, ‘.D . .._
f" . vague;—
.-‘» aster Gazette,
, owever,SeesSigns
‘~‘f Hope in New
“'U'ower Arisihgin
‘ Muntry
- ' Ramona Dec. zt.—-rhe West-
, er Gasotte. which recently re-
... in detail the prosp of a.’
of Russodlritish relations.
' h‘todsy “a word of caution"
' - that great harm will be done
-- much is expected in the way
economci benefits to be derived
. such an event.
. o leaders of Russia. have not
aged in principle the newspaper
, rts.
“’ wussis. it continues. is governed
’ the executive of the Communist
y. which is quite unscrupulous.
- it will be many years before the
-trni Soviet is representative
h or strong enough to take
control from this body of men.
Soviet government. is not
~ lar the Westminster Galette
rs. Obstacles to trade are being
ily increased. corruption is
and persons who in haste have
- ptcd to collect for the. value of
X. delivered by foreign traders
‘ o been arrested and exptl'e-l as
nomic spies.
, 4 ~ribery is rampant, the newspa-
continues. and litigants speak
-nly of arrangements to pay the
gen a. per ccntage of their claims.
.0 pound sterling and the dollar
0 been deliberately depreciated
value. the. writer new 1.5 and
”mt hope of trade should not be
- auraged for a long time (:3 ma-
is for export do not exist in
. ucirnt quantity to make an ap-
' Q ., table difference in the volume of
“- - a's commerce.
' '"J everthclt-ss. continues the ari-
~ . there are signs of improvt-rmnt,
I cw middle class is l‘r‘rrnin; which
Ihough harsh anl ntulvriaiis'ic is
orons and is likr-ly to hate on in-
i ,' ing influence in the affairs of
country.
i 0 key to the nituuiion so: ms to
in Germany in the opinion of
observer. If tin.- danger of the
blishmcnt of a Communistic re-
blic in Germany can be removed.
says. the Russian extremists will
idly lose their influence but it
cuts in Germany should la'ie n
' rn favorable to the desire of tin-
lsheviki every treaty. contract and
'omiso would he repudiated.
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. S. ClTlES AR
NOT LIVING 0N
THEIR lNCOMES
.EWASHINGTHN. Dec. 28,—Tho ci-
s of the country generally—there
.Qe exceptions—are not living within
acir incomes, census bureau statis—
.‘flzs announced today indicate.
12A compilation of revenues and ex-
.ndlturcs in the fiscal year 1922
Lflr the 261 cities having s. popula-
.&n of 30.000 or more shows a. total
.debtedncss incurred that year
Iflnounting to 85.65 for each resi-
lfint.
'ZThe cost of government per capita,
flcludlng expenditures for perms-
fint improvement amounted to
“7.88 for the year. against revenues
2‘ $61.81. the total figures being 82.-
:az.566.619 and $3,007,008.796, re-
I
r
I
I’ectlvely.
1.1m; total net indebtedness at the
‘gose of the year was 33.618.967.272,
' 893.43 per caplts. The total cost
:bf government in 192: was highest
in the cities having a population of
300,000 or over with a per capits
km of 868.88. The next highest per
'hpita. 864.29. is shown for cities
filth a population of 300.000 to 600.-
3600. The per capita cost of cities
from 100.000 to 300.000 amounted
t'e 343.71; of cities from 50,000 to
100,000. 344.94. and in the small cl-
flcs, having a population of 30,000
9 50.000. 844.38. ‘
..“‘ Comparable statistics for 199 of
' e principal cities show the per
g pital cost has increased from
v 4.68 in 1918 to $58.07 in 1922.
'4: An analysis of the costs of the city
.gpvernments shows the per capita
. :pst for maintenance and operation
’ general departments was the
ncipal item and amounted to
3.15. The per capits cost of
rmsnont improvements was $16.95.
_; ig Lansing Building
Destroyed by Fire
. LANSING. MICK. Doc. :B—Ji'he
.' bland building and Regent thea-
. one of Lansing’s leading oflico
d theatre buildings. was procti-'
ly wiped out by fire early this
orning. The origin of the are at
o'clock was unknown.
n‘~o-~o~q .
»n-1..-~va~.u--oe
-d removed to a hospital. Flying
bers set fire to other buildings
o and three blocks away. but these
quickly extinguished . The loss
estimated at about “00.000.
. , "tlantic Fleet ofl
“ g for Winter‘ Practice
a» 1. 203K. Dec. 28.—No
,- of Atlantic fleet naval v
~ ~ - in winter manoeuvres
1. . waters. begintodsy'w‘lth
,mdoyortoro from the Brooklyn
* [’rd of the battleship Color-
In» em in
One fireman was seriously injured
. .. .,;..i..;f.:t.l
The world today is not lei ‘to
those kept indoors by dekaem. This
isproxed in the ease of Joseph
Xprry of Sound View avenue who
has been confined to his home for
almost two years by rheumatism.
lace radio has come the
foreground. Hr. Kery has ’ one
very much interested in it. and dur-
ing the long days has constructed
several radio sets. ,
no ins-just completed a. four-tube
set which has brought the outside
world "his bedside. He hears lec-
tures. speeches and all kinds of
entertainment. In fact he knows
more 'of what is going on in the
world than most persons.
rowan our:
incur snso
I
Fraternal B o w l in g
League Swings Into
Action— Kaceys ‘and
Odd Fellows Lead
The Fraternal Bowling league
opened their schedule last evening.
at tho Clifford Alleys in South Nor-
walk, with the Odd Fellows winning
three straight from the Red Men
and the Kaceys doing likewise with
the Moose. In the other match the
Monker Grotto won two out of three
from the Bike.
A large gallery was on hand to
witness the matches. and made the
alleys ring with their loud cheering
for their favorite teams.
The Odd l’cllow's team 'with 489
had high score for the evening. .loc
Hollywood of the Kaceys with 324
had high individual score and Sam
lreland with 119 rolled high single
for the evening.
Next Thursday evening the Odd
Fellows will roll the Elks. the Red
Men meet the Moore and Monitor
Grotto outfit will stack up against
the Harry's.
The scores for last night follow:
I. 0. O. 1".
ll. Sterling 98 106 _90—294
A. Perry 83 98 103—294
ll. \i'eingnricn 100 58 101—280
R. Benedict. 112 103 90—305
S. lreland 83 119 103—307
Total 483 614‘ 492 1489
RED MEN
E. Kovac 90 98 71—259
.l. Benedict 89 93 86—20‘8
l". Kuslik 115 ‘ 82 79—27!
\V. Mills 84 76 90—250
('. Swint 78 74 —152
G. LeGates 74— 74
Total 456 428 490 1279
MONKER GROTTO
0. Schultz 103 91 81—275
l). Foley 90 102 83—276
A. Dawson 95 101 95—29]
H. Frank 91 79 82—252
C. Lindeberg 90 9!. 101—202
Tolsl 469 164 442 1375
ELKS
A. Charpcnticr 79 71 59—239
ll. \Vcllcr 92 87 79—258
C. Hamilton 59 93 86—263
P. Hodges 90 80 89—265
W. Avrault 93 — 93
A. Rose 87 113—200
Total 443 424 456 1323
K. of C.
T. Duffy 82 100 33—271
Joe Rooney 88 105 106—293
Jack Rooney 83 — 83
J. Hollywood 117 110 97—324
Bert Ermo 102 115 90—307
J. Hogan 88 91—179
Total 472 518 473 1463
L. 0. O. M.
G. Wood 61 89 62—21:
M. Valenlek 95 78 102—27-
1.. Keska 86 103 109—298
J. Standish 79 99 87—285
A. Mole. 96 102 103—301.
Total 417 471 463 1351
League Sanding.
W. 1.. G.P.H.T.
l. O. O. F. 3 0 3—514
Kaceys . ‘ 3 0 3—518
Monker Grotto 2 1 3—469
B. P. O. E. 1 2 3—456
Moore 0 3 H71
Red Men 0 3,. 3—456
0
Overnight News
Told in Brief
Long missing dirigible Dixmude
was sighted as late as Wednesday at
a. point over Sahara desert. Tunis
messafie says.
“‘illiam Ellis Corey is about to
quit the United States for good and
live in the southern part of France.
the New York Times says. The new
paper gives the financial associates
of the former steel magnate as au-
thority for the story.
t William Fielding Osborn, Colum-
bia. university, tells sociologists at
Washington that married men are
less inclined to disease. insanity and
commission of crime than bache-
lors.
Typhoid fever death' rate last year
in the United States was the lowest
ever recorded in the registration
ares—7.5 per 100.000 people and
total deaths were 8.981. .
Leonard Wood. Jr.. announces ir
Washington that he and Miss Dot.
ores Graves. San Francisco actres'
whose engagement recently was or
nounced. have decided not to marr
Edward P. Farley asks Preside:
Coolidge to withdraw his non-lint.
tion as commissioner of the shipping
board. ,
United States warns Honduras “S
it disspprovos any attempt by a go
ernment to keep itself in power e
cent by accepted constitutional pro
cesses. -
Congressional attention to Wash-
lngton bootleg conditions involving
diplomatic liquor stocks appear cer-
tain. capital advices declare.
Senator Hchry of Oregon. will be
married in Chicago Steamy to Kiss
Cornelia. 1W. Norton. formerly of
Mn. . .
its" Admiral Hoflet declares that
the condition of the naval, morv'e
baselorthensvslsdrserviceisdo-
lorshlo.
’ .
Death at Fort rotten. N. D. of
' aw. Jerome Boat. catholic Indian
mini
_ . and religions teacher
mongrel“: Indigent: it years.
r
hwhich works under the same prin-
tions Overg . _.
of Xmas Mail ' " L“
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—Post-
master'Genersl Nev- announced to-
day that theshop early and mail
early campaign this year had been
most successful. because of the elli-
cienéy and willingness of postal eni-
ployes and the active co-operstion
of the public. , _
Hundreds of telegrams have been
received by Mr. New commending
the efficient manner of handling
Christmas mail this year. which is
estimated to be 20 per cent. heavier
than hat year.
The peak load of mailing was
pushed back three days this year In
a result of the campaign and for
the first time in the history of the
postal service practically all of the
employee wore enabled to eat their
Christmas dinners with their fami-
Ward
(Continued from Page One.)
a. member of the Committee
Schools. otherwise known as
Teacher's committee.
In the ten years. he has ~orved
with the School Board. Mr. Ward
has watched the school population of
Norwalk nearly double. Way back
in '18. the official enume. 'ion gives
the school population'as 4600. To-
day it is 7500 . Mr. Ward was
among those instrumental in the
construction of the Jefferson and
\Vashington schools; in fact i' was
he who first suggested the names
for these buildings. He was use a
member of the Building committee
when a few years 50. four Vooms
were added to tho Knudsen ---hool.
two to the North Center audai‘our
to the High school. And at the
present time he is actively err-aged
with other Board .nbere and
members of the Common Coutcil in
working out the plans for the three
new school buildings and the addi-
tion to the Senior High school
which will be constructed shortly.
"I voted for the inauguration of
the Junior High school system
here.” said Mr. “’ard. Norwalk
was one of the first cities 1: Con-
necticut to adopt the system: in
fact in New England . Today there
is hardly a large city or town which
is not using the system or a. system
on
the
ciple.
- "I have watched the development
of the physical side of education.
Today the state requires that a. cer-
tain period of time be given to phy-
sical culture. It is a good thing.
It means better physically devefoped
men and women."
"It was only a few years -~- that
the manual training was first in-
stalled. Today the depadmect is
turning out fine work in spite of
lack of equipment and funds Dur-
ing the time i was in -“* e 'thc
commercial department was ex-
tended to the Junior 1"” school so
that today we have two and .four
your courses. And the best part of
it is. our graduates are in constant
demand."
In closing his interview Mr. Ward
said:
”There is one thing that ‘ am
thankful for. That is that the
teachers are today receiving a. livable
wage, if not a. wage out of which
they can ave. I have .lway; felt
that the teachers here were under-
paid and 1 did my best to remedy
this condition.
"I am particularly proud o: the
splendid feeling toward the schools
I feel that the people believe in s
more liberal policy t -~ d 'ca-
tional matters. This change or feel-
ing was brought about three years
ago during the controversy on the
question of teacher's salaries be-
tween the Board of I ‘ -:atio and
the Mayor and the Board of En:
timnte. The spirit has ' min fi rthor
fostered by the group meeting. ,in
which members of the Board lif‘
Education talk directly With the
citizens and explained school matters
first hund." H
Among others there is the fellow
who swears at the hen who tries to
cross the road Just ahead of his car,
and then tries the' very same. stunt
4 'Legations are Di-L"
o
* vettingsmck to Pris,
vate Individuals ’ ‘-
7 ”—— ‘
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—Not
only the diplomatic phases of the
'9
cont bootleg scandal growing out
of tin? tor-Christmas raid which has
result in 1‘ arrests. but the
who uts of the raising list of
alleged purchasers seized at the
time d liquor selling conditions
gene ly in Washington are engag-"
‘ing the attention of members of
Congress while District of Columbia
and federal officials wrestle with.
their own angles of the problem.
Representative Newton. Republie'
can. Minnesota. has addressed a re-
quest for the facts in the case to
Commissioner Blair. of the internal
revenue bureau, Commissioner 0y:
ster of the District of Columbia and
to Secretary Hughes due to the suc-
cessful effort. of Dr. V. Sokolowski.
secretary of the Polish legation to
prevent seizure of a. large stock oi
liquor stored in the apartment
building on the ground of diplo-
matic immunity. .
Mr. Newton asked Commissioner
Oyster to inform him as to cache
made to and out whether the list
was recovered. by whom and who
turned it over to the intelligence
unit of the internal revenue bureau.
Elmer lrey, chief of the unit. has
declared the list is now in the hands
of'the bureau.
In his letter to Secretary Hughes.
Mr. Newton expressed the opinion
that every effort should he made to
prevent the diversion of liquors
from diplomatic sources into the
stocks of private individuals and
declared that. if a diplomatic regi.
resentative was shown to be in-
volved in such a transaction he
could be sent back where he came
from without hesitation.
Christmas Party
at Grace Church
The annual Christmas party of the
Sunday-school of the Grace Episco-
pal church was held last night in
the Lewis street parish house. At-
tended by more than two hundred
y
'eople. half of whom were chil-
l“ “ ~ affair was greatly enjoyed.
Credit for the affair must be given
to Herbert Pollard. Mrs. John Mer-
rimnrl and Miss Blanche St. John.
who arranged the program.
A large Christmas tree on the
stage attracted favorable comment.
The program opened with a short
carol service conducted by Rev. 1.
Benton ‘W’erncr. rector of the church.
The program in part follows:
Recitation—"Johnnie's Letter" —
George Rogers. 4, .
Recitation—“Santa and His Reins
deer"—iVilliam Kirby. i
Recitation—"A Boy's Opinion" 6—-
Russell Guerrin.
Recitation—"The. Two Holidays"—
Wer Oats and Margery Pollard.
Saxophone ‘ Solo—Ernest Pollard.
ncompanied by Verna Pollard.
Recitation—"Village Xmas Tree.”
”Treasure Tree" and "Santa Claus"—
Members of hits St. John's class.
Recitation—"Happy Let Us Be"—
.[ohn Miller.
Recitation—"Night After Xmas"—
Cstherine Sanford.
Bible Reading—Catherine Sanford.
Recitation—"Chrisarnts in \Vild-
wood Hoilow"—Four girls from Miss
Lulu Pressuer's class.
Recitation — "Barnyard Song"—
Peggy “'oodward. Amelia Murphy.”
Ruth Gucrin. Barbara. Miller. Jo-
sephine Kelly, Alive Adams and Ruth
:tcrriman. '
"A Story Book Dream." a panto-
minc, won hearty applause. The
characters were: Little girl. Mar-
garet Pollard; Cinderella. Eva
Barry; Prince Charming. Marion
Bsssett: naggety-Ann. Dorothy Hil-
keneier; Bo-Pcep. Ruth Portd’r:
Queen of Hearts. Esther Tood. Bo-
eahontas. Mabel Taylor: Goldylocks.
Hazel Miller: Beauty. Lucille Han-
ford: and the beast. Helen Malkln.
I lifter the entertainment candy
and oranges were distributed to the
children. Refreshments were served.
., HESI'COLDS .-
hlmself when he comes to I grade
crossing,
t
as
Out of business relations some
melting-wind:
our extraordinary Sale.
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period’trom‘Beigflde‘todsy that
fientheris Veniselos. former
" ek Premier. hssfloffered the
f k throne to Prince Paul Kai-9
£130,710. husband of Princess
‘ . of Greece.
" Greeknepubiicsns opposed the
return of ,Veniselos from "Paris
through fear that he would re~
ill King George II. to the throne.
george and the Greek Queen are
how in Rumania.
Puntalettes Now
the Rage in London
‘ LONDON; Dec. 28.—Panta.lettes—
nb‘surd and saucy creations of the
Victorian era—are back in' fashion
again.
'The newest dance frocks and the
semi Victorian ball themes. the rage
have- pantslettes Just
sh'owlng beneath the hem of the
shirts. They are‘ made in matrials
to» match the color of. the dresses
adorned with knots of colored rib-
bons and small bunches of satin
flowers.
Those made of gold and silver
gauze. chiffon and delicate lace are
the most popular. '
Court N arruk, F. of A.
Re-elects its Officers
Election of officers featured the
meeting of Court Narruk. No. 58. F.
of A.. held last night.‘ Installation
of officers will be held the first
meeting in January. ‘
The officers. all of whom were
re-elected. follow: Chief Ranger,
Thomas F. Dowd; BuboRanger. Har-
ry Miller; Financial
Charles A. Davis; Treasurer, Nicho-
las Santo. sr.; ‘Recordlng Secretary.
Frank J. O’Brien: Senior Woodward.
CC. Toni: Junior \Voodward, J. Har-
rington: Senior Beadle. Anthony
Santa. jr.: Junior Beadle. Ralph
Cotes: Lecturer: Truman Cantieid;
Trustee. Charles Tosik; Physician,
Dr. J. Rosenthul.
Hear World’s News
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Few people stop to realize
just what ,a wonderful thing
the radio is.
With a radio set in your
home you can sit comfortably
and hear speeches, lectures,
sermons, ' music and news
events by simply “tuning in."
Distance does not matter—
you hear as plainly as if you
were right on “1; spot.
1 .
‘ \Ve'll furnish you a radio
set. today—We have them at
all prices.
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10 No. Min St. So. Norwnlk
So. Nor-walk, Conn.
of
friendships grow. We we'théreroregthanktul for the
1 season of theyear when we can put
_ , V aside all thoughts ‘
of business and-extend to you our Nengeafls greetings.
anditbss‘hoes. and some of them are
Secretary. l
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“Publicity Man of Hood-
' ed Organization An-
. swers Denun'ciation
of E. Y. Clarke
WASHINGTON Dec. 28—13. Y.‘
Clarke. formerly high in the coun~
cits of the‘Ku Kin; Klan. has been
attempting for months to destroy
the order. according to a. statertnt
issued by XiltOn Elrod. director of
its department of publications and
education. after the publication of
Ur. 'Clarke‘r demand for reform.
within its izstlon or its dismlu-
tion.
Mr. Clarke's charge in a letter to
President Coolidge, that an element
of the klsn was diverting it from
the purposes and ideals of its found-
ers and his announcement that he
intended to call upon the better ele-
ment to take steps to remedy the
exhting evils or disband the organi-
zation, brought from Hr. Elrod a
declaration that the membership had
grown less than 100,000:- members
sfter seven years of Clarke regime to
a total membership of millions un-
. _ . ‘SCI'V’ ‘ ant Gets
' $2,000 for ’Loyalty
gnaw roux. D... zs.—-r'... win
of Louise Ward McAllister Lewis,
daughter of the late Ward McAllis-
‘ ter and prominent socially and crea-
tor of New York's original
“4003.
died yesterday for‘probate. left $5000
to the Newport, R. 1. hospital in
memory of her father. She left a
similar amount to the Orthopedic
ho‘spital in this city in memory of
her mother. Sarah '1‘. McAliister.
Margaret Deacon of Danbury.
Car 3.. and Catherine Enright of this
city, were left, $2000 each in appre-
ciation of "long and faithful serv-
ice." She left 81000 to her brother,
Heywsrd “'ard McAllister of Sum-
mit, N. J., who she said was “'t-ll
provided for by her mother. The
remainder of the estate goes to her
husband. A. Nelson Lewis:
s.
Dodge Sedan, 1922, excellent
" condition.
Dodge Screen. 1919.
I Very cheap
Stratton-Bliss Co.
14 West Ave. Norwalk‘
Phone 2782 '
'tler the present administration.
year!
just the gifts you've
dresses in the world.
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comes a round of parties—parties
morning, noon and night.
Some of the girls have such good
looking new frocks for the gaieties!
There is no reason why you shouldn’t
have them too. for they cost very
little and are the most fashionable
Fur Coats, Party Frocks, Dresses
for afternoon occasions and all the
best sport things are here for prices
small enough to surprise you.
. Inspection of January
~ . Soundsy, Monchy .
Owing to the mh’in the first days of the January Sale, we cordially
invite'you to inspect carefully and leisurely on
.day. furnihlre sndrngs which will go
,' ’ : “ The sale tags with‘sale prices w _
i decide what you wish. to purchasednnng
~ be set’aside fogyou until the opening of the sale.
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Knitted Sport Frocks ‘
Are the best ever in:
school and just as fash.
ionable at home. We
have lovely. ones and
many, many different
styles. In one and two—
piece models, some are
quite plain and snappy
while others have color
combinations. There are
round necks or high fast-
ening collars; even a new
slip-over sleeveless frock
to be worn with tailored
blouses, .
Models for every figure
and they have been arriv-
lag daily. You couldn’t
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It’s Holidays For School Girls
and Here are Holiday Frocks!
The glsddesii holidays of all the
Pell mell upon Christmas and models in velvets and clinging ma-
terials or the very new and dashing
simply can’t help dancin
these gowns.
Layers of delicate georgette and
wisps of lace or soft. shimmering
with French
flowers and ribbons
most adorable party frocks you’ve
You will always be happy that
you spent your Christmas
such gowns as these.
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on sale January second.
these days. The purchases Will
Frocks, slim
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stra:g:.f.
full boufl'ant skirts. You
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touches of
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Norwalk Chronicler