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Itx-kt-ti 14 exclusive cafes and “clubs" ._ on ‘1‘“- Grent “’hite “'sy. as the be- ginning of 1: campaign in which. he tiN'Inrt-S. 500 other places will be ‘ duped for violation of the liquor _ b In“ S. IENGINE HURLS iTRUCK AGAINST iTEIEERNRII POLE 'Accident in Hartford— i Driver Badly Injured t In Smash-up at- Crossing TRAIN DERAILED Brought to Stop After I Going 2 4 0 Feet—— \Vire and Train Set:- ' vice Halted HARTFORD. March 9.~—A five ton commercial truck. driven by Tony and owned by O'Neil ’ Brothers, contractors. was struck by In north bound Valley train on s ‘ r‘rnsfillif: just south of the Colt's Pa.- tnnt I-‘Irc Arms Company shortly hc’ore o‘clock this morning. The driver of the truck was badly Injured about the head and was re- moved to St. Francis Hospital where :'n X—ray “‘ns taken to determine the rxtcnt of his injuries. The engine or the train threw the truck against a telegraph pole which was snapped off ill the base. ‘ Ratlroad telephone and \V‘estern l’nion telegraph service “as inter- rupted for ‘un hour while repairs were being made. The engine was derailed and brought to a stop about :40 feet beyond the crossing. The train was in charge of Conductor '1‘. Dunn) of Saybrook and Engineer George Devoe of this city. Regular service was restored on the read be- fore noon. THE FIREMEN’S PENSION BILL UP TOMORROW (‘ity Council to B e Asked t 0 Approve Measure-To Be Sent To Hartford The Fireman's Pension bill, which is similar to that of the Police Pen- :~ion bill, will be presented to the Common Council for their approval tomorrow evening. ' The bill according to Fire Chief George H. Bogardus will not in any my Work hardship on the tax pay- cm of the city. He stated that it I was not planned to have the bill be- I come effective until the firemen had I raised a fund similar to that. of the ‘ police. I It the bill it approved by the tCouncii tomorrow evening. it will be presented to the state legislature. ———-—-r-—"—' E EAST nocxs ROAD DEAD. i Deeds were filed in the oflico Of -Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith this morning of the purchase of 118 acres of land in East. Rook! m4. thy Dr. Alvin D. Wadsworth from the estate of Samuel G. We. Dr. ’\\'adsworth ’slready has large real I estate holdings in this section. I N : MULLIGAN’S M18190 , CA“ I I: is made from the very best i< wholesome and 6.3“...th Made under ideal condition- in. bake shop that ”3., ‘ Sn Tumor _... ....._,-. -1. __ I "WI Dost office st March a. 1319. FIRST SERVICE ' tIIELD YESTERDAY , INNEWCHURCHI m which- ” city. I Congregational Edifice ‘ To Be Formally Ded- |‘ Crowded to Doors— icated Next Sunday THE ROGRAM ' —_. Rev. Benjamin W. Ba-: conpf Yale School of Religion to Preach— Evening Service First services in the new Norwalk Congregational church were held yesterday morning. The church wm crowdedgto the doors although the church will not be formally dedicat- ed until next Sunday. The church is practically comma. or! with the exception of the new organ which Was not quite ready to be used. The formal dedication program starts next Sunday and continues for three days. At 10:30 o'clock on next, Sunday morning. Rev. Benja- min ‘V. Bacon. of the Yale School of Religion. will preach the dedica- tion service. At 7:30 o'clock in the evening. there will be a. Congregational Fel- lowship service. Rev. George Drew Egbert, of Flushing. L. 1.. will preach. The chorus of the Dsnbury Congregational church. under the leadership of Frank Goodale. will sing the "Anthem." The Nor-walk orchestra. will render a. program of music. On Monday night. March 16. at S o'clock‘there will be an organ re- cital by Arthur Depsw, of Col- legiate church of 5th ave s. New York city. The Choral Art. society will sing several numbers." Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. a Community service will be held with all churches represented. Invitations too. have been sent to officials of the Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter. of Hartford, will deliver an address Dr. Potter is the moderator of the National Council of Congregltionsl churches of America. A prosrsm oi songs will be given by the Pnpls‘e chorus. _ TROLLEY GAR MEN DISCUSS WORK AND PAY At Meeting Here Sat- urday, Question of Conditions Is Upper- most—Wag‘es Next Members of the Norwslk branch of the Connecticut Trolleymen’s Union .held' an important meeting in Red Men’s Hall. Main street. Satur- day night at. which there was 9. gen— eral discussion a to working condi- tions of members of the union. Stanley W. Mayhem-president of the local branch of the union. and who was a delegate at the recent meeting of the state executive meet- ing, reported that which transpired at the session. This meeting was held in New Haven. Mr. Mayhew told how the situa- tion was being sifted with the idea of improveing these conditions. He reported that suggestions had been received from s.“ of the union branches in the state. Mr. Msyhow said that the working conditions would be settled before the question of a. wage scale was taken up. The next meeting of the executive com- mittee will be held April 7. It is expected that. the local branch of the union will formally discuss the wage scale nt‘fhe April or May meeting. Suggestions from each local are forwarded to the exe- cutive committee who consider them: make out a. report which is sent back to the locals for approval. This report is then submitted to the company for consideration. The wage contract between the union and company expires June 1. A year ago on s. compromise. the employee were granted a three cent an hour increase. A Bridgeport paper recently said it was understood that the men would ask for so cents an hour for each man on a two car trolley and 67 cents .sn hour for those on one man cars. EAST AVE HOUSE ENTERED, BUT mum: MISSING Mrs. Barry Whitehead of 41 West avenue. reported to the uptown po- lice y afternoon that. the Enos home in 134, East avenue. of she is caretaker. was broken into some time between Friday aft- ernoon and yesterday. Entrance was gsiuo‘d through smashing a window in Wt door. W was sonwsnx’s' rise SOUTH NORWALK, CONN... , mum's; MARCH 9, 1925. I “General X” I t I I I i I Sir John Cow-n (above). wartime quartermsster-genersl of the British anny. has been revealed in court at the “General X" named in the suit 'of Mrs. Dorothy Dennistonn against her former husband. liieut. Col. Ian Dcnnistoun. whose present. wife is the danger (huntess of (‘srnsrvmn The trial is the sensation of London CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR ABOUT ROIIIIIION Petition From Citizens To Be Presented at . Meeting! Tomorrow Night CLEAN Ue PLEA Real Estate Men and Shore Front Resi- dents Aroused— Oystermen to Aid The gravity of the sewer situation in Norwalk will be brought before the Council meeting Tuesday 'night when aupetltlon will be presented asking thatthe Board of Health in- vestigate conditions. The alleged bad conditions stated to be detrimental to the health of persons residing on cer- tain streets. besides polluting the waters near many of the bathing beaches and summer shore sections. and endangering many oyster grounds. The resolution which will be in- troduced will read as follows: "\Vhereas. The pollution of the Norwalk River and adjacent waters. are (Continued on Pegs Two.) ity of the hotel. I \oystcrmcn in conjunction . \t‘hen notified. 'swsmp yesterday sftemoon. r-sswsrsrss f ONPOSTROAO I Julius NTrdelli of; S p :- uflc c Street, in Hospital ~ With. Deep Cut in Forehead DRIVER HELD . Yale Student Had Nog License —— Accident‘ Takes Place at Peat . Swamp | Struck by an automobile while; walking on the Boston Post rondI near Pcst swamp. Julius Nsrdelli off Spruce strett. is today inlthe Nor-t walk hospital suflering from a deep gash on the forehead. On account of the accident. Frank W. Packard. a Yale student. who gave the police his address as 888 York street. New Haven. is held by the authorities on chargesof not having any operator's license and for reckless driving. He is out in a. bond of 8500 guaranteed by Prosecuting Attorney “'hittsker of New Haven. to appear in court Pest Puck- ard was headed east and Nsrdelli was wslklng in the same direction at the side of 'ths road. Packard told the authorities he saw the man but was unable to avoid him because of an approaching car. He claims Nsrdelli wss intoxicated. The car struck the man and knackcd him down. State Police- man Lenihnn came alongsbout tflat time and placed the injured man in Packard's automobile and hurried him to the hospital where 15 stitch- t-s were taken in the forehead wound by Dr. George G. ancett. Lenihsn winced Packard under arrest. OYSTER HOUSES I HERE ARE 0. K That the chucking houses of the on ermen here and in other Coco noc‘aicut towns are in good sanitary con itions was stated this morning‘ by Edward B. Noonsn-of the State department of Health. who is in town this morning making an inspection of tho chucking houses here. The inspection conforms with the new sanitary ende adopted by the with the State Health department. Besides inspection of quarters. all the men working in the houses. who handle the shcllfish. will undergo a rigid medical examination to eliminate any danger of typhoid carriers handling this food product. Mr. Noonan this morning was in- specting the Lowndes Oyster com- pany‘s quarters. and expressed him- self as much pleased with condi- tions. He will continue the work The accident took place at HISTORIC OREENIIICN INN . RAZED BY. FIRE; LOSS$122,000 Famous Summer Hotel Burned to Ground Early Yesterday Morning -— Firemen Un- able to Save Century Old Landmark —— Nearby Homes Threatened by Flames ' . /Il‘l one of the most spectacular fires this section of the state in several years, the historic Greenwich Inn on Long Island Sound, Sound Beach, was completely destroyed shortly after 6 o’clock yesterday morning. The blaze, which had evidently been smouldering through the night, broke through the roof of the building at 5:43 a. m., and when firemen from the Sound Beach fire department arrived on the scene. the building was a blazing mass, with \molten shingles whirling through the early niorning air threatening many homes in the immediate vicin- The fire loss was estimated at $122,000 and is said to be fully covered by insurance. . A milkman, making his early morning rounds in the v‘iicnity, noticed a. strange light in the building. Believing that someone was in the building he waited a. moment before investigating. As (Continued on Page Ten.) here tomorrow. STAMFORD, March 0.— .that has been witnessed in v WASHINGTON, March 9.——Wslter Johnson or Tom Zachary. the relis- ble southpaw of the Senators who tamed the Giants in the last World's Series, will be the choice of Manager Harris to start the opening battle at Palm Beach. Florida. tomorrow, of the exhibition series between the two clubs, according to word from the champions' trgining camp at Tampa. Harris was said to have had a. hard time refusing the pleas of players not selected to make the trip. GIANTS AND SENATORS TO BEGIN SPRING ‘WORLD SERIE’ TOMORROW ‘fln PM!!!“ FM; 5 \ possibility that the powerful Walter Johnson will pitch for the Washing— ton Senators snd little Artie Nob! fo‘i‘ the New York Giants in the first clash between the two teams on Tuesday at Palm Beach. ' Flank “miter. Mickey Dcvlne. Kent Greenfield and Joe lance. are among the recruits selected to make the first mod tour of the year with the Giants“ The Giants have only eight more training days. as 15 ex- hi ition contests have been schedul- ed for this month. At Clear-water the Brooklyn .Dodg- cm are ready for the at. fly“ t 4' i Thomas Foley Is Today’s I $5 Limerick Prize Winner PRIZE “1NNING LNERICK By Thomas Nor. 7 Gourd-Dd Place. Out- st Bell Island they say. A man went in sodium"; today. The waves were so frigid They from him quite rigflc— Ills wklow looks stunning in my! And so ends the nird Prize Lim- crick Contest of The Evening Sen- tinei! incidentally. it was discovered af- ter the winner had been picked this morning, that. he is a student at the Franklin school. His father. Peter Foley, purchasing agent. of the Cro- tut & Knapp Co.. admitted this morning that Thomas was his son. Asked whether he considered Tho- mu a. bright boy, air. Foley refused to answer. on the grounds that he considered himself a prejudiced wit- noes. Today's wtnner is 18 years old. and is in his first. year of Junior High. Previously he attended St. Joseph's Parochial school. Each day the finding of the win- ner btcomes more dltllcult, because each day more entrants send in their answers. The Limerick Editor was swamped with them today and prac- tically everyone in Norwsik seems Busy Night for I City Council The Common Council. at its regular meeting scheduled to be held In the Council Chambers tomorrow evening om take up, among other matters: The F‘irsmell's Pension bill. A petition asking that the Board of Health investigate sew. age condition in the city. Hearing on the installation of signals at the local grade cross- ings. a report of the Chic Ccn- tcr Committee. The resolution of the American Legiou asking that some action be taken to remedy the present unconsondsted conditi or the ”city and that 'he name 02‘ the South Norwslk railroad station be changed to Norwalk. A hearing on the laying of building lines in lleldcn and Pine Hill avenues and Franco street. PLEA OF CONN. GO. IN ST. JOHN , CASE DENIED Judge Refuses to Rule Out“Dangerous Speed” ——- Company Wins One Point Judge John W. Banks of the Su- perior court returned a decision to- day in Bridgeport on the demurrer filed by the Connecticut company in the 810.000 suit. brought. by F. I. St. John of Norwalk. as administrator in the estate of his wife. Ciel-a. who was killed recently after slighting from a trolley car in Main street. Norwalk. when. it is claimed. she was hit by an automobile driven by Edward G. Lawson of Wilton. who is co-defendsnt. with the Connecti- cut company in the damage action brought by St. John. _ The court denied the Connecticut company demurrer through pers- graphs 3 and 4. wherein the plaintiff .tlfcged that the trolley was being operated “st s dangerous and rock- less rate of speed—so as to endanger the life of any i ~rson." ‘- The Connecticut company claimed that at the time of the accident the trolley was standing still. Counsel for the plaintiff showed. however. that the trolley was being operated at a. rate of speed which made it im- possible for it to stop us it came to . the regular alighting place. when_the deceased “touched the‘buner.” in- dicating her intention to slight. The court sustained the demurrer of the Connecticut company to the paragraphs of the complaint so fol- lows: "That the said trolley Was s largo double-truck trolley our designed to be operated by s. motorman and a conductor. but which has. in hot. at the time of and place in question. operated by one men only. towit: A motormsn stationed-st the front end of tho said trolley car.” The court also struck out what is to be intent on Eimericks now. 1 There’s lots of time to win a prize. though. if you haven't done so yet.| Don't be at. all discouraged. If you ‘ have the knack of dhymiug. and have the knack of rhyming. and keep at it. Just take out your pencil l and get busy on today's offering: TODAY’S LIMERICK: f Ilnh’orwalkeodlsm.wetxmfcssI ’I‘beroadbedssresomcwhuamess;‘ 'lbe bumpy roads. lumpy, Make soloists grumpy, There's the four lines. Fill in the ‘I fifth. and we're away to the racert again. B. D. Jennings, of Flex Hill Road winner of the Second Prise Contest. admitted this hiorning that he was a. surprised man when he saw his name as the winner of the Friday's Limerick contest. "I bad Just come home from a trip. and my wife and I started reading The Evening Sentinel. My wife got busy on the Limerick. and asked me about a. rhyme. \V’e didn't agree .so we eadh tilled one‘ out—we have two Sentinels at home. I didn't expect to win. though." ’ Whether you have tried Limericks before or not. begin today. On an- other page you will find the rules of the contest together with s. blank. Five Dollars each and every day goes to the rhyming reader who writes a. really rippling reply. ‘DREAiil-RSAID Get busy! WOT IRev. c. s. Lewis, in Ser- mon, Declares They Are Hope of Future WHAT OTHERS SAID “Symbols of Christian Church,” Pastor Mal- lery’s Topic — ‘fThe Sewer,” Rev. Piper’s Theme “The Dreamer." was the subject} of the sermon given by the Rev. (7.; S. Lewis. pastor of Tri ity church. yesterday morning. the to of young Joseph being selected as an illustra- tion. ’ “Christ." said Mr. Lewis. “was the. world's greatest dreamer. always reaching for higher‘ and better things. having the spiritual \ision that. so many lack. The pastor went on to explain thst the men who were the dream. on in this world were the world's real wealth. because embodied in them was the hopes and future of the world. The majority of people today are so practical. he claimed. thst they can't understand the dreamer. the man who builds castle in the air. and is. more often than not: man of inventive genius. And they are prone to laugh at him. “Yet it is the dreamer who has the spiritual vision." claimed the. pastor. "and for that reason we need him and could not do without him." Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o‘clock. the regulsrr'ruesdssv afternoon serv- ice will tske place st Trinity church. when "Saint Boniface." the mission- ary to the Germans will be the sub- ject under discussion. This is one of a series of sermons being given every Westley by. the psstor. Services were held yesterday for the first time in the new Congrega- tional church. There was no sex-- then. Instead. the morning worship and communion were in charge of (Continued on Page Two.) I IIJAGOBS OF SHOE CO. DIES Word_wss received here today of the death of Ike E. Jacobs. vice- president of the Jacobs shoe com- pany of thh city. Hr. Jacobs we: found dead in a bath tub at the Royal Poincisns hotel at Palm Bosch, no... at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. . Er. Jacobs has been connected with the loos! concern for s’. num- ofyesnsndwsswen known in 'inciudcd several The Weather ‘ Fair tonight: Tuesday, than“ cloudiness. PRICE THREE CENTS BEAT wOiI‘AN BIND ESCORT . Robbers Chop Down Doors in Fashionable Apartment House —— Believed Members of G a n g Preying on B’dway. Butterflies RETURNING FROM ALL NIGHT PARTY Robbery Is Similar to Break at Apartment Of Edith Bobe, Way- laid W h i l e With Companion Last Sep- tember , By Ami-ted Press. NEW YORK. March l—‘I'In'er masked men broke Into an Gallo apannnemof‘l.rs.l“ayl’erkhsln “'est 58th street. this morning and mind with jewelry of an estimat- ed value of 850.000 after W Mrs. Perkins and binding and gut- ging her some. Milton Abbott. dc- scribcd on a wealthy cotton brow. The mbbers chopped do“ a. doors of the apartment in ‘81-: their entrance. They are m bythepollcetobemcmbcrsofthc saline gang that robbed the unri— muits of several women known is, M butter-lies. inclndl“ lash: langu- and Dorothy lee-m. who "hi-ed. - ‘ Aft. choking Hrs. Perkin biting rings from her Hagen-mil taking bracelets and necklaces from. her. the robbers beat her With r‘ volvcr butts until she rmesled the location of the rest of her Jewelry. Separated From lltishsnd The woman was :1 frequenter of Broadway cabarets, as were the \‘lc- tims in the other apartment rob.- beries. She is separated from he: husband. Benjamin Perkins. who i: the owner of a “'csi Fifty-Third street cafe, according to the police. Mrs. Perkins and ht‘r companion had just returned to her apartment after dining in one of Broadway's eating and drinking places and mak- ing the round of other 20m re- sorts. In breaking into the apartment gthe robbers usud a crop-bar and oth- ~-r tools which were left at the sccna The $ev'elry taken by the robbers diamonds which were collected by her husband from famous lspidaries ot‘ the world. Mrs. Perkins told the police. The last robbery of a similar na— ture was that in the partment of Edith Bobc. modistc. who was wsy" laid and robbed of 350.000 in jewelry by four robbers last September as she was entering her apartment in the East Sixties. accompanied by Robert Hague. marine superintende ent of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. . ' Of all the robberies of a simihr nature. only one was ever cleared up. That was the robbery of jewels valued at perhaps 3500.000 from Mrs. Charles P. Hugo Schoellkopf. wife of s. Buffalo broker. after a New Year party in a “‘est 52nd Street apartment in 1923. Two men are now serving Sing Sing sentenced for that robbery. Th-- JF“\ll‘,\‘ was recovered. L Abbott. was seized by the robbers gagged with a. pillow and bound to o bed with ripped up lengths of sheets. The robbers then attacked Mrs. Per- kins snd stripped her jewelry from her. The three men wore silk hand~ kerchiefs across their faces. the vic- tims told the police. “'ith Abbott securely bound to the~ bed, the intruders took a small amount of money from his pockets. Mrs. Perkins screamed and one of the men struck her in the fuse and Han grasped her by the throat. An-. other robber then came to his con- tederste's old. grabbed her by an; arm and threw her to her knees. The first bandit tried to remove one of her rings with his hands. but fall- . (Continued on Page Tito.) —‘flll: "080$! 81083. Headquarters for hardware on- nounces stocks of builder's hard- wsrs. fanning tools and implements and genenl hardware. This estab- lishment is well prepared indeed this sprilx season with “Things in the Hardware Line." you'll need— all correctly priced by the way. a.' 1). Morgan, Washington SL—Adv. needs the «much of m -' tho radiator line. Your problem: wlnroestvothocorroctsortofst— 3 ‘4
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