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EsTABLISHED 1870
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN
I
‘flie Weather.
Fair tonight and Saturday. Condi-
tions favor for this vicinity fair wea-
fixer with-lightly hlgher {camel-stun.
followed by increasing cloudiness.
PRICE THREE CEN TS
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MAKES ATTEMPT
[n Ilespondent Mood Brad-
ley Slashes Throat and
Wrists—May Not Live.
INSOMNIA VICTIM
Prominent in Norwalk Civic
Aliens—Connected With
liany Organizations.
Willi throat and left wrist slash-
ed. Thomas Bradley, 81 years old,
of 62 Van Buren avenue, Civil
War veteran, retired New York
pol: ceman and former chief of po-
lice of the old City of Norwalk,
was found at 5:30 o’clock this
morning in a semiconscious con-
dition in the rear of the Norwalk
Armory. Two months of sleepless
nights had made the old veteran
despondent causing him to en-
de.1vor to take his own life. Ex-
Chicf Bradley is in the Norwalk
Hospital. Dr. George G. Fawcett,
attending physician, says he has a
possible chance of recovering.
1r 1. liief Bradley was found by
.1 ~ in Darrngh, of 68 Connecticut
a w 'lt", employed by Daniel beefing.
1-.“ krnan. He was lying on tho
1" 1 11 near the north en at. the
A”
.. k and wrists. Near him on the
E11 1111i was a razor together with a
lone. first believed to have contained
to son. but later found to have held
1r. 'llCInG.
lnrragh informed the First Dis-
1-: '1. police. Patrolman L. J. Adams
ms sent to the scene. Darragh and
"o policeman removed Ex-Chiel
lradley to the Norwalk Hospital on
A truck. Examination by Doctor Faw-
rr't disclosed that the Civil War vet-
nnn had slashed the left side of his
”'ont with a razor. The instrument
through the muscles of the neck.
.1 nrr-rl minor veins, just reaching
11.. trnechea. or windpipe. The radio
"1' and tendons in the left wrist
1 rise severed.
r.‘
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PENN STUDENTS
CAUSE RUMPUS
F'llil..\DELPHIA. May LB.—The
' of the University of Pennsyl-
mimpus was the scene of wild
.: mriy today when undergrad-
--r~lebrnting "hey day" defied
“l'flt‘i‘s to disperse, and battled
r- authorities. Several students
111er before the disturbance
- tied.
thousand students were in the
Mr the annual celebration
marks the advance of all un-
men, and seniors for the
v done the cap and gown.
.11; milk bottles and other
when formation, the revel-
used considerable property
.md terrified residents of the
\icinity. Trolley and motor
- is completed disrupted.
rrolice drew shots into the air
.zri not disperse the rioters,
miles lieutenant and a senior
‘ 11nd calmed them in speeches
need them to return to their
:11: were arrested.
.1 {I
TO TAKE LIFE
wry with blood gushing from.
‘Wndrews 1\flrs. Christian Swartz.
Bottom Row, left to right—Mrs. George Matthews, Mrs. John R. L’Hommedieu. Mrs} Georg! Brown; Mrs. William B. Matthews, Miss
Natalie MeCausland, Mrs. Morton R. McCausland, Mrs. Robert S V an Buren, Mrs. C. A. Quintet-d, Miss Minerva Helen Nash, Mrs. B. N.
“”an Rmv left to right—Mrs. George R. Barnum, Mrs. E. P. Smith, Mrs. L. T. Day,o.fWestport, Mrs. WilliainA. Jones, MissE. Hurlburt,
Mrs. Robert \V ay, Mrs. Herbert Sturges, Mrs. Stanton Coley, Mrs. M. B. Gorham, Mrs. Raymond Comstock and MissL. M. Couch.
Top Row, left to right—Mrs. A. B. Coleburn, Miss Helen Curtis, Miss Clara Maples, Mrs. Harry White, New York City; Miss C E. Funk,
Mrs. J. \V. Storev, Mrs. \V. L. Johnson, Miss Laura Beach, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton; Mrs. Harry Shufelt.
MURDER SUSPECT
READILY PROVES
HIS INNOCENCE
~ State Police Quizz Man, Now
in Local Jail, on Top~
stone Murder.
It was thought yesterday for a
time that the (mystery surrounding
the murder ofC‘ eorge XV lioltz. 7‘.‘
year old recluse who was slain on May
4. and whose. body was taken from the
waters of Umnwnug Lake in Top
Stone on last. Friday evening. had
been solved and that the murderer
had been captured in the person of
Domonicic Snbato of “‘ilton, who at
the present time is locked up in the
downtown police station. where he
was placed Tuesday by Constable
Knapp of \Vilton. and was found Wan-
dering about the woods in the vicinity
of Wilton.
“'hen the state police heard yester-
(Continued on Page Two)
New Fraternal order
to Be Formed Here
One of the oldest fraternal insur-
ance organizations in America will in-
stitute a lodge in this city on Tuesday
evening next, May 22nd. at Moose
home. South Main street. when the
American rder of United “’orkmcn
will come ere, and Norwalk Lodge.
No. 27, will be formed.
The charter will be closed on this
lodge next Tuesday evening, there be-
ing 40 members signed as charter
members.
Grand officers of the state will be
present at the institution of the lodge,
and delegations from the Bridgeport
and New Haven lodges will also be
present.
Riley of New Haven. has been in Nor-
walk. working with John Slicox and
Thomas Cole, who have been instru-
mental in the forming of the local
lodge. There are about 75 lodges of
this order in Connecticut at the pres-
ent time. but this is the first time that
any attempt has been made to form a
lodge in Norwalk.
——Go with your best girl to the free
open air concert by American Band
Saturday and Sunday. May 19 and
20. 2 to 6 p. m. af'east end of New-
town-Terrace. Newtown avenue. Troi-
ley will take you within a block.
i realize what these two words
1 10.000 children, without par-
" '1 i or clothes. being cared for
ople of America.
‘ . ‘ )ou be tempted *to say. what
"i is this of mine. Just imagine
r: ’ ’ 1 » little ones, placed in like cir-
. “I
"1 zone. either killed or taken
-1 friends or known relatives.
“ 'nly kind of motherly care
2;“ from your own American sis-
! " tlcut has given about twenty
"-” 'ni women to this great work.
“4. as 11st cause to be proud of then:
:31» rnsiilts obtained. Will you do
, " =1 n, help? Maire up a bundle
'_‘°‘*lmr \ien' a women‘s and chil-
‘ and send to the nearest school
' " naming of Thursday. m 14.
,0? ”art .1. R. Phelp. nahaciumo
" 5‘0 in Norwalk. or Rev. W
Barnum; lethodist church. N0?-
~0r Rev. Fred Jacobs. Cow
church. South Norwallc.
11., do shoea W. Don't sand
5 h“I.settleseauisotbemfliullo
‘N...." no. use. are mm
11... and “unaware:
“NORWALII TO THE RESCU ”IS THE
SLOGAN 0F NEAR EAST RELIEF FUND
'mloafers. as has‘ beenfm-
head charges being a. trifle less than
5 per cent. ‘
This is accounted for. owing to all
transportation being free, theubulld-
ingslused, for orphanges and hospitals
are supplied free by the various gox-
ermnonta in whose area we are work-
in .
fill the children under care. of Near
East Belief are now out,of the juris-
dicuonfor the Turksand are' getting
the first. tenants of Christianity- taught
child in the Caucasus pray every
day :the children of America. who
have mom much to rescue them
from Milton and disease.
taught some industry. and the larger
Every at“ where pdslble. lags:
boys not from our industrial at:
start is carpenters. oboe-snakes:
b tin. tin smiths. etc" so we
as! . not under any circumstaneap
m the Caucasus. Palentlne.
m goon Isl-ads. and Greece the
greatworkis goingm.
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Superintendent of Extension 1". S.“
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English Woman
BANKERS AND
LAWYERS HAVE
11011111 CLAsN
State Should Not Be Tied to
Lawyers as Is New York,
Declares Nash.
Representative Lewis G. Nash of
this city, yesterday, during a. debate in
the House of Representatives at
Hartford; on the bill under the terms
01’ which corporations, banks and
trust companies would be prevented
from practicing law, made an attack
on lawyers in general for excessive
charges for legal advice. The attack
\‘l as countered by "Hell R0 in‘ " J.
Mortimer Bell of Sallbury. "J
the hank‘ s adversary, and who essay
.nted upon the "dangerous; tenden-
cies" of banks.
Representative Nash decl the
bill was a selfish one. and d "na-
turully all of the Judiciary c mittee
is for it," but declared "Connecticut
does not want to get tied up to the
lawyers like New York is.” He re-
lated a case, in regard to the settling
of an estate, in which a lawyer asked
10 per cent. of the estate for his work,
and Mr. Nash said he got the me
work done elsewhere for five do ars.
Mr. Bell declared the banks were
"getting to be like chain stores and
department stores. and would offer to
perform any service under the sun."
The banks and trust companies. he
said, are undertaking to assume all of
the duties of the individual, "and if
I am correctly/informed. there is
even now in the inside pocket of the
chairman of the Committee .on Banks.
a bill which would permit banking
corporations to hold public office."
Mr. Thompson of “’est Haven,
_(Contlnued on Page Two)
Wall Street Today
llldL‘COiViiIJIC price movements char-
ucterized today's opening dealings on
the New York Stock Exchange. Heav-
iness was again apparent in the cop-
per and chemical shares, but the ini-
tial losses were limited to fractions.
:\lli(:l‘lcali Can advanced a point and
1:. S. Steel 3-8. but Studebaker and
ifnion Pacillc yieldod small fractions.
People's Gas added near’iy a point to
its previous four-point. gain this
Week.
Trading was unusually quiet during
the morning. A better inquiry pre-
vailed for various public utilities and
tobacco stocks. Operations on the
long side were restrained somewhat
by further liquidation of many low-
prieed shares, especially the farm im-
plement, fertilmer and chemical is-
sues, many of which‘made new low
figures for the year. Among those
recovering minimum prices weredn-
teruational Harvester, American Cot-
ton Oil common and preferred, Amer-
ican Agricultural Chemical common
and preferred and Allied Chemical.
Du Pont lost a 1-2 points. Call money
opened at 4 1-2 per cent.
When the overnight. selling orders
had been ‘disposed of. prices strength-
ened materially. . Copper shares re-
covered all or part, of their early
losses and vs. good demand renowned
for most'ot the ‘equlpments: steels
and oils. American Locomotive and
American Brake Shoe and Foundry
each advanced one point. tinder-
wood Typewriter Jumped five points
to 160. a new top, Brooklyn Edison
cil ed 2 1-4 points and Central .Ci-
gar‘ 0. American Cotton Oilvysliptped
oi! fractionally to ~a new’lovg. .- e
traditional "selling on the good news'"
followed the announcement of two
extra-dividends of fifty cents each on
Fleischinhn Yeast, which dropped a
point.
appropriate.
Norwalk Chapter is
her 16, 1892. One year
5’4
purines
Bill. of floral-it,
the first Regent
INVESTIGATIDN
IN MOUNT CASE
GAINS IMPETUS
( Hlt‘ AGO. May 18 —-On presenta-
tion of a habeas corpus writ Chief
Justice 1\IeKinley of.the Crimmlnai
court today ordered Charles "Church"
Palmer. Northwestern University
start football player brought into
court forthwith. Palmer has been
held as a witness by the states at-
torney since one a. m. yesterday
in connection with the disappearance
in 1921 of Leighton Mount. 3. North-
western freshnian. Palmer denies
any knowledge of flue Mount mys-
tei-y.
LHIL‘AGO. May 18. -—lnvestigation
into the disappearance of Leighton
Mount, Aorthwestern University stu-
dent, that gained impetus with the
detention of Charles “Chuck" Palmer,
star athletic today centered on a story
told by Mrs. Violet. Bachman. his
former friend. I
On the strength of Mrs. Bachman‘s
charge that Palmer had told her he
knew all “about the Mount case",
the star football. baseball, basketball
and track athlete. was seized at his
fraternity house and is being held in
communicado in Jail. Palmer stead-
fastly denied the statement attrib—
liuted to him and repeated his denials
when confronted with His. Bachman,
{urinarly Miss Violet Lawson. ‘
"I never talked to her-about Mount
and I dont know. anything- about
him' ..Paliner said. His chief concern
seemed not in his detention without
formal charge but whether he will
he released in time to without for-
mal charge but whether he will be
released in time to pitch for North-
western ln its base ball game with
Purdue university toinbrrow. .
Mrs. Ba'ehniaa. told anther-[ties that
Palmer has escorted her on: two oc-
casions. once in September and again
in November 1921.
Palmer admitted that portion of
—_—_-
(Continued on Page Two)
.——a.
Members of the Norwalk police de-
partment today are‘ endeavor“; to
locate fWillhsp " scream-'- noon-e.
Moore is claisned._ have drawnm re-~
volver during a. We! in a private
house last night... ~ '. .
LOCAL DAUGHTERS 01 AMERICAN
momma 1101.1). ANNUAL NEENNG
Interesting Resume of Work of Chapter Since Its Incep-
tion—Clwely Connected With Civic. History of Nor-
walk-Mrs; McCausland’ 3 Term Ends.
The annual Mag of the Nos-walk Chapter, 130.113th of the
American BeveMohwasheldyestex-dayaflemoonatthenoyal
Jameshotel. Inecnneetionwiththe‘annnalmeefing, abriefreaume
of the history of the organisation, now of national importance, is
year-sold, haviugbeen _
omissions.
Kenn. ofOoueefiuLhirth,_wasappomtedstate!-egeat. In. 3.3»
' sffprtsofflrs leaf“
- General. Mrs. Hill began the laborious
. anthracite coal shipments to New
initsconvasstlon here that__ with
‘ smu-
octane
4‘
was 5W
Receiving her commission. signed
by Caroline Scott: Harrison. President-
work of interesting her towns-women
in the new society, and within the
year she had secured eighteen mem-
bers. whose papers were forwarded
to Washington for registration.
The first meeting for organisation
was heldat ~Mrs. Hill's home. The
chapter wasmrganized, the fourth' in
Connecticut. The organisation has
since grown in membership an}! in-
fluence and today is in a most flour-
ishing condition.
(Continued on Page Two)
Late . News
WORCESTER, Mass.. May 18.“
“Worcester County farmers will lose
8500.000 this year because they can-
not get: help." declared George F. E.
Story. manager of the \Vorcester
County Extension Service.
“Strong. able-bodied men," said
Mr. Story. “are showing unwilling-
ness to work on the farm. The cur-
rent. wage of to $50 a month
with room and board and general
keep. is no attraction. Farm labor
conditions are worse now than they
were during the war. The result
will be a curtailment of crops."
BOSTON. May 18.——The Shipping
Board steamship Leviathan described
as the largest vessel in the world, ar—
rived at the navy drydock here today
to be re-con'ditioned for the. trans-
Atlantio‘service. ' The voyage from
Newport Newsvwas said to have been
without incident:
"BRIDGEPORT, Conn..- May 18:1
The City of Bridgeport today secured
a Superior'Court" judgment of 886,.
300.08 against Howard F. Smith. for-
mer tax collector who abscbndeid
with $85. 000 of' the city‘s money and
for whom‘ police of the world "are
searching.
PLAINVILLE, 'N. J.. May 18 .—Or-
ville T. ‘Warrlng. one of the original
incorporatora- of e Asundard Oil
company and a. cl friend of John
D. Rockefeller died today. He was 84
years old.
He is survived by- his wife and.
eight children.
‘NEW YORK. May~18.-‘—-The New
.York. New' Haven and Hartford \ rail-
road announced today that it had
lifted all embargoea on eastbound
freight, including. the limitation of
England. which had prevailed since
the fliol shorts;e of last winter.
WASHINGTON. any Jar-The to,-
M0 W annotation sch-nu
crowded the little auditorium.
NEW YORK. May 133—11 girl's
screams and the crash of a window.
pane through which she thrust an
arm to wave a frantic signal for help
led police early today to the rescue
of Miss Claire Bresllan. 30 year old
nurse at Bellevue Hospital, who had
been dragged from the street by a
band of youths.
The nurse. stripped of clothing, bat-
tered. bleeding and hysterical was
found in a. two room apartment on
the second. floor of a tenement on East
35th street. Reserves who m"
rounded up blocks. mm m
McShea. 1!. ’ . fir "
McShea. is- reported to have given
the names of eight coinpanions. whose
arr-at are momentarily expected. .
Kiri 3mm lives at the; parser
training 3* on East ”as: the“
She was returning thd’e after mid-
night when. also told the police, ~three
men leaped upon her. from a dark
hallway. smothered her screams, and
dragged her to the upstairs apart-
ment, where‘ six ‘other’ men waited.
The ytore her clothing of! in shreds.
She fought and screamed and before
she could be‘subdued crashed the
glass. which guided police and a
gathering created from the neighbor-
hood. to her rescue. Miss Breslian
was taken to Beliecue for treatment.
BUENOS amiss. May 18.~—One
hundred Brazilian rebels were killed
and many wounded in retreating be-
fore state troops in Rio Grande do Sul
near Bags yesterday, according to
the state newspaper published in
Santa Anna do Livramcnto. The d.
spatcb was forwarded to this city by
Lanacioni's Rivera correspondent.
Two of their leaders were captured.
Other advices from the Brazilian-
gulnsry battle occurred yesterday at
Bage. Both sides are said to have
been strengthened recently with ship-
ments of war material, including ma-
chine ‘guns and hand grenades.
' PETITION GRANTED '
The petition of the Rev. L. J.-
Schoeppler, pastor of the South Nor-
walk Baptist church for permission to
change his name to Shepler. was
granted by Judge William M. Maltbie
in the short calendar session of the
Superior court. Bridgeport. this
morning. _
GRASS FIRE
’The First District fire department
was called out at 1: 30 ociock this
in.
Urguayian border assert that a tan-4
WIiDLE FAMILIES PERISII IN BLAZE
TIIAT CDMI’LEI'ELY BURNS SCIIDDL
Lamp Explodes on Stage During Entertainment—Many
Crushed 1n PanicThat Ensues—County Coroner and
Daughter Dead—Death List Mounting.
CALIBER, 8 0., May 18.—-Tragedy, staffing in the wake of
comedy, today had turned Rershaw County into a county of mourn-
ing '
Astheaftermath ofa-commemement playof thecleveland
school, eightmiles from here, more than” persons, including whole
families,aredead,andmanyare injured.
Asthe playreaeheditsclimax,anoil lamp on thestageover-
turnedandexploded. Inaninstantthestagewasamassofflames.
Panicseisedtheaudieneeofmpmntabmthemsistersandrela-
finsofthegradnafinchoometohonortheyoungstersthathsd
There was a conereted rush for the
single exit that led to a narrow
wooden stairway. The weight of the
mass was too much for the steps and
they collapsed. hurling scores in 8'
tangled mass, numbers being “crushed.
to death.
In a breath. it seemed to persons
who escaped, the entire building was
wrapped in names. And within an
hour the building was little snore than
a. heap of smouldering ashes. the
funeral pyre of more than three and
a. half score-of Kershaw County citi-
zens.
CAMDEN, S. C.. May 18.-—Nearly
every home in Kershaw County was
affected by the disaster. Many
Camden people had gone to witness
the piaylet, and some of them are
numbered among the victims. Five
injured are in the hospital here, but
all are too badly burned to talk about
it.
The Cleveland school is located in
the center of a section but sparsely
populated. The road leading to the
we is little more than a one way
along the edge of a plowed
In the panic. which followed the
explosion. little effort apparently was
made to fight in flames which “-
lg to the dry timber!!!
the “in. ID. 10a frame school build.
Katha-s with children in their
arms .were 'trampled -under to“
Young and old fought alike for exit.
When the stairway collapsed. man:
were impaled on the pegged timbers
and others were pinned down. by the
weight of bodies above them. Those
who had made‘their way out Of the
building turned at once to aid the vie-
tlms, but. they found little opportuni-
ty to do so. the only exit except the
windows being cut off.
Seeing the hopelessnem of their po—
sition, a number of persons jumped
from the windows, sufiering broken
bones and other injuries. Several
mothers dropped their children int)
eager hands below.
The fire started from an overturned
oil lamp on the stage and in an in-
credibly short time tbe flimsy struc-
ture-was a man of flames and from
a merry gathering of neighborhood
friends and; relatives the hall was con-
verted into a shat-notes. A narrow.
wooden stairway. the only means of
exit from the second floor was quick,—
ly jammed with a panic stricken.
struggling mass of humanity. accordy
ing to the reports. Men. women and
children fought to force their way out
and many went to their death under
the crush. Others seeing the only
avenue of escape cut off. ran to the
windows and leaped out. Many 6f
thesesuatalned .broken limbs and
some were reported as seriously in-
jured.
In the meantime. without means of
stemming the blaze. those who had
escaped or who. were attracted to the
scene could only stand by and see the
flames complete their work of de-
struction. helpless to aid. The more
seriously injured were rushed to ho.-
pitala at nearby places or taken to
their homes. Five of the victims suf-
fering from burns and broken limi-
were brought to a. local hospital.
' Collapse of a narrow. wooden
stairway caused many of the deaths
amumber of persons being crushed
in the debris. -
The school building.
frame structure
a two-story
containing three
afternoon to extinguish a minor gran
are. There was no damage.
(Continued on Page Two)
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