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Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24

Washington. April 23.-vIee President coolidge, several nemoers of the senate and house of representatives and many other persons, prominent in pu5iic busi- ness and social life. were among some soc guests of the New Willard hotel yho were routed out of their beds al an ea-i7 hour this morning by a fire which sweet the top floor of the ten-story grey stone structure at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street.
 The blaze had it's origin in the ball room on the tenth floor where a feg hours before President IIariing. Mir. Coolidge. meuzoers Of the cabinet sena- tors and representatives. foreign dinlo- mats and others had sat around the bancuet board as guests of the Gridiron club at it's annual spring dlnne- ani frolic. The fire was confined to that floor and the roof above. but tons of wat CT poured into the flames seemed through to the floor below. causing much damage There naturally was some confusion and excitement as hotel attaches. iaolice- | men and firemen pounded on doors and the telephone operator on duty called room | after room. but all those in the hotel 20. l out of their apartments tn the corridors | and looNies in safety Many went ts other hotels. carrying at least part na l their luSEare with them. hut scores rc 1lained at the >srrr Willard and returnet
 n their rooms after the fire had been ex | tincuished
 | It was 5.45 o'clock when a passing 10 l licer1a1 noticed smoke coming from thl
 tenth floor windows IIe turned Tn al | alarm and then rushed Into the hotel. In ] forming the night clerk.
 Several fire conoanies were or th l scene in a few minutes TNe cia1te- Q
 their gongs woke Vice President CooliSyr
 who u7an Cnir- to a window. sa- the an
 c7-atus Srawin~ --p across the street IT
 called Mrs CoolidFe rNnarl.sd the-r VI q fire in the neizhhorhood and z-r--esia 2. that thev % ont to sAe i' While the
 were dressing they learned that the flr
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
TWO AyIAToRs BURNED
 TO DEATH WITH PLANE

IIatbore, Pa, April 23.-Txo men were turned to death a. the Warr,if.- ster firing field late today when thei- sir plane burst into flames at an altitude o< about 75O feet and crashed to essrth Th- victims. Charles Van Der We're. former army pilot. and Harry L. Schaene-. Of Philadelyhia- passenger. were burned be- yond recognition. More than one hundred spectators witnessed the accident.
 Van Der We're had taken several ms ssngers on short flights darins- the after noon and a dozen others were awaiting their turn 4 few minutes after he as- eendsd with Schaeffer. the spectators saw flames shoot cut from the machine and an instant later IL started doznxurd ablaze from end to end It dove nos- down into the earth. So fierce was the fire that efforts at rescue were impossible although 1t Is believed the occupants were dead befgore they raclled the grounI. Fire men from Ha1boro extinsuished the flames.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
Four AIegedRObbers
 ArrestedhStaInfOrd
They Are Charged With Hav- ing Held Up a Grocery Store in Greenwich.

Greenwich, Conn.,. April 23.-Four men alleged b have held up the grocery store oz -sruno < Belmont in the North Mianus seeton O. this town last night were ar rested in Stamford today after they elud- ed local police who pursued them in the darkness.
 The officers found overcoats near the MianUs rivers after several shots had been exchanged and it was believed the men swan the rver- The Stamford po- lice were notified to watch for them
 The men were brought here and lock- ed up for a hearing tomorrow. They are alleged to have entered the store and taken $200 from the proprietors. Three hundred dollars was overlooked by the robbers. The men gave their names as Rocco, Frank and Forgunano Sperenzo, brothers, and Philip Cigri, all of Stam- ford
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
sHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE
 AND HIS 7-YEAR-OLD SON

Hackensack. \. J.. April 23-A threat to destroy his family which the police said Martin Ehlers of Woodbridge often ha dmade because he cocld not earn enough money for their support, was partly carried out late last night when he shot and killed his wife Elizabeth and their 7-year-old son. Walter.
 The lives of three-year-old twins, a boy and girl. were saved when the shot gun jammed after the mother and the older boy had been mortally wounded. After the tragedy, Ehlers left the house and went across a. field where he dropped the gun, surrendered to the Woodbridge police, and confessed what he had Gone.
 1 EhIers worked in a grain elevator in Hoboken and spent the week-ends with his family in Woodbridge.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
4 WATERBURY MAN
 sWINDLED OUT OF ssO.O0O

New Haven, April s3.-Although no further arrests were reported today in the case. it became known that the police are searching in Hartford for Morris Lynes, a supposed revenue officer, in con- nection with the alleged swindle of Frank J. Stapleton of Waterbury out of s30,- 900. StaDleton made his complaint to the New Haven police yesterday and soon afterward Robert White of this city was arrested on a technical charge of idleness, with abil fixed at S15,0o0.
 Stapleton alleged that White was the 'go-between" in a bonded whiskey deal which failed to produce any liquor The man known as Lynes and two or three others figured in the conferences which Stapleton told the police he had with the men in New York and New Haven. He handed over $30.000, he said and ex- pected within an hour to be the owner of a carload of bonded liquor When the whiskey failed to arrive he went back to the hotel where the supposed revenue l agent and his friends were stopping. but they had checked out.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
VATICAN DENIES TREATY
 WITH SOVIET RUSSIA

Rome. April e3.-(By the A. P.D-The Vatican denies the existence of any treaty between 1t and soviet Russia. It vas learned at the Vatican today that there has been no re-estzbiishnent of di2l3- matte relations with Russia
 The holy see is preSaring to send an ex- petition of Jesuits and others to Russia on work purely in connection with the s1c- coring of the famine-striclen regions. The expedition. 1t is stated. will have no mis- sionary or other religions aims. The holy see already is in direct communication with the Moscow government fo prucure the necessary permits for the ea>cdirion and also promises for its protection. h. dividual permits for the personnel have been applied for.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
s,ooO ACRES OF SUGAR CANE
 PLANTATIONS FLOODED

New Orleans. April 23.-A break in the Mississippi levees at Myrtle Grove. thirty miles south of New Orleans, today food e,1 more than 5000 acres of sugar cane plantations with an estimated damage of $1 .60D 900. Every effort to close the breach has been unsuccessful and the water a last reports was spreading over cultivated lands two miles above the break and to a point three miles below.
 Levee eng. .neers. after a conference to- day, decided to give up attempts to bar the gap. and instead to .'tie" the broken :evee with tarnaulins in hopes of pre- venting further washing
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
AGREEMENT REACHED BY
 MILITARY FORCES IN IRELAND

London. April 24.-An agreement has been reached between the nihtry lead CTS of the republican and Free State forces in Ireland, says a despatch to the Westminster Gazette from Dublin, which will constitute the basis for peace fuI arrangements with the future policy of both sides and profoundly influence events in southern Ireland for the bet ter.
 The correspondent claims spiEErity for this announcement and says he un- derstands that, in consequence of the agreement arrived at, hostilities between the rival forces are to cease, although the political issue between the two par ties is not affected.
 The decision it is added followed ne gotiations between the respective lead CTS who have been deeply influenced by the fratricidal character of the strug- gle, as well as by consideration of the effects upon the national situation.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
ALLIES MAINTAIN BREACH
 OF FAITH BY THE GERMANS

Note Sent the German Delegates Signed by the Ten Pow Involved in the Versailles Treaty, Declaring That In quiry Has Failed to Disclose Any Shadow Justfica- lion For Germany Negotiating Separate Agreement With Russia-The Ten Powers Curtly Inform the Ger man Delegates That Thsir Governments Reserve the Right Declare Null and Void Any Clauses in the Rus so-German Treaty Which May be Recognized Contra " to Existing Treaties
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
BODY OF MISSING GIRL
 WAS FOUND IN 4 CREEK

Camden. N J., April 23.-The body of Ida Kramer. seven, who nysteriously dis appeared from her home in Woodbury, March 26. was found today in Little Newton creek, just outside of Camden. The body was found by Leonard Ryan, who lives near the creek.
 oroner Hall will hold an autopsy to determine just how the girl came to her death. He declared she had been dead severa weeks. One of her eys was gone, but this may not have been caused by any act of violence, he said
 The body was identified by the girls father, Isidor Kramer, butcher. The girl was last seen in the company of Es- ther Tannenbaum of 729 Chestnut street Esther was taken into custody a few days after Ida disappeared in the belief that she may have kidnapped the child, but she was later released.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER
 READING CONAN DOYLE

Toronto, Ont. April 23.-After reading newspaper article quoting Cir Arthur Conan Doyle as declaring that death was painless and beautiful" Philip Brown, 79, committed suicide today by gas as- phyIation. On his bed was found . newspaper clipping detailing a recent lAc- ture by the English spiritualist Near it was note in which the aged man had written T am 79 and blind. or very nearly so. and if this clipping is true. why should I finger here%'
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
BUSINESS BEFORE GENOA
 FINANCIAL COMMISSION

Genoa. April 2a-tBy The A. P.)- The financial commission today consider -l what action. if any. could be taken to prevent thc flight of capital in order to void taxation and came 10 the coucIu- sion that "any proposals Co interfere w-th the freedom of the market for .x-hange or 10 violate the secrecy of lankers' relations with their customers Lrc to bc condemned
 The commission also expressed the pinion that the rsstion Of measures for international cooperation to pre- -ent taN evasion might be successfully gudicd in connection with the problem .t double taxation now under consid- ration by the league of nations.
 Recommending resolutions on currency end exchange for adoption by the confer ncc the drnncial commission says: "So oug as there is a d-ficiency in the an- suzl budget of a statement by the crea-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
ORDER DIRECTED AGAINST
 THE KU KLUX KHAN

Okhaloma City, Okla. April 23-A general order directed specifically against the Ku kiux Klan and declaring that there is no room in the Oklahoma na- tional guard for any officer or man who owes an allegiance 10 any power. secret organization or society that might become arrayed against the United States or the state of Oklahoma and it's laws. was is sued here yesterday by Governor J. B. 4. Robertson and made public today.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
BASEBALL PLAYER SERIOUSLY
 INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDEN

Augusta, Ga. April 25.-Five members of the Augusta baseball club of the South Atlantic league were injured today when the automobile in which they were trav- cling to this city turned turtle just out side GreenviIle, s. C. Herman Merritt, Harmed out to Augusta by the Detroit Americans, was removed to GreenviIle hospital, paralyzed from the waist down. Physicians hold out little hope for his recovery The other four were not seri- ously hurt
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
CONDITION OF JUSTICE
 EDWIN B. GAGER CRITICAL

New Haven. April 23-The condition of Justice Edwin B. Gager of the Connec- ticut supreme court remained critical to- night. He suffered an attack of congest- ed aphasia late yesterday in his rooms in tn county court house, but was not found until aboct three hours later. He was taken to Grace hospital in an uncon- scious condition and up to late hour to- night had not regained consciousness.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
GOVT REALIZED s1S2,OOO
 IN SALE AT FAIRVIEW

Camden. NJ, April 23.-Approximatc- ly $13e,0 ,000 was realized by the govern ment in the auction sale of building lots at Fairview, the war village near here. The sale ended late last night. Five hundred lots were sold, the average price being S264, about what they originally cost the government. MarF thoHsands of dollars were spent, however, in de- yeloping the site.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
MARSHAL JOFFRE GUEST
 NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

Washington, April 23.-Marshal Joffre greeted the members of Westinghouse fourth estate today in an informal re- ception at the National Press club. After shaking hands with some scores of news papermen he made brief address in which he stressed the importance part played by the press in international af- fairs.
 Marshal Joffre will leave the capital at noon tomorrow for New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
PASTOR VOLUNTARILY REDUCED
 OWN SALARY FROM s1o,oOo TO s5, 900

New York, April 23-The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascension on lower Fifth avenue, to-
 day denied published reports that he had vountarily reduced his salary from S10,0O0 to s5,O0O a year in order to help meet threatened deficit in the church. He admitted that a programme of econ i omy had been introduced but said that the parish was solvent in every respect
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
ARMIsTICE NOTE FROM
 THE ANGORA GOVERNMENT

Constantinople, April 23.-(By The A P)-The reply of the Angora govern ment to the recent proposal of the en- tente powers for an arristice between the Turkish nationalists and the Greeks has just been received here The re- ply explains at length the desire for peace in Turkey. It insistE on the i'm mediate evacuation of Asia Minor. of- fers all sorts of guarantees to the min norities and also gives assurance that there will be no occupation by the ra- tionalists of the evacuated area for a certain period of time.
 The reply will be communicated to the allied authorities tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
No Americans Injured at Monastir

Salonica. Greece April 23.-No Amer jeans are reported to have been injured in the explosion of war stores at Monas- tir. southern Serbia, last week. Mrs. William Brewster of New York city, who formerly conducted an American mis- sonary school in the center of Monastir, and her family, are in Salonica. Among the Americans believed to be in Monas- tir are the Misses Man and Cameron
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
WOMAN FATALLY BURNED
 WHEN STILL EXPLODED

New York, April 23.-The police an- nounced tonight a charge of murder would be lodged against Antonio Chicil- 10 for the death of his wife, 30, who to- day succumbed to burns received in the explosion of a still in their Brooklyn
 home last Thursday. Chicillo also was seriously hurt, and the homicide charge
 will be withheld until he recovers.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
SLEEPING SICKNESS CAUSED
 DEATH OF WORCESTER MAN

Worcester, Mass. April 23.-The death of Albert J. Anderson today from sleep ing sickness marked the fourth death from the disease in this city within six weeks. MT. Anderson's case was reported to the health department yesterday. mak- ing total of Il cases this year. Health authorities say they fear no epidemic.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
TIRE DROVE GUESTS FROM NEW WILLARD HOTEL, WASHINGTON

Vice President Coolidge and Several Members of CongresG Were Among the 600 Who Were Routed Out of Their Beds at 5:45 A. M. Sunday-There Was Considerable Confusion, But No One Was Hurt and the Blaze Was Confined to the Tenth FIoor-Fire Started in the Ball Room Loss is Estimated at From $10O,OOO to $30OOO0
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
Russo-German Treaty Not consider,

Santa Margharita, Italy, April 2s.- (By The 4. P.)-The Russo-German treaty. signed on Easter Sunday, has not been officially christened, and Santa Margharita still has hopes it will hear the name of this suburb notwithstand- ing the fact that it was signed few hundred feet cross the Rapallo munich pal boundary and despite the fact that it did not add to the serenity of the Genoa conference
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
oBITU AIRY
George 4. Smith

Newton. N. J., Apri 2s.-George A. Smith, for five years president of the Merchants National bank with which he had ben associated for S4 years, died to- day at the age of 51. A widow. two sons and daughter survive him. The funeral will be held Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
CALLED PARAGRAPHS
German-Finnish Agreement

Dublin, April 2s.-A cerman-Fjnnish agreement was signed here yesterday regulating urgent economic questions be- tween the two countries, according to a ;emi-official announcement. The argee- nient pledges both paries to early nego- tiations for an economic convention on a broader basis
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
STATE POLICEMEN RAIDED
 COCK FIGHT IN WALLISGFORD

Wallingford, Conn., April 23.-A dozen
 state policemen took part in raid at Pond Hill Park here today, where a cock fight was in progress. Thirty-one men Were arrested and 22 birds were seized. Each man was released in bonds of s25 for appearance in town court tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
Mosiems Going to East Anatolia

COnstantincp!e, April 2s.-Twenty-five thousand Russian Moslems scattered in the famine districts of Russia will be transferred to the under-populated prov inces of Eastern Anatolia. Negotiations with this obpect in view have been con- cludel with the soviet government
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
A house bill proyid

A house bill providing for summer ses- sions of the Massachusetts federal district court at New Bedford was passed by the senate.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24

Auto buses from New York were run over the New York, New Haven & Hart ford tracks Saturday as demonstration for the members of the Society of Auto motive engineers who held a conference in conjunction with Yale engineers pro fessors at Mason laboratory.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24

Five deaths were reported In hospitals at Downey and Artesia. near Los Angeles. as a result of the explosion Of a gasoline tank and gasoline wagon while scores were fighting fire in a gasoline filling station at D5Nney.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24

The overseers of the poor refused per- mission for tag day to be conducted by Lawrence textile unions for the benefit oi striking operatives of that city.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
|B|G TEN GR|D|RONERS
POWERFUL ON ATTACK
By the Associated Press.

ny tHc hSsoClateu frebs.
CHICAGO. October 9.-Unusual Of
fensive strength was the outstanding
development Of Saturdays games. in
opened the season by rolling up 224
points against non-conference con-
tenders.
Observers consider the 20 to score
which Chicago piled up over the
heavy Georgia team as the most sig
nif1cant straw In the championship
wind. as the Bull Dogs rank among
the best teams of the south.
Iowa made the biggest score Of the
day, rolling up 81 points against
Knox College. This indicates that
Coach Howard Jones did not lose the
ability to develop dangerous teams
when he lost Slater, the Devines and
Belding, and 1t also indicates that
Brother Tad at Yale will have his
hands full next Saturday when How
ard takes his team east.
The two mild surprises were Ohio's
weak showing and Ind!anas failure
to score against De Pauw.
form. Michigan downing Case. AZ to
o; Minnesota defeating North Da-
kota, % to 0, and Wisconsin running
up Al points on Carleton.
Northwestern made the most en-
couraging showing a Purple team has
displayed in recent years by beating
the heavy Beloit eleven. II to 0.
Purdue's showing was considered
only fair, although the 10 to score
against James Milliken was due
partly to the fact that substitutes
were used in tho second half Of the
game.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
DICK KERR WOMEN TIE
WITH D. c. SOCCER|STS

Woman soccerists Of the Dick Kerr
team Of Preston. England, may not
be world beaters at their particular
sport, but they are good enough to
make many a team OF men step lively
to finish in front. The fair Britons
proved this yesterday when they hold
q combination Of local foot bail ex-
perts to to tie in q game At
American League Park. True. the
ganized affair that lacked team play,
but individually its members were
stars at their respective positions
for play by the women.
The fair kickers played a good
dribbling CANA but were somewhat
sluggish in the booting department.
Their kicks were minus speed and
force. and this defect cost them sew
eral scoring opportunities. They had
a clever goal in Carmee Pomier, who
checked eleven Of the fifteen shots
attempted by the Washington men.
Lefty Parr. a forward, played a DASH
ing game. She was responsible for
two Of her teams goals.
After battling fifteen minutes In the
first half, Washington scored. Green
getting the ball into goal Lefty Parr
evened the count Just before the half
ended. Washington opened with a
rush in the second half, and wen.
into a good lead, but the invading
Britons recovered brilliantly and
counted three successive goals in the
last ten minutes Of play.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
|PRO GR|D|RONERS START
AGAINST AKRON SUNDAY

Washington's professional foot ball
team Will open it's season at Amer
lean League Park next Sunday, in a
game with the Akron, Ohio, eleven.
The Akron squad is being coached
by Brooke Brewer. former University
include many players Of all-Ameri-
can reputation.
A series of line plays executed after
receiving the ball from kickoff in the
third period ended with a touchdown
6-to-0 victory over the Stantons.
Jourdin carried the ball across the
line. In tho second period the Quen-
tins had worked the pigskin to the
Stanton 5-yard line, only to lose it
on downs.
Quincy Athletic Club opened it's sea-
son with a 1a-to-O win over Airing
ton Athletic Club Jacobs and Flan-
nagan caught forward passes and
registered touchdowns Bean made
a 75-yard run to another score. Ar
lington was held to three first downs.
Playing straight foot ball. Otis Ath-
letic Club beat the Emanons, IL to o.
All of the scoring was done in the
first half. Three times the Emanons
rushed the ball to within five yards Of
Stanton juniors took the measure
of the Seminoles in a s-to-0 game.
The Stantons scored in the second
period when Hanback, recovered a
Seminole tumble and ran fifty yards
to goal.
Perry Athletic Club beat the Ma
ttonals, 13 to z, Thomas making both
of the touchdowns for the victors.
KanAwha Athletic Club wants all
members of Its squad at practice to-
morrow evening at 7th and o streets
The drill will begin at $40 o'clock.
Corinthian Midgets want games
with elevens in the ninety-pound
class. Send challenges to Capt. J. Rit-
ter, 603 @ street.
Trinity Athletic Club Is casting
about for sixty -dve-pound opposition.
Telephone challenges to Manager Du-
val at West 1215.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
Facts About Foot Ball:
The Best Play to Use
BY SOL METZCER.
Copyright. 1927

Q. What Is a kick-off?
A. A kick-on is tho term used to
designate tho opening play OF the
first and third quarters and 1T shall
consist of = place-kfck from the 90
yard line OF the team entitled to kick.
Rule 4, section 4.
Q. If the ball is knocked out Of the
passer's hand while he Is attempting
to pass it, but before 1t leaves his
hand, IL 1t a free ball or an incom-
plete forward pass?
A. 1t In . free hall, not having
been passed forward. Rule II, Sec
tion 4.
Q. II on the other hand. the ball ia
blocked by an opponent tho instant
1t leaves the passer's hand, is 1t con-
sidered q tumble or an Incomplete
pass7
A. II II ruled ~ an incomplste
paas. having left the passeT'S hand.
Rule II, secd0n 4
@. How many forward passes may
be made from one scrimmage?
A. Only ono to zach scTimHaaEe.
Rule II, section (b).
Q. How many backward or lateral
passes may be made from Q single
! scrimmage?
A. Any number provided they are
all lateral or backward. Any Number
OF backward passes or latef1al passes
also may he combined With q singla
forward pass from = single serfm-
mage. Rule II, section i.