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SOUTH NOBWALE'CONN., JTHURSDAY JULY 27,1922.
unsettled tonight and Friday.
isms; *2
Through .
Explosion Shook the
Damage by Blowing Out Windows of the
(ounty Hospital and Residences ——RebelS’
La :1 Mt Stand Expected' 1111 Mallow and Fermoy
l:l~:|.l"A$"l‘. July 27 (Associated
I‘l't‘-.~1:<).~» 'l‘iirv-ztg lza holl- Moon in a
.wall by a min“. 105 prisoners tst'zttu‘ll
1111111 the hut. talk jail, County l.outh.
3min). 'i‘hn rxtlitmion shook the touu.
shunt-11111: tlu window's ol‘ the count)
i.1~._~uit.'1l and HH' houses or lilt‘ town's
trust 1: él'll‘ ‘t‘ L] tilstt'lt‘l.
' Sutur- \Vlt'k> are. likely to vlnlfi‘t‘
llt’t'fil‘t‘ tiles.- military operations are
.zlrllt to a close. The feeling (tail:-
plow-i stronger. however. that the it‘-
Irsniurs Will not make their last (le-
li-rmim-d stand in (’ork City. (‘Ol‘k
van ln- nitmlir'd by land and sea
and is not now expected to see any
lliz‘lliliz. 'l‘h-- peat-e campaigns there,
sl‘j-lmttml by “uranium and their
M’bl'HllllZ-ir, are considered an in-
vlp-a'ir-n uz‘ 1hi:<_
05 Prisoners Escape
It mm the Dundalk Jail
Hole 1n Wall
Town and Did Great
New Resistance Held Certain.
But the irregulars will almost. cer-
tainly make another stand. For this
it is quite likely that they will choose
Mallow 1.1111 Ft-rnioy. and these places
may soon he the scene ot‘ much de-
stint-lion.
The National fort-cs
push southward. their steady ad-
vance driving the irregulars before
the-111 or breaking them up into scat.-
n-z-t-(l hands. in Dublin and various
lilil'CS outside. these bands ate cuiry
111;: on an extensive sniping warfare
awry, night. Many civilians have
11.1.11 wounded in tl‘ese attacks and
the Public has been alarmed although
National posts are seldom seriously
cntlaugel ed.
continue to
Meriden War ,Veterans
Brand Klan As Menace
it: (frolic-Murdock Post
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Knights-1 of the Innsflflc ——-——-—— *
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if.» Minn .‘\l‘l'll~l-ti.\’ ' [hust- 1-unl't‘1'em'cs. He tlta'lint‘tl ”'
AM “My m) the \mlvnms m ‘or- *' to name the then he had in “
. 3.... 1'1.» . “in,” their int-111M 1: mind and stated that he did not "
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:ot'en.‘ ii 1; 1. “'mm \Vnr." Ulnit‘P- t-tl. it is understood that this "
11m; 11.. mm, 1.. 1m- 1:;=.- 111' H... ‘ may lv-ad to the appointment '
11 v3 1 m H 1.;1-1', doing 17nd. L1 " of committees similar to those ’
. _-~_._ * which wcrc in operation tlur- *
UT- . ' (1 1- lwclv.) a“; in: the war. *
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till BE RUM
ill STATE iNDlEATED
lt-t hune Makes Report
ltri Diiision of Mental Hy-
clone.
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..\ ~..\itz::‘ to lhc slutt- of sllfiflll.
11- «1 through tan t‘\}lt'iltllllll‘t' of
in 1!.1- coma-u- of work anion:
“. -l 1.1%.»: 111' moutal ills-mist- is i11—
--.l in a lt‘lllll‘l for the )‘4‘ill‘1‘i‘11lttl
>l‘llilllllt'll to llit'l-t'lot";lol1u
. .. of 1111- state vlt'parttur-nt of
i-v l1". \\'illi:1m ll. 'l‘o-rhtuic.
- -1:‘4'l'l1ll' of the di\isiou ol'
1' ‘ l... Home. lit'f‘Oillll‘lt ttrlalions
:1 : 11- Hr. 'l‘o-rhunc's report in
’ '.' :.:"' future policy of the
‘\".'-l'1' division are in sub-
t-u t the Fiji‘h'll'lll of intense su-
-l 1- 5: .11 to parollt-d patients
1. :11 ‘-l1-ll hospitals for the men—
. 1w- .m l having proved prac-
l _.1:-l -;‘.i -icni the demonstration
mtit! 1.1 tl\l|\'|.M.1,] (11031.11 11111] that
‘Ilt host-Hill: should (any on
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\tntt- lluqiitals llcst- l ittt '11.
w is [1 1111?! -l (llll l\) T".
11 p.111. hospitals.
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it
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through
personnel and
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(5:41! Himself t0 Make
1 nimttun Child Happy.
ll'.‘\l.\‘.
«as? "
. 'July 27.~—The fun-
2-, l'. “Litter {cimer
'l‘.’
New Lritain Sinings
, 11-mlt-d with $6 :30 .000 in
'1 r. as found dead in the
> l 1u: lding on “'cst Mair.
. ---:.1\ owning will he held
1 m 11inp: at 9 o c'lock at the
‘11::13-11ftl11-l‘.C. Portchons
.9 'tllll't strt-r-L Rev. Henrv
1, prism of the l'll‘St Congre-
l t'lru'wh. will officiate. The
l‘l 1- in New Tendon.
(2-1 .111! yestr-rdav that Walk-
.,-1 5.1.1111» of love and kindness
- ulvtrse opinion held by
1
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PRDlEBT ABAlNSl
stnrtml 1-. iwtitiou which is to be pre-
sent-d to the tuayox' and council at the
.\lfQ"ll>'tl‘llI't'llll: of the citwcouncil.
callini.’ attrnfiou to the condition of
tlu- t'lmuur-l from ”11- regular channel
in lllt' ccal wharf. the East Norwalk
:1 u d
Ynt'ht club. the oyslcrmcn and
yaclitmcu's urchin-ago, which it is.
claimed is impassable at low tide.
In the pi-tition it is claimed that the
irox'ci'umcnt (ll'nfl‘f‘f‘ll this channel with
the tuivlct'sta'nlinrr or agreement that
it would be kept open and navigable
at all times. and it is claimed that
boats of light draft cannot go up the
channel at low water. and it is further
asked that the matter be remedied so
that it is passable at all times.
lDAD DE BEER
BDNEIBDATED
Stephen Paulie. of 77 Emerson
sin-e, New Haven. was placed under
arrest this afternoon while proceeding
up the Armory Ilill. He was operat-
ing a truck on which were, forty cases
of lwer. and said he was en route from
New Haven to Stamford. The beer
was said to be, owned by Otis Beecher
of :3le Alden street, New Hav.en and
Prohibition A"t"rts Doolan mil Fla-
hertx and Chief of Police Pennington.
who made the arrest. allege that he
was trying to sell the stuff at various
places along the route.
The man and truck at press time
:vecr taken to the City Hall to await
further developments.
CLAIM—ATTACHMENT
or $10,000 nxcnssrvr.
Attorneys Dunbar and Quinlan have
made application' to the Superior
court, asking for a reduction of the
excessive attachment placed on the
Mirimar Inn. situated at; Hunt’s Point
Road. Saugatuclr. The'property is
(valued in the neighborhood of $50,-
The attachment which is for $10,000.
was placed when Demenico Vetromile,
proprietor of the Mirimar Inn, was
sued as the result of an accident to a.
EBANNEE BlDSlNli,
Firc. which did damage of about
3311’). broke out at the war of ‘x'tvlll,
‘ . llittht-rs' 'miragc on South Main
in stilt-tits 111' East Noru'nlk have street, early this morning from 11:.-
Westport man, who died, it is believ-
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The services of the men who have
fought and died on the battleoflelds
of Europe or who have undergone
thv arduous work of the training
camps at home haxe been recognized
1'1) the nation in manv w.ays Their
spirit. and sacrifice has been appre-
ciated.) There has been.a generous
measure of recognition extended to
or no recognition by the. people of an
Olganization which during
pct 10d when meryone was making the
sacrifice, came forward and gaxc it's
best.
It: is the story of an organization
of boys from 12 years and upwards
the: the story relates, known as the
Hey Stouts of America. During thr
ptriod of war the youths dtvoted
tlitir time in assisting the Kill Cross
in their work and helped to dispose
(Continued on Page Six)
DlRl DIRECTED
RUM SMDBRLERS
NICKY YORK. July ‘17.—.\ romantic
story of liquor smugglers leading their
('algo iu littmud... ' u; itll'l‘ tllHClltHl of.
girl tin-l making,r lllllS to Hi. shores of
Long island Sound, nun lights and
seizures by Federal agents has llt'ln
itv'rale-d in the arraignment of Mrs.
Edith Stevens. 19 years old. in Brook-
lyn, on an indictment charging con-
spiracy to smuggle liquor into New
York from Bermuda. .
She was indicted as an accomplice
of Antonio Cnssesc. wealthy tobacco
merchant. who fled when a second in—
dictment charging a. plot to smuggle
huge quantities ot’ liquor into the
country followed seizure of two of his
.vcssels.
Casscse was charged witl.bci1...tht
owner of the yacht l'Ztlitlt, which is the
name of Mrs. Stevens, Cillilul‘t'tl by
Government agents- here with one
',lhousr-.nd (‘IISL‘S of liquor aboard last
-.\larch. ~ 14* :u .2, 1
,u. ‘1‘, r1
WEBB liARAliE‘
HA8 FlRE [BBS
kncwn causes. and ct't'-:1‘.'--l consider;
able excitement, for :1 little while, the
blaze starting about 6:3” o'clock.
The Central station apparatus“ was
called by Roy 0. and aft“? (‘lil'lllll‘lll
was. 1:51-11, a line of hosc \"as lai-l. so
as to thoroughly wet down ll-c burnt-(l
part.
The rear of the buildings- was dam—
agt-(i. and {here is some doubt as
to how the blaze started as tht-re'are
no wires nearby and it is said that
there was no waste which could catch
on fire.
There is a suspicion that the blaze
was deliberately set. in view of the
flll-‘IVL‘ facts. The, loss is covered by
instuance carried through the \Villlam
0. McLean, Inc., agency. 'C'onslder-
able smoke was caused by the blaze,
which attracted much attention.'
WDMAN DRARRED
WITH MURDER
CLEVELAND. 0., July. 27,—Mrs.
Mabel C. Champion. 22, of Dallas,
T2x.. todaywvas charged by the police
with the murder of Thomas F. O'Con-
nell, of New Haven, Conn., who was
shot to death during a quarrel in a
dcwrtown restaurant early- yesterday
morning.
Her husband._A. F. Champion, who
was taken into custody with the wo-
man. is being held as a. witness. W'hen
first arrested, he said he was Clifiord
Barnett. of Kansas City, and was
registered at a hotel under this name
At that time he denied the woman
was his wife.
Mrs Champion also is known as
“Teddy" O'Brien and Inez Parker.
Police say, she is wanted in Indian-
apclis. where it is alleged she jumped
a bail bond after having been arrest-
ed on charge of picking pockets. She
rein 1: to talk. '
C'Ennell, first thought to be Ed;-
ward 'Connell of Cambridge, M3583.
was identified by his wife. -Mts.
O'Ccnnell said she and her husband
had been spending a. vacation at
Geneva, on the take, any miles east,
of hero, -
ed from the resultafafa’ll In them
"""e in the Sentinel.
from his duties in
that '
man Milton VLOCkWfiOd,
‘ A
‘1
NEW’ YORK. Jub‘ 27.——The em—
bargo recentIYPlaced on liquor im-
portations by the government was at;
tributed by the New York Tribune to-
day to a successful plot by a. huge
bootleg combine by wmt-t. 'liquor
warehouses which had bulged with
imported wines and whiskies now
bulge with barrels of water.
all those who sened behind the bat- "Lack ‘Of corll'lCling “evidence
tic-line. in_ the dapartments of sun” alone. 5‘1-‘5 the nEWSpaper, ‘prevents
ply, in the industries back of the the go‘erl‘xmfeil; grom ffflcially re-,
' " . 1cre has been. little» vealing 0110 0 e lgges liquor scan-
“m ' but as yet tl dais since prohibition.
Bootleg rings. the article says. are
suspected of having corrupted govern-
ment employes in various branches of
the ttvenue service in a. SUCCbSSful
plot to (inert millions on dollars‘
worth of liquor importations held in
tended warehouses.
From August to the end of Decem-
,«cr 13:2: year. $5.5“OJJOU worth of
liquors were itnpot‘tfxi and stored in
:(H‘t-l‘lunl-llt warehouses. and during
(Continued on Page Three)
Raymond Sniffen Injured
by Fall From 15 FoOt Crane
East; Norwalk Young Man
Gets Concussion of Brain
at Wilson Point Shipping
Board Plant—Other Acci-
dents of the Day.
”Raymond sniffe11,of 282 East ave-
11110 was removed to the Norwalk
Hospital this morning at 10 o',clock
in 11 critical condition, suficting {10m
concussion ol‘ the. brain, sustained
win-11 he tell l‘rdln a litter-n loot crane
at the United States Shipping 30.le
plant at Wilson Point.
Dr. \Villiam \V. Tracey was sum-
l‘llonetl and stated that the young man
had a bad injury at the back of the
head and neck. He regained con«
smousnt 5., at the hospital, and show-
"(1 Signal“ improvement that! after-
noon
Dr \V \V. Tracey treated Gaivin
(111111111311, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
J. (iavanagli, for a broken arm. The
injury was received while the boy
was cranking an automobile. He was
repelled as getting along nicely.
George Veillae, of 15 Commerce
(Continued on Page Three)
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Touched Lever in Doze, He
Says—Drunk, Opines Cop
Who Fished Him Out.
HAVEN. July 27.——\Villiam
J. Hill. who insists he never drove a
car in his life. was arraigned in the
Police Court at Manchester, yesterda);
charged with operating a motor vehi-
cle whilc intoxicated. He was fined
$100 and costs Ln Judge Johnson.
It was testified that Hill was left
sitting alone in the film erot? Howard
Hastings. on North street. with the
engine running. Hill dazed off and
his feet became tanm‘cd in the pedals.
The machine started and continued
a zigzag course to Union pond,
where it plunged in with Hill aboard.
A policeman rescued the
tary motorist, and tes‘ied that he
had taken something TIJCh s‘onger
x 11: w
than several mouthfuls qr pond
water. Hill‘s lawter argued that he
was not guilty, as charged, because
tie didn't drive the flivver.
Judge. Johnson couldn't see it that
way. but, remitted half the-fine,
DRINK BRAZED
MAN TRIED ll]
JUMP DEE BRlDliE
It required the combined ertorts of
Charles Pratt, bridgectender, Percival
Bennett and {7 than Lang to prevent
a man, who gave his name and ad-
dress as Stoney Autek, of 119 Water
street. from jumping from the W’ash-
ingtou street drawbridge about 11: 30
o' c. ock last: night.
Autek who was accompanied by
several friends, was nearly crazed
from drink. it is claimed, ac 11d made
three attempts to jump overboard,
one from the center or the draw and
the other two from the side near the
penis docks where the tug Theodore
Smith ties up tor the night. .
‘ The three men finally managed *to
subdue Autek with the aid ot‘ Patrol-
who was
l
involun- 'h
, Fe rec.
fRDM ABROAD
NEW YORK. July _27.—\Vith retail
coal dealers here predicting that coal
will cost $25 a. ton this winter with
substitutes likely-unless the strike is
settled or the Government steps 'in and
regulates prices, a new angle devel-
oped after'a meeting of officers of the
liongshoremen's Union. where the
question of handling coal shipments
from England was discussed.
Anthony J. Chopek. president. of
the union. while admitting that such
a meeting tobk place, declined'to dis-
cuss the question or indicate whether
a plan of action had been decided
upon.
Coal dealers said that public utili-
ties are supplied for a short period, as
are gas and electric companies,‘ but
with no new supplies coming in.
anxiety for the future (is developing.
Larger sizes of anthracite coal are re—
ported exhausted with very' little oth-
er grades in stock. Dealers refuse to
quote prices except at the time orde-
livery. '
NEW BRDRIJD
lNlERlDR FDR
TRINITY PARISH
Those, who attend the special dedi-
catory service at Trinity Church next
Sunday will behold whatis practically
a new church interior. For the. past
five weeks the Gorha'm Decorating
con puny have had a large. force of
met; at work renovating and redecor—
utitlg the interior of the church. and
it is expected that the work up-
stairs will be entirely finished by the.
latter part, of this week. Amongst
the changes made are the. following:
th - staining of the ceiling and all the
Overhead beam work (which original—
ly was a light yellow pipe) to a
close imitation of fumed oak; the re-
finishing of the pews, choir stalls and
Ch1tllC(l furniture from a golden oak
to the dark oak; and the redecor-
atlon or the walls. The. dark wood
is considered 'very churchy, being
such’as is used in English churches
and cathedrals, and the side walls
painted with a deep and somewhat
O
(Continued on Page Twelve)
MILDRED BREWER ‘
lilVEN llBERTY
:\lO\'l‘GOMEP.Y Ala... July
Mildred 131cw3r 16%,- years old. (less
cendant of a distinguished family of
Alabama, is today at liberty in the
custody of her mother, having been
freed at a secret trial yesterday be-
fore Judge Lec Holloway. in Juvenile
Court. of the charge of killing A. Por—
tls Mclx'cithtn husband of the girl‘s
cousin. \Iiss brewer is under ordsrs
tr) rtport with her mother even wet-k
:‘0 ti. 9 Juxcniie Court of Montgomtiy
county.
Atcording‘to information dixulgtd
by Temple Scibels. county solicitor. the
girl testified at the hearing that Mc-
lx'r-ithen, whose body 'as found in an
isolated' spot in the. woods west of
Montgomery last Thursday. was killed
by his own rcvolv.er She tc'fil- ‘of
n
a
-lO\e affair between herself and Mc-
Keithen. at whose home she had
spent much time. W‘hen‘ they met in
the lonely clump of woods where ti:
young man’s body was found. she said,
he seized hcr bv the waist, drew a re~
\olxer and announced he intended to
kiu her and then end his own life.
She tried to wrest the pistol from his
and. she testified. and in the scuffle
the weapon was discharged. She told
the court. according to Solicitor Sei—
bels. that she could not say whether
McKelthen or she pulled the trigger.
RIBSDN APPEARS
ERR MANDAMDS WRIT
A. mandamus was asked for in the
Superior Court in Bridgeport this
morning by State Attorney Homer S.
Cummings for J. Harry Gibson.
former sergeant of the Nom'alk Police
The writ was issued. Mr. Gib-
son and his attorney. Mr. Cummings.
appeared before the court", Gibson
claiming that he was not given a
hearing by the board of councilmeu
before his suspension as provided for
by the charter of the city of Noriaval
An amdavit was sworn to by’ Ser-
geant ‘Frank Vet-mi. or, the State Po—
lice Force, in which he declared that
:he‘ had 33k8d Gibson to obtain ’tnforf
mation concerning astill operated by
like Vaclavik. and ‘Glbson, accom:
panied by Councilman C. Jackson
White went’to Vaclavik's home and
obtained some of the finished product.
At one of the hearings Gibson
claims he was not present and did not
'give his side or the case.
The mayor and councilman of the
city of Norwalk are summoned to the
Superior court on September 8.111
at -
_ annual picnic there.
forgotten. either.
young men-saw the car come rapidly
Will be
Gathering of the Heads of the .Shopcrafts’ U
in Washington for a Conference with
dent Harding Came :As a Surprise Toda
Heads of the Railroads Also Gathering
Seniority Issue Preving the Stumbling B
WASHINGTON. July 27.——-Hopes
tor a. move toward settlement ofv the
railioad strike were rcvixed today as
leaders of both sides in the dispute
gathered he re presumably for confer-
ences on'r'the situation with adminis-
tration officials, although definite in-
dication was lacking as to whether
their presence here at the same time
had the added _ significance of any
{Re-arrangement.
Arrin‘ng here early in the day aft-
er an , unannounced departure from
Cl" 2140,13. M. Jewell, head of the
striking railway shopmen, and the
six presidents of the shoperafts’ orv
garizv'ations. planned to go to the
W'hite House for a. conference with
President 'Harding.
Although it was stated in official
circles today that union representa-
tives had not been “invited" to the
White Housefor a conference, they
of course, it was added, would be
invited should they call to discuss the
strike situation, and such a‘cont‘er—
cued/Was fully expected in the course
i.
settled St
of the day
At this same time. among the
road exccu tiws, W. 1?. atterbu
the Pennsylvania. and '1‘. Dew
lez'. chairman of the Associat
way Executi ’05, were both in
tiwgto. 1 todav, the latter name’-
rixcd last. night, and others, inc
L. F. Loree. of the Delaware
Hu<lson.~ were expected to reach:
capital before tonight. '
Ferding -_, who conferred with Mr
terlmry yesterday in what was
derstood to be the first of a. cert
conferences with the rail exec"
was said at the'Whlt'e House-at
early hour to have made no '1’ 1'
11px cintmc' nts to meet again today
It is lit-He‘d. however. that
president would arrange to meet -
ers of the group before the cone
of the dav. ‘
Indications were that the 131‘
purpCStd to confer individually
tit: executives on the. strike sit
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Control of Coal Distribulion
Cempleted by President Hardmfi
lllllAN BRDWN
DETS SENTENEE
TD JAN. AND ElNE
Lillian Brown, colored, who was
released from Jail on June 8th, after
serxing a thirty day sentence given
her by Judge George H. Vosburgh for
soliciting, was again before him this
morning charged. with assault, wit
ernkenness and with soliciting. and
was sentenced to fifteen days in jail
for assault, forty—five days in jail for
soliciting and was fined $7 and costs
for intoxication.
The Brown woman was arrested
late Tuesday night after she had (1.0me
to police headquarters and accused
{'olitrt ‘Teeney" Patterson of
saviting her and knocking her down
in the street, in front of the Silent
Four Social Club.
She was bleeding from a cut on the
right; hand. and a knife wound on the
leii; leg. when she came to police
headquarters. and upon police in-
vestigation it was elarned that she
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SAlVAllDN ARMY
DAB ANNUAL DDTlNfi
About 200 poor children of the city
enjoyed an outing, games and a sub—
stantial dinner at Roton Point yester-
day when the Salvation Army held its
Some of the children went in the
morning, the rest arriving at noon, the
trolley cars being furnished by the
Connecticut Company throguh the
kindness of Superintendent llacLeau
of the local division.
At the park there were running
races and swimming races and about
150 gifts were distributed to the var-
ious participants. Manager Neville
Bayley gave the children free tickets
for various rides at. the park, and all
had a. wonderful time.
The Salvation Army served the .food
to the children. and it was most sub-
_stantial———and yet the dessert was not
‘The childrenall had a. most enjoy-
able day and returned home in the
afternoon .tired but happy.
NlDRDlSESA ADAIN
l3 lN lRDDBlE
A touring car owned by John Disesa
of Norwalk was found in St. Michaels'
cemetery. Stratford. at an early hour
this morning and for a time the: e
was quite a mysterv about it.
Later developments showed that it
had been driven by Attorney Disesa's
brother Nicholas. who was accom-
panied by Joseph Catuzzi‘a. and Adia
Newman of Norwalk. - A party of
out of Bruce avenue, Stratford, turn
into S ratford avenue and enter the
cemetery gates. The Stratrord police
were notified and investigated. They
found Catuzia and the girl in the car.
and later found Disesa at the further
end of the cemetery. Disesa. was
placed under arrest, charged with
drunkenness and breach a: the peace.
Attorney Disesa. was notified and
promised he would produce his broth-
er in court this morning. The? were
italing operation of the priorit!
Central Committee of
partment Heads to
some the Respons 1" 17
Within the Boundary
Each State.
\VASHINGTON, July 21—th fig;
Federal machinery for emergency
trol of coal distribution completed
President Harding’ 5 appointment 0
central committee of departmm
heads, the Government today - p
to the St ates for the necessary one;
operation to put the scheme into ef-d
[ective operation. , ‘
Immediately after being ( .
cl: airman of the Governmm m
mittce 3csterdt.y, Secretary Eoover .
the request of the President "
State g0" ernors to set, up the W
snry organization in each Stat/B in:
insuring equitable distribution and , ..
maintenance of fair prices for
u: 1dcr the Administration's plan. me.
organization, he said, was to am
tesponsibility for distribution m
the, boundary of each State except
railways.
At the same time the cooper-aw
of transportation regulatoryébow
“as tequcsted by late te
met-cc Commissioner Ate ison another:
e1 membci of the committee, in
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THOMPSONVILLE. July rifle-13133;
Bissland. State bank commissa' oner- ~
Connecticut, and for 12 year: t
cle1k_ and judge of probate in 7
Town of Enfield, died of heart am“
at his home here last night. m
Bissland had passed the day in'
London attending to bank mam
He collapsed one-half hour after Iii}
return, without complaining ctfi
ness. ‘
Mr. Bissland was 52 years 91115
was born in Scotland. but
Thompsonville with his parents
but. four years old. During the
ish— American War he was stat: 1
Cuba. where he was paymaster for
United States Army. '
7111 1912 he was elected judge
probate and in 1916 was ap«- m1
deputy tate bank commusxcn’ ' er
Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb. He
appointed as State bank comm
by Gov. Lake on June 1 this
succeeding Everett J. Sturges, {rho
signed. Mr. Bissiand was a. 32%
gree Mason. He was married
wife and four children sum“);
era! arrangements have not been
pleted.
held at his home on Enfield:
Enfield, Saturday afternoon." {
o‘clock. The Rev. AltredrT. Burr
totI o; the First Presbyterian
there, will omciate and it is ’ .
that a former pastor, the Rev. ii;
thllace of Albion, N. Y” will
Burial will be in the family plot in
Enfleld street cemetery.
STEPNEY, July 27.-—Twen‘
barrels of cider were seized y 77
at the farm of Benjamin
Stepney Depot when We
made a raid. complaints is
bo'rs about the- farm hands,
about the raid. Rose was 9, _
der arrest and was 1'er
cash bail for appearance
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