Entered .-
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"mk- Conn. soda can so: of
mm "
I. 1.1..
Nonwnxs FIRST PAPER my YEARS AGO AND NonWALx's m,jrmaronm
day, probably sham ,
filth Tide 1:” A. 3.. 1:11 2.:
Nearly
T‘-
i:
- shortly after
rnlrg in the
wry store at
E LleflEIO es-
~~'. nearly cost
4 store
- stnrti‘d from
'7: the callus;
-.-.".:u‘h is in
- 111 which
reside.
up the
"lam: seemed
Z?rr:z and her
York city and
': the house.
when he be-
smoke and
Eliza; must be
to dress
4".er and tried
1100: of the
which had
lltl’l from the
by this
Tilly
nymi
...a
-'<-‘Jl’rl€‘,
. xl'r- rear door
his escape by
door. He ran
out into
turned in an
.lr‘n'.
..rr1vod on the
.‘ $3 of flames
.‘-.5 cxtinquish-
Suited the
-:..r:mcnts of
. ~ vi out of tho
: .71" of trousers
:t'mel reported
. 7.;th containing
pocket of his
. . 2: pocket dur-
C. -; 5 had not been
'."lli“‘, through-
about the
. but no trace
'vx'cred by in-
--:a-nr:y of Tay-
‘IWDSEES
CAL? MSTURE
Minnow
1 turned out to
. arts of the Red
'1', at Calf Pas-
.lftornoon. Do~
‘hvr the events
2'“:th and on-
n: The win-
- seniors—Sod-
second. time 1
. < mnds.
"Res-h Gustafson.
. 37 points.
awn. 25 points:
12. Fay. 22
.. Soderstrom.
Smith third.
"um. “’iliam Gus-
“Thanks. second.
:1; 3 seconds.
swim. Soder-
. second; time
a _
junior swim:
1‘11. second. time
- conds.
. swim;
. ., time
Brandt.
31 min-
ifis and Le Boy I).
-':d:es. Roger Mc-
~'.- and George In-
BURGLAR WORKS
WHILE 16 SLEEP;
”cllsovmm
' :pcmting in this sec-
plcnty of nerve.
7 123 Lexington ave-
‘hc police yestetd‘y
cmic one entered h“
early Sunday morn-
‘ about $200. while 16
15‘.va in the house.
" I to the police thlt
Yesterday morninx
pair of trousers out
I
s
7
money had been taken
2—3:: of all of them-
“111 “ nrkers to
V l ‘lSCllSS Wage Cut
ESTER, N. Y.. says. 13.—
' - representing tho-1W
‘ ’mnaoyed in thansnb 0‘
‘ Manufacturing 00-!-
: Agent Parkcrlu‘l'
'. 1 tomorrow to disal- 3
- winctlon of wagosand cut-
_ ' ’ :‘ne working MID.
f vrmrxagement called tho 0’3.
' ’ 737a ground that room
«in. ;~. Rhoda Island mills his!
r»
among the own ‘-
is ' 1‘2 Der cent. and an
“3 “mm: Week would b."
,Norwalk Fire Does
10,000 Damage and
Costs 21 Life
"8:" .‘ifll‘t‘ and Home in 'Winfield‘
iéillivfi During Early 8118812
my {games Flames But Loses l '
.t ,\;:>\“:' l’OCket—Wife and Famiym From
no: one pair in the kitche '
~ ‘tssary similar action has. "
Morning- —. Louis
KLANSTAGFS-
MEETING ON
LONi_i_RiDGE RD.
Autoists' Report Being
StODPed — Mayor of
Stamford Investigat-
gl’g‘ Possible Illegall-
STAMFORD. Sept. 15.--
One of the largest Ku Klux Klan
gatherings that has ever been held
in the state took place Saturday
night on the Packer property on
Webb's Hill on the north side of the
Long Ridge Road. Four hundred
automobiles from New York. Penn-
sylvania. New Janey and this State.
filled the large field where the lion-
klave was held and blocked traffic
for more than a mile on the Long
Ridge Road for more than five
hours. It was estimated that more
than 2.000 Klansmen were at the
meeting. which terminated in the
burning of a huge fiery cross which
illuminated the skies for a distance
of twenty miles.
Public Way Barred
A former member of the Stam-
ford Fire Department. attired in
the flowing robes of the hooded or-
ganisation. acted as a guard at the
meeting. stopping all automobiles
and asking them the password of
the Klan. If they were unable to
establish their identity as a mem-
ber of the organization they were
forced to turn their automobiles
around and take another road to
their destination.
ESCAPMGAE
onwomu. Y.
Strange Tragedyin
Fashionable . Apart-
ment -— Doctor Un-
conscious, Wife Dead
NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—-1-‘amcs of
coal gas escaping from a furnace in
the basement claimed two human
lives and overcame another person
within a few hours in a fashionable
apartment housu hero. according to
a report made by Chief Medical Ex.
aminer Dr. Charles Norris to the po-
lice.
The body of Dr. George W. Part-
ridge. 45. a well-known surgeon, was
found fully drwed on a couch in
his office yesterday by Dr. Norris
and a group of police officials. He
had been dead for about 12 hours.
They had forced their way into his
bachelor apartment on the first
floor during an inspection of the
building in search of a clue to clear
up the mystery of the death on Sat:
urday evening of Hrs. James L.
Joughin. whose body was found in
an apartment directly above that of.
Dr. Patti-1m: At the side of Mrs.
a the time
335%., tdigtinguishcd neurogist.
The latter is in a hospital in a com-
didon.
atose can reveal“ .1
ut
gasAnpoiso‘ ninmgand this ”(its an in-
spection of, the apartment house.
eat 21].! no illu—
“mm the_ m the inves—
nmlnltions.
however. '
“the bath-
Adosd catwutflld
room of the 10'3““ ant M
was her know
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 192;.
r.
'
PRINCE T0 60
TO HIS RANCH
NEXT T_H_URSDAY
May Not Wait for Con-
cluding Game of P010
Series—Intruder
Halted
SYOSSETS. N. Y. Sept. 15.—Aft-
er a round of golf yesterday and
having been saved from annoyance
last night by an intruder who climb-
ed the fence of the James A. Burden
estate, the Prince of Wales today
was prepared to quietly enjoy him~
self during the concluding days of
his visit to the United States. Here-
after his programme of activities
probably will be less formal than
during the first period of his visit.
which was filled with dinner and
dance engagements which had been
arranged in advanca of his arrival in
the United States.
The Prince was away from the
Burden home. were he is living
whllowln ”country. when a ma.
entered tho gate lsstnlgbt and an-
nouncerLthat he wanted to see the‘
Royal visitor” on 'penonal busi-
ness." State troopers stopped the
man and. after searching him for
weapons. escorted, him from the
grounds. 'The intruder. who said he
formerly was a ,Canadian soldier.
made no resistance when he was led
away.
An hour later trooper on guard in
the rear of the Burden home. saw a
figure moving among the gloom in
the trees and bushes. When the
trooper ran to the scene he found
the man to be the same who had
earlier entered by the gate. He had
climbed the fence at a distance
from the front gate and bad start-
ed for the house again. Finally the
state tropers put him on a train for
New York. They Yrcre convinced he
was shell shocked.
(Continued on Page Two.)
GIRL SCOUTS
ARE 10.1w];
.» _ amen
Permanent Position to
Be Offered to Mary
Dale Owen — Christ-
mas Dance
'At the regular quarterly meeting
of the Nor-walk Council of Girl
Scouts heldat the Royal James Inn
my morning it-was decided to
nears 'tho services of a permanent
director for the local council._ Thu
position will be offered to Miss Mary
Dale Owen.
In»order to meet the expense of
mm a director. it was voted, to
hold a dance during the, Christmas
m It was also decided to'hsvc
’m h,- on
WIN“. so; the anom-
‘. '13: the proposed at VII-Hr
inc-oh also purchased
”.mj ' a ,
each member of the council raise
' ' ,nisjsarstohavcsomoofthc
unis» -, i
when them an. in Solllam
which bonehundrcd
At top: The Winthrop home at Iicnox. Mas Below: Mrs. Esnily “'lnth
Morse; the home of Corey Miles. and Mrs. Kate Winthrop Morse.
Heiresses Happy as Wives "f Workmw
"'(l‘.‘
LENOX. Mass.. Sept. 15.——Happy?
Of course they are. Now that it is
assured that their father. Glenx‘ille
Llndall Winthrop. retlréd “y'all St.
banker. will forgive them as best he
can for cloping‘ with servants, Mrs.
Emily “'inthrop Miles and Mrs. Kate
Winthrop Morse. are declaring them-
selves the happiest bride: in the
world.
Father “'lnthrop is said to realize
now that he is largely to blame for
the unhappiness the romantic run-
away marriages of his daughters are
giving him.
He was so*ena.mored of his clever,
beautiful daughters." that he kept
them almost exclusively to himself.
refusing them permission to be en-
tertained by suitors.
The result of all this watchfuln~ss
was that Miss Kate Winthrop. "5.
room: the house ofWarwin
FLIERS ARE on
UN 23ml;
Clllflilo HOP
Left McCook Field This
Morning— P l a n e s
Overhauled, Men .in
Good Shape
became the bride of Darwin Spurr
Morse. 21. who was discharged when
Mr. “’inthrop discovered him mak~
ing love to her over the chickcn
coop: and the other daughter, Emily,
31. was married to Corey L Miles.
33-year-old widower. who for years
had driven Winthrop's many auto-
mobiles.
Kept 'Thom Secluded
80 failed his attempt to keep his
daughters exclusively to himself and
to have them as his sole compan-
ions. the reason why he turned Gro-
ton Place into a huge girls’ lamp or
(Continuedmn .24.:- Mi
Toreadors B
Norwalk kiddies will have a. mu-
nicipal Christmas tree and the Play-
grounds Fund will get a financial
boost as a. result of the baseball
game. played Sam ay afternoon be-
tween the Toreado and the Kiwanis
Clubs. As in every other charitable
cause, Norwalk whole heartedly en-
tered into the spirit of the cause and
it is estimated that the sum of $500
will be netted from the affair to be
divided betwen the two funds. the
Kiwanis share going to the Christ-
mas tree and the Toreadore share to
the playgrounds. About 700 fans
attended the game.
It was some game. The Toreadorcs
routed the Kiwanis Bulls by a score
of 6 to 3. It was the second time
the Kiwanis fell before the Toredors.
But both teams played good ball
and the fans had the best after-
noon's sport 1: many long days.
The big Toreadorc Lawrence Paul
did the twirling for his club and was
very effective while "Doc" Moore did
excellent work in the box for the
Kiwanis club. _Tho only diniculty
“Doc" found himself up against was
that his men failed to come across
with the necessary hits when hits
meant runs.
'After both teams had their field-
ing and batting practise. the Torea-
dare” club 'with the one-man band
leading thorn_ sad Trainer John
Cuneo- with a young Mexican Torea-
dore and Captain Mike Abraham
leading a young bull furnhhod by
Paul Connery. marched up to the
home plate. The young ball was 93‘
ccedlnglya unwillini g 10 he led-and
Trainer John and Cappxikc hula”
push {he’bull and cm carry‘hi‘u'a
After the bull m m 2.. “so:
defiance like the Wed cow did
(Continued on 'Psgs Two.)
recently. when- it dished madly
(By Assad-‘61! Press.)
g DAYTON. Ohio. Sept. 15.—The
larmy world filers took off from Mc—
lCook field hers at 10 A. M. for Chi-
lcago. where they will remain over
ltonight. proceeding tomorrow to
EOmaln on their transcontinental
éfllght. which will end in Seattle.
'3 The aviators had perfect weather
conditions here for their 189 mile
:hop to Chicago. which they'
itomakemalittloovcrthrcc ours.
The plug were thoroughly over-
hauled and re-‘cbnditioned during
the week and stay here. and the
[three pilots} and their mocha-Melons
were in top spirits after this!”
.day rest but. ,
eat KiWanis’;
Crow—d Attends the Ganie
Old Straw Hats Must
Be Discarded Today
Watch your step! To-day is the
last day for straw hats. It is the
day when all of the faithful and
weather beaten “straws" Will be
relegated to the rack in the gar-
ret. while the garbage can looms
in sight for many.
Powder. blue soft hats will
mount the throne of popularity,
according sci-leading hnberdnh-
ery dealers. Many are being worn
today and‘an unprecedented de-
mand for them is anticipated by
the-dealers. ,
Owing to the backward sum-
mer, the season on “straws" was
far from‘boing nthfactory to
dealers. As a result of 18110 stocks
and slow sales prices took big
slumps. At no time durinc the late
summer was there any difficulty
in buying hats from- so cents so
81 and_up. Someof the crafty
took advantage of the situation
Ind purchased a supply. planted
them away in trunks. for use next
season.
1
Woman Steps Into
DeepHole Alighting
From Trolley—
vBreaksAnkle
AUTO HITS POLE
Confused B‘y Trafl‘ic,
Run Down—Another
Said to Have Been
Drinking, Hit
Five persons were injured. four
in automobile accidents. in Norwalk
over the week end.
Mrs. W. E. Rawlina, of 196 Lin-
coln avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y.. step-
ped of! a north-bound trolley car on
upper Kain street about 8 o‘clock
Saturday night. She stepped into a
deep hole in the pavement, turning
her right ankle and breaking the
bone just above the ankle. She was
attended by Dr. William J. Trdccy.
Hrs. W. B. Bawlins was visiting
her son, G. C. Rawllns. of 353 Main
street. The police notified the State
mghwsy department.
Joseph Juslon. of 215 Halli!
street. Bridgeport is in the Norwaik
hospital with a broken nose and
his wife. Ross. is in the same insti-
tution with a scalp wound and abra-
sions of the body. Juslon. about
2:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
was driving his automobile toward
Norwalk on the Boston Post road.
Just outside of the cty limits. he lost
control of the machine which
crashed into a telegraph pole.
The two injured persons were tak~
on to the hospital in a passnlg auto-
mobile. They were attended by Dr.
William W. Tracey. Both. it is ex-
pected. will be discharged from the
hospital late today:
Suffering from a deep scalp lac—
eration. August Goblcdinger. of Ce-
dar street. is in the Nos-walk hospi-
tal. Gobledlnger was crossing Con-
nectlcut avenue about 10 o'clock
last night. He became confused by
(Continued on Page Two.)
uvomzs
TO DISCUSS
What Parties Have
fledged—Meeting Is
Non-Partisan
The Norwslk League of Women
Voters will hold its first Fall meet--~
ing Thunday. at the Royal James?
The meeting will be . devoted to a
study and‘ lcsussion of the three nag
tional platforms. The names of the
speakers of the occasion will be an-
nounced early this week. The talks
will be limited to thirty minutes and
will be of a purely informative na-
ture. There wifl‘be no debate be-
tween speakers.
At its 1914 convention held in
Buffalo the League adopted as its
immediate object of work plans to
study in detail all party platforms.
According to this policy being car-
ried out in all the State Leagues the
local league will begin next Thurs.
day with the meeting at which. the
three speakers will outline the party
policy and pledges and answer all
questions.
The public is cordially invited to
attend at 2:30. Hrs. George Thorns
Hill. Jr" first vice president of the
Leaguesrlll preside.
———_—_—-‘
wm'nowsnnowx OUT.
« Frank Libs.- of 2 Benton street.
reported to the police yesterday. thit
six windows in his hm wet-s
knockcdootasaxmltof the ure-
1
‘
mummoftheaflsirand
theyagroed to settle for the dam-
Geo. O’Brien
SAYS
mum
Wood Street Man Can’t
Explain Attempt at
His Life in Hallway
Of His Home
Vincenseo Caputo. of 5 Wood
street. reported that a man residing
at the same address had fired three
shots at him Sunday morning in the
hallway of his home.
He stated that he was leaving his
home to go on a fishing trip and as
he came“ down the stairs he met his
friend and spoke to him. He stated
that the man ‘withbut a word of
warning fired three shots at him
but failed to hit him:
Patrolman John Reynolds investi-
gated the matter and stated that
three bullets had lodged in the side
of the building. Chief of Police
William R.’ Pennington refused to
give out the name of the man who
did the shooting stating it might
interfere with the police in arresting
the man.
0111mm LEAD
illELEAGUEOF
minim
Huger Retreat at
KcySer ‘f ‘
Edward J. Quinlan of Nora-all:
was elected president of the Retreat-
ants League of the Hartford diocue.
which was organised at the closing
session of the retreat for laymen at
Manrcsa.Keyser Island. this morn-
ing. Richard S. Baggs of Bridge-
port was chosen secretary and Tim-
othy Laughlin of Greenwich. treas-
urcr.
The following were also appointed
on the membership committee: Jos-
eph J. Amrich of Bridgeport: John
H. Cassidy of Watertown. William
Doran of Riverside, William A. Flan-
agan of New Haven. Francis J. Kano
of Waterbury. Joseph L. Kochess of
Bridgeport, Leslie McGraw of
Bridgeport. S. A. Berlanger of Wat-
erbury, Thomas M. Connor of Nor-
wich. Christopher Finnlgan of
Bridgeport. Hugh F. Gallegher of
Waterbury. M. H. Kelley of New
Milford, Patrick Mockler of East
Not-walk. Joseph J. Nagy of Strat-
ofrd. J. A. Reynes of Sound Beach.
William P. Ward of South Not-walk,
and William A. Redden. N. A. Rose-
wald‘ Eugene Supple and Sr. A.
Sekerak of Bridgeport.
The retreat was conducted by Rev.
M. E. Fitzgerald, S. J. of Holy Cross
College. .
Re treats are conducted by the
Jesuits at variousplsces throughout
the country and the retreat at. Man-
resamarked what lsoxpccted to be—
come a big mmment mung the
Catholic lalty or Connecticut. .
The newly organised society will
hold its next mthon the first Friv
day after labor day of next roar.
rammaman
mus-Wu of :8” Karen
_.H «the .0 III! I ‘ a" In on the
m
rm. by m Pouc- Soc-gust.
Jada-won tbs-chars- ofxscklisss
Windmill-much. failed“
~ For Hitting ..
Wallops Wife on Nose, Saint
Had Hit Himfor Years—Is Fin - 9‘
Kolligan Says He’d Rather Go to Jail ,
Support His Helpmate—He May
.- i .
Both Jud!!! Yum.“ :
Candee were busy today
trials and tribulations as“
married life. In both 1”
husk-ads 'werc accused as?
their viva. . ,
"My wife has been‘hittlng as
many years. I made up my? .
thatifshe hltmcsgain.19ll ’
to wallo‘p her like I would a
.When she threw a tea cup.
and it audit mc'back of tho“ ‘
der and then hit me on ther “it
deannpwentmyflstand“
her on the nose." ‘ “1" ‘
This is what George OCR-ha. .
Commerce street. who is %
in the Meeker foundry. to“; ,7 .-
Vosburgh in the First mm
court when he was W, ‘
ed with drunkeanna use or ,
language to his wife and
Mot-once Elling. and with “
upon his wife. '
An Angel Outside Bus. arr,
But Judge Yosburgh didn’t. W}
O'Brien's story shriously . afar fl.
had heard the testimony of tho as i,
plaining witnesses. a...
"From the evidence in the «*3:
should say O'Brien was an and '
side ofhlshomcsndatyrsntflv :'
home." commented Judge V ;‘
”O'Brien. do you understand 3'."
wife does not wantfou to live 1!“
her any more ?" .....
“I do." answered the seemed. , 2.
Judge Vosburgh found ' m.
guilty on all three counts. Gum
tint count. drunkenness. he in“.
afiaooffl andcosts: anthem;
coung‘use of abusive language. ”'
and costs: and on the-assault '
ajauocntsnceofso days. Tip- "g.-
seucnce was suspended so Magi“
O'Brien my. away from his W1;
The whole troublestartcd W
day night when O’Brien. with“
said. displayed bk bad feeling. a;
ward a dog’owned by his m
He was intoxicated at the time. '3’
was said. ‘ ‘
The trouble continued until us
next day. Patrolman W
Sweeney was asked to keep an a!
on O'Brien. He went to'tho hams"
Sunday afternoon and found I“.
M to bits and scam an
over the kitchen. A broad knife I-
stickingbyltsbladeinthebor. '
The patrolman demanded a, ilf
pulsation from O‘Brien and the in
u:- said his wife had broken, a;
. — -...
(Continued on Page Two.)
natwmmfi
n ‘
~~.~
Wm. J. McHugh’ -
“South Wind” Cap-
tures Star Chair
Event
SOUTEPORT. Sept. 15.--Wsu. S.
McHugh’s South Wind won tho m
class race for the" Vice-Cow.
trophy over the Pequot Yuck?“
course outside of Southpor‘ “
Saturday afternoon. The 130.33-
by E. E. Hinkie was the winner’s!
the Vice-Commodore's prim in {is
Pequot One Design clan.
Summaries of file regatta has?!
Bonus.
Star _....
:1"
"abs-n ,
(Started at 2:45 over Cour-c
reversed, 7.5 miles). ,
South Wind owned by Wu.
McHugh of Norwalk first, ”i
at 4:40:35, elapsed time 1 lung _
minutes and 15 uconda‘pm 1‘qu ,
Scorpio owned by Mildred 3.3»
Neil. second. finished at 4:“:ng
elapsed time. 2 hours. 1 minute '
45 seconds. points 5. "
thid. flushed at 4:47:20: m-
time 3 hours 2~rnlnum and it“
ends. points 4. ‘ ,
Ishkoodah owned by -
Wharton. fourth. m at:
:35: elapsed time 2 hours. I:
and 35 seconds. points 8.
(‘18 Foot m.
(flan. at 3:50 over cit-ls,
.ngsad. 5.? miles.) ‘2 '
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