- MOLD. Germany, April 1.—
lute members of the German Reich-
, swell:- were drowned in the river
Ugo:- yesterday when a bridge be-
ing constructed by pioneers, in con-
isssflea with the Reichswehr man-
b'esvers. collapsed. The ' victims
were part of a. column marching in
full field equipment which attempt.
"ed tones the temporary LIruclure
were than 100 soldiers were pret
dpitated into the river when the
men bridge gave way, and the
urn estimate of fifty drowned may
be exceeded. The men thrown into
the water had to struggle against
. the handicap of their heavy equip-
fluent. and it was feared that the
My of numbers of them to free
themselves from it might greatly in-
mase the death list.
1- PRES COOLlDGE
STILL C001. TO
THE soviET
WASHINGTON. April 1.—-Presi~
dent Coolidge still is unresponsive
to suggestions from any quarter that
that the administration policy with
regard to Russia he changed.
0.. He sees no warrant for present
consideration of proposals to taco:-
nise the Soviet government as con-
ditions which haw continuously
‘ prompted denial of recognition re-
main the same.
Neither does ho believe that
cent dexelopmcn’. bearing upon
attitude of the other powers
ward recognition necessitate a.
view of the Anirrugan ..itltudt.
Russian Exchange
re-
the
1.0-
TC-
0 , Prisoners Killed.
WARSAW; April l.—-—The terrorU
tats Raginski and “'icrzorkZi-wii.z.
whom the Polish gmcrnmcnt re-
cently agreed to exchange for hvu
Poles under sentence of death in
Soviet Russia were attacked and
ltiileu by Police Sergeant Xago )lu-
rssko while on the nay to tho bur-
doc for the cxc'isiigt .accordtng to
information here.
Muraszko is
that he made the attack in r‘c\ any:
for atrocious treatment in; under-
wen: when a ."o'sldent of lime}.
The incident ha: strongly noon
public opinion.
Baginski and \v‘irrsorlux'iirr. \» lm
formerly held commissions in the
Polish army. .vere rmtcnued l0
death last year on charges or im‘
pllcation in the \Vnrsaw citadel cw f
plotiou of Octoht-i‘. 1923.. Tbi-ir :" ri-
tences were roumitm-d to ill: ll'
prieonment by President.
chowski.
The train bearing [hi two terror-
ists to the place of exchange “as
nearing the Sovtct border when
Muraszko suddenly drvw
vet and fier SC‘El‘:il times. Belgiu-
ski was instantly killed and his
companion died ““1““ a short
time.
After the deed. Muruszko at our“
surrendercd himeuf to the ciirtodv
of the other intiiibci's of the polio»: ,
guard .exclaiiiling:
“I have aciml as a patriot: l l‘fl\',
killed [“0 irmtorei"
“'hcn it became knOWn
days ago that the Polish
a few
govern-
ment had decided to accept til-3 So-l
Vlet offer of :in rxcliange involving,
'the two terronsts. protests ‘Vi’Tv
forthcoming from the Diet and the
press. The critics of the government
declared it was setting a prec-‘dn‘nt
which would encourage acts of vio-
0 . lence by Bolshevist agents in Po-
laud.
ENGINEER llliO\\\'S.
ITHACA. .\'. \'.. April l.—l-‘rank
A. Regan of South “'averly. a Le-
‘ i
tore dgwn today stopped from his
engine as it stood on a bridge over
i the Cayman lnlc-t. slippui into the
7 met and was drowned.
quoted as de-:larin.:;'
- ‘ by Mrs.
“O.":‘.r- .
Ms rcvnlm
m Valley Railroad engineer. pen
. " McCormick Scion, $15 a Week Toilet,
.- Says Work I; Necessary to Comfort ‘
Women Have Best
. ,
Of This Wedding
EASTHAMPTON. Conn.. Mar.
31.——John A. McLean and Mrs.
‘ Sarah S. Bounce were married»
, yesterday by Justice of the
l i’eace Mrs. Cornelia. Strong.
Itwassaid to be thefirst
marriage here by a Justice of
the peace in 19 years. Mr. Mc-
Lean and Mrs. Bounce applied
to Reverend Albert Abbott' to
marry them but he was forced
to refuse because of church reg-
ulations.
Judge of Probate F. 3. Bar-
ton was unable to omciate be-
cause he had no ritual and Jus-
g tire of the Peace A. B. Lunts.
' when appealed to. asked that
l the ceremony be performed by
a Mile. Strong.
. The marriage license also was
I
l
{ .
wuss «0 “a.
German Soldiers Are Vetmnsllgaangmmggw _'
owned Wliil‘é Tranmijg < » -
Des
a
issued by a woman. Miss Nora
Cavanaugh. acting as town
I clerk.
;SEEK PHELAN,
7 [S TRUSTEE 0
$1,000,000 ESTATE
NEW YORK. April 1.—Police of
New York and New Jersey have been
requested to seek John J. Phelan.
prominent New York attorney and
resident. of Newark. New Jersey. who
:llas been missing from his home for
almost a month. Mr. Pnelan is a.
.trusieo oi the 81,000,000 estate left
!by his father. .
lt was learned today that heirs
of the estate have brought action in
“he Suprclnu Court demanding that
jtho three trustees. including Mr.
'l’lielam gch an accounting of their
Thandiing of the (state's affairs.
~Union Not Liable
For Members’ Acts
SI. CLAIRSVILLE. Ohio. March
zl.——Judgc Charles 'l‘urnbaugh.in a
decision handed down in Common
l’lcas court Monday ruled that the
:t'nltc-d Mine workers could not be
{held liable for the acts of its mem-
hers and that it could not be sued or
prosecuted for the act of an indivi-
l dual.
The decision was given by Judge
'i'urnbaugh in dismissing a. suit filed
Eva N. C. Majors. against
Min: rs Union to collect 8250.-
damagc for the death of her
.liusband who was killed during a.
strike disorder. Dominick Verendolti
a member of the union. was con-
Hard of murder in connection with
‘iilic killing and was sentenced to ”TL:
. imprisonment in the Ohio State peni-
' toutiarg.
Burial Service for
Kline
’niiu
SOUTH HADLEY. biased April 1.
.~-rh.- burial of Dr. isaac Men-inlay Aged...“ Press
..\ga.rd. one of the widely known ca-
!ecutivcs of the American Mission-
'ary association. who died January 29
[at his home: in Spvnccr. Massachu-
,en‘us_ will in; held here at ll o‘clock
,Snturday morning. Dr. Agni-d was
iwidcly known in Connecticut. having
born for several tcrnis president of
lithe Connecticut Association of Class-
10.1 and High School teachers. Ho
3wa’s for nearly 25 years superintencb
B“rigof Schools at Rockvilc. Con-
nectlcut.
l INVITE anaemia“.
0 WASHINGTON. April i.~—Mayor
Barbour of Quincy. bless- has in-
vited President Coolidge to attend
the celebration June 13 of the 800th
anniversary of the founding of
Quinry.
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Lester 8. Bruce “pm”...
Metskcr. Edgewster. Cola.
helples- n-cfl siren support
whose
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pa receivedlnthewsr Joth Mensy (upper left).dnas
Wabash. lnd.. rheumatic, posit!
lubereular, and with impaired sight. is s secrel'sTy. B It Hiltsa
(left, below). Camden, S. C, minus an arm, is an attorney; Victor
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instructor in Boston University;
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spinelshasteelharnus.was
nurse.
ByAssocIatchress
SOMERVILLE, N. J. April 1—
Hclen Sher-idea. 17. daughter of
Edwin A. Sheriden. a farmer at
North Branch. four miles from here
was shot and killed instantly and
her brother James. ll. is expected
to die from two bullet wounds in
the head and chest. as the result of
Kills Daughter, ;Wbunds
Her Son, Woman Dying
an attack upon them by their moth-
er while they slept yesterday. The
mother. who is believed to have
been temporarily insane. is not ex-
pected to recover at the Bomen'ills
Hospital from three bullets she then
fired into her left side.
’ Sheriden is 53 and Mrs. Sheridan
s 41.
Dr. Isaac Merritt!
,planncd to go for a “ride" later in
PRESIDENTS FAT
HER Tom
CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY
PLYMOUTH, \'t.. April l.-—Col-
onel John C. Coolidge. father of the
President. \aried his usual program
but little yesterday in observing his
80th birthday. Friends who culled
in the morning to offer their con-
gratulations on the occasion were
informed that Colonel Coolidge
the day. but that there would be no
other departure from routine.
Halo and rugged and showing few
Asks Bids for
New Highways
Bids for the construction of about
thirty miles of new highway in Con-
necticut are called for in plans sub.
l
mitted to contractors yesterday by
the state highway department. Seal-
ed proposals for the improvements
will be received at the department's
headquarters. No. 12 Washington
street. Hartford. up to April 6th. at
2 p. in. -
The work contemplated is located
in all parts of the state and involves
eleven separate contracts. Notices
to contractors advise them that the
successful contractor must start
work within ten days after the date
of orders to dose. This series of
contracts will inaugurate the 1026
road-building season for the state.‘
Following is a list of the proposed
improvements;—
1. Town of Newtown: About‘
18.150 linear feet of waterbound
inacadam on the Didgington Road.
2. Town of Bedding; - About 6.-
000 linear feet of waterbosnd ma-
cadarn on the Georgetown Road.
8. Town of Montville; About 20.-
786 linear‘feet‘ of waterbound maé
cadam on the Raymond Hill Road. '
4. Towns of- Colohester and He-
bron; About 19.080 linear feet of‘
waterbound macadam on the Col-
chester-Arnston Road.
5. Towns of Windsor. Windsor
Locks. East Granby and Suffield:
About “.890 linear feet of 8 inch
bituminous macadam over 7 inch
stone base on the Northampton
Turnpike and Spring Street.
:6. Town of East Lyme: About-
10.070 linear feet of slack water-a
bound m‘acadaxn on the Shore Road
(Indian Wood Road.) . ’
7. Town of Westport: About 8;-
960-llnear feet of 8 inch "311.0le
depth reinforced beams ”VD.
meat on the Shore Road.
signs of his advanced age. Colonel
Coolidge rose at his usual hour. iin-
lshed his ordinary chores about the
house and barn. and then went for
the mail. It was a heavy budget.
with letters of birthday greeting
from relatives and friends in all
parts of the country. Scores of tele-
grams also reached the Coolidge
farmhouse in the forenoon. one be-
ing a message from the President
and Mrs. Coolidge. Reading of his
birthday mail occupied a large part
of the day for the Colonel.
macadam ever 7 inch stone base on
the Shore Road.
10. Towns of Branford and North
Branford; About 13.900 linear feet
of 7 inch waierbound macadam on
the Branford~North Branford Road.
ll. Town of Kent: About 0.000
linear feet of 8 inch waterbound
macadam on the Macedonia Road.
1F KIDNEYS At’l
BAD TAKESAIJS
Says Macho Often Means You
Hive Not Been Drinking
. Enough Water -
When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney re-
gion it may mean you have been
eating foods which create acids.
says a well-known authority. An ex-
.cess of such acids overworks the
kidneys in their effort to alter it
from the blood-and they become
sort of paralysed and leggy. When
your kidneys get sluggish and clog
you must relieve them. like you re-
lieve your bowels. removing all the
body’s urinous waste. else you’have
backache. sick headache. dis-y
spells: your stomach soul-s. tongue
.is coated and when the weather is
bad you have rheumatic twbgss.
of sedi-
8. Town of Westport:
us linear/feet of 0 inch um
depth reinforced boner-site pave-_
meat on the Myron Readza'to
about 8.550 linear M>¢1fi$i1s
no... 8:5
Muse,
m
meteor» utrauaseeldstia
«:0» Mani-3.1m
Free of Interference of
' Congress. He Is
MakingPlans to Aid
Business
IN MGHT
Can N o w Regulate
Government Alfairs
On Economy and Ef-
ficiency Basis
By DAVID LAWRENCE. ,
Special Correspondent of l
The ,Evening Sentinel. 5
(Copyright 1925).
WASHINGTON. April 1.—Presi-
dent Coolidge has entered upon what
some of his friends characterize as
his “golden opportunity." He has
the stage to himself. He has econ-
omy and sliciency as his slogans.
And he has a willing cal-inet to help
him.
Ever since Congress sdlourned.
the President has been trying to
catch up with the many tasks that
were nece-arily side-tracked when
he was busy with pending legisla-
tion. Some of his well-wishers
thought he was making a big mis-
take by failing to announce a call
for an extra session to begin at once
a program of tax reform as well as
reduction. Mr. Coolidge took the
view that the country wanted “a
rest from legislation" and he intends
to call no extra. session unless some
unforeseen emergency arises thoughI
there still is talk of bringing Con-
gress here a month or so earlier
Man December simply ’0 get start-
ed.
Having been told the: few presi-i
dents hare succreded in holding:
their party is power in tho Congres-
sional election. in recent years unless.
they called an extra session imme-J
diately after inauguration. Mn?
Coolidge adopted the opposite view,I
namely that he could strengthen his
hold on public opinion and keep his,
House by a demonstration of effi-
ciency and economy in their execu-I
tivs branch of the gciernment. g
Congress is away—co there is noi
interference from that quarter U5
many before committees.
words controversy has in large parl‘
been in the very nature of things.
swept from the decks and Mr. Cool-9
idge has ahead 0. clear view or the”
country and its problems.
The President mad- his greatest
strides with public opinion. his
champions argue, when he did riot"
have Congmu—from the time he
took the oath in August 1923 until,
the following December. He will
endeavor new, they say. to put into
effect his ideas of executive opera-0
tion independent of the legislative;
burdgls that Willi! heavily on thcz
So far as publicity is concerned:
the President new shares the lime-i
light with no one. Ne spieches in;
Congress can burst on the first pages '
The aircraft controversy and sundry '
problems are for .he moment slum-
bering till Congress meets again
Mr. Coolidge is aware that he is not
a. spectacular President and that hnl
cannot do things and talk about 0
them at the same time. Yit he is:
hoping that proprees wil be made by!
the executive branch of the govern-
ment in performing the multitude of.
functions prescribed by the recent
appropriation bills and that when
summer comes a farily comprehend
aive tax plan will have been worked,
the present rexenue act will be.
available. 1
Mr. Coolidge is working in close
cooperation with the new Secretary
of State. Mr. Kellogg. believingthat
some way can be found to hold an-
other conference at “’ashington on
limitation of armanents. This may
take place in the autumn if the dip-
lomatic interchanges now going on
prove favorable.
Whether it is foreign policy or
agriculture or a new tax plan or
a sympathetic development of pro-
jects that are designed to help Am-
erican business expand at home and
abroad, the President is in charge
of the ship of stats and from now
until next autumn at least he has
the "golden opportunity? to show
what kind of a President he really
is in his own right and with his own
advisers and without the interfer»
ence of the modern legislative body.
And it may have some bearing on
whether he is a. candidate in 1928. ,
To Protect Jewelers
from Armed Robbers
NEW YORK. April 1.—ln an at-
tempt to check the increase in mor-
tality among retail jewelers at the
hands of armed robbers. committees
of the Isotropolitan Retail Jewelers‘
A'ooiation. Inc. have began cir-
culating petitions asking Police
Commissioner Enright to post a
policeman on every avenue corner.
mm WON WINS.
W8. Pa... liar. 81.—wulie
Bunion. hard hitting New York
welterweight. scored a technical
knockout over Cowboy Padgett. of
Colorado. lad night. The fight was
stopped atthe end or the fifth round
to save the'WCtei-ner from further
punishment.
*—
HDUB PRICES SINK.
0
TRISTRA c HYATT
Norwalk’s Leading Dry Goods Store
treet
-——"————— —————
DEMANDS PROBE THAT WILL ‘-
STOP “HATI'ERS STAKES” IN U. S.
A survey of the hat industry. in
order to determine the evil resulting
from the use of nitrate of mercury
in making felt hats is recommended
in an article in "The Nation's
ueaitn.” in which the writer recoup}
mends that it the trade will not act
“humanly departments of labor
should be brought to bear to ensure
rciorm.
The use a: this nitrate of mar-
cury. and "batters shakes" constitute
two gra\e hazards in the industry,
the article says. and claims that. as
in Germany. a mixture containing
tannin and nitric ucm may-be sub-
party majority in the Senate and ‘ stituted With success. as may be lhei
a5 ‘.
potassium hydroaid treatment
used in Russia.
"Nitrate of mercury is not used by
any Norwaik hatter as far as i
know." one 01' the local men said.
way of pestiferous joint resolutiomr "lth. huWever. used in the :ur iaCol tive process has been available for
asking for information or sudden toriee. its purpose is to rid the fur; twenty years uiLhout gaining grount.
calls to cabinet officers for testi- of all animal :at, and 1 do not con—1 wouid obviousy suggest that there i.~
In other i elder its use dangtious. As to hal- ‘ sonluthil’lg thong about it. it long 0.;-
lcr's cliches. 1 ham. known people
who have ne\ er been in bat lactories
to suticr lrom shakes. and i know.
other things besides working that
will cause them.
The union; was an mllows;
“The uric o: nitrate of mercury in
The making o! fut huts has been :‘e-f
cugniasd since the days of Human;
0
mm as constituting a grave indus»
trial hazard. and the 'hatter's shak-
cs' remain among the major DKOb-.
irnis to be dealt with by the icons-.a procedure which will protect. their
trial hygienist." says the “filer.
"This highly toxic substance is em-
White House when Congress is here. . ployed primarily in the treatment 01 ' factory.
the fur for the purpose of making
the scales on the hairs stand out
from the hairs themselies in such
lashion as to interlock and felt to-9
geiher readily.
“It wouldst a prion that a
N orwalk, Conn.
HOME CRAFT
'W WEEK
w,
March 30th to April 4th
We are showing an assortment
of Quaker curtains and nets be-
cause this line has been consistent-
ly in advance of curtain styles for
a decade, and just as consistently
excellent in quality..
F. S. I -YON
JOB PRTNTING
South Norwalk
“P“ R130 9"”
Wagon- cg...
' REPAIRING a-m OVL‘illlAl LIA".
{simple physical change of this kind
could be brought about by a Wide
variety of substances and that the
use oz a dangerous poison like mer.
cury was therefore quite unneces-
PARTS AN.) Alelmsulilu
sary. in Germany it is claimed that
a mixture containing tannin and nit-
iric acid may be substituted for hit-
‘rate in”: i: y "th ‘ i '
. ivhilto in iluga “alfalfa: litai'lgiicese 3‘ $¥2wBIIhERC£ALK
made for potassium hydroxid.
SERVICE STATION I'HHNL '3“
' “The Russian process has been in
O O
Piggly Wiggly
luse smce laws and excellent hatsu
GOOD GROCEBLES
nude of felt with caustic potaahf
-at,_
.WL-rv.‘ exhibited at the Dresden 11y-
POPULAR PRICES
igic—nlc Lanioition in liill. Since 19::
gthere has been an active revival Oi
the hat industry in Moscow Prov-
nice. and the attempt L0 prohibit the
5 use of the mercury process has been
Tinade. but only with the result 0:
Turning it ‘unucrgrcuudf g
i "The mere tact that this alternaw
12 Main Street
Norwalk
,perience has not taught one that in-
dustry is otten almost inconceivabiy
conservative and empirical. it seems
. to us that the inherent probabilities
‘ of the situation combined with these
0 1w urablc nports from abroad make
”a can. eumclt-nlly strong to war-rent
u serious study of the problem in
Conn.
Spring Showing
this country. 1! there be men of
Union in the hat industry they
should study both the acid and
alkali treatments and either adopt
DIME. JEANETTE
56 South Main Street
South Norwalk. Conn.
1 employee or indicate the reasons why
" the shegcd substitutes are unsatis-
"lf the trade will not move of its
own accord, the departments of la-
bor in such States as Connecticut
and Sew Jersey should bring pres-
;sure to b-::1r to bring about the de-
isirt‘d result."
VOTE FAVORS
RAIL MERGER
RICHMOND. \‘a.. April l.-—A ma~
Jority of the stockholders of the
out and that a detailed analysis of'Chesaptakc and Ohio Railway voted ' 73 years of activity.
the .
railway lo the Nickel Plan: as agsaid today. explaining
yesterday in favor of itasing
unit of the \‘an SWeringen big t‘ive
system. 0
The vote was announced as 50.06._
542 to 152.318. It foliOWrd an all?
night session of lhc stockholders,
and :3 hours continuous labor by;
the inspectors of election in Cill'iily-j
ing and checking proxies. ,
.\'O 4—L‘. S. MINISTER— !
“WASHINGTON, March 31.——The.
resignation of Theodore Bz‘entano. as
American minister at Budapest.0
Hungary. has been received by Presi-
dent Coolidge.
While no decision hss been an—
nounced there is reason to believe
that the resignation will be accepted.
In the case of Albert H. \Vash~
burn, minister to Austria. whose def
signation also had been laid before
the President. the State departmen‘.’
is understood to have recommended.
that he be retained at his present
post. ’
J. Butler Wright. assistant secre-
tary of state. who was suggested as
a successor to Mr. Washburn when
his resignation first was announced.
new is regarded as a likely choice
to succeed Brentano at Budapest.
The resignations of the minister
at Budapest and Vienna were sub-
mitted in accordance with the prac-
tice under which political appomt-
ees in the foreign service customarily
offer to retire at the expiration of a
Presidential administration.
Brentano, who was appointed by
President Harding in 1922. is a for-
mer pudge in Cook county. lllinols.
The department's recommenda-
tions in the case of Wasbburn are
said to have been made after for-
eign service officials had advised
secretary Xellog that the minister's
record in Vienna had been satisfac-
torrc. I
BE OWNED THIS A1210
Motorcycle Policeman Martin
Lengyel reported that a Coupe. hear-
ing New Iork registration SP-la'ie.
his boss math; near O'Brien‘s
Garage inWebeter street. since Bat,
" Thematterwasreportedto
:pean potentates appear on its bool.
San Francisco Gem .;
Palace is to Closel
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1.—An-
ldretvs‘ diamond palace. with a repu-
,' Lation that drew presidents and oth—
'cr notables to its glittering galler-
,ics. is to pass out or emtence after
0
"We are just retiring." its owners
their order
which will close up the famous old
gem emporium. April 1.
The names of Geenral Grantw
President Harrison. Lily Larigtry.t
Oscar “‘llde. Adelina Patti. Lotta
Crabtree. David “'arfield and Indian
Rajahs, Persian Princes and Euro-
of patrons. Colonel A. Andrews
founded the palace in 1850.
Pong Loon. who went to work for
the Colonel 49 years ago. will be a:
his post when the shades are drawn.
Samuel Baker. wtth the flr mror 53
years. will retire also. Baker re.
members seeing the 820.000 quartz
casket that Colonel Andrews made
for himself. I
RAWNSON‘S FUNERAL
DELI. BRITISH INDIA. April 1.
——lmpressive funeral services were
held yesterday for General Lord
Rowlinson. commander in chief of
the British forces in India. who died
here last Friday. A full genersi's cs-
cort accompanied the body from the '
hospital. where it had lain in state.
to the church.
RUSSIAN BAIL um i
MOSCOW. April l.—.\'early fifty '
persons were killed and one hundred
others injured in a head on collision
between the Tashkent Express and a
Moscow suburban train Monday
night.
SCI-Ibo!» 1‘0“ l‘" tarpon: l ion
To L'ure
3100.000 FIRE
GRO'I‘ON. Vermont. April i.—A
fire of unknown origin yesterday
wiped out the business center of this
little community with a. lo- estimat-
ed at 8100.000.
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remains an: hill
took thecar and
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