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South Norwalk, (:0
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coast from
Lieutenant
American
Lowell ll.
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beautiful and
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adopted
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piztne. also had
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RANGEITAIITS I
RETURNING ,
TDKID FLIER
,- 4, France. Aug. 21.—
. « l’-~llctier Dolsy, tho
'1 ho early in June
".plr-iml a Paris-to-
vuvrd here today on
,- Smrthos. accompanied
ht. I.III. Basin.
and her mechani—
. :I‘Iward the munici-
I-n which the ma.-
Lfitahlcs had gone
mini; party.
«Fr-lock before the
H'w ‘0 bring the return~
: 12.1 the Maritime dock
' armre- the main thor-
‘-l ~rsr illcs ends.
I ' lr-ome was worthy of
’ > mnquering Monarch.
:rn'ul band played the
all while the crowds
«me l’laissieres, wife of
" 'tv"-.\lnynr. presented to
n‘ I‘ ‘IN‘ Daisy 3 large bou-
-., H.
tli‘e‘
, S. Aviators on Hep
800 Miles
LIGHTNING DDEs
DAMAGE NEAR
GDDH_D_GE~HDNE
Bolt Puts Telegraph
Apparatus 0 u t of
Commission in Gen.
eral Store
PLYMOUTH, Vt.. Aug. 21.—Light-
ning struck about. the President's
home here during the severe storm
late yesterday afternoon and night.
one bolt putting out of commission
the telegraph apparatus in the tem-
porary business office in the general
store. The store is situated about
fifty yards from Where the President
and his family are staying in the
home of his father. John Coolidge.
Electrical workers were kept busy
several hours repairing the damage
but no material injury was done by
the Polt.
President Coolidge and his family
apparently were not disturbed. No
wires go into the Coolidge home. and
the real effect of the bolt was not
felt there.
Kept in doors most of yesterday
by one of the most severe ruins of
the summer, President Coolidge was
prepared today to get some exercise
in the hay field.
The President is turning his (£—
HURT AS AUTO
DYERTURNS
Commoner C u t 3. Rd
Bruised But Is Able
. To Deliver Lecture in
'Ohio
TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 21.—
Willlam Jennings Bryan was injured
last evening when an automobile in
which he was speeding from Tuscola
to Mattoon, Ill.. turned over on the
highway.
lirIr. Bryan was cut and bruised
about the head and face but was
able to give it schedule lecture upon
arrival at Mattoon.
News of the accident was with—
held last night at Mr. Bryan‘s re-
quest for the reason that he did not
want Mrs. Bryan. who is ill at her
’ home in Florida. to know of the in—
jury.
BANDITS STEAL
$60,000 IN SILK
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.——Slx armed
men held up.a. silk truck in Madison
Square today and, after kidnapping
a. chuaffeur and his helper. made off
with the truck and its cargo of silk
estimated to have a. value of $50,000.
Scores of persons witnessed. the
holdup. which occurred in one of
the busiest sections of New York.
After being driven a few blocks
from the scene of the robbery. th:
ff ur and his be per' wer
::::w: from the sedan into which
th had been forced
“Silvers. Within a. few minutes
after the robbery half ov'dozon wit-
nesses had notified police headquar-
ters and general alsrxnwss “nit! 0;:
Two optho robbers escaped a :h
truck/and four sped away in . 3
least: in which the truck driver an
his helper-had been kidnapped;
(-
TRUCK WITII - ‘
at the paint of '
i
NEw SENSATION
IN FRANKS’ CASE;
2 BOYS GAHGHT
Lads, 11 and 19, De-
mand $8,000 and
Threaten Daughter
And Mrs. Franks
DECOY MoNEY
Youngsters Arrested
Looking for Bills in
Rubbish BOX , _Ac-
cording to Plan
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Two broth-
ers, one eleven years old, the other
19, have confessed, according to the
police, that. they wrote a. letter to
Jacob Franks. father of the mur-
dered Robert Franks, demanding
$8,000 and threatening the death of
Mr. Frank's wife and daughter if the
money was not paid.
Earl Smith. 11, was arrested yes-
terday as he searched through a.
rubbish box for two decoy papers.
left there in place of money ac—
cording to instructions in the extor-
tiQn letter. He implicated his older
brother. Folding. who admitted, dc—
tectives said. assisting Earl. The let-
ter instructed Mr..Eranks to place
the money in $2 and $5 hills in bak-
ing powder cans and throw them
from an elevated train into the rub-
bish box.
The boys said thcy had read of
the case of Nathan Leopold and
Richard Locb. university graduates.
and decided with their grammar
school education they could improvc
on the formers‘ plan. officers said.
The arrests were the second time
cxtortio lsts attempting to gl‘l
money rom Mr. Franks have been
seized through decoy packages.
Three other boys were apprehendml
two months age under virtually
similar circumstances.
TRAIN HITS '
TRUCK; F OUR
MAY BE DEAD
CRANFORD. N. J.. Aug. 21.—
Pour persons were bclivvcd to have
been killed and one injured whon n
Philadelphia and Reading locnl
passenger train hit a motor truck
here today. Two passenger coaches
were turned over. The. engine was
derailed. The truck driver and the
firemen were killed. The engineer
suffered a. broken leg.
First reports were that between
twenty and thirty passengers of the
two couches which turned over hall
been taken to hospitals in Plainficld
and Elizabeth.
BOENISCII IS
REPORTED TO
4 BE BETTER
The condition of Motorcycle Pa-
trolman Jules H. Bocnisch of 15
Clay strcét. was reported as improv-
ed this morning at the Norwalk hos-
pital. Mr. Boenlsch under-went
an operation for appendicitis.
Dr. \Villiam J. Tracey, attending
physician, declared Mr. Boenisch's
condition was gooduzs could be ex-
pected. He said several days would
elapse before the patrolman would
be entirely out of danger.
SHEEHAN TD g
GET HEARING
* SATURDAY
Donald Shochan. accused of tak-
ing an automobile without permis-
sion.‘ will be given a hearing invthe
uptown city court Saturday morn-
mg. local authorities announced to-
day. The hearing was postponed to
that date because of the absence of
court o'filclals from the city.
NORWALKS— FIRST PAPER FIFTY YEARS AGo AN]; NORWALK’S FIRST PAPER TODAY '
-clus matter at the post office or.
nn.. under the Act of More): I, 1879.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. TI—UJRSDAY, AUGUST 21,1924.
b-
John C. Coolilgc, father of the
By JOHN T. LE‘VING. JR. .
PLYMOUTH, N. H, Aug, :31 Cal-
vin Coolidge is the president of the
United States. but in Plymouth. .\'.
11”.. there is tendency among lht.‘ nu-
tive folk to think of him Eimply as
John Coolidge‘s boy.
I know that the president. who?
no doubt is aware of [llISAtUlld’JIlLfiU
does not look upon it. album
pulrmcnt of the presidential
nity.
'l‘ilc homcfolk know all atvouti
Colonel John and his stern. slant-i
lust qualities and traits. but his son!
Calvin is to them a. less distinct3
character. He has been away inn—l
yet-mg. and in ‘polltiCs.
im-1
dig—I
SO. linen be;
comes home he is Elfist’John Cool-’1
idgrs‘s boy.
Colonel John C. Coolidge is a;
larger. older edition 01‘ the pr dent!
At 70 he is strong and health. , and;
has more color in his face than hisi
distinguished son. Also he is slightlyf
taller. ’
Father Sterner Appearing
The president is famed :Is a
.‘7l.ll:’
1 KILLED
'M’COY’S SISTER
GIVES IEwELs
TD THE EDIIGE
Says Pugilist Handed
Them to Her After
Mrs. Mors’ Death—
Deny Dancer’s Story
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 21.—
Two hard blows have been dealt on
the structure of defense built for
Kid McCoy, ex—pugllist. indicted yes—
terday for the murder here August
12 of Mrs. Theresa'VV. Mars, with
who he was living.
McCoy's sister, Mrs. Jennie Thom-
as, delivered one of them. The po-
lice werc responsible for the others.
Mrs. Thomas turned over to in-
vestigators $5,000 worth of’jcwels
which she said McCoy gave to be:
after the death of Mrs. Mars, and
which Albert A. Mors, divorced
husband of the dead woman. de-
clared were stolen from her body.
Police investigators announced
that they had torn’to shreds the
story of Dagmar Dablgren. dancer
and eighth (divorced) wife of the
ex-flghter. who earlier in the day
volunteered a. statement that tended
to absolve her former husband of
Mrs. Mor's death. -, ‘
The dancer said that. spying on
L'l) here let '
0M.mi.mlg lg
(Continued on PageFour)‘
president of the lulled States.
of few words. His stern. calm.
mein creates the impression that he
is devoid of humor which. I can as-
sure you. he is not. His father is
men sterner looking than the pres-
idcnt. but folks here describe him as
friendly. cven jovial. and full of the
"milk of human kindness."
“When he was in Washington the
newspaper men tried to get him to
talk for an interview. but be con-
inod his remarks to "yes" and “no."
lie made it clear that; he would pru-
fer to be considered father of Cal-
vin Coolidge. than father of'tbo
president of the United States.
. easier so
web-o to‘
the president's_fs.thcr assert he does
great deal of clear. clean New
England thinking. but it is s. mm-
I-ult task to get him to say much.
He was on the stuff of one of tho
governors of his state and has held
other public ofllces. He was made
comm‘ssioncr about 20 years ago.
‘ (Continued on Page Five.)
TWO AIRMEN .DROP
1000 F T.‘ INTO RIVER;
OUTRTGHT
NE\\'i"ORT NIflVS. \‘a.. Aug. 21.
.__ Stopcn Bromlcy. jr.. aeronauti-
l‘llI engineer who was killed when an
airplane dropped about 1.000 feet
into the Back River lust niglit'was
a graduate oi the Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology. He was mur-
miod only two months ago and Mrs.
lJromlcy was to join him soon.
Smith J. Dci‘rance. American air
major in the reserve service and
general- aeronautical engineer with
the advisory committee. received
Probably fatal injuries in the plunge
which took place over Langley field.
The nose of the plane was driven
into the mud and water with Mu-
J'm- Dei'rancc. and llromley pinned
into their seats. Parts of the ma.-
chine had to be sawed away before
they could he removed.
liromlcy's neck had been broken
and he was dead when taken from
the plane. Major Defrance, how'-
r-ver, retained consciousness, how-
ever and was found hilding Bromo
ley‘s head above the water, so that
he might not drown if he had life.
lie. directed the stretcher bearers
who took care of him. and was
taken’ to the temporary hospital at
Langley field. His injuries were so
serious. however. that he was rush-
ed to the hospifiil at Fort Monroe
ivhere he was‘placed on the operat-
mg table by thearmy surgeons.
Little hope was held out for the
recovery of the officer. His jaw
was broken. his teeth knocked, out.
his skull crushed in at the side and
he had othe injuries about the
body.. ._ '
Bromley was 23 years old. He had
never made a flight until the one
which killed him. His home was in
Youngstown. Ohio.
OPEN BITCHES
Another complaint gsbout open
ditches in Parkrstreet‘ left without
a. warning red light ms made to th
uptown police last night. ' , , .
FOURTEEN PAGES
That three others in addition to
the three already arrested. may -be
implicated in the passing of counter-
feit ten dollar bills here was indi-
cated today by a. report made to the
authorities by Samuel Rose. propri-
etor of a grocery and fruttgstore at
88 \Vall street.
This new clue is being run down
by the local police. In addition, one
other counterfeit bill which was
passed here came to light today
when the Frances H. Leggett & Co..
grain elevator. Cross street. made a
report to the uptown police. This
company reported discovering a
counterfeit among the collections
made by its agents. Representatives
of the company were unable to tell
the police from whom they had ob-
tained the counterfeit.
The Rose episode took place Tucs-
day. At the time. Mr. Rose. him-
self, was not in the store: his wife
was taking care of the place. Three
fine looking young men appeared in
the store and asked, Mrs. Rose if she
desired {OJub‘scrlbe to a Catholic
magazine. 3 Receiving o negative
answer, one of the man asked Mrs.
Rose if she would change I. ten dot.
in bill- ‘ ' '
Remembering that her husband
had warned her against accepting
ten dollar bills, Mrs. Rose refused.
saying she did not have enough
change in the store.
In the meantime, the men sat
down and ordered soft drinks. These
they endeavored to pay for with the
some ten dollar bill which was
again refused. One of the trio then
paid for the drinks,
Leaving the store, the trio went
into the next door to the Joseph
Mecket Flower shop.‘ Approaching
Mrs. Elizabeth Mahoney. clerk, they
ASKS $5.000 FOR
INJURIES IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Ray Griebel of _Nor-
walk Sues Irving R.
Wilmot -— Hit Near
Norwalk Library
Claiming permanent injuries, Ray
Griebel. of Norwalk. brought an ac-
tion today for $5,000 damages
against Irving R. \Vllmot. of .the
Crofut 8.: Knapp Hat company. The
accident took place last. April near
the Norwalk Library when the plain-
tiff, it is alleged. WAT strick by an
automobile owned by the defendant.
Damages of $375,for services ren-
dered are ,claimed by Pasquale Fal-
low, of Nor‘waik against Michael D.
Vatiante. of Westport. Real estate
owned by the defendant has been at-
tached. _
A foreclosure action on s. mort-
gage was brought .by Leonard H.
Gault against against Catherine
Meyer, et als. The property in the.
action is located in Fairfield.
J. W. Baxter. of Norwalk. is made
the defendant in a damage action
for 8450 ,started by the Mormon
Automobile Company of New York
city. Light. Dunbar. and Quinlan
are representing the plaintiffs in all
of these cases. _
LEFT GOES BACK 10 Jill". ‘
High Sheriff Posse of. Fairfleld
‘County came to this city yesterday
afternoon nod took Alfred Lent who
was picked up by the Jocol police
after, he hsd escaped from Bridge-
port jut back to serve out his- time.
POLICEAFT ER THREE
MORE FOR TRYING '.
TO PASS FAKE BILLS
asked her if she was‘Catholic and if
she desired to subscribe to a Cath-
olic magazine. Mrs. Mahoney. like
Mrs. Rose. refused to subscribe to
the magazine. Before leaving the
place. one of the trio asked her if
she would change a. ten dollar bill.
As in the first store. the trio met re-
fusal for a. second time.
‘ Both Mrs. Bose and Mrs. Mahoney
declared the three men were well
dressed. Each wore a K. of C. but-
ton.
One of the things which made
Mrs. Mahoney suspicious of the men
is that they did not have the su-
thorization of Rev. Thomas J. Finn.
pastor of-St. Mary's church. to se-
curc subscriptions to the magazine
they were selling.
\Nhile Rev. Father Finn was not
at home this morning. it was said
that he had not granted any one au-
thority to secure magazine subscrip
tions here. \Vhen such permission
is given, it is announced at Sunday
services. she said.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 21.——Gilardi
Barrello. 35. his wife. Lucy. and
their nephew, Gemuro Clemente. 26.
all bf Norwnlk, pleaded not guilty to
charges of possessing (rand passing
counterfeit no federal reserve bank
notes here yesterday. when arraign-
ed before United States Commission-
er Hugh J. Lavcry. Bonds of $10,-
000 forrBarrello and 85.000 each for
the others were fixed. Deputy Unit-
ed States Marshall Parks took Bar-
rcllo Ind Clemente to the Fairiieid
county jail m'dclault of the bonds.
but did not detain Mrs. Barrcllo, who
is the mother of six children. Mrs.
Barrello's releRSe was ordered by
Commissioner Lavery, under bonds
unfurnished. .
STORM DDEs
LllllE DAHAGE
IN NORWALK
Conn. L & P. Service
Out in Rowayton a
Short Time-—- Switch
Box Shattered
Norwalk was visited by a. terrific
thunder shower about midnight last
night. The storm, however, did but
little damage except in isolated in-
stances.
Superintendent E. F. Putnam. of
the Connecticut Light slid Power
company reported that the service
was out; of commission for a. short
time in Rowayton and in New
Canaan. Repair gangs have been
working since the storm and will
have the lines in order before night.
The only damage caused by light-
ning happened at the Romyton Fur
company plant in Rowayton. The
lightning shattered a. switch box
which had to be replaced this morn-
ing before power could be suppfied
to the plant.
In Ponus Ridge off New Conan.
the storm did most. damage tearing
down: many wires and burning out
transformers.
The Connecticut company reported
that the storm temporarily put; out
or commission the automatic signals
between . RotOn Point and Darien.
About. twenty telephones. according
to the Southern New England Tel?»
phone. company. were also put out of
order.~ -
BINGHAMTON: N. Y.. Aug. 21.-
Residents of Conklin Center and
(Continued on Page Five.)
Fair tonight
’;change in temperature.
The ‘Weath
V and Friday; 74
High Tide 4:56 A. M., 6210 Pat.
PRICE THRE’E CENTS. '“
Head of Norwalk‘fk
League 0 f Womsn' ,_,.
Voters Sends Resigé
nation to Roraback‘ '3 :
As Committeeman; '2"; _
FLAYS DAWES‘ '
Also Denounces Binge
ham But Says She Is ,
Stlll Republican and .
W111 SHPDOI't Schu‘yéf.
ler Merritt "
lurs. Helena. Hill Weed, or Wilsoim'
Poznt. one of the founders of tho
National Woman’s Party and N. ’
den: of the Nor-walk Branch of tho ”
Ifairfield County League of Women;
Voters yesterday forwarded b 1.:
Henry Roraback, chalrmnn‘of.tlioi
Republican State Central Committee:
of Connecticut her resignation as A:
member of the Central State com-Z
mittec from the 26th Senatorial dis-"7
trict. ' I
Mrs. “’ecd. this morning. all-z
nounced that her decision to resign:
as a. member of the Central commits:
tee was reached after reading Gen--
oral Dawes' notification speech. 3
While she also stated that she Md?
prepared no formal statement ”to;
tin forth her reuse, as for wishing tot“
wi draw from the State Ronni”
committee she declared that Ibo .
could not give support to Coolidco“
and Dawes or to Hirani Binghnm. 7
picked by Mr. Roraback as candl-
date governor of Connecticut. [I .
she believed that the electing to of!
fice of these three would crampjbo'
principles of the Republican party, .
Mrs. Weed also announced'her 1n-
tention of supporting La. Follette and
said that she was going right into
the campaign‘gnd would take flit
stump for him.
“I am not leaving the Republican
party." she said. "I still believe In
the fundamental principles of the
Republican party. Howrver. I be-
long to the liberal wing and as Inch
will support Lar‘oilette. I shall vo‘c
for Schuyler Merritt and for the
local Republican ticket but for tlio
national one. no. 7
“Mr. Binghum is in open opposi-
tion to all of the liberal plans in the
Republican platform. Coolidge‘to
all who know him is the weakest
president to occupy the chair. .1“
, is totally powerless and is simply the
instrument which the great interest ,
use to attain their own end.
"I am directly opposed to Dawes.
and everything he. stands for. In
fact I am strongly against the policy
and control which stand behind both
him and Coolidge and which he- —
them under absolute control. ‘
"Personally President Coolidge II
a. fine man but politically he is weak.-
“Another reason why ,I am resign-
ing membership in the Central com.
mittee." Mrs. chd continued “is be-
cause as far as I am concerned moi!-
bership in the committee is a Meet
farce. and its only effect is to .
one's independent thought and ”o.
tion. . .
"Since the time I was elected last
March I have never received pang f
ficntion from the chairman to It: In
at a session at which impormgdo-
cisions were made regarding thaw
publican policy. possible candid.”
for office and party work.. . 1 . ‘
“I am unwilling to be held in any
way responsible for the 'polteta~ M
doings of such a. State committee.
"I am supporting Mr. Ll.
because his platform will -_ _’
pontical and economic freedom. ~ .
will do away with the controlmf at
government and the ruling of,”
lea by monopolies." . 3‘
Hrrs GAS TANK“% f
A: automobile truck 0%
the Chickadee Manufacturing
pany and operated by ,
\Vright, of Chickadee Foils." ‘
sideswiped the gasoline tank in
of Lockwood's hail. Wall M
night. Wright agreed to par
the damage done to the tank,
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