PAGES
' O SEXITIONB
15H ED 1870
EDLAsT
NNOUNCE
UFSE TIME
I to {Be Fair,
UdllLlOI'l -— Nor-
in Be Out in
“FCC
(Ti? ORDERS
.5 Hillt’re Special
on Duty"and
cm to Remain
ISL?
. r conditions will
_ for viewing the
to prediction of
‘1'}-
wlll blow it 9
business houses
until 9:30 0’-
» -- also nrranged
,rloyes to View the
- \ from the High
. Club of the Con-
iiool. the seventh
-- hool. as well as
various other
,-.:rents will go to
Mary's home in
a
1" ’Hfi
m' -- Wobins this morn;
,- “ -.'. the-re will be
Uzinn in both the
: ' ‘ v as. ‘
-‘= .«v'rnnged that. In
t - mhr-r emergency
wins turned on.
iso issued a warn~
c‘trding the pork.
No machine is '
. “1m a. perhaps
.Jance of fire by-
”Wes :u-e pnrkc
the mayor asked
:.v 'tunl-ch‘uhlsoln
may be moved
”.1? City Hall will
1 ‘ “clock while the
-, "colic :.ihx-utv will
.-‘ ._ '2! 9:30 o'clock.
plats and astrono-
: m-llpso from vuri-
. m5. while a spool.
"'islali-Ed in An—
. n'vsts who are to
v in ‘s’ll‘ltO'l. '
M AM FACES
ER CHARGE
1.. THIS STATE
Jun. 23.—-—Unlcss
i prove 81! DD.
‘ ' floor: of the Atlan-
1-l release Gerald
r robber. for one
, checkered
- lain] on charges
ally.
"civo agreed to
an: r to Connecticut
< on an .indict-
degree murder
store robbery
_ .. last October.
.- 'i “ith the killing
:1 patrolman. dur-
.~"'"r‘r~ occurred dur-
nationwide search.
:1‘ivr his escape
“neon in March,
.r- ‘.‘
2
LN
.......
. his escape Chap-
* a 25 year sentence
' "1 mail truck bold-
“. October. 192l. He
M Manta yesterday
'ure after a gun
wt: of Muncle. In-
‘5' General Dono-
'u Chapman's trans-
:0 state Jurisdic-
.~.r State's Attor-
- had assured him
.~ the man in the
’mdisputable and
:ccrn stated that
legal technicalities
rod away to bring
a: Hartford when
. : 1" March. he was
1‘31 the justice de-
- '~'T“.'.1!'lg, this could be
‘_-————.
'5 l' i F RRIVG HOUSE
51 X' ll‘. .Xilr. NT '
Sara. :3. —--The New
House statement is-
“33 as follows:
$1,348,000.000
........... 122.000.000
.......... 76, 000, 000
. m BALANCE
Clo \ J_an 23.——[‘nited
Y ' net iya'ance at close
uazllary 21 was $273.-
“WM 9 FAMOUS
”Hit; CRULLEBS.
°m Ln P best of materials
, V "’5" Alwayalor-
..e t: “axed paper bags
3 5439 Stores all over
”RWY” ~Adv
“OR LITTLE
'ICKS
‘ 5 “s that Buckeye In-
'= Eamous Hot Water
nd Standard Broader: ’
' and are now on display
" ' Store will be of luter- 1
4'
folks in this vicinity
'5'"er is second
South Normnk C
‘1
“Big Jim” Dead;
Unfit“ Started Fire
CHI . Jon. :8. —
Patrick (“Big Jim") Um
whose mother's cow is credited
with in tradition with having
kicked over the lamp that started
the Chicago fire in October. 1871.
died last night at his home. for
guests one of Chicago' I show plac-
O'Loary was renowned as a
spectacular and versatile gamb-
ler. but him was remarkable for
his philanthropies among the
poor of the stock yards district.
Associates said he would bet on
anything on either side. to any
13:31:11.)! (thee he last a $200. 000
a a certain M w
have 20 rainy days. a” quid
His widow. three sons, two
daughters and s. sister survive.
INTERESTING
TALKS HEARD
. BY KIWANIANS
Frederick L a m s o It
-Makes - A’ddress on
Anniversary and the
Harding Memorial
BARNES IN CHARGE
Pres. Quinlan Away-"-
Hartford Attorney
Tells of Bill to Check"
Fake Doctors.
Two integesting addresses featur-
ed the meeting of the Not-walk Idi-
wanis Club held yesterday at. the
Royal James Inn. It was the tenth
anniversary of all Kiwsnls clubs and
Frederick L. Lams'on. ex- -president
of the club. talked on what anniver-
sary week meant and described the
Harding international Good- will
Memorial to be erected by Kiwanis
at Vancouver, British“ Columbia. Cs-
nude. ' a
Mk did its bit. toward the or-
Wn attire heifer-ding“ memorial. Be-
fore the luncheon and meeting. s
collection was taken up and about
838 received. This will _‘be forward}
ed to. the international organization.
The second apt-alter was Attorney
Francis E. Jones. of Hartford, who
described the fight the State Chum-
ber of Commerce was making to rid
Connecticut of lumber scandal along
the line of the St. Louis diploma mill
scandal which created a sensation
some months ago, He urged the
club to support the bill introduced in
(Continued on Page Twenty.)
REV J. DORSCH
OE STAMFORD,
lSTHREATENED
Russian Pastor Gets
Blackmail Letter De-
mand-ng Money, He
Tells Police
S AMFORD. Jan. 28.—Rev. John
Dml' pastor of the Russian Ortho-
dox church. has notified postal offiv
aisle of receipt of a letter described
by hirb as “threatening.” in which
the "red hand international commit.
tee" instructed him to' enclose three
:10 bills in an envelope and mail it
to Switzerland. The iettrr was mail.
ed in Chicago. It was written in
Russia. and stated. according to the
clergyman. that if h- told thb police,
of tho.ietter he would be watched.
and his family would be harmed. He.
himself. mightbe blown up or poi-
smiles: Dcrsch come here four years
ago from Berlin. N. 1-1.1“ is said
to have had trouble with some mem-
regalion because at
bers of the cons and beluga!!! to
also any! 013'- he ”d pre-
ship. ed. objectionable let-
viously receiv
tors. ~
‘ ‘ 5E8 SUSPENDED.
belgpftzwrs' licenses of the fol-
lowing medium-an
bended by
tor Vehicles. Philip Msluchr. South
Main street; Raver Bchsupp.
iogg street;
street: William
street: Thomas Moore. no
16!. Connecticut svcn -
Drew. Elisabeth street; and Joseph
Bartram. Jr” 118 South Main street.
~Esoelieot “clinics here for dry
or wet storage :or say lockout:
tot-y during the winter months; it;
stock on William Batteries all has
ror can. (sickle! and radios always
on hand; yobs: ennui Baum st
49 Wat .Ave. Phone ass—adv.
7'
. A'
,\
-class matter at the post office at
onn.. under the Act of March a. 1879-
Place Was Entered
Twice Says Example
Should Be Made
WRITES LETTER _
Declares. the Burglars
Cannot Enrich
Themselves at His
Home—Lands Police
Herman Aaron. whose summer
home in East Rocks Road. was rob-
bed tw1ce recently. urges heavy pen-
alties for burglaries in Norwslk. Ho
declares men who enter homes
should not be allowed to get on and
Jeopard.zs the. peace of mind of
residents. He has praise for the
work of the p‘olice.
He made them. declarations in the
following lettk received today:—
Edltor. The Evening Sentinel.
Dear Sir:
Since burglars have .conferred on
me some‘local newspaper fame. I
am. contrary to habit. adopting this
public method of addressing my
fellow-citizens.
I am not coking my neighbors to
help me. but to help themselves. My
modest home contains'no valuables
i
slurs. .and no depredations of the
forcible-buy gentry can either on-
rlch_them or impoverish me. 1
think. therefore, that. loan speak
composedly from a. standpoint of
public interest. rather than private
loss.
Ono burglary after soother round
abcut us. must make us feel that
tho lawless element is taking from
us that peace and security which a
civilized community must have in
order to Justify its being. Are we
doing our duty to protect the! se-
curity? i prefer to be concrete.
Through the splendid work of
Detective Virilli and Sergeant Skelly
ot the star. Police. s. pair of ruf-
fian- and houseohreslters have
with the loot. The evidence is clear.
g (Continued .5 m. Five)
FUNDW RAISED
FOR JOSEPHINE
,lllGHLY PRAISED
Committee to Adminie'
ter It Meets—Jean
Todd, Treasurer, :Dr.
Kellogg, Chairman
With I. vote of thanks to The Eve-
ning Sentinel. for their work through
the channels of publicity. the first
meeting of the Administrative Com-
mittee of the Longobricco l-‘nnd was
held last night in the Directors‘
Room of the Norwulk Hospital.
when the money raised through the
columns of this paperjvas turned
[over and accepted.
Dr. Henry K. W. Kellogg was se-
lected as chairman. and Miss Jean
Todd of tin local Red Cross Chapter
as treasurer. The amount turned
over was 81,937.73 less 32o given to
Josephine's family. when in dire
need.
Both before and after the meeting
individual, members of theAcomn-Jt.
too were loud in their ..pprobation
of The Evening Sentinel {or lending
its columns for such worthy work.
and said that It was such movvsns
these that. were rapidly regaining
for The Evening'aentinel its rightful
place of leadership in the commun-
i .
w'i'ho meeting opened with a brief
explanation by a representative of
The Evening Sentinel“ of the work
’done thus for. after which Dr. Kel-
logg was asked to take. the chair.
The first move was the acceptance
of the Dongosrio'o fund With thanks.
Miss Todd was elected treasurer.
Following this. there was s discus-
sion as to the best- method of ex-
pohding the money raised.
Dr. Kellogg ted that it would
be got I. while before any expen-
diture or artificial limbs was neod-
“unsupectedthepstienttore-o
' main in the hospital for another six
weeks or two months.
In uncover to a question of Rev.
Charles A. Moths, Dr. Kellogg stated
thsttbersseomodco benotmmedisle
needs. and that the friends and reis-
tives of the girl were supplying her
wltbahe small comforts necessary
’ (Continued on Pager‘F‘ive.)
‘ BREED-
Regent “Tom. Thursday. Friday.
First Conn. showing. 3:15. 7:00.
mus.
.e'rve qeats—Adv. ;
HEATING AND. "41MB!“ -
bits own-um _
'k" to see the m
‘ence- A. n. '
.on str—Adv.
Mun Whose Summer 1
which would be a magnet for bur—4
min most. one MWMnd ‘
Augmented arched”. No re» ‘
um um comm
mutant; arrows! rm
wanna.
PRICE THREE-
Courts S‘urs
, Following. so erroneous published
report yesterday of the introduction
into the House of Representatives at
Hartford of s bill smalgsmsting the
City of Norwnlk. surprise was ex-
pressed by members pf th's Norwalh
Bar association and classic of the
city in general. so to bowlsnd where
the report came from. as both Rtp-
rcsentatives Freeman t . and
Harvey Kent suited that ‘ no such
bill had been introduced and no se-
tion on the matter has yet been tax.
on by the Noswallt lotion.
The report published in tin Nor-
walk Hour yesterday was that the
bill consolidating the local city court
Erroneous 1R4
had been introduced in the abuse of
To Have Balance
sppoi ted sfnd annual repdru' were
reed the annual meeting of the
Norw k Congregational church held
last. night at the church. Over one
hundred members were present. Bo-
beeboudod by it. w. - ”-
anclai statement of the building'fuud
tor the new church whbli it poorly
completed. This revert “Visuals:
a balance of 862. 996. 03 was on b’s‘nd
Jun. 15.1924. l_nte of 51. 031
was added to the iundiiiurlng the
your. Contributions as Well as the
Bazaar Fund and a gift of :75 non:
the Gleanors‘ added 851. 347. M to the
fund for the year. making the total
of the building fund 31.15.303.63.
Contracts let on the new church
total ”30.562. 67 o: which 8101.518.4
88 has been paid The Betsy organ
purchased by the church cdbt 815100
which has been paid. Some of the
gifts to the building fund were from
the following:
Golden Rule Circle . . . . . .. .8200. 00
Doorkeepers Circle . . . . . . . . 500. 00
Silver Cross Circle . . . . . . . . . 55.00
Kind Word Circle . . . . . . . . . 200.90
Girl Scouts. Troop 11 . . . . 5-. . 10.00
Open Blair Dwelling
Corporslion .. .........,10.75
Little Sunbeam Class . an. . 7.00
Happy Helpers Class . . . . . . 15.00
Good Luc Class .......... 50.00
High Clim crs Class . . . . . . . 6.00
Ever Ready Class . . . . . . . . . 4.00
Miss Moech ......... ...... 5.00
Mrs. IdaPierce............ 25.00
AFriend ............_..... 2.00
Estate of Carrie Seymour . .11. 604. 00
The report of the annual business
funds show that the expenses for
running the church last year
amounted to 37.052. 56. Benevolent
Funds and Coilectiofis amounted to
$3. 066. 33. thb Sunday school to
$542.56. A balance on hand in the
KOFCINITIATE
14 moms
Fourteen members were initiated
at the meeting of the South Norwslk
Council, K. of C.. held last evening
in the K. of C. hall. Washington
street. Applications from two“.
candidates were also received. The
council has mo or membership
campslgn with 400 members as its
306.1. M. the present '11an it has n
membership of 360. .. :
Aspects! meeting will be held
willboorgsnisod. murmur
Wormaephss’omaa
Eta-amiss
thsbsuintbsmoountw
Officers were elected. Wise. ‘-
fore the meeting the members ob. ,
Joyed s. supper ‘s‘et‘ved by I. commit»
Thur-any evening when s also club
maudubwfllboooool‘
"rt on
EL;
4
Lawyers
143:
N o Consolidation Bill Inb'odueed at Hartford
—Bar Association Will Act on Matter First
Re .. » ves yesterday and that
Judge x "int: Candee would be
the p - judge of the court. .
Judge - , during the evening
sud ‘jrgeoiv many phone
colt nus members of the
Bu- . .1.» and local cilisenb
regardi is hotter. but stated that
no such had been presented to
his “W and that he did not
think t “ ouch s bill would be in-
troducul Moot lting him on.
the button. no flint the mat-
tet had been 6 d among the
loos! silo sod thst it would no
doubt be ht up at s. meeting of.
(Golding! “on Page Five.)
at Greenwich
~ feeling of Leasine
—-Hér‘ Statements
’rwo buadnd .women from all
parts of the county attended the big
meeting held by the Fairfield Coun-
ty League of Women Voters. in
Greenwich. yesterday.
The morning session begun at 11
o'clock when a meeting of the Exe-
cutlvo board wi- held. followed by
a gatheringof all the women at
11:80. Luncheon was served at 1
o‘clock. 80 womdn being present. The
affair took place at the “Open Door"
which'is on the Post Road in Green-
wich. the whole establishment be.
ing thrown open to the women for
the day.
Miss Jeanie V. Minor. prominent
social welfare worker in New York
city. and secretary of the New York
Child Labor committee. was the
principal speaker. her talk covering
practically all points in the proposed
Child Labor amendment. and why
the’ country“needs federal supervi-
sion.
She was followed by Mrs. Percy
Walden. chair-nun pro ten: of the
(lonnectlcut Committee on Bangles.
tion. and state chairmen of the Con-
neeucut Child Welfare Committee.
Mrs. Walden told of the varied work
which the Ratification committee is
doing. and of the hard battle Web
the members of the committee are
"lighting. due to the vast sums of
money now being upended by the
manufacturers of the country to
“—
(Continued on Post Five)
MERCURYDROPS
T0 6 DEGREES
With the thermometer W:
sbqut 0 above are. Nerwelkers who
rwors ont-of-doors were doing double
‘ ,
‘splsndid plant in Water
Miss Junie V. Minor .,
ST LDERS
OE DEFENCT CO
GET NEW DEAL
01d Ford Technical La-
.boratories to Be Re-
organized Apparent-
ly Without Loss
THENEW PLAN
Meeting in the Royal
James —- T 0 Begin
Business S o o n ——
The Product
Stockholders of the former Ford
Technical Laboratories received good
' news at an informal meeting held in
the Royal James Inn yesterday. The
good news consisted of learning
that they were to receive stock in
the newly formed Ban Ford Auto-
motive Products Corporation for
the stock held In the Ford Technical
Laboratories which became insolv-
ent about 1‘ year ago.
The news was announced by
Francis '1‘. Sanford. president of the
new corporation. and who was also
president. tor s month. of the in-
solvent concern. About 30 stock-
holders wens at the session. '
The Ford Technical Laboratories
was organized in Norwalk shame
o. The concern erecte a
time u street. A
amount of stock was sold to
rofidcntas. ‘M the time. the
who wufscturlug small
'" delighting plants for country
homes where electric power could
———s‘—-.
(Continued on Page ,Five.)
HAS NARROW
ESGAFEINTIRE
STORE BLAZE
Robert Gregory Uses
Old Rubber Tubes to
Start Fire and Sets
Shop Ablaze
Robert Gregory. an employ. of
the Quick Senice Tire Shop. Wall
street. at 8 o “clock this morning had
a. narrow escape from being serious-
ly burned.
In lighting a. fire in a stove in the
rear of the store. Gregory tossed in
several pieces of old rubber tubes.
He placed a match to the wood and
paper and in s. moment the flames
and gas shot out of the open door.
igniting some waste on the door.
The names scorched Gregory's face
and his right hand wss burned. The
youth took on s. sheep-line cost and
tried to beat the flames out but. was
unable to do so. When he saw
the fire was gettlng any from him.
he turned in an alarm. the three
uptown companies responding. The
chemicals in short order.
The damage was slight. Gregory‘s
cost was destroyed and several
books burned up. The store is
owned by W. 8. Clark.
TRI‘CK BITS AUTO
James Fodor. of 322 Flat Hill
road. reported'to the police yester-
day afternoon. that s. truck owned
by, the American Railway Express
Compasv and-driven by a man nom-
edr. Hyatt. backed into his automo-
bile while it was mrked‘in Rall-
read avenue and damaged one of
theresr'wheols. The matter was
selflod between the drivers.
.. misconss‘irscxlon JOB.
Patrolman John Murphy. Who has
been in. reported back for' duty this
’ morning.
sun: ms "'8 QBMVAD
m
tis W for futsfln‘g.
tire was extinguished by the use of
—u the Mk Dull-100.. I! Con-
bravura-button snow”
bundled. “W3!
posisuflshg. (bolus muss) bot-I
a."
For Months Before
BRIDGEPORT. Conn. Jon. :8.—
speslrlng is glowing terms of Altar.
ncy Paul R Connery. of Nos-walk.
and Attorney Daniel Hickey. of
LStamford. who represented truck
drivers. crusted for carting beer. ai-
lcgod to have been wood by comb
Levy. pmprlnor of Oompo Inn. be-
ing cried In the Superior Court Itl'l'B
before lathe William 1. on
seven counts of iiiegsiiy transport-
ing beer. State's Attorney William
Conley today begun hls was. to
the Jury. ‘
Praises towers
“The presence of Attorneys Con-
nerysndfiiokeystthiscsscispcro
foctiy tsu- and any Institution
3m sitar presence here is Ital-Ir
and untrue," State’s Attorney Com-
ley said.
“I wont to make It clear Inst they
are inch 0! unblemished mputsllon
and have ambushed reputations of
the highest legs! camber. They are
visors and that I. um. '
The morning session was opened
with an attack by Attorney lieu
Greenstein. defense counsa. u n
the testimony of the states chemist.
that. according» p'i'lhtié
nanny. to minibus die in two
hours. whereas Eckorth the New
York chemist. outed by the defense.
sold that. such s test. would take
weeks and weeks.
Attorney Greenstein also scored
the testimony of Dr. Albertzneunott
of Greenwich. He stated that the
Greenwich chemist did not. subject
the liquor to any test. but‘iust tasted
of it. and announced that it~ was beer.
Coiled “Good Taster" '
"Dr. Bennett. Greenstein suld.‘
just a. good taster."
Levy‘s counsel declared that the
state had produoed no evidence to
prove that. the confiscated liquor was
beer but. that it contained more than
half of one per cent. 'of alcohol as
required bylaw.
"The law specifics one-half of one
per cent alcoholic content." Green-
stein sold. "and if you don't like it
I would suggest that you have it
changed during the present-session
of the legislature."
State's Attorney Comley began his
address by exonerating the two at-
romeys whose names have been
closely linked with the case. He sl-
so denied the claim of the defense
that the State had destroyed any
evidence.
The State’s Attorney stated that
the police had been aware of .ithe
liquor trailic for some months and
that the State police had been work-
ing on thecsse.
ls It Bea?
"But what good mold it have been
to arrest Jacob Levy then?" he
asked.
Referring to Gmensteiu's conten-
tion that the liquor was not mi
beer. Comlcy said:
"if you think that this is not beer.
you are the only 13 men in Fairneld
county who think so.”
"large quantities of beer were
transferred from Bridgeport to New
Yet it.” he said. “and there was a
steady stream of trucks passing over
the road night after night.
"The socueed was the moving spirit
in this liquor traffic. He organised
it. he led it and he received the pro-
dts’ from it.
"Did he employ men. opt-1gb: and
-'-A FEELING OF SAFETY
always rests with the man’ who
brings his prescription to The Clif-
tord Pharmacy to be compounded.
He knows that the best medicine,
will be used. He also-knows (or
should know) that the but. minor-
od pharmacists“ be found will lion-
dle the pr—criptiom Wm. M. Pais-
Refers to Connery
In Highest Terms
Local Attorney’s Presence in Case “Perfectly
Fair”—Insinuati0n Called “Unfair and U152,
true”—Says Police Know of Beer Trump ’
”FE:
Arrest Was Made
honest?
"No. he hired men like Lord and
Thorpe and OConneii. He plckedfi
out. thugs sud thieves. Cad he come
before this court and say that his:
accomplices are guilty and that he
cannot be touched?
Watched Gallons Go. '
"The defense brought a purlieus’
from Eighth avenue and this chom-
ist said that the test of Dr. 'Bol-g
was wrong. But were it not beer.
real beer. that Jacob Levy hsd'storb
‘4
- ed in Norwalit and Stamford. would
he have stood and watched thous-
ands and thousands of gallons going.
down the sewer. without calling
“Stop this is not beer?‘ " ‘
State's Attorney Comley also do: -
claret! that the centention of thin
defense that the beer did not dork
lain illegal alcoholic contents' with
scientific men brought up by
a-orcv New York " -
“ e cannot conceive or concede
that there is one lsw in F in"
county for truck drivers and s.
for Jacob Levy. If we its
made s. case here. we might ’
in oil tutu-i beer cases. close
states attorneys office on;
i!
‘e m... opening "4‘
gums 1's» prosecution of the pro-
prietor of Compo Inn on seven
counts of transporting “intoxicating"
beer. -
' “Colossal Conspiracyli.
Mr. Gus-lick referre‘d once to the
beer traffic.” "a colossal conspiracy
to b’rea‘k down the luw." and again
“he shouted “if there ever was s case
which has developed a criminal eh-
terprlse of gigantic proportions. It
in this case produced in court against
Jacob Levy. " .
SCHOOL PUPILS . 1
GET GLASS FOR
ECLIPSE VIEW
Through the kindness of .Wiiiiuu
E. Hesterberg. vice president of
Char! K. Harris. Inc.. local gild-
ts'ctory. the children of the Frank-
line school will be able to view mg
eclipse through smoked glass. Mr.
Hostel-berg gave to the school 5005
pieces of gloss.
NEW HAVENRR.
ASKS T0 lSSUE
$23M“ BONDS
WASHINGTON. Jun.
New York. New Haven and3 Hard-
fdrd Railroad applied today to this
interstate Commerce Commissio:
for authority to issue 823. 000 000 i
six per cent bonds to pay on s like
amount of indebtedness which falls
due April 1 next.
TODAY'S PRIZE URGES.WORD
PUZZLE ON PAGE FPEN.
——-ruu FAMILY WWR‘
is aim dmded. The bother of
the tubs. ‘boilers and mean: and
suds- vexes by s housewife was
week with unpleasant regular-int.
Tbs: is where Brophy's laundry fits“.
'l'b’eso washings will be called tori?
done properly and returned on union
atooostofiwolvocentsperpcund;
Bo comfortable: stop worryibfi ;
13y. FWD-dd?-
Phono Ida—Adv.”
based on the testimony of feudal ’ fl