Newsfla'viee. The Sentinel receives daily the roll "port of The Associated Prom. the world's most reliable news agency. tiling night and Friday. moderate winds. The Weather For Norwalk and vicinity: m TIDE TOMORROW High tide 10:30 a. m, 10:86 I). m. ESTABLISHED 1870 reasurer of South Norwalk See Big Advantages to Norw \l‘ rchants generally feel that Nor- is « 3k is losing money and prestige be 1 «as of the lack of hotel accommo- tr‘lL‘nS. The Mahacltemo has forty «ms and the Itoyal James not many '1 l.-_ talk generally is for a hotel of rooms. similar to the Davenport <‘amford. Charles Iloyt. treasurer of the — ~1h Norwalk Trust Co.. in speaking .11 this lack of hotel accommoda- n. and of what an advantage such . ; at... would have for Norwalk. said \ Sentinel reporter today: 'Norwalk needs a new .modcrn ho~ hut it does not need a high priced I believe in a hotel here where wore can get a room for 81.50 and fl night. We want the traveling .1r1 who covers the adjacent town;- “9 so pleased with the hotel ac- :nmodations aflorded him here. that “ill make our city his .1eadquar- w while in this vicinity." Mr. lioyt is fearful. howevcr. that mil ht: impossible to interest mer- tnts in such a project at this time. - ‘ rect a modern. moderately ’11"... 1i. lttO-room hotel. which the city this and must have. would cast in neighborhood of $300,000 today. Hoyt says. ' When building prices permit us to .l‘ni such a structure -.t the cost of lunwuu or 8150.000. it will be done.“ declared. "I think in another year . sis will be down." . Asked if he thbught that the cit)‘ i‘JdiId have another hotel in addition ' 1 the Mahackemo and the Royal «mes Inn. he was most emphatic in l.‘ assertion that it. should. This In --,w. of the fact that the owner 01 ".n Hotel Mahackemo states that 3: re is a possibility of enlarging the ; r-svnt building. when the lease held 3. the present manager expires. The hotels of Stamford and Bridge- r'-rt are crowded. Why? Because ‘ avelers. who count Rostlk as one ' their best business towns. are wtced to go there icr hotel accom- lmtdluonfi. '. Christian Ewart: o! .111. (Old Well Vicar company. as". w—ifll maxi?“ 'ut the city should have a modern. :voderately priced hotel. "Such a hotel.” declares Alden Sol- :nans. preddent of the Box 211 Nor- unlit Savings Bank. “would be a won- llr'rful asset to the city and call the 'rrn'cler's attention to our wonderful (it '." Sir. Selmans further states that ii' ‘ no business men of the city. who are air-rested in the growth of the Nor- “alks. will get together that men a , lilding can be erected. "The millions of toreigners invading New York city. yearly." Mr. Solmans said. "are pushing the other people ,, .9. Stamford is overcrowded and \wrwslk is just beginning to grow ,'.'.st. A city located so near to New York can not help out grow. that is. r r course it our city an give the con~ ' "niences which people desire." i'larence Nutting and; George Buck 1n Mame Clarence Nutting of Putnam ave» ” :c and George Buck of Dar-ten. who ~ artrd on a hike to Maine. two ‘ ”ks ago today. have arrived safely 8‘1hcir destination and are alreadl‘ “viii established in one of the best 5 .m1t camps of that state. ‘ 5‘ rving as Junior counsellors. they l-n‘o combined business with pleasure M they have said in their letters to it any of their friends around town. The biggest boast that the young '1 . n have to make is that they gained ‘lansriortation from Boston to Maine In one day. Messrs. Nuttlng and Buck intend to "4}" there throughout the summer : ml have not as yet decided how the nturn trip will be made. Bert Benton to Be with Harding Party l“rt Benton. son of Harry Stacey l' nton of Flax Hill Road. shipped H8“Milly. as a seaman on the 11.3.8 \merican Legion.” which will Join lhoopresidentiai party in Porto Rico. Mr. Benton was graduated in June ‘rom the Roxbnry school and will en- Itr Yale in the fail. I. Mints Burs Woodward Estate 1... purchased the Locumfl$oogm slats at 4. West awnue from unnel J. W- Th; property which m ‘ fro-“8‘ 0‘ ftet on West am is 1" feet def?- There is a nine room hou- m‘ n‘ on it. 3 . r .,’ 31 . : 1 am OF LA C. A. Tuner. 0‘ “ 00mph!!!“ to m m" high! SM“ I. driven union .1». locus-cps “*0 m“ car. . - Modern Hotel With Rooms M $1.50 to $3 Needed Says C. Hoyt —Fine Asset, Declares Alden Solmans. '? Trust Company and Others alk in 100 Room Building The more one goes around Not-walk, the more one hears of the: need in the city of a new modern. moderate priced hotel. KISSING PASTOR QUITS HIS JOB Resigns as Head of Boston Federation; Board Seems Reluctant to Let Him Go. BOSTON. July 12.—l:ev. George L. Paine. who engaged in a-scume with Lieutenant Wesley Maciaren Hague. U. S. N.. on Monday when the latter administered what he. termed a thrashing because the clergyman had kissed his wife. tendered his resigna- tion as executive of the greater Bos— ton Federation of Churches at a special meeting yesterday of the Board of Directors of the Federation. The sixteen directors present voted to defer actlon upon the resignation until a subsequent meeting, when all the board's 2‘: members shall bc present. "My chief desire is to help the fol- nation." said a statement read by Mr. I’alne to the directors. "I feel that it is not 1 who should determine my fitness to continue in office. and I hereby tender my resignation. This tender is solely to free the hands 0! the directors." The directors issucd the following statement after the meeting: "The sense of the board present was that any action taken should be taken by the whole board. Those present greatly deplored the con- duct frankly and publicly acknowl— edged by Mr. Paine. In view of his splendid record of life service and his unimpaired probity. they bespeak for‘ him the Christian and friendly con- sideration of the public." Lieutenant Hague announced that he had decided to take no le'ral ac- gnlnst Mr. Paine. and 1118‘. he con cred the incident closed. In a statement last night he said in part: "My atutnde in Mr. I’aine's of. flco was the direct result or his re- peated attempts to kiss my wiie In spite of her protests and active op- position which constitute an insult no man in honor could overlook. l have absolutely no excuse' to offer for my actions in his office and the suggestion that I apologise to him is absolutely absurd. My only thought at any time has been to uphold my wifé’s honor and this episode has sin-ply endeared her more to me." Eclectic Doctors May Fight for Practice BRIDGEPORT. July 12.—Eclectic physicians are prepared to fight in the courts any attempt made to stop them from practising. according to Dr. Isidor Yochelman, one of the three eclectic physicians whose names were included in the bill which Gover- nor Templeton killed bya "pocket veto." "Our licenses cannot be revoked no matter what opinion the attorney gen- eral may hold on the matter." Dr. Yochelman said today. "His opinion in a matter of this kind carries no more weight than the opinion of any other citizen of the state. There is no law which says that our licenses can be revoked merely because we failed to appear to be re-examined in New Haven yesterday. “The state laws say that doctors' license cannot be revoked by the health department except upon the written request of every member of the medical examining board repre- senting their school of practice and John 0. Perry. of “’est Haven. pros. ident of the Connecticut Eclectic so- clety and a member of the examing board will not request revocation of any of these licenses. The hundred or mac eclectic physicians in the state control their own board and the board is not going to play into the hands of those individuals who tried to induce us to take another examin- atlon" Rogers & Stevens Explain New Plan The Rogers and Stevens plan for an extension to its new place at the “'all street bridge, it. was learned today. does not include building over the entire river. In explaining the petition of the concern of Rogers and Stevens to the United States government for per- nit-ion to erect the building Mr. Ste- vens stated that the Rogers and Ste- vens property extended half way acro- the river, and it is on this pro- that they wish to build the buildlnl- , Tonight ,Fight___ Reports .lentinel will get a full re- l SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923. Illi Swimmer Sets noilflew Record, Defeating ChampionAileen .13.. Riggin VE\\'ARK. . J.. JuI3 1‘3. Miss Sybil Bauer. "'eibtrey. "Ion. by a. few 3 ardfi. Si BIL BAUERLBABY ANN A KINALY. -—A new world‘s record for women was set 113 a bro\nzed young woman from Illinois here July 7 when of the Illinois Athletic Club, swam tile IOU-meter race, backstroke in 1 :26 3- 5. lowering the mark set. by Miss Ethelda She defeated Miss Aileen Riggin, Olympic diving cham- One of the features of the opening of the Olympia p36], at which the record “as broken was a. fanc3 high dire 113 old “Baby “'onder,” Bliss Anna Kinaly Instructors say the swimming meets are particularly marked this -ear by the extreme youth of the contestants. fiefournynar BY the woman with the “the operator says that answer. and I know perfectly that she is at home. "Yes." jade caf—rings",1ust you ycrterday that I didn't answer. when I was home all thc time. only for the few minutes that I was at the hair-dresser and dressmnker." "I heard." chimed in their hostess. "that the operators tell 3ou the line is busy or that they don't answer. just because they don't want to bother gob ing your numhtr for you." "I believe black like lhc3 to d it." the first woman agreed. “why cvcr)‘ time you pick up the receiver. you can hrar them giggling and talking. Most likely when you want a number. they are in the middle of a chapter and don't want to be disturbed ” “Pitt-1103“ Talk. "And we use the phone so seldom. " slghui her hostess. "wouldn' t you think that they would give us good srfivice." Shanrrrs can converse with case on two subjects—the weather and the telephone service. Most conversa‘lons begin with "lovely day isn't it" and end with “such service! \Vhy I wait- ed ten minutes for a. number this morning" “'e have heard much about the poor telephone service and how the girls up in the telephone omce read Elinor Glynn all day instead of ans- wering calls. Being endowed with more curiosity than is good for us. we went up to see Mr. Suiting. manager of the local exchange. to learn the truth. In- steac of answering our questions. he smiled and said he would pretend that we were Rom Missouri and let us find out for ourselves. Summoning his secretary. Mrs. P1 att. he bade hér to show us every- thing. And so we first entered the bnsinss cilice and was introduced to the corps of efficient cierks.——the rea- son why your telephone bill is always correctly rendered. Adjoining the business once is the locker rooms and kitchen. Each girl has her own locker and the kitchen ls equipped with two gas stoves. so that the girls. if they wish, may cook their own lunches. The “blah: Pint” The second floor Is given over to what is called the “main plant” and the operators' rest Dona. where in comfort theygnrjy. enjoy the fifteen period. allowed "than: i i 1 Sentinel Reporter BecOmes Telephone Girl for a Day Visits Norwalk Exchange and “Listens in” to Learn the Task a Phone Girl Has to Perform Each Day—Calls Girls Efficient Workers—Is Told That School Girls Make the Best Operators. KATHLEEN LYDON "Isn't that cxasperating." exclaimed nvas too complicated for us to grasp. aigrettc IThc re st room is very inviting with its they do not big. roomy chair “ell ; -and its Victrola which furnishes music interposed the girl with the'for the FINE: should “19" care to its tables. covered nith the late periodicals and papers dance Reluctantly. we withdrew from the rest room and climbed another flight of stairs up to the operating room. Here we were turned over to Miss Elizabeth Dyrnes. chief operatoh'a gracious lady. who putting a "se " on us. made us a telephone operator for a. (lay. Listening In. For a minute we stood and watched the operator making connections. Lights flashed continually and connec- tions were made very rapidly. Then we listened in with Miss Helen Frey. who handles the local calls on muplti- ple 19. Suppose your linfierminatee in Miss Fch's multiple. the minute you take the receiver from the hook. your number flashes. Miss Frey plugs 111. request: your number and makes the connection. VVhlle you are talk- ing two lights burn. which go out when you hang up. Sometime you she cut oil. or the operator is unable to make connec- tions with the number you desire. in that case. you are referred to the in- tercepting operator who is Miss Dar- othy Hale. Sometimes the number which you have been calling is tem- porary disconnected. and when you are referred to Miss Hale. she asks what number you desire and then looking it up in a book whichis at her elbow. she tells you Why you cannot make connections. . Many times people my that they are cut of! by the operator. when the trouble is that. the party with whom they were talking-hangs up. Supervisors continually parole the room. m-s. Olhman. Bertha Cowdery. Edith Gonzales. and Alyce Bnown, .are ever 0 nduty and should a ‘glrl have more calls than she can answer, they call out the number to another operator who is not so busy. . The 1!. lbs. Tobegtonmbthctmof most local operators. .13th -h a sort d' fascination about it which is unexplainable. , m 13m tall oper- ator Is Kiss Helen; ML l-chp little miss. with”. bobbed hair and piqunt team-s. who handles on theinoomingosflw w parking ordinance. COAL DEALERS SHE NO BOOST IN PRICE HERE Say Increase of $1 in Bridge- port Has Not Affected Norwalk So Far. COAL COMING SL'OWLY Enough for Winter If Min- ers Remain at Work—No Guarantee of Prices. That the price of coal in Norwalk will not be advanced. for the present at least. according to statements made by local coal merchants to a Sentinel reporter. when asked if the advancing oi the retail price 81 in Bridgeport would effect the prices here. Neither does the coal situation in chwalk indicate any shortage. al- though shipments from the mines are not coming through in as large quan- tities as they might. l'rlces prevalent today. for house- hold sises are $15.50 when it is "shot" into your cellar and :16 when it Is carried. - Pea coal is $13.50 de- livered and 51¢ when carried. The increase in the retail price in Bridge- port advances the price of the house- hold size to $16 and the pea size to $14 a ton. plus the carrier's charge. Edward Guns of the Harris 6:. Calls Coal company. does not look for an immediate increase in the price of coal. ”However." he adds. "we can give no guarantee that the prices will not be advanced. If the big shippers ad vance their prices. naturally. we mum increase ours. But there is nothing at present to indicate that such a step will be necessary. "Shipments are being received in our yards. regularly. but not in gres‘ quantities." In reply to the question if the coal now being received was a better grade than that of last season. Mr. Guns stated that it was a much brighter grade and looked to be very fine coal. Orders are accepted now at prices prowling at time o: delivery. Thus If you place your order today and the price is advanced tomorrow. you pay the price in force when the coal is delivered to your house. But this need not worry you tor ths- 8m Coal 8: Supply company does not be- lieve that an advance will be made. but. like Mr. Gans, they can give no guarantee. 3 If any change is made ln‘the price of coal. it will be an increase. not. a decrease. according to the Ferris Coal company. who see no reason to be- lieve. however. mat the advancing of the retail price in Bridgeport will make any changes in the prices here at present. The Devine Brothe-s Coal company is putting no coal in its yard. but is delivering just; as quickly as ship- .—__ (Continued On Page Two) Improvements Being Made on Compo Road “‘ESTPORT, July 1:. —-- A wooden on white-fence is being built around the outside edge of Schlaot's Corner at Compo Beach. to prevent a serious ac- cident as the corner is \er3 sharp and a high wall on the in: .de hides the view from the opposite direction. The drop from the roadway to the water is about twelve to twenty feet accord- ing to the tide. The isle of safety at this corner has not been removed to date. ~ Both the local authorities and the .State Highway Department engi- neers decided to'rcmove the isle as the trees in the center were a menace to traific. The roadway on the Boston Post road is nearly completed. All the cement has been laid and now the tar- via will be laid on top. The work will be finished by Thursday and the road open to traffic on Sunday, according to present plans. PARKING ABBESI‘S Mrs. Louis H. Hall was placed un- der» arrest yesterday by Patrolman Stratton for violation of the parking ordinance The case will. come up in the downtown city court tomorrow afternoon. Morris Cohen of Bridgeport was placed under arrest yesterday by Pa- trolman Stratton for violation of the He was released under bonds of $5 for appearance in the city court on Saturday. Like the Pictures? WatchThis Space The Evening Sentinel has ar- ranged with David F‘terson. managing director of the Regent and Palace theatres. for six free; tickets to be given daily to the Sentinel readers whose names ap- pear below.~ The nameswill be picked at random each day from the telephone book and city di- rectory. P. 8. law, as you no: Bond. Mel's E. “soy, 8 lea-wk G- are”; If. m am an you have to do when your 12 PAGES Auto PRICE THREE CEN'IS Sidewalk and Hits Two Girls Anna Kerry and Anna Baron May Be Seriously Injured-s Driver Claims Brakes Did Not Work as He Tried to Avoid Another Automobile. Two girls were taken to the Norwalk hospital as the result of an accident which occurred in Home street last night, when a Ford touring car, owned and driven by George Northrop of 24 Meadow “-treet, Stamford. jumped the curb and struck Anna Kerry, 18 years old, of 22 Lowe street and Anna Baran. aged 19 years, of 15 Lexing- ton avenue, knocking them to the sidewalk. ASK REPAIRS ON WOODBURY AVE. Residents Tell Mayor Bar- ton They Could Grow Gar- den Truck in Street. At the Council nit-sting on Tues- day evening a delegation of residents of \\ oodbury avenue headed by Frank Nolan and Dietrich Hohn were present to tell about and protest against the condition of that street. “'hen the discussion was going on regarding the spending of the 322500 street repair money. Mr. Hohn asked the Mayor for permission to speak. Mr. Hohn said: "I lived on \Voodbury avenue 20 years ago and at that time there was only two houses on the met. I went there again. and the street is in the same condition as it was 20 years ago. A number of auto- mobiles drive through this street and all of them complain. Many of them asked me if this was the Rocky road to Dublin. I think that some of the money should be spent right. on that street. as it certainly needs repairs." , Mr. Nolan then spoke as follows on “the subject. “I am a new corner to this little town. and 1 think that it is a. fine little place. but the taxpayer does not get anything for his money. (Continued On Page Two) 12-Hour Day to End This Year, ’Tis Said YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. July 1:.— The 12 hour day will end in many de— partments of steel before the end of this year. James A. Campbell. pres- ident of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company. declared yesterday at a luncheon given him by the Rotary club. Campbell. who since the purchase by his company of two other steel plants. is now the third largest cm- ploycr of steel labor in the country. said the complete abolition of the 12 hour day would come “soon—sooner than most people think." "\Vc are now working on the plans." he addtg. "and by the first of the month e will begin putting them in operation The speed of the change depends entirely upon our success in finding the labor necessary. EAGLES INITIATE FOI’R four cnndidates were initiated last night at a meeting of Nogwallt Aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles. Plans were made for a lawn fete and carni- val to be held on the grounds of the Eagle‘s home soon. CLAIM WESTPORT Northrop was driving his car westc crly on Monroe street at the time. HI claims that the car in front of him stopped suddenly and when his brakes did not take hold. his car jumped the curb and ran onto the sidewalk. Both girls were knocked to the ground and it was thought for a time that they might be injured seriously. The girls were rushed to the hospi- tal. where they were attended by Dr. “'illlam Tracey. who stated that they were bruised and shaken up. He stat- cd that it would be 1'4 hours before he could tell whether they were in- jured internally or not. Northrop was placed under arrest on the charge of recklea driving and the case continued from day to day. until the girls are able to appear in court. Northrop's car was placed In Austin's garage and he was released until the case comes up. Won’t Pick Winner of the Fight Tonight The Sporting Editor of the Sentinel started out to get some opinions as to the winner of the Firpo—“jllard fight this evening at Boyle' s Thirty Acres. but was very much disappointed. The first one he went to see was Patrolman Frank Stratton. but nary a. word could he get out of Frank. Ho wouldn't say a word to the Sentinel man as to who he thought would be the Winner. He informed the reporter that he had given the information our. to a few but that they had promised not to hand it out. to the newspapers. He next visited the news-stand st Frankie Fay who is a good picker. but. Frankie said that there was noth- ing doing today. "It is a very uncertain fight. and I wouldn't dare pick a winner." said Frank The S. 12.. then visited several other spdrtirrg men but they were all uncertain and did not care to pick a winner of the bouts. __—.—_._— Check Swindlers Are Active' in Chicago CHICAGO. July l’.’.—-Eleven banks in outlying sectoins have been swindled out of more than $100,000 within the past few days by the certi- fied check and cut telephone wire system. Three gangs of men work- ing under the direction of a. woman perpetrated the swindles. Checks purporting to be certified were presented and bank tellers were invited to verity them by telephone. Meanwhile. a confederate had cut the telephone wire of the supposed signer and the teller was unable to reach him. Frequently. the police said. the checks were paid after tellers were unable to verify the signatures. SPECIMEN HAVE BROKEN LAW FOR 20 YEARS Citizens Get “Thrill” at Town Meeting When It Is Learned First Selectman Has Been Signing Names of Others to Calls for Meeting—Mr. Grant Brings Up Point. WESTPORT. iny lit—Peace lov- ing and. as a. rule. law abiding citi- zens of the sedate town of Westport were given the "thrill of a lifetime” last night. when. assembled and transacting busine- at a town meet. ing. they were told that the call of the meeting was illegal. and. further that town meetings or the majority of them. for the past 20 years have been illegal because of a practise ‘ol- lowed by the seiectmen 0! ‘he town. First Selectman Auntn Wakeman. it seems. isued the call of the meet- ing. dgnlng the names of Second Selectman Welford G. Lewis and Third Selectman Thomas Glynn to the call. they having signified a willingne- that he do so. Thus. the illegality. Prior to the call to order of the meeting last night. Edde ll. Grout of Greens Farms. former comptrol- ler of New York city. a man well versed in aflsirs political. learned at practice has been followed for 20 years. and that the majority of town meetings. therefore. have been outcldo the pale of legality. Because it is necessary under the town charter to publish 5 days in ad- vance of the meeting the notice of its call. there was nothing to do but postpone the meeting for another week. The goodly crowd that had as- sembled in the public interest. there- fore. departed. but not without one presdng to their neighbors “their feeling in the matter." Interest in the meeting. as it turned out to he. ran high. for the Board of Finance had refused to ap- propriate funds (or garbage removal and road oil. and the. matter of tho town taking over the fire hydrants from the firs district was also to come up. After some discussion. the matter of garbage removal was referred to the health cinder. and the matter of oiling the roads was taken up and. disposed of “away." oceans the nesting itself was not according to We. or whoever it b that is mwimmuguuhsh
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