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'i’i‘l” and St. 310113. “9 "flich will be made in tht ':"I1cr will be on the . .1 \‘Ir‘fl i Street “'7' "V most pom oort v... ‘ 7V“. Ernest Gonflup. who :. " "'5‘ married. returned to p: , " '“r-‘lav after a honeymoon in. . . ”Elkshirez. They will :- lilac 1.- home team “f IF. lAKOB PROBABLE salmon fill PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL ‘ To succnn WILLIAM B. NOYFS ' dmtkmlloard of Education to Make Choice ‘ at Meeting Tonight. ' 1 “wu— philip A. Jakob. assistant principal of the Meriden in all probability be selected as principal of the :.-h school by the Board of Education at a onight at the high school. .loyes who resigned to become head of the New .ucy bus and dashed en High School—Other Can. special He will succeed Prin- FAIRFIELD MAN. HURT BY AUTO BRIDGEPORT, June -26.—Henry ()liwr of 500 Summit: avenue. Jer any City. was arrest-xi here today a: tor his automobile had knocked down William Carltonback oi' Fairlield both right whc’cls passing over Cari tonback’s chest and ‘racturing two ribs. Police say Oliver was passing a standing trolley car. believing all of the passvngera had been d”.scharfircd. when Cartionhack leaped from a jit- for the trolley (s (at. MOVE To TEST sunny llME HARTFORD. June 26.-A move to i'Ist the constitutionality of the stand- ard time enforcement law passed by the leislature recently in session was made hvre today when M. lV. Emit. a. Main street jeweler displayed day- light saving time on the street cldck in front of his place of business. Not only was the clock set to indicate day- light saving time but it bore placards on each dial reading "daylight saving time.‘ Mr.,Bassett anounce‘ that his purpose was only to test the law. not to defy it. He expected to be sum. moned to court. where he will he represented by Attorney Benedict M Holden. It is planned to take the case to the supreme court if necessary to determine the validity of the law. Preparing for Big Telephone Strike BOSTON. June 25.-—-L’nion leaders who h'l"l‘ milled n strliri- Inf vpciruinrs :1 New England outside of Connecti- cut, for lunmrxu -. morning are pro- riicting “a. clean swert-p of the teln- pliono involving. a" Liit MIL-"His «if 9‘”- :‘cw England Telephone and Tele- lzrzlph Company t-spr: 5.; the ln'lil‘I lulu "all but a. small minority will stick in their posts." In an advertisement published in the mmnlng papers to- day the company says: “The situation as we ace it. follows: "In moot of our central offices lit- tle or no attention will be paid to the strike order and service on Tuesday will be practically normal. In home places we may have to ask the public to limit service requirements to im- portant calls. In three or four places we may have to ask the public to re- train from making any but emergency is as calls for the time being. Calls of this character—for police. lira de- partments. hospitals. doctors and nurses—We expect to be able to handle notwithstanding the efforts of a few leaden to put the public wholly at their mercy. “This strike has been forced upon us by the refusal of the telephone company to grant much needed im- provements in wages and hours." says the labor leaders' statement to the operators. “and more imperative still by their very evident elforts to wipe out our organization. Conduct your- selves under all circumstances while on strike with the dignity and courage tbst will justify the ends and pur— pose for which the strike is called. ' Ida Christiana Weds Lawrence Anastasia 0 wedding of Kiss Ids Christiana. fighter of fir. and Mrs. Peter Chris- tians. of Westport avenue and Law- rence Am son of Mr. and Mrs Lowrance Hols of. South Main street. took place this morning at St. nary: church. Tbs ceremony was performe by Rev. Thomas J. Finn. MissMsnvillcand' EAVraistedWed im- Ovslens Innvlne and Harold A. Vralsted were married this morn- ing at 11:00 oclockln the. Norwalk KM Epmopsl church by the Mr. George E. Tbmpklns. rector. film Emma Lent was bridesmaid and l‘elvlu Vralsted. brother of" the widest-6m. but man- i- tumor 0N FOR Tommi Reports on Washington and Main Street Widening Expected. - PARKING QUESTION. Committee May Have Agreeable Solution for the Traffic. Several important matters will come before the City Council at their meet- ing in the council chambers at the city hall this evening. It is expected that a report of the board of Freeholders on the widening of Washington street will be handed in. A hearing will be held on the widening of Main street. The parking question is expected to' come up again. It was decided to have the mayor appoint a committee at the last meeting to investigate the parking matter and report at tonight's meeting. It is believed that some action will be taken regarding the matter. CHICKEN CHASERS IN BUSY STREET Considerable excitement was caused on Washington street this morning. when a Ford delivery car came down the street. with several crates of the Rialto theatre. it gave a sudden learch and one of the crates dropped to the pavement. The crate broke. For a‘ few minutes there were chickens flying all over Wuhlnmb street. Several persons tried to help the owners catch the chickens. but they could not get near them. and finally the "chicken Chasers" became tired. ‘ The chickens seemed to be aware of the fact that if they went back to the crate it wouldmm... ,.-, ,. as the Ford was headed for the mar- ket and they were all the more de- termined not to be caught. but some- one went to the Ford and brought out a bag of chicken feed and began scat- tering It about the sidewalk and the chlcken': empty crops got the better of their determination not to be caught and they come to where the feed was and started to eat. The "chicken chaser-s" swooped down upon them and caught them all and re- turned them to the crate. SAYS FORD WILL W OVER DETROIT. June , 26,—Henry' Ford would give serious consideration to an offer to the presidential nomination to any responsible person or parties be- fore rejecting it. according to E. G. Leibom. his general secretary. The statement was made in connec- tion with a letter made public yester- day by» E. S. Fuller of Savannah. which'uuoted Mr. Leibold as saying Mr. Ford had no objection to further activities supporting him for the pres!- dential nomination. Rum Chaser Stolen by Rum‘ Runners Retaken HIGHLANDS N. J. June 28.—-—The rum-chasing speed boat of coast guard Captain Tllton. stolen recently by rum runners to check activities of the coast guard against the rum fleet. was recaptured today by'the coast guard cutter Manhattan, vhlch found her tied alongside the French rum runner Gerberviller. . Icoal daily. Accidents Begin mammmdsulr accident fortblsyearwssrensrted today. ' William Walsh. sea or Robert Walsh. thirddflrlotswsshandltng huhthm’srwolvsr‘wltbsvlewof udng it to celebrate the coming 'waen mu some thetrlgter the bullet pierced his left hand. He was attended by Dr. Henry C. MP. - . , A FORD NOW PLANS in run STUNT To Get Motor Fuel from Coal Without Aifecting Value, of Letter Product. - DETROIT. June :6.—Backed by Henry Ford. a plant for the low-tem- perature distillation of coal. whereby a ton of coal is expected to yield as high as ten gallons of motor fuel as a by-product. is under construction at the Ford factory in Walkersville. Ontario. This announcement was made today by Wallace (hmpbell. president. of the Ford stator; company of Canada. The factory which will cost. it was said. approximately half a million dollars will distill about 400 tons of The motor fuel byproduct which. ‘its inventors claim " y be as uni versally used as e will be dis- tilled from the c without sflectlng the fuel value ofjtbs residue. The residue will burn to ’7le or better. it is claimed as the “raw coal." Mr. Ford recently dd in a state- ment that be weak! Ww the world how to burn coal iwlco," BOSTON. June ”rs-The; e ho e operator strike wmmaiifld’ 12:0 .5. m. today. slim feet so fu- “cities outside of Boston are ounces-nod. in Providence and Pawtuskot. R. 1.. Worcester. sPrinj- field. Salem and Brockton. Other cities in Mas-chasetts. Kaine. Vermont and Rhodo Island and in New-Hampshire outside of Manchester reported few operators on strike and virtually normal service. At providence the second largest city in New England. telephone serv- ice was crippled during the forenoon. Nearly all the operators were on strike. At Pawtucket. where only two operators reported for the early shift. the company had brought in some workers from outside the city. In Springfield emqgency service was being given. The company claim- ed that three hundred operators were working while union leaders asserted that five hundred of the normal farce of 530 were out. In Worcester 1 the company manager said 85,0perators were working but the union asserted that only 25 were at work and 470 on strike. other places in Worcester county reported normal conditions. 0f the earlyshlft of 26 in Brockton. only five reported for duty this morn- ing. Fifteen men were being employ- ed at the exchange. Union leade said. their reports showed many girls who went to work this morning were dropping out from various other exchanges in this city. These leaders expressed the be- lief first the late afternoon or evening would find service in general badly crippled by the strike. Union pickets brought to head- quarters report- that the ' company was using taxicabs guarded by police in conveying student operators from the Oliver street building where the school is located to the main ex- change of [ilk street a. short distsnce away. At strike headquarters stress was laid on the comment that such precautions were unnecessary and were employed only as a part of what the union leaders characterised a. policy of intimidation. PEHZR- B. WAICH .. THE ‘SENTINEL FOR NEW STORIES “CA-PPY ' mum - . KYNFS RICK #3 we I an r—IWMIAMPTNO, ‘_ ,rand. ism Nicholas Vans. «can.» .0? SAME“, wmsnoioi tor, He Gets-Degree at Yale Commencement. FIXED N. Y. TRAFFIC .Also Solved Problems [of ' London- and Paris Has Plan for Norwalk. Famed for his regulations which satisfactorily solved the traffic prob- lems of New York city. William P. Eno of Saugatuck received the Master of Arts degree at the last Yale com‘o mencement exercises. Mr. Eno, who is well known in Norwalk and who has offered his services in solving this city's traffic problem. was one of 14 famous men and women to receive a degree from the college. Among the others were: Henry Fairchild Os- born. president of the American Mu- seum of History: Edith Wharton. noted author-lit; Sherman Day That- cher. of the famous Boys’ School in California. Mr. Eno Was honored with the mas» ter of arts degree because of his efforts in solving traffic problems. He has made a life study of this subject. 23 years ago he was called to aid in drawing up the regulations of traflic for Paris. In 1903 he prepared the regulations for New York City. These regulations with slight revisions -arc still in. use. Mr. lino recently appeared before the Nor-walk Kiwanis club and offered suggestions for the regulation of tradlc here. Among the things he suggested was the making Washington and Havlland street one-way streets; He also recommended the removal of the trolley tracks from Washington street Westporfs New Bank ~to‘Be of Red Brick Special ,to the Sentinel WESTPORT. June :c.--rhe wbrk of demollsbi .th buildings" on the site no! the ' puny is proceeding rapidly. The plans. drawn by Charles Cutler. are on 'ex- hibitlon in~thévwindow of the Post Office and show that the building is to be Colonial in design. The material is to be of red brick which will be fireproof. with trimmings of white marble or limestone. The windows are to be large and dome-shaped audiop- ped with cap stones. An illuminated] clock will be placed above the west window. The. main entrance will be on state street. opposite the town hall. 'fl’ie sidewalk is to be eight feet wide end the curbing will be six feet back bf the present curb. The foyer will be fortyotwo feet. from the east to the west and 13 feet between counters. The offices and con: suiting room will be located at the west end of the building and nt'the east end will be placed a grating through which the vaults may be seen. A womans waiting room and a Test room for the women clerks have been provided for. Wall Street Today Prices continued to melt away at the opening of today s stock 1 market. Professional bear traders against ex- cried pressure agrinst: the ~ steels. equipments. coppers. cans and a num- ber of other standard shares. losses of a point. each being registered‘by In~ ternatlonal Harvester and Pan Amer- ican and United Railway and Invest.- ment preferred. " " The general market became weak soon after the opening. Studebaker and Gulf States’Steel touching new lows and more tahn a score of other shares dropping a. point or more. In- ternational Harvester. Dupont. and American Tobacco each dropped. a 1-: points. Supporting orders soon came into the market. however. and brought about point rallies from the early lows in U.. 8. Steel. Corn Reducta. Studm’ baker and Bethlehemsteel. When they bean to encounter ef— fective resistance in the industrial group bear traders switched their at- tacks to the railroad shares in which they forced recessions of 1 to s Paints. . This maneuver pgaln turned reac- tionary before on. Baldwin was forced down so than 3 points to anewlowrecordfnrtheyear.” eral other stocks also touched 'new' lows. ‘ including» Karine preferred. Pierce Arrowgpreferred. Consollhted Gas and International and Steel. all money opened at 5 1-3 per cent. . The market ,_ early in the afternoon was unable to digest the large volume of liquidation and short selling except" at considerable concede". New low records for up year by :many rem” industrial,- and rail- rosds Mum U. 8. Steel. Stude- baker. area: Northern Preferred and sues-m ’ Woolen s alarm-aging influence on the bull tlor. _ Logs o: a to 4 pointsyere common place. msssianimawmis uni-m windswept-«11st. ’ Trust Comi‘ mucus Kll KLUXKl-AN HASLSPLIT SPlRlT (ll-‘DARll-IN-“WAYSlDE FAIR? -'1._.. ‘ered upon with enthusiasm by ‘inucd as it was begun. ‘loroton, 25th June, 1923. FRANK l Ions lS mugjnin Frank I. Jone; general manager of the Norwalk Heating and Plumbing company. who was painfully injured recently. expects to be discharged from the Nor-walk hospital today. Mr. Jones fell from a plank at foundation of rite now Kantor building in Main street landing in the cellar. Since admittance to tho “ital. he has improved nice- ly » ' neon AUTO . * . PWCHON . . r , W! SHINGTUN June ftp-Toe a. tomobile industry set I new malle- tion record in Me: by turning out 350.180 passenger cars and use: trucks. The May record surpassedl the April record of “MN. passenger cars. 31.527 trucks—records. accord- ing to statistics made public today by the department of commerce. The production of- passenger cars in May 1922. totaUed 232.481. and trucks only 23.788. Cooler Tomorrow ~ Weather .Man Says heat weary east dragged itself today through another steaming period to- ward the boon of “lower temperatur- es” promised for tomorrow by the weather man. A little relief was in prospect dur- -ng today‘bowcver. with local thun- dershowera likel.v to wash the air and freshen things—including tempers— up a. bit. _ ' The thundersborwers. explains the also sweltering forcsster. are the heralds of a better day since they result in effect from friction between two opposing movements of 'alr and the sectoin east of the Mississippi of therefore indicate th advance into kinder currents from the North. A storm of considerable intensity was over the Great Lakes- this morn- ing. advancing Eastward. It already has brought showers to New Eng- land. New York and the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Mmppl Valley. Showers also have fallen in the southeastern states. Cooler weather tonight or tomor- row will overspread the lower Lake Region. the Ohio Valley. the Middle Atlantic and the New England states except Eastern Maine. CATCH BUN am NEW YORK. June 15.—The Mary E. Gulley. U. 8. Navy cruiser 'wsr brought in by the coast guard cutter Seminole. today with a cargo of d!- teen hundred cases of liquor valued at $100,000 which was selsed after-a chess beyond the -t.hre&ml!e limit last night. Like the Pictures? ” WptchmsSmee 'Th. . ‘Sentlnel has ar- mug-am summon. mas- sger of the Rtslto Theatre. for a: fret-fickle to be give-lastly the animal readers whose, ‘ pear below. '11). names “ be “lawman.“ mmwmbsMsmgood fol-1mm ,1 area thissmeapromgsams _ Tampons ~the - mlttee. _ ”The Weather. rd».- Norgx and vicinity: Pauly cloudy ton t and Wednesday with. ‘ local thunder showers. somewht' lower temperature. ' ’ rm: 'rmr: TOMORROW _ ‘ High tldc 10:10 a. m.. 10:36 p. m. , PRICE THREE CENTS _ 4 H. C. Hodges, Chairman of Fair, Issues Statemmt Char- acteri'zingKlan Advent as Serious Ofiense—Klan, ' Opponents Urge Boycott of Business Men Suspected of Being in Organization. The following statement was issued by H. c. Hodges, chairman - . of the proposed Wayside Pair,“ the combined churches of Dorian. lest nigl't. The statement sets forth the reasons for the abandonment of the project. (in to the split mong the townspeople over the Ku’ The Executive Committee of the Wayside Fair has decided that it is advisable to abandon the project: __ This action is due to an occurence, which gave serious ofienss - --* ‘wtroyed the community spirit, in which. the undertaking was ‘rganiscd by the five churches of Darien. The decision of the committee was made after long and care. ful‘ deliberation and with great regret, since it was felt that the work, which was started in a spirit of common helpfulness and en— all H. O. Hodges, Jr, Chairman, Executive committee. engaged in it, could not be can- The decision of the committee was arrived at after a lengthy and some- what hectic session and was precipi— tated by the action of Rev. James McGuane pastor of St. John's R. 0.. Church who. on Sunday. announced to his parishoners that because of the Klan episode. he had resigned from the office of treasurer of the Ni- Committee. Despite the fact that members of the committee refused to divulge what transpired at yesterday's meet- ing. news of the action spread through the town quickly. it crested even more excitement and discumion than the dramatic event of a ‘week an urban during the “Bunker Hill Ser- vice" held by the Methodist and First Congregational Churches. three runs "sheeted" Klanamen made their men. orable march up the middle aisle at chumh. The Ku Klux Klan's demonstration in the church split the residents into two groups—Khn sym- pathisers—and opponents. The first group was composed of members of the Klan and their tam:- lies. several hundred in number. no- sides the Catholic and Jewish red- dcuts of the town who stood mildly against the Klan. and‘wno made up th second faction. many of Protemsn; faith denounced the Klan and this Darlcn members of the organlutioa. Feelan against the Klan members in the town was intense and Its op- ponents urged their friends to toy- cott those business men who~are sno- pected of being members of the or. ganisation. ' Following this. several prominent residents of the town who had been. named by a Weekly newspaper as members of the Klan. denied the ro- port. This. however. did not stem the wave. of feeling against them and prominent Catholic residents demand- ed that St. John‘s Church withdraw as a participant in the Wayside at. fair. Effort to patch up the trouble were made but the Catholics who contended that Rev. J. W. Morgan by counten- slicing the appearance of the Klan In his church while apparently friendly with the Catholic reddents bad ape proved an organintlon manually anti-Catholic. remained adamant. Sunday. Father McGuane innouneed his resignation from the Fair Como Following this it was rumor- ed that Rev. Morgan would resign from the committee ‘snd thus patch up the trouble. Dr. Morgan yeast-a, day denied that he would resign from the committee and in fact attended the meeting in the afternoon. The idea of the Wayside Fair or. iglnated with the ladies Auxllliary of the Noroton Presbyterlan Church and was quickly approved by members and pastors of the other churches in the town. It was planned to ‘-old the event next month and the two churches were compentlng in every way towards making the affair a sac. cess. In the events which followed the Klan appearance in Dr. Morgan‘s Church. the parishes of the City war. about evenly split. . ’ Father Ecame's resignation forc- ed the hand of the Committee and the abandonment of the Fair followed. Benjamin Endlich of New Haven Dies , min Endllch. prominent 'reaJ m and insurance broker of New mud and member of one of the best." :mDrfamllles in the state. died but . 2 I.
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