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Earthen WOuld Go .to
Paris to Confer on the.
Genoa ConferenCe Plan
ASSOCIATED Pnuss Nun's mos: am. PARTS .013 THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE
Entered at the South Norwnlk Post
Office as. Second Class Mail Matter.
1
Difference Between the
Government Official
it u s's i a and Germany
French Delegation and
8 Must Be Adjusted —-
Restoration an Im-
portant Factor
”A. . \ April 2%. (By Associated circles in Paris. despite constant infor-
l'1- s.) . lilti-l‘genc)’ has developed be- mative messages from their represen-
.” ll... 11 l'l‘llt‘ll delegation at the tutives here. have tippeured not to
. 1.1». l‘nll't'l‘t'llt‘l‘ and the government grasp. I I \'
in.” :l'lll Lotus Barthou. head of This conciliatory spirit is declared
l‘:-‘ telecallon. has telegraphed Pre-
l’onnnru for permission to spend
1 1. 1 ll.“ . ill the French capital to con-
llle situation.
“null-st appears to have been
»- vlllt‘ti. tor the semi-official Havas
\ :1 nt') \iilll'tl today that LI. Barthou
.li in Paris Saturday morning
11H . with Premier Poin-
1.; 111d unilitl be back in Genoa the
:1 mum: \t'ednesda).
:‘l..1 H1 m on; Was said in conference
ll.l\‘l~ arisen through the
1 mill lu-rl- ot' a spirit of conciliation
which government
1 1-I
{lit
l'llv
en an
ln-llvlt-lu‘v
Ilir‘l‘“ .‘ll
111nm“! ‘Hlltlll
to have been brought about by wide
recognition of the wisdom of estab-
lishing amt-able relations and practi-
cable arrangements with both Russia
and Germany which would permit of
the restoration of those countries in
thei: own interest. and that of all the
powers including lt‘rance. '
Many members of the French dele—
gation seem to be convinced like
Prime Minister Lloyd George. that un—
less V‘t’estern Europe z-o—operales with
:ussia and Germany. those nations.
(Continued on Page Eight)
$319,000 Paid to State
by Federal
Reimbursement for Road
(‘onstruction Reaches
143631.000, Under Act Al-
lowing 50 Per Cent. Aid
in Five-Year Program
l'v lullullw-nwut to the slate
llum tllc vio-pal‘tlnelll 0i
-ll Washington nude-r federal
Z-'t;l>l1tlltlli approved by President
tilll-llll‘i thI October reached it total
ill.:.l...‘~*4.2.\‘ yesterday. when State
limbs.” t‘onlllllssimu-r Charles J.
1:. one ll \1‘l'lllt’tl a draft for $319.—
-l:3 .‘I received iron) the disburse-
lvl~~lll i‘lb‘l‘k by State 'l‘reasun-r G.
ll ll'lll'l lillll‘lll'il‘k. l'ndcr the federal
.ll llll‘ li~2l the stat" is entitled
lo ,.1 cent. of the cost of federal
..1.l Ill‘O‘lt'l'lS as outlined in a the-year
[IltlLTl’illll o" collslrllctitm and approv-
t‘l my the federal goxernnH-llt.
in concurrence with the provisions
the :let t'ollllllissioln-r Ih-tllln-tl is
cultured to lol'n'ard to \Yashinlzton
\ll‘ll'llt'l‘ti coverng expenditures madl-
Ivy the state in connection with pro-
ll‘t'llS<
‘ l‘. public
up.“
n.
ll:
pt l'
w!
jet-ls under process of. construction.
The (“Si oi (‘mstruction of the re-
it‘ll“) opened road to New London
by way or (‘olchcstclfi designated as
federal ill'l project. No. 4. established
an estimated obligation on the part
(it the tron-rllnlcnt ol‘ approximately
:«lllflfl‘zd The cost, to the state of this
pl'tljl‘t‘l which consists ol‘ thirty-two
mile.» or concrete pavement. 91- per
ll'ill. complete, ulll he :lpproxinlatcl)
Lxlfwthooo,
WHIRllNli SHAFT
lNJUllES WflllliEli
IN agrarian
ll.\.\'lil'l'.Y. April 2:8.»AAxcl liohrcm
m Georgetown. an employc of the Gilv
lwl-t a llellnett Wire compan)’. is N?-
polled in a critical condition as the
lo-sllll ol a [all while working ill the
jrlllllt yrslerday.
loin-em climbed into a high position
above .’l. revolving shorting to place 11
Mlt which had slipped from the pully.
lost his hold. fell upon the. revolving
.u-bat‘t and was whirled around several
times. throwing him to the ceiling and
dropping him some 10 feet to the floor.
He was rushed to a hospital in Dan-
i'lri. where it was learned he sus-
Mined fractures of both legs at the
noble. fractures of the right arm in
two pl:l"es move the elbow and inter—
l H injuries.
TORRINCTON WOMAN
.KILLS SELF AND GIRL
'l't ill lllNGTON. April 2S.—‘-Mrs.
Hallie llasbrouck. 49. a widow, killed
Iver-sell: and her thirteen year old
daughter. Anna May. at her home
lmrc during the. night. The bodies
were found lying on the. bed this
morning. with gas p0urirlg into the
mom from a pipe strung from a gas
range in the. kitchen. thence under the
door into the bedroom. The crevices
”the. windows and door had been
stuffed with paper and rags. In a note
found by the medical examiner. Mrs.
llushrnuck grave directions for the. dis-
tribution o1 her effects and asked that
markers lu- placed on the graves of
1» Ind-ll and daughter. The woman re-
' “H”; suffered a nervous breakdown.
HOWAT BEGINS '
SERVING SENTENCE
T'lT'l‘Slll'RGH. Rana. April 28-—
.llwvander Hownt. deposed president
or the Kansas Miners' Union. today be-
:-:1n serving! a one-year sentence in the
('mwford County Jail, at Girardl The
‘5‘ lellce grew out of thercgnmgpf a
strike in alleged contempt 0" court.
August Dorchy. deposed "med-wed-
’lt‘lll, ((140 “'8‘ taken into custody last
meld. Five her former union oftl-
li.1ls have beef: arrested and to“; in-
t 7- l'cerated for, "'9, year ion ‘ the ”0
charge. 1' I ‘
Government
_.—_ ____.._———
liftlllnllllsnl
00153 in nllsnlll
Rev_ ll. Sanford ('l‘osseiL former
pastor of lhe'Darien Methodist Epis-
copal church. now pastor of the First
Place and Henry Street Methodist
Episcopal church of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
las been appointed by the New York
East Conference as pastor ol the Me-
thodist. church at Bay Shore. l.. 1..
from which he received a call.
Mr. Crossetl is an East Norwalk
young man. son of Mrs. William 'i‘wies.
He is a graduate of the Mount Hen
nlon Mass. and the Drew Theological
seminary of Madison. N. J. His first
charge Was at Bantam Lake and lrom
there he look up his duties at the In
l‘ll‘l‘. M. E. church . Alter serving as
pastor there [or two years he was
transferred to Mount Vernon. N. Y.
‘Hp then enlisted in the service of his
country, joining the Seventh regiment
of New York and was stationed over—
seas for two years, On his return he
was associate pastor of the \Vest End
avenue and 86th street Methodist Epis-
copal church, New York city.
He is to l'ave Brooklyn this week
to take up his residence at Bay
Shore, L. l.. the pulpit. beng vacated by
a former‘ Sunday-school teacher of Mr.
t‘rossett s, the Rev. (‘llarles E. Bene-
dict. zilso an East Norwaik young
man.
llasslllllsmln
nonunion:
NEW’ HAVEN. April ERM'l‘alking
to the New Haven county Medical As-
sociation after its dinner last night.
Dr. Frank E. Meara.Professor of the
Cornell Medical School. expressed the
opinion that. over-emphasis had been
placed by the medical porfewion on
laboratory work by the individual
practitioner. He said that this ten-
dency has resulted in the physician
giving less attention to bedside prac-
tice. He thought. that too many phy-
sicians were over-specializing in the
laboratories. giving too many years to
training and specialization and fail-
ing in close observation of a patient.
resting diagnosis on t‘r‘ general aspect
of a malady. Dr. Meara thought that
the pendulum in laboratory work had
swung too far and students had them—
selves begun to recognize this.
The association‘s 138th annual
meeting chose delegates to the state
convention including E. T. Sharpe. of
Derby. and C. F. Graves. of Water-
bury. Dr. Creighton Barnes Was elect—
ed secretary for five years. Dr. W. H.
Carmalt. of New Haven. was re-
elected counselor for two years.
__________.._.._.._
Sillllll NllliWAlli
unnatural
Five candidates were given the first
degree at the meeting and smoker of
South Norwalk Council. No. 1253.
Knights‘of Columbus. held last even-
ing. and a. number of applications
came. up for the first reading. About.
» 250 were present. ‘
Jolzn F. McMahon gave a talk to the
Knights and their friends upon the
growth of the order and especially up-
on the growth of South 'orwalk
council. He. said that it was hoped
that the new gymnadum would be
ready for occupancy before cold wea-
ther set in. ' _
The committee in charge of the car-
nival. of which Albert Bergman is
chairman. reported that “flierriment
Week" as it; is to be known. would be
celebrated on the Recliner lot _on
North “unmet. tram Jilly Ian: M?
fORMEll SCHOOL
Insults Btllll
WAS lN mun
HtrOPESTON. 111.. April 28.——.\n-
nouncement today by the coroner‘s
physician that Miss Gertrude liamia.
25. former sdlool teacher. whose body
was found. late. yesterday. in the un-
occupied l'nited
Presbyterian church
parsonage here .\vas approaching ma-
ternity. increased tbelr conviction.
county authorities said. that she was
murdered. An analysis of the con—
tents of the young woman‘s stomach
today at the. University of Illinois was
expected to throw further light on the
mystery surroundinl; her death.
The body. lying on a concrete ledge
just inside a basement window. was
found by carpenters. who had been
Continued on Page Eight)
/
Federal
been held here in the past two weeks
for the purpose of "drying up” Nor-
walk. three
rested this morning by Agents E. B.
Doolan and L. “2 Hinman. and were
summoned
States Commissioner llugh J. Lavery
next week.
5. l~‘--rri.~' avenue. who is to appear on
Tuesday. May 3W1: Paul Hollies. 18
church street. summoned to appear
\‘iedllesdai'. May 3rd. and Martin Lap—
ak.
.lppca r all Saidldal'. May 6th:
Alli) llouol g
, lollllll 1 llllll
1n the second of a series of raids by
Prohibition Officers. to , have
more offenders were ar-
to appear before linited
'I‘hose arrested were Joseph 'I‘arlov.
or :'.t Raymond street .who islo
l1. 'l‘a'lon's place. was found a 15-
M-
Continued on Page Seven) 0
CUSTODIAN' OF MAN!
v - v0
set as her brother's closest adviser t
DIPLOMATIC SECRETS.
Slovakian Minister to the United States.
credited to the legation in Washington. she is known in the diplomatic
as an authority on European politics. ‘» >
-<.
, ( ~ . Copyright by Underwood .1 underwood.
Who said a woman couldn‘t keep a secret? Here's one who u-
suredly can. She is Mlle. Anna Stepanek. whose brother is the Czecho-
While allele not officially
n all matters, and she is regarded
..,
Keogh and AttOrney
‘With the organization of the Regent
Theatre company. of this city. the in-
corporators or which are given as
Charles Esterson. of New York city.
Judge John Keogh and Attorney John
Dwyer. of this city. plans are under
way for the sale of the Regent Theatre
block to the combine. which at its
head several well—known New York
theatrical men.
Samuel Kantor. present proprietor
of the theatre and the block. is in New
York city today. having arrived there
this morning from Atlantic City. and
when speaking to a Sentinel reporter
over long distance ‘phone., said that he
Regent Theatre Company .
Incorporated With $50,000 +
Capital Stock This Week
Charles Esterson of New York, Judge John
Norwalk Interested in the Enterprise—Sama
uel Kantor Expects. toRetire
John T. Dwyer of South
expected that (negotiations, would be
completed today so that the transfer
would be made. '7
(wet-a quarter of a million dollars
will be involved in the sale to the new
company. which Mr. Kantor described
as a New York syndicate. ,
Papers have been‘filed with the
secretary of State showing that the
Regent Theatre company ms been or-
ganized with a capital stock of $50 one
and starts busin9ss with $10.000. The
ineorporators are given as Charles
Esterson. John Keogh and John T
Co'ntlnued on Page five)
sou-m .Nonwem, comm, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1922
llllllfsulls -_
, 7 ENOUGH 3
' [A :‘NENS l0
Few Normal's’cfoél Gradu-
ates, But Man} from Col-
leges Are Available
llllllmlallllll ills
llllllmlllil’lils
Better Salaries and Greater
Freedom More Popular
HARTFORD. April 28.——~Education
offlcialsvare not anticipating a scarcity
of teachers in the next school year. de-
spite. the fact that the state normal
schools are not graduating sufficient
lumber 1) meet all demands. biany
of the ltcaduatcs from colleges in Con-
necticut and irom outside the state
will supply sufficient to meet require—
ments. Ordinarily between one and
800 additionalmtcachers are needed an-
nually throughout the state and the
Normal schools graduate less than 500.
During the war period there was
an acute shortage of teachers on ac“
count of teachers being attracted to
other employment by hefler earning
opportunities. Many of them have now
returned to teaching.
(Continued on Page Eight)
mun lullllN
BElNli Hlilll UP‘
BY U. s. .lllllfiE
Letter from Judge Thomas
Restraining State Court
Adds New Tangle to Af-
fairs of Metal Goods Co.,
Defendant in 20 Suits
llRIIiGl-ZI‘ORT. April 28.——-\‘Vith 20
casea‘minst the Morris Metal Pro-
llucfl’Co. awaiting action in the short
calendarlgession of the Superior Court
here today. liiejtangled affairs of the
lirm became further involved today
when Jvdgé>1~>8dn “mm. Mob-ivucd :9.
tice from l'nitcd States District Judge
lldwin S. Thomas restraining the
state courts from proceeding in sev~
cral cases against the company total-
ling between $350,0oo and 3400.900.
A large portion of the printed docket
ol the court is devoted to the cases.
Many (Vases Today
The short calendar cases. sched-
uled for today. involve motions that
the attorneys for the te‘mporary rc-
ceivers of the company be made party
defendant. Reich &. Reich are coun~
sel for Robert H. Newman who was
made temporary receiver by Judge
Thomas last week. on an involuntary
petition held by Reich & Reich.
Several judgments have already
been given against the company. It
(continued on Page Eight)
minim
BllNFEIlS
Make Change Bx Survey
The proposed re-survey of the
Connecticut-New York state line, as
planned in a bill before the New Shirk
Legislatfle. was the subject or a.
centerence. yesterday-morning in the
ofiices of Governor Lake at the Capl-
tol.'attended by the governor. Attor-
vlye General Frank E. Healy. Judge
Donald T. Warner.
Donald .1. Warner. Engineer John "R.
Buck and Harry 12‘. Reynolds. execu-
tive secretary to the governor: It
was pointed out by
whose property in Salisbury is direct-
TWO NEW SMALLPOX ,
GASES IN WESTPORT
\VESTPORT. April 28.—Health Of-
ficeroJohn A. Moore was notified of.
two new. cases of smallpox yesterday.
The latest victims are (Mrs. William
Banzhoft. and her" daughter Dorothy.
The total number of cases is now 39.
With 90 per cent. of the townsfolks
vaccingtedtit. is thought the crisis of
the plague}: past. ‘
Business conditions were slightly
sl , 3’ affected by theepidemic ac—
cOrdingrto local business men‘.’ Unless
atur‘n' lathe tide of the epidemic
comes ooon‘it has been suggested that
N at 1".”
New SWindling Operation is
Being Tried in Norwalk
Ala-me: W149?“ awesome.
'se' museum?
Man Giving Name of J. A.
Monroe, of Colgate & Co.,
Collects Small Sum , From
Many Victinis and Disap-
pears
A man who gives his name as J. A.
Monroe. and who represents himself
as being. an agent; of Colgate & 00..
the perfumers and dealers in- toilet
ing a. swindle on a number 9; wOmn
in the city. cheating each out of about
are appointed .r-‘L di’strlbntingagent for
the Colgate company. in this city.
supplies. is alleged to have been worth
$1.25 on the promise that they are to
Hé..is .Qgsctibedas being gm: ,5)? y
the
York triangular border.
The governor said that in his opin»
York to make any change in the line.
without the consent of this state. and
the sanction of Congress as was done
a. few years ago when the present line
separating the two‘states was survey-
ed. ‘
scuoom mvnownn
GROUNDS ON on: anus-rs
OAK BLUFFS. Mass. April 28.—
The schooner Mayflower. Parrsboro.
N. S.. for Fall River. with lumber.
grounded near the iettiesyhergtoday.
She was expected to float. undamaged;
lulu; a. high and. Theress'el lolbhef
head sails in the northwest gale yes-
terday, and was forced to'ancho'rrvon:
Cross'Rtp,, Whenthe gale. increased
was blown “reward. '1
'2 illll lllcls
0N STATE lINE PLAN
Says Ne w York Cannot
State Secretary
Judge Warner
.y concerned in the matter. that the
proposed change might work to the
disadvantage of Connecticut residents.
The section of the line in question is
a. sixteen-mile stretch beginning at.
Massachusettts-Connecticut-New L
ion. it would not be possible for New
during the'fiight; she" lost anchors ”and
T he wont
AND OUR OWN 0P ERA’I‘OR.
Fair and continued cold (alight.
and Trust Co.
Two important announcements were
made this morning in Norwalk Bank-
ing Circles. The first was that. plans
for a new bank building for the. Nor-
walk Savings Society on the site com-
situated between Mechanic and River 1
streets are about completed. The sec— t
0nd was that the State Banking Com- ll
mission has granted permission to the
Fairfield County Bank and Trust com«
pany to take over the Fairfield County
National bank: in other words. the
latter institution will. after a. meeting
of the stockholders. become a bank
and trust company. Both of these an-
nouncements were received with
much interest in local banking circles
Attorney Leo Davis. who repre-
sented the organizers of the New Trust
Company. who are all directors of the
l’airtield County National Bank in the l!
s
t
t
Americanization
‘ L (Crit
BUllElllllllliE, .
1.0.0. F. smullll
Judge John Keogh acted as least.
master at the smoker held by Butler
Lodge. No. 97. I. (J. 0. l“.. at the meet-
ing rooms on South Main street. last
evening. to celebrate the luilrd anni—
versary 01‘ the [Grinding of Odd I-‘el~
lowship. and also of the start of the
work for the. erection of the new home
I
' ' ’ ‘ 'tem of
‘ . . - s ; li' ‘lford priatlons In oppoSlng an ,1
iwiafgmh Mam shut A m $2.000 for Amencamzatton work.
. -. " le get their ideas in
2 0 1‘t i -rs and then Let our peop
About ‘0' m “X schools. churches. homes. and
iriends attended the meeting. and dur—
ing the evening songs were sung by
those present and.also by the Odd Fel—
lows‘ Quartctte composed of lx‘eleta
Wilkinson. Charles \Vilcck, J. Herbert
Moth-am and John hwyer. Al Kramer
also favored with vocal solos and then
the quartcue expanded to a sextette
with the addition of ,Kraemcr and
(Continued on Page Two]
PLANS MADE Hill
AMElllBAN LElilflN .
» ANNUAL HELD NEH
Plans for the second annual field
meet to be held at Seaside Park. in
Bridgeport. on Labor Day, wereldis-
cussed last night. at, a. meeting of the
CountyCommandeI-s' Association of
the American Legion held in Danbury.
last night. Tentative plans call for a
meet to be run on the same large scale
of last; year which was attended by
more than 10,000 persons. Proceeds
from the meet are to be split among
the various posts of the county.‘ ac-
cording to the amount of Work which
each does toward making the meet a
success.
Norwalkers who attended the athle-
tic meetlast year’ were delighted in
the way in which it was carried off._
There were scores of events. including
races of ,all kinds. shot throwing. disc
throwing. etc.. in which some of the
most noted~ athletes of the country
participated.
The matter of raising funds for the
____.._\—
word this morning from Bank '3‘..-
missi'oner Everett J. Sturges than»
Bank Commission had granted tw
quest for the new charter. A no“
monly known as the Hadden building._ oft'the stockholders for V ‘
evor the assets of the old. institu
will be held soon. '
Hartford before the Bank Com-—
Bank was opposed by
war
(‘entral Trust company. on the so“
Companies in the city. .
\
Such Work “Is All But.
tug large sums on propaganda tons.
called
cash thrown away. it is a policyg‘t’
bunk. punk.
Thomas I“. Foran. a prominent N“
council committee on budget appro—
through the many
common with us all and where W.
all..go
tinned. Mr. Fox-an said
.S. Hitchcock of the vocational school.
here agreed with him that spending
money for‘thls propaganda was “rot-
ten". tMr. .
applauded by several hundred ems
zens present at thehearing.
COnnecticut Organized Labor . .
Plans Participation In Politics
Delegates of Labor Unions .
btaining of the new charter. re“
5
the purposes-I
iquldating the Folrfield County fig.-
lonal Bank and for the purpose oug- ,
anging for the new company to: ' '
At the hearing held recently in .
ion. the request for a change in *3? _
er of the Fairfield County New .
Attorney?“ ’
representing m
J. Quinlan.
hatvthere were already three 1’“
\
Continued on Page Five)
Fund
t
O
clzed
I "'\
as Waist -.
Punk and Junk,” .
Prominent .New Leah.
Citizen to Budget Copy
mittee—Citizens Applafl
NEVV LONDON. April 28—— "SW-
‘Americanization‘ is taxpayefl
and junk." declamr
.ondoner at a hearing before the 63y
public mediums
t our love of coumkry." he con-
Pr‘mcipal F.
lFloran" remarks were»
Will Assemble in. New:
Haven This Evening t0_
Discuss Formation
Central Committee
NEW HAVEN. April ?§.—-~Orglu—
ized labor in Connecticut has issuda.
call for participation of its menu"!
in politics. Tonight delegates of ”I
labor- unions, under a. recommefl-
tion of the American Federation at
Labor. will meet to discuss for-ma”
of a central committee to guide we
tical activities of unionfirmn in .
of nominees for office who ex”
themselves in support. of union rat» 7
ciples. The locals of the several we -
therhoods of railroad men have m
asked to be represented.
It is understood that the mover.“
is not in behalf of a new party or ”I
existing party, but an effort to in”
members of labor unions to taking;
tive interest in their own party in”. ,
half oi: candidates whose attitudes;
known to be in support of the pfiwl, .
pies represented by organized W
Ira N. Ornhurn, state'org‘anbér of
the Connecticut Federation of Labor.
will open tonight‘s meeting. Accord;
ing to the announcement. similar pleat».
ings will be held in other places a“ '
later delegates from that? meeting.
(Continued on Page I've)
STRATFORD, April 28.——An effort
Will be made to have an appeal from
Judge Isaac Wolfe's ruling upholding
the council in ousting R. H. Hunter
as town manager, placed on the June
calendar of the Supreme Court. Judge
\Villiam H. Comley. Jr.. counsel for
the Hunter supporters in the Strat-
ford .counciltmenager controversy. be-
lieves than: he succeeds in having
the appeal amsigned to the June cal-
endar. a verdict will be secured by
August. ,
.Srtatford today continues to have
two’ claimants to the office of town
manager. Hunter still has the com-
bination of the
manager‘s and director at public
.w-ork's omce. Walter W. Hubbell.
.the. town manager’s office”.
Hunter was asked today whether
"Namathr in Smtford -nntil
' .‘ . a.“ I . , .
room an rib-m3 -
Bill-ill: HUNTER APPEAL lllll
’ A null nuns BEftllil. lune
sales in the town.
are other claimant, has'the keys to.
will be called in to a. general state con-
ference. . l . . till
REllliENlil MEET
llEllli NEXT i :5
The State Great. Council of Red m
to be held here in Norwalk on m
day and “'ednesday. May the End a“
3rd. p om'tses to be the largest soda;
of th body ever held in Connecticut.
Cockence and um Trim are w
everything 9°35“. e to make 111316”)
gent hind. otp. success. Them-fie
mory has been secured for W
evening. This will be the“ opefiinw_
the exercises and will be on >0“:
nears to all Red Men and
frie'n ‘3. including ladies. Gremlin”
hence A. G. Rutherford. of flash“
' ”——
(Cami no. a. M)
Norwalk Chronicler