- ST ‘ws non‘wsnx's rutsr‘rn'wsr'arns TINE The Weather Fair tonight.nnd Tawny; 31151!!!" warmer Madly. HED 1870 Entered as secondclm matter at the post office at South Norwalk Conn- under tho Act of Much I. 1879. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. MONDAY, APRIL 20,1925. FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS if? Deaths \Vizh clearing today, New from the the southern an inch of The storm was 3 by high shifting winds ‘ gale force in many d extensive damage .‘on lines. experienced rain, under and lightning 0' Hundreds of mo- eek-end holiday trips in -w England points were Iain-d. heavy drifts today. . 5'. ll.. where a winter l‘r‘urnary had to be " of snow and ice, “who arrived yes- summer-like weath— e in the carnival to- ‘program includes snow 1 races. ; ing snow at Concord. N. an autompbile to plunge ay 25 feet to the edge of river. No one was Lei—clay. 1.. one fatality resulted ' - balsam-e confused and 3.;- Llirough a. bridge rail - 'o the railroad tracks '. men were injur- 1.32m three tire u k»..- .1 AU .ng 1C- a. four alarm “roe fire-men My fatallity. guded and over- .. a: Woodsvtlle. N. :cd at. 14 inches. In ' foot of snow tell .I v"?! 5-! itions FFS‘. oiled :;.—A severe :. approaching 05 a tornado in some a destructive course New England ._ persons were 'metely two score property dam- more than 51,— l r. -~,.» '«Akl . , or politics. - by Three Doctors. applicant. who rite-er liC’utenant. by Irrztled to two phy- ocrat. the other a A SON INESS HERE , - IN TONIGHT . Raymond Is to alt on “Measur- EMen” in Kiwanis ,. Auspices he first talk. giv- Frank Jewel Junior High that in the mean- b F‘ 100 additional extend will give the sec— 25 of three talks to- :Lck at the same place. ' will be delivered \Ved- . '2 addition to his .s. Mr. Raymond will a question box, in which he ~ :- Queries along his talks. conclusion. he will give a on of the needs of ., Men. offering criticisms. This part m promises to be the and inspiring of the Eons CLEARING HOUSE SIATEDIENI‘. 'PK.» April 20.——‘1‘be New g House statement is”- as follows: ..... s 506,000,600 ............ 90.000.000 53.000300 ' ‘ Y BALANCE. , Izz LL " . and Scores of Injured Reported ; Chicago—Storm in Mid-west. Causes 00,000 Damage—Man Killed in Boston . A? __ , I ead, Many Hurt as Storm vy Snow Falls Northern States PLANS MADE EOR MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Line of Parade Similar To Last Year—John Milne Grand Mar- shal Plans were made yesterday for the Memorial Day celebration in Norwalk. At a meeting of the Memorial Day committee, held in the Ar- Inory yesterday. it was voted to hold a parade similar to that of last year. The meeting was called to- gether by General Russell Frost chairman of the Memorial Day Committee. The parade. with John Milne as Grand Marshal, will start from the South Sorwalk railroad station and proceed to Union Park. wit e the exercises will be held. The speak- er who will deliver the Memorial Day address has not been selected as yet. The two local military companies. the veteran organizations. the Boy and Girl Scouts. the Red Cross and the school children will all act as an escort to the G. A. F... in the par- ade. Plans 10:- the day will be com- pleted at a feature meeting of the committee. Le Roy D. Downs the secretary of the committee was in- structed to send out invitations to the various organizations asking them to take part in the afiair. GUNS ROOM AT CONCORD FOR CELEBRATION Dawes and Pershing at 150th Anniversary of Start of Revolution-- Battle Reproduced COXCORD. Mass. Apr. 20.-—The booming of a salute of 150 guns early today signallized the begin- ning of a spectacular celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle! of Concord and Lexington. Al- though preliminary Observances were held in Boston and many Mid- dlesex coun'ty towns Sunday, the actual anniversary or the battle date. the main events were reserv- ed for today. When the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Revolution was observed here President Grant was the guest of honor. Today President Coolidge was unable to attend. but. Vice President Charles G. Dawes had arranged to visit. Concord, Lex- ington and other towns which figur- ed in stirring scenes of 1775. The Vice President planned to ride in an automobile. accompanied by General John J. Pershing, over the route followed on horseback by his an- cestor. William Dawes. Jr., from Boston through Brookline and Cam- (Contlnued on Page Iva.) __________.__.._.—- Another step has been taken in the move by the city to collect back taxes. This morning the Tax Collector's Ofiice turned over to the Corpora- tion Council a. list of all taxes, plus interest, due on the first_t~atch of ten lots. against which the city will INGTON. April 20.-Unlted 4 reasury net balance at close ‘ “' April 17th was 3390,- foreclose. The next move will be to institute foreclosure proceedings in the City Court against the owners. it i if: Sweeps DINNER FOR ' BUCHANAN AT ROYAL JAMES Plans for Testimonial To School Superin- tendent Announced Today IN TWO WEEKS Toastmaster and Speakers to Be An- nounced Soon —-— For “Friends and Well . VVishers” Plans for the testimonial dinner to be given Superintendent of Schools George V. Buchanan were announced in part this morning by Charles II. Dilworllz. The dinner will be held in the! Royal James Inn within two weeks. The toastmaster and speakers have not been selected. but, will be made known in a day or two. “The dinner is for friends and well-wisllers of Superintendent Bu- chanan." explained Mr. Dilworlh. “\Ve expect and hope that there will be a good turnout at the affair." ; A P. OBSERVING ANNIVERSARY; TO HEAR DAWES Leigh Danenberg Rep- resenting Evening Sentinel at Meetings In New YOrk City ' NLWV YORK. April 20.— The Associated Press today begins observance of the twenty-fifth an- niversary of its organization in its present form and of the presidency of Frank B. Noyes who has held that office since .1300. A special meeting. to be held in the Astor ‘gallery of the \Valdr‘f hotel at 2:30 P. M. today. will pre- cede tomorrow's regular annual meeting. which will begin :1 10 A. 31.. in the same place. Vice President Dawes will be the principal speaker at the annual luncheon tomorrow at. 1 P. M” and is expected to discuss his program for changes in the Senate rules. Mr. Noyes will preside and John McCor- mack will sing.- The proceedings will be broadcast by stations W'EAF and WJZ. New York. WVVJ. Detroit. and WOO. Philadelphia. Broad- casting will begin at 2 P. M. The Board of Directors of 15 members. including five to be elect- ed tomorrow. will organize VYednes- day. The Evening Sentinel. a. member of The Associated Press. is being represented at the meetings day and tomorrow by Leigh Dannenberg, president of The Sentinel Publish- ing Co. I STATE POLICE HUNT BLIND ~ TIGERS HERE Local Clubs Also Re- ceive “Tip” to Go Dry It Is Said —— Some Mystery in Visit Twenty-two members 0: the State police. in plain clothes. were work- ing in Norwalk Saturday night to locate "blind tigers" and other places alleged to be selling intoxicants. From reliable sources it was learn- ed that one well-known club receiv- ed a “tip” to close down for the night. The club, it is alleged. obeys ed orders and. further than that, Spread the “tip" to other local or- ganizations. who followed example. Similar warnings have been re- ceived during the past few weeks by prominent clubs in Bridgeport and Danbury. It is understood that word has gone out generally that bars in fraternal and social clubs must so -—and go at once. . Whether the State police were able to obtain entrance to any of the local clubs for the purpose of ob- fmilitary mission hr v ‘lty of the members of the missirm By Associated Press SOFIA. Bulgaria. April BIL—Nin- koff. said by the Bulgarian police to have placed the infernal machine Which killed more than 100 r rsons in the Svcti Kral cathedral Thurs- day. was cornered by the police to- day. and when be resisted. was shot and killed. Ninkol‘f. a former offl- cer in the Engineer Corps. was sub- chicf of the Sofia Communist execu- tive central committee. SOl-‘IA. April :30.——The leaders of the various parties. summoned by General Voulkoff. have given the [\Var Minister assurances of their support in his endeavors to maintain order in the face of the terroriszic campaign ascribed to the Commu- mists. The Government has applied a the allies for permission to enroll 10.000 extra tz'nfil’~~ the application being made through the Inter-allied The major- , c a are believed to be in favor of addi- tional troops. . - Among the latent arrest: was that of a man wearing an army officer‘s uniform and carrying a docurnent giving the composition of a revolu- tionary cabinet which was to have been set up. the an" lies say, if. as the plotters. hoped. all the Gov- ernment ministers were killed in the Bulgarian Police ’ Kill Man ’l‘no‘ught . To Have Set Bom‘iO Government Asks Allied COunciI for Permis- sion to Enroll 10,000 Extra Troops to Keep Down Communist Uprising ling bombing of the Sveti Kral cathedral last week. Investigation of the ruins of the; cathedral by experts. Indicates that the infernal machine was placed on the roof of the edifice probably sev- eral days before the outrage. and that it must have weighed from forty to fifty pounds. “’itnesses say the explosion sent a column of smoke 4:30 fret into the air. The bodies of :i ymmg girl and her fiance. supposed lo have been murdt‘reii by Communists because they had learned somv.x of their so- crets. were found yesterday in 3hr: village of 8033113. mar Sofia. STATE’S DEBT T0 CIIY CUT NEARLY $7,000 Search of Records Now Shows Payment on Wilson Point Road Made in 1923 RECORDS MISSING Letters a n (1 Papers Sent t o ex-Mayor Donovan, Can’t Be Located, Cuneo Says only 25.000 instead 'l‘he State of Connecticut owes the City of Norualk on the Wilson Point road. of $230,000. Search of records reveals that the sum of $5.750 was paid in June. 19:3. The exact amount remaining LONDON. Apr. ELL—Tim attempt ed coup was started Saturday morn—7 ing and there was violent fightingg throughout the night. the movement only being queued yesterday morn- )Ien the rebellious troops gave up their arms and \verc'conllued In barracks. '1‘ch exalt was led by Major Filo- meno Cumarn, who had under him: several liuhdsed men, cavalry. artil- lery and infantry. Many of the revolutionlsts were 'x-Ziiou‘ or wounded wnen roguar troops drew a cordon auot them headquarters and showered them “uh shrapnel. Lisbon dispatches idircct to former to he paid is 325.262.0362 which will be turned over to the city when the next appropriations are made by the lb‘late to the Highway Department. Corporation Counsel John J. Cun- eo this morning said that much lu~ Iornlullon on the matter was miss- ing and could not be located. Many of the letters on the mat- ter, and several papers were sent Mayor Jeremiah Donovan. he said, and these could not be locatednow. It was this sac-t than bad been Incidental in the delay of collection of the sum duc. have given no C-Slllllan- of the num~ ‘her of casualties. to ILLIVC'. been comparative): high for' suclz a brief pcriod of activity. The sizing department of the Am- erican Hat (20.. went on strike this morning. Dissatisfied with working condi» tions. the strikers state that Charles Haas, manager 02 the plant refused to interview a committee of work- ers. or in any way to listen to their grievances. and at 8:30 they "walked out." .. The root of In: matter is said to be that the present conditions. and the raw material supplied, have cut down the output of each individual. and made it impossible for him to earn a good wage. In a. statement this noon members of tlic striking workers said; "Conditions have become recent- Iy so that we are unable to earn a. good wage. Men are working from 7:30 to 5 o'clock, and some are only making $17 or $20 a week. \Ve wished to discuss this in an amiable way with the management of the plant. We asked that they see a committee of three last Friday, but they refused to do so. "This morning we asked our fore- LONDON. Apr. 20. -— The Daily Mail asserts that Sir Brodrick Hart- well le:t England a month ago to superintend delivery to an Ameri- can syndicate of his seventh and largest shipment of spirits. but that the consignment has met With a series of misadventures and‘ most of it. is now in the bands or the Am- erican prohibition authorities. The paper prints a. telegram al- leged to have been received from the Baronet by his London omce. as follows: "Visit discloses appalling situa- tion. Over 30,000 yards (2) seized. Balance transferred to three schoon- ers. At present safe, but cannot reach or communicate. "Few thousand unloaded, but re- sultlng funds paid out for charter-V in: vessels. No funds available up- less schooners land goods. at present impossible owing to intensive cum- palgn. Returning soonest possible. Communicate to inquirers with deepest regrets.” The Daily Mail remarks that the 800 persons who supplied the funds to buy the whiskey are hardly like- ly to get much return. Sir Brod— rick is expected to arrive In Lon- don today or tomorrow, It is recalled that the Baronet's taming evidence‘could not be ascer- Hatters Walk Out, Say Boss Refused to Confer 'man what disposxtion had been made English Rum Syndicate ', Finds Hard Going Here circulars inviting the public paw , of the matter, and he said that Mr Haas “ouid see us all one at a time but that he refusvd In deal with a committee or a slicp school. The Ioremzm called the name of the first man who was to go before the man— ager, an»! be refused to go. and we then “allied out. "Mr. Haas does not know why We wall-Led out. He didn't take the trou- ble to find out, He doesn't know whether We were to make him a prr-sent. or ask him to a party." The men also stated that practical- ly Iht whole make shop Lad come out. and that the plant “as crippled as far as production was concerned The strike was not a. union affair. they said. “We have 35 men who walked out. They are both union and non—union slzers. We are united in our griev- ance." The American Hat Company this morning stated that the matter was being overstresscd. Fifteen or 20 COURT TAXES but they are said: TWO DRIVERS $175 IN FINES Local Man Intoxicated Yale Student Passed Standing Trolley at Fast Clip Pleading guilty to a charge of operating an automobile while under tlte influem‘e of intoxicants, Royal N. Jones. of Eclipse avenue. “as'fim ed $100 and costs by Judge Nehem- iah Candee in the uptown city court Saturday afternoon. Jones was arrested several days into another car parked in front of a". Mary's church. The accused paid the, fine. In the same session of the court. Henry Porter. of Chicago. 11L, a. Yale student. was found guilty of reck- less driving and passing a. standing trolley car. He paid a. fine of $75 and costs. ‘ The case was called the most flag- rant to come to the attention of the court in some time. Not only was Porter proceeding at a fast clip men. they said, were all that were affected by the walk-out. profit at the rate of 120 per cent. The reported failure of his ex- pedition causes another paper. the Star, to remark that "precious little sympathy need be wasted on him and his supporters." adding. “\Ve belieVe most of the English people will regard it as a quite satisfactory situation." "This country." the paper can- tinues. "does not believe in prohibi- tion, but it does believe in respect- ing the laws of other countries and the organized effort of this British Baronet and his friends to defeat the extremely interesting and re- spectwortby experiment of the United States is a. scandal which is far too long. “This whiskey running affair is a sneaking. fut-Live affront to a. friendly nation which is trying out a notable moral experiment. We hope this blow.wiil put an end to ‘t_!’ ' —MULLIGANS cams. when arrested by Motorcycle Pa- trolman Thorpe. but he shot by a trolley car from which passengers were aligliting. ANSON KEELER HONORED AT DINNER EERE Oflicers o 1’ National Guard Express Ap- preciation of His Re- turn to 19211:! A'move to bring the headquarters of the 192d Artillery. C. N. G.. to Norwalk. was discussed at a. meet.- ing of officers of the 26 and 3C bat- talions at "a. dinner here Saturday night. Colonel Mogens Magensen. who was present. stated that he thought Nor-walk would be ideal inasmuch as it was centrally located in the area. covered by the regiment. but asked consideration of the difficulties. The headquarters battexy.‘ the paid per- sonnel of headquarters. the senior “motor .the executive officer and The home-made kind are made with pure creamy heavy milk. rent shell eggs and the best of other in. gredients. Always cooked with Crisco in automatic. electric .112..- “2"! the, inbound training office;- were all ln'Ifiew London. This fact. 10- Width "the physical difficulty at m the records. mac n a. W W. The matter was hit ‘ .‘ . 8g, :3 ago after his machine had crashed? cisms SWAPPED HIS MOTORCYCLE EORAN AUTO New York Man Happy Until H e Is Told Here the (‘ar Was Stolen \‘L’hen Joseph DuCarlo of Siam- ford was in Norwalk Saturday he did a. great plrce of d: rmxzive work. He saw a our drive past whose out- line was familiar. lln, rerognizrd It as the'machine of Thomas Trcglia. also of S‘amford which was stolen some time ago. He stopped lhn driv- er. Edward Sledden of 497 \V. 1241!} St.. New York. and went with him to the uptown slallon, where they got in touch with the Stamford po— lice. The Lock City men of the law came and took the case down there. where. after hearing story of a “swap” that would 12:» in: a Yankee horse dealer green with envy. finally decided the was beyond ‘hcm. judge. the men \u're i" among themsrk Trrgiia said 17- .... was his and had been stolen. Sir-Eldon sail he had Swapde it for his motor cycle. On April 4 he was going on his bike to East Had-lam. Ila fraud an au- toist in trouble and in Ipfd him out. Finally. aft-“r much talk. IIlI‘y decid— "d to swap. Sledden went hack to New York. gm marlvrs and consid- ered the car his. 'l‘l‘e police in S'- litefr sexerzil ire: ‘ released all a. Ilif'e'lt‘!‘ left to decide we than last rhzw"! sags ill» «iie'puts: is still swing on. 2cm SWEET CIDER, ELLEN A CELL Stamford Man Fined 5 1 3 8 Here—Can’t Pay —— Jailed — Was Driving Auto ' Two glasses of sweet cider caus- ed all of the trouble. George \Vebber, of Shippan Point Stamford, was arranged i the down’ town City Court this morning bI-fore Judge Nehemiah Candee on the charges of driving an automobile while under Ihe influence of liquor driving a. car without. an :perator's license. driving a car without a. reg— istration certificate. reckless driving and taking an automobile without the permission of the owner. blamed it all on we glasses of sweet cider that a. friend had given him in Stamford. Webber was arrested men \Yallace Sammie and Paul Mo» Grath at about morning. The attention of the of~ floors were attracted to him when he swung the car around the traf- fic standard under the Washington street bridge. making a wide turn. The officers followed and arrest ed him in water street. The car was owned by his brother-ln-law Frank Hunter of Stamford. who came to Nor-walk and took the car back was terday. The charges of reckless driving and taking a. car without the per- mission of the owner were dropped in court. He was fined $125 for driv' ing while under the influence of ii— quor. $10 for not having an oper- ator’s license and $3 for not having a. registration certificate in the car. \Vebber could not pay the 7‘s and was taken to Bridgeport jail. _ BULLETIN A 3081303, Anti! :0.-—-\Vhitey Mi- chaelson was running second in the American mat-amen race, W miles from the finish. ‘Md-ua «can. ' “A magma mas- for John T. fie flatworms at St. He. ling. also colored. in that city. The 3:30 o‘clock Sandal“ I I I l a e eW England Charges Made by Volunteers U n‘irue Councilman Declares in Interview That Nor- walk Can’t Afford Full Paid Fire Depart- ment—Praises BOgardus—Answers Criti- Ccuucliman John R. Frizzeu, the tire committee of the Common Council, gave out last night an in- terview on the tire situation. In it he lilanies.“cadewhlk firemen" for the “dirt dishing" at the fire de- partmvnl. He retools that the Put- nam Hose company. eight member! of which were recently upbrajdeo for gambling. nan faulty rules and regulations allowing illegal prac- tices. He expresses his opinion the fcxty at present cannot support l. full I I r N“ S”"’”" " Ni”! ”"1“” m 3 say ari’hing like that paid fire department. C'.;uIII,ilIIIaII l-‘rizzell called the clIargvs certain \oluntcers have made "absolutely untrue,” citing de- tails to prove his contention. Ho ‘ declared he was not sattstied. as yet. as to the origin of the blaze at the Ct'an‘fll Fire station three week: agu. adding that it may never be ex- plained. lie challenged comparison with Cities of corresponding size to Not- “all; concerning the loss by fires, amending the present Sistem of \ululitecrs and regulars combining to put out blazes. He maintained the pocketbook of the local citizenry cannot afford a full paid depart.- ment. and said one would not be possible 101- three years at least. Councllxuan Fnueu took up the charges singly. mentioning first the claim that the membership of the regular paid fire department in- cludes a “cripple." "Now,” he said, “that's lament- able. ] don’t See why anyone should But I know gfcw who “mild—sidewalk firemen, 4 :who talk. stand by at a fire and tell ilhc cizief what u: do. and peddle a I lot of dirt. “Here are the facts. A year and a. half or two years ago a. man was inJurcd in an automobile accident. He broke his leg. Well. you know how laujrt‘s will want to make the' injury appear in order to get dam- ages. They said it would cripple tho man for :ife! He served as a volun- teer for many years, and after his . 1.1g healed he wanted to go on as a. ‘ raid mun. He was first examined i2) lhe fire authorities. Then the mayor examined him. The mayor, you know. approves the applicant. for positions. Then the Common Council acts, leaving no room for (Continued on Page Two.) LOCAL NEGRESS f SHOT TO DEATH, NEGRO IIELD :Rose Gray Found Mur- dered i n Shefiield, Mass. —— Knapp St. Man Witness Rose Gray. colored. of this city. was mu dered in Sh (field. Mime Saturday :11th The local police were notified yes— terday morning that she had been l-zil‘nd at the home of Charles Darl- Shefl‘leld police stall-d that she had :been shot and that "my were hold- by Patrol-l ‘ng Educ reeman of 22 Knapp street. this city. as a material wit- Fess . According to the Sheffield authorh the Gray woman. in 6097)“, ‘ '~ that city about two weeks agr and “at! can living there. I“ the course of an armament at the Darling “one F“urday night she was shot and killed. ' She was arrested here In a raid CC‘ducted by Wanna. Sammis and others. on the “Little Grey Pouse." in Day street. about mm months ago. At that time she was fined in the dovv‘own any court. ~ Freeman's parents. who reside in Knapp street. were ncf‘lfled can II. was being held as a material Wit... mess. Further particulars reg- «an; the case were not learned by the ho, cal authorities. . _ALL SECTIONS 9: the city and nearby vicinity m“ «voted by the delivery service at The Norwalk Dairy 00. 33 Cancer Ave. 'C~°.r a dozen unit: 01V” (includib. auto. and m) up thus employed by thh. m» bringing to, ion. ‘00: tank. nu‘ with :‘ 4_,_-,__’n
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