NORWALK’S
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of About
$155,000,000
i it e Started
Must serious Fire Since the Memor‘able Disaster
oi 1871, and Several Four and Six Stony
Building are Desolated, and the Twenty—one
wiry Burlington Railroad Office Structure is!
ilul ted—Firemen were Fighting a Dozen Dif-
l'erent Fires at One Time—Arrest of Un-
named Man Made at the Place Where the
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,.. March line—A spectu’
morning the. today, d9-
:11§l square of business
.u. Hillside Chicago's “loop."
II.~‘ilI(‘I. with a loss esti-
~ 3is’~."'ull.fl00 to 315.000.-
-111'11-1l in the center of
wimi by V1111 l’iuren.
Mini: streets. and VV'esl
"\JI'I. of unknown ori-
‘. '1‘\ structure. in tho:
1‘ ‘ UliIl across Jackson
1?.“ twenlyuonc story
wu 11ml Quincy Hull.
building. which also
‘1'Hlll’i' and Savings
‘ : rwr-l-u 0F :1 strong
\‘.1‘.: Hum!) sin-cl
5 Mull- ii 519.1'13‘ through
to Harrison street.
The fire was not brought under con-
trol until‘nenrly live o’clock 1135 even
then firemen were fighting a dozen
difierentl‘ires and others broke out 111-
termittently as the wind walled sparks
about.
One fireman was lkllled. another
seriously injured. ten or more slightly
hurt. and an unknown member of the
hundred thdusund spectators who
thronged the burning district slightly
hurt by falling’hrlcks. burning timbers
or sparks.
'l‘he lire for a lime threatened to
assume \irtunlly unlimited proportions
and every piece of lire fighting appur-
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{Emanberg Co. Workers and
hikers Clash in East N orwalk
I’lufw :’ oi l a ck Rendered
l":~_»211.~‘cious by S t 011 e
Ir“ 11m and Others Are
in Fist Fights—Five
\rrested
:1 clash between workers
vulierg factory in East Nor-
1 strikers fl‘Oln the plant at
or Cemetery street and
Boulevard. at 6:40 o'clock last
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- rendered unconscious and “iv
1. lmdly beaten. live or the strik~
x-rc placed under {1 l‘l“‘$t on churn-
1‘ 4f “ferocious" assault. those 111‘-
; )ted being Henry Levine. Irving
1min”. fist-11111101 Gurlmr 11ml Hurry
Max. lfimmcrinan. Tlicir cases
"outinucd until Saturday morn—
: H11»! “’N’k for :1 hearing before
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Says the Public Utilities
Board Has Promised
Hearing Before Making
Rate Change
Mayor Calvin L. Barton still has
faith in the Public Utilities Commis—
sion and in the assurances which he
says have been given to him by the
.individual commissioners that the
trolley rare. in the city of Norwalk at
least. will not be raised to two rides
for 15 cents. says an article in this
morning's Bridgeport Telegram.
Chairman Richard T. Higgins. of the
commmission. has made the state-
ment that this rate, while not yet
definitely decided upon. is under. con-
sideration and is viewed with the
greatest amount of favor shown for
any rare solution plan thus far sug-
Enteredumomsorwdkrm
muwmmm
Chic ago Business Blocks
Destroyed With a Loss
aha—.—
ROME. March 14‘} (By Associated
Press) minors: encounters be-
tween Faoclxtt and Socialists have been
resumed with all their former terror,
according to advices received in Rome
today {ratify/.11 hilarious parts or Italy.
Five Workman were killed by bul-
lets from B‘aacisfl revolv‘rs in “Huge:
surrounding Penna. after isolated en~
counters between gangs ot the various
factions. More than a score were in—
7. jured .includlng two Fascia“.
.Near Modem. the Fascisti attached
a. group or Socialists in a cafe, one
Socialist being killed and several seri-
ously injured with heavy clubs.
L Nedr Piacenzo a peasantrwas beaten
to death by the 'Fascisti. and the
secretary of a Socialist club was killed
near Reggie: Still another Socialist
was killed at Spézia. _,
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Wartime Building Projects
Give City Advantage Over
Others in That Respect
lridgporl' s _m11ny new housing p1 o—
_ierls. launched during the war. are
~l"""\’r’ll responsible for the fact there
is less congestion here at present. 11c-
~ordmg to 'census Bureau figures. than
.1 Its-1:011]. New Britain. New Haven.
and other cities. in Connecticut and
elsewhere.
Acording to the latest census figures.
the UV‘.‘l‘lngt. number of persons per
building in Bridgeport is 6.4. .
New lritdin. with an average of
r
3.7 r1 "so: at to each house is surpassed
only by some of the boroughs of New
York; Newark. N. .l.. in; Chelsear
Muss" 9.8: Holyoke. Mass. 10.6; Ho-
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Judge John H. Light. as special
counsel. reported to the common coun~
cil. at the March meeting held last
evening. on the cases of the Manresa.
Institute. who were unjustly assessed:
and also in the appeal of Michael
cite miners chi mm were pre—
pared today to;;. begin negotiations for
a, new was! , V; D: to take the
place of the two *5“ comract which
expires at the arid it! this 11ionth.A
largemumber of Wiser: arrived to
participate in the first joint Conference
this afternoon A majority of the re-
presentatlves of the miners campus.
lot; the scale cOmlilittee have been in
the city several duff: conferring. the
last to arrite b21133 President John L.
Lewis of the International organization
of the l nited llelne Workers.
The nineteen demands of the min-
are formulated at their convention in
Shamokin. Pa“ in January and ratified
by the international convention at In-
dianapolis last moniker-13 to be T013-
mall; presented to the coal operators
and explained in detail‘ by various of-
fleets of the union. The operators are
expected to immediately- take them‘
under consideration and make a state-
menl 01‘ their position on. Friday.
The miners are asking for a twenty
per cent increase in contract rates.
:nncng other things. while the mine
onners are on record as m1 ortng a de-
crease IM‘IO“ tln present working has.
is.
It is not expected that an agreement
will be reached before the end of the
month. 111211 in that event the scale
committee of the hard coal workers
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DIES lllllil Sillillili
Well-Known South Norwalk
Newsdealer Passes Away
This Afternoon at His
Home on Couch Street ,
Frederick 8. Coleman. one of the
oldest and best known business men
in the city. died suddenly this after-
hoon at about 21¢!) o'clock. following
a stroke or 1151 short evening. He
had planned :‘5151- Bermuda to—
day with his wife on a‘ ten days trip.
Mr. Coleman. many Years ago esv-
lablished o. stationery and toy store in
the barber shop or Henry C. Froeb in
the. old Ely block in North Main St...
and they were together for many
years. “’hen the Palace Theatre
Conneiy. \s. the Board of Reliefbon
an appeal. and his reccomendations in
both cases were accepted by the coun-
cil.
1:1 the. rose of the Mam-ecu Institute.
Judge Light recommended that the tax
Will in: Held in Portland,
Oregon. on September 6
l: ‘ 'i-‘Vr-rcnd Edwin Stevens
73 11 It. Episcopal Bishop 0!
.‘vv 9‘ l .q lmcn designated as the
nr the opening session or
ugm'entlon of the Epis-
(-11.1 :wla. which will meet in
' 1 111114011. September 6th
i: 511.1.1111; with Bishop Wil-
l‘ulhcr of the Church,"
of the most distin-
m in the history of the.
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of naval armaments.
' .imn of certain extra-
~ war we havereach-
‘ :m :lsure of gentleman-‘
. in nurture. as pre-
. 2.1) tunes." says Right
. ‘ ~ llwnry Brent. I). D.
. ‘ .;. Ul‘ “Western New
I I' I 1...: chaplain on the
. Pershing in the
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RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS
DISPLAY MARKSMANSHIP
-. .~ . N rah-coy clerks qual-
m, . ‘ ' ’~>'~ fur marksmanship
* ' i in accordance with
. . . the postal depart-
.; mi, 5‘. . :.:.-.~1 rwcen’lly by Will
‘ ‘3 w' 1 postmaster general.
. ,2 :1» rm the range of
__ ballrr- department.
i‘, ’, :' j “j: i the U. S. army
1...: sumo remarkable
the lowest score.
\ . 1: 50.
I ‘ 1'”, Norwulk. was high
.‘ . 3 J. I). Elston of
u , ‘9 {11.11 J. H. CahIII.
.. . ' 1 .111 \T. .\l. C. Price.
' '- “to qualififd, shot
1.11: ililit (I follow. A.
ill L. Vi. Gregg. of
. . I\'1;il(u'e.]‘. Mul—
;. .; 5 mi 1:. T. Boppert
- 1-,;,. " I.‘ I1. Chase and.
‘villford. andJ. J. Vol-
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gesfied.
“I cannot believe that the Public
l’tilities Commission will. do such :1.
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HIISI’IIAI IIEIIT
I8 NEARLY PAIII
Note of $3,000 Could Be
Paid if Those Who Sub-
scribed Paid Pledges
At the regular monthly meeting‘ot
the Board of Directors of the Norwalk
General. Hospital. Dr. David Spence
was made chairman pro tent in the
absence of President Bedtord and
Vice—president Covariagh. There were
present Directors Quintin-d. Spence.
Baur, Gorham. Roodner. Dun-
bar and Gebhardt. the treasurer. C.
W. Gager. General Manager C. B.
Stray er, and James T. Hubbell secre-
tary.
The new? pathological rules. approv.
ed by the joint conference of the exe-
cutive committee and the efficiency
committee df the. attending amt! were
formally adopted by the board. The
recent organization of the staff with
constitution and by-laws. caused an
over-.lapping with the existing hospital
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BR‘IDGEPORT. March 15.——Peter
F. Callahan. who was stakeholder ot
.the Edward F. Hall election bet. today
entered an appeal from the decision of
Judge Keogh in the bankruptcy court
which- made the bet a part of Hallie
bankrupt estate and asked Federal
Judge E. S. Thomas to review the case
Hall bet :4. 000 at. the last election
that Clmord B Wilson would be re:
elected mayor. He lost. later he
failed. Hi: creditors heard of the bet
and demanded that the 8‘. 000 be ap-
plied to debts. Judge Keogh so ruled
and declared that the money ivas a.
part of the estate and some he turn2
was 14111131113911;
was 1 o t9)-'I.I9Il property. and that the
emu: plion on this propel-tr. inasmuch
as it was used for ecclesiastical pur-'
poses. was for 3100. 000 by the charter‘
and totalh exempt by the general sta-
tutes The prepertv has been assessed
at 311316.000. which was away above its
value. Judge Light said.
In the case of Mr. Connery. who
purchased the old Whitman property
on Fnlrfield avenue. an assessment of
515,700 had been laid against it. when
its purchase price was $10,100. This
was on the 1930 list. 011 the 1921 list
it was assessed. after several thousand
dollars worth of improvements had
been made on it. for 813.060. Judge
Light recommended a taxation on the
purchase price of 810,100 for the list
051920.
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The authorities of Noroton are en-
deavoxiug to learn today wmthrew
:1 rock at \Vililam Thompson. aged 12.
of Glen Pass. Glenbrook, while the lad
was playing during the noon hour re-
cess. yesterday. at the Noroton Junior
High school. fracturing the boy's
skull. . ’
A number of children were playing
and suddchly a rock flew through the
air. striking soun Thompson, who
sank to the~greugd unconscious. *
Dr. Ralph Long , was summoned
building was erected both business
men moved into beparate stores. Hr.
Coleman was well liked 1:: charge cir-
cle of business and actualu acquaint-
ances. He was a member of Norwalk
Lodge of Elks. and for 9. number 0!
)cars was a. member of the Board ~01
cor unissioner IJeJOtlfleLtththmWGgy$mWHeF
forming his duties in a. manner that
called for commendation by his am-
clates in the city government.
Besides his widow fie is survived by
Frederick '1‘. Coleman, Hrs. Archie F.
Benger. of South. Norwfilk; Mrs. Wat.
ter Miller. of Bridgepo‘it; Miss Julie
Coleman. of South Norwalk; Earl
Coleman. of Texas. and Irving Coiev
man, of South Nomlk.
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MINES ESBAPE
Frank Martin. a “trusty" at the
Bridgeport jail made his escape from
the North avenue institution on Mon-
day night between 6 and 9 o 'clock. ac-
cording to information received here
today. No notice of the "break" was
given in Bridgeport save the usual
warning to' the police department to
be on the lookeout for the man.
blaring Was sentenced to a six
months' term from Greenwichon Jan-
uary 17th, 1922. on charges of as»
adult on a woman in that town. Be—
cause of the short length of time he
had to serve. he was made a ‘trusty"
and was employed in the boiler room
of the jail. ' ' I Hr
Martin is known in this city. hav-
ing been hereon several occasions. it
is said. and there is a possibility that
he fled to" this city to; refuse '
«MI-Ia is/described as being five feet.
when the boy failed to revive and he
examined him. Readying the serious-
ness of his condition he rushed the
boy to the Stamford Hospital where he
was 1111!. :edlately operated upon to re»
liexe the [Ireagnire on the brain.
* This morning irons said that the
operation was Successful and that the
boy wiltrecover ‘
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some» or EQUIPMENT
E. 1131—11121» tot-179 East avenue,
tomobile on East
avenue. M nigh near the Green.
when the st ring gear went out or
commission. e ’car jammed into the-
curb and was considerably damaged
Mr. Ryder reported the accident to
.the police. cabin; thit he intended to
leave the car where it was overnight.
This morning; “.1?“ Ryder went to
the scene of theoccident to get lilo
six inches tall. weight {about :110
pounds and to be of dark complexion;
To make his escape
scale a high fence anmoimded with
spikes broken glam- and iron rods.
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‘ AT nuns“ SCHOOL
Superintendent of Schools George
V Buchanan and Chairman John 1..
Henry of the Board of Educatlogcdb
drssed the Parentd~Teacliers meeting
at the Knudsen} school last evening,
There were about 250 péople present.
An entertaining program was pres-
ented during the owning by the pu-
HDHB or the school. including reading
l as by the First Grade ma this
lesson by the’ W Grade pupils.
3 ecitatlonbby
notte We:
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I
NEW yon m1; 155.11.15.51 , , um
£11m: ebcip‘e'd from hpfir windows in
0': Holley-in the legislature. _
Martin had to* « '-
.. Foreign . Missionary Society of the
1 Norwalk M. E. Church was held yes-
nd Grade 3111111115.- an, antennae .1 .
elr nightclothes when the Riverside.
Hotel. the 1m hotel here. was des-
troyed by are early this morning.
At 5 o clock the building was Stilla
furnace and the ruins could not be
searched. but a. check was started to
learn it any guests were missing. No
serious injurle's were reported.
The fire believed to have started in
the engine room. broke out sh! tly
after 2 o ‘clock. The names spread up-
ward quickly and the guests aroused
by the smoke. found the. stairways cut
oil. Most of them were rescued by
firemen with ladders.
The firemen prevented the flames
from spreading to other buildings. but
could not save the hotel.
Several thrilling rescues were re-
ported. among them that. of two child—
ren from a. blaztng room. The scantily
clad guests were caffiad ,for in sur—
rounding houses. A mild night saved
much suffering from exposure.
to Reuse
vision of the
Pumps Referred to
Clty, ’
Cemmitteeman White——
Collection of Back Taxes to Start Very Soon
e—New Members of Bridge Comndttee—Q
_. ., ' Nothm can be Done for Sixth Taxmg Dis-
triet Uiitil Further LegiSlative Action
‘ The Committee of Fifteen to takeup
the matter of the revision of the city‘s
charter was appointed a the March
meeting of the Common Council held
last evening at the. City Hall. by Mayor
Barton as follows:—
Chairman. Corporation Counsel Wil-
liam F. Tammany: Attorney Jesse '1‘.
Dunbar. ”Judge John Keogh. Judge
John H. Light. Attorney Leo Davis.
Rev. A. F. Beard. John 11‘. McMahon.
Edward J. Finnigan. Horace R. Nash.
Dr. H. K. W. Kellogg. EmMayor Carl
A. Hartsrom. Councilman George E
Curtis. Edward E. Ger-ham. Charles T.
Dimond. and George E. Mathews
The committ'ee who will have char-5'31
of the revision or the Building Code
was appointed as (ohm: ~—
building inspector; H. J; Riordan
Councilman C. Jickoofi White and
Corporation cousin William F. Tam-
many.
Judge John Keogh, it was one.
nuanced, had been retained asspecinl
counsel to old the city in the suit
brought against it by the Flint district
commissioners on the matter of tho
hydrant rental payment.
(Continued on Pose Thea—‘-
Epidemic in Bethe]. Due .-
~t_(i_“Wa1't Pox” According
to Bridgeport Physician
Lampher
BETHEL. March 15.~—Dr. John C.
Lynch 0: Bridgeport. summoned here
by the Citizen‘s committee for consul-
tation concerning the smallpox situa-
tion. has declared. I. F. Terry. the
committee’s chairmen stated last
night at an opcii on meeting attended
by over five hundred persons. that he
believed sin-called 11111111110: cases to
have been of the “(wart pox" -type.
the mildest term known.
Cases)!!! “headed.
‘Dr. Lynch said he could not make
propq diagnosis. Mr. Terry declared.
because the cases had been healed.
but i: there was any smallpox which
Dr. John C. Lynch, Called in by Citizens Who Pro-
test Compulsory Vaccination, Declares Dis-
, case is Mildest Type of Smallpox, Less Seri-
ous Than After Effects of vaccination—We
Stand by Our Diagnosis, Says Dr. Howard
he said he doubted they were of the ,
as the illness that ordinarily follows
vaccination.
Dr. Lynch described the 22 casos in
Bethel as "walking cases." Mr. Terry
said, none of the ’patientsbeing con—
fined to bed. He assured the commit.
“36.31112 Terry stated. that there was
nothing in the situation here to be
alarmed over.
Mr. Terry said the committee had
asked another out—of—town physician
to diagnose cases. but he failed to
appear. stating he. did not care to take
issue with State Health omcer Black.
Dr. Howard Lampher. deputy state
health officer who is in charge of the
‘wart" types which is not as serious
0 ~ l. 1
no Sill HAVE
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The
building? committee or the
Frank.() C. Godfrey Post, No. 12.
American Legion, of which R. W.,
Sweeney. jr.. is chairman. reported
favorable progress last night at a. re-
gular meeting of the post held in the
legion rooms in the Central Trust
Company building. It was reported.
that. the post had a. good chance of
end or the summer. .
The Poppy merted pro-
gr‘éss. In the near future. max-chum
and business homwgll be canvassed
for the “sale or 555511;. which are in
be worn on May 30.1mm Day. in
honor of “those who no in FlandePI
Field beneath the popico.”
The post pomed a vote of regret
over the death of Comrade Jame:
John Gallagher. 0! Leuvine avenue.
who up to the last. was with {Fe le-
gion both in body and spirit. The 90‘
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, (Contlniiedon Page Four.)
Chairman. Clarence I. Finch. former: I
having a permanent home before the. ~
IIIIIIIIE ISIANII
IS ENNSIIIEIIINII
3 [IBIIII BILLS
PROVIDENCE. R. 1.. March 15.—
With three bills involving the forty-
‘eight hour week up tor consideration
the State
House became the center of interest
in the Rhode Island textile strike
situation. The leaders of the striking
textile workers had given orders that
there should be no demonstration
while the Reuse and Senate were con-
siderlng working hours' legislation.
but Thomas F. McMahon, president of
the United Textile Workers and several
of his lieutenants were prepared to
tore a. Senatt committee. Representa:
lives of the mill owners. on the other
hand, were making determined efforts
to head off a. 48—hour law.
The main fight centered about the
bill introduced in the House by
Repmiwntatlves James F. Lavender. of
Bristol providing for a forty.elght
hour week for women and children
under sixteen years. Labor to
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WflNAN’S FIIIIEIEN
mssuiiiimi
The annual meeting of; the Woman' 5
terday afternoon in the church par-
lore. The meeting opened with devo-
angular: - Reading of regular and
annual reports 53 Well as the annual
roll-
The society voted to stage. a. musi-
1:51 for funds with which to carry on
it. work in the, near fixture and also
voted ‘59 158.11:! adheres? feature to its
25" Korean“. its
take part. in discussion or the bills be- .
florid! services led. by, Mrs. Thomas '
organization.
. freshmen” consisting or sandwiches.
p'eo‘l‘tee childcare were served. The
IEIfliNAI’II (III.
SEES REVIVAL
, 11 10311133
The two days’ confereiice of the of-
ficials and managers of- the Western
Union; Tel 1111 Company held in
New York ty was concluded’yester-
day. South Norwalk was represented
by local manager F. B. Van Sony.
The conference was called .by Sun
perintendeau W. A. Sawyer. :1“. R.
Veale. and E. P. (111111111. of the Fit?!»
Third and Second Districts of the
Eastern Division. The dailymesoions
were held in the.Weste1-n Union Con—
ference Room at 395 Broadway, and
were conducted by T. W. Carroll. gen—
eral Manager, and A.‘ C. (man,
General Commercial Agent of the
company of New York. There were
present managers from fifty of the
largest cities throughout New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut.
, F. B. \an Scoy advises that the in-
formation received at the conference
brought out the fact that indications
point to a general improvement in
business conditions throughout the
United States, as reflected by the tele-
graph, which is a. safe barometer, of
business conditions.
(Continued on Page Four)
com omn-
moLLs new. 11m, gas
--,The Broad River Community club
held a regular meeting last nightm in
the. Broad River Chapel Five new
members were enrolled. bringing the
total. enrollment up to seventy mem-
bers. The entertainment committee
repoxted progress with regard to the
play to be staged in the near future
for the purpose or raising funds iii
which to carry on the work of the
Following the regular Inc-stingra-
Club’s Kitchen Creheotra
South Africa Cleared of Rebels ,
Excepting Section at J appestown
Government Infantry Clear:
ing the Streets of Fox-@—
burg Following Its Cap-
tore Yesterday—158 East,
Rand Revolutionists Cap-
tured I,
JOHANNESBURG. March 15 (w
The Associated Preset—Advices from
Fordsiiurg, timed late yesterday, nee
ports that government mm at
then clearing the street: m tho
capture of the town from the
Many prisoners had been taken
the remainder were rearing on flat.
Langlaate River.
town, leaflets were dropped by air,-
ilanes warning the women and chil.
dren to leave. There was an unmea-
late new a My new of refu-
sees proceeding mdepofip
side the zone bombardment
Although the how in Pom
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REALTY can-m m
M NB! 0? Sim
Alvin H. Hancock. would eat of the:
Bridgeport Rea! m 110.111.2113
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meeting of the eareculfic committee of
the National Astochflbn of Real SI-
week. There were these tram Gena
uecticut at the meefihg. fie “SR
two being John T. 81033. of New
ford. '
mlttee. Mr. Hancock mt President
Harding. the day before- the Presidenfi‘
went south on m- vac-15011 trip.
the annual dinner. mm is:
made by Herbert Rooter and Senate}
Willis 0: Ohio.
phasized thetoctthlttheoh§9%ct
business in W‘ ‘ and Ian: gov:-
eminent in hm . _ ,. .
m-éxechtlve boot-law!!!
field‘ secretaries.
occasion, to
Prior to. 11.ch o! as.
been in attendance at the mid- m ;
tale Boards, held in Washington lad is .
Haven. and W. W. Walker of Hart-I
With others of the executive com
“-
int): neuter: eat—~-
the administration ii to we m .
arter ,
,f Another CommittfiAlse Named to Consider Re-
: . adding Code-Pet1tmns for ' 1"
‘- Street Improvements, Solvers and Gasoline 3.
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