Service.
~ ivu daily tho full
"f .11. Associalni
3 must 'silahls nous
@ltl citing '
Ji‘l’"
no“
'o .
9’s 0 Laugh in Every Cafioon
J; "i. i 3
. l-n .
Tho "*S‘én‘ttnol’is
m
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m
s
138
Edgy Fill! f Pdge 5. -. of C0
The‘Westher.
For Not-walk and vicinity: Unsat-
tied tonight and Wednesday: slightly
colder Wednesday. A trough if low
23.3;eric'uxi'fr'p'rm pro-are extending from Texas north:
h supplies frniurrs. W to Merlin-lite 18 cans-
ing unsettled weather.
ED 1870 SOUTH NORWALK, OONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER»27,‘192‘2. - pmcn THREE CENTS
OH
1. CLASS
'18DINES
' iyal James At-
Fifty-three
rsons.
urn AS
)ASTMASTER
mythe. Student
‘oint. Among
poakcrs.
o l’Il" rl‘ms of lht‘
l of .‘xnruulk lavlii it
till Hill hill lllltll' til
lm'vl 'l‘lw ol‘iulr.
izl‘. it l l-‘.' ”W I'lllii.
lll\ " vro [writ-rm.
'!:i m u . to L'3 I limbs
k u y Mylar-(1f
: i1. '1‘ «1:7.l'l: rI-Ollxl
in: ., : u - «1 ll} l‘loprl-
li'*\‘l LI. tl‘ «“111er
l' w - at” was czillwd
3.1-. .-. .3 lir'fitrhflt‘i‘i‘ 1'
Mr K.
at! '1‘ mi l'. un ml-
lw. l‘ l 1.'- Ni‘ll H? U!
u... .. r'l, lI.e\mHhri
“M1 t‘ ..t hr “.m \l"‘
:ulLZ‘ .‘lllHIliulish .It
5i‘.,l lt“1l.‘%l!i~ H'-
\ indillrii m mim-
\~:...r it lluf. 5. litmi‘
12.13;.1; Hint) illnko:
im;.-.i (rm -lilltn‘l"
5:72, “ho m‘lmi as
swim»; in grzictfui
rim 1m: l.,‘ll‘ ii mvmlwr
.i ii w “t.” (nusrn,
u i) mwtr with v is of
1.3‘3)“ i“. Appo‘lh)‘.
inn Tilluilivl in. Lott--
I‘1.illlH Ll Crushi-
lf‘llmll Of Hit) t'lilt't’.
e-i'. ill: 1 Juscllh 110th.
1‘. '1‘1, Cid-3i. “illit'
man «i llzv prrscnt
(i lilt‘ first production
the 12m." it. Was the
lite n- l.lOl’ class play
git S'IlOOi. "To be
“Jill 1» 15c." “us the
mun-i dancing was
Clock.
Ul!‘ running was 3
irorgr \V. Smythc. a
will. u ho was plckrd
famous sports nu-
; srvuhd place in the
tl-uil :‘aill. Smylhr‘.
iwrmi, Wu! ihc
nying mail) “on the
sill 5: ”11¢.
class pr- scat were:
l-‘r~ dt‘ll' k “3
t-rsmi.
H. Hindi. Jain: A.
l‘. Crosby, iLEiunrd
gun, 1"if‘rwl .‘xl Hoi-
nkollila h. limi‘mrd A.
l’w’ll. immit H.
N. Lmvis. Gladys P.
i.l‘.l"' itinko. blluftlt.
)S A} L“ 'V". liillmiwlil
.st. ivllu- iiipson
. imu. i). Marion ii.
3' L. \lci‘lan'. Mary
is. Mabrl Munhall
CARRIER
INJURED
rnrrlt-r llc‘nry
uth Noni-ink Post
mnklrig ills rounds.
ho b'lpp‘ -i arwi iv ll
tlic inlmirrme store.
gun's that caused
d to his bed.
r—svvi and cut about
thought that there
infllrlfs as well.
Mr. Bailey to his
tru-i. and rcportcd
e postal authorities.
umnls tr) care for
carrlt r.
d that Mr. Bailey's
- in be wry serious.
cdly they are pain-
I RAH PLAN
Iicc. :7.—More
epuhlican Senators
once today before
-. decided to up-
at offer-d by Sen-
..n. Mano. to the ,
on bill, which
dcnt Harding to
man I
U.’
he hulsxxcc of the‘
' Bernhardt [Ids Sin Icing Slel;
Famous Star’s Condition Serious.
.liy Associated Press.
i PARIS. Dec. :7.——Madsme
fii‘sc-rnhnrdt's condition took
:turn for the worse today.
l Physicians ascribed it to the fatigua
following hor activity yesterday, when
.sho arose from her bed partook of
isolld food and received many callers.
Two more doctors were called in
this morning besides Professors Obi--
'sivr nnd Marot. and after a long con-
sultation. thcy issued the following
Unstruriions to mcmbcrs of the house-
jhnlrl:
"’i‘hc- un'lcrslgnod physicians insist
gupon tha- absolute necessity of letting
find one ontvr the sick room.
‘ (Sirnml)
Sanh
another .
0
f "l.:\lilw ill-suns. Oblssier. Mnrot."
‘ "'l'hrw (W110?! urc- clr-ar." said Ms-
llumcv Normand. governess Of the
ltnllsvllnili nits-r roundly scolding the
lvutlcr for pormitting the correspond-
wnt to vhté‘l‘ the house. ”but Madame
*nzsisis upon seeing whomever she
plo‘iiss's."
The clderly nurse who is attending
.tlw actress raid:
"Madame is a. very hcadstrong pa-
' limit."
This physicians hnvo orrirred that.
My.» .lonrtwll iw disconncctcd and that.
llw tclcphonn ru-mivcr he left of! the
Hunk.
nlrlllNilARDT‘s CAREER.
Though scnf'fcrl at us an "ugly
in: kllmz" at l'.‘ nnrlnhcn up to die of
ll l-rrr‘u: mist at R ._ tho “lllVine Sarah"
ll-rnlmrilt who is ill in Paris forged
*w r wuy' to in» position of world's
ft-rvmnst irrignlirnnc and became
krnwn in (wry cmnor of the globe
as a woman pmumssrd of the secret
of Normal youth.
‘ Sarah llcrnhnrdt WM horn of Jew
vsh pzirvnis In l'..ris in October. 1845.
Shr- was ronrmi n Catholic and It 12
Linirrrd a I‘nnvrnf school.
. As a child sh» cnztr‘y dosircd to
Vino n nun. hut in picnsc her father
1sh! con-cut“! to cntcr tho conserva-
.lrirr’ nnd prcpars horsnlf for a Man
cnrmv. ltxrn in tho convont she had
.43. lift 1 I [Hi]
"Iphlgenie" at tho Comedic Franc-also,
At 18 she made her first. notable SUC'!
cess. _Her greatest triumphs were;
scored betwren 1875 and 1880 when.
her reputatoin as the first actress of'
time was definitely established. 1
She visited America sevcral times——
:shnwn hisirinnic tslnnt in enacting first in 1880 and later in 1911, 1913
~l‘-lhlic.1l plays. and 1916.
1 At 1'7th made her dgbut in In "ll tho great. tragcdlennc's
:NHARDT
knee was injured while she was act-
ing. She had to choose between am-
putation and giving up the stage.
She chose amputation and. aided by
an artificial leg. continued on the
stage. ’
Bernhardt was married once—to
Constantino Domain. Greek actor-_
but the marriage was unhappy and,
they sooniseparatcd.
glam Will. BE
* KEPT iNFORMED
ON LEGISLATION:
i
League of Voters Makes Ar-
rangements for Its Own
News Service.
Mcmhcrs of the Connecticut. Longue
of \Vomcn V'otcrs will be furnishcd
cnrh wcvk during the legislative sel-
slnn with news concerning bills at in-
torcsl to wnnv-n. This decision was
rmvhmi by the executive board at a
rovrnt .l’nf't‘llnf.’ in Hartford in response
in the .lnmnnd from the mmchcrs'ifp
on information on new legislation.
l The- ihrco monsurcs cndomd for
the active support by the Connect!-
‘ rut lmnmie of \Vomcn Voters include
lr'gislntion making available for Con-
nr-rtlrut its shares of the Federal ap-
propriation under the Materniay and
‘lnfnncv art. The lczislullon will be
introduccd by the State Board of
Hl'nlth with the backing of the Inaguc
nml a number of other State-wide or-
‘ L'nnizntions.
Snrr-nd. is a bill limiting hours of
swnrk for womcn in industry to nine
pcr dnv. and a. shortor working week.
'rl-o prosont law pcn’nll! employment
of worm-n for in hours a day and 55
hours tho week. The League points
out wnmcn need furths-r protection
which tho Massachusetts law already
I nfiords and which women are working
for in other ncarlw States. Thirdlv.
tho League will introduce and scllvelv
] work for a hill mnkinz women eligible
l for jurv scrvlcc with certain necessary
i promptinns.
‘ Four “Juniors Phat-trod
to “2 shots Since May
IlAS'l‘RC'l'. l.n.. Dec. 27 -Ll~"our
murders have been charged to masked
and hooded men along the Louisiana-
Arkansas line since last May.
In addition to the killing of alt
Daniels and T. I". Richards at or
Rouge. it is recalled that at Wimot.
Ark.. E. L. Gills. a. farmer was lured
from his home shot to death and his
body burned.
An invasion of the Smackovvr oil
"suited in the death of J. G. Woods.
2|. a Hlmlmippian. He was riddled
l economic and
with shot after he had fired on a party
"BOO.
DIRECTORY.
No. in. F. and A.
nlc building. South
d 3rd 'husdays of
and August "capt-
Ail “an?" ‘fn’asons
malty :nrited.
Am. ‘6'. M.
’MIDOX. Sec‘S'.
l
. No. II. R. A. It.
Temple. South lain
4th Tuesdays of
‘ o'clock July and
All 3. A. m
it, hvlhd.
. v
of sons-Ii hundred masked and white
shutsd men who: marched into the
new oil field to clean out allagsd un—
dcst rabes.
‘Fiue Circulation Scheme
CHICAGO. Dec. 21.1”!“ is-
tomtionsl circulation of Ionian and
Canadian mm
the discovary that sultan-n is"
boon shining y “I
tan-ounce tubs- ~fl‘
field of south Arkansas last month '
'OPEN FIGHT AGAINST BORilii I
PLAN FOR NEW 1
CONFERENCE 0
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21'.-—-Adminis-I
tration senators under the lead of'
Chairman Lodge of the Foreign Re—
lations Committea. began in the Sen-
ate today a determined fight against
the proposal of Senator Borah. Repub~
iican. Idaho, for a. new international
conference in Washington. to discuss
economic conditions and disarmament.
Senator Lodge, who was said by his
colleagues to have ascertained the
views of President Harding and his
administrative advisors. opened his
attack as soon as the Senate began
work on the Born: proposal, which is
in the form of an monument to the
annual naval bill requesting the presi-
dent to call economic and arms—
ments confers ce. ‘
Tho-Foreign Relations chairman re-
counted the difficulties of further
armament limitation encountered at
the Washington arms conference a
year ago, and declared that in view
of thorattltude taken by other powers
it would be useless to attempt to limit.
land armaments unless it were estab-
lished beforehand that. France had
changed her position.
EDWIN B. SMITH
DIES SUDDENLY
Edwin Banks Smith. formerly prin-
cipal of the old Union School in
South Norwalk. died at his home 203
East avenue. this morning, aged 82
years. survived by a. widow and three
children.
The deceased who besides being
connected with the Union Schooil
here. now the Franklin School was
also in charge of the schools in
Southport and Falrfleld at one time.
was a noted educator and made that
his life work. He retired about 1588
from active work
He is survived by a widow.-Cather-
ine R. Smith. and three children.
William Ellison Smith. superintendent
of schools in Fail-field; Edward Bel-
mont Smith. of East avenue. and Mrs.
Charles Baker. of Nor-walks
The uneral arrangements. ,._which
are in charge of Funeral Director
Stsnnard. have not been completed as
yet. The funeral will be held on Fri-
day aftanoon however.
The late Mr. Smith was born in
1340 and was a. dcscendeut of the old
Banks family of Greenfield Hill. and-
the Lockwood family. of Norwalk.
PROBE RAILROADS
WASHINGTON. Dec. z‘L—An in-
vestigation to determine whether ads-
aunts stocks of locomotives and cars
as in possession of American rall-
rosds and whether railroad
was order-ad today by the lulu-ante
Commerce Conant-don. ‘whtch said it
was noting without complaint sud on
its own initiative.
:
_ 1.
mun.
GREATBRITAIN
_ . DEHES TURKS
By Associated Press
LAUSANNE. Dec. 27.—Through
Foreign Secretary Cumn Great Brit.-
aln informedATurkey today that 1113
British will never abandon tub ‘Mosul
oil vilhyct. as requested by the Turk-
ish delegation. and that no prolonga-
tion of.t.lie' Near fist conference can
influence the British Government. to
recedefrom the'podtion it has taken
on thlsmatter.
'I‘hI.I British position is outlined in a
lette’r.sent by Lord Curzon to June!
l Pasha..head of the Turkish delegation
covering the formal reply of the Brit-
ish'delcgttlon to the Turkish note of
Sunday. which ’instned Mosul belong-
ed to Turkey.
Lord Carson said in this letter that
the British Government had expelled
the‘l‘nrks from the Mosul area. and
occupied and administered it. Tbs
Britannia: taken,- pledge to free on
Arabs from Turkish rule and estab-
lish the Government of the Ink.
England dune then had repeatedly
given her word that the Arabs would
not behavior-ed with.
Denim added that Great Brit-
ain hid 'givnn her solemn pledge to
let no‘forclgu power his any part. of
this territory and that she would
mum adhere to her "remiss.
omusrcu mus
'ByA-oclltcd'
W“
m Dec. 375-,-
ths oldest at
_heart while playing alons
Pretty Tot Playing. With Her
Christmas Toys Mysteriously. g
Slain In Brooklyn Home
By Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—-'nrenty [je-
tectives today bent their efforts to (“1-
cover a clue as to the murderer of
pretty ten-year-oid Theresa McCarthy.
who was slain by a shot through the
with ‘ r
Christmas toys at home in
Brooklyn yesterday.
The girl's mother found her dead.
clad in a nightdress. when she re-
turned to their apartment after an
absence of a few hours. The muse.
was locked and the windows closed.
Then: were no signs of a struggle or
of ill-treatment. Theresa's little :1 o-
m» dog. Hairs. was imprisoned in the
bathroom. barking
scrair-himr on the, door as Mrs. bic-
mv-thy entered.
her
x print or a. footprint could‘be found
No weapon was found Powdcr
marks on tho flash indioaind sho bad
Mon shot at clash Hinze. Not .. driver
and the police admitted that they
frantically and .
terles in the history of the deput-
ment. especially as there apparently
was no motive.
Chief Police Inspector Lahey de-
scribed it as '-‘a murder without a
clue." '
Theresa with her snapping eyes and
winsome manner. was a favorite in
the neighborhood and was known
among her playmates as “the little
vamp." The girl's mother had been
separated from her husband. Edward.
:1 war veteran and painter. The fathrr
was on wood terms with his family. it
was mid. and had given Themes
Chrlrtmas nrcscntn.
There was a boardcr in the McCar-
thv home. Rontsmin Prendnrvlllc. a
postal c'nrk who had a. key hf'the
house. ”miles unit! but Ind paw-rinc-Ml
Ohnm nut in. W‘ at wnv-E during the
"mo tho crime wan rnmmIfiOd.
The nilv trail—a slendsr one—41's
a vague stat-v CAM hr mu- 0’ "‘v-resa'l
nlnvmstcx that a sailor had been ! ten
faced one of the most baffling mys-
1 following her recently.
—— \
By Associated Puma
BALTIMORE. Dec. 27.--A writ of
hsbess corpus for Dr. B. M. McKoin
former mayor of Mer Rouge, 1...... ar-
rested here. yesterday. on a charge of
murdzr. was obmined today. The
writ. which was issued by Chief Judge-
James P. Garter in the City Court.
was made returnable immediately.
Extradition papers will be forward-
ed from Louisiana. to Baltimore for
Dr. McKoin." a telegram from Gov-
ernor Parker stated today.
The dispatch sent to the police de-
partment mid:
“Hold Dr. McKoin for extradition.t
Papers will be forwarded. Thanh"
Accordingly papers were prepared
for presentation at Dr. MsKoin's hear-
ing in police court asking that he be
held for ten days.
.Dr. Hugh H. Young. head of the
Brady Innitute at Johns HospiiaLi
with whom Dr. McKoln worked. con-
ferred with the former mayor for
more than hour this morning.
CONTINUE PROBE
BASTROP. 141., Dec. ~27.-—T.‘ere
was an air of expectancy here and at
Her Rouge today as Dgpartment of
Justice agents and reprssertvw-s of
the state government renewed their
investigation of the Morehouse . arish
Kldnapings. They widened their
efforts to run down the persons re-
sponsible for the dynamiting of a
nearby lake which gave up the bodies
of two men identified as Watt Daniels
and Thomas Richards. {Huh-0"? by a
masked mob last August. It was de-
clared additional arrests were immin-
out.
GODFREY POST
The regular meeting of the Frank
C. Godfrey Post, No. 12. American
Legion. was held at the home. SQ,
Wilton avenue. last evening. At this
meeting the raports for tho yw of
the finance officer and the post Wu-
taut were read and accepted.
It was voted to run the Post'- an-
nual- l on tho-revolting of February
13.
or entertainment committee.
which is now busyworking
for the event. ' ‘ _‘ . .
The joint public mm atom
shirwulsft‘inthohands’
onplissh,
q
GREENWICH ~- v
Winn
Plans for_ a' Joint mutilation with
the Greenwich» Tribe of Red Hen.
whose meeting rooms were recently
destroyed by fire. were made It the
meeting of Uncas Tribe. No. 26. l. 0.
R. 1L. held last eveninnghen officers
for the ensuing your wers elected. .The,
joint installation. which will be - fol—
lowed by a big social gathering. will
be held at the local hall'on the night
of January 9th.
Officers elected at last night's meet~
ing were as follows:-
Sachom. Harold Cunningham,
Senior Sagamorg Fred Gauung. Jr.:
Junior Sagamore. George Gerrish:
Propheti John C. E. Moore;
Collector of Wampum, Robert J.
Oliver;
Chief of Records. Stewart C.
Marshall:
Keeper of Wampum. Albert It.
Pohiman;
Trustee for “Three Years. A. Herbert
Smith: -
Representatives. John C. E. Moore.
A. Herbert Smith. John Ryan and
John Gallagher.
CHRISTIANQ
Found guilty of operating an auto-
mobile under the induct-toe of mm-
catlng liquor. Dominick CW of
Pest Swamp. this morning. in the up-
town City Court was fined $107 and
costs. and given arsnspended ten 11::
jail sentence by Judge Nehemiah
Candee.
Chrldiano was arrested by Patrol-
man Charles L. Thorpe. yssbsrdaynflo
ernoon. on Commerce street. after ho,
had driven his ‘ automobile ”from
Bridgeport to Nomadic The accused
was taken into custody on Comoros“
street while attempting to turn 3h.
machine around. ' .
In court. Christiano Walt-ink-
lng‘some cider and wine before 1an.
lug Bridgdport. Dr. Robert ‘E. Phr-
due. health . was 0 _
witnc-ss, tor the patios in the”, '
Chi-inland: made W’ bu
pay his fie. ; . '
‘b
Ind-t-
munitions-admonish
WW,W_ 3.12 m
theaudofthccoal , IE.”
willremntohhj ’ Um
pro-idem of WWW
sneehau‘aud. DeMartino
AreRclossedon
_Bonds.
TETIMONY IS
VERY CONFLICTIN G
Matron and Gilbert Are
Both Released by
Pohce.
A mass of statements and contra-
dictions were heard before Coroner
John J. Phclan at the conclusion of
the third day of his inquiry into the
death of Sergeant James A. Branagan.
in the City Hall. yesterday afternoon.
Frank DeMartlno told one story.
which was denied by Edward Shoehsn.
while the latter‘s story was in part
denied by DeMsrtino. Coroner Pits;
lan closed his inquest. A finding is
expected this week.
Sheehan and Denial-tine were re-
lessed under bonds yesterday, after
having been detained in jail here.
without bonds. for four days. Bonds
wce set at $2.500 each in their cases.
both men being‘charged with man-
slaughter. John Matron. who was no
{of four men originally placed under
tan-est. Tar“ altogether. as it wan
evident t its knew nothing of how
Branagan met his death. while Frank
Gilbert. who was Branagan's compan-
Fringthgrowaweeksgotbh
, on Railroad avenue. 3 to II.
from custody today; afar
:hovtng‘bsau hsld by. the paling for n j
der arm-sarcomas:- Phelan. . 7
. WW. In tho Evening Seac-
fhcl m.‘-<D¢Isrtino'amfsmesg
which M m saw to min to Caro}
‘nbrfbohmdtdnothfitocm.
won. in tint to alleged. that
Shoshan had chased Bra-Inga}: ham
in front of the Got-mania Hotel. wast-a
the fight started. to the point warn-
thc latter was found in the road. a
distance of some forty or fifty feet.
and there struck him. He said that
Sheena: came back nursing... injur-
'ed thumb and calling 81m n vlls
names. mying: __
. "I fixed the ——- _
He'll never take another sucker shot
at me. I must have hit him an awful
wallop. I sprained my thumb.”
Dellarttno declarod that Shoéhan
was drunk at the time.
This was dinied by Sheehan. who
said that he had not gone more than
tivs feet 06 the curb in his fight 1th
Brsnagm: that he was not drunk and
had had nothing to drink.
Dan-Juno‘s story. as he told It you
terday. was substantially as follows:
He noticed the light between Gil-
bert and Manon. the two rolling on
the ground.‘ He tried to sew-ch
‘ them. but failed. and got blood on his
left coat sleeve from Gilbert's ncss. .4?
He went to the garage and rota short
piece of stick. came out and struck
both Gilbert and Marron in an effort
to break them apart. He then drop-
ped the tick and tried to separate
than again. _ ’
Ks did not take anv piece of iron
"from the garage and did not see anyv
icon. 119 unlined S. piece of auto-
mobile spring and as u tire-iron. t.-
belng similar to are kept in the gs:—
sns office for may use by motorlda
Howls positive that he (11an his
the iron. sad only-took a Discs of
wood when he ran out. He finfliy
sonarausl Gilbert and Mai-con. spa
got more blood on himself. He do-
nied having to"! Sheehsn he got the ‘
blood on his clothes from Bananas.
When he first drove up to the car-
ags he saw Sheebsn. Milt-con. Gilbert.
Scotti” and others around. including .2
Banana. fit front of the Germain.
All men: darted and be my
Branagsn sinks-Sheena He we):
”to him sndsald: “Cut it out. saw, a
pint. files: aroyoung fellows use
you arc an old man..don't got into-
'nghtft.‘ Branagan»turned and m
vnthlmaslfaskinghim tostepinand
help him. ‘Hs refused; ,
wruclt Shoshan. th.
‘1!“
“Manuals um. and said: "Stop”,
mm mom’andwsd to back ,
my. Man is declared to is‘
mill: ' - . ' ’ . '
you sot-to mm m “neg“
at me'sfiévw‘ «- laid mu " _
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