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TABLISHED 1870
AV
AIN ENGINEER
ES JUST AEIER
IEAVING CAB
. in Take Train to Dan-
r}——llies in Brother’s
A r Ins—Stuck to Post.
9
the fingers of death
. at his heart as he sat at
t.
(1111‘.
t..l‘0itic of his locomotive, Seth
Sta-we. of 114 East Liberty
,. Dnnbury, and brother of
I N Shove of 11 Grove street,
. brought his engine and
m Lil-t, to a stop at the South
n: IIR depot yesterday, stagger-
fr n his cab, and after being
. :1 from duty, was taken to
Luther's home, expiring as
auto in which he was riding
4 Into the driveway. Dr. L.
A". :1. who had been summoned
{Li inc man, was following in
:.,.m, but found that he had
'1 from heart failure.
1 twin was due here
) yesterday afternoon.
to take the siding be-
t— for Danbury at 5:25 (S.
l ‘ "vi taken charge at Stam-
; w the electric engine was
5 ulth a steam locomotive.
lulled out from Daricn.
. r-Iplnlned to his fireman of
.I. but said that he would
- to fight off his illness until
I reach South Norwalk. where
rl to obtain relief.
1 he reached South Norwalk,
.‘Kl‘rod from. the cab and in-
: Ms conductor that he was too
proceed further. and asked
.Is brother. Fred. who is also
rinecr and who had Just pulled
the local depot from Dsnbun'.
charge of his train and go to
'\'.
Mother saw that Show was
. and said he would take
. l in home. Clarence Burr. an-
:Inenr, was placed in charge
- 'Inin. Dr. Allen was notified
'.n was taken ill. and that he
at
t I, :-
m 'u
r.‘ taken to his brother’s
.\ that was called and the
”turn talked as the car pro-
Just as it turned to go into
. vunY of Fred Shove's home.
the other straightened out
>l and was dead when Dr.
*lml him. Angina pcctoris
..1 the cause of death.
u m 51 years old. and had
lllflnt of llnnbury for the
us. having formerly lived
. \orwaik. He had been in
of the railroad since
“no .1 member of the Bro-
4-t‘ Locomotive Engineerl.
1'? of New Haven. and also
l Lodgc, No. 108, F. &. A.
l I il)’.
_.r\lu~d by his widow, three
l-‘rnnk of Mnybrook. N. Y.:
rum city. and Charles of
mutton. Mass. and also a
"w. John D. Morehouse, of
l a. N. Y.
MEMORIAL DAY
PLANWPLEIE
n Anson F. Keeler was ap-
exmll marshal of the Mem-
wmrie, at a meeting of the
-~ mmittoe. and committees
-. In: veterans' organisations.
rwning at the Norwalk Ar-
- . 'wrnl Russell Frost was
Incrnl chairman and CW-
. secretary of the commit-
ii v. hnlg
committee was appointed.
:: or lrving C. Byington. Lo-
-.s and Jack Gusrniorl. to
win for the parade. The
‘ - Hand and such other music
'ml will be arranged for by
",Ittee.
» ".tntlve plans for the parade
"- ‘ :.ne of march were made hit
: ”ride wil start at 10 o'clock
t. wm the corner of Van Zondt
.-.:I Osborne avenue, march
‘ . l'nrt Point street. to um
. '0 Washington street. Thence
’ I Alain street to West event".
. street to flour Square. “a
n'vr-msrr-h to Mott avenue
‘ Park. where the aural.“
M.
‘ ‘ '-' part in the WM. '1“ b.
. ,5 . «:lngham and Doug!“ m
I ". and auxiliaries; United
War Veterans. lam“!
!"l Auxiliary: American 1.0-.
. -:.k C. Godfrey Post. Auxili-
‘wverans of Foreign Wars
Tn-Inv Post and Author"
I‘. llend Artillery and the
Train.
"‘ lied Cross. Junior Rod Oral.
~--’- and Girl Scout; a“ “I.
Iiiilldren of th. city. If. I.“ ”
and other 0 1
g 3‘“ asked to Join in the pull..-
" "xerciaes at Union Park fl
s > I
"T
, 4..
_ .
'rr
AM the nasal
“f dnslnswth .
MISS mm M’I'ADDEN
Miss Minnie McFadden. of Provi-
dence, Rhode Island,‘ accompanying
Miss Lucy T. Aldrich on a world tour.
and one of a. number of women cap-
tured by Chinese bandits and later re- ' ' , > .— "
leased; reported ill from exposure.
MISS LUCY T. ALDRICH
and editor of the Shanghai
Review,
passengers kidnapped from a Chinese
train and now held for
.fi
.1. B. POWELL
American newspaper correspondent
\Veekly
who was among the men
$1,000,000
ransom.
“’P-r
GOVERNMENT 18
AWAITING WORD
FROM CONSUL
Secretaries Hughes and Da-
vis Confer on Advisability
of Military Action.
“WASHINGTON, May 8.—Further
report from Minister Schurman at
Peking on developments in connection
with the capture of American and
other foreigners on the train held up
by Chinese bandits in Shantunr; pro-
vince and efforts to secure their re-
lease was anxiously awaited today by
the State Department.
The American minister who was
instructed by the department to make
strot.g representations to the Chinese
government in the matter which is
regarded as seriously threatening the
friendly relations between the two
countries, is proceeding on his own
Judgment as to details of the situa-
tion.
That serious consideration was be-
ing given the question of initiating a
Concentrated military action with the
other powers against the bandits was
evidenced by a. conference yesterday
between Secretary Hughes and Act-
ting Secretary of “'nr Davis.
Available for such use are the U.
S. force of 35 officers and 888 men
stationed at Tcin Tsln and those of
Great Britain. France and Japan.
each of approximately a thousand of-
ficers and men. in addition to the
smaller units maintained by other na-
tloils in (Thins.
Sweet News
NEW YORK. May 8.—The White
House today was added to the list oi
households which are attempting to
force down the price of sugar by
means of economy in’consumption. it
was learned in a. letter from Mrs.
Harding to Mrs. Louis Reed Weiz-
mlller, deputy commissioner of mar-
kets.
The letter. sent by Mrs. Harding’s
secretary in reply to a. request that
the presidential household aid in the
fight to lower sugar prices. read:
“Mrs. Harding has seen your tele-
gram of May 3. She asks me to any
to you that the White House is
economlzing to the fullest possible
degree in sugar consumption, be-
cause it is believed that diminished
consumption is the effective remedy
with which to meet all unreasonable
prices."
Condition Improved
The condition of Miss Lizzie A. Ella
of Ella street. Broad River, who is
sudering from encephalitis. better
known as sleeping sickness. was re-
ported ss improved this morning by
attending physicians. Dre. James 0.
Gregory and Henry K. W. Kellogg.
Ill- Ells appeared to have longer
periods of wakefulness in the past
:4 hours than hithertofor.
According to Dr. Gregory, the di-
sease was probably brought on
through weakness- Miss Filo. some
four months ago. suffered a severe
attack of innuensa which ieft her in
a run-down condition. For several
days the. victim of the disease had
long periods of sleeping which have
gradually lamened so that the at-
tending physicians feel that she has a.
good chance of recovery. Miss Ella is
being given nourishment at regular
periods by her sister. ‘fiss Bertha
Ella. who is in constant attendance.
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F ‘ If ‘ I t. u
Loft prised on pro stree as s -
Mia owned by E. W. Ovingtou.
of“ lprtngwood avenuekwsa stolen
The machinewss a Each
STlRRlNG TALES OF HOLD-OP AND TREATMENT
BY BANDITS RECEIVED FROM RELEASED ,CAP'IIVEs
Bandits Still Hold 19 CaptivescDemand $100,000,000 Ransom and Immunity from Ar-
rest—Miss Aldrich and Miss Machdden Reported in Hospital.
TEN TSIN, China, May 8 (By Associated Press).—Hessrs Day and Jacobson, and“ Ooralti,
three of the foreigners who escaped from the bandits who raided the Peking express at Suehow early
Sunday, arrived here this morning. They said that Miss :Lucy '1‘. Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D4
Rockefeller, Jr., her companion, Miss Minnie McFadden, and Miss Schonberg had stopped in Tsinanfu,
where they were admitted to a suffering from shock. Minot-moutandbruised.
1dr. Day, an American, said that the bandits split the :11me forcing.
them to leave the train. The prisoners, guarded heavily, were We“! hurried into the hilly country
which is the stronghold of the bandits.
MANY HOMES IN
PATH OF FOREST
FIRE MENACED
After a twelve hour battle over a
fire line of several miles. one of the,
worst forest fires that has broken out i
in this section in several years, was;
finally subdued last night. after it had
burned over territory around Grum-
man avenue. Norwalk. South \Vllton
and over towards Chesnut Hill. About
1.600 acres of ground was burned over
and several small shacks and buildings
were destroyed by the flames. among
them being saw mm of Reinhold Vo-
gel, and a small hunting shack owned
by Dr. Charles G. Bohannan of this
city.
The cause of the fire. which was
fought by members of the Nor-walk
fire department with brooms and the
service truck, and also by First Select-
man John Knapp. and a. crew of voi-
unteers from Vt’ilton. is unknown. It
broke out in the woods near the Nor-
walk-W’ilton line about 11 o'clock yes-
terday morning. and it was not until
nearly midnight last night that it had
been subdued.
The Grumman woods, owned by Seth
Grumman. and the property owned by
E. B. Gallagher of this city. were
burned over. while several people liv-
ing along the road that leads off
Grumman avenue, had narrow escapes
from losing their homes.
The fire would have swept across
these fields and homes, which were on
the Norwaik side, if it had not been
for the work of the group of about a
dozen men. under Assistant Fire Chief
William Powell of this city. who start-
ed back fires. and who kept the blaze
from sweeping across the roads.
The home of Sven Rydell on Grum-
man avenue. above Cholwell avenue.
was threatened byfire at first. and
when the Norwalk firemen. who were
recruited from members of the Hope,
Hose, Phoenix Engine company and
Pioneer Hook and Laddoer. accom-
panied by the Pioneer service truck.
arrived. the flames were sweeping
down the road towards the house.
Rydeil was confined to his bed. and
his wife was making frantic efforts to
get him out of the house and to a
place of safety. . . . . . .
The local men dashed into the lane
towards which the flames were sweep-
ing. dug esrthb‘anksn'nd ‘ s'ta'rted 'a
back-fire. which effectually checked
the course of the bleachers. ~ , -
At the home of William Coggsweli.
a short distance below. the Bydell
home.. Mrs. Coggswell fainted when
the flames crept up within about
fifty fifty feet-ef-ber home. tuned by
a. strong breene. The firemen started
work here in an .exort to check the
Med. and werouided' by a sudden
shift tn‘the wind which helped turn
the flames sway. .
The local men,
:15 o'clock m
weuttothodreabout‘
.. i! “4
serumatomens,llillflllllkziaurll:an~
He is Passing the
Hat to Get Funds
for New Road
GREENVVICH, May 8.———In an ef-
fort to get funds to repair the
Baston Post road from the Pick-
wick Arms to "Nigger Hole Hill."
Neal Morrow Ladd. prominent real
estate operator. yesterday started
to solicit private subscriptions.
The road. it is claimed. is in bad
condition. but the state will not re-
pair it as it is in the borough. and
the borough can not improve it be-
cause it has no money. The resi-
dents in the borough claim that it
is used by the state and town traf-
lic. and they have refused to pay
for its repairs.
Anita Stewart to Get
Divorce from Knot
Tied in Connecticut
LOS ANGELES.
May 8.—Anita.
to file a. divorce action against Ru-
dolph Cameron, film actor and direct-
or, the Los Angeles Times said to—
day.
Miss Stewart declined to state with
what she would charge her husband
or when she would start proceedings.
saying she might not file suit until
after a trip to England this summer.
She was definitely quoted. however.
as declaring she had a divorce suit
in contemplation. when two months
ago. she explained their living apart
by saying they had ”agreed to dis-
agree for a little while.
Cameron is believed to be in New
York.
quoted. "But the truth" of the mat-
ter is I have been so busy and so in-
terested in my work I have not yet
made up my mind as to when I shall
start proceedings. Perhaps I shall
file suit when I return to New York.
but I may wait until after I come
back from England. where I shall
make a picture this summer."
She eloped. to marry Cameron just
before she was 21 years did five years
ago; 'Th'e ceremony was performed
in Connecticut.“ .
i c‘Work
The 'St. Gees-p Paper Mill in Smith
streetwhloh has been tled'up by the
strike of its employer be- partially
and; 'l’n'tn. urns. moon to-
day. " . '
have/beenrbrought in to Norwulk to
endeavor to We the strike. In the
meantime}, it )1! ‘9‘de that the
, [their
m. - 2m ...
'i"
Stewart. motion picture actress. plans-
"I plan to get a divorce." she was.
resumed opérationa‘Thiszwss the only 7
' Pap'ern-lau‘ ' rs‘froln flew York city '
“If a prisoner lagged he was prodded
with a ride butt." said Day. "We had
to take the roughest paths. It was
useless to protest and strict silence
was enforced. Anyone speaking was
mercilessly hit. I was struck on the
forehead with a manner for talking
to my neighbor."
The lair of the bandits. Day con-
tinued was a village in the hills en—
circled by a stone compound. Within
an hour 0 rtwo after the arrival of the
prisoners. soldiers appeared outside
the town and a lively engagement was
in progress.
The brigands' chieftain persuaded
Day to take a note to the commander
of the military forces informing him
that if the tire did not stop the cap-
tives would be shot. Day had a har-
rowing experience in making his way
across the open ground to the troops.
as he was fired on by both the military
and the bandits, some of the latter
being ignorant of his mission.
Dd‘y delivered his message. where-
upon the commander of the troops
ordered them to cease firing. but the
force did not withdraw. Remaining
with the military. Day started a search
lfor some of the other prisoners and
came upon Miss Schoenberg sitting on
a boulder exhausted. She. like the
others. had escaped when dispatched
as a messenger.
Jacobson knocked out his guard
with a. large stone and ran off. Miss
Schoenberg said her party had been
fired on by the bandits, one Chinese
captive being killed instantly. ‘
The Tuchun of Shantung has sent
reinforcements to the scene and the
British. French and Belgian consuls
from blanking have also gone to Lin-
cheng. .
The strength of the bandits is esti-
mated at between two and three
thousand men. It is said that the
troops had been trying to round them
up for several days and that a pitched
battle had been fought only a few
hours before the train was wrecked.
The ,brigands retreated across the rail-
way‘ line and it is believed that they
conceived the idea of holding up the
train.
PEKING. May 3. — (Associated
.Preesi—Wlth nineteen foreigners,
most of them Americans. still held by
the Chinese bandits who seined the
Shanghai-Peking express train near
Sachem mug-u provincuoafly Sun-
.
(Continued on page two)
Corner stone Laying
A special program'will be rendered
at tbefc‘orner stone ’la'ying for the
)1. E. Church Sua-
DR. BROWN D '
Council on Proposed
West avenue, "that he intended to
MILK INSREcloR
DRDPREDERDN ,
HEALTH BUDGEI"
Office New Under Common
Council—Budget for
Year Is $5,400.
"Insofar as the Common Council
has taken control of the city milk in-
spector out of our hands. I don't see
why we should include his yearly sal-
ary in our budget. Let his salary come
out of the administrative department
of the city."
This statement was made by Thom-
as A. skelley. member of the Board'of
Health, at the meeting of the board
last night, when the budget for 1923-
1924 was being discussed. Other board
members agreed and as the result the
milk inspector’s salary was cut from
the proposed budget.
It was brought out that in appoint-
ing the milk inspector. the common
Council ordered him to make monthly
reports to it than taking the matter
out of the hands of the Board of
Health. 3
The proposed budget famine next
ya: as adopted by the Board of
Health calls for the_‘ expenditure of
$5.41"). This amount Thom. ' 81.509.
for mosquito extermination and an
emergency fund of 8500.
Late News.
EASTHAMPTON. N. Y.. May 8.—
Mr. and Mrs Alexander McGuire.
were downcast today while .this town
was celebrating the 100th anniversary
of “Home. Sweet Home" written by a
former resident. John Howard Payne.
Their ninetheenth child was born
last Friday and they were planning
to name it John Ho ard Payne Mc-
Guire. But it was-a g rl.
PARIS. May 8.—That France's
most recent note was equivalent to
an invitation to Germany to make an-
other proposition was the interpreta-
tion put upon the note today in
French official circles. '
France is conciliatory. it was de-
clared. She is looking out‘ of the
window watching and waiting, “we:
the way the position was indicated.
DUBLIN. May 8.——A round-up of
Irish Irregulars is progeasing in the
mountains near Blemington. county
VVlcklow. where large numbers of
them are reported to be hiding. ac-
cording to reports received by the‘l
entra News.
C Heax‘ry firing was heard this morn-
ing near Blessiugton. Later more
than a. dozen prisoners were brought
into that town.
LONDON. ’May 8.——Tbe.‘chaacellor
of the Exchequer, Stanley Baldwin.
stated in the House of Commons
today that the government regretted
the prescription of the Franco-Bel-
gian reply to the German repsgtigp;
note. and proposed titansybatewi‘“Iothe
least possible delay. He added that
there was mean to believe that
Italy was in accord with the British.
and contemplated similar procedure.
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NEW YORK. May 8.——Thd"h'stion-
al couricn of the Chamber of Com—
merce of the United States nominat-
ed a. member from each of the nine
national districts to the Board of DI-
rectors.
They included William
of Brlgeport. Conn.
County Social
Workers Honor ‘ .
— - ~ Miss. W, endapth
m- A. c. Wondesuth. new",
secretary of Norwalk Chaptern’Amet-i-
can Red. Cross. was elected floors-ed-
deut of the County at the luncheon-
meeting'at- the Stratflold. Bridgiport.
Fail-field County
T. flinch
c: 65.—
‘I'
i lay morning: cooler
cept on the coast: cooler Wed-ado!“ ,
and Wednesday night.
favor for this vicinity fair followed by,
Increasing cloudiness.
, , ..,.A”
' Shower-"tonight and when"
tonight en- '
\-
PRICE THREE GEN, TS
SEAFIEW
DUMP [S A MENACE 'l'O REAL“!
Board of Health Dcplores Lack of Funds—To Protest to
Change of Dumps-'—
Citizens Also to Protest.
~ Declaring that the Seaview avenue public dump was an eye-sore.
unsightly, and a menace to health as a fly-breeding place. Dr. Prank-
lyn G. Brown, of Seaviow avenue, told the Board of Health at in
regular meeting held last night at the home of Dr. Robert B. Perdne,
bringcourtactio‘ntoabolishtho
dump. Dr. Brown is a member of the Board of Health.
On the other hand, other members
of the board together with Dr. Per-
due. pointed out that the Seaview
avenue dump was not properly taken
care of because of lack of necennry
funds. Dr. Perdue declared that the
City of Norwalk only appropriated
one cent a day for each family in the
city with which to collect and dispose
of refuse.
Members of the board agreed to ap-
pear before the Common Council to-
night at its regular monthly meeting
to protest against the proposed
fhauge i ndisposing of garbage as an
nounced exclusively in last night's
edition of the Evening Sentinel. At
an executive meeting of the Common
Council held Saturday night in Mayor
Calvin L. Barton's once at city hall.
it was agreed to dispose of all gar-
bage on the Orchard and Water street
dumps; that is to abandon the Sea-
view and New Canaan avenue dum'
for the disposal of garbage. It was
further agreed by members of the
council that the matter was not to
come up for discussion at tonight's
session. but that the change in gar-
bage disposal would no made through
direct orders to be given Street Com-
missioner Edward F. Duffy.
Through the expose made in the
Sentinel, the garbage disposal subjed
will have to come up before the pub-
lic meeting tonight for distension, as
it is known that a score of premium
citizens intend to protest against mak-
ing the Orchard street dump'the cen-
ter of the garbage disposal' m of
~11 mm sage-Infuse. not
take aetionQelpse and shades, the
Seaview avenue” dump. {mud
bring court action." declared ' DI.
Brown at the opening of the meeting.
u"! consider the dumpan unsightly
place. a nuisance. it is a breeder d
disease carrying files."
“I defy any court to inspect the
dump and declare it a nuisance." re-
plied Thomas A. Skelly, another
board member. “It is not a nuisance
and when the dump IS completed. the
city will have a public park and rec-
reation ground. Temporarily it
may not look nice, but eventually it
will be a real aresset do the city."
Dr. Brown pointed out that the
$280,000 had been spent for the con-
struction of the Washington street
bridge and in the removing of the un-
sightly buildings which had graced
the old structure.
"After spending this amount of
(Continued on Page 2.)
GRAND JURY T0
‘Olil-‘SIlON 100
CHICAGO, May s.-—Mr. and x... J.
_L. Mount, parents of Leighton flaunt.
missing North W’estern University
student. were the first witnesses or-
dered before the grand jury today in
its investigation of the finding a
week ago of a. skeleton which .hll
been identified by Mrs. Mount and I}.
F. H. Ivey. dentist. as that of the
youth who dropped from t utter
:szrleshman-sophomore class rush h
_ Miss Doris Fuchs. to when young
Mount was attentive and who resdv-
ed a. letter from him the dayha Cil-
poenned to appear before the m4
jury.
The
whether Mount came to bk death by
violence. Should it reach that. 005-.
clusion Michael F. McKinley.
Justice of the criminal courts. um he
struct it on further procedures a‘
the law governing 'mm‘
and after the fact.
Concerned with the in
Univerdty is a Methodist
the Methodist ,minintet of
was employed as a. life gland“ ’
thepier wheres!“ skeletonws‘s ’m »
Clarence ,mg'pt". eOwus , .
enema _‘ ' “mm ’_whi_ls Dr. “awn“ ‘3 I”. M
“M. --.II — , - n‘b ludgeflcnrgen.
“gunman“: space of muse-‘3
- r .l r m7 ‘ I_ .‘ H
appeared. was among others In thi '
list of more than 100 persons nts‘
r
mud jury first must deddul
5*” ’2“. “
into Mount‘s death at North“
,
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