News Service r n'lllel receives daily the fun n report of TI. Milt“ “orld'l most reliable new. 1 .. addition. The Sentinel is g «1. m lhe \‘ewspsper Enterprise . -.l n which supplies features. ill: e. . sTABLISHED 1870 . 50m or compliance with what :34 .- «iv was the letter from Major -.~ .. . .. ltched here from the ban- tw'lay. but the young son v-ccr, Inland Jr.. came in u .lIl another boy. Robert of Major Allen. the an officer held for ran- ,u m.” i 'll‘ ~ ., . l’irlu, clad in Chinese cloth- _. . ; . . .tll “we in good physical .. hell returned to their very \ ”Ilt‘i‘i. The. mothers who train but were not taken . :lt.- by the bandits. had re- :umiiing word of their ,. lilll.illes. “cl-n onihussstlc about 'llt‘ and sold the bandits quite a fancy to them, see- Slln’t'l'L‘d no ill. mun women are among the 'l' the stronghold of the will hnndits. according to -. - night from the outlaws' re- "1“ two American boys who 'l'l-In Tsin after having been - the brigands. ‘2» women mentiOned is be- l.- Mrs. Manuel Ancira of a prominent Mexican. l to have refused to leave ind. Thcre is no surmise iis :.tiiy of the other woman. -. ~ released boys told (‘arl :lo-«vntative of American Red ' it they saw two foreign wo- « . l lncse dress at the brigsnds' I" .il"'I'S. . - . ~=..ue was received today from driver Tsaochwang near the ‘ .‘l'l'llllKilOIll. stating “believe all of \iolence to the captives has unless unforeseen incidents. nee foreigners coming here." 'l‘. ‘ SlllNGTON, May 12.-—State 'mrnt advices today from the an Legstion st Peking said it illeved the foreigners still held ' ~ Chinese bandits in Shangtung cred 1A men'snd two women. a American. prisoners are .1. B. ll. editor of the \Veekly Review. 5‘ "ghaI: l.on Friedman of the I motors Corporation: Shanghi; l. * lmnon of Shanghai. and Majors ' -' Allcn and Roland Pinger of . 'tcd States Army. l\l‘l. May 12.--.‘lclzure of the e . tv-nln hy bandits last Sunday ‘ ' z-lmd tourist. travel in North i l.“ .‘l‘ ’in' :. 'Ilt‘ ’ i ll’ ' wry—4‘s. milns arriving empty and pos- ‘inllan coast-ward from the — .. r‘klng other routes than the n l‘iikmv railway. National l‘nion of Chinese r ms of i'ommerce is taking a u rr'st in the affair. It. is send- l:.i'cs to Linching to try to ' utfcring to guarantee pay- -. ' v‘ the ransom demanded by the ‘ . fur the return of their cap- 'l'§l.\'. May 1:.—Escaped i tl'i'u'lnbl‘! snirl they recognized ‘ ' lcnulrrn of the liiindits T .. cfi‘icer of General Chang . 'l . “ho \\ ms grnernol' of the I ».- lliianlng. “here an Amer- ‘ - ~ ==mnnry was murdered by I? ‘ Nunpg. ’ the conditions said to have t- l down by the bandits is the n of their former status as -’ ' winters. Thcy are declared . wreck’d the express train so a ~ “rt when they were pressed ‘ ‘l‘llnpl, C. AND K. CO. TO START CHAIN STORE SYSTEM learned today that the Crofnt ‘ ~ ..'~ company of this city have ‘ ’ ' the right to the use of the " sncy." outside of New York ‘ and that they plan to es- n nation-wide chain of agencies ":ii‘cd under that trade name. ' rrs. the first. of which will be l'hicago. lll.. on June 1. will "d by individuals, but will We only hats bearing the " «llo. *" ‘\1mately so such agencies are Wind at the presentrtimo by t d: Knapp company. but ' ”‘em will not. be opened until ' H: which time it is :- 2 more agencies will be lined ;-r. ‘ ' "'w P. Brody. president of the _ 'k Edison Co.. and a well- ‘ “nancler slnd capitalist. has 4.4 to the board of directors ~. ‘ "'Ofut & Knapp company. fbl‘ r: 3 "' " changes made among the “"s this week. when John Gays- ?“ ' ‘Mded r. N Knapp .- psi-II- " ' ' i Robert. A. Holmes sdvsnood ' '~ :M-president of the company- '_ 'ir-i'nl of the company was ill- ' '“rently from 81,000,000 to "Boy Hurt ’ Playing on the River street - ' '- ' Mile early this afternoon ‘ Arena. six year old no of Arenas. of 21 River stud. . -\' luv the train from minus-y ». “ due here at one o'clock- .1. '-:~in theNos'wslk bosons! ' z with a M ed fis "M ind is not 91.. p,» i scum NORWALK, CONN. ",_SA‘§URl—3AY,OMAY 12, 1923. ‘ 5’ . :v—xr- ;."~. . \ 14 PAGES ,. rile Wane-7% Showers tonight and probsby 8-5 day morning: Cooler Sunday; sneer: ‘T southwest shifting to Northwest wish probably gala on the coast. Warnings for high _winds are db: played on the coast. fl PRICE THREE cums? APTIVE AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER ADVISES MEDIATION‘ WITH BANDITS ons of Captured Army Moors Return to Mothers in Fine physical Condition—Major Finger Sends Letter Ad- vising Arbitration—Settling of Situation Seen. TEN TSIN, May 12 (By The Associated Press).—Psy1nent of over terms the Chinese bandits of -.e SIl inning hills might demand for the return of their foreign osp- m seems today the only feasible move, in view of the letter, urg- g such a course, received here from Major Roland Pinger, one of wo Ame rican army odicors hold by the outlaws. Released Mrs. Robert A. Allen of Belolt. Wis. lwith her husband. Major Allen. was taken captive by the Chinese bandits. biit she was among the first women released. Believe it or Not Several sporting lights were inter- viewed this morning by the Sentinel as to their opinion reagrding the ro- sult of the Willard-Johnson fight this afternoon. The concensus of opinion seems to be varied as to the winner. Below is given the versions those interviewed. Sergeant Bryan Silk—Youth will tell and Johnson will score a win in today's bout. f Hagen 'I‘. O'Dell—el think that the lighters Will be all wet. but they won't have a thing on the spectators. Douglas Raymond—cit is a hard job to pick a. winner. but. I think that Willard is too old to sta'd the pace that Johnson will set. Bud “'eafcr—Johnson will win by a knockout. “'illard is too old. l-‘rank Stmtton—lVlllaxd looks like a sure winner to me. Frank Ficlds—\\'lllard should score. an easy win in today's bout. 1 think that he will ruin this fellow Johnson. Gerald Tallorfi—lf “'lllard can hold his fists up for four rounds he should score a victory. Jesse Schoolhouse — W'illard should have no trouble in scoring Victory this afternoon. lie looks to be in the best condition of his career. John '1‘. llwycr-—-I don't know much about the fighting game. but. I think that. the bout will be hard fought and will result in a. draw. Frankie Fay—1f \Villard can‘t knock Johnson out inside of ten rounds. Johnson will score a win. Lcltoy D. Downs—The bout will be claso, but I look for Johnson to win by a slight margin. Edward McCullough—The will be milked again. \Villard Johnson will fight to a draw. DIVORCE CASE PAPERS SERVED of pubnc and by Deputy Sheriff Edward B. Doulens in the divorce action of Rosalie Dow- ney Williams of this city vs. Richard Williams of Bridgeport. The case is returnable to the June term of the Superior court. and the plaintiff. whose maiden name was Downey. asks a divorce (in the grounds of intolerable cruelty and dcsertion. The couple were married on June 9, 1910. and from January 1.1912 to June 1,1914.st which date the defendant is alleged to have deserted her, intolerable cruelty is alleged. White House to Adopt Stern Measures for “Sugar Trust” WASHINGTON. May 12.—1n addi- tion to the government's anti- trust suit against the alleged New York Sugar Combine it. was stated at the White House yesterday, the admin- istration ins under consideration oth- er mounres designed to cope with e sugar u.VVlatle details were withheld. it was said that owls. believed the stops contemplated would bring relief from high pripos. . W ”0”!”me Mfliiwm gonstoDsnbury. M slam Lm‘unsoupwomms Service of papers was made today. iiilliliill- DONE ‘BY— ROBBERS is Despite Fact That Valuables Were Found on Body, Po- lice Stick to That Motive. DANBURY. May 1 2.—It was learned here today that the state po- lice have not abandoned the theory that. the brutal murder of aged George Hults at Topstone a week ago was committed by robbers and the investigation is being conducted with the ides. that the man was slain while defending a. little hoard of wealth he is reported to have had in his cottage. Although a. small sum of money and a watch were found upon the body when it was taken from Empa- waug Pond late Thursday night, the authorities do not regard that fact. as conclusive evidence that the dwelling of Ilultz was not robbed be- fore it was burned by the person or persons who beat its occupant to death and dragged his body to the neighboring pond. ' One report received by the author- ities today is that a day or two be- fore his disappearance Hultz dis- played several twenty dollar bills and remembered that he had more. That the murderer forced his way into the house is indicated by the fact that the position of the bolt of the lock of the front door. found in the ashes of the building. indicated that the door was locked. Coroner John J. P. Phclan of Bridgeport declared filial an autopsy would be unnecessary. No one has claimed the body. which remains in the vault of the cemetery at Branch- ville. UNITED NORWALK SUNAY SCHOOLS HOLD BANQUET Meeting for" their annual institute the Sunday—schools of Norwalk and vicinity yesterday afternoon and eve- ning gathered in the East Norwalk Methodist church where the meeting was held under the auspices of tho Faith! tooling: day-schopl As- socfat or 'of mi “hrs ‘ftie'mbers. Over a hundred registered delegates and many others \vere present, rep- resenting 12 of the active schools of the city. The attendance prize of a scholarship to the Summer School of Religious Education, held in June at \V'eslyan university at Mlddletown, was probably won by the entertaining school, dr the East Avenue Methodist. which had a. registered delegation of £7 per cent. as against the second largest delegation. that of the South Norwalk Congregational. having 80 per cent. The afternoon sessions were attended. and those present heard Mrs. Lucy Stock Chopin. aunt. of Hartford County Children's Division work. who spoke on. “What “'e Owe ()ur Childre in Religious Education," and Rev. Milton Littlefleld. D. D.. of New York in his interesting and in— formative address on “The Place of “’orahip in Religious Education." Dr. Littleileld has had considerable ex- perience in the field of church music and his remarks were of value to those in charge of worship periods in the Sunday-school. Following the afternoon addresses. group conferenc- es were held at which informal dis- cussions and questions were present- ed. and after a group picture of the delegates. the assembly gathered in the dining room for the annual ban~ queL Here a delightful repast was see-ed well (Continued 6n Page Two) OLD GLORY COUNCIL MEETS Nomination of ofllcers featured the meeting of Old Glory Council. No. 2. Daughters of America. held last night in Red Men's hall. lVashlngton street. An invitation to attend a box social to be given tonight by Roger Ludlow Council. was accepted. Arrangements were also made to visit Mayflower Council in Bridgeport on W‘ednesday, May 16. Members will meet at 7:30 o'clock at the Hotel Mahackemo and at 7:45 o'clock at the Boston store. Plans for an apron and necktie party to be held on Juno 2 were also dis- cussed. Tho officers nominated follow: Counselor. Miss Marion “'eed: As- sociate Counselor. Ml-Itiettio Ackerly; vice-counselor. Mrs. Minerquilson: conductor. Mrs. Pearl Raymond; in- side sentinel. Arthur Simons; outside sentinel. Mu. Anna Butts: trustee, for 18 months. Arthur Simona: re- cording secretsry. Marguerite Simone: treasurer. Stephen Miller; financial socnstsry. Henry Simona. Fined for Parking, Claims Police Are Laxl Mrs: R. H. Bray of this city. was *linod three dollars and Edwin Gerken of Newburgh was dischsrgsd this morning in the downtown city court. when arraigned before Judge George H. Vosburgh for violation of tho indignant whendnedsndstatedthstshewss POLICECLAIM Vet; Latest for ivdrcees‘ and mailed the unique announcemnt, a in lower left- hand corner. Alice Bishop Reilly of Chicago (above) wanted all heftrie'nds to know she had been granted a divorce from Leonard \V. Reilly. and so she adopted reproduction of ulllch is shown above Mother’s Day M I It will be observed in every church and should be observed in every home. tomorrow. _ If you are away from home, write Mother 9. letter. tele- phone or telegraph her. Let her know that no nutter how .fsr away you a“, you still think of hAr. Mothers always appreciate words of love from their chil- 1 her your message of love with flowers. If you are unfortunate enough to have lost your Mother, you surely know some Mother who likes you and who you like and who would ap- preciate hearingr born you, just as if you were their own child. No.matter where you are or what you may have done, Mother will appreciate your thought of her, whether she is in Heaven or on earth. LOCAL TEACHERS ATTENDING THE COUNTY MEETING The annual convention of the Fair- fleld County Teachel‘s' association is being held today in the auditorium of the Bridgeport High school. Prac- tically all of the teachers in theNor- walk public school system are attend- ing the convention over which David association, is presiding. The meeting opened at 9:30 o‘clock with a musical program by the Bridgeport High school orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Bruel. This was followed— —by an address on‘ "The Future of the Teaching Profes- sion. “ Prof. Earl Barnes. The individuals and business houses who and was follow ed by a. meeting of de- partments. Several other special ad- dresses are on this afternoon’s pro-, gram. National Hospital Day F—o—fi‘lfl—Q. Today is National Howitsi Day. In, honor of the n. the doors of the Norwslk Hospital were thrown open from 3 to 4: so o'clock this afternoon to visitors for inspection of the build- ing. The Ladies' Visiting Board. were hos- tesses of the occasion. On each floor. committees of ladies were stationed to receive visitors. Refreshments were were dlkéd‘fo recite!- inn visitors! m V ‘ . iv A ‘ It. m0 NEEDED fl! HOME nus-Nee Attics. May 1z.—Bn‘zu- tau regulars opal-suns in the state of Rio Grande do sut- Mounted about. ”unwound-#- oft-he dren. If you live at. home send ' A. Green of Norwalk. president of the“ servodinthe hosed room, Visitor-3' 'MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN is - SOLVED A partial solution of . the mystery that surrounded the disappearance. about a year ago. of William H. Lock- wood. 82-year-old civil war-veteran of ltoton avenue. Rowayton. has been made by The Evening Sentinel. which has located Mr. Lockwood in Balti- more. Md., where he is making his home with his son W. H. Lockwood. Jr.. and his nephevW.‘ Jesse .Linder. Leckwood declared that he had re- cently received a communication from the South Norwalk organisation of the Ku Kli'nr ‘Kl'sn, in! which he was . threatened with tar mama-s and 50,.lsshes on his bare boo le- he returned to his wife and son here. He has sought the protection of the Bai- iimore police and stated to them that he had fled this city in fear of his life because his wife had attempted to murder him, shortly before he left'his home here. The letter which Lockwood declares he received was crudely printed with a pencil. as if to disguise the writing of the sender. and read as follows: "Your name was handed in at our last lodge meeting. We had our brother klansmen in Baltimore to in- vestigate you and find you are not liv- ing as you should at your age. "\Vc ask you to do one of two things. either go back to your wife and children or to be tarred and feathered and get 50 lashes on your have back. The letter was dated at outh Nor— walk, Conn., and Lockwood declared that it had not been written by his wife. as he knew her "hand" too well. In explanation of the reason for his leaving his Rowayton home a. year ago. shortly after he had drawn his ncnsion money. Lockwood said that. he lived in icrror of his wife. who was formerly Carrie X. Talley. and whom he married in “'ilderness. near Fred- cricksburg. \’a., about 30 years ago. He believed that she had invoked the-aid of the Ku Klux Klan of this city—although so far as can be learned there is no such organization here. About a month ago. however. a group of boys in Rowayton organized what they termed "The Junior Ku Klux Klan." but this was simply a. name adopted by a. group of young men there who had banded together for social purposes- Lockwood went on to tell his story. which was to the effect that Carrie x. Talley was his second wife, and that at the time of their marriage she was is years old andthat. he was over 50. After they were married. he declared that they moved to Rowayton. He ad- (Continued on page Two) Annual Fair .Tbe Children of Moi-y Society of st. Mary's church opened its a'nnual fair last night at the Catholic clubhouse in West axenue. In spite of the in- clement weather, there was ‘s ”good ‘sttendanco at'the fair which bids to be most. successful. ‘ . The clubhouse was nicely decor- sted for the occasion. The color scheme was blue an dwhlte. colors of the society. and was worked out by the use of stresriiers and. hunting. Monterey orchestra. low: . Ice cream—Joseph Gourde}l and. Adrian Rose. Cake—Mario and Marguerite Germ-g 10?- Flower—Catherine Rinehsrdt. Fancy therlno 15m. Novelty—-' ,Hscko'rich. ‘ . financial: committee ~atherins Brown and Anna mullet-gut. Dooreten‘der—Wiliiam Howard. V. Raymond. Baiestrisrl that two of the police ~~Slain!. M.Vorovsk37. Soviet delegate to Rome and uninvited attendant at the Near East pas-icy at Lausanne. the was shot to death. Maurice Alexander Conradi. a. Swiss who had fought in the Russian army, surrendered after the shooting. '4 4.8% Late. News -~ igno actual ' , m NEW YORK. A! condition of Cleo flous'é Banks and Trust: Companies for the week shows excess reserve of 89,775,920. This is an increase of $128,120. PL'TNAM. Conn., May 12.—A tem- porary injunction was obtained by the Manhaaset. Manufacturing com- pany company from Judge C. L. Av- ery of the Superior court today, re- straining 18 members of the textile union number 37, of Putnam. affili- ated with the American Federation of Textile “'orkers, from interfering in any nay with employes of .the company. WASHINGTON. May 12. —Wool growers in Western states are report- ed by the Department of Agriculture to be holding their clips for higher prices although some states report. 70 to 75 per cent. of their clip spld or under contract at prices ranging from 35 to 55 cents a pound. LAUSANNE. May 12.-—Rumons of possible attempts on the lives of the Turkish delegates to the Near East conference by discontented Armeni- ans and Greeks today caused the An- gora. representatives to request addi- tional police protection. ~ TIEN TSIN. May 12.—-A Standard Oil Company searching party has not yet found the family jewels which were hidden in a sheet. by MissLticy Aldrich. sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. when she was taken from the train. The American chamber of com- merce at Tlen Tsln adopted a resolu- tion today expressing indignation at the innumerable acts of brlgandage throughout China. COMPLAIN 0F BIKE RIDERS Complaints about bicycle riders us. ing sidewalks instead of- the street have been made to the police. who have issued s. warning that such a practice will result in the. arrest of the offenders. POLICE RAID ON BALISTRIERI HOME MAY BE CAUSE OF WOMAN’S DEATH Husband Claims Police“ Entered Wife’s Apartment With" Drawn Guns—Woman Ill With Blood Poisoning— , Medical Examiner May Take Pre-Mortem Statement. Mrs. Florence .Balsstrieri. seventeen-year-old wife of Antoni Balestrisri, of 25 Day- street, is in a serious condition at. her home to-- dsy, fromblood poisoning, and her life is feared for, as the result of an aocidefiE'thst-toiik place a week ago when her husband's place of business was raided by a squad of police headed by Sergeant Frank Mrs. Balestrieriwasinbedsttlle timeofthe raid, whichwasfor the purpose of getting evidence of liquor sales, and it is claimed by went up the outside stairs to his room on the second floor, forced their way, with drawn revolvers into his wife' s bedroom, wheroshe was ill.‘ The woman became frightened at the sight of drawn guns. it is claimed. and darted hack striking her left foot against her bed and bruising her leg The police told her that she should not to be frightened, but insisted on searching the room. hire. Baiesterierl became hystrlcal and fainted. Later a doctor was call- ed in to attend her. On Tuesday of had set. in and today the woman‘s condition is so serious that there is. a possibility that Dr. Robert M. Wolfe. one of the physicians in attendance. will call in Medical Examiner Samuel H. Huntington. to obtain a pro-mor- tem statement from her. as to the causes that led up to the accident. ‘Balestrieri. this morning in conver- sation with a. Sentinel reporter. said that should his wife die that he would obtain satisfaction both from the city and from the two policemen who in- vaded his bedroom. and who search- ed the entire place. He named Patrolman “'allace Sam- mie and Patrolman Albert Fraser as the two policemen who went into bin bedroom. He said that he had rem monstrated with. Sergeant Raymond. Who was in charge of the raiding party. about the men going upstairs.- and said that he was told that it didn' t. make any diaerence. that tin entire place would be searched. .Tbe police in this raid found 3‘ quantity of liquor. consisting of gin. wine and whiskey. concealed about the pool room on the first floor of the building. At noon today. Dr. Robert M. Wolfe and Dr. V. V. Clausi. who have but in attendance on the woman. were . make another call on her to ascertain 399%.. fl——-—— FIRE Alls" $300 DAMAGE A'l LA BRADUE HOME Fire partially destroyed a. cottage on the St. Mary's hospital property in “'est Rocks road at. 1 o‘clock this morning. The cottage was occupied by Guy La. Bradue. manager of th- hospital. his wife and daughter. The damage was estimated at 8300. The crackling of the flames eating their way from the rear veranda. into the cottage itself, awakened Mrs. La Bradue who was sleeping in I second-story bedroom. She in turn awakened her sleeping husband and daughter. Through the use of an emergency hose. Manager La Bradue kept the fire under control until the new Hope Hose pumper arrived at the Chemicals were used to extinguish the blaze. The origin of the fire is unknown. ands which is enclosed, eating its way into th ehouse. The flames. flaring into the parlor. did considerable dam. age. At no time was the main hos- pital building threatened. Hose of the tire by telephone and the firemen responded in remarkably short time. _ GOOD BUM Local florists today reported an on ceptlonsliy good business in cut. flow- ers and potted plants for "Mowers W's! _ . White carnations were the not popular flowers that were soy. tho-valley and early lilacs were gust seller!- Dancing was enjoyed to music bythc“ The booths and. those in CM oi. . ‘ PRINTED 22,195 AGATE LINES i; I 0F ADVERTlsmG v” this week it was‘round that infection ' scone. ‘ It apparently started in the near vero, After Miss Lo. Bradue was awnkone ' , ed by her mother she notified Hope ‘ although jonquils. sweet peas. lily-cf. .
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