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:BOUTH NORWALK. CONN. TUESDAY, ”Rn-L .f’ 19%
0071 Miners
Employment in Other
Industries. or Leaving
Seeking
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“any Withdraw Savings fr0m Banks in Wilkes-
1;.11-1~e and Say They Do Not Expect to Re-
.-.lndependent Producers Said to Have
\g'rred to Grant the Strikers’ Nineteen
\1 we Demand if They Will Return to Work
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..' 1hr suspension 01'
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forces as a result or the tieup. Hun-
dreds of coal train crews have been
laid oi'f and a large number of clerks
and repairlne‘ will be affected if the
suspension is long-continued. The
Brit shops at Susquehanna and Dun-
more have been temporarily closed.
NEW YORK. April 4.'—'T11k‘ min-
ers' general policies committee will
meet here tomorrow to act on the re-
ported otYer
ot' se\er:1l independent
producers to grant the strikers' 19
page demand immediately if thev
“111 return to their Jobs. .
Acceptance of these offers. hailed
by thc union men as "the first break
in the ranks of the operators." may
result in the negotiation 111' Separati-
contracts and the reopening: ot' the
mints lit't‘i-cted. according to district
Presidents of tht‘ l‘niied .\lll.l't':<' lu—
ternntiuuzll. ‘
Soun- o' the forty delegntu: 1:: the
[liner tll.~'il"li'i:‘ unions “Humming tlli
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day.
1' .i. (lnldrn. president «11‘ District
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((‘ontinucd on Page Five)
are Otto Becomes King
lungary With Charles’ Death
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. ”Count Albert Apponyi.
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nmule the declaration today.
111 211< opinion Utto hurl become
u‘mnivipul council luts’adopted
'lillill ivy ('mmt Apponyi that
“our Hupcror be buried in
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the- king was prevented
I'iSll'li: her perogzttites. must
ml by the Assembly about
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postponement
of :1 form
.. become
the
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of govern-
impossible. and
coming elections the
decide the question, and
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. usement contained in to-
-t‘ thc Sentinel. the Com
2111 Coal company an-
lllti‘odththl’l of the Con-
ml Club. a new and unique
ml which guarantees coal
:1t thv- lowest price
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1 z the, summer months
ments to be. made on
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srture in both the buy-
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nirlvt nt‘ter the regu-
1-1 Friday and despite
.~.1;1‘l1re a large num-
‘t A very plesaing
11.15 shell by the fol-
ll'rrlllf-l‘
1411‘.
Past Council-
(1. I,’. A. M. orches—
41 Mildred Scofield.
,--ԤY1 Iltht by Master
~H lidith .gledell.
by Muster Norman
~ 'n‘ . :1 iiw man minstrel
firuilmr William A. MC-
1 r)! utor; solo singers.
lirm-lml' and Thomas
. , ,- l“. snafu-id. tambo. H.
l1 .. it was enjoyed by all.
.j,” ' ”put-4 of cake and cream
. fl .. drier which dancing was
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' were wrong.
indidates for the Throne Are Springing Up. and
Being Formed for Their
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Millionaire Promoter Sued
for $150,000 By New
Haven Woman
Containing features of more than
passing interest is the case of W'il~
helmina Meyer of New Haven against
Vii-gluing J. Mayo. millionaire. promo-
ter of Darien. alias Virginius St. J.
Mayo. who has been more or less in
the limelight and has appeared in the
courts of New York and Connecticut
several times. The action was assign-
ed for a hearing in the Superior Court
before Judge Isaac “’olfe today; and
some sensational disclosures are antl-
cipztted.
The presint action is a suit to re-
cover damages of “50.000 for alleged
failure on the part of the defendant to
satisf) njudgment rendeied b\ the su-
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NURSE IN moron OAR
KILLED AT cnossnvo
LAKEWOOD. N. J.. April 4.——;\lrs.
L. N. Hair. 43. head district nurse of
Lakewood. was killed \esterda) when
a. sedan automobile in which she was
riding wash“; b ya north bound New
Y-ork Atlantic City express at the
River avenue grade crossing of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey. The
automobile was tossed fifty feet. and
the body of Mrs. Hair was found 200
feet from the point of collision. Frank
Brower. Coroner. and \V. H. Jayne.
Jr.. County Prosecutor. have begun an
investigation.
Mrs. Hair had been district nurse
here since last summer. She came to
Lakewood from “Worcester. Mam. It
is said that she had no close. relatives
living. but since coming here she had
made a host of friends. including
members of the George J. Gould fam-
ily. .
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‘tured.
8H8 Bill Hill
*0f ‘ . ellilNCE
LONDON. April 4. (By Asoclated
Press) .—'l'he overwhelming victory of
Premier Lloyd- George in the House
of Commons. yesterday. when he was
given the confidence of the House by
a \ote of 37:. ' to 4. has had the eilect
of a quick. violent thunderstorm in
clearing the pnlltical atmosphere.
Apparently nettled by intimations
that he was dodging a direct vote of
confidence in presenting his resolution
calling for support of the govern-
ment's policy toward the Genoa (Ton-
tercnce. the premier threw down the
gauntlet early in the debate and de-
clared the Cabinet would stand or fail
on the result of the division. The re-
sult left-no doubt as to tlw strength
of the government.
opened.
the lenvns of the bridge could not be
(Continued on Page Five)
47 "is n" .7 :7
Illinois miners drawing their last pay. following a walkout. Six hundred thousaudniiiiers, members
of the Amalgamated Union of Mine Workers. are idle. as a result of the order issued by their president.
John L. Lewis. to quit their jobs
One of Them
Oven seven shots were tired in an
exciting chase, along.r the railroad
tracks at Darien between 12:30 and 1
o'clock this morning. between three
men. suspected to be part of a band
of freight train robbers. and the rail-
road police and Darien authorities.
The chase resulted in the capture of
a man who gave his name and ad-
dress as Joseph Mack of Boston. Mass.
The only charges that could be pre—
ferred against the man were those of
trespass on railroad property. and
when an-njgned in the Darien court
this morning he was fined $10 and full
costs and given 30 days in jail.
Railroad detectives. who were en-
gaged in guarding a. freight train en
route from Boston to New York.
noticed three men crawling forward
over a freight car towards the engi-
peer and( firemen. They started
towards them. but the men. hearing
them approach. jumped from the
train. with one of the detectives in
pursuit.
Constable Charles Smith of Darien
heard the shots that were tired and
started after the fleeing men as well.
Seven shots in all were fired at the
fleeing men. and finally one was cap-
He had no revolver in his pos-
session and he further refused to
make any statement as to his being on
the train.
The men were scared from the train
just above the signal tower at Darien.
Dr. DeWitt Talmnge Van Doren.
speaking before the Psychology club
at the hotel Stratfleld last night. us-
oerted he would like an opportunity to
speak before a meeting or 150,000
clergymen and tell them where they
“When I. clergyman
preaches he delivers only scrambled
eggs." according to Dr. Van Doreml
“whereas the psychologist delivers
truths he ‘i-eceiveo from. his association
with the Infinite Being."
Dr. Van Doren said he could not
discuss this subject at great length
“raid W15
(Continued on Page Seven)
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“SERAMBLHI HillS”
”Regina yourself as the center or
the Universe. Believe in yourself as
you ale—a son of infinite principle.
Learn by failures. Never give up.
Don't let: anything discourage you."
emphasized Dr. Van Doren.
"You must have 'entermjnation of
will and forget the opinions of men."
he said. ‘You can control the' circum-
stances of life as you please and you
can master any disease -ln the body.
(The subconscious mind isn't the
mind with which we do our daily duo
ties. Itlsthe mdwhlchladeepand
lithe-t swam
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Freight Train Robbers Are
Fired Upon 1n Darien Today
Railroad Detectives Noticed Three Men Crawling Over
Cars Toward the Engine and After a Chase Captured
has a determined force to make the
Unsealed Weather, Local Baum”.
'l‘hut adventurous craft. the two
:nusted schoonetnlary E. Cum Cap-
tain Charles E. Gonklin. owner. seems
to have a penchant:- for having trouble
with the Washington street draw
bridge. Several years ago the schoon-
er rammed the bridge. being badly
du.maged..and the cat.- VVUS in the
'ourts for a long time. ‘
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o‘clook.
the schooner. while going uiotvn har-
bor. broke its bowrstay. when it agam
rammed the bridge.
Captain Conklin had signalled‘the
bridge and expected that it would .be
However contact failed and
time.
raised in
c
. SAPULPA. Okla. April 4.—Fire
tighterswere making no appreciable
headway today in efforts to control the
last: of the three blazing crude .Qil
stbmg'e tanks at the Sapulpa Refining
dompanv here.
Destruction of the entire refinery.
valued at a million dollars. Was mo-
mentor-Hy expected as the tank began
to boil over and the burning fuel
flowed into the surrounding dyke.
Braving the dangers of exploding
gasolene in other tanks nearby. hun—
dreds of volunteer and regular firemen
were trying to check the flames to pre-
vent too rapid comhustion.
(Continued 011' Pm Twin
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IN ASSAULT 1:131:
Accused of Beating Patrol-
man Reynolds in Bitter
Battle in Luncheon
Wagon
Prank Vollmer and William Gill of
New canaan. who are employed upon
the iaphmn. estate. Talmadge Hill.
were fined :48 and c05ts each. yester-
day. by Judge M. G. Gregory of New
Canaan. upon charges of assault and
breach of the peace. A jail sentence
of six months was suspended by the
Court.
The charges were made as a result
01’ a brawl in Wallman's lunch wag-on.
Saturday night. in which Officer Le-
Roy Reynolds of the New Canaan
force was struck on the head by a. hot-
:11: wielded by Vollmer. Both men
pleaded guilty. The melee occurred
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Harold P. Smith, manager of the
Woolworth Five and Ten Cent Stare,
for a. number of yearS. and a well
known Mason. died this morning after
a' short illness at the Norwalk hospi—
tal. aged forty- -three years He is sur-
vived by a. father Frank J. Smi‘h.
and a sister. Miss Elizabeth Smith.
with whom he made his home at 4
Washington street. Since the death
of his mother. several months ago,
Mr: Smith had been ailing and went
to the hospital abbot three weeks ago.
The deceased came here from
Biddc Joni, MEL. with his tamily. to
take charge of the Woolpr store
here He hilltops trade anythe
South Not-walk item was rated as one
DRAWING Tut-21R LAST 5min '
RAILRflAIlS MAKE
”THE Mllllli MllNEY
WASHINGTON April 4.———Figures
showing the railroads of the country
moved only two per cent. more traf—
tic in 1918 than 111'1911 were cited
by Daniel WM. president of the
Baltimore 8: 61110 Railroad Com‘
pany. before :3: Senate Interstate
Commerce «Mime. today to re-
futc the recent téotiufony of wnuam
r‘. McAdoo. former Director-Geneml
of rzaiiroada,_ to e enact that the
railroads has! en down in the
latter year Midge Icinl' placed under
government con Hé appeared at
a. resumption ot the committees in-
vestigation into; the general railroad
situation. if:
Asserting 118' was unable “to find
anything in the rec-ltd to justi‘iy the
statement tlmt the railroads in this
country have ever brokendou'n. eith-
er before. durlng or since federal
c'ontrol." he declared the "serious
situation" which developed under the
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MERCHANTMARINE
NEEDS MilllEMllNEY
WASHINGTON. April 4.—Joint
Congressional hearings on the Admin-
istration's Merchant Marine bill were
begbn today with Republican leaders
confident the House would be able
to act on the measure before the close
of the present session. but. generally
l'iloubttul as to whether the Senate
would find time to dispose of it until
after Congress reconvenes in Decem-
her.
Sitting in joint sessions. the Senate
Commerce committee and the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries com—
mittee plan first to- hear testimony of
(Continued on Page Nine)
CROWD 8338 BANDIT
MONTREAL: April 4.——The Church
of”trTe sacred Heart. one of the largest
religious structures in the onyx-125‘
loss of $600. 000.
narrowly escaped death when the 175
steeple was'oee‘n to away.
a. mad dash for safety.
Yesterday's blaze m
KILL A POLIGM
terday was destroyed by fire with] 3.
Scores of spectators
foot spire crashed. The crowd had
broken through police lines. when the
Then came
'he second
within a few days!» mammalian
The million doth: Basilica.
conservative
aridiadical if:
Labor Unions Fight For
Conn-01 in Lawrence, Mass.
Repudiato‘s Control
Rivalry Resulting
Strength
New England Union Takes the Leadership afl
of the United T
Workers of America— Allison-eats of
on the Picket Lines This Homing,
tfi
in Increasd Picketufi
LAWRENCE, Mass.~- April 4. (By
Associated‘ Proxy—This city" today
was the scene not. only of a struggle
between cotton and worded mills and
their striking operatives over a. wage
cut. but of 'a contest between conser-
vative and radical labor unions for
strike 1 control. '
The one big. union. organized no-
where else in New England. had be-
come a militant factor over night
through the action of Ben Legere. in
obtaining from a mass meeting of
strikers yesterday acceptance of its
leadership and repudiation of that of
the United Textile Workers of Ameri-
ca. The latter organization. headed
by President Thomas F. hchahon.
who is in pemonal charge. of its activ-
itles herc‘. held its ground and Mr. Mc-
Mahon announced that it would an
tend its forces; mitt regard to a
oppolition. Aé all. added factor in 155’
fight. for control. the American Fou-
eratibn of Textile Operatives was an
to be arranging to enter the strfi
area. '
Both the o. B. U. and the r 'r. it
adherent! were on the picket 11*
again at the mill opening haul“ mass.
the rivalry resulting in increased Jab
keting strength. They found the it.
nation much the m as in recefi
days. with three: mills closed by t”
strike. another_shut down because &
depifsson. two open only. to the ex—
tegt that loom ends were. being aim-
ed up with the few loyal workfi
available and three plants opera.”
with starts about 25 per cent. of nor-
mal.
1101 womn
MAKES lwo .
fiofilfllllls
Norwalk has had most every kind
of a burglar. from an ordinary “stick-
up man" to "Pants." who specialized
in articles of men‘s clothing. Now
comes the roof worker. who last night
made two faihsized “hauls" on W'ash-
ington street. and who poafibly made
other “touches" which have not been
reported to the police as yet.
Breaking open a. window on the
second floor. at the rear of Leon Gold—
en's store at 68 \V’ashington street. the
thief took a woman's plush coat. size
40. six dozen pairsof silk stockings
and some fur neck pieces. the total
amount of the loss being roughly esti-
mated at 3100.
Further down the street.
entrance
(Continued on Page Bonn)
FRENCH ATTITUDE
ON GENOA CHANGES
PARIS. April 4 (By The Associat-
ed Press).—-The French attitude tow—
ard the Genoa Conference has under-
gone a great change in the" last 48
hours. the coolness and skepticism
previously shown in official circles
having given way to the sentiment
that something must come out of the
conference. and that the'French del-
egation must go to work wholeheart-
edly to that end.
Premier Poincare has definitely de-
cider] to go himself as won as his
official duties permit.
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PAZlINA HNHl 'ANll
dillEll Hill ASSAULT
John Pazona. of 26 MMain street.
this poor: in the uptown city court,
was found guilty of assault with a.
dangerous weapon by Judge Nehemiah
Candee and fined $25 and costs and
sentenced to ten days in the county
jail. Joseph Melillo, of Franklin
street, Saugatuck, who was charged
with assault. :‘was discharged, the
court being in doubt as to wining: he
had precipitated the trouble. '
Testimony in the two cases con-
sinned practically the entire morning.
Pazona was charged with having as
saulted Melillo with a twelve
walk Tire and Rubber company.
,mm Belino testified that Pm 1
started ”the rumpus than he
inch
butcher knife in the back of the head
following an argument at the Not-
Intakingthestandinhismbe"
Eighty Chita SOldiers Killed .
In Clash With Soviet Troops
lapanese Were Attacked After They Had Made 3 Demand
. to the Soviets to Disarm—Latter Made Attack With.
Field Guns and Battle Continues
TL»I\'IO. :‘Dril. ‘
l r1.-ss).--Special dispatches from
\‘ludix ostok today report a clash be-
iwm’rn Japanese troops and forces 0:
the Chita Government. when eight
hundred of the latter attacked the-
Japunese near Spask. about 100
miles from Vladivostok. following a.
demand by the Japanese to disarm.
Eiirhty of the Chita soldiers were re-
portr-i killed.
Later the Soviet troops attacked in
force with field guns. and fighting is
continuing along the L'ssuri railway.
the reports said.
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MILFORD. April
“vamps” with bobbed hair . and
skirts who've been prominent figures
in Milford dances recently—town
folks say the “swamps" come from
Bridgeport—came in for some. more
censure at a. meeting of the church.
classes of Dr. R. '1‘. Stanley Sunday.
Appointment of official chapeh
ones or censors was urged. The Vis-
iting Nurse Won volunteered
to provide chapemna but definitive
action on the proposal was deferred.
Speakers at yummy: meefin‘
included Elmer Both-ck. principal o:
the central grammar school. and
Frederick C. Gotham, principal of
the high school. Both declared that
all school dance- are ’chaperoned.
They were concerned. however. about
other unchnpetonedr dances whee.
students might be subjected to influ-
ences they termedv‘inml-"
The principals .23 they are not
opposed to dancing, but befiexed m
all dancgs should be supervised. They
did object to ”late hour-s" and "but
influences" that were results of 1111-
chaperoned dances.
Federal VAuthOrities May
Take Saugatuck LiquOr Cased
Investigation to Be Made Into Business Carried on By‘ '
the Saugatuck Manufacturing Company, and State
Police Make Further Arrests
Federal authorities at.) be called
in to takeoverthecaaesofJohnH.
Wheeler. manager of the Saugatuok
Manufacturing company. and John G.
B. Vanbeck. of Wetport. both charge
ed with violation (lithe moor law-s. it
was learned this morning by The
Evening Sentinel In the meantime the
casesotthetwommhavebeencoa-
tiued nuntil next. m morning by
Justice 04' Peace Joseph G. Hyatt.
carried yesterday the Sentinel- M
thatastiuhndfmmenfonfl
in the home of Wheeler. Deni?
Sheriff ‘Clarq N. Kilt atria-filed thh
morning that this was not 90. and me
then stated’thst m had never
been involved a an other violation
of the liquor 18".
secured it is underworld mat Shh
( Associated “ _
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In its story ofthe matctthe raid f
Although nothing m M“ b :
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