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. TABLISHED 1870
Hillel-ed as second-class matter at the post office at
in. Norwalk. ‘Conn. under the A. of March 3. 1|"
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I apanese,
In
MANILA. June alt—(AP).
litation- to Manila. Shanghai radi-
, aia today cabled to comrades hero
I ging a. general strike at Manila.
eglnnlng June 25.
SHANGHAI. June 23 (AP).-—-—1t
'reported here today that Jan-
Inese consulshavo been attacked by
'hinese mots both at Chung King
in! Chin Kiang. The .consul at the
tier place demanded an apology
nd intimated that if it were not
made, strong action would be taken
y Japan. .
' NINGPO. China. June 23 (MW——
I he anti-foreign movement is raili-
'I ant here. Ribters damaged and
ompletely looted the junior cus-
‘ ems mess here last night.
y Associated Press.—
SHANGHAI. June 28 (AP).—
rtial law has been pioclaimed in
he suburbs of Shanghai by General
l ang Hsueh- Liang, son of General
“In: Too-Lin, the Manchurian war
ord.
'BIefore proclaiming mailial 111w
4‘ neral Chang llsueh-l law; is said
{hails left Shanghai “rapidly and
fatty." No explanation of his re-
1- Mrthdeparture has been made.
General Chang I-Isuch-Liang's
reclamation forbids public meet-
.9 ‘ ,ihe isspance of pl‘Opd‘L’ulldu
I ' hleis'tmd cartoons 1 and ,pro-
idea for the confiscation of null 11th-
9 .
OLICEIYILL
I STOP SALE OF
‘ FIREWORKS
Getting" Complaints of
Persons Celebrating
—-Chief Says He Will
Make, Arrests
. Several complaints have been
1 made to the local police about shoot-
log off firecrackers.
’ Chief of Police William R. Pen~
nington stated this morning that ar-
rests would be made unless this
' practice was stopped
; He said that the store keepers
were not supposed to sell fireworks
Ibefore Juno‘ 25 and that violations
of this rule would also lead to 111‘-
l ' m‘ V '
o 9 .___..__'..._.l.._._.——.
INVEN'IOR IN HOSPITAL
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(COlitinued on Page Two.)
1“NEW BRITAIN. June 23.—-(AP).
1 .Joseph Hay Amies, inventor of
fihww construction material, who
came to this city from his home in
”philosophic last Friday to visit a
relative was removed to the New
{Britain General hospital last night
suffering from pneumonia. llis
‘3 condition today was said
'1" YORK CLEARING HOUSE
{ STATEMENT.
NEW YORK. June 23.-—The New
1.611%: Clearing House statement is-
d today was as follows:
Y. moorings . ..... $1.032.000,000
95,000,000
69.000.000
r‘WABHINGTON. Julie 23.——United
. tea Treasury net balance at close
f business dune 201k was $240. 790 -
'11. 52.
The Weather
artly ‘cloudy tonight and Wed-
”. .
Conditions: {An area of law pres-
inure‘ extending from New > Mexico
{ortheaetward to Iowa is producing
unsettled weather with local show-
$11 in the Western and central scc-
' -na. Showers also occurred dur-
.the last 24 hours in the eastern
rites of the lake region and along
1 “ Atlantic coast from Virginia to
lne. The greatest amount of rain
rted was 2.14 inches at Detroit.
11. The temperature is show
al in the Western and Southern
eta. Many pieces reported tem-
In Another Battle
artial Law Declared in Suburbs of Shanghai
--—New Uprising Reported Among Troops
anchuria—Boishevists’ Agitators Re-
port d at Work—Give Out Propaganda
At- I
muting to extend the anti-forcigni
NARROW"
to be .
,ui‘f bags.
EPHERI I
1 hanghai Radicals Urge Mam a
Seniors’ Class , Night
Exercises Happy. Affair
Chinese
Court Calls Bark of
. Dogs God-given
-'1'11o. lugubrious buying of a
bound. the raucous bawling of a
calf or the timid bloating of a
goat are as God-given and free
as the speech of man. accordin
to a decision given by the Port-
land City Council by City Attor-
ney Frank S. Grant. and the city
can take no legal steps to throt-
tle tllo vocal expressions of ani-
mals. says “The Portland (Ore.)
Tolegrani" in a recent issue.
The decision was given on a
petition of citizens living in the
vicinity of 194 Aberncihey street,
where a kennel of wire-haired
fox terriers is maintained by P.
W. Gillette.
Representatives of the humane
society and of the city health
bureau repelled the dogs were
kept in an excellent manner from
humane and sanitary standpoinis
and the petitioner. Vked that
the city arrest Gill" for dis-
turbing the peace. { .
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IN HIS AIRPLANE
Defect in Motor Com-
polled. Forced Land-
ing Between Two
Masses of Ice
DASH FOR SAFETY
Abandoned Food and
Equipment —- Other
Plane at Time Was
Not in Sight
KINGS BAY. Spitsbergen. June
20 (AP) (DELAYEDL—(This~ is!
the first dcspaich from the Associ-
ated Press staff representative at
Kings Bay that the press agent of
the Norwegian Areo Club, which
controls the transmission facilities
from Spitzbergcn. has permitted to
come through since Aillundsen's re-
turn.)
The lost airplane of the Amu
sen-Ellsworth North Pole expedii ‘1;
by this time has, probably been
clushed by the ice in which it was
left fast. and parts of it may event-
ually drift westward and be cast up
somewllele on the Gicenland coast.
This is the view taken by the
members of the Amundsen party.
who made an unexpected rctilrn to
their sthrting point here Thursday
in their remaining plane.
The story told by the returning
explorers showed that trouble for
the party began early. when the
machine Raold Amundsen. leader of
the expedition. was occupying with
Lieutenant Riiscr-Larsen and. Me-
chanic Cari Feucht descended to a
low altitude the day after the start
to take observations. The motor of
(Continued on Page Two.)
NEW 1011111
1311111111 or ,
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The Miramar Inn. Westport. Conn.
has been sold ,to Frank Haynes. a
New York hotel man. The inn. con-
tains sixteen sleeping rooms and
two dining rooms.
The seller. Dominick Veiromiic.
held the property for 835.000.
CRULLERS THAT SATISFY
are Mulligan's Homo-mas Cruilera.
They are uniform. delicious tasting
and made from the best of materials
in an up-to- -date and sanitary eats!»
Islam-lit. Always cooked with cris-
‘u. 'lthvsys'wrappcd in wooed-pu-
Stores all over this viola-g
11y have themfor sale. If
'Pmlmmm
“MORE TAX CUTS”
PRES. COOLIDGE.
Speaking 01cr radio last night pront-
ises'further relief. More economy
in government too. His talk in part
will be found on page five.
MAN WANTED
BY POLICE MAY
Search Being Made for
Member of Bandit
Party Who Fled at
Armory -
SEEN HERE?
Description Tallies
With That of Man
Seen Near Mahack-
emo
‘A man answering the description
of the “Skullk.' the lhild member
of the bandit pally which is alleged
to have robbed a gasoline slut
in Greenwich and which gavefie
Officer Fratino and Constables oun-
ty and McGlliness of Dnrlen n dang-
erous chase on the Post road on
Monday morning, spent a few hours
at the Mshackenlo Hotel. South Nor-
walk. last night.
exander Lazarus. in North‘ Main
street at about 4 a. 111.. and asked
him if there were any taxis to New
York. Lazarus informed him that
there were no taxis at that hour. and
then the alleged bandit asked for
sleeping quarters.
He went to the Mahaekemo and
secured a room. askin to be awak-
ened at 5:55 o'cloek. lie failed to
get up {at that hour. but made‘a hur-
ried exit at 8 a. m. .
Tllo local police are inclined to
think that this man is the third mem-
ber of the party; the other two are
(Continucdlon Page Two.)
2ND DIST. BOND I.
MEETING OFF
UNTIL MONDAY
No business——_ was tiansscted at the
special meeting of the Second dis-
trict held in the Council Chamber
at the City Hall last evening. .
The meeting was called to ap-
prove a bond issue not to exceed
$120,000 granted at the recent ses-
sions of the State Legislature. ‘
$90,000 of this amount will re-
place a bond issue due July ‘1. The
other 880 000 will be used to im-
prove the water works ,
The meeting was presided over by
Judge William F. Tammany. who
was elected temporary chairman in
the absence of D. W. Harford'.
Judge Tammany stated that the
bill authorizing the bond issue had-
not been signed by the Governor yet.
and that no action could be taken
until it had been signed. .
It was voted to adjourn the meet-
ing until next Monday evening.
Andrew Leary stated that he
thought that some effort should. be
made to get more of the citiaena out
to the district meetings: Ha act'-
gegzd advertising on‘ the front pages
by the Court of Common Pleas was
a illi-stowed. “Waist was file
“‘wrote a letter to this Board stating
. of the Board.
He approached Deputy Sheriff AI- '
.e'rson. was crushed to death.
Retiring Superintenden
‘
Prophecy, Will
MORE MONEY
IS VOTED FOR
CHARITY DEFT.
Additidnal Sum of $2,-
136 to Carry ongthe
Work —— Two Claims
Are Approved
The Board of Estimate and Taxa-
tion met last evening and made
special appropriations to carry on
the work of the Charities "Depart-
ment for the remainder of the year
The sum of 82.5%.“ which was
received over the estimated income
of the department was re-appropria-
ted and an additional sum of $2.130.-
41 was granted.
The Board voted to allow 81,140.20
to pay the damage claim of Joseph
Aquino against the city. This award
was made in the court as the result
of a tree falling on him in Chapel
street.
The claim of Charles, E. Conkiiu
for $912. 83 which was ordered paid
result of a boat owned by Mr. Cank-
lin striking the Washington street
bridge.
A tax of one tent; of a mill was
laid to cover these appropriations.
James O'Connell of Park place
but he did not think tllat'the ap-
propriationfor mosquito extermina-
tion shouldzbe allowed and that no
appropriation should be granted for
the paving of Meadow street. This
communication was turned over to
Corporation Counsel John J. Cuneo.
It was voted to hold the next
meting of the Board Monday night
July 2. This will be the final meeting
lKILLED, IHURT
IN CRASH OF
FREIGHT CARS
BUTLER, N. J.. June 23 (AP).—
Ono man‘ was killed and four injure
ed early today when two freight
cars breaking loose from a draft on
a side track clashed into the first
angina of a westbound freight train
on the New York. Susquehanna and
Western Railroad at Kenney Siding.
four‘ miles west.
Joseph Cornetti. fireman. of Pat-
The injured were taken to Pater-
5011 General Hospital.
TIRE AND 111111 sronsiv
Duncan Frizzell of 75 East avenue
reported-to the uptown police last
night that a spare tire and rim had
been stolen from his automobile
about 11:45 when it was parked on
”I
The Weather
v 10E.“ UBI‘III'
n crate temperature: fresh
west ibiftlng to north and ' .
winds. “ 'Y
High Tide—11:58 A. M., 13:20 P. if
we
. PRICE THREE cums:
11
t Buchanan Honored in
Class Book Dedicatitin— Class History.
Before an audience of more than
500 interested ‘sp'eetator‘s. members
of the graduatingclaas of the Senior
High School received the “slums”
directed at thein by their classmates
at the annual class night exercises
in the Senior High School auditorium
last evening. ‘
The hall was packed with parents
and relatives, who enjoyed the iner-
riment at the expense of their kin.
.Every graduate took the “knocks"
in a spirit of fun. The auditorium
was the seem of laughter from start
to finish.
The signal honor of the evening
went to retiring Superintendent
Buchanan to whom the Class Book
was dedicated. The presentation was
made by Editor in Chief of the II-
sue, Robert Chittim. Chlttlm stated
that in view of the help and guid-
ance that the graduating body had
received front Mr. Buchanan it could
pay him no higher honor than to de-
dicate its Closet-sue to him.
Mr. Buchanan was Elven: a loud
ovation. In a short acknowledgement
he said he was deeply {indebted to
members of the grade iting class for
the honor paid him. . .
"As a parent is. partial to its
youngest." he declared "I feel I am
in a simlliar situation to the grad-
uating class of '25. For the past
eight years I have watched your con-
tinued success in your sclfblantlc cu-
deavors and I have/watched ready
‘ as. M
.' (Continuum ‘ Two.)
REMODEL BOAT I
CLUBHOUSE; IS
TO COST $5,000
1 0 Building Permits
Are Issued Today By
Inspector George S.
Hubbell 1‘
Building Inspector George S. Hub-
bell has issued the following build-
ing permits:
Arthur C. Horton. garage
Pleasant street. cost $200..
Cora M. Stolba. garage
field street. cost $260.
James Kardos. summer bungalov‘
in Scott street. cost $2.000.
Harry Goodwin. store front. North
Main street. cost $1,000. . ‘
Louis Gall. bungalow in Bell ave-
nue. cost $4.500.
South Norwalk Boat club. remodel
club house in Burritt avenue. cost
$5.000.
G. Tav ella. house addition in God-
frey street. cost $200.
Eva Stevens. garage In Rowayton
avenue. cost $300.
Bennie Cello. store in Eort Point
street. cost ".500.
Michael Santella. store and apart-
ment in First street. cost $8,500.
in
in Win-
FIRE IN FERRIS AVE.
The Norwalk Fire department
was called at noon today to extin-
guish an oil stove explosion in the
home of John Stutz on Ferris ave-
nue.
East avenue. ,
' Injunction
An effort will be made by the city
to have the temporary injunction re-
straining ihe city from using the
dump at the end of the Washington
street bridge and the one in Scavi‘ew
avenue dissolved.
Corporation Counsel John‘J. Cu-
nconl make a motion to this effect
to th Superior Court Friday. on
Cuueo Hopes to Have Dump
scheduled to come up for a hearing
No serious damage was reported.
Dissolved 1Friday
which day the courts will close until
the September term.
The' injunction. which was issued
last Saturday by» Judge John W.
Banks of the superior Court. is not
until the first Tuesday in September.
and unless! it is dissolvw' Friday.
the city will be unable to use the
Staini. on] City
STAMFORD. June 28 A(P).-A
rider tothe'Stamford City Charter
amendment 1 affecting the city aleotlon
as passed by too last session of the
Lefilature. became known here till
day‘.‘ The regular city election 1
held every. two yea at the same
time the state also 'are held on
thevivsn years. m
on clip on msludied a coir
sin-lid
Officials May
Hold Office for 2 More Years
‘vilions in this new amendment to
dumps’untll after the hearing-
about provides for an' election in i921
and every two years thereafter. The
‘clty officials~ say there are no pro-
set them straight on how long they
will continue in oflloe. It is uncer—
tain whether there will be an elec-I
tion in 1930 or whether the present
city calcar- will hold over for three
years. The bill beam been Mad
Who will “fire" Mamie of train car-
rying Presidentthru
vacation trip. Y
111111 CARRYING
11001111111 is TO
PASS 1111111 11111
Local-Man, Bill Smith,
Is to Be Fireman on
President’s Special
fiataTonisllt
EXPECTED 11.7
Arthur Lee of Stam-
ford Wiii Be Engi-
neer on Trip From
Grand Central '
WASHINGTON. June 23 (AP).—
Presldent Coolidge left Washington
today to spend the summer in
Swainpscoit. Mass.
Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and
a staff of secretaries and attendants.
the President left the capital shortly
after 1 p. m., eastern standard time.
on 11. special .truin. He will reach
Swampscott tomorrow morning.
Nos-walkout
Stuart avenue. will be the fireman of
President Calvin Coolidge’s special
train. ,when it passes over the‘ New
York. New Haven and Hartford
tracks this evening.
The President will leave Washing-
ton early this afternoon for a two
months' vacation at Swamscott.
Mass. and will be accompanied by
several members of his staff.
Arthur Lee of Stamford has been
selected as the engineer on the train.
The crew will pick up the engine at
Stamford about four o'clock and go
to the Grand Central station. where
they will hook onto the President's
train.
The train will be given the right
away along the line and will pass
through South Norwalk about seven
o'clock this evening. it is reported.
LA FOLLETTE’S I
WIDOW MAY RIIN
FOR THE SENATE
I 1
Special Election— Sen.
I
N ems at Funeral
I
Asks for Progresswe
0
Unity
MADISON. Wis. June 23 (AP).—
Ths progressives of the nation are
looking to those in Wisconsin “to
make no mistak9' at this critical
hour " Senator George W. Norris,
Republican Nebraska. declared to-
day in a formal statement. He came
here to attend the funeral yesterday
of Senator Robert M. La Felletts.
"The death of our great leader
must not be taken as any disinteg-
ration in our ran " he said.
“Petty jealousiea and personal am-
bitions must be forgotten." {
Senator Norrls' conferred last
night with Mrs. IA Follette and
with several leaders of the La Foll-
etto followers in the state. A spe-
cial'electiou for the selections! a
,ucceaaor to Senator ~ La' Foilette
bubly will be ordered in the near
future by Governor Blaine. '
A proposal, has been put forward
that Mrs. 1. Follutte mm 11 all.
_ dldaee but she has made no public
A local man, William H. Smith; of .
‘Id mlihftomouerusaycowsf
Muslin)
r
“I Did Not Kill
Billy M’ Clintoc ’
Man Who Inherited Million Answers Each of ,
Many Indictments—Denies He Ever Saw
Chief Accuser Until Arrested—~Gruelling
Cross-examination Is Begun
Warned to Beware .
' 0f Bogus Bills
The Norwalk post office ths
morning received a warnig
from the office of the Postmas-
ter General in Washington to be
aware of counterfeit bills now‘ in
circulation.
. The most prominent of the
forged notes in a 85 note bear-
ing the portrait of Benjamin
Harrison. issued by the Chase
National Bank, New York city.
This imitation is declared‘to be
very good. according to the re-
port. and is caught only on close
inspection.
A :5 Federal Reserve note 'of
New York. bearing the picture of
Lincoln. and a 820 Federal Re-
serve issue with Cleveland's pic-
ture. from the Boston Federal
Reserve bank. are reported as
poor imitations. and easily den
tected. The public is warned to
be careful in the exchange of
bills of these sums.
' No instances have been
ported locally of, any forgery.
P.0-
l0 1110111111111
Stanley Mayhewv Back
With New .Proposi-
tion for Men Sug-
gested By Co.
REJECT CUT
Will Vote on Local De-
cision at New Haven
Conference on Fri-
day
Stanley W. Mayhew. president of
the local trolleymen‘s union and dei-
egate to the state conference of trol-
leyI employee, has returned to Nor-
walk with a. new proposition suggest-
ed by the New Haven assembly re-
garding the present wage discussion
between the Connecticut Co. and its
men.
The three cont wage. reduction.
which was suggested by the trolley
company, was votedfilmost unani-
mously at the recent conference. and
it is said that the present arrange-
ment is “much more satisfactory."
Ml. Mayhew said this morning
that the new proposition cannot be
disclosed until the local car men are
informed of it They will become so-
quainted with this at a. meeting on
Wednesday evening. at which time
president Mayhew will expose the
new offering.
Mr. Maybew will go to New Haven
on Friday morning. following the
vote which is to be taken here on
Thursday. and he will there vote as
a unit for tile 75 trolleymen from
Norwalk and Westport.
ID 6111111115
101 1111: CALLS
' Five dollars will be charged for
all professional calls made between
the hours of 8 p.111. and 8 a.m.. it
was decided at the last meeting of
the Norwalk Medical association.
held at the Nortvalk Hospital.
This new argeement will go into
effect July 1 in Norwalk \Bnd in
South Norwalk.
1‘
BABIEN. ROAD WORK.
Charles P. Bumps. superintendent
of Highways and Bridges. is drawing
up specifications for road work to be
done on Academy street part of Hill.
side avenue and part of Middleaexi
road. Thegbida which call for far
macadarn will be ready to issue to
prospective bidders July 1.
41m NORWALK DAIRY 00.
has the following grades of milk:
Grade B (which is pasteurlaed):
Grade A raw milk (bottled at fauna
where produced); tuberculin teat-
All will that
. had ever seen John P. Mitrehand.‘ at...
‘AI
huh-tI-‘I‘
lush}
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CHICAGO. June 23 (AP).—-Wifl§
lam D. Shepherd took the Mind
stand at 11:24 a. in. today to strike
the chief blow in his defense of“.
charges that he used typhoid bacilli
to slay his millionaire foster son,
William N. McCllniock.
A clouded room of spectators who’
had fought for admission on this day
of days of the five weeks of the trial
strained forward tensely as Shepherd
was called. .
A great mass of a man. wide and
stock of build. curly hair, iron gray;
and his face chalky white with 1111'
Jail pallor, Shepherd ambled leisumq,
iy to the witness box.
“Did you murder Billy MOCIIQJ.
tock?" asked William S. Stews.
Shepheid’s chief counsel. after the
usual identification questions;
"I did not.‘l Shepheld replied In
a firm. well modulated voice. The I
defense attorney took Shepherd“:
through each charge in the indicts
ment of 32 counts coveilng the tie-ill
of McClintock by poison germs 11311 I
all “unknown manner "
In each instance the defendantail;
eweled “I did not " 1.:
He denied that he had ever seen;
C C. Laiman. his chief accuser, uni
til after he was taken into custody; .
ever had mitten a letter to Falmeo'a
National University of Science real
gal-ding a course in bacteriology. or
representative of Fal‘man’ s school.m .
He denied that he had seen Dr; '
Amante Rongetti until after his an
rest.
In three minutes Shepherd's gem
eral denial of each and every acofii
ation against him had been formally
entered and Stewart sat down with.
a remark:
"Take the witness" to the Prosoa
cution.
Photographers. officially banned
from all Cook county criminal couru.
scooied about the court room “shoots
ing" the well composed man in the
witness box front all angles.
Mrs. Shepherd .who has been in‘, '
the couit room every day of the five
weeks, and two days. of the trial. sat"
with composed countenance as her
husband offered his testimony. She‘
had indicated last night that she did
not wish him to testify. 1 ‘
The tiny court rooml crowded to
its capacity. hung in breathless silc,
ence on every word uttered by the
witness.
Cross examination of the defendo‘
silt. expected to be one of the mast
gruelling ever made of a. witness was
begun in a low voice by Prosecuton
Robert E. Crowe. In keeping wiihjt.
Shepherd dropped his own voice-and
most of the spectators were left to
wonder just "what was being sald.-
”I
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{Late News '
9':
SHIP LOST, CBE\V SAVED. '
ST. JOHNS. N. E. June 28 Ni.) ‘
—The Swedish steamer went
ashore today in a dense leg as
Burin on the southern coast :9!
Newfoundland, awardingto reports.
received here. The crew of 27 '95
saved but the ship will be a total
loss, the reports said.
$600,000 FIRE. .
JERSEY CITY, N. J., June as
(AP).—Fire starting today in tho
woodworking plant of the 3m
Manufacturing Company om
the International League bail m
destroyed the interior of the m
factory. spread to the southwest so“
tion of the ball park Ind to “10‘
Jersey ‘Olty carpet cleaning plant
and that of the 13.11. Reisner f
tory.l1‘lrse estimates placed
dantage above $000,000»
1..
01min BURNED TO 11mm *
WESTERLY. R. 1., June 28 (AP)
Avlllno Shilino, 8 years old, died in:
night from barns received ,in a”
afternoon when her clothing caufll’
fire from a gas stove. Her motile"
Mrs. Angelo Slsllino, who row
to the hour from the back your,”
find her ukhtcr’s clatlling
was badly burned in combating.
flames.
m:- 1“ g,
oomussiozmns combsnm
The First distiict commission“
yesterday complained to the note”
police that boys have been playful
bull. throwing stones and 'lnovifwf
benches at Union park. .
my fir "canon 10E"
Cool and refreshing these hot
Better than ice cream. Quartl
lPlnt. m- John mag
II 311112.14 genus. my nuts
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