ESTABLISHED 1870
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SHELBY is New COUNTING
UP ITs BIG FIGHT LOSSES
K.
Cow Town Is Out About
mt Hoot, July
0!! the debit side of
which had its day
write down a deficit
It brought the world's hea
championship battle. to whi'giwgfgli‘;
paid admission. There was an out-
lay of 3210.000 for the title bolder‘
320,000 for promotion and :85 006
for an arena. '
With the exception of salvage
the huge amphitheatre estimated to
be about 025.000. approximately
8201.485 in gate receipts. from which
federal taxes of $22,448.50 must be
deducted. according to figures made
public here by Charles A. Rasmus-
son, Montana collector of internal
revnue. the entire investment was a
dead lose.
Related for Gibbons
Emotionally. for Shelby. the fight
was an outstanding success. The
town wanted Gibbons to stay with the
champion 15' rounds. They raw him
On
do it.
Several thousand. a few minutes be-
fore the tight started. crashed
through the fence surrounding the
areal and swolied the attendance at
the bout. to a total estimated at 25.-
«wn. But their prescnce did not
show in the gate receipts.
The potential earnings of the cham-
pion for the fight ware cut to less
than 8262.000. Jack Kearns. his
manager. collected only $52,000 of
the third $100,000 guaranteed his
protege after the gate receipts had
been turned over to him.
Out of this amount he paid for
two preliminary bouts at a cost of
about 01.000. and footed a federal
tax bill on 875.000 worth of tickets.
The discrepancy between the tick—
ot sale total and the amount he re-
neived was due to the fact that
Kearns sold approximately 2.300
twenty-dollar tickets for 810 s‘hortly
before the bout as a crowd of several
thousand apparently averse to paying
regular prices surged against the gate
barriers and the fence surrounding
the arena.
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The preliminary scheduled between
Continued on Page Two
Is Acclaimed for His Fin Sh ' °
DemDSCY—-Wants Returen mild? Again“
K
5 (By The Associated Press).—Its frenzy
'1 excitement “WW. Shelby sat down today to count its losses.
the ledger, this little Montana cow town,
IMy as the
of approximately $100,000,
$100,000—Gibbons, in
fight center of the world must
HARRIS DISPLAY
lS roisONEI)
Fireworks Will Be Set Oil
Saturday Night—Over a
Hundred Visit Farm.
Showers caused the postponement of
the firework display which was sched-
uled to have been held at Ledgcwood
Farm last night. The exhibition of py-
rotechnics will be held Saturday night.
Charles ll. Harris announced this
morning. Only a. few ground pieces
were set off.
More than one hundrcd towns—
people visited the farm in see the
fireworks in addition to a score of
guests and the Lcdgcwood Farm girls.
During the evening. thcre war .1 con-
cert by Campbell's orchestra and danc-
ing was enjoycd.
Among the guests were: Mr. and
Mrs.E. Hemming. Mrs. Louise Slnhl,
Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Morrison. Rev. Mr.
Marks. Police Commissioner Samuel
J. Kcelcr, Mr. nnvi Mrs. llichnrd
Driggs. Miss Lillian Tu‘umhly. and Mr.
and Mrs. “'iliiam Twombiy.
Hartford Bound Rye
Seized at _Westport
'W'ESTPORT. July 5.—‘.’\'llile on
their way from New York to Hart-
ford with 144 pint bottles of rye and
Scotch whiskey in their high—powucd
automobile, two men mving their
names as licrhert J. Freezer .md liar.-
Jamil: :‘urn. both of New York tiny.
were arrow-«l at Nash's i‘t‘ll'lH‘l‘ huc
about 8 o'clock last night.
State Policeman Anthony “union of
Bridgeport arrested the two mun flnli
they ucrc locked up in the luv-vi Joli
aftI-r- were unable to furnish bun-lsoof
$300 each
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SOUTH NORWALK', coNN'. THURSDAE; JULY 5, 1923.
CAR ROLLS OFF "'
DANBURY ROAD
East Norwalk Lad Escapes
With Few Cuts as Auto
Drops 10 Feet.
A touring car owned by John
Flynn. of 200 Liberty square. and
operated by his son. John. rolled off
the embankment on the Danbury
Turnpike. near the Norwalk Tire and
Rubber Co.. at 3 o’clock yesterday
morning and was quite badly darn-
agcd. Mr. Flynn. who was in the
car alone at the time. had just re.
turned from “'ilton where he had
been visiting.
The car leaped down 10 feet and
rolled alone;’ for a distance of 30 feet.
The lop was badly torn and t e front
wheels were broken. Flynn escaped
with slight cuts about the face. He
walked to his home in East Norwaik.
The cause of the accident could not
be learned today. because young
Flynn after arriving home departed
for Brooklyn. The car was taken to
Austin's garage.
THE WES GWEN
PORCH PARTY
Guests Have Enjoyable Eve-
ning in Strawberry
Hill Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Ivcs enter-
tained about fifty of their Friends at I.
delightful porch and gardm party at
their home on Strawberry Hill last
evening. A delicious supper was
served after which there were fire-
works and dancing.
Among the guests were .Mr. and
Mrs. Lcon Ricci. Mr. and Mrs. Dun-
can l“rizzcli. Mr. and Mrs. John
Reeves ibizzcll. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Earle. and
Mrs. Eric liarstrom. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Sanger. Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ray-
mond. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Frost. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Van \Vyck. Mr. and
Mrs. Lansing O‘Dell. Mr. and Mire.
Richard Jennings. Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward Barritt. Dr. and Mrs. Frank
Kelley. Mrs. ‘Congdon. Mil-s F'rarlcel
Hana-from. Miss Mary McClellan. Miss
Elizabeth Randall and Goo. Mathew-
son. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Von Gal. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Green. Mr. and ma.
llnrry (lrccn. I). E. David, Thane
George. Sam Burbanks and Aaron
ilatcs. ‘
PARKING LAW
lIP TONIGHT
Merchants’ Committee to
Report to Mayor—New
Ordinance Expected.
The committee of Norwalk and
South Norwnlk business men appoint-
ed by the mayor to discuss the pro-
posed pnrking changes will meet to-
night in the Council Chamber of the
City Hall at eight o'clock.
Automobile owners or_drlvers who
are interested are invited to attend
this meeting and to give their opinions
about the matter. '
'Washington street. Wall street. and
other merchants are expected to turn
out in big numbers. It is believed that
tonight‘s discussion will result in a
satisfactory parking ordinance.
Jugular Vein Cut;
Dies Shortly After
Windshield Breaks
DANIELSON. July 6.—Her jugular
vein severed by a piece ofglass from
the windshield. Miss Helen R. Walsh.
25 years old. of 115 Jewett street.
Providence. bled to death within a
few minutes after the automobile in
which her family was riding skidded
on the Providence road near here
yesterday afternoon.
In the car were her parents.
and Mrs. J. R. Walsh and her sister.
Miss Mary 'Walsh. who was driving.
Mrs. \Valsh sustained a possible
fracture of the collar bone. Mr. Walsh
and his other daughter escaped with
minor injuries. The dead daughter
was seated by the side of her sister.
In the traffic jam which followed
the accident an automobile skidded
and overturned. resultirh‘ in injuries
to Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick of
Southbridge. Mass. '
Maxine Glasser, Three,
Has Quite a Big Party
Maxine Glasser of Concord street
welcomed the third year of her ex-
istence. with a bang yesterday at her
home. where 14 of her little friends
helped to make a big noise. The many
young guests enjoyed the afternoon
with various games and refreshments.
Those present were: The Nines
Maxine Glaseef, Bernice Marcus. Ruth
Green. Sadie Radick. Phyllis Marcus.
Lillian Radick. and Albert Weill. Ber-
Marcus. Malcolm 'i‘ariov. Horton
Samuel Greene. Maurice Frank
and Leonard Jobreck.
Mr. L
ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD-
ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN. July 5 (By
The Associated Press).—Prcsldcnt
Harding approached the end of his
trans-continental trip today and be-
fore night will-set out definitely to—
ward his principal goal. the territory
of Alaska. The President planned to
spend about five hours in Tacoma be-
fore sailing on the Nmy transport
Henderson from that port.
The program mapped out for the
chief executive and his party in Ta-
coma provided for a public reception
at a. hotel and a visit to the United
Off For Alaska
\.,.
PRESIDENT I‘RDIXG.1\VELL SUNBURNED. STARTS TODAY BY
STEAMER FROM SEATTLE FOR THE NORTH.
. states Veteran hospital. An hour be-
lforc the time set for sailing he and
Mrs. Harding will receive wishes for
a hen voyage from Governor Hart of
\Vashington at ceremonies to be con-
ducted in the stadium. Appropriate
acknowledgments have been prepared
by the President and one of his last
acts before sailing will be to greet the
l-school children of Tacoma. massed for
'the occasion in the stadium.
The Henderson is scheduled to sail
at 2 o'clock with the first stop at
Ketchlkan. where the transport is due
to arrive Sunday.
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When the reporter foil- "The Senti-
nel" visited Jimmy Fife this morning
to see what he himself thought of the
display of fireworks he had given the
public last evening, in Springwood.
he was found up in the hayloft of his
barn hanging up the wooden frames
and other paraphernalia. left Mm the
celebration. He explained to the re-
porter that he thought he had better
save these frames so that in case he
died they'd be left for somebody else
to fix up for the next Fourth of July.
But everyone whoever has attended
any of Jimmy Fife's displays knows
that no one else could equal his. in
originality. skill, and brilliant coloring.
Jimmy expressed his regrets that the
rain had to come during his perform-
ance and that as soon ab he had fin-
ished. the stars came out. Asked how
he made his fireworks. Jimmy gave
a very sensible and very philosophical
answer.
"I don't hurry." he said; "If you tie
the rope too tight they don’t work. If
you are'carelese and get all fussed
then they are no good. After the
stars come out some other people try
their flrewor . but they don't know
how to fix thorn."
Jimmy was especially proud of his
airoplane frame and star frame on
which he had attached red. white. and
blue lights. ‘
"They looked jus' like the ’Merican
flag." he said smiling. {There were so
many people here." he continued.
"'bout two thousand—mebbe more.
Jimmy Fife Is Proud Of His
Springwood Fireworks Display
But, You Know, the Rain Might Have Been a Little More
' Because Jimmy Is So Careful Abdut Giv-
‘a Good- Time on the Fourth— ,
And He DId—s’lhere Was a Policeman to
Handle the Crowds, Too.
The street it was so thick with them—-
jus' like morkeetoce. You couldn't get
through. Everybody like to see fire-
warks once a year anyway. Did you
see the Ferris wheel? Jus' like they
have down at Roton Point. I fix all
colored lights onto the big pieces of
wood. and I make leetle seats. and
Tim: I tie it up in a. tree and light it.
It look finc—rery fine.
"There was a policeman here." said
Jimmy proudly. "an’ he tell me the
people like my show verra. mueh but
that I show 'em too quick. I have to
do that because of the rain—if they
get wet. then they no good. I showed
one thing at a time—it last 'bout two
minutes. and then when that is over.
I show another. I had lots of pin-
wheeis. big and ieetle wheels. and all
diff’rent colors. I put the plnwheela
in the middle of a. frame and then I
put lot of leetle lights on long sticks
pinwheel. I make pretty sight and
people all clap. I tie some lights to
railroad fence and some to trees. I fix
so they don't burn."
A neighbor, leaning over the fence
in Jimmy's yard. had been listening to
this conversation. and she eagerly
vouched for the truth of it. “More
people kept comin' and comln'." she
said. "They say it was better this year
than las' year. than any other year."
And those who saw it agree with
her. Jimmy had a big night but. of
course the rain might have been more
thoughtful.
Two Badly Hurt as
Cannon Bursts
WILLIMANTIC. July 5. — Stanley
Duda. 10, of 48 Winter street. and
Mike Kurdae. 8 years, of 49 Brick
Row_ are patients at St. Joseph's hos-
pital. the result “injuries received by
the explosion of a small cannon in the
yard of No. 47. Arnold's Lane.
The Kurdae boy has a fractured left
shoulder and the Dude. boy a possible
fractured right shoulder. Andrew
Fuches. Joseph Guilford. James Meni-
ditto analyouis J. Dan-areal: had been
celebrating by the shooting of! of an
iron cannon .with a barre 1 one foot
long. The victims were playing in the
driveway near {the Earle]: Row. fifty
yardrdlstant wheuthe cannon burst.
Sections like shrapnel new in every
direction. pieces of the iron of the can-
non barrel striking the two little boys
Baseball and Dance .
at Country Club
In'the besebnll game held at the
,Norwalk CoCuntry Club yesterday. the
married men against the single men.
thorn-tried me ‘ ‘
1mm 111.11 the gates.
Jean Clark "Has -
Birthday Party
Miss Jean Clark. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jere M. Clark of 64 North
Main street. entertained several of her
friends at. her home yesterday after-
noon inhonor of her fourteenth birth-
day. The house was prettily deco-
rated for the occasion. games and
dancing were enjoyed after which re-
freshments were served.
The .guests were: Elisabeth Weeks.
Alice Cole. Beatrice Wen, ’l'heone
Clark. Beatrice Pein. Anita.- Dowd.
Hazel and Marion Zwick'er.
Woman Dies of Fright
GREENWICH. July 5.—-Mrs‘. Blimp
both Held of New York 01w died yea-
terday, after-non from heart failure
from the shock of being thrown into
the water at Bryan: Shore here- as.
was thrown trains rowboatgwben her
daughtir Anne. 28 mold. mired
into the boat’and upeet. it. Gus Gun-
nlson. in charge of the float. med
Mrs. Held‘and' brought lies! to shore.
but she-was read whenbriméd
bu bedrvlledicmg W J. M
mar-knit! that death was are! due to
hd'um;bl‘t to the shock of. ham;
.“’ - u
and fasten them all together to the
. “But capsizes
IIATs on T0 .
FRANK STRAITON
Only Man Found in Norwalk
Who Predicted Gibbons
Had Chance in Fight.
Fight fans of the Norwalk. are to-
day taking their hats off to Frank
Stratton the genial member of the 10-
cal police force.
The reason, 0!]! Frank was the only
man found in Norwalk who thought
that Gibbons had a chance in yester-
day's fight. \thn asked on last Tues-
day for his opinion on the outcome of
the fight Mr. Stratton said. "I think
that Gibbons will win the tight. and
when the reporter looked surprised,
he said. “remember I told you that
\Viilard would defeat Floyd Johnson,
before the fight and you laughed at
me! Well there isn't anyone in Nor-
walk laughing at him this morning.
because he certainly made me best
guess.
This morning when asked wtmt he
thought of the decision. Mr. mutton
said." I dOn't think that a draw any 1d
have'been an unfair decided, but I
I though it would. I was sure that the
fight would go the limit and thglt Gib-
bons would give Dempsey tin fight
.of his cerreer. Gibbons is a gallant
fighter and I hope that he will make
a great deal of money as the result
of his show! yesterday. I think that
they will be rematched for a. return
bout "
Yesterday was not the first time
that Frank's dope has been pretty
near right on the outcome of a fight.
In the recent “'illard Johnson bout.
he was one of the few that thought the
former champion would knock John»
son out. and he has picked winners
in championship fights many times
before. it' would be a good idea for
some of these betters to go around
and see Frank before they lay their
money on the next championship bout,
he m;|/ be able to give them a. few
pointers on what. to do with their
money.
POLICE STAllON
NEEDS “Kill
The following item concerning the
condition of the first district police
station on Commerce street appeared
on the police blotter today:
“Water, pipe burst in the cellar."
“Red light signal system is out of
order. and needs repairing."
"Electric light bulbs wanted for of-
doe lights.” .
Wall Street Today
Confusing price movements took
place at the opening of today's stock
market. U. 8. Steel. Baldwin. stude-
baker and American Can all opened
fractionally higher while Lima Loco-
motive advanced 1 1-4 and steel and
tube pfd. 1. Independent steels were
heavy. Crucib dropping a point to a
new low for year. Aniarican Car
also touched a new low. .
arm not kicking. it went Just about w other city.
Like the Pi .es? _
Watch Space
The Evening- Sentinel has ar-
ranged with Albert Hamilton. man-
ager of the Blake Theatre. for‘slx
freeticketstobegiveadallytothe
Sentinel readers whose‘namee‘ap-
pear below. The names will be
picked at random'each mm
the telephone book and city
directo »
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minutmtlbee.
xm;- ' ‘ ‘ \' .
(Anaheim “Hill.
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Essex .
Fourihflere. l
Sale And Sane
Few Accidents "
Even the Fire Department Had. a Rest—Consuella Daw-
son and Luther Wright Iniured by Fireworks—Gangs
Hold Celebration at Wall and Main Streets—n
Deaths in Other Cities. ‘
Norwalk’s Fourth was truly a safe and sane one. No serious
accidents were reported nor were any calls sent into the fire depart-
ment. Several minor accidents, however, were reported and today
many a celebrator is carrying a bandaged finger as the result of his
holding a “Roman Candle” too long in his hand.
The notsest celebration was
staged the night of July 3. on the cor-
ner of Main and “'all street. when a
group of "wet" celebrators who did
not believe in going home before
morning engaged in a free-for-all-flre-
cracker~fight. Lining up on the north
side of the street they showered their
opponents. who were holding ."forth"
on the south side of the street with
fire-works. The battle lasted an hour.
Among the few reported injured
yesterday were:
Miss Consuclla Dawson. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Dawson of 81
Spri‘ street. was treated by Dr.
George G. Fawcett. last night for
minor burns of the hands. Miss Daw-
son was injured in shooting off a.
Roman candle.
Luther Wright. 13. of Fairfleld aw—
nue was injured quite seriously in
front of his home. about 8 o'clock.
yesterday morning. when a. five-inch.
salute which he was holding in his
hand exploded unexpectedly. He re-
ceived bad burns on his hands and
also infected an open wound. He is
confined to his home today.
NEW YORK. July 5.—Pittsburgli
led in the number of Fourth of July
deaths, tetanus. resulting from the
holiday celebrations causing four
deaths of children. Anton Beilts was
shot and killed there by his wife who
claimed it was an accident. .
St. Inuit. with 61 reported injur‘
had a. greater number hurt than’rarty
although Chicago. with
three dead and 28 injured. was a clone
seco' nd.
~Exploding fire crackers caused in;
juries resulting in the death of Joseph
Javerone of Gloversviile. N. Y. A
flying piece of steel from an exploding
barrel instantly killed Mike Anritch.
St. Cloud, Mind. and Orville Cramer.
Danville. Illinois. was killed instantly
when a gas pipe, loaded with powder.
exploded in his hands.
Charles Connors. Huntington. W.
Va.. was killed instantly at an Eiks’
observance at Jackson. Ohio. when a
giant firecracker exploded premature-
ly, tearing of! his left arm. A two-
year-old child at Jacksonville. 11].. died
as a result of swallowing chemicals
contained in fireworks.
In New York Peter Vac-are!" was
shot and killed when a pistol in the
hands of his son exploded accidentally.
Francis Gordon succumbed to heart
failure when a fire cracker was ex-
ploded under his feet.
Three persons were killed in Chic-a.-
go. one man was shop by an offices"
who mistook him for a criminal An-
other was shot and killed during an
altercation at a. picnic and a. third was
drowned.
Joseph Koredpa. Cedar Rapids. In.
blacksmith. probably was fatally in-
Jured when he peered into the raun-
ale of a toy cannon. Three boys in
Westville. N. J. were severely burned
in an exploosion of powder to which
they touched a match. A similar ac-
cident occured to three boys at Beloit,
Wis.
Ninie of Chicago's 26 persons who
received hospital attention were in-
Jared by stray bullets or buckshet. A
revolver cartridge on a. car flack ex-
ploded when the wheels struck it and
the bullet wounded a woman standing
on the front porch of her home.
New Orleans Ofiers
$500,000 for Fight
'NEW .ORLEANS. LIL. July 5.—W.
A. Soker. chairman of the Now Or-
leaas Young Men's Gymnastic club.
has wired Richard T. Burke. secretary
of ‘the Lemon state boxing commis-
sion at Shelby. Mont" authority to try
to ' obtain a return match between
Dempeey' and Gibbons for New 0r-
leans. -
Mr. Coker said be instructed Burke
to go as high as asbalf million dollar-
foramatai.
Burke. was timekeeper at yester-
day‘s am. .
Mrs'NemethJumps
from Carriag’ e; Hurt?
ans. Clara Nemetb. of North Taylor
avenue. may afternoon sustained
,a :deep‘ laceration of the forehead and
chino: abrasim and'bruhee of tho
body when she jumped tornado:-
‘riags-ln which she and her husband
were. driving.‘ Shes-asauendedaatbe
Norw‘alk Hm by Dr. George G.
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