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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE “'ORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OP. ERATOR.
Entered at the South Non-walk Post
Office as Second Class
6th Great Council Being
Held in Norwalk Today
. ’.:ll[\\li‘/.. ol‘ Norwalli. was
turned with Mass Meeting at Armory Last Even-
ing with 1,500 Present-—Class of 98 Initiated
After Midnight at Cockenot Tribe’s Rooms—
Nomination of Officers Made at Noon Today
(‘ockenoe Tribe Leads State in Individual
'l‘ribe Membership with 513—National Ofli-
cers to Address Gathering This Afternoon
Mall Matter.
ARRY E. BAILWITZ
WILL BE THE GREAT
SACHEM OF I. O. R. M.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN" WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922
PAY 0E GRADE TEACHERS
INCREASED AND OTHERS '» ;
HAVE SALARIES ADJUSTED 5
i. s. lREASURY
BINDING HA8
- BIG Hill [088
\VASFIINGTON. May 3.~-l«‘or the
second time in three. months. iiremvn
early today battled with a. stubborn
fire on the roof of the Treasury De-
partment. which for a time assumed
menacing proportions as the flames.
bunting through a long superstruc»
turc. (raped high in the air and cast a
threatening glow on the \‘ihilc lions.-
ltsell', while sparks walled across to
its snrrounrlEnQ‘ ivrraci.
\‘.'hen discovered about lzdfi a. m..
the flames already liml gained con»
siderablc headway and were 'soaring
to a height of thirty or lort\ I'm-t
when tire apparatus responding: i . {in
alarms, arrived at the scene. tiriuiri';
impetits about that. time from a dull.
rllnihlirt'g chlosion which tiri-m' n lw.
. '-i .“lllll'll_\ ln‘i'tn'q‘ l O‘t‘ltlt‘k
l - will!!!” to the office of Great
' llu‘ highest office in the
at the business session of the
l 'i\lli great council ol’ the Im-
,, "“lVI ut lit-ll Mill. lull in lll'Il
' ..l. .\l:tlll strut-t. during the
1.. :um: Mr. ilnllwitz l‘ormi-rly
, . tir- wilice- of great Senior Saga-
“ ~ .:\\.~3k (an r‘nnzn‘nlllltilwt- ll-
. ‘u-inu :n Signally honored.
want. 't in the ll‘~( ot‘ the
“wt llllll nl‘ ism-at junior
x‘. him it {our nominations~
\ ; 'i nt-x Hit" (‘lml'l s l5.
‘.,wpt)|t; ll. J. \\'ilSOll. of
. i‘ .-:; thorav Sp.xl'l.' (-l Strnb
«til -;:i ii. Irving Jacobs .ol' New
l. .. 'l lm .\‘nr\\.ill\ 1i!"lt'f_:¢'lll()3l
w lei.\‘ m‘ lit.) Jones. \\'illiani
.. ., 'Il-llll l‘aynv. t‘arllnll ilying-
H‘i ll. J. 'l’n_\im', will support
I' ulw is tlvplli)’ to the local
”law win-cs \u-ro» uncontested and
.1} ‘ulluwing nmninalions made: .
't Svninr Sananinu-——-t?il:irlc5 \\'.
'J .uks Nailgutuck.
. ti'vnl l'lmpin-lmJay M. Phillips.
‘rmul-w.
H" .il. t'liit'l' nl‘ lit-cord r—*V\'illinm
.‘ ~rzlztlt‘l‘fl. \\':Ii.-r‘-nr_\.
Mr” .1 chpcr ol' \lelllllllilm—AH-
“Eisner, Midtllttnwn.
\p;.t.inti\'c oi'l'n-vs such as great
.‘.tllll{iD. great inlsliim-wa. great guard
ol‘ thw v. Ic'u'ain and great guard or the
rm. at ml: lu- int-«l‘ by the incoming
v v.
HARRY 11. “A I I .\\'l'i‘7.
(lrt-nl Snell-“in liailivitz this afternoon.
Th» entire mornin: session was lak-
l'il up with routine business. Man)
reports: \i't'l'v r.-:ni including that at“ the
i'tviirinu trit‘nl SHt‘llu‘lll. .l. M. Phillips,
of Torringtou. The report of the lw-at
Keeper oi” “'ampnm showed that $86.-
(Contlnued on Page Ten)
Charles H. Harris Inc. Starts
Work on $40,000 Warehouse
Fletcher - Thompson Incor-
porated, Architects and
Engineers of Bridgeport,
Plan Building to Give
13.000 Feet Floor Space
\\
W'in started today on an ad-
mi.
in the plant of Charles II.
lm'.. in Main street. The
tm- will bc a modern factory
1' Hr: for use as a warehouse and
~‘~Il"l:!4- or glass. the product of the
v~ f’ninw‘izy. It is to be one story
weld and erected at the rear of
lttl‘Sn'ill model factory plant. It
' ‘ dcptl: of 385 fcct'from Main
not will contain about 15.000
I’Ulilll.
plans wm-c drawn by A. Tam-
l‘lr-tclier~'l‘l10inpson Incorpor-
i unilnent architects and ‘engin-
Bridgeport. who awarded the
r i contract this morning to the
.1 r... pony. of Bridgeport. The
l'tll‘ill'lfl have not yet been let.
union was started today. and
mum: will be finished as quickll’
~il-l--. The cast will be about
lilill "Jillian
lN JlAlll EASE
.\ Heged Proprietor of Shore-
h‘ouse in Bridgeport Also
lined $450 After Raid—
l‘akes Appeal
< .
. .l‘
Nay 3.--Stephen
proprietor of the for-
_ . lmlnnanu shore house at the
,:;"-tl'i4-\\' avenue. which was
1 m police of the Bureau of In-
lyll‘rl'l Saturday night in a search
n‘A'illl liquor. was heavily fined
.\rthur M. Comley in City
. .x. Kish was lined $200 and
10 days in jail on the
wlling liquor in violation of
Afr-ml act. lined $2100 and giver-l
'1 ‘:< suspended jail sentence on
.4- or keeping liquor with in-
wt and lined $50 and cos‘t‘s o'n
' fl'rw of maintaining a. place
‘ 2-1 the reputation of selling
v Mutation of the law. Ki'sh
Mi in bonds of $700.
4 . "li'JIW'l’n'l‘.
I‘L'l‘ll
'-l in
ELTON PLACE
HOUSE DAMAGED
ABOUT $2,500
Damage of 32.5th was caused by
fire at 7:45 o'clock last night, which
partially destroyed the second story of
a. frame building at 5 Elton place.
owned by Arthur W'aldron. contractor.
and occupier] by Ambrose Ilinney. The
uptown fire departments who were
called to fight the flames did good
work in getting the fire under control.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
but it is believed that it._ started in
some rubbish on the east, side of the
second floor of the house. \Vhen the
firemen reached the scene. flames were
shooting out. of a. double window and
it looked for a little while as though
the. entire house. was doomed. ‘
Two lines of hose were laid by the
Phoenix Engine company: Pioneer
Hook and Ladder company and the
Hope Hose company. which responded
to the alarm. In connecting a line of
hose to the hydrant on East avenue. it
was found that the hydrant was not in
(Continued on Page Eleven)
MANAfiEll Cilllllill .
.lS mun mum
Ill MANSiAllliHll-lll
NEW HAVEN, May 3.-—-Lawrence
W'. Carroll. who was manager of the
Rialto Theater at the time it was
burned on Sunday night November 27,
was found guilty of manslaughter by
Judge C. L. Avery in 'the .Superiar
Criminal Court today._ A jury trial
had been waived. Carroll was fined
$1,000 and given one year in jail with
Ewelxouso was crowded with
WWWHS .W‘ncn the police made
in! but, none of these patrons
:-:l to testify against Kish.
l nmtatter oi: V0. 397 Bunneli
, m... arrested on the charge of
Wm”: the liquor law, was filled ‘5‘
_ ‘. T““‘“ {I 10 days' suspended Jail
t . t. vr‘a‘wnh instructions to cumin-1‘
‘ ' Mime of buslneil. . ‘ .
execution of the sentence suspended
until an appeal to. the Supreme Court
of Errors which is to be taken. is de-
cided. The manslaughter charge was
based upon the finding or October Ell
aponslble for conditiennw
at. the theater more
' rt. we.
Mix. who, held Carroll criminally re-
‘ ‘ cusses}
lleyc was caused by building malt-rials
GAB *' ~~MNiE
WONNSBNAN ED
RUNNING Slll
Less than a handful of volt-rs. in tin
Second Taxing district attended tin
special meeting of the district held at
the 0011.1 ril chambers at 8 o'clock
(S. '1‘.) last evening. when the matter
of conveying a strip of land between
inn and \Vatf-r street to the/ Gabe-
Ixtmu- \\'..r':m_cume up (or considera-
”.l.
D. \Villinm Harford. one of the com.
llllhsl'nlll's. was elcctcd chairman of
tin muvling and Judge John H. Light
)ix'vst‘lillwl the following resolution
which “as adoptedzw-’ ~
”lil‘."ll\'l:]. that the District give.
grant and t-ultvvy to The (labile-Molt-
\th'lis, that certain tract of land he-
iVU-v'l \Vater street and Day strcct.
and hounded northerly by the lef-n—
sion of Concord street. easterly by
Continued on Page Six)
Fighting between the troops of Gen. Chang Tso-lin.
commander of the forces in central China, has caused the torei
ernment a joint warning against possible lighting in Pekln and
for the protection 0 the Pekln-Tlen-Tsln Ballron
(Continued on Page Twelve)
THE AMERICAN LEGATION 1N PEKIN. CHINA.
MANY“ VEES
IN [OWEN BASIN
lliNEAliNED.
PSI-AV (Mild-MKS. May 3.«~Thrcal-
:ning conditions in the flooded areas
i; the Aichat‘alaia river section. where
t is estimated six thousand persons
have been made homeless. were receiv—
ing the attention today of the Red
fross officials.
The volume or water is being aug-
mentul by ,the flood waters coming
through Avoycllcs parish from the
break in the lcvt-e near Ii‘erriday. La...
and the prcmurc is said to he threat—
ening the levees at a number of points
in the lower basin of the river. cspcc-
ially at Melville.
The flood situdtion in the refugee
camps for the flooded areas in Concor-
dia. (‘ahhnula and 'l’ensas Parishes of
Louisiana had been ' relieved today
with the arrival of provisions sufficient
to provide six thousand persons for ten
days.
i .
Governor of Manchuria. and Gen. Wu Pelitu.
gn legationa to send the Chinese Gov-4
warning that they would take measuredf
d. The picture alloy; 3119!: the American Legatlon.
SHERIFF sum
Hill AllAllHlNfi
e Tiling] llllNS
Pease a n (1 Deputy A r e
Named in New Litigation
Resulting from Carnival
Suits
Louise Knox of Danbury. owner of
the much-attached performing lion
”\Voodrow" and his sisters “Trilby”
and "Lila" brought two new damage
shits lodayin herei‘fort t1 recover lo:
alleged financial losses which she
says has resulted from the king and»
queens of beasts being held under
Writ. '
The plaintiff who brings the action
as a. relator in the name of the state
of Connecticut, seeks $5.000 damages
from High Sheriff Simeon Pease of
this county and Joseph Binkoski. a
deputy, of High Sheriff Thomas L.
Reilly, of New Haven county. Bin-
koski attached the lions while they
were performing in Bridgeport, act-
ing as a. special deputy of Sheriff
i’easc at; the request of Sheriff Reilly.
llllllrfill MAN,
:3 lelili $.50 Hill
WESTPORT. May 3.—When 3r-
raigned before Judge Jaseph G.
Hyatt greater-day. VVii'liam Alexander.
of 641 Lindley street. Bridgeport. was
fined $50 and Costs or a total of $78.41.
The defendant was charged with
transporting {2 cases of beer. Alex-
ander'was arrested Saturday by State
Policeman Manning while driving
toward Stamford. , ,
\ The case of William H. Stiles .of
Bridgeport byAhe unite pa.—
TNANSPNRTINN BEEN
.r
z
ALLEliEll liliiilillll
lJNlllill All!" lillNlli
ltucco Paruceili of Bridgeport ar-
rested in that city last nigh‘t by Sex-3,.
geant Frank V'irelli of the State police
department was brought‘to Norwaik
this morning and arraigned before
Judge George H. Vosburgh in the
downtown court on a. charge of bur—
glary. He entered a demurrer. waived
examination and.was bound over un-
der bonds of $5.000 to the next term
of the Criminal Superior Court.
I’etrucelli is one of the members of
the gang that entered the store of M-
Josem & Sons last. fall. cleaning the
place out. of about 88.000 worth of
merchandise. Part. of the stolen goods
were found in the rooms occupied by
Petrucelii at the Grand Union hotel OIH
Wood street. formerly conducted by
Luigi Apicella. who was murdered last
November by Mike Serino, the head
of the gang of which Petrficelli was a
member.
The accused refused to make any
statement whatsoever. either to the
local police or to the state ofl‘icers. al~
though he was exanflned for sev-
NNfilllNiilllflN 4
‘ MAY BE ARRESTED
"I: Mrs. Houghton insists upon
violating the health oficer’s instruc-
tions. she will be placed under arrest."
said Prosecuting Attorney Crnmer C.
Hegemgn this morning to a Sentinel
reporter. discussing the case of Mrs.
R. I. Houghton of 317 Gaye avenue
who insisted upon taking her two un—
vacéinatcd children to the Franklin
Junior high school, even though they
had been’praered to my away by. or-»
that or the health department. ‘ :
Boston R. _G. Dun Manager
and Wife Found Shot Dead
William B. Powell Shoots
Wife After Quarrel in
Their Summer Home at
Newtown, Mass., 3 nd
Then Kills Himself
NE‘VTON. Mass. May 3.—Explana-
tion. other than insanity, of the tra-
gedy in which “'iliiam B. Powell.
manager of the Boston district for R.
G. Dun & Company. shot and killed his
wife and himself last night. was still
lacking today. A cordon of police was
maintainedabout the Powell mansion
through the night and none but the
highest authorities and immediate
members of the family entered or left.
Mrs. Powell. before her second mar-
riage. several years ago. was the widav
of R. H. White. founder of the de-
partment store business at Boston
which bears his name. Her home or:-
ginally was in Georgia.
The Poweils had been in their sum-
mer home only a“‘day. having aban—
doned their winter apartmentvin Bos-
Contlnued on Page Seven)
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annals PNSE
‘A8__il_l_i_ECllVES
NEW HAVEN, May 3.—-'1‘hree men
with revolvers in holsters and badges
cn their coat iapels, last night posed
as detectives and attempted to bur-
glariz’e a store on the ground floor of
an apartment house here. When one
of the trio was encountered on the
second floor and asked by George
\N’hittaker, an occupant of an apart-
ment. what he wanted, said he was
looking for a. man and displayed his
badge. Going to the first floor, Mr.
Whittaker met two others with badge
ea who were trying doors of a. grocery
store there. The three that left the
place together without obtaining any
loot."
Rain tonight and Thursday.
Schools
Twenty-two teachers appeal-ell be—
for( the Board of Education a: the
regular monthly meeting held at the
Norwalk High School last night. :.; d
protested against the board‘s 'L-iiure
to raise the maximum s’1‘.‘.l"lt‘s
grade teachers. As the result .,r the
protest. the board unanimouslymiopl-'
ed a motion which increases the max—
inunn salary of grade teachxrs to $1.—
400: of Junior High School teachers
without a. college decree to $1.500: or
Junior High School teachers with a.
college, decree to $1.600 -m.l oi Sn nor
High School teachers to $1.7m: This
disrupts the entire school budget
which was adopted by the board at its
previous meeting. As the result of
the action it was voted to adjourn
the meeting until next Tuesday night.
when the budget will again be taken
up and iinally disposed of.
During" practically the entire int-el-
lug. salaries 01‘ teachers .was under
discussion. It was brought up «ariy
in the meeting. when Dr. \‘N'illinm J.
Tracey protested that the secretary,
Board of Education ' Will ’
' Have to Revise Its Budget ‘
Maximum Salary of GradeTeachers Put at $1.4“
Junior High School Teachers Without’Colleg'e}
Degree $1,500; with a College-Degree $1.6m
Senior High, School Teachers at $1,700—Toc
Many Dances and Other Amusements inthts
of '
Mrs. \‘l‘iiliam Raye, had misunder-
.——-—._..-.. ..—
Sharp Fighting
MNNMAN INN
WORKER Nllifl)
Al wrswom
Fortunato‘vCirino, aged 19. of 82
Church street. Bridgeport. was struck
and instantly killed, at 6:45 o'clock
this morning by :1. Norwalk bound pas-
senger train, near the Compo Lane
viaduct in Saugatuck. his head being
severed from his body. and the truck
thrown for some seventy feet by the
impact.
The youth. who is survived by an
uncle and several cousins in Bridge—
port, was employed as a. laborer at
Mirimar Inn. and was on his way to
work. He had taken a short cut
across the tracks. when the train
struck him. Cirino was boarding at
the home of Tony Knox. Compo Lane.
several hundred feet from where the
accident happened. .
Dr. M. Nolan, medical examiner.
made an investigation and reported
the accident to Coroner John J. Plie—
lan, who is to conduct an inquest later.
The remains were removed to Bridge-
(Continued on Page Ten)
'Fengtien Army
Miss MElEll WAS
AWARE or STATUS.
_ MAYN’S manna
Manufacturer C h a r g e d
With Bigamy Says She
Knew He Was Married.
NEW YORK: May {is—Counsel for.
Virgini‘us St. Julian Mayo, wealthy
manufacturer, declared in 0 ing
the defense of their client 0 two
year old bigamy charge y erday,
that he agreed to the cere ny with
\Vlfiiemlne Meyer in 1904 as a mat-
ter of torn? so that she could satisfy
her relatives before taking up her
life with him. The statement was
ma ‘tollowlng the close of the pro~
sec‘iflion’s case.
Aware of Previous Marriage
- Miss Meyer. prior to the ceremony.
was aware." of Kaye’s previous mar—
rl‘nge'aiid of the/lac that he had not
1&th clog-nxwlth tin};
cm WW'
‘ in Progress
in Many Places in Ireland
NEWS THAT’S
RELIABLE "
man GEM»
stood a motion which he had mad‘
and which had been adopted. which-7
increased the maximum salaries at
teachers according to the scale grist
above.
“The reason that I remember this
is I hit the meeting immediatzxiy after
the motion wasadopted.” sLlll i‘r.
Tracey. “remarking that I was glat~
that the entire board agreed “‘llill me
on one matter."
Other members of the board were
practically unanimous in saying that
the motion of Dr. Tracey had not
been adopted. and after considerable
‘4:
discussion the minutes of the meet-
ing were approved as read.
This discumicn took pin-Q: in the.
High School library. which was
crowded with teachers at the time.
The temporary chairman, “'iz’niin l".
\‘.'ard. called goon the lea-3 of the
to
-< gird
. ’il'. at-
«icl-‘a‘ziiion explain to Sit
“hat the teachers were or .
thc meé'ting for.
Miss Anna Pierce. as one
or the
(Continued on Page Four)
Free State Troops Trying W
Recapture Omond Castle
--‘Armed Men Rush Royal
Constabulary Barracks
KILKENNY, Ireland, May 3 (Asso-
ciated Press).———an.rp. fighting with
machine guns rattling in all direction
was in progress here. today. Free sum
troops trying to recapture Ormond
Castle. still held by imgulars who
yesterday were driven out of other
places they had captured.
The castle is really a strong fortress
on the banks of the river None and
is considered impregnable. except by
artillery.
At 10 o'clock this morning-storming
parties under Colonel Prout of tho
Dail Eireann official forces advanced
on the castle by different routes fol-
lowed by an armored car. They were»
fired upon by snipers in the streets
and a. fierce engagmnent ensued. welt
directed fire being maintained against-t
the castle from several angles.
The report early this afternoon was
that one dail soldier had been
wounded.
The defenders of the castle are salt!
to be well equipped with provisions"
BELFAST. May 3 (Minted Press
—-A large number of armed men
rushed into the Royal Irish constabn-
lary barracks at Bellagahac South Der-
ry, last night. and fired several [volleys
at the occupants. killing one constabl.’
and wounding Sergeant Kerr. .
The policer-eturned the fire. but .
Continued on P3!!! 3W8)
Withstands Drive on Changsintien‘
successfully;
City Filled With Wounded,’
Many of Whom Are Dying
for Lack of Medical Atten-
tion, and Will - Add to. :
Casualties - v.
PEKING, May 3. .(Associated Pres) _
—-The Fengtien army. under Gen.
Chang Tso-Lin, has for the moment at?»
least. successfully withstood the drlvs
on Changsintien, and stopped Gen/Wo-
Pei-Fu‘s movement toward Peking.
The cost, however. has been heavy,
and Changsintien is filled with wound- ..
ed. many of whom are dying tor lack ‘
of medical attention.
While Chang" has been Mu! ill-~—
this action. there has been no apparent:
advantage of conseqpe (or either
side in the general fighting along tha‘
one hundred mile front mm here tnfi .
Tiennin. and both commanders, are;
rushing up reinforcement: in Wale
tion for a. decisive action. " 1
General Chants communication.
are threatened both front and 3
for Wu has thrown 49.000
against his right center in an econ to
cut the Peking-Them railway. m
Admiral Tu sum-Kiel unnamed tho
‘0: his latch
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