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Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
WESTERLY

real estate and apportionrnent of clAlnl3- sion.
 1he defendants demurrer was overruAei i in the case of Myron Plynton ys j. Le We're Barber.
 Permission to amend reasons of gp- peal was granted in the Case of Mar garet Wood vs Charles k. Weaver. guard ian.
 The court approved agreement in the case of Mildred c. Morrill vs Harry l. Morrill, with reference to support and GUS tody Of child.
 An allowance of sS a week was given the respondent in the divorce case of An l gelo Murano vs Pauline Aurano. No counsel fee was allowed. ] Without the aid of a motorcycle con Chief Bro wndeclares itis diffieult to
 get the automobilists who exceed the
 speed limit.
 | The River Bend cemetery association
 is not a dividend paying proposition and 1 the profits, if any, is devoted to improve | ments.
 The present is the first time in many years that Westerly was without a state military organization. There is wane in
 military spirit here and hereabouts.
 The first in series of concerts by the Westerly band in Wilcox park will be Y gwen next Thursday evening. Henry A. Stahle, who recently declined
 reelection chief engineers of the Paw ,catuck Fire department was presented a
 lin gold watch by P. S. Barber Hose com pany, at the regular meeting Tuesday
 night
 The engagement is announced of Miss Ida May Barber, daughtAr of Edwin
 Barber to Edward Wilson Smith, son of
 Mrs. Orlando Smith. The Eye and Ear Defects. will be the l subect of Dr. Joseph L. Darling of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear inf1rmary, at : the meeting of the Washington County Medical society, in the Weekapaug Inn today Thursday. More than hundred fresh air chil. dren from New York will come to West. erly July 21 for a stay of two weeks
 They will be provided for under the di- a of a committee fro mevery churcI | in the town. Mir and Mrs. Walter Doll, and sor Wflter, Jr., are at the home ,,e Mrs
 Dolls parents MT. and Mrs. Everett Barns
 They made the trip from their home ir l. Grandville, N. Y, by automobile l. A miscellaneous shower was givei - Miss Angenette Cottrell Wednesday even e ing, at the home of Miss Margaret Buff l. fun, in Main street. Miss Cottrell il r the prospective bride of Rev. John sGrot $ m.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
SOUTH CRlSWOLD

Albert Gallup Greene of South Gris- wold, Rufus Greene of Oneco, Herbert F. Barber of Almyville- recently motored to Charlestown to spend the day with friends.
 The many friends of Gladys Lesson Thompson are glad to welcome her home. Miss Thompson spent the winter in Ralti- more, Md. Miss Thompson made many friends in her course as a dietitian.
 Many homes were gladdened by the return of children over the national holi- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08

plebiscite to determine whether the Teschen district should be under Czech or Polish rule. It was said the czeche- Siovak assembly was of the belief that just and correct solution of the question could not be had through arbitration.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08

ed held on another indictment charging that during his absence from the prison. he broke and entered the homes of Sara l. McAdams and Avis Casey on the night 9f May 2S arA assaulted the former with a dangerous weapon. He pleaded not guilty to this indictment.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08

ment charging him with escaping on May 2s. He was ordered held for sentence later. no date being set.
 Charles Ward, . negro who escaped with Barney, entered a plea of gul.ly o the same charge and his sentence was al 50 defetred. Tn addition Ward was order
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
cite in that region will be held.

Although the council of ambassadors proposed the substitution of ar bitration for the plebiscite in settlement of the Teschen question, the Czecho-Slo- yak national assembly voted in favor of
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
nsrvIc1s WILL BE
 SENTENCED FOR ESCAPE

B1asA 5uly f.-zsrman L. Barney the IUpe1 cszsict who recently gave him
 lsH up and returned to finish his sem
 kzzss ct <fss-state prison pleaded guilty H 1hs superior eoEFt-today to an indict-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
UNABLE TO ARBITRATE
 THE TEscuEN orJEsTroN

Paris, July 7.-The Council of Am bassadors has notified the Polish and Czecho- -Siovak delegations that since no agreement has been reached by them to arbitrate the Teschen question, plebis-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
THE LA VIDA ELECTRIC VIBRATOR

THE LA VIDA EllECTHIC- VIBHATUR
 S7.50. Guaranteed in every respect Let us demonstrate this vibrator and prove to you that 1t is an excellent appliance. GAS AND ELECTRIC SHOP,
 Canal St. WESTERLY LIGHT AND POWER CO.,.
 Westerly, R. l., THE MYSTIC POWER COMPANY, /. 6 East Main St., Mystic, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08

Norwalk.-Piumbers in Norwalk went on strike last week. They have been getting $S a day. They only want del lar more.,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Steinbrink Investigation
OF Ash Remoral Begins
Says That He Viii Corer Ererv
Phase Of The Case and Report
to The City WHhin T,uo Weeks

Meier Steinbrink, special assistant
corporation counsel in the Board Of
Estimate investigation of city con-
tracts, yesterday began his inquiry into
the dumping Of ashes on the new court
house site to determine whether the
city had grounds for an action to re-
cover about 100000, the estimated
cost Of removing the ashes
Holland & Co.. contractors, with
whom Grover A. Whalen Commissioner
Of Plant and Structures, was assocl-
ated at one time, are alleged by Samuel
Untermyer counsel for the Lockwood
committee, to be liable to the city for
the cost of removing the ashes, which
they dumped in the courthouse exca-
vation.
Mr.. steinbrink will report the re-
suit Of his findings to the Board Of
Estimate within two weeks. Mr.. Stein
brinl, said yesterday that he had con-
ferred with Mr.. Untermyer in regard
to the matter.
81 shall wait until have all the
facts" said Mr.. Stcinbrink, "and Will
then send a report to the Board of
Estimate giving my conclusions as to
whether a cause Of action exists [
intend to examine into all the facts
carefully to determine whether prime
facie case exists"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
De Valera Says He Won't
Modify His Plans in U. S.
Irish Lendcr Says No British
Protest EW Cause Change
in His gram Here

canon de Valera, "presdent Of the
Irish republic" who has been i'll here
for several days, yesterday dictated
from his sic'.bed statement dealing
with announcement by Andrew Bonar
Law in the House Of Commons that the
British government was cons dcring
asking the United States to take official
notice of the Sinn Feiners' "anti-Brit-
ish" activities in America.
81 do not think that the British
government will, in fact. make any
official representations to the Ameri-
can government, because even the Brit
ish government we'll knows that my
activities have been not ant-British
but pro Irish" said de Valera
Il have simply advocated Ireland :
right to justice Ii there are forces
disturbing Anglo-Amer can relations
they are not of irish origin, but fun
damentaily OF English origin Ii Britt
ain wants to continue to overrun Ire
land with the BLACK and Jans and to
massacre the Irish people until even
British generals and British states
men themselves are compelled to cry
out that their bacbarities have been
worse than those Of the Bash Ba-
2ouks, surely Britain does not expect
that the people OF any self-rcspecting
na-ion can covet her friendship
de Valera asserted no British pro-
test TO the United States concerning
MIN would cause him in amy way to
modify his rlons here.
AL my activities here have been
within recognized American law and
custom" he said.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09

that she strongly protested "against
the insinuaticns that my fellow repub-
cans in Ireland did anything to OBJ
tam the aid of the Central powers"
dur g the war.
They did not" she said, "but il they
had been able to do so they would have
done 50, adding that France was glad
to get English gold to help her in the
war, and that England was equally
clad to obtain American gold to aid
her.
ANY nation,' the witness continued
"has the right to take gold from an
other when it is at war But let me
make myself clear. If Germany tried
to take Ireland we would fight Ger
many just as hard, just as long and
just as earnestly and just as success
fully as we have fought England"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Governor Refuses
Plea of Kin to Save
Cun1nen FrOlnChair
Bnll'' Cassidy and 3 Others
Must Die Tonight for
Part in Bronx Murder:
Another To Be Executed
2rrctCl DtSrrfrh to H., T-,b,.r.

ALBANY, Dec. S.-Governor Smith
to-day was besieged by relatives and
friends Of the four New York gunner
who are to die in the electric chair to-
morrow night for killing Otto Fiala, a
Bronx subway ticket agent
Despite insistent pleas that he COM
muts the sentences of three of the men
who are to die-James "Bull" Cassidy,
Charles Mclaughlin and Joseph Usefof
-Governor Smith declared he could do
nothing to save the men.
Nothing" said the Governor to-
night, "has been brought before me
that would warrant my setting aside
the mandates of the courts in this
case"
The fight for the lives Of the three
no actual part in the killing. With
Joseph Milano they robbed the ticket
agent of 50. When Flala gave chase
Milano shot him. The four were con-
demned to die during the week OF Jan
uary 5, 1920, but since then have been
granted six reprieves.
OSSINING, N. Y, Dec. 8.-Five men
are to die in Sing Sing prson to-mor-
row night for murder They are James
?. Cassidy. Joseph Milano Frank Nc
Laughlin and Joseph Usefcf, convicted
Of the murder of Otto f ala. a subway
ticket agent in New York, and Howard
Baker, twenty years old. who was con-
victed Of the murder Of William De-
grctf in Wolcott, n. Y.
Bakers wife and three children, VIII 20
made fruitless attempt to see the
Governor in his behalf yesterday, saw
the condemned man at the prison to-
day. Mrs. Baker then went to New
York to enlist the services of an at
torney to get her an audience with the
Governor. She said that if she was un-
successful she and her children and her
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Site for Memorial Sought
Roosevelt Committee to Meet in
VI ashington Tomorrow

From The Iridune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Dec S.-Elihu Root,
chairman of the committee of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association having
charge Of the erection of a monument
IN Washington, viii be in this city
Friday with members of his committee
to inspect sites and discuss plans.
Colonel William Boyce Thompson. Of
New York, president of the association,
With Herman Hagedorn, secretary, and
Charles Moore, chairman of the Ma
tlonal Fine Arts Commission OF Wash
lngton, yesterday made thorough
survey OF possible sites.
The possibilities Of location will in
auence the officials in the selection #
= design. With the local poss ibilitiss
and several designs before them. she
committee viii tomorrow discuss The
plans fully.
The committee is composed, in adj
tion to Mr.. Root, Of James r. Garfield.
lanes 7. Goodrich, George Harvey.
Hiram ". Johnson, Frank B. Kellore'
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Raymond Robins.
julius Rosenwald, Leonard Wood and
Luke T.. Wright
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Dinner High; Hotel Indicted
Proiteering on Day of Yale.
Harvard Game ALLEGED

HARTFORD, Conn. Dec. S.-A tro.
bill has been returned by the Federa,
grand jury against the Bond A.,
Company, Inc. which was charged u..a
a I violation l.. Of the, the Lever act, IN chare-
cessive prices for a specia! 6in19- s ~
served at the hotel on Saturday >.sr Ne
vember 20. the day Of the Yaie,rIa,
ward football game al New Haven
An official OF the corporation ,,.,
December Il.
On the day of the football game .l..
sands OF travellers stopped of here g.,
meals. Upon complaint as to cha
an inquiry was made. Il was a fIerss
by diners that dinner for Two per.'.~' ~
cost $40, while at another Har.fosa es,.
ing place dinner more SATISFYING HON
as to quality and quantity was Co
six persons for Sill
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Plunkets Sees No Hope
OF Il Truce ir, ireland


LINERPOOL, Dec 8.-Prior to sail
ins today for New York, or board the
steamship Baltic, Sir Horace Plunkett.
chairman Of the Dublin convention. in
an irteNiew said:
II see no nope Of truce in Ireland,
nor any nope il the overturcg reported
in the press. There cannot be peace
while there is frigh uess on both
sides. In my judgment INC Prtsh gov
crnment is blameable
IF the people knew how many per
sons had been killed in ireland we
would soon have peace
Sir Horace recently was invited to
visit tfc United States and testify
before the Committee Of Ore Hundred
on the conditions in Ireland
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09

Horowitz said that the situation in
fireprooang material, hollow tiles par
ticuiarly, was stN bad. lie SAID his
rrm went out TO Ohio to get some of
tnese tiles, and after paying freight and
other expenses they effected snb.
stantial saving ovcr the local prices
eemanded by the National Fireproonnr
Company, which practically controls
the stuff here.
There were outward appearances or
competition IN bidding for structural
s ee. ne said. He could not take con
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
.nswer might incrimlnate YOU ~

answer might incrimlnate you?"
The witness refused to answer He
also declined to talk about an alleged
card system employed by the board
whether it maintained uniform prices
II what profits were made through tbs
organization. Admitting tha. the board
Inspected the books Of its members, he
SAID he did not know the reason.
He said his company sold sand tt
OBrien Brothers, wholesalers, at 81
cents cubic yard, on O'Brens boats
while he charged dealers Sl25 deliv-
cred at wharves. Dealers then charge
contractors and builders $275 for it
he said. Asked why he should sell
O'Brien Brothers so cheaply that the
latter firm could then compete with the
Goodwin Gallagher company, he sale
that the two companies had contract
II thought So remarked Untermyer
The hearing will be continued this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09

husbands mother, who accompanied
them, would remain in the vicinity Of
the prison until after her husbands
death.
Supreme Court Justice Tierney has
denied the final motion for new trial
made by Cassidy's counsel, on the
ground that his client WAS mentally
incompetent. The attorney is said to
have gone to Washington to try to lay
his case before the Supreme Court Of
the United States.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-09
Joseph A. AltsheIer, Author,
Leaves Estate of SI25.Ol3

Joseph A. Altsheler, author of
"Apache Gold" My Captive,' "Texas
Triumph" The Guns of Bull Run"
and other stories, left an estate ap-
praised yesterday for transfer tax pur-
poses at $l25,O13. Mr. Altsheler died
June 5, 1919. He wrote thirty-nine
books, and at his death there was due
to him S1S,O7S, in royalties The es-
tate was beQueathed to his widow and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05
CIRCUS IS COMING
 HERE OCTOBER 13.
Ringling and Barnum and Barnum and Bailey Com
 bined- Many Animals

A perfect army of clowns have been selected to keep up the fun at a high rate when the Ringing Brothers and Barnum- Bailey com circuses make their appearance here Wednesday,. Octo- Der 13.
 There was a time when the merry mot ley of clowns always opened the show with rolling and jumping and general mimicry. They won't this time, but they will be there. so don't suppose they have missed their train when they fail to be seen at the beginning of the season $ programme.
 First on the programme this yaar will be brilliant Introductory pageant that will tell in action the most pop ular and best loved stories from fable nursery rhyme. Hundreds of charac- ters and scores 'upon scores of beauti- ful horses will take part in it. The public is accustomed to elephants, but there will be elephants in larger num- bers this season than ever before. There will be one act in which six times as many as were ever exhibited before in one tableaux will appear.
 Following ttis exhibit will come the spangled riders and the vanguard of the clowns. This season the funny fe1- lows have concocted more stunts than ever before. They are busy all the time with cofnical mutations and parodies which poke good-natured fun at timely tories and wel-knoWn personages. No matter how thrilling or daring the per- fornances in the rings or tent ton. these humorists effect to take all things light ly and so temper the programme with constant merriment They ride in crazy automobiles and crazier looking subma- riI es, shoot each other from big wooden cannon and commit all manner of Tom fcolery so dear to the hearts of the youngsters. In addition to the two legged clowns many dumb come dians in the vast trained animal depart ment. This innovation occupies an en- tire number in what is by far the nost novel programme ever devised by these famous showmen. Here are found the clowns of donkeyland- bearland. pony land, dogland and all the rest of >the testers which master trainers have de- welcomed in the animal kinp6OsO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05
NEW TAxICAB SERVICE
Black and Yellow Taxis at the SerYi
 of Patrons of State Fair

P. Y. Whitman announced yesteri7 that the newltaxicabs of the Bla au Yellow Taxicab Company will be il s. eration on the streets of Birm s. after noon today, so that State Far itors can have the benefit of tha service.
 The taxicabs will be equipped wit genuine Jones taximeters, which are t' standard used in the large cities America, and which register the exa' amount of the fare. The rates Tor ti new service in Birmingham by this con pany are announced as follows: Thff' cents for the first half mile, 10 cents ff each additional quarter mile, 70 cents r each additional passenger for the enti' trip.
 The Black and Yellow Taxicab Con pany will maintain stations at the 10 lowing points: Metropolitan hotel, cei tral headquarters; Terminal statioi Taylor's drug store; Five Points, FN Points drug store. The new taxicat can be reached by calling Main 53.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05
RESERVE
 BOARD IS ID MEET
 HERE THIS WEEK
Friday and Saturday the Ses- SionS Will Be Held By Di- rectorS of the Atlanta
 Branch

Birmingham will have the honor of entertaining the di- rectors of the federal reserve bank of Atlanta on Friday and Saturday of this week.
 It will be the first time that these gentlemen shall have met here and it will be the occasion of the presence also of the governor of the federal reserve board, w. P. G. Harding. Birmingham s distinguished citizen, and D. c. Wills, new member of the federal reserve board. The visitors will be entertained here by the directors of the local branch of the federal reserve bank, who are w. H. Kettig, chairman; oscar Wells, John IL. Frye, Col T. Q. Smith, W. W. Crawford and A. E. Walker, who is manager of the local reserve branch
 IN ATTENDANCE
 Besides Mr. Harding and MT Wills, others who will be here are M. B. We'll born, governor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank; Joseph A. McCord, chair man of the board. F. w. Foster of Hat tiesburg, Miss, Col. E. T. Brown of At lanta, Capt. w. H. Hartford of Nash ville;, P. R. Kittles of Sylvania, Ga, J. B. Mccarthy and J. R. Ottley of At 1anta, Leo c. Simon of New Orleans, Oscar Newton of Jackson, Miss. Hollis Randolph of Atlanta, pr. P. l.. Saunders of New Orleans.
 While it is the occasion of the regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. the pres ence of the officials of the federal re- serve board adds interest to the occasion. especially at a time when the cotton situation presents crisis. It is be- lieved something will reverberate from the meeting in that particular. No inti- nation, however, is given out as to that. It is simply the lconclusion of those gen. orally familiar with the situation. V
 Following is the programme of the meeting:
 PROGRAMME
 10:Oo a. m-Joint meeting of the di- rectors of the Atlanta bank and the di- rectors of the Birmingham branch at the directors room of the American Trust and Savings Bank.
 100 D. m.-Luncheon given by the Bir- rningham Clearing House at the Tut wiler hotel
 400 D. m. Cor after session of directors) Ride in automobiles over residence sec tion of the city and visit to the Country Club.
 7.3O D. m.--Informal dinner to W. P. q. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board; D. c. Wills, new member of the federal reserve board; the directors "t the Federal Rerve Bank of Atlanta and the directors of the Birmingham branch at the residence of ". H. Kettig, 27fi Niazuma avenue.
 SATURDAY, OCTOBER
 800 a. m.-Automobile trip to thes new Sloss coke ovens and by-product plant and to the steel plant at Fairfield.
 200 D. m.-Luncheon at the Roebucx Country Club, given by the Birmingham Clearing House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05

the history of the streets which have recently caused discussion:
 HENDRICKS STATEMENT It is q dcbatabIe question as to whether the recent discussions of Birmingham's. pavements have re- suited in good or harm to the city. If 1t has succeeded in convincing outsiders that the pavements are worthless nnd the property owners that their money has been squan- dered, then a great injustice has been done the city. On the other hand, if 1t results in obtaining bet ter pavcments, in the future, and more economical expenditures, much good has resulted.
 The following discussion will be confined largely to the pavements of a bituminous nature, and these pave- ments will be divided into two general classes: those which are designated as bituminous macadam or penetration pavements, and those known as bituminous concrete and sheet asphalt pavements, the latter two constituting the better class of pavements, and the ones laid exclusively in the city during the past ten years, and prior to 1909
 NOT PERMANENT
 Before starting into general discussion of pavements, it may be well to state that there is no such thing as permanent pavement. The pavements wear out just as iron and rubber tires and shoe soles are worn, out by the pave ment. Birmingham has approxi- mateIy 1,90O,OOO square yards of pavement, other than macadam.
 Approximately 1,OOO,OOO square yards are of the better class of bituminOus pavcments.
 In determining the economical value of a pavement the paving engineer looks into the original cost, the ngc of the pavement, the amount expended for maintenance, the intensity of traffic to which 1t is subjected and it's present con- dition. and any other thing that would throw light upon the tsub- ject. Eliminating the item of maintenance cost, the writer has no hesitancy in saying that Birming- hams pavements, after an investi- gatiOn by competent engineers, would stand ahead of those of any city of it's class in the south, and probably ahead of the pavements of 50 per cent of similar cities in the United States.
 If the amount expended for maintenance is included in such an investigation, there are few,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05
Veteran Engineer
 ReUiews Pauing in City of Birmingham
Julian Kendric Says Magic Ciy Street Surfacng Has Been Model of the South-Expert Dissects Anna teur Opinions Roadway Construction
 Here Expressed Recently

With all of the talk recently induged by citizens and of- ficials the subject of Birmingham fits merits and demerit has failed mention that Birmingham ahead of those of other city the ou that the city show city of the section this and has been for according to Julian kendrc city engineer.
 "Of there have been failures, said Mr. Ken- drc bu usual thing this due the old law which allowed petitioners for ask for the kind of they wanted and it. whether the city engineer advised Property freely forget their part the mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-05
Negro Witness Dies

Ophelia Goldsby, a negro womas summoned as a witness in a case set for trial in the criminal division of thu circuit court yesterday, was takes suddenly i'll while sitting in the court room and died before she could bt taken to a doctor. The woman fell over on the floor and was carried out of the court room. It was at first thought that she had tainted, but wher she failed to revive her. friends pickes her up and started with her to the doc, tor. She died just as they reached the sidewalk in front of the courthouse