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For Norwalk and vicinity: Cold
wave tonight and Sunday: cloudy to-
night: Sunday fair: northwest gale.»
A strip of cloudy and rainy weather
extends from Texas northeastwarfl to-
Maine. Snow reported in Vermont.
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 192%.
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BONNEGTIBIIT COAL il
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sums WITH
13} DISTRICT
l,(‘lli.;llly Litigation Comes
'1'.» gm End and City
Receives Payment.
Sinhlllt‘li ACTION
(LUSEI) YESTERDAY
[it .~ t r i c t Commissioners
limit Much Credit for 0b-
mining Reimbursement.
ment. “us mmlc _\(-s='/ rdny at-
i l llll court action of the
Hill l‘;'itlll§l (‘ht'stol' S. Sel-
.immistrutor of the estate of
. n, luli‘ oi‘ the Town or Nor-
uml The National
Ivllllldil)‘, as surety on Seileck’s
. . ,150‘1‘,
.lli h administrator. in the
,, :I':i‘c(‘(l upon li_\' illl' lv‘irst
v'l'llll‘t. l'mnmissiunvrs and
'l.sil‘.i‘S of The National Sure-
in. zit a («inference thc'plui'n-
. maxim“. This amount
:im $1:‘.,.’..‘»\ alleged to have
rilun (mm the First District's
.. - :mnl llv Si‘lim'k to complete a
J!" Li in ii” lirccn cstatn plus in-
in tlnl'o, ’l'iiiq t‘flHf‘ comes to a
. w: . m min r :1 long drawn out le-
'L‘iii Mir :1 lulu: term of years
‘I \H‘ni “Win! the Superior court
. lll‘“ (Olll‘t. on an appeal.
nimr .u .i “in is .n represented the
'. rst. in ‘r ‘ in this matter.
'I‘f'“ sctllcmcnt of in]; case recalls
.lr-i) or the embezzlement of
‘ wins: llistrict. funds by Selleck.
' ‘ insurer of the district. The
. taken was about. 333.000. Set-
a subsquently found guilty and
‘ wmc months in states‘ prison
Ming pnrdoned. At that time.
' .4 Taxing District recovered
, lmulvly $20,000 from the. bond-
'iipun)’ that bonded Selleck as
lrr-IlSlll‘t‘r. However. a new
‘in found. it appeared that
r. : mm administrator of the es-
":w late Henry Green. He was
t as administrator of this estate
‘ \Z-Hlonat Surety company.
wns inventoried as part of
fr or Henry Green. a credit of
l‘F'lll (‘ounty Savings Bank
r": in “2.20216 plus interest
<1, The total amount. :13.-
. misappropriated by Sclleck
i’lhll'lllfit', it was alleged. be-
timo of his appointment
-l.te of Ms final account.
"it to such default. he was
- l». the Probate court to pay
. ‘ » Are-154 of the estate to the
' - lnw. in order to comply with
it was alleged that Selleck.
'.» :‘uml his dcfnlcatlon as ad-
m‘ (hm estate. he took
Milking fund of the First
' huh-id 513.553 and deposited
will of the Green estate.
investigation of Sci-
«ire these facts were brought.
thc Fi'rst Taxinz
‘i'rv'lrhl suit {or recovery of
>\' on the ground that it
‘ ' “ whrormtcd to the rights of
' "i’l' against Selleck as ad—
lhr- (lrccn estate and
Kin-cli- company’ as
Sulirogatlon is
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Smilimi BKRRELS OF
ll ll [SKY IN KENTUCKY
lLi
'\--~rwinii‘li Press.
.UUHJJI. K31. Feb. 3.—Housed
'IllSlitiCl'leS and 140 ware-
w Kentucky today. is twa-
, r~ Hm whisky stock of the
" .~'«.;.1..~.-, in round numbers 500.-
! ”its, worth at current prices
fifili
"sures were supplied by Dr-
. ‘ “mum. of VVashlng‘ton. chief of
“rival division of the prohibi-
~ ’ i'l charge of the govern-
, . 's' ‘l'il' concentration program.
5 , - ' hrrc to attend. a. confer-
' ' "' Kentucky distillers.
\l \st) .\' IC DIRECTORY
”i” “W i Communication of Old Well
102. I“. and A. M.. will be
it its rooms.
‘ evening. Feb. 6, 1923, at 8 D.
um i“. C. degree. All Master
‘jnrvliallv and fraternally in-
' i‘zilv‘rnally yours.
”HAS. A. PFAHL. W. M.
: ASA T. LOWNDES. Sec?-
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Masonic Temple. South Main
. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of
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“ \ and fraternally invited.
R. P. DECKER. H. P.
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35 3
EXplosion Shakes Springfield
field. Mass.
shattered over a large area.
i-‘our were killed and scores injured when a gas tank, the remains of which are shown above. exploded in Spring-
Debris was showered on the business district. automobiles and teams blown several yards and windows
At least one issue in The Evening
Sentinel Campaign will be clearly de-
fined with the start of the secOnd half
of the campaign Monday. and that is
knowing just who the real workers
are. Every opportunity has been
given those who have been nominated
to show something in the way of ac-
tion during the four weeks that have
passed. Some were nominated by
friends. voted for consistently by
these same friends. but took no per-
sonal interest in their individual cam—
paign. hTese names will be taken
from the list-today; in fact all who
have not turned in at least one sub-
scription will ‘bo included in the
names removed. .
If any of these candidates decide
to make an effort toward winning one
of the many awards. their names will
be added when the first subscription
has been received.
Incidentally. this coming week will
be the last one during: which nomin-
ations will be received. If there are
any who have not as yet sent is their
names. but who intend doing so, the
name must reach the campaign office
not later than aturday. February
10th. After that date no new names
will be added to the list.
One thing that will happen once
the vote list has been cleared of the
names of those who do not intend'YO
run. is that (lie votes for thoae who
Who the Real Workers
Are Will Be Shown in
Second Half Of, Contest!
are actually trying to win will great-
ly increase in number. This is only
natural, when practically every one
who is reading The Evening Sentinel
makes it a. daily point to p the \ote
coupons from each is: \That very
few fail to do this ‘ ienced by
the thousands that. “ ‘the cam-
paign office during ’
votes that are now .
some inactive candidate -
for some one named on the list Mon-
day. In that respect, the public can
make no mistake in giving their votes
for any one of the candidates whose
names remain on the list. Each and
every one of these workers has ex-
pressed a desire to own one of the
three cars to be given free on March
3rd. and further. have proved them-
selves worthy of every form of sup-
port by the way they are now going
after subscriptions and votes.
It is scarcely necessary to mention
that the votes already cast for those
whose names will be removed can-
not be transferred to the credit
any candidate. The rules state clear-
ly that no votes can be transferred;
that once the name of a candidate is
removed. his or her votes are auto;
matlcaily cancelled. In this cam-
paign there can be no such thing as
two or more candidate; pooling their
vvk.
(Continued on Page Two)
[11’ CLARENCE G. tl'ILLARD
(Special to The Sentinel)
According to predictions of legisla-
tive fenders at. Hartford, and based on
a survey of the business which the
present legislature must handle, it is
safe to predict that final adjournment
of this assembly will come at least a
month sooner than in the session of
1921. May 1 is the day most legisla-
tors expect to Journey from Hart-
ford to their respective towns for the
last time. House Leader Buckley's
motion. carried by both houses. that
the appropriations committee give
consideration to all appropriation
measures so that the final report of
that committee might be placed be-
fore the legislature by April 1. has
met with {intent unanimous approval
by members. It is considered a good
business move, “anti upon its passage
is based the fact that this will be a
shorter tendon than usual.
While there are only about 100
bills less than in 1921. which must re-
ceive consideration of committees and
action by-the assembly, considerable
of the prove-ed legislation is duplica-
tion so tar as the bills go. and there
is also quite a bit of. so-called “freak"
legislation proposed that will un-
doubtedly be disposed of in short
order intestine-time. comes. Con-
nectlcut legislatures, have been noted
for-‘ihelr conservation. 3““. the pres-1
100 Less Bills in Mgislature;
May Adjourn a Month Earlier
In past sessions. it has been the
custom for the appropriations ' com-
mittee to wait until the last few days
of the session before presenting the
general budget bill to the assembly.
This was considered necessary so as
to include all measures. Major Buck-
ley maintains that committees and
others interested in appropriations
matters can arrange early hearings
and reports so that the budget bill in
this session may be before the legisla-
tors on the first of April. giving ample
time to all members for careful
persuai and consideration of all parts ‘
of this tremenduously important bill.
01' course this ,was not possible here-
tofore, as preparations Were under
way for adjournment and the 'bill
generally came in too late for de-
tails and minute consideration.
Appropriations Requests.
Plen‘ty of measures wait for the
ppropriations committee and its par-
ing knife; Many are worthy, and
then again many bills were presented
in which the amounts havo been,
placed high enough so that the par»~
ing process might leave amounts
agreeable to the proponents. A‘ re-
some of some of the larger appropria-
tion bills is interesting.
State aid asked for the.» various
hospitals in the state amounts to
over 8709,1390, according to 3th? billsi
introduced; The largest _‘ sputum“-
of‘
“STOCK RIGHTS
inter . to
FLEECE PUBLIC
Subscription Scheme Used to!
Sting Stockholders of
Legitimate Corporations.
i
BY ED‘VARD A. SCH‘VAB
Chief Investigator. National Vigilance
Committee and Better Business
Bureau; for Eleven Tears ;
with Postoi'tice In-
spection Service.
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—One of the
recently' conceived get-rich~quick
schemes which has been immensely
successful is based on the “subscrip-
tion rights" Jure.
Suckers in this
scheme have been
recruited from
stockholders in well-
known. legitimate
companies. Among
those recently vic-
timized are stock-
,holders in some of
America's largest
~companies. ’
The "rights" ruse
is new and it has a.
strong sales "appeal
, - ' because dividend-
E. A. SCH‘VAB paying corporations
with strong financial records some-
times allot valuable rights to“ their
stockholders. ‘ -
Fake promoters of “subscription
rights" start by organizing a. promo-
tion company under a name that looks
like and sounds like the name of a
welloknown, established corporation.
This is to create confusion in the
mind of the careless reader of letters
and prospectuses.
List of Stockholders.
By some devious means a. list of
the corporation’s stockholders .is ob-
tained. They are canvassed with a
letter announcing that they have the
right to subscribe to a. certain allot-
ment of stock before a given date.
A “rights" certificate is sent. urging
the stockholder to "return it prompt-
ly.‘ properly. endorsed. ‘Kvith remittance
attached covering the number of
shares subscribed to." This is to
create a false idea of the value of the
“rights” and that the stockholder will
lose, a. golden opportunity it ' he
doesn't buy immediately.
Thejsucker is «infused by this
hurry-up canvass. ‘He buys under
the fake belief that. 83.18. stockholder
in an established corporation. new
in ofiortmgtymotfopen to the gen-
eral public to-bny additional stock in"
his own pompany iii-shares probably
just. atomistic,» , _: he thinks is
a legitimittejsubsidlary, . ~
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By Associated Press
them.
nounced that he: would fill their
situation has completely chang'ed.
ward the forces of occupation.
are already moving into districts
effective. »
Belgium. ’ ’
Today’s, Ruhr Developments
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 3.—The temper of the population in the‘
oe'cupied area appears to be undergoing a change, although thein-
dustrialists and the important magnates are as unalterably Opposed,
as ever to any cooperation with'the French and Belgians. i
Not only have the raih '3)? workers resumed their jobs at Cologne,
Coblenz, ‘Trcvcs and Ludwigshafeu, as well as on some of the Ruhr
lines, but the Sehutzpolizei at Duesseldorf have refused to obey Ber-
lin’s order that they ignore. the Frenchxofiicers, and continue to salute
German members of the international commission at Bad Ems
in the Coblenz area, {vho have been working with the allied experts
in issuing export licenses, quit. work, but when J’aul Tirard, the
French Rhineland COmmissioner, accepted their resignations and an-
iunetionaries. the Germans reconsidered and remained on duty.
In \Vitten, where the restaurant and hotel keepers have been re-
fusing tO serve food or drinks to French officers and soldiers, the
The improvement in the relations between the foreign authori—
ties and the population, however, is confined to the working classes,
and to the small tradesmen and shopkeepers.
ties believe that they have. a long and bitter fight to wage, but hope
to‘bring Berlin to terms and force the surrender of the magnates.
General Pa'yot, who is operating Several Of the important railway
lines for the French, says he is in a position to feed the civilian popu-
laton‘and will soon be able to transport coal to France. Food trains
Speaking of the shortage- of empty coal cars, General Payot said:
‘ .‘5 The “Ruhr district, even in normal times, is the gulf into which
"empties’ must continually be poured. W’hen‘the reparation coal de-
liveries were efiected accérding to schedule by the Germans, seventy
per cent. of the ‘empties’ needed, had to be supplied by France and
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places ulth French and Belgian
NO discrepancy is now shown to-
Tlie French authori-
where the railway strike is still
“The mid—year
this year." said Attorney Jesse T. Dun-
bar. member ofthe ‘board of educa-
tion Who presided over the gathering,
in a. brief address previous to the pre—
sentation of the formal program.
"The size of this class and the splen—.
did manner in which they have com-
WiLL GIVE PLAY
At a meeting last night of represen-
tatives of the Springwood Dramatic
Club, the Mulvoy-Tarlov Post. Vet-
ans of Foreign Wars and the Fraiik
C. Godfrey Post. American Legion.
the Dramatic Club decided to pre-
sent» the ,play, "On The Bar 2 Ranch"
atrthenRege’nt Theatre on next Fri-
day night for the benefit__of the ,two
organizations. . -
All arrangements were completed
last night with ‘David Esterson for
the use of the Regent on that eve:
ning. Mr. Estersdn also stated. that;
he would make 1 personal donation
toward the benefit himself.i -,
The" Springwood Dramatic can: is
deserving ota great deal ot’credit.’
for their kindness in putting 'oathis
play or such a worthy cause. and it
is exxicted that the _ house'will = be
packed on. that night. Tlie seat sale
will open early next week." “' ' . .
This play was a. huge success when
presented at the Palace last week? and
it was stated-by theyete’i'ansyat '31-
Iipgtownflospital in. "West Haven.
where the. play was. presentedfor the
dimmed veterans ,1: but hospital.
that it yes the best; Show ever pre-
sented!“ that limit-l. “ g
. coma-om the two _veteran
o
usually:
.5913: at js if a‘ share. “ism
proteas- . ‘ ‘
. ."M'lgér-‘the ”Mono;
Franklin and Center Junior High
Schools iMid-Year Promotions
Splendid Program Was Part of Exercises; Attorney Je
T. Dunbar Presided; Presentationrls Made to
Principal of Franklin School.
Featured by a splendid'program, the mid-winter graduating
classes of the Franklin and Center Junior High schools were held
last night‘in the Senior High School auditorium. Eightyseven mem-
bers of the February class of 1923 received their diplomas from Su-
perintendent Of Schools G. V. Buchanan before an audience of more
than five hundred parents, relatives, friends, teachers and members
Of the Norwalk Board of Education. '
promotions were;
more or less of an experiment until:
3 FOR WAR VETS,
, 7 J 7 Mamba-y towgmoking
sans-“subscription rights" stockT infill . ,
' vidnltyof. South
313mm office. rosy
pleted assigned studies clearly dem-
onstrate the va'rue and productivity of
the midsye‘ar promotions."
The formal program opened with
invocation by Rev. L. J. Schoeppler.
The waltze. “Joys of Youth." by Rol-
linson was rendered in splendid
(Continued on Page Two)
GEHEBE llAS -
, ANNIVERSARY
Ten years ago Albert F. ,Gehebe,
started business at 25 Washington
Street. with a. complete - line of
houseware, and a. deIIVery consisting
of a horse and wagon. Today Mr. Ge-
hebe is celebrating the tenth anni-
versary of his establishment in busi-
‘nem at the above address and does
one of the largest businesses in his
line in Norwaik, so big a business that
he has purchased an automobile de-
livery car.‘ ,
From catering almost, exclu ively
to the housewife and ltl?¢&hold.
Mr. Gehebeis business grown . so
that he catergnow in specialties for
hotels, restaurants, clubs. milk deal—
exs. churches. etc.. and his line .‘of
goods. and stock is most complete.
Many of the local churches and clubs
have rented, china and silverware
from the Gehebe store when dinners
and suppersalxave been given, and the
accommodation. shown at the store is
one'of the reasons why its business
has grown. ,7 , j
A birthday celebration sale is be-
ing held stantlngetoday. to conclude on
next.Satunda‘.y.~ February 10, man :7
the :901'6. ' *'
e-3GeorgeIBowe. sipecialist in Sub:
urban and country preperties. '52?
Fifth Ave" New, York, N. Y» imam
rii‘stg‘lngsr'of‘des‘irabie farms Ind m
[roam both'Iu-ge.fand wants the
__Norwa;l§_.r, §d 3'
special prices being put on article at‘
mayhem
STATEPOOCE
LOOK lNTO SHORT
‘ WEIGHT COAL
Alleged Shortage in Ton De‘
liveries Reported from
Several Cities.
POLICE WORKING TO
HELP SMALL TOWNS,
78 Cars Reached Hartford
Thursday, La r g e s t
Amount So Far.
HARTFORD. Feb. 3.—Superintend-
ent Robert T, Hurley of the state po-
lice dcpariment announced yesterday
that he had ozderr'd an investigation
of alleged short-weight deliveries :1
coal in several plants in the state
will: the last few rims. This action
was taken following a. decision by the
state police commission at a special
meeting Thursday night to initiate
a complete investigation of the Con-i
nectlcut coal situation. following a.
request from Governor Templeton. '
Superintendent Hurley declined to
mention the cities concerned in the
investigation of short-weight deliv-
eries. It involved the delivery of
domestic coal in alleged one-ton lots,
he aid. where it\was reported that
less than a ton was received by the
consumer.
The department yesterday was de-
voting its attention to b as re-
lief to several small. towns in the
state where the shortage of fuel is
more acute than elsewhere. In Terry-_
ville. New Hartford and Ansonia, Su4
perintendent Hurley said, acute short-
ages of coal were discovered. with the
result that steps were taken to ship
to those places adequate supplies to
prevent hardships.
From Tuesday morning until
Thursday at midnight. 159 cars of
coal were delivered to dealers in this
city, Superintendent Hurley showed.
on Tuesday fifty-four cars arrived. on
\Vednesday twenty-seven were ref
ceived an'd the number reaching the
city on Thursday totalled seventy,-
eight. which was the largest number
of cars received here in some time.
This is the total of approximately
6,000 tons of coal. at the rate of
thirty-five tons per car.
Removal of the fuel administration
office from the Capitol to the state
police headquarters on Capitol Ave-
nue will probably take place today.
‘ APITOL L.
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BY BEN JOHNSON
U. S. Representative From Kentucky,
Fourth District
Once on a. time I had recommended
a. young man [or appointment under
the civil service.
The bureau chief said at first that
while the” young man's experience
seemingly was good, his knowledge
was not great enough. When the
young man passed the examination at
the head of the list. the bureau chief
wrote to me that he thought the cam.
didate’s-ability was adequate, but his
experience was insumcient. ,
I wrote to him that he reminded.
me of a judge I knew down south. °
Chmjudge was not deeply learned
ten opinion to a lawyer and asked him‘
what he thought of it. '
The lawyer ré'plied:
“Well, judge, I’d say that if your
opinion is right, then ‘your reasons are
wrong. and} if your reasons 'are right.
then your opinion is Wrong."
CRIMINAL COURT
When the case of Joseph Cohen.
Norwalk and Bridgeport paint and
wall paper dealer, who is charged with
the city court of ,Bridgepo'rt this
who had been following the case ‘when‘
Prosecuting Attorney Vincent L. Keat-
tered in ‘the ease; '
This was done after .
Keating had stated to the court that
he understood that _ Attorney Leo
Daivs‘. of this City.,who had obtained.
the'warrant for‘Cohen's media fie"
Miriam. was to apply for a Federal
warrant...” that the matter would}!
brought 'o‘the Federal courts; 11:!
and at one time he submitted a. writ- _
DROPS COHEN CASE ‘
morning, a. surprise was given these 7
Prosecutor ’«
t Finally Awarded *1 Settlement Lin. Selleclr- Case _
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perjury in connection with a voluntary, '
petition in bankruptcy. came beforo_
ing recommended that a noilebee‘n-y
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