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~..,JUNE28,1924.‘ '
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,3. A. COX,S Name IS 1 ' EGHWAYSEEPT.
Placed in Nomination
,. . 1). Baker, Secretary of War in Wilson’s
:‘:;hinet, Honors Ohio’s Three-time Gover-
I..,;~-Says Constitution of State Was Re-
..gndeled Under His
Leadership
i \ \r~iii‘iill(‘d Piss.)
\- , :.l{. June 28. Declaring
\;w\~ rnor James M. Cox
true a national figure at
-~. 1920 when only a
Z . . \l,\‘.fll‘l in 399, or the
' How. the new faith—
; .«1 religion of Wood-
,\~‘\vlon D. Baker. sec.
,— in President Wilson's
.. , luv again placed Cox's
,_ -. rilinn for the presi-
.1... Democratic Na.-
. L'Lrill.
I'rllflllon or wavering.
inng 1920 campaign.
. . ;' doubt. appealing to
, ‘ions, battling back
,4 , . which, rising out of
.. . -- world. finally in-
1. ;' 1.20 pcoples of Europe
ti.“ n of despair," Mr. Ba.-
-r -wri\vnlion.
J utmpaign, his dedica-
. rise has remained com-
. i'. llit‘i‘ said. "He has
.. :. Honing years to seri-
. old world and this.
-.-i.: lur those reasons, his-
-:. ml. permanent or tem-
-.. :1 brought about our act
.1: mrni at the moment of
\Vith pen and voice, with
nr-r ni enthusiasm and of
. it" has. as a. private citi-
. 5 : to inspire us to better
.. .. .r thinking. and juster and
L . . .ring policies. Thus Ohio
‘ .' 1‘ min. once only her fa-
lw'nnle the nation’s fa-
« mrngv and Capadty.
.. name, I present to you
I‘Li‘-lln‘i€ governor. her suc-
-\w~utive. her constructive
- 1‘ sun who bore the banner
.Zli'lle‘S bravely and blame-
2i national contest. her son
-. '..':(l the vision to see where
,r r: $- npportunity now is and
, "’li'ilgt‘ and capacity to lead
_--1 ‘it realization. '
sent to you the name of
xi. Cox.
‘ltroc‘ terms as her governor.
'. of Ohio. demonstrated his
,«c-: as an executive. Without
w: cnnfusion, the business of
state was dispatched He
, . r war governor. Under his
.. :‘xfrintit‘ leadership the people
with their quota in men and
to the national effort. and
ml the national cause with
* :zil fervor. The constitution
state was remodeled under
Lulu-ship. rngmfting modern
.hernl principles and political
”ms in response to new condi-
A great body of wholesome
,lstinn was cnw'ied by his co-
ttion “‘ith lzvrislatures not al-
ways of his own political faith. until.
in many of those new problems.
which have come with increasing
congestion and the development of
an industrial society. men search
the Ohio statute books for the laws
which he caused to be enacted as
examples of sane solutions which.
in practice. have proved wholesome
and helpful.
"The past is safe with Washing-
ton. Lincoln and Wilson. The chal-
lenge lies in the future—the imme-
diate future. Our task is to search
out the opportunity, state the cause
and chose a. leader. The leader must
fit the cause.
“Nationalistlc aspirations have
been nursed as promising possible
relief from intolerable hardship or
as the only safe defense against ag-
gression. European cynics and re-
actionaries have conjured. as they
have for centuries conjured. with the
fears and miseries of peoples and
counselled that imperative armed
readiness which all history- touches
as apt to be provocative of the very
disaster which it pretends to avert.
Prevented Four Wars.
"On the other hand. even in-such
a. world. the first great experiment
in international co-operation has
been making and succeeding the
league at. Geneva. has gathered to it
the great liberals of the old world.
It has yielded nothing to force. it
has defied skepticism and dared to
believe. as liberals always believe.
in the power of good-will. It has
fought disease and vice. lifted Aus-
tria and Hungary back into the pos-
sibility of orderly national life,
repatriated the war prisoners. estab-
'lished a. World Court. prevented
four wars and stopped one, set on
foot the only promising plan of dis-
armament yet devised. and never
moved a single soldier.
"Between these two sets of forces
the conflict is on. There the battle
rests now. Throughout the world
the forces of militarism and im-
perialism are arrayed against the
forces of liberalism. Within the
next four years one or the other of
these philosophies will prevail——
which. we are probably determing
here today.
"The present administration has
transferred our sympathy in this
contest to the wrong side. Under
the inspired guidance of Woodrow
Wilson. America. won the faith of the
world to submit understanding for
misunderstanding. to forsee and pre-
vent causes of hostility. and by en-
gaging together in great constructive
work for the common good. to build
up an asset of good will which. in
the hour of crisis. would enable the
conscience of the world to compose
threatened conflict."
Eye-Witness~ Tells
Sentinel of Disaster
7‘
i‘
A
. V. Shepard, Former-
ly of Bethel, De-
scribes Railroad
\i'reck Here in 1853
V iSITING HERE
See: Story in Sentinel
find (‘omments on It
«falls Norwalk
(Jrcat Place
shepnrd of Leechburgh.
2.: believed to be the only
' Witness of the drawbridge
. T May 5. 1R53 in which 44
v their lives. is in Nor-
:mg his nephew, F‘. E.
:-~ id with interest the story
«llv‘s Sentinel telling of
wow-r in the possession of
‘Iivorth which contains the
‘wry of the accident. The
Shepard said. brought
. .41 picture of the disaster.
time Mr. Shepard was 14
His home was in Bethe]
' is visiting his uncle,
.mtznders, in South. Nor-
~ mixing the accident. he
-“r~ and I were out in a
After a. while we decided
"it the creek and so my
.3 m-d to the house for some
:wuincd in the boat WhiCh
vz'ml near the bridge. A
" Just, passed through the
I‘ ‘ l l was watching it being
‘ ' vwl. Suddenly I heard a
‘ . :‘nnoing up quickly I saw
.r : engine round the curve
17.!0 the open draw.
.0 it all as plainly as if it
:. ; nod only yesterday. It
. ' n!» sight. The tide was
.r it. and it swept over the
mrs.‘ The cries of the
'1 x=:~'rvngers rent tho, air.
, a. number of men in
:» "-'~' W‘s in the river and they
‘7" 1 the rercue but succeeded
. , _. “my a few."
Y‘nrd also said that he at-
inqnest which was held
During the hearing.
' d ‘ “urns brought out that the
-- r: the fatal train had told
1: r in Stamford to run
‘ ;h South Norwslk and
I r y attention to signals.
‘ s." Mr. Shepard went on
"that there were two
" " " train who wanted to Set
' Pei Norwalk. The conduc-
‘ mm that the train did not
2 " ’4 find that they would have
" T in Stamford. The-men.
‘ . they would I“ 0.“ in
i, . "will; and' as a result a
Ȣ:'.ment follow. It was
’ _ that the conductor told
. {5" . ,, ,- to ignof ‘JHW.‘.B¢
" " w'nush Sonmimr'Mfl,
pole near the South Norn'alk station.
Unless this ball was not in sight, the
trains were forbidden to go upon the
bridge. I remember distinctly see—
ing that red bell."
Mr. Shepard said that it was
never lealned -who the two men
were who wanted to get off in South
Norwalk. The inquest_ however. he
added. found the conductor equally
as guilty as the engineer.
Mr. Shepard. who celebrated his
eighty-fifth birthday June 14. left
this section of the country in 1862
when he enlisted in the Civil \Var.
Previous to his enlistment he was
employed as an engineer in the hat
factory of S. C. Holly and company
in Danbury.
After leaving here in 1862 he did
not return to Norwalk again until
twelve years ago. However. since
then he has come back for a. visit
each summer.
"Norwalk is one of the finest
places in the United States." he said.
““‘hat do I like about it? Every-
thing. It is a live, wide-awake.
thriving city and mighty different
from the town that I used to visit
when I was a. boy.
"I went up to see that picture Mr.
Dilworth has of Norwalk at the time
of the accident." He paused and
shook his head thoughtfully, "the
bridge is all right. but_ well. the
rest of the surroundings are not
familiar."
"What was Norwalk like in
1853 7" The smile which curved his
ended in a hearty chuckle. “Not
glitch like it is today. I do not
know very much about Norwslk but
South Norwslk, or 01d Well. as it
was called then, looked a. lot differ-
ent than it does now.
"Washington street was only a.
swamp." Mr. Shepard glanced‘at
the newly widened street with its
up-to-date stores. "The only house
in sight," he continued. "was one
down, now let me see. well. I guess
about where Elizabeth street is now.
It. “as, I believe, the Woodward
place. The swamp around here. it
was the common belief of us boys.
was infested with wild Indians. No
sir, we didn't have to go West in
those days to tight Injuns. we Just
took our air rifles and went burning
them in the old Well swamp.
Mr. Shepard also said that when
the tide was high it often come up
u'far as the Sentinel building in
Washington street. What is now
Water Street was in those days mud
agile railroad station was in Bell-
rosd avenue. It was known, Mr:
Shepard said. u the South Norwall.
station but the peapl:l continued .o
' e town Old 0 .
allitEpeaking of the Old Well. Mr.
rd sudz— »
813:}?! remember correctly the old
well was about where the soldiers
Monument is now. No. new lot me
“(a well. 1 gueguif we mitt;
down was . ,- __
it e bit Yes, lotus so: M.
when she Ned:
if time the Met W
' ’T'ned wag u
TO ASK BID-S
0N ROAD WORK
Bids for the construction of about
20 miles of highway and two con.
crete bridges. are called for in six-
teen proposals which the State
Highway Department has prepared
for submission to contractors. The
improvements contemplated are lo-
cated in all parts of the State.
Bids for the work will be received
at the office of the State Highway
Commission up to Tuesday. July 15.
Further progress toward widening
the Boston Post Road to 88 feet
from the New, York State line to
Bridgeport is shown in the fact. that
the proposals contain an item for
the construction of 1840 foot of
reinforced concrete pavement in
Stamford. Several other large pro-
Jects of this kind are now in the
course of construction on the Post
road.
Another important improvement '
is the proposed construction of about
16.500 feet of reinforced concrete
pavement on the Pisinville-Farm-
ington road and 1,950 feet of rein-
forced concrete in Cook street in
Farmington. which will be awarded
as one contract.
Improvements to be made near
Norwalk are:
Town of Bedding—About, 4.700
linear feet of 8" waterbound maca-
dam on the Putnam Park road.
Stamford—About 1.840 linear
feet of reinforced concrete pavement
36' wide. on the Boston Post road.
Note: Portland cement will be fur-
nishcd by the State.
Town of Danbury—A two span
concrete bridge over Still river on
Danbury-Newtown road.
Town ’of Ridgefleld—About 1],-
670 linear feet of 3" bituminous
macada mover 5" stone base on tho
Ridgefleld-North Salem road.
Town of Danhury—Ahout 14.100
linear feet of reinforced concrete
pavement on the Norwulk l‘ond.
Note: Portland (‘t‘m‘hl will be fur-
nished by the State.
Poucainii
¥ AU_T_OISTS
The campaign inaugurated by the
Norwalk police against violators of
S TOPPE! '
- ‘ Ye Gide-Tyme
Hospitalitio
Is Waiting For
You At Thu
JOLLY mitts
iNN
. Finest Food, with
service reminiscent
)f bygone generations
D A N C I N G
Every Night
With a SUPERB ORCHESTRA
On The Post Road
At The Darien Flats
TELEPHONE DARIEN
541
the motor vehicle laws boro fruit
again Thursday night when two or-
rests were made by Motorcycle Pa-
trolman Charles L. Thorpe.
James McGonngle. of. 39 North
hiain Street. Portchestcr. N. 1'., was
arrested for speeding on Main
Street. Elijah Thorpe. of Rock-
lnnd Road. was taken into custody'
for not. having :my operator's li—.
cense. no certificate of registration
and illegal lens. Both men were
released in u 850 bond to appear in
tho uptown city court at 9 o'clOCk
Monday morning for a hearing.
Asks Trolley Co.’s Aid
_ .
To Prevent Accidents
HARTFORD. Conn. June 28.—
Becausc many serious accidents have
been caused by trolley vars making
a second stop to leave lielnted pas—
sengers, after regular stops, State
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Stoeckol has asked the Connecticut
Company and other trolley com-2
panies to instruct motormen not to
permit passengers to slight” after
second stops until all automobiles
have passed the trolleys. The law
compels automobiles to stop behind
trolleys discharging passengers.
Long lines of machines often nil-7
up behind trolleys and start whwu'
come to
the trolleys go ahead. A settumvi '
stop by trolleys causes accident 4. V
The Connecticut company h is
agreed to follow the Commissioner's
suggestion.
Puts New Haven Man
On Chiropractic Board
DARIEN‘-—- NEW CANAAN ROAD, DARIEN
A comfortable dining room with ex-
cellent service at moderate prices is what
you will find at the Circle Inn.
All poultry, milk, vegetables, etc, are
fresh,—-—coming direct from our own farm.
If you enjoy a'respectable dining
room, where food, cooking and service are
of the highest order—we invite you to
THE CIRCLE INN
Harry Denus, Prop.
VVATERBL‘RY, Conn.. June 28.—
Dr. F. Lorne “'heéton of New Ha-
ven has been appointed a member
of the state board of chiropractic
examiners to succeed/Dr. G. Hunt
Wilber of Ansonia, whose term ex-
pired June 14, 1924.
Governor Tompleton made the ap-
pointment after a list of ten names
of chiropractics had been submitted
to him by the Connecticut chiroprac-
brother-in-isw. “'m. H. Csvsnsugh
of Brooklyn. in the lobby of a Man-
battn hotel Thursday. Mendel. ac-
cording to the agents. was carrying
it suitcase containing ten quarts of
champagne and four quarts of
whiskey.
Mendel and Csvnnsugh were re.
leased in 8500 bail each.
tic association.
MUSIC DANCING
Phone Westport 338
Compo Inn
AT WESTPORT—ON THE
POST ROAD
Service A La Carte
Well Prepared Food—
Moderately Priced.
Our Specialty Is Lobsters
and Sea Food
Famous From New York to Bos-
ton to
CHICKEN, WAF‘FLES AN' D
SHORE DINNERS
Well Appointed Accommodation-
For Guests.
ALTERNATE IN TROUBLE.
NEW YORK_ June 28.——Jcieph A.
Mendel, identified by prohibition
agents as a Chicago alderman and
district alternate to the Democratic
convention. was arrested with his
G. A. R. Post of Leechburgh. Pam
and has been quartermaster for 13
years. One of his closest friends in
Norwalk in his youth was clamming.
“And one of the happiest hours
of my life." he said. "was spent in
Norwalk last June when I. with a.
number of other Civil War veterans.
was the guest of the Kiwanis club
at dinner at the Nor-walk Country
club."
Mr. Shepard is 1!. member of the
dred Shepard. is visiting in Nor-
walk with him. In addition to his
nephew he also has a niece in this
our. Mrs. George M. Woods, whol
resides at £95 Main Street. _ . ‘
...m.
THE caloNiALiAVI-JRN
on The Post Road east of Millers
Bridge, now open .— d i 11 fit 8' .’
boating, swimming, dancing.
i
LOOKFORTHE COLONIAL
GREEN LANTERN
DAN BURY» ROAD AT WILTON
$1.00
2.00
.50
Luncheon "‘ * *
Dinner * ' * * ,
Tea * ll . It * #
mom. rams-r
rut-r nus owners ‘
Phone 149 Wilton
BELVIEWINN'
One Block from the
.. Westport' R. R. Station
ChicKéns—Inbsters—Stealés
SPAGHETTIQUR SPECIALTY
specialltalian Dinner $2.00-
tumor... , . w
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Something Difierent , I“ f
MOULIN , ROUGE
OLD FASHIONED FARM COOKING,
SPECIAL DINNERS ON SATURDAYS .
0
. AND SUNDAYS “f.
Accommodations for Private Parties, “3‘3
DINING GOLFING DANCING ,
~' Phone 1225 Stanford}
in
Every night is fun time at the CHES“ >
up?
TER TAVERN (formerly McCarty’s Inn iii
, py music and the' best dance floor on they}
Post Road. .3? .,
Come Tonight and Enjoy a Tavern
That Is Really Difl’erent
Dancing Every Evening
Chester Tavern :;
Port Chester, N. Y. (On Post Road)
-— THE
s ROYAL JAMES INN
N ORWALK. CONN. ‘
—— :‘t
Is an : ideal place to ob- f"
tain a week-end’s rest.
Its rooms are spacious, ,1:
7 cuisine and service de- *4
lightful and at ,reason-
able rates. _ ...._.
J. PAUL SHUBERT
. —Manager— ,
Formerly Brown’s Chdp House, New York
Phone Norwalk 463
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WAYSIDE INN
BOSTON POST ROAD N ORWALK, CONN}?
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ROOMS SINGLE OR SUITE .
Private Dining Room
EXCELLENT CUISINE
DANCING EVERY Evmtt
WAY SEID. 1'
Norwalk Chronicler