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Evening sentinel, Tuesday, September 18, 1923 · page 1

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rlon. Fires
First Shot oi _
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. zmman's Administration —- Left with
,ginmm Indebtedness, Says Mayor—Talks

 

n the fall election campaign was fired st
: tho Women's Republican Associstion held yester-
, 5. _ - :‘zw Royal James hotel by layer Galvin 1.. Bar-
Mu"? E r‘w :enerally criticised the ndminiemtion of IX-
Dnnovan. present Democratic nominee for the
r : mined that during the two years the'hpubll—
-: rmwcl' they have endeavored to give the people
butrlsirlttion which resulted in all city debts be-
‘1': ’,‘ A~~uut 31, the end of the fiscal year.

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wno ls mosr
POPULAR GIRL
IN NORWALK?

iContest to be Held as
Feature of Fashion
Show at. Armory —
Auto First Prize

“'ho is the most popular girl in;i
Sorwnlk? She will soon be known. tion to investigate this affair thordthe truth.
for the big future ’of the new P‘nsh- oughly is the
ion show to be given at the Nomlk recently passed at a meeting of the

 

 

INN FIGHTERS

Prosecutor Hegemane
Determined to Get
Facts to ProtectI
Public on Post Road

That the local authorilira are de-
termined to investigate the stabbing
affray at Roam inn on the Post
Road. which took place early Sun-
day morning. was brou t out today,
when it was learned th t Prosecutor;
Cramer C. Iiegemun had issued war-
rants for several persons concerned
in the affair.

A unrrant was issued for the re-
arrcst of James Egan of Stamford.
$110 was arrested by the police on
the charge of intoxication and
breach of peace and was later re-
leased under bonds of $50. It was
stated yesterday that bonds were-
sct in his case by Judge \‘osburgh...
but Judge V'osburgh did not set the
bonds and has ordered that bonds be
set in all of the cases in which war-
rants have been issued at $500.

The warrants were placed in the
hands of the local police this morn.
ing and it is expected that tho men:
will be arrested today someti‘lnc. ;

The authorities are determined to
investigate affair and punish the
ones responsible for the fight. A
good deal of notoriety was attached
to the trouble as the reputation of
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in this section. 5
this morning that the Boston Post
Road was becoming famous for such
places as these and that new ones
are being opened up every day in
out of the way places along the road.
John McGuincse. ' who is m the'
Norwulk honpitai lit the
time Mains from

 

is one of are 'men for when: a war-
rant was ifluéd and it will be served
on him at the hospital today.

it is hclicvc

result of u resolution

won ' u
some in the -W the non ~mM

 

 

 

The Fourth and Fifth Words of he Women’s Republican AI-
sociation were the hostesses at so enthusiuuo mee
sedation held yesterdey afternoon at the Royal James
Alexander J. Bumble: and Mayor Galvin 1.. Barton were unprin-
cipal speakers of the occasion
crowded conditions of the Norwaik puhlh school-urging the sup-
port of the proposed $260,000 bond issue for new schools. layer
Barton supported In. Rummler on the school question {even as
fired the openingguninthefslleleetionesmpaign.

Brooks presided :

hostcss 1
committee included: Mrs. John Mer- 7 Naked so or “"3“". 3‘ rooms have

Miss Percy “1'.
o\ er the meeting and

die May St. John. lire.

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past are well known to the epltiUCEhiman. Mrs. C. M. Heath. Kiss Ad-
Robcrt BL;
One of the local officials siamdl Mullings. Mrs, liulhcrt A. Bond. Mrs.
Alfred J. C. Beckins and Miss Olive

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Rummier’u addrc. follomzi “Tbs
"1 Ward on emminont orator say."° V

that American audicucce were

most polite audiences in the world.
present . They permitted the speaker :20 finish
- i his subject without internuflqn. even
' 1 with.

be thought itmtter for ‘ su-
dienco to tell the Speaker wherein
:they thought he was wrong for theni
d that the deter-mini» i they were pretty sure of arriving at

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Differea t.

“Now I‘m different from him in

School

At Meetingin Royal JamesMrs. Rummler De-
nounces Conditions —- Declares Children
Should have Better Glanceior Proper Edu-
cation—Says $250,000 Bond Issue Will Cost
Each Taxpayer $1 a Year

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tel. In.

we. Rummler described the over-

 

and in about 1'! of them we have
imore than 40. One building in which
the average number of pupils per
groom is 49 and 30 rooms in which
.pupils are seated in churn in the
air

Senior High school with a
«pacify for 350 has 500 pup-
the ; its; February 1." the present A 9th
crudegou’p will come in and raise
the enrollment ' more than 600. As
the fig 7 ti: this mains have
been _ clu- ‘room_s.bovzt
tip? {amputee l . to’hold the. m-
gfim‘iug sophomore! in the tumor:
groom, 12 years ago, the locxere wore
being used for French elassol.

"The Franklin school has 800 pup-
ils with a. capacity for 600, And at
that one group of Tth grade paplle in

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Paul Galvin of. West-
port Badly Cut as
Auto Hits New York
Car at Darien Ken-
nels

Paul Galvin of \t'estport is in the
‘30le hospital severely cut about
the face and hands as a. result -cf an
automobile accident. which occurred
shortly after 11 o'clockv‘this morn-
ing. on the Post road in front of the
Barton kennels. when the machine.
which GalVin was driving co‘lided‘
With n car drixen by Philip .\'.i
Thorpe of “the \Vatson Flag Engi-
neering company of New York.

According to Galvin's brother.
Frank. who or. a. passenger in the
car. they were proceeding aim; the
Post roadtoward Daricn. when the
coupe driven by Thorpe. going to-
ward New Canaan. suddenly drove
into a. side street. Gaivin's car was
pushed several feet upon the lawn.

 

 

was severely cut by flyfiig glass ano-
taken to the Norwall: h33Plt3Li
Where the extent of his injuries hasi
an. been discovered. The machine?
w completely wrecked. i
The matter was reported m the;

uptown police.

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BIGTIME AT
CONSTITUTION

V DAY imam

Editor Burrows of New
York Explains Fea-

tures of U. S. Gov-
ernment—Those

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armory October 2‘) to 27. inclusiv

U" nnd‘thc personal direction of (3.1“-

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conical. To the most papular girl in';

I“)I"l. coupe. There will
i and the second nwnrdi
“H be a valuable fur coat. i

The content will be dccndcd by
voice. This is not a beauty ei-ntest.
('ontcsinnts will not be judged by
their perfect profiles. but rather by
tlzcir Winning Ways. EVery girl is
eligible to enter. but every one is
owned to gr-t mm the contest early.
Round up all your friends and get
them to \otc for you. The first cou-
pon will be printcd in The awning
Sl‘ntincl on Friday and daily there-
after. Further details will be made
later through the columns of The
ch‘incl. So watch for them.

Mr. Diem-aback. who so success—
fully conducted the Fashion show
last spring. has promised mmnke
the new e ow even more attractive.
There wil be booths. dancing end
\audeville. Ari-ingenious are now
being made to bring several bend-
llncr note here each eveninv u a

r' i feature.
amAligning latest fashions will be die-
“ models. All the new
lch' mindy will wear
winter will be
lefrom New

creations. wh
during the fall Ind
show :1. All the me mode
York. pm. and London.

llut the big feature will be the
)0 ularit contest. all rules govern-
ingp whiclf Wiitjre made public with-

 

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County Judiciary. recently held
under the auspices of the "Battery? Bridgeport. at
as introduced and passed usolving ‘ you. as he did
lvirfcnlvnch. will be I. popularitylthat a. stricter
Eighteenth amending-n

Norwnlk “ill be given a. 1:924 Chev-{place i
be fifteentdalc on.
' his resolution was draw

lyignrd by Judge

in
which a rrsnluiion

enforcement of the
I. would lathe
n k'airiield county front that

u up and
Nehimiah Candee

‘of this city and three ollur turm-
fibers of the judiciary of the county.

DENIES ’PIIONE
MISTAKE AIDED
‘ ‘ WESTPORT FIRE

"Manager Nutting De-g
,clares Fault w a S!
W i t h 0 w n e r o f
Westport Home Who
Did Not Know Own
Number

M. H. Nutting. manager of
Norwaik and “'eetport branch of the
telephone company
with the report i nthe local papers.
yesterday in regnrd to the fire which
occured at the home of Holmes 5.
Smith. which is located at the Twin
Bridges. \Vcstport. explained that the
matter was properly handled in ac-
cordance with the arrangement cu-
tered into between,the Westport Fire
Department and the Telephone Corn-

 

 

 

the

in connection

“Some years ago" "Said Mr. Nut-
ting" the ‘Weetport’ FirerDepartment

V . ’ i“ / {uncalled a master box in the operat
, ' a. . in: room of the telephone company.

I ' ' ‘m SL921 The town was divided into districts

'3 7 which were numbered and it was

obligatory on the part of the tele-
phone so
her of the district in which
no that in once it was neoesury to

becriber to know the. num-
bQ find;

_ n. “‘93"- uwe‘b u follows: uld t it
. - . 5, 30;," give an storm of fire. he co e
mm! MIME“ .1 ‘50." theopcntor the number of his dis-
i“ :I ' Vmg‘}. 1." 411% sudshoin‘turn would sing the
WW ‘ "_ mmxppernuxnberfromthembox.
A 9‘“ £93" '3? 3.3;): ' “Onsundnyi when memwled.
lint.“- . . ‘3,“ m that)“. house was on fire
- heft?! ",'"'."'~"" ‘3.“ andtocnlithe are demand”
:wngnnntco. .......... iOQO 9mm: 'afih‘h‘ mm‘g
W liu‘ ".""""” ‘ ‘ kindred LA ‘
MiloQIen‘lflhy 'Wllton ".9 thought that the operator was uk-

fnld Mam lac-did not know. my
“neatly it one impo-ible term
WK. mm the, nil-rm. The“ >
can some

little delay in, trying to to!

more than one way. I’m not eminent
and I‘m not an orator. but I do invite
. to toil me if you think
{I am wrong. or if i do not make a
point clear. for it is my intentions in
:lm. as Cora Harris says. "tediously
‘ zwcurrnte and disgrucetuliy animal:

"We are face to face today with
u. th'y serious problem.
la law compelling children to go to
.school and we hai- en‘t enough
lschool rooms to accommodate them.
iWw uve school rooms which were
'ibuilt to accmnmodato 3: children.

 

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Stanley Joseiov‘sky‘
Heads Senior Class
of Norwaik High

by Largest Majority inBis-é
tory of ‘School—Principal Jakobs Talks of
Cooperation—Hopes Students...‘Will,0ver-
come Bad Name'Given School
Past Years-eWints to Make

Elected President

Best Even—Notes

Thefirstmeetingofthe
28 yesterday sfternoon sud
classfortheeomingyesrwere

theeelibreofstndentsgnt

A question was brought before the
meeting whether count the consti-
tution that wan drawn for tthnnloi‘
ch. last your. should be retained.
After a, heated discussion. it 3first
decided todrop‘mt document’nnd'
to drsv up an entirely. new one. It
was next decided officer’s 3310qu-
be elected as we was. nominated at
-that meeting. The cocoon! it: new;
one an new officer's were elected one
week after herniation. ‘ '

Stanley {We yrunam mus

 

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Senior. astronaut-eons“ fluid
unwell attended. OM of'the
emandfiwy'nltlblpw‘
duties at the next meeting irhich‘will-be helijn‘th! Whit“.

over to Stanley 1m, {in W ofkit'jyeer's Junior one.

and Nam 1.x“! flh‘m.‘. um. ‘ : ,
lasted for' the office nt.pnddient.— gin-t

cruwdvd into another building. ‘

“Thc Canter schooilackl rooms to g
accommodate the pupils belonging
there. abbot 125 having to attend
:zthoois farther from their homes. in
spite of the fact that the IVGI'BSO of
pupils per room there is ‘9. '

Bad. For Health.

"Four fifth: of the buildings are
"too full for comfort. health or best
work. from. :5 to 3: pupils for one
teacher produces best recline, hut

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(Continued (h: Page Two)

 

by Pupils g' ' in
High‘schi’“,

 

# Joseloveky received the wettest

rlty that. has ever been W
in the history of the High School for
the, office of President. attire-senior
chars. After the election the matter
of. a new mwmion‘m brouht

the"Preeident together with Princi-
paf Jakobu should have the author}
ty to nvpoint a. constitution caulk
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Present

The Constitution Day luncheon arm
ranged by the woman'- cluD took;
place at the Royal James yesterday i
The club had invited the men of the;
Kiwnnin club and the women ol thei
I). A. R. and of the newly formed,
Norwnik branch of the American;
Association of University “tower: to;

.meet at luncheon and hear in ad-

dress on the constitution. This cele-
bration of Constitution day is intend
ed to draw the attention of all citi-
zens to 1116.th and lasting value
of the federal constitution and to the
comically—growing and wide-spread
men-cc of attacks upon it by the
agencies of Bolshcvism and other
forms of radicalism The presence of
3 large number of well-known citi-
zens showad definitely that many are
already alive to the necessity for
concentrated effort to oppose these
attacks»

The luncheon opened promptly at
12:20. when the guests not down to
a. most nppetizing menu prexared
under the direction of ”anger Ash-
ley of theRoyal James. In a brief
but cordial. speech. Mien Brendlinger.
president of the Woman's club. we}.
coined the guests and urged upon
them nil theenjoyment of the great-
est pn-ible sociability and general
acquaintance. . Thelthree clubs were
well mixed onions one another at
the round table. 5nd the busy hum
of conversation showed how greatly
the intercourse was enjoyed. A men-
not feature at: the early part of the
luncheon was the singing of the well-
known 8mm: song. ’ ”Monday.
Tuesday. Wednesday. etc."

The min‘fenture of the program
mine} very able and oonvtnctng
speech tirade byély‘rederick W.‘ Bur-
rows of New York city. Mr. Bur-
rows is editor of a new. weekly ill-S.

 

 

uAttorncy James A. Man of Bridge-

ibaze and refuse

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Wife Discovers Mistake—Sends for Friend
Dr. Burnellr—Sexton Thought to be i .
lS Hurried to Hospital—Has been at
ace Theatre for 7 Years .

James A. Sexton.“ 159 Southleinstreet, popuhrouufl’
atthePnlacetheetresndsteechu-ofmusicmealdiofifl‘
Wuhingtonnreehistoday'insseriousconditionetflum
hospital suffering from mercury poison. Sexton «allowed I-
chlorideof mercury tablets, itis said, inthebelfifthsthewuhié
ing tablets to relieve a head-ache.
of the kennels and turned over. lie; improving this afternoon, butVbeceuse Of the
sontotake effwgtheoutcomewill notbekuownforsevenldnyn. '2»

 

SERVE NOTICES
TO CLEAN UP ’
PROPERTY

Forty-two Main 8. n
Wall ,
Owners and TM
to Get Legal Papers; ‘
Today‘

Dr. Robert 1:1. Perduc. heal‘h offl-
cer, today rs ceived legal notices from

 

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port. h‘uirfield county health officer.
ordering Main and “‘all street.
property owners to clc‘an up the un-J
sanitary condition of the Nor-walk,
river above and around the Wall
mreet bridge as well as to stop us~
ing the river for the disposal of gur-
in the future.

The notices number 42 and will be
served this afternooh by representa-
tives of the Board of Health. Fail.
ure to comply uith the legal notices
will mean prosecution in the City
court. according to a statement is~
sued by Dr; Perduc.

The list of names of Main and
“‘all street property owners was
compiled by the Board of Health and
forwarded to County Health Officer
Marr. who had the iegnl forms filled
out and returned here. The notices
read: -

“You are hereby notified cf the
existence of a. nuisance injurious to
public health upon the premises
owned by you known as (street ad-
dress) in the town of Nomik. The
nuisance is as follows: Said prem-
ises were in a. wholly unsanitary con-
dition on account of filth. garbage
and refuse and'other refuse; there-
on ‘mid nuisance also consists in luf-
fering to be discharged upon said
premises and upon the land of an—
other and upon public land and into
the Nomi krler and its banks. filth.
wince. refuse and other materials.
breeding flies. disease and pesti-
lance.” *

. Dr. Perdue listed this morning
that. many of the property owner!
had already clexned up the river
bed on thdr property taking advan-
tage of the publicity given through
the'locnl papers.

He stated. however. that all the
property ownerl' 'voiild have come
upon themncopyoftb'eiealno-
rice lubed» by Health Officer um.
County Haiti: Officer Inn was
first informed of the man-r: con-
dition of the Non-nth river by Dr.
Purdue nail the Burd‘ of Kean:
ohm n week ego. He cone to Hon-
vulk and W eondifloaa. an—
er thempecflon. he doubted.“
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The musicnn‘ wuesidtoh-
slowneuofthefio‘

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Sexton 5 well known in N
and throughout this part of the ‘1‘
because of his ability as n t ' ‘
lie is a member of the Nomflk H‘s.

slimns' union and of the New ‘ ”
Lodge. No. 709. B. P. 0. E. B“:
a wifc. he has two children. "
"Jimmy" was aroun‘ in the
in a. happ ymood yesterday
noon. He talked vmn many weed?
and in the afternoon played inc PI;
acc theatre or an for the usual 9’.

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formant-9.
At. 5:13 o'clock. Sexton .
home. lie computed to ~ ,3.“ ,_

m: to the ban-room.
h!- vtte. to obtain nome' -.
tablet.- wiih which to gain, ..
Shortly anew-1n an. W ‘
had occasion to enter the both-M5
She found a. bottle of bl-chloruedu
mercury tablets with cork out on" ,
shelf. She immediately M .
that her husband had taken 1‘“
tablets instead of the headache fit
Hurryrng to where her hmeq.
lying down. a. glance 1! hi- “ll-0&3.
firmed this suspicion. Hi. 111"“
green colored. ' ’_ ~.
Mm Sexton immediately at“.
phoned Ralph Dibble. a. friend of aid
family. and informed him of t“ ’ '
happening. Mr. Dibble went to H
Sexton home, accompanied by Dr. '3
I. Burneli. First-aid method. to!
used temporarily. After this 0‘}
ment, Sexton was taken collar“- ‘ ;
wall: hospital in In sum“ U; _ ‘
Dibble. where n stomach puny ~
used. - ~ 17‘.»
"'Jimmy’ came Home a: In”!
spirits after playing at the I“
theatre in the afternoon." Iii one. _
Sexton today. “He went to the tea-
room: tool: bichloride of “We
tablets in mistake for headset. ‘2
lets. I discovered the fact ‘91b‘?’
formed Xr. Dibble."_ ' , ‘ ‘
Mrs. Sexton denied a. report‘ . fl.
"Jimmy” had mellowed the ~ _ ‘5
tablets dissolved in “tenant“ "
his home. This mm m
circulated throuxhout the cut :
morninz- - *’
Sexton ins been the W_I‘
piano'plzyer at the “but”
go;- may years. He rank high .1.
pianist.
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CHARGE IE WAS m
Pntrolmnn Smith arrested M

Sullivan in Wood street. he! .
on the charge of drunk” 7
case will come up in the

City Court tomorrow norm,”
Judge Nehimhb. 0.96“» ' »-

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