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SOUTH NORWALK. colitis. : ‘
C ity
Councilmen Refuse Change
‘In parking Ordinance and
Await Action of Courts
Fathers Did Not Approve of Action of FirSt District
Merchants in Getting Out Injunction—Voted to Rent
Two Voting Machines for Use in November.
turned the tables on the people who
uul been responsible for obtaining
the injunction against the enforce-
uent of the new parking ordinance.
y refusing to take any action towards
-e changing of the ordinance, as pre-
usly announced. when they were
ed in session at the City Hall lust
‘2 t. .
'vllllCllmflTl Charles Mills. when the
“ting was opened and Mayor liar-
hnd announced that the meeting
- Ld been called for the purpose of
ltcrlnn’ and considering the ordin-
nce, which had proven distasteful to
lcrclmnts and business men of the
"irst District. rose and saiti:~--
' “i move you. Mr. Mayor. that until
lch time as the courts decide the
Kill. of this council to draw and en—
orclirlnnces. that. nothing he.
one on this matter."
This motion was seconded and un-
nnimounly carried.
'l‘llut thr- motion was entirely un—
rvpectwl by the spectators was shown
by the. expressions on their faces
“hell it was seen that the trllllus hull
luvu lurm-d on these people “no Mc-
tlll‘l ti the inumction.
'l‘ln- ini'lnction “as obtained lust
“ll luv. \\ lll‘ll only the night hetorc
Mm...- i.ll‘l()ll :lt ii. hearing on the
rr'llilllllit‘“ promised that. it, would not
V.» rigidly enforced: that cars could
..np long enough for occupants tr
'lmitl‘ purchases llnrl thllt the enforce—
The common council inst night i ment of the ordinance would not be
effective after 6:30 at night t‘o ‘7‘8 the
next. morning. “’
Despite this assurance, and the
forth: r assurance that final action to.
change the ordinance. so as to re-
lieve its drastic terms would be made
at last night's meeting the injunction
was obtained solely through “spite
work."
Mayor Barton in his talk last
’ihursd.’ty night stated that the ordin-
ance had not been drawn to Work any
hardship on anyone. and that it Would
be clmnged'to meet with the ideas of
the merchants who protested, but that
it would not be rigidly unforced.
pending last night’s met-ting. and he
sent :1. letter to that effect in Chief of_
i'oliee \Villl‘nm R. Pennington.
()nly Uilt‘ other item of business was
considered at last night's meeting. and
that wus the renting of two additional
“nine-port)” voting machines for the.
coming state election. at a cost of
73.13 a machine. 1“. (l. B. Jamestown,
l-‘a. ' _
it was agreed that the machines
were needed because of the new
voters that had been made and be-
cause of congestion that has occurred
before. One machine will be placed
in the First \Vard and one ill the Sec-
ond \Vurd, giving: each ward, three
machines.
The council adjourned after the au—
horimtion to rent the. two machines
(or this election.
California Specialist Will
Not Make Private Blood Test
Indicated That a Decision
Will Be Rendered in the
Case by Judge Ducomb on
Saturday.
c HJCAGL). Supt. 27.~l')r. amen
Abrnlns. California specialist. has re-
fused to make u. privutv blood test to
determine whether John 'l‘icrnnn.
Nulrt- llunle law professor. in the fath—
v-r of his wife's baby boy. who Mrs.
'l‘lernun says is the, child “of Harry
l'mllln, it becmnc known today.
Ln Abrams refused to grant a con-
rvrcnl e lo the. 'l‘iernans. who came to
t‘hlcngo last night. They brought. the
baby with them. d .
llr. Abrams. in declining to take n.
pm-t privately in the cube. said ho-
would make, a test only; ‘ 1 connection
with court procedure a‘nd only then
with both 'l‘iernnn and l‘oulin sub-
mitting to the test.
St‘li'TH BEND. lnti.. Sept. "TX—o
\Vith hearings ended ill the case of
Harry l'oulin. charged by Mrs. Aug-
uslu. 'l‘icrnan with tho paternity of her
old child. persons inter-
in the outcome were marking:
time today, nwnitlnr: the verdict of
Judge ('hestel' l.. lint-omit. which is
schedulvd in he announced Saturday
lnornllnr. 'l‘hr- hearings. begun more
than n week “go, cume to it close late
yesterday, following completion of the
closing arguments of the contending
l'illlllfir‘l. , .
'l‘he ilnprobnbility of a woman in
the position of Mrs. 'I‘il-rnrin bringing:
lwl‘nl'w tho- puhllc‘thc story of her re-
|.lllll|‘.‘~l with another man. unless the
.‘I‘th :wtnnlly occurred. such as the.
plmnlil'l' has done. was emphasized by
l'rrvmrulor .lelllson in summing up the
Hmrv‘s case. He asserted that it had
Iwwn slnwn thut Mrs. Tiernan's solo
mntiu- in bringing! the court action
was to make l’oulin acknowledge the,
puruntltu‘n of his own child.
Mrs. Tiernan had "exiled herself
from society." had "voluntarily relin-
quished her home. had deprived her-'
sell’ of her children. and the compan-
ionship of her husband. not for re-
vcngc or for money. but because her
assertions are the truth and Harry
Puniln must. face the truth." the pros-
cc'ltor said.
"’l‘icrnnn has stood by his wife in
this nction. not for revenge." be con—
tinued. "but for the. sake. of justice,
The case involves the. right of a father
to he culled a father and to bc king'o
his own domicile." -
in concluding Prosecutor Jellison
snid-
“iVe know that Mrs. 'l‘iernan is not
a. woman to compose a monstrous t‘n.
‘llricarlon-wto perjure herself in tho
eves of her children. The question be-
fore tha- court is: ‘W’ho is the father
of this child?’ -
“The evidence points to Harry Pou-
lin."'
ln clojng their case. the defense at-
torneys argued that the plaintiff had
“"'-5."lne ulterior motive for seeking ro—
x-onm attainst Poulln and maintained
that the prosecution had not establish-
cd that thr- baby might not be Pro-
fessor Timnan’s offspring. The attor~
’rIr-ys nttackcd the testimony of Mn.
T‘wrnan that marital relations be-
tween her and Professor Tier-nan had
been broken off at the, time of con-
eeptlon or the infant. and anected
that the plaintiff apparently had In—
(Contlnued on Page Bevan).
M
Rem-y Tilly, is quite lit
:31 South Main street. 13;: 0:3:
fered a shock today. Mr. Tilly is the
head of the Tilly Auto and Carriage
tt’orks at 81 North Main street.
H‘s—m...
Then is sure to be a.
”least the-weekly drill
but; Train at. the
eveninl. an at this
large attend»
of the Com-
AnnOry, tomorro
, time th ' =
will home. Than 1. 3 ° mm“"-
but”. to; some beta
HAS lllllllllllllls
ul PliillilillllilN‘
PHILA DELPHIA, Sept. ~>A new
and fairly lucrative business is coming
into beingin these partan a result of
prohibition. according to .l. E. JOlleS.
assistant national prohibition com-
lnimionor. who is here from \Vashiug—
ton on a trip of inspection. J‘s lathe.
selling of photographs of prohibition
agents-to saloon-keepers who vf'late
both the spirit. and the letter of the
prohibition law. New Jersey saloon-
keepers. said Mr. Jones. are. glad to
pay five, dollars apiece for authentic
photographs and are anxious to have
a. complete collection of Government
agents who operate ill their territory.
Mr. Jones has found thut export
counterfelters are, turning from the
manufacture of spurious currency to
that of removal permits and whiskey
bottle labels. and “FD linding it n vocn-
tion "simple of accomplishment. just
us profitable. but not nearly so dang-er-
ous as making money." '
WBMAN’S CLUB HAS
ANNUlttllNEHEflN
'l‘he Women's‘cluh. one of the oldest
in Connecticut. celebrated its “Presi-
dent's Jilly." yesterday" with a. lunch-
eon at the Norwalk Country club.
The occasion was an unqualified suc—
cess. and the, members and their
friends enjoyed :L delightful moni‘ulid
very interesting- speeches. \
Th.- president of the club. Miss Mar-
garet lirendlinger of Hillside. acted as
to master and introduced the other
speakers. W'iih 'her at the guests' ta—
27,
~ble Were the [meats of honor: Colonel
Isaac l‘llman of New Haven; Freder-
ick Lamson or the Norwalk Tire and
Rubber Company; Rev. F. H. Jacob!
of the South Nortvnlk (‘ongrezmitmnl
church; Mrs. “’llliam Raye. chairman
of the committee of the day. and Mir:
Adena llrockway. founder of the club.
The thirty-six members and friends
were seated at a. T-shaped table. beau-
tlfgllé' idecorated with blue larkspur
an 3. I’ll. ' B. .
Roms. 3. nd delightful white bios-
Colonel L‘llman's address
801018“ "The Community 3:38;?- it;
plan which is in force in a number of
cities. and which takes charge of the
financing of the philanthropic institu-
tions of the community. Colonel llll-
man spoke last week at the Kiwanis
club and was invited to speak at the
Women's club because of the great in-
terest in the community chest plan for
Nor-walk. The guests weer deeply im-
pressed with the presentation and ex-
pressed themselves as eager to do all
they could to make it a possibility in
Norwalk.
Mr. Lamson nad Jacobs also spoke
briefly, bringing- greetlngs to the club
at its annual meeting. The whole a:-
fair was greatly enjoyed by those Pres-
ent.
“ '
NORWALK WOMAN D
INTO OAR IN FAIRPELD
sori'rHPon'r. Sept. 27.——Retumlng
from a trip throdgh Mamchusetts in
her new automobile.‘ Miss Selma
Snort of Main street. Norwalk. at-
tempted to round Carey's corner while
truth was at a. bait and. in doing so.
run into the respond; are «formed
‘
death mystery.
\
meoanm mmssslzs litmus“! lesser
7' “EURO ERS
cannon
Mr.‘ and.Mrs. Harry McCabe or New Brunswick. who have told the
police that they heard screams in the woods near their home last
Saturday night about the hour that the Rev. Edward Hall and his
choir leader. Mrs. Eleanor Mills. were shot to death in the same woods.
The McCabes are regarded as valuable witnesses in the puzzling
SEEURITIES ill ~ ~
sum REBlilil
V ARE MISSINfi
Had $10,000 About Him
'When He Was Killed Two
Weeks Ago.
HIS GOLD WATCH
WAS MISSING
Work of REEL—r; 'or Black-
mail Gang’ Is Latest Belief
NFAV llItI'NSW’lCK. N. .l.. Sept. u.
-~Authoritles investigating the slaying:
ttvo weeks ago, of thr- ltcv. Edward
Vi'heelcr Hall. rector of the i-Zplscopod
Church of St. John the Evangelist.
and his choir lender. Mrs. James
Mills. sought today to run down ru—
mors that the rector may have been
carrying securities valued in excess of
$10,000 when he was shot. l'ntil this
report became current investigators
had given little ~credence to sugges-
tions that the double killing might.
have been the work of robbers or n
blackmail gang.
f The bodies of the Rev. Mr. Hall and
Mrs. Mills were found in a. deserted
field near New Brunswick three days
after they had dimppenrcd.
Al'hm‘KhE‘hPO rcctor's watch was
missing, investigators proceeded on
the theory that jealousy and not rob-
bery prompted tho double killing.
Information since obtained tends to
strengthen the former belief. but tho
investigators have been unable to pin
.thc. crimeupon any one known to
have had cause for jealousy.
Today's inquiry paid particular at.—
tentlon to the rumor that securities in-
herited by the Rev. Mr. Hall from the
estate of his mother-in-lnw'wcre taken
from his strong‘ box prior to the day
he. was killed. ’
MAN. ofim’rv on “norm-17F.
MAY FACE MURDER CHARGE
Cdnnecticut Asks Jersey to
Sentence So Extradition Can Bic
Arranged.
Detective George H.
Stamford. Conn..
13
c‘Curthy of
app area before
Jugs James W. McCarthy in the
H son County’ Court of Common
Pleas. Jersey City, N. J., yesterday
and asked that. execution of 11 sent-
ence imposed ln'New Jersey on Mar-
tin McMahon. alias "Red" McMahon.
be” postponed so McMahon could be
taken to Stamford for trial 'on a
charge of murder in the first degree.
McMahon was sentenced by Judge
McCarthy in June. 1920. to serve three
years in the penitentiary for compile-
ity in, a hold-up. The New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals affirmed
the sentence last November. Yester—
day his bondaman. Neil Mahoney of
Bayonne. withdrew hell and nativered
him to the Hudson County Jail.
Judge.'MoCal-thy»referrv d 54:» detec-
tive to Justice Francis J. Swayze of
the NewJer'seyg supreme Court. .
M ‘.
DANBURY RAID-Jams ,
. INJRFEIT 3800 R0.
DANBURY. 35m. 27.—-—Edward‘n:}s.
Knight and John Leimer. arrested a
week. ago; today for violations of the
liquor law, forfeited bonds of 3200
each when‘their cases werécalled in
the City court this morning. ' The
cows were originally set for yesterday
morning but it is believedafter seeing
police .to obtain the (MademJ decided
notto stand martin: me 213.,
The. m ! “ma.
i
Reported That Rev. Mr. Hall!
the—4 inmates-rusted“ were state " 7
.vitm cu rreut
CURRENT EVENT 3 ~
CLUB Ti] RESUME
The Current Events course. given
the past two years in Norwalk by Ed-
gar \Vhitc Burrili oi“ New York
city. will begin October 4 at the home
of Mrs. George C. Brown. 1:! France
street. at 7:45 o’clock. Flycry “'ed-
nesday evening. from 7:45 to 8:45. Mr.
Btu-rill will give a resume and inter—
pretation of the events of the. preced-
ing week. paying especialattention to
the outstandini'tevent m‘ the hour.
such as the Greek-Turkish situation.
Anglo-French relations. the railroad
strike. legislation at \i'zushington. etc.
This course in current history is open
to all adults as before. Those desir-
ous 01' ininiulr should communicate. at
awe with Mrs. Florence D.’Hoyt. 21
Arch Street. and Hate their preference
for an afternoon or evening class.
In addition to this course on pub-
lic questions of the day. Mr. Burrill
will conduct a series of the literary
vespers on the same evenings. from
8:45 to 9:30. The literary vespers
were originated by Mr. Burrill last
year at the. Town l-lall. of! Times
Square. New York city. and. in addi-
tion to the. talks given there each
Sunday afternoon from November to
April. the 'vcspcrs are broadcasted
over the Newark radio (WJZ) Sunday
afternoons in May. June, September
and October. reaching an audience of
a. million people. Series of the literary
Vespers are given by Mr. Burrill at
the Columbia Institute of Arts and
Sciences, at the Brooklyn Institute.
and in several other cities. This
course is open to the public upon the
some terms as the Current Events
course.
The purpose m the literary vespers
is to present. ouch week selections
from the world‘s best literature. The
heart of each talk is a. story that in-
spircsfi'a story‘comlensed to its essen—
tial human values. around which are
grouped two or three. famous poems;
the whole being linked up with some
problem. These talks
are copyrighted. ' -.
s.
At the. Town Hall this season Mr.
Burrlll will inaugurate the children‘s
literary vespers ever;r third Sunday at.
the regular literary vespers hour.
These will extend the world's best lit-
erature and music. to the youth of the
city and' vicinity. Speakers from the
. Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the
New York Public Mbraries will give
special talks to the children on the
"Magic of Toys" “The Pictures. in
Music." :‘The Weavers of. Drama.”
"Folk Tales of Many Lands." “Indian
Legends." “The Fairies of eIreland"
and "JapaneseMyths." There will!”
illustrations by st’ereopticon and piano.
The ushers at these services Will be
public school children, acting as
knights. pages and squires.
TRUSTEE NAMED
, run run comm
Referee in Bankruptcy John Keoéh‘
yesterday appointedi‘William Hana. of
llanburyas trustee ' of the bankrupt
estate of. Kerr-Dunn Company of
Nor-walks hat; fur concern. 'The com-
pany recently failed’with liabilities pr
320.000. in air-seas of ants. Jacob
mummies engagements; and n-
bert’ S. Realm of Namath. were up.)
:wolgtedappraim “Bond otfin '
. . , ‘ - strap-fl
teeyabnxedvatgu-eoop ' , .
Damon-finstrv so. am:
.truck was cleared from the
King if '
:ReS‘ignati
lam ALREADY »
‘ PilliWAliiliill Filll
NEAR nu lilallll
For the relief of the victims of the
Smyrna. catastrophe. over $50,000 has
already beef forwarded by the Near
East Relief. and that along with hos—
pital trains, surgeons and nurses to
aid the sufferers in the‘regions swept
or the Kemalists. All the relief work
is in charge of H. C. Jacquith of Dar-
ine. -
From headquarters at Constantino-
ple, Mr. Jaquith Went immediately t9
the scene of the fighting. The‘ first
thing he found to do was to fight con~
ditions in a'city overwhelmed by a
flood of refugees ahead of the Turkish
army of occupation. The thing he
now finds, according to a recent cable-
n. is to feed temporarily hundreds
of thousadns of refugees—helpless,
homeless men. women and children—-
and convey them to places of greater
safety. where they will not. start. tc
death or breed pestilence.
According to Mr. Jaquith. it is im-
possible to exaggerate the terrible
conditions of the Smyrna emergency.
"Refugees are pouring into all coast
towns of Anatolia as they 'did at
Smyrna. More than! 75,000 have got
over to Rodosto in Thrace. where they
fear repetition of Smyrna’s experience.
The refuge problem at Constantinople
is again acute. (Do—operation of every
American agency over there—~6overm
nentnl and philanthropic—is active in
meeting an unprecedented emergency
of human need. ‘Women and children
iirst' is the rescue policy. .
"From the Smyrna quay 400 orphan
boys have been taken to Constantino-
ple and orphan girls to Piraeus. The
work of relief is going steadily for—
ward and will contihue as long as the
funds available last."‘ v
Throughout the country a ready re-
sponse has been made to the appeal
for the relief‘ of the victims of the
massacre and fire. Among the first
contributors to the general campaign
was Mrs. Alfred Post Cahart of No. 28
Forest Park. Larchmont, N. Y“ a. s-rs-
ter of Dr. ‘Wilfred Post. who is in
charge of the Near East. Relief's medi-
~eal work in Smyrna. Mrs. Calla-rt sent
a. check for 8500.
THANKS lNlilNlal-li
lull Hill: illilE
,—.
CINCINNATI. 0.. Sept. 27.—”And
that is all there is to it." said Blair
Bunyan. employee of the Ohio State
Highway Commission. "as he lit a
cigarette and walked away.
In twenty minutes the remains of
what was once. a five-ton automobile
Pennsyl—
vania'tracks and the New York Flyer
rroceeded on its way.
"Some. persons were born lucky."
mused the engineer. “Here is a. fellow
in a truck hit by a train going 65 miles
an hour and not a. scratch."
The motor truck which Bunyan was
driving was hit by the train at Kings
Mill. 0., yesterday. The engine of the
ti not: was thrown more than two
hundred feet. and the truck. filled
with gravel. was drama a half mile
while the engineer made frantic efforts
{3 stop the train.
Instead of finding Runyan's body.
as they expected, the train crew found
him on the cowcatcher-of the engine.
uninjured.
“Thanks for the free ride. old top."
said Bunyan. as passengers and train
-. rubbed their eyes.‘ “
FREHNliHUlSEN
.lilzls- Nllllllllll
NEWARK. N. 1.. Sept. 27.-U. S. Sen-
ator Joseph Freiinghuysen. friend of
President Harding. and one of the
administration leaders in Congress.
was nomlated by the Republicans of
New Jersey yesterday in a. sweeping
victory of more than two to one over
George. 1.. Record. a Jersey City
lawyer.
The Senator carried twenty counties
with little effort. and after a. hard
struggle had apparently pulled through
today in Mercer County by about two
thousand votes. Returns this morning
from 205% of the 2464' districts in the
state gave him 148,933 votes against
69. 922 for Record. a Iead’of 77.011.
Senator Freiinghtrvsen took Huonn
ounty, withel-sey City his opponent's
care: by almost three to one. ‘up-
setting predictions. ‘ ‘ ,
. The Senatorf'wag‘ed his, campaign
on two administration issues which he.
supported. prohibition and the -. tariff.
.He did not discuss the soldier bonus.
m:wjfich he voted. And be rare-
! ' amend record'scharge that. he
w? Wthette sulfi‘ginonopoiles.
SECOND warm *‘anrunmcss
,
The Secondgm Republicanoome
mittee .met for "organization in the.
Citylco’urt mdm. City Hall. riasmeven-
ingrat'wmqhttmethe'fol Wing om-
' eh ' x . , - .
onstantine Accepts . _.
. on of Cabinet, <4
olloWing Two Ultimatums
g
‘. Fleet Mutinies.
ATHENS. Sept. 27.—-(Associated
Press).——King Constantine has accept-
ed the resignation of the Cabinet.
which quickly followed the reception
of two ultimatums from the cruiser
Lemnos.
The foregoing dispatch is dated in
Athens today. but the hour of filing
was not indicated. '
In accepting the resignation. the
king said he entirely put aside any
idea of resistance which would bring.
as a result civil war in Greece.
The. crown prince has abandoned
his proposed journey to Rumania for
the royal marriage.
A: second ultimatum declared it was
considered the Natiollul Assembly had
already been dissolved. and it. de-
manded the creation of a. pro-entente.
Cabinet. whose members would be ap-
pointed by the revolutionaries. '
If no favorable reply had been re-_
ceived by midnight. it was declared.
disembarkation would be begun.
General Papoulas, recently appoint—
ed Military Governor of Thrace. pro-
ceeded to Lam-tum. to negotiate wit
the revolutionaries. ‘
Neither ultimatum spoke of the ab-
dication of King Constantine: which
was mentioned only in yesterday's air-
plane manifesto.
The royalist organs consider. how-
ever. that the abdication of the Iiing
in favor of the Crown Prince should
not be excluded from the possibilities.
LONDON. Sept. 2 7 .-—— ( Associated
Press).—-A;.Cent'ral News dispatch
from Athens. timed 8:30 this morning.
says King Constantine signed an ab-
dication decree. without reservation.
LONDON. Sept. 27.—-—The Turkish
Nationalists continue to menace the
Straits of Dardanelles. and are en-
trenching in the neutral zone, which
they refuse to recognise. The British
military command has given them 48
hours in which to retire. and is pre-
paring three lines‘of entrenchments
in the region from Pandik to Yarinje,
along the Anatolian railway.
In addition to Bren Kent and Kum
Kaiesi. the 'Kemalists are in posses-
sion of Bigha. A special dispatch.
not- confirmed from any other source.
says occupation of the latter place was
accompanied by a. massacre of the
Greek and Armenian population,
numbering about 900.
The British commanders are confi-
dent they can keep the. Turks from
crossing the Straits or capturing Con-
stantinople until Qhe arrival of the
formidable re-inforcements now on
the way.
The reply of the Angora Govern-
ment to the joint allied note, outlining
the conditions under which a. peace
conference could be held, is anxious-.
ly awaited, but it is feared that even
'Asks State Aid
All
WESlPlllllSlIllilili ‘
wnnumu
, lull: Auclml
'VVESTPORT. Sept. 27.-—The Select-
men of the town have. posted a notice
to the effect that the Poplar ‘Plains
school house and property will be
placed at public auction on Wednes-
day afternoon, at two o'clock. '
The auction will be held on the
E"school grounds with George A. Dar-
row of State street as auctioneer.
There is a frame building and about
half an acre of land to be sold. The
Selectmen were empowered to dis-
pose of the property according to the
vote taken at a. recent town meeting.
The school is situated on the Poplar
ter of Westport. Since the Bedford
school has been opened for all
grammar school ‘puplls in this section
of the town this building has been
vacant for several months. The only
use it was to the town was as a; prop-
erty asbet. but as the town needs the
money it was decided to sell the
building and land so the auction was
arranged.
BlTlilNii lUNzT .
f ls llNlll $209
; Charles Taylor, "Battling Kunz." of
‘thiscity. who formerly ran the Ger-
manta Hotel on Railroad avenue, and
'those place was ,, raided several
‘months agorby Federal Prohibition
agents. was fined $200 in the United
sates District court by Judge Edwin
Cronin Prince Abandons His ,7
Journey For Royal Marriage f*
Reported Massacre of 900 of the-geek and Armenian
Population in Bigha After the Kemalists Occupied It
—Constantine Signs Abdication Decree as Gm
.2-
an acceptance would not relieve the
present situation to any great. degree, ,
as the Turks are understood to be‘
prepared to demand freedom of mill-
nary action during the conference. 7
The British Government is watch-
CUNS‘lALV'l‘tht’LhJ, Sept. 27 (As-
Caomet, sitting at Smyrna. is complex-
mg its reply to the allied note, the
nationalist Army continues its fever- ,
ish'concentration of troops on the 1251‘‘
and of Ismid and the Chenak area.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha now has 1.100
the Dardanelies, and 5.000 at Adramy-
ti. fifty southeast of Chanak and
consid able forces in the other areas.
The W‘bfionalist leader expects these
concentrations to be completed by
Sept. 30. which date coincides with
me time set for the final evacuation of
refugees from Smyrna. It is consid—
ered significant here that Gen. Nou-
reddin Pasha. Military Governor 6t
Smyrna. has declared he cannot guar—
Smyrna after that date. This is mken
allies reject their reply.
The British are no less busy streng-
thening their lines and checl-nnaflng
every move by the Nationalists. Fur-
ther arrivals of military and naval
units are daily augmenting their tower:
and inversely impairing Mustapha
Kemai's chances of successfully at-
tacking the Straits.
The Sea of Marmara and the Boy
phorus are dotted with the most mods
em war craft. the concentration ri-g
valing that of the fateful days or the
Gallipoli campaign. . ‘ ..
The British fleet now includes six
dreadnaughts. seven battle cruisers.
twenty destroyers and several submi—
rines and giant aircraft carriers. The
assembly of this great armada. and the
increase in the British land force: to
upwards of 30.000 men haw: quieted,
the frayed nerves of the anxious
Christian population of the capital. n
A wireless message sent to Chem]:
when the Turkish Nationalists occu-
pied Kum Hales and other points In
the neutral zone. was all that pre-
vented an outbreak of hostilities bee
tween the. Britt: hand Turks.
Colonel Shuttleworth. commanding
the British forces in Chanak. was
about to open fire on the advancing
Kemalist cavalry squadrons when he
received an urgent radio from Brig.-
Ceneral Haring-ton. in Constantinople.
inmructing him to suspend the am}:
until all peaceful measures were Bx-
hausted. '
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tttutions by Raymond F. Gates.
Plains Road two miles from the can;
,. 88% number of persons
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F or _ _
Needy Mothers
Extensiomf Widows Aid to
Cover Wives N‘ot Proper-
ly Supported Advised by
Dept. of Agencies—Eigh-
ty-Nine Towns Benefit;
from Funds.
The suggestion that the present:
laws granting aid to widows be broad-
ened to include, citizen mothers. where
the husband and father has become
permanently disabled by tunesI or ad-
mission to a State institution. impris-
oned for an extended period or per:
manently deselfied the family is con-
tained in the anwal report of the De-
partment of State Agencies and 1nd-
nt.
This is the most important recom-
mendation of new legislation advicd.
The report has been presented to Stain
Treasurer G. Harold Gilpaatric. ’
U
has been brought to bear from various
quarters to include alien widows .as
beneficiaries under the State Aid act.
"Of course. We realize there is some
merit in such legislation."~ he says.
"but the department .considers that.
other classes should be taken on be-
fore extending this class of aid to
aliens.
Penalty Needed. ‘. '
"It is also desirable that. apenuty
clause should be added to me‘étcer-
min conditions where deliberate at-
tempts have been made towards mis-
representati'on and fraud in‘obtainint
the 81d.
There were 2. 2
37 beneficiaries of the
widows’ aid fund in eightymine towns.
in the matter of allowances. the week;
ly family paym‘bnts range from the
minimum of $3.75 to the present max-
imum of $19.73. '
Relief ark. ,
In regard to e pauper situation:-
the report says that the total number
of applicants during the year wait ‘
3.569. with 1,208 of these strictly be?
cause or unemployment. The aggri-
aver! for.
soclated k’ressL—While the Anatolian , ,
men in 'Kum. Kalesi. at the mouth of ’
shine the lives of the Christians in -
to mean that the Kemalists want to ,
clear decks for action in the event the'
At the same mane Agent. GateS' ,
pointed out that considerable pressure ‘—
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