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Automobile Goes Through
Bruises
lv'oui occupants of :1 Buick touring
car had an almost miraculous cst'upe
irnm death. on Saturday night. when
their .AJACOOHODHO went over the end
ui‘ :ui umbunkment at the Cannondzile
bridge, across the. lmnbury railroad
tint-its. and thence down some thirty
lut‘l to Nu- trucks below. only one of
ill!" ocrupants received severe injuries,
hu being (Yourtlund Lawrence. aged
:.'., oi :14 ltulml'ortli avenue. Dunlmry.
Mhu inui .w- ('l"ll broken ribs and a
invilly rut t'u .. .
Lawrence was driving.r to South Nor-
\"llk to go to the railroad stutioxr to
get his father" ll'red Lawrence. an en—
mn-u-r on the New Haven road. at the
llinv- oi the nrculent. which took place.
about 9 o'clock.
There All on up grade just before the
bringi- lH rl‘il‘llt‘tl. null lulwrence 'pul
on Hpe‘t‘tl to go up this. As he got to
tln- low the was running hulf'on the
smooth mil-faced road and half on the
sandy dirt rnml, The steering wheel
refused to pull the front wheels
around and the car plunged forward.
hil'iklllfl the end of sit-cl abutment ot'
the bridge. A '
The rear end of the car swung
around and the whole machine tep-
y' pic-ii over sidcwnys, turning over five
‘ or six limes-i before it, reached the bot-
tom. when it stood on its nose and
tixI-n plunged down alongside the
Nuiv.rili<.-lmiiiirl tracks. jult clearing
them The four occupants of the car
were thrown out.
Smithy residents informed the local
yaho- of the accident and sent in word
ili'ii two people had been killed. The
'Itlilllil-UH’I' and n. wrecking: (-nr were
sniiithwt Ullt“: to tho Hcf‘m- of the acci-
le-i
l! w“ iboit 10 o'clock when the
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CannondaleBridge ’ Onto ’
Danbury Railroad Tracks
verturned Five or Six Times in Drop of Thirty
Feet and Four Occupants Were Badly In-
jured, Courtiand Lawrence of Danbury Sus-
taining Four Broken Ribs and Cuts and
(our occupants of the. cur were brough‘
to the Norwalk Hospital. where they
M re examined.
'1 he) were young Lawrence who
sustained several fractured ribs and
slight cuts and severe bruises. He is
uloing‘ nicely oi the hospital today.
Miss Myrtle R. Warner of 38 Balm—
t‘orth avenue. l)anbury..:aged 17. se-
vere bruises and contmsions all over
the body: John Warner. her cousin,
same address. aged 35. bruises; Clin-
ton Nelson. aged 35. of 22 Warren
street. West Hartford. bruises and
shock.
Nelson claimed to be the owner of
the automobile. which. however_ was
registered in the Motor Vehicle reg-
ister under the name 01 Arthur James
Gieed. 96 Allen place. Hartford.
State Policemen Marsh and Baker
were at the scene of the accident as
soon on they could comed‘rom the
Ilidrcfic'd barracks. and took charge
of the place. -
\Vlien news of the accident spread
around. curs by the hundreds started
for the spot. mmc from Danbury and
otlmrs from Nor-walk. J
\Vlir-re the accident occurred the
road tnkes a right angle twist acros‘s
the bridge. both coming to and going
from Nor-walk, and the spot is known
as :1 most dangerous one to most mo—
torists who use the road.
How it was that the occupants of
the automobile were not killed‘ or ell‘c
'sustain more serious injuries is some-
thing that could not be explained. Ah
inxestigution is being made by the
State police as to the difference lio—
twcen the registration number and
Nelson‘s story. The car was a com—
Coroner Phelan Inquires About
Speeding of Autos on West Ave.
Chief of Police Pennington
Answers Question Put to
Him During the Inquest
Into the Death of Latham
Bartlett.
tuning the rouise of the inquest
min ill" lli'iilll of Lulhum liuriiett.
'l"l|l siivirilu) afternoon. Coroner
.lniw: J. l'iulun :iskn-d Chief of Police
\\'1il:.im ll. Pennington to liikt‘ the
\l’lill! 5.1 stand and. when he did so. rc-
iimrixmi to him that he. the coroner.
imi h ii nuim-rous complaints made
to him about the fact that \Vest ave-
this bccn turned into a speedway
nirmnobilists nnd motorclciists.
:iml in:- ukt- d the chin” what had been
mu. in put. :1, stop to tiic‘prr-utice.
l'lm‘l Pennington admitted that mi.
N «i ll\ motorists did speed along
‘ .ut int‘mmotl Coroner I’helnn
. . i l litionni motorci cle was be-
. w-.-l out another motorcycle
H . i would be pluccd on duty.
lullitql to bo able to bring
mtmumi on Page Six)
muusllumu
WAR PllflfllEEilS
' ‘ :u} in, The French Gov-
. awn-nus of continuing its
. ' ' m ur' the, war profiteers and
- *va has inscribed for discus-
. ‘lu- in ul of the order of the
. ’ ' Ill shine the Department of
' " .H-“vr to institul: proceedings
.‘ in”: Him» offenders. Immediate
(:1 -ll' mil be taken tomorrow. when
- l' i .‘Illlllt‘r of Deputies meets'
WA. twnpnmry measure directed
4-1:th these profiteers which was
mo l m 1:; no expires on the twenty-
. wt u this month. Should it be De"
.' «r! l to lapse, the Government
twill" h we no further recourse
~ H' the pr‘OfllOQl‘S.
RUSSHAN mans rosin
REVOLUTION In am
.iH' Oct 16.--The Russian 3°1-
~H ll‘e preparing to incité I 856
., itmn in Germany thii' winter.
I . ling to a dispatch received ted"
' i l!" special correspondent of the
’4 msigennt in Moscow.- "At the’
' 1m st of Clara. Zetkin. German Com-
list ic-,ader who was in “wow
« nlly " says the dispatch. "all
his necessary for Communist bro-
".tnlla in Germany have been in“
illtltfl in the Soviet DUGBEL “‘1 l8.
. onsiii err d lmperativd to arouse 8. RBI!
H- \oluton this your. New d
101' weapons will be "uh
throughout Germ? '
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PRETTY‘WEflIllNli
u 81. MARY’S
A pretti’ wedding was celebrated at
lh o'clock this morning. at St. Mary's
church. when Miss Mary A. Chris-
ti:m0.,. (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Christiano of 24 Leonard street. he-
came the bride of \Villiam J. ()‘Ilrjcn.
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Brien of 5
was the officiating clergyman. Dur-
inp: the service. Mrs. C. Hay: es sang
appropriate vocal selections.
Miss Christiano was dressed in
white Canton crepe. trimmed with
pmrla and wore a hat to match. She
carried a bud bouquet.
'l‘he bridesmaid was Miss Rose
Christiano. sister of the bride. She
wore a dress 0 (orchid Canton crepe.
trimmed with silver. and wore a hat.
to match. She carried roses.
Thr- best man was Frank O'Brien.
brother of the groom.
Following the wedding service a re-
.ception was tendered the bride and
groom at the home of the farmer's
parents. Many relatives and friends
attended the affair. Following the re-
ception the new married couple . de-
parted on a honeymoon trip by auto-
mobile to parts unk‘nown. They will
return on November 1 and take up
their residence at 24 Wilton avenue.
Miss Christiano is well-known in
Norwalk. She was employed in the
office of the Nor-walk Tire and Rub-
ber Company. Mr.0 O'Brien is a sales-
man in the Colyar'a Shoe Store. First
district. He is a. mem of the
Knight: of Columbus, Coc noe Tribe
Foreign Wars.
REPUBLICAN OAUWSBS
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will hold couches. at 1: 80 o'clock this
tlce's of the peace will be chosen. . ,
The Flu! Ward caucu- will be held
delegates being chéoen: j
Ward It. the .0“! hell. mm do
Court room. mourn Mikhail; as:
.cn in the occupied soap-é ‘
.... _,(C9p_tmued Gummm“
)lerwin street. Rev. Thomas J. Finn.
1'. 0. R. M.. and of the Veterans of
HELD m M“
The Ropublicaihs iii .11 live wardl '
evening {9'17 the purpose ofappointing ,
delegates to. bend to the convention 1
.to. be held at 9 o'clock I evening
it the pity hall when due: for
the offices of representative find his- m
in the Town Amembiy _1mll,- eight '
delegates being ebb-en imbibe Firth _
A severe condemnation of carnivals,
indoor fairs and other places that use
"wheels" or other gamblingdevices to
nttTar-t people to patronize them, was
delivered during the course of I ser-
mon on ”Gamblers and Gambling"
delivered by the Rev. John J. Snavely
at the South Norwul'k, Methodist
Episcopal church last night. He call-
ed upon the authorities of the city to
stop the practice, saying. the remedy
for this gambling'lay with them.
, - It was not alone the use of 'wheels
that Rm. Mr. Snavely condemned, it
was the instilling of the spirit of gum-
bling into the childlien and young men
and women. During the course of
his talk. Rev. Mr. Snavcly spoke sub-
. manually as follows—-
“Gambling." sayspnc author "is the
vice of the savage." True civilization
ought to outgrow it as it has outgrown
tattooing and cannibalism." Most
people will assent to the evil of gam-
bling. But occasionally you find a
man who wants to be shown. "At
what point" he asks. is gambling
morally wrong? Two men agree to
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liNltiliTS COLUMBUS
AT ST. JUSEPU’S
About 200 members of South Nor-
wuik Council. No. 1253. Knights of
Columbus. attended communion at the
7:30 o‘clock mass at St. Joseph's
chruch. yesterday morning. going into
the church in a body.
Following the services at the church
about 80 members of the council ud-
Journed to the Hotel Muhacltemo.
there to have communion breakfdt.
l". Tammany acted,” toastmaster.imd
WW... -
ford. Deputy Grand linight Paul
Schultz; Lecturer Thomas McMahon.
who. with his “Reminisceuccs." amus-
ed those. present.
Judge Tammany also had a few
brief talk was well received. Humor
was interspersed with good. sound ud-
vice to ’the members by those who
spoke. '
James Murray of Stamford sang
seven-l baritone solos. for which At.-
lorncy J. J. Llnxweiicr and Prof. Pl.-
(lric Slinmus Sexton furnisliedrthc nc—
compnniment.
The committee in charge of the af-
fair was composed of Grand Knight
Thomas Malone. Recorder
Strutton and Inside Guard Thomas
Lydon. “
usshflfiliiliius
bridge. Mass. daughter of Mrs.
granddaughter of Mrs. W. H. Thomas.
of Thomas‘ Hill. to Frederick Still-
man Kingsburv of Boston. was held
on Saturday afternoon’s-17:2 o'clock at
St. Paul's Episcopal church. First
district. the Rev. John D. 'Skene.
formerly of St. Andrew's Parish in
Stamford. being the - officiateing
clergyman.
The couple were attended by MW
Catherine Taussig, of Cambridge.
Mass" and Leonard Wright of Boston.
on maid-of- ‘fionor and best man re-
spectlvely.
Edward M. Jackson M the omn-
lot while W. Harrison Thomas. an
uncle of the bride gave her away in
mil-rings. The ceremony was attend—
ed by the families of the bride and
bridegroom only, but- any we
and relatives minted us?“
ception held
GAMBLING
During the breakfast Judge William
words to say to the. members and his
Thomas
AT ST. PAUL’ CHURCH
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Felicia Doughty. of Boston and Cam-
ldlennore Thomas Doughty and a
Fire; beliéevd to have been caused
by a dcfect'in the fireplace in one of
the bedrooms, broke out in the image
of General ”Russell Frost, 52 West,
avenue, Second. District about 9:40
o ’clock last evening. and only for the
prompt response of the Central‘ Fire
Station appsifatus and men, doubtless
the damage would have been greater.
Asit was the loss . “as confined to
approximately 81,600; which was cov_
ered by insuranuee. carried through
the agencies ‘of Taylor (e Golden.
lnc.. W’illiam O. McLean. Inc.. and J.
M. Layton ,6; CO. ..
Mr. and Mrs. Russell l-‘rost. Jr., to-
gether with several friends were sent-
ed in the smelting room of the house.
on the firstfloor, playing \viiist. when
a crackling noise was heard. Investi-
gation failed to show any cause. until
the second floor was reuchvd
Here. through cracks in the wall,
caused by the heat. flames could be
seen eating their Way through the
walls in front of a central chimney of
the house. into which a chimney of a
tire place in General Frost‘s bedroom
led.
The nursery was It the end of a hall
leading fromthe stairway to the sec~
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MISCBUUUWEUUEU
TU M. H. PEUC
The marriage of Miss Adeline I.
Cockefur. daughter oil-'11s. Ruthy
How of 49 Spring strut-L to James J.
Vulcano. son- or Mr. and Mrs.1‘rank
Volcano of 7 Prince siren. lianbury.
onn..,book place Saturday evening”;
5 o‘clock at the rector) of Trinity
churcli, Rev. Chapman 5 Lewis .otfio
' i ”it?!
ried white roses. She was attended
by Miss Theresa V ulcnno. sister of the
bridegroom who also wore brown
(‘unton crepe .md curried pink rages.
Samuel Cockt iur brother of the
bride. was the lie st man. A reception
was held at the home of the bride. fol-
lowing the cercmom. to the families
of the couple and their friends.
A trip to Niagara Falls. Washing-
ton. D. C. and other places of inter-
est is being taken by the couple, who.
upon their rum-n. will make their
home at 41 Cedar street.
The bride wore a goingvaway grown
of brown Duvutyne. The couple were
the recipients of many beautiful gifts.
Mr. \ulcano is a mall cletI on the
Boston’xew York run. while the bride
was formerh employed at the R. & G.
Corset factor}.
iiECEPTiUN EUR
2 REPUBLICAN
CUMMITEEMEN
The Republican Town Committee
0f Wilton held a reception at the
home of Mrs. Grace Schenk. Wilton.
on Saturday evening in honor of the
new State Central Committeemen
from the 26th District. Mrs. Minerva.
Dam of this city. and John C. Dm-
E New Canaan.
ye'lll‘hg members of the Town Com-
mittee of Wilton. together with their
wives, and husbands and the chair-
men and vice-chairmen of other towns
in the 26th district were present,
numbering about 40 in all. .,
Mrs Davis and Mr. Buryes both
spoke. informally as did John Bohr-e.
bold. and then
for the
those present m
—-The situation arising out' of the
growing painter of the Fascism. or Ex-
treme l\la.tionaliistht is apparently near-
ing the breaking point. .
The result which is confidently pre- "
dicted is the retirement‘of the Facts
Cabinet and tornation of a ministry
either composed exclusively, or con:-
Fascism
munistic movement, the Fascist! have
become‘ a vformidable organization,
with 450.000 armed and drilled men.
equipped with the most modern par-
aphernalia of war. including even field
guns. machine guns. armored cars
and submarine chaser-a.
Premier mom will announce his re-
tirement‘ns soon 'as King Victor Em-
manuel returns from his Belgian trip.
thus forestallinggif possible. dissolu—
tion of Parliament and general elec-
tions. as demanded by the Fascisti.
Former Premier Giolitti is prominent-
ly mentioned as successor to the Pre-
mien-ship.
Ellis hum .
yesterday afternoon at {T special ses—
sion of Norws'lk Lodge.
P. 3.. held in the Elks’ Home, in South
Stevens officiated over the meeting.
eluding Bridgeport and smmtom. E01-
Irving Byiiigton delivered an interest-
3:}me bride mid u iwbrownmnw m
ton crepe with list to match and cars ~
NAVY EAGLE BOAT
Re blican candidate for Senator
fro the 26 District, who was also“
nits present. A discussion of the policies
induced to each
ROME. Oct. 13 tAssocizited,Pr-ess).
taming a preponderatlng majority. of
Formed originally to tight; the Com-
It is declared in some ouarters that
NU HAVE iliilNEli
Fourteen candidates were initiated
0. 709 3.0
Main street. Exalted Ruler Stanley
which was attended by more than two
hundred members of the lodge. and
many guests from nearby cities, in-
lowing initiation; District Deputv p.
lng address on matters pertaining to
or r‘Eim nizu't‘lcin.
After the initiation. chicken dinner.
prepared in a delicious manner by the
South Nor-walk Lunch. was served in
the basement of the home. The tables
were nicely decorated with cut flow-
ers. The entertainment committee
was heartily commended for its efforts
in arranging for such a. fine dinnér.
' During the dinner there was an en-
tertainment arranged through special
permiaion of B. F. Keith. Billy Moer-
lein rendered several selections in a
fine manner on the piano accordian.
of which he is a. master. Miss
Gertrude Parrish, musical comedy
star; entertained with several vocal
selections. two of which were new of-
ferings which haye not been sung on
the stage as yet. Keefer and Scott en-
tertained with clever danés as well
as singing. The entertainment closed
with songs and stories by Rupert
Cuthbert. who scored a big hit. {James
Sexton was the efficient accompanist.
no. 31 eons AGRQUNDV
ABOVSTON. Oct. 16.—-—The Navy eagle
beat No. 31' grounded on Sow and
Pig's‘Reef, south of Cuttyhunk Island.‘
early today. Radio messages from the
craft received here said she was
pounding badly, with *forward oil tank
leaking and water in the galley, and
wasunahle to use her main engine.
The assistance; of tugs to pull her or:
was requested. '
ONLY 133 VOTERS -
MADE 011* SATURDAY
The selectmsu and town clerk made
only 133 voters in their first session.
held at the Town Assembly Hall, on
Saturday.
This is only a.» trifle more than a
tenth of the number of voters who,
are yet to mode and unless there
is a big response on Wednesday after-
noon and evening when they: are in
session at the City Hangit is expected
that it will be almost immune to“
make the thousand voters by Sunni-,-
Omarutdbeccmemandgnorebet
THE SENTINEL wgennmeiy pleased to announce that
any, the flat. when the final sésflon
will be held at the City Hall. .
e dance the serious
Stranger Detected Bobbing the Residence
Oscar, F: Schultze, and Did Not Stop
Two Shots were Fired Toward Him
Patrolman T Dome)?
After a wild chase during which two street. into Brook. street. up-
shots were fired by‘the police, a man street. jumped a; fence and ran
believed to haxe burglarlzed the Oscar High street: across the yard of
F. Schultze home in Westporh- made Karla's home And finally darting .
a successful getaWay' yesterday after- a driveway leading to P. D. Stain . '1'
The chase led from the East garage on Main street. When
Avenue “Green” to Main street, where went into the garage, the two . -
the alleged burglar disaiipeared to the men were less than 100 yards
amazement of the police. who are still him.
wondering the method by Which the
man hid himself from sight.
Louis Schuman,’ of
,hue, called up the uptown police at lice eve-
2- 30 O'CIOCR yesterday afternoon, and the man. THE P0 beli .
informed Sergeant Bryan H. Silk that
someone in the Schultze apart- tion some hauls later and re:
_ Sergeant Silk anatPatr-olman ‘ l .. home had
'i‘. Dorney immediately started for the that en co to his
Schultze home in a 'automobile. At south side of. the house. A joint
the footugf “resipolrt hit" at ill: East belonging t olllrs. Schultze had
axenue reed.» te wo po cemen pried open, but nothingtnken. .,
noticed a young man who appeared intruder stole a 38 calibre S in ,
to have been running.
him and asked him where he lived. -
~ . got away mth live or six dollan
He made a reply and then before the, loose bill d cl
police could get. out; of the car darted
. Sergeant Silk and Patrolman as being about 2.5 years old; live
Dorney gave chase: Dornev firing two six mobs-stall: *blue suit with. .
shots from his revolver into the air. stripe; brown shoes: brown hat,
as a warning for the fugitive to stop. complexion with I smooth face.
.The chase fi'as'sfllong. lengthy one.
The young man ran through the Hen. latter-'3, police S108 started for .-.
derson's and Tristramfs‘ yards, across and the man fired one shot at the '
the Lockwood place into Lewis which did not: take exect however
Fired Five Shots at Woman
After Calling Her to Window
It was at. this point that the t
disappeared. The $ll®mén ~ -:
' ' cellars and other 11 ng placer
Westport ave- that. vicinity. but were unable to
made his getaway in an autom
Mr. Schultxe came to the police
gained by removing a. screen on
They stopped Weston Manner-less revolver and
The man is described by‘ the ‘
As the man went through the '
of Harry Earle, it is said tint ‘3
fililifi u on um .. ..
MAYllll’S RESIDENCE
BELFAST, Oct. 16.——An intensive tel‘, Second district. at 6: 30 0'
search is being conducted by the po- Saturday night fired five shots in
lice for an unknown .man who on Sat- \direcljon of firs. Annie Fl .‘ '
urday night attempted to assassinate Spring Hill. None of the shots
the Lord Mayor of Belfast. Sir Wil- the woman. Immediately fol .
liam Coabes. by placing abomb in the the shooting. Gernaldo made a. ,
latter’s residence.
. But. for the vigilance of the police. utcs later by the police in his 111003
the assamin would have succeeded the hotel. A quantity of steel—
he barely escaped in automatic cartridgm were foundln ,
and. as it was.
the darkness.
The Lord Mayor lives at Carrick- tomatic revolver which Germlda
fergus. :he ancestra. home of Stone- supposed to have 1196 in the chi . -_=
wall Jackson. nine miles northeast of could not be found by the police.
the city where police are constantly
on duty for his protection. .
About ,midnight Saturday night the and examined by Mrs. T. R v
= ' vm near
guards DWI-3,171: awifizhriggosuskiom clans agreed that the man was of:
aroused they called upon the intruder balanced mind and signed papers
to halt. There was iio response to the mittlng him to the Westport
challenge and after it was repeated. ium. He was taken to the :*
the cohstablés fired at. the ngure. ium this homing by Patrolmnil
whereupon it vanished. h h l d
A search revealed near t e al our
a. parcel containing a. bomb loaded showing by Patrick Renam-
with coarse black powder and flat-
nosed bullets, with a fuse attached.
Christ Church Conseerated
Anthony Gerualdo
Mrs. Annie Fitzgerald,
Spring Hill.
Unbalanced mentally. Anthony r
naldo. a. roomer at the German“.
Waway only to be picked up a. few .
room together with a. stilleto. The
Gemaldo. was brought to the ' _
town ”lice station after the : . - . ,-
and J. W. Vollmer. The two ..
Dot-hey. ,
The police were informed of
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and Confirmation H
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