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iSlUNNAlURAE‘
hill lllN ill lllE
.'. . l-‘ranz. of Cincinnati.
l~1lio. (lives Lecture Un-
llcr .\uspices of Interna-
' mull Billie Students.
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lw" 'll:»l':i.\‘t‘. insan-
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. !
Al l:- Dorothy. Who. Re‘
..ml) Started Business in
\7717 llullding, Has Loss
«.2 Miami $1.000.
~l.lckr- to find his bed
. .~. Hr" llorclhy. who con-
- “ll llnv Turnpike. near
. H. b ill :1 narrow escape
.' _‘ ;~_. o'clock this morn-
. which destroyed his
7. in silpt: two automo-
~‘l-7 k of tires. oil and
7 which did damage 0f
\xl.l<h is partially cov—
. 4 .
7‘ l. .“W‘l‘t‘ unable to cope
as the building. a prac-
5..llr. was almost down to
3 ‘7 la n they arrived.
in» pzlmps were at the side
.nll- Out" of {ficggcaught
lo'. l-xplodc. as the fire-
. :lsth the blaze.
‘l mobiles, ore a Ford. OWHEd
the other a Hup-
~vi by Dorcthy. were in the
l Wt n5 destroyed. Both
Hrs. Tubes. tires. and sun-
w-r with a large“ supply of
. ‘11“ s. were also destroyed-
:mg. which was located un-
. "'r‘inued on Pogo more.)
i
r lusts-ill,
llil! I\'|Zl5
ill i:~‘ the llll nl'ii:ill.lll'y
7: lllllllulllty llllans to
Hui vrwnt- ll our ill'Hl par-
33"].“1'Elflll lil‘ll sil', {l‘lll
lit-‘Iil'll’ll to IEO'Hlil froln'
'l‘il-sw startling statel—
l. l f“ It}: i“. \V. l-‘ranz. of
"-“l""71\'i”l:l'll lill‘ ill L'fi‘lll
l‘.“ :lllsl-im-s or the
‘m. 4-' illlt‘l‘lli'llllllili i=i~
- Charged With Murder
...7 the Coroner’s Jury
.. .~‘ildsoI Says Score of
-' _ :9 )y Parties Unknown—Burial of
72!.mlwu Dead Took Place
i Form of Service Being Used by
Non-Union Men
Yesterday, a
‘5.” has sullllundcd lin- i'it‘ll‘il‘f ol the
c :lwusalld men who marched from
”tlllll in humid daylight. took more
than titty unarmed on n prisoners
m' l'lhed them back down thr- rout
l-tl; a wood, and llmrc killed nineteen
and \vrlunlllwl lilill'l} as luzln‘c more .
'Rf‘Sll’l'dlty siv men of \Yillilllnson
l “mug. illl‘t‘v miners. a merchant an
llrc-‘rlw n and the supcrinlendl-nl of
the ”“i‘l'ili \Y‘rlll‘l‘ “mils. rim. soil-mn-
ll lllllvzzlll'nell. lirlvlll-ll tn the evidence
:7; \Vl‘:_lll~=sl-s czllil-d by ('nrnnsr \Vil-
:V'letn _-i\ (‘nw'l n and returned lhllir ver-
,.l .
Envy lllunli. and ll‘l‘i‘TliLli. that
. l\ .Vl'llmvllll. llllll‘lii‘l‘l’~i suncrlnlcn~
', :i lll Ihl- EJ‘FS‘JL Aline. killed a. union
(Continual on Page Seven)
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sin {and Center Junior
Commencement
E
l. Hilly Addresses the 267 Pupils. and Super-
lilil'llilillll’l Awards the Diplomas.
BlfiilEBElPlSlN ‘
Miilllll gallium
'l:. (’l ipls r-l‘ thi- Slate l)l.~partlncnl of
\Ilvtur \‘llllicll s. cm-lushc oi‘ the gaso-
ii'll t.l\.. for the ill'h‘l four months of
ii is fit‘ill' nearly llUll'Iif'ii those of the
l':llll§[!(‘l.tilllL’ period of last year. it
u 1:. llisl-llm-mi ll) llI'll‘t‘S made public
_\..~ll .lla): l-_\ l‘olumissiolllr Stoeckcl.
'l‘l..- :lucl'lgatc l'l’(‘l.'i['lS from Jan-
uar) 1 to May 1. 1922. were $2,976.-
llvlLilT. as compared to 81.657.260.82
lhl' llu- sliml- period of 1921. The
rim (-1 $i.:;l\.%‘.‘fi.i3 ill9l1r1'5,lh(? ex-
pr'niiturc of that much additional
money on highway maintenance in the
fi'wtl. and is attributed largely to the
lnl-l-l-:.sl-ll l‘e-cs volwl by the last ses-
(Contiuued on Page Eleven)
‘
lfll CANNflN lifll-ZS
7 (ill mall‘s ilANllS
Nllrwulk‘s Fourth of July has
alrl :ldy found two victims. they being
.l-lhn Yul‘tlzak ol‘ 1‘: Howard avenue.
null .\l Clllllslocl; of \V'inf‘ll-ld street,
both of whnm wrrc quite badly in-
jured on Saturday evening in front of
the t'nlrnn-r's homc. when n tov cannon
with which they were playing. explod-
ed in Ylll‘il-zak's hands. tearing the
fingers of the right hand. and throw-
inr: l-lil'illlll! powllo-r into his face and
into the fam- of Young Comstock.
lll'. Franklyn G. lrown was called
anddrl-ssrd the wouuds. and it is be-
ilf‘Vi‘tl that the two may escape tetanus
but this is hard to say. as there is al-
ways a possibility that tetanus may
sell in. unless the patient is inocu—
ifllt‘li against it.
Just how the cannon came to (-x-
piode it was impossible to learn. but it
was said that it had bet ll loaded. the
{use lighted and then that it failed to
go off. Believing that the {use had
gone out, the two were examining it
when it suddenly exploded. Young
Comstock's hands were also wounded.
If...»
(garage on Turnpike With
iwo Autos and Contents Burn
Si. .lllHN‘S RAY
SERVICE REER
A St. John's Day rz’ice was held
last night in the South Norwalk Meth-
odist Episcopal church. The service
was attended by the organizations of
the Masonic order of Norwalk. and by
visiting lodges of Masons from Ridge-
field and Georgetown. and by the two
local. Chapters of the Eastern rmr.
Clinton Commander-y, Knights Tem-
plar. acted as escort to the attending
lodges. It was remarked that so large
:1 company of Masons had not been
in attendance at a. religious service at
this church before. The church rudi-
torium was filled. . . .
Fred. Patton. baritone in the Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church of New
York. assisted in the music of the
evening with three solos beautifully
sung. They were "Open the Gates of
the Temple." by Knapp: “The Great
Awakening.” by Kramer:’and "Pu-
grim's Song.” by Tlébaikowsky: and
were selected with nomad/for thé cc.
Wlll0N’8 llllll
DAY 0r SCHOOLS
IS Billions
Nature smiled on the school chilv
drcll of \Viltou on Saturday last, fur-
nishing one of the prettiest days of the
year lor their field day exercises. held‘
on (lrl-m Field. Nearly tour hundred
proph- \vl\- in :lltcudancc. of which
over two hundred were children. who
cull-red into the sports with great en-
thusiasm and spirit. After the morn-
ing events were dicidcd. Supervisor
Sylvester gathered thl- children to-
gl-ihrr. with Bilikcn's orchcstra at the
ill-ad. they formed ill line and started
the grand mar-ll around the field. (‘llfl‘i
child wilh an American flag. The
march ended in two row formation
and sat down for dinner. This . as a
sight well worth suing. not being
equalled by anything. of the sort in
this section. Sclm- dinner they had——
(Continucd on Page Ten)
lllllllAlEllElEllNS
lllllflllllllNlEHl
'i‘llc Norwalk Electric company has
arranged so that the returns of the
imanard-Hriltou light. which are to be
broadcasts-d from Station “217.. at
.\'l vxark. N. .l.. will To received at 10
o'clock tonight at 1:; llilzhlandvavenuc.
South Nut-walk. by means of a new set
which they have received. and with
their loud talking apparatus.
From 3‘ this evening until 10
o'clock. thcrc will be a concer" which
will also be anlplil-d and thrown out
by the loud talker. and at 17! o'clock.
.iust as soon as the fight starts the rc~
turns will come in.
\VJZ has made arrangements to
have an announcer. a (cit-phone at the
ring side at the Velodrome where the.
fight takes place. who will describe the
fight blow by blow. This will be
sent to the station at Newark. and
broadcast through the transmiticr on
360 meters. so tfiilt people with sets
may listen in on the returns.
Yesterday from 3 p. m.. until 11 p.
m.. the residents of llig‘l‘and avenue
and passing motorists. heard thc talks.
church sermons and concerts sent out
by various stations.
used by the Norwalks Electric com-
pany. ampiieo and throws forth the
sound so that it can be plainly ‘heard
several ordinary city blocks away.
A cordial invitation to anyone who
may wish to do so. to attend the
broadcasting or either the concert. the
fight returns or both. is extended by
the Norwalks Electric Company.
EENTRAL TRUST
ERMPANY APPEALS
A third appeal from the finding of
the board of frecholders in the \Vaii
street widening project was taken Sat-
urday afternoon by the Central Trust
company. i
set for July 7 in the Fairfield county
Superior Court at Bridgeport by Judge
John \V. Banks.
The Central Trust company was as-
sessed $509 benefits from the widen-
ing. It is claimed that the building
is too far away from the actual place
of widening to receive any benefits
from the jrojcct. The papers were
so-rvl-ll on City Cir-rk Stephen Dokus
i~v Deputy Sheriff Benedict. Dunner
S; Quinlan represent the bank'.
EVERESi CURB
LONDON, June 26.—(Assoclated
l'ress).-——Mount Everest has again
bul'flml the best effortsol' man.»
The Calcutta correspondent of the
DAILY TELEGRAPH today confirms
previous reports that brig-Cu .n-ral if.
G. llrl: -. head of the present expelli-
lion. has ill-en forced to the
sion that persistence in the effort to
scan- the p..ak would only result in
useless tragedy.
Gem-ml Bruce was most reluctant
to abandon further attempts," but the
(‘0!.lilii0ll in whilh the two last climb-
in: parlll-s returned. the advice of his
mt-slical UiilC"i'S and the. ctrlainty of
“'0le weather conditions daily forced
him to a incision. says the writer.
Major H. T. Morehead was the
worst Slil‘i‘l‘l‘i'r from frostbite. C. L.
\llillory :lul another member of the
.mrty also \‘ul'c ludiy llitttu. and
' . rllllv ll; hes 5M crely.
'l‘h (‘llrl‘l'>[l()flli' nt quotes "one o.’
In:
Kl“'lll illllh'll‘lli‘s on Hilllalayas.“
as saying that llrl'cl's "glorious tail—
urv" has proven conclusively that
the summit is almost llllaliaillablr.
'l‘ll- authoritative view in India is
ill'tl it any expedition ntartczr earlier
in the season. it might be barely pos-
sible to l‘l'rlf‘ll within a thousand feet
0" the top. but that the last lap
could only be covered by almost su-
perhuman effort. llll'lOl‘ unprece-
lil'l iclily favorable. “lather condi-
lzuns and by. men who laced the ccr-
laillty that. tin-y would never return.
mu llllll
or llllllllll
.0Al Sliillli
CHICAGO, June 26 (Associated
l’rcss).-——Saturday‘s decilion by the
L‘nited States Railroad ”labor Board
holding several roads inwviolntlon of
The loud talker-the transportation act. JY firming out
work to colltrachri. and pen-ling
opinions in thirty more cases which
Were posted for hearug today, are ex-
pected in railroad circles to have lit-
tle influence on union leaders toward
averting the threatened rail strike
next month.
’i’lu- board indicated that it would
follow the me general principles in
future decisions in contract cases. .
I}. M. Jewell. head of the railway
cmpioycs department of the American
Federation of Labor. who is in charge
of the canvass of thcAShopmen's strike
vote. said the result of the referendum
probably would rot be announced un-
til next \\'cdncsda,y. However. state-
ments by various union leaders that
the ballots indicate an overwhelming-
sentimcnt favoring a strike. and an-
nouncements by union chiefs last week
that they would be governed by the
result. of the referendum. made a sus-
A date for a hearing WilS'pl-nsion of work amt?!" l""‘"“““‘-
Hope of averting a strfe faded with
statements by John Scott. secretary of
the railway employes' department,
that the Board‘s ruling in the contract
cases would put no check on a strike
(all. Picccwork and the farming out
:vstn-m were made one of the issues in
the shopmcn's referendum. the others
being the wage cuts emective July 1.-
aud rules by the 'bour-l seam-ling
(Continued on Page Seven)
lNSULATRR l3
BURNER lllll AT ,
PRWER PLANE
in the Pine street
plant. cracked, shortly after mid-
night last night, with the result that
South Non-walk was fivithout lights (or
about three quarters of an hour.
Then “juice" was obtained from Cos
Cob. and trouble later developing
there. the city was again without
lights from 1:25 until about 2:15
o'clock. '
Last night's shower. which came
about 9:30 o'clock blew up very un-
expectodly and caught many who
were. at Roton Point, and other
places. and who were without pro-
tection.
A peculiar freak of the storm wan.
that although the lightning, wind and
rain was intense both in last night's
storm and also on Saturday night,
not over 25 telephones were reported
out of order in Norwaik, VVllton and
Westport.
Limbo of Mandi-e torn demand
although bolt.- struck around here,
therehnoreportotvmnuchdm
An insulator
rose homecom-
Republican WOmen 'of COunty
Hold Big Rally At Putnam Park
Many from N orwalk Pres-
ent and Enjoy Addresses
by Well Known Speakers
—The Day Was Ideal and
Over a Thousand People
Entered into the Fatima
ties.
The. meeting of the Fairfield Coun-
ty Republican Women's Association
at. Putnam Park on Saturday after-.
ncon was a. great success both in
point of attendance, enthusiasm and
th echaracter of the program. Long
before the opening hour delegations
from all part: of the County. in-
cluding many well known men. ar-
rived and enjoyed the beauties of the
park. The business meeting was
railed to order at 12 o'clock by the
President, Mrs. Minerva. M. Dan's. At
this oepsion Congressman Schuyler
Merritt was presmt and made some
appropriate remarks. He later left
to keep another engagement. Mrs.
Davis impressed on the members the
importance or refraining from malt.-
ing promises as to the future and
gave other helpful“ ndvjce.
During the recoup the several
groups partook‘ ot luncheon in- the
grove and moved about... renewing “old
acquaintances Md making_ new
friends. music was furnished ‘bi,
Wheeler kWh-on yard- of Bridge-
portwhich .111th :7 - _
9‘ .3
conclu"
Cliff lilliASlil ‘
KIDNAPPED BY
SEVEN lllllllllls
MEXICO CITY, June 26 (Associat-
ed Press).—~A Bruce Bielaski. chief
of the‘ I’nited States Secret Service
during the war. is being held for ran-
som by seven bandits. who held up
his automobile seven milest‘est of
Cmcrnavacu. in the State of Morelos.
yesterday.
Mr. lielaski. together with his wife
and Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Jlarceua of
Mexicala. was on the way to vil-w
some Aztec ruins near the town. The
motorists were nearing the hacienda
«ic San Gabriel. when the bandits sud-
dcnly appeared and stopped their) at
the point of guns. "J'he women were
lL-ltascd. but after robbing them. the
bandits lock Mr. lievlaski and Mr.
lumen-.9. with them.
“hen the ucws rlached this city.
lhc American Charge d‘Ai’fnires.
Gi‘Ol‘fa’f." T. Summerliu. immcdiutely
.‘ommunicuted with the authorities at
:‘ncrnavaca .as well as getting in
touch with the Federal Government.
and Secretary of War Serrano order-
ed the Federal troops in the. vicinity
to start after the bandits.
Mr. Bieluski. who is no longer con—
nected with the American Govern—
ment. is now vice-president of Rich-
mond Levering & Company. which has
extensive oil holdings near Mexico
(‘ity and Tampico. Mr. Barcena is an
attorney connected with racing enter-
prises at Tiajuaua.
llflEUM STREET
lull iNlllliEIl
In spite of slippery roads caused
by showers. there was only one auto-
rm bile accident reported to the Nor-
walk police over the week-end. Albert
llclinsky. of 22 Slocum street, was
teaching his wife. Eva. how to drive
a Ford car on Slocum street.
Mrs. Belinsky lost control of the
machine. and it headed toward three
yorug women who were walking at
the side of the road. The machine
strrck and knocked Stella Kowilczik.
of 4c Slocum street. badly bruisiu
her and causing abrasions and con-
tusions. The young woman was treat-
cd by Dr. W'illiom \V. Tracey. '
The injured woman's companions,
Frances \Visneski and Stella Fiedor-
czyk. both escaped injury.
Pulling out from a. curb at “'all
,and. Commerce streets this morning,
an automobile operated by Mrs.
Maeila Sturges. of “'ilton avenue.
was struck in the rear end by a trol—
lev car, in charge of Ernest Gandrup.
The left rear wheel of the machine
was smashed as the result of the col-
lision. No arrest was made by the
police.
State Motorcycle Patrolman Baker
suffered painful bruises and
abrasions yesterday afternoon when
he took a spill on his motorcycle.
while descending \Vestport avenue
hill. The machine skidded on the wet
pavements. He was taken to his
home in Ridge-field by Patrol-
man Jarvis Murray who happened
along at the time in his automobile.
PRINCE lli MllNABll
DIES ll PARIS lllllAY
PARIS. June 26 (Associated Press).
—Prince Albert Honors Charles of the
Principality of Monaco. died here
this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Prince Albert of Monaco. ruler of
the smallest principality in the world.
within whose eight; square miles is the
famous international gaming town of
Monte Carlo. was well-known in the
l‘nited States as a, sportsman and scl—
eutist. One of his old friends was the
late Colonel W. F. ("Buffalo Bill")
Cody. on whose rauc hin W'yoming he
went hunting years ago.
The Prince made three visits to this
country. tfie first in 1868 as a sailor in
the Spanish Navy, when he obtained
a three months leave of absence; the
second in 1913, when he passed con-
siderable time in the West: and the
third in April. 1921. when he received
the Alexander Agassiz gold medal from
the National Academy'or Science and
a similar medal .from the National
Geographical Society for his rc-
searches in oceanography.
c'onunued 7; page Eleven)
MOOSE LODGE am
PM In STAMFORD
South Nomik Lodge, No. 529, L.
i0. 0. LL. was a happy lodge on Sat-
urday. for not- only had Frederick
H. Ganung been elected 81.5w dic-
tator or. theltoooe I‘d Byron C.
Mead returned to ‘ present office
of stale secretary. but" it also won o‘
cup for thé largelnu'mber of norm
beta in line. coaxial-lag the total
membership at the lodge at. the par—
ade held in Stamford: Those ‘who
marched were M
9. red hot -ba.ndf an:
their-"straw hm.“
mot white 3 7.. ‘3‘;
m bind ‘1'" Vi '.
m $9.
with Explosive
()NEIDX. N. Y., June Ell—Mrs. El-
“SVCEFL‘L'H is dead. hcr two children arc
missing. her husband ani iscvl ml oth—‘
er persons are severely burned and!
of the cottage colony at Verona Beach. '
on the barge. canal at Oneida Lake.
north of here. are destroyed by fire asl
the result of the (xpiosion last night‘
of a powder laden barge tied at a dock
there.
Mrs. Green was drowned when her
husband. «lighter r of the tug. seeing
her clothing in flames. pushed her into
the canal in an effort to save her life.
Although he leaped in with her. he
was unablc to rescue her. Their two
children have been missing since the
first expmsion.
The explosion occurred when a gas—
olinc engine used to pump water from
the hold of one of three powder car-
riers. back-tired and ignited a. case of
powder on the deck. The first explo-
WlLElll MURDER
VERDICT RETURNED
LONDON. June :56 (Associated
Press).—A verdict of wilful murder
against James Connolly and James
O‘Brien was returned this afternoon
75‘ the jury investigating into the kill-
ing of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hugh-
es Wilson. assassinated last Thursday.
The two men accused did not attend
today's hearing. on advice of counsel.
The witnesses added little to the de-
tails already published of the murder
and of the pursuit of the two men
under arrest. Several witnesses. in-
cluding a physician who conducted the
post mortcm examination. the taxicab
driver who was driving Sir Henry
when the crime was committeed, serv-
ants in the \Vilson family and laborers
who saw the tragedy. had given their
testimony when J. H. MacDonnell, so~
licitor of the prisoners. appeared in
the court room and told the coroner
he had advised the accused not to at-
tend today's proceedings.
lllllllljlillllli'lil’ll
lllllls lilWESl Bill
Silliman 6': Godfrey of Bridgeport
submitted the lowest of six bids for the
construction of the new Seaview ave-
nue pavement, when the bids were
pcned at the office of the street de-
partment Saturday afternoon at. '2
o‘clock. their bid being $2.25 per
square yard for the surface to be cov-
ered. which consists of 1.360 lineal
feet.
There was only one local bid. that
being '1‘. F. Foley & Co.. who bid
$2.59 per square yard. The Bridgeport
Construction company submitted the
highest bid. their bid being $2.84.
It is believed that when the council
meets aga‘ln that the contract will be
awarded to Stillman & Godfrey. The
work will mean that the new road will
Explosion Wrecfs S -
Resort on Shore of Lake «- ¥ .
Oneida, Doing Big Damage 7 ,
One Woman Dead, Two
. 7 . ASSOCIATED BESS m I ' ' . . , . ’
:0 1WD 1 P “‘0“ m7 PARTS OF I'm: “'01:;le or A spnmr. wan: women's omzmon. . \ " ‘
:15 '—‘ . u . Entered at the 503 m N ‘n‘ [‘0 J ’_. . ‘ ‘ 7 ‘- ~. ’
J‘ 2 Office as m-....dlr-us:r;;w Matt‘s”!- SOUTH NORWALK, 3:011:05? ml 932 4
;’ . 4- ~ - n n i 36, 1 . F‘ah' tonight, “May cloudy: \ .
v o . > .
,. . d t f H E.
511777 lllllen en 0 errm
‘——-~
slon set fire to the barge and tug. and.
the series of explosions resulting from
the burning cargo of 5,300 cases on
lhl‘l‘c barges. a tug”; and almOSt half the burg-es showered sparks and bits"
of burning timber over the cottages
along the shore.
Tltc til-c destroyed thirteen cottage;
a store. a hotel'and an electric light
power house. '
’l‘iw barges were under charter to
the dll l‘onl Powder company. it is
said here. and were being towed to
Buffalo. Their cargo had been raised
from anolh‘barge, sunk in the canal
about two weeks ago at. New London.
and was considered to be safe from
any fire destruction. ~
Thousands of pleasure seekers at
Sylvan Hench. an amusement park
across the canal from Verona Beach.
were thrown into a panic by the ex-
plosion and several persons wen
slightly injured.
Parochial - Schools Have
Their Graduation Exercises 7. g
Bishop Pief,of Kansas, Ad—
dresses St. Mary’s Class
and Rev. Dennis Hurley
Talks to St. Joseph’s
Graduates.
Graduation exercise: for eighth'
grade pupils of St. Mary's parochial
school and for graduates of the Bible
history class were held at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in St. WI.
church. The graduation excl-che-
were impressive and were largely ot—
tendedJoy the parents of the children.
together with other relatives on:
friends. The feature of the grants
tion was the presence of Rt. Bo".
Francis J. Pier. D. 1).. Bishop of Conc
cordial. Kansas, who took 0. Prim
part in the program.
children was very impressive and m4
slructive. The bishop, who is a not!“
of Greenwich. Conn, explained tho
need of higher education. emphasizing
the fact that all children who could
should continue their studies.
0
The church was handsomely no
ranged for the occasion with out now-
ers ferns and potted plants. . Th.
girls were attired in white gowns. am!
the boys. for the most part, wore dark
clothing. making a pretty contrast.
(Continued on P3!“ In, ‘ ‘l
FORMER KAISER ELY
TRY TO LEAVE D00“
LONDON. June fit—Apprehension
exists in Holland lest. former Kaiser:
\Niliiam attempt to slip away from
event of a royalist rising following the
assassination of Foreign 31min};
Rathenau. arcoraing to the corres-
pondent of the Daily Mail at m
H e. ‘
age writer. however, quota J. B.
Kan. secretary of the Dutch Home
Office .as saying that such apprehena
sion is roundlws.
"\Ve ghave no evidence that the
Kaiser has any such intention.” ho
said. “and the surveillance maintained.
around him is so clog that it would
be impossible for him to get away it
go right up to First street.
he wished." , ,
State Police, .in
Sweep,
EREllillT SERVlCE
After a space of about two
years Norwalk is again to have a
nesday. June 28th. when therHanson
Steamship Line. which at present is
running on the Hudson river. will
send the _S. s. Emile. lo and from
this city. 1
There will be daily service. leaving
South Norwalt for New York at 6 p.
m.. and leaving New York for South
Norwalk at 10 a. m. The Rosalie has
straight carrying comely or :50 tons.
and will dock at the old' Stamboat
dock here. and at, Pier 12. East River
In New York city.
‘Theflrat triptoNorwalkw-lubeon
June 28th. whflo' carom. no: the
Lfirst New York trip will be mode.
The officers ottlie beam on E.
J- 3- Brown. president 3. Wm n.
;raddent;0hoflo7lcomod. ‘
may. '~ and .L.
Wide .
Places
Raid 11
IMilford Banner Town, Wlfll
Five Alleged 13130,
i Violati
ll] NEW llilill an M... ..-...
12'.
ons
The State police made a. dozen ll—
quor raids yesterday. five in 161qu
years munin \Vestport ,one in Rocky Hill
and one in Pairfield. A and of tort:
' ' ‘ h (use to 21-.“ .
steamship freight sex-nee line. to and men were used. In em:
from New York city, starting on Wed- 5 rest was made, the prisoners later bo- _
’lngrleleasedonbofl.
Minnow“
7 A seventy-gallon will. cloudy hidd . :
idea in an old cellar. We: with -
l
tcoils and fixtures. weasel-ed on 1-D
{old Hunt place in W“ - ‘
iEigbt barrels at .. '
'a large shed. ' .
found drunkatthg
Flour h
The following
’were raided:
Compo Inn. w " ‘
but.
Levy. who WIS,
ibondo. . ' ’ ‘
A. house _ mm
trap. the occupants -—7
lesoobonds
i. fiellevue Inn. coal-~7-
‘ .1 , 7 7-
..
“Elmer \
Children Missin " ’9
Husband and Others Badly Burned gVVPlle‘: ‘
Back-fire from a Gasolene Pump Set Fire to i
Keg of Powder on Deck of a Barge Loaded
The talk given by Bishop Plot to m 7
Doom and re-enter Germany in tho \
Westpori; ,
Norwalk Chronicler