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ESTABLISHED 1870
‘ilCKSWAMP”
AERACE KEEPS
0N SPREADING
M l. ._-—._4
Road Has Sunk Eight Inch-
esMore. Making 20 Inches
in All Within Past
. Few Weeks.
TELEPHONE CO.
BUILDS NEW LINE
-.._._.__..___-—
thiged to Make Changes to
Prevent Cables Being
Broken and Service
Interrupted.
i-Implnyes of the American Tele-
All.‘ and 'l‘clogritph Company are at
7- 'k at present installing an anchor
a nine-pole spun on which the
' "ll" ml “i1" rabies. which pass
‘vr the Post rmui by the old "Muck
:iip“ will lu' strung. while the road
win}; repaired by the. State High-
:iepnrtnwnt. to correct the ”slip-
' condition that exists there.
he roadway started to "slip” some
1 m ago. when the swamp. over which
road is built between Taylor ave-
‘n- and the crest. of Jumcs‘ hill. again
siiirtt'd to be active.
The road has sunk a total of some
tweiitv the has or more during the time
that tho foundations have been slin-
ping nmu into the swamp, the biggest
sink. lnlng that or Vlenesday night
1st 11 hen it fell down 11. total of eight.
\rliv-s.
N0 BOTTOM FOUND
\lthough rocks. dirt. etc.. have been
nwn into the swamp on either side
Hm road to endeavor to form a base
whirh the road might again be
slrllt‘tt-d_ no bottom has been found
v the swamp even at a depth of '15
at Wednesday morning a crack
~ ‘l noticed in the shoulder of one of
ihrrn cables. but this was quickly
:lri-d before even the swamp wa-
hul entered it. This cable which
n .1 rracok was the direct New
i‘ 'k to New Haven cable.
‘llu- nine-pole span on which the
-o cables will he strung. so as to
-. G'Y‘it their iming bxgken should the
' l'wn) entirely collapse. and thus its
he cunlpully 's lines and one of the
- «n sniiri‘t‘s of communication be-
i . » n Boston. Ma... and Washington.
1'. will cover some 1,200 feet. so
.t llli'ro will be little. if any, danger
» llw rubles. should the road go bad
i. considerable distance.
'nuww BOI‘LDERS 1N
in an endeavor to make a firm bot—
‘im in the swamp. which is of peat
Mr. and similar to the Fest Swamp.
un the Norwnik—Westport road. boul-
-l:-rs. rm-ks and dirt are to be thrown
PRIZE WINNERS
‘ Announcement of the winner 01' ‘
[Old 0‘3“! b! The Evening
Suitinel for the seculd Question
of the content is made on Page
'l-B.
Today's question is “Should
bum be substituted for street
cars in Norwalk?" Answers to this
question will be received until
day after tomorrow at 8 p. m.
Yesterday's question. ““11.“ is
the best thing that the city coun-
cil can do for Norwalk?" is elict—
ing a multitude of replies. Corn-
petition for this question is open
unal tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock.
FAIL TO BLOCK
' COUNTY JAlL’S
FAVORITE EKii
Commissioners fWill Take
Action ‘Soon’ ’to Halt
Escapes, Says Ballard.
Although nearly a month has
elapsed since three prisoners at the
l-‘airflcld county jail escaped by way
of a dormer window in the roof of
the building. no move has been made
to block this favorite egress of in-
mates who tire of the humdrum jail
life.
County Commissioner Frank E.
Ballard, who made an inspection or
the jail after the last. escape and
promised that immediate steps would
be taken to blockade this gateway to
freedom. said today that the menace
would be removed "soon."
To Block Entrancm.
Commissioner Ballard said today
that the commissioners have ordered
interior changes in the Jail that are
expected to block all avenues to the
dormer window. He says that the
removal of the window or its effectual
barricading is now only a. detail
iii-view of the fact that the main en-
trances thereto have been blocked.
The window was used as exit by
Arthur Barry. who escaped on No-
vember 19 or 10. and by Edward Lo-
tion: and Alexander Zepko who fol-
iimhortly afterwards. The same
exit was used also by three others
who took French leave at the jail in
years past. ‘
When Barry's escape became
known. jail ofilcials took what they
regarded as certain precautions
against duplication of his flight. En-
trances to he attic where the dor-
ment win ow is situated were
blocked. Then Ledoux and Zepko
showed that as long as the window
.remained. there was hope for prison-
ers seeking freedom.
in, and the swamp bottom. between “only “'"k Spot."
two mm i." tho west side of the road, After inspecting the premises. with
1,. “,0 m 1,. illlwl m. particular attention to the dormer
i'r'ilic'lsiii l5 lllr't'lt‘d It the cl’l‘l- Window exit. on November 23- the
new! of tho sum- Highway dcpart- day of escape of thé LedOUX-Zepko
meilt who iuid the road some ten duet was discovered. Commllfllone!‘
mn- um. In ”Hit the poor condition Ballard said In the presence of Sheriff
of mu rum! in, this spot was known. Peas». Jallor Patrick O'Brien. a news-
and “as not provided for. it being pererman and several others:
mid Hint n. chance would be taken. "We had supposed site: making
’l'i‘iii‘i‘lv has been growins‘ heavier changes some time ago that the Jail
rl ll"u\it‘l. and the severe weather was absolutely break—proof. It didn't
amt uiillvr, the increase of heavy seem humanly possible for any pris-
"fli'
.uul the pound of trucks. is be-
~nl tn lune been responsible for the
- liitluii slipping out from under
rnnllwnr.
1‘1) DIVERT TRAFFIC
":1 nnly hope of the engineers.
‘.l the road grovr'worse. to allow
npuirs, will he to divert traffic
..~n Tuyior avenue. down the
men‘s Highway—or. as it. is
here as Flax Hill road—into
and emerge on the highway
tho llarion Congregational
'l‘rui'flc would be routed this
n, m both directions.
can to escape from the cell room or
corridors. This (referring to the
dormer window. when the object of
scrutiny by the group) is apparently
Continued on Page Two
MRS. REMSON
DENIES RUNNING
FROM SAN ITARIUM
Mrs. Florence Rose Rem-on. who.
on December 4th. was taken to the
tuberculosis sanitariurn at Shelton.
AMBASSADOR '
HARVEY. CALLED
TO “CONSUL ”
Gets Message QEd-ering Him
to Return to the
United States.
N0 EXPLANATION BY
CAPITOL OFFICIALS
Probably Has to Do With
Threatened Rupture Over
Reparations.
By Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec. 15.—George Harvey.
the American Ambassador, has been
called home for consultation; it 1121s
stated at the American embassy this
afternoon.
The ambassador will soil 0.: the
Berengaria Dec. 2'3. he will not «10
l accompanied by Mrs. Harvey, who will
leave the preceding day for a visit to
Maderis.
The nature of the consultation for
which the ambassador was summoned
was not known at the embassy, where
it was said the messngvc calling in n to
Washington merely said it was for n
consultation. It is presumed the dis-
cussions‘ with Secretary of State
Hughes will cover the whole range of
European affairs. incliulng the allied
debts. reparations and kindred suh-
Jects.
Ambassador Harvey himself has
been confined to his bed with a. cold
for two or three days. but his condi-
tion is not “sufficiently serious to pre-
vent. him from making definite plans
for sailing. _
-Although state department officials
confirmed today the fiondon an-
nouncement that Ambassador Harvey
had been called home "for consulta-
tion." they declined to make any ex-
planation as to the spr‘cifit" questions
Secretary Hughes desired to discuss
with him.
In the absence of an official ex-
planation. the impression gained cur-
rency that Mr. Harvey had been
called to Washington in connection
with the situation as to German repu-
rations now threatening a. rupture be-
tween Great Britain and France.
{SHOREHAVEN’S
YOUNG BURGLAR
LeRoy Fanning iigted 19. of Van
Zandt street hast Norwalk. always
wanted to be a. detective. because he
believed that he would like the
"thrill" that accompanied being a
"gumshoe" artist. His longing caused
him to write to various detective
agencies in the country. but he never
received an answer.
Just what took place in his mental
make-up when he received no reply. is
not known. but the bigger thrill of
entering other people's homes must
have appealed to him. as he was plac-
ed under arrest yesterday afternoon as
he emerged from the home of Samuel
‘ Morse,
lS ARRESTED
John" Brunen. threw the Mount Holly
Mrs. Brunen. of having plotted to kill
Hazel Brunen, 18-year-old daughter of the slain circus king,
"Houest.
(N. J.) courtroom into-an uproar when
she accused her stepmother. Mrs. Doris Brunen. and Harry Mohr, brother-.0!
her father.
JUDGE THOMAS
HEARS PLEA lN
ME CASE
Arguments were heard by Judge
Edwin S. Thomas in the United
States District court here today in the
liabeas corpus action of Barry F.
of Greenwich, vs. Jacob D.
Walter. United States Marshal.
The action is the culmination of the
order of ranoval proceedings of the
United States Government issued by
Judge Thomas. transferring the case
to the Southern district of New York.
issued October 19th. 1922.
It grows out of the action of the
governmtnt against Charles \V.
Morse and twenty-three others who
are charged with using the malls in
a conspiracy to defraud.
Morse was present this morning,
and was represented by Judge Girl
Foster. and Judge Rockwood of the
ilrm of Foster. Rockweod & Lark.
sented by United States District At-
torney Edwin L. Smith assisted by
John A. Danaher. assistant United
States District Attorney.
Judge Foster attacked the proceed-
ings. claiming the indictment against
Mom was not obtained in accordance
with Connecticut practice, while
Judge Rockwood after demurrers had
been filed. pointed out a. number of
alleged flaws in the indictment.
A recess was taken until this after-
noon. at 1:45 o'clock at which time
Judge Smith will give hit arguments.
AUTO SKIDS DOWN
while the government side was pre-i
PlCClONEGOES'k
T0» REODUiG 0N;
Frank Plcclone. of this city, was
arrested here today by the-
police for the State :police. and was
taken to Bedding. there to answer to
a charge of transporting and selling
liquor.
Plccione is said to be one of a
party of six who some thi‘ee weeks
ago were in a. mixup in Redding when
Charles Coe. of that place. wasrobbed
of $28 by Christobel Walter Dike-
man. a. negress of Mill Plain. form-
erly of Nor-walk.
John Cullen. of this city. was ar-
rested on Monday. charged with com-
plicity in the theft. and was tied
$10 and co'sts. after he ha&»turned
State's evidence. The Dikeman wo-
man ’was sentenced to 60 days in jail
and was fined :35 and costs on the
charges against her.
Picclone is said to have taken some
gin to Reading and there sold it from
his automobile, and he was implicated
by the confessions of others who were
in the party on the night that Coe
Was robbed.
KELLER DEFIES
ByAsmciatedPress
sentative Keller of Minnesota.
The Weather. '
For Norwalk and vicinity: Fair and
coiderrtosiglst; . Saturday. fair. fresh
west and southwest winds. The wed.-
“disturbance has "moved rapidly
local-
CALLIO—TFSTIFY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—-Repre-
railed
eastward during the last twenty-tour
hours.
By Associated Press
road.
The fire was caused by the stove in
the caboose. which was being dead-
headed from Danbury to New Haven
with four men on board. The men
scrambled to safety when the CC:-
bobse was derailed. but the names
spread quickly to the freight cars.
which were loaded with automobiles
and general merchandise. The three
injured were taken to St. Vincent's
Hospitfi. Bridgeport. They are: JV.
J. Delaney, conductor, of. Poughkeep-
H. Perry.'trainman, of Haybrook. N.
sic. N. Y.,rpossiblg. fractured leg: W.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Both Tracks At Junction Blocked
But Quickly Cleared ‘
Injured Are Taken ‘ to Hospital in Bridgeport—
Automobiles Destroyed by Flames in
the Derailment '
DERBY, Dec. 12 .—Three railroad employes were injured and
three loaded freight cars and a caboose were destroyed by fire m a
derailment one mile south of Derby Junction, early today on the
Danbury division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
Y.. dislocated shoulder: T. Miller.
trainman. of Middletown. N. Y.. lacer-
ated hands.
Both frocks at the junction were
blockedLBy the burning cars for some
time. but wrecl 11g crews were called
-to the'soone and had cleared the line
at four 8. m. The freight train. which
contained sixty cars. had a locomotive
at both ends when the derailment oo-
curred.
The Derby Fire department respond-
ed to a call. but was handicapped in
fighting the times, as there was no
hydrant close by.
By W Pres ,
LONDON. Dec. 15.-—The Brill!!!
Parliament was prerogued today lin-
tii Feb. 18. The program for the ad-
;ournment went through without .i
hitch. despite the widely heralded ef-
forts of a small body of the Left.
Wing Labor Members to prevent the
rising of the House of Common-”ma!
a remedy was found for the unem-
ployment situation.
George Lansbury. ,as the leader" or
the Labor “die-hdrds." 31:03de to
block the proceedings. but the move
proved a weak one. It. resulted mere-
ly in the opponents to the prorogation
learned and humorously-delivered rul-
ing by the Speaker that Mr. Lansbury
speedily submittedfand even thanked
the Speaker for the manner in which
the latter had dealt with the-point.
proragation of Parliament. today.
stressed the need for‘tho economic re-
fected.
being so completely bowled over by a
.King George. in his speech. for the
habilitation of Europe. alerting rth‘tt
the task of restoring conditions that
will be favorable to economic stabil-
ity was causing deep concern and
could only be overcome‘ by co-opera—
tion among the nations primarily at—
British Parliament Adjourns
Despite Attempt to Block M0ve;
King Urges Allied Cooperation
W-
;; ‘j'he gm
of “employment.
whichtugivonwetosomchheu
ed; amte? in the Home 0‘ Commas.
received decal count
which: the Laborltec have protected;
the Humane conference would soon
be able to solve the problems affect-
ing peace in the Near East.
The King's speech was as follows:
theposceintheNearEsstisprooeed-
1y be reached.
date.
concern. The difficulties are
come by patient and sincere co-oper-
inflected. "
POINCARE SAYS
By madma-
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
PARIS. Dec. 15.—Premier Poincare
told the Chamber of Deputies today
that the general situation had recently
.in' the
ill"
mines: would do all in its power
to alleviate the nondittoni m
ThamnsWthehonstm
"A discusflon of problems meeting
ing at Inussnno and I earnestly m
that a. satisfactory solution will short,“-
“The execution of the treaty of
peace with Germany has again been
the subject of. conversations-between
my ministers and the ministers of the‘
allied powers. These conversations
wiuberesuniedatParlsataneariy
“The task of restoring conditions
favorable to economic stability in
Europe continues to give me deep
and complex. and can only be over.
ation between the nations primarily
Word was received by the police
today of the death, at St. Vincent's
Hospital in Bridgeport. on Tum,
the 13th. of John Dingee, of 5 Fitch
street. East Nor-walk.
u in! mmn much expense and and who on Decembr 8th left there Cochrane. on Langdon's Island at . to appear today before the House Ju- grown better 1‘9“", do! worse. and h‘ ”um! 2,3211, 2:,“ 1:3ng “L
mfm trouble, but it is believed denied ”new”, "I“ we had “rm; Shorehaven. by Patrolman Louis “BANKMENT m dietary committee in wage_to the expressed surprise at the feeling of court a“ Auxust. after he NW
A wily solution of the difficulty “fly" from the sanitarium ‘. was Brehm. At the time of Hiram-est, summons served on him late yester- 1'9" and anxiety he 4'“ found '3‘“ to- 'W ., fine 91‘1“) and m
Mn-wnt nearly three-quarters of
' -‘ wt the swamp point cannot
l ’ ,r triif'f'ir.
hl' “i-tlilTX KLAN
TO INITIATE
‘ ‘ has started around town
'l Klux Klan is planning to
he returned from the London cum-
ence of Premiers. He asserted he had
followed faithfully the program laid
down for the Government when he
took omce.
STONE ORUSESR 1:11.13
IMMON WOW
Fanning who is a member of the
Combat Train. had a satchel in his
possession. in which there was a bot-
tle of wine. Which he admitted having
taken from the Cochrane residence.
Brohm's clever work in arresting -
Fanning. who il-suspected of being
the person responsible for a. series of
petty "breaks" at Shorehavo- during
the past week. is commendable, more
day after he had refused ‘to Participate
further in the presentation. of his im-
peachment charges against Attorney-
General Daugherty. '
James H. Vaney. an lattorney of
Boston. handed to Chairman ’v'o‘lstead
a letter from Attorndy Jackson 3.
Balaton. announcing that Mr. Balaton .
had been retained as connect by Mr.
Keller and asking a postponement of
stated. and also denied that she was
rtuberculosis suspect.
Hrs. Remson mid that there were
no rules to prevent her leaving the
sanitarium, and that she left of her
own free will because she could not
stand the monotony.
At the mnitarium Dr. Burnoll. a
physician there. examined her and
told her that she was not tubercular.
ho was given for reckless driving ‘
driving while undcr the influence 6!
liquor. , ,
Ahouttenaylmhowumx‘
i ii: at the Bridgeport- demand was seat
to 8;. Vincent's Hospital for an oper.
atlom. He died, however. of heart
More.
From his personal edited: it was
Mrs. Russell Frost. Jr.. “and daugh-
ter may of 60 West avenue. and Miss
Mary mum. of Elm Crest had a.
narrow; escape from serious injury
yesterday afternoon. when ”the auto-
w t . FARMNGTON Dec.1.5—Joseph darned that: he came room an. city
iiAil-i:"Khan“:ifyefzhngr‘nlzht and that the only thing be c Id ilnd 22.1.":2"; tpaltrolman a; h" 1‘ “5 mobile in. which they were riding further proceedings until tomorrow. 7 Bsno 42 m" ,3“ an mug”. o: and m3m_ are mum
Denmbm. 2"“ “d the matter was a slight w uses on short time r on y I plunged backwards on anine foot em- Chairman Volstead maid the letter the Barnard Sand “1; m. ”Corn {Wm H, . He head to
"Wily.
o owner of the land. on which
"air is planned to be held. has
nppronehnd for the rental of
land for the time.
‘he spot solortell is in East Nor-
k. tinwn townrds the waterfront.
Tzist whether there ll any truth to
rumor Is not known. but the own-
gave no excuse for non-appearance
and directed -the sergeant-at-arms to
call Mr. Keiler's name three times.
This was done. but without response,
and there followed s. discussion as to
what should he done. ~
Representative Grimm. Pennsyl-
vania. ranking fiepubllcan of thepom-
bankrnent at Stevens street. Fortu-
nately the three occupants of the
machine escaped with minor bruises.
The automobile. too. escaped damage.
which is considered remarkable by
those who witnessed the accident.
Mrs. Frost was driving the auto—
mobile .a .fsedan, down the Stevens
pany, was killed here Wednesdoy
when his clothing become caught in ,a
huge stone crusher. His was badly
mutilated. was round about five feet
from the machine bu. employees of
the company who are operating lb”:
crusher in the commy's Quarryn
West Hartford.
haveislsterhers. Rowasflyears
oiiandin hisclothes- wars card”
Since the series of petty thefts start-
slgned‘byMWaonleocalAd-
ed. Brehm. has been attempting to
“land" the person responsible for
them. and. aided by Charles Richard-
won. a caretaker at the island suc-
seeded in arresting Fanning yester-
air
the left. side due to an attack of pleur-
by
As for her having eloped from the
-nitsrium. Hrs. Remsen said that
this was absurd. as she had come to
Norwalk by herself. The locaiChari-
ties department-which arranged for
Mrs. Remun'svadmi-ion to the nut.
'r the lnnrl jokingly said that he
law n spprosrhml by someone who
ml to use the land for that pur-
inrium, received notice from
place that Mrs. Remsen had left there
against the wishes of the physicians.
t hat
MASOSIC DIREC'I‘ORY.
1‘. eri Lodge. No. 108. F. and A.
‘1 nits in Masonic building. South
sin-oi, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of
mnnth. July and August except-
' =’ x o'clock. All Master Masons
' r and frsternaliy invited.
V’Hli'l‘. J. WALSH. w. M.
iiflliERT M. WILCOX. Sec'y.
s
' W'r Chapter. No. II. R. A. IL.
‘1 in Masonic Temple. Southllsia
"W the Ind and 4th Tuesdays or
" ’1 month at I o’clock. Joly III
“rm mom. an It. A. m
”noisily and intern-111W
.' ‘ "
.. P“ .. _W
Dr. Bartlett Addresses
Stafi of Hospital
Dr. C. 1. Bartlett of the State Lab-
oratory at New Haven was the speak-
er at the meeting of the stat! of the
Norwaik Hospital held at the hospital
lad night. Dr. urtlott described the
work of the laboratory to which he
is connected in detail.
A general discussion on interesting
cases at the Norwsik Hospital toi-
‘ is: Dr the f in.
d union was for purpose 0
swirl-s
Tracks were noticed in the. snow
leading up to the Cochran: home. and
one of the windows was found to
have been opened. Brehm was noti-
fied by Richardson and went to the
island. After a short wait Fanning
emerged from the house endows: then
placed under arrest.
The case was continued until to-
morrow morning. Fanning being re-
leased under bonds of $500. which
were furnished by his father. He is
represented by Attorney John T. Dwy.
er of the firm of Keogh & Candee. and
will be arraigned before Judge George
H. Vosburgh .in the downtown court.
Some of the articles takeirat Shore.
haven" during the past week have been
maimed, easily" ca _
cigarette cases. gamma and other ,
m i~
street hill. The road was all péry be-
cause of the wet snow whip covered
it. Just. at the turn in the 11111. the
automobile skidded: turned around
twice and then went backwards of! a
stonewall into the yard of Charles E.
Church mu fronts on Brush street.
The machine landed on the rear-end
and stood upright .wlth its front
wheels against the stairwell. From
thetopotthewfllto'theyardisa
,miltss'!
drop of nine feet. The mnmu‘ot ,
mittee. asked that it report to the
House without' recommendation for
action against Mr. Keller for‘ 11011--
tempt. other members. howsiver. sug-
gested that the ponponément asked
for be granted and
he would not pressing
TWO GET VFAR FOR
notion
Basso. who ‘vesa wife and seven
children. was believed to haw
wmmw
ASSAULT 0N. GIRIS
Norwalk Chronicler