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Evening sentinel, Tuesday, June 20, 1922 · page 1

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fielded Automobiles
Are $tnpped by Thleves
ill Barrage ‘Nhete Stored

y.:.,z....- the Discovery and Notifies
. ili>trlct Attorney’s Office of
p _: ’.~.. in Which the Machines Were
1...; ». Hill of 511.000 for Their Keep——
‘ ‘3 End ‘arts, Several Undoubtedly
sell at A lction with Others

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I‘ll.- cars wrre seized by revenue
.~..t~: lit lit" previous administra-
lwlm-n the present prohibition
' lll‘l’lll‘ ill rrtllzl'l was organized and
-. t-lltl'l‘ti in public garages in
ll'll‘urll. New Britain. New Haven
:mlucl'ort. llzlnllury and Greenwich.
t \v not until his office began to

storrtfzv bills on account. of
.. automobiles that Federal Pro-
illlvltlell llil'eettlr Harry E. Mackenzie
t.‘ . :I\\'.Il"l of their twin}: in til” cuss
it. I\ or his department.

'l‘]i~ hills IN! to an examination of
ti ~ r» words. which In turn resulted in

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i‘cn Railway

luring For Strike

llANIiUlil lllll RUNS
illll ill PAY all
ltlllll lilllllli FINE

T'lANlllfiltY. June 20.-—Makingwhls-
that he might sell it to pay 0ft :1
of $300 impound for a like viola-
ltllii a month ago Was the excuse gixcn
Michael I‘ll-hall. who was caught
l.v illl operation of a. largo; still by
l.llllillriiltll\ officers.
ll.~‘illt'l i‘rolllbitlon l-an'orcometlt
l'ilil . r James I. Fowler and Prohibi—
.\lx-t-nt l-‘. \V. liinnlan raided the
”I (‘ilristiiln Madison. ill Morris
Mt rt. Madison was not at home but
l'u tail was found Working over a 20-
.-;.ilnll still. More than into gwons ot'
mwil. 14 (warts of liquor and two bot»~
ll. .\' of coloring Were confiscated.
t'lellan “'ltH arrested in his own
imme at so titelcr street in April on
like charge hurt “as tilled $200 and
Huts in the Town court. Paying the
.l..~t.~l he was l‘t leased on probation
zu-r (inn: payment of the line. lie was
;l\|‘|l a lit-print: ycstt'rrtlay before l'nlt.
ll Stalls (‘onlnlisisotlcr \‘Villlaln H.
1~I“:zl:ll Ill‘lti ill Illlil Of $300 {01‘ t‘ur-
‘Il- l‘ 'lltxeslig'atlzni.

BARBER Pllltl-Ls
lltlllm'lll UP

'I‘Ile Battlers Union is to hold its
regular llllulihly businl-Ss meeting this

 

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fill "“ .3; t t-t. “sins, at which time consideration
yin-l. h a i til lilt' tents-lat oi the Boss Barbers to
“ ' z . it it'llt‘\\' the old contract. which called
mm a day nit" every two weeks. will

be taken up. The Boss harbors said

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1 iwlt‘l‘n they \villlell to give a day off every
‘. ll". -r.‘l lill'l'tl Wt't‘kfl.

““41 5' Some of the bat-hers are perfectly

ml, or three weeks. but the majority
~llil wish to stick to the terms that
:ll‘lt'l‘lll‘ti conditions last. year.

'l‘hlre is no possible hope held
tllli that lmrhels' prices are to come
down. as the lult'llers still wish to
maintain their present. scale. and the
law‘s llal'llt‘t's (It: not want to make the
, ml unless the mm accept a lower
.‘ l‘:Ilt'.

lllllililNii TIME .
IN Willi] till

\Vill'l‘l“. PLAINS. N. Y., June 20.—
": l'tHvl in their efforts to prove a.
‘llllfl‘fl'llt'y to tit-teat justice. which
"sn'lht enable them to bring Scarf—'0 9-
‘\\':ll‘ll. wealthy baker. back from
t 4\t":tilll to tell what he knows
allellt the Clarence Peters’ slaying.
ler which his son. “'altcr. is
(liar-red with mutder. “’cstchcstcr
twentv authorities outwardly marked
film today.

Detectives employed to ferret out
We tangled blackmail plot behind
Which the motive for the shootin'g is
lm‘litt'ctl to he concealed. did some
“ quiet work. however. and District At—

‘ turney \Veeks prepared to place testi-

»: many of a half dozen more witness
before he held over May Gra- d
l‘Jury tomorrow. '

’i‘lue Witnessesuincluded Mrs; Alfred
J. Hook and Mr. and Mrs. Waldo L-
rehiman. poker partyguests at
Walter \Vard's home on the night of
May to. when Peters was slain. and.
Dr. 0. H. Schell. who treated Ward
w... <lzertly before the Peters' slaying.
when he swallowed iodine.

Mrs. N. \Villard Curtis. Ward's
ine‘tilor-in-law. whom Deputy sher-
il'l‘s have. tried to serve'with a" 811b-
poetza. for nearly two weeks. 8““ m-
UMwel-ved today; Depitio'" WON I“
able to learn where “W

 

 

 

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‘illir’llt‘ti with conditions in their
~linp< and do not seem to care.
v. Iil'l her they haul- a day till every

sown screwing, comm, TUESDAY,

 

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Clitlllflltlii

Prrunausr, June 20'
in ti;:lé.——;i8hots were tired early today.
which . cinity of Stormont Castle.
g(ivcrnr:ust purchased by the Ulster
Sir lameencds‘ the oiliclal residence of
with hi 3 viralg. the premier. who
thou .s‘ \V to took up his residence

0lfthtot the iirst time last evening. V
(1 i cials were reticent regurdingithe

r ng. but the belief was expressed in
other quarters that an attack on the
castle was contemplated. but was t‘rus
trttlt‘f‘d by the police guards. .

c murder cam at" n '

South Armagh. Th1; ligot‘lfifolljftn;ucr:fli?

(Associated

 

 

 

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OSSINING, N. Y., June 20.-——Charles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Class.

Thnee' Hundred Parents

ST. PAUL. Minn. June 20 (Associ-

 

Greer, murderer, who escaped from
Sing Sing prison. Sunday night, was
captured today at Harmon. three
miles north of the prison. \ l
Greer-dud ueneath the prison grand.
stand since quitting his cell Sundav
afternoon. Guards, joined bv workers
on nearby estates andlarmers from
the surrounding countryside, had been
searching in the vicinity for him.
Climbing up under the root on Sun-
dav. ureer, woo was a trusty, watched '
the guards outside the walls through
a note in the root as they spread out.

 

aged about thirty. was found. today
,on the. bridge near Coragh \Yood
‘where the Great Northern Railroad
branches to Newt-y. A religious emL‘
Mom on the body indicated that he
was a Catholic.

lllt LIN. June 20. l-‘ortv—fO'it‘
Coallti u pro—Treaty nlcmliels and
twentyliiw- Catholic Republicans have
been elected to the Irish Parliament
from contested and uncontested con-
stituencies. according to returns so far
received .

'l‘hc returns show that N228?) t-lcc—
tors in the city of Dublin votcl for
pzltlvl and independent candidates fuv-
orable to the heat): and 10.92" for
the Republican panel nominees.

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Supt. of Trolley Company
Reports Car in Good
Order

MERIDIAN. .lulle Eltm-Sltpcrilltclld-
lnt Robert P. l.t‘t‘ 'oi‘ the Meridt-n
division of the (.Yollllccticut company.
in it. statement issued yesterday. plum";
the entire responsibility for the Wild
dash of the one-man trolley car down
the East Main street hill Sunday even-
ing upon the shoulders of Motorrnan
\Vllliam 1’". Moore. who was in charge
of the car. “The accident was due to
the human element rather than to the
type of car." says the superintendent.
He adds that will it the car Was
towed to the car barns of Fruit street

 

 

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[IISIIHARIEE IN
FRED IIHllllE’S EASE

Because it was brought out that
Fred llhode ot’ llorchester. Mass. had
done all that he, could do to avoid the
accident in which Mrs, Sarah Hunt-
Ington of 4 (‘ourtland place. was
thrown to the ground. a discharge Was
entered in his case. when he was ar-
raigned before Judge George it. \‘os-
burgh in the downtown court. yester—
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

iihodc. a salesman for a leather
findings concern at Dorchcstcr. was
‘driving down “’cst avenue from Nor-
‘wnlk. one day last week. when Mrs.
Huntington. who had jun: alighted
front a Norwalk-llouud trolley car.
stopped in the path of his auto. lie
blew his horn. and turned his car so
as to pass in back of her. Mrs. Hunt-
ington stopped and then when the car
was quite near her. stepped back.
wards. and Tell. her head striking one
of the trolley rails.

’l‘htre 'was some tloullt as to wilt-th-
er she had been struck by the auto or
She was taken to the Norwal‘k
where it was found that she
act-ration at the

 

 

not.
Hospital.
was sufi‘ering from a 1
back of the head. and from shock. but

was seemingly otherwise uninjured.
Following evidence in the case yes,-
tcrday afternoon. it was shown that
Rhode had done all in his power to
avoid any accident and that it was un-
avoidable on his part. and a. discharge I

wca entered in his case.

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lN utility BllNlill

Dell. Jr. of 96 East
was one of the parItly
. ht men who sailed aboard t e
35%?th Star liner Majestic on Saturday
of 'last week for the purpose of pene—
trating some 600 miles into the. Bel-
gian Congo, in search of a. gold field
which the expedition believes will be
as rich as the Klondike. The expe-
dition expects ”a search of at least six
its.
l'lrl.‘:ill1firxlle the exhibition was having its

ll of
relimlnary plans gone over. a
the facts relating to it were kept se—
cret. ..
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It all came about. this way.
J. Dolg'os. a chemist of Golden: Bfldtghe'r
near Knot-rah”. N. Y., was _ in mic
maunted forces operating in the k u;
start conga during the war. Ban 1
1917. while with apolumn of cava ry.
he lost his _.
suffered only sughthuurles to him—
self and horse. and continuing. ‘

 

“William H. 0_'
avenue, this city,

 

 

peddling in Norwalk at least

way. toppled off a clitt. but...

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 

came to «ll-tarot!!!” "hm“ he I?

to hunt for him. Then he sit)

down the stairs to the athletic i333
and hid ‘beneath the grand stand
there he remained uutll 4 o‘clock
this morning. By that time he thought
the searchers would haw spread lur
enough away I'.'tllll tile pIisu-n It) rel; ~. i
the immediat: vicsniw mmv- ~. L

climbed the front fence, still dressed
ll as. "T'. t...
the waters ol’ the llu

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LEADERS ATTENDING LABOR CONFERENCE. ~i_

ated»Press).-——W’ith the outcome of
the major Republican contests appar—
ently determined, interest in the Min-
nesotoprtmary turned today to the
race Mrs. Anna Dickie OTeEO’n made
for the Democratic Senatorial nomina-
tion. .Reports avfiuable early today
showed her in a nip-and-tuck contest
with Thomas J, Melghen. one of her
two opponents. and it became evident
that the outcome would be in doubt
until manyrmore precincts had re-
ported. . M
licnominatlon of Senatcr Frank ll.
Kellogg. Governor 8. A. D. Preuu and
othcriflcpuhlican State officers. with
the :"tlle exception of clerk of the
Supreme court. was indicated in nu
ports from two hulltlrtd representa-

Features

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Class day enerciscs for the senior
class of 1923 of the. Norwalk High
school were held last. night in the nu—
ditorium ot‘ the school. \Vifncssed by
at least three hundred parents and
friends of the various members of the
class. the exercises were excellently
presented. and consisted. for the most
part. of the traditional features which
mark each and every class day of
hirzh school and college graduations.
The class. the largest in the history
of the. Norwalk High school. number-
ed 91. Previous to the opening of the
exercises. the junior class of the school

 

AWarded Diplomas At
. Norwalk. High; Sch '

 

grogifim ((3)11? Untliisual Interest—Honor ,
Ive e ass istory Class Prop hecy aw -
. and Class Will—Musich Program and‘Othfie '

 

of] 1922
and FriendsiéListen tot.

come
president of the class or 1922.
first number on the program was th
traditional roll call. given by Mari“
P. Richmond. secretary or the eta-n .
As his or ‘her name was 'ozalleli,aiv*"‘~
class member arose to his or be}? _' .7,
The class history. tracing the course
of the class from the time it cigar-EB
the school until graduation, WM
by Lucille A. Everson. The roll car,
class history. together with the cm,
will. is presented in full below.

Irene D. DeCesare. whose v01! *
ability is well known “through her up»

 

tire precincts rid their success was
claimed by the St. Prul Pioneer Press.
which h'lll supported their (:lndidacy.

The contest for clfrk of the Supreme
com: between Miss Grace 1". Kcrcher.
endorsed by the Republican State con-

(Continued on Page. Six)

marched into “the auditorium taking a
stand on’each side of the center aisle.
Through the passageway. the senior:
class marched to the stirring strains
of martial music. taking: its place on
the banked seats on the stage. Tlle‘
class made a verv fine appearance
seated on the stage. i

The exercises opened with a wel-l

 

SENATUIIIIALE '
AN fASl WINNER
IN PRIMARIES

PORTLAND, Me. June 20.~—Senator
Frederick Hale. Republicam without
making a personal campaign. won an
eaSy victory in the state primaries

 

 

 

yesterday. The vote cast for him was
larger than the total tor his two op-
ponents. former‘Congressman Frank
E. Guernsey and tor-men State‘Sénator

 

 

 

 

 

(Aline) Jacques Veder.
(Lo‘iver) Rev. William Reese.

1‘" Above are four of the prominent
of,'the American
vibe-president of
pets as presld
Italy for his va

the Federation, is

liant services in free

lquitous padrone system, is president of
Building Laborers Union. Jacques Veder, secretary of the Diamond

‘Workers Protective Union, wears a T
ionly one to do so. The Rev.
ister attending the session.

and became an iron worker.
Trades Council at New Orleans

 

Federation of Labor in Cincinnati. flatthew W011.

ent. Dominic A. Allesandro.

William Reese is the only ordained min-
He retired from the pulpit some years ago
He its financial secretary of the Building

Howard Davies0 and his plurality otter
Guernsey was nearly twenty thous-
and. Davies ran a poor third.

In another three-cornered contest
Governor Percival P. Baxter, Repub-
lican, was renominated for a second
term by a plurality of 25,000 over
John Deering, with Leon F. Higgins
trailing.

Senator Hale carried all but
counties, and all but - three of

two
the

(Continued on Page Three)

 

lHliEilltM-ulltlls
lll Rollin llllltla

Collector Eaton Announces-
Organization of N e W
Divisions

(Above) Domiiic D'Alleundrpf.
(Lower) Matthew Wall.

figures attending the conference

slated to succeed Samuel Gom-
knlghted by the King 0:
lug Italian laborers from the in-
the National Hod Carriers and

 

ll.\l~'.'i‘i“0lll'). June 20.———Three pro-
motions in the l‘nited States internal
revenue oflice ware announced yester-
day by Collector Robert 0. Eaton“
upon the. opening of the new quarters
on the seventh and eighth floors of the
Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co. build-
ing. .

Clarence. H. Anderson of. Plainviiic
was advanced from field dcputy to the

uxedo at the conference and is the

 

 

 

 

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lull: ltlllllllas‘,

Several young men. who have bccnl

 

~ln and around Norwalk. for :1 week

or more selling booklets. Ostenstbly for
the 'benct'it of wounded soldiers. and
who weer selling buttons on the streets
last evening and giving purchasers
the impression that they Were for the
benefit of the. American Legion. taken
into custody by the police were taken
to the office of Mayor Calvin I... Bar—Q
to’n. where they were examined by of—
ficials of the Legion and by Mayor-
Barton as to their activities here.
Following inquiries they were told

that they would have to cease their
and were

 

Continued on Page Eleven)

wills SiltlllliEIlSIN
Pllllllluilllllll

‘June‘ 20.-—-(}eorge

. ' . a. roomer, who was taken into
giggly yi'astlerday after the finding of
the body of Mrs. Lillian Northrup. on.
her bed. in her apartments at 1438-
Hair. street. was released by court
He had been held over

BRIDGEPORT.

head of the. sales tax. division. succeul-
tug Arthur Kecncy. who resigned to
accept a place ill the Manchester Trust
Co. Miss Mai-tho. Mason and Bliss
Emma G. Gct‘lney of this city were put

initial llllll

pearance in“ the annual senior pl”.

5 the “Cameo Girl." pleased with a. voc‘

selection. Miss DeCesare was warm?! <
applauded and forced to respond wiQ'
an encore. Before she was seats...

she, was presented with a. handsom . »‘

bouquet of pink carnations.

(Continued on Page Twelve)

 

Three American Buildings in j,‘
Canton Hit During Bombar

{Responding to Call from"

Minister Schurman

That Place

 

Pl-IKlNG, June. 2o.——(Associatie¢
Press).-—-—Three American buildings in
Canton were struck by shells dam
Sunday‘s bombardment of the city by
the

Scutll
tryint!

China leader. who has been

futilely to recapture th
stronghold. Jacob Gould Selim
the American Minister. has asked
Rear Admiral Straus to rush protec—
tion to Canton and Amer-lain gun-d
boats are expected to proceed there..-
VVord that Americans in Canton?
were endangered was received at the
ley‘ation here today. in _ar melanin.
from the American consul at Canton.
The extent of the damage to Amer-
ican property was not stated. The
consul has protested to Sun Yak—Sen
against indiscriminate firing along the
Rural. the macadamlzed way on flag.
watt‘ riront.

Plillflli DANCE .
, AT IillTIIN HIM

It‘ prayers do any good. this even.
lug ought to be one of the fine&
evenings in 'the year. as tonight the
annual dance of the Net-walk Pom

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Roton Point Park.

Every “copper" in the city. frat
Chief Pennington to the Llomrcycte
.I‘atrolman Thorpe. are hoping. with.
ing and praying for good weather an‘
a good attendance.

cts are not readily available. but it is
said that well over 4.000 tickets. ant
close, to 5.000 tickets have been sold;
people Q01“ New York. New Jersey.
and from' surrounding cities and‘ownfl
have purchased tickets and hawk;
promised to attend the dance. . . ' ‘
DiYito‘s orchestra‘ is to furnish (kc

been arranged for. I
If the weather is fair enough a are-<-
cial display of fireworks will be boa

 

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g! ' . tin charge of two new.di‘:tsions.
i‘ a 2 Miss (.‘xcdney was appointed head of
l .a. control division. which was org'an-;

‘iztnd with eight clerks. while Miss
Mason took charge ot‘ an assessment
. , (division within the income tax de-
3.33 .. -. m a...
.,_.;% . if" k ("1; as ’i‘)-’nle‘ {{w ,'u; llave had considerable experience in
“1' ococ { u L i d, ' internal revenue work.

ptccs of the rairfield County \\ 0-! A large bouquet: of carnations. with
nten's Republican Association. There compliments of his olfice force.

 

tally
Red-

llepublican Rdli‘it‘l'll‘lg and

'will be community singing led by Mrs. awaited Colonel AEaton on his desk.

F. .l. Morrison. of this city. and there when he arrived y'aterday morning
will be several speakers, among them for his first day in the new emce.
«elm; f-irs. Marion Booth Kelly. pre-Q

sidcnt of the New York Professional: ‘ '

and Business \fl’omen's club. who will,

speak on “Citizfienship.” . é . _

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The Putnam Hose company opened
its carnival on the Roodner lot on
North Main street. lag: night. after
the opening night. which had been
set for last Saturday. was infected by
the rainstorm. . ‘

The cgmmittee in charge of the car-
nlva! is composed of William .I-Ianlon.
chairman;Charlea Lockwood. secre-
tary. and. Charles A. Volk. treasurer.

 

The Hon. .Bfnt‘lghrg-“Chandlcr. of t r:
“ 0E lief;

19th congresgtougzt District
York. will at;

 
 

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.7 VF“ .
NIAN'rIgaggp ' “Robert Hewitt.
pilot of tile éé .. , . which become
lost in the fog wagdgspended here last
night. intended ume his. flight
from Boston to

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

When Hewit‘fi :ed‘ In ,
Bay. he aim , Wich was just. .There are about 15on which deal
under the .. . if" the low tide, in biennial“. dolls. silverware. candy,

tearing nation in file bottom 01- the

seaplane. ; m plane's. montfntuzn

carried'gfimto 1:21 hrs; _ y ’ "
mafia

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been seen in this locality. .
The local finest will be arrayed it!
the glory of dress uniform and W
gloves. brass buttons anddress .
sticks for the occasion. and all of tilt
wicked people who are accustomed.“-
disturb the serenity of the night haw

promised to be extra good.

STRAUB
IABllIl Hill

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JACKSON. Mich” June 20.4350;
elated Press).——§eorge Stranh. neon-
fessed slayer of Alice Mallett. walnut

 

 

 

murder in the Jackson County W
Court, this morning. He was m-
enced to solitary confinement stunt
labor for life in Marquette Prison.
An advance guard of dance polka;
mounted on mortar cycles. What
its way out of "Landing a!!! thin
moming._ to clear the road, {or tiié
heavily. armed detachment «met

 

ego. andthe crowd that attended last ’ ' “

 

dmemii.

eral U. s. Gunbeats ArE“
.Expected to Proceed to

gunboats of Sun Yat-Sen, the ‘ V

Pension Fund, Inc.. is to be held. it;

Definite figures on the mile of tick. .

music. and some special numbers ham ‘

and the program (or the pyrotechnics"
calls for a display such as has siédon.

worker, pleaded. guilty to first den-a; .

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

addresa byflECharlw F. Wick

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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