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assocmggo‘ PRESS NEWS mien m PARTS 101" THE WOBIGD l3? 3 SPECIAI. WIRE m
ESTABLISHED 1870
(Yl‘t‘ilflfgv
t’l.1 11 g: litcll the of
11-1- “.1111 be stacks of the St.
((11414' I'll-"1' .‘llltl l'ulp Company. 011
Smith \Mv‘t‘i First district. was :1 nui-
Vsn'u'e In realm nts nearby. :1 commit-
tee was appointed by Mayor (':1lvin l..
l1;:1t1~n, :11 thi- spl c121] meeting 01‘ the
‘l‘qull"“li held last evening. to investi-
1:*1‘~ the mattt r and report buck at the
:‘exl l'el:11l11.l'meeting. the committee
. unstslitll: of Health Officer [loin-rt [‘1.
with). ('OlllO";lill)ll Counsel \Viliizlnl
. '1 inlnlully and {ltnlllcilnlall Samuel
I i\11'|‘ ‘.
l'1-..11 ifll‘itln brought (tic-"matter
~11 f1 t"-"nlllt‘il when We stated
‘-1 19 1 number (11 complaints had been
.I 1. mm about lb.- lllutte-r and
1.11- 1111. through some action 011
11.111‘ wws looltvrl to to remedy the
i. .1H1'l‘.
- v, is season—ted that tin-w be some
11ml..- (llllliltlllt'b‘ p:1s.ld. but this
.111 z 1:.1'-.t\ consult-Veil lust
to the crunnlitt’ce to
'i in-l::!: i"li
Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Clam Man Matter.
filllOke Nuisance Here
Will Be Investigated
And Report Made Later
100,000 Issue of Calf Pasture Beach Park and,
Highway Bonds Sold to R. M. Grant & Com-
pany of Boston—~Sanford P. Foss Company of
Jersey (‘ity Gets Dredging Contract —— Road
and Bridge Contracts Awarded
determine. 'l‘hat “smoke catchers"
had been installed on the stacks. in
the way 01‘ hoods. was spoken of. but
the installation did not seem to pre—
vent soot and cinders from flying
about.
The Cult Pasture Beach Park and
Highway llonds. the $100,000 issue.
was votml to be sold to R. M. Grant 8:.
Co. of Boston. who agreed to pay par
for them. providing at least 350.000 of
tl1.- purchase price was allowed to r0-
main on deposit. in a bank named by
the company. where it would not draw
interest for the city for a period of
not less than six months from date of
purchase. _
All of the Counciiusave Councilman
(it-urge Curtis. were in favor of the
sale. and the latter voted against it.
claiming his negative vote to be a.
tmatter of principle. and because he
did not believe that the city was do-
(Continucd on Page Eight)
.4111 Coal Mines
.155 5,000 Men Are E: (pected
N ext Week,
.1 on Saturday.
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.-1111’;i\ 1n the anthracite coal ticup
Ht'('-‘l~i()3l(‘(l renewed optimism
. . .111 1-.tl'i) settlement of the dispute
' 1 l.".|ili.lliu("d 1515,0011 mine work-
'l'.1~'<'-ss for the months.
' Ii" nl‘t'onls of none 01' the media-
..1 brim; the two tactions together
conference has been success-
. '11 l‘ unportance “as attached to
= ’ "Hwnl issued by the operators
Mr Hill they will _\i1 hi on tile
‘ (11v lsy it (impelled by :1
1.1!:1t1'."
also \i‘Hs' placed on the
"(-111 by the Operators that
->~l again on 51111111111). lly
was take 11 to lilcan that
mi! will be sufficiently mod-
anrlnllt the resumption
"then with the leaders of the
\.'ulkel’s some time next week.
~17 possible a complete adjust—
ot‘ their differences by the end
wee-k.
MEMONIAL’EINE
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friends and associates of Solon
.1111';l1111.. patriotic .\111eric11n. enh—
'1' >1, lilplor and teacher. Jiil\'(- pialn
1.13...» 11 1111111 to commemorate
and influence, lt is difficult to
how great “as the loss to
:1: '11‘1, through his premature
11; it 1< proposed that the fund
lilz'i‘t'ti ill the following ways:
\ memorial window. (ll-signed
1:;1 lll'illic_\ and executed by
.t .\ it. Lamb, is to be placed
mm l. of St. Mark's church.
w h ire ll, liol'gl ILDLJDMQ 11
last years of his life.
llorgluln's hook on
innstruction." a. volume of
consisting of text and
many ill colors. is
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mirage any conviction.
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Here to be able to show
Wm 01' the good works of
'u-ler. who lived his life
and disinterested dedica-
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11111 preserving his teach-
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and. in some ismall
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to American art. abroad
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UMBLE BEES STING
WOMAN MOTORIST
. S11 pt.
3’ ‘l of
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l.——Dr. Alma
615 President
‘ slum-r. lost control of
' ’v" intn'M-n “fest Stock-
mze yesterday momu
, attacked by a
~ 1.. s :1an the vehicle
: i" "Phone pole,
, ns stu; 1: several times
"“1 “as s ightly dam-
s not injured
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to R e s u m 6 Operations
Following
Meeting of the Operators
of”
Differences
To Be Settled This Week
BANE NElilY HAS
EliEi] SUIT AfiAlNSY
NAILNUAI] STRINERS
(‘lllt‘nGtL Sept. 1 (lly T110 Asso-
1-iazed l'riss).——-—Thu lfllited States
Government today was granted :1. tom-
pornr) restraining order against the
six stril 1m: railroad shopcrat'ts 11n-
inns. illt'll‘ officials and members. from
interfering in any way with the oper-
ation of the railroads and their prop—
eitils.
CHICAGO. . Sept. 1 (Associated
i'l'trsF) «Suit for an injunction
against all striking cmploycs of the
railroads of the I'nited States and
their union officials was filed in lfnit-
ed States District Court today by At-
torney-General Daugherty.
The action named the individual
unions no V')" strike, as well as the
railway ell-ployes' department of the
American Federation of Labor; The
suit also \vns directed against the
(Continued 011 Page Seven)
Yil/llN AT MY. YENNflN
NEELS MAN IN STORM
Rain Sweeps City —- Two
Hurt After Car Tieup.
MOUNT TVERNON. N. Y., Sept. 1.—-
A heavy rain storm broke over the
city last night during the rush 110111‘
and water went into the subwals at
11111le points. bllt no delays resulted.
The VV‘eather Bureau gives the pee;
ciptation during the storm as .95 inch.
- williasn.£;r- Bar-111%, S35 'fiw
lyn, employed by the Rudge Printing
Company at Mount Vernon, was killed
by a New Haven train at Mount Ver-
way to the station when the rain fell
and hé ran back up the tracks toward
the factory to get the umbrella he had
left: there. He was struck by a train
and killed instantly. .
Two persons were' injured and a
dozen passengers shaken up when
tWO surface cars collided in East
109th street near Manhattan avenue
(Continued on Page Seven)
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Attachments aggregating 34.0110
were filed this morning by Deputy
Sheriff Edward B. Doulens against the
fire pumper owned by the Scagrave
Pumper company of Columbus. Ohio,
which figured in an automobile ac~
cldent at Franklin and West Washing-
ton streets last Sunday morning.
Mrs. Elizabeth “'0", the principal
victim of the accident who suftcrtd
two fractured ribs, claims $1.000 dam-
ages. Her daughter. Ruth. claims 3800
and her -daughter-in-law, Theresa
Well Claims $800. The three suits
were brought through the office of
Light Dunbar & Quinlan. The cases
are returnable to the Court of Com-
mon Pleas the first Tuesday of Octo—
her.
It will be recollected that the Sea-
grave pumper figured in the auto-
mobile collision with a taxi cab owqed
by Edward O’Connor. The pumper was
going to the first district at the time
for a. demonstration. The three per-
sons named as plaintiffs in the suits
lwere passengersln the
non during lite storm. He Was part'
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C. Irving Byington was elected
chairman of the Republican 'Town
Committee, at its organization meeting
held last night, following the adjourn-
'me.nt of the, convention, in the court
room. City Hall.
Nearly all ot' the members were
present and it took only a few minutes
to conduct the business before the
meeting.
Edmund E. Crowe. who has served
as chairman of the town committee
for many years. announced his inten~
tion or retiringb and called for nomin-
ations of a successor.
The name of Mr. flyington was the
only one presented to the meeting
and he was unanimously elected
chairman. . .
Mr. (fl—owe thanked the members of
the committee for the loyal service
they had rendered him in the past and
expressed his regret at parting with
the committee officially.
Dr. Carl A. Harstrom movcvl that a
vote of thanks be extendcd to Mr.
Crow! for the. very efiicient work he
had rendered the party in the past.
and it was passed unanimously.
Mrs. Minerva M. Davis was elected
vice—chairlllan; Mrs. Ge gc N. Mc-
Kihbin, secretary, and r. Carl A.
Harstrom. treasurer.
Chairman lyington having taken
the chair. stated that a meeting of the
committee would shortly be called to
censlder plans for the coming election
and the appointment of sub-commit-
tees, and the arrangement of other de-
tails. ‘
STATE PAYMENTS
Connecticut Shows Decrease
of 30 Per Cent. as Com-
pared With Last Year’s
Total — South Carolina
Makes Poorest Showing
of All—Every State Is
Adversely Affected in the
Returns.
HARTFORD. Sept. 1.——Connecti-
cut's internal revenue payments to the
Federal Government for the year end—
ing June 30 this year totalled $511.—
224.045, a decrease of 30 per cent.
from the payments during the year
ending June 311. 1931. ’i‘his‘decrtase
is shown today in the preliminary re—
port signed by C. 1’. Smith. acting
commissioner. Ilis rtport indicates
. .
that the evltlre country collections
from income and profits taxes in 1921
won» 33.328.137.073JS. and ill 19:22.
33.057.540.2«illflfi, 11 decrease of $1.-
1411.1111.43!1.99.
The receipts for 1922 include p:l_v~
merits of the third and fourth instal-
ments of the 1920 taxes and the first
111111 s1 cond instalments 01‘ the 1921
tat-:es. There are included also var—
ious payments on account of addition-
al assessments. and amended returns
of income and profits taxi-s for prior
years.
The total internal revenue collections
from all sources were 33.197.451.083
Continued on Page Fifteen
ill sum ~
EillPES ANI] IS WEI]
Greenwich Schoolgirl Bride
of Joseph Mayer.
GREENW’ICH, Sept. 1.——A romance
of schooldays culminated yesterday in
the. marriage of Miss Miriam Falconer
McMurtry. daughter of Mr. and lilrs.
Alden L. McMul-try and Joseph M.
Mailer. son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Matter in St. Mary’s R. C. church.
Rev. 1“. J. Murphy officiating.
This was the second ceremony for
the young couple, they having eloped
on last Saturday and were married by
the justice of the peace in Pound
Ridge. Mrs. Mailer, who is 16 years
old was to have entered the junior
class of the Greenwich» High school,
and was to have made her debut dur-
ing the’ coming season. Mailer, who
is 19, graduated from the school last
year.
Bothrare from prominent families.
Miss McMurtry‘s father was formerly
chief inspector of the State police
and motor vehicle department‘and is
now State consulting engineer. Her
grandparents on her father's side are
Mr. and Mrs. George McMurtry of 812
Fifth avenue, New York and on her
mother's side she was the grand-
daughter of Alexander Falconer.
whose widow was Miss Lily H.
Hodges": daughter of James R.
Hodges. a. former mayor of Baltimore.
Maker's father is the headrof the
Mailer Brothers, dealers in lumber
and coal.
The elapement came as a. surprise
to both their families and friends but
updn their. return the young couple
received the parental blessings. .
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7 Try I. Sentinel ”Winn. adv.
0N iNililiiE TAX,
scum NORWALK, Guam-1319112 SEPTEMBER 1, 192:2.
1
SCHOOLS 0? N
Nor-walk public schools open for the
lle‘v-‘year Tuesday morning. . This an-
nouncement was made this morning
by Superintendent of Schools G. V.
Buchanan. The schools were never,
in better shaps for the opening of the
first session following the summer va-'
cation. notwithstanding the the fact
that the foul new rooms- at the Senior
High school building will not be com-l
plcted for another three weeks. One
of the most cheerful features of the
school opening is the fact that there
is coal enough in the bunkers of all
of the schools except the Franklin to
last until Christmas and possihlv
longer. The coal for the. Franklin
school is on the railroad tracks in
.\om-.1li;. awaiting transportaition to
(Continued on Page Two)
Left to right ~Attorney-General Edward J. Brundage, Chief 111-3
vestigator J. G. Glaser and Assistant Attorney~General C. W. Kidde-
kaut‘ who are on the site of the Herrin massacre. where a scOre of
non union men were killed, conducting an investigation.
General Brundage' s lite has been threatened and he has been warned
to keep out of Williamson county.
The Grand Jury has returne
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11 CONVENEDr
The annual COm’ention of the Sons
of Italy lodges of this State will be
held in this city, on Sunday and Mon-
day. September 3 and 4. One hun—
dred delegates will attend the conven-
tion. which will COI'i\'L:lll- at Progress
Forum Hall. 100 “lashingmn street.
The convention will Open on Sun-
day morning at 10 o'clock When the
committee on credentials Will. “amine
the credentials of the delegates and
the reading of the minutes will form
the morning session. At 2 o’clock the
convention will open with-an address
of welcome by Mayor, Calvin L. Bar-
ton, followed by the reportsvof the
grand venerable, the grand financial
secretary, grand recording secretary
and a discussion on the advisability of
INVESTIGATIOIK OF HERRIN. MASSACRE.
d an indictment charging that the
indicted fired the shot which killed Supt. C. K. McDowell.
(Continued on gage Five)
Attorney-
NOUSE iN EASY
NORWALN Nifi
ilRE .DANNGE
l ire, believed to haxe been started
by the careless use of a gasoline torch
b) a painter who was removing paint.
from the exterior walls of the home
of 11 rederick Hopp. 35 Cme avenue
broke out shortly before 1 o’clock this
afternoon, ‘blfi was de’co'v ered and ex-
tinguishedrbefore it had a. chance to
do any material amount ofdamage.
The Mayflower Hook and pLadder
company was called out, as was some
of the Central Fire Station apparatus.
.A hole burned in ,the side walls on
the Fourth street side of the house,
provided a--draft spot for the fire,
which, after smouldering'for a while,
worked its way up the walls and into
the attic and roof.
When the firemen arrived they had
to -cut holes in the walls in several
spots in order to get chemical and
water into the seat of the fire. The in-
terior of the attic was also a mass of
flames, but. they were extinguished be-'
fore they worked themselves through
the roof.
It was impossible to estimate with
any hope of'exactness, the amount of
damage done.
ASIA MINOR BATTLE _
STILL IN FULL SWING
s
SMYRNA. -" Sept. ,. 1.—-(Associate’d
Press.)-—-The battle in Asia. Minor,
opened by the Turkish nationalist. at-
tack on the Greek lines several days
ago. is still in full swing, according
to reports from the front today.
Heavy fighting“ is continuing in the
vicinity of Touloubunar.
-Greek reinforcements are being
hurried to the front.
GIRL DIES 0F
' ERAC’I‘URED SKULL
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-—Merced2s
Ramirez, 3. Porto Rican. died in the
New Rochelle Hospi today of a
fractured skull. suflered early yestera
day morning. when she is; thrown
from an automobile near Inmhmont.
'Betore she died. the *
Important Notice
All baseball scores for Saturday
and Sunday games lnust be in the
South Norwalk office of The Even—
ing Sentinel not later than 8 o‘clock
Sunday night for publication in
Monday‘s paper. as The likening
Sentinel will be issuedvns 8 1110111ng
paper on Labor Day. Bfauagers of
ball teams will kindly 00-0110th
with The Sentinel in this respect.
All sport. items for publication in
Monday’s paper must be mocked
not 111th than 6 oclock, Sundav
night.
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NATENMAN’S ELNBN
WW
John Davis, caretaker of the New
Canaan dump, brought a. watchman's
clock into police headquartersiyester-
day. He obtained the clock under
rather peculiar circumstances, he told
the police.
It appears that there was a. young
man, apparently about 18 or 19 years
old, picking Wild grapes on the side
of the railroad tracks at. Catherine
street and‘ Nash's corner. A junk man
came along and the youngster hailed
him.
The yotmg man produced the
watchman' s clock which he endeavor-
ed to sell to the junkman. When the
lattei- refused _to buy it, the young
man threw it bn his wagon and ran
away. The junkman turned the clock
over to Davis.
owned by the Federal
company, '
stolen.
Fur ._ Dyeing
from whom it had been
5‘
now we mum LEGAL .
_, cums 111" 11-11:: norm
.People wishing to make older or
other nongintoxtcating beverages from,
fruit juices may do so without inter;
ference Item the prohibition authorl—I
ties provided a statement is filed with
the Prohibition Department of the U.
8. Internal Revenue Bureau. The law
provides that the head or the family
may make not more than 200 331.01
non alcoholic fruit juice products pro-
vided that he flies notice of his inten-
tion five days before he starts product
tlon. Blanks for 111111; with the. rev-
t
The police discovered the clock was-
Partly cloudy tonight, and seem-day;
LDelegates Elected
to the Several
G. 0.4P.
.Carl.A. flarstrom, Mayor Calvin L Barto
Minerva M. Davis, and Mrs. Dorothy M. Mat-
thews Go to the State Convention —-.Th
Were but Few Contests—DelegatiOn Madé
Up About Equally of Men and Women—A
Large Number Present at the Convention
Conventi0ns
The Council chamber in the City
Hall “as comfortably filled last even-
ing at the convention of the Retmbli-i
can delegates elected at Tuesday:
night's primaries. The reported “fire-
works"~which some thought would
materialize didn't appear and the
election of delegates was accomplish-
ed with very little friction.
The meeting was called to ordel by
Edmund E. Crowe and Charles E.
Hoyt was nominated chairman.
Stephen Dokus was nominated secre-
talx.
0n the question of the election of
d legates to the State convention the.
lust pull came. when eight candidates
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTIOX-‘
DELEGATES.
Following are the Republican
delegates elected last night to
the. several conventions:
State Convention.
Dr. Carl A. Hal'Sll'Om, First
ward: Mayor Calvin L. Barton.
Second ward; Mrs. Minerva M.
Davis. Third ward; .\lrs. Doros
thy 1M. Mathews. Fourth ward.
Congressional Convention.
George E. Ingham. Third
ward: Sally Betts. First ward:
Mrs. Marion \Vadsworth, $1.9-
0nd ward; Clinton B. Rowland,
Fifth ward.
' County Convention.
Samuel C. Ireland. Second
ward; Herbert VJ. Gorham,
Third ward; Mrs. Frank C.
Goodyear, First ward; and Mrs.
Bertha Cleverlev, Fifth ward.
Senatorial Convention.
C. Irving Byington, First:
ward: Clinton B. Rowland,
Fifth wan-he M15. J. Blilton
.Coburn. Second ward: Mars"
Rider. 'lhird ward.
Probate Convention.
Freeman Light. Second ward;
John Milne. F irst ward; William
A. Cartwright. Third w;ard Mrs.
10111 Higgins, Fifth ward.
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SUBJEEY ill Still _
BY SHERIFF fillillil
FAIRFIELD, Sept. L—Fairfield’s
town “lockup" is dragged into, the.
public eye and the civil courts as
the result of the filing of a suit
against the town of Fairfield in Super—
ior court vesterday by Deputy Sheriff
\K illiam H. Gould. who says he was
seriously injured when the dilapidated
porch Lithe towns “hobo repose"
gave “a; with “him.
Deputy Sheriff Gould alleges that
while he was in the act of transfer-
ring a prisoner, the. piazza, where the
inmates are wont to sit of a warm
summer’ 5 eve, collapsed with him and
since that time, July 22, 1921, he has
been obliged to pay out. large sums
for an operation and medical attend—
ance.
The writ states that the jail is used
for the temporary confinement of
prisoners and is rented from the First
Baptist Church society. The defend-
ant he alleges, had previous notice of
the, bad condition of the stoop.
RIPIIIGIlIIlllH
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DU BLIN, Sept. 1. (Associated
Press) .——Reports that Arthur Griflith
was poisoned, circulated in Dublin at
the time of his death three weeks ago,
have again become prevalent. Inquiry
, among physicians who attended the
Dail president have evoked the cate-
gorical statement that he died from
natural causes, probably from heart
disease.
A leading physician, however, has
infomed the correspondent that there
is some talk of exhu'ming the body
and holding an autopsy
BQY 1130 AT
P03 8mm
Edwar- Venaccio,15. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Vénaccio of 410 East
12311! street. N2% York. was suddenly
taken with an epileptic at yesterday
and fell into 11 shallow pond of water
Disorders, Bridge Burnings
And Dynamiting Are Centinuing
‘ NNIYI‘IINE'
"WAS lltllSIllel]=
were nominated, who were voted npo
singly. The 1‘88““: were as follows:
Dr. Carl A. Harstrom. nominated 5
Mrs. Davis. received 16 votes against
13 votes for Nelson W. Benedict. noma
mated by Herbert 0. Pollard. .
LfasorCalvln L. Barton, nominated
bv Mrs. P. Irving Smith. received 15
votes against 10 votes for Charles E.
Hovt. nominated by Attorney John J’.
Cuneo and two Vtes for J. Edward,
Lycctt, nominated by Eugene Cash—K
man.
nomination. There were but 27 votes:
cast on this ballot. .
(Continued on Page Eight)
Alleged Plot to Kill Three
Railroad Presidents and
Kidnap Their Families—-
Deportation for Aliens
Arrested for In 3 111' i :13
Railroad Pmperty— Re-
wards Ofl’éred by the Rail-
way Companies for Those
Who Burned Bridges.
CHICAGO. Sept. l.—Police and.
Federal operatives here were under-l.
stood today to start a vigorous drive f
against radicals and agitators believed '
to be behind railroad wreck and bomb
plots.
Activities here followed 24. hoarse! .
increasing disorders. bridge burnings. '
and dynamiting of railroad property-
throughout the country.
Disclosures of an alleged plot to
kill three railroad pmdents or kid-
nap members of their families were
hilt parts of radical plots, the Chicago
Hex raid and Examiner said today. The
three mil heads aaginst whom the ah
nged plot was made were said to be
the presidents of the New York Cen-
tral lines the Pennsylvania system,
a"? the Chicago Rock Island and PW:
“‘19- The home here of the ring lead‘
01" “as said to be under surveillance
111“ “J“ a! rest is expefied.
. l""°“3ii0n ploceedings against at-
:17“: :tchd in connection with plots
«2. s 1... r
111011111 F .Saidailroads are probable an-
G0“ ”‘0“ Small of Illinois granted
a Teflu‘ATUO“ to e\tradxte William Z.
170510“?1 Cal leader and head of the
Trades I “10“ Educational League to
Michigan. where he is Wanted . o
charges 0f (‘1 Emilia! Svndicalism grown
ing— out of the alleged Comrflunlsg-a
meeting in the 'Bgrri‘en countv wood
Among numerous plots and action:
againSt various railroad Dromrties in
the past twentv— four hours were these:
V’ P, Sev fred. pmsident of .the New
Mexico State Federation of Labor and.
Andrew Bruno. a Dillinber. were held
at Albuquemli' followmg their arrest
/
(Continued on Page Six)
BNNSUYA’YE fliiiiili
Charges Passport Visas
fused Unless Ho 1d.
Took Amerimn Ship's.
LONDON. -“ Sept. 1- (Associa
Prefix—Th2 closing of the Ameri»
Consulate at Newmfle-on—Tyne tel?»
l 'w the consuls;
Exequa'turs by the British Govern
[is annalentlv for an indefinite period.
9 Consulate. it is learned. has been
l closed since Tuesday.
1 Fred. C. Slater the Consul. has ;
ordered to Coral-ma, Spain. and Rug-
sell TM. Brooks, Vice-Consul. to!) >_
11911. The archives have been W
ferred to the Consulate at Hull 11%.
is the nearest one. to Newcastle.
’ The action of the British Gowns»
lment is said to have been fa
the grounds that the two Consulate?
ficials were unduly active in solid: w
business for the vessels of the Unm
States Shipping Board and that
tempts were made to ”coerce B
Subjects into using American ' .
instead of British testify This.
denied by Mr. Slater in an
last night. ;
The British Government fix
ago advised the American 09
ment it had proogotabmeby
Slater and 17in Bron.
their positions, and that it 3333 .
ed reluctantly to within!
pets; The Govemmentabo
it would dent- nation for
two.” the Ameflccn t
conducting its own
le’xht decide
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Mr. Lycett had declined the 5
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