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NEWS
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ABLISHED 1870
Ema-red «- ser-end class nutter of the pond office“
Bomb Norwu-k than- under the Act of March 8.1870.
so a would 1‘ PJ'iflé‘r ‘Isworés rigs
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Religion '
and 5
State—Men Claim
Sales
in: C (Judge) \Vinchestcr.
'l'sylor (Colonel) Claiborne
lien (Private) Branin. all of-
o; the defunct Ford Techni-
lmrstortcs. lnc.. New York
- ith a factory in Water street.
1) “off; all acquitted by Judge
- A. Delaney in Specials“-
Coul-t. Paterson. N. J.. late
y afternoon on an indict-
charging them with having
cd $4.175 from John lrwin of
reukncss avenue. Paterson.
false pretenses in the sale 01’
nck in the defunct company.
r both sides had rested and
I 102' the defendants W83
for a dismissal it the in-
nt. Judge DclaneyAnterrupt-
» said:
-\‘e no difficulty in disposing
matter. i cannot feel an
conviction of the guilt of
efendants and in as much
burden of proof is upon the
I shall 5.1.: these defendants
ilty."
Athree men were discharged
custody. Brown was the of”!
f the trio that had been out
i the other two, \Vlnchrster.
laihorné, had been confined to
for
012m; Jail awaiting trial
I ‘.\':Ck5.
in testified the defendants
Ill".§‘3nled to him that their
' had 'he backing of wraith:
* ~ and that it was working
tho: it had a. proo-
It was un-
“rt-j
Ir
. 3;..lll‘c before
25'5" repri-srmations.
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EMEN TO ASK
0R CARNIVAL
PERMIT AGAIN
luél’s of the Phoenix. Hope
of
32d Pioneer Hook and Lad-
.u..tea.— companies are to hold
;- lea-Ling. probably on Fri-
for
for
0
116
'fallt’a another request
use the Green
a! carnival.
0:;cers feel that if there is
~i-f:_»cC'.lOn to their continuing to
v. .~ carnival there as they
.c in years past, they Will
".th the First District
11‘: investigatin‘:
IO
luUDGE TOURNADIES T
':;.i.;c tournament for .
As: will be started this eve-
:‘outn Norwalk Club rooms
Merton Street.
‘ 1mm CLEARING HOUSE
STATEMENT.
‘~.\‘ YORK, April s.-——Thc New
2 $.25 House statement is-
.;‘._\- nus as follows:
4. (LL-anus: . . .3 787.000.090
C::*:............ 83.000.000
‘z': ...... . . 79,000,000
Iltl‘Asl‘RY BALANCE.
'AEHINGTON. April 8.—Unitedg
es Trédsury net balance at closr‘
:usinces ,xpnl St): was 8480.-
. 23.
(D
m
L SANITARY FEATURE.
..;»o.—t:.n:. indecd. as it spill!“ ‘0
insight-.5 that handle. ”Tunable
:harfllse. The Norwalk “If?
33 Center avenue. Norwalk- W
.- congratulated on the mom
:2: titry have for conduct!“ ‘
t sani'ary establishment."-A¢'.
Mt‘l.l.tua.\“s nubile-MADE
Clil'lJJ-ZRS ARE FINES.
'1'”)! the DPS! of mntrl’hll I."
In milking the lsnmo Ind ounce
"V-yr need in cool"!!! "1"“
es all over this vicinii! III"
“Ken‘s Haste Made (trailers for
OO 2 fr 8T0
njd Tech. Lab. Case
"ismissed By Judge
. Case,” Pat—crson Court Says After Both
Sides Had Rested—Local Men Testify for
thc .
They Never Misrepre-
sented Condition of Company in Stock
RESPONDENT,
HE KILLS HIS ,
LITTLE BOY
Man Found Unconsci-
ous in Schenectady
H o t e I A d m i t 5
Charge in Hospital
FROM' WATERBURY
Brotheridgufifies Him
—Ill Since His Wife
Died in Childbirth
SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. April 8.—
F‘rom a suffering man in the hospital
here yesterday came a story of a
husband. who. dcspondent over hls
young wife's death in child birth.
had chloroformed his two weeks'
old son and then had attempted sul-
clde.
The man was Thurlow ll. Rogers
of “Waterbury. Connecticut. He was
found unconscious in a hotel hers.-
Saturday noon. and until Monday
he said. lnight. when he came from the coma
2.. j‘lurcilaceu the stock in theltong enough to ask for food and to
‘say he was “Rogers of “'utcrbury.“
he had not been identified.
Yesterday his blothcr. \V. l". ltog~
ers ol‘Troy. came to visit him and
the brother. after a talk wlth the
suffering man. collapsed. Upon be-
ing revived he said Thurlow Rogers
(Continued on Page Two.)
$1,000 UNLI-STED
tN ASSETS 0F
WORTH 5an 10
A discrepancy of 31.000 in the
assets of the haul—.rupt Worth Five
and Ten Cent Store. of Norwslk. be-
came known before Referee John
Keogh in Bankruptcy court Bridge-
port. yesterday.
The corpomllon's liabilities had
. betn listed at 816,000 with 05,000 In
cash assets. but it. was revealed that
l the merchandise of the store had
been sold for 86.000.
Explaining the circumstance that
the $1.000 difference had not been
recorded as pa-t of the assets. Attor-
Loy e. l). Savatsky. counsel for the
trustee of the lu-lvcnt estate. said
a New‘Ycrk agency that had obtslrs-
ed a buyer for the Worth stock. had
charged “00 for its share in the
86.000 deal and that some of the
purchase price was given over to the
owntrs of the store as was“.
Reform Keogh continued the
hearing until next My. request»
in: that all papers books hear-
ing on the “.000 sale t suction be
brought into court for inspection.
For some time the five and son
cent store was operated as s. part-
nership by the Worth brothers. They
incorporated for ”0.000 tan Jano
uary. A short time later thecoro
poration wentltmo bankruptcy. . .
Attorney Slavatsky objected to the
presence in court of Attorney How-
ard snuff. counsel for the creditors.
on the ground that claims be bold
had not been well. He was
promptly overruled. and it wll
Attcmoy 'sbstt‘s questioning. that
brought out the 81.000 cuppa-:-
L306.
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'xns. Hanan tum .
The condition of Ilrs. Ross Miller
Kalcm of 80 Woodward smite. who
mm icdinechsdsy niobi-
Away. and in waxed
Adv.
.tc serve the highest ideals of his
K l.
RESIDENTS OF I
WINNIPAUK ASK
NEWRR STATION
Appeal Made to New
. Haven Road for Its
Erection Near Tire
Plant
GOOD BUSINESS
Section Growing and
Increased Patronage
Would Come With
Better Facilities
The" is s. movement under way
'by the residents of Winnipauk and
Silvernline for a new Winnipauk
rai road sultan. This is not a now
tnoxe. but a rcvhai of an agitation
starts-d before the world war. The
matter has already been brought to
the attention of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad com-
pany by residents of Winnipuuk and
Siliermine who visited the New York
offices of the company. as well u!
by others who-have written lettrrs.
Tho Not-walk Tire and Rubber
company has offered an excellent
:site tor a new‘stulion: the site be-
:ing located at the railroad crossing
south of us p‘ants. With the elec-
triiication of the Danbury road. it
is felt a new railroad station with
improved service will do much to-
ward inert-shins the number of pa-
lrons using the branch road at this
i point.
‘ Thu-re are many reasons why “'in-
'nipauk and Silxermlne residents feel
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JEWISH FEAST
0F PASSOVER
STARTS TODAY.
Commemorates Liber-
ation of Jews From
Egyptian Bondage
5,000 Years Ago
The Feast of the Passover will be
ushcrcd in by local Jewry begin-
ning with services tonight at the
synagogue in Concord strcct under
Cantor Fleishcr. This will mark the
opening of the eight-day observance.
Special classes for the younger
people will he held at the i’. M. H.
A. building in South Main street.
The Passover festival commemo-'
rates tho liberation rt the Jew from
Egyptian bondage more than 5.00!)
years ago. The feast has special sig-
nificance this year because of the
opening of the Hebrew university in
Palestine last week.
Special services will be held in
synagogues throufihout the state and
nation. During the festival no food-
stuffs containing ferment or acid
may be eaten. and for that. reason
the Passover is known as the (reti-
val of the unleavcned broad. The
Hagadah. the narrative of the ex-
odtIs from Egypt. will he road to-
nlg‘ t at the Seder. .The holiday will
continue until sunset April ‘16.
In a Passover greeting to Jon
I
l
tsters says:
“The Jew in America feels that in
this God-blesst‘d country he is free
faith. It is the privilege of all Am-
ericans to serve the Father of us
all. each according to his concept." ‘
LICENSE SI‘SPENDED
The local police have been notifl~
ed that the operator’s licenses of thc
followipg have been suspended by
the Department of Motor Vehicles:
Douglas Raymond. Strawberry Hill
avenue: Edward Warner. 46 Van
andt street and Steven Kolbcy, 19
cut! street. ‘ , '
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MAYOR OF 81'. hours
ST. LOUIS. April s.—-A complete
count of 6:! precincts today show
that Victor J. Miller. former presi-
dent of the board of pollen commi-
donors and detected candidate to:
”governor (still-curl. In “August“:
yesterday was elected
-
the New York board of Jewish mln~ .
the Rom]: Day Nursery.
TEACHERS ASK
INCREASE IN
THEIR SALARIES ,;
New Minimum Scale
Is Recommended at
School Board Meet-
ing—Goes Over
OTHER REQUESTS
Teachers’ Committee
Makes 'Seven Other
Proposals— Janitors
Want More
A recommendation for an increase; '
in the salaries of teachers was made
by the Teachers‘ Committee at :2:“
Board of Education meeting last
night. The matter went over until ..
the next meeting. 7
In the grade teachers. the pro- l
posed increase brings the maximum
salary of teachers from grades 1 to.
u from 81.500 to. 81.550: of wont ‘
teachers in the JullR-Sw‘0 . .
81.700 to 31.100: the men will.» '
in the Junior high from ”.100 to 82 -
300. In the cue of the senior hist-
schoot. it raises the minimum ss'wcl
as the maximum.
The new scale for women teachers
calls for a minimum of 81.200 in-
stead of $1.100 and a maximum at
82.000 instead of 81.900. For men.
the minimum is raised from 81.600
to $1.700 and the maximum is plac-
ed At $2.500 instead of 82.400.
The proposed increase is in line
with the policy of the board to in.
crease the salary schedule a little
each year until it is on the same
basis of other cities. '
In line with the proposed wage
schedule. all of the school ianitors
in the Norwslk public schools in a
petition read at the meeting asked
for an increase in wages. The juni-
tors say their salaries are extremely
low and that they should have a 25
per cent increase.
The following recommendations
\vel'c also made by the Teachers‘
Committee but were not acted on:—
1. That Miss Ruth M. McGoey be
engaged as commercial teacher in
the Senior high School 'to finish the
term of Miss Pryor. resigned.
3. That DeLos L'Hommidieu be
engaged as janitor at Rowayton
school.
3. That an Extra school nurse be
engaged. salary 81.600.
4. That an extra. drawing teacher
be engaged. salary $1,200.
5. That a clerk to the principal 0.-
Roger Ludlow Junior High School
be engaged, salary 8500.
6. That a clerk to the principal of
Center Junior High School be ensu-
ed. salary $500. ‘
7. That a. fund be provided for two
teachers for Opportunity 'ctssses for
1925-1926.
LEGION TURNS l
OVER 5150 TO -
DAY NURSERY
Give Away Profits of
Recent Ball — Dis-
cusses Grounds a t
-.‘Calf Pasture
The matter of,buildlng a cinder
running track and lasebsll diamond
st Calf Pasture Beach Park. was
discussed at the inflating of the
Frank C. Godfrey Post. No. 13. Am-
erican Legion inst «menial. “0
p'snl will be punch“! to the Com—
mon Council next l'uesdsy owninl.
It was reported that the turn of
$130 the profits of the recent boil
ofthe Post had Men turned over to
.TOVR RADIATOR TROUBLE.
No better place in‘luh vicinity to!
the prop" repairing of your note
radiator «no miter will! the new”:
"cm than in minis-it‘ltsdmm
“Mir!“ (‘0. ., no; how to
do the job mom". Mics
I .
'~ ‘ uncanny.
‘ ' ' ' Photo by Manugian.
nl:_ A.‘
aspen-mama
Nash Denies
~Politics,
- ' Religioitvin Schools
Clinton B. Rowland
' K. K. K.
Says-He Is Not Member of
Interviewed following the
meeting lashnight. Douglas E.
Nash. chairman cf the Board of
Education. issued the following
statement:
"lean only say that during
the year and s. half I have been
‘chatrmsn or the Board of Edn-
catlon l have endeavored to
keep clear of religion and pcli-
tics. For this reason. I kept
twat! frorn teacher appointments
and most of the time have not
known who was to be recom-
mended preVious to board meet-
tags. I have tried to be as fair
as possible."
Clinton 8. Rowland. chairman of -
the Teachers' committee. following
the Board of Education meeting.
asked reporters present at the see-
sionnto make it clear that he was
not a. member of the Ku Klux Klan
and was not in sympathy with the
mbvsment. Mr. Rowland said he
hsdhecrd' he had been accused of
being a member of the Klan.
E‘irst *Dist. P." '0. Shows
Its Biggest Increase
s
The Firm district post otfice is
growing fast. This is amply shown
in the third quarterly report issuedl
today by Postmaster, C. Irving 'Byr
ington. - .
The report shows that the post of—
tice did the largest business 1n‘its
history: its gross receipts for the
quarter ending- March 81. 1925.
amounting to $19,150.62 or 82,146.11
more than was taken in during the
same period in 1924.
The receipts for the quarter. too.
were larger than those for tho
quarter ending December 81. .1920;
something which never happened
befom. Usually receipts for the
second quarter are tin largest dur-
IS CANDIDATE .
snails. April s—mcum
Von Hindenbexg was nominated to.
day so a candidate for president“
the German unpublic by‘the Notion-'
alveolar-mun bout-gem bloc;
It wu‘ulncuncsd 'thst"tbe “field
menu: had agreed» mamas _
Von madcnbmncminwbn.wu.
tow-several hours bcfol'o In so-
tilnlly‘scroflpd. suit was known this
law-3 had egg-cud total;-
ing the year. because of Christmas
business. This quarter. however.
coeded the period ending in De-
c mbor by 478.03. ’
The report further shows that the
record-for the number of money or-
der! tuned tor the year had been
broken this quarter. during which
domestic orders ‘issued numbered
2.154 and totalling 316.800.62 were
d to the people. The fees on the
hey orders amounted to 8188.“.
International money orders issued
amounted to 78 and totalled .31..
£03.57. ',
‘The office paid out on domestic
orders. 813.081.02. These ordvrs
nymberod “.492. Fourteen inter-
national orders were paid to an
amount of.8841.77.
KIWANIS ESSAY
_Psul McElroy has been announc-
_ed sash. winner of the ‘Klwanll
Essay contest, no u a result will
take s trip to-,Wuhingtcn. with all
'bis espouse-wold by the local boxi-
nc- men's organisation. The theme
Anson-tho mbjcct “Ncrwslk. from
its ’ gm to Revolutionary
.
. will read his cwnpopcr
“The w luncheon tomorm.
as will start his trip to the Csptta
~ museum, with a num
_ontl M the Falrfit'ld
who are going there.
In tut!
.er. 'II :i‘ ‘WI.| ,
’. ~-w ;.
Heats
d DiscussiOn _
Precedes Vote e
The Weather i
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ecu-can.
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PRICE THREE‘CENTS:
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Both Dr. Tracey and Attorney Dunbar Plans
For Superintendent, Claiming No Charge
0f Incfliciency Had Been Made—Buchan-
an Accuses Nash on Religious Question—
K. K. K. Gets 1.11m Debate
Superintendent of Schools George V. Buchanan‘s contract
was not renewed by the Board of Education at its monthly meet-
ing last night.
Anomalous.
Accusations and counter-accus-
ations marked the close of the
School Boards action. Therc were
chattel .bot' {tbs religious issue was
in. the root of the ousting of Sup.
crintcndent Buchanan.
There)?“ the further chargv
that lit Minerva at. Davis. had
ban-led tor Buchanan's downfall oo-
cause be had not fallen in with her
political plans. .
Those who voted against renew-
ing the contract were:
Miss Mary 0. Radar.
Mrs. George F. Belts.
Clinton is. Rowund.
Dr. George G. stcett.
Alexander J. Rummler.
Those who sued for
“cocaine: were: - '
u—DIWM Jamey: "‘“'
Attorney Jesus T. Dunbar.
Mrs hrs 3. Lane was out of
the noon while the vote was take-
and Douglas E. Sub. chairman of
the board. did not vote.
In a talk following the meeting
Superintendent Buchanan accused
Mrs. Lima-vs M. Davis of reins.
in a measure responsible for his
ousting. and charged Douglas E.
Nash. Chairman of the School
Board. with having tried. for re-
ligious reasons. to influence his
Judgment in the recommending of
Miss Stella 3!. Buckley as Clerk to
the superintendent.
"Eever since I refused to influence
the teachers in voting for her bus.
band seven years ago when he was
running for mayor. Mrs. Dun/is has
not liked me. 1 know this. Re-
publtcsn and Democratic friends
have told me. '
Nash Talks.
While Mr. Buchanan was talking
to newspaper reporters. Mr. Nash
approached and said that he didn't
renewing
want Superintendent Buchanan to
think religion or politics had enur-
ed into the matter at alL.
“How can I help thinking it."
corn.» back the Superintendent.
"Didn't you call me to your outed
on the appointment of Miss Buckley
and try to influence my roooxmnen-
daticn? Didn‘t you my ‘ali things
beings-anal. you would prefer the
appointment of a Protestant.-
Didn‘t I tell you that my chclcc had
been made because of Hi- Buck-
leys.qusliticstlom and didn't I tell
you that I had gone to two teachers
on the list before apprmhi an-
Buckley and .all had refused the
position because of the long hours.
“Didn’t you tell me that having
a. Cathode in your once was. cm-
bamssing at times?“ asked 51:.
Null.
“No I dldnot. If I over told you
that l was lying.” replica Superin-
tendent Buchanan. “Miss moder-
g-st who was here before Miss
Buckle; was a most efficient clerk.
Didn't I hove to fight. to have her
salary raised in the tsce‘of opposi-
Lion?"
ur. Nash asked the Superinten-
dent if he had not been fair since
no had been chairman of the board
and tried to steer shy from all re-
um -
In reply to this. Ir. Buchanan
again brought up the Min Buckley
incident. ’
“John Henry (former member of
the board). a good friend of mine.
came to me and urged me to‘ change
my mind upon the "commendation
of uh Buckley: 'uld Superinten-
dent Buchanan. “no. «on -w
you. 1-1. wants me a letter nying
that my nerd was perfectly correct.
but sold be feared that I would
lose the tricodship of some mambo
«so! boardtfluucktotny
acct-in on. It was a do or two later
wen
”you called no down to your
/
‘ farm Out.
'“Ycu'irsdtnit than tbs: I did
u! is ”lulu-over Ili- Buckley.
that “£35!!!“ ”3‘ gen-1.] mu
prefer the appointment of the
other?” um Ilium.
Input, woodcut Boob-m replied
lath-1m. iv. sun-id that be
m that Mutations canals
one.
The vote was 5 to 2. . I.
' This action means, the ousting of the Superintendent when -
his contract expires J use 1. 1925.
Last night ’3 session was the c
fights in the history of Norwslk’s schools.
ultninstion of one of the bittcresi:
he had snot-July left both religion
and politics cut of his recommends.-
' lions and had only consumed qual-
mentions.
A bitter fight was made by some
of the members of the board to clooo
the board meeting to rcpo’rtcrs. This
was squashed after a lengthy dié‘.
cussicn in which Dr. William I.
Tracey and Attorney Jesse T. Duh-
u' took a prominent part on the
negative side.
According to the rules. the action
on 0 school superintendent must be
taken at an adqur-ned meeting in
April. ‘
The matter. however. some up Q:
the regular session. in which it. was
proposed to go into executive sac
sion to discuss action upon Superin
sends“: Buchanan. .
“I don‘t see anything in the by-
laws to this effect." said Dr. Tracey.
Chairman Nash read a paragraph
from the rules in which it was out»
ed that the board should go into :8-
ecutive sr-ssion regarding the discus-
sion of teachers and employee of
the board It was also pointed out
that the action on the superintend—
ent had to be taken at on adjourned
menting.
“If Buchanan doesn't object. I
don't know why we should." said Dr.
Tracey.
“I don't see why we should go
into executive session." declared A!»
torney Jesse T. Dunbar.
Dr. Tracey said: "i don't see why
the board shouldn't be above board."
Attorney Jesse T. Dunbar suggei»
ed that the board. if it went into a-
ecutivs session. might and itself ink.
ing illegal action. He mid be
thought the public should be taken
into the confidence of the board.
Servants o: the People.
"I don‘t see why you should ob-
Ject to an open session." said At!
torney Dunbar. “You are the scro-
ants of the people."
“I object to being called mail
of anyone." declared Clinton 8- Row-
land. who was leading the fight for
an executive session. _
“Any man elected to a public onion
is the servant of the people." .31!
Attorney Dunbar. T...
"have it up to the Cumm-
(Continued on P... TWO.)
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THE BOY SCOUT
COUNCIL TO ;
OlNE tONtcllT
Annual Affair to BE."
Held in Hotel Ma-
ld‘lfllqi.;lv
K
hackemo—Doctor.
. Tracey to Preside
The annual dinner of the 3g
Scout Council and the Scout In.
ten will be held this evening st es!-
en o'clock in the dining room at
the Hotel Mshsckemc with D.
“’iiliam J. Tracey acting so toll-
mner. .‘2
The nadir will be presided over
by Frank Roberts. president of ti“
Scout Council. The speck"? win
be-muk Pruby of New York City:
Lieutenant Robert Dr—mmlng. chute.
man of the Americanlsution 3n-
reau st Hartford. and A. w. Beenoy.
Scent Executive at Stamford.
Songs will be sung under tho
leadership of Scoutrnutcr Show
wood. Arrangements have “1
mode to accommodate 0‘. but it To
expected that this number will In
exceeded by several. '"
CENTRAL TAXI (70.
TI‘JIJ-J'IIDNE 333‘.
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Every passenger insured. 8 North; r_
Kain nmcwddv.
— asthma ATTENTION.
”Gum Thursday night.
9th to consider chums- in _
by laws. Your presented two
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