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’ ISHED 1870
ORONER Pill-ELAN;
HOLDS INOUEST
N iRl-INO DEATH
. . .1 Reserved in Death
.1 1 \-l car10ld 30y Hit
Railroad Mn.
1 ‘THER ESCAPED
ii ere Ignorant That
Had Been Struck—
1mm to Be Heard.
'* ('x- ;rsr- -old son;
1 .' .‘l flavor street.
hospital at
1 a'-rrnoon. two hours
Vtuck by n “no
11;.» train. The sc-'
1 .1'. the
"c (Her the
‘17:?1 of the “'all
i‘i‘"‘.‘l' John J. l‘he-
raid an 1nquest into
1 ‘y court room in
.‘mll .1: ll o‘clock
1 <
“.th the death of the
l‘. Jwrt. «oven years
1 {erupt from n almi- '
i h 1“ ever.
rimsnng to
dropped
a. tie
’ '1 “Sled me to go home
nutrnad track. but I
» :11.“ Rot-art told Coro-
'h- inquest. “He per-
l 'unt with him. Half-
-\ ”W t 121131: tan in u nl
”Nth.- I heard the train
.' r11.- 'kcl «lawn between the'
l urged my brother ‘
. x K
c th ng.l1ut he wlou In' t
- *' -tul I11! he “an all lid of
..‘1~9 utter. "
the «lead htd been
l111<pltnl
.111'ltlfnl where ho was
ll“. “'llllnm J. Tracey
rhea-r. Dflt ~ WI]
mun-o of the II nnd
Mmhnol Examiner
‘mgton told Coroner
12:11. h”.
p V}:-
=
ruturnlng home after
-l Ht :1 Hoyt street
1i on Page Two)
1. word on Charge of
. .uking Motor Laws
: 11" \‘Hn1’or1l.“nu
' 521' urddy cumin):
by Patrolman
1 <‘.1rz'_‘ of driving a
9’ 11 influcncc of ll-
u‘l-lock Sunday
1:: n 1-” ill lhf‘ police
' l Ill-II lm “as sick and
~ 1.111114 and onlv'rctl hiln
‘mrivulk hospital. He “.15
'11 the hospital )csterdny
I lilrr rulvnsul from tip.-
1- police untlflr bonds of
will conic 1m in thc
court on Thursday
l
11.15.
l.‘.u
iso-
.‘y
‘l1mslto of Stamford. an
1' H111, llylmlck car. was
1:1:1lvr nrrcst, hy Patrol-
1h Saturday evening on
111‘ drunkenness. Mo was
‘- r howls of $20 and his
1111- up in tho downtown
11:1 Thursday morning.
1 1 o
in Assng'n Cases
.mmph J. Linxweller of
. l. [tar Association. has sent
- m the various members
‘l n «1311 crises this afternoon
1‘ lnr the Common Plans
'lw last two weeks in Mar.
wird that tnore than twenty
“I” ho. assigned for trial.
1 ml session of the court VIII
l11w. in order to take care
lrml in he Rebuilt“!
'11): 1:19» of William Philips.
zm‘hfllter will be resumed
11 l' ridgeport. before Judge
11 and It jury in the Superior
l1: exne ted that the one.
'ho Jur tomorrow.
t
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i
Mechanic 1’
Sor- ‘
.~ rncr until the train2
l'llldflil u was brought out
Immediately ,
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GEORG E MAXI 'ELL
. XE“? YORK. May 14.—-.\ woman
twill be named as the suspected writ-
:er of the scurrllous letters whic
[George Maxwell. v Internationally
;known music publisher. has
MRS. ALAN A. RYAN
Maxwell's intimates. rallying to his
defense declared that do had long
suspected a womn of being the
been author of the "poison pen" minivan.
fchargvd with havin‘ writtcn In de- and sand than they expected him to
‘fnmation of Mrs. Allan A. Ryan. Mrs.
Albert R. Gallatin nnd seven other
loot-tally prominent women in the last has snnounccd
‘tcfl years. his friends announced to-
day.
Dollar Viifue Rising
0n the basis of IO’per cent. for
19”. the cost of living is now 16‘
per cent.. and the purchssing power
of the dolhr is equal to 61.1 pre-
war cents. according to the figures
compiled by Prof. Irving Fisher of
Tale.
The following shows the average
movement from week to week (I)
of the wholesale price of :50 rep-
rokntative commodities and (2)
of the purchasing power 0! the dol.
hr. Both It. rehtfvo to the pr.-
war your 1913. (Thus the “low"
prices in January. 19:2. exceeded
pre-“sr prices. l. e.. the dollar was
worth 7:.6 pre-war cents.)
This is the only weekly imlcx
number of general prices In the
world. Its calculation (comprising
:00 price quotations each carefully
nelg ed) in time to be published at
1
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l
5
the lobe of each week. has been
rendered posible through now de-
vices.
1913 ..'. ........... 100 100
1920 May (p'k pr's) 1'47 40.5
192:: Jun. (low) 138 72.5
i 23—-
Jan. Average . . . . 157 62.7
Feb. Average . . . . 160.5 62.2
First Qunrter ...... 161 62.0
Week Ending-—
May f ......... . 165 60.?
May 1 ......... _ 104 61.1
WELL KNOWN .
BUSINESS MAN
DlES, AGED 71
_ Edward Francis O'Connor. of 17
Hillside street well knonn livery rnhn
of the Second District died. after a.
short illness. on Saturday. at ..the Nor-
wnlk Hospital. aged 71 years '
For many years the deceased had
been engaged in tho lixery business.
having first been nssocintcd with Al-
den Solomons. whose livery liable-
he purchued about twelve yours
ngo. More recently he had. on ed
in the tint business. realizing thnt
the dsypf .tho horse was doomed.
The deceased, 'who was s member
of South Norwelk Council. No. 1258.
K ghts of Columbus. end who was n
F urth Degree Knight-u well. is sur-
vived by a. widow; .three .chlldrgn.
Sherman. Willism and Helen O'Con-
nor. snd s‘slst Mrs. Hsnnnh Rysn.
‘nll of this cit.
Tho funcrsl will be held tomorrow.
'..\ .VI. Msy 15.-Wlth tbs
l-urned pieces of I. police-
1rm. "billy” end revolver
mined as the property of
Dennll 01-min. ruining
l-‘rldny. every nuilnble
- nut todsy hunting for s
J crave. Finding of the
11 destroyed hope that the
is alive.
'1'! entering Clmhnd SI
- ml for some trsq of John
a \1. no kldmpped Gridln
um- whs uktng him to
”S were found nelt' III.
1 tmnnro in I road b5-
llUESlN CASE muss yomcm
.1.
15.1.9 AUTHORll'll-STO 5119mm
oust of hero. Among the articles was
s shool. which a. nun showering the
description of Whitfield borrowed
Fruity tram Hrs. Agus- nrisl. who
lives shout 11".qu from where the
things were found. Polio. believe the
oracle-misfit: thoroadtonoor
them sway from tho loath:- of. tho
Whitfield snd .’ girl cannula:
known as “llsrio Price." with M'
Whitfield loft on apartment hero 1m-
dny mom-noon. were ‘ filth”
boobs-sum .tbo'rodineur
the mo‘of'tho; disuovory: 11
night. - -- - 1
. last Saturday
:scntutlvcs of railway mndita and the
give her name to Ditrict Attorney
Bnnton on his nrrivnl here. Nomi!
in 1London that. he
will return bore immedlstoly to fsee
the indictment found egalnst him.
I
Newspaper-man Calls Kid-
napping Trip 3 “Little Fox
y Trot Over the m" -—
Compares Bandits to Ku
Klux Klan.
manna. May IL—A beaten-nee
night betwrcn rcprc~
Peking government rceultcd in agree-
ment by the brigamls to release some
of their captives immediately and to
free the remaindc'r when their terms.
including the withdrawal of the
troops—wore complicd with. the min-
istry of communications snnounced
‘ yesterdny.
The American. Frcnch and Itolisn
leetlons received Word from their
rcspcctivo consuls now at Linchrng.
that the bandit chief curly Saturday
morning informed tho othcinls of his
intention of killing every cnptive in
two days if hid tcrms were not met.
HONG KONG. May Ittliuropean
passengers were among those terror-
lzed and robbed when the Chinese
steamer Talshan wa- reized near
Swntow Saturday by pirates \vhn dio-
guiscd 11‘! passengers overpowered the
crew, sailed the ship for nearly 24
hours'. at night without lights. and
flnnllerft hcr yesterday at the mouth
of n rmnll creek. transferring to s
junk. loot valued at $60,000.
The Tat-hum, which was. bound
from- Hong Kong for Shanghai. re.
turned to Hong Kong yeeterdny after-
noon. _ The chief oince'r. wounded
in the fore arm by a pirate was taken
to s. hospital. Most of the phenom"
had lost all their money and per‘onnl
effects. The y'esoel s cargo. n vuln-
sble one. was not disturbed.
The st‘mer which.,rcgirtered two
thousand tons left Hong Kong with
(Continued on Page Two)
INVES“GA“ON
IN MOUNT CASE
TO BE RESUMED
CHICAGO. Key 1.5—“. grsnd
Jury today‘will resume investigation of
the disappearance of Leighton Mount.
No «western Univorllty freshman.
the finding (veer ago‘unllog an
Emulsion pier of s. skeleton identified
by Mrs. Mount as that of her son. For
tho first um“. git-I students of the Uni-
versity will be questio
The inquiry, it. is sdnnittod. has do.
voioped nothing unglbls utter '
week's effort. Mount disappeared s-
tor on interch- fight 10 months
.30- '
Broadening its investigotion thel
Item's nttornoy' s office bu delved :11-
ego in: an automobile noddent And sti—
nuances rust it is prop-ad to ask the
grand Jury for mu:- indict-
ments. Assistant Ms Attornr: Sher-
Egmyiho Inn-evil:- that Ail-V
”Id-.1 [WW “I,
m
. ‘ .
ALLAN ‘A. RYAN
0mm of tho Anorlcuipaociety
of Composers. Authors and; inh-
ers. of which Maxwell I! Went.
sold inst it would MY. W
dbl. for mu to "it. “
the letter- whooo out "I
aceuSed of. also we. no -nttho
time they were mailed met- could
not sign checks of them
They declared that W had
the Somali:
ont
of the Connecticut State laundry
Owners' Association at its annual
meeting held at the Hotel Bond. Ilnrt-
ford. on Sunday.
Alvin F. Becrdt. Mr. Keolcr's port.
her in the local laundry. wss elected
secretary Illd treasurer of the associa-
tion. The vice-president in Fred
Pursells of the Stamford Steam Laun-
dry.
There was a good attendance ut
the meeting. which followed a hull-
quet. Among the sfpoakers \vns llnr-
old R. Austin 0! this city. representing
the Kellogg Construction company.
_who spoke on “Chimneys." Among
the local guests “here Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Ynn Alstyno. Mr. and Mrs. Hur-
old Austin and Joseph It. Brotherton.
The next gathering will be held in
the fall in New Haven. the date to be
announced later.
Late News
BIG SPRINGS. Texas. Mny Id.—
60 persons were killed and about :00
injured. thro miles from Colorado.
Texas. when a_ tornado swept this
section. according to reports tale-
phoned here today.
Since this now- was received com-
‘municution has been cut off due to
damage to telephone and telegraph
lines. The worst damngo was done
to miles from Big Springs. it wu
Keoler of
Steam Laundry was elected pr
A nson I“.
reported.
NEW YORK. Msy 14.—-Hsrold 8.
Blgdelmsn. on electrician who served
on the Jury which. at the third trial
of Edward M. Fuller. broker accused
of bucketing orders. were unable to
reach a verdict last. week. tods’y told
District Attorney Blsnton thut ho'td
been offered $1,000 to vote for an
quittnl but hsd ’rofused. Biedolmnn
will be celled before a grand Jury Mr
Benton nnnoun‘cod. ‘ ‘ .
tug—.—
PITTSBURGK. HIV 1‘. --John Mc-
Cmnreddont of the Union Netioaal
Book of Pittsburgh. died st his home
here today of heart fsiluro. H. m
director of. tho Westluhouss Electo
. ’ Company. .030
train 13 summation.” ro-
suited. huommdas sn-
vmusheissoloio
HRS. ENRICO CARVED
for your; been the recipient or simi-
lar letter! Several your: ago they
aid. he had gone to Hsvann. Cut».
with another mun. without having
“I GM told ht. friends ht! limitation.
l:
0- urrlvlnfl fit their hotel in “ovum.
Wire moulds say. ho had his
Wilton "r0 handed “vellum pen“
1'sY written. had been mulled trom
Plilx'thl. May li.——-l\'u Hung-Ming.
literary genius. uuthor and 111011an
ist. in an editorial. in thch North
China Stundnrd‘here refer- to tho
cxmvlcnccs ot tho women hldnlpuod
by Chincao'handita from the sliding-
hai-Poking exprm' tart Sunday in s
"litilo fox“ trot ovcr the rocky hills."
Ku Mung Ming rtdlcuco the foreign
writers for epr-I‘slug indignation
over the Linchcng .mid us “howling
treaty-port snobs." lic oomxmrrs the
bondltsdo the KuKlux Klan in Amor-
lcn after tho Civil “av. He says:
“Foreigners and tho forclgu pron
hs\o both calling on the people of
Chino to rise and put donn tlm cor-
rupt “lake-bellow.) gouarnlncnt ht
halting. In couloqucuoo the Chinese
chsmbers of commerce held indigna-
tion meetings and the studonts parsd~
ed the street!» and smashed windowu
0 film state ministers.
“All activities of these 'putriots'
have been of no svnil against the
mike-Mlle": governmcnt—tho for-
eign loan making machine.
"Now at lut the real promo of
China-heron of Chlorine reunion—-
rise up to do what étoroluners sud the
foreign press hue been flying should
be done—put on end to the corrupt
(Continued on Page Two)
CRASHON WEST
AVENUE BADLV
DAMAGES CARS
CRASH ON WEE'I‘ AVENUE .
Louis Venou ot Mendow street. in
sn effort to pus s car driven by
Kerry Seller of Louvtno street. on
wm svenno int night ioeltod‘ the
right front wheel or lines:- ‘Vvith the
right front wheel‘of Iolur' w smil-
lug both cm into on the light not.
and through the face of the W'-
esute. Both our were goingglortb
along the oven“ at the time of
the accident. In. Chm Butler
who undo the seller our with her
hit-bud was slightly tuiured. had is
and the use was communal. until web
Susan-mutt»!
politic m that he was drtving
11mm miles an hour. and the! 1b-
huvnhirhorn when be M to
it.
,tha mar. mm!“ that be
swimsu-
o
aroma“
”A? '
MRS. ALBERT GALI;\TIN
A short time lute. it we: sold.
Naxwll we“! to Nisml. “oxide. Ho
1110: a New York society mead
the two wont motoring tor Invent
hours. The elm-y goos the! on re.
turning to her hotel the woman
found one of the neon-nu“ lotto".
Mont-ell.» on returning to lb hotel
on sold to ulso have received u lot-
ter couchei in slmtlsr term: ‘
Attention; June Brides
CHICAGO." ”I! 10.4“...va
hove heard from t“ “Mud.
six: thousand divorce «saw
the incl-using number or until-I
condttions,
In ”if. IAO‘C
rflvtwwm W
"mum at women into the
,tleldo at Wm that": and
business.
“Too much is". too much colo-
hrntiug und .liuuor;
'1‘1ndenoy or 1mg msrrl
couples to IIVo with their patrons.
thus becoming susceptible to their
influence.
"Too little religion In tho homer
“Poor cooklnr and mute ohm"
deliostossen dinners."
under s physicians euro. She was un.‘ .
able to appear in court this morning 1’
us,»
Ihsdldnothii‘sr:
IRA M ROYT .
PIONEER SHOW
MAN, DEAD
In Mortimer Hoyt. dean of Nor—
wulk's theatrical mall. who retired
some yours ago. diodut hll home. 1
Coder strut. fiaturday. after an ill.
nus. from husrt trouble. aged It
years. He is survived by u._widow. five
children. and live brothers and lil-
tors.
The deceased was the first manager
of the old Music Hull block on South
Main Itront. and utter he lett that he
arortcd Hoyt's thcniro on Washington
street. now the Itinlto theatre. He
ran this most ounces-fully for many
years. and the Hoyt‘s Theatre “lock
compuny. which lied :‘ exceptionally
line cult of players. and which had n
dtnoluuae to changing mute- ‘T
Q
. W AF
,Snedslhrcoolehl.
mwmuunm
‘IthN now
titan Ahirsm
Prescott-hue.”
Police Mm hunt! Ct
to.“ announced th m M
member. or the Nor-wall solo. -
poruuont would ho paid by the city
for «oh hours overtime they work
over the *hbhour day This
wbs' tormorly in tact- in the thou-t-
iuent. but u'os revoked during the ud-
-iuhistrstion or former Hum Jere:
mteh Donovan. no “out“ no!“ go-
licy was “looted. It h believed. to the
expo-o or solloo conditions by no
Evening Sentinel when it m not“
out the: may at tho ”linemen were
doing strike dun- ulthin the oily cud
that. instead or Nina and for tho
ovation. m to m time 0.
some time in the mu. future.
“We hut bod the strike it“
undor consideration M m m”
mid Commissioner Room “to
duty should be don. by
.uoliuomou. Int. u it be)“ the
theory 0: the superhuman is n no.
1 nos given euthority mostly to In.
three nupornumry men
till? utd did I I"
umrbs had
“_¢‘tl m "at to
'soiioc worn or!
to»
month“
.33..
core of the ‘
:11: th. wheel on!“
men;
tlou:
as We" as no cars of tMo III
Infant: "10' parking ordinal” It“.
simply an impossibility to mm
w11lieo\ffntrl right with the ’ ‘
number of men in the down.”‘“
“Relative to the at. George
mill strike. I'm-unit Hr. Murphy, tug
manger. than would provide s“
intention curt-r the who and the!
the city would sand the ox 1!-
dld this on my own rem
—-.-——-
(Continued on Pogo No)
Special Meeting
W
Mayor Calvin L. Burton bu mm
as." for s special muting uf‘tbo
board of estimate and motion M
will he held on lsturduy swung be
this week lit. the council about“
city lull. It I o 'clook (I. '13.).
At this time. a numb-r at sums. st
money will-l). sppropriut‘d from “the
uni-wires tau-um in both an mug;
and Fitth diotrict for «Intel- “-
portmonts in both of that film
StreetRepairs Started
|
Workman th- iuorning started to
utmt numrstm to the
holes which have been mode since-ho
stroot wu lsid. about seven m g”.
At thlt time the work m mt“.
teed to loot it“? yours. lid It“ Out.
lived its gust-sat" by tummu. It h
attuned that the work, will '0'
in n couple of weeks. it having
(Continued on Pugo‘Two)
authorised by the city com”... |
recent meeting.
soarii‘y the surface of Iouth lilo.
of thst stmtwsmi the tilting In at a
1
REVEREND A. E. BEARD DELIVEE
EORCEI'UL SERMON TO ALL Cm
From it town of d. 000 bouts. with ’ scientific strides that civilian”
two ministers preaching the gospel to mute in the out to yours and m
full now- on tho Lord I Day—o. town
in which people were "living in u-
ronlty with things as they were. were
no'uns was in a. hurry end when one
could crust- the street mums-m-
ung hll “to." Dr. Annula- this
Board. pastor emeritus of the.
the auction. whether n no
.goligious and mom side d lilo.
Clan-tinny Ipbm n on at.
um six your use.
ad. Mounting the
the world
M
rote sauna. ha been In“. it the
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