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A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OW'N' OPERATOR
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1'11 I I ~.V') Mimilwai (\ecutivesl ,
. 1min mood chiets W1 nt into 595- size the 1"ailxoads. We stand ready at
7 at 111- '11) ocleck this lnolllll g. in 1111 times to (‘0- -OD€‘l‘flt0 with them.
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5113115111511) 1870
Entered at the South Not-walk Post
Officeo'sSeoondolnsMallMauer.
tone Says Railroad
Shopcraft Unions Will ,
Settle Strike Very Soon
Aug. 13 (By The A's-
ffieials of Five Big Railroad Brotherhoods
Ready to Do Everything Possible to Bring
Present Conditions to At End—One Railroad
“ Executive Says Agreement Is Long Way 0ff~
ston staid:
111-1 urinal; to (1111 the iiati1m-“1de,Me 11099 and belie‘e that: the present
pim- 11 ‘.5 strike.
inning in their ours was the state-
.nt of Wain-11 8 Stone, head 01' the
lothciliood of Locomotiu Engine ms.
1111111 utttc5 can be adjusted amicablv.
-’[‘11nt's whv we are here.’
ell and the mcdiation
“We are not organized to antagonm
At a comerence betitreen Mn, JeW-
committee
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'.‘fliunderstorms this afternoonor night
Mrs. John Two-Eagle, a full' blooded
Indian princess, is dying this after-
noon in~ the Norwalk hospital from
' "injuries sustained at 12:30 -o’clock
When the automobile in which she was
riding crashed head-on into the stone
Wall surrounding St. Paul’s Episcopal
church at the foot of Westport hill.
Married but weeks ago, the wo-
man wasron. erhoneymoon with her
husband. She. was a» vaudeville ac-
Indlan Princess Dying;
In Hospital, Victim of 3
Noted Mortuary T '
Four Others In Indian Troupe Injured When
Automobile Crashed Into Stonewall at F‘
Of Westport Hill This Afternoon.
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suffered injuries of s. more or his
riou nature. William Ruby,
Cdop r avenue. G!
of the machine, salad! 3 deep
on the right shin. Jamel Thorpe;
255 Manhattan avenue, Brooklyn.
Y., cousin of the Tun Thor}!
the famous Indian baseball 13 ,
sustained a crushed knee. W ,‘
Thorpe, son of James. Thorpe;
boy of perhaps five years. was
cut about the rkht eye and '
John Two Eagle, 175 Tanya; street,
Brooklyn», N. Y., husband of the 11m
woman, escaped with. miuoP'scrawh-
es.
The party was made up unruly
Indian Troupers. most of wlgnn has
appeared on the stage at one time
other. The last stop they made m
in Bridgeport last fight where the!
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' 11111: :11 :111 ez'iilier confei ”nice with which preceded the session with ex- 1 - -
‘ hot lenders. that the strike must he ccntives. it was understood a more #353 and was Journeyrng With the
el‘lled 11111nite proposal for a settlement had rest of the party, from Bridgeport to
We .11.. mmmimc that n m” be.h1-cn “orked out . Neg York city Where shediniendedhto
lion 1- " H1llt'l Mr. Stone and other labor Officials of the railroad shopwork- :freom in a Twenty-thy 8 feet t €-
111011 re v-c hoed his words ers lune been in constant touch with '
M. .51.11 1111-111 was forthcoming [mm the mediation committee of live since enlig'sgxogaglfahoig prtgticauyitflg
I" 1111' 5"!” 11111- 5' 01 1111) railroads the negotiations began yesterday." [theraccidetft 3:3 in addzifionesuriii‘ied a
‘ 1 111111111. 11 their hotel headmtnters said Mr. Jewell. official spokesman broken left arm {and internal in'uries
i“- 1111 115‘ 111 11 1‘11- striking 3l10D( ratts pro- for the labor forces. “It is impos- . iJ-At the hospital it, was Said thathhan:
”151-1 con 11 once in the abilitv or sible for me, however to make an ' ' » - ' ' .
'r111.111111: (1 1111. V', who have eassumed iii: sbceiiic comment at this time." 3 In’the picture, above, taliicn ejrfig;:lyh{oi$fJV$lhgT:entmel through the courtesy of the lfidielson 08:73:; Emigl‘li’nwfhl‘: :fignfdlltill‘e als
PM”! of HH'dthOrs. to bring 31101"; “it is the duty of those who wish ;‘;::li:1:glir‘ir:;)5‘l(i;t§1| the Drill: w “Him. 5 0,0 and Three, together with tllelr mothers. The: . q
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, Wilbur” ll Johnston 1'1 tfrislioeg‘riln fatal???” genitive“! of She Laura Mah daughter of 31115111159 Ferris. 30 l‘alrficld av1.'nue South Von-walk; Mary, daughter of hits
1,, 11111-111 111111111 A“ ’1' pres“ 0"“ of 1:: _ , l. (‘ fiffime‘. ‘3 mi“. es \[argaret Reilly. 272 East av.eum' Brut Norwallu. winnen of Class 0110; Doris Elizabeth, daughter of Selina 3Iel'rlll,
"Huts!“ '11-111'1-1 r' 001‘] '0.“ m 373‘ “er'mmmm' w ”.1" mm spec“ “1°“ of 18 charles 11. Street; Bar-bun Edna. daughter of M“;- Edna Gunner. or New Canaan; winners of Class Three;
. 1m 1‘... . (. .1011] V11 ashmgton this ’fl‘lmlt; Ulf‘ “(‘S'OWIUUHS 0“ the outcome Virginia Katherine and organ-t bee, daughter of MI'S- Marlin Lee. of Fairlieid avenue, Smith Norwnlk, and
“Inn. .1111 101111111 the other labor at this “1““ Th“ “15“ 0f “19 media- Doris and Duncan Stew alld Mrs. Edwith. of 155 “afilington merino. Stamford. Also in the picture is The-
(‘it'V'N Uptown. tton committee is a delicate one 'l‘ht rcsa Caruso and mother Clara pm)“, of “3 Ely avenue.
' 1, (1 l.llllr“l.5‘()ll head or “W Main ‘1055 rocking 01 1111 boat the better will
. - 12111-11115 mganizution. arrived last he then chances of success." " Babies, babies everywhere, several .
11:111'11111'.l"11111-.5' 1' Noonan Dresi- Sovmfl new figures appealed this " _ ’ hundred of ’em. accompanied by their
1111 ()1' 11. e l. Inrtricnl “' 0111'ch is ex- morning at the headquarters of the . on rac or our ' ew parrots, were to be seen at Roton , . .
111d some time totinv i‘Assocjagtmt of Railway Executives. ' Point Park yesterday, when the first
’1.-:l1um1tll 1t1 [1 nprm his 'll'lthI XVI)". where g 2,. Iulllt‘)’ was being held be— . annual Baby Show, under the leBC- ’ V
'.hnston went into con Hence \1'ith.t\\'etn 1. 11.101110011 men and the com- SChOOl Rooms war 6 to non of L. M, Rich. of the Babyland .
r1 \1 1011111 president of the R117}. millee oi nine appointed to rcplv to . ‘ Amusement company, was held. ‘ A if
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department
u'llrm‘, and
statement.
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Mr. John-
the
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1' 11'511111 11t Hardings last proposal and
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Stab
Deputv
onvicts Stage Riot, Seize
Warden, Flee in Motor Car
.1711111' Desperate Criminals in
South Dakota Use Knives,
and Raise
Pandemonium —— Airplane
a
PRESIDENT ION
School Day Lengthened
A. It. Mslkin & Compam. loc 11 con-
tractms. 11 erc
for the ~gonstr action of four additional
looms at the .1\Ol‘“'1ll\ High. school. at
a special meeting of the. Board of lid-
awarded the contract
A. R. Malkin. @‘Company
to Conform to the New ”
Sate Law Regarding Physical Training' 1n the
Schools-e—Resignatimis of the Spanish and
French Teachers Announced.
[the board from which newspaper-men
were excluded. It is understood that
lather local contractors placed .bids for
the same job. _ '
In addition to placing the bids for
the construction ofithe four rooms,
which will relieve congestion in the
So nior High school the Board of Edu-
’mlion un'tm’mouslv voted to incicasc
11.11 school dav 01 the Grade Junior
and Se '11101' High classes by thirty min—
1111111utes.Tliis is the amount of time
'requiied by the new State 1111': to he
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q ‘ ' ucaliou held last night. The. four
{Hid ! 0 SC in PurSUIt. rooms are located on the third floor
. just off the assembly 111111, in space
SIOUX FALLS. S. 11., Aug 153* now used for storage. The You: rooms
1‘11111111; '\\'.11'1t-»ti (‘n-ui‘gt- \\'~ Jamison will he lighted by a large slitxlight.
111: them. 11-111' (-11111'11-15 1'~1':11.11' 11 110111 The amount or the bid of the succ155w
‘1' Ninth 1111.11111 licnitrminry here {111 companv was not anonuncrd bv
71‘1‘1‘111'11 (Wont... 212111;; stitx'ritig‘ a Iriot in the board} Tl. c 1"(>1111.1ct v.'.'.5 :1\v'.1rde1'l
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'11111111 31111111; )i11i111111'l.1fl'lillcDrisgitil» after a length} rxgcu‘i‘f session 0‘
tilt-i in .1 11111101‘ ('111' parked jus?
, 111*1154'114- prison. Sut'ex'u 10.5.5115 1‘ . . ; - "
81:111- 111111 wmllliy inflict-1'5. 11151 well :1: . ‘\‘\SIII‘\GT().N' Aug. 18.—Prcs-
.1‘11-111i1~;1z'. Legion members, immedi— 1111-111 Harding. 111 an {mm-(13$. to Can-
:1" '.‘- VN 1.1111 5:2 pursuit. art-.525; today. on the industrial situ—
11:15: "51”” the lli‘i-‘oni'i‘g mm not 1111011, declared that the right (11‘ 1-111— '
t1 1:: “tow-«111. and fippnrentlv “3.12 1'10".” "‘.““ "mimo‘vms 11111.0 m ('Un‘
. .l.1;11.i»..1:1 1”“! not 110111 1:1'l11215'eri 1111M lllt‘ll‘ lmsnwss must 111. 1-1-0051.
. '1 g,, “In :13 110 Word hm] been 11121-11, 111111 11:- also deplored 11:11:11 111-
111 from him. 'l‘lllz‘ “111111311 was named 11'111'1111'1'. on the unions of
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w .. 1!:1' wnvit'ts. whose names are ‘ 1111-, presnlent declared a 111111011111
'1' 1'111‘1‘u.» Joe Foreman, .lm- Tt‘l‘l 1111'1s11gat10n for constructive recom—
,, 1 1: km; were serving sentences mendutions as to the conduct of the
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was
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started in
prison. Deputy Muchow.
noise. rushed there and
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1." \Vni'tien Jamison was
the time and hurried
Si'izt‘tl him and at
knives for
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ifl’S SHUNT”
51111.8 NATURALLY
“11.\’ N. J.. Aug. 18.—
., :55'1011 ot " 'Cupids court"
1111111110 plan of the ‘
1 11:1 Protective Union
bxicsnmoness toppled
~ ‘ r blow of the words;
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W110 would be. mated.
appeared.
joint pro-
'11: named forl'bnely at
.ining the cases
“widens and ambi-
\
“e court must meet
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applied by some
1 been considered
opnnents.
of the two
Conley,
' "Lisltmv. manager of
the court was held.
..iuzttion.
12:30 p.111.
5“.
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‘ 1 11'1st of $100'_
"11.5 of
(‘nl‘t'ec is :1 negro.
the tailor
recon rened
m to no crowds eager
and
19—The old
pacers. and
'imr r (‘.. Mi. V388
Spontaneous
’ ‘ cover-(d four
red him
this
"attor-
Sec.
of
an-
(it was
Patch
was in
alfalfq
coal industry to be imperative
recommended a government
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com mis-
sion to advise as to fair wages and
conditions.
Immediate legislation to establish
temporarily a "national coal agency”
with yiccessary capital to purchase,
5911 and distribute coal was urged by
the executive. ,
Stating: that the Esch-Cummins act
in establishing the railroad labor was
inadequate. being with little or no
power to enforce its decisions. the
president recommended action to
make the Poard' s decisions “enforce—
able and effective against carriers and
employee alike. ”
()tliei legislative recommendations
were, for “better protection of aliens
and enforcement of their treaty
rights.” a measure to give federal
courts jurisdiction in protecting aliens.
In discussing the coal situation, the
(Continued on Page Five)
10111111111111 Ill
NEW warrant 1.
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Work on Fire"Station to Be
Started in Near Future.
VVESTPORT, Aug. 18.—-—Work on
the new Y. M. C. A. is progressing
very rapidly. The basement is about
completed. and the first floor will be
finished in a. few days. Now that
the springs under the boiler room
have been diverted, the construction
will beismuch easier. The bottom of
the boiler room was 12 feet below the
high water mark in the Saugatuck
river and the spring water would not
run of! in the sewer. .
To Start Fire House.
The new fire station will be started
as soon as the ground on which the
station will be. built. is cleare '0‘!
material. No date for the com-
mencemennt of the building has been
set. but Superintendent George M.
Croii said the basement will be start—
ed some time in September. The fire
A
(Continued on Page Nine);
More of Nonvalk’s Prize Babies
_——-
Park 104011111) afternoon.
lather 15 not allmu'd in this [111 titre.
smaJcst baby and so llowaiton where
Then comes Baby Theresa Caruso, daughter of Mr. and '
Caruso. of 113 lJ\'av1'11u(-,sccond in the strenutms baby mnt
but not [cast comes “101mg Calv’ Richard HendriCkV daughter Of Captain
amt Mrs. Richard Hendrick. or 29 Cme avenue, East Norwalk. ' .
[“1010 are shown the balamc of the prize winning babies at Roton Point
Thev are from left to right.
-Bettv 01-11, “wt in the .5111nll1'5't babies contest, and daughter 15; Charles
and 88.5.51- Och, of 351 Main 5trcct Norwalk.
Hull and her proud mother, 3115' Dora Hall.
newcfly Mac won second prize for the
hex: comes Beverly May
“Russ“ who is Beverly 3.[ac'5
5he lives is cheered up quite a bit.
-.. Daniel
while last
FUUN EflNVlElS
STILL AT LINEN;
SIOUX FALLS. D.‘ Aug. 18.—-—-
Four convicts who late yesterday es—
caped from the South Dakota peni-
tentiary here. taking as a hostage
Warden George T. James, still were at
large today. .
Warden Jameson, bound and placed
in a country church at Crooks, S. D.,
from 1which he escaped la night, re-
turned here today .to dir the search
for the men, regarded as the most
desperate in the prison. Arthur Mu-
chow. deputy warden, who. received
numerous knife wounds in trying ttr
thwart the escape was said to be re-
covering.
The convicts assaulted the deputy.
and Warden James. who rushed t‘o‘
S.
his aid. was forced_,to lead the way for -
the quartet through the prison gates.
A guard on the wall who witnessed
the escape was unwilling to risk a
shot, fearing a, bullet might strike the
warden; The convicts fled in a'utole'n
[automobile
NATINNAI ENNEES
[INSTINSNNNINTS
BELFAST. Aug 18. —(Associa§ed
Press) .-—-Reports were received in
Belfast this morning. that Carilngford
and Omeath. County Louth, had been
cleared of Republican insurgents by
National 'rorces. , ,
NEOKS BROKEN DIVING
' V IN SEALLOW WATER
NEW HAVEN, Aug 18. -——A man
and a boy are in the New Haven Hos-
pital todav. suffering from broken
necks which they sustained. yesterday.
when they dived into shallow water
at sax-1n Rock while'syvimming. The
condition or the boy is reported as
“very serious" by the hospital au-
thorlties. ' '
Frank Kane. fifteen years old. broke
of the Casino, and other
spots. and looked on.
\
11.1.37 will be had,
parade of decorated carriages,
white dress parade, While
there will be. the Coronation,
contest will be chosen and crowned.
and choose the prettiest baby,
est' baby.
baby.
once in such matters stood
good stead and in an hour
in each class was chosen.
(Continued on Page Seven)‘
130M NPENAINNS
ANNMINENS NNPE
PHIIJADELP’ IA. ,Aug.
bers of the neg
anthracite miners and
effect irate an adjustment
Twenty-five prize winning babies were
picked out of their crowd while sev-
eral thousand peOple filed the veranda
vantage
It certainly was Babies' Day at the“
Point and this afternoon another big
when there will be a,
and a
tomorrow
when
the King of All Babies entered in the
Starting at. 3 o’clock. it was a task
that was almost Herculean for Man-
ager Rich to go through the entries
the
best twins, the fattest baby, the small—
and the most strenuous
However. Mr. Rich’s experi-
111111“ in
and ‘ a
quarter the five prize winning entries
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ls.—Mem-
iations committees of
operators .
“each with a sincere determination to
if a all
- [X - URSIONISIS
111: waters
BUFFALO, N; Y., Aug. 18.——Three
cars filled with excursionists were
wrecked on the high speed trolley line
to Niagara Falls just after midnight.
No one was killed and no one was
seriously injured, though all the
cars heft the rails and too were upset.
Fiu's persons were slightly injured.
The excursion started for the Falls
in six of the large type high speed
trolleys accompanied by two trouble
wagons. A mile beyond the; Buffalo
city line. the first car ran into a hole
that had been blasted in the track
not long before. Two cars followed
in collision and the line was blocked
both ways. Great confusion ensued,
but the. repairmen got to work with-
out delay.
,Fifty persons were found to be suf-
fering from excitement and' shock.
They were sent back to Buffalo in
automobiles.
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possibleJFto quote the words or the
joint statement issued at the conclu—
sion of yesterday’s parleys we‘re to
_-meet again thm afternoon.
questions, declaring that the
FNNNNNVIIEN ANN
The local police were notified .
evening by Mrs. Samuel Frankovitch,
of 25 Cove‘avenue, that her husband,
ride in his Ford car yesterday after-
noon at 2 o 'clock and had not return-
ed, with them. and that she feared
that he had kidnapped them.
in the Frankovitch family
the children.\
in Stamford either.
by the pol ce.
OPPOSE LARGER SCHOOL
BOARD IN WESTPOBT
The -propositipn of increasing athe
number of ,members on Board 0: E11115
cation from . three to six was un‘
special town . meeting at: Weatport.
The opposition to the change Mry
strong, as evidenced by the large turn-
thc hot weather. ,
The meeting was presided over by
Attorney Harry R, Sherwood : '1"
pavement of Wild Road street also:
fell through when it was hown that
his neck when he dived from one or the road had never been accepted by
the piers; no lapsed into unconsiousf the town There 1 was no action 11
ness early this morning. Viiiliam
O'Donnell.. 22 years old. fractured one
the sidewalk and tter proposition.
Both miners and operators today
continued to hold the optimistic atti—
tude manifested after the first con-
ference. but both turned deaf ears to
joint
statement was all that could be said
at. present.
BHIINNEN NISNPPEAN .
last
vita-l taken their two children out for a
. There has been considerable trouble
Vvith the
result that ‘thé couple separated and
Mrs. Frankoérltch had the custody of
Her husband, who is living in Stam-
fond. came here yesterday and took
the children out for a ride and failed
to 1191111113.. He was not to be found
according to a
report from that city, received here
V'.
animously.vot1ed down lasi’nightv'afsu.
out 01‘ Voters at the session in spite of
win 111101
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11-101mm
Delegates r‘epre‘sentingjthe Frank C.
Godfrey Post. N02 12, American: Le-
gion, will endeavor to secure the State
convention 6f the legion for Norwalk
in .1923 at the next State convention,
to be held in Waterbury, on Septem-
ber 8 and 9. This sentiment was ex-
pressed iast night at a meeting of the
Fairfield County Commanders’ Asso-
ciation of the legion. held in the Le-
gion Home. in 50 Wilton avenue. The
délegates who will represent the Frank
C. Godfrey Post at the State convers-
tion are: Commander Raynor Werme,
Vice-Commander R. W. Sweeney. Jr..
Adjutant Leroy D'owns
County Commander Justus Fennel
of Stamford presided over the meet-
ing. The session was largely attend.
, )
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CHICAGO WOMAN DIES IN
' MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING
CHICAGO. Aug. 18.—-Mrs. Evelyn
Tamni’. '39. died in a hospital today as
the result of a. mysterious shooting
1: night on the Christo‘her colum-
Nbus, a Lake steamer, which carried 2,-
‘000 passengers.
The vessel was of: the Municipal
pier, where a' display of fireworks and
, a simulated rebuke of an attacking
airship were being/given in connec-
tion with the “Pagant of Progress."
' Ah anti-aircraft gun fired wxpden
hey-ed one of 111151112111 :Mrs. Tamra in
th breast, although the State Guards.
ed. Bridgeport, Westport. Stratford,.
Forest Fire Refugees Reach
Safety From North W‘
. their efforts in fighting the names;
2, 000 Forest Rangers, Sell-r
tlers and Others Redouble
Efl’orts to Save Towns in:
Path of the Flames. ’
DL‘LUTH, Minn., Aug. 18.-.-(Ama
ciated Press.)—Fears that the den.
toil from the forest fires raging" It”:
Northern Minnesota. would go beyond
the reported total of twelve when
diticnat advices were received today;
from the flame—swept areas. w’é’i-e ex.‘
pressed bv scores of refugees; who
were 3.1 riving hourly from all section.
of the north woods.
Four hundred Minnesota. Nafioaal
Guardsmen under command of Aid:
jutant-General Rhinow, continued to-i
day the work of succoring the reins
gees. More than 2,000 forest range»
ers, settlers and others redonbled
which already have destroyed' threé
small towns—Cotton. Central“ Lakes
and White Face.
The fate of a score of other tiny
settlements scattered over St. Louis
and Lake countries hung on the:
weather today. Only rain or a calm
could save these places. Terrific
Winds were the chief enemies of the"
fire fighters yesterday.
New fires were reported arty today
in several sections, including one at
Cronigen, eight miles northeast -. .0!
Hinckley, and another at Deérwoo’d. -
SlflNE :‘AliE SNEIETNNS FNUNN
IN VIEINITV NF— BNINEEPNNT
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BRIDGEPORT Aug. - ream
complete skeletons, believed to have.
Prof. \Varren King Moorhead of 11::-
tional repute. near the Housatonia
River at Laurel Beach. The prof .,
and his assistants have been digging
in this section for some time
claim to have found a. number of 11111:.
cations that the section was once in
habited by a. forgotten race 11“
Both skeletons appear to be well
preserved. Thb bones are rough. de-
noting- great strength. the skulls are
flat and both posses a. perfect III: of
teeth of unusual size. Prof. Moorheai!
in an interview said that it was his:
belief that the bodies were buried
salt water several thousand years ago;
which accounts for their preset-gall
He also expressed a hope mat fie
his assistants would soon locate a but
ial ground of a tribe ofan
race.
11V AVENUE Bill
STNNIIN NY I
Patsy Renzuli of 99 Ely avenue
struck and thrown to the ground
the Wilson Point road. near
Standard Oil Company‘s plant.
evening at 8. :0 o'clock. by a}
driven by John Lasen of 173‘ ,
Main street who was mm
the road. her! he taught
Lassen pic 1: 1:
him to the cm of Dr. I. am
on South Main street. where ‘
found that his Injurie- were not .
ions. Hisscalpwuoatand 1
quite a bit, but this was the extent
his injuri'es. '
' According to W's story the
was ctdsilng the road and ran ‘
rear Of his car. being thrown
ground. .
Early this morning flurry may
1 Bur-roll avenge. comm
police that while rials: hk when.
South m met. war the 3'5»
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