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The Weather.
For Norwalk and vicinity: Snow on .
rain tonight and Friday; not. Intel;
change in temperature; moderat-
shit‘ting winds. A long trough of low
pressure is causing unsettled weather
in nearly all districts east of Rockies.
- PRICE THREE-CENTS
'orwal
IRAGE SANITY
OF THE FAMILY
OF M’MULLEN
T11~1 im on y Produced That
Ii1-11‘1her and Sister Were
h. an insane Asylum.
TRIAL
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1: NINTEIRESTING
1111111101114 and Friend Re-
l.111.- Eccentricities of De-
1111;1st Millionaire.
l‘mnk and James Mc-
<:1 nrr rontvsttng the will in
.lnhn Molllullen of Nor-
1.1111111 :1 two million dollar
~‘ 11:.1 El l'nhersity, attacked
.1‘1; Hilarity to make a will
4- .IUIlll \V. Banks and fl
S'Ilwrinr t,‘hurt yesterday.
.m‘ thn Hartford Insane
111 introrinpml to show that
: \1111 .\Ir.\lulrbn. brother and
1.1 11 Amtor were confined at
“'1‘11-11. the dormer in 1865.
'1""‘l in 1‘77;
n1.‘l'.'llll.liidn of \Villiam M.
.111 (1"‘11'IIII connected with
1‘1 .11 institution, Attorney
1‘.1111111::'.:s elicited the in-
. “1.1: the records stated that
111' ”1111.31: was due to :1.
Jon" on the head.
of the trial proved
vivactators who had
wruom in expecta-
111- 1 nontric peculiari-
figtounted. Judge
llinnIzLII, adjourned the
1 1‘ u." the Superior court
'1-11: 4 o'clock and spent the
- hour on the bench with
mks.
.1ony that MdMullcn appeared
and nimast physically ox-
as well as lxlcntally fatigued
wrd by Frederick l". Brindage.
1S3 for the appellants. lie
:15 an dysgrvcr when he
1: 11 he was c'gnployed as chauf-
\lI‘Mulien during the years 0%
:111 1.1. The change. he said. 06'
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1910 after the t1-stator's
.1 ii. Hicks. selectmun of
I mud an intimate friend of
g \\ Is niso a witness yester-
1111111111 up "the testator with
'11 11113 who appeared on the
llurtfonl insane asylum.
they wwro brothers and
1- to a nun -stion on cross 9:-
11 he agreed that McMullen
1.11 uni boy." as Attorney
I‘inllllt'iwlzcd him. bl". ad-
‘1: “:15 l-riut‘e he lost his
1‘14.1:‘et .ll. lficlson said that
-11 muéle several will: in
111115 5111115 were left to or-
.1111l Individuals. The will
admitted to probate and
subject of the present
'1 11ml»; and. James blchlullen.
11‘ Oakland. Cal.. left the’
1 $2,000,000 McMullen
r'll University.
~111 said she was private
1 311. .‘slcblullcn in his New
11nd that she saw severul
~ I. 0m '11}; dictation in the
1 I:1u_\,1;'r. The latter will
‘ .‘ :I. ‘1.1i she said. She fur-
1 i lili‘. “she made trip!
Yurk to Norwalk. while
was. ill in his Norwnlk
11v 12111.: on business of the
, 1 1‘11le Construction’Com-
he was president."
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\1- Hing: was celebrated at
1 rum-ping at the Church
I1 Hon, in W estport. when
1 ' m. of \V’estport. be-
‘11121 of Edward J. Butner.
. 1 11.
‘nzri .7. Carroll, pastor of
celebrated the nuptial
was largely attended by
' 3 {Heads of the couple.
‘.:1r11t i’..anzo_ sister 1'f the
bridesmaid and Fred
, '1’ Norwuik. was the beat
‘ ifn
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" ‘i 1 nmmlmicatlon of Old Well
MR. F. and A. K. will b0
Iis rooms. Masonic Temple.
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‘Fm 2nd and 4th Tueldu’l of
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rItr‘epted. All R. A. Ill-I0!"
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Poll Negri and Charlie Chaplin have announced their engagement.
are to be married soon.
and Pola
They
ISSUEIOURNAIS I
AS PART OF PLAN
TO MILK PUBLIC
Big Dividends Are Bait Set
For Wage-Earners and
Widows.
BY ED‘YARD A. SCHVVAB
Chief Investigator. National Vigilance
Committee and Better Business
Bureau; for Eleven Years
“'ith l’Ostoil‘ioc Inspec-
tion Service
NE“! YORK. Feb. 1.——Big divi-
dends! That is the bait that lures
millions to sink an aggregate of halt‘
a. billion annually in humbug stock
schemes. In more
comprehensible Hig-
ures. that is 500,000
times $1000.
In my years of in-
vestigation I have
watched a. vast army
of gullible people—
mostly the poor. the
wage-earner, t h e
widow — surrender
their savings in spite
of repeated warn-
_ ings.
Oil and
stocks have
E. A. SCHIVAB the most. Oil is
easy because tales of fortunes made
over night in the oil fields surpass the
wildest romances. v
There is always something new in
the game of fleecing the public. In
this and succeeding articles I am 6(-
scriblng some of the newest schemes.
Texas is proving the birthplace of
up- -to- date ideas in high finance. One
of the new get rich-quick schemes.
mining
taken
‘(Continued on Page Two)
OBTAIN NO TRACE
OF MRS. IDA BROWN
No trace has been found of twenty-’
six year old Mrs. Ida Morehouse
Brown. who left her home on January
19th after telling her mother that she
was going to work.
The missing woman. who left her
two children. both under four- years
of age. at her mother's home when
she left was last seen on Rail-
road avenue. near the Germania Ho-
tel.
Her mother. “Mrs. Mot-y Nordmnn.
of 17 Main street. is heartbroken at
her continued nboence and at receiv- i
mg no wind of. her. and 119913819133
through the Evening Sentinel today”
to anyone who may know of herl
whereabouts. to send her word.
litre. Brown when last seen wore a
an. blue dress: dark red cont trimmed
with brownfur. small blue but with'
black feathers: high block shoes. In.
Brown w about 150 pounds and
has Mt Ink... bull eves
BIG $3.500 AUTO
PRIZE CONTEST
NEAR HALF OVER’
Candidates Who Expect to
Win Must Keep Hustl-
ing Every Day.
The end of the present week brings
the Lvening Sentinel Prize campaign
to it: half— -way mark. with four week!
past and still another four to come
before the $3,500.00 of free Lsizes are
distributed to those with the most
votes to their credit.
Incidentally. all candidates 'should
take immediate inventory of their
own respective campaigns to deter~
thine exactly their position as this
half—way period is reached. to see
. whether or not their standing is every-'
True. ‘
thing that could be desired.
the hot finish recorded at the close of
the first vote period last Saturday
brought so many within striking dis-
tance of the three cars, that anyone
at all can actually win_ yet three days
have passed since. and each of those
three days has been utilized 1"y some
of the more enterprising workers (0
“add more subscriptions and votes to
their reserve.
The question you should ask your-
self, if you are a. candidate. is wheth-
er or not you have secured your full
share of votes this week. and if not
are you going to get them before the
end of the week?“ In other words.
are you going to start the last half of
the campaign on an even basis with
the others. or are you going to forfeit
the splendid opportunity that is
.yours to win a. car. made possible by
your own etlorts and those of your
friends?
After all is said and done. there is'
a two-fold duty that binds every can-
didate to every possible eflofl they
are capable of. First, that of repay-
ing the friends who have so faith-
fully supported them, by doing ev.
erytbing in their power to show pro-
per appreciation of this support by
proving worthy. which means giving
'them a. winning cause to sport
Second, the duty that each candidate
owes to take the fullest advantage
of the opportunity that has been
given to win. Those who work an
hour or so of each week. doing noth-
ing the remainder of the time are
failing in both of these duties. How-
ever. there are but a. few of these.
and their friends wil' call them to on
accounting after the campaign is s.
thing of the past.
Practically every day this depart-
ment is asked by this or that candl-
date for some hint that will‘ help to
(Continued on Page Two)
’ a leak in the gas pipe in the cellar of
BOUTS PROVE
BIG TEATURE
Songs and Stories‘by N. Y.
Vaudeville Artists and
Lunch Are Emoyed.
One of the best attended social
gatherings ever knownin the history
of Nos-walk Lodge. No. 709. B. P. 0.
E.. was held at the Home on South
Main street. last evening. when :over
500 members and gue of the lodgel
enjoyed a, smoker , ’ temlnmnt,’
prepared for the __ the fair com—
mittee of the lodgéc 'ilarles Dllworth.
chairman. 1 ‘ '
The club room s: ch as the base-
ment was well fined arty in the eve-
ning. and when the program started.
with several boxing bouts the st-
tendance was so great that many
were unable to obtain nests. ‘
Three boxing matches. one more or
less of a comic tattered on boxing.
were staged. : '
The. first, between Andy Wargo and
start of the first. round to the end of
the third. Action every second was
to be seen. and at the end the two
boys. protege: of John J. Ruben. bet—
ter known to Nor-walk people to
“Jack Dempsey." were" pretty well
worked out, but were still the bent or
friends. despite the ferocious slugging
match they had justj indulged In.
Dempsey refereed unifieorge Bop-
kins was time-keeper. '
Tb sound three round“ ‘ gm
tween ‘Weetarzgm no.3.“ o:
Kunx. two local boys, who are be-
ing groomed by Dempsey. Dorsey
lights “'illls Connors. of Greenwich.
in Stamlord. at the Elk's Ball on
February 16th, while Kunz is under-
going a. course of careful training.
This bout was also a. good one.
some clever sparring being indulged
In.
‘ Finally the third bout was ar-
;ranged. this being between Dr. David
Sioman and Jack Dempsey.’ This
lasted but two rounds. because of the
fact that; neither boxer was in proper
ring clothes. and because the bout had
(Continued on Page Two)
HOTEL CLIFFORD
BLOCK CELLARS
FILLED WITH GAS
Illuminating gas flooded the tower
floor and lobby of the Hotel Ciiiford
yesterday afternoon and last eve-
ning. and might possibly have cause?
considerable damage but for the
presence at mind of J. B. Klein, of
West Reading, a guest at. the hotel.
who noticed the fumes seeping up
from the cellar way entrance to the
old rathskcllar.
It was almost impossible to frame
where the fumes were comingfrom at
first. but Mr. Klein. whose curiosity
was aroused started a search by ‘.;m-
self. and found that the odor of gas;
was strongest from the cellar way
. stairs.
He investigated - together with
James Rutledge. proprietor of the
hotel. and they found that there was
one of the adjoining stores. and that
the fumes escaped through a hole in
the side wall into the Clifford cellar.
So strong was the gas in fbe‘cellar
that the windows were opened im—
mediately and the place- sired. The
gas was quite heavy here and but for
lit. is possible that the fumes migrt
have ignited from the Cllflord tur-
zvaces which adjoin the cellar where '
the gas was leaking low-1th cons:-
quent danger of ”lesion and tire.
The Connecticut Light a; Power
Company was notified and shut 03' the
gas supply to the stores until the leak I
”could be located. .
BERKELEY CHAPTER
HAS CARD CPARTIES
Berkeley Chapter. No. 95. Order of
the Eastern Sta- held a most suc-
cessful card iparfy yesterday iter-
noon and last Mt. The “fair was
held in the banquet. mom Of the ‘10.-
sonic temple In Berkeley Street.
: At the attemoon‘ senators there were
12 tables and the eVénlng 25 «ables.
Prue. were awarded at each table.
IVarious can! «some. were played in-
cluding bridge. wfifi Humble. Re-
treatments were W both in the
afternoon and evening.
Kid Miller. was a bummer from the "
Today’s Ruhr Developments
{the timely investigation by Mr. Klein 5
BUSINESS SECTION OF
SPRINGFIELD , SHAKEN BY
RIG GASIIOIISE EXPLOSION
AI
By Associawd Press
many streets.
rate box and all the ambulances 1n the city called.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Feb.1.—A terrific explosion in a gas-
house at the foot of Elm street about 1 :10 p. 111. today, shook the en-
tire business section of the city and broke plate glass windows in
A fire- alarm was sent in from the'gas company’s pri-
Forty persons were injured and much damage was done in the
were struck down by debris.
were liub deep in wreckage.
afiected.
seriously hurt, but without fatalities.
The municipal group of buildings centering about.
banks and blocks were in the area in which windows were broken.
Persons in these buildings comprised many of the injured.
The big storage tank was located at the foot of Elm street near
Water, and not far distant from the bank of the Connecticut River.
Adjacent was the building that houses the ofiicesl of the company.
The Springfield Institution for Savings was another building
business section of this 'city, Ofi‘ice workers and persons in the streets
\Vorkers in the plant were reported
Automobiles in the streets
City Hall,
By Associated Press
Industrial isolation of the Ruhr
from unoccupied Germany. begun to-
day by the cutting off of coal and
coke shipments. may be carried still
further if Germany falls to come to
terms;
An interdiction will be put upon
export) of iron. steel and other main-
ufactureo in that case. a. Duemldorf
dispatch quotes the French a an-
uouucing.
With the tightening of the indus—
trial cordon about the valley the pro-
duction of coal continues on a declin-
lng scale. The railroad strike is effec-
tive throughout the entire valley and
there is a. growing shortage of cars.
threatening enforced: suspension of
the mines. .
The rail strike likewise is effective
outside the Ruhr at Cologne and
Mayence. The fewthrough trains be-
ing run in the Rhineland are operat-
ed by French crews.
Increasing tension between the Et-
sen population and the -oocupyiug
troops in reported. In Essen and
other Ruhr towns reports that France
and England had broken at. Lusanne
Wei-tire Near East (inaction caused
premature jubilation.
Hugo Stinnes, the German indus-
trial leader. is visiting the Ruhr for
1,the first time since the occupation. a
Muohlheim dispatch announces.
Berlin received reports from Co-
blenz that the proclamation of a
Rhindand Republic today had been
planned. the contemplated coup to be
sprung with the aid of the French and
Belgian military. Nothing confirma-
joryof this developed from other
sources.
Levy Accuses Banker
of Financing Cuban
Rum Running Game
Innkeeper Declares A. W. W. Marshall of Greenwich Trust
Company Put $35,000 m Marine Bootlegging Deal
-—-Trust Official Makes Denial.
Personal letters from A. W'. W.
Marshall. vice president of the Green-
wich Trust. company. to John A.
Montgomery, proprietor of the lunch
room at. 26 Wall Street. will be intro-
duced as evidence by the defendants
in the action to recover $15,000 on
notes alleged due to the Greenwich
Trust company by Jacob Levy. of
Westport. and endorsed by Mr. Mont-
gomery. This statement was made this
.qorning by Mr. Montgomery. The
action was filed in the Superior court
at Bridgeport.
“We will endeavor to prove that
that Mr. Marshall shrdhrdlrddlddldl
.Mr. Marshall was interested in the
rum-running cruise." said 3!.. Mont-
gomery.” and that he knew about the
deal before he leaned the money on
the notes. In any case, the only con-
nection I have {with the case is ll :t I
endorsed the notec. I' am protected
how the suit is decided."
"Now that we’re in it. let's get in
-——good." was the declaration of Ja-
cob chy, owner of Compo Beach
Inn when asked y a. reporter last
night his story on accusations amin.t
A. W. W. Marshall. vice-president of
the Greenwich Trust Company charg-
ing him with financing a. rum cruise.
"When Marshall taks about $15.-
000 he says I owe him. why doesn't
he talk about the proposition in
which we were partners," asked
Levy. "I've already lost $35,000 or
more in the proposition. Mr.» Mar—
shall approached me and said "that w:
should enter an expedition to Cuba.
and back. He said he'd get a captain
and get the boat. and I said 'I’d fix it
up in Cuba where I knew the parties."
“Just abOut the time we got start-
ed, we discovered that $15,000 more
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and would lose nothing no matter
1’ I I0 I.
é: Jon‘s:
BY mansion. ,W. DAWNGER
C. S. a From Musso-
, chnse'tts. Elfin): District
It is notoiways the men who are
unromntlc. At times the women ex.
hibit the practical nature. I've illus-
tinted this often In my speeches with
this story:
Josephus and minimum were lov-
ers. They not under no apple-tree in
the early summer-abs day was
balmy and I} soft wind ole-1.1
"Ah. Sammy.” brentbed Josephus
lnnm’p‘tvolce. flintonto'thea‘eph
I. it W m through :
branches and hear how the trees
moon sud sigh and sigh and moan
mm". she remarked.
‘ityouweneufull otgreen
FRANCE SOUNDS
TURKWARNING
«By Associated Press.
LONDON. 'Feb. 1.~—‘I‘he British
Government today received a. note
from France. the substance of which
is that France reserves the right to
undertake separate negotiations wi
Turkey in the event of the Lao
Conference tailing.
RUSSIA ms
LAUSANNE, Feb. 1 —Tho Rosina
delegation at the Nest- Em Confer-
ence announced omclally at the meet-
tug at the StraitsCommisslon today
that Russia. would act'sign the con-
vention providing for control of the
Borden-alien and the Booborus.‘
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5!
GALE
NORWALK PULP
SHIP SAVED BY
HEROIC CREW
The “Priscilla Alden” Final-
ly Arrives Here in
Safety.
XOUNGEST MASTER
OF U. S. IN CHARGE
Capt. Walter Elliott Modest
1n Telling of Ship’s
Experiences.
Captain Walter Elliott—youngest
schooner master in America—today
safely docked tbe‘ Priscilla. Alden. " u.
three-masted schooner. at the St.
George Paper company wharf. But
twenty-three years old. Captain Elliott
fought-for forty-eight hours to save
the vessel of which he was in charge.
from destruction in the most terrific
gale in years encountered on the trip
from New Brunswick to Norwalk. Ex-
cellent seamnship finally brought the
“Priscilla Alden" into port.
The "Priscilla Alden" left New
Brunswick on December 23 with n
cargo of pulp from the St. George
Paper company. Six days later. the
schooner ran into a. seventy-mile an
hour north-east gale which blew
Wily for forty-eight hours. The
in encountering the
high seas and began to leak through
the seams. Pumps were manned. On
top of this, the gasoline engine broke
down and the flying gib and tore-ml
were carried away by the wind. This
happened while the schooner was 0!!
the Nantucket Shoals.
Danger of Sinking
\Iomentarily the “Priscilla. Alden"
was in danger of sinking. Finally
Captain Elliott managed to work the
schooner into the Stone Horse Light
Ship where .the vessel was anchored.
The gale did not subside nnd the
anchors started to drag threatening to
pile the schooner upon the rocks of
the short. It became necessary to haul
up anchor and again face the storm
for another few hours until a tug. the
"H. Osslppce." could be secured to
towe the vessel to Martha: Vineyard.
Here the schooner laid up for repairs.
and until the weather was cleared.
"We didn't mind the wind so much
as the cold." laughingly commented
Captain Elliott when interviewed by
the Evening Sentinel this morning.
"It was bitter cold and it was a ter-
rible hardship for the crew. I want to
give credit to my mate, James H. Pot-
tle. who certainly stood the gafl in
great shape."
Modest Captain
“When first approached by a Senti-
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U-m-m-m-m.’
Thatfs Great
Cooking!
BERTHA E. SHAPLEIGH
Do YOUR men Jolks my this
after you've worked hard cm
the kitchen range to prepare
1- them something especially we .1
to eat 7 , . '
Their hearty approval is on E
the recompense a. housewife
asks.
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