‘ NORWALK’S
‘itlSlE PAPER
Imamsano 1870
Entered at the South Norwnlk Post
Moe as Second Class Gian Mixer.
ijoard of Councilmen
Meet and Accept. the
Resignation of Hunt
\o l-Ixcitcment Over Police Matters Shown at the
Special Meeting of the Board Last Night—
iloard of Freeholders Appointed to Take Up‘
the Matter of the Change in Building Line
._~. :in-t 1i -~\pt~ct:ttiuns the.
not brought up at
H:.- common Council
\"'lI"," the ()llI\ reference
ut.--Il the “signal—on or
at: rem-hell and ac—
a board nt‘ frec-
t.- take up the
M ‘II .ntrc of buildingr Lun-
-nu.» IlI’I on Second.
" «tut ll'itlh strco-t; Man)!“
i that Ilt' wuuld au~
vb t'n press. a commit»
\‘ l\
. 1..
wumt‘li;
',r|-~-ll‘li"l
:I'Su
-nt~ lb: nlutti-r til' the
.1. l.i"l and this “as
if n l\' dune .1! NW
I I.Il.:l 'llltlitl'ili‘ 1‘
t. .. it twin; Elwin lint
I t ’-lv\t~vi In the build
4 1.1 . Inc. .l':l pil-
1" rll 1H1: tur tI -
I tut-:1! lli Ill't'Il()ItI"r"~'
I .1 1 ti,\,'. 11nlu\"l:IL;
which a petition. signed h_\' Mrs.
Jennie Ainsworth and about 50 others
was .presented' which asked that some
chan'gc be made. even it’ only for cor-
ner lots. and that people building on
n-nrm-r lots have a change made in the
lbn- win-re the house fronted.”
(")liilt‘linlflll Mills objected to the
change unless he was assurcd that 117“
propcrh owners who had built hml'sesf
and had nbcped the line were re-
cnlllpt-nsml in some way for un_\' dum-
nu‘c that the) might sustain from such
an alteration in the linux.
Corporation i‘ounsel \N'illiam l".
Tammany said that this matter would
lw cutlrch up to the 115mm of free-
holvivl'x and that he could not make
au\ statement that this procedure
nuuid be t‘nlluwcd nor could the coun-
:1u_\thinL:’ about the mattcr.
Mills stated that in (film ten to
“tilt (‘:1Il' l‘us—
l'il tin
.\lr
till-'1 u inns from now.
I
Cantlnued on Page l-‘ivui
i ERWALK DAY HELD
1N SUPERIOR COURT;
VENEZIA GETS YEAR
“we to Have icen‘
' i Jil‘th‘t‘I" Into Wrong-
\ i111: (Iiola and licivo
.,., to Reform School——
«trim» is Sentenced by
the t'ourt —— Zieran and
O‘Donnell Come Up To-
day. 8 Divorce Actions
Filed from This City.
Other Cases
Lzui|iy t0 nu:- (-T tun
uL Wherter‘zin. “‘hf)
r-niuylng Lid um.
i: “I‘lwf awaiting tri ii. had ruthcr
Illllllll' ui‘ hell”; the lira
11 (It lIlt' opening
session of Supmiur
side. at nunn. yi-stt-r.
was a lIi'Hl. ot‘lolnbr.
piv-adcd guilty to our
.' ul' npprnprixlting’ an auto-
b-v mglng to another for his
.1- st cunt) count was (Iliasih
L.) sent to jail [or a year.
a. l!¢-ycar~old youth stole
while of Joseph Grumbly,
\ 1'4 attending a Thanksgiv-
lww in the Norwalk ar—
It nirnded guilty to the
~1 I-l.\ counsel (lSKt‘ll that be
it rather than to the. re—
1r urn: nued on Page Twelve)
filIIlEREY PlIST
SEARS SPEAKERS
EIIR RIINIIS BIII
('harlcs Frizzell
ln‘q'll my
l‘lill'l~'
‘l ~'-'lIIl'lll" 111'
b". .l_\
‘lllt‘llluI
‘l .11.
In:
,-
ll trui- r
.I-xrn- 'l‘. Dunbar spoke
i ‘.1\ii|‘ ot' the soldiers
;~-l.~.ltinn bill last night
‘Illukt‘l‘ gixen by the
l‘nst. .\'o. 1‘_'. Ameri-
t'u lyginn Hall. Cen-
t r“\ building, “'11”
i»: “as nne of the
-r\\..'k in several
.tlnoli l1\' four
.: "ItIIIIlIOIlFl.
\: wk. r. a meeting
was ad-
business
I vlll'l
. Hnal
.2 » . me read the
> Mutter Aler-
.. where in
und rcd ex-
:tction was
l“:.
Still on: TUESDAY
P Mil Al mum
l-our.)
~‘ ‘ prtrtx
' I'iiilllfl'.
It: riro-rt V,
.._v' the
ghen at
under
Mot.
“‘oman's
wmmittw‘ com-
"1' ar I. Mrs. l’rr‘li G.
linz‘ui J Smith.
-t niab‘m affair for
.4": In le present.
.1Li‘1unnf .‘Jrs.
presented
1' v I .lr.icier33
.‘riisu “'inifreri Mann
John Smith
"harles R. Mitchell
5) f‘nnbl Cook
... Alice Acton
“7e nt W'ithout Hat
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DRUG PlDDliRS
ARE NOW UNDER
INVESlIliAlION
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. .March .1.—
Further questioning of six alleged
drug peddlers and bootleggers as to
their knowledge of the murder of
\Villiam Desmond Taylor. film direc-
tor. a month ago. was planned for to-
day by the police and the. district at-
torney. Their arrest was said to have
been the result of a quarrel between
one of them. Ray Vl". Lynch. twenty»
two. who said he was a gas litter. and
their housekeeper. Mrs. John Rupp.
known also. according to the police. as
Mrs. May Lynch. and said by them to
be an “eccentric."
The others gave their names.
and Occupations as \Villiam I‘lnst.
Inl‘orel'.
at: s
.‘lll,
George Cahcri. L'n. gas liittc-r.
May Have a... An Effort
Waller Kirin. ‘13. property man at
.1 Motion picture studio.
Slli"‘l nictnl “Ol‘k
Murhrix'l. or .»\rn
.loixn lil‘l‘kl‘). 2:".
Jr. and Harrv .-\.
brim. ‘JT. chauffeur.
The police said Mrs. liupp had dc—
cInrt-d Kirb) and (‘alu-rt had matin-
npcn threats against TaHOr on tin-
:rmxnd he had "injured thcir hush
Hess" which slur diclarcd \~.. ~ (It‘-
pcndn‘; l mtmband drugs and ii .ui-rs
All en llll'll bau- been iulil .mlni
municadt. siwcc their arrest. and a [Ill
ii: e utlnrd was thrown about the liupp
bunsl- lbtunuhout .\cstcrd:i.\ and last
contmunicutinn
ill
to
.\Ir
I'l'll
hits
‘oitl iii--
night prevent all)
with ltupp. “ho was said to bc
in ban"
accusr vl
rcpt” it 1I
Ila-I
icpp was~
lltliit't \In- Univ
+—
(Continued on Page Fiv-l)
BU iLDS WORLD'S SMALLEST
RADIO.
of all, it works.
Alfred Rinthart of Elizabeth, N. J.,
constructed this baby receiving set. which measures nexus inches. It
is said to be the smallest radio in the world, but it there is any doubt
about it, A_ is working on one now he hopes to make half this size. Best
Copyright by Underwood I: Underwood.
is only 19 years old and has
EflNliRESSMAN
MERRll'lSllll
AliAlNSl Bolus
ongressman Schuyler .‘lerfltt
not changed his attitude on the Sol—
dicrs' Adjustedv This
was indicated yesterday fit a letter re-
ceived by Commander Ray “YE-lime. of
has
Com pensation .
the Frank C. Godfrey Post. No. 12.
Ameiican legion. in rt ph to a com-
munication from that post 0! pressing
disapproval of Congressman 7\lerritt‘s
opposition to the bonus.
The letter is as follows:—
February
Mr. Ray Werme. Comma ndcr.
Frank C. Godfrey Post.
American Legion.
South Norwalk. Conn.
Dear Sir:—
I have received your letter of Feb.
17th in which you advise me that
your post does not approve the atti-
tude which I have taken with regard
to the bill in the interest of tax-service
mo-n now being considered by congress.
I shall he very sorry if you or the
members of your pogt interpret my ac—
tion as any lack of appreciation of the
services of men who were in the arm-
erl forces of the I' nited States during.‘
22
-. 1922.
the late war. So far as relief mea-
sure are concerned I have felt. as
doubtless you have. that the first for]
Cantinued on Page 3!)
(Continued paragon-weaver
aeowhathecoldlearnandim
BANIIITS CAUGHT,
AEIER RflRRERY
N. Y.. March i.—7.\l\'r-
th- lZates. 20. is in police custody
together with {obcrt G.
)9. after an attempt to rob the
of Benjamin Griffin. at Camillus. last
night. During the attempted holdup.
Benjamin Hart. a customer, was shot
in the hand. but not seriously wound-
ed.
The Bates girl and Rlake are held
on an open charge pending further in-
vestigation of the robbery. Held as
SYRACI ’Si‘).
lo-
lllake.
store
day.
Continued on Page Five)
Bootlegger Sought
College Education
NEW’ HAVEN. M'arch 1.4—A brand
new excuse for selling liquor was
presented yesterday in the I'nited
States Court before- Judge Edwin S.
Thomas. an excuse that has never
been offered before: That he wanted
to make money enough to attend a
clirooractic college in Pittsburgh was
the reason given by Herman Goldring
ot Meriden. 22 years old. charged
with setting whiskey. He pleaded
guilty and informed the court that
he had no lawyer. Assistant United
rStates Attorney George ’H. Cohen was
assigned to him hyfthe' court. The
judge told him to go to college and
‘2‘
AIIEMPIED I0
WRESII iRAIN
EOR HARIEORD
Engineer Sees 3 Tie on the
Tracks as He Was Leav-
ing Wallingford L a s t
Night
3mm mun.
AlElilS Acclaim
to Secure Valuable Mail
Cargo ‘
ASSOC IATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL “TEE AND 013.3 OWN OPERATOR.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1,1922
lKE SERINO GIV
FROM 10 TO 15 YEARS
FOR APICELLA MURDER,
\\'.\l.l.l.\'(‘.li‘(llil). March l.»—A scri-
tillx' \\l‘t'1‘k or. the "New Haven" road
.rrm\l~. ave-rtcd early last night
action of the engineer of
«ii. [waxing New York at 6
due in Springfield at 10:10
‘r'lItii'k .\ large railroad tic. placed
tun-lat" a few hllndrwi t't-cl bl'~
n".I 11w \‘x‘;l‘im:'fm‘d station. in the
tll‘lllllx ”I tlw section house. “as the
IIII‘ ll'l‘IIIi'l‘tl.
train. in charge
.lo-nknr: curled
2-..~.u~n-: :1 lam. assigninrnt of
.\t \ .".'_’ o'clock. after leasini.r
I st till)": the engineer detected
«nu nus of the headlight.
.1”... 1h ill the path of his trnin.
gv-tting under way the
.:g.plic:1tion ot' the cmcr-
., v» \ l-v:.l.- \. \‘ :13-1 brought to a stun :a
.v .‘ 'r uu lint obstl‘lictini.r tic. Hull
liw- l' 412- handing; at a faster
\\:.< l'.
prompt
in X0
'nl‘L lt‘lli
h)
ll‘J.
DC!
“II “in
l'l~: "i
T!
lulu!
oi‘ (‘ondm tor
in addition to
'lillli
l- i.-~.t
lh: rl'
CJ' I!
It» i. \\.4- his:
\ l"l'ltwi'.:'1
let u
(Continued on Page Two)
SHEER ERR S5,Iflfl
FORWARIIEII III
WAR SUEEERERS
- ‘ *1 ’li
The local- Wurfiui‘l’ércrs Campaign
mailed today a very magnificent con-
tribution of $5.000 as its first payment
on the 315.000 quota that the Nor-
walk Community has obligated itself
to raise for the relief of the. starving
<bildrcr. in the war riddtyi areas.
This amount was turned in at a
\cry enthusiastic meeting of the cam—
paign workers held last night at the
Y. M. ii. A. Plans were adopted in
canvass the entire city oi Norwalk
\ery sytematically so that the entire
quota could be raised and paid in he-
torv- the campaign closws on March 12.
A pica for the Jews of Norwalk to
in their utmost to put over this city's
drive for 815.000 for relief of war
snin-l't‘rfl. was received from Julius
Rosenwald. Chicago philanthropist. by
Samuel Iioodncr. who is in cfi’urge of
Continued on Page Five) 5
PIIIIBY TRWARII
RAILRIIAIIS BHANRE
\VASHINGTON. March 1.——-Two
important changes in government
policy toward the nation's railroads
became effective today.
The section or the. transportation
act fixing six per cent. as the return
on railroad properties which railroads
are entitled to earn under interstate
commerce commission regulations. ex.
pired today. Also with today. there
expired the period during which rail-
tContinued on Page Three)
3"; ' 311.0%
MICHAEL SERINO.
Sci-thrice from 10 to 15 years this
morning for murder of Luigi
Apicollu.
ARBITRATION
AWARD HOLDS
IIP PAPERS
___._'___,_._
.‘\'i-Z\\-' YORK. March t.~'l‘hc emi-
lrovers) between the publishers of the
daily newspapers of New York city
and the VVch Prcssmcn's l'nlmi over
the arbitration award of Federal
Judtrc Martin 'I‘. Manton was ended to‘
day. lion C. Scitz. manager of the New
York \Vortd. announced after a pub-
iishcrs' meeting this morning.
All afternoon papers. which had
omitted their first editions. would up»
pear in full size form, with most or the
acheltising' omitted.-
'l‘he difficulty Wan terminated when
the l’ressmen's Union transmitted a
h-ltcr to the publishers announcing the
union had voted to abide by the de—
cision of Judge Manton and return to
work. but would request the publish-
crs to grant :1 conference within the
next few days to discuss modification
of some of the terms or the award.
The publishers accepted the press-
men's proposal to return to work and
agreed to meet a union commiltcc Fri-
day.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
SflGIAI ANII DANCE
0E PHIINE EMPUIYES
About 75 members of the Bridge-
port Commercial Section of the South—
ern New England Telephone Company
held a social and dance last evening at
Red Men's Hall. Washington street.
Guests were present from Stamford
and Bridgeport. Fisher's Billiken or-
chestra provided music for the danc-
ing.
A radiophone set was used last eve-
ning‘and those attending were inter-
ested in the concert given. Refresh-
ments were served and a most enjoy-
able time was had.
The lucky-number dance was won
by Manager M. H. Nutting. of the lo-
cal exchange. his partner being Mrs.
Al Nutting. The prize was a cake.-
SEIIEVE MUIVIIIIII CHARIIES
MAY BE UNDER INVESTIGATIIIN
That evidence concerning alleged
instances of ribery on the part of pro-
hibition enforcement officers in
firidgeport was being sifted prepar-
story to its being turned over to the
grand jury was the significance given
the recent conferences between mem-
bers of the t'nited States District At-
‘flrney's office and Joseph Mnlvihiil
of Bridgeport. said to be a. special
prohibition investigator. in reports
Current about the federal building yes-
terday.
Mulvlhill. the announcement of
whose. appointment. if true. came as a.
great surprise to local prohibition of—
ficials. was said have been working
in his home «1' let for the past three
weeks collecting data for the district
attorney's office. Another report had
it that he was investigating certain
derilections of employees formerly
connected with the prohibition direco
tor’s office in Hartford. this matter
dealing with the turning over to 3
Stamford man a. batch oi! stolen liquor
permits.
District Attorney Edward 147% . '
when seen last pig“
MARINE IIESIRNS
EIIR NEW RRIREE
.___._.___.
R. C. Barry. an engineer of the Job-
son—Clifford company. New York city.
was in Norwalk this morning making
a preliminary design of the proposed
bridge across Wall street. should the
street be widened.
to make an estimate of the cost of
widening.
This afternoon the members of the:
board of freeholders appofnted to sur—
vey the matter:-—John I“. McMahon.
Fred L. Lam and Edward‘M. Wells,
oral matters in uuecti'on with thei
- theft of an automobile.
Mr. Barry is also]
are holding a meeting. discussing sev— i
Snow probable mixed with sleet.
m GENT.-
4:2
Changes Plea
to Guilty
of Manslaughter Today
State’ s AttOrney Homer
(By Special (.‘orrosmmdcnli
Michael Serino. former saloon keep-
or here. was sentenced by Judge John
T. Kellogg in the Superior Court to
from 10 to 15 years after he had
changed his pica from "not guilty on
a murder charge. to "guilty" on a
manslaughter charge. Giacomo llcr-
tino. one of the accomplices of Scrino.
and in whose kitchcn Mike Setuno
murdered Luigi Apicclia on Novembcr
8th, 1921. was fined $500 and was g‘iv—
en a. year in jail on a charge of the
The jail sen—
tcnce was suspended in llcrlino‘ case
however.
State's Attorncy llomcr S. (‘um-
mings in :1 statcnunt in thc court
flayed the Norwalli polict dcpartmcnt
stud raid that Scrino had b“: n of i!»
vuluahlc assistance to thu Stall in
clcaring up nuslcrics \\itl1 r: umds to
INEIIIENZA HAS
MANY VICTIMS
IN NORWAIII
Norwalk has between fifty and onc
hundred cases of influenza at the pre-
according.r to rcports final
to thc Slate Depart
For the week cnding
there wcre 50 cases.
sent time
have been madc
ment of Health.
February 25th.
Norwalk standing third in the list of
reported cascs for the state.
New Britain with 112 cases. liridcc.
port with 75. Norwalk with 50 and
Mcridcn with 47. were the leading
towns. However the state total has
dropped considerable. the total being
675 against 1.325 for the week previ-
ous. liarien has 15 cases.
For scarlet fever Norwalk has one
case of dipthcria and one case of dip-
theria and one of small pox.
S. Cummings Declares
Serino’ s “Aid Was Invaluable in Uncovering
Deplorable State of Affairs in Norwalk Police
Department”.(xiacemo Bertino Given Year
in Jail and Fined $500 for Auto Theft——
O’Donnell and Zieran Cases this Afternoon
auto thieving in this and othei states
with thc result that at least one "ring"
ul auto thieves had boon broken up.
“Scrino has been of invaluable as-
sistancc to us." said Mr. Cummings."
in uncovering the deplorable state of
ntTairs that existed in the Norawlk
Police Department. This state. has
been partialh cleared up by the re-
signation of 'l homas Hunt. for twenty-
sew n \cars a member of the depart-
mcnt and for some time a detectiv.
sc rgcant there.
"them an to be other “shake —"ups
and otlur startling duelosures as to
conditions thcre as a result of the re-
\vlizitinn made by Serino." he added.
'l‘lu-u» “as no statement from {derino
who appcarctl to be satisficcl with the
(.Icl th..l hr had been attuned to
(Continued on Page Fiw)
Finds Several Towns Charged
For Too Many Pupils in School
1
State Board of Education
Recommends Deductions.
Aggregating $2,857.50
from School Enumeration
Allowances .i
'l Ill state board of education has P9-
comim min «t to the comptroller's office
that $3 $57.5“ be deducted from school
cnuvmrntinn (laims presented by fl!-
tecn different towns 0n the ground
that thisc tnw'ns had reported 1.270
mun- (‘ItlIlIl‘i n of school age than they
urtnalli had.
At‘t'nlliillfz lo the report of lhe Sta.“
board of education. Bridgeport a year
ago reported 773 more children of
school use than it actually had. Tho
board recommended that $1,739.25 b.
deducted from its state allowance thil'
ycar to adjust this difference at the
rate of $3.25. each. Dan—ten reported
240 more than the state agents found.
making a. difference of $540. Other
iowus are reported by the state board
to have over-enumerated as follows:
Easton. 4: Farmington. 23; Frank‘
lin. 14; Greenwich. 15; Hampton. 9:
Lyme. to; Madison. 74; Morris. 4; Old
(Continued on Page 'hvo)
Scarlet fever is on the increase
there being 104 cases reported against
83 for the week previous. Diptheria.
is at a stand still there being 54 cases
the same number reported the week‘
previously.
Whooping cough. which Norwalk is
practically free of. is on the increase
in the. state as is measles. No case of
the latter disease is reported from
Norwalk either.
Small pox is lessening. there being
13 cases against 17 the week before.
MISS BYXBEE WEIIS
JAMES E. WAIEUR
Miss Ruth Byxhee. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I“. S. Ryxbce. of 7 Isaac,
str‘et at 8 o'clock last night became
the bride of James Francis Waleur.
BllAllil lll mm;
AFFILIATED llllil
BUMMEREE lIllAMBlER
Formal notification has been re—
ceived today by Secretary Edmund E.
Crows that the South Nor-walk Board
of Trade has been elected to member-
ship in the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States. Affiliation with the
National Chamber gives the South
Nor-walk hoard of .Trade I. voice in
the activities and attain! of that con-
stantly growing business ammunition.
which now number. about four-don
hundred commercial and trade organ-
nations.
Closely following its election to the
National Chamber the South Norwalk
E?
o'.
f
i
1
1
of 21 Main street. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Thomas J. Finn in
St. Mary‘s rectory.
The bride was handsomely gowned
in brown. canton crepe and carried
white sweet peas. The bridesmaid,
was Miss Beatrice Byxbee. sister of
the bride. She was dressed in grayi
Icanton crepe. and wore pink sweetl
peas.
The b¢st man was
drick.
Both the bride and groom are wzlli
known in Norwalk. \lr. Waleur is in‘
the advertising business and is also;
an attache of the Benedict News.
‘store Wall street.
Mr. and Mrs. Waleur
Charles Hen-
will make
“heir home at 32 West Main street.
DayAdmnts'flteft .
(Washington.
. ncth
tLeague.
Board of Trade will appoint a Nation-‘
al Councillor who will serve as a con—
inecting link between the local organ-
ization and the National Chamber at
Here/after when policies
affecting business are under diacusfion
by the federal authorities. the South
(Continued on Page Four.)
Warner with Maxim
at Washington Now
WASHINGTON, March I.———-Ken-
R. Warmer of Hartford. secre-
‘tarv of the American Radio Relay
has arrived in Washington
lard is consulting with Hiram Percy
lMaxim. league presl of. who is roll»
resenting all nationa amateur wire-
its; interests at the mm! on
Norwalk Chronicler