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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925.
SIXTEEN PAGES
TA
.IpI-TI 1.3.
". ‘ ‘i'l Ii.
(tide and 122nd
. 'd by fire. within
' .~ :.:orning.
‘ .. llalt‘rnilllion dollars.
down
or the
“I’lI IYC‘ILVF
dropping in llicir
. IIeIpirss
" 3 l1“: ' lll‘if Martin mar-
' :rushmi be-
2;; a ton. lie
. at. a y-aining from
1 great stone, buried
i= ..h.
I‘ Imur engine- com-
w: ‘ .W in ii“; church
bigan if) I'ollapse.
w :-.I-:‘lt_r.~r under pillars in
e‘ “do of The building. while
(Ir-d great flaming
. :mlel to earth
;.- Hr; llcmain~ standln '.
CIlUif‘l..
m H.
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5:) \\ 1 118.
tips assiSiant. the
1.. Cadman. a brother
Fob 1:5 CiIdman.
‘22-? ill .XIIILX‘IL'LL
ruined
no: lmiiry remained.
-;ld:n; was 33 years old.
? “mined glass Windows
able as art treasures
.Is “as :1 new
mm
mm 0F DOCK
: ncil Grants Permis-
20.000 Is Available--
0 Fill in Ground
the
to dredge
was gran:-
Common
a
“-1 1.02;
ion . by
1 » \enm’:
'i». ’rn'
east. side of the
i ‘ the mud into the
‘z . the dock. which
~ or .‘.‘d as a public
{:7 WW". ll. Light as the
e (Iv-neared before
:Isl-sml that permits-
1 ‘J do this work. IT‘-
und: \ere aiailable.
"~’r2\ia.‘:on another member
Wm ittee informed the
m: committee had the
for dredging and
11-. 1‘: thought that this
Add time 10 do It. as {I
doing .e work at
(I...)
5n?
2-:Ii.l tho“
1hr
the pro-
dov-l. v'uuid in”
.. no, and that
was roIIIpl-gted the
available for ship-
”‘uses or ant other use.
“a“ Ailmrt Til. Pohlman
Lion that the Com-
thi: pewter. This
:1, ‘» -,. ' I
:: Elflafti}.
‘ YORK CLEARING HOUSE
ETA TE)! E NT.
April Ila—"The New
House statement. is~
'as as follows:
flaw-In; . ..$ 928,000,000
- . 108.000.0110
191.000.0an
L 1 LS TEAL
’1 TELEPHONE 353‘.
TAX] CO.
11.1.3 height of 2:00
the heax3 slate
blaze was dis-
turrcts and
lll‘;
is
'Jile parish “as in
icy.
of
of Brooklyn.
“ the Fear-rm Council of
. was brought under
walls and the
53:”;
AT NEW PARK
’on to Committee as
‘E. Wilson sr..
- of 111-2 nmv Munici-
reman Have Close
11 When Roof Falls
'l‘rinity Protestant Episcopal Church De-
stroy ed By Fire—Flames Soar 200 Feet——
Heavy Turrets and Cornices Crash—Loss
Estimated at Half Million Dollars
-— Holy
:tam Episcopal Church
street.
an
at an estimated
Engagement Ring
Is Gift, Not Trust
SAN'FRANCISCO, April 1.7.—
An engagement ring is a gift and
not a trust. and it the fair re-
cipient retains possessibn of it
she is not. guilty of embezzle-
ment. it “as ruled here yestcr-
dav by a police judge.
'Louis +1. Peterson asked the
court for a. warrant for the ar-
rest of his former fiancee. Miss
Dorothy Howard, on a charge
of embezzlement. asserting she
had. retained ownership of a
diamond ring he had given her
when Miss Howard promised to
became his bride. He said they
subsequently had abandoned
their plans and that Miss How-
ard refused to return the ring.
NEW STATION
WILL SAVE
LIVES, HE SAYS
H. B. Wilson Points
Out Another Good
Reason, for Change
At Winnipauk
HIS ARGUMENT
Electrification Will In-
crease Danger at
Crossin
Will Be “Guard”
A new angle to the need of a new
“'innipauk railroad station was
brought to light this morning by II.
III Seir Hill.
.‘Ilr. “‘Ilson pointed out that with
the Danbury road electrified. the
Sorwalk Tire and Rubber company
crossing would be one of the most
dangerous in this vicinity.
‘ Trains slapping ' at lll'.‘ station
and a ticket agent on duty would
practically abolish the danger at
this crossing." pointed out Mr. Wil-
son. “One life saved would com-
pensate for many )ears the pay of
the ticket agent."
“There is no argument against a
new railroad station on the site of-
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TRUCK AND CAR
CRASH AT FOOT
0F ARMORY HILL
Both Badly Damaged
But No One Is Hurt
--New York Driver
At Fault
An automobile truck and a. tour-
ing automobile crashed together at
the foot or Armory bill this morn-
ing. No one was injured, but both
cars were badly damaged.
The touring car was operated by
Rafiel Fiorillo. of 209 East 111th
street. Sew York, while the truck
“as being driven by Zigniond Ko-
mlnsk. of 1:. F. D. .30 G Fajrfield.
The brakes on the auto locked
' and caused it to skid into the truck.
F‘torillo told the police he was at
* dam-
er" passenger insured. 3 North fault and offered to pay all
. szreeL—Adr, 3898- 7
.‘il Ll.l(_.j)'5 CRCLLERS. —PCKE GOOD mo
: E._III.~-I:Iac‘e kind are
- creamy heavy milk. real
and the best of other in-
Always cooked with
automatic elecu'ic ma-
l‘ou’ll like them for they
cruilers.’ " Stores all
:...s. Vicinity have them {or
“Inlity
made 3
and between meals. too.
the delivery units 0211116 mm
mmmmmmnmm
Bottled the sanitary way in a
splck and Span establishment—The
Nor-walk Dairy Co.. 33 Center Ave.
«~15 undoubtedly nature‘s greatest
tonic for young and old alike. Use
more bottled milk-at mealtime
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1
M’MAHON WANTS
EAST AVENUE
PAVING DONE
Tells Council He Has
Been Waiting 3
Long Time for State
Aid
ASKS ACTION
Says He H a 5 Been
Wrongly Accused of
Holding Up Matter--
Get Busy .
\K’Illiain II .McMalion of
Board 01‘ Estimate and Taxation re-
quested information regarding 1hr
obtaining of state aid for the paving
of East avenue, at the meeting of
the Common Council last eVenlng
Mr. McMahon said that he had
been accused on holding up the
paving of this street and that he
wished" to set himsclr right with ill..-
public on the matter.
L\l r. McMahon said:
"At ‘1115; last meeting of the Board
of Estimuve and Taxation the ap-
propriation for the pau‘ngor the
street was held up. because it was
Suggested that state aid might be
obtained in this work and up until
the present time I haven't heard or
read through our newspapers of any
steps being taken to obtain state
aid. I am ready now to carry out
the statement that I made at the
meeting of the Board of Esllmate
and Taxation ,lr you can't. get state
aid. I for one am ready to go ahead
and approve of the ‘ appropriation
for this work. It is time that the
Council got busy if they want this
street paved this year.
1,000AT HEARING
ON DRY LAw
AT HARTFORD
Opponents of Wheeler
Amendments Fail to
Make Headway-—The
Buyer Clause
HARTFORD. April
to score materially against provisions
of the ‘Wheeler amendments to the
State Prohibition Enforcement act
by reason of eleventh hour changes-
elimlnating the stronger points of
objection to the bill. opponents con-
centrated their attack upon the the-
ory of more rigid enforcement of the
“dry" laws before the Legislative
Judiciary committee here today. do-
claring that the proposed additions
to the act would end to a greater
disrespect for law generally and the
eventual breaking down of all bar-
riers and restraint. '
1,000 Present.
Fully 1.000 citizens, about half of
them women. crowded the hall of
the House of Representatives for the
hearing. Nearly 300 more jammed
the corrider outside unable to get in.
Among the audience were some of
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CIVIC CENTER-
COMMITI'EE TO
HOLD MEETING
A meeting of the Civic Center
committee, has been called for to;
marrow waning. in the Council
Chambers at the City Hall. by Chair-
man John Milne
s Notices of the meeting hate been
sent out b} Secretary Albert M.
Pohlman. Matters pertaining to
the Civic Center will be brgught up
at that time.
CHILDHAS
DIPHTHERIA
Joeeph Bodnar. 3. of 35 Summit
street, is ill with diphtheria. accord-
ing to a report made last. night to
Dr.Robe1-t E. Perdue. 11th 017.1-
cer. This is thezonrth case reversed
the
15.—Failing'
N0 30-day Suspension for
Firemen, Says Frizzell
Fire Committeeman John Frizzell
denied yesterday the statement made
in a. local newspaper that the eight
members of the Putnam Hose com-
pany charged with gambling would
be suspended for 30 days.
When questioned regarding the
recommendations made by the
Board of Fire Control to the Putnam
Hose Company’s committee. Mr.
Frizzell said: “no such recommen-
dations were made to the Putnam
Hose Committee by the Board of
Fire' Control. I don't know where
the report came from, but I will
state that: it is erroneous.
“Certain recommendations were
made by the Board of Fire Control.
but there was nothing said about
any 30 day suspension."
The recommendations made. by
the Board of Fire Control will be
presented at the next meeting of the
Putnam Hose Company and if. they
are carried out by the Putnam Hoae
company the cases will be dropped,
otherwise they “ill be taken up
again.
No mention was made of the mat-
ter at the meeting of the Common
Council last. evening.
South NorWalk Trust Co.
Celebrates Its 24th Year
No better evidence of the growth
of South Norwalk and its business
volume could be given than the re-
markable progress of the South .‘Ior-
walk Trust company which today
celebrates its 24th anniversary.
Beginning in the tiny quarters.
jointly occupied with the First Na-
iional Bank, in “'est Washington
street, in the building now occupide
by the Salvation army. the» financial
institution has grown to such an ex-
tent that three times within 1111' last
quarter century it has enlargvd 1:5
quarters. ‘
It was in 11301 that, the bank. after
a long tight. got its charter from
glwar the corner of its present. insti-
I
Hartford. On April 15 1901 capl-l
taiized at $50 090. it first
doors: At the end of the first year:
its surplus and undivided ‘profitsi
slood at zero. v bile 11>: deposits wen.
$4.542JJ2.
The bank soon found itself.
though. and its service was such that
it'gained a. niche in the community.
The next year its expansion demand-
ed new quarters, and the location
tulion was purchased from Swartz
8: Corbett.
On its 6th anniversary.
in f 397. its
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Sargent,” Nation’s Noted
Artist, Dies in London
LONDON. April 15.—John Singer
Sargent. the noted artist. died sud-
denly at his home in Chelsea this
morning.
Mr. Sargcant suficred a stroke at
:; o'clook and died a low hours
later.
A maid discovered Mr.
dead in his bed room when
brought up his breakfast at S
o‘clock this morning. She ' imme-
diately called a doctor who after
.In examination decided that the
great artist had died bleeL-n threa-
zuld Your it. TI).
Sara. out
she
John Singer Sargent. probably
one of the best portrait
painters of recent times, was born
in Flor-cries. Italy, 1556, the son of
Dr. Fitz-William S. Sargent. Boslon
physician and author.
Except for some periodical visits
19 the [tilted States. the last of
mom in 1903. Sargent has made his
home in European cities. and since
1584 has lived in London.
lit)“ 51
Sargent studied painting at 1111;-
.\cud(-m_\ of Fine Arts, l’lordce and
in Paris under Carolus Duran. He
has painted many portraits, both
Eliglish and American, one of his
best knmm being that of Theodore
Roosmclt. =
BUILDING PERMITS . INCREASE
DURING MARCH; TOTAL 102:
A total of 102 building permits
were issued during the month of
March according to the, report of
Building Inspector George H. Hub-
Lcll which was accepted by the
Common Council. at. the meeting
last evening. This was an increase
of 4? permits Cover the total of
March of last year.
The report follows:
The number of building permits
issued during the month was 102, an
increase of 47 oxcr the number is—
sued in February and 17 more than
were issued in March, 1924. .
The estimated cost or the new
work is 3237.030.00. classified as
follows 515 resI «mini. 36 garages, 4
plant udfli!i011>‘.3 stoies, 2: store and
apartment buildings. 1 gasoline sta-
tion and 1 club.
for
sixty-
Thirty—seven permits
additions or alterations and
five for new buildings.
Summary for the month:
New buildings and additions, 102
permits, estimated cost. 8237 030.00.
Plumbing installations. 4'] permits
estimated cost, 354.012.00.
Electrical installations. 5::
mits, estimated cost. 86.054.900.
Total. 210 permits, estimate-(loos!
3297.10116 Uh,
Summary for the your to date:
New buildings and additions. 139
permits: estimated cost. $725,960.00.
Plumbing installations. 107 De!"
mils. estimated cost $89 243. 00.
Electrical Installations 1“? per—
mits. esUmuii-d cost. 31“.»91‘1‘“
Total. 42.13 permits. estimated cost.
$833,902J1L'.
were
per-
v._ F. N. TO PLANT TREES HERE
IN MEMORY OF WAR DEAD
The Mulvoy-Tarlov Post, Veterans
of Foreign W’ars, were granted per-
mission by the Common Council last
evening. to plant ‘Memorial trees
along the road leading to Calf Pas-
ture Beach Park.
A letter from the committee of
the post was read. stating that the
members wished permission to plant
the trees on this road and in other
streets in the city, to be designated
by the Committee on Streets.
Each tree will have a plate with
the name of a veteran who lost his
life during'the World War.
Councilman Albert M. Pohlman
moved that permission be granted
to the members of the post; to do
this work and that. a vote of thanks
be given them.
$500 ATTACHMENT.
An attachment fox-3500 was mad
this morning in the oflEice of Town
Clerk Herbert R. Smith against the
Property 01 Joseph and Eva. Janci.
in favor of Peter Galligan.
It is alleged in the wit that the
defendants owe the _. plainflfi the
’sum of $307.50.
are asked'in theme. Bureaus:-
“mt“
able In the City Court on the flag-
..Da.mases of 8400.
COUNTY MEETING
13’ DANBL'RY TONIGHT.
State» Vice Commander Le Roy D.
Downs or the American Legion and
a delegation from the Frank C.
Godfrey Boot and Auxiliary will at-
tend the County meeting of the Le-
gion in Danbury this evening.
The meeting wlnrbe presided over
by County. Commander George
Moore of Bridgeport and Vice Com—
mander Downs will wk on the
mheuhipwvoudtgem
LEGION
opt nod its : ‘
. \vlzir' ll
Iguana will not
beef. 31., zoom,“ ingot visit 2--
SOUTH MAIN ST.
TO BE WIDENED
BY EIGHT FEET
Council Accepts Lay-g
Out of Engineer
Bracken -- Linxweil-
ers Make. Objection
NO BENEFIT
Declares Railroad
Abutment Is in the
Way —— The Discus- :
sion
T11~ widening of;
South Main sheet
I ll}? Engineer Elmer Bracken,
accepted by the Common Council at
layout. {or (hi:
as prepared by
was
i's meeting in the Council Chambers,
last e\ ening. I-‘our feet “ill be taken
off ouch side of the slrecl.
“lien The hearing on the Ynalle! ,
Linx-'
was opened Attorney Joseph
weiler, appearing for Stephen Betta.
objected to the widening. He said
that Mr. Boffa would be glad to
agree to the widening if he thought
Ilat 1b public \xould benefit life
pointed out that they nould not be
benefited because they could not
move the abutments under the
:Washington street railroad bridge.
would be dangerous.
Chester Lawrence, representing
the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company, said.
that there Would be no serious ob-
jection on the part of the company
to the layout so long as their ten-
ants in the Eula building and John
13. Lawrence were pmlecled. He
said that if the present plans were
carried out Louis Cuneo would have
to move his new fruit stand and that
the platform leading to the office
of J. B. Lawrence would
removed.
Mr. Linxweillcr said that Willi the
cars stopping in the same
they do now. congestion
“ursc than ever. ”I;
trolley
place as
would be
[For W
Admits Money Due
ilson Pt. Road
Mayor and Corporation
arge N. Y. Church Gutted By Flames In One HOur
your”
Q‘
11!“
Counsel atHearing Be-
fore Claims Committee—Request for $1,-
500 Due for Maintenance of Washington
nder
Eugene Purdy Is
Found Not Guilty
TULSA. Okla.
Eugene Purdy was
guilty of the murder of F. S.
Hutchison. wealthy, Tulsa lum-
ber dealer. by a jury today.
The jury returned :1 verdict at
3:5“ :1. m. ail-Ar deliberating for
nearly 13 hours.
Purdy shot and killed Hutchi-
son in Tulsa lilt- night of January
13. 1925. “He broke up my
home and stole my child," Purdy
told county otficers immediately
after the killing when he sui-
rendered. His defens»: against
a charge of murder in the first
degree was insanity.
April 15.—
found not
have to bei
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PAINLEYE WILL -
FORM THE NEW
FRENCH CABINET
Accepts After Assur-
ance o f Socialists
They Would Partici-i
pate in Government
B\ baa ialed Press.
PAP IS. April 1-3. ~—-Official
nouncement was made sholtly after
{our oclock this afternoon that. Ex—
Premier Paul Painlexe. who had
been invited b3 President Doumer-
gue to form a cabimt in succession
to the Hex—riot ministr3. had ac-
canted the imitation.
M. Painleve arrixed at the Palace
of the Elysee at 3 p. m lo gixc
his definite reply to President Dou-
His visit followed closely
an-
mergue. ‘
assurances by the SocialIsts that
they would participate in his gov-
I. rnnlent.
According to the prose-m arrange-
ments three Socialists will take of—
:ice in the new ministry. two being
Paul Boncour and Alenandre Var-
ennes. Unless a change is made. M.
take otfice. Pain-
lcve'himseli assuming the portfolio
cf foreign affairs.
COUNCIL VOTES
FOR DAYLIGHT
TIME AGAIN
Will Begm’ Midnight
April 25— No Turn-
ing Back of Clocks,
However
The Common Council at its meet-
ing last evening voted to adopt. the
daylight saving plan this year again.
The plan will go into eflect at mid-
night April 25 and will continue un-
til the last Sunday in September.
(3901: the motion of Councilman Al-
communion-97 D D0598.
CALF PASTURE
CONCESSION
BIDS RECEIVED
One Man onEI-s' $2,200
For 1925 and an In-3
crease for Next Two
Years
INVESTIGATION
Bids Will Be Looked
Into 1: 0 Determine
Which Is
City
All bids presented to the Common
iCouncil as: eu-ning. for the con-
-cession .It ( aif Pasture Beach Park
tor the coming scustn ,xycre refer—
‘f'aif Pasture Biach Park
Thomas Ro—
red to the
Committee and Mayor
Lins for action.
Three bids Were presented.
pho Aprea offered 31,500 for
season.
Adol-
the
season and 2,500 for
101‘ the 12‘- '5
the xivo {10 lo ving )Kal‘f. Jacob As-
tephan bid 5‘}. “H tor the 1925 sea-
son. $2 300 for In: following year
and 52.300 for the third year.
CouncIlman Thomas James said
that he thought that the bids
should be investigated by the Cal!
Pasture Beach Committee, asit was
not alwais Idxisable to award the
contract to the highest bidder. He
said that the committee reserved;
This right in the specifications. He
made a motion to that efiect and it
was passed.
Councilman Edward Gans dis-
agreed wizh Councilman James on
the matter and thought that
should go to the highest bidder. as
long as lie agreed L0 comply with
specifications.
Alphonso Canevari wrote a letter
to the Council. stating that ho
Thought the perioul was too short
and that if the time was. lengthened %
to five or ten years.
l:enefit.
Councilman Michael Riordan
thought that this period was a. little
too long and Corporation Council
John Cuneo ruled that they could
not lease the property for over
two years.
A meeting 0: the Xemorial Day
committee has been called {or 3 P.
M. Sunday afternoon at the State
Armory by the Chairman. General
Russell Frost. Arrangement; will
be made for the parade 02 civic and
military organizations on Bismark!
Day. The Decoration o: the graves
or veterans will be taken care of by
the G. A. R. assisted by the veter—
ans organizations on the Sunday
preceding Memorial Day.
Chutes F, Hoyt u (we: of. the
the city would
Best for I
Harry Keladites bid $1,800 .
it:
Investigation.
The City or Nor-walk will be pail!
at least 331,500 by the State of Con:
necticut. it was decided at I. hear-
King or the Claims committee attend.
ged by Mayor Thomas Robins and
gCorporation Counsel Cuneo.
This sum was on two bills pres~
iented by the city to the State—one
‘for money expended by the city on
Ellie repairs and construction of 8:3
'll'ilson Point road. and the other Io
lreilnburee the city for money paid
ifor the maintenance of the “ash—
emgton street bridge.
. These claims as first brought to
la'tention by The Evening Sentinel
last year. represent the State’s share
I"! the expenses on the." two pio-
; us. which. in the case of the
,Izridge. ha e been unpaid tor the
,lunt ‘four years. As a result a! The
;Hvening Sentinel's unearthing 41!
Ethese facts. and the activity of city
Iofiicials. the State has admitted the
liustico of the claims, and will pay
1m full its share of the road project.
1' mi will pay fifty per cent. 0,! the
. Iailn for bridge maintenance. I
At the hearing on the Wilton
. ’oint road. representatives of the
State Highway department were pree-
lint before the Claims committee.
They admitted the justice of the
icity’a claims as presented by myor
Roblns and Corporation Counsel Cu-
;neo and the matter was settled by
an agreement to pay 330.000 ntier
lthe appropriations are made, making
the money available.
Having won the first point. the
layer and the Corporation Counsel
.prcsented the bill to the State {01-
: {our years' share of the maintenance
Inf the “'1. ashington street bridge.
Represrtnatiw—s from the Comptrol-
lrrs offi<_e stated that no bill for
the $750 wbcih they were to pay
annually. had been presented in
gicars past. Inasmuch as the city
had not troubled to bill them for the
money, they concluded that the
claims had lapsed and. moreover.
as there was no money now availa-
ble for past years’ expenses, the
matter was dead. ‘ ‘
g Corporation Counsel Cuneo stated
illla“. the matter had not lapsed. and
’that the claim was now being pres.
jemed. The matter was settled by
the Comptroller's ofi‘ice agreeing to
pay half the sum. 5.1.500. They
stated that they had no evidence
that the city'had complied with all
the required regulations demand?!
by the State. and that they would
investigate. The payment of the
other :1 500 (leper ded upon the re-
sult of their intestigation.
BILL ENABLING
MAYOR TO NAlE A
POLICE, PASSED
Senate Passes Measure
Which Amused Po-
litical Row Here -—
Firemen Benefit Bill
1837 Ansodntcd Press.
STATE CAPITOL, Hartford. Ap-
jril 15,—Amnng the bills passed. in
the Senate today was the one pro-
xiding for appointment of policemgn
in Norwa' k by the manor. :
The House adopted g bill catch-
lishlng a firemen! benefit fund-{n
Norwalk.
Worth Composition ‘
Ofl’er to Be Heard
A hearing on the 25 percent coni-
position oner to creditors oflered by
the G. B. Worth store of Washing.
ton street, this city. which filed a.
petition in bankruptcy, is schedufdd'
to be heard before Releree in Bani-
ruptcy John Keogh in the County
Court House in Bridgeport on Andi
24. at 13 o ’clock.
I
”THU“
,4,
WEEKTKEBADIA'IDB
of your car needs repairing—1&3
delay. I? it is a leak. tho tandem __
delay having t some repaired.” '
more dimcult
1c. and equipment a 1110 m
waterways:
mcemmuumm
litmus-amateurs,
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