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SH El‘ 1870
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Eutcred u neond-ch-wattcr ct the post, time. at.
South Nomlk. Conn, under the Act of Huck 8, 1879.-
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I
i‘: .Tl'ER
i: if. RATES
Ill BIRTHDAY
‘i'lt‘k Keyser of 10
2mm Avenue
3;- About Days
1y
HERE IN ’63
Stopped in So.
:f’ - 311i and so did
n:
“icets Andrew g
.4. .._
'r o.‘ 1‘ Putnam
* his eighty-sixth
and today in
" to .1 antinei
1-2.:gm 'ly to
_ as agile as I.
Mr. Kcyser
ills hearing
:vnt’u hire not
~ 3:5; recipe for l
‘5 shoulders
k. lie de-
ur touched 3
Humor. He ad-
.: s an invert—rate
. J li‘lll. he drank
,~ .i. do}, but he
a drink 0: wa-
1 3‘: cut:- feel
Born in New
‘ "\‘ and came
Juno 3. 1883. He
1 .t :cllred from
"" it‘d.“ .80.
until his re.
Mimic-l 1'1 the
'-"iZli).1nY.
r:i YEA: haul-BS
:r» U 4.3 to com-
wurki‘ii ‘D but
\.
7“"~lv‘:',
in- had come
"J, .trtklrg his
r‘plle-‘l that
' ‘. he czlln't lino“
flu: timr’," he
.wj . Halt-tr: in
.. l! :13 or a rcstlefls
tulle: {tom one
~ :=. trvly satis-
-na. stop. I
some-
w
th'
:‘4 ll:
vultc out
.‘lfl'l. nit‘r 5‘ DON'-
;; .m :1”: couch.
-. and told it; my
I am through at
1 gm. any clean
1;' {to up {O CO“-
‘ l -! unvl mld‘ 'and
- m g.) to thnnect-
.44.: !""l(‘ living
a.) i thought
" wuv. Th“ train
. . -- mum” to South
- . -.--r a. mu of In
- i'anlury train.
town over.
‘w‘lwzro nrtei is
‘-; pullout how
I: was built
.nd the
-..~4 of 10365.
~ H; tha: l dccided
-r right. l W”
‘ s.‘iill.l’, who
33 min-w
'2 31.. Cmrut in
mir where the
9
row.
.l'v‘
Matti};
EijED FOR
fi
outlets
Two.)
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d.
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4
' " “2 fi'ni this morn-
‘i'h: Herbert R.
r"‘p°rty of Ab-
" " Main street.
, an two sep-
r313 brought by
"1 Sophie Cook.
T7tr0llgh their
I ‘igun. In the
nook. damaga
1 ml m the case
‘:-‘s of 825.000
.‘ .‘llrs. Cool: it is
1' 1.1? the pilin-
, ~ husband in In
wrvhurd street.
: N used from the
'i‘Jrl: November
vault of in-
.‘l-sz. Cook when
0. Brick landing at
. “ :rs leading up to
’ ‘ho residence in
er by the plain-
' "liant on or about
' Mrs. Cook fell
1 whiff! " u unver-
\
puztitrans Ready to
m ~.. , °
"w n nmlse on Taxes
' .Hn. :z.—Repub-
“:r: House Ways
,. cnnfcrred'with
v-juy on a progrim
n: the new tn
while party leaders
“ icing the extant“
:mprornise on t
:n‘mtration'n sin-ml
' ‘1': cf the an r.-
" its rumor m-
r-‘mise.
necessary.
majority W
W ’
Harding’s Ex-Sec’y
or; Trade Bad
George 8. Christian. Jr.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—Presi--
dent Coolidge has sent to the
Senate the nomination of George B.
Christian. Jr., of Marion. Ohio '0
be a. member of the Federal Trade
Commission. He was formerly
secretary to President Harding.
The position pays $10,000 a. year.
BOK REFUSES
TO TELL COSTS
OF PEACE PLAN
Practically Tells Sen-~
ate Committee Mem-
bers it is None of
their Business
“'ASHLVGTON. Jln. p2.-—Edward
W. Bok. donor of the “00,000
award for Th" first wcrtd peace
plan. was cztllvd yrsicrday before a.
Scnatc committcc chm-gm: “‘lth in-
VPStlsnting propaganda designed to
influence the action of Congrcss and
the Sovernmcnt's foreign policy.
The purpose of the committee is
to dvtcrminc whether there is any
relation balm‘cn the lick award
and organidalions having for their
purpose American adhcrvnco to the
League of Nations. Examination of
Mr. Bok is in the hands of Senator
Reed. Dcmocrat. Missouri, author
of the resolution of inquiry and o!
the Senate “irreconcilchalcs” on the
Leagues)! Nations.
The committee. adjourned at pool-14
prepared to most in executive soa—
sion this afternoon to determine
whether sections 101. 103, 108 and
104 of Revised Statutes. covering
refusal of witnesses to answer ques-
tions bcfore investigating bovlies of
Congress should be luvokcd against
Mr. Bolt. Those sections carry pun-
ishmcnt by a. maximum fine of
$1.000 or imprisonmcnt in ,‘n. com-
mon Jail" for a. year.
The crossoqucstioning of)”. FOR
is expected to continue through to-
day. After he hows the stands
Miss Esther Everett Lane, head or
the policy committee of the Bok
award. will be called.
Doesn't Know \Vinncr's Name.
“‘hen he took the stand Mr. L‘ok
told the committee that he per-
sonally selected Elihu Root to serve
on the jury which made the award.
"I did not give my approval to
the other members." Mr. 80k said
in reply to‘ questions by Chairman
Moses. "1 was not naked to approve
them."
The witness said that "co-opera.-
tive agencies” had sent in the names
at several hundred persons as eligi:
bios to act as Juror!-
Mr, Bolt said he did not know the
name of the winner of his award.
"Do you know his characteris-
tics?" asked Chairman Moses.
"No." said the witness.
"Couldn't you describe him in
1 terms?" the chairman DUF-
szsfmid laughter from the crowd.
"Xe." replied Mr- 30‘“
Mr. Bolt said he had "defrayed
of the expense of the
"“7 "2”” 7,000,000
" hat
award. he added t
copies of the prize plan had been
printed for distribution. but he wast
how many bailotfl had
‘ say
unable to the'publlc vote on
been printed for
tan.
mimics! how much money was in
n he created to
the trust fund whic
defray expenses of the award, age
witness replied: "I prefer not 0
dwf‘: tmmrh‘t I 3th the Inw.
"You are familiar with the sta-
tes?" asked thochairman.
.0 not."
3:233:20“: then_ said it was
his duty under the statutes to El;
re whether an answer won
. 0 you.”
‘tend to <1ch mm that... ,7”
in
M the same elk:-
Boll the: said he am
"degrade me.”
we.
”mm if therimight not be
';%2% he hoped to aflect
' s but
W by my award.
, rm any lit-
i‘iible to harvest
meansm
mmm
Automobilist Hard Hit
by Sudden Cold Snap
Radiators Freeze
NO SNOW .
Thermometers Around
City VaryT-tBelow in
Liberty Sq. Warm
at Drug Store
Moth balls were shaken from the
“ iur coats and mufflers and ear mutis
were brought out last evening and
this morning. as the temperature
dropped from what was considered
real warm wortthcr for this time of
the year on the day previous. and
hovered near the znro mark all last
night. It continues to stay in that
vicinity today.
The coldest spot found in Norwalk.
and surrounding towns. was Liberty
Squat-v. facing Hug wzttcr, Where a.
lhcrmoma-tcr much-r1 the {our below
zero mark, at about 8:30 o'clock
last night. Other spots in the Third
District showcd a. temperature of
six and eight above last cumin; and
this morning.
At nine o'clock this morning in
the First District in “‘ail street. the
thermomoier registered eight above.
In “'ashington strcct. the Second
District. at nine above zero. Last
evening in the same street they reg-
istered from four to six above. “T.-
ton reported zero Wunthcr last night.
A sign of rcal cold weather was
noticed among the automobillsts,
when many of them were seen driv-
ing along the highways of the city,
with steaming radiators. which is
known as the sign of distress to
m0torists. Gun-mg. s were kept ‘ usy
all day yesterday and last evening
thawing out. Nolan radiators. Gaso~
llnc stations that handle alcohol (or
radiators. repel‘f-‘d a. great demand
Cylinder were crockmi and radiatom
spoiled as the r>‘s’llt of the sudden
cold wave.
Ice pan-is on which there have
[won Very little skating during the
winter months wrre. reported to be
in first class ccn-lition this morning.
The Seminal rvportcr rcceivcd a
severe setback this morning. wlmn
he rushcd over to the thermome’er
in front of. the Stillson and -‘ow-
cll drug tore all wrapped up
in a. heavy 0‘. «zrcoat to keep
from (rowing and took aginnpso
at it. It rvgistnrml 4'! abut-’3.-
zero. Hr: lbs-n wiped out his er»:
and took anothrr look. but it did
not clmncn ism rrarllng. Upon 80-
ing inside. luarned that the ther-
momvtcr was out of commission and
that hunvlrmis ni’ r-Irrsons had bean
made to furl v}‘.il’ll‘.2 the past :34
hours.
Reports frcm Dz-lwusburg‘. N. 1’.
stated that the mercury hit 28 de-
grees ht-lO'fl zx-ro, At Lake Sitecs.
nnnr Maionn, N. Y.. it registered 27
below.
Smnral of 'he local coal dealers
(were incarrl chuckling to thcmselvm
over the clmngn in the weather. as
were the icrm: n. who have been un-
but very little lce
during the. prasont winter.
The ’xi'na‘her Bureau statu that
the cold spell will continue for the
ncxt '24 hours. with a. lctup aftcr that
tlmc. Thar», is no snow in sight.
NEZW' HAVENpJanum-y 22.—Tbe
temperature a: the local weather
bureau reached five degrees above
zero shortly brfor! 8 o'clock this
morning whrn it began to rise. Tem-
peraturas near-3r the zero point were
reported in outlying sections, as a
result of the arrival of the coldest
weather of the winter. The cold
wave is expected to continue in force
fo ranothcr :24 hours, weather bu-
reau ‘oficials stated.
-
State Dairymen to
Gather in Hartford
Dairymen from every part of the
state will be in attendance a .the‘
forty-third annual convention the
Connecticut Duirymen's Association
to be held in Hartford tomorrow
and Thursday. The convention head-
quarters will be at Unity hall, where
dairy experts from various parts of
the country will speak. The con-
vention will devote much ;Qt its
time to the needs and demands of
the public and to this end has de-
cided to open all of its convention
sessions to the public.
The convention sessions will be-
gin at 10:30 in the morning and at
1:30 in the afternoon tomorrow and
at 10 o'clock in the morning and at
1 o'clock in the afternoon on Thurs—
, day.
The convention will be featured
by a. banquet at the Hotel Bond to-
morrow evening at 6:10. The speak-
er for the occasion will be the Rev.
John L. Davis of New Britain.
leader of the famous lifezx‘s. Bible
class of 2,000 members of that city.
The subject of his address will be
“America, the Land of Opportun-
ity.”
A FIBEMLAN’S m
"Now: 1’ Sure. I‘ve got some
news." said Deputy Fire Chief “Bil-
ly" Powell.
“The uptown fire companies woe
called out-to extinguish a grass ’
at the lot at 177 Main street yester-
day afternoon." he went' on with s
italic. . .
(“Just _,th.ink, when the ground
flaccid be covered with a. foot of
new and the fire Wanton
mu“mwacm,
.V.
r
Normand Doom’t
Know Either, she
Says * .4
LOS ANGEIIBS. Jun. 22.——-mgvin3
shaken hands with Cortland 8. Din“.
Denver oil mu. whom ”3350‘ and
vseriously wounded here Raw Yum-'5
night. and heard nines say with a
smile. ”That‘s airtight. old 111' n.“
Horace Greer. chaufi'cur for ”one!1
Normand, screen actress. prepared
today to sit through what was ex-
pected to be the concluding senior:
of his preliminary hearing on a.
charge or attempting to kill the
Denver man with Miss NarmAFd’s
.25 automatic pistol. :
Dincs testifying from his 13°31. at
an. extraOrdrnai-y session of Justice
\Vaiier Han‘oyis court. declared} he
did not remember what Greer said
when he saw him New Year's night;
did not see any pistol in the ennui.
tcur's hand: did not rcmeuiber
whether he picked up a both: when
Greer entered his apartment and
sought to persuade Miss Normand.
Dincs’ guest. to leave and could not
say of his own knowledge that it
was Greer who shot him. ‘
Earlier in the day Miss Normand.
flashing a smiling “howdy do” to—
ward Greer as she took the witness
stand. told her story of the shoot-
ing before a. crowded court room.
while Grccr chewed gum and lit-
tcncd closcly. Her memory was
hazy as to much of what transpired
in Dincs' apartment New Year"!
night. but she was sure she did not
see the shooting. She was with Ed-
na. Purvmncc. another motion pic-
ture actreu. in a bcdroom adjoining
the room where-ithe shooting oc-
curred, she said.
Dr. Perdue Warns
.. of Scarlet
Four cases of scarlet fever have
bcn reported to Dr. Robert B, For.
due. health officer. in the pint {two
days. Dr. Pcrduc today took occa-
sion to warn parents to secure the
services of a. physician as soon as
any symptoms of the {ever appear
on their children. \Vhrn thcr care
two or more children in the family
and only one contracts the disease.
it is possible to prevent the others
from catching thc'féver if preventa-
tive measures are taken, the health
ofiicer says.
The cases’reportod were: William
Moore. 4. of 3% North Main street:
John BIcCarthy, 11. of 34 North
Main street; Bertha. Philips, of 2
Garner street, and "Buddy" Donnel-
ly. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Don-
nelly of Rock Ridge.
N orwalk Lawyers at
Bar Assn. Meeting
tended the meeting of the Fairfield
A number of Norwalk lawyers at-
County Bar \association held .in
Bridgeport yesterday A: the after-
noon session and the dinner at the
University club were: Judge John H.
Light. Attorney Edward J. Quinlan.
Attorney Jesse T. Dunbar. Attorney
l-‘rccman Light and Judge John
Keogh.
At the evening session at which
Judge Robert E. Lee Saner, presi—
dent of‘the American Bar associa-
tion. spoke on “The Constitution."
in addition to those named above,
the lawyers from Norwalk in atten-
wood. Attorney John T. Dwyer and
dance were: Judge Edward M. Lock-
Judge William F. Tammany.
I
Iiormer Resident of
East Norwalk Dies
.Wullam J. Berg. 4?, s former
resident of East Nomi: died sud<
denly at his homc in Cincinnati. yea-
terday. Mr. Berg for many 38811
conducted a meat max-km: in Wash-
ington Street. Besides has widovu
he leaves one daughter and two sis—
ters. Miss Sophie and his. Lena
Berg of Bayvlew Avenue. The bod!
will be brought to South Norwflk
for burial. Announcement. of the
funeral amnegments will be made
later.
Kiwanis Ladies’
Night Tomorrow
Ladies Night at thew-van: Como
clgck. no. garment. matinee.
DonneW'
ten-eating ‘ pm for tho?
Each woman will.“ be
Mammfie‘m
litngrf~
The Kiwanis Club will lipid a
try Club tomorrow night at" 7:30 o’— ,
which included. A. If. Midas. .
meat or the guests or thcgvjma »
yew W "' ms 5'] -
“er—Is 53' Years “Old:
~IongActiVe '
* . LONDO. N, Jsufzz—Me Minis—
tcr Baldwin shortly berm noon to«
any tendered the resignation of his
ministry to King M and ad-
m the caveman to send for
James Ramsay Wei.
' The king accepted Kr. Bdldwin's
orifice and summoned Ir. MacDon-
ald, theisbor leader fur an audi-
am It noon. Mr. MacDonald's an-
dicncc with the king lasted an hour.
The king invited him to form a. gov-
eminent. ad Mr. MacDoaid accepted.
Mr. Baldwin's audience with the
ting cane utter a. meeting or the
cabinet.
ham Palace for so minutes.
Mr. MacDonald. accompanied by
John Robert Clauses, deputy leader
of the parliamentary labor part1. and
J. H. Thomas, arrived at the Palace
IhOrtly before Mr. Baldwin's anal.
crime was concluded.
J’s": Ramsay MacDonald is sc-
lected by King (acorn to ram a
cabinet by virtue in his position as
head of the parliamentary labor
party. which by its numerical
strengt, h in united” and Commons
has been his majesty“! official oppo-
slticn.
The premier-designate is “greats
old ind self-educated. Although
the 1 tier of the lobar-its! he has
never! :1 a. manual worker. having
achieved his position by virtue of his
academic knowleéqe of industrial
affairs, gained through close study.
As the son of u kotch peasant. how-
ever, be early in life learned the
privatlons of the average laborers
lot. ‘
MacDonald seldoms laughs. and
the bet or his jaw bears out his
cnmcterimthn as the “gray-headed
fighters? . . '
LYNDINVILIE. Vt... Ja. . 33—-One
woman was killed and a number of
persons were injured in a use which
virtually wiped out the bosmczs sec~
tion of this village craly today. The
loss is estimated at about 8500.000.
Mrs. Victoria Stone. on ugcd wo-
man who lived in an amrtmcnt on
the third floor or one or the burned
buildings. ion her life when she
jumped from a. window. Occupants
a: other apartments driven cut in
below zero temperature and a. high
wind suftered severely from cxpos-
tire and several sustained bad burns.
Others were hurt when they jumped
from windows.
The tire started in the Stern block.
t three story trams building on the
main street at the village. It w.
plosion blew out the windows of the
Stern Clothing Store.
The flames swept in both direc-
tions from the building where they
started and cleaned out most or the
.buiidings on the main street of the
village. The Eaton block. Masonic
‘block. Ide block and Squires and
Lincoln block were destroyed in ad-
dition to the Stern block.
'. The Boston and Maine railroad
station at one end of the burned sec-
tion on the north side of the street
was saved. together with the post
omce building at the other end.
CARD PARTY
Arrangements have been com-
pleted for the first of 3. series of
card parties to be given by the
Children of Mary of St. Mary's
church. The first card My will
be held at. the Catholic club house
on Friday night. _
. BICYCIE IOU!!!
-..A. bicycle found on the street last
dint by the police was taken to the
* - ',M"“..§. ,
\
cliche of wits. Hyonr
wits are sharp you
He remained in Bucking- -
swig is marrying: to cm tron:
not discovered until a not sir "I
James Gordon‘ Gilkey
T e i l 3 Republican
Women: film . a r e
Great Days
Must do What we can
to Make Citraens‘ of
Foreign Born—Birth
’Abont three' hundred persons
.brnved the wind and cold last even-
ing to attend the lecture by James
Gordon Garey of Springfield. Man.
on. f‘ 3 America." There was
a. reception to:- Dr. Gilkey from 7:15
until 7:45. for which n large num-
her were prawn The affair was
arranged by the Fifth Ward mem-
bers 0! tbs Nor-walk Republican
Women's Association. and was held
in Odd Fellow Ban.
Before Mr. Gilkey's speech. Mrs.
F. J. Morrison directed the assemb-
iageinthcsingingot “The Star
Wed Banner-(58173.net! River.”
“Hy Bonnie Lia: Over the Ocean."
and “O. K." which is a. rally song
written especially for Not-walk, and
sung to the tune 01 school t.ays.
In. Ear! Stevens played the accom-
paniment.
After the singing, Hrs. Harry Sta.-
cey Benton introduced Mr. Gilxsy.
The salient points or his splendid
address follow. '
“lame people think. that America
is going to the dogs. They think
that such things are always chang-
ing. and always changing for the
worst. such people are tempera-
meat-.1 _ It is no use to
argue with then}. because ones they
become convinced that remaining in
4.3- .
looking to:- tho .
days which seem to have been just
a little while before their time. no
mater when they lived. . When you
rind a knocker. Just remind him that
he is a temperamental pessimist.
and that things are Just as good now
as they ever were.
“We are racing now a very gr'at
problem: confront us; but these
problems will be solved satisfactor-
ily. W0 are On the road up. We
should all be optimists.
This great change is the displace-
ment of the older racial stock‘ all
over America. . The very character
the population is changing. The
generation is wholly different
from the past generation. '
, There are £2 per cent 1 reign and
foreign born in Springfield. and 43
per cent in New Iork city. The
same thing is coming to be true all
over the United Stltes. Springfield
is I. city\of 135,000 people. Taking
only the twelve largest foreign
groups. and counting the foreign
born only. {or the children 6:10:-
elgn born, they would make 70 d7
ties the size of Springfield. There
are. all together. fortylught Jitter-
ent groups: N5 n‘utkm in the his-
tory of"the .world has ever known a.
problem of such magnitude as the
problem of racial assimilation in
this country at the present time.
“you may not like to mum
these facts, but they are the truth.
You cannot close your eyes to them.
This is America." _
Mr. Gilkey gave'some asgoundlng
statistics regarding the birth rate tor
Americans and foreigners. In yew
Yo city the birth-rue anion: the
for; born. is 38 per 1.009; sarong
thosé" born in this country. per
1.000: among the typically Amer-
ican. 7-per’ 1.900, he went on.
“In solving this prohian of racial
assimilation, the support of every-
one, of Catholic and Protestant, Jew
and Gentile. black and white, men
' Although
many
do not think that this state of snail-s
is any grcat mm to the me of
Mums-in airman-e; . ‘,
"We can't devort the W
or then- descends)": we haw.
change in American lite. and great .
Vessel with 300 Cases
of Alleged Liquor
. Captured ‘by Police
' 4,ARRESTED
Mystery About Boat—-
£1211 Believed to be
e a d e r Ekapcs—
Jumps Overboard
NEW HAVEN. Jan. Ill—“Tub
her cargo of over 300 cases gt up:
pare‘tly good liquor safely stored
away in the basement of police
headquarfers here and four men
awaiting arraignment in the police
court charged with illegal trmspor-
tation of the bottled goods. the po-
lice today-began a search for furth-
er information as to the identity or
the sloop "Ch ota." which was
taken in charge the canal doek
here yesterday afternoon after she
had sought shelter in the local har-
bor.
Chief of Police Phillip Smith said
this forenoou that her papers
showed that the Chichota. was re:-
istered 011.0! New York city. but
that little turther information as
to her trip had been gleaned from
the {our captured members at her
crew, who gave namcs and addresses
as follows:
William Phillips. :3. 414 Carpen-
ter ureet. Greenpert. L. L; and John
'l'llznadge. 33. Edward Pearson. 27.
adjourn Marvin. 39. all of 25
South street. New York city. A fifth
man. when members of the police
raiding party who boarded the sloop
at the dock here yesterday. claim to
have recognized as a i i nun. ha!
not been-caught up early fore-
no‘on. He escaped by jumping over-
board and wading ashore when the
pailice ban-(led the vessel.
The government rancid: wm ex-
W 3' Me {hand in tin inva-
v, L ' to”.- ' f '
tabs-1m outtotherumfleetfor
her cargo undywu returning either
to New Xork or some point on the
Connecticut Ibo when she was
obliged to put in to on account of
mg gale on the Sound. The vessel
is 6 coated from stem to stem and
leaking badly when she was
decked. '
Members of the crew declared
that the skipper hadrgone to New
York. But the police believe that
one. of the captured men. or the
fifth member at the crew who es—
caper]1 was in command or the
craft. The police received a up
late ‘yaterdsy afternoon that the'
Chichota was bound into the bar-
bor and Chief Smith and a. raiding
party met her at the dock and. with
guns dawn. captured four members
of the crew and took that cargo of
liquor to headquarters.
w.
a; m. ..
'ved and opened
last evening by t Finance com-
mittee in the City Hall' for e
awarding otrthe $350,000 Sch
Bond issue. .
The can for the issue was
awarded to M. Grant and come
panyyope of the leading bond hous-
of Boston. Mass. 'oncern ten-
dered 3 bid of 136 3. interest rate
or 4 1-4 per cent at a. par value.
This is considered an unusual good
us. > ,
This awarding of it bid to this
mean will be approved otat the
evening. _
A meeting'ot the Executive com-
; (Amociated Press)
mom 7.
meeting of the Common Council his
is Held . up by Mia»
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MOSCOW. Jan. 2:.—Nicola.l Len?
ine. pmmicr of Soviet Russia. ’8—
dead. - ' " '
The end came at 3:50 o'cM~ .
Monday afternoon, but the M' '
was not announced for some that 1
afterward. »
Representatives of foreign' diph- Jr
matic misions and other. with whofi “
the correspondent talked after tho
announcement agreed in expredni
the opinion that Lenine's data
would probably- produce no genera
disquiet in Russia. but neverthefi" “‘1
would have an important politicul
street. 50 long as he was alive. 3}.”
though not actively participating h
the government. he was at least its '
titular head. and his death luv
opens the position to other lead“
lAilrolai Lenlne, lawyer, pumpkin-
teer. and finally dicmor of all .
sia. was the organizer and chic! -
ponent of the movement which be.
Lcame known as Bolshe'riam. CM.
which be characterized as '
great experiment; the Dictator:
of the Proletariat."
short. plump,
.
The career of this
bald-headed little man. who turned
Russia topsy turvy and probably as
much influenced the other nations
of the world as any other man of his
century. was full of adventure tron).
his boyhood. He was a. revolution-
ist at school. at the academy. at
his university and ever afterward.
Lenine's real name was Vladimir
Illltch L’uisnoct. He was born April
24. 1870 in the fan or Sindflrsk.
of a. bourgeois family with a. pru'- «.5
pounced Tartar strain. reflected a:
Leninc‘s high cheek bones and .
slightly slanting, cynical eya. Kb 1
father was responsible masts It" ‘
communal school at Simian-st and-
was very well known among t” . :3
school teachers of his W 1c.“- 3
came his urban! was that“
of Alexander Kerensky. whom &- . -
inc afterward overthrew to become. .'
Premier of Russia. . 7
When Lenine was 17 his eld‘
brother. Alexander Ullanoc. wit
sentenced to death and hand 1* s
an attempt upon the life of (kg 5
Alexander III which was organised“
v
r
by a. terrorism; organization at .1
which he was a preminent member. :
Lenine himself "a
never was ;.
member of any terroristic om
tion. but a. desire to avenge hi i».
brother‘s death is Eli to have m
his life. His active rev'o onlfl” ‘
work began in the early 9 7 WM“.-
he entered the University of Kazan.
from which he was expelled on
month later for participating in a.
student's revolutionary movemeit.
Then he moved to Pefiomd It—
tended the university, and studio!
"5.
for a. lawyer's degree. {2
He Spencmore time, however. In J:
revolutionary propaganda man; '7:
the Petrograd workmen than .u_
studies. He was arrested, sernd ‘
a. long term of imprisonment. and.
then was deported in Siberia. It. I
lived for several years a. quiet 81."
at Minusinsk. a. tiny Siberian tn.
lage. During this period hem-a”-
several books on political at: w:
2 .
which gave him fame as the real .- ' 3‘
ponent of the sum the“; {5‘
While in Sbera he adopted in 3
mam.” “Nikolai Leninc," by w“ {*1
he. rose to world notoriety. in: h,” '
said to have chosen it been at?
his deep reeling over the .7
or several hundred miners in
In 1901 Lenine finished 1182's;
Lena gold fields by Curb: it“
of deportation in Siberia and ens“ ”h:
gether with two of his friends. “I'-
ofl.’ and Plakhanofl. he 11de up"
devoted to revolutionary prom‘ ‘ ~.~.
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When the Czar was overthpo-n' ‘ ' ’
early in 1917, Lenine, wits ufi "
When Lenine arrived in Ella. '
All-Russxan‘ Congress of m *
urging the workers to seize titling”. :
grated to Switzerland. wheie, 3,3,?
newspaper entitled “The W“
in Russia. g
of his supporters, returned to 33.:
made his first appearance It ad
erandtodoawaywflhmw' ,
m, .
Leanne’s leadership. attempted;
July. 1.17, a coup d’etst, um,iu§‘
From July. 1’17—. , 7
turned suddenly to PM to: '4
come almost over night. the, I
tor of Russia. he was in * ' . ' '
Secreted in a. straw stack a: '
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