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NORWALK VETS
FORM CENTRAL
ORGAllZAllON
in}. A. R., Spanish War,
Foreign W a r s and
American L e g i o it
Hope to have Joint
Club House
.w-u rrv-rnt meeting held iii Rod
.‘lvii‘s hull with representatives
i VHF-"ill il‘t‘m the various veteran or.
'cilliznlions of the city it was voted
m “‘1'!” a. Central Veterans Commit-
l. i
l‘ “Ill be ill". duty of this c0m~
min»; in take up all discussions bc~
tween the organizations. and to or-
runs". to pronioto pflairs for the
v- toraii organim 0! the city.
i ' It in {cit by the veterans that. this
. w l‘ll" of the most, progre’sslve steps
that has been taken by the organ-
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'l‘Ln, ("‘li'l‘fll committee “ill have
r"l‘r"3"lllfiill\'i‘fl lrom the G. A R.,
Swiri’illi American \Var Veterans.
\‘i'h‘l‘nllfl M Foreign “hrs and the
.‘\iiiri'iv'.in Legion.
lt tV: thought that out (if the {or-
lil.’illI.'ll of this committee may be
rillriril a drive for the obtaining or
Inilldllig ot a. Veteran's Home in
this city. Thr vcicrans feel that
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hnvv lllllllil (‘llOUgll to start the
work.
, Another important event that will
Pic staged by this Committee. will be
holding of an “Old Timers"
i night lit. the Armory in the. near lu-
' i'll". in honor of the Civil \‘i’ar vet-
rrniir. It is planned to make this
nil riaborato affair and oVery thing
trill be done. to give the oldest Unit-
ed Fintns War Veterans a good time.
The temporary omcers elected at
lllf‘ mecting were as follows: Presl-
ilr~nt. \‘s’nlter Colllngr. V. F.-VV.;
\‘Ii:r President. Christian Swartz. G.
A. I(.: Secretary. Charles Guarnieri.
Spanish lVar Veterans: Treasurer.
Le Roy D. Downs. Ameicsn Legion.
Another meeting of the commit-
tm will he held in the near future
lit which time {urther plans will be
talked ot’cr.‘
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ANSON mum ILL-
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City Treasurer Anson I". Kecler
was taken ill at. the home or his
sister in Brooklyn. N. Y.. on Christ-
mas and has been confined to bed
since that time. It was stated this
morning that ho was suffering (tom
ll. severe case of tonsilitls.
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hail Job! mile goth on”!
t t the dry season the farmers have
not been able to do much plowing.
'l‘hv demand for agricultural labor is
less than last. year.
"The lumber mi
vii-Ly this year. I be .
building. an overproduction in him.
her. a. drop in the mood for lum-
cc-r outside the st . are responsible.
"I see no hepo {or better condi-
tions until next March and believe
thin winter will be harder than last
luxzr. or. in fact. any ’of the last few
yo.“ 3:."
Mathewson trusted the number
0 per cent. less than
of Jobs open a! ,_
last. your. and more appllcltionltor
.iclis.
He shows
Aligeles toting a
merit there. V
"Poilcc report in"
arrested as vagrant. it‘
“The Salvation Army is main:
:50 daily. charities are With;
5000 cases a amnesia the number
is increasing rs .
“The missions ”is?" mfg:
mg and denying my” I!
lls closed down
a“, ”port from 140!
: acute unemploy-
‘gy more men
said.
union 1.50:“me
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Have a. slump in’
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1918 CLASS or
HIGH SCHOOL
Enjoy Fine Dinner and
Speeches —— Plan for
Alumni is Suggested
ELECT OFFICERS
Raymond B r a d y is
Again Chosen Presi-
dent of Class -— Jo-
seph Roth Vice Pres-
ident
The sixth annual reunion of the
1918 Class of tho Norwalk High
School (was held last evening at the
Norwalk Country Club. There was
a. splendid attendance of the mem-
bcrs o! the Club.
The evening began With one of
Steward Hollywood's .amous ban-
quct’s which was iollowcd by ex-
temporury speeches by several mem-
bers of the class. Frederick Brock
who was toast master. made a slloit
speech, and then called upon Ray-
mood Brady. President or the Class
Club, who welcomed the members of
the class and their friends. and
talked on "Friendship." I
Miss Mary McMahon in her ad—
dress suggested that, an alumni as-
sociation be formed. and told of
things that it might do for the High
School. saying that it could be to the
High School what the. Kiwanis Club
in to the City. Ben Novas also told
of constructive work that. could be
done by the Class. and made recom-
mendations that will be acted upon
during the coming year. Kit;
Tolies spoke on the Spirit 01 Christ-
mas. Edward Dube's speech sup—
plied tho wit 0: the evening. Frau—
cis Crosby. ,Edward McMahon and
George amythe of West Point. also
gave interesting talks.
After the speeches. a short busi-
ness meeting “'11.? hold. and the lil-
cnniel election of officers took place
Raymond Brady was re-clected Fro-
sident. Jorcpll Both. Trcnsurcr:
Evelyn Ferris Appelby. Yice~l"resi-
dent. and Miss Mary McMahon. So-
cretary. The remainder of the eve-
ning was given our to dancing to
music furnished by tlic Sercnadcrs
from Georgetown.
Among those present were: Miss
Mary Matthews and Raymond
Brady. Miss Sue Coley. and George
Smythc. Miss Marion McQueen and
Frederick Brat-k. Miss Mary Mu-
Muhon. Miss Schedc and Earl Smith.
Miss Ruth Brock and Francis Cros-
by. Miss Margaret Fagan and Lor-
cnzo Adams, Bliss Gertrude Brands
and Jack Shaughncssey, Mrs. Muriel
Jallcs Holm and Gerhard Ilohn.
Mrs. Mabel Munlirlll Hoyt and Mar-
shall Hoyt. Mrs. Olch Ilipson Lucas
and Perry Lucas. Mrs. Gladys Beach
Carpenter and Stanley Carpenter.
Mrs, Ruth Klein Finch. Misses Eliz-
abeth Coley, Mildred Lovelay. Glad-
ys Atwatei'. Dorothy Machan. Lu-
cille Brando. Messrs. Bernard Naves,
Clinton Jennings. Edward Dubc.
Clarence Close. John Canevari. Man-
uel Tariov. Robert Keeler. Charles
Roselle. Leslie Davis. King Tolles
and Edward McMahon.
Norwalk Cases in
Superior Court
The January term of the Superior
Court'will open in Bridgeport tomor-
row with Judges Isaac \Volto and
Arthur F. Elle presiding. A number
of Norwalk cases are scheduled to
come up at. the short calendar sea-
slon tomorrow.
Among the» cases are Bessie L.
Speer against. Gergely Deri. in which
judgment is asked for want. of an-
swer. Keogh and Candeo appear
tor the plaintiff.
John Ketzinger against Katherine
Ketzinger. uncontested divorce ac-
tion. Attorney Joseph Llnxweiler
represents the plaintiff.
Harriet Spotswood against. Keil-
nem Spotswood. uncontested divorce
action. William A. Griffin repre~
sents the plaintiff. ’ .
Eagles to Entertain
the Children Tonight
Nor-walk Aerie. No. 588. F. O. B.
will hold‘ton'ight the annual Christ—
mu leotfvities at which are children,
of members wilf be guests of honor;
The home has been handsomely deg-
outed {or the attain a feature. of
the decorations being a large one.
plane {min which Santa. Claus will
appear with gifts for the. kiddies.
There will be a program or enter-
'tai'ni’ncnt.
George Keeler Loses
.7 . Key of Building
1360 Keeler. proprietor of the
X 7 Shop more in Washington
“flamenco to. the police this,
HAS RE-UNION .
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France’s~ Six loveliest» ‘ g , . h 4 _'
" Women To Carry Style War
‘ ~ " .Intohgmi and
America
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NEW YORK. Dec. :7.———C'cst la
gili‘TW' Y
But this intorndiioniil conflict. will
not be waged with buyonets, but. with
imtpins. hair-combs and: sharp.
l‘rcncll heels.
Paris is aroused at. the affrontery
of her Allies in daring to challenge
her supremacy in the matter of fa-
shion; and is arming for a *vrar to
the teeth. "
In tho spring—which. speaking in
matters Cff‘stylc. will fall in Febru-
rii_v some fllll(‘~—-1=ll(‘. will send forth
to England. and North and South
Aliiirlca. six of the most. beautiful
‘.‘.'ulll€n in France to carry the' gospel
ol‘ I rench "chic" to the “‘Ofllt'n or
the earth. ‘
Among thc beauties will be Mlle.
Found Gull of . ,
Rec ess Driving
Harold “2-1’hillips. of 34 Wilton
nvcnue..truck driver for the Young
llat company. who figured in an ac—
cident on \\'cst avenue. Christmas
eve. was found guilty of reckless
drin‘ng by Judge Condos in the up-
town city court thismorning. Be-
cause it was the accused's first of-
tense. Judge Candee imposed a fine
of $25 and costs; suspended the
fine upon payment 0! costs and fur-
ther announced that he would rec-
ommend to the State Department of
Motor Vehicles the non-suspension
of Phillips‘ operator's license.
Phillips was driving a. truck up
West avenue and sldeswiped anoth-
er truck owned b yAnthony Guer-
rcre. of 8 Godfrey street. proprietor
of the Twin-City Expess. sendingdt
upon its side on the lawn in iron!
of Albert “'ellnitz’ home at. 59 West
avenue. Guerrero was cut. by glass
from the .windchield .and \Villiam
‘Whalcy, of 15 Tlhr street, who was
lacerated about the face and hands.
. Judge .Candce told' - the accused
that he didn't see any reason .why
he failed to see Guerrere’s truck
parked as it wasonihe right side.
of the streetvnear a. light. '
The cases or James Cnvanagh arid
William Smith. charged With viola-
tion of the liquor-Jaws. went-on for
hearing in the uptown city court
belore Judge Vosburgh at. 1 o'clock
this afternoon.
Judge Candee Sits
9 in Stamford Court
JudgeCandeoof, i'the . Nomad];
City C on, was called to :Btumtord
yesterday. to‘ preside inthexrsum-
lord City Court; at ajudgment suit
involving $250. nrcush; _‘ by. Juan
Nicholas Camille. .ull‘iot-Ehmhord:
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Judge James Brinkvefliofl .ot Bonny
gMLLE. SPIN ELL‘Q
Both Judge Young- and .130qu V
Spinily. French actress. and Mlle.
Jacquelillv Campbell. former fiance
of Henri Letellicr. Peggy llopliins's
rcstaiu‘anteur admirer. "
Each will carry with her arcollec-
tion of the most gorgeous gowns and
hats and ctoekings. jewels and orna-’
ments, the Rue de la. Paix can’put
forth. ‘
Lille. Spinlly. it is said, will carry
in hex numerous trunks the largest
individual Wardrobe ever to leave
Fl elich shores. Its magnificense will
dazzle the eyes of the American de-
signers who have dared to attempt
:u wrest the reins of style suprema-
cy from the French, it is said. -
Two or the six lovely French
women will go to England. two to
the United States and two to South
America.
Earthquakes Kill ‘
Twelve in’Mexico
DOUGLAS, Aria. Dec. 37.——Twelve
persons were killed in Hannah“.
Sonora. Mexico. during the series of
earthquake shocks which started on
ember 18. and continued until
December 24. acording to first de-
tailed information reaching here.
Survivors claim that-‘ about
shocks were felt
Hausabas was completely razed.
It is estimated that 29 houses were
destroyed by.the quake in' the. town
of Granados. 15 miles from Hausa.—
bas. ’
The suffering of the survivors of
thecarthquake was increased by a.
storm which swept. . the. devasted
towns. It‘ls reported that 125 'ta—
mules. are~homeless in Honduras.
For the purpoceof aiding in the re-
lléf work. ’the Douglas‘chaniber of.
commerce started a. campaign today
tortoise $2900. "Almost 'half otgthe
ainouut soughthyaa raised today.
swine Hope'of .
British Church Union
V‘mnnon. Dec. 127.443... Axel».
bishop oi Canterbury‘s letter to the
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land, in which says flint the ques—
final of the r‘e-un «mot =tho Anglican
and inomanw Catholic. V‘taiths. gins
made small headway since Juli":
_ storytwasladvocaated at the Lambeth'
cranium: _ ‘ 621920. hasmde'a-con' 7
Mine itirdnrfingiand.
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not: very “encouragingdor sthe. atoll-
ot the cueafind ,tbissn .
caning-Vln-Jndsa £311ng to Me; '
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lord. were inter-stand them and
Mia
“ have seized upon and,
«imminent»! the Churchl'ot Eng- '
Gov. Selzer of New J er-
sey. Speaking at
Hartford Urges Con-
certed Action { _
NOT MONOPOL
Declares Government
will Take Over Coal
Lands Unless Extor-
tion is Stopped
HARTFOED, Dec. Zine—Governor
George S. Silzer of New Jersey. in
an address here today. before Hart-
ford Luncheon clubs, declared that
the people at the 30 anthracite-
consuming states should petition
Pennsylvania to take such action as
will eliminate the fradulent and ex-
tortionate practices and_the unfair
competition and controliwhich are
the largest factors in the curtail-
ment or production of anthracite
coal."
The people 0: the 30 states have
a. right to demand this. he asserted.
because they use about. 90 per, cent
or the coal or domestic sizes that is
mined in Pennsylvania. 'Unless the
state or the federal government
takes some. action in bringing about
a reduction in price of coal and es-
tablishment of it on a, more honest
basis. Governor Sllzer declared. he
believes the people of the nation
will demand government ownership
0: the mines. ,
"It will not do for Penn-flunk
to say that this irreplaceable na-
tional resource is solely its own. to
do will it as it plan-en.” slid Gov-
ar Sitter. .
that. this resource is not it» the
common use or the entire nation?
it will not do to say that those who
by private
this irrEplace-
ownershlp. control
able national resource. can make it
a. vehicle for extortionate profit. It.
will not do for the national govern-
ment to say that it is impotent to
protect the public in the use of this
God-given resource."
Governor Silzer recommended
that Pennsylvania repeal the state
mine, and added by the operator to
the cost of coal and hence paid
largely by the consumers in other
states. He also said Pennsylvania
should prevent the payment of ex-
tortlonate royalties. sometimes as
high as one dollar a ton. paid to the
owners oi‘. coal lands.
BROAD RIVER
HAS KIDDIFS’
XMAS PARTY
Community Club and
Union Sunday. School
Hold Entertainmf“ out
and Give Presents
lilore than fifty children as well as
_many grownups enjoyed a. Christmas
'eniériainment held last night in the
Broad River Chapel jointly by the
'Broad River Community club and
the Broad River Union Chapel Sun-
day school.
The affair opened with a. prayer
by GeorgevKnapp, superintendent of
the Sunday school. Vera. Ezequelle
and Edith Ireland sang a. duet: Ruth
Jimes recit‘éd; Edith ireland also
recited. There was a piano and vio-
lin duet by Arthur Bloom and Iris
Esquellc. Leolan Donovan and
Donald Bouton recited Christmas
stories. A drill by twelve little girls
WOn hearty applause.
Then came the big feature of the
evening. It was the distribution 0:
gifts to the children. The mu; con-
sisted. for the most. part of; toys and
' books. Superintendent Knappi then
presented a, book to the children who
had attended Sunday school regular-
ly during the. past year. >
A. grab bag was thonext feature.
The children lined up and marched
around. each securing a prize from
the bag. Mrs. 'Edlth Fiedlsr and
‘Mrs. Thomas James had charge or
Tthe entireprogram.
Danish Prince‘Gives 7
‘ up Throne :to Wed
COPENHAGENwDec. xii—It . is
otflclaiiy- announced that the
"T'It via as: may-
ax on coal. based» on its cost at the
Six Hundred in Pace when Blaze Starts in
Wooden Building—Many Wander A f ..
Some Attempt to Return to Get W
Presents—One Woman Among Dead ‘
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—8eventoen patients of the one-goon.
hospital for theinsane at Dunning are known to 113%!»an
todeathorsuffocatedin annwhlch‘desmyedanm " ” ’
used as agdormitory for tuber-enlar- patients last night. It.
threeotherssrebelievedtohaveperished.
WANTS TO HELP »
PRES. COOLIDGE
V FIGHT KIAN
.hiffisf ' Mire
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Now in 1:. xxx.
\VASHINGTON. Dec. 27.—E. Y.
Clarke. formerly high in the coun-
sels of the Ku Klux Klan» wrote
Pres. Coolidge today onerlng to co-
operate with the executives in end-
ing the activities of "an element"
which is converting the Xian mto an
organization vastly different from
that. planned by its founders.
Clarke also announced his inten-
tion or issuing a proclamation to the
Klansmen calling the better ele-
ment either to take hold and “rem-
edy the existing evils" or to disband
'the organization.
The President was told by Clarke
that there had been a. steady with-
drawal trom the klan itself or from
participation in its active operating
control and that he had voluntarily
severed his active official connec»
tion" with the organization more
than a year ago.
Youth Tries to
Kill Jap Prin- ' cc
TOKIO. Dec. ZZZ—A youth dressed
as a laborer was arrested by the
police today shortly after he had
fired at Prince Regent Hirohito in
an attempted assassination. The
youth is 20 years old. The police be-
lieve he is insane. ‘
i The shooting has aroused intense
excitement and feeling is running
high throughout the city.
o
Wall Street, Today .
A wide assortment of stocks. in-
cluding most at the oils. steels;
equipments and numerous special.
ties moved upward moderately at
the opening of today's stock market.
A. few shares including some of the
motors and food issues declined
fractionally. "
Mixed price movements charac-
terized the iorenoon transaction.
Members or various groups moved
in opposite direction conspicuous
exampiu being found in the action
of food. motor. motor accessory and
oil shares. Fluctuation in' rail
shares were narrow except in the
' because only the very .mnd
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One 91 the bodies remand"
the ruins of the building was”
of a woman. It was first M
all of the patients were inch. m
ing when the fire started.-
About fifty of the Plant}
the hospital grounds during use- ' ‘ ,
fusion. Many or them remand ' " ~
others were picked up' by ' r
motorists and. returned to the:
him, which consisted or m
mgr-ih housing 3,500 patients“ -
a woman who m5
lleved t. m been "‘i. .
who went into the bfig
n
W m. 7 ’ 2 ‘
The are is ouppmdao ‘ ‘ ,
caused by an overheatsdrmi
ward.No. 3 at the 21in. *
where the flames first hm - - .
into the room- whsra'flzo also" ' 7
dents were at the supper-«nth. . 5-4 . 4‘
Many of those killed 11.4%
to have been suflocated or m
overcome and dropped while ”
guards were hurryingthe omen h.
to a. drizzling rain to m h
The building honed than. any;
mildly insane and includod wi-
who were about to be (A I
When the tire was first noticedfiw—
attendant, a. gong was sounded I“.
the institution's own fire am
responded. ‘ l
The patients were I: L ‘
ed into line and max-W4
building with little contusion. and” ‘
of the patients volunteering 13‘;
services in assisting others. “a
who left the building were was
to the amusement building about '
quarter of a mile away. ' ’
F! S}!!! d 0!:ch .
A few or the attendant: mount"
to help to try to check the as“
but made little headway and - '
wards or the building were ' '
before much headway had been '
toward checking the fire. ' - ‘ '
from Chicago responded to
alarm and policemen hurried to?
scene to help in the} .
tients and keep them I ..
lng away. . V
Attendants attributed the '
that the loss tot/Tits was no
.9.
were confined in the Annex-
ing and were easily contained. mg
gem; able to assist. their renal
cuts. . -
The Dunning hospital h located 8'
the northeast section of Chi”.
is not surrounded by I tamofir ’
inclosure and when the m
ushered out Into the am
many of them became com
wandered away. They m '
1112011 by their hospital atria.
those who did notreturn vo .
were rounded up.
After city are fighting- ’
had arrived, the fine" tin-lay .
trolled. after three wax-a" . ..
lag one half of the mum
coal‘.:tocks which were strong.
A request has been made by Milk
Inspector Roy D. Downs that all
local milk lers whose permits run
out on the last day or the present
you- maks application early for their
new ones. so that the applications
will not all be made at once:
.mthe result or a recent contor-
ence between the milk inspec‘or and
cur-Vine sepia-gnu than :be'In-
specter! by the mlikiinspeoto. r. and
MILK DEALERS WHO FAIL - - ;_ p
,TO GET PERMITS CAN’T?
(Continued 0n 9-6-2»
his name to! on the dd.» a
wagon or awhile. -“_ ‘ at
’There are several denied
city who its news; milk; -
mm“ and hm hm ..
obtain them. 1th the ..
the milk inspector utter -,
the year auctioning-1st".
lug milk whom be M7 '
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