3WASHINGTON D. 6.. Feb. 37.9-
sa- stald. cool. tormal old United
M Senate received a strange
with or human reeling a couple or
due ago from the “baby" member
“tor Hiram Bingham or Connec—
‘Mt. that made its members realize
apt all sentiment is not entirely
dyad.
_ g hrhaps it was just because Con-
, ‘ nootleut's “baby" member has not
,1 been 'in the Senate long enough to
" less the warm human touch that its
as. ”tubers usually drop aim years ol
5.“ linden edged around by precedent.
“I. and formality. or maybe that
" Ionator Bingham is a. bit more
thoughtiul at his colleagues than the
general run.
Mystery Package
Anyway. Senator Bingham walked
into the Senate a couple days ago
at the usual hour or meeting holding
.‘S ‘BABY’ MEMBER AMAZES
SENATE WITII BIRTHDAY GIFT
in his hand a little package wrapped
8y Asulciaiied Press.
caper-its. District Attorney Benton‘
today served notice through the
newspapers that he had nothing to
do with the selection at the mem-
bers of the Citizens' Flay Juries
which are to hear complaints which
have been directed against an even
dozen Broadway plays.
He was drivzn to this action.
said by a flood of applications from
men and women in all walks 0! life
WAR, VETERAN
GETS $13,733
FOR INSURANCE
Man in Insane Hospital
Awarded Money on
War Risk Policy by
Judge Thomas
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 27.—By a
judgment handed down by Judge
Edwin s Thomas in the United
States Court, Carl Sudock. disabled
war veteran, now at; inmate of the
Connecticut liospit.nl {or the. Insane
at Middletoun ls awarded the sum
of 813.753.?) being 240 payments of
$57.48 each on a policy of war risk
lnsurnacc. Sudock was discharged
from the army in the \Vorld “'ar
due to shell shock and payment on
his $10,000 insurance policy has been
._ refused because no premiums were
paid. The case was carried trons
the Veterans' Bureau to the Central
BOO-rd 0! Appeals which decided in
_ favor of Sudock. The matter was
then carried into the Federal Court.
where Judge Thomas made the
award yesterday.
a Police Say Ex-Cop
Admits Murder Plot
SAX FRANCISCO, Fell. 27.—Cap-
”in of Detective Duncan Maths-son
announctd yesterday that Ralph
King, a. former patrolman of Bonn.
lulu and now a prixate detectivr
here. was in Jail and had court-send
that he had been employed for
83.500 to kill Frvd Hntaling. heir to
a fortune and Mrs. liotailns. Fred’s
Wife.
According to Mateson. King said
he in turn had hired two men to
kill Howling and Mrs. liotaiing and
that the men apparently had at the
last minute abandoned any act or
violence and resorted to the use of
" poisoned milk.
lung was Quoted as saying he was
a close friend or a San Francisco
millionaire.
. The plot against
_ ”rs. Hotnling was reVealed two
F weeks ago when liotaiing turned
over to the board of health the con-
tonts of a bottle of milk which had
been left on a porch of the Hotsling
home.
Analysis showed that
f contained poison.
Hotaiing and
the
milk
' GERMAN DISmUN’l‘ RATE
BERLIN. Feb. 27-—Tue Reichs-
bank‘s rate or discount was reduced'
yesterday trorn 10 to 9 per cent. I
FLOOD 0F APPLICANTS TO SERVE
0N N. Y. CITIZEN’S PLAY JURIES
NEW YORK Feb. zr—With some: mew 0“ the 9133*
l
I CARPENTERS
in green tissue. Unnotieed except by
a tew spectators in the gallery he
walked towards the trout ot the be-
nate chamber until he got alongside
Senator Thomas Sterling 0! South
Dakota who was sitting at his desk.
Entirely unnoticed by Sterling. Se-
nator Bingham quietly unwrapped
the little green package and took out
a white carnation all fixed up with
green, tin toll and everything for a
bouquet.
He leaned over Senator Sterling's
shoulder and had the bouquet al.
most planted in the South Dakotan‘s
coat lapel before he realized what
was going on. Senator Sterling look-
ed up to see who was taking privil-
eges with him. noted the bouquet
and gazed into the lace of Senator
Bingham who smiled and outstretch-
ed bis hand. saying:
“May you have many more happy
birthdays."
It was his 74th birthday.
asking him to place thorn in judg-
He explained
that all applications should he tiled
with the otricers or the \artous pro-
ducers. actors and reform organiza-
tions sponsoring the play jury sys-
tent.
“This is my final announcement
on the subject of indecent plays,"
Mr. Banton said. “I am looking to
the play jury system to rtmcdy ex—
isting e\lls. If it does not i shall
take the course prescribed in lav.
NEW SCALE MAY
BE OPPOSED
Contractors t 0 Meet
And Discuss :59
Wage Recently Or-
dered By Local Men
can
The contractors employing
penters will hold a. meeting some
, ) com-euogooeuoflc oesofiooenfi). eeefi sossefleoeevfleoe
a ”AM, m...” w. 1-.
ammowe...”couflnnogpnnofl-eueficonm-eo
comfort as well as
. style. They are
illustrated above
with a new Spring
coat dress of
black taille un-
adorned but for
the side godet and
bending: ot Suin-
mer (ox.
Although wimp.
have always been
and forever will
be the mode. they
seem to be more
cleverly designed
in kidskin this
season than ever
before. The pair
ESPITE the fact that dark ioot- I in the circle. are of black kidskiu
wear always reigns supreme. a
few of the early Spring models are
two-tone combinations of kid. A
tounbutton ox lord model
with a symmetrical design perto
rated overllghter kid for trimming.
The soft, porous qualities of kid
with leather make these shoes not only
beige kid quarters and black kid smart. but comfortable. and correct
vam ps
is assured marked popu-
the ill enemy—callous". coma and
larity because the low heat andlbunlons—caused by wearing shoes
well
built arch suprcrt urchin-clot coarse binding leather.
time before May 1 to discuss the in-
creased wage scale asked for by
members of thv l'ultcd llrnih' r~
hood. No. 746 Carpenters and Join-
ore of Americu. according to inter-
mwon gathered by The Evening
\Vhile the contract-
Ol'l have not Issurd any siniéttxrizu
for publication, it is believed that;
they will prn'est ~s'rom-gly ”:54me
the increase potnti .g out that build-1
ing costs are high enough now uith- I
out adding to them. EDI
I nion carpfllll‘ :5. ho“ ever, few!"
that lhm are under— paid “her rorr-i
Sentinel today.
pared with pnlnlvl‘s and l lions. At:
the prr‘svnt lllnt‘, ih- curpr-nlrrs rim;
who 33 a day. The new wagtf
scale. calls for $3 a. day t-ntrtnirtrI
May 1.
Mr. .‘ilr‘lon said he “as :1 friend oil
both Mr. Mad-1m and Represents-3
live Lnngwnrlh of Ohio, IIlI othrrf I
liepuhltvan (‘Oillrrliillt ill-'l hm“. t. - t
fraian from inl-‘l‘t‘wllm; hintsrl! mi
behalf of either candidate.
H. s. LANnSM AN
AND SON "
The Home of Fine i
Furniture & Low Prices 1.
14 . 16 wan. STREET I
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‘FIERCE FIGHT
SCENE IN “AS
MAN DESIRE
ilton Sills W’as LaidI
Up After Swappingi
Punches in D l v 0
Scene
”, I breaking furniture-
A phuicnl conflict ri\nlin;; the fn-I
in the taking of this conflict, the
proilucr rs claim. The men were told
to main it realisti: and they did.
For an hour they hauled in the dis-
reputable South Sea Island dive
throwing each other about.
and using as
BCPD".
‘urapons 31.1“”)an that
11;. lll(ll‘ hauls on.
As a result or the fray.
was purposely delayed
other scene in the picture
mlmn, tlm two contestants Were
hvrs do combat for a. week after
IIlt' l'I‘lllpli‘Unll of the picture, it
is said.
“.\s Klan Desires" is a First Na-
llOl‘iflI picture co-lraturing Sills and
was
Rialto Clothes Shop
Has Changed Hands
‘To make room for our new spring merchandise,
we are going to sell the entire stock of men’s
Clothing. Furnishings, Hats. Caps,
and boys’
etc, for less than
50c On the dollar
. ‘ ‘mous incht in "Tho Spoilers" i. _ a l\'ioln I‘ann. lts cast also lllCIlldi‘
1‘18"?“ Nat Taking in ".\- Mun I‘csirm -- which : w "I”H‘M lMlmlar p‘nyers—Rulh Clif-
Sldes In House R0‘VI ‘ ' | ‘ ‘ mmn‘r lord. Rosemary Theby. Paul Nichol:
' ' i ”if: "!“';II:I"I‘° 7?‘l’”r:1'0d-L“- : eon. Lou Payne. Hector Berna. Anna
. . . ,. I ‘I ‘ 9"“ 9 5mm“ ‘5’ ‘ ”‘0" SHIN: Muv \\‘n'lt:ill, Edneh Altemus and
WASHISGTUT' I'fh "‘flswn'I and Tm“ ISCHU'UN. a {firmer 3mm i’rauk Leigh. The picture was di.
tan “91‘0“ ”‘H‘d h" ‘I""I’I"“'£ "'1" WNW! (“IhltfillimL rectud by lrvinx Cummings under
yos‘erdav to that o! Rrpr .-.~. Ill ..tx.r-; Tllnn- “es rm “pullln- . '
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“1“)an of “1mm“ ”v I, H N“ _x __ _____ > U rm h h supcnision oi Lari Hudson.
tnry was pm'lltlpntlng In th- speak-g
crship fighting in the llmme. f7 'f‘“"‘—"-“~—:..§V- . 1‘... ..._.__-_.__._..-., -
All Our Surplus
Regular price $45.00
Suits and Overcoais
$19.50
All Our Hand-Tailored
Regular price $35.00
Suits and Overcoats
$14.95
they could.
i
which ;
until ever-r
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LOCALSTATE
MMDINE
METOIEEIIT
ThirdAnnual Aflalr of
St. John’s Lodge to
Be Held at Royal
James
—
Over two hum Norwalk mas-
onsaswellasmanslnorefromoth-
or Connecticut lodges tonight at the
Royal James will attend the third
annual dinner to be given under the
auspiots of St. John's Lodge. No. 6,
F. and A. M. The speaker of the
evening will be William C- Prime.
of Yonkers. N. !._a member of the
Grand Lodge (or the past twenty
years.
Others prominent in masonry in-
cluding Walter Arnold. of Merlden.
recently elected grand master 0!
Connecticut: and Winthrop Buck. or
Wetherly. retiring gmnd master. or
the state will talk at the banquet.
There will be instrumental selec-
tions and vocal selections by Ralph
Toldand, Harry Sterling and Char-
les Gray. The toastrnaatier will be J.
Fred Duulop. worshipiul master or
St. John's lodge and the invocation
will be given by the Rev. Alexander
Hamilton. the lodge chaplain.
The committee in charge or the
affair consists of u. A. Champton.
E. 9‘. cm. Robert Loudon. George
Hardwieh. James W. Kelley. T. T.
Tattle. Thomas Saleem. Clarence
Buttsrtield.
SEEKS EARLY
HEARING ON
CIVIC CENTER
Sen. Gregory Hopes to
Have Early Dates
Set on All N orwalk
Bills
State Senator hank W. Gregory
FRIDAY, FEBRU
today intends to urge members 01‘
the state legislature to set early[
dates for Norwalh bills. He hopes
to ha\e the bill concerning the city}
voting on the acquisition of the
Mathews property up- for hearing‘
next week together with the billl
providing a permanent state high-f
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Unfailing S ervice
If you have been considering the installa.
tion of Automatic Hot Water Service in your
home, you cannot afiord to overlook the oppor-
tunity to obtain it during the coming week at a
great saving.
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY WE WILL
Install Free of Charge
Every “Linn” Automatic Water
Heater Purchased of Us.
The time is limited and the opportunity is one
you should not overlook
SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS
-THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT 6? POWER
COMPANY
69 WALL ST. PHONE 3600
i
watchman All Our $25.00 All Our $19.50
momma) Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats
om Cushioned m wm m m... $1 ‘ .
wearesnbemadesmartand attractive O ()‘, I 7
at 30¢”:le m then m “d . l, $ .95
‘ let us submlt'deeigns and estimates.
G. W. Fail-child & Sons, Inc.
Juniors and ultras-smiths
HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS T00
NUMEROUS T0 MENTION
Main “t Arcade, Bridgeport
Rialto Clothes Shep
153 Washington St. ' ..
SALE STARTS 9 001.001; sin-up
GET HERE EARLY
of..‘-
SO. Norwalk {f
t
SAFE STORAGE OF F URS
2% of Your Valuation
Fully Covered By Insurance
0
We \ 'ill Repair, Glaze and Remodel Your Furs
at Greatly Reduced Prices From Now on.
Sale Of
Spring J acquets and Fur Boas
Buy your Fm here. We manufacture them in
our own shop in order to ensure good work-
manship and fine quality.
GROCE FUR CO.
468 Main Street . ‘ 43-45 Greenwich Avenue
Telephone 869 EST. 1914 » Telqulone 1425
Stamford. Conn. Greenwich, Conn.
. “no Reliable Home"
Norwalk Chronicler