WITH THE
NEWS
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northwest winds.
High Tide 7:42 A. 11., 7:55 P. I. ‘
The Weather
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Entered as second-clans matter at the post office at
South Nor-walk. Conn" undo:- tho Act of March 8. 1‘79-
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Reporter
layers of Franks _
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caring Before Judge Caverly—Attorneys
fiold ( onference With State’s Attorney—'—
l‘risoncrs Still Are in Good Humor
(By Associated Press)
(HZJAGO, July 25.—-—The weaving of flimsy threads of cir-
‘ :iAl evidence into the finely meshed web which holds Na-
infRo
S.
va'u‘SDfl‘pCl‘ report-
3! of one of the boys
. F‘zl'u" in the hear-
inn 1:. (‘nverly to
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pnlr (-f the do-
in M’ aecusative
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:1 i‘llil'uxu report-
.n lll-Z‘ university of
mo defendants.
67111-2 two days after
E31111 a scoop by
“A course of
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JlIUUIJ l-‘ranks.
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‘- ml I ~c My Name.
* . :::;.- LLUIIC in the story."
=_ in another reporter.
‘ :ivr‘n u "lint-tip."
'1 Lim on May ‘23.
<11};g"3~'ll‘tl that he
..' store to which the
t .‘ rymvn lo the elder
' ‘1 «l 1 parents to call
who would
Is”
"soil."
“'5? (CANADA
3' EFFORTS TO
END DEADLOCK
blurs )la intain
Maud for Guaran-
10w —~ Premier Her-
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* the init'f-allif‘d re-
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‘..' 'JI"It',L’.Lf|‘§ Will de-
r.in' to send repre-
: Alan immediately.
.mxl the financial ex-
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" 1!:0 question of se-
prnposed German
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END.
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that the blow
.July
nlrd
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round of last
foul. as alleged
his manager,
was
and
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an apparent to the pit of
N‘.‘ said Tunney. Camn‘
3—. cl me: he was struck
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fight." continued
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pr l.d J12, and Richard Loeb guilty of the lddnapping and
bert Franks was recounted today by witnesses who
ng the wealthy young college students to the mercy of
KILLS HIS WIFE
AND TURNS GUN
UPON HIMSELF
Double Tragedy at
Seven Oakes,
Hearing on Divorce
Action Today.
“’ATERVLEIT, N. 17.. July
LeRoy Adams. of Lnthams Corners.
today shot and killed his wife who
was visiting at the home of relatives
in Seven Cakes, near here. and then
turned his revolver upon himself
“1th fatal results, according to re-
ports received by local police. The
authorities were informed that a di—
\Olcc actl0n brought by Mrs. Adams
was to have come up today:
OILERLURCHFS
INTO SEA FROM
‘PECK’; DROWNS
Near Panic Among Ex-
cursionists—M a n y
B l a m e Ship’s Cap-
tain for Death
25,-—
NEW HAVEN. July“ -5. ——Thrown
oser an upper deck railing by sud-
den lurching of the craft in a chop-
py sea. John Nolan,a aged about :10
years. of TiVerton. R. 1.. night shift
oiler on the New England Steamship
company's Richard Peck was drown-
ed in Atlantic waters off Point. Ju-
dith about 3: 30 yesterday after-
noon while hundreds of returning
\‘ov. port « x< ursionists. many of them
from \‘ew Haven and the Nauga'uck
valley, watched his losing fight for
life, powerless to give him aid.
Ship's sOl’ficels Criticized.
\‘olan sank after a plucky and
desperate attempt to keep afloat
until his shipmates could save him.
He sank just as one hand barely
missed the first of three life pre-
serxers thrown to him by shipmites
and excursionists. A little later a
boat from the Peck manned by tour
of the crew. reached the scene, but
no traces of the body could be found
Navigation officers of the Peel: were
last night caustically criticised for
claimed negligence in not acting
promptly. Belief was expressed
Nolan could have been saved.
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OFF '10 cm.
NEW HAVEN, July 25.-The Sec-
ond Company Gov'ernors Foot
Guard of this city departed for Ni-
antie for a four day tour of duty at
the State Camp grounds with the
First Company of Hartford yester-
day. The combined companies will
be received by Governor Templeton
on Saturday.
ENE TUNNEY SAYS BLOW THAT
ED CARPENTIER WASN’T LOW
against a. man with a straight right
such as Carpentler depends on. I
tried the blow first in the second
and was nailed with a right to the
chin. But in the fourteenth Georges
was very tired and finally left the
opening I was looking for."
Carpentier. for whom a. defeat in
last night} 3 match had been expected
to mean retirement from the ring
said he could not give up his career
until he had avenged' himself on
Tunney. He would make no “her
commcnt. except.“ our thatch: , mau-
m
"It's a dangeronl an in I. WW$
CAMERA TELLS THE STORY . " ,
OF LEOPOLD s CHARACTER
o
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'bofint
manhoINmWh,mum1mu-um
beg-nu figure lathe Frunks’ “characterised”
”confessed with Bichsrdbocblhewdsrofmrmhs
youth
HARTFORD, Conn. July 25.—
Becoming more and more serious
daily. through the long drougth. the
approaching when
and all
time is fast
staple farm crops
covery. A factor. also which is ald—
ing lhedamage by drougth, is the
strong wind every afternoon and
often through the early evening.
which makes the ground still more
parched and which by its incessant
swaying of plants of all kinds espe-
cially those like tobmco \v hlch
stands singly, pulls onlheroots and
handicaps them in thtir dounuard
burrowing for moxslure.
Tobacco, the main farm cznp of
theL Connecticut \allrv. is sorely hit.
The. early tobacco is running up un-
naturally and topping out long be-
fore it should. The lower leaves are
burning up and all the leaves are
being pinched up. The. plants are
not making the stocky growth cs-
sentinl to a good crop. There is no
spread to the leaves aiyl the growth
is not that of a. normal year. \‘i'hile
this applies more especially to the
early set the late set has had little
benefit from rain and is very irregu-
lar. Some of it has hardly more
than [:ot a start.
Hay Is Scarce.
As a whole the iohtcco crop is
six weeks late and much more that
usual will he cut in. September.
Should there be an early frost. hun-
dreds of acres would probably be
“touched."
The hay crop is very light and
scarce. New cut grass is hard to
buy. and it is very high in price.
The potato crop. generally speak-
ing. is a. failure, and field after field
may be seen with the vines wilted
and practically dead.
Field corn is suffering. Its growth
is very slow 'and the leaves are curl-
ing up.
BISHOP HAID
TO BE BURIED
NEXT TUESDAY
CHAREOTTE. N. C.. July 25. a
The funeral of the Right Rev. Leo
Hold. 73, Bishop of North Carolin.
and Dean of the Roman Catholic
hierarchy of America. who died last
night at Belmont Abbey. probably
will be held next Tuesday. although
arrangements for the services were
mid to be only tentative.
Bishop Enid was appointed vicar
apostolic of Nbrth Carolina and titu-
lar bishop of Hes-ene in 1910 and
on July 15, “.1914 was made assist-
ant to the papal throne. In 1920
Pope Pius X conferred upon him the
unusual honor of presiding over 'Ab-
sumo-1 ml
Conn. Crops in Bad
Way Due to Drought
garlltn L
products will be ruined beyond re-‘
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Robbed flair Cause
Of Strike Threat
CHICAGO. July 25 .—-Bobbed
hair is given as the cause of “age
increase demands being made by
the Journeyman Barbers' Union.
which threatens to take :1 strike
vote next week if an agreement.
is not reached.
“\‘i‘ith bobs ranging in price
from $1 to $1.50 and with the
prospect of curling. mar-culling
slimnpooing, with the barber hav-
ing to go to school to learn how
to do it. “e “ant more money".
\\'. S. Leidy. union president says.
The present scale is 836 weekly
with (30 per cent. of all checks
over a. total of $38. The demand
is for 838 salary and the same per
cent. of all over 850.
U. SRUNAWAY
BALLOON SEEN
IN NEW LONDON
Broke Away From
L a k e h u r s t This
- Morning —-— Shenan-
doah Landed Safely
LAKEHUBST, unduly”-
—Anerbeingkcptinthonirsll
night because ofwindswmch
prevented the Slums-Ideal: eith-
er frombeingrun into her
lunguocunmorlngwna-swel
must. the giant ship was
bmsgbstotbegroundotw‘
this morning. Gross-maul
windshndmndeitdnngcsousw
attemptnosingher into the
glam. shed, but this morals:
they had subsided sufficient):
mmnkesnfemestodngofthe
ship.
NEW LONDON, Cenn.. July 25.
--The crew of the switcher at the
New Haven. railroad yard at Hid-
way. near here, reported seeing I
balloon drifting toward the out at
5:10 this morning. A moor!" rope
was hanging from the basket. No
passengers were discernible.
PROVIDENCE. 3.1.. July 251-—
A Zepplin was seen by employ- of
the pumping station at Pompom:-
uetbsixmilesfrom hex-submit.
o'clock this morning. She appar-
entiy came the “in“ and
was drifting was" the m
FOURTEEN PAGES
PRICE THREE CENTS;
{WANTS LOCAL
AU'I‘OFUNDSTO
171x ROADS
Mayor Robins Believes
[State Should Return
. Some of Registration
Money
$90,000,1N 1924.
Tells Kiw’anians He Is
Receiving Many
Complaints -— C a r s
“Not Registered
May or Thomas Robins speaking
to the members of the Kiwanis Club.
at their luncheon yesterday stated.
that last year there were 4,508 auto-
mobiles registered in the City of
Norwalk and that the sum of 880.-
000 had been paid to the State for
the registration of these cars. He
said that this year this _ amount
would reach $90,000.
He declared that he was receiv-
ing complaints daily about the con-
dltionl of the roads in the city.
Mayor Robins was of opinion that
some snort should be made to have
some of the money that is paid into
the State for the registration paid
back to the city to work on the
roads. He said that he had taken
the matter up with the powars that
be and he hoped to have something
along these lines for Nor-walk in the
near future.
Mayor Robins pointed out
that
‘ there were 11. number of cars owned
by summer residents. that were not
registered in this city. He estimat-
ed that during the summer months
there “9!“,- sboul 0,000 cars in the
city:
Ma} or Robins in doling said that
lac had considerable data which he
would like to present to the mem-
her-cf the club. but. due to the fact
that the time, was limited. it would
have to go over until some future
meeting of the club.
BULLETS WAKE
FAMILIES IN
WHBURST.
Ten Lodge in Rooms
Occupied by Kassey
F a m i l y—Shooting
I
Mysterlous
Members of the family of Louis
Kassey of 2 \Vilbur street. were
awakened this morning about one
o'clock by the firing of shots.
Soon bullets began to enter the
house thick and fast. Ten bullets
entered the building. One went
Into a bed room and lodged in the
cellnlg. knocking off the plaster.
which fell on Mrs. Kassey. Another
bullet went through the wells of the
building into the kitchen where it
struck a coffee perculator which
was standing on the stove.
It was stated that 12 shots were
fired. The house is along side the
railroad tracks and members of the
Kasey family are certain that the
bullets came from the direction of
the tracks.
The bullets appear to be of a. .82
calibre. with steel jackets.
The house is occupied by three
families. All of the occupants of
the house were awakened by the
shots. .
The matter is being investigated
today by the police. A number of
the bullets were dug out of the walls
. of the house this morning and turned
over to Patrolman John Smith.
Mrs. Kasuey stated this morning
that she did not believe that it was
an attempt on the part of anyone to
take the lives at any members of
the families. She was desirous of
having a complete investigation made
by the police in hopes that the one
who fired the shots might be apprea
bended.
IDSES LICENSE.
The local police have been notified
by the Department ’of Rotor V chi-
ciol that the operator's license of
Joe Ebony of 31 Lexington avenue.
had Men suspended.
00:11ch In WEST AVESUE.
A slight automobile accident oc-
o in West: avenue last evening
when automobiles driven by‘Syguid
Simone-k! of this ’city and coast-n-
tine Enclosi- of 3 loudest smut.
collided. The m was dish:
tied between the owners.
inthedlrectionofflefmm
u——r—Ifi
raw.“ ,
bothcarsandthematterwuse‘g
AS REYNOLDS
LASSOS COW
Animal After Viewing
Tarry West Avenue
Journeys to Railroad
Track
COP ON THE RUN
Reynolds Rushes in ,
Calls for Rope and
Makes Quick Cap-
ture-- Congratulated
Patrolman John Reynolds admit-
ted today that he was never a cow
puncher or a bull fighter, but be de-
montsrated this morning. to a large
crowd on the railroad tracks. near
the Norwalk Lock Shop at Marshal
street. that he could handle a lasso.
A stray cow after walking down
West avenue this morning. made it's,
way up the bank and ont'o the rail;
road tracks in the rear of the City
Mail. It” is believed the cow. be-
came disgusted with life after mak-
ing her way down West avenue,
thronukh tar and ruts on the road-
way and decided to see what he was
in arilroad yard. Perhaps too it
Wu used to travelling.
Employes of the Norwalk Lock
Company were the first to see the
cow on the tracks. This is an un-
usual sight at that point. They tried
(Continued on Page Ten)
MAN—“T— WHO GAYE
“Commander Rogers,
U. S. N.” Caught in
San F r a n c i s c o—
Swindled Mrs. Pike
NEW‘ HAVEN, July 25.-—Fred
Peters, who passed offbogus checks
and United States drafts ~on the
merchants of Hartford and other
cities of the state while impersonat-
ing a naval officer a year and a
half ago, was arrested in San Fran-
cisco. on July 11 and is being held
under warrants from nearly every
state in the country. George M.
Cohen. assistant United States at-
torney for Connecticut, stated today.
The arrest was made by agents of
the fcredul department of justice
and it. is understood that idenifica:
lion material furnished by the local
office of the department of justice
was instrumental in bringing about
the arrest.
The United States attorney
Connecticut issued 0. wax-rent
for
for
(Continued on Page Ten)
ASKS KlWANlS‘
TOAIDBENEFIT
‘ATTHEREGEN'T
Edmund Breese Tells
Members Salvation
Army H e r e Needs
$7,000
Edmund Breese was present at the
meeting of the Kiwanis Club yester-
day noon at. the Norwalk Country
Club and asked for the co-operatlon
of the club in stagflg a performance
at the Regent theatre August '1’. for
the benefit of the Salvation Army
in this city.
Mr. Breeze stated that the Salva—
tion Army in this city was in debt at
the present time to the extent of
about 87.000 and that he had been
asked by Frederick L. Lumson if he
would aid in the work of raising this
money and that he had agreed to ‘do
all than he could.
He told of the arrangements that
he was making for the performance
at the Regent. at which time it is ex.
pocted that some of the country's
best known stars will be present.
David nterson has agreed to give
the Recent that“ to It. Breeze
free of charge for the performance.
Hr. Bro-cc told that it was hard
to get players to some to Nor-wan
bum but that he had
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HEARINGIN
Bits—Men in Main
legs and back injuries.
20 Suffer Hurts
In 1c Broom Sale
NORRISTOWN, Pa, July :5.—-'
Twenty persons, most of them
~women, were slightly injured in
a bargain counter crush yester-
day when a, new store advertised
the sale of one cent brooms.
Twelve of the women were taken
to a hospital suffering from cuts
and bruises. The crowd began
to gather before the store opened
and those nearest to the entrance
were pushed against the show
window. In the scramble to es-
cape the falling glass many wo-
men were knocked down. Many
pocket books were lost.
Auto Driver Jumps
As Car Hits Express
At Broad St. Crossing
Bread Man May Be Fatally Hurt—In Hospital
~—ROlled for Many Feet—Car Smashed .to
Helped Injured Man
By jumping from his speeding automobile truck a second be-
fore it crashed into a locomotive on the Norwalk- Danbury line at
the Broad street railroad crossing and smashed the truck into bits,
John McDonald, 23, of‘ 239 Lewis street, Bridgeport, probably
saved his life at 8 o'clock this morning. McDonald is in the Nor-
walk hospitsl with severe injuries which may prove fatal.
sustained a long, deep laceration of the scalp; lacerations of th-
WONCASE
TOMORROW
Pianist, Charged With
Attempt to Kill For-
mer Roberta Ferris
With Knife
The case of James Sexton of 159
South Main street charged with
carrying concealed weapons. intoxi-
cation and assault with intent to
kill. will be tried in the Darien
town court tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Sexton was arrested in Da-
rien yesterday after he had broken
into the apartment of Mrs. \Villiam
Ingles on Sedgewick avenue and st-
a, butcher knife.
“'hen arraigned in the Darien
court yesterday he was released un-
der bonds of 81,000 which were
furnished by his wife. Sexton was
formerly pianist at the Palace
theatre.
Mrs. Ingies. formerly Roberta
Ferris of Norwalk, wife of an ad-
vertising agent for the Edison com-
pany of Orange. has been separated
from her husband since she brought
suit for divorce last May on the
grounds of intorelable cruelty. He.
however. appeared in Darien yester-
(Continued on Page Ten)
SNATCHFS MAN
FROM DEATH
IN THE SOUND
“Hop” Benedict Saves
Picnicker From New
York Oif Roton Point
"Hop" Benedict. shortly after
noon time yesterday, pulled a man
out of the water after he had gone
under twice. The man was carried
to the life saving corpo‘ house where
first aid methods were worked effec-
tively.
It was several minutes before the
half drowned man came to. He was
one of the visitors who came to the
resort. with the Borden Farm Pro-
ducts employee of New York on the
Steamer Dolhpin. He failed to give
his name to Mr. Benedict. and was
helped aboard the steamer by
friends.
Another rescue was and. Tuesday
at noontimo y Harry Smith. Mr.
Smith is at 0 deel Oyster com-
pany. He was standing on the dock
when he nouced a tom-old
boy in the water. The lad seemed
toxbo having I. difficult time. Sud-
‘_'l ~‘\ appeared on the scene shortly after—
fig“ ward followed by the ambulance.
tempted-to attack Mrs. lnglcs with.
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St. See Accident and
HI
McDonald was on the operating
table at the hospital for over I:
hour. Twenty-four hours will elapse
before the full extent of his in-
juries will be definitely acertsined.
Drs. \i’illlam J. and \Villiam W.
Tracey attended him.
Narrow Escape.
“'itnesses to the accident declare
that McLLonald's escape from death
was miraculous. They saw him
jump from the automobile truck
and roll over and over on in.
ground. The next instant the truck
plunged into the locomotive, was
whirled into the air; smashed info
bits and carried along. Parts of the
truck landed upon top, the driver
and it was from beneath this wreck-
age they saw him crawl and start
to limp across the lot to the Foster-
tSewart plant. awning makers. 282
Main street. Before he reached the
plant, several men who saw the u:-
cident came to his assistance and
help him to the plant. Drs. Tracey
McDonald told those who render-
ed assistance he didn‘ t know what
happened. He thought he was un-
der the wheels of the locomotive .3
one time. He said he was too daze
ed to think.
McDonald is an employe of Jacob
and Keiser, Inc., makers of Bamby
bread. of 760 Beechwood avenue.
Bridgeport. It was their truck he
was operating. The truck had a.
covered body and was loaded with‘
bread which McDonald was about to
deliver. ‘2
Going Fast.- /
The injured man turned from
Main street into Broad street. Evi-
dently, the police say, he must have
been proceeding at a fair rate of
speed and failed to take note of the
approaching train which was due at.
the Norwalk railroad station at 8:0!
a. m.
A few feet away from the era.- '
ing, McDonald tried to swing the
automobile truck to the left. When
he found that he could not avoid
running into the train. he jumped.
The automobile truck was actual-
ly torn in pieces. The wreckage was .
strewn along the west side of the
(rack for adistance of 2950 feet.
Nearest the crossing were the head-
lights. the connecting rod bent
double. A few feel: below the
healed-tights perched upon an *old'
tree stump was the top of the body;
a splintered piece of wood. .\ single
auto shoe: and then the chassis. its
frame-work. jammed together so it
could fit into a four foot square
space. Just a. little way further
down the track was a cylinder head.
the mli’nder broken in two: a cum-
shaft and lastly another shoe. All
though the wreckage were dozens ct
loaves of breadand the box curler!
That the engineer of the train
made a. desperate effort to bring.
the train to a stand-still was cvs-
dent from the marks of the wheels
on the steel rails. The train apm-
ently skidded along the track for a
number of feet before coming to n
stand-still.
The train was filled with com-
muters from Danbury and other
places.
The engineer in charge of the
train was Andrew Doherty.
At the yard master's office of tho. ,.
New Haven road it, was said that tho
locomotive was not damaged.
W.LAF0LLEI'I'E_B
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SEATTLE. Wash, July Zia—V
LsFollette of Colfax. cousin of IQ,
tor IAFollefte. today is as: 37“"
candidate for Conn-ea from '
Fourth district on the Be. ».
ticket. He will contest for the
formerly held by his father. m
LaFollette. . _. »
cmnsnn. a. mi...
PEKING, Jul! 28.—‘i'lso m,
Norwalk Chronicler