J .\Y. Jimmie,
- Curse Put On
y Found Neglected-
1'1 Stamford Home
.,.:.:;.1ry ‘.‘l.-—~Thc
. l- seven-achr-
-..Liarim. from the
moi-nutvlll in. re.
m; ‘-3 in the Stain-
. I‘Tliili.¢d to her
~' Maui Street.
‘ 0‘13 orcakdown.
Mr. is said not
of the intesti-
~.’ll case. 3 new
m on the cause
I’l"l shown her
2’ was learned
. u: the Humane
- wipincuon with
let' nothing
. lip: facts sur-
‘v Married that
:2- though:
i." an old
gallium p470-
nuthoi lUC‘S‘
It: ;: Imu- been:
' this is.
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1: l-) 13in l-lrth;
'l"\"¢|l'.lt' un-
41 wilh'ano-l
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said lasti
l :ml' . the:
mother fur
—.: 3|.“ rura-
,s- - it
inn,
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A
'52; l'c-a 'Ysht.
i. ' iirsc" on
:zir.) Sm‘lcly'
f ”in Sam's
ii» i ”an thuuxbt
'='t-r-i.ly)
‘\l'll I: \ll i
O . ,
‘ - ~ll the next,
t luck,
~ i scum-i with_
w ' ‘0pl‘L'. l
u‘“? rv'saonded.
’L‘Hrinks. l hope
' mely unusual!
2 Hit» than!
psi: and bon-'
l
e too free in:
. accept."
"writes are my
.1mandsi" He
fht‘n broke;
r-“urncd his
lie interpos-
'r\'ir:: to (It?!
I Q33: won't
‘ a s‘nrograph-
rrilv on. "And I'll
mz.:~2'hlnz. l sup-
"in; home to din-
. know I told‘
, i wanted. to be.
'a perfectly all
"‘r: you I saved
‘ . r one or your
fine W-‘re you
‘ '71~'~—.¢r;.-'-l}' van
“in truth?"
.‘ ‘ . 1.:le
. and here
1 .."30 after five
' Enoks. "Been
inswnred Eve-
;—.1.~.1 up the
”- l at Mamie's
-“ 1 long time
a! cone up the
'i ‘ime.
-: dining his
" .. . lun‘orudv
‘ 3.:an table‘
' llie'yn
2- daurhler.
“‘ Z Wholly occu-
~ “ Hi the table.
-. 7“ in." Evelyn
T. 1! lliéil'l""i"ll"l "I'ililll‘ll'lélllilll'
‘ u. l l '1‘: I ‘
l it)ll:\‘ll filial/4L1 ‘5;
Chain. do.-
5 .
he‘l‘." she condescended.
“Picture Fred or any other man
Wllh a. guano: he. doesn't like."
'clzlmcd Mamie. “ilaie you seen
her?"
"Yes. a. sweet girl." Evelyn
'paueed as she cut up V’iolet's food
5 pert to hear you talk like that. Did
or giving birth to the
the "curse" which was placed upon
it. From the moment the boy was
brought into the world the woman
refused to recognize it or treat it as
a mother should. trends say.
three other children in the unin
properly cared tar. but A‘lbert :8".
been neglected since birth. These
intimate with tho hes-a tsinily are
tirm in their belie! that the ‘curse"
is the sole reason for the hatred
shown by Mrs. Sea-n. according to
investigators. The boy is continuu-
ly in her thoughts.
John Sessa. rather of the boy.
made many attempts to care (or the
youngster but always was resulted
by his wit according to neighbors.
“’hen nu onod by the authorities.
Mr. and Mrs. Boson. denied every-
thing charged against them. Inves—
tigutors o! the Humane Society
said last night that the facts in the
case are very much against Mrs.
ocsszi.
Italian neighbors or the 9:35" are
considerably upset tearing that the
sordid case may reflect on the Ita-
lian settlement of Stamford. It is
the wish or the Italian peopw. in
that section of the city hat sums—
thing be done to clear up the situa-
tion. a. Humane Society ofrlcer sold.
last night.
Bufore Albert will be transferred
‘0 the Seaside Sanitarium at Nisa-
im. a Hartford doctor. representing
the State; will first conduct an exa—
aminstlon or the boy's coalition.
The Humane authorities state that
a Hartford doctor is etpected to
come to Stamford within the next
two days to examine the boy.
Chili. Gusto
P v
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l...ii.. Lnl‘ih .d....1ll....u-....v
ll
he
sznilwd. "Anyway,
doesn’t like
for her. Then she resumed. "Mamie.
I don‘t think you know anything
about married men—married busi-
ness men—when you talk as if all
or them carried on affairs with
their stenogrsphers. You've been
going to the movies too much. Pa;-
haps any or them do day-dream of
running of! to a desert island or a
tent in the Sahara with their uteri.)—
xraphers. but none of them ever
have nerve Enough to get beyond
calling them by their first nanne.
Stenogrsphers are really a godsend
to the wives of their employers. l!
the husbands are flirting with them
a little they treat their wives better
-3 sort of consctcnco balm. I sup-
)lamio couldn't restrain her
laughter. "Well. I didn't ever es-
you read it in a book?”
Ecclyn passed over the
lightly. She knew Marnie.
“l‘m in the mood tonight.” Shr-
was absent-minded playing with the
salad with her meat fork. “You
know, Marni-3' she resumed. “men
are awful dubs as lovers—most men.
I mean. When a lush marries a wo-
man he seems to target all about
courtship and begins to let his
beard grow hristly. He targets to
his until he begins to look for s.
second wife. then he has to learn
all over again."
“Evelyn. you're talking like u
re mark
mum- " * “
schoolgirl. What have you been
reading'3—Hnsn‘t Fred told your
lately that he loved you?”
"Yes." she replied, "but he said.
it as it he felt he was doing his duty
—not as it he were proclaiming it'
bravely to the world—oh. I guess’
I‘m silly." she concluded as her,
clouded face broke into a wisthil‘
smile.
4, To Be Continued.)
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7"?9'3. the problem of comfortable, easy footwear,
. bolting styles.
:3 are obtainable
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SNEALLY
Mouton St.
DdN'T use A W
in Km: and Bo. Norwalk
Eel BRACKEN
South Norwalk
MENSENT 1'0
miss
Wheeler Declares Ma-
ml’ jority of People in
Connecticut Favor
I O O
Prohibition
. BRIDGEPORT. Jan. :i.—-"Con-
nocticut is as loyal to the Union to-
m as when her Revolutionary War
xovcrnor. Brother Jonathan. gave the
nation a. nickname for patriotism."
said “‘ayne B. \i‘hceler. LL 1).. gen-
eral counsel of the Anti—Saloon lea—
gue of America. speaking at the
United Congregational church here
yesterday. "She did not feel it neces-
sary to ratify the Eighteenth amend-
ment since it was law by a large ma~
Jority without her votr‘, but she did
not pass and is nnl’orcln; laws to
make that amendment effective.
”The chief justice or the Connecti-
cut supreme court is settmg an ex-
ample to every law respecting citi-
sen in the state or nation today. Ill:
sincerity and carzznstness in dc.
manding that laws mu be eb--_v---d
or the lawless punished placcs him
in the same class as the chief justice
of the United States, who rasikc-i
with the anarchists. those who dis—
obeyed the laws thry did not. per~
sonally approxe.
“A great manufacturing sfs‘r
in the insurance CUE'J‘F of .Xm‘T‘l i.
Connecticut. has u'rittci; on her ledg-
er: the story of the profits of prohi-
bltlon. The hig br‘ “‘“l'lv‘s of the slate
are idle today c, to
Olh-‘ll‘ uses. but [it“ ru‘; timid-g of fac-
tor)’ chimneys and {rt-m nundrmis of
thousands of homes and white
streamers o! smeltD tell of the tires
of prosperity k'irtlwi and kept burn-
ing by prohibition.
"The bréivt‘l’. ‘EZSELIECT. bartender,
undertake.- and jailer were the only
ones enriched hy liquor or impover-
ished by prohibition. The crime.
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transu i “Mil
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poverty and insanity resulting from'
beverage intoxicants drained both
private and public resourccs to enrivh
a handful of parasi'es. From 191‘:
to 1922 the eslima‘r-i Wealth of this
state increased 113 1 per cent. Your
taxable real estate, with no saloons to
depreCiate values. advanced 93.4 per
cent while your exempted property,
such as churches. schools. etc. in-
creased 235.5 pi-r r-rt. The auto-
mobiles ownmi in N is state are valu-
ed by the d"{7é11'..'? '
,
at. 535.321.“"-~ ll, 2v safe would
your roads be today if the open sa-
loons were making; orient-s as
drunk today as 33': prohibluon
multiplied the u'fo h
‘0 rv-nt-sr p) u or Shf‘.
your courts and e officers
seize and destiny iii‘gzil still.
only in the interes's of prohibition
1»: ss 1‘
no.
but as a neaith mcasurc in new 0:1
the poisonous hvmlrh icing made.
Such a. law uni; in! gassed it you let
your legislators}; :‘
it.
"The solid in: ll“";.1::’)n of Con-
necticut in Congress will be broken it
the dry an: 33;: Cllzz
unitedly (sir-=53
The only ext» 3'
of your five: i'n
Vote of Err. Frr
Act and 0::
over President “moon‘s veto.
men mistaken
axv 'htir you desire
no of the stale
sentzmenls.
we: records
vi.
t'cn
{“5ng of that act
These
: refit-2v: they repre~
sent Conner‘ I! is high urn»
Conn-client priced in hrr de-l
tion -to \Vachhzton nix-x; v. 1".) p3 co
the Constit' .ion ab. .w: booze and Who
represent th ty and not the
minorily 0! cf the state.”
CHARGES PEACE
PLAN STOLEN
FROM HIS BOOK
Author Says Copyright
on his Volume, Pub-’
lished in 1917, was
Violated
WASHINGTON.
the prize- inning "peace plan" in
the Boll: competition was lifted bod-
ily from a book written and copy-
righted in 1917 was charged today
by James 1!. Cordray. an author who
holds the ”copyright for the book.
Cordray came to Washington Sat-
urday trom New York to Verify the
copyright prifiieges granted him by
the Congressional library the years
ago. He returned to New York
completely satisfied that hi: copy-
right was violated ‘ry the author of
the plan to which the prize of $50,-
000 has been awarded.
In all probability.
Jan.
Cordray
lawyer for .the. purpose of claiming
violation or the copyright and pre-
venting by a court injunction the
payment of the prize to the Winner.
Records in the copyright division
of the Congressional Library show
that. in April, 1317. Cordray was
granted a copyright on his book. en-
titled “The Milleniurn 0! Peace.”
which was written in the latter part
of 1916. His plan for peace as out-
lined in the book. provided for the
establishment or an international ar-x
titration alliance. and laid down
sixteen laws against warfare. He
declared there is a strong similar-
ity between the fundamental princi-
ples of his plan and the one to which
the Bot prise has been awarded.
'1 an: contineed that the person
whowrotethepriseplantnthesok
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They gave their names as John
id be civrn; Hansen. 29. a cook. James Fest.
' John Gallagher. 31. and Fred Van
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place his case in the hands of hi5!
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wiripilol, and again warned the pur-
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competitioo copied the essential
principles from my book." Cordrav
.14. “Euro was ample oppor—
tunity for thh because the book was
sent by me to every State and mum-
cipal library in the country, and it
would hlve been an easy matter tor
anyone wishing to turnouts such s
plan to get hold at the book. I an:
(Ilium/m ‘ ’ I
- GUN 3mm
New York Police Boati
Officers Ge’c $50,000
Haul 'at End of Run-
ning Fight
1
NEW YORK. Jan. 21—h a run-
ning machine gun battle; officers or
the police boat Manhattan Venom!
captured the sea-going tugboat Ca-
pitol with six men. and 3.000 case:
of Scotch and rye whiskey. Gordon
gin and champagne valued at 8200.-
000.
No one was wounded in the ex—
change of shots. It was the third
time the Capitol. valued at 350.000
had been seized as a rum-runner.
Policeman Fred. Graham. who
Was :1 the lookout. sighted the tug.'
Captain Frank McCormack ordered
full steam ahead. and when near the
supposed liquor ship mailed out a
command to heave to. The answer
was a. volley or revolver shots.
Captain McCormack then order-
ed that. a shot from cne of the three
L8\'-'.3 machine guns on the police
bout. be tired across the bow of the
soul craft to stop.
A dual. followed, “till both vessels
running at full speed. starting of!
Governor's Island and :ont-nuing
up the North River. The “what-
Ian was gaining on the: pursued
craft when it pulled into Erie Rail-
road Pier 2;; at the foot 02 (.11an-
bers Street.
Sir or seven men jumped on the
pursued Vessel and tied. toilowrd by
Policeman Gustave Thompson and
Fred Graham. while Capt. McCor-
mack and Policeman Edward D De-
ban and Charles Franlis went
aboard the Capitol No. 1.
The captain. his two aids outraged
no a fist firht with three men on
board the vessel. \Vhile struggling
board. The other two men were
arrested. They gave their name. as
Joseph Martin. 35. and John Grinn.
24. Kieth are firemen.
In meantime. rhompson and
Graham were continuing their pur-
suit 0: the men who had run up
lh‘: dock, firing at then: 1s they ran.
They had reached “‘est Street a‘ the
open space known as "Thu Farm."
when four 0! the men surrendered.
31. The three latter men are
Pelt.
___._________.._—
The}: were talking back stage at
the National Theatre where “Falter
Humour-n is presenting “Cyraro do
Bergerac."
“lie-fore prohib tion I understood
that all the men went out betwoen
‘ ; acts for a Kittie drink." one o!
- .mizibz-rs of the cast remarked,
. now that there is prohirition.
who do tho): continue to go anti"
“Mont-e.“ Carroll Mchnas. sug-
. . “it is because they want to
21:» report."
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