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rlwv. inu' Madeby (i. A. R., Spanish War.
llt‘fi'lllll Zilld ‘
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11. Battery (‘-, Boy and Girl Scouts
”1.4. (llilt'i‘ Patriotic Organizations—Review
1.; l ity Hall—Battery C’s Big Gun in
'p'is‘t City Hall, where Mayor-Calvin
L. Barton. Councilman George E. lag-
ll.:lli of East Norwnlk. Councilman
Joseph R. Taylor of Rowayton and
u'hle-f of Police “‘illiam R. Penning-
inn reviewed the procession. '
V’l‘hrn the line of march led up to
“est avenue to Wall street to Hour
square thence doyyn l{night street
‘.lo .‘xox-th avenue across to Main street
pm \‘\’all street to the French war can-
non at Liberty Green where the par~
.‘ulo- disbanded.
Tin-re were three divisions in all.
Ilt'flill‘ll
by an escort of police and
grand marchal Captain \Valter L.
io‘olling‘s. 'l‘hr-n followed thr- aidcs in
automobiles. and on foot. they being
(‘ommandcr John H. Battcrson of
Douglas Fowler Post. No. 48. G. A. l{.:
(‘ummandcr Albert C. ("iark. of Buck-
ingham Post No. 12. G. A. ll.: Adjut-
ant A. 'l‘. Dawson. of. McKinley Camp.
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STAMFORD. May Iii.——I-‘irc follow-
o-«l an explosion in a house occup d
'0‘ Charles Lupinacci. in Fairficd
avenue. last night. and when the fire—
Lm: n arrived the tenant at first re-
fused to let them enter. They got in
finally and put out the blaze. which
damage. The police. how-
ever found a 25-gnilon still set in a
fireplace. It was a complete outfit
and apparently had been in operation
until the fire. Some parts of it had
been damaged by the explosion.
“'hiskey amounting to 15 gallons
and mash totalling 250 gallons were
seized and reported to the federal
tflicers. Lupinaccl cduid not be
found. ~ fit
llll. SHAMBAUEH".
fiETS 24-Lll.l|llllll
(in May 23rd. while fishing on
Grand lake. Maine. Dr. and Mrs. D.
A. Shambaugh hooked a‘ large togue
(sometimes called lake trout). The
fish put up a trcmendous fight for
one and a half hours. During this
time actremendous squailburst upon
the lake and it was a. question wheth-
er to cut and run for shore or hang
on. They decided to stick and it
Speaks well for the. skill of their
guides and cnnoeman Arthur 0. Yahoo
that they cameJhmugh without an
accident. Meanwhile. "Alberta" came
to their assistance and other twenti-
f our hours the fish In: tandeddgength
thirty—eight Inches. girth ninteen-in-
chcs. weight twentyotour pounds. The
doctor has sent the tunic be mounted
and it will goon. adorn hits once-tun
constant reminder}! one “fire"
of his life. .52“. .
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DfAlll SEleNCE
- PASSED 0N SIX
Annuals
MOSCOW. May 3l.——l.ieuteuant-
General llakaitch. :1 Serbian, and
General Smolnin. Eslhonian, with
four former Ollicers in the Russian
Army. have been sentenced to death
at Novo-Nikolaisk. Siberia. for their
participation in the activities of :he
aiili-llolshevik forces under General
llaron Ungern Sternberg. Nine others
including four others. \Vt‘l‘t‘ sentenc-
ed to prison.
Among the charges against Lieu-
tenant-General llakaltch was that
he ordered the massacre of 270 Com-
munists and Soviet employes in one
\iilag: in 1930.
VETE
of the command.
“Tl/All) Sill?
linen"
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. May 3! —
Westchestet' County authorities today
took official cognizance of a news-
paper report that Walter S. “'ard
shot Clarence Peters in \Vard's homo
“night of May 15." and that even the
foam of ts]. bullet torn woodwork
an possi y bioodst 5
found there. ain would be
District Attorney W’eeks went into
conference with Sheriff \Verner
Police Chief Cody of New Rochelle
and other omciais. Then the sharia.
Assistant District Attorney Ferris:
Raymond Hill. the county fingerprint
export. and Lieutenant McGovern. of
the New Rochelle police force. enter-
ed an automobile and drove swiftly
RANS REVIEW THIRD CAVALRY.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Gen. Anson Miles (at right). former commander of‘ the regiment.
and Gen. Nelson A. Mile: helped observe the Seventy-sixth anniversary
hum Is ISSUE!
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AfifilllEVEll FANMER
lll USE DYNAMITE
'l‘i-IMl'i.ETON. Mass. May 3l.—Af-
tcr three days of search. Edward
Surf". n. farmhand. accused by John
Mcrkcll. ‘his employer. of trying to
poison line Merkeli family and live-
stock and to blow him up with dy-
ten sticks of the explosive. Members
of the stale constabulary continued
their combing of the woods in an
effort to find him. Special police
were on guard at the Meriteli home.
It was feared that Savage, hiding
his time while he lived on food taken
with him when he fled, would make
an attack on the Merkeil farthuse
at the first opportunity. _
He was said to be expfrienced in
the use of dynamite.
aunt in}: Will
mania i. ll.
Milwaukee. Wis. May Sir-Thirteen
balloons today tugged at their moor-
ings ready to get away at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon in the 13th. notions:
balloon race. which will decide the.
three entries of the United States in
the international, centest; to be held
in Switzerland in ‘Auguat. .
Indications were that the final des-
tination or most of 'the air travelers
would biz-Southern Canada.
As the thousands of cubic feet, of
gas and helium struggled to loose the
giant bags from 3,1“ ground roped
the United sente- Weather Buruu
which sent a corps of special agent:
here. remitted that the bollopna would
encounter a. wind from the northeast
n the start. [but that this would
cm to n wind from the. comma:
aim nlfltuden wee-07m
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Sue) Mfifilfij “‘9‘”
Hill
TN?) ARREST lflllAY
liltlllcl-Zl‘t’ilz’l‘. May Ill—A war-
rant charging llovard F. Smith. for-
nw. Lu' collcclon with embezzlement
of $85,300.08. was issued today by
Prosecuting Attorney Earle E. Gar-
iick. The warrant charges that on
or about October 1. 1921. Smith em-
bezzled 825.0va of city funds. and
that on or about May 1. 1921. he em-
bezzled $60.:HHIOS.
The alleged shortage in Smith's ac-
counts was reported last week to Mayor
Fred Atwatcr by City Auditor Ber-
nard Keating. Smith has been miss-
ing three months. He has served
namite, was still at large today withlfcur terms: as tax collector before his
d‘eat at. the polls last Novehber.
AIRPLANE FALLS ‘
lN SlAllHlllll
STAMFORD. May 31.—An airplane
driven by VViliiam Purcell, of New
York city. had motor trouble, late
yesterday. while over the. city. and
was brought down near the placeof
\V. W. Skiddy. After fixing the mo-
tor, the airplane. with a pass'enger.
who had taken photographs along the
Sound shore, ascended. It was in
trouble again and came down in the
harbor and both‘ men had to swim
ashore. The plane stuck in the mud
and was extricated, only after consid-
erable labor.
llilfllilni mun .
lungs mm
cmcaoo. m uAmmnue Mc-
Cormick was to choose finally ,be:
tween her parents today. ‘ The seven-
teen-year—old girls-planned to go into
mute Court. whet-ending Rocker,-
fcller‘il’cCofiuick. herdivoreed moth-
er that week reapéned the guardian-
shlppreceedmgs in. which'the girl's
tnther. mm P. nectar-mick, tenn-
fivetywus'
mom & slim:
ARRESlliD AfllR
SlREEl flGlll
Elijah Thorpe of 11 1-2 Raymond
street was arrested yesterday charged
with assault. on Mike Halog of Bridge
street. East Norwallt. and Balog was
arrested charged with theft of articles
from the automobile of Thorpe. after
a wrangle and a fight on Winfield
street yesterday noon. when Thorpe
broke his right thumb in striking
llalog on the mouth.
Balog suffered a broken tooth and
a badly cut” lip as the result of the
assault, which topk place when Thorpe
\isited the remains of his automobile
which caught fire on Winfield street
late. Monday night. .
Early yesterday morning Thorpe
vunt to the place he had left his
car after it had caught fire. and found
f
TINT/ill NofTolerate—a _ _ _ f
Republic in Ireland” - ‘-
Says Chur
chill , Tod
Declares in Commons That
Britain Will Hold Dublhi
Strikes at South
Ireland Political Agreement‘
Last Saturday as Violating the Anglo—hid;
Treaty—Disorders Continue in Belfast, Ser-
erai Being Killed or
Wounded, and Epiderk
of Incendiary Fires Reported—Gover'm‘n‘d
May Hold General Election on Irish Question
LONDON, May 31 (Associated
Press).—-—Secretary Churchill. in the
course of the debate following his
statement on" the Irish situation.
reiterated that Great Britain would
not tolerate the establishment of a re-
public in Ireland. He said the British
troops remaining in Dublin were
awaiting eventualities.
“In the event a republic is set up."
added the Colonial Secretary. “it is
the intention of the British Govern-
ment to hold Dublin as one of the
that a lot of tools. wrenches. ctc.. had
been taken from the car as well as
a storage battery.
lie later returned to have the car
towed to a garage and found Balog
going through the tool chest on the
c on. He accused the man of theft and
one word led to another with the re-l
suit that he struck Balog.
‘ lloth men have been released under
lmnds of $100 awaiting a hearing on
Wednesday. June 71b. in the down-
town couit before Judge George H.
Voshurgh. a.
muffin-Allin
wn wan many
0N Milllllllii DAY
Ten Min ‘te Schedule .to
Baton Point Maintained—7
Over 20,000 Passengers
Carried on All Lines, Says
Superintendent MacLean
people were transported via
trolley cars in Norwalk yesterday
than on any other occasion in Nor-
walk since the establishment of the
trolley lines in the city by the Con-
m-rticut company. according to Super-
intendent Thomas McLean. “'hile
.‘lr. McLean was unable to give any
estimate of the numlu-r Of people “ho
patronin-«i the trolleys because the
returns had not been checked up. it
has been estimatll that the trolley
passengers num'ncred more than
twenty thousand.
Trolley service. in spite of the vast
crowds. was greatly improved over
prurim‘u years. Ten minute services
on the ltoton Point line was put in-
lo (fir-ct early in the day. Because
this was insufficient to handle the
mob that desired to go to that resort.
scores Of extra cars were also Operat-
ed on this line.
“I stood at the Rotor: Park just
after the fireworks, last night." said
Superintendent McLean. “and as long
as I have been in Norwalk. I have
never seen such a crowd of people
rushing for a trolley car. The com-
pany was prepared for such a rush.
Waving several extra cars waiting.
but not for such a rush as developed."
Oped." ‘
On other lines the same heavy traf-
fic was also marked. This was part-
icularly true of the Barton Point line
which many persons ,patronized on
the trip to Calf Pasture beach.
DAN BURY YOUTH, 15,
IS DROWNED WHILE
LEARNING T0 SWIM
DANBURY. May 31.—W’hiie learn-
ing to swim‘ in Young’s pond Monday
attemoen. 'Theodore Capt-lo. '15. non
of Mr. and Mrs. Amelia. Caprio of 11
Blaine street was drowned. His body
was recovered several hours after-
ward.
According to reports. the boy. ac-
companied by several of his com-
panions. went to the pond early Mon-
day and not knowing how to im
went too far out Into the water before
he realized that he could not touch
bottom. Becoming panicky he called
to his friends who were unable to
reach him before he sank. It is
believed the boy became entangled in
the rank growth in the bed of the
pond. as his body did not rise'to the
surface after sinking.
'NEW CLOTURE RULE IN
SENATE TO BE on. AFTE
~ WASHINGTON. nay 8L-38epubli-
can senators My committed them-
qelves ot the yummy“. designed
to bring about:
'
M ore
tagainst: the plaintiff. Attorneys Con-
prcliminary essential steps of military
operations.
\Vinston Spencer Chruchill. Secre-
tary for the Colonies. asserted in the
House of Commons today that the}
agreement reached between me pol-
last Saturday strikes directly at the
AngloJrish treaty.
Mr. Churchill in beginning his
statement on the Irish situation.
which he had promised for today.
said this would be only a statement
ad interim.
"No one dispuitcd“ said. the Secre-
tax-y. “that the wish oi’ the Irish peo-'
pic. was reconciliation which would
give Ireland her freedom her place in
the world and the hope of final unity.
Up to ten days ago. the leaders of the
Proflsional Government had appear-
ed to be resolved to march steadily
forward through a free election. and
put down. if neresary. by force. all
armed persons who tired to prevent days.
, Lands
noun BEIJISIIJNS
nun Slllflli _
TRALINE mun
NEW YORK. May 31.—Two decis-
ions of the United States Supreme
Court made late Monday caused move-
ments in stocks when trading was re—
sumcd today .on the New York Stock
Exchange after the holiday.
The ruling in the Reading case
granting holders of Reading Company
First and Second Pfd. shares equal
rights in the distribution of the com.—
pany's assets with holders of the com-
mon stock resulted in a decline of 4
points on the common. while the first
and second preferred shares rose 4 14
and 5 points. respectively.
Southern Pacific fell 2 1-4 points on
the ruling of the court. which de-
clared its combination with Central
Pacific illegal. Union Pacific. which is
expected to benefit by this decision,
rose one point. Southern Pacific—Cen-
tral Pacific Collateral Trust Four Per
Cent. Bonds. which rose senmtionally
on Monday from 83 to 94%. reacted
two points in today's early trading.
TUBE SUIT B F0
JUDGE BOOTH TODAY
In the court of Common Pleas with
Judge Booth presiding. the damage
suit~0f the Hygienic 'fiibe company vs.
The Hardy Chemical company or Nor-
walk is being heard today. The plain-
tiff claims $250 damages for tubes not
accepted by the defendant.
A counter-claim for $1,000 dam-
ages was filed " by the defendant
nery and Ireland represented the
plaintiff and Attorney Leo Davis ap-
peared forthe defendant.
In the counter-claim. it is alleged
that the tubes ordered by the Hardy
Chemical company and delivered by
the Hygienic Tube company were
over-size, causing a losing of business.
prestige and trade. On the other
hand. in the original suit. the plain-
tiff claimed that the qxbes had been
shipped according to instructions and
had beenlreturned in a. damaged con-
dition. ‘ ' ’
unmonpon'r MAN I)
AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT
BRIDG-EPORTa Hay. ' 3y.—--Geo rge
them." ‘7}!
The agreement reached bet“
Michael Collins. head or the Print-
sional Government and Eamon dew-
era. the Republican leader. howewr.
struck directly at the proviéon of
the treaty. Mr. Churchill declared.
The consequences of the agenc-
ment were very seribus. he said. 8‘
It seemed probable that the 11‘
people would not. be able to give Cir
‘pression to their yiews.
“If Mr. de\'aiera or any 01.81.
others who might be ministers in uh
Irish Government. refused to sign a.
declaration prescribed in the treaty."
the Secretary continued. the tn”,
was broken by that fact. and the In.
perial Government resumed such .35.
-itical [actions in Southern) Ireland, erty (7f action—whether in regard tn
the resumptiOn of the powers Wm
had been transferred or the reac-
cupation of territorfas it might think
appropriate and proportionate to th.
gravity of the breach.
The Imperial Government woufl
not. in any circumstances. am tn
deviate from the treaty. either in th-
strict letter or the honest spirit of“
document. Mr. Churchill declared.
Afer Secretiry Churchill’s speech
Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins
said the Colonial Secretary had mail.
a perfectly fair presentation at El.
situation. Mr. Collins wil return ta
Ireland this afternoon. IIr. Grif-
fith. will remain in London for a. ten
-.. M!
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Thirty Mile Chase ' .
Man For Officer
A Bridgeport policeman sped 30
miles over the trafiic~crowded Po“
road through cities. villages and tom'
yesterday. to get his man.
Ludwig YV. Lang'e of 282 West 137th;
street. New York. crashed into an‘
automobile driven by Hank Hoimesot
SW5 Noble avenue on F‘alrfield avenuc
at Sherwood street. Damage to tho
Holmes car was not serious and none "’
of the passengers were injured. but
Lang-e is said not to have stopped b
find that out. speeding on his way.
His flight was reported to Motor--
cycie Policeman Buckley and the long
chase was started. Buckley overtook
Long; in Stamford after a spectacular
pursuit over the crowded Postural.
lange iuruishe'd $100 bail to appear
this morning in City court to w
trial for evading responsibility.
M’EUMBER liflNllS’ i
PLAN lAVflllAllLY ‘
WASHINGTON, May 31.—The In-
Cumber Soldier bonus plan "
ordered favorably reported today U
the Senate Finance committee. 1‘
vote was nine to four. '
The effective date of the um wag
changed. however. from next
1 to January 1. 1923, after ,
Walsh. Democrat. llassachuscth,
six months P
chinery in opernuou.‘
Continued. on than Elna; in
HONOLULU, T. 11., Kay; 31.4mm
has stirred long dormant. m, “r
fresh activity. .
The old craters of Nana and no:
smoke and emitted a. blush: anal"
as the lam rose against the “33‘
the.plt.s. burning the Won t“
has grown therein the uni: m
their last activity. The inner W
ofthemtemmmotm
Napau and Panda an tour-x ~m' ,
three miles respectively. from the 0‘.
Itself on. Monday
Putts, of this city, “who was struck
_. . yester-
‘f 99°; ‘5' "h
“9': .
REPilllTEll. “Pill
told th emajority that it, would~ (III ,
target the bonus ‘-
HAW-AIIAN WATERS 'f
awn!
unusual volcanic activiu’: lathe mi
of Kilauea. on the Island my!“
crater of Mimi, which Mk
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