\LK ’S PAPER \(li;V ”()lli. 5113113111111 1870 - ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWs mu m runs or ran'wom or n srm'm m:_otm0wN OPERATOR' . Entered at the South Non-wall: Pom Otllce as Second Class Mu] Matter. S: Tr: . SOUTH NORWALK. ‘CONN. SATURDAY, MARCH 2§,1?22 ‘ singly cloudy tonight-and Sunday. . man cam-s umnen Again Busy in Belfast, Where Two More Men Are Ambushed Today . 11.1 Meet on Monday 1121i llz1 wker’s Home Set on Fire and a Pony and Tlonkey Shot—Michael Collins and'Sir James, 11-1111; Summoned to London for a Conference liver the Recent Disorders—Ulster Cabinet n~ _J. \l..1'1~l1 lily Associal 1 1111111111111 Wern- llllsy again I'l1111- illl'll ambushed 11.1 .1 i‘roto-stant. and an 111111111112; newspaper. lie . l\\il't'. -.1 11111-11111 iilt' home of a 111 (lemurs street. East 1111-11, 111111 then shot :1 lu‘n‘u'} belonging to the \\:1.\‘ stoplwil in UN: - 11 111111 who interrogated ~ 1.n rcliuinu. He- turned 11.1:11; nnhurt. although :1 1.11111'111111. \l ~Mi1'hael Col- '..1 i‘rulis‘illllili lrish Free 11.1111, “113 reported as 1111111111 for London to ll.1- imperial gov- 1111111 in .11 discussion of out of The 111 ll'i‘iiilll'. 1.1111 T11 :ll1l 1|~l11 .1111 ‘_’.’1. ‘ l\1 ..1... . min: “1. 1H1 11 from Sir lletween France -.11?1rc1t Britain in the \ :11' East and at Con- ~:.1:11inople Given as the 1; "tlnllll 1l11wl. :3. (By Associated 11w League of Nations is min-.1 to take control of 1 5 it has become known. «tri‘ccl' with which the :11i11isters have invested ’ Mons here. 1111 between Fiance and 1111 in the Near East and the :'1ir 111111 which has existed be— 111- 111 at Constantinople are l to in international political =4 showing the practical im— :11111t_11 ni’ applying any schémf‘ 0f 1111111111111lization to the straits that 1l \uit all the allies. '111' that. reason Premier Poincare. l Niarguis Curzon. British Foreign 1 rotary. and the. Italian Foreign noisier, M. Schanzl-r. British For- 1.-n Sctretary. and the Italian For— 11gn Minister M Schanzer haVe dis- ussed the eventuality of asking the . 1:1g11e to relieve them of this burden \i. Schanzer. a strong advocate of 1 League. is said to have particular- urged this solution. while M. Poin- nnd Lord Curzon are understood '11 welcome any plan that will relieve '..1-111 of a. problem which thus far H.111 developed only trouble and con- ‘11111111-11 to irritation between the two iii-h”. 11011131111113w111 11111131 5110,1110 IN 211 311113 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. -l'1\' .l'c' March 25. Associated Press).—Suspension 1 1' work 111 the coal industry through“- .1 11111 muonized fields of the country v1‘l directiy affect more than a half umlirm workers tn the. coal fields of Inn-1115' sl. 'csm Twenty thousand ‘111111111111 111111c's also belong to the ”111111 Mine Workers of America 111'. .1 Motia forming one union dis- v'ut and the western provinces form- 11113 another district. ’l‘iu- u'icat. numerical streng‘h of the i 11111-11 .‘.line Workers of America is 111 the soft coal industrv. the Cen- 11111 ( ompttitiVe Wield. comprising \‘Vosicrll I’ennsy'lVania. ()hlo. Indiana. 'uul 111111013 haVing a combined mem- b- rship oi approximately 215. 000. The anthrac 1.1 industrV'. centered in three fields in PennsyTVania. erinovs 155- 00 men of whom approximately one- 1.1111 (111- 111 the union. In past strikes. 1141‘1'11111'. the union has: practically succumb-.1 in bringing a complete \~ ..ll:r.111t 1n the anthracite fields. (Continued on Page Twelve) GERMAN COMMUNISTS LOSE PARTY REICHSTAG STANDING lIl-jitlJN, March 25.-—The Com- fmmint gr1up in the Reichstag. led by 11' Paul ch1. who was ejected from . , f , . mummist party on orders from .-1s;r~nw for protesting against last ’wr's Tuareh uprising in Berlin. has -'-l the Independent Socialists. This "1 '. :'.1':c1m-TV a handful of Com- 11 it. lst Deputies in the Reichstag and 11.11119 the end of the big mOVement '0‘ 1rd Communism two years ago. oh '111 the Independent Socialists were who] of the Dardanelles May Be Taken Over By Allies James Craig. l'lstcr Premier. who was also requested to come. except the statement over night, that he had not yet received the government's message. it was assumed. hOWever. that he would be 011 hand for the conference. which it is hoped. will bring forth means of restoring ‘order. The invitation asked the heads of the two lrish ,Govcrnments to bring with them such colleagues as they might deem necessary parties to the discussions. ' The London morning newspapers comment at length on the situation. especially expressing horror at the savage murders in Belfast of five members of the family of ()chn Mac- .\Tnhon. They term the tragedy the worst massacre in Ireland since lluhlin 1111111111111 slaughtered t'ourteen llritish ol‘licc-rs there in November. l:I_‘lI. Latest reports from Tlclt'nsl my (‘T‘Tllll- has profoundly shoclu-d the the Continued on Page Five) ASK NON-UNION 1:011 MINERS 10 1011311111 Cleveland, 0.. March 25.—Leaders in the nation-wide coal some of union miners set for April 1 turned attention today toward winning two hundred thousand non-union micrs to the walkout. Calls for the non—union men to act will be issued in several states early next week. The program for the fields was decided 011 by policy committee of the Workers of'Amcrica. The union's move to strike the 11011— union mines will center in Pennsyl- vania. where there are 100,000 non- union Vvorkcrs: Special organizers of thc union are to aid in the district’s“ efforts to lead these men from the coal pits. In other non-union fields that non-union the gr-ncral l'nitcd Mine (Continued on Page Five) Hfllll NEEI] [TNTY PASS EXAMINATTITN Ansorge Named No Alter- nate for Him, as for Other Boys He Nominated WASHINGTON. hiarch 25.—Naval and Congressional circles were sur- prised upon learning of the nomina- tion by Representative Ansorge of Holley to be a “middy” Et'Annupolis Every chance points to Holley's final oppointment. provided 11c can pass the examination. Thu failure of Mr. Ansorge to name any alternates in his case gives him the advantage of being the only one in the field.‘ The Congressman was entitled to four appointments. For each one named as principal three alternates were allowed. The only ones named (Continued on Page Twelve) LEWIS 3111113 13131 1111311 1111111111111 1111311111 Willi INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 25 1111' The Associated Pressb—I‘resident John L. Lewis. of the United Mine Workers of America. today gave his interpretation of the miners' demand for a six hour day. five-day week. be- ing a part of any [new wage agree- ment affecting the soft coal industry. In a formal statement he said: “There has been so much misun- derstanding among the people as to the real meaning of the position of the United Mine Workers of America with regard to the proposed six-hour day and five-day week that I believe something should be said that would set the public right on the subject. It has been charged by coal operators that the miners are demanding more ' "me" up through the interference of Moscow. pay for less work. The principle of Pll'St. row. Ici‘t to right: Scrum! l'll\\'. left to right: lcr. Mary Skllhl. Adeline N H. S Girlé’ 122_;Bas€ceiBall Team—Champiofls éfCit)’ ( ‘iuu‘lnttc 1 (Captain. Eugenie McMahon holding .‘Iullkl‘r Grotto cup): Ruth \‘nn (‘m-Vi‘rinz- J an‘ is. _\i'1~.~ .\nnn .\l'.-_\lalmn (winch): Mildred Pink- Ilnnthcrton and Helen lV'PtrJnger. (nlflllagcr). EllNNEBTIEUT TS IN THE PLUS ElliUMN Nutmeg State Gained in Population by Interstate Migration, Census Report Reveals—California Has Largest Gain and Oklahoma Next—Of 1,380,631 Population 756,- 212 Were Born Here The Department of Commerce. through the Bureau Of the Census at “Washington. issued a. statement show- Ing the intersthte migration of the na-‘ tlve population of the 111111111 States. as indicated by the Fourteenth ilr-cen- nial Census. taken as of January l. 192(1.‘ The total population of continental United States on the census date 105.- 710.620. comprised 7i.0'1'l.l'l:<l persons who were Thing in the States in which they were born. -0..".'4 4.30 VV ho “Cry thing in other States than those in which they were born. 113.920.6112 who were born in foreign countries. and :1 group of 444.465 natives con- sisting of persons whom thc State of (Continued on Page Three) PRIZE CHIEKENS iiTllEl] BYTHIEVES The Norwalk Police Department todaV is looking for the person or per- sons who ruthlessly desYrOVed thirtV- four prize chickens late Vestorday in Chanbury. 'l‘he chickens were found with their heads wrung off or chopped OK in a stream near the Cranbury Chapel. Homer ‘lark found the chickrns and took them home. report- ing his find to the NorW' '1ik police. Near the place where the. chickens were found were automobile tracks. It would appear as tnongh the chick- ens were stolen from a nearby farm. but that the person or persons who stole them were afraid that thev were being followed and killed the chick- ens so as to got rid of the evidence. 'l‘hn chickens were all iihodc island Reds and had prize bands around their love The local police are en- deavoring to find out who the original owner of tho- fowl is. MOROCCANS TO REPLACE AMERICANS ON RHINE BERT IN. March 25. —The American garrison at Mayen will be replaced by. 500 Moroccan soldiers of the French Colonial army. according to an an- nounce ment made by the Mavor of \iaycn at a. council meeting last night. This has filled th:1 itfhahitants with dismay. as they look on the Americans with faVor. while the dark skinned Moroccans are greatiV disliked. Via} en is fifteen miles from Coblenz and has about 11.000 inhabitants. The Ameri- can troops probablv will be withdrawn next Thursdav. OUT ON HEAD BY STONE THROWN BY BOYS Michael Josem. of 51 Lowe street 1111: 11111: llllllllNEll mwmanuu. 1111 11111111 111131 Oil Tanker Picks Up Miss Miami’s Sole Survivor, Is Pilot Moore ‘ _- .\ll.\.\ll. i<‘l:1.. March 25.-——'l‘\\'o of the VV'onir-n passengers of the flying boat Miss Miami. which left here \chnesday for the Island of ilimini and was forcml down in the open sea by a broken propeller. died of exposure,- and two other passengers crazed by eVposure jumped overboard into the semfigeccrdlifirk ‘to~the story told by Rob t \Iooref‘ pilot of the craft. to members of the crew of the steamer \Villiam Green. which rescued him last night from the wrecked bulk of the boat. _ . The fifth passenger. :1 man whose 1111111.. as well as those of the others Moore could not give. slipped quietly into the sea early yesterday after hav- ing become exhausted from clinging to the craft. (Continued on Page Seven) 11111311111101 J 11111 11111311111111 _ One of the most largely attended meetings of the Vear was held last night hv the Norwaik Aerie. No. 588. .0. E. The meeting was marked by an elaborate explanation of the old age pension fund which will be put into effect by the Grand Lodge of the Eagles. ' The new scheme was explained in detail by Judge O'Connell of Kansas. who declared that the plan was not confined to the Eagles. but would be eventually taken up by the govern— ment. He declared that a person'had~ proven an assest to the government duping his lifetime. he should be tak- en care of in'his old age. Others who addressed the meeting along the same lines were John Bohl. of Stamford and James 'l‘avelin. of Brr nag. N. Y. .The local members were heartily accord with the plan as ex- pl::11.ed by the visitors. Following the regular meeting. re- freshments were served. . 111111111111: . 111111 11111111111111: In a raid made in the Springdale section of Darien on Thursday. Ser- geant Frank Virelii and a sqilad of state policemen seized "three barrels of mash. a barrel of "white mule" and a quantity of corn and potatoes. which 11 issaid were used in the manufacture of “moanshine.” the seizure being made in the home of Harry '1‘. Jennings. Camp avenue and Halter Ridge Road; Jennings was arrested, charged wun manufacturing liquor for sale and yesterday after- noon Vvhen arraigned before 511118? John H. Selleck in the arien court. made a pieaof guilty and was ed 850 and costs amounting to 573.6 . was struck on the head and severelv cut. by a stone thrown bv some bovs who were gathered at the corner of Concord and Chestnut streets. last evening about 6: 40 o 'ciock Mr. Josem was going along Concord street and noticed the boys at play. He was struck on the head, and dazed by the blow and by loss of blood had to be taken to his home. where he is under the care of a doctor. The police are 1111x111; an investigation to learn b’o £11111th J There was conéiderable evidence against Jennings. including that at W'iliiam Warden. of Stamford. who testified that on March 1615. and on other occasions he had purchased bottled liquor from Jennings. This. coupled with the (not that illicit liquor which was readily bur; there was a. considerable Quantity of .1 11—111 1:111 INDTCTTD WITH Fraud Alleged in Releasing ' 700,000 Gallons of Whis- key in 70 Days 1111111113111 1111113 111 llllSlEll 1111111111 Walnut “Hailed” He Says to Charge Prosecution Was Blocked PHILADELPHIA. March 25.—Wil- liam C. McConnell. former federal pro- hibition director for'Pennsylvania, and forty—six others including several as- sociates of McConnell while he. was prohibition director. were indicted late yesterday by a. federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the l'nltcd States government in the, fraudulent issuance of permits to withdraw liquor from bond. - The indictments were returned after a giand juiy investigation of the al— lczzed release of 700,000 gallons of whiskey and alhohol to bootleggers during McConnell‘s seventyaday regime :13 head of thc prohibition law enforce- ment staff in Pennsylvania. ‘ ____. (Continued on Page Twelve) STATE IS IN AREA BE liASllLlNE WATT L a r g e r Corporations and Independents Preparing to Battle for New England Market —— Keen Competi- tion Is Expected to Result —-Smaller Producers Say That '1‘ h e y Are lHard Pressed ’m Connecticut appears tome in for the gasoline price war which is threaten- ing in New England and Nc‘w York State. Independent producers in the oil trade have been haid pressed be- cause of the narrow margin of profit due to the decline in price of gasoline and kerosene while ciude petroleum kept up to a firm lchl.Corr1petition is expected to be keen in the East and there is a rumor that some of the Standard Oil companies are to handle their own marketing operation in New lngiand and New York. Says Equinnent Is loaned. An official of one of the smaller companies is quoted by the Oil Trade Journal as follows: "If the big companies do this. some of us may be forced to shut down for the time being. 1That will be better than doing business at a loss. but we arc not worrying half as much' as the big fellows The Standard does a busi- (Continued on Page Three) SMAill’llX 1131 11 1111111111111 11 1111111111 311111111 FAIRFIELD. March 25.—After di- agnosing the illness of Florence Mans- field. 17-year-old high school girl as smallpox. Dr. Lawrence E. Poole. health omcer issued an order yester- day alernoon that all pupils of the Fairfield High School be vaccinated when the school sessions resume Mon- day. The girl. who lives with her par- ents on Elliot street. had been at- tending school up to Thursday.‘ She Continued on Page Seven) WINTON IS CITED IN SUIT BY WIFE - David T. 'inton. a former newspa— per worker in Bridgeportuand at one time city editor of the old Bridgeport Union. has been made defendant in an action for support and damages brought by his wife. Bose C. W'inton of Wilton. Mrs. VVinton is well known. She was formerly employed in 3 Bridgeport department store and at one time was a~member of the Board of Education in Strattord. Mrs. W'inton. in her complaint which was filed in the Superior Court yesterday by Attorney Leo Davis of Norwalk. alleges that her husband is worth $5,000. that she is'poor and de- bilitated and unable to support her- self. and that her husband abandoned her on February 4. She says that she believes that her husband is geing to sell all of his prbperty. She asks for $1, 600 damages. . It. is nude 0501! that Winton is now 0 comes from onel in the citY. Eighteen Miners T in the Sol-Dis M YC°1°lad0 Fuel CompanY. ...apped dies of . V '1 Nine Are Known to Have Lost .Their Lives and- Nine Others Are Missing—Rescue Crews 1 Work All Night“ in Efl’orts to Release Impri- \ ' soned Men or Recover Bodies r ‘7 oned or to recover their bodies. . TRINIDAD, Colo. March 25.—'—Nine men are known to haw? perished and nine others were missing early today as a result of an explosion in Sopris Mine, Number two of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company} near here, yesterdav afternoo Rescue crews worked all nght 1n efio ‘v. .s-f Ilgto rescue the men cmpris- According to eompanV officials the eighteen dead and missing men were the onlv ones in the mine when the explosion occurred. The day shift of two hundred men had left the mine éust a few minutes before the accident, the oflicials said. ’ TREATY RATTTTED WTTH A MARGIN 0T TOUR VOTES “’ASHINGTUN. March 25.———\Vit‘n the four power l’aciiic treaty/itself iatificd by a margin of four votes over the necessary two-thirds. Admin- istration leaders hoped to see Senate action 011 the pact completed today by ratification of the supplemental treaty reserving purely donnstic issues from the scope ot: the agreement. Shut Off from debate yesterday. however. ’by the agreement for Voting on the treatv. opponents of the four Income Tax Receipts Drop $4, 140, 000 in Connecticut..- pact were prepared to renew their as- sault when the supplemental declaia— tion came up for ratification today. This was called up immediately after the mm vote on “the four power treaty late yesterday. but consideration was put over until today's session. when Senator Robinson. Dem.. Arkansas. announced that he desired to present and discuss an amendment to the supplemental pact. It was under— stood he would seek to amend the lat- tnr so that “-n island of Sakhalin. 0c- cupied by the Japanese. would be ex- cluded rom the scope of the [our pow- er agreement. More than twcmty unsuccessful at- tempts to qualify Senate action by reservations or amendments distaste- ful to Hm Admtnistration were made by the irreconcilable element before the treaty was ratified by the final vote of 67 to 27. The only reserva- tion adopted was the “no alliance" declaration proposed by the Foreign Relations committee and accepted by President .Harding. which carried by a. vote of 90 to 2. On the ratification roll call 12 Democrats voted for the 'trraty and onlv 4 Republicans oppos- ed it. 11111 11111111111111 1111311111111 11 1111111111 11113 The Edwin M. Jennings Co.. Inc.. of Bridgeport filed a replevin action in the Common Pleas Court yesterday to recover a. Model F. express body auto- mobile Which they claim is in the pos- session of James W. Doolettie. and which is valued at $750. Alleging that at 6:30 p. m. on the evening of Nov. 11. 1921. while he was driving his machine near the foot of Fisher’s Hill, New Canaan. his,auto- mobile was run into. overturned and damaged. James J. Burns. of New Canaan filed an action asking damages of $1,000 from John W. Peale and Betty Peale, of daughter. According to the complaint Betty Peale had been a fast. reckless and unlicensed driver. and was driving a. machine owned by her father. As a result of the colli- sion. Burns claims. he was forced to sell his automobile for $100, and he lost $550 in the transaction. "Tony Weyuznik of Fajrfieid. filed an action in claiming the. ton March 20. 1921. at 9 o'clock in the morning. while he was ridinga. bicycle at Pick- ett's Switch. Fair-field he was struck by an automobile driven by the defend: ant and he received contusions about the body. He also claims his bicycle was smashed. and asks damages of $500. 1 ."l'l'l'm INJURED IN FALL Stephen Kubovich. of Connecticut avenue. was taken to the Norwalk Hospital this morning suifering from contusions' and lacerations on the right side of the head and also a. fracture of the right wrist. The man unstained the injuries when he tell/tram tn horn FROM 2.00!I OP BARN ' I Internal 1Rexenue Depart- ment Reports Receipts of $5,157,340 as Against $9,299,316' in Same Period Last Year—Over 50,000 Less Taxable Returns .\ drop of ovcr $4,140.00“ in Con- neviicul collections of income and pro- fits 1:11:15 of the March 15 installment. as compared to the collections 1‘or the corresponding period last year. were indicated by tentative totals reached yesterday at the office of l'nited States Internal ' Revenue Collector Robert (1. Eaton. “ Collections for the so-callcd "filing period" of 1922 aggregated 85,157.. 340.54. while those for the 1921 period reached $9,299,316.11. Over 55.000 0! the returns filed this year were classi- fied as non-taxable, meaning that the amount of income was not sufficient. to warrant the government tax. There were 15.000 more of such non-taxable returns this year than there were a. year ago, and such returns came with< in 6.800 of equaling the total of all taxable returns. 1&3 against 114.825 taxable returns filed a year ago. there were only 61,800 this year. This drop while significant fails to give the per‘ centage of taxpayers of a year ago whose incomes have shrunk during the year.'because many whose incomes re- J..¢ VContinued on Page Seven) PHILATHEA‘CTASS ; T3 ENTERTAINETT That old song “0h Those Happy School Days" was brought to mind. last night when Philathea. class of the Norwalk M. E. church held a most. de— lightful “kids" party at the homes of Mrs. Thomas Longstafi and Mrs. Edna. Gibson. 35 Stevens street. The party was unique and was an unqualh fled succeS. ‘ In the first place. the Philathes‘ class held a. brief busines meeting in Mrs. Long'stafi's apartments. Follow‘ ing the business meeting. there was a program of entertainment. The program opened with an ad. dress of welcome by Mrs. Octavia Seyo mour. This was followed by a. song entitled "Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star." rendered by Mrs. Anna. Baya singer. Mrs. Baysinger endeavored to pull a child's trick of occupying the entire stage by encoring the song. but the others at the party refused to a!‘ low her to do so. Miss Emma Roberfl then favored with a. recitation well. suited to the occasion. A piano sec lection “Her First Piece" was renders ed by Miss Alcinn Houghton. Following this. the entire class 5111‘ journed downstairs to Mrs. Gibson'l apartments where games were played. The games were all selected with the. idea being suitable to young children a’ ‘ ........ -V and consisted of hunting animal crackers. bean— bag and sucking lolly‘ T DODS- J. The costumes worn by members of the class were particularly suitable to- (Continued on Page Seven) SUPT. or run AND GAME * commons useless, John M. Crampton. for over teal years superintendent of the fish and genre commission. resigned yesterday at a. meeting of the commission. Mean bers of the commidon expressed their 'regret yesterday at losing the service. ' , of Superintendent Cmmpton. who is well known throughout the state. Hi: successor has not yet: been named. 1mm 8mm some DASH NEW maroon. Ilarch zs.—.1'udgo ‘ ment of fox-eel , on: Mt Sim” yard of the Charles W! Horse proper- ties was given by Judy! eristophe: L. Avery of the hinder caurt hero .1 to satisfy Ja. claim. pf Jennie 8. Maine. -. sister 0: Charles We. ,for mm o: "
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