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13:.l3etts Praises .
Fund That Will Get
Janitor Sloan Radio
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-, trt'lms" of the I'll.-
. 'mu: Joy and sun-
. 1'v of Morris Sloan.
tiltitli .lnnitor who
,..«.~ule~nts while in
1. vlty and who is
.l'xt. rhzilr by para-
" llllli-s.
’ mg l-‘. Belts this
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l - lw- untied to the
.- .wly commentin-
‘imno-w of the pro-
1:~ taking a. keen
, .uxth of the fund
Ln-utl “‘Hrk along
11'. :‘rnntls of the
wt: lm'v the radio
v (trill in Mr. Sloan.
‘1 ;1«---Iy interested in
”:1“ other night lis—
_ vnjoymcnt to the
.3. a l‘xw-rxidcnt Coolidge.
1 ‘ ‘15‘ machine at that.
.nrht have listened
nidrcss with the
A." 1'. First district
‘l“ii“ll $1.00 toward
‘l -.::el‘r \lL’Ciill'Cd that
vi the. best volun-
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burden. Another
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in acknowledge is
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7 ' lrvmg Bylngton an-
“ ‘. 1t vmploycs of the
'vlllitc wort: co-OD-
“4min fund. Bitch
1.. HH' Ullit't‘ has
\\'llh the col-
l'it‘l"|.l more than
x ml. The Evening
-\tu Cif'll. \Vlll be
‘uztnrrnw what the
u'mtl :u~knowlcdg~
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1mm lli lush Hall
- missed a. musi-
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I in Springwood.
n ixcre only a
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is was brought
1 irtlinury playing
['illYf'd for the
lilil and they be-
. ill lif'l‘ that they
ti l-lpt: and made
titn country easy.
Ev said that all
11‘.» occasion to
- only about) one
.Lllnnvil'd the re.
‘ l" .s 5!. rare gift and
Lord from in New
--l some exquisite
- “ho gathered at
. would not let her
i played for them
' Ai'Wl for the Ellis
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't‘n thcrc Wis MI.-
I amprecht, pianllt.
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J r. field“ a. clever
1 n the program. ll
"fin. who pleased the
with Hungarian
litany settles Auto
Allin" u ith Miss Bums
nitlsfactory to all
.‘ » rvf .76 Newtown ave-r
1 - .‘.l.1ry Burns of Chest-
fl: Burns will injured
'v'v‘ltletn in which an
“and by Mr. Tenny
.\l\()R to RETURN.
M-n received from Jim
". (laughter of Patrol-
! obert Gainer, if
‘u-ho has been liv
several mouthl.
lat she will return
\n this city sometime
‘llss Galnor is “WAG
Erratly lmDNVQd
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CHURCH TURMOIL
RESUMED; HERESY
CHARGE IS HURLED
lit. Rev. Dr. William M. Brown.
Tile controversy in the Episcopal
church has blazed up again with
the filing of new hersy charges
against the Rt. lcv. VViliism M.
Brown of Gallon. Ohio. former
Bishop of Arkansas. because of his
authorship of doctrines called con-
trary to the faith. The doctrines are
corQslncd in} book by Dr. Brown.
'"C‘otnmunlsln' and Clirlslianism."
In it he not only doubts the Virgin
Birth. but also doubt! if Jesus ever
lived. lle wns charged with lit-rosy
to 192:: but never tried.
THEY. WON’T
FIGHT AGAIN
.FOR SOME llME
Gang Starts Battle in
Concord S t re e t—
J u d g ‘e Vosbifi-gh
Sends Five to Ja
If there had been an orchestra in
the downtown City court this morn-
ing its members would have struck
up “That Old Gang of Mine." as
Michael McNamara, Edward Hamil-
ton. Thomas Goodwin. Howard Bo-
gardus and John Cullcnan, all with
long police records. were brought in-
to the court room and charged with
intoxication an: breach of the peace.
All of the ab vc named figured in
a gang fight in Concord stre’et Sat-
urday night and the battle was in
full swing when Ralph Crabbe who
was collecting some cases of empty
milk bottles happened on tho scer‘e
and saw several men beating up a.
man who was on the ground. He
told “the police and Patrolman
Gainor and Frazier went to the
scene.
In the meantime Patrolman Smith
came along and placed McNamara
and Goodwin who were the only
ones around at the time. under ar-
rest. Patrolman Smith and Frazier
later arrested Bogardul, Hamilton
and Cullenan.
The men are well known to the
police and have been before the
City court on several. occasions for
intoxication and various other
charges. It was stated by Patrol-
msn Smith when on the stand. that
they were all from the same gang.
None of them have steady positions
Judge George Vosburgh. in hand-
ing down the sentences stated that
the next time that any of the men
appeared before blur: theiy goo-l; b:
State arm n o c .
sent to the fol : Mc-
Hs sentenced them as
’Ns’msrs, 8.7 mud command 15 days
in jail: Edward Hamilton. :7 and
costs and. 80 days in Jail: . Goodwin,
87 and costs .and so days in jail;
Bogardus. so days 31) jail and Cull-
, 60 d s in 1 .. 7
our? 5y to the Bridge-
taken
part jail this afternoon by Petrol-
man Smith and Trailer.
winter bouquet 01 3;;
at Bank"! association
Wig: .t an 8133th hotel.
. m“- ’ “film“? ‘i
:u’o'eloef- Rev. 0. r. 0
Elena: Vinson. N- Y» '1“ '9’"
"The mid
iilRS. G. J. MORAN
HEADS CATHOLIC
- wow HERE
Chosen as Leader of
Norwalk Council ——
To do Social Welfare
Work -
200 AT MEETING
Hartford Speakers Tell
of what has been Ac-
complished E l s e -
where
A new organization whose object
is social Welfare work was formed
yesterday afternoon at a meeting of
the Catholic women of‘Norwalk held
at the Catholic clubhouse in \cht
avenue. The name of the new or-
ganization is The Norwalk Council
of Catholic women. Mrs. Frederick
J.’ Moran was unanimously electeo
to head the council.
The meeting. was called to order
by Rev. Joseph M. Duly. who intro-
duced Rev, Matthew Judge, of Hart-
ford, diocesan director of the Bu-
reau of Catholic Social Service. who
explained the purpose of the social
welfare organization. Miss Mar-
guerite Boylan. also of Hartford.
spoke along the same lines -glving
examples of what had been accom-
plished by councils in other cities.
The Norwnlk Council of Catholic
Women will work along the some
lines as the. Bridgeport Bureau: in
fact it will be practically a brunch
of the latterorgsnimtion. It will
Work in harmony with the other
welfare-organization, of. the city
such as the A” Cross and Salva-
tion Army.
After the two addresses. the elec-
tion or officers took place. The offl-
ccrs follow:
Chairman—Mrs. Frederick J.
Moran. .
First Vice Chairman—Mrs. J. 1".
Hughes. ~
Second Vice Chairman—Mrs. E. J.
Quinlan. .
Treasurer—Mrs. Catherine Con-
neally.
Scccrclary—Mrs. Charles 1’. Mc-
Govern.
Chairmunlof Membership Commit-
tee—Mrs. Daniel I“. Toomey and
Mrs. \Viiliam \Vard.
Chairman of Educational Com-
mlttce—-Mrs. William J. Tracey.
Big Sister—Miss Florence Hamli-
ton. '
Chairman of Immigration and
Citizenship Commuter—Mrs. Henry
Klrmaycr.
The executive committee of the
council will be 'made up of all Lhe
officers listed together with the pre-
siding officers of other Catholic Wo-
n's organizations in the city.
eso latter are: Ladies' Aid Society
of the First District.- Mrs. B. C.
Feency: Ladies' Aid of the Second
District. Mrs.‘ Edward J. Hayes:
Catholic Daughters of America,
First District. Miss llclen Cahill.
Second District. Mrs. Thomas Hor—
an: Children of Mary. First Dis.
trict. MissCathcrine Duffy. Second
District. Miss Florence McMahon;
Altar society.-Mrs. Charles Dlmond.
Over one hundred women were
present at the mEcting. The next
session will be held on February 27.
During this week, however. .he exe-
cutive committee will hold a meet-
ing.
Thomas J. Smith, 12,
has’Birthday Party.
Thomas J. Smith entertained sev-
eral of his lltle friends at his home.
6 Ohio avenue, Saturday afternoon
in honor of his 12th birthday. The
house was attractively decorated in
red and white. The lit host and
his guest enjoyed an a. ernoon of
mono and games. Refreshmen'ts
were served.
The guests included, Helen Briggs,
Margaret Thorpe. Marjorie Kellogg.
Octavia. Seymour. Catherine Burke,
Anna Mason. Dorothy McCann, Cs-
therine Baker, Irving Briggs, Ro-
bert Newman. Francis Connor. Ro-
bert Hunt. .10 Ryan. Thomas
Burke, “Falter McCan n. Mr. and Mrs.
W. McCann. Mr. and F. J. Ger-
hardt and Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith”
Students to Shovel
Dirt for Stadium
GETFYSBURG. Pa" Feb. 18.—
Each,of the 600 .studcnta of Gettys-
burg college has' volunteered to
shovel 'a. man load of dirt and to
give one dollar as his contribution
to the new memorial athletic field.
plans of which have been approved
by the executive committee of the
board of trustees. Work will)
rtcd at once. . ' ‘
The new field will consist“ I.
gridiron and s. baseball diamoiul.
independent“ each-other. Agnew
mumm- ‘
km momentum
semis-BOYS
A ' lN'WWD ST.
“ass: st: .333}
Street Held Under
Bonds
FIRES 3 SHOTS
Donald Burns, 12, Be:
lieves for Time his
Chum, Ralph Boyce,
,had been Killed
Victor Armada. 9. Portuguese. who
gave his nddreu as Olean street.
was bound over to the Criminal
Superior court. in the downtown City
court this morning by Judge Voc—
burgh under bonds of 81.000. Ar-
mada was arrested last evening by
Patrolman Gainer and Lengyei sf-
tcr he had assaulted and fired a
shot at Ralph Boyce aged 15 years.
The Boyce boy And Donald Burns.
aged 12 years. were sitting on the
steps of a. house in “food street.
talking about their studies at school,
when Armada. who was intoxicated.
came up to the Boyce boy and.
grabbing him by the shoulder. start-
ed to spank him. The boy shouted
for help and when Armada saw
two men approaching he let the
lad go.
The boys ran and Armada. wok
a revolver out -of his pocket and
fired a, shot. The two boys did not
know whether it was in the direction
of the Boyce boy or not. The Burns
boy stated that he saw th'b flash of
the gun and when he could not find
his pal he thought that ‘M bad ;
killed. He later found limos
the Booth Norwsik railroad station
where he was looking for a police-
man.
They inter founj Patrolman
Oalnor and Smith and the four went
in an automobile in search of the
man. In the meantime Patrolman
Ixngycl heard of the case and lo-
cated the men in “'ood street. Ar-
mada, after throwing his gun in an
alley, started to run. but stopped
when he saw that he was running
into the arms of Patrolman Galnor
who was coming in the opposite dl~
rectlon. Patrolman Lcllgyel had
drawn his gun and ordered him to
stop.
In the City court this morning Ar-
mada was charged with carrying
concealed weapons. intoxication and
assault. He pleaded guilty to the
charge of intoxication and not. guilty
to the other two charges.
Vthn arrested he stated-that he.
conducted a grocery store at 22 Day
stree . Patrolman Sammls wont to
the ore and found that. the door
had not been locked. He stated that
he could only; find a few packages
of tobacco in the show cases and
that there were no groceries in the
store.
Armada said that he had come to
Nor-walk about four months ago
from Port. Chester. N. Y..'and that
he had been in this country for
about eight years and had never
been made a. citizen. He told the
court that he had visited a friend
of his yesterday and drank too
much. He did not remember shoot-
ing at the boys, he stated. He told
of firing a. shot in the air on Rsy‘
mond street. earlier in the evennlg.
just to scare someone thst was fol-
lowing him. The police also received
a. complaint about this.
Both the Boyce and the
boy identified him in court
morning.
When the gun was examined it
was found that three shells had be
fired. Armada said that he any
remembered shooting the‘motver in
Raymond street. Chief of Police
William R. Pennington stated on the
witness stand that the men did not
have a permit to carry s. gun and
could not obtain one as he was not
a citiqn. . , '
Becomes Upmnfious :
in Police‘ ' ‘ Station
James Davis. who me his ad-
dress' as. (-3 .Rlver street. Stamford.
walked intense d = police
headquarters yesterday .snd “stated
to Sergeant Frank Barnum! first
he wasvill. ‘
He sat down in s chairi- before~
Dr. '1'. Bradley arrived. Duh
beccm unconscious. He was re-
vtved and late: taken to the Nor-
walk hospital in the mum by
Patrolman Won.
It‘wsl. ' st (issuer-welt bos-
pitals‘thist- 4 lug first the mul'l
condition wan somewhat better. He
asked yesterday Shot-ht mother in
New Conan be notified rm
hlscoudm. ~ ~' '
Burns
this
WOMEN sun
ROW; MAN IS
SHOT DEAD
“gemstone
Revolver Into Kent
“stable
__=A'r ROAD nouss
Knother Man in Hospi-
"tal May Die——- Local
Police Watch fort
' Killer
dawn yesterday morning. outside the'
door of s notorlo‘ils road house on
the outskirts of this Qty. Which is
dubbed 1!! its frequenters “The
House of Dav one man was shot
to: death and anotner was so serious-
ly wounded he is expected to die.
The murderdr. so far as police
investigation has yet revealed. was
actuated only by resentment grow—
ing out of the humiliation heaped
upon him when a woman he L. said
to have long admired Joined with
other inmates of the pines who told
him its Was a trouble‘maller, was
not wanted fliers and demanded that
he leave. '
Shot Dena.
George. J..Goets. 38 years old. a
,constsblo of Kent. and a stenmflt—
tor and plumber. was the man mur-
dered. A‘bunet penetmteihis heart;
and he died but ntly. He is be-
ilévodi to. A, re olives residing in
-M! Jim, Jew! - of
decent man, _ my. Was-shot
through the right shoulder. His
colisr bone was shattered. and his
right at!!! so badly affected it may
have to be amputpted. He was
paralyzed by internal pressure
caused by the tendon slug. and an
operation will be performed to re-
lieve this‘condltion. He is in Dan-
bury hospital. ,
Pietro Vssca, 35 yogi-s old. pro-
prietor of the spaghetti house at
31 Elm ‘atreet. this city. is being
sought by Danbury city police. or—
flccrs of the State police dcpart~
ment and troopers of the New York
State constabiiary. as the murder-
er of Goets and Stearn's assailant.
He came here from Norwalk sever-
al months ago. his original resi-
dence having been Yonkers. N. Y..
Where his mother resides.
Augustlve Stokes, of 115 Allan-
tic street. Stamford. who sat along-
side of Vasco on as, taxicab seat
when the latter emptied his re-
volver with fatal consequences, is
being held in 88. 0 ball at Police
headquarters here 5 a material wit-
nose.
The road house occupying the
grounds of the former cssate of the
wealthy Keeler family in the lone-
ly. sparsely settled stretch of farm
country in the Ridgcbury district
of Doom. 200 yards east of the
New York state line, is said to be
(Continued on Page Two)
PREPARE FOR
nncnon
«NURSES’ HOME
C. and K. Committee
.- ‘ e
Completes Organiz-
ation -— Forerunner
‘ O
of Other Afialrs
The consulates in charge of the
c. a. K. pwlenten dance for the
benefit of the Nurses’ Home of the
Norwsik hospital. completed their
ormlhtlon yesterday, and received
deport: Judie-sting s. succenful
event. .. ~
Robert Howard and William Chit-
tick were appointed us press com-
mittee. In.
meat of the minutes dance, it
was unanimously voted to make
clear that {so We!" would not
duplicato'thoemtty But held by
the monument: lest you.
and now is“ consisuof'premtion by
the K.“ (3.16! was“ utter Easter.
1””fo .'* tut myorthe
mud? Mom of the
town will conduct; benefits for the
xm‘nm Hm. the C. t3.
commitment“ med in er-
torto to more the forerunner
bwsonr. Feb. 18.—Just before 4,
the public" mmunce- llamas and family. C.. Iarpse and
FLAG INCIDENT T0 i
BRING NEW ENVOY
F R- O M GERMANY
Dr. “1111731111 8011‘.
Dr. “'llhelm Solf. cncumbent Ger-
man nmbassndor to Toklo. will be
the next envoy of Berlin to the
United States. it. is reliably reported.
Dr. Otto \Vicdfeldt is to be recalled
from \\'a.sl1ington shortly as a result
of the much criticized action of the
German embassy in keepln its flag
at full must the day of th “‘ilson
funeral. Dr. Solf has been overnor
of Samoa. and imperial colonial min-
later.
BRANDEGEE .
REPllES 0N
_ WORLDCOURT
Tells N orwalk Women
he’s Against .it Be-
cause of League of
Nations
A determined stand against the
\Vorid Court unless it is completely
severed from the League of Nations.
is expressed by Senator Frank B.
Brnndcgce in letters received today
by prominent Norwalk women.
These letters are in reply to a lengthy
petition forwarded recently to Sen-
ator Brantlegce askingr his stand on
the W'orld Court and urging him to
support it. The petition was signed
by two hundred women.
Senator Brandcgee's reply. as ad-
dressed to Mrs. James G. Gregory. 5
“Feet avenue. who was one of the
flour: instrumntal in preparing and
circulating the petition follows:
Mrs. James G. Gregory.
5 “West Avenue,
Norwalk, Conn.
My Dear Madam:—
Your communication of the
8th instant in regard to so-csiled
W'orld Court. is afiaand. In my
opinion this court is too closely
connected with the League of
Nations and I do not think the
United States should have any-
thing to do with it unless. or uni
til. those connections are com-
' pletely severed. '
Yours truly.
(Sign d)
rugged: B. BRANDEGEE.
Similar l tiers as this have been
received by others including: Mrs.
George ‘Thorne Hill, Mrs. Henry W.
Gregory. Mrs. JamesGregor-y, Mrs.
A. M. Fechhelmer, Mrs. Grace An-
drews, Mrs. A. D. Wadsworth, Mrs.
George F. Belts. Mrs. Calvin L. Bar-
ton. Mrs. Alex J. Rummler. Mrs.
John Merl-imam, Mrs. John Cavanagh
and Mrs. Ernest Schenck, of Wilton.
25 Years Married
Entertain Friends
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crosetiere of
E0 Clay street entertained at. Pol-
icy's hallSaturday night in honor
of their twenty-fifth wedding anni-
versary. A 'so—piece silver set was
presented to them by their children,
Alfred. Arthur and Evelyn. .
An evening ofgames. music and
dancing was enjoyed. Refreshments
were served.
Among the ghs were Mr. and
,Mrs. Albert Provost and family; P.
family. Mrs.'George Wood. Kiss
Blanche Fournier. Miss Margaret
Dehanty, Mrs. M. Dchsnty. Mr. and
Mrs. F. Van Scoy and family. Ar-
thur Pleat-d, Wilfred ~Picard. Lc~
Grand Cloutier, William Prayist.
Mrs. James Mchrrle and Miss Be-
nevleve Win.
A. 0. H."Again Adds to
The A. 9. added “Stomac-
te its lead in the, cord tournament
'1: is new one on nae. anti "
. ters from both Fairficld county and
“Hi
President iAllows
‘Navy Chief to go
' After ‘Phone Talk -
Had Said he Would not? 7. ,
CA N ’ T M A K E?
SCHOOLS USE
STANDARD TIME
Commissioner Mere-
dith Declares State
, Board Cannot Inter-
fere
Power to regulate' hours of open-
ing and closing schools lies entirely
with local school authorities and not
with the State Board of Education,
Dr. A. B. Meredith. commissioner
of education has ruled in replying
to the Fairfieid County Pomona
Grange‘s plea that the commissioner!
help keep the public schools of
the state on a schedule of standard
time and hours.
Calling upon the commissioner to
help stop "this menace to child life,"
Fairfield and New London county
organisations charged that children
suffer moral and physical degenera-
tion. are robbed of inherent inno-
cence and are compelled to think
lightly of the observance of law by
"school officials reprehensibly care-
less of their own patriotism in set-
ting up the illegal time schedule,"
daylight saving time.
"After a. careful examination of
the statutes." Commissioner Mere-
dith says in his reply to the secre-
taryof the Palrfleld country grunge.
"I am unable tajjnud guy reference
of any authority thatjs given to the
State Board of Education to regulate
the house of opening or closing
schools. So far as 1 am able to de-
termine this is a. matter that is left
wholly in the hands of local school
authorities.
“In some communities 1 am told
that while the clocks are kept at
legal time the pupils asse. mble one
hour earlier. In ‘bther words. they
go to schools at eight o'clock stand-
ard time during the opening and
standard time during the opening
and closing months of the school
year."
During the last month several
letters and resolutions from granges
throughout the state have been re-
ceived requesting that public schools
be prohibited from opening on day-
light saving time. Both the Nor-
walk and Mlddletown granges have
adopted resolutions which appeal
to Dr. Meredith "to use his best en-
deavor to see to it that grammar
schools of life state of Connecticut
shell henceforth begin morning ses~
sions on the long customary hour
of nine o'clock standard time."
In communications to the com-
missioner granges have duplicated
each other to a great extent. Let-
New London county contained the
following declarations:
“For two years there have been
two time schedules in Connecticut.
One is standard time. or legal time.
The other is called daylight saving
time. or ilegal time.
"Every child of understanding
age well knows the law violation per-
petrated upon and “through him by
school officials reprehensible care-
less of their own patriotism in set-
ting up the illegal time schedule.
Children thus robbed of inherent
innocence from being thus compelled
to think lightly of observance of law
suffer moral degeneration. Children
robbed of sleep sufier pbfiical dc-
generation."
Miss Ilumghrey Bride
of Frank Moriarty
Miss Madeline Humphrey of Her-
wln street: and Frank Moriarty of
Got ein plsce were married this
In ing in St. Joseph's church by
the Rev. Joseph Daley.
The bride, who wore pearl gray
satin crops with hat to match, was
attended by Mrs._Wiiila.m Mason.
Mrs. Mason were! blue satin crepe
with hat to match. William Morl-
srty. brother of the bfldegroom. was
best man.
Following the ceremony.-Mr. and
Mrs. Moriarty left upon their wed-
ding trip.
w will mic then-1 _
home in this .‘ . ‘ -
Rebekah e to.
Give .._. ‘slrel Show
A mimtrel show and dance will
be given in the new Odd Fellows'
halL,South Main street. Friday eve-
ning. February 32. under 9 ans.
vices of Eureka Itebcksli ge. No.
43-. m chorus consists of a num-
dt m ‘m Ind momma
this!
JIM '_ men will an-
A'Of‘fm Jokes
-
Quit Under Fire Iii?-
volving Oil Scandal 3
HIS TALK A
to President
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.—Edwin
D. Denby has resigned «secretory
of the Navy and his resignation ha
been accepted.
After repeatedly declaring he
never would quit the cabinet under
the fire of those who criticised his
part in the oil leases program the
secretary notified President Coolidge
this morning that he was ready to
step out.
The decision followed a. telephone
conversation between the President;
and Mr. Denby in which all thé lut-
est aspects of the situation were talis
ed over in the light of the informin‘
tlon passed on to the White House
by Republican leaders in the Senate.
Recently a. number of the secre—
tary‘s friends also have been consult."
ed by Mr. Coolidge and they are tips
derstood to have advised the Pred-
dent of the full under-staining of the
embarrassment it would be to retain”
Mr Denby in the cabinet while up
oil annulment suit was in progress.
Notoniy is he a. party to the oil
leases. having affixed his slgnatuss '
along with that of Albert B. Fall‘s
but be repeatedly has defended his
part in tho proceedings and 1133‘ de:
clared publicly since the present
condition arose that he believed the
contracts legal and that he would be
willing to pursue the same course
again
It has been pointed out to the
President that it might appear in1
consisent to have a member of the
administratiOn holding this View and
remain in office. while. the adminis-
tration. through its counsels, was
moving in the court to annul the
leases on the grounds that they were
made without authority of law.
Its first step in legal proceedings
will be injunction suits to prevent
further work on the Tea Pot Dome
and the California reserve. Theses“
will come immediately after the Sen-
ate completes confirmation of the
oil counsel. which will probably be
today . ’
It is also expected that Theodore
Roosevelt will retire as assistant
secretary under Mr. Denby. Mr.
Roosevelt also had a part in the
framing of the oil leases.
Birthday Party for
A birthday party was given at the
home of Mrs George Lockwood
in Bridgeport Saturday evening in
honor of the ninetécnth birthday an-
niversary of her sister, Madeline
Among the local people pres.
ent were {he Misses Elimbcth War:
shensky. Helen Hydom
Reed. Madeline Reed and Edna.
Bilik; Mrs. James Reed. "Billy"
Reed and Mr. James Reed 31-.
Guests also attended from Stamford
and Bridgeport.
During the evening music. am '
and dancing were enjoyed b? {1%
mah jongg and pinochle. An excep-
tlonally tasty luncheon was served
at mid night which was enjoyed by
19 people.
visitor fn Stamford yesterday.
life-aim of those who ’
allow the A-B-C Classi- ‘
lied Ads to govern
3, their affairs. '
Would Sign Leases
Again Embarrassing
Miss Madeline Reed V
Reed of Second street, East Norwalk. 7 ’
Jeanette - ‘ '
younger guests while some played.
William Hyatt of Norwalk was_ I ' F
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