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Out of the
on Russian Question-s
Discussions
Admit They Were Painfully Surprised at the De-!
‘ mands of the Allies, and Consider it Was Un-
derstood in Pact Made With Russians and
Thought They Were Being Slighted in Genoa
(‘onference Proceedings ‘
H mm April '.'l. (lly Associated
'l'ho- (lermau reply to the al-
. 'rIIllllflilllll accept the condition
in. German delegates be barred
participating in the further dis-
.z. or the Russian question by
dram. Conference. The Russo-
‘li .: treatx signed at itapallo is al—
».r a» shunt. Arrangements 'were‘
In lll'l'st‘ili the note at noon to-
dw to Premier Factos of ltaly. a
.u n! (It the t-ont‘eernce. and also
rn-l hrst signer of the protest rel
. r m the Germans. '
Herman note is longer than
t “om the allies. and begins by
1. riuiut: “\tith painful surprim’"
‘ rim! t'vt‘v-ht'ti. which is Consid-
titlii‘>'l'\t'li. The note then I‘i'<
what I”'. Iialiit-llall. German
I - .v r Minister. has stated on several
vr~ that negotiations for the
w. 4-I the lltisso-Get'tiiau ilv'llil'
had begun long ago. were known to
have been in progrss by all the Eu-
ropean Governments. and bad lately
hen suspended out oi deference to the
Conference.
But the exclusion of Germany from
the negotiation held by the allies with
the Russians at the Villa tie Albertis
gave the German delegation the im—
pression that the allies were trying to
conclude arrangements with the Soviet
(louwument without German partici—
pation. perhaps to Germany's detri-
lllf'll'.
At a certain moment. perhaps
through misundcrstandiug‘. the Ger-
tnan delegation received the impres—
sion that the allies were about to con-
clude an agreement with the Russians:
therefore. the Russo (lerniau.negotia—
tions Were resumed and resulted lit the
signing of the treat) at [Lipallo on
Easter Sunday.
‘tuart Avenue Garage and
Ford Automobile Destroyed
'ennic Weafer, Well-known
Boxer, Loses His Car in
Blaze Which Did Damage
of About $1,000 Last
Evening
inuraue oi” ht'tVVi'Pll $800 and $1,000
a. don.- by a fire which destroyed
l'urd car and garage at the hpmc
Iit'llliIP \l’eai‘er. Stuart avedtie and
e ’l‘urnpike, shortly after 8 o'clock
I night. the tire breaking out in
. garage i'ronreauscs unknown. The
s is partially covered by insurance.
‘eaicr was sitting in the trout
nu oi Illh‘ home when a utilising
tomobilist stopping and coming to
- door of tile house notified “'eafer
t the garage was alire. A call was
it I" to the, Central station and
u to the First district apparatus.
\h--u the firemen. arrived the
tidal: was almost totally destroyed
(Continued on Page Four)
ATE NAVAL I
UNRTDRMINE
, idgeport Men Assigned to
Aid in Reorganizing Re-
serve Forces
l‘Ilv'
1....
it.
V‘
l'nited States .Naval Reserve
is to be re-organized in Connec-
t'omtnander Clifton! M. Peck of
Haven. senior naval reserve offi-
ia the state. has just received or-
H from the commandant of the
Irrl Naval District. New York. to
(-eed with the re-organization of
Naval Reserve Force on practical—
he same basis as the National
rd in the matter of pay for attend-
e at drrlls and l5 day's duty under
' each yo-ar.
nuimauder [Nick has selected Lieu-
ant (‘oiuinander Albert J. Merritt
I.ll'llit'llllllt Commander Joseph J'I.
\ltn of Bridgeport. as mrmhers of
III'ILHIFT" staff to assist in the work
r~ -or:’:ini7.ation.
Vmudron No. 6. under command of
ulnall-icl' l‘eck. assigned to Connec-
It lor training. consists of the fol-
ITIL' \I‘HN'IS. at present all at. New
w u: l‘ 5, Eagle. No. of which
in .mun K. Murphy is commander;
.~.
JG,
- "it . ~t-l' No. 103. Lieut. (junior
- r S>‘\llltlllf‘ llradley commanding:
>' " vwr .\'o. 271. Lieut. (junior
., l‘w-l»-t~ick A. “'iliiams com-
flMANFllllthiL
Still/la flifllJE
rs. Weed of Norwalk Asks
for Appomtment as Com-
mISsioner By PreSIdent
I - I’uum-rtictd Congressional del-
' 'n endorsed Mrs. Helena Hill
p‘ Nurwalk for the office of
Commissioner. but she
d m tiliitlin the support or
. \~ iv l2ui:l.tud Congressmen be-
lit r radical tendencies.
Newt “as one of the leading
»~ pickets during the “'ilson
~ Innun and later wrote for
‘ an on conditions in Haytl and
:mmingn. It is understood
1 Harding intends to appoint
in succeed John H. Bartlett.
" ' l 'v -I as commissioner to be-
,"v v t‘ i, 6‘
fiIINIIH RITRREES ‘
WIFE WHII THREW
RIIITLES AT HIM
Policeman Testifies to 'At-
tempt to Hurl Boiling
Beans at Complainant
llllilllrll'nll'l‘. April lilth-N‘Tllrllllg
boiling beans and Milk bottles t her
husband in his apartment in the Bris-
tol hotel in South Norwalk. tearing
her outer clothing to shreds and using
Pile language. were some of the
hi'ngs that caused the arrest of (‘ath-
criue V. (lunch in 1918. Patrolman
Frank S. Stratton of the Norwalk po—
lice force testiiird in the contested di-
vorce action brought by Leo .I. (touch
against “his wife. which was heard by
Judge Isaac “'olfe in the Superior
t‘ourt yesterday tnorning.
At 13:30. after Judge “'olfe had its—
tened to (‘noncb's story-fond testimony
of three members of the police force.
be called the attorneys itlto chambers
:md after a ball‘ hour's conference a
divorce was granted to the plaintiff on
the ground of intolerable cruelty.
(Continued'on Page Six)
MR‘RSEHEART LEfiIIIN
HAS ANNIVERSARY
The filth anniversary of M'posxu
heart Legion was observed last evem
ing. with a very largely attended meet-
ing at; Community Hall. Several
hundred members and friends of the
order were present during the even-
ing. The regular entertainmnt com-
mittee had charge of the affair. and
made it a complete success.
There was a program of unusual
merit. including vocal number by
Miss Irene Decesare of South Nor-
walk. and Mr. George Donahue of
Brooklyn. and vocal. instrumental or
literary numbers were given by
Arthur Davis. Helen Davis. Morris
Block. Dorothy Nobis. Alva Nobis and
others.
Interesting speeches were given by
Richard H. Cunningham. of Siam-
ford: Mr. and Mrs. Downes of Coneyy
Island: Mrs. Dickenson and George
Donahue, of Brooklyn.
A delicious auppér
throughout the evening.
COMBAT TRAIN ~
NETS INSTRUMENTS
The Combat Train. at the Norwalk
Armory, has received new sets of sur-
veying and anximuth instruments,
said by the members of the organiza-
tion to be the finest in this section.
The equipmentmamé from the state
military headquarters in Hartford,
and it'will be displathl in iLbooth at
the ball of the Veterans of Foreign
\Vars. this evening. in the Armory.
This‘affalr promises to be a most in-
teresting event. It is probable also
that there will be a wireless set rigged
up, and four or five men will be detail-
ed to explain the opemtlon of the in-
struments. _ 5)
,It is reported that four or five ‘mo.
was served'
‘ :I: r
Entered at the Sodth Norwalk Post
Office miseguidgclmdlhll Matter. . '7
Germans Agree to Stay
I
J
AMERICA ‘
SAMAii, Russia. April 15 (By Asso
elated Press). Famine is beginning to
retreat in the Volga Val _v before the
slow but steady arriv'al'cof American
corn for adult feeding. It is due. to
vanish almost entirely when the
spring Sunshine uncovers the black
earth of this fertile region and brings.
out the early grasses and vegetables
which. added to the rations supplied
by the l'nited States. other foreign
countries and the Russian Govern-
ment. will sustain most of the popula-
tion until the no and wheat harvest
of late August and early September.
The retreat is slow. however. and
the. death rate from hunger is stil
mounting in the villages, for from ccn
Continued on Plige Six)
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M
DR.
“4-
)1 l-IRIDEN. April. 8L—The Rev.
Dr. J. H. Bell. superintendent of the
New Haven Disrtict of the New York
East Conference, read his report'dur_
mg the conference session today. He
.~.aid in part: .
“No characteritsic of our Methodist
nrrlr-r is mor'.‘ marked than its sys—
tpm or supervision exemplified in de-
tail it. the activities of the district. su-
per-int: admit. This system sustains a
Hit)!" important relation to the work
rt the church than many appear to
realize. A work 0! any :mrt left to
itseli’ unhemied and unaiderl‘is surely
tess 'ikt-ty to thrhe than one which
an” the advantage of sympathetic iii-
t-nwt .ml poperly authorized super-
Continued
on Second Page
a.
Lady Doyle. wife of Sir Arthur
Holmes. master detective and writer of several books dealing with the
(treat Beyond. says that only spiritualism can console the stricken
world.. She also says that true soulmates will be united in heaven. and
‘hnt woman. even if she dies at 90. will appear as in the bloom of youth.
SAYS’WOMEN REGAIN LOST BEAUTY'AFFER DEATH.
‘tuusaz run.“ A
Conan Doyle. creator of Sherlock .
0R [XPl0SION "
lNIIIRES SCORES
LUS ANGEIJ'IS. April 2|.~——l’rob-
ably lift) persons were injured. a
number of them fatally. when an oil
station caught fire at llowney. today.
and the tire reached underground
storage tanks causing them to explode.
__..__._.___ ‘
REV. ALEX. IIIIIIIIS
_IS_[]_RIIAINEII
Rev. Alex Dokus, who for the past
four years has been attending the
Bloomfield Theological Seminary.
Bloomfield, N. J.. was ordained. amid
impressive ceremonies at the First
Magyar Presbyterian church, Newark,
N. J.. last evening, by the Rev. David
W. Lusk. of Newark. Dr. Weber, deal!“
at the seminary. and a number of
other clergymen also taking part.
Rev. ,Dokus-is a young man, only,
'22 years old. and is the second son
of Rev. Gabriel Dukus. pastor of the
Hungarian Reformed church, to enter
the ministry, the other son. Rev.
Gabriel Dokus. Jr., of Canton, Ohio..
having been first to enter.
Rev. Gabriel Dokus. Sr., and wife,
Miss Elizabeth Dokus. Mrs. Stephen
Dokus, and Rev. Gabriel Dokus sof
Canton, Ohio, together with a large
number of the young friends of the
\
(Continued on Page Seven)
l
grams BREWSTER -
BUNK IN nus mm
NEWPORT NEWS. Va... April 21.
*The Buxton Line steamer Brewster
and one of the craft of the Rich-
mond-New York Steamship Line col-
lided last night in the James River,
the Brewster going down; in torty'i
feet of water. with a loss of one life.
'accordlng to
.-
s .
(Continued on PI. .le
ail
torcycleu- ' (1 ‘two‘ may " lurked“!
IIARIEN TIREIIIEN
tiWE MINSTREIS
An event that has been holding the
tentre of interest in Barton and the
immediate localities was lleld last
evening when the entertainment co'm-
mittce o the Darlen Fire' department
launche another of =its min‘vtre‘l
show.
Shortly after 8 o'clock when the
cue was given the boys Were oi! with
a hour of entertainment. According
to the outburst of enthusiasm shown
by the audience no one left dissat' -
fled. The show will be given agau
this evening in the auditorium of the
Centre school,
From the wise remarks of the end
men “Kap” and.“Doc" Moore, Ed Aus-
tin owns Darieu and Ernest Crofoot‘
runs it.
During the evening several solos
were rendered by the ’ boys who
brought the house to the' ground by
their encores. Ed. Splan, the favorite
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Ntllllllili AllllPl'S .
utilitarian -
To conform to the action of the
railroad and of the cities around
us. and upon the instructions of the
Icity council I hereby request that
the Daylight Saving Plan be adopt-
ed in ,Norwalk from 12 o'clock
192': to 12 o’clock (midnight) on
Sunday. September 12411:. 1922.
. . Our clocks are not, to be changed.
but our working hours: the hour of
.our church o'er-vice and of all pubm
tic meeting be moved {oral-done
hour. ‘ ' : .. ' ; ’
It this; plan tradopteu :by an or
our citizens. the ventilation} ..
(midnight) on‘?Sunday April 30th. .
16- PAGES
93- {REAL nan. 21,- 1m. , ,. , ,
$000th
e nation—wide sus-
the coal industry
of the United
erica at union
pension of work »
ended today. omc
Mine 'Workers of ‘
headquarters here __
peak strength 'of th
not yet been reached,
number of idle minors
to 686,000, a gain of 20.0
week. ..
Eflons to bring ii more
tie-up of the industry wil,
tinned .but omciais declined m3};
any specific predictions. The, as-
serted that they expected the]
gains and added that no ‘break er
threatened within the union ra s l
‘1.
increased
tiring the
mplete
Presslf
ton barracks.
o‘clock last
minutes. when
were beaten
regular
troops.
hurled.
Partly cloudy chairman-invalid
DI'BLIN. April . 21 (Associated
which began at 11:15
night, continued forty
the besieging forces
off by the garrison of
Irish Republican Army
An attempt was made to‘rush the
ront gate. and two grenades were
slightly wounding three of
, (Continued on Page Seven) Vi
minimum-
- [IF ' MECHANICAL '
:ENIilNEus MEET
_A well attended meeting of the
ridge-port branch of the American
wSociety of Mechanical Engineers was
held last. evening at, the South Nor~
“all; public library. “K E. Mathews of
the Norwulk Iron “'orks being the
presiding oflcer.
Ernest. Hartford. assistant secre-
tory of the A. S. M. 1-2.. read a paper
on "Local Section Activities." in
which he outlined the work that has
(Continued on Page Seven)
,REBEI’IIIIN TIIR-
MRS. PEARL TRRMES
a =
After the tentatr‘mc-eting of Euro—
‘ku Rebekah Lodge tonight. 5 recep-
tion witt'be heldqln I. 0. o. 1", Hall;
South Main stréfirfiogubonqr of Mrs.
Pearl Thomas the not“): elected Presl-
dent of the Rebekah State Assembly.
All members are invited to attend
and greet the newly elected president.
A very appropriate program has been
arranged for the reception following
the meeting.
At the assembly meeting held in
South Manchester. Wednesday. Past
Noble Grand Rose Carr was chosen.
District Deputy President o'i' District
No. 16.
The-t following Past Noble Grands
were also present at thevassembly:
Mrs. Mary Steve-nu. Mrs. Jeenle Jar-
vis. Mrs. Cornelia Dunn. .Mrs. Tillie
Wilcox. Mrs. Elizabeth Benedict. Hr's.
Jennie Bradbury. Miss Carrie Foster.
Mrs. Cornelia Lyon and Miss Alice
Wilson.
llliS. MARY‘M’MAHIIN
mm liliSlltiiiNlNfi
Mrs. Mary McMahon. widow of the
late John Mcmhon. died at her
home. 12 Hillside street. this morning.
at the age of eighty-three years. after
an illness of four weeks.
Mrs. McMahon was one of the old-
est Irish residents of this section.
coming to NorWaJk in 1849 when but
nine years old. She was born at
Temple Moore. Tipperary. Ireland. on
January 27th. 1839.
She was one of the pioneer parish—
ioneers of both St. Mary": and St. 10-.
seph's Catholic churches. She is sur-
vived by six children. Mrs. James Cos-
tello. John R. J. Fred. Thomas F. and
the Misses Ella. and Florence McMa-
hon. and also by nine grand children
and five great-grand children.
Her many friends will be grieved to
learn of her demise. as they always
admired the way in which she kept
up with the affairs of the day and at—
so took great delight in hearing here
reminiscenses of the early days of
Norwalk.
The funeral will be held on Monday
morning at 8:30, olclock from the
late home. 12 Hillside street. and at
9 o‘clock from St. Joseph‘s church.
The interment will be in the family
plot in St. Mary's cemetery.
TRIED FOR coma-mm I
MURDER BY "TELEPHONE
BERLIN. April air—urine prosecu-
tion of a business man named Bern-
hard Kobler on a charge of commttf
ting murder by telephone but gar a.
technical flaw would byte resulted. in
the garrison.
a grenade. and
the. attackers were wounded. as they
The guard replied with
it is believed two of
ere seen
lrades.
m}: firing in different parts of the
being assisted away by
IHO'E‘CRS' while it lasted, was even
viou-‘gntense than that the pre-
‘ght. ‘
~The
l? E' tes‘g‘lgslons oi bombs caused the
The attack on the ‘VVelling-V
IrishGunmen‘C ome Out
Boldly into the Open
and—Hundreds T akePart
Attack on the Wellington-BM Continued for ‘~ ‘
Forty Minutes, and Explosion of Bombs
Causes Great Alarm—Several Deaths Are
Reported and Many Are Wounded—Republi-
. can Police Sentence Three [octets to be Tar-
red and Feathered ’ ”
thickly populated residential section;
htickly populated residential section,
was the last barracks here to béevaC- ‘
uated by the British. and is novv re-
r-sonzible for miliury action in Dub-
lin Beggars' Bush barracks being the
general headquarters of the Provi-
sional Government‘s forces‘ ‘
Firing about Beggars' Bush bar-
incks last night was comparatively
light. but a. fusillade of fifty shot—s
was heard near the Four Courts. re-
cently seized by the independent
torces under Rory O‘Connor.
Firing of mVO’VEYB in various parts
of the city at ‘night. has grown so
general that. it has had almost the
same effect as :1 curfew law. peace.—
ioving citizens retiring ratheir homes
at an early hour.
' (Continued on Page Six)
filli’s NAM. -
— Pill Hilliiltn
' main
Early Political Seedlings i-
.clude Hint of Williams
State Treasurer
1 Bammgwr...fl4mu .21 .———Law.
rence J. Gill. chaeC,‘ city M, r. is be-
ing boomed in Democratic circles as a
possible party nominee for high sher-
iff to oppose Simeon Pcase. Republi-
can. present incumbent. who is expect-
ed to seek re-election this fall. There
is also a. possiblepandidacy in the
boom started some time ago for An-
tonio R. Abrioln. former sherifi in the
city.
Many of the Democrats look upon
Gill as the one who can turn the trick
in the county. in winch Sheriff Pew.
whose election put out. the late Wil-
liam Vollmer. of Norwalk, last Demo-
cratic sheriff. has erected a‘great G.
O. P. organization.
tated :to oppose Pease at the polls.
considering him impregnable in _thc
past. but there are-Thigh hopes here-
abouts this year because of the gener-
al trend toward Democracy in the
state and the hope that Bridgeport
will hold its alignment of last fall.
when ;Atwater overwhelmed the Wil-
son administration.
Another nomination now talked of
as likely in Democratic circles is the
selection of John H. Williams war
veteran and present treasurer of the
city. as candidate for state treamrer.
The' "Atwater-t‘or-governor': bubble
and kindred passible’ candidates for
state tictiet berths will havemuch to
do with the Williams boomlet, un-
doubtedly. ' » .
. IIIES- SIIIIIIENLY
'Wbile at viork in the oilice of the
Saugatnck Manugactufingmny in
’ t rt. ester ay , ,
$33? Fodor. was seized with uremic
convulsions and died before help
could he obtained. He is survived by
a brother. Michael. ands. sister, Mrs.
Charles H. Tayfor. of 37 West avef
rule. with whom he made his home.
The young man, who was 27 years
old, was very wéll known. havmg a
day that war was declared. April .601,
was appointed a corporal. He served
tery and took
battles:—-— .
Toule Sector, June 8th to 22nd;
. (Continued on Page Six}
2133 CITY LUMBER
z
1331136211031“. April " :1.——The
”City Ember, 'Company’of this
, .t
'7 . M1” Isaac Wolfe
" i In order;
32.000 was taken
Ralph Cipollo.
street grocer. was arrested yesterday
by the state and loo-.1 police.
‘ow locked up in West Haven under
Many have heslm
ANRREW .IZFITIRIR '7'
A“:
host of friends here. He was an ex’~
service man, having enlisted on the
1917. On May 3rd of the same year he
overseas with Battery F, 119th Artil—
.Dart in the following
_.. comm 3mm
«ink; the” hands of receiver-i=1
TWO Caught For Part in
the - West Haven HoldUD»
State and New Haven De-
tectives Round Up Pair——
Bonds of $20,000 and.
$10,000 Fixed
NEW HAVEN. April 21.—Clin
\vitli‘ roobery. as a. result of an early
morning hold-up of the Orange. Dra- -
matic Club in‘West Haven by eight
armed men on April 9, when about
from members,
35 years old, a. Hill
Heis
nets of 320.000. nod will use brought
,re the. New Haven County su-
ra court today on a bench war.
"x hen a. date will probably be
Tl?’ his trial. _
' was made by Detective
,Kiernan of the New ‘Haven
Arthur ‘. and ' Detective Sergeant
ment. 18" of th! state dep-agt-
thzftt his; time. it became known
also of Hill m“. 28 years 016-.
.gt. was arrested yes—
Continued—-
Ser ..
depart
Five)
#Eiitiltl _, , Al
ANNUAL Rim
el attended annual
inéuofa digs Cyonnecticut Ailment—
Democratic woman held yeste
New Haven, other: w'tre chosen l
the coming your. Luncheon “.
served at the. Business and Profuse
sional Women’s
om “aged. f
.. q " i Rant» 693 o
' .Mtss camel-ceded president. Other
Hrs. T. 8. Manama
v first vice pres en:
11:31:: 1:311:53}. Summer. Hartford.
second; Mrs. H. 1’. Maxim, Hartford.
third: Miss Georgia. Troupe. New
Haven. fourth; Mural. E. Hunt,
Greenwich. fifth; His: E. lmasa
treasurer; Kiss Emily 3.
Whitney. secretary; Mrs. William Al-
corn. assistant seaetary; Mrs. Exer-
‘ bert Wylee, Greenwich, correspondmg
secretary. ’ ‘
Delegates-ablaze are :Miss Green
Fuller. New Haven; Mrs. Josepha
Whitney, New Haven; Mrs. A. H.
Whiteman. Hartford: Mrs. Donald G-
Nuttchell, New Won.
County representatives are: Mrs.
H. L. Phillips, Weld; Mrs. F. Til-
den Jewett. Idtchfield; Mrs. Joseph
Raisey, Tolland; Mrs. Catherine
Perry. Middlesex; Miss He lunch.
Windham.
Mrs. Frank H. Riley. of Bridgeport,
is chairman of the Prefis committee
and Miss Mary Bulkeley. of Hart-
ford is chairman of the Educational
committee.
mm. no DOG CATCHEB
mm non: mm mvon
H.\nri:‘o)to, April 21.—-From a.
financial' print of view it is better to
be dog catcher than Mar. The gl-
ary of the city’s chief executive la 35,-
«on- Figure: received from the Con-
, segment. am but veal-neck-
? .31 3534 Newton
2rd. mum-s
iiiiiitiiififim -
club after which the ~
ed.”
Green-
[nect’icut Conan-loner 01' Domestics, .7
Animals lhO' “it 1min nuns. in "
1c. Bum
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