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assocr- ATE!) PRESS NEWS morn: ALL PARTS oe’rui‘é‘wom by A SPECLAL WIRE Aim out: own or ERATOR.
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'AbLlSHED 1870
Entered at. the South Nor-walk Post
Office as Second Class luau blotter.
ffers Scheme to Tax
’i‘ ruck Owners For Cost
. of Road For Them Only
ghwny Department Has Plan to Fix 2-Cent
(‘harge a Ton-Mile—Proposal for Raising
$280,000 a Year on Freight Meyement to Be
Laid Before Legislature+Says It Would Pay
for Road in Twenty Years—Department
Finds Present Road Carrying Transportation
Valued at $12,210,000 a Year
ti: motor trucks using the
.wv ..l;llo- highway which it is
, to build In Connecticut ex—
“ mi motor trucks. would i)"
i :J lenish the» Stfmtunun or
. p .\ l’or ii. under it plan
. b: He slutt- highwny depart—
.t we.“ uiutmu to the legislat-
. .—-e.~‘.\lllt'lli of :i tax (if two
I i. mile :igninst each freight-
, tum-k passing (“er the high—
\ 'u at". contemplates the rais‘
.s will sjsudmo a year until the
. ., in» [>l'l)Jt‘(‘i has been mini.
1. . \k l‘l'illt‘i‘ the money would be
~ l ill toil charges similar to
rmw in which such charges
.. my: on Connecticut toll
1 ., l- .I 'ii‘iilll “inch is left for
._ .igu-xwut pending the “Clio" ol‘
3 i,-.ltt:lin dill] u iii‘lt'i‘lllililiilt‘)“
«twinnimnuliiy ol’ the plan.
iv-l'ii‘llll'dli‘S ligures are based
on an exhaustive survey of truck and
passenger truilic over the Boston
Post Road at Greenwich and the
state, highway at 'i‘hompsonville.
which showed that approximately
14.000.000 ton "miles of pay freight
each year pass over the highway
route lieween i'lridgeport and the
New York state line which it is pro—
posed to parallel with the. truck high-
way.
$12.2l0.il00 Transportation Value
Freight. the rtansportntion cost to
the consumer of which is estimated
at 2,210.00“ 21 year. at prevailing
railroad rates. is using that section
of thehl'ioston i'ost road today. ncv
tortling to figures drawn from the
highway department survey. Figur-
ine: the value or the passenger serv-
lC'i' rendered by a million passenger
«are using the section annually. at
Continued on Page Seven)
larien Woman Gets Divorce
From Man Who Abused Her
”'5. Helen Waterbury
Pratt Tells Court He Cut
llcr Lips Against Her
Teeth. Choked Her, Stole
Her Jewels, and Loved
Another Woman
IV-nmi: :i story in which she (it-s-
:iu Ii muutm-rable nets of Violence
l‘ «iv-.l against llt'l‘ by her husband.
ll ul years oi." untold physical and
"lll'ii torture because of his abuse.
innrrl her and love for nnohter wo—
on, Mrs. llclen \Vali-rhury Pratt of
nrien. told Judge Isnnt- \\'oll'c in
e Suppl-tor ("ourt yesterday that her
islminl, Arthur William l’ratt. oi'ten
mes livid her he was held back from
inking her to death only because
i hi“ dread of the lumgmun's loop.
1 the conclusion ol‘ the hearing.
it l.;i* Wolfe granted
\w statutory and intolerable cruelty
nlmtfs, and awarded lli'i‘ the cus-
4} of their ten-yenr-old son.
her petition on
\irs l'rsiit testified that she mar-
’. ti l‘mli in March. 101 l. \thi the
‘lu r \luilluil. claimed to be May 1..
Norwalk. came into his
I’rntt. she mild. became
oi‘
l" l h,
italv‘l'o-t‘,
it. ill
Continued on Page Twelve)
ENEllAt llN’S
millilETREA-l
,\ MHY. China. April
lull-ll
26. (By Asso-
i’rv-ss).-Forccs under General
“mm; Tao-Lin. Military Governor of
lnkzlnn. are reported to have retreat-
~i ~ilter preliminary skirmishes with
lulwmi WuJ’t-i-Fu’s troops south of
l‘ww'l‘sin. in the province of Chihli.
with sides are strengthening their po-.
)lliiliH. .ind there is still hope for med—
‘iiinn.
‘l‘ln. skirmishlng occurred along the
’ln Lincliunhok Railway. and much of
1|” irzirkuge is said to have been torn
m» by the. Chlhll forces in ~their re-
l‘- lit.
“hung is sending forty thousand
.‘Hlilll‘l‘g into Chihli, Shantu‘ng. Anhe-
ni-i and other provinces to join the
thirty thousand troops already sta-
tioned near Peking and along the
l'vkln-Mukdon railway.
it is reported that. Chang plans to
t ‘m- the 'l‘ien-Tsin portion of Chihli
:wxinwo and all of the Shantung and
Mini and appoint General Chang
l' llltillt'ctlllg commissioner of the
‘ mo provinces. so that he and
. ~ 'l\\('rS can proceed along the
" l rlilwny to fight W'lLPel-Fu
. ' .. mar.
ONLY two or smznn
AUTOS FIND BUYERS
g.
HAVEN, April 26.<—-—Fnlted
‘ \l.ii‘flllilli Jacob D. Waiter yes-
-, . «ml at auction two of the 16
» .- r‘nnliSt‘ated by the govern—
x= llqllill" law violation cases.
:wrsons attended the auc-
h got under Way at 11
" em i'mv displayed any sus«
" " tn the “bargains" that
\‘i'nlti-r had to offer. Many
{ ' , us were burdened with large
‘ "n '21: ll \nstly dertacted from the
'3 l' 3U or the purchase.
“Ahlniiil sedan Was.sold to
w... Sielnri of 06 Greene street
wllile a Ford touring cai’
'* '= W-d by S. Kaufmah of 523
'-? .L‘wn :ivenue for $92.
next session of the United
‘ Hurt. Marshal \Valter will
""‘L'r Edwin S. Thomas that
.wl it impossible to sell the
; r of the cars and the hold—
.. nuns will be given an op-
,, \‘ l" "t buy in the cars. If they
" .. wars will be sold for what
"‘i E5 "t‘gnrdless of the lien. '
BISPHAM TllRl'UllEll
BY PAMILY, HE SAID
Told Secretary He Wanted
Wife Prevented f r o m
Viewing His Dead Body
Nl-ZVV YORK. April 26.——“.\iiss Flor-
ence. if anything happens to me I
want you to promise that you will not
let Mrs. lzispham look at my dead
body."
Miss Florence, Mayer
Eighty-first street.
words
of 135
repeu tc d ih ear
of David Bisphum. barytonc.
before. Surrogate Foley and jury yes—
terday afternoon in the contest of Mr.
llisphnm's widow and a daughter. Miss
Leone A. Carnegie Bispham. who are
seeking to prevent the bequest ol‘ onc—
fourth of a 3100.000 trust fund for
VVesl
(Continued on Page” Eight).
Eilllll'ilmiil‘ili
lfllilll llilES llAMAfiE
TOKIO.
April 26. (By Aassociated
Press).+——A heavy earth shock cen-
tering in Tokio. occurvd at 10:15
o‘clock this morning. Considerable
damage was done to buildings in the
city and their contents.
The earthquake was preceded by an
eruption yesterday of Mount Asarna-
Yuma. ninety miles northwest of
Tokio. which broke out with a loud
report .pouring forth volumes of ash-
es. stones and smoke.
No serious damage was caused by
the eruption.
StflllE llEAll IN
MAlAfiA BLAZE
MALAGA. Spain. April 26. (By As—
sociated I’ress).-—'i‘wenty persons are
known to have. lost their lives and
thirty were injured in a. fire which
swept the Government buildings last
night and was still burning this morr-
ing. It is believed more bodies will be
recovered when the ruins can be
searched.
, It was feared the fire would spread
to the custom house in which great
quantities of ammunition. destined for
use of the Spanish forces in Morocco
are stored. .
SOVIETS HAVE PRINTED
17 TRILLIONS OP RUBLES
BERLIN, April .26.——-The circula—
tion of paper money ,‘in Rut-ism has
reached the (phenomenal amount of
17.200,000.0.00,000.rubles. One hung
dred billions are printed.every day
to keep up with the demand. These
facts came out in a conference or fi-
nancial experts with Nikolai Lenine
in Moscow. According to these ex-
perts it is impossible to improve the
situation without the establishment
of a new currency that will be recog-
nized abroad and a foreign loan.
Prices in Moscow have risen above
any known before. One pound of
bread costg7110.000 rubles, one pound
of steel 800,000. In the private mon-
ey mar et in Moscow the dollar
brings .750.000 rubles. the marl: 8,-
400 and the pound sterling more than
12,000,000.
My
‘ Sentinel cliilifledadl m
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Ills. [El Bills
AGAINPRESIDiNl
or lilWN Elliot
I
An audience which filled tl.e audi-
torium of the South Norwalk Congre-
gational Church for the annual meet-
ing of the Union of King‘s Daughters
and Sons. greeted Rev. Wallace Nut-
tins of Framingiiam. Mass. and were
well repaid. '3“. Nutting took "Aris-
tocracy" for his subject and with a
remarkable flow of equuence held his
audience spellbound. Norwalk has
seldom if ever been favored with a
more cultured. witty and fluent lec-
turer. Mrs. Perry MacBridc favored
with two vocal solos which were
much enjoyed. The organ recital
given by Archibald Merriam was lis-
tened to with much attention and
greatly appreciated as the audienc.‘
gathered. The following report of
the l'nijn's work from April. 1921 to
April l92‘.’. was read by the presi-
dent.
To the Norwalk l'nion or the
l)-iughters and Sons:
The work of the past twelve
months has been a continuation of
the work of the preceding yiars. The.
Kin g‘s
(Continued on Page Eight)
MR3. BLISBEE BUYS
Hilllll ATWESlPllRT
0N THE SUfiAlUEK
F r a nlk Frazee, Basebal
Magnate. Expected to
Spend Week-ends There
\\'l-ZS’l‘l’()lt'l‘. April 26.——-\Vcstport is
enthusiastic l)t'(‘£lll§(‘ Mrs. Margaret J.
Clisbtc of New York City. who is
mother—in—luw of Frank li‘mzee. owner
of the Boston baseball team of the
American league. has bought a home
in town. Mrs. (‘lishec has purchased
property from Otto Kraushoar on
Clinton anemic. Alterations are being
made on the house. The land borders
on the Sangutuck river. Boating. fish-
ing. and swimming are available in
summer. Skating and fishing are the
winter sports. Mr. and Mrs. Frazce
will be with Mrs. Clisbec part of each
year and will spend Week-ends here.
Francesco Criburi of' Saugatuck.
owner of BeiVlcw Inn has transl‘i'irreri
deeds to a tract of land and buildings
on Charles street. Snugntuck. to his
wife. Mrs. Colombo Moria Criburi.
To Award Bond Bids
Bids for the construction of the
sevenqnilcstretch of roadway from
Old Highway. Saugntuck; through the
Compo district to the Southport line
will be let May 1. This will give the
contractors until June to begin the
work. State Highway Commissioner
Charles J. Bennett of Hartford has
charge of the bids and he is taking
plenty of time to go over the State
Highway Department.
\
(Continued on Page Twelve)
CflTTflN MILLS
DAMAfiEl] BY BflMBS
PAWTL‘CKET. It. 1.. April 26.-——
Bombings which damaged cotton mills
here and at. South Attleboro. Mass.
late last night. andaroused these tex-
tile communities. were under investi-
gation today. but without clue to the
perpetrators. These incidents in the
strike of cotton mill workers, now is
in its fourth month. caused marshal-
ing of the police force at full strength
at midnight. Two hours later there
was another- disturbance when a
crowd stoned windows of the United
States Cotton Mill at Central Falls.
and fled before-officers arrived.
All three plants involved in the
demonstrations have been affected by
the strike. The Jenckes Spinning
Company, which cozitrols the United
(Continued on Pm .Twa)
THE ”BRAIN 0F
Elli Bonus
The most unique entertainment that
has yet. been presented in Norwaik.
was given last evening at._the South
Norwalk M. E. Church under the aus-
pices oi «the Men's Christian Industrial
Association, there being a good «at-
tendanc’e. .
The entertainment was entitled "The
Library of Living Books." and some
fourteen different books were repre-
sented by local people who told the
story of the book in a brief and in-
teresting fashion to various groups or
people.
Those who attended had the privil-
ege of choosing three “books" from
the catalogue. and . eight different
groups were held in the two rooms of
the church. which was held in the two
rooms of the church. which was given
over to the "library" last night; "
Marshall EI-Hoyt waslibrarian, and
he ‘had arranged an , tegestins‘ "
./ ,g _
scum Hoaw‘ALx, " 03mg.
J
mm— fits ‘ ‘
Norwalk and vicinity was the scene
or three tires in the past twenty-four
hours which did damage amounting
to more than $5,000. The former All-
Saint's Church, Silvel'mine avenue,
was completely destroyed; a barn
'owned by Mrs. M. J. Fauntleroy Hoyt,
Silvermine, was burned to the ground,
and iour'hundred acres of woodland
m \Vilton were burned.
The fire at hte All-Saint's Church.
which is one of the landmarks of
Norwalk. and which is owned by
Thomas E. Powers. the cartoonist,
broke out at midnight. The Hope
Hose Company was called out by tel-
ephone; lly the time that the ap-
paratus arrived on the scene. the
church hzid nearly burned to the
ground. but the firemen, under the
direction of Deputy Chief \Villiam .1.
Powell. did excellent work in pre-
xcnting the sparks from the. fire
spreading to other residences in the
vicinity. The loss is estimated at
about 34.000.
The church was a wooden struc-
ture of old-fashioned type. It had
but one large room in which the con-
gregation gathered for services. The
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Bill—{000ml v
‘ Cll'lJNlllt PLANS
Hill BUltlllNfi
Notwithstanding that the fraternal
season is “lining. interest in the, al-
fairs oi Catholic linion Council are
lar from ebbing. Al. the regular
meeting held last evening. final ap-
proval by the Supreme D‘rectors of
the. Knights of Columbus of the name
oil the proposed building association
was announced. as well as a meeting
oi the building committee to he held
next Tuesday evening. May 2, at
which time articles- of :lssociaiton will
be considered for submissicn to the
members of the Council at the next
regular meeting. Contcmplated plans
tor the. building. from pr tindica-
tiouywiil include ail "’ "rand
gymnasium; Choivcrsf'bowling alleys.
meeting rooms for ladies and men,
and a suitable stage for the produc-
tion at such entertainments as from
time to time may be desirable to pre~
sent. Such a hall will fill a. much
needed want in the First district, as
desirable halls for dancing are at a
premium. The ample area of the
Catholic Club grounds will allow for
beautifying the surroundings as well
as permit of tennis courts or hand-
ball for those who enjoy those sport's;
The carnival committee made a.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
BREACH BETWEEN
THE BELFAST-Alli] ‘
[llflEll lillllEliNllENl
BELFAST. April 26 (Associated
Press).—»A breach between the Dublin
and Belfast governments. which Ulster
political quarters declare may also en—
tail a rupture of the London Agree-
ment, is indicated by a. statement is
sued by the Provisional government in
Dublin announcing that it is unable to
co-operate with the Belfast govern-
ment in an inquiry into the .Irish rail-
ways.
. ‘\
roua NEW CASES or
' SMALLPOX IN wns'rron'r
VVESTPORT. April 26. ~— Four
members of one family wereireported
yesterday as having smallpox. They
are Catherine. Nellie, Frank and
Hartigan, which makes a total of 36
cases. The cases are of mild form.
None. of them was vaccinated.
People here are being vaccinated
every day. Out of 800 school chil-
dren there remain only 100 who have
not as yet been inoculated. ‘
The ban prohibiting public meet-
ings and entertainments is still in
force; The churches and schools re—
main Open only to those who have
been vaccinated within the last ‘five
years. Dances. plays and other so-
cial events have been postponed, and
the fine Arts Theatre closed.
WOMAN GETS 14 YEAR.
SENTENCE AS, A RED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26—Miss
A. Whitney, club woman and social
welfare, worker. must serve‘e‘fourteen
yearsdn‘prison. the DistrictCoux-t of
Appeals deélded , yesterday. on a
charge or violating the State criminal
rmdicalism act. ‘ ' ' ’
' The trial developed that she was a
member 01. the branch at the Com-
munist party here and was also i'den-
titled with the IndustriaiWorkers or
the World. _ ’ . .
Miss Whitney was triediln'Februai-y.
1920 and was convicted on one count
or a. five Count indictment. 'iivhiclgj
charged that'she assisted‘ .._
ENE soAv.
RELIABV LE
Elvin (,3: 1
All m [3 Bl
—. POLICE.
LONDON. April 2d. (By Associated
Prefix—Five Russiaus. including Ker-
ensky's former secretam'..Boris Savin-
koff. were arrested in Genoa by the
ltaliai‘l police on Sunday. says a dis—
patch to the Daily Herald.
Savinkofl‘ arrived in Genoa under a
false name with‘a forged passport. and
the police found him and his com-
panions had a plan of tlié hotel at
which the Russian ,Sox'ietdelegation is.
staying. ‘5? ’
The correspondentȎays that Savin-
kofl. since. his ,Bolslteyist revolution in
Russia, has been the: chief link bet
tween the Frcn’bh Government and the.
succession ofanti-Bolshevist military
leaders. andthat a month or two ago
he was in London in c1039. consulta’
tion with Prime Minister Lloyd George
and Viscount Curzon. the Foreign
Minister. ’ f
-
Continued on Pride Twelve)
intimation
ENEMAN illullEi
Swartz Girl Knocked flown .
By William Ayrault’s Car
in SouthMain Street
An automobile owned and driven by
Daniel Robinson. of Myrtle street.
strueka one-man East avenne car. in
front of the Podelefsky block at Fort
Point street and Liberty Square, just
before 8 o‘clock. this morning. dam-V
aging the rear end of the. car. and
bending the axle of the car and blow-
ing one of the shoes.
The accident happened when Robin-
sun came down the street and could
not avoid the trolley which had come
to a stop on the curve. The car was
well tilled, but none of the passengers
were injured, nor was Mr. Robinson.
The car was in charge of Herman
B. Lockwood. of 19 Mcrwin street.
\Vhil driving down South Main
street yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
an automobile ‘driven by \Villiam‘
Ayrauit. of the Third district. struck
and knocked dcvn a nine—year old
girl named Swartz.“who lives on Han—
i‘ord Place, badly bruising her. and
shaking her up. The girl darted
across the street in the path of Mr.
A'yrauit's car. the mudguard of Which
struck her. The accident was not due
to any fault of Mr. Ayrault. witness—
es said. The girl was taken by Mr.
Ayrault to Dr. Bohannan's office
where she was examined and then tak—
cn to her home. .
l’lltliJEMAN liltiS
’ TWfl ilflMPANlflNS
ANNISTON. Ala... April 26.—‘Police-
man Marshall Welch of the local
police force. today drove an automo—
bile. containing the bodies of Joseph '1‘.
Holiday and C. B. Hurst. also mem-
bers of the force. to an undertaking
establishment. where he was alleged.
to have said that he had killed Holiday
in self defense, and Hurst accidentally.
Welch's story as stated to the police.
was that he was walking a beat today
with a brother angel-.pyqnmgflonday
and Hurst drove by “ludh’automobile.
Holiday made a. motion as if he was
going to draw a weapon." Welch de-
clared. whereupon he opened fire upon
the car. Holiday was struck three
times by bullets and Hursttwlce. Both
were killed instantly. : ,
Miss lElIillliiN
llEllllillS thins
”Americans by Choice" was the
topic on which Miss Etta V. Leighton
of the National Security League of
New York city. addressed the mem-
bers of the Y. W. H. A. and their
friends to the numberof about 150. at
the Elk‘s Home. South Main street.
In her talk. Miss Leighton said that
those who came to this country from
abroad. did so of their own free will
and should strive to live up to the
laws and customs of their adopted
country and to do what they could to
get. sufficient learning to become citi—
zens of this country. Her talk .was
tilting the lines of Americanization
work and was most interesting.
Following the lecture, dancingP was
enjoyed by those in attendance until
a. late hour. Mrs. B. Abraham: was
chairman of the committee in charge.
COLLAR BONE FRAMED
' IN FALL POWNSTAIRS
Falling down W0 flights of stairs.
Alexander Olsen of 27 Leonard street.
fractured his collar brine and Several
ribs early Monday morning. He was
under the care of Dr. 'F. .1. Mania»);
and Was later removed to the Norwalk
hospital.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday.
RIDGEEIELD, April 26.-—Fire this
morning destroyed a six-family tene-
ment house. a store on the first floor. a
garage and five cars and another
building in which were the. rooms of
the Ridgefield Band and the Band’s
instruments. There was no loss of
life. although a stiff north wind threat-
ened to carry the blaze to other dwell-
raann CENTS
Ridgefield Visited by
, $75,000 F he in Business ,-
Section of Village Today
ex-relatissesaiamnmaie
and IEQuipmentgof the Ridgefield Band De-
stroyed—No Loss of Life Reported .
ings across the street. The fire started
in the» garage which Was owned by
Herbert E. Batu His loss was act. at
$25.000. with no insurance.
The Ridgefleld Band's loss. mainly
on their instruments“! about 35.609.
The, tenement house m on one side
of the garage and set. very close. The
total loss from the fire was estimated
at $75,000.
’érett J. Blake, Dr.
BilNNElJllilll'l ins
lil— CHECK SMAthiIX
General But Not Compul-
sory Vaccination Is Urged
HARTFORD,
April 2G.~Gov. Ev-
John 1‘. Black.
State Health Commissioner. and Dr.
Albert ll. -Meredith. Commissioner 0!"
Education. conferred yesterday on the
Connecticut smallpox Situation. The
Governor urged that more concerted
and definite efforts be made to check
(Continued on Page Four.)
Accnr—rs RESIGNATIONS
or 3 STATE POLICEMEN
The resignations of three officers
were accepted at a meeting of the
state police commission yesterday at
the Capitol. in Hartford. They are.
Frank W. Vickrey of New London.
Arthur L. Langley of W'aterbury and
I. L. Trowbridge. of Naugatuck. Vick-
rey is to take a place. in the gasoline
tax divisionxof the mptor vehicle (19—
partment and Langley plans to engage
Flood COnditions Are ,
Menacing at Fort W0 + ”'ii‘i’l‘exas
Death List Thus Far Placed
at Twenty and Property
Damage Is Estimated at
Several Million” ' Dollars
FORT WORTH Tex.
Rain continued to full here today and
flood conditions became more menac-
ing with a continued rapid rise of the
Trinity River. Fears were expressed
that the death list. plaiced so far at
approximately twenb', and the proper-r
ty damage, estimated at several mil-_
lion dollars. would be increased. '
The flood. however. is not citywide,
although extensive sections . on .the
northwest and southeast sides. known
as North Fort Worth. Arlington
Heights and Sycamore. are inundated.
Major L. G. White. in charge of the
forces policing the city. has issued an.
urgent appeal for help. Hundreds of
men will be needed in relief and rescue
work today. Mayor White said, £11..
be intense.
The death toll is bmd largely upon
reports of missing pal-sons, although
several persons were seen. to fall mm
the swollen river. ,
Response was awaited today to the
appeal last night of may E. R. Cock-
in the insurance business.
IRISH PEACE
BUNFERENBE
Is RESlllltll
‘-.
DUBLIN. April 26 (Associated
Press).———When the Irish peace con-
ference was resumed this’ morning.
three Labor delegates were in at-
tendancejn addition to the. Free Stat—
ers. Republicans and mediators who
have attended the previous sesions.
The Labor delegates were Alder-
men O’Brien. Thomas P. Johnson and
Cathal O'Shaunon. Their presence
was taken as a sign that definite
peace proposals would be submitted.
Michael Collins and Arthur Grif—
fith represented the provisional Free
State Government. and Eamon dc Va-
lera and Cathal Brush (Charles Bur-
gees‘. the Republicans. The others
present were Lord Mayor O'Neill of
Dublin and Arcnbishop Byrne, the
sponsors of the conference. and Step-
hen O’Mara. Mayor of Limerick.
a“
HAMBURG ruins “Aces
or A; GERMAN LANDBU
i
BERLIN. April 26.4-The stock
brokers of Hamburg were impelled to
pause and meditate the transitory na—
ture of this world's glories when ma-
sons repairing the exchange building
unearthed humanskuils in the court—
yard. ~Thirty-five craniums. seeming
to indicate . the activity of a German
Landru, whoa had chosen the stock
exchange as the place best adapted
to finish oif his victims, were found.
Fairfield county furnishes more
court. business than any other coun-
ty in the state. The supposition has
been . that New Haven ' county tur-
nished the ,most business. but here
are statistics of court business for
the pa'St three years: . . '
New cased! entered for the court
year, ending»8ept. 1, 1919. in New
Haven county. 1,004. Fan-field coun—
ty, 1.10;. . , . . .
For the"court year at 1320, New
county. 1,335,»). cases. ‘.I-‘a.trneld
343.; , . .
count _
, ' . the form
alt . ormmcnuf amuse ’
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Norwalk Glass Manufac'
turer Tenders U s e of
wnue and It “7.111330 00'
cupied Next Month
The Frank CfGodtrey Post. No. 12.
American Legion. has been tendered.
the use, of a house located at 50 W11-
ton avenue to be used as a. temporary
home by the post by Charles H. Harris.
prominent glass manufacturer. At a
meeting of the pod: held last night. in.
the legion hall, Wall street. the mud
offer. which provides that the pa‘
shall use. the house for several months
rent free and wiflmut expense other
than electric light was euthnsmsti—
cally accepted tithes. rising vote of
thanks to. Mr. Harris. The pod: ex—
pects to take man of the new
home within two weeks. ,
The house altered by Mr. Harris is
nearly ideally loaded as a. home for
Continued on “Second Page
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WOMAN FINDS ‘0‘! m
AFTER Lamps-30.1mm
.WINSTED, 001111.. April 26.—-After
a. separation of more than thirty:
years Mrs. William Reade of 375
Main street was reunited “yesterday.
with her mother. Mrs. Susan Humph«
rey, whom she thought dead because
of a. second marriage and change of
name. Mrs. Heede's husband learn-f
ed that a. Mrs. Humphrey, who lived
in Torrington.‘ near Wasted. had
.
marriage. At the death 6f Mrs.
Humphrey’s first husband. Andrew
Cochrane, her six children, including
Mrs. Heede. were placed in a home
for dependent. children. They lost
trace of their mother then.
Judgments rendered in Pail-field
county for the court year of 1919 to.
tailed 541, New Haven
For 1920.1331er count; 715. New
Haven county 528. For 1121 Fair-
field county, 715. Nethfiaven county
644. At the a.“
1921 in Fair-lieu county there were
317 cases discontinued. and for New;
Haven .‘county 20:.
There .331: more “sealants-its out
at court" in 1mm county tha
in New Haven county. , .
April 26.—- .
been Mrs”. Cochrane before a second'
a
Temporary Home Provided For. i
Godfrey Post By Mr, Harris _.
* STATE limitations
county. 441. ,_
of the docket for. ’
ms ‘mrs Q—
n
i
pressing the belief that suffering will ‘ ,
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