin’s case was first taken up
as the two defendants were not held
jointly. Mr. Austin was represented
by three lawyers with Jacob B. Good-
hart. as the senior.
The evidence offered up till the at-
ternoon recess consisted largely of
facts addudad by the Coroner's in-
quiry" and included the reading by the
latter from the records of the inquest.
the testimony given by Austin at that
time. This covered forty-two pages
of typed manuscript. Prior to that
Moses A. Coan. a builder. told of
changes in the Rialto Theater which
changed the building from a hall to a
moving picture house. Photographs
of the changes were offered. "'he
chief line of questioning‘of Coan bore
on a fireproof cone over the stage.
which is said to have directed the
flames from burning scenery out over
the audience.
.
PURSE SNATEHEll
lS AlilllN BUSY
a. few weeks ago. was the attack made
on Mrs. H. M. Coventry. 01' 15 Havi-
land street." at the corner of Pine
street. and West avenue at'9:25 o’clock
bag was snatched from her by a
young man. who ran up Pine street
and disappeared.
As was the case when Miss Waters‘
purse was snatched several weeks ago,
the man who did the work was dress-
ed in an olive-drab overcoat. wore a
cap. was tall—about 5 feet. 9 inches
in height~and was of slender build.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
EX- SERVIEE MAN
lllES lN Nlllill’Aili
James John Gallagher. an ex-ser-
vice. man. son of Mr and Mrs. Patrick
J. Gallagher, died at. the home of his
parents in Leuvlne avenue last night.
after a lingering illness. He was 23
years old.
' Previous to the war. Mr. Gallagher
was a member of the former Sixth
Company which was inducted into the
service upon the declaration that a
state of war existed between Germany
and the United States. He became a
member of Battery C. 68th Artillery,
class private. He went overseas where
r ' __A——.
tContiuued on Page, Eleven)
Devon brancho t‘lle Americas Med—
ical Liberty 1 was organ
when nominations: were called
elect officers it was
omnmms_
once. .
Equailing in boldness wthe attack on .
.Miss Mary Waters. of Putnam avenue.
Ten Cases of Smallpox in
the Authorities
Dr. Osborn Takes Charge d
the Epidemic and Orders.
Every School Pupil" Vac-
cinated by March 20 or
Else Be Prevented from.
Attending Sessions
Vi’estport today faces a similar pre-a
dicament as Bethe]. which is now iso-
Hated because of a serious outbreak of
smallpox. More than ten cases at
smallpox have been reported in West-
port in the past few days. The situa—
tion is such that Dr. S. H. Osborn, or
the state board of health has taken
charge of the epidemic and has or—
dered stern measures in an attempt tx-
stamp out the outbreak of smallpox.
The first step taken by Dr. Osbori
was the: issuing of an edict ordering
every school child «attending tni
Westport schools to be vaccinated b;
(Continued an Page Bevan)
illlNllAY EVENINli
surlll cull NINNlN
Last evening_ was "stunt." night a:
the Monday evening Social Club that
meet in the American Legion Hall.
The Sterling Orchestra. came pre-
pared to assist in making the evening
an interesting one and contributed in-
mensely to the pleasure of all. ‘
Dancing was as usual a feature an.
the stunts occupied the periods be-
tween each dance.
Elmer P. Craig wasmaster of cem—
monies and the first called upon m
William L Young and Harry Blake.
Mr. Blake emlalned that Mr. Young
was one of his pupil: that insisted
upon doing everything backwards and
in demonstration Mr. Young was sat—
ed to give the alphabet. Spell words.
repeat sentences. answer quediotl
all of which withbnt hestlafion m
responded to. The questions nakedne-
cupled a roll of paper fully twenty
vi
(Continued 0: Paco—fl Eleven) ‘ _.
BATilZRl ms
.HRSl slum v
Battery C celebrated its first birth.-
dav last night at the Nomlk armor!
by holding a. smoker and entertain-
meat. It was just. one year ago on
March 9 that the organization came
limo being. Since that tune. it has
added greatly to its membership and in
in fine. prosperous condition.
The first feature of the evening was
wireless telephone concert-tam '
der‘ the direction of Charles m
Following the concert. the return: i .
the Gibson—Greta 11311: were announced
over the telephone. , .
.. Later three-round ammo!- boxing;
contests and a. wrestling 1:1:me
staged between umber: of Butter!”
6. The contest: were very mm
and greatly enjoyed. Bill O'Gnflv' act-
ed as referee.
Delightful "eats” served under. it. .
direction of Mean sergeant Al. cm.
and were greatly enjoyed 1311mm ,
course 0‘: the evening. WWW;
crults were saluted. , ‘
Batteryec amusing” a recruiting ,
campaign to be held Pint-GI! ‘
Marni: us. At that thus. ”tho mm
old a gun can at 1113 {Am
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