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SOUTH NORWALK, nouns. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925'
FOURTEEN PAGES
The Weather
Fair today. Sunday increasing
cloudiness.
PRICE THREE CENTS :
mes DennellY BUYS 01d Well Masonic Bufldmg
Wartime Secrets
Revealed By Suit
1 Closed Today;
ce About $75, COD
(1 Successful Career in Norwalk—Went
‘. Business for Himself 12 Years Ago
d Has Expanded Constantly—Old Well
' Directors Keep Safe
:‘ success has come to
uelly.
' was closed this morning
. takes possession of the
:Isonie building. 16 to
11111 street. The price paid
. be approximately 375-
as to remodel the build-
- as lh'i: Old ““911 Lodge
its new quarters in the
‘er building in \‘Vashim-
gwhich it is expected will
'bcr. The Donnelly store
'nccupy the entire second
building and a new
ill be built in the front
setn store. so that there
Rro may access to it. The
. (Itcordiiig to present
be usvd for storage pur-
pr: 'vnt space outside the
.. to be hired for this
no
consumates long nego-
. the part of both Mr.
m the 02.1 \V’ell Masonic
:Charles A. Film]. Presi-
c 1.0.: rd of Diiectors has
11:: 101‘ along time to give
ell lodge quarters which
11 - '11qu ot‘ any in the
one didn't feel that they
build at this time. They
. tcu 31.1111 lease on the top
o new Roodncr building.
311 c. them the spacious
. desired. At the end of
rvriod, they plan to
of their own.
': of the Old \Vcll Mason-
; . v. be have lent their best
a he completion of this deal
3,. 1 f Llll. Presilr. In.
:11 \ILC WPrtsidc-nt.
1 '1'1 insurer.
' «, Secretary.
I‘tl.
T'l- ECU 1.
1.1011111. li'li,
.w- signed this 1110111-
ot‘ Judge Light.
ly‘s rise in business
Borodin is one of the most
the city. Seventeen
"tufted working for
in the same building.
5 lu‘er he went into the
for himself. He has made
'ons to the rear of his
nrl then he took over the
. door. then occupied by a
0ND GIVES
lRlNG TALK
, AKlNG COOD
re Under Aus-
s of. Kiwanis
b Held in Center
ior High School
noted psy-
3 in
“"1 Raymond,
' lecturer, delivered 11
v fing address on “Making
r. sine-s s" at the Center
111511 School i<r1dav menlng
in: auspices of the Kiwanis
are talks in this cit)“. the
which will be given in the
Junior High school next
mil-lg, on “the measure
’ have for their main topic.
Good in Business," and
he talked of “Y- O— U" in
-ay 1123 t held the closest
ff rury one in his audi-
neurly two hours.
\‘er begin to talk,” said Mr.
d in opening nis address,
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antinutd on Page Five)
-'ORK CLEARING HOUSE
STATEMEBT.
YORK. April 15 —Tlle New
lcaiicg House Statement. is-
' v vas as follows:
..... $1,034,000,000
75,000,000
47,000,000
L'LLIGAN’S CRULLERS.
heme-made kind are made
re creamy heavy milk. real
55 and the best of other in—
ls. Always cooked with
in automatic electric nia-
”You'll like them for they
anity crullers " Stores all
is vicinity have them. for
Muriel Vanderbilt
The “Perfect Wife”
NEW YORK, April 18.——Frederic
Cameron Church, Jr.. of “Boston,
who is to wed Miss Muriel Vander-
hilt, will obtain the nearest perfect
wife among the Four Hundred. it
is said by those familiar with New
York secial circles.
Miss Vanderbilt is said to have
none of the habits which at time:
cause comment as to the modern
girl. Long before her debut, she
discouraged smoking and drinking.
At, Palm Beach. last season. she
wore conservative bathing costumes
for sun and stir: baths. She used
no rouge nor lip stick.
MARRIED 20
YEARS AGO;
TO CELEBRATE
Mr. ~ and Mrs. F. J.
Hodges of First St.
Prepare for Party
Tonight
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Hodges.
contractor of 14 First‘Street. are
celebrating their :0 wedding an-
niversary today.
Mr. Hodges and his wife, who
was Miss Leonora Billcnstein, were
married in New York City twenty
years ago today. Follov'il'ing their
marriage. they settled in Baltimore,
and then one and a, half years later,
moved to Norwalk. For the past
eight years, Mr. Hodges has been
in the contracting business. "
At their pretty home in First
'street this morning. Mrs. Hodges
was getting ready for a celebration
to be held this evening, which will
be attended by about 40 of their
friends. Further up on First Street,
Miss Clara Anderson is baking one
of her famous cakes for the cele-
bration. '
“It doesn't seem like
years, at all," Mrs. Hodges
“It only seems yesterday that we
were married. I go along in the
house. and then suddenly I look at
the children Louis, Fred. Jr.. and
Jack—then I realize what a long
time has passed. \Vhen I see the
toys all grown up and as big as
their Dad. and out helping him
with his work. I realize what a.”
long time ago our wedding was.
"Happy? Well—as happy as most
people I suppose. “’e have worked
hard, and we have our home, and
the children all growing up. Here's
Louise .now, quite a. big girl. She's
taller than I am now-——but my—it
twenty
said.
certainly doesn‘t seem like twenty
years ago.
“My. here I am~ talking to you
and all my housework standing.
We're going to have a big party to-
night; so I'm pretty busy."
IIIROWS BRICK
THRU WINDOW,
$150,000 IN IT
NEW YORK. April 18.—After
hurling a brick through the plate
glass window when the street was
thronged,\Villia1n Barton, 42, fled
without attempting to touch any of
the $150. 000 worth of jewels in the
v.1.ndow
"I didn't want to steal anything,"
Barton said after he had been caught
by policemen and locked up on a.
charge of malicious» mischief.
HUBER’S ICE CREAM
THE SUNDAY SPECIAL
Coffee ice cream and lemon sher~
bet is Huber’s Sunday Special for
this week-end. Every week there is
a different combination of flavors
but; its aleays The Cream of Qual-
ity." There is a store near where
you live that. has it for sake—Adv, I
DEATH CLAIMS
CHAS EBBETS,
BKLYN. LEADER
President of Brooklyn
Nat. League Base- '
ball Club Died Early
This Morning
HEART FAILURE
Was 66—Played Large
Part in Elevating
Sport to Its High
Rank '
By Associated Press
NEW YORK. April 18.+Prcsident
Heydler of the National League to-
day called off all ball~ games in the
National League on Tuesday. the
day set for the funeral of Charles
Ebbets. president of the Brooklyn
Baseball club. who died this morn-
in g.
NEW‘ YORK, April Isa—Charles
H. Ebbcts, president of the Brook-
lyn National League Baseball club.
died here at six o'clock this morn-
ing. I-Ie~was 643 years old.
Death Came Quietly.
“Death came quietly. Mr. Ebbets
had fallen into a. deep sleep at 11
o’clock last night. and did not wake
during the night. No one was at
the bedside at the time of his death.
but a few minutes after he lwd died.
the nutse attending him entered the
room.”
Heart failure. from which he had
been a sufferer for many years. over-
came a. brave fight by the baseball
magnate to continue in the game
which he had helped to make na-
tionally popular through his long
connection with the Brooklyn club.
Mr. Ebbcts came to New York
two weeks'ago from the Florida.
training camp of the Brooklyn team,
where he had sought relief. and was
at first believed to have been bene-
fited. Ile suffered a relapse yester-
day. any physicians last night re-
ported tha‘t he was growing stcadily
weaker at his room in the “'aldorf-
Astoria hotel and held forth little
hope for him to recover.
Rose Step by Step.
Mr: Ebbets was for many years
one of the most prominwnt figures in”
He played :1,
the baseball world.
large part in elevating the sport to
the position of prominence it now
holds, and brought the Brooklyn
club out of the ruck of mediocrity
and financial failure to an eminence
of success and prosperity.
He.flrst' broke into the game in
1883 as bookkeeper for the old
Brooklyn club. Step by step he rose.
filling various offices.
he became president of the club. It
was he who saved the situation when
various influences were at work to
take the National League frapchise
out of Brooklyn.
BOYS TRY TO
ROB STORE IN
COMMERCE ST.
Boys, the police say. were respon-
sible for an attempt to burglarize
the Ilubbeli and Staples Hardware
store in Commerce street last night.
The police received word shortly
before midnight that suspicious
noisesxhad been heard coming from
the rear of the hardware store.
Patrolman. Sweeney and Weed in-
vestigated. They found a ladder up
against the rear of the building near
a. window. The boy’s caps were
found on the ground; one of the
caps having a large stone in it: and
was evidently to have been used in
breaking the glass in the window in
gaining entrance to the store.
The police, however. weie unable
to locate the owners of the caps
'SOFIA DEATH
’ LIST IS 160
.____.__
LONDON. April 18. —— The death
list from the bomb outrage in the
Sveti Kral Cathedral at Sofia Thurs~
day has reached 160,. including five
members or the Bulgarian parlia-
ment. it is stated in official dis—
patches received here today. Many
of theaounded are expected” die.
7 I
until in 1639‘
no. CHARLES M. SCHVVAB no
:i’hiladelphia demanded the
[of the fleet corporation
NEW YORK. April 18.—-Wartlrne
secrets as to how Charles M. Schwab
was drafted for the service of the
government were revealed today by
former Secretary of State Bain~
bridge Colby in commenting on
suits involving millions of .dollars
which the United States Govern-
ment and the Bethlehem Ship build-
ing corporation filed against each
other yesterday.
The controversy involves the cost
of ships built for the government
at the Bethlehem works during the
\var while Schwab was acting in the
dual capacity of director general of
the United States Fleet Corporation
and president of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation. ‘
It was President ‘Wilson. the for-
mer Secretary related. who. by as—
suming that Schwab already had
agreed to become director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
brought the latter into service.
The goverIIIncItf—Tn suits filed in
return
railed to
hold the profits of his shipbuilding
companies to the ten per cent
agreed upon in cost—plus contracts.
Overcharges and misrepresenta-
tion as to costs also are avowed.
F arrar Wins Applause
In
Carmen at Regent
Inner own vivid interpretation of
Carmen, the seductive Spanish maid-
rn, Geraldine Gan-ai- appeared here:
last night at the Regent Theatre;
\Vith able dupport‘ she swept to a?
triumph, and at the close was give-11‘,
an ovation such as is rarely seen i
in a theatre here.
THE CASE
Carmen . . . . . . . . Geraldine 1"arrar
Merecdcs ......... Nicrn. lilegger
Micaela ........ ...... Emma. Noe
Don Jose . . . . . ..... Luigi l’aslnati
Escaniillo .. . ... . . . . . . Joseph itoyer'
Zunigu. ..... . ..... . Marcel Vision
The Dancers—limit Laird. Mildred
Leisy Gladys Meredith. Star “‘ood-
1113.1].
Musical Director . . . . . Carlo Peroni
Associate Conductor ............
............ Claude Gonvierre
That Nora-all; liked Manager Da—
vid Esterson's attempt to provide
metropolitan entertainment here
curtain
At
dience at the close of the
on Bich’s modernized opera.
the final curtain, the audience stood
and recalled the star in a sincere
tribute.
Throughout the opera showed thr
"nwderhizing" touch 01‘ the great.
Farrzzr. The scutery was a notable
change. and in the three acts con-
sisted of plain backdrops, with a few
impressionistic dubs The costumes
of the girls, and of lt‘arrar were a
tribute to their designer. The cigar-
ette giri chorus was lllOdCl‘IlIZt‘d in-
asmuch as the girls were such as
might be loved by any soldier.
or Farrar herself, little need be
said. She is the Farrar of the Met-
ropolitan. Golden-voiced, her seem-
ingly effortless performance was as
fine as c\ or. As an actress she re-
mains one of the greatest in the
operatic \\".Oild
Many notables won: in the audi-
was plain by the conduct of the au-
lrvin Cobb,
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Humorist,
Is. Through With Golf
Irvin Cobb has given up golf:
In Norwalk last night the famous
writer. humorist, bon vivant. epi-
cure and inventor, announced to the
world in “general through The Even-
ing Sentinel that he was through.
“Irrevocahlv. Mr. Cobb?"
“\Vell—anyhow. sou can say 1111
through. I never was a. golfer any-
how—I've decided that!"
Nothing could. drag from the fa-
mous inventor of one of the golfing
world's greatest shots—the portage
shot for water holes—just what had
caused him to swear off. but it is
thought that after he read of Cor—
poration Counsel Cuneo's great game
he quit out oi: envy.
I Mr. Cobb was in 1\or\valk with
IRobelt ll. DaIis. editor of Munseys
)tagaziIIC-z'\1rs.Datis, and Dean
Palmer. friends of Geraldine Far-
Irar. They attended the perform-
ance of “Carmen" at the Regent.
Ferries Crash in N. Y.
Harbor, None Injured
NEW YORK. April 18.—-The'mu—
nicipal ferry boat Queens. in-bouncl
from St. George. Staten island.
crashed into the {Prrv boat Bronx.
in her slip at South Ferry today.
during a dense fog, slightly injuring
both boats.
I Late News
LONDON, April 18.—The body 01'
John Singer Sargent, eminent Amer-
ican artist. who died here “'ednCS-
day, was buried today at Brookwood
cemetery, near London. " the last
res place of a number of Amer-
ican Idlers who died in this coun-
try during the Great: \\ ar. \
LAKEHURS’I‘. 3.1., April 18—-
The second flight of the Lis Ans,"- -
km to Bermuda. which was pus?-
poued from Thursday at sunset to
last night and then put on until
noon today. was again postponed
today.
\
CROWfiaPOINT, Ind., April 18.—
Arraignment or Mrs; Anna Cumming-
ham, 49 year old confessed poisoner
A thousand commuters on the
Queens, many of whom were on the
forward decks ready to debark, saw
the; impending crash and rushed
away, causing a mild panic. No one
was injured.
murder charge, was arraigned today
by prosecutors and her attorneys af-
ter she appeared to have recovered
frfom the cataleptlc condition into
which she lapsed after her confes-
sion.
SIL\\' YORK, April 18.—Italy’s
readiness to make still further eco-
nomic sacrifices “to continui: to
participate with other nations in
the arduous work 01 world recon-
struction,” was pledged today by
Giacomo De Martino. Italian Am-
bassudor to the United States. in a
prepared address before the Italian
Chamber of Commerce of New
York.
\VHEA’I‘ON. 11]., April 18.-—-Geo.
_\V. Manning, a riding master. today
was found guilty by a fun of the.
murder of Mrs. Julia. Abh Douglas,
once his common law wife and his
punishment: was thud at imprison.
meat for 2‘.‘ years. in the peniten-
Dt‘threo 9! he: Melanoma, one
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6m. , .
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PRES. COOLIDGE
URGES ECONOMY
IN THE HOME
Broadcasts Radio Ad-
dress t o - Women’s
World Fair in Chica-
_go at Today’s Open-
ing
COMPARISONS
Declares Government’s
Plan Should Be In-
spiration to Business
And Home
SVASIIINGI'ON. April lS.—Pre-
sident Coolidge in a radio address
delivered today on the occasion of
the Oflt'lllllg ot' the \Voxnen's “'orld
Fair in Chicago. declared that an
advantage to be gained from gov-
ernment economy and efficiency is
the inspiration they provide for
pursuit of such methods in business
and in the home.
"If the people." asserted the Pre-
sident; “in the daily management of
their modest domestic affairs. note
that the great interests of their gov-
ernment and of their semi-public
institutions are dealt with in a spirit
of laxity and a. mood of careless-
ness,'tl1ey iind little inspiration to
apply better methods in the man-
agement of their own concerns. The
great business operations which are
(Continued 'on Page Five.)
IOIIN HELD. IR.
BBI‘IBRSAILS
FOR AFRICA
Famous Artist Believes
Voyage Will 'Help
Him Recover From
Recent Accident
\V’ESTPORT. April 18,—)”. and
Mrs. John lieid, Jr.. of this place.
sailed today for Africa. They will
go first to Southampton. England,
then to Gibraltar and ,thence to
South Africa. They plan to be ab—
Isent from two to three months.
The voyage is expected to be of
great help to Mr. Held. America‘s
famous illustrator and originator of
“Oh, Margyl’f who is recoverin
from severe injuries suffered in a
runaway accident here several weeks
ago and which nearly cost him his
life.
RIWANIS CLUB
TO AID HOSPITAL
Members of the Kiwanis club of
'Xorwalk have offered the free use of
their automobiles for taking to. and
from. the hospital patients who can-
not afford to hire a. taxicab for the
purpose.
The superintendent of the hospital
has a list of members whom he “'1"
call upon to reader service in needy
- cases. and such members will either
render the service themselves or ar-
range for some other Kiwanian to
do so. This offer is made by the Ki-
wanis club in an effort to enlarge
the scope of its service to the com-
munity.
BABE RUTH’S
CONDITION GOOD
NEW YORK, April is. ._ Al-
though Babe Ruth, an influenza
patient in St. Vincent‘s hospital.
spent a. restless night. his condi-
tion this morning was described as
good. Physicians said they expect-
ed that the home run star, who was
operated on yesterday for the re—
moval of an abscess, would im-
prove steadily.
THE SOUTH WIUI‘ON _
NURSERIES' ’ . .
offer
Deciduous shrub: of all kinds.
Ever-greens in the best American,
Chinese, Japanese and European
varieties. dwarf and semi-dwarf
growers- for foundation plant-
ing around homes and larger grow-
ing ones for other landscape work
Jacob C. Van Helningen, Prop.
Phone Wilton SOs-Adi.
Divorced, Doesn’t
,, \Vant Alimony
NEW’ YORK, April 18.—l’eg-
gy Allenby. an actress. who has
been granted a divorce from Rob-
ert Armstrong. actor. said today
shr- “unit :1 n1: alimony.
"I didn't “Eli any." Elle :1tE41U(l.
"because I don‘t'nc‘.d any. I
have an irdependent income and
l earn my own living.”
"I think tome women have an
:nvmi nerve to cease loving a
man. but go right on loving his
money."
"They talk about the different
kinds of holdups and swindics.
but what could be more outrage—
ous than divorcing a man and
then taking his money. especially
where there are no children?"
BODY IS FOUND
AFLOAT IN POND
IN BRIDCEPORT
In Water Less Than
Week, According to
Medical
Lebaron Peters
BRIDGEPOR'P. Apt-ll lQ.——The
body of Oscar Palmquist. who dis-
appeared from his home lit-re about
a. month ago. after drawing two
weeks' pay from a factory. was
found floating in the pond at Board-
sley Park today. Before his disap-
pearance l’almquist'toltl friends that
he was going out to have a. good
time. Palmquist was one of the few
survivors of the Titanic disaster in
1912. making his first trip to Amer—
lea.
CUA'UIAUOUA 15
TO BE HELD ON
K. OF C. GROUNDS
Guarantors Accept Of-
fer of Property in
West Avenue and
Thank the Knights
Norwalk Knights of Colum-
bus have notified the Chautauqua
guarantors that they will permit
them to have the use of the grounds
on the K. of C. “’est Avenue pro-
perty.
The guarantors. through M. K.
Stevens. Secretary. have accepted
the offer. and warmly thank the
Knights of Columbus for the co-
operative spirit which was evidenced
in the offer. The Chatauqua will
be in Norwalk June 10 to 16.
The
BROPHY’S LAUNDRY.
The familywashing. when co‘lect~
ed and ready. will be called for and
subsequently, delivered to your
door. The service will be done on
the basis of 12 cents per pound The
minimum charge for any washing
is 75 cents. Try it this week 134
Vi'ater street. Phone 366.—Adv.
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AT THE CLIFFORD PHARMACY
The full line of Bainbridge‘s sta-
tionery has helm added to this store's
stationery department. It is mer-
chandise of a very high grade and is
corrgtly priced. This department
here carries the full line of Ever-
sharp Fountain Pens and Pencils.
You can find what you need at The
Clifford Pharmacy. - W'm. M. Pais-
ley. Prop—Adv.
1 —ALL SECTIONS
of the city and neaihy vicinity are
covered by the delivery senice of
The Norwalk Dairy Co. 33 Center
Ave. Over a. dozen units of service
(including autos and wagons) are
'thus employed by' this concern-—
bringing to your door milk. cream.
Heyday:
jihe clerk at the hotel:
‘poison.
Examiner "
Phenes Clerk, Says
17-year-old Girl Said to Be in the Movies;
Rushed to Beilevue—Condition Reported
"As Critical—Left Two Notes, One Ad-
dressed to “Sydney”
NE“? YORK. April 18.—-Glorla
O’Rader, 17 years old. of Lou An-
gclcs, who said she was a movie
actress, attempted suicide at the Ho.
tel McAlpin'today by drinking polo
son. She was rushed to Bellevua,
where it was said her condition '-
critical.
Sli 1:
registered at the hotel yel-
Early today she telephoned
_“I‘ve taken
The hotel phy-
_ vian was summoned and gave her
Err? aid treatment.
Two notes were found in her room.
One. addressed to "Sydney." said
"Git-c these pictures to Dollie.”
The other note. addressed to a
Miss Hazleton, a guest at the hotel,
I‘m dying."
szlid " You were so nice to me last
right. I want you to have my pic-
ture. By the time you get this note
i will he with my mother.
bye."
DISCUSS WORK
ON CHANNEL AT
PUBLIC DOCK
Story of a Boatman
Good.
The Air As the Tide
\Vent Out
A meeting of the Bridge Commit.
tee was held last evening and dis-
cussed plans for the dredging of the
channel in front of the public dock
at the \Vashington street bridge.
It, is expected that the contract
for this work will be let in the near
future. It is planned to pump the
mud taken from the channel into
the proposed park site in back of the
dock.
A Long Island fisherman pulled
up along side the public dock, thfi
at her d. «y and tied his motor beat
up to the dock and left it, not know-
ing that there was no channel in
front of the dock.
A few hours later he returned it
start. back to Long Island and much
to his surprise found that the tide
had gone out and left his boat hang.
ing to the dock with the anchor
rope high and dry.
It was necessary for him to wait
until midnight until the tide came
back In, before he could start for
home again.
DR. ALLEN IN
HOSPITAL IN
NEW YORK CITY
Dr. Lauren M. Allen of 17 Wash-
ington street, has been taken to St.
Luke's hospital in New York.
Mrs. Allen said this morning that
he had been suffering from heart
trouble for some time past and that
it. was recommended that he go to
the New York insitution where the
specialists are at hand.
Dr. George G. Fawcett of 8 Wash-
ington street accompanied Dr. and
Mrs. Allen to New York by automo-
bile on Thursday. Dr. Allen under-
w ent the automobile journey in good
shape. it was said.
DONE BY HERSHFIL'LD C0.
If you have the problem or mov-
ing your household effects. locally or
either at the present, time or some
time later on. you'll find The Hersh-
field Motor Transportation Co. just
the service needed in this particu-
lar. With two up-to-date and roomy
Mack moving trucks (the very latest.
thing in moving equipment). paddedr
interiors and properly manned by
experts for this line of work. this
concern is in a position to furnish a
no matter how far the distance you
care to move. Interested parueaoan
office. 26 Concord 8L. South Nar-
walk-Phone 29-1. New York city
office: 203 West 30th ”Phone
butter and eggs. Phone nap-w. cam SOIL-Adv.
.Whose Craft Took?
HAVE YOUR MOVING PROBLEM,
to some distant place out of town-.1
satisfactory and unexcelled oervlcer-
get details and prices at the local-
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