*30m x moor W
SUNDAY: WABXEB. BUNDLE. ‘ .
High Tide 5:10 A. 11.. 850 P. E
TABLISHED 1870
u Wig in Bag to
hange Appearance
\Vas Lookout in
4,572 Theft
LOOT SPLIT
1 Given $200 As Her
.hare and Men Pals
'uy Her Fur Coat
W HAVEN, April 12.—Sought
ew York and New Haven police
, January as one of the Bobbed
girl bandits, implicated in sev-
holdups, pretty Dorothy Kelly,
'ew York. arrested here Thurs-
on a technical charge of idle-
-, admitted she took part in the
uery of the Ashi‘ord Plumbing
puny in New York on January
‘hen $4.372 was obtained by her
male companions and “split"
her before they left for New
n that night. ,
rested with three of the four
on January 21 following a. dis-
nce at 33 George street. this
16 days’ suspended sentences
Int-ted out. in the city court and
ur orderul to leave town im-
lely. A few days after they
oisapp»:1rcd police were inform-
at the quartet was much sought
.y NL‘S‘ York authorities. and a
p lookout for their return was
short time later four men,
-k Paisick, Frank Christian, Ed-
lriayes and Sylvester Santella
captured in New York where
are at present held under an
{merit of three counts of rob-
in the fourth degree. Thurs-
night. Policeman Thomas Sean-
arrested the Kelly woman in the
ity of the George street house.
x’ronted with the charges she ad-
ed the New York robbery.
(xv Haven police charge the
with Santclla, held up a pool-
- and a millincry store, both
wrand street. shortly after the
York break. These charges
not be pressed, they stated to-
cording to the girl's confession
e police, she acted as lookout
o the four men robbed the
hing company. As they dash-
way in their auto, she Was seen
I into the machine.
$200 as her share for the.
the lx'clly»woman says she
:Vrr: Haven with three of
. .cn “no bought her a fur coat
Jllii'.ll wearing apparel.
21 Anthony Duffy of the
ccinet, Brooklyn last night
. girl back to New York
he said immediate steps will
ken to indict her and have her
trial with her companions,
zen arrested Thursday a search
i e giri‘s travelling bag showed
lad a. false set of hair Which she
' used to disguise her bob-
RWALKERS
ET MARRIED
._ IN BREWSTERS
. Beatrice McKee
é East Avenue and
avid Fournier o f
ighland Ave. Wed
.St Night
s Beatrice Bennett McKee of
as: avenue [and David Russell
ier of Higlilandravenue, were
ed in Brewster, N. Y.. last
bv the Rev. Mr. Hazzard. Miss
m 'u'hitrnrd and Harold Louis
~ by were the attendants.
return from their
trip Mr. and Mrs. Fournier
eke their home in this city.
___________________.
rk Too Speedy'Fpr
orse and Carriage
IRFIELD. April 12.—-A daugh-
‘as born to Mrs. William Dag-
of the Catamount district yes-
v afternoon while she was on
n'ay to the Bridgeport hospital
arriage with her husband.
e couple had reached Fair-field
r when the baby was born and
directed to the oflibe of Dr. W.
unaidson, where medical atten-
as given mother rand child.
one hour later they were re-
to the Bridgeport hospital in
ridgeport ambulance. Both
ported to be resting comfort-
Z?!
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G. O. P. Committee
0RD. April I".——-J. Henry
chairman of the Repub-
to Central committee, was
:exl Republican national com-
nzan from Connecticut Yester-
a meeting in the flotel Bond
. Connecticut delegation to the
liean national convention.
Roraback was elected chair-
» _ ”‘0. “A I r‘J-Q
mbuil of Plainville. secreml’y
'illiam H. Putnam of Hart-
d alternate, delegate um
These officers and three
members to be appointed by
irman, will be the commit-
transportatiog. . ‘ ' r
’2 .TF
Enteredraa second-class matter at the post office at
South Nor-walk. Conn. under the Act of March 3, 1819.
. bbed Hair » Girl
au‘ght in New Haven
Aggfits N. Y. Holdup
; FOLLOWS STONE
l
Huger W. Jervey.
Huger \V. Jervey. law partner of
Harlan Fiske Stone. new attorney—
general of the United States, has
succeeded Stone as dean of the law
school of Columbia. University. Jer-
vey was graduated from the school
in 1913. In the world war he was a
major attached to the general staff
corps.
ROWAYTON
PASTOR T0
w_Ep_ TODAY
Man Local Residents
Journey to Montelair
N. J., to Attend Cere-
mony
Rev. Victor F. Scalise. pastor of
the Rowayton Baptist church and
Miss Adelina. Filandino of Monteclair,
N. J.. will be married. this afternoon
by the Rev. Dr. \V'ylle. Rev. John
Egner of Brooklyn will be the best
man.
Following the ceremony. is. recep-
tion will be held at the church. af-
ter which the bridal couple will leave
on their wedding trip. Upon their
return they will make their home.
in the newly furnished parsoriage,
which the parishioners of the Row-
ayton Baptist church have prepared
for them in Raymond street.
Rev. Mr. Scalisc has been pastor
of the Ron-nylon church one year.
He. was born in Italy and came to
the United States twelve years ago.
He received much of his preliminary
education in the schools of North
Adams. Mass. He is a graduate of
the New York university.
Ills bride is a native of Monte—
clair and has for some time been
a social worker of the Presbyterian
church in that city.
Among the Rowayton residents at—
tending the Wedding-are Mrs. E.
Howard Every. Mrs. John Slint, Airs.
Jessie Jarvis, Miss Mary Sniffen. Mrs.
Alfred J. C. Beckius, Miss Kate
Crockett and Mrs. Arthur Billiard.
BRIDCEPORTCO. ,,
GET CONTRACT
With a bid of $266,937.40. The
Bridgeport Construction mpany
has been declared low bidder for the
contract for the construction of 16,-
300 feet of nine-inch reinforced con-
crete pavement from a place north
of the center of Darien to the Stam-
ford city line. Announcement that
the contract will be awarded within
a few daysrhas been made by the
State Highway Commission.
Other bids were: C. W. Blakeelee
and Son, New Haven, $207,542.75;
\V. K. Arthur, Glenbrook, $217,859.-
52; Osborn 8: Barnes. Danbury.
$220,423.75.
Specifications in the contract call
for the moving of trolley tracks from
the side of the road to the (enter
over a distance of three miles. Weis-
helt’s Half-“’ay House at Miller’s
bridge has been moved back and thei
bad curve at that point will be
straightened somewhat.
Bid§ were received for work in
Westport, Canaan. Clinton. Brook-
field_ Newtown, West Haven. East
Hartford, Eaton. ‘Pomfret. Seymour
and Oxford.
Chas. Harris to Attend
Steamship Luncheon
Charles 8., Harris, glue manu-
facturer. will be a guest. at the lun-
cheon next Tuesday abut-d the new
Munster! steamship, “tthwdef,
the W
has just arrived in New York and is
docked at Pier 88. North River. At
this luncheon will be U. 8.8“.“ and
city officials ‘35 well; as men promi-
rent in" 1139 Jew . w
fltldo 7 ' 'f
MDTODY‘OF” ,
A summon
ORAVEOEOOO
State Police Arrange
To Bring -Woman
Who Cgfessed Mur-
der to 'llingworth
HER STORY
Officials Checking Up
H e r Statements —-
Town Known“ F o r
Murders
KILLINGSWORTH. April 12- —-
State Policeman \Valter Bahr of the
Centerhroolt barracks will leave to-'
day for New York to make arrange—
ments for the return to this state of
Mrs. Johanna Tell. 110W detained‘at
the Bronx county 38.“ there, after
having confessed to the murder last
Tuesday afternoon of Charles I".
Blaba, alias Blair. farmer and paint-
er. whose battered body W88 GUS 0‘"-
of a. pit in the rear of the farm
house. here yesterday noon. by State
police.
Unconsciously. Blaha. dug his own
grave, the woman’s confession re-
veals. The pit, dug by him beneath
an old apple tree about 60 feet from
the lonely farm house, was used by
Blaha to bury soil. \Vith a stone
weighing over one hundred pounds
on top of it. amid a. tangle of rub-
bish, tin cans. fertilizer and earth.
the gruesomely battered body of
lllaha was found with a bullet hole
through the temple.
Bearing out statements ‘of Mrs.
Tell. made to District Attorney Mc-
Geehan of New .York, in her confes-
sion of the crime Thursday, it was
found that Blake's skull was badly
broken. as if he had 'been beaten
on the head with an axe, there was
a slash, evidently made by an axe, on
his abdomen. and his throat had been
chopped in three places. almost sever-
ing the head from the torso. Ills
boots had been removed.
Discovery of the body was made
by State Policeman Michael Smith
and Patrolman Maxwell Christianscn
of the Middletown police department
who dug out the pit after State Po-
lice Sergeant Howard S. “’illlams of
the Centerhrook barracks. noted that
it had been filled in with newly
turned earth. Finding of the body
was made shortly before the arrival
of New York authorities with dis-
grams drawn under Mrs. Tell's di-
rection to indicate where she had in—
terrcd her \‘it‘lllli. ’
Mrs. Tell. who had been house-
keeper for lllrtlm for the past three
years. claims that she murdered him"
in self-defense. when he threatened
her with an use because she refused
to get a divorce and marry him.
She secreted the body in the cellar
of the farm house over night. she
said. dragging it out and burying it
in the pit the. next morning after
her 14oycar-old daughter, Lillian,
left for school. “'ith the child. she
left that evening for the home of her
uncle, Francis J. Martin. in New
York.
Practically every trace of
crime had been carefully removed
by Mrs. ’l'cll. After the slaying and
disposal of the body in the cellar.
kitchen, where the murder was en-
acted, also removing blood spots on
the cellar stairs. Today State police
discovered blood stains on the stair-
way. which during the search Thurs-
day night were overlooked. In the
dark. search of the grounds sur-
rounding the house failed to indi~
cafe where the body was buried.
Mrs. Tell‘s greatest concern seems
to be that of keeping word of the
crime from her daughter, New York
authorities say. Continually she
means: “Don't tell Lillian: don't tell
Lillian.” and "I didn't mean to do
it; oh. I didn't mean to do itl'” She
is in a state of collapse at the W0-
man’s branch of the Bronx county
jail.
It is an interesting fact that more
murders have occurred in the town
of Killingworth in the past 75 years
than in any other town in Middlesex
county. The town is a backwoods.
neglected region. It has no post-
office. no railroad, no trolley‘nor
jimey. For years no religious serv-
ices were held there. These primi-
tive conditions , it is said-have ref
sulted in the murders which have
been perpetrated.
By a strange coincidence it was in
the. very house in which Blair is
said to have killed that Bert Hatch-
klss, a. handsome young farmer, was
shot and killed thirty years ago. He
was standing in the doorway at the
time. Suspicion fastened upon his
wife but the authorities arrested for
the crime a hired man. Herman
Sachs. who was acquitted. Nearby
the Blair house ‘is the house in
which George Goodale, who was
murdered by a man named Bailey.
was born. Bailey was hanged for ‘18
crime. Sheriff Thompson won his
spurs by tracing Bailey to Canada.
and arresting him there.
Killingworth was the scene of the
famous Stannard murder in 1879.
The Rev. Herbert H. Hayden. pu-
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Killingwoth. was charg-
ed with the murder of Grace Stan-
nard. a young girl who was about
to become a mother. who was em-
ployed in his home. The late formér
Governor Thomas 'M. Waller of
New London prosecuted the case.
which was held in the courthouse
in New Haven. Haydenmscquito
ted but public opinion could not get
away from the feeling that he was
guilty.
the
. a- . u l: S O
to go to Killiug‘wmth. For your:
it Was without the services or; res.
mm: minister. Gradually in ‘19“
clement nu grown ' 'p fn’ ,,
jg; . _‘ ‘
; SOUTH NORWALK,
cons. SATUR
Norwalln’ Vetere‘nl’
non DAY; and.
in the people of the country,
fluences and to encourage
country in honor thereof.
Whereas, Sunday, Aprilwhiflfl. has been designated '0 .
Whereas, it is the purpose off}!!! day to foster a loyal spirit
and.” counteract unpatriotic in-
. (testable Ind eligible alien: to be-
come- good American citizens; and ‘
Whereas, the Governor of ibofiate of Connecticut heartily
approves of Annex-ionisation exorcism.
Now, therefore, 1, Theme: Robins. Mayor of the City of
Norwalk, hereby request the people of this city to actively par-
ticiphte in Americanixation my exercises and call upon all pa...
triotic citizens to observe this day by displaying the flag of our
moms ROBINS.
Mayor of-the City of Norwalk.
IN INDUSTRY
NEW? YORK. April 2.—~Stuart
Chase. research expert of the Labor
Bureau in an address before the Hu-
man Engineering conference at New
York University today estimated
that the ratio of waste in the pres-
ent ,lndustrial system was approxlv
matcly seventy per cent.
“One of the chief reasons for
waste in output," be said, "II the
fact that a given service or product
bears no real relation to the wants
of man. How much of the total
wants output of America follows un-
der this category awaits a. bulc sur-
vey. Secretary Houston's figures on
super-luxury productions alone lead
us to believe that not less than one
third of the total labor power of the
country is lost in this field. And
that means the labor power of about
14,000,000 persona.”
He cited the waste comes from
idleness or failure to render an
equivalent for things consumed and
SAYS HE WAS
' IIIT IN EYE BY
1 FATHER IN LAW
Now Max Berger. Is
Sued By S slur-me]
Levy For $16,000-
Slander Is Charged
That competition is keen among
three clothing and shoe store: In the
Second district, was revealed yes-
terday when a $16,000 slander suit
was started against Max Berger.
clothier in \Vashlngton street. by
Samuel Levy. his father-in-law and
the owfibr of another similar store in
Vv'ater street.
The trouble started when Berger
was examined in the bankruptcy
case of the Main Bargain store as to
the removal of goods from the Main
Bargain store. to that of Mr)": be«
fore the petition in bankruptcy of
the Main Bargain store was filed.
The owners of this. the Main Bar-
gain store. are Hyman Goldfield and
Sol Hartning.
As the result of the bankrupt
hearing. Berger complained that his
father-ln-law, Levy, tried to demon—
strate his hitting power and assault-
ed him, Striking him In the eye.
Yesterday when the slander suit
was started through Attorney David
Schack. of Bridgeport. and attach-
ment for $16,000 was placed on the
store of Berger. 3. Bridgeport Deputy
Sheriff placed a. padlock on the door
of file‘store.
Berger feeling that he might just
as well add fuel to the fire. took a
hatchet after the Sheriff had left
and ripped the padlock from the
door of the store and today is doing
business at the same old stand.
Berger stated this morning that
lino business man was safe. if his
store could be closed up on a. claim
as “fishy" as the one filed against
him. ‘
Hangs Himself In
Cellar Of His Home
Despondent because of ill health
and the fact that he was out of
work, William Huyler, aged 57 years.
took his own life,late yesterday af-
ternoon. by hanging in the cellar of
his home in Chestnut street, where
he was found "by his wife.
He is survived by his wife and
three children, Benjamin. Francis
and Mrs. Mary Richards. all of this
city. The funeral will take place
Monday afternoon. from the under-
taking parlors of D. W. mend In
Washington street. at 2:30 o’clock.
Rev. Lester Mallory ’will officiate. In-
terment will be in the .Union Ceme—
tery in Rowayton.
George Mitchell and family. of
Main street, have moved to 5 Isaac
street.
of Middletown. started a unique
work ,in Iiillinxworth and opened
the of! methodlst church a com-
munity house. ' Mr. Gilbert done
I. commendable work there in lining
upthc better ementa for law-.91!
order. - He has done the unusual
children: hair otter church services
hurts 1m bux‘burbetu’d he
Ear-fin- Milne! #-
SAYS ELIMINATION OF WASTE
WILL BANISH
POVERTY IN AMERICA
estimated that this failure deprived
the country of the labor of from 4.-
000.000 to 8,000,000 persons. Waste
by virtue of stupid and antequated
technical processes, he said, amount-
ed for the loss of labor of another
"12,000,000 workers.
Mr. Chase contended that the
elimination of waste in industry
would operate to banlslr poverty.
would raise the last family above the
line of minimum budget and would
also provide for moderate luxuries
and. comforts.
John B. Williams. engineer. told
the ltudent delegates from thirteen
colleges and universities attending
the conference that by the applica-
tion of psychological the relationship
between employer and employs was
rapidly being improved and he ad—
vocated the greater use of psycholo-
logical methods by executives and in
the management of business enter-
prises.
CENTER SCHOOL
GIVES PLAY T0
' BIG AUDIENCE
Present “The New Par-
son” at Senior High
Auditorium —— Those
In the Play
The Center school dramatic club
successfully presented last night at
the Senior High school the comedy
"The New Parson." The affair was
largely attended: members of the
cast doing splendid work.
The play was directed by A. E.
lamilshw principal of the school,
while the folk dances were directed
by Miss Sonia. Pollock. The orches-
tra. and musical numbers were di-
rected by Miss Harriet Parker.
The comedy. Itself. was staged in
good Style with a laugh in every line.
Among the outstanding characters
were Albert Vallerle as John “’eston,
Homeville‘s new person; Eunice
Maine as Martha. an unmarried lass;
George Mathews as Lemuel Le Mon.
a. widower; Chum Mitchel as Hiram
Brown: Bernice Malkin as “'ilow
Doolittle and Maurice Skidd as Jo
Tanner. a fugitive. '
During each act. folk dancing was
in order which proved popular. In
the first act, there was staged an
Irish Folk dance as well as a. Danish
Folk dance. In the second act_ a
Swedish Folk dance was staged and
Jesser Ernest Pollard played a. cam.-
phone solo. “The March of the
\Vooden Soldiers." In the third and
last act, Gotland’s Guadrille, an old
English dance of the 12th century,
was staged. The costumes were or-
lglnal and added to the attractive—
ness of the dances.
The cast of characters in the
comedy and those who took part in
the folk dances follow:
John \Veston, Albert
Vallerie;
Midge, Natalie Glickson : \Vallle.
Philip Burns; Martha. Eunice
Maine: Lemuel Le Mon. George
Mathews; Isabelle, Winifred Ander-
son; Sofia, Persia; Stannard; Henry
Jones. Jack Thompson; Mrs. Jones,
Marion Riordan; Hiram Brown,
Chum Mitchell: Miss Chatter, Eileen
Hunt: Widow Doolittle. Bernice
Malkin: Weatherby, Herbert Chris-
tophers: Mrs. W’eatherby. Lena.
Bruttomesso; Bobbins, George Ing—
ham; 111's. Bobbins, Anna. Tallon:
Mrs. Gump. Mildred Gormley;
Gump, Bradford Barton: Mr's. Gos-
sage, Dorothy Candee: Gossage, Wil-
lard Hodges: Benson, Joseph Rohr:
Mrs. Banson, Dorothy Curtis: M3-
Ilnda. Gladys amb: Walter Perkin
JohnEWilllam‘s; Jo Tanner. Maurice
Skldd: Tubby. Robert Baysinger;
Mrs. Olarey. Mildred Murphy; Hen-
derson. Ernest Flcwwellin.
.IRISH FOLK DANCE.
Ruth Parks. Charlotte Prunyi,
Helen Fellenbaum, Justine Murray,
Elizabeth Singewald, Winifred An-
daman. Norma McLean. Dorothy
Kmirkland. Hazel Erioson, Helen God-
Y.
DANISH FOLK DANCE.
Dorothy Candee. Marie Klopsch,
Dorothy Anderson, Frances Merrill,
Edna Master-son. Katherine Mahoney‘.
SWEDISH FOLK DANCE "
Harriet Bray. , ,Dorotby Nichols.
Dorothy Hilkemeier. Ruth Reynolds,
Grace Keeler. Cora Nessel. .
,7; ,7 ' Y 11.. ,,
Grace Collins, Mary Timmons. Es-
ther Cook. Viola. Putt, Louise Riel“
tier. Loom c,35uton.j,nomthyci1rtis.
DAY, APRIL 12, 1924.
Grace Stewart, Virginia Talbot, ~
‘7TOTAKEIN
ENTIRE CITY
So. Norwalk Organiza-
tion Agrees to
Change N a m e to
“Norwalk’?—Big
Gathering '
MUCH INTEREST
Will Take Place of Pro-
posed Chamber 0 13
Commerce —_- B u s i -
nessfl B e t to r Says
Hoyt
Widening of the scope of the ac-
tivities of the South Norwalk Board
of Trade to include the entire city
and thus take the place of a. Cham-
ber of Commerce was agreed upon
last night at a, joint meeting of the
South Norwalk Board of Trade and
Second district merchants held in
the Council Chambers in city hall.
The meeting was also attended by
George P. Ells. John Cavanagh and
Samuel Roodner, members of the
committee formed to organize 3.
Chamber of Commerce in Norwalk.
It was further agreed at the session
that a meeting would be held In the
near future at which the name of
the Second district organization
would be changed to the l'orwalk
Board of Trade. Charles E. Hoyt,
president of the organization. assur~
ed those interested in the Chamber
of Commerce proposition that all
sections of the city would be repre-
sented on the committee to be form-
ed including the executive. finance.
factory and merchants‘ committees.
He further extended an invitation to
merchants. other business men and
manufacturers generally throughout
the entire city to Join the Board of
Trade, the annual dues of which are
$3 a‘year.
George P. Elle. ‘father' of the
Chamber of Commerce movement
hezfi, assured The Evening Sentinel
this morning that he. personally,
considered the action of the Soufi
Norwalk Board of Trade in broad—
ening its scope, a step in the right
direction. Mr. Ells. however, de-
clared he would not speak for the
others of the Chamber of Com-
merce committee which includes
John Cavanagb, John Milne. Fruik
1. Jones. Samuel Roodner and James
Donnelly.
Wants It. Supported.
“In voting to call the South Nor-
walk Board of Trade they Normal):
Board of Trade means this organiza-
tion will take the please of a. Chain-
ber of Commerce," said Mr. Elle.
"It will act in the same capacity as
3. Chamber and it is already affili-
ated with the National Chamber of
Commerce. In our plans for organiz-
ing 3. Chamber of Commerce, we had
as our object an organization which
would be representative of the en-
tire city. This the South Nor-walk
Board of Trade will now do.. I feel
that the Norwalk people should sup-
port this organization. I feel that
the time will come when a. paid sec-
retary will be engaged by the Board
of dee, but for the time being,
we should try it out under its pres-
ent form." -
The session was called to order by
Charles E. Hoyt. who made the
opening address. He firsgspoke of
the history of the Board of Trade
saying it had been existing continu-
ously since 1897 with the exception
of a year or two when the Chamber
of Commerce was in operation here.
“Vie have brought several indus-
tries to Norwalk." said Mr. Hoyt.
“We have taken care of not only the
Second district. but the First as
well. “’hile we have brought ln~
dustries here. we have endeavored
to keep others out which would in-
terfere with those already here. \Ve
have kept a. careful watch of the
labor situation. During the war. you
perhaps do not know, we had a.
number of Bolshevists in Norwalk
whom we watched at all times.
“'orked for City.
"Norwalk is very fortunate in
many respects. A large percentage
of working people own their own
homes. “'e have worked for Nor-
walk as well as South Norwalk. W‘e
hope to take in all the men inter-
ested in this work in the city. The
yearly dues are $3.
There is no member of the organ-
ization down for a'salary. “'8 find
the men who are the best posted
are the men who will work without
a salary. The Board of Trade is in
a healthy condition.
The report of the treasurer. Frank
T, Brundage, showed the board had
a. balance on hand of $1,163.08.
The next business taken up was
the annual convention of the Cham-
ber of Commerce to be held in
Cleveland on May 6. 7 and g. A. M.
Fechheimer was appointed national
committeeman and’ representative
of the Board of Trade.
The Board voted favorably upon
ttreferendum on “Transportation"
sent out by the National Chamber.
of Commerce after the matter had
been explained by Judge George H.
Voaburgh. President Hoyt announc-
ed the state convention of the Cham-
ber of Commrece would be held in
Bridgeport. ‘
Election of Officers.
The next matter which came up
was the election of officers. The
following were elected:
_ President, Charles E. Hoyt: Vice-
presideng, Christian Swat-t2; Treas-
urer,-Fra.nk T. Brundage and Sec-
-
rotary. “1113!!! H- DIEFLDSEF .130"-
master Edmund E. Crows ncfuccd
reelection of secretary having held
that office for-mm years. ‘
The matter procession}. of
. §_
tr
, .Red. ‘Menfs 1131!, West ,Wumcton
lunar. ct ewes o'clock. i -
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.80. OF TRADE
VEISCOMPLEIE I
PLANSFORTHE
, EXERCISES
Plans have been completed for the
holding of the Americanlmtion Day
exercises at the Palace theater to-
morrow afternoon. under the aus-
pices of the Central Veteran's Com-
mittee. at which time several promi-
nent speakers will be present.
The services will open with an
address of welcome by Mayor Thom-
as Robins The People's Chorus will
sing a number of songs during the
afternoon.
The public is invited to attend
the affair and it is expected that
there will be a. large attendance.
Many will be present from other cl-
tlea in the State. ’
Mayor Robins has issued a proc—
lamation asking that all flags in the
city be displayed tomorrow. He will
make the address of welcome.
Falls Down Shaft
In N orwalk- Factory
Falling down an elevator shaft
from the first. floor to the basement
of the Not-walk Fur company. Inc..
Belden avenue. Thomas Raymond,
66. of 37 Leonard street. last night
sustained a fracture of the right
’leg. and lacerations of the scalp and
arms. He is in the Nor-walk hos-
pital where he is attended by Dr.
George G. Fawcett.
Raymond was making the rounds
of the plant where he is watchman,
when he stepped into the shaft of
the elevator. He fell to the base-
ment. Raymond's six-year-old son
was making the round with him.
Seeing the condition of his father.
the lad ran screaming across the
street to the Dam~Pope mill, where
he obtained assistance.
Fillbw Street Mud
“ Loses Two Victims
The mud in Fillow street late yea-
terday afternoon. lost two victims.
The five-ton truck of the James
Butler stores of New York. which
had been stuck there since Tum
neon. was pulled out by I. farm
tractor from the garage of James
Byrnes, Railroad avenue. The
tractor-.3130 freed the mud's second
victim; a Ford truck.
The Butler truck, which was
loaded with about one ton of gro-
ceries from the company's stores
and was 0:: its way to the Holy
Ghost Father: in Ferndale. West
Norwalk.
The truck was mired in the mud
up to the body of the machine. All
Thursday afternoon, a wrecking ma-
chine tried to pull it out. The farm
tractor wu called into service yes-
terday morning. succeeding in free-
ing it late in the afternoon.
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Several minor automobile accl-
dcnts took place in the past 24 hours.
George R. Wright of 9 Myrtle ave-
nue, Third district. was operating his
caron Main street toward Wall
street. At Hoyt street, a. Ford au-
tomobile owned by Siegel and Sachs.
\V'ashington street. and operated by
O. E. Heanmen. collided with the first
car. The Ford was badly damaged.
Mayor Robins Predict;
Higher TaXes to Make. Ff
City Improvements 4: *'
Declares Norwalk I s?
Patrolman Page investigated.
Orlando W. Hawkhurst of
owned by Ada E. Hawkhurst in
\Val street, yesterday afternoon. The
automobile was at a standstill in
traffic in front of Glendening‘s drug
store when a. trolley car ran into
the rear end of the machine. dam-
aging it. The troley was in charge
of Setlx De Boer.
John Hanford of 17 Westport ave-
nue reported to the police that be
was operating an automobile owned
by Romeo Cantoni in Chapel street
at 7:30 o'clock last night when a
boy living in Hoyt street and riding
a bicycle ran into the rear of the
automobile. The bicycle was smash-
ed up but the lad was not injured.
COURT NARRCK.‘ 7
Court Narruk Circle. Foresters of
America, held a successful card party
last night following a business meet.
ing in Foresters' hall in High street.
About 50 attended the affair, there
being seven tables. Prizes were
awarded at each table. This card
party was the first of a. series: the
second will be held on May 9.
SCARLET PEI ER,
Agnes Foley, of T Gout-fluid place,
is ill with scarlet fever and William
and George Skidd, 8 and 3 years old
respectively, are ill with whooping
cough. according to reports made to
Dr. Robert E. Per-due, health officer,
today.
Clifford Ward of the First dis-
trict, was the victim of an unusual
accident yesterday. Mr. Ward was
lighting a. safety match when the
entire box of matches went up in
flames. painfully burning hi! left
hand. .He was attended by Dr. Wil-
liam J. Tracey.
,' The degree team of Pride of 811.,
can Council. D. of P.. will trail to
Greenwich Blonder night to work
on deg-e: on candidates of the
Greenwich Council They vm-hvc
18 3
Catherine street was driving a. car‘
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mefmthnlast
PRICE THREE CENTS
Poorest City in State
In Apparatus to Do,
City Work '
BUDGETS BIGGER
Says City Will Not Ad— ,
vance Unless Monet;
Is Spent On News
sary Improvements 1 .7
Heavily increased budzets for. ,
1925-1925 were predicted last night.
by Mayor Thomas Robins in a. brief f
talk to the joint meeting of the
South Nor-walk Board of Trade held
at the council chambers in the diff, '
hall. Mayor Robins pointed out
that many improvements were nood-
ed in the city, all of whieh‘wonld
cost a big sum of money. He said
the residents of the city would hive-
to bear the burden of the cost of
these improvements because the
grand list hadn't increased enough
to take care of the increased taxes.
“The budgets will have to be in-
creased and increased heavily this
year.” said Mayor Robins, "if the
merchants want business to increase.
The school question is going to run
into money. And the grand list hat
not increased enough to take care
of increased budgets. So it is up to
the merchants and citizens at large.
if they want improvements, to beat
the burden."
“The people don’t
cost of improvements.
of Norwalk are too narrow; the
roads want fixing. I don‘t knouv
anything which will help the met.
chants more than good roads. You
can‘t take your business into that
country: you must bring business to
the city. The merchants can help
in eliminating the complaints about
garbage collection. They can help
by obeying rules and regulations and
in keeping the streets clean. The!
can help by keeping their garbage
in proper receptacles.
"We are going to do something
this year. \N’e are the poorat city
in the state Jvhen it comes to lip-1204"
date apparatus. we haven't: even
a wheel-barrow in the police do?“
partment to bring a. prisoner to
headquarters. We have to use d
butchers' wagon or else hire a. taxi.
To collect garbage, we are using old
dump carts, some of which are fifq$
teen years old:
"Only the other day a truck went
into a. muck hole in West Not-walk
and Ber all I know is still there. But
I am not responsible. If you want
improvements you have got to give
us the money with which to make
these improvements."
Charles E. Hoyt, president of the
Board of Trade, agreed with Mayor
Robins that some of the apparatus
used by the city was obsolete. H6
assured Mr. Robins. the mayor.
would not be blamed if taxes were
increased if improvements were
made. He said the increased grand
list with the future grthh of Nor.“
walk would pay for needed improve-
ments. '
MRS ROIIR GETS
PRIVILEGES AT
COMPO BEACH
Mrs. J. L. Rohr, proprietor of the
Hidden Tea Reom. has been granted
the restaurant and counter privilege:
at Compo Beach, for 33,000, it was
learned today from the office of the
Selectmen in Westport, Mr. Frank
Dayton. of Westport will be in
charge of the bath houses. ‘
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consider the
The street!
Chas. Harris Helps
Ball of War Veterans
Charles H. Harris has come for-x
ward In the support of the 3.11an
ball of the Mulvoy—Tarlov Post, V. F.
“2, and the McKinley Camp. Span-
ish War Veterans. This morning
Mr. Harris purchased 25 tickets. '
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