m: *w .. l . _ a: [1,? In???” (“WA to a. x nltr tiub and nr‘cOpic-d for the Board ATLANTA.’G-.. March :8.-—L .1. Fletcher. former deputy warden of the United States penitentiary here. 1nd Rev. Thomas P. Hayden. once it at the some institution. who ehmapltd‘cted on bribery charges by a Federal grand jury yesterday. will not be placed on trial until June. District Attorney Clint W. Eager made his announcement last night in stating that a bench warrant for Fletcher's nrrcst will not be issued. as the former prison official is now at liberty on bond granted on an indictment charging acceptance of bribes'returned by a grand Jury De- cember 24. 1924. Father Hayden‘s notified. however. that their client would have to give bond by today. The former chnplsin was one of the Government's principal wanes};- ee in the trial of Fletcher. A. . attorneys were l ‘ is- tain. former nardcn of the pr 2:: and Laurence Riehl. Columbus. Ohio. charged with conspiring to receive bribes. Hayden admitted-hi. participation in the alleged conspir- acy. , - Fletcher was acquitted, of this charge. but Slrtain and Rich! were found guilty and sentenced to the Atlanta. penitentiary. each was ap- peeled and is at liberty on bond. Two indictments. charging accept- ance of bribes. were returned age Fletcher yesterday. Father Haydon was made a (so-defendant in one o! the indictments it being alleged that with the former warden. he receiv- ed $5.000 for Morris Sweetwood and Mannie Kessler, wealthy New York bootleg prisoners. for "soft jobs." In the other'indictment. Fletcher is charged with receiving a total of 818,500 in bribe money from Kess- ler. Su-eetwood, William Hear. 3 Savannah prisoner. and also s. part of the 310.500 alleged to have been paid by several members of a. Savan- nah “rum ring." iof Education by Alexander Rumm- Broad River ! \Coniinucd from Page One.) _._._——— orchestra. John Mills. mm of the leaders of the Broad Rivv‘r- i‘omrr;u- niiy cluh. at‘tmi as chairman. ‘ asked Rcv. George R. 'Iompkins 0 say a prayer. lie welcomed thos; who attended and told~ of Broe‘ River's delight in haunt: the ne‘“ building. He thanked thosc who‘dn nay wa'y helped to make the bu;1 .,; ing possible. He said that snug-- v. Years ago men and women resh tn: of lhl: section planncd to i'TCLt ld school. and the. result was the 0 building. He declared that if then: good people wcrc at. the mot-tin... last. night thny would lulu“ that their work is bring carried on “uh the same Not that they thciusclics t the matter. “Jinx:- ollclcn Kirmyer. lint" of the teachers at. the school thcn sane two songs. liaynr Robins was introduc- ed and ii" 'l‘rlarcri that Ili‘l'lll" hc vvas proud of tho new building. it? did not want to forget the fine serv- ice rendcrcd by the old Broad River "Paelgood many fine cfiizens passed through that hulldmc." he said. "Most of America's, grcatcst men. havc come frOm “lint u‘c call 'tl‘c little red :chooi housoaof“ Schools and Taxes. Hc then turned to the question of taxes and reminded his hearcrs that it fine t‘ll_\' is to liavr- good schools and up-to-dnte buildings. it must pay for them. lln said that Ifil'lli'r.“ and mothers sometimcs forget that the cost ft) the -‘itv lo/edut'ate a f‘l'ilid in the gradr schools cricii year is about 356. Sn ihat .1. man With three or four children gcts off pret- ty chc'ip nhcn ht has to pay ing-s of about tifty dollars. Yet. lic. said. he hi'fll'! complaints frequently "[ rant to tell you right now that the taxes will not be lowvr.” he said. "I‘d like to malt». th-‘m lower. but the “oi-l..- drinandt-d by thr- citlzcns nf Nurxrall-t for svhoolr. toutlfi. N‘“‘1“‘" “"“mm’d “WM"- ers. etc. must hr lmid for and. tin-rt» iorc. lh'r' «an lmvti'lng or taxes .if “u “ant. in k in the city in the march of progress." libs Mabel Killer ic' ltcd. l‘cnsinu System. in rm I i i‘liiiioti Rutlantl "f lho School Board. spoke, liI'.\i. llc dcclared that trachvm of Nc-i'u'zilk should have a panic-n r-ijZSI‘il. "We dont [til-it: enough care of; those soul.- who irive perhaps a. life- time to thv \.crk of 'Z'dllt‘alil’i: our rhildrru.‘ ‘nr said. llc added that if wt- ivrmt morn schoOIs. lvPllf'l‘ st‘hoolr: il \"~: “rim to get n\\!l$' from fire-traps for our cliildrr'n. iiic Citi- zens of Norwall. must not pinch lhcir pot-kciimoks.” . Arthur “'hM-lcr tli- u caic an in- icrr-stinz lull; in .‘i happy vein. llc. said that h:- lwliciw-l the school byte" tem should in tho hands of the SchOL-l Board and not 'hu 13in Coun- Oil. in- A flag dam-c lay Miss \\'cils' pu- pils followed. , Superintendcnt Hem-2c L'iichannn praiso-d ihn: StilUUi. “Min: of its modern vvtnllatlon. its heating and: its lighting arrangcments. A picture of “'ashington and one of Lincoln u ere prcscnted to the school by the Broad River Commu- THE NEW OLDSMOBILE SIX Fisher Built Coach $1,188.00 Delivered Bigger, Bonnier, lore Refined 13-00“th Campos-lain: AARON KOHN South let-walk - A. J. COLLINS CO. 70 North min Street, . . South Norwalk "i‘ . Phone 747 COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHINGS lcr. Old Teacher Given Purse. Mrs. Fred. Ferris of the Board River club then presented Mn. Sheil- or \l'nlkley. the, teacher, with a purse of gold. lie has been in the Broad River school for 32 years. Miss Hl‘ii'n Klriiiycr and Miss Dorothy Aycr were presented with a. bouqut-t of flowers by Harry Bou- ton on behalf of the residents of Broad River. The. committee who arranged the program consisicd of Mrs. Thomas Janice and Mrs. Edith Ficdler. Some of ihosc present. were: Miss Lodice \Vcld. Mrs. Coe. Mr. and Mrs. Ayres. .‘iiFS Mary Ryder, Mrs. Purl-is. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rior- dan. Mr and Mrs. Gilbert llorton. Mr. um] .‘ll‘fl.'l'i. Ilissoll. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mills. Mr. and Mm. Alcxandcr llummlvr, Mr. and Mrs. William Crooks. Mr. and Mrs. Ar— thur “’ht'clvr. Mrs. Kirmyer, (foun- Cilhl"ll Gama and Pugh. and Miss Laura M. t'oni<lot.‘k. AXE VICTIM “ lS RECOVERING \irs. Hmr- .‘Iajf‘i'fw‘. Honor of an .rittm'k with a hatciifii by her drink- -crazed husband last “'ednesday noon, is spendilv recovering accord- ing to Dr. ll. M. \Volfc. “ho n'ss mural to :ittnnl her. She is stiff-ring much pain. and her irtcc in Miullvn. Part of hcr lctt (‘ill‘ in now. and she has a. long jagged scalp “ound \‘thIl was sewn together yesterday. The gash. onus» cd by the Mn is not as serious as first Supposod. Her loft arm. at first pirtiziily pariil}ll‘ti, has recov- vi'cd its usefulncss. it is thought that she- will have rccovcrcd sufficient?) within a few more days in Ililt‘) the “linens stand in the trial of hwr husband. now held l Leavcsifll’art of E‘s—tale For Cat and Dog Home BRIDGEPORT. March 28.-—ln_— ventory of the estate of Mrs. Mariet- a \V. L'l‘O“i-‘,\', aged eccentric who left the major portion of her for- tune to the founding of a home for dogs and cats to be known as ihe "Doden" home, was filed in Pro- bate I‘ourt yesterday. The estate is slightly morc than $75,000. An appeal from the “ill by i'clativcs of the woman is now pending in Superior i‘olli‘l. Daiibury Votes for $495,000 High School ilitlDGEI’URT. March (‘hui'les Andre l-‘illcr. organist and music teacher of Duiitury brought suit in the Superior court yester- day afternoon against the Danbury and Bethcl Street Ruiluny company SS.— for damages of $3.000. lie was in- jured Junuury l‘.‘. 1925 in a. colli- sion hetuccn :i street-car and an automobile in lianbury. .—_,__._ Obituary J. H. Brown. J. ll. Brown. of Cove avenue, who died suddenly last Thursday. was prominent along the Norwalk water- front. and well known to local skip- pers. He has a host of friends along the harbor. who were grieved to hear of his sudden demise. Ho is survived by a wife. and I. daughter. who was Mrs. Ada Scam. widow of the late Solomon Scam. His mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown of Brooksido. and a sister, Mrs. Howard Prescott of Brookslde also survive him.‘ Licence- B. Try-en Eleanor B. Tryon. wife of John Tryon. died this morning at. the Ho- tel Brietol‘at the age of 64 years. She is survived by a. husband and one son. Harry men of Stamford. Funeral notices uten . w Pom Rudolph Paulovich died this morning at his home at 11 North Taylor avenue at the age of 68. He is survived by six children. Frank. Joseph. Edward. Mrs. Martin Pas- eeck. -Mrs. Edward Panehieon and Mrs. George Ambler. Funeral er- rangements will be announced later. , John Joseph Nolan . , ~ The funeral of John Joseph Nol'an will be held Monday ‘morning at 0:80 o'clock tom the late home. 57 Bolder: avenue. and' at 9 o'clock Ironic. Mary's church. Interment will be in the family plot in'flt. Xary's cemetery. ‘ ' ~' e thel tel-cos- eidereble irregularity lam move-g merit developed nether opening of“ today’s stock market. Oneal, Elecg tric‘advanced‘i points and idwln, Houston Oil. Deiawere and Hudson end Republic Steel a point each. Xorthern Pacific dropped ‘ a pbint and If. 8. Steel common. Bethlehem Steel. General Haters. New York Central and American Smeltlng yielded fractionally'.’ The early _ market was a trading affair with no indications of a dell- nito trend. Baldwin nnd Republic Steel cancelled most of their initial gains and U. 8. Steel common made up its loss. Pootuln Core}! Ad- vanced a points and Canadian Pa- cino and U. S. Smelting. 1 each. buy- ing of the latter being influenced by the resumption of dividends. Omaha common broke 2 points 4 to a. new low at 41 and Union Bag and Paper and Chicago and Eastern Illinois also sold at their lowest prices of the year. . GIVENWCENIS i‘ . -—-—-——>. , , a . .- - BRIDGIPOB'I'; lurch 88.3%ng dent ;. K‘Puad'erford. of. the dim. homes-tray. expects within". putt-tum... to‘ be asked to; decide whether the traction company will continue operation or trolleys on the river road between Stratford and Shelton or if in view of pending road conduction work by'the State High. way department. it would not be more economical to operate motor bosses on the line. Th trolley chief was in touch with the State Highway department ten days ago but. was informed them while it appeared certain that at least a port of this highway would be built this spring, definite details were yet lacking. . A bill giving the trolley company the rkht to substitute bit-es for trolleys has been past! by the leg- islature within the past few dnyl. President Puuderford is waiting a copy of it, to ascertain if under sub. etituticu. the traction pothpany is to retain its trolley opemting franchise. Such a. clause was desired by the traction firm because it is felt that where buesea are run, it may later develop they are not practical. It might then be advisable to return trolleys to the route. . BYCOURTORDER BRIDGEPORT. March :s.-—t'r'i-f der an order issued by Judge John; _W. Banks of the Superior court yce- ‘ tot-day the shareholders of the Dc- funct Ridgcfleid and New Yorlt Railway Company will receive 90 cents per share. This road receiv- cd its charter in 1867 and had it continued by successive acts of the legislature until 1909, when the c-hrrier was allowed to lapse. i The only’ move toward operation vivas the purchase of rights of way from the New York stato line to Ridgerg-ld. The» assets have been sold by the receiver. There are 11.5 shareholders. one being the New York. No wHaveri and Hartford Railroad. VOTETOUNlllE Mignon NORRISTOIVN. 8a.. March L's.— Thc lay r-lcctorai conference of the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal conference yesterday voted. 160 to 6. for uniticatlon of the .\'orth and South Churches. The laymen by a vote of 149 to 20 also favored the admission of lay- men to the annual conference. FALL RIVER. Mess. March 28.— Thu Southern New England Metho- dist Episcopal confcrcner yesterday approved the proposal for unifica- lion of the North and South bodies of the Methodist Episcopal church. The clergy voted 84 in favor of uni- fication and one against. The lay- men favored the proposal by a vote of 71 to l. TOMMY GIBBONS 1N “AD" 8011' The Sentinel Publishing Co.. to- gether with Wendell l'. Milligsn. treasurer and Leigh Dsnenberg. president. have been named as co- dcfendents in o. dam-go suit brought in the Superior court by Thomas J. McDonald. The suit in which they are named (‘U-dt‘fendlnll. is brought against Mrs. Emma 1.. Golden and Mrs. Ag- nes L. Kelly. of Fair-field avenue. end alleges that between Navember. 1922 and February. "18. when the Golden. were proprietors of the publishing business. the plaintiff rcndered certain services in solicit- ing advertising at the request of the general manager of tho Goldens. C. Earl Deland. for the Norwelk Eve- ning Sentinel and the Stamford Sentinel. “hen the present owners of the Evening Sentinel took over the newspaper. April. 1923. McDonald .had severed his connection ”with The Evcning Sentinel. N. Y. Senate Concurs On Tax Cut Plan ALBANY. March 28.-——The Senate yesterday concurred with the assem- bly in the passage of a bill pro- viding for a :5 per cent reduction in the state income tax. Governor Smith said earlier in the day that if he received the measure today he Would affix his signature immediately. -—Advertise in the Sentinel for thc bcst results: ’EXPECI'S HARD ' BATTLE'FROM GENE TUNNEY : ST. PAUL. Minn. March 28,—- Tommy Gibbons. St. Paul heavy- weight. “hose next engagement probably will to a fifteen round contest with Gene ’l'unney American light heavyweight champion. ex- pressed thc opinion today that Tun- ney would give him a hard fight. Gibbons witnessed Tunney's tri- umph over Harry Greb hcre last night .eeeing Tunney in action for the first time. He never took his cycs off the hard punching Xv“ Yorker during the ien rounds of Vicious fighting. "Tunney is it big. strong fellow. and ought to give me a good hard fight." Gibbons said. "I like the way he boxes. He hit: hard and accurnicly." UNION SILK . _S Specials for Saturday - VESTS - Fine ribbed, built up shoulder or with ribbon straps, regular and extra sizes. SPECIAL Fine ribbed, bodice and buii'oup shoulder. Allsizes. SPECIAL.........~. ‘ Sateen Striped Slips, with hem, 3:: white only. SPECIAL . . ....... Jersey Silk. all colors and sizes. . SPECIAL '. SILK .. ran-rm ' ‘ _ Jersey Silk, light and darkcolors. ' ‘ ' PECIAL ' ‘ seasee‘eeepoo-OOCIDIO‘ e 24c sm'rs -".' 59c o..- $1.00 sure _ $1.95. .. .- 3139* l“. m .. lurch fit—The . j tore-ems mat. Mn. 3. afterthorseutter— No.1 7 was ‘ flie‘ United Stet. Popao. r. flee there.) Postmaster. ‘ .00”! New was informed m by John 3. Nos tan ‘.in on“. Bed Cro- relief bmk I.‘ I ..s . “As an old poetmest_ or." were Kr. , ! Kuhn. in‘ a mange from-Griffin. “lens roudtonotetbatthefiret thing that renamed here was Uncle Inlpector Lyttle mblhhed u post once in a railroad car the morning following the disaster and is new putting up a ‘ready cut‘ small house by borrowing lumber from Evansville.” ‘3. . TO FIX THE ROADS Many Complaints Beo- ing: Made About Con- dition of Streets—4 Yachtsmen Busy - Reeideots of Ian Norwalk con- tinue to register complaints against the condition of many of the streets in that district. 'Residentl. other than those from Strawberry Hill eve- nue. may be present at the next meeting of the Common Council to ask that repairs be made. O O 0 Benny Cello is cutting down the embankment in front of his home in Fort Point street. 0 O o Improvements have been made to the coal sheds in the East Net-walk yard of the Ferris-Define Coal com- pany. ' 0 O O The work of dredging the East Xortvalk channel is progressing rep- idly. The dredged has now reached a point off the Marvin dock. O 0 O The boat yard of \Voliscc Bates is a busy piacae at the present time. Several boats are being overhauled for the summer season. 0 O 0 Louis Canevari is getting his speed boat ready to put into commission again. 0 O 0 Charles Vollmer of Emerson street has purchased a new car. 0 O O The condition of Mrs. W. 8. Han- ford of East avenue, who fell and broke her leg recently at her home. continues to improve according to reports from the Norwalk hospital, o o e 4 The Ladies Aid Society of the East Avenue Methodist Episcopal church conducted a cake sale at Fey's mar- ket in Van Zandt street yesterday. 0 O O The large barge No.‘ :0 of the Red Star Line. docked at tho Ferris-De- fine Coal yard yesterday morning. with :1 load of coal. 0 0 Chris Fey's pet monkey was taken iii yesterday. The animal seems to be longing for the wilds of South A: rice. The nice weather of the.put feni days brought many visitors to Calf Pasture M‘ Park. Although no bothers were in the water, menypf the yisitors had e. longing look in their eye. as it they would like to . N take a. dip in the wqter. O Soofteu . ‘ the temptation to ‘ ll. alluring. Quay times a man will . his construction ——,bnt never \vr. LO cheapen. its first appearance. V not last-investment value will not be .ppo. . most important factor, construction jgmiiltamed '. cuts of economy to home 0Wnership l. ‘ ‘Jghled. . v .. , poor lumber are never satisfactorv in ”J. in?” M >“3uild For The Years“ The Hatch o Bailey . also: a little cheaper . Merit to . [lid In- L" “n. ‘9!) firbl 8 L Several new houses are being con- ltructed‘in the vicinity of Marvin Beach. 0 O 0 Numerous complaints are being mode‘about boys playing baseball in the roadway in Osborn avenue at Van Zandt street. ' O O O Prosecuting Attorney Cramcr C. Hegemn and.Ellis Howard have purchased five building lots in Mar- vin Beach from Adams and Schmidt. The lots will be cut up into 50 foot plots and sold. This is the second purchase Messrs. Hegeman and Howard have made. they having previously purchased a number of lots in Marvin's Ridge. Mr. Howard is building a new house in Alden avenue. which is rapidly nearing completion. . O O 0 Alfred Knapp of North avenue is‘ home from a business trip. , I O 0 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Doty are. contemplating building several hous- es in Marion avenue. ‘ C O 0 Girls from the Older Girls Con~ More Donations nerd. MicLac; C - err-“pr. 'r- .. '. - for Charity Ball ' .33... - "- o- Geller. ‘ , . ””1: ”7*“ . The K. or c. Charity Ball (0.... ““3" '1 . 1...... mittee announced more donatio:.s p "11“" ‘ U :<l~ H. for the Norwalk Hospital .Vuy's 5.10 H 7" . Ami homc. These donations have co: hymn i" l. 2 from the following: ""1“" M» 1 :.- . l‘ ' Seville Bnyley. itoton l‘oin: not}; ‘ "if” 7' 3-" i at l ockwood Mtg. «50.. Stephen 1mm. "' ’ \Villiarn K. Wilson. Dr. A. it. V 71.. _ .tva. . .i. 'i‘iirn-‘ er. Daniel Keogh, T1]... 1.. M. RC“ ’ CO-o John P. Keogh. Mrs. Herbert \’. t'arr. Miss Edith 1 Foster. Schuyler Hamilton. gram. Dr. T. R. Bradley. l‘aul Schultz-e, Dr. J. G. Gregory. Brldceport. Louis H. liar-cu. Paul R. Vanna—p ri‘RnTL RANGE And All House 1‘ I)r. S. D. M‘VI'QHL '. Jlr> Harry J. 1.. (‘1. Reed G. Hmiland. ll. Jacob ’ mg “‘-"'d5 a' Sons, Inc.. Frcdcrick lirack. _\_.’l5‘ I". t ' Engineering (30.. Mrs. Ln v. ~. 1 ”95' HughcspJohn (T. Smith, Zf'liln. Sclr \ ' (“'iswt-ll). .‘llss Laura J. Pun-.3 . ‘ L (JUIkou LcGrand Raymond. Mrs. Alma i1 37 North Maj H Rood. Floyd J. .‘lnguinc. Joyfug». ‘ - ._. P B. Suiting. ”on“? Herbert O. Pollard. Mrs. F. ii. .\l:— - fcrence being held in Norwalk are being entertained at the homcs of Mrs. H. Siauson. Airs. C. D. Hodge- son. hire. E. Barnum and Mrs. L. L. Pugh. O C The ligiitflouse boot has rebuilt the dolphins torn down by the ice during the winter at East Nornaik. Round Beach and “'hitc Rock. 0 O O The barge No. 20 is in from. New York for the Device Co.. The Red Star will tow her in. O 0 o The i‘ncltard Dredging Company expect their large dredge in heft ' within a few days to do some work in the lower harbor. This cut. which will be along Long Beach. is on a hard bottom. vvnich necessitated the big dipper dredge._ 0 The Dredge Newport has made good progress during the past. six. weeks in the Beet Norn'nlk cut.; There is now seven feet of water at 3 low tide, according to Harbor Mas- tcr Ellis Howard. . Customer (entering): “is this a 'eecond-hand store?" Proprietor: "Yes. sir." . Customer: “Put one on in)‘ watch."—Ash\illo (N. C.) Timon. we“ e‘d ISChUItzek Saturday Speco Legs of Lamb ............ Boneless Veal Roast ...... PorkRoast ........ SirloinSteak Lamb Forcquarters ......... :1: FancyFowl.......... Schultze’s Sanitary Mar . Washington Street and Railroad Avenue. 80. F- 39 and 43 Main Street, Norwalk Weetfln. Georgetown. Dark-n. summed. lilaclt Hock. :. ' that lead. to YO.LII;HOUSG ~ . W“... N. s JHaitiifi’l'i'd'b'istvtfi‘world‘vsronlti mils"! b "5'“ M to tize’dporyfthe manwho built We. ‘ WMfie‘ib‘m‘fi-‘fio‘dfi'fidfidngtb‘ “3:?” '0!!! & finances and opportnm; . to m m '- .. - «soar-v" - 44:»- fteat door isvto‘rtadjkbettcr ’2 imm4.A'-B;C:Cfisifi3d ' Sc:- _ . - ‘5 <Ws mail uterine — “Juneau-er! “ I‘ ~ I - W I are m usual aim to N there helpfuljittle ads.
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