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Hilurl l'il'C‘llililr 5465th
9 HTTP court yesterday.
' in (‘ulllplulnt brought by
2.;‘lny against Levy and
'tri? “Hill l‘\’ of Nurwalk to
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' : HY. Conn” April 14.—
v‘nstroyI-d the Scoville
' 1' (‘umplmies' foremen's
.1 the company's reservoir
' le this morning. caus-
' Jimatml (It 32.500. The
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rr and his daughtt‘r
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- 'lllllf apparel. The care-
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rummun‘cation of Old
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-v' its rooms. 90. Lilla Stu
-' mt, April 17. 1923.
‘1 degree. Offlclll villi
Deputy.
Masons cordially and
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I rulernllly yours.
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AI
SOUTH N ORWALK, CONN.,
of NOrWalk Hotel Preve
SATURDAY,
ILL APPLY—NEW PRESSURE ON OElllllllllv :
APRIL 14, 1923. '
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tlon of the entire civilized world.
Priests Faced Moscow Trial With Smile as Reds Howled for Conviction
This first and exclusive photograph of the trial in Moscow of the sixteen priests of the Roman Catholic (‘liurch accused of trea-
The “mock” trial and summary execution of Vicar General Butchkavitch has aroused the indigna-
Storics Just made public tell of the sixteen priests facing their Red accuscrs and possible death with
Bending’ut life left is their attorney, l’uschkin.
courageous smiles. Fifteen of the sixteen defendants were found guilty and sentenced to from two to ten veal-s in prison Archbishop
Zepllak. head of the Roman (‘ntliolic Church in Russia, was sentenced to death but this sentence-”was later commuted to ten Gem
(llfll, center of picture. flanked by two secretaries, is (lalkin. president pf the court. Aft?“ table, extreme right is Prosecutor lirylenko
The accused priests are shown under guard at the left. I l , .
On the
ROBBERS BREAK _
INTO BANK VAULTS
\V'ESTIIL'RY. N. Y.. April l-i.w Rob-
]iwrs early today 5:.Iincll entrance to
the, vaults of the \Vn'atly Hills Na-
tional Bank and rifled 17 safety de—
posit boxes.
The floor of the vault was strewn
with gold pitcls. Liberty llunlls and
slcuritica. Blink oil'lcluls immediate-
ly began a check to discover the
amount of the loss. The outer door
of lilo vault hall bun blown off. l‘o—,
lice believe that the. robbers plnnned'
i0 brlnk own the main sto'el \null.
but the approach of daylight caused
them to have. It was said that
“H.000 in currency was stored in the
vault.
O’KEEFE AND
KELLY FINED
$30 AND COSTS
Others Who Were Arrested
as Result of Fight Have
Cases Continued.
Last Monday night's gang brawl re-
ceived a. partial hearing in the down-
ltown court this morning'when Arthur
Kelly of 347 East. 43d street. New
IYork city. and James O'Kecfe of 104]
.South M in street. this city. were each'
.t‘lned $30 and costs on charges of
'mvltlml assault. Charges of breach of
the peace preferred against the two
'mcn were not pressed. O'Keeffe will
in all probability appal his case. The
seven other young Tnen who were ar-
rested at the time of the brawl at
\Vater street. second district. were,
continued until next Saturday morn-
fing. the Slat. for a. hearing.
The court room was well filled.
lwhen the cases of the men were called
[this morning. O'Keefe was representd
lby Attorney Paul R. Connery. who
iwaived the reading of the complaint
,and entered a plea of "not guilty."
Kelly. who was not represented. also
entered a. similar plea. and the two
men were then arraigned before Judge
Voaburgli.
The first witnca called was Patrol-
man Wallacc Sammie. who told of
f'secing a crowd of young men near the
iswitch bov of the trolley company at
Water and Washington streets. abort-
ly before 10 o'clock on Monday night
while he was on his way to work.
Later a. call came in for an officer and
he said that he responded and found
Patrolman Robert aGiner with Kelly
and O'Keefe in his charge. He said
that when he first noticed the men.
while in the trolley. going to head-
quarters to report for duty. he noticed
that some of them had what seemed
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TRANSFER 0F !
NEWSPAPERS ‘
ANNOUNCED
Leigh Danenberg ahd Wen-i
dell P. Milligan Assume
Control of Sentinel.
Negotiations lasting several weeks
were closed last night between E. I“:
and A. L. Golden and the Sentinel
Publishing Co.. which resulted in the
corporation taking over their entire
publishing interests, The South Nor-
walk Evening Sentinel and tho Slam-
ford Sentinel.
The deal involves the purchase of
the entire printing plant. franchises,
etc. of these two newspapers.
The Golden family. associated with
the publishing business in Connecticut
since 1870. retain a substantial inter-
est in the new corporation.
Leigh Danel-berg. president of the
new corporation. assumed immediate
control of the editorial direction of
both newspapers.
Wendell P. Milllgan. flce-preeidenf
and treasurer. assumes general bust-
ncss management.
Mr. Danenberg has been associated
with newspapers in various parts of
the country. His experience has cov-
ered a. wide field and he comes emin-
ently qualified to fill the important
position he now holds. He is a gradu-
ate of New York University. While
in the service he was detailed to the
Propaganda Division of the General
Staff. and had charge of several army
publications. Last December he re-
turned from a two years' trip abroad.
where both in London and Berlin. he.
acted as staff correspondent for Engfi
llsh and American newspapers.
Wendell P. Milligan. a. native son of
Stamford. returns to Connecticut. hav-
ing spent many years of successful ef-
fort in the publication business. He
retired from the position of director of
advertising of'the Moving Picture
World to take up his new duties. His
training during the past years ha!
been of such a character as to equip
him thoroughly for the responsible
task of directing the entire business
managemeu: of the two newspapers.
ARRESTS FOR SHOTS
AT PAYO'IT’S CAR
DONDON. April 14.-'rwo erred:
have followed the recent attempt to
injure General Payott. French chief of
transportation la the occupied area. at
whose automobile a. bullet was fired
near Canorp on Thursday. can .
Dueucdorf (1th to the Em
Tale-“mph. The bullet shattered a
pane of plate glaucoma! mandarin
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Change of Ownership
The Sentinel Publishing l'o..
with this lacue. becomes publisher
of The South NorWalk Evt‘nlng Senti-
nel. heretofore conducted by E. L.
and A. 1.. Golden.
Officers of the new corporation
ATP:
LEIGH DANENBERG. Presi-
dent
\VENDELL P. M I L l. I G A N.
Vice-President and Treasurer.
L. GOLDEN. secretary.
EDITOR. Leigh Dnnenhcrg.
GENE {AL MANAGlJll. “'en-
dell P. Milligan.
Business and editorial offices will be
conducted as heretofore at 97 \Vaeh-
Inglon street.
TROY FOUND
GUILTY AND
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TAXED $26.33
Found guilty on three counts. Wil-
liam Troy. of Plattsvilie avenue. was
fined :17 and costs totalling $26.33 in
the uptown city court, this morning.
by Judge Nehemiah Candce.
Troy was arrested last night by P9.-
trolman Murphy following an argue-
ment on a. Winnipauk trolley car. It
appears that. Troy. who was intoxi-
cated. created afidleturbance about
' payments of the trolley fare.
Fred Miller. conductor of the car.
complained to the police with the re-
sult that Troy was taken into custody
charged with evasion of trolley fare.
breach of peace aadlntoxieation.
In the city court. Troy was, found
guilty on all three counts by Judg<
Candee. 0n the first count, he was
fined :12 and the second two counts.
35. Costa in the case amounted to
$9.33.
The case of John Feeney. charged
with intoxication. was continued from
day to day by Judge Candee and
Feeney remanded in charge of Probe.-
tion Officer Murphy. .
Fillmx
POWDER!“ OE
LEWES. DEL. Apr‘ll 14.~—Three
persona were drowned and two died
of exposure. a.- thc result of the
foundering of the tug Jupiter and two
coal barges in awe off the Delewaa‘e
capes earlytodu. One of the drowned
was the wlfefof Captain, of the bar:
Howard. mom was owned by the
Neptunem company,
01'3- . 2 .
N”?
TEETOTAL SAILOR
FINDS LIFE SAD AT
Rlllli RDW, N. Y.
Letter Taken from Dry
Scotch Tar on Tug With
Wet Scotch Cargo Tells
of Sea Traffic.
NEW YORK April 14.—The sad
plight of a tee-totaling. comfort lov—
ing Sect railcrman marooned for
several months on board a. rum run-
ning boat off the New Jersey coast
was described in a. letter taken from
a member of the crew of the tugboat
Peerless. seized yesterday by "dry
navy.’ _
"The letter was dated March 28 on
the yacht S. V. Isra. and was addressed
to "Jenny" in Greenwich. Scotland.
lostcnslbly the wife of Scotman.
"I 'ish I was at home out of the
ship.’ the missive said, "as. what
with‘drunkcn men and the smell of
the drink. it near knocks me sick.
This is no place for any one. as they
don't like me a. bit because I won’t
drink with them."
After reminiscing on the hardships
of life at sea. the pleasures of exist-
!ence on shore and pure hell. The let.
ter complained:
“Do you know Jenny, I haven’t had
a. bath since I left home. as it is so
cold in this ship I am feared in case
I get a. cold. I haven’t got. a decent
shift of clothcsleft. We are all fed
up with bad food and rotten meat to~
eat. We are penned are like'con-
victs. .
"\V’e have only got ridden of about
4,000 cases of whiskey so far and it
has taken us two months to get that
out. We still have another 16,000
cases on board and the weather is no
good for the boats to come out, as it
is always blowing and we are about
nine miles off land.
"I expect we will be going to Hall-
fax in a fortnight. If I am spared
and well to come home. I will tell-you
' all about it. I alloud have taken your
advice that Friday night and not gone
awéy. but I wanted to get our debts
squared up and get out.
“We got rid of 200 cases on Good
Friday, and had four hours’ overtime.
that means eight shillings to me. I
would be more at ease-if I had been
able to leave you more money. as five
pounds a month isn't much. but I
don't think we would be away so
long." ‘
BE!) 80! LINEUP. X
BOSTON. April 'Ib-"l‘he opening
‘llneup of the Red 80‘: ' name: the
Ian” next Wednesday In the New
York club's new stadium was announ-
,ccdatneadingl’abynanagerrrank
”Wrath-allows: .
tor
.smouldered for a long time before
'myjyeuafielaalacawell-hm
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By Associated Press .
PARIS. Aprl l4.—The French and
Belgian governments decided today at
the conference of their ministers to
reimburse themselves for the Ruhr
occupation expenses out of merchan-
dise and monev semd from the Ger-
mans. The two .\";es again empha-I
sized their determination to excavate‘
the Ruhr only as Germany paid.
Any balance left after the military
and engineering Expenses are paid
will be turned into the reparation
fund for the benefit of all the Allies.
The merchandise seized will first
be applied on orders already piactd
with Germany. under the reparations.
schedule for German payment in kind“
the French and the Belgians filling;
their own orders by compulsion if-
necessary.
Once there reparation orders are
filled the. seized merchandise will be
sold under joint Franco-Belgian con-
trol. it was agreed. and the proceeds
Mil be used. together with confiscated
money. cash obtained from fines and
other receipts. to pay the expenses of
the occupying forces as prior claim.
only the surplus going to the repar-
ation commission.
Premier Poincare of‘ FYancc and
Premier Theunis and Foreign Minis-
ter Jaspar of Belgium with their ad-
visers. approved new instructoins to
the Rhineland high commissioners
and to General DeGoutle. command-
ing in the Ruhr. outlining the devel-_
opmcnt of the policy of seizures of
coal. coke. merchandise and money
and the establishment of an account-
ing system for the distribution of the
'rcsulting fund.
The announcornent that. the two
allies were steadfast in their decision
to leave the Ruhr only as Germany
pays. came in the form of a re-
afiirmation of the Russian to that ef-
fect adopted in Brussels last month.
sieve-lam},
For Nor-walk and vicinity: M
am! unsettled tonight and m
probably snow and rain on the M
continued cold: strong MM *.
winds. The area. of high pro-ea
has moved aoutheastward.
PRICE THREE CENTS
O
Germans Must Make Direct Overturns for Settlement, Al:
Are Not Fully Disclosed—-
Concessions Talk Declared Without Foundation.
By Associated I‘Irss
PARIS. April 14.—Distributlon of
what profits have already been real—
ized from the Ruhr occupation to-
gether with other questions of ac-
countancy and discussion of plans for
the expulsion of more German func-
tionaries were on the program for the
this morning. , '
So muc was accomplished yester-
day tha it was hoped the entire
ground would be covered by noon to-
day.
No official mention has been made.
it is learned either of Louis Lou-
chcur's recent London visit or of I.
general settlement of the reparation.
problems but the fact that the former
minister and the Marquise De Luber-
sac wore scheduled to eat luncheon at
the Belgian embassy was held lo indi-
cate that at least some exchange of
views was to be had regarding the
possibility of German collaboration in
the restoration of the devastated re-
gions. Marquise De Lubcrsac has
negotiated with Hugo Stinncs on thin
same question. 1
By Axochted Press
BERLIN. April 14.——The German
Embassy in Paris has been instructed
to protest to the French government
that French t‘roops seized a number
of incomplete bank notes and pin“
from a. private printing plant at Muel-
heirn "obscurly intending to put the
notes in circulation." says a. scml~oflo
clal statement tuned here today.
The German government acumen
that the French government did not
sanction the action of the troops and
herefore expects both restoration of
the missing‘matcrial and an assurance
that no impressions have been taken
from the. plates. The note adds that
'the reichsbanke has declared that any
notes so printed will be wortbess.
FRAME GARAGE,
SASQUA HILLS.
‘ IS DESTROYED
A frame garage owned by Albert
Lee. of Sasqua. Hills. who at present.
Is in Europe. was destroyed by fircl
about 5:30 o'clock this morning. the1
tire spreading to the building from a
grass fire that iwept over to the gar—
age from \Vlnfield street. The garage
has been rented to Robert G. Thaw.
who kept a Ford sedan and a. quan-
tity of tools in the building. These
were also destroyed. O
The fire was discovered first by J.
A. Bray. who live: nearby. Not know-
ing that Mr. Lee was away be en-
deavored to reach him by telephone
and finally notified the telephone op-
erator of the fire. The operator noti-
fied the Central Fire station. Which
in turn notified the Mayflower com-
rany. and the apparatus responded.
Due to the loss of time. the building
was destroyed by the time that the
firemen reached the scene. The exact
amount of the monetary loss is not
known. as it will be impossible to to-
tal the damage until Mr. Lee is heard
from.
The grass fire is believed to have
started the night before. anddo have
bursting cut.
By Associated Pres.
'I‘OKIO. April 14.-—Four hundred
persons. including a large number of
fishermen. are missing aa the result
of a tidal wave and storm on the East
coast of ~Korea. according to advices
received in Tokio by the Japanese
navy department. The total number of
lost is uncertain. but: It is believed to
be large.
-GUABNIERI—MATEUSE
Announcement was made today of
the wedding of lila- Busan Nathan of
Flax Hill read and Frank Gnu-alert
of 26 Commerce meet. The couple
:1? man-led recently in New York
Mr. Gimmes-l I- well known in Nor-
wflhbi; $.me field. He la a
men 0 orwalk basket team.
w“. M OI! local m lo:-
TOllllEll TICKET
ACENT HARRIS *
PA§E§ ANAT
George Waiter Harris of 211 Fla:
Hill road. an old-timer telegrapher
and railroad man. died yesterday at-
ternoon. aged 74 years. survived by I.
widow. six children and four grand-
children.
‘Mr. Harris was for some thirty
years ticket agent at the South Nor-
walk,dcpot. and was known by the
many hundreds who used the train.
to New York daily. He retired from
active duty about five years ago. due
to ill health.
He was one iof the first telegraph
operators in this city and when .be
old Housatonic railroad company
opened its stations at Wilson Point
when the boats ran to Long Island.
Mr. Harris was placed in charge of
that.
He is survived by six children. who
are Mrs. G P- Dreher of Wegtneid.
Conn.. Mrs. Harold Van Wagenen of
Brooklyn, N. Y.. Mrs. C. W. Hoyt of
Port Chester. N. Y.. Edson C. Harris.
George I. Harris and Oswin Harris. an
of this city.
The funeral will be held on Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
funeral parlors of David W. Raymond.
W'eet Washington street. Rev. Chap-
man S. Lewis. rector of Trinity Eph-
copai church. officiating. and inter-,
ment will be in Riverside cemetery.
NEW PUMPING ENGINE
ARRIVES 1N NORWAL’KI
The American La France pumping it
engine has arrived in Norwalk. and it
now in a. freight car in the Jog!
yards. .
Notification has been sen to the
company in Elmira. N. Y.. and'm
company has stated that one of
men will be here on Monday to
the machine from the car. '
some preliminary work on it. testtwlflfl
be made of the apparatus. which]!
successfully passed will mean that the
apparatus will. be officially accepted bf ‘
the city.
BIG TIDAL WAVE
SWEEPS WAILUKU
wan. 'r. 8.. April Ila—at
tidal wave two feet high wept the.
harbor here yesterday ,
FRENCH ANO BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ,. 5
TO REIMBURSE THEMSELVES TOR
TUE RUHR OCCUPATION EXPENSE-s-
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