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5
Israel . '
v New Harry lsrael who confessed
Fat he killed. rather Dahmo in
ridgeport. denies he did the shoot-
ng. Many persons in Norwalk
avo txpresscd the opinion that
his man. who was caught in this
ty. would probably confess under
s third degree grilling. lsrael.
owever. seems to have told a story
Ihat stamped him as the killer. ilo
hays ho had no motive. merely an
mpulse to use the gun he had in
is pocket. He says he would have
Idiot anyone at the time.
.1 From all the circumstances the
320)! is not normal. When arrested
flirve he had with him a. suspicious
flocking powder that it.: police 5.19
wccted was a drug.
" The case will have to be handled
arefully by the police and by the
ki-lcl attorney's otllcc because.
:w'illn the public is nuxoius to see
he killer of Father Dahmc caught.
hero is no desire even on the part
of those keenly hurl. by :ho uiurdu‘
30 see "some one" punished.
Delay.
Secretary Dcnhy has handed in
' is resignation to President Cool-
dge. Guilty or not guilty of wrong-
.”1ul acts in handing over Tea Pot
ZDomo reserve to the oil interests.
‘.Denby goes out. under a. cloud of
suspicion. It is well that Denby did
hot attempt to hold on under the
dire of the Senate. llis attempt to
continue would have been embar-
pslng to President Coolidge. A: n
Iimu when when the Hun named by
the president to probe the leases
and get thcm back for the govurn-
meat, the cabinet was no place for
Denby who had made the state-
ment that he would sign such a lease
again if it were brought before him.
But what about this man i-‘uli':
Ho refused to ttstify because he do—
CZJl‘cil his testimony might. foal to
incriminate him. Tho trail should
be foliowtd until a case can be made
out so that l-‘ail must speak in his
own dcfensc. The charges against
him are damaging. l-lo has been
accused of having attempted to
lease the oil reserves for some time.
Sink the probe and let us have the
facts. "The best minds" of the past
administration do not seem to have
been so good.
I Interchangeable rubber tips to
make close contacts feature the
shaft. of a new meter for measuring
the speed of wheels and machine
gears regardless of their shapes.
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s
v
s
..
I intended to lessen air resistance
and protect its occupants from road
(lust. an enclosed automobile design-
i-d in Europe has been given a body
Shaped like a submarine.
‘I
t Radio experimenters of the
' grench navy have i'ound it possible
.0 use streams of salt water for
liransmi tting serials.
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T1115 \vmrnnn.
, Southern New England and East-
:crn New York—Fair Tuesday; Wed-
hiesday probably snow; not. much
{change in temperature.
l Conditions—Pressure was rela-
fiively low Mo day night over the
Half states wh lo abnormally high
breasure prevailed from Eastern
L'Alaska southeastward over- the
{Dominion of Canada, the northern
border states and northeastern
mates.
" Tho indications'aro for precipita-
ion over practically all sections
but of the Mississippi River. except
youlbly Northern New England
s
v
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s
ithln the next 36 hours. ~
.. The temperature will not change
haterially during the next two days
h the Washington forecast district
bacopt that colder weather will
bverspread the Ohio Valley. Ten-
essoe and the East Gulf states
nesday or \Vednesday.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook-
rash north and northeast; fair
uesday.
' Sandy Hook talisman—Fresh
overcast. probably over
th portion Tuesday. .
TEMPERATURE.
Observation aka: at} p. In. 15th
at New Haven Weather
tints. ........ 30.18 58 cloudy
til-lino City . . . 30.54 30 clear
ock Island 30.38 :8 clear
.....-.... 30.56 24 clear
uflslo ......a;. 30.66 16 cloudy
cinnati h . .i. . . 30.86 30 cloudy
o .....u.. 30.49 10 cloudy
.....-.... 30.10 .42 cloudy
o‘er-sees ‘°-:‘ 2‘ cl“!
. . . . . . . 30.88 42 cloudy
scksonviilo . . . . 30.18 66 cloudy
City .... 30.26 30 snow
satuckot . . . . . . 30.60 26 clear
ow Haven .. . . 30.69 24 clear
Orleans .... 30.04 66 rain
. York . . . . . . 30.66 32 cloudy
”folk . . . . . . . . 80.50 36 cloudy
d, Vt. . . 30.68 2 clear
..... 30.“ 32 cloudy
j "ra-tiand. He. . . . 30.66 is clear
_ .., . pt. Louis . . ..... 30.26 22 rain
,» Apt. Paul 30.56 20 snow
, I: clear
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Rippling Rhymes
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THE AXCIENT MAN
By Wk". Mil.
Old Caner Jinks is eighty-three.
and he wears carpet slippers. and
takes long drinks of boneset. tea
from cups and lugs and dippers.
And everything the children do give
him a pain titantic; their racket
keeps him in a stew. his nerves are
in a panic. “When I was young.”
he says. "gadaooka. we didn't “cut
such capers; we read our Sanford-
Mcrton books .and highly moral pa-
pers. When I was'young the for-
ward child filled parents' hearts
with dudgeon. and while they still
were feeling riled they plied a strap
or bludgeon. When I was young
the grandshire held the awe of all
around him, and no discordant chil-
dren yelled, to worry and confound
him. \Vhen I was young the snowy
hairs of aged men were respected.
and kids upsetting stoves and chairs
were with a club corrected. When
I was young—" he keeps it up. as
though in spite or malice. but. paus-
ing now and then to sup his hitters
from a chalic. "When I was young!"
Between h snores the ancient man
keeps dron ng. and ranks. himself
with deadly bores who keep the
young folks groaning. I too am old.
my withers Wrung. but never do I
twitter ab0ut the days when I was
young. the children to cmbitter.
DmSmms
“u “loved" military as do all the
students in universities where drill
is compulsory.
"I tell you. doc." he explained at
the hospital. ’ "my throat hurts
something awful. I don't believe
I better go to military for a day or
two."
“ Not drilling outdoors now, are
you?" the doctor inquired.
“No sir," the student admitted
" \Vell. your throat won't. inter-
fere with going to indoor classes."
"But. you see. doc. I play in the
band. and—"
“Dr. in that case it's different."
the doctor interrupted. "I don't want
you straining that throat in band
practice. Here‘s an excuse for three
days."
Three days later the student again
presented himself at the hospital.
"Well. how‘s the throat now?"
the doctor inquired.
"Pretty good, I guess," the stu-
dtnt replied.
"Think you can go back to band
practice now?" the doctor asked.
"Guess I might Just as well."
"Say by the way.” the doctor re-
marked. “1 used to play in a band
a little myself several years ago
Toot a. horn a little yet once in a
while. That's the reason I knew how
hard it would be on your sore throat
W'hat do you play?"
"One of the drums." the student
replied, and slid hastily out the
door.
w-.. ——
Mr. Morgan’s Gift
New York. already the richest
city in the world in libraries. of
which it possesses 350 that. are in
some degree public. receives from
J. P. Morgan the chief private col-
lection of books in existence. amply
endowed, writes the New York Her-
aid. Four times now within eighty
years has a. splendid library been
clvvu‘to the public. The Astor li-
brary was incorporated in 1849. the
Lenox Library in 1870 and the Til-
den Trust in 1887. Mr. Morgan‘s
gift in money value exceeds any one
of these three or the gift of $5,200.-
000 made lay Andrew Carnegie for
the construction and equipment of
circulating libraries. \Vithln a period
that might easily be spanned by a
single life New York has been con-
verted from a city almost without
free libraries to a. city of unrivaled
hook facilities; and this has been
done not by public endeavor but
by such generous acts as Mr. Mor-
gan's.
In regarding the rare and often
curious treasures of the Morgan col-
lection we must not forget its great
practical value. It has long been
open to accredited scholars. and
many have found it indispensable.
Its collection of Ellubcthion first
editions. includipg a complct set of
the Shakespeare fallen and quartos.
and its equally remarkable set of
seventeenth century "firsts." includ-
ing Milton and his. contemporaries,
will constantly be sought by stu-
dents of English literature.
Research workers in another field
will find all the English Bibles from
Coverdalo down. and many rare
Bibles in other languages: -thc Ash-
burnham Gospels alone are said to
have cost $50,000. The original
manuscripts are perhaps the most
striking part of the collection. To
equal this list. which includes
"Paradist Lost." many of Scott's
novels, ten volumes of Dieken's let-
ters. . practically all of Byron's
manuscripts. and similar treasures.
students must go to the British
Museum. '
The United States has profited
greatly of recent years by the gen-
erosity of several collectOrs. The
Wrenn library at Austin. Texas, is
a remarkable acquisition. Henry E.
Huntington's library is in a suburb
of Los Angeles and has been placed
on a permanent foundation as a
public heritage. Books from-many
great English and American collec-
tions—the Hoe. Hath. Bridgewater.
Mostyn and Britwell-Court libraries
-—have passed through man like Mr.
Morgan and Mr. Huntington into
the possession of the public. Where-
as a generation ago students in
many fields had to go to Europe to
and their materials, new European
students must come to America to
obtain all they want. These gener-
ous collectors have built enduring
monuments for themselves.
The Exhaust Gas Peril.
(New York World)
Another hazard of exhaust gas.
and one that is becoming better
known, is that of sitting in a tightly
closed automobile on a highway or
elsewhere in the open. with the en-
gine running. If people’must all: in
automobiles, they must have some
fresh air entering the tonneau.
otherwise they are toying with
death. and. if overcome. may be
found frozen. as was recorded in one
case last winteraad one last week.
0
For what oil company is the Navy
going to take passe-salon of the
North Pain with the U. S. S. Shen-
andoah?
O O O
Ii’errln, Ill., is cutting up as if it
were a member of the League of
Nations. '
I O O
L‘ARBE ANCIENT
-"They call me old.” the palm tree
said.
“'ith a. stately toss of his feathered
head.
“What if I am? I have seen all of
life
Battle and murder and sudden strife.
Seen great cities laid to waste
As the conquering hordes swept
down in haste.
“’stched the Nile with its flow and
ebb.
“'atchcd the spider weave his web.
I can see on the desert's flaming rim
Tombs that are opened for seckcr's
whim.
Countless moons which will climb
the sky
“‘ill be counted by me before I die."
Thus spoke the palm to the tourist
crowd
With a calm disdain born of lineage
proud.
-—.lassamine Houston.
0 O 0
Add 100 Per Cent. Americanisms.
Gmund hogs are reliable weather
prognosticatorr.
O O O
A Study In Contrasts.
A. Went over the top one gray
morning in October 1018. When he
came back to his country he was
minus an arm. The grateful coun-
try instructed him in the art of
basket-weaving.
B.
mile from a hotel where his coin-
rades were attempting to kidnap a
man set tip as a symbol of hate in
the country from which he had fled
while one of his comrades was kill-
ed and the other wounded. Some
months later ll. returned lo his
country in a. state room deluxe and
was proclaimed a patriotic hero.
LA‘Vlil‘ISSh [-155 01“ ALIERICAN
IOUTII snixACI-J TO U. S.
le‘I‘l'l‘l‘TIOKS. SAYS
MRS. PINCIIOI
The shameless and open viola-
tion of the law today is a real men-
ace to our institutions. I don't want
to be in the class of those who view
this with alarm, but if individuals
are going to arrorato to themselves
the right to decide which of our
laws they are going to observe and
which they are going to violate.
Mi
then the whole fabric of our in-
etitutions as a law-abiding and self-
respecting nation is destroyed," de-
clares Mrs. Gifford Pinchot. wife of
the governor of Pennsylvania.
"llow shall any of us bear to
talk of Americanlsm when our so-
callcd best citizens. our own
and daughters. are vying with each
other in an orgy of lawlessness—
when the very public officials whose
duty it is to uphold the law are
among the first to make it a. by-
word and jest?"
BIaEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Jesus' love:
The fellowship of Christian minds
ls like to that. above.
Before our Father‘s throne
We pour united prayers:
Our fears. our hopes. our aims. are
one.
Our comforts and our cares.
We share our mutual woes.
With mutual burdens bear.
And often for each other flows
The sympathlzing tear.
When we at death must part.
Not. like the world's our pain:
But one in Christ. and one in heart.
We part to meet again.
from sorrow. toil. and pain.
And sin. we shall be free:
And perfect love andd friendship
reicn
Throughout eternity.
—-John Fawcett.
The Age of Miracles
(Springfield Republican)
route this will be out to 100 hours.
a reduction of more than
travelers who remembered the old
Good Hope.
-—Milk Drfvers. Menu and
Helpers Union.
local 126 wish to announce to the
organised .workers of Word that
the Local Dairy of Stamford is the
only Union Dairy in the City of
Stanford. ~
n
At. present the quickest service be-
tween London and Bombay takes
17 days. but by the proposed air
three-
fourths. Yet the opening of the
Sues canal made India seem near to
days of voyages around the Cape of
'4 THE DAYS NEWS
’1'. V. O’CONNOR.
Labor in particular is interested
in the recent appointment of 'l‘. V.
O'Connor to be chairman of the U.
S. Shipping Board.
O'Connor is known internationally
as the former president of the In-
ternational Longshorcmen's Union
and is given credit for the growl
of that organization. . ~
O'Connor had been serving as a
member and vice chairman of the
shipping board before his recent
appointment to the chairmanship.
He was appointed to the board
by the late President Harding two
years ago. .
He is a native of Buffalo. During
his years of service in minor offices
and then as president of the Long-
shoremen‘s Union he took a leading
part in the important crises faced
by the organization.
Insist Strike sun On.
(Hartford Times.)
‘ Trivial accidents and wrecks are
magnified. Predictions of big
wrecks are made. The circulars
stop short of incitement to sabotage
yet unrestrained glee is exhibited
over every trouble that comes to
the New Haven road. ,
Nothing but contempt can be felt
for the efforts that are being made
in this under-handed way to under-
mine and discredit the New Haven
railroad. and the members of the
union. most of whom have found
Jobs elsewhere. are wasting their
money in maintaining ro
headquarters p paganda
The New Haven road feels that
the shop situation on. the whole is
better than it. was two years ago
and better than it would have been
had a compromise been eflocted with
the strikers who refused to obey the
ordsn of tbs sail-wt labor hoard.
sat in an automonile a half’
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,hsnsnuea plantation.
sonsnxgm‘
2?... 3&3”...
“n '; iii in
him iiuwaimrjuu: my
By kissing: your Gilli .‘~r
Another man‘s uife.
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Many vacillate. fewer vaccinate.
"Impure" blood cannot be
fled with dollar bottles of
medicine.
puri-
patent
The only people who should not
vaccinate are those who have had
smallpox.
Bathroom gas stoves all remind us
0f the damage they may do;
If. in passing. you should and us,
Drag us out and bring us to.
Too many modern business men
work under high pressure, literally
and figuratively. »
Unnatural living conditions pro-
duce unnatural physical conditions.
and hot. stuffy bedrooms are un-
natural living conditions.
It's the custom. you know,
At. the end of the year.
To reckon your north
In chattels and gear;
And we fret and we worry
O'cr the state of our wealth,
But we never do union
The state of our health.
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Undcroventllatcd and over-heated
schoolrooms are responsible for the
spread of "colds" and every other
form of respiratory disease.
I
Those who have authority to
speak on the subject say 90 per
cent of us acquire tuberculosis dur-
ing childhood—as the scars in our
lungs will show.
Your Taxes.
"the "Herald" has urged that this
year is no time to plan for anything
new that will cost the city noney
unless the thing is absolutely need-
ed. There was talk of a. new city
hall. \Vc do not need it this year.
Other innovations were planned. We
do not need them now badly enough
to make the tax burden heavier. A
tax rate of 22 mills on a slightly in-
creased grand list. the situation that
now seems probable. shows econ-
omy during the year just closed and
promises economy for the coming
year.
’The basis for this reasoning
again» improvements now which are
not badly needed, is a study of the
figures showing what every person
pays in taxes at present. Suppose
your income is 842 a week. Your
daily pay is 86: your federal income
tax is 13 cents a day; the mount of
tax that is hidden in the rent you
pay every day on the food and cloth-
ng you buy is St cents. This makes
a total of 81.02 that you pay in taxes
every day. out of the 86 you earn.
and this does not include. in cases
where there is a state-income tax
to pay. that state tax.
Other taxes sneak in. and when
one considers that more than one-
sixth of your income goes for taxes.
it may be seen easily that there is
reason to emphasise the wisdom of
the city's refraining from buying
anything. to be paid for of course.
by the taxpayers, that the city does
not need absolutely. The board of
finance and taxation and the pron.
ing committee" have had this aspect
of the situation in mind and are to
be commended for their good wort.
When the burden of taxes is less
heeavy the “Herald" will be among
the first to advocate city improve.
ments that are advisable as earnest-
ly as it has discouraged unnecessary
expenditures. while not :omtting
that certain financial duties have to
be met even at. this timer-New Bri
lain Herald. ;
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About 1,000 acres 4. have m
planted in Sal vador‘s first large
n
' 'In a tenement wisdom
imam roam"
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THE RED GERANI'UM‘
a: Eds" A- am
dark and
. glum.
I saw a. red geranium;
A touch of beauty shining there
In a desert of anguiSh and bleak do-
n air.
Dirtypthe walls. and dirty the pane.
Doomed to the smoke of the passing
train.
And there by the blossom a woman
stood.
Doomed to the dirt of the neighbor-
hood-
I-Ior face was stamped with the seal
of care.
Long had the lustre left her hair.
Long had the dreams of her
I hood lied. -
dead:
And I knew as I passed in that rush-
ing train
What the sunlight saw through that
window pane-—
Dirty walls. and a. barren room.
{And s. red geranium come to bloom.
{And I caught a. look in the woman's
eye .
\Vhich seemed to say. as I hurried
by:
“Bitter the life that I live. and hard:
I who once dreamed of a sunny yard
\Vith flowers to nod where the chil-
dren play.
New live in a tenement. drab and
8785'.
But ,out of my poverty. stark and
glam,
I have snatched this scarlet geran-
iuml
on,
ty gone. -
dow sill
That I loved the flowers. and I love
them still:
And know as you pass through your
garden gate
Where the roses bloom and your
children wait
That the dreams of a woman who
loved have come _
To a slngiepotted geranium.”
BU’I‘IONS
This is an age of buttons.
‘Vhence come the billions of but-
tons used in the United States is
one of the trade conundrums an-
sweredin "Our imports and Who
Use Them." published by the Na—
tional Foreign Trade Council.
After the days of armor. then oi
doublets. fastened with books. came
the coat. three centuries ago. and
with it a multitude of buttons. But
tons made the man.
ens of them. on his pants and coat.
made of brass. or silver. and even
of gold. Alexander the Great. Cae-
sar. Cleopatra didn't wear buttons.
but coins bearing their likenesses
have been dug up and used as but-
tons by button-wearing peasants of
a more modern time.
Nowadays. on men‘s clothing the
number of buttons are fewar. more
numerous on women's clothing.
Sometimes these buttons are made
of hard wood, sometimes of coal tar
compositions. Many millions of im-
itation ivory buttons are made here
of nuts of the tngua palm' imported
from Ecuador. Colombia. Panama
and Brazil. These nuts are about
the size. of a small potato. “'hen
dry. they are sawed into thin slabs,
from which the buttons are cut.
Safe at Last.
(“'nll St. Journal.)
An old negro who was with the
army in France was beating it ‘for
the back areas as fast as he could go
when he was stopped by a white ob
ficer.
“Don’t delay mc. sub.“ said the
negro. "l's gotta be on my way.‘
"Boy," replied the officer. "do you
know who I am? I'm s. general."
"Go on. white man. you ain't no
general.”
“I certainly am." insisted the of-
ficer. angrily.
“Lordy!” exclaimed the negro tak-
ing a second look. "You sure is! l
masts. been travelin' some. 'cnuse I
didn't. think I'd got back that far
y Lu .
The insular government of Porto
Rico has employed an expert to try
to develop the commercial fishing
industry of the island in a scientific
manner. .
“HAYS YOU SAVED
AN.Y MONEY?”
That’s the question,
Young Man, y o u will
meet these days every
time you ask an employer
for a job. -
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Think it over Start
an account today -; One
Dollar or mere.
THE PEOPL .{
TRUST co.
mmmmm
Washhgtonfltrest- on
soars canvas: ‘1:
.u—iliHili:-a
I; . —safp and sound in tangible w
..L. sets and financial manmme
‘4 and ' ‘ nt
1!} progresswe in every action
Li . _ that will contribute to the
HI growth of Norwalk.
is}
girl - ,
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Bea‘uty and hope were long since
"Think what you will as you hurry i
With a glimpse of me. and my helm-l
But know by this bloom on my win-.
Things We Use I
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WE lN SERVICE.
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CENTRAL FAIRFIEI D
TRUST CO.
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the increased sense of individuality which .
with a bank account, are rightly valued
an adequate sum to the credit of a wifeon
daughter, leaving its expenditure to her on god
judgment.
WOMEN’S CHECK ACCOUNTS INVITED.
So. Norwalk Trust Co.
SERVICE and SECURITY
SAFE DEPOSIT
BOXES
Have-taken their Proper place in business lizeai
Vltal needs. The only 5 a f 9 place 102- c033
l1-
rb
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valuable papers, etc, is a safe deposit hex. W
they are protected from theft and rare.
Why worry any longer when its a Rpm
fee you can r e n t a Safe Dcposzt Box :20-
burglar proof vault.
The City National Bank
- South Norwalk, Conn.
You can’t judge cool by its looks. When the cost is the “
better got 0081 with a reputation like Old Co. Lem
have it in all sizes. Also Cannel Coal and Wood for fire '
The Norwalk Coal 89’ Supply C0-
msoss- ammo MATERIAL .»
108 Water St. ”W
Schrafft’ ’s Chocolates Huber‘s 10¢
Oonfeotionary - MADCY'S
23o rim-n svuscn
Groceries
ass: Minivans P1103” ii
Whatever reasons may have dic-
tamed the order or the President. mg, If time We ”,5:
postponing the contemplated trip of to be served Amer‘cfiw '
the airship Shenandoah to the North
Pole. his action was a desirable one.
The reason given in Secretary Deri-
by's official announcement is that
considerable opposition exists to the
required mnditurr- «.2‘ 94:50.00!) and
that Consuls slip-ml 1... HIV. an r
opportunity to r'g. 1': views Circus Stunt , once
upon the polar e- . .u»: - .. The sacrifice 0'1“" .
n is probably 1. m- 2 «a use.- of a. costly and uselw'
000 m be will is.’
useful purpose. but Lao iuudssnen-
tal moon why the,qu ought not to
be “(noted is-sko great danger in
which‘tlse lives oftho crew wlli‘be
placed “the disasters connected with
Msmwdiknnwndirmms—
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the wreck of the 02139;”
men who lost their “will;
the thirty—four “ 110 PC";
[unmade—none of we“
mummp
rd even the longer
Site Shendoah‘s CTt'W as 3
consideration.
ity of Americans let.
that the proposed in?
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