EDITOR'S NONE—Tho Even- ing Sentinel in publishing the life story of Mother Jones wishes it to be understood that this neWs- paper in no way stands sponsor for her views or opinions. She is given free play to ex- press herself and give her side of the many dramatic events in which she figured in the role of a labor leader . , Whether we agree, or disagree. with her, Mother Jones' name has become a household word in thousands and thousands of homes—and nil, friend and foe alike. grant her sincerity of pur- pose. l-lelfl'lCN'i'iI ARTICLE. .\ twenty-year prison sentence was imposed upon Mother Jones by a military court as an out- come of Ili'l‘ activities In the West Virginia coal strike -oi' 1012. The charge brought her was murder. She refused to enter a plea, contending her arrest. and trial were unconsti- tutional. For fire weeks after the trial she was held prisoner in a military camp. where she found her guards “nice young men, respectful anti courteous." Conditions in West Virginia meanwhile came to the attention of Congress. ‘ I By MOTHER JONES. (Published by permission of Charles 11. Kerr a— 00., Chicago. Copyright. 1025.) From Washington I went back to West Virginia. to carry on my work. The day before I arrived, an ormor- ed train with Gatling guns wusilfiriv- on through Holly Grove. a tent col- ony of the miners, while they were sleeping. workers the guns were fired, killing and wounding the sleepers. A man by the name of Epstuw rose and picked tip a. couple of children and told them to run for their lives. His V C feet were shot off. Women were wounded. Children screamed with terror. No one was arrested. Three days later a mine guard was killed in an altercation i-‘ifty strikers and thclr on, anlzers were immediately arrested. and without warrant. , I went to Boomer. where the or- ganization is composed of foreigners, and I went to Long Acre. getting each local union to elect a delegate who should appeal to the Governor to put a stop to the military despot— ism, . I met all these delegates in a church and told them how they were to address It. (lovcrnor. We took the train for Clinrlcston. I thought itv CHIGHESTERM S PILLS Tait Dru e no other. It. Ask 1,) pm on!) nanny PM furl: 5 years known a: Best. Slful. Always Reliable 5010 BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE "(TEE-(HEESIA‘EB .. Into the quiet tents of the ' “I was tried for murder. penitentiary for murder." better for the delegates to interview the lovcrnor without me. so after captioning them to keep cool. I went over to the hotel where they were to meet me nflcrthcir interview. As I was going along the street.- u big elephant giltbbt d me by the arm and said “I unlit you!" lie took me to the ltougllncl liottl. and sent for a warrant for my arrest. Later I was put on tho (‘. and (i. train and taken down to l'ratt and handed over to the military. 'l'hoy we or not looking for me, and had no bullpcn ready. St) a llr. Ilansford and his wife took t'lii‘tv of inc and some organizers who were ill‘l'i‘Slt‘tl with me. The next, day l was put in soil- tary ill n room guarded by soldiers. who paced day and night. in front of my door. i could sec no one. Afirt‘ millli‘ weeks were were taken On the InSide By 1“. P. 1). (Special to the Sentinel) Mctro- Goldwyn- \iayvl appears in lime .t lot of lllltl'lllll II‘JOIII ‘lc with all suits of rumors flying about tin local ozone. Unc story has Mr. Iioarst as “buying" ill the company. with a “house cleaning" about to take place. Five directors quit work or were asked to resign ill a week. No one scents able to'learn the true cause of the disturbance, but something: is radically wrong somewhere and time will tell. 0 is O fumed vaudevilit: movie Sable Johnson. player. is now a successful comic with her St‘l‘\ ices much in demand. She started her ilrst screen work in Christy Comedies and has since worked lll‘SCVQi‘ill his: pictures opposite Charlie lay and others. Miss Johnson is a "big" woman and unlike most portly wo- men of the Screen is eXcoptionaliy pretty with personality that the camera czttcllts. Site “as a vaude- o ¢b NOWb ‘ “ ¢ Jame Quality Ville star for many ycais e.» s The Producers Distributing Cer- g-gSanvSize ~ fusing it is said to take a Roton Point Park Final Band Concerts of the season, Sunday after- noon and evening, SEPT. 13, by Vincenzio Motel- la’s Famous Port Ric. limand Band. \ \ before the judge advocate. The court had sent two lawyers to my bull. pen to defend me bttt I had refused to in: them dcfcml mo in that mili- tary court. I refused to recognize the jurisdiction of the court. to rec- ognize the suspension of civil courts. My arrest and trial were unconstitu— tionnl. I told the judge advocate that this was my position. I refused to enter a plea. I was tried for murder. Along' with the others I was sentenced to serve twvniy yctusin the State peni- tcntllttv. Iwas not sent to prison immediately but. htld for five weeks in the military camp. I.did,not know what they were going to do with me. My guards were nice young men, rc- spectful and courteous. Then from California (‘ltlllc aid. Fremont tildcr in Movieland sent his wife across _.——-.......-—.—-— Conn.’s New Film Tax Causes Hollywood to Buzz—Pola N egri Said to Have New Lover. poration will henceforth and distributc their own and will not. so it is said, take any outside producers‘ product or con- tract with independent producers to make pictures for distribution by them.’ Hunt Strombcrg, producer, was given a nice sum of money to sell out his holdings the past week. which eliminated him as a produc- er for Producers Distributing t‘or- l'l'tillUt‘t‘ pictures porntion. All of Stromberg's plays. were acquired in the deal. 0 - Q I LEAD~ ' HOLLYWOOD, Cain Sept. 9.» The Connecticut State Tax law is causing no end of comment in the Iioliyowod film world. Independent producers and distributors are "pooling" their resources in tin cf- fort to light it. Cecil lie .‘iillle, stab int; he favors boycotting t‘onnccli- cut. will take take the initialie by not sending his pictures to that state for exhibition. it‘ur will fly for the Connecticut law may set a. prc~> ccdcnt for other states and this is the whole gist of the argument. The movie-goers of Connecticut will suf- for by not getting the type pictures they want to see. i t 0 Famous Players-Lasky scent to want new directors—young ones. They are leaving their high-priced men go or refusing' to rum-w con- tracts. Of late Jesse Lasky has on- gaged heictoforo unknown mega- phone men who scent to make good. I‘aul Bern. It. A. Walsh and others have left or are about to. re- "cut" in salary. Famous Players are also grooming new stars. each picture sees the entrance of a future sate- lite. o 0 Motion picture conditions in Hol— Thursday, Sept. 10, Tremendous Display of Fire- l.ast dances of the season, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. works. ’v m mm Susanna—so NORWALR CONN. ll NEWS FOR" THEATRE-GOERWW Palace 59? Regent David Est'brson. Manager. Mother Jones Sentenced to 20- Year Prison Term lthc continent to Washington. lillll a talk with Senator l-‘rum lllt‘. arrest and imprisonment. the story for Colller's Magazine. l't'pol‘tt‘d conditions to lv'rnrns, a thorough Congressional inquiry. Someone l'ost through my prison window. contained a story of Wall efforts to hush up tllo inquiry. Wall Street gets away with this." I thought, "and the strike is broken. It yours to come in the West Virginia mint-s." Jones sct free. N I'IX'I‘: Mother lywood are exceptionally bad with no improvement in sight. lion mergers are the cause. Actors are hungry and Lord knows how they pay room rent. 0 ‘ l‘ola Ncgrl (perhaps its publicity) has it new flame this time William llalnes. erstwhile juvenile of the stage and more recently of the screen. This makes ten for l'oia in two years. starting with Charlie Chaplin. llnt the "wise" ones say Polo has no intentions of getting married. O D I . l‘invcrs are migrating East due to the pl'miuclioll activity there this full vvith l‘niversni. it‘ox. First Nu- tionul. i‘athc. Associated Exhibitors. l l‘aramonnt and others announcing a big I'Instcrn production schedule. This is the llrst time in five years l‘nivt-rsnl have worked ~ in New York. 0 . Q Lionel llnrrymore limps around tho Sl‘l. in the studio with a cane due to an infected knee. Barry- more is always working and as soon starts in another, mmo say he is over-working himself. ” t C l ‘wlty llronson and Douglas Fair- banks, .ir.. are live latest of the film colony to be “rumored" in love and engaged to marry. Young “Doug" is said to be seventeen and Betty clglltcoll. Itctty's Famous Players contract stipulates she cannot mar- ry for a certain number of years. Lovc triumphs dver everything they say, so you never can tell. I 0 ‘ Lillian llleh. Do Mille player. is about to become an American eiti- zen. lnvving' taken out her first pa- pers. l‘oln Negri is doing likewise. They feel undoubtedly since Ameri- can dollars are so plentiful and the American public. so generous that it is only fair that they "swear" al- legiance. to the flag. ‘ U. S. Soldier Kills Man Who Criticised Him NEW YORK. Sept. 9‘(AP3.—-lse- cause of an alleged- insult tethe uni- form of the United .States Army. Franclsm 'Annello of.Brooklyn. W11! shot and killed yesterday by Joseph Ilizzutc.’ an est-soldier. ' also of IJrOoklyn. Aflcr.empty‘ing his revolver into Anncllo's body, Rlzzute snapped the cntptv weapon in the face of police and firemen who tried to him. tlzzute told the police that Anucllo had said Rilzute looked like a clown when in uniform. HYACINTHS IN ALASKA. lili'i‘L‘ll HARBOR. Alaska. Sept. ~Hyacinths. growing wild. have been discovered by hikers on some of the western islands of the Aleu- tian chain. Formerly it was belle“ cd that hyacinths came from Asia. That. the bulbs grow on the far wes‘tern islands in a'wild state odds evidence to the belief that Asiatic: first inhabited Alaska. 1 —-Advertlse in the Sentinel for the , best result]. She Kearns. Washington she came to see She, got all the facts in regard to the situation from the beginning of the strike to my unconstitutional She wrote She 1 Senator who immediately demanded dropped a. Cincinnati Street‘s “if it means industrial bondage for long l’roduc- , as ho is through with one picture subdue ' Today, Thursday, Friday, ' BETTY COMPSON RAYMOND GRIFFITH l Last Times Today l Dan Fitch Minstrels -and— ' ' Four Big Vaudeville Acts , -— besides - HOOT GIBSON ._ in .— “SPOOK RAN CH” Thursday, Friday, Saturday ‘ Complete New Bill 5—B’WAY ACTS—5 .— and —— “WELCOME HOME” featuring s i l l l LOIS WILSON BRIDGEPORT T0 Repaved-—State Work to Be Done llltllmirll'Olt'l‘. Sept. 0.—~ Paving Stratford town line, highway, the one to the forming a “backway” which is expected to relieve lcity center of through traffic to lsomo extent. was ordered by the Common Council last night. Mayor bids and let contracts. The city has 850,000 available [or the work, having made an agree- ment with the State Highway dc- partnient whereby it received this sum outright with the proviso that the city maintain forever, highways within the city lilnits which have formerly been kept in repair by the state. it is understood that arrange- ments will be made to have the work started as soon as possible on lthls abbreviated paving program. i Despite the fact that the proposed widening of It‘alriield avenue is in- volved in the $700,000 paving con- tracts new tied up ill the courts. the counsil ordered fotlr foot building llncs established on both sides of Falrtleld avenue between Water and Middle streets. A special commit- tee’s report on the lines was refer- red to the lionrd of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages. Within the next week or two ads ministration leaders intend to com- municate with C. \V. lilakeslee and Sons. whose paving contract ill- cludes Fairileld avenue. to deter- mine if some arrangement can be made whereby the street can ‘be wi‘dened with funds some source other than the bond issues involved in the I.ltchfirld in- Junction. “Nihlll Square" l'rcpuscd A resolution providing for the designation of the junction of Main street. llocton avenue and Beech- mont avenue as “.\'ihill Square," in memory of liov. James ll. Nihiil. deceased pastor of St. Augustine's church. was introduced by Alder- nmn William 1'}. Hogan, of the Sixth ,district. and referred to the Streets and Sidewalks committee? Father Nihill was instrumental in guiding and promoting the devel- opment of the northern part of the city, ill founding and maintaining St. \‘lnccnt's hospital and was keen- lly interested in every movement which tended to promote the wel- fare of Bridgeport and its citizens. for more than 30 years. according to the resolution. In view of what he did for the city. the citizens of the Sixth and Eighth districts feel the city should take some official action which would/”honor and perpetuate his memory. Hogan said. His resolution provided for the appointment of Mayor Behrens and two other peo- ple as a committee to arrange the erection of a suitable ornamental standard and lamp, carrying the name of the square and indicating the purpose of the memorial. li";(:ATO§ SITE “'RIGHT. $1,000 is the amount claimed in a writ filed with ’i‘own Clerk Her- bert Smith today' by Angelina and Joseph H. Legato of this city against Luther ‘ M. Wright. The damages take the form of a loan of $700. The case will he held in the Superior Court. Bridgeport. on the first Tuesday in October. Judge Ne- hemiah f‘andeo lt- attornc.v for the claimants. Many a man cant go forward be- muse he always has his brakes on HAVE NEW ROAD THROUGH all; Boston Avenue to Bet Gives $50,000 for? of Boston nvcnuc, front t'entral uve- ' llellrens was empowered to call for; provided from ' What“ is it? It's as big as eight elephants and walks on its hind legs and Watch for it next week at the tail like a kangaroo. l RlALTO MOVIE NOTES , .\'I' "THE PALACE. This afternoon and tonight will be the? last opportunities Norwalk tite- ater patrons have to see Dun Fitch’s! Minstrels. which have been playing; at the Palace Theater. The Min-l strels close a three-day run here with tonight's performance. During the stay of the minstrcls here they have attracted well deserving praise for their act and the manner in .whlch it is staged. The Minstrels' sketch. which takes over an hour, is overflowing with laughs as well as plenty of good music. In addition to the minstrels; there are four oth- er nets of. Vaudeville and the picture “Spook Ranch. " featutlng Hoot Gib- son on the bill. There will be a complete change of VaudeVillc 'i hurs- _ day for the. remainder of the week. -—-.——_ .‘Iunker Grotto Outing Picturesét l l AT m1; ammo. i . l Tom Mix in "Lucky Horseshoe." ' Motion pictures of the Monker Grotto outing and the parade. vvith Tom Mix in his latest picture "The Lucky Horseshoe,‘ terms the twin feature program at the Rialto for! three days beginning today Per- fol manees are under the auspices of \ionket Giotto. The Grotto outing, and palade pictulcs have come out Very good and the entire proceedings of the day are depicted. Hundreds; of Nerwatk people who watched tiflt' parade are in the movies and if you would like to see what you look like on the silver screen now is the time to do ‘it. . Tom Mix in his new picture “The Lucky Horseshoe." is one of those .features where you can't go wrong. AT THE REGENT. It was a crook role in Ge‘orge Melford'a Paramount picture. “The Miracle Man." that first elevated Betty (‘ompson to stardom. New Betty's back on the screen at the Regent. Theater in another crook role—~but this time in a fast-moving comedy. "Paths to Paradise." which opens today. i "Paths to Paradise." dllected by Clarence Badger. at one time asso- elated with Mack Seilnett, was irrit- ten for the screen by Keene Thump» son from Paul Armstrong's play. “The Heart of a Thief." Miss Comp- son is featured with Raymond Grif- to keep from slipping backward. ' \ mu NOW PLAYING MOTION PICTURES OF MONKER GROTTO PARADE AND OUTING -——-—AND—-— Tom Mix in ‘The Lucky Horseshoe’ili Performances Anspices of Monitor Grotto NEXT WEEK “The Lost World” BRIDGE-PORT THEATRE LYRIC THEATRE Thurs, Fri., Sat. 5 Harry M. Stronse's show that is 31 macs DINNER 8317”" Gold band and pink spray de- sign. \‘niuc $3.49. $2.52?) Sale price ......v. .. SERVING TRAYS certain to be the .11 u u Nickie iinlsh Trililif‘, and girls; TALK 0f the TOWN bottom. Peacock design. Regu- Wlth CHARLES (SLIM) TlillllN and a great cast LOOK—A“: have a surprise in- novation for our patrons starting this week that will literally knock i you off your seats! ' Reserve Your Tickets New The good old pro-war prices lar value $.40. Sale price i Matinee Daily ' 876, Mill Outlet Store?" 'rwo [moons a 124 WASHINGTON STREET SOUTH NORWALK HOSIERY Fashionable Paris favors the new rose shades in Hosiery for Autumn. “The McCallum Rose Family” are here, and you are invited to see them. The N. E. RYAN CO 86 Washington Street South Norwalk Atwatcr Kent. Ware, nstllola, Stromhc r g - Carlton, Sleeper. Zenith. RADIO , STUDWELL PIANO 00' . 68 North Main St. ‘ ‘ “ l , -——Advertise in the Sentinel for the best results. South Norwalk‘ Round Trip Fares NEW MILFOR RD DANBURY-BETHEL NOR WALK [SIT Consy loinndptho Aquarium. SP'dll T'li" M... Emil“. : : ; an: Tomb. Riverside Drive and Bronx Both-I - . u - 6.37 ..m Park So. Norwnik - - . 7.30 mm _ out New York (G. C.T.) - 8.10 mm. ENJOY - Big League bl" gum. or Returning ‘ uk- tho boat to .he Statue of Lv. New York (G C.T.) - 7.30 para. L borty In New York Harbor Eu om Standard Time Tickets Limited-Buy Early-~Avoii Disappointment Prompt , . Delivery Pill”'GEHEBE’S “IT‘S HERE IF IT'S HOUSEWARE" MA K15 TH I5 BATHROOM CON VENIENT ‘In fitting up the bathroom. there are many little things which “ vvill~hdd a great deal to tile comfort and convenience of the family, "' such as glass shelves glass holders. towel rods paper holders... sponge racks. bath tub seats. medicine chests. tooth brush holders, .. hampers. while and nlckle hooks. mlrr'Ols, etc. 33 \VASIIINGTON STREET ~94 SOUTH NOR‘VATIK, CONN. 1‘ DANCE , t'nder Auspiees of NORWALK MOZART SOCIETY for Musical Extension ,,, Roton Point Park Pavilion Wednesday, September 9, 1925, 8:15 P. M. Volk’s Society Orchestra TICKETS 50c THE HILLSIDE SCHOOL PROSPECT HILL N orwalk Connecticut .r “OBEY-SECOND YEAR BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. ,_ (lllttle Boys Admitted to Primary Grades) 24 First Session of the Fall Term Opens Thursday Morning: September 17th, 1925, at 9 o’clock l‘horougli Instruction by Experienced Faculty of College Graduates Exceptional Teachers in Voice, Plano, Art and Dancing Comniodious School Rooms, large Gymnasium, ample and beautiful grounds. DEPARTMENTS m the Upper School offers courses for girls from fourteen to twenty- one. General and special courses. Intensive College Preparator reviews a. specialty with emphasis on preparation for ComprJY? hensive Examinatlons. Many girls sent each year to the leading colleges for woincn. Advanced English. Sciences. Languagesh History. Economics and Psychology. The Lower School offers a well- balanced and thorough training :6: children from six to to rtesn. The course covers the work of the first eight grades. Special attention is given to habits 0 study and to the actual comprehension of each day's lesson. 1‘ solid foundation is laid for later high school work. "' Small classes give opportunity for individual Instruction and develo ment of rlght methods of study. Gymnastics and games are taugh’éE in all the grades as a part of the regular school work. In all depart- ments of the school there is constant care for the well- being of each. pupll together with the study of the personality of the individual. The Principals may be seen at the School by appointment. Margaret R. Brendllnger. A. 8.. Vassar. \‘lda Hunt Francis. A. 8.. Smith. .li 'w: .' 't‘ fith, the high but scream, in the leading roiel. 4
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