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item of Second Street in Stamford
Hamlin! < Sister Lillian Cut and Bruised
, tar ilils Tree at Darien—Jarvis Jen-
ning. of l .‘recns Farms Driving—Couldn’t
.‘ilnhe Turn in Road I
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1;, H’t'l: 2' Ems. of 32 Second street. Bast Nomlk, is in'
my» Hw-r'ttnl today suffering from injuries received in
' ~:lIc:.t which took place in Darien at 10:30 last
luau DOWNS '
CONmmflllllUUl
OF THE LEGION
gWill Hold State Post
for Two Years—Isl
Commander of God-I
frey Post 1
Commander Lel’loy l". Downs 01
tthe Frank C. Godfrey Post. Ameri-
can Legion. of this city was elected
state executive committeemnn ut the
mate convention of the American Le-
gion in New llritaln on Saturday.
Commander Downs will «no on
the lie rtment Executive committee
for two 'cars. The state department
of the American Legion is run by the
Department Executive committee.
Which is elected at the convention
each year. Seven members from the
dvpartmcnt are elected at och con-
\o-ntlon.
Mr. Downs was elected command-
er of the local port last Del-ember
'zlnd before that was ndjutant. He is
one of the best known legionnalres
in the state and has been very active
in the affairs of that organization
since becoming a member. lie will
attend the first meeting of the ex.
rcutlvo committee in New Haven
next Saturday afternoon.
The local delegation of the Legion
returned to this city Saturday night.
' Members of the post participated in
the large parade held there on flat-
urday. They reported that this was
the best convention that the Legion
has ever held in this gate.
The delemtes of the local post to
the convention were Corr'nander
Downs. Vice-commander Murray
lsracl and Adjutant Archie Merriam.
Alternates were Raynor Wei-mo and
Henry Simona.
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.nL: gen: m- \Villiam Roberta. five. 50“ 0‘ Mr'
p”... It Is and 5111. Andrew J. Roberts of
"‘ no" brlnz Chestnut hill. died Saturday .1101“
noon from infantile paralysis. This
is the first death from-thb disease
it! take place in several months here.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon from the late hdmr. Rev.
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'~ more than off- J. Benton Werner officiated- 3‘1"“
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Mr. and ' Hrs. 11. :oseru cf 51
Lowe street had as their guest over
the week-end Mr. Berkle- rf Bridge-
port. ' ‘
OVER 1,000
PCMn in \' ' “13m"
, _ ~ . orn‘alk arul manyiflm h
ml In automobiles were able to Ml '“e V
. duel-limo fight Fridly “it!“
if: X W015: re.-
vqltipment.
miscellan-
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c. E- MATHEWSON
OF THE NORWALK
' \Vi‘l'l.‘
as his life work.
lie made many friends. His tuni—
‘nors acquaint cell reposcd the
TIRE 'CO. DIES
Was Ill Long Time in
Stamford H om e ——
Came Here from the
West -
Clifford Earl Mathewson. secretary
and sales manager of the Nar‘valk
'l'lre & lluhher company. died )‘enr
terday morning at 3:15 o‘clock at
the Post Graduate hospital. New
York city. Funeral services will he
held tomorrow afternoon from the
late home in Strawberry hill. Stam-
ford.
The death of Mr. Mathewson did
not come as a surprise to those who
close to him. ill: complained
last May of not feeling up to the
mark.
Found to be suffering from a seri-
ous intestinal disturbance. he was
taken to the Post Graduate hospital
and was operated on at that institu-
tion on May 31. His condition was
found to_ be even more dangrrous-
than at first suspected. The end
came yesterday.
Coming here when the Nor-walk
Tire & Rubber company was first or-
ganized and established in Nor-walk.
his neverwndinx efforts had much to
do pith the success achlcyed by the
local connern.
Endowed with a delightful prrson-
nlily. coupled vith dynamic pouers
for constant. worthn‘hlle effort. he
had for many years been rctnrtlrd as
one of the leaders in that branch of
the business which he had selected
greatest confidence in him.
lie was a friendly man. very hu
man. who was inclined to look upon
the shortcoming of m with a
Emile and the one: of a helping hand
and his great confidence in what the
future Would bring forth was an as-
set in those dark days which come to
most of us.
Clifford l1. .‘lnthewso'n was Lcrn in
Brady. .\'ll\r:xska. and would have
been 43 years of one next December
No early interested himSvlt’ in W‘-
hlcles and was with one of the rally
bicycle concerns. where his animus
for fast. ridlnt: made ham 9 lilrmher
of the tr-am connected with :t rar-
tlcular concern.
Employed in Denver. he was in-
troduced to and became acquainted
with William B. Miller. then sales-
manager of the Diamond lint-liter
Lohengrin’s wedding march. they“
'came. until they reached the spot
where Reverend Ernest .‘laCGl't'S-Jl'
seven-thirty o’clock. at the boats
The house was profusely and art-
istically decorated with palm. elem!-
tlc. asparagus ferns. asters. dahlias
and beautiful baskets of roses. alid
daisies. Tall candles in.sll\'cr can-
dleatlclzs furnished most effective
lighting. \Vcllnltz‘ orchestra played
softly and faintly the strains of
"Thais" during the ceremonies.
The brides-tepbc came slowly (low!)
a. stairway lined with ferns and
palms. Mil-s Dorothy Cowles. in the
lead. as maid of honor, and Miss 8y.
hi1 Cowley, leaning on Mr. Brown's
mm. Down the hallway and into
the reception room. to the music of
stood ready to perform the cercmou- ‘
lcs.
Miss Sylvia's dark hair and eyes
\vere enhanced by a charming white
score in gown. which was trimmwl
wlth ribbon rorsettes and rhinestone
centers. ~llt‘r veil “as of Princ-.~.vs
lace. a beautiful heirloom which had
been worn,hy four other brides in
was of tulle caught up here and
there with orange blossoms. Shc car-
rin .1 a handsome shaver bouquet.
'litss Dorothy Cowles wore a pale
pink canton crepe frock. trimmed
with dainty ruchim; around the neck
nd sleeves. She carried a‘l old.
fashioned cor-sue bouquet of m
pink roses and violet sprays. Bhs was
maid of honor to her sister. Mr. El-
ward Lockwood. Jr.. was best man to
his'hrothnr, Alan. After the com-
plCllon of the first ceremony. the
rmw Mrs. Lockwood acted as mat-
ron of honor to her sister. Dorothy
and her husband became best man
for Mr. Plnkncy.
(Continued One Page. Two)
NORWALK JAP-
FUND-REACHFS
company of Akron. Ohio. Mr. Miller.
impressed with Mr. Mathewscn‘s'
qualities as a salermnn. cnlpinz'tdv
him to travel for the Diamond. i
This was 20 years ago. ills rid-l
vnncn was rapid and he he'ime the
Pacific coast manager for the Dia-
mond Rubber company. When the
Norwalk Tire & Rubber companv
was organized. .‘ir. Mathewson earm-
with Mr. Miller to this city in thr-
capaeity of secretary and staterooms-i
ger of the new company.
His success was a continuation or
that with which he had met in tin-
Pa’cific coast and he had no (“Month
in maintaining a high Milton
among the rates managers in the
trade.
He leaves a widow. Marie (Hall)
hinthewson: one dauahter. Joan
Marie. and one son. Clifford E. Ma-
thewson. jr.. in addition to a mother
in Denver and one brother. E. L.
Mathewson of San Francisco. Call-
fornla. .
lie was a 32nd degree Mason and
a member of the Woodwav Country
club and of the Stamford Yacht club
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at. 2 o'clock
from the late. home. The Nor-«all:
Tire 1! Rubber company will be
closed all day tomorrow in honor of
the deceased officer.
Like the Pictures?
Watch This Space
The Evening Sentinel has ar-
ranged with David Emerson. man-
aging director of the Palace and
Regent theatres forst free tick-
ets to be given daily this weak for
the Sentinel read whose names
appear below. names will be
picked at random each day trom
the telephone book.
Xabel Koala, I Patna-III am-
sue.
Mrs. P. P. One), 124 Washhg-
tutti?“ “W by The Sentinel. m “ ”’ was ‘
9 itreet 10 minutes after the fight W
“titled Wtall and Main streets, Nomlk. about 3"
er.
linulog la
ll’ You WANT THE LATEST NEWS
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to. m.
Mrs. B. C. Pccney, 0 Maple
9W. ,’ .
-when your
ALMOST $8,000
Although Norwalk’s quota for the
relief of the Japanese earthquake
sufferers has been subscribed and the
drive is officially over. donations cen-
tlnuc to come in and at noon today
the amount had reached $7,705.94.
Approximately 25 per cent. of the
$50 chapters soliciting have reported
their quotas filled. Actual shipments
of relief materials to the stricken
areas have already started.
According to a cable receivedfrom
the mayor' of Yokohama. 90 per
cent. of the city has been ‘estroyed
by fire. while the tom! dead has been!
placed at 30.000. with 70,000 injured.
List of donations received up to
noon today follows:
Previously acknowledged . 47166.74
Sir. and Mrs. George. . . . . . 2.00
Evelyn D. K.. . . . . . . . 5.00
Cash.. ..... ............ 1.00
C. SI Trowbridge Co. em-
u...-
ployes............... 10.00
C.E.Hoyt 5.00
Dreyer Hat Co. . ...... . . . . 15.041
Dreycr Hat Co. employes . . 20.30
Some children ”m”... 6.70
Edmund Trounson . . . . . . . 1.00
H. B. Slauson............ 5.00
Conn Light &: Power Co.
employes ............
Julia M. Knapp ...........
A friend ...............-o .
Ada. F. samml‘ «sass-ossn'
A friend .......os-osasso
Frank J.Dugan .........‘.
20.00
50.00
8100
3.00
2.00
‘ 5.00
C. L. Barker ........'. .. 2.00
GeorgLJennti-lgs ......'. 10.00
Old Well Cinr Co. ....... 10.00
Old wen Cigar Co. employes
Prof. John Erskine, “’iiton
Lewis 12. Kurlbutt‘.‘;..... .
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For Sylvia And
Dorothy Cowles
Two very pretty weddings took place on Saturday evening, at
Brown, of 34 West avenue, m daughter, Sylvia Dianthc
Cowles.wasmsrrisdtodlanldwardnockwood,sonoflndgcand
Mrs. Edward K. Lockwood, of 185 last'avcnus. and their daughter,
Dorothy Erma Cowlcs, became tbs wife 0! William Pinkmy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Pinkscy. cl Icwsyton avenue.
the bride-groom's family. Her tmlnlfiturday afternoon at 4 o'clock fn
of . and Mrs. William Lemuel
MSS FORBUSH
BECOMES BRIDE
OF‘C. W. GAGER
Wedded at St. Paul’s‘
Church by the Rev.
Louis B. Howell ——
Pauline Norton the
Bridcsmaid
Miss Gladys A. Forbush. daughter
of Mrs. James Curtis Forbusl't-of 17
Maple street. and Charles \‘.'illln.m
Gnger. son of Mrs Elizabeth finger
of ll Harriet street. were married
St. Paul's Episcopal church by Rev.
units ll. Howell.
The bride. who was given in mar-
riage by her uncle. J. Spencer Smith.
re white tint crepe with pearl
t _ minus and carried a showcr'bou
t of white roads and sweet pass,
“is: Pauline N. Norton was b‘iidcfi-‘l
maid. wearing turquoise blue bro
caldrd canton crops and carrying
pink roses. Miss Pan-tel Bray was
flower girl.
The bridegroom was attended by
his brother. Warren 8. Ginger
Tracey Sterling. Francis Johnson.
James Kelley and Paul Knlpplo wore
the ushers.
Following the church services a
reception was held. Later in the eve-
nlnz the bridal couple left uron a
Weddinc trip and upon their rr-turn
will make their home at it Harriet
street.
I'loth young people are. vol-v Well
known in Norwalk. the bride hafinx
been emplos‘d as a bookkeep'r by
the Falf‘flf*ld County Rank and Trust
company. while the bridegroom ins:
sts‘ant cashierof the National Rank
of Norwalk.
Police Here Watch for
Bridgeport Bandits
l-‘or hours lastenight the Norwalk
police carefully watched "sin and
Wall streets for an automobile con-
taining three youthful baridits. who
shot and seriously wounded Samuel
Mogrdlglon. 3 Bridgeport storokecp-
er. \vhile‘they were attempting to
hold up and rob the place.
The local police were notified of
the happening and given .. descrip-
tion of.the automobile in which the
trio made a getaway as well as a de-
scription of the men themselves.
None of the three bandits was over
:3 years old. The automobile. as far
pass through the city.
South Nor-walk Man
I O '
Dies at Bridgeport
BRIDGE-PORT. Sept. 1?.—Micha¢l
Dunlm. about 65 years old. of the
Savoy Hotel. South Nos-walk. died
during bis'sleep Saturday night at
the home of his niece. urn. Runs.
83 Jetland. place. When “relatives
went: to his room to call him for
Breakfast, there was not the usual
”use __ and they summoned a
physician. It was. foundthat' Dun-
IM‘Y bald died of natural causes.
He is survived by two sisters. Hrs.
of thll city. The’i'urioral wilLbOhdd
mmorrow afternoon from)!” ’
o'clock. and am , St- ain-r .s.clxurch
at 9. intermint will be in St. m-
chaol's cemetery; ' ~' '- 1 f
, . W - ‘.
fit. Jolufis Tem'is- -
i,._W have been coin
“at“;by 8t. ‘Johi's My. :al-
‘ -'* mam. MIR.
as the police could ascertain. did not.
3cm Spear-mud Mn. Julia. Grant“ ‘-
parlors” or Ciaxlei'L. Dennis at 8:30
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3
One Man in Hospital
With Broken Leg—l
Samuel Roodner in’
Accident l
Seven automobile accidents in
which four persons were injured. one
of whom is confined to thc Norwalk
hospital suffering from a broken leg,
were reported to the Norwalk police
over the week-end,
Michael Muro of 8 Blake street
operationg an automobile owned by
Vincent Muro. was proceeding along
France street at 7 o'clock Saturday
night when Lawrence Fitzgerald, 3.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fltzgcr.
aid of 9 France street. ran in front
of the machine. The boy was knock-
ed to the ground by the front mud-
gufird. He was taken home by Mu-
ro and a physician eallcd. Examina-
tion disclosed that the lad escaped
with minor bruises.
Frank Rooney. of .4 Jefferson
street. received a painful bruise on
the riglrt thigh Saturday night as
the result of an accident. Fred Lep—
per. of Newton-n avenue. was turn-
ing his automobile around in Main
street in front of the car. Lepper
'brgught the. machine to a halt. but
Rooney walked into the radiator. He
fell to the ground. He was taken
to the Norwalk hospital in the em-
butance and treated by Dr “’illlam
J. Tracey. Judge Val-burgh allowed
Leppcr to he ableascd by the police
with the understanding that .‘12
would appear in court if wartcd. Ed-
ward Smith. of 6% Carroll street.
Bridgeport. told the police that Roo-
ney was responsible for the accident
At 1:30 o‘clock yestscrday after—
noon. :1 third automobile accident
took place in West avenue near Mer-
wln‘sueet. nun-a s. «1183 Du-
we c. New flowers. was turn-
ing his machine around when an-
other car operated by ‘ Don-
nelly. of 188 Main st . (er-allied
into the. Elm city machine. The rear
aacl of Fritz' car was bent and the
steering gear damaged. A report
was made to the police.
A fourth accident took place yes-
terday at Main and “-‘all streets.
Joseph Kocskes. of 25 Ferris avenue.
was drhlng his father's auto from
\‘v'all into Main street. and ran ln‘o
Stanley Taylor who was riding .i ‘ul-
cycle. The Taylor boy van taken to
the office of Dr. I). A. Shamhaugh
where it was found that he had suf-
fered an injured left leg. The injured
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FlREDESlROYS
mum HOME.
CRANBERRY Hill.
I
The home of Joseph Lax-kin. in
the Popular Plains section Cranberry
Hill. was almos‘ totally destroyed
here about 6 o'clock last night. when
fire. from an overheated oil stove
watch the family had left in the
kitehcn.'spread to the second floor.
The oil stove lighted to take off
the chill. had been left about twenty
minutes by the Larkin family. who
left for an automobile ride. when
neighbors saw flames issuing from
the kitchen. \thn the family re-
turned in about :3 minutes. their
home was like a seething furnace.
The clapboard section had been dea-
troyed when the Norwalk tire dc-
partmcnt arived on the scene.
“*ater was pumped from a well near-
by. The furulrute‘ in the house was
destroyed as well as all the cloth-
ing which Mr. and Mrs. Larltinjand
their three children possessed. They
were “mandated. for the night
at the home' of-noighbors.
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LOCAL FIRE C0.
GOES T0 BLAZE
, lN WESTPORT
House Near the Twin
. Bridges Destroyed-4
‘ Lack of Water Aids
‘fcctiveFluem ‘
“'ESTPORT. Sept. 1?.—-Fa.ilure of
the telephone exchange to transmit
the necessary message caused a de-
lay of over half an hour in the arriv-
at of the “'estport fire apparatus yes—
terday afternoon at a fire in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes S.
Smith. on Newtown avenue. near the
Twin Bridges. on the “'eetportu\'or-
walk-“’ilton lines. When the com-
panies arrived the house was a mass
of flatness and the two upper stories
were beyond saving. The Pioneer
flock and Ladder company. the Com-
po Engine company and the Vigilanl
Hose company devoted their efforts
to saving the first. floor of the house
and were partially successful. The
loss is about {3.000. '
Members of the Smith family and
neighbors, while awaiting the arri-
val 01 the fine companies. had pulled
the greater part of the furniture
from the house. The house belong:
to a Pittsburgh man and had been
occupied since the first. of September
by the Smiths. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
’and his brother. John. who is visit-
ing them. were at dinner when Smith
heard what he believed to be a noise
in the upper part of the house. Whén
he opened the attic door a may: of
flames confronted him. and he beat
a. retreat to call the telephone opera-
tor who delayed the call through
lack of detail about the place. As a
result. the companies lost over half
an hour in getting there. first going
in another part of the town. The
Phoenix engine company of» Kor—
walk. called out by: the “‘estpor:
companies. llligrh'ed when the firc‘vas
under cont .
The fire is believed to have start-
ed from a defective chimneys flue.
Smith had lighted several paper.
early in tho afternoon‘to take the
chili 08 the house. and it is mm
ed the flame from those set are to the
roof.
. The are companies were handicap-~
pod by a lack of water in the wells
nearby and had to pump 3 fact
from the nearest stream. eon-
gated condition of tissue on the
road leading to the house also de-
layed the arrival of the apparatus
and several ‘narro' pesto auto-
mobtlists were report
. are New. m.
9 William Gal-tam ' of. cm...
'stmet" . who. witerctc' r W. of
the Second' mm‘m’ tour
John McGuiness Badly Hurt—Has N: .. '
ous Wounds in Head and N eck—J J :'
Egan Held by Police—Proprietor of U '
llshment Not Arrested Though Record -' "
Qne man is in a serious condition at the Nat“
Hospital, another is under arrest and two (Idlers .
faintedblay the 1??“ authorities as the result of a ' t
.n s a mg a ray early yesterday mommg’ at . ‘ *-
Roam Inn on the Post Road. The roadhouse is operated op» "f j
”it.
fur
1.5—”
Laportc. who was the
of "Glenwood Farms.” an —-
ment of questionable repute.
closed. The latter property '
the Roam Inn. .
Proxusely bleeding after a .. -
in which at least five men took
John McGuiness. of Lockwood
nue. Stamford. was removed 30' ‘ )
Norwalk Hospital where Dr. W. I
cey treated him for 11".
wounds in the scalp. each
a number of stitches.
James Egan, who gave his a
to the Norwalk police as the
Belmont. Stamford, is being-
charges of breach of the M
\ .
Intoxication. he pone.
1nd: fot- ' ”rates: * , 1
dress is mono be 1116.16.‘ "
Stamford. and the fourth >
of the party. name and aaofes.‘ I
known. ‘ 3.
Egan was released today )1
Judge \"osburgh under $50 bald. 3‘,
According to the police
four men stopped at
Inn early yesterday
and d: nded entrance. 13
told the police he refused to per-nu
the men to elite-r because this”
were drunk. '
On being refused entrance. can
the men precipitated a quarrel '
suddenly the place was in an
roar. Several men. whose
the police failed to obtain. a
quickly. They had guns. wt ”3
In a few minutes Modulus- I“
fallen. Egan was staggering mi. ‘
blow on the head inflicted by «‘7
blackjack and the other two ‘1'
party—Yates and the fourth 7
hadl disappeared. 2,
Egan and Iaporte carried ““3
Guineas in the Roam Inn. TI.“ .
continued to bleed profusely. ”I‘-
ing to get a doctor. 149011. at.
the police. Patrolman lunatic ’ '
nolds was despatchcd to tho - "
He summoned an ambulaneo‘ “
Mchlnees and placed En. ’
arrest. A search was mado (.3
knife used in stabbing Ibo “‘
but the weapon could not ho w
Imports was not melted. ,
The long series of an; .- .
lurid escapades which
weekly at "Glenwood “”9
torious house of ill tame a "
Road. on the N ‘ > ‘-
culminated Jun '
fight. featured
sulted in the
to hospitals.
Those injured h “3W
finite were Alfred Davis a“. “
uncut-om. both of mm 3 ‘
stromwastakcnto m,-
Houpital and after 'bdac, ’
discharged. Davis was ill.
Stamford Hospital M 'Q'
treated for a. severe as),
Motel! by onc‘ot tho rival» -
who u alleged to m~ '
black” Gum
men “Mow!
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